Recently I worked with a group of graduate students who volunteered to be science mentors for students in New York City. They were being trained in a small set of hands-on labs designed to introduce genetics in an engaging, informal environment. At some point during the training, we touched upon genetic mutations and variation. I mentioned that it was a perfect segway into discussion of natural selection and evolution. One participant raised her hand and asked, "Are we allowed to teach that?" My initial response was surprise. I said, "Of course!" It is unfortunate though, that as science educators we should even have to consider that teaching evolution might be wrong.
I happen to work at an institution where evolution is revered as the underlying theme that explains life and all of its processes. For a biology teacher it's a comfortable place to be. I suppose I am spoiled. When I travel to schools, I am on occasion told by teachers how happy they are that I am presenting evolution for them. It is a required part of the New York State science curriculum, but some of the teachers who are supposed to teach it, don't want to. It makes me wonder. Are they uncomfortable with the science? Are they afraid of parents or students lashing out at them? Does the scientific theory of evolution somehow conflict with their religious beliefs? I don't know the answer. I'm sure it's a combination of several factors.
My gut feeling is that most teacher reticence is due to lack of understanding. I would feel very uncomfortable if asked to teach a topic I didn't fully understand, and unfortunately this is what's happening. I think we need better teacher training, especially for elementary teachers who receive very little training in science. Everyone who receives a degree in general education or in science education should have to complete a course in basic genetics and/or evolution. This would significantly reduce the negativity associated with teaching evolution, and could help produce much happier teachers!
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Still need a NM/EX copy of this for a sensible price please.
Also any info on the the Mighty Chevelles Flaming Arrow LP with regards to price & availabilty ???
I have one which is at least Ex, but has 2 very light visible scratch marks but NAP. Otherwise, both labels and vinyl are very smart.
I'll probably let it go for the right price, so please PM what you're offering if you're interested.
Greg, think I may have snagged a copy, just waiting to seal the deal, so to speak, if it falls thru I'll PM you with an offer.
Hello mate, hope alls well with you, Im getting better by the day, thank you.
Many thanks for the info on the LP matey.............hope to see you soon.
No worries, Russ - it's here if you need it.
Does this one has Angela Davis "My LOve" on????
Same label etc, different tune, as good IMHO.
"My Love (Is So Strong)" is supposed to have been included on an LP called "The Answer" but I haven't ever seen a copy of it. There's another (early 80s) LP by her on Flaming Arrow though which is quite easy to find. To confuse things further, there is also a spoken word LP on Flaming Arrow by the "other" Angela Davis.


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RA AND KADAVU PROVINCES, FIJI
In Fiji, the development of Provincial ICM plans falls under the national ICM framework, which relies on a participatory approach with a national ICM committee – a technical advisory committee to the National Environment Council – and provincial ICM committees which comprise individuals from provincial administrations, government, private sector and communities. Based on a template for provincial-level ICM plans, provided by the national committee, each coastal province in Fiji is expected to develop a plan relying on the provincial committee. When RESCCUE started, Ra was the first province in Fiji that had produced a draft of an ICM plan, alongside the establishment of the Ra Provincial ICM committee.
RESCCUE supported the completion of the existing draft, until the Ra ICM plan (2015-2020) was endorsed by the Ra Provincial Council in September 2016, and subsequently by the National ICM sub-committee of the National Environment Council. It was officially launched by the Prime Minister in August 2018, as the first Provincial ICM Plan in Fiji.
Building on the Ra experience, RESCCUE supported the development of the Kadavu ICM plan (2017-2022), which was endorsed by the Kadavu Provincial Council in September 2018. The plan is currently awaiting approval by the National ICM sub-committee.
Activities undertaken by RESCCUE in both Provinces where all framed under these ICM Plans.
Coastal landscape in Ra, Fiji (©SPC)
Coastal landscape in Kadavu, Fiji (©SPC)

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I record interviews, voice tracks, and occasionally some music for the Loving Project and LPX Show podcasts from my home office. And after ten years of use, my aging Alesis audio mixer was starting to go on the fritz, so I picked up a $200 Yamaha MG10XU mixer in December.
It has cleaner preamps than my old mixer, works as an audio interface for my computer (which means I can plug it straight into the PC with a USB cable), and also has an optional compression feature for the first 2 mic inputs. Overall, I'm pretty happy with this little mixer.
And just over a month after I started using it, I accidentally spilled a glass of water on the mixer while I was using it, causing several mic inputs to stop working.
But it turns out that it's actually not that hard to salvage an audio mixer that's been damaged by a water spill. Even beer or soda shouldn't cause too much trouble… if you work quickly.
The first thing you should do is power down the mixer. Liquid doesn't actually cause much harm to the electric components… as long a they're not active. But water conducts electricity, so it can cause a short circuit if it comes in contact with an electric current running through your device, and that can cause irreversible damage.
So you should turn off the power and unplug the power cable immediately. I didn't. It took me a few minutes of looking up what to do on the internet before I realized I was being an idiot. Then I turned off the mixer and unplugged it.
Next up? Disassemble and dry the mixer.
That's pretty much it. This is a two step process: turn off your mixer, and then dry it off.
What complicates matters is that you probably don't want to just pat the mixer down with some towels. Water is probably hiding inside the case and seeping into areas you can't see. It could take ages to evaporate, and you could end up damaging your device next time you turn it on if you don't carefully clean and dry out the whole thing.
So you want to remove every screw on the mixer (which takes two different types of screwdrivers for the MG10XU) and then remove all the knobs and other components that might be holding the case together.
For my mixer, this was probably the most time consuming step. There are a lot of screws on the MG10XU.
Once that is done, you want to carefully wipe down and dry out everything you see. Theoretically you can rinse off any gunk that might have resulted from water coming in contact with electric components… by using water. Some folks actually suggest taking the mixer board and putting it under a stream of water from a hose or sink for a few minutes.
Remember, when the mixer is turned off, it's perfectly fine for it to get wet.
We decided to be a bit more cautious, and my wife helped me wipe down every inch of the board using Q-tips and rubbing alcohol, which evaporates more quickly than water.
Technically, that step may have been unnecessary: we didn't actually see any signs of damage, and since I spilled water rather than a sugary or alcoholic beverage, it might have been safe to just start drying the board. But better safe than sorry.
Next up, we ran a hair dryer over both sides of the mixer for a few minutes.
And then I let it sit for about 36 hours before reassembling the case and plugging it in. If you opt to skip the hair dryer, you might want to wait a few days or longer before putting the case back together.
The verdict? It's working perfectly again. All of the mic and line inputs work, and I can use the mixer as USB audio interface/external sound card for my PC.
If you want some more tips on what to do if you spill liquid on a mixer, check out theses posts at djtechtools, and the GearSlutz forum (1) (2), which I found very helpful.
The main reason I'm writing this article is because now I have an excuse to post some pictures of what the MG10XU looks like when you take it apart… and now I have a reminder for myself of what to do if this ever happens again.


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Q: Object as a parameter? I had asked a question about implementing a class by subclass in Java previously and I found a different approach used.(different for me!)
URL: here
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){

this line was confusing for me, for a class was passed as a parameter. Well, I thought of giving a try and understand before I asked here. Here's my code:
public class parameterObject{

String name;
int age;

public parameterObject(){}
public parameterObject(String inputName,int inputAge){

    name = inputName;
    age = inputAge;

}
public void testObject(){

System.out.println(name);
System.out.println(age);
}

}

and in the next class, I used a method to pass parameterObject as a parameter (in bjueJ environment)
public void testFunction(parameterObject pO, int a){
 pO.testObject();
}

when I called the method, testFunction(...)It asked for parameter values and I entered "arpan",19 and 20.
error:  expected..
and then I tried using null for the objectParameter and then the JVM threw nullPointException error..
what was supposed to happen and what is lacking in my understanding? please help.

A: if i understand what you did , i think you did like that:
X.testFunction("arpan", 19, 20);

which is not right, u have to do like this:
X.testFunction(new parameterObject("arpan", 19), 20);

A: If I understand correctly testFunction expects two parameters: First p0 of type parameterObject and then a of type int.
Did you call the method like this: testFunction("arpan", 19, 20)?
This call wouldn't "match the method signature". That means the types of the values you passed in don't match with those the method expects.
"arpan" is a String and 19, 20 are two int.
You could do something like this instead:
parameterObject abc = new parameterObject("arpan", 19);
testFunction(abc, 17);  // one parameterObject and one int - just like testFunction expects

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At its last meeting of the year on 30 November, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Angola (Banco Nacional de Angola, BNA) kept the key policy rate unchanged at 16.50%. The decision marked the second consecutive hold and was in line with the expectations of the large majority of our panel which expected the rate to end this year at July's level.
Although it remained elevated, inflation continued to trend downwards in the run-up to the Bank's meeting, thus driving the Bank's decision to stay put in November. Inflation in the province of Luanda fell to a near three-year low of 17.4% in October, from 19.2% in September. Notably, September's print marked the first uptick in inflation in the year and likely influenced the Bank's decision to hold off its policy easing until next year. The Bank's hold also reflected a shrinking monetary base as the money supply in national currency continued to contract in annual terms in October.
The next Monetary Policy Committee meeting is scheduled for 25 January 2019.
Our panelists expect monetary conditions to remain stable in the coming months and see the rate ending 2019 at 15.13%, before falling to 14.00% by the end of 2020.


On this date in 1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated the Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046–1051, original title: Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments) to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. They are widely regarded as some of the best orchestral compositions of the Baroque era. Bach wrote out the music himself for presentation to the Margrave rather than leaving it to a copyist. While he took the opportunity to revise the music, most likely, it was not freshly composed. He appears to have selected the six pieces from concertos he had composed over a number of years while Kapellmeister at Köthen, and possibly extending back to his employment at Weimar (1708–17).
As I had the good fortune a few years ago to be heard by Your Royal Highness, at Your Highness's commands, and as I noticed then that Your Highness took some pleasure in the little talents which Heaven has given me for Music, and as in taking Leave of Your Royal Highness, Your Highness deigned to honor me with the command to send Your Highness some pieces of my Composition: I have in accordance with Your Highness's most gracious orders taken the liberty of rendering my most humble duty to Your Royal Highness with the present Concertos, which I have adapted to several instruments; begging Your Highness most humbly not to judge their imperfection with the rigor of that discriminating and sensitive taste, which everyone knows Him to have for musical works, but rather to take into benign Consideration the profound respect and the most humble obedience which I thus attempt to show Him.
Because King Frederick William I of Prussia was not a significant patron of the arts, Christian Ludwig seems to have lacked the musicians in his Berlin ensemble to perform the concertos. The full score was left unused in the Margrave's library until his death in 1734, when it was sold for 24 groschen of silver (as of 2019, about US$ 30). The autograph manuscript of the concertos was only rediscovered in the archives of Brandenburg by Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn in 1849; the concertos were first published in the following year. The manuscript was nearly lost in World War II, when being transported for safekeeping to Prussia by train in the care of a librarian. The train came under aerial bombardment, and the librarian escaped the train to the nearby forest, with the scores hidden under his coat.


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Raising long-term capital is vital for the sustainable development of the local economy in the future, and rather than relying entirely on locally sourced capital, Vietnam should look to capitalise on foreign resources to rectify the issue of thin capitalisation and enrich its capital market by improving market access to foreign investors and allowing foreign-invested companies to be listed on the local bourses.
Many Vietnamese businesses are struggling with a debt-to-equity ratio that is too high to thrive at present. Some will eventually manage the high cost of borrowing to make earnings, while others could be making losses for a year, hoping to pull through in the next.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, at the Vietnam Economic Forum on the Capital-Finance Market held in Hanoi last week, cited data by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam showing that 53 per cent of businesses operating in Vietnam made no profit in the year ending on December 31, 2016, and they thus could not fulfil their corporate tax obligations to the country.
Fiachra Mac Cana, managing director and head of Research at Ho Chi Minh Securities Corporation (HSC), noted that banks in Vietnam are currently under-capitalised, so they have difficulty implementing Basel II standards. What is more, most banks are unable to issue long-term bonds and offer long-term mortgages for terms of 20 to 30 years due to the lack of long-term capital.
The lack of long-term funds could also create some obstacles to the progress of state-owned enterprise (SOE) equitisation. This can be observed through the large offerings of Sabeco and Vinamilk, which, as Mac Cana pointed out, depended largely on foreign rather than domestic buyers, as the latter did not have the funds available for the purchase of SOE stakes.
To rectify the issue of thin capitalisation and prepare Vietnam for a longer game in the future, it is of utmost importance to enhance the capacity of the local capital market by enriching it with foreign capital inflows. To do this, Vietnam would first need to make way for foreign access and have the regulations ready to support the listing of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) on its stock exchanges.
Citing the possibility of an upgrade from "Frontier" to "Emerging" on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which Vietnam has been pursuing for years, he said that a lack of market access will continue to be a hurdle preventing the country from receiving the necessary market lift if it does not consider opening or increasing the foreign ownership limit (FOL) and reducing the number of restricted sectors.
If the FOL is not eased, foreign investors will have nowhere to inject their cash, as the limit has been reached at many companies and banks. For instance, eight of the VN30 stocks have reached their FOL, and nine out of 16 listed banks also have no more room for foreign investors.
Mac Cana suggested non-voting depository receipts (NVDR) as one of the most effective ways to entice foreign capital into Vietnam, with proven benefits seen in neighbouring countries such as Thailand. Some advantages of NVDR include addressing national security concerns and controlling voting rights so that foreign buyers can acquire as many shares as they desire.
Taking the case of foreign-invested Vietnam Fortress Tools JSC (Fortress) as an example, the company has missed its initial plan to list on one of the main bourses in the first half of the year. While this is partly due to the seasonal decline in equity markets in May, it is also attributable to the time taken by the State Securities Commission (SSC) to issue permission for the Taiwan-backed manufacturer of garden tools to be listed. SSC needs more time to round up a set of regulations that governs the listing of FIEs like Fortress.
In addition to growing the equity market, developing the bond market is fundamental to muster long-term capital for the country.
According to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong, the market value of government bonds and corporate bonds are at present equivalent to around 20 and 1.25 per cent of GDP, respectively. They are, however, of short-term rather than long-term tenures, and therefore cannot provide a long-term capital source for the economy.
For the corporate bond market in particular, bond investors like VinaCapital would look at several factors to ensure success in Vietnam, including the establishment of credit rating agencies with creditability and reputation to rate the corporate bonds and the liquidity of the market with the bonds to be listed on the stock exchange at a future point in time so that investors can sell the bonds.
"The third thing that we would look for is some form of bankruptcy rules and regulations, simple ones, because the bond holders feel that if the bond issuer cannot pay, then they and other stakeholders, can request the company to go through a simple bankruptcy process in order for the assets to be turned into cash and repay the banks, the creditors, and the bond holders," said Andy Ho, managing director at VinaCapital.
Such a bankruptcy system may give bond investors a higher level of confidence to participate in the corporate bond market, Ho added.
HSBC Vietnam's CEO Pham Hong Hai said that there is another route to help Vietnam mobilise funds from foreign investors, which is through international bond issuances. Nevertheless, this channel has been underutilised thus far as the country does not have a mechanism to allow foreign investors to hedge their FX risks.
For the development of the forward market, Hai noted that Vietnam will need to come up with a short-term interest rate to serve as a standard to determine the forward exchange rate.
Since 2013, life insurance companies have been launching pension insurance products. Asset management companies like us have the mechanism to foster the growth of this product.
I think there are three reasons why this product has not taken off in the local market in the past five years. The first is tax mechanism: to encourage investors to take part in the pension fund plan, we must have a preferential tax programme in place, for both input and output investments, for private investors and employers. The current tax deduction of VND3 million ($132.7) a month for employers and VND1 million ($44.2) a month for private investors is considered rather unattractive.
The second is education and training on the product for investors. Our survey conducted on 20 companies at the beginning of the year revealed that most of them have no idea about our pension fund products.
And the third one is the mechanism for the product. Investors in Vietnam are not familiar with long-term investment, but investments under the pension fund scheme often have a term of 20-40 years, so we must have a mechanism for investors to withdraw their investment during its tenure under certain conditions, such as the buying of the first property or tertiary education.
Having taken part in the restructuring progress of numerous small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with capital scale averaging VND10 billion ($442,478) or less and revenue of VND500 billion ($22.12 million) or less, we have realised that these businesses do not have a financial structure in place, with a great deal of confusion on short-, medium-, and long-term funds.
When they expand at some point in time, they will need more funds, yet with limited financial knowledge, they often find it hard to access bank funds, let alone issuing corporate bonds on their own to mobilise funds or look into financing options at finance leasing companies.
Black credit, as a result, has become an informal source of capital for these SMEs. It is remarkable that up to 60 per cent of the total production and manufacturing costs at these businesses are actually black credit. Lacking mid- and long-term capital is a common issue for local SMEs, and black credit has emerged as an indispensable option even though the interest rates are sky high. This leads to a lofty borrowing cost for SMEs, but it is not tax-deductible, and the businesses have to validate the loans via other forms of expenses, leaving little capital for the businesses. So we would call for a legal framework to legalise the use of black credit to somehow help SMEs utilise this source of capital at a lower cost.


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UPDATE: 11.26.2007, 10:24 a.m.; Race results are now available.
Looking for a way to work off some pre-turkey calories? The Levite Jewish Community Center is hosting its 31st Annual Montclair Run Thanksgiving day. The 10,000 Meter run starts at 8:30 a.m. followed by the Family Fun event at 9:45. You can register in person at the LJCC or wait until race day prior to the start of the event.
Here's all the other details you need to know.
It's here. The new Eastwood Village Wal-Mart Supercenter #1711 opened its doors this morning at 8 a.m. complete with marching band. It's one of three that opened in the state today. There was plenty of management on hand for the ribbon cutting (and plenty of people based on this picture). Overheard was the comment that this Wal-Mart is top of the line with all the bells and whistles the company has to offer. It certainly still has that new store smell.
This event keeps getting bigger and better. Come to the corner of 41st Street South and 5th Avenue South with the kids for an art-filled day in the park. There will be lots of hands-on activities, pony rides, music and dance, booths full of well-known and emerging artists, and a silent auction featuring work by Larry Langford, Birmingham's mayor-elect. One of the event's highlights is the children's parade at 10:30 a.m. The parade leaves Avondale Elementary and takes a route through Forest Park Village, down 39th Street and into the park. These kids are cute so come cheer them on. The fun continues after 4 when the Avondale Business District opens its doors for an evening Open House Tour featuring food, entertainment, prizes, hayrides and carriage rides. Rain date is October 28. You can find more information and pictures from last year, here.
The folks over at the local independent internet radio station are looking for DJs. They still have some of their old personalities, but they're looking for new voices as they begin what we're assuming is a relaunch in the near future.
Head on over to their site, look around and get in contact with them if you're interested. Of course you can always visit their MySpace page (or visit others using our Magic City MySpace Directory). You may want to listen to them too (just saying!).


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by Eve Golden Woods | May 23, 2016 | Essays
Welcome to An Adventure in Small Games, a monthly series focused on games that cost less than $20, ideally less than $10. In this series, Eve Golden Woods will focus on the indie game and what it has to offer the world of gaming. There will be spoilers. This month Eve takes a look at I Contemplated the Sun of Limbo.
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Stardew Valley: The Political Hotel California of Games
by Eve Golden Woods | May 9, 2016 | Essays, Opinion
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Virtual Boundaries: Consent in Video Games
by Eve Golden Woods | Apr 18, 2016 | Features, Opinion, Video Games
Consent in video games is not a new topic. Every game, to a greater or lesser degree, engages in negotiation with its player. Agency, that most vaunted of concepts, usually implies a situation where the player is given space to play the games in a way that suits them, to exist within the gameworld on their own terms. Some games, especially those that involve relationship building, demand that you adhere to certain standards of behaviour if you want certain characters to like you, but that is not true consent, and certainly not when the player always has the option to reload and quit out. There are also games that explore consent more literally. Robert Yang touches on much of this in the essay that he wrote on his game, Hurt Me Plenty, which discusses the ways in which consent is represented in games and ways in which that representation could be made more complex.
Into: Now Our Lives are Stranger
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Plotting a course for Canada's Maritime Providence in summertime yields many rewards.
The author plots a course to Nova Scotia and discovers his adventurous spirit all over again.
We strolled down to the waterfront after dinner. It was a cool summer evening as we sat on the end of the pier, overlooking a moonlit Bras d'Or Lake. My girlfriend had a puzzled look on her face when I suddenly asked if she would be willing to continue this adventure. I knew she was up for one: After all, she had agreed to pack what little she could into a single saddlebag and join me on a two-week motorcycle ride from Baltimore to Nova Scotia. Not knowing what would betide, I risked the question anyway. When I pulled the ring out of my pocket and her puzzled look changed into a bright smile, I knew the answer—the motorcycle adventure we were on was only the beginning. Now, here we are, 20 years later, sitting on that same pier in the little village of Baddeck, in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, this time having arrived by boat.
From the day we met, my wife Dori and I knew we shared the same enthusiasm to live life to the fullest. That quest led us through a series of boats, to building Liberdade, our 54-foot Ocean Alexander trawler on which we've cruised extensively for the past four years. Winters find us in Florida or the Bahamas, and summers in North Carolina or the Chesapeake Bay. Each spring we've thought of traveling farther north, but other responsibilities kept it from happening. Last spring we found a window of opportunity, so in April we continued on. Our destination? Back to where the adventure began: Nova Scotia. The Canadian province holds a special place in our hearts, and not just because it's where we were engaged, but because Nova Scotia is as much a feeling to experience as it is a place to see. Our first, albeit brief, visit there had stayed with us for 20 years. We were now looking forward to exploring its treasures over a summer of cruising. The trip was going to be even more enjoyable, because our good friends Bruno and Beatrice—who we'd met in the Bahamas a few seasons ago—agreed to join us aboard their 76-foot Nordhavn Trixie.
Nova Scotia is the second smallest Canadian province, but to the seafaring folk who live there, and visiting boaters, it feels much larger. While commonly thought of as an island, it's actually comprised of a peninsula attached to New Brunswick at the Isthmus of Chignecto and Cape Breton Island. At 360 miles long and an average of 80 miles wide, the length could be driven in a day or the width in an afternoon, but it would take a lifetime of summers to visit all of its bays and coves by boat. Canada has more shoreline than any country in the world, and Nova Scotia has the longest shoreline relative to its land area of any province in Canada.
Planning a route from Maine to Nova Scotia comes with challenges unique to the area. There are two commonly used points of entry for a small boat arriving into Nova Scotia—Yarmouth on the southern end of the peninsula or Shelburne on the southeast Atlantic coast. There are pros and cons for arriving by either one. Yarmouth can be reached within the daylight hours of a long summer day, but to move on from there boaters have to deal with the tidal current from the Bay of Fundy—home to the world's highest tides—and intersecting Labrador Current at Cape Sable. Arriving in Shelburne allows for a more southerly approach, slightly less influenced by the bay's currents and associated tide rips north of Cape Sable. However, this route is an overnight passage for a displacement speed trawler. We decided to clear into Shelburne, so our departure and arrival time needed to be very specific. At our cruise speed of 8 knots, the crossing would take 22 hours.
All of New England and the Canadian Maritimes are lobster territory, with lobster pot buoys seemingly blanketing the sea surface, just waiting to snare the inattentive boater. We would be lobster-pot free once we cleared Maine waters; Nova Scotia's lobster fishery closes from May 31 through early November. This meant if we left Maine early enough in the afternoon we would stay in daylight until we passed the last pots. We were relieved and surprised to be passing the last pots at dusk—in over 500 feet of water, no less. Timing of the afternoon departure also had to coincide with a specific arrival time at Cape Sable. While we would be south of the heaviest tidal flow coming out of the Bay of Fundy, we still wanted to catch the current going with us around Cape Sable the following morning.
Boats rest "high and dry" at Hall's Harbour on the low end of a 24-foot tide swing. Just 3 hours later, Hall's Harbour is at mid tide.
July 1 found Liberdade and Trixie moored in Southwest Harbor, Maine waiting for a suitable weather window to cross the Gulf of Maine. Unfortunately that would not come until a week later on July 7. The wait rewarded us with one of the most spectacular 4th of July fireworks displays we have ever seen. Our weather router, Chris Parker, finally gave us a 22-hour forecast we found acceptable, so on the afternoon of July 7, Liberdade followed Trixie through the beautiful Cranberry Isles into a slightly choppy but sunny Gulf of Maine.
The next 22 hours were blissfully uneventful. When the sun rose over the North Atlantic Ocean, with Cape Sable Island to port and the mist of a whale spout blown into the morning air to starboard, we knew our zest for adventure was alive and well.
The town of Shelburne, our chosen port of entry, is located on a natural harbor cut deep into Nova Scotia's southeast coast. It is one of the most well-protected harbors along this windswept shoreline. We would appreciate that in the coming days as our patience would continue to be tested. Shelburne has been welcoming visiting boats from around the world for over 300 years. Valued by the indigenous Mi'kmaq, the French and English, it has protected and sustained different cultures and people. Today it is considered an historical settlement, with a healthy economy and easy pace of life.
Our plan was to clear Canadian customs and immigration through the approved Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club and enjoy the village for a few days before continuing on. We ended up moored there for seven days while Tropical Storm Chris made a carom shot off the Maritimes and headed out to sea. The wait was a blessing though, reminding us Nova Scotia was not someplace to rush through. The time in Shelburne gave us a chance to explore the town more deeply and to lay out an itinerary for the following weeks, keeping in mind that boating plans are always written in the sand. During the wait, the knowledge generously shared by local boaters proved to be invaluable.
Dori and I enjoy the boating life for a host of reasons. Very few activities present the challenges and rewards of safely navigating a boat over long distances. But it's not just running the boat: It's as much, or more, the unique experience of arriving someplace by water. "Yes," we answer when speaking to a marina, "we are looking for the transient moorings." The word "transient" can be descriptive, referring to something that is happening only briefly. I like the definition used in astrophysics the best: "A transient event is a short-lived burst of energy in a system caused by a sudden change of state." This is the life we have chosen to live as long-distance cruisers. We are a transient event, arriving in each new port of call in a short-lived burst of energy. To experience this feeling in a land as enchanting as Nova Scotia is unparalleled. The briefness of a transient's visit to a new port brings with it an intensity unlike any other.
Cape Breton's lush green shoreline and Celtic music make cruisers feel like they transported to the other side of the Atlantic.
Knowing our time is limited, we dive in, tasting and experiencing everything the destination has to offer. Historic villages like Lunenburg on Nova Scotia's Atlantic coast are a good example; it offers an intoxicating mix of pleasures to sample. Brightly colored houses lining the hillsides above the waterfront beckon visiting boaters to come ashore. Unwilling to become a storefront tourist image of a once-vibrant waterfront economy, Lunenburg has maintained a working waterfront of craftsmen, fishermen and merchants. Lunenburg is one of only two urban communities in all of North America designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site; it is also regarded as one of the best examples of an 18th century British colonial settlement.
Boating can be a very social activity. It's not unusual to make new friends along the way, or find like-minded people to cruise with. While we treasure the friendships we've made in our years aboard, up until this trip, we've resisted making plans to spend long periods in the company of another boat. Something in us bristled at the thought of being restricted or influenced by others. We found a solution: The crews of Liberdade and Trixie agreed at the beginning of this trip that there would be no restrictions placed on each other. We would cruise together for as long and as frequently as it worked out, and we would part company as friends when it did not.
We had learned beforehand there could be a group of trawlers heading to Nova Scotia around the same time as us. The group was loosely organized by Milt Baker, founder and former owner of Bluewater Books & Charts in Ft. Lauderdale, and an active world cruiser. Milt and his wife Judy have generously shared their boating knowledge of New England and Nova Scotia with fellow boaters, encouraging them to experience the area. We met this group briefly in Lunenburg and found we were all heading north toward the jewel of Cape Breton—Bras d'Or Lake. Our trip to Nova Scotia was enhanced by time spent with our friends Bruno and Beatrice aboard Trixie, as well as the new friendships we made. Cruising with friends wasn't so bad after all.
Bras d'Or is called a lake but is actually an inland sea. Contained within Cape Breton Island, which makes up the eastern third of Nova Scotia, Bras d'Or is a brackish body of water, open to the ocean to the north and controlled by a lock at St. Peter's to the south. Canadian author and yachtsman Silver Donald Cameron describes Bras d'Or Lake as "A basin ringed by indigo hills laced with marble, and islands within a sea inside an island." With over 400 square miles of protected water and almost 700 miles of shoreline, it is a boater's paradise.
We locked through the canal at St. Peter's on a rainy mid-July day and made our way to the St. Peter's Marina to plan our next month in the Lake. It would be impossible to sample all of the Lake's anchorages in such a short time, so we carefully chose a few. Our longest stay in the Lake was in the village of Baddeck. Of course, Baddeck is dear to our hearts for our personal history there, but the charming village is also full of the friendliest people one could ever want to meet. We were happy to find it had changed little in 20 years. We were also fortunate to be there during the 100th anniversary of the Bras d'Or Yacht Club's Annual Regatta Week and the Annual Baddeck Summer Street Festival. The Festival is a great stage for local musicians—Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton in particular, is home to many talented singers and songwriters. The village displayed the best it has to offer during these popular annual events.
Having reached our farthest point north and confirming she would, in fact, say "yes" again, we reluctantly left Bras d'Or to begin our journey back. With stops planned along the coast at Isaac's Harbour and Liscombe Lodge, we set a course for Halifax, a world-class city by any measure. Halifax's economy and vibrance is largely due to its successful shipping business. The Port of Halifax is one of the deepest, widest, natural ice-free harbors in the world, second only to Sydney, Australia. The city's international seafaring tradition is kept alive in an active cosmopolitan waterfront and its highly acclaimed maritime museum. From our location safely moored at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Club, we filled 10 days in Halifax, getting to know all we could about its history and culture. With its central location, it's also a great starting point for day trips by land to nearby attractions like Peggy's Cove or the Annapolis Valley.
Summer was drawing to a close in the northern latitudes, and we wanted to enjoy some of the fall season in New England, so Halifax would also be our port of departure out of Canada. Again we waited for a suitable weather window. When a marginal forecast finally opened, two Nordhavns we met in Cape Breton, Gratitude and April K, joined us for a lumpy but successful 34-hour run back to Southeast Harbor.
Nova Scotia will always be a part of us, with enduring memories of its vibrant seaside villages, rugged natural beauty and a lifetime's worth of ephemeral escapades.


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Caution needed in revising Milwaukie comprehensive plan
Lisa Batey
Lisa Batey is a Milwaukie city councilor. These views are those of the author only, and do not represent the views of the Milwaukie City Council
Early in 2020, we will finish two years of work to update our woefully outdated Comprehensive Plan. We've had a great, robust process, and I appreciate all the residents who came out for meetings, as well as the hardworking Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee.
The Comp Plan sets broad policies, and launches us into the harder, more detailed work of updating our code, including zoning. That will be a multi-year staged process, but zoning and housing work will likely come first. There are some tough calls to be made about where we add density by opening up to more "missing middle" housing — triplexes, quadplexes, cottage clusters and townhomes.
Creating homeownership opportunities
After a couple of decades with very little new home construction, the end of the recession brought a building boom for Milwaukie in terms of both apartments and single-family homes. Since 2016, 130 apartments, over 70 single-family homes, and a dozen duplexes or accessory dwelling units have been built. But the pipeline of what is coming in the next three years is considerably bigger — some projects are still in planning, but it seems likely that we will see something like 500 more apartments, 170 units at a new senior complex and over 100 more single-family detached homes by 2023. This will constitute at least a 10% increase in housing in Milwaukie in seven or eight years.
But those new single-family homes are mostly selling for over $500,000 apiece — a price range far out of a reach for many in our community. So adding missing middle housing options is crucial to add a range of price points to provide home ownership opportunities to more people in our community. I am confident that Milwaukie can forge a good path to creating these opportunities.
Misguided state law
The one-size-fits-all approach of HB 2001, passed by the legislature last summer, is misguided policy — wielding a bludgeon where we should be using a scalpel. An advisory group is working with the state on regulations to implement HB 2001, so the exact interpretation of the statute's rather vague language will be clarified. At its most extreme, HB 2001 could be read to require allowing up to a fourplex to be built on every residential lot — upzoning from one to four the number of units that can be built in our single-family zones. There are countless problems with the legislation, but due to space constraints, I will only highlight the four which most concern me:
HB 2001 could result in a net decrease in affordable housing: Nothing about the bill provides funding for building affordable housing, rather it creates an incentive for property owners of naturally-occurring affordable housing, such as duplexes and smaller, older homes in Milwaukie, to scrap that housing and build a new fourplex which is likely to rent at higher rates. Further, studies indicate that blanket upzoning results in an overall increase in property values that makes home ownership that much more unreachable for people of modest income, as well as impedes use of some affordable housing tools, like community land trusts.
HB 2001 does not facilitate home ownership and hence wealth accumulation for underserved communities: Some of the middle housing types called out in the bill, such as townhomes and cottage clusters, may be conducive to smaller ownership lots, but duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes are generally not. Those will be the easiest for landowners to build, and allows them to ensure an income stream into the future. There is no reason to believe the legislation will result in significant home-ownership opportunities. This conclusion was also reached by economists in analyzing Portland's Residential Infill Project, see portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/705704.
HB 2001 creates incentive for replacing older homes — some of which is appropriate, but some which have historic value which Milwaukie is way behind in recognizing and protecting.
Most crucially, zoning changes are largely irreversible, so should be made with caution. Although Speaker Kotek said on OPB's Think Out Loud earlier this year that the legislature can fix anything that turns out to be wrong with HB 2001, that is not really true. Upzoning leads to a new vested property right for property owners, and cities cannot turn back without creating a legal issue.
That legislators knew HB 2001 created perverse incentives that would not facilitate more affordable housing is evidenced by the fact that they also found the need to enact HB 2003. That legislation requires cities to plan for promoting more affordable housing (something Milwaukie has already been doing), and could have been accompanied by better policy options, such as adding quotas for cities, or providing a sunsetting tax incentive for property owners who add a unit or more to existing lots by 2025 and keep it under a specified cost range. That would create some pressure on those cities that are dragging their feet in allowing missing middle housing.
Forging an incremental approach
So as we dive into our housing code in the first half of 2020, the biggest question we have to answer is whether to rezone all of our residential areas to allow more density on every lot, or whether to start with focused areas, such as along major arterial roads or transit corridors. Some of my City Council colleagues favor the former. I strongly favor the latter.
The questions are not just about housing, but also about trees and greenspace, and the hot-button topic: parking. How we move from home to work to daily errands is likely to change over the next 15 years, with the advent of self-driving cars and introduction of more bus, shuttle and shared-car options. Some families are already downsizing from two cars to a single car and more people are using bikes for transportation, not just recreation. But most of our community is still many years away from a car-free future, and we have to be careful not to sacrifice the livability of our neighborhoods in the interim.
So while the day will come when we can do away with off-street parking requirements for new homes and apartments, that day is not here yet. This counsels for an incremental approach as to both expansion of higher-density areas and reduction of parking requirements.
We will have a robust discussion of these issues in the first half of 2020 — if these are issues you care about, please follow the city's website, newsletter and social media to know when meetings are taking place and surveys are available. You have a last opportunity to chime in on the Comp Plan policies in the hearings — get details on those and see the policies here: milwaukieoregon.gov/planning/comprehensive-plan-update.
In the meantime, have a lovely holiday season!
Lisa Batey is a Milwaukie city councilor. These views are those of the author only, and do not represent the views of the Milwaukie City Council.


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Gail Webb (Master Gardener), Angela Martin, Belindia Brown, and Judia Gentry.
The theme of the 86th Putnam County Fair was "Tennessee Pride". And pride was exhibited! After touring the commercial booths, one guest exclaimed "…to think we have all of this in Cookeville." Produce and farm products demonstrated capabilities of local gardeners and farmers. Arts, crafts, photography, and culinary pursuits made us proud of hometown talents. As always, Putnam County Master Gardeners blended their exhibit with that of the Putnam County Fair. Throughout their "Enchanted Gardens" they showed Tennessee Pride comes from our history and the resources of Putnam County.
Master Gardeners is a component of the University of Tennessee Extension and is responsible for educating the general public on gardening related topics. Working with Michelle Parrott, Nutritionist and Home Economist Extension Agent, Master Gardeners decided to offer a class on canning vegetables using both hot-water bath and pressure canning techniques. The class and demonstrations will be at the UT Extension Building between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 25. Enroll at the University of Tennessee Extension Office (900 South Walnut Avenue, Cookeville) (526-4561). There will be a $5.00 fee to cover expenses. Instructors will be Master Gardeners: Bonnie Coburn, Rosemary Ponte, and Dimple Stewart.
Of course, the canned vegetables exhibited at the Putnam County Fair are the best of the best. However they all follow the same basic time honored techniques recommended by UT research. Those exhibitors have honed the science into an art form resulting in a "Tennessee Pride" that is a part of our history, is a part of our present as seen in the exhibits, and will be a part of our future as people learn the science and art of canning.


Doing something with one of my three kids, often music or sports-related.
What is your favorite thing about working at Jezerinac Geers??
Everyone wants to do a great job and keep clients happy.
Hiked down and camped overnight on Horseshoe Mesa in the Grand Canyon with my brother.
Structural engineers understand how the building behaves and how it needs to be put together to perform safely, which is a unique skill set.


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«I met the devil that day»: a grieving mother gave an emotional interview after her husband murdered their 18-month-old son before suicide
Monday, September 23, the coroner's office Kendall County (Il) has announced that 18-month-old boy was fatally shot by her 35-year-old father, Christopher Michael Miller, who later died from multiple gunshot wounds, self-inflicted. Christopher Michael Miller The murder-suicide occurred in the suburbs of Joliet in the 8300 block of Buckingham Road. «I met the devil that day,» said the mother of the deceased child Cassandra Tanner Miller about the incident, which…
A huge puddle in Texas «swallows» of unsuspecting pedestrians (video)
A resident of Houston made a hilarious video in which unsuspecting pedestrians are literally sinking into an unexpectedly deep puddle after the last rain. He tried to warn people, but since he did not listen, all he has left is to make a fun video to amuse and social networks. Recently passed in Texas, the rain led to flash flooding. Appeared in the city pools has been very insidious and…
Wonders of nature: a wounded squirrel «thanks» his Savior, which was brought to him Mama-squirrel (video)
When the squirrel stopped this woman and asked for help, she waved from the animal and saved its wounded squirrel. Police officers arrived on a call, posted a survey confirming what he saw. The police Department Pulaski in Virginia shared the story, which is hard to believe until you see with your own eyes, but fortunately, she got into the camera lens. A woman walking along the path in the…
Mother to lay off teachers, cut off schoolgirl's hair, which she played
Teacher cut student hair as punishment, and now the mother is «scared and ashamed» a girl needs to fire a man, that he was no longer able to do so with children. The child's mother calls to refuse to work with the children and the teacher, who, in her words, grabbed her daughter and cut her hair when she ceased to play with them. «I don't want this man anywhere…
The girl of 5 years was able to escape from the coyote who is chasing her in the yard (video)
The girl of 5 years was able to escape from the coyote that chased her in the front yard of her house in the village of Villa Park in Illinois, and the whole chase is caught on video. Christine Przybylski just got out of the house to check your mailbox and to know that her Halloween costume. Surveillance cameras show how a coyote lurking nearby, but Christine could not see…
The plane United Airlines made an emergency landing after a passenger was stuck in the toilet (video)
The airline United Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger stuck in the toilet during the flight. Flight 1554 went on Wednesday evening, September 25, Washington (D.C.) in San Francisco, when a woman trapped in the toilet. The wearer of Twitter, who was also on Board, shared a video after the plane made an emergency landing at the airport Denver (Colorado). On video employees of the…
Died in my birthday: bullet from the street broke the window of the house and hit in the head with a 12-year-old girl
A schoolgirl was killed by a stray bullet when he was sitting in his house in Illinois and planning a party for 12th birthday. According to representatives of the local police Department, on Monday evening, 11-year-old Centavia Blackpool was sitting at my computer in my room in Harvey, a southern suburb of Chicago (Illinois) planned the upcoming party at birthday when a stray bullet pierced the window and hit the…
Zelensky and trump met in new York after the Democrats promised to start impeachment proceedings because of a phone call presidents
Today, 25 September, the US President Donald trump and the head of state Vladimir Zelensky had a formal meeting. President of Ukraine arrived in the U.S. at the meeting of the UN General Assembly. Yesterday trump and his wife Melania met the presidential couple from Ukraine Vladimir and Elena Zelensky at the official reception in new York. Yesterday, @ZelenskyyUA & Mrs Zelenska spoke to @RealDonaldTrump & @FLOTUS at the Official…
The US military has warned that extremists are planning incely mass shootings during the premiere of the film «the Joker»
U.S. military warned of possible mass shooting at the screening of «the Joker», which can stand the so-called inteli — people who abstain from physical intimacy. In the released email dated September 18, marked «for official use Only,» officials said military personnel «identify two escape routes» in case of fire, according to Gizmodo. On Tuesday, September 24, the U.S. army confirmed that the warning came after employees of the Federal…


An Ethernet splitter can split a single Internet connection so that two or more computers can connect to the Internet simultaneously. It can also create additional connections for other computers on a network, which can reduce the overall amount of cabling required to setup a network.... Two (or more) ports on the splitter are the "output" ports; connect one port to the cable-modem, and connect one port to your TV (or Digital TV Terminal). Note that some OLD splitters are not "two-way" -- any signals going "out" from the cable-modem will not get "through" the splitter to the wall-jack.
A regular splitter only connects coaxial cables to the source, while the amplifier splitter also plugs into an electrical outlet for power. Old or dirty coaxial cables have problems sending a cable signal.... An Ethernet splitter can split a single Internet connection so that two or more computers can connect to the Internet simultaneously. It can also create additional connections for other computers on a network, which can reduce the overall amount of cabling required to setup a network.
Connect 2 Computers To The Same Modem Using A Rj45 Splitter?
21/12/2010 · You could use a three for one splitter to do this as internally this splitter does the same thing, it splits the signal once, and splits one side again; just be sure to connect your cable modem to the connector that has only been split once.
4/08/2016 · Your modem should be plugged into the router first not the switch, the switch should connect to the router on one of the WAN ports. What is the exact model of modem and router that you have, what ISP and type of internet service is it?


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Philip Morris CEO does not need M&A to hit smoke free goals
Dasha Afanasieva and Siddharth Cavale
December 2, 2021, 11:10 a.m. ·2 min read
FILE PHOTO: Electric tobacco heating system IQOS of cigarette maker Philip Morris Switzerland is displayed after a news conference in Bern
By Dasha Afanasieva and Siddharth Cavale
(Reuters) - Philip Morris will reach its target of 50% sales from smoke-free products by 2025 through organic revenue growth rather than mergers and acquisitions, its CEO told Reuters.
The maker of Marlboro cigarettes has spent more than $8 billion on reduced risk products since it began developing them a decade ago, Chief Executive Jacek Olczak said in an interview during the Reuters Next conference.
About 30% of revenue at Philip Morris now comes from "smoke-free" products such as iQOS tobacco heating devices, Olczak added on Thursday.
Philip Morris has also set a target of generating $1 billion in sales from non-nicotine products by 2025 as part of its evolution into a broader "healthcare and wellness" company.
"The way we look at these targets, we achieved the current 30% organically and I believe we can get to 50% by continuing this organic growth," Olczak said, adding: "Our $1 billion target of achieving sales from non-nicotine products we can also to a very large extent achieve organically."
Olczak's comments come nearly two months after Philip Morris bought British inhaler-maker Vectura, a deal which faced opposition from public health experts who questioned whether a tobacco group should own a company that cures the respiratory illnesses which cigarettes cause.
Asked if he was surprised by the backlash, Olczak said there were "a few voices of criticism" and that he expected "negative emotions" to fade as Vectura launches products over the next few years that will address unmet patient and consumer needs.
Since it was announced in July, critics have put concerted pressure on shareholders and the government to block the deal.
In August, a group of more than 35 health charities, experts and doctors across the world wrote to shareholders over the damaging effect tobacco has on United Nations sustainable development goals, following up with a letter to the British government to look at conflict of interest issues in September.
"Nothing we are doing should come as a surprise, we are putting in action the visions that we shared openly seven or so years ago about leaving cigarettes behind," Olczak said.
"This is completely moving the company in another direction."
To watch the Reuters Next conference, please register here: https://reutersevents.com/events/next (This story corrects to remove reference to nicotine pouches in paragraph 3)
(Reporting by Dasha Afanasieva and Siddharth Cavale; Editing by Alexander Smith)
Xinhua Silk Road: E. China's Wuhu mulls over sci-tech innovation and digital development
Wuhu City of east China's Anhui Province has mulled efforts in boosting the science and technology innovation as well as digitalization to push industrial upgrading.


On pages Brando appeared a convenient USB device USB 2.0 Data Copy and Internet Connection Sharing Dongle, which is connected to any USB 2.0 slot and it's easy to connect two computers and transfer files between them.
It further offers, and is not commonly used, is the possibility of sharing and Internet connection from one computer to another.
Price is $ 29, and Brando claims that for $ 3 postage costs delivered anywhere in the world.
The new sequel known race series called by legend Colin McRae got around the time of exit.
Lovers of road dust and run by its nature can finally sigh because it confirmed that Colin McRae Dirt 2 published this year, to be exact, during September. Although the official web site of the poor facilities, it is known that Dirt 2 brings better effects, graphics and model of damage thanks to the third generation of EGO engine, which will ensure that vehicles are more than double than those in the Race Driver: GRID.
Of course, Dirt 2 brings all the power of licensed rally and off-road vehicles, and the memory of the tragically deceased legend Colin McRae, in concert with his family it was decided that the series still carries his name.
The American branch of Association for Computer Security CERT announced the existence of the registered versions of the new worms Conficker, also known under the name Downadup. The new version carries the name Conficker.B + +, and it has the possibility of opening a new approach poisoned computer with the functionality to automatically update.
Existing Patch netapi32.dll no longer closes all possibilities of infection, and is suspected of re-infection but before the infected computer. Worm is now checks the update capability without disclosure, and if it is possible to validate the new version and update the computer is infected latest variant.
Conficker has so far made a major headache for users of extremely heavy cleaning, and getting immersed in complicated trace creators apparently due to the random generation of the URL address. The first version, Conficker.A, affected about 4.7, and Conficker.B about 6.7 million IP addresses.
Microsoft believes that the authors did not simply build a complete Conficker network with the new variant, and still offers $ 250,000 reward for the disclosure of the same.
Citrix announced that they would soon offer a free version of its XenServer visualisation software.
Free version will be somewhat weaker, but will offer the ability to manage with more nodes, sharing of resources between the server and able to offer a complete "live-motion." In relation to the full version that is in the U.S. in sales at a price between 1000 and 5000 U.S. dollars are missing opportunities, such as tools for automating common tasks and Workflow Studio StorageLink function that allows easy preparation of virtual machines.
XenServera free version should be available for downloading from Citrixovih site by the end of March.
Americans already play it, the Europeans will start very soon, and Jonny Ebert from Relic reveals how the genre of RTS and ungrateful for making hits.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II started to sell in the stores, the first descriptions already on the net and there is no doubt that the eyes of many players fixed on a new edition of an excellent Relicovog RTS. But as he says Jonny Ebert from Relic, even specialize in strategy in real time, mention the genre is very grateful for making hits.
FPS's, MMO's and free games every new edition of trying to simplify the gameplay and make the masses, while the RTS's that have the intention to succeed must go in the opposite direction with a great precaution. Because of this, they decided Dawn of War II at the beginning to simplify and keep the depth to draw to the end.
The keypad looks quite attractive, and comfortable keyboarding provides a resting place for the palm.
OCZ has released the third in a series of key product lines Alchemy called Illuminati. The keypad is designed for moderately demanding gamers and multimedia lovers, on a backlight key.
Users can choose between red and blue lighting, and adjust the intensity built w heels.
There is also a set of 14 keys for quick-start multimedia applications and Internet access, for which normal operation is not required, no drivers. All the buttons are rubbed while the keyboard connects to the USB 2.0 interface.
OCZ specifies acceptable price, which is not officially published, but is expected in range of 30 to $ 35.
Adobe has warned that there is still not dangerous mended security flaws in Acrobat Reader and Acrobat.
Potential attacker can use the default application for the demolition with the help of appropriate designed PDF files and then rewriting malicious code into memory to obtain control over the user's computer.
Adobe points out that the observed attempts of attacks that exploit this flaw, and the appropriate patch for Acrobat Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 should be available in mid-March, while owners of older versions have a little wait.
To issue patches Adobe advises users to update virus definitions in the security tools you use, and to be careful when opening documents from unknown sources.
Independent security experts have also confirmed the existence of the problem, but emphasized that for now the target of attacks so that according to their data primarily infected several hundred computers.
To the Internet from the comfort of armchairs and safe distance.
Philips HDTV, and the series 8000, 9000 and Cinema 21:9 will have access to the Internet. Service will be the names of Net TV, and will enable Web browsing on the TV screen. Navigation is possible via remote control.
According to announcements from Philips, the company has, among others, made a partnership with YouTube, TomTom, eBay and MeteoGroup who have their pages specifically adapted for display on the TV screen. Other sites also will be able to run on TV, but Philips warns that some of them may have small fonts, because they are suitable for display on monitors. The plan is a bid more popular site with increased fonts and simpler format.
To access the Net to TV-series models from 8000 will need a wired connection, while the HDTV and the series 9000 and Cinema 21:9 have built Wi-Fi module for wireless connection. On the European market, television will be found in sales during April.
Western Digital is a small refresh its line of external NAS drive My Book World Edition. Slightly below the redesigned the cover conceals the most significant changes - now owned devices cost Caviar Green drives with 33 percent less energy than previous generations.
My Book World Edition on network to connect through the built-gigabit Ethernet, and additional USB 2.0 connector is used has a USB stick or expanding the capacity of the other disks. Device, like its predecessors, designed as a central place to store data and multimedia in homes that can be accessed anywhere from the local network or the Internet.
Through the media server DLNS 1.5 and the iTunes Music Server is possible streaming content on consoles like PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, digital photo frames, as well as Mac and PC computers. We offer the capacity of one and two Terabytes, and sales for both models move to the end of this month. Prices amounted to 230 and $ 450.
Although most attention is currently focused on Windows 7, Microsoft is preparing for issuing a second service pack for Windows Vista and Server 2008.
So the company selected cycle tester delivered almost completed, "release candidate" versions of service packs, but for now there is no information when this test Published SP2 will be publicly available.
First public beta for Vista SP2 and Server 2008 was released in December, according to the currently available information, the final version should be available during the second quarter of this year.
Microsoft has the MWC-introduced in the refreshment of its operating system for mobile phones - Windows Mobile 6.5. In addition to a complete redesign of interfaces and provides enhanced support for managing finger.
New layout is locked the screen and start-up menu where the icons placed in the form of bees honeycomb depicting information about the Inbox, SMS, missed calls and scheduled meetings. Menus, buttons and context menus resemble those used in the Zune and shape are adapted to the use of fingers. The new OS will be on all phones require the Win key to quickly launch applications no matter how deep in the menus there.
Refreshingly, and the vers ion of Internet Explorer, which now delivers improved display full HTML pages, support for Flash and plugin for Silverlight. Application interface is fully adapted for the use of the finger, the allegations from Microsoft.
Confirmed that the service myphone part of the new OS, and for the distribution of applications now that Marketplace for Windows Mobile - match Apple's App Store. It is a central location for applications in which users will log in using your Windows Live ID. Marketplace will be available with computers, and as Apple Pack, Microsoft has announced that the only conditions that the application appears to be the Marketplace to meet safety requirements and to be fully compatible.
In the first products of the Windows Mobile 6.5 will appear in the second half of the year.
Once the T-Mobile on a global level in the fight to sell iPhone (except in the United States, where this holds exclusive AT & T), Vodafone for similar arrangements in the fight with RIM's BlackBerry Storm.
T-Mobile responded with BlackBerry Curve 8900 and HTC's G1 device that brings Google's android operating system, and today is the MWC in Barcelona Vodafone switched the ball back, announced an exclusive offer HTC Magica.
It is an appliance which like "Googlephonea" is used as the android operating system, but that does not have a sliding mechanism with QWERTY keypad covered as G1, but is derived as the standard mobile phone the latest generation - the one that has a large screen a touch.
Magic supports HSDPA and Wi-Fi, has installed GPS, 3.2-megapixel camera, slot for microSD cards, Trackball resembling those of the BlackBerry and the mass of 118 grams.
Depending on the contract, announced that his price on Vodafone markets to be between 99 and 199 euros.
Magic will be released on sale in April, first in Britain, then still in Italy, Germany, France and Spain.
Nokia is the Mobile World Congress, presented a long expected model N86 8MP. The first thing that catches on the phone in his fathers camera with a resolution of eight megapixel, Carl Zeiss optics and for the first time in the mobile industry - in variable aperture.
The desire to mobile better use photographic opportunities and is required in case design. N86 is a two 8MP slider (as N85 and N96) with a weight of 149 grams, but instead controls to play music now, are the keys to adjust the recording settings. Fitted is a double LED flash and interesting - an integrated stand to set the cell phone in the hair position.
In addition to the camera that, at least the specifications, dangerously approaching digital compact, distinguishes t he 2.6-inch OLED screen, 8 GB of memory (with microSD slot), 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi.
On the European market N86 8MP will appear during the spring in black or white, according to recommended sale price of 375 euros.
Security experts warning of the emergency response team of software that exploits a flaw in Internet Explorer 7 which is the Microsoft patch last Tuesday as part of its regular monthly meeting of security patch.
Virus code in which Trend Micro called "XML_DLOADR.A" hidden in a Word document. When such an infected document is opened on a system that is not applied appropriate security patches automatically launches the ActiveX object to access web pages through which opens access to the system and installed. DLL (Dynamic Link Library) that can be used to execute arbitrary commands and the theft of confidential information with user's system.
As the best solution for prevention security experts recommend installing the Microsoft patch, or activate a function for automatic upgrade.
That picture is worth a thousand words is well known, and that the same adage can be applied to videos that analogy, surely must be worth much more than a thousand words, it is entirely undisputed. After all, anyone who has ever had to follow a series of configuration steps that are not accompanied by a picture or video to something made on a computer, well known to him all that was easier to do that these steps will be illustrated.
Surprisingly, many still do not use all the available benefits of broadband Internet in order to speed someone send a picture content or a video screen and thus to solve the infinite printing mini-manual.
Programs with functions like Jing is definitely there, but this is likely to win easily in use, but with a few specific features. You probably guessed, Jing is a small tool that will easily burn the content of the screen and see it as a picture or v ideo to easily share with others or store on local disk.
Is somewhat unconventional approach, so instead of a Typical interface, it boils down to a little sun to be, immediately after installation, placed on top of the screen (it is possible to adjust to the sun not shown). If you drag the mouse arrow to the virtual sun, will appear three branches - the first activate capture screen content, with the other will show a window with a history of all previously recorded content, while the third starts the round window from which it is possible to access the configuration program.
Besides the sites, and capturing the screen content of interest is derived. Specifically, there will be a tool for the annotation of the region (consisting of two interconnected vertical line) screen that you want to record, while not affected parts of the screen will be grayed out. At the intersection line will be dynamically displayed and the size of the marked region and in pixels.
Once you've selected a region, you will see a small window in which will be displayed captured content, but also by which you decide you want to do - catch the region as a picture, start recording video, repeat annotation of the region, or cancel. Window it is possible to change the dimensions of which will increase and the marked region, and it can be and free to move around the screen.
Depending on what recording mode you choose, you will be the respective window. If you decide to record content as pictures, you will be on view, where you will be able to add it with the text boxes, drawing arrows and boxes and label pictures of the virtual marker. When you are satisfied with the result, the photo store to service Screencast.com or save it on local disk.
Service account Screencast.com you'll be able to open when you install the program. The basic account is free and to get two gigabytes of space for storage of pictures and video. Unfortunately, Jing supports recording screenshot only in PNG format, which many reprimanded him, and although it actually has serious drawback, and it is not essential.
Record a video it is easy - when you activate it you'll have three seconds to prepare (the country will be shown), after which it will automatically start. Of course, in any moment of the record ing it is possible to interrupt or temporarily stop, and you have the microphone, it will be filmed and the soundtrack.
When you are finished recording, obtained an entry will also be sent to Service Screencast.com or burn it locally, but only in SWF format.
Besides the storage of pictures and videos on the Internet service, it is possible to add a new button (and not just one) in which the recorded content can be sent to Flickr, but also through FTP and. There will be good to get the option of automatic generation of HTML (it will be placed on the clipboard, so it is enough paste where you please) which can be a picture or video display on a page (a template, you will have to do, but everything is explained in the online help ).
All in all, Jing is a practical tool for recording the contents of the scr een and screencasting. No offers many opportunities that we have seen in the practice of other similar tools, and some of his really chronically lacking. For example, we are happy to see the next versions of video editing capabilities and support for more graphic and format. But these deficiencies, as well as some other things, we will not hold against him.
Sega continues successful tennis series in May.
Sega has announced that in May, publish a new edition of the popular series Virtue Tennis. If we go back a little back, we remember that the Virtue Tennis 3 two years ago was accepted very well by critics and players, and new, except for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, will arrive in the Wii version, which, thanks to the unique controllers do not surprise.
According to an official statement, Virtue Tennis 2009 will be on all platforms supported by a network game, host professionals like Roger Federer and Venus Williams, and the authors will add a series of mini-games, of which five new.
Football Manager Live is a massive game what they had hoped all the fans of football.
At the end of last month under the auspices of Sega to retailers appeared Football Manager Live team of developers Sports Interactive Ltd.. As well as the title says, it is a managerial simulation of football in what we are used with the exception that this issue goes back to the water MMO's.
Players enter the special world of which support up to 1000 users and create a club full of the "real" football players, take care of transfers, training, defining tactics and work all that would be a manager of football club should operate. Like every other MMO, and Football Manager Live has a monthly subscription, and more details about him, visit the official web site.
Team from IBM and was thinking that the way to dodge the bullet could be achieved, for which they were patent and approved. It is a system in which an external device monitors the area, or you are accompanied by bullet.
If you estimate that it will take a shot near the protected person, a part of the person to electrically stimulate muscles in order to parts of the body or whole body removed from the budget bullet trajectories.
This system could well serve the public persons for which there is the possibility of assassination, like the president and other senior government officials.
The system is designed as an alternative (or supplement) "bulletproof" life-jackets, which are not entirely sure, because there are munitions that can penetrate them.
All we have to be aware that online generators are not a long term beneficial, there are today, tomorrow will be to shut down the service may or will start to charge for services and no longer will have the opportunity to generate the thumbnail and all those cool things that we are now able through just a few clicks.
Of course there is a pile of pages, which is trying to throw out what the cash value of a single web page. Now I have to say that neither one of these tools can not give a realistic estimate of the value of individual web pages, let alone anything more. All these huge site bases its assessment on the way to pull data from other sources: Google Page Rank, Alexa, Dmoz, Digg, Technorati.
Why do I write this article when you persistently say that the estimates are not realistic and that they should not be taken too seriously? Well, because I'm hitting a very interesting one. Enter your site, click on calculate and watching as the value of your website grows through all 14 levels and at the end when you see the amount of think, if something goes wrong in the black this time the recession can always sell the site or blog :-).
Therefore, all the stimator.com and check how many $ worth your site!
Warner Bros.. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions developers proudly announced the availability of horror shooters F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on the American market, while in Europe should appear tomorrow.
As we already mentioned, it is a great sequel F.E.A.R. and whose story will continue in his role as Michael Bracket, and how the whole city will be destroyed cataclysm explosion and hordes of different monsters under the control of small replacing Alma, we expected a lot of gruesome scenes and events.
More about the F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, visit the official web site.
Activision Blizzard reported the loss and the change of plans the publication of some upcoming projects.
Despite the loss of 72 million dollars that Activision Blizzard is reported in its financial report for the last quarter of last year, these publishers are not very concerned.
Loss was apparently a result of the merger, Activision and Vivendi, and in addition to numbers in the report referred to us the most interesting topics - the game.
Thus, for example, announced that the new Wolfenstein (op, op!) Appear already this summer, which is earlier than planned, but the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 delayed for a few months and should be completed at the end of the year.
Delay is affected and a new game on that James Bond is planned only in the year, but to be a little on luck, let us say that the Starcraft II beta should start already for a couple of months.
Here's the first mobile phone that you'll be able to use without hand ( "Look, ma - no hands!") - Pantech Sky IM-S410 / IM-S410K allegedly has a microphone that is able to recognize when the user deliberately blows and to be utilized for management interface.
Alleged to be blowing might change the picture on the screen and play the game built, but to dial a number, we must engage fingers.
Among the other characteristics we would like to emphasize that the device is 11 millimeters thick and has a built-DMB TV tuner and an electronic dictionary, and comes in three colors: white, black and red.
Appropriately named, the reader can boast a clean interface that has been and flexible. Unobtrusive, though the whole time, can work in the background (waiting in the system tray), but other than that is has very few practical options that can equally serve and total beginners and those slightly more demanding.
One such feature is the possibility of creating "smart" channel. This is an option to download content grouped articles (no matter in which category are) based on the criteria. For example, you follow the stock market, and have in collection of added RSS channels with such content, you could filter all the articles in which only appears the term "board". They will, of course, be displayed in a separate category.
Another interesting possibility that Feedreader aside from the crowd is the option of creating their own channel by searching the Int ernet service. Stunt is pretty spectacular, enter the term for which you want to receive articles, select a few well-known service (Google News, Yahoo! News, YouTube, Technorati and the like) and the news will be properly collected and displayed, what is the best, everything will be updated as it is a classical channel.
Adding new channels is quite typical for this type of program, paste the link to an RSS feed that you wish to subscribe, and it will automatically be taken of the contents. We'll hold him, the fact that when adding an RSS feed does not provide opportunities to immediately put in a previously created folder, but it always has to manually create later.
However, it is not so bad if you occasionally add channels but doing it his collection again, superfluous clicks easily become painfully and irritating. However, in addition, it is difficult to find a serious complaint. Feedreader is a really well-equipped, full of details that raising the level of Ergonomics. Thus it is possible, for example, show only the channels do not read (they will re-appear when the new content) and individual articles, has a schedule with three panels, it is enabled to control through the shortcuts on the keyboard, is equipped with a built-browser (relying on Internet Explorer) and the like.
However, in your Feedreader Arsenal offers another very nice thing to which the authors named Enclosure browser. It is not about nothing too new revolution in RSS reader, but if you subscribe to the channel which, in addition to reading for reading, wear and supporting content such as audio files or photos, will be automatically downloaded and available in a separate window. The whole thing is all the nicer that allows the genera tion and Playlist in the event that, of course, took over the audio files.
All in all, looking for a good RSS client that does not spent a lot of resources and has cool options and it is completely free, then this is the program you should definitely consider. Not only is equipped with typical characteristics, but also includes some features that are rarely see in other clients, and we must admit that, generally speaking, it works pretty well.
As part of their regular monthly patch cycle of publishing, Microsoft has announced for Tuesday four security patches for its products, of which two were marked as critical .
Two critical patches are connected with the Internet Explorer, and Exchange Server, while the other two, marked only as important, intended for Visio and SQL server.
Details about the problems that resolve these patches will be released only after their official issuance on Tuesday.
The possibility of adding a different extension and plugging is now up to the users Internet browser FireFox was a big advantage compared to other products on the market. According to certain programmers Nicholas Molina, Google Chrome would be up to May this year also could get support for extensions.
On registration for the third annual Google developer conference, Google I / O 2009, among other items the program is almost the most important issue Developing extensions for Google Chrome. Under the description of a theme is the simplicity of making demonstrations extensions for Chrome by using existing and already well-known Web technologies. The topic describes the basics of system extensions, and some details such as packaging and distribution, methods of installation and auto-refresh ve rsion.
As part of the lectures will be discussed using different API functions to expand the browser's capabilities. Of course, details are not known yet, but expect it to be the first extension may already exist during the conference, at least in demo purposes. Conference Google I / O 2009 starts 27th May, and is held in San Francisco.
Samsung's Mobile World Congress, which begins mid-month prepared a high-end mobile phone, writes Daily Mobile, which is in the possession of exclusive photos. The name of the M7600 will be the first mobile phone from Samsung with a screen sensitive to touch for which the volume charge Danish manufacturer Bang & Olufsen.
Another "fun" thing in the mobile phone will be a DJ scratching a unique functionality that will allow users to mix and add various effects to music. Thus, a musical creation will be able to save an d (for later listening).
Among the other highlights the characteristics of the 2.8-inch AMOLED screen, the camera resolution three megapixel, GPS and 3G. Operating system is not known, but it is speculated that this could be Symbian. Price is not known, but the market would be mobile could occur in May.
Microsoft is reportedly preparing to run the Internet-based services that will enable the storage, sharing and creation of backup copies of data from mobile phones.
According to still unofficial information service called My Phone is intended only to users of mobile phones based on Windows Mobile 6, and initially will be available to a limited circle of beta tester.
Details about the new Microsoft service became available by chance when the official site unintentionally become available before the scheduled presentation. According to data available on these pages, users will get free 200 MB of storage, and the service will provide backup storage and return the data stored in the phone, access contact and calendar information, and share photos from your mobile phone.
More information should be published during the fair, Mobile World Congress which is the 16th to 19 held in February in Barcelona.
ComputerTan the fantastic product that 100% guarantee that your monitor to turn UV lamp for sunbathing. On the words and cheated 30,000 people are hoping that after the end of working hours in offices go out - much more beautiful complexion.
Dodge is the result of the campaign in the fight against skin cancer British Association Skcin aimed to inform the public with this evil disease. All who have registered and done their "sunbathing" in the end they were faced with the alarming information and photos about this difficult disease. Deterrent is the fact how many people are willing to risk because of "healthy" look and bronze complexion, said a representative of the association.
On the other hand, it seems that the credulity of the people on the online bidding (no matter how incredible sound) there is no end. How all this looks see here.


Insightpool, a Atlanta, GA-based audience cultivation and conversion platform, raised $4m in Series A funding.
The round was led by TDF Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank with participation from Peter Knight, Steve Chamberlain, Chris Walters and Steve Koonin.
The company intends to use the funds to go mobile and release a second version of its platform.
Founded in 2012 and led by Devon Wijesinghe, Chief Executive Officer, Insightpool provides an analytics and social media campaign platform for companies to identify and connect with their target audience online. The solution, which leverages proprietary predictive analytics technology and demographic data to identify and activate brand advocates to optimize network effects and real ROI conversion, is used by big brands including Coca-Cola, The Home Depot and Warner Brothers.


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Title: 2014 Illinois Club Cross Country Invitational
Date: Sunday November 9th, 2014
Author: Bill & Michelle Thom
Ah, autumn with its crisp, sometimes blustery weather... ideal for lacing-up the spikes and taking to cross country. In this annual gathering, regional teams meet on the USATF certified course at Harms Woods in Skokie, Illinois for all-comers and team-contested cross country racing. Hosted by the Evanston Running Club, directed by John Hennelly with his energetic team of volunteers, this meet features many of Chicagoland's fastest 5-kilometer runners doing what they do best... on grass!
Conditions at race time, 11:04 am CST: cloudy, 44° F, 51% humidity, SW winds at 19 mph.
Timing and finish-line instant scoring was provided by RunRace.net.
Race results: Results on RunRace
Click the "View Photos" tab above to see a gallery of images taken at this year's Illinois Club Cross Country Invitational. These photos have been optimized for display on the internet... if you'd like a "high-resolution" original contact me and I'll send you a digital copy.
Congratulations to all who participated in the 2014 Illinois Club Cross Country!
Bill: bill@runrace.net
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The Government has announced a new policy to provide a one-off pathway to residence for around 1,600 migrant workers and their families who have been living in the South island for more than five years.
The new policy is scheduled to come into effect on 22 May 2017. Applications will be accepted for 12 months from the effective date. Immigration instructions and further information will be available on the INZ website closer to the launch of the policy.
The Government is currently reviewing temporary visa settings to ensure future lower-skilled temporary migrants do not end up in the same situation.
Why is the Government introducing this policy?
The Government recognises that there are a number of low-skilled temporary migrants, particularly in the South Island, who have been in New Zealand long-term and have become well settled here, but who currently have no pathway to residence. The pathway policy provides certainty for a pool of long-term lower-skilled migrant workers in the South Island and allows them to settle permanently while committing to their regions.
How many people will benefit from the new policy?
There are around 1,600 temporary workers in the South Island who have been on an Essential Skills visa for five years or more. The Government estimates there is likely to be approximately 3,200 – 4,000 people in total who may qualify, including partners and dependent children.
Who qualifies under this policy?
Do partners and children qualify for visas once the Essential Skills visa holder gets a Work to Residence visa?
The partner of a qualifying Essential Skills visa holder may be eligible for a work visa.
Dependent children aged 19 and under may also qualify for a visitor, student or work visa. Children who are granted a work visa will have their dependence assessed and will continue to be considered as dependent if they are included in a subsequent Residence from Work application.
Do partners and children qualify for residence once the principal visa holder is granted residence?
Partners and dependent children will be eligible for residence with the principal applicant.
Standard Work to Residence, Residence from Work, and immigration levy charges apply. Standard application fees also apply for partners and dependent children.
Application forms will be available closer to 22 May. Applications must be made using the paper form. Applications cannot be made online.
Why are lower-skilled Essential Skills visa holders who have been here long term, but not living in the South Island, not eligible for residence?
In general South Island regions have lower unemployment rates than North Island regions and around half of the 3,200 long-term temporary migrants in lower-skilled occupations live in the South Island. As a result, the new one-off policy is being limited to long-term migrants in the South Island.
Will there be any flexibility for people who have not spent all their time in the South Island?
Yes. There will be some flexibility regarding the five-year period to ensure that workers who are primarily based in the South Island, but have spent some time in the North Island as a result of the nature of their employment, are not unfairly penalised. There will also be sufficient flexibility to ensure that those who fall marginally short of the five year requirement will not be unfairly excluded from being eligible to apply for the pathway. Each application will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Will there be any flexibility for people who have been here long-term but have spent some time on other visas?
Making only Essential Skills visa holders eligible will ensure that the workers are meeting genuine labour market needs and minimise potential impacts on New Zealand workers. This is because under Essential Skills policy regular labour market testing will have taken place, so there are unlikely to be suitable New Zealanders available. But there will be some flexibility to make provision for cases where, for example, a person has spent time on an interim visa.


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Los verbos en inglés: Ejercicio con tiempos verbales combinados I.
Se pide completar el hueco que falta en cada frase con la forma correcta del verbo.
I (try) to solve the problem yesterday but it was impossible.
We (watch) TV right now. Tomorrow we are going to the cinema.
They are going (buy) a new car because they want to travel a lot.
I (help) you tomorrow morning if you don't mind.
They (not/arrive) yet. They are late.
Frank (go) to school every day because he likes it.
I (say) everything to her yesterday. She has to think about it now.
Please (follow) me, I'll show you the way to the theatre.
There (be) some cars on this street that are very nice.
They (pay) their bill last month. I am glad they did.