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Today I'll wrap up my unintended series of posts featuring Lizzy House foxes!
First, I've drawn a winner of the Outfox the Fox pattern. Congratulations to Melissa from blustitch, who said:
Congratulations, Melissa! I can't wait to see your baby version of the quilt.
I also wanted to share a small piece of embroidery that I recently completed. I participated in the Wild Olive Stitch Swap, hosted by the very talented Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive. I've been a big fan of Mollie's for a long time now -- pretty much since I first started embroidering and came across her blog (and her adorable patterns which can be found in her Etsy shop).
Mollie recently organized a small embroidery swap -- small not because of how many people participated, but because we only had to stitch up a small piece for our partner! The idea was quite genius, actually -- we were limited to a 4" embroidery hoop, which helped this to be a very low-stress and manageable swap to complete.
I was paired with Julia from the U.K., who indicated that she loves woodland creatures, and her favorite colors include green and gold. I knew immediately that I wanted to stitch up one of Lizzy's foxes.
First, I tried to stitch up a cute little silver fox on a green woodgrain background:
Err, I know foxes are sly and all, but you can barely see the little guy. So I started over, this time trying out a gold floss with some dark green accents.
Yuck. I just wasn't feeling that color combination either. I decided to try one more time -- and this one had to work, because I don't do nothin' four times over.


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3 Fun and Easy Cherry Blossom Gift Wrapping Ideas
Introduction: Welcome to Sakura Cherry Blossom Medley!
Welcome to Sakura - Cherry Blossom Medley! (1:38)
Project 1: Cherry Blossom Container
Paper Sizes and Materials (1:19)
Step 1: Color or Decorate Your Clips (1:06)
Step 2: Make a Petal Container (4:52)
Step 3: Attach Five Petal Containers Together and Finish Design (1:35)
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Step 2: Make Four Small Inner Boxes (2:44)
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Step 2: Make a Cherry Blossom Tag (3:09)
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Complete: What You Can Do and Enjoy! (0:35)
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Nice video of a Unite-Here cafeteria worker action at Hunter College via Stir It Up.
Threatened with loss of health insurance and pension when Hunter changes foodservice subcontractors, a U-H organizer calls workers off the line for an unscheduled meeting in the checkout area. The manager is non-plussed, but the students seem OK with it - one nice moment occurs when a student begins the chant "maintain health insurance!"
I wish there were a hundred more videos of worker actions...
Part 1
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- Focus on Funds
Useful TIPS: Your ETF's More Than an Inflation Guard
- Order Reprints
- Print Article
The chief draw of Treasury Inflation Protected Securities versus other government debt: Their payouts are linked to the Non-Seasonally Adjusted, All-Urban Consumer Price Index, with a three-month lag. They're linked, in short, to inflation.
But as the folks over at Wells Fargo Advisors point out this week, they're bigger than this one feature. The same is even truer with TIPS exchange-traded funds. Here are a few illustrations.
TIPS have duration and interest-rate risk like other government bonds. The degree and importance of this feature varies from fund to fund. Wells Fargo's W. Jeffrey Lee, Mariana F. Bush and Daniel Brown note the effective duration of iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (TIP) is 7.8 years, with a real-yield duration of 7.7 years. But for Pimco 1-5 Year TIPS Index Fund (STPZ), it's 2.3 years.
TIPS pay "phantom income," ETFs don't. TIPS make coupon payments on a semiannual basis, the Wells analysts note, but the principle adjustment, taxed as Treasury income, is another factor in TIPS distributions. This income isn't distributed until maturity. You're still taxed on it, however -- hence the term "phantom income." The ETFs, by contrast, pay monthly distributions, and are required to include the adjustment in principal and coupon payments in the distributions.
Sound better than phantom income? There's a catch. The ETFs don't pay a distribution when there's a drop in the CPI. There are other variables packed in that reduce the distribution, too, such as management fees charged by the ETF maker.
Do you really need an inflation hedge? The Wells researchers argue yes. The firm's advisory services group forecasts CPI inflation to average 3% over the next 10-15 years. They calculate the breakeven inflation rate that would cause the return of a 10-year Treasury bond to match a TIPS of similar maturity would be about 2.11%. So anything above that level should mean TIPS outperform.
Of course, "outperform" isn't necessarily the same as "rise." Not with the set of features packed into this investment.


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"Bob's notes" are reports from CFCA President Bob Hentzen, who regularly accompanies mission awareness trip participants. You can see Bobís full update on his Facebook page.
This account was split into two parts. Read the first part with Annamary's testimony here.
Inspiring testimonies from sponsored Indian youth:
Minu: "Tears come into my eyes today when I recall how my parents left me with relatives as they searched for work in the northern part of India. It is no less than a divine intervention that sponsorship came. I fear my father may have abandoned us. However, my sponsorship continues, and this has been my greatest consoler and mentor. If I say sponsorship has been my rock, my parent, it won't be an exaggeration. I am filled with gratitude and awe. I wish to give back to my society as a mark of appreciation for this CFCA program."
Pinky: "We live in a remote area where there is no good education facility. Before sponsorship, I was like a frog in a well, knowing nothing of the outside world. The CFCA help became a light which removed the darkness of ignorance within me and filled my life with the brightness of knowledge. I have been studying in a well-developed educational institution of the Bhagalpur Diocese for 12 years. On behalf of all sponsored children, I promise you we will fulfill our dreams to be successful and help other children."
Sanju: "Sponsorship became the beginning of a brighter life for us, driving away all sorts of darkness, evil, misery and worry in our life. It led me to a world of education and awareness. What CFCA has offered me is something unthinkable: courage, love, hope. I wish to become a doctor, so that I too can help the poor. What we receive has meaning and fruit only if it is shared with others.
"Today, my family is no longer what it used to be. They sweated a lot; they were cheated; they were put into hardship for lack of opportunities and awareness. For these and many more blessings, I thank God, my sponsors and CFCA."
Journey begins
The Railroad Station at Howrah has a tremendous pulsating life 24/7. Its basic humanity brings back fond memories of the first trip I made here with Jerry Tolle in the early days of CFCA.
Jerry and I arrived by rail and lugged our things across the impressive Howrah Bridge on foot in search of a place to stay. The next morning we had the privilege of visiting with Mother Teresa and her Sisters.
We attended Holy Mass in the chapel where Mother Teresa is buried. This experience and the visit to the Orphanage and the Home for the Dying are of high impact on our sponsors.
The night train to Bhagalpur was a good experience. Jake, my son, and I took the top bunks and deferred to sponsors for lower and more accessible quarters. Observing the pushing and chaos in the "chair cars" made me grateful for our four-person cabin next to the hole-in-the-floor toilet.
We stepped down from the train at Bhagalpur Station about 6:30 a.m. Sponsored children, religious Sisters of the Holy Family and CFCA staff members welcomed us.
A hearty breakfast followed at the chancery office. With spicy chicken and fish, it seemed more like lunch, but all the same nutritious and welcome.
A short ride to cross the impressive Ganges River prepared us for the 2.5-hour trip through a CFCA community serving rural villages.
Roads are quite narrow and rough. Even more challenging is the "thread-the-needle-style" driving and constant leaning on the horns.
We met a large gathering of sponsored friends and their families after lunch, and then visits to individual homes. We then had a "supper and night halt" in another village. Sponsors are traveling in groups of two or three to visit the maximum number of CFCA communities and homes.
We headed back well after dark to our convent basecamp in the Indian countryside. We traveled over broken roads, but under a friendly full moon.
The next day in two villages, both native Sandali, we had the privilege of visiting more than 20 homes of sponsored friends and their families. In each home, the sponsored child or youth spoke of sponsors by name.
The sponsors' visit called for major celebrations, prayer dances, welcome songs and personal testimonies. Some families walked over 15 km (more than 9 miles) to spend this time with us.
As I'm invited to participate, I find music and song can play an important part in communicating with people all over the world.
Our CFCA mothers and youth sang and chanted slogans as we trekked over dirt roads, broken asphalt and the narrow principal road to our destination at the Holy Family High School grounds.
The priest had personally decorated the large, colorful stage. Giant posters of Walk2gether scenes helped set the tone. The weather even in the afternoon stayed around 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
The attentive presence of many religious leaders for the Diocese of Bhagalpur speaks well of our official relationships and current processes. The CFCA identity is clear and respected.
An estimated 3,500 people gathered for our walk and mothers group conference ó and this in a very rural area.
All performers had practiced long and hard for this major show of the year. We heard dramatic personal testimonies, vocal and classical numbers. The keynote address about the right to education and the situation of girls and women highlighted the show.
To round things off nicely, everyone was offered a nutritious meal prepared by local mothers.
Hearty congratulations to Coordinator Selvaraj for vision, detailed logistics and sharp translations from Sandali to English.
It's hard to believe what we can pack into a single day. We spent over eight hours on the road.
We visited six sponsored friends and their families in their homes, met with three mothers groups, visited the tomb of Fr. Francis Thumma and shared cultural numbers with parents, children, co-workers and the parish priest.
I was thrilled to visit our sponsored child Archana in her village and home. Hers is a Hindu community in the Andra Pradesh countryside.
Our visit started with a gathering of sponsored friends and their families in an outdoor setting. We celebrated regional dances, some of them featuring tribal traditions. Children, scholars and mothers took part in a fine program.
We were honored to visit Archana's home. We were treated to a homemade lunch, shared with grandparents, mom and dad, immediate family and neighborhood children.
I feel truly honored to be invited into this family.
Please know of our thanks and love for each of you.
Bob Hentzen
Nov. 22, 2011


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- The Lions' vaunted D-Line is indeed scary – as pass rushers. But the D-Line and the entire defense struggle against the run. Tonight, Forte already has 116 yards rushing. A few weeks ago, at Minnesota, the Detroit D-Line couldn't stop Adrian Peterson in the first half. (Of course, MN mysteriously abandoned the run in the second half because it was working too well.) Anyway, overall the Lions ranked 17th in the league w/respect to yards rushing given up per game, coming into tonight's game. This is a defense that struggles with the run. And it's also not great against the pass (ranked #12 in average yards allowed per game). So while this is a good team to be sure – they are perhaps not as good as hyped.
- Stafford is really good. His TD pass behind Urlacher to Pettigrew was really good. He realized instantly that Urlacher hesitated for just a moment and that he'd have a small window to chuck the ball in there. He did and it was an easy TD.
- Sloppy game – lots of penalties (23 so far).
- Former Badger DeAndre Levy leads Detroit in tackles tonight.
- LB Stephen Tulloch, who is a good player, looks like he ate a 15 pound cake before the game. He looks fat for a LB.
- It's weird to see a seriously charged up home crowd in Detroit. As much as I realize this means that Detroit has perhaps arrived as a new competitor in our division – it's nice to see anyway.
- I'll start saying it now – told ya about the Bears. Just not a good team. They started the year with Cutler throwing constantly. Then they realized it wasn't working so they started giving it to Forte all the time. But what they haven't figured out is how to balance the offense. And they continue to have a tremendously bad O-Line. How does Mike Tice still have a job? It's absolutely stunning.
- The Bears defenders are aging. Just watched Urlacher miss an open field tackle on Best. Best is an elusive dude and has played a good game tonight. But Urlacher would never have missed that tackle 5-6 years ago. Never. This D is getting old.
Few thoughts watching Bears/Lions
One Response to "Few thoughts watching Bears/Lions"
Dave in Tucson Says:
October 11, 2011 at 12:52 am |
I'm with you on the decline of the Bears' D. They've given up 24+ points in their last 4 games, They only gave up 24+ points 4 times all last season (which includes the garbage-time stuff the Seahawks got in the Divisional round playoff game)


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Things have been a bit hectic in my world lately. In addition to all the festive seasonal joy ( shopping, family, in-laws, out-laws etc) I'm in the process of changing jobs.
It is the way of such things that sometimes, you just can't quite squeeze everything in.
The one thing I didn't get time to finish before leaving was this DOS to BASH guide ( despite several evenings spent hacking away on Windows). So, for the CIG guys…well, it's traditional – all kids know that there's got to be at least one Christmas present that you can bash. Sorry.
After years of struggling with the limitations of the Command Window ( henceforth referred to as DOS for the benefit of old-timers like me), you've finally gotten around to installing Cygwin.
Cygwin allows you to access DOS/Windows command ( e.g. notepad). If you're having trouble with permissions on adding stuff to your path variable, there's a workaround here.
What follows here is a quick run-through of the commands available in the default cygwin configuration, where they differ from their DOS counterparts, and some of the extra goodies that Cygwin offers.
Let's start with …
Basic Commands
|cd ( and pwd)
First up is a command you'll probably use quite a bit – man ( short for manual).
It's essentially the same as the DOS help command, the syntax is man command :
$ man date
This will display the man page for the date command :
DATE(1) User Commands DATE(1) NAME date - print or set the system date and time SYNOPSIS date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT] date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]] DESCRIPTION Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date. -d, --date=STRING display time described by STRING, not `now' -f, --file=DATEFILE like --date once for each line of DATEFILE -r, --reference=FILE display the last modification time of FILE -R, --rfc-2822 output date and time in RFC 2822 format. Example: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 12:34:56 -0600 :
The output is a screen page at a time. Press Enter to scroll to the next line. Type q to quit.
The date command itself differs from the DOS date command in that it does not give you the option to change the system date :
$ date Fri Oct 29 09:38:52 GMTDT 2010
The bash dir command is actually synonymous with the more traditional ls command. It therefore uses the same switches as ls and not those in the DOS dir command.
On it's own, dir will simply list the file names in a directory :
$ dir hello.sh wisdom.sh
To get a long listing :
$ dir -l total 1 -rwxrwxrwx 1 Mike None 0 2010-08-30 13:29 hello.sh -rwxrwxrwx 1 Mike None 56 2010-08-30 13:32 wisdom.sh
To list files by timestamp ( newest first )
$ dir -t wisdom.sh hello.sh
And to list all files in the directory ( including hidden files) :
$ dir -a . .. .bash_history .bash_profile .bashrc .inputrc hello.sh wisdom.sh
You can combine these switches in a single call to get the output you require :
$ dir -tal total 21 -rw------- 1 Mike None 3678 2010-10-28 18:12 .bash_history -rwxrwxrwx 1 Mike None 56 2010-08-30 13:32 wisdom.sh drwxr-xr-x+ 1 Mike None 4096 2010-08-30 13:29 . -rwxrwxrwx 1 Mike None 0 2010-08-30 13:29 hello.sh drwxrwxrwt+ 1 Mike root 0 2010-08-25 18:03 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 Mike None 1150 2010-08-25 17:55 .bash_profile -rwxr-xr-x 1 Mike None 1461 2010-08-25 17:55 .inputrc -rwxr-xr-x 1 Mike None 3754 2010-08-25 17:55 .bashrc
As with DOS, you can use dir to list specific files :
$ dir -l wis* -rwxrwxrwx 1 Mike None 56 2010-08-30 13:32 wisdom.sh
A minor difference between the DOS and Unix cd commands is that, wheras cd on it's own in DOS will display the current directory, in Unix it will take you to the directory defined in the $HOME environment variable.
In Unix, if you want to know which directory you're in, you need to use pwd ( print working directory) :
$ pwd /home/Mike
Incidentally, if you want to see what $HOME is set to, you can simply issue the command :
$ echo $HOME /home/Mike
To check all environment variables, paginating the output ( yes, in Cygwin, less is more):
env | less
Command line Recall
The Unix equivalent to Doskey is the command :
set -o vi
This will allow access to command line history and editing…using vi commands.
Esc K is to get the previous command
Esc J to get the next command
Esc I to begin inserting text into a command line
That's the routine stuff out of the way, now onto some goodies…
Searching and Comparison Tools
If you want to find a file without having to look at that annoying puppy, there's the find command.
$ find . -name wisdom.sh ./wisdom.sh
You simply specify the directory in which to begin searching ( in this case, the current directory) and then the name of the file after the -name switch and find will search the starting directory and all sub-directories recursively before reporting back any matches.
Searching for text inside a file requires the use of the grep command. To demonstrate, here's a rather silly text file called silly.txt :
This is a silly text file which contains lots of lines with the word "silly" in them Silly silly SILLY really sillY very silly really very silly utterly sensible er, nope, still silly
To print out all the lines with the word silly….
$ grep 'silly' silly.txt This is a silly text file word "silly" in them silly very silly really very silly er, nope, still silly
Hang on, we've missed all the lines where the word silly is not all in lowercase. Let's try again using the -i switch ( ignore case) :
$ grep -i 'silly' silly.txt This is a silly text file word "silly" in them Silly silly SILLY really sillY very silly really very silly er, nope, still silly
If we want to get a count of the number of lines in which our search string is present, we can pipe the output through wc ( word count) and use the -l switch to return the line count. Now, on a scale of 1 to 10, just how silly is this file ?
$ grep -i 'silly' silly.txt |wc -l 9
You can use head and tail to see the first ( or last) several lines of a file :
$ head -3 silly.txt This is a silly text file which contains lots of lines with the word "silly" in them $ tail -2 silly.txt utterly sensible er, nope, still silly
You can order output lines of a command using sort. Consider a file listing like this :
$ ls -tal total 22 -rwxrwxrwx 1 Mike None 23 2010-12-23 16:36 hello.sh -rw------- 1 Mike None 3812 2010-10-29 10:37 .bash_history -rwxrwxrwx 1 Mike None 56 2010-08-30 13:32 wisdom.sh drwxr-xr-x+ 1 Mike None 4096 2010-08-30 13:29 . drwxrwxrwt+ 1 Mike root 0 2010-08-25 18:03 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 Mike None 1150 2010-08-25 17:55 .bash_profile -rwxr-xr-x 1 Mike None 1461 2010-08-25 17:55 .inputrc -rwxr-xr-x 1 Mike None 3754 2010-08-25 17:55 .bashrc
If we now pipe through sort, the output is re-arranged in alphabetical order :
$ ls -tal |sort -rw------- 1 Mike None 3812 2010-10-29 10:37 .bash_history -rwxr-xr-x 1 Mike None 1150 2010-08-25 17:55 .bash_profile -rwxr-xr-x 1 Mike None 1461 2010-08-25 17:55 .inputrc -rwxr-xr-x 1 Mike None 3754 2010-08-25 17:55 .bashrc -rwxrwxrwx 1 Mike None 23 2010-12-23 16:36 hello.sh -rwxrwxrwx 1 Mike None 56 2010-08-30 13:32 wisdom.sh drwxr-xr-x+ 1 Mike None 4096 2010-08-30 13:29 . drwxrwxrwt+ 1 Mike root 0 2010-08-25 18:03 ..
If you want to compare two files, you can use the diff command. Whilst we're at it, to manufacture an example we can use sed – the stream editor. This utility, together with awk delivers a huge boost in command-line and batch scripting power over plain old DOS.
To start with, let's play around with silly.txt to create a file to compare it against :
$ sed s/silly/sensible/ silly.txt >sensible.txt
All we've done here is used sed to substitute every occurrence of the string "silly" with the string "sensible" and redirected the output to a file called sensible.txt.
Now to check the contents of the new file…
$ cat sensible.txt This is a sensible text file which contains lots of lines with the word "sensible" in them Silly sensible SILLY really sillY very sensible really very sensible utterly sensible er, nope, still sensible
Now let's use diff to check the differences between the two files :
$ diff silly.txt sensible.txt 1,11c1,11 < This is a silly text file < which contains lots of lines with the < word "silly" in them < Silly < silly < SILLY < really sillY < very silly < really very silly < utterly sensible < er, nope, still silly \ No newline at end of file --- > This is a sensible text file > which contains lots of lines with the > word "sensible" in them > Silly > sensible > SILLY > really sillY > very sensible > really very sensible > utterly sensible > er, nope, still sensible \ No newline at end of file
You can do some comparison on binary files as well, using cksum, which reports back a checksum of the binary file. I've got a file called file1.odt – an Open Office Document :
$ cksum file1.odt 4224136109 7698 file1.odt
The cksum command has given us a checksum, the size of the file in bytes and the file name.
If you want to know if two binary files are identical, looking to see if they have the same checksum is usually a good place to start.
Other stuff to play around with
There's lots of stuff I'm not going to cover here but is probably worth a mention ( gzip – the compression utility for one).
There are lots of sites that explain this stuff rather better and in more depth than I can do here and I've listed some of them at the end of this post.
A couple of useful little gems before I wrap up though :
The csplit utility allows you to split a large file into several smaller ones either by number of lines or by splitting when a specific string is found.
For example, I've created a file listing the tables in my database ( SELECT table_name FROM all_tables). The file is called tables.lis
$ cat tables.lis |wc -l 1120
So, it's got 1120 lines in it. If I want to split this into files containing no more than 100 lines, I can do this :
$ csplit -k tables.lis 100 {*} 7997 8200 8200 8200 8200 8200 8200 8200 8200 8200 8200 csplit: `100': line number out of range on repetition 11 1435
The -k switch means write the new files even if there is an error. 100 is the number of lines per file.
The {*} bit is the regular expression to match on. In this case anything at all as I want files of 100 lines each ( plus one of 20) irrespective of what's in there.
We need the -k switch because csplit objects to those last 20 lines. Using this, we do ensure that the smaller files are created ( all prefixed xx by default) :
$ ls -l xx* -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 7997 2010-12-23 18:57 xx00 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx01 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx02 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx03 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx04 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx05 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx06 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx07 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx08 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx09 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 8200 2010-12-23 18:57 xx10 -rw-r--r-- 1 Mike None 1435 2010-12-23 18:57 xx11
One final goody before I get on to the question of which command prompt you fancy using – putclip let's you send the output of a command to the clipboard….
$ echo $HOME |putclip $
If I now do the Window Paste thing here I get :
Running Cygwin from the DOS Prompt
All the examples I've used in this post are written using the default Cygwin command prompt. However, there is more than one way to do this.
If you include the cygwin/bin directory in you DOS path, you can exexute the cygwin command in-line at the DOS prompt.
C:\Users\Mike>set PATH=%PATH%;c:\cygwin\bin C:\Users\Mike>cd c:\cygwin\home\Mike c:\cygwin\home\Mike>ls file1.odt sensible.txt tab_head.lis tables.lis xx00 xx02 xx04 xx06 xx08 xx10 hello.sh silly.txt tab_tail.lis wisdom.sh xx01 xx03 xx05 xx07 xx09 xx11 c:\cygwin\home\Mike>grep -i 'silly' silly.txt |wc -l 9 c:\cygwin\home\Mike>
There are a couple of differences to running at the $ prompt.
First of all, cygwin uses aliases to reference certain commands. This is a Unix feature that allows you to type a given command which actually executes a different command.
If we go back to the cygwin shell for a moment, we can run a command to tell us what aliases are being used :
$ ls -l |grep '>' |awk '{print $8, $10}' awk gawk.exe bzcmp bzdiff bzegrep bzgrep bzfgrep bzgrep bzless bzmore lzcat xz.exe lzcmp xzdiff lzdiff xzdiff lzegrep xzgrep lzfgrep xzgrep lzgrep xzgrep lzless xzless lzma xz.exe lzmore xzmore manpath man.exe unlzma xz.exe unxz xz.exe xzcat xz.exe xzcmp xzdiff xzegrep xzgrep xzfgrep xzgrep
The first column is the alias and the second is the actual command being run.
So, to use a recursive example, if we wanted to run the awk command at the DOS prompt, we would need to use gawk.
Incidentally, the above command won't work at all in DOS as grep does not seem to return any results when searching for the '>'. I have no idea why this is at the moment. The grep command seems to work as normal in other circumstances.
The other main differences are that dos commands seem to take precedence. For example, dir works as expected whilst dir -l :
c:\cygwin\bin>dir -l Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 43AD-644B Directory of c:\cygwin\bin File Not Found c:\cygwin\bin>
Running shell scripts requires the use of sh rather than the standard ./ :
c:\cygwin\home\Mike>sh wisdom.sh Rage against the dying of the light! c:\cygwin\home\Mike>
Running Cygwin in a terminal
I recently had a comment from Matt on my original cygwin post. He recommended using a patched version of Putty called Puttycyg. So, if like Matt you crave an escape from the DOS prompt but find that Cygwin alone just doesn't quite do it for you….
- Go to http://code.google.com/p/puttycyg/
- Click on the download link and download the file ( in my case, puttycyg-20101029.zip)
- Once unzipped run putty,exe
Choose the connection type Cygterm and the field for the host name changes to Command Line.
Just enter a "-" and hit open.
There you go, Cygwin in a putty terminal. It works in more or less the same way, but you get all the advantages of Putty such as double-click cut and paste etc.
Some Shell Scripting Links
There's a pretty good basic introduction to shell scripting here.
An introduction to sed can be found here…
and an awk primer here.
Say goodbye to the one miserable looping construct, banish those gotos and labels…and start writing some proper batch scripts.


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Condiments That Should Replace Heinz Ketchup at McDonald's
We love Heinz ketchup. In fact, it made our 2012 Seal of Approval. But, after former Burger King CEO Bernardo Hees took the helm at Heinz, McDonald's announced it would end its relationship with the brand. We knew BK and McD's were competitors, but we had no idea that giant food corporations operated under the High School Bro Code. (#1 You cannot take your best buddy's former flame to the prom.)
The phasing out is slow-going, so you can still squirt Heinz all over your Quarter Pounders, McNuggets, and immortal fries for a bit longer. And while it's possible the fast food chain will go with Heinz competitor Hunt's, we suggest that the Golden Arches should think outside the box and consider developing a new condiment. Maybe an Asian hot sauce to appeal to the young, hip crowd? Or a garlicky mayo? There are so many game-changing possibilities for McDonald's new condiment, and—what do you know!?—we have some ideas.


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LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) -- British film actor Henry Cavill and American television star Kaley Cuoco have ended their brief romance, People.com reported.
Cavill, 30, who stars in the Superman blockbuster "Man of Steel" and the 27-year-old cast member of "The Big Bang Theory" had been in the "beginning stages" of their relationship when they called it quits, a source told the celebrity news website Thursday.
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I've just joined Too Much Coffee, so firstly hello!!
I have recently bought a Victor 86B to use in conjunction with my coretto and RoastLogger. All the instruction manuals are in Chinese so not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but when I connect the meter via USB to my laptop, the laptop recognises that a new device has been plugged in and on first plugging in it looked like a new driver was installed.
However when I try and connect through Roastlogger I am not getting any data transmitted (I have tried pressing the RS232 button). I also tried to connect and transmit data through the Victor software, but get an "open device failed" error.
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One rockin' ride: The Stone Pony turns 40
- The Stone Pony opened in 1974
- The Smithereens and other locals -- though not Bruce -- got their start at the Pony
- Club remains a shore community rallying point
ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- In the last year, not only rock stars zeroed in on the Stone Pony, but big-time politicians, too.
Gov. Chris Christie hit the club for a re-election party in November and President Barack Obama looked toward the iconic club while on the Asbury Park boardwalk last May.
"Shows were sold out at The Stone Pony," said Obama to cheers, referring to two Gaslight Anthem Memorial Day weekend shows on the Pony's outdoor stage.
Now, the Pony will mark its 40th anniversary with shows upcoming in February and throughout the year. The spotlight has never been brighter.
"After Sandy, I think a lot of people did look to see if the Stone Pony was still standing," said Stone Pony general manager Caroline O'Toole. "It made it through and it helped them get through a tough time."
Post-storm shows at the club served as events that unified the community.
"The Pony was built on solid rock in the beginning" said manager Kyle Bendle. "It's still a great place for anyone to go to hear great music."
The beginning
The Stone Pony opened its doors in February 1974, under the ownership of Jack Roig and Robert "Butch" Pielka. Bob Santelli of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., was there.
"The sound of the Jersey Shore was loose and free and expressive," said Santelli, now the executive director of The Grammy Museum and a producer of concerts at the White House. "There was a sense that something exciting could happen every single night."
The scene centered around the R&B fueled, horn-driven rock 'n' roll of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. The performers played for the audience, not for each other, and showmanship was job one.
"A lot of the local musicians were heavily into R&B and they saw performers like James Brown and Jackie Wilson," said Billy Smith, the former owner of the Asbury Park Rock and Roll Museum. "The influence was you got to give 100 percent and make people listen and dance. Asbury Park is a town where you go to have fun. You work all week, it's a blue collar town, you want to go out and have a drink and see a good band."
In '75, Jim Babjak took a break from working at his father's bar in Carteret, N.J., and drove friends Dennis Diken and Mike Mesaros down in his '69 Barracuda to the Pony to see the Jukes.
The Pony was sold out.
"We listened outside of the building, to me it was exciting," Babjak said. 'I said 'Man, I hope we get to play here one day.' "
Babjak, Diken, Mesaros and Pat DiNizio did get to play the Pony as the Smithereens, first opening up Thursday nights for Lord Gunner, and becoming headliners themselves. Since then, Babjak's 18-year old son Tommy Babjak has also played the Pony with his death metal band the Lucifer Experiment.
"It was hard to believe that I was playing as such a legendary place, it felt otherworldly," said Tommy Babjak of Manalapan, who plays drums. "I guess it even felt more so because Dad got his start there."
The Springsteen effect
Speak to those who were there in the early days, and they'll tell you: Bruce Springsteen did not get his start at the Pony.
But he did play a lot there.
"Bruce has never been an announced act, guest appearances have been his thing, " Smith said. "He had two albums out (when the Pony opened) and he already had a reputation as the local star. By '76, '77, when he was going through the lawsuit (with manager Mike Appel), he wasn't recording and it was a perfect time for the Pony. He was home and there a lot to play."
The Springsteen appearances stopped in the late '70s.
"(E Street Band keyboardist) Danny Federici got roughed up by the bouncers and they threw him out," Smith said. "Bruce got (upset) about that."
The Boss eventually returned to the Pony, playing regularly with Cats on a Smooth Surface during their Sunday night gigs there.
"The place was packed on Sundays in '82," Smith said.
However, Roig and Pielka closed the club in September of 1991 after they went bankrupt and it reopened under new ownership later that year. There have been several openings and closings since then until Madison Marquette purchased the Pony in 2005.
O'Toole said that there are no plans to relocate or demolish the Pony and Donald Sammet, the director of planning for the city, said that the Pony currently stands in the city's waterfront master plan. Yet, its challenge to keep a rock 'n' roll club profitable.
"It's a struggle," O'Toole said, "but the fans who are supportive enough to carry us through the winter months and into the summer, who come in and buy a shirt or a ticket, they continue the legacy."


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Memorial Day always feels like the kick-off to summer. We got to go swimming at a family friend's house. The kids could have swam all day. They had a blast.
And then it was officially the first day of school being out. The kids got to watch Beauty and the Beast and then I took them to the Bean Museum.
They each got to pick out something from the gift shop.
Wednesday we spent most of the day at my mom's which of course the kids loved.
I could tell there was something stuck in Ava's baby toy so I took it apart and we found two of Tyler's treasured toys that he must have jammed in there years ago.
One of them was his tiny car. This thing came in an Easter Egg when Tyler was less than 2 years old and it has been lost and resurfaced again so many times. Whenever it is found, he sleeps with it and plays with it constantly. So funny that we found it again! I thought for sure it was lost in our old house. Ha ha ha.
Thursday I took the kids to visit Brandon at work and then we went to the mall and checked out the fountains and new play place for the first time.
Ava has been doing this super cheesy grin and I'm glad I finally caught it on camera.
Friday was a baaaaad day. The kids woke up Ava from her nap and it just set me off and I was so mean and horrible that day. Luckily Brandon and I had a temple date scheduled that night because boy did I need it. This is the longest we have gone without going to the temple, 15 months! That's what being sick while pregnant and then having a fussy baby will do you to you. And our selfie is so bad I just had to include it. Ha ha!
Brandon and his dad and brothers are training for the Salt to Saint bike relay race again, so they go riding lots. I'm so happy to support him in his new hobby. This is Ava with Brandon's dad before a ride.
Ava got a fever for a few days and I sure soaked up all the snuggle time I got with her. It was heavenly. We're glad to have her back to her normal self now though.
She is getting so chunky!
For family night this week we talked about education and then looked through Tyler and Kallie's joy school binders. For a treat we went and got free donuts for Mckinley getting straight A's.
Kallie started a fairy tale dance class today that is so cute and so much fun! We are having a fabulous summer so far.


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British actor Simon Pegg, who was featured in "Shaun of the Dead" and the latest "Star Trek," is set to join the voice cast of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Official Site) in upcoming episode 20 of season four. The episode, fittingly titled "Bounty", is the character's first appearance on the show. In the episode Dengar joins Asajj Ventress and a group of hunters lead by Bossk and a young Boba Fett (voiced again by Daniel Logan) on a train robbery.
Pegg is no stranger to science fiction roles, having recently starred as "Scotty" in 2009's "Star Trek" reboot, among other films. He told Entertainment Weekly:
"Dengar is one of the elite. If you're on Darth Vader's bounty-hunter speed dial, you are the best in the galaxy."
Since the announcement some fan controversy has erupted due to Pegg's recent criticism of "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D" on Twitter where he said:
"Enjoyed Hugo, despite almost being ruined by Phantom Menace 3D trailer. Come and revisit the most disappointing 2 hours of your life, in 3D!"
Still, as EW reports, he was thrilled to work on the show despite his misgivings over the prequel trilogy.
"It was a total honor to play this mysterious, hard man from my favorite Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back."
You can watch a preview of "Bounty" below or catch it when it airs at 8:00 PM EST on Friday, March 2 on Cartoon Network. Check out our previous post on this episode, including a poll on your thoughts on the preview.
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Racial Brawl?: 2 Days Of Fighting Lead To Suspension In Hempstead. N.Y. High School!
CBS reports "Principal: 100 of School's 1,600 Students Involved; Dozens Suspended And Undercover Cops Take Over Building HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBS) ― A Long Island school was on guard on Tuesday after two days of fighting led to dozens of suspensions at Hempstead High School. District officials took action against the troublemakers, fearing the violence would escalate.
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Fantasy Football University – Class VI
In-Season Roster Management – Part I
Once you have drafted your team, those are the guys you are going to war with. However, you are going to try to improve your team each and every week. The easiest and most likely (as well as impactful) way to improve your team is through the waiver wire. Many leagues allow trading, and this is another of the truly strategic and fun aspects of fantasy football. We will cover both in this class.
Scouring the Waiver Wire
The Waiver Wire could be the most important thing in winning your league. We told you how to pick keepers. We told you how to rate the players. We told you how to draft the players. Now we are going to tell you how to maximize your roster. Your league will be won and lost on the waiver wire. Inevitably your players will get hurt. Also, players on the other guy's team will get hurt. Some of your players will get benched. Also, some of the other owner's players will get benched. Your job is to scoop up all the players that you can and stash them away for when you might need them. This will serve several purposes.
1. You will fill the holes that have been created on your roster.
2. You will block the other owner from filling the holes on his/her roster
3. You will build valuable depth to either allow you to play matchups with your firings players, or group a basket of players in a trade for another stud player.
All of these things are equally important. The first one is a no-brainer because you are always going to try and fill holes on your team. Many owners overlook the second purpose. They stay with their current team because they are lazy; they have no need for a fourth-string runner, or whatever their reason is. What they fail to do is block the other team from getting a player.
My saying with waiver wires is that they are like the Wild West, you have the "Quick and the Dead". Shoot first and look to grab guys, and ask questions later as you can drop them the next week for someone else. Often the best waiver wire picks of the entire season, are guys that emerge within the first few weeks. Go back and read that line again, then go pick up anyone you see coming out of nowhere the first few weeks of the year and thank me at the end of the season.
What to Look For On Waiver Wire
News - The news services will give you the biggest clues as to what player might make a good waiver wire selection. Read the newspaper and surf the web for other news services. Look for injuries to players that might give another player an opportunity. You can also look for quotes from an owner or from a coach about a particular player. These are helpful because usually the coach will follow through on what he says. Either he will say that he wants to get a young player more involved or he will say that a particular player isn't working hard enough. If you watch out for this stuff you can have the next Todd Gurley on your team.
Box Scores - The box scores are one of the most overlooked sources of information. Every fantasy owner wants the news delivered right to his or her front door. At FFChamps we learned a long time ago that, if you want an edge, go out and get it yourself. We go to the box scores every Monday morning and look at who caught the passes and who ran the football. A lot of times a team will call one runner their starter and give it to another runner more times. This happens when there is a platoon situation. If you watch the box scores you see who they start to give more carries to. With WR's this is more important because they don't get the publicity. By publicity I mean that they use the term "starter" more loosely than they do with the runners. If you see a WR catching more passes than the so-called starters, he might be worth a pick up. We believe TD's can prove to be a random event. If you watch the guy's with a lot of receptions, eventually the TD's will follow.
Our Receiving Targets tool also is a HUGE help, as a lot of times a QB or WR can be on the wrong page on a given day, but the amount a player is targeted can tell you a lot about his role. Look for guys getting a lot of targets, even if the stats aren't there yet. This player is involved in the game plan and that could continue.
Training Camp - We all follow training camp closely and there are always guys that stand out but are not used as starters once the season starts. It could be that they have a star playing in front of them or they are just too young. Either way, take note of these guys and if you get a roster spot, or you see something developing on their particular team, you might want to go ahead and take a chance.
Kickers and Defenses - This pertains mostly to the Bye weeks of your kickers and defenses. During the season you get a feel of who is doing well (kickers and defenses) and who is not. Inevitably your kicker and your defense will have their Bye weeks. We like to analyze all the K's and D's that are not on a roster to see which one we think has the chance of having the best week. We will then pick them up for that week, the week that are guys are off. I very often will find my season long Kicker or D as well in the first few weeks on the waiver wire. This is a VERY important position to jump on early on the wire.
When to give up
The business of using the Waiver Wire is a short term one - If a player that you picked up doesn't start performing like you thought he would then you cut him and move on. (Sometimes you pick up players for different reasons like as a keeper for next year, don't drop these players until sometime next year) Do not hold on to a waiver wire pick up with the mentality that he will come on strong. This doesn't work for players you draft, let alone waiver wire pick-ups.
When a better opportunity arises - The roster spots you use for waiver wire picks can be rotating. By this we mean that when you think that something better comes along grab it, and don't be afraid to be wrong. It is a short season and you want to try to do as much as you can. Don't get stuck playing the waiting game.
Be Proactive: The most important thing about the waiver wire is to use it. The only way to win is to use the waiver wire. So many things happen during the course of the year that you guarantee failure if you don't make changes.
How to Spot Rising Talent
What to Look for
As stated before, wide receivers historically break out in their third season. Also, be on the lookout for quarterbacks who annually improve their touchdown-to-interception ratio. Another point is to look for players who had strong averages before missing time with injuries or starting a limited number of games off the bench. Let's say a running back racked up just 800 yards over 12 games. Nothing special there on paper –- but this runner topped 100 yards four times before suffering an injury that went on to end his season. He qualifies as a player with rising talent, who will likely slip under the radar the following year. Also, let's say another running back started the year with 460 rushing yards over four games before going down with a season-ending injury. Extrapolate his numbers over a full 16 games, and you get 1,840 rushing yards. That is a good way to spot rising talent.
Lastly, look for players who come on strong down the stretch of a season. The odds are often good that they will pick up where they left off the following year. We definitely overweight hoe a guy finished the second half of the year before when analyzing who we like for the upcoming season. We like guys who finished strong to improve the next season.
When to Believe in a No-name and Cut a Has-been
When considering a no-name, fantasy owners should look at the situation that the unproven player is in. Is he a running back whose team loves to pound the pigskin? Or is he a quarterback who is being called into service after the starter got hurt or was benched due to poor play? With receivers, look no further than the guy who is throwing him the ball. A good quarterback can make an average receiver better.
On the flip-side, we come to cutting a has-been. A tell-tale sign that a running back is on the decline and past his prime is a decrease in his yards per carry average. For receivers, look at a dip in passes thrown in their direction, AKA targets. If a quarterback has a gradual decrease in his efficiency rating, then it is a pretty good chance that he is on the decline, and time for fantasy owners to cut him loose as a has-been.
Again, be sure to back up your studs and make the essential handcuff moves. You can also beat other owners to their handcuffs, and in turn hold that backup player for a lofty ransom in trade talks when that owner's star player goes down with an injury. Be prepared for injuries, because at least one star player will miss significant time this year –- it is a fact of life in the grueling habitat of the NFL and if you don't prepare for injuries to your team you will likely be beat because of it.
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I've just finished "What Saint Paul Really Said" by N. T. Wright, an English New Testament scholar and the Bishop of Durham. It is a stimulating study of the apostle, wrestling with both modern scholarship and traditional assumptions.
I've just finished "What Saint Paul Really Said" by N. T. Wright, an English New Testament scholar and the Bishop of Durham. It is a stimulating study of the apostle, wrestling with both modern scholarship and traditional assumptions.
The ninth chapter, "Paul's Gospel, Then and Now," is worth the price of the book.
Wright has me thinking about what it means to believe in God. In Paul's day, if someone said, "I don't believe in God," the logical follow-up question would be, "In which God don't you believe?" If someone said, "I do believe in God," it would make sense to ask, "Which one?"
There was, in Paul's day, a plethora of gods. A pantheon, actually: Zeus, Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite, Ares, Nike, Hera and others. And that does not include the many local gods, river gods, mountain gods and mystery religion gods. One might be firmly atheistic about some of these gods, unconvinced about others, but a committed follower of yet another.
Wright suggests that what was true in Paul's day is true again. Today, when someone says, "I don't believe in God," we must again ask, "In which God do you not believe?"
"There are many gods and many lords," says Paul the apostle to the church in Corinth. And what was true then is true today.
Bishop Wright identifies some of the gods of this age: Mammon, the money god, and his prophet Marx; Aphrodite, the goddess of erotic love, and her prophet, Freud; the power god (perhaps we should call him Ares, the warrior), and his prophet, Nietzsche. These gods have held sway over the world for generations. Their prophets have been hailed as humanity's guiding lights.
While the worship of these gods has evolved and changed, it is still very popular. Many people serve Mammon, trusting him to deliver them and give them abundant life.
They idolize Aphrodite, and turn their beds into altars for her worship. They make offerings to her temple in Hollywood, and pursue her through one marriage after another.
Ares, the god of power, sets up tyrants and turns democracies into war machines. His servants believe in coercion and force, and will sell their souls to obtain his favor.
I would add yet another god to Wright's modern pantheon, one who is as popular today as he ever was: Molech, the god of the ancient Canaanites. His worshipers sacrificed their own children to secure his blessing. They believed that he would, in return for their devotion, grant them financial success.
How many believers there are these days in Molech! People who willingly sacrifice their children and their families in the mad pursuit of success.
So, if you say, "I don't believe in God," I must ask, "In which God do you not believe?"
In a recent survey, 92 percent of people living in the U. S. claimed to believe in God. Some people find that number encouraging. I am not so sure. Not all gods are worthy of belief.
Wright contends that "The 'God' that the great majority believe in is, pretty certainly, the Deist god." This is the god of the Enlightenment, the distant, uncaring, uninvolved god of 18th-century philosophy. Whatever he is, he is not the God and Father of Jesus Christ.
So turn your back on him. He can neither help you nor harm you, offer you the blessing of Mammon nor the ecstasy of Aphrodite.
The truth is that most of the people who say they believe in his existence are not motivated enough even to go to church to worship him.
So turn your back on this god, but while your back is turned, take a look around. If you pay close attention, you will almost certainly see the real God, distinguished from all the others. He promises to be found by those who seek him. He is really the only God worth the search.
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Illini need to right the ship
By Jeff
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[January 21, 2013]
I have no idea what to make of the
Illini's recent losing streak. I know a lot of fans will say that
these guys will just collapse like last season. I sure hope not.
Oh, for a Deron Williams, a Frankie
Williams or a Brian Cook. But we can't live in the past. I believe
our current players are capable, but collectively they need to rise
up and get it done as a team.
However, even if Illinois head coach John Groce called me (and of
course there is absolutely no reason for him to EVER do that), I
wouldn't have a clue as to what to tell him. Right now we can't buy
a bucket, we don't seem to be trusting our offense, we're not
converting our free throws very well, we're not getting much out of
our post play, and we're not getting many stops on defense. I
wouldn't know what to fix first.
I am just hoping that we'll snap out of it and that we'll snap
out of it soon. I don't know if it'll be Tuesday night in Lincoln,
Neb., or not, but it would sure be nice. At this point, with this
Illini team and with the current lack of momentum, you just don't
know what you're going to get.
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But here's what I'd like to see. I'd like to see the Illini come
out like they did against Ohio State. Illinois was up on them and in
their kitchen from the opening tip through the handshake line. This
team needs to play like that ALL the time!
You would think at some point that shots are going to drop. Some
night the calls are going to go our way. Some night we will get some
defensive stops. Hopefully that'll be Tuesday night when the Illini
visit the Huskers. I vote for that... Can I get a second?
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First full day of fall brings definite autumn temperatures
Super September weather in store this week! After a cool weekend, highs will climb to the mid-upper 60s for today and tomorrow. Light southeast breezes become more southerly tomorrow and signal the beginning of a warm up.
Lots of sun as we stay dry for the work week. High pressure will move slowly east keeping rain well west or north of us. Highs mid the mid 70s for Wednesday and we'll stay in the 70s right through Saturday. The warmest day with week is shaping up to be Friday as high easily reach the upper 70s.
A cold front arrives Saturday and will be the focus for rain and a few storms. Showers linger for Sunday as cooler air sweeps in.
We'd love to see your fall decorating photos! Send them to us at Ulocal on wisn.com, my Twitter @seversonsally or our Wisconsin Weather Updates Facebook page.


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How in the world does a topic about wanting spring to get here for Christmas go to politics?
Yeah guess cabin fever does have something to do with it. But then again have a pair of shoes can't keep tied to save my life and every person seems to want to make sure they point it out to me. Which brings me to another point why in the heck are people so depressed that they are going around stairing at other people's shoes? :evil:


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The Roman jewelry company of Castellani is considered as one of the first and finest makers of jewelry based on various ancient styles which had been uncovered through then-recent archaeological findings.
This necklace of gold, made in 1870, shows Castellani's fine micromosaic work with its woven chain of diverse-shaped pendants matching on each side. The medallions are arranged symmetrically on the chain and depict various symbols of peace, starting at hook clasp: a cherub, doves of peace, two crosses, another cherub and the Christian chi-rho motif; the central pendant with Cupid. The large pendants are hung with smaller pendants which show: roses, christian symbols, flowers, bunches of grapes and the moon and sun.
This necklace is part of an import parure which was once owned by Rosalinde Gilbert who, along with her husband, Sir Arthur, donated this suite along with their impressive collection of gems, gold, snuffboxes, enamels, portrait miniatures and other assorted treasures to the V&A.


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When "You" Isn't Really You: How to Prevent Identity TheftMonday, November 15th, 2010
Today's blog post isn't about the threat of a natural disaster. We will be discussing a manmade crisis that can potentially affect anyone and can take months or even years to repair. Today's topic is Identity Theft. Claiming nearly 10 million victims a year, Identity Theft is the number one complaint lodged with the FTC.
According to research from Nationwide Insurance, four out of five victims of Identity Theft encountered serious issues as a result of the crime, such as lowered credit scores, bankruptcy, foreclosure, or even prison time.
A significant threat now that so many of us handle financial matters online, Identity Theft is a crime that is cloaked in mystery, with most of us imagining identity thieves working in dark, secret computer-filled lairs. The truth is that the crime is far less glamorous than they make it out to be in the movies, with far more serious implications for its victims. The good news is that while Internet anonymity is practically impossible these days, you can take steps to make yourself a less inviting target.
- When it comes to selecting a password for your online bank account or email accounts, don't choose "password" or "1234." Also avoid easily detectable data such as your child's first name, your birthday, your anniversary, your dog's name or your street address. This type of data is easily accessible for even casual hackers.
- No matter how much you hate the hassle of changing and forgetting your passwords, you need to change them periodically. Experts recommend changing passwords on every online account at least every three to six months. People who work with extremely sensitive data change passwords hourly.
- Check "privacy settings" on social media websites. Recent problems regarding privacy settings on Facebook highlighted the need to carefully consider how public you should be with details about your life. Review your settings and carefully read the "terms of service" on every site you use. Also, look at the amount of data on your social network profiles and determine if certain identifying information should be deleted or altered.
- Do you like to use WiFi and other public area internet access networks? Take steps to ensure security of your laptop or mobile device when sending information over shared networks. Don't let the leather chair and tasty beverage lull you into thinking you are at home when you are using your computer at Starbucks.
- Create truly random passwords. Some popular "systems" for randomizing passwords involve thinking of a phrase such as: "My favorite movie is Gone with the Wind" and using the first letter from each word: MFMIGWTW. Better yet, change the case in some of the letters and swap out the second and fourth letters with characters, so the password would be m@M*GWtw. Randomization and picking phrases only you would know are the keys to real password security.
- Even if your passwords are difficult to decipher, you might be surprised by how easily experienced hackers can access even complicated encryptions. Fortunately, several applications and software offer secure password management tools. If you do not have access to these tools, consider using a completely random number. And don't store it near your computer or in your purse.
Also, don't forget about offline methods that thieves can use to steal your identity. Not every identity thief is a hacker holed up in a basement with five computers and three monitors. Some still take a more old-fashioned but no less harmful approach to assuming someone else's identity.
- Don't leave mail hanging out of your mailbox or dispose of it in the trash can at the post office! The amount of information contained on some of your bills is staggering. Thieves who commit the felony of stealing your mail would have access to your full name, address, phone number, account numbers, bank routing numbers and more. For security, deposit important mail into a USPS drop box.
- Don't forget about the trash. Shred any and all documents that contain personal information before you toss away any paperwork…including junk mail.
- Take a good look at your wallet or purse. Is it a good idea to carry your social security card, checks, paystubs, insurance information and a letter with your mother's maiden name on it, conveniently located all in one place for the taking?
What steps should business owners and manager take to guard customer and/or employee personal information?
- Computer data is hard to erase! If your sell or donate old computer equipment, clicking "delete" on files and folders won't be sufficient. Purchase an application that can completely wipe the hard drive. Or, better yet, take computers to a trusted source so the hard drive can be erased. All data on CD, DVD or backup tapes should be removed and then destroyed so files are completely unreadable.
- Mind your laptop. Guard it at all times, as if you are protecting private information. You are! Store sensitive data on secure servers or in the computing "cloud," behind firewalls, instead of stored on a portable machine.
- Have old-fashioned paper files? Outsource your document retention services to an established company that will shred or store, as needed. Also, don't throw boxes of data with sensitive client information into your building's unsecure storage basement! Invest in a heavy-duty shredder and use it often.
- Don't adopt "It Won't Happen to Me Syndrome." According to the FTC, in the past five years alone, 27.3 million people were victims of identity theft.
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The S Factor: how to grab attention with your science videos
And no, that doesn't mean including footage of people attending exercise classes. The S Factor under scrutiny in this blog is the S Factor Workshop on how to make successful science videos, held at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in December. The event saw a panel of Hollywood professionals critique ten entries, picked from a total of 42 submissions by hopeful researchers.
On the panel were marine biologist-turned film-maker Randy Olson, author of Don't Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style, and his former film-school classmates Sean Hood, now a screenwriter with credits such as horror movie Halloween: Resurrection and Conan the Barbarian to his name, and Jason Ensler, co-producer and director of Franklin & Bash, and director of episodes of Gossip Girl, Chuck and Psych.
The trio were cheerfully disparaging of scientists' storytelling skills, saying that many of the videos took the approach "here's our lab, here's our kit, come see us some day". But story is key - "think of it as making a trailer for science".
One exception was San Jose State University's Green Ninja. The panel felt this video showed good storytelling, with a character who clearly has a problem - his oversized and ever-growing feet - that he needs to solve.
A useful technique, as detailed by Nicholas Kristof, is to follow the story of one individual and, ideally, to reach an uplifting conclusion. According to Olson, Kristof argues that an article on death is depressing but an article on people fighting a disease engages. In the same way, a story about coral deterioration could be depressing or dull, but a story about a man interested in coral can catch people's attention.
Since film is good for conveying emotion and humour but not for transmitting information, it can be useful to break your complex content down to a simple story. According to Ensler, it takes time to develop stories but they can be overdeveloped and lose some of their original spark. Hood stressed the need "to keep hold of that nugget of awe", and that scientists should "inspire the eleven-year-old in all of us".
It's also worth considering changing the order of events from a "that happened, then that happened, then this happened" type of narrative. Replacing "ands" in the storyline with "buts" and "therefores" can change the direction of the story and add tension, the film experts explained. For example, in Volcano from Space, the storyline could have been "We monitor volcanoes but they're hard to see so we need new techniques." Arguing two sides of an issue can also create a good story.
Ensler recommended that researchers set up cameras whenever they are in the field so that they have plenty of interesting footage to use in their videos.
But interesting is not enough; if somebody says interesting after Hood's latest film pitch, he knows "I've failed, because I haven't grabbed them emotionally". People are most engaged by people talking, not things, he said, so it's useful to show a person alongside a piece of scientific kit. Because watching a person speak in real-life is different to seeing them onscreen, if you're filming a talking head you need multiple cameras and different angles, as per the TED talks, to stop it from being boring.
That said, many of the films submitted began with somebody speaking to camera - the panel felt there was no need for this. According to Olson, it's good to arouse and fulfill - grab the audience's attention, make them want, then fulfil their need. For example the Mata Eruption video from JISAO (Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean) could have put its amazing video footage of an undersea volcanic eruption right at the start of the film before answering the questions the footage raises. Alternatively, Ensler said the team could have made the audience want by promising them they were going to see some great footage but first explaining why it's hard to obtain.
As film is a visual medium it can be helpful to see if you can get the gist of a short film without listening to the soundtrack, the professionals explained. Indeed, one of the most well-received videos - Perspective, which used animated graphics to indicate the relative energy release of large earthquakes throughout history - contained no sound at all, and was praised for its Hitchcockian withholding of information from the audience.
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Every picture (should) tell a story…


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Awards season is gearing up!
The 3rd Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards were held at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night, and the Broadcast TV Journalists Association did a fine job of spreading the gold trophies around, honoring perennial critical darlings (Breaking Bad, how are you doin'?!) and unsung small screen heroes alike. (Hello, Parenthood's Monica Potter!)
While The Big Bang Theory dominated the comedy side of things, fan favorites from Southland and saw some love on the drama end, and American Horror Story: Asylum was upset by Matt Damon and Michael Douglas' Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra...
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Here's the complete list of winners from the 2013 Critics' Choice Television Awards:
Drama Series: Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad
Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Actress in a Drama Series: Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Michael Cudlitz, Southland
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Monica Potter, Parenthood
Guest Performer in a Drama Series: Jane Fonda, The Newsroom
Comedy Series: The Big Bang Theory
Actor in a Comedy Series: Louis C.K., Louie
Actress in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Simon Helberg, The Big Bang Theory
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory and Eden Sher, The Middle
Guest Performer in a Comedy Series: Patton Oswalt, Parks and Recreation
Reality Series: Duck Dynasty and Push Girls
Reality Series Competition: The Voice
Best Reality Show Host: Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Talk Show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Animated Series: Archer Movie/Miniseries: Behind the Candelabra
Actor in a Movie/Miniseries: Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Actress in a Movie/Miniseries: Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake
Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries: Zachary Quinto, American Horror Story: Asylum
Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries: Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Asylum
What do you think of the winners? Any upsets? Sound off in the comments!
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Carly Rae Jepsen and Cookie Monster ice cream? Why, yes, those did make Scotty McCreery's list of his favorite things. Sunday night (June 17), I asked him a long list of random "what's your favorite" questions, and here's a sampling of what he came up with:
Favorite country song: Eric Church's "Springsteen." He told me, "I listen to that a ton." Rascal Flatts' "Changed" came in a close second.
Favorite pop song: Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe." He admitted, "That one's all the rage right now, and I catch myself singing it all the time."
Favorite artists to cover: Elvis Presley, Travis Tritt and George Strait. "All the guys who influenced me," he said.
Favorite junk foods: Cookie dough, cookie dough ice cream and, most importantly, something called Cookie Monster ice cream. "There's this place in my hometown called Pelican's, and it's mainly a snowball place, and I love getting snowballs, but they have this ice cream called Cookie Monster. It's blue vanilla ice cream with Oreos, snicker doodles, chocolate chip cookies and M&M cookies. And it's incredible," he raved.
Favorite not-so-junky foods: Broccoli, apples, bananas, strawberries. And ants on a log. "I was just introduced last week to this thing called ants on a log. It's a celery stick with peanut butter in there and raisins on top. It's very good," he said.
(Almost) favorite chore when he's back home: "I'm the trash guy," he said, saying he occasionally does slack off.


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Introduction / HistoryThe sacred tree's future husband strode down the dusty road with a small band of friends for his first marriage. Majed was nervous. As a bachelor, it was demanded by Bhoi customs that he first marry a sacred flower-laden tree before he could marry a widow. His true love, Nubila, was a widow. If marrying a tree was what it would take to spend the rest of his life with the love of his life, then it was worth it.
Bhoi is the name of a caste of fishermen and boat people. Their alternate name is Kewat from the Sanskrit words ka, meaning "water," and vritti, meaning "occupation." A landless and mostly illiterate people group, they are considered a low caste of people who have degrading occupations.
Jesus, the good shepherd, would have left the many to rescue the one. Would someone go to rescue a people if there were only 200? What if there were only 100? Would someone give their life to rescue 50?
Prayer Points* Pray that God will release a spiritual yearning in the hearts of the Bhoi people that only Christ can fill.
* Pray that their spirits will be opened to receive the words of life that can lift them into the heights of the Kingdom of God through faith in Christ.


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I was reading this article/blog on LinkedIn by Andrew Fraser "My history of abusive, co-dependent relationships with recruiters". It was interesting to read people's expereinces/thoughts on recruiting. All of a sudden I come across this response. "... I'll say it another way. It's a recruiter's JOB to deal with candidates and put up with shit. As candidates, we really don't care about you and would avoid you if we could. We see you as a tiresome, unnecessary obligation standing between us and our livelihood. We just want to speak with the hiring manager who actually understands our value and makes the decision. That's the difference."
Really? Is that part of my job? Along with going through hundreds of resumes, making N number of calls, talking to candidates, convincing my manager, the stress of making placement etc. etc. of all the things that I have to do, now I am expected to take shit from candidates as well? For what? Finding them a good opportunity? Hummm….
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The mere fact that some percentage of the population of the candidate pool treats us indiscriminately and poorly, like a member of some inferior class, or like convicted felons, does not entitle recruiters to lash out at the vast majority of candidates who are very appreciative of our work. But, as far as 'mere facts' go, it is definitely a bummer.
I read that article, too, and my first thought about the author was "So you think you are talented enough to merit my attention? Don't you know that co-dependence is a mental illness that is your own fault?" Still, that article was interesting, since it reflects a viewpoint of some candidates. Yet, factually, it's the candidates' responsibility to be aware of his/her own existential freedom, and an agent of his/her own future.
The whole point of identifying the psychological pathology of Co-dependence itself was to remove blame or stigma from the 'other' party in the relationship. Co-dependence is a fault only of ourselves. We cannot blame anyone else for that -- that is the whole point of inventing a name for a 'condition' which is less than optimal. However, realistically, I don't think that Recruiters tend to be co-dependent with candidates, if they have learned the fundamentals of the business.
I'm never professionally dependent on a candidate, because I can almost always find another to replace them. On the other hand, the odds are stacked heavily against a candidate being able to find another Recruiter who also happens to have a great career opportunity for them (probably by a factor of about 8 to 1, according to some statistics I have read).
There is very little doubt that anyone who has the mentality that a recruiter 'stands between' a candidate and his/her profession is a fragile individual who is probably a failure. Recruiters wouldn't even exist if they didn't provide a legitimate and very valuable service.
Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" has an excellent retort to this malaise of blaming others: "There's Man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet." That should be the Dictionary definition of "Co-dependence".
About "we would avoid you if we could".... (i.e. the idea that candidates don't need recruiters to find a job). It's extremely easy to avoid Recruiters if you want to, actually. If you can't, then there is something fundamentally wrong with YOU. That condition might be termed "Co-dependence" -- one possible definition of which could be "The illness of blaming Others for One's own faults." Meanwhile, my goal as a Recruiter is to present only career opportunities that those I contact would never have heard of without my intervention.
Thanks, Leena: "...I am expected to take shit from candidates as well?"
From your bosses, hiring managers, colleagues, etc: yes, but from your candidates: DEFINITELY NOT!
I find it completely fascinating that candidates will repeatedly write/blog about the horrible treatment by recruiters and think it's OK. If you don't like working with recruiters, here's a couple thoughts: 1) don't work with them 2) don't work with them.
Recruiters are not the be all end all to the job search. Not by a long shot. If it bothers you that much, find a job without using a recruiter, plain and simple.
Wait, what's that? The companies you want to work with are using recruiters? Maybe their philosophy doesn't align with yours and that company may not be a good fit for you overall. That's something worth thinking about, isn't it?
I feel like recruiters have to defend themselves ad nauseam sometimes. There are great recruiters and there are sucky recruiters. Maintain your composure, Mr. Candidate, and find a recruiter you can work with if you must. Not all recruiting companies are created alike. Find the one that works for you. It happens in the medical field, the legal field, the banking industry, etc. If you don't like your doctor, you switch until you find one you like. Have you ever bi$%ched out your doctor? Probably not.
Give, and get respect. It's that simple. Pay attention to your own behaviors before you call out others on theirs. I don't have to deal with candidates that are a pain in the butt. Why? Because I don't have to. It's not mutually beneficial if we don't work with a level of respect for each other. I can't, in clear conscious, present you to my client if you've been a jerk.
Bottom line, check yourself and your attitude. My best guess would be that you dish out attitude and expect others to take it. Rethink that philosophy.
Some candidates and recruiters attract a shit-storm that lands on all of us. Linda's right -- "...check yourself and your attitude"...before you wreck yourself -- which applies to both candidates and recruiters.
Leena, I was a little hesitent to open this due to the title but DAMN I am glad I did!!!
@Derdiver - :) and your comments?
@Keith - I think at times a jr recruiter like me have to take shit from everyone. But it definately is not my JOB its but still I have a right to be offended, and express it :)
@Linda and Nicholas - Agree no one is asking to go thru a recruiter. Good luck with the search.
@Valentino - Agree its a two-way street :)
Thanks for your comments..This is the first time I have expressed myself (blogged) ever, and your comments have encouraged me to do so more often :)
@leena Write more. I liked what you said but wanted more than a limited rant. Keith is best at that! ;) The article made me laugh and showed me why he is STILL unemployed. I look forward to more of YOU.
@ Leena: You most certainly DO have a right to be offended at uncivil, rude treatment and to express yourself. If you worjk in a basically healthy, functional environment, by stating your needs in a positive way, you should be able to remedy the situation. If you're in a toxic, dysfunctional environment, it's pretty much "take it or leave it"....
@ Derdriver: Not sure if you're talking about me ("STILL unemployed") but I currently have 1.5 contracts and a split retainer.
If the way you work is shit, then yes, it is a natural part of your job to also take shit from candidates.
I never get any shit from candidates because I never work a job, or with a company, that I don't have a comprehensive understanding of.
I enable that condition to exist by never working any job on contingency. Everyone has to pay me something upfront, even if it's for a position paying under 25K.
That way, I'm acting as a temporary extension of the hiring company, which means I can put out much stronger attraction materials, brief and assess the candidates better, and reject them with more transparency.
If, like most agency recruiters, you're always racing other agencies to try to fill jobs on the 'success only' model, then both you and your clients are openly stating that you see candidates as a commodity to be traded.
So if you and the companies you try to recruit for choose to work this way, then some candidates will view you and your work method as shit - and treat you accordingly. The better ones will probably assume the hiring company is a bit shit too, and pull out of the process.
Either change the way you work or stop whining.


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Make Commission Off Your Friends' iPhone Photos Using the Foap App [VIDEO]
In addition to selling their iPhone images for $10 each, users of Foap's moneymaking app can now make commission off of their friends' photos.
Starting next week, users who invite their friends to Foap can earn a 10% cut of all their future sales. To turn their pictures into cash, users simply take a photo or upload one from their phone's album, and submit it to the Swedish startup for approval. Once approved, the images go live on Foap Market, and each sale is split 50-50 between the user and Foap.
Since launching in June, the app has been downloaded nearly 150,000 times, and 1.4 million images have been uploaded to the market.
What do you think of Foap's commission option? Would you take advantage of it? Tell us in the comments below.
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I don't think it works that way. At least it doesn't for me, not anymore. I think on a whole, women are much more pragmatic about their relationships in the beginning. If they're interested in something more than just a fling what they're initially thinking about is not how this guy makes them feel. Instead they're focused on the following questions: "Is this someone I can respect?" "Do we have enough in common?" "Could I trust this person with my kids?" (assuming there are kids) "How would I feel introducing this person to my friends?" "Is he stable?" "Do we share the same values?" and so on and so forth.
I think that this is the main reason most of us want to wait before having sex. It's not that we're worried that the guy we're with will stop respecting us if we put out too early, it's that we know we won't even be able to fully enjoy the experience unless we feel more settled about the above questions. In other words, the giddiness can come but only after our brains have decided that this is someone worth getting giddy about.
But a lot of men don't realize women think that way. Sure, they complain about gold diggers but when you press them further they seem to imagine us to be much more romantic about it all, even going so far as to suggest that we are guided completely by our emotions. And maybe we are...when we're in our teens and early 20s.
But by the time the 30s come around women have become pragmatists and it's the men who are the romantics, being led around by their feelings of excitement over this or that person, barely noticing the warning signs until they're either slapped in the face with them or their excitement has died down. So why is it that women are still seen as the emotional ones when it comes to relationships?
I think we fiction writers are partially to blame. See, the fun thing about movies and books, particularly those written purely to entertain, is that everyone is guided by their emotions and that's doubly true when it comes to female characters and romance. Take Scarlett O'Hara and Catherine (of Catherine and Heathcliff fame). Both were completely impractical when it came to love and when they did make pragmatic decisions they usually ended up regretting them because those decisions didn't fulfill their hearts the way giving into their true soulmates might have. And when it comes to modern literature...well really, does anyone think it's pragmatic to date a vampire?
But secretly (or maybe not that secretly) we all want to be able to be controlled by our emotions. We want to do what feels right rather than what logically seems right. We want to trust that our hearts really will lead us in the right direction. So people like me create emotionally driven characters and we joyfully live vicariously through the romance of it all.
And then we go out on our dates and we temporarily shelve the let's-get-giddy instinct and cling to our pragmatism.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A grieving family is asking the public's help in finding the person who shot and killed their 20-year-old son.
The shooting happened at Celebrity's Cafe in the 5000 block of Soutel Drive late Saturday night. Darrell Carswell died a short time later at a hospital.
Carswell's family wants to know why he was killed in the club parking lot about 10:30 p.m. They believe someone out there knows something, and their hope is that person will come forward.
"About 10 or 15 minutes after he had left from the house, we got the call that he had been shot," said Dionne Harrison, Carswell's mother. "He had only been gone for like 10 or 15 minutes."
"My brother was strong," said Jasmine Carswell, the victim's sister. "Ain't nobody going to understand my pain and what I'm going through. My brother is gone. I can't believe this."
Darrell Carswell's family says he was only there that night to pick up his cousins after a party at the club. Authorities say several people were outside when the shooting happened. Family members say they've heard very little about the moments leading up to his death.
"We don't know if there was any kind of confrontation, any words spoke," said Margaret Merchant, Darrell's aunt. "We haven't gotten any information from anybody. But that's what we need. We need somebody to come forward."
Channel 4 crime analyst Ken Jefferson says people should put themselves in the victim's family's shoes.
"The people who try to keep quiet about things like this are not directly affected," he said. "It's not their family members' life, a friend of theirs. If they know information, they figure, 'Well, let the police figure it out themselves.'"
Darrell's loved ones describe him as a person who could make anybody smile. They said he liked to play sports and his nickname was "fun fun." His family is asking those who know something to do the right thing. They say the worst part is not knowing.
"I have three sons. Now I'm down to two sons," Harrison said. "If they care about my son the way they say they do, then somebody will come forth and say, 'Hey, talk to the (Jacksonville) Sheriff's Office, talk to the detectives that's over the case."
City, state and police officials say Celebrity's Cafe is in compliance with all orders.
Anyone with any information about the fatal shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.


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Cloud9 IDE has announced a new suite of application development features designed to allow professional developers to fully take advantage of cloud technology as the basic fabric of their workflow.
As a specialist in cloud-based Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), Cloud9 IDE has openly declared that its new product will change developers' options by improving real-time editing, debugging, and chat functionality for distributed teams.
NOTE: This enables those teams to peer review, pair-program, or just support each other while building their applications.
Al Hilwa, program director for IDC's Application Development Software research division, says that this is the kind of technology that could help programmers start to deliver on the inherent value-proposition of development in the cloud. "There are certainly many compelling reasons for moving development to a web-only environment, but there have been some real roadblocks up until now," he said.
Included in this product release is offline support to access and edit local files for streamlined online/offline synchronization to the cloud. A customizable user interface option has (as expected) also been included as a central feature to allow developers more space to work as it sits alongside a search tool and a "go-to" file widget.
"Now, web and mobile app development can fully be taken online for a truly untethered approach to build, test, debug, and deploy code. These solutions will really empower development teams, and we look forward to seeing the innovative products that will emerge as a direct result," said Ruben Daniels, CEO and cofounder of Cloud9 IDE.