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by Lou Mancinelli
"Bienvenidos a su casa." It's Spanish for "welcome home." It is also the feeling that emanates throughout Avenida, the Mt. Airy Latin fusion dining establishment that opened last December. Its mango, mandarin and sangria walls, salsa music and hardwood floors create an atmosphere that suggests that the ocean, instead of the intersection of Gowen and Germantown Avenues, lies outside its windows.
Set in an 18th-century colonial home, the snug rooms, hardwood floors and exposed wood and crown-molding have been renovated by co-owner and executive chef Edgar Alvarez. In the dining room hints of the smell from the old stone fireplace float about the room decorated with mosaic masks and textiles from countries like Costa Rica, El Salvador and Mexico.
When two years ago, construction closed Germantown Avenue from Chresheim Valley Drive to Gowen Avenue for nine months, local businesses suffered. The Chresheim Cottage Café closed. But when construction finished last year and the flow of traffic was restored, Avenida moved into the old Cresheim Cottage Café location, and business began to return to the struggling corridor.
Now Tuesdays through Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., one can enjoy items like tortilla soup with fresh avocado and crispy tortillas, black bean hummus, and salads like the Latin milano with shrimp, bacon, tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, chopped egg, and creamy cilantro dressing, as well as many other selections.
Perhaps the story told to me by Mt. Airy resident Susan Flagg at Avenida last week during lunch provides insight into the intangible aspects that have contributed to the success the restaurant has realized during its first year.
When Flagg's mother was recovering from a near-death illness, the younger Flagg, a regular at Avenida, frequented the restaurant to see if pumpkin soup, her mother's request, was on the menu. It was spring, so she knew there was no way pumpkin would be available. But one night at dinner, when the restaurant was packed, Edgar, in addition to running the kitchen, made Flagg a vegetable soup from scratch to bring to her mother.
"That blew me away," said Flagg.
"We wanted to do a little bit of everything," said Edgar, 45, "Foods from all the countries in Central America…Fusion, no confusion."
Edgar and his wife, Kim Katz Alvarez, have worked in fine dining for years. Kim, 42, is a graduate of the restaurant management program at Syracuse University and the chef program at the Culinary Institute of America in New York State. Her husband came to America from Guatemala in 1986 to escape a civil war in his native land. He worked in remodeling in Virginia before moving to New York City, where he began to prep food in restaurants. In the mid-'90s he moved to Philadelphia and met his wife when they worked together at the Striped Bass,15th and Walnut Streets, where Kim was second-in-command.
Before Avenida's, the Alvarezes too were also subjected to a collapsing economy.
Since 2004, they ran the Delaware Market House in Gladwyne, a location that had served the community for a century. At that location, they won 10 awards from magazines and local organizations. But in 2008, as the American real estate bubble burst and the economy went bad, their numbers got smaller and smaller, and they were forced to close.
If anything can be learned from the couple, it is that you keep going and working hard. This year, their kids' menu, designed by their children, Emma, 10, and Alejandro, 8, was voted the city's best by Philadelphia Magazine. To celebrate, Tuesdays through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., is a Kids Happy Hour, intended to bring kid-friendly specials and events.
When I had lunch at Avenida last week, I also chanced upon actor David L. Smyrl, who played Mr. Handford, the owner of Hooper's Store on Sesame Street. He also worked as a gag writer for the Cosby Show, and appeared on the television series Law and Order. Smyrl drove from Belmont Hills to Avenida after he saw an online advertisement.
"There's nothing else around here like it," said Smyrl. "I had to see what it was about … Oh yeah, I enjoyed it."
The overwhelming majority of recent restaurant bloggers have enjoyed their experiences at Avenida. For example, on Urbanspoon.com, 44 people voted in an online poll about Avenida. Of those, 93 percent liked it. On Zagat.com, 28 people responded to a poll about Avenida, of whom 88 percent liked it.
A typical comment on Urbanspoon.com came from a Kevin Gilboy: "Our party of five had a very pleasant evening at Avenida … The pumpkin and black bean soups got good reviews, as did the green and red beet salads. The scallops with wheatberries had a delicious sauce; while three scallops seem small for $22, the dish as a whole was ample, especially with the tortillas on the side to sop up the sauce. The shrimp and quinoa were grilled just right … One caveat — the noise level was pretty high in the dining room." (A Local editor agrees with the noise level issue.)
On Zagat.com, a Jeff H. of Lafayette Hill wrote on June 27: "Had a fabulous time at Avenida on Saturday. Edgar and Kim were the best. Made our party of six feel so at home. We really did not want to leave. Food was amazing. We allowed Edgar to pick our appetizers, and we were thrilled when they came. The entrees were amazing. The help was so accommodating and nice. A definite return for another meal is needed."
A Richard N. of Fort Washington wrote on June 5: "Well done, interesting Spanish food with good portions. Have eaten here several times and had good experiences."
Avenida is also offering "Cena Completa" (Family-style dinners that feed four, featuring an entree and two sides for one fixed price). The chicken dinner for four is $30; fish is $35, and beef is $40. These are available Sunday-Thursday (closed Monday) either in the dining room or as take-out.
Avenida, at 7402 Germantown Ave., does have a liquor license. Lunch: Tuesday – Friday; Dinner: Tuesday – Sunday; Brunch: Sunday 11 to 3. More information at 267-385-6857 or www.AvenidaRestaurant.com.


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Frequently asked questions
Why did you change the name of Lync to Skype for Business?
Skype for Business brings together the familiar experience and user love of Skype with the enterprise security, compliance and control of Lync. End-users get a familiar Skype experience that's as easy to use at work as it is at home. Organizations gain reach into a network of hundreds of millions of Skype users across the globe. Plus, IT remains confident they're providing their organizations reliable, high-quality communications with security.
Is there any change to the existing Skype brand used by consumers?
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How has the product experience for Lync changed?
The best features of Lync and Skype have been combined in a Skype-inspired user interface. The user experience is more tightly aligned between Skype for Business and Skype, so the features are similar and intuitive whether you're in a work environment or communicating with family.
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- A call monitor to keep active calls visible while switching between apps
- Enterprise connection with the Skype network through IM, audio, and video
- A simpler upgrade and patch process for Skype for Business Server and more
Will Lync users lose any features or functionality when the product becomes Skype for Business?
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Are you still committed to delivering enterprise voice in the cloud?
Absolutely. We remain committed to our roadmap, including the future delivery of enterprise voice in the cloud.
Will Skype for Business continue to be part of Office and Office 365 just like Lync was?
Yes. Skype for Business will continue to be a cornerstone of the value proposition and product experience for Office and Office 365.
How do current customers get Skype for Business?
Current Lync Server customers with Software Assurance will have rights to deploy Skype for Business. Office 365 customers with Lync Online will receive automatic updates as part of the subscription service.
User Experience
Will Skype for Business users have accounts separate from their personal Skype accounts?
Yes. Skype for Business users will log in using their Active Directory ID credentials. Skype customers will continue to use their Skype IDs. Customer feedback indicates they're not ready to merge their personal work contacts.
Will users be able to access their Skype for Business accounts through the Skype client or Skype mobile app?
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LEGO Customer Services publish instructions at their Building Instructions portal at LEGO.com. This page provides a means to search them easily. Note that we don't host the instructions, we just link to them on LEGO's servers.
How to find instructions
- Select a theme or month (that the instructions were added to the database) from the lists above.
- Search for a specific set using the search box then click on its instructions tab
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Open to anyone interested in the family disease of alcoholism. Some groups invite members of the professional community to hear how the Al-Anon program aids in recovery.
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Building on Angstrom on a BeagleBoard
These are some quick notes that I intend to update when I have (a) time, and/or (b) a working build.
Tha Angstrom distribution doesn't include a native toolchain (it's meant to be light-weight, so that's OK). It does, however, mean you need to use the opkg package manager a lot.
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers has won the contest to become the next chairwoman of the House Republican Conference.
The Washington lawmaker headed off a challenge from Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.
McMorris Rodgers was tacitly endorsed by Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, though he was publicly silent on the matter. Price, on the other hand, touted the endorsement of losing GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin.


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Canada's climate varies widely, depending on the season and location. Summers are very pleasant across the country, with highs around 25 C. Winters are cold and snowy across the country, with the exception of southern British Columbia, which has mild winters with rain instead of snow. Spring and fall are tough to predict and you will want to plan for both warm and cold weather.
Casual wear is acceptable most of the time. Some establishments (nightclubs and bars) have a 'no jeans, no running shoes policy,' and certain dining rooms require men to wear jackets to dinner.
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All major credit cards are widely accepted throughout Canada. Bank machines can be found everywhere and debit cards are also widely used. If you are using a foreign card at a bank machine, your money will be disbursed in Canadian funds.
Financial institutions will provide a credible rate of exchange when switching your currency for Canadian dollars.
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Health InsuranceCanadian hospital and medical services are excellent. It is recommended that visitors to Canada obtain traveler's health insurance before leaving their country because health insurance plans often do not extend coverage for services received outside the country of residence.
Visitors may find that they have either no health insurance or that they have inadequate coverage once in Canada. Visitors taking medicine prescribed by a doctor should bring a copy of the prescription, in case it needs to be renewed by a doctor in Canada.
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Canada has six time zones: Newfoundland (3.5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time), Atlantic (4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time), Eastern (5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time), Central (6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time), Mountain (7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time) and Pacific (8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time).
TippingTips or service charges are not usually added to a bill in Canada. In general, a tip of up to 15% of the sub-total (before taxes) is given. This applies to waiters, waitresses, barbers and hairdressers, taxi drivers, etc. At hotels, airports and railway stations, bellhops, doormen, redcaps (porters), etc. are generally paid $1-$2 per item of luggage.
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girl4ever on 04 Aug 09Kelly Green Garden Queen is a new farm game coming out soon. Help Kelly set up her grandparents country farm as a nice little oasis from the city. She has to start out small with only limited funds and help of her friends. Help her bring her family farm back to life and compete with corporate agribusiness. Tend roses, cows, and sell bouquets of flowers to earn money and upgrade the farm in Keely Green: Garden Queen.


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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tranzyme Pharma (Nasdaq:TZYM) today announced that David S. Moore has been named as Chief Business Officer.
"Dave has provided meaningful contributions and leadership since joining Tranzyme said Vipin Garg, PhD, Tranzyme's President and Chief Executive Officer. I look forward to working with him in his new role as we continue to advance the Company."
Mr. Moore joined Tranzyme in August 2011 from Johnson & Johnson as Vice President, Commercial Operations and his responsibilities were increased in January 2012 to include the oversight of Business Development.
In his new role as Chief Business Officer, Mr. Moore will be responsible for corporate development for the Company, including new discovery collaborations and advancing new opportunities for clinical stage assets, in addition to an increase in general management responsibilities.
About Tranzyme Pharma
Tranzyme Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel, mechanism-based therapeutics for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders. While approximately 40 percent of people in the U.S. are affected by these persistent and recurring conditions which disrupt the normal movement of food throughout the GI tract, there are a limited number of safe and effective treatment options. By leveraging its proprietary drug discovery technology, MATCH™, Tranzyme is committed to pursuing first-in-class medicines to address areas of significant unmet medical needs.
Further information about Tranzyme Pharma can be found on the Company's website at www.tranzyme.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release may include statements which are not historical facts and are considered forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act, which are usually identified by the use of words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "projects," "seeks," "should," "will," and variations of such words or similar expressions. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act and are making this statement for purposes of complying with those safe harbor provisions. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about our plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects, including new collaborations and opportunities, which are based on the information currently available to us and on assumptions we have made. Although we believe that our plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects as reflected in or suggested by those forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that the plans, intentions, expectations or strategies will be attained or achieved. Furthermore, actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements and will be affected by a variety of risks and factors that are beyond our control including, without limitation, risks related to enrollment and successful completion of our trials, risk of unforeseen side effects, risks related to our collaborations and risks related to regulatory approval of new drug candidates. Further information on these and other factors that could affect the company's financial results is contained in our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from time to time, including our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012, and subsequent filings with the SEC. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACT: Corporate Inquiries:
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Every day, you could be putting your health at risk without knowing it. Heavy Metals are trace metals with a density that is 5 times greater than water; meaning that it cannot be metabolized by the body. Recent studies show that we become more susceptible to the effects of heavy metals as we age. The most common heavy metals are mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium and aluminum. Overexposure to these toxins leads to chronic diseases, learning disorders, dementia and premature aging.
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text: It would be nice if Kirtland Records site would add the band to their ARTISTS page list and also to their dropdown ARTISTS roster listbox on the main page. Is Kirtland in charge of promotion or is something other entity put in charge of that or is it just the band and its management? Any video for any of the songs in the works? Any pre-launch publicity in the works? July 17th coming up fast. I would use the thousands of users who have signed up for this site at one point or another and generate a bulk email publicizing the CD release date and encouraging fans to pre-order or buy the first week to try and put CD on the Billboard 200 which would generate some minor press. At this point you just want as many former fans as possible to realize the band is still out there touring and recording. Any national press blurb would help towards that end. It's not hard to break the top 200 album chart these days.... 5,000 would do it. If most sales could be realized in the first week then it could make an impact. Just a thought.


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The newest tee from ShirtFight is a serious knockout! I believe that this is the best ShirtFight tee to date and truly embodies what the site is about. I really love this shirt, love the whole vintage boxing poster feel. Plus, the illustration is hilarious! Previous ShirtFight winner, yonil, beat out a pretty tough crowd of designers to take the Heavyweight theme this past week so much congratulations to her!
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It's Almost Time: Baseball Coming Back to a TV Near You!
Note to self: Car dancing with no music looks very undignified and is apt to make one's husband look at her funny…that is until I explained that I was car dancing because a couple of nice bloggers commented to tell me this blog (and four other great Angels blogs!) is a featured blog on MLBlogs this week. Seriously, thank you Mark and MLBlogs! This is a fantastic blogging community and you do so much to support and draw attention to all of us that it's easy to feel at home right away. There are a lot of great blogs and nice people here and I just can't tell you how much fun it is to be a small part of it all.
But, even more giddy making than this news? The Angels Press Release arrived listing the Spring Training games Fox Sports West will televise in February and March – the perfect reminder that starting this Saturday weekend there will be live baseball on television once again! That's only four more days without. Short of the official season Play Balls we'll start hearing on March 31st, it doesn't get much better than that. Almost all of the games are day games, of course, so I know what I will be doing with my lunch break for the next couple of weeks.
It has been wonderful reading all of the articles from Spring Training but it will be even better to see some of the action and judge it for myself. First glimpses of the Angels new bullpen. Jeff Mathis, Hank Conger and Bobby Wilson competing for starting catcher. Kendry hitting bombs and maybe working back into first base when he's ready. A sneak preview of our new Vernon Wells, Peter Bourjos, Torii Hunter outfield as well as all of the guys waiting in the wings to spell the main three or come up through the ranks in the next few years. Top prospect Mike Trout playing with the big leaguers, say no more. Watching to see how Andrew Romine, Mark Trumbo and the rest of the minor leaguers have improved over the winter. Watching to see if Kaz and Brandon Wood have improved over the winter. And this is just what I hope to see watching my team!
This schedule arrived at the perfect time. My husband and I had just officially decided that we are not going to Spring Training this year. I'm disappointed, of course, but the television schedule helps ease the blow and, anyway, who can argue with the law:
Law of Conservation of Vices: Vices cannot be created or destroyed, they merely change forms. However, judicious budget and vacation day management are required to ensure continual shifting of vices from their potential form (ie: that enjoyed by everyone but you) to their kinetic form (ie: that enjoyed by you).
We really only have two vices to which this law applies – baseball and wine. This year, a trip to the Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival will allow for greater enjoyment of wine and more baseball games attended during the season than a Spring Training trip. So, as much as I really want to go to spend a long March weekend in Arizona, oh well, next season. At least Paso Robles has a great sense of humor and embraces the coming baseball season. This year's ad cracked me up:


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Weekly wire: The global forum
How does political context shape education reforms and their success? Lessons from the Development Progress project
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 – 'Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all' – is one of the most important and challenging tasks in international development. In order to fulfil it, we require a better understanding of why progress and the impact of interventions varies so widely by context. One striking gap in our knowledge here is a lack of analysis as to how education systems interact with political contexts that they operate in. This report addresses this gap by drawing on evidence from eight education-focused country case studies conducted by ODI's Development Progress project and applying political settlements analysis to explore how political context can shape opportunities and barriers for achieving progress in education access and learning outcomes.
Combining satellite imagery and machine learning to predict poverty
Reliable data on economic livelihoods remain scarce in the developing world, hampering efforts to study these outcomes and to design policies that improve them. Here we demonstrate an accurate, inexpensive, and scalable method for estimating consumption expenditure and asset wealth from high-resolution satellite imagery. Using survey and satellite data from five African countries—Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, and Rwanda—we show how a convolutional neural network can be trained to identify image features that can explain up to 75% of the variation in local-level economic outcomes. Our method, which requires only publicly available data, could transform efforts to track and target poverty in developing countries. It also demonstrates how powerful machine learning techniques can be applied in a setting with limited training data, suggesting broad potential application across many scientific domains. Data imagery of the report is available on the project website.


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This past weekend, one of the Transition groups in our greater Los Angeles area offered a Cluck Trek: a tour of local chicken coops.
Chickens are the happening thing in the city -- as evidenced by the fact that the event was highlighted by the Los Angeles Times (none of our Transition events have ever made it past the editors of this giant paper before). There aren't too many people who have chickens here, but there is LOTS of interest.
The Cluck Trek yielded attendance of over 100 people including plenty of children. The event was publicized through multiple small community newspapers, through our internal Transition email loops, and through L.A.'s chicken meetup group. From there, the message spread as people cross-posted it.
The organization of the event was relatively simple: we found 3 neighbors who kept chickens and asked them if they would be on the tour. These didn't need to be fancy, artsy coops like are seen on some tours; instead ours were very practical, normal kind of coops. Although after the date was established, we begged another coop owner with a really cool split-level, hillside-integrated coop to allow us to put it on tour. And another coop owner in the neighborhood -- who we didn't even know before -- sent us an adorable video of her chickens and site and asked to be included! Great networking!
As the tour planning and promotion proceeded, we learned of two additional people in the extended neighborhood who kept chickens, although these didn't end up being on the tour. (Before this sounds like "a lot of chickens" to you, recall that the greater L.A. area is something like 10 million people, and scant few have chickens!)
For the day of the event, we prepared a map of where the coops were located. We had publicized a neutral map-pick-up-address so that we weren't putting someone's home into all the newspapers. The morning of the event, volunteers manned the map-pick-up table. We asked for small donations, and had a display of chicken books from the library (as well as the panorama of Transition activities in our local area).
The tour itself was designed to be self-guided, and people at the map table encouraged visitors to "mix it up" and visit the coops out of order in attempt to reduce crowds. We also had some basic guidelines set out, such as "no dogs". We provided handwashing stations and asked that visitors avoid walking into the coops -- our attempts to prevent exposing the 5 different flocks to unaccustomed bacteria.
Each of the 5 chicken-keeper families stayed home, coopside, to answer chicken Q&A. At more than one home, the tour guides included the family's children. Some of the chicken-keepers had prepared handouts about their chicken activities, and these were available at the individual homes. The edible gardens at these homes also got a lot of visitor attention, as did compost piles, rainbarrels, and solar panels.
Four of the coops were within mere blocks of each other, and the fifth on the tour required a car. Thus the owner decided to invite people to bring a potluck lunch in hopes to entice them to make the journey. It really worked, and gave everyone an opportunity to hang out together after the series of coops.
Some of the comments I heard included "I thought it would be messy, but when I see what you all have done, it is so very possible at my site." As well as people setting concrete dates ("in the spring") for when they'd bring chickens to their own place.
One downside to the arrangements is that the chicken-keepers haven't had a chance to see all the coops (because each one had to be home to greet visitors). And busy calendars might make this difficult to schedule. Thus next time around, there might have to be a "preview day" of sorts.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College freshman Tyler Campbell is among 26 students from across the country selected as a finalist for the National Football Foundation's (NFF) 2012 National Scholar-Athlete Awards. A student representing each of the country's five regions will receive the honor at the annual NFF Chapter Awards Luncheon December 4 in New York, N.Y. Winners will be announced the week of Oct. 8.
Campbell and the other 25 finalists were selected from a pool of 3,300 individuals recognized by the organization's 120 local chapters. He is one of three South Region finalists nominated for academic achievement, athletic accolades and community involvement. Campbell was nominated by the NFF's Corrigan/Faircloth (N.C.) Chapter and is one of seven finalists now competing for an NCAA Division III institution.
Campbell lettered three years under coach Joe Woodruff at Northwest Guilford High School. The 6-0, 260-pound center was a First Team All-Piedmont Triad 4A Conference selection and served as team captain. In 2010, he was an honorable mention all-conference pick and won the Vikings' Coaches Award. A 2011 honorable mention All-Area selection, Campbell helped his team to conference championships in 2010 and 2011.
Campbell and his Guilford teammates open the 2012 season Saturday (9/1) night in the 16th annual Gate City Soup Bowl against crosstown-rival Greensboro College. Kickoff at Guilford's Appenzeller Field at Armfield Athletic Center is 7:00 p.m.


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Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
About This Animal
SIZE: 10 inches
RANGE: Eastern and NW US
HABITAT: Dense thickets and brambles in clearings and edges of woods
DIET: Seeds, insects and berries
ON EXHIBIT: Delta Swamp at River Journey
The sexes are similar with all dark gray plumage, a black cap and tail, and a chestnut under tail. The eyes and beak are black. The Gray Catbird is named for its catlike "mew" call. It is member of the family of birds called mimic thrushes (it is a close relative of the Northern Mockingbird). This group of birds uses the calls and songs of other birds which they memorize and string together making their own song. This species is a neotropical migrant that breeds in North America but a few can still be found during the winter months in the southern US.
The Gray Catbird is protected by the Migratory Bird Act and their populations are stable.


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Summary : We have discussed the 3 views of the Customer master and discussed the most important fields in the SAP Customer Master.
General View
- Name
- Search Term
- Address
Sales View
- Shipping Conditions
- Tax Classification
- Different Partner Functions
- Payment Terms
Company Code View
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How to Delete Master Data in SAP
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Just when you thought those annoying Kardashians couldn't mess with your head any more than they already do, consider "Mr. A." When he first saw the psychiatrist, he demanded to speak to "the director" of the reality show in which he was starring.
When "Mr. B." met psychiatric workers, he informed them that he was being continuously taped for national broadcast. "Mr. D." really was working on a reality show -- until he came to believe that he was the actual star.
All these people, and others, suffered from the delusion that they were serving as entertainment for others. All of them specifically cited the 1998 movie "The Truman Show," written by Andrew Niccol, directed by Peter Weir, and starring Jim Carrey. In the movie, Carrey plays an insurance man living in a town that's actually a TV set and populated by actors he thinks are his friends, family and neighbors.
Psychiatrist Joel Gold, in private practice and a professor of psychiatry at New York University, and his brother Ian Gold, a philosopher of psychiatry at McGill University, writing in the most recent issue of the journal Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, dub this the "Truman Show" delusion. They ask "Can a case be made that the phenomenon of reality television might interact with the expression of psychotic symptoms?"
The answer, they argue, is most definitely yes.
They suggest that "reality television resonates with a common anxiety about one's position in the social hierarchy…. Someone who is particularly anxious about their social status, therefore, might experience reality television as presenting a significant social threat, or a tantalizing possibility of success, or both. In the life of such a person, reality television might act as a significant stress, the effects of which might include a persecutory or grandiose delusion of the Truman Show type."
It's not that watching lots of reality TV causes a mental illness (believe it or not). Rather, an existing or nascent illness, like schizophrenia, interacts with the cultural pervasiveness of reality TV to give form to the delusion. It's a little like those unstable people who go to Jerusalem and experience "Jerusalem Syndrome," the belief that they're characters from the Bible.
The Golds wrote the paper because they think the environmental associations with psychosis don't get enough attention. "We think in North America that it's overlooked," he said in an interview.
"We are interested in the way society as a whole has changed," he said, "With the advent of reality TV and closed circuit TVs in cities such as London where people are truly observed, and the Internet with YouTube, what impact might that have on people otherwise predisposed to grandiosity and paranoia?"
As the Golds point out, delusions fall into a limited number of standard types no matter where the sufferer lives. People from Saudi Arabia tend to have delusions about being covered in sand. People in the U.S. tend to have delusions about being followed by the CIA. The specific content of the delusion can be culturally based.
For example, in this month's issue of the International Journal of Social Psychiatry, researchers from Maywood University studied records from a state psychiatric institution across the last century and found that while the categories of delusions were the same as today -- such as persecutory, religious or grandiose -- the content of the delusion depended on whatever was happening in the culture at the time.
At the moment, we're steeped in "reality" television, so it's no wonder, the Golds suggest, that people with a mental illness might get the idea they're the next Bethenny Frankel.
Science has not yet pinned down the root biological causes of delusions. A leading theory involves the way the chemical dopamine activates motivational brain circuitry. A person suffering from a delusion may not just notice that there's an anchorman on TV is wearing a yellow tie, he might attach enormous importance to that fact, and come to believe that the yellow tie is communicating some vital message. The social brain may also be impaired. What scientists call "Theory of Mind" -- the ability to figure out what others are thinking and feeling -- may be misfiring. The brains of the delusional may also be too quick to jump to conclusions about common experience.
"If a car is bearing down on you, you see it as a threat," Gold explained. "You better get out of the way. Well, there are two blue cars parked outside my home, and two days ago, there was also a blue car. Is there something to that? Is it a threat? You could build a delusion around that."
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74 HASKINS & SELLS October THE precise nature of capital stock without par value and its correct accounting treatment remain subjects provocative of much misunderstanding. The following case which came to our attention recently involves misconceptions concerning the treatment of stock dividends and methods of balance sheet preparation where there is capital stock having no par value. A certain corporation had outstanding common stock without par value, in addition to several classes of preferred stock with par value. More than two-thirds of the common stock outstanding was issued in a share-for-share exchange for an old issue of common stock of $50 per share par value, which had been retired. The remainder was issued on a sliding scale of prices to holders of bonds containing a conversion privilege. These facts were recorded in the books in a rather unique way. An account was maintained with common capital stock. However, no money entries were made in this account. Instead, it was kept as a memorandum account only, for the purpose of showing currently the number of shares of common stock outstanding. The amounts arising from the issuance of the common stock—approximately $10,- 000,000—were credited to an account called "Capital reserve." The title of this account indicates the purpose to which it was put. It was treated as a reserve. Against it were charged discount and expense incurred in connection with various issues of bonds, notes, and capital stocks of the company and its subsidiaries, amounting to nearly $7,000,000, approximately half of which applied to live issues of securities. It had a credit balance, therefore, of only about $3,000,000. The surplus arising from operations was kept in a separate account, and amounted to $5,500,000. In the balance sheet the common capital stock was shown, following the preferred issues, as consisting of a certain number of shares outstanding, without par value. No money value was extended, but reference was made to the capital reserve. Under this latter caption was shown a credit of $10,000,000 arising from the issuance of common capital stock without par value, less $7,000,000 representing discount and expense on bonds, notes, and capital stock, with the difference of $3,000,000 extended as the balance in the reserve. The surplus was shown separately. The directors of the company desired to declare a stock dividend on the common stock, there being a large quantity of unissued shares available. One share, without par value, was to be allotted to each fifty shares outstanding. This procedure was adopted as obviating a large outlay of cash, which the payment of a cash dividend would require. The directors further desired to maintain the company's surplus intact, in order that the market value of its preferred stock would not be affected. Consequently no money entry was to be made for the stock dividend. This procedure was thought to be appropriate, in view of the nature of capital stock without par value, and the way in which it was reflected in the accounts of the company. The adoption of this course aroused considerable discussion. The chief consideration is the law. The laws of Delaware, under which the corporation in question was organized, provide as follows with regard to dividends: "No corporation created under the provisions of this chapter, nor the directors thereof, shall make dividends except from the surplus or net profits. Dividends may be paid in cash or capital stock at par, or in the case of capital stock without par value, dividends in capital stock may be paid at a price fixed by the board of directors, but otherwise the corporation shall not divide, or in any way pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any part of its capital stock, except according to this chapter." Vagaries of Non-Par Stock
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Split decision on Hudson Street Gully
Hamilton City Council may be forced to remove 38 metres of pipe from the Hudson Street Gully in Hamilton.
Hamilton City Council may be forced to remove 38 metres of pipe from the Hudson Street Gully in Hamilton.
The Tongariro National Trout Centre has hooked a $5,000 boost from Environment Waikato.
Environment Waikato has awarded $83,500 to community groups to help improve the environment.
Environment Waikato has provided $7,500 to help restore the Hakarimata Scenic Reserve.
Environment Waikato will prosecute the owners and manager of a dairy farm near Tirau for allegedly discharging effluent through a neighbouring farm and into the Piarere Stream.
Waiomu-based group Education 2021 has been granted $5,500 by Environment Waikato to help with its local environmental efforts.
Environment Waikato will prosecute the owners of a dairy farm near Thames after dairy shed effluent was allegedly discharged into a drain.
The Otorohanga Zoological Society has been granted $6,000 from Environment Waikato to educate people about the effects of animals that prey on our native birds.
Hamilton City Council has asked Environment Waikato for a 12 month extension to allow it to comply with resource consents for its new $28 million wastewater treatment plant.
Two groups have appealed resource consents granted to the Waikato District Council for discharging treated effluent into the Waikato River from the Meremere wastewater treatment plant.
Hydro Power Limited wants to build a new hydro-electric power station on the Upper Waipa River.
Hamilton bus services have improved significantly according to a recent survey conducted on behalf of Environment Waikato.
Around 17,000 litres of whey has spilled into the Pangaki Stream near Piopio following a road accident this morning.
Larger herds of cows and changing farming practices are causing problems for some farmers trying to manage dairy effluent in the Waikato.


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You'll Like The 2008 Lexus RX If...
With its luxury-sedan sophistication, SUV versatility, first-class creature and safety features plus a premium Lexus pedigree, the RX 350 deserves serious consideration from anyone shopping for a single vehicle with a truly multifaceted personality.
You May Not Like The 2008 Lexus RX If...
Those who regularly plan to head off-road would be happier with a more SUV-like alternative like a Land Rover LR2 or Mercedes-Benz ML350. When towing duties matter most, the Acura MDX and BMW X5 both offer greater maximum capacity.
What's New
The RX 350 receives only detail changes for 2008, including two new exterior colors, chrome door handles and a revised grille design. Inside, black bird's-eye maple wood trim is now available with the light grey interior and a positive shutoff switch has been added to the standard Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system.
Interior Features
Living up to its Lexus heritage, the RX 350's space-efficient cabin has a quality appearance with an impressive level of fit and finish. Standard cloth upholstery, signature Optitron electroluminescent gauges and real wood trim are complemented by a major assortment of comfort and convenience touches. This sophisticated five-passenger transporter pairs supportive 10-way power seats with a 40/20/40 rear bench that splits, folds, slides, reclines, and will comfortably handle two full-size adults or a trio of kids. Accessed by a power liftgate, the RX 350's cargo bay can hold 38.3 cubic feet of your carry-on items with the rear seat up and 84.7 cubic feet with the seatbacks flipped forward and down.
Exterior Features
Consciously avoiding the harder angles and squared-off edges favored by traditional SUVs, the RX 350 celebrates its crossover character by matching rounded body contours with well-defined accent lines and passenger-friendly proportions. Its smartly raked windshield and large glass area help improve driver sightlines while both front and rear doors are large enough to ensure easy access to all seats. Crystalline head- and tail-lamp covers, subtle chrome highlights on the grille and door handles and S-rated 225/65 all-season tires on handsome 17-inch alloy wheels emphasize its upscale personality.
Driving Impressions
Given its primary mission as a luxury-oriented carryall, the RX 350's cabin is well isolated from wind and road noise. With chassis tuning focused more on ride comfort than precision handling, it's also better suited to effortless cruising than to attacking a twisty two-lane. However, a relatively compact 37.4-feet turning circle makes the RX 350 fairly easy to maneuver in tighter confines, while the available four-position air suspension can raise itself to clear obstacles, lower itself for cruising and even dip for easier entry and exit. A viscous center coupling in the optional all-wheel-drive system can transfer power fore or aft from the normal 50/50 split to instantly compensate for changing traction conditions. All RX 350s come with an effective Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) package that gets a new positive cutoff switch to indulge more enthusiastic drivers and the anti-lock disc brakes excel in short, drama-free stops.
Pricing Notes
The Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) on a front-drive RX 350 starts at just over $38,000, while the all-wheel drive model is just under $40,000. Prudent buyers are well advised to ponder option choices carefully, as either version can top the $50,000 mark when fully loaded. Even so, those figures fall well within the range of similar upscale mid-size SUVs and crossovers, and the RX 350 has established an admirable record of justifying its cost in the long run. While the BMW X3 and X5 are projected to have marginally better residual values, the RX 350 is expected to outpoint the Cadillac SRX, Infiniti FX35 and FX45, Lincoln MKX and Mercedes-Benz ML350 in that critical department. As is typical of the entire SUV/crossover category, an all-wheel-drive RX 350 will likely maintain a slightly higher percentage of its original selling price than a comparably equipped front-drive model.
Notable Equipment
Passenger-pleasing appointments abound in the RX 350, starting with ivory-colored cloth upholstery, walnut or bird's-eye maple wood accents, a mega-roster of power assists headed by 10-way power seats and a power liftgate, dual-zone automatic climate control and an eight-speaker AM/FM/CD unit with six-disc changer. Other highlights include a driver information system, cruise control, numerous modest storage cubbies plus a large locking glovebox, dual 12-volt powerpoints and an anti-theft system. Leading the list of safety features are Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) with Traction Control (TRAC), antilock disc brakes with Brake Assist (BA) circuitry and front, front-side and side-curtain airbags plus a driver's-side knee airbag.
Notable Options
The RX 350 offers several grouped upgrades, beginning with a Premium Package that includes leather upholstery, a power moonroof, power tilt and telescoping steering column and memory for the driver's seat, mirrors and steering wheel. The Premium Plus Package adds bi-xenon Adaptive Front Lighting (AFS) to that mix while the Performance Package brings special 18-inch wheels with V-rated 235/55 tires, four-mode air suspension and a five-speed sequential automatic transmission. Other extras include an oversize multi-panel moonroof, 11-speaker/210-watt Mark Levinson premium audio system, voice-activated navigation system with rear backup camera, rear-seat DVD entertainment system, rain-sensing windshield wipers, distance-maintaining Dynamic Laser Cruise Control and a towing package.
Favorite Features
Power Rear Liftgate
This thoughtful standard opens and closes the RX 350's large one-piece liftgate at the touch of a button on the key fob or the dash, making it quicker and easier to load and unload the cargo bay.
Optional Multi-Panel Moonroof
Available in place of the conventional power moonroof, this three-element alternative is 150 percent larger and lets in 250 percent more outside light but creates no additional wind noise. It comes in a package that also includes leather upholstery, corner-following bi-xenon Adaptive Headlamps and a power tilt and telescoping steering column.
Under the Hood
Both front-drive and all-wheel-drive RX 350 models use an identical 3.5-liter all-aluminum V6 that features Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i) to help bolster low and mid-range responsiveness. Smooth and free-revving, it makes a very enthusiastic 270 horsepower and 251 pound-feet of torque. The standard transmission is an equally efficient five-speed automatic, and included in the Performance Package is sequential shifting. That matchup allows both front and all-wheel drive RX 350s to run from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than 7.5 seconds and still earn class-competitive fuel economy numbers from the EPA. Step up to the optional towing package and the trailering capability on either RX 350 variant jumps from 2,000 to 3,500 pounds.
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Editors' Notes
One of the most successful crossover SUV offerings in the history of the genre, the mid-size RX series continues to attract buyers with its distinctive combination of style, luxury, comfort and safety. This line of car-based five-passenger family haulers includes both the volume-leader RX 350 and the RX 400h Hybrid (reviewed separately), and offers V6 power in both front- and all-wheel-drive configurations. Key RX 350 competitors in the prolific mid-size premium SUV/crossover segment include the Acura MDX, BMW X3 and X5, Cadillac SRX, Infiniti FX35 and FX45, Lincoln MKX and Mercedes-Benz ML350.


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I agree, it is one of the best for me as well. Something about that song keeps me coming back to it.Originally posted by castaway
Driven Out is their best song of all.
Driven Out
Prescious Stone
I agree, it is one of the best for me as well. Something about that song keeps me coming back to it.Originally posted by castaway
Driven Out is their best song of all.
Been a Fixxture for a long time.
To me, Calm Animals is one of the best albums.
(laughs) huh, I'm surprised that Kimberley picked...
Driven Out.
LOL! Just reinforcing it--what a "surprise", eh?
Gooo, did you pick Driven Out?
Prefer the solo in it on Stage One, though.....priceless!
Diamond, bro, help! I'm going to need those salts!
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
~Dalai Lama
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
~Adam Savage
Not to worry Kim, Driven Out was the pick.
I took Driven Out, however, I like the accoustic version on Now and Then
Is this the way of the world, to take a boy and a girl and show them lying is real!
Went for Subterranean cos I really like the guitar line throughout it and its a damn good song.
Still think my fav song off this album is World Weary, amazing song!! But its a great album. Calm calm calm.
Driven Out is the clear winner here to advance to the final round of the Great Fixx Off.
This poll ends on February 4.
Please vote if you haven't already.
Driven Out and How Much Is Enough both have a HUGE amount of votes in their polls.
How about a poll that pits those two up against each other?
You know? Just for fun
Anyone can start a new poll if they want Lone Gunman.
Feel free to make it so.
I haad to vote for "Precious Stone" because I had it played at my wedding. Very special song to me.
Definitely "Driven out".


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I spend a lot of time in the shell and I've never found a terminal emulator I really like. Konsole is okay, but the cut and paste is rubbish. PuTTY isn't too bad either, but it doesn't have tabs. Wouldn't it be nice if there was something like PuTTY that gave me something similar to buffers in emacs?
You might be thinking that screen + PuTTY would work but that replaces some of the shortcuts I use all the time (C-a for example). Does
eshell give me what I want? What about
ansi-term is pretty close to what I want. It also reconfigures some of the keys1 but I can easily fix that. So let me make a shortlist of the features I want:
- fix the key bindings
- get the mouse cut and paste working properly
- Have a frame just for the shell
- Have some kind of alias mapping to shells
- Have multiple shells in different buffers
Let's get started.
The #includes.
(require 'cl) (require 'term)
Connecting to a remote host and a reasonable shell-like font.
(defconst sw-ssh "ssh -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no") (defconst sw-shell-font "-*-courier new-*-r-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")
Somewhere to store the frame for the shell and the buffers.
(defvar sw-frame nil) (defvar sw-buffers nil)
Configuration variables: does the shell open in a name frame, and if the shell has exited for some reason do we keep it in the list?
(defvar sw-open-in-new-frame nil) (defvar sw-remove-dead-terms t)
I like to build my software in layers. The lowest layer is the most primitive and provides functions to get processes if they exist and to kill buffers that don't have a process.
(defun sw-shell-get-process (buffer-name) (let ((buffer (get-buffer (concat "*" buffer-name "*")))) (and (buffer-live-p buffer) (get-buffer-process buffer)))) (defun sw-get-process-if-live (buffer-name) (let ((proc (sw-shell-get-process buffer-name))) (and (processp proc) (equal (process-status proc) 'run) proc))) (defun sw-kill-buffer-if-no-process (buffer-name) (let* ((buffer (get-buffer (concat "*" buffer-name "*"))) (proc (sw-get-process-if-live buffer-name))) (when (and (not proc) (buffer-live-p buffer)) (kill-buffer buffer)))) (defalias 'sw-shell-exists-p 'sw-get-process-if-live)
The next layer provides two functions for wrapping basic buffer selection/creation. The plan is to ensure that there is a shell running in the buffer when the function finishes, but we don't kill it if it exists already. Then there is another function that allows us to create or select a shell and send commands to it.
(defun sw-basic-shell (buffer-name) (sw-kill-buffer-if-no-process buffer-name) ;; If there is a process running, leave it, otherwise ;; create the new buffer (if (sw-shell-exists-p buffer-name) (message "Buffer already exists") (ansi-term "bash" buffer-name)) (switch-to-buffer (concat "*" buffer-name "*"))) (defun sw-shell/commands (buffer-name &rest commands) (sw-basic-shell buffer-name) (let ((proc (sw-shell-get-process buffer-name))) (dolist (cmd commands) (term-simple-send proc cmd))))
This layer has methods for creating my standard shell locally (
sw-standard-shell) and remotely (
sw-server-login). I generally need to
exec bash -l and
su - after I've logged in. I could have done this in the
.bashrc of course. You can adapt these start-up commands for your own usage.
(defun sw-standard-shell (buffer-name) (if (sw-shell-exists-p buffer-name) (switch-to-buffer (concat "*" buffer-name "*")) (sw-shell/commands buffer-name "exec bash -l" "su -"))) (defun sw-server-login (host &optional buffer-name) (setq buffer-name (or buffer-name host)) (if (sw-shell-exists-p buffer-name) (switch-to-buffer (concat "*" buffer-name "*")) (sw-shell/commands buffer-name (concat sw-ssh " " host) "exec bash -l" "su -")))
Set up my preferred colors and fonts.
(defun sw-set-display () (interactive) (set-background-color "black") (set-foreground-color "orange") (set-frame-font sw-shell-font))
I need to override a few keys. This should all be fairly obvious.
(defun sw-set-keymap () (term-set-escape-char ?\C-z) (define-key term-raw-map "\C-c" 'term-interrupt-subjob) (define-key term-raw-map "\C-y" 'yank) (define-key term-raw-map (kbd "\M-x") 'execute-extended-command) (define-key term-raw-map "\e" 'term-send-raw) (define-key term-raw-map (kbd "") 'scroll-down) (define-key term-raw-map (kbd "") 'scroll-up)) (sw-set-keymap)
I like highlighted regions to be automatically copied and to paste with the right-hand mouse button. This more-or-less works although it would need some tweaking to get it to send exactly the command you see on the screen.
;; Functions to get the mouse working more-or-less as I like it (defun sw-mouse-paste-clipboard (click arg) (interactive "e\nP") (let ((proc (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))) (term-send-string proc (current-kill 0))) (setq deactivate-mark t)) (defun sw-mouse-copy-region-to-clipboard (click) (interactive "e") (mouse-set-region click) (let ((transient-mark-mode nil)) (copy-region-as-kill (region-beginning) (region-end)))) (define-key term-raw-map [drag-mouse-1] 'sw-mouse-copy-region-to-clipboard) (define-key term-raw-map [mouse-3] 'sw-mouse-paste-clipboard)
Functions to read a buffer name from the user and select the shell-specific frame if we've set
(defun sw-read-buffer-name () (when sw-remove-dead-terms ;; Remove dead terms before offering them to the user (setq sw-buffers (delete-if-not 'sw-shell-exists-p sw-buffers))) (let ((buffer-name (ido-completing-read "Choose buffer name: " sw-buffers))) (if (stringp buffer-name) buffer-name (error "Invalid buffer name")))) (defun sw-get-buffer-proc () (sw-get-process-if-live (sw-read-buffer-name))) (defun sw-select-frame () (if (not sw-open-in-new-frame) (sw-set-display) (unless (frame-live-p sw-frame) (setq sw-frame (make-frame)) (select-frame-set-input-focus sw-frame) (sw-set-display)) (select-frame-set-input-focus sw-frame)))
This actually selects the buffer, reading the buffer-name from the user if necessary.
(defun sw-choose-buffer (&optional buffer-name) (sw-select-frame) (unless (stringp buffer-name) (setq buffer-name (sw-read-buffer-name))) (unless (sw-shell-exists-p buffer-name) (sw-kill-buffer-if-no-process buffer-name) (setq sw-buffers (delete buffer-name sw-buffers))) (let ((already-existed t)) (if (member buffer-name sw-buffers) (switch-to-buffer (concat "*" buffer-name "*")) (setq already-existed nil) (push buffer-name sw-buffers)) (list buffer-name already-existed)))
And these are the top level commands –
sw-open-shell and
sw-open-remote-shell. They build on
sw-standard-shell and
sw-server-login respectively but read a buffer name and remote server name as appropriate.
(defun sw-open-shell (&optional buffer-name) (interactive) (multiple-value-bind (buffer-name already-existed) (sw-choose-buffer buffer-name) (unless already-existed (sw-standard-shell buffer-name)))) (defun sw-open-remote-shell (&optional buffer-name server-name) (interactive) (multiple-value-bind (buffer-name already-existed) (sw-choose-buffer buffer-name) (unless already-existed (unless (stringp server-name) (setq server-name (read-string "Server: " buffer-name))) (sw-server-login server-name buffer-name)))) (provide 'shell-wrappers)
And there we go.
sw-shell/commands is generally useful for firing up shells and executing arbitrary commands. I use this all over the place.
Let me know if you have any tips or suggestions for improvement.
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1.For example changing C-c to C-c C-c is very bad. One day I might need to kill that runaway
rm -rf / command very urgently and maybe I'll have forgotten that C-c is broken.


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Could Silverlight be on tap?
Microsoft would not comment on the rumors, which circulated against the backdrop of Adobe Systems Inc.'s announcement that it is now collaborating with Zend to start delivering content, technology and services to enterprise developers building rich Internet applications (RIAs) using its Flex technology on the client and PHP on the server.
"I wouldn't be shocked to see a Silverlight announcement around PHP in the near term," said Gartner analyst Mark Driver. "Adobe's Flex is a competitor, and Microsoft won't want to sit on the sidelines while they scoop up all the PHP developers."
Bola Rotibi, analyst with Macehiter Ward-Dutton, agrees: "Adobe had to support PHP in Flex," she says. "And so will Microsoft in Silverlight. There are just too many Web developers who use PHP not to."
Driver also believes that a Microsoft-Zend collaboration to bring support for PHP to Microsoft's Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) would make sense. The DLR adds a set of services designed for dynamic languages to its Common Language Runtime (CLR). Python and Ruby are currently supported.
PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) is one of the most popular dynamic scripting languages. It continues to grow in popularity; TIOBE Software's Programming Community Index currently ranks PHP ahead of Ruby, Python and Perl, and just behind Visual Basic and C++ on its popularity index.
Microsoft began working with Zend in October 2007 to provide customers with richer functionality and better integration of PHP on Windows. Zend is regarded as a leading supplier of PHP-based software for Web applications deployed on Linux.
Despite its diminished presence at this year's annual ZendCon, the Redmond software maker has been working with Zend to improve compatibility between Windows and the Cupertino, Calif.-based company's PHP distribution, and continues to do so, says Andi Gutmans, Zend's co-founder and co-CTO.
During his conference keynote, Gutmans said that the Microsoft-Zend collaboration was moving forward apace. In fact, he said, the PHP community is currently working to improve the performance of PHP applications running on Windows with a better binary package in the upcoming PHP 5.3 release, which will include the latest Microsoft compilers. He also noted that a growing number of third-party libraries are supporting PHP on Windows.
Still, the Microsoft brand was scarcely in evidence at this year's show. Gartner's Driver sees Microsoft's lower profile at the conference as a wise move, given the anti-Redmond sentiments that tend to pervade open-source events. "There's an extremely vocal minority of people who have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to Microsoft getting involved with open source," he said.
With Microsoft in the open-source mix, the open-source world is not likely to remain unchanged. During his conference-opening keynote, Zend CEO Harold Goldberg suggested that the configuration of the open-source LAMP stack, which currently comprises Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Python/Perl, might one day include Windows, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, JavaScript, VMware, and Dojo.
Microsoft wasn't totally absent from ZendCon. Tom Hanrahan, director of the Microsoft Open Source Technology Center, talked up the company's efforts to embrace open source through its Open Source Labs, and in particular, PHP. "We are trying to drive interoperability and integration with open source into the Windows platform by design," he said in the one session hosted by Microsoft.
Driver says Microsoft must take these steps. "Microsoft doesn't want four to five million PHP programmers to assume that there's an inherent advantage to deploying their applications on Linux instead of Windows," he said. "The Zend-Microsoft collaboration is a good, solid strategy for Microsoft and Zend, but it's also good for the PHP community."
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Tiger Woods Reclaims No. 1 Ranking
Tiger Woods is back atop the world golf rankings after winning the Bay Hill Invitational. Geoff Foster reports on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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CRESTVIEW � Shoal River Middle School is no stranger to fundraisers that get people moving, like its annual Annelise's Wild Mustang Run.
CRESTVIEW � Shoal River Middle School is no stranger to fundraisers that get people moving, like its annual Annelise's Wild Mustang Run.
It just hasn�t done it like this before.
The Wet and Wild Mustang 5K is Saturday, Sept. 14 at the school.
"We are ... going to have the school's sprinklers system on (during the event)," physical education teacher Ryan Gillis said. "(Participants) will get wet."
Attendees are encouraged to bring water guns and soak other participants. Refill stations will be set up along the route.
"We thought this would be a great way to show off our school and get people out and be active,� Gillis said.
And to support school programs. Funds raised from the 5K will benefit the football and cross country teams.
Although this 5K is more fun than competition, Gillis said an individual could record his or her running time with a stopwatch.
The school will have a post-race party with concessions, water slides and music.
"It's a fun run," Gillis said. "We just want people to bring their water gun and a smile."
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Where: Shoal River Middle School, 3200 Redstone Ave.
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