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Chertoff: We can't really enforce laws on illegals
Homeland Security chief rips Senate
for failing to pass immigration bill
Michael Chertoff
Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff is blasting the U.S. Senate for failing to pass an immigration bill, and claims the federal government doesn't have the ability to enforce laws when it comes to illegals working in America.
"We're going to continue to enforce the law. It's going to be tough," Michael Chertoff said. "We don't really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a way that's truly effective."
Chertoff appeared on both "Fox News Sunday" and ABC's "This Week."
As WND reported, a procedural vote in the Senate effectively killed the controversial immigration reform bill crafted by the White House, Democrats and key Republican leaders.
Chertoff said Senate opponents deprived his department of the ability to ensure stricter enforcement by requiring companies to enter in a system to check their employees' work status.
"That would be the single greatest additional weapon we could use if we're serious about tackling this problem," he said. "I wish we had some of the tools that were left on the floor of the Senate when they abandoned the bill last week, but we will do what we have to do with the resources we have at our disposal."
Though lawmakers from both parties have said further action on immigration was doubtful this year, Chertoff expressed hope an overhaul of the current system was not dead.
"I think we're going to say to the members of Congress who think they have a better way that they should produce legislation and pass legislation, which they have not done for the past two years," he said.
Chertoff also ridiculed the idea that a fence will help solve the problem of border security, pointing out recent efforts at tunneling under them.
"But I do have to say that for people who believe the answer is just fence, yesterday we discovered a tunnel," he said. "So fencing is not the cure-all for the problem at the border."
Editor's note: The current edition of WND's monthly Whistleblower is a cutting-edge look at the federal government's immigration policies – and how the nation's most vexing problem can be solved. It's titled "NATIONAL SUICIDE: How the government's immigration policies are destroying America."
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Tancredo: McCain won't make English official
'Where's the Fence?' campaign hits TV
Bush slams critics of immigration bill
Only 26% favor immigration bill
'La Raza' has virtual veto over bill
Senate, White House agree on worker program
Mayor wins both GOP, Democrat primaries
$2.2 trillion illegal alien taxpayer sticker shock
Another city joins immigration fight
City battles ACLU, feds in fight against illegals
Another town gets tough on illegals
Cities across nation crack down in illegals
Sting rounds up 25 foreigners for sex crimes
How open borders turn Americans into roadkill
ACLU probes trooper who nabbed 14 illegals
U.S. announces end of 'catch and release'
White House to back Pence reform bill
Illegal immigration sparks 'race war' in cities, prisons
Illegal aliens linked to gang-rape wave
Gang expert backs Tancredo charges
Town targets businesses hiring illegal immigrants
Mexican drug cartels take over U.S. cities
Feds arrest 2,100 in illegals sweep
Suspected illegal 'tries to rape girl'
Study: 1 million sex crimes by illegals
5 illegals face deportation after killing principal
Tancredo blasts Senate 'amnesty'
'Illegal runs red light,' kills popular principal
Illegal-alien offenders flout U.S. justice system
Illegal 'hits American jackpot' with $44,000 job, crime spree
Murder suspect – an illegal with driver's license
Illegal, 17, runs down hero cop
3 illegals beat pregnant woman
Illegal alien accused of triple homicide
Illegal alien wanted for hunter murder

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West coast hip-hop/funk pioneer Declaime links up with Blu to give us his thought provoking and cerebral new single, "Internally Yours", from his forthcoming album, Young Spirit.
The song features the two Cali lyrical geniuses spitting some introspective bars about worldly topics from greed and the human spirit to the ongoing police brutality and corruption in Los Angeles. They flawlessly make wordplay magic over a smooth, mellow neosoul driven soundscape provided by Georgia Anne Muldrow. Declaime explains the meaning behind "Internnally Yours" and who the song is speaking to:
"'Internally Yours' is about inner truth. I'm talking about all the cats running this world to see that they are just like us. Their heart beats just like us," said Declaime. He also explains the concept behind the album and everything he and Blu are addressing. "The whole album is about how the media and government…food messing with the kid's heads and their young spirits. Blu's speaking on some truths he had locked inside of him."


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Hello Shadi, [trimming the lists in Cc - I think it's best to followup only in one validator list, as I had originally requested] Thanks for your thoughts and answers. On Mar 5, 2007, at 21:07 , Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote: > Indeed, the validators are one of our primary use case. We would be > very interested in having the W3C validators being reference > implementations for EARL when we get to CR stage. You're not saying "reference implementation" in the sense of [1], are you? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_implementation Because that would be impossible. The validators can't serve that purpose. They can, however, be considered as some of the implementations for software producing earl, obviously. > You may be interested in our "Pointer Methods in RDF" document. It > is a *very* early draft and still quite rough but it shows the > basic principle of pointers to point into the test subject from the > result (for example to point to an element that caused the > validation error): > - <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Pointers/WD-Pointers-20070222> Yes, this looks interesting indeed. http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Pointers/WD-Pointers-20070222#use-cases looks like it covers most of what would be needed. pointer:linecharlength is useful, so is pointer:selector. Would it perhaps be possible to have a property for "any kind of context", or would that be too vague and hard to use? > This really depends on the context of the *test case*. For example, > if you are checking that the CSS document has the correct syntax, > then the HTML document is not part of the test. If however you are > testing an HTML page *together* with a CSS page (for example to > test attribute override or such), then you could indeed use the > technique above (which is also highlighted by example 7 in the > document you reference above). I think I understand. It makes sense and it is in a way stricter than what the CSS validator is usually doing. For instance, if you give the CSS validator an HTML page to analyse, it will report conformance issues with the whole, the HTML document and the CSS stylesheets it links to, whereas strictly speaking, if the HTML document does not have any style element or attr, it is irrelevant to CSS conformance. After that, the matter is presenting results to the user. >> * earl:sourceCopy could be interesting for "direct input", >> although I'm unsure whether it would be useful to copy massive >> chunks of text around like that. Could we just use a hash as >> earl:subject? We need to find ways to identify the subject for >> direct input and file upload, in any case. > > The earl:Content class and its properties has been revised in the > current version of the document, we would welcome feedback on it. I look at http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10/WD-EARL10- Schema-20070226#content and I think it fits my needs. Notably, if I want to make an assertion about something that is not online and has no inherent URI, I suppose I can do something like <earl:Assertion rdf:about="#assertion"> <earl:subject rdf:resource="#subject"/> </earl:Assertion> <earl:Content rdf:about="#subject"> <earl:sourceCopy rdf:parseType="Literal" xml:lang="en"> ... </earl:sourceCopy> <earl:context rdf:resource="#httpRequest"/> </earl:Content> or even, if I don't need to pass a copy of the content and HTTP context (thanks for that! it will be useful to us I'm sure) the following would be ok too. <earl:Assertion rdf:about="#assertion"> <earl:subject rdf:resource="urn:md5:..."/> </earl:Assertion> Is that correct? > We would be very interested in hearing about your experience with > EARL, and if you spot any issues. Especially when we go for Last > Call later this month, your review comments would be very important > to us. I'll ping the groups here once we are so far... I think the next step, as far as the validators are concerned, is to take the existing EARL outputs [2] [3] and update them to use the latest schema, see how much we can put in, what's relevant to validators and what is not. [2] http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/share/templates/en_US/ earl_n3.tmpl [3] http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/share/templates/en_US/ earl_xml.tmpl Anyone on the mailing-list interested in taking this on? This could be an interesting little project, and would not involve coding, only understanding the templating syntax, which is simple. -- olivierReceived on Thursday, 8 March 2007 03:41:01 UTC
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20 Games Like EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath(TBA)
EverQuest is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released on March 16, 1999.
Players move their character throughout the medieval fantasy world of Norrath, often fighting monsters and enemies for treasure and experience points, and optionally mastering trade skills. As they progress, players advance in level, gaining power, prestige, spells, and abilities through valorous deeds such as entering overrun castles and keeps, defeating worthy opponents found within, and looting their remains. Experience and prestigious equipment can also be obtained by completing quests given out by non-player characters found throughout the land.
EverQuest allows players to interact with other people through role-play, joining player guilds, and dueling other players (in restricted situations – EverQuest only allows player versus player (PVP) combat on the PvP-specific server, specified arena zones and through agreed upon dueling).
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EverQuest: Depths of Darkhollow
Depths of Darkhollow is the tenth expansion for the popular MMORPG franchise, EverQuest.
EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro
Prophecy of Ro is the eleventh expansion for the popular MMORPG franchise, EverQuest.
EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction
Seeds of Destruction is the fifteenth expansion for the popular MMORPG, EverQuest.
EverQuest: Underfoot
Underfoot is the sixteenth expansion for the popular MMORPG, EverQuest.
EverQuest: Secrets of Faydwer
Secrets of Faydwer is the fourteenth expansion for the popular MMORPG, EverQuest.
EverQuest: The Serpent's Spine
The Serpent's Spine is the twelfth expansion to the popular MMORPG franchise, EverQuest.
EverQuest: The Buried Sea
The Buried Sea is the thirteenth expansion for the popular MMORPG franchise, EverQuest.
EverQuest: Gates of Discord
Gates of DIscord is the seventh expansion for the popular MMORPG franchise, EverQuest.
EverQuest II: Tears of Veeshan
Tears of Veeshan is the tenth expansion pack for EverQuest II.
EverQuest: The Legacy of Ykesha
The Legacy of Ykesha is the fifth expansion for the popular MMORPG EverQuest.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
After the mysterious and untimely death of the Emperor, desperate factions vie for control of Tamriel's throne. With the empire ready to crumble, the gates of Oblivion open and demons march upon the land, laying waste to everything in their path. To turn the tide of darkness the player must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of Tamriel.
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EverQuest: Omens of War
Omens of War is the eighth expansion for the popular MMORPG franchise, EverQuest.
EverQuest: The Scars of Velious
Scars of Velious is the second expansion for the popular MMORPG EverQuest.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls is realized like never before.
Skyrim's new game engine brings to life a complete virtual world with rolling clouds, rugged mountains, bustling cities, lush fields, and ancient dungeons.
Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities. The new character system allows you to play any way you want and define yourself through your actions.
Battle ancient dragons like you've never seen. As Dragonborn, learn their secrets and harness their power for yourself.
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EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark
The Ruins of Kunark is the first expansion released for the EverQuest franchise.
EverQuest: The Shadows of Luclin
The Shadows of Luclin is the third expansion for the popular MMORPG EverQuest.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored's flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal. Pursue your enemies under the cover of darkness or ruthlessly attack them head on with weapons drawn. The outcome of each mission plays out based on the choices you make.
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EverQuest: House of Thule
House of Thule is the seventeenth expansion for the popular MMORPG franchise, EverQuest.
Legend of Grimrock 2
Legend of Grimrock 2 is a dungeon crawling role playing game with a modern execution but an oldschool heart.
Powers of perception and logic are more important than sheer force is, since Legend of Grimrock 2 puts a heavy emphasis on exploration, survival and challenging puzzles. Discover powerful ancient artifacts from hidden secret chambers and buried treasures. Arm your champions, cast spells and craft enchanted potions and bombs to aid you in fighting the dreadful monsters in highly tactical real-time combat.
Design, share and play custom scenarios with the included Dungeon Editor! Create your own adventures and fill them with puzzles, traps, or even totally new items, monsters and environments with custom graphics and audio!
Get ready to venture forth and uncover the secrets of Nex!


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Why Choose Southcoast?
Southcoast Behavioral Health is a unique and highly effective psychiatric hospital, where experienced and compassionate professionals provide superior services to patients with the utmost dignity and respect. At Southcoast, we are dedicated to providing a world-class treatment experience for our patients and their family members, with an emphasis on helping our patients develop the skills and strategies that will allow them to make continued progress in the months and years following their time with us.
Welcome to Southcoast Behavioral Health.
Southcoast Behavioral Health is a 120-bed inpatient hospital in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Conveniently located along the state's southern coast, and readily accessible from Cape Cod, Boston and Rhode Island, the Southcoast campus is place of hope and healing where patients receive exceptional psychiatric care in an atmosphere of serenity and tranquility.At Southcoast, care is provided by teams of talented and dedicated professionals, including board-certified psychiatrists, licensed clinical social workers, registered nurses, recreational therapists, and mental health technicians. Treatment at Southcoast is a highly personalized experience, with all patients receiving comprehensive care that has been customized according to their unique needs.With a range of therapeutic treatment methods, as well as medication management services, Southcoast is uniquely prepared to provide a life-changing experience that empowers patients to overcome the obstacles that have been preventing them from living healthier and more satisfying lives and achieving their greatest potential.


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A string of Democratic victories Tuesday might indicate growing disaffection for President Donald Trump. But the outcomes definitely hold a more important lesson: political participation is the most effective form of protest.
There were many examples Tuesday of people who entered elections and won directly in response to the conduct of incumbents.
n In Virginia, Democrat Danica Roem became the first elected transgender state legislator in the nation. She beat Republican incumbent Bob Marshall, who had once referred to himself as the state's "chief homophobe" and had sponsored a bill to restrict which bathrooms transgender people can use.
n In January, Atlantic County, New Jersey Freeholder John Carman reposted a meme during the women's march in Washington asking if they "would be home in time to cook dinner." That offended 32-year-old Democrat Ashley Bennett, who beat Carman on Tuesday.
n In Philadelphia, civil rights lawyer Larry Krasner, who had sued city police and prosecutors 75 times, was elected district attorney with 74 percent of the vote.
And there were many other firsts:
n Jenny Durkan was elected the first openly lesbian mayor of Seattle.
n Michelle Kaufusi became the first woman mayor of Provo, Utah.
n Ravi Bhalla was elected the first Sikh mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, and the first Sikh mayor in the Garden State.
n Liliana Bakhtiari became the first Muslim councilwoman in Atlanta.
n Kathy Tran became the first Asian-American woman in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Elizabeth Guzman and Hala Ayala became the first two Latinas elected to that body.
n Melvin Carter III was elected St. Paul, Minnesota's first mayor of color.
All of those candidacies, and others, were rooted in some form of civic protest or advocacy, but the candidates did not leave it at that. They got involved and won and now are in position to truly make a difference. Their success should guide others in this period of civic unrest.


text: Grace is a mother of a boy, and an algebra teacher. It is unsure if she was a part of the plan that caused the power outage, since she has a device that can restore it. She is now living near Chicago, and used her son's inhaler to help Danny's asthma attack. She then unsuccessfully tries to hide Danny from Tom, and uses her power device to contact someone via the computer.


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Toenail Fungus
What is Toenail Fungus?
An estimated 35 million Americans have onychomycosis or fungal infection of the toenail. Toenail fungus causes toenails to turn embarrassingly yellow and crumbly from fungi that squeeze under them and then hide out. If left untreated, the fungi dig in deeper and may spread to other toenails causing them to thicken and become even more unsightly.
What Causes Toenail Fungus?
A fungal infection of the toenail usually occurs due to small cuts in the skin or a small separation in the toenail and the nail bed. Once present in a toenail, the infection can spread quickly because feet are usually kept in the dark, warm, moist environment of shoes, where fungi can thrive. Toenail can also thrive from prolonged exposure to other warm, moist environments such as swimming pools or showers.
While some people are genetically prone to toenail fungus, others, (especially swimmers and athletes) unintentionally leave themselves open to this infection because of certain behavioral patterns such as going barefoot in public showers or gyms. Athletes may also be at are at greater risk for fungal infection of the nails simply because their feet are often damp, making them the perfect environment for fungi to live.
Toenail Fungus Symptoms and Onychomycosis Treatment
This is a very common problem and unfortunately only about 20% of people infected seek professional care from a physician. Toenail fungus has not only been associated with pain, difficulty walking and difficulty wearing shoes. But also with emotional issues such as, embarrassment, low self-esteem, and avoiding social interaction.
Treatment for onychomycosis can be achieved through topical creams, oral medications, or laser toenail fungus treatments. Often times a combination of all three methods are used.
Topical treatments are simple remedies. However they must be applied daily for 8 to 10 months and studies have shown that some have a low effective rate. Oral medications are taken daily for three months and are more effective than topical treatments, but studies have shown recurrence rates to be as high as 35%. And laser fungus toenail treatments have been clinically proven to be 77% to 90% effective with 5 mm of new clear nail growth.
When visiting one of our physicians at American Foot & Leg Specialists, our doctors will review oral, topical, and laser treatment options in terms of risk and benefits specific to every patient. From there, our physicians will devise a treatment protocol that will best fit the patient's needs, allowing them to wear sandals or walk on the beach without embarrassment.


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Another Silicon Replacement Appears
Posted: 12:16PM
Author: Guest_Jim_*
Silicon has been at the heart of our electronics for decades, but all good things must come to an end. In the case of silicon, the end is well known though, as there are physical limits we cannot push past, without comprising the capability of the electronic we want to make. A commonly talked about replacement is graphene, a one-atom thick plane of carbon, but now another challenger is appearing; molybdenum disulfide or molybdenite. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne has recently created a molybdenite based integrated circuit to prove it can surpass silicon.
While layers of silicon are limited to be no thinner than two nanometers thick (any smaller and it will oxidize), molybdenite can be just three atoms thick and still function in a chip. Molybdenite transistors can also be turned on and offer faster than silicon transistors, and allow for a more complete standby mode.
Increased performance at smaller scales while consuming less power; sounds pretty good. As with many new technologies though, they are more capable than some may first suspect. Molybdenite can also be used in flexible electronics and the material itself isn't very uncommon in the Earth.


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Central girls avenge earlier loss to Vidor
Rolander Fontenot and Malena Washington had a discussion Friday afternoon.
Washington wanted to make sure she went out on her Senior Night in style.
She and the Lady Jaguars did just that, beating Vidor 70-46 Friday in Beaumont, for a District 20-4A win.
The senior guard scored 18 points to help Central avenge their five-point loss to Vidor (24-7, 9-3) on Jan. 8. Junior guard Tabitha Savoy had a team-high 22 points for Central, who improved its district record to 9-3.
"She's a phenomenal guard," coach Fontenot said about Washington. "She's always believed in her teammates and now teammates are starting to come through for her right now. They're relieving her."
The first half was tight, as Central went into halftime only up 27-23. But the combination of Washington and Savoy, as well as a swarming Central defense, pushed their lead to 52-35 after three quarters.
Vidor head coach Ricky Jacks was visibly displeased throughout most of the game due to what he called the Lady Pirates' lack of effort. Blair Richmond and Allison Jacks were the only two players to score in double-figures for Vidor, with 17 and 15 points, respectively.
"Different atmosphere, the kids were prepared to play," Fontenot said about why tonight was different than the first game against Vidor. "Everybody's healthy right now and I think we're peaking at the right time."
Because both teams have the same district record, Fontenot and Jacks agreed on a coin flip Wednesday morning to determine the second and third-place spots in 20-4A instead of a one-game playoff.
Central will travel to Livingston and Vidor will host Port Neches-Groves in their final regular season district games next Tuesday.


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The Curse of Bigfoot?
I lost my job at a Silicon Valley branding agency in 2002 when the dot.com boom came to an abrupt end. I had worked there through most of the 1990's, first as a freelance consultant, then as a salaried staff member. The company went from 40 to 4 almost overnight, and I didn't survive the cuts. After nearly a year without a job it became clear to me that my age had put me out of the running for work in computer graphics, especially within the corporate market. Most firms were seeking younger employees who were more hip to the newer technologies, and much more likely to work overtime without additional compensation. For most of the few available jobs I was overqualified. For the others I was "not a good fit" primarily because I had worked for 25 years as my own boss.
It became clear that I needed to create my own job once again. I decided to reinvent my former retail art & craft business, which operated under the name CapriTaurus (with the tagline "handcrafts, fine & applied arts") from 1969 to 1994. In the '70's CapriTaurus grew to staff of 14 persons, so I knew what might be done to make good use of the small commercial lot we have in Felton, located half a mile from our residence.
Another reason I made the choice to become self-employed once again had to do with my Mother (Margaret Rugg). She became unable to take care of herself around the turn of the century (at age 96). After living with my brother for a couple of years while I was working in Silicon Valley, she moved in with me and my housemate Paula Yarr. My mother was the original owner of the property but she chose to move out and live a solitary life in a small apartment by the ocean 40 years ago, a few years after my father died and as soon as I had become old enough to take over care of the property. It has been in joint tenancy ever since, so she was at that point returning to the family home for what she referred to as her "deathtime."
Paula was already under my care as she is disabled due to a series of events that started with a near fatal accident caused by a drunk driver, followed by her being diagnosed with Lupus. She is also a cancer survivor and has a number of other health issues. Her only income is from social security disability, and she is essentially unemployable due to her poor health. Because my mother was now in the household and in need of daily care, and Paula was unable to deal with her needs alone, it became even more important to create a business close to home so I could be available at a moment's notice, to take care of Mom. Paula was able to help greatly with the business plan as she is an MBA, and prior to all her current health problems had been a VP of Marketing at Union Bank of California. Preparing to embark on a new business venture, we discussed the business plan at length and agreed to pool our resources and "go for it."
In 2003, we began work on a retail store/museum/art & craft gallery with a Bigfoot(Sasquatch) theme. This is a topic I have developed particular knowledge about, and the Internet provided proof that the topic was of interest to a great many people across the world. We set up a website and remodeled the retail store to become more of a roadside attraction: a Bigfoot Museum. Then we encountered an unforseen setback: for the better part of a year we had to deal with delays caused by the Planning Department. They claimed the business property had been rezoned to residential and that we no longer had the right to operate a business there. We had to seek help from our County Supervisor (we are in an unincorporated portion of Santa Cruz County.) After a series of meetings it turned out that we did indeed qualify for a "grandfather clause" allowing us to continue to do business in the fashion we had in the past, as a retail store and art & handcrafts studio. The "museum" we had created fit the criteria as a retail store selling our own and other local art & crafts. We had also operated a cottage industry for the better part of 20 years, handcrafting musical instruments, so we still had the right to produce a "product line" as well. We had won the battle, but lost valuable time in the skirmish (our long delayed Grand Opening was June 2006.)
While developing the retail store and museum I had hoped to augment our income by taking on occasional graphic art/illustration contracts. But over the course of the next three years these jobs dwindled as I lost my contacts within the industry. Rapid changes in software and other aspects of computer technology took place and I was officially "out of the loop." Contracts were scarce and the need to be close to home became even more critical as my mother's condition began to deteriorate. She required full-time observation and nursing care in 2007, as she was entering into dementia and unable to even recognize her own family members. Needless to say caring for Mom pulled a lot of my time away from the work I needed to do to further develop the business and institute our marketing. Then, in October of 2007, Mom passed away.
Besides the extreme drain this had been over the last several months on our minds and hearts, it also resulted in a precipitous drop in our household revenue pool. The drop in revenue, combined with the lack of graphic art contracts, and the steady decline in the economy was rapidly draining our savings and operating capital. Realizing our income was now unable to cover our obligations, we decided to take drastic steps to augment the revenue flow. In April 2008 we began repairing and remodeling our home to convert it into income property. The ground floor has a studio apartment, which for over 20 years had been unusable for anything other than storage due to flood damage. We decided to invest the last of our savings and capital to repair the apartment for our own use as a dwelling, leaving the entire second and third floors available for rental space. We also invested in home improvements—like new paint and flooring—to upgrade the part of the house that was to be rented.
I had planned to integrate the residence with our commercial endeavors from the beginning. Originally I expected to utilize the downstairs carport and storage as workshop space for the product line we plan to produce. But once Mom was gone and all the children were grown and had moved out, we realized the most realistic way to increase revenues dramatically would be to market the space as a vacation rental. That way we could still occupy and protect the property and still have use of the space for conferences, meetings and so forth in association with our museum. By then we had over 100 paid museum "members," all of whom receive a monthly newsletter. Many of our local members have volunteered their time to help us produce two major conferences and several smaller events, which have put us "on the map." We have rented the space several times since mid July, but we were too late for the main tourist rush of summer because people reserve these spaces in advance and ours wasn't available yet. In October, 2008, one year after the death of my mother, the economy took a turn for the worst right as we ran out of funding. Our business is seasonal, with 75% of our revenues typically happening between April and September, so we fell behind quickly as Winter approached.
Our first major bigfoot event took place in August 2008, called Bigfoot Discovery Day II. During the course of a weekend our "Bigfoot Riveride Retreat" was the host to nearly 40 bigfoot researchers including Dr Jeff Meldrum, Richard Noll, Bob and Kathy Strain, and Bob Gimlin. Dave Paulides, Craig Woolheater, Monica Rawlins and Dan Perez were also present at the event and a great time was had by all. Local members who helped host the event included Tom Yamarone, Mike Barrow, Matt Bento, Mellow Russell, Ralph Jack, Bobo Faye, Bart Cutino, Cliff Barackman and others. As it turns out the first "bigfoot bash" at our newly created retreat will also be our last at that location, because our home is now in foreclosure and scheduled for auction on the 9th of April. So we'll not have the opportunity to develop the place into a bigfoot conference center as we hoped. But the museum is still going on, and our local research is actually beginning to produce evidence of a bigfoot presence in our area. (We recently shot video and recorded audio of what might actually prove to be a bigfoot, and we have a tooth of unknown origin.) The Bigfoot Discovery Project will continue, undeterred by this setback, but we are now seeking funding help from outside sources.
One of the things a "professional" bigfoot researcher has to put up with is the tendency for critics to put down researchers who receive any revenue from their work. Our plan was that the museum would generate enough income to pay back the mortgage that supported it for 5 years, while sustaining its ongoing research projects. My conviction that bigfoot is real, based on my own personal experience and a lifetime of research, convinced me that this was an important cause and worth the risk I was taking in pledging my home as collateral for the project. In other words "I put my money where my mouth is!" I'll also point out to critics who accuse me of "doing it for the money," that I have never charged an admission fee for people to visit the museum, as our mission is to educate the public about the likely reality of bigfoot, while quietly seeking proof. Nonetheless it does take money to keep the power on and the telephone ringing so we can receive the 1.5 bigfoot encounter reports that come in to our museum per week (on the average).
Anyone out there with some discretionary cash who wants to help us prove bigfoot is real?
Michael Rugg
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Children's advocates are warning that the health care of children from low-income families in Marin could suffer with a switch in the way the state is paying for such care.
In last year's state budget, Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers decided to move all 875,000 children enrolled in the Healthy Families Program statewide into the Medi-Cal program in order to combine state health care services for children into one program. The Healthy Families Program was a state-sponsored insurance plan that covered children whose parents earned too much to qualify for Medi-Cal but couldn't pay for health insurance.
Beginning this month and continuing later in the summer, nearly 3,100 Marin children who previously received health care coverage under the Healthy Families Program will be moved into the Medi-Cal program.
Because Medi-Cal reimburses doctors and dentists at a lower rate than Healthy Families, children's health advocates worry that the number of health care providers willing to accept these new Medi-Cal patients will be too few to provide adequate care. In addition, there have already been reports in other counties of autistic children transitioning from Healthy Families to Medi-Cal being denied access to behavioral health services.
"In the Medi-Cal program the reimbursement rate for providers is much lower, about 26 percent lower," said Michele Stillwell-Parvensky, a spokeswoman for the Children's Defense Fund-California.
Jennifer Rienks, chairwoman of the Marin Healthcare District board, said, "If you are just a regular provider in private practice, you can't afford to take very many Medi-Cal patients. The reimbursement rates are just so low that your costs are higher than your reimbursements."
Rienks said nearly all of the doctors accepting Medi-Cal patients in Marin work for either the Marin Community Clinics, the Coastal Health Alliance or the Marin City Health and Wellness Center. That is because all three receive higher federal reimbursement rates because they are federally qualified health centers.
Rienks said, "If those providers don't have enough capacity, it will be a challenge."
Stillwell-Parvensky said whether children will be able to find a doctor isn't the only issue; another unknown is how long they may have to wait for an appointment.
"Are they going to be able to get care when they need it?" she asked.
But Heather Ravani, Marin County's social services director, said, "We're not sensing the Marin Community Clinics is not going to be able to absorb these additional kids."
The Marin kids who are being shifted to Medi-Cal this month were covered under the Healthy Families Program by Kaiser Permanente and will be allowed to continue seeing their current doctor, Ravani said.
These children, however, will have to find new dentists willing to accept Denti-Cal, which also features paltry reimbursements. Ravani said the children will have the option of seeing a dentist at the county's dental clinic or the Marin Community Clinics.
"There could be longer waits," Ravani said.
Children scheduled to be moved to Medi-Cal later this summer, in August, are currently being covered by Anthem Blue Cross and will have to find new physicians who accept Medi-Cal, Ravani said.
Dr. Karen Fessel, executive director of the Autism Health Insurance Project, said that before the transition began, affected families received a letter from the state Department of Healthcare Services promising them there would be no changes in services provided under the new coverage; but Fessel said things have turned out differently.
She said that since Monday, when the latest group of Healthy Families recipients were shifted to Medi-Cal, she has heard from several families, in counties other than Marin, whose children have been denied coverage for applied behavioral analysis, a treatment for autism that was covered under Healthy Families. Since Kaiser Permanente is among the health plans denying coverage, Fessel suspects some Marin residents have also been affected.
Chris Stenrud, a Kaiser Permanente spokesman, said, "applied behavioral analysis is not a covered benefit under Medi-Cal."
Fessel said the services were cut with no formal written notice to families. She said, "To pull services out from under economically challenged families who also have a child with a disability is a pretty horrible thing to do."
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A large American style four bedroom villa on a secluded gated resort containing a golf course and childrens play area. Included is an outdoor screen enclosed swimming pool that can be heated for an additional cost if required. The pool is facing north west. It gets the afternoon sun.
The villa overlooks a tranquil lake with attendant wild life. Furnished to a very high standard including air conditioning, linen and towels, air dryers, fully fitted kitchen (Stove, Microwave, Dish washer, Waste Disposal, Coffee Maker, Etc.) Cookware, Crockery and Silverware. Full size Washing and Drying Machine.Iron and Ironing Board. 200 digital channel TV with 50 music channels. Free Wi Fi internet access Telephone with free calls for local, all USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. Garage. Large TV in lounge and a second in the smaller lounge and TV in all bedrooms. DVD player. Security system. Also available for hire highchair, crib, cot or stroller.
Car: recommended
20 mins from Disney, the villa is situated on the gated Windsor Park development, part of the select Remington Community which is centered around an award winning Championship golf course. Walking distance to Partin Settlement and PM Wells K- 8. Remington has a lush landscaped Blvd running through it and lots of amenities. There is a community pool, splash area for kids, tennis, baseball, volleyball, basketball, fitness track. Local amenities are excellent; less than a mile away at the corner of Highway 192 a CVS Drugstore caters for most needs and there is a Chinese take-away nearby. Highway 192 to the west is modern Kissimmee's 'Strip' with a wealth of shops, eateries and every kind of entertainment for young and old. Historic downtown Kissimmee is a stones throw from here. A couple of miles to the east is St Cloud, with a Wal Mart superstore and a number of chain stores as well as a large weekend flea market. Orlando attractions include Sea World and Discovery Cove, Universal Studios, Wet & Wild and a host of shopping malls and outlet stores. Cocoa Beach, the Kennedy Space Centre, Daytona, Tampa, Busch Gardens and St Petersburg's Dali museum are all within a couple of hours drive
Relaxed golfing/recreational community situated in the beautiful Remington Park area of Kissimmee, just 20 minutes for Disney and within easy reach of the Kennedy Space Centre, Universal Studios, Sea World, Wet and Wild etc. Fishing and water sports are available nearby at Lake Taho and for the golf enthusiast, both Remington and Kissimmee golf clubs are situated close by. Local amenities, shops and restaurants are within a 10 minute drive. Other major tourist attractions in Kissimmee include the Water Mania - a vast, exciting theme park with many water-based rides and thrills; World of Orchids - a must-see for horticulture lovers visiting Kissimmee, with a large conservatory; Reptile World Serpentarium - an impressive collection of creepy crawlies and snakes; Kissimmee's Osceola County Courthouse - a striking red-brick building dating back to the late 1880s; the American Legion Home - a grand, historic structure, with monuments remembering Kissimmee's WWI heroes; Bataan Corregidor
Kissimmee has plenty of top tourist attractions, including Boggy Creek Airboat Rides - various guided airboat tours around the scenic Florida Everglades; Capone's Dinner and Show - a truly unique, themed Kissimmee experience of mobster life in the 1920s; Gatorland - a popular alligator park with a number of other wildlife attractions, on the Orlando / Kissimmee border; Congo River Golf - the ultimate crazy golf experience, amid lush tropical landscaped gardens; Fun 'N' Wheels Fun Park - a fast go-kart racing track with video arcades; and Kissimmee's Medieval Times - a dinner and show that transports visitors back to Medieval England, with knights, jousting and festivi
Very spacious, clean,comfortable
Comfortable beds, very roomy, nice pool, had everything we needed. Would absolutely stay again.
What we expected overall. Place was, clean, pool was nice and felt very safe.
Arrived late and was very surprised how bad the unit was. Had an odor as if it hasn't been cleaned correctly in a long while. Carpets stained ,furniture broken in the Master bedroom. No tv's in the other bedrooms. Knobs falling off dressers.foyer at the front door was filthy,hadnt been swept in awhile. black mold on tub in master. knives missin g in the kitchen.Air return duct needed maintnance done either moldy or need paint. Very disappointed and decided not to stay.Called Home Away made notice to them and my credit card company that,We were not staying in a place like this. The management company was closed and I found out the owners are in Europe somewhere. All this happened at 11:30 PM on our 1st night. So not a happy camper about this. Stay away is my best advice..................
As four adults staying here in this lovely home from home villa couldn't of been a better choice.
Myself and my Husband have stayed in the Remington area a number of times and this villa has been the best so far. It was spacious and felt very homely with the upstairs. The fittings and features really added a lovely touch.
The villa had been cleaned to a high standard on arrival and had every amenity needed.
The lake view is stunning and the wildlife is an added bonus. With the privilege of overlooking the ducks whilst eating our breakfast most mornings.
Remington is a stunning area and is so quiet and tranquil, the perfect get-away from our busy home.
The downstairs master bedroom is huge and is like a separate living area. The television had a large variety of channels and films for those who like to catch up on the T.V.
We had a minor problem with the patio mech due to one of the larger birds but there is a list of necessary contacts in the villa brochure and next to the telephone. I had also contacted Mr Bicker to report the problem and he had got it sorted instantly.
Overall, our stay was perfect. Orlando being one of my favourite destinations and having the luxury of being in a gated community away from it all is the icing on the cake.
Mr Bicker, was helpful and easy to communicate with.
Thank you for our stay.
We look forward to booking again.
Mr and Mrs Neel.
The house was beautiful, clean and in a great location close to everything. The owner made renting super easy. We would rent this house again and again. Our family had a wonderful vacation thank you.
The detached villa is located in a quiet secluded gated resort backing onto a large private lake. Easy accessible to the highway 192 which leads to the main Disney attractions. The resort boasts its own golf course kids play area, green area and tranquil lake which is visited daily by the local wildlife. It is 20 min drive from all the Disney attractions, 35 min from Coco beach and space Kennedy. The airport is only 15 min away. The original old town is an easy 20 min drive and an alternative look at the old style Florida. Shopping facilities are nearby and cater for all needs. Orlando magic basketball plays near by and is a must for all sporting enthusiasts, eating out is very cheap and the local area is packed with a huge variety of restaurant to cater for all tastes. After a busy day at the theme park this home offers you both peace and tranquillity with spectacular sunsets over the lake.
Golf: Remington Golf Club is the premier daily fee golf course in the Orlando Kissimmee area. Remington was voted Best New Course of 1996 by Golf Digest Magazine and has been rated Four Stars by Golf Digest Places to Play. Remington also received the Osceola County Readers Choice award for 2006!
Located just 10 minutes from the Orlando International airport and just 20 minutes from Disney World its an ideal location for a round on a trip or vacation. Remington is considered by most Orlando residents as the locals favorite.
At Remington Golf Club all pricing includes 'All U Can' practice, play and eat. The one rate includes unlimited use of the unique aqua driving range and expansive practice areas, unlimited golf on the outstanding 18-hole championship layout, and all-you-can eat in the Remington Bar and Grill.
The additional time and attention taken to walk-mowing the greens, translates to the finest conditioned greens in the Orlando Area and makes the 'All You Can' experience one of the best! Our warm and friendly staff will round out your day at Remington. We make certain all our customers feel welcome and excited about their day! Come and see for yourself why we are the locals favorite and the course of choice for Orlando and Kissimmee!
These are the distances to the local entertainments
Disney World (Magic Kingdom) 21 Miles
Seaworld 18 Miles
Universal Studios 20 Miles
Legoland 42 Miles
Orlando International Airport 14 Miles
Florida Mall 15 Miles
Orlando Prime Outlets 16 Miles
Cocoa Beach 62 Miles
Clearwater Beach 104 Miles
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1 Jul 2018 - 31 Aug 2018
4 night minimum stay
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£602 **
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£593 **
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£593 **
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£687 **
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£602 **
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|Refundable Damage Deposit
All rental prices include the compulsory Florida State Tax and the Tourist Development Tax at 6%.
•A non refundable booking deposit of £100 or $165 per week is required when booking. The initial enquiry will be confirmed by e-mail with in 2 days. Once booking is confirmed the deposit is non refundable but will be deducted from the full rental amount. A fully refundable security deposit of £150 ($247) is required against breakages and lost keys. There is a £85 (140 USA dollar) per week charge for having the pool heater on.
Any booking taken and paid for 6 days or less before the commencement of the holiday will attract a 20% discount
•The payment balance is due 8 weeks prior to arrival if late booking i.e. 10 or less weeks before the commencment of the holiday then full amount is due on booking confirmation. Payment must be in sterling or US Dollars.Dollar exchange rate $1.65 to the pound sterling.
•Cancellation charges are as followed. 6-8 weeks prior to departure 50% of total booking. 4-6 wks 75% up to 4 wks 100%. The date of cancellation shall be deemed to be the date that we receive written notification.If you fail to make the payment balance with in the agreed time we shall be entitled to cancel the booking by written notice to yourself. Please note any booking made direct with the owner will attract a 3% discount as there is no credit card charge
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It was congress who wrote the legislation, President Bush just signed it. He didnt write the bill that set up the investigation. Its not the President who makes bills move or be created in congress any faster.
Wait a sec, so I am lying when I say that Bush isnt a Dictator or a King? Because it goes against your point I cant say it? Sounding like a regular dictator there yourself arent you? Again, you say this lie(whicever lie that is) is proven but offer no proof to me that it is. Which once again gives the impression that this is nothing more than a rant. You offer nothing to substantiate your claims. I'm not sayin it again, thats the last time. You keep repeating yourself time and time again. Same old poo different day.
Man youre killing me here, seriously that last paragraph is a gutbuster. My thoughts are backwards and absurd because they go against yours? I cant dissagree with you? Youre digging a hole with your tongue boy. Youre not asking any questions, youre making unfounded statements with nothing to substantiate them with. Sorry, no dice here my friend.


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BRASILIA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A ferry carrying 129 passengers capsized in Brazil's coastal state of Bahia on Thursday, killing at least 22 people, the country's second fatal maritime accident this week, according to local media reports.
At least 22 bodies have been recovered, Navy Commander Flávio Almeida told the Estado de S.Paulo newspaper.
A Navy spokesman confirmed to Reuters that an incident occurred, but declined to give a death toll. Efforts to reach Almeida were unsuccessful.
The ferry sent out a distress call around 8 a.m. local time while traveling between Vera Cruz and Salvador in Bahia, with the accident occurring about 200 meters from the marine terminal, Estado reported.
In a separate incident in the northern state of Pará on Tuesday, the death toll rose to 21, with five people still missing, according to a statement on the Pará state government's website on Thursday. (Reporting by Jake Spring; additional reporting by Brad Brooks in Sao Paulo, editing by G Crosse)


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Single and Multiple Object Tracking Using Log-Euclidean Riemannian Subspace and Block-Division Appearance Model
Issue No. 12 - Dec. (2012 vol. 34)
pp: 2420-2440
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TPAMI.2012.42
Weiming Hu , Nat. Lab. of Pattern Recognition, Inst. of Autom., Beijing, China
Xi Li , Nat. Lab. of Pattern Recognition, Inst. of Autom., Beijing, China
Wenhan Luo , Nat. Lab. of Pattern Recognition, Inst. of Autom., Beijing, China
Xiaoqin Zhang , Nat. Lab. of Pattern Recognition, Inst. of Autom., Beijing, China
S. Maybank , Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Syst., Birkbeck Coll., London, UK
Zhongfei Zhang , Dept. of Comput. Sci., Binghamton Univ., Binghamton, NY, USA
Object appearance modeling is crucial for tracking objects, especially in videos captured by nonstationary cameras and for reasoning about occlusions between multiple moving objects. Based on the log-euclidean Riemannian metric on symmetric positive definite matrices, we propose an incremental log-euclidean Riemannian subspace learning algorithm in which covariance matrices of image features are mapped into a vector space with the log-euclidean Riemannian metric. Based on the subspace learning algorithm, we develop a log-euclidean block-division appearance model which captures both the global and local spatial layout information about object appearances. Single object tracking and multi-object tracking with occlusion reasoning are then achieved by particle filtering-based Bayesian state inference. During tracking, incremental updating of the log-euclidean block-division appearance model captures changes in object appearance. For multi-object tracking, the appearance models of the objects can be updated even in the presence of occlusions. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed tracking algorithm obtains more accurate results than six state-of-the-art tracking algorithms.
video signal processing, Bayes methods, cameras, covariance matrices, feature extraction, inference mechanisms, learning (artificial intelligence), object tracking, particle filtering (numerical methods), particle filtering-based Bayesian state inference, single object tracking, multiple object tracking, incremental log-Euclidean Riemannian subspace learning algorithm, block-division appearance model, object appearance modeling, videos, nonstationary cameras, occlusion reasoning, symmetric positive definite matrices, covariance matrices, image features, vector space, log-Euclidean Riemannian metric, log-Euclidean block-division appearance model, global spatial layout information, local spatial layout information, Tracking, Cameras, Solid modeling, Covariance matrix, Algorithm design and analysis, Inference algorithms, Visual analytics, block-division appearance model, Visual object tracking, occlusion reasoning, log-euclidean Riemannian subspace, incremental learning
Xiaoqin Zhang, Wenhan Luo, Xi Li, Weiming Hu, S. Maybank and Zhongfei Zhang, "Single and Multiple Object Tracking Using Log-Euclidean Riemannian Subspace and Block-Division Appearance Model," in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol. 34, no. , pp. 2420-2440, 2012.


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Walking through the streets of Stockholm, Sweden, feels like what I imagine walking through medieval Europe would have been like. The buildings are tall and grand with cobblestone streets. Arches line the alleyways while statues and fountains are present in every town square.
While the architecture acts as a time machine, the inhabitants of Stockholm are probably the trendiest I've ever come into contact with: high-end shops are littered with beautiful blonde Swedes in impossibly tall heels regardless of the weather. In a nutshell Stockholm manages to be historic and completely modern all at the same time.
Your thoughts on "Stockholm, Sweden photo essay"
I would love to go to Sweden. I hear it is an awesome place. The closest I have got to it is Copenhagen, which I also loved too. Maybe one day I will get there.
I haven't seen many photos of Stockholm, but I had a concept in my head that the architecture was much more modern. These photos look so similar to the ones I took while living in Glasgow, Scotland. It is so interesting to see the juxtaposition of the old buildings and the trendy people!


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Update on Windows 7 RTM
Id like to offer up a little insight into the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) for Windows 7.
Over the past week, there have been many rumors surrounding RTM.
We are close, but have not yet signed off on Windows 7. When we RTM you will most certainly hear it here. As weve said all along, we will RTM Windows 7 when its ready. As previously stated, we expect Windows 7 to RTM in the 2nd half of July.
Windows 7 will be available in many languages from around the world. For us to consider RTM done, it requires that all languages be completely finished. So there is a lot of work that needs to take place for us to finalize all languages of Windows 7. We also need to get to a point of global readiness with our partners. Our partners being ready for Windows 7 is extremely important to RTM. As Steven Sinofsky mentions in this blog post in May, RTM isnt a single point in time. Its the beginning of the next process for Windows 7. At RTM our partners begin their final preparations for Windows 7, including testing and building images for new PCs. RTM is essentially the final stage of engineering for Windows 7 before it hits the market at General Availability (GA). As Steven notes, engineering continues on Windows 7 from RTM until GA on October 22nd.
Another thing to keep in mind is that when we do a specific build internally of Windows 7 we have an extensive step-by-step validation process to ensure quality. This process takes time. Just because a single build may have leaked it does not signal the completion of a milestone such as RTM. As always, dont believe everything that you read on the Internet - except this post ;-).
Everyone is super excited about this version of Windows. I continue to get a ton of questions about some of the things that happen after we RTM. I would like to answer some of those questions:
Once Windows 7 is complete, how do I get it?
The answer depends on who you are:
Yes, you can continue to use the RC until it expires on June 1st, 2010 (expiration starts March 1, 2010 this is when the reboots start final expiration on June 1). Please note that in-place (or direct) upgrades from the Windows 7 RC to RTM will not be supported. You will be required to do a Custom installation (aka clean install).
I am a TechNet or MSDN subscriber. Will I get a product key?
MSDN and TechNet subscribers, as well as Volume License customers will have access to product keys (PIDs) when Windows 7 is made available to them. Product keys for Windows 7 RTM will be different than the product keys used for Windows 7 Beta and the release candidate. Windows 7 Beta or RC product keys *will not* work with Windows 7 RTM.
I am using one of the so-called leaked builds of Windows 7, how will I know if it is the real deal?
As always, beware of what you download. There are many bogus copies of Windows 7 floating around the Internet. More often than not, they contain a rather nice malware payload. And dont believe everything you read on the Internet. When Windows 7 hits RTM, it will be announced here. Until that happens, any builds you are likely to see on the web are either not the final bits or are laced with malicious code.
How do I get a 64-bit copy of Windows 7?
The Upgrade and Full packaged retail product of Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 7 Ultimate will come with both 32-bit and 64-bit DVDs. With Windows Vista, the 64-bit version was only available with Windows Vista Ultimate. Due to the incredible adoption of 64-bit today and customer feedback, we decided to change this for Windows 7. Now all copies of Windows 7 in developed markets will ship with both 32-bit and 64-bit DVDs.
I want to emphasize that delivering Windows 7 at the highest quality possible is the biggest criteria we have for hitting RTM. Our top focus is a super high quality release of Windows first and foremost.
Thanks, and check back soon for more Windows 7 news.
Still have questions about Windows 7? Leave your questions below as I have several colleagues here in Redmond waiting to answer any question Windows 7 related you might have.
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Win 7 RC1
Glad I'm waiting for the official release this time
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Good Info. I guess i have a new bookmark until we see the RTM lights go off.
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Thanks for the update.
Pretty much as I expected and why I generally refrained from joining the 7600 frenzy (um, er, well, with the exception of reading all 2000+ posts and, um, downloading the iso....you know.....just in case).
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"MSDN & TechNet Subscribers: Subscribers will be able to download the final version of Windows 7 a few weeks after we announce RTM"
Oh, man.....I am cast into the pit of despair
A few weeks? Geez, I think I'll go kill myself...
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"MSDN & TechNet Subscribers: Subscribers will be able to download the final version of Windows 7 a few weeks after we announce RTM"
There is nothing to cry about. We'll all get it eventually and it most definately won't be free to any of us.... altho' piracy may be a factor for some in this equation.
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I am a subscriber to both of these and also an official Beta tester ... I will wait until I can get the "full retail version". I want the Ultimate Edition
There is nothing to cry about. We'll all get it eventually and it most definately won't be free to any of us.... altho' piracy may be a factor for some in this equation.
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I know that Zidane2424, that's why I excel in 'consumer Security' ... pirating doesn't come without a price
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Will the upgrade be like Vista in that you have to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultamte if you have Vista Ultamet? If so is there a work around this issue? I don't want to have to rebuild my son's computer just install the upgrade.
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These Easy Vegan Caramel Apples are perfect for Halloween and/or your fall apple harvest. And despite what you may think about "vegan caramel" this recipe couldn't be easier. The goods..
* 1 honeycrisp apple, organic (of course any apple will work.)
* vegan vanilla-coconut caramel (recipe ahead)
* walnut + dark chocolate crumble (easy)
* 1 wooden stick or thick bamboo skewer
..and boom. Your vegan caramel apple craving is soon to be satisfied...
I've been ogling the caramel apples all over the web the past week and decided that I needed to make this happen here on my blog.
I have experimented with vegan caramel in the past - like my vegan apple cider caramel - but this time I wanted to keep my recipe super simple and access the brilliance of coconut products. So instead of heavy cream or milk (which is found in most non-vegan recipes) I grabbed some vegan coconut cream.
coconut cream - full fat coconut milk, chilled, then the firm white stuff that forms at the top of the can or bowl is the "coconut cream"
And geniusly, Trader Joe's recently came out with something called "coconut cream" which is super rich and thick. Basically it is all "hard white stuff" from the can of coconut milk. You can also grab any full fat can of coconut milk, stick it in the fridge to chill and spoon the white hard stuff off the top of the can (technique shown in my coconut whip post.)
Vegan Vanilla Bean Coconut Caramel..
As I was skimming around other vegan caramel recipes I noticed that many of them get very precise regarding temperatures and boiling points etc etc. It all makes it sound very intimidating, especially to someone like me who does not own a candy thermometer.
So I gave my "super easy, guess-ti-mation timing" version a whirl and it totally worked. I made a few different batches, using different times for "boiling" and again, it worked. So while precision is totally awesome if you have the patience and skills and tools. I personally found that winging it kinda works here. Making vegan caramel a lot easier than you may think.
The topping / coating? You can really do whatever you'd like. Peanuts, chopped pecans, dark chocolate, walnuts, brazil nuts or even go all healthy and throw in a few chia or hemp seeds. I did a simple walnut + dark vegan chocolate mixture. Very yummy.
So grab an apple and make this!..
Easy Vegan Caramel Apples - Walnut Dark Chocolate Dipped
makes one, vegan
1 large apple (organic honeycrisp used)
1 stick for apple (wood or bamboo)
-> wash apple, dry very well and place stick into apple core
1/4 cup walnuts, raw
2 Tbsp vegan dark chocolate chips/chunks/bars
-> process these in a food processor or vitamix until thin and crumbly
Vanilla-Coconut Caramel:
4 Tbsp vegan sugar (organic granulated sugar)
1/4 tsp real vanilla extract (or real vanilla bean specks .. I used this)
2 1/2 Tbsp coconut cream (the white stuff from a chilled can of full fat coconut milk)
pinch of sea salt
-> Add sugar, vanilla, salt and coconut cream to a saute pan over high heat. Stir until melted together. Continue stirring as the mixture begins to bubble. Stir bubbling for about 45 seconds. Reduce heat to low. Stir for another minute. Turn heat off and pour mixture into a small dish. Place in the fridge to chill until sticky (about ten minutes should do it.)
Dip dry apple in caramel - slather it around. Then dip in coating. Serve or slice and serve.
* If caramel is too thick when you pull from fridge, stick in the microwave for a few seconds to soften.
* If caramel does not firm up in the fridge, wait until fully chilled, it should be firm. If not, start over and heat the caramel mixture a minute or so longer at the boiling state. You may be able to simply reheat the same mixture.
* If caramel seems grainy, you need to melt/heat it for a longer period on the stove.
* If mixture seems too thick as you are heating it, add another spoonful of coconut cream.
* If caramel does not stick to the apple, place it back in the fridge, it probably needs to chill a bit longer to get stickier. OR your apple is too wet. Dry it off very well.
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Endeavoring to not "use" animals...
Another reader remarked on how much she liked the comment...actually she liked the comment more than the post...which got me to thinking about all sorts of stuff (Thanks Krissa, I think).
I remember being in the 2nd or 3rd grade and two boys in my class got into a fight at recess. It wasn't a fist fight...more shoving and wrestling around. One boy was considerably larger than anyone else in the class and the "fight" really was no contest...he ended up sitting on top of the other boy and "winning", the bell rang and we all headed back toward the schoolhouse. The boy who lost was crying and all snotty in the face and such and I so powerfully remember feeling awful for him...feeling like it wasn't fair...the other guy was so much bigger and the fight wasn't about self-defense or retaliation or anything it was more the big guy wanted something to go his way (hell if I remember what) and the smaller guy didn't want to so....big guy imposes his will on the littler guy. Bam, that's it...way of the world right?
Now such stuff would be called bullying...which is what it was and maybe much would be made of it...or maybe not. I don't even know how to describe very well what that incident did to me or impacted me, I do know it made me never ever want to be in a situation where I "imposed" my will on someone else just because I could simply to get something I wanted with no consideration of the other person or what they wanted or whether it was good or bad for them or if whatever.
I hated the whole thing, the whole situation...it all just felt awful to me and has stayed with me all of my life. In a strange way I am still sorting out and comprehending all the feelings I had as a result of witnessing that small slice of fairly typical behavior on the part of young male children in the culture I was born into.
Now don't get the idea the big guy was a perpetual jerk and the little guy was the angel. Actually as the 12 years of public school played out I ended up liking the big guy more than the little guy. The one never devolved into full blown bully (probably partially because, over time, the size differential shrunk between the rest of the boys in the class and him) and the other guy, the smaller one, turned out to have a personality I will describe as a smirky, jerky putz type person...hell if I know why.
I do know this, part of the foundation of me, of my weltanschauing, of my feeling repertoire, of my personality has to do with being repulsed and disgusted by a more powerful being imposing their will on a less powerful being...just because they can....or even beings of equal power imposing their will and forcing the other to do something they want.
I am excluding situations where a parent restrains a child from danger or forces them to do something that is necessary (for the child's health or whatnot). Or if a human animal forces another animal to receive a medical treatment or confines them to their house because being outside unsupervised would be dangerous. I'm not talking about stuff like that, I am talking about using or controlling someone else with force simply because you can and because you want to.
I hate that crap, I think it is one of the biggest wrongs that there is, don't push others around or take advantage of them...just don't do it. I don't feel that way because I am a "good" person, I feel that way because I feel that way.
Look, another term for what I am so ineffectually trying to describe is exploitation. The free dictionary gives one definition for exploitation as being: "Utilization of another person or group for selfish purposes".
It is not ok to use others, whether you use them because you apply force or whether you apply guile or manipulation. It is ok to engage in interactions with others where there is a mutual benefit (i.e., you "use" each other) and the benefits from one to the other are approximately equal...that's fine. As long as everybody knows what is going on and agrees (and has the capacity to agree). But no force and no using unfairly...everything should be aboveboard, out in the open and agreed upon. No profiting at someone else's expense.
I don't think that way because it is "good", I think that way because I don't like that exploitation crap and I also believe the whole world and every being in it would be a hell of a lot better off if we all tried as hard as we could to operate that way. Wouldn't it and wouldn't we? Life would likely be so much more pleasant and fun and satisfying if we all tried our utmost to operate that way...at least I think it would.
If that is an important thing to me...and it is...whether I have lived up to it all the time or not (or most of the time or not)...then veganism is a given. Because that way of operating applies across the board...to everyone...cats, rabbits, next door neighbors, chickens, Canadians, Texans, muskrats....you name em.
Ethical veganism is a given for me because any other way of interacting with any kind of animal (by that I mean human animals too) would include exploitation...and I hate that stuff. And hell if I know why it took me so long to figure it out. There are other reason for my operating as a vegan, but the exploitation thingee is a big one for me. And I knew it a long long time ago...
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so thoughtful.
thank you.
the exploitation of the human-animal in "farms" and slaughterhouses is too much for me to bear, too.
- March 16, 2011 at 8:10 AM
I liked the post, too!!! But yeah, the comment was really great and sums it up so succinctly. ... I don't like to see people bullied or abused either, I really don't. But I have to admit that I get way more sad and upset reading a headline about say, a hamster getting bashed to death (that was a headline I saw last week) and feel worse and more sick about it and picture it in my head over and over than when I read about something happening to a person. It's truly not that I don't care about innocent people, I just get way more impacted by what happens to other animals. I'm not sure why. It was that way even before I 'became vegan' so I guess that's something else to try to figure out. You'd think I would have gotten on the ball sooner. I never saw anything like what you describe you saw with those two boys - well, probably I did but I forgot it. But "The Velveteen Rabbit", "Charlotte's Web" and so on stayed with me and made me very sad. I still almost cry thinking about those stories and I'm .... much older now. (ha ha). ... It says a lot about you (all good) that that incident you described affected you so deeply at the time and stayed with you all these years. You're one of the good guys... Thanks for another thought provoking post.
- March 16, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- Penny said...
I so agree with all the points you've made here. I hate the imposition of a stronger person's will on a weaker, except in the examples you've given, where it's necessary for safety. I can just feel the terrified helplessness of someone being forced to go somewhere or do something they don't want to(children being dragged away from their mothers is one example that hurts me deeply), so, ofcourse, veganism is the only way to avoid contributing to this, as far as is possible.
- March 16, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- veganelder said...
Thank you for commenting Addie, Persephone, J.F. Such atrocities are too much to bear for anyone.
- March 17, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- veganelder said...
Thank you for commenting Penny and welcome!
The more I learn and think about veganism as an approach to life the more I am blown away by how many ills are eliminated by such a lifestyle...it is remarkable and amazing.
- March 17, 2011 at 8:21 AM
- veganelder said...
Thank you for commenting Krissa. Phew, you are really making me work. I think it would be easier if I elaborated in another post. I didn't mean to leave the impression that bad crap done to human animals and bad crap done to other animals is the same to me...I too (almost invariably) think bad stuff done to the fur, fin and feather folk is much more egregious and despicable than that which is done to the human animals (again there are exceptions). This is way too long for a comment...I will write more in a future post..ok?
- March 18, 2011 at 6:48 AM
:) ... I didn't do too good with my comment on this one. I started thinking and ran with it and didn't elaborate that I do know you feel the same way about what 'we' do to other animals in comparison to what we do to each other. This post has really had me thinking too. A lot. I'll wait for the next post though. :)
- March 18, 2011 at 1:09 PM
- veganelder said...
Thanks for the follow-up comment Krissa. Pshaw...you did wonderfully with your comment, never fear...I just have to do some processing...this thinking/feeling stuff is hard for us old folks. :-)
- March 20, 2011 at 6:50 AM
- Bea Elliott said...
"I too (almost invariably) think bad stuff done to the fur, fin and feather folk is much more egregious and despicable than that which is done to the human animals..."
Ditto for me too. When I made my discoveries I put human against human harms in their place: War, theft, gangs, bad parenting... Whatever made sense. But when I tried to find "a place" of reason for what's done to animals in the magnitude (and social sanction) it was impossible to justify.
Nonhumans are the absolute most innocent beings - Totally removed from "our world". I even remember hearing someone say that they thought fur/feather/fin animals were put here so that man could "direct" his aggressions and violence - (?) So "we" wouldn't inflict it on each other! I know, ridiculous what people will say isn't it?
Anyway, catching up on your recent post(s) - Will be curious to hear your take on the harms done to the (MOST) innocent ones! :)
- March 23, 2011 at 7:15 AM
- veganelder said...
Thank you for commenting Bea.
Not only ridiculous what people say, often even worse is what they do.
This is the time of year many rescue organizations choose to do fund-raising activities...spring...I suspicion it might be wiser to avoid competing against one another but it sort of ends up that way when everyone "events" simultaneously. Anyway, lots of running around and little time for posting for a bit.
- March 26, 2011 at 7:17 AM
- Have Gone Vegan said...
I too am trying to catch up!
Great observations. I agree that you don't have to be good to be vegan (in fact, there are vegan bullies in the movement as far as I'm concerned), but you do have to have a strong sense of justice. Which maybe is likelier to develop if you HAVE been exposed to some type of bullying?
Oh, and I'm glad you included Canadians. ;)
- March 27, 2011 at 8:34 PM
- veganelder said...
Thanks for commenting HGV. Never ever ever would I not include Canadians. :-)
Bullied equals strong sense of justice? You would think so yet often when you look, you find that the most abusive folks themselves had a history of being abused. It seems that it can go either way...
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