text:
Food Should Taste Good
Harvest Pumpkin Tortilla Chips
Produced by General Mills
"All of our products and processes are inspected, tested and certified gluten free by the Gluten Free Certification Organization. Additionally, suppliers are required to provide negative-allergen documentation to guarantee their ingredients are gluten free.
"We also verify these results using a third party laboratory. For more information, please visit www.gfco.org."
ContactPhone: 1-877-588-3784
Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 5:30pm CT
Online: www.foodshouldtastegood.com/connect/feedback
Store Locator:
Important: We try to provide the most up-to-date and accurate information available. However, please keep in mind that manufacturer policies and formulations can change at any time, and that some information listed on this site could be out-of-date or contain unintentional errors.
Remember to always read product labels and check with the manufacturer directly if you have any concerns.


text:
Marcus Chavez Receives ASM Scholarship, Nov. 3, 2000
SOCORRO, N.M., November 3, 2000 -- Marcus Chavez, a graduate of Los Lunas High School who is now a sophomore majoring in materials engineering at New Mexico Tech, recently was awarded the prestigious ASM International Albuquerque Chapter Scholarship. Chavez is the son of Frank Chavez of Los Lunas.
The scholarship award, which includes $500 and a one-year student membership in ASM International ("The Materials Information Society"), was presented to Chavez by ASM International Albuquerque Chapter chairwoman Michelle Griffith of Sandia National Laboratories.
In addition to his recent ASM award, Chavez also won first place in the undergraduate poster presentation contest at the recently held 12th Annual Rio Grande Regional Symposium on Advanced Materials. The award included a $200 cash prize.
Chavez's poster presentation was titled "Optimization of a New Low-Temperature Anodic Bonding Technique for the Packaging of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Devices."
The Los Lunas native also has conducted research in the anodic bonding of Pyrex glass to silicon wafers and the optimization of bonding processes through surface and modified glass to improve bond quality and lower bonding temperatures.
Chavez has been attending the state-supported research university under a New Mexico Tech Bronze Scholarship.
When he is not pursuing his studies and research projects, Chavez keeps himself active by participating in weightlifting, karate, baseball, softball, and playing the piano.
"Everyone at New Mexico Tech works hard, day in and day out," Chavez says. "The classwork never stops. . . . Yet, time for having fun is always found.
"For me, lab research is always better than book work," he continues, "and, one day, all this hard work will pay off."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
5 / 9
conversion and extension of a protected building
Location: 8135 Langnau am Albis
Client: private
Status: built
Project: 2008-2010
The Vogt House was originally built in the 18th century for the then chief magistrate of the district. Today it is partially under conservation. It lies on the slope of the Albis hill with a spectacular view over the entire Zürichsee. New spatial sequences and interior connections were cleverly adapted to contemporary living standards. In the basement you arrive as a matter of course at the new subterranean annex, the wellness area. Large pools set in stone are inscribed into the space and appear to stretch out with seamless transition into the surrounding countryside.


text:
MarabuFineliner GraphixPen Sets
DiversifiedWoodcrafts Fab-LabWorkbenches
Blick ChelseaMetal GalleryFrames
BlickWater-SolubleBlock PrintingInks
BlickPencil Case
UtrechtColor WheelGuide
15% Off Orders of $45 or More + Free Shipping
Available Offers
Today's Deal
Free Shipping
On Orders of $35 or More**
15% Off
Orders of $45 or More*
Use Code: CEUZ
*Exclusions apply**After discounts taken
On Orders of $45 or More**
**After discounts taken
Browse more:
Sennelier Extra-Fine Acrylique Paints contain only the highest-quality pigments, selected to assure clarity, purity, opacity, and stability over time. A broad palette of 120 colors includes all the colors that made Sennelier's Artists' Oils famous.
Color Swatches created using heavy application/medium application/50% tint and were applied on acrylic primed canvas (7 oz) material.
bismuth orthovanadate or bismuth vanadium oxide
Bismuth Yellow is an intense, light value, semi-opaque yellow pigment with good tinting strength.
Bismuth Yellow has excellent lightfastness.
Bismuth orthovanadate is harmful if swallowed. It is irritating to the eyes, respiratory system, and skin. Exposure may cause conjunctivitis, rhinitis, and reversible irritation of the respiratory tract. More severe cases may cause bronchitis, bronchospasms, and asthma like disease. It may cause polycythemia, red blood cell destruction and anemia, albuminuria and hematuria, gastrointestinal disorders, nervous complaints, and severe cough. However, bismuth vanadium oxide is completely insoluble in water. This limits absorption and biological activity. In waterbased paints, it must be suspended in a binder vehicle. Because of low absorption, such clinical symptons are primarily limited to cases of long-term occupational exposure.
Bismuth orthovanadate occurs naturally in several minerals. Although it was synthesized in the 1920s, it was not developed as a commercial pigment until the 1970s.
Permanent Lemon Yellow, Vanadium Yellow.
organic, disazo
Diarylide Yellow 170 is an orange to reddish yellow that is semi-opaque and has moderate tinting strength, depending on how finely it is ground.
Diarylide Yellow 170 has good lightfastness, but is considered inferior to some more expensive pigments of comparable hue, such as Benzimidazolone Yellow.
Diarylide Yellow 170 has no significant acute hazards, but chronic hazards have not been well studied.
Pigment Yellow FRN, Lysopac™ Geel 7010C
Your cart is currently empty.
Your cart currently contains N item.
Material Safety Data Sheet
® Sennelier is a registered trademark.


text:
LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- TNT is saying goodbye to "Saving Grace" a little earlier than an expected.
Network sources have confirmed to the site exclusively the show's fourth - and final - season will launch on Monday, March 29 at 9:00/8:00c. Back-to-back episodes ("Let's Talk" and "Hear The Birds") will air that night before moving to its regular Monday, 10:00/9:00c time period the following week ("You Can't Save Them All, Grace").
TNT previously indicated the series would return for its swan song this summer.
"Grace's" return however will be short-lived as the network's NBA playoff coverage will sideline the drama beginning April 19. In total the cable channel has nine episodes of "Grace" yet to air.
Meanwhile, "Southland" will wrap its second season on Tuesday, April 6 at 10:00/9:00c. A marathon of its sophomore run - "Phase Three," "Butch and Sundance," "U-Boat," "The Runner," "What Makes Sammy Run?" - will lead into said finale ("Maximum Deployment") beginning at 5:00/4:00c that same night.


text:
Hubble Pinpoints Farthest Protocluster of Galaxies Ever Seen
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of construction – the most distant such grouping ever observed in the early universe.
In a random sky survey made in near-infrared light, Hubble spied five tiny galaxies clustered together 13.1 billion light-years away. They are among the brightest galaxies at that epoch and very young, existing just 600 million years after the universe's birth in the big bang.
Hubble Spies Building Blocks of Most Distant Galaxy Cluster
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of construction – the most distant such grouping ever observed in the early universe.
In a random sky survey made in near-infrared light, Hubble spied five tiny galaxies clustered together 13.1 billion light-years away. They are among the brightest galaxies at that epoch and very young, existing just 600 million years after the universe's birth in the big bang.
Galaxy clusters are the largest structures in the universe, comprising hundreds to thousands of galaxies bound together by gravity. The developing cluster, or protocluster, seen as it looked 13 billion years ago, presumably has grown into one of today's massive "galactic cities", comparable to the nearby Virgo cluster of more than 2,000 galaxies.
"These galaxies formed during the earliest stages of galaxy assembly, when galaxies had just started to cluster together," said Michele Trenti of the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. "The result confirms our theoretical understanding of the buildup of galaxy clusters. And, Hubble is just powerful enough to find the first examples of them at this distance."
Trenti presented the results today at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas. The study will be published in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal.
Most galaxies in the universe reside in groups and clusters, and astronomers have probed many mature galactic cities in detail as far as 11 billion light-years away. But finding clusters in the early phases of construction has been challenging because they are rare, dim, and widely scattered across the sky.
"We need to look in many different areas because the odds of finding something this rare are very small," said Trenti, who used Hubble's sharp-eyed Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) to pinpoint the cluster galaxies. "It's like playing a game of Battleship: the search is hit and miss. Typically, a region has nothing, but if we hit the right spot, we can find multiple galaxies."
Because distant, fledgling clusters are so dim, the team hunted for the systems' brightest galaxies. These brilliant light bulbs act as billboards, advertising cluster construction zones. Galaxies at early epochs don't live alone. From simulations, the astronomers expect galaxies to be clustered together. Because brightness correlates with mass, the most luminous galaxies pinpoint the location of developing clusters. The galaxies live in deep wells of dark matter. An invisible form of matter, dark matter makes up the underlying gravitational scaffolding for galaxy construction. The team expects many fainter galaxies that were not seen in these observations to inhabit the same neighborhood.
The five bright galaxies spotted by Hubble are about one-half to one-tenth the size of our Milky Way, yet are comparable in brightness. The galaxies are bright and massive because they are being fed large amounts of gas through mergers with other galaxies. The team's simulations show that the galaxies will eventually merge and form the brightest central galaxy in the cluster, a giant elliptical similar to the Virgo Cluster's M87.
The observations demonstrate the progressive buildup of galaxies and provide further support for the hierarchical model of galaxy assembly, in which small objects accrete mass, or merge, to form bigger objects over a smooth and steady but dramatic process of collision and agglomeration.
Hubble looked in near-infrared light because ultraviolet and visible light from these extremely distant galaxies has been stretched into near-infrared wavelengths by the expansion of space during its long journey. The observations are part of the Brightest of Reionizing Galaxies (BoRG) survey, which uses Hubble's WFC3 to search for the brightest galaxies around 13 billion years ago, when light from the first stars burned off a fog of cold hydrogen in a process called reionization.
The team estimated the distance to the newly found galaxies based on their colors, but the astronomers plan to follow up with spectroscopic observations, which measure the expansion of space. These observations will help the astronomers precisely calculate the cluster's distance and also will yield the velocities of the galaxies, which will show whether they are gravitationally bound to each other.
Spectroscopic observations made last year on another faraway galaxy cluster confirmed its distance of 12.6 billion light-years from Earth. A group of astronomers, led by Peter L. Capak of NASA's Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, discovered the cluster using a variety of telescopes, including Hubble.
Without spectroscopic observations, it's not clear whether the observed galaxies in Trenti's study are gravitationally bound yet. The average distance between them is likely comparable to that of the galaxies in the Local Group, consisting of two large spiral galaxies, the Milky Way and Andromeda, and a few dozen small dwarf galaxies.
These observations are pushing Hubble to the limit of its ability. This region, however, will be prime country for future telescopes such as NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an infrared observatory scheduled to launch later this decade. Webb will see farther into the infrared, allowing it to hunt for even earlier stages of galaxy assembly within 300 million years of the big bang.
Trenti will continue using Hubble to fish for more fledgling clusters through the BoRG survey.
Donna Weaver / Ray Villard
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.
410-338-4493 / 410-338-4514
firstname.lastname@example.com / firstname.lastname@example.com
Michele Trenti
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
011-44-122-333-7526 (office)
443-527-9780 (cell)


text:
Please note: You are viewing an archived Bucknell University news story. It is possible that information found on this page has become outdated or inaccurate, and links and images contained within are not guaranteed to function correctly.
By April Line
LEWISBURG. Pa. — The first open lecture on the Thebes Excavation at Ismenion hill drew an excited crowd. The project is the first-ever joint Greek-American archeological dig at the site. The night began with Stephanie Larson, associate professor of classics, thanking student volunteers and highlighting some of their important finds from the past two seasons, which included beads, coins, and a sequence of letters on a clay rooftile that could have easily been missed. For each of the last two summers, Larson and fellow Associate Professor of Classics Kevin Daly have led groups of students to Thebes, Greece — cooperating with the Greek government and Ephorates of Antiquities to run this excavation.
Thebes is an unsung haven of significance in the field of antiquities. While it has long been suspected that Thebes' civic and religious contributions have yet to be fully understood, the dig at the Ismenion hill, in cooperation with the 9th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and the 23rd Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, will go a long way to defining the historical and cultural contributions of this major ancient Greek city-state. The team has already made a number of finds that signify Thebes' importance in the classical world. One of the first projects the Bucknell team tackled was generating a consistent, electronic topographical map of Thebes.
Daly said, "[We needed to] set it firmly in three dimensions. While a GIS (Geographical Information Systems) analysis of Theban archeology had already begun in the early 2000s, a particular challenge has been getting firm fixed points on a truly local grid." The new maps were generated using an iPad application, electromagnetic imaging, and measurements to sea-level.
Another reason that the dig at Ismenion is so significant is that great portions of it have never been excavated. The finds the Bucknell team has made so far, which have mostly been made in areas that have some record of previous excavation, serve to further contextualize what is already known about the region, and to trace burial practices back as far as the second millennium B.C.E.
In a foundation trench to the eastern side of the last of three temples that stood on the Ismenion hill, a red clay askos was found. An askos is a type of pot (the term askos denotes the vessel's shape, similar to a teapot), and this artifact is an example of fineware that is painted with scenes involving sphinxes.
"Sphinxes were heavily involved in the mythology concerning Thebes, particularly in the mythic story of Oedipus, king of Thebes, who, according to legend, killed the Sphinx that plagued the city," according to Larson. "So it is exciting to have a depiction of sphinxes found within the civic shrine of Thebes and from the same time period as Sophocles was writing in Athens." Larson said the find helps to re-contextualize Thebes as an important Classical city in the Boeotian region of the Mediterranean.
One area this project also involves is a parking lot which rests just to the northwest of the Ismenion. A bothros (a Greek term literally translated as "trash pit") was discovered there. The team took many whole and partial clay pots from the garbage pit, and have been able to separate organic samples, as well as to date the pots and discern some of their uses.
"We're going to get a nice typology of cooking pots, which are tied to the fineware pots, which are tied to a very tight sequence of coins," Daly said. "Cooking pots are, at times, a better marker of time."
Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant
The joint project was made possible through a three-year, $350,000 grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, one of the world's leading international philanthropic organizations. Additional funding includes contributions from The Gladys Delmas Foundation, the Loeb Library Foundation and Bucknell University.
For the 2013 dig, the team plans to continue exploring a tomb discovered near the end of the 2012 session, as well as to explore three additional areas, including a 10-by-10 foot site atop the temple that has not previously been excavated. Larson and Daly currently are seeking contributions to continue the project well beyond 2013.
Contact: Division of Communications
View images from the dig.


text:
If you can't live with your existing Internet connection and its patchy coverage any longer, then BT Shop has the answer. Our HomePlugs, also known as Wi-Fi extenders or powerlines, can support your network over your existing wiring. They can help to improve your Internet connection and the overall network performance so that you can utilise the Internet however you wish. Stream video, download and play games, send large files to colleagues or just browse the web at your leisure faster than ever before. We stock a wide range of HomePlugs and Wi-Fi extenders from top brands so browse the BT Shop online store to find the one that best suits your needs and budget
Read what our customers had to say about how smart devices could help them at home. From smart lighting, heating and security, to health and wellbeing, we've covered it all.


text:
Ora and Deb Weston of Estherville announce the engagement of their daughter, Christina Weston, to Dustin Rusher, son of Dan and Terri Rusher of Roland.
The future bride will graduate from the University of Northern Iowa in May with a BA in psychology. The future groom is an assistant manager at Wal-Mart in Grimes.
The couple plans a Sept. 28, 2013, wedding at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Estherville and will make their home in Grimes.
Article Photos
Christina and Dustin


text:
A NEW Oxfordshire TV station will be beaming into sets across the county following a successful licence bid.
Broadcasting regulator Ofcom yesterday gave approval to Abingdon-based station That's Oxford.
The channel will feature Esther Rantzen hosting a weekly light-entertainment show and covering quirky local stories, but despite the familiar names and title, bosses have said there will be no return of the one-time popular BBC show That's Life!.
About 12 full-time jobs will be created, but a larger staff will be drawn from its broadcast base at Oxford Brookes University and partnership with Abingdon and Witney College, as media students and apprentices will be used to run the schedule.
That's Oxford was created by Daniel Cass, 38, who ran SIX TV until it went off air in 2009 after 10 years.
The first programmes are not expected to air until 2014, although Mr Cass said his team was setting to work immediately on recruitment and would welcome input from Oxfordshire residents.
He said: "We're not just recreating SIX TV, or running the same thing we did before, we will be taking it much further.
"Back then the technology wasn't as advanced as it is now so there is more scope.
"Each evening we will look to have a phone-in show focusing on local issues, and once a week we will have a similar type of show presented by bigger names.
"Esther Rantzen is someone we are so pleased to have on board, and yes we will be focusing on a show about life in Oxfordshire, but no we are not bringing back That's Life!.
"It will be fun, though, and that will encapsulate the flavour of the channel.
"Our aim is to cover all aspects of life in Oxfordshire, and we are not going to be driven by council press releases, it will be viewer driven.
"We will listen to them and they will shape the broadcasting."
The station's potential output could cover an array of subjects from eating out in Oxford, to Asian and Chinese community news, Oxfordshire army chefs in action, and the local music scene.
A parent company has been set up to fund and prop up the station, and That's Oxford will feature Rantzen and sports TV presenter Jim Rosenthal on its executive board.
The Blackwells family is also involved in the project.
But Mr Cass would not last night be drawn on how much investment had gone into the project.
It beat two rivals, both called Oxford 8, to land the 12-year licence.
Jonathan Marks, of losing bid Princes Risborough-based Oxford 8, expressed sadness at defeat but congratulated That's Oxford on its success.
Oxfordshire was selected by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in December as one of the 21 pilot areas where local TV would arrive first.
The station would be broadcast from the Beckley transmitter, so it would be picked up in Didcot, Witney, Wantage, Faringdon and Oxford on channel eight.
Due to the way the transmitter is pointed it will not be picked up north of Kidlington.


text:
Mobilize WordPress is finally here!
The long awaited WordPress version of ThemeForest's top selling HTML mobile template Mobilize is here!
Mobilize is a touch optimized mobile WordPress theme built on jQuery Mobile and is loaded with features. The homepage has a touch optimized responsive slider with 24 transitions (swipe with your finger!), optional captions, social icons and more. The interior features a touch optimized gallery, contact form, blog with featured images and featured videos, tons of shortcodes and more. Four color schemes are included, and customizing colors is a breeze with the built in theme options manager. The extensive theme options manager allows you to choose from over 150 Google fonts, choose social icons, set blog options and more! Check out the searchable lists, including thumbnail lists and events lists!
NEW in version 2.3 .. Slide Out Panels http://bit.ly/14TFKQ9
Slider Features:
- Mobile Touch Optimized
- Liquid / Responsive Layout
- 24 Transition Effects
- Optional Captions with 9 Effects
- 2 Loader Styles
Contact Features:
- One Touch Email
- One Touch Directions
- One Touch Phone Call
- Contact Form
- Touch Optimized (swipe)
- Liquid / Responsive Layout
- Auto Play
Blog Features:
- Thumbnail Images
- Featured Images
- Featured Videos
- Comments
Perfect for:
After Purchase:
- See the documentation for quick setup tips
- Please Rate Mobilize WordPress to help spread the word! (from your downloads tab)
- Questions? Visit our support forum for help.
- Follow us on ThemeForest, Facebook, and Twitter for updates!
v3.1 3.08.2019 Updated: PHP 7.3 update Updated: WP 5.1 fix v3 1.03.2019 Updated: WP 5.0.2 v2.9 7.02.2014 Added: sidebar shortcode Fixed: contact form bug v2.7 1.16.2014 Fixed: twitter plugin bug v2.6 6.13.2013 Added: [search] shortcode Fixed: twitter feed Fixed: various bugs (footer, slider with single image) v2.5 4.09.2013 Added: Thumbnails: target, crop image function, and ajax option Fixed: Sticky footer + modal window option for blog page v2.4 3.19.2013 Fixed: Slider navigation fix v2.3 3.12.2013 Added: Option to set homepage content for mobile switcher plugin Added: Scripts to jQuery Mobile 1.3 Added: Slide out panels (new in JQM 1.3, see documentation) Fixed: Bubble icon bug v2.2 2.06.2013 Added: Additional contact form options in admin Edited: Phone validation on form v2.1 1.25.2013 Added: More settings for colors Fixed: Thumbnails list bug v2.0 12.21.2012 Added: Data-Ajax Shortcodes Added: Homepage Menu Transition Settings v1.9 12.16.2012 Added: Background image options to theme options (size, position, etc) Added: Modifications to wpautop initial settings v1.8 12.12.2012 Added: Individual header gallery for pages Added: Google font preview in theme options panel v1.7 12.08.2012 Update: jQuery version 1.8.2 Update: jQuery Mobile version 1.2.0 Added: Pinterest Logo v1.6 11.29.2012 Fixed: Size issue when bookmarking site on iPhone 5 v1.5 11.20.2012 Added: Options to set a link for slides in slider v1.4 11.19.2012 Added: Options to set the width, height and url for logo Added: Option to set the width and height for homepage slider Added: More custom colors in admin panel Added: Page headers font - chooser v1.3 11.08.2012 Added: Option in admin panel to set the menu -name for the theme switcher Added: Option for the gallery to use default wordpress gallery images. shortcode : [gallery source="default"] Added: Shortcodes in posts excerpt support v1.2 11.05.2012 Fixed: Slider Bug Fixed: CSS button color issue v1.1 11.02.2012 Added: Translation files (PO/MO files) Fixed: Contact form bug v1.0 11.01.2012 Initial release


text:
The Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) facilitates remote operations on a camera connected computer. Typical operations are uploading/downloading photos and remote captures.
Most cameras support some basic operations over PTP, but often only in a limited fashion. For example, downloading of files can be limited to just JPEG files.
The PTP extension for CHDK discussed in this article does not alter the standard operations but adds new CHDK-specific operations instead. This is due to the complexity involved in altering or complete overwriting the standard operations. It also means that special tools are required to access this new functionality.
If you want simple control over the camera without USB a protocol connection (for example, using a micro-controller or RC equipment) see USB Remote. Note the USB remote option must be disabled to use the PTP Extension.
The CHDK extension was first added to the CHDK trunk in changeset 957, and has been enabled for all cameras since changeset 1116
Related forum thread: CHDK PTP interface
Functionality Edit
An overview of the functionality available through the PTP interface is described below. The specific functionality and usage depends on which client application you use. The canonical reference to the CHDK PTP protocol is core/ptp.h in the CHDK source tree.
File transferEdit
Files can be uploaded to and downloaded from any part of the file system.
Script executionEdit
The PTP interface allows execution of lua scripts sent over PTP. In general, any scripting function available to normal CHDK scripts can be executed remotely. See CHDK Scripting Cross Reference Page for a list of CHDK script functions. There are some additional functions specific to PTP, described in Lua/PTP Scripting.
Some of the features available using Lua scripts include
- Switch to and from record mode
- Switch recording modes, e.g. Av, Tv, Video
- Adjust exposure parameters, focus, zoom etc.
- Shoot pictures or video
- Manipulate Canon menus and settings with simulated key presses
- List, create and delete files and directories
- Return values from script, send and receive arbitrary messages between the camera and PC
- Shutdown or reboot the camera
Remote displayEdit
CHDK 1.1 add support streaming the contents of the camera LCD display over PTP. (revision 1921 and later)
Remote shootingEdit
CHDK 1.2 added support for saving images directly over USB, without saving on the SD card. This is supported for raw and DNG on all cameras, and for jpeg on some cameras. For raw and DNGs capturing a subset of rows from the raw framebuffer is also supported.
Debugging featuresEdit
- Read and write camera memory
- call arbitrary camera functions
LibUSB Driver for Windows Edit
All the client applications below require libusb-win32 driver on Windows.
Installing LibUSB using ZadigEdit
Zadig is recommended, especially on Windows 8 and later which restrict the use of unsigned drivers. To install libusb using this tool:
- Download the appropriate file for your OS from http://zadig.akeo.ie/
- Connect the camera via USB
- If you have never connected the camera before, wait for Windows to install its default driver
- Run zadig_2.2.exe
- Click Options > List All Devices
- Select in the dropdown (usually Canon Digital Camera)
- If you have multiple Canon cameras, make sure only one is connected and powered on
- You can edit the name to allow identifying the driver later
- Be sure you have the camera selected. If you select the wrong device, the device you selected may become unusable until you remove the driver. The existing driver should be something like WUDFRd on Win7 or WUDFWpdMtp on Win10. The USB ID should be 04A9 for a Canon camera, and the second part will be the PID of your camera.
- Select libusb-win32 by clicking the up/down arrows in the Driver box
- Click Replace Driver
- Restart the camera before attempting to access it with a CHDK client. There is no need to restart your PC.
Related forum post [1]
Removing the LibUSB driverEdit
To remove the driver installed by Zadig or the INF wizard
- Open device manager
- Select View - Show Hidden Devices
- Find the driver under libusb-win32 Devices
- Right click and select and uninstall
- Check "Delete the driver software for this device" and click OK
- Windows will re-install the default driver the next time you connect the camera
Installing LibUSB ManuallyEdit
If you are using an OS prior to Windows 8.1 and don't want to use Zadig, you can install libusb manually instead.
- Windows 8 users should read the following guide: How to install an unsigned driver on Windows 8
- Download the latest binary release from here
- Extract archive
- Connect camera via USB and turn on in Play mode
- Let Windows install its built-in driver if not already installed
- Run \bin\inf-wizard.exe from extracted archive
- Select your camera from the list of attached USB devices
- Hit Next and save the resulting INF file to a new folder
- Hit Install Now...
- It should appear in Device Manager as libusb-win32 devices > Canon Digital Camera
- No PC reboot is needed
LibUSB NotesEdit
- Installing the LibUSB driver normally prevents you from accessing the camera with standard windows software, so when it is installed, you will need to use one of the CHDK client programs to download files. If you want to go back to standard software, see the removal instructions above.
- The installed driver is specific to the selected model. If you use more than one camera model with CHDK PTP clients, you may need to install a driver for each one.
- Depending on the camera, the driver installation may be specific to the particular physical USB port. In this case, plugging the camera into a different port will allow you to access the camera using normal windows software. This probably applies to older cameras (vxworks?)
- You may be able to get the filter driver to work on some OSes (XP) but the Zadig or INF wizard driver is strongly recommended.
Client applications Edit
As described above, a client program compatible that implements the CHDK protocol is required to access these features
ptpcam Edit
- 1) download and install libusb (see install instructions above)
- 2) go here (German CHDK forum topic on the development of ptpcam with CHDK extensions)
- 3) download ptpcam_Vx.x.zip at the end of the first message.
The version of ptpcam available in the forum link has CHDK extensions added to communicate to the CHDK code on your camera. This is a derivative of the official ptpcam available at http://libptp.sourceforge.net/ (the CHDK extensions are not included in the official version of ptpcam).
If you are comfortable writing batch scripts (or perl/python/... scripts) for your PC, ptpcam can be used to download jpg files and upload lua scripts and execute CHDK lua scripts on your camera all while your camera is carefully lined up on your subject and mounted to a tripod (when, for most Canon cameras, removing the memory card is not possible).
Keep in mind the fact that commands sent to your camera via ptpcam will take more time to complete than it takes for ptpcam to return control to your script. So make sure that after you issue a ptpcam --chdk="blah blah" command, that you have inserted a delay in your (batch file, perl, ...) script running on your PC to give the camera time to finish its business before you go poking the camera again.
See PTP Extension/ptpcam Examples for some examples.
A version of ptpcam is maintained in the chdkde source tree, with builds available from the chdkde forum (download ptpcam_Vx.x.zip). The ptpcam executable may be built for Windows or Linux.
ptpCamGui Edit
ptpCamGui is a graphical front end for ptpcam. Builds are available from the chdkde forum It's also part of CHDK Shell.
A forum thread including descriptions can be found here.
The source code for the frontend and the DLL is available on the ptpCamGui assembla project.
ptpCamGui is only available for Windows.
English translation of instructions for using can be found here. Note that despite coming from a German site, both English and German languages are supported in the same .exe and are set automatically (based on your Windows installation language setting).
First time users note that the big red camera icon is used both to enter camera mode and to shoot (when radio buttons to right select "Photo").
chdkptp Edit
chdkptp is a client created specifically for controlling CHDK cameras. It provides CLI and optional GUI based on IUP.
chdkptp also provides a Lua API for the CHDK protocol on the PC. Because the GUI and CLI are also implemented in Lua, this makes chdkptp easy to extend and enables end users to implement complex interactions with code on the camera.
CHDK 1.1 remote display and CHDK 1.2 remote capture are supported.
Source and builds are available on the chdkptp assembla project. A thread in the chdk forum is available for support and discussion.
Build instructions are available in README.TXT in the source. Usage information is available in USAGE.TXT
chdkptp is currently considered alpha because functionality and APIs are subject to change. However, the snapshot builds are generally stable and suitable for everyday use.
The chdkptp code is based on the CHDK fork of ptpcam, but it does not use the same commands or command line options.
Platforms Edit
chdkptp is developed for MS Windows, Linux on x86/x64 and raspberry pi.
Additional Platforms Edit
OSX Edit
Several users have reported successfully building and running chdkptp under OSX. See README-OSX.TXT in the source for more information. chdkptp is not developed for or tested by the developer on OSX, so this may be out of date. Patches, comments and corrections welcome.
Other ARM SBCs Edit
Work is also on its way to get as least the CHDKPTP CLI running on an ODroid XU board and a BeagleBone Black. Help to make that a reality is appreciated, more information here :
Arch Linux Edit
chdkptp package is available from AUR, see package page.
Usage notes Edit
Windows Edit
In order to get CHDK clients to work properly you might need to disable the "Canon Camera Access Library" service (or, if that doesn't work, the "WIA" service).
Linux Edit
Make sure you've got access to USB; in some cases this means switching to root (or changing permissions). Some information can be found in this post: http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=6231.msg89252#msg89252
If your distro's default configuration accesses the camera on connect, this may put the camera in a state where some functionality (such as switching to shooting mode) is not available, or prevent CHDK clients from accessing the camera. The camera screen generally goes black when this happens. See https://www.assembla.com/spaces/chdkptp/wiki/Install for additional information
FAQ Edit
- The computer does not recognize the camera at all, chdk client software does not connect.
- Make sure USB Remote is disabled.
- Download/upload fails with code 0x2ff or the camera crashes when you try to transfer a file
- Perhaps you didn't correctly specify the file on the camera. Always use the full path and start with a capitalised 'A'. For example: "download A/DCIM/100CANON/IMG_1234.jpg test.jpg"
- note this mainly applies to ptpcam, chdkptp corrects the names for you.
- The canon firmware does not recognize key presses (real or from script) when PTP is connected
- There are two known workarounds:
- Switch to record mode using switch_mode_usb script function. Keys will still be enabled if you switch back to play.
- On many DryOS cameras, post_levent_to_ui(4484) will also unlock the keys.
- The camera crashes after using remote shooting and switching back to play mode.
- This is a known issue on some cameras, see User:Nafraf/RemoteShootIssues and http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=11481.0
- Switching to shooting mode fails, and the camera screen goes black when you plug in the USB cable.
- This is usually the issue described in the Linux section, caused by default Linux software accessing the camera on connect. It can also happen on windows if you don't use the INF driver.
Development history Edit
The original PTP Extension was contributed by mweerden. At mweerden's github one can find the original sources as well as a follow-up attempt at a minimal version for inclusion in the SVN trunk. The proposal version, with some minor modifications, has been included in CHDK trunk since changeset 957. ewavr made additional contributions, including the first "live view" functionality and GUI client. You can find files related to this work on ewavr's site.
The full history can be found in the PTP development thread on the forum.


text:
Headphones Design: 100% Tangle-Free, Sport-Zip Earbuds
We may have wireless (almost) everything these days, but still-wired ear buds are about as portable as most personal audio equipment gets – which brings us to the ever-present problem for pro, amateur and audiophile alike: tangled headphone cords that lead to loose wiring at best and entirely broken audio connections at worst.
To combat this classic design dilemma, designer Ji Woong has posed and simplest of solutions: zip-up headphones where the two individual strands of wire (leading up to the left and right earbud) become one with a singular zipper action. Compared to bulky over-ear answers to the same engineering question, this is as mobile as it gets.
As an added bonus, the zip-action piece doubles as volume control and status hold so you can adjust your audio settings then lock them in place while jogging, biking or otherwise on the go. Add some noise canceling, a slick black version and this might be the most style-savvy as well as function set of in-ear headphones ever designed.


text: Kathryn Lowe is Director of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Glasgow and Senior Lecturer in English Language in the School of Critical Studies. Her research interests lie in manuscript studies and editing; she spent a sabbatical year (1995–96) as Munby Fellow in Bibliography at the University of Cambridge. She has specific expertise in Old and Middle English language and is editor of the forthcoming Anglo-Saxon Charters of Bury St Edmunds (British Academy/Royal Historical Society: Oxford University Press, with Sarah Foot).


text: Dear; I asked for his help, today I am having trouble with mysql and phpmyadmin. 1. login as root and the newly created user in the control panel ISPConfig in phpmyadmin or directly from a linux machine can not; 2. but if I try to test the login with a normal user who has gone before can be no problem. Its only the root user can't login and the newly created user.. 3. The error occurs when login in phpmyadmin is "# 1045 Can not log in to the MySQL server" 4. The error occurs when login in linux machine: root @ test: ~ # mysql-u root-p Enter a password: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root' @ 'localhost' (using password: YES) root @ test: ~ # The solution that I have done are: 1. Restart mysql service and try to restart the CPU can not be too; 2. I try to check from root @ test: ~ # tail-f /var/log/mysql.log messages appear no nothing; 3. I have tried the following but can not as well. /etc/init.d/mysql stop /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking & mysql -u root mysql FLUSH PRIVILEGES; USE mysql UPDATE user SET Password = PASSWORD('newpwd') WHERE Host = '%' AND User = 'root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; /etc/init.d/mysql stop /etc/init.d/mysql start 4. I asked for his help what should i do 5. I'm using ISPConfig 184.108.40.206 and OS Ubuntu 12:04. My machine is running normally about 4 months and had a problem like this occurs. ISPConfig installation when I use this tutorial: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-12.04-lts-apache2-bind-dovecot-ispconfig-3-p4


text:
NORTHWOOD — For the first time in many years, the town's tax rate has decreased.
The new tax rate, set by the state Department of Revenue Administration, is $23.20 per $1,000 assessed valuation, which is a 6 percent decrease or $1.41 lower than last year's rate of $24.61.
"This decrease represents the first time in many years that the tax rate has been decreased in Northwood," according to Selectman Jim Hadley.
The town's portion of the new tax rate is $3.83, which is an 11 percent decrease from last year.
Both the local and the state education portion of the tax rate decreased by 5 percent — the new local school portion rate is $15.92 and the state education portion of the tax rate is now $2.41.
The county tax rate did not change and remains at $1.03.
According to Hadley, property owners who pay $5,000 annually will see their tax bills decrease by about $577. Those who pay $4,000 in annual taxes will see their bills reduced by $462, and those who pay $3,000 in annual taxes will see a $346 reduction.
Hadley said that the increases to the town's total valuation of buildings was one of the factors that had a positive impact on Northwood's new tax rate.
Also selectmen have been operating on the default budget voters approved in March.
As in previous years, selectmen also used funds from the general fund balance — the revenues above the budget and expenditures that are not spent — to "buy down the tax rate," said Hadley.
The DRA recommends municipalities maintain a balance equivalent to at least 5 percent of regular general fund revenues of the town, school, and county operations. The selectmen, however, had voted to maintain 8.7 percent in their fund balance to handle any emergencies that may occur throughout the year.
They used $384,124 of the general fund balance to offset the town's portion of the new tax rate.
Hadley said selectmen are thankful the School Board returned $286,000 to the town to reduce the local education portion of the tax rate. He said the Budget Committee also did an excellent job in its review of both the school and the town budgets.
New tax bills have already been sent out to residents and the bills are due Dec. 19.
Northwood tax rate drops $1.41
NORTHWOOD — For the first time in many years, the town's tax rate has decreased.


text:
A Splendid Southern Welcome Awaits at Piney Point Golf
Club: Your North Carolina Home for Great Golf
You Love
Golf. We Know Golf. Let's Play!
golf has never been more rewarding than it is at Piney Point
Golf Club, conveniently and beautifully situated near Lake
Tillery in Norwood, North Carolina. North Carolina is known
the world over for its scenic grandeur and the rolling hills
of Stanly County lend themselves exceptionally well to
the sport of golf.
well designed 18-hole par-72 course, which is semi-private,
offers the best of everything for the golf enthusiast. Scrupulously
maintained and a joy to walk (yes, you can walk this course!),
you will want to come back again and again, testing your skills
against the challenging yet very playable holes.


text:
If you're recording soft synths, are you outputting them from the computer and running them through FX and then inputting them back into the computer? Or are those just staying inside the computer the whole time?It sounds like the bigger issue is the string instruments. There are a lot more variables with recording acoustic instruments into a computer. You have to worry about microphone, preamplification and AD/DA conversion. Your Lexicon Alpha is a mic preamp and AD/DA converter. For recording, it's the analog to digital conversion that matters. For playback, it's digital to analog. So strictly speaking the digital-to-analog converter will not improve your recording in any sense, other than possibly allowing you to monitor your own performance more clearly and maybe do a better job mixing/mastering.The Lexicon Alpha may not be a high-end recording device, but it's certainly better than just sticking an analog microphone into the mic port on your laptop, and using the built-in mic preamp and AD/DA convers.Maybe if you let us know what problem you perceive in your own recordings, somebody here can advise you whether your Alpha is worth upgrading, or if your efforts and money might be better spent on microphones and/or effects.
Also, I wasn't offended by Immersion's post at all, so it's no big deal.
I remember being surprised when I first got started making ambient music that most of the other people I knew had very nice gear -- expensive mixers, high-end Lexicon reverbs, good monitors, and that sort of thing. Now lots of people just buy an audio interface for their computer and use the default effects built into their DAW software, and that's it -- they don't pay for any effects, either outboard, or higher-quality plugins.


text:
Conspiracy of Culture: 5 Contributors to CRM Failure
Jun 12, 2014 11:52 AM PT
Most companies of any size have a CRM application. Every company says it wants to build great relationships with its customers. Almost as many businesses say they want to be "customer-centric." However, as any customer can tell you, the companies that attain these goals are few and far between.
What is it that's keeping businesses from doing what they know they need to do?
It's not one thing; if it were, that problem would have been identified and eradicated long ago. Instead, it's a lot of little things -- often baked into the corporate culture -- that conspire to wreck your CRM aspirations even as you believe you're working toward customer relationship success.
Here are five areas where CRM starts to unravel. These aren't the only areas that present perils, but they account for a major share of unrealized objectives and unfulfilled investments.
1. Organizational Silos
We often talk about technology silos, and these are a genuine problem. Yet CRM is often undone by organizational silos. Decisions made by humans are far more limiting to CRM success than issues with integration.
All too often, internal organizations fail to understand how data they're collecting can assist other parts of the organization -- for example, service fails to tell sales about support issues, so upselling efforts fall completely flat as sales people call customers who are actively angry at the company.
Another great example comes when marketing launches an effort that succeeds spectacularly, but sales and operations are blindsided by its success and overwhelmed by leads or demand.
2. Competing Interests
Another CRM hazard comes when one part of the organization sees CRM (or any customer-facing system) as its property. A classic way this plays out is in marketing organizations that are under the gun and have an adversarial relationship with sales.
Instead of sharing marketing data, they send over only data about hot leads. Meanwhile, other marketing data that could help sales sits just out of reach. Sales people may be prospecting as well, duplicating contacts. This data may help marketing look like it's doing better -- but that comes at the expense of the entire business.
3. Dead-End Processes
CRM data works when it's put to work, but you're probably aware of instances when data (CRM or otherwise) has been collected, ordered, put into a report and delivered to the key stakeholders -- only to sit unread until the next edition of the same report comes out, when it's unceremoniously dumped into the recycling bin.
The question you need to ask is why are you collecting and analyzing data. There's a reason for you to have sales people and marketers collecting and adding data to the CRM system -- otherwise, it's useless busywork.
Too often, this data is used for a handful of purposes -- sales, lead generation, devising customer satisfaction statistics in service -- and that's it. The task is seen as done. In reality, that data can be combined with new data to give you greater insights into how your entire organization is performing.
The insights you gain should be applied somewhere to strengthen customer relationships. The effects of those efforts should be analyzed in turn. Have you mapped how data can be used within your organization across all departments? If not, you're probably leaving some of your CRM ROI on the table.
4. Misunderstood Customer Lifecycle
Too often, once the sale is closed, the lead is generated, or the service call is completed, CRM is thought to have done its job. However, customer data is not a one-and-done kind of thing: It can be applied to improve all aspects of the customer lifecycle, and to extend that lifecycle to its maximum duration.
Do you understand what your customer lifecycle looks like now, and what it could look like if your relationship-building efforts were to succeed?
Part of the blame for the disconnect that's so common can be laid at sales' feet. The drive to close new customers long has been what gets the kudos and the bonuses.
However, the reality is that profit comes not from that first closed deal but in renewals, upsells and cross-sells -- and those come about by keeping customers happy, successful and engaged with your product. If you think that CRM's mission is done once the contract is signed, it will be -- at your expense.
5. Employee Performance
All the analysis, process design, and sales and marketing planning in the world will amount to nothing if you haven't made sure that your customer-facing employees have received the message.
One bad experience with an employee will undo all you've built and make it very hard to win a customer back. That makes your first step hiring employees who show they have the attributes to relate to customers.
In many organizations, the ideas behind CRM programs aren't very well explained to customer-facing employees beyond the fact that they generate data, leads or support tickets.
So give your employees some credit -- explain to them your plans and philosophies about CRM, and don't view them as the sole province of sales, marketing and support. What you do in those areas affects employees, and what employees do affects your efforts in those areas, too.


text:
Rice Paper Pad
by Loew Cornell
A bright white rice paper for Sumi-E, Calligraphy, water colors, and sketching. 48 bound sheets per pad.
Ask a question about Rice Paper Pad Ask a question about this product | See all questions & answers (1)
Average User Rating: Based on (9 Reviews)
5 9
Edwin M. from Days Creek, OR says:
the product was very good
Please wait...
You May Also Like...
How to get VIP Club Prices
Anyone can be a VIP Member with:
Only $25/year
Product Questions and Answers
Ask a QuestionAsk a Question
Is this paper acid-free?- Asked by Frank D. on 31-Oct-13
According to the company, it is acid-free.- Answered by MisterArt on 04-Nov-13
Ask a Question About Rice Paper Pad
Your email will not be shared. We will only use your email address to respond to your question. When asking your question, please be as descriptive as possible, it will allow us to give you the most accurate answer possible.
Please wait...
Please wait...


text:
Subversion Certified by Bitnami
By: Bitnami Latest Version: 1.12.0-0 on Ubuntu 16.04
Product Overview
Subversion enables globally distributed software development teams to efficiently version and share source code with low administrative overhead.
Why use Bitnami Certified Apps?
Bitnami certifies that our images are secure, up-to-date, and packaged using industry best practices.
With Bitnami you can trust what's in the app you're launching. We monitor all components and libraries for vulnerabilities, outdated components, and application updates. When one is reported, we update and release every affected listing within a couple days at most.
1.12.0-0 on Ubuntu 16.04
Operating System
Linux/Unix, Ubuntu 16.04
Delivery Methods


text:
Published Opinions are available for viewing with Adobe Acrobat® Reader™.
Cite published opinions using the official citations followed by any generally recognized reporter citation System. SCR 6.08
Docket Number / Case Name
20413 - In re Boone (DISBARMENT)
102598 - Thoroughbred Assocs. v. Kansas City Royalty Co video
103820 - State v. Dobbs video
Docket Number / Case Name / Judge / Disposition / County
The Kansas Supreme Court did not release any unpublished opinions on September 20, 2013


text: Gear for keeping score of any sports competition is easier with the latest technologies. And whether you're coaching a little league or school team, you'll find products here that will make your job easier. Designed for accuracy and rugged durability, whether it's at the softball field or inside a gym, our line of portable scoring tables are also popular choices.


text:
Window stickers are ideal to announce the festive season, or for your Christmas shop window decoration.
For large stickers up to a maximum of 120cm width or height, use the cut to size option. Enter either the width or height and the tool will recalculate the other dimension automatically.
Set size stickers come in small, medium and large, and include discounts for multiples of the same size.
All Purlfrost stickers are digitally printed using UV resistant ink to ensure that colours are long lasting. We also back print the coloured design with white ink for added opacity and to ensure that the colours are more vibrant. Our stickers are not double sided.
Our stickers are printed to order to your exact requirements, and are therefore not returnable, and not available off the shelf or for next day delivery.
Regarding materials, we have 2 films available:
You can also select the aspect of the sticker:
Applying our stickers is child's play. Please click here to watch our video tutorial.


text:
Can You Guess the Celebrity Cleavage?
The cleavage you see before you belongs to a 22-year-old actress and TV personality who's descended from rock royalty.
You might recognize her from the various reality TV shows she's starred in over the past few years, starting in 2006. She stands at 5'8", making her a fairly tall drink of water, and a beautiful one at that. Chances are, you and your parents are huge fans of her father and his contributions to the fine art of rock and roll.
Can you guess who this gorgeous chick is?


text:
Lake Shore MD Real Estate & Homes for Rent
0 Properties Found
The median home value in Lake Shore, MD is $337,200.
This is
higher than
the county median home value of $330,900.
The national median home value is $185,800.
The average price of homes sold in Lake Shore, MD is $337,200.
Approximately 88.71% of Lake Shore homes are owned,
compared to 6.92% rented, while
4.37% are vacant.
Lake Shore real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale.
Commercial properties are also available.
If you see a property you're interested in, contact a Lake Shore real estate agent to arrange a tour today!
Sort Results:
There are currently no properties in Lake Shore MD Please click the Refine Your Search button below to find other properties in the area.
Refine Property Search
How may I help you?
Get property information, schedule a showing or find an agent
Lake Shore & Nearby CitiesLake Shore Real Estate Gibson Island Homes for Rent Riviera Beach Homes for Rent Severna Park Homes for Rent Pasadena Homes for Rent Orchard Beach Homes for Rent Arnold Homes for Rent Fort Howard Homes for Rent Millersville Homes for Rent Sparrows Point Homes for Rent Curtis Bay Homes for Rent
Lake Shore ZIPs21122 Homes for Rent 21123 Homes for Rent


text:
High Guard: Aslan is a supplement for High Guard, bringing the mighty ships of the Aslan to your campaign.
You can grab your own copy here: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/201 ... te_id=7242
Despite outward appearances, Aslan ships use much the same technology as human vessels, and either race can readily utilise ships belonging to the other with a minimum of difficulty. However, Aslan do display a slightly different approach towards ships and this is reflected in their design.
High Guard: Aslan provides all the rules you need to build and operate an Aslan ship in space, along with full specifications and deck plans for fifteen Aslan ships, from humble Scouts and Messengers to lethal Cruisers.
Note: These rules and ships will also be presented in the forthcoming Pirates of Drinax mega-campaign set.
Mongoose News - High Guard: Aslan
General chat about Mongoose Publishing and its releases
1 post • Page 1 of 1
Mongoose News - High Guard: Aslan
Matthew Sprange
Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing
1 post • Page 1 of 1
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests


text:
Porn Star Lisa Ann Takes Very Lucky College Freshman to AVN Awards
Turns out, creating a funny sign that taunts a rival football team's hole-filled defense by comparing it to the orifices on a porn star will get you a date with that very porn star.
Oklahoma State freshman Matt McGann, who majors in sports media (obviously), held up a sign behind the commentators on ESPN's flagship NCAA football show 'College Gameday' that read "Baylor's [defense] has more holes to fill than Lisa Ann":
Lisa Ann, of course, is an adult film actress you may have heard of (or at least seen). She heard about the sign, thought it was great, and exchanged a few tweets with McGann. And then, through the magic of the Internet, McGann wound up being Lisa Ann's date to the 2014 AVN Awards, aka the Oscars of Porn. (Lisa Ann won the award for Hottest MILF, btw.)
Through Instagram and Twitter, the unlikely duo shared some images of their night, and it looks like they had a great time. Lisa Ann certainly seemed to think so, hashtagging a final tweet to McGann with #perfectdate.
It remains to be seen which porn star's name appears next in the background of an ESPN show, but rest assured, the channel's censors will have to be extremely attentive from here on.
Here they are on the red carpet:


text:
This is a subproject that is under the umbrella of the project "Sustainable livelihoods in North Africa and East Mediterranean" financially supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs- Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID).
As part of its programme and priorities, IUCN Med, with the support of the Spanish Cooperation Agency and in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment of Tunisia, run between 2011 and 2012 a project for improving decision making and capacities for planning and managing ecotourism activities in and around protected areas in two countries: Morocco (Talassemtane National Park) and Tunisia (Jebel Zaghouan National Park).
The project, based on the well-established methodology of the European Charter of Ecotourism in PA's, provided support and advice to competent authorities, civil society, and managers of tourism activities in order to develop an environmentally friendly tourism based on cultural and natural values that takes into account the needs of the local populations.
The results that this project achieved can be grouped in two different categories. First, the knowledge on the ecotourism potential and management opportunities of the areas were enhanced, through an assessment of both project areas and through the definition of a strategic plan, i.e. an action plan for the next 5 years, where the necessary actions are carefully planned and the main actors responsible for their implementation are clearly defined.
Secondly, the participation of civil society in decision making at local level and the interdepartmental cooperation at national level were reinforced, by the creation of a working group for the definition of the ecotourism strategy involving all stakeholders of each area, the instalment of a steering committee at national level for supervision and coordination of the actions and the setting up a permanent local forum for discussion and implementation of ecotourism activities in the area.
All this achievements, that engaged both civil society organisations and the administrations, are essential for the implementation of ecotourism activities within and around the natural area. The international cooperation had been as well reinforced, through a regional event held from 19 to 21 of November, where the project participants of both countries exchanged their experiences, looked for common solutions and opportunities to consolidate the project outcomes and duplicate them in other potential zones (link a la noticia)
Following this project's experience, some key common issues arose in both areas that can be considered as main concerns for ecotourism implementation in protected areas at regional level, being the most relevant:
a) the lack of clearly defined management plans in the areas or, if present, the lack of implementation of the actions of the plans;
b) weak involvement of civil society in decision making and lack of coordination of ecotourism and cooperation activities among stakeholders.
c) the lack of funds and human capacity for effective management of the areas;
d) the lack of regulations on ecotourism activities in the areas;
e) weakly defined competences on ecotourism at administrative level;
All these concerns make quite difficult the implementation of real ecotourism actions, aimed at improving livelihoods but also at biodiversity conservation. The project has helped putting the basis for getting over of some of these weaknesses.
The products arising from this project, that are:
- Analysis of Institutional framework on protected areas and ecotourism for Morocco
- Analysis of Institutional framework on protected areas and ecotourism for Tunisa
- Ecotourism Diagnostic for the Jbel Zaghouan National Park
- Ecotourism Diagnostic for the Talassemntane National Park
- Strategic Plan for ecotourism in theTalassemntane National Park
- Strategic Plan for ecotourism in the Jbel Zaghouan National Park
- The code of conduct for administration and private sector
- The code of conduct for visitors
For further info Carla Danelutti


text:
Nanny Share is when two families share one nanny. The nanny has two employers and enjoys higher pay, while each family saves significantly on child care expenses.
The families below have found a nanny they trust, and are looking for another family to join them to save on childcare costs. Learn more about Nanny Share.