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Apple's position in the Chinese smartphone market was bumped from No. 4 to No. 6 in the third quarter as China-based brands fire up the competition.
Apple, which previously held the No. 4 spot in the Chinese mobile phone market, slipped to No. 6 in Q3 due to its low number of shipments, according to research firm IDC. Out of China's 60 million mobile phone shipments in Q3, Apple's iPhone accounted for less than 10 percent.
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18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
19 and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Does this mean that only his sons died in the house since it does not mention his daughters being dead? I thought they all perished. Can anyone clarify?
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In Jewish culture the males were counted, because they were heads of households, rulers of the tribes, etc. So the servant was addressing all of Job's children being lost; but specifically the young men -- the inheritance of Job -- the future of his clan.
You see this throughout the Bible: 5000 men were fed bread and fish miraculously by Christ. Matt 14:21 specifies "beside women and children." These were not counted with an exact number. It isn't that they weren't important; it was just the Jewish mindset -- 5000 heads of household were fed + their families!
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Job 1:18 While heH2088 was yetH5750 speaking,H1696 there cameH935 also another,H2088 and said,H559 Thy sonsH1121 and thy daughtersH1323 were eatingH398 and drinkingH8354 wineH3196 in their eldestH1060 brother'sH251 house:H1004
Job 1:19 And, behold,H2009 there cameH935 a greatH1419 windH7307 fromH4480 H5676 the wilderness,H4057 and smoteH5060 the fourH702 cornersH6438 of the house,H1004 and it fellH5307 uponH5921 the young men,H5288 and they are dead;H4191 and IH589 onlyH7535 am escapedH4422 aloneH905 to tellH5046 thee.
In verse 10 it refers to sons (from the root ben) and daughters(from the root bat).
In the next verse,in referring to the young men it calles them narim.Narim is the male plural of nar which is a male youth.A female youth is a narah.However in hebrew if you address a mix of both women and male you use the male form of the plural.The female is only used when just females are addressed.
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Andy Smith, an internet security chief at the Cabinet Office, said people should only give accurate details to trusted sites such as government ones.
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What a fscking idiot.
Giving a fake date of birth to some e-commerce site that has no valid need for my identifying details and just wants to send me marketing mail no more promotes crime than buying a pair of tights for my wife promotes bank robbery.
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Historically, area closings are knee jerk reactions done in haste (redundant).
The upcoming meeting in NBPT has all the implications of effecting recreational area closings MORESO than it's effect on commercial closings - it is this scribe's understanding that CCA MA, of which I am a member , opposes the connection of any such closings of grounds to recreational pursuits, when combined with commercial restrictions.
provides no substantive information on when meeting convenes.
Further information may be obtained (depending on what has been discovered) by contacting Kent Jackson of CCA MA -
Personally, it is incumbent upon us all to show our concern and opposition to any closing which affects recreational harvest. We portray ourselves to be resource minded and, in doing so, should make that view clearly known to NEFMC. Argumentatively, we do not cause the same level of consumption or reduction of the resource.
I believe the window on this is very narrow (as this is written).
The position of CCA is not to stomp all over the idea of Marine Protected Areas, "MPA's". But to have the abillity, and the right, to review the intended closures and the supporting evidence as to why the closure has been proposed. This is not a "not in my backyard" issue, it's a decision that we as conservationists want to understand and potentially support. Please don't fault the CCA for trying to protect the rights of fishermen, it's what we are ! There are some locations that may deserve this type of protection, Stellwagon Bank may be one of them, however, that is just my opinion, not neccessarily that of CCA.
We, at CCA, are a GROUP and therefor need the support of many to atain a voice loud enough to be heard, but, also, even to formulate our stand on these types of issues. My individual opinion may not be what we as a group intend, although I'll allways freely give it out (never been one to withhold them, just ask my wife). So, please, if you are interesed in these issues, WE NEED YOU, come to the next CCA-Cape Cod meeting.
It will be held at the OLD INN in West Dennis, 6:30pm, Tuesday, January 8th, 2002.
The speaker will be Tony Stetzko, with a video and slide presentation and his views on fishing the beach. Bertha will also attend.
In addition to the speaker, a lively disscussion will be had with regard to MPA's as well as an update on the ASMFC Amendment #6 to Striped Bass Management Plan, the NEFMC proposed changes to the Groundfish allocation, the new changes to CCA-Ma and the implementation of the New England Regional Director and Management Staff.
Also, a quick review of the newly installed officers as well as positions need to be filled, both locally and regionally.
Cost of dinner and speaker is $20.00, and bucket raffles will be held with some great fishing tackle and related items up for grabs.
With the Mid-cape location for this meeting and the prodding by the lower Cape guys, we're expecting a large turnout for this evening, so, Please call me to make a reservation for dinner as well as to attend the event. 617-543-8354. Before January 6th if possible!
Remember, you don't have to be a member to join in.
I was thinking about this last night, there are several different issues here being rolled into one. Don't really have time right now to dig into it but I strongly believe that someone like Tim Watts who has demonstrated a clear understanding of the status of the marine environs would be a valuable resource to share his knowledge as a moderator of a conservation/ environmental forum.
|Part of Stellwagen may be a place where it could be done around here. I kinda like the idea of leaving some areas alone. Eddie and Chris is CCA involved in the effort to remove the Fort Halifax Dam at the mouth of the Sebasticook. That would give stripers access to some of their prime historic spawning grounds.
Isn't the Fisheries meeting really targeted toward commercial fishing zone management? I am not aware of any specific Atlantic coastal zones where sportsmen harvest by hook and line would have population impact, although as a whole it has a huge impact. Commercial fishing would be another matter altogether, zone management would be very appropriate if coordinated with fish behavior and habitat. Zone restrictions like the offshore banks make all the difference in the world and are a big part of keeping the stocks abundant.
I would be 100% in favor of no-fishing zones provided they are imposed on cornerstone forage species like menhaden. I would support them 100% for sport angling if they were applied to known sportfishing impact areas, but I can't think of any (ocean) areas of that nature. There are really no distinct zones where angler impact can be localized, but there are many zones where commercial harvest can be identified as key:
North Sea sand eel fishery. Menhaden fisheries - albeit not really localized. Striped Bass netting in Chesapeake and Hudson Rivers. Open seas salmon netting in the Greenland fishing grounds.
Looking beyond coastal areas, any exploitation of anadromous fishes at dams, waterfalls, shipping locks, etc - are capable of major damage to specific populations by anglers. We should levy restrictions on these areas for sportsmen wherever possible. In many cases we already do.
Once again, as a whole sportsmen have a big impact especially in MA but within localized areas it would achieve nothing. Zone mgmt is for commercial fisheries, broad ranging rules are best for sportsmen - like an inter-coastal mgmt system. This would be best managed by the Federal authorities IMHO. In fact, I feel that the root of the problem is that state governments can't get their act together and need an intervening authority.
There was no indication as to what locations may or may not be considered for closure other than it was offshore and concerned mainley fish stocks and commercial fishing. I just thought with the direction this thread seamed to be heading I'd throw in that I heard a meeting was planned and that if anyone thought that sportfishing may be impacted that I'd pass it on. If anyone hears what comes of the meeting(s) this week, as I will, to let us all know.
Eddie you are correct in the fact that the Kennebec is 1/5 the nursery of the Chessepeke. Merrymeeting Bay pales in size compared to the the Chessie also. However, it is very productive. My point was more to the ecology surrounding the resource as an example of some pretty effective mangement.
Remeber, no two CCA chapters are the same. I had a similar experience here where the local meetings were just a gathering to talk, have dinner and listen to a guide or author talk. Little if no conservation issues were raised.
That's why I plan on supporting the Cape Cod chapter. Brain Case is running it and I expect him to provide some very strong stewardship.
I recently joined CCA in Maine because I thought it would be a good thing to support an organization that lobbies for rec. fishermen. When I got the news letter, I was afraid I had made a mistake. The editorial regarding the "no fishing zones" read like something issued by "Wise Use"(a conservative lobby group bought and paid for by mining and logging interests posing as outdoors men). The news letter used many of the same appeals that I have read in editorials supporting jet skis and criticizing "no motor zones". Hmm, I hope I'm wrong, be it seemed like CCA is in bed with the boating industry. I am opposed to the"my right to fish no matter what" mentality. Every one should be willing to make sacrifices to nurture abundant fishing. The striped bass resource has come a long way in a short period of time. These gains were achieved trough good management and sacrifice. No doubt the CCA had a role in this, and I hope I am wrong about their stand against the "no fish zones" I will go to the next meeting and check them out.
Also, I don't think that the Kennebec has even 1/20th the spawning productivity of the Chesapeake or the Hudson. I hope in time it will be a significant contributor.
This is great. (sarcasm intended). I hope you're kidding about the East Coast areas.
We can't even get a coastal agreement on striped bass management but a federal decision to close waters seems to move like wildfire!
I remember peoples reaction a year ago being something like, "It's not going to happen in my favorite waters."
For an educational, clear position on the NO FISHING ZONES and their growth since the first one was established, check out the following link:
Ok, as long as there not meeting to CLOSE Newburyport by adding PI to a no fishing zone. Then I would be totally against them.
I heard this morning that the fisheries folks are meeting later this week in Newburyport, MA to discuss Marine Protective Zone selection for the east coast. Just wondering if the sport fishing crowd is going to have any representation by CCA or anyone else there to listen in and offer our angle?
|Just goes to show money doesn't always talk. No hidden message in that -
My point in regards to access was that, at this point, I think we have more to be concerned about from the money folks buying up shore front property and then restricting parking and weigh points near them. Just look at the complaints about fisherman parking on the causeway, the difficulty of access on the Brewster side not to mention some of the north shore. The most important thing is to make sure we are heard when the powers that be sit down to draw the lines as to where, how and when fishing will be allowed.
I will say that Maine has held its ground for the in regards to the Kennebec striper nursery. It is right up there with the Chessepeek for spawning production. While we watched Massachusetts ease lenght, bag and commercial regulations on stripers Maine held fast and only after populations improved markedly did we change from one fish 36+" to a slot of one fish between 20" + 26" OR one over 40"- AND no commercial taking. You can't get striper in a restaurant here. Also, the Kennebec is closed to the use of bait and keeping fish until July first. You are required to fish with a single treble on a lure all season. These regs extend from the first impoundment in Waterville to an imaginary line drawn across the mouth of the river from Popham to Newagen. The elver fishing has also been restricted as well increasing the sand eel populations and in turn giving the yung fish a good chance at bulking up for the run south.
I would argue that one of the reasons the fishery is hanging in there so well and not dropping off from the easing if regs on the lower coast is because our nursery is so well protected. I saw a lot of young fish up here this year.
We need to talk seriously and loudly when the fisheries people start stirring but not assume that just because NPR said there were interesting stats coming from a few test cases that fishing will go away. I thought it was good news all in all but as yet not much of a threat.
Interesting points.
Will jump into this tomorrow after I check my information.
Trying to cut to the core of the issue, I have absolutely no doubt at all that it's a good policy to shut down fishing in those areas where it's devastating the population. We must not forget Chesapeake Bay's striped bass spawning ground moratorium and the profound effect it had.
When discussing fishing, we can't compare commercial seining to a recreational flyfishing season either. Stopping one will have a much more emphatic effect on a population than the other in fact I would argue that a typical fish population could withstand fly fishing without measurable harm while it often can't survive a large scale commercial harvest.
So if they cut the million ton per year harvest of sand eels in the North sea to 500,000 tons, I would think that's good. If they say we can't flyfish on Cape Cod because it traumatizes the fish, well then that's when it's time for a revolution.
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Hi everyone, I'm looking for another shotgun for hunting turkeys. After lots reading and shouldering several shotguns I kind of narrowed my choices to an M2 or the new SX3 ( nwtf version ). I have two 12 gauge, MOSS. 835 and a Stoeger M2000. I thought about trying the M2 in 20 gauge, just for something different, but I have been looking at the new SX3 NWTF shotgun and that thing looks awesome.
I've read and heard a lot of great things about the M2, the only negative so far is that they have some recoil to them.
I have not heard much about the SX3. Also, on the Winchester web site , they talk about the 742 back bore. My guestion is, does this really help that much.
This will probably be my last shotgun for a long time and if anyone has any experience or comments with these shotguns, please let me know, Thanks


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Uplink Icons
Started working on finishing up some icons I'd started drawing a while back, to get some more practice in Inkscape. Finished up the app icon for Uplink, which is available in the Ubuntu Software Center.
Uplink Icons
Started working on finishing up some icons I'd started drawing a while back, to get some more practice in Inkscape. Finished up the app icon for Uplink, which is available in the Ubuntu Software Center.
Encompass Progress
Have been working a little bit in the evenings and weekends over the past month, to rewrite Encompass in Vala, using WebKit. It's coming along slowly, but surely. Here is a screenshot of what I currently have it at, almost up to par with the last code I have for the GtkHTML2 version.
Bringing it Back
If you know me, you probably know I once wrote a web browser using the gtkhtml widget for rendering pages, called Encompass. Well, after many years of not touching that code at all, I've decided it's time to bring it back from the dead. Web security has been an ever-growing issue over the past few years, and browsers haven't really done anything to improve it. Rather, they seem to only rapidly add very resource heavey features, and only deal with minor security flaws in their own code. Nor have any really sought to make drastic leaps in usability. Most all the UI differences across browsers is all for the sake of being different from the others. Why is it so hard to find a secure and usable browser, that integrates into the system?
Well, that's exactly what the new Encompass will do. Sadly, the gtkhtml engines have fallen drastically behind, and aren't up to the task of dealing with the modern era web. So I will unfortunately be required to use the webkit engine, as I am not interested in building a new rendering engine right now. Hopefully I will be able to build the browser how I want to, without having to make many changes to webkit itself; though I suspect some will be required. And hopefully it won't take too long to get a working version, as I am rewriting in Vala, to speed things up and simplify the code.
Two for the road
Today marks my second anniversary of working at Canonical. It has been an amazing two years, and I'm looking forward to seeing so many of my brilliant coworkers and the Ubuntu community members next week, at UDS. And here's to the next two years being even better than the previous two.
Development vs. Design
In software, design and development are both things I am passionate about;
and have been actively doing for a very long time now. In fact, it should be
said that one cannot exist without the other. Even if you are writing software
with an intended user base of one, you are still going to design the interface
around how you want to use the application. So, it is probably no surprise that
I find it rather troubling that so many businesses still keep these two vital
pieces of their company, so separated. There is a fascinating quote, which I
feel embodies the spirit of my feelings about design and development, from the
book Hagakure:
Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness.
Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "form is emptiness."
That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase, "Emptiness is form."
One should not think that these are two separate things.
Defective by Design
Unfortunately, businesses tend to continue to put design departments under the marketing business unit, rather than engineering. I can only imagine that the common reasoning for this, is that designers make pretty things, and pretty things are needed to sell products, so therefore designers are marketing. Unlike the heady days of the early industrial revolution, however, design and product are now much more tied together than ever before. With the lower barriers to entry for using both developer tools and graphics design, user testing, and other design related tools, it's easier than ever for developers and designers to work together toward the same end. If your business is maintaining the business unit separation by having design as part of marketing, it's hurting both teams. Developers no better like having designs thrown at them, which aren't fully implementable, than designers like being told to make applications pretty, after they're built and shipped. Good visual design is important, but being visually different is much less so. Yet, so many companies strive for the latter as an attempt to achieve the former.
Burning Bridges
The best way to build a new bridge, is to burn down the old one first. If it doesn't come crashing down, you probably don't need to build anew. If you're a developer or designer, or have ever seen a thorough discussion betwixt, you can probably see how those bridges would fall in a blaze of glory. Often, design is more an afterthought, and developers don't have the time to take the new design considerations to heart; or the designs lack in what they could change, coming so late in the game. Sometimes design is a primary thought, done completely outside the realm of engineering. There is no interaction with the developers who would be implementing the design, until the majority of the design is complete. This often leads to software which can't be completed as designed. The application will sit in a state of limbo, partially complete in both functionality and design. If your software is to be successful, these bridges must be burned.
Rising from the Ashes
So the pyres of a thousand bridges are burning in your wake. How do you build successful applications, and integrate design and development? Many steps will lead to a better ecosystem for both, but the first thing that needs to happen is for design to be totally under the engineering unit in a business. Get your designers and developers sitting next to each other all the time, and talking about their projects together, on a regular basis. Bring your designers to development sprints and conferences. Don't bring the whole design team though, and have them all sit off to the side drawing pretty pictures. Get them in the middle of core development discussions. If you're a FOSS company, make sure they are as involved in Community as the developers are. Design is an engineering resource; consumable by both the software engineer and marketing resources. Never devote more than 30% of the designers to a single project, now matter how large the project. If you think it needs more designers, you need to scale your project back; or you've got way too few designers in the first place. If you want designers who just do R&D all the time, put them on an R&D team with a few developers who will also be doing only R&D full time. Everyone will be happier; designers and developers will both be more productive. Beyond simply making the design team part of the engineering unit, there are several additional things you can do, to improve their situation further:
* Train your designers with basic development principles and tools - Get them working inside the application's source repo. - Get them submitting patches/branches to change artwork and text. - Get them to understand developers don't need a visual design for every little thing * Train your developers with basic design principles and tools - Get them to understand the basics of the HIG for the platform their developing against - Get them in the habit of referring to the HIG for more complex matters - Get them in the habit of testing for behavior, layout, and other aspects of design * Train designers and developers to handle Customer Feedback Loop better - Get developers to understand higher level customer issues with design, beyond crashing - Get involved and communicate to truly understand where the confusion lies - Give everyone time to deal with customer issues when planning a project * Avoid trying to push Visual Design as your Brand - Visual Different is not always good - Can lead to sometimes breaking intrinsic features from upstream - Before changing Visual Design, get everyone involved in understanding why it should change
This is primarily a problem in software, and is where my experience with these problems lie, but this advice may be applicable to other industries suffering similar issues, as well.
Web of Old
I miss the web, when it was the web, and not a platform for building giant applications that require a more expensive computer to use, than to play a very complex 3D massively multiplayer adventure role playing shooter. Then, all I needed to find some information was a keyboard, a screen, and average cheap hardware. Now I need a multi-core CPU with 8GB of RAM, just to load and render some pages. REST feels sort of in the same boat as RISC was 10 years ago, right now.
Sexism, Generally
Really. People. Get over yourselves.
Sexism is a two way street. And every time someone says "girls" it's not sexist. And no, I'm not defending one way or another. This latest stink about someone saying "I've a hard time explaining to girls what we do" was almost certainly not sexist. It was a generalization. Everyone makes generalizations, even girls. As software developers, it's a pretty simple fact. Out of all the people we meet in our line of work, the majority of females are less inclined to understand what we do exactly, than the majority of males. Is that sexism? No. Would it be called sexism by girls, were it to be stated by a female? No. Is it being called such because it was stated by a male? Yes. But in the end, it was a simple generalization based on the same experience we all have to deal with. And you know what... we need quit crying wolf, and deal with it.
But we don't all need to walk on eggshells every day of our lives, in every interaction we post on a blog, or every line we speak when giving a talk. That will never solve the problem. It will only cause more and different problems. Because the world isn't androgynous. It's not how the world works. So get used to it already. If someone does say something that you personally have taken offense to, then you need to deal with it in an appropriate manner. We're all adults here (well, mostly anyway). You should contact that person privately, and discuss the matter in a rational manner. Blogging and making a fuss about every little instance of the word 'girl' on the internet isn't appropriate, nor is it going to help. If either party cannot discuss the matter rationally, then perhaps the issue needs to be escalated in an appropriate manner. Twitter, blogs, or whatever other widely published means, are probably not appropriate, because they are inherently irrational. If you truly want to help put an end to sexism, then being sexist isn't the way to go about it.
Out of all the sexist people I've met in my life, the majority were female.
Hacking Launchpad
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a quick hack for myself and the Online Services team at Canonical, to help make doing reviews on all the projects we manage, much easier. It pulls the list of branch merge proposals for each project from Launchpad, and sticks them all in a nice list in a GtkTreeView, along with the number of votes, and what type of vote. As there was a lot of immediate interest in the tool from other people, I ended up creating a new project on Launchpad, and pushing the code to a public branch there, under the GPLv3. You'll find it at http://launchpad.net/lptools. I will probably be adding other tools soon as well, as every time I have to use a web browser, it slows my progress, and interrupts my ideal workflow. If anyone else has tools they'd like to have included here, or ideas for tools, feel free to propose branches which add them, or send me mail.
I'm not a fan of Python. But I chose to write this tool in it anyway, as I wasn't intending to make a real project out of it. It was just a quick hack to make part of my life much easier, until I can get around to writing something much better and more deeply integrated with the desktop. But the GTK+ bindings, and python-launchpadlib, made it very easy to hack this script up very quickly. I do wish there was a better way to do the authentication though. Opening a browser, and requiring the user to press "Enter" in the console, is an awful experience. But it works, and I only have to do it once...
Frankly, launchpadlib makes it very easy to not have to use the web... and in some cases, makes it better, since the Launchpad web UI doesn't expose all the features that are in the API.
Central Services
We do the work, You do the pleasure
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A lot of people have talking about the social desktop, networked services, and similar stories lately. I guess the integration between computers and network services, which I had been talking about over 11 years ago, is finally catching on. Thanks to all the new smartphones, netbooks, and similar devices, designed to be on-line all the time, and the services people are providing for those devices, we're now trying to wedge the same integration into our outdated desktops. And it seems like nobody really wants to do what's best for everyone here. Having all the apps just use the same libraries to access the same data, and parse it separately, and have the user add their account to all the apps N times, just isn't going to make a good or useful experience.
This is where Central Services would come in. I've talked a little bit about it before, to a few people at UDS, and on IRC. I haven't had a lot of time to work on getting the ball rolling though. But I really want to get things going now, so that we can build a really awesome experience in the desktop, around all the services available, and that everyone uses daily. The goal is to provide a central system where all the plug-ins and configuration live. The user would then only have to add their account for any particular service once. The system would also provide transcoding features for data, taking the XML or JSON for example, and converting it to a common format that all the apps which are designed to display the data only have to actually deal with a single, defined, common format. Central Services however, would not be a data store. Rather, it is a central place for accessing your data from wherever it is stored. There would be a small, optimized local cache, perhaps, and we could integrate with indexing solutions, which may store the data, to provide more feature-rich search capabilities in the desktop as well. But the overall goal is to provide a simple, consistent means for accessing and managing your data. I've been thinking a lot about the problem over the years, and I think a modular, centralized system is the best way forward on the desktop with it. I've been trying to think of a nice way to design the API, with a good balance between being generic, yet powerful. The main API access will be via DBus, but there will be some C and Python convenience libraries as well. I'm not entirely sure what the best way to document the API, and get stuff rolling there is, but I'd love some help and feedback with it. If you're interested in making the desktop awesome, and helping define the API, and getting some working code up and out in the wild, please e-mail me and let me know, or poke me on IRC. You can e-mail me at the usual dobey on gnome.org or dobey on wayofthemonkey.com to get my attention.
A common API, accounts interface for users, and cross-service integration all over the desktop would be a huge win for everyone. Let's get together and make it happen.
The System Is Down
Last night, Stuart and I were having a little argument about the merits of OAuth and whether it is actually suitable for what we are using it for (authenticating destop applications to access a service), as I am not particularly fond of it, and I was working on support for OAuth 1.0a. Stuart's argument is that user's trust the browser, and we need some piece of trust in the system, and OAuth provides that as it pretty much requires a browser to use it. But I don't really think users trust their browser (as so many don't even know what a browser is), but instead, what they trust is the site they're looking at. The browser doesn't even exist. It's just this inherent part of the system that you have to use. To most people it's The Internet, or the giant blue e, or a compass. The browser has no real meaning to them. It's the place they have to go to search for things, and access information. And Humans have two very important attributes. They are both very prone to error, and very resilient. People will keep going to the web, despite all its problems with poorly designed sites, and crashing browsers, and broken plug-ins, because they need to get at the information they're looking for. And they will very often type their password in the wrong place, or mistake a phishing site for a real site. No amount of code will fix this. And nothing that requires a Human to do something will guarantee security and authenticity. It will only create annoyances that Humans will optimize around.
Syndicated 2009-07-30 15:09:16 (Updated 2009-07-30 17:08:52) from dobey's blog
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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:15 PM GMT on October 06, 2011
A large low pressure system with heavy rain is expected to develop over Cuba and South Florida on Saturday. The counter-clockwise flow around this low will bring strong winds and heavy rains to much of the Florida coast on Saturday, and these conditions will spread northwards to Georgia by Sunday and South Carolina by Monday. The storm may evolve into a subtropical storm that gets a name by Monday or Tuesday, but the potential location of such a storm is still murky. The extended forecast discussion from NOAA's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center favors a more westerly location, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, as predicted by the ECMWF model. The GFS model, which puts the storm's center east of Florida, is pushing the weather system that will spawn the subtropical storm too fast to the east. In any case, the exact center location of the storm will not matter that much, since this will be a large, diffuse system that will bring strong winds and heavy rains to a large area of the Southeast U.S. coast, regardless of the exact center location. Portions of the coastal waters from Southeast Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, as well as from Northeast Florida to South Carolina, are likely to experience sustained winds of 35 - 45 mph Monday and Tuesday. Since the storm is going to get its start as a cold-cored upper-level low pressure system with some dry air aloft, it will probably start out subtropical, with a large band of heavy rain developing well north of the center. Subtropical storms cannot intensify quickly, due to their lack of an organized inner core, and I'm not concerned at present about this storm potentially becoming a hurricane.
Figure 1. Rainfall forecast for the 5-day period ending at 8 am EDT Tuesday, October 11, 2011. The storm system affecting Florida this weekend is expected to bring up to 7 inches of rain along the coast. Heavy rains associated with a strong trough of low pressure are also expected to dump 4 - 6 inches of rain over drought-stricken areas of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Image credit: NOAA/HPC.
Philippe becomes a hurricane
After 12 days and 49 advisories, Philippe has finally intensified into hurricane, becoming the fifth hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifth hurricane normally arrives on October 7, so this is a very average season for hurricanes, despite the fact it is already the 7th busiest season since record keeping began in 1851 for number of tropical storms--sixteen. Satellite loops show Philippe is a small hurricane with just a hint of an eye. A wide band of clouds to Philippe's northwest is associated with the trough of low pressure that has recurved Philippe to the northeast. By Friday, the trough will bring very high wind shear of 30 - 50 knots, which should cause rapid weakening. Philippe will not trouble any land areas.
Figure 2. Morning satellite image of Philippe. The band of clouds to the northwest of Philippe is associated with a cold front that has recurved Philippe to the northeast.
A double threat to Mexico's Eastern Pacific coast
In the Eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico, two new tropical cyclones have formed. The one of greatest concern is Tropical Depression 10-E. TD 10-E is currently headed west-northwest, parallel to the coast, but will turn north and then northeast over the weekend as a strong trough of low pressure dives southward over northern Mexico. The computer models have a fairly wide spread for the track of TD-10E, with the region of coast centered on Puerto Vallarta between Manzanillo and Tuxpan at greatest risk of a strike. TD 10-E is under moderate shear of 10 - 20 knots, and shear is predicted to stay in the low to moderate range for the next five days. Ocean temperatures are warm, 28 - 29°C, but the warm waters do not extend to great depth, limiting TD-10E's potential for rapid intensification. Nonetheless, the GFDL model predicts TD-10E will intensify into a major Category 3 hurricane before landfall on Monday on the Mexican coast, and the HWRF model brings the storm to Category 2 strength. The official NHC forecast is less aggressive, bringing TD-10E to Category 1 strength, but this is conservative, and I put the odds at 30% that the storm will be a Cat 2 or stronger at landfall. One possible impediment to development may be TD-10E's close proximity to Tropical Storm Irwin to the west. Upper-level outflow from Irwin could weaken TD-10E, and the two storms may compete for the same moisture. Regardless of TD-10E's strength at landfall, the storm will bring very heavy rains to the Mexican coast capable of causing dangerous flash floods and mudslides, beginning on Monday.
Once TD-10E has made landfall, Mexico may need to concern itself with Tropical Storm Irwin, which is gathering strength farther to the west. Irwin is also moving to the west-northwest, and will also be turned north and then northeast towards the coast of Mexico this weekend by the same trough of low pressure expected to affect TD 10-E. The longer range computer forecast models show Irwin could make landfall on the Mexican coast late next week.
European heat wave: hottest October temperatures on record for the UK
The British Isles have been basking in an unprecedented October heat wave this week, which has brought the warmest temperature ever measured in the UK for the month of October. On Oct. 1, a reading of 29.9°C (85.8°F) was recorded at Gravesend, Kent, beating the previous UK October record of 29.4°C (84.9°F) at Cambridgeshire on Oct. 1, 1985. Wales also broke their warmest temperature for October with a 28.2°C (82.7°F) at Hawarden, Flintshire. Edinburgh, Scotland reached 24.7°C (76.4°F) for Scotland's warmest temperature in at least 50 years. Thanks go to wunderground's weather historian Christopher C. Burt. His latest post is on record hurricanes of the past in the Pacific Ocean.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Apple gets hit with Siri class action suit
Apple is in legal cross-hairs once again, not from a rival corporation this time, but a large portion of its fan base in a class action.
The legal action claims that the TV campaign for Siri is misleading and pure "fiction" and deliberately "deceptive." Filed by New Yorker Mr. Frank M. Fazio, it invites anyone similarly affected by Apple's advertising to come forward and join the suit. No doubt Mr Fazio's legal representative is hoping for as many as possible.
"[Apple's] advertisements regarding the Siri feature are fundamentally and designedly false and misleading," the complaint reads. "The iPhone 4S's Siri feature does not perform as advertised, rendering the iPhone 4S merely a more expensive iPhone 4."
Apple's defence for much of the complaints will likely be that the software is still firmly in beta and therefore not fully representative of what it will become. The court room will have to decide whether you're allowed to advertise a product as it will be though, instead of how it is.
Commenters at the Washington Post have said that while they can agree that Apple is perhaps stretching the truth with its advertising, it would be a bit far to call the ads fiction – considering the author of the article had no problem setting appointment reminders and other basic Siri functions.
Apple has been in the news for its Siri app for other reasons, its Japanese version performing poorly in comparison to a native Japanese mobile provider's own offerings. I wouldn't be surprised if Siri ended up incorporating that somehow – saves the fruity firm tweaking its somewhat problematic software.


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We've got a new cloth diaper in our house–you know that makes me happy!! It's from Gabby Wren Cloth Diapers and it's SO cute! Have a look:
Now, I know you're thinking–wait, don't you have a GIRL?! Yes, I have a girl and she is dinosaur obsessed! She must get it from her father, who also loves dinosaurs. When I saw this diaper on Gabby Wren's page, I knew without a doubt that Maggie would love it. She was SO excited when she saw it and wanted to wear it right away. Ever since we've had this diaper, if she sees it in her clean diaper drawer, she asks for it. It is the only diaper she has ever asked for! I'm not quite sure if the reason she loves it the most is due to the dinosaurs or the super soft inner liner. Whatever the reason is, she's loving her new dino diaper!
So, it passed the first test–the Maggie approval test. But, what about how it works, right? Well, first, let me show you how you change the size. This diaper comes with 2 sizes/snap settings. This is the diaper on the smaller setting:
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I actually had the geometry in mind when talking about lossless compression. They almost surely perform lossy compression on color and normals (assuming they do not calculate them on the fly). I automatically assumed, however, that they do not throw away any geonetry information when converting from polygonal to octree, because geometric detail is supposed to be a strong point of voxel technology.
This is true. But for storing geometry information you only need 1.5bit per voxel which is really really small (and nice). Material information (color/normal/specular/emissive) can be stored in seperate textures that are strongly compressed both on disk and in graphic memory (DXT1 format for example).
In this thread I've tried to explain how you can get such good compression:
It is actually quite simple.
EDIT: In previous posts you had a fight about color inheritance in child nodes. This kind of inheritance is completely unnecessary because if color is stored in DX format texture, it will always be very well compressed - there is no need for bother with inheritance (will produce messy code). Monochromatic surfaces will be compressed very well because of DX format inner workings.


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Oh and now over to that jolly song from all of yo together on that crucifix hill in easter time, one two three ...
One of my favorite t-shirt ideas is to have all the religious celebrities together on crucifixes, (mohammed pained as a cloud with perheps lips showing that he sings along) and all of them singing and smiling :-) And the song should of cause be the one from the life of brian - Always look on the bright side ...)
This picture tell the simple minded theo/philo-egoists in the world to fuck off to some deep cave and keep us hard working people to continue with what we are good at, or, Hey teacher, We don't need your silly religious war, leave them kids alone, or simply C.U. cooperate stupid.
Over to some cool mathematical play. Did you know that the fundamental law's of force physics is non-linear? This have a kind of cool direction, let's call it the twilight direction. The thing is that a common theme to express solution to non-linearity, especially when the nonlinear part is weak, is to first just solve for the linear solution X, then solve for the twighlight solution T, which we get by solving the linear equations again but with a source that represent the nonlinear part applied to X and construct the solution as X + T. Similarly this technique can under a fix-point theorem result in an infinite expansion that lead to a solution to the nonlinear equation.
So, basically T is small ripples that lives on top of the real fat and dirty reality called X. And if the connection is really weak we would never detect T. We should have seen it already if that was the case right! Now over to crystallography. What's cool with this technology is that if you can build a crystal of say hemoglobin, (e.g. the same molecule is reproduced over and over again in a periodic lattice), then you can sort of overlay picture signals of all entities in the crystal and by statistical laws the details get many times more clear then by just looking at one single entity with some kind of microscope. So consider some kind of periodic twighlight ripple T. and consider sensors in billions of places throught a volume, wouldn't that magnify the probability of detection considerable, I wonder if humans have build any similar device to try detect the twilight zone, I know the homo crackpottus have tried it in another universe somewhere.
Oh, I put a little "easter egg" somewhere in _this_ universe so that you can perhaps understand my math (yes a little prose attached to the math) ;-) ... happy reading


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10 diet changes for 2015: Add years to your life
From Yahoo Health: We eat to live, but we could eat to live even longer.
From Yahoo Health: These 10 diet changes can help you add years to your life.
#1 Drink wine
Moderate consumption of red wine has been shown to slow age-related declines in cardiovascular function, according to the American Heart Association.
It also improves cholesterol level and inflammatory response, states the Mayo Clinic.
For women, moderate consumption means no more than one glass each day; for men, no more than two.
#2 Go meatless
A study from Loma Linda University in California found that people who eat very little meat live longer.
Not only do vegetarians eat less saturated fat, they eat more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
Vegetables are chock-full of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
#3 Eat as the Okinawans Do
People who live in Okinawa, the southernmost part of Japan, are known for their extra-long life spans and low risk for age-related diseases.
Research suggests much of their long-life success is due to a healthy lifestyle, namely their diet.
Okinawans eat fewer calories than most other cultures, but their diet is very nutritionally dense.
In particular, they eat a lot of protein-rich tofu (which may help prevent breast cancer and heart disease) and beta-carotene- and vitamin C-rich sweet potatoes.
#4 Eat some watermelon
Watermelon is high in lycopene, a nutrient known for its cancer- and heart-disease-fighting benefits.
Store it at room temperature, because research from the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry shows that watermelons produce more lycopene at room temperature than when they are chilled.
#5 Eat More (Good) Fat
That may not sound like the most health-conscious advice, but the good-for-you variety of fat (namely monounsaturated) can help lower bad cholesterol.
Monounsaturated fats can help lower bad cholesterol, raise good cholesterol, and cut your risk of atherosclerosis.
Foods high in monounsaturated fats include nuts, olives, oils, and avocados.
#6 Slow Down at the Table
People who eat more slowly can more easily detect when they're full than people who eat hurriedly.
What does this mean for living longer? People who eat more slowly also eat less, and research suggests that people who eat lower-calorie diets live longer.
#7 Cram Some Cranberries
The humble North American cranberry, known best as a natural way to prevent urinary tract infections, may also help you live longer.
Studies in fruit flies show that the tiny berry can increase longevity.
#8 Go fish
Heart-healthy omega-3s have been shown to lower bad cholesterol, help the body combat inflammation, and reduce the risk of cancer and heart attack.
What's the best source of these fats? Cold-water, fatty fish, such as salmon, herring, or trout.
If you're not a fish eater, try ground flax seed, spinach, or walnuts.
#9 Eat Fruits and Vegetables—and Often
Vitamin C may protect the body's cells from harmful free radicals. Unfortunately, vitamin C is water-soluble, and our bodies don't store it.
In order to keep your levels up, you need to eat fruits and vegetables regularly, multiple times each day.
Have an orange with your breakfast, a delicious spinach salad for lunch, and steamed broccoli with dinner.
#10 Increase Fiber Intake
Research from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds that the more fiber you eat, the lower your risk of coronary heart disease.
The daily recommendation is 25 to 35 grams, but most Americans eat less than half that amount.


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The position of the Junior Assistant Scoutmaster is one that I find debated frequently. The debate ranges from what rank he needs to be to the age he needs to be and then as to what his job is within the Troop. Is he treated like a youth or is he treated like an adult? Where does he camp? Who does he eat with? What does he do?
We let me start with what the Boy Scouts of America says about the Junior Assistant Scoutmaster (JASM):
The Junior Assistant Scoutmaster is a Scout at least 16 years of age who has shown outstanding leadership skills. He is appointed by the Senior Patrol Leader with the advice and consent of the Scoutmaster. A Junior Assistant Scoutmaster follows the guidance of the Scoutmaster in providing support and supervision to the other boy leaders in the troop. Upon his 18th birthday, a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster is eligible to become an assistant Scoutmaster.
Ok, so we have the answer to the age question, he must be at least 16. He is appointed by the SPL, yes the Senior Patrol Leader. The Scoutmaster advises and approves the leadership of the young man, but it is the SPL that appoints him. It is important to note that the JASM need not be an Eagle Scout. The position qualifies as a Leadership role for the ranks of Star, Life, and Eagle. In a Troop with a functioning Patrol Leaders Council, the SPL will be able to identify the needs of the Troop and where best a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster can serve the troop. This is where the advice and counsel of the Scoutmaster play an important role in selecting a JASM. The JASM, once selected will work directly for the Scoutmaster just as any other Assistant Scoutmaster would do. The fine line here is that he is still a youth and all the youth protection guidelines apply. He can't sleep with adults and he would not be considered to transport Scouts.
The role of the JASM is to help the Troop. Be a good example by wearing the uniform correctly and be a visible example of the Scout Oath and Law, he is a teacher, coach, and mentor to the Patrol leaders and to all the Scouts of the Troop. He is typically an older Scout that has demonstrated outstanding leadership and therefore has the respect of the Scouts of the unit. In our Troop the JASM is an asset, he is a good "go between" from the Scouts to the PLC and to the Adult leadership. We treat him like an Assistant Scoutmaster and give him a lot of responsibility and latitude. His primary function is to assist in the training of Patrol leaders, but his specific job is to train the Assistant Senior Patrol Leader preparing him to become the SPL. He signs books, tests Scouts in skills, coaches Patrol leaders, and is available to meet the needs of the Scoutmaster and SPL is support of the Troop.
I have noticed that many Troops in our District do not have JASM's. When I have talked to other Scoutmasters about why, the typical response is they don't need them or don't know what to do with them. In response to that I always suggest that if nothing else it is a great way to keep an older boy completely engaged in your Troop. It is a fantastic way to recognize a young man that has been an outstanding leader and is getting close to his 18th birthday. It is hard sometimes for a Scout that has been in front of the Troop serving to now step back into a patrol and just follow. In most cases they have served in Troop level positions for some time and have been a decision maker for the Troop for a long while. To ask him just to follow is not rewarding and leaves the Scout in a awkward position. So the reward comes from being appointed by the SPL to continue his service to the Troop at a level that is fitting of his skills, maturity, and demonstrated leadership. We all have that Scout in our Troop, that Scout that you will want as an Assistant Scoutmaster one day.
I encourage the Junior Assistant Scoutmaster Position, it is rewarding for the Unit, the Scout, and a great asset for Scoutmasters.
#100daysofscouting for today- I blogged, then hung out with two Scouts in my Troop.. my sons. Need to do some work on the podcast, but that will have to wait till tomorrow.
Hey, If you have questions or comments, you can leave them here, call into the SMM Voice mail at 503-308-8297, or drop me an email, I love to hear from you!
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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Jazz concert to support Katrina initiative, April 20
Posted April 19, 2006; 11:20 a.m.
A free jazz concert featuring New Orleans pianist Wilson "Willie Tee" Turbinton will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, in the Firestone Library courtyard as part of a student initiative to aid the city devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Turbinton, a lifelong New Orleans resident who lost his home to Katrina, served as a visiting lecturer last fall in Princeton's music department. He will perform alongside freshman saxophonist Rob Weiss, one of the organizers of the Katrina Project, a student group dedicated to raising awareness of the problems of poverty and inequality in America.
The concert is part of series of events sponsored by the Katrina Project to raise awareness for the group's "Levee for Life," a charitable initiative to raise money for the New Orleans Public Library.
The concert is co-sponsored by the Pace Center.
For more information, contact Weiss.


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GLORY 8 Tokyo Poster Released
- Written by Dave Walsh
There is a lot of stuff to be excited about in Kickboxing right now, and GLORY 8's -65kg Slam tournament is one of them. GLORY 7 might be shaping up to be one of the best Kickboxing cards of the year, but just two weeks after, GLORY 8 might have it beat. So while we prepare for GLORY 7, remember that this is two weeks after in Japan!


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Chapter 4: Graphing Linear Equations and Functions
The ability to graph linear equations and functions is important in mathematics. In fact, graphing equations and solving equations are two of the most important concepts in mathematics. If you master these, all mathematical subjects will be much easier, even Calculus!
This chapter focuses on the visual representations of linear equations. You will learn how to graph lines from equations and write functions of graphed lines. You will also learn how to find the slope of a line and how to use a slope to interpret a graph.
Weather, such as temperature and the distance of a thunderstorm can be predicted using linear equations. You will learn about these applications and more in this chapter.
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The Coordinate Plane
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Graphs of Linear Equations
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Graphs Using Intercepts
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Slope and Rate of Change
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Graphs Using Slope-Intercept Form
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Direct Variation
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Linear Function Graphs
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Problem-Solving Strategies: Read a Graph; Make a Graph
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Chapter 4 Review
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Chapter 4 Test
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Ag-gag Ugliness Gains Ground in Idaho: Bill Clears House, Awaits Gov. Signature
February 27th, 2014 | by Tanya Sitton
After undercover reporters revealed animal cruelty at an Idaho dairy facility, guilty parties moved quickly to address the problem: almost immediately animal agriculture interests in that state introduced a bill to criminalize any reporting of such abuse. Idaho's ag-gag bill passed the Senate earlier this month, then yesterday cleared the House. Now it only awaits a swipe of the governor's pen to ensure that criminal prosecution focuses where it belongs: on people who tell you where your food comes from, and what's done in your name to get it onto your plate


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14 May – 11 July 2010
Hans Heysen is one of Australia's best-known artists. He was an influential artist, one whose work was pivotal to the development of Australian landscape art in the 20th century. The exhibition includes oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints. It showcases Heysen's well-known landscapes celebrating the
Australian gum tree and his groundbreaking paintings of the Flinders Ranges.
Ron Radford, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, has observed: 'Heysen made the monumental Australian gum tree the hero of his nationalistic
Federation-period pictures. In 1926 his painting was revitalised by the first of his many trips to the rocky region of the central Flinders Ranges which suddenly added a new dry and sculptural style, in reds and amber, to the Australian landscape repertory'.
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