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Pac-12 Roundup: Kirk Herbstreit calls Oregon State's Mike Riley most underrated coach in country
A look around the Pac-12 Conference Thursday:
Oregon State — ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit calls Mike Riley most underrated coach in college football. Says Riley isn't appreciated outside the Pacific Northwest.
Arizona State — Defensive tackle Jaxon Hood hopes to be 90 percent for Washington game.
Arizona — Wildcats' defense getting worse every week.
USC — Ex-Trojan Amir Carlisle will play against USC as Notre Dame's third-leading rusher.


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CHowTo needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 6 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
We are looking for a uniform designed set of button icons to look similar to our existing logo button design in the attachment. The buttons need to be modern, have a web 2.0 look and feel, and easily recognizable as part of the same theme.
Surplus Property Software
Please visit SurplusPropertySoftware.com and you will view the logo in the top left corner, and in that logo is a gray circled button with swooping arrows (also in the demo video in the middle of the screen). This logo icon is for Surplus Property Software (SPS). SPS has grown large enough to offer 4 new products:
RFP Manager- Manages the creation and implementation of RFP documents for institutions looking to put out request for proposals for local companies to bid on.
Federal Surplus Software- Similar to our main application, except that it focuses on the management of Federal Government Surplus.
Web Data Corporation- Company that creates custom software applications for all types of institutions.
Auction Software- Web-based software application that runs live online auctions.
For each of these 4 new products, we need a new icon logo button created similar to the SPS arrow button. Each button should follow the similar theme of the gray outside border, but should have unique color and identifiers on the inside of the button.
We can offer suggestions such as a gavel icon for auctions, or WD lettering for Web Data...but if you have your own ideas in mind, we'd love to see your creativity!
If you have any questions feel free to ask and I promise to provide constructive feedback within 6 hours after you submit your design. Good Luck!
- Modern
- Web 2.0 look
- Uniform size, gray border, style
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Stocks Climb After Fed Decision
The Dow industrials pushed up to levels hit before a weekend flare-up in Europe's debt crisis, after the Fed reiterated its promise of continued easy-monetary policies. Kaitlyn Kiernan reports. Photo: AP.
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The Imagination Table Poster features 76 items celebrating imagination. The items are organized in a similar layout and structure to the Periodic Table of the Elements. The items are then separated into 12 groups: Robots, Creativity, Space, Daydreaming, Clubhouses, Critters, Sports, Transportation, Playground, Toys, Monsters and Mythical Creatures. The poster is available in two sizes: 18x24 and 24x36 and printed on thick, durable, archival, acid-free matte paper.


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Gamnesia: "I struggled writing the title for this piece due to one major factor: I personally really like Mr. Iwata. I haven't met the man, but from what we have seen publicly he is just very likable. He's a CEO that cut his own pay when sales dipped. He's very honest in an industry where many talk out their ass. He does developer interviews in Iwata Asks and spurred the Nintendo Directs – both of which I thoroughly enjoy and have been nice additions for the fans.
However, in many ways Iwata has a bit too much of Miyamoto in him. He's a fine idea man with some nice concepts, but too often he finds himself apologizing for mistakes he has made. Grant it, he is pretty good at rectifying his own mistakes over time, but the fact he has continually made them is certainly a problem."
It's not so much Iwata who needs to step down. Nintendo's veteran development heads (Miyamoto, Aonuma, etc) need to step down or at least be put in their place. Iwata put Nintendo back on track with the Wii and the DS. He correctly judged which games would make those systems popular.
But then, he got lazy. He let the developers do what they wanted instead of continuing the momentum (for instance, why wasn't there a NSMB equivalent in the Zelda franchise to revive public interest?). Miyamoto has gone on the record many times saying games like 2D Mario and Wii Sports took a lot out of him and he doesn't like making those games anymore. Okay, so step down. Stop soaking up development money with yet another Mario Galaxy, Wii Music, and Pikmin 3. It was Miyamoto and his fellow developers - not Iwata - who made the design choices for the 3DS and the WiiU. Go back and watch some early interviews. The 3DS's glasses-free screen did nothing to inspire sales and it wasn't until Nintendo began focusing on games that the 3DS took off. The WiiU's tablet was a bad decision. It wasn't what the market wanted, and now 3rd parties are fleeing from the system. Iwata's problem is that he LET these developers do what they wanted (thinking they would create yet another Wii Sports hit) but he didn't pay close enough attention.
Iwata is a nice guy, and so its not easy to say this, but I think his time as Nintendo's president should be up. The transition from Wii to Wii U is unprecedented in how bungled it has been.
Additionally, his experience as a game developer leaves him too entrenched to allow Software Devs to make games they want to make instead of the games the masses want. Nintendo also needs to make a culturally agnostic console that attracts as broad a demographic as possible.
Unfortunately, Wii U has more in common with Gamecube (Their biggest flop of a console) Than it does to the Wii. And for that heads should roll.
He has brought much success to Nintendo with the DS, Wii and 3DS; who knows where Nintendo would be if his period hadn't come.
He's had a nice run as CEO of Nintendo now is the time for him to step down.
His leadership is questionable at best, there have been 3 consoles that have not reached expectations (Gamecube, N64, Gameboy micro) under him, and 3 successful consoles (3DS, DS, Wii) I think the WiiU will be the deciding factor on whether he will decide to stay or step down as CEO of Nintendo.


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PMS is a set of symptoms associated with the menstruation cycle. They can include physical changes, such as fatigue, and emotional changes, like irritability. It typically starts 1-2 weeks before menstruation (period). The symptoms generally go away once menstruation begins. For a small number of women, PMS can become severe enough to interfere with daily function. Women may experience extreme fatigue, depression , and anxiety . Severe PMS may also last longer than typical PMS.
A team of researchers conducted a review of numerous past studies of severe PMS treatment. Their goal was to find the effectiveness of a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The review found that this type of drug was effective in reducing severe PMS symptoms.
About the Study
The systematic review involved 40 previous studies. All of the studies were randomized control trials . Results from this type of study are considered to be the most reliable. These trials investigated the ability of an SSRI to reduce PMS symptoms when compared to a placebo . A review of all the data found that the SSRIs were better than the placebo at reducing:
- Overall intensity of symptoms
- Behavioral symptoms (eg, mood changes, irritability)
- Physical symptoms (eg, fatigue, cramping)
- Functional symptoms (eg, problems in social and work life)
- Irritability
There were some side effects associated with SSRIs. The groups that received the medication did report higher rates of nausea, insomnia , headache, and decreased libido.
How Does This Affect You?
Severe PMS interferes significantly with daily activities. Pain, troublesome mood changes, and overwhelming fatigue make it difficult to get through the day. Fortunately, SSRIs seem to be effective at relieving these symptoms for many women. Since these medications all require a prescription and are not without side effects, speak to your doctor about how best to manage your severe PMS symptoms.
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5-31-09 PNC Park
Today was a Sunday game, a day game after a night game, so there was a good chance of there being no batting practice.
I was pretty happy when I peered into the gate and saw the cage set up.
Upon entering the stadium, the Pirates were warming up in left field. I walked over and sat down in this section.
It is a handicapped section. Its a good spot for catching over throws.
I got ball #1 of the day from Ian Snell. When he was done catching, he simply turned and threw me the ball. I didn't even ask for it. Just another reason why Ian Snell is awesome.
I waited behind John Grabow, who was catching with Sean Burnett, for an overthrow, but it didn't happen.
Batting practice was beginning,
Game: 3 Balls (1 hit, 1 thrown, 1 device)
Season: 138 Balls (61 hit, 59 thrown, 18 device)
Games: 28 Games (24 with BP, 4 without)
Average: 4.93 Balls Per Game
Career: 304 Balls
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"Lets cast this puppy!!!"
Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
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"Lets cast this puppy!!!"
if they actually did decide to make a second Lemony Snicket and possible have it cover books 4, 5, and 6, who do think should be cast for the movie? Besides Jim of course!!
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Back to reading Book 4 and the End
Will let yo know when I complete it again.
do you think Emma Thompson could play....
Esme Sqalor???
Could Dustin Hoffman be the husband who gets jilted?
What if??
I'd like to see Emma and Jim work together, both hilariously fun.
STill looking at book # 4.
i can see dustin hoffman as Jerome Squalor. as for Sir....i think Danny Devito should play him. Sir has a powerful voice to him and i think Danny could really do that character justice.
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Ya, Danny may be a good pick for sir...
it's interesting how they don't capitalize "sir" quite odd, still don't
understand that, if that is his alternate name.
I wonder if they are going to make the smokey effect with dry ice,
I'd hate to be in a room that smokey, thank goodness places aren't
like that anymore, unless it is someones house, I once did a smoking
survey, quite interesting.
Only thing is "sir" could be anyone since you never see his face, then
again, it could be a woman and they just call her sir and no one knows
that he is really a she....
could be all sorts of things written into that one.
Now that I looked again...
he is refered to as "Sir" after the children are not told his name and they have nothing else to call him.
How they work in the Saw mill is quite far fetched because a Saw Mill
can be quite dangerous, especially for young children. I wonder why the
author chose a Saw Mill.???(Book #4)
well where else can a series of unfortunate events happen then at a saw mill?
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I recently visited a flour mill....
in Arva just north of London, Ontario, you can actually see the
flour being milled, on exiting there is a old sign that gives the
condiitions of workers a long time ago, if we had to comply with
the rules in those days today, it would probably cost US to work,
instead of getting paid to work, you'd probably have to pay to work.
What an odd world that would be, to have to pay out to have a JOB.
Actually sometimes it almost seems like that for some jobs, the cost of
transportation to get to the job, the shoes you pay for, clothes etc.etc.
True, I guess the worse kind of mill for children would be a saw mill.
I find that any continuation of the wonderful film with Jim Carrey séra! but the episode that I lí and liked I was the 3 or 4... I do not remember well...
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Peyton Manning: "Jay Z and Kanye don't have anything to worry about"
Peyton Manning may be a hit-maker, but he's also a realist about his budding rap career.
"I do not think that Jay Z or Kanye have anything to worry about, put it that way," Peyton said after Broncos practice Tuesday.
Peyton and his younger brother Eli collaborated in a DirecTV commercial, a "Fantasy Football Fantasy" rap video, that included cameos from some Broncos offensive linemen as well as Archie Manning, Joe Namath and Chris Johnson.
Donning a gold chain and baggy jeans with holes, Peyton spit bars about "fantasy, fantasy, football fantasy, like an end zone that ends in a waterfall," among other things. And given that this was not his first foray into the rap game, it only seemed plausible that his attire was taken from his wardrobe.
"That was a prop," Peyton said of his gold chain. "Eli brought his own outfit. Very disturbing, but he had it in his wardrobe. Mine were all props, not sure on the offensive linemen. I think (Ryan) Clady (Louis) Vasquez and Orlando (Franklin) had some props as well."
And those jeans?
"All props.
"We had a good time," Peyton said. "We were down in New Orleans, and of course Eli and I any chance we have to be together it's enjoyable, but Eli had three of his offensive linemen as well so you can imagine how many laughs were taken place in between takes on one day deal down there in New Orleans. It was a fun deal."
Peyton said he and Eli decided to include some of the linemen in the video when they asked to bring on other guys. But one Bronco in particular was apparently due for a cameo.
"Orlando has been on me for a while to get him into a commercial," Peyton said. "So I thought those guys did a good job, they looked the part, looked tough there, and like I said we had a lot of laughs as well."
We hope Peyton's realism doesn't preclude the him and his brother from putting out a third rap video, though. The world needs more Manning collabos.


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NEW DELHI, March 22 (UPI) -- India's defense budget took a 17 percent jump to around $40 billion for 2012-13, partly because of major acquisition plans.
"This allocation is based on present needs and any further requirement will be met," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Parliament.
Around 18 percent of the $40 billion will be for capital expenditure -- buying new equipment up to March 2013, The Times of India reported.
The premier purchase for the military is that of the medium multi-role combat aircraft contract for 126 Rafale fighter jets from French manufacturer Dassault, a deal worth between $10 billion-$20 billion over several years.
Dassault edged its main rival EADS with its Eurofighter Typhoon last month as preferred supplier and the final contract -- India's largest single defense deal -- is expected to be signed by the summer.
The tender, which was issued in August 2007, also was contested by Boeing with its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Lockheed Martin's F-16, the Russian-made MiG-35 and the Gripen from Swedish firm Saab.
Despite the boost to spending, the defense budget "remains 1.9 percent of the projected gross domestic product for 2012-13," The Times said.
The increase is "much less than the 3 percent demanded by the armed forces and strategic experts for several years to effectively deter both China and Pakistan. An assertive China recently hiked its defense budget to over $100 billion," The Times report noted.
The Indian air force waits for 75 Swiss Pilatus PC-7 turbo-prop aircraft to train new pilots.
India also is upgrading 51 Mirage 2000 fighter jets.
The army, too, "is desperate to acquire 145 M-777 ultra-light howitzers from the United States for $647 million," The Times said.
Earlier this month the Indian army announced an order for 100 howitzer artillery pieces to be made by the Ordnance Factory Board, in Kolkata, West Bengal state.
Indian Minister of State for Defense M.M. Pallam Raju confirmed the order is for the 155mm, .52-caliber model, a report by the online news site Indian Express said.
Raju also said that bids for artillery guns including towed, self-propelled and ultra-light howitzers will be open to all manufacturers, foreign and domestic under $4 billion artillery modernization program.
India's hike in defense spending might give pause for thought by other, smaller countries in the region, an editorial in Pakistan's Dawn newspaper said.
"The hike in India's military budget gives the wrong message to its neighbors and perpetuates tensions in south Asia" the Dawn article said.
"The neighbors' concerns are not baseless because India is not on the best of terms with them and it has a history of military conflicts with Pakistan and China."


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SANFORD—Baseball is filled with its ups and downs and its unpredictability. For the Sanford Mainers 2012 season, a lot of the same can be said.
Finishing the regular season with a 15-26 record, it could easily be assumed that playoffs were out of the question for this year's team. However, the team managed to hold on to a post season appearance; facing the Newport Gulls in round one and forcing a game three after walking off in the bottom of the tenth inning in game two on a bases loaded single by Boston College catcher, Nate LaPointe.
Despite the final results of the season, the Mainers had many positives to take away with them. It started with the return of Manager Aaron Izaryk to coach the Moose for his fourth straight season. Alongside Izaryk, pitching coach Lee Jatkevicius and hitting coach Tim Atwood returned for their second season -- the first time a full coaching staff has stayed with the team for consecutive years in franchise history.
The returning members didn't stop there. Pitchers Tripp Davis out of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Nate Jones from Wake Forest University returned to the hill. Offensive players Jose Torralba from Canisius College and Paul Kronenfeld from Georgia Tech also came back to Sanford for their second seasons. These players led a team that put together results that, by most standards, seemed out of the ordinary.
Offensively the Mainers finished ninth out of a total ten teams in the entire league with a .268 batting average; however, the pitching staff held a cumulative 4.69 earned run average -- good enough for second in the league.
It was a year that most who followed the team knew not to judge by the stats in front of them, but the progress the team's players made.
Jordan Betts, an infielder from Duke University, came to Sanford after playing fifty-five games for the Blue Devils, smacking only four home run. In less than 45 games for the Mainers, Betts hit eleven home runs. This total broke the team's previous home run record of seven set by Maryland outfielder Mike Montville in 2011. It also placed him third in the league.
Not only did Betts break the team's individual home run record, he helped lead the Mainers to a total twenty-eight home runs, breaking the previous franchise record of twenty-one set back in 2004. The power behind his bat gave him a spot in the home-run derby competition at the All-Star Game in which he finished second to Laconia's Danny Collins who ended the season breaking the league home run record with nineteen.
However, the success at the plate for Betts didn't stop there. He drove in thirty-six runners all summer -- six more than the previous franchise leader Ryan Crew of the 2004 squad.
It wasn't just Betts who made an impact at the plate for the team though. Fairfield University's Anthony Hajjar consistently stepped up, stringing together multiple hit streaks over the course of the summer, as well as earning himself a spot at All-Star Game.
Jordan Hagel came to the team in the later part of June, but quickly made his mark, keeping his batting average anywhere between .350-.450 all season long. This too helped him make his way to the All-Star Game.
These players contributions are only a brief sample of what was brought to the table this summer, offering a glimpse of the moments that went beyond the season's final statistics.
Coach Izaryk continued his success with sending players to the All-Star game, placing six players on the Eastern Division's roster. By the end of the season the team struggled with injuries and other limitations, but other players stepped up to fill the void, especially in the playoffs.
Two-way player John Gorman from Boston College went from warming up in the bullpen to roaming the outfield grass come the start of the postseason. One notable moment for Gorman was hitting a two-run towering blast to left field in game two against the Gulls.
Pitcher Matt Horan from Franklin Pierce also went from the bullpen to the batter's box as he was called on to fill the designated hitter slot in the line-up. Horan joined Gorman in providing the team with postseason heroics, hitting a shot of his own just afterward.
In game three, LaPointe was injured after a collision with a runner at the plate. Utility player Will Cooper out of Vanderbilt University moved from left field to the backstop, throwing on catcher's gear in order to fill the team's need until the end of the game.
Eastern Connecticut State's Evan Chamberlain followed in the footsteps of Gorman and Horan before him, leaving the bullpen and stepping into the line-up to fill in the gaps.
These player situations are only a few examples of what this team was able to accomplish over the summer, leaving one important thing to be said about the 2012 Sanford Mainers. Though they may not have ended the season with the most impressive results on the field, the team came through for each other when they needed to most.
The 2013 season will be open to new opportunities for many new players as the search for a third franchise championship remains the ultimate summer goal.
For now though, Goodall Park in Sanford, Maine will remain quiet in regard to Sanford Mainers' baseball. Not until the beginning of June will the Green and Yellow return, bringing with the near-guarantee of another unpredictable season.


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Why are co-workers always asking me if I saw such and such article or show, or asking me to check it out when it has to do with Muslim culture?!
I didn't watch the show about the Taliban and the attrocities they've committed. I haven't seen the arciel about the little girl who was forced to get married to a horrible man who abused her. And I don't want to more than the person next to me.
They don't even know I'm Muslim, only that I'm married to one. Should I show her every article about children in Africa dying of malnutrition or AIDS just because she dated a black man last year?!
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Whitehead problem is a rather well known problem:
Suppose that $G$ is an abelian group and $\mathrm{Ext}^1(G,\Bbb Z)=0$, is $G$ free?
It wasn't long before it was proved that if $G$ is countable (and thus countably-generated) then the answer is positive. However the question was open for uncountable groups, and it took more than a decade until Shelah came up with the interesting answer: In ZFC the problem is undecidable.
I was wondering what other open problems have somewhat of a Whitehead-like nature, namely they were proved for objects with a countable nature (e.g. separable topological spaces, countably generated), but the question remains open for the general case.
One example which comes to mind is Naimark's problem which was solved for separable $C^\ast$-algebras, and was partially solved in the general case in the sense that it is consistent to have a negative answer.
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Here's my first tutorial on the TARDIS. The TARDIS is the Doctor's "space ship". If you don't know who the Doctor is, thoe Doctor is from a popular TV show on BBC called Doctor Who. Doctor Who is about a Time Lord who goes by the name, Doctor. The Doctor flies around in his spaceship the TARDIS. The TARDIS can go in the future and past of time and anywhere in the universe. The Doctor almost always has a companion. The Doctor and his companion travel through time and space battling aliens such as the Weeping Angels, Daleks, Sontarens, and the Cybermen. More about the Doctor, he's a Time Lord, therefore, he regenerates (he reforms into a different person, but is the same person) and can cheat death. If you want to find out more, go to the Doctor Who Wikipedia. I will be posting more Doctor Who rekated things such as how to draw a dalek and how to draw David Tennant (the 10th doctor)
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ATI R600g Gains Mip-Map, Face Culling Support
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Originally posted by bridgman View PostI still believe that the open source drivers will get sufficiently close to fglrx features and performance that most consumer users won't care about the difference and will be very happy with the open drivers, but for some other markets (3D workstation, hardcore gaming) the difference will probably always be important.
Originally posted by agd5f View PostIt really depends how much work the community puts into the open source driver. As John mentioned before, above a certain level the amount of driver work grows exponentially as performance increases.
Originally posted by bridgman View PostThe downside of sharing code across OSes is that most of the other OSes are proprietary and require robust DRM, so the shared driver code needs to remain proprietary as well.
The only DRM that I can think of is the one related to the playback of BluRay and other HDCP protected media, and that surely doesn't impact the 3D driver.
It seems you should be able to open source both fglrx and the Windows driver except for the video acceleration+DRM parts relatively easily.
Besides, all video DRM seems completely cracked and BluRay releases seem widely available on public BitTorrent sites, so I don't think you could possibly make the situation worse for content producers.
If this is not the case, what am I missing?
The argument of wanting to keep the driver secret to not give a free gift to competitors seems instead much more understandable. Is this the real reason?
However, opening some things like your AMD IL -> r600+ ISA compiler/optimizer shouldn't give any competitive advantage to Intel/nVidia since they use completely different non-VLIW architectures.
It would be great and very interesting to have a much more detailed and accurate rationale for why you could or cannot open each component of fglrx/Catalyst.
And opening fglrx and your Windows driver would have several advantages:
1. Having bugs actually fixed by third parties, or at least more detailed bug reports
2. Rock solid Linux support and dominance of the Linux market (all Linux distributions and enthusiasts would be in the position to recommend buying ATI GPUs exclusively)
3. More mindshare among commercial game programmers, resulting in games that work better on your hardware. This would be due to the obvious advantage of being able to find out exactly what the driver is spending CPU time on and look intimately at what 3D calls are being translated to and how the hardware actually works.
4. Possibly getting commercial game developers to help you in tuning your drivers for their games (without needing cumbersome NDAs), resulting in better performance on your cards compared to competitors, especially in things like multi-GPU support
So, for parts of the driver where DRM, third party code, or competitive advantage concerns don't apply, I think you should consider opening the code (for both Linux and Windows).
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Originally posted by V!NCENT View PostSo Bridgman, if your fglrx team would have the same documentation (not counting DRM) as AMD is going to give to the public, how much of a performance decreas would we be talking about? Zero?
you know? a kernel space driver do have less overhead.
fglrx do have a usersprace vram managment radeon do have kernel based vram managment..
Theoretical radeon can beat FGLRX very hard IF the radeon driver becomes the 'LOVE' of more DEV'sPhantom circuit Sequence Reducer Dyslexia
Originally posted by Agdr View PostIt seems you should be able to open source both fglrx and the Windows driver except for the video acceleration+DRM parts relatively easily.
Then there's the legal review. If you follow the news, you'll know how much work legal review is for the OS drivers that are mostly written from a known amount of documentation. Try to imagine sifting through a few hundred thousand lines of fglrx code to determine if it contains any licensed code that mustn't be shared, uses any patents that aren't covered outside of fglrx or tells internals about the hardware which AMD wants to keep secret.
When AMD/ATI's linux strategy was formed, opening up parts of fglrx was discussed. But it was deemed easier to start from the scratch.
The result may not be as fast as fglrx, but it's cleaner, better structured code. To me, that's more important.
Originally posted by Qaridarium View Postthe true is the opensource one can beat the FGLRX thats because FGLRX is a userspace driver!
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A good letting agent will know the answers to all these questions andmore, and they will have systems that keep them update with both national and local lettingsrules.
Do You Have The Resources? For example tenancy agreements, guarantorforms, background checks for prospective tenants and membership with professional organisationsthat you can turn to for advice or if things go wrong.
As soon as the tenant moves into a property,they become the legal occupiers of that property.
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And the last question is, Do You Have TheTime? to run a rental property legally and effectively.
Are you willing and do you havethe time to take and respond to phone calls from your tenants at all hours of the dayand night? And can you handle co-ordinating all the maintenance? I think lots of inexperienced landlords makethe mistake of not putting value on their time.
They think they are saving money bymanaging their properties themselves, but they're not getting paid for the time thatthey're acting as a property manager they are simply just saving 5 - 12% on their income.
I would like to point out that if you do usea letting agent, you as the landlord are still responsible for the safety of your tenants,but by employing a professional agent, you will reduce the risk of anything going wrong.
There is risk associated with any type of investment, and I like to reduce that riskwas much as I can.
As a landlord, your aim is to provide an excellentservice to your customers, otherwise your customers are not going to stay for long.
If you don't have the time, knowledge or resources to serve your tenant, you will not be providinga good service.
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Welcome to MFB-TV on Wednesday 14th January.
as is our first broadcast of the year let mewish you much prosperity and success in the year ahead we think you'll be an excitinginnovative and productive year for all aspects ofthe property market and especially the financing there of.
So let's start off first of all with our Complex Buy to Let index resultsfrom the last quarter of 2014 that is available on our website today.
Inparticular I draw your attention to the fact there are now over 800 buy to let mortgage productsout there giving plenty of choice and variety for landlords of all types and needs.
We include now a new lender Fleet Mortgages who have just launched in the marketperhaps better known as the old management team from CHL Mortgage's of yesteryear.
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remortgaging continues to outstrippurchase activity but actual transaction numbers have goneup in both sectors yields yet again have increased for thevanilla HMO and more complex property typesbut interestingly enough many of you seem too boring slightly less withaverage loan to values coming down across all sectors it doesn't mean you can't borrow moreis just a conscious decision you appear to be making it's a mixed bag for loan amounts acrossall the property types so do dip into the report that's available on the websitetoday now in product news today is the launchof the first 10-year fixed-rate in the buy to let space for some timecoming out to those industry stalwarts at the mortgage works is the headlinerate of 4.
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Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher says Seattle is leading the way on highways
Denver City Auditor Dennis Gallagher, who represented areas of north Denver for decades in various elected positions, says his fact-finding trip to Seattle last week only reaffirmed his views on the Interstate 70 expansion project. The Colorado Department of Transportation is working out details of a $1.8 billion plan to widen and remake I-70 through Denver. Though CDOT officials haven't pleased everyone with their plan for a 800-foot landscaped cover over a lowered I-70 — to reconnect some northeast Denver neighborhoods — they've won even fewer friends by planning to expand the freeway to 10 lanes.
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Science fiction – science fact: new 'Space-in-Bytes' video lesson
Whether it's Star Trek's USS Enterprise, or the iconic space station from 2001: A Space Odyssey, science fiction has always provided inspiration and ideas for the scientists and engineers that design and build real spacecraft.
The, at times, fine line between science fiction literature and the developments in real life space activities provides the backdrop to ESA's latest Space-in-Bytes video lesson release, titled 'Science fiction – science fact'.
Taking inspiration from well-known science fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, the video compares factual and fictional space stations, manned spacecrafts and explains how science fiction interplanetary travels could inspire future generations of scientists and engineers.
'Science fiction – science fact' is part of a series of short video lessons called Space-in-Bytes developed by ESA's Directorate of Human Spaceflight. Aimed at upper secondary school students and their teachers, the Space-in-Bytes series presents 'bite-sized' scientific information, offering a starting point for further individual or classroom investigation.
The video is accompanied by lesson notes which include scientific explanations of some of the concepts illustrated in the video. The lesson is intended to provide teachers, and their students, with more information about the topics covered in the video, and to suggest curriculum-relevant exercises which can be carried out in class.
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To simplify things, session state is a dictionary, hashtable, e.g. in memory, or key-value pairs, that can be used to read from and write to for the length of a users session. An example is with a shopping cart, lets say when the user selects "Add to cart" you write the product to the session object until the user selects "Checkout", that would look like
Session("Products") = "19' LCD Monitor,Seagate 300GB SATA HDD; "
And you just keep adding the users products until they decide to checkout and leave. That is how you can write data to the users session state, you can also read data from the same session state. In this example when the user selects "Checkout" we will have to get the items from their session so we can add it to the database, or however you're doing your storage. One way of doing that, given we have a delimited string, is like so
' Get the users products Dim products products = Session("Products")
We then have a delimited string that we can split on the comma's and manipulate it how we wish. In ASP session state is maintained by assigning each user a unique id that is then stored in a HTTP cookie. Each time the user makes a request, this cookie is sent along with the request and the server uses that value to identify each user and what they have in their session. ASP developers used this method for many years, and successfully I might add, but it does have it's limitations.
Session state is process dependent, meaning it has to run in the same process that the ASP.DLL runs in, so if the server restarts or crashes, the users session, and it's data, is lost forever. Session state is also pretty much useless in a server farm environment, as each server assigns a different unique ID to each visitor, making it impossible to them to track and maintain each user. Lastly session state is rendered useless is the user has cookies turned off. As I stated before session is maintained via HTTP cookies, so no cookie means no session.
Then along comes ASP.Net, and the world of session state was dramatically changed. ASP.Net offers 3 distinct ways of maintaining state. Session state in ASP.Net is configured in the Web applications web.config file. Here is an example of a Web applications web.config file:
<configuration> <sessionstate mode="inproc" cookieless="false" timeout="20" sqlconnectionstring="data source=127.0.0.1;user id=youruserid;password=yourpassword" server="127.0.0.1" port="42424" /> </configuration>
As stated above, ASP.Net offers 3 different ways of maintaining state:
InProc Session State (in-process)
In-process session state is maintained the same way ASP session state is maintained, through HTTP cookies, so if the process is recycled, i.e; server crashes, server reboot, etc., all the data is lost. In my opinion this isn't really a viable option for Web applications today.
SQL Server Session State
In this mode Microsoft SQL Server is employed to maintain session state. Though the overhead for using SQL Server mode is higher than InProc, you can restart the web server all you want and the users session data will persist.
An example of the web.config for a Web application employing this method would look like
<configuration> <sessionstate mode="sqlserver" cookieless="false" timeout="20" sqlconnectionstring="data source=YourSQLServer; user id=YourUserId; password=YourPassword" server="127.0.0.1" port="42424" /> </configuration>
You simply tell your application which SQL server to use, the user id to connect with and the password, your application will take care of the rest.
State Server
This method employs a dedicated server for maintaining session state. As with the SQL Server method the overhead is higher than InProc, but the session state data is far more stable and safe from being lost if the process were to cycle before the user was completed.
Set up SQL Server Mode
In this tutorial we are going to focus on setting up the SQL Server method for maintaining session state. Here are the steps for setting this method up on your SQL server:
- Connect to your SQL server using Query Analyzer
- Open the SQL script InstallSqlState.sql script that is normally located in C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\[YourVersion]. Replace C: with the drive letter you have yours installed on. This script will create the ASPState database, tables, and stored procedures needed for this method of maintaining session state.
- If using a trusted connection for connecting to your SQL server you must change ownership of the ASPNet database to the 'sa' account. To do this, in Query Analyzer run this
use ASPNet exec sp_changedbowner 'sa', 'true'
The sp_changedbowner stored procedure is a system stored procedure that is used to, you guessed it, change the owner of a database.
- If you decide to use SQL Authentication instead of Windows Authentication you need to create a user account for the process. This account must have, at the very minimum, execute rights for all the stored procedures in the ASPNet database.
- Set the mode of the sessionState element in your web.config to SQLServer.
- Set the sqlConnectionString attribute of the same element to the connection string for your SQL server. The web.config should now look like:
<sessionState mode="SQLServer" sqlConnectionString="data source=YourServer;user id=YourUsername;password=YourPassword" cookieless="false" timeout="20" />
SELECT permission denied on object 'ASPStateTempApplications', database 'tempdb', owner 'dbo'.
Why is this you might ask, well Im glad you asked because I have the answer. Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2000 adds a new secutiry feature, which as you can imagine from the above error message, is disabled by default. This new security feature is Cross DB Ownership Chaining. How nice of Microsoft to inform you of this before you went through all this isn't it.
don't be discouraged, fortunately this can be enabled by running the sp_configure and sp_dboption system stored procedures. First you run the sp_configure stored procedure, like so
use master go EXEC sp_configure 'Cross DB Ownership Chaining', '0'; RECONFIGURE GO
Then reboot your SQL Server. Once your server is rebooted you will then need to run the sp_dboption stored procedure, like this:
use master go EXEC sp_dboption 'ASPState', 'db chaining', 'true' go
Once you have completed this final step your SQL Server is now ready to handle session state management. There you have it, setting up session management using SQL Server 2000. In the next tutorial we will look at setting up a state server for session management, until then I hope you found this tutorial informative and useful. Thanks for reading and happy coding!
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Staff Report The top two ranked teams in The Trentonian Area Top 20 - Willingboro and Rancocas Valley - will get a major test of tournament pressure before the NJSIAA state playoffs arrive ion two weeks.
Both Burlington County powers will be playing in the 4th annual South Jersey Invitational Basketball Tournament that kicks off this weekend with its final eight teams.
The tournament has its Elite 8 playing Saturday and Sunday at Eastern Regional High in Voorhees.
Seven teams ranked among the Top 10 in South Jersey are competing in the tournament, which grew to 24 teams this season.
Rancocas Valley has won the last two titles, after Eastern won the first time it was held. Willingboro was runnerup last year.
Willingboro handed RV its only loss this season and currently leads the Liberty Division of the Burlington County League, which a showdown on tap tomorrow at Trenton Catholic Academy, which has already lost twice to RV.
This is the first season teams from the Cape-Atlantic League played in the SJIBT.
Top-ranked in the tourney is Rancocas Valley, but in The Trentonian Area Top 20 Willingboro is No. 1 and RV No. 2
Saturday's Elite 8 will feature third-ranked Gloucester Catholic, which is another Top 10 team in the Trentonian rankings. Coached by Lisa Gadeka, Gloucester Catholic will play Sacred Heart at 5 and the winner of Thursday's Ocean City-Bordentown game vs. Sterling at 7.
The 3-point shootout and coaches free-throw challenge (which includes the media this year) will take place throughout the day.
Sunday Rancocas Valley will play Holy Spirit at 5 in one Elite 8 contest, followed by the Lower Cape May-Willingboro winner and the Cedar Creek-Cinnaminson winner in the nightcap at 7.


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ACAP was originally founded as an Arctic Council plan to address the Arctic pollution sources identified through AMAP. It became Arctic Council's sixth permanent Working Group in 2006. It acts as a strengthening and supporting mechanism to encourage national actions to reduce emissions and other releases of pollutants. Co-operative actions will make an important and significant contribution to the overall international effort to reduce environmental damage on a global level.
The Arctic states are represented in ACAP by national delegations. Permanent Participants take part in ACAP meetings when possible.
ACAP's work is led by Chairmanship that rotates between the countries every second year. The organizational issues are dealt with by Chair, Vice-Chair and Executive Secretary. Traditionally, the Vice-Chair represents the state that will take over the chairmanship in the following term. Presently, ACAP is chaired by Norway.
ACAP currently has four Expert Groups working to develop practical actions to reduce the pollution of the Arctic environment. ACAP works according to the Work Plan adopted by the Ministers.
ACAP Expert Group pages:
- POPs & Mercury
- Hazardous Wastes
- Indigenous Peoples Contaminant Action Program (IPCAP)
- Short Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP)
ACAP fact sheets
Click here to download fact sheets on different ACAP projects and initiatives.
ACAP Operating Guidelines
SAO's approved the Working Group Common Operating Guidelines in December 2016.


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tom stone was born on a train outside of mexico city traveling to puerto angel, oaxaca. his parents separated soon after his birth. he spent his early childhood with his mother communally in los angeles' famed source family; and after its dispersion, in various nomadic settings in hawaii and california.
a graduate of harvard university with a degree in computer science, he worked in silicon valley for a number of years in investment banking and in the technology industry.
he is an artist known for his deeply emotional iconic images. he explores the divide between power and prostration; the broken things in the wake of exercised authority, control and influence. this motivates his humanitarian photography as well as his commercial and entertainment work.
he has exhibited work in los angeles, san francisco, miami, and freiburg, germany. he has been published extensively.
his art shares tradition with the work of dorothea lange, richard avedon, diane arbus and sebastião salgado.
i photograph people who skirt the edges of things; people whose connection to the broader flow is murky or obscured. mistaken as more, less or different than they are; they aren't really seen and don't really belong. that's everyone sometimes; but some more often. i try to establish a line for a moment. i hope to connect. and i see the most beautiful and the most heartbreaking things.
to my thinking, the original human trauma is our separation. we are too close not to need each other; and too far to trust each other. we rely on dubious senses and clever devices to interact; but we are alone in our thoughts. lonely, insecure and uncertain; we pair, we group, we associate. we try to belong and we seek to exclude. we form bonds by geography, religion, economy and otherwise. but it is all precarious. we come together and we drive apart.
and we climb our ladder. we step away from those who don't belong and help those who do. we are connected rung by rung – though less and less – as we push and pull. but some do not climb; and below, the earth is littered with them. they fit too poorly. they stand apart. they stand without.
and what of them; these ones who don't belong or who are excluded; who don't fit or don't try? is there nothing they value? is there nothing of them we value? i count it as a measure of our ignorance, the depth of poverty in the world. it's a glaring marker to how far we have not come. yet it has also driven our advance; on less fortunate backs and against less fortunate fate.
but is there really no connection there? does such fate – whether choice or circumstance – speak nothing of us? tell me we do more than advance in place; with so many left behind. or promise me we can do better. say we can reflect ourselves; us and them... that we can see the ways we overlap and distinguish the ways we grow apart. and pledge that we can learn; to fit all of our misshapes; to reward value beyond charity and beyond the marketplace; to be better to each other; to be better ourselves. and promise me it could be a better world. or tell me we are at our best.


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Ladies' Plate Results | Remenham Cup Results
Temple Cup Results | Prince Albert Cup Results
Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap | Day 3 Recap
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England—The Harvard heavyweight varsity eight will race for its eighth Ladies' Challenge Plate Sunday after defeating Molesey Boat Club and Oxford Brookes University in Saturday's Henley Royal Regatta semifinals on the Thames River.
The Harvard lightweight and Radcliffe heavyweight varsity eights suffered semifinal losses, as did the Crimson heavyweight four, ending outstanding regattas for each of those crews and championship seasons for the eights. All five Harvard/Radcliffe entries will finish Henley having won at least two races in the field of top crews from across the globe.
Former Crimson heavyweight coxswain Chris Kingston '11 coxed his Star Club four into the Britannia Challenge Cup final, while current Harvard lightweight Andrew Campbell and former Harvard heavyweight Michael Blomquist '03 fell in their semifinal matchups. Three other Crimson heavyweights lost in Grand Challenge Cup semifinals.
The Crimson varsity heavyweights will race Leander Club for their second Ladies' Plate in three years and their third in Harvard's last four visits to Henley. Harvard posted a 2.5-length win in 7:06 Saturday.
The national-champion Harvard lightweights fell to Washington's national-champion heavyweight freshman eight in the Temple Challenge Cup semifinals. The Huskies won by 1.75 lengths in 7:10, setting up a race with the Brown second varsity eight in Sunday's final. The Crimson completed its season unbeaten against collegiate lightweight competition, culminating in Eastern and national victories.
Ivy League champion Radcliffe could not get the better of Canada's Western Rowing Club entry, falling by 3.25 lengths, with the winning boat posting a time of 7:56. It was the final race of a season that saw the Black and White place ninth nationally at the NCAA Championships and finish second at the Henley Women's Regatta.
The Harvard heavyweight four, made up of members of the Crimson second varsity eight, finished just a half-length behind University of London A, the winner in 7:48. London led by as much as three-quarters of a length in the early-going, but the Crimson battled back and the crews rowed level for two minutes before London pulled it out at the end. The loss left the Crimson two wins shy of defending its title in the event.
"The four rowed a terrific race against the University of London's four best rowers," said heavyweight associate head coach Bill Manning. "And the varsity just rowed really, really well. They were racing against bigger oarsmen into a strong headwind and just did a fabulous job with the wind and were great with their bladework."
Kingston and Star Club cruised to a 4.5-length victory against the London Rowing Club in 7:56, booking a date with Taurus Boat Club in Sunday's final. Peter Lambert defeated Campbell in 9:19 to move to the Diamond Challenge Sculls final, while Blomquist's pair lost to the Greek duo of Christomanos and Lampridis by just two-thirds of a length.
Three other current Harvard oarsmen raced in the open eight event, the Grand Challenge Cup. Josh Hicks and Charles Risbey raced in the National Rowing Centre of Excellence, Australia B entry, which fell to Brown in its semifinal Saturday. Teammate James Medway rowed in the Aussie A entry, which lost to the California Rowing Club.


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Eric Knapp wrote:Bryan Bear wrote:I like it. I think it goes better with the cedar than the maple mockup. Definitely use the maple line inside the back!
Thanks, Bryan. Do you mean that I should use the same maple as purfling on the back?
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|Latest News
|Mar. 18, 2016 8:45 AM PT9:45 AM MT10:45 AM CT11:45 AM ET15:45 GMT11:45 PM 北京时间8:45 AM MST10:45 AM EST9:45 AM CT19:45 UAE11:45 ET14:45 - Colts owner Jim Irsay announced Friday that the team will retire Manning's No. 18 and build a statue of the record-setting quarterback outside Lucas Oil Stadium.
Analysis: Less than two weeks after announcing his retirement in Denver, Manning returned to his first NFL home one more time to thank his supporters. Irsay made the announcement as a slide show of Manning's moments in Indy played on the podium in front of him and on two screens behind him.
|Feb. 24, 2016 10:03 AM PT11:03 AM MT12:03 PM CT1:03 PM ET18:03 GMT2:03 AM 北京时间11:03 AM MST1:03 PM EST12:03 PM CT22:03 UAE13:03 ET17:03 - Manning has informed the Broncos that he will indeed end his storied 18-year career. The team has called a press conference for Monday in which he will officially announce his retirement.
Analysis: Turning 40 later this month, Manning had the worst statistical season in 2015, throwing 17 interceptions with just nine touchdowns and missing six games with injuries. He will ride off as a champion, however, after helping Denver win Super Bowl 50 last month to earn his second title. Manning was entering the final year of a contract that would have paid him $19 million next season.
|Feb. 7, 2016 7:53 PM PT8:53 PM MT9:53 PM CT10:53 PM ET3:53 GMT11:53 AM 北京时间8:53 PM MST10:53 PM EST9:53 PM CT7:53 UAE (+1)22:53 ET1:53 - Manning finished 13 for 23 for 141 yards in the Super Bowl, winning his second championship in possibly his final game.
Analysis: Manning would not say if he's decided to retire, although there's a strong possibility that he will go out on top.


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Neb. lawmakers weigh new approach to K-12 funding
Members of the Legislature's Education Committee are weighing different funding options for K-12 schools, including a suggestion to let districts impose a local sales tax.
The committee met on Thursday as part of its ongoing study of the funding formula that determines state aid for schools.
The formula seeks to fill the gap between school district needs and what each can generate locally through property taxes. State aid for schools has led to recent conflicts between smaller and larger districts.
Sen. Jim Scheer of Norfolk says the state may want to consider letting school districts impose a local sales tax, which would let them fill more of their own needs. Current law lets districts generate revenue through property taxes.
Scheer says he may introduce a bill when lawmakers reconvene.


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Photographs on this page are as follows. Top left, rural Northants and the spire of St Peter at Oundle in the distance.. To the right of that, a sunny afternoon, a camper van and All Saints church, Easton On The Hill. Immediately above to the left, a carved head bathed in sunlight at St Peter, Lutton.
Pictured below left, a figure stands on a skull and points upwards to heaven, this being a small section of an elaborate grave at St Peter, Maxey. Below right, a close up of a monument at St Mary The Virgin, Maxey.
As mentioned earlier, this site is mainly concerned with village churches within a 20 miles radius of Peterborough. I have taken a few liberties with this and have included one or two larger places, such as Crowland, Whittlesey, Oundle, Thrapston and Empingham but for the most part this site is not overly concerned with churches in larger built up areas.
Several small villages, which have been "swallowed" up by the growth of Peterborough are included. These include Woodston, Fletton, Stanground, Werrington, Paston, Longthorpe and Dogsthorpe.
The villages whose churches I have photographed are grouped together alphabetically in the tabs that go across the top of the page. Just scroll down under the correct tab to find the village church that you are looking for.
If you seen photographs of your church on this site, and would like to have them for your own church fund raising, then please ask. I am very happy to let my work be used with no charge for church fundraising.
A message board can be found by scrolling down under the WELCOME tab. Please free to leave me a message.
There is also a list of recent site additions and a list of churches included, each of which can be accessed by scrolling down under the WELCOME tab.
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Pictured above, close up detail from the font at the church of St Mary The Virgin, Wansford. Below left, fabulous stained glass at the redundant church of Holy Trinity at Blatherwycke. Below right, a cold winters day at St Kyneburgha, Castor.
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More than 209 million shares will be released to the market through a private placement to institutional and professional investors.
In a statement, the Danish manufacturer said the share issue would act to strengthen its solvency ratio.
Senior vice president Morten Albaek said that the money would bolster Vestas' balance sheet, but would not be put towards expansion in new markets or mergers and acquisition activity.
"It is about building confidence," he said. "Customers that we are entering into long-term contracts with will be assured that we will be around in 5, 10, 15 years."
He said this will help Vestas win more business as well as getting better deals with suppliers.
The new credit facility with four banks — Nordea and SEB of Sweden, Norway's DNB and UK-based HSBC — will replace the existing EUR 650 million facility that expires in January 2015.
Commenting on the arrangement, chief financial officer Marika Fredrikssen said: "We want to compete head to head with our competitors who have a stronger position. Customers want to know we're there for the long term."


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zakd78 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 282 diseños de 71 diseñadores freelance.
ClickMeIn, You're always a click away!
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ClickMeIn allows you to connect to your PC via a simple HTML browser. meaning, one click can get you there. (You're always a click away!)
How It works: After installing ClickMeIn on your PC. Browse to http://www.ClickMeIn.com, hit a button and have your PC in a browser.
See the enclosed picture to see the product on iPhone and a WebBrowser.
More about the product -
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Targeting Non technical people that want to enjoy free PC access from anywhere without understanding what is their IP Address and other technical mambo jambo, like my own mother -- This is a life style mass market product.
Other products in the market:
There are many remote log in products, but my mother cannot use anyone of them, such as Microsoft Mesh (http://www.mesh.com) that needs a 100MB installation (that takes forever) and windows 7, the very technical http://www.gotomypc, http://www.LogMeIn.com, http://www.TeamViewer.com and the like and some very complicated free open source products.
Having said that, technical people are the opinion makers here.
Think simple, think appliance: plug it in and it works.
Design a logo that has the company name "ClickMeIn" with a tag line "You're always a click away!"
The focus of your logo should not be about the click, it should be more what the click allows: a life style.
Click is only the enabler.
We are going to spend quite a lot of marketing dollars, so make sure it is simple, rememberable and unique.
ClickMeIn is a life style product, not a techy gadget.
Lately I am inspired and considering adding a modified song of "Tomorrow" for the musical "Annie" to all the commercials that will be produced later, something like: Scene from day-to-day life, problem, music gets louder, and it sings ... you're always a click, camera shows ClickMeIn website + click and away!
here is the song go to 00:57 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PzL8aL6jtI
Think about a catchy but strong mass market brand that says lifestyle, border-less freedom and power.
The template website is at http://www.clickmein.com / index.php (copy and remove the spaces)
Deliver something that you will be proud to show your friends on TV and say "I did it".
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Fellow Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) Author Erin Rainwater Swings by to Visit with Mike Angley
MA: It's a real treat for me today to have as my guest a fellow member of the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA), and Rocky Mountain neighbor, Erin Rainwater. Erin is a Pennsylvania native who says she probably should have been born in the 19th century but somehow got flash-forwarded into the 20th. There was never any question that she would be a nurse when she grew up, regardless of which century she was in. And beginning in about the seventh grade, there was no question that she'd launch that nursing career in the military. The daughter of a WWII intelligence officer, she entered the Army after graduating from nursing school. That was during the Vietnam War era, and she was privileged to care for the bodies and spirits of soldiers and veterans, including repatriated POWs and MIAs. Her military experience has helped in writing parts of her novels. Her support of the military has been life long and is ongoing, and one of her favorite pastimes is volunteering at the USO in Denver. She participated in Operation Desert Swap, having "adopted" a soldier in Iraq to whom she sent a copy of her novel for reading and swapping with his fellow troops. Erin now lives in Colorado with her husband of 35 years, has four children and the four most adorable grandchildren on the planet.
Erin, thank you for your service. Please tell us a little more about your background, especially your military service.
ER: My "back story" consists of being born and raised in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA, attending nursing school there, and going directly into the Army Nurse Corps upon graduation. I served for three years during the Vietnam War era, including duty stations at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, the 121st Evac Hospital in Korea, and at Walter Reed in D.C. I got married while still in the Army, and after my discharge I worked part time—mostly in ICU—while raising our four children. I only started writing when I was in my thirties.
MA: I'm familiar with the 121st from my two tours in Korea…a huge facility. Nursing and writing – how did you end up becoming an author?
ER: I've always loved fiction, especially historicals, so it was natural for me to migrate toward that genre when I began writing. As for novel length versus short stories, it's not so much a choice as a lack of ability on my part to write shorter tales. I just plain lack the capacity to spin a yarn in less than 45,000 words. My new release, Refining Fires, started out as a short story, but there was just too much story to tell, and my attempts to limit it failed miserably. My critique group hounded me into telling the full story, so the three-part novel was born. I consider the term "short story" an oxymoron.
MA: Tell us more about your latest release.
ER: Refining Fires is unique in format and storytelling approach. It's three-stories-in-one format, beginning with "Refining Fire." Clare Canterbury is a nurse with a tarnished professional reputation seeking work. Any work. She answers an ad for a live-in nurse situation, caring for a disabled Korean War veteran. Little does she know what she's in for. He tosses her out of his home. But his anger is no match for her pluck, and she finagles her way into his employ, his home, and eventually his heart. As she ministers to Peter's body, his soul develops a raw yearning for a life and a love he'd long ago thought hopeless. Theirs is quite a romance, but "Refining Fire" is only the beginning of their love story. In the second story, a little girl named Susannah shows grit beyond her years as she faces her biggest fear. She must go it alone on a treacherous journey down a mountain to save her mother's life, then faces harder times yet to come. The love that Peter and Clare share has an immense impact on this extraordinary child who is filled with "Blind Courage." Finally, you'll meet the "Kept Woman" bent on self-destruction until a child and a man from her past teach her about who has been keeping her all along. Refining Fires is not your prototypical romance. It's made up of three stories of people seeking redemption in one form or another, whose paths cross, showing how God's hand is ever on us, leading and refining as we go.
MA: I understand you take a unique approach to developing your characters. Please talk about that.
ER: This might sound strange, but for me it's never been so much about my developing my characters as it is my catching on to the nuances of their personalities. Although I begin with a concept of who I want the main characters to be and what they will be like, I honestly discover things about them right along with the reader as we trek further into the story. Take Peter Cochran in Refining Fires, for instance. We initially see his darker, angry side, but in time, as the walls of his internal fortress begin to crumble, we gain insight into what's been there all along—astounding courage (even in the face of death, I later discovered), humility, a sense of humor, and the longing to be loved for who he is and not for what he has.
MA: What are Peter's strengths and weaknesses?
ER: I mentioned his courage, which is one of his great strengths. His nurse Clare points out that not only did he show heroism in the war but during his recovery from his injuries as well—fourteen times he's been through those operating room doors, plus he learned to walk again, every step he took a victory in itself. His greatest weakness is his lack of awareness that he possesses any of these strengths, or that any of it matters. He also had chosen a lifestyle contrary to his early Christian upbringing, then became embittered when consequence time arrived.
MA: What about an antagonist…is there a unique "bad guy" or a recurring nemesis of any kind?
ER: Ooh, that is such a cool question. In my two previous books, I've had some really nasty villains (one reader told me every time the heavy in True Colors entered the scene it made her skin crawl). And there is one character in Refining Fires who definitely is the "bad girl." But for the most part, Peter is his own worst nemesis.
MA: Given your nursing background, your service in the military, and your overseas time in Korea, I imagine a lot of your real experiences influenced your writing of Refining Fires?
ER: Yep, they sure did. Clare Canterbury is a former Army nurse, as am I. Some of our military experiences were similar. Read More


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Wren Drum Lampshade
Handmade Drum lampshade in Wren, a single colour pattern, designed by Mark Hearld and produced in the UK by St Jude's. I am extremely pleased to be working with St.Jude's, producing lampshades using their wonderful fabrics.
The colour shown here is Forest and the fitting is for a lamp. (If you'd like a ceiling fitting, please leave a note for me when purchasing).
Diameter 30cm x Height 23cm
If an alternative size is preferred, please contact me and this can happily be arranged also.
The lampshades are made to order so please allow 1-2 weeks for despatch.
Please note due to the pattern repeat your lampshade may not show the exact image seen here but please be assured great care is taken when placing the pattern to ensure an attractive overall appearance.
Some extra information: The firm lampshades are backed using flame retardant PVC and for all lampshades, the lamp recommended is a 13 watt eco bulb (energy saving). The firm Drum shades include a converter plug to adapt to UK/European fittings.
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This item will be posted to you by Revill, Revill Lampshades within 14 days of receiving payment.
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Colorado travelers should follow simple precautions to stay safe in fire season
Calls and emails are pouring in from out-of-state travelers who want to know where they can make reservations in Colorado to avoid the wildfires.
The easy answer is to look at the map and pick the best locations you see that avoid smoke and routes for evacuations and fire-fighting personnel.
But without sounding like an alarmist or in any way discouraging anyone from visiting what is arguably one of the best tourist destinations in the country — if not the world – the point should be made that we are at the height of the fire season.
"Typically in Colorado the fire season is from May to October, and the intensity and severity in number of incidents that are occurring are obviously making this an epic one," says Kevin Meyer, assistant chief at the Edgewater Fire Department. "Regardless of where they choose, it makes sense to be smart about traveling safely in fire-prone areas."