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Will You Be Outsourced?
technologyIt seems that in my line of work, there is always some sort of "reorganization" going on. One week we hear one rumor, the next another. Things are always in flux. Over the last eight years at my J.O.B., our department has been officially reorganized three times. We've gone from 30 staff members to 17, and our workload of active computers on the network has doubled. When things get hairy during roll-outs or upgrades and we start whining, the boss always brings up the fact that our jobs could be outsourced.
Guitar Hero 4 Wii DLC Includes Actual New Songs, Developer Explains GH3 Wii's Lack of DLC
Developer Vicarious Visions has confirmed to Shacknews the Wii edition of Guitar Hero World Tour will support true downloadable content when it arrives this fall, allowing users to purchase and download new songs in addition to user-created tunes.
Beersaw
A drinking game first created by the residents of the Homestead at Denison University (Granville, OH) in 2007. This game involves two teams of two players standing on parallel balancing boards (or 'see-saws') with a large plastic paint bucket placed at the center of each board. The game is played by teammates trying to balance on their board to avoid touching the ground, while at the same time drinking a can, cup, or bottle of beer. Once a team member has emptied their beer container, they can attempt to score a point by shooting the empty container into the paint bucket on the otherteam's side. The game has no time limit, and ends only under one of two conditions: (1) A team wins by successfully shoots 3 empty beer containers into the other team's paint bucket, or (2) A team loses by touching either end of their balance board to the ground 7 times.
Subjected
Subjected is the debut album by Italian Melodic/Technical death metal band Illogicist.
Sylvester Lewis
american jazz trumpeters | missouri musiciansSylvester Lewis (October 19, 1908, Kansas City, Missouri - 1974, New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Lewis played locally as a college student in Kansas City in the 1920s. His first major tour was with a traveling revue called Shake Your Feet, where he met Herbie Cowens; he then joined Cowens's own group, playing at the Rockland Palace in New York City in 1928. He also recorded with Jelly Roll Morton in New York. After a stint with Aubrey Neal (1929-30), Lewis joined Claude Hopkins's band, playing with him from 1930 to 1936 and recording with him extensively between 1932 and 1935.
Arte para Crecer
ARTE PARA CRECER - Lima, Perú since 1990
Music as part of the cultural image of Peru
Peruvian music is characterized by a high diversity and a very special quality resulting from the historical contribution of different ethnic and social groups. Through musical manifestations Peruvians construct their identity. Music is a direct and sensible mechanism through which the image of Peru is built with its different expressions and styles, enriched by the different races, cultures and creeds that have been crossbreeding along history.
John Machar
1796 births | 1893 deaths | principals of queen's universityThe Reverend John Machar (1796 – February 7 1893) was the second principal of Queen's University, then known as Queen's College at Kingston.
Machar was born in Tannandice, Scotland. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1819. In 1827, he emigrated to Kingston, Upper Canada in order to become the minister at St Andrew's Church.
Ceelwaaq
cities, towns and villages in somaliaCeelwaaq or Ceel Waaq or El Wak in English (somali: Ceel Waaq) is a town in Gedo region of Somalia. Ceel Waaq is the seat of one of Gedo region's seven districts.
The town of El Wak is situated near the border of Somalia and Kenya. The district of El Wak is bordered by Bardera and Garbahaarreey districts on the east, and North Eastern District of Kenya on the west.
Full Moon Press (disambiguation)
Full Moon Press can refer to many different publishing companies:
- Full Moon Press, a publishing company owned by Paul Little
- Full Moon Press (AKA Full Moon Press Online), publishers of the Forever Nocturne E-zine.
- Full Moon Press, 1990s publishers of romantic poetry, and a regency romances
- Full Moon Publishing LLC, publisher of non-traditional mysteries
- The International Register of Private Press Names includes a Full Moon Press registered in 1982
Judge Refuses To Sign RIAA 'Ex Parte' Order
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA just can't get enough of going after University of Maine students, but it appears that the judges in Portland, Maine, may be getting wise to the industry's lawyers' antics. RIAA counsel submitted yet another ex parte discovery order to the Court ('ex parte' meaning 'without notice'), in BMG v. Does 1-11, but this time the judge refused to sign, pointing out that there is no emergency since there is no evidence that records are about to be destroyed [PDF]. This is the same judge who has previously suggested the imposition of Rule 11 sanctions against the RIAA lawyers, accusing them of gamesmanship."
Evening Reading
So that Steam Cloud thing sure is nice and all. Kind of figured they would do that feature sooner or later. How is your city carbon emissions Robot touch Worst jobs in science Someone
Super-soft x-ray source
astronomical objects | x-raysA super soft X-ray source is an astronomical source of very low energy x-rays. Soft x-rays have energies in the 0.09 to 2.5 keV range, whereas hard x-rays are in the 1-20 keV range Supersoft X-Ray Sources. Super soft x-rays however are believed to be produced by steady nuclear fusion on a white dwarf's surface of material pulled from a binary companion Super Soft X-ray Sources - Discovered with ROSAT (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics). This requires a flow of material sufficiently high to sustain the fusion. Contrast this with the nova, where less flow causes the material to only fuse sporadically. Super soft x-ray sources can evolve into type Ia supernova, where a sudden fusion of material destroys the white dwarf, and neutron stars, through collapse Proceedings of the Workshop on Supersoft X-ray Sources held at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.
History
Brael
Brael is an electro-acoustic duo currently residing in New Haven, Connecticut. Longtime friends and music partners, Steve Dannemiller and Joachim Hero began creating music as Brael back in mid 2005. Inspired by artists such as Sigur Rós, Múm, and Boards of Canada, Brael ventured into making music based on ethereal but catchy melodies and experimental but accessible sonic textures. Two songs from their earliest 2005 sessions, "Flypaperairplane" and "Blue Field", are currently available on the Moodgadget compilations, The Rorschach Suite('06) and The Synchronicity Suite('08) respectively.
Opinion: Better than locks: A security approach to "free" - Computerworld
Opinion: Better than locks: A security approach to " free "
Celebrity golf tournament tees off June in Montego Bay - Jamaica Gleaner
Celebrity golf tournament tees off June in Montego Bay
GNC-2008-05-30 #378 Big Welcome to all the new Listeners
podcastA Big Welcome to all the new Listeners of the Podcast, Listen to win a 1 year shared hosting account with GoDaddy.com. We also have a $250.00 dollar winner tonight on the Listener Survey that was started last week!
Beyond Good & Evil 2 'More Accessible' Than Original, Says Ubisoft
The sequel to Ubisoft's action-adventure title Beyond Good & Evil will appeal to casual gamers moreso than the first game, Ubisoft president Yves Guillemot said at the recent Ubidays press event in Paris.
Less Than Jake Give Away Free Download Single - AngryApe
Less Than Jake Give Away Free Download Single