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Work of the Hierarchy
The problem can be most simply stated. Either the spiritual Hierarchy exists, with all its potencies of love, wisdom and skill in action, or for ages humanity has suffered from hallucinations; either Christ and His group of Masters, initiates and disciples are facts in the natural processes of evolution, historically proven and known through Their spiritual activity down the ages, or people have been victims during those ages of a gigantic fraud - emanating from what and where? Either the spiritual worlds and the three worlds of human endeavour can be related, or there is nothing to past beliefs, to ancient stories of manifesting divinity and to the constantly recurring periods of divine intervention.
The outstanding and dramatic feature of hierarchical action in the present era is the preparation now under way in the Hierarchy for its return to outer plane activity. It is important, therefore, that more people know about the fact of the Hierarchy and about what sort of men the Masters of the Wisdom really are.
The Nature of the Hierarchy
The spiritual Hierarchy of the earth is the aggregate of those of humanity who have triumphed over matter, who have achieved the goal of self-mastery by the same path that individuals tread today. These spiritual Personalities have wrestled and fought for victory and mastery upon the physical plane, and struggled with the miasmas, fogs, and dangers, troubles and sorrows of everyday living. They have trodden every step of the way of suffering, have undergone every experience, have surmounted every difficulty, and have won through. Herein lies their right to serve, and the strength and reality of their relationship to a still struggling humanity. They know the quintessence of pain, and can exquisitely measure their methods to the need of the individual. They are characterised by a love which endures, which acts always for the good of the whole; by a knowledge gained through living; by experience based on the evolution of time; by a courage as a result of that experience; by a purpose which is enlightened and intelligent and adjusted to the purpose of the planetary Logos, and a dynamic will that brooks no interference to the eventual carrying out of that divine Purpose.
Thus the spiritual Hierarchy is the result of human activity, aspiration and achievement; it has been created by and of humanity. The members of the Hierarchy have achieved a complete control of the personality, or lower self. They are no longer centred in the individualised consciousness but have entered into the wider realisation of the planetary group life, which includes all stages, from that tiny sense of social responsibility of the man or woman taking the first steps upon the path of spiritual maturity, to the inclusive comprehension of the Christ Himself. Just as the varying degrees of development among human beings range all the way from the primitive tribesmen to the enlightened statesmen and humanitarian world leader, it is the broad range of capacities, abilities and vision which constitutes the Hierarchy's comprehensive and all-inclusive capacity to serve.
Masters of the Wisdom
The senior members of the Hierarchy are the Masters of the Wisdom. Just as a Master's degree in the academic field indicates one who has achieved proficiency, or mastery, in one particular area of human understanding, a Master of the Wisdom is one who has through self-mastery achieved mastery over the whole field of human evolution. Having done so, his understanding is no longer limited or bounded by the human kingdom but also encompasses that kingdom of pure consciousness termed the kingdom of souls, or the kingdom of God, the fifth kingdom in nature.
Because of an individual natural predisposition to certain lines of work, they each have a special contribution to make towards human progress in one of the seven major fields of world work: political, religious, educational, scientific, philosophical, psychological or economic.
The Masters are a worldwide group of executives, adept and skilled in the various fields of work in the modern world, organised into a close network of communication throughout the world, with representatives in all nations, both east and west, and working in the closest co-operation.
All large organisations are replicas of this Hierarchical pattern, reflected in a chairman of the board, board of directors, officers, committees, liaison officers between the organisation as a whole and the public.
The overall Hierarchical organisation has three major divisions: one havingresponsibility for world political progress, or government in its true sense; the second having responsibility for teaching in its three aspects, education, religion, and healing; and a third division having responsibility for all economic progress, industry, labour and capital relations, scientific discovery, finance as it pertains to all fields, intellectual culture, and the arts. This third division is the largest of the three, with many different departments of work.
The Masters of the Wisdom are far more practical and realistic than the most efficient big business executives in our modern world. They are far more potent in affecting world events than are the most powerful leaders of any nation or government in the world. They make a constant study of human affairs, watching human trends and human planning for world betterment.
With very few exceptions, which are incidental to finding personnel for their work, they have no time to deal with individuals. Until an individual is useful to them in their work, he or she cannot contact them. To be valuable to them, the individual must have achieved to some degree their point of view and sense of values.
To do this, we need to know something of what they are trying to do and why they are trying to do it. Regarding this, certain basic and important things are known and can be stated.
There is a Plan
1.They work according to plan and are known as "The Custodians of the Plan." This Plan is for all people everywhere in the world, and works out under the impelling power of evolution itself. Local action in any one country or race is only undertaken for the benefit of the whole of humanity.
2.They work under law and never coerce or pressure humanity. Individual freedom, particularly mental freedom, is never infringed.
3.Anything which is really good for humanity as a whole is a legitimate aid to their work and fits into the fundamental purpose of the Plan itself. For example, the establishing of right human relations between races and nations and groups of every kind; the substitution of co-operation for competition in all departments of human affairs; the growth of the recognition and use of the power of goodwill.
4.The Plan is long range and from our standpoint moves slowly, but its achievement can be hastened, thus saving ages of pain, suffering and misery. Timing in relation to world events is an important factor, and the Masters have great skill in the wise utilisation of the time factor.
5.Until the Hierarchy again moves openly on the physical plane among men, they work through their disciples. The externalisation of the Hierarchy will transcend this limitation but will involve many problems, experiments and some risks.
6.The work of the Hierarchy naturally falls into specified fields of action which are determined by developing world consciousness, the increasing general intelligence and the possibility of practical effectiveness.
7.The main fields of Hierarchical enterprise are seven in number and have been listed as follows:
The three major fields of activity are religious, scientific and political. The fourth is cultural. Definite action has also been taken in three more fields, philosophical, psychological and financial.
8.The work since the fifteenth century has been carried forward by the sending out of senior disciples, qualified and trained to work in these particular fields. A number of such disciples appeared at about the same time, sometimes in different parts of the world, working separately, but producing an effect upon human consciousness. Today, all of the work is interrelated and co-ordinated into one worldwide group effort, and the senior members of this group who are responsible for the implementing of the Plan in these various fields have been called "The New Group of World Servers."
9.The results of the work accomplished in these seven fields can be clearly seen.
a.The entire level of human intelligence has been raised and human minds made generally more active in all races everywhere. Humanity has progressed to a state where an intelligent public can discuss world problems.
b.Basic cleavages and separateness unrecognised 500 years ago are now recognised as harmful and remedies are sought.
c. World interrelation, intercommunication and economic interdependence has been achieved, thus guaranteeing ultimate world unity.
d.Progress from the old ways and ideas into the new has produced a natural division of intelligent men and women into two general and basic attitudes, the conservative and the progressive. This applies in all fields of human affairs producing clarifying comparisons which bring opportunity of choice and therefore opportunity for improvement.
e.A widespread philanthropic enterprise, utterly unknown before the year 1500, has appeared which is the practical result of the growth of the concept of the brotherhood of humanity.
10.Hierarchical work is so quietly and smoothly developed and so effectively expressive of expanding human consciousness, that when it is well advanced it appears quite natural and reasonable. In the early stages, however, generally it is radical and even revolutionary and often meets determined opposition. Because hierarchical work is always in advance of human consciousness and is seeking to lead the entire human family forward, it is always pioneering. Accepted disciples, therefore, working consciously at the Plan are spiritual pioneers and must have the courage that goes with that position, and must have the perseverance which is required to produce fundamental changes.
All works according to the Plan under the guidance of the Spiritual Hierarchy. Ignorance and greed are the main hindrances. Spiritual education cures one; goodwill in action cures the other.
The Work of Disciples
One of the important next stages in the development of hierarchical world work is the recognition which must be achieved between the senior disciples of the world so that they will naturally and successfully support and strengthen each other. Then the entire field of hierarchical enterprise can be co-ordinated externally as well as subjectively as is the case now. This has to be the result of an achievement by the disciples themselves. For this purpose, they must be given the story of the Hierarchy and its Plan and its method of work, for in the great majority of cases these disciples do not have this knowledge in their physical plane consciousness, although of course, on the inner side, they are aware of it.
Paralleling this increased co-operation of the disciples of the world, action must be taken to acquaint the intelligent men and women of goodwill in the world with these same facts in such terms that they will gladly give support to the various projects now in operation, and those soon to be inaugurated in connection with the reappearance of the Christ. A third main hindrance to the Plan is the spiritual inertia of people of goodwill.
All truly spiritual work finds its place in one of the seven fields of hierarchical action and all accepted disciples work at some aspect of one of these fields. Each disciple makes his own choice as to what spiritual work he engages in. This choice is a natural choice arising from the fitness of things and his capacity which is put into action by his soul and carried forward by the soul-infused personality.
When the working disciple on the physical plane finally accepts his job consciously, he then will proceed to study the problems involved and become intelligently effective in that field. He thus demonstrates by service that he is an accepted disciple.
Two Basic Needs
The two basic needs today are:
1.Trained workers.
2.Adequate financing.
The Hierarchy works through its disciples and co-workers in all countries, and never before have there been so many endeavouring to fit themselves for this function in the world as "Transmitters of the Plan," and never before has there existed such a strong inner integrity and subjective relation between workers in all fields in all parts of the world. For the first time in history there is a coherent world group for the Masters to work through. But, the need for trained workers was never greater nor so widespread nor so urgent as now.
When the hierarchical worker is an advanced worker, he or she is aware of the source of guidance and co-operates consciously with the plans of the Hierarchy. Such workers gather around them lesser disciples who will work along the same lines, through community of interest and humanitarian conviction. They may be quite unconscious of any hierarchical guidance or spiritual objective, except the recognition that they love their fellow men, and this love conditions all they do and motivates their every effort. From the standpoint of the Master, they can be reached, impressed, and directed; and most definitely they are so reached.
A second basic need is for adequate financing of hierarchical work. The crux of the problem of spiritual work in the world today is a financial one. Workers need to recognise that money is the consolidation of the living energy of divinity, and that the greater the realisation and expression of love the freer will be the inflow of that which is needed to carry forward the work. It still remains for the crystallised aspect of this energy of creative intelligence, money, to be used on a large scale for the furtherance of the work of the spiritual Hierarchy. It is at this point and in connection with money that the great test of goodwill in any individual, group or nation demonstrates.
The bringing in of the kingdom of God, the preparation for the coming of the Christ and the salvaging of humanity demand courage, organisation, business acumen, psychology, and persistence. It needs trained workers and much money. It requires a hard business sense on the physical plane, a practical common sense, a cessation of the constant presentation of a beautiful future in a mythical heaven of idleness and uselessness. It calls for workers possessing long-range vision, using sensible business procedures, and carefully considered programmes.
All humanity, no matter what the place of residence, colour of skin, or religious belief, is clamouring for peace, education, justice, and economic security. All this the right use of money and a recognition of the financial responsibility of each one, based on spiritual values, would rapidly make possible. The major opportunity lies before those already handling the financial resources of the world and the mass of good, kindly people all over the world in all spheres of influence. The power of the individual is not yet truly grasped; there is a vast opportunity before all, but it requires courage, patience, and loving understanding to do the needed work.
Workers, group leaders, organisation heads, thinkers, and men and women of goodwill in all parts of the globe can share this work provided their minds are open and focused on world betterment.
A Programme of Action
Focused, determined, enlightened public opinion is the most potent force in the world. It has no equal, but has been little used. The gullibility of the average citizen, his willingness to accept what is told him if it is said loudly enough and with sufficient plausible force, is well known. Mass psychology and mob determination have been exploited down the ages, for the unthinking and emotional are easily swayed in any direction, and hitherto this has been turned to their own advantage by those who do not have the best interest of humanity at heart.
But this negative receptivity can be as easily turned to good ends as bad. A little planned direction and a wisely outlined programme with this in view can and will bring about the needed change and make a sound and intelligent public opinion one of the major factors in world reconstruction. The value of mass opinion is recognised by selfishly motivated individuals and groups as well as by enlightened workers for the common good. And it will either be bent to the selfish will of the greedy few or be educated in the principles which benefit the whole. In this educating process we can all take a constructive stand and make a major contribution.
The following important steps can be taken by individuals and groups recognising the fact of the spiritual Hierarchy and the presence of the Christ, who will aid the work of establishing the Plan:
1.Develop a sense of individual responsibility.
2.Develop the spirit of goodwill, and evoke it in others. Express real love in all relationships. Reorganise your life so as to get the utmost out of each day.
3.Study and reflect upon the many proposals made by world leaders and thinkers on world problems.
Cultivate an intelligent opinion, based on goodwill, on what you as a result of study believe should be done.
Discuss the ideas in your home, among friends, and in your various relationships. Regard such discussions as service.
Gather people together to discuss and study current problems and future needs. If only two people co-operate with you, the effort will be a means of helping change world thought.
4.Find out and study the methods, techniques, and objectives of the various groups and organisations concerned with world reconstruction. Establish helpful and friendly relations with them to the best of your ability.
Discover the men and women of goodwill in your community, and then co-operate with what they are doing. Be spiritually aggressive in this.
5.Extend your interest to many countries; try to understand the problems in those countries. Foster your contact with people in other lands by thought, prayer, and direct contact and communication.
6.Behind the world pattern stands its Originator, its Planner, its motivating Energy, its central Will, its living Creator, its God. Use prayer and meditation to reach that central Point of Life, and thus blend yourself with the sensed divine objective.
7.Begin at once to lay aside sums of money which can be spared and which can accumulate for Hierarchical work. This organised and planned saving will enable you to assume your share in the work without placing an undue burden on others. It will enable you to respond immediately to real need as it appears.
Opportunity Today
Hierarchical work is so quietly and smoothly developed and so effectively expressive of expanding human consciousness, that when it is well advanced it appears quite natural and reasonable. In the early stages, however, it is generally considered radical and even revolutionary and often meets determined opposition. Because Hierarchical work is always in advance of human consciousness and is seeking to lead the entire human family forward, it is always pioneering.
One major technique employed by the Hierarchy is a constantly applied stimulation. Of this, the effect of the sun upon all life forms is a symbol. Their problem lies in determining what means to employ to bring about the desired ends in such a way that people, organisations and nations can be keyed up and prepared to handle the new responsibilities and deal with new knowledges without undue suffering or producing those painful cleavages which accompany world changes. Every time there is a move toward fuller understanding and unity in the world, every time the lesser is merged in the greater and the part blended with the whole; every time great and universal concepts make their impact upon the minds of the masses, there is a subsequent disaster and breaking down of the form aspects of that which might prevent those concepts from becoming physical plane facts. This is the problem of the hierarchical workers: how to handle the immediate effects and to avert suffering while the wave of new spiritual realisation sweeps over the world and does its needed work.
The Masters work slowly and with deliberation, free from any sense of speed, toward their objective: but – and this is a point of immediate interest – they do have a time limit which is based on the law of cycles. There are periods of major opportunity of which the Hierarchy takes advantage and this present period is one of major opportunity.

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The Veteran's Park committee is in the midst of working on Phase II for the new park in Sleepy Eye.
In 2012 numerous businesses, organizations, families and individuals helped to complete Phase I and now it is time to complete Phase II.
Veteran's Park will not only be a place to remember those who lost their lives fighting for our country and our freedoms but a place to honor those who continue to serve yet today.
Tuesday night on the evening news, an Army National Guard unit was returning home to their loved ones after serving 11 months overseas. Thankfully they didn't suffer a single casuality during that tour. While they were returning home, another Minnesota unit was saying goodbye to their loved ones. While we recognize the sacrifices the soldiers make, military families also make a great sacrifice during their soldiers absence.
We pray there is never another name added to the Killed In Action Memorial that will be in Veteran's Park in Sleepy Eye. The memorial wall will be a place to remember and honor those who served and are serving.
Your financial help in completing this amazing park in our community is greatly appreciated and will be a place of pride and honor to many. For more information contact Kurk Kramer at City Hall in Sleepy Eye at 507-794-5636 and watch for more information coming.
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A 30-year-old Pakistani man, announcing he was a Muslim and angry about Israel, pulled out a gun in the Seattle Jewish Federation today and shot six people, one dead.
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The gunman, identified by law enforcement sources as Naveed Afzal Haq, 30, reportedly lives in Pasco, Wash., and has a charge of lewd conduct pending against him in Benton County, Washington. He reportedly is a U.S. citizen.
According to several witnesses, Haq got through security and announced to staff members: "I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel." He immediately began shooting randomly with a semiautomatic 9-mm handgun at the 18 employees and visitors in the offices.
The Seattle Times reports the gunman ordered a receptionist to call 911 after he shot her.
"He told the police that it was a hostage situation and he wanted us to get our weapons out of Israel," one of the wounded workers said.
FBI spokesman David Gomez said officials believe the suspect acted alone and is not affiliated with a foreign organization.
Haq's father was a founding member of the Islamic Centre of Tri-Cities in Richland. He and his wife moved to Pasco three years ago.
According to Chris Richey of Everett, Haq had been his neighbor until two weeks ago, when he abruptly moved. The landlady at their apartment told Richey Haq was going to Pakistan. Haq spoke often about guns and politics, said Richey, and didn't like President Bush.
A law-enforcement source said Haq had a licence to carry a concealed weapon.
Attorney Larry Stephenson, who is representing Haq on a misdemeanor lewd conduct charge for allegedly exposing himself in a public place, said his client had been scheduled for trial last Thursday, but the action was postponed. Haq is not married, has no children and no job, Stephenson said.
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Learning to fight early marriages in Kyrgyzstan
The number of early marriages in Kyrgyzstan still remains high. According to recent statistics, roughly 12 percent of brides in the country are under the age of 18.
- About 12 percent of brides in the country are under the age of 18.
- After introduction of courses, number of students attending classes increased.
- Sewing, cooking and computer classes are attended by 15 girls. It's planned to make them mandatory for the whole class.
In rural areas, girls are often subjected to arranged marriages upon completion of high school. Early marriage can have several deeply negative impacts on the lives and livelihoods of women and girls.
One of these impacts is in their education. These girls are usually forced to leave school, never gettting the chance to complete their education.This minimizes their opportunities to find work and become self-sufficient. These young brides are thus forced to depend on their older husbands even more. This is why it is important to get these girls back in school.
Paradoxically, one way to make both young girls and their parents understand the consequences of early marriage appears to be learning how to sew, cook, and use computers. Such workshops help these girls gain new skills – and renewed self-confidence.
In the village of Shark in Southern Kyrgyzstan, UNDP and the European Union, as part of their joint project, are helping one high school join the fight. To keep girls longer in school and thus prevent them from early marriage, the school has created sewing, cooking, and computer classes in addition to their regular curriculum.
Before this initiative was launched a year ago, the number of students attending school after ninth grade was low, with only two 10th grade groups. They now have three, and are growing still. Although courses are mainly intended for young girls, the school hasn't neglected its boys.
Teachers talk with them about the consequences of early marriages, such as health and domestic violence issues. A specialized workshop class was also created so that young boys, as well as girls, learn sewing, cooking, and computer literacy.
"Children are interested in doing some real work," says Roza Yuldasheva, one of the leaders of the community project. "We also noticed that the number of students who are skipping classes has declined, because they have computers and other new tools at disposal."
"The local government will soon take over financial care of the school courses for preventing early marriage. They will implement a new course on sewing, cooking, and computers. Just like the current one, a new serious of courses should open these young girls to new opportunities and influences," says project coordinator, Sharabidin Tairov.
While sewing a special glove for baking bread in tradtional clay ovens, a young schoolgirl named Adina says: "I have a lot of free time after school and I like coming here to learn how to sew. One day, I wish to attend medical school and become a dentist." When we asked Adina if she would like to get married soon she started laughing along with the whole class.
The current class will graduate soon, and recently they won a regional competition for "Girls in technology". Some of them are interested in cooking and sewing classes too, but they all share one common goal: to continue and finish their education before they do anything else. When the courses become part of the school curriculum, they will be obligatory for everyone.


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Kibin needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
I am the founder and CEO of a new start-up that will be launching in September. The company is an online web application and marketplace for peer editing and peer review.
Right now, we are finalizing the design of our website and need a logo to match it.
Our target audience will initially be students but we are not wanting to pigeonhole ourselves to this demographic. We are targeting anyone who needs a paper edited and reviewed by a third party. This could be an academic paper, an article for a newspaper or magazine, or even a job cover letter or resume.
The company name is Kibin and we are in need of a logo.
We require a web 2.0 look and feel. We really like Mint.com's logo (http://www.mint.com) and feel like this encompasses the web 2.0 movement.
We also require you to use the tag line "the new review market" somewhere in the logo.
Also, we would like to see some sort of symbol incorporated with the logo that will be recognizable. Again, see mint's logo for an example.
Right now, we have a temporary logo at http://www.kibin.com This is simply something we are using and NOT what we are looking for in a logo, but it does illustrate the use of the tagline, etc.
The logo should also be able to work well on a business card and would love a visual of this if you can provide it.
Lastly, please review the attached file. The logo needs to work and fit with the color scheme as this will be our homepage.
Please ask any questions, they will be responded to promptly.
EDIT: We had been toying with a logo idea of the "K" of Kibin being on a piece of paper and the upper right corner folded over (so it's obvious it's a piece of paper). The logo should convey what we do in some way which is a marketplace for peer editing and review of documents. I have attached some of the earlier versions but these would need to be taken to a much higher level of design and more creativity.
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For a long time, redstone contraptions have been limited to Mojang's proprietary redstone dust. It is damn near impossible to make something smaller than the size of Texas, not even a simple door toggle. So, lets paint the world RƎd.
Project: Red – Microblocks
Microblocks: Getting StartedSaw:
A Saw is a crucial first step in order to start using microblocks. It provides the means necessary to cut a block up into various shapes and sizes. The saw does take damage when it cuts blocks, it can be used about 1000 times.
Microblocks: Recipes
The Saw can be used to slice virtually any block into smaller blocks. These are called Microblocks. They can be used aesthetically to easily detail your house, or practically to separate strands of wire running next to each other.
Hollow blocks:
You can also punch holes in the center allowing for things to pass through the center but not the edges, such as wires.
Microblocks can be combined with each other in many ways to obtain a block that is slightly bigger. This is mainly used for aesthetic purposes.
These are only some of the many ways to manipulate microblocks. Here is a full diagram of the permutations a block can go through. Keep in mind that not only stone blocks work, these recipes work with all block types.
Project: Red – Wiring and Logic:
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For years, basic materials had limitless power, but there was no processing method to tap into this potential. By making the inside of a furnace slightly bigger and more fire resistant, you can now smelt several things together for one finished product. This is key to advancing with wiring and logic.
Wiring: Recipes
Red Alloy Ingot:
In order to create wires, you need an alloy that is not only conductive, but also ductile and malleable. Red Alloy Ingots can be made by mixing 4 grams of redstone dust into a solution of molted iron. It is about 16 times more conductive than traditional redstone dust.
Red Alloy Wire:
Red Alloy Ingots are soft enough to stretch into thin, useful wires by hand. They can run up walls, and can conduct a signal for 255 blocks instead of the usual 16 blocks redstone dust can conduct. When powered, they also power the block they are sitting on.
Insulated Red Alloy Wire:
Insulated Wiring is a special type of red alloy wire that can connect to regular red alloy wire, and bundled cabling. However, different colors of Insulated Wires will not connect to each other. They will also not power the block they are sitting on.
Bundled Red Alloy Cable:
Bundled cable allows sever colors of signal to go through them and out another side. Only Insulate wires can connect to bundled cables. Red alloy wire cannot directly make a connection without some insulation in between.
Jacketed Wires:
Using sticks, its possible to allow wires to stand by themselves. You no longer have to prop them up onto walls like regular wires. By removing the sticks, they revert to their original form.
Wiring: Mechanics
All wires can be run along blocks including up walls and on the ceiling. They will connect around corners, and on the inside edges of blocks. Currently, only the same type of wire can reside within one 1x1x1 meter.
Red Alloy Wires:
Red Alloy Wires will conduct redstone up to 255 blocks, and will also power the block they are sitting on. They can connect to insulated wires only.
Insulated Wires:
Insulated wires work the same as red alloy wires, but they cannot power the block they are sitting on, because they are insulated.
Bundled Cables:
Bundled cables can connect only to insulated wires. They are used to run several strands of colors through one convenient cable. If there is a white insulated wire connected to one side, when it receives power, all of the white wires on the entire stretch of bundled cabling will be powered as well. No other color will be effected.
Jacketed Wires:
Jacketed wires work exactly as their counterparts, but they don't need to be supported by a block. This is useful for running wires over other wires, or running wires where there are no other blocks.
Microblock Support:
Microblocks can be used to separate strands of wire from each other. They will fit nice and snug in between wires and will not let them connect. Hollow micro blocks will let jacketed wires go through, but not regular wires.
Gates: Getting StartedScrewdriver:
The screwdriver allows you to manipulate and rotate logic gates to your liking. It takes damage on use, and will need replacing at some point.
Drawplate: Copper, Iron, and Gold coils:
The drawplate is a special plate of solid diamond surrounded with strips of iron plates. it has slots in which ingots can be pressed in order to obtain a silky-smooth coil of that metal.
Silicon Boule: Silicon:
A bunch of coal and sand can be smelted together to obtain a silicon boule. Thin slices of silicon can be cut from the boule for practical use.
Infused Silicon: Energized Silicon:
In order to use the silicon, it must either be infused or energized, depending on what you want to do.
A simple wafer of stone plate that can be used as a base for circuit materials can be obtained by simply smelting a piece of stone until it is nice, compact, and rigid.
Conductive plate:
A plate embedded with redstone dust allows it to conduct electricity through it.
Wired Plate:
A plate embedded with red alloy wire allows it to conduct more levels of electricity than a simple conductive plate.
Bundled Plate:
A plate embedded with bundled cable that lets it conduct 16 different signals.
The negative redstone terminal is the source of redstone electrons.
The positive redstone terminal is the destination for redstone electrons.
Pointer: Motor:
An Anode with a small moter at the top allows the needle to spin as power is drawn from negative to positive.
Silicon Chip:
A plate embedded with silicon allows for some advanced memory-oriented tasks.
Energized Silicon Chip:
A plate embedded with energized silicon allows for some advanced randomized tasks.
Platformed Plate:
2 layers of plates each embedded with red alloy wire allows signals to be crossed without overlapping.
Light Sensor
The Light Sensor can be used to detect the amount of light level hitting an area. Using a screwdriver, the threshold can be changed. There is also an ambient sensor mode, that outputs the analog redstone signal with a level matching what is hitting the solar array (0 – 15).
Project: Red – Lighting:
Lighting: Getting StartedIllumar:
Illumar is the glowing remnants of dye and glowstone crushed together. It seems to illuminate when it receives a steady redstone signal.
Lighting: Recipes
There are 2 versions of the basic Lamp. Inverted, and non inverted. When powered, the non-inverted ones turn on, and the inverted ones turn off.
Just like lamps, there are inverted and non-inverted.
Lighting: Mechanics
When lamps are turned on, they emit a light level of 15. They also emit a glowing halo around them tinted with the color of the lamp.
Lanterns work similarly to lamps. They emit a 15 light level when turned on. However, they need to be supported by a solid block, either the sides, top, or bottom.
Project: Red – Machines
Things to be implemented are:
- Paint
- Logistics
- Microblock support
- Advanced motor that moves in all directions
- Deployers.
- Breakers
- Sorting
Additional Components
Wool Gin:
The Wool Gin can be used to convert any color of wool into 4 strands of String. The wool gin does take damage each use, and will eventually need to be replaced.Woven Cloth: Backpacks:
Backpacks can be used for additional storage on the go. It has the same space as a regular chest, but cannot accept other backpacks. They can also be recolored via a shapeless recipe of the bag and a color dye of your choice.


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Di Matteo was sacked as Chelsea manager in the early hours of this morning after defeat at Juventus last night saw the European champions slip closer to an early exit from the Champions League.
Roman Abramovich has now fired seven managers since he bought the Stamford Bridge club nine years ago and Villas-Boas, who lasted just nine months before being replaced by Di Matteo, criticised Chelsea for their lack of stability tonight in a blatant broadside at his former employers tonight.
''At Chelsea, I think another sacking is just like any other day at the office,'' the now Spurs boss told a press conference.
''That's my interpretation.''
Di Matteo paid the price for winning two of the club's last eight games - a run that meant Chelsea dropped away from the Premier League summit.
Yet the Italian had just six months ago delivered Abramovich the prize he has yearned for since 2003 - the Champions League trophy.
Villas-Boas, who had employed the Italian as his number two, was clearly taken aback by Di Matteo's sacking given his success since succeeding him at the west London club in March.
Villas-Boas, speaking ahead of Tottenham's Europa League game against Lazio in Rome tomorrow, added: ''He has achieved so much in such a little amount of time.
''His CV is maybe one of the best in the world now - he has won the Champions League and the FA Cup too.
''It was difficult for Robbie and I wish him well for the rest of his career.
''Regarding the club, it's their decision, it's what they think will take them forward but other than that I can't comment.''
Although he has yet to fully win over Tottenham's fans, Villas-Boas needed little time before he returned to top-flight football, signing a three-year deal at the White Hart Lane in July.
Former Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti has also gone on to secure a job at wealthy French giants Paris St Germain, so Villas-Boas thinks Di Matteo's future in management looks bright despite the sacking.
''Most of the managers that have recently left that club have moved on to other positions,'' said the Portuguese.
''We are grateful for having been through that club and through that experience, now all of us are in different situations with different clubs moving on with our careers.''
Villas-Boas added: ''I haven't spoken to (Di Matteo) because my focus is absolutely on Tottenham.
''I have a relationship with Robbie and when appropriate we will have a conversation but I'm not in a position to offer any advice.''


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If you were there, you probably remember the screaming more than anything else, shrieks so loud that you might not be able to talk (or hear) the next day.
And if you weren't there, the moment lives on through video footage and the Internet as one of the seismic shifts not just in popular music, but in the culture at large.
When the Beatles arrived in the United States 50 years ago this month, already full-blown stars in their native England, they rewrote the rules of pop music and how we treat its prime movers. Sure, the girls squealed for Frank Sinatra in the 1940s and Elvis Presley a decade later, but on Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles sent shock waves through America's popular culture when they debuted on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
On the 50th anniversary of that pivotal televised moment, it's worth asking: What changed that day, and what other changes were underway on the music scene that would combine to make rock 'n' roll the true cultural force it became?
As the Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr were a perfect storm for the times. They wrote their own songs, which had the tender harmonies of the catchiest hits to come out of the Brill Building. They played their own instruments — jangly guitars with lines that echoed their favorite R&B records. They looked like cherubs in their suits and boots and sang right to those girls who sobbed at the sight of them. And those haircuts. They were game, and eager, for the massive success that awaited them.
Sure enough, it happened. Beatlemania ushered in the British Invasion, a tidal wave that brought with it the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who, Herman's Hermits, and blue-eyed soul singers such as Dusty Springfield.
One of the more fascinating new books on the Fab Four's impact is "The Beatles Are Here!," a collection of essays and oral accounts curated and edited by Penelope Rowlands and featuring a range of writers (Greil Marcus, Fran Lebowitz) and musicians (Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper).
The book's cover photo, originally published in The New York Times in 1964, is an iconic image of girls losing their minds over the foursome, holding a sign emblazoned with "Beatles Please Stay Here 4-Ever." The girl in the middle, the one who appears to be crying, is Rowlands.
"Somebody asked me, 'What were you girls thinking?' and I thought that was a curious way to put it, because I'm sure thinking didn't enter into the situation," Rowlands says of that photo. "It just seemed to be pure emotion. In doing this book, I began to remember that we heard about the screaming girls in England before we ever heard the Beatles' music."
"We were kind of whipped into a frenzy by the really powerful disc jockeys of the era," she adds. "Murray the K and Cousin Brucie were the two who dominated the airwaves where I grew up in New York."
A recurring theme in the book is the notion that before the Beatles arrived, pop music was lying fallow, with a nation still plunged in grief over John F. Kennedy's assassination the year before. The country was hungry for new voices, a splash of Technicolor on an otherwise gray canvas.
The Beatles' timing couldn't have been better. After the first generation of rock 'n' rollers (Presley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis) had crested, the landscape was wide open. The charts were full of sweet girl-group pop (the Shirelles, the Chiffons), surf bands (the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean), and the last leg of acts that Mom and Dad loved (Andy Williams, Bobby Vinton).
Meanwhile, Bob Dylan had already released two albums, and the title track of his first album in '64 seemed to speak to the spirit of the year: "The Times They Are A-Changin'."
Then, of course, there was Motown, which truly hit its stride with groups like the Supremes, the Temptations, and Sam Cooke, who that year released "A Change Is Gonna Come," a rallying cry of the civil rights movement. The Supremes became full-fledged stars in 1964 with "Baby Love," "Come See About Me," and "Where Did Our Love Go."
'We were kind of whipped into a frenzy by the really powerful disc jockeys of the era.'
"It was a time of change, major change," says Mary Wilson, a founding member of the Supremes, in a recent phone interview. "The world was starting to open up its borders, and people were going to new places they never dreamed of. It was a huge year."
Wilson mentions the importance of "The T.A.M.I. Show," a seminal concert film taped in 1964 that featured the Supremes, Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, the Stones, and, most memorably, James Brown. Wilson says it was proof that pop music was finally bestowing mainstream recognition on artists who had already been famous in the black community.
"People tend to talk about the Beatles in '64 as though absolutely everybody was swooning over them, when in fact it was probably white America that was swooning over them," says John Platoff, a professor of music at Trinity College in Hartford who teaches a seminar on the Beatles and the 1960s. "I don't think African-American young people were unaware or utterly indifferent, but I don't think they had at all the same reaction. You look at photos of kids going crazy over the Beatles, and you don't see black faces."
For Martha Reeves, the music that came out of 1964 wasn't about skin color; it was universal.
"When I first got into show business, there was no white or black music," Reeves says from her home in Detroit. "There was just music that everybody enjoyed, and Motown was not an all-black company. Our music had no color on it. It was made for people who enjoyed music, and our music will last forever because it was family-oriented."
In last year's book "Ready for a Brand New Beat: How 'Dancing in the Street' Became the Anthem for a Changing America," author Mark Kurlansky used the Martha Reeves and the Vandellas hit as a symbol of how '64 was notable for so many reasons beyond the British Invasion.
"I don't think people are aware of the impact of the black freedom struggle on popular music," says Kurlansky, the author of bestsellers such as "Salt" and "Cod." "If there hadn't been that movement, there wouldn't be rock 'n' roll."
Lesley Gore was another artist making waves in 1964. She was 17 when the Beatles arrived on these shores and had already had a No. 1 hit the previous year with "It's My Party." In '64, she had her second biggest song, the one that has resonated as one of pop music's first hits with an overtly feminist message. "You Don't Own Me" was a new breed of song for a female artist: "You don't own me/I'm not just one of your many toys."
"When I first heard that song, I didn't immediately think of feminism, but I did think of humanism," Gore says. "It was a great song to be 17 years old and stand up in front of an audience and shake your finger and say, 'You don't own me.' The feminists picked it up as their anthem, which is great, but I consider it a little more than just feminism. I think everyone can sing that song and mean it, like so many other songs from that era."James Reed can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeJamesReed.


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K-State Dance
Welcome to the K-State Dance Program
Our Dance Program offers a dance minor and a dance certificate. We assist more than 80 students every year with gaining their dance minor.
We offer performance opportunities for
- Winter Dance,
- Spring Dance, and
- Dance Student Spotlight
to all K-State students, regardless of their major or minor. We also have two active ensembles that are open to all K-State students:
- The K-State Tap Dance Ensemble performs locally and regionally, in various venues.
- The K-State African Ensemble offers experiences in West African Music and Dance.
If you would like to learn more about the K-State Dance Program please contact any of the dance faculty.
We all look forward to meeting you at our performances and other activities throughout the academic year.
Julie L. Pentz
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Mission Statement
The K-State Dance program is dedicated to nurturing strong, well-rounded, and versatile dance artists and educators. While honoring the importance of a broad, liberal arts curriculum, the Dance program provides quality training in dance technique, choreography, pedagogy, and production. Central to the Dance program is the performance of well-danced, quality choreography, collaboration across disciplines, and the vitality of human diversity.


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Te'a Winston stands out among her peers and it's clear to see why, with her infectious smile and clear decision on studying Communications while minoring in Biology at Kennesaw State University.
The avid softball player credits the Biology spin to her LaGrange High Anatomy Instructor, Dr. Russell Murphy. Of Murphy, Winston says, "I love learning and he is always there to remind me there is always more to learn. That pushes me to want to learn more. He made me like Science."
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Fleishhacker bathhouse facing demolition
The last trace of the gargantuan Fleishhacker Pool, an audacious venture designed for tough 20th century San Franciscans who didn't let icy wind and fog deter a plunge into the briny depths, will soon be history.
The famous pool's landmark bathhouse, once a handsome structure and now a ruin, will be demolished over the next two weeks and carted away to live only in the annals of local history, city officials announced Tuesday.
The dilapidated, rat-infested building, which had been a homeless encampment for the past three decades, was ravaged by fire on Dec. 1. The blaze, believed to have been caused by a squatter, caused the roof of the north wing to collapse.
Building inspectors, city engineers and the Fire Department have since declared the 1924 structure a hazard. It was the final nail in the coffin for the 280-by-50-foot building, which had long been boarded up and was festooned with decades worth of graffiti, said Phil Ginsburg, the general manager of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department.
"It is time to make the best of a sad situation," said Ginsburg.
The plan is to preserve one of the building's ornate porticos and some of the roof tiles and display them as symbols of the historical significance of the city-owned site on Sloat Boulevard and the Great Highway, adjacent to the San Francisco Zoo.
Ginsburg vowed to work with citizens and other stakeholders to develop a plan, most likely involving trails, open space and interpretive displays describing the history of the site.
"Hopefully something positive can happen with the space that is respectful of the history of the site," he said.
Lifeguards in boats
The announcement was nevertheless troubling for those who remember Fleishhacker's icy ocean water, scary high dives and lifeguards tooling around in rowboats. The outdoor pool, once the largest in the world, was paved over soon after the facility was closed in 1971 and the site is now being used as a parking lot for the zoo.
"I wish this wasn't happening, but I know it is beyond repair," said Woody LaBounty, the director of the Western Neighborhoods Project, which has been trying for a decade to inform people about the plight of bathhouse. "It's a sad day. This was a tangible reminder of that time in history when San Francisco used to think big."
The remnants of the old bathhouse should be gone within six weeks, Ginsburg said, leaving only sand dunes, a spectacular view of the ocean and the whistling wind. It was, once upon a time, a bustling center of aquamarine frolicking.
Really big pool
The pool, which opened in 1925, was built next to the zoo under the direction of Herbert Fleishhacker, a philanthropist and park commissioner from a prominent San Francisco family. It was 1,000 feet long, 150 feet wide and required 6.5 million gallons of water, pumped in from the ocean and heated, although most of those who recall plunging into the choppy, frigid water would contest the last part. The bathhouse also served as the pump station.
The first event at Fleishhacker was a national Amateur Athletic Unionswim meet. Olympic gold medalist Johnny Weissmuller, better known as the actor who played Tarzan, swam in the pool. So did record-setting swimmer and actress Esther Williams and Olympic gold medalist Ann Curtis.
The pool, which could accommodate 10,000 swimmers, was patrolled by 20 lifeguards, many of them in rowboats. It had enormous 5- and 10-meter diving platforms and swings. It was so big that the military used it for training during World War II.
It was described in the 1940s book "San Francisco: the Bay and Its Cities," as "the world's largest outdoor plunge ... with a graduated depth of from 3 to 14 feet."
Admission was 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for kids in the 1940s.
A bit cold
The one drawback was the weather, which was far from balmy. Gusting winds off Ocean Beach buffeted Fleishhacker when it was not immersed in soupy fog.
Attendance had already begun to decline by 1958, when the late Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote his "Guide to San Francisco."
"In some unkind quarters, this is known as Mr. Fleishhacker's 'white elephant,' since its vast area ... is seldom filled - and besides the Pacific Ocean is only a few steps away," Caen wrote. "Nonetheless it's one hell of a big swimming pool."
The once-celebrated facility was closed in 1971, around the time other once-grand San Francisco landmarks met their demise, including Sutro Baths and Playland-at-the-Beach. The Fleishhacker facilities were left to decay. In 1999, the San Francisco Zoological Society granted ownership of the pool house to the city. The zoo paved over the old pool area for a parking lot in 2002.
The pool founder's grandnephew, David Fleishhacker, stood next to the dilapidated bathhouse Tuesday amid a wind sporting a chill factor that felt below freezing. That, he said, is "one of the reasons the pool didn't make it."
David Fleishhacker never actually swam in Fleishhacker pool, choosing instead to don his bathing suit during his long ago youth in warmer climes.
"I'm sentimental about a lot of things, but I'm not sentimental about that," he said, pointing to the concrete wreckage amid the sand dunes. "I think the fire is a fitting end ... the last gasp of a building that is in worse shape than I am."
Peter Fimrite is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @pfimrite


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Things have been a bit quiet on the sp_ssiscatalog front since I last blogged about it three months ago in December 2012. Rest-assured development continues apace however and today I'm making available a minor update, v22.214.171.124 which is now available for download from Codeplex. For those that don't know I describe sp_ssiscatalog as:
sp_ssiscatalog is a stored procedure that makes it easy to query for information that is strewn around the SSIS Catalog.
sp_ssiscatalog is a stored procedure that makes it easy to query for information that is strewn around the SSIS Catalog.
There aren't too many functional changes in this release, it is more focused on making sp_ssiscatalog easier to use. Back in Documenting sp_ssiscatalog I explained how I was adding documentation to the messages tab of SSMS. Hence as of this new release when you execute sp_ssiscatalog you will see information such as this:
which I think should be very useful for anyone that wants to use sp_ssiscatalog to its fullest. Even I who wrote the thing and has been using it day-in, day-out for quite some time now can't remember the names of all the parameters – now I no longer have to!
Note that you can turn off the display of the documentation using the @show_docs parameter:
exec sp_ssiscatalog @show_docs=0
exec sp_ssiscatalog @show_docs=0
If you want to display only the documentation and not actually have sp_ssiscatalog do any querying of the SSIS Catalog its @show_docs_only:
exec sp_ssiscatalog @show_docs_only=1
exec sp_ssiscatalog @show_docs_only=1
If you have any suggestions for future enhancements please put them in the comments below or submit them to the discussions page on the Codeplex site.
As a reminder, here is the sort of thing you can do with sp_ssiscatalog:
--Return all failed executions
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] @operation_type='execs',@execs_status_desc='failed'
--Return all executions for a specified folder
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] @operation_type='execs',@execs_folder_name='My folder'
--Return all executions of a specified package in a specified project
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog] @operation_type='execs',@execs_project_name='My project', @execs_package_name='Pkg.dtsx'
--Return information about the most recent execution
EXEC [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog]
One last thing, if sp_ssiscatalog is useful to you and you'd like to support future development feel free to donate to my personal beer fund at http://firstname.lastname@example.com&item_name=Supporting%20sp_ssiscatalog.
If everything works OK you'll see something like the following:
This will (if it doesn't already exist) create a database called [SsisReportingPack] (or whatever you chose to call it) which contains [dbo].[sp_ssiscatalog].
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I've just put out a new version of sp_ssiscatalog. The main change is requesting a list of executions
Very cool, thanks for sharing. I'm checking it out now on a 2012 RTM instance right now but getting an error during deployment. It says "The following SqlCmd variables are not defined in the target scripts: SSISDB". Any suggestions on how to resolve that? The database is created but it only has "AllSchemaOwner" user, ssis_admin, unnamed, catalog, and internal - and that's it - no proc or tables. Any suggestions?
Hi Scott,
How are you deploying it? Are you perhaps using the deployment wizard in SSMS? Unfortunately that won't work because of a glaring limitation that I cover here: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson/archive/2012/11/07/introducing-sp-ssiscatalog-v1-0-0-0.aspx
because of this limitation you *must* use the command-line deployment option.


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Top - Pink Braid Slouch Tank by Justyna G / Shorts - Models own /
Shoes - Converse / Bra - Calvin Klein / Watch - Ely Series Maple by Jord Watch
Shoes - Converse / Bra - Calvin Klein / Watch - Ely Series Maple by Jord Watch
Bike - Ladies Petite Vintage 24" from Reid Cycles
Ok so it's officially summer in Melb's and what better way to enjoy the sunshine then a bike ride with my bestie 'Cookie'. With this heat wave I love nothing better than a breezy soft tank and cut-off's. This will definitely become my weekend staple these coming months. You can pick up this tank HERE now ranging in 2 other colours, orange and white.
I also wanted to share with you the watch that I haven't taken off since I received from Jord. It's an awesome timepiece made from wood... Yes wood! It's so comfy on and have received so many compliments whilst wearing it.
I want to thank Cookie for being a great sport and attending my bike ride and being a great poser for the shoot /(^.^)\
Until next time ♡
Photography by Brooke Orchard Photography


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Don't look now, but Christmas is here. It's right around the corner, whether you like it or not. It's a big jolly guy full of presents, food, last minute shopping and a healthy dose of exhaustion.
Let's face it: Christmas is tough. On the one hand, it's a great holiday — a mid winter festival of lights, carols and gifts. On the other hand, it can get expensive and stressful. It's also a benchmark against which to judge a year's worth of joys and troubles. And it's a time to think about charity and whether you've really done enough. There's time with family and time with family.
It can get exhausting just thinking about it all. And perhaps that's part of the problem. All the planning and shopping, the guilt and the stress do an awful lot to get in the way of what should be a good time.
I could expound here on the virtues of taking it easy, of simplifying and getting back to the real meaning of Christmas. But none of that will really be of any help to anybody. And giving advice is not something at which I excel.
So, no matter what you're doing, whether you're in charge of the ever-expanding Christmas card mailing list or of securing a gift for impossible Uncle Al, who seems to have everything and likes nothing, just enjoy it. There are an awful lot of people out there who would like to have your problems. Relax. It's Christmas. And it will all be over soon.
Part II
I do want to touch on something else. A lot is made these days about how we comport ourselves now at the end of December. We worry about saying Merry Christmas. We listen to pundits bray about a "War on Christmas" and get bent out of shape when the guy at the door at Walmart says "Happy Holidays" or when a town in Virginia or New Mexico changes its "Christmas" parade to a "Holiday" parade.
This week, NPR's Nina Totenberg found the need to apologize when she offhandedly referred to a "Christmas party" in a hypothetical comment /example about corporate budgets.
I think it's safe to say that we've gone around the bend when it comes to Christmas vs. Holidays. As editor of the Chestnut Hill Local (a position of debatable influence) I'd like to call for an armistice in the "War on Christmas." The word holiday is not beachhead on all of Christendom. And using the term Christmas is not necessarily a wall of exclusion. Let's enjoy all of the holidays together.
Part III
Have a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday.
Pete Mazzaccaro


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Björn Schotte has posted this anticipatory post for the powerful Ajax + PHP tool coming from the TurboAjax.com group - a virtual data grid.
If you use Dojo, have a look at the fabulous widgets called TurboWidgets from TurboAjax.com: it's available for non-commercial and commercial usage. One of the great widgets is a data grid which can be customized in a wide variety.
As I've discovered in the TurboWidget forums, they're working on a virtual data grid. Imagine you want to display a list of 100,000 or more items which can be a major pita especially when working with slow internet connectivity. The solution is a real virtual data grid
He points to a demo they've posted and includes two screenshots, one of the previous situation with data grids like this, and a shot of theirs in action (loaded with 100,000 rows).


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Introduced in March of 2008, Raincoat® has been in development for nearly five years. I was determined to offer a coating that worked well and lasted a long time.
Water on plastic lenses, shields or windows can destroy your vision. Those drops distort what you see and at night they cause distracting reflections. This distortion can be deadly when riding a motorcycle in the rain. Water also causes safety problems at work when the employee's job requires good vision.
Also, water on your lenses attracts dirt and salts that build up as the water evaporates. This debris reduces your vision still further. During cleaning, this dirt will cause those micro scratches that shorten the life of your expensive plastic eyewear, lenses shields or windows.
Look closely at the picture of the motorcyle helmet. Only the right side of the faceshield has been treated with Raincoat®. Then water was sprayed on the entire shield along with some wind. The vision on the right side is almost perfect. On the left, drops obscure the rider's vision.
Easy to apply and long lasting, Raincoat® has a special wax blend that is suspended in a volatile oil. These waxes are hydrophobic, that is, they 'hate' water. They repel water by beading up the drops. Because those beads of water have less contact with your plastic optics, the larger ones run off with gravity or the wind. The remaining water will appear as smaller and more rounded droplets rather than a smear that distorts your vision. By repelling the water, the trapped dirt and salts stay off your lenses or shields. So you will not need to clean them as often. Aso, it has been reported that ice and snow find it difficult to stick to plastic surfaces coated with Raincoat® Advanced Water Repellent Coating.
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|This is the article on the chapter. For the volume, head to Kurama!!. For other uses, see Kurama (disambiguation).
"Kurama!!" (九喇嘛!!, Kurama!!) is chapter 570 of the original Naruto manga.
After Naruto successfully removes the chakra receiver, Tobi instantly summons the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and reseals Son Gokū, but not before it leaves Naruto with a parting gift. With a declaration that he intends to go all-out from this point on because they had something that belonged to him, Tobi forces the remaining five jinchūriki into their respective full tailed beast forms. As Kakashi and Guy watch on in shock, Kurama tells Naruto that it is willing to lend him more of its power. Somewhat taken back by this, Naruto then proceeds to thank Kurama for helping him during his brief battle with Madara Uchiha, to which the fox rebuffs. Naruto then chastises Kurama for the manner in which he took gratitude before the fox — offering him its fist — tells Naruto to meld his chakra with its own. Bumping fists with Kurama, Naruto stands and tells B and the Eight-Tails that he was ready to go again. They however tell him that they would take the front lines while Naruto acts as support since he was unable to attain the Tailed Beast Mode. Naruto however declines this manoeuvre, leading the Eight-Tails to wonder if Kurama had finally come around. As Naruto places his hand on the seal on his stomach and opens the gates that held Kurama back, he acknowledges Kurama that it was no longer the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, but a comrade from Konohagakure.


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Sony introduced Dress to Japanese PlayStation 3 owners today, the fashion application that allows users to design new clothing and dress up their avatars — for a price, of course. How does it look?
Well, the clothing looks good, considering Sony has partnered with real-life brands like Puma and Beams to give Dress users ready-to-wear goods that are already successful in the real world.
Sony also gives Dress purchasers the option to lay out their own designs using pre-made stencils and assets from PlayStation brands like The Last Guy and Aquanaut's Holiday. There are even a couple of built-in mini-games that will let Dress owners unlock new wearable goods.
It was originally planned to integrate with PlayStation Home, but plans for sharing outfits between the two applications looks like it's still up in the air.
Reader Levi has forwarded us a couple YouTube clips of his own experience with Dress, an app that sets the owner back about 2000 yen. Check them out and enjoy the silence.
Playstation Dress Hands-On Video 1 [YouTube]
Playstation Dress Hands-On Video 2 [YouTube]
Playstation Dress Mini-game 1 [YouTube]
Playstation Dress Mini-game 2 [YouTube]


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Once again I had the good fortune of attending the Wine Enthusiast Toast of the town. This was my 4th year, but this was the first time I attended as a vendor as opposed to as a journalist (OK, blogger).
In a new location (Avery Fisher Hall instead of Koch Theater) within NYC's glorious Lincoln Theater, Wine Enthusiast put on its annual Toast of the Town event this past Thursday May 5th.
It was bigger than its ever been before with a ton of wine and lots of great restaurants. This year there were also spirits and beers being poured.
I attended this year on behalf of Israel's Barkan Winery. The Barkan lineup this year was a pretty cool one.
The 2007 Barkan Superieur Pinotage is a very cool & interesting wine. Rich chocolate, toffee & ripe fruit… A great wine that really makes you go "hmmmm".
Speaking of going hmmmm, we also poured the 3 wines in the "Altitude" series. The altitude represents vineyards at different heights above sea level, representing different terroirs. The wines also come from different regions, so the altitude isn't the only difference. But the 3 wines (a 412, 624 & 720) are basically all made the same way – so like an experiment with the winemaking as the control. It was lots of fun to hear the people, most of whom had different favorites amongst the 3.
I did try to hit up a few other tables while I was there and I managed to taste about 30 wines.
In no particular order, I liked the following:
Perry Moore: A 2008 Napa Cab & 2008 Beckstoffers vineyard Oakville Cab that reminded me a lot of the wines I got to work with when I lived in Napa and worked in the lab.
Don Sebastiani & Sons 2007 Aquinas "Philosepher's Blend" had great acidity balancing out its ripe fruit.
A Greek wine, the 2004 Oenoforos Lanos Cabernet Sauvignon had dusty fruit & a good earthiness that reminded me of an aged Israeli wine (which makes some sense as they are both Eastern Mediterranean).
The 2004 Batasiolo Vigneto Cerequio Barolo was a WOW wine with great liveliness, subtle burgundian fruit and cola flavors.
Of the whites the one standout for me was a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc (which when done well I find to be so refreshing…I can drink LOTS of NZ Sauv Blanc) the Matua Valley 2009 which had fresh pink grapefruit.
Sooooo….what do I mean by "Wine Snob"? Sure I prefer good wine to mediocre wine, but the reality is that most wine these days (and surely almost all being poured at events such as this) is pretty good. I guess I felt like a bit of a snob at this event more because I'm tough to impress. I've come to expect most wine to be good these days. But good isn't good enough anymore, it needs to be interesting. And in the end, very little of the wine that I had the opportunity to try was truly interesting.
Happy Interesting Wine Tasting


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Well hey there, ladies! Happy Tuesday and welcome to March! Can you believe it's already time for spring?! Seems like it was just Christmas and here comes St. Patrick's Day and Easter! Sheesh. It was a bit chilly this weekend so I spent some time in scrapping. This week I am spotlighting one of my favorite challenges we do here at GingerScraps, the font challenge! This month is it hosted by Ivonne of Craft-tastrophic Designs and she has really picked an adorable font:
I love cursive fonts and this one flows so beautifully. The font challenge is always a favorite of mine because it lends itself to all kinds of creativity without restraining too much. In other words–it's easy! 😉 Here's some inspiration for you!
By KristenC
By Victoria32
By Ambelleina
Okay okay, yes–I spotlighted myself here BUT come on–look at that pout! 😀 I love Kristen's ornate clustering, I wish I could cluster like that! Victoria's layout has a beautiful vintage feel and the font is just spot on. And of course, I love that cute little girl in the last layout! 😉
So, it's a brand new month and that means another chance to snag some really great rewards: one buffet item, two buffet items or a snazzy $5 store gift certificate! Everyone who plays along in our challenge wins something, so go start your tracking thread now in the March challenge points tracking thread! I think my goal this month will be two buffet items, but I know some ladies will be going for gold! 🙂
Okie doke gals, I'm off! Y'all have a fantastic week!