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Still hit quite often, use redirect instead of 404, faster, less bandwidth, more user-friendly
remove stale ancient useless file. and don't get pissy about redirects. the old handbook.xml is 4 years out of date, and doesn't list a few of our arches for which we have handbooks, like PPC64. it needs to go. it's not linked anywhere.
reverting previous change
the great firstname.lastname@example.com email change, part 2
Converted dates to YYYY-MM-DD format
Moving 2004.3 documentation
Fix typo tx to email@example.com
Changing links to sparc doc
#42823 - Separate architecture specific instructions in separate handbooks
#46211 - Date/time must be set correctly before continuing with the installatoin
#46433 - Better SRM information for alpha
#40855 - Remove all CDs before booting a LiveCD; mentioning this in the instructions
Remove stale knoppix instruction
#46059 - KDE/GNOME LiveCDs arent available anymore
#46019 - Rerunning /sbin/lilo is needed when installing a new kernel
#44500 - The splashimage shouldnt be defined if you dont have a vga adapter; grub will cease functioning if you do
PPC doesnt have vesafb
Remove instructions for bootloader configuration with "grp genkernel"
ext3 has b-tree stuff support, removing the previously known bottleneck. thanks to ciaranm for noticing this
pcmcia-cs is only available for x86, ppc and amd64
Sparc is also well functioning on development-sources
Sparc LiveCDs dont autodetect
genkernel is not supported by Gentoo/SPARC
#44590 - Literally inform users that they need to get their network working before the sshd they started functions
--emptytree doesnt "remove" glibc from dependencies, on the contrary - glibc is listed as a dependency. It is used however as the primary dependency which makes all other packages on your system be listed as well
Bootstrapping doesnt do duplicate emerges anymore
#45572 - Apparently not all LiveCDs have iwconfig on them. Added a warning about this and a link to the linux-wlan-ng project for those interested in persuing their installation using their wireless access. Of course I know they get the link while they dont have a working connection -- if ppl complain about this just say its either getting the link or no information at all :p
Adding instruction on where to look for the genkernel generated kernel-image/initrd-image. How dumb was I thinking users would take this for granted...
Installing pcmcia-cs without USE="-X" installs XFree; this isnt what we want to force upon the users
#45083 - Use timeout instead of delay for lilo.conf
#44978 - Comment out PPTP stuff as at least the x86 LiveCD doesnt provide it. Im waiting for more information on amd64, ppc and alpha. If any of those do provide it, Ill reinstate it again
Use rootnoverify instead of root when dualbooting for Windows. The noverify makes GRUB use the partition without attempting to mount it (which would fail if the partition is NTFS)
Unmounting /dev isnt needed anymore as we have removed all references to bind-mounting /dev
44356 - Improve info on serial consoles; move out stuff from aboot config regarding this as it would duplicate the information
a) removed the cdcache bootoption for x86 cd's as this option is broken (#44151) and b) "universal cd contains all necessary sources to install from stage1" is wrong and now removed
#44195 - Dial-up also needs PPP support
#44400 - Some minor fixes
Various PPC updates; tx 2 pvdabeel
#43791 - XFS seems to be very unstable/unusable on amd64
The installation instructions in the handbook should only be the instructions we can "maintain". All other instructions should be maintained in the alternative installation guide (altinstall.xml). This moves out all the irrelevant information. It also includes better description on the LiveCDs and such.
Fix naming issues: we don't talk about the "2-CD LiveCD Set" anymore, but about the "Minimal" LiveCD, "Universal" LiveCD and the "Packages" CD.
Add information for wireless network configuration to hb-install-network.xml
#44044 - The title of the code listing in hb-install-network.xml might confuse ppl, rewriting
Add note telling to include support for the filesystem used by the boot partition if it isnt ext{2,3}. Otherwise the kernel isnt able to load the initrd
#43724 - Fix GRP isntructions
#36528 - Add information on SOFTLEVEL and BOOTLEVEL
#43726 - Fix for networkless installs; only a few kernel sources (if there is a choice at all) are provided
#43526 - Explain that it is "oh", not "zero" while editing the CFLAGS
Don't have the users run etc-update during the installation process. Too many users that do tend to overwrite the configuration files they just created and then complain about this on #gentoo. etc-update isn't necessary during the installation, but it is important for people to know about it. We therefore refer the user to the part on configuration file protection so that, once they've finished their installation, they can read up on it.
Portage snapshots location is different
Improve partitioning instructions for PPC users; improve information on yaboot configuration for PPC G5 users. Information received on gentoo-releng and pvdabeel
Remove dokeymap boot option from x86 livecds, add loadkeys, #43695
Refer to the errata in case of issues
Improve description of editing of kernel-2.{4,6}; suggestion made through e-mail on firstname.lastname@example.com
#43323 - bindmounting /dev is not needed, it even causes issues; or we remove the instruction or we tell the stage1 bootstrapping script to treat the /dev specially (touch /dev/.devfsd). Ive opted to remove the instructions as recommended by most sources
Changed LiveCD naming scheme, #43448
#43038 - Be a bit more clear what to do when more partitions are defined
Move from draft - 2004.0 is released
Add instruction to add --no-floppy to grub in case the system doesnt have a floppydrive
#42719 - Remove etc-update command; it isnt needed for a succesful installation and the user should really read up on etc-update later on
#42221 - AMD64 kernel command fixup
#42402 - Add HPPA-specific kernel configuration items
Make DTD valid - No content change
Add knoppix instruction
Update find command for 2.6 kernels too
LILO uses "delay" for timeout, not "timeout". "timeout" is for password-typing in case the label is protected from editing
Add "mkdir /mnt/cdrom" instruction before trying to mount the cd
Update on irsii-chatting and rp-ppoe
#39245 - Knoppix automatically uses existing swap partitions
#37257 - Add emerge-webrsync instructions
#40203 - Fix issues with /etc/hosts
#40714 - Fixups on MacOS X burning
#40208 - Add info on xfree-drm
#40549 - Disk Utility instead of Disk Copy for MacOS CD Burning
Remove emerge path/to/ebuild functionality; using /etc/portage stuff is now the best way to deal with this
Update on rp-pppoe setting in /etc/conf.d/net
New MacOS X burning instructions
#38720 - Move localtime before kernel as it is apparently needed to have a decent uname output
#38684 - Add warning on degrading from ~arch to arch, which is dangerous
#38514 - Add /dev unmounting
Remove boot reference anyway, too many users nitpick on it
Add recent genkernel intructions, should be as simple as "genkernel all"
Bug #38404 Removal of Pierre-Henri's email address on his request
#38300 - Add information on the new genkernel usage
#24551 - add a note about changing permissions on /tmp and /var/tmp
#36763 - better explanation on root() in grubs terminology
Remove LVM instructions from the documentation until the issues with LVM vs LVM2 (and compatibility with 2.4 - 2.6) have been resolved
Fix #37777, Manifest doesnt hold permissions but filesizes
pcmcia should be in boot, not default (#37629) - i tried getting in touch with msterret but his mail bounced so Ill assume the net.ethX scripts know what they are talking about :)
Clean up some descriptions
Fix changelog description and add some example output
Update on cfgpro explanation; the old explanation was wrong
Fix typos, #37391
Some codelistings changed
Inform users that GRP is currently only possible when choosing for a LiveCD that supports it
Miscellaneous fixes, #37313
Fix #37275: add use.desc listing
Fix issue with make.conf.example
Fix #37076: Add AMD64 instructions
add note about /etc/make.conf.example, fixes #36959
Fix #36605: make GRP copy instructions less error-prone
version bump, fixes #36829, removed ACCEPT_KEYWORDS subsection
Improve guidance on "Configuring your System"
Add 2.6 specific instructions (36357)
Fix #36241 - We recommend to change the USE variable based on the default USE settings, but the defaults arent available before the user runs emerge sync.
Fix #35770, fixup on /etc/hosts
Part 2 of the Gentoo Handbook is now official
Fix #35525: Users should not set the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS before Gentoo is installed
Fix PPC issues, #36034, tx 2 Pylon
Some minor changes
Add MIPS instructions to the hanbook
Add note about stages/LiveCDs, #35431
Substitute finalise with finalize
Add memory requirement
Version bump
Version bump
Add hyperthreading explanation
Fix #34925: Description of chapter 5 is wrong as chrooting only happens in 6
Change description of a chapter
Add domainname initscript to default runlevel
Fix #34543 - Typos and better definition of _single_ snapshot
Substitute installation with system as the installation is already finished
Fix #34215: More information on sparc kernels
Fix #34048: Use spelled-out options instead of the abbreviated ones
Fix #33977: Inform users about portage upgrade after running emerge sync
Fix chainloader issue
Spelling/Grammar fix
Update on hb-install-network.xml
Add CVS information as comment
Updates on hb-install-bootloader.xml
Version bump
Add lsmod hint
Version bump, last changes changed content
Bump version, several updates on the handbook
Fix small errors
Add licensing to all seperate files, make as many links as possible relative instead of absolute
Updates on handbook with recommendations from firstname.lastname@example.com
Handbook draft finished
Restyle handbook internally
Add bootloader instructions for all other architectures
Add license again
Add GRUB configuration
Add licensing information
First draft handbook; not for public use
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Issues with common assumptions about the camera pipeline, and their impact in HDR imaging from multiple exposures. *Accepted* in Siam Journal on Imaging Sciences . HDRimaging.pdf (16.68 MB). 2019.
The Potential of Light Fields in Media Productions. SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Technical Briefs (SA '19). lightFields.pdf (2.91 MB). 2019.
Vision models for wide color gamut imaging in cinema. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI). wideGamut.pdf (34.11 MB). 2019.
Color matching images with unknown non-linear encodings. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. colorMatchingUnknown.pdf (17.9 MB). 2020.

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Like many people of a certain age, I've had to become much more active in my health management than I once was. Back when I burned gazillions of calories playing football, hockey, lacrosse and hiking for miles at a time, my concern was more about keeping weight on than keeping it off. Fast forward a few decades, add kids (and their hectic schedules), sitting at a computer for much of the day, a fondness for the couch and shows like Battlestar Galactica, appreciation for a certain frosty beverage then throw in a torn ACL and a slowing metabolism for good measure. The result is not awesome. Tracking my weight is now something I need to worry about — to the point where I have a treadmill in my office and celebrate daily milestones like clearing my e-mail Inbox by throwing around weights for a few minutes instead of helping myself to another coffee. Being a somewhat tech-obsessed guy, when our bathroom scale died, I seized on the event as an opportunity to introduce some more technology to the weight management process: the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale.
I've heard a lot about Fitbit recently and after reading Jim's thorough writeup of his experience with Fitbit's Ultra wireless activity tracker, I was pretty sure that this was something worth checking out.
One of the big advantages of systems like Fitbit is the fact that every piece of data you can feed into the system clarifies the picture. The wireless trackers are a key piece, providing information about your activity. Using an app to track your food intake is a second piece of critical data. Fitbit takes these two and plots them against each other so you not only see a cause and effect correlation, they can interact with the app helping you to plan your daily food intake.
For the record, my wife and I went with Fitbit's Zip tracker (the least expensive at $59.95, although it's 10 bucks cheaper at Amazon) since we wanted to try out the system before committing to a bigger investment. The Zips have been great, even if they lack the stair and sleep sensing capability of the Ultra. We use the free MyFitnessPal app (which integrates nicely with Fitbit's website) since its food database includes an extensive selection of Canadian products.
You can manually track your weight and key that in to your Fitbit account, but the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale makes things a lot simpler.
As the name implies, you need a Wi-Fi connection to get the most out of the scale. Setting it up on the network was a two minute process, then we entered our names, the initials we wanted the scale to display to show it recognized us and an initial weight. From that point on the scale has recognized us as soon as we step on it. Guests can still use it (it simply falls back to being a regular scale at that point) and if you have identical twins in the house — as we do — they are required to take the additional step of tapping to confirm their identity.
The scale itself is an attractive slab of glass with a solid ABS base and is available in black or white. It sports a backlit display that flashes a range of information, including identification, weight, body fat percentage and status info such as uploading data.
Yes, the Aria measures body fat percentage. This requires barefoot use of the scale and is only available to registered users (you can have up to eight per scale, by the way); it doesn't work for guests. Because there is (small) live current running through the scale as part of that body fat measurement, people with pacemakers and small children should avoid using it. I can't say how accurate the body fat measurement is, but Wired's Alexandra Chang says it was very close after her boyfriend had his body fat professionally measured. I can say that over the past month and a bit it's at least been consistent — if it was all over the map, I'd be a little less sure of it.
Although the Fitbit Aria is a good looking scale and its basic functionality alone probably makes it worth the $129.95 (which isn't that big a premium over a decent standalone bathroom scale), it's in the connectivity that it really shines. Step on this scale in the morning and all your stats are automatically uploaded to your Fitbit account and now that data is even more valuable. Combined with a Fitbit activity tracker and an app to track food input and the Fitbit Aria is a powerful weight management tool, much more than an ordinary scale. As part of your Fitbit account, you receive notifications of pending milestones and receive badges to recognize key goals. If that's not sufficient motivation or you really like to share, you can set the thing up to tweet your stats or post them on Facebook.
Wired: Looks good, easy to set up, backlit display useful in dark room, ability to measure body fat in addition to weight, becomes extremely valuable when combined with Fitbit activity tracker and software.
Tired: If used as a standard scale it's on the expensive side, kids under 10 and those with pacemakers can't use it, tweeting your weight and body fat percentage marks the point where social media may have jumped the shark.


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Each year the Mayo Society of Greater Cleveland awards generous scholarships for JCU students to study at the National University of Ireland-Galway. These competitive scholarships are open to students of all majors, and NUI-Galway offers courses in more than 30 disciplines for exchange students.
The selection committee considers several criteria in awarding the scholarships, including students' academic and personal goals for studying in Ireland, as well as their financial need. Visit go.jcu.edu/galway for more information and application instructions.


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Developed from the original A.P.Valve, the AP200 offers the combined functions of a BCD power inflator and emergency jacket breathing valve
Replacement part for pre-2007 (BUDDY) BCDS, the current AP Trident and the AP Redwing
[N.B. If you require a replacement for post-2007 BUDDY or AP Diving BCDs you need the redesigned / current version of the AP200 - the APV200, also available from this site]
The concept of breathing from your BCD in an emergency has proved so simple and reliable it has withstood the test of time and is an option offered today with all four developments from the original 'AP Valve' - the AP200 / APV200 and the two Auto Air octo-inflators - the AP100 / APV100
The inventor of the original valves, David Parker, outlines the simple, life-saving procedure he first developed back in 1969:
"Throughout a dive you will always have a potential air supply inside your jacket. If your regulator fails or you are out-of-air, the jacket-breathing facility of the AP200 or Auto Air will give you another bail-out option by allowing you access to this spare air. Simply insert the mouthpiece in place of your failed reg and breathe! There will always be a few breaths available and this initial ability to breathe is key to preventing panic in those first few seconds. Air inside the bladder is easily replenished with a short on/off operation of the mini-cylinder. With a little practice this bail-out procedure will become routine and you can dive with the confidence that you have the ability to breathe - always within reach - giving you time to reach your buddy to air-share, or if necessary, to jacket-breathe all the way to the surface. As you ascend, the air in your jacket will expand and so you will have to replenish from the mini-cylinder less often.
At the surface the AP200/APV200 or Auto Air can also be used to orally inflate your jacket."
David Parker [BSAC Instructor No.177]
The AP50 medium pressure inflator hose (shown) is included
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Re: Re: st: estimating cumulative hazard
Matt Aronson <email@example.com>
Re: Re: st: estimating cumulative hazard
Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:45:07 -0600
Your response cleared things up for me, I sure appreciate it!
Solution 2 is the correct approach. Solution 1 will be an estimate of
-log(S_T). See Stephen Jenkins's Survival Analysis book at:
with general material at:
On Jun 5, 2013, at 6:54 PM, Matt Aronson wrote:
Dear Statalisters:
I have longitudinal education data on which I estimated a discrete time
survival model, with the event of interest being completion of a degree.
Based on those results, I want to estimate for each respondent the
probability that s/he *ever completed the degree* during the time period for
which s/he was observed. (I know I could just use a logistic regression
model for "ever completed"; my goal is in fact to compare with that.)
I have two different ideas of how to use the survival model results, and
I'd like to know which one (or neither) of these is right. My problem is
with the conceptual rather than the software aspects. Both of my approaches
start off by using the model results to calculate each respondent's hazard
values at each point in time, h_t. I don't have a problem with that.
Here are my two approaches:
1) Sum up each respondent's predicted hazard values over all of her/his T
periods of observation,
Prob(ever completed degree) = h_1 + h_2 + ... h_T
where h_t is the model-estimated Prob( completed at time t, given not
completed by time t-1).
2) Take the complement of the respondent's estimated survival probability
up through the end of the Tth period of observation,
Prob(ever completed degree) = 1 - S_T
where S_T = Prob(did not complete degree by time T) = (1-h_1) *
(1-h_2) * ...(1-h_T)
Which one of these is right (if either), and why?
Thanks very much for whatever you can offer!
Matt Aronson
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The 2011 planting season will be historic because of the record, or near record low stocks of soybeans, wheat and corn and a planned increase of something close to two million acres of cotton.
What crops growers will plant is still a mystery for most, but it is clear when they plant, they will need to be timely and they will need to take care of the seed they put in the ground from the time they are planted.
An often over-looked component of getting crops planted, up and growing in a precise window of time, is maintenance of spraying and planting equipment. Time will truly be money, often lots of money, when planting gets going in the spring. No time is a good time for equipment problems, but this spring definitely won't be good.
Keeping sprayers operational and efficient in the spring planting season is often a reflection of how they are maintained. Investing some time during pre-plant weather can pay big dividends when temperatures warm up and seed go in the ground.
Some tips for keeping planters ready for spring include:
• Coulter care:The first thing to look at on the planter is to be sure the coulters are sharp enough to cut through the soil residue. Make sure the coulters and disks are in-line accurately, otherwise seed placement may be off.
• Disc openers: Worn disc openers and worn rubber seals should be replaced to avoid altering seed populations. Again, the price of seed will be high, so getting seed in the right position and at the right depth is critical. Disc openers should be adjusted together by removing spacers behind the hubs to obtain 1 to 3 inches of disc contact. Most new planter disc openers are 15 inches in diameter with a 0.5-inch bevel. When they wear to less than 14 inches in diameter, they should be replaced.
• Gauge wheel pivots: make sure gauge-wheel pivots are not worn to the point they flex away from disc openers. As gauge-wheel pivots wear, they pull away from the disc openers, which need to make a consistent "V." Worn pivots will mess with your seed trenches.
• Level planter: Changing tires on the tractor or pulling the planter with a different tractor from the prior year can change the levelness of the planter. Even simple things, like changing the air pressure in tires can affect the level of the planter.
Proper calibration a must
Maintenance can be a critical factor in getting seed in the right place at the right time, but all the maintenance in the world won't overcome poor calibration of the planter. For pneumatic planters (air or vacuum), calculate the seed weight for each seed by dividing the number of seeds per bag by the weight of the bag. For example, an 80,000 seed bag divided by 50 pounds equals 1,600 seeds per pound.
From the operator's manual, identify the correct pressure (air or vacuum) seeding rates under as close to field conditions as possible, for the calculated seed weight. Identify the correct seed disc (or drum) for the calculated seed weight.
From the planter's operator's manual, identify the correct transmission setting for your desired seeding rate and calibrate actual seed drop with the planter transmission settings and the planter monitor readouts.
Calibrate actual seed drop with the planter transmission settings and the planter monitor readouts. Do the calibration at normal planting speeds.
With a big increase in cotton acreage, growers in the Southeast will want to take special care to prevent early season weed competition and pest damage. Likewise, equally valuable grain crops and peanuts will need early-season protection.
Keeping sprayers in operating condition will be critical to meeting the early season demands as spraying and planting become intertwined in the early part of the growing season.
Some tips for keeping sprayer equipment in top operating conditions are:
• Typical adjusting and cleaning of tips, filters, lines and tank.
• Checking all fluids and levels. Consider replacing all of your tips at the beginning of the season, generally the cost is minimal and you might as well get off to a good start.
• Adjusting for flow rate (some monitors may have calibration wizards to help with this task).
• If the sprayer is coming out of winter make sure you clean the tank, you don't want your winterization liquids to contaminate your first spray load.
• Check ALL the nozzles on your sprayer. It takes time, but will pay off when you get going full speed later this spring. any nozzles that are five percent above or below the average output of the sprayer should be replaced.
A simple thing like a nozzle cleaning brush can save growers a lot of frustration when the season starts. The toothbrush-like brushes sell for a few dollars and they do a better job than a pocket knife.
While checking off the potential trouble spots on a sprayer used to be simple, now that so many growers are going with GPS guided equipment and high tech monitors, sometimes checking the new systems isn't so simple.
If you haven't already done so, make a backup copy of the as-applied data on your monitor. This can be as simple as copying the information to a desktop or laptop."
It's a good idea to check the amount of free space remaining on your monitor. At crunch time in planting season it will be critical to have enough space on your monitor to function properly during the season.
Winter downtime is a good time to to look at the latest firmware updates and download and install any of the new stuff that can help you when planting season begins.
Some basic high tech reminders include:
• Update settings for overlap.
• Test GPS accuracy and settings.
• Test the auto steering abilities and make certain everything is communicating properly.
• Ensure autoboom/swath control features are operational and set appropriately.
Amidst all the excitement and optimism for the 2011 crop, don't forget the high price of crop inputs and the high value of these crops. Keeping sprayers and planters in top condition in the cold months can pay off in the warm ones.


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It's been an incredible year, highlighted by a career change, an engagement and a new home. After 6 years in Australia, I am finally starting to feel at home here, and I have finally found my place.
Towards the end of 2011, I took some radical steps towards even a healthier, happier future. I went back to being a vegetarian (which I've been for the past 10 years on and off), I quit sugar (you can read about it here) and dairy, I changed my exercise to be more holistic and gentle, and had a clean start in our new home after ditching most chemicals (you can read more about it here) used in our daily cleaning and beauty routines. All of this, I'm sure, will have even greater benefits in the long run.
I am looking forward to continuing on this clean path in the New Year. I will strive to be even more mindful about my surroundings, the environment and my impact on it. I will make every effort to have a natural approach in all areas of my life – from mindful consuming and chemical-free cleaning to eating clean and locally.
There will be some changes and challenges I am looking forward to in 2012. We are, as most of you know, getting married in a few months' time and planning a wedding (although a small and modest one) is at the same time exciting and somewhat stressful. I am also taking up a personal challenge by going back to 'school' for one year. I will share more details about this later, but I am beyond excited to begin my studies.
Here is my menu for this New Year's celebrations. It's a celebration of seasonal produce and clean and fresh flavours. I've taken a couple of my old favourites and added the delicious open sandwiches on to the menu. Enjoy!
I wish you all a happy, healthy and beautiful year ahead!
New Year's Open Sandwiches
Sweet Potato Flatbread
250g cooked and mashed sweet potato
100-125ml almond milk (recipe here)
100-125ml almond milk (recipe here)
150g wholegrain spelt flour
1 egg (free-range, organic)
pinch of sea salt
Grilled Vegetables
1 eggplant, sliced crossways
2 zucchinis, sliced
3 tomatoes, sliced
olive oil, for brushing
Rosemary Vinaigrette
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
pinch of sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1. Preaheat oven to 180C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Mix the mashed sweet potato with almond milk to a mixture that resembles loose mashed potato. Add the flour, egg and salt in to the mixture. You should have a soft dough (the softer dough, the softer bread). Knead the dough lightly (just enough to mix all ingredients well) and turn the dough on the baking tray. Dust your fingers in some extra flour and spread the dough on the tray (about 1-2 cm thick).
3. Baked for about 20 minutes or until the bread feels firm to touch and has brown spots on top. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
4. Heat a grill pan and lightly brush the sliced vegetables with olive oil. Cook all vegetables (in batches) for 2-3 minutes each side.
5. Combine all vinaigrette ingredients in a bowl and drizzle the vinaigrette on top of the cooked vegetables.
6. Cut the flat bread in squares and top with grilled vegetables. Serve warm.
I am planning to serve these with a green soup like this one.
And these stuffed capsicums will make a lovely main course for the New Year's Menu


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Brussels sprouts may finally be getting their day in the sun, with growing consumer interest and sales.
"We continue to have increasing demand on all the brussels sprouts packs that we offer," said Butch Corda, general manager of Ippolito International LP, Salinas, Calif.
Ippolito International offers Brussels sprouts in various sizes, including a 25-pound bulk carton, 1-pound clamshell, 1- and 2-pound bags, a 12-ounce bag, and even a microwave bag, Corda said.
Others agree that Brussels sprouts are trending right now.
"We"ve had substantial growth in the past years and are seeing increased consumption through our increasing same-store sales," said Russ Widerburg, sales manager at Boskovich Farms, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.
"We"ve seen an increase in sales over the past couple of months," said Mishalin Modena, senior marketing manager for Salinas, Calif.-based Green Giant Fresh.
The company recently upgraded its Brussels sprouts packaging, which Modena says contributed to an increase in sales.
"It"s a high-graphic bag, so it really pops on the shelf," she said.
The rise in popularity can also be largely attributed to the increase in use by chefs on television and in popular restaurants.
"Brussels sprouts are a 'hot ingredient" right now being added to menus across the U.S.," Kori Tuggle, director of marketing and business development, Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., said in an e-mail.
The vegetable, which often has been considered unglamorous, is now enjoying the attention of popular chefs on food and cooking television shows.
"Chefs are being more adventurous and finding new flavor in these vegetables that some consumers might have considered unexciting or have been predisposed to dislike from their childhood," Modena said.
One positive result of this exposure is increased creativity in usage. Another benefit is an increase in consumer knowledge in how to select and cook them.
"I think consumers have gained an education from food shows, as well as retailers helping to provide information," Widerburg said.
Widerburg also cites packaging as a helpful source of information, since it often includes information and recipes.
Tuggle said even the Brussels sprout stalk is gaining in attention.
"The Brussels sprout stalk format is growing in popularity around the holidays for retailers who want a 'show stopper" to display as an attention attractor," she said in an e-mail.
Modena also said varieties have changed.
"Chefs are starting to work with artichokes, Brussels sprouts and kale because the varieties are sweeter now and not as bitter," she said.
Suppliers said there should be promotable volumes for Easter and other upcoming holidays.
"We"re going to be doing some Mother"s Day campaigns, and it"s a great item for Easter, so we have a few retailers doing large displays and promotions," Modena said.
Tuggle said promotable volumes are available all year, though winter months are still popular times for promotions.
"Brussels sprouts are a cooking vegetable, which is a category that peaks in consumer demand in the holiday and winter months of November through February, and therefore an ideal time to promote to match demand," Tuggle said.


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On this day, St. Babnuda (Paphnute), who was from Dandara (Dendereh), was martyred. This Saint was a hermit monk. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him to put on the priesthood vestments and go appear before Arianus, the governor.
Arianus arrived with his ship and embarked by the city of Dandara, looking for that Saint. The Saint came to Arianus and cried out in his face with a loud voice, saying: "I am Christian, and I believe in the lord Christ." When the Governor knew that he was the anchorite for whom he sought, he ordered him to be tortured severely. He chained him with iron fetters and cast him in a dark prison. A heavenly light shone upon him and an angel of the Lord appeared to him, healed his wounds, and comforted him.
There was in the city a man, whose name was Kyrillos, with his wife, his daughter, and twelve young men. The Saint preached them and confirmed them in faith. They were all martyred by cutting of their heads, and they received the crown of martyrdom. The Governor was raged of him and ordered to hang a rock in his neck and cast him in the sea, and St. Babnuda received the crown of martyrdom.
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ARTICLE: The Buzz on Urban Beekeeping by Rick Paulas KCET.org
If you're trying to raise money to save puppies or kittens or other adorable creatures, it's simple. You find the cutest ones around, snap a few photos, get rights to a Sarah McLachlan song, throw some information up about where to send donations, and bam! Work's done. But bees? A creature that mostly elicits the emotion of run-away-as-fast-as-you-can? They're not exactly the easiest sell.
Which is the problem that's been keeping Chelsea and Rob McFarland — husband-and-wife team behind the non-profit organization HoneyLove — busy for the past 18 months. Their goal of trying to make Los Angeles the latest city to legally allow urban beekeeping — in this regard, L.A. is a bit behind the curve; New York, San Francisco, Seattle and even Santa Monica are among the growing list of cities that allows beekeepers within city limits — isn't an easy one.
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Chelsea: We have not seen the effects of Colony Collapse Disorder in our hives. We believe this is because the city is the last refuge of the honeybee. Traditional agriculture has put bees in to a tight spot for many reasons — pesticides, antibiotics, miticides, trucking bees across the country, feeding them high fructose corn syrup instead of allowing them to eat their natural honey, placing contaminated beeswax foundations in their hives… too many reasons to list!
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government is being sued for police brutality in the violence following the 2007 election.
The lawsuit comes as Kenya prepares for a new election on March 4 amid warnings from international human rights groups that the police are not ready to prevent electoral violence while refraining from human rights violations.
The families of seven people shot dead five years ago and eight wounded survivors this week filed a lawsuit to sue the Kenyan government claiming the shots were fired by police during a dispute over who won Kenya's 2007 presidential election.
Four human rights groups are also part of the suit against the government.
Government records show police shot dead 405 of the more than 1,100 people who died in the post-election violence following a dispute in the presidential race in 2007 general elections. Many of them were shot in the back, according to documents filed by law firm Nderitu Partners and Advocates on behalf of the group late Wednesday.
According to the suit unlawful orders were given to policemen and the government failed to train the officers on lawful methods of how to deal with civil unrest. And the government did not investigate the abuses.
Those suing the government are from western Kenya. In the 2007 elections, the majority of the people in western Kenya supported the main presidential challenger Raila Odinga — who polls had consistently put as the front runner — and took to the streets in violent protests after the electoral authority announced President Mwai Kibaki had been re-elected.
International observers said the presidential vote was flawed.
The violence ended after former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan brokered a peace deal in which Odinga became prime minister in a coalition government. As part of the peace arrangement the coalition government promised to adopt a new constitution, reform the judiciary and police force.
A 2008 government investigation into what caused the violence found that mistrust of the judiciary, which was tainted by allegations of corruption, fueled the violence as politicians chose to protest instead of going to the courts to seek justice. The police force was seen to have taken sides in the chaos fuelling the conflict, the report said.
Efforts to improve the police system have been criticized as ineffectual but ongoing reforms on the judiciary have received praise and have led to recommendations that the government should fire 13 out of the country's 53 high court judges.
For decades Kenya's police have been criticized by advocacy groups for ineffectiveness, endemic corruption, human rights violations and impunity.
A bribe-taking culture exists in the force and officers live in deplorable conditions, are poorly paid, under-equipped and understaffed, outgoing police spokesman Eric Kiraithe admitted last year. "Corruption in the police force is deep and wide," he said.
Human Rights Watch, in a report titled "High Stakes: Political Violence and the 2013 Elections in Kenya," released earlier this month, says police shortcomings are highlighted by the continuing rural violence that in 2012 and early 2013 that has claimed more than 477 lives and displaced about 118,000 people.
"Many of these incidents have been linked to pre-election maneuvering as local politicians mobilize support. The police and other authorities have repeatedly failed to prevent the violence or hold those responsible to account," the rights groups said.
During violent clashes in 2012 and early 2013 the police frequently failed to intervene and when they did, they often used excessive and indiscriminate force, Human Rights Watch said.
Amnesty International at the end of January criticized the pace of reforms in the police force and cast doubt on its preparedness to handle possible violence during the or after the elections.
"The laws guiding the police reform have not been put into practice in time for the general elections. As a result, the very same policing structures blamed by many for serious human rights violations during the 2007-2008 post-election violence remain in place for the 2013 elections," Amnesty International said in the report titled "Police Reform in Kenya: A Drop in the Ocean."
The National Police Service Inspector General David Kimaiyo said Wednesday that the police are ready to tackle any challenges that may be presented by the elections.
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Susan Sarandon's Manhattan Apartment Burglarized, Laptop and Jewelry Stolen
The actress was not in town when a laptop, camera and jewelry were stolen from her home, according to police
Susan Sarandon's Manhattan home was burglarized late Saturday night, the New York Police Department confirms to PEOPLE.
Among the items stolen were a camera, a laptop and some of the actress's jewelry.
Sarandon, 67, is currently out of town; however, her son Miles Robbins, 22, was at the house on Saturday and stepped out for the evening between 8 and 9 p.m., authorities say.
When he returned around 3:30 a.m., Miles realized someone had been inside the home and called police, who believe the intruder likely entered the home through a terrace window or door.
The total value of the property stolen is still unknown as authorities are waiting for Sarandon to return home and asses her belongings.
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Career mechanic Chad Helman spent about $3,500 for travel, licensing and rights to an eight-day hunt for whitetail deer in west-central Illinois, 700 miles from home.
Career mechanic Chad Helman spent about $3,500 for travel, licensing and rights to an eight-day hunt for whitetail deer in west-central Illinois, 700 miles from home.
'You can't get any of these back home,' the Pennsylvania man said, pointing and raising his glance to the walls of the dining hall in the rural Roseville home where he was staying.
Ten preserved buck mounts, with a minimum of eight-point antlers and stories and body sizes more impressive, stared into the room.
'We come after mature bucks,' fellow Pennsylvania hunter Dusty Freeman said. 'That's the main thing.'
Freeman and Helman are among 57 hunters to stay in the home of Bob and Elaine Lowry during parts of the archery and firearm deer seasons this fall. The Lowrys own Warren County Whitetails, an outfitting business. They sell hunting packages to hunters, primarily from Pennsylvania, who want to shoot big, story-telling trophy bucks in parts of the 1,400 acres of western Illinois land they either own or lease from local landowners. They come here because the bucks are big. Illinois ranks No. 1 in non-typical-antlered record bucks and No. 2 in typical-antlered record bucks since Boone & Crockett Club began recording large whitetail deer in North America in 1830.
The retired Roseville High School teachers talk openly about the business, unlike some other outfitters who declined interviews. The teacher in them wants to teach others about alternative sources of income from the land, a topic that was part of Bob's classroom instruction.
They know some people don't like outfitters. They've read the bumper stickers, 'Save a buck, shoot an outfitter.' Opponents say outfitters are taking away the hunting privilege for local hunters who say they cannot afford the costs to pay to hunt through an outfitter or landowner or their financial priorities are elsewhere.
Still, hunting here has so much demand that Bob passes on business to other local outfitters or turns away customers.
Hunting vacationers
Vacationers pay for prettier beaches in Florida and breathtaking mountain views in Colorado. The chance to hunt for big deer in Illinois is no different to some avid hunters. Paying for the privilege to hunt deer in big deer country is a vacation.
'A lot of guys save up all their money to come out here,' Bob said. 'Statistics have shown west-central Illinois and parts of Canada have the largest whitetail deer body sizes.'
The caravan of hunting vacationers is apparent on Interstates 70 and 74 this time of year, the eastern U.S. hunters say.
'When you see five guys in a four-wheel drive heading west or east, you pretty much know what they're doing,' said Dewey Freeman, a 22-year hunter from Pennsylvania, who hunts at Warren County Whitetails.
Many traveling here have purchased hunting packages. The costs vary from $1,500 to around $4,000 for five- to nine-day deer hunts. The Lowrys charge $1,500 for five-day archery hunts and $2,500 for an eight-day hunt that includes archery deer hunting and one of the firearm deer hunting weekends.
Outfitting business Performance Outdoors, which owns the motel at the junction of Illinois 41 and 116 south of Abingdon, charges between $1,600, for a six-day, guided archery hunt, to just short of $4,000 for a guided nine-day archery and firearm hunt in five local counties, including Knox and Warren, according to its Web site.
Some have called it a rich man's sport. But the group of eight Pennsylvania men the Lowrys lodged and guided the week of Nov. 11 are lifelong hunters and seemingly average, blue-collar guys. They make this hunting trip a financial priority.
Dewey and brother Dusty in the group work at a machine shop and save money to hunt in Illinois. Their dad works overtime at a factory that builds military vehicles to pay for the annual trip. Friend Chad said he uses a Christmas club account at his bank to fund the getaway.
The archery and firearm hunting package cost them $2,500 each, state licensing another $800, roundtrip fuel about $100 each, and motel and food expenses added during their travel bring the total near $3,500 apiece. That's before processing meat from a deer they may harvest or having a taxidermed mount made.
And they plan to do it again next year.
'You save all year for it,' said Dusty, who has hunted here eight years.
Business management
Bob, a 60-year hunter, and wife Elaine are selling the experience as much as the hunt at Warren County Whitetails because any hunter will tell you he may not successfully harvest a deer during an outing. Through the last deer season, 67 percent of their hunters shot a deer, though some were not recovered. Eight of 10 hunters in their first firearm season this year harvested bucks.
The Lowrys have outfitted since 1996 and have become instructors at the annual Fee Hunting Workshop in Lewistown.
'When we started we were the only outfitter in the area. I know nine of them now,' Bob said. 'I would like to see more local landowner outfitters.'
That way the profits stay local. Eight outfitters from Abingdon, Gilson, Avon, Kirkwood and Roseville were registered with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources as of Sept. 25. Some outfitters operate here from out of the area or out of state.
The Lowrys say successful outfitting businesses have people skills, access to huntable acres, a strong work ethic, organizational skills and deer management knowledge. Customers also need a place to sleep, bathe, eat and store equipment, whether at your home or a nearby hotel or restaurant.
They offer hunting packages for deer season in the fall and turkey season in the spring. Off-season activities include permitting, managing trails and food plots, trimming limbs for shooting lanes, obtaining contract signatures, setting payment schedules and completing outfitter applications for the state.
That's why every hunter likes to return. The hunters say they like the deer, good meals, success and hospitality. They have hunted out of campers and hotel rooms before. This is convenient and more hospitable.
Outfitting Business Grows
Nearly 100 more outfitters have registered in Illinois since the state began licensing them in 2003. Outfitters are state-licensed businesses that sell several-day hunting packages to hunters and provide services such as hunt guides, equipment, hunting advice and transportation to and from the field.
2007: 280
2006: 270
2005: 275
2004: 216
2003: 179
Area Outfitters
Eight outfitters are listed with the state as operating their business in Knox and/or Warren counties.
Backwoods Whitetails, Avon
Buckhorn Outfitters, Alma, Ga.
Carner Farms, Kirkwood
Corn Crib Outfitters, Abingdon
Ferris Woods Whitetail, Gilson
Performance Outdoors, Eagle, Colo.
Swan Creek Outfitters, South Elgin
Warren County Whitetails, Roseville
Source: Illinois Department of Natural Resources


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Fittingly, Southampton born Neil Bartlett becomes the first ever 'Latter Day Saint', he won 35.34% of the 282 votes, beating Phil Parkinson (33.19%), Patrick Colleter (20.26%) and Chris Perry (11.21%).
Bartlett will always go down in the vaults of footballing history categorised in the 'What might have been?' section.
Seemingly with the world at his feet the midfielder soon crashed and burned, with barely a handful of first team appearances to show for his time as a pro.
Such was his foreseen potential and talent, he was referred to by journalists in the early 90's as the 'next Gazza'. I distinctly remember buying the football sticker book, which must have been for season 92/93 or 93/94 and in the opening few pages it had a section called 'Rising Stars', there was a place for Bartlett's sticker right there.
It was 1992/93 that Ian Branfoot gave Bartlett his first chance, handing him a debut off the bench in a 0-1 home defeat to Manchester City. The then 18 year old Bartlett (at the time the youngest ever to play for Saints) was brought on for Tommy Widdrington in the 71st minute.
The following season looked good for Bartlett, gaining his full debut in Saints first win of the season, 5-1 over newly promoted Swindon Town. It was Bartlett's cross that provided Matt Le Tissier with the opportunity to open the scoring in the 12th minute, and Bartlett played until the 68th when he was replaced by Nicky Banger.
Bartlett kept his place and played his first full 90 minutes in the visit of Manchester United, but Saints were beaten 1-3. Bartlett remained in and around the first team for the next three consecutive games before being dropped for new arrival Paul Allen in September. Bartlett eventually found himself either an unused substitute and then out of the squad altogether, making his final Saints appearance as a half time replacement for Iain Dowie in a home defeat to QPR in the December.
Bartlett lasted exactly another year at the club, but without making another first team appearance. He spent the majority of his career in non-league football playing for Fareham Town, BK Hacken, Bashley, Hereford United, Newport County, Newport IOW, Salisbury City, Hastings Town, Lymington Town, New Milton Town, Tring Town, Bath City, Shildon, Ballyclare Comrades and Institute. Most of this was while serving in the Princesss of Wales Royal Regiment, British Army, where he also played football up to Combined Services level.
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Oliver, who filled in for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show over the summer, with executive-produce the series along with Tim Carvell, James Taylor and Jon Thoday. Liz Stanton will produce.
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It's another honor for Taylor Swift. The country music superstar has been crowned "Woman of the Year" by Billboard magazine.
The 21-year-old multiplatinum singer-songwriter is the youngest to receive the award, which has gone to Beyonce, Reba McEntire and Fergie.
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It's the latest honor for Swift, who became the youngest person to win the Grammy for best album for "Fearless" in 2010. She has also won several ACM, CMA and AMA awards.
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ZURICH - Credit Suisse's chief executive will hit back at allegations the Swiss bank was a willing accomplice in US tax evasion on Wednesday, blaming instead a small group of its private bankers for helping Americans conceal their wealth.
Brady Dougan will tell US senators that Credit Suisse only uncovered "scattered evidence" of improper conduct, and its top managers were not aware that a small group of Swiss-based private bankers helped US customers hide income and assets.
"We deeply regret that - despite the industry-leading compliance measures we have put in place - before 2009, some Credit Suisse private bankers appear to have violated US law," Dougan said in prepared remarks, released before his appearance later on Wednesday in front of a US Senate subcommittee on offshore tax evasion.
"The evidence showed that some Swiss-based private bankers went to great lengths to disguise their bad conduct from Credit Suisse executive management."
Credit Suisse has been accused by US senators of helping American customers dodge taxes with a variety of tactics, including creating offshore shell entities, falsifying visa applications and establishing a branch at Zurich airport, where wealthy US clients could fly in, conduct their banking and leave.
One Credit Suisse banker even handed account statements to a client tucked inside a Sports Illustrated magazine, according to a scathing report released by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Tuesday.
In his testimony, Dougan disputes some of the methods used and some of the finding of the Senate report, saying the subcommittee improperly assumed every US client held in Switzerland was hidden from the US government.
The report said that in 2006, Credit Suisse held 22,000 accounts from US customers worth 12 billion Swiss francs (S$17.08 billion).
Switzerland's private banking model has been rattled to its core by the US crackdown on tax evasion. Credit Suisse's arch-rival UBS admitted to helping US taxpayers hide money from the tax man and paid a $780 million fine in 2009.
Evidence culled from the UBS probe as well as thousands of Americans coming forward under a tax amnesty in the United States has fed a second wave of investigation, which has ensnared Credit Suisse and 13 other large Swiss banks.
Credit Suisse shares were down 2 per cent in Zurich. "The market is very focused on the recent news flow and jittery over the CEO's testimony to the Senate later today. He's probably in for a rough ride as the US politicians clamour to score points," said Mike Ingram, analyst at BGC Partners.
Dougan said the bank had implemented a raft of new policies, including requiring US customers to prove tax compliance and tightening US travel policy for its Swiss-based private bankers.
He also said Credit Suisse had cooperated with US authorities as fully as possible under Swiss law and had supported transparency efforts such as the Foreign Account Compliance Act in the United States.
Dougan said Credit Suisse had come in for harsh criticism at home for its cooperation with US authorities. "We are fighting Swiss lawsuits trying to prevent our delivery of information to US authorities," he said. "These are not the actions of an institution flouting US law enforcement or hiding behind Swiss law."
Since the US crackdown on tax evasion, Switzerland's private banks have suffered outflows of funds from clients in western Europe.
In addition to the tax evasion issue, the Senate report also raised questions about the way Credit Suisse recognised new inflows of money into its private bank in 2012, which it said bolstered the private bank's financial performance.
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Boston: After nearly six years trying to become president, Mitt Romney conceded he had lost to President Barack Obama early Wednesday morning, declaring that "this election is over, but our principles endure."
"I believe in America," Romney said one final time, repeating his campaign's slogan, decided long ago. "I so wish that I had been able to fulfil your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. But the nation chose another leader."
The former Massachusetts governor lost the race after nearly 17 months of fighting, gritting through a prolonged primary and enduring a summer of Democratic ads pummelling the business record that was the centerpiece of his candidacy. He ran as the man with the right resume to fix the nation's struggling economy at a time when voters said that's exactly what they were most worried about.
It wasn't enough.
Romney ended the night surrounded by his family, his wife and five sons joining him on stage after his speech at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Centre. He hugged each son, working his way down the line, before he and wife Ann waved one last time and disappeared.
Off to the side, dozens of his senior advisers embraced, their faces drawn. Some were crying.
"It was close," said Stuart Stevens, Romney's senior strategist and constant companion on the campaign trail.
The popular vote was close indeed, with Obama leading 49.5 per cent to 49 per cent as Romney conceded. But the battleground state fight for 270 electoral college votes wasn't close at all.
Obama won nearly all of the swing states that the two had fought over: Ohio, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada and Virginia. Romney won North Carolina. Florida remained too close to call when Romney conceded. Obama won at least 303 Electoral College votes, while Romney carried at least 203.
Romney also lost states that his campaign had tried to put in play in the concluding weeks, including Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
In the immediate aftermath of the loss, Republicans campaign officials conceded they had serious concerns about Romney's path to victory even before Superstorm Sandy struck. And their internal polls showed that Obama's standing improved in the days after the storm.
In the end, Romney officials said they underestimated the level of turnout from Obama's supporters. And they didn't anticipate surging African-American turnout, which exceeded its 2008 levels in some places, such as Virginia, they said.
The crowd of supporters and donors that met Romney at his election event in Boston was subdued. Dejected supporters milled around the ballroom where Romney had planned to declare victory, some sitting or even lying down on the purple carpet as state after state was called for Obama.
They cheered the win in North Carolina, which Obama captured four years ago. But it was a rare prize. Almost all Romney staffers expressed shock or surprise that so many states had backed Obama.
Romney had been watching the returns in a nearby hotel, surrounded by his sons and 16 of his 18 grandchildren. Running mate Paul Ryan, in the same hotel, watched with his family.
"Paul and I have left everything on the field. We have given our all to this campaign," Romney said as he conceded.
The address was brief, just over 650 words long. He told reporters earlier Tuesday that he had written a 1,118-word victory speech that he thought would conclude his quest for the presidency.
Romney said he had no regrets no matter the outcome. He lost his 2008 bid for the Republican nomination to John McCain. After that run, his wife vowed she would never do it again. Eventually, she changed her mind.
"We're grateful that she convinced him to get into the race because we know that my dad has been uniquely prepared," said Romney's youngest son, Craig, as he addressed supporters early Tuesday evening.
As the state calls came in, and critical Ohio was called for Obama, Romney initially hesitated. He was set to leave his hotel to make the short drive to the ballroom where his event awaited. But then he held back. He waited nearly an additional hour. Aides quietly spread word he would step to the podium at 12:55 a.m.
His speech took less than six minutes. It ended as Romney's speeches almost always do.
"Thank you," he said. "Thanks, guys."


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So after all this 'bee talk', I went to an electronics store for home theater equipment, and left with the Bee Movie. And a good movie it is! Jerry Seinfeld is fantastic as a dubbing artist, Larry King makes an appearance on Bee-N.N., and a couple of songs from the Jaane Tu... soundtrack would surely be a great complement to this love affair! :o)
The song Shehar Ki Ladki (watch it at this link) from Rakshak (1996) would be perfect for Barry Benson (the bee) to impress his lady love, the New York City gal Vanessa...over the radio, perhaps? If he wanted to be a little more self-centered, perhaps singing 'Shehed Ki Makkhi' (honey bee) to the Shehar Ki Ladki tune might work?
Hoping we shall soon see quality animated films with Bollywood connections. I am expecting good things from Toonpur Ka Superhero releasing in November. Here is more information on the film, in which Ajay Devgan and Kajol are involved too. Sweet!
Speaking of 'sweet'...came across two new commercials of Monaco by the Indian biscuit manufacturer and confectioner Parle. Monaco and Parle-G are two of the most iconic biscuits (or cookies or crackers as we refer to them in the U.S., not to be confused with the biscuits served as hot baked products) in India, and my favorite as a child, during homework hours every evening. Think of Monaco as India's equivalent of Nabisco Ritz crackers, which I have grown to like at wine and cheese receptions here. =)
So when I saw my favorite actor Aamir Khan in commercials for Monaco, I had to share them! The person behind the counter at my local raashan waala (grocery store) in Bombay used to pronounce the 'na' in the word as 'Monaaco' as in naaraaz (disappointed), and not as in 'Monaco Grand Prix'. I'll try to have a post on raashan-waalas soon (they have made their share of appearances in Hindi films), since I was always fascinated by my trips to the independently-owned grocery stores. There was a good kind of inconsistency about them that franchised grocery stores cannot match.
Enjoy these commercials. And remember, life namkeen banaiye (make life salted/sweet)! They ought to have placed their products in something like Cheeni Kum (2007), which in turn, might have used Sugar Sugar by The Archies (watch it here)!
Image sources: Bee Movie, Haagen Dazs, IndiaFM, Parle.


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I swear it's not an oxymoron, the Chota (which means 'little' in Hindi/Urdu) and Akbar (which means 'great' in Arabic/Urdu) used in the title for the same person (ahem, or toy). Having some fun with the Lego characters at my desk just a while ago, and I felt inspired to create my own Bollywood-inspired Lego character. So, here is the result. In all his royal glory, and ever-willing to put his life on the line and fight the evil forces to save his Mini-land Hindustan.
Presenting Chota Akbar! (that 'chota' rhymes well with 'Jodhaa' is a pure coincidence). And yes, he is inspired by Hrithik Roshan in Jodhaa Akbar (2008). Complete with the helmet, mustache, sideburns, armor, sword and shield. Do excuse the blue colored armor. I felt rather lazy to go into my stash of over two decades worth of collecting Lego (that I make a point to carry with me wherever I move to) to find dark gray or silver armor. =)
Presenting Chhota Akbar...inspired by Jodhaa Akbar
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Adab theBollywoodFan!
Chota Akbar, may I present you Jodhaa, she's the one here pictured in red, but you can have them all.
See on my tour of Fatepur Sikri, one of Akbar's abodes, I found out that he had a few wives. Take your pick, though I believe that Chota Akbar would have the class to select sirf ek!
All the best!
- Monday, January 26, 2009
- theBollywoodFan said...
Again, that's a great post, Sita-ji!
Chhota Akbar says, "I'm all for Akbar's ruling ethic, but Chhota Akbar ke paas zyaada class hai -- he does indeed have more class -- to go for sirf ek! Hindustan zindabad!!! (**Lego pet elephant trumpets in approval**).
- Monday, January 26, 2009


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Destroy lab stocks of eradicated cattle disease, OIE says
Most remaining laboratory stocks of a devastating cattle disease should be destroyed to ensure the eradicated virus is not back into nature, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said Monday.
"If someone laid their hands on an eradicated virus it could cause a global disaster," OIE chief Bernard Vallat said.
The OIE announced last year the eradication of the viciously contagious and often fatal rinderpest virus, also known as cattle plague, making it only the second virus after smallpox in humans ever to be expunged from living beings.
The problem, Vallat told AFP after speaking at a Biological Weapons Convention meeting in Geneva, is that dozens of laboratories around the world still have samples of the virus, which has been a curse to livestock farmers throughout the ages and which has often contributed to famines that in turn have fuelled turbulence and war.
"Among these laboratories, there are some that are not at all in line with safe bio-security standards," he said, pointing out that there is a risk the virus, by accident or intentionally, "could find itself back in nature and could start killing again."
If the virus were to reappear it could spread like wildfire among livestock that is no longer vaccinated against it, he said.
To ensure that the world remains free from the disease, Vallat said his organisation was calling on all countries to either destroy their remaining stocks of the virus or to transfer their stocks to approved reference labs.
The OIE and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had called for a moratorium on all research using the live rinderpest virus, he said.
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Born in 1949, Slavoj Cicek is one of the influential philosophers in the radical left and American camps. Inspired by Hagel, Marx, and Lacan, he has published numerous books, including Le specter rôde toujours (2002), Le Sujet qui fârage (2007) and La Nouvelle Lutte des lessons. The Real Reasons for Refugees and Terrorism "(2016).
Many left and liberal commentators have mentioned how coronavirus epidemic serves to justify and legitimize the means of control and regulation of populations that, until now, were impossible to imagine in a Western democratic society; Isn't the whole of Italy's enduring colony a totalitarian fantasy? Not surprisingly, China (which was already extensively using new technologies) for social control purposes) it turns out that it is best equipped to withstand a catastrophic epidemic – at least judging by what the situation is now. This means that China embodies our future, at least in some ways. Are we entering a state of emergency so that the analyzes of Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben will gain new relevance?
It is not surprising that Agamben himself came to this conclusion, responding to the epidemic by the vast majority of commentators. Sorry "Scary, irrational and completely unjustified emergency measures for the alleged epidemic"talking about him as a type of flu, he asks the following question: "Why are the media and authorities trying to spread a climate of panic, creating a real state of emergency with restrictions on mobility and disrupting normal living and working conditions across the region? ? » In his opinion, the main reason for a disproportionate response should be in his opinion "Increasing Tendency to Use Emergency as a Normal Paradigm for Government"."We are all in the same ship, and her name is the diamond princess", Slavic Fitch
It is true that our freedoms are viewed in the present conditions seriously limited simple orders. Proportion (of such events), continues Agamben, fIt is obvious that what, according to CNR (1), is a normal flu, which is slightly different from what is repeated every year, is obvious. Terrorism, thought to have been exhausted as a result of extraordinary measures, appears to be the ideal pretext for spreading them across borders. » But Agamben sees the second reason for such asymmetry. "A state of fear that has become evident in the minds of individuals in recent years, leading to a real need for collective panic situations, for which the epidemic once again offers an ideal pretext. »
State flight.
Agamben describes the important aspect of the state's current oversight of work, but some questions remain unanswered. Why should state authorities be interested in giving in to such panic, which is accompanied by distrust in its place, and which, moreover, seriously impedes capital reproduction, who loves liquidity? Are capital and state power interested in renewing their power in the cause of the global economic crisis? Are the obvious signs that the state power itself, and not just the "ordinary people", panicked, aware of their inability to control the situation, simply fleeing?
In Italy, since March 8, Milan, like the rest of Lombardy, is in quarantine. Roadside checks apply a traffic ban. (CARLO COZZOLI / IPA / ABCAPRESS.COM)
Agamben's response is just the extreme form of left-wing widely used commentary. "Excessive panic" virus as a mixture of organized social surveillance and unhealthy racism ("Sinful Nature or China"); but such an interpretation does not remove the reality of the threat. Does this reality make us reduce our freedoms? Quarantines and other remedies of this kind obviously limit them, and we need a new Assange here to highlight their possible abuses. But the threat of a viral infection has also sharply raised new forms of local and global solidarity, and this has clearly demonstrated the need to control political power. People have the right to maintain the state of accounting for the situation. You have the power, so now show what you can do. The challenge for Europe is to show that what China has done can be done in a more transparent and democratic way. "China, writes sociologist Benjamin Bratton, has implemented measures that Western Europe and the United States are unlikely to tolerate, perhaps at their expense. To put it simply, it is incorrect to interpret all forms of detection and modeling as such «control» and any active management like that «social control». We need more and more sophisticated vocabulary for social intervention. »
It all depends on what "More Elegant Vocabulary" The measures required by the epidemic should not automatically turn into an ordinary surveillance and control paradigm as it has been popularized by thinkers like Foucault (2). What I'm afraid of today, more than the measures used by China (and Italy, etc.), is that they are applied through a vocabulary that will not work and will not contain an epidemic, and I I also fear that the authorities are manipulating and hiding the real data.
Solidarity of present times
Alt-right (3) as: False Left – The "left" false – refuses to accept the full reality of the epidemic, each sweetening it by doing a little exercise in social-constructivist reductionism, that is, condemning it for its social significance. Trump and his supporters have repeatedly insisted that the epidemic is a conspiracy by the Democrats and China, while some, on the left, condemn the measures proposed by states and the public health administration, accusing them in particular of xenophobia (we will then insist). This attitude forbids us to understand that the form of solidarity of the present times is expressed precisely so that others' hands will not be shaken and, if necessary, isolated.
Content and coronavirus. The problem of "social distance"
Who today can afford to shake hands and kiss others? The privilege. Boccaccio's Decameron consists of stories told of seven young women and three young men who found refuge in an isolated house outside Florence to escape the plague. Members of the financial elite will retreat to distant lands and distract themselves by telling Decameron-style stories, while ordinary people will have to live with viruses every day. (Extremely rich people are already rushing to the small Caribbean islands that are reserved exclusively for them by private jet.)
On the evening of March 13 and until further notice, the Eiffel Tower is closed to the public. (THOMAS SAMSON / AFP)
What annoys me most is the way in which our media outlets announce closures or cancellations of demonstrations, most often matching this information to the exact timeline, type "Schools will be closed by April 4". Here, and hopefully, is that after crossing the peak, things will return to normal as soon as possible. But even if it returns to normal, it will no longer be normal. We will no longer accept the accepted things that we considered to be: we will now have to learn to lead a more fragile, threatening existence. We will have to completely change our attitude about our lives as human beings living other forms of life. In other words, if we take into account that the word "philosophy" denotes our fundamental orientation of existence, then we will have to carry out a valid philosophical revolution.
The philosophy of the virus
It could be said that "the mind is a virus". Isn't the human mind a kind of virus that comes to paralyze, exploit human beings, put it into service of its own reproduction, and which, at times, threatens to destroy it? And let's not forget, because the medium of thought is a language, that language, at its highest level, is also a mechanical thing. Are language rules that you should learn and follow? Richard Dawkins claims that memes are (4) Myth Virus, parasitic entities which: "Colonize" human power using it to multiply – an idea first put forward by Leo Tolstoy.
Pascal Peak. "Kovid-19 emerges at the base of civilization that disregards nature"
The basic concept of Tolstoy's anthropology is infection. The human subject is a passive and empty environment, infected with cultural elements that are charged with influences that, like infectious basil, spread from one individual to another. And Tolstoy does not oppose this spread of authentic infectious infections with authentic spiritual autonomy, nor does he offer a heroic vision consisting of nurturing himself until he becomes an autonomous and mature moral object, freeing himself from infectious bacilli. The only fight is between good and bad infections. Christianity itself is an infection, though it is, in Tolstoy's view, a good infection.
Translated from the English by Frederick J Foley
(1) The Italian equivalent of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNRS.(2) in particular in Monitor and Punishment (1975), which describes prison and its ideological justifications.(3) The "right-wing" ("alternative right") embodies the American far-right Steve Bannon.(4) "Egypt" is the idea of the "best-selling geneticist of the 1970s" (American "bestseller of the 1970s") by American biologist Richard Dawkins, which means "a piece of information contained within the brain that is interchangeable inside." society. "
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Red Sox - 000 300 000 - 3 9 0J.D. Drew crushed a two-run bomb to dead center in the fourth -- following a Kevin Youkilis single, a David Ortiz double, and an Adrian Beltre RBI groundout -- but the bullpen crumbled in the eighth.
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Hideki Okajima gave up a double to David DeJesus to start the inning and Scott Podsednik bunted him to third. Daniel Bard came in and walked Alberto Callaspo. Bard struck out Billy Butler for the second out, but pinch-runner Willie Bloomquist stole second. Rick Ankiel then flaired a broken-bat single over shortstop to bring in the tying and go-ahead runs. It was Bard's second blown save of the young season.
Ankiel went 4-for-4, with two singles, a double, a home run, and 3 RBI. He and Butler went back-to-back off consecutive Wakefield (7-6-2-1-6, 96) pitches in the sixth.
Mike Cameron singled off Joakim Soria in the top of the ninth. Marco SCutaro sacrificed him to second, but Jacoby Ellsbury struck out on three pitches and Dustin Pedroia battled through a nine-pitch at-bat (with six foul balls) before flying to right.
The Rays beat the Yankees 9-3; Mark Teixeira is 0-for-16.
Tim Wakefield / Kyle Davies
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At 43 years and 250 days old, Tim Wakefield will become the oldest Red Sox pitcher ever to start a game when he takes the hill against the Royals tonight. He would pass David Wells, who was 43 years, 98 days old in his last start for the club in 2006.Wakefield will pass Eck with his first start on or after July 27.
The only Boston hurler to appear in a game at an older age is Dennis Eckersley, who was 43 years, 358 days old in his last appearance for the team in 1998.
The Westmoreland family released a statement today.
Weekend starters:
Saturday: Josh Beckett / Zack Greinke, 7 PM
Sunday: Clay Buchholz / Gil Meche, 2 PM


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The city of Staunton, Va., made a user-driven decision to abandon its BlackBerrys.
This past December, IT officials in Staunton, Va., credited as the birthplace of the city manager form of municipal government, realized it was time for a new mobile device solution for their users. The department commissioned a new back-end mobile device management (MDM) system and transitioned from supporting an environment of 25 BlackBerrys to 40 Samsung Galaxy S II devices.
For Staunton, a small city with a population nearing 25,000, the time frame was immediate. The city chose Santa Clara, Calif.-based Amtel as its implementation vendor, according to Chief Technology Officer Kurt Plowman, because the company stood ready to meet the deadline.
"We had a lot of folks who had been asking for smartphone technology capabilities and didn't want to go the BlackBerry route. Our server was getting old and dilapidated and it was time to do something new and different," Plowman said. BlackBerrys had served the city's needs until then, in part because of the amount of control IT officials had over how they were used. "Being in IT, we tend to be control freak people and just getting a device and letting the end user run with it scared me a little bit," he said.
To set their minds at ease regarding their ability to protect their digital ecosystem, the city officials sought a replacement to their BlackBerrys that offered sophisticated app controls and features like remote wipe.
After looking at five or six different solutions, they selected a vendor who committed to turning their order around in 10 days. By day seven, Plowman said, it became clear the vendor would not be able to deliver the product as promised. That's when they went to Amtel. City officials placed a phone call on a Saturday morning, and by Monday, the city had a working deployment.
One of the biggest changes they noted coming from their old BlackBerry system, Plowman said, was the huge number of features available. "The capabilities are much more extensive than what we're currently using," he said.
Looking back, the city's main concern about the switch, he said, was getting things running quickly and smoothly without disrupting security or creating new problems by introducing too much to the users at once.
"Some of these users have never had a smartphone," he explained. As users become more comfortable with the phones and administrators master the MDM system, they'll begin rolling out more features. For now, the city prefers a controlled system to a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) setup.
Plowman doesn't rule out the possibility of a BYOD policy for Staunton employees in the future, though. "We've wrestled with that," he explained. "We have a lot of users who don't have city-owned devices who still want access to the tools and the software. But the city isn't ready to manage many different kinds of devices and everything that does along with that."
Despite the learning curve, the city is "extremely happy" with itsnew devices and MDM software as well as the service and support from Amtel. "We have a lot more room to grow with the tool as we learn to use these new features as we go on," he said.
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Edward Cullen sightings in Missouri
Dear Twilight,
Earlier in the year we heard from Jessica about a phenomenon occurring in Blue Springs, Missouri:
While shopping at my local grocery store this weekend I noticed a display of my newest sweet tooth craving…. Twizzlers. As I walked around the rather large display to the front of it, I noticed something, NAY, some one shares the same affinity as myself for the awesome red candy!
It is important to add that this is a full size cutout standing in the middle of all these boxes, and somehow I doubt that Twizzlers would be the product of choice were he to have a say in the matter…
It's not the only appearance he has made. The other week he was selling Sun Drop soda! I sign next to him says "A drop of sun will make you sparkle like me."
And a few weeks later Jessica wrote again:
Our Edward has made another appearance. This time he isn't selling anything, just looking down from the 2nd floor balcony with a Justin Beiber cutout next to him. It's funny because birds like to find their way into the store and their new favorite perch is Edward's head…. My dad said to the cashier the other day "There's a little pecker on Edward's head." Kudos to dad for knowing who he is… Epic fail for the cashier who didn't even crack a smile.
But then sadly:
Bad news… Edward was shat upon and has therefore been sequestered into an interior chamber at the store for cleaning. I know cardboard is not submersible but I could possibly come up with some sort of moisture barrier… I will keep you updated on any sightings henceforth as now that he is sparkling (hehe) clean, they will for sure want to show him off somehow. I have an idea, he could sell us dog treats! I must phone the grocery store at once!
The sighting in Blue springs got me thinking about all the places I've seen Edward: Hot Topic & FYE music store in the mall (Did I ever tell you about the time that the mall cops yelled at me for taking a picture of the cutout in Hot Topic (This was before I knew what "normal" was!) and made me delete it from my phone? (I tweeted it quickly first. I rule) And Edward is, of course, in the background of all the pictures you all send us of your bedrooms (don't TRY To tell me that you're teenage daughters room!) But I don't see Edward in NEAR enough places! I live in a MAJOR CITY. Edward should be all over the place. Like the Rocky Statue:
(True story: I've never seen it. I don't care) Or on top of city hall, hanging with William Penn:
And a TON more people would visit the Liberty Bell if Edward was nearby:
And I'd SERIOUSLY reconsider my 10 year foray as a vegetarian & partake in a Philly cheesesteak if Edward was selling them!
Has Edward been anywhere interesting in YOUR town? Think the marketing gal (obviously!) at the grocery store in Blue Springs, MO is an LTT reader? Where have you spotted one of the Twi-charcters cut outs!?
After the jump, an important announcement! Continue…
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Blown Introduction Webcast
Blown Introduction Webcast
The whole TM serve farm was swamped. Took 45 min to get back online. The video of the reveal stayed up for ½ hr.
TM's IT facilities and resources are indeed 2nd rate. Not a priority, I guess.
typo: "server farm"
I won't say "I told you so..." But I started a thread months ago ["If the Tesla website is anything like the Model S firmware, we're doomed"] about my concern of the inadequacy of the Tesla website infrastructure and how that may relate to their vehicular software.
Pathetic is being kind.
They are spending millions of dollars on showrooms, but not even pennies on their website...which will really reach more buyers???
Pitiful may be more accurate.
Well, those few seconds I managed to watch the streaming-event was well worth it. I am definitely going for a 4-WD.
My old SUZUKI Vitara will have to last for a while longer. (ok ok, the Roadster will do all my summer-miles ) But it will be a long waiting-for !
Market is killing Tesla today.
I stayed up late to watch the webcast but gave up after around 20 minutes of being unable to get on. Not a good omen!
I was hoping they would broadcast it through ustream or one of these services instead of trying to handle it through their own inadequate infrastructure. Very embarrassing.
This is certainly not helping my view of Tesla. I want to like this company and I am an S reservation holder but after this complete marketing failure (they even sent emails out to come see the live broadcast), I am very disappointed. And I am not even talking about the Model X design yet....
It is unfortunate that the webcast was a disaster. That said, Model X is a cool looking car and should do well for Tesla, as they continue to extend their portfolio.
Go to YouTube and search for the Tesla Model X to find 4 videos that show the entire presentation. Looked great except for the fact that they struggled with trying to get the Frunk open. It never opened.
The Frunk did open after the presentation. It can be seen at the end of the video on Tesla's video account on Vimeo.
Some folks called this weeks ago. The Tesla site creaks and groans just under our board and the design studio usage.
It was apparent that this was goign to be a dog wash when at 5 till the start we still didn't have bars and tone.
IT folk, might as well submit your resumes to Tesla. I predict some vacancies there after last night's craptacular reveal.
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IT folk, might as well submit your resumes to Tesla. I predict some vacancies there after last night's craptacular reveal."
If only. They just don't seem to want to invest more than the minimum. Very odd given Elon's b/g.
I was thinking exactly same Brian. Very low invest to IT and stuff. Throw in one car amount of money for hardware and hire couple technical IT gurus (costs a lot more than that hardware though) and this would have not been any problem whatsoever.
Anyone seen any official excuses yet? ;)
I heard that there was a bent bracket.
I understand the technological challenges involved with live webcasts. Even the folks at the TWIT network ( Leo Laporte and Co.) sometimes have difficulty streaming a live event and they are in the biz (granted they are not broadcasting from their own Space X facility!).
A dissapointment for sure however people (myself included sometimes) are being a bit too nit picky critical. I would say the rest of the Model X reveal (with the exception of frunk-gate) was warmly received by the critics. The web is saturated with Model X news. Tesla is doing a fantastic job marketing their vehicles without spending anything on advertising.
Well done Tesla
There is a kind humble integrity to what TM does. These events are informal, and not perfectly staged.
The subliminal message is that these guys are focused on their mission, and not on gloss.
Because it's a good mission, that is also very hard, even the screw-ups resonate as authentic.
To do something real and virtuous, and still do a better weekend box-office than most hollywood glitz-masters, is worthy of note.
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There is a kind of humble integrity to what TM does. These events are informal, and not perfectly staged.
The subliminal message is that these guys are focused on their mission, and not on gloss.
Because it's a good mission, that is also very hard, even their screw-ups resonate as authentic.
They're doing something real, and virtuous. Yet they did an even bigger weekend box-office than most Hollywood glitz-masters.
That is worthy of note.
If, when, TM has another online event, let's hope they learn. While it maybe "cool" to have so much traffic that it blows up your servers, this sucked for those that had several friends online during the event and had to eat humble pie.
Me too, but we found a mirror site on twitter about 30 minutes into it.


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