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There whould be OpenSource/FreeSource developers/users conference in Ukraine/Kiev on 27.09.2003
More info on www.osdn.org.ua (English translation)
There whould be OpenSource/FreeSource developers/users conference in Ukraine/Kiev on 27.09.2003
More info on www.osdn.org.ua (English translation)
There is support for Evolution, Mozilla and Outlook clients.
It happens! :)
There whould be OpenSource/FreeSource developers/users informal meeting in Ukraine/Kiev on 17.05.2003
You should be on 11:00 at M. Geroev Dnepra. (or just contact staff at www.osdn.org.ua).
Don't you think it is a lot like money. Someone pay you salary (that means he trusts you that mach to be usefull for community) and then it's up to you to distribute this money to other people, pay for bills, restorants etc (that means you have ability to rate them as "usefull for community" - for yourself in first place).
Still it is not clear should you be trusted to rate other people this way? May you give all your money to someone just becouse you like it? Is it you personal disision or it is not (becouse it whould meant that you trus that person "to be usefull for community").
Now you are. Same with TM. It is not argent yet to deside, but it will be if you'll try to use TM as universal trust equivalent (mail filtering, access etc).
There are two answers about DNS article... Strange. Is it totally foolish or an opposite?! Or just have no reason to talk about (as badvogato said) Can't guess. :)
Actually this article is not about DNS.. It is about global namespaces. Let's say you need namespace for documents independent of storage place. Or catalog of people (on global-IRC) independent of servers.. .etc.
Just posted an article.. Seems to be the best way to reply to raph's diary ;)
Need to sleep... Hmm.. What to tell you.... (statistically some of readers will go here to see "who Malx is?"). Let's say I am an anonymouse person. for now...
What are my ideas about NewDNS? Lot's of..., but are not summarised yet. I think developing something like Jabber messaging system, but which is not dependent in any way on DNS will do. It whould be a start for development process and testbed same time.
Aa... I have got a question - Does GPL have any law value in our country? We have rule that only native-language documets will be considered of some value. Do we need authors presence to guard GPL-ed software here? ... Strange...
There rumors about some local company developing software based on gpled sources... And it is not behave well..
There is plans for oss/fs developers conference in Kiev/Ukraine later in May. Anyone want to attend?
Some time ago I have posted "Dynamic vs Static" article
And I whould like to raise it again. Why you need to be shure, that user is authenticated if you have ability to check the result (subscribe to recive notices by mail) and ability to delete unwanted messages.
And there could be some random dictionary to determine is article really from you and not a Spam. You just get 1n world from top of it and insert it in your article as 1st line :)
This way you could collect all notify mails from all blogs and delete messages if only it is without "key word".
Ok ... there whould be some minutes when SPAM message will be visible as a blog message, but no more ! :)
It is dynamic solution.
//please reply to me at uazone dt net
There whould be OpenSource/FreeSource developers/users conference in Ukraine/Kiev on 28.09.2002
All people (especially from russian-speaking countries) are wellcome (see URL).
English (autotranslate): click here [en]
You could mail me at uazone net or to any of people listed on description page.
raph: about rating. you see people making sub-headings in diaries? you could change "show first 5 lines" to "show sub-heading only". For you last entry this will show "Diary ratings, Healing ". Also you really need to implement hilighting of your own person name in other diaries. It could be just "add +5 to diary rating if it mention me" so you still could derate it to "0" to get rid of some persons diaries. Still it whould be great to name it /personal-recentlog.html. Also you may think of some special handling of replays (blocks , which comtains <person> tag) - may be you need to make some composition of author and mentioned person rating ((r1+r2)/2)?
goingware: yes - we have Linux preinstall on manufactured
computer in Ukraine also and most of ISPs are FreeBSD/OpenBSD and linuxs. We
have had big movement to Linuxes in game clubs this year. But... MS gives
break. It tells that was amazed by pace of antipiracy compain in UA, so it
will not suite anyone for piracy until this year end. That means all will
have time to buy MS-s...
The main reason with blocks moving SOHO to Linux is - "1C". This is fiancial software for MS win. It defacto standart in RU/UA.
In EDU - the main reason is "If we will teach students entirely on Linux they whould be hard of geting job - most of them VC++ develpment or just MS Word editing in simple cases".
jauderho: you are ROOT for your rating. So your own raiting is the highest. Also note that you do not rate "diaries", but "person and it's ratings of others". IMHO :)
Thinking about publishing all my simple scripts... may be add 1n project for all of them?
||||||| Advogato soft extension
I propose you to add something like:
[E] You could leave comments here. Please write your name(person) also
<Malx> test....

[E] You could leave comments here. Please write your name(person) also

<<person>Malx</person>> test....

To "Notes" of project if you like to hear comments for your project from anyone rated enought to be able to edit it.
Also you could mark it [D] - if only comments from developers of this project are wellcome.
Ok... actually it may lead to something bad (there is no way to enshure that poster is the person listed), but still I think rated people are reasonable enough. :)
You should add - or Environment, or command line switches, or dialog boxes, or X resourses, or "configure" parameters before compilation, or #defines........
I thinks there is need in common configuration tool :) What do you think about posting article on "config" subject?
I still want to write article about sculptor-language. That means it must be flexible as clay during software development, but hard as burn clay for everyday usage. May be it shoul be some script, which could be made "solid". Something like using "strict" for perl, but advanced. With lot's of value checking and data-content limitations (such as for correctnes of input fields).
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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Cape Town and Peninsula Sights
Cape Town has grown as a city in a way that few others in the world have. Take a good look at the street names. Strand and Waterkant streets (meaning "beach" and "waterside," respectively) are now far from the sea. However, when they were named, they were right on the beach. An enormous program of dumping rubble into the ocean extended the city by a good few square miles (thanks to the Dutch obsession
with reclaiming land from the sea). Almost all the city on the seaward side of Strand and Waterkant is part of the reclaimed area of the city known as the Foreshore. If you look at old paintings of the city, you will see that originally waves lapped at the very walls of the castle, now more than half a mile from the ocean.
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Here is my New Halloween Siggy
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TYO Witches Brew Collection -- Alphas
BMU Bewitched Collection -- Candle, Jack-O-Lantern
This is just so cute. Love it Carol.
Very cute Carol I love the witch's hat with the curly top. - Perhaps its time to change my siggie - it's beginning to look a little stale!
Oh, sooooo cute, Carol! Love it!
Very cute, Carol!
So very cute! Love it!
I have been searching for this since I spotted it in your posts in the forum! Love this siggie! What a cute little witch and I love how you placed your name along the broomstick!


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Recent Victories
Aparna Marandi and her son were released on bail on May 6, 2013. She had been in jail since December 8, 2012, accused of being involved in a Maoist arson attack on a mining site in India's Jharkhand state. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations believe that she was falsely accused and arrested for her non-violent human rights activism.
On August 23, 2013, journalist Shi Tao was released from prison. After over eight years in prison and a long campaign of support by Amnesty International supporters, this journalist has his freedom!
On February 8, 2013 Mao Hengfeng was released to serve the rest of her term at home. She thanks everyone who campaigned on her behalf, and her husband believes she is home again due to the international and domestic calls for her release.
Six men were accused of "highway robbery" and were transferred to Malaz prison. All of them say they were beaten and forced to confess to the charges against them.


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-- REM, "How the West was Won and Where it Got Us"
It rained today, as was forecasted. And I wore my new glasses.
Today was another Linuxchix meeting, this time at Max's Diner. It started out being "Elise and Steph have lunch" but actually turned out to attract a couple more people, one of them being my friend Rebecca (who just started working last week at Eazel). I wish more people would show up at the meetings. There have to be more Linux-using chicks in the Bay Area than merely the regular group of attendees. Maybe they are too busy hacking to show up :). I don't think that we are past having the need for women-in-technology groups yet.
After Linuxchix Rebecca and I returned to my house, where I found a boisterous group of hacker folks in my living room doing kung-fu poses and taking pictures. Thanks to Yosh and Uzi for visiting the Outer Sunset Linuxcare office :). A few beers and much exuberant conversation later, we were off for an evening meal of sushi. I think sushi *and* Max's is too much food for one day. Oof. Then the whole lot descended on the Eazel offices, leaving a trail of DHCP leases and empty Kern's fruit nectar cans in its wake. Obscene Kermit the Frog impersonations, Nerf tennis matches and Elmer's Glue sniffing were the order of the evening.
I'm very happy right now. This has been a relaxing weekend, and I feel ready to return to work tomorrow (well, provided I get some sleep ;).


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Description ADULT MALE In summer, has pale sandy brown upperparts and white underparts. Note black patches at front of sandy crown, behind eye and on the side of breast. Legs and bill are black. In winter, resembles adult female. ADULT FEMALE In summer is similar to male, but black elements of plumage are a paler dark brown. In winter, plumage shows even less contrast. JUVENILE Resembles winter female.
Dimensions Length: 5-7" (13-18 cm)
Endangered Status The Western Snowy Plover, a subspecies of the Snowy Plover, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as threatened in California, Oregon, and Washington, within 50 miles of the Pacific Ocean. This shorebird nests in coastal sand dunes, and it is speculated that recreational use of these habitats has contributed to the reduction of these plovers. Steps are being taken to reduce the impact of humans on the plovers. These include educating the public and warning them not to approach the off-limits nesting areas, providing access ways to beaches that detour the plover colonies, and restricting vehicle access on beaches during the nesting season.
Habitat Scarce and threatened species, favoring wide-open sandy habitats or mudflats. Occurs year-round on a few coastal beaches but more widespread in winter. Human disturbance badly affects breeding success and seldom thrives unless nests are protected.
Observation Tips Heat haze and harsh sunlight make it hard to spot, so easiest to see on dull days.
Range Rocky Mountains, Texas, California, Northwest, Florida, Southeast, Southwest, Plains
Voice Utters a soft bruip call.
Discussion Dumpy little plover that looks mostly very pale. Typically feeds near water's edge, running at speed then pausing momentarily to pick invertebrates from surface of sand. Sexes are separable.


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"While we call ours a Methodist Hospital, and hope it may have all the Christian sweetness and good cheer which Methodism stands for," the Board of Managers wrote in 1898, "its doors swing open with a cordial welcome to the suffering of every creed and race and social condition."
In 1916, Beth Israel Hospital opened its 45-bed facility on Townsend Street in Roxbury, amid a growing suburban Jewish population. While some debated about the opening of a Jewish hospital in Boston, arguing that other hospitals accepted Jewish patients and that Jews should not isolate themselves, its supporters pointed to the growing number of Jewish immigrants who could not understand their treatment because they only spoke Yiddish, or who refused to eat while hospitalized because there was no kosher food. Although it conducted religious services according to the Jewish faith and observed Jewish dietary laws, Beth Israel Hospital, like the Deaconess, pledged to offer "medical and surgical aid and nursing to sick or disabled persons of any creed or nationality."
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Three days of work turned into an entire week. I hardly slept between Sunday and Friday and was utterly exhausted for the weekend. There's something about this particular customer I find is particularly disruptive to the rest of my life.
Currently compensating for this with a break. Visiting Bryce and Red Hat and doing some product evaluation stuff for work. Getting into the US is a good deal harder than it was last time I was here. Security at the airports involves National Guard with guns and three security checks before getting on the plane.
Apart from harrassing (and being harrassed) by various Red Hat folks and writing a long report on possible technologies Bryce and I visited the Blue Ridge Parkway and Mount Mitchell. It's pretty stunning scenery. Weather here is stupdily warm for early December. Pictures to come, when I finally get around to sorting them out. Put the new digital camera through it's paces and learnt a lot about how it works, at the expense of a LOT of badly taken pictures!


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I told event planner Mitchell Crosby I wouldn't tell this, so of course I will. When Mitchell first began planning the after party for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, he went to Nigel Redden and said, "I want to have it at the top of The Citadel Stadium." Nigel replied, 'WHERE--how does one get there?'"
Well, apparently some got there by being beamed down from other galaxies and some by spaceship, while us more pedestrian sorts simply drove. I understand that deserves some explanation, but first I should say, "Amazing venue choice, Mitchell."
I suspected things were going to be a little out of this world after arriving at the stadium when I jumped on the elevator with Matthew Brockbank, who happened to arrive about the same time, and an otherworldly young lady asked us, "Champagne for the ride up?" Well, who would dare risk offending a lovely alien, so yes, we took her up on it.
After greeting a few guests once we landed at our destination in the skybox atop the stadium, which, by the way is beautifully appointed in a very minimalist sort of way, I decided to step outside into the stadium itself to check out the perspective. Below, the field was alight with what seemed a galaxy of stars, and at regular intervals, these lighted spheres of various colors slowly ascended from the field into the night sky and drifted out of sight into the atmosphere.
Back inside, waiters in spacesuits passed hors d'oeuvres. At one point, two of them held up each end of a long table filled with very down-to-earth biscuits. Oddly, a few steps away I ran into Callie White, who was talking to Mitchell, and asked her, "are these biscuits from your kitchen?" "No!" she replied while looking at Mitchell with mock insult. Turns out all the catering was done by Iron Gate Events, the resident event planner at The Citadel who Mitchell teamed up with on all the party planning.
Stepping outside another door at one side of the skybox, I encountered another full bar (in addition to the two at each end inside). A good crowd had spilled out onto the spacious patio. Against one side of the building, a very realistic representation of the planet Saturn was projected in huge scale. There I ran into Spoleto associate producer Stacy Johnson and Cedar Lake dancer Ana-Maria Lucaciu. The native Romanian trained in Canada and danced all over Europe before coming to the states to join Cedar Lake. She raved about Charleston and the city's famous hospitality, and swore she wanted to return soon under more relaxed circumstances.
Back inside again, I noticed a grand commotion against a back wall. A crowd had gathered with their eyes all diverted towards a black curtain. Suddenly, the veil dropped, revealing...a girl in a huge bubble. Music started, and she began dancing inside her strange cocoon (you don't see that everyday-at least not in Charleston). I asked Randall Felkel, who was standing nearby, "Can we roll her down the stadium stairs in that thing?" He replied, "Well, at first Mitchell was going to roll her down the field, but he didn't take into account the 'stars' down there." I guess the more intriguing question was how in the world she breathed in that thing (she certainly wasn't turning blue, so I assume she was breathing).
Mitchell took the opportunity to lead us all in toasting our honored guests, whom he had gathered all around him. He also explained his inspiration for the theme of the evening: "We thought it would be appropriate, since we were throwing a party for stars from the stage, that we also bring you stars from the heavens."
Well, the party was still going strong at 12:30 when I headed out, but I must say, there are Spoleto parties, then there are Spoleto parties. In my opinion, this one tops the field--in more ways than one.


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Advogato allows access to diaries in XML (a strange dialect, it seams) using a URL under your "person". That is, find my XML-encoded diary here. That is her e. Now I think that's pretty-darn cool.
And how did I figure this out? From the source code, which is open, and online, and cross-references. Too cool for words, really.
Now, the important question: "Will the same tool annotate 5M lines of code on an intranet server for me?
Conspicuous Consumption
I found the newer, larger, prettier version of my house a while back and bought it. Stopped by after picking up the keys yesterday to enjoy the feeling. Now for the ugly part - - moving. We have way too much stuff.


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A month for remembrances, outrage, and action
Three years ago Sunday, an unidentified assailant gunned down veteran crime reporter José Armando Rodríguez Carreón in the driveway of his home as his 8-year-old daughter watched. Amid a climate of violence and impunity in Mexico--where 10 journalists have been slain since 2008 and no killers convicted in any case--it seems unlikely that anyone will face prosecution for Rodriguez's murder. Two investigators working on the journalist's slaying were also shot to death.


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"If you ain't first, you're last" - Ricky Bobby
Top Three Average Coaches Pay per Conference in College Football
1. Big 12, $3 million
2. SEC, $2.7 million
3. Big Ten, $2.3 million
FBS average: $1.64 million
*averages are approximate.
Top 25 Highest Paid Coaches in Major College Football by Total Pay
1. Nick Saban, Alabama, SEC, $5,476,738
2. Mack Brown, Texas, Big 12, $5,353,750
3. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma, Big 12, $4,550,000
4. Urban Meyer, Ohio State, Big Ten, $4,300,000
5. Les Miles, LSU, SEC, $3,856,417
6. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, Big Ten, $3,835,000
7. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina, SEC, $3,585,000
8. Gene Chizik, Auburn, SEC, $3,577,500
9. Chip Kelly, Oregon, Pac-12, $3,500,000
10. Gary Patterson, TCU, Big 12, $3,467,926
11. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State, Big 12, $3,275,000
12. Brady Hoke, Michigan, Big Ten, $3,046,120
13. Todd Graham, Arizona State, Pac-12, $3,000,000
14. Mark Richt, Georgia, SEC, $2,925,340
15. Bo Pelini, Nebraska, Big Ten, $2,875,000
16. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State, ACC, $2,750,000
17. Gary Pinkel, Missouri, SEC, $2,700,000
18. Bret Bielema, Wisconsin, Big Ten, $2,640,140
19. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State, SEC, $2,600,000
19. Jed Tedford, California, Pac-12, $2,600,000
21. Mike London, Virginia, ACC, $2,556,460
22. Charlie Weis, Kansas, Big 12, $2,500,000
23. Will Muschamp, Florida, SEC, $2,474,500
24. Larry Fedora, North Carolina, ACC, $2,448,605
25. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech, ACC, $2,445,700
also the above figures were for 2012, there are a few that have negotiated higher salaries like Miles at LSU, and obviously those like Chizik who were fired
That is not my theory. Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi State are the weakest links in the SEC. I believe in the next three years, people will be talking Ole Miss as a major SEC West contender. Your Lane Kiffin theroy holds no water. Lane Kiffin is a tool and doesn't deserve to coach pee wee. This conversation will go nowhere with me. I am an Ole Miss fan no matter what type of season we are having and I will always believe the next year will be better than the last, so unless you went to an opposing SEC school, or reside in the SEC conference this conversation is useless. Hotty Toddy
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After months of negotiations, Tom Wheeler—the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—thinks it's about time for consumers to be able to unlock their phones without fear of breaking the law. He made that much clear in a letter sent Thursday [pdf] to the president and CEO of CTIA, the industry group that maintains a Consumer Code that most carriers follow. In that letter, Wheeler proposes a December deadline for CTIA to update that code to include meaningful unlocking provisions—or face FCC regulations.
Forget extra cupholders or power windows: the new Renault Zoe comes with a "feature" that absolutely nobody wants. Instead of selling consumers a complete car that they can use, repair, and upgrade as they see fit, Renault has opted to lock purchasers into a rental contract with a battery manufacturer and enforce that contract with digital rights management (DRM) restrictions that can remotely prevent the battery from charging at all.
Is it possible that last year's disastrous Supreme Court decision affirming the withdrawal of millions of works from the public domain (at least in the U.S.) might set the stage for good constitutional challenges to bad copyright law? That's the argument that copyright scholar Neil Netanel makes in a recent article on the impact of that case on the First Amendment.
According to Netanel, one often-overlooked aspect of the opinion is that the Court explicitly identified fair use as an essential "First Amendment accommodation" that cannot be disturbed if copyright law is to survive First Amendment scrutiny. In the process, the Court may have poked a hole in the already shaky constitutional justifications for anti-user sections of copyright law.
A Microsoft executive has confirmed that, contrary to earlier reports from the company, the upcoming Xbox One console will not require the Kinect sensor to be activated at all times after all. This change comes after a widespread backlash from gamers concerned about the privacy implications of an always-on camera pointed from the television back at the couch.
Today, EFF announced that it was making a formal objection to including consideration of digital rights management (DRM) in the First Public Working Draft from the HTML working group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This is part of EFF's long-running involvement in standards processes, fighting the entertainment companies and DRM vendors that want permanent control over disruptive technologies.
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Shelley Miller – a soccer mom to many – has decided to become only a mom to three.
Tupelo High School's girls soccer coach resigned this week after 10 years, nine as head coach, with the successful Lady Wave program. Miller's teams won back-to-back state championships in 2006 and '07 after losing early in the 2005 playoffs.
This year's team finished 14-3-1 overall and lost in the Class 6A state title game to Ocean Springs. The Lady Wave played the match without four of its starters.
Miller's main reason for leaving the coaching profession was to devote more time to her three children, ages 6, 4 and 2. She will continue to teach.
"It was time for me to be a mom," Miller said Thursday. "You get to the point in life where you realize you're sacrificing too much. My children won't always be little."
Miller's 6-year-old son plays coach-pitch baseball and her 4-year-old daughter is in gymnastics.
"I don't want to miss the things they're doing," she said. "I want to be able to enjoy attending sporting events with my children."
Many of Miller's Lady Wave players consider her a mom, too.
"She expected the best out of us," sophomore Katie Taylor said.
Taylor scored a team-high 25 goals and recorded five assists in helping Tupelo reach the Class 6A state championship match.
"They're going to miss Coach Miller's leadership," said senior Bryson Rial, who signed with Ouachita Baptist. "She had a way of making all the players feel loved and welcomed.
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Picking the best class in the Big Ten was very easy. With a strong late close the Indiana Hoosiers ran away from the field in the conference to secure the top class. Head Coach Tom Crean and assistant Kenny Johnson pulled in Troy Williams and Noah Vonleh late to give the Hoosiers a top two class in the country and easily the best class in the conference.
Clearly the gem of the class is Vonleh. Vonleh is ranked as the No. 8 overall prospect in the country and is the type of player who projects as a potential one and done type of talent. He is at his best at the power forward position, but it isn't unreasonable to think he will spend some time on the wing as a small forward.
Along with Vonleh, four-star prospects Luke Fischer, Stanford Robinson, and Troy Williams give the Hoosiers great depth, and then they are complemented by in-state pledges Collin Hartman and Devin Davis. The five prospects are all bring a little something different to the table.
Robinson is an elite scorer who is at his best attacking the rim and finishing through contact. He is a good athlete who just has a knack for putting the ball in the basket and never shows fear. Williams and Davis are both combo forwards who play with super high motors and are near elite athletes. Hartman is a solid spot up shooter who can stretch the floor, and Fischer is a developing post player who can hit the mid-range jumper as well as score inside.
Overall this group is a great one for Crean and his staff. With the likely departure of All-American Cody Zeller to the NBA, the Hoosiers look to be re-loading with quality prospects that will keep the Hoosiers at the top of the Big Ten standings for a while to come.
Other Winners?
After the Hoosiers you would point to Michigan, Illinois, and Purdue as three schools who have to be happy with their Signing Day haul. All three schools attacked their home recruiting ground and came away happy with the results.
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1. Indiana
2. Michigan
3. Illinois
4. Purdue
5. Wisconsin
6. Ohio State
7. Penn State
8. Nebraska
9. Northwestern
10. Minnesota
11. Iowa
12. Michigan State
The Wolverines, coming off of a great 2012 class, have a trio of four-star prospects who will shore things up in Ann Arbor. Most important is Derrick Walton who might have to come in right away and lead the team, but do not sleep on Zak Irvin and Marc Donnal. Irvin is a multitalented scorer who is capable of getting absolutely scorching hot from the perimeter and Donnal is a versatile post man who rebounds and can score out to the three point line.
John Groce has to be thrilled with his effort at Illinois. While he came in late and had limited time to put a quality class together he kept Malcolm Hill in the fold and then in what was a huge win over Marquette pulled in a commitment from Kendrick Nunn out of Chicago (Ill.) Simeon. Nunn and Hill should give the Illini firepower on the wing for a long time to come. Also Groce was able to shore up his frontcourt with center Maverick Morgan and power forward Austin Colbert. Both prospects are three-stars, and both had numerous high level offers.
As usual with Purdue they landed some very nice in-state prospects and then also went to the Windy City to snag a legacy recruit. Kendall Stephens out of the Chicago suburbs is the son of former Purdue player Everette Stephens, and Kendall is a sniper from long range and is a better athlete than people give him credit for. Bryson Scott and Basil Smotherman were both very early commitments from the state of Indiana. Scott is a scorer from the guard spot who is tough as nails while Smotherman is a skilled wing who seems to be putting together the natural tools that he possesses.
How the Big Ten Stacks Up?
|Top Big Ten Prospects
|Top Prospect:
|Noah Vonleh, Indiana
|Best Scorer:
|Kameron Williams, Ohio State
|Best Passer:
|Jaylon Tate, Illinois
|Best Floor General:
|Derrick Walton, Michigan
|Best Post Player:
|Mark Donnal, Michigan
|Best Shooter:
|Kendall Stephens, Purdue
|Best Rebounder:
|Noah Vonleh, Indiana
|Best Athlete:
|Troy Williams, Indiana
Even though schools such as Ohio State and Wisconsin don't rank in the top 25 in terms of team rankings, they both have good players coming in who will fit the system they are being asked to play.
With 13 four-star recruits and 18 three-star recruits, many of which come from the Big Ten footprint all entering in this class it will be a solid group of young talent. Not the elite kids they brought in last year, but still some very good talent.


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When the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program – MPACT – was introduced in the late 1990s, investment returns were robust and expected to stay that way.
The program, which guaranteed participants tuition to Mississippi's public universities at the cost when they entered the program, was a hit with many parents and grandparents. It was a way to save and to avoid the sting of accelerating tuition costs, which weren't going up as fast then as they are now.
The program worked for thousands of Mississippians. Unfortunately, it is no longer working from a state financial standpoint.
MPACT, administered by the state treasurer's office, anticipated a 7.8 percent annual return on investment of the money paid in. The average since the program's inception has been only 4.3 percent. For the past fiscal year, it was less than 1 percent, though it's up to 5 percent the first six months of the current year.
Obviously, those are rates that make the program unsustainable – especially with tuition rising so fast. Since the program is fully backed by the state, the MPACT board prudently placed a moratorium on new enrollees last August and commissioned a study by Michigan-based Gabriel Roeder Smith & Co., which Treasurer Lynn Fitch discussed last week.
The news wasn't good. The state currently has only 77 percent of the funds needed to cover future costs. Fitch said that should be 100 percent, though not since 2000 has that been the case. The consultants recommended, among other things, that participants be charged more on the front end.
Anything that encourages college savings and access is valuable. But the state can't continue to guarantee something that it likely won't be able to pay for.
Other states are in the same boat. More than 20 once had such plans backed by their full faith and credit. Now Mississippi is one of only three.
The state should make sure that the 22,000 current enrollees are taken care of. That's a compact that shouldn't be broken.
Fitch says it will be a few months before a decision to reopen the program to new enrollees, scale it back or end it. Prudence is the best course. Mississippi has too many pressing financial needs to risk making new guarantees the data suggest it won't be able to keep.


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Helm (or helm control) was a term for the flight control operations on board a starship or shuttlecraft. The helm was responsible for controlling the flight operations of a ship, including warp, impulse and thruster control. The helm was also responsible for controlling the ship during a landing sequence or docking procedure.
The term was derived from old Earth navy parlance. In the 23rd century, in Starfleet, the helm was usually manned by a helmsman. The term fell into disuse in the 24th century, and while "helm" was still generally used to refer to flight control operations, the position manning it was called the flight controller, or conn (the latter of which is also used to refer to the station itself).
The actual helm console was usually near the front of a Starfleet ship's bridge. On some vessels, the helm stands alone (USS Voyager, USS Defiant, Enterprise NX-01). Other Starfleet vessels have two forward positions, in which case the helm is paired with another station. The other console was the navigator on 23rd century ships, such as the USS Enterprise. Other consoles paired with the helm have been the stations of the operations (USS Enterprise-D) or tactical (USS Enterprise-C) officer.
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If the original cast does not return, I will not get very excited for this. I hope the Millenium Falcon is still kickin'.
Star Wars
May 25, 1977 - October 30, 2012
If the original cast does not return, I will not get very excited for this. I hope the Millenium Falcon is still kickin'.
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I think this means Lucas will have 1/25th of Disney from that $2 billion in stock, I wonder if he'll push to have Kathleen Kennedy put on the Disney board of directors.
My friend texted me the news about two hours ago, and I was in complete shock upon first hearing it. I'm one who thinks the story works perfectly as it is, in six films - the rise, fall, and redemption of Anakin Skywalker - and with Lucas saying he would never make more, or allow others to make more, I was sure it would stay that way.
But my mind is still reeling - there are SO many possibilities and angles to cover, and now I'm getting quite excited about many of them. The best thought about how this can turn out very, very well is to look at how Disney is handling Marvel and, particularly, The Avengers, which is my favorite film of the year. Does this possibly mean we could get Joss Whedon, or - especially since Kathleen Kennedy is so high up in Lucasfilm - Steven Spielberg to take a crack at one of these?! Will Disney be able to fund the live-action TV show? With the 3D re-releases leading up to Episode VII, will the new trilogy premiere in 3D? Most importantly, where will I put three more shelves?
Hopefully the "two to three years" thing is just talking about the next trilogy. The first two trilogies took three years to make each film, and it sounds like they've been working on this in secrecy for a little while, so it's probably just that.
If nothing else, the "my childhood is dead!!!" comments should be fun to sift through again.
Episode 7... Luke has his own padawan... could be interesting!
My childhood isn't dead.
But Disney owns pretty much all of it now. Except Batman (Warner Bros) and Optimus Prime (Hasbro, with strong ties to Paramount).
If I still read them, I'd worry about the comics. When Disney bought Marvel, they almost immediately wrested all rights back from Boom! Studios... then did nothing with properties that Boom! was having consistent success with (particularly the Muppets).
That's my jacket!
Luke played by Mark Hamill I hope. Will Disney trash my beloved EU? - probably but I hope not. With Jacen Solo as his Padawan, this could fly.
Yeah, the two to three year movie thing is just for this new trilogy, I don't think that they mean that for infinity. Let's just be glad we are getting more SW!
Maybe they mean 2-3 years similar to Bond movies (yes I know its not that often), there have been what 23 in 45ish years?


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Here's some food for thought from my usual source. It might not be what it seems. It's getting very tricky. UB
If you had stocks in 2000, and held them until now,... guess how much you would have lost?
60% - in real terms.
If you went all the way back to 1966...how much would have made if you held stocks all the time until today? Zero!
How about stocks for the long run? Well, maybe...but actual performance depends on WHEN you buy and WHEN you sell. If you're lucky, you'll get out when the getting's good...and back in when it pays.
And right now?
"Everybody I know is getting back in...cautiously," says a rich friend here in London. "But I'm not so sure...I don't think there's any hurry."
Nope. No hurry. There's a storm passing over the world's financial markets. We'd let it blow itself out before we made any major investments.
"But what do you do in the meantime? I'm in cash...and I guess I'll stay in cash after reading your report yesterday. Inflation seemed like a sure thing. But as you say, maybe it's not as sure as we think."
Yesterday, the Fed made history. It made a little step for man, and a big step for mankind, down the road to Hell. The monetary base of the U.S.A. is to be increased 500% over the next few months. More than a trillion dollars' worth of debt is to be monetized.
Doesn't this guarantee imminent inflation at much higher levels? Yes...in theory. But there's a many a slip twixt the cup of theory and the lip of actual financial experience. As our friend James Ferguson pointed out, the Japanese had their cup running over for 10 years. Still, no consumer price inflation arrived to quench their recession- parched lips.
What we take from this experience is that inflation is like a temperamental mistress. Sometimes she will be smooth and serviceable...and at other times, she will be as cold and stiff as brass.
If the world is in the grip of a major correction - which it certainly is - commodity prices should be going down. Instead, they're going up. Copper is up 40% since it hit bottom in December of last year. Oil has gained more than 50%. In dollar terms, the commodity index, the CRB, has increased 14% from its bottom a few weeks ago. Are these dead cats just bouncing? Or, is this inflation?
And take a look at what has happened in England. Even in the midst of the biggest deflationary meltdown in asset prices in all of history, consumer prices still rose.
Bread is up 11.2%. Meat is 15% more expensive than it was 12 months ago. Fruit is 13% higher. Natural gas up 33% and electricity is at plus 18%
Britain is a special case. Much of the price increases come a result of the falling pound - which makes everything that has to be imported more expensive.
But everything is a special case, isn't it? Japan was a special case. And now...the whole dollar-based world is a very special case.
And when the Fed monetizes debt, it's not as if it buys it directly from mom and pop. Who owns the debt? Well, the biggest holder is China. When the Fed buys U.S. Treasury debt from China, the cash doesn't automatically fall into the U.S. consumer slipstream.
The Chinese could horde the money. Or they could use it to buy U.S. businesses - big business, such as GM and Caterpillar. In effect, what the Fed is really doing is facilitating a massive transfer of real wealth - from America to foreigners. By holding up the price of U.S. Treasuries (by buying them itself) the Fed is funneling cash to the foreign owners. The foreigners then redeem the cash for major U.S. assets (at low prices).
Maybe that was the deal the feds worked out with the Chinese. Or maybe these are just the collateral and unforeseen consequences of a foolish plan. We don't know. But it doesn't necessarily put a lot of extra cash on the street.
And then, even if it were on the street, it may not stay there for long. The feds can put in a lot more money. It doesn't mean it necessarily chases consumer products and drives prices higher. In fact, in a real depression, people tend to hoard money. They save. The more fearful they are, the more they squeeze their coins and clutch their bills. Instead of circulating freely, money disappears into drawers, bank vaults, and billfolds. Let's say the feds add a colossal sum - $10 trillion - to the dollar money supply. Even that could quickly be stashed away...in pockets...bank vaults...business holdings. Remember, most of it is in electronic form. What difference would it make to consumer prices if every account holder added a zero or two?
Our old friend John Mauldin sends this comment:
"On the Fed printing money: there is one small thing to watch. What if they print it, put it in the banks and then the banks instead of lending it to each other at 1.25% in LIBOR decide to deposit it at the Fed for .25% because they are worried about security and counter-party risk, which is a lot of the reason Fed reserves have exploded. They could print $5 trillion and if it all goes back to the Fed then where is the inflation? We need to pay close attention to where the money goes."
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Redesigning Communication
Comments about the ideas of a better "looking"
It seems to be a "hot topic" week for Debian, yesterday the announcement of Time Based Freeze Cycles and today the proposal to redesign some parts of Debian. No matter how orthogonal those topics are, communication seems to be needing real improvements inside Debian Project, but I will leave this item for later (and I mean communications amongst teams and developers, nothing related to the Press Team).Yes... long time since I last post. Apparently, I will be able to graduate by April of 2010, but that remains for another post.
First of all, let me state this perfectly clear: I believe Agnieszka (pixelgirl) did an incredible job with her redesign proposal. As a concept. (Or proof of concept). That's why I share some of Rhonda's concerns.
I don't think anybody disagrees that several parts of the Debian project urges improvements in the design field, some of them requires a total redesign, that doesn't mean we need a new logo. It is curious to see how some things happen in a strange related fashion, no matter if you believe in $DEITY (superior power or destiny), life has its ways. Early this week, the new logo of Pepsi was announced and some comparison images were created to show the evolution of Pepsi and Coca-Cola logos. It's possible to find quite a few articles commenting about the new logo, about brand, market share and strangely related to a "new logo proposal".
Yes, I like Debian's logo, it has a strong recognition, I don't think we need to change it and I don't have reasons to believe we need a new one.
The Swirl can be applied vertically and horizontally, it can also be applied alone without the "debian" text and for those wondered about the details of our logo and font, a quick (re)search would review the DebianLogo wiki page, with a lot of details.
That being said, the art work concept is indeed an important first step, but it is certainly not the only one. As I said, life has its ways, yesterday, Rhonda mentioned the amazing work of Kalle Söderman, who has looking for the Debian's Global Picture since 2007 and who did move to the step after the mockups having real instances implemented maintaining part of Debian WWW Team informed and working on feedback and smooth integration.
No matter what people said (or will say), CSS can't do all the magic.
Kalle deserves a big Thank You for his work and, IMNSHO, should be the first option to be considered in a merge (that's why you shouldn't resign Rhonda, you got quite some work to do to get it integrated).
The point, is that Kalle is not alone. There are a lot of people behind Debian Art and it would be great to see a joint effort from all artists interested in helping Debian to have a better unified look-and-feel on the Debian Project, not only on our web interfaces, but also on our products: CDs/DVDs (and its covers), desktops, wallpapers, boot loaders, splash screens, documentations, business cards, banners, t-shirts (and a bunch of other materials). It is not just a matter of writing something completely new without keep in touch with an already existent community, it is also the need to communicate and push such goals project-wide, so we can have massive adoption.
I was surprised by the fact that a lot of people mixed quite a few orthogonal points. Specially the fact that the website also needs some work in the Information Architecture field in order to improve the users' experience, but that's one point of a project-wide concern (that Kalle took into account).
Finally, some may not remember that we vote (General Resolution) to choose our logo, back in 1999 (10 years ago).
Yes, we need to do better on communicating and we need do to better with our design (and probably Marketing), but please do not start such work by changing our logo.


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As part of the 12th annual Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, Assistant Professor of Physics
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About a decade ago, scientists completed a great transformation in the understanding of our cosmos, establishing a broad and deep understanding of how the observable universe has evolved from a hot, dense state 13.7 billion years ago. Yet a second, even bigger transformation may now be taking place, because this understanding points to an early epoch during which the universe expanded at a stupendous rate to create the vast amount of space we can observe.Ā
Cosmologist are now coming to believe that this "cosmic inflation" may do much more: in many versions, inflation goes on forever, generating not just our observable universe but also infinitely many such regions with similar or different properties, together forming a staggeringly complex and vast "multiverse". Dr. Aguirre will trace the genesis of this idea, explore some of its implications, and discuss how cosmologists are currently seeking ways to test this idea by actually searching for hints of other "universes". Don't miss this introduction to one of the most mind-boggling parts of modern astronomy.
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Despite the profit taking of recent sessions – in line with the general market trend – Pirelli has been outperforming both the Italian Blue Chip index and its main international peers decisively. From the start of the year to 30 December 2010, the share price rose by 39.5% (from €4.34 to €6.05), positioning itself as one of the best shares on both the Italian market (relative performance +52.7 pp compared to the FTSE MiB index) and in the European auto & parts sector (+35.8pp higher then Michelin). Trading increased over the year: the daily average was 4.3 mln shares, +10% compared to 2009.
The full transformation of the Group into a pure tyre company, the solid operating performance and the presentation of its new industrial plan for 2011-2013 all supported Pirelli's performance on the stock market in 2010. It also remains one of the stocks preferred by analysts. The prevalent recommendation was Buy, with a consensus Target Price of €7.05.
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Are you willing to suspend your own assumptions in order to learn about what you are looking for?
Bert Rodgers
Positive or negative? hmmmmmm........ BOTH!!!!!!!!!! Makes things black and white. Good dog Bad dog. It's just that simple
Forgive me if I'm telling you something you already know, but I think you are confusing "pet" obedience with competition "obedience."
"Pet obedience", aka good manners or small-o obedience, is what most people mean when they say "obedience." They want a dog that acts civilized in public, plus very reliable at a few crucial commands, notably Come and Stay.
Competition "obedience" (sometimes called capital-O or cap-O obedience) is actually more like doggie dressage or a doggie performance than what most people would call "obedience". An obedience trial consists of highly stylized routines that demand (at the higher levels) the dog learn some fairly complicated tasks and perform them with excruciating attention to detail. It has about as much relation to pet obedience as modern field trials have with hunting. Most (not all!) dogs that make it to the higher levels of competition obedience are well-mannered, if only because they spend a whole lot of time traveling, training with other dogs and people, etc. On the other hand, there are many, many extremely well-mannered dogs that would not be able to get an obedience title.
From your posts, it sounds like a reliable recall under all circumstances is extremely important to you (as it should be for all dogs). Honestly, I think an e-collar is just about the most effective way to get a reliable recall in the face of overwhelming temptation, such as a running deer or a squirrel. If you choose that route, be sure you know how to teach it correctly. You can't just go out in an open field and zap the dog and expect him to know how to respond. He's as likely to run away in panic as he is to come to you if you don't teach him, first. Also, note that, if you're on a hike and the dog is out of sight, you'll have to rely on prior training. It's not a good idea to zap a dog you can't see. He might be headed your way or somehow trapped, etc.
If you want to do trial obedience, you will be using a whole lot of positive reinforcement. Unlike hunt training (where the retrieve itself is a powerful reward), there is virtually nothing intrinsically rewarding to the dog about heeling in a circle whilst paying rapt attention to every nuance of a handler's movement. You will have to make it rewarding. Most high level, successful obedience trainers use a ton of positive reinforcement (usually treats) with very judicious and careful applications of gentle compulsion. In cap-O Obedience, there are a million ways for the dog to do an exercise wrong and only one way to do it right. The dog will get very discouraged, very fast, if you only correct for all the wrong responses.
There are many good books and videos about competition obedience. You could start with Janice Gunn's videos, Adele Yunck's and Judy Byron's "Competitive Obedience: a Balancing Act", and Diane Baumann's "Beyond Basic Obedience." Also, go to obedience trials, watch the UD and CDX classes and ask the handlers whose dogs do great work who they train with in your area.
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I am not a professional by any means but I really like to use both types of learning. Treats and play when things go right but there are also times when I need to correct my dogs with an e collar. I like the e collar because I took a long time to condition them to the collar before I ever turned it on. I had a few behavioral problems that with one or two corrections with the collar and they do not exist anymore. I also treat the sh-- out of my dogs when I am training and they are doing what I want them to do. As long as you do not abuse your corrections and you feel that what you are doing to the dog is fair for the action, you will probably not have any major issues. Treat your dogs with respect and care and they will trust you with their lives.
Most folks have a fairly incomplete view of what positive gundog training is. I have trained a good number of gundogs with traditional compulsion methods and fair number of gundogs with positive methods. Here is a synopsis of positive gundog training. At the bottom is a table comparing traditional compulsion training and positive training for gundogs.
Robert Milner
"When he stood up to speak, battalions of words issued forth from his mouth and scoured the countryside in search of an idea, and when they found one, they swiftly and thoroughly beat it to death." ---- -Anonymous
Like stated before it all depends on your goals and what you feel most comfortable. You can train your dog with with corrections without having to use aversive measures. Most PR trainer go this route (they say PR bc it's easier to explain). You can also have your dog reliable to your commands using PR. My 8 month Curly is very reliable to come and I haven't begun any collar conditioning.
As for NR or the use of aversive corrections it definitely can make the training go faster but it's also easier to mess up if you're a novice. Remember before you can expect your dog to do something on a collar you have to show them what you want.
As for the Prong or choker debate. Prong collars are a lot safer. Chokers are exactly that they choke your dog. The loop can go all the way down to inches. While the prong collar looks like a mid-evil torture device it evenly distributes the pressure around the dogs neck and it can only go as small as the inner prongs.
The choice is yours but if you can't use it in the ring then why train to it. (Retriever training is a lot different since dogs can be hundreds of yards away). It sounds like I'm biased towards PR but I feel as if you know about the NR side of training.
Now I have not read all the posts but I have skimmed over the majority of them so I apologize if I reiterate something someone has already posted, but I have been a firm believer that a regular choke chain was the best - most humane way to teach a dog how to heel and sit on command with additonal treats and fun bumpers to keep their spirits up - that being said I now have a 6 month old pup who taught me differently. I was at wits end and I kept getting told to buy a prong collar and finally did. Now I dont know what it was, It may have been the repeated walks for a couple of months plus the collar but what I do know is yesterday with only the choke chain he was not going to heel today I walked him twice with the prong collar and with in a few short twitches of my wrist he was walking at my side and did it like he had been doing it all along. during the walk he was rewarded with treats when he sat and then afterward we did some sit then here work with treats and then some fun bumpers he is happy as he was yesterday and being more obedient
take it for what it is worth - I was like you and not really sure about the prong collar and like you I like the results it is giving - the collar required much few corrections to get the desired result with much less torque on my back from him pulling - ie more humane
I hope this helps, I am not a competitive obedience trainer by any means but do require an obedient dog, but good luck and I hope all works out for you.
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Mr Brett Schwarz, CEO, MD and co-founder, bluechiip
Melbourne-based bluechiip is a tracking technology company that was listed on the Australia Stock Exchange in June 2011. The company's tracking and retrieval solutions have the capability to redefine the future of biobanking and biorepositories by enabling the efficient management of high valuable biosamples in cryogenic environments, where conventional radio frequency identification (RFID) and barcodes may not be enough.
The firm bluechiip was founded in 2003 by Dr Ronald Zmood and Mr Brett Schwarz to develop battery-less RFID memory and temperature sensing devices that boast of having several unique attributes. The system utilizes a novel method of programming and storing data on the memory device and can be fabricated inexpensively using low-cost micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) technology manufacturing techniques.
In October 2012, bluechiip partnered with a Swiss company Inpeco, which designs and manufactures automation systems for biological sample processing in clinical laboratories, to develop Inpeco products that would integrate bluechiip's technology. Mr Brett Schwarz, CEO, MD and co-founder of bluechiip spoke to BioSpectrum about bluechiip's technology and expansion plans.
Please tell us about bluechiip and how the company is involved in the healthcare and life science sectors?
The firm, which listed on the Australian Securities Exchange last year, has developed a wireless tracking solution for the healthcare and life science, security, defense and manufacturing industries that represents a generational change from current methods such as labels (hand-written and pre-printed), barcodes (linear and 2D) and microelectronic integrated circuit (IC)-based RFID.
The unique tag is based on MEMS technology and contains no electronics. The tag can either be embedded or manufactured into a storage product, such as vials or bags. Easy identification, along with any associated information from the tag such as temperature can be detected by a reader, which can also sense the temperature of the tagged items. The traditional identification technologies have significant limitations. Whereas a barcode requires a visible tag or line-of-sight optical scan, bluechiip technology does not. Unlike labels, barcodes and RFID, bluechiip technology can sense the temperature of each item on which a tag is attached or embedded in.
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just send it to detriot. They could be one big happy city.
just send it to detriot. They could be one big happy city.
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I was thinking of maybe sending it to the bleeding heart liberals on the West Coast. Let them deal with it for a while and see if they start blushing a little more red.
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Virginia is a swing state because even though it used to be reliably conservative the toilet of come-heres that is the N.Va. suburbs of D.C. now outnumber the rest of the state and the districts have been gerrymandered so as to give it as many liberal districts as possible.
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By M. Scott Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
I stumbled onto a 21st century social faux pas the other night. After many years in the slow lane, the Morris family jumped to high-speed Internet in 2012. We quickly learned our computer was from the Jurassic era, and did an emergency wallet-ectomy to correct the problem.
Long story short – too late – we're Web ready and relatively up-to-date for the first time since 1998.
One of my favorite newfound capabilities is video conferencing, but that sounds too formal. We've been Skype-ing and FaceTime-ing with folks far and wide.
I'm assuming most know what I'm talking about and have been using these services for years.
But we're accommodating here at the Mighty Daily Journal, so I want to explain for the two or three readers still fighting the good fight against the Too Much Information Age.
Skype and FaceTime are services that allow you to talk to people also while seeing them on the screen of your computer or mobile device.
I remember craving this ability in the 1980s, when a buddy from middle school moved to Southern California. We both thought it'd be cool to see each other while we talked on the phone.
It was the stuff of science fiction back then. Or magic, I suppose. We would've taken it any way we could've gotten it, but it wasn't possible for us, so we moved on.
Things are different in the 21st century, and the Morris clan has enjoyed plenty of long-distance conversations with friends and relations.
My in-laws were the first to join us. They like seeing the grandkids more than seeing me, but I guess that's almost understandable.
Jay Bell, my good friend from "Bradenton-Fun-in-the-Sun-Baby-Florida," has been a regular, but it's usually best to catch him early in the night. He sometimes gets blurrier and blurrier as the conversation progresses, and I'm not talking about the video screen.
I thought Mom would love this service, so during Christmas we hooked her up a Skype account. Here's where my faux pas comes in.
When you go to your Skype contact list, there's a green light next to people who are logged into the system. Mom's light was green, so I called.
I should probably mention that Mom's light was green at 11:35 p.m. Mississippi time and 12:35 a.m. in Marietta, Ga. I assumed she'd taken a nap during the day and was staying up late, as she sometimes does.
"But your button was green," I protested.
"Yeah, because I don't know how to turn it off, son," she said with sleepy irritation in her voice.
She eventually forgave me because she's tickled with the technology, too.
Besides, she's a mom, so contact from one of her children is a wonderful thing, though for some reason, not as wonderful as contact from her grandchildren.
M. Scott Morris is a Daily Journal feature writer. Contact him at (662) 678-1589 or email@example.com.


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Coconut Milk Caramels
What do you get when you combine the sweet flavor of chewy caramels with the silky tropical taste of coconut? The perfect sweet ending to any meal! These delicious Coconut Milk Caramels also make a sweet holiday gift when wrapped in parchment or placed in colorful mini cupcake liners. To ensure your caramels cook up soft and chewy (not brittle), keep a close eye on your candy thermometer and take the pan off the heat immediately after the caramel reaches the right temperature.
Makes 80 Caramels
Prep time: 5 min.
Total time: 45 min.
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 16 pieces
1 can (13.5 oz.) GOYA® Coconut Milk
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
Ľ cup corn syrup
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
|Line 8"x8" baking pan with parchment paper, so that paper covers bottom of pan and comes up sides to hang at least 2" over edges. Set aside.
|In small saucepan over medium-high heat, bring butter, coconut milk and salt to boil, stirring until butter melts. Remove pot from heat. Cover and keep warm.
|Meanwhile, in medium, heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, bring sugar, corn syrup and ˝ cup water to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Using wet pastry brush, wipe off any sugar that sticks to sides of pan. Cook, without stirring, swirling pan for even heating, until syrup turns amber and temperature registers 298°F on candy thermometer, 10-12 minutes. Remove pot from heat.
|Slowly and carefully pour coconut milk mixture into pot with hot caramel (use caution, milk and sugar mixture will bubble and splatter). Stir to combine. Return pot to stove over medium-high heat. Bring coconut-caramel mixture to boil, stirring with wooden spoon or heat-resistant spatula and taking care to scrape bottom of pot, until coconut-caramel mixture reaches 248°F on candy thermometer, 22-25 minutes.
|Carefully pour hot coconut-caramel mixture into prepared pan. Let sit a few seconds. Sprinkle flaked coconut over top of caramel. Let sit until caramel is just warm. Transfer pan to refrigerator. Chill until cold, about 2 hours or overnight. To remove caramel from pan, lift up on parchment paper handles and transfer to cutting board. Peel back on parchment paper to remove and discard. Cut caramel into ľ"x1" rectangles. Wrap in parchment paper, or place into mini cupcake liners, if desired.
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Buzzwords Your Resume Doesn't Need
One of the most difficult tasks in your search for employment can be writing a resume that stands out. Not only must you communicate everything that's crucial about your employment history, but you also need to do so in a limited amount of space. In order to accomplish these goals, many job candidates resort to buzzwords — terms they've seen on other resumes, industry jargon or even words picked from the thesaurus simply because they sound impressive.
While buzzwords may seem to add an air of credibility to your resume, they are often unwelcomed by hiring managers. The reason: Buzzwords are usually vague. A hiring manager may think you're trying to hide something unfavorable about your work history or exaggerate your responsibilities or accomplishments.
Following are some buzzwords you should keep off your resume.
"Experienced in" or "familiar with": Terms like these — which include similar phrases such as "extensive background in" or "working knowledge of" — do little to explain the depth of your experience. For example, if a job candidate claims to be "familiar with HTML," does that mean the person knows how to use the language to program Web pages, is aware that it's a language for coding Web pages or has simply heard of the term? And if the applicant does know how to program using HTML, how many years of experience does he or she have? Hiring managers will want to know the answers to questions such as these, so be specific when describing your experience, including duration of time and how you've used that experience to benefit previous employers.
"Responsibilities included": Many job seekers use their resumes to feature a laundry list of past duties and responsibilities. While it's important to give hiring managers an overview of what you've done, keep in mind that they don't need a refresher course in what a database administrator does.
"Implemented," "authored" and "utilized": These are just some of the "buzzverbs" that find their way into resumes. Many people use them because they want to sound knowledgeable or sophisticated, but they can actually have the opposite effect. There's nothing wrong with using the term "wrote" instead of "authored" or "used" instead of "utilized." After all, they're straightforward, easy to understand and get the same point across as their buzzverb counterparts.
"Excellent written skills": Written skills are becoming more and more important for IT professionals to possess, especially as tech workers communicate with others throughout the organization on projects and proposals. But as the old saying goes, show, don't tell, the hiring manager about your abilities. Demonstrate with your resume and cover letter that you know how to get your ideas across on paper — or on the computer screen — through clear and concise writing and by carefully checking for any typos or grammatical errors before submitting your application materials.
"CISSP," "MCTS," "MCITP": Even if you know what these acronyms stand for, there's no guarantee that the human resources professional who first sees your resume will. Avoid "alphabet soup" by always spelling out terms that nontechnical people may be unfamiliar with.
The Key to the Buzz
Some people confuse buzzwords with keywords, so it's important to make that distinction. Unlike buzzwords, keywords are terms that hiring managers actually look for — as do the resume-scanning software programs many companies use — to identify promising applicants. Keywords describe the position or the requirements for the job. As a result, it's beneficial to include them in your resume. To determine which keywords you should use, read through the job description and pull terms from there. If you're applying for a position as a software engineer, for instance, you would want to include the programming languages applicants should have experience with — Java or C++, for example — and specific phrases used in the job posting, such as "data-intensive applications" or "run-time complexity." Keep in mind, though, that you should include only those keywords that accurately describe your professional background.
Dave Willmer is executive director of Robert Half Technology. He can be reached at editor (at) certmag (dot) com.


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Dimebag Darrell: Dime's Dozen
Back in 1993, the late Pantera guitarist, Dimebag Darrell, sat down with Guitar World to discuss "Eruption," "Crazy Train" and 10 other fist-pumping metal classics that every self-respecting guitarist should know.
Originally published in Guitar World, March 1993
You won't find a shred of jazz, blues, classical, country, funk or alternative guitar playing on any of Pantera's six albums, including their recent breakthrough efforts, Cowboys from Hell and Vulgar Display of Power. What you will hear is plenty of metal— mean, ornery metal, in the great headbanging spirit of the genre's forefathers. Leading the Texans' assault is guitarist Diamond "Dimebag" Darrell, who spent his early years carefully studying platters by metal's most respected giants: from Black Sabbath and Judas Priest to Iron Maiden and Van Halen.
"The harder stuff has always done it for me," says Darrell. "Man, if it rips, I'll give it a thumbs up!"
At Guitar World's request, the guitarist compiled a list of 12 tunes he regards as pivotal to his development as a player. After he'd completed his list, Darrell commented, "One thing holds true for each of these bands—they all jammed. If kids today want to put a band together and kick some serious ass, it's important for them to go back and check out these songs, because, when it comes to metal, it doesn't get any better than this."
Van Halen
Van Halen (1978)
"Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album. I was a little kid when I first heard it, and I couldn't believe how Eddie just ripped the strings off his guitar. He played with a fierce aggression—and his guitar sound was unbeatable. That dive bomb sound effect at the song's end sounded like the world was coming to an end.
"Because Eddie was so hardcore about his guitar, he made me look at the instrument in a different way—more as a tool to screw around with than something you must play very carefully. Everyone should learn 'Eruption,' because it proves that technical playing can still be aggressive."
"Crazy Train"
Ozzy Osbourne
Blizzard of Ozz (1981)
"The first time I heard 'Crazy Train' I was crashed out in bed, definitely not wanting to get up and go to school, when my brother Vinnie came in and cranked it up. I heard that opening bass line and Ozzy going 'I-I-I-I,' then Randy coming in with that classic riff. That song just busted me in the ass, I was out of bed, dressed and in school—on time for the very first time!
"Randy played a lot of cool slurs, where he would slide his pick down the top E string, and I definitely picked up on that. He also had a great ability to double his leads—the 'Crazy Train' solo really shows how well he did that. I double my leads sometimes, and I learned from Randy."


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Director Steve McQueen has only made two films, but in them he explores two extremes of human experience. On the one hand, he depicts the denial of appetite in Hunger (2008), where Michael Fassbender portrays hunger-striking IRA terrorist Bobby Sands. And on the other hand, he confronts total indulgence in his starkly beautiful, sometimes schematic film Shame, once again starring Fassbender, who here plays Brandon, a corporate drone and rampant sex addict.
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The funny thing is that Fassbender, brilliant in both films, seems like he's having a better time starving to death and smearing his feces on a cell wall in Hunger than he does getting it on in Shame. The MPAA gave the film an NC-17 rating, but as Bret Easton Ellis recently tweeted, maybe if Brandon had some fun with his problem, the film would have been more truly disturbing.
It's the kind of fun, presumably, enjoyed by Ellis's own Wall Street degenerate, Patrick Bateman, as performed by Christian Bale in Mary Harron's exuberantly nihilistic adaptation of American Psycho (2000). Give that man a chainsaw and a naked woman, and he sure could party. By contrast, Brandon doesn't kill anyone, but he does masturbate a lot; when he sneaks into the bathroom, it's not to do a line. He also hires hookers and picks up married women on the subway. But is he happy? Of course not. Shame on you, Brandon.
A better comparison might be Brando's depressive lecher Paul in Last Tango in Paris (1972). In Tango, however, Paul briefly achieves some intimacy with another human being, though anonymously. Shame is Bertolucci for the Internet age, as Brandon aspires to achieve intimacy with just one person — himself — and fails.
Maybe that's because his sister, struggling chanteuse and professional mooch Sissy (Carey Mulligan), who has a lot more problems besides her unfortunate name and her fragile singing style, challenges his solitude. She shows up uninvited and naked in Brandon's shower, where she and her brother discuss the situation at length. Here and elsewhere McQueen is a master of extending a scene well beyond the point where things get uncomfortable.
Is there an incestuous backstory being hinted at, none too subtlely? Whatever the reason, Sissy is as much a mess as Brandon, though in a different way. Needy and suicidal, she seems to be a nymphomaniac driven by a bottomless pit of dependency, as opposed to the compulsive aversion to emotional commitment that seems to fuel her brother's satyriasis. Opposite and alike, they don't get along; let's just say there's a lot of nudity and yelling and smashing things, and dialing 911 often seems like a good option.
McQueen doesn't go much below the surface in analyzing the obsessive, doomed conduct of his characters. When Sissy says they are not bad people but come from a bad place, you wonder if she means New Jersey. This generic approach weakens the film, though McQueen's reasoning might be that instead of burdening viewers with details, it leaves them a blank screen on which they can project their own feelings of isolation.
Those feelings are easy to muster given McQueen's Manhattan: it's all glass, asphalt, steel, fern bars, and anomie, with scarcely a glimpse at anything from nature. But his greatest asset is Fassbender's face, his gaunt "Neanderthal" (Brandon's word) features mirroring a despair and ecstasy too deep for words. Ultimately, Fassbender's characters in both Hunger and Shame share the same expression, a tormented fusion of satyr and saint.
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Family: Annonaceae, Annona view all from this family
Description The pawpaw is native to the Midwest, Southern and Eastern United States and adjacent southernmost Ontario, Canada, from New York west to eastern Nebraska, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas. The pawpaw is a patch-forming (clonal) understory tree found in well-drained, deep, fertile bottom-land and hilly upland habitat, with large, simple leaves and large fruits, the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States.
Asimina triloba is a large shrub or small tree growing to a height of 11 meters (rarely to 14 m) with a trunks 20-30 cm or more in diameter. The large leaves of pawpaw trees are clustered symmetrically at the ends of the branches, giving a distinctive imbricated appearance to the tree's foliage.
The leaves of the species are simple, alternate and spirally arranged, entire, deciduous, obovate-lanceolate, ten to twelve inches long, four to five inches broad, and wedge-shaped at the base, with an acute apex and an entire margin, with the midrib and primary veins prominent. The petioles are short and stout, with a prominent adaxial groove. Stipules are lacking. The expanding leaves are conduplicate, green, covered with rusty tomentum beneath, and hairy above; when fully grown they are smooth, dark green above, and paler beneath. When bruised, the leaves have a disagreeable odor similar to a green bell pepper. In autumn the leaves are a rusty yellow, which make spotting pawpaw groves possible from a long distance.
Pawpaw flowers are perfect, about one to two inches across, rich red-purple or maroon when mature, with three sepals and six petals. They are borne singly on stout, hairy, axillary peduncles. The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as or slightly before the new leaves appear, and have a faint fetid or yeasty smell.
The fruit of the pawpaw is a large, yellowish-green to brown berry, 5–16 cm long and 3–7 cm broad, weighing from 20–500 g, containing several brown seeds 15-25 mm in diameter embedded in the soft, edible fruit pulp. The conspicuous fruits begin developing after the plants flower; they are initially green, maturing by September or October to yellow or brown. When mature, the heavy fruits bend the weak branches down.
Other characteristics:
Calyx: Sepals three, valvate in bud, ovate, acuminate, pale green, downy.
Corolla: Petals six, in two rows, imbricate in the bud. Inner row acute, erect, nectariferous. Outer row broadly ovate, reflexed at maturity. Petals at first are green, then brown, and finally become dull purple or maroon and conspicuously veiny.
Stamens: Indefinite, densely packed on the globular receptacle. Filaments short; anthers extrorse, two-celled, opening longitudinally.
Pistils: Several, on the summit of the receptacle, projecting from the mass of stamens. Ovary one-celled; stigma sessile; ovules many.
Branchlets: light brown, tinged with red, marked by shallow grooves.
Winter buds: Small, of two kinds, the leaf buds pointed and closely appressed to the twigs, and the flower buds round, brown, and fuzzy.
Bark: Light gray, sometimes blotched with lighter gray spots, sometimes covered with small excrescences, divided by shallow fissures. Inner bark tough, fibrous. The bark with a very disagreeable odor when bruised.
Warning The fruit, though edible, can cause skin irritation and gastrointestinal upset in some individuals.
Habitat Cities, suburbs & towns, Grasslands & prairies.
Range Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Texas, Plains, Florida, Great Lakes.
Comments This is a good understory tree. No serious disease or insect problems. The fruit can create a mess on sidewalks and patios, but this can be minimized by planting only one tree; pawpaws seldom set much fruit without cross pollination.
Exposure Preference Shade.
Flower April - May
Native Distribution Florida to Texas, n. to w. New York, s. Ontario, Michigan, Illinois, s.e. Iowa & s.e. Nebraska
Site Preference Rich, moist woods; lowlands
Soil Preference Rich, moist, slightly acid soils.
Wildlife Value Small mammals relish the fragrant fruit which tastes banana-like.