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LITTLE FALLS, NJ--(Marketwire - Nov 2, 2012) - mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) announced last week that it has developed a new class of jump starters featuring unequalled portability and fast recharge times.
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As a cautionary note to investors, certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such matters involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the following: changes in economic conditions; general competitive factors; acceptance of the Company's products in the market; the Company's success in technology and product development; the Company's ability to execute its business model and strategic plans; and all the risks and related information described from time to time in the Company's SEC filings, including the financial statements and related information contained in the Company's SEC Filing. mPhase assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.
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Scientists often write custom, domain-specific computer programs as part of their research. But the source code to those programs – when it is released at all – is commonly released under restrictive licenses that prevent redistribution or modification. Recent editorials in the two most prominent scientific journals arguing for greater sharing of scientific source code have drawn some long-overdue attention to this issue (Reviews of the editorials are freely available online, but both original articles – even while arguing for more openness in science – sit behind massive paywalls, an irony that has been picked up by other observers as well. Open access is an important issue, but it is a topic for another post.) The common practice of publishing scientific conclusions based on code that is not itself made public has long troubled me. One incident in particular brought the issue into sharp focus in my mind.
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In the summer of 2003 I spent two months in Puerto Rico to be with my wife, who was doing her dissertation research on shrimp that live in the streams there. I was a graduate student too at the time, trying to finish my own degree in chemistry. I knew that during the trip I would have a lot of "down time" holed up in our apartment, which I planned to spend analysing data I had accumulated over several years. Before heading for the tropics, I made sure I had all of my data with me, and the tools I needed to work with it.
One of those tools was a program for translating the raw Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) data generated by instruments into a more useful representation. This program, which had been written by scientists working at the National Institutes of Health, was available gratis to researchers and widely used in my field. I relied on this program, so before leaving for the tropics I made sure that my copy was good. So, it came as a great surprise several days into my visit when the program abruptly stopped working: it contained a logic bomb. Past a certain date, it would refuse to start normally, instead attempting to send you an email telling you to download the next release.
The program's authors would claim that the logic bomb was innocuous, that it's only purpose was to reduce the burden of supporting multiple versions by keeping all users in sync. They promised to always provide the next release for free, and they assumed that most users would be in a university setting with a high-speed internet connection, so that the forced upgrade would be a simple matter completed in a couple of minutes. But in my case their assumptions turned out to be wrong. The nearest internet connection was a half day's drive away, slow, and unreliable. I could not reasonably ask my wife to interrupt her field work schedule so that I could attempt an upgrade, which might not even succeed. Besides, I had planned in advance to have everything I needed with me, and was annoyed at having my plans derailed by this logic bomb. And despite having programming skills and a decent development environment available to me, I could not solve my problem simply by editing the program's source, because I did not have it – the authors declined to distribute that. That wasn't some kind of oversight on their part: in a startup message displayed by the program, the authors made clear their intention to prevent any redistribution or modification by users, even to solve their own problems:
"This program and its related software is based on a design originating in the NIH Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK. It is not to be distributed or modified."
This was a radicalizing, formative moment for me, my equivalent of the encounter between the young Richard Stallman and a malfunctioning laser printer. I was already a user of Linux and GNU and I had started to learn about the Free Software movement, but it took this incident to show me clearly how attempting to control the behavior of users – even in benign, relatively mild ways like forced upgrades – can have unintended consequences. And I began to question whether the motivation behind the restrictions on this code really were so benign. After all, the program's authors were also my potential competitors. They said they would always provide future releases freely, but nothing required that they keep this promise. What if they one day decided to stop providing their upgrades? What if they only provided it to certain people of their choosing? The user community that had built up around this program was dependent on its original authors in a way that is unusual in science. By banning me or anyone else from building on their work, and publishing the results, they were ensuring that any advances would come from them. It's normal in science to care deeply about getting proper credit for one's work and to reserve the right to choose the time and place of publication. But it is not normal, once you've published a method, to try to prevent others from reading about it, modifying it, and publishing their modifications. Not normal, that is, unless the method happens to be in the form of a computer program, which is just a method of converting input to output.
Broader questions aside, I still was faced with the immediate problem of not being able to do my work. Not ready to accept the ethical or legal validity of the restrictions that had been placed on me, I set out to solve my own problem however I could. And as it so often turns out, these programmers' desire to control their users' behavior through technical means exceeded their technical ability to do so.
Disabling the logic bomb
I quickly figured out that I could get the program to run by setting the system clock back a month. But this was inconvenient, led to incorrect time stamps on things, and led to all sorts of other problems. So I set out to circumvent the logic bomb in the program itself. I was a chemistry student, not a computer science student, but even at that stage in my career I at least knew enough about programming to surmise that the program might call "time()" somewhere and compare the result to a fixed value. I fired up the program in a debugger, and saw this:
#0 0xb7ed10f5 in time () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x0809a6c3 in pastDate2 () #2 0x0809a5b9 in pastDate () #3 0x0804c285 in main ()
OK, not a whole lot of subterfuge there. What if I just made "pastDate()" return right away? I did this:
0809a5a4 : 809a5a4: 55 push %ebp 809a5a5: 89 e5 mov %esp,%ebp - 809a5a7: 53 push %ebx - 809a5a8: 83 ec 08 sub $0x8,%esp - 809a5ab: 68 d6 07 00 00 push $0x7d6 + 809a5a7: c9 leave + 809a5a8: c3 ret + 809a5a9: ec in (%dx),%al + 809a5aa: 08 68 d6 or %ch,-0x2a(%eax) + 809a5ad: 07 pop %es + 809a5ae: 00 00 add %al,(%eax) 809a5b0: 6a 01 push $0x1 809a5b2: 6a 08 push $0x8 809a5b4: e8 d3 00 00 00 call 809a68c
And it worked – it took a change of two bytes to disable the logic bomb. Incidentally, I continued using the program for several more years and never did upgrade. I never saw the need to.
Why is scientific software so closed?
Every field of science today is dependent on computation, but research being what it is, there are often computational needs that can't be met by any widely-available, well-known tool. So scientists who know some programming tend to write these niche, domain-specific applications themselves. But scientists who know some programming often aren't very familiar with best practices in software development, and that includes licensing – many scientists, even those who program, have never heard of the GPL.
As a result, such niche scientific programs, when they are released at all, are often released under custom licenses that were written without much thought. And these custom licenses, more often than not, are quite restrictive. Why? There are several reasons. Some scientists, conscious of their limitations as programmers, don't want their source code seen out of fear of embarrassment (reputation is everything in science.) Some are concerned about the potential extra work of supporting a user base if their programs are distributed. Some scientists – or their institution's intellectual property office
– may be holding on to the hope of some day profiting from the code, though this hope is forlorn for most niche, domain-specific code that is only of interest to a handful of colleagues. Some may actually want to make it harder for others to build on their work, and thus increase their own standing. That kind of territorial attitude is out of place in science and can actually backfire.
I don't know if the GPL is the answer to everything in scientific licensing, though I have used it for my own most significant scientific software. I do know that it should be used more often than it is, and that scientific licensing in general right now tends to be too restrictive. And I know that the scientific community isn't thinking about licensing enough. Even the editorials in Science and Nature are another illustration of this. They call for distribution of source code that underlies published results. But access to source code is only part of what software licensing is about. What about derivative works? What about warranties? What about redistribution?
Science depends on the exchange of data, information, and ideas. In a sense that's what science is. More and more, computers are what we use to do this. So we need to be thinking about standards of behavior for how we use them. "The code is mine, all mine" won't cut it.


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Hallo Sarma,
I appreciate very much what you said and I'm going to look towards this kind of study. I also appreciate the great dignity and humility that you use in interfacing with others, these are the features of simple, true men.Please, could you explain me what did you mean when you said "front end" and 1Kpf related to that?Maybe you were suggesting to put a 1Kpf capacitor to the collector side of that filter to obtain a better performance and also the optimum(50 ohm) impedance on the opposite side?
Thanks again and see soon.
73 Ciro IK6AIZ.


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A ticket to the Super Bowl is one of the most prized possessions you can have as a sports fan. But what if you didn't need a ticket to get in?
Two purported students at Savannah State University posted a YouTube video in which they get in to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome for Super Bowl XLVII apparently without a ticket. The video shows how the two students drive to New Orleans and then get into the stadium by passing through a series of tunnels, passageways and unsuspecting or helpful security guards.
(The most clever part: A door is opened when the students appear to be bringing in equipment to the stadium.)
"NFL security is conducting a review and following up with the appropriate authorities in New Orleans," spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement released to USA Today.
The students promise a "full-length" follow-up documentary with more footage. It's hard to imagine that being worth watching since the initial, grainy seven-minute video is tough to sit through outside of the tasteful Jay-Z soundtrack.
Still, the issue of security is a serious one for the NFL. If you can sneak into the Super Bowl, what can't you sneak into?
Gatecrashers have existed for as long as sports have been around, but we didn't have videos to prove the crashing in the past.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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TV talent show veteran Eva Iglesias is hoping tonight is third time lucky after another attempt to become a star.
The supermarket worker, who has already been rejected by The Voice and X Factor, told judges on ITV's Britain's Got Talent she was putting recent heartbreak behind her to sing a version of Carole King's (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.
She told them: "I was that close to not coming today. My heart was broken this week by the person that I love. They just didn't want to love me anymore."
The 40-year-old, who works as a personal shopper in a Southampton supermarket, said she was ready to swap shelves for the stage.
She said: "It's a fun job but if I could sing full-time without working in a supermarket it would be out of this world.
"I've auditioned a lot of times over the years and if you want something and you want to go and get it then you'll get it. You have just have to believe in yourself".
The singer impressed the judges with Simon Cowell telling her: "You came out here and that is one of the most beautiful songs of all time, written by Carole King, and her heart was broken when she wrote that song. I understand why you were giving it what you gave it."
Less impressive was 33-year-old singer-songwriter Osiris Young from London who pursued a career in music after meeting Alesha Dixon in Corfu 12 years ago, where she told him to never give up.
But his performance of Coldplay's Sparks - complete with accompanying dance moves - left Dixon pleading ignorance when Cowell asked her what advice she gave him.
She said: "I don't know. It was 12 years ago".
* Britain's Got Talent continues on Saturday 3 May at 7.15pm on ITV


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What waterway are you using to go North?? I have not been on here for a long while because nobody ever goes anywhere except out to party and back again. Hooray for you. I will be following you from barge to barge, sand bar to sand bar, great anchor spot to great anchor spot and crummy boat dock to crummy boat dock. I know it will be and interesting adventure.
PS I hope your first Mate is enjoying the trip.


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Take guesswork out of the mix
Which mixer would be the most efficient, cost-effective, reliable or versatile? Know your options when choosing an in-line or in-tank mixer to suit your application.
Selecting the most efficient mixer for a particular task can be the key to successful processing. These days, when ingredients and even formulations have to be declared, manufacturing technique is playing an increasingly vital role in maintaining competitive advantage and profit margins. That said, choosing the right mixer for the job can be a somewhat complex task. The huge variation in applications has led to an equally diverse array of mixing equipment.
For liquid/liquid and solid/liquid mixing applications, units fall into two broad categories: "in-tank" units such as agitators, sawtooth-blade, rotor/stator and closed-rotor mixers; and "in-line" devices such as static mixers, colloid and media mills, and pressure homogenizers.
Some tasks naturally suggest certain types of equipment. However, many other applications can be handled with equal success using mixers of various types. But which would be the most efficient, cost effective, reliable or versatile?
Technology increasingly is playing a role in helping make the right selection. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can provide detailed predictions of mixer performance. It can be a useful tool for design and selection of conventional agitators. However, present CFD technology cannot simulate the more complex flow patterns of other types of mixers.
Therefore, for more demanding tasks, such as particle-size reduction and the formation of emulsions and suspensions, practical testing remains the most reliable means of ensuring the right choice. Most mixer manufacturers can offer some form of testing service, which may include providing loan machines and in-house demonstration facilities for carrying out anything from laboratory trials to full-scale production runs. Additional technology, e.g., particle-size analysis equipment, also can offer insights.
Keep in mind that manufacturers are prepared to modify and customize units for particular jobs
The starting point
Where should you start when selecting a mixer for a particular process? The most common option is a top-entry in-tank mixer, also called an immersion or batch mixer. These come in the broadest variety of designs and can handle the widest range of capacities and viscosities. Many also can be supplied as either bottom- or side-entry units. These variants generally are more complex designs; they eliminate the problems associated with immersed shafts and difficult-to-clean scraper blades, frame arms, etc., and offer improvements in process hygiene.
The simplest form of in-tank mixer is an agitator, which consists of a rotating shaft with an impeller attached to its end. In some cases, the shaft may contain more than one impeller. Impellers come in an array of types, each of which is designed to maximize flow while minimizing the power requirement. They generally are designed to produce a certain type of movement in the vessel or for certain viscosity ranges. Axial turbines feature impeller blades pitched at an angle of about 45 Degrees that create upward or downward movement in the vessel. These are ideal for pulling light powders down from the top of the vessel, drawing dense materials upward from the base of the mixture, maintaining solids in suspension, etc. Radial turbines have blades parallel to the shaft. This arrangement draws material in from top and bottom and forces it out toward the vessel walls, which is good for promoting heat transfer. Both types can handle viscosities up to 75,000 cP.
Gate or anchor stirrer/scrapers (Figure 1) are more appropriate for higher-viscosity materials up to 500,000 cP. They frequently are teamed with another mixer type. For example, many processes using an anchor also include a sawtooth-blade disperser or rotor/stator mixer (see below), which actually do the job. The stirrer/scraper merely ensures that the output from the other unit is distributed uniformly throughout the vessel.
An important difference
There is an important distinction between the terms agitator and mixer. Agitators are low-shear devices best described as process aids because their main functions, i.e., producing flow in a vessel, promoting heat transfer and ensuring in-tank uniformity, are secondary to the process. Processing ingredients, which includes dissolving solids, dispersing powders into liquids, breaking down agglomerates, or combining two immiscible liquids, requires a mixer with a more positive action, such as the following designs.
Dispersers or sawtooth-blade mixers (Figure 2) consist of an impeller mounted at the end of a rotating shaft, but they generally operate at much greater speeds than agitators. The impeller is a disc edged with angular teeth, resembling a rotary-saw blade. The combined action of the teeth and high-speed rotation create powerful hydraulic shear forces, which are further increased by the fluid's flow resistance. So, this type of device is most effective on high-viscosity mixtures, typically between 10,000 and 50,000 cP. This includes the dispersion of powders and pigments into pastes, inks and paints. Batch sizes are limited to about 1,000 gal. due to power requirements and low flow generation; supplementary in-tank agitation often is required with high-viscosity materials. For this reason, many manufacturers offer sawtooth-blade mixers as part of a complete system that includes a vessel, slow-speed scraper/stirrer and other types of in-tank agitation required for the process.
Rotor/stator mixers consist of a high-speed centrifugal-type rotor mounted within a stator that is held in place by three or four frame arms. During operation, high-speed rotor revolution creates a powerful suction that draws both liquid and solid materials into the center of the workhead assembly. There, they are subjected to intense high shear. Centrifugal force then drives the materials to the periphery of the workhead, where they encounter milling action in the clearance between the rotor blade tips and the stator inner wall. Intense hydraulic shear follows as the materials are forced out through the openings in the stator and are projected radially at great velocity back into the body of the mixture.
The size and shape of the openings in the stator (often referred to as the stator geometry) and the clearance between the rotor blade tips and the stator inner wall determine the flow pattern and the machine's shear rates. For example, a stator with round holes gives an exceptionally vigorous mixing action, particularly well-suited for disintegrating solids and preparing gels, suspensions and solutions. Slotted holes produce a more scissor-like shearing action, appropriate for disintegrating elastic or fibrous materials. Fine screens would be used where a high degree of particle- or globule-size reduction is required and for preparation of fine colloidal suspensions and emulsions. With simple reconfiguration, such as a switch of stator, a single machine can carry out duties that otherwise would require several different pieces of processing equipment.
As with sawtooth dispersers, the effectiveness of in-tank rotor/stator mixers depends somewhat upon batch size, as the power requirement for a high-speed unit capable of circulating large volumes can be uneconomical. Despite this, specialized units (such as bottom-entry disintegrators) can handle batches in excess of 20,000 gal.
Closed-rotor mixers fall somewhere between agitators and high-shear devices. These high-speed units feature a mixing head with rotors or pumping elements at the top or bottom of the head that draw material into the head. There, the materials are subjected to hydraulic shear forces before being driven out of the head by centrifugal force. Further hydraulic shear is applied to the material as it is projected back into the body of the mixture. Designs range from sanitary single-piece mixing heads to more complex units that feature stator assemblies or paddles attached to the shaft. Typically, closed-rotor mixers handle powder/ liquid dispersing, dissolving and gelling applications, batch sizes up to 2,000 gal. and viscosities up to 25,000 cP.
The question of batch size raises an important issue. Mixing equipment that operates immersed in the mixture performs two separate functions: the mixing task itself, be it disintegrating and solubilizing solids, creating fine emulsions or suspensions, dispersing powders or blending liquids of widely different viscosity and, secondly, circulating the contents of the vessel. Simple agitators can handle very large batches but only are effective in producing flow, promoting heat transfer and maintaining in-tank uniformity. In certain circumstances, achieving desired results might require combining agitators with other in-tank mixer types. However, as the batch size increases so does the power requirement, which then can make an immersion mixer uneconomical. One solution to this is to decrease the speed , but this also reduces the efficiency of the machine. Some applications that require an extremely high power-to-volume ratio simply could not be achieved using a large-scale immersion mixer. A cost-effective approach to this problem is to employ an in-line unit.
Figure 1. An anchor can handle fluids up to 500,000 cP and frequently is used with another type of mixer.
In-line alternatives
These devices operate outside of the vessel in a pipe that can be configured for single-pass processing, recycling material around a vessel, or passing it between two vessels. This means that material can be processed in a defined amount. The design should make bypassing impossible, so all the contents of the vessel pass through the mixer.
The simplest in-line devices are static mixers. They consist of a series of baffles that divert material flow, blending the mixture as it passes through the pipe. Static mixers have no moving parts and are by nature very low maintenance. They are ideal for applications such as in-line blending of like-viscosity liquids. On the downside, they are very low-shear units that require feeding by an auxiliary pump. They also can present some problems where process hygiene is an issue because the baffles may be difficult to clean.
In-line agitators or turbines also are relatively simple. They consist of an impeller of one of a variety of designs mounted on a short shaft set in a chamber in the pipe. They can put more work into the material than static mixers and can handle slightly more demanding, simple blending duties, such as dealing with liquids of dissimilar viscosity. Each unit still requires an auxiliary pump.
In-line rotor/stator mixers offer high-shear processing across a range of viscosities, from up to 5,000 cP as a self-pumping unit to more than 100,000 cP with additional pump assistance. These mixers employ a workhead, similar to that of their in-tank counterparts, mounted in a small chamber in the pipe. The machine's effort is concentrated on the small amount of material inside the workhead at any given moment; therefore, power is not wasted moving large volumes. Consequently, a unit can process capacities that would require a much larger immersion-type mixer. A single rotor/stator mixer can handle a variety of jobs simply by changing the stator geometry to alter mixing characteristics. Multistage units, in which the workhead features a series of concentrically mounted rotors set within a corresponding series of stators, are increasingly used for applications requiring intense high shear.
Colloid mills employ the rotor/ stator principle in that they consist of both rotating and stationary elements within a chamber. This chamber is larger than that for a rotor/stator mixer and allows more fluid to be retained in the mixing zone; retention times are longer, imparting a great deal of energy to the material with each pass. Retention times and shear rates also can be controlled by varying the clearance or "grinding gap" between the rotor and stator, which can have coarse or fine teeth, or other configurations. These devices require pump feeding and primarily handle duties such as the preparation of viscous emulsions and fines de-agglomeration. Typical applications include manufacture of toothpastes, ointments, putties and lubricating greases. A colloid mill, however, only offers limited throughput. Flow capacity of the largest units scarcely exceeds a few hundred gallons per minute.
A media mill relies on a "grind charge," such as ceramic or metal beads or another inert medium, inside a relatively large mixing chamber, which usually is agitated by some sort of impeller. Material (often a concentrated premix) is pumped through the chamber where shear and attrition produce rapid dispersion of the mixture. Upon discharge from the mill, the material passes through a mesh that retains the grinding medium. Premixes are then "let down" to their final working concentration and viscosity. This type of mixer primarily finds use in applications requiring dispersion and de-agglomeration of high proportions of solids into liquids, for example, for inks, paints, coating compounds and pesticides.
Pressure homogenizers are one of the most energy-intensive forms of mixers, but can achieve the finest particle/droplet size. To accomplish this, material is pumped into a valve chamber, in which considerable pressure is generated. As material is forced through the restricted aperture in the valve, the pressure and flow velocity increase dramatically. Then, as the material passes out of the valve, the pressure and velocity decrease, causing intense cavitation and turbulence in the material. The pumping rate or valve clearances can be adjusted to fine-tune the unit's performance. However, these systems incur high operating and maintenance costs and offer limited throughput. Pressure homogenizers also are less effective on materials with a viscosity of more than 500 cP. The devices are most common in food applications, such as homogenizing milk and producing flavor and other fine sub-micron emulsions.
Figure 2. Coupling the toothed design with high-speed rotation creates powerful hydraulic shear forces.
Making the choice
Some applications demand certain mixer types, whereas many others can be carried out by a number of methods. For example, neutralizations or other chemical reactions require intimate contact between liquid/liquid or liquid/solid constituents. This can be achieved with adequate results using a static mixer or in-line agitator. These probably would be the cheapest option initially, but not necessarily the most economical in the long run. If the mixture contains fluids of widely differing viscosities or agglomerates that require breaking down, then an in-line rotor/stator mixer would be more efficient because its intense high shear disperses the fluids more finely, accelerating the reaction and increasing yield.
An application common in many industries is the dispersion and hydration of rheology modifiers, such as emulsifying and stabilizing agents. Most powders of this type tend to float or "raft" on the liquid's surface and thus require a mixer capable of creating a powerful vortex to incorporate them into the liquid. Closed-rotor mixers are ideal for this application if the agglomerates that form once the powder is added to the liquid are readily broken down. However, an in-tank rotor/stator mixer would be a better option for hard agglomerates that require more intense shear to break down. An alternative is to use an agitator to wet out the powder, together with an in-line rotor/stator mixer to provide the high shear. Obviously viscosity is a major factor here. Some materials maintain a relatively low viscosity, whereas others, such as carbopols, form on neutralization viscous gels that demand a stirrer/scraper to ensure adequate in-tank movement.
Emulsions can be produced by a variety of means, all of which must provide a degree of shear to sufficiently reduce droplet size to create a stable emulsion. The pressure homogenizer is most commonly used, especially in food applications. However, a colloid mill or a multistage rotor/stator mixer would be more suitable for handling higher-viscosity materials. Where particle size is less critical, a rotor/stator mixer offers economic and speed benefits. It also can be employed in the preparation of pre-emulsions, which then can be fed through the homogenizer or colloid mill at a much faster rate.
Remember, there is no "one-size- fits-all" solution to mixing challenges. Therefore, properly assessing all options is crucial. After all, taking guesswork out of the mix can be the key to successful processing.
Chris Ryan is a technical adviser for Silverson Machines, Chesham, England. He is responsible for the preparation of application reports and training publications. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Image: Powersmart Solar Director Mike Bassett-Smith
Tokelau, world's first solar power nation
By Keri Welham
A Mount Maunganui company is spearheading a pioneering project to transform the diesel-dependant South Pacific nation of Tokelau into the world's first solar-powered country.
Powersmart Solar is lead contractor on the Tokelau Renewable Energy Project (TREP). This winter, the island nation's diesel generators are being replaced with 4032 solar panels (one megawatt of solar), 392 inverters, and 1344 batteries (each weighing 250kg).
Powersmart director Mike Bassett-Smith says the TREP will enable Tokelau to be the first country to meet 100 per cent of its climate change obligations, while becoming the first wholly solar-powered nation on earth.
At present the country's diesel generators burn around 200 litres of fuel daily – 2000 barrels a year shipped in from New Zealand at an annual cost of NZ$1million and considerable environmental impact. Tokelau's population of 1400 can count on only 15 to 18 hours of electricity each day.
Tokelau's solar power system, designed to survive cyclone force winds of 230 km/h, is due to go live following a commissioning ceremony late in September. It will provide 24-hour electricity and Tokelau will only need fossil fuel for its tiny fleet of three cars.
The solar power plant is spread across Tokelau's three atolls - Fakaofo, Nukunonu, and Atafu. Powersmart's custom-designed solar system will provide 150 per cent of the nation's current electricity demand, allowing Tokelauans to expand electricity use without increasing diesel demand.
Diesel-dependence is just one environmental calamity in a country where drought has necessitated the importation of water via costly, environmentally-taxing shipping and every imported product (and person) must travel two days by boat from Samoa.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says Pacific Island countries are among the most petroleum-dependent nations and territories in the world. The UNDP contributed around US$450,000 and significant technical support over 11 years towards the goal of solar powering Tokelau. The Government of Tokelau also leveraged approximately NZ$8.5 million (US$ 6.8 million) in grants and soft loans from New Zealand for the TREP.
Tokelau's government estimates the country will save 12,000 tonnes of CO2 over the life of the solar power plant. During periods of prolonged cloud cover, generators that run on coconut oil will supply power and simultaneously recharge the battery bank.
Powersmart has six staff currently in Tokelau. Bassett-Smith says the company prides itself on extreme efficiency and thorough systems. In an isolated environment like Tokelau, mistakes are costly.
Tokelauans have provided the manpower for the project; learning new skills specific to the building, care and running of a solar power scheme.
Powersmart is a Kiwi business run by three ex-pat Canadians who met at university. Bassett-Smith (whose father is a New Zealander) and Shane Robinson moved to New Zealand and began developing the concept for a solar initiative on two laptops in a lounge. However, the idea quickly grew and, in 2007, they called Dean Parchomchuk out to New Zealand to help. The three directors are all 33 years old.
Today, from its solar powered Mount Maunganui head office – some 3500km from Tokelau - Powersmart is playing a significant role in the evolution of the South Pacific's solar industry. However, the company's directors insist Powersmart will not rest on the fact its core operation is within the sustainability sphere. It also strives to be a clean and socially-conscious company in all operations and staff management.
Powersmart relocated to portside Mt Maunganui from its original Bay of Islands base to improve operational efficiency in terms of cost, time and land transport emissions.
Directors and the company's 12 staff are encouraged to bike to work two days a week. The success of this initiative has been so significant that, during the 2010 financial year, it was estimated staff biked to work a combined total of 144 work days, over an average return distance of 4km, for a total carbon offset of 120kg CO2.
"Those sorts of things are important to us," says Bassett-Smith. "We take a holistic view to what we do."
There is an onsite hammock for naps, a ping pong table and a giant Bernese Mountain dog comes to work every day with its owner. Volunteering is actively encouraged and one staff member spent a month in Indonesia working on an environmental project. After six months with the company, employees are given sponsorship for a gym membership.
Bassett-Smith says sustainability and environmental impact are considered in everything from packaging to printing to office cleaning products. In 2010, the company calculated the limitless takeaway coffee tab it had provided as a staff perk contributed to the use of more than 1725 paper cups annually. That was unacceptable to Powersmart so a coffee machine was installed and double insulated glass coffee cups were provided to eliminate the need for reheating.


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This no-sew project is fun to make as a quick and festive decoration. Liz Scott's Domestic Bliss collection was perfect for some happy hearts. And because the hearts are not permanently attached to the ribbon, you can adjust their spacing to make the bunting exactly the length you need!
1 charm pack
1 yard fusible web cut into 21, 5" squares (for bunting we like Steam-a-Steam 2)
4-7 yards ribbon, depending on how long you'd like your bunting to be (we used 3/8" grosgrain ribbon)
heart template, traced from the pattern PDF (included in the Printer Friendly Version) onto template plastic
1. Divide charm squares into 21 pairs. We kept similar colors together so the darker colors wouldn't show through the lighter sides.
2. Fuse the pairs together: this fusible has paper on both sides, and will conveniently stick where we place it. Peel off the first layer…
Lay the fusible side down onto the wrong side of one square and press according to the instructions that come with your fusible for heat setting and length of time. Be sure the sticky part doesn't peel away from the fabric.
Peel the other side of the paper off…
Align the first square, fusible side down, onto the wrong side of its mate, and fuse.
TIP: We found it easiest to do this assembly line style, ironing the fusible to one square from each pair first, and then pressing them all on to the second squares. This way they have a chance to cool down before you have to handle them again. Just don't get your pairs mixed up!
Edit: I thought I'd mention a bit about our experience with the fusible and it's durability. We've made buntings with Steam a Seam and hung them outside for months in the wind and elements without anything coming apart. That stuff is awesome.
3. Trace the heart and slits onto each fused square.
For the slit, you can just cut into the template plastic and stick your tracing pencil through it to make the mark.
Cut out the heart…
…and cut the slits with a seam ripper, like you would a button hole. Poke the point through all layers, and gently cut to the end of the line. That's right, the curve inside your seam ripper is a little blade! We only traced one slit, folded the heart in half, and cut the 2 slits at once. If you are using wider than 3/8″ ribbon, just cut your slits the exact width of your ribbon.
4. Weave the ribbon through the hearts.
Alternate the direction of the ribbon on each heart (first woven in from the back, then woven in from the front, and so forth) so it will look the same from either side of the bunting.
Slide the hearts along the ribbon to get them where you want them. Space the hearts close together…
…or farther apart for a different look and a longer bunting.
1 heart-warming bunting of adjustable size, for all sorts of spaces!
Try some variations, like cutting the hearts out with a wavy blade on your rotary cutter, or dividing the hearts into 2 separate buntings for both sides of the room. Post photos of your own version in our Flickr pool!
We hope you enjoy this little project, our very first Moda Bake Shop recipe! We've got a few Domestic Bliss Charm Packs available, and don't forget to check out our blog for other fun stuff.
Jo, Kathy, and Jess


text: Hello, I rebuilt one of my clusters recently using a build kit that I created which creates bootable ISO images for the slave nodes. So far the system is working GREAT, and the removable CDROM filesystems are actually proving to be very handy when nodes go down and need to be swapped out. Yes, there is an initial slowness when the CDROM needs to spin up occasionally, but besides that no complaints! It is easy to use, and can be extensively and easily modified. I have told several people in my lab, and colleagues about this, and they were all interested in replicating some of this work. Because of this I have created a fairly simplistic downloadable build tree with the hopes that someone else out there may also find it useful. The cluster I implemented this on, only took me about 4 hours to build up from scratch (to a working system). There are 8 nodes, and I am using Myrinet as the interconnect. I based the master and the slave nodes on RedHat 7.2. I don't know if there is already something out there like this, nor do I know if anyone will find this useful, but I packaged and named it anyway. It can be obtained from http://www.runlevelzero.net/greg/warewulf/ for any one interested. BTW, It also works great for temporary clusters in a lab or office because nothing is written to the slave node local disk drive (except swapping if you configure it to do so). Greg -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Greg M. Kurtzer, CSE: Linux specialist Office 510.495.2307 | | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Pager 510.448.4540 | | 1 Cyclotron Road #90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720 Cell 510.703.1286 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- :wq


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With the recent reveal that the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot will include some form of multiplayer, the internet has again flared up with cries of anger against a beloved singleplayer franchise receiving the multiplayer treatment. This is in no way a new trend as a multiplayer mode was added to Uncharted 2 back in 2009. Since that time, many primarily single player franchises have added both online and split-screen multiplayer components, including Dead Space, Mass Effect, and God of War.
Is multiplayer really that bad of an addition to these titles though? Does it effectively ruin what was once a beloved singleplayer game by adding features that require an internet connection or a second controller? Let's take a closer and rational look at some of the most common outcries against adding in multiplayer.
Love the Pic AND Love U3 MP.
Hope it goes FREE in 2013(Naughty Dog's teased MP announcement)so I can play with all my friends on PSN.
Team Objective or Survival Arena anybody?
Listen, if the single player component of the game is prioritized then I do not mind multiplayer. Why not have extra content for a game?
I think Uncharted is the best example of how multilayer doesn't detract from singleplayer, just gives you another way to play the game.
Well I mind, as far as boring multiplayer is concerned anyway. Imagine if half of these developers spent all the time perfecting the single player instead of making tacked on multiplayer.
Unless of course the multiplayer supports 2 - 4 player splitscreen, you can't beat having a bunch of friends over with some pizza and beers. Online only multiplayer is whack


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AndyDenby posted a topic in How Do I?am using the Excelsior Jet Gradle plug-in to secure our java web application based on Ratpack. Using the excelsiorJet block below I have successfully compiled and ran the application using gradle jetTestRun. excelsiorJet { //UNCOMMENT THIS ONCE YOU HAVE RUN GRADLE TEST RUN globalOptimizer = true mainClass = 'ratpack.groovy.GroovyRatpackMain' groupId = 'com.reshufl' version = '1.0.1' //jvmArgs "-Xms256m", "-Xmx512m", "-Djava.class.path=./config/" jvmArgs "-Xms256m", "-Xmx512m" stackAllocation = true inlineExpansion = 'aggressive' compilerOptions = ["-Djet.gc.ratio=11", "-Djet.gc.no.swap", "-Djava.class.path=./config/application.properties"] //compilerOptions = ["-Djet.gc.ratio=11", "-Djet.gc.no.swap"] optimizationPreset = 'smart' dependencies { dependency { groupId = 'com.reshufl' isLibrary = false } //dependency { // path = new File(project.projectDir, "src/ratpack/application.properties") // packagePath = 'config' // pack = 'none' //} } packageFiles { file { path = new File(project.projectDir, "src/ratpack/application.properties") packagePath = "config" } } runtime { flavor = 'server' components = ['jce'] } } On startup Ratpack is configured to load the configuration file "src/ratpack/application.properties" that is currently being built into the deployment package. I am trying to externalize this configuration file so that it is read from a config directory created by the installer so that the end user can modify the application properties on start-up. So far I managed to create a copy of the file under the config directory however I've been unable to modify the classpath to read this version of the file first. I've looked at the documentation but just don't seem to be able to get this going. Please could you point me in the right direction for how to do this using the gradle plug in.


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I stopped taking notes when the woman disintegrated into a ball of writhing snakes.
Up until that point, "John Dies at the End" seemed like the kind of movie that might actually benefit from some furious scribbling on my part. Several minutes into the film — a mash-up of dark comedy, grindhouse gore, film-noir narration and a headache-inducing sci fi premise about a drug that opens a portal to a parallel universe inhabited by evil creatures bent on our destruction — I had no idea what was going on.
Here"s one of the last things I remember writing, before throwing down my pen and letting the rest of the movie wash over me, like so many waves of warm slime and severed body parts: "Ghostbusters???"
Including the question marks, that"s actually a fair, one-word assessment of the film. It really does concern a team of jokey, paranormal crime fighters, minus the ectoplasm and the mainstream yuks of that 1984 classic. " "Men in Black" on acid" might have been equally descriptive.
Framed as series of flashbacks being related to a skeptical reporter (Paul Giamatti), "John Dies at the End" is the story of what happens when 20-something slackers Dave (Chase Williamson) and his friend John (Rob Mayes) discover a drug called "soy sauce" which forever alters their senses and perception of reality.
What happens is not so easily explained. But it involves time travel and zombie-like pod people whose bodies have been taken over by a parasitic white fuzz from another dimension. Throw that in a blender, along with the kind of hipster humor familiar to fans of "Tim and Eric"s Billion Dollar Movie," and you"ve got a cocktail with a stoner-y, midnight-movie vibe. It makes for a formidable aperitif, working up an appetite in its audience that eschews ironic detachment for the wholesale cannibalization of its own cheesy pop-cultural goodness.
Sight gags include a dog at the wheel of a car. The repartee boasts such gems as this (spoken in response to the discovery of an alternate universe of masked, topless women): "Apparently, it"s "Eyes Wide Shut" World." Its genre-movie cameos include an appearance by a frighteningly skinny Doug Jones (Abe Sapien in "Hellboy").
Adapted by writer-director Don Coscarelli from Jason Pargin"s 2007 comic horror novel, "John Dies at the End" is certainly not for everyone. Yet even those who are able to appreciate its satire of/homage to genre movies may tire of its broad approach, which is less a skewering than a shotgun blast to the head.
One and a half stars. R. Contains, obscenity, violence, gore, and sexual and drug content. 99 minutes.
Ratings Guide: Four stars masterpiece, three stars very good, two stars okay, one star poor, no stars waste of time.


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|*** Please Note: You, as the student, are responsible for all the classes on your schedule, whether you register through OLSIS or by processing paperwork through the Records Office or Jackson County Center. Your official registration is what you enter into the system or the schedule you receive at the Records Office or Jackson County Center. By registering through this system, you obligate yourself for payment of the tuition. If you change your mind after registering, you must withdraw before the first day of the semester in order to have all registration charges removed from your account. All withdrawals after the beginning of the semester will have a percentage of tuition assessed.
- Visit https://rand.wvnet.edu:9920/
- Check the Registration Criteria to be sure you are eligible to use the online system to register.
- Click on Login to OLSIS (below).
- Click on Enter Secure Area.
- Type in your WVUP ID number or Social Security number in the User ID field. Type your personal identification number in the PIN field. Your initial PIN is your birth date in six digits. (Such as if your birthday is January 3, 1979, your initial PIN is 010379.)
- At your first login to the system, you will be required to change your PIN. It must be 6 digits, and should contain both numbers and letters to keep others from guessing it. REMEMBER: Your PIN protects access to your grades, financial aid and personal information!
- When you change your PIN, you will also be required to enter a security question and answer. Again, make this something that you will remember, but no one else is likely to know.
- Click Student Services and Financial Aid.
- Click Registration.
- Click Select Term and select the term from the drop down list.
- If you know the CRNs for the courses, click Add or Drop Classes and enter the numbers in the space provided.
- If you don't know the CRNS, click Look Up Classes.
- Using the drop down menus, select the course and number you want.
- Select a campus.
- Click Class Search.
- Click the Select box for the course you want and click Register.
- You can continue to search for classes or directly add the CRNs. When you are finished, click Submit Changes. If you are repeating a class, auditing a class or wish to drop one of the classes you have entered, click the arrow for the drop-down box labeled Action.
- You must come to the Records Office to take care of the following:
- The class is closed and you want to be put on the wait list. The screen will tell you whether there is a wait list.
- You have a class that requires special permission.
- Click View Fee Assessment at the bottom of the page to see your bill.
- Print the screen to make a copy of your bill for your records.
- Click Week at a Glance at the bottom of Fee Assessment to see your complete weekly schedule. Print a copy for your information and to use at the Bookstore to buy books.
- Students who are paying their own tuition should report to the Business Office to do so.
- Click Exit at the top of the page.
- Click Return to Homepage.
- Close the Internet browser.
OLSIS Login
(Requires WVUP ID and PIN #.)
For additional assistance, contact the Records Office at 304.424.8220.


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With the cost of tuition, loan delinquencies and student debt all on the rise, millennials aren't able to enter the housing market at the same age as their predecessors, which is having a ripple effect throughout the market and could have long-lasting consequences.
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A report from the International Institute of Finance (IIF), shows people under the age of 30 can't afford to become homebuyers, which are negatively impacting housing prices and could disrupt the slow-burning economic recovery.
College tuition costs are increasing ten-times as fast as food housing and health-care, according the IIF, and for the first time ever in 2012, outstanding debt topped $1 trillion, increasing by four times its amount since 2003. The study also shows nearly 20% of U.S. households have outstanding student debt, compared to 16% in 2007. In addition, the average wage for workers in the 25-to-34-year-old age group also decreased by 10%.
Housing Market Effects
The immediate impact of young adults skipping homeownership is a fuller rental market and fewer home owners, says Patrick Newport, IHS Global Insight economist.
"Student debt will affect the home ownership rate, which may drop in the next three or four years to levels last seen in the 1960s."
In turn, rental prices will rise--particularly in big cities--as demand increases. More multi-unit homes will be built to meet this demand for rental units as well, he says.
In the past, college grads made up a largest portion of the first-time-homebuyers group, however the high debt they carry and their low wages make accessing a mortgage difficult, the IIF reports.
The trend will negatively impact the economy, according to William Delwiche, investment strategist at private equity firm Robert J. Baird and Co., because this group is holding back on major life purchases such as home investments.
"It decreases the vibrancy of the economy and decreases the recovery. The impact is more cumulative." he says.
The Real World Impact of Debt
Rutgers University recently found 40% of students graduating from a four-year college with debt have delayed big-ticket purchases, which is bad for the economy since consumer spending makes up a significant portion of the country's gross domestic product.
"These college graduates are saddled with debt and can't buy a house, or get married, or buy a car, the way you would expect to see in a healthy economic environment," Delwiche says.
While the labor market is improving and more young adults have been finding work recently, they might be overqualified and wages have remained stagnate.
"They are graduating and finding jobs, but the jobs aren't paying what they should," he says. "So this delays their flexibility in the near term."
The IIF says in 2011, first-time homebuyers fell to the smallest percentage of total home purchasers since 2006, and that the Federal Reserve says that from 2009 to 2011, only 9% of those ages 29-to-34 were approved for a first-time mortgage. In the past decade, home ownership for those under 35 fell significantly.
The Bigger Problem
Newport argues home prices are being pushed up for another reason: lack of supply. In 2012, according to Newport, more than 1.1 new households were formed compared to only around 900,000 homes built that same year.
"What's driving prices up right now are low interest rates and the fact that we are not building enough homes to meet population growth. The inventory number isn't exceeding demand. I don't think the student debt effect is as important as what's driving prices up right now."
Andrew Kelly, a research fellow in education policy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), says student loan debt is a problem, but cant be blamed for everything
"The tendency is to think of student loan debt as 'The' problem," he says. "Yes debt-to-income ratios are growing and tuition costs are growing higher than inflation and wages. But people focus their reform energy on the debt, and I argue that its part of a broader problem. It doesn't make the plight of individual borrowers or the impact on the economy any less acute."
Kelly doesn't argue against the value of a college education, but says the extraordinary cost to get a four-year degree needs to be addressed.
"The question is not if people are graduating with more debt, but rather are they better off for investing their money [in education]?" Kelly says. "If you look at wages and earnings for high school graduates, those people with a degree will still be better off. Even if they have debt in the short term and it hampers their ability to do things like this."
Student debt is only really an investment when it's used simply for education, says Edward Pinto, AEI scholar on housing and real estate. But all too often, students take out more loans than necessary.
"One of the issues is that much of the student lending is going to finance living expenses—the lattes, people living in kiddie condos, cell phones—it all gets very expensive," Pinto says. He adds that many aren't working during off semesters to make up the costs, deepening them in debt.


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Team executives and agents wandered into the Agave Sunset lounge at the resort where the general managers' meetings were held in Indian Wells, Calif. Four of the six flat-screen televisions were showing election coverage, with the other two turned to sports.
President Barack Obama's victory over Mitt Romney was of as much interest to baseball's money men as the game scores, given the millions of dollars routinely guaranteed in player contracts these days.
As free agents negotiate deals this offseason, tax policy is an area that comes up along with the usual issues. Some players are wrangling for as much money as they can get before the end of the year to avoid a take hike in 2013.


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Happy 1st Day of Summer! July Festivals in Maine
Summer is finally here! Let's face it, Maine is nice in the winter, and spring, but it is especially gorgeous in the summer and fall! We look forward to summer for so long, we just have to make sure we get out and enjoy it!
Here are a list of July Festivals in Maine, from Maine Info.com
Fourth of July
Check with your local Chamber of Commerce for Parades, fireworks.
Houlton Fair
Jul 04 thru Jul 07, 2013. Small fair featuring livestock, crafts, midway and stage entertainment. Phone Lori Weston at (207) 532-2977
Annual Celebration - West Quoddy Head Visitor Center
Jul 06, 2013. Annual Celebration at West Quoddy Head Visitor Center. Come celebrate with us at the easternmost point in the USA. Event is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with tours of the tower 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Live music, raffles, food, activities. Lighthouse museum and art gallery. Hike beautiful Quoddy Head State Park. Note that the Visitor Center is open daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from May 25 through October 14, 2013
Maine Windjammer Parade - Rockland
Jul 12, 2013. The entire windjammer fleet participates in an afternoon Parade of Sail past the mile-long Rockland Breakwater, providing spectators with stunning, close-up views of Maine's fleet of tall ships. For info phone (207) 807-9463
Moxie Festival - Lisbon Falls
Jul 12 thru Jul 14, 2013. The Annual Moxie Festival includes a river race, 5K road race, parade, car show, Moxie raffle and more!
Southwest Harbor Flamingo Festival - Southwest Harbor
Jul 12 thru Jul 15, 2013. Every year, Harbor House holds the fun-filled Flamingo Festival, a great family festival that truly has something for every one. While it is whimsical, lighthearted and decidedly hot pink, the annual Harbor House Flamingo Festival is integral to our mission of community building. Over the years, it has become a way for the community to come together to celebrate the treasured value of small town life. Young, old and in-between, locals, summer people and tourists, all participate in the festivities, and our lawns, store windows and buildings proudly display the plastic pink creatures. It is a spectacular showcase for our Center and all that we offer our community
Maine Potato Blossom Festival - Fort Fairfield
Jul 13 thru Jul 21, 2013. Fort Fairfield hosts the annual Maine Potato Blossom Festival mid-July each year when the potato blossoms are in full bloom. We calculate each years' dates by the tradition that our huge parade is always the third Saturday in July, making parade day July 20 in 2013. This 9 day festival features farmer olympics, road races, arts & crafts, fireworks, river races, and mashed potato wrestling, and much more! Fun for the entire family. Don't miss this "spudtacular" event. The Maine Potato Blossom Festival is one of the oldest and most established festivals in Maine. Founded in 1937, this venue was created to celebrate Maine's supreme commodity, the potato. No matter who you go with to the festival, there is something for everyone's interest. Some of the traditional activities include the Maine Potato Blossom Queen Pageant, the Annual Antique Tractor Pull and fireworks over the beautiful Aroostook River. Do you want your pet to get his/her moment of fame? Enter your furry pal in the Household Pet Show. There's food, singing, dancing, arts & crafts, horse shows, mashed potato wrestling and so much more. Who knew potatoes could be so much fun? For more info click the Title link above or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Central Maine Egg Festival - Pittsfield
Jul 15 thru Jul 20, 2013. The Central Maine Egg Festival Committee and the Town of Pittsfield are pleased to welcome our many guests to the 41st Annual Central Maine Egg Festival from Monday, July 15 to Saturday, July 20, 2013. Our theme this year is SpEGGTacular Circus. The Town of Pittsfield is home to the Egg Festival. A quiet industrial community of less than 5,000 people, Pittsfield welcomes approximately 35,000 visitors each July. A large Street Dance, Egglympics, window painting, art show and craft fair are just a few of the scheduled events during the week leading up to the Big Day - Saturday, July 20 - which features The Big Parade, Kiwanis Karnival with its rides and booths, and fireworks. It is the event of the year in Pittsfield and the region. Founded in 1973, the Egg Festival was designed to celebrate the egg industry in Central Maine and complement the already popular Kiwanis Karnival. Though the egg industry has all but left the region, the Festival remains stronger than ever. The Festival prides itself on providing a venue for area non-profit groups to come together and fundraise for their programs. There is something for everyone at this very friendly event! For more info see the Title link above or, if it has been updated, Central Maine Egg Fest.
Ossipee Valley Fair - Hiram Maine
Jul 11 thru Jul 14, 2013. A true country fair with livestock, events and exhibits. Novelty events like egg toss, watermelon seed spitting, tractor pulls and more. For info phone Kathleen Haley at (207) 793-8434.
Yarmouth Clam Festival - Yarmouth
Jul 19 thru Jul 21, 2013. Annual Yarmouth Clam Festival! You can look forward to all the fun events that make this festival Maine's summer favorite: A long, hilarious parade; spectacular fireworks; clam shucking contests; a firefighter's muster; road, kayak, and bike races; a pancake breakfast; concerts; and, of course, a delicious array of food. Admission to the Festival and its events is free. To learn more about this year's Yarmouth Clam Festival and see a complete schedule of events, see the Title link above or call the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce at (207) 846-3984.
24th Annual Stonington Fishermen's Day - Stonington
Jul 21, 2013. Come join us on the Pier for a fun filled, family day honoring our local fishermen! Events include a pet show, wacky row boat races, trap hauling demonstration, cod fish relay and much more! We'll have local artisans, information from community organizations and some of the best seafood on the coast. Come enjoy Suzy's Red Hot Lobster or Julia's Famous Grilled Shark!
Pittston Fair - Pittston
Jul 25 thru Jul 28, 2013. Small, family oriented country fair with midway, animal-pulling events and children's games
Bucksport Bay Festival - Bucksport
Jul 26 thru Jul 27, 2013. The Annual Bucksport Bay Festival is a family-oriented festival that includes Fireworks, Parade, Kid's Center, Car Show, Motorcycle Show, 5K Fun Run, Pie Bake-Off Contest, Civil War Encampment at Ft. Knox, over 70 vendors along the Waterfront Walkway, live music all day, and much more! For more info see the event's Facebook page.
Northern Maine Fair - Presque Isle
Jul 26 thru Aug 03, 2013. The Northern Maine Fair is a large family fair with rides, exhibits, horse pulling, harness racing, tractor pulling, demo derby and more. At the Northern Maine Fairgrounds. For info phone Andy LaBlanc at (207) 769-2258.
Bangor State Fair - Bangor
Jul 26 thru Aug 04, 2013. At the Bangor State Fair you can enjoy outdoor concerts, demolition derby, backyard circus, midway rides, great food, a petting zoo and pony rides, exhibits, fireworks and more. For info phone Mike Dyer at (207) 947-5555
Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival - Grand Lake Stream
Jul 27 thru Jul 28, 2013. The Annual Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival features folk artists, craftsmen, canoe and boat builders, quilters and live music throughout the event. The festival was selected by the Governor's Conference on Tourism as the recipient of the 2006 Excellence in Tourism Award in the category of Attractions. Events are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ball Field. For info phone (207) 796-8199
Maine Lobster Festival - Rockland
Jul 31 thru Aug 04, 2013. The Maine Lobster Festival is one of New England's great summer events. Tons of steamed Maine lobsters, waterfront activities, maritime displays, Maine arts, naval vessels, harbor cruises, entertainment and a parade. For info phone (207) 596-0376 or (800) LOB-CLAW.


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"GOSSIP GIRL" - (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET)
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GOSSIP GIRL RETURNS WITH 10 ORIGINAL EPISODES! - Nate (Chace Crawford) and Serena (Blake Lively) decide to explore the boundaries of their friendship. Blair (Leighton Meester) suspects that Chuck (Ed Westwick) is having problems forgetting about the woman (guest star Laura Harring) he saw at his father's grave. Jenny (Taylor Momsen) agrees to accompany Damien (guest star Kevin Zegers) to a State Dinner but is unaware that he needs her help with a drug exchange. Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) and Dan (Penn Badgley) attempt to move past the awkwardness of Dan's confession of love. Rufus (Matthew Settle) returns from a ski trip and tries his best to avoid Lily (Kelly Rutherford). Tony Wharmby directed the episode written by Sara Goodman (#313).


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Thanks for peeking and get ready for a giveaway here at Paperie Design's Studio!!!
What a beautiful anniversary card, Noor! The colors, elegant rose ribbon, and popped up butterfly are wonderful elements that add to the beauty! Thanks for playing along with us at The Sweet Stop this week!
Your card is beautiful! Thanks for joining us at Little Darlings this week. hugs, Angela
awesome beautiful card! love the red blooms!
Such a lovely card Noor..nice layering and colour :))
This is gorgeous, I love those vibrant colours.
Thank you for joining us at The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge.
What a fabulous take on the sketch! Love the rich colors, the pretty butterfly and frill ribbon... the tag is lovely too. Thank you for playing along with us at The Sweet Stop this week!
this is such a bright and cheerful card!! Makes me smile :) Thanks for playing with us over on CASE Study this week :)
It's a great card-I love the bright colours!Thanks for sharing it with us at ATCs/Cards with Attitude.


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We have to do some maintenance work in Panoramio for 48 hours starting on Sunday September 20th around 12:00 GMT (13:00 Continental Europe, 05:00, San Francisco, 21:00 Beijing).
During this period of time you will not be able to sign-in in Panoramio. This means that anything that requires to sign-in (upload photos, add a comment, delete photos, manage tags, etc) will be disabled. When you click over any of those features you will get a page with the message "Sorry, this page will not be available for the next 48 hours". Also it wouldn't be possible to add posts to the forum nor comments to Panoramio's blog. Everything else in Panoramio should work normally; photo browsing, map page, personal pages, etc.
After approximately 48 hours (Tuesday September 22nd at 12:00 GMT) everything should be back to normality with some minor changes that I have explained in this post.
Sorry for the trouble, but it is something we had to do unavoidably. I am looking forward to see your newest photos on Tuesday.


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