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The glutton branch (SCI01,SCI1 etc. support) seems to be coming along nicely, meaning that we may have some parts of Quest for Glory 2 playable in the near future. I guess it's time to start worrying about handling palette effects now-- they're already present in QfG2 (EGA-- using a 16 color palette selectable per-image, this was discovered by Lars Skovlund), but they're likely to become more relevant wrt performance in the VGA games (back in the days of color index modes, those were a great way to get certain kinds of simple animations cheaply).
Using per-image palettes sounds like a great way to re-use graphics-- consider, for example, an RPG allowing you to configure hair color, eye color, and complexion. Of all the (graphical) RPGs I've seen, only Ultima Online seems to take advantage of that (although I'd expect other online-RPGs to do the same).
Programming languages
I've been wondering about this for quite a while: It seems reasonable to be concerned about type systems restricting both the expressivity and the effectiveness of programming languages-- after all, the security checks they offer do restrict what you can express, in a way. However, given a statically checked typesystem with (bounded) polymorphic parametrism (offered by safe languages such as Haskell and Modula-3, as well as by mostly-safe languages like Eiffel and the upcoming Java-with-Generics) and ad-hoc polymorphism (aka subtyping-- present in all "object-oriented" languages) (I'm not sure if the latter is all that useful if you have the former already, BTW), are there any practically useful constructs that are particularly cumbersome to express? (You can always express all of them by defining an unsafe interpreter on top of your language, of course, but I'd consider that to be a good example of a cumbersome solution ;-) I can't really think of any, but that may be just because I'm too used to thinking within the restrictions imposed by these type systems (I found it similarly hard to understand parametric types at first, until I used them for a little while and then stumbled across an... opportunity to experienced what container classes (textbook example for using type parameters) look like in languages that only do ad-hoc polymorphism).
So, any ideas?
Types, Proofs, and Books
So the CU library doesn't have Girard's "Proofs and Types" (which is probably what chalst was referring to), it's out of print, and it's not exactly the kind of book you're likely to find in a used-book store. As a relative novice in this area, I'll have to look for a different starting place-- the CiteSeer is unlikely to spit out entire books. Reading papers and articles is certainly helpful, but I'd prefer some solid foundations, in order not to miss out the "well-known fundamentals that hardly deserve mentioning". Any suggestions?

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RIC Faculty Travel to Israel to Help Foster International Collaboration
Rhode Island College faculty members recently traveled to Israel to develop collaborative activities to strengthen ties between faculty and students from across the world.
Nine faculty members from Rhode Island College's Feinstein School of Education and Human Development (FSEHD) visited Israel last month, where they met with colleagues from Beit Berl and Oranim Academic colleges to organize collaborative activities to strengthen ties between faculty and students from across the world.
Ezra Stieglitz, professor of elementary education, organized the event in response to RIC President Nancy Carriuolo's request to develop ties with both colleges after her economic mission there in November 2011. (See story http://www.ric.edu/whatsnews/details.php?News_ID=1588).
"The basic goal was to come up with a variety of collaborative activities between RIC and the two institutions of higher education in Israel," said Stieglitz.
Other faculty involved in the trip were Karen Castagno, associate dean of FSEHD; Marie Lynch, chair/associate professor of special education; Ellen Bigler, professor of educational studies; Prachi Kene, assistant professor of counseling; Andres Ramirez, assistant professor of educational studies; and Mary Ellen McGuire-Schwartz, Elizabeth Henshaw and Maria Lawrence, all associate professors of elementary education.
Stieglitz previously had traveled to Israel in January 2012 to see if faculty from Beit Berl and Oranim were interested in collaborating with RIC. When he traveled there again in June of last year, they began to discuss ways in which collaboration could take place in the form of research, faculty exchanges and/or student interaction in coursework.
"We feel that now is the time to have our faculty interact with theirs," said Stieglitz, who left for Israel on Christmas day, more than two weeks before the rest of RIC's faculty.
There was a lot of prep work involved to ensure the trip would be both productive and successful, he said. Faculties from the institutions collaborated on an itinerary and schedule for the trip, and were then divided into areas of interest such as early childhood and special education & psychology subgroups. They used email and other forms of social interactive media, such as Skype, to collaborate from opposite sides of the world.
Stieglitz, who teaches a core four course called The Holocaust and Other Genocides (GEN 263), worked with colleagues from each of the institutions to help further develop that course to benefit future RIC students.
Associate Dean Castagno plans to collaborate with faculty at Beit Berl and Oranim to further develop the FSEHD's "Worldviews on Education Lecture Series," developed to broaden students' world views about education and wellness by communicating through Skype with diverse professionals across the world.
In the fall, the plan is to offer this lecture in "real-time" with professors from Israel. This will allow FSEHD students to learn about effective teaching and clinical practices, Castagno said.
Lynch says she was most excited to learn about Israel's special education practices in addition to identifying the similarities and differences about responsiveness to individuals who have disabilities.
"I got to explore a part of the world that I have never been to, yet have heard and read so much about over the years," said Lynch.
When RIC faculty members weren't collaborating with colleagues from Beit Berl or Oranim, they were able to tour the two colleges and visit a public school to see how learning takes place in an Israeli elementary school.
Stieglitz also led RIC faculty on a tour of the community of Neve Shalom-Wahat al-Salam (NS-WAS, which means "oasis of peace"), where he spent time on his visit to Israel in June. He wrote an article about his observations and experiences at Neve Shalom, which was originally published in The Jewish Voice & Herald, and re-posted on RIC's website. ((http://www.ric.edu/whatsnews/details.php?News_ID=1861).
Neve Shalom, a cooperative community in Jerusalem where Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs live side by side-by-side in peace, also offers a bi-cultural, bi-national, bilingual school for children from three months through sixth grade.
"We got to see a lot of things in the short time that we were there," said Stieglitz. "We were able to mix business with some sightseeing."
Of the nine faculty who traveled to Israel, Stieglitz is the only one who ever visited before. Since his son lives in Jerusalem, he has travelled back and forth many times, which is how he initially made contacts at Beit Berl and Oranim.
As a followup, faculty from these institutions were invited to visit RIC in the fall to continue discussions about developing collaborative activities.
"The best is yet to come," Stieglitz said.
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Speaking Event: The Sutter's hill Meteorite Fall in California's Gold Country
Join Dr. Peter Jenniskens from the SETI Institute for a presentation on The Sutter's Mill Meteorite Fall in California's Gold Country. On April 22, 2012, a bomb-like detonation was heard in a wide area around Lake Tahoe. A small asteroid had crashed in our atmosphere, broke in fragments, and pieces of the asteroid fell down over the Colama/Lotus region. This is right above Sutter's Mill where James Marshall's discovery of gold in 1848 led to the California Gold Rush. The recent fall of the meteorites has created a second rush in the area, now many are trying to recover the precious space rocks. SETI Institute meteor astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniskens found the second recovered meteorite from this fall. Jenniskens will talk about the efforts made by NASA Ames Research Center and the SETI Institute to coordinate the recovery and learn as much as possible about the asteroid that shook people's imagination.
Peter Jenniskens latest project took him and 27 researchers on NASA's DC-8 Airborne Laboratory for a mission to study the re-entry of JAXA's Hayabusa mission in June of 2010. Before that, he had been the Principal Investigator of a number of airborne observing campaigns that studied meteor showers and the fireballs created when spacecraft returned from interplanetary space. He received his Ph.D.in astronomy from Leiden University in the Netherlands and has since been associated with NASA Ames Research Center and the SETI Institute. He is the author of "Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets" (2006).


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Kobe Bryant scored his 30,000th point on Wednesday and finished with 29 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals and one 3-pointer against the Hornets.
He passed the milestone on a shot in the paint over Robin Lopez and we'll be seeing Lopez's hair in the highlight of the play for quite some time. Bryant joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain as the only others to do so. Kobe is looking like he's still in his prime and his 28.0 points per game is on pace to be his best total since 2008.
And when they did acknowledge him I know people didn't seem to really care.
the rest came to see the hornets win
Why in the hell as a hornet fan would I acknowledge a player that doesn't play for my team?
It didn't help that he got it on 3 straight phantom calls and people were pissed
Not even the Kobe fan boys clapped
quote:Just another record for that arse in Miami to break
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/. Used to be an obsession for me. I've been here over a decade. I've 2^8th +5 comments, 2^8 days read. I have broken news here by waking the Admins. For the last 10 years
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Is excess intelligence for your social situation a disability? Discuss.
Yeah, I get it - you have to serve mobile kids too. I don't like that interface. Have been using classic on Android since I got it. I browse logged in. There should be configuration preference for "never show me the mobile site again".
Apparently Backblaze has a third generation box out. Backblaze is a provider of online backup who has a fixed fee "all you can eat" price structure. Because of this they have to minimize the cost of providing their huge storage needs. They designed a 4U server to hold 45 drives some years ago and open sourced it. Netflix uses the design now for their CDN. Since then Backblaze has improved it some and it has been reported here.
Now there's a site where you can buy them for retail, and there's a new version out. If you want to put 180TB raw into 4U, there is no more efficient way to do it.
In Star Trek they have a great deal of amazing technologies. Warp drive, transporters, phasers, replicators, lots of cool stuff. Some of these things have been realized at least partially with technology. Tech people love Star Trek mostly, and adore the tech. Some think that this is what Star Trek is about. This technology stuff is what makes Star Trek science fiction. This is not what Star Trek â" nor any popular fiction â" is about.
The tech in Star Trek has almost never been the story, and certainly never in a good episode. The tech is a method where the storyteller sets his story in a place just different enough from the current day that the audience can view the story objectively rather than subjectively. It is a prop. With this diversion the moral play becomes not a threat to the viewer's established prejudices because it happened in a mythical place far away in space and time, opening the viewer to alter their prejudices and experience (pleasurable) personal growth. Every Star Trek show is a moral play showing conflicts arising between people, and how they resolved them. It is about educating people about conflict resolution and ethical behavior. This and only this is why we watch. Roddenberry was shameless in re-telling all of the basic stories of the past in his postmodern future â" even Aesop's fables and Shakespeare. It's about the people because how people engage with other people is what we, as humans, connect with on an emotional level. That is what makes it a good story.
In the technology world we focus on the widget. What its gigawhats and megathings are relative to the one that came before. How many FPS it gets on TradeBench. This is entirely the wrong approach. The technology world is not about gigawhats. It's about people. People who have wants and needs, aspirations and dreams. To a certain extent we acknowledge this in the marketing department where the people who sell the stuff we make live and bring the money that buys our sweet engineering gear. Marketing understands this is how you sell things: You associate the thing in the customer's mind with a greater affinity with his family, the public, the world â" you empower and enable him to do what he needs or wants to do, to be important, or at least convince him you will, and he gives you his money.
Somehow a one-way conceptual firewall has been built between engineering and marketing where this idea cannot pass back to the people who invent stuff. Engineering doesn't respect marketing, and is living in its own Star Trek world where they invent ever more widgets they think are really cool and then fling them through the Barrier to Marketing to make of them what they can.
If you start instead at âoewhat do people really want and needâ and build that you don't need marketing much at all. People will beat down your door to get it once they know you have it. Make it your engineering goal to understand what people want and need at a basic human level, and focus on inventing stuff around enabling and empowering them to have that.
So what do people want and need? After air, food and shelter they want to connect with their fellow humans, to share and partake of sharing of each others' lives. This is why Facebook and Twitter are so huge. They want to relax and enjoy life, and enjoy songs and stories â" so, Netflix and Pandora. They want fame and recognition, so: Facebook and Twitter. Notice Facebook doesn't have a âoedislikeâ button? Know why that is? Because the fear of negative feedback would ruin the sharing experience by including the risk of rejection. They want love without fear. Give them that and they are yours.
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I'm starting to detect some deviation from the former regime. Posts are no longer as controversial. My comments are not moderated as frequently - or at all. The front page is not as timely. There's a chance my idle maunderings don't even appear to most folk. The 16 hour outage of Hotmail and such remain unreported here. Something is amiss.
It may be time to take my leave of
The US Attorney Carmen Ortiz and the professional prosecutor Steve Heymann both have petitions on the whitehouse "we the people" site calling for their termination in the wake of the Aaron Swartz scandal. The Ortiz petition was filled almost immediately, but the Heymann petition took longer. Today the Heymann petition is also filled.
The whitehouse has promised to give a response to petitions which meet these thresholds. Now we will find out what the response will be, and what the reaction to that response will be.
There are plenty of signatures on the Whitehouse petition to fire US Attorney Carmen Ortiz but she's just a politician. The frontline prosecutor who drove this case was Steve Heymann. He needs to go too, but his petition isn't trending to enough votes to get it done. We need to be rid of him too.
So do your part and do him in: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fire-assistant-us-attorney-steve-heymann/RJKSY2nb
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The prosecutor who hounded Aaron Swartz to death, impoverishing his family and guaranteeing he would spend the rest of his natural days in federal prison because they had not enough to defend him properly: her name is Carmen Ortiz. She is the one who would do this to him - not for killing somebody, or stealing something, but for accessing information he was entitled to access manually in an automated way. Building scripts was his crime. Carmen Ortiz was his prosecutor. She killed him.
Computerworld's Gregg Keizer reports that based on NetApplications current adoption statistics for Windows 8, the operating system is not achieving market share as fast as Windows Vista. At the 2 month point Vista was at 2.2% of all Windows devices. 2 months past Launch Windows 8 has achieved a share of only 1.6%. In a related note, Fujitsu President Masami Yamamoto has joined the chorus of PC OEM executives complaining of poor sales. Pointedly Yamamoto blames Windows 8 for Fujitsu missing their annual projected sales targets.
The voicefive.com script that's taking forever to load on slashdot these days is used for usage tracking. It's harmless. But the server is so overloaded that it's taking pages forever to load.
It's time to talk about the hard turn.
Change has been in the wind for a while now. The times, they are a-changing. We are going mobile. Windows PCs undersell mobile devices now by a rate of 1:2, and the change is logarithmic. This isn't some fad: real change is happening.
Some have read the weather well. Samsung especially, but Acer, Asus, Philips, Sony and Lenovo too. HP and Dell, not so much.
We're entering a new world now, that doesn't have legacy bindings holding us back. Let us make the most of it.
In the run up to Santa season I see dozens of 7-9" Android tablets in the retail market with Android 4.0, capacitive touch screen and decent performance. A lot of them now marked "sold out". I think it's amazing that so much technology can be made so cheaply in such a small package. This is awesome.
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TIA is the not-for-profit trade association representing all businesses involved in creating and bringing toys and youth entertainment products to kids of all ages.
The Toy Industry Association engaged the Family Room, a strategic consultancy in the child and family marketing arena, to conduct a study of the overall toy and game family decision making styles and decision making at thirteen toy and game category levels.
This one-hour webinar provided toy companies with highlights of a recent study that examined the ways families make decisions about toy and game purchases and the critical implications for branding/packaging, in-store experience, store merchandizing and messaging channels & content.
This session is specifically recommended for staffs that share responsibility for marketing, sales, merchandising, packaging, design and research.
This webinar provided information on the role of mom, dad and child in the purchase decision process; steps navigated in the path to purchase; triggers, barriers, context, influencers, and sources of information; and more. The discussion included which decision-making styles are most prevalent and the different paths to purchase that trigger for products.
Research was done in thirteen toy and game categories (action figures, arts & crafts, building sets, dolls, electronic gaming consoles & devices, electronic learning toys, outdoor & sports related, preschool toys, plush, puzzles & games, tablets, vehicles, and video games) with robust sampling for each and detailed measures across key stages in the Path to Purchase.
A background document is available for review.
Anne McConnell, Director, Market Research & Data Strategy, Toy Industry Association
The Family Room is a research based-consultancy firm that creates effective youth and mom marketing strategy through an advanced understanding of family decision making.
George Carey, Founder & CEO, the Family Room
George Carey has a nearly 25-year career focused exclusively on marketing to families and kids. He is a child and family strategist always looking for the next "step change" in product and strategy innovation. George's previous experience is in family food/beverage, toys, CPG, entertainment and youth public health. He has developed multiple nationwide and global quantitative studies and well as initiated the first study engaging on child and family health, wellness, and nutrition and designed the "Kid ID" study of kid/tween psychographics and "Family Camp", a study technique.
Hillary Newton, VP, Research & Brand Strategy, the Family Room
Hillary Newton has more than fifteen years experience as a senior research strategist and thought leader with experience acrossa range of traditional and non-traditional qualitative and quantitative techniques. She has worked on both the agency and supplier side teams in designing, managing, analyzing and delivering innovative strategic research programs in the CPG, Retail, B2B and B2C arenas. A selection of family and kid brands she has worked on include: Hellmann's, Lipton, Knorr, Axe, Dove, Vaseline, Ben & Jerry's, Brisk, Pepsi, All, Snuggle, Maybelline, Fructis, Starburst, M&M's, Snickers, Crystal Light, Four Seasons Hotels, Hain Foods, and Sterling Drug.
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They just voted to defund Obamacare.
They also just voted to defund Planned Parenthood.
They voted to defund Obamas Czars.
All in a days work...
They just voted to defund Obamacare.
They also just voted to defund Planned Parenthood.
They voted to defund Obamas Czars.
All in a days work...
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Before you get so excited that you pee all over yourself:
WASHINGTON The House has approved a Republican proposal to block federal aid for Planned Parenthood.
The 240-185 vote on Friday is a victory for anti-abortion forces led by Indiana GOP Rep. Mike Pence. He says taxpayer money should not go to groups that provide or promote abortion.
"This afternoon's vote is a victory for taxpayers and a victory for life," Pence said Friday. "By banning funding to Planned Parenthood, Congress has taken a stand for millions of Americans who believe their tax dollars should not be used to subsidize the largest abortion provider in America."
Democrats say Planned Parenthood provides contraception and other valuable family planning services, and that cutting off the money will make it hard for women to get such basic help.
Planned Parenthood provides services in hundreds of clinics around the country. Pence aides say the group reported receiving $363 million in federal money in its latest report.
The proposal is part of a bill that seeks to cut government spending this year.
The Democratic-run Senate has stronger abortion rights views than does the House, making it unlikely the House proposal will survive.
"For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." -- Luke 12:48
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As for finding contraceptives, almost every freaking gas station bathroom has a condom machine! Are you saying people are too stupid to find one?
What a bunch of drivel no one is denied anything. Its all about priorities, the "poor" can't afford anything but everytime I'm in the checkout line at Walmart I see the Welfare kings and queens talking on their smartphone with 2 orders of groceries, one that they can use food stamps on and the rest all the junk disallowed. If they can afford the other "junk" then they could use that money to buy the necessities. Get the rid of the fraud, waste, and abuse in the entitlements and help the truely needy, which is an extremely small percentage in this country.
THere is one foolproof method of birthcontrol that is free, keep your pants zipped. If you can't afford $1 for a condom you should be concentrating on where your next meal is coming from not having sex.


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Yahoo is threatening to entangle Facebook in a patent infringement dispute, claiming it holds the right to intellectual property that is central to Facebook's social networking business.
The claim comes just months ahead of Facebook's highly anticipated initial public offering, which could give Yahoo a bargaining edge and potentially position it to ask for a stake in the social networking group.
"Yahoo has a responsibility to its shareholders, employees and other stakeholders to protect its intellectual property," Yahoo said in an emailed statement. "We must insist that Facebook either enter into a licensing agreement or we will be compelled to move forward unilaterally to protect our rights."
The patents in question, between 10 and 20 altogether, cover social networking, advertising and personalisation, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Facebook said it only learnt about the matter on Monday, adding: "We haven't had the opportunity to fully evaluate their claims."
Intellectual property battles are relatively new for Facebook, but likely to ramp up as the social networking company currently holds only 56 patents protecting its technology. It has filed more than 410 US patent applications in the past 18 months, according to M. CAM, an asset management firm, with various web companies, including Amazon, holding several social networking patents.
For Yahoo, the patent dispute could be a strategic move to raise money. The timing echoes that of a similar claim Yahoo brought against Google in the run-up to that company's IPO in 2004. Yahoo had acquired Overture, the company that invented search advertising, and succeeded in persuading Google to pay up for a licence to use the technology. Google handed over 2.7m shares, which were worth $230m when it went public less than two weeks later.
One person familiar with Yahoo's deliberations denied that the approach to Facebook was prompted by its imminent IPO. Rather, it reflected the hunt by new Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson to boost the performance of all aspects of the company's business, the person said.


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Mr Scott Schulz, vice president, operations, research models and solutions, Taconic
Today's modern researchers often depend on sophisticated tools for their scientific endeavors. One such tools that is frequently used by scientists for the better understanding of diseases (without the added risk of harming an actual human being) is animal models. Taconic has been in the business of provideing animal models for the past 60 years and has made a name for itself in the industry. Taconic provides innovative animal models and scientific services that facilitate in vivo studies and advance drug discovery.
Mr Scott Schulz, vice president, operations, research models and solutions, Taconic, spoke to BioSpectrum Asia during India's premier life science event, Bangalore India Bio 2013. Mr Schulz was in India to announce Taconic's partnership with Hyderabad-based Vivo Bio Tech and to explore the India market. Following are the excerpts:
Please tell us about your company
Taconic is a leading provider of life sciences solutions to researchers worldwide, offering innovative animal models and scientific services that facilitate in vivo studies and advance drug discovery. Our solutions enable investigators to obtain reliable data early in the development cycle thus helping them to reduce costs, accelerate time-to-market, and create strong competitive advantage.
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Companies are now shying away to conduct tests on animals due to a number of issues, including the fact that drugs may behave differently in animals and in humans. What are your comments on this?
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Winter thoughts
Keep planting punnets of cabbages, cauliflower and broccoli - your summer garden isn't going to last forever.
Get out the hose
Spare a thought for your lawns and give them a deep watering once a week to help them stay lush. In fact, give everything a decent watering at least once a week if it's dry.
Target butterflies
Watch out for white butterflies around seedlings and get organised for caterpillar control if you see telltale holes appearing. There are good organic products available to control white butterfly.
Parsnips popular
A few years ago you might not have dreamed of growing parsnips, but it's made such a comeback you have to have some. Hollow Crown is a well- established favourite.


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Ultimate Frisbee Tournament, April 27-28
Posted April 26, 2002; 04:52 p.m.
Princeton University will be the host of the Ultimate Players Association Metro East regional Frisbee tournament April 27-28. Games will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on Princeton's West Windsor fields.
The tournament will feature the top 16 men's and women's teams in the area. The teams will be competing to attend the national championship tournament to be held this May in Spokane, Washington.
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Mitt Romney's very strong speech on foreign affairs today to the VFW is noteworthy for many reasons, and one of the most striking is the time he spent talking about the Middle East. Among the few countries he discussed by name were Iran, Israel, Egypt, and Syria.
Romney presented a coherent criticism of Obama's Middle East policy. First, he argued, the president abandons and criticizes friends such as Israel while engaging with enemies such as Syria and Iran. This has led to "shabby treatment" of Israel, especially at the United Nations, where "to the enthusiastic applause of Israel's enemies, he spoke as if our closest ally in the Middle East was the problem." Romney argued that "the people of Israel deserve better than what they have received from the leader of the free world. And the chorus of accusations, threats, and insults at the United Nations should never again include the voice of the president of the United States."
The Obama desire for "engagement" also meant no reaction, said Romney, when the people of Iran in 2009 and of Syria in 2010 rose up against their oppressors. Those oppressed peoples "should hear the unequivocal voice of an American president affirming their right to be free" but instead the president "faltered when the Iranian people were looking for support in their struggle against the ayatollahs."


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The only really important reason was marketing. There is already a huge marketing force behind Firefox everywhere in the world (most of it free evangelism by journalists), it being the main rival of the MS/IE monopoly. With shipping Firefox (and mentioning it in our marketing material), we are building on that marketing wave. So many people have heard about Firefox these days that we will alienate the want-to-be-different users if we don't ship that and ship some GNOME-y thing called Epiphany that they have not heard about. This also reminds me of a dialog with Anna in Stuttgart. She told me that (some of) the test subjects had no problem associating the firefox logo with a web browser: they had already seen it!
The same reasoning may apply to OpenOffice.org vs AbiWord and Gnumeric.
So in short, if you want a distributor to default to some piece of free software instead of another, apart from making sure that your preference is solid and usable, make sure people (not only the distributor) hear about it. Alternatively, go and help improve the most heard-about software in each category, so it will suck less.
PS: I miss the days that I used Epiphany: I am using Firefox now, because that's what we are shipping and I am supposed to eat our own dog food.


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A St. John's businessman who bought items stolen from homes that were under construction has been given a four-month conditional sentence.
James Kelloway, 45, was sentenced today in provincial court after he pleaded guilty to nine charges of possessing stolen property.
The sentence included one year's probation.
Kelloway, owner of Kelloway Investments, bought such items as a steel door, saws, a heat recovery unit and air jacks — all items which were stolen at various home construction sites in St. John's and Paradise between May and August 2011. Many of the items were discovered at Kelloway's house on Blackmarsh Road in August 2011, when police executed a search warrant.
He was arrested as a result of an ongoing investigation by the RNC, which had received several reports of break-ins and thefts at home construction sites.
Surveillance during the investigation revealed two men — Trevor Doyle and Robert Dyer — were stealing the material from construction sites and bringing it to Kelloway's house in their pickup truck, on which police had placed a tracking device to track its movement.
The pickup was also bringing the items to other locations as well.
Some of the items were not recovered, but had been seen in Kelloway's possession during surveillance.
Kelloway's lawyer Erin Breen told Judge Colin Flynn that Kelloway had no idea the items were stolen and that he's admitted he should have asked questions.
Doyle and Dyer were convicted last year on several theft and conspiracy charges. Both got jail terms of over three years.


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Also, SOA delivered one of my favorite lines in a TV show:
So far I've seen:
The Album Leaf
Straylight Run
Dropkick Murphys
Two Gallants
Social Distortion
Lots of Monster Magnet.
I hate Monster Magnet.
Rooney Rule for halftime.
This is the biggest delay in New Orleans since FEMA tried to get in there after Katrina.
This is a joke.
Just imagine if this game involved the Dolphins. Christ.
Good friend of mine found his wife's brains splattered across the floor today. Took his shotgun and blew her brains out. He was brought in for questioning and he's freaking the hell out. His wife was bat**** crazy but I never thought she'd put a gun to her head. Selfish way to go, leaving 3 kids without a mother and a grieving husband. Disgusts me.
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Grand Theft Auto IV - General News | @ 10:33 PM MDT | By Slim Trashman
Edit: Our sources confirm March 4th, 2008.
So we know GTA IV has been delayed until the second quarter of the 2008 fiscal year, but when exactly will we be seeing it on the shelves?
Take-Two has apparently been telling retailers March 2008, and going by a typical "GTA released on a Tuesday" assumption, that leaves us with the 4th, 11th, 18th, or 25th.
GameStop has posted "pre-release ships March 3rd, 2008" on their GTA IV page, so for now, we're assuming that the final(?) release date for Grand Theft Auto IV is the 4th of March next year.
Another random, rather unimportant thing to take notice of. Rockstar has removed the "Coming [Date]" text on the "agegate" image on the official GTA IV site.
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Non-critical support personnel sent home due to snow April 7; classes open
Posted April 7, 2003; 03:47 p.m.
Due to heavy snowfall during the day, the University's non-critical support personnel have been sent home at 3 p.m. Monday, April 7. The University will reopen at 11 p.m. Monday, according to Don Reichling, acting associate director of public safety.
Students are advised that classes will go on as scheduled. Critical staff members are to remain at work until the end of their scheduled times unless directed otherwise by their supervisors.
Information about closings or late openings is available on the University's weather emergency hotline at (609) 258-SNOW.
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Thursday, December 09, 2010
Gluten and how it may affect a developing Brain
4 comments:
- Megan @ MAID in Alaska said...
I really appreciate the information you post on your blog, & just wanted to say thank you! I have psoriatic arthritis & raynauds; my 5 year old was diagnosed with psoriasis at age 4 and my 2 year old is either gluten intolerant or celiac. We are a gluten free family (among other things) and the journey back to controlling our health has prompted me to work on a gluten free & allergy friendly cookbook. I wish others would see the health values in diet & becoming gluten free. It has made all the difference in controlling my diseases, let alone my children's. I'm hoping it helps protect them against other auto-immune disorders in the long run!
I have often wondered this very same question--I suspect I've had a problem with gluten at least from the time I was a young child (~5 years of age), and suffered lots of depression and anxiety in my growing-up years. I feel so much more calm and able to deal with life's ups and downs now that I'm gluten-free; I can't help but think the emotional roller coaster of my childhood was at least partly a chemical thing in my body.
- tami said...
I'm a believer! "Thank You" so much for "getting the word out" and for these excellent articles on your blog.
I have been GF since July (elimination diet) after suffering from GI issues/anxiety/panic attacks for years.
We discovered that my brother is Celiac and that my (deceased) father was likely Celiac also. I suspect that my other siblings are also sensitive. I myself tested negative for Celiac (blood and biopsy). My GI Dr had a big ol' smile on his face when he realized that "I get it". (That I didn't need to have a positive Dx to understand that gluten was hurting me.)
It suprised me that by going GF my anxiety/panic attacks have gone away (no episodes in 6 months). This has been a "side effect" that I didn't expect and I truly feel blessed. The panic episodes where crippling and I hope that they never come back. (fingers crossed)
Surprisingly, when I "preach the truth" to others...they turn a deaf ear. They don't want to give up their beer/pasta/bread. They make excuses for their suffering and their lifestyle choices. I guess a person has to WANT to change. (I personaly found it very easy to give up gluten even while I continue to bake normally for my husband who is not restricted.)
WOW, I am so glad to finally find a place where Celiac is taken very seriously.
Thank you for this place to talk about the real issues with this disease.
Yes, we need more doctors who trust the patients report of symptoms and cessation of such when dietary changes are made.


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Hmm, well I've been looking into how to make bezier curves to connect up the stations but there are a few things that I can't quite work out in my head yet. (quite possibly I just need to do some experiments but the weather over here is forcing me to visit the park)
So, one idea is to create a bezier between three stations, using the middle station as the control point. The problem I can see with this is that when this is done for all of the stations that the lines will probably not join up to form a smooth spline.
This leads me to think that maybe I need to connect every point in the line and use every station but the first and last as control points but figuring out an entire line in the london underground could be quite tricky programmaticaly. And I'm not even sure it would work either.
If anyone has experience with this kind of thing then I'd welcome any ideas. Maybe I need to do some more research into graphics (never done any) to find a different algorithm for creating smooth splines between points.
London is pretty much baking, lucky I don't mind the heat I guess.


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Vulnerable Software Repository?
I'd like to practice compiling the sources of vulnerable software and try running exploits on them.
General discussion of ethical hacking concepts, experiences, ideas and certs.
dtoliaferro wrote:Though, I guess what I'm looking for is a software database to go along with exploits.
From my limited experience in searching for vulnerable software I've noticed that vendors seem to omit them, or only offer a patched version in the download links.
I'll just keep Googling until I find a vulnerability + exploit combination that works.
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All very pretty folks. Wish I could catch up. Just too much homework. Haven't sewn or quilted in over a month. Arghhhhh!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
All very pretty folks. Wish I could catch up. Just too much homework. Haven't sewn or quilted in over a month. Arghhhhh!
Ahhhhh, Don't worry, you'll get them done when you do have the time. Homework is more important right now. We will all be waiting for you!!!Originally Posted by wvdek
Here are my 23 and 24. I've discovered that while I"m doing scrappy, I"m trying to stick with the suggested colors. It's hard to draw outside the lines!
Cyndi H. your blocks are just beautiful. Violet
Love the blocks!
I have been searching for Blocks 23 and 24 photos and discussions on "Farmer's Wife Quilt" for a few days. Duh....a search on FWS could have gotten me here days sooner. Also Block of the Month/Week would have worked. Anyway, we are on an RV trip, so will post when I get home later next week. Glad I found you!
You have all done such a good job. I need to get mine finished. Running a little behind.
I'm behind by two weeks. This is the second time I've fallen behind and I've found it's taken the fun out of keeping up with the photo pages. I hope I don't offend anyone by saying that. Your blocks are all so gorgeous! But I put my chin in my hand and sigh, and wish I was caught up. I'm headed for a sewing retreat next weekend (my first one - hooray!) and will not only catch up but try to get ahead because the holidays are coming soon and I'll need to reclaim my dining room table from my sewing machine. Keep up the good work everyone!! They really are all beautiful!
Time to try putting in mine through dh computer where they are scanned into
Country life, how I remember it
Country paths, memories&dream worlds
Picked up more novelty prints in Indianapolis, IN., this past week for the fwsq. Loved staying there and shopping in quilt stores, yarn shops and needlecraft stores. Put together another 3 blocks, pasting them on outline blocks of each; will sew them this week. Back into home routines now. (It was fun being pampered for a week!!! No cooking, no cleaning, no chores!!)
QuiltingNinaSue - I love the fussy cutting on your fabrics! Did you do this with all your blocks? Now I have to go back and look. Love it!


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CompStat helping Spokane Police predict crime
SPOKANE, Wash. - Police say they are responding faster to calls thanks to their new CompStat process. It identifies hot spots for certain types of crime, and when they happen so police can send more officers to the areas they're needed most.
One of the hot spots for burglary and car thefts is around the intersection of Nevada and North Foothills.
"Seventy-seven years I've been here, putting up with all of this," Fred Donges said, laughing.CompStat helping Spokane Police predict crime
Donges raised six children in his house. In that time, a number of burglars have attempted to enter his home and garage. The latest attempt was last month in his garage.
"When I came out here, all (the siding) was hanging out here and I knew somebody had been trying to get in there," he said.
According to the Spokane Police CompStat map, Fred's neighborhood is a hot bed for residential burglaries and car thefts.
Overall in Spokane, car thefts are up 46% since the beginning of the year compared to this time last year. Residential burglaries are up 5%.
Chief Frank Straub says the CompStat program is working. In the last month property crimes overall are down 3%.
Straub says the process worked as recently as Tuesday night, when officers were already in the neighborhood of that home invasion on North Pittsburgh. They arrived to find a grandmother holding the intruder at gun point.
"Analysts had predicted that area, specifically that block, was a most probable target at that time of day for another burglary," Chief Straub said.
Fred Donges likes the idea if his house alarm goes off, police may be nearby. Otherwise if a burglar comes in, Donges says he may have to use his target shooting skills.


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I made dozens of these American girl doll sized sundresses
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I made dozens of these American girl doll sized sundresses
enjoy your life...it's the only one you have!!!
Very cute, Sue!! Are you selling any of them-?
Be a blessing to others, as you may entertain angels unaware!
cute! are you planning to sell them?
OVER THE RAINBOW JANE is the name of my Dear Baby Jane----though it should be poor, neglected & may never ever be finished baby jane!
Would you share the pattern with me? I am just getting started on the doll clothes. One granddaughter just turned 3 and the other is 6 months. Give me a few years to work on them.
Very pretty. Years ago I use to make doll clothes. Just make quilts now.
Another Phyllis
This life is the only one you get - enjoy it before you lose it.
I am getting closer and closer to buying myself an American Doll and creating clothes for her after seeing all the cute clothes people of making.


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Raymond Arvid Beckeman
Raymond Beckeman, age 77 of Lyndon Station, Wisconsin passed away peacefully Saturday, December 8, 2012 at the Sauk County Health Care Center in Reedsburg, Wisconsin with his loving family by his side.
Memorial funeral services will be held Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11:30 A.M. at the Conway-Picha Funeral Home in Lyndon Station with Pastor Tim Anderson officiating and military rites presented by the Maurice C. Havey Post 5970 of Lyndon Station. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Saturday from 9:30 A.M. until the time of service at 11:30 A.M.
Raymond was born May 24, 1935 in Muskegon, Michigan the son of George and Ida (Timmer) Beckeman and graduated from Dundee High School in Dundee, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army, was stationed in Japan, Iwo Jima and Korea and was honorably discharged in 1963. He married Myrna Moss in June of 1969 in Elgin, Illinois. He was an awesome machinist his whole life and retired from Columbia Par Car in Reedsburg.
Raymond is survived by his wife, Myrna; children, Linda (Mark) Smith of Fontana, Wisconsin, George (Renee) Jacobs of Kansas City, Kansas, Mike (Debbie) Jacobs, Tammy Stowers and Jennifer (Eric) Wood all of Lyndon Station; 10 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren and a good friend, Sharon Williams. He was preceded in death by his parents; 2 brothers and 2 sisters; a son, Joseph Jacobs and a daughter, Deborah Bebee.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the family would be appreciated.


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It's Hard To Gush Over Exxon, But Energy ETFs Still Rise
Exxon Mobile (XOM) was the biggest dog of the Dow today, at one point falling more than 2% after releasing disappointing second-quarter financial results. But exchange-traded funds linked to energy companies are generating gains today as oil prices rose and other firms delivered earnings reports that had investors gushing.
AT $83.74, the Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) rose $1.32, or 1.6%, followed by the iShares U.S. Energy ETF (IYE), that rose 60 cents a share or 1.3% to $47.54.
Meanwhile, the Vanguard Energy ETF (VDE) rose 1.2% to $119.77.
Exxon is the top holding in all three ETFs, accounting for 24% of the iShares fund and 17% of the SPDR. At $92.49, the stock fell $1.28, or 1.4% in afternoon market action. Earlier today, Barrons.com weighed in cautiously on the stock after the company said a drop in the price of oil during the second quarter, falling production and weak refining margins hurt revenue and earnings and led to Exxon's worst financial performance since 2009.
But oil prices have been rising. Today, disruptions in Libya and U.S. and Chinese manufacturing data sent prices of WTI crude for September delivery rising 2.8% to $107.92 a barrel, narrowing its discount to Brent crude, which rose 1.6% to $109.46 a barrel.
Consensus-beating financial results also lifted shares of Chesapeake Energy (CHK), which at $24.98 soared 7%, and ConocoPhillips (COP), which climbed 1.9% to $66.09.
Not all the news out of oil companies was rosy. Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) sank $3.84, or 5.6% after its second-quarter took a hit from $2 billion charge on the value of its liquid-rich shale assets in North American.


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The new threshold for green building is not just low energy, it's net-zero energy. In The New Net Zero, sustainable architect Bill Maclay charts the path for designers and builders interested in exploring green design's new frontier net-zero-energy structures that produce as much energy as they consume and are carbon neutral.
In a nation where traditional buildings use roughly 40 percent of the total fossil energy, the interest in net-zero building is growing enormously–among both designers interested in addressing climate change and consumers interested in energy efficiency and long-term savings. Maclay, an award-winning net-zero designer whose buildings have achieved high-performance goals at affordable costs, makes the case for a net-zero future; explains net-zero building metrics, integrated design practices, and renewable energy options; and shares his lessons learned on net-zero teambuilding.
Designers and builders will find a wealth of state-of-the-art information on such considerations as air, water, and vapor barriers; embodied energy; residential and commercial net-zero standards; monitoring and commissioning; insulation options; costs; and more.
The comprehensive overview is accompanied by several case studies, which include institutional buildings, commercial projects, and residences. Both new-building and renovation projects are covered in detail.
The New Net Zero is geared toward professionals exploring net-zero design, but also suitable for nonprofessionals seeking ideas and strategies on net-zero options that are beautiful and renewably powered.
"Design is the first signal of human intention. Thoreau once wrote, 'What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?" Bill Maclay thoroughly describes an intentional architect's Platonic search for truth in beauty and Aristotelian search for truth in science with a Hippocratic oath to seek to 'do no harm.' With this fine book he provides a robust foundation for buildings that can rise up to become beneficial to people, place and planet."--William McDonough, coauthor of Cradle to Cradle and The Upcycle, founder of Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
"This book will become a game changer at a pivotal point in history. The New Net Zero is a technical manifesto that brings together engineering, ecology, architecture, energy, the construction industry, transportation, and design into a coherent whole. Its goal is to transform the built environment into landscapes that heal, while reversing climate change. Immensely practical, thorough, and technologically comprehensive: it is a masterful job."--John Todd, founder, John Todd Ecological Designs
"The New Net Zero is a thorough philosophical and technical rendering of the subject. What makes it exciting and meaningful is that it is not just about the details and technology, it also demonstrates how it is essential to build on human and other natural-system relationships to succeed. There is hope in these pages; this book goes a long way to prove that a sustainable future is possible and practical."--Bill Reed, coauthor of The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building and president of the Integrative Design Collaborative
"The New Net Zero is a treasure trove of design and construction knowledge gleaned over a 40-year career in creating leading-edge, net-zero-energy and near-net-zero-energy buildings of all types and sizes. Detailed, practical information on design is interspersed with beautifully illustrated case studies of Maclay's projects. If I could recommend only one book on low-energy, green building today, this would be it."--Alex Wilson, founder of BuildingGreen, Inc. and president of the Resilient Design Institute
"The New Net Zero is comprehensive, authoritative, beautifully written, well illustrated, and incredibly timely. With the effects of climate change escalating rapidly, moving away from fossil-fuel energy has become desperately necessary. The good news is that it has now become possible to cost effectively power our buildings entirely with renewable energy sources, and this is the best book yet about why and how to build net-zero buildings. Maclay and his team have long been leaders in proving the net-zero proposition, and he has gracefully delivered a detailed manual for the big design and building breakthrough that can happen now."--Tedd Benson, founder of Bensonwood & Unity Homes and author of Building the Timber Frame House, The Timber-Frame Home, and Timberframe
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This is another Marc LeBlanc fly, developed for fishing on the Cascapedia, Petite Cascapedia, and Bonaventure Rivers. Although this fly can be a bit tedious to tie, it holds a good reputation as a low water fly on the Gaspe.
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Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad must be pleased at how, within a week, the conversation has shifted from his regime's alleged use of chemical weapons to an international peace conference on Syria's civil war.
The idea of ending the bloodshed -- and presumably addressing Syria's chemical weapons as well -- through an accord similar to that of post-Arab Spring Yemen is certainly worth exploring. Let's hope Assad's foreign patron, Russia, has altered its stance enough to make some sort of deal feasible.
The conference, however, cannot become an excuse to sweep the chemical weapons issue under the rug, not to mention the deaths of more than 80,000 in the civil war. If negotiations don't bear fruit, and we get conclusive proof that the regime has used chemical arms, the U.S. will need to take stronger action.
Critics, naturally, will warn that increased U.S. pressure against Assad may have terrible repercussions. They will point to the Syrian reaction to recent Israeli air strikes near Damascus as "an act of war," and to Hezbollah's declaration that Syria will give it "game-changing weapons," and argue that more U.S. action will foment even greater instability across the Middle East.
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BINGHAMTON, NY -- Binghamton University will offer area residents an opportunity to learn more about the campus and what it has to offer during an event from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 6, in the Center Court of the Oakdale Mall in Johnson City.
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Jarious Jackson, the former Tupelo and Notre Dame standout, will retire as a player this week to become a quarterback coach for the Canadian Football League's B.C. Lions.
The Vancouver Sun reported that Jackson, 35, will sign a one-day player contract with the Lions, returning where he spent seven seasons as a backup QB and sometime starter.
Jackson spent last season with the CFL champion Toronto Argonauts.
"I've come full circle, and I'm back with the Lions again," Jackson told
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