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Endymion ĕndĭm´ēən [key], in Greek mythology, young shepherd, loved by Selene (the moon). In one version of his legend, he asked Zeus for immortality and perpetual youth. Zeus consented on the condition that Endymion remain eternally asleep. The English poets Lyly, Drayton, and Keats all wrote poems based on the legend.
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James Bond is dealing with the death of his new wife, Tracy, who was shot and killed by Bond's nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld just nine months ago. Bond is devastated and trying to pick up the pieces of his life and move on the best he can. Unfortunately, his grief makes him careless and accident prone. He begins to make mistakes that nearly cost him his life and the lives of others.
The book opens to a geisha party where James Bond and Tiger Tanaka are attending. Bond is being entertained. He and Tanaka are playing a game, most commonly known as rock paper scissors, all while enjoying sake shots.
Tanaka calls Bond, Bondo-san, due to the fact that James is hard to pronounce in Japanese. They decide to go best out of three. They raise their fists and...
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During the month of October 2008 only, Plastic2go is offering special pricing on heavy duty plastic pallets, code named P2G1210FDU, which can be used for local transport, storage and export.
Available in Sydney and Melbourne, these used plastic pallets don't require interstate transport which helps to keep them economically priced.
The P2G1210FDU heavy duty plastic pallet can be stacked in storage and transport and suits most of the applications on the market today.


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Interview with Sanchit Malik, Co-Founder, Townscript
Sanchit Malik is the Co-Founder of Townscript. Townscript is a leading self-serve event registration & ticketing management platform for event organisers based in Pune. They launched the platform 3 years back and now have been serving more than 2,700+ customers happily. Sanchit has been leading business development at Townscript. Digital Marketing or specifically Inbound Marketing […]Read More →


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You might have watched a lot of stress test videos before buying a new smart phone, if you are very fond of smart phones are a bit geeky. So you will be knowing what are the different types of stress tests people do with their devices. Manufacturers are supposed to do all these tests during the development phase of any device, particularly smart phones. This is because we as consumer will be paying a lot of money for these smart phones and we do not want the devices to break up on just one accidental drop to a concrete floor.
So a all manufacturers run every new smart phone they manufacture through a series of stress tests. Nokia is no exception. But the company has decided to become an exception in a way when it comes to the stress test of its new smart phone, the Nokia Lumia 900. The Lumia 900 has the unofficial tagline of being the "hardest phone in the world". Meaning that it is very difficult to break the phone into pieces, including the screen.
Yes, there is also the grade two Gorilla glass available on many smart phone already which are very strong and scratch resistant. But have you ever tired using you smart phone with a Gorilla glass, as a hammer? Well, I have not even though I have the second generation Gorilla glass. But Nokia has made an effort to overcome the fear of losing a phone and has moved a step ahead in proving that it still does makes quality smart phones (even though the software inside it including the operating system is crappy).
What you see below is the official Nokia Lumia 900 test video from the labs of Nokia manufacturing plant. And you see that the person in the video hits the display of the phone with a nail a hammer and then uses the screen of the Lumia 900 itself as a hammer to nail down a nail to that wooden strip. This is pretty impressive. But I still am not going to do any such thing with my smart phone.


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Do you love skittle manis? I used to not be such a fan of them, but lately I've been wearing accent nails a lot. Well, one accent nail became two, and now I'm just having fun with mixing and matching. For this combo, I used 3 polishes and dolphin nail vinyls. I think by sticking with 3 polishes it works out looking cohesive and intentional, which I like. But I have been known to wear total skittles occasionally too!
For today's mani, I started out by grabbing China Glaze's Purple Panic. I noticed that my Eat Sleep Polish Designer Drums glitter topper looked really nice with it… and then to sort of tie them together, I grabbed Eat Sleep Polish's Radiance (an extremely LE polish she released a while back).
I used two coats of Purple Panic and Radiance as my bases. Then, on my middle and index finger added one coat of Designer Drums. Remember that Designer Drums has a tangerine-tinted base, so it does slightly alter the colours I put it over.
I finished off with adding the dolphin vinyls on my ring finger. I know I've been wearing vinyls so much, but they are so cute, and so easy. I got them here.
The formula on all the polishes was great. Since Purple Panic is a neon, it dried matte but was shiny again with topcoat. All my nails got a good coat of topcoat.
Don't forget, there's only one week left to enter my giveaway to win your own special Elvis vinyls and Elvis Is My Homeboy polish! Check out the giveaway here. Good luck!


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ICT investment trends in Italy; Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2016 is a new market research publication announced by Reportstack. This report presents the findings from a survey of 163 Italian enterprises regarding their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how Italian enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting.
Key Findings
- To streamline their cost of operations and achieve differentiation in the market, Italian enterprises are set to increase their ICT budget
- Enterprises in Italy are keen to invest in infrastructure services such as security and desktop services, in order to enhance existing systems and develop new technologies
- The survey indicates that enterprises in Italy are increasingly using virtualization technologies to reduce their information storage, IT maintenance and support, and energy costs
Complete report available @ ICT investment trends in Italy; Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2016.
The report illustrates the core technologies Italian enterprises are investing in, including mobility, communications and collaboration, and green IT and virtualization. Understand the approach adopted by enterprises in Italy to purchase technology and get a better insight into ICT vendors and services providers when pitching their solutions to enterprises in Italy.
In particular, it provides an in-depth analysis of the following:
- How ICT budgets are set to change in 2015 in terms of their overall size
- Allocation across the core elements of IT spend, including hardware, software, services, communications, and consulting
- Distribution of ICT Euro in areas such as data centers, applications, IT management, and the networks
- Which ICT functions Italian enterprises are interested in outsourcing
- Italian enterprises' investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as mobility, communications and collaboration, and green IT and virtualization
- Factors that are influencing Italian enterprises' investments in each technology category
- How Italian enterprises' IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category
- Italian enterprises' distribution of their ICT budget across various segments within a technology category
- Vendor satisfaction ratings for various core and advanced technology categories
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Ms. Constance King, 55, beloved daughter, mother and sister, who resided on South Lake Street, South Bend, Indiana, passed away at 3:05 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana.
Constance was born on March 22, 1950, in South Bend, to Leroy and Inez (Browning) King. She graduated from Riley High School in 1968 and also graduated from Indiana University of South Bend. She resided in Hendersonville, Tennessee, for 18 years and returned home to South Bend in May 2003.
Surviving family members left to cherish her memory include her mother, Inez King of South Bend; two sons, Gerald (Shemika) of Gallatin, Tennessee, and Jarvis of South Bend; five grandchildren, Trevon, Dalon, Davon, M'Kyra and Caleb, all of Gallatin, Tennessee; and a sister, Leslie King; seven brothers, Eugene, Richard, Brian and Larry (Karen) King, all of South Bend, Leroy C. (Linda) Jr. of Dallas, Jon (Laverne) of Richmond, Virginia, and Jimmy (Nyoka) of Plano, Texas; one special cousin, Judy Kay Peden of South Bend; along with a host of other relatives and friends.


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Renaissance trio Mascherata trained between them at Oxford, Cambridge, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Music and the Schola Cantorum at Basel specialize in the intimate music of Renaissance Venice and Spain. Our versatility (kaleidoscopic permutations of recorders, voices, Renaissance and Baroque harps, recitation, percussion and any number of plucked instruments: lute, theorbo, guitars, vihuela...) means we have the capacity to weave dazzling tapestries of colour, repertorial possibility and texture.
Formed in early 2010 for a concert in Venice, our first programme, Musica per una serata veneziana, took as its starting point the arrival of Henri III of France into Venice in 1574. Recent programmes have been focussed on Spanish music: spagnoletto themes, Valderrábano and Mudarra on vihuela and harp, and strummed villancicos aplenty.
We have run educational concerts at Lake Garda; given the evening concert at a conference on Renaissance music at Oxford University, at which two of us presented papers; improvised at Kensington Palace and Shakespeare's Globe; performed at the Ashmolean Museum and extensively under the auspices of Oxford's Bate Collection, and given a recital for Wenner recorders at the Greenwich International Early Music exhibition.
Mascherata were also 3rd prize-winners at the International Early Music Competition, Middelburg, The Netherlands in 2011.
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UK health service IT project run by IT failure
Somewhat off the science topic, but amusing enough to include:
As a lesson in not making enemies when you are in the public eye, especially family ones, and a reminder of the unique power to embarrass that ones mother possesses - here is an interview with the disgruntled mother of the man tasked with upgrading the entire UK health system IT infrastructure. She says:
"I can't believe that my son is running the IT modernisation programme for the whole of the NHS.
"He was disappointed when he failed his computer studies course at Bristol.
"It was pretty serious, so I had to write to Princess Anne, who at that time was "university visitor" there to appeal for him to be allowed to resit the exam, as initially he was refused permission."
I think a cosy family Christmas looks unlikely there!


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I have been busy writing and doing paperwork type things for DiVine online magazine. I read their writer's guide, and you will hopefully see some of their advice on writing online in this blog with more shorter sentences and less thirty-three word sentences like this one. They reckon the ideal length is about ten words. I probably was told this in the Interactive Writing subject in my Master of Creative Writing, but then again I might not have been.
After reading the writer's guide I rewrote the last article I had written and emailed it to them. It's a personal article, telling people something about my interests. I choose to talk about the possible connection between solving global warming and science fiction. I included headings. (Not sure about putting them in a blog.) The article has yet to be accepted. From now on we have to query the editor before we write a story.
I sent my first invoice in for two stories that are already up on the site. In two weeks I should receive payment and then I will be running around yelling: look at me, I am a paid writer.
I also got a photo back that will be used on the DiVine site. It made me look human so I have decided to place it on my blog and other pages. The professional photographer actually got me to smile. The previous photo on this blog was from about ten years ago. As you may have noticed, I have attempted to cultivate a beard since then.
Last week I also did some research into another article and found myself frequently writing down ideas and adding to others.
Other than DiVine I spent some time catching up on my newspaper reading. I am not sure if they sacked the proofreader at The Age, but I kept on spotting typos. In one article they had the Federal Government spending $60 BILLION on pumping carbon dioxide into the ground. I think that should have been $60 million. I saw three other typos in that edition and the one I read today had two typos in one article, witting instead of willing, twice.
So with DiVine and my newspaper reading, I had little writing time for my novella. I did a bit. One good session and I will have the draft finished.
I also did not get around to my Aussiecon post on the Marketing sessions. But have faith, it will appear soon.
3G Problems with Kindle
(There you are, I got a heading in.) I intend to buy a Kindle with some of my writing money. But I read recently about a person having 3G connection problems and telstra couldn't give a stuff. It left me wondering if 3G downloads will work in Wangaratta. If you have a Kindle, have you had these problems?


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RHEOLOGY Solutions has released a filter pressure value (FPV) test that is suitable for testing colourants in the form of colour concentrates in polymers used for extrusion in melt-spinning processes.
The test mixture is processed in a HAAKE PolyDrive single screw extruder with a non-grooved barrel and a compression screw with additional mixing elements. The polymer melt is fed with a constant pressure of 30 to 60 bar to the HAAKE Melt Pump with a volume of 1.2cm³/rpm.
With this metering pump a constant volume of 50cm³/min to 60cm³/min (setting 660 on the HAAKE Melt pump) of polymer passes the filter package. Particles and agglomerates over a certain size are retained and clog the filter package. A pressure increase is observed and is correlated with the quality of the colourant. The pressure difference between the initial pressure and the peak pressure is used for the calculation of FPV.
Using the test to check raw materials ensures the quality of products and makes the uptime of screen changers more predictable. A full copy of the test method is available on request.


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Dr. Langer is employed by Penn Medicine.
Recognized by America's Top Doctors, 2008, 2010 - 2018
Recognized by Best Doctors in America 2009, 2010, 2013 - 2018
Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue, 2009 - 2018
The Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.
Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.
A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Graduate Hospital
Fellowship: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship: Fox Chase Cancer Center
Dr. Langer is employed by Penn Medicine.
Movsas B, Scott C, Curran Jr W, Byardt R and Langer C.: A Quality-Adjusted Time Without Symptoms or Toxicity (QTWiST) Analysis of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 94-10. Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol (ASCO), San Francisco, CA, J Clin Oncol, in press.
: 2008.
Schnoll RA, James C, Malstrom M, Rothman R, Wang H, Babb J, Miller SM, Ridge JA, Movsas B, Langer C, Unger M, Goldberg M: Longitudinal predictors of continued tobacco use among patients diagnosed with cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, in press
: 2008.
Langer, CJ Stephenson, P, Schiller J, Harrington D, Sandler A, Belani, C, Johnson D: The Role of Combination Platinum-Based Treatment in the Elderly: Lessons from ECOG 1594 Clinical Lung Cancer, Cancer Conference Highlights, in press : 2008.
Janne PA, Simon GR, Langer CJ, Taub RN, Dowlati, A, Fidias F, Obasaju C, Monberg M, Kindler HA: Phase II Trial of Pemetrexed and Gemcitabine in Chemotherapy Naïve Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma J Clin Oncol, in press : 2008.
Konski A; Bhargavan M; Owen J, Komaki R, Langer C, Byhardt R; Paulus R, Choy H, Bruner D, Curran W: Less is not always more; An Economic Analysis of Radiatoin Therapy Oncology Group 9410 Poster 1080, American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, CA
: 2007.
Movsas B; Moughan J; Sarna L; Langer C; Werner-Wasik M; Nicolaou N; Komaki R; Machtay M; Wasserman T; Bruner D;
: Quality of Life (QoL) supercedes the classic predictors of survival in locally advanced non-small cel l lung cancer: An analysis of Radiation Therpay Oncology Group (RTOG) 9801 Oral presentation. American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, CA : 2007.
Langer CJ, Harris J, Horwitz EM, Nicolaou N, Kies M, Curran W, Wong S, Ang K: Phase II study of low-dose paclitaxel and cisplatin in combination with split-course concomitant twice-daily reirradiation in recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Protocol 9911. J Clin Oncol.20;25(30):4800-5 : 2007.
Wakelee HA, Dahlberg SE, Schiller JH, Langer CJ, Sandler AB, Brahmer JR, Belani CP: Menopausal status of women may affect survival in advanced NSCLC: Analysis of recent Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) studies using age of 60 years or older as a surrogate marker. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Vol 2, No 8, Supplement 4, S570, P1-052
: 2007.
Langer CJ, Paulus R, Curran W, Movsas B Werner-Wasik M, Komaki R, Lee JS, Choy H: Rethinking prognostic factors in the era of combined modality therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC): a retrospective analysis of RTOG Protocols 9410 and 9801. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Vol 2, No 8, Supplement 4, S309 A1-03 : 2007.
Movsas B, Langer C, Wang LH, Jotte R, Xu F, Huang C, Monberg M, Obasaju CK: Phase 2 trial of cisplatin, etoposide, and radiation followed by gemcitabine vs gemcitabine and docetaxel in stage IIIA/B unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Vol 2, No 8, Supplement 4, S648, P2-195 : 2007.
Penn Cancer Services
Congratulations to the 478 Penn physicians listed below who were included in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs™ 2018.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers.
A clinical trial is a research study involving patient volunteers that are conducted to find safe and effective treatments for a variety of health conditions.


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While hanging out in the bar, the players noticed buzzing noises. This was particularly annoying to the totally-not-hungover K't'k'prrk (Kateka Burrke). Upon further examination, the buzzing sounds turned out to be from largish bees flying in and out of the air ducts.
A posting on the job board indicated that a group called The Exterminators was looking to hire local help, and the group decided to contact them and see if the bee situation was relevant to this ad. It was, and the group took the job to help track down the hive in the service ducts.
Kartesh Fartouch stayed behind, and the rest of the players followed the bees into the ducts. They tracked them to an open junction area of several passageways. Here, a large comb had been built, with a large number of workers coming and going, as well as an even larger number of bees covering the comb.
With the help of a friendly worker, the group got past the guard bees and talked to the Queen. It was clear this was not just a swarm of normal bees escaped from a farm. They were, in fact, sapient. They had escaped their home planet and were seeking a place to be "free". At home, they were not allowed to move the hive as they'd like and they were kept in one area to pollinate the crops of the Teleeenu.
Burrke lied to The Exterminators about knowing the location of the bees, but they sent 'employees' to investigate once they found out the bees had been found. The group had a few turns to prepare for their arrival, and the bees were able to escape to Mx. Hood's ship with only one round of combat. A few guards were killed, but it was far less damaging than it could have been.
The group were summoned to Georgeanna Vikram's office to confront the lawyers from The Exterminators. The lawyers had documents claiming the bees were non-sentient livestock and the property of the Teleeenu who had hired the firm. On the testimony of Mx. Hood and Davey, Vikram offered the bees sanctuary in the arboretum of the station. The bees happily accepted.
The bees moved into the arboretum, but their new home was quickly threatened by Exterminator mercenaries. The group intervened, placing themselves in harm's way to prevent attacks on the bees. They 'convinced' the leader of the squad to retreat through a combination of flirting and being scary like death.
The bees got recognition as a sapient species and will be applying to join the Entourage. The Diplomatic Corps and representatives of the Visitor will be investigating the situation with the Teleeenu (who, as members of the network should know better).
Burrke also made an arrangement with the Queen to sell excess honey.


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Operating status
Administrator level user can check the system status of Yamaha router by executing the commands for confirming the operating status.
Example of the commands for confirming the operating status:
|Command name
|show arp
|Shows the ARP table.
|show log
|Shows the system logs.
|show ip route
|Shows the IPv4 routing table information.
|show ipv6 route
|Shows the IPv6 routing table information.
|show status bri
|Shows the information of the BRI interface.
|show status lan
|Shows the information of the LAN interface, such as MAC address, link state and send/receive packets count
|show status pp
|Shows the current or last connection information of the PP interface.


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Need a place to hang? Mizzou's got you covered.
With nearly 230,000 square feet of space, the new Student Center at the corner of Hitt Street and Rollins Road offers plenty of places to spread out and chill — as well as a veritable mini-city of resources.
Hungry? Pick up coffee, lunch or sushi. Need books or a new laptop? Visit the MU Bookstore or Tiger Tech. Want to make a difference? Swing by the Center for Student Involvement. And if you'd rather just relax, study or chat with a friend, you can pick a spot on a comfy couch in one of three massive lounges.
Mizzou officially dedicated the new Student Center during the 2010 Homecoming festivities. Highlights of the happenings included a time capsule dedication, a tailgate party and a book signing by MU alumnus Mort Walker, creator of the comic strip Beetle Bailey. Walker is the inspiration for the Student Center's new Mort's Grill located across from The Shack, a reincarnation of the famous hangout that burned down in 1988.
The new center has been built in phases, beginning in 2007. Phase 1 involved construction to the east of Brady Commons and was completed in 2009. Phase 2, which required demolition and renovation of the original Brady Commons, opened this semester.
The Student Center project cost $64 million. In 2005, students passed a referendum to increase student fees to fund nearly half of the construction. Revenue from auxiliary services, such as the University Bookstore and Campus Dining Services, covered the remaining 52 percent.
The new center is approximately twice the size of the original Brady Commons.
Take a peek inside!Source: Mizzou Wire
No matter when you graduated from Mizzou, the new MU Student Center's Traditions Lounge can call up a memory for you. A committee of Mizzou Alumni Association volunteers had the nostalgic task of brainstorming a list of campus traditions past and present, several of which will be on permanent display. "Today's students who visit the lounge will see how things have changed and yet remain the same," says Dee Esry, BSN '55, M Ed '57, committee member and former association president.
The lounge, which contains a fireplace and upholstered seating, perches above an atrium containing five restaurants and a large dining area. It will be dedicated during Homecoming as part of two days of events dedicating the center.
Esry brought plenty of experience with traditions both old and new, to the committee. For instance, some traditions under consideration — Tiger Walk, Tiger Plaza — originated within the association during her presidency in 2000–01. Others — the Shack, the Stables — were emerging during her time as a student. Still others — the Columns, Homecoming — were entrenched long before Esry studied nursing and education at Mizzou. The traditions committee offered up the list of possibilities to Student Center planners, who fleshed out the details of the lounge.
Esry enjoyed her time on the committee. "You have a good feeling that you've helped preserve the traditions enshrined in that building," she says. "The presentations will build curiosity in the students who see them. Maybe they'll ask their parents and grandparents about them. That's history, and history is part of what a university represents."
Source: Mizzou Magazine
Over time, Brady Commons — designed decades ago as a student recreation stop — had gotten packed to the point of bursting with restaurants, a bookstore and dozens of student organizations, not to mention the bowling alley in the basement. In 2005, students voted to expand the facility for modern wants and needs. MU's new Student Center opened Aug. 18 and will host two days of dedication festivities during Homecoming Week Oct. 21–22.
Half of the $63 million for the center comes from student fees and half from revenue generated by self-supporting student services on campus, such as residence halls and the bookstore. At 229,000 square feet, the center nearly doubles the size of the original commons (125,0000 square feet). That means lots of space for dining, studying, meetings, performances and student organizations, in addition to more windows, balconies and electrical outlets (for computers). The center also houses a bank, post office and copy center.Source: Mizzou Magazine
Sustainable car sharing program will start this fall.
Columbia, Mo. Did you know that a shared vehicle can remove 15 – 20 cars off the road? Students, faculty and staff can use the sharing program thanks to a partnership between the Missouri Students Association, the Graduate Professional Council (MSA/GPC), the Missouri Student Unions, MU Parking and Transportation and the MU Sustainability Office. WeCar® sharing offers an economical, convenient and environmentally friendly transportation alternative to owning a car.
WeCar® offers students, faculty and staff freedom and mobility without the hassles of owning a car. Two hybrid vehicles and two sedans will be available and conveniently located on the MU campus. Membership is $35 annually and reservations can be made online. Hourly weekday rates for sedans are $8 per hour and hybrids start at $9 per hour. Customers who are 18 -20 years of age are eligible to use this service but must have their own insurance.
"Bringing WeCar® to Mizzou will provide an important service to our students, especially those who are on-campus residents, and will allow them the freedom to go grocery shopping, run errands, etc." said Dr. Jeff Zeilenga, Asst. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. "This program also supports MU's sustainability initiatives to reduce our carbon footprint, as well as relieve congestion and parking demand on campus."
About WeCar®: Enterprise Holdings, headquartered in St. Louis, owns and operates the WeCar and Enterprise Rent-A-Car brands. WeCar car-sharing was piloted in 2007 as a natural extension of Enterprise Rent-A-Car's business rental program. WeCar offers mostly hybrids and plug-in vehicles, delivering car-sharing technology's speed, efficiency and economy to businesses, universities and government offices nationwide. For more information,visit www.WeCar.com and www.keystogreen.com.


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This is simply a group to share and upload wallpapers in, any high resolution or high quality pictures of any sort are welcome.
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free - or sign in with your social account on the right) and join in the conversation.
Oh hey Skeybar... guess you were over looking at those other two and decided you might as well check this one out as well.
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ArikN 27 Jun 2010 10:22
my question regards the definition : "A language is in NP if there exists a DETERMINISTIC Turing Machine that verifies the language"
Does that definition correct ? should the verifier be a DETERMINISTIC Turing Machine ?
And if so, my problem is that the Not-Deterministic TM will simulate all options in 2^n time, which is exponential and not polinomial
I will be happy to get some explanations
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Legislators certainly meant well in 1983 when they approved stiffer graduation requirements for Florida's public schools. But they neglected to do one thing to better push the reform along. They didn't set aside enough money to help students plan for the new requirements.
The result: Many guidance counselors are responsible for advising 500 to 700 students. It can't be done.
Lawmakers addressed this problem last year with the innovative Teachers as Advisers program. But it is in only 44 pilot schools -- including 12 in Central Florida. The state needs to expand the program throughout the state.


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Saturday, June 11, 2016
Canadian Court Seizes $13m of Iran's Non-Diplomatic Assets.
Canadian Court Seizes $13m of Iran's Non-Diplomatic Assets. (IranFrontpage).
The judgment by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, obtained by AFP on Friday June 10, found Tehran responsible for financing and training Hamas and Hezbollah operatives, who purportedly carried out eight bombings or hostage-takings in Buenos Aires, Israel, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia between 1983 and 2002. Tehran did not immediately comment on the court judgment.
"The broad issue before the court is whether Iran is entitled to immunity from the jurisdiction of Canadian courts for its support of terrorism," Ontario Superior Court Justice Glenn Hainey claimed.
The move by Ottawa came after the US Supreme Court ruled on April 20 that Iran's assets frozen in a bank account, which are worth around $2bn, should be turned over to American families of those killed in a 1983 bombing in Beirut and other attacks blamed on Iran. Tehran has denied any role in the attacks.
The ruling for the $13m payout does not affect Iran's diplomatic property in Canada but does touch non-diplomatic properties and a list of frozen bank accounts, the report added.
This is while Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion confirmed on Friday that Ottawa has started "official" talks with Tehran in an attempt to renew ties with the Islamic Republic following a lasting nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. "Talks have started, yes, at the official level," Dion said. Iran's ambassador the United Nations declined to comment when asked whether the talks were happening between the two country's missions to the UN.
He would not speculate on the type of diplomatic presence Canada might pursue in Tehran, but added that an embassy was not a likelihood in the near future. "I would say it's step by step — and an embassy cannot be a first step." Read the full story here.
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Does your ageing laptop need a boost? Here are ten software tweaks and hardware upgrades that will give your computer a new lease of life.
Whether you've just bought a new computer or you've been using your existing one for a while, you may notice over time that it starts slowing down and tasks that used to take seconds now take a lot longer. This is natural behaviour for any computer, whether it's a Windows 10 machine, Windows 8, MacBook or Linux laptop.
This is because as you install more apps and run them concurrently, your laptop has to split the memory used to make things happen more thinly and so it will affect the performance of your device. The number of files you're downloading, syncing with third party storage applications and using will also affect a computer's performance.
Of course, a slow-running laptop can be extremely frustrating: watching that progress bar or spinning wheel chug round in circles can make even the most patient person lose their rag.
Although it's unlikely your computer will ever operate as it did when you first lifted it out of its box (unless you remove everything from it), there are some things you can do to get some of its speed back. Fortunately it doesn't involve a reset or restore, just little tweaks that together can make a big difference.
Here are our top 10 tips for speeding up your laptop and offering a little relief when carrying out everyday tasks.
1 – How to speed up a laptop: Delete unused programs
Over time, it's easy to build up a number of programs on your laptop that you don't really use any more. It's therefore a good idea to uninstall all the programs you don't plan to use as it will help speed up the system. Microsoft says it's especially important to delete any utility programs you might have installed over the months of use, such as virus scanners, disk cleaners, and backup tools, as they often run automatically at startup, quietly chugging along in the background where you can't see them. "Many people have no idea they're even running," Microsoft warns.
It's never too late to remove these and get rid of the clutter and wasted system resources. Maybe you thought you might use the software someday, but never did. Uninstall it and your PC should run faster.
2. How to speed up a laptop: Limit startup programs
Many programs are designed to start automatically when Windows starts. Software manufacturers often set their programs to open in the background, where you can't see them running, so they'll open right away when you click their icons. That's helpful for programs you use a lot, but for programs you rarely or never use, this wastes precious memory and slows down the time it takes Windows to finish starting up.
However, you can decide for yourself if you want a program to run at startup.
To see how can you tell what programs run automatically at startup, use AutoRuns for Windows. It's a free tool that you can download from the Microsoft website, and shows you all of the programs and processes that run when you start your OS. You can stop a program from running automatically when Windows starts by opening the AutoRuns for Windows program, and then by clearing the checkbox next to the name of the program you want to stop. AutoRuns for Windows is designed for advanced users.
3 – How to speed up a laptop: Get rid of 'bloatware'
It's not just old computers that can suffer from latency. New computers can too and that's down to the bloatware manufacturers preinstall on their laptops. Whether you refer to it as bloatware or crapware, this unwanted software can really slow down a computer.
It's pretty likely you probably don't even need all these extras that ship with your computer. If you've let them reside on your machine since you bought it, you'll probably want to have an audit of what you use and really need and what you don't. Think of it as a spring clean for your machinery.
Programs such as PCDecrapifier can make the process of getting rid of bloatware really painless and is a quick win for those looking to speed up their notebooks.
4 – How to speed up a laptop: CCleaner
Your first point of call when wanting to speed up a laptop is to use software that trawls through the disk drive looking for all the files and folders you never use.
Data, such as web browser caches, temporary files, cookies and such like, can clog up your laptop, making it run slowly. One program that's been around for years is CCleaner.
Not only will it clear your drive of these files, it can also check the registry for problems there. There is also a tools tab so you can uninstall programs, disable startup items and find the files that take up loads of space.
First, download and install CCleaner from here. Once installed, start the application. This will open on the cleaner tab. Click on Run Cleaner and this will scan the drive looking for items such as temporary internet files, memory dumps and more advanced stuff like cleaning out Prefetch data. You can choose what items you want to scan for, such as specific applications or system components.
Second, click on the Registry tab to clean this of unnecessary entries that could slow down your laptop.
Third, use the Tools tab to uninstall various programs and apps already installed on your system. Sometimes, PC manufacturers pre-install unwanted apps and removing these can really speed up your computer in no time.
5 – How to speed up a laptop: Get defragging
Old mechanical hard drives suffer a lot from defragmentation (this doesn't happen on solid state disk so you can skip this step).
This means that files are often scattered across a drive and this slows the machine down as it tries to access all portions of the file. Defragging will put the files back together again and hopefully increase speeds of hard drive access at the same time.
To defrag your hard drive, go into the control panel, select 'System and Security' under Administrative Tools.
You can analyse the drive to see how fragmented it is. Next, click on the drive you want to defrag. This will then run the process, speeding up the drive.
6 – How to speed up a laptop: ReadyBoost
ReadyBoost is a feature of Windows that was introduced in Windows Vista. It essentially uses a flash drive as a bit of extra memory.
Perhaps not as good as swapping a traditional hard drive for a solid state one or adding more RAM, ReadyBoost will give a little uptick to the performance of your system. It puts aside a part of the flash drive memory for things such as caching, assisting often-used apps to open quicker, and increasing random read access speeds of the hard disk.
To use ReadyBoost, first insert a USB memory drive into an empty slot on the laptop you wish to speed up. A dialogue box will open asking you what you want to do with the flash drive. Choose 'Speed up my system using Windows ReadyBoost'. Another window will open and here you can select how much of the drive you wish to use on the flash pen. It is generally a good idea to use as much of the drive as possible.
Once that is done, confirm the settings and the window will close. The drive will be automatically detected and used whenever it is plugged it.
One last note, if your machine is fast enough, Windows will prevent you using ReadyBoost.
7 – How to speed up a laptop: Switch off unnecessary animations
Ever since Windows Vista (and some would argue Windows XP), the operating system has had fancy graphics and animated flourishes that did little to improve productivity. If these are slowing things down, it is easy to switch off everything and run on the bare essentials.
To do this, open that Start Menu and start typing in 'Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows'. Click on this option and from the scroll menu untick everything you don't wish to see on the desktop (such as shadows, smooth fonts, etc.) Click on OK and this will change the desktop to something more basic looking.
On systems other than Windows 10, switching everything off gives the desktop a Windows 95-style look and feel. It is surprising to note how much of the so-called 'flat look' of Windows 10 relies on graphical flourishes when you switch everything off.
8 – Make Windows 10 search quicker and more useful
Search indexing in Windows 10 has come a long way from its origins in previous Windows versions. The advice until recently was to disable this completely, but it has become too integral to the Windows experience to do that.
However, you can improve the speed of finding things on your laptop by using a few tweaks. First, you can disable the web results in search (let's face it you use the browser for this and most likely Google rather than Bing). Simply, hit the Windows key, type gpedit.msc and hit enter. With the Group Policy Editor open, click on Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Search.
Find 'Do not allow web search' and double-click this. Switch the preference to enabled. Then find 'Don't search the web or display web results in Search' and double-click this. Switch the preference to enabled. Lastly, 'Don't search the web or display web results in Search over metered connections' and double-click this. Switch the preference to enabled.
You can also change the locations that Windows Search indexes to exclude stuff you know you don't need to find, such as the App Data folder that contains, among other things web browser cache and cookies. If you don't use Internet Explorer or Edge you may not want these indexed either.
To manage these, open the Indexing Options by pressing Windows and Pause to open the System control panel, then click on 'All control panel items' in the location bar at the top, and the find and click on Indexing Options. This then opens a window that shows locations that are included by Windows 10's search indexer. Here you can choose which locations to include or exclude to speed up this search function.
9 – How to speed up a laptop: add more RAM
If your laptop has around 2GB of memory, upgrading is a great way of eking out extra performance. There are some caveats to this, however.
If you are running a 32-bit version of Windows, the maximum amount of RAM you can have in one system is 3GB. With these systems, if you have 2GB and you add another 2GB, Windows will only use 3GB of RAM. This is because of the limits 32-bit operating systems have when addressing memory.
10 – How to speed up a laptop: Swap out for an SSD
If your laptop has a mechanical hard drive, then swapping it for a solid state drive (SSD) could pay dividends. As there are no moving parts, an SSD has read and write speeds far quicker than any traditional drive.
Over the past few years, SSD prices have gone down and capacities up. So putting one in your laptop won't break the bank.
Rather than reinstalling Windows, you can use a cloning tool to copy everything from your old disk to an SSD. Freeware, such as Todo Backup Free 9.0, will do the trick.


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Sunday, May 13, 2012
My $12 worth of books
Moving on: it is time to show off my spoils! As I mentioned, I bought just the two bags of books, plus a third bag of free children's books, bringing my total expenditure to $12.
8 comments:
- Abby said...
Wow, what wonderful finds! I love finding second hand treasures :) Hunting them out is half the fun - and rather addictive, I've found!
Ah, I know what you mean about not being able to share your excitement over books - whenever I come back from a car boot with piles of books, my parents generally just want to know how they're all going to fit into my already cluttered room!
- May 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM
- The Editrix said...
Abby, that is generally my mum's reaction! I was fortunate in that we recently acquired a new bookshelf, so I actually had plenty of space to put all the books I brought home from the sale.
- May 13, 2012 at 8:49 PM
- Pieces of Sunshine said...
You found some wonderful treasures, although I ma relieved you came home with 2 bags and not 10.....no need for the National Geographics as we have the entire set on indexed DVD (I do like NG's too!)
- May 13, 2012 at 9:17 PM
- Deanne said...
I am glad you found some great books- not every one can come home with a rare Doris Chadwick can they?
- May 13, 2012 at 10:07 PM
- Autumn said...
I am sooooo jealous!!! That is a most impressive haul! And all of them great finds!
- May 14, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- Rachel said...
Hurrah! These look really good!!
- May 14, 2012 at 10:27 AM
- Nina said...
My family used to go to library booksales all the time. We got some really great ones, including a turtleback version of Alice in Wonderland. ^_6
- June 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM
- mariel said...
You have great taste! I just found your blog and can't wait to discover new period dramas through your handy index. Love it!
- October 28, 2012 at 4:24 AM


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The May 8 Ohio Democratic Party primary is not so far away. Voters in Ohio's 15th Congressional District should vote for Nelsonville resident and Tri County Career Center government teacher Rob Jarvis.
One issue is illustrative: Rob Jarvis would seek to enact single-payer health care. The other active primary candidate proposes that the age for Medicare eligibility be lowered to 55.
Come on. If Medicare is a good idea for people 55 years of age, why is it not a good idea for people age 45, or 35, or 25?
Additionally, Jarvis points out that single-payer will end "job lock." Now, workers are afraid to leave one job for another out of concern that they might lose medical coverage. If that fear were gone, the result would be freed-up worker and entrepreneurial energy.
Democrats should quit mincing around on economic issues. One way to do that is to vote for Rob Jarvis in the May 8 Democratic Primary.
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text: hello all! i just have a quick question about the longevity of the G1 phone or more to the point do you think that it will still be viable for the next 2 years(will it or wont it be able to upgrade frimware, 2.0"donut" to be exact) or will they phase it out and only offer firmware updates for newer phones? i know that android is an OS and can be upgraded but not all hardware is created equal and though i love the G1's design(trackball/touch/qwerty) I'd rather not be left i n the dark when any big changes happen, when I'm stuck with the 2 year agreement. Also i know that none of you really have THE answer I'm just trying to get a sense of where people who are more in the know that i am stand on the subject My contract expires with At&T in November9or was it december?) and to be honest, none of the new designs that i have seen(including that FUGLY samsung bigfoot pic/other one was nice though) entice me at all. i'd rather stick with the original but not if it wont still be a viable(read i dont need it to be world class just able to get potential updates) platform for the near future.


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Soon, virtually every device in your home will be connected to the Internet. Controlling the protocol these devices use to talk to each other would be highly lucrative, as you might imagine.
To better understand the massive market potential of home automation and control, consider the price Google paid for Nest -- $3.2 billion. Apple, meanwhile, has introduced the HomeKit software platform for its upcoming iOS 8 release. Dozens of other companies are all vying for a piece of the connected pie.
But we must measure the cost and ease of use of the systems these tech giants produce against existing products. The Iris system from Lowe's (NYSE:LOW), for example.
Lowe's: A different business model
I was able to chat with Tom Kerber recently about Lowe's and its strategy in this space. Tom is the director of research in the areas of home controls, energy management, and home networks for Parks Associates.
He says Lowe's is employing a different business model in the home automation market, one that allows consumers to buy an inexpensive kit and begin connecting their home on an incremental basis. In all, the Lowe's Iris system expands to motion sensors, HVAC control, lights and other plugged-in devices, wireless video cameras, water leak detectors, door locks, sprinkler systems, and even hose faucet timers.
In the video below, Tom explains more about the Lowe's business model, and how many players the home automation market can support.
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Movie Advisory Board Finds Overwhelming Commitment to in-theater Moviegoing for Pirates of the Caribbean
89% of Moviegoers Polled Would Have Still Paid to See Captain Jack on the Big Screen Even if Day and Date DVD Release was Available
(Hollywood, CA – Tuesday, July 18, 2006) - Having measured the desire of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest moviegoers to see the film in-theater, the Movie Advisory Board, a joint initiative between Nielsen Entertainment and MovieTickets.com, announced today the results of a survey of over 1700 moviegoers who had seen Pirates from its opening through last week. 89% of Pirates theatergoers stated they would have still seen the film in a movie theater, even if it was available on the day of its theatrical release, either for sale or rental.
The exact question posed to those who purchased a ticket and attended Pirates in a movie theatre was:
If the DVD of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" were available for sale (for between $19.99 and $24.99) or rental (at your usual rental fee) on the SAME DAY it premiered in the theatres (last Friday 7/7/06), would you have:
- Bought the Pirates DVD and not seen it in the theater
- Rented the Pirates DVD and not seen it in the theater
- Still seen Pirates in the theater
- Still seen Pirates in the theater and also bought the DVD
- Still seen Pirates in the theater and also rented the DVD
The results were as follows:
- 7% - Bought the Pirates DVD and not seen it in the theater
- 4% - Rented the Pirates DVD and not seen it in the theater
- 38% - Still seen Pirates in the theater
- 47% - Still seen Pirates in the theater and also bought the DVD
- 4% - Still seen Pirates in the theater and also rented the DVD
Uniquely, all respondents to the survey were validated as ticket purchasers through the MovieTickets.com transaction data.
"Pirates illustrates the reliable commitment to moviegoing a consumer has when there is equity between the price and time required to consume a movie in the theater and the value derived," said Adrienne Becker, GM Strategic Development for Nielsen Entertainment. "Even with day and date release, the results of this preliminary study illustrate the potential opportunity to expand revenue rather than cannibalize it, with custom release strategies honed for specific films and their targets."
"When it comes to movie consumption options, Pirates demonstrates that the in-theater, moviegoing experience does not require oversized screens or 3D effects to maintain its unparalleled uniqueness," added Gary Hiller, President of MovieTickets.com's Market Research Division. "Whereas Pirates' historic box office numbers highlight moviegoers' interest in the film based on exposure to reviews, recommendations or marketing initiatives prior to seeing the film, these post-viewing survey numbers reveal Pirates moviegoers' specific commitment to see the film in the theater, notwithstanding the hypothetical availability of alternate methods of delivery and consumption."
The Movie Advisory Board's Choice Index continues to be developed and will be released weekly. Clients interested in the service can contact Nicholas Covey at 323/817-1958 of Nielsen.
About the Movie Advisory Board
The Movie Advisory Board (MAB) (www.movieadvisoryboard.com) is a joint initiative between Nielsen Entertainment and MovieTickets.com, a leading Internet box office. MAB is a community of moviegoers who either buy movie tickets or search for movie information online and who have elected to participate in a variety of market research endeavors. Some of the MAB services include moviegoer demographic reports, national exit services, online behavior analyses, windows tracking, time targeted mobile polling and advertising/media effectiveness. MAB affords clients the ability to both observe and converse with moviegoers, before and after a moviegoing decision, as well as the ability to match what the consumer reports doing, with actual behavior.
About Nielsen Entertainment
Nielsen Entertainment was formed in 2003 to bring together the best individuals, methodological practices and data collection resources across the world. Through custom research, consulting and the most comprehensive network of entertainment measurement systems, Nielsen Entertainment delivers Actionable Entertainment Intelligence to clients engaged in the business of selling entertainment and trading in the marketplace of our popular culture.
Nielsen Entertainment is comprised of the following businesses: National Research Group (NRG), Independent (NRGi), EDI and EDI International, Television Services, SoundScan, Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), Music Control, VideoScan, Market Navigator, Mobile, Live Events, BookScan, BookData, and Interactive Entertainment, and utilizes the full portfolio of sister companies including Nielsen Media Research and Nielsen Net Ratings to deliver a whole media point of view. Nielsen Entertainment is part of VNU (www.vnu.com), a global leader in information services for the media and entertainment industries.
About MovieTickets.com
MovieTickets.com (www.movietickets.com), the most powerful Internet movie ticketing service, provides consumers with the ease of a virtual box office from the convenience of their home or office. Formed in spring 2000, MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment, Hollywood Media Corp. (Nasdaq: HOLL - News), National Amusements, Famous Players, Marcus Theatres (NYSE: MCS - News), Viacom (NYSE: VIA - News), and America Online, and leverages the collective exhibitor expertise to deliver consumers a premium movie ticketing experience. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets online for movie screens across the United States and Canada, and in the U.K. Its elite collection of partner theaters consistently represents over 50% of the top 50 and over 50% of the top 100 grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend.
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Germany may be known for its love of well-tuned automobiles and David Hasselhoff, but according to new Kantar Worldpanel data, the Windows Phone operating system should also be added to the list. The latest numbers have Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) smartphone OS just 1 percentage point behind Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) for OS market share sales in the country.
But it's not just in Germany where the OS gaining traction, the five biggest European smartphone markets seems to be warming to Microsoft's smartphone operating system as well.
What a difference a year makes
Last year, in the three-month period ending in August, Windows Phone captured a total of 5.1% smartphone OS market share sales in Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. But during the same time this year, that share had jumped to 9.2%, while iOS took 16.1%.
Great Britain gives Windows Phone the most love with a solid 12% of OS market share sales over the past three months. That's in stark contrast to U.S. consumers who handed over just 3% market share sales to the Windows Phone OS.
But the most important data coming from Kantar is that although Android took about 70% of European smartphone OS sales market share over the past three months, the research company thinks the little green droid has reached its saturation point in developed countries. As Kanta points out, "After years of increasing market share, Android has now reached a point where significant growth in developed markets is becoming harder to find."
The research company said that over the past three months Windows Phone achieved double-digit sales market share in two European countries – Great Britain and France – for the first time ever. This move coupled with iOS gains is expected to bring a slight retreat of the Android OS going forward. Part of the shift has come as Samsung has reached a saturation point in Europe and other OEMs move in.
Judging by the graph, Apple and other vendors still have a long way to go before catching up to Samsung, though.
Wind in the sails, but storms ahead
Kantar isn't the only one seeing gains for Windows Phone OS, thanks to Nokia (NYSE:NOK). Last month, research firm IDC said in a press release that, "Nokia has clearly been the driving force behind the Windows Phone platform and we expect that to continue. However, as more and more vendors enter the smartphone market using the Android platform, we expect Windows Phone to become a more attractive differentiator in this very competitive market segment."
With Microsoft's pending acquisition of Nokia's devices and services segment, the company has the opportunity to build on the momentum it's gained in Europe. The big question is whether Microsoft can tap into the two the largest smartphone markets, the U.S. and China. Though the OS made a slight gain over the past three months in the U.S., it fell to just 2.1% in China from 4.7% the same time last year.
While Windows Phone gains in Europe are good news for Microsoft investors, gaining traction in the U.S. and China are going to be extremely difficult. This year, China will ship nearly one-third of all worldwide smartphone shipments, and it's imperative Microsoft make this market a top priority. Last month, Microsoft's VP of advertising and online, Frank Holland, said at a conference in Germany, "We are going to spend a lot of time in the next 12 months building a real presence on the low-end smartphone market with developing countries." Let's hope that means China sees a significant portion of that money to build the Windows Phone presence in the country. Though European market share is good, China is where the real growth is and Microsoft can't afford to pass it up.
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Brisbane-based satellite communications provider Indigo Telecom is expected to launch a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) hub in coming months capable of utilising technology that would provide speeds competitive with current fixed line broadband connections at a lower cost than initially capable.
The hub, to be deployed in the second or third quarters of this year following negotiations with US vendors in March, will operate over the C, Ku and Ka microwave bands. The Ka-band is intended to provide additional broadband bandwidth than is currently available in the Australian market.
"We've just finalised the paperwork to make the necessary licensing applications," the company's chief executive, David Ruddiman, said.
While it currently costs some $200-300 to transfer each megabyte under existing satellite technologies, Ruddiman said the Ka-band capability could reduce this to $2-3, potentially signalling a "game changer" for the market.
"The reality is I think that there has been a history of satellite seen as being inferior in technology and in bandwdith, capacity and everything else and, to an extent, that's true," he said.
"I think the game has shifted remarkably with the introduction of Hughes' and ViaSat's new 100gig plus satellites with Ka-band rather than Ku. There's a shift away, particularly with your fixed satellite services to satellites that have much larger capacity."
NBN Co plans to spend up to $1 billion to launch two of its own Ka-band satellites by 2015 using the same Ka-band technology to provide guaranteed speeds of 12 megabits per second (Mbps) to the three per cent of Australian premises not covered by fibre or fixed wireless technology. Though Indigo Telecom does not plan to tender for the interim or final aspects of NBN Co's satellite plans, Ruddiman told Computerworld Australia the provider would ultimately look to become a wholesale purchaser of capacity from the operator.
Despite the hub's launch, there are no plans to significantly change existing arrangements with satellite vendor Thuraya.
"We think they're complementary because one's mobile satellite services, the other's going to be more wireless fixed solutions, so we're not going to move away from that all," Ruddiman said.
Indigo Telecom is also expected to announce agreements with two major retail distribution networks for its satellite telephony products, which Ruddiman hoped would provide 15,000 additional subscribers to the Indigo Telecom network over the next 12 months. The company is still aiming to sign up 120,000 customers out of a potential one million subscribers within the first three years of inception.
The company will leverage the deal it struck with Telstra Wholesale last year to provide both GSM and satellite services through a single phone with one SIM card, and will offer both reduced hardware costs through both the Federal Government's existing satellite phone subsidy scheme and a hardware subsidy built into the provider's own plans.
Indigo Telecom prepared 'office-in-a-box' satellite communications kits for customers and some relief organisations in the aftermath of the recent Queensland flood disaster and Cyclone Yasi, allowing such clients to use the hardware as a live trial of the system prior to signing contracts with the company.
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Russell P. Reich
Jan. 30, 1918 - March 31, 2006
Russell P. Reich, 88, died Friday, March 31, 2006, at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital.
He was born Jan. 30, 1918, in Chicago, to Harold Pierce and Alfrieda Olson.
On Nov. 19, 1942, he married Marion Lang in Waukesha.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bataan in the South Pacific.
He was a maintenance worker for the Pabst Farms, retiring in 1980.
He is survived by his wife, Marion; children, Terry (Marilyn) Reich of Tamworth, Australia, Jim Reich of Waukesha, Steve (Jennie) Reich of Hartland, Sue (David) Layden of Sauk City and Linda (Scot) Martell of Mukwonago; and 13 grandchildren, Brian, Miranda, Steve, Mick, Eric, Liz, Matt, Jon, Pete, Thom, Josh, Whitney and Lee. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Kenneth.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to the charity of the donor's choice.
Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. until the 5 p.m. service Wednesday, April 5, at the Schmidt & Bartelt Notbohm-Kreutzmann Funeral Home, 121 Cross St., Oconomowoc, with the Rev. Don Gebhart officiating.
Schmidt & Bartelt Notbohm-Kreutzmann Funeral Home, 567-4459, is serving the family.
"Dad, Grandpa ... you will always be in our hearts and in our memories."


text: Hello all, I am looking to write some sort of script to run on my tomato router that will (a) log whenever my WAN link goes down and (b) how long it goes out for. I started to try to script this by running ICMP checks to a public DNS server, and then whenever it failed for 4 consecutive ping tests it would log a message stated that the link went out. However, if my connection goes out for 5 minutes, I simply want the message to say 'WAN link outage occured. Duration: 5 minutes' or something like that, instead of seeing the same message many times. I just don't know exactly how to script that up, and wanted to see if others could help. Here is the script I currently have: Code: while [ true ]; do if ping -c 4 -W 1 22.214.171.124 | grep "100% packet loss" ; then logger Ping to 18.104.22.168 FAILED -p9 else sleep 10 fi done Thanks!


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Shop improvement No. 4. Hurray for Lumberjocks, there has been a number of vise posts on lately. That jogged my memory, I had a few vise screws I bought a number of years ago to make a vise with a bike chain between the two so you only had one handle. well it didn't happen. When I saw these posts I decided I could make one very quickly and be able to use it before the day was out. Right now I am using it to glue tomorrows project together.
I drilled a number of holes in the table top to make the vise more useful. I started with a Forester bit, slow, then remember it Had these auger type bits, they are quick and excellant.
Thanks Lumberjocks for all your ideas and projects.
-- Brian - Hazelton, British Columbia
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You will find that the 2 are better than one! Sometimes one side is going to need more pressure! This way you can do it.
Looking Good!
-- Wood rescue is good for the environment and me! just rjR
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Fatass walking into Walmart on 8th St in New West
posted Saturday, September, 23rd 2017, 3:17am
You: fatass, glasses, dark sweater, carrying a laptop case, went into Walmart. Me: 22 years old, brown hair, in a white 2017 Mazda 3 that I got two weeks ago. Today, around 5:00pm you were waiting to cross the street at the corner of 6th Avenue and 8th Street in New West. I believe you might've just gotten off the bus. I had a left turn signal, so I turned onto the street. My car was approximately half a foot, maybe even an entire foot past the crosswalk line and protruding into your walking space. I guess this bothered you because when you started crossing the street, you decided to punch my car. Why? I'm not sure. I was barely into the crosswalk, so I'm sure that wasn't it. Perhaps it was because you're probably single, definitely overweight, unattractive, riding the bus, and buying groceries at Walmart. Times are tough? I can understand you'd be upset that people have cars, but let's get something straight. Do NOT touch my vehicle. My vehicle is MY property, and by punching it, you are vandalizing my property. I seriously contemplated calling the police and walking into Walmart to find you. At a solid 300 pounds, you'd be easy to spot. You have anger issues. I recommend some counselling. If you're unhappy with your life, work on yourself. Don't vandalize others' property you fucking loser.
When: Friday, September, 22 2017
Where: Corner of 8th Street and 6th Ave in New West


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Well, this weekend was a full one. I feel like it was almost non-existent because it was so busy, but in a good way of course.
Saturday morning started at 7 am with a 4.5 mile run with Jason. It was a pretty good run, though really hot already. We had to rush after the run to get cleaned up and head to the lake to meet the family.
We got in some skiing. The kids weren't into any water activities this weekend for whatever reason. I was lazy and didn't even pull out the camera to get pictures of the adults skiing.
I will say that my legs and body were shaking like crazy after skiing. I swear I felt so out of shape like I've never worked out a day in my life. Apparently skiing muscles are a whole different set of muscles than I ever use or work!
After the lake we had to get home and try to straighten up the house a bit before our guest arrived. A dear friend of mine was staying the night. She lives in Virginia now, so we don't get the chance to hang out often. Her family lives about 2 1/2 hours from me though, so if she can, she tries to get here to visit me and another friend while she's in the state.
J is one of those friends that the minute we met (eons ago working at Waldenbooks) we clicked immediately and have been friends ever since. Even if we don't get to see each other all the time, when we get together, it's like nothing has changed (well except for having to catch up a bit).
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We cooked in for dinner. I made a simple Tofu Thai Veggie dish that we enjoyed along with wine and lots of laughter. Again, no pictures because sometimes enjoying the moment is more important.
Relaxing Sunday
This morning I slept in...7:30...then got up and ran before everyone else got up. The heat has set in though, so it's making running a little slower. And when I run solo in the neighborhood I carry mace rather than my water bottle. I need to figure out a way to carry both.
Anyway, it was already 80 degrees when I set out for my 4-miler. But thankfully it was still a nice run despite the temps. And I managed to do negative splits with each mile (have no idea how though). My first mile was a slow one at 9:27 but then I steadily increased the pace: 9:09, 8:56, 8:53. No land-speed records mind you, but not too shabby either.
J stuck around until about 12:45, so at least we got to visit a little bit more before she had to head out. And it made for a wonderfully relaxing, laid back Sunday morning. Of course, the whole day ended up being pretty relaxed actually.
After she left, I got in the pool and enjoyed several hours of pool time. Some friends came over to join us as well. So, again, relaxing and enjoying visiting with friends. I call that a pretty successful day.
Jason got it in his head that he "had" to make chimichurri. He's been talking about it for ages, but we've just never made it. But today, he finally did. All I know is that he blended up parsley, oregano, cilantro, garlic, white onion, red wine vinegar, lime juice, olive oil and some spices.
He even made a trip to Whole Foods to pick up some seitan since I haven't made any recently. So, we marinated the seitan in the chimichurri sauce and grilled that along with veggies for dinner.


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Could you introduce yourself?
Jon Stokes: I'm a co-founder of Ars Technica, and a Senior Editor at the site. I typically cover microprocessors and graphics hardware, but over years I've covered a pretty broad array of additional topics, including intellectual property, national security, privacy and civil liberties, outsourcing and the H1B visa program, and electronic voting. I have an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from LSU, graduate two degrees in the humanities from Harvard Divinity School, and I'm currently working on a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. I am the author of Inside the Machine.
I found a list of bugs inside Intel Core Duo/Solo that was released just 20 days after the official release of these CPUs. It's pretty shocking. Is it something common? How do CPUs manufacturers react? With new revisions? Letting the software guys find a workaround?
Jon Stokes: Generally speaking, many of the major errata are fixed with new steppings of the processor. Other errata can be worked around using BIOS and OS tweaks.
There were quite a few errata with the Core Duo/Solo line, and maybe even a higher number than usual for which no fix is planned. However, I think Intel's reasoning behind not planning fixes for these is pretty clear in this particular case.
Specifically, Core Duo/Solo (aka "Yonah") is a transitional design between the Pentium M and the more advanced Core 2 Duo/Solo (aka "Conroe"). There really wasn't much of a time gap between when Yonah was released in January of 2006 and when Conroe was released in July of that same year. So Yonah was obsolete pretty quickly. This being the case, there was no reason for Intel to put a lot of effort into updating this transitional microarchitecture.
Overall, I think too much is typically made of these errata in some forums. As I said above, the important bugs are fixable with new steppings, BIOS tweaks, and OS updates.
Browsing CPUs specs and datasheets I see a lot of reserved stuff. They are probably used for debugging the hardware during the development cycle, but I'm wondering what they could be used for once these CPUs hit the market. The paranoid android inside me could argue that maybe it's just security through obscurity, and that some combinations of these reserved bits could be used to 0wn the system. Or maybe the always cool story about NSA conspiracy, so there could be a backdoor somewhere... What can you say about the hardware development process and the use of reserved bits?
Jon Stokes: My understanding of reserved bits is that they're often intended not for secret features, but so that the architects can add new features to the ISA at some future point. In other words, a reserved bit gives you a "place" to insert a new option or capability, without breaking legacy software.
If I recall correctly, AMD made use of at least one reserved bit in the x86 instruction format when they created their 64-bit ISA, x86-64.


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Under the Oaks is a ceremony hosted each year by the Newcomb College Institute during Commencement week. At Under the Oaks, we honor graduating women, including award recipients (named awards and Oak Wreath), Newcomb Scholars, Mortar Board members, Newcomb grant recipients, Center for Public Service award recipients, Newcomb Alumnae Association award recipients, outstanding faculty, and the Newcomb College Class of 1968.
Many cherished traditions from the Newcomb College commencement ceremonies are celebrated at Under the Oaks, including the Daisy Chain, presentation of a second diploma to each member of the Newcomb College Fifty Year Class, wearing of the brown robes, distribution of class pins and mortar board decals, and singing of the Newcomb College Alma Mater.
Under the Oaks 2018
Friday, May 18
2:00 pm
Dixon Hall
When is "Under the Oaks"?
Under the Oaks will be held Friday, May 18, at 2 pm in Dixon Hall with a reception to follow in Dixon Hall.
Who can attend Under the Oaks?
All women graduating from Newcomb-Tulane College (Schools of Architecture, Business, Liberal Arts, Public Health, Science and Engineering) in May 2018, December 2017, or August 2017 and their families/guests are invited. Faculty who are Newcomb Fellows and members of the Newcomb Alumnae Association are invited, as are families of the NAA award recipients. Tickets are not required, so anyone can attend.
Should I or my parents/guardian RSVP?
No need to RSVP! For questions, email email@example.com.
Will I receive my diploma at Under the Oaks?
No. With the exception of Doctor of Medicine students, all graduates will receive their diplomas via FedEx delivery three to four weeks after commencement on May 20. Please visit http://tulane.edu/grads/index.cfm for information on the unified ceremony and the various diploma ceremonies.
Should I wear my regalia (graduation robe and cap) to Under the Oaks?
Members of the Class of 2018 who are Newcomb Scholars, Newcomb award recipients, Newcomb grant recipients, or members of Oak Wreath are asked to wear regalia. All others may wear regalia if they wish.
Who will walk across the stage at Under the Oaks?
Newcomb Scholars, Newcomb award recipients, Newcomb grant recipients, and members of Oak Wreath will walk across the stage individually. Mortar Board members will not wear regalia and will be recognized as a group from where they are seated. Other members of the Class of 2018 can be seated with their guests and will not walk across the stage.
When should my guests and I arrive at Dixon Hall?
Doors will open at 1:15 and the ceremony will begin at 2:00. Seats will be reserved for award recipients, grant recipients, and Oak Wreath members. Tell any usher which group you are with, and she will direct you. Please note: We will close the doors at 1:55 to allow our processional to assemble and enter at 2:00. Once the processional has entered, we will re-open the doors for late-comers IF seats are still available.
How will I know if I am an award recipient? What do I need to do?
You will be notified by email (to your Tulane email account) and you MUST rsvp as directed so that you will be called to the stage to receive your award.
Newcomb Scholars, Newcomb Award recipients, Oak Wreath members, Newcomb grant recipients, and Mortar Board members all will be recognized at Under the Oaks, right?
That's right! But in different ways:
I am a member of more than one of the groups that will be recognized individually. With which group will I be recognized and seated?
If you are a member of two or more of these groups, please be seated with the group that is highest on this list: (This is not the order in which these groups will be recognized)
To minimize the number of times each grad walks across the stage, we will announce your other affiliations/achievements as you walk across. So, if you are a Scholar who received a grant, you will be seated with the Scholars and the "announcer" will say something like "Susie also received a research grant."
When your name is called and you walk onto the stage, you don't need to hurry! The steps are steep. A photographer will be at the "down" steps, and sometimes there's a logjam! This is your moment, take your time!
Is there wheelchair access to Dixon Hall?
Yes, there is a wheelchair ramp at the front entrance to Dixon Hall, but wheelchairs are not available for rental. Ushers can direct guests in wheelchairs to a reserved seating area.
Where can I get a class pin and decal for my mortar board? Can I wear those at the Tulane unified commencement ceremonies?
Class pins and Newcomb mortar board decals (the blue N) will be available following Under the Oaks at the reception at the Lavin-Bernick Center. You should wear both at the Tulane commencement ceremony.
Will I be able to attend the Newcomb-Tulane award ceremony in McAlister?
Yes. Our reception will end by their 4:30 start time.
What is the Daisy Chain?
The Daisy Chain has been a tradition in Newcomb College commencement ceremonies since the early days of Newcomb College. It consists of over 1,000 daisies assembled by members of the junior class. Earlier chains were made from clover, oleander, magnolia or daisies and were collected from campus gardens and neighbors' yards. Although daisy chains were once a frequent sight on women's college campuses, Newcomb has one of the few remaining chains in the country. The Newcomb College Institute is proud to continue this important tradition of Newcomb College at our Under the Oaks Ceremony.
I have a question that wasn't answered here!
Please send your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or call Lory at (504) 862-8724.
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute - Galeta Marine Laboratory - Student Orientation Video
The Galeta Marine Laboratory is located on the Caribbean coast of Panama in the Province of Colon. It was established in 1964. The main priority is research, but we also value communicating the results of this research to non-scientific audiences in order to increase awareness and understanding of the natural world. Our Educational Program offers guided visits to students, tourists and the general public. In these visits, we explain the unique ecosystems and wildlife of Galeta and emphasize the importance of conserving the environment we share. In spanish with english subtitles. Learn more: http://www.stri.org/
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Easily replace your AirPort Extreme card to regain wireless connectivity.
Lay the iMac display-side down on a flat surface.
Loosen the three Phillips screws securing the rear panel to the iMac.
My iMac has only ONE catch, the central one, so the two outer screws are not to be touched.
In fact, I tried so hard to unscrew them, with a good screwdriver, that my hand hurt. Knowing that some times captive things (like these screws or a faucet) can be already at the end of their travel and we only lock them further into that position, I tried both screwing and unscrewing to no avail.
Looks like one of these screws is not like the others... a security Philips?! Never seen one of those before.
Please Note: If your iMac has an antenna for the airport extreme and not the bluetooth card. Don't buy the bluetooth get the airport extreme instead. Also, some newer devices may not work with these units.
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Lift the AirPort card slightly by its plastic tab and pull it straight away from its socket.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Think Different
In "The Small Big" video on Youtube, Steve, Noah and Robert talked about a great way for any restaurant to keep loyalty of it's customers with just a simple voucher. this voucher simply have ten spaces, one for each time the customer orders a meal from that restaurant. when a certain customers reaches the 10th meal, It's for Free!! .. this trick makes a customer with only 3 bought meals focuses on his early achievement -the three meals- rather than focusing on the eight meals left. This is very important in the science of persuasion. because a study by behavioral scientists showed up that when persuading someone to complete a task, it's a way better to focus on the progress that's already been made than the effort remaining to complete that task. Awesome Isn't it.
Teach them .. Creatively
I remember one of my friends once wanted to buy some shirts for his new job. He went to a small clothing store and bought what he needed. when I asked him about this store he answered: "It's the best store ever!" and when I asked him: "Why?!" he said: " You know I don't know how to tie my neck tie, while I was choosing one of them, one of the sales persons noticed that and offered to teach me how to do it. It was very simple and I felt like professional" ..
That's it .. Simple, Effective .. and no money needed.
Inbound or outbound?!
Most of the professional marketers today are racing to implement inbound ways in their marketing activities. this is quite healthy to their products and brands. Unfortunately when some of the young aged marketers – especially digital marketers and social media specialists who didn't even studied marketing well – uses inbound methods (not marketing) to communicate and engage everyone interacts with their brand! This is very good for brand awareness but when you talk to them about sales, they always talks about how branding is powerful and – in the future – will make a lot of sales!
Simply If you don't have a well prepared lead generation strategy, Do not use inbound.
Want more stunning facts.. check this out: What's happening with Inbound Marketing?
I'll be happy to have a discussion with anyone interested, on my twitter account @AhmedWaelSaber