Fahrenheit is a game about weather, featuring positive and negative temperature values ranging from –32° to +32°. Using temperature value cards and weather wildcards, the temperature rises and falls throughout each round of the game and at the end of each round you are given a personal temperature score. See our How to Play section to learn more.
guided math stations and the kids are having a blast with it! Thank you so much! The kids beg to play it all the time.
like games but this one was a hit even with him!
My husband and I love it! We play it together, just us mostly, and I like that it's still very fun and competitive with us two, though it's also great in a group of 4-6. It usually takes me forever to learn a new card game (which takes the fun out for me, usually, always spending time relearning), but with Fahrenheit I caught on fairly quickly, spending more time enjoying it!! The anticipation for your next card is always fun (and often funny!) as it could be the instantaneous rise or fall of your success that round!!
All of our family has spent hours playing this game.
We love it! We really enjoy the feature of having to follow temperature! It will for sure be a staple at family gatherings!
Very fun game!! Already had lots of fun with friends!! Highly addictive, and I love the fun competition!!
Great game! Not only does it keep you thinking but it's fun as well. I played it with my cousin and grandpa, and it is a wonderful game for all ages.
Each deck consists of blue negative value temperature cards ranging from –32° to –2° and red positive value temperature cards ranging from +2° to +32° as well as five different wildcard types (Warm Front, Cold Front, Zero, Forecast, and Frost) that affect the direction of the temperature.
The full deck contains 84 playable cards: (2) cards for each of the 32 temperature values—16 positive and 16 negative and (4) cards for each of the five wildcard types.
For scoring purposes, each temperature value card is worth its value–positive or negative. Red wildcards (Warm Front and Forecast) are worth +20, while blue wildcards (Cold Front and Frost) are worth –20. The Zero wildcard is neutral and can be applied either as +20 or –20 at the player's discretion when scoring the round.
Temperature value cards can be positive or negative. The cards shown to the left are arranged left-to-right coldest to warmest.
Example: If the active temperature in the center area of play is –6° and the temperature direction is getting warmer, either the –2° or +2° cards could be played as they are warmer than –6°.
The –12° card is colder than –6° and could not be played.
There are five different kinds of wildcards in Fahrenheit. Cold Front and Warm Front cards change the direction of the temperature within a round. Playing a warm front card will cause the temperature to begin getting warmer, meaning that all cards played after it must be warmer than the current temperature.
The Zero wildcard resets the current temperature to zero and the player using the wildcard can determine whether the temperature should get warmer or colder from 0°.
When the Frost wildcard is played, it skips the next player's turn.
The Forecast wildcard is played alongside a temperature value card, setting the new active temperature and direction for the round. Example: The Forecast card is played along with a –24° temperature card and the player says "It's –24° and getting warmer."
A game of Fahrenheit consists of a predetermined number of rounds (usually equal to the number of players) where the ultimate goal is to keep your personal temperature score closest to zero after all rounds are completed.
To begin, an initial dealer is chosen and each player is dealt 5 cards to hold in their hand. The remaining cards in the deck are then placed at the center of the play area and the top card is flipped over to determine the starting temperature. If the starting temperature is a positive value, the round begins with the temperature direction "getting warmer". If the starting temperature is a negative value, the round beings with the temperature direction "getting colder".
The round ends when a player runs out of cards in their hand.
Using the initial temperature as reference, players take turns playing cards out of their hand, following the direction of the current temperature.
At any given time there is an active temperature value card in the center of the play area, and an active temperature direction that applies to the round.
Example: The current active temperature displayed in the center play area is +20° and the direction is that the temperature is getting warmer. Only cards with a temperature value greater than +20° or wildcards may be played.
At the end of each round, there will be a player that runs out of cards in their hand. This results in a round score of zero which is then added to the player's cumulative game score.
For all players that end the round with cards in their hand, a round score is determined and added to each player's cumulative game score.
Temperature value cards are scored at face value–either positive or negative–and wildcards are scored as either positive or negative 20 depending on the card(s).
Example: A player that ends the round with the cards shown at left in their hand (–12°, +6°, and +30°) would have a round score of +24°. There are no wildcards, so each card is scored at face value.
Because the ultimate goal of Fahrenheit is to keep your personal temperature game score closest to zero, it may not always be in your best interest to finish a round with a score of zero. If your personal game score after four out of five rounds is at +22°, being the player to run out of cards and finish the final round with a score of zero may or may not get you the overall win.
In the scenario shown at left, Dave's score after four rounds is –16°, which is closer to zero than Sara's +22°. It would be in Sara's best interest to try to finish the final round with a few negative value cards that add up to –22° as close as she can manage.
One morning, while getting ready for work and eating breakfast, I told my wife about an interesting dream that I had experienced the night before. The dream was unusual and very clear and is clear in my memory to this day.
In the dream, I was walking through the halls of a school building where there were many empty folding tables set up. I was with a fellow that I did not know, but he reminded me of a friend that had passed away early in life. We stopped at one of the tables and he asked if I wanted to play a card game. I asked him the name of the game and he said, "It is the weather game". We sat down at a table, and he started to show me the game when I woke up.
We didn't actually get to play, but I understood the concept well enough to get up in the middle of the night and write down some notes from the dream. I went to work that day and thought about the game and how to bring it to life when I got home.
With the ideas of the game in mind, I made a crude copy of the deck with a felt marker and a deck of poker cards that night. My wife, two young sons and I played the game that night and we've been playing it ever since.
Fahrenheit™ has always been a family project for us. We were blessed to have my oldest son get a degree in Graphic Design many years after my dream, and took advantage of that degree to design the cards and packaging.
The dream that inspired the game was about 15 years ago now, and the game has been tested by many families in that time, but now it is ready to be shared with everyone that enjoys playing games with friends and family around the kitchen table.
This is a simple card game that involves luck and strategy, but mostly it's just fun!


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Rent Kiss of the Highlander
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Narrator: Phil Gigante
Format: Unabridged-MP3, Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Brilliance Corporation
Published: Jan 2008
Genre: Fiction - Fantasy - General
A laird trapped between centuries
Enchanted by a powerful spell, Highland laird Drustan MacKeltar slumbered for nearly five centuries hidden deep in a cave, until an unlikely savior awakened him. The enticing lass who dressed and spoke like no woman he'd ever known was from his distant future, where crumbled ruins were all that remained of his vanished world. Drustan knew he had to return to his own century if he was to save his people from a terrible fate. And he needed the bewitching woman by his side....
A woman changed forever in his arms
Gwen Cassidy had come to Scotland to shake up her humdrum life and, just maybe, meet a man. How could she have known that a tumble down a Highland ravine would send her plunging into an underground cavern - to land atop the most devastatingly seductive man she'd ever seen? Or that once he'd kissed her, he wouldn't let her go? Bound to Drustan by a passion stronger than time, Gwen is swept back to sixteenth-century Scotland, where a treacherous enemy plots against them...and where a warrior with the power to change history will defy time itself for the woman he loves....
Beyond the Highland Mist...
by Karen Marie Moning
An alluring lairdHe was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch,...
A Lick of Frost
by Laurell K. Hamilton
I am Meredith Gentry, princess and heir apparent to the throne in the realm of faerie, onetime private investigator in the mortal world. To be crowned...
Spell of the Highlander
Jessi St. James has got to get a life. Too many hours studying ancient artifacts has given the hardworking archaeology student a bad case of sex on...
Dreamfever
He has stolen her past, but MacKayla will never allow her sister's murderer to take her future. Yet even the uniquely gifted sidhe-seer is no match...
Stroke of Midnight, A...
I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home - because I am also Princess Meredith, heir...
To Tame a Highland...
A Woman's Tender TouchHe was born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name and his Highland castle,...
Kiss of Shadows, A...
All it would take was my true name being mentioned after dark, and it would float back to my aunt. She was the Queen of Air and Darkness, and that...
Narcissus in Chains...
With the highly acclaimed Obsidian Butterfly, Laurell K. Hamilton's vampire hunter, Anita Blake, came into her own. She survived a supernatural...
Caress of Twilight, A...
I am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne - if I can stay alive long enough to claim it. My cousin, Prince Cel, is determined to see that I don't. As...
BookLender review by Elizabeth on 2010-01-30 16:40:20
This is one of the best books I have read/listened to yet. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys romance and Scottish history.

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Q: Want to calculate date of birth from a given age I'm trying to calculate the date of birth from a given age.
My logic is
When we enter an age say '5'. The date of birth will be calculated as exactly 5 years from the current date. Example current date is 20/8/2018.
Then date of birth will be 20/8/2013 if the age is 5.
So below is my code:

function validatedob() {
  var dob_value = document.getElementById('dob').value;
  var age_value = document.getElementById('age').value;
  var current_date = new Date();
  var birth_date = new Date();
  var birth_year = current_date.getFullYear() - age_value;
  var birth_month = current_date.getMonth();
  var birth_day = current_date.getDate();

  birth_date.setDate(current_date.getFullYear() - age_value);
  birth_date.setMonth(current_date.getMonth());
  birth_date.setFullYear(current_date.getDate());

  document.getElementById('dob').setDate(birth_day);
  document.getElementById('dob').setMonth(birth_month);
  document.getElementById('dob').setFullYear(birth_year);
}

  Age
  <input id="age" type="integer" name="age" onchange="validatedob()">

  Date of Birth
  <input id="dob" type="date" value="Unknown" name="date_of_birth" max="31-12-2030">

This is not working. I'm not goodwith html properties.
Can someone help me? how to achieve this?

A: Here is the simple answer:
> d1 = new Date(2018, 00, 01)
Date 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
> d2 = new Date(d1.getFullYear() - 5, d1.getMonth(), d1.getDate())
Date 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

But, I would suggest to use a library such as Luxon.
Date manipulation is an absolute nightmare if you do it by yourself. This video from Computerphile summarizes it better than I could:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY

A: Here is some sample code for your reference
https://codepen.io/ji_in_coding/pen/wEvoMK

   Age
   <input id="age" type="integer" name="age" onchange="validatedob()">

    Date of Birth
    <input id="dob" type="input" name="date_of_birth">

Javascript
function validatedob()
{
  var age_value = document.getElementById("age").value;
  var today = new Date();
  var calculated_birthday = new Date(
    parseInt(today.getFullYear())+parseInt(age_value),
    today.getMonth(),
    today.getDate());
  document.getElementById("dob").value = calculated_birthday.toLocaleDateString("en-US");
}

A: You're issue is that you are trying to setDate and cie on a HTMLElement. The input dob expect a string formatted as yyyy-MM-dd. You can try something like that:

var $dob = document.getElementById('dob');
var $age = document.getElementById('age');

function validatedob() {
  var age = $age.value;
  var date = new Date();
  date.setFullYear(date.getFullYear() - age);
  $dob.value = formatDate(date);
}

function formatDate(date) {
    var d = new Date(date),
        month = '' + (d.getMonth() + 1),
        day = '' + d.getDate(),
        year = d.getFullYear();

    if (month.length < 2) month = '0' + month;
    if (day.length < 2) day = '0' + day;

    return [year, month, day].join('-');
}

  Age
  <input id="age" type="integer" name="age" onchange="validatedob()">

  Date of Birth
  <input id="dob" type="date" value="Unknown" name="date_of_birth" max="31-12-2030">

PS: For performance purpose avoid to repeat document.getElementById(...) in each method call. Do it once as done in my example.

A: Here is a really simple solution that works and some changes to your HTML.
Changes to HTML:

*

*The div and label both had the id "age", this must be unique.

*type="integer"doesn't exist, so i changed it to type="number".

*And value="unknown"isn't the right format "yyy-MM-dd", so i just removed it.

*for="DOB"to for="dob", now that works aswell

Code:
HTML

    Age
    <input id="age" type="number" name="age"onchange="validatedob()">

    Date of Birth
    <input id="dob" type="date" name="date_of_birth" max="31-12-2030">

JavaScript
function validatedob() {
    var age_value = document.getElementById("age").value;
    var current_date = new Date();
    var birth_date = new Date(current_date.getFullYear() - age_value, current_date.getMonth(), current_date.getDate() + 1);

    document.getElementById("dob").valueAsDate = birth_date;
}

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All the beauty and serenity of a postcard, right in front of your eyes.
The smell of saltwater fills the air as fishing boats ebb and flow in the harbour. A bald eagle surveys the landscape from just offshore, while on the ground, a bustling main street is alive with the sound of merchants and commerce. You've just stepped foot in the historic fishing village of Steveston, and right away, you'll realize why it's one of Richmond's most popular destinations.
Few other places offer such a clear glimpse into Pacific Canada's history as Steveston's beautifully-preserved National Historic Sites.
The Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site was once the epicenter of Western Canada's fishing industry, which sparked the city's growth and economically supported the region in its early days. Today, it's a popular interactive museum presenting the history of the fishing and canning industry on the West Coast through fascinating guided tours and interactive exhibits.
Nearby, the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site invites visitors to experience how fishermen used to live through boom and bust. It's also where many of the region's wooden fishing boats were once hand-made. Tours are offered here, giving you the chance to really immerse yourself in maritime history.
For a modern-day example of the industry, head to Fisherman's Wharf and see the daily catch, sustainably caught straight from the Pacific Ocean. You can even buy some of it directly from the very ships and people who caught it!
Aside from the National Historic Sites, there are plenty of other representations of how things used to be in Steveston. You'll find opportunities to get up-close and personal with historic town life at the Steveston Museum, the Steveston Tram, and at London Heritage Farm.
Set sail from Steveston for whale watching expeditions and eco-tours, where you might spot sea lions, herons, eagles, a pod of black-and-white orcas, or even majestic humpback whales. Back on land, you can rent a bike and explore the city's 80 kilometers (50 miles) of dykes and trails—Steveston is surrounded by pathways perfect for walking, biking, and taking in breathtaking water and mountain views.
Those looking to relax can unwind at Garry Point Park, where you can see Washington State's Olympic Peninsula on a clear day. Fans of ABC's Once Upon a Time may recognize Steveston as Storybrooke, the show's fictional town. Pick up a free walking tour map at the Visitor Centre and explore all the historic buildings and enchanted settings featured in the show.
Steveston's shop-lined streets offer an eclectic mix of fashion, food, and gift shops. Many feature handmade products and exquisite creations from local artisans and can only be found here. Steveston is the perfect place to take home an authentic piece of Richmond.
Quirky restaurants, cafes, and bakeries have been mainstays in Steveston for decades, but the seafood eateries are the showstoppers. With a plethora of fresh-caught fish that always varies based on the daily catch, you'll be hard-pressed to find better seafood. On sunny days, head to the patios along the wharf, pull up a seat, and enjoy fresh fish 'n chips while watching the boats come and go in the marina.
True to its character, there's always something fun happening in Steveston, any time of year. Don't miss the parade and legendary salmon barbecue at the Steveston Salmon Festival on Canada Day (July 1), and come back in July for the Richmond Maritime Festival, featuring live music, dancers, and storytellers—perfect for young buccaneers.


Hi I'm Sumbul, I currently live in London, where I am studying Human Geography at Queen Mary University. I've always been very passionate about words and spellings and scrabble was the game to prove my passion for words. For me, Scrabble wasn't something new and I heard about it all the time, as I am the third generation of scrabble. It all started with a single game one Friday evening in 2010 and since then I play regularly and I'm very passionate about the game. I have played 2 World Youth Championships and now participate in World Championships. As a consistent scrabble player, I am gradually refining my skills, hoping to win a tournament someday. I am proud to be an ambassador for Mindsports Academy as I would love to see Mindsports grow worldwide and be recognised as a sport.
Word Games A Big Achievement!
Word Games Navigating For Scrabble.
Word Games Expect The Unexpected!
Word Games Getting Started with Word Study.


Hey Upper East Siders, Girlfriend here are and we have the WORST news ever.
Rumours of a Gossip Girl movie have been doing the rounds lately but we can now confirm that it was nothing more than, excuse the pun, gossip.
Despite the National Enquirer's reports that the "actors behind the Upper East Side crew are pushing for a movie reboot," Gossip Cop's sources have denied said claims.
"Gossip Cop is told by sources involved with the original series that 'everyone is doing their own thing' and the 'timing isn't ripe; [the story] is not right,'" the site reported.
And to make matters even worse, Chuck Bass himself debunked the claims.
"Nah, that's not gonna happen," Ed Westwick told Radio Times.
"I hear they're doing Will and Grace, they've done Gilmore Girls. But it's such a strange thing to think about... It feels like we only just finished! And I haven't done enough in between yet to feel like I could comfortably revisit it. And I did so much with that character – it's played out, man. It's done."
Okay, this has been a devastating blow... but don't lose hope, Upper East Siders.
We have confirmation that Leighton Meester (Blair), Chace Crawford (Nate), and Jessica Szohr are "on board", so it's only a matter of time until the others decide to reunite.
Keep your fingers crossed and your Google alerts on!


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Richie Kotzen "Live In South America 2005"
Richie Kotzen
Live In South America 2005
Richie Kotzen's "Live In South America 2005" is a smashing DVD release featuring the Telecaster wielding axeman, one time Poison and Mr. Big band member live in concert. The DVD includes live performances, an acoustic track ("Change"), promotional video, as well as behind the scenes footage of Kotzen's 2005 tour of South America. Those who enjoy great guitar playing will love this release!
Special DVD features include: Behind The Scenes Footage, Promotional Video.
The DVD 'includes the songs "So Cold", "A Love Divine, "Socialite", "Used", "Static", "Stand", "Snortin' Whiskey", "I'm Losin You", "Conversations (Behind The Scenes Footage), "Change" (Acoustic)", "Going Home (Behind The Scenes Footage)" and "Losin' My Mind (Promo Video)".


Are You Ready to Try Mexican Wine?
Hearing the stories about the fires in Napa, Sonoma, Santa Rosa and Mendocino is incredibly sad and sobering. The loss of your home and all of your belongings, often including pets, is crushing. The loss of a business you've put your heart and soul into is devastating. The loss of people is beyond comprehension. These are losses that you never fully get over.
Beautiful memories will hopefully provide some solace, as will the incredible responses of neighbors, emergency workers and other concerned citizens.
At the Cal game on Friday, we had a moment of silence for all the loss. Most of us felt that that moment could have gone on for a lot longer than it did. But it felt good to send loving thoughts to communities that are suffering so much.


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The musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac is the heir to 200 years of history, enrichment, study and conservation of public collections. It conserves almost 370,000 works originating in Africa, the Near East, Asia, Oceania and the Americas which illustrate the richness and cultural diversity of the non-European civilisations from the Neolithic period (+/-10,000 B.C.) to the 20th century.
From cabinets of curiosities to public museums
With the development of economic exchanges and the first colonial expansion, non-European collections began to accumulate in private collections, culminating in the 18th century in the creation of venues dedicated to their preservation and representation: cabinets of curiosities combining natural history specimens and archaeological, historical and ethnographic accounts. Following the French Revolution, the national museums were created and non-European ethnographic collections were transferred to them.
From the musée du Louvre to the musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro
Initially presented at the musée du Louvre, these principally American collections gradually found their place in specific museums within the musée du Louvre, called in turn the "Musée Dauphin", "Musée de Marine" and "Musée ethnographique". In parallel with this development, the collections were enhanced by means of instructions for the collection of objects given to the sailors and scientists who undertook voyages around the world. In 1878, echoing the Universal Exhibition in Paris, the "musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro" was created, causing the museums' missions to be reorganized: "At the Louvre: the domain of art, at the Trocadéro: the history of manners and customs without distinguishing between periods."
Colonial expansion, universal exhibitions and enrichment of the collections
As colonial conquests accelerated during the second half of the 19th century, major African collections among others were added to the Parisian collections of the "musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro" and many museums in other French towns and cities. Local learned societies were often the initiators and leaders of this network of regional museums. An extensive exchange of ethnographic objects took place between national and regional museums and the numerous ethnographic museums which were established throughout Europe and the rest of the world. Colonial and Universal exhibitions stimulated emulation by these institutions and a permanent colonial exhibition with both political and economic missions was established in Paris. It led to the birth of the Colonial Museum, which opened in parallel with the Colonial Exhibition of 1931.
Between Museum of Man and Museum of African and Oceanian Art
Created in 1937, the "musée de l'Homme" took over from the musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, which had fallen into disuse in the first half of the 20th century. Redesigned on scientific principles, the museum was enhanced by a large number of expeditions aimed at drawing up an inventory of the material cultures of the world. In parallel, and in line with the political development of the colonial territories, the Colonial Museum was transformed in 1935 into the "Musée de la France d'Outre-mer" (Museum of French Overseas Territories). Private collections, and particularly those of artists such as Picasso and André Breton, invited the visitor to perceive the works from an aesthetic perspective. With the independence movements of the second half of the 20th century, and under the direction of André Malraux, the artistic view of non-European civilisations was confirmed, and in 1961 the Colonial Museum became the Museum of African and Oceanian Art, then in 1990 the National Museum of African and Oceanian Art.
The Musée du quai Branly
Opening in 2006, the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac contains the collections of its double inheritance: those of the "musée de l'Homme" and of the "musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie" (National Museum of African and Oceanian Art). With more than 370,000 objects, 700,000 iconographical pieces and more than 200,000 reference works, the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac is one of the richest European public institutions dedicated to the study, preservation and promotion of non-European arts and civilisations.
The Americas collections
The Oceania collections
The Africa collections
The Asia collections
North Africa and Middle East collections
Historical and contemporary globalization


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When Your Life Is Online
by Nadia Kuin
Life Hack is an incredibly timely ensemble comedy about digital privacy... or lack thereof
Sloan Copeland
Derek Wilson, Jessica Copeland, Sean Kleier, Sloan Copeland
Life Hack is a comedy with a handful of nominations and a couple of wins to it's name, it's not uproariously funny but it does have one or two laugh out loud moments, it also has some thoroughly cringy moments though which make you want to bury your head in the couch.
Sloan Copeland ("Wet Behind The Ears 2014", "Unreal 2004") has written a script that encourages ad-lib and comes across very naturally but with it comes awkward moments and rather prolonged exchanges that weren't as funny as they could have been. I'm not generally a fan of awkward-real-to-life comedy so others may find this much more amusing than I did.
Life Hack is more than just a comedy though, it's an apt reminder to all of us who use the internet for practically everything that the more you put out there the easier it is to someone to track you down and do what they want with your data – and not all of us have the backup of Derek Wilson ("Preacher", "Future Man") and his smouldering good looks (and technical wizardry).
The acting throughout is natural and believable. Jessica Copeland – wife of the writer and director ("Wet Behind The Ears") plays her part of the slightly naive maiden well and the chemistry between her and Charlie, Derek Wilson, is electric.
The whole film basically stems from Carolyn's (Copeland) rather childish first action but other streams are drawn in as the film develops and in the end there's a satisfying conclusion.
Life Hack is filmed almost in the style of a docu-comedy with the camera being like a fly-on-the-wall in many scenes. This is no bad thing and compliments the script and acting style very well.
Tech-speak is also broken down in a non-patronising way for those of us who are less nerdy so the majority won't feel alienated.
If you're looking for a comedy with a bit more of a serious edge then Life Hack is a good choice and If there's a take-away message it's to cover your webcam (especially if you're shinning your shoes) and make friends with hackers (preferably handsome ones who'll rescue your honour).
For Love Or Money
Blowing Up Right Now
Fam Club


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Nick Barilla
Nick Barilla - Singer/Songwriter
Since leaving his day job as an activities coordinator at a senior living facility in 2016, Nick Barilla has been inspiring audiences all over the country with his heartfelt and honest lyrics. In 2018, Barilla won the Pittsburgh City Paper Battle of the Bands competition. His original music has been heard on radio outlets both locally and nationally, including featured placements on Songtradr.com and AT&T Sports (Pittsburgh Pirates) Barilla has performed extensively at: Colleges, Concert Venues, Wineries, Hotels, Bars, and Backyards over the past three years. He has toured with names such as: Howie Day, Aaron Carter, Kate Voegele (One Tree Hill), Kina Grannis (Crazy Rich Asians), Indie Christian band Cloverton (Hallelujah Christmas), Kris Allen, Lee Dewyze (American Idol) and more! His third studio album, 'Moments', is scheduled to be released in summer 2019, and promises listeners a fresh new sound, with vulnerable, yet relatable lyrics.
Resume Highlights:
Winner of the 2nd annual Pittsburgh City Paper "Face the Music: Battle of the Bands" in 2018
Has toured with: Howie Day, Aaron Carter, American Idol winners/alumni: Kris Allen, Lee Dewyze, Blake Lewis, Elliot Yamin, YouTube sensation Kina Grannis and more
Finalist in the Wheeling Island Casino "Next Big Voice" competition in 2016
Commercial song placement on AT&T sports network; official TV broadcasting partner of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Nick Barilla was the consummate professional. He arrived early, talked with students and staff, and gave an incredible performance. We were touched by his warmth, energy, but most of all by the fact that he stayed to hear other performers. Our monthly coffee house features an open mic portion, and he listened to each young performer and then applauded them publically when it was his turn to sing. It meant the world to our university and community! We will definitely have him back! - Kate Aguilar - Indiana University at Kokomo
"Barilla created an uplifting atmosphere while playing impressive cover songs and original music comparable to other pop artists." - Megan Miller - Beaver County Times
"Nick is a unique talent with an outstanding voice. He is energetic and charismatic in every setting he plays in!"
- Noah Fleming – Promotions Coordinator at Q 92.9 FM
"Nick was a fantastic performer, that really tried to connect with the students. He put on a fun and interactive set, that had everyone wanting more." - Alisha Fregoe - SUNY Cobleskill
"Nick is a hardworking, talented, skilled, and down to earth performer. His passion for music shines through in his lyrics and voice. Nick took the time to captivate the audience. Nick allowed a student to come on stage and sing with him. This has inspired her to continue to follow her passion for music." - De'Anna Hopkinson - Mohawk Valley Community College
Blue Moon Cafe, Wycoff, New Jersey
Hotel RL, Brooklyn, NY
Water Lantern Festival, Butler, PA
Renaissance Hotel Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Brother's Lounge, Cleveland, OH
Join the Nick Barilla Mailing List!
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Pittsburgh, PA l Pop l Piano l Acoustic Guitar l Vocalist
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The Terminal looks very good constructive perspective: glass in the back and frame in aluminium look. The rounded design makes the grip firmly and size remain contained. The black coloration makes it elegant and refined.
On the front is the main display from 4.93 inches HD IPS type LCD and just above a secondary display from 1.76 " LCD 520X80 Always On, to have basic information always on the eye. Hardware features 2 GB RAM, 16 GB of internal memory, of which about 12 the first time and opportunity to expand the memory via micro SD. The processor that powers it is a1.2 GHZ Snapdragon from 410 (quad-core) and the battery is 2300 mah. Camera compartment composed coupled 13MP rear with LED flash and 8MP virtual flash front.
Having two displays is appropriate to rescind its considerations. The main one, for nearly 5 inches, has HD resolution and has an IPS LCD with a not particularly high pixel density of 293 ppi. Despite this, the yield is good, both for what concerns the adjustment of colours, both for the white point that does not tend to blue. Blacks are not as good but still a respectable unit.
The second screen, as defined by LG, is instead a 1.76-inch LCD (find its definitions on http://www.entertainmentdns.com/2016/09/07/what-is-lcd/) and allows us to quickly find information such as notifications and messages, more frequent contacts or apps recently opened. In addition, you can customize your signature and disable the use of this second screen from settings to save battery. Touch very responsive and good vibration feed. Ability to customize the front touch keys up to 5 App.
The battery is from 2300 mah. The capacity is not particularly abundant and autonomy is not the strong point of this X-Screen. With normal use it still manages to get to dinner, on average I detected 3:30-3:45 hours of screen on before it turns off. The energy saving system is fixable to a certain level and limits background app data and, as a result, it saves us further autonomy.
Full connectivity: Wifi, GPS and LTE. receiving is good and stable. Call audio is clean and the speakerphone is tight enough. Similarly, the sound of the music player was qualitatively good as was the listen volume.
The interface of LG came to UX version 5.0 and is very accurate. The ability to add widgets to choose from Home without App drawer. At smartworld we could download the themes, the launcher of the keyboard and font. Finally, the front touch buttons are customizable that you can hide and there is practice app quick memo to capture screenshots in one click, take notes and share them instantly.
Always very practical the double tap to awaken or lock the screen. The whole thing runs on Android 6.0.
The Web Browser is Chrome and navigation is generally smooth sailing without major problems but are not at all small. As regards the sector gaming, Asphalt 8 loading in about 14 seconds and the gameplay is pretty smooth and pleasant, the GPU Adreno 306 behaves just fine as expected.
Both cameras produce good and detailed shots of the day. Especially the camera back are pleasing and faithfully reproduce colors. Very good macro, however HDR is absent. Sensor performance drop in the evening, as usual, you cannot get in fact equally detailed shots. Are not so clear and ' noisy '. The flash illuminates the scene rather well.
The 8-megapixel front camera performs very well and in the evening we will get good quality self-portraits, thanks to virtual flash that leverages the brightness of the screen. Finally, there is the possibility to take a selfie with the use of voice or gesture: just raise your hand and close your fist. The interface is very intuitive and it is easy to switch to front camera or video or the panorama mode. Finally, very practical social and sharing the popup on the messaging App.
The videos can be recorded at a maximum resolution of 1080 p and follow camera performance: so good quality and definition of day and somewhat less precarious light conditions, but improve with the use of flash.
This mid-range device is certainly interesting because, unlike the competitors of this category, has a second display Always On. But we have a terminal that is not without flaws: autonomy isn't great and some lag in less would have been appreciated, not to mention that at this price, it's not hard to find FHD display devices. Speaking of costs, the issue gets interesting, because online has already reached 199 €.


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Hi Scott i just wanted to ask you a question about the re cover art for this book, i recently purchased this direct from Amazon uk and was sent a copy with a slightly diff looking cover which had a waxy feel to it and had more pages than the site listing. I realise now a new cover was issued but no expanation to the diff no of pages? Btw what i have read so far is fantastic!
The original cover was a makeshift stop-gap because the original artist cancelled at the last minute. We have since gotten a new artist to do a better cover. I don't know why the page count is different. Glad you are enjoying my book!
Will there be any further books in this series?
Have really enjoyed them all so far.
Yes, more books are coming! 'The Texas Front: Salient' is due out in a month or so, and I am working on the first book in the second trilogy which looks at what's going on in the world outside America. That should be out next spring. Glad you like my work.


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Russia's New Government, May Decrees 2.0, Roizman's Resignation
Russian media roundup, May 19-25, 2018
One of the key discussions in Russia this week concerned the new Cabinet that officially started working on May 18. Despite many familiar faces, there are still new signals for the experts to decipher. Another discussion focused on the meaning of Putin's ambitious May decrees and whether they could be implemented at all. Finally, the situation surrounding the resignation of Yekaterinburg mayor Yevgeny Roizman composed the third significant element of the political discourse this week.
May 22, 2018: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev holds the first meeting of the newly formed government. Photo: Sergei Bobylev | TASS.
The New Government
The situation: The mess of the transition period is over. Russia's new government entered office on May 18, renewed by 40 percent. With 14 new faces among the 32 ministers, it remains to be seen how they will implement the "breakthrough" Putin spoke about in his election campaign. How Putin has formulated a system of checks and balances won't be clear until next week, when the Presidential Administration and the Security Council are finalized.
Dmitry Medvedev's team has been significantly cut down, and Putin's businessmen friends—such as the man behind the Crimean Bridge, Arkady Rotenberg, and Yuri and Mikhail Kovalchuk—have added their touch.
As in the past, a dismissal may actually be a promotion. Recall the former head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Prikhodko, who resigned in the past only to be appointed first deputy chief of staff, retaining most of his powers and privileges. [New Times]
With Anton Siluanov as both Finance Minister and Vice Economic Minister, Russia's economic policy will be highly contiguous with that of the last term. Siluanov, known for his rigid approach to budget expenditures—even during times of crisis—is now in charge of monitoring the expenditure of 25 trillion rubles to implement Putin's May Decree.
The appointees also represent various groups of influence. Heavyweights like Sergei Lavrov (Foreign Minister), Alexander Novak (Minister of Energy), and Siluanov are direct appointees of Putin, and officials with ties to corporations occupy a more important place in the government than ever before. As expected, the vice premiers will carry out ideological functions, while ministers engage in the execution of these ideas. [RBC]
Konstantin Gaaze, political commentator: In Russian politics, they way things are done says a lot more about the political situation than what policy is implemented—the formation of the cabinet is more important than who is appointed to it.
Importantly, there were no preliminary negotiations about which vice premiers would be dismissed and appointed—everything happened at once.
For a moment, Putin's lack of interference in Medvedev's nominations signaled a new degree of independence for the prime minister—but then the ministerial appointments emerged from the shadows and the potential for Medvedev and his team to act independently evaporated. This leads to an inverted government: the ministers will exercise political weight over the deputy prime ministers, who answer to Medvedev.
Some say that this government reflects a plan for the upcoming transfer of power. Others believe that it is a "transfer before the transfer"—these players will have no political meaning on purpose, at least in the context of 2024.
This government preserves and reproduces Putin's isolationist, reactionary, and contradictory agenda, allowing the president to maintain power over his cabinet of ministers, administration, state-owned companies, and state banks. [Carnegie.ru]
Tatiana Stanovaya, Center for Political Technologies: While the previous government under Medvedev was perhaps the most technical and depoliticized in all of Russian history, the new government has a larger political agenda.
Recruitment was on the sidelines of Putin's agenda, which mostly concerns foreign policy. The involvement of both private and public corporations in the new cabinet is necessary; the state apparatus will be increasingly expected to manage without the direct involvement of Putin, who will be busy with lofty geopolitical tasks. [Carnegie.ru]
Dig deeper:
Ella Paneyakh, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg: The 2018 election was not a turning point for Russian politics—that took place back in 2012-2014. Russia has a young regime and, like any young regime, can collapse under the influence of external shocks, though foreign attacks and revolutions aren't expected.
This regime can cope with domestic issues—not by solving them, but by building and developing the power mechanisms of repression in order to maintain power. Therefore, it will last longer than the next six years, even if it falls after a few decades. [Republic]
Alexander Rubtsov, Russian Academy of Sciences:Putin's liquidation of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FANO) and its absorption into the Science and Higher Education Ministry (now one branch of what was formerly the Education and Science Ministry) is hardly a liquidation at all. Rather, it reflects the government's desire to create a weighty bureaucratic authority that abides by Putin's rhetoric of an "imminent technological breakthrough." [RBC]
May Decrees 2.0
The gist: The May Decree outlines the main national development goals that the government will implement in the next six years, from increasing the standard of living and halving the poverty level to accelerating the introduction of digital technologies in the Russian economy and social sphere. The government has until October 2018 to submit national projects on the 12 areas covered in the decree. [Kommersant]
Can they be implemented?
Sergei Guriev, EBRD: The goal for any country is to increase the rate of potential economic growth, which requires increased productivity and investment, both of which were promised by the 2012 May Decree. This year, Putin set more modest goals, but still claimed that the GDP would grow faster than the world average of almost 4 percent.
Though unemployment is low and there are no signs of imminent recession in Russia, without reforms or the potential for reforms in the near future, Russia's GDP growth will be the slowest of all EBRD countries in the 2018-2019 period: about 1.5 percent per year. [Vedomosti]
Alexandra Polyakova, Russian Academy of Sciences: Putin claims that Russia needs to simultaneously replenish budgets at all levels and fulfill social obligations—all the while without restraining economic growth.
One of the main questions is how to spur labor productivity, both in terms of raising incomes and guaranteeing future jobs. Connecting all parts of the country with modern communication is a huge hurdle, as is infrastructure. But it's not clear who will implement these changes or how. Financial independence needs to be ceded to regions and municipalities. [Forbes.ru]
Anastasia Manuylova, correspondent: As the newly appointed vice premier on social issues Tatiana Golikova must tackle the issue of the retirement age, which both the Ministry of Labor and Golikova's inherited subordinates seek to raise.
But judging by Golikova's past statements, the reform isn't an obvious necessity. She also doubts the need to reform the extrabudgetary funds for pensions, social, and medical insurance—this would make the Pension Fund more powerful than either the Ministry of Labor or the Ministry of Health.
It's possible that because her controversial opinions are already public, Golikova can realize more ambitious policies—once these are accomplished, she can retire under the pretext of public discontent. [Kommersant]
A telling sign: The May Decree also promised to increase teachers' salaries—some teachers make less than the minimum wage, while others receive four times that amount, depending on the region. But instead of increasing income per capita, officials decided to reduce staff—raising wages, but increasing the burden on the teachers who remain. [Ekho Moskvy]
Roizman's Resignation
The story: this week Yevgeny Roizman, mayor of Yekaterinburg and one of the few pro-democracy officials in Russia, resigned in a sign of protest against the abolition of mayoral elections in the city.
Many members of the Russian opposition hailed the move as "beautiful" and "absolutely correct" and lamented the city losing a bright politician. [Svoboda]
What happened:
The abolition bill was passed by the regional legislature at the suggestion of the region's governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev, who first introduced the idea in April. [Kommersant]
In an interview, Roizman said that he was disappointed by the actions of the regional deputies with whom he had been working over the last five years. His impromptu decision to resign was driven by his unwillingness to participate in what he called a "shameful situation" and "undignified fuss."
He also took credit for numerous improvements in the city management and urban development and floated the idea that he would consider running for the Duma in 2021. As of now, Roizman plans to focus on his social projects. [Meduza]
Alexander Kynev, expert in regional politics: it is more important for Roizman to preserve his reputation; however, it is not clear whether he will get a chance to use it for the election.
Alexander Pirogov, political scientist: this resignation will give Roizman a "certain symbolic capital," this bright move is not the end, but rather an exclamation point in his career. [Kommersant]
Oleg Kashin, journalist: the Kremlin continues to oppose direct elections in Russia, citing national security concerns: fewer elections means fewer criminals, terrorists, and other "undesirables" would come to power. It was only a matter of time that a "non-systemic politician" (an outsider in Putin's "vertical of power") would be squeezed out. [Republic]
Other stories that mattered this week (in Russian)
"Dictatorship collapses when no one is expecting it": Polish dissident Adam Mikhnik compares political developments in Russia and in Poland. [Republic]
"1998 crisis: 20 years later": Economist Sergey Alexashenko remembers the lessons of the 1998 financial crisis. [Ekho Moskvy]
"The last sanction, or What the 'punitive' arms race will lead to": Political scientist Vladimir Pastukhov discusses the Duma's initiative to punish Russian companies and individuals for compliance with Western sanctions. [MBK Media]


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date 		= "2015-12-22T22:25:17+01:00"
description = "Was ist ein Generator für statische Webseiten? Worin unterscheidet er sich von einem System wie z. B. dem verbreiteten Wordpress? Welche Vor-/Nachteile haben die beiden Varianten?"
keywords    = "Hugo, Webseite, statisch, Template, Vorteil, Nachteil, Wartung, Ladezeit, Backup"
software 	= ["Webseiten", "Blog"]
programme	= ["Hugo"]

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Seit wenigen Jahren scheinen "Generatoren für statische html-Seiten" sich wachsender Beliebtheit zu erfreuen.

Prinzip: der Benutzer schreibt seine Beiträge als z. B. [markdown](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown#Auszeichnungsbeispiele)-Dokument (wie auch in vielen Blog-Systemen üblich) in Textfiles in einem definierten Verzeichnis.
Der "Seitengenerator" überwacht dieses Verzeichnis, baut bei Änderungen an einem dieser Dokumente die Seite neu zusammen und bietet sie aktualisiert im Browser zur Kontrolle an.
Ist alles fertig, kann man die fertigen/geänderten Seiten per ftp auf den Webspace hochladen.<!--more-->

Vorteile:

- keine Software auf dem Server
Das bedeutet, daß es unmöglich ist, eine Homepage über Schwachstellen im System (z. B. dem breit eingesetzten Wordpress), das die Seiten aufbereitet, zu kapern oder "hacken".
- deutlich kürzere Ladezeiten beim Leser
Bei einem Seitenaufruf wird die fix und fertig auf dem Server liegende Seite an den aufrufenden Browser geschickt. In einem Blog- oder CMS-System werden die Seiten beim Aufruf erstmal aus den Templates (= Designvorlagen für die Seitengestaltung) und den eigentlichen Inhalten, die aus einer Datenbank abgerufen werden, zusammengebaut. Das dauert ...
- Die "Wartung" des Internetauftritts ist deutlich einfacher und zeitsparender.
Es sind keine regelmäßigen Datenbank-Backups etc. nötig, es müssen nicht ständig Software-Patches einspielt werden (und die Webseite des Anbieters verfolgt werden, um die Ankündigung nicht zu verpassen) etc.

Nachteile:

- die Seiten sind eben "statisch", interaktive Elemente wie z. B. Kommentarfunktionen müssen extern eingebunden werden. Da dabei fremde Dienstleister ins Spiel kommen, ist das nicht unbedingt jedermanns Sache.

### Dieses Blog:

Da ich diese Homepage einfach gehalten habe bisher, wollte ich auch für das neue ergänzende Blog mir nicht einen "technischen Overkill" einhandeln und habe mich daher entschlossen, dieses neue Blog mal als Testplattform für [Hugo](http://gohugo.io/) zu verwenden. Und natürlich werde ich versuchen, meine Erfahrungen hier zu dokumentieren.

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Home › Midnight In The Desert › What Causes Spooky Out-of-Body Experiences? It Could Be Your Ears
What Causes Spooky Out-of-Body Experiences? It Could Be Your Ears
Posted by K R on August 4, 2017
While driving and accelerating in his car, a patient in France suddenly had a bizarre sensation. He felt like he was outside his car, looking in at his physical self, which was still at the wheel. The patient was part of a new study that links problems of the inner ear with eerie "out-of-body" experiences. These experiences arecurious, usually brief sensations in which a person's consciousness seems to exitthe body and then view the body from the outside. The study analyzed 210 patients who had visited their doctors with so-called vestibular disorders. The vestibular system, which is made up of several structures in the inner ear, provides the body with a sense of balance and spatial orientation. Problems with this system can cause dizziness or a floating sensation, among other symptoms. Maya Elzière, an ear, nose and throat specialist at Hôpital Européen in Marseille, France, and co-author of the study, enlisted patients who had experienced a range of issues, from recurrent vertigo and tinnitus to infections in the ear. Among these patients, 14 percent reported out-of-body experiences, compared with only 5 percent of healthy people without vestibular disorders who said the same. "Out-of-body experiences were about three times more frequent" in patients with vestibular disorders, versus those without these disorders, said Christophe Lopez, lead author of the study and a neuroscientist at Aix-Marseille Université in France. Lopez said the example of the patient who felt like he was outside his body while accelerating in his car makes sense. The scientist explained that since the vestibular system would be responsible for orienting the driver and giving him the sensation of moving forward as he accelerated in a car, a faulty vestibular system could send crossed signals to the brain during the motion. "If you are sending the wrong signals to your brain about your motion, it creates confusion — your brain has to make sense of conflicting information," Lopez told Live Science. "We think the conflicting signals create a kind of central incoherence, and that creates distortions in the sense of your body and the environment around you." Read More: Live Science
Tags: Category_News>Paranormal, MITD, out-of-body-experiences


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← Am I insane or just a normal runner?
Well, the legs & feet haven't really been hurting so much as feeling really stiff & tight. Sure, they are sore to a certain extent, but not as much as I would have expected given the length of time since my last long run. Got up this morning & they were still pretty tight & twinging a bit. I decided to go for an easy run to loosen them up a bit. Did it work? You betcha!! My legs & feet feel fantastic at the moment! It helped that I ran in my Vibrams too… I think it's time to demote the old shoes to lawn mowing shoes. According to my running log, they have now hit 462 miles, so I'd be looking out for new shoes anyway!
Made a bit of progress on the hat for my niece. Oh, and I crocheted up a couple headbands for myself since I'm trying really hard to stay patient & let my hair grow out. It's at that annoying stage where I can't stand how it looks – I just need to wait for it to get a bit longer before the urge to revert back to my usual pixie cut will go away.
1. Stick to your training plan as close as possible!
2. Keep a sharp eye on your nutrition – especially the night before a race.
3. If your gut tells you to eat a banana before the race, do it!
4. Just because you had no trouble with a gel before does not mean it won't give you problems during a race!
5. In my case, it is vital to keep taking medicine & iron pills.
6. Wearing shoes you haven't been running in for a month is generally a bad idea.
7. Do not start off too fast!
8. Explaining Doctor Who to someone who's never heard of it really does help pass the time.
9. Giving up those stupid Facebook games leaves tons of free time for running & knitting!
10. String cheese & green grapes is a tasty breakfast after a run.
As always, these are not mine ~ click the picture to go right to the Ravelry pattern page!
* This is a really neat pattern I hadn't seen before - cool!
* What a fantastic idea for toddlers! Sorting, counting & colors - I love it!
* A warm wrap for winter, it looks like it would be quick to crochet!
* I really like this hat, it's not too busy, but looks classy!
Mug hugger! A pattern from Patons - I like it!
Fundamentals of lace - very nice! A terrific project for the first time lace knitter.
* OMG - I am SO gonna have to make this, I love it!
* Very cute baby booties!
I have serious love for Pat Ashforth & Steve Plummer - their stuff is amazing!
Your blog post reminded me to buy new running shoes.
I love that you blogged my headband pattern! That is the most gorgeous one I've seen yet. What was the yarn?
I think the yarn is Palana, but I'm not sure ~ I found it on clearance at SAFF last year! :) I adore the color, so I've been trying to make it stretch into several projects rather than just one. LOL!


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Q: PsExec and invalid handles I am trying to use a windows batch script that uses PsExec to execute commands on a remote machine. Periodically it has "invalid handle" and the script then fails.
The script has not altered or indeed either machine.
Does anybody know why this happens as sometimes the scripts runs without a hitch.
Alternatively does anybody know how to run a script on a machine as the local user for that machine with a more reliable technology.
PS Sometimes the first PsExec works and the others fail.
EDIT
The script is just on line (apart from setting the appropriate variables)
 PsExec %HOSTNAME% -I -u %USERNAME% -p %PASSWORD% CMD /C RMDIR /S /Q e:\SomeDir

This sometimes works but sometimes fails with "invalid handle"

A: You need to debug the situation.
You have a script, then something (what is Jenkins?) launch it on a remote PC, sometime it works, sometime it fail.
Is it deterministic?
When it fail does it always fail?
How does it fail?
You need to acquire better knowledge of how/when the script fail.
Here is what I would do to gather better understanding of these fails.
Can you run the script multiple time?
From the comments it seem that you run the script every hours, can you run it 3/4/5 time in a row, for each hours?
This will help you to determine how it fail: if you run it 5 time, does it works every time? it it fail, does it fail 5 times in a row?
Can you try to use different script?
You can create some more similar, but simpler, scripts.
So you can try your script with the RMDIR, then another script with a simple DIR command (just to se if the script launching/connection mechanism works) then another script with a simple ECHO command (so it doesent need to access any files/folder)
Run debug scripts on the local PC
Then, you can simultaneously run other scripts that run on the LOCAL PC (not the remote one where you need to execute the RMDIR) that try to access the remote PC, with a PING, or by copying a file from/to a network share...
Sniff the network
You can even set up a Wireshark instance that log all the packet sent between the 2 PC, this can be helpful to analyse/exclude networking issue.
You clearly need to track/log everything.
With this kind of information maybe you/we can have a better understanding of where the issue is.
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UPDATE 1 - Record some log
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Maybe you can try to use the following modified scripts to have some log files.
These script will create 2 log files, one on the remote PC (containing the message of the remotely executed command) and one on the local PC (containing any message from PsExec)
(you'll need to tweak the path where the log file are saved)
psexec %HOSTNAME% -I -u %USERNAME% -p %PASSWORD% CMD /C "RMDIR /S /Q e:\SomeDir >>c:\RemoteComputer.log 2>&1" >>c:\LocalComputer.log 2>&1

or the following one without the /I
Are you sure you need the /I parameters for CMD? On my Pc it doesn't works if I use the /I parameters...
psexec %HOSTNAME% -u %USERNAME% -p %PASSWORD% CMD /C "RMDIR /S /Q e:\SomeDir >>c:\RemoteComputer.log 2>&1" >>c:\LocalComputer.log 2>&1

After some testing on my PCs, I've seen that PsExec install a service on the remote PC to run the command remotely. (It's called PsExecSvc.exe, installed in c:\windows\ on the WinXP PC I'm using for this test)
The remote installation/uninstallation of this temporary service for the command execution can surely be one of the possible "failure point" that generate the error.
If this is the case, then you should be able to track this down by looking at the  LocalComputer.log, that will contain the message/error from PsExec.
As stated in my previous advice, I would also try to schedule simpler script like
psexec %HOSTNAME% -u %USERNAME% -p %PASSWORD% CMD /C "dir c:\ >>c:\RemoteComputerDir.log 2>&1" >>c:\LocalComputerDir.log 2>&1

and
psexec %HOSTNAME% -u %USERNAME% -p %PASSWORD% CMD /C "echo SuperEchoTest >>c:\RemoteComputerEcho.log 2>&1" >>c:\LocalComputerEcho.log 2>&1

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UPDATE 2 - Try to use WMI
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You can try to run the remote command by using WMI
wmic /node:%HOSTNAME% /user:%USERNAME% /password:%PASSWORD% process call create "CMD /C RMDIR /S /Q e:\SomeDir"

When you use WMI you need to be sure that windows firewall is not blocking your command.   (when I tried to run a remote command with WMIC the windows firewall notification popped up on my Win 7 PC)
(I've the instruction to use WMIC here)

A: Yes, there is a more reliable technology for executing commands on a remote machine and is called powershell. For example, you can run :
test-connection -computername server01, server02, server12

pings from  local computer to several remote computers.
Another very useful command is:
invoke-command -filepath c:\scripts\test.ps1 -computerName Server01

runs the Test.ps1 script on the Server01 computer.
A tutorial gives several examples on how to Run PowerShell Commands on Remote Computers.

A: A different technology can be found mimicking the Linux world, and using ssh. It's very common with clusters and I have personally used it with Windows Server 2008 R2, so I don't expect any difference on windows 7.
This task is commonly performed with ssh and password-less public key authentication. With it, the only needed information is the IP of the remote server and the public key of the client, stored on the server: only the client with the corresponding private key can connect to it (the keys must be created with ssh-keygen, on the client. The public key is copied to the server)
The server must have the TCP port 22 accessible from outside, in case there are firewalls, NATs,...
In my case I used the ssh server included in Windows SUA, but I suggest you forget them (they are deprecated, and quite cumbersome actually) and give a try to the OpenSSH cygwin server, sshd - even if not officially Microsoft, there is a large community supporting it at least - and occasionally I have used it reliably.
The client ssh command is included in SUA, in cygwin, or you can use putty if you want a lightweight solution on the client (not that cygwin is heavy - just the burden of having a sort of linux emulation that's not needed)
Giving a search for example I have found this post, explaining well the needed steps.


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The Airave retails for $49.99, although Sprint will offer initial rebates to lower the price, and users pay a monthly charge of $15 for individuals and $30 for families.
[...]Besides saving the customer from using their wireless minutes, the device also will reduce the amount of traffic on the mobile network, potentially improving signal quality in the immediate area and reducing the amount of new cell towers and other infrastructure Sprint will have to build to handle future growth.
"This is a very cost-effective way for us to support additional traffic," Bhatia said.
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As a guy who lives in the mountains, with zero phone reception, I view that as a lot more cost-effective than the $500 signal amplifier I had to buy to get my cell working from home.
Ken, I loooves the new AV.
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Young people responded in what seems unprecedented numbers to Jeremy Corbyn's campaign but will a hung parliament curb their enthusiasm? Gemma Baird outlines three options for keeping young people engaged with special responsibility for academics.


Mod_rewrite is an Apache-based rewrite engine for dynamically rewriting URLs. It's built into Apache servers natively, though not enabled by default.
It's capable of functions beyond simple rewrites, though, some of which are included below.
(Don't forget that .htaccess commands are case-sensitive.) This code needs to be entered at the beginning of any .htaccess file using mod_rewrite.
The URL you redirect to is always relative to the directory in which your .htaccess file is placed. So if it's in the root directory, URLs are all in relation to the root directory; if it's in a sudirectory, URLs are in relation to that particular subdirectory.
This is a very basic rule that means any requests for fileone.html will be sent to filetwo.html.
This bit of code will make it so visitors to your site don't need to type in the "www" bit of your website address.
Replace the A.B.C.D with the IP address you want to block (don't forget to leave the "" before each dot, which escapes the character).
You can put as many user agents in as you want, just make sure you end each line with [OR] (with the exception of the last line, of course).
This not only gets rid of the query string, but also the preceding question mark.
Using a default, backup image in case of broken images can make your site look more professional. Use the following code to redirect to a default image for any image whose file cannot be found.
Of course, you can change the ".jpg" bit to whatever file type you're using. Make sure you have an image called "default.jpg" or change that to whatever your default image filename is.
Make sure you change the "domain.com" bit to your own domain name.
Change the "maintenancepage.html" bit to wherever your maintenance page file is located.
The filesystem on your server will always take precedence over the rewritten URL. For example, if you have a directory named "services" and within that directory is a file called "design.html", you can't have the URL redirect to "//domain.com/services". What happens is that Apache goes into the "services" directory and doesn't see the rewrite instructions.
To fix this, simply rename your directory (adding an underscore to the beginning or end is a simple way to do that).
Because mod_rewrite works within the .htaccess file, commands are case sensitive.
Always back up your .htaccess file before making any changes to it. This way, if there's a problem, you can easily restore your site.
Modrewrite.com – This is a great site that offers a forum, a beginner's guide, and links to more information about mod_rewrite.
Mod_Rewrite Tips and Tricks – A great article on the basics of mod_rewrite and some beginner and advanced techniques.
Mod Rewrite Tips and Tricks – This site offers a few basic tips for mod_rewrite.
Apache Mod_Rewrite Cheat Sheet – This cheat sheet offers information on the most-used items for building a mod_rewrite pattern.
Learn Apache mod_rewrite: 13 Real-World Examples – This is a much more advanced article from SitePoint.
Module mod_rewrite URL Rewriting Engine – The official documentation from Apache.
.htaccess Rewrite Tips for Using RewriteRule and RewriteCond for .htaccess mod_rewrite – A great guide to a number of different mod_rewrite patterns.
Tip for Configuring Apache's Mod_Rewrite – Five great tips for mod_rewrite configuration.
Several Mod_Rewrite Tricks for a Better Web Application – Covers a number of basic and more advanced mod_rewrite tricks.
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From The Attic: Particle Mace
Mobile Reviews The Attic
(From The Attic is a way to bring new life into older games. With so many games releasing on the App Store on a daily basis, it's easy to overlook a game or three, or forget about a game you once played, but never finished.)
To start things off, I've dug up a true iOS classic out of the attic. Particle Mace by Andy Wallace!
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PARTICLE MACE
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