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In case you missed it, a tradition unlike any other, The Masters, tees off on Thursday morning on the hallowed grounds of Augusta National Golf Club.
Is there anything like that first major championship of the year?
It's safe to say there are just so many great traditions at the Masters that we positively cannot list them all. Some of them include the honorary tee shots by legends Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer; players skipping tee shots across the pond on No. 16 during the practice rounds; digging into a Pimento cheese sandwich.
For this week's special Masters edition of our weekly, 'A Quick Nine,' feature, we asked our PGA.com Facebook fans to tell us: Which Masters tradition is your favorite?
Below are the top answers we received.
1. You can't pick just one. I'd have to agree with that.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Everything about the Masters. The tradition, past champions, the 'official' start of Spring." -- James Van Steelant
"The historical introduction at the start of the broadcast and all the wonderful memories we have enjoyed through the years. The '86 Masters with Jack. Larry Mize's upset, the accuracy of the game displayed by all and, my special memory was Payne Stewart and the style and image he added to the event." -- Ron Linna
"Several years ago, when the Masters fell on Easter weekend, we had the Easter dinner at our house. A distant relative walked in and was impressed that my wife had a golf tournament on the T.V. When he made a comment, she said, "That's not a golf tournament, Frank. That's the Masters..." She plays golf and watches all of the majors, but on Master's Week, if the noise gets too loud, she shushes everybody so that she can hear." -- Bob King
2. Wednesday's Par-3 Contest. The par-3 course is every bit as impressive in its beauty as the big course at Augusta National. Follow the contest long enough and you're almost guaranteed to see a hole-in-one. Plus, it doesn't get any cuter than seeing the children of the Masters contestants caddying in the par-3, decked out in their white jumpsuits and green hats.
Facebook fan quotes:
"I like the Par 3 on Wednesday and seeing all the sons and daughters caddying for their Pops!" -- Marshall Hunter
"Par-3 Contest by far." -- Shawn Newberry
"Par-3 Contest. Nothing else like it in golf." -- Denny Sher
3. The Pimento cheese sandwiches in the Masters green wrapping. This one sure didn't get my vote, but I know after many trips to Augusta National, many patrons need that sandwich.
Facebook fan quotes:
"For sure the pimento cheese sandwiches with green plastic wrap." -- Shawn Whisenhant
"Pimento cheese sandwich... they are delicious and unlike most events they cost $1.50. Can't wait to have another." -- Keith Boyle
Looks like I'm not alone in the pimento cheese dissing...
"I'm all for traditions, but I have had the pimento cheese sandwich just to say I did and it was not very good. Warm cheese sandwich? All four of us had a couple bites of the pimento cheese sandwich and we all looked at each other, and said thank god it was only $1.50." -- Kevin Johnson
4. The Champions Dinner. It's the most exclusive dinner in all of golf, reserved only for Masters champions past and present and hosted by the reigning champion, who chooses the menu.
Facebook fan quotes:
"It's a tie... Masters past champions dinner (most recent winner gets to pick the menu... just so long as there's lots of meat!) and the fact that you can leave your stool anywhere on the course and NO ONE will touch it!" -- Jim Miller
"Champions Dinner is my favorite... I wonder what'll be on the menu next year." -- Scott Holcombe
5. Everything is green at The Masters. Sandwich wrappers, water bottles, bags of chips, cups, you name it - it's all green.
Facebook fan quote:
"The fact that everything within the fences is Master's Green... and that if you bring in a drink, you guys will let us keep it but pour it into a green cup! Also LOVE the skipping the balls on 16!" -- David Gordon
6. The back nine on Sunday. It's where all the drama unfolds and the coolest three-hole stretch in golf -- Nos. 11, 12 and 13, Amen Corner -- reside.
Facebook fan quote:
"The best tradition is that The Masters doesn't begin until the back nine on Sunday." -- Randy Brown
7. The Green Jacket presentation in Butler Cabin, when the previous year's champion helps the new champion into his green jacket.
Facebook fan quote:
"Previous champion presenting the Green Jacket to the winner! A passing of the torch and a welcoming to a very elite group of tour professionals." -- David Yurko
8. The history... and there's plenty of it at Augusta National, where it seems every hole is a landmark.
Facebook fan quote:
"Best week of the year. How can you pick just one favorite? Ok! I'll pick the history. Augusta just oozes history. You can hear and feel it in the air. Special place." -- Kelly M. Slatton
9. The Crow's Nest. This is a dorm-like apartment above the clubhouse, where the amateurs in the field are invited to stay during Masters week.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Amateurs staying in the Crow's Nest above the clubhouse." -- Eddie Bellamy
"I like that the amateurs all stay together in the Crow's Nest of the clubhouse." -- Mark Glidden
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PaaSport Demo
c-Eclipse: A Cloud Application Management Framework for Eclipse
c-Eclipse is an an open-source, generic Cloud application management framework (CAMF) that leverages the reliable Eclipse platform for offering extensible graphical tools that enable interoperable description of Cloud applications and facilitate lifecycle management operations in a transparent and vendor-neutral manner. CAMF focuses on three distinct management operations, particularly application description, application deployment and application monitoring. To this end, it adopts the OASIS TOSCA open specification for blueprinting and packaging Cloud Applications. In addition it utilizes open-source tool kits such as Apache jclouds for portable across-Cloud application deployment, as well as Chef for writing "recipes" that orchestrate application configuration processes upon deployment. Furthermore, CAMF provides the necessary programming interfaces that enable Cloud developers to specify resource adaptation policies and desired actions, as well as various monitoring operations at different levels of an application's structure.More information can be found on: http://linc.ucy.ac.cy/CELAR/ceclipse/
Managing and Monitoring Elastic Cloud Applications
This demonstration showcases the functionality of an Elasticity Management Platform which is used to manage the full lifecycle of an elastic Cloud application. Two powerful and open-source tools are introduced: c-Eclipse: a framework for describing Cloud applications along with their elasticity requirements and deploying them on any IaaS provider; and JCatascopia: a fully-automated, multi-layer, interoperable Cloud monitoring system. More information can be found on: http://linc.ucy.ac.cy/CELAR/ceclipse/ and http://linc.ucy.ac.cy/CELAR/jcatascopia/
CELAR Architecture
Auto Scaling Resources is one of the top obstacles and opportunities for cloud computing: consumers can minimize the execution time of their tasks without exceeding a given budget. Cloud providers maximise their financial gain while keeping their customers satisfied and minimizing administrative costs. Many systems claim to offer adaptive elasticity, yet the "throttling" is usually performed manually, requiring the user to figure out the proper scaling conditions. In order to harvest the benefits of elastic provisioning, it is imperative that it be performed in an automated, fully customizable manner. CELAR delivers a fully automated and highly customisable system for elastic provisioning of resources in cloud computing platforms. c-Eclipse and JCatascopia are components integrated in the overall system.
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Tirana: 1962
Until the collapse of communism it was hard for any foreigner to get into Albania but it was hardest of all for western journalists. In 1962 however, James Cameron, a British foreign correspondent, succeeded. In his description of Tirana he wrote:
Down past New Albania Boulevard, down past Scanderbeg Square, where the vast statue of Stalin brooded over the […] banners demanding long life for the worker's state, Tirana petered out gently into a tangle of wayward little streets and lanes of unmistakable poverty and increasing charm […] there strolled the sort of Albanians one would not have thought ever to see outside a "fête folklorique". Half the people wore the drab serge of a normal urban proletariat, but the other half, without any kind of self-consciousness at all, swaggered around in […] the enormous baggy pantaloons of the Muslim highlander. Albania must be one of the few countries left where what is known as peasant costume is in fact worn by peasants. It gave the backstreets of Tirana a wonderfully rakish air.
The Balkans. Edmund Stillman. 1966.
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January 2007
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Maria "Ketka" Trepalina is a freelance Russian concept artist who has recently worked for Blizzard (on the WoW card game), game design house Sibilant Interactive and casual developer G5.
What's great about her work is the life. No barbarian girls with overly-large chests, no dystopian sci-fi futures, no epic medieval battles... just strong characters and lush colours.
You can see more of Maria's work at her personal site.
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The Winnie is one of our smaller chalet apartments in the de l'Ours residence, so it's perfectly suited to sole use by a group of close friends or a family and will be run by a dedicated chalet host.
Situated on the first floor of the building, there are two double en suite rooms with a balcony and one en suite twin room. A warm ambience is assured due to the wood panelled walls and Alpine style of furniture typical of all the apartments here.
Satellite TV , free Wifi and free access to the indoor swimming pool in the adjacent Altitude residence complete the comforts of cosy Chalet Winnie.
Access to the slopes could not be simpler, with the pistes and nearest ski-lift just 250m from the residence's front door, for swift and easy access to and from the slopes. Approximate Transfer time to resort: Chambery 1 hour 45 minutes, Geneva 2 hours 45 minutes
First Floor:Lounge/dining room with balcony
Afternoon Tea
A delicious homemade cake accompanied by hot drinks will be laid out for you every day except on the staff's one day off per week.
Our three-course dinner menus start with an glass of Prosecco followed by an appetiser, main course and dessert, accompanied by a choice of complimentary wines, with coffee or tea to follow.
Vegetarian options are available if advised in advance. Other special dietary requirements must also be advised to us at the time of booking in order for your chalet hosts to be fully prepared and incur a charge of £35 per person per week to cover the cost of additional ingredients. Failing to book special dietary requirements in advance can incur additional supplements in resort.
On your Host's day off, they will leave a simpler continental breakfast out for you to help yourselves, there is no afternoon tea on these days, and you can dine out locally in the evening. Your Resort Representative will gladly help out with information and make a reservation for you if you wish.
Children's High Tea
We serve a separate High Tea at 5:30pm for children aged 10 years and under with an appropriate menu and pureed food is available for infants on request. Parents must accompany their children at high tea. Unless children are part of an 'exclusive use' whole-chalet booking in chalets, it is not possible for children aged 10 years and under to eat at the adult sitting. When part of a 'exclusive use' whole-chalet booking children may eat with the adults for a supplement of £39 per child if they have received child discounts.
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The price shown includes 7 nights accommodation, with flights from Birmingham.
Prices shown are per person, per duration indicated, based on maximum occupancy. Descriptions and quality ratings are provided by the Tour Operator (or one of the Tour Operators where similar holidays are offered by more than one supplier). We reserve the right to make minor adjustments to the description or rating based on staff and customer feedback. Note: On 13 January 2018, new European legislation is being adopted in the UK which as result will mean that we may change our required method of payment at our discretion, irrespective of how any deposit or prior payment was made.
Please note: the above prices are not inclusive of tourist tax which may be payable in resort (approximately £3 - £20 per person per week in local currency).


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This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
They call Bryan Mone a man among boys on the football field.
They call him that because of his sheer size, because his calves are as big as boys' thighs, his thighs are as big as tree trunks, and his No. 52 jersey strains to cover his massive shoulders. They call him a man because his strength can best two others his age, pushing them back as his feet churn against the turf.
They call him a man because when he barks orders at the line of scrimmage, boys silently obey. Players nod at him as he shouts in his deep growl.
Most of those who call Bryan Mone a man never have watched him feed his brother.
To the 6-foot-4, 320-pound Mone, this is being a man: Wiping your brother's chin as a spoonful of his lunch dribbles out of the corner of his mouth. It is giving your brother a drink when he's so thirsty that he bangs on your door, unable to articulate what he feels or what he wants.
"He's the head of the family," Bryan said, dangling a piece of cantaloupe by his brother's mouth. "He runs things around here."
Bryan's brother, Filimone Mone, is 22 years old. He never has been able to feed himself. He wears a diaper, which often is Bryan's responsibility to change. He very nearly is blind, only capable of seeing bright lights. He can't recognize his family members. He can't watch a football game.
Filimone never has been able to say "thank you" to Bryan. He doesn't have to, because Bryan is the one who is grateful.
The teen tells him as much every day with his actions when he cleans, feeds and watches over Filimone: Thank you for my life. Thank you for giving me football. Thank you for teaching me what it means to be a man.
Between caring for his brother and dealing with some family turmoil just in the past year, Mone has had to grow up in a hurry. He's managed to balance his home life with the pressures of being a national football recruit, a remarkable feat to those around him. But in Mone's family, it also is expected.
"That's our main thing: We want him to stay humble and be a good person no matter what happens to him," said Latu Lauhingoa, Bryan's sister. "Even if he plays in the NFL someday, if his attitude is no good, we won't be happy."
Family first
Bryan Mone wouldn't have played football if it wasn't for his brother.
Filimone was born in Fiji. His parents, Havili and Sela Mone, didn't know something was wrong until he was almost a year old. He didn't act like other babies they would play with him and wave their hands in front of his face, but Filimone's blank stare was unchanging.
"They just thought he was blind," Latu said. "They didn't know how handicapped he was."
The family doesn't have a name for Filimone's affliction, but they know its reality.
Filimone was a big boy. He was much bigger than many children his age, and he might have been as big as Bryan in another life. But his body was racked with seizures, his muscles stopped growing and his limbs contorted.
Bryan was born in California as his family searched for a way to treat Filimone's sickness. The answer was in Utah, where a job as a minister opened for Havili. There would be resources there to take care of their sick son.
If not for Filimone's medical needs, the family would have stayed in Tonga no football, no scholarship offers.
"It reminds me to live my life to the fullest," Bryan said. "I have to do it for my brother."
Their relationship wasn't always easy. When Bryan was young, he would get irritated when Filimone fixed himself inches away from the television so he could see the light from the screen.
Bryan learned patience as he grew to be twice Filimone's size. He learned to not hold grudges or get hurt by his brother's actions.
"In this household, you have to be patient," Latu said. "Otherwise you're going to get pretty frustrated."
A star is born
Brody Benson remembers when he saw the tall, skinny boy wander over to a spring practice. He had no cleats.
But the Highland football coach was quick to welcome Bryan into his program. Benson was sure he had found a future star by the end of Bryan's freshman year.
"He definitely possessed some skill back then," Benson said.
Bryan didn't feel like a star. Practices left him winded, and he thought about quitting. But his peers encouraged him, and he started gaining weight before his sophomore year. He started adding plates to his bench press, started pushing around older kids on the practice field.
Those early days have morphed into Rams legend. Bryan leveled a West star running back in his first game.
"Really early in the game, he just broke through the line and hit that kid so hard," linebacker Adam Webber said. "We were all like, 'Crap, he's good.' "
Colleges started picking up on what his teammates and coaches saw: a big, quick athlete who could tear up an offensive line on his own. Recruiting was a foreign concept to Bryan.
"He was like, 'Why are coaches coming after me?' " Benson said. "That just stems back to him being who he is: a really humble kid who doesn't see himself as a standout."
Still, Bryan puffs up his chest on the field. His on-field persona is "mean and nasty," an attitude that led Highland to run for more than 3,000 yards last year with Bryan as one of the team's guards. It helped Bryan pile up 73 tackles working from both the defensive tackle and end spots.
But off the field, "mean and nasty" doesn't really describe Bryan. He's a 3.3 GPA student, according to Benson. He's a churchgoing kid. He sometimes has his teammates come over when he's babysitting his brother, and they watch him care for Filimone unashamed.
He treats his fellow Rams the same way. They are his brothers.
"You can go to him when you have a problem," fellow lineman Pita Tonga said. "As much as anybody, he is really caring."
Growing up quickly
There have been times when Bryan has needed his team as much as it needs him.
Bryan's father was suspended and subsequently removed as pastor of his Tongan United Methodist Church last year after being charged with failing to report child abuse.
If Havili finishes 50 hours of community service by January as part of an agreement with the West Valley Court, the charge will be wiped from his record. But the schism in the church and the seismic changes under the family's feet have left an imprint much harder to erase.
In the fall of 2012, Havili temporarily moved to Hawaii in compliance with the church's wishes for him to leave Utah. The rest of the family stayed behind to care for Filimone.
Familiar faces grew distant. Pressure from the church intensified. The Mones moved from their home in the parsonage to a house a few blocks away. It felt like another planet.
They considered moving to California to escape the turmoil, but the Highland High community convinced them to stay.
Benson handled Bryan's recruiting, and he set him up with tutors to keep up with school. The team wrote letters to the Methodist church leadership, asking them to permit Havili to live with his family in Utah.
Football seemed to be the only happy thing in their lives. Friday nights replaced Sunday mornings as the most anticipated time of the week.
Every letter Bryan received from a college UCLA, Oregon State, Wisconsin seemed to lift off a piece of the shroud draped over their family.
"My parents didn't even care what was inside the mail," Latu said. "They'd say, 'Look, Bryan got another letter!' It kept them happy."
Latu, 25, began providing for the family. Bryan also had a job: Stay on track for a scholarship. Make a better life for himself.
The pressure would have overwhelmed almost any teenager in Bryan's shoes.
But Bryan thrived.
If he harbored anger or resentment for the turbulence off the field, he found ways to take it out on the other team. Bryan's junior year was when he started realizing his potential, Benson said.
The family saw him grow as well.
"He realized he had to step up his role in the family," Latu said. "We wanted him to make something out of his own life, and he did it. It was like football made his frustrations go away."
Counting his blessings
Bryan made up his mind on a church retreat.
He had gone with a friend, Michigan running back Sione Houma. When Bryan came home, he told Benson he wanted to be a Wolverine.
Michigan had offered him a scholarship first. The coaches were excited to have him. Bryan liked the opportunities for his education.
He made a verbal commitment in February and hasn't wavered. That wouldn't be Bryan, Benson said.
The Mone family will have to adjust when Bryan leaves for school. The family will stay in Utah, not eager to uproot Filimone and start over again.
Havili hoped his son might stick closer to home, where he still could be a presence in their lives and help out with Filimone. But his parents also want his future to be in his own hands.
"We are very happy for him to go to Michigan," Havili said. "We will miss him, but we give him our blessing and look forward to his success."
Bryan Mone file
• Highand High senior defensive lineman
• 6-foot-4, 320 pounds
• Had 73 tackles, three sacks as a junior
• Committed to play defensive tackle at Michigan
• Played guard for one of the state's top rushing attacks
• Ranked No. 76 nationally among 2014 football prospects by ESPN
• Rated the fifth-best defensive tackle prospect by Scout
Prep football Trib Talk
O Mountain Crest and Highland gave us a taste Thursday night, but the prep football season kicks off in full on Friday night with a 49-game schedule.
Please join The Salt Lake Tribune's Jennifer Napier-Pearce when she hosts a live video chat on Friday at 2:30 p.m. with the paper's chief prep writers, Chris Kamrani and Aaron Falk, and prep editor Kevin Winters Morriss to preview the upcoming season.
The panel will discuss the biggest issues going into 2013, including the UHSAA's move to six football classifications, as well handicapping the region and state championship races. Who are the contenders? Who are the players to watch? Check in Friday and find out.
Prep football schedule
Mountain Crest at Highland, 7 p.m.
Note • All games at 7 p.m.
Alta at East
Am. Fork at Brighton
Bear River at N Sanpete
Beaver at Cyn. View
Bonneville at Viewmont
Bountiful at Lone Peak
Carbon at Grand
Cedar at Grantsville
Corner Cyn. at Juan Diego
Davis at Copper Hills
Delta at Morgan
Dixie at Springville
Enterprise at Diamond Ranch
Fremont at Jordan
Granger at Riverton
Hillcrest at Salem Hills
Hurricane at Skyline
Juab at Millard
Kearns at Taylorsville
Layton at Hunter
Layton Chr. at Duchesne
Logan at Northridge
Manti at Mtn. View
Mon. Valley at Whitehorse
Murray at Lehi
N. Sevier at ALA
N. Summit at Altamont
Olympus at Cottonwood
Orem at Pleasant Gr.
Parowan at Milford
Payson at Provo
Pine View at Judge
Richfield at Kanab
Roy at Clearfield
San Juan at Snow Cyn.
Sky View at Timpview
S. Sevier at Gunnison
Park City at S Summit
Stansbury at Desert Hills
Summit Aca. at Emery
Syracuse at Box Elder
Timpanogos at Wasatch
Tooele at Cyprus
Uintah at Ogden
Union at Ben Lomond
Weber at West
W. Jordan at Herriman
Westlake at Spanish Fk.
Woods Cross at Maple Mtn.
Bonneville (Idaho) at Bingham, 7 p.m. TribPreps podcast
The TribPreps team discusses this prep football week's news and notes in our inaugural TPR: Trib Preps Radio. You can find a link to the podcast at tribpreps.com or search for it in the iTunes Store.


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Archive for the 'Light Sensor' tag
VEX/Arduino Bot Chases the Light
When someone thinks "robots', they generally think of cold, calculating, emotionless machines. This couldn't be further from the truth; all robots, from the complex humanoids to the basic welding arms seen in car plants, have complex and deep emotional personalities.
For instance, take a look at our new "Scaredybot". Built entirely from VEX parts, an Arduino, and the sweat of our intern Dan West (by the way, great work Dan!), the Scaredybot is so 'brave' that it cannot stand being in the dark; given the choice, it will either chase a light source for dear life or spin blindly in place (desperately seeking a respite from the darkness).
On the technical side, the Scaredybot uses two VEX Light Sensors to compare light values on the left and right side of the robot and turns the robot towards whichever side is higher. By constantly moving side by side using swing turns (much like a line-tracking robot), the Scaredybot is able to track the light source as long as its sensors are able to read the light values. When the Scaredybot loses its light source, it spins in place until a light source is found again, at which point it starts to track it again.


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JFire is a new, powerful and free ERP, CRM, eBusiness and SCM/SRM solution for business enterprises. JFire is entirely free/open-source software, uses the latest technologies (J2EE 1.4, JDO 2.0, Eclipse RCP 3.2) and is designed to be highly customizable.
It is of interest for DataNucleus users because it is a good example of use of JDO 2.0 in a real-world application, and is developed using DataNucleus. Being open-source you can view how JDO 2.0 is employed to provide its data persistence. It is a prime example of usage of XDoclet 1.2.* JDO2 tags, too.
Being a client-server system, JFire uses a J2EE server for the backend, into which Enterprise Archives (EARs) are deployed. These EARs contain Resource Adapters, (stateless) Session Beans and the data model. Entity Beans are not used, because the data model is pure JDO 2.0. Even though J2EE allows the easy implementation of all kinds of clients, there is so far solely an Eclipse-RCP-based client implemented.
In order to guarantee strict privacy protection, JFire manages every organisation in a separate datastore. The organisations can even be hosted on different J2EE servers and thus be spread around the world. This makes the system highly scalable - in most cases even without employing a complex clustering configuration.
Because JFire is built in a very modular form, parts of it can be used for totally different purposes (e.g. solely for organisation and user management, without any trade related functionality).
Having written JDO metadata, you've probably recognized that you have to do some duplicate work - for example the names of the fields occur in both, the java classes and the XML files. For small projects, this is really not an issue, but when having more than a hundred JDO classes, you probably prefer to reduce duplicate work wherever possible. Additionally, maintaining two different files describing the same object is more error-prone than having all information for one class gathered in one single file.
Therefore, JFire makes heavy use of XDoclet for the auto-generation of JDO meta data, objectid-classes (see application identity) and EJB interfaces/util-classes.
Note, that the official XDoclet release very likely does not yet include support for all JDO 2.0 features. You should either use a recent CVS snapshot binary or build it yourself from current sources.
If you want to see how a JDO-tagged java class looks like, you can find an interesting example here ( direct link to source code). This abstract class uses application identity with a composite primary key. It declares queries, fetch-groups and much more.
DataNucleus has already some caching functionality included (see Cache and Cache (Developer)). These caches don't span the client however. That's why JFire implements a cache system which tracks changes to JDO objects in the server and is able to notify listeners of these changes. The JFire RCP-client uses this to cache detached JDO objects and reduce queries. This is part of the basic framework (JFireBase) and could be used in any other application that works on a J2EE server with JDO data-model and RCP clients.
JFire's JDO-cache-brigde is also used for another fundamental feature of JFire's base: the synchronisation of objects between organisations in a JFire network. It registers listeners to the cache and informs synchronised candidates about changes. Being push-based, remote organisations are instantly notified. The receiver however is himself responsible to actually grab the changed data and can independently decide when and to what extent this should be done.
BIRT is an open source reporting framework that JFire uses for creation and rendering of forms like invoices or delivery notes or to generate statistical reports. The project JFireReporting provides a new data-source for BIRT reports that let users access a PersistenceManager in the JFire server. Users can collect their data either by JavaScript with access to a PersistenceManager or via direct JDOQL. Take a look at the documentation for JFireReporting or browse the source code for more information.
The only thing remaining is to download JFire now and see how you can utilise JDO 2 and DataNucleus in your application. You might want to use parts of JFire, even if you don't implement a trade-related application, because user-management, remote-class-loading, client-sided caching and other functionality is helpful to many other use-cases, too.
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New York, December 31, 2012--The New York Times reported today that one of its correspondents in China, Chris Buckley, has had to leave the mainland because Chinese authorities have not issued him a visa for 2013.
Buckley, who rejoined the Times in September and has worked as a journalist in China since 2000, flew to Hong Kong on Monday, the newspaper reported. The Times said it had made numerous attempts to secure credentials for Buckley.
"CPJ is concerned that Chinese authorities have not renewed Chris Buckley's visa," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator. "We urge authorities to approve his credentials as soon as possible."
Chinese authorities have exerted growing pressure on international news outlets, according to CPJ research. Melissa Chan, a correspondent for Al-Jazeera, was forced to leave the country in May after the Chinese government declined to renew her credentials. The Times and Bloomberg News were censored domestically in 2012 after they reported on the financial assets held by the families of top leaders, including the incoming president, Xi Jinping.
The Times said it has six other accredited correspondents in China, and their visas were renewed for 2013 in a timely manner. The Times said it is still waiting for Chinese authorities to approve the accreditation of the paper's new Beijing bureau chief.
- For more data and analysis on China, visit CPJ's China page here.


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I remember the first time I saw it: Elmer Fudd stands by, gun loaded, as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck rip signs off a tree, exposing a new sign underneath: "Rabbit Season!" "Duck Season!" "Rabbit Season!" "Duck Season!" "Rabb—ELMER Season!??" And Elmer has to run for his life from his former prey. Gotta love the classics.
Speaking of silly cartoons, here's a columnist from the World Net Daily arguing—I kid you not—that Barack Obama, as President of the United States, officially declared an open season on Christians worldwide.
Here's the relevant quote from the May 2009 press conference in Turkey:
"One of the great strengths of the United States is … we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation, or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."
It is bedrock American tradition, as stated in the first amendment to the Constitution, that there is no government-established religion, that freedom of religion for each individual is guaranteed. The United States has no state religion, no government church. In that sense, the United States is, of course, not a "Christian nation"…
To the Muslim ear, Obama was saying that the United States would not protect Christian communities in predominantly Muslim countries because the U.S. was neutral on the issue of religion. An unfolding Christian bloodbath is the result.
So he admits that our Constitution specifies "no religious preference" for our government, and yet somehow that translates into "it's ok to shoot Christians" when mentioned by Obama? If I made a cartoon that gave conservatives lines like this, they'd complain about being ridiculed. Or they might cheer. Who knows?


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Current world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two finish yesterday to take the overall Formula One lead from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with four races remaining.
Vettel's third win in a row, fourth of the season and 25th of his career, left him on 215 points with third-placed Alonso now on 209.
Australian Mark Webber, who had started on pole position but was overtaken by his teammate off the grid into the first corner, finished second to anchor the first one-two of the season by any team.
South Korea's Gangnam Style rapper Psy waved the checkered flag as Vettel crossed the finish line.
The German thanked his team for a "great race, great job on the pit wall" before screaming in delight.
"The start was very important. we started from the dirty side," Vettel said. "I had a very good launch and could see that Mark was struggling a little bit. I was able to get side by side and then had the inside into turn one."
"It was a perfect start," added the German, who spent the closing laps fretting about his tires and making sure they held up.
With no need to attack his title-chasing teammate in the closing stages, Webber finished 8.2 seconds behind Vettel.
Starting fourth, Spaniard Alonso got ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton at the start, but could not close the gap with the Red Bulls on an afternoon where the outcome was effectively decided in the first few seconds. He crossed the line 13.9 seconds behind Vettel.
"I think we have to be happy with the performance today," said Alonso, whose Ferrari team (290 points) overtook McLaren (284) for second place in the constructors' standings behind Red Bull (367).
"We are moving in the right direction. We just need a little last step to be as competitive as Red Bull," he said.
Brazilian Felipe Massa continued his late-season resurgence with fourth place for Ferrari.
Kimi Raikkonen chalked up his 13th successive points finish by coming fifth in the race for Lotus to consolidate third place overall and stay in the title reckoning.
McLaren's Jenson Button was an early casualty, his race ending on the first lap when Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi sideswiped his car and smashed the front right suspension, as well as puncturing the tire.
Kobayashi, who also ended the race for Mercedes' Nico Rosberg in the same incident, made it back to the pits on three wheels and a rim.
The Japanese, who finished a memorable third at home last weekend, collected a drive-through penalty for causing the collision and retired in the pits on lap 18.
Button hit out at Kobayashi after the race, saying: "It's extremely disappointing. This is a long race, with so much opportunity for everyone."
"It's a great circuit for overtaking, so it's surprising to see people behaving like that on the first lap," he said.
Button, now 84 points off Vettel, declared his remote title hopes to be defunct.
"No, definitely not," said the Briton when asked whether he could still win the championship.
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It is a very muddy trek from the small boat to the field site along Raccoon Creek near Bridgeport, N.J. Villanova University marine scientist Nathaniel Weston and his team are all carrying ladders and equipment as they slosh through ankle deep mud toward their experiments.
"The whole reason I got into this line of research is because I like being outside, I like coastal estuaries and marsh systems, I like getting muddy, so I have fun with it," says Weston enthusiastically.
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Weston, also a biogeochemist, is investigating how climate change and sea level rise may impact fresh and saltwater ecosystems, such as this marsh.
"What we wanted to do was have sites that are a gradient from fresh water to salt water so that we could investigate these processes of how salt water intrusion impacts freshwater marshes, and how sea level rise impacts both tidal freshwater and salt marshes," says Weston.
While a lot of people might just see mud, marshes like these are crucial for plants, animals and humans.
"A lot of people refer to marshes as the kidneys of Earth's ecosystems. They do a good job of filtering," explains Weston. "They also produce a lot of organic matter that acts as food for a whole set of organisms in these coastal environments. So the marsh ecosystems are basically nurseries for fish and shellfish. They provide refuge for a lot of different fish when they are in the juvenile stage."
Marshes are fairly resilient to change; they deal with a changing environment day to day because of tides, and additional changes with each season. "But the concern is that we are pushing the envelope on what they can deal with," says Weston.
In a freshwater system, adding even a little bit of salt can be a big change for the organisms living there, from plants to animals, to even bacteria.
Weston says sea levels have risen about two millimeters (0.08 inches) per year over the past century and it's averaged about three millimeters a year during the past decade. Global climate change may increase those amounts drastically.
As the Earth's climate gets hotter, ocean water warms up and expands, causing higher sea levels. Runoff from melting ice sheets and glaciers will dump even more water into the oceans. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), chartered by the United Nations, estimates sea levels may rise up to 23 inches (58.42 centimeters) by the year 2100. Some climate scientists predict an even higher rise.
"There's pretty good evidence that sea level rise is accelerating, and it is certainly faster now than it has been in any point in the last 4,000 years," says Weston. "And so these coastal marshes that have only been able to develop in the last 4,000 years, how are they going to respond to these faster rates of sea level rise going forward? That's really what we are trying to understand," he adds.
The experiments at Raccoon Creek and several other field sites are designed to help provide insight into how a marsh is growing vertically to keep up with sea level rise. "One of the tricks with working in the marsh is you care a lot about elevation. Everything is relative to sea level," says Weston.
He uses a surface elevation table to very accurately measure the level of the marsh surface. Those measurements are taken every three months to monitor changes.
The equipment at these sites can detect changes smaller than any other means of monitoring. "Even the most accurate GPS units we have, you can see changes maybe about a centimeter, but that's just not good enough for what we are trying to do here," explains Weston.
"The funding I've received through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has allowed me to hire the personnel and purchase the equipment that this type of intensive monitoring and experimentation requires," he adds.
Some experiments at the site involve examining the composition of the soil. "So part of what we're interested in here is understanding deposition of watershed derived sediment. We take soil cores from these marsh sites, bring them back to the lab and date the recent and less recent deposition of sediment with our gamma counter," continues Weston.
The gamma counter detects both man-made and naturally occurring radioactive elements, to determine sedimentation rates, to learn more about how the marsh landscape is changing.
Whether it is the summer houses of the wealthy on the East Coast of the United States, or the vast majority of people in a developing country like Bangladesh, Weston says rising sea levels could mean that millions of people living in coastal areas are going to be much more vulnerable to extreme events such as hurricanes.
"Fifty years in the future you can expect to see much greater numbers of storm-related deaths and property damage in coastal areas," he says.
Healthy marshes act as buffers during a storm surge, nurseries for young fish and shellfish, and a water filtering system. Protecting marshes over time will be the key to keeping humans healthy, too.
Weston says monitoring these marshes is both important and enjoyable.
"When you've got a very productive marsh, very green, and you've got great blue herons or egrets flying around, fish jumping: It's a beautiful ecosystem and I really enjoy it," he says.
The research in this episode was funded by NSF through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
This story was originally written for Science Nation and was republished with permission here. Video: Science Nation, Miles O'Brien/Science Nation Correspondent, Marsha Walton/Science Nation Producer.


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As more and more NBA players filter into China, Shaquille O'Neal, an all-time basketball great, is also working on tightening his relationship with the country.
The retired NBA All-Star center won't be putting his hightops back on anytime soon, but he is more than willing to play other roles in China, as he said at the launch of the NBA New Year celebration game, which will be held between the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors in Oakland on Feb 13, the fourth day of Chinese New Year.
"I love Chinese people, and if you want to invite me to attend any kind of shows, programs or events, I would be very pleased to do it," said the 40-year-old, who appeared in a show at the Spring Festival gala of a Chinese TV channel this year.
In addition to his stellar basketball career, O'Neal has released rap albums, appeared in several films and starred in his own reality shows. The kung fu enthusiast has also sought out Chinese directors to appear in kung fu movies.
"To any Chinese director in China, if you want me to star in your kung fu movie or Chinese drama movie, call me, and I would be happy to do it. I have always loved Chinese kung fu movies," said the center, who surprised the crowd by saying he wants to be a black Shaolin monk if there is a next life.
A close friend of retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming and a regular visitor to China, O'Neal said he is impressed by the fast growth of the CBA and the overwhelming popularity of basketball in China.
"The CBA has emerged to be a powerful ally with the NBA. You have got a lot of great players to come over here to play, like Stephon Marbury, Tracy McGrady and Gilbert Arenas, so the CBA is worldwide now," said O'Neal.
"Basketball has become part of the Chinese culture now. We watched a game last night. It was very competitive. Yao's team (Shanghai Sharks) beat McGrady's team (Qingdao Eagles). I watched the game at the airport and I saw many Chinese people watching it. The arena was packed; the fans were going crazy.
"It's a great sport to watch, people asked us about great Chinese players, like Yao Ming. He was a fabulous player, and there are a lot of guys in the CBA that I think can play in the NBA," he said. "The CBA is similar to the NBA, and it's great to have the CBA here in China."
Though O'Neal and Yao retired last year, another battle of the two behemoths could be in the cards.
"We've had many talks about a one-on-one battle between Yao and myself, or Yao and a lucky Chinese fans versus me and a lucky Chinese fan, or Team Yao versus Team Shaq, and we would tour all over China," O'Neal said.
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One of the most wonderful things about living in New York's Hudson Valley is our proximity to so many dedicated local organic farmers and to the creative chefs who use that produce in their restaurants.
One group of these chefs and farmers is planning an interesting benefit that we'd like to share with you; it might just inspire you in your own community.
Cool Aid! is A FARM TO TABLE FAMILY EVENT to be held on Monday, May 23rd in the Onteora Middle School/High School Cafeteria, in Boiceville New York. Cool Aid proceeds will fund the purchase of a walk-in freezer for the central kitchen of the Onteora Schools in Boiceville, NY.
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In order to make the event accessible to all families in Ulster County, it's a free event; families can purchase as many tickets as they wish for each hors d'ouevre, for $2 each.
Live music by the school's band will be performed throughout the event. A silent auction is planned, featuring such items as autographed cookbooks from some of the top chefs in the country, including Tom Collicchio, David Burke, Daniel Orr, and Bill Telepan.
Students have designed the event's logo and website (to follow shortly). The event will also feature food crafts for kids, juicer and smoothie bars, healthy snack alternatives presented by Onteora Home and Career students, a presentation by Hudson Valley author Joanne Michaels on gardening, nutritional information with Lysa Ingalsbe, RN and holistic health coach, and a photo booth.
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Take a look at the above photos of John Cho and Zoe Saldana on the set of the new Star Trek sequel, via TrekMovie. Check out what they're wearing under the regulation black Bad Robot parkas (which all castmembers wear on set, to cover up their costumes.)
Looks as though Uhura and Sulu are wearing new uniforms, which are similar to the Academy instructor uniforms from the first movie — but not quite the same. And notice that Uhura has a red stripe on her collar, denoting her status as security/engineering staff. While Sulu's stripe appears to be silvery. They're both wearing gray trousers and boots. This is similar to uniforms we've glimpsed in other set pictures lately — including the video that Simon Pegg and Karl Urban posted from the set a while back.
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Reinforcement learning algorithms are a powerful machine learning technique. However, much of the work on these algorithms has been developed with regard to discrete finite-state Markovian problems, which is too restrictive for many real-world environments. Therefore, it is desirable to extend these methods to high dimensional continuous state-spaces, which requires the use of function approximation to generalise the information learnt by the system. In this report, the use of back-propagation neural networks is considered in this context.
We consider a number of different algorithms based around Q-Learning combined with the Temporal Difference algorithm, including a new algorithm (Modified Connectionist Q-Learning), and Q(lambda). In addition, we present algorithms for applying these updates on-line during trials, unlike backward replay that requires waiting until the end of each trial before updating can occur. On-line updating is found to be more robust to the choice of training parameters than backward replay, and also enables the algorithms to be used in continuously operating systems where no end of trial conditions occur.
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The Turbofan Engine System block computes the thrust and the weight of fuel flow of a turbofan engine and controller at a specific throttle position, Mach number, and altitude.
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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 23 July 2012. As part of a plan to operate local and global systems at Webscale service levels, OCLC is now operating a new data center in Toronto, Canada. The Toronto center becomes the fifth international data center in OCLC's worldwide network and will enhance the cooperative's ability to deliver OCLC WorldShare Management Services to member libraries in Canada.
Over the past eight months, OCLC opened data centers in Sydney, Australia, and London, England, while maintaining its two primary operations data centers in the United States. Another data center in Europe is scheduled to come online in 2013.
The Toronto center employs best-in-class technologies to ensure the highest levels of performance, reliability, scalability and cost-effectiveness. It also provides services 24/7 and is backed up by uninterruptible power systems and redundant heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
In addition, the new center enables OCLC to comply with access and data privacy requirements in Canada and adhere to technical standards that promote the cost-effective, worldwide sharing of information across platforms, scripts, languages and cultural materials.
"How we deliver services to members continues to evolve at an increasingly rapid pace," said Gene Oliver, Vice President, OCLC Global Systems and Information Technology. "The technology needed to accelerate and enhance our product delivery capabilities requires that we deploy a global infrastructure to support our cloud services platform for the world's libraries. The distributed network of data centers is a key component."
"As we celebrate our 15th year in Canada and our membership continues to grow, OCLC once again shows its commitment to the Canadian library community and quickly addresses a need expressed by many leaders in Canada. The new data center also provides a strong technical foundation for implementations of WorldShare Management Services throughout the country," said Daniel Boivin, Executive Director of OCLC Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.
The new data center will support expansion of WorldShare Management Services, which provide a Web-based environment that streamlines cataloguing, acquisitions, license management and circulation, and offer a next-gen discovery tool for library users.
Both replacing and standing apart from traditional integrated library systems, OCLC WorldShare Management Services enable libraries to share infrastructure costs and resources, as well as collaborate in ways that free them from the restrictions of local hardware and software. WorldShare Management Services also offer the ability to manage collections of print, electronic and digital material from start-to-finish, and the integration of license management features into interlibrary loan processes set WorldShare Management Services apart from legacy systems.
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Designer da tutto il mondo stanno presentando le loro proposte per ivanv per il design di pagina web - custom.
Complete overhaul for http://www.gansolandia.com/.
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We have a personal growth website located at http://www.gansolandia.com, and we want to redesign it to be more appealing and be more in harmony with its target audience.
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* There is no rush. Take your time.
* You can post a rough draft, and build from there using our feedback.
* Please refrain from submitting "me-too" designs, like most on Template Monster. We want a unique design, not the usual layout with boxes all over.
* You can submit the general look and feel and after you get selected you'll customize it to fit each section detailed below.
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Here is a list of sections that must be taken into consideration:
- Blog-like articles assigned to one or more categories, with comments section*.
- A directory of members, each member with a personal page (just for a short message)*.
- An event listing, with image gallery (for posting after the event).
- A few static pages*.
- A section for quotes*.
- A section for very short articles*.
- A links section.
- Search box.
- A podcast/vidcast section*.
- A comic strip section*.
- A testimonials section (with pictures and/or video).
The main and most important part would be the blog articles, that the testimonials are shown on the main page, and maybe the podcasts.
Do take note that most of the sections above are just a variation of the main blog-like page (the ones marked with an *). Nevertheless, feel free to suggest otherwise.
Now a few points about our desired "look and feel":
* The audience is anywhere from people completely new to computers to knowledgeable surfers, but when a compromise must be made it should be for benefit of the newbie.
* We're aiming at a cartoon like site, but clean looking. Not cramped at all. So feel free to let loose your creativity. We're open to other suggestions if you think it fits.
* We'd like the design to be inviting so the visitor feels welcome to browse around and read more articles.
* Also we'd like the design to be community friendly, as to motivate the exchange of opinions on the articles.
* "Human-friendly" designs will be favored.
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Words we would like to associate with our site:
* Easy
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* Fun
* Helpful
* Community
* Wisdom
* Inner development
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* Friendly community
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* Approachable
* Its easy, not complex
* A service for everyone
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The fight for 2012 is a fight for our country, our values and our freedom, and if the National Rifle Association (NRA) has anything to say about it, Barack Obama won't get a second term. Mark these words the NRA and America's gun owners will have plenty to say about it. President Obama doesn't want to hear that. He doesn't want gun owners active in the next election. He doesn't want to tangle with the NRA's 4 million members, or with the 30 million people who identify themselves with the NRA, or with America's 90 million gun owners.
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Auction Napa Valley 2010
If you're into food and wine, the Auction Napa Valley is pretty much the center of the universe. Comprised of four days of incredible wine and food, this spectacular event invites attendees to enjoy the cool cellars and hospitality of renowned vintners. In addition, there are dozens of parties to choose from, each hosted by a vintner. More than 250 auction lots, yours for the bidding – from a single case of wine, to trips offering experiences not available anywhere else. You can also taste the barrel auction lots, participate in the e-auction, and attend the main event – a live auction held at the Meadowood resort.
Although there is plenty of wine, food and fun to be had, the primary goal of the event is to raise funds for local charitable activities. In fact, over the last 30 years, $90 million have been given to charities in the Napa Valley, to assist healthcare, education and low-income housing non-profit organizations. The genesis for the auction came from Robert Mondavi, who wanted to give back to the community, as well as celebrate the quality of wines from Napa Valley. Since its inception in 1981, this Auction has embodied the personality of Napa Valley and provided the model for modern charity wine auctions around the world.
Join us as we talk with vintners and attendees during the 2010 event. You'll get just a small sampling of all the fun, food, and festivities that go along with attending the Auction Napa Valley.
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I'm re-sharing this from January 2012. I haven't made it in a couple of years and it is going to make an appearance on our table soon... maybe this weekend? I forgot about the homemade seafood stock component... I'm going to try going another route. I'll let you know! If you don't have any lobster lying around, I've also made this with some potatoes and shrimp - very tasty! While indulgent tasting, it really isn't all that bad for you... just a little cream. And butter.
In New England almost every restaurant has a Lobster Bisque on the menu. Some are great - luscious, creamy soups filled with large chunks of claw meat. Others are thin, flavorless and without any actual lobster meat. After a few disappointing restaurant experiences with Lobster Bisque I started asking servers to describe their bisque - is there actually lobster meat in it? creamy? but not thick and goopy... right?
I made this for lunch after a seafood feast from the night before, making use of our shells to make the stock. Seafood stock is really very easy to make. You are basically just boiling the shells!
Lobster Bisque
smooth, creamy seafood soup
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6 tablespoons of butter
1/2 cup of flour
2 teaspoons of old bay seasoning
2 cups of Seafood Stock (homemade, see below)
6 cups of milk
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
sea salt and pepper
1 pound of lobster, crab or shrimp (or combination), torn or cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1/2 cup of heavy cream
In a saucepan, melt butter on medium heat. Whisk in flour and old bay, continue stirring for 1 minute. Add seafood stock and continue to whisk over medium heat until smooth. Add milk and tomato paste. Cook on medium for 10 minutes, until the soup begins to thicken, stirring periodically to make sure the soup doesn't burn! Lower the heat. Continue to cook until the desired thickness is achieved. Season with salt and pepper as needed. Add lobster, crab or shrimp and heavy cream. Garnish with a dash of old bay, chives, and a drizzle of heavy cream.
Homemade Seafood Stock
making use of shells
seafood shells (lobster, crab or shrimp)
black peppercorns
sea salt
onion, quartered
garlic head, cut in half
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Do you think the bias of crowds is an example of cricket proving itself as a professional sport, or is it just a lack of class?
I often find the numbers of "handcuffed" spectators, particularly when home sides are in the field, to be frankly embarrassing. If I'm at the ground I feel like heading home to enjoy the better view on TV, the atmosphere can feel so gormless.
Luckily my home ground for tests is the Basin which is pretty good by modern standards, but still lags behind English crowds, who seem to lead the world. I'm mostly basing this on TV coverage of internationals and trying to disregard ex-pats, so feel free to challenge that if you like.
England can probably claim to be the world's #1 cricket-loving nation if it's true, seeing they make a point of celebrating the actual skills of the game as well as a patriotic favouritism. Others would argue England should've started being unappreciative of foreigners' cricket a long time ago, and a welcoming environment to tour does their national side no favours.
I doubt this will be a flammable topic, but I'd be interested to know what other fans think. Are there certain teams or players that make you put on handcuffs, or is it all opposition for you?


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|1. The development and appropriate implementation of a personal budget; 2. A working knowledge of the impact of compounding on investment returns, as well as other applications where time value of money principles play a key role; 3. Information useful in the management of individual debt exposure and issues surrounding the borrowing and repayment of money; 4. An analysis of various investment alternatives and vehicles, and risks typically associated therewith; 5. The impact of personal income taxes on investment returns and the accumulation of wealth; 6. An examination of the particular nuances of stock, bond, mutual fund, and ETF investment alternatives, and consideration of a framework for asset allocation amongst various alternatives equity and fixed income alternatives; 7. A comparison of the structural aspects of tax-deferred savings opportunities (including 401(k) and IRA vehicles); 8. An analysis of mechanisms useful for the protection of wealth through the use of insurance and other risk management and risk transfer techniques; 9. An understanding of key variables associated with the acquisition of tangible assets, such as an automobile or home; 10. The obtaining of a comfort level with information presented in financial periodicals, especially as relates to current events taking place during the semester; 11. The development and use of Excel in the analysis and development of financial analysis and decision making; 12. The professional presentation of the results of financial planning research and recommendations regarding alternatives.
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Treating Opiate Addiction in Ohio Communities
Addiction to opioids, like prescription painkillers and heroin, has increased significantly in the past few years, devastating communities across Ohio – rural, suburban, and urban. In 2012, a record 1,914 Ohioans died from accidental drug overdose – an average of five Ohioans each day – and 680 of those deaths can be attributed to heroin use. Frustratingly, the doctors willing to helping address this crisis have federal restrictions placed on the number of patients they can treat for this dangerous addiction.
Currently, physicians who meet specific training requirements are limited to treating a maximum of only 30 patients in the first year. After that year, the number of patients they can treat increases to only 100, leaving millions of Americans dependent on opioids without an option for medication-assisted therapy.
We've got a problem when it's easier for Americans to get heroin than it is for them to get help to break their addiction. We need to increase the number of opioid addiction treatment providers available and allow providers with a proven track record of success to treat more patients. I cosponsored The Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment (TREAT) Act to give healthcare providers the flexibility they need to help heal communities struggling with widespread opioid addiction.
The TREAT Act would increase the number of patients a physician can initially treat from 30 to 100 patients in the first year and permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants with the proper training to treat addicted patients, again up to 100 per year. It would also allow providers, after one year, to request to treat more than 100 patients, so long as they meet certain training requirements.
Opioid use is a public crisis in Ohio, and we need to address this problem before it puts more lives in danger. This legislation would ensure Ohioans get the help they need before it's too late.
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Rev 4.2 Software and The Download Process
Rev 4.2 Software and The Download Process
They couldn't upload it yo you directly when you were having the car serviced?
Seems like that would be a simple procedure and would reduce the number of cars needing an OTA update.
Hard to imagine that Tesla would design such a technologically advanced car, and not provide for a manual software update by a Service Center. Maybe they just don't do it as a matter of policy. I'm hoping I don't get 4.2. No pano roof, and I'm not having any significant issues because of the "sleep mode". Would prefer not to lose 8 miles of range per day while TM sorts things out, so if I do get it, I may just choose not to install it.
ive got a software update scheduled to install at 2 am tonight. are you saying that I should defer this? I am at 4.0 now.
@noel.smyth - no need to defer. I upgraded from 4.0 to 4.2 and everything is fine (unless you want to keep the 'sleep mode'). I'd rather have the bug fixes.
stevenmaifert, I think that you have that backwards. 4.0 and earlier is the install that drains battery at 8/day. 4.1 dropped it to 4/day and I think 4.2 put it back to 4.0 level by not turning things to sleep mode. Please correct me if I am understanding incorrectly. I have not had an update since I got my car Nov 28 so I am at 4.0.
@Theresa - Maybe I could have said it better. I had 4.0 when I took delivery December 23. It did not have "sleep mode" so the vampire load was draining ~8 miles per day of charge as you have said. After installing 4.1, I now have sleep mode and there is less of a drain from the vampire load. Some folks have reported problems/glitches with the car since installing the 4.1 update that have been attributed to the sleep mode. 4.2 is a maintenance release that fixes some problems not associated with the sleep mode and also removes the sleep mode while TM sorts out if it did cause problems. My MS is not having any problems that 4.2 is designed to fix or that I can't live with, so I would rather not install it and keep the power saving sleep mode rather that lose that 8 miles per day until the sleep mode is reinstated.
Are there release notes for 4.2 update? I've got 4.1 still and no update notice yet.
Good to know, thanks. We've not had ours long enough to see these bugs but probably will soon enough...
There could be all kinds of reasons for the way the update system both implemented and operated, and the reasons may not necessarily be things that are good to share with everyone.
I can think of reasonable explanations for why they would only update a maximum of 50 cars a day for example, or why they don't allow the service centers to update the cars directly (or even maybe they do allow it, but they don't want to advertise the capability to customers).
Thanks I had to turn off my sleep mode as my screen would not boot up. I still have version 4.1.
Sounds like someone needs to tell Tesla about digital fountains and multicast if they can only push to 50 cars a day. DF allows a receiver to reconstruct a file by receiving any n blocks from a transmission, and multicast allows that to be done with minimal bandwidth -- each car can subscribe to the multicast channel when it wants to pick up the update, and after listening long enough (even if interrupted) it can reconstruct the original file. No back traffic to the server to request missed blocks.
So, no scheduled charging times in the 4.2 release?
The downloads happen during the day, btw, "silently". They install later when you approve them.
jat: I can assure you that OTAs are much more complicated than that when it comes to a 4,700 lbs device that moves at 70mph on a normal day. I'm in a similar technical field that involves OTA-ing critical equipment and 'scary' is the word that comes to mind when I have to deploy an update. This being said, for TM, as with a similar hardware-savvy organizations, backend infrastructure is probably more of an afterthought than anything else and they could surely do better. I have 4.0 and so far it's been pretty problem free. I reset both screens once when I thought regen wasn't working. Turns out it was the low temperature battery regen safety kicking in...
4.2 installed as scheduled overnight - no issues to report. I will note that there was an enhancement in that on cold mornings (it was 11F today), it now displays a warning message on the dash that regen is disabled. It did not display this in 4.0.
Set the car to charge at 5 or 10 amps and you will have regen in the morning!
ever think that Tesla is only updating to 50 cars per day because they WANT to? To me, this is a limited release strategy designed to ensure that the number of people inconvieneinced by unanticipated bugs is kept to a minimum.
As a former IT tech, I could wish Windows had done similar things with their software patches.
noel, Incorrect about 4.0 as that is what I have and I get the no regen warning almost daily (I live in the cold Midwest).
I have 4.0 (1.17.52) and I have an option under Settings, Vehicle, to turn on or off the option to power off both displays when the car is idle. By default it's on. Is this a different "sleep" setting than the one that saves 8 miles a day when it's turned on, or was blamed for recurring software glitches, and removed in 4.2?


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More mountain bike trails on the way for England
More mountain bike trails on the way for England
When it comes to mountain biking it has to be said that the UK can boast some of the best trails in the world, with Wales and Scotland leading the way, England has for a long time been playing catch up. However, it's great to hear of two purpose built trail developments coming soon so we look forward to updating CTC's mountain bike trail map soon.
The first is in Swinley Forest, Bracknell in Berkshire where the land owner Crown Estates is making a significant investment in mountain bike infrastructure. The new trail network is aimed at reducing the environmental impact and increasing rider enjoyment.
With a range of trails planned there will be something for all skill levels with The Lookout Discovery Centre acting as the hub.
Meanwhile in Sherwood Pines Forest the Forestry Commission are investing £20,000 in rebuilding and upgrading their Bike Park. They promise "a fresh and fast flowing experience, complete with rock jumps and tight turns." They are also creating 'Dual Descender' trails, where riders can race each other in parallel.
I have witnessed first-hand just how much of a draw for riders the Bike Park has been since it opened and I am pleased to hear it's getting a makeover so the trails will be even better.
Ian Warby
CTC Senior Off-road Officer
Meanwhile in the South west of England 1SW project is busy developing a network of trails across the South West Peninsula.


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To celebrate the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Lionhead's Lead Character/Creature Artist Jon Eckersley created these Zelda shirts for Lionhead Studio and Andrzej Zamoyski.
You might remember Andrzej Zamoyski from this Kotaku feature. If you have not read it, please do.
Jon, who is responsible for the creatures in the Fable games, painstakingly cut each piece of felt and then glued the tiny squares on the shirt. Each shirt takes three hours to make.
And even though Jon has Skyward Sword to play, he's offered to make 25 more shirts to the first 25 Kotaku readers who want one and are more than happy to donate £25 to Zamoyski's SuperMarrowBros Just Giving site. All proceeds going to improving the lives of those suffering from leukemia.
The four designs available are Little Heart, Hylian Shield, Boss Key and Link with Heart. Message Andrzej via his Kotaku account. First come, first served! And remember, this Zelda felt is for a very good cause.
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The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is hosting a career panel!
Local GIS managers, career advisors, GIScientists from the federal and private sector with hiring experience will inform you about their careers, organizations, and what they look for in job or internship applicants. So, come and get great advice about how to launch or reinvigorate your geospatial career.
Heather FitzGerald, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Ian Harvy, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Rob Miller, Hawkeye 360
Justin Franz, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
This career panel is sponsored by USGIF's Young Professional Group with professionals from local and national agencies working in our fields.
Fairfax County and VDOT have put together a two-day hackathon on transportation and mobility. Teams are invited to use publically available datasets to solve pressing transportation issues.


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