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Campaign launched for East Yorkshire county flag
A campaign has been launched to design a county flag for the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Members of the public have been invited to design the flag, which will be put to a public vote in March.
The initiative follows recent similar successful schemes to design flags for the counties of Devon and Lincolnshire.
The man behind the idea, Andy Strangeway, said the flag was about reflecting the area's cultural heritage.
"It creates a love of your county, it creates a pride," he said.
"It's just a reflection of who you are and what you are."
Mr Strangeway, who describes himself as a campaigner and adventurer, said he intended to carry the newly designed flag around the county boundaries during a walk in August.
Yorkshire already has an official flag of a white rose on a blue background. It was first flown in Hull by the Yorkshire Ridings Society in 2008.
In 2005 BBC Radio Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Life magazine ran a competition to design a flag for Lincolnshire.
The organiser of the Lincolnshire campaign Judy Theobald said the flag had been an "enormous success."
"You see it in shop windows," she said.
"You see it on local produce.
"It has been taken on-board by a tremendous number of people."


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Fun happenings at the Baker House:
Our dog Ginny, a teacup poodle, had two puppies a 10 weeks ago. We have loved loved loved these little ladies at our house. They are yorkie poos and are all black which we find to be so fun.
Grandma and Grandpa Baker came to visit and we enjoyed every minute of it!
They spoil our amigos!
We went bowling as a family for Labor Day. Fun times! Cole was the winner.
We play some mean games of pen the pig and UNO here!
Luke turned 6! Here he is opening his card from Grandma and Grandpa Baker.
I made maple bars for his class and it was a hit with Luke!
Minon cake as requested.
Cowboy day at school.
We had a very sick baby for a week and we are so glad he is feeling better!
Tad and I got to go the temple for a date and to Outback. Yum!
Blake discovered Oreos. I think he liked them.
Austin got an academic award for his classroom. So proud!
Luke got an student of the month for the kintergardeners. Which is quite the honor I found out when we got there. Pretty cool!
Soccer season is great and we are enjoying it!
Saturday Austin had a jamboree about 30 minutes away from Othello for soccer. He played two games in the morning. They weren't very good games, so that stinked. Then we had a break for about 2 1/2 hours. We were debating on what to do go home or find food and entertainment. Everything was going to cost money, but we are trying to be frugal to save for our trip to Disneyland coming soon. We were driving and I saw Home Depot. I said, "Tad don't they usually have a free craft on the first Saturday of every month there?" So we decided to check it out. Oh my word we hit the JACKPOT! They had these adorable EMT ambulance wood vehicles for the kids to build, paint, and put stickers on. We got to see a fire truck shoot water, they got to go in a military vehicle. It was so cool. To top off the fun they had free hot dogs, chips, and pop. We got lunch for free too!

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A 25 rooms cozy guest house situated in the center area of Bangkok, easy access to Central Railway Station ( Hua Lam pong ), River City Pier ( Crossing Chao Phaya River) MRT Station , BTS Station, Major tourist Attraction, Eating & Shopping area such as China Town Walking Street, Night Bazaar, Pat Pong Street, Etc. Chilli Bangkok is located in quite walking street of Chinese residential area. You will be enjoying our facilities and friendly staff. Give it a try! We may be small But we definitely HOT!! We offers nice & Clean Single / Twin / Double Room / Ladies Bunk Bed Room En-suites. Our Post Card Bar is Service Grab & Go Breakfast together with various kind of drink and Beer in the evening. Free WI FI internet for all guest. Lockers are available.


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By Katrina Brooks, L.A. Examiner, April 7, 2011
Join music producer Teddy Riley and nonprofit organization Project MuszEd in honoring three exceptional businesses and their leaders as dedicated supporters of Project MuszEd.
On Sunday, May 15th, 1– 4:30pm Project MuszEd will host its signature "MAKING A NOTABLE DIFFERENCE" Awards Brunch at the Los Angeles River Center & Gardens. This year's event will recognize leaders in music and music technology including Daisy Rock Guitars, Los Angeles Women in Music and Smule. Proceeds will benefit Project MuszEd's music education initiatives.
Project MuszEd provides resources and opportunities in music education to populations that are underserved in an effort to cultivate achievement and success. Over the past year, Project MuszEd has served over 200 youth, offering them access to free and low cost music instruction, instruments and a myriad of opportunities that many of these youth only dream of.
Project MuszEd has facilitated many life changing opportunities for inner city youth including scholarships to Berklee College of Music, opening forThe Black Eyed Peas andOzomatli, recording with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, performing withThe Isley Brothers and more! They take an organic approach to working with each youth ensuring that they make a measurable difference on the lives of the students they serve. Teddy Riley Project MuszEd Promo
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Fledgling Sunrise president resigns
LONGMONT, Colo. - John Kitts, who was appointed president of Sunrise Medical's North American Commercial Operations late last year, resigned Sept. 9 in the wake of a management transition in the company's upper echelon.
The July 1 transition put Raymond Huggenberger, formerly the president of Sunrise Medical's Europe, in a brand- new position as president and COO of Sunrise Medical Worldwide, that had jurisdiction over North American and Europe.
Kitts, say insiders, wanted more responsibility, not less. Sunrise Medicals CEO noted in a prepared statement that Kitts wanted to pursue opportunities where "he can really lead an entire organization."
The company has no plans to fill Kitts' shoes. The sales team that used to report to Kitts will now report to Huggenberger. HME


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Hi everyone!
Are you ready for another Krafty Tip and Tutes?
Great! I made an other under water tutorial, but this time I focus on the bottom of the sea.
Perfect for all your mermaid or other underwater stamps, on this card I've used the gorgeous Dolly Diver.
Warning: there are tons of images!
First I stamped Dolly Diver with Memento Desert Sand on Neenah cardstock by Crafter's Companion. You can do this on any paper you use for colouring with alcohol markers.
I coloured a border with E41 for the bottom of the sea. It doesn't have to be flawless.
After that I came in with E31 to add some depth on the bottom and blended it out with 41.
Then I coloured the water with a layer of BG000. I doesn't have to be a perfect colouring, it's only a base.
Right above the bottom of the sea I've added a splash of BG34 and BG23.
I blended those colours together with my BG11.
I blended the colours out with BG10 towards the top. The background base is ready now.
Now I had to add a light source. the sunshine comes in from the upper left corner. I've marked with my blender the lightsourse in the colourwork. You'll notice the lighter lines in the water now.
After we created the lighter parts, it's time to create some darker lines to. I did that with BG34.
Blend the lines out with BG11. Do you see what is happening?
After we did the lower part, it's time to do the upper part. I choose to use some blue colours for this one: B32 and B91 and blended it out with BG000.
I repeated the last steps to have more contrast.
After that it's time to draw some plants with YG06.
Create some depth with YG09 and finish with G28.
Create some texture on the sand by adding dots at the darkest places with E33.
Add some E31 dots around the previous ones to blend them out and add some new dots.
As final step you can blend the latest dots out with E41 and add some texture again by putting dots on the whole bottom part. And it's finished!!!
Here's the card I made with Dolly Diver and this background.
I hope you will give this background a try!
Thanks for reading and commenting, I really appreciate it!!!


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Expanding on Flinner's brilliant debut (The View from Here), Latitude introduces a new level of
harmonic and rhythmic sophistication. Produced by Todd Phillips and
featuring Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, David Grier and Darol Anger. "Matt Flinner can play the mandolin as fast as anyone, but also is one of those rare virtuosos who knows that sometimes it's the notes you don't play that make the melody great." --Associated Press


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Knight Ridder Releases May Advertising Report, Down 4.9%
Friday, June 14, 2002
Press release from the issuing companySAN JOSE, Calif., June 13 -- Knight Ridder's total operating revenue for May was down 4.1%. Total advertising revenue for the month was down 4.9%. Knight Ridder Chief Financial Officer Gary Effren said, "May's results were mixed. Overall, ad revenue was about in line with the combined results of March and April, the most appropriate comparison because of the Easter shift. Retail revenue had its best month since June 2001 due to good results in home improvement, retail stores and financial. General, on the other hand, was soft. Classified, still reflecting employment weakness, was down in line with March/April." Retail was up 2.6% for the month and down 0.2% for the year to date. Some markets regained strength. San Jose was up 13.2%, Miami was up 7.5%, Philadelphia was up 4.2%, St. Paul was up 6.9% and Lexington was up 7.9%. The other large markets were soft. General advertising revenue was down 15.5% for the month and 7.8% for the year to date. Although telecommunications continued to show strong year-over-year comparisons, with additional growth from travel and entertainment, softness in financial, national automotive and pharmaceuticals offset those gains. Classified revenue was down 9.8% for the month and 14.1% for the year to date. Help wanted revenue was down 26.0%. Automotive was up 3.0%. Real estate was down 2.2%. San Jose's year-over-year decline continued to be the company's largest. Other large markets were soft, but considerably less so. Circulation revenue was down 4.5% for the month. However, daily and Sunday circulation copies increased 0.9% and 0.3%, respectively. Other revenue was up 12.1% for the month, reflecting primarily Knight Ridder Digital, up 35.9%, and an increase in earnings from Detroit, up 17.3%, partially offset by a 10.3% decrease in commercial print.
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This week's Pick of the bunch is all about freedom. I have joined the picture and frame and added my favourite Twitter Poem over at Twitter Poetry Ignite! Feel free to mix and match too.
It was a week for waterlilies and these are a couple of favourites chosen by readers.
Click to go through the Wildersoul Colouring Book, there are a wide variety of pictures to choose from.
Some people colour them in, others use them as poetry prompts, and others enjoy browsing. Feel free to express yourself creatively.
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By PSXHAX on Nov 27, 2016: #1Following his Decrypting and Dumping PS4 Games guide, PlayStation 4 developer @zecoxao recently Tweeted a picture of a memory edit which tricks the PS4 into thinking it's on PS4 System Software 9.90 (spoofed) permanently so it won't nag to be updated any longer since PSProxy isn't working again.
Recently we've seen PlayStation 4 developers demonstrating PS4 game mods through Peek & Poke kernel modifications, and with a PS4 1.76 Permanent Internet Browser Mod already available here's to hoping a payload for the Firmware Version will follow suit!
Also regarding the CE-32875-5 PSProxy error, VVildCard777 shared the following:
To quote: "For those with the dreaded CE-32875-5... try base + 0x462509 of sceShellCore write 1 byte of 0x00... end of nightmares.
Well you need code that can read and write to userland mem.. Not my place to give out, keep an eye out for a future release."
Download: Playground+ShelCore Patch.rar (8.2 MB)
To quote from e✘treme via Hydrogen, roughly translated: PS4 1.76 CE-32875-5 Fix – ShellCore Patch by Wildcard
Developer Wildcard has found a solution to fix the error CE-32875-5 on Firmware 1.76. Not many PS4 consoles are affected by this error but if you have a 1.76 PS4 and can't run any Game, you can use the ShellCore Patch from Wildcard to fix the error temporary.
You have to send the file after every restart with ELF Loader, bevore you can launch the Game. Use the local Playground if you have trouble with the ELF Loader of the Custom WebKit Playground.
Also from @sealab in the Shoutbox on the fix, to paraphrase: "That offset is correct, but I don't see the point in patching it. The 0x462509 patch I mean... all it's doing is breaking a code path where it checks if the executable is a ELF or if it's a SELF, so if it's neither it says it's still valid."
Cheers to @raedoob, @ash721, @B7U3 C50SS and @spyro2670 for the news tip in the PSXHAX Shoutbox!
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Nelson Peltz And DuPont: Round II
Nelson Peltz's DuPont battle put a damper on activism in general, although Peltz says otherwise. Peltz was close to a win - getting some 46% of the vote. Supporting DuPont was the big passive funds Vanguard and Blackrock.
Even with a steep fall in the stock price since the loss, Peltz is holding onto its stake, saying at Delivering Alpha., he'd rather be rich than right.
Peltz would rather see the stock at $100 a share, but also notes that he might be up for another proxy fight next year.


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In the following video, the Fool's Joel South reviews the important performance metrics for Kodiak Oil & Gas as it heads into 2013.
First, Joel looks at production. Is Kodiak consistently reaching management's outlines for production guidance? How does the company compare with other companies working in the same North Dakota counties?
Second, Joel examines cost-cutting. Producing oil in the Williston Basin is an expensive proposition, and Kodiak needs to keep its expenses to a minimum. Q4 2012 saw Kodiak reducing its lease operating expenses, for example. Investors should be sure to look for additional cost-cutting efforts.
Joel then looks at hedging. Oil prices fluctuate, and Joel believes Kodiak needs to have itself at least 85% hedged to protect itself from an unexpected decline in oil revenues.
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The NCC JAZZ FACULTY CONCERT SERIES will be adding a new and exciting concert for the 2017-18 series. On Friday, March 9, 2018 we will be presenting the North Central College Big Band under the direction of Tim Coffman and featuring members of the NCC Jazz Faculty as guest artists
Venue: Madden Theatre
Pricing: $20, $15
A $2 online processing fee is included for all tickets purchased online. Tickets order less than 10 days in advance will be held in Will Call. All purchases are final. No refunds or exchanges.
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Friday, March 9, 2018 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm


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Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterium thought to be behind the devastation of 74,000 acres of olive groves across southern Italy.
Policy The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said plans to destroy up to 11 million olive trees in southern Italy lack sufficient research, after NGO Peacelink challenged the proposal.
The European Commission had proposed cutting down the trees to halt the spread of the pathogen Xylella fastidiosa – but Peacelink urged it to reconsider, saying the measure would be a great mistake. It claimed that more than 500 olive trees had returned to health after a treatment for fungi.
Following the NGO's urging, the Commission asked EFSA for a scientific opinion on its proposal. "There is no published evidence that fungal disease management will reduce establishment, spread and impact of X. fastidiosa, other than the observation that improved orchard management more generally is beneficial for plant health,
EFSA said in its opinion, in disagreement with Peacelink's assessment. However, EFSA shares the concerns over the situation in olive trees in the affected areas, and fully understands the need for further research on potential options to reduce the risk and damage caused by X. fastidiosa.
It is the remit of the European and national authorities – rather than EFSA – to decide on a control strategy, but EFSA highlighted gaps in knowledge about different agents thought to be involved in the olive quick decline syndrome, including the leopard moth Zeuzera pyrina, the trachea-mycotic fungi, as well as Xylella fastidiosa and the insects that spread it.
Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterium thought to be behind the devastation of 74,000 acres of olive groves across southern Italy.
The Commission had proposed emergency control measures to destroy olive trees in the affected area – 12% of which are contaminated. No one from Peacelink responded to a request for comment on EFSA's opinion prior to publication.


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Three years ago today, nine firefighters lost their lives in a Charleston, SC furniture warehouse fire, marking the largest number of firefighter casualties at a single incident since 9/11.
Multiple investigative reports from NIOSH, the City of Charleston Post-Incident Assessment and Review Team and The Post and Courier analyzed the circumstances surrounding the fire and possible procedural problems within the Charleston Fire Department. These reports arrived at similar conclusions: a lack of a unified command structure, improper use of PPE and an uncoordinated communication network left firefighters on the scene unprepared to deal with a large, non-code compliant structure filled with highly flammable materials.
All first responders involved displayed tremendous courage and heroism. The nine firefighters lost in the blaze held more than 100 years of firefighting experience between them and were active members in the community. It is critically important to examine the situation surrounding their deaths for lessons that other departments can learn to avoid future loss of life.
An analysis of photographs and video of the fire scene indicated that firefighters, including chief officers, were not utilizing personal protective equipment appropriately. Some firefighters were wearing street clothes, while others had open coats or were missing helmets. A later evaluation indicated melting of polyester station uniforms (non-NFPA 1975 compliant) in the areas where the turnout clothing was damaged by the fire exposure.
Some firefighters could be seen walking through toxic smoke without having donned SCBA's, and the NIOSH report later discovered a department policy to refill SCBA tanks after reaching levels much lower than the OSHA Respirator Standard and the NFPA 1852 standard, leaving some with only 20-25 minutes of oxygen.
Although thermal imaging cameras were available on the scene, they were not used in the scene size-up or to help find victims.
The single radio frequency used became severely overloaded and was not closely monitored by command officers, resulting in several "Mayday" emergency calls from trapped, disoriented firefighters going unnoticed and unanswered.
Many of the suggestions found in the reports involve establishing an Incident Management System, as found in the NFPA 1500 and 1561 standards, to provide a unified command and coordinated response to large fire incidents. The NIOSH report highlighted several examples of a breakdown in the command structure that could have been avoided with an established IMS, including: "multiple chief officers serving in command roles in an uncoordinated manner, lack of an established accountability system to track fire fighters on scene, a RIC was not established, an ISO was not assigned, and the fire department and police department did not work effectively together to control traffic and protect hoselines delivering water to the scene."
Click here to read the full PDF of the 2008 report prepared for the City of Charleston. The NIOSH report also contains important recommendations based off an extensive analysis of the incident.
Have you read through the reports? Were any of the key recommendations adopted by your department?


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OpCast Audio Search (version 1.5) is an Opera widget, which will help you to look for web radio stations on shoutcast.com. It will be useful if you switch off ActiveX and don't apply windows. All you need to do is to type what you are searching for and click on the result of your search. Alternatively, you can just copy and paste the address into the music player you like best.It's also possible to look for music by genre or obtain a list of best stations or obtain some occasional radio stations.
A nice looking Viking warrior will remind you of most important events that you just can't miss. To configure the reminder, just double-click the Viking warrior.
The latter displays the new window.moveTo functions in Opera 9 every week. Because of safety upgrades in up-to-date versions of Opera 9 message sending no longer accessible.
This is a regular calendar, which nowadays supports a lot of languages, in particular, English, Russian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Turkish, Spanish, Czech, Brazilian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Columbian, Portugal Estonian, Norwegian, Nederland and Frisian.
It includes holidays for the following countries: the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italia, Japan, Turkey, Switzerland, Brazil, Poland, Norway, Nederland, Spain, Estonia, Portugal and Czech Republic.
Moreover, you can choose among various styles.
A Screen Ruler may be a helpful virtual instrument for web designers, as it lets you measure the distance between two points on the screen expressed in pixels. To apply it just click the starting and ending points on the grid. To take the points off, click again. To create a direct line - press "Shift" key. To close the widget right click with your mouse.
Linux users have to use a plainer version that is included here. That is explained by Linux problems with transparency. If you don't apply Windows or Macintosh this opera widget will find automatically it and switch to the version that supports it.
In Opera Command widget game you are to defend the cities of Norway from attacks of redmondians who send their missiles down on this land. You will be armed with Opera anti-ballistic missile batteries and scored for every terminated enemy missile, every own missile left and every city saved. In the current version 2.0 you have also laser as armor. To fire from your bases press "Z", "X", and "C" buttons while aiming your enemies with mouse. Tired of battle and want to have a little break – press "Enter" button.
In the current version you can also upload your highest scores to the online highscore list. If there is a newer version present, the widget will display message about this.
This Opera widget is a "set theory clock". Top orb stands for seconds. First two bars stand for hours. Third bar stand for minutes multiplied by 5 and fourth bar stand for minutes multiplied by 1.
In the current version there is an option menu made switching on and off by clicking on the circle representing the seconds. Now you can easily cycle through four various schemes of color and four sizes.
Besides, you can save your preferences now.
This clock applies the Opera Browser's letter "O" as a dial. A lot of people ask me, if it possible to make this clock smaller and put it on the top of other applications. Of course, yes. I will attempt to do this soon. In this version I eliminated the unstable part.
This is a plain analog clock having no hand that shows seconds. It is renewed less often resulting in less CPU memory usage.
An author updated it to the new version 2.0, which possesses the following features:
• It is less bulky than in the previous version
• Now it also comes in black version
• To cycle through the schemes you just click on it.
• To switch to a less bulky version of the black one you should type "-"5 times.
This good-looking Opera widget can fulfill multiple functions:1. It can serve as alarm
2. It has a timer function included and
3. It can also be applied for countdown purposes
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This clock has rather strange appearance. Instead of ordinary hands it has hands which are twirling. The clock works exactly the same as the regular clock. However you should avoid starring at this clock for long time as it could hypnotize you.
Stay secure displays how safe or vulnerable the different browsers are. The current version 1.77 displays the security status of the up-to-date versions of Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Konqueror and Safari. The bars provided by Stay Secure widget inform on security of browsers in terms of worst unfixed holes. The lower is the bar, the more secure the browser is. The data on vulnerability is loaded directly from the website called Secunia and is uploaded one time an hour.Important: This widget by no means makes you more secure by itself. It only provides with common information for the up-to-date versions of the browsers. Please always apply the latest version of your browser and install safety patches!
Pandora Radio Widget v2.4 is a little plain Opera widget to show Pandora radio. In the current version an issue on initial minimizing was fixed. A connection button was added as well. Validation problems were amended. Title updating and window shading is available now.
Pandora Radio Widget is updated for player version 7.200.
Tired of work, take a little break and enjoy various splendid shapes of different colors get drawn. All you need to do is choosing among several plain parameters such as static, mobile, tracing stick, angle spectrum and others and sit on your chair while spirograph is being drawn on the screen of your computer.
GoogleToolBar offers simple access to Google services.
Version 5.0 comes with such new features as custom buttons and "button size" adjustment.Search Features include finance, gmail, earth, directory, books, maps, images, groups, local, video, catalogs, blogsearch, news and google. As for other queries you can type the first part of a blogspot url and just click the Blogger icon.
You can also set a google alert. Clear box function is now available. To clear search box just double click it. You can add and remove buttons by putting your mouse over the search box and dragging the widget. To add your custom buttons mouse over the search box, drag the widget, go to the custom buttons tab and put your custom buttons in the following format.
A new Opera widget called dotoo can help you to manage your everyday things to be done. The current 1.1 version has an improved user interface and some utilization betterments. Moreover, now you can edit you to-do list.
Have a new analog clock v1.3 right in your Opera browser. Now Linux users can feel much comfortable applying it. Tired of one view of the clock - switch to another. Now you can choose among 4 skins, by simply clicking on analog clock's dial.
TouchtheSky is another widget for opera users, who are worried about weather. With TouchtheSky you will receive automatically renewed detailed information on international weather. This information includes:- Temperature
- Air quality, such as humidity and UV levels
- Speed of wind
- Forecast for next five days
- Phases of moon
- Global coverage – all you need to do is to type the name of your town and find
- Actual temperature from AccuWeather
- Images received from satellites
- Every half-hour updates of information
- Mini mode in which you will always have the TouchtheSky in the corner of your screen.
- Different skins are available for TouchtheSky
- You can be notified in case new updates are present
- Compatible with Windows and Macintosh operating systems
- If your computer has a slower CPU you can disable animations.
Have you ever dreamed to own an aquarium with beautiful exotic fish swimming inside? Now with new opera widget called SimAquarium your dreams will come true. SimAquarium is a simulation game where you are given an aquarium and can purchase and sell various fishes, plants and rocks. You can even purchase various lighting to make your aquarium lit with different intensity. You can play with your fishes and feed them. To make money you have to breed fish and then sell them. Now you can choose among twenty eight manifold species of fishes with various characteristics. The more money you earn the bigger and more beautiful fishes, better aquarium lighting and garnishments you can obtain.
Time and date v1.32 is a calendar opera widget that can be easily modified according to your preferences. With the help of its reminders you won't miss any important events of your life.Version 1.32 is now available in Greek too. Some of the language files as well as CSS were corrected. Previously present insignificant bugs were fixed and codes amended.
Now with new video download widget you can download videos straight from the websites offering the videos. (YouTube, Google Video and more.) The widget is running with the help of videodownloader.net engine.
Have a new analog clock v1.3 right in your Opera browser. Now Linux users can feel much comfortable applying it. Tired of one view of the clock - switch to another. Now you can choose among 4 skins, by simply clicking on analog clock's dial.
With the new easy-to-use Flash Video Downloader you can make fast downloads of flash video from video sharing websites such as Google, MySpace and YouTube. Its fool-proof design ensures that you do everything just right. All you need to do to download your favorite flash video is to enter the URL address of the video and click with a mouse pointer on "Download!" button.At present you can enjoy the Flash Video Downloader to download flash videos from the following websites: vids.myspace.com, youtube.com, myvideo.de, dailymotion.com, spike.com, blip.tv, metacafe.com and many others.
Download Flash Video Downloader
Are you fond of geography and want to further enhance your knowledge in this field? No problem! Download new EduMap widget and learn the locations of the countries, states and capitals in the form of the game. EduMap lets you select among various playing modes. It provides you with high scores, so that you can easily track your progress in learning process.The EduMap widget lets you choose either the entire mainland or a part of countries and then be asked questions on their locations. In the standard mode you can learn the name of the country or state, its capital, population and area by simply pointing at this country or state.
In manifold quiz modes you will have to show what you have learned. And you can always check high scores, which are recorded on your system and depend on the time of completion and percentage correct. EduMap widget lets you change the scale of maps without any loss of quality.
At present the EduMap contains maps of the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and the United States. In the future more maps may be added to this collection.
EduMap is also present in Russian and we will continue with more language support.
This widget is a computer version of an ordinary stop-watch used to time events such as races. It has start, stop and reset buttons, which currently come with English and Russian translations and new translations, can be added as well.


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The person who will be capturing the details of your special day is the wedding videographer. This is why it is crucial to find the right one. Here are a few tips and pointers on how to make sure that your wedding videographer will meet your expectations:
1. Build a Great Relationship
It is important to really get to know the person who will be filming your special day. This will allow you to discuss what you want to be filmed, discuss your expectations openly and feel more comfortable with the videographer. By getting to know them you can rest assured that the person will cater to your expectations, if not you can keep looking.Need some tips how to prepare for baking the perfect wedding cake.
2. Have a List of Goals
You probably know what it is you want to be recorded. Will it only be the ceremony that is filmed, or would you also like footage of the guest enjoying themselves and dancing as well? For a perfect sample please see here at wedding videography bay area for more ideas. If your wedding videographer is not sure what you want to be filmed, they ultimately may include footage that you do not want.
3. What Does the Videography Package Include?
Will your videography session also include some preview clips? Is there an engagement photo package or video included in your session? Will you receive a link, file or DVD? It is important to know all of this ahead of time, this will avoid disappointment when you receive the final product.
4. Inquire About the Microphone
If you want clear audio on your video, especially during the vows, speeches etc. it may be a good idea for family members to wear a small microphone. Keep in mind however that at times certain people do not like being recorded.
5. Discuss the Music that Will Be Used in Your Video
There are wedding videographers who for legal reasons will not use copyrighted music for their final products. This is something that must be discussed with the videographer ahead of time to make sure that you will not be disappointed if you receive a recording with music that you had not expected.
6. Thoroughly Read Your Contract
The best way to guarantee that you will receive the services you desire is to read over the paperwork. If everything is not read from start to finish, you may suddenly realize that you have agreed to services you do not want, and worse yet you will have to pay for them.
7. Inquire About Potential Edits
It can be a complex process to edit a wedding video. A lot more than merely splicing pieces of tape together is done by a wedding videographer. Editing involves cleaning up audio, adding music, coming up with a way that everyone can see the video and guarantee that everyone looks perfect. It is important to bring up ahead of time any specific ways or ideas that you have about how your video should be edited.
It is important to choose the perfect videographer to capture your special event. If not, you could end up with a video of your special day that you do not even want to see. A video of your wedding helps you to hold on to that memory, that is not something that you want to miss out on.


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Staffing for Social Media - Meet Kevin Morse, the Director of Online Services
How associations should plan, manage and staff for social media is one of the most important and one of the most difficult issues today.
The answer depends on how large your staff team is, how advanced your social media efforts are and what you are trying to achieve with social media. It will also depend on the social media skills of your staff, volunteers and members.
One trend is clear; as social media becomes more mature and is engrained in everyday aspects of association management, a new set of skills and competencies will be required by the people who will be made responsible for social media management.
A few associations have already taken the step to hire a full-time, dedicated online community manager.
One of those is the American Dental Education Association. I had the chance to speak with Kevin Morse about his role as the Director of Online Services. He had a lot to say about what he does and about the evolving role for association social media community managers.
What do you think about how social media is being managed in the association community today?
"Too many people are focused on the tools and applications. It reminds me of how CMS (Content Management Systems) have evolved over the past years. In the past, there was a lot of attention paid to learning how to code web pages. Now with CMS tools, we are able to focus more time on the quality of the content. With social media, I see the same parallel. There is a lot of talk about how to use the tools when we really need to be focused on the quality of the content."
What is the thing you like most about what you do?
"It is a combination of strategic thinking and engaging with members at a high level. It requires the use of judgment and excellent communication skills in real time. It gives me the chance to use my experience and background to deliver higher value added services to our member community".
How does community management differ from traditional communications?
"With traditional communications, you have an editorial team that has a fair amount of time to prepare and polish a piece of communication before it is pushed out to the audience. With online community management, you are really more focused on driving content from within the group on a peer to peer basis. This means you have less influence over the content and play more of a moderating role.
Now it is a lot more about what happens after the message is sent. The work really begins when the conversation starts and you begin receiving feedback, questions and dialogue after a message has been posted or the website has been updated."
What is your biggest challenge and why?
"The greatest challenge is to motivate true subject matter experts to share their knowledge, experience and perspectives online and inside communities. The most valuable content and conversations come from the subject matter experts from within the community. The challenge is that these experts are truly time-starved. If they do not see the direct benefit of spending time writing a post or getting engaged in a community platform, then they will not participate.
In some cases, they hesitate because they are not familiar with using tools like blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. I also think the experience of online sharing is understood in reference to older types of sharing, like letters to the editor, when you had to pass a gatekeeper to be heard and response time was measured in weeks or months, not seconds or minutes. In other cases they might feel that what they have to say is not good enough or they are shy about sharing their experiences."
Any words of advice?
"Quality of the content is certainly more important than the volume or the frequency. Too many people seem to feel the need to fill the gap with fluff. Consistent frequency is necessary but not sufficient to build a following, you need to create and share content that is meaningful to your followers consistently as well.
Online community management is an art. The ability to simultaneous motivate community participants to share information and insights while monitoring my organization's online presence is a stimulating challenge. At the same time, applying judgment when moderating online communities, knowing when to intervene and knowing when to hang back is a skill I feel is only developed over time.
The successful online community manager will need a good understanding of policies and the culture of the organization in order to protect the brand and reputation."
All of this is of course a tall order but it is also makes online community management probably one of the most meaningful, engaging and challenging new jobs to emerge in the association community.
As the use of social media in organizations matures, we will continue to see a trend to develop well thought out social media strategies, policies and staffing structures to manage this increasingly important method of member engagement and communication.
Who should be the community administrator or moderator?
The person that assumes the role of community manager and moderator will need a range of skills and knowledge. Because social media touches so many different departments (communications, membership, marketing, education, live events, etc.) and uses multiple channels (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Slideshare, etc.) it is critical that there is someone that knows how to coordinate all of these moving parts.
So what are the characteristics of a great online community manager?
Someone who . . .
- Understands how to communicate with empathy and tact
- Is slow to anger, has a mature nature and is able to demonstrate sound judgment
- Has excellent written communication skills
- Has a broad understanding of the organization with an especially clear picture of the objectives, guidelines and policies for the online community
- Is able to delegate as well as to recognize when a matter needs to be referred to a senior authority
- Is able to sift a large volume of information and communication, and is able to distill trends within that data flow
- Is competent in using technology tools, in particular tools used for communication, listening and measuring engagement within social communities
- Is respected by the community members because of his/her ability, knowledge and skill
Online community management is becoming one of the most demanding and highest valued skills in today's environment, where online communities and peer to peer communications deliver the bulk of association membership value.
Request your free copy of "Online Community Management Guidelines". It includes a description of key social media policy areas and a description of online community management best practices.