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Problem while installing linux on Acer E5-573G-58B7!
I followed several tutorials teaching me to change UEFI to Legacy, disable security boot and other things like that.
I also have Windows 10 installed(I'll try dual boot before fully dive into linux), but I do not think it's related with my problem because the error happens in the first installation screen.
To be quick, when I use UEFI boot the screen is that:
And when I click to install(try without install gives the same error) that happens:
this black screen just stays forever and I need to reboot
Now, when I try to install with Legacy boot, that happens:
sorry about the image quality, but in this case, it doesn't show me options, the screen just change into it:
This screen stays forever too, I also nedd to reboot manually.
I was told to change acpi=off but it didn't help(Unless I did something wrong)
Well, that's it. I don't know if this problem is commom, I didn't find it otherwhere, so I'm creating a new post. I really want to get near linux, but believe me, that's becoming a lot harder than I expected
Thanks for reading that!
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Pictures do not work for me, thus I have no clue what's going on there. Did you try everything suggested here: https://community.acer.com/en/discus...omment/403463/
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Oh, I was running away from the BIOS(still have a little bit of fear), but that was the problem, you are very precise even without the pictures hahaha. I updated it today from version 1.25 to 1.37 and Linux is now working. Thank you so much for the help!


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OK! I am determined to complete some of these patterns that I have collected over the past three years. I sat down the other night and pulled out several "simple" projects and kitted them. So, this actually got me in a very stitchy mood. I have completed CCN Daisy Sampler. Love the colors on the fabric. This is a super easy pattern to stitch and really cute.
I also finished LK Hocus Pocus. I borrowed the pattern from a friend. I found a scrap of linen in a basket in my craft room and thought it would be perfect. I love the colors and can't wait to add this to my Halloween decorations this year.
Next, I worked on a project using the SamSarah Baubles alphabet series. Theresa came up with the great idea of stitching these as a long sampler or bell pull. I loved the idea and decided to copy her. I have a nice start and since these stitch so quickly, it shouldn't take me long to finish.
I have had this LK Garden Sampler pattern for quite a while and I am not sure why it has taken me so long to stitch it. It was very easy and lots of fun. I just love the colors. This is going to be a gift for my mother. She and my father are major gardeners, so she will appreciate the little sampler.
I also worked on the Quaker Christmas Sampler. I have actually finished one of the six pages of the pattern, so I have stitched even more than what is in the picture. Funny thing is that I stitched while Hobbie and I watched the last four episodes of Avatar the Last Airbender (don't ask why, just know that sometimes it is nice to watch what your husband wants to watch). Anyway, now every time I look at this piece I think of that little Airbender!!
I still have lots of little patterns to work on. Currently, I am stitching on RTR Happy Camper and another Halloween sampler. Hopefully, I will have progress pictures to share in a few days.
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What Will Facebook Be Announcing Wednesday? Location, Location, Location!
Foursquare might want to stock up on the Mylanta on Wednesday.
That's because a multitude of sources indicate that Facebook will finally be rolling out its own geo-location offering, and the date now looks set for the day after tomorrow.
In fact, BoomTown was just ginning up a post on the likelihood Facebook would be unveiling a check-in service this week when an invite to a "news event" at the social networking powerhouse's HQ in Silicon Valley dropped into my email box.
The new feature–the development of which has been the biggest open secret in the digital space–has been a long time coming, as Facebook has noodled on how to incorporate the hot trend that was pioneered by Foursquare and other start-ups.
In fact, Facebook even considered buying the New York-based company before deciding to build largely in-house.
But fear not–Facebook's service is likely to integrate other third-party services and give developers on Facebook's platform geo-location capabilities.
Whatever the launch, I'm looking forward to seeing what they've got to show off–which is what the real news is–and assume it will be in line with Facebook's more conservative and useful design ethos.
In other words, let's hope I don't need to be the mayor of anything to play, and–given Facebook's privacy woes on many of its feature rollouts–I am not embedded with a geo-tag at the event so Facebook PR can keep track of me.
Here's my invite, so tune in Wednesday for more:
You are invited to attend a news event at Facebook this Wednesday at 4:30 pm. During the event, Facebook representatives will provide an update on the service's features and products.
Immediately following, there will be a community event from 6:00pm–9:00pm which you are welcome to attend at Facebook's office at 1601 California Ave.
Please RSVP to me at your very earliest convenience.
What: Facebook Press Event
Who: Facebook executives
When: Wednesday, Aug. 18
4:30 pm–6:00 pm
And, if you want to know how Foursquare is going to fend off Facebook's incursion, check out MediaMemo's Peter Kafka's video interview with founder and CEO Dennis Crowley here.


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Students practice for fires and tornadoes. Why shouldn't students practice for school shootings?
Clarke Community School District will be implementing ALICE training. The idea behind the training is the first people who have to respond to a shooter are the teachers and students in a school building.
"We have to prepare, and the same goes for an intruder in the building," said Marcus Kious, juvenile court school liaison for Clarke, during a school board meeting June 24. "Be active. Be aggressive to survive. Our goal is to save lives."
ALICE stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate.
Counter means taking action, as far as making a move or trying to survive. Not everything has to be done in that order should a shooting situation arise.
Kious said officials need to know where the immediate danger is, and the first goal in a situation is to evacuate the building, if possible.
"It depends on where we're at, at the time and place of the situation," he said.
With ALICE training, one of the first thing's Kious did was implement a team for the training, including teachers Ryan Sweeney at the middle/high school and Craig Wisniewski at the elementary school.
"Right now we have a team in place," Kious said. "We feel really confident in implementing the program."
ALICE training does not cost the district, Kious said.
Clarke isn't the first school district in the state of Iowa that has implemented or will be implementing ALICE training.
"There's a lot of schools that are implementing the program. But, our goal is to be one of the best ALICE-trained schools in the state," Kious said. "My thought is, we may not be the first, but I want to be one of the best to implement the program."
During the school board meeting, a video was shown of students practicing a lockdown, which included shutting blinds, staying quiet, locking doors, moving to a wall farthest away from windows or doors and turning off lights.
Kious asked if this was all students and teachers need to know and do.
"Again, we're not changing the lockdown philosophy, we still believe in lockdown," he said. "Our thoughts are, we're going to enhance lockdown; we're going to improve it; we're going to get better at what we do."
Another video was shown of students and teachers practicing fighting back during a school shooting. The video depicted students throwing textbooks and charging the shooter in a classroom.
More information on this type of training is found at www.responseoptions.com.
All grades
Kious said it was his goal to implement ALICE training for all grades within the district, not just the middle and high schools. However, everything is age appropriate. Small children won't be rushing a shooter with textbooks.
Another goal was to make sure all school officials, law enforcement and other emergency officials know where the emergency safe-zones are located during an evacuation.
"I think that should be a team effort," Kious said.
According to Kious, statistics show most school-shooting situations only have one shooter.
"There have been instances where two shooters come around, but right now, we're going on what information we know about," he said. "We're going on one shooter at a time. If something else would happen, we would have to act at that time."
What can we do?
A comment was made about being able to to lock doors from the inside, and doors in the district might only have doors that lock from the outside, and in a high-pressure situation, manual dexterity is hard to maintain.
Another idea was to have a kit in a classroom room with water and snacks, in case students have to wait many hours before law enforcement clears a building after a shooting.
Kious said, with the staff he has, he's confident with implementing ALICE training into the Clarke School District.
"Are locked doors good? Yeah, locked doors are good. (Are) more cameras good? Sure, more cameras are great," he said. "But, we just need to figure out what we can afford to do, and do it, and roll with it and work with it."


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Are you interested in using Greenlink to get to or from work, school, doctor appointments, or errands? Here's a breakdown to see if Greenlink is right for you.
When do you need transportation?
Greenlink operates its fixed bus routes Monday-Friday from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with the last trip departing from the downtown Transit Center at 6:30 p.m. Saturday service operates from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with the last trip departing from the downtown Transit Center at 5:30 p.m.
Where do you need to go?
View an interactive map of all of Greenlink's routes. Zoom in to see if a bus route serves your areas of interest.
What if the bus stop is too far to get to by walking?
Consider riding your bike to the bus stop. Greenlink buses are equipped with bike racks that will hold up to three bicycles. Watch a video about how to use the bike racks.
What time do you need to be at the bus stop in order to catch the bus?
Use Google Transit to enter in your starting destination and your ending destination. Google Transit will then provide walking directions to the nearest bus stop, departure times, bus route details, transfer locations, and total trip time.
You can also download the Google Maps app for your Android or Apple device. Make sure you click the bus icon to receive transit directions. Or, view route schedules.
How will you know if you've missed the bus?
Each bus stop sign has the phone number for Greenlink's dispatch booth printed on it. If you think the bus is running late or want to confirm that you did not miss the bus, you can call the dispatch booth at 864-467-5001.
How much will you need to ride the bus?
A one-way trip is $1.50. You can purchase a transfer ticket for $0.50 if you need to take a second route to reach your final destination. The fare boxes on the buses only accept cash or coin, and do not provide change, so you should have the exact amount you need on hand.
You can also purchase a 20-ride punch pass for $27. These can be purchased at the Downtown Transit Center (100 W. McBee Avenue) with cash or a credit card.
You can also purchase an all-day pass for $5 at the Downtown Transit Center with cash or a credit card. Because the pass is activated when you use it for the first time, it doesn't need to be used on the same day that you purchase it, so you can purchase multiple passes at one time to have for days when you'll be taking multiple trips.
Greenlink also offers several discounted fares.
How do you notify the bus driver that you want to get off the bus?
Pull the stop request cord that is along the windows inside the bus when you're at least one block from your stop. This will let the driver know that you want to get off at the next stop.
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mikes' kitchen necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 173 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
Mikes' Kitchen (instead of the apostrophe, would like a small 2 to make the squared sign)
Mike and Mike have a combined 35 years restaurant experience. Now it is our time to fulfill our dreams and start our own business. We have begun construction on a mobile food trailer, essentially a kitchen on wheels.
Mikes' Kitchen will be yellow trailer to attract the attention of our clientele. We will serve breakfast and lunch made from scratch. All meats will be either smoked and roasted on board, all other items will be prepared to order.
We are embarking on a business that doesn't have boundaries or a real culture related to this type of market. There are a few mobile food trucks and trailers in town, but we are aiming to create a brand and hope that our logo becomes that brand recognition.
We are looking to attract an array of visitors. We plan to be conveniently located on the way to work to stop for a quick breakfast and be centrally located during peak lunch times. We are essentially looking to bring wholesome food to you.
The logo should be easily read and understood by all.
For the logo we have an idea:
m2 (m squared) we would like to be our brand logo
underneath the m2 we would like to have mikes' kitchen written out using lower case letters. once again where the apostrophe is on the mikes', we would like to replace that with a small 2
have fun with this project, please let us know if you would like any more guidance or have additional questions.
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Versatility of Pasta
Spaghetti and red sauce is one of American's favorite family dishes. And for good reason! It is delicious and quick as well as easy to customize to suit a family's particular tastes by altering spices and ingredients. But pasta, with its many shapes and textures, can be included in so many more family meals.
With such versatility, an endless number of meal solutions exist.
- Cuisine: Of course there are many Italian dishes that can be created with pasta. Think past Italian and be inspired by Mexican, Asian, Greek, Cajun and other regional foods.
- Sauces: Tomato is the most popular, but other smooth cream, olive oil, butter or cheese sauces can be used or thicker, chunky sauces that include vegetables, meats or seafood to create a meal.
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... yeah your right on the stability, I hate deforming kites and bridle ones seem to do that to me. Your right by the way, I'm heading towards more wave riding and loading up the kite isn't such a big thing for me as it used to be. I used to only want to go high and long but damaged knees and ankles are changing me.Westozzy wrote:My bad I knew that. He has some rebels as well. But he has said the Dyno (and the rebel) is one of the few kites he can't deform / invert. So maybe the fifth even if not tensioned may help? Whi knows no nice person seems to want to share their detailed riding experience. Have they become just too expensive? Are crew on the other brands now? Puertz has also asked on our local forum and nothing!!
Still, its wierd why there is a lack of details on the net re North light wind stuff, its just not as prolific as other brands??? It still makes me wonder why????


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The Smith College Print Workshop is an annual program that brings prominent visual artists and master printers to the studio classroom to collaborate on a limited-edition print. Participants have the rare opportunity to see art being made.
Students and the general public may observe both the creative process of a wide variety of nationally known artists and the complex give-and-take between artist and master printer. In addition to observing the development of a print over the course of several days, students are given an invaluable opportunity to assist with the making of a print.
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Feces, water reported on floor of disabled Carnival cruise ship in Gulf of Mexico
Conditions appear to be worsening on the Carnival cruise that has been floating aimlessly about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula after a fire erupted in the aft engine room Sunday, knocking out the ship's propulsion system.
"There's water and feces all over the floor," said Brent Nutt, who was told about the conditions by his wife who is a passenger on board. "It's not the best conditions. You would think Carnival would have something in place to get these people off the ship."
Passengers also are getting sick and throwing up, he said, adding that his wife told him: "The whole boat stinks extremely bad."
To be sure, passengers aboard a cruise vessel stranded in the Gulf of Mexico have limited access to bathrooms, food and hot coffee, and were just given a new destination: Mobile, Ala.
Carnival Cruise Lines President and CEO Gerry Cahill said in a statement Monday that the Carnival Triumph had drifted so far north of its original position that it will be towed to the southern U.S. port, instead of the original plan to take it to Progreso, Mexico.
Jimmy Mowlam told The Associated Press on Tuesday that his son Rob and new daughter-in-law got married onboard the Carnival Triumph on Saturday and are among the roughly 3,100 stranded passengers.
He says his son told him by phone Monday night that many passengers are sleeping on deck because the lack of ventilation made it too hot to sleep inside.
He says his son says passengers were mostly "taking it in stride."
Cahill said strong Gulf currents caused the Triumph to drift about 90 miles north of its original position off the Yucatan Peninsula.
Cahill's statement said the ship should arrive in Mobile on Thursday and that the change will allow for less complicated re-entry for passengers without passports.
The ship left Texas last Thursday on a scheduled four-day cruise with 3,143 passengers and a crew of 1,086.
Two tugboats arrived on the scene of the stranded vessel Tuesday to tow it to Mobile. Besides the two tugs, at least two other Carnival cruise ships have been diverted to the Triumph to leave supplies, and a Coast Guard cutter reportedly was at the scene. The Coast Guard has informed Mexican authorities of the situation in their waters, a spokesman said.
Melinda Ramos, meanwhile, said her father was laughing when she briefly spoke to him Sunday.
"He might be completely joking, but he said they're sleeping in tents outside," the 19-year-old daughter of Mary and Matt Ramos told The Houston Chronicle.
A similar situation occurred on a Carnival cruise ship in November 2010. That vessel was also stranded for three days with 4,500 people aboard after a fire in the engine room. When the passengers disembarked in San Diego they described a nightmarish three days in the Pacific with limited food, power and bathroom access.
Carnival said in a statement that it had cancelled the Triumph's next two voyages scheduled to depart Monday and Saturday. Passengers aboard the stranded ship will also receive a full refund, the statement said.
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I'm trying to create a car that has an A.I. much like K.I.T.T.
What I have planned is creating the car per the Equipment vehicle as per normal and spending points on the minion advantage for the A.I., I'm just not sure on how to build the minion.
Do I give the minion the stats of the car, like the same strength and size or do I create the minion as some sort of formless invisible entity that kinda inhabits the actual car via insubstantial and total concealment?
Any ideas?
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Just build the car, and then give it Intellect, Awareness, Dexterity, Presence, and Agility (and maybe Fighting) to represent that's it intelligent, aware, and mobile.
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I've done it. All that you require is an Int score & possibly a Vehicle skill ranking & any other suitable expertise skill you think it needs.
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There are a few ways to go depending on how specific you want to be.Doctor Vile wrote:I'm trying to create a car that has an A.I. much like K.I.T.T.
Do I give the minion the stats of the car, like the same strength and size or do I create the minion as some sort of formless invisible entity that kinda inhabits the actual car via insubstantial and total concealment?
If we're modelling after KITT, he's an AI built directly into a car-shaped frame. In theory, the AI can be removed, but not easily and certainly not mid-scene, so for all intents and purposes, the AI and the car are a single entity. Also, he can talk, and is able to see, hear and smell, so my preference would be to build him like a character limited by his car shape, rather than building him like a vehicle and adding on all of his other abilities. YMMV, no pun intended.
The Vehicle Gadget Guide has Autopilot as a Feature providing +4 to the Vehicle Skill per rank, which is essentially Vehicle Skill bought Limited to that one vehicle. Strictly speaking, the vehicle would also at least need Awareness or it would not be aware of its surroundings and couldn't really navigate or even take directions from someone, so that aspect is kind of handwaved. For a full AI, it doesn't seem appropriate.
If it's a full-on independent AI like the Knight Industries Two Thousand, it should also have Intellect and Presence to reflect processing power and personality. I wouldn't say Dexterity is strictly necessary, since it's simpler to just buy the bonuses DEX provides separately: Ranged Combat skill for any ranged vehicle weapons, Vehicle Skill as Autopilot, and how often do you expect the car to use Sleight of Hand? Agility is similarly unnecessary unless you do Acrobatics with the car; on the other hand, Stealth and Dodge Ranks are not a bad idea. Fighting would only provide bonuses for close attacks and defense, which again is probably better as Close Combat: Ramming & Slamming (unarmed for vehicles) and I'm not sure how Parry should even work with this concept.
PS - Personally, I think there are very few concepts that require Full Insub/Conceal. 99% of the time you can do what you want with the proper application of other effects, a decent descriptor and usually simpler and for less points
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Ending a 24-year career at Netstal-Maschinen AG, top executive Bernhard Merki is leaving the Swiss injection press maker as part of a restructuring of Netstal and its parent, KraussMaffei Group.
Merki is well-known as the president of Euromap, the European association of plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers. KraussMaffei's new CEO, Jan Siebert, announced Merki's departure and the reshuffling of two other executives in a news release issued April 17. Merki was in Shanghai for the Chinaplas 2012 show when the announcement came out. He still has two years left on his term as Euromap president.
Merki was Netstal's president and CEO.
KraussMaffei Group promoted Hans Ulrich Golz to president of groupwide injection molding machinery. Golz has been CEO of the group's extrusion business, KraussMaffei Berstorff.
Golz said his role in bringing the Berstorff compounding extruder business under KM's extrusion equipment operations was a factor in his promotion to the injection molding machinery job, which is attempting to integrate KraussMaffei and Netstal injection press operations.
"Yes, this was one of the reasons that I was asked to take over this job," Golz said at a media briefing April 19 at KraussMaffei's Chinaplas booth. "This was a very successful integration. So we integrated the extrusion business from both locations. We set up an excellent strategy … and the extrusion business is doing very well. We had annual growth of 30 percent last year, and we will have the same growth this year" in the extrusion sector.
Siebert, in the news release, said KM will "maintain the independent market presence of the Netstal and KraussMaffei brands with a clearly defined product portfolio and separately operating sales organizations for both brands."
The release also said Merki "decided to step down from his position and to leave the company." However, by several accounts, Merki was stunned by the decision and had no idea it was coming.
Officials of Munich-based KM signaled some changes last fall at the Fakuma trade show in Germany, when they announced that KM group had merged the marketing functions of its Netstal and KraussMaffei PET preform molding machine businesses, under the control of Netstal in Näfels, Switzerland. At that same time, Reto Morger departed as Netstal's marketing manager.
Netstal makes injection molding machines for thin-wall packaging and medical applications.
"Mr. Merki has worked for Netstal in various functions since 1988. We would like to thank him for all his work and wish him all the best for the future," Siebert said in the prepared statement.
Golz joined KM in October 2010, becoming a member of the managing board of KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH, responsible for the extrusion business area. A mechanical engineer, Golz had worked for German automaker Daimler-Benz AG, then worked since 1995 for several German machine toolmakers. From 2008 until joining KraussMaffei, Golz was president of Mag Powertrain GmbH in Eislingen, Germany.
At the Chinaplas press briefing, Golz was asked about the departure of Netstal veteran Merki.
"In general, companies have to make a decision about direction and then it is the decision of the management if they can bring some value-add with this decision. … It was a difficult decision [for] Mr. Merki, I assume. It was really not simple, but at least we have to accept this decision."
Merki was publicly representing Euromap at Chinaplas when the news broke that he is leaving Netstal.
Golz acknowledged that "the timing is always difficult for this type of decision."
"But it's very important that we push this integration, so that both these structures, these organizations together, can perform in a better manner, all over the world," he said. "Our business is global, our business is not local, and you need a size. If you have a bigger size in your structure, you can perform better all over the word. It's very simple."
Also in the April 17 announcement, KraussMaffei said:
* Karlheinz Bourdon moves from managing director of KraussMaffei Technologies to vice president of technologies responsible for research and development, product management and process engineering development.
* Frank Peters, who has been managing director for KM's Reaction Process Machinery Division, now heads injection press sales as vice president of KM sales.
* Nicolas Beryl will manage the reaction machinery segment.
KM said the choice is being made for Golz' successor as managing director of KrausssMaffei Berstorff and president of the extrusion technology segment.


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Anhing Corporation was founded by Henry Ly three decades ago in Los Angeles, California. Henry has had one vision in mind since Anhing's inception—One service center for all oriental grocery markets in North America.
Under the leadership of Henry Ly and his team, Anhing has focused on two fronts: capacity and networking. On the capacity side, Anhing has solidified working relations with over 200 suppliers in thirty countries throughout Southeast Asia and South America. Anhing has full control over its channel of distribution. On the networking side, Anhing has developed one of the most extensive marketing networks throughout North America. Its sales force network extends from the island of Guam in the South Pacific to the Florida Panhandle. Anhing's sales team continuously monitors activities in oriental grocery stores from the lower 48 in the continental U.S. to Alaska and Hawaii.
Warehousing has been a major challenge in the grocery industry. A challenge to others becomes an opportunity for Anhing. Due to its financial strength and visionary plan, Anhing acquired over 150,000 square feet of warehouse space for expansion over a decade ago. Currently, Anhing has put in place a state-of-the-art inventory control system that links directly to the central order facilitator. No stock items will fall below thirty percent of safety level. Anhing carries over 3,000 items at any given time and stands by our philosophy—no item is too small to carry.
The bottom line—Anhing is a people's company. Anhing speaks your language. Henry Ly has instilled the value of customer-oriented service in every employee of Anhing. He has institutionalized customer-first practices that are apparent from every phone call to every handshake. Anhing is unsurpassed and is the envy of its peer group. Anhing will not be undersold.


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How will you be giving thanks this year? Our top 10 2013 Thanksgiving trends will take you every step of the way this holiday, from setting the table to using up your Turkey Day leftovers. Here are the trends showing up around the country.
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Gold knives, forks and spoons will fit nicely into your autumn color scheme and they'll also add a touch of elegance to your table. Gold napkin rings or gold-rimmed plate also make great additions to this year's table.
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Pumpkins have long been an essential part of Thanksgiving tablescapes, but this year it's all about the white pumpkins. You can buy small white pumpkins for under $1. Or, just give your leftover Halloween pumpkins a coat of white spray paint.
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Greet guests with a warm welcome and this year's Thanksgiving drink, a hot glass of apple-pie cider. Just add traditional pie spices like cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg. Add whipped cream or a cookie on top to turn this drink into a bona fide dessert.
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Thanks in part to Pinterest, appetizers are starting to look more like sculptures than actual food. This year, try creating your own turkey food art. There are turkey cheese balls, turkeys made of fruit, and even turkey-shaped loaves of bread. Try fun Thanksgiving desserts from cupcakes to cookies for kids here!
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Give your Thanksgiving bread rolls a little extra pizzazz with a compound butter. It's so simple! Just blend a stick of butter with the flavor combo of your choice. Check out these ideas from Rachael Ray, including lemon-chive, pimento and pumpkin pie.
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This hybrid side dish is a stroke of genius—stuffing baked in muffin pans. Just mix up a stuffing recipe, divvy it up into a muffin pan and pop into the oven to crisp them up. Making more than one stuffing? Try alternating fillings to fulfill everyone's taste buds.
7. Personal Pumpkin Desserts
Bite-sized desserts have been a trend for a while. This year, infuse traditional pumpkin flavor into individual desserts. Try pumpkin cheesecake shooters or muffin tin pumpkin pies.
8. Leftover Packing Station
One of the biggest benefits to hosting Thanksgiving is you get the leftovers! This year, share the wealth. More people are sending their family home with pretty little to-go boxes tied with twine or fall-colored ribbon.
9. Thanksgiving Leftover Grilled Cheese
Turkey sandwiches have become a day-after-Thanksgiving staple. This, year take it up a notch and make it a grilled cheese. Stuff your bread with leftovers and a few slices of cheese, grill it up, and serve it with warm gravy for dipping.
10. Post-Dinner Shopping
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- On Wednesday May 1st, the Brandeis University softball team went to the MIT Engineers for a double-header. The Judges dropped a tough loss in the opener, 2-1, before the Engineers secured a five inning 10-2 victory in the nightcap. Brandeis falls to 23-17 while MIT improves to 19-13 on the season.
The Judges sophomore center fielder Amanda Genovese (North Haven, Conn./ North Haven) was a big story through the losses as she went 3-for-7 with a run and five more stolen bases. With that performance, she moves into fourth all time in Division III for stolen bases in a single season with 56.
In the first contest, Brandeis was locked in a pitchers' duel with junior starter Melissa Nolan (Windsor, Conn./ Loomis Chaffee) on the mound. The Engineers struck first in the bottom of the third when rookie catcher Tori Jensen (Holliston, Mass./ Holliston) singled home sophomore shortstop Sarah Van Belleghem (Los Gatos, Calif./ Los Gatos) for the 1-0 lead. The Judges responded in the top of the fourth. Rookie 2B Danielle Novotny (Milford, N.J./ Delaware Valley) led off with a single and sophomore shortstop Anya Kamber (Sammamish, Wash./ Skyline) followed with a single of her own to make it first and second with no outs. After both runners moved into scoring position, Nolan delivered with an RBI groundout to score Novotny and knot the game at 1-1. Unfortunately, MIT's senior 3B Anna Christensen (Vernon Hills, N.Y./ Vernon Hills) came through with a clutch RBI single in the bottom of the fifth to give the Engineers a 2-1 lead that they would hold on to.
Brandeis' offense was led by Kamber who had an excellent 3-for-3 game at the plate while Genovese was 1-for-4 with three stolen bases. Nolan (9-6) took the loss despite six strong innings where she allowed two earned runs on six hits with one walk and five strikeouts.
MIT was led offensively by Van Belleghem who went 2-for-3 with both runs scored while Jensen and Christensen each picked up an RBI. Sophomore starter Ellie Fodor (Trenton, Mich./ Trenton) was excellent in her complete game victory, allowing one earned run on six hits with one walk and eight strikeouts to improve to 11-6 on the year.
In the second contest, the Judges senior starter Casey Ducinski (Duxbury, Mass./ Duxbury) had a rough outing. The Engineers racked up 10 runs on 13 hits against Ducinski as they cruised to a 10-2 win in five innings. Brandeis scored a run apiece in the fourth and fifth innings. In the fourth, sophomore catcher Cori Coleman (Burr Ridge, Ill./ Hinsdale South) laced a two-out double. The next batter, rookie 3B Allison Mensh (Amherst, N.H./ Souhegan) followed with an RBI double. The double and RBI were the first of Mensh's career. In the top of the fifth, Genovese led off with a single and stole second. Two batters later, she scored when Kamber reached on an error.
The Judges were led by Genovese who went 2-for-3 with a run and two stolen bases and Coleman who was 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored. Ducinski fell to 9-7 after 4 2/3 innings, allowing 10 runs (nine earned) on 13 hits with no walks and two strikeouts.
MIT was led by Van Belleghem who was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI and Jensen who was 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI. Rookie starter Alexandra Marshall (Glen Head, N.Y./ North Shore) earned the win with four innings where she allowed one earned run on six hits with no walks and five strikeouts to move to 7-7 on the season.
Brandeis closes their regular season on Thursday May 2nd with a single game at home against Babson College with first pitch scheduled for 5:00 p.m. The Engineers begin their post season with a NEWMAC Tournament game against Wheaton College at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday May 4th at Springfield College.


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Heat oil in a deep fryer or heavy pot. Add several falafel to the oil at a time and deep fry until golden brown. Do not overfill as it will lower the oil temperature, creating soggy falafel. Remove and drain on paper towels. Repeat until all falafel are fried.
Heat the pita bread in a 350° F. oven until warm. Remove and slice into wedges. Arrange equal amounts of lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and carrot on each serving plate. Place several slices of pita on each plate and 3 falafel. Spoon the tahini lemon sauce over each salad and serve.
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Macy's Seasonal Retail Receiving Support - Afternoons, Part Time: Washington Square
Job Overview:
The Seasonal Receiving Associate is responsible for providing a great shopping experience, and driving sales and profit through customer service and accurate processing of merchandise entering and leaving the building. Duties include receiving activities, packing and shipping, reverse logistics, sustainability and other duties as needed.
Any schedule hours listed in the job posting title are subject to change based on business needs. All holiday associates may be required to work hours other than those stated in the job posting title on weekends, or on key holiday events such as the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Seasonal Receiving Associate shifts start when the location receives their truck:
- Early Mornings - Shift starts between 4 am and 6 am
- Mid Mornings - Shift starts between 7 am and 10 am
- Afternoons - Shift starts between 11 am and 2 pm
- Mid Afternoons - Shift starts between 3 pm and 5 pm
- Evenings - Shift starts between 6 pm and 9 pm
- Late Evenings - Shift starts between 10 pm and midnight
- Provide an exceptional customer shopping experience by ensuring both the in store and online customer are always the #1 priority
- Service the customer in a helpful and friendly manner
- Collaborate with Managers, Leads and Associates throughout the store to deliver a clean, neat and easy-to-shop store environment
- Maintain sales floor and fitting room recovery standards to include checking fitting room stalls
- Sorting merchandise and ensuring merchandise is worked back to sales floor immediately as time permits
- Support Omni Channel initiatives
- Perform all functions in an efficient manner; flex between tasks as directed by Supervisor
- Participate in the physical inventory process and ensure that shortage prevention initiatives are executed
- Adhere to Asset Protection and inventory control and compliance procedures
- Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality
- Collaborate with peers to coordinate merchandise movement needs with other tasks (floor moves, seasonal sets, fixture needs, etc.)
- Execute receiving, merchandise processing, packing/shipping and reverse logistics tasks timely and accurately to include processing inbound merchandise to floor ready standards by removing packaging and placing sensors per MMPS standards
- Delivery of processed merchandise to appropriate sales floor drop zones, first quality packing standards and processing of fulfillment orders and reverse logistics (damages, transfers, RTVs), accurate outbound trailer execution
- Collection and sorting of hangers, sensor tags, trash and recycling throughout the store
- Organization, maintenance and replenishment of supply areas including sales floor, building lamping, and customer carryout and special delivery as needed
- Assist in other tasks as needed (pricing, signing, merchandising, replenishment, fulfillment, RFID, stockroom maintenance)
- No specific educational accomplishments are necessary.
Communication Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to interpret instructional documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Mathematical Skills:
- Basic math functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- Able to use a calculator.
Reasoning Ability:
- Self-starter, able to work independently and as part of a team and must have good time management skills.
Physical Demands:
- This position involves constant moving and standing.
- Involves standing for at least two consecutive hours.
- Involves lifting at least 30 lbs.
- May occasionally involve reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing ladders.
- May involve reaching above eye level. Involves close vision, color vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
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- Must possess a strong sense of urgency.
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Xpress Beta from Nokia
Nokia has gone ahead and pushed out a beta app for its Lumia users. The app is called Xpress (Beta) and it's an interesting concept, mostly for those folks who are on tight data-plans or are roaming internationally.
In essence, the app acts as a gateway to Nokia's Xpress cloud service. That program takes data and compresses it before it gets to your device, cutting down on data consumption quite dramatically. It's a similar concept to what we've seen in the past with Opera Mobile which also had a method to server-side compress data.
The app opens with a bunch of quick-links to common services like Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia etc. and you can add your own via the built in browser. Yes, the app has what looks to be an specially configured IE9 browser that runs its data through Nokia's servers, allowing to you compress data.
It also features a "magazine" function that makes it more similar to a nice RSS feeder, striping away unnecessary formatting.
Nokia Xpress Beta is certainly an interesting but niche app. For those who are on plans with 2-5GB a month, there is no real benefit in using it or downloading. But for those in markets where data comes at a premium or if you're roaming internationally, Xpress Beta seems like a lifesaver.
In fact, this app looks ike it is destined to fill in the "gap" between Windows Phone 7.x and Windows Phone 8 as the latter will such a service "built in" to the OS. Nokia mentioned how they would do this at the June Summit and this looks to be an extension of that effort.
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Last week the lobby area of the Troop D State Police barracks in Danielson was re-opened to the public. It had been closed for more than two months, leaving residents of the area who needed assistance with routine police matters out in the cold -- literally.
The closure of the lobby was a result of the department�s consolidation of dispatching operations, however, the problem with lobby access was isolated to the Danielson barracks.
Prior to the dispatching operations move to the Troop C barracks in Tolland, town officials and residents were assured that the lobby area would only be closed during overnight hours -- but that didn�t prove to be the case.
We raised that issue with state police officials in both a front page news story and editorial after receiving several complaints from residents as well as our own frustration in obtaining routine police blotter information.
Needless to say, we are pleased that officials took those concerns seriously and acted promptly in correcting the problem, at least on a temporarily basis while officials determine if a better system can be implemented.
The decision to consolidate dispatching operations has been criticized, particularly by the state police union. The problem with gaining access to the Danielson barracks after the fact did little to instill the public�s and town officials� confidence that the consolidation was a wise move.
The consolidation of dispatching operations is both a cost savings move and an effort to increased community presence. The department is able to put troopers on the roads without an increasing the department�s budget, a more efficient and effective means of providing our region with the level of public safety it deserves.
However, with fewer troopers actually present at the barracks, open and unfettered access to the lobbies also creates a public safety concern, and one that needed to be taken seriously.
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Andrew is an early career historian, published author and researcher. His strengths as an historian lie with military, biographical, business and social history in the period 1850-1920, but he has wide ranging history interests across most periods. His history consulting firm, Cooee History & Heritage, was established in 2009. He also works as the Operations and Marketing Manager at the National Vietnam Veterans Museum in Phillip Island, Victoria.
Andrew graduated from RMC Duntroon with a B.A. in Military Studies from UNSW. Eleven years of Defence Force service and a further 11 years with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade followed, with postings over that period to Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Andrew completed a Bachelor of Letters (Lit.B.) in Asian History from UNE, based on the thesis The Indonesian Nationalist Resistance to the Dutch Occupation of Jogjakarta 1945-47. From 1994 to 2009 Andrew worked in a variety of public relations and corporate affairs roles in both consulting firms and multinational companies in Asia and Australia. He is currently completing a PhD in history at the Australian Defence Force Academy. His thesis looks at The Rifle Club Movement and Australian Defence 1860-1941.
He has written several military history books. Lions of the Day (2008), which told the story of the SA Contingent to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, including 26 individual biographies, followed by The Bisley Boys (2009), which told the story of the Victorian Rifle Team which travelled to Bisley in England in 1897 to compete successfully against the best of the Empire for the Kolapore Cup, including team biographies. Andrew has also co-authored fallen leaves (2010), a local history detailing the WWI fallen of the Oakleigh district of Melbourne, and most recently, The Forgotten Cruiser: HMAS Melbourne 1913-1928 (2013) with Greg Swinden. His next book also to be published in June 2013, is The Riflemen: A History of the National Rifle Association of Australia 1888-1988 (the NRAA is Australia's oldest national sporting organisation).
Andrew has convened military history conferences including In the Shadow of War: Australia 1942 (2012) and Choppers: Helicopters and the Vietnam War (2013) and produced military history exhibitions, including Citizen Soldiers of Oakleigh (2012) at the Monash Federation Centre, and most recently, the major centenary exhibition at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Fear God and Honour the King: HMAS Melbourne 1913-1928 (2013). Andrew is a member of the Professional Historians Association and volunteers as Executive officer of the Military History and Heritage Victoria Inc.
- The militarisation of Australia 1908-1914
- The Sea Queen – reconstructing the history (and plans) of a convict and settler barque
- The terrible first day – how Oakleigh lost five mates at Fromelles.
- Australian Colonial Contingents to the Queen Victoria Jubilee 1897
- From Royal Park to Camp Pell – Melbourne's key camp through three wars.
- Japanese training ship visits to Australia 1882-1906
- Life as a South Australian Mounted Policeman 1875-1918
- Life as an Air Mechanic 2 Sqn AFC 1915-1919
- Marksmen and Commanders – selected Australian contingent commanders to the Boer War
- Masons and Militia in South Australia- Boer War to WWI
- Reconstructing true records – how detective work can solve history mysteries (two case studies)
- Researching local district WWI dead and honour rolls
- South Australian Germans in the 1st AIF
- South Australia's German influence in the militia before WWI
- The Great White Fleet – the stupendous visit of the US Fleet to Australia 1908
- The life and times of Octavious Skinner Burton – cavalryman and police officer
- The life and times of Thomas Joshua Jackson – of Young & Jackson Hotel
- The rifle club movement in Australia 1850-1920
- The Tasmanian interlude of Captain Francis Rawdon Chesney 1862-1867 – a Victorian Engineer
- The Victorian Mounted Rifles – How they began
- The Victorian Rangers – How they began
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What we learned
from City Series, Part One:
A.J. Pierzynski
is good on triples until 2013.
Pierzynski is good on
(bleeping) off teammates until then, too.
Starlin Castro
is money.
Mark Buehrle remains
an Interleague Hall-of-Famer.
Brent Morel knows how to work
at-bats with a veteran's game-savvy.
It only took homers
in consecutive games for the Cubs to start intentionally walking Paul Konerko.
Gordon Beckham can
field well even if he's hitting horribly.
Sometimes not even the Hubble Telescope
can determine where Gavin Floyd is.
Cubs manager Mike Quade had chances
to bunt in the late innings of the last two losses, but refused to force a bad fielding Sox team to make plays.
When non-hitting Koyie Hill bats
in a big situation late, it's a matter of handedness -- the manager's hamhandedness.
The Cubs continue to live by the old baseball adage
of playing for tie at home and playing for the loss on the road.
Alex Rios is finding it.
I want just enough Brent Lillibridge
to want more, but not more than that.
Carlos Zambrano outpitched
and out-adulted Jake Peavy.
The less mature team
won two of three.
Sergio Santos has some kind
of meditation thing he does in the bullpen.
Sergio Santos has some kind
of nasty stuff he does on the mound.
Crain, Thornton,
Santos, period.
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The Cubs defend the squeeze
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The Wiki has been divided into categories to facilitate our discussions.
- 1 State Data Collection
- 2 State Visit Planning
- 3 State Visit Data Collection
- 4 "Bonus" State Information Collection
- 5 Team Communications
- 6 Data
- 7 Recent Meeting Notes
- 8 Policy Options
- 9 Technologies
- 10 Calendar
- 11 Project Team
- 12 Information Resources
- 13 Key Contacts
- 14 Report draft
- 15 Misc.
- 16 State Selection
State Data Collection
- Data to Collect in States
- Data to Collect Before State Visits
- Data to Collect via Telephone (States We Will Not Visit)
- Data to Collect on All 50 States
State Visit Planning
- California Visit Planning
- Idaho Visit Planning
- Kansas Visit Planning
- Kentucky Visit Planning
- Michigan Visit Planning
- Missouri Visit Planning
- Ohio Visit Planning
State Visit Data Collection
- California State Visit Data
- Missouri State Visit Data
- Ohio State Visit Data
- Michigan State Visit Data
- Kentucky State Visit Data
- Kansas State Visit Data
- Idaho State Visit Data
"Bonus" State Information Collection
Team Communications
- Nancy Bolt 1/29/2007 Pre-meeting memo
- Nancy Bolt Memo Re: Midwinter 1-09-2006
- Nancy Bolt RE: First Approach to Issues
- State Profiles
- Public Libraries and the Internet
- E-Rate Beneficiaries by State
- Internet 2 SPEGs
- State Comparison Data
- Survey Data from OSR
- Combined by State
- Data on State Networks
- Focus Group Comparison Chart
Recent Meeting Notes
- Conference Call 3/2/2007
- Conference Call 2/23/2007
- Connect Kentucky Meeting - 2/19/2007
- Project Team Meeting - 2/5/2007
- Project Team Meeting - 1/29/2007
- Focus Groups @ Midwinter
Policy Options
- Broadband & Economic Development
- State Library Planning
- State Franchising
- Rights of Way
- State Networks
Upcoming Meetings and Key Dates
- February 20 -- One Economy
- February 23 -- Visit Team Conference Call
- February 26 - 28 -- California State Visit
- TBS -- Comcast
- TBS -- Cox Cable
- TBS -- Time Warner Cable
- TBS -- Telecom industry convening / John W
- TBS -- Meeting with the Librarians of Second Life
- TBS -- Telecom Policy Workshop / John W
(TBS-To Be Scheduled)
Project Team
Information Resources
Key Contacts
Report draft
My observations in Missouri (especially in the Friday evening "bar" interviews)and in other venues, is that little or no secession planning is going on in these library and state networks. If we are truly to look at "sustainability" then we should provide for the development of new leaders for the library tech. community and the state networks. However, the "replacement" leaders should also have the collaborative and visionary characteristics to lead these networks into the next generation - in the style that seems to be inherent to the most successful network leaders/developers now.
I'm betting that when this study is done, we will be able to identify a set of skills and styles found in the successful network leaders/developers that can be used as a basis for training new leaders. There are many in these state libraries and networks who are older babyboomers about to retire. While there may be some middle management ready to moveup, we did not necessarily see that. It was acknowledged by the current leaders that they are so busy doing it right, that they have not had time to think about or act upon developing "replacements" that can continue their networks - and better yet - find/build opportunities for new systems and applications.
Mission: to train network managers, directors as well as key participants, and insure leadership development that is based upon true collaboration. This is for local and state network developers - (sorry, no feds!)
Goal: develop a training environment - not for technology - but for management and leadership styles that foster collaboration, outreach, political savvy and strategic planning.
Project: Part 1 - plan and develop a proposal; include skills assessments of current leaders, involve staff development and sociology experts to advise, etc. etc. Convene groups to assess and seek seed funding to develop a pilot project. Emphasis on developing collaboration skills and teamwork from multi-type organizations.
Part 2 - fund pilot project with likely partners: a major university, ALA, library network directors, developers of state networks, other public and private partners like local government groups, e-government specialists, etc. and foundations. Conduct assessment; adjust as feasible.
Part 3 - develop a sustainable plan to provide and fund ongoing training services from this "institute" or "center" for public sector network development leaders.
Part 4 - institute plan on a cost-recovery basis.
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Civic groups and pro-independence advocates yesterday took turns staging protests against President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) at events he attended, pledging to rally against Ma on Double Ten National Day today and force him to face the public's anger over the current political impasse.
Taiwan Independence Alliance held an anti-Ma protest in front of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) headquarters in Taipei yesterday afternoon as Ma was presiding over the weekly Central Standing Committee.
Earlier in the day, when Ma was attending a Double Ten National Day celebration with overseas Taiwanese at the Taipei Arena, the Citizen Alliance Against Ma Ying-jeou chanted: "Step Down Ma Ying-jeou" outside the arena.
Citizen Alliance Against Ma Ying-jeou spokesman Shen Chi-lin (沈志霖) said the group's protests against Ma would continue today at Double Ten National Day celebrations around the capital, adding that the group will give out stickers and postcards with anti-Ma slogans this morning on Jinan Road.
"President Ma must listen to the people's voice and understand our frustration, and stop blocking protests with heavy police force," he said.
Late on Tuesday night, about 100 university students from across the country staged a surprise protest outside the Presidential Office Building, calling on Ma, Vice President Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) and Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) to step down over a controversial cross-strait services agreement and a wiretapping controversy involving the Special Investigation Division of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.
After being forcibly removed by police at about 1am yesterday morning, the students returned to hold a sit-in.
The students, from National Taiwan University, National Cheng Kung University, National Tsing Hua University, Shih Hsin University, Da Yeh University, Soochow University and National Taiwan University of Arts, have formed a group that they called "Black Island National Youths Front."
Holding up a giant banner that read: "Ma bumbler dictator, step down" in English, the students stood in front of the podium constructed for Double Ten National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office Building at about 11pm on Tuesday night.
Taken by surprise, security personnel and police officers at first could only stand aside and watch, waiting for reinforcements.
"The tyrant that breaks the Constitution and abuses the people must step down," protesters chanted at they faced an increasing number of police officers, who four times said their assembly was illegal and asked them to disband immediately.
The protesters responded by lying down, with their arms locked together.
A spokesman for the protest surnamed Chiang (江) accused the president and his administration of pushing through policies that favor businesspeople and China, while ignoring the suffering of the public.
He said that since Ma became president in 2008, there have been too many cases in which private land was seized by the government to benefit big corporations, the service trade agreement that could potentially harm Taiwan's economy was signed in secret with China and the judiciary has illegally tapped telephone lines of members of the legislature.
"The government is preparing for the National Day celebrations, but we don't know what's the purpose of the celebrations when the people are suffering," he said.


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brandondrury necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 34 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
I'm looking for a bloody, horror-movie style cover for my ebook, Killer Home Recording: Electric Guitar.
This is just 1 of 8 ebooks in the "Killer Home Recording" series. The winner of this contest will have the option of creating all 7 other book covers which will be virtually indentical except for the main graphic.
Killer Home Recording http://www.recordingreview.com
I'm going for a high class horror movie style book cover (as opposed to the cheapo horror movie style). You know the movies where the sophisticated rich guy that no one expects is the serial killer.
I really like the idea of an all-white background with that vibrant, Ferrari red, color much like you see on Penn and Teller's Bullsh*t TV show on Showtime for the blood, but I'm open to suggestions. (Yes, I want blood on this thing.)
I really like the idea for this book cover to either have a shiny electric guitar in a pool of blood but you may win extra points if you could make it look like a chainsaw just went through a human body and the electric guitar actually had blood all over it.
You can get an idea for basically what I'm going for by looking at the VERY rough concept I tossed together here:
- I require high res PSD files of the standard 2D rectangle book cover as well as the 3D look.
- I do not require a back. Just the front and side (for the 3D version).
- The Title is "Killer Home Recording: Electric Guitar".
- Subtitle is "Getting Started With Deadly Electric Guitar Sounds" but if you have a better idea, I'd love to hear it / see it.
- I'd prefer the guitar to be a classic, plain looking Gibson Les Paul of Fender Strat. I don't want a heavy metal looking guitar IMPORTANT!
- The text on the book must be visible when set to 72 dpi 250 width, give or take, because this will be used on the web.
- Be bold! Have fun with this one! I like the idea of scaring off 10% of the population so that my core demographic will HAVE to buy this. - I'm up for anything. If you don't want to do the real blood thing, this is another route that looks pretty cool
- Propaganda
Feel free to utlize any of these or create your own. If you can think of fun ways to stick with the "killer" them that would be fun: "murder, murderous, slaughter, impail, decapitate, etc"
"DEADLY electric guitar sounds!""Record Better Sounding Electric Guitars GUARANTEED"
"Getting started recoridng electric guitars just got easier"
"Improve your guitar sounds by 10,325%"
"Slaughter your previous electric guitar sounds"
It is very important that the book cover conveys the idea of getting started and it's also about making better recordings.
- I'm not going for a "Web 2.0" style look. I'm going for horror movie! KILL ME! ha ha
- I don't want my mom, my girlfriend's mom, and you mom to like this. They should make a funny face when they see this. They should wonder why any rational person would cover a product they are trying to sell in blood. IMPORTANT!


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As you know from my "what do your shoes say about you?" post, I have a slight love affair with shoes. I try not to discriminate; I love everything from sneakers to flip-flops to boots to stilettos. All shoes deserve love…right?
This week, Jansen Schmidt sent me pictures of the most insane shoes I've ever seen (I love it when you guys send me the crazy stuff you find online). These pushed even my shoe boundaries. I draw the line when I can't stand up straight or run from potential assailants. I'm all for fashion and flirty but these seem downright dangerous. And I have to say it…there's nothing sexy about walking like you need to hit the washroom ASAP (while moving at the speed of smell and like a zombie).
I think they'd give some of Lady Gaga's wackiest shoes a run for their money.
Standing next to Gaga, there's nothing in my shoe closet that'd even compare. And I've even started branching out. Dang…do I need to step up my game? Have I lost my shoe edge? I mean, the fashion police say you can wear just about anything with a black pant suit, right? Maybe I should invest in some of these sparkly shoe fashion statements. Think I'd turn heads at the office walking in with a pair of these bad boys on? Perhaps not the image I am trying to elicit.
Good for Gaga. Not so good for Natalie.
After watching the first shoe video, I couldn't let it go. I had to know…why? For who? Seriously? I wanted to poke some serious fun at them.
But it turns out, their insanity was on purpose. They are a collaboration between artist Leanie van der Vyver and Dutch shoe designer René van den Berg to serve as a visual representation of today's impossible standards of beauty. Ummmm.
When you put it like that….making fun at this point would seem slightly…ummmm…. tacky?!?!
Good job gentlemen – powerful visual (might I suggest some text or voice over to ensure your message gets across…just a suggestion…I'll shut up now).
Don't I just feel like the world's biggest ass.
What are the craziest shoes you've ever worn? If comfort and ability weren't an issue, what's the most outrageous shoe you'd wear? How do your different shoes make you feel? Come on…share the wealth…
More blog deliciousness here:
- Marcy Kennedy's post on some things are worth fighting for made my heart sing!
- One of the most beautiful posts I've ever read on the gift of being a hospice volunteer by Piper Bayard. Exceptional Piper!
- LOVED Heather Kelly's TED Talk Tuesday post with Nigel Marsh on work-life balance. Fabulousness!


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Telstra has officially released OS 184.108.40.2061 for the Bold 9000. Now considering that OS 220.127.116.112 leaked a little over a week ago for this device, I am not too sure why anyone would want to downgrade to this OS, but nevertheless it is here if you need it. These official and leaked OS releases seem like they are getting further and further away from each other. When are we going to start to see more OS6 releases? Anyway, keep in mind that if Telstra is not your carrier then you want to delete the Vendor file. Let us know if you find this OS runs better than the leak by clicking the jump below.
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It Came From the Media: What Prompted the Ruckus About "Pink Slime"? And Is It Unhealthy?
By Deborah Blum, a Pulitzer-prize winning science writer and professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1997. It originally appeared on the Knight Science Journalism Tracker.
What I've been trying to figure out, since the processed beef "pink slime" story broke this month is this: Are we just reacting to what Benjamin Radford at Discovery News calls "the ick factor"? Or does pink slime (which the industry understandably prefers to call "lean finely textured beef") actually pose a health risk? And does anything in the flurry of recent coverage help us sort that out?
It's worth looking at the coverage that began in early March with a story in The Daily by David Knowles and an ABC News segment by Jim Avila. As noted in The Huffington Post by Michael Hill, in a matter of days the issue went "from simmer to boil."
Let's stipulate that some of this response derives from the very term "pink slime," which tends to stimulate the "ugh" response. "Pink"—not so bad. But "slime"? Have you ever heard anyone use that word in a positive, how-attractive-your-slime-covered-dinner-is kind of way?
The term was reportedly coined by Gerald Zimstein, the former USDA scientist who brought the process to the public's attention. Zimstein is not—surprise—a fan of the product. He also objected to a USDA decision allowing its use to be concealed from the American public and has made a point of calling it out. You'll find him in the ABC News story reporting that some 70 percent of ground beef products in grocery stores contain pink slime.
So what is pink slime, or, um, finely textured beef?
It comes from a rather commercially clever use of scraps—fat and meat removed from standard meat cuts. These remnants are spun through a centrifuge to separate the beef bits from the fat. The rather soupy meat mixture is then squeezed through a thin tube and exposed to a puff of ammonia gas. The gas reacts with water in the meat to form a trace amount of ammonium hydroxide. This reduces acidity and kills (fairly reliably) any pathogenic bacteria lurking in the beef.
The separation process was invented in the 1980s; ammonia treatment was added in the 1990s for food safety reasons. And the company that started it all, Beef Products Inc., of North Dakota now has a website dedicated to defending trimmings as a healthy food source. It needs it, too, because Google tells us that the last couple weeks have seen more than 2,000 stories on the subject, many including the word "gross" in the headlines.
Consider this one from J.M. Hirsch at AP, featured in the e-version of the Auburn (AL) Citizen: "Pink Slime Sounds Gross – But How Does it Taste?" The intrepid reporter manages to track down ground beef packages with and without added slime. (It is really hard to find the right word here. Trimmings? Ooze? Pink product? Filler?) Anyway, not surprisingly, Hirsch likes the ooze-free hamburger better. The same tidal wave of revulsion has swamped the food industry as well, with everyone from McDonalds to Safeway announcing that they'll no longer use the product, South Carolina legislators proposing a state-wide ban, and the USDA reversing a long-standing policy and deciding that school lunch programs can opt out of pink-slime beef as part of the menu. (Note that the original story in The Daily referred to the agriculture department as "Partners in Slime.")
On the other hand, Hirsch makes the point, however, that ground beef with additive is a lot cheaper; in other words, it's easier to avoid highly processed food if you're in one of those higher socioeconomic brackets. But are there any actual health problems associated with slime?
This got a much tougher look a couple of years ago when Michael Moss at the New York Times did some terrific work looking at the risks—both chemical and bacterial—associated with the product, noting particularly that the vaunted ammonia treatment didn't always kill pathogenic bacteria.
The paper's strongest coverage this round comes from KJ Dell'Antonia, who writes the Motherlode blog. Dell'Antonia is consistently (my opinion) one of the best science science writers at the Times today. Her post deftly summarizes the major issues and addresses directly the unpleasant covert aspects of our government's behavior: "Someone, somewhere, thought we wouldn't buy a product labeled 'ground beef—with added trimmings, connective tissue and ammonia."
She also notes that that the ammonia, put in context with our other chemical exposures, doesn't seem especially worrisome. And I tend to agree there too. What's more interesting to me—and what hasn't been covered especially well in the slime stories—is that foods that are ammonia-processed are remarkably widespread. Among them are breads, pastries, cheeses, chocolates, breakfast cereals, sports drinks, fruits, vegetables….in other words, if we're going to worry about chemical processing, beef products need to stand in line.
Another smart piece from Amy Hubbard at the Los Angeles Times notes that even the consumer-advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest isn't particularly alarmed about pink slime, noting rather depressingly that a lot worse things go into the daily diet. The center does plan to investigate whether the super-processed beef bits are less nutritious than regular beef.
As the Houston Chronicle points out in a recent editorial, the real issue here is transparency. Our government should not be colluding with private industry in hiding additives from the consumer. And, in fact, there are signs that the USDA is tending to agree. In an interview with Food Safety News, the agency's food safety head, Elizabeth Hagen, emphasized that the product is considered safe and added: "It seems to me that the larger issue here is labeling and transparency."
But one more point, just to complicate the story. You'll recall I mentioned that the USDA has agreed to allow schools to choose slime-improved beef or to reject it. But it turns out that the regular, unprocessed ground beef alternative, lacking that super-lean filler, has a higher fat content. Another health story, anyone?


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Kona Handcyclist Victor Nominated for ESPY Award
Minda Dentler reflects on a historic performance, and targeting another world championship.
by Jennifer Ward Barber
Minda Dentler has one word to describe her nomination for one of ESPN's annual ESPY awards: surreal. As the first female handcyclist to complete the GoPro IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Dentler is up for an award in the category of Outstanding Female Athlete with a Disability.
The nomination puts her in the company of some very talented athletes, past award winners and disabled triathletes like Sarah Reinertsen and Jason Lester. "Being in that company is just amazing," she says, adding that she's also honored to to help give the sport more exposure.
Born in Bombay, India, Dentler contracted polio as an infant, which left both her legs paralyzed. At the age of three she was adopted by an American family and moved to Spokane, Washington. Dentler underwent a series of surgeries on her her hips, legs and back, which enabled her to walk with leg braces and crutches.
It wasn't until much later in life, at the age of 28, that Dentler discovered handcycling. It wasn't long until triathlon entered the picture and, within six years, she had won two USA National Triathlon titles (2009, 2011) and completed 25 triathlons and road races. 2012 was a banner year: she qualified for Kona at IRONMAN 70.3 Antwerp, completed her first IRONMAN triathlon in Louisville, and, though she didn't make the bike cut-off time of 5:30 p.m, made an admirable attempt at finishing the esteemed race. Last year Dentler qualified at IRONMAN 70.3 Berlin, and at 35, made history by finishing the race in 14:39:14—this time making the bike cut-off by a close three minutes.
Dentler faces a host of additional challenges to able-bodies athletes, the most obvious one being having to use her arms for the entire 140.6 miles. "At any point in the race, since I'm using the same muscle groups, my muscles can fatigue a lot quicker," she says. She says she has to be very careful to manage her energy, pace and effort to get herself onto the run successfully.
Preparing differently the second time around, Dentler arrived on the Big Island knowing that she'd done everything she needed to do to finish. "I knew that if I didn't, it would be due to things out of my control," she says. Echoing every other triathlete on the planet, Dentler says that after the race she immediately identified areas where she could improve in all three disciplines.
Did Dentler ever imagine winning? "I didn't really care if I was the first one or not," she says. "All I wanted to do was finish." A very small number of handcyclists qualify for Kona each year, and only four or five women have qualified in 35 years of the event's running. Her only competition last year happened to be Dentler's friend Susan Katz, a woman who's attempted a finish there three times. "It was just a matter of supporting each other through the process," Dentler says. "To be the first one—I don't think I've even fully processed it now." She adds that because so many women have tried and failed before her, her accomplishment has opened a door for women to compete. "Now they know that with planning, preparation and determination, that it is possible," she says.
Dentler is excited to go back to Kona this coming October. "It's just an intoxicating place," she says. "It's a very difficult race, and painful, but it's also something I kind of enjoy training for," she says.
Nominee in a nutshell:
Athletic role model: "My sister Janeen. My parents adopted my brother and me and had two children of their own. My sister is the exact same age as me, and she is a fantastic athlete. I was in awe of her growing up because she was able to do so well in all aspects of her life. She did her first IRONMAN 70.3 this year in Mallorca. It's really neat how she's supported me in my athletic journey, and now I am able to support her."
Training: "I train primarily alone, because I'm not as fast as able-bodied athletes. I do my long rides on a highway in New Jersey, and have some friends who are very generous with their time and ride with me. Because I'm so low to the ground, it's more of a safety precaution. My husband rides with me as well, and we drive out to a lake every weekend to go open water swimming."
Favorite discipline: "I love the bike. It may not be my best because it is difficult to get through 112 miles in the time that I need, but I like going fast."
Ready to race: "I took a long break after Kona and started training indoors in mid-January. I'm dealing with a few shoulder issues, but my first race is coming up in July, IRONMAN 70.3 Muncie."
Recovery: "Stretching, and ART once a week, which has been a lifesaver."
On her relationship with her coach: "I'm working closely with my coach to hone in on the amount, duration, and intensity of training. Using my shoulders for all three sports means they never get a break. It's all about trying to manage my body so I don't get injured—that's the hardest part for me and so I rely heavily on my coach to help me in that area."
What she's looking forward to this year in Kona: "I'm most excited about having my whole family and best friend there. We all live in different parts of the world and I can't tell you how much it means to have them there to support me. I have the best support crew in the world.
Visit ESPN for more information, and to cast your vote for Minda.


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Mediocrity to the Rescue
Fund: Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-10-05
"Capitalism to the Rescue" is a great puff piece in the Times about a firm that is no longer impressive. Maybe the original team was different, but the partners at Kleiner today are weak in comparison to most other top firms that we pitched in the valley. The team was not prepared. The questions were off the mark. The meeting drifted. Their market knowledge was mediocre. I can understand being off your game every once and a while, but our Kleiner experience did not measure up to the other "name brand" funds.


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The XC33 is now fully converted from Maya and correctly skinned and can be considered ready for export and use in game.
I've completed the base color map for the tracked Xcaps and I'm planning on getting the bump spec and incandescence map finished up tomorrow.
edit: added the final render of the xcap tracked body. Remaining items are the three weapons it can carry.
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