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This is good news…you probably would like to know how to make it simple for your Russian Fiancé to reside in the U.S.. As soon as you've accomplished the documents, you just have to book a flight to her new home! It is vital to make things easy for her to live in the United States so you could begin a new life together.
We hate to rain on your parade but there are several more things that you ought to do as soon as your fiancé lands. Although this may seem unimportant, it is essential to offer her all the help she needs in order to have a successful relationship.
1. Tell her that everything will change.
Everything will surely not be the same to her. Explaining to her, assuming that she understands English, what to expect is vital. Have a little heart to heart talk just to prepare her for her new daily life in a new country. This can go wrong if you are right there and then impose the DON'Ts that you have. You'll do it the right way when you just show her that you will be there whenever she needs you to be – if she has questions or when she's confused with something.
2. Everyday routines.
If your fiancé starts to do things regularly, it would be less challenging for her to adapt living in a new country. If she knows what a typical day will be for you as a couple then that would even be better. You can tell her that she could do some chores while you're at work. If this is what you intend to do then show her the ropes before leaving for work the next day. It's not telling her what to do either because you must plan this as a couple.
3. Communication is Vital.
In addition to the suggestions, you should also do a lot of communication. You do not just talk to each other but you also need to listen to what one needs to say. It is important to try to know what the other person is experiencing, especially when discouraged. So if you wish to have a successful relationship then communication is important.
Make an Effort
The most crucial thing here is to help your Russian love adapt to a different life in a new country. It would be a smoother transition if things will be easier and faster. As the man in the relationship, you should do everything to ensure that she does not feel alone, scared and miserable.


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Celebrity model Heidi Klum reveals her cameltoe on the catwalk
Bet all cameltoe fans around the globe wish they were attending the recent Victoria's Secret 2008 Fashion show in Miami Beach Florida. Especially with tickets in the front row overlooking the Fashion show catwalk. To watch Heidi Klum make the camel toe performance of 2008 when modelling a sexy lingerie outfit on the catwalk at the Fashion show in the Sunshine state of Florida. Bet the temperature was trully sizzling when Heidi made her cameltoe starring walk down the catwalk. A REAL treat for cameltoe fans around the world.
What a world class cameltoe performance by this highly talended model, actress, Tv presenter, business women, fashion designer, television presenter, artist and part-time singer. A REAL American female STAR. A trully talented and very sexy lady with a delicous cameltoe.
Let's hope she makes many more camel toe star studded performannces on the fashion show catwalks in 2009. I'll be booking front row tickets for her next cameltoe performance.

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Can a refrigerator magnet provide a more accurate and faster sensor that can be used for ABS, stability control, and roll mitigation systems? Although that might be a slight oversimplification, the answer, apparently, is yes. According to Donald Remboski, vice president-power transmission & control technology at the Timken Co. (www.timken.com), the vehicle senor system they have developed for measuring how much torque is being delivered to a tire patch "is made out of very inexpensive components, essentially a refrigerator magnet with an accurate pattern magnetized into it, which is ready by the sensor." Heretofore special cost-prohibitive magnetic materials and sensors have been required for the task.
The system they've developed at Timken locates a magnetic wheel and a chip at either end of a half shaft. Says Remboski, "We can accurately measure how much torque is going through the shaft itself and the level of torque on the contact patch of the tire." That torque at the tire patch is the first point of information as to whether something is going amiss. Current systems measure what's happening later than at that point; they measure when yaw is created in the chassis. According to Remboski, "There's about a 50 millisecond head start by measuring torque directly." Which means a 50-millisecond head start in activating a safety system, if necessary.
Besides the safety benefits, Timken is utilizing similar techno-logy to improve the performance of electronic power steering systems for better control of motors, resulting in marginally better fuel economy. Another application being tested is direct installation of the sensors into transmissions, where the technology can monitor shaft position and alert the driver to any potential problems before the reach critical levels—KMK


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The Home Handyman DIY: Sheds, How-to U-Build-it Guide to a World Class Shed for Gardens, Bikes, Dogs. A Shed for Less
In today's world houses are getting smaller and the DIY U-build-it shed is becoming increasingly popular. Sheds are getting bigger, with more features. Whether a shed is needed for a garden, bikes, dogs, chickens-any shed can be a world class shed, even if it a small
functional shed on a city lot or a spacious storage shed or in the country.
Many Shed Design and Plans to Choose From-Most shed plan books come complete with building plans for all of the designs shown on their pages. The design options are numerous. You'll get storage sheds, one, two and three-car garages, backyard barn plans, cabanas, little pole-barns, workshops, hobby shops, barn-style sheds, backyard studios, pool houses, backyard cottages and more. These professional blueprints are engineered for top quality construction. Bear in mind in any book or cd of plans you may have local requirements to meet. Be prepared to alter any plan if necessary. As a home builder I know how frustrating this can be, but go with the flow and if you need help altering a plan let me know here on the blog. I can point you in the right direction or even modify your shed plans as necessary.
When it comes to sheds they are not limited to a box and a roof. There are garden sheds, cottage sheds, bike sheds, dog sheds and just about anything you can think of. Many of the shed plans are ideal for the how to build a shed, diy u-build-it and for much less than hiring a crew. With a good set of plans a shed can be built in a matter of days.
Sheds are fun to build with Family and Friends. Whatever you do with your shed building project by all means have fun and let it be an educational experience. In fact, make a video and I will post it on this site with your credits. One way to think of building a shed is to think of it as a small house and you are the home builder. There is much to be learned in building a world class shed!
Here you can find many ideas and thousands of plans for all types of sheds.
Glossary of Terms –
- auger – A tool for drilling holes in wood,consisting of a bit with a spirally inclined plane and a handle.
- batten – A strip of wood, or a board, used to bridge or seal a gap between two other boards.
- beveled cut – An angle cut.
- bit- That part of a drill or auger which actually makes the hole.
- block plane – A small hand tool used to shave off or smooth lumber.
- box nail – A thin shanked or smooth, flat headed nail. Usually #8
- chalk line – A string coated with chalk dust, used to mark long, strieght lines.
- chisel – A straight or beveled edge tool used for paring wood.
- combination square – A 12 inch long measuring tool with a sliding head, which can be adjusted at different lengths. The head has one at a 90 degree -right- angle to the blade and the other edge at a 45 degree angle.
- common nail – A flat headed nail with a heavier head and thicker shank than a box nail.
- countersink – To drive a nail or screw until the head is below the surface of the wood.
- finishing nail – A headless or nearly headless nail.
- gusset- A flat brace joining two boards, often a triangle of plywood joining two rafters at the roof peak.
- jamb – The inner framework of a door facing the edge of the door.
- rafter – A timber extending from roof peak to wall top.
- skid – A foundation board for small building, like a little storage shed or dog house


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Cool and restrained, the Valmalenco collection of porcelain tile expresses a decidedly modern attitude, recalling the chic style of Milan, Italy's fashion capital. Offered in three tones of grey and accented by light flowing veins, Valmalenco's subtle elegance is a great complement to modern and contemporary architectural spaces.
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One of the hottest startups in Silicon Valley is one that most people in business have never heard of: Palantir Tech.
That's because consumers aren't Palantir's customers; it's a data analytics platform focusing mainly on the government and financial sectors.
Palantir investors include Peter Thiel's The Founders Fund, Youniversity Ventures, Glynn Capital Management, Ulu Ventures, Jeremy Stoppelman, and Ben Ling.
You can get a sense of the kinds of things Palantir does from its blog, where posts have titles like these:
- Palantir Cyber: Uncovering malicious behavior at petabyte scale
- Adaptive Management and the Analysis of California's Water Resources
- Securely collaborating across the enterprise and with external partners to expose cyber fraud
In the fall, we did a little digging to come up with an informed estimate of Palantir's valuation: $3.5 billion. We based this on an informed estimate of Palantir's 2012 revenues - somewhere between $350 and $400 million this year from its subscription product.
Now, Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale is suggesting we were way too low.
In a response to a question on Quora, he says that Palantir stock is currently trading at a valuation closer to $5 billion, and that third parties are seeking to invest in the company at the $8 billion range.
Read Quote of Joe Lonsdale's answer to Palantir Technologies: What is the current valuation of Palantir Technologies? on Quora


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Portrait session for Herbalife worldwide rebranding project.
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His interest in image creation started when he first entered Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Film, Sound And Video (FSV) course. Eric found a fascination in making images and he went on to major in cinematography. Even during national service, it did not make him drop his camera. He manage to make it in to the Singapore Armed Force's film unit and there he continued honing his craft. After serving his military duty, he enrolled in to university and graduated with a business degree. During his time at business school, he co-founded: THE FINISHING TOUCH STUDIO ( TFTSTUDIO ) There is a reason why his works have a stylistic high end commercial look. He learned a great deal from being under the mentorship of the much sought after, Sebastian Tan, Managing Director / Photographer of Shooting Gallery Asia & President of the professional photographer association of Singapore (PPAS) He worked at Shooting Gallery Asia production house where he learn the intricate techniques of high end image creation. Over there, he worked along side the best in the business and carefully sharpen his skills. He went on to work for various other commercial photographers until 2011, where he decided to start TFTSTUDIO. So far, he has shot for clients such as, Samsung, Far East Organisation, Volkswagen, Alila Hotels and Resorts, Les-Amis Group, IHG Group, iFly Singapore, and The Sam Willows just to name a few. Much sought after for his keen understanding for his client's brand and his detailed approached to his work. Eric is also a key opinion leader at Samsung Singapore and recently his image of the Lamborghini was featured as the top 12 Lamborghini images on A.P.A ( Automotive photographers Association) amongst other international photographers choose. Right now, he is expanding and growing The Finishing Touch Studio with his trusted colleagues and partners. He loves to travel and has amassed a following on Instagram (@ericchenrr) that follows him for his amazing travel photography He is also pursuing his interest in brand development in other businesses and having a great time chasing after his dreams along side his friends.


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Born in 1922 in New York City to humble beginnings, Stan Lee is now perhaps the most well-known name in the world of comics and superheroes. His career in comics began when he was 16 by becoming an assistant at Timely Comics, which would soon evolve into Marvel Comics. Lee quickly worked his way up the corporate ladder to become writer and eventually editor-in-chief. In the late 1950s, Lee was given the task to come up with a superhero team to rival the popular Justice League of America. Always preferring stories of heroes with flawed pasts and obvious humanity, Lee, with the help of artist Jack Kirby, created the Fantastic Four, which proved to be an instant success. Stan Lee is also credited with helping create Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, and many others. Lee's contribution to Marvel helped expand Marvel Comics into the entertainment giant that it is today. Stan Lee passed away November 12, 2018.First known as Timely Publications in 1939, then Atlas Comics in the 1950s, the comic book empire known as Marvel Comics came into being in 1961 with the launch of the first Fantastic Four. With the help of creative geniuses Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Marvel produced 831 comic books, each with at least one new superhero, during the 1960s. Known for focusing on characterization and placing heroes in a real-world context, Marvel's popularity with comic book readers continued to rise through the decades. Soon, Marvel was sporting a veritable pantheon of pop culture icons, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, and Captain America.
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Want to beat level 1-24 of Slice It! for the iPad? Learn how with this gamer's guide, which presents a full, slice-by-slice walkthrough for level 24 of Com2us's popular iOS puzzle game. For complete details, watch the video!
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ARTICLE: San Diego Reader
City Council Unanimously in Favor of Urban Agriculture Amendments
"Today was a landmark day for local agriculturalists as the City Council voted unanimously in favor of amendments to the municipal code which simplify the process for approving farmers' markets on private property, make minor adjustments to community garden regulations, and ease restrictions for keeping chickens, goats, and bees.
In an affable session marked by laughter and applause, the Council heard from several supporting speakers ranging from Hoover High School geographic information system students to members of the San Diego Beekeeping Society, the San Diego County Farm Bureau, the Goat Justice League, Food Not Bombs, the International Rescue Committee, New Roots Community Farm, the San Diego Hunger Coalition, the One In Ten Coalition, as well as 55 written supporters who did not speak at the meeting.
The amendments follow a $50,000 grant awarded to the City of San Diego in March to pursue municipal code and general plan amendments supporting urban agriculture with the goal of stunting obesity rates by planning communities in ways that support increased physical activity and access to healthy foods…
In the first municipal code revision on beekeeping since 1977, the practice is now allowed in single family zones with a single family dwelling, community gardens, and retail farms…
"The benefits of bee keeping are fresh natural honey, natural sweetener, and increase in the docile domesticated honeybee population," said Joyce.
"San Diego has had European honeybees since 1869," said Eric Robinson of the 450 member strong San Diego Beekeeping Society. "They were brought here by John Harbison. Beekeeping was a large part of the San Diego economy as we exported boxes of honey back to the East Coast and Chicago. John died a millionaire… The bee keeping industry in California represents about $5 billion worth of agriculture. Every third bite of food is something that pollination by bees was involved in the process."
Other statements of support for the amendments included the need to cultivate domesticated bees to counteract the plummeting bee population due to the enigmatic "colony collapse disorder", the prospect of carbon emission reduction by eating locally grown produce, and, according to lifelong San Diego resident Oliver E. Owen III, 71, the simple enjoyment of "great critters. They relax you. Your blood pressure goes down, you don't drink as much. And they have personalities. I'm here strictly to support this thing on the basis of camaraderie of animals. That's all."


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We produce our Basil Oil by tossing fresh California basil together with late harvest olives at the time of crushing – a 100% natural process that captures the essence of basil in all its complexity. It's a world of difference from oils flavored with "concentrates" from a lab. As olive oil is a natural preservative – literally preserving the basil – and a conduit for flavor, our herb and citrus oils are no-brainers for fast, fresh flavor any time of year.
Pairs well with: Persian Lime Oil, Lisbon Lemon Oil, Harissa, White and Dark Balsamic Vinegars, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, garlic, mashed potatoes, bell peppers, oregano, mozzarella, eggs, shellfish, pesto, salmon, lamb, turkey, pastas, soups & pizzas
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There are a total of 7 public schools, 3 private schools and 1 post-secondary schools in Seaside. Using the proficiency score averages, the average test scores for Seaside, CA schools is 32%. The average student to teacher ratio is 18:1. In Seaside, CA, an average of 75.1% of students have completed 8th grade and an average of 73.2% have completed high school.
To customize your list of Seaside schools, you can start by sorting the list of schools by proficiency test score, school name or student to teacher ratio. Then you can select the grade levels that you would like to see, these include preschool, elementary, middle school and high school. Next, select the school type from the following options: charter, magnet, title I and title 1. Finally, you are able to filter your results by average proficiency score. Simply select the minimum proficiency score that you would like to see and only schools with that proficiency score or higher will appear on your list of Seaside, CA schools.


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A Charger was the man of the hour Thursday.
That attention, he insisted, wasn't exactly necessary.
Defensive end Logan Harrell downplayed his role in the Wednesday night discovery of a 19-year-old male hiker, one of two teens who'd been missing since Easter Sunday in Orange County. The second, an 18-year-old female, was found alive Thursday morning.
Harrell gained media attention after a report that he organized the search group believed to have found the man, Nicholas Cendoya of Costa Mesa.
"It kind of blew up pretty quickly," Harrell said.
While he didn't locate the missing hikers, one thing can't be reduced: Harrell tried.
After a Wednesday morning workout at Chargers Park, the second-year player and Laguna Niguel, Calif., native drove about an hour north and, with two others, spent more than four hours searching for Cendoya and Kyndall Jack at Trabuco Canyon. A friend who invited Harrell and that friend's brother made up the team.
The 23-year-old Harrell is familiar with the area; an alumnus of nearby Santa Margarita High, he's hiked and gone off-road trucking there.
Harrell and his group hiked up Holy Jim Falls, a popular 2.8-mile trail that leads to a waterfall. They hit the Main Divide Trail, taking them to the top of Saddleback Mountain.
"By the time we got to the top of that, it was already 6:45, 7 o'clock," Harrell said. "We didn't want to be out there past dark because they called the search at 7. We didn't want to be causing problems for authorities. If anything happened to us, they'd be out there looking for us."
As most search volunteers called it a night, Harrell says his group ran into a team of five or six volunteers. With flashlights in hand, they were just beginning, and Harrell's group stopped and gave them tips on the areas they already searched and those they hadn't.
Harrell, while not positive, suspects that group is the one to have found Cendova less than an hour later.
"I feel like our information at least helped," Harrell said. "That's what we are out there to do. That's what everyone was out there to do. ... The credit goes to the ones who ultimately found him — those volunteers and the fire and police department and everyone that was out there helping."


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Mom: 'Street justice will prevail'
Mother's anger is directed at rape defendant who was freed due to an error in paperwork
An angry city woman promised "street justice" Wednesday for a man who allegedly raped her 13-year-old daughter but whose felony charges were dismissed and who was released from jail on a prosecutor's error.
John Halacy, 24, appeared before city Judge Kathleen Robichaud and was arraigned on misdemeanor charges of attempted second-degree rape, unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child after the more serious felony counts were dismissed last week.
During Wednesday's proceeding, the mother stared at Halacy, who was dressed in black. After pleading not guilty, he left the courthouse without comment.
The Times Union is not naming the mother to protect the identity of her daughter.
Halacy had been held at Rensselaer County Jail for nine months awaiting prosecution on multiple felony counts of rape and sex charges for allegedly having sex with girls ages 13 and 14 between Dec. 1, 2012, and Feb. 8, according to city police.
His case had yet to go to a grand jury, and the mother has said prosecutors told her a plea deal on the felony charges was in the works that would send Halacy to state prison for seven to 10 years.
He is now unlikely to receive jail or prison time in the case after it was discovered last week that a hard copy of a waiver to his rights to a speedy trial had never been drawn up by Assistant District Attorney Laura Kruegler. As a result, the felony charges he faced in county court had to be dismissed and cannot be refiled.
Halacy had to be released from jail because the time he has already spent there would equal the maximum possible sentence he would receive on the city court charges, Robichaud said.
"I can tell you I am not pleased that this case is back before me in this court," Robichaud told Kruegler and Assistant Public Defender Arthur Frost, Halacy's attorney.
The mother is concerned because Halacy, who signed orders of protection Wednesday that bar him from any contact with the victims, lives in her neighborhood.
"We are already running into him on the street. My older son ran into him in the store yesterday," the girl's mother said outside the courtroom. "Street justice will prevail. I want him to be scared enough that we run him out of town."
"I have violent thoughts for him and hope he rots in hell. My daughter thinks I'm overreacting."
Kruegler tried to apologize in court to the mother of the 13-year-old girl, but she ignored Kruegler and walked away.
Halacy will be back before Robichaud on Dec. 11.
Kruegler has said a waiver of the speedy trial rights was agreed to and she thought a hard copy of the waiver was entered in the record. "We just dropped the ball," District Attorney Richard McNally said Tuesday.
"I take full responsibility for this," said Kruegler, who handles sex crimes for McNally. "I thought the paperwork was in, but it was not."


text: We've been chalking up Kate Moss's radiant appearance to boyfriend Jamie Hince, but it turns out it's actually all thanks to the ultimate rock chick turned eco-beauty junkie Jo Wood. The wife of Rolling Stone rocker Ronnie Wood and founder of the Jo Wood Organics beauty line tells PEOPLE at her Everyday Range product launch how she convinced the supermodel to go organic. "I opened her fridge to see what was organic and there was nothing. I started telling her how important it is for her little girl." And the mom of five-year-old Lila Grace is now almost 100% converted, including using Jo's beauty line. "Kate loves the stuff, she loves all the oils," adds Wood. As for the model's bright complexion, Wood chalks it up to her new organic food regimen. "It's amazing she can get away with it. She still likes to have a good party, but her skin looks good still. I told her! You have to look after your skin but it's what you put in you as well." So where should an organic beginner start? "Read the labels," Jo says. "Once you start reading labels then you only want to have things that you understand in your products." Consider us converted.


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Using the Automated (GUI) Installer
If you are new to MinGW, the recommended way to begin is to download an installer executable from https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=240780 and run it (e.g. "MinGW-5.1.6.exe" -- currently there is only a 'Proposed' Version). This package will install mingw-runtime, w32api, GCC, binutils and mingw32-make, (but it may not install the latest versions of the individual packages). Once you have all these packages (although mingw32-make is not necessary if you have MSYS or Cygwin), you may download updated individual packages, like GCC, and extract them into the MinGW directory.
- The default installation directory, as pre-configured within the installer, is C:\MinGW. Unless you are very sure you know what you are doing, you should not change this; in particular: never install MinGW into any directory which includes spaces in its absolute path name.
- For versions of MSYS prior to MSYS-1.0.11; do not install MinGW into the same path as MSYS; (you may install to a subdirectory of the MSYS tree, as long as non-MSYS executables are not placed in the MSYS /bin directory).
- When you install both MSYS and MinGW, and have /mingw mapped to your MinGW directory (as is the default), if you then install ports, supplementary MinGW programs or libraries, you are advised to install them into the /mingw directory tree, to ensure that they will be available for use with GCC; e.g. you should configure with
../path/to/configure --prefix=/mingw
../path/to/configure --prefix=`cd /mingw; pwd -W`
(This latter form is preferred, when the program being installed is a native Windows binary, and the prefix may be hard coded into the executable).
- The installer will not automatically modify any environment settings, (in particular PATH). You will need to add the MinGW `bin' directory, as described below; see Environment Settings.
Manual Installation
Instead of using an installer you can as well get all required packets and unpack them manually into a subdirectory. In fact that's what this writer is doing himself.
Download the Packages
At least the following (or newer) packages from the
- MinGW download page http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435
are needed (the automated mingw installer I think includes all of these and sets up the right directory for you--what it's doing is downloading compilers and default header files, and putting them in one place on your system, so the future builds will use those compilers and directories for building):
- GNU Binutils: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=11290
- GCC Version 3: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=82723
- MINGW Runtime: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=11598
- Windows 32 API: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=11550
Note that you will need gcc-core for other gcc language front ends to work properly.
These files are gzipped tarballs, Linux users will probably be familiar with .tar.gz files, but they are not that common under Windows. Essentially they are compressed folders like zip files. In order to access the contents you will need to decompress them, this requires that you have gzip and tar installed on your machine. Linux comes with these as standard in every distribution, but under Windows you will need to install them manually. Windows versions can be found at:
- Gzip for Windows: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm
- LibArchive for Windows, TAR: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/tar.htm.
If you see a file with the extension lzma or xz instead of tar, it uses a newer compression algorithm that makes use of lzma. It's become the standard for Slackware tarballs and many Linux distributions are starting to use xz because it offers better compression ratios than tar. To decompress a file with the lzma or the xz extension, you can use 7zip http://www.7-zip.org/. If you prefer the command line, there's a 7za program at the 7zip site. You can also check the mingw file archives for the xz program. It will decompess xz files or the files using the older lzma standard.
Download the setup files and install the applications. Before you use them you need to tell Windows where to find them; specifically this means adding the install directory to your PATH. To do this, follow the procedure below, to update the PATH appropriately, in your Environment Settings.
Create Install Directory
Caution: Never install MinGW into any directory which includes spaces in its absolute path name.
Create a directory to install all the stuff into. This writer usually creates C:\MinGW, (the recommended default), and copies all of the above files in there. Now issue the following commands, remember to change the file names to match your downloads:
cd /d c:\MinGW gzip -df binutils-2.19.1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz tar -xf binutils-2.19.1-mingw32-bin.tar cd info ren dir dir.binutils cd .. gzip -df gcc-core-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar.gz tar -xf gcc-core-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar cd info copy dir dir.gcc copy dir+dir.binutils cd .. gzip -df gcc-g++-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar.gz tar -xf gcc-g++-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar gzip -df mingwrt-3.15.2-mingw32-dev.tar.gz tar -xf mingwrt-3.15.2-mingw32-dev.tar gzip -df mingwrt-3.15.2-mingw32-dll.tar.gz tar -xf mingwrt-3.15.2-mingw32-dll.tar gzip -df w32api-3.13-mingw32-dev.tar.gz tar -xf w32api-3.3-mingw32-dev.tar
- Notes:
- If you wish to use other programming languages, in addition or instead of "C" and "C++", you should repeat the commands related to "gcc-g++", substituting the appropriate language package tarball; you must still install the "gcc-core" package.
- The indicated commands copying and concatenating the info/dir files are really a rather crude way of creating a combined documentation catalogue; they apply only if using older package versions than those indicated, since precompiled info/dir files are no longer distributed. In any case, this technique really isn't appropriate: see the comment below, for discussion on the purpose of, and the correct way to maintain, an info catalogue.
Additional Programming Languages
To add additional languages apply some or all of the following commands:
cd /d c:\MinGW tar xvzf gcc-ada-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz tar xvzf gcc-g77-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz tar xvzf gcc-java-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz tar xvzf gcc-objc-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz
MSYS Installation
You may also want to install MSYS.
Environment Settings
When you install command line tools, such as MinGW, or GnuWin32 tools, you have to tell the command line interpreter where to find them; this is usually accomplished by adding the appropriate directory names to the PATH variable in your environment. Typically, it is your responsibility to do this; please do not expect the installer, (if you used one), to do it for you.
Warning: Adding entries to the PATH is normally benign. However, if you delete, you may mess up your PATH string, and you could seriously compromise the functioning of your computer. Please be careful.
- Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Properties".
- Click Advanced -> Environment Variables.
- In the box entitled "System Variables" scroll down to the line that says "PATH" and double-click the entry.
- You will be presented with a dialog box with two text boxes, the bottom text box allows you to edit the PATH variable. It is very important that you do not delete the existing values in the PATH string, this will cause all sorts of problems for you!
- Scroll to the end of the string and at the end add ";<installation-directory>\bin". Here <installation-directory> is the full absolute path name of the installation directory; if you accepted the defaults when installing tar and gzip, then for these, it will (probably) be C:\Program Files\GnuWin32, while for MinGW it will be C:\MinGW\bin, (if you kept to the recommended default installation directory). Don't forget the semicolon; this separates the entries in the PATH.
- press OK -> OK -> OK and you are done.
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Bain woes could help private equity
Mitt Romney dragged the secretive world of private equity into the spotlight this year as he fumbled to explain his tax returns and his record at Bain Capital.
But for private equity, there's a silver lining.
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Romney's stumbles forced the industry to launch the kind of aggressive PR and lobbying campaign in Washington that it usually wouldn't touch — a move that's put the industry on offense ahead of an epic battle over tax perks valued at about $2 billion annually. The fight over taxes is expected to play out following Election Day, with issues central to the industry, like carried interest, capital gains taxes and writeoffs, getting major attention on Capitol Hill.
Steve Judge, president and CEO of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council in Washington, said that while the industry has faced unfair and even inaccurate attacks this year, the increased attention on the industry has put it in a better position for upcoming legislative battles.
"It really does give us an opportunity to tell our story to people who want to hear about it," Judge said. "By doing this, we are laying the groundwork and the foundation for a better understanding of private equity when it comes to comprehensive tax reform and other issues in the months and years to come."
The PEGCC, private equity's main lobbying force, has pulled out all the stops. It's had CEOs of companies owned by private-equity firms meet with more than 60 members of Congress this year. They've briefed 80 political and congressional reporters on how their industry works — and the campaign, called Private Equity at Work, includes video case studies, whiteboard educational videos and an interactive map that showcases private equity in action.
K-Streeters say Romney's foibles on the campaign trail have pushed them outside their comfort zone — in a good way.
"I think this has forced them to engage more openly and actively," one lobbyist representing private-equity firms said. "I do think this has been a good thing, at least in terms of the folks we meet with on Capitol Hill."
Still, industry insiders say they are nervous that the stereotype propagated on the campaign trail could adversely affect their chances in Washington.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Citing evidence that Taliban insurgents have expanded their reach across Afghanistan, aid groups and security analysts in the country are challenging as misleading the Obama administration's recent claim that insurgents now control less territory than they did a year ago.
"Absolutely, without any reservation, it is our opinion that the situation is a lot more insecure this year than it was last year," said Nic Lee, the director of the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office, an independent organization that analyzes security dangers for aid groups.
"We don't see COIN has had any impact on the five-year trajectory," he said, referring to the counterinsurgency strategy that U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan, has championed.
While U.S.-led forces have driven insurgents out of their strongholds in southern Afghanistan, Taliban advances in the rest of the country may have offset those gains, a cross section of year-end estimates suggests.
Insurgent attacks have jumped at least 66 percent this year, according to the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office.
Security analysts say that Taliban shadow governors still exert control in all but one of Afghanistan's 34 provinces.
A recent United Nations security estimate of the risks that U.N. personnel face as they travel around Afghanistan concluded that security was deteriorating in growing pockets across the country.
In one example, the U.N.'s World Food Program no longer sends its trucks along the road that links Kabul to Bamiyan, one of the country's safest regions, because a bomb killed a U.N. contract driver and three police escorts on the route in July.
"Our ability to use these routes has decreased," said Challiss McDonough, a Kabul-based spokeswoman for the international food program. "There are fewer places where we have completely unimpeded access."
A 20 percent increase in civilian casualties in 2010 and the highest coalition death toll in nine years of war add to the belief in Afghanistan that insecurity is growing, not declining.
"I can't understand how they can say it is more secure than last year," said Hashim Mayar, the acting director of the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief, an umbrella group that represents more than 100 Afghan and international aid groups working in Afghanistan. "Insecurity has extended to some parts of the county that were relatively safe last year."
President Barack Obama offered the assessment of diminished Taliban control on Dec. 3 during a surprise visit to the country.
"Today we can be proud that there are fewer areas under Taliban control and more Afghans have a chance to build a more hopeful future," said Obama told U.S. troops at Bagram Airfield.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates repeated the claim two weeks later in discussing the findings of a 40-page still-secret assessment of U.S. progress in Afghanistan that was announced Dec. 16.
"As a result of the tough fight under way, the Taliban control far less territory today than they did a year ago," Gates said.
The five-page unclassified version of that assessment doesn't include the statement about territorial control, but it leaves the impression that the Taliban are on the run.
"The surge in coalition military and civilian resources . . . has reduced overall Taliban influence and arrested the momentum they had achieved in recent years in key parts of the country," the unclassified version says.
In the days since its release, the White House and U.S. officials in Kabul have declined to provide specifics, saying only that the conclusion was based on a variety of measures that include the number of districts under Taliban or government control, estimates of Taliban freedom of movement and information about roadside bombs.
"There's just not a lot more we can offer without getting into classified information," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said Monday in an e-mail message.
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Last month, the Pentagon concluded that Afghan insurgents' "capabilities and operational reach have been qualitatively and geographically expanding."
Asked whether that assessment conflicts with the White House assertion that the Taliban control less territory, a military spokesman said that both could be true.
"You can, in fact, lose ground but be more geographically dispersed," said U.S. Rear Adm. Greg Smith, the communications director for the American-led military in Afghanistan.
Smith produced military maps that showed expanding "ink spots" of security around Afghanistan's biggest population centers, including Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif in the north and Kandahar, the Taliban's spiritual capital in southern Afghanistan.
Smith argued that by focusing on protecting the country's largest population centers under the administration's counterinsurgency strategy, the U.S.-led military has contained much of the violence and is protecting a growing percentage of the country's 28 million residents, even if the Taliban are operating more widely.
In the past year, Smith said, the U.S. military has managed to reduce the number of Afghan districts that account for half of the violence from 14 to nine.
"They will expend a force to go somewhere thinking that we will follow them out of the main . . . population centers," Smith said. "Well, they're mistaken. We're not going to get sucked into chasing them around the country."
Even so, Smith said the military couldn't vouch for the White House assertion that the Taliban control less territory, which he said was based on a CIA study, not a military one.
"It's not a metric that we're able to validate from an ISAF perspective," he said, referring to the International Security Assistance Force, the official name of the coalition. "Not that I disagree with it, but the agency that does that is a three-letter agency."
A former senior U.S. intelligence official who closely tracks the conflict in Afghanistan said that his own count, based on news reports, showed insurgency-related violence in at least 231 out of the country's 400 districts in November.
The former official, who agreed to discuss his findings only if he weren't identified, because of the sensitivity of the topic, said the count showed the Taliban's reach expanding.
"Even in unclassified sources, it's clear that the Taliban are showing they have greater reach than ever before," he said. "I don't know if they have the staying power." But they can reach previously unaffected areas, he said, "and that means terror. That means they can punish anybody anywhere."
"There were a lot more districts in contention than there were a year ago," he said.
Recent U.N. security estimates that The Wall Street Journal obtained appeared to support that view.
The maps, which assess the safety risks for U.N. staff traveling around Afghanistan, showed security deteriorating in growing pockets across the country.
Problems from March to October of this year worsened in eight provinces and overall travel risks improved in only two, the Journal reported.
(Jonathan S. Landay and Nancy A. Youssef contributed to this report from Washington.)


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Celebrating 100 Episodes of TechWiseTV
Five fiscal years ago, only 3 individuals remained as months of interviews and screen tests concluded. None of us really knew what we were in for but it sounded interesting for sure. I had been in the sales field originally hired as an account manager, survived the job cuts of 2000 by re-casting myself as a security expert and became the first Security PSS of the South. I thought I was applying for a role in Cisco's Speakers Bureau.
In August of 2006, Felicia Ferranti reached to introduce herself as the subject matter expert for our Unified Communications show. Felicia had been killing it as a sales rep in Los Angeles and she fit the profile for what TechWiseTV was chartered with: To scale the best messaging on the broadest reach platform.
Our trio was rounded out by a non-Cisco engineer we had not met right away. We were already hearing rumbling of his expertise as you could tell even in the final interview rounds if someone had already talked to him…the questions got a lot harder. We stole Jimmy Ray from HP where he was very well known as the engineer you wanted on your deals – did not matter what the tool or the technology was. He was (and is) the smartest, humblest, passionate SE you could find.
It was an incredibly confusing, tiring start to what is now, still tiring, but much more definable and certainly rewarding. Many people played a part in the early years and remain rooted as lynch pins in our history.
Brad Murphy is still with us – he was on the team before there was even a show. He was the only Cisco person on the team with any TV experience as he had worked with CiscoTV for a number of years. Our executive sponsors – Rob Lloyd and Joseph Puthuserry had solid ideas that Brad had to convert into an actual series of shows. He started interviewing production companies, setting a role description for what our SME roles became and helped hire Camp Creative, a San Francisco based creative agency that would oversee our multiple producers, writers, editors and so forth. It seems like overkill today – but Camp was SO needed because we were SO green. Not only were we rank amateurs for doing production at the volume that was expected, our charter was very loose and we all had different ideas for how to do it. Camp was our professional cat herder.
Jimmy Ray was a natural from the beginning making guest appearances on other shows we were working on.
For the consistent and professional look of these early shows, Jonas Tichenor was hired as our host. He was the only person with any TV experience that would be on camera and he was fantastic. Funny, quick learner and a fantastic energy – he helped set the slightly irreverent tone we still strive for today.
The first year was all about our silo'd shows, anchored by Jonas and driven by producers behind the scenes that would not let a deadline slip no matter what. Our very first show for TechWiseTV kicked off with my security series, September 14, 2006 featuring security expert Eric Cole. Eric was on the first four security shows actually as he was our ringer – contracted prior to my being hired as everyone was nervous how these first shows would come together. Felicia was building her own series of shows then with great help from Marlowe Fenne and Jimmy Ray was doing everything else with his series of routing and switching topics. We did not know each other then and we spent many sleepless nights trying to figure out how to turn out fresh content on a regular basis. Great memories of producers that held our hand during these days include Josh Gingold, Rick Heeger, Jonathan Gruber, Jackie Markin, Richard Camp, John Summerlin and Harriet Evans-Lombe.
Top 10 Signs that you may have been watching too much TechWiseTV this year (from 2007):
10. You know the difference between a hacker and a cracker and feel confident that this is a great tidbit for cocktail party conversation
9. You're amazed to find out spam is a food.
8. When asked about a bus schedule, you wonder if it is 16 or 32 bits.
7. Tech support refers their tough questions to you.
6. You find it difficult to communicate without a Whiteboard, tablet PC or Etch-a-sketch.
5. When you get in the elevator you double-click the button for the floor you want
4. If your answering machine says, 'the kids are in bed and dinner is in the fridge'
3. TechWiseTV host Jonas Tichenor is starting to sound like a Subject Matter Expert.
2. TechWiseTV Subject Matter Expert Robb Boyd is starting to sound like a host.
1. When you go into a computer store, you eavesdrop on a salesperson talking with customers and 'you think: What would Jimmy Ray Do? So you butt in to correct him and spend the next twenty minutes answering the customers' questions, while the salesperson stands by silently, nodding his head.
Great memories. Many people have moved on to other projects. Valerie St. John took over as host for a transition period we went through as production costs had to be brought down. We made investments over time as we gained confidence in ourselves and eventually built our in-house team, which exists to this day. Architectural hosts helped us make the right shows with Tina Shakour joining us as the first one as 'Voice Chick', Jennifer Geisler for Borderless and multiple Data Center specialists.
We were transitioned into a global role within Cisco over a year ago as we are now seen in as many as 47 countries averaging just under a 100,000 views per quarter.
Jimmy Ray and I continue to build 'Technology you can Use from Geeks you can Trust' handling all topics that come our way these days. We are now producers ourselves, splitting our time between writing and proofing shows to recording them and guiding others – it truly is a dream job. We have worked hard to keep it fresh and don't want to waste this opportunity we have been given.
We rigged the numbers a bit so that we could record Episode 100 at CiscoLive in Vegas this 2011 season. It seemed fitting as every year, this is THE event we have the most fun, meeting old friends face to face and talking to technology. Hopefully this show never seems about the two of us however as we are simply two goobers trying to help as many Cisco experts tell their story as possible.
This seminal episode happened to coincide with Cisco Data Center success and the UCS turning 2 years old. We thought that would be a fun topic and most fitting as we had chronicled the growth of Cisco's success here across many episodes.
Thank you to all of those, mentioned or not here, for holding our hands and playing your part in making this show a success. Most of all – thank you all for watching! Without viewers, we have to find real jobs.
The anniversary show is embedded below. Hope you enjoy it and the flashbacks to previous shows we put in the middle.
Child Prodigy.
Today we take in depth look at the incredible journey of the Cisco Unified Computing Platform. This ground-breaking platform is just now celebrating its 2nd Birthday. It was just two short years ago when Cisco revealed that it was getting into the server business, not to play on the same terms as defined by an already mature industry…but to say, 'there is a better way.' The unique proposition that this was more than a platform but an infrastructure that adapts to the applications fusing network in compute functions…well, this is hard to wrap your head around. Customers have applauded the incredible leaps in productivity with this innovation both matching and now leading the successful acceleration of a fully virtualized enterprise. Over 40 awards at last count and this 2 year old has the remaining two 20-Something vendors looking nervous. But this is not about servers…thats just one of many successful innovations that have characterized Cisco's Data Center technologies and we were fortunate to have a TechWiseTV show illustrating it every step of the way. Today's show, from CiscoLive in Las Vegas appropriately enough, marks our 100th episode.
So as we raise our glass and sing various combinations of Happy Birthday UCS and Happy Anniversary to the TechWiseTV geeks…we also look forward because this is only just the beginning.
What can you look forward to on this one?
- Soni Jiandani joins our Data Center host, Anne Plese as they look at the incredible history of the platform, the crazy ideas that were ridiculed by the market, the overwhelming desire to say 'I told you so' and of course, what we can expect next.
- Jeff Silberman joins Jimmy Ray as they tackle each and every myth still being attempted by our competitors. This is a 'must see segment' for you competitive types…just take your notes and don't share this video with your customer
- Anne Plese illustrates the ingenuity behind 'FlexPod' as our ever growing eco-system brings us new new turn key, base configuration from NetApp, Vmware and Cisco
- John McDonough shows Jimmy Ray how simple, open and mature the API model has become. Anyone, from an administrator or a 3rd party developer has the same level of access to every object in the UCS as Cisco's own developers.
Stepping even further outside the Cisco bubble, we chat with NetOptics and take a look at their Phantom Virtual Taps for kernel level visibility into the hypervisor as part of Feedback Loop.
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Many congratulations on the completion of 100 episodes of techwise tv. I wish all you guys best of luck and expect more quality interviews and tutorials in the future.


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N.J. email voting raises snafu fears
New Jersey authorities announced Sunday they will allow email voting for some residents displaced by Hurricane Sandy, but even proponents of Internet voting are skeptical of pulling it off so quickly without running into problems.
One of the chief concerns is that even the minimal cybersecurity standards that would be necessary aren't yet in place to avoid fraud — like voting multiple times or letting spammers clog the system to prevent people from voting.
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"This election in these areas is ripe for bad things happening on Election Day and ripe for lawsuits," said University of Utah political scientist Thad Hall, co-author of five books on voting technology including "Point, Click and Vote: The Future of Internet Voting." "They're going to happen in spite of the best efforts of elections officials. And it's made worse because in our current two-party country, the losing side is more than willing to claim fraud these days instead of just saying, 'I lost.'"
Given that New Jersey is expected to be solidly in President Barack Obama's column, there's not as much concern about a 2000-style election mess that forces the nation to await resolution to determine its leader. But down-ballot races that are typically settled by fewer votes could be a problem.
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who serves as the state's top elections official, issued directives over the weekend to permit voters to download absentee ballots and then return them via email or fax. That's how some overseas and military voters can do it under a little-noticed change in federal law that was used by fewer than 3,500 voters in all races in 2010, according to a report on the Federal Voting Assistance Program's website. The program has been a success so far.
Opening that small program up to hundreds of thousands of voters is a dramatically different prospect, said Charles Stewart III, co-director of the Cal Tech-MIT Voting Technology Project. For overseas and military voters in New Jersey, in fact, their votes aren't validated until the elections department receives a paper version of it mailed to them.
New Jersey officials haven't said if that will be the case for storm victims.
The security fears are significant, Stewart said. Malefactors could easily just bombard the email addresses where the votes should go with spam and shut it down, disenfranchising everyone.
Stewart preferred another voting option announced for displaced New Jersey residents in which they can vote in the presidential and Senate races using provisional ballots at any polling place across the state.
"If you can vote in person on Election Day, do so because that will be the most secure way," he said. "A lot of computer professionals are very concerned about the use of the Internet for ballots."


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There'll be people in the DOJ saying things like "Moral Hazard" and "slippery slope" etc, and however much they know they should back off they'll pursue it all the way and only then realise what they've done.
But then it will be too late.
In the UK we had the ridiculous scenario where it was illegal for anyone to report that a famous footballer had had an affair with someone (or even that such an injunction existed). By the end everyone knew the facts but no-one could report them.
I worry about a few things with a "right to delete" law such as this.
John Smith writes on Techdirt "the sky is red"
Peter Jones writes "John Smith says the sky is red but I disagree".
John Smith writes to Mike and demands his remark is removed.
Does Mike have to find and remove Peter Jones' comment too ?
I would like to see
- the right to ask Facebook et al to COMPLETELY delete an account and all related historic data
- a company such as Facebook make it clear in their TOC when you signup that there might be a charge for this and what the charge would be. (Then they can't complain about the urden)
- where I signed TOC's that hand over copyright of my postings, there should be a clear fee structure for buying it back.
- the company would also make it clear where their responsibility ends (ie with their own servers). Mirrors, caches etc held elsewhere are not their problem and they won't scour the internet clearing up stuff that propagated as a result of it being publically accessible at some point.
I heard someone on the news (a publicist) complaining that a 1 week jail term 20 years ago was the first thing that comes up on google about his client. I thought "tough".
I don't think ANYONE should be able to censor facts that have at anytime been in the public domain. And that includes people running for office with previous DUI's etc. A fact is a fact, and it can't be copyrighted and shouldn't be censored.
Therefore if I choose to demand to redact my comments in a forum
- I better make sure I didn't give away the copyright first (read the TOC's !) or else be prepared to buy it back.
- I should understand that the FACT that I made comments on the forum will be true and available in the public domain , even if the content is not.
I don't think it's unreasonable for google to remove cached copies of content where the original content has been legitimately removed by some legal process. I'm sure they do already , but that's just a personal guess.
Wasn't that Phil Zimmerman ?
What part did Assange play, I can find no references for that.
Where in this title does it say "its possible"
That would in the use of the word "can" rather than the word "did".
I thought he was saying just check the content hasn't already been uploaded once before.
No need for an "official list". Just hash the content of every book at upload and block any whose hash is not unique.
You can be pretty sure that among these 1000's of PLR books there will be a lot of duplication.
... studying chemistry,
Inorganic meant
- stuff like salt
- often coloured unless anhydrous
- simple to understand
- unlikely to kill you before you graduated
Organic meant
- stuff like benzene
- probably coame from oil
- mostly it stank
- often it was highly flammable
- teacher insisted on leaving the room before we started ("you kids only do this once, it's every week for me !")
- mostly carcinogenic (or else not yet proven carcinogenic)
Then a few years later the word "organic" suddenly seemed to start meaning "natural", "good" and "wearing sandals".
How did that happen ?
for theaters it seems like a pretty expensive proposition for pissing off your customers
And for phone manufacturers. Or will it be illegal to sell a camera that doesn't have this (thus forcing everyone to license Apple's IP ?).
Hardly a selling point for a new camera that it can be disabled. Or will people just find some jailbreak code to "fix" the phone when they get it home. In which case you are just punishing the innocent.
Will UK prominent soccer players be able to get "IR injunctions" to prevent the Paprazzi from photographing them with their mistresses ?".
My suggestion for a better technology ? Continuously (randomly) varying frame rate & interlacing. This means there will be a periodic interference with the camera's fixed frame sampling rate causing a poor end product noone will be able to watch. But the human eye won't be fazed by it in the theater.
Oops, should have patented it first...
Doesn't fix the ANALOG hole, but who is using analog video recorders in theaters these days ?
But I guess that would need new projectors and (maybe) cameras. Or could conventional digital recordings be post processed into this format ? In which case just new projectors.
Why not just mandate that all new build cameras must emit a signal when filming ? Then the police could run into the theater armed with a receiver and arrest the terrorists / sorry, bootleggers, without any change to theater infrastructure.
Or would that be overreacting ?
My card company of > 10yrs was bought by a large bank.
Hmm. Wonder what terms they'll change to get their Łbillion stake back.
The new privacy policy was online as a PDF so I read it.
There were three sections in effect
- the ways we collect your data relating to you
- the uses it can be put to
- the groups of people we can share it with
And if you take the worst from each category and make a sentence it would read something like
We gather tons of data including every transaction you ever make and your IP address whenever you connect to our site,
and we use this for any purpose that in our view helps our business, and we may share it with absolutely anyone it suits us to share it with.
As an exercise I tried to copy the worst bits, stitch them together with a few "..." between and paste into an email back to their customer service dept and ask them to clarify.
But the PDF of their terms is not possible to copy from. I tried it lots of ways. In the end I thought maybe I'd print it to another PDF then copy from that. But CutePDF couldn't print it (weird error).
When they put that much effort into stopping you quoting their privacy policy in an email, it HAS to be time to move on !
The big difference between his name being out on twitter and the mainstream press being allowed to report it is that twitter doesn't besiege your house with camera trucks and people trying to take pictures of all your family as they attempt to walk down the street.
That is the "harassment" which is being referred to, not the idea of papers reporting it.
Giggs knows we all know it is him.
If this had all come out with no superinjunction it would still have been big enough news to get his family pestered by the press. (Though this has undoubtedly made it worse).
I'd have preferred that the injunction simply addressed the real situation and sought to ban media organisations from within 100 yards of his family (who are the victims). Which is all it has really been achieving of late.
On another point, even if twitter was UK based, I don't see how you can sue someone for tweeting this.
If they don't know it is true for sure then they are guessing/speculating, and that can't be the same as wilfully revealing details. If it's legally secret, how am I supposed to know who it is ? How can I know when I retweet if I am breaking the injunction or not ? A law that I cannot legally find out whether I am breaking, is surely a stupid law.
Maybe it comes down to tweeter zero, the first person to tweet it. Yet if they are not in a priveleged position to know the info behind the injunction, they are just speculating too.
Put another way, if I tweet the identity of all the top 50 footballers, guessing it must be one of them, am I guilty of 49 libels and 1 injuction breaking? And if I have the right to know the charges against me, doesn't someone have to break the law to tell me what I did wrong ?
Not sure I agree.
If I have a (legal) joint in Amsterdam then fly home to a less permissive country 5 days later then
- I haven't possessed the drug at home
- I haven't bought the drug at home
- I haven't taken the drug at home
- I have not been "intoxicated" with the drug at home
But if a very sensitive test can show it still in some qty in my bloodstream are you saying that
a) there is is an offence under which I could be prosecuted in any country you know of ?
b) that you'd be OK with that morally ?
No idea who Briggs is but looking forward to seeing someone sue Twitter in California while remaining anonymous...
Honestly, if it was going to order Google to remove the sites from the index anyway, I wonder why the suggested search was even an issue. Once they're out of the index, the suggested search issue becomes meaningless.
Don't agree.
Spose the site was something alleging Minister A has been having affair with starlet B.
Spose google un-index the site.
If you type Minister A in the search box and it offers "affair" to complete the phrase (based on a million Argentinians having already searched for it) then that is a further thing the govt would like to restrict even though the page itself may have gone.
Has Tom Cruise sued him yet ?
.. that in the UK this was a public holiday.
If people had been pulling a sickie to be there and their boss saw them on the beeb, the story would be completely different.
My mate and I camped in the street through the night till about noon for LiveAid concert tickets. As the doors opened, the press were there, and my mate's picture made the front page of the evening news (sold at the exit of our large employer's car park as people leave). Needless to say he was supposed to be off sick and his boss saw him in the paper...
it appears that the Consumer Complaints Board has no enforcement ability.
Guess the headline should read
Sony Politely Asked To Pay Finnish Man 100 Euros For Removing OtherOS
I followed the link given by Mike, it does not lead to the image posted by Mike.
You get
Publisher: Crown Business (August 11, 2010)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
And no mention of who sets pricing
Now, that may be because I'm in the UK (though I still see dollar pricing, and I'm not rerouted to amazon.co.uk).
Are you saying that the pricing worldwide is set by Random House ?
Because the price disparity still exists in my link.
Jeez I hate what this s/w does to the greater than sign.
What I was going to say is that in the olden days some albums were more than a set of unconnected singles.
Bundling 10 tracks into an album was because of more than just the "inefficiences of the technology".
many single Pink Floyd tracks I could name would be meaningless without the context of the album, for example...
Agreed - cheaper may mean more sales (completely different argument to "cheaper is necessary because someone else sells it cheaper).
1. This economic theory generally applies to price sensitive markets. People who pay $200 for a device to read a book with no realistic expectation of the eBook ever being significantly cheaper than the paper version don't strike me as a price sensitive crowd of people.
Starbucks sell coffee at up to $5 when a plain filter coffee might be $2 elsewhere in the same street. But they are not catering to the same people as those who buy the cheap stuff elsewhere.
2. If (as widely suggested) Amazon's costs for eBooks are ridiculously high, then a 10% drop in Amazon sale price might halve their margin. It would have to double sales to be worth it. I think Amazon probably know what they are doing. Kindle owners will bitch about it then keep buying the books either way.
The only place where there is real competition in this arena is where Amazon try and get you to buy a Kindle over a Nook. After that, you're locked in.
Of course, the publishers might be idiots for demanding that price from Amazon/B&N. But while the eBooks sell, they'll keep doing it.
Same as MS will keep charging silly money for Office.
When you're competing with "free and not quite as good" (as some would perceive OpenOffice) dropping MS Office prices by 25% wouldn't win over many OpenOffice users. They've already learnt to live with the shortcomings of OO and it's FREE.
So if there's someone out there happy with a shitty crooked scan of a paper book for free, they don't suddenly buy the Kindle edition because the price comes down 25%, do they ?
Or maybe you are thinking of a load of Kindle users with only $50 per month to spend. They could buy more ebooks if the price was lower. But that's just the same revenue at lower margin, isn't it ?
Amazon does set the price of eBooks.
What they can't always set is the cost, and so they have even chosen to sell them at a loss in the past.
It is in Amazon's interest to find the correct price point for optimal sales (even if it below the cost they are forced to pay) so they can go back to the idiot publishers and show them the figures. Semi-Emotional arguments ("eBooks should be priced at less than paper") won't make the publishers change their minds. But hard data might.
Thus they start high, watch sales, and reduce the price if required. And if they sell a ton with the price high, then that proves the Kindle adds value and the publishers might stop seeing it as an afterthought in their strategy.
If they start low, they can't put the price up later and so they have incomplete data.
A dodgy poorly aligned graphic scan of a paper book is not THE SAME THING as a well formatted Kindle ebook. After OCR and a lot of formatting effort (akak "added value") it might be.
Do you think it is ?
I'm a huge fan of free ebooks - I get them from the Gutenberg site, in a format to go on my PDA for when I want to read while travelling or when forced to sit somewhere for hours unexpectedly. But the "free" PDF at the link given is no use for that whatsoever.
For time rich / money poor people, this may seem like a free eBook.
A friend of mine told me he could get a Napster streaming subscription and then record albums to MP3. Of course, track lengths were never exactly right so automatic track naming via internet webservice wasn't possible. And even after he manually renamed the tracks, the MP3 file properties were not as you'd like them so certain players (ie a Sonos) would not group tracks by author.
After he described the palaver he'd go through to get an album properly onto his Sonos, I compared this with buying the MP3 album from Amazon, and you know what ? The Napster route (probably violating TOS, maybe even illegal) simply wasn't cost effective for me.
I value my time more.
So for me there is NOT a meaningful free copy online (unless someone has a better link).


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A new app for Australia from McDonald's combines GPS, image recognition and augmented reality to show customers where their meal came from.
The TrackMyMacca's app, created by DDB Australia, was released this week on Apple's Australian app store. The app lets customers scan their food with an iPhone to discover where the food was grown, farmed or fished, and what ingredients were used.
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Springfield's destination diner
It's practically a place of pilgrimage. A Mecca for food historians. Tourists flock there, not just from Illinois, but from all across America and around the globe, by motorcycle, car and by the busload.
It's the Cozy Dog on South Sixth Street. The story of Cozy Dogs — the original hot dogs on a stick, deep-fried in cornmeal batter — is almost as familiar as Lincoln lore to anyone knowledgable about Springfield history.
Cozy Dogs' creator, Ed Waldmire, had eaten an unusual sandwich on a trip to Muskogee, Okla., during his youth: a weiner baked in cornbread. Returning to Illinois, Waldmire told a fellow student at Knox College about it, saying he wished he could make something similar that would cook faster.
A few years later Waldmire, now in the Air Force stationed at Amarillo, Texas, had forgotten the conversation. But unbeknownst to him, it was on the mind of his college buddy, Don Strand, whose father owned a bakery. Strand developed a cornmeal mix that would stick on a weiner and could be deep-fried. Strand sent his mix to Texas, and Waldmire experimenting in the U.S.O. kitchen with hot dogs stuck on cocktail forks, communicating back and forth until the recipe for their "Crusty Curs" was perfected. Waldmire sold "thousands" at the U.S.O. and P.X. as well as in the town of Amarillo until he returned to Springfield at the end of his military service in 1946.
Waldmire wanted to introduce his creation to his hometown, but his wife, Virginia, thought the moniker "Crusty Cur" was a bit too crusty. The couple came up with the name "Cozy Dog," and Virginia designed the logo of two corn dogs in a "cozy" embrace.
Cozy Dogs were "officially launched" at the Lake Springfield Beach House on June 16, 1946, and later that year sold at the Illinois State Fair. The first Cozy Dog House opened on the corner of Sixth and South Grand, followed by a second location at Ash and MacArthur.
In 1949, The Cozy Dog Drive In — what would become the flagship — was born and took root on South Sixth Street, then also part of Route 66. When Ed retired, son Buzz and Buzz's wife, Sue, took over. In 1996 the Cozy Dog was transplanted one door to the north. It not only survived the transplant, but flourished; these days Sue and her sons are in charge: Josh and Tony work in the restaurant; Nick maintains the Web site.
The Cozy Dog was an integral part of my Springfield childhood, along with the Dairy Queen in the same building. Not only did I pass it every time I went into town, eating there was one of my ultimate treats.
Because my husband's dental office is just a few doors south, I still drive past the cuddling Cozy Dogs frequently. And eating there is still a treat, though I have to admit that entering the new location gives me a pang of nostalgia. But I also admit that the "new" place has done an outstanding job of preserving the original's ambience.
In some ways, it's a museum of memorabilia: original Cozy Dog artifacts, including a table whose top was signed by regulars at the time of the move, then sealed in clear plastic. There are local and interstate historic Route 66 items, and a gift shop stocked with Route 66 souvenirs. It's that association with Route 66 that draws in many of the tourists, foreign and domestic, and keeps things busy, especially in summer months.
Sitting around the signature table with Sue, Josh, Tony, and regular customers Mel and Claude (no last names at their request) and listening to their stories makes it clear that just being there can be an adventure — as often as not, an international one.
"D'you remember those guys from Spain that came in here with the cameras?" asks Josh. "The ones with the skin-tight red hot pants?" Everyone raises their eyebrows and gives each other knowing looks. I ask them to elaborate, but can't get much other than, "They were really something!" They all agreed that the largest number of foreigners were from France and Germany, exemplified by the two couples who came in during our conversation, one each from those countries. But there are also "lots of Japanese" and "busloads of English." Mel chuckled as he recalled a group of English tourists boarding their bus, "This guy said to me, 'I can't understand your government.'" Mel shook his head, "I just said, 'well neither can we.'"
The Waldmires have lost count of the articles that have been written about the Cozy Dog. There was a recent one in National Geographic Magazine. And, "Oh, yeah, there was that one from Finland not too long ago."
Cameras and recording equipment aren't unfamiliar either. But when the Travel Channel's "Man v. Food" crew came, it was a new level. "We've had a lot of independent filmmakers here," says Josh. "But these guys were the most organized I've ever seen. And there were too many of them to count."
When I first saw the show's advertisements, I thought they were tacky. "Hey, Bourdain — mine are bigger!!" shouts the show's star, Adam Richman. "Bourdain" is Anthony Bourdain, who in his highly acclaimed "No Reservation" show explores food customs in the U.S. and around the world. (My interview with Bourdain is in the 5/30/07 IT issue, available online).
"Mine are bigger" refers to each episode's climax, in which Richman eats gargantuan quantities. It's an exercise in excess that I find off-putting. In a recent episode he attempted to down a 12 lb. hamburger (plus several pounds of fries) — a step up from an earlier show which featured only a 7 lb. burger.
That said, I appreciate "Man v. Food" showcasing American "iconic eateries," of which the Cozy Dog is surely one. Fortunately at the Cozy Dog, the show focused on its legendary status; the climax was seeing how many bowls of "Firebrand Chili" Richman could consume at Joe Roger's. The Cozy Dog filming lasted from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It was a tiring day, but the Waldmires agreed with the show's crew that Richman was "one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet."
The Route 66 tourists are an important reason that The Cozy Dog continues to flourish. But the Cozy Dog isn't a tourist trap. The Route 66 connection isn't merely superficial: Bob Waldmire (Ed's other son) is an historian and artist who's made recording America's national highway in words and drawing his life's work, which can be seen and purchased there. Though he now mostly lives in Arizona, if you're as lucky as I was recently, he'll be back home ("in my office"), ready with a tale — or two or three — about the road he loves.
The other reason the Cozy Dog has stood the test of time is that it's remained true to itself. For the most part, the food is the same as at Ed Waldmire's first Cozy Dog in the 1940s: It's not fancy, but the "crusty curs" are as I remember from childhood. They mix their own chilli spices, and cook the meat and the beans traditionally: separately. They even still spell it with two 'll's, an even more exclusively Springfield tradition that has sadly been abandoned by even Joe Roger's. The fries are cut in house from fresh, skin-on potatoes, and sprinkled with a specially-made seasoned salt. The salt, chilli powder, and cornmeal batter mix are all available for purchase.
That's what keeps the regulars regular. "I'm here at least twice a day," says Mel. "It's the best food in Springfield," nods Claude in agreement.
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