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Q: Extracting Text from WPF i have some xaml files that include text, this text is in paterns, like this paths and canvas
i need a way to convert them to row text; thank you
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A: You might want to consider an XmlDataProvider together with a suitable XPath, or an XslTransform like
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="text()">
   <xsl:copy />
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

A: Look how it is done in the Microsoft Sample Application called locbaml.

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"Dinosaur" (também conhecida como "D.I.N.O.$.A.U.R") é uma canção gravada pela cantora e compositora norte-americana Kesha, contida em seu álbum de estreia Animal (2010). A canção foi escrita por Kesha em colaboração com Max Martin e Shellback; os dois últimos também produziram a música, ao passo que todos os três são responsáveis pela instrumentação.

"Dinosaur" é uma faixa do gênero estilístico dance-pop que liricamente fala sobre um homem mais velho que tenta bater em uma jovem, após ser rejeitado por ela. A faixa recebeu análises negativas dos críticos de música. Após o lançamento de Animal, a obra estreou nas tabelas musicais do Reino Unido a UK Singles Chart e da Coréia do Sul a Gaon Chart Internacional, com picos de 180 e 107, respectivamente.

História e inspiração

"Dinosaur" é uma canção escrita por Kesha Sebert, em colaboração com Max Martin e Shellback; os dois últimos são responsáveis pela produção. Todos os três compositores foram responsáveis pelo fornecimento de instrumentos da faixa. A gravação da canção foi iniciada na Maratone Studios, em Estocolmo, na Suécia, por Martin e Shellback.

Ao ser entrevistada pela revista Rolling Stone, Kesha foi perguntada sobre sua técnica de escrever e de como suas canções se concretizam, e ela usou "Dinosaur" para explicar. A cantora explicou que a concepção da música era auto-biográfica e que resultou de uma experiência anterior que ela teve quando um homem mais velho tinha batido nela, que ela desenvolveu em: "Eu só escrevo sobre o que eu vivo — literalmente, meu registro inteiro é totalmente autobiográfico, porque eu acho que há uma grande canção pop em tudo, eM qualquer coisa e em qualquer situação. Existe uma música chamada "Dinosaur" sobre esse velho que estava dando em cima de mim, e sua peruca foi gentil suficiente para revelar-me, e eu pensei "Oh meu Deus, você é tão velho, você é pré-histórico, você é um dinossauro. D-I-N-O-S-A-você é um dinossauro."

Composição
"Dinosaur" é uma canção composta do gênero dance-pop. De acordo com a partitura publicada pela Sony/ATV Music Publishing, na página da Musicnotes, Inc, a música possui um metrônomo de cento e vinte oito batidas por minuto e é composta na chave de Mi maior. O alcance vocal de Kesha se estende a partir da nota mais grave E4 para a nota mais elevada D5. A música engloba teclados, um chocalho e um apito na sua produção, o último dos quais tem sido descrito como um "apito-sintetizador" A letra da canção gira em torno de um homem mais velho que está tentando convencer uma menina mais jovem a deixar o clube com ele, para qual a protagonista responde com "um spray scattergun de insultos."

Rebecca Blissett, do The Georgia Straight, descreveu a canção como "percussão-bombardeada-de-muco-rapper". De acordo com Andrew Burgess, do musicOMH.com, "Dinosaur" apresenta um "apito-sintetizador como-Mark Mothersbaugh" e centra-se em "a grosseria de homens mais velhos batendo em meninas mais jovens". Burgess cita o verso "a carnivore, you want my meat, I know it" como evidência para isso. Cheryl Chia, do The UrbanWire, observou que a faixa é uma reminiscência para as canções "Girlfriend" de Avril Lavigne e "Hollaback Girl" de Gwen Stefani. Para Althea Legaspi, do The Chicago Tribune, "Dinosaur" contém "mérito lírico em que a maioria das mulheres têm experimentado avanços indesejados de um homem assustador itinerário-muito-velho".

Interpretações ao vivo e covers

"Dinosaur" foi apresentada pela primeira vez ao vivo para a MTV Push, um programa transmitido pela MTV Networks em todo o mundo. A canção foi interpretada durante sua primeira turnê mundial, a Get Sleazy Tour, como parte do set-list paras todos os concertos. Durante a apresentação, Kesha foi apoiada com dançarinos e membros da banda que estavam vestidos com uma variedade de figurinos de dinossauros.

A atriz Heather Morris, apresentou uma versão cover na série de televisiva Glee em seu décimo nono episódio intitulado Prom-asaurus, que foi exibido em 8 de maio de 2012. A trama do episódio girou em torno de um baile com o tema envolvendo dinossauros. A personagem de Morris, Brittany S. Pierce, cobriu a canção no episódio, realizando uma rotina de dança coreografada para ele. Erica Futterman, da revista Rolling Stone, escreveu que o desempenho do episódio fora "uma pequena vitória", e concluiu que fora o melhor desempenho do episódio. Erin Strecker, do Entertainment Weekly, foi mais crítico e escreveu que a canção foi "autoafinada dentro de uma polegada de sua vida", mas elogiou o desempenho de Pierce, escrevendo, "mas Brittany pode totalmente se mover." A versão cover de Glee foi lançada para download digital através da iTunes Store em 8 de maio de 2012.

Desempenho nas tabelas musicais
Após o lançamento de Animal, "Dinosaur" estreou na tabela musical sul-coreana Gaon Internatonal Chart no número cento e sete, a 3 de janeiro de 2010, registando vendas de 4,536 downloads digitais. No Reino Unido, estreou no centésimo sétimo posto da UK Singles Chart de acordo com a publicação de 3 de janeiro de 2012.

Posições

Créditos de elaboração
Os créditos foram adaptados do encarte do álbum Animal (2010):
Gravação
Gravado nos Maratone Studios, Estocolmo, Suécia.

Pessoal
 Composição e instrumentação - Kesha Sebert, Max Martin, Shellback
 Produção - Max Martin, Shellback pela Maratone Productions
 Teclados - Max Martin
 Assobios - Kesha, Shellback
 Chocalhos - Kesha

Canções de 2010
Kesha
Canções compostas por Max Martin
Canções compostas por Shellback
Canções produzidas por Max Martin
Canções produzidas por Shellback

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Peer-to-Peer File Downloads Top Napster's High
By ExtremeTech Staff on September 6, 2001 at 7:10 pm
CAMBRIDGE – Free music downloading is hotter than ever, said researchers on Thursday who found more than 3 billion files were downloaded on four leading file-swapping services in August, topping Napster at its peak.
Several peer-to-peer services, which enable users to trade music, video and other files over the Web, have sprung up recently to fill the void left by song-swap service Napster, which has seen activity die due to music industry lawsuits.
"Despite the millions of dollars spent trying to kill off pirate networks, the popularity of peer-to-peer file-sharing continues to grow," said Matt Bailey, the Webnoize analyst who led the study into peer-to-peer services.
"Peer-to-peer users are getting more free content than they ever did through Napster," he said.
According to Webnoize, the top four file-sharing systems — FastTrack, Audiogalaxy, iMesh and Gnutella — were used to download 3.05 billion files during August, according to research firm Webnoize.
This compares with the 2.79 billion files downloaded using Napster in February 2001 — the controversial service's peak month before it was slapped with an injunction that restricted much of the service's downloading activity.
Webnoize said music tracks still make up the bulk of all downloads, although bootleg films and software applications are counting for an ever-increasing part of the file-sharing mix.
The world's biggest record labels — including Vivendi Universal's (EAUG.PA) Universal Music, Sony Music (6758.T), AOL Time Warner Inc.'s (NYSE: AOL ) Warner Music, EMI Group Plc (EMI.L) and Bertelsmann AG's (BTGGga.D) BMG — first sued Internet song-swap service Napster in December 1999 for copyright infringement.
And in recent weeks, all the big Hollywood studios have announced video-on-demand initiatives to avert a similar situation in their industry.
Bailey said he expects these peer-to-peer networks will continue to grow strongly in coming months with the help of returning college students, who are active peer-to-peer users.
"For the recording and motion picture industries, the peer-to-peer problem is about to go from bad to worse," Bailey said.

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import React from "react"
import { graphql } from "gatsby"

export function QueryDataCachesView({
  data,
  pageType,
  dataType,
  path,
  prefix = ``,
}) {
  if (
    pageType !== `A` &&
    pageType !== `B` &&
    pageType !== `client-only` &&
    pageType !== `404`
  ) {
    throw new Error(
      `[QueryDataCachesView] Wrong page type - ${JSON.stringify(pageType)}`
    )
  }

  if (dataType !== `page-query` && dataType !== `static-query`) {
    throw new Error(
      `[QueryDataCachesView] Wrong data type - ${JSON.stringify(dataType)}`
    )
  }

  return (
    <>
      <h1 data-testid={`${prefix}query-data-caches-page-title`}>
        This is page {pageType}

Page query

        <span data-testid={`${prefix}${dataType}-result`}>
          {data.queryDataCachesJson.selector} /{` `}
          {data.queryDataCachesJson.initialOrSecond}:{` `}
          {data.queryDataCachesJson.status}

      {path && (

          Canonical path: <span data-testid={`${prefix}page-path`}>{path}

      )}
    </>
  )
}

export const fragments = graphql`
  fragment QueryDataCachesBaseFragment on QueryDataCachesJson {
    selector
    status
  }

  fragment QueryDataCachesFragmentInitialPage on QueryDataCachesJson {
    ...QueryDataCachesBaseFragment
    initialOrSecond: dummy(text: "initial-page")
  }

  fragment QueryDataCachesFragmentSecondPage on QueryDataCachesJson {
    ...QueryDataCachesBaseFragment
    initialOrSecond: dummy(text: "second-page")
  }
`

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West London News
The iconic Tornado farewell flypast will pass over Buckinghamshire near West London
Everyone has to retire eventually
Vicky MunroReporter
One of the last three RAF Tornado GR4's touching down at RAF Marham (Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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A special flypast for an iconic aircraft used in the first Gulf War will include passing over Buckinghamshire in its farewall UK tour.
The RAF Tornado, a retro-looking grey plane that in a much smaller form wouldn't look out of place in a child's toy chest despite its deadly purpose, has been in use since 1979.
The aircraft are based in RAF Marham in Norfolk, which has announced a final cross-country "flypast" to commemorate the retirement of the old model, as reported in Cambridgeshire Live .
The tour, to take place from Tuesday (February 19) to Thursday (February 21), includes flying over RAF bases in Buckinghamshire, such as RAF High Wycombe and RAF Halton, on Wednesday (February 20).
Sadly, RAF Northolt didn't make the cut to be among the 16 stops on the tour that day. There is a chance the route could take the aircraft over the outskirts of West London though so keep an eye out.
The time of the flypast on Wednesday has not been announced yet.
All the stops on its farewell tour on Wednesday, February 20
What will replace them?
The aircraft, with its distinctive bright yellow star, will make way after 40 years for a sleeker successor, the new F-35 Lightning II.
The new planes, of which there are currently only nine in the UK, cost a whopping £92 million each.
The remarkable Acton war hero whose life story is worthy of a Hollywood movie
They will join RAF Marham's 617 Squadron, historically known as the "Dambusters" unit thanks to their exploits in the Second World War.
Formed under immense secrecy, they were tasked with attacking three major dams that provided water and power to the industrial Ruhr region of Germany.
The plan, codenamed Operation Chastise, involved a "bouncing bomb", which bounce across the surface of water to avoid obstacles such as torpedo nets.
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The huge mansion the Queen bought as a very generous present for Princess Anne where some of Prince George, Charlotte and Louis' cousins live
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So Ms Possum has arrived in Riyadh and chauffeur driven to the Al Khozama Hotel. The wonderful Ms L coincided briefly there and went through the action-packed itinerary that would see them through the next few days and then it was Pumpkin time; ie: time for all good possums to hit the hay.
Ms Possum was not to be phased and happily chatted away to the curious waiters as if this was the most natural thing in the world for her. The whole team of all male hotel staff got used to the irrepressible Ms Possum and came to expect a cheery Hello from her. They remembered how she liked her eggs; were surprised when she asked about their lives; totally intrigued how a lone girl had come to Saudi Arabia to do business and blown away when they realised which Prince had sponsored the visit. They became quite protective of Ms Possum in ensuring she got into the right car and was safe and the little posy of flowers as a farewell was a touching gesture.
We've just got in the scrummiest new hides for one of our discerning clients and look what we've made – a dramatic reversible raw edge bed throw that nonchalantly drapes over a settee or bed with unabated elegance.
This throw has a chocolate suede reverse with a dark wash over the natural possum fur to give a depth of colour and texture that really epitomises the best in luxury décor. Turn back a corner; completely reverse it, or wallow in the sheer fluffiness of a few dozen pelts – the choice is yours.
We will quote in any size and colour – simply email us your requirements as we are carrying out an increasing amount of custom work. For some other examples of our gorgeous throws, click here, or check out more of our custom work at Flickr.
We've just finished a couple of decor commissions for clients who wanted something a little different!
The first one is a white, queen size Possum fur throw. Because of the bleaching process we had to be super-careful during construction and reinforce everything. The result looks fantastic, and we could totally imagine it in an ultra-modern bedroom.
The second design was a little more rustic — a tri-colour Possum fur throw. Our client couldn't decide which shade of natural she liked best — so chose them all! The finished throw looks amazing. The tones in the natural grey hides makes the reddish parts of the natural brown really pop!
If you'd love something special, but can't find it on our site, get in touch with us and we can discuss your options.


"Most advances in cancer treatment are small steps forward, but occasionally there is a giant leap."
This article discusses a new and innovative radiosurgery technique, CyberKnife®, which is used to treat primary and secondary cancers, without the need for open surgery and long recovery periods.
What makes CyberKnife® so special?
How do I refer patients for CyberKnife®?
The CyberKnife® System is a robotic radiosurgery instrument that is revolutionising the way cancers are treated. It was developed by John Adler, a neurosurgeon from Stanford University in the 1990's as a way of extending radiosurgery from the head and brain to include the rest of the body. He went on to found Accuray Incorporated, manufacturers of the CyberKnife® System. CyberKnife® is in clinical use throughout the world with over 60,000 patient treatments conducted. There are currently 3 units in the UK, and over 300 worldwide.
Conventional radiotherapy uses large field sizes and just a few radiation beams to treat 'regions' in the body, which means the dose given to the tumour is often limited by the radiation tolerance of the surrounding normal tissues. The latest chemotherapy and 'magic bullet' drugs have been a small step forward, but they have side effects and have generally not lived up to the hype.
Tumours are chaotic, and tend to wrap themselves around, or are close to other vital tissues. This means that the surgeon's skills can be stretched to the limit, or the use of conventional radiotherapy would damage too much healthy tissue. Cancer radiation oncologists need a clear image of the exact location of the tumour (with all its irregularities) so that the delivery of radiation can be accurately pinpointed to these parts, and these parts alone. This is where CyberKnife® comes in.
The CyberKnife® system is completely different as it uses hundreds of pencil thin beams and thousands of potential treatment angles to target individual tumours. The machine consists of a highly manoeuvrable miniaturised linear accelerator (a machine that delivers high energy x-rays) attached to a robotic arm. BMW originally created this robotic arm for manufacturing their cars. This robotic arm is complimented by a state-of-the-art targeting system which pinpoints tumours with sub-millimetre accuracy and then fires in hundreds of high dose pencil-thin beams of radiation. CyberKnife® also achieves a fast dose gradient ('fall-off') at the edge of the tumour, minimising normal tissue dose.
It is a very accurate form of radiation treatment that can be used as an alternative to surgery in many cases. The key is delivering the right dose to the right place at the right time whilst minimising damaging effects on normal tissue. I like to think of it as "precision without incision". Technology advances enable the use of highly innovative and sophisticated planning and targeting software to treat tumours, the robot even moving up and down to track the target as the patient breathes, minimising any radiation dose to normal tissues. Theoretically any tumour target can be cured with radiation therapy, historically this has been limited by the tolerance of surrounding normal tissues; CyberKnife® has changed this concept overnight with potentially obliterative doses of radiation delivered rapidly and with absolute precision. In radiotherapists' terminology it combines extreme hypo fractionation (where radiation is given in larger doses or 'fractions' and in less sessions than traditional radiation therapy) with intrafraction Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) to produce a near-perfect dose distribution of radiation around the target, with minimal dose to surrounding healthy tissue. This enables the very high doses used to be given with absolute safety and confidence.
The treatment is so accurate that it is now possible to treat tumours previously thought to be untreatable. Although the results of treatment do not always show immediately, in most cases the procedure will initially stop the growth of tumours before gradually reducing their size.
Major operations such as lung and liver resections, removal of pancreas and prostatectomy now have a viable alternative option with this technique.
Current indications include the treatment of stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer (as an alternative to surgery, or in patients with inoperable tumours, or who are medically inoperable), lung metastases, locally advanced pancreatic tumours, early prostate cancer, early kidney cancer, and treatment of primary or secondary liver tumours. This technology can also be used to retreat cancers that have recurred following conventional radiotherapy, for example head and neck or rectal cancers. These are situations that were previously untreatable using radiation. CyberKnife® is not usually appropriate for patients with widespread metastases or tumours over 8cm in diameter.
Within the brain CyberKnife® can be used for the same indications as Gamma Knife® including brain metastases (up to three), low grade astrocytomas, pituitary tumours, meningiomas, spinal tumours and trigeminal neuralgia. The use of 6-dimensional skull tracking makes this treatment IS at least as accurate as Gamma Knife® without the inconvenience of a frame bolted to the patient's skull. However, CyberKnife® is not usually appropriate for patients with widespread metastases.
Patients have a CT planning scan in order for the clinical oncologist, radiologist and physicist to determine the correct treatment volume, organs at risk, and radiation dose distribution. This scan can be fused with other imaging modalities such as MRI, PET scans and 3D angiography. Some tumours require the implantation of metallic markers, the size of a grain of rice (called fiducial markers), which help the software track the tumour more accurately. This can usually be done under local anaesthetic, one week before treatment. The treatment is explained in detail to each patient at a dedicated consultation, where discussions of any possible side effects will also take place. Due to the accuracy of targeting there have been very few serious side effects.
Treatments last about an hour, are completely painless and usually non invasive. Most patients will have up to five treatments in contrast to conventional radiotherapy which involves up to 40 treatments, although there is now increasing use of single fractions with CyberKnife.
CyberKnife® is a new technology, so there is currently a lack of large randomised clinical trials. The early published data so far suggests that CyberKnife® is at least as effective as other forms of treatment in many indications, and very safe.
All patients being considered for CyberKnife® have their care planned with a multidisciplinary team made up of specialised clinical oncologists, surgeons, radiographers and radiologists.
Treatments can take a few months to set up with insurers, and NHS ETA applications are also a lengthy process, so referrals need to come through as soon as possible after CyberKnife® has been discussed as a possible treatment option. Referrals arrive from a wide range of specialist surgeons and oncologists as well as directly from patients as the CyberKnife® is so versatile. Referrals can be made through the CyberKnife® centres or by contacting Andrew Gaya directly.
The potential for this form of instrumentation is incredible, and the next few years will see some exciting new developments in cancer treatment. Trials are now well underway including a study of CyberKnife® compared with conventional surgery for stage 1 or 2 lung cancer. CyberKnife® is being tested in functional brain disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinsons' Disease, and there are plans to extend the application of the therapy to correct electrical disturbances in the heart (as an alternative to catheter ablation). CyberKnife® is also being trialled in early breast cancer.
Continual software improvements and upgrades to the CyberKnife® System mean that as each year passes, fewer tumours require metallic markers to be inserted and so eventually CyberKnife® may be a 100% non-invasive treatment option. In my opinion CyberKnife® is currently the pinnacle of radiation treatment delivery and I am proud to be actively involved with this application and its use in caring for our patients.
For further information on the author of this article, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Dr Andrew Gaya, please click here.


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About Copper Hills
Copper Hills was named for the first Copper mine in the area, located near Armstrong & Copper Avenues just 6.4 miles from the school. The school was built for 9 million dollars in 1996 by contractor David A. Bush Inc. and designed by Temple Anderson Moore Architects. The Miners was chosen as the name for our mascot by the community for which this school served. Our school colors or Navy, Maroon, Grey & White were also chosen during the intiial process of opening a new school.
Copper Hills Elementary School is a Pre-K-6th grade elementary school in the nationally acclaimed Clovis Unified School District. The school is located in Fresno, California and has been open since 1996. The school houses approximately 630+ students. We have a variety of Pre-Kindergarten classes on campus as well. The 2018-19 school year will mark our 23rd year!!!! Go Miners!
Copper Hills has been recognized as a California Distinguished School, Bonner Character Education School in 2015-16, California Gold Ribbon School for 2015-16 and has earned numerous awards for performance in academics, performing arts, and athletics. The Copper Hills Miners follow the "Miner Code" in all that they do and say.
Copper Hills is part of the Clovis North Area schools, which means our students will attend Granite Ridge Intermediate as 7th & 8th grade students and Clovis North High School as 9th -12th grade in the future. If you have any questions or suggestions please email or call us. Once a Miner...Always a Miner!!!
Copper Hills Mission Statement
Our mission at Copper Hills Elementary is to provide a safe, nurturing environment with high standards that will empower students with critical thinking skills and a foundation to be Lifelong Learners.
Copper Hills Vision Statement
To be a quality educational system providing the opportunity for all students to reach their potential in mind, body & spirit!


Compuboost was founded in 1992 as a computer repair service, computer upgrade and new computer sales store. Since then we have serviced over 250,000 pcs in the southern Orange County area. Services include general computer service, computer upgrades, computer repair, data recovery and virus removal.
Compuboost repairs, upgrades and services all brands of computers, popular major brands like Dell, HP, and Apple, and lesser known names as well, like Asus, Samsung and Sony.
Our repair services has expanded, and as a special internet offer, we give Free Diagnosis (Normally a $80 value) coupon below. We have also expanded our service to include electronic waste recycling, and with our experience in repairing motor controller, we offer premium electric bikes as well.
Many times, the life of a computer can be extended by just repairing the faulty item, or upgrading a critical item like more RAM memory or larger and faster hard drive.
RAM : additional RAM helps programs run better. However, that only goes only so far. Too much memory and it is not used. For 32bit systems like Windows 98, XP or Vista, 4GB is about the maximum Ram that can be used (only 3.2GB can actually used). For 64bit OS, like Windows 10, 8GB is recommended, and the more the better (up to 16GB for office systems, and 32GB or more for engineering workstations and gaming applications).
Windows 7 and Windows 8 (as well as Windows 10) have both 32bit and 64bit , so the RAM upgrade will be dependent on which version.
2. Upgrade Hard drive. Here, there are two directions. First to go bigger. Hard drives are now made as large as 16TB or 16000GB for a single 3.5″ drive, and 4TB or 4000GB for a single 2.5″ laptop drive. This gives a huge boost typically to most systems.
Normally a larger drive will give faster performance. Not because the speed is faster, but the data is denser, so the same information can be read off in quicker chunks. To explain this, for example a 100MB file in a 100GB drive may occupy one sector. 100MB in a 1TB or 1000GB drive would only occupy 1/10 of that same sector. Data transfer rates does not scale linearly, but typically it would still be faster because of the geometry needed is much less than for a 100GB drive.
A second hard drive upgrade is to go SSD, or Solid State Drive. Here, the drive is actually Flash RAM, similar to a USB flash RAM. Since Ram is an order of magnitude faster than a rotational device like regular hard drive, SSD will provide instant improvement in overall computer speed.
Recent advancements in SSD technology now means they are both fast and large, upto 2TB or 2000GB in size. There are very popular since they are always in stock, and we have 24 hour turnaround, including copying or mirroring the old drive to the new drive. You upgrade will be seamless.
We remove infected computers and laptops, PCs and Macs, whether able to boot up or not. To help with diagnosis, we offer Free coupon for Internet users. Just print out and bring in, or show the coupon on your cell phone.
What is a virus versus Malware?.
Virus in the computer world are programs or codes that a malicious user tries to load (hack) onto a victims computer. Malware is a more recent development. It is perfectly running code, that has been changed to do something unexpected or undesired by the victim. For example, a famous old virus was the ILoveYou virus, which when activated, began overwriting the victims files, one by one.
As antivirus became prevalent, and simple virus no longer could penetrate computers (because there code is know, since they are actual programs), hackers had to evolve. The hackers changed too, whereas originally there were many smart, but amateur people doing the hacking. professionals soon took over.
Just running tools by anti virus and malware writers are usually not enough. We use manual intervention, looking for things or items slightly out of place, to ferret out malware and their hidden triggers. These items may be on the desktop, in user files, hidden system files, even oddities like slight color difference or names. Many malware looks and acts just like the real thing (for example Chromium versus Chrome) so it takes an experienced eye to find them all.
Compuboost provides Operating System repair and or install, either Mac OS or Windows. Windows installation is typically through DVD or USB flash. Unable to start up can be a manifestation of a myriad of problems. We have the tools that can fix Operating systems, and hardware issues even if the system cannot boot.
Todays motherboard use two types of installation. The first is called legacy, and all operating system data is on the drive. The second is called UEFI. This difference is important as the OS serial number (Product code in Windows) is actually embedded in the motherboard itself. This is so that is Windows is reloaded, there is no need to type the Product code, it comes from the motherboard itself. Starting with Windows 8, then Windows 10, this is the prevalent case today.
Operating system installation service include loading all drivers. We can also assist in moving over Email and programs, and setting up desktop.
New OS installed on formatted drive that is separate from older drive, files copied from old drive to folder on New OS in new drive. This is commonly used on new system, or failed hardware on old drive.
New OS from non-formatted drive, files are moved from old OS to new OS. This is if the old drive is undamaged. This procedure is common in removing virus and malware.
If your computer is running slow, has pop-ups, slow internet and a host of similar problems, we will clean up system, optimize the hard drive, update all the drivers, update OS to latest revision, delete cache and temp files, and uninstall unnecessary startup programs. Typical time to complete is 5 hrs.
Typical Tuneups take several hours, as many as six. We use a checklist of at least 40 items, from file clean up, manual registry clean, uninstall unused programs, drive defragmentation and optimization, update drivers and update Windows or Mac OS to latest versions appropriate to the system.
We offer data recovery services locally for all but the most damaged systems.
Here, the hard drive is not damage, but the files cannot be found. They can be accidentally moved, renamed or deleted but not overwritten. Fortunately, it is possible to retrieve this data by using software, scanning and examining the resultant files for the missing data.
In this case, the hard drive is readable, but it has been accidentally formatted, the partition removed, or files accidentally deleted and overwritten. It is possible to retrieve this data in many cases by using software that will reconstruct the partition or deleted files. However, sometimes information like the file name is lost, so the user must still spend a great deal of time to review the recovered data. Special software, plus judicious manual inspection and reconstruction techniques can restore critical files and perform the data recovery.
In this case, the Hard drive is damaged and needs repair. This is the common bad blocks problem. Because of critical nature of hard drive platters, and the extreme density of the data, it is prohibitively expensive to create perfect defect free hard drives. Hard drive manufacturers provide spare sectors (empty areas of the drive). If certain parts of the drive become unreadable, the hard drive electronics will reprogram itself to use the spare areas, and exclude the bad areas.
However, if the drive fails while holding critical data, then we have a crash. The drive can normally be repaired via software using the spare sectors and once data is retrieved, the drive can be used again. However, this is highly NOT recommended. The reason is the spare drive sectors are normally not sequential, so after data recovery, and reallocation of the spare sectors, the drive performance is seriously degraded.
In this case, the hard drive has serious physical damage. This includes bad blocks, but also drive electronics, and motor controller. In this case, if the motor works and heads work, it is possible to replace the drive components and restart the drive. However, every drive has a chip which holds the original factory information on the bad blocks found during manufacture. This chip has to be copied or transfer to the new drive board to make the drive read correctly.
In this case, the motor itself is dead or the head motors are not working. The drive needs to be sent out to a clean room where the motor or heads can be replaced and so the data recovery can be completed.
We fix all Apple non-warranty covered products, at greatly reduced prices from the Apple store. If you need warranty repair, it is best to use Apple, for non warranty repair (like spills, water damage, drops, cracked screen, etc) we can generally do computer repair and computer service for less than half of what Apple will charge.
Machine control/Kiosk PC: Optimized for size, compatibility, durability.
We carry the MSI line of gaming notebooks. Even in a portable notebook format, MSI has multi video card configurations that make the mobile gaming PC almast as fast as the fastest Desktop, but with carry around convenience.
Gaming laptops and notebooks have becoming popular recently. Aside from only the most strenuous game, notebooks have evolved where they can almost match desktops. In reality, they are portable desktops, because they draw so much power, both by the graphics card, CPU and video that battery life is generally poor. However, gaming laptops are portable, so a person can carry his gaming platform everywhere he goes and enjoy his game.
Another custom area of PC we provide is custom workstations. Most are based on the Nvidia Quadro Video card, for applications like Engineering, using Solid Works, Auto Cad, Sketch up and other design tools. Also graphics and video design, using the latest software from Adobe, AAvid and others.
The requirements for workstations is different from gaming machines, although both are fast and sometimes one can be used in place of the other. But an engineering or graphics workstation is optimized to run engineering or design software, not games, so although the base hardware is the same, the algorithm or software to run the cards are different. Accuracy is different too.
Gaming cards emphasize real-time graphics, in displaying virtual worlds and fast respond to shooting games, explosions, movement etc. Design software, however, emphasize accuracy and speed in rendering, redraw and regeneration of changes. An inaccurate rendering of a blade of grass in a game is insignificant. In inaccurate rendering of a bolt in a building, however, may lead to disaster, so the workstation level graphics is a whole different requirement.
Another popular application is Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency mining, using both generalized hardware as well as specially prepared hardware.
We make simple servers, optimized for price and simplicity. But also more complex servers, both stand alone and rack mount for data centers, larger servers and small and medium businesses.
We service and repair what we build, as well as any other manufacturer. We can also do restoration services, so if you have an antique or vintage desktop or laptop computer you want to restore, we can provide that service as well. Restoration computer service and restoration computer repair is great for someone wanting to revive a vintage computer they may had once used for nostalgia reasons, or to complete the look of a "1970's or 1980's" style room or den.
Here is a summary of other computer service and repair we do.


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'Now You See Me' pulls a fun rabbit out of a dumb hat
Brian Byrne
The level of snark in the screening of "Now You See Me" was at an all-time high. Part of me wonders why these people even go to see movies if all they want to do is complain about them.
Not that there isn't plenty to complain about in the story of four magicians who stage entertaining shows while redistributing wealth and evading capture by the FBI. It's kind of dumb. It drags in spots. The central romance doesn't make much sense.
It's entertaining fluff, so long as you don't think about it. The tagline is "Look closely, because the closer you think you are, the less you will actually see." Or, in my case, you'll see all those little threads that will unravel the whole story if you give a little tug.
OK, a quick synopsis: Four low-level street magicians are gathered together when they receive a Tarot card invitation. There's J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), the street magician. Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) his former assistant who is now performing magic in a club for frat guys? It's…not clear. There's Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson) as the formerly famous mentalist. And Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) the half-magician/half-thief, which sounds way more D&D than I intended.
They are brought to an apartment in New York City where an elaborate display shows them blueprints for some fancy magic tricks. Holographic blueprints. Because…ugh.
Yeah. One year later. Now, these disparate magicians are "The Four Horsemen" and they're being bankrolled by millionaire Arthur Tressler (Michael Caine, or as he would say it "My Cocaine") for a series of big, one-night-only magic shows.
In the audience is magic debunker Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman), who plans on turning a profit by showing how they do their tricks. Including a trick that seemingly teleports $3 million in Euros to Las Vegas from a French bank.
This all brings in FBI agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo), who is a renegade smart-ass who doesn't have time for this shit because he's going after mobsters and blah blah blah. I usually love Ruffalo, but holy hell did this act get old quickly, especially when he was dealing with Interpol agent Alma Dray (Melanie Laurent).
What follows is a game of cat and mouse, with Ruffalo interrogating the Four Horsemen, becoming enraged by them, seeking Freeman's help, chasing them to New Orleans, to New York…it's kind of a blur. And maybe that's because it needs to be blurry to be enjoyed.
Movies call for a willful suspension of disbelief–a point "Now You See Me" makes about enjoying the wonder of magic quite often. If you're not open to it, you won't be amazed. I don't know if that was meant to be a shield for the film by the writers, but it came off as a bit defensive. "If it has to make sense, then you're not going to enjoy it."
But I fear I'm being too negative because there is plenty to recommend "Now You See Me" as dumb summer fun. Director Louis Leterrier ("The Transporter," "The Incredible Hulk") has fun moving the pieces around and the actors are all game. Franco has some great action scenes evading Ruffalo and Michael Kelly (one of my favorite character actors) and Harrelson and Eisenberg fall into that easy chemistry that made "Zombieland" so enjoyable.
Laurent's chemistry with Ruffalo isn't as strong. She's lovely but damaged in some way that's never explained, and they constantly go from angry to mooning over each other and back again.
Not that the FBI is always portrayed in the finest light in other films, but "Now You See Me" makes it seem like the entire agency is filled with angry, petty men who are so stubborn that they keep playing into the Four Horsemen's plans. And that's another thread for you — a few key decisions would have everything falling apart. Or just plain stalled. I guess, in the rush of the action, you can forget about that. But as soon as the film slows down to focus on Ruffalo and Laurent, the mind wanders back and says, "Wait a second, that's dumb."
Dumb, however, is not bad. Dumb can be enjoyable. This isn't the most enjoyable dumb movie around, by a long shot, but you could do worse during the summer doldrums.
I rate this 2.5 Woody Harrelson hats out of five.
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A Sómér zsidó ifjúsági cserkészlap volt. Székhely: Marosvásárhely. 1924. július 1. és 1926. július 1. között jelent meg. Nyelve: magyar.

Szerkesztői, működése

1924–25-ben Weinstein Gyula és Sárkány Imre szerkesztette, 1926. január 1-jétől Assér Lemil; felelős szerkesztője mindvégig Engelberg Dezső. Állandó munkatársai közé tartozott Havas József is.

A Sómér rendszeresen közölt részleteket Baden-Powellnek, a cserkészmozgalom megalapítójának cserkészkönyvéből. Egyes rovatai a sómérok (cserkészek) gyakorlati kiképzését szolgálták. Ugyanakkor tudósította olvasóit Erdély városainak, valamint a különböző országoknak a cserkészmozgalmáról.

Foglalkozott a zsidóságot érintő problémákkal is: közölte Herzl Tivadarnak, a cionista mozgalom megteremtőjének tanulmányait (Zsidókérdés Európában. 1924/1; A Palesztina-eszme. 1924/3). Külön rovata volt, amelyben az Izraelbe távozott "sómértestvérek" beszámolói jelentek meg ottani életükről.

Források

Zsidó sajtótermékek
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Under-23s: Bristol City preview
Bolton Wanderers Under-23s host Bristol City in their latest 2017/18 Professional Development League outing on Monday night.
Kicking off at 7pm at the Lancashire FA's County Ground in Leyland, the young Whites go in search of their first win of the season having suffered defeat in their opening three games.
Both sides currently sit bottom in the North and South sections respectively, with Bristol City winning four points from their opening five matches.
Admission will cost £3 for adults and £1 for concessions with season ticket holders able to attend free of charge.
There will be updates via the club's Twitter account @OfficialBWFC, with a match report available at www.bwfc.co.uk soon after.
Bolton Wanderers U23 vs Bristol City U23 on 18 Sep 17


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Q: IntelliJ IDEA User-Defined Project Template Replacing XML Values In New Project I'm saving an existing project as a template but when I open a new project using this template, it is replacing some xml values with unpopulated parameters.
This is from the original XML (path = src/main/WEB-INF/web.xml):
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">

After I use the template to create a new project, the same file becomes:
<web-app version="${WEB_XML_VERSION}" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:shttp://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_${WEB_XML_VERSION_FILE}.xsdweb-app_2_5.xsd">

This doesn't appear to be a default parameter supported by IntelliJ, and its even inserted inline incorrectly (e.g. ${WEB_XML_VERSION_FILE}.xsdweb-app_2_5.xsd)
Is there a way to prevent this sort of substitution when saving project templates?


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Home › "The Lamb and the Cross" Art Print
"The Lamb and the Cross" Art Print
5x7 - $10.00 USD 5x7 with mat - $13.00 USD 8x10 - $20.00 USD 8x10 with mat - $25.00 USD 11x14 - $30.00 USD 11x14 with mat - $40.00 USD
I can't say more than that this expresses a feeling I have about what happened on the cross.
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Michel Faber es un escritor de ficción neerlandés nacido el 13 de abril de 1960 en La Haya, Países Bajos. Con siete años, emigró junto a sus padres a Australia, dónde asistió a la escuela primaria y secundaria en Melbourne, más específicamente en los suburbios de Boronia y Bayswater. Continuó su formación en la Universidad de Melbourne con estudios de holandés, filosofía, retórica, idioma inglés y literatura inglesa, graduándose en 1980.

Faber trabajó como limpiador y en varios oficios ocasionales, anterior a su entrenamiento como enfermero en Marrickville y los hospitales en los suburbios occidentales de Sídney. Fue enfermero hasta mediados de la década de 1990. En 1993 emigró con su familia y su segunda esposa a Escocia, donde se radicó.

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En Escocia se considera a Faber como un autor escocés, o al menos escocés de "formación". El hecho de que la mayoría de los premios que le fueron otorgados hayan sido escoceses, como el Premio Neil Gunn, el Premio Mallacan y el Saltire First Book of the Year Award y, que sus obras sean publicadas con sede en Escocia, dan crédito a esta opinión.

En Australia se lo considera australiano, debido al tiempo de residencia que pasó allí y porque su formación se realizó en el país, además, sus cuentos se sitúan en Australia.

En los Países Bajos se lo considera neerlandés, con excepción de aquellos quiénes desconocen su origen, aun cuando sus obras están traducidas al holandés por traductores profesionales.

En el año 2001, cuando la publicación de su libro The Crimson Petal and the White era inminente, Canongate instó a que Faber se convirtiese en ciudadano del Reino Unido para que el libro pudiese ser presentado en el Premio Brooker, que en ese momento solo se encontraba disponible para ciudadanos del Commonwealth. Faber se negó aduciendo que no deseaba ser ciudadano de un país que enviara tropas a Afganistán e Irak siguiente a Estados Unidos.

La nacionalidad de Michel continúa siendo neelandesa, él mismo no se identifica con ninguna nacionalidad en particular y los temas, el alcance y el estilo de su obra no se caracterizan por ser británicos, australianos o holandeses, pero sí, europeos.

Trabajo

Ficción

Faber escribe seriamente desde los catorce años de edad, pero no presentó sus trabajos para su publicación. Muchas historias cortas aparecieron en su debut, al igual que los primeros borradores de "Pétalo Carmesí, Flor Blanca" (The Crimson Petal and the White), que se realizaron en 1980 y fueron guardados. Otra novela fue terminada en ese período A Photograph of Jesus. Durante 1990 y con el apoyo de su segunda esposa, Eva, Faber comenzó a inscribirse y a ganar competiciones de historias cortas, lo que lo condujo a ser abordado por los editores de Canongate Books con sede en Edimburgo, y que han publicado su trabajo en el Reino Unido desde entonces.

Su primer libro fue lanzado en 1998, consistente en una colección de cuentos llamada Some Rain Must Fall. Entre las historias, Piece había ganado el Premio Ian St. James en 1996, Fish había ganado el Premio Macallan en el mismo año y Half a Millon Pounds and A Miracle el Premio Neil Gunn en 1997.

La primera novela que Faber publicó fue Bajo la piel (Under the Skin), en el año 2000, escrito e inspirado en las tierras altas escocesas. Al igual que muchos de los trabajos de Faber, es un desafío a la fácil categorización y contiene elementos de ficción, thriller y terror. Fue traducido a diecisiete idiomas en 2004 y fue candidato al Premio Whitbread.

La segunda novela publicada de Faber fue The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps en 2001, ambientada en Whitby. La edición de tapa dura original incluía fotografías en color manipuladas digitalmente, que estuvieron ausentes en las reediciones posteriores. Es una obra radicalmente diferente de Bajo la piel y el juicio de la crítica fue dispar.

La tercera novela publicada fue The Courgae Consort en 2002, que trata de un coro que ensaya una obra de música d vanguardia.

En 2002 y con 850 páginas publicó The Crimson Petal and the White, ambientado en Londres de 1870 y que gira en torno a una prostituta de 19 años llamada Sugar. Fue descrita por algunos críticos como post moderna, mientras que otros adujeron que era "la novela que Dickens hubiera escrito si se le hubiese permitido hablar con libertad". Veinte años en la escritura y Faber demostraba su admiración por la prosa de Dickens y la arquitectura narrativa de George Eliot. Sus temas fueron catalogados de feministas, con conocimiento post freudiano de la patología sexual y un post marxismo marcado en el análisis de clases, así como el haber tenido acceso a textos victorianos pornográficos que habían sido suprimidos a finales del siglo XX. "Pétalo Carmesí, Flor Blanca" ha sido éxito de ventas en Estados Unidos, Francia, Italia, Holanda y Bélgica, y su venta ha sido aceptable en los restantes países.

Luego de su paso por Médicos sin Fronteras (MSF), en julio de 2006 se publica Bye, Bye, Natalia con la edición de Granta, que luego será elegida para la inclusión en el año 2008 de los cuentos The O. Henry Prize Stories, una antología anual dedicada a los escritores que han realizado "una importante contribución al arte del cuento".

La segunda colección de historias cortas de Faber, The Farenheit Twins fue publicada en 2005 y la primera historia allí contenida, "The Safehouse" ganó el segundo lugar en la primera edición del National Short Story Prize (que posteriormente sería renombrado por la BBC como National Short Story Award).

Temeroso de ser encasillado, sobre todo en Estados Unidos donde, por lejos, su historia más conocida es The Crimson Petal, Faber juró que nunca más escribiría una secuela de su novela victoriana. Sin embargo, escribió una serie de cuentos con los personajes de esa novela, en escenarios anteriores o posteriores al tiempo en el que transcurre. Aun cuando no es una secuela, las historias aportan datos adicionales sobre los personajes y sus vidas pasadas y futuras. Publicada por primera vez en Italia, por los editores de Einaudi, posteriormente las historias se publicaron además por Canongate en 2006, llamadas "The Apple".

La última novela de Faber, The Last Gospel, fue publicada en 2008 como parte de la serie Myth Canongate, inspirada en el mito de Prometeo, cuenta la historia de un estudioso del arameo llamado Theo que roba un Evangelio que contiene la muerte de Jesús y que se encuentra en Irak. El libro además contine una suave burla al mundo editorial.

Periodismo

Entre los años 2001 y 2004, Faber realiza la crítica de libros para el diario Scotland on Sunday. A lo largo de 2004, escribe una columna habitual en el Sunday Herald llamada "Imagen Consciente", analizando el significado, propósito y asociación de diversas fotografías. Desde el año 2003 ha sido revisor para The Guardian, principalmente para la elección de ficción extranjera en traducción, colecciones de cuentos, novelas gráficas y libros sobre música.

En 2004, Faber viajó a Ucrania con Médicos sin Fronteras (MSF) como parte de su proyecto "Autores de Primera Línea". Con el proyecto, un total de catorce autores visitaron los proyectos de MSF en partes remotas del mundo, con ello escribió un artículo para la revista The Sunday Times sobre el tema. En el artículo "Heart of Darkness" se refiere a la epidemia del HIV-sida en Ucrania, la cual fue publicada el 9 de enero de 2005.

En 2006, Faber contribuyó con un ensayo "Dreams in the Dumpster, Language Down the Drain" en una colección que examinala participación de Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido en la guerra de Irak.

Bibliografía

Novelas

 Under the Skin - Bajo la Piel (2000)
 The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps (2001)
 The Courage Consort (2002)
 The Crimson Petal and the White - Pétalo Carmesí, Flor Blanca (2002)
 The Fire Gospel (2008) como parte de la serie Canongate Myth Series
 El libro de las cosas nunca vistas (2016)

Ficción Corta

 Some Rain Must Fall (1998)
 The Fahrenheit Twins (2005) también publicado como Vanilla Bright Like Eminem
 Bye Bye Natalia (2006) en Granta 94 - On the Road Again: Where Travel Writing Went Next
 The Apple: Crimson Petal Stories (2006)
 Walking After Midnight (2009) en Ox-Tales: Water

No ficción
 Dreams in the Dumpster, Language Down the Drain (2006) en Not One More Death

Referencias

Escritores de los Países Bajos del siglo XX
Escritores del Reino Unido del siglo XX
Escritores en inglés
Escritores de ciencia ficción de Australia
Escritores de los Países Bajos del siglo XXI
Escritores del Reino Unido del siglo XXI
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Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
Band Members: Al Fair, Andrew De Stefano, Joel Remland, Liam Hurley, Lou Maiolica ... Read More
The album Unsettled was released. Release Date: March 13, 2007
Al Fair, Andrew De Stefano, Joel Remland, Liam Hurley, Lou Maiolica, Matt Galek, Max Goldman, Meredith Donnelly
Named after the fictional skyscraper that was the setting for Bruce Willis' first Die Hard movie, Nakatomi Plaza are a melodic post-hardcore trio from Brooklyn whose music fuses the calming drones of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine with the aggression and whiplash dynamics of Fugazi and its many followers. Through its many lineup changes, the band's sole constant has been singer/songwriter and guitarist Oscar Rodriguez, a native of the Providence, RI, suburb of Warwick with a lyrical sense focused on themes of social injustice. Rodriguez formed Nakatomi Plaza in Providence in 1998 with an initial lineup of himself, guitarist Matt Galek, bassist Meredith Donnelly, and drummer Liam Hurley. By the following year, Donnelly was replaced by bassist Al Fair, whose feminine counterpoint vocals quickly became one of the band's sonic trademarks.
This lineup released the first Nakatomi Plaza album, By Chester Copperpot, but by the time of its follow-up, the band had slimmed to a trio with Galek's departure and had relocated from Providence to Brooklyn. Following the two-stage release of Private Property (originally a self-released EP in 2001, it was expanded to a full-length on Immigrant Sun Records the following year), Hurley followed Galek out of the band and second guitarist Joel Remland joined for touring purposes. This was followed by an extended period of personnel instability, with Hurley replaced first by Andrew De Stefano, who himself was replaced by Max Goldman before Lou Maiolica took the drummer throne permanently. Recordings made with Remland, De Stefano, and Goldman appear on Nakatomi Plaza's long-delayed third album, aptly titled Unsettled and released in early 2007. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi


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Wellmade Flooring Expands Operations, Invests $35 Million in Bartow Co.
Wellmade Flooring will invest more than $35 million in expanding its manufacturing facilities to Bartow County, delivering 240 jobs to the area.
Governor Brian P. Kemp announced last week that U.S.-based Wellmade Flooring will invest more than $35 million in expanding its manufacturing facilities to Bartow County, delivering 240 jobs to the area. Internationally known, Wellmade specializes in the design, production, and distribution of hard surface flooring collections.
"It's a pleasure to welcome this family-owned business to Georgia," said Governor Kemp. "Georgia is home to a robust flooring industry and business market thanks to our workforce and infrastructure, and I'm confident this move will benefit Wellmade greatly. I look forward to seeing the opportunities this new facility creates for hardworking Georgians in Bartow County."
Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Wellmade serves several Atlanta-based companies including The Home Depot and Floor & Décor. With a variety of patented options and solutions, Wellmade provides innovative flooring products for homes, offices, and public spaces.
"With its deep roots in the flooring industry, Georgia provides an excellent pro-business environment for Wellmade's expansion to the East Coast," said Richard Quinlan, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Wellmade. "We look forward to providing a superior customer experience, while decreasing lead times and ensuring on-time delivery to our growing customer base."
The brand-new energy-saving 328,000 square-foot facility will be located at Busch Drive in Cartersville. Wellmade will be hiring for positions at a variety of skill levels, from management and supervision to engineering, machining operation, and production.
"Bartow County is pleased to welcome Wellmade Flooring," said Bartow County Sole Commissioner Steve Taylor. "Northwest Georgia remains one of the strongest regions of the world for the floorcovering industry. We believe that the great business environment in Bartow County and in the region will be advantageous for the company, just as the job opportunities and economic investment created by the company are votes of confidence in the community."
Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) Project Manager Sandra Yang represented the Global Commerce division on this competitive project in partnership with the Cartersville-Bartow County Department of Economic Development and Georgia Power.
"I would like to thank all our business development partners for their support in winning this project for Georgia," said GDEcD Commissioner Pat Wilson. "Wellmade Flooring's investment shows once again how the floorcovering industry continues to grow in Northwest Georgia. We are proud of our unmatched workforce training programs, unparalleled logistics network, and pro-business environment which have proven key in attracting numerous companies to every corner of the state."
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April Calendar with Holidays
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Looking to celebrate some American holidays in the month of April next year? Here's a quick look at the calendar for 2023 with April Holidays 2023 and when each holiday will take place.
April Holidays 2023
In the United States, April is recognized as National Poetry Month and National Library Week. It is also the month that celebrates Easter. The holiday calendar of 2023 includes many important national holidays. These are:
1) Easter: This holiday commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon in April.
2) Mother's Day: This holiday celebrates mothers worldwide.
3) Flag Day: This day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the flag of the United States. It is celebrated on June 14th.
4) Father's Day: This day celebrates fathers worldwide.
5) National Park Week: This week marks all national parks in America for visitors to enjoy their natural beauty.
April Holiday Calendar 2023
Looking to print out a free April calendar for your home or office? You can find many options online and even download some free calendars from popular websites. However, if you want a high-quality calendar that you can use in the future, printing your own is the best option. Here are 8 tips for printing a free April calendar:
1. Choose a high-quality paper. Some calendars are printed on glossy paper which makes them look nicer, but regular printer paper will work just as well.
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3. Choose a font that is easy to read at small sizes. Try using Arial, Helvetica, or Verdana for best results.
April Calendar with Holidays 2023
The April holiday calendar is the perfect way to celebrate all of the wonderful things that spring has to offer. The month of April is packed with festivities, and there are plenty of reasons to celebrate.
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The conclusion of the article is that in order to make the most of April's holidays, it is important to plan ahead and have a calendar full of events to look forward to. The article provides a calendar of 2023 events that are sure to excite anyone looking to celebrate!
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Question: What are we to do with last years palms? with left over holy water? scapulars that have become dirtied? Rosaries beyond repair? What was the purpose of the lemon and bread slices at the Easter Vigil? What is done with last years Holy Oils? What is a sacrarium?
Answer: All of the questions deal with the proper disposal of Sacramentals after they have outlived their usefulness.
The "Sacramentals" are material things, blessed or consecrated by the Church through Her priests to focus the attention of the faithful on holy things. They are to be treated with respect and ought to be disposed of in a becoming manner. As it would be unseemly to put holy things out for collection with the trash, it is customary to burn those that can be burned and to bury those that can not. If you are unable to arrange for disposal, the parish priest may be able to do it for you. In fact, the ashes blessed on Ash Wednesday are the remains of the branches from last year's Palm Sunday.
The consecrated Oils of the Catechumens and of the Sick, and the Holy Chrism, are treated with special respect since they are the matter of several sacraments. At the Vigil, after handling the Oils, the priest cleanses his hands with the juice of the lemon, which is in turn absorbed by pieces of bread, which are later burned. Last years Oils (replaced by this years' -- consecrated by the bishop on Holy Thursday) are burned.
The sacrarium is a sink in the sacristy with a pipe that extends into a drain field in the ground (i.e. not the sewer). It receives the water from the small bowl used by the priest to wash tiny particles of the Blessed Sacrament from his fingers after distributing Communion outside Mass. In any case where the Blessed Sacrament becomes inedible, It is allowed to corrupt to the point where It no longer has the appearances of bread or wine and is washed down the sacrarium. The sacrarium may also be used for the disposal of last year's baptismal water following the blessing of new water at the Easter Vigil. Lacking a sacrarium, such things are disposed directly into the ground in a place where no one can walk upon them.


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MOTHMEN AND OWLMEN AND MANBATS, OH MY! – WELCOMING KEN GERHARD'S LATEST BOOK, 'ENCOUNTERS WITH FLYING HUMANOIDS'
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Ken Gerhard's latest book, Encounters With Flying Humanoids: Mothman, Manbirds, Gargoyles and Other Winged Beasts
Today, I received through the post a copy of Encounters With Flying Humanoids: Mothman, Manbirds, Gargoyles and Other Winged Beasts. This is the latest book by renowned American cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard, who had added a very kind handwritten inscription to my copy before posting it to me – thanks Ken!
Several months ago, Ken had asked me if I'd write a foreword to his book, and after reading its manuscript I was only too happy to do so, as I was very pleased that these extraordinary and extremely diverse entities' reports had finally been compiled and assessed within a single volume, in so expert and enthralling a manner too.
As I wrote in my foreword, I've always been interested in this subject, ever since encountering by chance many years ago a fascinating book that included a number of different examples. But why waste time attempting to summarise what I wrote in my foreword? Far better simply to reproduce it in full here, as my personal, unequivocal recommendation to everyone interested in such beings, such 'things with wings', to purchase Ken's excellent new book without delay!
One afternoon during the early 1980s, I was browsing through the upstairs, second-hand department of Andromeda Books – the once-celebrated but now long-demised science-fiction and fantasy bookshop in Birmingham, England – when I came upon a paperback entitled Earth's Secret Inhabitants, which had been published in 1979. Its front cover illustration was extremely eyecatching – a full-colour depiction of two feathery-winged humanoids flying through the sky in a scene captured within the hulking silhouette of a bigfoot-type man-beast.
Initially, I'd assumed that this book was a sci-fi novel, but then I noticed that its authors were none other than D. Scott Rogo and Jerome Clark – two leading American non-fiction writers specialising in the field of mysterious phenomena. And when I turned to the back cover, the blurb revealed that its contents featured a wide range of surreal entities that apparently share our planet with us but have never been scientifically explained – including a veritable phalanx of winged 'bat-men'. Until then, I'd been largely unaware of these aerial apparitions, but after reading about them in Rogo and Clark's book – because, needless to say, I purchased it immediately! – I was totally captivated by their bizarre histories and extraordinary appearance, and from then on I made a point of collecting as much information concerning them as I could find.
My much-read copy of Earth's Secret Inhabitants (Dr Karl Shuker/Tempo Books)
The most immediate problem that I have always faced whenever doing so, however, is that such material is extremely disparate, scattered loosely among countless publications, yet rarely compiled or assimilated into any kind of lucid or lengthy coverage. This is why I was delighted to learn recently that Ken Gerhard was writing a book-length treatment of these winged wonders, and even more delighted when he very kindly invited me to write a foreword for it.
Reading through his book, Encounters With Flying Humanoids, it is evident that Ken shares my own fascination with the bat-men and man-birds that have haunted our skies for many centuries, continue to be encountered even today, in all parts of the world, and assume a diverse assortment of forms. Moreover, unlike previous writers, he has not been content to limit his coverage to such perennially-chronicled enigmas as mothman, owlman, and the man-bats of Texas, but has cast his gaze like a vast skyborne net far and wide through time and space, encompassing many much more obscure examples that even I, despite having spent years of collecting material myself, had never previously heard of.
Consequently, Encounters With Flying Humanoids very commandingly fills a sizeable, (all-too-)long-present gap in the Fortean and cryptozoological literature, and it also makes enthralling, if not a little disturbing, reading. What are these mysterious flying figures with plumes of bird or pinions of bat, and where have they originated? Do they truly belong somewhere within our planet's grand scheme of things, or are they visitors from the great beyond – from alien worlds, planes, or dimensions, rarefied realms stranger than we can even begin to suspect? And if so, why are they here? What might their purpose be?
A worthy successor to his previous highly-acclaimed volumes on winged mystery beasts and cryptids of Texas, Ken's latest, superb book is a timely reminder of just how outlandish our land can sometimes be, how otherworldly our world may sometimes seem, and that there truly are more things – especially with wings – in heaven and earth, gentle reader, than are dreamt of in anyone's philosophy!
Click here to purchase Ken's book from Amazon.
With my very own flying humanoid! (Dr Karl Shuker)
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Chicago Cubs, Charity Patients
The Chicago Daily News noted the day Charles Webb Murphy gave up on the idea of his Chicago Cubs winning the 1913 National League pennant.
The local papers had counted the Cubs out for weeks; Murphy hung on until they were mathematically eliminated on September 19:
"Murphy today drew down the advertisement he has been running in the local papers: 'The Cubs may yet cop the pennant.'"
One of Murphy's ads
The paper pointed out that they could finish no better than second, but said to do so, "the Cubs will need the services of an earthquake."
Webb didn't get his earthquake and quickly found himself at the center of a major scandal just outside the West Side Grounds as the Cubs limped to a third place finish.
The Cubs' neighbor, Cook County Hospital became the subject of a large-scale corruption investigation that hit the papers just as Webb's ads were disappearing.
West Side Grounds, Cook County Hospital is visible beyond the grandstand
An investigation ordered by Cook County Board President Alexander Agnew McCormick had revealed that the hospital's warden, Henry L. Bailey had, according to The Chicago Inter Ocean, allowed politically connected county residents who could afford medical services to receive treatment for free—he was also accused, but cleared, of pocketing the profits derived from selling corpses for medical research.
On September 22, The Chicago Tribune reported a new charge:
"The investigation will also be directed into the alleged exchange of season tickets to the National League baseball games for free medical attention and medicine for indisposed ballplayers. Investigators have brought in evidence that indicating to them that the million dollar baseball club of Charles Webb Murphy received the same solicitous care as did those undeserving ones who entered the free wards on the personal cards of politicians."
The Tribune said "a number" of passes "found their way" into the hands of hospital administrators.
Murphy immediately denied that any of his players received free treatment.
Charles Webb Murphy
Within a day, The Chicago Evening Post said otherwise:
"The hospital authorities admitted treating members of the Cubs' team without charge. President Murphy said no ballplayer of his team had ever been treated free at the hospital.
"The records of the hospital show among the charity patients a man named John Evers, American, baseball player, treated for two weeks and discharged from the hospital much improved.
"Another man named Henry Zimmerman, American, baseball player, was entered as a charity patient in the institution several times.
"Another page in the record bore the name of James Sheckard who was treated gratis for a broken finger."
Johnny Evers
Additionally, The Tribune alleged that "a number of ballplayers had photographs taken of their injuries at no cost." The paper said x-rays usually cost between $10 and $25, and said it was difficult to say exactly how many players received free x-rays because many names and patient records were falsified, but quoted one record which included a payment waiver and said:
"For Mr. Murphy, by personal order of Henry L. Bailey."
Murphy dug his heels in and told the papers none of his players received free hospital care.
From New York, Frank Chance took the opportunity to contradict the denials of the owner who he had spent most of 1912 feuding with before being dismissed and sent to the Yankees , telling The Daily News:
"Whenever a Cub player was injured it was customary to go over to the County Hospital and be cared for. I couldn't attempt to say how many x-ray examinations have been made of the players there. Murphy was always friendly to the officials at the institutions."
Webb became an early example of waiting out the news cycle,
He never backed down. Never admitted that his players had received free services and the story disappeared later in the fall of 1913. Forgotten forever by the time Murphy sold his interest in the Cubs to to Charles Phelps Taft before the 1914 season.
Tags: Charles Murphy, Charles Phelps Taft, Chicago Cubs, Frank Chance, Heinie Zimmerman, Jimmy Sheckard, Johnny Evers, New York Yankees, West Side Grounds
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Thing I Learned on the way to Looking Up Other Things #24 | Baseball History Daily - August 1, 2018
[…] would step down as president of the Chicago Cubs in the summer of 1919, there was speculation that Charles Webb Murphy might return to the club as president (Bill Veeck Sr. was ultimately given the […]