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A wildfire is threatening thousands of homes in Northern California, in the Lower Lake area north of San Francisco.
#RockyFire - This may be of interest when this is over. "Clearlake the movie coming end of summer 2015!!" twitter.com/DevinNegreteby Lake Avenues via twitter 8/3/2015 9:03:00 PM
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#ForkComplex 25,313 5%
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#FrogFire 4,213 20%
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Huge wildfire is blazing in #CA Our hearts go out to the families suffering this tragedy and the hero firefighters battling it. #RockyFireby StepHouse Recovery via twitter 8/3/2015 9:13:54 PM
Huge wildfire is blazing in #CA Our hearts go out to the families suffering this tragedy and the hero firefighters battling it. #RockyFireby Sober Living OC via twitter 8/3/2015 9:13:55 PM
Our thoughts w/Northern Californians facing & fighting FIRES, especially the huge #RockyFire , so far burning 24... fb.me/6HsXrz2QBby Losing the West via twitter 8/3/2015 9:14:48 PM
wunderground: A massive wildfire is blazing in #CA . Learn more here: on.mash.to/1gFgBWO mashable #RockyFire http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLg0AMfWUAAkA1y.jpgby maba D wiii via twitter 8/3/2015 9:19:09 PM
Weather slightly more favorable 4crews @ #RockyFire . But embers still starting spot fires. @FOX40 @fox5sandiego @KTLA http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLg42KCWoAIiomL.jpgby Rina Nakano via twitter 8/3/2015 9:21:07 PM
#RockyFire People are avoiding red cross shelters, but flocking to the Moose Lodge in Clearlake Oaks. facebook.com/groups/8811411…by Lake Avenues via twitter 8/3/2015 9:22:50 PM
.@CAL_FIRE crews in Sonoma County busy keeping planes loaded with ******ant to battle #rockyfire . http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLg6GkgWIAQAGom.jpgby Derek Moore via twitter 8/3/2015 9:26:52 PM
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Thank you the firefighters. #RockyFire #California twitter.com/ReutersUS/stat…by Socially Delivered via twitter 8/3/2015 9:29:19 PM
We hope everyone impacted by the wildfires in CA is safe. If you need claims assistance, we're here 24/7: spr.ly/6012B1Rpy #RockyFireby Safecoinsurance via twitter 8/3/2015 9:30:05 PM
Our 302nd AW birds have landed in Sacramento and hope to fly missions today. #MAFFS2015 #RockyFireby 2013MAFFS via twitter 8/3/2015 9:30:32 PM
The @RedCross has two OFFICIAL shelters for evacuees of the #RockyFire : Middletown High School & Kelseyville High School.by Lake County OES via twitter 8/3/2015 9:30:45 PM
Monte Rio Fire Chief Steve Baxman: Firefighters on Rocky fire are "turning a corner" in containing the massive blaze
#RockyFireby Paul Payne via twitter 8/3/2015 9:31:31 PM
Firefighters make a stand against the Rocky Fire off of highway 20 August 3, 2015 in Lake County, Calif. #rockyfire #ca #drought #droughtscape @sfchronicleby Leah Millis via Instagram 8/3/2015 9:32:33 PM
Chief Baxman says Rocky fire is down to "just a couple of hot spots." Firefighters are "doing good."
#RockyFireby Paul Payne via twitter 8/3/2015 9:33:16 PM
Official #RedCross shelters: Middletown High 20932 Big Canyon Rd, Middletown; Kelseville High: 5480 Main St, Kelseyville #RockyFireby Lake County OES via twitter 8/3/2015 9:33:27 PM
Heavy smoke from the #rockyfire along the highway near Clear Lake http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLg8C5uWoAABx9V.jpgby Chris Megerian via twitter 8/3/2015 9:35:04 PM
Pilot Bob Valette, 74, is forced to wait while repairs to his plane are made. #rockyfire @CAL_FIRE http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLg8rCSWIAAn2vT.jpgby Derek Moore via twitter 8/3/2015 9:37:54 PM
I agree #RockyFire behavior is extreme and uncommon. Unprecedented means we've never seen anything like it. @CalForestsby Timberati via twitter 8/3/2015 9:38:04 PM
#Rockyfire 2.8.2015 "The Fire Apocalypse?" - weather.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/15285/the-fire… via @kentphotos #megadroughtby longitude0 via twitter 8/3/2015 9:38:46 PM
When the wind picks up, the fire flares along Highway 20 as they try to bring #RockyFire under control.by Chris Megerian via twitter 8/3/2015 9:39:37 PM
RT: longitude0: #Rockyfire 2.8.2015 "The Fire Apocalypse?" - weather.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/15285/the-fire… via kentphotos #megadrought goo.gl/zQLOcU …by Eid ul Fitr 2015 via twitter 8/3/2015 9:39:46 PM
Air Force Reserve Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) C130s activated to support #CalFire #RockyFire twitter.com/CalFireNews/st…by tiniskwerl via twitter 8/3/2015 9:41:26 PM
#RockyFire has scorched some 60,000 acres and destroyed two dozen homes since erupting last week. reut.rs/1eOF5ep @Reutersby CA Forestry Assn via twitter 8/3/2015 9:42:54 PM
On Sunday 2, #RockyFire was Trending Topic in Sacramento for 18 hours: trendinalia.com/twitter-trendi… #trndnlby Sacramento Trends via twitter 8/3/2015 9:43:42 PM
Over 6,000 structures are threatened as close to 3,000 firefighters attempt to contain the #RockyFire in Northern California. #BuzzFeedNewsby BuzzFeed News via Instagram 8/3/2015 9:44:11 PM
Tonight on @NBCNightlyNews we'll take you to the front lines of the #RockyFire , which has now scorched 60,000 acres. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLg-tAKWgAEFzOw.jpgby joefryer via twitter 8/3/2015 9:47:00 PM
RT @AEGMAFFS : Our 302nd AW birds have landed in Sacramento and hope to fly missions today. #MAFFS2015 #RockyFireby Al Nash via twitter 8/3/2015 9:50:55 PM
Down here at the moose lodge helping out. The fire looks cool from down here. #rockyfire #mooselodge #crazyfire #cowboyshit #helpingoutby Joe Hill via Instagram 8/3/2015 9:51:20 PM
RT joefryer: Tonight on NBCNightlyNews we'll take you to the front lines of the #RockyFire , which has now scorched 60,000 acres. …by World News 24h via twitter 8/3/2015 9:52:21 PM
NBCNightlyNews: RT joefryer: Tonight on NBCNightlyNews we'll take you to the front lines of the #RockyFire , which … http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLg-tAKWgAEFzOw.jpgby NBC fan via twitter 8/3/2015 9:53:17 PM
Smoke billows from the #RockyFire . We are expecting an update from @CAL_FIRE at 6pm @kron4news http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLhAplnUYAA_9Po.jpgby Chuck Clifford via twitter 8/3/2015 9:55:12 PM
What's happening today: Thousands have been evacuated due to the #RockyFire : youtu.be/xge-s8RWCqY @NickiMurff http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLgO442UcAAU_hX.pngby What's Happening via twitter 8/3/2015 10:00:16 PM
Panorama #RockyFire looking North North West. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLhBz9lW8AIIIB5.jpgby dinaleeboyer via twitter 8/3/2015 10:00:30 PM
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Welcome to California.... #RockyFire @NBCNews http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLhCFkwWUAAL9ni.jpgby Michael Gollner via twitter 8/3/2015 10:01:28 PM
Rocky fire in Lake County Ca. photographed from Lakeport, by Ron Keas
#RockyFire http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLhCScnW8AAQVuw.jpgby RonKeas via twitter 8/3/2015 10:02:20 PM
Presented to you all the way from my backyard. #Airplanes #Jets #RockyFire #LordPleaseDontLetMyHouseBurnby 'Haley Lynn Pallas via Instagram 8/3/2015 10:04:26 PM
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'Jaw-dropping' California wildfire fueled by drought, winds — RT USA rt.com/usa/311459-nor… #RockyFireby AmcRebel via twitter 8/3/2015 10:10:02 PM
Community of Double Eagle now under threat of #RockyFireby dinaleeboyer via twitter 8/3/2015 10:10:28 PM
Thousands of Californians remain out of their homes as drought-fueled fires rage on #RockyFire ow.ly/QrKUM http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLhEmelW8AIyi-Z.jpgby Visalia Times-Delta via twitter 8/3/2015 10:12:27 PM


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Capistrano series - configuring Capistrano #1
We're at a crucial stage with our Ruby on Rails with Capistrano stack as we have all the pieces installed and a lot has been configured.
Now we need to look at the Capistrano configuration file and see what needs adding.
In this article, I have taken quite a bit of space to try and explain what each setting is, and what it does.
As such, don't be put off by the apparent length of the article as, by the end of it, you will understand and have a good grasp of what is happening when you use Capistrano.
If you are not in the rails application folder, then move there now (remember this is on your local workstation and not on your Slice):
cd ~/dev/project1
The location may vary depending where on your workstation you have placed the rails application.
Let's get straight on and open up the Capistrano deploy file:
nano config/deploy.rb
The default file looks like this:
set :application, "set your application name here"
set :repository, "set your repository location here"
# If you aren't deploying to /u/apps/#{application} on the target
# servers (which is the default), you can specify the actual location
# via the :deploy_to variable:
# set :deploy_to, "/var/www/#{application}"
# If you aren't using Subversion to manage your source code, specify
# your SCM below:
# set :scm, :subversion
role :app, "your app-server here"
role :web, "your web-server here"
role :db, "your db-server here", :primary => true
Fairly simple and, apart from a few additions, is sufficient to get started.
Application, user and repository
Seem logical to start at the top of the file and work our way down so the first thing is the application name.
This can be anything you like. However, it makes a lot of sense to use the domain name as the application name.
This means that the 'application' variable can be used further on in the file and it keeps in line with the protocols we are already using when naming vhost files, etc.
So, set the application name as follows:
set :application, "domain.com"
Next we will add a variable for a username. It's important you set a user here as permission issues often arise from using your local workstation username instead of the Slice username.
Add this line straight after the application variable:
set :user, "demo"
For the repository, enter the same details that you used to check out project1:
set :repository, "svn+project1ssh://18.104.22.1680/home/demo/repository/project1"
SSH port
One essential setting that is not mentioned is how to define the SSH port.
When Capistrano connects to your Slice via SSH it will use port 22 (the default SSH port). However, when we setup the Slice, we defined the SSH port to be 30000.
Capistrano needs to know about this.
Setting the port is as simple as:
set :port, 30000
Deployment path
Now the SSH port has been set, we can set the deployment path.
When we setup the Slice and Nginx vhosts, we used the public_html folder in our home directory.
We've already set the application name (see above) so we can use that variable again.
So the next line to add is this:
set :deploy_to, "/home/demo/public_html/#{application}"
Note the use of the 'application' variable at the end of the entry. If we changed the 'set :application' name, that change would be reflected in this setting.
App, web and db
The final 3 settings (at this stage) are shown as 'app', 'web' and 'db'.
The vast majority of users will have all 3 variables pointing to the same place so it can seem a little confusing to have 3 settings here as if they are different things.
However, do remember that you can have your database (db) on another Slice and so on. These settings are then very useful as it tells Capistrano where the db is, where the app is and so on.
As an aside, we can define a new variable here and call it 'location'. We can then assign a URI to that variable and use it in all 3 settings.
So this section could look something like this:
set :location, "domain2.com"
role :app, location
role :web, location
role :db, location, :primary => true
That is one way of doing it and I mention it as an option for you to play with.
For this example though, I am simply going to use the 'application' variable as everything is happening on the single Slice.
As such, the 3 settings will look like this:
role :app, application
role :web, application
role :db, application , :primary => true
Completed file
So this is what the completed deploy.rb will look like:
set :application, "domain.com"
set :user, "demo"
set :repository, "svn+project1ssh://220.127.116.110/home/demo/repository/project1"
# If you aren't deploying to /u/apps/#{application} on the target
# servers (which is the default), you can specify the actual location
# via the :deploy_to variable:
# set :deploy_to, "/var/www/#{application}"
set :port, 30000
set :deploy_to, "/home/demo/public_html/#{application}"
# If you aren't using Subversion to manage your source code, specify
# your SCM below:
# set :scm, :subversion
role :app, application
role :web, application
role :db, application , :primary => true
Still pretty basic as this stage (there is lot more we can do later on) but it is enough to enter our first Capistrano command...
Before we enter the first command, let's log into our Slice and move into the public_html folder:
ssh -p 30000 firstname.lastname@example.com
cd /home/demo/public_html
Unless you already have a working Slice, the directory is going to be empty:
That produces no output as the folder is empty.
Well, let's enter our first Capistrano command and then have another look.
Back on our local workstation (not the Slice!) we can now enter:
cap deploy:setup
Pretty minimal stuff.
However, exciting things are taking place and this really shows not only the power, but the ease of using something like Capistrano.
So what happened?
Well, let's take another look at the public_html folder on the Slice:
That's new.
Directory Structure
What Capistrano has done is really quite clever.
It's logged into the Slice and, using the settings from the deploy.rb file, has created a directory structure that will be used for future deployments.
Inside the parent folder are two folders called 'releases' and 'shared'.
Inside the 'shared' folder are permanent folders for the logs, pids and system info.
So from one command, Capistrano is now ready to deploy the application.
We've configured the deploy.rb file that Capistrano uses to setup and deploy our application.
Then, using a single command, we created the directory structure that will be used for future deployments.
A lot has happened, but now that we are more familiar with the deploy.rb file, we can move on to deploying the application.
Article Comments:
Awesome set of articles here. I've gotten up to speed in no time flat thanks to this excellent custom service you're providing.
Looking forward to the second installment!
Great job PickledOnion!
One thing however...
I believe that this would be a good place to add a step for setting up a shared/config/database.yml. Most of us have the told subversion to ignore the database.yml file.
Here is my setup i am using
set :application, "project1.com" set :user, "demo" set :repository, "svn+project1ssh://<ipaddress>/home/demo/repository/project1" set :port, <portnumm>
set :deployto, "/home/demo/publichtml/project1.com"
role :app, application role :web, application role :db, application, :primary => true ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I get the following error.
cap deploy:setup servers: ["project1.com"] connection failed for: project1.com (Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - connect(2))
++++++++++++++++++++++++ When i comment the set :port, 8848 line i get a prompt to enter the password and then i get this error.
Password: connection failed for: project1.com (Net::SSH::AuthenticationFailed: demo)
I get the following error when i run cap deploy:setup command.
connection failed for: project1 (SocketError: getaddrinfo: No address associated with nodename)
I am following the instructions given at slicehost at this link. http://articles.slicehost.com/2008/1/18/capistrano-series-configuring-capistrano-1
Here is the setup of my deploy.rb file
set :application, "project1" set :user, "username" set :repository, "svn+project1ssh://188.8.131.520/home/username/repository/project1" set :port, port_num
set :deployto, "/home/username/publichtml/#{application}"
role :app, application role :web, application role :db, application, :primary => true
I have created a tunnel in my ~/.subversion/config file as shown below
project1ssh = /usr/bin/ssh -p port_num -l username
When i run the command cap deploy:setup i get the following error
cap deploy:setup executing `deploy:setup' executing "umask 02 && mkdir -p /home/username/publichtml/project1 /home/username/publichtml/project1/releases\ /home/username/publichtml/project1/shared /home/username/publichtml/project1/shared/system /home/username/publichtml\ /project1/shared/log /home/username/publichtml/project1/shared/pids" servers: ["project1"] [DEBUG] Mon Feb 25 09:06:09 -0800 2008 -- transport.session: connecting connection failed for: project1 (SocketError: getaddrinfo: No address associated with nodename)
What does this error mean and how can i fix this?
fixed the by changing the application name from project1 to the ip address.
connecting connection failed for: project1 (SocketError: getaddrinfo: No address associated with nodename)
I'm a little confused about your file structure. In the previous article you checked out 'project1' folder to ~/dev/ and then created a rails app called 'project1' in the checked-out 'project1' folder, so you path would be '~/dev/project1/project1'.
When you start this article you specify the path as ~/dev/project1.
Should the project1 folder you checked out from subversion be filled with a rails app called 'project1' or should it be the root folder with app, config, db, etc.
O ok. I see now, I think it's a little confusing because they are both named project1. Thanks for the help!
Quick question:
Can you the ip address in placed of the location above?
set :location, "123.456.789.1"
Would this work?
If you're running cap in Windows, make sure you've got Pageant running to perform the SSH authentication (if you're not using passwords).
i kept getting this error:
* [err :: mydomain.com] sudo: no passwd entry for app!
i fixed it by adding this to deploy.rb:
set :runner, "myusername"
I'm wondering if the requirement for the runner is new.
Fixed my problems too - made it easy as pie :)
Had the same "no passwd for app" error. Fixed it with the "set :runner, user" fix.
More information here. http://firstname.lastname@example.com/msg04104.html
I was setting up a new rails app on a hardy slice and ran into the same issue of "no passwd for app". The "set :runner, user" seemed to fix it.
Thanks for all the help!
Thanks Hariharan , I was having the same problem. That fixed it. :-)
When I did the
cap deploy:setup command I ended up with directories that were owned by root,thus my later
cap deploy:cold failed due to permissions. One way to fix this seems to be adding
set :use_sudo, false to the deploy.rb file as seen on:

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text: On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Alexander Hvostov wrote: > Of course, all of this is meaningless, since with PAM, `su' _can_ > understand and honor the `wheel' group. Also, if RMS is so against > authority and power, why is there a GNU `su' at all? > > In addition, where the rulers' (ie, sysadmins') power is not cemented, > there is no security (e.g., because someone unauthorized has the root > password). Where there is no security, there are 31337 H4X0RZ, who > generally completely subvert the machine, rendering the entire point moot > since now _nobody_ (except, of course, the aforementioned H4X0RZ) can use > the machine. I completely agree <snip> > Why GNU `su' does not support the `wheel' group > =============================================== > > (This section is by Richard Stallman.) > > Sometimes a few of the users try to hold total power over all the > rest. For example, in 1984, a few users at the MIT AI lab decided to > seize power by changing the operator password on the Twenex system and > keeping it secret from everyone else. (I was able to thwart this coup > and give power back to the users by patching the kernel, but I wouldn't > know how to do that in Unix.) > > I'm on the side of the masses, not that of the rulers. If you are > used to supporting the bosses and sysadmins in whatever they do, you > might find this idea strange at first. ok, I find this strange... he's actually advocating the exploitation of something which might be considered a security hole? perhaps it's time I joined debian-security (my career seems to be taking that path thanks to an *excellent* class by Robert Mahan of PNL and recent local opportunities) As Professor Mahan would say "passwords plain suck". I just realized it would work and decided to star my root pw... leaving myself in /etc/sudoers and wheel (that works right?)... on more secure systems **without** passwords (rather biometrics/smartcards etc...) then only I could have such access. Unless I left my point of access accessible to an adversary *with* my access token. The reason ESR's system was exploited is that passwords and all easily replicated authentication methods suck. If one method of strong authentication isn't enough for an individual why would two or ten be enough? Why have a separate authentication token for administrators that can just be transmitted? With finer grained security (see recent kernel 2.4 security features article) there should be *no* user accessable god account (perhaps save via booting to single user mode or another exploit requiring both physical access and a noticable interruption of service when dealing with dire consequences). Of course this is as I said on a much more secure system than is practical for home users. Sorry if some of this is too basic or too theoretical but I'm new to the field and a little excited by it. ;-> -karl


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In early 2003, at a moment when the death penalty was in the news because DNA tests were proving so many death-row inmates were actually innocent of the crimes for which they were scheduled to die, I reviewed a forgettable film called The Life of David Gale, which was about the death penalty.
I wrote something to the effect that the film couldn't have been timelier if it had been about a president rushing us into an unjustified war -- even as we were days away from the disaster that was Shock and Awe.
I was working for a Gannett newspaper at the time, which was already beginning to feel the first tremors of what would be the sinkhole that print journalism has become. When my review ran, I received a couple of phone calls from angry readers, who wanted to know why I was inserting my political views into a movie review. A couple of readers also called the editor -- who reacted as if the calls were a tidal wave of subscription cancellations. (Those, of course, would come later, when the newspaper stopped giving its readers a reason to buy the newspaper.) I got called into a meeting, at which it was made clear to me that I was supposed to be writing about movies, not current events.
I thought of those calls a few weeks ago, when a line near the end of my review of Jason Reitman's Up in the Air seemed to rub some readers the wrong way. Specifically, they took offense when I wrote, "The firing scenes are alternately wrenching and funny -- but humorous in a painful way, for what they say about what so many people are facing in the aftermath of the Bush debacle."
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Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche
SUPPOSING that Truth is a woman—what then? Is there not ground for suspecting that all philosophers, in so far as they have been dogmatists, have failed to understand women—that the terrible seriousness and clumsy importunity with which they have usually paid their addresses to Truth, have been unskilled and unseemly methods for winning a woman? Certainly she has never allowed herself to be won; and at present every kind of dogma stands with sad and discouraged mien—IF, indeed, it stands at all!...
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Like stated in the tittle, how valid is that? Just got my 4th piece. I never liked dire beast for some reason and would be glad to replace it.
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Like stated in the tittle, how valid is that? Just got my 4th piece. I never liked dire beast for some reason and would be glad to replace it.
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If you're going to change, go for Fervor.
I used ToTH before, but i ended up focus capping alot because of the random procc. Fervor is focus on demand.
Also! The 4set is rppm, so if you want it to procc more you need more haste. Doesnt matter how many AS you use.
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RPPM in the nutshell - if you fire 50AS you have 50% chance to trigger Lighting Arrow. If you, however, fire 100AS you have 25% chance to trigger Lighting Arrow.
On average, you should see the same number of procs.
I am not sure how rppm works with procs from skills. Trinkets are easy since they calculate the chance to proc dynamically each sec and its easier to get a mathematical model. Lets say you attack 1/sec (0 haste) and its 1 RPPM.
The chance to proc the trinket would be 1/60 with each attack.
Hunter set bonuses are a bit tougher since they can only proc when u actually use the skill and have no icd so each use of the skill has some probability to proc. Lets say 4set has 1RPPM and u have 0% haste. That means that if you use AS each minute you will get 1 proc. Now what happens when u spam it like crazy. First one will proc the effect and then what about rest of the AS. Since the game doesnt know that after each of them you will use another one it has to decide what are your chances to proc the effect. The formula most likely includes time from last proc (this was added sometime ago to help with unlucky streaks).
The game cannot calculate how many AS you will do per minute and has to have some algorythm to determine whats the % chance to proc when u actually use the skill. In my opinion its possible that spamming the skill would actually increase the number of procs, unless the model includes the whole time spent in current combat.
unbuffed I think my hast is around 25% and the 4 piece set procs approx 33% and tends to overall do about 2.5% of my damage in long or short fights. I had been tracking this to see how I liked it. Even buffed in a raid with using cooldowns its still sits at ~2.5% of my overall damage. Not really sure if this is worth it =P OH and im BM so this would differ for Surv because of mastery. On the actual switching from DB... I think the other posts here have given you proper details.
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Originally Posted by DaxxarriOriginally Posted by Daxxarri
Simplification of those threads was my post above - it doesn't.
it does not.
basically what the formula expresses is this:
there is a basic average amount of procs per minute you can have from your 4p/2p/rppm trinkets
haste modifies this value. haste becomes ever so slightly stronger than crit on a single target (or so people have calculated), but totaly sucks for aoe.
the system checks how long it has been since your last proc and then modifies your proc chance accordingly, because for every second above the average that this effect has not been triggered, its chance to trigger will rise.
a simple way to really understand this system empirically is aquirering a rppm item, such as one of the tot trinkets.
just stand for 10 minutes and do nothing. then attack a target and you will pretty much always see the proc on the first one or two hits.
Thanks guys! So basically it shouldn't matter I guess. I was trying to test it a couple of hours before and it seems you're about right- with ToTH its about 4-5 per minute~ and without its still about 4. Guess it means sticking to DB. I don't like fervor even more then DB for some reason, I never really go out of focus anyway. Thanks again, cheers.
To clarify, the way the formula works is that the chance for proc is modified by the time since the last change to proc. So if it has been longer since your last chance to proc, it increases the chances of your next proc. That being said, that modifier caps at 10 seconds, so if you are using the ability less often than every 10 seconds, then that will reduce your proc rate. As long as you use it once every 10 seconds, the proc rate should not vary significantly.
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"Already one Star Wars-related project is in the works for kids network Disney XD."
Now, from the context, it's clear that this project isn't The Clone Wars. Seth Green's upcoming show, Detours, isn't mentioned at all, so some fans might believe that this line is referring to it. But given that Detours has been announced and was extensively previewed at Celebration VI, it doesn't seem logical to refer to it as simply a "Star Wars-related project." If this project is Detours, why not say so? We already know that the show exists.
My theory? This Disney XD project that's in the works is the third Star Wars TV show that George Lucas accidentally teased at Celebration VI. During The Clone Wars Season 5 panel, Lucas made a surprise appearance and said the following:
"[W]e're trying to do things that other people aren't doing. We are gonna try to do a younger-skewing show, and we're working on that. At the same time, we're doing Detours, which is so far off the clock we don't even know what that is."
Again, context is key: he wasn't referring to Detours when he said "younger-skewing show." Plus, given what we know now -- that Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm was looming in the minds of Lucas, Dave Filoni, and every other Lucasfilm employee at Celebration VI -- it's possible that Lucas accidentally revealed tentative plans for a new show that would take advantage of the Disney deal he'd recently made.
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While England were enduring a traumatic passage through to next summer's European Under 21 Championships with their win in Serbia earlier this month, the other story in the tournament was unfolding in Norway.
Per Joar "Perry" Hansen's Norwegian side were eliminating a highly-fancied France team in dramatic fashion as they turned around a one-goal deficit from the first leg with an astonishing 5-3 win in Drammen.
With an Under 19 side also beating Holland this month it seems the future is bright for Norwegian football. Adam Bate had a chat with Hansen to get the full story on a promising generation of players - including some insight into what British football could do to punch above its weight...
The win over France was a surprise to many. Was it a surprise to you?
That's a very good question. In two play-off games France will always be favourites against Norway but we have a strong side and we have belief in ourselves. After the first game in France we thought that we had a possibility if we performed at our best in the home game.
But of course for European football it was a big surprise I think. For us, maybe now that we have done this we have broken a barrier.
Is this the best crop of Norwegian players ever?
We have a very strong side and we have a large number of good players born in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993. It's a very good group but it's not easy to compare with other generations. But this generation has very interesting players in all positions.
Is it just good fortune that these players have come along?
We have good players but we have a concept. A year ago we were nothing in the eyes of the Norwegian press. We lost 3-0 against Scotland in August 2011 before the qualification began and nobody believed in us.
But after that game I delivered what you could call 'the hairdryer' in the dressing room. And we decided to stick together and do something with this generation.
We met Iceland and Azerbaijan in the first two qualifying games and we found our concept - strong defence, quick counter-attacks and playing the way Rosenborg played in the 1990s using the midfield, the wings and offensive full-backs.
And we had some good results. The players began to believe in the way that we played and we believed in ourselves. We also used the same players from game to game and built a very strong unit. And from there it's been a fairy-tale.
It has also been suggested you have embraced the Dutch philosophy rather than the long-ball traditions of Norwegian football?
Yeah it's a Dutch style. We have been much more offensive. I think it's the best of the Ajax concept with a bit of the Rosenborg style thrown in because my offensive thinking comes a lot from the Rosenborg way of playing in the late 1990s and early 2000s (when Hansen was coach there).
We have very good individuals and strong technical players. I want to use the skills of the players when we have the ball and we have succeeded with that. I think also we have surprised a lot of the big nations because we are playing possession football in the midfield with our good passing players. We have good wingers and strikers with excellent technique.
And we are building from the back. I think that was a particular shock to France. They didn't know what him them when we played them at home in Drammen. In that game we also pressed them very high - very aggressive and high pressure. It's been a success playing in that way.
The Under 19 side also beat Holland so you can be excited for the next few years now...
Yeah we have a good group coming through behind the current Under 21 side. In fact, a number of the current squad are players born in 1993 who are knocking on the door to play for me. The future in Norway is bright and I think it comes down to five main reasons.
Firstly, we have worked very hard in recent years - since 2002 in all of the top clubs we have hired good coaches. There was a particular focus on individual training to develop the young players in a way that suited them. We are seeing now the benefits of that approach.
The financial crisis in Norway was also very good for the young players because we kicked out some very bad foreign players who took the places of the Norwegian youngsters. So when the financial crisis came to Norway the young players could go in and play in the [Norwegian] Premier League from very early on and it was a big success.
From the Norwegian FA they introduced 30 per cent more international games for the younger age-groups. From the age of 15 the focus was on them getting out and playing more international games and getting more international experience.
The introduction of artificial pitches in Norway was a help too. We built indoor halls with artificial turf so that young players could train in winter in perfect conditions. That also has been a factor in the success that we are seeing now.
Finally, when I took over the media in Norway was very aggressive and told the players that Norwegian football was nothing. That was psychologically damaging - if you always tell the players that they are worth nothing then they will start to believe it.
So I have been very clear that we are good players with good skills. We are not standing behind any teams in Europe and we have built a belief in ourselves. Those five factors I think explain a little bit the success that we are having.
And presumably playing in a tournament will help them develop further?
Of course. Going to an international tournament with the best teams in Europe is a fantastic advantage for Norwegian football in the future.
You look at those big nations, there is a very high standard and you get vital international experience. You live and play together for a few weeks and the experience they get from playing in the competition could be important for the Norway senior team in the future.
Is there anybody in particular that we should be looking out for? Fans in the UK may be aware of Manchester City youngster Omar Elabdellaoui and Manchester United's Joshua King...
Omar has been one of many good players and he has been outstanding at full-back for me.
But I think it's not easy to say that this player is better than that player and so on because nobody in Norway had heard of Joshua King a year ago and now he is playing well for me in the U21s and the senior team.
And we have four or five players in my generation who are now playing for the first team. Many of those players have taken big steps over the past year. There are also other players in my U21s who can achieve big goals in the next six months so you never know because young players develop in different ways.
Would you be interested in working with this group of players at senior level as Norway manager?
As a coach you always have ambitions. I love my job and I love the group that I work with now but you never know in soccer what is going to happen in the future.
My ambition is to do the best possible job where I am and in the future I have ambitions to go out into Europe and coach a European team. I have been in Scandinavia now for many years. In the future I hope maybe I could take a club in a European league. That is my goal.


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INDIANAPOLIS – There's no disputing that David Buehler has a cannon for a leg. There's also no disputing he's inconsistent from long range.
That was apparent when he missed a 48-yard attempt wide right with 2 seconds left in the first half. Had he made it, the Cowboys would have taken a 20-7 lead into halftime.
The miss drew an angry look from quarterback Jon Kitna, who knows Peyton Manning could easily come out with a hot hand in the second half.
Buehler kicked a 53-yard field goal last week in the 30-27 loss to New Orleans and barely missed a 59-yarder that could have won the game.


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TOK - Favorable weather Monday helped firefighting crews working to contain a forest fire about seven miles from the U.S. Customs station on the Alaska Highway.
Global positioning satellites put the Island Lake Fire Monday at 1,300 acres - about 100 acres less than the previous day's estimate, according to Bernie Pineda, a fire information officer with the Department of Natural Resources.
Eight firefighting crews remained on the fire, focusing their efforts on building fire line, Pineda said. Most of the fire line had been completed on the east end of the blaze, but between 80 and 85 percent remained to be done Monday on the west side.
The goal is to contain the blaze by cutting a line around its perimeter and fighting it from the outside in.
"All the crews are still in place," he said. "The only thing we're not doing is air retardant because we don't have a need for it at this point."
The State Division of Forestry said retardant dumped on fire lines Sunday kept the fire at Mile 1231 Alaska Highway from spreading significantly.
The highway remains open and is expected to stay that way, Pineda said.
Operations at the customs post were not disrupted.
Higher humidity, cooler temperatures and cloud cover have aided the 191 firefighters assigned to the fire. If the weather continues the same, Pineda estimated firefighters could finish up in four to five days.
He cautioned that conditions remain fairly dry.
"We are just hoping that the weather does not produce a lot of higher temperatures and dries out the fuels," he said. If that was to occur, "It will start to flare up again and take off."
A lightning strike started the fire last Tuesday. No structures have been threatened but the fire is near a popular gateway to Alaska.
"We just don't want that fire moving up and down that highway all summer long," said Tom Kurth, fire management officer for Alaska Division of Forestry. "There's a lot of traffic moving up and down there."
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HOUSTON, Jun 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --PROS
Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO), the world leader in business-to-business
pricing and margin optimization software, today announced that PSS World
Medical (NasdaqGS: PSSI) has selected the PROS Pricing Solution Suite to
enhance customer relationships and help meet profitability and
performance goals.
With more than $2 billion in annual revenues, PSS World Medical is a
distributor of medical supplies and services to physicians and extended
care providers throughout the United States. PROS provides unique
pricing capabilities targeted at distribution companies, helping its
clients make accurate, complex pricing decisions in a climate of
increasing competition, regulation and margin pressures.
"After an exhaustive review of pricing optimization vendors, PROS
clearly demonstrated that they were the most capable partner to help us
implement structure around our pricing practices," according to Carl
Duhnoski, chief information officer at PSS World Medical. "PROS' leading
position in distribution pricing software and science, along with their
track record of successful implementations, gave us confidence in their
ability to execute," he explained. "Our users are very excited about the
polished experience and new capabilities that PROS will provide in its
next-generation pricing engine and sales desktop tools."
PSS World Medical will leverage three advanced pricing modules
incorporated in the PROS Pricing Solution Suite: PROS Scientific
Analytics, which will assist PSS World Medical's sales team in
accurately tailoring product offerings and price points to each
customer's unique buying needs; PROS Price Optimizer, a real-time
pricing engine that will deliver accurate and timely price lists for
multiple channels; and PROS Deal Optimizer, which will equip PSS World
Medical's sales team with real-time pricing and product recommendations
to satisfy customer demands.
"We applaud PSS World Medical's commitment to customer satisfaction and
profitability, and we are grateful they have chosen to partner with PROS
to achieve pricing excellence," explained Andres Reiner, executive vice
president at PROS.
About PSS World Medical, Inc.
World Medical, Inc., headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., is a
national distributor of medical products to physicians and extended care
providers through its two business units. Since its inception in 1983,
PSS has become a leader in the two market segments that it serves with a
focused market approach to customer services, a consultative sales
force, strategic acquisitions, strong arrangements with product
manufacturers and a unique culture of performance.
About PROS
PROS Holdings, Inc. is the leading provider of pricing and revenue
optimization software products, specializing in price analytics, price
execution, and price optimization. By using PROS software products,
companies gain insight into their pricing strategies, identify
pricing-based profit leaks, optimize their pricing decision making and
improve their business processes and financial performance. PROS
software products implement advanced pricing science, which includes
operations research, forecasting and statistics. PROS high performance
software architecture supports real-time high volume transaction
processing and allows PROS to handle the processing and database
requirements of the most sophisticated and largest customers, including
customers with hundreds of simultaneous users and sub-second electronic
transactions. PROS provides professional services to configure its
software products to meet the specific pricing needs of each customer.
PROS has implemented over 300 solutions across a range of industries in
more than 40 countries.
Founded in 1985, PROS is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Today, PROS
has over 350 employees, more than 100 with advanced degrees and over 25
with PhDs. To learn more about PROS, please visit www.prospricing.com.
Forward-looking Statements
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statements about the functionality of the PROS products and their
ability to manage and forecast across an enterprise. The forward-looking
statement contained in this press release are based upon PROS historical
performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are
not a representation that such plans, estimates or expectations will be
achieved. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those described herein include PROS ability to develop new products
and product enhancements with the required functionality desired and
PROS ability to implement and support successfully its products to the
expectations of its customers. Additional information relating to the
uncertainty affecting the PROS business is contained in PROS filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking
statements represent PROS expectations as of the date of this press
release. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and
PROS disclaims any obligations to update or alter these forward-looking
statements in the future, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
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mtping Option Summary
The following command line options are available for mtping.
|-a <action>
|Sets an MTP/IP action code for the request messages. This should only be used if you are developing a custom MTP SDK application.
|-c <count>
|Measures Round Trip Time, similar to the traditional "ping" command, repeating the test approximately count times.
|-d <level>
|Enable MTP/IP diagnostic output. Level 1 is recommended any time you are experiencing difficulties. Levels above 1 will produce copious output and may degrade performance.
|-i <seconds>
|Sets the number of seconds to wait between repeats.
|-l <bytes>
|Sets the length of the request payload in bytes.
|Output the response without interpretation.
|-R [License]
|Register an MTP/IP license code. The license code may be provided on the command line, otherwise mtping will prompt for it.
|Enters trace mode, querying each router along the path to the destination server.
|-T <user>:<password>@<server>
|Retrieves a transaction report from the server. May be combined only with options -d and -w.
|-w <seconds>
|Sets the maximum amount of time to wait for a response.
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Houses in this Subdivision don`t come on the market very often. This home was custom built by the current owners and is just 5 years young. This 2 storey with attached garage features 3 bedrooms and 3 baths and has approx. 3300 sq/ft. Main floor has beautiful hardwood floors, living room with vaulted ceiling, kitchen c/w 4 seat eat up bar, and main floor laundry. As you walk up the custom hardwood staircase you will find spacious 2nd and 3rd bedrooms and a master suite you will not want to leave. The master suite has vaulted ceilings, beautiful ensuite c/w tile shower, jetted soaker tub and WIC. Basement is fully insulated, roughed in for a 4 pc bathroom and is just waiting for your style of finishes. Some other extras included in this home are, whole home sound system, crown mouldings, security system, Generlink backup power adapter, pot lights throughout, and much more. Outside you will enjoy the over sized lot that is fully landscaped, drive in access and large patio c/w Hot Tub.
Property Details
- Beds: 3
- New Construction: No
- Estimated Annual Taxes: $2,643
- School District: Cs34 - Kelligrews
- Property ID: 101127518
- Baths: 3 (Full: 2 3/4: 0 1/2: 1 Other: 0)
- Living Area: 3,357 Square Feet
- High School: Frank Roberts
- Style: 2-Storey
- Status: Sold
- Lot Size: 69 X 149 X 82 X 195
- Elementary School: St. Edwards


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Oakwood Cemetery is best known as the burial site for Gen. Sam Houston, but it has many more interesting stories. It is also a very beautiful area filled with trees old trees and artistic monuments and markers. You can take a self guided tour with a smart phone or iPad with Internet access as shown below.
You can take a smart phone tour of the Cemetery by clicking here.
The Sam Houston grave and memorial is a "must-see" for anyone interested in Texas history.
Sam Houston returned to Huntsville in 1861 after being forced from the Governor's office for refusing to sign a loyalty oath to the Confederacy. He died in 1863 in the Steamboat House, which at the time was located just east of Oakwook Cemetery and is now inside the Cemtery's Addickes Addition. He was buried at a "self-chosen site" near his friend Henderson Yoakum.
His grave was very simply marked until the present monument was erected in 1911. It was scuplted at a cost of $10,000 by Pompeo Coppini, who also sculpted the Alamo Cenotaph in San Antonio as well as many other statues and monuments across Texas.
The relief shows Houston on his horse riding off into battle. Lady Victory is shown in front of Houston and Lady History to the rear. The upsided down torches symbolize that victory is won, and the laurel wreach symbolize peace. The fence by Alamo Iron Works also shows laurel wreaths of peace and upside-down Roman axes symbolizing that the battle is over.
The quotation from Andrew Jackson below Houston says, "The world will take care of Houston's fame."
When the monument arrived it was discovered that "Governor" was misspelled on the reversed side. At the insistence of Dr. Estill, President of Sam Houston Normal Institute, the offending letter was chiseled away and replaced with an apostrophe.
The grave site and memorial are located at the corner of 9th Street and Avenue I. From Highway 190 (11th Street), turn north opposite the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Walls prison unit on Avenue I. Drive north for two blocks.
Oakwood Cemetery is also home to a world class piece of art, a full-sized replica in bronze of Danish sculptor Bertel Thorwaldsen's "The Christus." Also known as the "Comforting Christ," It is considered by many to be the most beautiful sculpture of Christ ever executed. There are only four other copies of the sculpture in the United State and no others in Texas. The Oakwood Cemetery copy was commisioned by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Powell family to honor their young son Rawley, who died at age 5 after a tonsillectomy.
Following are directions to The Christus:
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From Meg Grant
You see a lot of things you've never seen before on the exhibit floor of the annual AARP member event. Add to the list, this year, the sight of a man in a wetsuit pedaling an exercise bike in a pool full of water.
To add to the weirdness, the man in question is Wayne Player, the son of famed South African golfer Gary Player.
So here's the story: Player was demonstrating a line of exercise equipment designed specifically for use in water. Developed in Italy and imported by Michael Factor of Jupiter, Fla., the Aquatics USA line includes an exercise bike, a treadmill and a pilates/circuit training bar. "Boomers want to stay healthier now more than ever before," said Factor. "But many of us have knee and back problems, so aquatics have become very popular lately." And because water holds 80 percent of your body weight, you can exercise more vigorously underwater while at the same time protecting against joint stress. The result, says Factor? A 20-minute session on his company's submerged treadmill is the equivalent of 60 minutes of walking on land.
"It's great for those who want to exercise but don't have the ability" to do so on land for one reason or another, Factor said of his company's equipment — which is designed not to rust and can be submerged in just four feet of water. It's water exercise that, he says, "takes the monotony out of swimming laps." And for the vain among us, the equipment allows you to exercise in the water without getting your hair wet.
The gear isn't cheap–$1950 for the treadmill, $2,250 for the bike, and $2,900 for the circuit bars. But Wayne Player, who damaged his knees after years on the golf course and running track, says the benefits are worth the cost.
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Colonie moves against eyesores
Through new law, town has demolished four problem properties
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COLONIE — Four vacant buildings have been torn down and two more are targeted as part of a push by the town to remove abandoned eyesores.
Since passing a vacant-building law in January 2011, Colonie has seen some success getting rid of problem properties, but it has not developed the registry of vacant buildings it wanted.
Of the four demolished so far, only one has had to be paid for by the town, spokeswoman Sara Wiest said, and Colonie is close to getting repaid for that cost.
"The law is working," she said. "It's put in place a process that wasn't here before."
The legislation enables the town to clean up or demolish a property, bill the owner and fine the person $500 for a first offense, $750 for a second offense and $1,000 for a third. The owner of any property left vacant for more than 30 days must inform the town. Failure to do so carries a fine of between $500 and $1,500.
If an owner doesn't pay, the cost gets added to the property tax bill. Albany County then must pay that amount to the town and place a lien on the property if it ever sells to recoup the amount of any tax bills it covered.
The town also can give a property owner 10 days' notice if the grass gets more than 10 inches high. If it isn't mowed, the town can do it and bill the owner.
The town has two buildings it is looking to have removed next, Wiest said.
The burned-out shell of a former KFC store on Kunker Avenue in Latham is at the top of the list, Wiest said. "It's been a problem for a long time," she said.
The property owner, Masterson Properties LLC of Troy, has been ticketed, the first step in the process outlined under the law.
The second property the town wants removed is a long-abandoned dry cleaners at 1205 Central Ave. That case is in court.
Once the law passed, the first building the town targeted was the former Sebastian's strip club in Latham. The case was settled when surrounding property owners agreed to pay for the demolition, and the owner chose not to fight it.
The former Jay Street Body Works at 25 Newton St. was also removed, at a cost to the town of $22,000. The building had caved in after a heavy January 2011 snowfall. That property is on the verge of being sold, Wiest said, and Town Attorney Michael Magguilli is working with the property owner's attorney to settle the debt.
The town also targeted 44 Shepard Ave., a vacant house whose side door and windows left it open to wildlife and neighborhood children. In the end, the property was sold, with the new owner demolishing the building. The land is now for sale.
After negotiations with the town, another vacant house at 33 Forts Ferry Road also was removed by its owner.
The town has had less success in building a registry of vacant buildings envisioned under the law. It's often hard to track who owns a foreclosed property because banks use different holding companies, Wiest said.
"A lot of properties are not on this list because the rate of foreclosures is great right now," she said.
But two banks have cleaned up properties at the town's request, she said.
Wiest could not say how many property owners have complied with the requirement to register their vacant properties. The town has not yet compiled that information, she said.
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MoD reinforces guard on 20,000 laptops
The Ministry of Defence is securing sensitive data on 20,000 RAF, Army and Navy laptops with technology from BeCrypt...
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The Ministry of Defence is securing sensitive data on 20,000 RAF, Army and Navy laptops with technology from BeCrypt.
BeCrypt will provide its Disk Protect Baseline system with authentication tokens for the 20,000 machines and will protect and encrypt data up to "restricted" level.
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AKA Macaron Chronicles IV
Do not use the Italian Meringue method if you have the attention span of a gnat. This is what happens when you let your sugar syrup boil to 270F instead of 245F. Wrinkled marshmallow discs:
And I changed several variables too, like using the new almond flour that I got and adding some raspberry flavor.
When all was said and done, I realized that the almond flour I used was the culprit of subsequent batches as evidenced by the result of the chocolate macarons from Pierre Herme's book . My batter was as stiff as a brownie batter and the piped circles formed peaks that wouldn't sink – much like chocolate kisses.
The supplier said it was ground specifically to be used in macarons. NOT!
They looked more like brownie bites, and they do taste like chewy cocoa brownies. They were delicious – but they were not macarons.
So I sent the hubby to the supermarket to get me whole almonds – guess I'll have to grind them myself. The question is…what to do with 3lbs of almond flour?
I will be on semi-hiatus for the rest of November so my posts will be far between. No, the macarons have not "booted" me out of the kitchen with their frilly feet – just other projects that need my attention.
Au revoir!


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Nikwax Waterproofing Wax for Leather
INITIAL REPORT - June 28, 2010
Tester Information
NAME: Tim Earley
EMAIL: timothyDOTearleyATgmailDOTcom
LOCATION: Yonkers, New York, USA
HEIGHT: 6' 0" (1.8 m)
WEIGHT: 185 lb (84 kg)
SHOE SIZE 12 1/2 (45-46 European)
My first exposure to backpacking was about seven years ago in the Army where I learned everything I needed to learn about being comfortable in the wilderness with little to no "comfort gear." I primarily do day hikes now, with the occasional overnight jaunt thrown in whenever possible. I consider myself a lightweight packer, though not a minimalist. My favorite hikes are those that have significant elevation change as these provide the best views, most challenge and best reward. I am most comfortable in cool to cold weather as I tend to overheat in other seasons.
Product Information
Manufacturer: Nikwax Ltd.
Web site: www.nikwax.com
Product: Waterproofing Wax for Leather
Year manufactured/received: 2010
MSRP: not listed
Volume: 3.4 ounces (100 mL)
Product Description
Nikwax Waterproofing Wax for Leather is a waterproofing and conditioning product manufactured by Nikwax Ltd. It is designed for smooth leather and for garments containing Gore-Tex and eVENT waterproof-breathable membranes. My package of two tubes of 3.4 fl oz (100mL) with no applicator, sponge or cloth.
Each tube is a typical soft plastic tube approximately 5 inches (12.7 cm) tall with a normal twist-off cap on the bottom. There is no flip-open top. There is information on the back label in both English and French. Additionally, peeling back the rear label reveals a set of directions for proper application. I found this almost by accident as there is a 2 cm (0.78 inch) tall symbol that says to "pull for directions." This should have been made a bit larger as a user could easily miss this and potentially apply the product improperly. This symbol can be seen in the picture above as the dark spot on the bottom right of the right tube. The writing itself is actually inside this dark spot.
The product itself is an off-white almost manila color with virtually no smell. It has a surprisingly runny consistency (Although it should be noted that it is currently about 90 F (32 C) in my house and I have no air conditioning!). Perhaps it is thicker at more moderate temperatures. I don't mention this runniness as a negative; I look forward to testing whether this will ultimately make the product easier to apply and easier for the leather to absorb. I am also curious how well this product pentrates stitched seams. I will be sure to report on both of these questions in later reports.
This concludes my Initial Report. The Field Report will be amended to this report in approximately two months from the date of this report . I'd like to thank BackpackGearTest.org and Nikwax Ltd. for the opportunity to test this product.
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Every few months, we take another look at Alexa Internet's stats for Linux-related web sites. These charts follow the last set by 100 days, and the trends are interesting. The most noteworthy items:
Woven Goods for Linux had the highest increase of "Links In" among the resource sites: 226%. Freecode was second, with 192%. Linux Today was third, with 154%. The increase for the whole group was 112%.
For resource site visits, Linux.com led the way with a 164% increase. Freshmeat was second with 112%. The increase for the whole group was 18%.
Among the Distribution sites, the leading gainer in both "Visits" and "Links In" was SuSE, with 99% and 77%, respectively. The increases for the whole category were 52% and 25%, respectively.
As for the rest, you can draw your own conclusions. Bear in mind the following disclaimers. These numbers were gathered on August 21, 1999. Links In are current and updated constantly by Alexa's 'bot. Visits are totaled over the preceding 6-month period. Since Alexa's client software lives only on Windows and Mac machines, visits do not (yet) include Linux or UNIX clients (see the LJ Index for some working irony on that subject). "SSC sites" include the Linux Journal, Linux Gazette, Linux Resources and ssc.com sites. Linux Journal and Linux Resources were combined during the survey period. Linux.com also started in late May and was not in existence through much of the survey period. The Slackware numbers below include all of http://www.cdrom.com/ (of which Slackware puts up the biggest numbers). Caldera also split into two sites (and two companies) during this period.
—Doc Searls
Number of Red Hat shares released for sale in its IPO: 6,000,000
Number of shares retained by Red Hat after the offering: 66,835,104
Percentage of shares in which the trading price determines 100% of Red Hat's full market value: 9%
Offering price for Red Hat's IPO shares: $14 US/share
Red Hat market capitalization (market cap) at its initial offering price (all shares times price): $935,000,000 US
Top Red Hat share price within its first week on the market: $90.69 US
Red Hat market cap at its top first-week share price: $6,061,275,581.76 US
Red Hat 1999 (fiscal year ends February) sales: $10.79 million US
Red Hat 1999 net income: -$90 thousand US
Estimated size of the Linux-based server market in 2003: $3.8 billion US
Estimated Linux server licenses in 1998: 750,000
Estimated non-Linux UNIX server licenses in 1998: < 750,000
Size of the Internet access market in 1999: $2 billion US
Estimated size of the Internet access market in 2002: $16 billion US
Number of web pages with links to the Linux Documentation Project: 225,725
Number of Alexa Internet client visits to the Linux Documentation Project over a six-month period: 144,361
Number of Alexa Internet client visits to Red Hat over the same six-month period: 102,806
Percentage of Linux clients in both numbers above: 0
Number of web pages in Alexa's Archive: 1.2 billion
New pages added each week to Alexa: 120 million
Length of time for the Web to double in size: 8-9 months
Current size of the Web: 7 terrabytes
Number of Red Hat shares owned by first person to achieve billionaire status as a result of Linux stock: Frank Batten Jr. (15 million)
Price per share of Red Hat stock that would make Marc Ewing and Robert Young billionaires: $110.11
Number of Penguin Peppermints eaten by LJ staffer David Penn, in a recent employee "contest": 71
Number of grams of caffeine per mint: 16 milligrams
Number of work days missed by Mr. Penn as a result: 3
Number produced after converting Bill Gates III into ASCII code: 666
Number produced after converting Windows 95 into ASCII code: 666
Number produced after converting MS-DOS 6.31 into ASCII code: 666
Amount of money donated by ex-Microsoft employee Bruce McKinney, to help legalize marijuana in Washington state: $100,000 US
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somethings wrong with the scale :D
"Stargate : No Limits" is a FREE private indie game created with the Unreal Engine 4. It's a multiplayer and cooperative game based on the Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis TV shows. Our goal is to recreate the famous place of the show and for each one, you will have different gameplay like Deathmatch, Assault, Invasion.
somethings wrong with the scale :D
Yeah, neither the body is too big or the head too small.^^
yeah yeah we saw that will be fixed in next update (head to small for the body)
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"Road To Chiang Mai explores new musical terrain that is as exotic as it is eclectic. With elements of new age, contemporary instrumental, and world music, these lavishly orchestrated compositions evoke stunning sonic vistas that stir the imagination in their unique synergy of East and West." – Michael Diamond
I for one never got tired of listening to it repeatedly. The passion for the subject balanced with the sophisticated melodies is perfect aural pleasure. –R. J. Lannan READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE!!!
I'm more than "just impressed" with the music created here, and give it a MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, with an "EQ" (energy quotient) rating of a (perfect) 5.00 – meaning that it also gets the "PICK" for "best and most inspiring orchestral work". –Rotcod Zzaj READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE!!!
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Benjamin Franklin said beer is proof that God wants us to be happy. And who are we to argue with one of the founding fathers of the United States?
Musician Frank Zappa, a founding father of 60 albums, was equally taken with the stuff: "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline," he said.
"It helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."
Canadians love beer too. And if you've walked into a specialty beer and wine store lately, you know it's a great time to be a beer lover: the selection seemingly gets broader every week. (Check out Viti in the Moda hotel downtown or the Legacy Liquor Store in the Olympic Village – both offer exceptional selections.)
Broadening horizons is also a great way to describe the third annual Vancouver Craft Beer Week, which gets bigger and better every year.
This year, the festival features beer from more than 60 breweries, 60 venues (Frank Zappa would be happy) and nine days of glorious beer. There are tastings, the ever-popular Hop-Headbanger's Ball, more tastings, beer-pairing dinners, beerlesque (beer and burlesque), and, yes, plenty more tastings.
Too many breweries and great beers to list, but keep your beer-goggled eyes out for the taps of Seattle's Odin Brewing Company. The company might be American but it was founded by North Delta's Dan Lee, a former marketing executive from Miller beer.
All Odin's beers are named after Norse gods and the brewery just got distribution in Canada this month. They also produce short-run beers and a very popular Bacon Ale, which actually has a chunk of bacon grease stuck to the inside of each bottle. Reportedly, it's delicious.
Festivities for Craft Beer Week start Friday and run until May 26 at various venues around town. Visit VancouverCraftBeerWeek.com for more information.
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The results are in for this year's EISA awards, and the winners include the likes of Sony, Pentax and Canon.
The association is made up of 50 professional magazines across 19 European countries,and the winners are picked by a panel comprised of journalists and technical professionals.
The winners are as follows:
|European Professional Lens 2011-2012
|Canon EF 70-300mm F4-5.6L IS USM
|European Camera 2011 -2012
|Canon EOS 600D
|European Travel Compact Camera 2011-2012
|Casio EXILIM EX-ZR100
|European Printer 2011-2012
|Epson Stylus Photo R3000
|European Advanced Compact Camera 2011-2012
|Fujifilm Finepix X100
|European Photo Software 2011-2012
|Nik Software Silver Efex Pro 2
|European Advanced SLR Camera 2011-2012
|Nikon D7000
|European All Weather Camera 2011-2012
|Olympus TOUGH TG-810
|European Compact System Camera 2011-2012
|Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3
|European Professional Camera 2011-2012
|Pentax 645D
|European Compact System Lens 2011-2012
|Samsung NX 20-50mm F3.5-5.6 ED i-Function
|European Social Media Camera 2011-2012
|Samsung SH100
|European Lens 2011-2012
|Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
|European Compact Camera 2011-2012
|Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V
|European Zoom Lens 2011-2012
|Tamron AF 18-270mm F3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD
|European Photo Accessory 2011-2012
|Vanguard GH-100 Pistol grip Ball Head