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It says it uses DLNA to access music from a computer, but I'm not sure what that means.
DLNA is an acronym for Digital Living Network Alliance and defines a standard for communication and control between consumer electronics devices. The overview page for the MCX2000 has the line "PC content playback with Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)**". The asterisks refer to the line "Requires PC running Windows XP®". Windows Media Player 11 includes a DLNA-compliant server. There are many compliant servers available (e.g. TwonkyVision), and I would assume that the MCX2000 can stream content from any of them. I'm really hoping that DLNA really takes off and we consumers are able to pick and choose from a whole ecosystem of components that can easily share data. You should be able, for example, to connect your cell phone browser to the MCX2000 over WiFi and stream an MP3 song to your cell phone.
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"Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?" quoted by Pema Chodron leaves us fumbling for the answers to the precedent question mark. Isn't it?
With every one second elapsing, we actually move a second nearer to our death. And despite being well versed with this inevitable fact, are we really making the most out of our lives? Do ponder over it. If you aren't then look for how's you can achieve it. And if you are, validate on it.
To be candid, I was not the one who had had the answer 'aye' to the question asked in the former paragraph. It was not actually quite many months back when the real gist of life dawned upon me. And thereafter, I ascertained what my undying soul, but mortal body, wanted from this racing life. The most blissful bit of this realization is that I'm only 22 and this fundamental of living life to the fullest had somehow struck me at the exact moment. For the later this realization falls upon, lower your intensity of the aforementioned 'most' glows out with.
I with this article would go as random as randomly the realization hit me. No preaching. No chalk talk. Just me and my insanely sane thoughts. Hesitant to date a stranger (just to help you with the source, use, uh, tinder, truly madly, lovezade, etc ,etc..) just because the society around may cast aspersions on you? Oh, hell! You are, trust me, a robotic moron. You want it, then, without if-but, just get it.
It's Friday night and the weekend is just in the wind but yet un-etched is the expected gaiety on your face. Why-why-why? Because all your friends are pretty taken to bring off the long-impending 'Sundarbans tour'. Give no shit! Solo visit would, take my commitment dude, never make you look for company ever again and incessantly postpone your travel plans. Just try it.
Looking forward to gulp down pints of beer and go bonkers? Go, get sloshed. What's stopping you? Again the same old morals, norms, fear and blah blah? Get rid of them. Not routinely do you do it. No. Right? Then once if it launches you on cloud nine, what's harm in quenching your liquor-thirst? Do it right away and revel the after-effect.
I'm sure there are myriad of yet-undone wishes in your bucket list that hadn't been braved because of your trivial reasons and which in future may put you to rue.
Let your bank balance lower down if not is your plan to use them as your pyre.
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Some mathematicians, however, argue that maths aptitude is not born so much as made. 'I feel that the notion of "talent" may be overrated,' says Michael Hutchings, a mathematician also at Berkeley."
Data trumps 'feelings' and 'opinion' every time. Inconclusive data is better than no data. More data can always be gathered if the results look promising. The mere act of looking might serendipitously turn up something else of interest. Let them conduct their study if they want to and then argue about the results if that's your thing.
As long as you keep watching the less-developed minds for signs of the lights coming on later than average. Not all people develop according to schedule, and some late bloomers come on strong.
I know somone's going to say something about so few people accomplishing anything monumental after age 25 that you don't need to bother, but one should notice how few people accomplish anything at all BEFORE they turn 25.
Language is like DNA: sometimes it mutates by accident, and sometimes the mutation sticks because there's no selective disadvantage.
I believe that for the most part, people don't have a "natural" talent for what they are good at -- instead, they have a strong desire for it, which makes the many hours of work they put in seem more like fun than work. In order to be good, you have to put in many hours (4 hours a day, for 10 years) of progressive practice -- constantly working at the edge of your current skill, and pushing that edge slowly forward. It is that way with programming, math, music, art, etc. But to dedicate 10,000 hours, you have to be able to somewhat enjoy what you are doing, or you will give up.
1 - Define "smarter".
2 - ID the smarter people.
3 - Treat them differently.
I think currently the main point of failure is at the first step.
For some reason, most people are afraid of any definition of "smarter" that also defines lots of children as "less smart". As long as we're not honest with ourselves, we'll never reach the second step properly.
I think they actually used "Math genius" to avoid the useless debate of "My kid isn't less smart. He's a different kind of smart".
A chimp may not have the hardware to do higher math, but who's to say that most humans don't? Why is that fine genetic line somewhere amongst humans, rather than between us and the chimps?
You may not be able to rival Usain Bolt, but you'd certainly benefit from training. It seems clear to me most people are not at the limit of their math ability. In fact, we have a society where being innumerate is perfectly acceptable. I think the easiest gains are to be had in training people more (if math is what we want) rather than to try and move the limits.
The example of Bolt is also interesting. He's of a type that is not normally pushed to do sprints (too tall), yet there he is, the fastest man ever. It will be interesting to see what they conclude about genetic influences on math skill.
Yeah, smart people looking for traits in people to better mankind. It's called Eugenics, and It's been done before in the United States. [wikipedia.org] We need to foster creativity and allow each person to develop towards interests that they feel most comfortable with not create programs to identify what genetic traits lead to people being great at any particular thing because that's a slippery slope.
First I find this kind of ironic that they are calling this "Project Einstein". Einstein was not considered that smart when he was young.
Second, I am little skeptical of the project. I fear the results with be over simplified and applied wrongly. I think there are different types of intelligence. Language, mathematical, etc. I think intelligence comes from a subtle interplay between genetics and environment. I think character (drive, deferred gratification, etc.) is just as important.
But somebody is going to find a gene that explains 5% of intelligence (or lack of) and society will start focusing on that factor. Toddlers we be routed to different schools based on this thin evidence, prejudices will be formed, etc.
I think the research should be done but I do fear a dark period.
Great fucking science, folks.
Isn't that what genetics is all about? Mating?
most of the problem (weakness in general population) derives directly from the myth that innate/genetic "math ability" exists at all.
Bingo. We're crap at teaching it, so if someone doesn't accidentally "get it" at a young age, we assume they're idiots and throw them on the scrap heap of society.
Aptitudes don't test potential - they merely confirm what variety of shit education a person has been exposed to up to now. Coincidentally, most "brilliant minds" tend to be ones which have had good upbringings and gone to good schools.
No, Eugenics is about forcing people with desirable traits to breed, and preventing people with undesirable traits from reproducing. It has nothing to do with the development of people already born, other than picking through them to find the best breeding stock.
not create programs to identify what genetic traits lead to people being great at any particular thing because that's a slippery slope.
No, it's not. Your argument amounts to "someone might do something dastardly with the data, so we should remain ignorant". It's not any different than research into what makes someone physically stronger or more resilient to disease. Since you want to rely on ultimate worst-case scenarios without any possibility of a middle ground (aka the slippery slope fallacy) then using your logic we should immediately halt all biological research.
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STAMFORD -- A police sweep of massage parlors around the city Friday resulted in numerous license violations and one prostitution arrest.
Officers with the Narcotics and Organized Crime unit executed the search warrants at Aloha Salon, 1055 E. Main St.; Palm Tree Spa, 985 E. Main St.; Apple Salon, 934 E. Main St.; and Swedish Health Spa, 197 Main St.
With officials from Stamford Health Department, Stamford Building Department and the Fire Marshal's office after numerous complaints involving prostitution were leveled at the establishments, Lt. Timothy Shaw said.
Before the warrants were served, a plain-clothed Stamford police officer talked his way onto the premises in case the massage parlors decided to lock down when the warrant was announced, Shaw said.
At Aloha Salon, police arrested Aizi Yin, 44, who lives at the salon, and charged her with prostitution and interfering with police. Police also charged Daniel Drake, 58, of 2 Waldon Road, Darien, and charged him with patronizing a prostitute.
Shaw said as the search warrant was served at Aloha shortly before 10 a.m., police found Drake and Yin in the process of culminating a sexual act.
At the Palm Tree Spa, police wrote four tickets to women for practicing massage therapy without a license. Two Apple Salon employees were ticketed for practicing massage therapy without a license as were three others at Swedish Health Spa.
About $5,000 in cash was seized from the four locations as well as condoms from the Aloha Salon, Palm Tree Spa and the Swedish Health Spa, Shaw said.


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A Wall Street Journal story today contrasts the performances of shopping center REITs and regional mall REITs. The story looks at the stark differences in Dow Jones' indexes of shopping center REITs and mall REITs where it notes that regional malls sported gains of 60.6 percent in 2009 while shopping centers logged a weak total return of negative 1.6 percent.
The Wall Street Journal concludes that "The disparity between strip centers and regional malls reflects two key differences: the tenant mix and locations. Investors are concerned that the business model being followed by many strip-center operators is flawed and could haunt them longer term."
Yet is that really the answer? NAREIT's property specific indexes, which I've charted below for the three retail segments it tracks, show a similar result. But I've also included the total returns for those indexes going back to 1994. One thing that jumps out immediately is that the big gain regional mall REITs experienced this year came after the same segment suffered a brutal 2008 and a smaller fall in 2007. NAREIT's figures indicate that regional mall REIT total returns were down 60.6 percent in 2008 in contrast to just a 38.8 percent drop for shopping center REITs. And if you fall 60 percent one year and rise 60 percent the next, it doesn't mean you're back where you were. It means you're still 36 percent below where you were at the peak. In other words, regional mall REITs, because they fell further, didn't need to post huge absolute gains in order to post impressive gains in percentage terms. Isn't that part of the answer here? Moreover, the growth in 2009 doesn't fully repair the damage done in the drops of 2007 and 2008.
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The Journal's thesis also directly contradicts what is more commonly argued--that neighborhood shopping centers, because their tenant base consists of necessity retailers like supermarkets, dry cleaners, hair salons, etc., are more recession resistant than regional malls that have tenants that rely more on discretionary spending.
Lastly, the bankruptcy of General Growth Properties--the second largest regional mall player--has to be factored into the mix here as well, does it not? In 2008 the REIT's stock tanked as fears about its bankruptcy surged. Many thought it would not be the only regional mall REIT to go down. The bankruptcy filing did take place in 2009. But so far General Growth has weathered the restructuring process rather well. And no other REITs have followed it into bankruptcy. In fact, GGP's stock trading in OTC market is now at about $12.00 per share--up from a low of $0.32 per share. The fact that the worst fears did not materialize for General Growth and for other regional mall REITs had to play a role here. Investors that were freaked out about regional mall REITs have come back. I think that too partially explains the good year regional mall REITs had.
The story also says, "Last year, investors punished the retail REIT sector." But NAREIT's numbers show that retail REITs as a whole posted a positive total return of 27.2 percent in 2009. That doesn't sound very punishing. It was 2008 when retail REITs got punished. That year, total returns were down 48.8 percent from the year prior.


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Kilcolman Castle, with its fair domains, were bestowed on the poet Spenser, who had accompanied Lord Grey to Ireland in 1579. He has left a fearful description of the miseries of the country; but it scarcely exceeds the official report of Sir Henry Sidney, which must first be noticed. At the close of the month of January, 1567, the Lord Deputy set out on a visitation of Munster and Connaught. In his official account he writes thus of Munster: "Like as I never was in a more pleasant country in all my life, so never saw I a more waste and desolate land. Such horrible and lamentable spectacles are there to behold—as the burning of villages, the ruin of churches, the wasting of such as have been good towns and castles; yea, the view of the bones and skulls of the dead subjects, who, partly by murder, partly by famine, have died in the fields—as, in truth, hardly any Christian with dry eyes could behold." He declares that, in the territory subject to the Earl of Ormonde, he witnessed "a want of justice and judgment." He describes the Earl of Desmond as "a man devoid of judgment to govern, and will be to be ruled." The Earl of Thomond, he says, "had neither wit of himself to govern, nor grace or capacity to learn of others." The Earl of Clanrickarde he describes as "so overruled by a putative wife, as ofttimes, when he best intendeth, she forceth him to do the worst;" and it would appear that neither he nor his lady could govern their own family, for their sons were so turbulent they kept the whole country in disturbance. In Galway he found the people trying to protect themselves, as best they might, from their dangerous neighbours; and at Athenry there were but four respectable householders, who presented him with the rusty keys of their town—"a pitiful and lamentable present;" and they requested him to keep those keys, for "they were so impoverished by the extortions of the lords about them, as they were no longer able to keep that town."


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Dwight Eisenhower famously quipped that, "No battle plan has ever survived contact with the enemy." While the BAC should be a heck of a lot more fun that World War 2, Ike's idea has some merit for conference-goers in Barcelona.
Even if you're a Type A Personality who plans every event down to the minute, you might want to ditch the schedule and just go with the flow. Don't be afraid to tackle each day with a blank slate and let the event guide you.
It might sound a bit hippie-trippy, but they say that magic happens outside your comfort zone and the BAC is the time to find out whether or not that's true.
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Acting too serious too soon can scare some guys off. Even if you think you've made a connection and you really like someone you've been seeing, don't act too clingy after just a few dates. Give your new guy some breathing room so he doesn't go running scared before date number four.
Sure, standards are good. You can't go dating every beer-swilling, unemployed loser than comes knocking, but just because he doesn't make six figures and have abs of steel doesn't mean you shouldn't give him a chance. If you're not finding Mr. Right, you may need to readjust your idea of who that really is.
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If you don't project confidence when in the presence of men you might be interested in, you can probably write off a love connection. Getting asked out (or asking someone out and getting a yes) requires a certain level of confidence. And just because you don't feel confident doesn't mean you can't act like you are.
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Microsoft wants the Supreme Court to kill off a multi-billion dollar anti-trust monopoly lawsuit slapped on it by Novell.
Novell is suing Microsoft over its word processing suite, WordPerfect, which it bought in 1994. Novell sold Wordperfect because it claims it received a monopolistic squeeze from Microsoft. This made it impossible to sell its office productivity suite.
Novell's claims that Microsoft maliciously withheld technical information about Windows 95 to give Microsoft Office an advantage over its rival software. Microsoft has tried twice to kill off the case and has been denied each time. This time it is hoping that the Supreme Court will finally deal with it.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post4222608602513294034..comments2016-05-14T22:03:09.547-02:30Comments on The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Fact Check: CBC and political party leadershipEd email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-23770287629959436052010-05-31T13:10:10.877-02:302010-05-31T13:10:10.877-02:30Just to quote the Liberal Party website, under the...Just to quote the Liberal Party website, under the "history" section:

"Current interim Leader of the Official Opposition, Yvonne Jones, has been a credible and effective voice (November 2007-Present) for the people of the province who feel their needs and issues have not been addressed by the present administration."

It really makes no difference to me how they say it, she's still the leader of the party at present.Georgehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-37920931962743854782010-05-31T08:57:35.070-02:302010-05-31T08:57:35.070-02:30Craig: I appreciate your sense of humour, seeing ...Craig: I appreciate your sense of humour, seeing as you are one of the regular crowd of local freshie-guzzlers who will assail anyone who dares suggest the Old Man is less than perfect.

It's not a matter of literal, gray areas or anything of the sort.

Yvonne is the full-time leader.

She was not selected by a convention but, as I understand it she is legally, constitutionally the party leader.

She can be accurately described "interim" but that is not the same as part-time.

And yes Mark, that's why I picked Neilson as the analogy. His situation in 1984 was exactly comparable.Ed Holletthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-52173831300764218952010-05-31T08:30:01.016-02:302010-05-31T08:30:01.016-02:30How about if, just to be a nitpicker, I said you&#...How about if, just to be a nitpicker, I said you're all wrong?

The terms "interim" and "full-time" aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. Maybe if the CBC had used the word "permanent" instead of "full-time" there'd be less to quibble about. (Although nothing in politics can ever truly be said to be "permanent" either)

Neither is it necessarily true that one's status as a Leader of a Party, and as Leader of the Opposition are one and the same.

There was nothing interim about Erik Neilson's position as Leader of the Opposition. He was, however an interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.Markhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-49131455100906304192010-05-31T08:27:06.263-02:302010-05-31T08:27:06.263-02:30I have never seen a bunch of people get so up in a...I have never seen a bunch of people get so up in arms when someone makes a comment they don't like about the Liberal Party.

I agree Jones has been in an interim role as Liberal leader. Does that make her full time or not I don't know. However if I had an interim job I wouldn't consider it to be permanent full time.

I think it comes down to how literal you want to be with the definition and in politics there is always a grey area.

Is she been acting as full time leader for the last 3 years ? Yes. Was she elected to that position in a convention by the members of the liberal party? No.Craighttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-35217555702527652012010-05-31T07:32:59.887-02:302010-05-31T07:32:59.887-02:30"Who is we?" - People who read your c..."Who is we?"

- People who read your comments regularly.

- Everyone except you. I doubt you even read your own comments sometimes.Ed Holletthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-42489972824453692972010-05-31T07:30:25.065-02:302010-05-31T07:30:25.065-02:30of course, we all know Who is we?of course, we all know

Who is we?Wm. Murphyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-78680764303847517462010-05-30T21:51:36.858-02:302010-05-30T21:51:36.858-02:30You see, Murph, you edited those quotes of mine to...You see, Murph, you edited those quotes of mine together without making reference to the intermediate exchange with Jerome.

The changes I made reflected the points I made to Jerome.

Of course, you'd know that if you read my comment to Jerome or the Wiki-entry on CKW. of course, we all know that you don't actually read anything since your sole purpose seems to be to make snide comments that add nothing to anything.

Well done. Mission accomplishedEd Holletthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-32716417167988388672010-05-30T21:00:38.694-02:302010-05-30T21:00:38.694-02:30Ed..your little exchange with Ursula was kinda of ...Ed..your little exchange with Ursula was kinda of rude don't you think? I think you did too... because you go on spouting about the ins and outs of Wiki to deflect a rather genuine comment

and speaking about spouting off...

Well, Wikipedia isn't a reliable source of accurate information so quoting it doesn't on the face of it saying anything one way or the other about a given topic. Some entries are quite good and some are appalling bad and the vast majority are in the middle, containing all sorts of information.

and then you say...And just for good measure, I edited the CKW Wiki entry to correct the mistakes and clarify the erroneous assertions

I presume that the entry you corrected about CKW, would be... quite good and not appalling bad or somewhere in the middle?Wm. Murphyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-23999585199195903302010-05-30T16:17:44.409-02:302010-05-30T16:17:44.409-02:30And just for good measure, I edited the CKW Wiki e...And just for good measure, I edited the CKW Wiki entry to correct the mistakes and clarify the erroneous assertions.Ed Holletthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-75309436521298340262010-05-30T16:10:03.123-02:302010-05-30T16:10:03.123-02:30Funny you should pick that section because it was ...Funny you should pick that section because it was one I revised and then someone else came in behind and stuck in that rather biased interpretation of events and, if memory serves, the references to the popular vote and Ed Joyce.

As an example of the unreliable nature of Wikipedia, note in that entry that Wells wasn't "acclaimed to office". He was acclaimed as the member of the House of Assembly for Bay of Islands. He held office (as Premier) by virtue of being the leader of the majority party in the legislature.

As for the Mulroney quote, he was utterly wrong. The vote was not cancelled. The session was adjourned. He was simply trying to manufacture a scapegoat.Ed Holletthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-48747181273629974942010-05-30T15:43:10.013-02:302010-05-30T15:43:10.013-02:30Return to provincial politics In 1987, he was ele...Return to provincial politics

In 1987, he was elected leader of the Liberal Party, succeeding Leo Barry. In the 1989 general election, Wells led the party to power, defeating Tom Rideout and ending 17 years of Progressive Conservative rule. Unusually, however, the Progressive Conservatives had a higher percentage of votes in the election and Wells was defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding of Humber East despite having led his party to victory. Consequently, a member of his caucus, Eddie Joyce, thus resigned and Wells was acclaimed to office in the riding of Bay of Islands.[1]

Premier Wells became a major figure on the national political stage during the Meech Lake Accord for his opposition to several of its provisions. Wells was heavily criticized for his role in the Meech Lake Accord's failure. Former Canadian
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Prime Minister Brian Mulroney described it to Maclean's: "Mr. Wells signed a formal constitutional instrument before the people of Canada committing his province to either hold a referendum on Meech, or a vote in the house of assembly. He did not attach conditions to it: the commitment was unequivocal. He canceled the vote - he dishonoured his signature. He'll have to live with the consequences."[2]

Was Mulroney anywhere close to being correct?Jeromehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-50919428438638854742010-05-30T14:59:51.799-02:302010-05-30T14:59:51.799-02:30Well, Wikipedia isn't a reliable source of acc...Well, Wikipedia isn't a reliable source of accurate information so quoting it doesn't on the face of it saying anything one way or the other about a given topic. Some entries are quite good and some are appalling bad and the vast majority are in the middle, containing all sorts of information.

I've used it if the entry gives what I consider to give a decent summary on something. I just skimmed through several entries on the Liberal Party and the errors are legion. I don't who wrote the entries but they aren't even close to being correct in some cases.

In this instance, the problem with the CBC and Telly description is that they refer to her as running for the "full-time" job as leader.

She has that now.

She is the leader, full-time. What she isn't is the leader elected by a convention.

There is a difference in the two and neither the CBC nor the Telly use of the phrase "full-time" is even vaguely close to correct.Ed Holletthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-76457381357836129652010-05-30T14:21:18.152-02:302010-05-30T14:21:18.152-02:30Sarcasm aside Mr. Hollett ,I just wanted to add a ...Sarcasm aside Mr. Hollett ,I just wanted to add a little more information . I don't know the answer ,maybe I should ask Ms. Jones .Ursulahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-91363184458829055232010-05-30T14:02:00.770-02:302010-05-30T14:02:00.770-02:30And it's Wikipedia so it must be correct.And it's Wikipedia so it must be correct.Ed Holletthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-55656941541757798312010-05-30T13:59:34.855-02:302010-05-30T13:59:34.855-02:30According to Wikipedia-----The Liberal Party leade...According to Wikipedia-----The Liberal Party leadership election is now scheduled for November 19-21, 2010. [6] Jones had previously announced her plans to run for the permanent Liberal leadership in December 2009.WikipediaUrsulahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-80573933999158999822010-05-30T11:00:45.455-02:302010-05-30T11:00:45.455-02:30Then add the Telly to the list of news outlets in ...Then add the Telly to the list of news outlets in desperate need of a fact checker.

Maybe the Ceeb writer on the weekend shift copied the old Telly line inadvertently.

Doesn't matter: it is factually incorrect to state that the Liberal does not have a full-time leader.Ed Holletthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-81045992272593375032010-05-30T10:01:45.996-02:302010-05-30T10:01:45.996-02:30Well, the Telegram wrote the same thing so it'...Well, the Telegram wrote the same thing so it's not only the CBC

"She's been leading the party on an interim basis since former leader Gerry Reid lost his seat in the 2007 general election, which left the Liberals with only three seats in the House of Assembly."

"The party postponed its leadership convention in 2008 and elected to wait until, first the spring, and then the fall of 2010 to choose a full-time leader."

http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=311603&sc=79Dylanhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-60120843009357317162010-05-29T22:51:12.246-02:302010-05-29T22:51:12.246-02:30The fact they repeated the mistake and never corre...The fact they repeated the mistake and never corrected it is the part that gets me, Craig, even after the thing came out in English.

Now today's telly has another story related to that which is even more revealing. I have used it as the basis for a post timed to go live at 0730 tomorrow morning.

Basically, the most important bit of the story is the quote right at the end, the next most important bits are in the middle and the stuff right at the front is the least important of all.

In other words, it is the exact opposite of the way the story is written.

Now if you read the Telly story and then look at the entire line the 8th has been spinning out about the Regie decision you get to the real story.

BTW, you missed the poli sci reunion this weekend.Ed Holletthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-48686971348369230162010-05-29T22:34:08.820-02:302010-05-29T22:34:08.820-02:30The Liberal Party has had a full-time leader since...The Liberal Party has had a full-time leader since 2007. The leader's name is Yvonne Jones.

THREE CHEERS FOR BEING FULL TIME..HIP, HIP....Wm. Murphyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-54262856918227174912010-05-29T20:53:38.832-02:302010-05-29T20:53:38.832-02:30Ed, that gaffe is not nearly as bad as the one ear...Ed, that gaffe is not nearly as bad as the one earlier this week when CBC Radio swallowed Premier Rumplestiltskin's tale about the Regie decision and reported that the Quebec regulator ruled Newfoundland power cannot be transported on Quebec's lines.

The Regie's decision did not state anything like that.

You might expect that a politician could get away with that kind of stuff in the "clip and rip" radio journalism of the 1970s. It's inexecusable for the public broadcaster in 2010 to report on such a contentious document without having actually read it.

The story should have been that the premier fabricated a wild claim about what was actually contained in the Regie finding.

Disappointing to say the least.

Craig Westcott.Craig Westcotthttps://email@example.com


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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Deletion Of 160 Million Rows.
Consider redesigning your table to use partitioning. You could then simply drop a partition of the old data that you want to get rid of, and add new partitions as new data needs to be loaded to the table.
To delete the records, there are two approaches:
1). Create a new table and insert the records you want to keep into it. Drop the old table and renamed the new table back to the old name. Tis is probably going to be faster than a delete process. You could even insert "groups" of rows to better manage the process.
2). Write a delete process that deletes records in groups with a commit in between. I would do this as follows:
Create a dummy table and populate it with the PK's of the records to be deleted. Write a PL/SQL loop that reads this table and deletes records from your target tables. After every 100,000 deletes, commit. You could make this restartable by having a column in the dummy table indicating that the delete took place. Once all the records are deleted, drop the dummy table.
I like the second option better than the first, but that's just me. They both work fine.
Good Luck.
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From: Sheldon Quinny [mailto:sheldonquinny_at_gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 4:39 AM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Deletion Of 160 Million Rows.
I Would Just LIke To Ask Whether It Is Possible To Delete 60 Million Rows. At A Strech And Without Undo Contention. The Requirenment Is To Delete 60 Million Records From The 160 Million Records. Its An OLTP System.
Is There An Way To Lessen The Effort Taken By Server Process.
SInce Its An OLTP DB.
Answers Should Be Related To Oracle 9x.
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Burger King may buy Tim Hortons, move to Canada to lower taxes
Updated 8:57 pm, Monday, August 25, 2014
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Some Burger King customers are finding it hard to swallow that the home of the Whopper could move to Canada.
Investors seemed to welcome the announcement by Burger King late Sunday that it was in talks to buy Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons and create the world's third-largest fast-food restaurant company. The news pushed shares of both companies up more than 20 percent.
But customers were already voicing their discontent with the 60-year-old hamburger chain because of its plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Canada in a deal that could lower its taxes. By Monday afternoon, Burger King's Facebook page had more than 1,000 mostly negative comments about the potential deal.
Shawn Simpson, who hadn't heard of the talks until approached by a reporter while he was at a Burger King in New York City on Monday afternoon, said he didn't like the idea of the company paying its taxes to another country.
"For them to take their headquarters and move it across the border is a negative for me," said Simpson, 44, who was ordering a Double Whopper and onion rings. "It's an American brand."
A representative for Burger King, Miguel Piedra, said while the headquarters of the new company would be in Canada, Burger King would still continue to be run out of Miami. Piedra also said the comments on Burger King's Facebook page represent a small fraction of the company's more than 7 million followers on the social media site.
Burger King isn't the first company to face fallout over a tax inversion, which is when a company acquires a business in another country, then relocates its headquarters there. Big U.S. companies, including pharmaceutical AbbiVie and Valeant Pharmaceuticals, recently have pursued tax inversions to cut their costs. Earlier this month, Walgreen abandoned plans to pursue a tax inversion after negative publicity about the planned move.
President Barack Obama and Congress have criticized inversions because they mean a loss of tax revenue for the U.S. government.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest wouldn't comment on Burger King's announcement on Monday, but said the president generally believes it's unfair for companies to pursue a tax inversion merely to pay less in taxes. The Obama administration is considering executive steps it could take to de-incentivize inversions.
Unlike many other companies, Burger King's move also has the potential to turn off customers as well, since it's a brand people are so familiar with. It's difficult to gauge whether such fallout would hurt the fast-food chain's business in the U.S.
Some analysts say even if some Burger King customers are initially angered by the move, the feelings could quickly fade since there wouldn't be any significant changes in restaurants as a result of the deal. Besides, many Burger King customers who go to the chain for convenience may not care enough about the move to change their eating habits, said Jonathan Maze, editor of Restaurant Finance Monitor, which tracks the industry.
"It's going to irritate people, but basically it's a paper move," he said.
It's not clear exactly how much a combination with Tim Hortons would reduce Burger King's tax costs. A recent report by KPMG found that total tax costs in Canada are 46.4 percent lower than in the United States.
Both companies cautioned there was no guarantee a deal would happen. But each could benefit from the deal, which they say would create a new holding company with 18,000 restaurants in 100 countries and about $22 billion in sales.


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Anand Mohan Sahay in Patna | October 15, 2005 21:12 IST
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar jointly addressed an election rally�in Patna on Saturday and urged the people to vote for their alliance to make a new and developed Bihar.
"Give us a clear mandate to form a government in Bihar like the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre," Sonia Gandhi said in her address at the join election rally.
This is first time Sonia Gandhi addressed an election rally�jointly along�with Lalu.
"As we are working together at Centre, we will work together in Bihar also," she said.
She blamed the previous Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre for backwardness and poor growth of Bihar.
She said the UPA government at the Centre has been helping state for overall development.
Speaking earlier, Lalu urged people to support and vote the alliance to defeat communal forces in the state assembly.
Sharad Pawar said the alliance will defeat NDA as people did not want to vote for communal alliance.
57 of 243 assembly constituencies going to polls on October 18, mostly in Maoist-hit districts and five constituencies going to polls on October 21.
The Congress, NCP and the RJD�have formed the Secular Democratic Front and decided to contest the polls on a common manifesto.
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The Pac-10 Conference remained at 11 members Tuesday as Colorado's expected future travel partner, Utah, still awaited an invitation from a league suddenly in need.
Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott was in meetings outside his Walnut Creek, Calif., office, and sources say it's not known if he discussed Utah. Chris Hill, Utah's athletic director, told Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson that the Pac-10 had not contacted him.
There was a report late Tuesday night by Comcast SportsNet that Utah will have a news conference today to announce it will accept a Pac-10 invitation.
But Tuesday night, Scott told The Denver Post, "I can confirm that is not accurate." Asked if he was in Salt Lake City, Scott said, "I am home with my kids."
Utah has become the fallback plan for the Pac-10, which failed to expand to 16 teams after Texas and four other Big 12 South schools decided Monday to remain in the Big 12. When Colorado accepted Scott's invitation last week, he said the league could function with 11 schools but preferred to expand in pairs.
If Utah does go to the Pac-10, Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn confirmed The Denver Post projection that the two Rocky Mountain schools would go into a South Division with the two Arizona schools and two Los Angeles schools. The Bay Area, Oregon and Washington schools would be in the North Division.
The Pac-10 has no urgent timetable. The conference's TV contract with Fox and ABC/ESPN runs through 2011-12, and Scott isn't expected to begin negotiations until this fall. Pac-10 insiders speculate that if the conference lures Utah and begins a championship game, the league should land a TV contract worth between $17 million and $18 million per school.
Colorado earned about $8 million in the Big 12, and Utah made $1.2 million from the Mountain West.
While Colorado must sort out a Big 12 exit fee of roughly $9 million, depending on TV and NCAA Tournament appearances, the Mountain West has no exit fee. It only requires notification by Sept. 1.
"If you don't want to be a member, why would we force someone's hand or be an impediment?" Thompson said in a teleconference last week. "You want to be a part of this or you don't."
The Mountain West added Boise State last week and would have four perennially ranked football teams in Texas Christian, Brigham Young, Boise State and Utah.
"Utah has been a tremendous member and voice in the face of the BCS," Thompson told The Salt Lake Tribune.
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Dear Dr. Gridlock:
With the new $1 surcharge for paper Farecard use, Metro will drive tourists from the system. The London Underground has the same type of surcharge for tourists. Didn't take us long to figure out it was cheaper to take a cab than ride the tube. Washington tourists will figure this out, too — very quickly.
Frank Gainer, the District
DG: The new surcharge for each use of a paper Farecard, plus the overall increase in fares, has certainly made it more expensive for tourists to get around the nation's capital. But tourists who study up on air fares should do the same sort of comparison shopping for their short-range trips.
Those heading to London this month for the Summer Olympics face the same decisions about transit economics. The single-trip tickets for the London subway are pricey compared with other options. Visitors should look into the reduced fares they would pay after buying a Visitor Oyster card, a plastic card somewhat similar to our SmarTrip, or a Travelcard, a pass that comes in several versions, with different prices and time limits. Check the options at www.tfl.gov.uk .
Just as friends in Britain might help you prepare for a London visit, many of you can help friends and family plan travel during their District visits this summer. Cabs might indeed be the way to go, especially for families. But look also at the cost of single trips with Metro's paper Farecards versus the cheaper rides available to those who buy $5 SmarTrip cards.
Consider whether your guests' Washington travels will be limited to a whirlwind day of trips to sites that aren't within walking distance or will be spread out over a few days. If they're packing a lot into one day, they might invest in Metro's $14 all-day passes, but tell them to study a map and price out the separate trips to make sure they add up to more than $14.
Even with the overall fare increases, it takes a few trips at peak periods to reach $14. The investment requires even more thought if the planned travel is on a weekend. It's off-peak, so a rider must travel more to make up the $14 investment, and it's more difficult to travel because of the disruptions caused by Metro's weekend maintenance program.
Dear Dr. Gridlock:
The comment by D. Wood and your response [Dr. Gridlock, July 5] about drivers using merge lanes at entrance ramps to pass slower traffic reminded me of a situation I see regularly at the southern end of the Interstate 95 HOV lanes where HOV traffic returns to the main roadway, merging from the left.
Despite several lighted signs encouraging drivers to use the full length of the merge lanes, some HOV drivers weave into the main line at the earliest opportunity while, conversely, some mainline drivers tailgate dangerously to prevent merging HOV traffic from getting in front of them.
Of course, the goal should be an orderly flow of traffic, in which drivers in the left lane of the main line slow slightly and space their vehicles to allow the orderly merging of traffic. In Germany, they refer to it as the "zipper." Such cooperation could speed everyone's journey.
Todd Schwartz, Stafford
DG: We also call them zipper merges. They work best among drivers with some self-discipline, patience and an understanding that everyone's trip benefits from a smooth merge. The more drivers ride one another's bumpers for the sake of gaining a slight advantage over the motorist in the next lane, the more traffic slows for them all.
Tight spacing among vehicles forces drivers to ride their brakes. That has a ripple effect down the lane. The brake lights, and the resulting slow traffic, can extend for miles. It's not just a question of traffic volume. Intelligent driving can ease traffic congestion.
This letter continues a discussion about those highway message boards that advise us to report suspected terrorism and display a 10-digit phone number to memorize while driving [Dr. Gridlock, April 26].
Dear Dr. Gridlock:
People need a reality check. The chances of causing or being involved in a crash as a result of texting with, talking on or reaching for a cellphone greatly outnumber the chances of being involved in a terrorist event.
Most of my driving attention now is committed to watching the motorists near me, as more and more are crossing into my lane despite the dividing and double yellow lines.
Patricia Meinhold, Davidsonville
DG: Those electronic messages are vague, unhelpful and are more likely to distract drivers than contribute to our safety.
But I think some other messages have their place.
Dear Dr. Gridlock:
Any idea why WMATA continues to send out the "Is that your bag?" announcement when, as far as I am concerned, it only serves to create unwanted noise?
Realistically, who would take time to go to Metro staff members about a bag left on a bench? I've inadvertently left a bag myself and was delighted to find it still there when I returned to the same station two hours later. Better to save announcements for something useful — and realistic.
Evelyn Wrin, the District
DG: I'm glad you got the bag back. But I don't have the same reaction to the Metro announcements. Sure, on the one hand, this particular message has little practical effect. If there's someone close enough to the item for you to ask, "Is that your bag?," it's probably not an unattended bag. But the general idea of reminding riders to be aware of their surroundings is sound. Riders are the eyes and ears of the system and the best chance of protecting it.
Of far more dubious value is the spotty program that occasionally requires people to submit to police bag inspections before they can go through the fare gates. Security experts have no idea whether this is an effective strategy. But it treats Metro's customers as terror suspects and requires them to prove their innocence before they can ride the trains.


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From ballgames to backyard barbecues, the warm weather brings many activities that can lead to more eating and less exercise. Life is not a dress rehearsal, and for most of us, giving up a day of picnicking on the beach or a sunny morning on the golf course for the dank artificial cool of the local health club, presents no real choice.
So go ahead, bring the kids to the park, spend the weekend at the shore, do whatever it is your heart desires while the sun sits high in the sky. Exercise and summer fun can go hand and hand -- achieving a sort-of two bird with one stone effect. And by following a few simple suggestions, you can turn your day at the shore into fun and fitness.
Instead of just lying on the beach all day, take a walk along the shoreline. The extra effort that it takes to walk briskly on the soft, sandy surface will contribute to the overall fat burning effect.
While vacationing at your favorite summer getaway, steer clear of cars and cabs, and walk wherever and whenever possible. Wear a pedometer and make a goal of 10,000 steps or four miles per day as you walk from various hotels, restaurants and other activities. This will help balance out the extra calories you may take in.
Get off that beach blanket and join in the fun -- play some volleyball, toss around a frisbee, go for a swim, or bodysurf. Just don't lie there for four hours roasting in the sun. If picnicking with friends or family members, organize or join in a softball game, play horseshoes, folf (frisbee golf) or take a hike in the woods. Get in the middle of whatever happens to be going on.
When vacationing at your favorite all-inclusive Caribbean Island, you'll be offered to participate in an endless stream of events from an afternoon match of water polo to singing and dancing in a combination employee/guest Broadway like stage production. Don't pass the chance to make calorie burning this much fun.
Enjoy your fun time in the sun by splashing in the pool. Instead of just sitting poolside in the lounge chair sipping iced tea, jump on in and swim laps or gear up with a water jogger and have a non-impact run. You can even rally your family or friends to join you for a game of water volleyball or swimming races. If you're vacationing, take advantage of the hotel or cruise ship pool -- some facilities even offer aqua aerobics classes. If you're beach bound, take a jog down the shoreline in knee deep waves -- the extra resistance from the water will give you a tougher workout than a water-free run.
Though vacations and travel to new places provide the opportunity to do novel activities -- fitness or otherwise -- you can take up a new sport or type of outdoor exercise at home base, too. Take your bike to a local trail system and do a different trail every week. Strap on some rollerblades and stride beachside or through a park in your locale. Join an outdoor recreational group and enjoy the sunny fun activities available in your neighborhood. Instead of yoga class, do your yoga routine on a local hill or mountain top as the sun rises or sets. Simply make a goal of doing a new physical activity every week and you'll stay fit all summer long.
Bodyweight alone can provide all or most of the resistance you'll need to improve both strength and endurance, while at the same time burning fat and toning up the entire body. The addition of some very lightweight, inexpensive items can provide you with a level of variety, safety, and an overall more effective approach to staying fit. When traveling, you can get a workout by simply packing lightweight exercise tools and taking in the sights.
So go ahead and enjoy yourself. The amount of stress relief you'll gain from enjoying life will be well worth a few missed workouts. In the process, you can continue to exercise your body in a possibly, much needed, new fashion. You'll be surprised at how a few simple adjustments can keep you fit all summer long.
This workout can be done anywhere (including at home), giving you no excuse to skip your daily exercise.
Push up: Chest/arms/shouldersLie face down on the floor or mat, hands on the floor, palms down, slightly wider than shoulder width apart, and toes curled under on the floor. Your back and legs are straight. Exhale as you slowly straighten your arms and push your body away from the floor. Inhale, lowering yourself back down to the point where your chest comes within a few inches of the floor. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 10 to 20 repetitions). To reduce overall intensity, perform the modified push up instead of the classic version.
Modified push upEverything remains the same as in the regular push-up, except the knees are bent and remain on the floor throughout the movement instead of the feet. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 10 to 20 repetitions).
Leg raise: Abs/coreLie supine on a mat or padded carpet, legs straight, both hands under your buttocks to help maintain the proper pelvic tilt (engages abs), while you press the lower back into the floor. With your head held off the floor a few inches, (if necessary, place a mat or pillow under the neck for support) exhale as you bring your knees to your chest. Inhale as you straighten your legs to a point where your feet are a few inches off the floor, then bring knees back into the chest. Ankle weights will increase intensity, while the knees can remain partially bent throughout the movement to reduce it. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 20 to 30 reps).
Cable row: Arms/back/shouldersSit on the floor legs straight out in front of you, upper body upright and the resistance tubing wrapped around your feet (or other safe anchor). Grab onto the ends of the tubing with both hands, exhale and pull your hands into your abdomen, squeezing your shoulder blades together. Inhale as you slowly return to the starting position. Motions should be slow and deliberate. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 10 to 20 repetitions).
Rearward lunge: Thighs/hips/buttocksStand with feet shoulder width apart, arms at your sides. Inhale and take a large step backward with the left foot to a point where your left knee is a few inches above the floor (or as close as you can comfortably go) and your right knee does not extend past the toes of your right foot. Your hands remain at your sides, gaze forward. Exhale and step forward with the left leg returning to the starting position. Finish all reps with the left leg before repeating with the right. To make the movement less difficult, alternate legs from rep to rep. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 10 to 20 reps).
Warm up with 5 minutes of walking or stepping in place
Do all four exercises one, two, or three times through
Rest from one to three minutes between each set
Rest at least 48 hours before repeating the same exercises
Combine with brisk walking/jogging on the same or alternate days
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In gnome shell, I can resize windows to fill one half of the screen size by dragging them at the respective border (left/right), as it's also possible e.g. in KDE. But in KDE, I can also resize the window to a quarter of the screen size by dragging them to near the upper or lower end of a screen border, which is really convenient to place two terminal windows above each other.
Is there any way to get this working in gnome shell? I wouldn't mind if it were possible with shortcuts instead of active borders, I just want a convenient way to quickly arrange several windows (terminal/gvim).
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There may be an extension for it on extensions.gnome.org
Yes, there is an extension that does that: put windows.
There may be an extension for it on extensions.gnome.org
That's exactly why I opened this thread, because there MAY BE one which I couldn't find...
Yes, there is an extension that does that: put windows.
Awesome, that's exactly what I was looking for!
Shortcut are actually better then a solution just extending the "drag-to-window-border" feature gnome shell already has because I move between workspaces using keyboard shortcuts anyway. Plus when I most need this tiling feature (which is when opening a couple of terminal and gvim windows) I open the windows from command line anyway, so moving them to the right place without leaving the keyboard is the best solution.
For completeness:
The extension's in the AUR and installed with:
$ yaourt -S gnome-shell-extension-put-window-git
The keyboard shortcuts can easily be configured in a settings window opened with:
$ gnome-shell-extension-prefs email@example.com
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