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shakespear wrote:You're my happiness
The moon, with the stars, has just danced merrily.
In the sky, for me, in the soft night.
The trees have swayed, the birds have sung happily.
The chance has smiled; I've loved at the first sight
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I'd loved you before even I saw you.
Our souls met, in that old, eternal world.
My heart beats with your name, and it'll still do.
If you expel me, in hell, I'll be hurled.
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I can see just you, and hear just your voice.
I say your name, in my waking and sleep.
My friends blamed me, but I have no choice.
Your love is my fate, carved in my far deep.
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You sent your aid Cupid, hold his arrow.
He darted my heart, let me bedridden.
Couldn't he convey me to you? Break his bow?
I need you, to remove my wound, my sin.
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Take me in your arms, and cravingly tug!
Bring me closer to you, kiss me on lips!
Don't leave me a second, please tightly hug!
Let me live sweet love, with your lovely nips!
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old poem


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STOCKTON - The Lodi Unified School District is 90 percent liable for the molestation of an 8-year-old girl on a school bus in November 2010, a San Joaquin County Superior Court jury decided Wednesday.
STOCKTON - The Lodi Unified School District is 90 percent liable for the molestation of an 8-year-old girl on a school bus in November 2010, a San Joaquin County Superior Court jury decided Wednesday.
Jurors in the case of Diana C. v. Lodi Unified took roughly one hour to decide unanimously that Lodi Unified was negligent in the hiring of Richard Evans, 61, who plaintiff lawyers revealed was convicted in 2000 of having sex with a prostitute inside his potato chip delivery truck.
The jury, made of three men and nine women, voted 11-1 that Lodi Unified was 90 percent liable. In closing arguments, defense attorney Marina Pitts suggested that Evans should be held 90 percent liable and the district only 10 percent. Plaintiff's attorney Vince Finaldi suggested the district be held 75 percent liable.
A vote of nine out of 12 jurors is all that is needed for a verdict in a civil trial of this type.
The amount of money awarded to Diana C. and her family will be determined in the second phase of the trial, which begins today. It was revealed in a pretrial conference that Lodi Unified denied the plaintiff's $4.2 million settlement offer.
"We are really pleased. I thank God that justice is here. We don't want this to happen to anybody else," said Diana's father, Angel M.C.
Lawyers made closing arguments after 21/2 weeks of testimony from expert witnesses and district officials about the case.
Plaintiff's attorneys Ken Melayco and Finaldi argued that Evans was negligently hired by Lodi Unified even though officials were aware he had an expunged criminal record of being caught having sex with a prostitute for the negotiated price of $10 and a bag of chips.
Finaldi told the jury that Lodi Unified should have been able to foresee that Evans, when given an opportunity, would engage in illicit sexual acts in a company vehicle and on company time.
"Evans was doing what he does. Lodi (Unified) is responsible because they put him in contact with kids," Finaldi said.
The plaintiffs also argued that Evans submitted an incomplete job application that should have never been considered, that Lodi Unified did not check his references, and that district officials hired him knowing he had sex with a prostitute in public.
"We are glad the jury saw it the way we did," Finaldi said after the verdict was read.
Pitts argued that the district can't be held liable for a crime committed by an employee. She said the district cares about students and safety and that everyone in the district considers the crime Evans committed to be heinous.
Pitts said sex with a prostitute is not a direct link to child molestation and that the misdemeanor offense of which Evans was convicted doesn't preclude the district from employing him. She asked the jury to believe a statement made by Evans that he molested Diana C. because he was having a nervous breakdown, and the district could not have predicted that he would have that type of mental lapse.
She said that even if the jury disagreed with her, the employer should be liable for only 10 percent of the harm done to Diana C., and that the other 90 percent should fall on Evans because it was the driver who decided to commit a crime, not the district.
Evans' liability was not in question. He was convicted for the crime in July, and he chose not to participate or testify in the civil trial. Judge Barbara Kronlund decided that he is to be held liable.
Evans said in a phone call before the trial began that he has no money or assets to pay Diana C. or her family.
Pitts refused comment Wednesday, noting "litigation is still pending."
The girl, now 10, is expected to testify today.
Contact reporter Keith Reid at (209) 546-8257 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/lodiblog.

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The Phillies have signed free agent pitcher Pedro Martinez to a one-year deal, according to a person with direct knowledge of the transaction. An announcement is expected tomorrow.
The pitcher, 37, underwent a physical today at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia conducted by team medical staff. Though the Phillies would not officially comment tonight on the physical, several people in Martinez's camp indicated that it went well. The contract, sources say, will be a one-year deal worth about $1 million. Martinez can make another $1.5 million based on incentives.
A Internet report this evening said that Martinez had passed his physical. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. offered only a "no comment" when asked about that news. The team would be highly unlikely to announce a signing on the day of the All-Star Game, a move that would risk upstaging the event.
If I hear more, I'll tweet and blog it.


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Atheists are spectators in a grand battle of stupid ideas. Sadly, these ideas get people killed in the name of a loving god on both sides of the delusion.
@rev45oooh... a fellow musician. Obviously I'm into metal. What do you play?
I build and play my own basses:
This Fire Burns is an awesome song ... I'm a sucker for heavy riffs with melodic choruses.
He would rather it that they worship Him, instead of spending their time on family.
@Madbunny- I wish I could see more of your face!
cool, bass guitar. what is that zebra pattern in the wood, is that the way its cut or is that some sort of unique species of maple, with a special cut?
Here's my latest driver's license pic. Typical, dull. It wasn't a good day, standing on line a long time. The worst smile.
You people... comfortable with your appearance that you're willing and eager to post images of yourselves. LOL. What's that like, anyway?
Going for the Jim Morrison look, Gnu?
Oh look! Gnu IS soft and fluffy!
Too soft and fluffy, probably. Should've worn shades.
Is that actually an edited photo of you, or is it just some pic on the web?


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Hi to all,
I've unsuccessfully tried to compile scummvm for wii sources with the libraries (libogc, libfat, libgxflux etc) from git as described in wiki page. I've got a loadable binary but it fails to load some scumm games (Full Throttle, The Curse of Monkey Island) with a DSI exception. It is possible to get a package with the old libraries (the exact source version) used in the official environment?
no way to get a tar.gz package of /opt/toolchains/devkitPPC-r16 or at least of /opt/toolchains/devkitPPC-r16/3rd, /opt/toolchains/devkitPPC-r16/libogc and /opt/toolchains/devkitPPC-r16/portlibs from buildbot server?
This would let everyone to compile consistently scummvm for wii


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Gay man, ousted scoutmaster, welcomes ban reviewBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
February 02. 2013 10:43PM
Twelve years after Mark Noel was expelled from the Boy Scouts for revealing he was gay in a local newspaper, the former Hanover assistant scoutmaster says he welcomes news that the organization may be changing its membership ban on homosexuals.
But Noel, who is also an Eagle Scout, says while the proposed change is a "good first step," it doesn't go far enough.
Last week, Boy Scouts of America announced it was discussing "potentially removing the national membership restriction regarding sexual orientation." The issue is expected to be taken up this week by the BSA's national executive board.
In New Hampshire and elsewhere, scout troops are hosted by "chartered organizations."
The Daniel Webster Council, which encompasses most of New Hampshire, has about 300 such organizations; about half are churches. There are approximately 13,000 youth and 5,000 adults involved in scouting here.
The proposed new policy would leave it up to chartered organizations to "accept membership and select leaders consistent with each organization's mission, principles, or religious beliefs," Devon Smith, director of public relations for BSA, said in a statement posted on the scouting.org web site. "BSA members and parents would be able to choose a local unit that best meets the needs of their families."
And, the statement went on, "Under this proposed policy, the BSA would not require any chartered organization to act in ways inconsistent with that organization's mission, principles or religious beliefs."
Greg Osborn is director of marketing for the Daniel Webster Council. Under the existing BSA membership policy, he said, "there was really no choice. If a leader was an avowed homosexual, then they would have been removed."
Under the proposed change, "it's left ... at the local level to make a decision that best suits their programs and their families and what they want to accomplish with scouting," he said. "And that to me is about as fair as you can get."
But that's what Noel finds problematic.
"Essentially, what this policy would say is it moves from 'discrimination is required' to 'discrimination is okay.'
"Because what it's saying is if you want to keep discriminating against gay people, go right ahead," he said.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 affirmed the Boy Scouts' right to bar homosexuals from membership, in a case involving a former scout leader who was expelled when his sexual orientation was revealed in a newspaper article. (New Hampshire's David Souter dissented in that decision.)
Kevin Donovan, director of communication for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester, said he doesn't expect a change in the BSA national membership policy would affect any of the Catholic churches that host scout troops.
And, he said, "there is nothing in our code and policy that precludes individuals from volunteering in organizations because of their sexual orientation."
The executive board of Daniel Webster Council is set to meet Wednesday. Whatever the national BSA decides, Osborn said, he expects the issue will be a topic of discussion that night.
Nadine Nutt is a assistant scoutmaster for Troop 521 in Londonderry. She said she would welcome a policy change at the national level.
Nutt noted that background checks are done on anyone who wants to be an adult leader. "Beyond that, if somebody's an excellent leader, why question that?"
She believes the ban has likely held back some boys from joining scouts. Lifting it would help change that, she said. "People wouldn't feel like they were a second-class citizen," she said. "They would feel like they belonged."
The policy the BSA's executive board is now considering is what Noel himself proposed in an op-ed published in the Valley News on July 2, 2000, when he argued that the case that sparked the Supreme Court decision should never have gone to trial. It was that article, and its disclosure that he is gay, that prompted his dismissal from the Boy Scouts.
"Local units have always been responsible for choosing leaders that reflect the needs of those communities, and the Boy Scouts should have left it at that," he wrote.
But the world has changed since he wrote that, said Noel, now 42 and living in Maryland. He no longer thinks it's enough to let local sponsors decide whether to admit gay scouts.
The military did away with its don't-ask-don't-tell policy; more states, including New Hampshire, have legalized same-sex marriage, and the Supreme Court is about to take up the issue, Noel noted. "It's pretty clear where the arc of the moral universe is going in this particular case," he said.
Noel is a co-founder of the Inclusive Scouting Network, an advocacy group that created a rainbow-hued badge adults and scouts can wear as a sign of opposition to the official BSA policy.
"We're shipping them right now at a rate of 600 a week," he said. "It's just a gentle reminder that just because somebody's wearing the uniform doesn't mean they agree with the discrimination."


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Darrelle Revis got the Jets' defense in the end zone for the first time this season and helped New York keep its slim playoff hopes alive.
Revis returned one of the Jets' four interceptions 67 yards for a touchdown and New York overcame an injury scare to quarterback Mark Sanchez before holding on to beat the Carolina Panthers 17-6 on Sunday.
Thomas Jones had a 3-yard touchdown run as the Jets (5-6) won at home for the first time since beating Tennessee in Week 3, sending the Panthers (4-7) to their second straight loss.
Carolina had a chance late to make it a one-score game, but Dwayne Jarrett's 28-yard touchdown catch was wiped off the scoreboard when he was called for offensive pass interference. Kerry Rhodes, demoted in favor of Eric Smith, picked off Jake Delhomme on the next play for his second interception of the game to all but seal the win.
It didn't come without some tense moments, though. With the Jets leading 14-3, Sanchez scrambled to the right sideline on first-and-10 from New York's 46 and was tackled out of bounds by Richard Marshall after an 8-yard gain.
He stayed down for a few moments as the trainers checked out his left knee. Helped to the sideline, Sanchez put very little weight on the leg. He sat on a table, where he flexed his leg and then put a brace on. Sanchez was replaced by Kellen Clemens for the four plays, but came back on the next offensive series to cheers from the Meadowlands crowd.
On his first throw after returning, Sanchez was intercepted by Chris Gamble on a pass intended for Braylon Edwards. It appeared Carolina had cashed in on the turnover with a touchdown when Steve Smith came down with a 10-yard catch in the end zone, but Jets coach Rex Ryan challenged the call.
After a video review, the call was reversed. Referee Jerome Boger said Smith didn't have possession when he went out of bounds in the back of the end zone. It turned out to be a huge call because after another incompletion, the Panthers settled for a 28-yard field goal by John Kasay to make it 14-6 with 11:45 left.
Jay Feely, who missed from 48 yards earlier, kicked one from 47 yards with 3:39 remaining to give the Jets a 17-6 lead.
Sanchez finished 13 of 17 for 154 yards and the interception, while Delhomme was 14 of 34 for 130 yards and the four INTs. The Jets also held DeAngelo Williams to 40 yards rushing on 16 carries.
Revis gave the Jets a 7-0 lead on a fluke play midway through the first quarter. After converting three third downs on their opening drive, the Panthers had another shot on third-and-9 from the Jets 39. But Delhomme's pass deflected off Smith's lower leg and into the hands of Revis, who had a clear path to the end zone.
Kasay kicked a 40-yard field goal to make it 7-3 with 10:11 left in the first half.
Revis had his second interception of the game late in the first half, but the Jets couldn't capitalize as Shonn Greene fumbled in Panthers territory and Carolina's Jon Beason recovered.
The Jets got the ball right back three plays later when Rhodes intercepted Delhomme. This time, New York took advantage of the turnover on Jones' 3-yard touchdown run. After Edwards' nifty 9-yard sideline catch put the ball on the 3, Jones took the handoff and went up the middle, stepped to his left and spun his way to the goal line before falling into the end zone to make it 14-3 with 28 seconds left.
The Jets came out in the second half and drove down the field. But they turned the ball over when Dustin Keller had a 16-yard catch and tried to stretch over the goal line but fumbled, stripped by Chris Harris. Richard Marshall recovered in the end zone for a touchback.
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Washington- Sunday
April 15
1607 H. St
Dear pater,
here I am again
after a most amusing
four days visit to New
York. My hostess was char-
ming & devoted - her father
an elderly man, not in-
teresting was only on hand
at dinner time. Monday
eveng - Mr Schurz & Agatha
& Mr Arnold Hague a
scientific associate of
C. King came to dine.
Tuesday early went to St
Gaudens studio - he's a
friend of Miss Palmer
& we had no time to get
there again. his great bas-
relief monument to Bob
Shaw is very fine they say.
Anne Palmer has seen
the cast or plan - it's to
be inserted in the wall
by the side walk in front
of the State House & a seat
under it in low relief
an infinite body of soldiers
with bayonets pointing
up - & in front in much
higher relief Bob Shaw
on horseback - let us be
for ever grateful that Wm.
Story has not got this
in hand I dislike the
man &
"American Artists" exhibi-
tion that same morning
as a whole very poor we
thought. One very striking
full length portrait of a
Miss Burckhardt by John
Sargent a promising Phila
delphia artist- whom we
fell in with at Seville
in 1879- this picture made
a sensation in last year's
salon- a youngish woman
not pretty- in a most
severely fascinating black
satin gown - not one touch
of colour any where
only a while rose in
her left hand- strolled
into an inner room
where Sutton
gold lacquer. Which he
showed us. Suddenly I
saw a big 5 x 4 picture
hanging on his wall -
a Turner from top to bottom
Conway Castle - found
by an American artist
Moran in the Island of
Jersey in the hands of
an English family some
years ago- he holds it
at $10,000 I wish some
good samaritan would
give it to the Art Mu-
seum in Boston. tell
Ned I saw there a superb
old Chinese dish-jade
colour s- tracery under the
dull glaze
& turned up at right
angles a brim about
3 inches deliciously modelled
made beyond everything
for 5 lily pads & 4 white
lilies - $175 - I don't
wish to put so much money
in anything so easily
broken - but it is haunt
ingly fascinating-
Home to lunch - only a
little hunchbacked ar-
tist an intimate friend
of Ann Palmer very in-
telligent & full of
humour- he had two pic-
tures in the exhibition
which I didn't care for.
Dr Stimpson - young man.
Other men failing we made
the papa go as fourth.
Saw a roaring farce by
an English troupe at the
Union Square Home to a
supper of lager beer, cheese
& pretzels. Weds - out early
with A. Schurz mousing in
shops for two hours - lunched
with George W. Curtis at
Effie's she being in Al-
bany watching a bill in
the legislature - had an
hours or more pleasant talk
with Mr Curtis then drove to
52d Street to see Emily Beale
Found her in a dreary little
hole of a room about
12 x 7 flat on her back
& low in her
having daily surgery &
in for it till June at
least Dr Thomas promises
a thorough cure - She would
be more than grateful if
you'd write to her tho'
she cannot answer. She'd
had a long letter from
Atty Genl Brewster the
morning I saw her. From
there back to Miss Palmer
& then to Mr Beckwith's
studio whose black
poodle walked about
on two legs - sweetly. then
all 3 in a coupe to F.D.
Millet's whom I'd not
seen since he was at Bev
erly in /76- he was cordial
& his wife pretty & nice
infinitely prettier than
Langtry who was sitting
as a model in Eden like
costume stayed after
working hours to let him
drape her in many charming
eastern stuffs to amuse
us I've urged Mr & Mrs
Millet to come on here in
dog-wood week & they've
half promised to & stay
with us. Dinner that eveg
at Godkin's- Schurz - H.James
Miss Sands & Miss Cary -
the latter is most distaste
ful to me - a loud voice
& a coarse tongue I think
but she may be better
underneath. I knew her
twenty one years ago
in Lenox
in the same boarding
house She goes this week
to Cambridge to stay with
her cousin Astor Cary-
had bought return tickets for
Thursday but stayed a day
longer to see Barnum's Circus
Saw C. King's mother that
morning about a school
of art for Charleston S.C.
for which she is most
anxious to raise money
For Allston's sake it may
be grateful to give them
a helping hand. They'll be
very glad for some good
casts. I wrote to Aunt Ann
two weeks ago - & Miss
Folsom writes me that the
A.S.H. will give "a hundred
or so" & she thinks will
it $500- "if you tell her its
a good thing."- won't you
speak to Carrie Tappan
& perhaps Mrs. Wm Weld-
we must help educate
& cultivate a vanquished
foe. Allston & Richardson
show that there is seed
worth forcing in that
barren land. Went to
Ned's friend Feuordent in
p.m. wishing to verify a
coin- gold one of French
Minister here- who was
depressed on finding that
mine was in Smith's
Dicty - & his was not-
from my description Feu
ordent said it was struck
at Panormos in Sicily-
about 300 ye B.C.
that of Proserpine - etc.
then I showed him my Apollo
thinking Ned had bought
it of him in 1863- but he
sweetly & firmly declared
it a forgery done probably
in Smyrna 200 odd years
ago - & made out a strong
case I must say. tell
Ned it will interest him
the man is very charming
I thought- he said if it
were possible that it
could be what we thought
its value would be
$1000-! Went that eveg to
Barnum's two jolly youths
dining & going with us- a Mr
Pryor & Polteney Bigelow
son of our erratic friend
Mrs John Bigelow- the
pecially the races. Came
home to beer cheese & songs
by a wood fire & many
good stories- home Friday
Chatted with Mr Harry Lee
& Genl McClellan on the
train. Henry came to sta-
tion in the Victoria & we
took a long drive with
the pair in summer heat
& came home with a
big bunch of blood root.
H. says he's glad I en-
joyed my week-but
that its his last alone
tho' he had a charming la-
dies dinner Wedy- & party
at the British Legation. Thursday-
Alex came yesterday a.m.
early. Phil Schuyler to dinner
last night. eight today we [This text appears on page nine.] are off in saddle now & shall
find peach
out today.


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16:48 Romford Mon 8 October 2018
- 400m
- 1st £120, Others £45 Race Total £345
Final Result
Race Details
- Winning TrainerM L Locke
- Winning Time25.30s
- Runners6 ran
- Distances2 ¼, 1 ½, 1, 3, 1 ¼
- Off Time15:48:39
- Forecast£12.14
- Tricast£43.32
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There are two things probably going through your mind when you're faced with styling your hair for school: This should be fast, and this should look awesome. But coming up with ideas on the fly—especially after you've just had a bitter battle with your snooze button—is difficult. We're here to help with 50 'do ideas that hit both marks.
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Game Leaders
Team Stats
Passing Yards
Rushing Yards
Time of Poss.
Alpine, TX – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor football team exploded for 48 first-half points and the 2nd-ranked Cru rode LiDarral Bailey's record-setting day to a 76-28 victory over Sul Ross State University Saturday afternoon in Alpine. UMHB improves to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in American Southwest Conference play with the win. The loss drops the Lobos to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the ASC on the season.
The Cru scored on just its second offensive play of the game when Elijah Hudson scored on a three-yard run. Hudson added a 21-yard scoring run to make it 14-0 UMHB. Sul Ross cut it to 14-7 before Bradlee Waddell scored on a 14-yard run to take the lead to 21-7. Bailey hit Geoff Myles with a 78-yard TD strike on the first Cru offensive play of the second quarter to make it 28-7. The Lobos would wrap touchdowns around another Hudson touchdown run to make it 34-21, but Bailey added scoring passes to Caleb Moore and Oliver Houston to give UMHB a 48-21 halftime edge. Bailey hit Waddell with a 15-yard touchdown pass to cap the opening drive of the second half before calling it an afternoon. Michael Carpenter added scoring runs of 67 and three yards and Stephen Salinas added a one-yard scoring plunge for the Cru. The Lobos did take on a score in the final seven minutes to cut it to the final margin.
Bailey was 15-17 passing and set a new UMHB single-game record with 333 passing yards and tied the school mark with four passing touchdowns. He tied the previous school record of 295 passing yards in the first half. Bailey also ran for 45 yards on seven carries. Moore caught three passes for a career-high 126 yards and Waddell ran for a career-best 99 yards on 23 carries. Carpenter added 92 yards on nine totes. Javicz Jones had a team high 13 tackles to lead the UMHB defense.
The Cru rolled up 762 yards of total offense, including a school-record 379 through the air. UMHB held the high-powered Lobo offense to 355 total yards and forced four turnovers.
A.J. Springer was 21-35 passing for 199 yards and two scores for Sul Ross, but the Cru picked him off three times. Dominique Carson caught five passes for 46 yards and added 46 rushing yards and a TD on eight carries.
UMHB ran its regular season winning streak to 28 consecutive victories and the Cru has won 20 straight ASC contests. UMHB improved to 15-0 all-time against Sul Ross and the victory is the 100th conference win in the history of Cru football, running UMHB's all-time conference record to 100-15.
The game also closes out the first three-game, regular season road swing in Cru football history. UMHB will now return home to host Texas Lutheran University for a 6:00 PM kickoff at Tiger Field in Belton next Saturday.


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LONDON (AP) — A bond-buying plan from the European Central Bank continued to support stocks Friday but the dollar slid after worse-than-expected U.S. jobs data lifted expectations that the Federal Reserve will back another monetary stimulus.
Financial markets have reacted positively to the ECB's program, unveiled Thursday by ECB president Mario Draghi, because it lowers the possibility that the euro currency union will break up, at least in the near-term. Stocks have risen strongly, as has the euro and the price of oil, while the costs of borrowing for countries like Spain and Italy has become more manageable.
The centerpiece of the plan — the ECB's most ambitious response yet to Europe's debt crisis — is a commitment to buy unlimited amounts of short-term bonds from euro countries that request help. The plan is meant to ease the financial pressures on Spain and Italy, the third- and fourth-largest economies in the eurozone, by giving them time to reduce their debt and reform their economies.
"Yesterday's actions by the ECB .... look like they could well buy Europe some additional time to sort out the problems that have plagued the single currency for the last three years," said Michael Hewson, senior market analyst at CMC Markets.
In Europe, Germany's DAX was up 0.6 percent at 7,214, while the CAC-40 in France rose 0.26 percent to 3,519. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.3 percent higher at 5,794.
In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.03 percent to 13,279 but the broader S&P 500 index rose 0.26 percent to 1,435. On Thursday, the S&P soared to its highest level since January 2008, while the Dow hit its highest mark since December 2007.
U.S. stock markets lost their shine after figures showed the U.S. economy created only 96,000 jobs in August. That was below market expectations for a 130,000. The July increase was also revised down to show a 141,000 gain instead of 163,000.
Despite a surprise fall in the unemployment rate to 8.1 percent associated with a smaller labor force, the worse-than-anticipated payrolls figures failed to dent stocks too much as they have boosted expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will enact another monetary stimulus after its next policy meeting next week.
However, the dollar fell sharply after the figures and the euro was 1.2 percent higher at $1.2786, a near four-month high. Previous monetary easing by the Fed has resulted in stocks advancing and the dollar falling.
"The dollar is showing independent weakness across the board this morning as financial markets anticipate further Fed easing at next week's Fed meeting," said Micahel Woolfolk, an analyst at Bank of New York Mellon.
Earlier in Asia, stocks advanced following the previous day's gains in Europe and the U.S.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index surged 2.2 percent to close at 8,871.65. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 3.1 percent to 19,802.16 — its biggest one-day percentage gain since Jan. 17.
South Korea's Kospi bolted up 2.6 percent to 1,929.58. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3 percent to 4,325.80.
Mainland Chinese shares soared. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.7 percent to 2,127.76 and the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index added 3.8 percent to 891.53.
Oil prices shed some recent gains after the U.S. job figures indicated the U.S. may not be growing as much as anticipated — benchmark oil for October delivery was up 33 cents a barrel at $95.82 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


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I need a Lapu Recharge Software and a Web Portal + Android Application, Complete Solution working with the help of 16 port siemens tc35i GSM Modem
Presupuesto ₹37500-75000 INR
Features of software:
- capable to handle multiptle requests at same time
- capable to make queques of requests
- timing setting b/w processing of request
- must be fast, recharge must done in 5 seconds or less.
- receive all incoming sms from operator network and capable to push that sms to my website server's database.
and also Extract the Tranaction ID and store the same in different field in DB and display with everu recharge.
- software must work on both modes: EC and USSD
- capable to store all data within pc using virual server or anything similar
- check offer on each mobile number before reharging by ussd command
- security of system also required like accepting request from my website server only, recharging in such a way that
operator do not able to detect that it is not manual recharge because operator blocks sim card if they detect it.
-Software must have option to change in AT Commands code, when operator like Airtel change their
STK Code in every 8 to 10 month in that case software become no use.
So,we easily copy and paste new code for different operators.
How it should work?
- I will send recharge request from my website to modem ip address, say [url removed, login to view]
- Then modem will receive this request with software and then software will process this request and start recharging.
- result of recharge is collected from operator network and store in SOFTWARE'S database and send to my website say: [url removed, login to view] and displayed to the user.
An example of the software is here. - [url removed, login to view]
Web site.
The developement envoirnment must be ASP.NET, MVC , HTML, AngularJS.
DB- SQL Server.
The User types will be , ADMIN, Master Distributor , Distributor, Sales Agent, Retailer.
1-User will be able to create , Master Distributors, Distributors, Sales Agent and Retailers respectively
from right to left i.e Master Distribuot can create all, Distributor can create Sales agent and Retailer
,and Sales agent can create Retailers
2-User will be able to Recharge the Customer Mobile.
3-User will be able to transfer the Recharge Load from one user to other of its tree.
4- User can see Recharge Reports of all the users in its tree.
Android Application - Developed in Java, Android Studio., able to consume .NET WebServices with use of JSON,SOAP or REST
-- I also want an Android app to do the same stuff of the website.
i HAVE AN EXAPLE OF THE SAME, OF RETAILER TYPE USER, AS I AM USING THE SOFTWARE OF SOME COMPANY FOR RECHARGE PUPOSES.
And Most Importantly, I WANT THE FULL SOURCE CODE OF ALL THE APPLICATION, WEB APP AND THE ANDROID APP.
4 freelancers están ofertando el promedio de ₹53333 para este trabajo
I am 5+ years experienced in Mobile App (Android/iOS) developing and publishing applications in the respective stores and and Web Development (Ruby on Rails, WordPress, AngularJS, PHP, Javascript etc.). I have Más


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On-Spot: 'Rush' audio launch
Celeb cast at the audio launch of 'Rush'
Emraan Hashmi will be seen in the role of a crime reporter in his next film 'Rush'. The actor said an attempt had been made to keep the character real but some level of suspense had been added to make it more entertaining. "We have tried to make the character as genuine as possible, but have added a commercial touch to the story as well. We have shown an authentic world about TRPs and breaking news and have added murder and suspense around it to make it more interesting," Hashmi said at the audio launch of 'Rush'. Directed by the late Shamin Desai, the film also features Aditya Pancholi, Neha Dhupia and Sagarika Ghatge in major roles. Hashmi clarified that his character is not based on any one crime reporter. It is a mix of many but is completely fictional in nature. "There are a lot of journalists and news anchors who come to mind when you read the script. But it is a combination of many and it is a completely fictional world," he said. The actor said that after shooting this film, he has developed a new found respect for journalists. "There is no media bashing in the film. After my research, I have new found respect for journalists. They have to abide by deadlines and have a moral and ethical code. It is a very courageous job," he said. Talking about the various roles which he has done so far, he said that he always plays characters which people can relate to. "My characters always do wrong things and then there is redemption. This is why people can relate to them. This has become my persona on screen. I find this fascinating," he said. The movie is all set to hit the screens on October 24.Click on, for exclusive snaps from the audio launch of 'Rush'.© Varinder Chawla


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Islanders break ranks with state, pollsters say
Jamestowners do not follow the pack, at least when it comes to giving money to presidential candidates.
A recent campaign finance report by the Washington Post details the contributions made by Jamestown residents to presidential candidates. The figures were obtained from filings with the Federal Election Commission.
Hillary Rodham Clinton leads the Democrats and the Republicans statewide in fund-raising.
In Jamestown, however, Clinton is in second place among the Democratic candidates, trailing primary rival Bill Richardson.
During the third quarter of 2007 in Jamestown, Richardson raised $5,600 while Clinton received $1,000. Barack Obama was third in Jamestown with $350.
Most of the national fund-raising was done in the third quarter. The amounts do not differ much from the overall campaign summary.
John McCain raised the most money in Jamestown among Republican candidates with $1,100 during the third quarter. Mitt Romney and Rudy Guiliani did not receive any contributions locally during the same time period.
But Romney was the big winner among the Republicans in Jamestown for the overall campaign fund-raising with $4,600. Guiliani garnered a total of $4,513, while McCain received only $1,300.
Former Gov. Bruce Sundlun, a Democrat and island resident, alerted the Jamestown Press to the Washington Post report. Sundlun said he believes the campaign contribution numbers reveal that Jamestown is "probably overwhelmingly Republican in national politics."
Sundlun, an astute political observer, said if you relate dollars as votes in Jamestown, the campaign finance report puts Richardson in first place, Romney in second, Giuliani in third, McCain in fourth, Clinton in fifth, and Obama in sixth.
Of course there remains quite a bit of time until the Rhode Island presidential primary in March 2008. The lead in the race could change several times.
- Jeff McDonough


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What is MSG or monosodium glutamate?
MSG is a natural flavour enhancer that has the ability to make literally any food taste better. Natural glutamates are chemically identical to the glutamate in MSG and can be found in among many others, blue cheese, Parmesan cheese, soy sauce, fish sauce, anything tomato, mushrooms, broccoli, oysters, olives, corn, potatoes, chicken, mackerel, anchovies, cured meats, beef broth, cows milk, human milk, and anything made with a yeast extract.
Glutamate gives food a distinct umami flavour – it's what gives a dish a characteristic savoury taste. It has been proven that adding a little MSG to a dish to enhance its flavour will not do you any harm.
Glutamate is also a naturally occurring substance in our bodies.
Science repeatedly comes to the conclusion that MSG is glutamate and glutamate is MSG. Scientific research has found no reason why MSG would have an adverse effect on the body. The only thing added is salt.
The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome
It is MSG that gives Chinese and other Asian dishes their exceptional, piquant flavour. It was popular as an additive across the world until 1968 when Dr Robert Ho Man Kwok wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine stating the following: "I have experienced a strange syndrome whenever I have eaten out in a Chinese restaurant, especially one that served northern Chinese food. The syndrome, which usually begins 15 to 20 minutes after I have eaten the first dish, lasts for about two hours. The most prominent symptoms are numbness at the back of the neck, gradually radiating to both arms and the back, general weakness and palpitations."
And thus the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome was born. Nutritionists and scientists rushed out to prove the syndrome true by conducting severely flawed experiments. Unfortunately the myth persists even after numerous studies have concluded that MSG does not cause adverse reactions or allergies.
MSG was stigmatized as an evil chemical that was going to make you sick. Even revered British nutritionist and author, Patrick Holford, claimed that MSG was linked to hyperactivity in children.
WATCH: What's the deal with MSG (and umami)?
MSG is still widely used commercially
We probably eat glutamate (the G in MSG) every single day, without realizing it as it is in many natural foods and because it is still used in foods commercially, but under other guises.
Since MSG was vilified, the food industry found ways to continue using it – especially since it had been proven to be safe. They just call it "Natural Flavouring" or monopotassium glutamate, glutavene, glutacyl, glutamic acid, autolyzed yeast extract, calcium caseinate or sodium caseinate, instead.


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TUCSON, Ariz. – The LA Galaxy improved to 1-1-0 at the Desert Diamond Cup with an impressive 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night in front of a capacity crowd at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium. Paolo Cardozo and Mike Magee each scored inside the final 10 minutes as the Galaxy took advantage of Salt Lake being forced to play with just nine men for the final 13 minutes after starting midfielders Ned Grabavoy and Yordany Alvarez were each sent off.
Postgame Reaction: Arena, Buddle, Magee
Neither team was able to create much in the way of chances inside the game's opening 30 minutes, with Salt Lake having the best of the bunch as Ned Grabavoy got in behind the LA defense. With two players awaiting a pass in the center of the box, the former Galaxy midfielder elected to shoot from a tight angle with Saunders kicking away the low shot and keeping the score tied at 0-0.
At the other end of the field, Edson Buddle, Hector Jimenez and Mike Magee all had chances for the Galaxy, but they were unable to put them on target and test RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando, leaving the game scoreless heading into the halftime break.
Bruce Arena made just two changes at the half with Jack McBean coming on for Buddle, who leaves Sunday for Italy with the U.S. National Team and Nick Noble coming on in goal for Josh Saunders. Making his first appearance of the tournament, Noble was not challenged heavily in the opening 20 minutes of the half while McBean proved to be a constant menace to the Salt Lake defenders, helping to create a series of quality chances.
The game burst to life in the 66th minute when Bruce Arena sent on David Beckham and Marcelo Sarvas in place of the starting central midfield duo of Juninho and Kenney Walker. Four minutes after coming on, Sarvas was cut down by a sliding tackle from Ned Grabavoy. Referee Allen Chapman quickly pulled out an red card and tried to calm the situation on the field as players from both sides exchanged words after the tackle.
Full Match Highlights
Seven minutes later Chapman was forced to show a second red card, this time to Yordany Alvarez for his second yellow card of the night. That left RSL with the task of trying to keep the score level for the final 13 minutes while playing with just nine men.
Just minutes after the second red card, the Galaxy finally got on the scoreboard when Paolo Cardozo's speculative long range shot squirted through the hands of Nick Rimando and into the net for a 1-0 LA lead.
Mike Magee rounded out the scoring six minutes later, getting on the end of a pinpoint David Beckham cross and beating Rimando with a right footed shot from the center of the box to make the score 2-0 LA. That goal was Magee's second of the tournament, leaving him tied with New England's Kelyn Rowe as the top goal scorer in Tucson.
The Galaxy are back in action at 7 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday night when they take on the New York Red Bulls, who are 0-2-0 so far at the Desert Diamond Cup compared to 1-1-0 for the Galaxy. That game can be seen live online at www.lagalaxy.com/gamedaylive where fans will be able to chat and interact with one another during the game.
LA Galaxy 2, Real Salt Lake 0
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium – Tucson, Ariz.
Scoring Summary:
LA – Paolo Cardozo (Unassisted) 81'
LA – Mike Magee (David Beckham) 87'
Misconduct Summary:
RSL – Yordany Alvarez (Yellow Card) 50'
LA – Andrew Boyens (Yellow Card) 53'
RSL – Ned Grabavoy (Red Card) 70'
RSL – Yordany Alvarez (Second Yellow Card/Red Card) 77'
LA Galaxy: Josh Saunders (Nick Noble 46'); Bryan Jordan (A.J. DeLaGarza 22'), Andrew Boyens, Bryan Gaul, J.T. Murray; Hector Jimenez (Justin Davies 85'), Kenney Walker (David Beckham 66'), Juninho (Marcelo Sarvas 66'), Mike Magee; Paolo Cardozo, Edson Buddle© (Jack McBean 46').
Subs Not Used: Tommy Meyer


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London, Oct. 14 (ANI): Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson reckons his club are second only to Barcelona when it comes to producing kids.
The Spanish champions are famed for bringing the likes of Lionel Messi, Xavi and Andres Iniesta through their La Masia facility, and Fergie believes United can also be proud of the number of stars developed at Carrington in recent seasons.
"Over the years we've been as good as anyone in the country and probably the best at doing that. You look at the way Barcelona have produced players and we're not far off that," the Daily Star quoted Ferguson, as saying.
"We've had so many come through down the years and more recently we've had the likes of Danny Welbeck, Tom Cleverley and Rafael come into the first team. They are progressing very well. So we're good at developing young players and we enjoy seeing them come into the first-team squad," he added.
Meanwhile, United winger Robbie Brady, 20, has been drafted into the Republic of Ireland squad, after Kevin Doyle was forced to withdraw through injury, the report said.
The midfielder, who made his senior international debut in the 4-1 friendly victory over Oman last month, will join up with the squad on Monday, ahead of the World Cup qualifiers against Germany and the Faroe Islands, it added. (ANI)


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More than 1,600 producers were able to fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the 36th Annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show on Jan. 19, 2012, at the Albany Civic Center in Albany, Ga.
The show is sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission in cooperation with the University of Georgia.
The Georgia Peanut Commission and Bayer CropScience presented the Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer Award during the show.
The award is presented to one Georgia peanut farmer based upon the applicant's overall farm operation; environmental and stewardship practices; and leadership and community service activities. The 2012 winner is Brad Thompson of Donalsonville, Ga.
Thompson developed his passion for farming while working with his grandfather, father and uncle at 3R Thompson Farms.
He grew his first crop in 1993 and since then has grown to just over 1,000 acres. The farming operation consists of 1,050 acres of crops including peanuts, corn, cotton, soybeans and wheat.
Thompson is currently participating in the Peanut Leadership Academy.
He was recently recognized as the 2010 Seminole County Farm Family of the Year and won high yield awards with the Georgia Peanut Achievement Club and National Corn Growers Association Yield Contest.
The Georgia Peanut Commission also presented awards to individuals and businesses for their service to the peanut industry and promotion of peanuts across the U.S.
The award recipients are: Distinguished Service Award — Frank Bodiford, retired director of the Georgia Federal State Inspection Service, and Joan Sutton Underwood, retired advertising manager of the Georgia Peanut Commission; Research and Education Award — Mark Manary, founder of Project Peanut Butter; Media Award — Josephine Bennett of Georgia Public Broadcasting; and a Special Award — Georgia Peanut Festival in Sylvester, Ga.
The one-day show offered farmers a full day to view the products and services of 85 exhibitors and a day of education.
The University of Georgia Peanut Team presented an educational peanut production seminar during the morning, focusing on peanut cultivars, managing white mold, pigweed control, insect management and marketing options for 2012.
During the afternoon, an industry seed seminar was held. The seed seminar highlighted peanut varieties available for 2012, calcium sources and timing of application for peanuts, planting date strategies, and ways to reduce seed planting costs.
At the close of the day, the presentation of the Grand Door Prize donated by Kelley Manufacturing Company was presented to Preston Odom of Arlington, Ga. He received one season's use of a new 4-row or 6-row KMC peanut combine.
Amadas Industries also provided a Grower Door Prize of $10,000 off the purchase of a peanut combine to Rex Wilson of Ashburn, Ga.
For photos and additional information on the Georgia Peanut Farm Show visit the Georgia Peanut Commission Web site at www.gapeanuts.com.


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Hello everyone
I bought my very first DS console today (DS Lite) from eBay as there are loads of great games on it that I'm itching to play.
I also want to get ScummVM working on it (like I've done with my PSP), but I'm confused about this 'unofficial card reader' I need.
Where's the best place to get it? How much are they usually? And what do I need to be careful of?
No one...?
There are plenty of places where you can find the information you need:
- The ScummVM DS page in our wiki
- The ScummVM DS page for the port
- The DLDI wiki
Note that the DS has restrictions on hardware compared to a PSP, so a lot of games won't work because of memory or screen resolution requirements.
Also, ScummVM should work out of the box in modern card readers without a DLDI driver patch.
Thanks for the response.
I should have said before that I have already read the ScummVM DS page... Your other links don't help me, I'm afraid.
From what I understand - according to the ScummVM DS page - the R4DS and the M3DS Real seem to be the best card readers for the job; the rest require a bit more work. So it's one of those two I'm interested in...
So where is the best place to get one of those card readers? Their websites don't seem to offer them from what I can see, apparently some of them knocking around on the net are fakes, and amazon and eBay don't seem to have any...
EDIT: Would this do the trick perhaps: http://www.r4icard-ds.co.uk/m3-real-ds-card-with-rumble-pack-p-472.html?zenid=2acd6069962448a3c3ede97e010b809c
Amazon and ebay don't have any flashcarts on as they are illegal in many countries (U.K. included)as they allow you to play pirated copies of DS games.
The information on the ScummVMDS page is outdated as most new carts DLDI auto-patching so there is no need to mess with that.
Personally from that website I would recommend this cart over the M3 http://www.r4icard-ds.co.uk/r4i-gold-3ds-c-915_906.html but make sure that you get a R4i Gold cart that has www.rids.cn on the front. However you need to remember that that site is based in Hong Kong and will take between two weeks to a month for your cart to get to you if you are based in the U.K. (which I assume you are as you are looking at buying from a .co.uk site).
If you want the same cart quicker but for a little more money go to the following website as they are based in the Channel Islands where it is still legal to sell flashcarts http://www.xpertron.co.uk/advanced_search_result.html?categories_id=965&pagesize=20&inc_subcat=1&search_in_description=1&keyword=r4i%20gold
Thanks for the reply (and the links).
I had no idea that R4icard-ds.co.uk were based in Hong Kong... Thanks for letting me know!
So what exactly is the difference between the R4i Gold and the M3? Is it just that DLDI thingy already installed on the R4i card?
Thanks again!
I don't have any experience with an M3 but it is an old style cart and it's kernel isn't as up to date as Wood is on the www.r4ids.cn cart which means that if you want to play DS ROMs you may have difficulty getting the newer ones to run.
From what I've read the M3 is also Auto DLDI patching so both carts are the same on that point.
I find that the Wood kernel used by the r4i Gold www.r4ids.cn cart is very flexible and easy to understand.
There are many other flashcarts out there but for a beginner such as yourself I would say the best low price cart you can get is the R4i Gold www.r4ids.cn cart (as I've said before if you do buy an R4i Gold cart make sure that it is manufactured by www.r4ids.cn as there are many companies who make carts called R4i Gold and a lot of them are very poorly supported).
Okay, thanks!
Do you reckon the ones you linked to before - specifically http://www.xpertron.co.uk/_p651.html - are official ones? I mean, it has the web address on...
Those that we have both linked to are the best R4i Gold carts to buy (made by www.r4ids.cn) as they have the best kernel and support out of all of the different R4i Gold carts on the market.
If you are going to play ScummVM I would recommend you get a 8GB Class 4 MicroSDHC card. I personally would get one from a different site as most of the time the MicroSDHC cards that are in the bundles on flashcart sites are cheap, nasty and slow. You can sometimes get a good deal on Amazon.
Okay. And one last question (hopefully): would these 8GB Class 4 MicroSDHC cards be okay?
I would say do not bother with any of the unbranded ones. Get either a Sandisk or Transcend and if you can find one made in Japan then that's even better (where SDHC cards are made does seem to affect performance.
Okay. Thanks!


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Expected benefits:
- Significantly improved performance on almost all modern cards.
- Better power efficiency on laptops and mobile devices.
- Possibility of having RVGL ported to GLES platforms like iOS / Android.
- Lights and shadows
- Fog (including vertical fog)
- Mirrors, semi-transparency
- Environment effects (using multi-texturing)
- Mesh deformation effects (waterbox, splash, etc)
- All particle effects
The shader-based renderer is now part of the usual RVGL releases! Download the latest RVGL build from the RVGL project page. Then, edit profiles\rvgl.ini and set Shaders = 1 to enable the shader-based rendering mode. If the shader mode was activated properly, the build number display in Frontend should turn yellow.
See the dedicated thread for Android related information.


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From Consumer Wiki
Operating a business requires either a city or county license. Individuals seeking to operate a business must apply to the office having jurisdiction over the zone where the individual resides when outside the city or county.
Information regarding business licenses and permits is available at the Calgold web-site:
The California License Handbook and California Permit Handbook are now available on-line only:
The California License Handbook is a good starting point in identifying State requirements. State agencies, departments, and offices responsible for processing and monitoring State mandated licensing requirements are included with addresses and phone numbers. Because this handbook is designed to assist individuals and businesses to understand California licensing requirements, all readers are encouraged to contact local city or county offices with regard to local licensing requirements.
Publications available: None are offered by the Consumer Information Center
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At CommonPlaces we utilize our years of experience to provide you with a solution based on your needs, goals, and timeline. We customize our process to solve your web concerns by offering three different approaches;Waterfall, Agile, and a mixture of both.
Success begins with planning. In the world of Web development, "surprises" mean rising costs and project delays. Trust the experts at CommonPlaces to plan out every detail of your web project so that there are no surprises. Our planning services include business strategy consulting, information architecture, usability and information design, and so much more.
A Waterfall Process Approach is perhaps the most popular approach among web designers and developers. Waterfall projects are typically identified with a set scope and definition. This involves a lot of upfront planning, during which intricate details of the project are uncovered. Planning is then followed by design, then development, and finally the project is launched.
Pros of this approach include
Cons of this approach include
An Agile Process Approach is a methodology which involves daily scrum meetings with the project team to go over the current project and assign new tasks. Agile projects are typically identified by an ever-evolving scope and definition. Each task is launched as it is completed, ensuring that the client's needs and wants are always met and are visible on their site.
Pros of this approach include
Cons of this approach include
Our preferred process is what we call the "Wagifall Process Approach", which we believe is the perfect combination of the Waterfall and Agile philosophies. Through this system we provide our clients with a planning strategy that fully identifies the needs and the scope of the project. From there we begin the development cycle, in which our goal is to get to the final Waterfall product as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Next, any new ideas or features are added and addressed after the site is introduced, as we move into an Agile approach for our clients. This results in all the upfront planning that you expect, along with a speedy launch, followed by constant updates to meet the needs of you and your business.


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Newport Beach, CA – March 13, 2012 – inXile Entertainment today confirmed that Wasteland™ 2 is now live on Kickstarter for fan funding. Following in the step of the other successful crowd sourced projects, Wasteland is looking to the fans of classic role-playing games to realize this long awaited sequel.
"I have waited a long . . . → Read More: Wasteland 2 is live on Kickstarter!


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Linker errors when combining shared modules into an app as static libs
The source code is laid out in a pretty simple way:
src/ module/ source for module .../ ... source for wrapper
The modules consist of two types: application and shared code. All source files are compiled into object files (source.o / source.obj), then object files shared between applications are archived into a static library (libmodule.a / module.lib). One exception is a module that's meant to be a shared library (project.so / project.dll), shared between applications, and using the static libraries as needed. Built files go into build/os.arch/config/module/, with static libs and applications in build/os.arch/config/. The same organization is being used on FreeBSD (GCC) and Windows (Microsoft's compiler).
On Windows, the applications (and infact entire project) build successfully by linking the applications object files and the static libraries together with any dependent import libraries (for .dll's). Visual C++s linker is perfectly happy to grab up the static libs, import libs, and object files.
When I build on FreeBSD however, attempting to link the applications object files, the static libraries, and the dependent shared libraries, things go bananas over an inter module relationship:
-------------- Build: Release for FreeBSD x86 in client --------------- gcc -Wall -msse -msse2 -DIS_UNIX -O3 -Wall -DNDEBUG -I. -I/usr/local/include/SDL -I/usr/local/include/ -c /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client/main.c -o ../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/client/main.o g++ -L/usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/ -L/usr/local/lib -o "../../dist/FreeBSD.i386/Release/stargella" ../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/client/main.o -s /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libcommon.a /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libconsole.a /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libinput.a /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libsys.a /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libzpkg.a -lGL -lGLU -lGLEW -lSDL -lSDLmain /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libinput.a(input.o)(.text+0xd8): In function `InputTick': : undefined reference to `Console' /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libinput.a(input.o)(.text+0x145): In function `InputTick': : undefined reference to `Console' /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libinput.a(input.o)(.text+0x155): In function `InputTick': : undefined reference to `Console' /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libinput.a(input.o)(.text+0x191): In function `InputTick': : undefined reference to `Console' /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libinput.a(input.o)(.text+0x1a1): In function `InputTick': : undefined reference to `Console' /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libinput.a(input.o)(.text+0x1ab): In function `InputTick': : undefined reference to `ConsoleHandleInput' /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libinput.a(input.o)(.text+0x249): In function `InputInit': : undefined reference to `ConsoleInit' /usr/home/Terry/Projects/Games/cbp-tree/Stargella/src/client//../../build/FreeBSD.i386/Release/libinput.a(input.o)(.text+0x36d): In function `InputInit': : undefined reference to `ConsoleToggle'
At the source level, the input module interacts with the console module through function calls `ConsoleWhatWhat()` and `extern Console_t Console;` from input.c; the actual details live in the console module. The reason for the global variable, is to expose some oft' needed data as members rather then making repeated function calls to query it. While the concept of multiple consoles is kept in mind, it is still effectively a singleton object.
What I don't understand is why it pops a cork over inputs references to console. A static library is basically a bundle of object files, so I would think it is fair to expect the linker to understand not everything will be in the object files until all is said and done... hell, how would a static library use data from a shared library otherwise? No errors are being generated from the other modules, although for example, the common module is used in practically every other module (hence the name), but no errors are being spit out about that. I would also think */*.o -> x.a; *.o x.a -> foo to be equivalent enough to */*.o, *.o -> foo for all intents and purposes....
Before experimentation with using an IDE to handle the builds more portably, every thing was built using a build.sh / build.bat script that generated object files for each source file, then linked into the corresponding executable and shared library files. That worked perfectly until I tried to get Microsoft's compiler to combine build/os.arch/module_source.obj into build/os.arch/foo.exe 8=).
The 'wrapper' is also made up of it's main.obj, libcommon.a, and libsys.a, where the sys module relies on functions in the common module.
Any ideas or am I just missing something?
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Last edited by TerryP; 18th January 2010 at 09:33 PM. Reason: typo fix in topic name
Converting from ar'd static libraries to shared libraries and everything works \o/
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I'm feeling inspired and empowered.
Last week we launched our first Megaverse Insider crowdsource funding project and you are making it a great success.
Even though crowdsource funding is becoming a popular, new business practice, a lot of people are still unfamiliar with it, and we never did one before, so we were all skittish about it. As a result, I kept our goal lower than what we actually needed, because a) it seems like that's what most other companies do, and b) I didn't want to scare people by having a goal of $20,000. Consequently, you can imagine how thrilled and pleased I was when your response in the just the first week has brought us to that number. Wonderful. And the Rifts® Lemuria Megaverse Insider opportunity still has a week to go! The offer ends February 24, 2012. That means you have one week left to order the product being offered for this limited time.
Obviously, our main goal was to raise enough capital to cover the cost of making, printing, advertising and shipping Rifts® Lemuria, but I also wanted to make the process fun and special for those participating. You know, something more than just a fund-raiser. I'm teased sometimes, because I always want everything we do at Palladium to be fun for gamers, but to me, that's what Palladium and role-playing games are all about: FUN. Since Palladium fans are special to us, I always want to make the things we do special for you as well.
Based on the sales and the majority of feedback we're getting about the Rifts® Lemuria Megaverse Insider opportunity, it seems that we have succeeded on all fronts. People seem especially excited about the two limited edition hardcovers, as well as getting the opportunity to see their name listed in the book. What shocked us has been the number of people who are going for the top Benefactor category. WOW! And thank you. I think we're at 18 Benefactors, and due to continuing requests (and Chuck Walton allowing almost ALL the artwork he did for Rifts® Lemuria to be part of this offer), we added a handful more opportunities for Benefactors yesterday.
I am pleased to see people like the idea of making the limited edition hardcover "print to order," meaning you can only order the hardcover through this offer (they will not be made available for sale to the public except through this offer), and we only print exactly what is ordered plus a few dozen extra (for staff, the folks who worked on the book, and special promotion), making them truly unique and rare for the "insiders" who buy them.
I know I Murmured about this a bit, but I want to repeat it here: thank you for your continued support. It means a lot to me and shows us that you guys and gals are excited about the new releases. It tells us you are hungry for new product and it shows us crowdsource funding is a viable method to help fund major releases and special projects.
I opened this Weekly Update with the words, "I'm feeling inspired and empowered." For the first time in a long time, a portion of the crushing weight of expenses and uncertainty has been lifted from my shoulders. The money above and beyond our goal gives Palladium the resources to print, advertise, pay bills, and do other things we've been needing to do. It is a financial and emotional shot in the arm that has helped take some of the cash flow pressure off of me and the company. Thank you!! By the way, our thanks to the multitude of you purchasing Rifter® Subscriptions (the Super-Subscription offer where you also get a FREE gift ends on Monday, February 20, 2012), and for the regular orders for books, prints, and product in our online store. What we consider to be "regular sales" have been strong for a solid two weeks now. All of you are helping Palladium through a slow period and making the company stronger. This should also help us release new and out of print titles at a faster pace. I am so pumped up and inspired, thanks to the impressive response to the Megaverse Insider offer and other sales, that when I'm not writing, I'm putting things in motion to get other products on the fast track for development. So I hope you don't mind or think poorly of me when I say, please keep it coming! Let's make Palladium roar again and kick some . . . um . . . you know what! :)
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As you read this I'm probably on an airplane somewhere over the Midwest. This weekend is VisionCon where I'm the gaming guest of honor. I'm really looking forward to this convention and from the sound of it, a lot of gamers are coming over to say hello. Very cool. I'll have a tiny selection of books to sell, plus a handful of art prints, bookmarks and some other stuff, but mainly I'm there to chat with you and sign books. So bring a stack of Palladium titles for me to sign and come on over to join the fun. I can hardly wait. Madman Mike Leonard, Mark Oberle and some other Palladium maniacs will also be coming down on Saturday and Sunday. Game on!
VisionCon – February 17, 18 & 19 – Springfield, Missouri. Go to http://www.visioncon.net to get more information about VisionCon.
Julius, me and one or two other G.M.s (I hope) will be hosting a special Role-Playing Game event at the Westland Library for ages 12-28. Julius is running a Rifts® adventure, I'm running a Palladium Fantasy® adventure, and I hope to have one or two other G.M.s to run stuff as well. I had to guys originally lined up, but when they changed the day from Sunday to Saturday, I lost one. I think the others can accommodate 8-10 players. I can run as many as 14. Hey and get this, the Library will be serving pizza and pop. Gaming and free goodies? Yum. FYI: This is a great way to introduce a new generation to Palladium role-playing games.
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UPDATE: Rifts® World Book 32: Lemuria. I have been working hard to get this bad boy done as quickly as possible. With all the excitement generated by the Megaverse Insider, I really need to get this book finished and in your hands. I'm sorry to say I was not able to get the book finished before I leave for VisionCon, but I'm getting close. FYI, there are nifty Rifts® Lemuria related products being offered as part of the Megaverse Insider offer – PDF, hardcover editions and more.
UPDATE: Dead Reign™ Sourcebook 3: Endless Dead™. I am pumped up to get books into the hands of gamers at a rapid pace. This gruesomely fun book is next and you'll love it. March release.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook. I wish I could wave a magic wand and have this book finished and in your hands right now. It is another amazing release with all kinds of new and updated material you will love. I dive into it as soon as I'm done with Endless Dead. March release.
UPDATE: Rifts® World Book: The Black Market. Here is another great book in the pipeline. It's written by Matthew Clements with additional material by Taylor White. It is just the first of many books to be authored by Matthew. March release.
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UPDATE: Online Sales. Another week of excellent sales! Please keep 'em coming. Get your Rifter® subscription (offer ends Monday!), back stock books, and Megaverse® Insider items as they are only available till the end of next week!
UPDATE: Megaverse® Insider. As of the day and hour that this Weekly Update is being posted on the Palladium website, we have raised around $19,500. Fantastic and a tribute to the Palladium community of gamers. Money we continue to raise will go toward advertising and promotion, as well as the printing and the development of new products, reprinting out of stock titles (like Anvil Galaxy, Wolfen Empire, and many others wanted by fans), getting caught up on bills, and making Palladium strong in other ways. This is your last weekend to order Megaverse® Insider items. When the offer ends, February 24, so does your opportunity to get the unique Rifts® Lemuria items and opportunities currently available. My sincere thanks and humble appreciation for your support. I know you'll enjoy the products you are purchasing as part of this crowdsource funding.
UPDATE: Palladium Open House (POH), May 4, 5 & 6, 2012. The Open House will be here before you know it. I hope to see as many of you as possible in attendance. See the POH description at the end of this Weekly Update for more info. I'm pumped up about the POH. I hope you are too. And maybe we'll have a couple of big announcements to unveil.
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Gen Con Indy game events also need to be submitted soon. Let's rock the convention center and show gamers what Palladium is all about. Find everything you need to submit your Gen Con Gaming Event here: http://gencon.com/2012/indy/pm/eo-gm/default.aspx
They've also put up an instructional video to walk you through the whole process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuF11j7X-Vk
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I'll give you an update about VisionCon, Lemuria and other goings-on in the next Weekly Update, as well as Murmurs from the Megaverse®. Until then, keep those imaginations burning bright and game on.
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Endless Dead says it all. The zombie hordes grow in number and strangeness. Can humankind survive? Where is the military? What's next for the survivors of the zombie apocalypse?
This book contains horrifying new zombies to haunt your player characters along with new O.C.C.s and tons of tables for detailing Survivors' Hideouts, Safe Haven Communities, Death Cults and more. Survival is not enough. Now is the time for the war against the Endless Dead™. This book is epic.
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Concord police investigate death of homeless man
April 08. 2013 11:32AM
CONCORD - Police are investigating the death of a homeless man who died Saturday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
Mark Lufkin, 39, was rushed to Concord Hospital late Thursday night or early Friday morning and then transferred to the Lebanon facility where he died, police said.
Lt. Timothy O'Malley said investigators do not know what happened to Lufkin and are awaiting the results of an autopsy, scheduled today, by the state Medical Examiner's Office.
Concord Patch reported Sunday that Lufkin was brutally beaten in an incident at a homeless camp located beneath the Interstate 393 underpass. O'Malley said police don't know if that is what happened.
"We are looking into it. We don't know what happened," he said.
O'Malley said detectives will have a better idea what happened to Lufkin once the medical examiner determines his cause of death.
An ambulance was sent to the homeless campsite late Thursday or early Friday morning, and Lufkin was taken to the hospital for an unknown medical problem, O'Malley said.
Police ask anyone who has information concerning what happened to him to call 225-8600 or, to remain anonymous, contact www.concordregionalcrimeline.com at 226-3100.


text: Heya Creeps and Freeps, I wanted to create this thread so that freeps and creeps alike on BW have the opportunity to put a real life face to the Toons that we all know and play with every day. Ill start with Me and my sons mugz. Im on the left (Grulzchekov) and my son on the right (Grulzson).


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If you watched television in Southern California in the 1970s and beyond, it was impossible to miss Cal Worthington, the lanky pitchman in the cowboy hat touting deals on a sprawling car lot with his "dog Spot."
"Spot," however, was anything but a dog — think lion, tiger, bull, penguin, anteater, iguana, even a whale. And Worthington, the Oklahoma transplant who rode and wrestled with the exotic creatures in one of TV's wackiest and longest-running ad campaigns, kept the gag going for decades, building a cult following along with one of the most successful car dealerships west of the Mississippi. "Go see Cal" became a part of Southern Californians' vocabulary.
Worthington, who estimated that he sold a million cars of various makes during a 65-year career that made him an icon of Southern California auto culture, died Sunday while watching football at his ranch in Orland, north of Sacramento, said his attorney, Larry Miles. He was 92. The cause has not been determined.
Worthington "created a legendary campaign," said fellow pitchman Shadoe Stevens, whose own classic commercials for electronics discounter Federated in the 1980s were a send-up of Worthington's spots. "There was something really engaging about his personality and his wit. He had this massive popularity that went on forever."
Worthington was not the only car dealer of his generation who turned TV to his advantage. Ralph Williams was on the air in the 1960s with commercials that featured sidekick Chick Lambert and a German shepherd named Storm. Another competitor, Fletcher Jones, cuddled a puppy in his arms and promised to give customers a dog from the pound.
When Worthington prepared to make his TV debut, he conceived an ad that teased his rivals while also poking fun at himself. But instead of man's best friend, he chose a gorilla, which appeared on camera acting very undog-like while chained to the bumper of a car.
"Speak, Spot," Worthington told the beast. The gorilla roared, the audience howled. And "business about tripled" after the commercials began airing, he said.
Worthington "was a marketing and advertising genius," said marketing consultant and teacher Larry Londre, who grew up in Los Angeles appreciating the circus flair of the commercials. "He created what you would call a unique selling proposition. Instead of selling cars he sold a personality."
His use of humor — "I'm going to pretend it's a dog, that I'm really a little stupid," Worthington recalled for Los Angeles magazine in 2003 — was novel for the era.
"Advertising in the 1950s and '60s was very straightforward. It wasn't necessarily the comical appeals, the silliness, people making fun of themselves," said Laura Danforth Shute, an advertising consultant who worked on major car brands in a 25-year career. "Cal Worthington allowed people a little bit of entertainment before the hard sell. He had an old-boy persona that imparted trust and showed a fun, playful personality" that grabbed the audience's attention.
Soon, his TV style was setting the standard. "You can go to almost any major city in America and find overstated ads related to autos, and nobody did it better than Cal," said John A. Heitmann Jr., author of "The Automobile in American Life."
Calvin Coolidge Worthington was born in Bly, Okla., on Nov. 27, 1920, and grew up in the poverty of the Dust Bowl, the seventh of nine children. His home had no running water and was heated by a wood stove. His father, a man who, Worthington once remarked, "couldn't sell eyes to a blind man," was a common laborer.
Worthington quit school at age 13 to help support his family and worked as a dollar-a-day cowboy. He also worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
When World War II broke out, he enlisted in the Army Air Forces and at 21 became a B-17 pilot. He was among the first bomber pilots to lead daytime raids over Berlin. In all, he flew 29 missions with the Army's 390th Bomber Group, including raids over Hamburg and Frankfurt, and earned a Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, he applied to be a pilot with the major commercial airlines but was rejected because he lacked a college degree. With little idea of what to do next, Worthington, who then lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, paid $500 for a gas station lease. He'd raised the money in 30 minutes by selling his 1936 Hudson Terraplane automobile.
The gas station didn't work out, but his knack for selling cars did. He began buying cars, fixing them up and then selling them from a dirt parking lot near the local post office. After a few months of sales success, he knew he would be a car salesman.
By 1950, Worthington had made enough money to buy a car dealership in Huntington Park. His business continued to expand as he organized and sponsored country-western music shows called "Cal's Corral." The three-hour live shows featured such acts as Buck Owens, Glen Campbell and Johnny Cash before they became big names.
The shows, while successful, didn't make him as famous as Williams or Jones, the auto dealers whose TV shtick included a dog. So in 1971, "I decided I'd mimic them," Worthington recalled in the Los Angeles Times in 2002. With the gorilla snarling in the background as the camera rolled, Worthington said: "Howdy, I'm Cal Worthington and this is my dog Spot. I found this little fella down at the pound, and he's so full of love."
Worthington spoofed the ads for decades, showing viewers his "dog Spot," who was always an entirely different beast, sometimes even an elephant or a hippo. It was during this time, too, that he aired the famous 26-stanza jingle titled "Go See Cal."
Borrowing its melody from the children's song "If You're Happy and You Know It," it wormed its way into popular culture.
"Most every kid knew that tune," said Joe Saltzman, a USC journalism professor who grew up in Southern California. " 'Go See Cal' was … used all the time when something came up we didn't understand. 'I'm having a problem in algebra, what should I do?' 'Go see Cal.' 'My dad cut my allowance, what should I do?' 'Go see Cal.'"
At the height of Worthington's success, he owned more than 23 dealerships from Houston to Anchorage and spent $12 million to run his commercials 50,000 times a year.
The ads caught the eye of Hollywood. Worthington made an appearance with a goose on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." When the bird soiled Worthington's suit, host Johnny Carson quipped: "Be glad it wasn't that elephant sitting on your lap."
His fame earned him minor parts in the movie "Into the Night" and the television series "The Fall Guy," where he naturally played a car dealer. The Television Bureau of Advertising called Worthington "probably the best-known car dealer pitchman in television history."
His ride to cult celebrity status and great wealth wasn't without its bumps. In the 1960s, and during the energy crunch of the mid-'70s, he tried to boost sagging sales by giving live Southern California traffic updates from a helicopter. And for a short time, he even sold motorized pogo sticks.
In 1979, Worthington divorced his wife of 37 years, Barbara, and married Susan Henning, an actress and model. The second marriage ended in a bitter divorce seven years later.
In the early 1980s, he left his Southern California headquarters in Long Beach and moved his operations to his 24,000-acre Big W Ranch and office complex in Orland.
In 1995, Worthington married disc jockey Bonnie Reese, about 40 years his junior. The couple divorced in 2006.
His fourth wife, Anna, a singer from Iceland, filed for divorce in 2011.
Worthington is survived by his sons Rod, Calvin and Coldren; his daughters Barbara Worthington, Courtney Worthington Shepherd and Susan Worthington Skellenger; and nine grandchildren.
As he aged, Worthington stopped his practice of flying his Learjet to dealerships in Houston, Phoenix and Seattle to shoot his commercials. In recent years, he stood before a green screen at his Northern California ranch and let a computer superimpose his 6-foot-4 image into an Alaska snowstorm for his Anchorage dealership or a sunset for his Long Beach or Carlsbad lots.
"I don't do anything very well," Worthington told The Times. "I just stick at it."
Times staff writer Steve Chawkins contributed to this report.


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RI sales tax panel to hear from Boston researcher
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A special task force examining ways to change Rhode Island's sales tax is set to hear from a Boston-based researcher who studies how sales taxes affect the economy.
The sales tax commission is scheduled to meet Monday at the Statehouse for a presentation from Paul Bachman, director of research at the Beacon Hill Institute, which is a research group affiliated with Suffolk University in Boston.
Bachman has studied how changes to sales tax rates affect local economies.
The commission was formed after a lawmaker called for the repeal of the 7 percent tax. While that idea is unlikely to pass, lawmakers say it's time for a broader look at ways to make the tax less of a burden on consumers and businesses.
The commission includes lawmakers and business owners.


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Within the city of San Francisco, the only places to kitesurf are Crissy field (very advanced), Ocean beach (kiters have died here) and Hunter's Point (almost always offshore and unrideable).
You really need to get to Alameda or Bodega harbor to learn. For Bodega, you'll want to do it with a buddy and two cars so you can do a downwinder and then drive back to do it again. I'm trying to get this exact routine set up for the weekend.
**edit** yeah, so what kitecrazy said basically.
If you need a ride to the beach, there's plenty of people on here that would be happy to help out for gas money/beer or even just the company. There's also a beginner kiteboarding Facebook group that has some incredible people, all still in the learning phase.
Look me up here and send me a message and I'll invite you to the group if you like. https://www.facebook.com/jaron.west


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