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Editor's note: Last year we launched an improvement that makes over 60 additional Google services available to Google Apps users. This series showcases what's new and how your organization can benefit.
Welcome to User Managed Storage
As more and more people discover the power and flexibility of creating and collaborating using nothing but the web, an increasing volume of user content is stored in the cloud. As part of our effort to support our users' move into the cloud, we're pleased to announce that over the next couple of days we will be making User Managed Storage available to Google Apps customers.
User Managed Storage is a service that has allowed users to purchase more storage space when they fill the allotted quota on their personal Google Accounts. Over the next couple of days, we will be rolling this service out for users of Google Apps accounts as well, allowing the purchase of extra storage for Google Docs, Picasa Web Albums, and photos from Blogger. Any of these products that is over its storage quota can use the extra storage on a first-come, first-served basis. Users that upload lots of files to Google Docs, sync their Office documents to the cloud using Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, or store and share pictures using Picasa or Blogger can now expand the storage space available for these files.
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Jourist Visual PhraseBook English turns your iPhone and iPod touch into your own personal interpreter which lets you communicate with the locals on your travels without any previous language skills.
Jourist Visual PhraseBook English gives you instant access to more than 2,100 useful phrases which are clearly structured in topic-related categories. Just select a phrase in your own language and the translation is read out in brilliant sound quality by a native speaker. 20 source languages are available for selection. Each phrase is also illustrated.
You both hear and see phrases from a range of topics for virtually all situations on holiday or business trips including: Customs, hotels, service, travelling, car repairs, sightseeing, entertainment, eating and drinking, sport and recreation. You can also easily prepare a conversation by putting groups of phrases together. All you have to do is select the phrases from the different categories. With its visual aids the phrasebook is also ideal for learning purposes.
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Bunnell rallies to beat Stratford
STRATFORD -- When Adam Wojenski woke up Thursday morning, he was nothing more than a backup quarterback looking forward to a quiet day on the sideline and perhaps some celebratory turkey later on.
As Bunnell walked off Penders Field with a comeback victory over town-rival Stratford, the unassuming sophomore was being hailed a hero.
After stepping in for struggling senior quarterback Nolan Aurelia in the fourth quarter, Wojenski engineered a dramatic game-winning drive to lift the Bulldogs to a 12-10 Thanksgiving Day victory over Stratford to capture its seventh-straight Manning Harvey Trophy.
Leading 10-6 by virtue of a 26-yard field goal by Kyle Kodnia, a 24-yard interception return by senior Luke Amiot and solid play by Mark Acevedo (three sacks) and the Stratford defense, the Red Devils (3-8) seemed to be on their way to their first victory against Bunnell since 2006.
But Wojenski drove the Bulldogs 50 yards on nine plays on his second series behind center, completing 4 of 5 passes for 50 yards in the game-winning drive, including a 3-yard touchdown pass to senior Devante Teel with 3:00 left.
Wojenski, who had played just one snap all season prior to Thursday, made it look as easy as pumpkin pie.
"I was excited about the chance. Maybe a little nervous," Wojenski said. "I was just making sure I didn't turn it over."
Stratford still had a chance to pull out the victory after getting the ball back with 59 seconds left, marching down the field behind senior quarterback Mike Cannata, who also had not played all day until that point.
But Kodnia missed a 38-yard field goal into a stiff wind with no time left and Bunnell survived.
"This was the type of game that takes years off your life," relieved Bunnell coach Doug Cotto said. "I have a lot of respect for those Stratford kids. They gave us everything they had. It came down to a kick at the end, and luckily we came out on top."
The game ended on a sour note with a number of skirmishes forcing officials to separate the two teams for the awards ceremony.
"I'm happy with the effort of the kids," Stratford coach John Svatik said.
"But I'm more concerned about what happened at the end. It shouldn't end like that."
The game-winning touchdown play was designed to go to talented freshman Zhyaire Fernandes, who scored the game's only other offensive touchdown on a brilliant 45-yard catch-and-run in the second quarter. With Fernandes being blanketed in the flat, Wojenski looked off his main read and found Teel crossing from right to left in the back of the end zone.
Teel was named MVP with three catches for 42 yards and a solid day on defense.
"Devante is our No. 1 receiver for a reason," Cotto said.
"He might not have the yardage, but that's because of all the attention he gets. When the game was on the line, he wasn't going to be denied."
After Aurelia completed 6 of 18 passes for 98 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions over the first three quarters, Cotto knew he had to do something to shake up the team.
"Adam has been working with the first-team offense the past couple of weeks, and we knew we needed a spark," Cotto said. "Our offense was sputtering. They were doing a good job stopping us, so thankfully it worked."
To his credit, Aurelia remained upbeat on the sideline, striking up cheers as Wojenski led the Bulldogs on the winning drive.
"Nolan swallowed a lot of his pride because he could have made a big stink about getting pulled," Cotto said. "But he just wanted the Bulldogs to win. It's more about what's on the front of his jersey than anything else."
Neither team had much going early on. In fact, neither one managed a first down until Stratford sophomore David Davidson's 2-yard run late in the first. Davidson (70 yards, 14 carries) put the Red Devils in scoring position with six straight runs for 49 yards down to the Stratford 9.
But the Red Devils went away from Davidson, opting for two short passes at the goal line, and had to settle for a field goal and a 3-0 lead.
Bunnell countered on the next drive, going 70 yards in six plays, including a short pass Fernandes turned into a weaving, slicing 45-yard touchdown to make it 6-3.
Facing second-and-17 from his own 19, Aurelia threw a pass to the left, but Amiot stepped in front of it and returned it untouched for a touchdown and a 10-6 lead.
That's the way things stayed until Bunnell scored to make it 12-10. Bunnell then went for two and failed, leaving the door open for Stratford to kick a game-winning field goal.
Stratford wasn't moving the ball behind sophomore Jack Duffy, who completed 5 of 12 passes for just 16 yards. Cannata took over with 59.7 seconds and quickly moved the Red Devils into scoring position, completing 4 of 6 passes for 44 yards.
Three of those went to Gueber Docteur, who led all players with six catches for 35 yards.
All the while, Cotto never second-guessed his decision to go for the 2-point conversion.
"You gotta play for the win and put your team in a position to win," Cotto said. "We missed an extra point earlier in the game and I didn't want that to happen again."
Stratford drove to the 17 but got called for an illegal substitution, making a long field goal into the wind even tougher for Kodnia.
"We had our chances earlier in the game," Svatnik said.
"Who knows what would have happened if we didn't take that penalty?"
S--Kyle Kodnia 26 field goal
B--Zhyaire Fernandes 45 pass Nolan Aurelia (kick failed)
S--Luke Amiot 24 interception return (Kodnia kick)
B--Devante Teel 3 pass Adam Wojenski (pass failed)
Records: Bunnell 4-7; Stratford 3-8


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Show/Share: Phew, things are busy! Sorry for the delay in posting this week, but it's been one of those times when I've either been in meetings, or head-down on paperwork. It all really started from last Saturday when The Social Outfit Committee of Management met for a planning meeting. We had a great working day, agreeing as a group on a working plan for the next 12 months (coinciding with my funded year as part of the Vodafone Foundation 'World of Difference' program). It's *action-stations* for us all!
Below is me on Thursday when I met with our *great* supporter, Shannon Carruth from ING Direct, who is helping us with financial planning. Also, do you happen to notice my new The Social Studio digital print silk scarf? Designed by students accessing our Collingwood sister studio, young people use their creative skills to also learn about computer literacy. Genius. I love this pattern and style so much!
Tell: Handmade earrings, Uniqlo skivvy from Japan, Miss Shop dress from op shop, The Social Studio 'Eva' silk digital print scarf, vintage beads, skirt from op shop, stockings from Japan, retail socks and Fluevog shoes.
I also wanted to share with you what has become *quite a thing* of late: to drop into The Social Studio when visiting Melbourne, get your picture taken, and then send it to me! I love it! And *naturally* people always have such supportive and great things to say about The Social Studio. Many people comment on it being creative and inspiring; encouraging us to keep working on our Sydney version. Here's Alexis from a local supporter cafe, Scrambled, showing how happy she is to see our sister studio in person. She bought a summer dress and says she'll share the photo soon…
And of course, Vice-Chair David Hardie is always happy to pose and show his support! Apparently that blue/grey t-shirt looked great on him and he went home a happy customer too. xo
Then on Thursday night I got to do another favourite thing of mine which is to talk about comics. I'm a proud comics nerd; studying it as a part of my university degree. I was part of a panel event, so naturally wanted to wear some 'comix' for the night. It was great fun!
Tell: Ken Done glasses, handmade earrings, Tatty Devine necklace, 'Romeo Pour Juliette' 1980s jacket from op shop, skivvy from op shop, Badsville 'vintage horror comix' skirt as top, Kmart skirt, Badsville 'vintage horror comix' leggings, Fluevog boots.
And then off on a date last night to celebrate a busy, and great working week….
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And that pretty much gets you up to speed; until of course I have more news and fun to share about next week. Until then, hope you're all grand! xo


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Phillips is hoping to make waking up a more pleasant experience with their new HF3490 Wake-up Light. The device increases intensity over 20 intervals to ease sleepers into the waking world.
For those that require more of a jolt, the alarm also comes with four preset nature sounds and an iPod/iPhone dock to add some aural stimulation.
The Wake-up Light isn't just good for getting out of bed, but can help users drift off to sleep as well; there is "dusk simulation" mode that gradually dims the light and sounds to send users to the dream world. The Wake-up Light ships on August 22, but it can be pre-ordered now for $199. [Geeky Gadgets]


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Nearly half of the states Trump won are Googling 'inauguration protest'
The inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is still two days away, and it's already shaping up to be one of the most controversial.
It might be Congress' largest organized boycott of an inauguration in history, and 200,000 people have said they plan to go to the Women's March on Washington on Saturday, though it's difficult to tell how accurate that number is at predicting real turnout. Other protests are scheduled to take place around the inauguration as well, though on smaller scales.
Google has assembled a map of states based on which ones have more searches for "inauguration protest" or "attend inauguration" in the past seven days. And while we can't make assumptions on why people are Googling certain information, 100 percent of the states that went to Hillary Clinton show majorities of people Googling "inauguration protest."
On the other hand, 54 percent of states won by Trump have majorities Googling "attend inauguration," while the other 46 percent of Trump states are Googling on protests. That's not counting Wyoming and South Dakota, which Google did not have data for, or Maine, whose electoral votes were split evenly between Trump and Clinton.
Swing states tend to be more split than others, such as Florida, which has had 23 searches for "attend" and 22 searches for "protest," and Ohio, with 21 "attend" and 23 "protest." California, a solidly blue state, had 43 for "protest" and 19 for "attend."
Comparing the numbers – the protest states to those won by Clinton; the attend states to those won by Trump – the Google map is 72 percent accurate at predicting how states voted.


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Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May, under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark, Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine - distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your freindly neighborhood Spider-Man - but when the Vulture emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened. Written by Benett Sullivan
Optimus Prime finds his dead home planet, Cybertron, in which he comes to find he was responsible for its destruction. He finds a way to bring Cybertron back to life, but in order to do so, Optimus needs to find an artifact that is on Earth.
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when a pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers and her true destiny. Written by zemon19
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet. Written by Twentieth Century Fox
Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea...including him. Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.
After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down the latest bad guy to threaten humanity, Gru finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother-a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin's despicable footsteps-one former super-villain will rediscover just how good it feels to be bad.
After saving Xandar from Ronan's wrath, the Guardians are now recognized as heroes. Now the team must help their leader Star Lord (Chris Pratt) uncover the truth behind his true heritage. Along the way, old foes turn to allies and betrayal is blooming. And the Guardians find that they are up against a devastating new menace who is out to rule the galaxy. Written by Blazer346
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess, whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in our current day bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. Written by Universal Pictures
Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game-and the rest of the crew has been exonerated-the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime he can't seem to escape and a betrayal of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before. From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, the elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world's stage... and to bring home the man who made them a family. Written by harpreet phamber
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit, as they uncover a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay.
Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold, hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.
High school outcasts stumble upon an old alien ship, where they acquire superpowers and are dubbed the Power Rangers. Learning that an old enemy of the previous generation has returned to exact vegenance, the group must harness their powers and use them to work together and save the world. Written by cyberboy1127-249-955930
Evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France, between May 26- June 04, 1940, during Battle of France in World War II. Written by Harvey
A washed up monster chaser convinces the U.S. Government to fund a trip to an unexplored island in the South Pacific. Under the guise of geological research, the team travels to "Skull Island". Upon arrival, the group discover that their mission may be complicated by the wildlife which inhabits the island. The beautiful vistas and deadly creatures create a visually stunning experience that is sure to keep your attention. Written by Jason Burns
Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he likes it or not.
When catastrophic climate change endangers Earth's very survival, world governments unite and create the Dutch Boy Program: a world wide net of satellites, surrounding the planet, that are armed with geoengineering technologies designed to stave off the natural disasters. After successfully protecting the planet for two years, something is starting to go wrong. Two estranged brothers are tasked with solving the program's malfunction before a world wide Geostorm can engulf the planet.
Barry Allen is a Central City police forensic scientist with a reasonably happy life, despite the childhood trauma of a mysterious red and yellow lightning killing his mother and framing his father. All that changes when a massive particle accelerator accident leads to Barry being struck by lightning in his lab. Coming out of coma nine months later, Barry and his new friends at S.T.A.R labs find that he now has the ability to move at superhuman speed. Furthermore, Barry learns that he is but one of many affected by that event, most of whom are using their powers for evil. Determined to make a difference, Barry dedicates his life to fighting such threats, as The Flash. While he gains allies he never expected, there are also secret forces determined to aid and manipulate him for their own agenda. Written by Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
An innocent man is framed for the homicide of the Vice President's brother and scheduled to be executed at a super-max penitentiary, thus it's up to his younger brother to save him with his genius scheme: install himself in the same prison by holding up a bank and, as the final month ticks away, launch the escape plan step-by-step to break the both of them out, with his full-body tattoo acting as his guide; a tattoo which hides the layout of the prison facility and necessary clues vital to the escape. Written by [email protected]
Oliver Queen and his father are lost at sea when their luxury yacht sinks, apparently in a storm. His father dies, but Oliver survives for five years on an uncharted island and eventually returns home. But he wasn't alone on the island where he learned not only how to fight and survive but also of his father's corruption and unscrupulous business dealings. He returns to civilization a changed man, determined to put things right. He disguises himself with the hood of one of his mysterious island mentors, arms himself with a bow and sets about hunting down the men and women who have corrupted his city. Written by Anonymous
Scott McCall was just another kid in high school. Until, one night his best friend Stiles brings him to the woods, to look for a dead body, and Scott is bitten by a werewolf. Being a werewolf came with its perks- stronger, faster, new star in the lacrosse team, popularity- but also made it hard to control his anger. Scott has also fallen for the new girl in town, Allison, whose dad is trying to hunt and kill Scott. Scott now has to try and balance his out of control life, figure out how to control his new powers, try not to be killed by the alpha that bit him, and protect Allison- and keep her from finding out his big secret.
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok: the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the saga of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods: legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors. Written by History Channel
Clary Fray is a normal teenager living in Brooklyn with her mother. One day, she discovers that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters; humans born with angelic blood that fight to protect our world from demons. After her mother is kidnapped, Clary must team up with three Shadowhunters: Jace, Alec and Isabelle and her best friend Simon on a quest to find her mother and recover her past. Written by Emma Wolfe
Years ago, Krypton was about to explode and Kal-El was sent to Earth to escape that fate. However, his older cousin, Kara, was also intended to accompany the infant as his protector. Unfortunately, Kara was accidentally diverted into the timeless Phantom Zone for years before finally arriving on Earth decades later and found by her cousin who had grown into Superman. Years later, Kara Danvers is a young professional adrift in a thankless job until a fateful crisis ignites a sense of purpose using Kryptonian powers she had long hidden. Inspired, Kara decides to emulate her cousin's superheroic ways, only to find her foster sister introducing her to the secret Department of Extra-Normal Operations, dedicated to fighting alien menaces including those Kara inadvertently led to Earth. Now with such help, the Maid of Might takes her place as Earth's newest champion with new friends and enemies challenging her world. Written by Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
In crime ridden Gotham City, Thomas and Martha Wayne are murdered before young Bruce Wayne's eyes. Although the idealistic Gotham City Police Dept. detective James Gordon, and his cynical partner, Harvey Bullock, seem to solve the case quickly, things are not so simple. Inspired by Bruce's traumatized desire for justice, Gordon vows to find it amid Gotham's corruption. Thus begins Gordon's lonely quest that would set him against his own comrades and the underworld with their own deadly rivalries and mysteries. In the coming wars, innocence will be lost and compromises will be made as some criminals will fall as casualties while others will rise as supervillains. All the while, young Bruce observes this war with a growing obsession that would one day drive him to seek his own revenge as The Batman. Written by Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
Steve McGarrett comes to Hawaii to avenge his father's death but when the governor offers his own task force, he accepts. He picks up team members on the way, Danny Williams, the head detective on his father's case, Chin Ho Kelly, a former HPD Detective who was fired for accused corruption and McGarrett's father's old patrol partner, Kono Kalakaua, a Cadet at the Police Academy who's 1 week from graduating, and Captain Lou Grover, a former Chicago PD Head of SWAT.
Queen of the South tells the powerful story of Teresa Mendoza, a woman who is forced to run and seek refuge in America after her drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico. In the process, she teams up with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the very drug trafficking ring that has her on the run.
The world is divided into four elemental nations: The Northern and Southern Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. The Avatar upholds the balance between the nations, but everything changed when the Fire Nation invaded. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, can stop them. But when the world needs him most, he vanishes. A hundred years later Katara and Sokka discover the new Avatar, an airbender named Aang. Together they must help Aang master the elements and save the world. Written by Kevin Jeremiah Gaona
Meet The Thundermans, a typical suburban family that happens to have astounding superpowers. At the center of the action are the 14-year-old Thunderman twins, who share the same bathroom, the same school, and the same annoying little siblings. Their only difference? The sister is a super student with a super sunny disposition who super looks forward to being a superhero someday, and her twin brother is a super villain. Written by Nickelodeon
After the Battle of New York, the world has changed. It now knows not only about the Avengers, but also the powerful menaces that require those superheroes and more to face them. In response, Phil Coulson of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division assembles an elite covert team to find and deal with these threats wherever they are found. With a world rapidly becoming more bizarre and dangerous than ever before as the supervillains arise, these agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are ready to take them on. Written by Kenneth Chisholm ([email protected])
In the version that is shown on YTV in Canada, the story begins mid-way through the Dragon Ball Z series. Raditz, Goku's brother has traveled to Earth to find out why Goku has not yet destroyed the planet as he was supposed to do. But while as a baby, Goku was dropped (down a huge cliff) and forgot his real mission. Kakarot, Goku's real name battles his brother Raditzs along with former enemy Piccolo and friend Krillin. Meanwhile, Gohan; Goku's son reveals his hidden powers against Raditz and nearly kills Raditz. However Goku is killed in the end, but Raditz is eventually defeated by Piccolo. Before he dies, he tells them that two evil Saiyans even more powerful then he is, are on route to Earth. The remaining fighters, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu begin their training to battle the evil Saiyans, while Piccolo takes off with Gohan to train him in using his new found power. Meanwhile, Goku has to make his way back on Snake Way to King Kai's where he trains himself in the secret ... Written by dreamian
At an international spy agency, global crises are merely opportunities for its highly trained employees to confuse, undermine, betray and royally screw each other. At the center of it all is suave master spy Sterling Archer, whose less-than-masculine code name is Duchess. Archer works with his domineering mother Malory, who also is his boss. He also has to deal with his ex-girlfriend, Agent Lana Kane and her new boyfriend, comptroller Cyril Figgis, as well as Malory's lovesick secretary, Cheryl. Written by Anonymous
SPOILER: Orphan Black follows outsider, orphan and street-wise chameleon Sarah. After witnessing a woman's suicide, Sarah assumes the stranger's identity - who happens to look just like her. Expecting to solve all her problems by cleaning out the dead woman's savings, Sarah is instead thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery as she realizes the dizzying truth - she and the dead woman are clones. As Sarah searches for answers, she discovers the chilling fact that there are more people like her out there - genetically identical individuals who were planted in unsuspecting birth parents and nurtured in completely different circumstances. With no idea who created the clones, she'll need to discover the reason in a hurry as an assassin is killing them one by one. Written by Annonymous
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I'd say a "Nerd" is someone who probably has autism, whereas a "Geek" is someone with Asperger's Syndrome, or high-functioning Autism. Speaking as someone whose enjoyed a lot on both sides of this equation, we should probably just shut up and get along as best we can.
I'm a mixture of both… Confused.
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* CEO still opposing sequestration
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WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said on Tuesday.
Chief Financial Officer Bruce Tanner said Lockheed had not been officially informed about the impact of the furloughs, but civilian government workers have played a big role in supporting flight testing and other work on the $396 billion F-35 jet, the Pentagon's costliest weapons program.
"We'll lose the capability to remain on schedule for some of our programs if in fact the government support that goes hand in hand with our flight tests, for example, is reduced," Tanner told Reuters in an interview at the company's media day.
Lockheed and other big weapons makers railed against budget cuts required under a process known as "sequestration" for over a year, warning that their across-the-board nature could result in significant layoffs throughout the industry.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday said he decided to move ahead with civilian furloughs only after exhausting every other option to meet the congressionally mandated cuts. The furloughs will begin on July 8, resulting in roughly one day of unpaid leave per week for more than 600,000 workers through September, the end of the fiscal year.
Lockheed's chief lobbyist, Greg Dahlberg, told reporters he expected the Pentagon to release details about how the mandatory budget cuts would affect procurement programs in early June.
He said the department had developed a list of 2,500 affected programs, but no details had yet emerged.
He said it was unlikely that Congress would be able to undo the sequestration cuts for fiscal year 2013, but industry executives were still hoping that lawmakers would reach agreement on other deficit-reduction measures, which could help avert the same across-the-board type cuts in future years.
Lockheed Chief Executive Marillyn Hewson told reporters she continued to voice the company's opposition to the cuts in frequent meetings with U.S. lawmakers and still hoped that Congress would reverse or restructure the cuts, which are slated to take effect over the next decade.
Most of the company's weapons programs take years to build, which meant that the cuts would not have a huge impact on contracts in the short-term, although shorter-term orders and services were already seeing some slowdown, she said.
Tanner said government workers were involved in flight testing of the F-35 jet in a variety of different jobs, including working in the air traffic control tower, providing mid-air refueling and piloting planes.
If those workers were missing 20 percent of the time, or the bases where the planes are being tested shut down, the program's schedule could be delayed, Tanner said.
He said the company was also bracing for a possible slowdown in contract payments as a result of the reduced work time for civilians, since a large part of the company's bills were handled at a Defense Department facility in Columbus, Ohio, which is staffed by many non-military employees.
"If all of a sudden people are only there for four days out of five, do I get paid 80 percent of the bills that I send in, or does it take that much longer," he said.


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If business leaders breathed a sigh of relief that they weren't politicians when the UK Parliamentary expenses scandal blew up, they should beware of feeling smug.
A recent poll by Ipsos Mori revealed the public's distrust is not reserved for our political class, but business people too.
Net trust in business leaders - according to the poll - has fallen to its lowest level since the research began in 1983 and placed business fourth from bottom among 16 groups in terms of truthfulness.
In that context, it seems strange that the leading business organisations were unwilling to mount a defence of commerce and industry, with the Confederation of British Industry telling The Observer: "We are just not going to comment on the survey" and the Institute of Directors not replying. Why the reluctance to fight business' corner? After all, not everyone in business works in banking.
In last week's conference staged by the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) entitled, "Emerging from recession", the issue of trust was very much on the agenda, with the BBC's director of communications, Ed Williams, running a session on rebuilding trust and posing the question: "How do we restore public confidence in organisations and rebuild reputations to emerge stronger in the future?"
Among the Tweets from the conference quoting Williams, helpfully supplied by Orchid Communications, the Mori poll's point was reiterated: people trust companies a lot less than they did a year ago. And, thanks to David McNamara's tweet, we learned what Ed Williams feels is the best strategy to deliver trust: "openness".
The credit crunch, the banking crisis, the fall of Lehmann Bros and Fred Goodwin's pension package have done little to warm the cockles of the public's heart towards business people. And that's terribly sad, as those enterprises which go about their business providing employment, behaving ethically and responsibly, creating things of value for their customers and occupying a meaningful place in their communities have nothing to be ashamed of. Yet they are lumped in with the rest of them in a skip marked "untrustworthy".
And that's where business needs to come out fighting. If public opinion has decided business is unprincipled, it's not going to change on its own; it needs to be persuaded otherwise. And that's where openness comes in. It's not about revealing your competitive advantage or the details of boardroom arguments, but being able to communicate effectively across the landscape of what you do and why it's important. That means recognising it's not always possible to tell a happy story each time your organisation speaks. In fact, it could include having to apologise when your business has messed up. But being proud and vocal about your achievements - while maintaining transparency about your shortcomings - is all part of building trust.
A more recent, and critical, development in this problem for business is the advent of social media: online, peer-to-peer sharing of knowledge, information and opinions about a myriad of subjects. And that could include your business. Chris Brogan, a veteran of using social media for business, warns how communications around a company are no longer within the organisation's exclusive control. But social media presents an opportunity also, to show greater transparency and enhance reputation and trust.
I'm pleased to say Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has been willing to participate in the debate and its deputy chief executive, Chris Fletcher, told PR Media Blog:
"It's natural for the public to be suspicious of large corporations and this can be a positive thing in ensuring that businesses are held accountable for their actions. However, I think a big problem is that business leaders equate to bankers in most people's minds and this carries connotations of huge profits, big bonuses and inflated salaries. Actually, the vast majority of UK businesses are small to medium and are struggling in the current climate. These businesses play a huge part in driving us out of a recession and need all the support they can get. It's the Chamber's role to provide this support and to fight their corner by taking their concerns to the right people for action."
Whether the present government succeeds in winning a further term in office, or not, it is right to ensure that public trust in politicians of any hue is clawed back by drawing a line under the expenses debacle. And even MPs unscathed by the scandal will have to justify their party political peers on the doorsteps come election time.
And the same goes for business. You might be doing great things and be great people; just don't assume that anyone beyond the factory gates or the web portal believes you are.
Jon writes regularly for Staniforth's PR Media Blog exploring the ever-changing relationship between media and public relations. Click here to view the blog.


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But our experience is that most people who give up on home education don't quit because they can't teach science or find "the perfect curriculum." They quit because they despair of educating their children and feeding the family and tackling the laundry and clearing an entry path from the front door so they think something has to go—and guess what that something usually is? You guessed it.
So even though household organization and "Getting Dinner on the Table the Same Day You Homeschool" may not seem like the ultimate homeschool-related topics, your family will appreciate them (whether they recognize it or not!), and you will have hope for another day of science and language arts.
God will not call you to do more than you are able to do, and He will equip you to do that which He has called you to do. We hope that this section can be one of His instruments to equip you in this noble calling.


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SARE Grants in Michigan
Since 1988, SARE has awarded numerous grants in every state and Island Protectorate. Aimed at advancing sustainable innovations, these grants add up to an impressive portfolio of sustainable agriculture efforts across the nation. See below for a grant portfolio summary and detailed grants list for Michigan.
- Michigan Competitive Grant Portfolio Summary (pdf) The portfolio summary for each state includes one project highlight, a breakdown of funding by SARE project type, and the total funding for the state since 1988. This is a colorful 2-pager in PDF format that can be printed and distributed.
- Competitive Grants List (pdf) The grants list describes each grant in the state by title, project leader and funding level.


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columbia wrote:All of this makes sense, but it doesn't make sense to pay Letang $7.25M, with no alteration in their approach.
True, unless your planned alteration is to create odd numbers and mismatches with a rush/pinching d-man - IF there is someone anticipating and rotating back. The old San Diego Gulls were genius at this - maybe Steve Martinson is available as an assistant coach.
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Jukebox (www.get-jukebox.com) is an app and service that enables consumers to upload and stream music across multiple devices and platforms. The app for Windows Phone has been bumped to version 0.6 and while there aren't a huge number of features included, the app has been built from the ground up and sports a brand new interface.
Think of the service as iTunes Match. We last looked at Jukebox late last year when the service launched, so be sure to check out our more in-depth look at what Juke box is all about. But which platforms are covered? Windows, Windows Phone, iOS and Android. Should you happen to own multiple devices, Jukebox might well be the perfect solution.
If you're looking for a way to store and stream your music library using the cloud, Jukebox is well worth checking out. It's a service suited for those who have tracks stored locally, and with this latest update it looks better than ever on Windows Phone.
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DescriptionKnights of Xentar is a sequel to Dragon Knight II, and is the only Dragon Knight game that was released outside of Japan.
The player controls a young warrior named Desmond (Takeru in the Japanese version). After liberating Strawberry Fields from an evil curse in his previous adventure, Desmond finds himself in a situation unworthy of his heroic status: robbers have taken all his possessions, including his magic sword, and even his clothes! So the first task for the unsuccessful hero will be to get some money. Luckily, the mayor has an assignment for the hero, for which he is also willing to pay. Desmond accepts the assignment without knowing what it will lead to - traveling all over the world, fighting fearsome enemies, encounter beautiful women, and solving a mystery that will also reveal the secret of his own true identity.
The game is a humorous RPG with erotic content. The gameplay is quite different from that of the previous game. The player travels in top-down view on the world map, visiting towns and dungeons, like in most traditional Japanese RPGs. Enemy encounters are random. Battle system differs from most other games of its type by being real-time: combatants appear on a side-scrolling area and exchange attacks automatically; the player can interfere at any time and issue orders to the characters in the party - cast a spell, use an item, or change the attack power level. Physical attacks have a gauge with eight different power levels; the higher the level is, the stronger is the attack, and the slower is its speed.
Knights of Xentar features anime-style cutscenes, many of which contain erotic images - the girls Desmond encounters and helps will often feel grateful and award him with some "treatment".
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Alternate Titles
- "龍騎士 III" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
- "Shigeru Mabuchi's Knights of Xentar" -- In-game title
- "ドラゴンナイトIII" -- Japanese spelling
- "Dragon Knight III" -- Japanese title
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|PC Joker
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|PC Player (Germany)
|Jan, 1995
|61 out of 100
|Power Play
|Feb, 1995
|59 out of 100
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ReferencesNear the end, one of the creatures you encounter is a "Tetsuo". This misshapen baby-like blob is taken directly from the anime Akira.
TitleKnights of Xentar is actually part of the Dragon Knight series. For some reason Megatech couldn't get the rights to distribute the game with its original name so they had to change it for legal reasons (a common happening in the world of animé/manga translations), Megatech included their legal woes in the game however, and you can read all about it in the Hentai scene with the princess where she starts blabbling about how sad it is when legal crap gets in the way of good entertainment.
Version differencesThe English translation is supposed to be quite unfaithful to the original and the NR-13 rated version was created by Megatech by editing some pictures and removing some stuff. The only Japanese version is the full NR-18 release.
Information also contributed by Zovni
Related Web Sites
- Knights Of Xentar (A very well done and complete Knights Of Xentar information site.)
Vance (101) added Knights of Xentar (DOS) on Jun 16, 2000
Other platforms contributed by Terok Nor (27912) and Unicorn Lynx (181677)
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Jujuro, Atsushi ShimodaGame Design:
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I bake a lot. When I'm stressed, I bake. When I'm sad, I bake. When it's chilly outside, I bake. When I'm bored, I bake. It's a little excessive sometimes, actually, but much to the benefit of my the people in my life. The other day, sure enough, the urge struck and I needed to satisfy it. I hadn't tried my hand at a nut butter cookie for a while so gave it a go. After some research and brainstorming, I whipped together this recipe and it was a total hit! Not only is the dough totally bomb, the finished cookies are both beautiful and delicious. Crisp on the outside, soft and a little chewy on the inside, and with a nice subtle cashew butter flavor. And best yet, they stayed a little chewy and moist for three days. None of that dry, crumbly cookie business here. Instead of sweetening it with a ton of cane sugar, I used a combination of coconut sugar and maple syrup. This combination creates a great flavor that isn't too sweet and carries far less sugar and calories than a traditional recipe.
I took some of the cookies to school the other day and shared them with my fellow acupuncture students. Everyone loved them! In fact, a couple of people declared that they wouldn't have ever guessed they were gluten-free. I hope you like them as much as I did.
Cashew Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
yield: approximately two dozen cookies
This recipe calls for a blend of four flours, which may seem like a lot, but it makes a great mix. Sorghum and brown rice flours are both easy to find and affordable. Arrowroot flour and arrowroot starch are the same thing, but just go by two different names. Same with tapioca flour and tapioca starch. Arrowroot and tapioca are interchangeable in this recipe, so feel free to use whichever you have in your pantry. There is not a substitute for sweet rice flour, so try to get your hands on some. Look in the gluten-free flour section, or for the best deal, the Asian food section of your local grocery store or better yet, an Asian grocery store. Sweet rice flour is also known as glutinous rice flour, but don't be scared - it doesn't contain gluten! Sweet rice is often called glutinous rice because it is really sticky stuff. That's why the flour is so great - it helps hold things together and keep things moist and chewy.
- 1 cup sorghum flour
- 3/4 cup brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup sweet rice flour
- 1/4 cup arrowroot starch/arrowroot flour or tapioca starch/tapioca flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup smooth roasted cashew butter (feel free to substitute equal amount of another nut butter)
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar (feel free to substitute an equal amount of granulated palm sugar or another variety of granulated sugar)
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla extract
- 1 10-ounce bag chocolate chips
In a medium bowl, whisk together flours and starch, baking powder and baking soda, and salt until light and well-mixed. Set-aside
In a large bowl, cream together butter and cashew butter until smooth with a handmixer or in a standing mixer. Add coconut sugar and maple syrup and continue to mix until smooth. The coconut sugar will not dissolve the same way and get totally creamy like granulated white sugar, so don't be surprised if there are small gritty pieces of coconut sugar. That's okay! Then add eggs one at a time and vanilla. Mix until everything well-incorporated.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients gradually, mixing on low and scraping sides as necessary, then turning up to a higher speed to fully incorporate all the ingredients. Then add chocolate chips and mix one final time.
I think the dough bakes up better after it has had the chance to rest for a few hours, or even better, a whole day or two or three, in the fridge. Something magical happens to cookie dough as it continues to sit, the flour absorbs the moisture and I think it results in a chewier cookie. So at this point, I suggest covering it with plastic wrap and putting the bowl in the fridge and letting it hang out for a bit. But if you want to bake it right away, that's fine too!
When ready to bake, pre-heat oven to 350º F. Line a baking sheet with parchment and scoop dough by the heaping tablespoonful onto the baking sheet. Bake for approximately 12 minutes, or until edges are just browned and the middles are still slightly soft. Let cool on a baking sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack. Bake in batches until all the dough is gone!
Store in a tightly sealed container or plastic bag for up to 3 days.
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On December 17th Governor Cuomo signed the light pollution bill, A7489B/B5275B, that had been passed by the Legislature back in June. The bill will require most state-funded new/replacement outdoor lighting to be fully shielded.
Here are links to some of the press releases that were issued to announce the signing:
Although this legislation is not as comprehensive as previous bills advanced by SELENE, we are delighted to have it on the books. We are grateful to our steadfast sponsors, Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal and Senator Carl Marcellino, their dedicated and talented aides, and all the individuals and environmental organizations that have supported this effort over many years.
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A Get-Rich Strategy for North-American Amigos
An integrated North American energy market is a win-win-win for the continent. Photo: Associated Press.
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... the optimist about the US economy but there is one very positive alpha long-term trend that are America's columnist Mary Anastasia O'Grady is reading this week Mary thanks for joining us ... I James that would be a fossil fuels hydrocarbons ... oil works every American ... almost half and we have the potential to be ... a much larger producers in Saudi Arabian fact ... I'm ... probably larger than on the Middle East ... and I'm talking now when I say we I mean the North American continental includes Canada and Mexico ... and ah just looking at the U S rate now is the fastest growing producer of boiling gas in the world ... on there's an energy expert at the Manhattan Institute been earmarked announced he estimates that on ... we ... have four times in the resource base and then there that Saudi Arabia has ... restarted at all of the Middle East has four times ultimately yet with American yet and I'm basically it's a it's a matter of ... exploring for and explaining it and building infrastructure to move it around the continent because one of things you wanna do is capitalize on the comparative advantage is that each of the three countries ... so you know Canada might be of greater source of the the resource itself ... the US might be a better refiner ... up Mexico mine had an advantage in labor and you need to take advantage of all three of those things just like in Illinois North American free Trade agreement so you'd want the pipeline systems et-cetera they can move out of fuel oil gas in any direction depending on market meaning the right comparative advantage as you ride and you don't want that to be a government plan either ... you want that to be something that the market develops ... and basically this can be developed by the private sector in other words you don't need government money to do it ... when you do need is policies that are on in favor of Fed exploiting our resources and our advantage of the intercourse in people ... in the energy sector not happy about the first Obama term of the refuse to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to go through great brought ... a ... fuel from Canada to the United States ... looking forward of what to ... what has to happen what can happen here political ... well if you look of the each of the three countries and Canada has been the most aggressive about exploring in and getting out of the ground its resources it has had a little but ever wrote bomb because ... on some of the new investors coming in are from authoritarian ... or totalitarian states like China and Malaysia and hand out the Canadian government has kind of hesitated to give them the permits that they're asking for it to lavender and that's the way they want to ... um we haven't ... been coming on that later this month hopefully in Canada ... I'm in the U S basically as you mentioned that mean you have Proms that the EPA and the Obama administration in general which has been pretty much against development ... I'm so you would hope that ... maybe in the first term I'm the president you know it is all the good news to the environmentalist maybe this term he does something for ... labor unions which would obviously benefit if there was known for structured balcony Evercore so even if the Brock Obama does not have a of the Pearl market policy that doesn't ... necessarily ... eliminate this long term trend ... well of course not and you know I think he has been you know the day the resource will be there for many years to come so I think that companies will continue looking for ways to explain and course market prices will matter a lot ... and I just wanna say something about Mexico which is ... you not tell Mount Stock private investment from coming into its energy sector ... but I think it's becoming more and more apparent and Mexican policymakers that they're losing a big opportunity ... to create wealth in the country ... and I expect during this new term which was deserted and Mexican right which it started last week that there will be more effort not only to bring private investment into oil but also to explain natural pass compact so ... the energy revolution is coming of Aussie open to the


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A true British classic, Botanic Garden was designed by the celebrated designer Susan Williams-Ellis. Botanic Garden's delightful mixture of pretty floral motifs and signature leaf border set a new trend for casual dining in the 1970s and today Botanic Garden looks as pretty as a daisy. This delightful Botanic Garden Covered Butter Dish features the beautiful Daisy, Cyclamen and Rhododendron motifs and is a wonderful way to store and serve butter.
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LOS ANGELES, March 3 (UPI) -- Sources tell E! News that actress Scarlett Johansson is pregnant.
The 29-year-old first-time mom is expecting a child with fiancé Romain Dauriac.
Johansson and Dauriac, a former French journalist, first went public about their relationship in November 2012 and got engaged in August 2013. Johansson told The Daily Mail in December 2013 that the two lead a "normal domestic life in Paris," and that "I would like to have my own family, that would be nice."
Johansson most recently appeared as the voice for the character Samantha in Spike Jonze's Her. She will reprise her role as Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) in the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier and 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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4.4.3 Is Upon Us
KDE today released the 3rd monthly update to the 4.4 series, bringing a slew of bugfixes and translation updates to our users. Konsole has seen some love, so has Okular. Check out the changelog to get to know more about it.
A strange experience
Mod me down into Oblivion but I've managed to crash Plasma in KDE 4.4.3 in 30 seconds just by playing with "Kicker" (or whatever plasma applet is responsible for it). At the same time I rendered Kicker unusable because "Task Bar" stopped working. Even relogon didn't help, there's a disobedient "Task Bar" but it shows no tasks at all and doesn't want to be configured.
I'm gonna wait until KDE 4.5.1 is out, that's great I still can use warm fuzzy analogue KDE 3.5.10.
PS On a side note, Drupal thinks this comment is a SPAM :)
By Artem S. Tashkinov at Wed, 2010/05/05 - 6:30pm
Since you managed to both make Plasma crash and generate such unusual broken behavior, with such speed and ease. I do not doubt that you likewise made an excellent bug report, with a good description how to reproduce. Making sure that the developers get notified, and such issues get fixed before KDE 4.5.1 are released. Saving me and other KDE users from encountering this kind of problems.
By Morty at Thu, 2010/05/06 - 12:24am
Bug Report
Well... Here is a bug report:
However, I still do not know how the question will be addressed, in order to impeach a defective widget to crash or freeze the whole desktop.
By alvise at Thu, 2010/05/06 - 7:45am
indeed, 'a' bugreport, not 'the' bugreport
indeed, 'a' bugreport, not 'the' bugreport
you didn't create a bugreport about the taskbar widget containing information on how to reproduce the behavior you experienced so that developers can fix the applet for kde 4.4.4 or kde 4.5
Since you linked to a generic bugreport about the design limitations of plasma, it is more likely that you are just ranting about that.
By whatever noticed at Fri, 2010/05/07 - 8:47am
Plasma crashing
This is similar to:
my comment:
I can confirm this bug. Using KDE 4.4.2-1 Debian experimental. When I
By Bryan Cebuliak at Fri, 2010/05/07 - 9:50am
Hey father, which distro are you running? I don't wanna initiate a flame war or anything like that but there are some well known mainline distros that really sucks implementing KDE4.
I'm running Arch Linux 64 bits and so far everything is going smooooooth.
By Martín Cigorraga at Thu, 2010/05/06 - 2:02am
I compile KDE from sources without any patches or modifications, but I'm not running Gentoo or LFS.
My GCC flags are quite sane: -O2 -march=i686, I'm using GCC 4.2.4.
PS Drupal again thinks this submission is a SPAM. WTF?
By Artem S. Tashkinov at Thu, 2010/05/06 - 12:17pm
Bugreport, or it didn't happen
Unless you are able to write down a bugreport that someone is able to reproduce, you are out of luck (or lying). This is not KDE's fault, because it would happen the same way using any other software. KDE's resources to reproduce it might be lower, but seriously, without a bugreport on the specific nature of the problem, it's impossible for anyone to fix it.
By suy at Thu, 2010/05/06 - 7:31am
crashing plasma
This sounds similar to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222223
By Bryan Cebuliak at Fri, 2010/05/07 - 9:33am
Congrats because it really
Congrats because it really takes a lot of skill these days to crash Plasma.
By Bobby at Fri, 2010/05/14 - 2:28pm
no plasma-desktop stability fixes :(
Unfortunately, this time changelog doesn't contain any stability fixes for plasma-desktop or krunner. I really miss KDE 4.3.x stability on 4.4.x.
Edit: Sorry for not so good comment. I really like and mostly promote new KDE and besides stability problems in KDE 4.4.x it's very usable for me. Thanks for new release and keep up good work.
By xeros at Wed, 2010/05/05 - 7:10pm
re: no plasma-desktop stability fixes :(
I managed to get krunner to actually run(sic) by downgrading libattica from kdesupport. The newest version isn't even source compatible, but there was a few minor versions where kdebase would compile but krunner would just silently crash. I think you need 1.0.2 or earlier.
By carewolf at Wed, 2010/05/05 - 9:21pm
Bugs? What bugs?
As I stated above, none of your problems here, this is paradise :D
By Martín Cigorraga at Thu, 2010/05/06 - 2:06am


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Climate change, nonrenewable resources, mountain top removal. When it comes to the environment, the earth is getting the short end of the stick. As Earth Day approaches this April, our home planet can be a ball of confusion. What should we do? What shouldn't we do? Here are some ideas and resources to help you sort it all out—and recycle it!
High and dry: Water poverty in the United States
Some of us take for granted the most precious resource of all. Lack of water harms families not only in the Third World, but also here at home.
Though the mountains may fall
Cheap coal is taking its toll not only on the decapitated mountains of Appalachia but on the demoralized people of the region as well. Paul Corbit Brown's photos document the destruction.
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Americans should reconsider our love affair with cars.
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In honor of Earth Day, let's hear from one of the great saints of our church about the wonders of creation. Be sure to share this prayer with your children.
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Take your pick and be inspired by the Bible, prayer, politics, your parish, or your family.
Change the climate in Washington
Through politics, Catholics can change the way we treat the Earth.
Does the earth have a prayer?
Love of creation has deep roots in our Catholic spiritual traditions.
Waste not, want not
Earth-friendly living starts at home.
The Bible tells me so
The Good Book is full of passages to inspire environmental action.
Green isn't just for Ordinary Time
Parishes are investing in eco-friendly techniques to save money and the earth. (And for more on parishes going green, see Our Lady of Waste Management and Why should parishes go green?
Religious by Nature
Keith Warner, O.F.M. recycles some ancient traditions from his spiritual father Francis for modern use to convince Catholics to protect the environment.
The sky is falling. No, really
Even if Kristin Shrader-Frechette's mother hadn't died of an environmentally-induced cancer at the age of 43, leaving seven children motherless in Kentucky, chances are the Notre Dame professor would still have grown up to be a dynamo researcher and scholar working for environmental justice.
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All creatures great and small
Let's quit giving ourselves permission to wreak havoc on God's good earth, says Anne Clifford, C.S.J. We're not the only ones in whom God delights.
WEB ONLY: "5 questions with Anne Clifford"
Learn more about environmental concerns, such as oil use, parks in poor neighborhoods, and sustainable farming, by reading articles in our Environment listing.
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WHO is pleased to share the "Road Marks" series of five posters, created to promote action on helmets, drink-driving, speeding, seat-belts, and visibility. The posters were launched to mark the First UN Global Road Safety Week. They are available to all who organize events around the world to celebrate the Week.
More than 40% of all road traffic deaths occur among people aged 0–25 years. The Week has therefore been dedicated to "young road users": pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, novice drivers and passengers. The key global event was the World Youth Assembly for Road Safety which brought together delegations of young people from over 100 countries motivated to do more for road safety. The posters illustrate their call to action and invite young people to be part of the solution: wear a helmet, never drink and drive, don't speed, wear a seat-belt and be seen on the road.
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Friday, 25 July 2008
The unknown future of the kids...
Let me start with the simplest issue, which is The Bois. We found out this morning that SR and I (for sure) need to go to court in mid-August to get SR listed as the father on Christian's (The Bois') birth certificate. We're really nervous about this, because if it doesn't happen, The Bois won't become a Dane and can't get social support or any of the benefits that Danes get in Denmark.
Next is the issue of step-daughter and step-son. Basically every other day, my impression of what is going to happen changes. Some days it sounds like step-daughter will be living with us in Denmark, some days it sounds like she might move to Denmark eventually, other days it sounds like she's not moving with us at all. Obviously this is hard on her. How can a 7 year old be expected to chose between parents? We are already looking for a house in Denmark and it's a bit crazy that we don't know who will be living there.
Obviously I've become very close to the kids. But I don't know what, if any, my role is in this decision. I just know that the indecision stresses everyone out (except maybe The Bois, who is just his meek and mild self). I feel particularly bad for SR for obvious reasons.
In the meantime, we'll run, work, play with the kids, watch The Tour de France and pretend there's nothing lurking under the surface. This is, after all, a wonderful time in our lives.
Running song of the Day: Publish My Love by Rogue Wave
3 comments:
- Danni said...
I wouldn't stress about going to court. It's just hoops to jump through. And you're jumping through them. It will be fine.
As for the step-kids, that's rough but they will adapt to whatever arranagement they end up in. Either that or you will need to start saving for therapy. :p
- 25 July 2008 at 22:24
- Abbie said...
How come SR wasn't listed as the Bois' father when he was born?
- 25 July 2008 at 23:44
- sea legs girl said...
Yeah, good question abbie. My divorce still wasn't final when The Bois was conceived. If you are married when a child is conceived, the husband goes on the birth certificate. The only way to reverse this is in court. I don't see any reason SR won't be listed as the father, it just makes me nervous.
Danni, you're absolutely right about kids adapting. I just hope the adults can adapt, too.
- 26 July 2008 at 19:14


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Winklevoss Twins Back 'Facebook' for Investors with $1 Million
(NEW YORK) -- The Winklevoss twins, made famous by their connection to the Facebook start-up, are back in the Internet game with a $1 million investment in a social media site for investors.
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss had agreed to a settlement last year with fellow Harvard alum Mark Zuckerberg over their claim that they were behind the premise of Facebook, reportedly at least $65 million in cash and Facebook stock, according to the Wall Street Journal.
In February, the twins created Winklevoss Capital and their first investment was in SumZero, which describes itself as the "world's largest community of hedge fund, mutual fund, and private equity professionals."
Divya Narendra, CEO of Sum Zero and a Harvard classmate who had sided with the Winklevoss twins in the legal suit with Facebook, and another alum, Aalap Mahadevia, founded the company in 2008.
The company revealed this weekend that the twins had invested in the startup.
Narendra said involving Tyler and Cameron is "fantastic purely from an investment perspective" and he has the "utmost confidence in bringing them on-board."
"But more important: They have tremendous knowledge about the Internet, the media and how to run a top-notch website, which will help SumZero evolve as a business," he said in a statement. "They are ready, willing and able to get involved in the nitty-gritty of SumZero's operations."
The company calls itself a "reciprocity-based platform, meaning that members are required to share certain pieces of information in order to draw from the intellectual product of thousands of SumZero members."
The site also allows for members to expand their networks and "further professional opportunities within the industry," according to the company description on its website.
The Winklevoss brothers said SumZero, which is based in New York City, is "precisely the type of business around which Winklevoss Capital will be built."
"SumZero is making serious inroads in capturing a previously untouched segment of the marketplace (i.e. buyside investment research), Divya has hired a dedicated and talented team around him to accelerate the product, and the sky is the limit in terms of potential," they said in a statement.
SumZero has about 7,500 members who have to be on the "buy side" of the investment business and whose applications are vetted by Narendra personally. He rejects about 75 percent of them, the Journal reported.
Members use the site for free, but if they do not submit trading ideas for six months, they lose access to the site's database. Investors who are not members of the site can pay $129 a month for a "small number of investment ideas" that Narendra chooses after getting permission from their authors, the Journal reported.
Being consumed in litigation with Zuckerberg for the past several years, was not the only activity of the brothers.
The two were also competitive rowers who had also tried to compete in the London Olympics, up until late last year when they gave up their attempt.
Almost exactly one year ago, the twins, who had become famous through their depiction in the film, The Social Network, starred in a commercial for Wonderful Pistachios.
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Security on AWS
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This quest is designed to teach you how to apply AWS Identity and Access Management, in concert with several other AWS Services, to address real-world application and service security management scenarios.
Objectives:In this quest, you'll start by learning the basics of IAM and security-related features and tools such as Security Groups, VPCs, and the AWS Web Application Firewall. Then you'll tie these foundations together with AWS Lambda, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, EMR, Elasticsearch and Key Management Service to automate monitoring, alerting, and data mining the reports and logs of these tools to identify and report on security events.
Quest Outline
Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
This lab shows you how to manage access and permissions to your AWS services using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). Practice the steps to add users to groups, manage passwords, log in with IAM-created users, and see the effects of IAM policies on access to specific services.
warning Performing a Basic Audit of your AWS Environment
This lab leads you through the steps to perform basic audits of core AWS resources. You will use the AWS Management Console to understand how to audit the use of multiple AWS services, Amazon EC2, Amazon VPC, Amazon IAM, Amazon Security Groups, AWS CloudTrail and AWS CloudWatch. This lab will help you understand how you can extend your existing auditing objectives related to organizational Governance, Asset Configuration, Logical Access Controls, Operating Systems, Databases and Applications security configurations within AWS. The skills learned will help provide visibility; testability and automated audit evidence gather capabilities.
warning EMR File System Client-side Encryption Using AWS KMS-managed Keys
In this lab you will enable client-side at-rest encryption using AWS KMS-managed key for data stored in Amazon S3 with the EMR File System (EMRFS). Within Amazon EMR you will create security configuration to encrypt the object written to S3 with client-side encryption using the AWS KMS-managed key specified by you, and decrypt objects with the same key that was used to encrypt them. This will allow you to more easily leverage frameworks like Apache Spark, Apache Tez, and Apache Hadoop MapReduce on Amazon EMR to run big data analytics, stream processing, machine learning, and ETL workloads on confidential data.
warning Monitoring Security Groups with Amazon CloudWatch Events
In this lab you will learn how to use AWS CloudWatch events with a Lambda function to detect changes to the ingress permissions of an EC2 security group. In an different lab, Monitoring Security Groups with AWS Config, you will do something similar but with different services. Both of these labs illustrate techniques that could be used to provide additional layers of protection to infrastructure controls. Prerequisites: To successfully complete this lab, you should be familiar with EC2 security groups. Python programming skills are helpful, although full solution code is provided. It would be helpful to have taken the Introduction to AWS Lambda lab.
warning Update Security Groups Automatically Using AWS Lambda
Security is a top priority for Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS provides many tools and services to meet your unique security needs. This lab will present a solution, among many, to enhance your security. This lab walks through a method to automatically update your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Security Groups to only allow access from Amazon CloudFront and AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF). Defining Security Groups rules this way prevents malicious requests from by-passing AWS WAF security rules and accessing your EC2 instances directly.


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IMPORTANT: YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE NEW CHALLENGER DISCORD IN ORDER TO ENTER THIS TOURNAMENT! Link here: https://discord.gg/vSVHPVW
This is a PC tournament.
Your Challonge entry must match your Discord name and Steam name, if a TO cannot find you on discord you will be DQ'd!
If you have registered for the event, please also add the head TO on steam. Doing so prior to the event will make it much easier to organize matches. Failure to do so will result in unfavorable seeding. http://steamcommunity.com/id/lewfarn/
All unsportsmanlike conduct directed towards other members will result in a temporary 1 week ban from all New Challenger Tournaments. Repeat offenders will be dealt with accordingly.
1) TOs for this event will be OsirisFGC, Mezza, Boma, and Jimmy P
2) Osiris will be streaming for us. The Twitch stream will be linked here:
Must be a part of discord group AND in the NA Region Invite: https://discord.gg/vSVHPVW
Participants MUST check-in before tournament starts or they will be kicked.
Check in is a full hour before tournament so you have time.
Participants must complete scheduled fight within 15 minutes of each round, specifically when the initial request is sent. If you cannot find your opponent after 10 minutes please contact a Tournament Official.
Participants SHOULD NOT disqualify other competitors, only TOs!
-All mics must be muted while in the PC lobby. This is non-negotiable.
-All sets will be played FT3 until the top 3, which will be FT5
-During each set winners are character/gem locked. Loser will be able to change characters and gem after each lost game.
-No characters or stages are banned.
-Capcom battle for the stones rules. This means the soft ban on Spiderman's infinite is in effect. (3 reps)
-Any further rule questions should be directed to the TOs.
General Participant Code of Conduct: Participants may report their scores after matches - Honor code. If you believe something was incorrectly scored please have screenshots and message a TO in Discord.
Understand that you may not get the best possible connection. While we would all like to play in minimal ping this is simply not possible. Please do not complain about losing from lag or rollback - it's annoying, we get it - but just fight your best!
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Iraq War amputee Keith Zeier survives avalanche
HOLBROOK, N.Y. An Iraq War veteran from Long Island who lost a leg to an IED blast cheated death after being caught in an avalanche.
Former Marine Keith Zeier was climbing Mount Washington in New Hampshire two weeks ago to raise money for wounded veterans when an avalanche hit, causing him and two other members of his team to slide 800 feet down the mountain's ice-covered Huntington Ravine.
"I just remember looking up and before I knew it, I was sliding. I was head down, feet up, sliding down the mountain," he told WCBS correspondent Cindy Hsu.
Zeier crawled two hours to make it to a rescue team after the avalanche hit.
His team of three all suffered leg injuries in the plunge down the mountain. Zeier also suffered a torn rotator cuff and cannot move the fingers on his right hand.
Due to his injuries from the fall, Zeier is temporarily unable to wear his prosthetic leg because he said his stump is too swollen.
Ever since Zeier wounded on the battlefield in Fallujah, his new mission has been to raise money and awareness for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which helps families of special ops forces killed and wounded in action.
Last summer, Zeier climbed Washington's Mount Rainier as part of an event with the organization Camp Patriot.
The climb up Mount Washington was a fundraiser for Ascents of Honor, a program Zeier and a fellow climber created to inspire people to get involved with wounded veterans.
"The military is such a strong part of my life and I would do anything to be back with my team and be in the fight, and now that I can't, this is the best way that I can still continue to help them out," Zeier told WCBS' Hsu.
His mother, Denise, said she couldn't be prouder.
"Whenever things get tough, I always think what he's been through and he's kind of like my hero. If he can get through something, then I have no right to complain," Denise Zeier told WCBS' Hsu.
But her birthday is coming up next month and she has one wish, as Keith Zeier told Hsu: "I did hear that she wants me to slow down and I think because of the injury, she'll at least get it this birthday, I can pull that one off."
But he added next year is a whole different story, because he plans to be back on his feet.
Along with climbing mountains, Zeier has raised thousands of dollars by running a 100-mile ultra-marathon in Florida.


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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Israel and world Jewish groups denounced plans by Argentina and Iran to form a truth commission to investigate the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center that Argentine courts say was sponsored by Iran.
The forming of the commission, announced during the weekend, was seen as a diplomatic win for Iran as it confronts a U.S.-led effort to isolate Tehran because of its nuclear program.
Western nations fear Iran intends to use the program to produce atomic weapons. Israel regards this as an existential threat, citing statements by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about wiping the Jewish state off the map.
"The agreement between Argentina and Iran is received in Israel with astonishment and deep disappointment," Israel's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "The Argentine ambassador in Israel will be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem to provide explanations."
Argentine courts have said Iran was behind the attack on the Jewish center, which killed 85 people. The commission agreement, which must be approved by Argentina's Congress, outlines plans for Argentine officials to interview suspects in Iran - not in a third country, as originally proposed by Argentina.
"Forming a joint truth commission with Iran is a farce," Shimon Samuels, Paris-based director of international relations for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told Reuters on Monday.
"It will whitewash terrorism and encourage the mullahs to become patrons of further attacks."
The bombing came two years after a group linked to Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on the Israeli Embassy in the Argentine capital, which killed 29. Tehran has denied links to either attack.
Led by Washington, the West has imposed sanctions on Iran - including directly targeting its key oil revenues - to try to force it into a diplomatic solution that would lay to rest Western concerns that it is seeking to develop a nuclear bomb.
"The benefits of a truth commission are not evident for Argentina," said Ignacio Labaqui, a political science professor at Catholic University in Buenos Aires. "As for Iran, it's pure gain. It makes no real concessions and it becomes less isolated."
In 2007, Argentine authorities secured Interpol arrest warrants for five Iranians and a Lebanese in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center. Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi is among the officials sought by Argentina, which is home to Latin America's largest Jewish community.
The five "truth commissioners" will be jointly named and will not be residents of Argentina or Iran, according to a document posted on President Cristina Fernandez's Facebook page.
"Dialogue (is) the only way to resolve conflicts between countries, however severe," she said on Sunday via Twitter.
The agreement on the commission said that after analyzing the evidence the commission "will give its vision and issue a report with recommendations about how the case should proceed within the legal and regulatory framework of both parties."
Fernandez, who is allied with left-leaning Latin American leaders who are on good terms with Tehran, such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, hailed the accord as historic.
But Jewish leaders see no upside in forming a truth commission with Iran, where Ahmadinejad has questioned the Holocaust and where authorities arrested more than a dozen journalists in the past two days over their links to "anti-revolutionary" media.
Argentina's government also has been criticized for cracking down on dissent by fining private economists for publishing inflation estimates that far outpace the official numbers. The country could face sanctions from the International Monetary Fund over its widely discredited consumer price data.
"Forming a 'Truth Commission' which does not fall under Argentine law governing criminal proceedings marks a decline of our sovereignty," said a statement issued on Monday from Argentina's two main Jewish groups, known as the AMIA and DAIA.
"This is a setback for obtaining justice," it said.
Additional reporting by Allyn Fisher-Ilan in Jerusalem; Editing by Bill Trott