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This is a quick 3 minute video plus narration that illustrates what might be the most important dating principle that I'll give you on this blog. Watch above, then come back for the discussion...don't worry, I'll wait...
Back? Great, so then now you should know what a "first follower" is and how important that role is in the life of another person looking to accomplish something new, non-traditional or out of the ordinary in life. Essentially, for anyone following their dreams, looking to grow or just seeking happiness, this description fits. And if that's the case, then entering their life, are you prepared to play the role of a "first follower?" Can you be the one that jumps behind the vision of another just because? Can you be the person in another person's life who is the first to say, "ok, I agree with you" when they confess their goal or other vision for themselves? If so, then you've just taken the first step to becoming irreplaceable.
That's what you want to be in your relationship - maybe hard to find, but impossible to replace. In that situation, Girlfriend, there is a guy that will stick with you. Why? Because you're helping him to reach a higher ground for himself. You're the one who makes him not crazy when he decides that he wants to climb Mt. Whitney or start a new business venture. You're the one who makes the magic happen...and just with the simple step of being the first to allow his vision to be your reality as well. It takes courage to be that first follower. Is it in you?
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MidAmerican Energy Company Warns of Scam
The company that supplies natural gas to customers in Sioux Falls is warning about a telephone scam that's using the company's name.
MidAmerican Energy Company, which is based in Des Moines, Iowa, says dozens of its customers have reported receiving phone calls claiming to be from MidAmerican Energy.
This part of the scam is all too familiar: the caller says there is a problem with the customer's account and that they need to make an immediate payment to avoid disconnection.
The caller then asks for credit card or bank account information to process the payment.
You;'ve heard this advice before: Credit card numbers, account information and personal information should not be provided to a suspicious or unsolicited caller.
MidAmerican Energy says if you get such a call, you should hang up immediately and notify law enforcement.
Then you are asked to contact MidAmerican Energy at 888-427-5632 to report the incident and seek assistance.

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Goal setting helps direct an athlete's attention to appropriate behaviors necessary for athletic success, it helps increase an athlete's persistence in the face of adversity and difficulty, and, it increases effort and output in both practice and competition.
There are three types of goals: Performance goals, Outcome goals and Do Your Best goals. The preferred type of goals to set are performance goals that specify both the observable behavior and the time frame for when these changes will occur. I generally recommend that for every outcome goal that a coach or athlete sets, it should be accompanied by at least four process goals. For example, if you set a goal to become a starter on next year's team (an outcome goal) you should set four process goals that will increase the likelihood of you achieving that goal. These performance goals would be behavior or activities over which you have complete control and your participation and ultimate success is virtually guaranteed.
An example of four process goals to accompany the outcome goal of starting might be:
What should be clear from these examples is that:
In order for goal setting to work for you and your team, the following guidelines should be followed:
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text: Hey Stuart, Thanks much for the detail. So, if I am reading you correctly your test was on a single physical PHI (you will later expand to multiple PHIs). This was a highly parallel single precision application which showed the expected linear speed up to 60 cores ... then a kink as you cross into hyper-threaded operation with a 1/2 as steep slope up to factor of two to 120 core-equivalents with a 4 to 1 over subscription of hyper-threads. This was all done with the Intel compilers on an unmodified pthreaded code that is well-vectored. A good result ... on an application that is a perfect candidate for PHI. To run elsewhere with CUDA, OpenMP, or OpenACC directives would require quite a bit of recoding which you were happy to avoid. My guess is if you had a CUDA implementation you would see better performance on a FERMI or KEPLER, but that is a programming path you do not wish to take. This is an interesting case to hear about. The flack (technical marketing) from NVIDIA is to focus on the difficulty of using the 'offload' model and Intel extensions to OpenMP, Cylk, etc., articulate their hardware's performance advantages, and talk about OpenACC. These arguments are not unreasonable, but clearly not universallydeciding. Thanks much ... and good luck getting all your other codes to scale just as well. rbw On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Dr Stuart Midgley <sdm900 at gmail.com>wrote: > Evening > > Sorry for the slow response. > > Most of our codes are pthreads, we have avoided MPI and OpenMP as much as > possible. Our current cluster consists of Nehalem, Westmere, Sandy Bridge > and Interlagos of various flavours. Our Phi cards are in Sandy Bridge > systems (host machine has 16 cores with 128GB ram). We run the intel > compilers. > > Our fastest systems are the 64core Interlagos systems (256GB ram) running > at 2.6GHz. For a few of our most important kernels, a single phi had > greater throughput than a whole node. Which, if you count the flops, is > expected. The Phi's have a massive amount of single precision floating > point performance (our codes are single precision). > > Our kernels vectorise very well (lots of hand coded SSE3) and are expected > for run very well on the phi (we haven't tested these codes yet). The > codes we have tested are trivially parallel and very FP heavy - they ported > easily to the phi and run very well. > > The codes I tested (in like 2hrs) saw linear speedup to 60cores and then a > "kink" in performance and then continued performance gains right up to 240 > threads. Essentially these codes are single cpu with a trivial wrapper > around them to hand out work. This is exactly what hyper threading was > designed to help. So at 240 threads, we were about 120 times faster than a > single thread of this code. At 60 threads, we were 60 times faster :) > > Again, since the codes I tested were small data in, small data out and > heavy compute and trivially parallel, running over multiple phi's is > trivial and provide linear performance gains. As we start porting more of > our complex codes, I expect to see similar gains. Our codes already run > very very well on 64 cores… > > The phi's are separate cards, in separate pcie slots. I have not delved > into the programming api's fully, but I suspect you can utilise the one phi > card for your threaded codes. The way I've been running is with a native > phi application (basically using the Phi as a separate linux cluster node)… > using it in offload mode is very different and you may well be able to get > your kernel running across both with the right pragmas. > > To be 100% honest, we took the boots and all approach. If we only > purchased 1 phi to test on, we would never expend the energy to port all > our codes. Purchasing hundreds of them gives you a lot of impetus to port > your codes quickly :) > > > -- > Dr Stuart Midgley > sdm900 at sdm900.com > > > > > On 13/02/2013, at 12:38 AM, Richard Walsh <rbwcnslt at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey Stuart, > > > > Thanks for your answer ... > > > > That sounds compelling. May I ask a few more questions? > > > > So should I assume that this was a threaded SMP type application > > (OpenMP, pthreads) or it is MPI based? Is the supporting CPU of the > > multi-core Sandy Bridge vintage? Have you been able to compare > > the hyper-threaded, multi-core scaling on that Sandy Bridge side of the > > system with that on the Phi (fewer cores to compare of course). Using > the > > Intel compilers I assume ... how well do your kernels vectorize? Curious > > about the observed benefits of hyper-threading, which generally offers > > little to floating-point intensive HPC computations where functional unit > > collision is an issue. You said you have 2 Phis per node. Were you > > running a single job across both? Were the Phis in separate PCIE > > slots or on the same card (sorry I should know this, but I have just > > started looking at Phi). If they are on separate cards in separate > > slots can I assume that I am limited to MPI parallel implementations > > when using both. > > > > Maybe that is more than a few questions ... ;-) ... > > > > Regards, > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20130214/00f5ec23/attachment.html>


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- The ability to link multiple discussion topics to a single gradebook item.
- Retain all settings, specifically the requirement to use Respondus Lockdown Browser, when importing a quiz from the LOR.
- The ability to randomize all multiple choice/select questions for an entire quiz instead of having to do it question-by-question.
- The ability to link a discussion forum to a gradebook item instead of just a topic.
- Add reverse release conditions which hide an item once a student completes the indicated task.
- The ability to ensure release conditions not being met are up-to-date affecting objects linked to from Content.
- The ability to have scores transfer from a rubric to a discussion assessment area.
- The ability to password protect dropboxes and content items.
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- The ability to add comments/feedback within attendance.
- The ability to add parameters for users to select a date
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- When you perform a course copy in D2L, re-direct users back to the edit course screen instead of the import/export/copy components tool.
- The ability to email all users with no submission to a Discussion topic.
- When an email message has been read, the email is then removed from the notifications in the mini-bar message area.
- Update the quiz timer to count down in hours, minutes, and sections NOT just hours and minutes.
- The ability for Instructors to hide courses within the my courses widget.
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Areia — SuicideGirl of the Day
Meet Areia, a 24-year-old SuicideGirl who says she's lost. This hottie may not know where she is, but she will cook you up something delicious in the kitchen, where she spends her time working as a chef.
Name: Areia
Age: 24
Location: I'm lost
Occupation: Chef
My idea of a good time: When I go out, ANYTHING can happen.
Into: Dancing
Not into: Bad moods
Makes me happy: Rainbows
Things I can't live without: Positive vibrations, gems, dancing, friends
I spend most of my free time: Dreaming
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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James A. Goddard
James A. "Jim" Goddard, son of Otto O. and Irene (Poland) Goddard, was born May 21, 1945, in Marion, Kan. He passed from his earthly life on Saturday Sept. 1, 2012, at the age of 67 in the Via Christi St. Francis Hospital Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Inpatient Unit. in Wichita, Kan.
He married Belita A. Winchester on Nov. 15, 1964, in Maize, Kan. Jim was a retired police officer for the city of Peabody, Kan.
He is survived by his wife, Belita; daughter, Robin Stukey, and her husband Gregg; son, Steve Goddard, and his wife Nancy all of Newton, Kan.; former son-in-law, Steve Clements of Wichita; grandchildren Dylan Clements, Garrett Goddard, and Sydney Goddard, all of Newton; step-grandchildren Kayla Stukey of Newton and Nichole Stukey of Marion; sisters, Ellen Hein and Shirley Williams both of Roseburg, Ore. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews and many friends.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Howard and Phillip Goddard; and sisters Mary Steele and Marjorie Branson.
A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at Petersen Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Larry Sadowski presiding. Cremation has taken place and a private family inurnment will take place at a later date.
Memorials are suggested to the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice inpatient until at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in care of Petersen Funeral Home.
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Historically, BlackBerry devices have been marketed as business tools geared toward working professionals. Though some minor things have changed, such as the appearance of BlackBerry's App World , which features a wide array of games for BlackBerry devices, it seems impossible to deny the fact that BlackBerries will forever be tied to the business world.
Building business apps using the BlackBerry browser has never been easier, as the architecture is simplistic and straightforward. The BlackBerry browser is a Java ME application, and according to Research in Motion, this is the operating system that has been a part of the company's technology for almost ten years. As we all know, technology moves quickly, and many changes have been made to the browser over the past decade, but at its core, it is the same.
If you've been a BlackBerry developer for a while now, you already understand this. But for those of you who are new to the world of creating business applications for BlackBerry, it's important to understand that BlackBerry's latest browser (version v4.6) supports loads of markups and web 2.0 functions.
Why Build Business Apps with the BlackBerry Browser?
If you're new to business application development for BlackBerry, the BlackBerry browser is the perfect place to start. Research in Motion, BlackBerry's owner, works diligently to ensure that all developers who are new to the BlackBerry platform are able to start creating business applications immediately using the skills they already have. Essentially, the tools have been tailored to make it easy for new users to pick up without sacrificing any functionality.
Now for those of you who are already familiar with the platform, it also offers you powerful development potential. The BlackBerry Browser will enable your users to access business applications quickly and easily using BlackBerry's web infrastructure.
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In order to make the most of BlackBerry's platform, developers can leverage existing wireless connectivity and take advantage of more familiar web-based user interfaces. The fact that BlackBerry's application data can pull the same wireless compression, encryption, connection, and infrastructure as its e-mail might be of extra interest to BlackBerry business app developers because it means that it's no longer necessary to build extra networking functions. Now usually, browser-based apps act as traditional client/server deployments, but when using the BlackBerry browser to develop your apps, clients will already be familiar with the web-based interface because nothing is being deployed.
Developing Business Apps using Eclipse
Developing business apps for the BlackBerry browser was already simple enough because it enabled developers to use standard web authoring tools with which they were probably already familiar. Things have gotten even easier, especially for developers familiar with Eclipse. A new BlackBerry web development plug-in for Eclipse was released earlier this month, and it's seamlessly integrated with Eclipse 3.4. This new addition to the BlackBerry browser set of tools will enable developers to debug their browser-based business applications and content for BlackBerry handheld devices.
It also enables the ability to profile the code, and some could argue that it greatly increases efficiency because it allows developers to use Eclipse in a way that's familiar to them. After all, utilizing the BlackBerry Browser's Eclipse plug-in to develop your business applications doesn't require learning any new programs or software. The Eclipse plug-in also assists with remote web development, debugging and profiling. The new Eclipse plug-in also comes with a BlackBerry smartphone simulator once it is downloaded. This, of course, will enable developers to immediately test their business applications and get them out to their users as quickly as possible.
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Final Notes on Building Business Apps with the BB Browser
If you are familiar with Java, chances are you're not going to have any problems developing business applications using BlackBerry's browser. Once you understand some of the following basic information, you can hit the ground running.
The BlackBerry platform is based on the CLDC, which includes support for MIDP 2.0. That being said, it's important to point out that many BlackBerry-specific classes are also provided. Before you write your apps you'll have to decide if you're going to write a BlackBerry business application or a MIDP business app.
When developing a MIDP business application, you can only use the APIs exposed by the CLDC and MIDP standards. Your business app will run on BlackBerry handheld devices and on a limited number of other types of phones, but it won't be able to utilize any special BlackBerry features.
It goes without saying that most BlackBerry developers choose to build BlackBerry-specific business applications. This, of course, requires that you learn BlackBerry-specific APIs, which includes new user interface classes and the BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) in order to develop your business applications.
The JDE is free to download and works with the Java Software Development Kit. This will provide you with everything necessary to create, package, test and debug your BlackBerry business apps.


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Perfect building lot with city views. Located in the Newport neighborhood of Clifton. Ideal location for a house or townhouses within close proximity to the city. The neighboring lot is also available (see MLS #515377).
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Starting today, a new feature lets you browse popular user-contributed photos from Panoramio at major landmarks around the world. The many people who virtually visit Paris to see the famous Eiffel Tower or the Notre Dame cathedral in Street View can now also browse the wide array of user photos taken in the vicinity. Just look for photo thumbnails at the top right of the Street View image, and click to view. You can also connect directly to the community behind this great photo content - a link to the author's Panoramio page is shown with every user photo.
The feature is available in many other places too: New York, San Francisco, Rome, Tokyo, Barcelona, Sydney and New Zealand, to name just a few. Anywhere, really, where Street View is available and where users have contributed lots of high-quality photos; of course, this usually is near famous landmarks but you never know where you'll discover more to see. With user-contributed photos you can inspect architectural details and close-up quirks, or see what is happening at a place at more than one time of day, or see whatever else it was that inspired the photographer to press the button. Take a look at this video to see more:
If you are a Panoramio user, you may already have a photo in Street View. If not, what are you waiting for? Just contribute your best photos to Panoramio and remember to geo-tag them. Google's image-matching algorithms will analyze them at some point to see if they are also a good match for a Street View location. At the most famous places in the world, competition for space is already tough -- take a look at the range of images of the Sagrada Familia -- but on less travelled roads the world is still largely a blank canvas. Please help to fill it in!
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Spending Fast Update
First off, I have a few issues with my spending fast.
1. This is my life. We don't spend. Ever. Ben realized that I was calling our lives by a different name pretty early on when he remarked that the spending fast actually changes nothing for us and we still can't buy anything. I guess a rose by any other name is still a rose.
2. I don't like to blog about things that I have to do to maintain my out of debt existence (not including student loans). It's depressing. It would be much more fun to do this as a growing experience instead of necessity.
3. I have probably spent more this month than any other month. We went out to eat for Valentine's day, which only ended up costing us a few dollars extra since we had the gift cards, but that is still more than we would normally have spent. We also got each other inexpensive gifts, but that is still more than normal. We had to spend money for Ben's deployment supplies, which had to be bought immediately because when the Army says "jump" you say "how high?" It is amazing how much a year supply of all the basics end up costing.
So how have we done?
I'm not sure. Like I said, we had to spend more money this month than normal. I also had to buy a fast food meal while I was at Youth Conference because I was allergic to both lunch and dinner. We buy our groceries every 2-4 weeks depending on sales etc. I decided to just buy for the month not including perishables. I initially spent $128.31 including perishables for the first 2 weeks. After that, we made several purchases of forgotten but necessary items and perishables that brought the total to $144.76. My dinner at youth conference cost $5.54, which brings my total to $150.30. This leaves me with $9.70 for this week. I'm confident that I can finish and meet my goal of $160 or under for the month. I probably should have lowered my goal amount to make it more interesting. I should have made it a lot more painful because we are still pretty comfortable and didn't really have to think about it much.
Things I do to save money
1. Make your own bread. I don't eat bread, but Ben does. He is pretty happy buying the $.99 loaf but there is a ton of crap in that bread, and it is poor quality, so I make better bread for him.
2. We don't buy cereal. Most days we eat oatmeal that comes in the big thingy (not individually packaged). You can flavor your oatmeal a ton of different ways, so it provides variety and it is so much more filling than cereal. If you want to know some of my oatmeal concoctions just comment or email me. I also make eggs, muffins, pancakes, crepes, grits or whatever else strikes our fancy on a given day.
3. I buy my eggs at Walgreens. I know this sounds strange, but Walgreens will frequently advertise $.99 eggs. I go there and stock up because their printed expiration date is usually a month or so away. I buy a ton of eggs at once, and that lasts until the next egg sale.
4. I don't buy packaged/ heavily processed food. If I want a cookie, I have to whip up a batch, which certainly makes you think twice about your cravings. I even make my tortillas from scratch, but I still buy my noodles.
5. I don't buy ground beef or beef. Most of our meals consist of ground turkey. Our meal breakdown turns out to be something like fish 2x/month, sausage 2x/month, pork 2x/month, and chicken 2-3x/month. Everything else is turkey or vegetarian give or take a meal or two depending on sales and special occasions.
6. I don't buy soda or juice. Our exception for this is OJ. Ben loves OJ, so I buy him the more expensive OJ. Otherwise I make and drink herbal ice tea (about 1.40 for 4 qts+ unless I have a coupon) and Ben drinks powdered Gatorade when we want something besides water. Every Monday I make a big pitcher of each to last throughout the week. I also have a juicer, so when I want something like apple cider, or a healthy juice, I can make it on my own.
7. I've downgraded my toilet paper. I used to use Charmin Ultra Soft, now I use Whatever is cheapest but doesn't fall in the sand paper category and is still 2 ply.
8. When I run out of my old cleaning supplies, I use vinegar and backing soda. I only buy cleaning supplies for the bathroom because I'm anal. I also have a supply of Shaklee that has lasted a while.
9. I don't window shop. I only go into stores when I need something. I haven't been to a mall since I've arrived in TX.
10. We only eat out once a month. I freeze leftovers in individually portioned sizes, so when I don't feel like cooking we have a good healthy and hearty meal ready to go.
11. We come up with cheap, if not free, date ideas so we don't get bored sitting around. Plus we play a lot of board games.
12. I'm brand specific on very few items. This makes it easier to use coupons
13. I buy on sale and use coupons. When it comes to household items, I get those things on sale and with my coupons. Sometimes Walgreens will have a great sale price for an item. You can use their coupon and a manufacturers coupon on top of the sale price. This helps for things like toothpaste and contact solution or whatever. I was able to buy a year's supply of All hypoallergenic laundry detergent for $14. I also know how to make laundry detergent for the same price.
14. I meal plan. I plan out all my meals on a chart. This makes grocery shopping easier but also keeps me from wondering what to make for dinner and then deciding not to make anything.
15. We don't have cable. We can get most of our shows online and others will eventually show up on Netflix, if we are still interested. During football season, Ben would listen to the game over the internet most of the time. If it was a game he really wanted to see, he would buy a soft drink and sit at the bar at Applebee's. $2 certainly beats the $50+ that cable costs. Now if only we could live without the Internet.
Doing these things and more has helped us live within our means and still enjoy life. We have a great time together. My philosophy is "If we don't have it, we can live without it." Telling myself that when we first started cutting back really helped. Eventually you stop thinking about what you can't do with what you don't have and start thinking about all you can do with all that you do have. It was great when we sat down to make our Christmas lists and couldn't really think of anything that we really wanted or needed. I know that I'm really grateful for the opportunity we have had to truly assess our needs and wants. I know we could do even better than what we are doing now if we really wanted. I'm keenly aware of the many things that we still have or buy that we could most certainly live without, but I'm also thankful that I don't have to do without for the time being.
Anyway these are a few of the things that we do. If you are interested in knowing more or just want some good cheap recipes, let me know. Feel free to leave a comment about your money saving techniques. I don't plan on posting anything else about the spending fast. I'm thinking that in March I want to start a thing where I get rid of 1 item everyday in March. Anyone interested?
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You are great! I love your list of ways to save money. I am pretty good on most of the things except for window shopping... I go to the mall with my mom and sisters at least once a week... ah!ReplyDelete
Thank you! I don't think there is anything really wrong with window shopping, it just makes me want things that I can't have.ReplyDelete
Thanks for you comments!
I love this! Thanks for the money saving tips. I need to do better at looking at my sale ads in various stores. I hate going to more than one store a week, so I will spend more to avoid going to 3-4 stores, but I will start looking at Walgreens and CVS for cheaper things, since they are within walking distance.ReplyDelete
I agree, I don't like going to a bunch of stores. I tend to go to 1 or 2. If there is a Walmart near you, you can simply take the ads and they will price match. Thanks for the comment :).ReplyDelete


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I, like most everyone else, get a kick out of reading about stupid or inept criminals. You know, the kind that rob a bank, then realize they locked the keys to the getaway vehicle in the vehicle...so they're stuck.
I decided to google and see what I could find, for your enjoyment and mine. But in addition to finding some stories about dumb criminals, I also found some rules of thumb that any dumb criminals who may be reading this may want to consider. The rules, and the stories, are courtesy of The Freeman Institute. Enjoy.
Rules for bank robbers
I went to the 65th annual Steer and Market Swine Show and Sale last Thursday night and, as usual, it was a lot of fun. I was surprised to find that this is the 100th anniversary of 4-H. During the program the masters of ceremonies, Billy Poston, asked everyone who was an alumnus of 4-H to stand. Then nearly 200 people sang "Happy Birthday."
That was a very proud moment for me.
I was so happy to be able to head to Tampa recently to help celebrate my niece's fourth birthday. She was even more happy to celebrate it than I was. We all had a great time, and Amanda got lots of nice – and pink – gifts.
But in the backs of our minds, we were ever-mindful of the one person who was unable to be present at the celebration – my sister-in-law's father and Amanda's Papa... Rex Whitaker.
If you were sitting on your hands Friday night because you didn't have anything to do, blame yourself, because there was plenty to do Quincy. The weather was beautiful, there were no big semi trucks drowning out the music and there was no dress code.
The opening at Art In Gadsden was again a great event. The number of artists whose works were on display was fantastic. Grace Maloy, the staff and volunteers continue to do a fantastic job for this community and the region. We've got one of the best galleries in the area and it's only going to get better.
"Go over this one more time so I'm sure I've got it right." We were huddled up in that little parking space behind the University of the South's fire department. I was more than a little bumfuzzled.
I attended the Gadsden County School Board workshops last week, and was surprised by and disappointed in the behavior of some folks.
The workshops, held on Tuesday and Thursday nights, were simply meant to be a forum for a superintendent-appointed committee to present suggestions regarding areas in which the budget could be cut.
Every year this time it comes back like pollen. I guess since it happens every year, it shouldn't be a surprise. The surprise is that I actually hope that it will go away. I hate it. It's March Madness, that marathon of college basketball that seems to be on every television channel.
It's not that a lot of these channels are filled with thoughtful and mind-provoking programming anyway, but I don't want to see a bunch of boys sweating while running up and down a court to sink a ball in a net on nearly every channel.
I was looking for something in that little closet by the bathroom where we keep guest towels, Band-Aids, sun tan lotion, mosquito repellent and such. Up on the top shelf there was a metal guard the hospital used when they set Josh's broken arm. A little closer examination revealed the ace bandage used to strap it on. Folks, Josh was in the first grade when he broke that arm. Today, he is on the back side of 30 and expecting his second and third child in May. And we're still holding on to his arm brace.
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Let me explain to you why your definition does not work.
Here in Ohio, there are the many ruins of circular earthen structures which fit your definition of henge.
If you were to label them as "henges" that would obscure their true function,
which was ceremonial centers to teach the night sky.
It would also lead to multiple attempts to construct
entirely imaginary Celtic empires in North America.
Finally, it would leave those who have remains with
either wood or stones placed in circular and celestial alignment
without an easy way of describing what they have found.
This originally started with a discussion of whether
the remains at Gobleki Tepe had any astronomical alignment.
IN my opinoin, trying to avoid that issues
by raising fine points of language
will not work.
E.P. Grondine wrote:
What is obvious o me is that the archaeo-astronomers would have
an easier time of it if they had an easy to use and widely understood
word for a wooden post or stone placed in a circular astronomical alignment.
E.P. Grondine wrote:"Henge" presents itself a a good candidate.
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No it doesn't , this is obvious to anyone who understands simple english and can read the various links pointing your error .
We have the the terminology and henge has nothing at all to do with astronomy and is confined the morphology of the monument .
Any putative or even actual astronomcal function that might be associated with the monument also has it's terminology .E.P. Grondine wrote:I'll try to retrieve the colonial account of that Yuchi henge site when time permits .
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If it was a colonial account they wouldn't have used the term henge . Why not provide a modern archaeological reference ?E.P. Grondine wrote:To bring this back to topic, if Fletcher and I find an Adena monolith in astronomical alignment,
we'll call it a "henge", as it would be nice if people understood us
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text: Simply Deep Upon the success of Survivor, Rowland followed her bandmates in taking some time off. During that time, Rowland began writing material for her first solo album. In 2002, Rowland's solo debut, Simply Deep, was released on Columbia. "Dilemma," the album's first single, featured a duet with Southern rapper Nelly. It had a two-month stay at number one during fall 2002, while "Stole" -- emblematic of the album's somewhat surprising adult-alternative rock sound -- reached the Top 30. In 2004, she released her fourth album with Destiny's Child, Destiny Fulfilled, and went on a world tour -- the group's last. Rowland had been working on her second solo release, which went through a number of changes in direction until it finally surfaced as Ms. Kelly in July 2007. More R&B-oriented than her debut, it peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 but didn't produce any major hit singles in the U.S. Rowland subsequently split from manager Matthew Knowles, as well as her label, and provided vocals on dance producer David Guetta's 2009 album One Love. After signing with Universal Motown, Rowland completed her third album, Here I Am, and released it in July 2011, following several delays. The slow, steamy single "Motivation," produced by Jim Jonsin and Rico Love and featuring Lil Wayne, rode the top of Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for several weeks and crossed into the Top 20 of the Hot 100. A stylistically broad set, the album also contained collaborations with Guetta, Rodney Jerkins, the Runners, Stargate, and Ne-Yo, among several others. Talk a Good Game, the singer's fourth solo album, followed in 2013 with appearances from Beyoncé and Michelle Williams, as well as the-Dream, Wiz Khalifa, Pusha T, and Kevin Cossom.[1]


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Sioux Falls Downtown Public Parking System Getting A New Look
The City of Sioux Falls is making it easier to find public parking spaces in Downtown, and pay for them, too. .
After Labor Day, universal signage for public parking will appear. The top of the photo above shows the confusing currents signs. The lower part of the photo shows the new look.
Downtown parking staff will have new uniforms. All vehicles, including those unique scooters will have "wraps" showing the new logo.
A new mobile site to assist visitors and residents find parking spaces has been created. Soon you will be able to pay your monthly parking lease on-line. Also, paying for off street hourly parking will take technological steps forward.
Parking staff employees are learning new and friendlier customer service techniques.
Radio ads promoting the ease of finding and using downtown parking spaces are on the airwaves.
In the Main Street Ramp, two electric car charging stations have been installed. No charge for usage, at this time.
The public parking system downtown is operated as a city enterprise department. It is NOT subsidized by sales or property tax dollars. Revenue to operate the system comes from monthly parking leases, hourly fees in the ramps, parking meters, and those pesky tickets we receive when we stay a few minutes longer than we paid for.
There are approx. 12,000 parking spaces downtown. 3500 of them are controlled and maintained by the city.
According to Darrin Smith and Matt Nelson, who manage this department, studies are being done to determine the location and size of another ramp in the downtown area.


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How to Climb the Corporate Ladder
Hamsa Ramesha | HRPeople
May 10, 2010
Who doesn't think about getting that promotion? We all want to be our own boss someday, but before we can rule the hive, we have to tough it out as a lowly worker bee. These days, moving up is less like climbing a ladder and more like picking your way through a maze. There are many ways you can move your career forward, but any one of them could be a dead end. Avoid game over with these eight ways to get ahead at the office.
Just try not to step on too many toes.
Keep Learning
What do high-powered executives often have in common? A higher degree. Look into PhD and MBA programs in your field that give you a leg up. Not only will you be educating yourself, you'll be learning from seasoned professionals and interacting with others in your field. If going back to school isn't your thing, consider taking certificate classes and attending conferences that increase your awareness of industry trends. Getting yourself seriously educated sends a strong message that you are invested in what you do and that you have a genuine interest in staying on top of your game. You don't have to stick to industry-specific classes either! Consider learning a new language or taking up a musical instrument. By diversifying yourself, you are staying ahead of the competition and widening your range of skills.
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What better way to move up at the office than to turn to someone who's been through it all? Mentors have not only been in your shoes, they also know a little something about the business you're in. A mentor is like an anchor, grounding you when you are lost. They offer career advice, listen to project proposals, or just lend an ear in a moment of crisis. The right mentor can drastically change your career path for the better.
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Taking on more responsibility shows that you are taking an active interest in the business and outgrowing your current position. It also makes your boss look good and eases the workload off of somebody else. Making others happy brings you one step closer to making yourself happy! One thing to note: When you ask for more work, you'd better be able to handle it. There's nothing worse than not completing a project on time or backing out because you didn't realize how difficult it would be.


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Phillip E. Johnson, Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley, is considered the father of the Intelligent Design movement and architect of the Wedge Strategy. He has done much to help these ideas gain acceptance and a wider hearing worldwide. Johnson is the author of several books on evolution, philosophical naturalism, and other cultural issues and speaks extensively around the country. Johnson received the 2004 William Wilberforce Award, which recognizes of an individual who has made a difference in the face of formidable societal problems and injustices. The award is given in honor of William Wilberforce, an eighteenth century British parliamentarian who stood against his party in his campaign to abolish the slave trade and honor the basic human right to life.
Johnson was born in 1940 in Aurora, Illinois. After earning an undergraduate degree in English literature at Harvard, he attended the University of Chicago Law School, from which he graduated first in his class. Later, Johnson was a law clerk for Chief Justice Roger Traynor of the California Supreme Court and Chief Justice Earl Warren of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1967, he began a long teaching career at Boalt Hall (UC Berkeley's law school). He became Professor Emeritus in 2000. In addition to his academic career, Johnson has worked as a deputy district attorney.[1][2]
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VPS needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 74 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Choosey Daters
We are creating a brand new website catered to a safe and easy dating experience. We will be differentiating ourselves from other sites in many ways and want to start with a catchy logo.
To start off, the website will cater only to a US based audience. The website of course caters to all age groups 18 and up and will have a sophesticated look and feel.
Catchy, yet simple and open. When you visit sites like match.com, eharmony.com, perfect match, the logos are very simple and text based. We would like to maintain simplicity but would like to either add a little graphic or have a play on the words of the company name - Choosey Daters.
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Different aged peoples all over the world.
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U.S. arms makers reported higher quarterly earnings on Wednesday despite Pentagon budget cuts, with many raising their full-year forecasts, but the companies' order books showed an increasingly tough market.
The Pentagon began implementing $37 billion in mandated budget cuts for fiscal 2013 in March, and it faces additional cuts of $50 billion annually over the next nine years unless Congress acts to avert a process known as "sequestration."
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Northrop Grumman Corp , which builds unmanned planes and high-end electronic equipment, and Boeing Co , maker of F/A-18 fighter jets and aerial refueling planes, on Wednesday joined industry leader Lockheed Martin Corp in boosting earnings and raising their earnings forecasts.
General Dynamics Corp , which builds tanks, ships and Gulfstream business jets, reported higher-than-expected earnings but left its full-year forecast unchanged.
Backlogs weakened at Lockheed, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman, while Boeing's defense division increased its backlog due to huge multiyear orders for its CH-47 Chinook helicopters and V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. It builds the Osprey with Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc .
"Companies clearly believe there will be further sequestration cuts in 2014 and they are shedding costs faster than revenues could potentially fall," said Virginia-based defense consultant Jim McAleese.
McAleese said the companies could maintain strong earnings in 2014 if they continue to cut management, lay off workers and consolidate facilities.
Defense contractors have been cutting costs and consolidating facilities for several years, and continue to look for ways to save money. Lockheed, for instance, has cut 30,000 employees over the past five years.
Most of the companies are also buying back shares to keep earnings per share high. Defense contractors' shares rose in morning trading on Wednesday, led by a 3.6 percent rise for Northrop.
Northrop's profit rose to $488 million, or $2.05 per share, from $480 million, or $1.88 a share, a year earlier. Revenue edged up to $6.29 billion from $6.27 billion.
Northrop raised its earnings guidance for the full year to a range of $7.60 to $7.80 per share from an earlier forecast of $6.85 to $7.15. It said revenue would likely reach $24.3 billion, up from an earlier forecast of $24 billion.
General Dynamics reported higher-than-expected earnings but said its backlog was down more than 5 percent from a year earlier, falling to $49.4 billion.
The company reported net earnings of $640 million, or $1.81 per share, up from $634 million, or $1.77 per share, a year earlier. Revenue was little changed at $7.91 billion.
Boeing reported a 13 percent jump in quarterly profit, driven mainly by commercial airplane sales. Its Boeing Defense, Space and Security division reported a 5.6 percent increase in earnings from operations, but revenue was flat at $8.2 billion.
Boeing raised its full-year revenue guidance by $1 billion, to a range of $83 billion to $86 billion, based entirely on foreign defense orders rather than commercial airplane sales.
Operating margins ranged from 12.1 percent at General Dynamics to 13.4 percent at Lockheed. Boeing's defense division had an operating margin of just 9.5 percent, although that marked an increase from 9.1 percent a year earlier.
Lockheed, maker of F-35 fighter jets and Aegis missiles, kicked off the earnings reports on Tuesday with a surprising 10 percent spike in profit, saying the Pentagon budget cuts had not hit its sales as much as expected.
Lockheed reported net profit of $859 million, up from $781 million a year earlier. Earnings per share rose to $2.64 from $2.38. It now projects earnings per share of $9.20 to $9.50 for the full year, up 4 percent from guidance issued in April.
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Synchronizing your Linux Laptop and Desktop
Transferring Single Objects
If your laptop computer is a complement to your desktop machine, you're probably well aware of the need to synchronize data between the two. When you're in the middle of a big project and know you're going to be spending the afternoon in a doctor's waiting room or on an airplane, it's nice to be able to quickly transfer your project files--and maybe your email and contacts--to the laptop, then vice-versa when you return to your desk. This article will show you two ways to accomplish this on GNU/Linux-based machines.
If you only have a handful of individual files or directories to transfer, it's probably easiest to send them one at a time via secure shell (OpenSSH). Every GNU/Linux distribution includes OpenSSH, but not all of them run the SSH daemon (which allows you to connect to the computer via SSH) by default. Starting the daemon is as simple as typing
sshd in a root terminal. You can also configure your distribution to start OpenSSH at boot time; each distro handles startup scripts differently, so you'll have to consult your distro's documentation to learn how to do that.
Once the secure shell daemon is started, other computers can connect to your machine from a terminal window by using the
ssh command, or you can copy files over a secure connection by using
scp. The latter works just like the regular
cp command does, except you have to give it an address for at least one of the files:
scp picture.jpg 192.168.1.101:/home/user/pictures/
In the above example, a file called picture.jpg is transferred to the network machine with the address 192.168.1.101 in the /home/user/pictures/ directory. By default,
scp copies the target file or directory to the home directory of whatever user you're logged in as; you can specify a different location by adding the path after the colon following the address.
By using your /etc/hosts file, you can create a nickname for the remote machine you're copying files to. Just start a new line in the file, type in the IP address of the machine you want to nickname, then press the tab key once and type in the name you'd like to call it:
192.168.1.101 laptop
In the next example, we'll use the laptop nickname instead of the address, specify a different user than the one currently logged into the terminal we're copying from, and copy an entire directory instead of just one file:
scp -r /home/user/pictures/ user2@laptop:/home/user2/
The -r switch means recursive, which tells
scp to copy the directory and everything in it. The above command will create a pictures directory to the /home/user/ directory on the laptop computer, and copy all of the contents of the local machine's /home/user/pictures/ directory to it. So what do you do if the remote machine already has a /home/user/pictures/ directory, but you still want to copy everything in the local machine's pictures directory? You use a wildcard:
scp /home/user/pictures/* laptop:/home/user/pictures/
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Scotty McCreery Reveals Track Listing for 'Clear as Day'
With a little less than a month to go until Scotty McCreery's 'Clear as Day' reaches stores, the countdown to the 'American Idol' winner's debut is officially under way.
That's a long time to make do with Scotty's first two singles, 'I Love You This Big' and 'The Trouble With Girls.' Thankfully, you can also pass the time by perusing the album's recently revealed track listing.
McCreery recorded a dozen songs for his debut, calling on veteran Nashville songwriters like Rhett Akins, Brett James, Casey Beathard, and Neil Thrasher for material. The set was helmed by veteran producer Mark Bright, whose résumé includes recordings by Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, and Rascal Flatts, and others.
Complete Track Listing for 'Clear as Day':
1. Out of Summertime
2. I Love You This Big
3. Clear as Day
4. The Trouble With Girls
5. Water Tower Town
6. Walk in the Country
7. Better Than That
8. Write My Number on Your Hand
9. Dirty Dishes
10. You Make That Look Good
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In more then twenty years in journalism, Lisa Napoli has managed to work for almost every major media company (and for several shows and ventures that have unceremoniously shut down).
Lisa began her career at CNN in the early eighties, covered the first Clinton campaign and the Waco standoff for Fox News long before it became a 24-7 news channel, and was one of the first reporters to cover the Web for the mainstream media when she joined the New York Times CyberTimes in 1996, where she wrote the popular Hyperwocky column. For a time, she wrote the Online Diary column for the Times' Circuits section, and she's still a frequent contributor to the paper.
She's also been the on-air correspondent at MSNBC and a columnist at MSNBC.com. Her documentaries about NASCAR racing and South of the Border, a tourist trap in South Carolina, have aired on public television.
Beyond her journalistic pursuits, Lisa is proud to have worked in craft services on the horror film Hellraiser III, as a publicity coordinator for an alternative to prison for nonviolent female offenders and their children in North Carolina, and as a producer at a division of QVC, where her team produced shows that helped sell all manner of stuff.
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Fish in a Barrel
|Fish in a Barrel
Carl Johnson and Ran Fa Li sign their partnership with Wu Zi Mu
|GTA San Andreas
|Wu Zi Mu
|The Four Dragons Casino, Las Venturas, San Andreas
|Co-ownership of The Four Dragons Casino
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Fish in a Barrel is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, given to protagonist Carl Johnson by San Fierro Triads leader Wu Zi Mu from the office at The Four Dragons Casino, located along The Strip in Las Venturas, San Andreas.
Carl, along with Ran Fa Li, enter the office in The Four Dragons Casino, where they meet Wu Zi Mu. Woozie asks the two of them to sign some papers, which make them co-owners of The Four Dragons Casino. This now marks a beginning of a new management for the casino and marks the beginning of a new partnership between the trio as Woozie has proclaimed them partners in managing and owning The Four Dragons Casino.
Wu Zi Mu: Mr. Ran Fa Li.
Ran Fa Li: (grunts)
Wu Zi Mu: Gentlemen, can I have your marks please?
(Farlie and Carl sign papers)
Wu Zi Mu: Gentlemen, or shall I say, partners!
Ran Fa Li: (grunts)
Carl Johnson: Oh, I'll drink to that!
- This cutscene was supposedly intended to be part of an actual mission, wherein Woozie would give CJ a golf club and order him to protect Ran Fa Li from a Mafia attack.
- Although Carl owns a share in the Four Dragons, it never becomes an asset. The only way to receive casino profits is to win in any of the games at the casino.
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This is it: the greatest Roguelike/Minesweeper hybrid that will ever exist in the universe ever ever. The gaming experience that will melt your brains from the inside out. The holy grail of fun. Maybe this is all an exaggeration, but either way ... welcome to Onslaught of the Electric Zombies!
Hordes of digital, undead nasties have infected your computer, and it's up to you to upload your personality, kick some ass and take back what's yours. Get as high a score as possible by exploring, fighting enemies and pulling off super-duper hacker feats that lesser mortals would tremble at the mere mention of. Then brag about it to your friends.
Get version 1.01 now (3.7 MB). Zombies are a proud bunch, so one day they decided that they simply couldn't do without a cool online score system for posterity's sake. That, and people who score well in games tend to have big, juicy brains. Yummy!
Thanks to everybody who provided their feedback and suggestions during development, especially over the last weekend. The game wouldn't be the way it is today if it wasn't for you. No, really: it sounds cheesy, but imagine what would've happened if I'd been allowed to create the game with all of my own crappy ideas intact? You'd probably still have something like version 0.1, and that wasn't really too great at all.
Go you! b^_^b
I can be contacted at email@example.com
(Disclaimer: the online submission system is reasonably secure AFAIK, but we all know that stuff happens. Resist that devilish temptation to hack: it's a small game and not really worth the effort, so let's all just have fun instead. :3 If you DO find an exploit, tell me about it.)
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Above all else, Onslaught of the Electric Zombies was built to prove a point. For a competition. And since Comp 23 is all about marketing, I'm going to update this post with my marketing efforts and press coverage. And stuff.
Mah blog - contains a lot of random travel writing, but is being thematically extended to focus more on game dev. And, of course, the current Electric Zombies project.
Mah Twitter - more of a general Twitter account, but it's gonna be focused on game development. Which, of course, means news updates about Electric Zombies.
Facebook fan page - Enjoy the game? Become a fan, cmaaaan. You just hafta click one button.
IndieGames - "... the classic Windows game ..." (quote taken horribly out of context to make me sound good. Wheee!)
IndieGames Part 2 - "The short mode is eight levels long, while a long game is twice that number." (Man, I'm ****ty at choosing pullquotes. But Tim *did* call it "awesome")
Technabob - "For a zombiefied Minesweeper style game, I might just be willing to venture into the land of the Internet." (that says an astounding amount: the Internet is a pretty screwed up place)
Gamasutra weekly indie roundup - okay, this one's cheating. It's just a roundup including the aforementioned IndieGames review, but, well, it's a "best of", so I'm touting it.


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was founded in 1947, and their first mattress was produced more than half a century ago, using traditional upholstery such as horsehair and cotton wadding. Of course a great deal has changed since then, but one thing has remained steadfast and true, and that is the clear philosophy that our consumers should be able to see and feel that the bed they are lying on is really a
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is one of the leading bed producers in Scandinavia. More than 150,000 mattresses are produced each year at the factory in Svelvik, which is on the shores of the Oslo Fjord. The feeling there is one of pride and expertise which no machine in the world can replace. As a result, Jensen has naturally become a household name and not only in Scandinavian countries, but All across the Globe!
Everything revolves around sleep comfort.
Jensen's products are manufactured to provide maximum body support and sleep comfort. "Everything revolves around sleep comfort" is not just a hollow slogan. Instead of adhering rigidly to old-fashioned methods and materials, Jensen is constantly searching for new solutions. As a result, Jensen always use the most modern materials available. With their Scandinavian design, their new materials inspired by nature, their ingenious technical features and their trendy fabrics,
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The search for optimal sleep comfort has, of course, always been the basis for the innovations that have made
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so famous within its sector. Over the years a whole range of new pressure-reducing materials and constructions have borne the Jensen hallmark. A system of springs, divided into zones, is one of the many examples, as is further optimisation of the zone system, using stretch fabrics.
There's no time like the present.
A good night's rest is crucial to ensuring we get the most out of our lives and enjoy each new day to the full. It is precisely for this reason that Jensen has been working to achieve the same goal for more than 60 years, namely to develop a bed that provides the best sleep comfort possible. This ambition is reflected in everything, from the mattress to the use of materials and design. A bed is a lot more than simply a place to rest your head!
Jensen beds
set the trend in both sleep comfort and design, and have also proven that a bed can also be a joy to behold.
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Ben Lack needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 31 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
The Daily Energy Report
I'm the Chief Conversationalist for The Daily Energy Report. I've spent the last 4 years in Texas working for a start-up energy efficiency solutions company. There I helped open the world's first energy efficiency store and learned about all of the different ways to be energy efficient and environmentally responsible. I feel that this industry is only going to get more attention over time so its important that we have the right people educating our consumer base on the issues of today and tomorrow. The show will spotlight the day's energy news but will also showcase interviews with industry experts, celebs, local and national leaders and other influential businessmen and women. In addition, lots of educational content will be displayed (about different types of energy, how its made, how to lower energy consumption etc.) and there will be a section that allows users to "take action" with partners that we have for lowing your energy consumption and being more environmentally responsible. While there are a couple of online magazines that target this industry, there are very few sites that actually produce web shows.
My goal is for the show to be the catalyst of a movement. This concept is going to crush it so I hope that you bring your "A" game when you think of the right kind of logo to design. Thank you to all that are willing to put their time into coming up with a design.
85% residential consumer; 15% businessman
Age range:18-55
Early Adopters
Progressive thinkers with disposable income (lots of the solutions require upfront money but long term benefits are incredible), so preferably affluent people
People who want to learn about the energy industry
I'm looking for something that looks like its a news company but something that's a little more edgy that the wall street journal. I'm a big fan of keeping things simple but I would like someone's first impression to be "wow this is company gonna be really cool and reputable".
I'd prefer that the logo not be too "greeny". There are lots of logos out there that try to put off a "green" message. I want to embrace the green message but not be too much of a treehugger.
I'd like for the logo to represent the merge of brands ESPN, MTV and CNN.
ESPN in that they've done such a great job of humanizing the reporting of sports. They've got clever news clips "Coors Light Cold Hard Facts" and the personalities and anchors are all characters.
MTV does a great job of getting an audience to get together and follow movements. Even though they base their networks on music, they use celebrities and public figures to push certain agendas. And they do it very successfully.
CNN does a fantastic job of reporting the news. They are professional yet not to stiff but not to cutting edge. They have just enough personality to keep you interested.
I don't have any color schemes in mind but I don't want anything too crazy. Even though we're a little edgy I'm not into technicolor or some crazy color combination of green and brown.
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At Olympic Eyewear, we believe strongly in the concept of value. Our products represent the equivalent of high-end designer sunglasses at a discounted price. The wholesale products we offer are original designer sunglasses that feature better quality than replica products known to make it to market with no branding or authenticity.
There are a number of other things that set Olympic Eyewear wholesale sunglasses apart from the competition, though. For example, other wholesalers employ a strategy of buying large quantities of sunglasses from various factories and redistributing them to retailers. They do not invest significantly in branding, design, manufacturing, and quality control. Instead, their strategy looks a lot like someone shopping at the mall. They just go looking for products that catch their eye. Our strategy is quite different.
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Like a loyal puppy, Labrador has been one of the Gold Coast's mainstays since its hotel was built in 1884. Back in the day, this 15-room hotel complete with three sitting rooms, outhouses and stables, was perfect for the Cobb and Co coach service which transported boat passengers arriving from Brisbane.
Local Aborigines were also drawn to the area due to its abundance of shellfish, mud crabs, oysters and waterfowl. Fast forward to the modern day, and visitors still flock here for the great range of accommodation from high rises to caravan parks to cafes and high-end restaurants.
Sitting just north of Southport and just south of Biggera Waters, Labrador is popular for its calm waters, peaceful parks and views out to South Stradbroke Island. The Grand Hotel still sits there too. Sure, it may have changed a bit, but that kind of old-style service and loyalty for which Labrador is renowned, remains.
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The responsibility of the Operations and Maintenance Division is to provide the County's facilities portfolio with the essential services necessary to properly maintain 238 properties with a combined total of 10.5 million gross square feet.
The Division responds to over 60,000 work requests annually and manages an annual operating and maintenance budget of over $26 million. A workload of this magnitude requires the combined efforts of over 100 personnel in a multitude of disciplines that have been strategically located throughout Maricopa County.
The goal is to improve our service by structuring the organization into regional maintenance centers, which provide service to smaller groups of buildings.
The Operations and Maintenance Division proactively establishes new goals for each fiscal year. These goals are focused on results rather than processes and are compared against industry standard benchmarks.
Using the Managing for Results concept, we choose to benchmark against both the private and public sector to identify meaningful measurements and to form a standard for improvement. The goals and measures on the sample chart below provide a "yardstick" to measure our performance.
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$1.68 per factored square foot
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From ETS, or Educational Testing Service–the folks that bring us test products like the SAT, the GREs, LSAT, MCAT, and others–is a report on high school dropouts, it's prevalence, risk factors, and remediation strategies. If ETS knows how to keep students in school longer, it would certainly help schools who are struggling with retention rates. Who better than ETS to write a report on dropping out? They have decades of information in their databases that they use to design their tests. It is not surprising that they are able to mine their data for information that can help schools.
This report came on the tail of an interview transcript with Bill Gates from the Chronicle of Higher Education for his views on dropping out of college. The article points out that
he argues for radical reform of college teaching, advocating a move toward a "flipped" classroom, where students watch videos from superstar professors as homework and use class time for group projects and other interactive activities. As he put it, "having a lot of kids sit in the lecture class will be viewed at some point as an antiquated thing."
To this interveiwer question,
Q. The Gates Foundation has given tens of millions of dollars to traditional universities and to some new upstart players in higher education. But with that amount it would be possible to build a new campus of your own—have you considered starting your own university?
Bill Gates responds, in part,
Even these top universities often only have a 60-percent completion rate. And the average university will have something like a 30-percent completion rate. So you have an immense amount of wasted resource, and students who end up with a big loan and sort of a negative experience in terms of their own self-confidence. And so that failing student is a disaster for everyone.
The Bill Gates interview can be found here. The URL is http://chronicle.com/article/A-Conversation-With-Bill-Gates/132591/. The site has the full interview in video, too, for those who would prefer to listen to Bill Gates instead of read the transcript.
You should be able to access the ETC research and development report on high school retention and dropout below. If not, let me know and I'll post the .pdf file. You can contact me here. Remember to let me know that you are asking for the report.
R&D Connections 18 — Dropping Out of High School.
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When I started working with wxHaskell, it quickly became obvious that a lot of time could be saved if I could produce reusable custom widgets in Haskell.
Looking into the samples which come with wxHaskell, there is one example of a custom control, but it is so simple as to be almost useless to someone hoping to develop something a little more ambitious.
Over the next few posts I will explain how I put custom controls together and try to point out a few of the pitfalls. I will do this by working through the development of a fairly simple custom control to display the output of running the diff command to compare two files.
This example is short enough to be manageable in a few posts, but contains enough functionality to explore some of the issues you may come up against.
Outline of a custom control
The control I am building is subclassed from Panel. This is probably a good choice for most controls as it can contain a top level sizer and many children.
- You need to create a suitable subclass for the main window of your control, deriving from Panel. wxHaskell uses witness types to provide a good degree of type safety in what is basically a thin wrapper over a C++ library.
- You need to create the widgets and their layout inside the main window.
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