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The private-sale site now has 3.6 million members.
Mark Brohan
Online retailing in India is nascent, highly fragmented and beset with big challenges. But in a market that some web merchants and venture capitalists predict could double in size to more than $3 billion in the next three years, there is also ample opportunity for online retailers to build a lasting business, says Harish Bahl, a well-known Indian e-commerce entrepreneur and founder of Fashion and You India Pvt. Ltd., one of India's largest private-sale sites.
The Indian online retailing market is small compared to the U.S., China and parts of Europe, Bahl told attendees last week during a keynote address at the eTailing India Expo e-commerce conference in Mumbai.
Indian direct-to-consumer e-commerce totaled about $1.6 billion in 2012, and India has a base of about 20 million regular online shoppers with a universe of only about 400 well established merchants, according to Matrix Partners India, an Indian e-commerce venture capital firm.
But within a decade as the ranks of educated men and women under the age of 25 with growing disposable income and more web-enabled mobile devices grow, India's online retail market could increase by as much as 50% annually. "There are numerous infrastructure challenges that India needs to overcome, and the cost of new customer acquisition is high," says Bahl. "But there also is the opportunity to build long-standing customer relationships."
Despite challenges such as limited secure national payments processing, a relatively small percentage of the population with a credit or debit card, and the difficulty of delivering orders to customers in rural India, Fashion and You India has been able to build up FashionandYou.com, a three-year-old private-sale site, into a viable e-commerce organization.
Today, Fashion and You India says it has more than 3.6 million members, and FashionandYou.com generates monthly traffic of about 2.8 million visits per month, according to comScore Inc. Bahl didn't disclose annual sales, but says Fashion and You is growing because the company is taking advantage of Facebook and other forms of social media to reach out to fashion-conscious online shoppers. Fashion and You, which claims to have more than 1 million Facebook fans, also offers Indian consumers a diverse shopping experience, Bahl says.
Working from an inventory that includes about 500 brand names, FashionandYou.com offers registered shoppers about 15 private sales daily with discounts of up to 80%. "One key to succeeding in India online retail is to create a new mind-set and offer shoppers real value and a unique experience," Bahl says.
Fashion and You India has been able to sustain adding more inventory and grow to 1,200 the number cities across India where it makes deliveries to in part because the company has been able to attract more than $48 million in outside investment. That includes a round of $40 million in November 2011 from private equity firms such as Norwest Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Sequoia Capital India and Nokia Growth Partners.
"There are obstacles to overcome in Indian e-commerce and some are getting big, but others are getting easier," Bahl says. "But retailers can overcome obstacles by earning trust from shoppers and that happens by giving very long-term value."


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Topic: How to track user activity in a rails3 + devise app?
I need an activity table which tracks user activities for various things like analytics, social features ( clicks on items are votes), security, debugging, etc.
To enable this, In my rails (3.2.3) app with devise (2), I want to have a table that stores all the activity of currently signed in user at the model and controller level. My Activities table has columns model, id, action (create, read, update, destroy, get), actor (logged in user) and ip (ip address of originating computer).
The problem with designing the solution is due to the MVC separation of concerns. If I use an observer, I can track all model level activities, but cannot get the current user or ip. If I use an application filter, I can get user and ip info, but in order to really know if (for example) a record was saved, I have to insert code near the (for example) model.save! call within each action of each controller.
What is the best way to implement this?

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Skip to comments.The Real Obama Dog Story: Promises Broken
Posted on 04/23/2012 5:30:54 AM PDT by IbJensen
Bo the Portuguese water dog is cute, fluffy, and has done well growing up in the White House limelight.
But he also represents a broken campaign promise.
President Obama promised author Jana Kohl, who had been lobbying on Capitol Hill to end puppy mills, that he would adopt a dog. He even posed with her three-legged poodle rescued from an abusive breeder in a photo that was carried on the cover of American Dog magazine.
In October 2008, Michelle Obama told Entertainment Tonight that her family would be adopting a shelter dog after the election. The news was welcomed by groups that had been trying to persuade the Obamas to opt for a rescue dog after hed mentioned they might get a goldendoodle because theyre hypoallergenic.
Senator, no one needs to tell you that this country is proud to be a melting pot, and that there is something deeply wrong and elitist about wanting only a purebred dog, PETA wrote Obama at the time. Millions of Great American Muttsthe dog that should be our national dogare set to die in our nations extremely overcrowded pounds and shelters for lack of good homes. Compassionate people nationwide are choosing to adopt a homeless pound puppya grateful refugee from a society that has not always treated the true underdog kindlyrather than cater to special interests who do not have dogs interests at heart.
The Best Friends Animal Society gathered more than 50,000 petition signatures urging the Obamas to adopt instead of buying or acquiring one from a breeder.
So shortly before the election, Michelle Obama made that vow they would get a rescue dog.
We hope that the Obama family really listened to our message, and we hope that Barack, Michelle, and their daughters find a loving mutt who needs a good home, PETA responded.
Well they didnt get the message. Instead, they got a purebred gift from Uncle Teddy.
Sen. Kennedy gave the Obamas a six-month-old littermate of one of his own Portuguese water dogs. Bo had originally gone to another family but was returned to the breeder after not getting along with other dogs in the home. Not exactly a rescue dog.
This is a missed opportunity to set a pet-adoption trend among Americans, said Abbie Moore, executive director of Adopt-a-Pet.com, at the time. With pet relinquishment up 20 to 30 percent due to the poor economy, pets in shelters can use all the help they can get.
The Obamas felt that they could stem the disappointment over a campaign promise not met by donating to the Humane Society. Suddenly, with some new cash in pocket, the HSUS was willing to forgive Obama for taking in a second-chance breeder dog that had gone right back to the breeder after the first chance didnt pan out. They called it a gray area.
But the Obamas arent the only ones on the ticket to renege on an adoption promise. Vice President Joe Biden angered shelter advocates when he got Chance, a German Shepherd puppy from a breeder whose kennel license was later revoked for dozens of violations, and promised that he would get a second dog from a shelter. So far, theres been no second dog, just a brag from Biden in 2009 that his pooch is smarter than Bo.
Ive had German Shepherds since I was a kid and Ive actually trained them and shown them in the past. So I wanted a German Shepherd, and were going to get a pound dog, which my wife wants, who is hopefully a Golden [Retriever], Biden told George Stephanopoulos in December 2008.
Fifty-six percent of dogs and 71 percent of cats who end up in shelters are euthanized.
About a third of dogs in shelters are purebreds (I should know I found my Chihuahua, Chi-Chi, sitting on my desk as I type this, nearly a year ago at a county pound where shed been left after being used for breeding). Mutts are just as important and loveable.
The dog story leads me a different direction. Our leftie comrades are sending up trial balloons in kicking off one of their typical personal smear campaigns. They go with the dog story and it backfires. They next try a polygamy smear and it also backfires. Notice neither Obamas dog eating or family history of bigamy/polygamy were issues in the 2008 election. Thats the difference between them and us. Expect the worst in dirty politics from the Obama Chicago political machine Axelrod specializes in this.
This is just another group of people who were suckered by Obama's promises and are only now realizing the man is an elitist of the first order.
Obama has probably adopted many dogs.
And ate them.
Hallmark of a dictator. Only the best for him, but we peasants can adopt a shelter animal if we wish.
Too bad. Would have been great for his image if he had adopted a shelter dog. Now he looks like the elitists he condemns.
Not that the media would discredit Der Fuehrer in any way. They will protect his image at all cost.
This story totally ignores the real issue.
The dog in the White House is merely for show. Just Theater.
A dog lover would have already had a dog to bring to the White House with them.This dog is merely something for the White House staff to have to take care of until Obama needs it again for a photo-op.
mmmm mmmm mmmm tasty dog drumbstick.
Too bad their strategies don't work, most of America is on to Obama and his minions, it's funny to watch them try so desperately and fail so miserably, makes me smile.
I prefer rough collies and German shepherds, but would consider other breeds such as golden retriever, Australian shepherd, border collie, Shetland sheepdog, etc.
BTW< there are rescue groups out there for possibly every breed there is. I might consider one of those.
Then again, I might go to the pound someday and find an appealing dog, purebred or not. But where I am there are lots of purebred dogs of certain breeds in the pound: German shepherds, pit bulls (would not even consider having one of them), Chihuahuas, and some others, besides the usual mongrels.
I have cats, so I'd have to find a dog who could be trained to get along with cats.
All elitists say this. And all members of animal shelters, rescue groups and humane societies know that they say this whenever they bring a purebred dog into the home. The first words out of their mouths are, "The next dog we get will be from a shelter"... and they never get a second dog. The animal groups exploit the sound bites as they escape the mouths of the elites. It's a game that never ends because both sides know how it is played in the media.
Michelle, and their daughters find a loving mutt who needs a good home,...They got one already, for Pete's sake.
Muslims find dogs 'distasteful'.
I don't object to purebreds either. I was just saying it would have been good for his image as a man if the people if he had. Just one more proof that he's a lying scumbag elitist mooch.
He didn't even BUY the dog.
Just like everything in his life, it was given to him.
True. And if he had to actually adopt a dog, he would have found some way to get the taxpayers to pay for it.
Kennedy Endorses Water Dog For Obama Family
WBZTV.Com ^ | January 13, 2009
Senator Ted Kennedy made an important political endorsement Tuesday [January 2009]. Massachusetts' Senior Senator endorsed the Portuguese water dog as the perfect pet for the nation's new first family.
"A Portuguese water dog is the perfect choice for first dog," Kennedy said in a written statement. "The Obama girls -- and their parents -- will love a Portuguese water dog. They're loyal, smart, loving and they became a real part of the family. And they definitely do not shed."
Senator Kennedy and wife Vicki have three Portuguese water dogs of their own. Sunny and Splash often accompany Kennedy to the Senate. "They love being around people and being part of the action," he said.
The Kennedy's just added a third Portuguese water dog to the family, a puppy named Captain Courageous or 'Cappy' for short. ..."
Senator Ted Kennedy's
Portuguese Water Dog puppy,
"Captain Courageous".
"The black-and-white puppy is a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy"
Barack Obama's family pick first puppy, a Portuguese water dog named Bo
April 12, 2009
"file picture of a Portuguese water dog, the breed Barack Obama's family has picked as the first puppy"
THE family of US president Barack Obama have chosen a Portuguese water dog to be the first pet.
In what was one of the White House's most tightly kept secrets, the Washington Post revealed Mr Obama's daughters, 10-year-old Malia and seven-year-old Sasha, have settled on a pup named Bo.
The Post published photos of the presidential puppy meeting Mr Obama's family. See the photos here.
The black-and-white puppy is a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy. Bo is scheduled to make his big debut to the American public early next week.
Mr Obama's daughters chose the name Bo because first lady Michelle Obama's father was nicknamed Diddley, the newspaper reported.
White House aides told The Associated Press that the office of the first lady arranged an exclusive deal on the dog story with the Post.
Ted "Water Dog" Kennedy...
"On Friday night July 18, 1969 around midnight a married man, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, was driving his oldsmobile on the island of Chappaquiddick with a single woman named Mary Jo Kopechne aboard when he, allegedly drunk, drove the car off a bridge and into a pond. He was leaving a party attended only by five married men and six unmarried women. Kennedy escaped the car and swam to shore. Mary Jo Kopechne was not quite so lucky. She died in the car, in the water.
Kennedy failed to even contact the police for a full nine hours, after he was told the car and body had been found.
The Kennedy family chartered a plane to immediately fly the victim's body to her hometown, Wilkes-Barre. No autopsy was conducted.
Kennedy 'joked about Chappaquiddick'
Biographer reveals deadly incident was a 'favorite topic of humor'
August 28, 2009
"Edward Klein, speaking to WAMU guest host Katty Kay, said one of Kennedy's 'favorite topics of humor was, indeed, Chappaquiddick.'
"He would ask people, 'Have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?' said Klein, a former Newsweek foreign editor and former editor in chief of the New York Times Magazine."
YouTube video: Kennedy liked to joke about Chappaquiddick?
"This isn't an accusation from Ted Kennedy's political opponents, but a nostalgic remembrance by one of his friends. Ed Klein, former Newsweek editor, tells the Diane Rehm Show:
"I dont know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself. And he would ask people, have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick? That is just the most amazing thing. Its not that he didnt feel remorse about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, but that he still always saw the other side of everything and the ridiculous side of things, too."
But she just couldn't find one that didn't clash with her lovely wardrobe.
Where is that damn dog? I never see him in photos any more than I see his two kids. Personally, I think all 3 are back in Potemkin Village.
Hey... That poodle had four legs before Obama showed up...
First of all, let me state that I have been a breeder of AKC show Beagles for 10+ years.
What you may not know is that the breeder has expenses you may not have considered. For example, my wife whelped a litter of five puppies Saturday night. She was up ALL night. She will sleep on the floor in the room with the puppies for the next two nights to make sure the mother(bitch) does not lay on them by mistake and smother them.
This litter was the result of a breeding to Best in Show stud dog. The stud fee was $1000. We had to fly the bitch roundtrip to NC and back($350). We took the bitch to the vet to be X-rayed last week($150). We will be giving shots and micro chipping each puppy($50+). The food we feed cost $45/bag. What I am getting at is we will need to sell two puppies just to break even. With past litters we had to have emergency C-sections at 4am in the morning($1500).
Good breeders are very selective who they breed to. We are trying to improve the breed, not just sell puppies for a profit. We will not breed to or with anyone who has genetic defects in their line. If we end up with a dog/bitch we some problem we have them nuetered or spade. For these reasons we sell our puppies for more money. In the long run(15 years) our puppies will cost you less because our careful genetic screening. One extra trip to the vets office can easily make up the difference in the original cost of the puppy.
Also, the reason good breeders are very selective in placing their puppies is from experience. We will take back any puppy we sell , EVER. We have had people tell us they lived on 2 acres with a fenced in yard. It turns out they lived in a condo and their neighbors complained about the barking. We typically will not sell a puppy to someone with small children(3 years or less) because these people have their hands full with their kids. We will only sell puppies to someone with a fenced yard.
A great Dane is a very large dog that needs room to run. They were bred to be guard dogs. The breeder wants to make sure you are prepared to handle a breed like that. They do not want to get the puppy back when it is 4-6 months old.
That is why they/we are so selective who we sell to and ask a lot of questions. We typically have no problem selling our puppies and always have a waiting list. Most of our sales are referrals and repeat buyers.
Good for you. I have one problem with my Dane as a guard dog: he's more of a "watch" dog. This is, he'll either tentatively sniff and make friends with anybody who comes to the house or sit around and watch what's happening. All in all, a very friendly, somewhat timid, and very sweet dog. The one thing I wouldn't do is try to break into my house when he's here and in it, whether I was here or not.
I still LOL! at that one. Poor puppy!
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LEAFS ROUNDTABLE: Life of Rie
Justin Fisher
December 07 2013 11:36AM
Should Morgan Rielly be loaned to Canada's World Junior team?
I think Rielly should definitely stay with the Leafs because they can afford better equipment, particularly helmets. If he goes to this youth tournament everyone keeps talking about, Doctor Carlyle can't monitor his brain temperature and I feel like that's an unnecessary risk considering he's such a promising prospect for the Leafs. If he runs into concussion troubles, I really don't want to be the guy to say "I told you so" but we'll see how it all plays out.
Nice discussion. Are we even sure Rielly has been invited? I thought I read that he hadn't been,
Nonetheless, Steve's point about Carlyle already making up his mind about Liles is right on the mark. There's ample evidence to suggest Randy Carlyle is one of those people who makes snap judgements and has a stubborn streak comparable to Brian Burke's.
Perhaps that's acceptable, but why should a GM (Nonis) blindly follow his subordinate's opinion without using his own eyes? And I think, if you read some of my other posts, you now here this is going.
MacArthur, Grabovski, Liles, Frattin and Komarov.
Now, there's likely no empirical evidence that Carlyle strongly suggested all of these guys were drags on the team and easily replaceable. But is sure looks that way.
Putting aside the insane decision to pay Grabbo to play for someone else, why on Earth would you just let MacArhur walk? For NOTHING? He's got superior numbers to David '"Mister Millstone' Clarkson, right across the board.
The contributions of Frattin and Komarov were grossly underestimated. Neither guy was a goat in that epic Game 7 collapse last year. Their speed and willingness to take the body is sorely missed this season.
Grabbo. Grabbbo. Grabbo. If only SOMEONE in the Leafs hierarchy had only had the nuts to suggest he was miscast and could be a VERY effective and productive guy in the role for which he's suited. Or did all those useless buddies Burke brought in as his leadership team all play sycophant to Nonis, and Nonis to Carlyle?
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Eight miles northwest of Windsor, Wolf Creek State Park encompass 11,100 acres of water, 250 miles of shoreline and large tracts of carefully maintained indigenous woodlands ideal for camping, horseback riding, snowmobiling, boat fishing, water skiing, pontoon boating, windsurfing or just plain bobbing and drifting on the glittering expanse of the lake itself. In addition to visiting the small, friendly wooded campgrounds or taking part in the action on the lake, swimming is available from the beach. You can also take a leisurely stroll through nearby forests. An abundance of deer, pheasant, rabbits, wild turkey and songbirds are almost always visible.
This campground has 81 campsites, most of which are shaded.
Timberlake Golf Course in Sullivan, IL is a public golf course that opened in 1960. Designed by Robert B. Harris, Timberlake Golf Course measures 3045 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 105 and a 34.7 USGA rating. The course features 3 sets of tees for different skill levels.
The National At Eagle Creek Golf Course
Situated in Eagle Creek State Parkm the Golf Course is located in Findlay, Il on Eagle Creek State Park. The Course is nestled in the heart of 34,000 acres of woods and prairies on the banks of Lake Shelbyville. This Par 72 course was built in 1989 and is fun for all ages, and we offer five different sets of tee boxes. We look forward to seeing you out on the course!
Located in the heart of Illinois' Amish country, The Great Pumpkin Patch is a working farm that features beautiful gardens, including a spectacular collection of more than 5,000 mums, and offers its heirloom seeds for sale. Known for its more than 300 varieties of rare pumpkins, squash and gourds from around the globe that are grown right on the farm and displayed in its Great Pumpkin Patch from mid-September through October 31 every year. The on-site Homestead Bakery sells made-from-scratch goodies such as pies and angel food cake during spring, summer and fall.
Located on a serene wooded hilltop, gently slopes into a full-service marina and restaurant situated on Lake Shelbyville.
14 tables, ample parking, arcades, dart games, restaurant, lounge, pro shop.
Spitler Woods State Natural Area
Two-thirds of the area is a dedicated nature preserve containing one of the few remaining stands of old-growth timber in Illinois. Two trails wind through the nature preserve, allowing the hiker to enjoy the unspoiled beauty of the forest.
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32 bowling lanes, automatic scoring, free parking, lounge and food.
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area
A 6,400-acre wildlife area on the north end of Lake Shelbyville. Hunting for waterfowl, forest and upland game is popular. Boat access is provided to accommodate anglers and hunters.
Shady Crest Orchard and Farm Market
Come visit this working Amish farm and apple orchard. They have a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, plus fresh honey, apple butter and maple syrup. A Deli filled with 15 different Country-Cured Meats & 24 different Cheeses is also available Monday - Saturday. While you're there, enjoy a hand-dipped ice cream cone. You can also find Fresh Baked Goods every Thursday - Saturday. Open year round.
This zoo overlooking Lake Decatur is home to animals from around the world, the Z.O.&O. Express train, the Endangered Species Carousel and the Zootique Gift Shop. Family events and activities are offered regularly.
Scovill House & Oriental Gardens
Serenity envelopes this intimate area, where visitors are welcomed by a Chinese Fu dog and flowering dogwoods, star magnolia, Japanese lilac, and rhododendron -- foliage native to the Orient. Originally commissioned by Guy and Rose Scovill in the 1920's and reconstructed in the 1980's, the gardens' soothing nature encompasses a small reflective point, sod bridge, and oriental sculptures, and surrounds a small cottage, which is available for gatherings and retreats.
Sometimes called the "shot-maker's" course, Scovill Golf Club is hilly and tree-lined. Golfers will enjoy the manicured fairways surrounded by natural plantings on Decatur's only Audubon sanctioned course. Scovill was designed by Tom Bendelow and redesigned by Dick Nugent. Scovill was named on one of the top 100 women-friendly course in the United States by Golf for Women. It is also the course most frequented by out-of-town golfers.
Bursting with seasonal exhibits, our brightest newcomer nurtures flowering trees and scrubs such as weeping Japanese cherry, mock orange, forsythia, fragrant bulbs, and delightfully colored pansies. A perennial garden joins the array this summer, and the spring exhibit opens mid-March.
Sand Creek is a 755-acre open space site located just south of Decatur off South Franklin Street. Hike the trails to the bluff overlooking Sand Creek for panoramic view of the countryside. Over 7.5 total miles with varying difficulty. Open to hikers & horseback riders.
Play ball! Softball and baseball diamonds appeal to the slugger in everyone.
This nine-hole course is par 36/38. Located 3 miles West of Mattoon, Il. on Route 16.
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The bikeway connects three area parks with a 3.2-mile, 10-foot wide, handicapped accessible trail for enjoyment by hikers and bikers alike. Tote along your favorite fixings to enjoy on the trail or designated picnic areas.
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Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery
Rock Springs Center is the largest park in the Macon County Conservation District properties with a total of 1,343 acres in the southwest area of Decatur, IL. The Sangamon River runs through Rock Springs and several small ponds dot the landscape. A wide range of terrain including forest, wetland, grassland, and restored Illinois prairie make Rock Springs a destination for nature lovers. Rock Springs is also home to a large nature center, a museum, a restored farmhouse, nearly nine miles of hiking trails, and a paved bike trail. Rock Springs is a favorite for families all year round. Rooms and pavilions are available for rent for meetings and events.
Designed by legendary hall of fame player, Raymond Floyd, this signature course features large, undulating greens, wide rolling fairways and native grasses. Located on Decatur's south side, the Park District's newest course is designed for players of all skill levels. From five tee locations and multiple angels, this signature Floyd course is truly designed for the championship to the novice golfer. Red Tail provides multiple tee locations from Championship to Junior, driving range with double tees, golf academy programming, and first tee learning center.
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I have had four careers in the last 45 years….a producer for ABC-TV covering the war in Vietnam, an art director and director in the film industry, a restaurateur with over 350 establishments and the co-founder of Choclatique. I've shot great action films and been shot at. I have directed famous and popular movie stars and have been credited with producing one of the top ten worst movies in history. I've opened restaurants that have been spectacular successes and one which was a spectacular failure. The most fun I have had has been the development of the brand and the fantastic products we make at Choclatique.
Last month I spent several weeks in Equatorial Guinea which, up until the mid twentieth century, was a large exporter of cocoa beans. I was in search of discovering great chocolate on the Dark Continent (If you prepare the recipe for Sofitel's Cold, Welcoming Chocolate Beverage you will see and taste exactly what I mean about great chocolate). The Spanish brought a cocoa culture to Spanish Guinea, now known as Equatorial Guinea, West Africa in the late 1700's.
Equatorial Guinea is on the west coast of equatorial Africa, bordered by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the south and east. Malabo, the capital, is exactly 3 degrees north of the equator (I proved this out with my trusty iPhone compass and GPS system). It has the perfect climate and just the right amount of rainfall to grow great cacao, the fruit from which chocolate is made. A tiny country, it is slightly smaller than the state of Maryland. This includes the mainland (Río Muni), as well as three coastal islets (Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico) and two islands (Bioko and Annobóon). The larger of these is Bioko, formerly known as Fernando Po which is 25 miles off the coast of Cameroon. Mangrove swamps lie along the coast of the island. Río Muni is mainly tropical rain forest and is home to a variety of animals, including gorillas, snakes, chimpanzees, monkeys, leopards, elephants, and crocodiles.
Bioko was most important because of its cocoa plantations and proved to be one of Spain's most profitable territories in Africa. When the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, the Spanish began to invest more in the development of Equatorial Guinea. The country experienced increasing prosperity with the aid of the Spanish government and the Catholic Church. Industry grew, and cocoa and timber contributed to a strong economy.
Independence was declared in 1968. With the departure of Spain the country was left in dire straits. Many of the plantations were deserted and reclaimed by the rain forest. Today the country is rebuilding and establishing a great degree of political and economic stability. With the discovery of oil and other valuable natural resources their efforts are noticeable. On Bioko, the majority of the population lives in the City of Malabo, which is Equatorial Guinea's capital. The city is clean, and its older architecture exhibits Spanish influence while the new buildings resemble the skyline of a major American city. There are new roads being built and construction cranes throughout the city showcase the efforts of Turkish and Chinese contractors.
The main foods are cassava root, bananas, rice, papaya, mango and yams. People also hunt and fish for protein. Palm wine and malamba (an alcoholic drink made from sugarcane) are both mild and popular.
Before independence, Equatorial Guinea's primary source of income was from Spanish-grown cocoa production. With their departure, production fell significantly leaving plantations to be reclaimed by the jungle. Over the last couple of weeks I hiked into the jungle to find these old plantations and see for myself what remained of these vast growing areas. I was pleasantly surprised to see many old heirloom plants had survived the neglect and lack of attended cultivation. The cacao I found is most likely Forastero or Criollo (only testing will tell for sure). I estimate that the trees are probably about 200 years old and may very will be derived from the ancient cacao plants that would have been found in ancient Aztec civilizations and shipped to the colony.
Like superb wine and premium olive oils, fine chocolates all carry a signature flavor. Their distinctive flavors start with the original ingredient… the cacao bean. Wine grapes vary by varietal, region of origin, harvesting methods and weather. So, too, do cacao beans with the additional complications caused by the remoteness of the growing area and the fermenting and drying environment. Sophisticated connoisseurs of chocolate claim they can identify the country of origin, cacao tree type and processing methods; and can detect whether a chocolate comprises beans from a single estate ("terroir") or blends. I'm pretty good at tasting, but not that good.
Before the mapping of the cacao genus a couple of years ago it was thought that there were only three varieties of heirloom cacao: the Criollo, the Trinitario and the Forastero. This is now being rethought as testing is proving that there may be more varieties than originally thought. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) now has the technology to help identify and map the various plants around the world.
Grown mainly in Central America, the Criollo represents only 1% of world's fine chocolate production. Some exceptionally rare Criollo is harvested only by dugout canoe deep in the Amazon rainforest. Its cacao is fine and sweet, with complex flavor notes. The Forastero, grown largely in West Africa and South America, comprises about 80 percent of world's fine chocolate production and has a strong, bold taste. The Trinitario is a flavorful bean and contains qualities of both trees and is grown throughout the world, producing about five percent of world fine chocolate output.
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Rolling Stone, America's most frustrating magazine (yay, Matt Taibbi; boo, excruciating music coverage) has been having some trouble selling ads lately. So to help revitalize its "iconic and revolutionary brand," the magazine has slapped some of its classic covers on t-shirts. They're for sale at Macy's for $36 each. Eh, not really worth it. Oh, wait: each shirt comes with a free subscription to Rolling Stone. Eh, still. Better idea: make the magazine better so it sells. "The new collection of Rolling Stone tees appeals to today's cross-channel lifestyle, bringing together the influences of fashion, music, celebrity and entertainment," says a Macy's exec. "Macy's is honored to be exclusively bringing back these covers in a new, wearable way." OH NOW I GET IT. [via Ad Age]


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2. Life in the Aviary at ACRE Projects
Work by Kyla Zoe Rafert.
ACRE Projects is located at 1913 W. 17th St. Reception is Sunday from 4-8pm.
3. Charades and All That Glitters at Linda Warren Gallery
work by Loretta Bourque and Rob Bondgren respectivly.
Linda Warren Gallery is located at 1052 W. Fulton Mkt. Reception is Friday from 6-9pm.
4. UBS 12×12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Work by Takeshi Moro.
Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 220 E. Chicago Ave. Reception is Friday from 6-10pm.
5. Grandeur and Catharsis at Walsh Gallery
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No he is not gay but like little girls with little boy bodies, SMDH WTF is wrong with folks?!?!ReplyCancel
Kimk and RKelly is too easy amirite?ReplyCancel
Get it broReplyCancel
Is this related to Item #3?ReplyCancel
shoutOut to count! WootwootReplyCancel
I can't handle the sex with children blinds. Get him arrested and off the streets. At what point does someone become an accessory to a crime by not reporting?ReplyCancel
Let me just save CDAN's commenters some trouble:
WHY ARE YOU POSTING THIS INSTEAD OF CALLING THE COPS??? DON'T YOU KNOW UNATTRIBUTED HEARSAY WITH NO EVIDENCE IS ENOUGH TO HAVE THIS GUY ARRESTED???ReplyCancel
@JAS, awesome! lololReplyCancel
Like the Khloe and the game guess.
A kartrashian is in here somewhere
Khloe and game..he was recently out with some young chick and got reamed on Instagram for it.ReplyCancel
Oh goody, a pedo blind.
If true, why does she fear more for her safety as a grown woman than the safety of prepubescent girls?ReplyCancel
Tricia nailed it with Khloe and The Game. They were hanging out this time last year while she was dealing with Lamar's crack issues.ReplyCancel
Khloe admitted to dating The Game. So I'm going to go with Kim & R Kelly. He's a known pedo and I read rumors that they were seeing each other. Then it just went away and she ended marring Kanye kind of out of the blue. Totally think this is R Kelly.ReplyCancel
It's illegal to swim naked with a tweener, isn't it? Why didn't she take a photo of that?ReplyCancel
So the game aint gayReplyCancel
A-list, multiple reality shows, no one likes her. Does Khloe fit? I thought she was the K-trash everyone liked?
Everyone hates Omarosa, but I have a hard time w/ her being A list.
Klum is another that fits for multiple shows and A-list, but I don't know if she is hated.
I think the pedo should be locked in a room w/ Rosie Da Pig as punishment. Having to listen to that moron yap for a few hours would surely drive him to suicide.ReplyCancel
@JAS, lol. Don't worry, yes, we're all aware that Enty is kind of next level fan fic. LolReplyCancel
"The thing is he never was all that into her which was completely foreign to her. When she dates guys, they usually want her all the time."
Not certain that quote would pertain to Khloe though.
And who else has The Game dated in a high profile relationship?
Considering Cee Lo's recent issues, he was my first thought, but don't know if he's been linked with anyone famous.ReplyCancel
I think R Kelly is too obvious.ReplyCancel
Suicide? If I was in a room with him He wouldnt have to dirty his hands with that mess, Silly boyReplyCancel
Immediately thought of Klum. She is absolutely A List, multiple shows and connections.
I can't imagine a Kardashian would even be that upset by this. They would only think about the money they could make or lose by the revelation. Maybe there would be screaming and gnashing of teeth at the time, but taking photos and thinking ahead about legal evidence? Not a Kardashian. The Powwow around PMK would decide they couldn't make any money with it, so forget it.
Klum is a much better guess. Icy Veins would take photos, give them to her lawyer immediately who would give her the very good advise not to release them until a complainant emerged.
So who was Klum hanging out with between her bodyguard and Julian Schnabel? Since Julian hates kids, according to the gossip, he might be a great rebound from this sick trick.ReplyCancel
If Kim K came fwd with this people will know she has not had the wonderful relationship with Kanye that she is trying to portray.
Also, a year ago at this time KK had just had a bb and we didn't see her for months due to her hiding her bb weight. Would she be seeing someone?
The part that does so ur line Kim is the spying. But u can see Khloe confronting the situation
Also, what was the dudes explanation for swimming with tbe child??
And that means the spying gf did confront him in the pool ???
Then the gf left but returned to check the bedroom??
The phone caller- who was this? If TBEY know so much can't they get prof and report this SHIT LIST pedo?
I know nothing about R Kekly or his rep. I've heard of tbe Game cuz of Khloe (I hate to say). And while i did figure she was boffing him it did seem like he "just wasn't that into her."ReplyCancel
I would think if he is into little girls he would then probably have some child pornography. Isn't there some law in place to at least actively pursue child predators through web searches? If not there really should be.
As usual with these types of blinds, my disgusted face rears its ugly head. Seriously wtf is wrong with people?!
@Sugar. I thought the same thing- Khloe doesn't seem like guys are needing to have her all the time. She seems more tbe aggressor.
That line didn't fit Khloe in my opinion either. ( I wondered if I'd just been wrong about her)
Glad u brang it!
Crap. Wrong thread.ReplyCancel
what about Paris?ReplyCancel
Rob lowe's married
And not to any-listerReplyCancel
No one called the cops on Pall Walker's adult perv ass when he started a sexual relationship with a 16 year old, "training hrr" to be a good step-mum to his tween daughter.
And everyone knew – his family, colleagues, handlers, media – even her parents and family.
But hey his perv ass got a pass and keeps getting "cool/awaesome" because he made some Fast + Furious and PR'd a few humanitarian deeds.ReplyCancel
Wen @ 11:22
PMK is whorrible but don't trivialize ISIS by dropping them into a humorous scenario with her. The savages just cut off another man's head. I was going to say that they are barbarians but barbarians had standards. As do most animals. As does, it must be admitted, PMK. (She would never be seen without her 10 lbs of makeup.) I guess comparing them to parasites would be appropriate but parasites don't videotape their entirely uncourageous exploits. Anyway, point is there's "reality" and then there's reality and sometimes they shouldn't mix.
Hollywood pervs should be outed ASAP or it becomes problematic to prove the charge given that they will say, as Michael Jackson did, and with some measure of credibility, that the accuser is simply extorting them. My prediction is that at some point, as with the Catholic Church, there will be a wave effect and people will start to be prosecuted.ReplyCancel
@Frosty –
How do you know someone didn't drop a dime and there isn't a police investigation? It's not like PD is going to announce it to the world. They keep it quiet to collect good evidence.
Having photos is only supporting evidence if a crime is prosecuted. DA's need a victim to come forward first.
A Kardashian would leak the photos online so they could milk several episodes of woe and bitchy discussion about it. Frankly, it would blow up in their faces ultimately.
This chick was a cool character to squirrel her way in and take photos rather than scream at the sicko. It relieves her from criminal culpability, too.
Hollywood is for perverts who have power. And it's all male power. Every Hollywood player has a secret they are ashamed/proud of, so they aren't going to allow another bro to suffer public judgement in case it effects them all.ReplyCancel
Paris Hilton/AfrojackReplyCancel
FYI Klum is dating son of Julian, Vito SchabelReplyCancel
" the B lister had a logical explanation. But, the caller from the day before had been very insistent and so our A lister went back in the house and went up to the B lister's bedroom and she found two sets of clothes and a condom wrapper."
Some families practice nudism at home. There is nothing sexual about it under the nudist/naturist philosophy, just a father and daughter swimming instead of doing other things they do nude in the family home like watch TV or eat dinner, etc.
It is highly contrary to prevailing naturist/nudist codes for them to be having sex, however.ReplyCancel
i just feel like khloe is the only kardashian most people like. other than that, i think her and game fit … kind of.
I'm going rogue. how do you like bethenny frankel and warren lichtenstein? everyone dislikes her, and she's been on many many reality shows.ReplyCancel
ah, lichtenstein isn't much for an entertainer unless you count having a billion dollars pretty entertaining – which i do.
what if this is PMK and bruce? he is just not that into her anymore because, over time, her constant need to control everything has caused his penis to slowly receded back into himself and he's now a woman. yeah, i got nothing.ReplyCancel
Kartrashian seems unlikely unless the photos were selfies with the nude couple or clothes and condom wrapper in the background.ReplyCancel
Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern.ReplyCancel
Didn't James Franco try to pick up some teen girl on social media? Was that a one-off or habit??ReplyCancel
some girl just posted her story from when she was barely a teenager and the Game flirted with her.
she also ended up sleeping with him at the hotel she was staying in with her parents.
story is he is interested in that little girl he keeps posting on instagram and his daughter.
he is also seeing a girl who's barely 18!!ReplyCancel


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Pan Am round up- Canada loses heartbreaker in women's volleyball at Pan Am Games
Redmann and Saxton win opening beach match
GUADALAJARA – Canada squandered a two set lead and lost in five to the Dominican Republic on Monday in women's volleyball action at the Pan American Games. The Dominicans took the two hour and 16 minute marathon 27-29, 22-25, 27-25, 25-21, 15-12.
With the victory the Dominicans (1-2) take third spot in Group A to advance to advance to the quarterfinals while Canada (0-3) will battle for positions five to eight in the consolation round.
''It's frustrating to lose a match that way,'' said Canada's libero Julie Young of Red Deer, Alta. ''We laid it all out there. We were consistent from start to finish but they elevated their game in the third set.''
Jennifer Hinze of Vancouver led Canadian scorers with 18 points, Tasha Holness of Calgary added 17, team captain Tammy Mahon of Holland, Man., 16, Brittney Page of Vernon, B.C., 11 and Elizabeth Cordonier of Vancouver 10.
''It would have been really big for us to win the match,'' said Young. The Dominicans are ranked 14th in the world and Canada 22nd.
''However, we can't forget that we continued to show a lot of progress tonight.''
Canada's next match is Wednesday afternoon against one of the quarterfinal losers.
Redmann and Saxton open beach volleyball tournament with victory
Christian Redmann of Oro Station, Ont., and Ben Saxton of Balzac, Alta., won their opening match in the men's beach volleyball tournament on Monday defeating Williman and Zanotta of Uruguay 21-17, 21-19.
''Christian and Ben played very aggressive,'' said Canada's national coach Lennard Krapp. ''It was a tough match, the Uruguayans were strong, but Christian and Ben's experience prevailed in the end.''
On the women's side, Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto are 1-1 after falling to Yarleen Santiago and Yamileska Yantin of Puerto Rico 21-19, 21-18. The Canadians must win their third and final round robin match on Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinals.
''It was a really tight match,'' said Krapp. ''One or two rallies made the difference in the end. I'm confident they can win tomorrow and advance.''
Canadian women's national volleyball team for the Pan American Games
1) Tricia Mayba - Winnipeg, MB
2) Julie Young - Red Deer, AB
3) Tammy Mahon - Holland, MB
4) Claire Hanna - Calgary, AB
5) Tonya Mokelki - Weyburn, SK
6) Carla Bradstock - Richmond, BC
7) Tasha Holness - Calgary, AB
8) Elizabeth Cordonier - Vancouver, BC
9) Colette Meek - Sherwood Park, AB
10) Jennifer Hinze - Vancouver, BC
11) Brittney Page - Vernon, BC
12) Lauren O'Reilly - Langley, BC
Head Coach: Arnd Ludwig, Winnipeg
Assistant Coach: Scott Koskie, Winnipeg
Team Manager: Julien Boucher, Quebec City
Athletic Therapist: Ben Trunzo
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The U. S. Senate voted against freedom, the constitution and the american people by rejecting "The Respect for Rights of Conscience Act" authored by Sen. Roy Blunt. It would have exempted employers from an Obamacare mandate to provide contraception, abortion pills and even sterilization to their employess even if that employer happens to be a church or an affiliated organization. I think this is a turning point for our country because soon we will all have to choose between a government thats thinks of itself of God and our heavenly Father who is our lord and savior. Who will you obey?
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The Crusaders ensured they will host a Super Rugby play-off next week thanks to a 25-17 win over the Hurricanes in Christchruch on Friday.
The Crusaders ensured they will host a play-off next week thanks to a 25-17 win over the Hurricanes in Christchruch on Friday.
The result means the Crusaders will finish fourth in the overall standings as they failed to bag the bonus point required to move above the Chiefs in the New Zealand conference.
The Crusaders outscored their visitors three tries to two but were pushed all the way in a high-paced game.
The teams scored a try apiece in the first half but Dan Carter's accuracy from the kicking tee ensured the Crusaders led 13-5 at half time.
The Hurricanes kept the pressure on in the second half though and the game went down to the wire with the sides separated by a single point for much of the final quarter.
The Crusaders were first to strike – against the run of play – when Zac Guildford sprinted almost the length of the field as he chased down his own kick to score.
Carter added the conversion but the Hurricanes struck back almost immediately as Victor Vito crashed over after an initial break from Matt Proctor. Tom Marshall's charge put huge pressure on Beauden Barrett, who missed with the conversion.
The Crusaders twice came close to crossing the whitewash again before the interval but were denied by the TMO on both occasions. Carter added a long-range penalty on the 25-minute mark and then another on the stroke of half time to give the Crusaders an eight-point lead at the end of a highly-entertaining first period.
The 'Canes started the second period with a bang as the impressive Brad Shields hit the line to pace to charge over but again Barrett's conversion attempt was wide to leave the visitors trailing at 13-10.
The Crusaders restored the eight-point gap when scrum-half Andy Ellis charged down his opposite number TJ Perenara to score in the corner, but this time Carter couldn't add the extras.
The Hurricanes ensured the game would go down to the wire however as the ball found Julian Savea on the overlap for a well-worked try and Andre Taylor landed the conversion to make it a one-point ball game with 15 minutes left to play.
A late try from Marshall would secure the win for the hosts however as the wing found his way into the corner after chasing his own kick ahead as the Crusaders counter-attacked.
The scorers:
For Crusaders:
Tries: Guildford, Ellis, Marshall
Cons: Carter 2
Pens: Carter 2
For Hurricanes:
Tries: Vito, Shields, Savea
Cons: Taylor
Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Tom Marshall, 13 Ryan Crotty, 12 Tom Taylor, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read (captain), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Tom Donnelly, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Joe Moody, 18 Jimmy Tupou, 19 Luke Whitelock, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Tyler Bleyendaal, 22 Telusa Veainu.
Hurricanes: 15 James Marshall, 14 Matt Proctor, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Reynold Lee-Lo, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Karl Lowe, 6 Brad Shields, 5 James Broadhurst, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Ben May, 2 Ash Dixon, 1 Ben Franks.
Replacements: 16 Reggie Goodes, 17 John Schwalger, 18 Blade Thomson, 19 Faifili Levave, 20 Chris Smylie, 21 Ope Peleseuma, 22 Andre Taylor.
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)


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Patience, especially when it comes to buying electronic devices, typically is not one of my stronger attributes. That's why I'm surprised I still have a two-year-old iPhone 3GS. Temptation almost got the better of me this week when, thanks to Jetsetter, an online travel site with a new mobile app, I learned that the iPhone 4 has a gyroscope that my older phone does not.
Jetsetter users with iPhone 4 devices can tilt the smartphone to rotate a 360-degree image without touching the screen. What else separates my phone from the newest model? With an iPhone 4 I could call a retailer that's implemented Apple's video chat software called Face Time to answer my query or resolve a customer service issue.
What I'm really holding out for, though, is the next iPhone, rumored for release in the next several weeks.
Speculation abounds that the next iPhone might include a Near Field Communication chip that could enable a two-way wireless connection between the phone and a device, such as a payment terminal or a tag on a poster. That connection could enable a contactless payment or the opportunity to get more information or special deals. Google Inc. already has demonstrated how that might work with its NFC-enabled Nexus S smartphone in its Google Offers service. Set to launch on a broad scale this fall, Google Offers could enable a consumer to tap a Nexus S phone against an NFC tag and sign up for special deals, get coupons or similar incentives, and make a payment at a store.
Even without NFC, the next iPhone may require retailers to adjust their sites and apps. It could have a larger screen with greater resolution, calling for better quality images. The phone's software might have a different way of accessing video that retailers need to consider. If equipped with a faster processor, the new iPhone might have an easier time using augmented reality apps. Augmented reality technology enables consumers to change imagery or see information projected onto a phone's display using a smartphone's camera. OverstockArt.com's app is a good example of a retailer that uses this technology; the app shows what a piece of art might look like inside one's living room, for example.
Whatever the capabilities of the next iPhone, I doubt I'll be disappointed. The impatient aspect then will be waiting to see how retailers take advantage of the device's latest features.
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EDUN's Online Store Sale – Women's jeans slashed down to $85 and up; Men's Jeans $90 and up.
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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
A new study provides evidence that people who meditate are improving their brains. MRI brain scans showed that meditating can increase the thickness of the cortex by causing blood vessels to expand and neurons to have increased branching. The areas that involve attention and sensory processing seem to be the most affected.
In a different study, sleep-deprived volunteers were given mental reaction tests. They were then instructed to either take a short nap or meditate. They were then retested. The volunteers who meditated showed superior performance on the tests, even though they had no prior experience with meditation.
There have been numerous studies comparing the memory performance of smokers to nonsmokers, and smokers always come out behind. Several studies show a direct correlation between smoking and decreased performance in memory for names and faces, as well as a decline in verbal memory. Another recent study included nearly ten thousand people and tracked their memory decline with age. People who smoked had five times the amount of decline that nonsmokers had.
There are two possible reasons for the memory decline experienced by smokers. The first is that smoking damages the lungs and constricts the blood vessels. This decreases the amount of oxygen that can get to the brain, which causes the brain to function at decreased efficiency and can cause some damage. The second reason is that smoking can cause hypertension which can damage the tiny blood vessels that feed the neurons in the brain. Without proper blood flow, the neurons will become damaged. The good news is that quitting smoking can reverse the decline and improve memory performance.
Most people know that the saturated and trans fats that are found in meats and processed foods are bad for their heart, but you may not know that they are also bad for your brain too! Unsaturated fats like those found in fish, nuts and most vegetable oils can actually improve your cognition. A recent study found that people who ate large quantities of saturated and trans fats had an increased risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. In the study, those people who ate the more unsaturated fats had a decreased risk of getting the disease.
In particular, eating fish has been showing to decrease Alzheimer's risk and protect other memory functions. This may be because fish are high in omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to have beneficial effects on health.
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Vitamin B12 is found in fish, meat, poultry, eggs, milk and fortified breakfast cereals. Vegetarians and vegans should be careful to make sure they are getting enough B12 as part of their diet, or via supplements.
Age, smoking and drinking are all factors that contribute to deficiencies in vitamin B12, however it is possible for a deficiency to occur because of a problem absorbing the vitamin through digestion. If this is the case, eating more B12 will not help; the individual will need to get monthly injections.
We're sorry to say that there is no "secret technique" or "quick fix" that will give you a miraculous memory. If you want to improve your memory ability, you are going to need to learn a variety of different techniques that you can apply to different situations. Just like you would pick a hammer (not a saw) to drive a nail, you'll need to pick the right memory tool for each memory task.
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You've probably heard from some that structured metadata is what the Web really needs to evolve to the next level. "It's all about the Semantic Web". You've probably heard from others that structured metadata on the Web will never work because we're all too lazy, too bad at spelling and too heavily infiltrated by crooks and spies. "It's all about metacrap". Who knows how that movie will end, but what I know is that we've quietly been putting structured metadata to work on our own little corner of the Web for years. Well, not always so quietly-- you might have heard of Sun's SwoRDFish project. It's a pioneering effort to use Web-friendly metadata, and specifically RDF to identify and describe Sun products across systems and departments. I found myself right at the center of things back when the project really gained legs back in 2003 or so, driving the effort to develop a shared taxonomy of products on the SwoRDFish system. That was about the time I became involved in CME and the maturing of Starlight, the main CMS for global sun.com Web sites.
Starlight needed a consistent way to tag pages related to products for a variety of reasons. A customer who follows a link to a Sun success story might learn that the Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server is an effective hardware platform for high-scale Web application architectures, and we want to make sure that they can find on that page well-updated information on that product. On the other hand, if a customer comes straight to a product feature page we want to make sure we make available just the tags for other standard pages associated with that product. We don't want to have a downloads tab for a hardware product, so we're concerned about identity and also general categorization of the product. Sun's product Web pages use SwoRDFish identifiers and taxonomy to solve many such problems, and it's become a crucial part of our machinery for dynamic page rendering.
For a quick look at the first example in pictures, the following is from our Customer Success Stories landing page:
The "By Product" tab uses selection by SwoRDFish IDs. If you hover your mouse over "Coolthreads" you'll find the link is something like http://www.sun.com/customers/index.xml?p=8871f410-44cb-11da-ac39-080020a9ed93 . Yes,
urn:uuid:8871f410-44cb-11da-ac39-080020a9ed93 is the SwoRDFish URI for the Coolthreads server product category. Clicking on it produces the generated landing page for all customer success stories that touch on that product category.
There is also useful separation of responsibility here. The product metadata and taxonomy is now maintained by experts on the SwoRDFish team, taking their input from product managers. This is general institutional knowledge that is used across Sun, and not just on the product marketing Web pages. Starlight queries SwoRDFish for the metadata, and makes this available for publishers to add capabilities such as "success story by product". We have built some cool internal tools for content authors to navigate the SwoRDFish ontology to make tagging and publishing quick and simple.
SwoRDFish was definitely on the bleeding edge of things. We learned lots of lessons, and we'd all do things a bit differently if we were starting out now. For one thing, rather than using UUIDs URIs we'd use good old "http://". We're actually working on some things in that direction that I hope to be able to talk about more, soon. Perhaps we'll even get to the point of opening up the richness of our data and metadata to publishers, partners, and others outside Sun as well as inside. In this age we realize that our community is our most effective marketing arm. It's certainly getting easier to carry the small-S semantic web message inside and outside Sun. Now that people see mashups everywhere they understand the importance of connecting the data behind Web sites, as well as linking pages. I definitely see a bright future for the marriage of sound document design and rich metadata design that's fueled the success of Starlight to date. Sometimes the bleeding edge may cut you, but when it does take root, and proves its value so thoroughly, the satisfaction more than makes up for the scars.


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Skip to comments.WWII Memorial Barricade Wired Shut
Posted on 10/04/2013 7:54:51 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey
Tuesday morning, seven National Park Service employees were seen erecting and tending to a barricade around the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. One NPS employee was operating a forklift. There usually aren't any NPS employees working at the World War II memorial.
A couple hours later, when an Honor Flight of World War II veterans arrived, accompanied by Democratic and Republican members of Congress, the fences blocking the memorial were easily moved away, allowing the veterans to enter.
But the barriers are still at the memorial, and they've been reinforced. This morning, I walked by the memorial and noticed that wires had been used to tie the fences together:
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Paging Mark Levin, Paging Mark Levin.!!!
These idiots have sunk to new lows.
One word: pliers!
OBayMe and his Regime are spitting in the eyes of We The People and all those who serve, past, present, and future. Include in that the families and widows. Harry Reid, Pelosi, Durbin, Schumer, RATs and RINOs alike, are showing us their arrogance and their personal quest for power at all costs.
Bammy pushing...testing....probing...
Lets see what Levin says about this atrocity!
Obama doesn't give a rats a$$ for freedom. He wants the vets to blame the Tea Party publicly and then he will let them in tp the WWII memorial.
Obama is a small minded tyrant, one of the kids elected to mind the store.He needs a severe spanking, in public.
Let the Kenyan escalate this. The lickspittle media won't be able to spin this favorably and it WILL get attention.
Pliers can be used as a weapon and the shooting is justified.
Some bolt cutters handed to the Vets or their escorts could solve that.
Biden called the park ranger to say he was proud of her."Im proud of you," VP called to tell the Park Ranger who was chastised by a GOP Rep today at the WWII Memorial. Office of VP Biden (@VP) October 3, 2013V
Bangalore torpedoes like at Normandy should do the trick.
The National World War II Memorial was funded almost entirely by private contributions, as specified in Public Law 103-32. The campaign received more than $197 million in cash and pledges. Support came from hundreds of thousands of individual Americans, hundreds of corporations and foundations, veterans groups, dozens of civic, fraternal and professional organizations, states and one territory, and students in 1,200 schools across the country.
Donated and pledged funds were used to cover the total project costs of approximately $182 million. These costs include site selection and design, construction and sculpture, a National Park Service maintenance fee required by the Commemorative Works Act, groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies, fund raising, and the 11-year administrative costs of the project from its inception in 1993 through completion in 2004.
Remaining funds are held on deposit with the U.S. Treasury in a National WWII Memorial Trust Fund. The funds will be used by the American Battle Monuments Commission solely to benefit the World War II Memorial.
Mark is off the radio until next Tuesday, I think. :(
I'm sure he wants to.
I say wall up the white house and not allow even fresh air in. That will tell those pesky Republicans and those anarchrist tea partiers that they can't hold the president hostage. I don't care how much they try, they won't be able to get into the airtight white house where obama,reid,pelosi and chuckky shumcker are standing guard /S
U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Tx., confronted a Park Ranger at the closed World War II Memorial Wednesday.
Imagine a group of WWII vets being arrested for trying to visit the memorial! Does President Obama really want that public relations nightmare on his hands? Let's hope so!
Damn right he wants to escalate. He is also doing his best to create panic over anything he can. Economy, markets, security... anything he can do to create the impression that only the government and more power by his government in particular can protect the fools that will believe that.
obastard is guilty of Sedition, the very act he would like to charge any of us who challenge him with. Be careful of it. Find me the man and I will find the crime or charge for him.
In law, sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal authority to tend toward insurrection against the established order.
For his next act oblowhard intends to further trash the Constitution by using clause 4 of the 14th Amendment to ignore the debt ceiling set by Congress.
The Amendment was made, foolishly I think, to state that the debts of the Confederacy and the losses for slaves woudl not be paid by the Treasury. They could have left out the bit about "validity of the public debt of the United States..." It is the "authorized by law" part that leaves determination and authorization of the debt in the hands of Congress so far as I cam concerned.
oblowhard is going to use the terms "Appropriation" and "Authorization" to justify his SupraConstitutional and illegal actions. Congress "Authorizes" action and "Appropriates" money. oblowhard will stipulate that the authorization requires him to spend money and that it is Congress fault that he does not have the Authorization to spend and so he is bound by law to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling and spend money to save the nation from economic ruin evident in the panic he is now working so hard to create. If allowed to use this logic he can extend the Authorization actions by Congress to unilaterally taxing, spending and law making. He has already done this with the EPA.
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No Doubt!! Pure vindictiveness!!
Apparently, the vermin in our White House have time to BS with everyone.
All the RoveRepublicans that think we should wait to fight during the election cycle (you know when the make their big fees)can shove their moderation up their @ss.
We're dealing w/ a criminal/rogue government.
Now that I think back, I'm pretty sure I donated to that memorial, too. A lot of people did. What's the administration going to do? Round up WWII vets for trespassing on something We the People paid for?
I predict that by Monday the wires will be replaced with chains and padlocks.
No matter how bad the economy, or how short the budget, despots can ALWAYS find money to hire new guards.
Do we know how many Park Rangers are being paid to keep the WWII vets away? I'm willing to get arrested pushing past one of them...if thousands of us push,,they have to step aside.
the article and comments refer to wiring...but in fact the wiring isnt....i
even easier to remove.....
...The memorial is wide open...no doors to open, no need for security ....nothing, really to maintain!
I was just there less than 2 weeks ago....it's a serene, uncomplicated memorial dedicated to our greatest generation during World War 11.
Peaceful, serene....walking around at leisure but profound in the engravings, quotes of Eisenhower and generals about heroic sacrifice.
It is an awesome place of reverence and emotion....knowing men, like my father, was part of this....at age 19, in the China/Burma/India campaign.
My neighbor across the street is in his 90's and proudly flew to DC recently on one of the 'honor flights'....
If the administration has so little regard for those elderly warriors who defended us and our nation.....they have no regard for anyone!
The memorial was funded ENTIRELY by private donations, and is maintained by a trust fund created from private donations.
Obama is such a despot!
hey...that bears a striking resemblance to Barrys Hi Tech BONG!!
Let's see if the NPS guys follow orders -
- or act like Americans and do what's right.
And what's right is to remove ANYTHING that makes it harder for these elderly gentlemen to visit their memorial.
Americas Idi Amin!!!!
I know Tom Hanks is a big liberal but look at this:
"Tom Hanks Praises World War II Veterans for Breaching DC Memorial"....
Washington Examiner, 10/4/13
They're insane
More government officials dispatched to secure an open-air memorial in the District of Criminals than were sent to secure the diplomatic mission in hostile Benghazi.
how DARE he look Incredulous!!
The petulant _resident!
Some of us are on Twitter trying to blow up (meaning use it so much it causes a trend) #HarryReidsshutdown....If any of you tweet,,get over there,,the traffic is picking up...
I can't help but think that they are calling us to the slaughter.
Levin has thrown down the gauntlet and many on both sides noticed.
After yesterday, I think the Obama administration will point to the incident as backing to their position of blocking the memorial.
It also tells me a likely outcome if we try and defy Obama's position.
If Levin says he's going, I am going.
Obama has also closed all historic sites to the public.
Thank You!
"No Doubt!! Pure vindictiveness!!"
How dare people find ways NOT to feel the pain OBASTARD wants them to. Next steps, machine gun nests around the reflecting pool and cover the Washington Monument with a huge tarp!
Yes, but Tom Hanks also said that he wished that Obama could have a 3rd term.
19 hours, straight drive. I'll go
...but there's not enough money to secure our borders?!?!
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