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Salon Assistant - Downtown
milk + honey is a thriving collection of premier spa and salons in Austin, Houston, and Fort Worth, Texas, offering a full range of services including massage, facials, waxing, natural nail therapy, hair care, makeup application, and bridal packages in a modern, inviting space.
milk + honey abides by and exemplifies its core Four Principles, which have become an essential part of our processes, culture, and growth:
Care. Be kind, compassionate, and listen to one another.
Thrive. Enjoy what you do and push yourself to improve.
Inspire. Surprise, delight, and go above and beyond.
Simplify. Do more with less.
milk + honey is looking for a Salon Assistant who is responsible for performing exceptional shampoo services as well as cleaning and maintain the shampoo area, salon floor, color bar and back of the house. The successful Salon Assistant will be a self starter with exceptional multitasking skills, be willing to work as part of a team in a fast-paced, goal-driven environment while maintaining a positive and professional attitude.
Essential Duties
milk + honey offers our Salon Assistants the following benefits:
Named one of Austin Business Journal's "Best Places to Work," milk + honey is deeply committed to helping you achieve your personal and professional goals. We believe that happy employees, thorough training, wonderful service, and an encouraging environment result in happy clients who return often.
If you are ready to be a part of an award winning team, please complete our online application.
milk + honey is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is a drug-free workplace.


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Special Order
This item is noncancelable and nonreturnable.
The 4TB CT-4000R Crystal 1U Rack-Mountable 4-Bay Network Video Recorder from NUUO is a Linux-embedded recording solution that supports H.264 encoding for up to 64 channels with a throughput of 250 Mb/s. Featuring a modular system structure that is made to handle large project sizes, NUUO Crystal is the suitable choice for enterprise solutions. The benefits of a modular system design are that not only can it be managed centrally, down to a process level, but every module can also work independently. When a process fails, only that process module shuts down and the rest of the system will continue to function normally, further enhancing system stability.
NUUO Crystal NVRs features recording failover function to safeguard server uptime and performance consistency. The failover function can be assigned and managed as a cluster, so that N+M redundancy can be achieved. The NVR features support for unlimited numbers of cameras, 3rd party access control systems, POS, and I/O devices. Any number of users and user groups may be assigned different levels of management rights, monitoring points, and event processing. Combined with the intuitive NuClient software to provide centralized live view and playback video stream, the NUUO Crystal NVR provides the user with total control over the entire system at their fingertips.
Utilizing a custom recording technology known as File Ring, the NUUO Crystal NVR is able to handle high megapixel recordings. The NVR is able to maintain data throughput up to 250 Mb/s for a single volume. The NUUO Crystal NVR supports an unlimited number of video wall displays, up to 100 channels per monitor. With a built-in View Wizard, changing view configuration is as easy as dragging and dropping different view grids. It also features Image Fusion to stitch multiple views into one single picture. Combined with PTZ joystick control, a fisheye dewarp algorithm, and video tour modes, reviewing and monitoring are simplified.
|PC Requirementstevfsycqvues
|Operating System
Windows XP 32-bit, Windows 7 32/64-bit, Windows 8(32/64-bit), Windows 8.1(32/64-bit)
It is suggested to use 64-bit system for best system performance.
|Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.6 GHz
|Display Card
|nVidia or ATI with 1 GB memory (OpenGL 2.0 and later)
|Transmission Speed: 10/100/1000 Mb/s (RJ45)
|User Interface
Application: NuClient, NuMatrix(available in Ultimate)
Web Browser: Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10, 11, Firefox 23 and above (Windows version)
iViewer for NUUO iPhone, iPad, Android mobile live viewer
It is suggested to use a 64-bit system for best system performance.
|Form Factor
|Rack-mount 1RU
|Intel D525
|HDD Trays
|Removable: 4 x SATA II
|Storage Capacity
|4 TB, 4 x 1 TB
|4 TB per drive (maximum 8 drives)
|0, 1, 5, 10
|External Storage
|DAS, iSCSI
|External Ports
4 x USB 2.0 (for mouse, UPS)
1 x eSATA (for DAS)
|2 x Gigabits ports, RJ45
|Transmission Speed: 10/100/1000 Mb/s
|100 to 240 V
|Power Consumption
Full Loading: 50 W
Maximum: 250 W
|Operating Temperature
|32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
|Operating Humidity
|5 to 95%
|Server Operating System
|Client Operating System
|Windows XP (32-bit) / Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit)/ Windows 8 (32 and 64-bit)/ Windows 8.1 (32 and 64-bit)
|License Type
Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate / Metadata channel
Licenses are available separately
|Number of Cameras
|64-channel per recording server
|Maximum Streams
|256 per recording server
|Number of Cameras
|400 per NuClient
|Profile S
|Video Compression
|H.264, MPEG4, MJPEG, MxPEG
|Recording Performance
|250 Mb/s (maximum), 150 Mb/s (optimal)
|Third Party Software
|Supports POS, access control
Live view and playback line by line with video
Metadata Search
|Live View
4-channel per view
Supports view tour to 64-channel
|Recording type
Continuous record, trigger record by digital input, motion-triggered record, event-triggered record, boosting record, record by schedule, and manual trigger record on NuClient
Event pre- and post-recording
|NTP (Network Time Protocol)
|Joystick support
|Supported IP Cameras
|ACTi, ADT, Airlive, Alarm.com, Alphatech, American Dynamics, AMTK, Arecont, ARM, ATV, Asoni, AXIS, Aver, BASLER, Bolide, BOSCH, Brickcom, Bullwark, Centrix, CISCO, CNB, COP, CORUM, Dahua, Digital Watchdog, D-Link, DlinkCN, DYNACOLOR, Eneo, Ernitec, Etrovision, Everfocus, FINE, Forenix, GE, Grandstream, Grundig, Guardeon, Guardliner, HIKVISION, Histream, Honeywell, i-Mege, InscapeData, IQinvision, Jetstor, JVC, LevelOne, LG, Lilin, Linksys, Lumenera, MegaIP, Messoa, MOBOTIX, Milesight, NetworkCamera, NTIC, On Electronics, Onvif, Panasonic, Pelco, PiXORD, PLANET, Probe, Rover, Saerim, Samsung, SANTEC, SANYO, Shany, Sony, StarDot, Sunell, Techson, Telview, Tiandy, TOSHIBA, TRUEN, UDP, Videosec, Vision Hi-Tech, Vista, Vitek, VIVOTEK, Wavekrom, Yudor, Zavio, 3S vision, 3M
|Supported Languages
15 languages
Czech, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), English, Finnish, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
|2 x 17.5 x 16" (45 x 447 x 429 mm)
|13.2 lb (6 kg) without HDD

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Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) — Mac OS X Server 10.6
Follow the instructions below to generate a CSR for your website. When you have completed generating your CSR, cut/copy and paste the certificate content into the CSR field on the SSL certificate-request page.
To Generate your Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
- Open the Server Admin tool and connect to the server on which you want to install the certificate.
- Click Certificates in the toolbar.
- Click +, and then select Create a Certificate Identity.
- Select Let Me Override Defaults, and then click Continue.
- Complete the appropriate on-screen fields:
- Email Address — An email address of the responsible party for certificates.
- Organization — The full legal name of your organization. The listed organization must be the legal registrant of the domain name in the certificate request. (If you are enrolling as an individual, enter the certificate requestor's name.)
- Organizational Unit — Enter the name of a business unit or group. (If you are enrolling as an individual, enter the DBA (doing business as) name in this field.)
- City (Locality) — Name of the city in which your organization is registered/located. Spell out the name of the city. Do not abbreviate.
- State/Province — Name of state or province where your organization is located. Enter the full name. Do not abbreviate.
- Country Code — The two-letter International Organization for Standardization- (ISO-) format country code for the country in which your organization is legally registered.
- Click Continue.
- Select the new certificate.
- Click the Gear, and then select Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR).
- Click Save.
- Save the file as
certreq. This file contains the Certificate Signing Request (CSR) that you will need to provide when submitting your certificate request to us.


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Flower Remedies can help restore your animal friends to
a state of calm and emotional balance in difficult times. Moving,
periods of transition and change, even traveling anxieties have
been eased with the use of the Flower Remedies.
Letters and case studies report wonderful results when using Flower Remedies with animals including: dogs, cats, horses, birds, tropical fish, and snakes, among other animals.
Flower Remedies provide animals with a gentle, safe system
of emotional stress relief. Adding these remedies to your total animal care
program will help to assure your animal's health and well-being!
For the dog that follows you around, is constantly underfoot, and
becomes extremely upset when left alone. For the affectionate, clinging,
or territorial dog who is always opting for your attention and more
often than not winds up in your lap.
For the dog with fear of known things. This includes but is not
limited to: loud noises, thunderstorms, vacuum cleaners, trips to
the vet, and visits by small children. When these fears turn to terror,
Rock Rose or the stress-relieving formula can be used.
For the nervous, fearful dog, especially in new circumstances. This
dog may often cower with its tail between its legs. Good used in
combination with the flower remedy Mimulus.
For the dog whose primary person has been removed, and acts
withdrawn, subdued, or unenthusiastic towards people. Can be used
in conjunction with Star of Bethlehem, especially if primary
person has died. Can also be used for homesickness while at a kennel or if left home
alone for a prolonged period of time.
Star of Bethlehem
For the physically or emotionally traumatized dog, whether from past
or current trauma. Nearly always indicated for dogs that have been
in a pound, abused, or found on the street.
Water Violet
Useful for the dog that is aloof, self-reliant, and a loner. For
dogs that were socialized comparatively late in life, and who seem
very stand-offish.
Can be useful in car sickness, used along with the stress-relieving formula.
For the angry dog who threatens to attack, or attacks without provocation. In addition, Holly can be useful combined with Star of Bethlehem where there is aggressive behavior due to trauma or abuse in the past and/or present. The Flower Remedy Star of Bethlehem should always be given in conjunction with Holly. Remember any personality changes should be checked by a veterinarian.


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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot introduced the debut IP, describing it simply as "beautiful" before showing a trailer, which, true to Guillemot's word, was stunning. Sadly, after the trailer, Ubisoft quickly moved on with its presser and kept all details of the game to itself.
Thankfully, the game's creator, Eric Chahi, the man behind classic PC cinematic platformer Out of this World, stepped forward today with plenty of details on Project Dust, a game he described as the "spiritual heir to Populus."
Based around what Chahi describes as a "technological breakthrough," Project Dust will grant players god like powers and allow them to manipulate the enviroment around them like never before in an effort to save their tribe from an apocalyptic world.
"Ground, water, lava, fire, plants and trees. [You can] model the world like a child playing sand castles on the beach. With such powers, players will help their people resist, expand and migrate so they can accomplish their quest to find a safe place," Chahi said.
And a safe place won't be easy to find as Project Dust will throw players into an extreme version of planet Earth, one where nature unleashes its power through frequent, violent tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions.
"With Project Dust, we want to be the most spectacular XBLA/PSN game to date by giving players a deep experience, in a believable world," Chahi said. "Make them live an epic human adventure."
Project Dust is set to launch on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and as a PC download in spring 2011.
Sharkey says: I'm not a huge Populus fan, but I loved Out of this World back in the day. If Chahi can deliver with impressive god powers and manipulative environments, I'll do my best to save my Dust tribe.


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I can't invest in failure Frank!
The Verdict 1982
El Cid: Sire, all those you see here, though none dare say so, harbor the suspicion that you may have counseled your own brother's death. Unless you can prove your innocence you will have no loyal subjects. Your kingdom will be torn by doubt. Thus I can not give you fidelity nor own you as my liege
King Alphonso: What will satisfy you of my innocence?
El Cid: Your oath upon the holy book.
King Alphonso: You would ask a me to swear?
El Cid: Sire I DO ask it!
El Cid 1961
In the campaign for GOP chair an expressed goal of the party in general and of the two candidates in particular was to grow the Republican party in Massachusetts and to work with activists who had contributed to the party's success in 2010.
The events of Thursday evening suggest otherwise.
The party's embarrassments of Thursday, if not handled properly, could have potentially fatal implications for the future (if any) of the GOP in the Bay State.
Thursday's debacle left the activists who attended outraged. They were upset with the blatant attempt to steal the election during the first ballot, angered at the attempt to block the 2nd after the votes were cast, befuddled when their candidate was made to announce his defeat ad simply outraged that they had to literally scream for the vote count of the second ballot (41-39) before it was given.
These are the people who came on board in Jan 2010 before the rise of Tea Party Strength nationally, they were the people who made the calls, held the signs, packed the rallies and for the first time got involved to give the GOP a senate win they had not achieved in two generations.
It is no coincidence that less that 24 hours after this debacle, despite the eventual victory of his candidate Scott Brown announced he will NOT be running in the Special election for US senate.
Facades of unity not withstanding, after a campaign where the national leader (Romney) and the state leader (Brown) spent their time running away from the tea party the actions of the party on Thursday were the last straw for activists. You can't grow a party by throwing away your base. Whatever people might say publicly, until the party leadership convinces the Tea Party activists they will be treated in an above-board manner as valued members of the GOP, Robert Menendez will have a better chance of finishing his term in the US senate then the GOP will have of recruiting members let alone win a statewide election.
This herculean task can't be tackled if the party is in denial. So in the interest of advancing the cause of Conservatism in general and the GOP in particular I've decided to illustrate the issue explicitly.
If the party wants me and people like me they'll have to earn me. When the GOP can convince me that they are serious about growing the party, when they convince me they are serious about treating the tea party et/al as valued members as opposed to a source of temp labor and occasional funds. I'll be happy to return to the Republican Party in as public a fashion as I've just left it.
It's their call.
Update: video pulled from Youtube


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Problems requiring remedial action will inevitably arise during the production of a crop. Sampling is the activity required to obtain information about problems or conditions that will reduce yield so that proper corrective action can be taken.
There are two types of sampling. The first is predictive sampling, or sampling before the desired crop is planted. Sampling for nematodes in the fall following harvest is an example. The second is diagnostic sampling, or sampling to determine the cause of a problem after it occurs. Sampling for disease and insect damage during the growing season is an example.
There are three interconnected parts to sampling. The first is recognizing the need to sample. This is followed by selecting and properly applying the correct sampling technique(s). Finally, data collected from sampling must be correctly assessed and analyzed so that proper and effective action can be taken.
Grid sampling is a widely used method for site specific soil and crop management. Despite its popularity and use, there are deficiencies with this method. Grid sampling may result in data being collected across dissimilar soil types and thus being inappropriately averaged. Also, defining the appropriate grid size is arbitrary. Uniform grids may be subject to errors associated with field topography, drainage, and other physical factors, as well as management history.
Sampling within defined field areas can be used in lieu of grid sampling. With this method of directed sampling, the target area or field is divided into units based on the variability within the field. Prior knowledge of the area or field based on experience, aerial crop imagery, soil series maps, and maps of past yield, sample, and management history can be used to define sample units.
Sampling involves several components. The first is selecting or defining the proper sample unit. This may involve dividing a field into its soil series components or sampling field sections based on crop performance history. The objective is to ensure that the targeted problem or occurrence is sampled in units that are environmentally and agronomically uniform in order to reduce variability not associated with the sample target.
The second and third components involve determining how large a sample unit should be and how many samples should be taken from each unit to accurately assess the situation. Samples should be large enough to capture the intended target, but small enough to manage for analysis. Several samples from each defined unit are usually required to determine the variability of the sample target within the unit.
Fourth, it should be determined if sampling should be repeated at some later date to further assess the problem or the effect of an applied remedy. Treatment of some problems is only effective for a short time, and re-sampling may be needed to determine if the problem recurs at a treatable level. Also, re-sampling may be the only way to determine if an applied remedy was effective.
Fifth, in the interest of economy, the sampling protocol should be designated. Often, there are defined procedures for collecting crop and soil samples. It is too expensive to collect data that are not needed to assess a perceived problem. On the other hand, it is also too expensive to collect samples and not use them to their fullest benefit. This is true for soil samples taken and assessed for fertility needs. For example, knowledge of the complete nutrient status of a soil should be determined from soil samples in order to address possible interacting nutrient deficiencies.
From this discussion, there are three major points. First, know or define why you are sampling and ensure that your sampling procedure will accomplish the intended goal or detect the intended target.
Second, realize that variability exists in all fields and plant communities. Do not combine or composite samples unless there is evidence that the entity you are sampling is uniform within the defined sample unit. Compositing can mask problems by diluting occurrences that occur in isolated but severe levels.
Third, keep a record of results from all samplings in a field within and across years and build a map of occurrences that the samples detect. Often, problems that affect crop performance in a given field or sample unit interact with each other or change with time. This can be determined by evaluating sampling records that cover the same area over a period of time.
Application of proper sampling methodology can improve problem-solving and crop management. On the other hand, application of poor sampling methods may produce false data. This can result in erroneous conclusions about the problem or occurrence, leading to the application of improper remedies and the waste of time and resources.
For a more detailed treatment of sampling and sampling techniques, I encourage you to read the chapter entitled "Sampling tips and analytical techniques for soybean production" authored by Willers, Hergert, and Gerard that appears in the book Soybean Production in the Midsouth. This chapter presents many useful sampling ideas and procedures that can be used to more accurately determine the extent of field problems and how to assess their impact.(Delta Farm Press, V. 64, No. 13, 4/6/07)


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One of the outcomes of the new Bureau of Land Management resource management plan was to close the Gemini Bridges to all traffic except hiking.
The BLM recently asked the Moab Friends-For Wheelin' (MFFW) four-wheel drive club to volunteer time to fence in the new parking area and a nearby road that was constructed by the Grand County Road Department. On March 8 the MFFW club installed 335 feet of fencing constructed of steel post and cable.
This fence closed off the old vehicle entrance to the bridges, leaving only a three-foot personal and a locked emergency vehicle entrance. The group continued the work on March 15, but after drilling 11 holes in solid rock the heavy duty hammer drill gave out and had to be sent for repairs.
Grand Rental Center allowed the group to use a heavy-duty air-powered rock drill and the club completed drilling and installing the 832 feet of steel post and cable fencing on March 22. The club plans to install six-foot by six-foot timbers secured with rebar rods in the three smaller parking areas on the west side of the road to complete the project.
Funding for the project was donated by the Tread Lightly! and Hummer Foundation with supplies provided by the Moab BLM.


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Johnston Finally Taking Doobies Seriously
The Doobie Brothers are slowly filling in their 2013 itinerary and are now prepping to kick off their first string of dates for the year. The band hits the road on February 15th in Concho, Oklahoma and, as of now, has dates up through August 29th in Milwaukee. Fronting the band are co-founding guitarists Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons.
Tom Johnston says the way he preps before hitting the road is light years away than how got himself in shape before the Doobies' classic road runs back in the '70s. We asked him what's been the primary change for him over the decades: "Probably a sense of proficiency on both instrument and voice, for one thing. Back in those days, I never practiced -- we just played. I mean, we got together and rehearsed once in a while, but, I mean, I didn't practice unless I was with a band. Nowadays I practice before going on any tours. I like to get, like, two hours a day, at least; y'know an hour on guitar, an hour on voice. I used to write back then, but it was kind of hit and miss; nowadays I write almost as a hobby."
The Doobie Brothers tour dates (subject to change):
February 15 - Concho, OK - Lucky Star Casino
February 16 - Newkirk, OK - First Council Casino
February 24 - Tampa, FL - Giwazi Stage/Busch Gardens - Tampa
February 26 - Hollywood, FL - Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
March 22 - Biloxi, MS - IP Casino, Resort & Spa
March 23 - Bossier City, LA - Horseshoe Bossier Cty-Riverdom
March 24 - Robinsonville, MS - Horseshoe Tunica Casino Hotel - "Bluesville"
March 28 - Rama, Ontario - Casino Rama Entertainment Center
March 29 - Windsor, Ontario - Colosseum at Caesar's Windsor
March 30 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
April 1, 2 - Milwaukee, WI - Potawatomi Bingo Casino
April 3 - Effingham, IL - Effingham Performance Center
April 5 - Mahnomen, MN - Shooting Star Casino
April 6 - Red Wing, MN - Treasure Island Resort & Casino
April 9 - Salina, KS - Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts
April 10 - Colorado Springs, CO - Pikes Peak Center
April 12 - Scottsdale, AZ - Arizona Bike Week
April 13 - Riverside, CA - Fox Performing Arts Center
May 10 - Thackerville, OK - Global Event Center At Winstar World Casino
June 23 - Airway Heights, WA - Northern Quest Casino
August 10 - Williams Bay, WI - The Ferro Pavilion
August 29 - Milwaukee, WI - Harley Davidson Roadhouse


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On Saturday USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, who was killed in action in Afghanistan April 7, was buried in Brandon, Mississippi.
That, by itself, is a sadly unremarkable – though certainly noteworthy and solemn – occasion for us to mark. And in fact when Sgt. Rogers' body returned to Brandon it was greeted by hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of well-wishers who gathered at the roadside to honor the fallen American hero. The dashboard camera from Mississippi state trooper Elmo Townsend's cruiser gives an indication of the scene last Thursday.
What is most notable about Sgt. Rogers' funeral in Brandon, however, is what didn't happen.
You see, the troglodytes from Westboro Baptist Church had threatened to spew their poison at Sgt. Rogers' funeral. But the Westboro mob wasn't on the scene, and Sgt. Rogers was laid to rest without incident – thank God.
Why weren't there protestors? Planning ahead by the locals, as it turns out.
From an Ole Miss sports message board, a tidbit of information…
A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened.
Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county.
Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot. It seems that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly behind any car that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers mysteriously disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called but their wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few hours before they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out.
A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business.
Fred Phelps, the disbarred lawyer and Democrat activist who leads the Westboro congregation, will undoubtedly pursue some form of legal action for the way his people were thwarted in Brandon. Let him try. There isn't a jury in Mississippi which will see things his way.
This is a template for how to handle the Westboro people. If lawsuits don't work, other means will. Whatever it takes to keep them from harassing bereaved military families on the day their fallen loved ones are laid to rest.
SOURCE - http://thehayride.com/2011/04/westboro-baptist-church-goes-to-mississippi-and-loses/
Thursday, April 21, 2011
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Book (LIAB)
Page by page (1)
Panel by panel (1:1)
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|Side's Turn:
|Gobwin Knob
Previous LIAB Prologue 28
Next LIAB 2
Panels: 8
Previous LIAB Prologue 28 Next LIAB 2 [edit]
Against a backdrop of snow-capped Minty Mountains, we see the new Gobwin Knob in its entirety. The structure of the city is a series of grey rectangles. The Garrison is square, with four grey towers at its corners. It is seven stories tall. The rear wall hosts the new Tower of Efdup in its center. The tower is rectangular and plain, sporting no windows, and is roughly twice the height of the Garrison walls. It is topped with a pagoda-like structure. The city surrounds three sides of the Garrison, its grounds filled with asian-style buildings, grey streets and spots of green grass.
One side of the garrison does not face the city; a low wall stretches out in both directions, separating the city from a short green ledge and a steep drop into the lava lake that is the now permanently active volcano. Its dark red surface is split by gashed and pockets of bright yellow, and it lights the entire cliff face.The city walls stretch around the other three sides of the city, and on the side opposite the Tower is the new main gate; its series of overlapping towers are topped with thick crenellations to protect its defensive catapults.
Narrator: It's the little things which make a difference sometimes.
Title: ERFWORLD
Written by Rob BalderIllustrated by Xin Ye
|Stanley the Tool stands defiantly, one foot on a crenellation, fist clenched, Arkenhammer in hand, cape waving majestically as he furrows his brow and grits his teeth.
|Narrator: Stanley, for example.
|Stanley walks away from the wall and through a doorway into the Tower of Efdup, between two Decrypted pikers, a grey-haired man with a belly and a somewhat fitter looking woman with short brown hair. They wear Wanda Firebaugh's livery: a black breastplate bearing a white skull with a pink flower on its upper left forehead over a red shirt, matching black boots and bracers and pale brown/dark pink pants. (What the boop color is that? Mauve? Puce? It's puce, isn't it?)
|Narrator: As a Tool of the Titans, Stanley's life is a grand and holy quest.
|Eyes narrow, jaw clenched, Stanley trudges past a hobgobwin piker into his new office. The hobgobwin's yellow skin is offset by black pants and red-and-gold greaves and pauldrons. The doorway is innately decorated silver-on-red with a gold dwagon and a bright white light near the top of each side. Inside the room are thick red columns set with one light each and with great golden dwagons snaking around them. On the wall behind are draped half-loops of red curtains over well-lit paintings.
|Narrator: But as an Overlord, life is more the awful, crushing burden of power and greatness.
We see much of the new planning room. It is dominated by a large red table featuring a hex grid. On it are green, orange, blue, and pink specks. The table straddles a long, wide red carpet that stretches from one end of the room to the fireplace-looking entrance of gold-and-red double doors on the far wall. There are at least three large columns on each side of the room. Between the nearer two on each side is a red table with six chairs, and two more set just aside. Straddling the far column on each side is an L-shaped black rug, with a red couch on two sides facing each other, and a scattering of red cushions in the center. In the far corner is a huge wall hanging with the stylized image of Stanley the Tool over a star and several red rays. On the side wall, between the columns are two large red cabinets, flanked by potted plants.[2] Behind and above each is a painting surrounded by red curtains. Another such painting is in the corner, beyond the last pillar, near the wall hanging. There is no cabinet by it.Stanley, standing on a box, peers over the table. The Arkenhammer leans on the table beside him. On his other side is Maggie, hand to temple.
Narrator: And as a man with certain...
cognitive limitations...Life is like buying a spell to summon the perfect warlord, but refusing to pay for the support plan.
|Parson Gotti, looking serene and noticeably slimmer than he appeared in Book 1, enters through the wide-open gilded red doors. Just outside we see the arm of a hobgobwin.
Narrator: You never know what you're gonna get.Parson: Wussup, Tool?
|In the background we see a number of paintings and red drapes. Stanley, wearing a grey tee shirt and red cape, has both hands on the planning table. He is not happy. Maggie stands expressionlessly next to him, wearing a purple blouse, golden triangle necklace, and black lapelled coat, two fingers of her right hand held to her temple.
Stanley the Tool: You're late, Hamster.
You're always late!Ansom's already talking to Prince Ossomer.
|Over Parson's shoulder we see Maggie and Stanley at the table. His arms crossed, Stanley scowls. Behind them we see the rest of the room: two thin black rugs and then the room takes on a sort of tiered zig zag or stepped pyramid floorplan quite contrary to the rest of the room; there is a painting on each of the 4 walls in the small corners made by this pattern, and two or more paintings on the flat, longer walls where the main part of the room begins. In the center, beyond the two nooks (each of which features a smaller red pillar) we see that the great red carpet does not end in another entrance: possibly a window or another painting, but not a door.
Parson Gotti: Mmkay.
Battle hasn't started yet, right?
Stanley the Tool: It will any moment!
Parson Gotti: Hey Maggie.
Maggie: Mmf.
Oh dear.Title: Issue 1: Meet The Jetstones[3]
- ^ "Love Is A Battlefield" is the title of a song written for Pat Benatar by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman.
- ^ Two of the plants resemble the beanstalk and fire flower from the Mario series of games.
- ^ A reference to the line "Meet the Flintstones" from the Flintstones theme song.


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ECET 499N: Nanoelectronics
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Nanoelectronics: How does the resistance of a conductor change as we shrink its length all the way down to a few atoms? This is a question that has intrigued scientists for a long time, but it is only during the last twenty years that it has become possible for experimentalists to provide clear answers, leading to enormous progress in our understanding. There is also great applied interest in this question at this time, since every computer we buy has about a billion transistors that rely on controlling the flow of electrons through a conductor a few hundred atoms in length.
This lecture is designed as an introduction for the beginner who will hopefully feel sufficiently intrigued to look at more in-depth lectures like the Nanoelectronics and the Meaning of Resistance or even take the full-semester undergraduate and graduate courses we have developed that assume no prior background other than linear algebra.
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UH Astronomer Lennox Cowie Speaks on the Birth of Stars and Galaxies
Public Lecture on Sept. 22 entitledUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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UH astronomer Lennox L. Cowie will present a public lecture entitled "First Light: The Birth of Stars and Galaxies" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22 at the UH Institute for Astronomy in Manoa.
Telescopes on Mauna Kea, and space telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope, are now so powerful that they can see 12 billion years back in time to an age when the first infant galaxies were struggling to light up the Universe. Dr. Cowie will discuss how these faint galaxies merged and grew to make the Universe we see today.
Dr. Cowie has been a member of the IfA faculty since 1986 and was associate director from 1986 until 1997. Born in Scotland, he received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and subsequently held appointments at Princeton, MIT, and the Space Telescope Science Institute. Dr. Cowie was awarded the UH Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research in 1998, and this year he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, the only current UH faculty member to hold this honor.
The Institute for Astronomy is located at 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu. The lecture will be video linked to the IfA's facilities at 640 North Aʻohoku Place in Hilo's University Park, and to Ka Lama 103 at Maui Community College. The lecture is part of the IfA's Frontiers of Astronomy Community Lecture Series. It is open to the public, and admission and parking are free.
The Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii conducts research into galaxies, cosmology, stars, planets, and the sun. Its faculty and staff are also involved in astronomy education, deep-space missions, and in the development and management of the observatories on Haleakala and Mauna Kea. Refer to http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/ for more information about the Institute.
For more information, visit: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu


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CHICAGO -- The NFL announced Tuesday a second London game during the 2013 season, hosted by the Minnesota Vikings.
The game will be played Sept. 29, 2013 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
There already was a London game scheduled in 2013 between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the San Francisco 49ers, as the league continues to test the viability of the London market.
The game between the Jags and 49ers, announced by the NFL last week, will take place at London's historic Wembley Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. The contest is the Jaguars' first in the United Kingdom, as the team previously had committed to play one regular-season home game in the United Kingdom in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. All of those games will be played at Wembley.Follow Ian Rapoport on Twitter @rapsheet.


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Nottingham Symphony Orchestra members will follow up their explosive all-Tchaikovsky concert earlier this month when they perform a concert with an American theme at St Mary's church in Nottingham city centre on Saturday, December 10.
Conducted by Derek Williams, the entertaining programme will feature George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue and Strike Up The Band Overture, plus the Four Dance Episodes from Aaron Copland's ballet score Rodeo, and Dvorak's always popular Ninth Symphony.
This is commonly known as the New World Symphony and contains one of the most popular slow movements in the repertoire.
See www.nottinghamsymphony.org.uk for more.


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Take last exit before bridge. Proceed straight (through traffic lights towards Hudson River) until you can go no further. Turn right and follow road alongside river southbound (approximately 3 miles) to Hospital on left.
Take the upper level to first exit in New Jersey, marked "Fort Lee". Do not get on the Palisades Parkway. Take sharp hairpin right turn to light under Bridge; continue south to River Road, through Edgewater, past Edgewater Commons, past movie theater. Approximately 3/4 mile South, on your left, is the Emergency Room entrance to the Hospital. Enter here and ask the guard to assist you in parking.
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The Titans of Ark are godlike beings believed by the denizens of Erfworld to have created the world.
According to the Book of Shenanigans, the Titans do not always get along and have had some strife among themselves.
First Appearance
The Titans of Ark are godlike beings who created Erfworld. At least three in number -- although there may be more --- and apparently serving as some kind of pantheon for the folk of Erfworld both for purposes of iconography (since they seemed to be depicted in every throne room or command centre we've seen so far) and for purposes of blasphemy ("Titan's Testes!").
They are also responsible for the creation of the Artifacts that play such a crucial role in the realpolitik of the world they created.
Real World References
They possess a distinct resemblance, as well as demonstrating tonsorial and sartorial similarities, to a late period Elvis Presley and impersonators thereof.
For most intelligent beings within Erfworld, it is taken as a matter of faith that the Titans created the world. Furthermore, most characters seem to believe that the Titans, either directly or indirectly through their design of the world, are responsible for the seemingly spontaneous generation ( or popping ) of units, cities, and animals.Erf-b1.5-p020
Titan's Plan
It is also widely believed that the Titans have a plan or purpose in mind in their creations, and much of the conflict around which the Battle for Gobwin Knob was based, and a more overarching conflict between Royalism and Toolism, seems to arise from disagreements over the interpretation of this purpose/plan. In order to achieve their plan, the Titans use the power of Fate and Retconjuration. Wanda believes that nothing can prevent the fulfillment of the Titan's Plan, but Jack suspects that Love may be a force even the Titans cannot control. If he is correct, then it may be that love, specifically the love that exists between Wanda and Jillian, may profoundly alter the future of Erfworld.
As there have been only three Titans seen so far, it may be possible that there is one Titan in favor of Royalism, one in favor of Toolism and a third in favor of a moderate viewpoint in which Royalism and Toolism are both equally valid and capable of peacefully coexisting.
It's apparently believed that at least some Erfworlders will live on in some form after they are croaked. The most successful warriors are permitted by the Titans to enter the City of Heroes after they die.


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In its simplest form, a subquery is a scalar subquery that
returns a single value. A scalar subquery is a simple operand,
and you can use it almost anywhere a single column value or
literal is legal, and you can expect it to have those
characteristics that all operands have: a data type, a length,
an indication that it can be
NULL, and so on.
For example:
CREATE TABLE t1 (s1 INT, s2 CHAR(5) NOT NULL);
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(100, 'abcde');
SELECT (SELECT s2 FROM t1);
The subquery in this
returns a single value (
'abcde') that has a
data type of
CHAR, a length of 5,
a character set and collation equal to the defaults in effect at
CREATE TABLE time, and an
indication that the value in the column can be
NULL. Nullability of the value selected by a
scalar subquery is not copied because if the subquery result is
empty, the result is
NULL. For the subquery
just shown, if
t1 were empty, the result
would be
NULL even though
s2 is
There are a few contexts in which a scalar subquery cannot be
used. If a statement permits only a literal value, you cannot
use a subquery. For example,
LIMIT requires
literal integer arguments, and
DATA requires a literal string file name. You cannot
use subqueries to supply these values.
When you see examples in the following sections that contain the
rather spartan construct
(SELECT column1 FROM
t1), imagine that your own code contains much more
diverse and complex constructions.
Suppose that we make two tables:
CREATE TABLE t1 (s1 INT);
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1);
CREATE TABLE t2 (s1 INT);
INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (2);
Then perform a
SELECT (SELECT s1 FROM t2) FROM t1;
The result is
2 because there is a row in
t2 containing a column
that has a value of
A scalar subquery can be part of an expression, but remember the parentheses, even if the subquery is an operand that provides an argument for a function. For example:
SELECT UPPER((SELECT s1 FROM t1)) FROM t2;
create table x (id int auto_increment primary key,name varchar(20),yid int);
create table y (id int auto_increment primary key,name varchar(20));
insert into x(name,yid) values('Alex',null),('Marvin',1),('Bob',null);
insert into y(name) values('GO'),('GOO'),('GOOO');
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select id,name,(select name from y where x.yid = y.id) from x;
which is equivalent to
select x.id,x.name,y.name
from x left join y on (x.yid = y.id);
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Crime of the Week – Sioux Falls Teens Wanted for Using BB Gun in Vandalism Spree
On May 2, 2014 Sioux Falls Police responded to the 1900 block of E 52nd St in reference to a white crew cab Ford F-150 with three teens shooting out car windows. 28 different cars in the southeast part of town had car windows shot out with a BB gun. Officer Sam Clemens of the Sioux Falls Police Department says the reports were mostly concentrated in the southeast area of the city, and he says there may have been a witness on East 52nd Street where police had several reports. SFPD CC#14-28051.
If you have any information about these crimes or any person(s) involved, you are urged to call Crime Stoppers at or submit a web tip. You do not have to give your name. CRIME STOPPERS will pay a cash reward of up to $1000 and you can remain anonymous.
How Crimestoppers Works
Put simply it is a three part approach to solving the crime problem. Crime Stoppers relies on cooperation between the police, the media, and the general community to provide a flow of information about crime and criminals.
The Phone Call
Calls are answered by a national Crime Stoppers answering service. Their employees are trained to ask specific questions that might otherwise be forgotten by a tipster. This answering service does not have the ability to provide caller ID, and conversations are not recorded. Our local Crime Stoppers police Coordinator receives the information very quickly, then passes the information to an investigating officer. Calls are accepted regarding any publicized request for information, such as "Crime of the Week" or such other crime(s) the caller has knowledge of.
By guaranteeing a caller`s anonymity Crime Stoppers allows the caller to give information in a positive atmosphere without the prospect of retribution. By offering cash rewards for information leading to indictment or arrests, the program encourages otherwise reluctant callers to provide information.
The Online WebTip
Tipsters now have the option of giving us tips online. The process is completely secure and anonymous and is a very effective and efficient means of safely communicating with us in today's world. Our WebTip process is powered by the world's leading online tip solution provider, Anderson Software.
The very unique integrated Two-Way Dialog capabilties allow the tipster to come back and provide additional information to their tip at any time, but also provides a secure means for the coordinator to ask questions or provide reward information back to the tipster through the same secure and encrypted interface.
The Text Message Tip
Our latest technological addition is the ability to text message tips in a totally secure and anonymous system. The messages actually go through servers out of the United States that drop the caller's ID in a way that can't be retrieved. Two way dialog at nearly realtime is also possible. Photos can also be sent.
To send a tip via text messaging start your message with "TIP635", and then the tip information. Send this to"CRIMES"(or 274637). Starting the message with "TIP635" is necessary the first time a tip is sent. It tells the system to send the tip to our local Crime Stoppers program. After one text has been sent, the system will recognize the phone and automatically send it to our program without needing to enter"TIP635".
Structure and Funding of Crime Stoppers
Crime Stopper Programs are organized as a not for profit organization (Charity). A civilian community board of directors provides direction as to the financial and promotional activities of the program. The board of directors enhances the community involvement aspect, and its function is vital to the programs success.
The Crime Stoppers program is funded by private donations and fund raising. NO TAX DOLLARS are involved. The reward money paid out by the program is from the fund raising and donations from concerned citizens and businesses.
A community board of directors, made up of persons from throughout the area, meets on a monthly basis to evaluate arrests and to decide on the size of rewards to be paid, up to $1,000. Rewards are then distributed in an anonymous manner to the callers. Callers are eligible for rewards up to $1,000, but, despite this, many callers choose not to collect their rewards.
Does Crime Stoppers Work?
The answer is quite simply yes. Since the start of Crime Stoppers, many calls have been received resulting in thousands of arrests and recovery of substantial amounts of property. Calls have included information about murder, robbery, rape, assaults, drug and firearm offenses.
The success of a Crime Stoppers program cannot be purely judged on statistics, however, other benefits have come to notice:
- A greater awareness in the community that there is a crime problem.
- A willingness by the community to fight back against crime if it is given the opportunity and motivation.
- Improved relationships between police, media, and the community.
Crime Stoppers is definitely here to stay. It has been accepted by police as a valid and effective investigative tool and the public, through its overwhelming response, appears to have accepted it as a more palatable alternative to traditional methods of giving information.
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President Obama said today that America stands with the city of Boston after the deadly terror bombing attacks at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday.
In a powerful, uplifting speech at an interfaith service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Obama said he had come to join people to "pray and mourn and measure our loss. We also come today to reaffirm that the spirit of this city is undaunted and the spirit of this country shall remain undimmed."
"I'm here today on behalf of the American people with a simple message: Every one of us has been touched by this attack on your beloved city. Every one of us stands with you," he said.
Three people died and more than 170 were injured when two blasts were detonated near the finish line at about 2:50 p.m. Monday. A massive investigation is underway, but no arrests have been made yet.
At the conclusion of the speech, the 2,000 people in the crowd leapt to their feet, some with tears streaking their cheeks, to deliver a standing ovation. The crowd then joined in singing "America the Beautiful."
Obama, who traveled to the city on Air Force One this morning with his wife, Michelle, and members of the state's congressional delegation, promised that whoever planted the bombs would be brought to justice.
"Yes, we will find you," he said. "And, yes, you will face justice. We will find you. We will hold you accountable, but, more than that, our fidelity to our way of life, to a free and open society, will only grow stronger — for God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity but one of power and love and self discipline."
He praised those who had rushed to aid the victims after the blasts, saying it sent a message to the attackers, whom he described as "these small stunted individuals who would destroy instead of build."
"This doesn't stop us. And that's what you've taught us, Boston. That's what you've reminded us — to push, to not grow weary, to not get faint, even when it hurts. We finish the race. And we do that because of who we are and we do that because we know that somewhere around the bend, a stranger has a cup of water. Around the bend, somebody's there to boost our spirits. On that toughest mile, just when we think we've hit a wall, someone will be there to cheer us on and pick up."
"Our prayers are with the injured -- so many wounded, some gravely. From their beds, some are surely watching us gather here today. And if you are, know this: As you begin this long journey of recovery, your city is with you. Your commonwealth is with you. Your country is with you. We will all be with you as you learn to stand and walk and, yes, run again. Of that I have no doubt. You will run again," he said as applause rained down. "You will run again."
And he promised toward the end of the speech that the Boston Marathon would go on, as would the celebrations that have been held on the same streets for the city's championship teams.
"When the Sox, the Celtics, the Patriots, the Bruins are champions again – to the chagrin of New York and Chicago fans – the crowds will gather and watch a parade go down Boylston Street. And this time next year, on the third Monday in April, the world will return to this great American city to run harder than ever and to cheer even louder for the one hundred and eighteenth Boston marathon. Bet on it!'' he thundered.
Obama has spoken in the past to try to comfort communities in shock and mourning. He spoke after the mass murders at Fort Hood in 2009, Tucson in 2011, and Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., in 2012. President Obama after the ceremony went to Massachusetts General Hospital. A White House spokesman said both he and Michelle Obama planned to meet with victims of the blast and their families and first responders.
Obama, who spoke for about 20 minutes to a packed crowd of about 2,000, was one of a series of speakers at the service, which lasted for an hour and a half. The other speakers included Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, clergy, and Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas M. Menino.
The crowd also included former Massachusetts governors, including Mitt Romney, who challenged Obama in last year's presidential election.
A symbol of determination himself, Menino stood up from a wheelchair, grimacing at his broken leg, to talk about the strength of his beloved city.
"I have never loved its people more than I do today," Menino said this morning. "We are one Boston. Nothing can tear down the resilience of this city." After a series of illnesses last fall, Menino, the city's longest-serving mayor, announced he would not seek reelection. He recently suffered a broken leg.
Patrick said the "cowardice unleashed on us" should not cause people to lose their faith in America's civic ideals.
"We have defined those ideals, through time and through struggle, as equality, opportunity, freedom and fair play. … And just as we cannot permit darkness and hate to triumph over our spiritual faith, so we must not permit darkness and hate to triumph over our civic faith. That cannot happen. And it will not."
Mervyn Williams, 34, an X-ray technologist from Boston Medical Center who was on shift when bombing victims began streaming in Monday, sat in the second row with Yo-Yo Ma, wearing blue hospital scrubs.
"It was inspirational, the message of hope," he said. "Menino's message that, 'This is Boston. Nothing will hold us down." And ending with Obama — Wow!"Wesley Lowery, Lisa Wangsness, and Martine Powers of the Globe staff contributed to this report. Andrew Ryan can be reached at email@example.com Follow him on Twitter @globeandrewryan.


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A day after artist and dissident Ai Weiwei confirmed that the Chinese government had served him with a $2.4 million tax bill, he said that he will fight the accusations, in an interview with the Associated Press. Many experts believe the charges are politically motivated, as the artist has been a fierce critic of the Chinese regime.
Mr. Ai is absolutely scathing in his comments on the recent crackdown on dissent in China, stating:
"Ordinary people will not be able to endure this. But because they've targeted me, I'm still willing to accompany them on this road. Because I'm not afraid of them. I think it's improper that a country is engaging in shameless activities."
As he has in the past, Mr. Ai also took to Twitter to lambaste his accusers. According to a website that translates his messages into English, he wrote:
"Abusing powers in retaliation, unscrupulously eliminating dissidents, enforced disappearances, secret detentions, criminal penalties, the police, tax agency, foreign affairs and Xinhua news agency worked together to trump up a charge, showing contempt for morals and judicial fairness. This is sufficient for people to fear, yet what truly renders people hopeless is their self-recognition and worldview are becoming our reality today."
According to the AP, under Chinese law, Mr. Ai's wife may face jail time if he does not pay the tax bill, since she is listed as the legal representative of his company, Fake Ltd. "And for a country like that," he told the service, "I will fight them to the death."


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Dragging Israel before the International Criminal Court on accusations of war crimes is a non-starter, said a senior Palestinian official, because the Palestinians themselves are guilty of blatant war crimes.
"The missiles that are now being launched against Israel, each and every missile constitutes a crime against humanity, whether it hits or misses, because it is directed at civilian targets," Ibrahim Khraishi (pictured), the Palestinian ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, told Palestinian Authority TV last week.
By contrast, Khraishi said that Israel had very cleverly adhered to international rules of engagement, so even if the Palestinian death toll is higher, legally Israel is still in the right.
"Many of our people in Gaza appeared on TV and said that the Israelis warned them to evacuate their homes before the bombardment. In such a case, if someone is killed, the law considers it a mistake rather than an intentional killing because [the Israelis] followed the legal procedures," he explained.
That's not to say Khraishi has become a legal advocate for Israel. He was careful to also label as war crimes the "[Jewish] settlements, the Judaization [of Jerusalem], the checkpoints," and so on.
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steveprbc needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 115 designs submitted by 36 freelance designers.
Looking for something fresh that will look great not only on a website but also on shirts and trucks. My color scheme is open to the blues of the ocean/sky and sandy beaches/sun. This logo will be used in a new website kickoff that will allow customers to show off their aquarium.
IslandStyle Aquariums
My company was using an older logo that has now faded away. It was hard to read and only looked good on websites and page headers. Going with a new redesign of our website and look and want something fresh that will become a known image that people will remember on the island of Oahu.
The logo will be used throughout the whole company - Website, Letterhead, Business Cards, Vehicles, Shirts, etc...
Color scheme is flexible, something that follows the colors of the ocean/sky, sandy beaches/sun would be nice. Having a fish or something that resembles a fish would be great. That would get people to ask about our business when they saw our shirts/vehicles.....
Purchased this business four years ago and have been in the business for six. I plan to grow the business and want a fresh look to go with it.
- Tagline: "We bring the ocean to you!"
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- Colors range: Ocean/Sky - Beach/Sun
- Not to fruity, want something fresh but still professional
- To kid like
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The three track teams here, at East Hampton High School and at the Ross School, have been doing creditably despite small numbers, and, in fact, the Ross-Pierson boys team won its first meet in the program's four-year history by defeating Babylon 101-14 Saturday.
Notable among Ross-Pierson's performances were Marco Lanuto's win in the 400-meter race in 58.5 seconds and the 2:26.2 he ran in winning the 800. Oliver Lauro won the 100-meter dash in 12.6 seconds. Ross-Pierson swept the relays. Lauro, Diego Gamboa, Sun Lin, and Dan McMahon won the 4-by-100 in 51.1 seconds. Lanuto, McMahon, Patrick Ficorelli, and Ross Kadri won the 4-by-4, and Grant Kusick, Dyain Johnson, Max Yardley, and Phil Wessman won the 4-by-8.
Both of East Hampton's teams are small, but there have been good individual performances, chief among them this past week being Ashley West's school record-breaking 2:27.7 in the 800. West thus eclipsed the 2:30 that Danielle Ficeto ran some 20 years ago when East Hampton's girls were winning league and conference championships.
Bonac's boys and girls, whose team recently lost Caoimhe McKeon and Dalton Brauer to injuries, had yet to win as of Monday, though Diane O'Donnell, the girls coach, said that besides West, she and her assistant, Shani Cuesta, had been getting good performances from Saoirse McKeon — in the shot-put, 100, and long jump — from Morgan German and Cosima Scheflout in the 400, from Lena Vergnes in the 1,500-meter racewalk, from Charlotte Wiltshire in the high jump, from Hannah Jacobs, Vicky Nardo, and Wiltshire in the discus, and from Jen DiSunno in the 100-meter hurdles, the 200, and in the 4-by-100 relay.
Moreover, in the meet with Rocky Point last week, West, in the anchor leg of the 4-by-400 relay, "started off 150 meters behind the other girl and ate her up on the home stretch."
"We call ourselves 'the little team that could,' " O'Donnell said after Monday's practice. "Rocky Point outnumbered us 45 to 18. It was about the same at Miller Place on Friday [a meet that, because of wretched weather, was called midway through]. We've said to the girls that they should concentrate on getting good at one event so they can go to the divisions. There are 17 events in a track meet and we've got 17 girls. It looks as if we won't have a 4-by-8 team this year — we just don't have the runners. The main thing is that they're learning and progressing, and that they've been able to have individual success."
West, Vergnes, whose best racewalk time has been a creditable 8:29.1, and Wiltshire, who has high jumped 4 feet 8 inches, have already met the cutoffs for the division meet.
As for the boys, Chris Reich, the young head coach, said Monday that "if these young kids we've got stick with it, they'll be very good in two years. . . . We did better in our first meet than in the one with Rocky Point. We were missing two of our top scorers in the first one. If they'd been there, we would have been competitive."
Reich said he and his assistant, Luis Morales, saw great promise in, among others, a long-legged sophomore, Brock Lownes (hurdles, jumps, and middle distances), Hunter Kelsey (200, 4-by-100, 4-by-400), who's also a sophomore, and in two freshmen, Alex Osborne (middle distances) and Sage Gibbons (200 and 400). "Sage has come close to breaking 60 seconds in the 400, which is pretty good for a freshman."
The boys team has only two seniors, Ben Malecki, a pole vaulter, and Taylor Harned, who, in Reich's words, "is carrying the team on his shoulders."
Besides being adept at putting the shot and throwing the disc, "Taylor can high jump 5-2, and we're trying him out in the long jump and pole vault. We're hoping that he'll do the pentathlon in the county meet."
"We've only got 26 guys, but if we can get their confidence up their future is bright," Reich said.
Most of the boys and girls teams' competitors are to run in the Katy's Courage 5K in Sag Harbor on Saturday morning. The race, in memory of Jim and Brigid Stewart's late daughter, is to raise money for a scholarship fund in her name and to help underwrite pediatric cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York City.


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Things You Might Not Know About Poison Ivy
Posted by Dr. Claire McCarthy June 19, 2013 09:36 AM
Just the other day, a mother told me that her husband took the kids for a hike--through a whole bunch of poison ivy.
"So far, no rashes," she said. "I keep checking."
And she does need to keep checking--because the rash can show a week or longer later (usually with a first exposure), something this mom knew but lots of people don't.
I've found that there are lots of other things that people don't know about poison ivy. Here are a few:
There are different kinds of poison ivy--and it can look different at different times of year. The adage "leaves of three, let them be" simply won't keep you away from everything that can give you a poison ivy rash. The plants grow all over the US, so they are hard to avoid. The Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac Information Center has lots of pictures.
You don't have to touch it to get the rash. The toxin in the leaves, urushiol, escapes whenever the leaves are broken or bruised--and the toxin can get on things, like gloves, garden tools, and clothing. it can even get into the air if the stuff gets mowed or plowed. This is why...
You can get the rash from people or pets. If they have been the toxin on them, when you touch (or pet) them, you can get it too. Just to be clear: you can't get the rash from someone's rash--it's not contagious that way. It's the toxin from the plant that gives you the rash.
The best thing to do is to wash immediately. Take off any contaminated clothing, and wash with mild soap and water--as soon as you can. That's the best thing you can do to get at least some of the urushiol off your skin, and make a reaction less likely. Remember to clean under nails, too.
There are various different rashes you can get from poison ivy. You can get bumps, scales, and various sizes of bubbles and blisters. Often they will be in a line or streak, showing where the plant touched the skin. However the rash looks, it's usually red (although it can have black spots when the toxin stays on the skin and oxidizes)--and usually itches like crazy.
Treating the itch is all you usually need to do. Simple stuff, like oatmeal baths or cool compresses, can make a real difference. Anti-itch preparations that have menthol or phenol, like calamine, can also help--as can Burow's solution or Domeboro. Interestingly, antihistamines like Benadryl don't help all that much because of the way urushiol causes itching. Steroid creams may help if used early, but once there are any bubbles or blisters, they don't help much.
Sometimes you need to take steroids--and if you do, you need to go off them slowly. In severe cases, taking steroids by mouth is needed--but if you do take them for just a few days, like we often prescribe in asthma, the rash can come back. So the recommendation is to lower the dose bit by bit over two or three weeks.
If you're ever not sure about a rash, your doctor is your best resource. You should also call your doctor if a rash you think is poison ivy is on the face or genitals, is getting worse, gets very swollen or has pus coming out of it--and you should call if there is fever or the person with the rash seems ill.
Hope your summer is poison-ivy-free!
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Slash Unveils 'You're a Lie' Video
Slash's 'Apocalyptic Love' album is just around the corner and today with get the first full visual representation from the album with the clip for the first single 'You're a Lie.'
The video is both conceptual and performance-based in nature, with Slash and his band Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators delivering a hard-rocking performance under some intense stage lighting. But while the band holds up well under the bright lights, we can't say the same for the female star of the clip.
The young blonde starts off as the typical video vixen, but as the vocals drive home the lyrics about being a liar, she begins to unravel under the spotlight of her own mistruths. As the clip continues, the female anti-hero begins to deteriorate both emotionally and physically into a complete mess. And by the end of the clip, even the film from the video itself begins to burn away.
'You're a Lie' comes from the 'Apocalyptic Love' album, which arrives in stores May 22. It was recently "most added" at Active Rock radio. Slash and his band began their touring support of the album earlier this month.
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vSphere SDK for Perl 5.0
vSphere SDK for Perl 5.0 Release Notes
Welcome to the vSphere SDK for Perl 5.0 release.
The vSphere SDK for Perl provides an easy-to-use Perl scripting interface to the vSphere Web Services API.
This document contains the following information:
See the vSphere Command-Line Interface Release Notes for information about vSphere CLI issues.
About the vSphere SDK for Perl
The vSphere SDK for Perl is a client-side Perl framework that provides an easy-to-use scripting interface to the vSphere API. Administrators and developers who are familiar with Perl can use the vSphere SDK for Perl to automate a wide variety of administrative, provisioning, and monitoring tasks in the vSphere environment. The vSphere SDK for Perl includes ready-to-use utility applications, which you can immediately put to use in your virtual datacenter.
The vSphere SDK for Perl installation includes the WS-Management Perl Library, which allows you to write scripts that retrieve CIM data from the ESX host using CIMOM, a service that provides standard CIM management functions over a WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management). The installation also includes the vSphere CLI command set.
You can use the SDK to manage ESX 3.0.x, ESX/ESXi 3.5, ESX/ESXi 4.0, ESX/ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.0, vCenter Server 2.5, vCenter Server 4.0, vCenter Server 4.1, and vCenter Server 5.0.
Whats New in This Release?
This release of the vSphere SDK for Perl does not include new functionality but does include a number of resolved issues. The Linux installer for vSphere SDK for Perl and vSphere CLI has changed, as discussed next. See Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces available in the vSphere Documentation Center.
WSMan::StubsOps module is deprecated in this release and will be removed in the next release. All SDK for Perl samples that are using
WSMan::StubOps in vSphere 4.1 are using
WSMan::GenericOps in vSphere 5.0.
Installing vSphere SDK for Perl
The SDK for Perl Linux installer has changed.
- Explicitly uninstalling previous versions of the software is no longer required.
- You must have access to the Internet to successfully install vSphere SDK for Perl.
- You must set your http:// and ftp:// proxies, as follows:
export http_proxy=http://<proxy_server>:port
export ftp_proxy=http://<proxy_server>:port
- The installer installs missing Perl modules from CPAN, but does not overwrite existing versions of those modules.
Note: Downloading modules from CPAN can take a long time.
See Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces available in the vSphere Documentation Center.
The vSphere SDK for Perl Windows installer works as before and installs the vSphere SDK for Perl, the vSphere CLI, and all prerequisite software including Active Perl 5.8.8. If you do not want to overwrite an existing Active Perl installation, exit the installer and use a different system for installing the software.
Important: Reboot your Windows system after installation. If you don't, ActivePerl might report that it cannot find some of the Perl modules.
Supported Platforms
SDK for Perl 5.0 is supported on the following Linux platforms:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5 (32 bit and 64 bit)
- SLES 10 (32 bit and 64 bit)
- SLES 11 (32 bit and 64 bit)
- Ubuntu 10.04 (32 bit and 64 bit)
SDK for Perl is supported on the following Windows platforms:
- Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit)
- Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 (32 bit and 64 bit)
- Windows 2008 (64 bit)
The vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is included vSphere SDK for Perl. You can deploy vMA on ESXi 5.0 systems. You cannot upgrade vMA 4.1 to include vCLI 5.0 by running the vCLI installer inside vMA.
Resolved Issues
Error running credstore_admin.pl on some SUSE 10 installations. When you run the
/apps/general/credstore_admin.plscript on a SUSE 10 system, the following error might result:
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/perl: free(): invalid pointer: 0x083d0339 ***
The probable cause for the error is that an older version of
perl-XML-LibXMLthan the version included with the vSphere CLI / vSphere SDK for Perl package was already installed on the system. As a result, the installer did not add the required version of
perl-XML-LibXMLto the SUSE system.
Class::MethodMaker included with 4.1 installer does not work with Perl 5.10 The vSphere CLI and vSphere SDK for Perl installation package includes Class::MethodMaker 2.10. That module works fine with Perl 5.8.8, but does not work with Perl 5.10. Note that the vCLI and vSphere SDK for Perl do not require this module, but your scripts might require it.
Problem with extractlog.pl if virtual machine is not directly within datacenter. The
extractlog.plutility application works only if the requested virtual machine is directly contained within its containing datacenter. If the virtual machine is located in a folder, including the normally invisible
Discovered Virtual Machinesfolder, the application generates an invalid URL. No log is retrieved.
List of hosts returned by hostinfo.pl is sometimes incomplete. The
hostinfo.plutility application does not always return the correct list of hosts. When you call the application with no filtering arguments, it does not display hosts that are in maintenance mode or hosts that have VMotion enabled.
find_entity_view and find_entity_views cannot retrieve the view for vSphere 4.0 objects. You cannot call
find_entity_viewswith the
view_typeparameter pointing to an object introduced in vSphere 4.0.
Known Issues
vSphere SDK for Perl 5.0 has the following known issues:
On Linux, installing vSphere SDK for Perl on systems where vSphere CLI is installed results in unusable installation.
If you install the vSphere SDK for Perl on a Linux system, and if vSphere CLI is already installed on that system, both products are not usable after the installer completes. This problem occurs regardless of the version of the two installers.
Workaround: Do not install the vSphere SDK for Perl bundle. The vSphere SDK for Perl software is included in the vSphere CLI bundle. Install the vSphere CLI bundle.
Missing DLL error during first command execution after installation (Windows). A vSphere SDK for Perl installation on Windows completes successfully. However, when you later run a script, errors about missing DLLs might result. For example:
libxml2.dll wasn't found
Workaround: Reboot your Windows system.
Obtaining objects of different types requires multiple calls to the Vim::get_views() subroutine. The
Vim::get_views()subroutine takes a reference to an array of managed object references and returns a reference to an array of view objects. Although the array can contain multiple managed object types, objects of only one type can be obtained at the same time.
Workaround: You can call
get_views()multiple times to obtain multiple object types. Or you can specify the appropriate base class (rather than a specific subclass) as the view type to access values of properties that are common across all objects based on the superclass. For example,
view_type = 'ManagedEntity'allows you to retrieve all objects that extend from this base class (
ResourcePool, and so on).
Must use encoded representation when constructing filters that recognize names containing certain special characters. Based on what the vSphere Web Services API returns, a few property values, such as
VirtualMachineConfigInfo.name, and
VirtualMachineConfigSpec.name, are returned with the characters /, \, and % encoded as %2f, %5c, and %25.
For example, if you have a Folder named
My%Folder, its name is returned as
My%25Folder. If you want to construct a filter that recognizes names containing slashes or percent signs, you must use the encoded representation.
Workaround: To match a name that contains a percent sign, write:
filter => { name => qr/%25/ }
You cannot perform a match on percent sign alone, because a percent sign alone also matches other characters that are preceded by a percent escape character.
filter => { name => qr/%/ } # wrong;
You must use case-insensitive matching for escape character sequences that contain alpha characters:
filter => { name => qr/%2f/i } # matches %2f and %2F


text: Thirteen years ago, the economists Sara Solnick and David Hemenway conducted a study that revealed a great deal about how Americans define happiness. Subjects, all of whom were middle class or lower, were asked which they wanted more: to earn $50,000 while everyone else got only half as much, or to earn $100,000 while everyone else earned $200,000. The increase in the subject's earnings from the first scenario to the second was, of course, dramatic. But that didn't matter to most. What mattered was how rich they were compared to others: 56 percent said they would take $50,000 less as long as they were richer than everyone else.This study has important implications when assessing the growing divide between America's rich and poor. What it suggests is that it's extremely important for us to feel successful next to our peers. In fact, when our peers are significantly wealthier, we become unhappy and anxious. Other studies show increased rates of crime, depression, divorce and stress-related illnesses in regions where income inequality is the most gaping.And it's gaping in a lot of places. In case you haven't heard, the gap between the rich and poor in the U.S. is currently wider than it's been since the Great Depression. It's even worse here than in Egypt or Tunisia, where the income gap helped ignite the unrest. In the last thirty years, the richest one percent of Americans has seen its share of wealth jump from under nine percent of the total pie to approximately 25 percent. Many fiscal Conservatives argue that this is good because of the trickle-down theory that says increased riches for the wealthy eventually find their way to everyone else. But this simply hasn't happened. Over the past three decades -- the period when the rich have become superrich -- real wages for the middle class have declined and the poor have only gotten poorer. The truth is that the dramatic increase in the wealth of our richest citizens has had devastating consequences for our middle and lower classes.Because while wealth hasn't trickled down, something else has. As pointed out by Robert H. Frank, an economics professor at Cornell, increased inequality has spawned "expenditure cascades" that have wreaked havoc with those at the lower half of the economic ladder. These cascades occur when the superrich begin spending more simply because they have so much more. The group just below them, which often travels in the same social circles, starts spending more to keep up with the superrich. This continues down the income ladder until a situation is created where everybody believes they should be significantly wealthier -- or at least, look like they are. This has resulted in a huge rise in Americans spending above their means.Take the housing crisis. While there were certainly a slew of causes of the housing collapse -- predatory lending, Wall Street's partnering with mortgage lenders, financial deregulation, among others -- expenditure cascades played a significant role. As supported by Solnick and Hemenway's study, when people with modest homes saw McMansions constructed up and down their blocks, or saw their neighbors suddenly installing new additions, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and the like, the social pressure to do the same became, for many, overwhelming. The result was hoards of people pilfering their equity and buying houses they couldn't afford. Moreover, this social pressure to spend was compounded by powerful political and corporate pressures.What political and corporate pressures? Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, the longest serving woman in the U.S. House of Representatives, told me in an interview that when Republicans took control of Congress in 1994, one of the first things they did was to impose fees on savings accounts to encourage spending. At about the same time, as a recent book about the 2008 financial crisis reveals, the large banks and mortgage companies undertook an advertising campaign to de-stigmatize second mortgages and home equity loans. These efforts went far in changing American thinking that had previously held saving money and fiscal responsibility in high regard. Suddenly being in debt wasn't frowned upon. In fact, it became the norm -- for the middle and lower classes, that is.So why aren't Americans more alarmed by the growing gap between the rich and poor? And in light of how enormous it's become, why isn't there more support for attempting to alleviate it by taxing the rich? Polls show that a large proportion of Americans still want and expect to become rich, and so presumably they'd rather not be saddled with high taxes when they do. But the truth is that it's more difficult than ever for poor Americans to climb the income ladder. According to a 2007 study, the likelihood that a poor American will attain even upper middle class status has become extremely slim, having steadily plummeted since the 1940s.A healthy society depends upon a large and vibrant middle class. While virtually every American politician would agree with this, governmental policies over the past three decades have resulted in a smaller and indebted middle class, alarming divide between our richest and poorest, and made upward mobility more difficult. It's time to admit that these policies have failed and try new ones. Obama made a huge mistake when he agreed to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans for another two years. Let's make sure he doesn't do it again.Jake Whitney, THE HUFFINGTON POST


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Call for Public Comment – W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group
The W3C Library Linked Data (LLD) Incubator Group invites librarians, publishers, linked data researchers, and other interested parties to review and comment on drafts of reports to be published later this year. The LLD group has been chartered from May 2010 through August 2011 to prepare a series of reports on the existing and potential use of Linked Data technology for publishing library data. The group is currently preparing:
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- London Olympics 2012
Cook hopes fade after BOA turns down latest appeal
Aaron Cook has failed in his latest attempt to overturn GB Taekwondo's decision not to pick him for London 2012.
Lawyers for the taekwondo world No. 1 and European -80kg champion omitted from Team GB's squad wrote to inform the British Olympic Association (BOA) they had new evidence to support the athlete's argument that he had been overlooked on grounds other than performance.
However, the BOA has confirmed it will not meet with Cook's representatives to discuss his omission, claiming the fresh evidence did not warrant a recommendation to GB Taekwondo to review the process that saw Lutalo Muhammad picked instead of Cook in the -80kg class.
The letter sent to the BOA asked the governing body to revisit the endorsement of the nomination of Muhammad rather than Cook or recommend to the World Taekwondo Federation that it issues a wild card.
The evidence Cook's lawyers had hoped to use included material found on leading taekwondo website Mastaekwondo.com in February. The website claimed a member of their staff overheard GB officials blasting Cook's decision to quit the set-up in August and that they were already formulating a list of possible replacements in the -80kg category.
Cook's last hope may be to take the matter to the High Court, while he will be hoping the World Taekwondo Federation - which is carrying out its own investigation into the way GB Taekwondo are making selections - informs the BOA to reconsider its approval of Muhammad's selection.