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Equity futures are lower this morning, falling to the bottom uprising trendline from last Friday's low. Below is a 60 snapshot of the DOW on the left and 5 minute overnight action of the S&P on the right:
The dollar is considerably higher, bonds are slightly higher, while both oil and gold are down.
Have you noticed that bonds are acting differently? This is what I was forecasting, that during market periods where stocks fall, bonds would rise slightly, but when stocks rise bonds would fall significantly, the end result is that bonds have been ratcheting lower. The longer term bonds are now back to their large neckline, a long term support trendline, and that area must hold or it will be signally much higher rates rate around the corner – deservedly so for a nation that must finance and refinance more than $2.5 Trillion this year. Yesterday's 20 and 10 year auctions were both very weak. While the Primary Dealers are required to buy our nation's debt, others are not. What occurred last year is that we stepped in and we used TRILLIONS through quantitative easing and mostly through buying GSE debt to buy down our rate of interest. But that can only go on for so long before you either pile on more debt or outright destroy the value of your money as the quantity spirals out of control.
No, Bernanke and the boys cannot fool mother nature, nor can Greece or anyone else. How 'bout the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel? She says, "not so fast." She understands what bailing out Greece means for Germany… it means poisoning her own country. Where does that stop? Spain, Portugal, Ireland? No, the world is awash in debt, entangled in derivatives and these problems are only going to get worse until the root problem of debt backed money is taken care of properly. Did I mention Freedom's Vision yet?
Retail Sales in the U.S. were reportedly up .5% in January on consensus. The mainstream is flashing hugely bullish headlines over that nonsense, here's Econoday:
Not only were holiday sales front loaded in November but it appears that they were back loaded into January also as consumers apparently spent their cash and gift cards in January. Overall retail sales in January posted a healthy rebound of 0.5 percent after dipping 0.1 percent the month before. The comeback matched the market forecast for a 0.5 percent gain. Also, December was revised up from a 0.3 percent decline. Excluding autos, sales in January were up 0.6 percent, following December's drop of 0.2 percent. Components were mixed with gasoline playing an essentially neutral role. Excluding both autos and gasoline, January sales rebounded 0.6 percent, following a 0.3 percent decrease in December.
The January boost in sales was led by nonstore retailers, general merchandise, and electronics & appliance stores. Weakness was mostly housing related as declines were led by furniture & home furnishings and building materials & garden equipment. Other components in the negative included miscellaneous store retailers and auto dealerships.
Overall retail sales on a year-ago basis in January declined to up 4.7 percent, from up 5.5 percent in the prior month. Excluding motor vehicles, the year-on-year rate slipped to 4.6 percent from 5.1 percent in December.
On average, the last three months of retail sales have been moderately strong. While not at a typical recovery pace, the consumer sector appears to pulling its weight somewhat more than earlier expected. The report is a positive for equities but trader focus is overseas and futures are down.
Let me just say that these numbers are a complete and total bogus measurement of overall retail sales. This measurement suffers from a bias created when businesses go out of business as it measures sales from existing sales only, not capturing the lack of sales from businesses that no longer exist. This is why sales tax data is the only way to correctly measure what is happening to overall retail sales.
Consumer Sentiment comes out at 10 Eastern and the budget deficit at 2 Eastern.
You can see in the SPX 30 minute chart below that a break under about 1,068 gets clear of the uptrend. 1,061 is support:
As I type, the rising trendline from last week is giving way, it should be an interesting day now without the Greece backstop again and the Euro setting new downtrend lows. Looking difficult to me to find a safe place for shelter!
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Pancakes for One
Left to my own devices, solo meals are hardly even noteworthy. Hummus and chips, or hummus and veggies show up on my personal menu almost very single day, an easy favorite by far. Couscous or rice served up with simple combinations of veg, beans, and spices always makes for a comforting dish, and it can practically cook itself, unattended. In times of stress and exhaustion though, it's not such an uncommon event to eat cold cereal for dinner, or even just chips, hold the hummus. Satisfying in its own right but at the same time vaguely shameful, I almost never go through any great lengths preparing food if it's only for myself. Don't get me wrong- Simplicity is the key to my daily chow and I wouldn't have it any other way. The thing is, sometimes I'll start craving something special, but without an occasion and no one to share it with, I'll reason that it can wait for another day, because the hassle just isn't worth it. But you know what? I decided the other day that maybe, just maybe, I'm worth it, and after a particularly draining week, I knew exactly what would cheer me up. So I went for it- I made pancakes. Yes, pancakes. Simple enough that a 5 year old could make them no doubt, but just the act of heating up that pan, mixing together ingredients, and flipping the small cakes over as the sun beams down over the stove can be even more nurturing than the act of eat. Going out of your way to make yourself happy, make something you want… Well, that's what I'd call comfort food. These particular pancakes are very straightforward, to the point of being plain, but that's really the beauty of them. Versatility is the name of the game, and a myriad of fruits, nuts, flours, and fruit purees could call these pancakes home, so it's impossible to get bored. You could even make them every day with no guilt; How's that for a pick-me-up? An impulsive decision lead me to make these, and thus there was no maple syrup to be found. A handful of frozen wild blueberries remedied that problem easily, and likewise, any sort of cut fruit or jam would also be delicious to top it all off. Although I would have still prefer to have someone to share these gems with, it certainly was nice to treat myself for once.
Total Timeunder 15 minutes
Kid FriendlyYes
Dietary Considerationegg-free, healthy, kosher, lactose-free, low cholesterol, low saturated fat, peanut free, vegan
Mealbreakfast, brunch
Moodblue, stressed
Taste and Texturefruity, light, spiced, sweet
Type of Dishpancakes
- 1/2 Cup Flour
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1-2 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
- 1/4 Teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice (Or any mixture you enjoy)
- Pinch salt
- 1/2 Cup Soy milk
- 2 Tablespoons Fruit Puree (Applesauce, mashed bananas, pumpkin…)
- 1 Teaspoon Canola Oil
Stir together all dry ingredients together in one bowl, and all wet in another. Add the wet into the dry and stir just enough to combine the two.
Lightly grease a skillet and turn up the heat to medium, making sure it has time to get hot before adding you batter. When ready, ladle dollops of the batter into your skillet and allow them to sit, undisturbed for 2 or 3 minutes, until bubbles erupt along the top and the edges seem to have firmed up a bit. Flip, and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes on the other side. Move to a plate, eat, and watch your mood miraculously improve.
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IF we spend as much money as we can
THEN Urban Village will use the proceeds to upgrade their lighting to be more energy efficient
10 Feb 2011
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Sundance hit Cold Souls, which (on first description) seems to mix Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, has been picked up for US distibution. A victory for PoMo Actor Movies?
Souls stars Paul Giamatti as an actor called Paul Giamatti, who discovers a company that offers to transplant or store human souls, only to give his own soul up in favor of someone else's. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the movie — written and directed by Sophie Barthes — has "drawn comparisons to the work of Charlie Kaufman," which may be a polite way of saying that it sounds very like a couple of Kaufman's earlier movies.
The movie's US rights were purchased by Samuel Goldwyn; no release date has been announced.
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OWASP AppSec Europe 2006
Conference Location
This year, the OWASP Europe Conference was held in Belgium at the Catholic University of Leuven (aka Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, or K.U. Leuven) in Leuven, which is 25 km from Brussels. More information about the location is presented below.
Agenda and Presentations
See the agenda page for the conference agenda and copies of all the presentations.
Training Day
OWASP arranged a one-day training course on Web Application Security which was offered on May 29th, the day prior to the conference. More information about this one day tutorial is available here: The Foundations of Web Application Security. This course provides a great introduction for conference attendees into the fundamental security issues that are highly prevalent in today's Web Applications. The prevalence of such vulnerabilities is why OWASP was formed to raise awareness of and help organizations and individuals eliminate such vulnerabilities from their application code.
OWASP also provided a second one-day training course on Web Services Security. Information on this course is available here: Web Services Security.
Evening Social Event - May 30th
At every conference we have an evening social event the first night. This allows participants to have some unstructured time to mingle with the other attendees. They are always fun and typically attract about half the conference attendees. This year's event was more upscale than in the past, with a three course dinner at the nearby Faculty Club. The Faculty club is a restaurant annex conference centre located in a medieval part of Leuven. You can find pictures and more details here: Faculty Club Info.
This event started with a short tour of Leuven as we walk to the club, followed by a short reception and then dinner. Historically, after the dinner is over, a local club is identified and the die hards move to that location. We hope to see you there.
Dinner Agenda: 18h00-19h00: a guided city tour in the historical center of Leuven that starts at the auditorium and ends at the Faculty Club 19h00-19h30: small reception at the Faculty Club 19h30-….: 3-course dinner with wines
Current information on available accomodations is available here.
Leuven is about 25 km east of Brussels, capital of Belgium. Do not confuse Leuven with Louvain La Neuve, where the francophone sister university of the K.U.Leuven is located! Louvain La Neuve is near Wavre and Ottignies, about 30km south-west of Leuven.
By Plane
Take the plane to Brussels Airport (Zaventem). It is about 25 km from Leuven.
The are different options to get from the airport to Leuven: There are frequent trains to Leuven. The trip takes less than 20 minutes and will cost 4.80 euro. You can use the following website to find a train from Brussels Airport ("Brussel Nationale Luchthaven") to Leuven on the desired date and time.
A taxi from Brussels Airport will cost about 50 euro.
Car rental desks are located in the arrival halls of the airport. However, keep in mind that parking space in Leuven is limited and expensive.
By Train
Consult the Belgian Railways site. Leuven is on the line from Brussels to Liege (Luik), Aachen and Koeln. There are trains every 15 minutes from any of the three major train stations in the city of Brussels (Brussel Zuid, Brussel Centraal, and Brussel Noord) to Leuven. The total trip will take about 30 minutes and will cost you about 4 euro.
There are also fast international train connections to Brussels South (Brussel Zuid/Bruxelles Midi) available from major European cities: Thalys: Paris Nord (1h25'), Airport Charles De Gaulle (1h15'), Koeln HBF (2h30'), Amsterdam (2h40'), Rotterdam (1h40')
Eurostar: London Waterloo (2h20'), Lille Europe (40')
By Car
Take the highway E40 (Brussel-Luik). From E40 take the exit E314/A2 Leuven-Hasselt-Genk between exit 22 (Bertem)and exit 23 (Haasrode). From E314 take the exit 15 and follow directions to Leuven.
Conference Location in Leuven
The conference will be held in:
College De Valk Auditorium Zeger Van Hee Tiensestraat 41 3000 Leuven
The location is indicated with a cross on the following map. (Click on the map to zoom in)
Conference Committee (conferences 'at' owasp.org)
- Dave Wichers, Aspect Security, (OWASP Conferences Chair)
- Frank Piessens, University of Leuven, (Local Conference Chair)
- Sebastien Deleersnyder, Ascure, (OWASP Belgium Chapter Lead)
If you have any questions about the conference please contact Dave Wichers, the OWASP Conferences Chair, at conferences at' owasp.org
Conference Sponsors
OWASP would like to thank the following organizations for sponsoring this conference:
Facility Sponsor
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The Great Waldo Search (NES) review
"I understand the NES wasn't the most powerful system out there, but only five puzzles? Give me a break! A game of The Great Waldo Search is destined to end in mere minutes because there's so little to do. And after that? Well, you could play again on the exact same screens looking for the exact same things in different locations. Perhaps you could try the "expert" difficulty where the only noticeable different is that you can't collect clocks to give yourself more time on ANY of the puzzles. Or you can follow my lead and vow NEVER to play this horrible excuse for entertainment again."
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Tracing Filter/Oscillator Frequency Response Using Spectrum Analyzer and Signal Generator
In this blog post, Let's take a look at how to measure a filter's frequency response using a spectrum analyzer and a signal generator. Typically, a tracking generator is preferred for this kind of scalar network analysis as its center frequency is in-sync with the frequency the spectrum analyzer's bandwidth filter is currently tuned to. But with a good signal generator, we can manually sweep across the desired frequency range and obtain similar amplitude versus frequency measurements. Continue reading 'Tracing Filter/Oscillator Frequency Response Using Spectrum Analyzer and Signal Generator' »


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The Los Angeles Dodgers today selected the contract of outfielder/first baseman Scott Van Slyke (#33) from Triple-A Albuquerque and optioned infielder/outfielder Elian Herrera to Triple-A Albuquerque. In a corresponding move, the Dodgers transferred right-handed pitcher Chad Billingsley to the 60-day disabled list.
Van Slyke, 26, was leading the Triple-A Pacific Coast League with a .397 batting average, nine homers (T-1st), 32 runs scored (T-1st), a .503 on-base percentage and a .733 slugging percentage in 34 games with the Isotopes. He was also tied for second in the league with 30 RBI. Van Slyke appeared in 27 games with the Dodgers last year, batting .167 (9-for-54) with two homers and seven RBI in his only MLB experience.
Herrera made just one appearance after being recalled on Tuesday, starting Wednesday's game against the D-backs in left field and going 1-for-3 at the plate.
Billingsley underwent Tommy John surgery on April 24 with the typical recovery time back to competition for that procedure expected to be 12 months.


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Brand new set footage from Joss Whedon's Avengers movie is finally showing the gang teaming up together. Watch Captain America and Thor tackle a pac of motion-captured baddies, get thrown out a window, and wield the mighty Mjölnir.
Here's the latest on-set sneak peek from the Cleveland set. Keep watching all the way until the end, when Thor lands a pretty high kick on an invisible object.
Here's that shot with a better color resolution for you. I kind of love that Thor is still rocking the red cape, can't wait to see what Tony will have to say about that. More Avengers action photos at Splash News Online.
Here's a video of Captain America getting launched out of a building, look carefully and you can see that he's holding on to his shield in the air!
If you poke through the wreckage you can spy one downed alien space craft. Not that we didn't know this before, but the presence of these ships only seem to triple confirm that the big bad in this movie will be the shape-shifting Skrulls. But we're certain this won't be the only villain (Loki, Tom Hiddleston, has already confirmed his involvement in The Avengers). One thing that's cool about using the Skrulls is that it opens the heroes up for a few good fake death scenes.
And finally let's end with a bang! Here is a massive explosion filmed a few days ago on the Avengers set, it basically blows up the entire street and flips a handful of cars over. Looks like Joss is having fun blowing shit up.


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A Pittsburgh rapper is suing hip hop star Wiz Khalifa for $2.3 million over allegations that he stole the hit song "Black and Yellow.''
Max Warren performs under the stage name Maxamillion. He says Khalifa's chart-topper "Black and Yellow'' was lifted from his own song "Pink N Yellow.''
Warren says he copyrighted "Pink N Yellow'' in 2008 and Khalifa copyrighted "Black and Yellow'' in 2011.
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The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed in federal court in Philadelphia and seeks at least $2.3 million in damages. It names Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, two other songwriters and several record companies and music publishers.
Warren's lawyer declined to comment Thursday. A spokesman for Khalifa at Atlantic Records didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment.


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When Jason Christiansen is hungry and craving some pulled pork, all he has to do is walk into B.T.'s Smokehouse and show a little leg to get a free meal.
Mr. Christiansen of Charlton is one of the people who can eat for free for life at B.T.'s Smokehouse because they have voluntarily branded themselves with a tattoo of B.T.'s bull and pig logo.
"When I heard about the deal, I said, I've got to get in on it," said Mr. Christiansen, who stops for a meal about once a week. "Free food. I can deal with that. I came down the next day and showed him in person. I have saved more on food than the tattoo cost."
As Brian Treitman, owner of B.T.'s, was planning to launch his restaurant on Main Street, he was looking to brand his business and consulted different marketing companies, but the cost was beyond what he could afford. Instead, he contacted a local tattoo artist, who created six drawings for $200 that could be turned into digital images, and from that he chose his bull and pig logo.
In 2010, the year he opened at his current location, the Tattoo and Art Festival was held at the Sturbridge Host hotel. Mr. Treitman had just started a Facebook account for B.T.'s and wrote a post asking if he should get the logo tattooed on himself. The next year, he threw out that challenge to his 2,000 Facebook fans, offering free food for life for anyone who did get a tattoo of the logo.
"A bunch of people called and asked about it, but no one did it," Mr. Treitman said.
Last year, he repeated the challenge to his growing fan base of 5,000.
That weekend, three people accepted the challenge. Now, nine people have a tattoo of B.T.'s logo.
The only stipulation is that the tattoo be larger than three inches and be somewhere that can easily be seen or shown. The majority of those who chose to get the B.T. tattoo have it on their calf; some have it on their forearm. One customer has the logo as his first-ever tattoo. Each tattoo has slight modifications to make it unique.
The majority of those who got themselves inked return to B.T.'s about once a week, some less frequently.
"They are allowed to get enough food for one person to consume in one sitting," Mr. Treitman said.
Heather Cummings of Brimfield saw the challenge on Facebook and immediately thought of her husband, Jonathan.
"I had been eating there quite a bit, and she thought it could save us some money," Mr. Cummings said, adding that he eats at B.T.'s on average twice a week.
However, there is more meaning to the tattoo than free food for Mr. Cummings. His wife's maiden name is Bacon, and her grandparents own a farm in Brookfield.
Mr. Cummings didn't tell everyone locally about the nature of his tattoo, not wanting others to horn in on the special, but will offer the back story to people from out of the area.
"This thing makes dividends," said Marcel Gaumond of West Brookfield, who compared his tattoo to Mr. Christiansen's one recent day. Mr. Gaumond visits B.T.'s about once a week.
To be a regular is one thing, but to proclaim your loyalty in permanent ink?
"I've traveled around the country for work, and I have spent some time in the South. I've eaten barbecue all over the place," Mr. Gaumond said. "This place is something special. It's the love for the meat and the special touches."
B.T.'s is a small restaurant crammed with flavor — from the personalities that stop there from across the region, country and world, to the specialties such as brisket and bread pudding, and the proprietary spices that season them. The bathrooms are painted with chalkboard paint to encourage writing on the walls.
B.T.'s started as a trailer, parked on the roadside in Brimfield. B.T.'s then moved to a spot near Yankee Spirits before ultimately finding its current home at 392 Main St.
Mr. Treitman started in fine dining, working at Spire in Boston. While he made a living on fine dining, he dabbled at home in barbecue.
When Spire was sold and renamed and celebrity chefs were brought in, Mr. Treitman decided to move on and focus on barbecue, and tested his food on treasure seekers at the Brimfield antiques show. In the years since, his brand of BBQ has grown a loyal following and Mr. Treitman is even expanding his Main Street location this year, adding 21 seats — making it bigger, but not big enough to lose the personal touch.
Mr. Treitman is himself tattooed with symbols of his trade — sausage links and knives, a pork cut chart and hanging beef are interwoven into a more intricate design on each arm; he even sports a tattoo of his own logo on his calf — but instead of the initials "B.T." he has the initials of his children's first names — Lilli and Eli.
The challenge will be offered again this year, during the week that the tattoo festival is in town in April, and may likely be the last time.
"I want to keep it elite so that these people feel like they are part of something special," Mr. Treitman said.
"If you know barbecue, then you know that barbecue down South is not just a food, it's a religion," said Mr. Treitman. "To have that experience up here is just phenomenal."
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
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Whenever I go to my mother's house I think of a more elegant Christmas with beautiful ornaments and rich colors. Part of the joy of not having little kids at home I guess (although grand kids love it anyways). It's warm and cozy with rich colors and sweet smells.
My kids always dream of the magic of a white Christmas and even though I can't offer it to them this is what their version of Christmas should be. Full of glitter, ornaments, snow and fun.
My kids are always busted doing something they aren't supposed to and sometimes we just have to capture the evidence with pictures. This kit is also a nod to those professionals who keep us safe. So many choices to scrap this kit with, So Busted is full of fun goodies!
This little boy is here to save the day! He's not afraid of anything and has the courage of a lion. Celebrate those special moments when he feels like he can take on the world. Special thanks to Alice Smith for the use of her graphics!
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The BBC is reporting via Egyptian state media that a military court — because those are always conducted by the most fair-minded citizens — has cleared a doctor named Ahmed Adel of charges that he carried out "forced virginity tests" on female protesters at the start of last year's civil unrest in Egypt after a judge tossed the case out in light of contradictions in witness statements.
Samira Ibrahim, one of the women who Adel tested, brought the case to court in the wake of her arrest and detention during a March 2011 demonstration outside of Tahrir Square. Ibrahim said that while in detention, she and other women were forced to submit to 5-minute virginity exams administered in private by a male doctor. Though the army initially denied Ibrahim's allegations, an anonymous senior general later confirmed Ibrahim's story.
Ibrahim's legal challenge succeeded in pushing a Cairo administrative court to rule that the tests were, in fact, illegal, but she says that key witnesses on whose testimony she was relying changed their stories at the eleventh hour.


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Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me!
For it is my blogging anniversary!
Two years old and still filled with glee!
Happy Birthday to me!!!
Happy Birthday to me!!!
Hi Guys,
So if you haven't heard today's my blogging anniversary. I am amazed how time flies by, although I do wish I hit 1,000 followers by this milestone, I have learned so many things from blogging, so I thought I'd write a post titled, "What does this blog mean to me?"
"What does this blog mean to me?"
Ahh Blogging, the new trend for millennials. A space we carve out just for ourselves, away from the prying eyes of those we know. Or right smack bam in the centre with all it's luminous spotlight shining on you; tanning your face with it's glory. See, everyones different, we all blog for different reasons and with different goals in mind.
Whether it's just a hobby or a hopeful future career whisking you away from your current dreary nine to five, there are a few linking factors between us bloggers, rounding us all together even if it's with a thin worn out string.
We all write.
We type and we dream.
We allow our voices to be heard; open ourselves up to an often cruel world.
But we try and try to put ourselves out there. Our passions guiding us the way.
With all too many doubt from others, we type and type away.
Stop wasting your time online they say. Entitled lunatics we appear, to believe that our voices are to be heard, especially in a world that seems so big and daunting. In it our voice feels so quaint and distant. So many more people have lead much more interesting lives with the ability to provide more for the world. I question myself often on this journey "Who am I?", "Why would anyone read my work?" Even if my voice were to be heard, what would it say? Who would it impact?
"What does this blog mean to me?"
I have realised I am a perfectionist but not the kind that their need for perfection drives them to success, but the kind that failure pushes them into a deeper and deeper hole. Yet I found myself taking a chance and starting a blog. It is true, the world is a big place filled to the brim with billions of people with louder and more powerful voices but something inside me yelled do it. Have fun and if you fall and fail, no one is here to witness it.
"What does this blog mean to me?"
When I was younger I loved to draw and read. I was always burrowed in a book and finished all the books available to me at the time in the library. But as I grew older, like a lot of people I parked the books elsewhere and I put down my pen and threw away my colouring pencils and let the dust clutter around joyful memories of old hobbies.
Maybe I just felt like it was time to grow up. I looked around me, and the level of others at secondary school was very different from primary school. What's the point on working hard at a mere drawing, when the finished product wouldn't be good enough?
What's the point of reading a book that I wasn't going to be tested on? I thought it would be better to stick to what I needed to do in school rather than what I wanted to do?
And where did that leave me?
I was still a mediocre student but with no creative outlet. Far from the perfection that craved to be. I felt everything was tainted by what the teachers expected of me. Spending hours on an essay and getting a C, or working hard of a painting and then getting a B was demoralising. I never wanted to see an English book and ran away from art class as soon as I got the chance.
The first poem I have ever written was on this blog. I already had created a lifestyle blog with my friends but this my secret space, all to myself. Blank. Ready and eager.
For the first time I listened to the words in my head and allowed them to speak, no longer just mere background noise.
Then, something unexpected happened. Completely out of the blue.
I hear a bing and then another, then another.
I peeped on my phone to see what it was. Another junk mail I presumed. But no, a notification. " X liked your post"
Me? My Post. For the first time I felt capable. Valued.
Who knows maybe those people were just bored and didn't even like the post, maybe they were just on a liking spree, but to me it meant everything.
So… What does this blog mean to me? A question that I have repeatedly placed in odd places throughout this late night reflection piece.
It means I have a safe space. Where I can grow and grow. Not confined by my fatal need to be perfect or by the standards placed on me by others but for me just to be me.
Have fun and not be pressured to make life altering decisions.
What does this blog mean to me?
It means I'm allowed and free to develop into who I am meant to be.


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Waxman: 'Win-Win' Internet Bill Doesn't Win Over Republicans
House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that he did not "close the door" on coming up with a bipartisan network neutrality bill after the elections, but made it clear that introducing a bill beforehand, which had been the goal of top committee Democrats and cable and telco industry players, was not
After ranking Committee member Joe Barton (R-Tex.) issued a statement saying Republicans were not on board with the attempt at a bipartisan bill, Waxman followed with his statement that the bill was predicated on full
bipartisan support in the committee.
"With great regret, I must report that Ranking Member Barton has informed me that support for this legislation
will not be forthcoming at this time," he said, calling it a "loss for consumers and a gain only for the
Waxman called the bill, which would have had a two-year sunset, an interim measure while Congress considered a
permanent fix.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has proposed reclassifying Internet access as a Title II telecommunications service to clarify the FCC's authority to oversee Internet openness, including expanding and codifying its network neutrality principles. That authority came into question after a D.C. appeals court ruled in the BitTorrent decision that the FCC had not justified its regulatory authority over Comcast's blocking of peer-to-peer file uploads.
While there may not be a bill to signal Genachowski on what he should do with reclassification,
Waxman sent his own signal. "If our efforts to find bipartisan consensus fail, the FCC should move forward under
Title II," he said in his statement. It was not clear whether that was a charge to reclassify immediately, given
ther present failure, or eventually if further post-election efforts at consensus fail. A spokesperson for the
chairman had not weighed in at press time, but network neutrality fan Public Knowledge saw it as the former: ""We
are in full agreement with Chairman Waxman that the FCC must act now to protect consumers by reinstating its
authority over broadband," said Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn. "We expect the FCC to do so to carry out one of the fundamental promises of the Obama Administration."
Barton had said Republican leadership had failed to come to a consensus, and in his own statement likened the bill
to "punting [on the issue] with a halfway measure two days before the end of Congress.
But Rep. Rick Boucher's statement suggested Barton had been much more sanguine on legislation.
"Earlier this week, I could not have been more pleased that after sustained negotiations in my office, at the FCC
and with Chairman Waxman and Ranking Members Barton and [ranking Communications Subcommittee member Cliff] Stearns, stakeholders at long last reached agreement on targeted legislation to address network openness.
This legislation would have assured network openness protections for the millions of Americans who rely on the
Internet for communications, commerce and entertainment on a daily basis. It would have ensured that Internet
users would continue to be able to reach the lawful Internet content, applications and services of their choice
and that network operators not unfairly discriminate among Internet services. It would also have ensured that
users would be able to reach the content they desire on mobile devices, while recognizing that the wireless
Internet space is still evolving. And the measure would have ensured transparency on the Internet, by requiring
broadband providers to disclose accurate information in plain language about the price and performance of and
network management used by their networks," he said.
I am disappointed that we were unable to introduce the Open Internet Act of 2010 on a bipartisan basis. The
measure would have been a significant step forward for the Internet community, and I remain willing to work with
my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to enact it into law later this year."
Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America said in a statement that the bill would have "created an important safety net to prevent the broadband Internet access landscape from being Balkanized by anti-competitive pay walls and discriminatory technology barriers that block or degrade communications."
But now that the bill has failed to materialize he agreed with Sohn that the FCC should "move aggressively" to re-establish jurisdiction.
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Mr. Speaker, we are tired of empty talk. We want action. What my constituent from Sainte-Justine wants is action. She wants the government to stop going after her savings, which will provide her with a secure retirement, because she is diabetic and she has children to take care of. We want action.
Why is the Prime Minister defending his bagman, who is hiding millions of dollars in the Caribbean, rather than taking care of my constituent from Sainte-Justine?
I expect some action.


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February 15th, 2013
Jimmy Kimmel: Leno doesn't have 'actual feelings'
Jimmy Kimmel says he feels bad hurting other peoples' feelings, but he makes an exception for Jay Leno because "I don't believe Jay Leno has actual feelings."
The "Jimmy Kimmel Live" host, who has mocked Leno in the past, revisits his dislike for "The Tonight Show" host in a new interview with Playboy.
"He doesn't seem to be that worried about other people's feelings," Kimmel told the magazine. "Strangely I don't even like talking about him anymore. The only time I think about him is when I'm asked."
The comedian went on to say, regarding his show monologue, "If I can imagine Jay Leno telling a joke, then I won't do it, even if it's a good joke."
The rivalry between the hosts became even more tense when "Jimmy Kimmel Live" moved to 11:35 p.m. in January, pitting him against Leno and David Letterman.
However, the ratings war hasn't affected Kimmel's feelings toward the "Late Night with David Letterman" host.
"Dave transcends any time slot; he is the father of comedy as we now know it," he said. "I wonder if he knows what he means to every comedian under 50 years old."
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Moore Group is based in Galway, on Irelands rugged, windswept, wet west coast, and today marks the beginning of festival season in the City. So, despite the dreary weather, we're all in festive mood here. The Volvo Round the World Yacht Race is due to finish in the harbour over the weekend, the Galway Arts Festival follows the week of festivities around the Yacht Race and the famous Galway Races follow that. Then, in early August we're hosting our small boutique 'Archaeology of Beer' Festival in Headford, Co. Galway (Headfest). It's been described as Ireland most boutique, boutique festival. This year, due to a lack of funding, we've downsized the gig, so it'll be even more boutique!
This morning I've been focused on beer. I've been researching ancient recipes and brewing methods for a 'wild' beer. A wild beer is a beer which is fermented using windblown or other wild yeasts, and is something we've never really tried before. It could (and probably will) turn out awful… We've brewed two beers so far. One, a bog myrtle (Myrica Gale) and malt ale with some yarrow flavouring (Gale Ale), the second a simple hopped ale (so that people can taste the difference between a modern hopped ale and an ancient non-hopped herbal 'gruit' ale). We've already tasted our 'Gale Ale' and, it's really nice, if I say so myself…. We had separated it into three batches – one is a 'lighter' ale of about 6% ABV, the second is stronger and is around 8% ABV and the third is a really strong 9.5% ABV ale. We've one more beer to brew and I'm trying to work out a recipe for next weeks brewday. On Headfest day we'll be demonstrating our brewing in a replica fulacht fiadh using hot rocks to get our liquor to the right temperature. You can read more about our hot rock experiments on our blog…
Unfortunately beer doesn't pay the bills so we have other more mundane duties to perform today as well. I'm currently completing a constraints study on a large electricity infrastructure project. Essentially this entailed mapping and describing the existing, known, cultural heritage of the study area, using existing data sources and information. We've mapped all these data and today I have to review the mapping to ensure that it's correct. It sounds dull, but there are some interesting diversions. For instance, comparing the first edition OS Maps with the second editions gives a picture of a remarkably changed landscape which mirrors the economic history of the 19th and early 20th centuries in Ireland. Despite the intervening famine there was huge development in the West of Ireland, with the construction of roads, railway lines, bridges and the introduction, and eventual dissipation, of large demesnes and designed landscapes. Whereas the early maps (surveyed in the 1830s and 1840s) depict remote clusters of houses and small landholdings in many cases reachable only by tracks, by the 1890's or early 1900's these remote locations are served by roads and other services. Much of this growth in the latter part of the 19th century is down to the Napoleonic Wars when Ireland experienced a huge surge in economic circumstances (an early Celtic Tiger period) and the passing of the Land Acts in the latter part of the 19th century and the early 20th century which eventually dissipated the power of the Anglo-Irish landed gentry and created a large sector of small landowners throughout the country.
My colleague Billy, meanwhile, is busy preparing finds for deposition in the National Museum, cataloguing and boxing… He's currently looking at shoes.
The shoe pieces (44 in all) were retrieved from the Market House excavation (for more on the excavation see here) during the course of the Eyre Square Re-enhancement Project in the middle of Galway City in 2004. Most of the fragments were retrieved from a rectangular test pit excavated across the centre of the site representing successive metalled surfaces and dump deposits pre-dating an 18th century building at the north end of Eyre Square. The majority of the pieces come from post-medieval contexts consisting largely of footwear fragments and off cuts. Shoes are fascinating (I'm serious)… Here's an excerpt from Billy's report:
"The shoe styles found share similar characteristics with comparative urban excavations in Cork and Waterford and more locally from Barrack lane, Galway. The most common shoe type of the medieval period was the turnshoe, made as the name suggests by stitching a wet and inside out leather upper to a sole and then turning it rightside out so that the sewing is protected. The upper would then be wrapped around the foot and secured by either a strap, latched or using a thong. This simple template evolved through time for utilitarian purposes or simply as fashion dictated. Heels were initially made by sewing stiffeners inside the shoe to prevent wearing.
From the sixteenth century onwards heels developed into a series of separate "lifts" ("built heel") stacked and pinned or sewed together. Similarly the upper changed from a simple wraparound piece to an overshoe consisting of a 'vamp' or toe covering, quarters covering the inner and outer sides of the foot, the tongue, a piece of leather to the front placed between two sides of a tied opening and the back strap. Another common shoe feature was a welt (sometimes called rand) or strip of leather stitched along the lasting margin between the upper and the sole to protect the seam and make the shoe watertight. Common shoes of the second half of the eighteenth century were the heavy brogue and the knee length boot. The native brogue (after the Irish bróga, meaning shoe) was a low heeled, heavy shoe of un-tanned leather with laces along the instep and no tongue with small perforations on the toe puff and quarters. This hardwearing footwear was practically designed for country men as a shoe that would drain water and dry quickly due to the lack of a tongue, and not get stuck in the mud because of their laces above the ankle. Knee length boots were an English introduction and were more expensive and associated with the landed gentry, given the restrictive laws for horse ownership during the penal law era.
Concerning leather as a raw material, cow hide was generally used in the manufacture of most shoe soles, welts and binds – it being the strongest and most resilient of the available skins. For the uppers, calf, goat or sheep skin were the preferred choices for reasons of flexibility and comfort."
See – I told you, Shoes are fascinating!
As archaeologists it's the ordinary things we find which inform our discourse with the past and which give me most satisfaction. The big finds and the big sites are, of course, part of the process, but it's the archaeology of the ordinary that keeps me interested – the shoes, the nails, the bottles and pot sherds, all of which tell us a story and fill in the gaps in our knowledge.


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I have an application, run over network.
Tables contains between 2000 and 80000 reords (client table has about 2000
records, while invoice table has about 80000).
There are also other tables (also tens of thousands of records).
One processing require calculation of a total sold for clients.
For this I have to run several SQL statements (the database structure is a
little complicated, because it is inhedited from a old DOS application, and
I have to live with)
The problem is application is fast enough locally (it takes about 2-3
seconds to run all SQL's and then update clients cursor with their sold.
But on the network the application is quite slow (17-20 sec)
I set up all indexes I need (at least I hope).
If I run sys(3054, 1), sys(3054, 2) and test my queries they seems to be
optimized (if I make index on deleted they seems to be fully optmimized,
othwise partially), but I get this loading time.
Please send me any advice who could help me to speed up this.
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Wolfenstein 3-D
Wolfenstein 3-D is a first-person shooter based on Escape From Castle Wolfenstein. It was developed by id Software and originally released for DOS in 1992 and then ported to several other platforms. In the game, you play a World War II prisoner of war who has escaped his cell deep in a Nazi prison and must escape. Additional episodes were added where you infiltrate Nazi strongholds and kill Hitler and other Nazi leaders.
Wolfenstein 3-D is a video game milestone being one of the first hugely popular FPSs.
I do not own Wolfenstein 3D, but have beaten the first three episodes at Bring 'Em On difficulty.
- Overall: 5/10
- Best Version: DOS
- The game, for its time, is a beautiful example of a first-person shooter done right.
- Though cartoonish, the graphics are well-drawn and attractive.
- The enemy AI is pretty dumb, but it does sometimes cause some rather shocking results when they inadvertently sneak up on you from behind.
- Bobby Prince's incorporation of Nazi and American political music was a nice touch.
- The sliding secret doors is a really cool addition.
- The addition of a secret 3-D Pac-Man level was pretty cool.
- The game tends to become monotonous. After the third episode, you've seen nearly everything the game has to offer save the remaining bosses.
- The use of lives and points doesn't really fit the game's theme.
- Nothing.
- mobygames.com/game/wolfenstein-3d - MobyGames.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D - Wikipedia.
- youtube.com/watch?v=LV34y9p079g - John Carmack's commentary.
- vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php/Wolfenstein_3D_(DOS) - Music.
- youtube.com/watch?v=w6t7R_VQHlY - Did You Know Gaming?


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An information technology news site, Current (current.it.psu.edu), now provides Penn State faculty, staff and students with information technology-related news and announcements. The news site is designed to highlight the subtle role IT plays in everyday life at Penn State, offering a compilation of the latest in technological advancements as they relate to teaching, science, research, the environment and more.
Through a combination of news articles, sound bites, video and photography, Current showcases the innovation and discoveries that technology is helping to drive. From the University's advancements in concussion research to breakthroughs in saving honeybee populations, Current offers readers up-to-date IT news from Penn State and beyond.
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Web mapping clients play a significant role in Geoportals of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) allowing the visualization of spatial data from several sources. Likewise, these clients may be part of Web-based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications, in which users can directly interact with SDI services, visualize, query and integrate them with local data and GIS tools.
There exists a wide variety of free and open source software (FOSS) projects that make the creation and configuration of Web mapping clients easier. This study intends to characterize and compare them with the aim of providing Web GIS architects with decision elements for selecting a client side technology according to a given set of requirements.
This study presents a wide collection of Web mapping clients capable to access Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web services, and examines some of their most relevant properties, but does not represent an exhaustive analysis of their technical features. Moreover, a definition of the term "Web mapping client" is proposed and the relation between them is examined.
Web mapping clients are pieces of software (applications, viewers, libraries and frameworks, among others) that either provide or extend a Web-based mapping component to view and interact with maps from remote sources on the Internet. Some of the projects that provide such a mapping component use pure client-side technology whereas the vast majority rely on server-side features allowing advanced tasks to be performed, such as security, user and group administration, advanced printing capabilities, spatial analysis support and customization of graphic user interface controls and functionalities, among others.
The OGC promotes the use of standards for Web mapping services, which have helped to establish a common framework to access, display and download spatial data on the Internet (Web Map Service, Web Feature Service, Web Coverage Service), discover them (Catalog Service for the Web), present them by means of styles (Style Layer Descriptor), filter them (Filter encoding), store them, transport them (Geography Markup Language and Keyhole Markup Language) and process them (Web Processing Service). The Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS) are the mainly used services for Web mapping purposes, therefore, support for one of them is a must for a client to be included in this comparison.
- Twelve (12) clients have been added to the comparison, namely: AtlasMapper, GPAAMP Viewer, GWT-OpenLayers, Heron Mapping Client, Leaflet, Legato, MapGuide OS Ajax Viewer, MapQuery, OL4JSF, QGIS Web Client, ReadyMap Web SDK and SLMapViewer.
- The data of the rest of clients have been updated.
- A new item called "Category" has been added to the first table.
- The graph "Relation between free and open source Web mapping clients" now includes the category of each client.
Below is a graph showing the relation between free and open source Web mapping clients.
Due to the big quantity of Web mapping clients it is useful to think of grouping them by means of categories. Other authors coincide in that this could be a tough task because of the overlap between projects in terms of architecture and scope.
In this comparison, the categories for Web mapping clients have been extracted from the projects' description. Thus, there are libraries, wrappers, toolkits, frameworks and clients. All of these five (5) categories hold the definition given in the section "WEB MAPPING CLIENTS" and represent a more specialized way of looking at the projects, allowing to understand, at least at first glance, their aims and scopes.
- Libraries: Expose classes and functions allowing to build applications at a higher level of programming.
- Wrappers: According to the Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing, a wrapper "[...] acts as an interface between its caller and the wrapped code. This may be done for compatibility, e.g. if the wrapped code is in a different programming language or uses different calling conventions, or for security [...] The implication is that the wrapped code can only be accessed via the wrapper."
- Toolkits: P. Ramsey describes them as "more modular and easily integrated into a custom application."
- Frameworks: According to the OGC glossary, a framework is "[...] a reusable software template, or skeleton, from which key enabling and supporting services can be selected, configured and integrated with application code." For P. Ramsey, they "are more suitable for customization than integration."
- Clients: This category comprises viewers and ready-to-use Web mapping applications.
This way of categorizing Web mapping clients constitutes a first approach for distinguishing them and thus making the selection process easier.
The comparison is based on free and open source software projects with capability to access OGC web services, showing a variety of parameters such as: license, origin country, internationalization, commercial support, supported programming languages and metadata management, among others.
The comparison is presented in three parts to facilitate the reading:
- General description: Gives an introduction about each project.
- Technical features: Presents some technical data of each project.
- Links of interest: Includes a screenshot showing how the client looks like as well as links for accessing useful pages and live demonstrations.
Advantage, Disadvantage.
Officially abandoned client.
Client without recent version (over a year without a new version).
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended to use a web browser such as Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, Opera or K-Meleon, in which correct arrangement of the tables has been tested.
|[1] BSD compatible.
[2] GPL compatible.
[3] It can be changed by a "commercial license" by request. See: https://www.legato.net/display/LEGATO/Licenses
[4] See: http://www.mapserver.org/copyright.html#license
[5] Very quickly support from USA, Netherlands, Brazil and Italy.
[6] Developed by Martin Hűgh.
[7] City of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
[8] Developed by Evgeny Gazdovsky.
[9] Originally, developed by Volker Mische and Geodan.
[10] Developed by Xavier Pons.
[11] Developed by Robert Anderson.
[12] Developed by Armin Burger.
[13] Originally, developed by Andreas Neumann.
[14] Incomplete documentation.
[15] The available documentation is related only to the installation process.
[16] The documentation is incomplete for some of the mentioned languages.
[17] The user interface is in Spanish and in Latvian as well.
[18] There are translations to several languages such as Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Pole, Italian, French, Czech and Slovene, among others.
[19] The user interface has been translated to 20 languages.
[20] The user interface is available in several languages such as English, German, French, Italian and Portuguese, among others.
[21] OSGeo doesn't support it as an official project, but hosts their mailing list and Trac.
[22] The copyright will be transferred to OSGeo.
[23] GeoMOOSE is in the incubation process.
[24] The graduated project is actually Deegree and iGeoPortal is part of it.
[25] The graduated project is actually MapGuide OS and the AJAX Viewer is part of it.
[26] The graduated project is actually QGIS and QGIS Web Client is part of it.
[27] Even though UMN MapServer is widely known as web map server, this comparison evaluates it as client and thus considers it to be a library because it exposes classes through MapScript.
|[1] When MapGuide Open Source is present, Fusion is able to use a PHP API.
[2] Does not yet have a published API.
[3] The WFS only works for points.
[4] Supports the GetCapabilities, GetFeatureOfInterest and GetObservation requests of the SOS specification.
[5] As a server additionally supports the WCS and SOS services.
[6] Takes this feature from OpenLayers.
[7] In the last version it was introduced an example with OSM but with no tiles.
[8] Consuming third-party tiles is only available in Fusion.
[9] Supports a large number of map sources based on tiles.
[10] It only supports the TMS Global Geodetic profile.
[11] Runs through a Java applet.
[12] It displays the metadata information (the layer abstract) included in the WMS capabilities document associated with the layers.
[13] Camptocamp SA has added support for the GetDomain and GetRecords requests of the CSW specification to OpenLayers.
[14] It has a search component that uses either a thesaurus or the CSW specification.
[15] The HS – RS company offers it as a component of its solution for geoportals.
[16] Currently, there is a proposal to build a metadata catalogue client using GeoNetwork. (See: https://trac.mapfish.org/trac/mapfish/wiki/Proposals/Catalogue and http://www.camptocamp.com/fr/blog/2009/06/732/)
[17] Supports the GetDomain and GetRecords requests of the CSW specification.
[18] There is a Google group for developers.
[19] It has a single mailing list for users and developers.
[20] It does not have its own mailing lists, they are from the Deegree project.
[21] It does not have its own mailing lists, they are from the MapGuide OS project.
[22] It has mailing lists for: Users, developers, commits, announcements, tilecache and trac, among others.
[23] It does not have its own mailing lists, they are from the QGIS project.
[24] It has a mailing list in German.
- The data of the included clients were collected directly from their Web sites and then validated through mailing lists, forums or by e-mail.
- Empty cells indicate unknown information.
Besides presenting a general description, technical features and links of interest about Web mapping clients, the relation between them has been described and they have been categorized for distinguishing them better.
There is plenty of FOSS projects for building Web mapping clients, some of them allowing a comprehensive management of information and receiving support from OSGeo because they efficiently involve a whole community, others, result of individual efforts that satisfy basic needs. Some have been disappearing because of duplicated efforts and others have been based on previous developments in order to expand their functional scopes.
The author appreciates suggestions made by members of the OSGeo local chapter of the Spanish speaking community (Capítulo Local de la comunidad hispanohablante de OSGeo): Jorge Sanz, Lorenzo Becchi and Evaristo Gestoso, by Paolo Cavallini from Faunalia, by Bob Basques, by GeoTux members: William Guerrero, Remy Galán, Samuel Mesa, and especially by the GeoTux user Mavka, who has even sent complete data about a couple of clients and has also translated the fifth version of the comparison to Russian.
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If you find out a mistake in the comparison, let me know and I will fix it. If you know any other Web mapping client and you would like to see it in the comparison, e-mail me to study it and add it in the next version.
This article is under license "Attribution 2.5 Colombia", look it at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/deed.en
- Official website of each project (See Part 3, Links of interest.)
- Schütze, Emanuel. Current state of technology and potential of smart map browsing in web browsers. Alemania. Junio de 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2012, from http://www.smartmapbrowsing.org/html/index_en.html
- RAMSEY, Paul. The State of Open Source GIS. In : FOSS4G 2007. Victoria, Canadá. 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2012, from http://2007.foss4g.org/presentations/view.php?abstract_id=136
- Howe, Denis. Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing. 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2012, from http://foldoc.org/wrapper
- Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Glossary: http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/glossary
- Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). Official website: http://osgeo.org
- CSS for tables: http://icant.co.uk/csstablegallery/index.php
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Union jack may be flying high for Wallaby Hooper
The loss of star Wallabies flanker David Pocock to injury has opened the door for Michael Hooper to fulfill a lifelong dream in tomorrow night's match against England at Twickenham.
Hooper's father was born in England, and while he is now a fair dinkum Aussie, other family members likely to be in the stands on Saturday night may well be waving the Union Jack.
"My dad is from Maidstone. He moved out to Sydney when he was about 24 and loved it. The sun and the beach, I think he got a bit accustomed to it so he ended up staying," Hooper said.
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The company's Warrior and PackBot military robots are carrying out inspections and other duties at a nuclear power plant in South Carolina, iRobot announced today.
Last fall, operator Progress Energy purchased one Warrior 710 and two PackBot 510 units for its Robinson Nuclear Plant near Hartsville. It marks the first time iRobot's machines are being used at a domestic nuclear plant.
Priced around $350,000 to $400,000, the Warrior is a rugged machine that can haul payloads of more than 150 pounds and lift up to 220 pounds. The PackBot, at $100,000 to 150,000, is used for tactical operations such as inspecting objects.
Variants of the remote-controlled droids have been used in the aftermath of the nuclear crisis in Japan. iRobot sent two Warriors and two PackBots to Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to help with surveys and debris removal at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which was crippled by core meltdowns.
"In an industrial environment, they have two great values -- personal safety and increased efficiency," said Tim Trainer of iRobot's military business unit. Tepco has requested two more PackBots and they will have improved treads for tackling wet metal stairs, Trainer added.
Japan today lifted some exclusion orders for towns near the Fukushima plant, but residents cannot stay overnight. Meanwhile, Tepco has found that the coolant water level in the No. 2 reactor is only 23 inches deep, suggesting it is leaking from the containment vessel into the plant.
Trainer says iRobot has learned from its experience at Fukushima and he believes robots will play a greater role in standard maintenance operations at nuclear facilities.
"The challenge is what kind of emergency response capability will you plan for?" he said. "I don't know that anyone would have foreseen a complete meltdown of reactors in Japan, but had we had a robust robotic infrastructure for routine operations, I think you can build off of that to a higher-level requirement."
So far, the robots at the Robinson plant in South Carolina have been inspecting high-dose areas and doing surveys of radiological shipments, keeping human workers at a safe distance.
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With Intel's Ivy Bridge processors expected to be officially launched on the 29th April, it's time we geared up on more Intel Z77 motherboard previews to whet your appetite. The Intel Z77 Express chipset will be the main component of most DIY-class motherboards even though other variations of the 7-series chipsets exist like the H77 and B75 chipsets for system integrators. We've last showcased the ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe sometime early last month along with the main highlights one can expect out of the Z77 chipset. Over the following week, we'll be continuing that momentum to showcase more motherboards.
Some of our more savvy readers might notice reviews published by some tech portals, but at this point of time, we're bound by Intel's NDA terms to not reveal any Ivy Bridge related performance matters. In fact, most of those reviews would be based on Sandy Bridge processors. Now who's going to be getting existing processors with new boards when every DIY user knows that new processors are arriving shortly to replace the existing Sandy Bridge CPUs at similar price points? For that reason, our 7-series chipset based reviews will be conducted on Ivy Bridge processors when they are officially available in retail.
Having established the basic details, today we'll be taking a closer look at the MSI Z77A-GD65. Since it is based on the Intel Z77 Express chipset and the same LGA1155 socket (thankfully there are no drastic changes in VRM requirements for the new processors), the board will support the upcoming Ivy Bridge processors using the 22nm fabrication process or the current Sandy Bridge processors fabricated from the 32nm process technology. The motherboard has a pleasant look due to its blue and black color scheme and it bears a striking resemblance to the MSI X79A-GD65 (8D). Besides looks, both boards share the fact that they feature Military Class III components which comprises SFC (super ferrite chokes), Hi-c capacitors and the use of solid capacitors (which has become a norm in most boards).
Further to that, MSI Military Class III standard also requires the use of the next generation of DrMOS - DrMOS II that provides an integrated double thermal protection to maximize the lifespan of components. To find out how the different MSI Military Class standards stack up, we've compared them in an earlier article when it was first introduced. Given the board's Military Class III components, MSI has implemented rather hefty heatsinks as parts of its cooling solutions for its VRM components as well as the board's Z77 chipset.
While MSI has retained their well recognized Easy Button 3 which consists of the power, reset and OC Genie buttons, for some odd reason, they've been shifted fro the usual lower half of the board to the upper corner. While it makes sense if the board is used an open environment without a casing, once the board is settled within a chassis and fully wired up, this corner becomes almost unusable. We're a bit disappointed with MSI's decision on this aspect, but this move has better allowed them to place all other onboard motherboard connectors on the bottom of the board. More on that later.
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Happy Monday! I had grand plans to show you a little home tour of our Christmas décor today but alas life got in the way. Our very loyal and hard working washer and dryer finally said goodbye. Well, they are technically still here and waiting to be picked up on Tuesday. Honestly, it's the very last thing I wanted to replace. I even busted out the leopard duct tape in hopes of taping anything I could back together. No such luck. So much of our weekend was spent researching and purchasing a new set. Boo. But we also tucked in a ton of snuggle time and cozy Christmas tree gazing due to the rainy weather we are having. No complaints here! One of my favorite Christmas décor tricks is to use those cute paintings and drawings the kiddos do in school. Two years ago, my daughter painted a darling tree on a white gift bag using the sophisticated fork method! I love this bag and chose to cut the tree out and simply stick it on the wall so it is front and center. This frame normally stands empty on our gallery wall, but for Christmas we fill it up! Oh, and avert your eyes from the naked garland. Work in progress. If you follow me on instagram {@athoughtfulplace} you will have seen a sneak peek of my colors this year! We are rocking around the Christmas tree with some fun pops of color this year! And the stripes just make me giddy {they are from Home Depot!} While the laundry is piling sky high I am busy finishing up some Christmas crafts and décor. If you have a moment, pop in tomorrow so I can show you what I have been up to. Enjoy your Monday!
So fun!! Can't wait to see the rest of your Christmas decor!! xo
I love using my kid's artwork as part of our Christmas decorating! It's so fun for them to have their work displayed. Looking forward to seeing more of your decor!
haha I thought that garland looked a little bare for your liking!
Such a cute little tree 🙂 I bet your daughter is so proud to see it displayed. Can't wait to see your Christmas decor!
Oh no! So sorry to hear that about your washer/dryer! Glad you are getting a new set. Love the artwork! Looks great!
May I have a teensy tiny bit of your talent!?!
Everything looks so great!!! boo on the washer/dryer…but maybe the news ones will actually do it for you!? The laundry that is. harhar
I adore the children's art! I'm excited to see what you do with the garland- my stairs are bare this year!
Sorry about your washer/dryer. We just went through that a few months ago. I'm liking the peek of your colors…fun and bright! Children's artwork is the best. Your daughter's tree looks great front and center on the wall. I bet that makes her proud, too.
The children's artwork is such a cute idea!
So excited to see your Christmas decor. And using children's artwork is such a great idea. My mother- and father-in-law have a gallery wall in their living room filled with artwork that their kids (now fully grown) made as kiddos. 🙂 Love it!
Even though my kids are grown and no longer living at home, I love your gallery wall and having a space specifically for showcasing their art work. I'm going to pin this because you inspired me to redo a wall in my entryway!


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