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|The requirement that a recipient or sub recipient who expends over $500,000 in Federal funding in a single fiscal year complete an audit as described in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133. This requirement provides for a "single audit" in the case that multiple Federal agencies are providing funding.
|Accrued Expenditures
|Charges incurred by a recipient during a given period requiring the provision of funds for: (1) goods and other tangible property received; (2) services performed by employees, contractors, subrecipients, and other payees; and (3) other amounts becoming owed under programs for which no current services or performance is required.
|Accrued Income
|Sum of: (1) earnings during a given period from (i) services performed by the recipient, and (ii) goods and other tangible property delivered to purchasers; and (2) amount becoming owed to the recipient for which no current services or performance is required by the recipient.
|Advance Payment
|A payment made to a recipient either before outlays are made by the recipient or through the use of predetermined payment schedules.
|Application Package (Grants)
|A group of specific forms and documents which are used to apply for a specific grant funding opportunity.
|Financial assistance that provides support or stimulation to accomplish a public purpose. Awards include grants and other agreements in the form of money or property in lieu of money, by the Federal government to an eligible recipient. The term does not include: technical assistance, which provides services instead of money; other assistance in the form of loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, or insurance; direct payments of any kind to individuals; and contracts which are required to be entered into and administered under Federal procurement laws and regulations.
|Those receiving the benefit of a grant funded program. In the case of Federal awards, the intended beneficiaries are members of the public.
|Cage Code
|A five-character code which identifies companies doing, or planning to do business with the Federal government and is assigned through the Central Contractor Registration.
|Cash Contributions
|A recipient's cash that is committed to a project, including the outlay of money contributed to the recipient by third parties.
|Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
|An online database of all Federal programs available to state and local governments, Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments, territories and possessions of the United States, domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions, specialized groups, and individuals.
|Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number
|The identifying number that a Federal program is assigned in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).
|Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
|The Central Contractor Registration (CCR) is the primary vendor database for the U.S. Federal government. CCR validates applicant information and electronically shares the secure and encrypted data with the Federal agencies' finance offices to facilitate paperless payments through Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
|Process by which the awarding agency determines that all applicable administrative actions and all required work of the award have been completed by the recipient and the awarding agency.
|Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
|The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis.
|A formal document that describing the agreeement to provide services or goods. A procurement contract under an award or subaward, and a procurement subcontract under a recipient's or subrecipient's contract.
|Condition Class
|A fire regime condition class is a classification of the amount of departure from the natural regime. The three classes are based on low, moderate, and high departure from the central tendency of the natural (historical) regime. This departure results in changes to one or more of the following ecological components: vegetation characteristics (species composition, structural stages, stand age, canopy closure, and mosaic pattern); fuel composition; fire frequency, severity, and pattern; and other associated disturbances (e.g. insect and diseased mortality, grazing, and drought)
|Cooperative Agreement
|An award of financial assistance that is used to enter into the same kind of relationship as a grant; and is distinguished from a grant in that it provides for substantial involvement between the Federal agency and the recipient in carrying out the activity contemplated by the award.
|Cost Principles
|The portion of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) contained in 2 CFR 230, 225, and 230 and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 31.2 that describes the requirements of grant costs in terms of their allowability, resonableness and allocability.
|Cost Sharing or Matching
|The portion of project or program costs not borne by the Federal government.
|Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
|A unique nine-character identification number provided by the commercial company Dun & Bradstreet (D&B).
|Date of Completion (end of grant period)
|The date on which all work under an award is completed or the date on the award document, or any supplement or amendment thereto, on which awarding agency sponsorship ends. Under typical conditions recipients have 30 days from the date of completion to report final expenses and accomplishments, and 90 days to pay expenses incurred before the date of completion.
|Defensible Space
|The area within the perimeter of a parcel where basic wildfire protection practices are implemented, providing the key point of defense from an approaching wildfire or escaping structure fire. The area is characterized by the establishment and maintenance of emergency vehicle access, emergency water reserves, street names and building identification, and fuel modification measures.
|Disallowed Costs
|Charges to an award that the awarding agency determines to be unallowable, in accordance with the applicable Federal cost principles or other terms and conditions contained in the award.
|Discretionary Grant
|A grant (or cooperative agreement) for which the Federal awarding agency generally may select the recipient from among all eligible recipients, may decide to make or not make an award based on the programmatic, technical, or scientific content of an application, and can decide the amount of funding to be awarded.
|Earmark Grants
|Earmark grants are grants that are appropriated by Congress prior to a peer review. The term "earmark" is a reference to the Congressional Record where the awards are written into the legislation specifically with the grant applicant's name, activity and dollar amounts.
|A government program that guarantees and provides benefits to a particular group.
|Environmental Compliance
|The processes and approvals necessary to comply with applical environmental regulations. Federally funded grants awarded through the grants clearinghouse must comply with the Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as well as any applicable state and local laws and regulations.
|Tangible nonexpendable personal property, including exempt property, charged directly to the award and having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit. However, consistent with recipient policy, lower limits may be established.
|Federal Share of Real Property, Equipment, or Supplies
|The percentage of the properties or supplies acquisition costs and any improvement expenditures paid with Federal funds. This will be the same percentage as the Federal share of the total costs under the award for the funding period in which the property was acquired (excluding the value of third party in-kind contributions).
|Fire Behavior
|The manner in which fire reacts to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography.
|Fire Regime
|A natural fire regime is a general classification of the role fire would play across a landscape in the absence of modern human mechanical intervention, but including the influence of aboriginal burning (Agee 1993, Brown 1995). Coarsescale definitions for natural (historical) fire regimes have been developed by Hardy et al. (2001) and Schmidt et al. (2002) and interpreted for fire and fuels management by Hann and Bunnell (2001). The five natural (historical) fire regimes are classified based on average number of years between fires (fire frequency) combined with the severity (amount of replacement) of the fire on the dominant overstory vegetation. These five regimes include:
I – 0-35 year frequency and low (surface fires most common) to mixed severity (less than 75% of the dominant overstory vegetation replaced);
II – 0-35 year frequency and high (stand replacement) severity (greater than 75% of the dominant overstory vegetation replaced);
III – 35-100+ year frequency and mixed severity (less than 75% of the dominant overstory vegetation replaced);
IV – 35-100+ year frequency and high (stand replacement) severity (greater than 75% of the dominant overstory vegetation replaced);
V – 200+ year frequency and high (stand replacement) severity.
|A national, multi-agency effort designed to reach beyond the fire service by involving homeowners, community leaders, planners, developers, and others in the effort to protect people, property, and natural resources from the risk of wildland fire before a fire starts. Firewise offers a series of practical steps that individuals and communities can take to minimize wildfire risks to people, propety and natural resources. It emphasizes community responsibility for planning in the design of a safe community as well as effective emergency response, and individual responsibility for safer home construction and design, landscaping, and maintenance.
|Fiscal Sponsor
|A fiscal sponsor uses its eligible status or capacity to receive funding on behalf of another organization. As used by the California Fire Safe Council in the operation of the Grants Clearinghouse, a fiscal sponsor is an orgnization that assumes the legal responsibility for the management of grant funds awarded to another organiztion.
|All combustible material, especially within the wildland/urban interface or intermix, including but not limited to, vegetation and structures.
|A natural or manmade change in fuel characteristics that affects fire behavior so that fires can be more readily controlled.
|Funding Opportunity Announcement
|A publicly available document by which a Federal agency makes known its intentions to award discretionary grants or cooperative agreements, usually as a result of competition for funds. Funding opportunity announcements may be known as program announcements, notices of funding availability, solicitations, or other names depending on the agency and type of program. Funding opportunity announcements can be found at Grants.gov/FIND and on the Internet at the funding agency's or program's website.
|Funding Period
|The period of time when Federal funding is available for obligation by the recipient.
|An award of financial assistance, the principal purpose of which is to transfer a thing of value from a Federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States (see 31 U.S.C. 6101(3)). A grant is distinguished from a contract, which is used to acquire property or services for the Federal government's direct benefit or use.
|Grant Manager
|A person who performs the administrative processes required for the award of grant funding. The role of grant managers at CFSC includes providing training on the application process, tracking funding and scheduling payments, monitoring progress and performing site visits, providing information on allowable costs, tracking equipment and project documentation, and documenting the completion and close out of projects.
|Home Ignition Zone
|The Home Ignition Zone principally determines a home's ignition potential during an intense fire. The "Zone" includes the homes and their immediate surroundings.
|Under a grant or cooperative agreement, in-kind contributions are items or services, not cash, that are necessary to the completion of a project and are provided by the recipient organization or its partners.
|Management Review
|In the case of grants awarded through CFSC, a management review is an evaluation of the recipient organization's capacity to manage funds with a focus on their policies and procedures for accounting, purchasing, property management, personnel management and travel.
|The amounts of orders placed, contracts and grants awarded, services received and similar transactions during a given period that require payment by the recipient during the same or a future period.
|Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
|Each of the Federal Cabinet Departments has an Office of the Inspector General that provides independent oversight and promotes accountability within the programs, operations, and management of the department agencies.
|A grant applicant who is submitting a grant on behalf of a company, state, local or tribal government, academic or research institution, not-for-profit, or any other type of institution.
|Outlays or Expenditures
|Charges made to the project or program, which may be reported on a cash or accrual basis.
|Pass Through Entity
|A non-Federal entity that provides a Federal Award to a subrecipient to carry out a Federal program.
|Personal Property
|Property of any kind except real property. It may be tangible, having physical existence, or intangible, having no physical existence, such as copyrights, patents, or securities.
|Prior Approval
|Written approval by an authorized awarding agency official evidencing prior consent.
|Program Income
|Gross income earned by the recipient that is directly generated by a supported activity or earned as a result of the award.
|Progress Report
|Periodic documentation of the budget status, accomplishments, and activities associated with a project including changes to the budget, project scope, schedule, and personnel.
|Project Costs
|All allowable costs, as set forth in the applicable Federal cost principles, incurred by a recipient and the value of the contributions made by third parties in accomplishing the objectives of the award during the project period.
|Project Period (grant period)
|The period established in the award document during which awarding agency sponsorship begins and ends.
|Real property, equipment, intangible property and debt instruments.
|Real Property
|Land, including land improvements, structures and appurtenances thereto, but excludes movable machinery and equipment.
|An organization receiving financial assistance directly from an awarding agency to carry out a project or program.
|Scope Change
|A change in the program activities under an award. For Federally funded projects, these require approval from the awarding organization.
|Shaded Fuel Break (SFB)
|Partial removal of live or dead vegetation for the purpose of reducing the intensity of fire behavior. A shaded fuel break retains some canopy cover while surface and ladder fuels are reduced or removed.
|Site Visit
|Site visits are made to recipient organizations by the awarding organization for a variety of purposes which may include visits to new recipients to evaluate their program and financial mangement systems, visits to view project progress, visits to help resolve problems or challenges, or visits to showcase a project's successes.
|Subaward (Subgrant)
|An award of financial assistance in the form of money, or property in lieu of money, made under an award by a recipient to an eligible subrecipient or by a subrecipient to a lower tier subrecipient. The term includes financial assistance when provided by any legal agreement, even if the agreement is called a contract, but does not include procurement of goods and services nor does it include any form of assistance which is excluded from the definition of award.
|The legal entity to which a subaward is made and which is accountable to the recipient for the use of the funds provided.
|All personal property excluding equipment, intangible property, and debt instruments.
|A post-award action by the awarding agency that temporarily withdraws the agency's financial assistance sponsorship under an award, pending corrective action by the recipient or pending a decision to terminate the award.
|The cancellation of awarding agency sponsorship, in whole or in part, under an agreement at any time prior to the date of completion.
|Third Party In-Kind Contributions
|The value of non-cash contributions provided by non-Federal third parties. Third party in-kind contributions may be in the form of real property, equipment, supplies and other expendable property, and the value of goods and services directly benefiting and specifically identifiable to the project or program.
|Wildland-Urban Interface
|Any area where wildland fuels threaten to ignite combustible homes and structures. The location where humans and their development meet or are intermixed with wildland fuels.


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Currently genkernel only knows about Grub Legacy, so you will need to regenerate the Grub2 grub.cfg file after completing the above, using the following command:
Currently genkernel only knows about Grub Legacy, so you will need to regenerate the Grub2 grub.cfg file after completing the above, using the following command:
{{Console|
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Any questions/problems/comments can be posted on the forums.
Any questions/problems/comments can be posted on the forums.
Revision as of 02:11, 4 May 2013
Open a Konsole/Terminal window and use the su command to log in as the root user.
If you have a separate boot partition, make sure it is mounted onto /boot before proceeding. For example, if the boot partition is /dev/sda3 then:
# mount /dev/sda3 /boot
Update portage and genkernel first, then install the newest kernel source code:
# emerge --sync && layman -S
# emerge genkernel
# USE="sources_standalone" emerge sabayon-sources
# eselect kernel list
Note which kernel in the list you want to install. It has a number like this next to it: [x]. More than likely x = 2 [2]. Now use this number in the following command, in order to set the symlink to the new version of the kernel:
# eselect kernel set x
# zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/config
Do the following if you manually edited your partitions:
# genkernel --kernel-config=/usr/src/config --menuconfig --splash=sabayon --disklabel --luks all
Do the following if you used anaconda's automatic diskdruid or created a lvm:
# genkernel --kernel-config=/usr/src/config --menuconfig --splash=sabayon --disklabel --lvm --luks all
When you get into the linux kernel menu where you can go and edit all sorts of linux kernel variables (and it's very tempting to mess with), unless you are very, VERY well versed in understanding what it is you are doing, the default settings are good and reliable to start with and will create a kernel that actually WORKS.
SO, you can simply exit and save without changing anything, this way your kernel will compile and you can actually boot into it.
Then we need to rebuild our modules and such to make sure everything works with the new kernel. So do:
# module-rebuild rebuild
Sometimes this will fail if old modules are still around, so you might need to re-emerge your video drivers
I had to re-emerge my nvidia drivers because the old drivers were no longer in the portage tree:
# emerge nvidia-drivers
OR, if you have an ATI GPU:
# emerge ati-drivers
and if it says that ati-drivers-<version> is unavailable, try:
# module-rebuild del ati-drivers-<version>
If you still have problems, you can clean-out and renew your moduledb first like this:
# rm /var/lib/module-rebuild/moduledb # module-rebuild populate # module-rebuild rebuild
Note that the latest kernel has built-in wireless stuff, causing the wireless modules to fail the module-rebuild. The trick is to make sure the wireless stuff is enabled during the kernel compile.
Currently genkernel only knows about Grub Legacy, so you will need to regenerate the Grub2 grub.cfg file after completing the above, using the following command:
# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Any questions/problems/comments can be posted on the forums.
Now, reboot.
Choose to boot into your freshly compiled kernel, the old reliable one will still be there and may be a nice backup for safe keeping so, don't worry about getting rid of it.
There you have it. It will take some time, but it's good.
Unsupported kernels
For other unsupported kernels, please have a look at the unsupported software section at the Gentoo forums.
Most unsupported kernels are in the custom-kernels overlay which is accessible with Layman.
# layman -a custom-kernels
WARNING No. 1: Think carefully about what you are trying to achieve here, i.e. do you want to upgrade to a newer version of the kernel or do you want to rebuild the same version of the kernel you are currently using (perhaps, optionally, making some manual changes to the kernel configuration)? Note that the zcat command mentioned above creates a configuration file based on the currently-running kernel. However, the configuration of the current kernel may not be suitable for the new version of the kernel sources you just merged (downloaded). It could be that you want or need to use a configuration file for the new version of kernel you have just merged. To give a hypothetical example in order to try and illustrate the distinction, let's suppose you are currently running the 2.6.22 kernel but now want to build the 2.6.25 kernel. In which case you would not need to bother with the zcat command as some of the configuration parameters in the 2.6.22 kernel do not exist in the 2.6.25 kernel (and vice versa), so instead of using a file /usr/src/config you could create using zcat, you would instead use the .config file (notice the dot) in the directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-sabayon/ created when you merged linux-sabayon-2.6.25 earlier, which is different from the .config file (and config file created by zcat) for the 2.6.22 kernel. In other words, you would instead use the command:
# genkernel --kernel-config=/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-sabayon/.config --menuconfig --bootloader=grub --splash=sabayon --disklabel all
# genkernel --kernel-config=/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-sabayon/.config --menuconfig --bootloader=grub --splash=sabayon --disklabel --lvm all
if you used anaconda's automatic diskdruid or created a lvm.)
Notice the difference between "--kernel-config=/usr/src/config" ( the file "config" would be created by using the zcat command) and "--kernel-config=/usr/src/linux-2.6.25-sabayon/.config" (the file ".config" would be created when you merge linux-sabayon-2.6.25).
Note also that the file /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-sabayon/.config would be the same as the file /usr/portage/local/layman/sabayon/sys-kernel/linux-sabayon/files/linux-sabayon-2.6.25-x86.config if you merged linux-sabayon-2.6.25 for the x86 edition of Sabayon Linux, or the file /usr/portage/local/layman/sabayon/sys-kernel/linux-sabayon/files/linux-sabayon-2.6.25-amd64.config if you merged linux-sabayon-2.6.25 for the x86_64 edition of Sabayon Linux. Thus, if you run one of the above commands and an error message is displayed to the effect that /usr/src/linux-2.6.25-sabayon/.config cannot be opened, then try using --kernel-config=/usr/portage/local/layman/sabayon/sys-kernel/linux-sabayon/files/linux-sabayon-2.6.25-x86.config (or /usr/portage/local/layman/sabayon/sys-kernel/linux-sabayon/files/linux-sabayon-2.6.25-amd64.config if you have the 64-bit edition of SL installed). Note also that the default location of the Portage overlay sources has been changed from directory /usr/portage/local/layman/ to directory /usr/local/portage/layman/ in the latest version of SL (and Gentoo), so modify the aforementioned command accordingly if you are using SL 4.0 and onwards. For example, in the case of the 2.6.31 kernel the switch would be the following for the x86 edition:
and the following for the x86_64 edition:

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By Lisa Capobianco
Staff Writer
With the holiday season approaching, the windows of vacant buildings on Center Street will soon show off their festive side with art work created by local artist Mary DeCroce and other artists.
The idea originated from Economic Development Coordinator Lou Perillo, who wanted to showcase the vacant buildings to prospective businesses while entertaining visitors in Southington. After approaching the idea with DeCroce, who soared with it, the town approved of the project, which costs $3,000 according to Perillo.
Perillo said his inspiration for the idea stemmed from other decorated storefront sites in New York City, Hartford and other cities. He hopes the initiative will stir excitement and activity for visitors in and outside of Southington while providing prospective business owners an opportunity for occupancy in the area and to visualize how they can use the space.
"If we create the importance of art in the downtown area, it may draw more people," Perillo said.
Three buildings on Center Street will showcase the artwork, including the building where Mainly Seafood once stood, along with the former office space for a hair salon and a photography place.
So far DeCroce has received approval to decorate four vacant windows, and has yet to receive permission for the remaining six windows. Each window will have a three dimensional winter themes: a train with a winter scene, a winter scene with penguins, winter wonderland and the winter holidays.
DeCroce, along with three local artists, have already completed their design ideas. DeCroce said she also hopes to recruit student volunteers. Sponsors for the project include United Bank, the Southington Community Cultural Arts (SCCA) and Baron Realty Group, LLC, which have all paid for art materials.
"When you have art in town people want to connect to, you create economic value in town," DeCroce said.
DeCroce said she feels thrilled that the project comes just in time for the annual "Hospitality Night" event, which will feature holiday lights on December 6.
"It would be a great addition to the night," DeCroce said.
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By Lisa Capobianco


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So the IIHF World Championships have concluded and the champions have been crowned in Yevgeni Malkin… I mean Russia. Russia was the dominant team throughout the tournament and perhaps no player was as dominant as Malkin. Where Russia won, I thought it's play wasn't harmonious and at times it was disjointed, but thanks to strong individual players who WANT to play, game-play mistakes are easy to overcome. Apart from Russia's championship, I think the story of the games has been Slovakia. Last year in Bratislava, the games ended in tears when the Slovakian team ended up outside the medal games. Where as a Habs fan it might sound weird me saying this, but the gesture from Zdeno Chara after the game was classy. Wearing Pavol Demitra's jersey to the medal ceremony was a really classy move.
Demitra undoubtedly was the Slovaks' sixth player on the ice in each of their games. Causes like these are great to rally behind that can carry a team a long way. Demitra, who is a legend in Slovakian hockey, lost his life in the tragic plane accident that claimed the entire Yaroslav Lokomotiv team in September.
First off, let's review the tickets, that have been talked about in the press and on my blog in great extent. From that point of view, it has been one of the most embarrassing World Championships I can remember. Watching the games via YouTube (I'll get to that later) saw empty arenas in nearly all of the games in Helsinki and it wasn't that great across the pond in Stockholm. I honestly think that the organisers of the games failed big time. Comparing to the games hosted in Slovakia last year, the TV coverage that I saw showed that the tournament was well publicised in the host towns, but judging by what I've seen on videos, there hasn't really been that much in terms of visibility in Helsinki or Stockholm. Even one of the Russian players went on to say that these were the worst World Championships that he has played in.
Furthermore, a bit of an embarrasement, the organisers now have to get advice from Edmonton who arranged the World U-20 championships recently. Finland and Sweden aren't exactly new to the hockey thing so it is embarrassing to say the least that they have to get help on how to make everything work. The scary prospect is that the two countries and the same organisers are in charge of arranging next years' tournament as well. Hooray for another year of empty arenas and overpriced… well… overpriced EVERYTHING (€7 for a "pint").
I do hope that the Finnish Ice Hockey Association is true to its word and guides the profits directly to junior development. It is in the grass roots where hockey has to be nurtured and talents developed. Additionally, though I know hockey isn't the cheapest of sports to play, the Finns need to attract kids to start playing hockey as well and the sport shouldn't be for the privileged, neither as a hobby or as a spectator sport.
But anyways, what did the games leave us with? Well there were some interesting games, who would have thought that one of the best round robin games was between France and Kazakhstan. In fact during round robin, it was the 'smaller' countries that provided more entertainment than any other game in the schedule, except maybe apart from USA vs Canada.
Speaking of Canada, I know my post about the Canadian team antics was read quite a few times, but I realised that the point that didn't come across properly in it was the fact that I don't have a problem with players going out during the tournament, it happens and as players we've all been there and done it. However, it was more the outburst that caught my attention. Other teams were seen in Helsinki nightlife and conducted themselves appropriately. Granted it was only a onetime thing and I guess the reason why Getzlaf's and Perry's exploits were followed closely is because the Ducks have been under a magnifying glass in Finland because of one Teemu Selanne. But let by gones be by gones and all that jazz. I could say many colourful things of what I think of Getzlaf as a captain of a team, but I will only say, I feel sorry for Saku Koivu and Teemu Selanne.
For me personally, the low point of the games was when the IIHF pulled the live YouTube broadcasts, hence why I reduced the amount of 'ink' and space I gave the IIHF.
That is something unheard of in sports broadcasting and I'm sure the IIHF has had a huge backlash from people all over the world. I had numerous conversations on Twitter and Facebook about the decision to pull the feeds and all were equally disappointed. The common factor among the comments was this: "Shame, I've never watched the world championships and I was quite enjoying it." Or "What's the point of watching them with 30 minute delay if I can get another stream from the Internet." There you go IIHF. Even if you tried to protect the TV broadcast deals you talked about, people will find a way to watch the games live and un-interrupted. I really do hope that the IIHF figures this out. You have a year to do it. GET IT RIGHT!
The one thing that I do think that the games needed and it is something that I have been saying for years when talking about it with relatives and friends. Kalervo Kummola needs to move over from the helm at Finnish ice hockey. I have nothing against Kummola personally and if anything we should all be grateful for what he has done to Finnish hockey and the way he has cultivated the sport. But it is time to move over now. I feel that Kummola is past it and 'not with the times' anymore and that his views of the game and the way things should be done are somewhat archaic.
Kummola's hockey resume is something to envy, but right now I feel that what would be best for Finnish hockey is to get some fresh blood in and get new views and expand our horizons further. Finland has a great legacy in hockey and the sport means a lot to the nation and I think now, if ever, would be time to mix things up a bit.
Personally, I don't think Kummola's successor has to be a someone with a background in hockey, but someone who can bring an innovative new way to develop players and who is not stuck in the same mindset as the current core of the powers that be.
With Russia now the reigning world champion's we are waiting for another 365 before Sweden and Finland again host the games, with this time Sweden being the lead country for hosting. Good thing the organisers have already come out and said that they'll review the ticket prices for next year. Oh, I do hope that they mean review the prices on basis of reducing them, not hiking them up even more.


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Charlie Bowout
The day after his failure to protect the dwagons involved in the raids on the siege train, Parson has little to work with. Stanley has begun the day by giving all Units orders to either attend him or return to Gobwin Knob, preventing Parson from using any Units offensively. Parson decides to do the only things he can: he decides to play mindgames with the enemy.
The plan required the following resources:
- a Thinkamancer, Maggie, to form the link and ensure Charlie did not attempt to influence Parson's mind
The Plan
Parson plans to approach Charlie, the Ruler of Charlescomm via Thinkagram first. Parson's goal is to convince Charlie to switch sides, and fight against the Royal Crown Coalition. To achieve this, Parson intends to offer the services of his Mathamancy Bracer.
Charlie declines Parson's offer, but he does indicate that he would like to work with Parson in the future. He finds Parson interesting.
Following a failed assault by coalition air forces against the Tower in an attempt to capture Wanda, Charlie contacts Parson with a counter offer. Charlie is intended to join Transylvito forces for an ambush on Stanley, who is presumably headed for Jillian's home cities of vanished Faq to start a new side. In exchange for 12 Mathamancy calculations, Charlie would make an offer to Transylvito that they could not accept, leaving the ambush with insufficient forces to destroy Stanley.
Stanley survives the ambush, and finds himself returning to Gobwin Knob, but clearly the added magic of the Archons could have tipped the balance. Charlie was correct in thinking the forces of the ambush were insufficient without him.
Charlie uses two of his calculations immediately, the first to determine if fourteen Archons could capture the Garrison (which was negative), and the second was to determine exactly how many Archons it would take. The next day approximately 30 Archons take up residence in Gobwin Knob's Airspace.
Charlie develops an intense interest in Parson as a result of the conversation, to the point that he later attempts to ensure Parson's survival by making a term in his contract with the Royal Crown Coalition. Charlie will also attempt to convince Parson to escape the coming onslaught by providing an aerial escape. Parson will politely decline.
Parson is able to use this deal to prevent Wanda from going on a rescue mission to save Stanley from the ambush. This gives Parson access to her magic and effects for that day's battle, which would turn out to be the end of the fighting for Gobwin Knob.
Charlie's counter-offer comes in the form of a Eyebook communication, revealing that he could participate in the communications of these Magic Items. The full extent of what Charlie could do (ie. read other people's conversations), is never determined by Parson. It should be noted that Parson never uses the Eyebooks to communicate during the remainder of the Battle for Gobwin Knob, probably because the Eyebooks are clearly compromised. He does, however, continue to use the Klog feature.


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1. the specific location or arrangement of continuing or successive objects or events in space or time.
2. the extent of a ramifying structure such as an artery or nerve and its branches.
3. the geographical range of an organism or disease.
frequency distribution in statistics, a mathematical function that describes the distribution of measurements on a scale for a specific population.
normal distribution a symmetrical distribution of scores with the majority concentrated around the mean; for example, that representing a large number of independent random events. It is in the shape of a bell-shaped curve. Called also gaussian distribution. See illustration.
probability distribution a mathematical function that assigns to each measurable event in a sample group the probability that the event will occur.
nor·mal dis·tri·bu·tion
a specific bell-shaped frequency distribution commonly assumed by statisticians to represent the infinite population of measurements from which a sample has been drawn; characterized by two parameters, the mean (x) and the standard deviation (σ), in the equation:
Synonym(s): gaussian curve, gaussian distribution
normal distribution
(in statistics) a theoretic distribution frequency of variable data usually represented graphically by a bell-shaped curve that reaches a peak about the mean.
normal distributionA bell-shaped frequency distribution of data, the plotted curve of which is symmetrical about the mean, indicating no significant deviation of the data set from the mean.
Properties of a normal distribution
Continuous and symmetrical, with both tails extending to infinity; arithmetic mean, mode, and median are identical. The curve's shape is completely determined by the mean and standard deviation.
gaus·si·an dis·tri·bu·tion(gow'sē-ăn dis'tri-byū'shŭn)
The statistical distribution of members of a population around the population mean. In a gaussian distribution, 68.2% of values fall within ± 1 standard deviation (SD); 95.4% fall within ± 2 SD of the mean; and 99.7% fall within ± 3 SD of the mean.
Synonym(s): bell-shaped curve, normal distribution.
Synonym(s): bell-shaped curve, normal distribution.
normal distributionGaussian distribution, a distribution which when expressed graphically is bell-shaped. The distribution to which many frequency distributions of biological variables, such as height, weight, intelligence, etc correspond.
Gauss,Johann K.F., German physicist, 1777-1855.
gauss - a unit of magnetic field intensity.
gaussian curve - a specific bell-shaped frequency distribution. Synonym(s): gaussian distribution; normal distribution
gaussian distribution - Synonym(s): gaussian curve
normal distributiongraphical distribution of normal data, following a bell-shaped curve; the mean, median and mode all coincide at the central high point of the curve; 67% of data lie within ± 1 standard deviation (sd) of the spread of the sample data; 95% lie within ± 2 sds
nor·mal dis·tri·bu·tion(nōr'măl dis'tri-byū'shŭn)
Specific bell-shaped frequency distribution commonly assumed by statisticians to represent the infinite population of measurements from which a sample has been drawn.
normal distribution,
n a curve representing the frequency with which the values of a variable are obtained or observed when the number is infinite and variation is subject only to chance factors. The curve is a symmetrical, bell-shaped curve with the highest frequency occurring in the middle and gradually tapering toward the extremes. In a normal distribution, 68.2% of all scores cluster around the mean within approximately 1 standard deviation, 95.4% within approximately 2 standard deviations, and 99.7% within approximately 3 standard deviations. Also called
normal curve, Gauss' curve.
normal curve, Gauss' curve.
the arrangement of numerical data. The arrangement may be in accordance with magnitude, a frequency distribution, or in relation to geographical location, a spatial distribution.
age distribution
see age distribution.
bimodal distribution
the distribution has two regions of high frequency of observations separated by a zone of low frequency.
binomial distribution
a probability distribution associated with two mutually exclusive outcomes.
cluster distribution
a nonrandom distribution with observations aggregating about geographic or temporal variables. May be deceptive and merely reflect the distribution of an uneven population.
frequency distribution
a table or graph of the frequency of occurrence of each value of a variable.
Gaussian distribution
see normal distribution (below).
hypergeometric distribution
may apply to sampling without replacement of a finite population.
lognormal distribution
a distribution which is normal when the log values of the variable are considered.
normal distribution
a graph of the distribution appears as a bell-shaped curve which is symmetrical on the two sides of the vertical axis through the peak of the curve. Called also gaussian distribution.
parent distribution
the distribution (population) that was originally sampled.
Poisson distribution
see poisson distribution.
regular distribution
distributed at regular intervals of time or space; all values within its given interval are equally likely.
sex distribution
an increase in frequency in one sex, which includes neutered males and neutered females. Called also sex-linked or sex-associated.
skewed distribution
a distribution in which the curve illustrating it is not symmetrical but has a long tail on one or other side of the graph.
spatial distribution
variations in distribution related to position in space, e.g. close to the door of a barn.
see t-test.
temporal distribution
variation in distribution related to time, e.g. occurrence of disease incidents after visits by veterinarians, inseminators, feed salesmen.
1. agreeing with the regular and established type. When said of a solution, it denotes one containing one chemical equivalent of solute per liter of solution; e.g. a 0.5 normal (0.5 N) solution has a concentration of 0.5 Eq/l. The use of standard units (Eq/l) is now generally preferred in pharmacy and clinical medicine although elsewhere molarity (M) is used.
2. in the context of infectious diseases, not immunized or infected.
3. statistically speaking, the values of a variable which follow a bell-shaped or Gaussian distribution.
normal distribution
see normal distribution.
normal limits
limits of the classification of 'normal' in the results of a test.
normal saline
contains 0.9% sodium chloride. Called also isotonic saline.


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- Passive and Active Measurement Conference paper by Google "Evaluating IPv6 Adoption in the Internet" (April 2010)
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Specialized 2014 Epic, Stumpjumper HT and Crave – first look
Epic split into two variations, while Carve becomes Crave
Enduro racing might be the hot topic in mountain biking today, but Specialized is continuing to push the cross-country envelope for 2014. Included in the range is a new collection of Epics, a revamped Stumpjumper HT carbon 29er hardtail, and the more refined Crave aluminum 29er hardtail for when going fast is your top priority.
For a rundown of the full Epic, Stumpjumper HT and Crave range, see our photo gallery on the right.
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Three new Epics, including World Cup and S-Works Carbon models
Ten years after launching the original Epic to a chorus of pundits criticizing it as too heavy and slow to be successful on the cross-country stage, Specialized has completely overhauled the design for 2014, and split it into two variants.
Marathon riders and general cross-country riders will get a lighter and snappier version of what they already know, while more dedicated competitors will find an edgier World Cup edition with slightly shorter travel, sharper handling and even more efficiency. Specialized says the new 100mm travel S-Works Epic Carbon sheds about 50g from the previous version, while offering increased frame stiffness and overall efficiency.
This is thanks to all-new frame tube shapes and the stiffer 'shock block' upper swing link, borrowed from the Enduro and Camber range, that rigidly bolts directly to the back of the shock eyelet. A new concentric pivot design on that link also piggybacks several pivots together around a single axis to further reduce weight and potential flex points.
S-Works Epic World Cup
Added to that is a smaller and lighter rear shock that ditches many of the softer settings of last year's bike. Just five clicks are left on the Brain Fade adjuster, for easier setup. And, despite the firmer threshold, Specialized claims the transition between fully locked and active is yet again smoother than before for better performance on rough courses.
"We're trying to make it simple but still effective," says Specialized mountain bike PR man Sam Benedict. Should a buyer not like the stock settings, Benedict points out that the company still offers its S-Tune program for a custom feel.
Other features for 2014 include thru-axles at the rear andfront, internal routing that can be configured for up to four lines, chain stays that are 16mm narrower at the rear for improved heel clearance, in-molded headset bearing seats, post-mount rear brake caliper tabs tucked inside the rear triangle, a high direct-mount front derailleur tab, and a slightly revised rear shock position that's now tucked a little more tightly into the top tube than before.
The Brain-equipped fork should provide a balanced feel with the Brain-equipped shock
That new shock position lends a slightly cleaner silhouette than before but also provides one huge advantage over most other full-suspension cross-country bikes: the ability to mount two water bottles inside the main triangle. And not just any two water bottles – we're talking two big ones on sizes medium and higher. This might seem like a trivial point to trail riders accustomed to donning hydration packs, but for racers it's a big deal.
Along those lines, Specialized also introduces the SWAT (Storage, Water, Air, Tools) accessory suite on the new Epic. It will be included as standard equipment on S-Works, Expert Carbon, and Marathon-level bikes.
The full SWAT suite includes three separate pieces: a small plastic box that secures to a third rivnut on the down tube to hold a spare inner tube, CO2 inflator, and tire lever; a mini-tool that snaps securely into a hidden socket just ahead of the forward shock mount; and a chain tool that stores inside the steerer tube and doubles as a headset preload cap.
In total, all of the SWAT bits add about half a kilogram to the bike weight, but it's all tucked neatly out of the way and is always available without you having to strap on a bunch of bags or resort to unsightly electrical tape.
The SWAT accessory suite includes this frame-mounted flat pack
Critical geometry figures are mostly carried over on the standard Epic version, including the 70.5-degree head tube angle and 448mm-long chain stays. So handling should still fall on the quicker end of the spectrum.
If that's still too tame, consider the even edgier Epic World Cup, which is designed exclusively for use with single-ring drivetrains – there is no provision (or room) for a front derailleur.
The front end is shared with the standard Epic (save for the omission of the front derailleur tab). But the World Cup's dedicated rear end offers just 95mm of travel (with a fork to match), the chain stays are 9mm shorter, and the head tube angle is 0.5 degrees steeper. Epic World Cups will also have firmer Brain Fade damper tunes, and there is no SWAT kit included.
Actual weight for a large Epic World Cup is a stunning 8.9kg (19.6lb) without pedals and with just a few minor upgrades (foam grips, a lighter S-Works Renegade front tire, and a 160mm front rotor). There's a similarly stunning price tag of US$10,500 to match (UK pricing is to be announced).
Thankfully, pricing on carbon Epics will start at a more reasonable US$4,250 (UK pricing to be announced) and there will be all-new aluminum Epics with similar frame upgrades and an even more dramatic weight loss of 200g relative to the previous version.
New carbon and aluminum hardtails
Stumpjumper HT carbon hardtails have undergone a similar transformation for 2014, with a lighter frame, quicker handling, more efficient rear end, and a generally sleeker look all better fitting the platform's racing intentions.
Also included is the same configurable internal cable routing as on the new Epic, plus 142x12mm thru-axle rear dropouts, and post-mount rear caliper tabs tucked inside the rear triangle.
Three rivnuts on the down tube will make the new Stumpjumper HT compatible with Specialized's SWAT system, too, although in this case the multi-tool will be affixed to the bottom of the seat tube-mounted bottle cage.
S-Works Stumpjumper Carbon 29er
Claimed frame weight for the top-end S-Works edition is down just slightly to 1,050g, and Specialized will have about half a dozen new models for 2014, including World Cup editions with SRAM 1×11 drivetrains. The Stumpjumper Comp Carbon and women's specific Fate models will use the same frame as last year, though, and alloy Stumpjumper frames will be carried over as well.
Specialized's mid-range aluminum 29er hardtails get a wholesale redesign, plus a new name – Crave, as there was apparently some sort of trademark dispute with the old Carve moniker.
Compared to last year, the top-end Crave Pro's triple-butted alloy chassis sheds more than 200g for a claimed 19in frame weight of 1,585g, while gaining a more comfortable rear end. There's also 6mm to 9mm more standover depending on size, plus cleaner-looking dropouts, larger chain stays, and a broader top tube.
There will be five Crave models for 2014, with prices ranging from US$1,300 to US$2,000. UK pricing was not immediately available.
Last year's Carve is a lighter bike with a new name – Crave


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