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Add Crash Reporting to Your Applications
Figure 1—Main Dialog
Environment: VC6, Win2K/XP
Using the CrashRpt Library in Your Application
Using the Crash Report
References and Related Links
Change History
If you've ever been tasked with debugging a fatal exception, you probably know how difficult it can be given only the user's steps to reproduce. Many factors, such as the application's version, user's operating system, and dependent modules may contribute to the eventual crash. This makes duplicating the user's environment, and thereby the crash, nearly impossible for all but the most obvious bugs.
The CrashRpt library is a lite-weight, error-handling framework. This module will intercept any unhandled exception generated by your application, build a complete debug report, and, optionally, mail the report to you.
In this article, a crash report refers to a collection of files intended to help the developer quickly diagnose the cause of a crash. Specifically, the crash report includes a minidump, a crash log, and up to ten additional application specific files supplied by the application via a crash callback. Of these, the most useful will most likely be the application minidump. The minidump contains the call stack, local variables, details all of your application's modules, and can even help pinpoint the source line number that generated the exception.
The CrashRpt DLL works like the new Dr. Watson utility that ships with XP. It intercepts unhandled exceptions, creates a minidump, builds a crash log, presents an interface to allow the user to review the crash report, and finally, it compresses and optionally e-mails the crash report back to you.
When an unhandled exception is detected, CrashRpt notifies the user and allows him to review the report contents. First, the main dialog shown above is displayed. From here, the user can enter his comments and e-mail address or review the report contents by clicking the hyperlink. This takes him to the details dialog where he is presented with the files that make up the report. Double-clicking on the filename will open that file in its associated program, if an association exists for that file type.
Figure 2—Crash Details Dialog
Once the user is satisfied, he may close the details dialog and click the 'Send' button on the main dialog, which will e-mail the complete crash report to you.
Using the CrashRpt library in Your Application
Building the library
Download and unzip the source code attached to this article. Open the complete.dsw workspace located in the top level directory. This workspace contains the source for the two sample applications and the crashrpt library. You only need to build the crashrpt project—crashrpt.dsp.
Note: CrashRpt library uses the WTL for its GUI components, so WTL must be installed and properly configured in order to build the CrashRpt library. You can download the WTL files from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=128e26ee-2112-4cf7-b28e-7727d9a1f288&DisplayLang=en. If you're new to the WTL here is a good place to start http://www.clipcode.net/content/wtl_guide/chapter1.htm.
Note: CrashRpt library uses Microsoft's Debug Help library (dbghelp.dll). The proper h and lib files must be installed and properly configured in order to build the CrashRpt library. These files are availble in the Debugging SDK, which can be downloaded here http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/debugging/default.asp (be sure to select the SDK setup option).
After the build completes, you should end up with the following:
crashrpt\include crashrpt.h crashrpt\bin\debug or crashrpt\bin\release crashrpt.dll crashrpt\lib crashrpt.lib crashrpt\src [all source files...]
Linking against the library
To implicitly link against the library, you need to include the crashrpt.h file and link in the crashrpt.lib file. I find it easiest to add the following two lines to my main application file.
#include "[whateveryourpath]/crashrpt/include/crashrpt.h" #pragma comment(lib, "[whateveryourpath]/crashrpt/lib/crashrpt")
Figure 3—Integrating CrashRpt with your application
Initializing the library
The library needs to be initialized before it will catch any exceptions. You do this by calling the
Install method, usually from your main function. The
Install method is detailed below.
//--------------------------------------------------------------- // Install // Initializes the library and optionally set the client crash // callback andset up the email details. // // Parameters // pfn Client crash callback // lpTo Email address to send crash report // lpSubject Subject line to be used with email // // Return Values // If the function succeeds, the return value is a pointer // to the underlying crash object created. This state // information is required as the first parameter to all // other crash report functions. // // Remarks // Passing NULL for lpTo will disable the email feature and // cause the crash report to be saved to disk. // CRASHRPTAPI LPVOID Install( IN LPGETLOGFILE pfn OPTIONAL, // client crash callback IN LPCTSTR lpTo OPTIONAL, // Email:to IN LPCTSTR lpSubject OPTIONAL // Email:subject );
Figure 4—The Install() function
All of the parameters are optional. The first parameter is a pointer to a crash callback function defined as:
// Client crash callback
typedef BOOL (CALLBACK *LPGETLOGFILE) (LPVOID lpvState);
Figure 5—Client crash callback
You would define this callback only if you wanted to be notified of an application failure so you could perform some basic clean up (such as close db connections, attempt to save, and so forth). Otherwise, you can simply pass NULL for this parameter.
The second parameter defines the e-mail address you want the crash report mailed to, or NULL if you prefer the reports be saved to the user's workstation.
The third parameter is the subject line used in the generated mail message.
The Install function returns a pointer to the underlying object that implements the real functionality of this library. This value is required for all subsequent calls into the library.
If, after you have called Install, you decide to unhook the crashrpt library, you would call Uninstall.
//--------------------------------------------------------------- // Uninstall // Uninstalls the unhandled exception filter set up in // Install(). // // Parameters // lpState State information returned from Install() // // Return Values // void // // Remarks // This call is optional. The crash report library will // automatically deinitialize when the library is unloaded. // Call this function to unhook the exception filter manually. // CRASHRPTAPI void Uninstall( IN LPVOID lpState // State from Install() );
Figure 6—The Uninstall function
You would only ever call Uninstall if you decided, after calling Install, that you did not want the crashrpt library to intercept exceptions. So, basically you will probably never call this method directly.
Adding custom files to the report
The client application can, at any time, supply files to be included in the crash report by calling the AddFile function.
//--------------------------------------------------------------- // AddFile // Adds a file to the crash report. // // Parameters // lpState State information returned from Install() // lpFile Fully qualified file name // lpDesc Description of file, used by details dialog // // Return Values // void // // Remarks // This function can be called anytime after Install() // to add one or more files to the generated crash report. // CRASHRPTAPI void AddFile( IN LPVOID lpState, // State from Install() IN LPCTSTR lpFile, // File name IN LPCTSTR lpDesc // File desc );
Figure 7—The AddFile functionp
This is useful when your application uses or produces external files such as initialization files or log files. When a report is generated, it will include these additional files.
Manually generating a report
You can force report generation by calling the GenerateErrorReport. This is useful when you want to provide an easy way to gather debugging information about your application to help debug a non-fatal bug.
// GenerateErrorReport
// Generates the crash report.
// Parameters
// lpState State information returned from Install()
// pExInfo Pointer to an EXCEPTION_POINTERS structure
// Return Values
// void
// Remarks
// Call this function to manually generate a crash report.
IN LPVOID lpState,
IN PEXCEPTION_POINTERS pExInfo OPTIONAL
Figure 8—The GenerateErrorReport function
If you do not supply a valid EXCEPTION_POINTERS structure, the minidump callstack may be incomplete.
Generate debug symbols
To get the most out of the minidump, the debugger needs your application's debug symbols. By default, release builds don't generate debug symbols. You can configure VC to generate debug symbols for release builds by changing a couple of project settings.
With the release build configuration selected, on the C/C++ tab under the General category, select 'Program Database' under Debug info.
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Figure 9a—C++ Project Settings
On the Link tab under the General category, check the 'Generate debug info' option.
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Figure 9b—Link Project Settings
Now, release builds will generate debug symbols in a PDB file. Keep all executables and PDB files for each release that ships to customers. You will need these files to read minidump files in the debugger.
Using the Crash Report
Using the Crash Log
The crash log is an XML file that describes details about the crash including the type of exception, the module and offset where the exception occurred, as well as some cursory operating system and hardware information. I wrote the crash log to make it easier to catalog crashes. A crash can be uniquely identified by the module, offset, and exception code. This information could be inspected by a developer, or an automated process, and compared against previously reported problems. If a match is found, the developer, or automated process, could inform the user of the solution without having to debug the error again.
The log is divided into four different sections or nodes. The first node is ExceptionRecord, which we discussed earlier.
Figure 10—ExceptionRecord Node
Next is the Processor node, which contains a little information about the user's CPU.
Figure 11—Process Node
Next is the OperatingSystem node, which contains the user's operating system version information.
Figure 12—OperatingSystem Node
Last is the Modules node. This node contains the path, version, base address, size, and time stamp for every module loaded by the deceased application.
Figure 13—Modules Node
Using the Crash Dump File
The crash dump file is a minidump created with the help of the DbgHelp DLL's
MiniDumpWriteDump function. The minidump contains various information about the state of the application when the error occurred including the call stack, local variables, and loaded modules. For more on creating minidumps check out Andy Pennell's article.
You can view minidump files in VS.NET or the WinDbg debugger. Because WinDbg is free, I'll use it in the following example. You can download WinDbg from http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/debugging/default.asp. I'm using version 6.1.0017.0 in the example.
The sample application included with this article does nothing but generate a null pointer exception. I'll use the sample to generate a crash and demonstrate how to use the resulting minidump.
When you run the sample application, click on the bomb button to generate a null pointer exception, and save the resulting crash report. Then, extract the crash.dmp file from the crash report, launch WinDbg, and open the crash dump by pressing CTRL+D.
Next you need to set the symbol path for WinDbg with the .sympath command. Switch to the command window (ALT+1) and enter .sympath followed by a space followed by the semi-colon delimited list of directories to search.
.sympath c:\downloads\CrashRptTest
Figure 14—Setting the symbol path
Similarly, you need to set the executable and source search paths with the .exepath and .srcpath commands.
.exepath c:\downloads\CrashRptTest .srcpath c:\downloads\CrashRptTest
Figure 15—Setting the source and executable paths
The final step is to change the debugger context to the context record associated with the exception by entering the .ecxr command.
Figure 15—Setting the exception context record
If everything is configured correctly, you should now be able to walk the call stack, and see local variables and loaded modules. You can even have WinDbg highlight the offending line of code by double-clicking the
CrashRptTest frame in the Call Stack window (ALT+6). Note: The exact line number may be a little off due to linker optimizations.
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Figure 16—The Promised Land: Using WinDbg to Locate the Cause of a Null Pointer Exception
The CrashRpt library relies on a couple of redistributable libraries. To be sure, the library has access to the required files you can distribute the zlib and dbghelp I've included.
|File Version
|Crash report library
|ZLib compression library
|Microsoft debug help library
Figure 17—Redistributable Libraries
What to ship and what to save
As I mentioned earlier, to debug a crash you need not only the minidump file, but also the symbol and executable files that make up your application. When preparing a build to be released to clients, you should always save the exact executable modules you ship to clients, along with the corresponding debug symbols. This way, when a crash report comes in, you will have the modules and debug symbols that the debugger will need to properly interpret the minidump.
I've received several comments/inquiries about shipping debug builds or debug symbols. You should never ship debug builds or debug symbols as they will not only take up more space on your CD/download/client's workstation, but they will also make reverse engineering your code a trivial exercise. To be clear, what I'm suggesting is modifying your release build configuration so that it generates debug symbols, saving both the release builds of your modules and their corresponding debug symbols in your source control system, and delivering only the release builds of your modules to clients (as you do today). When a crash report comes in, you use the release build and debug symbols you archived, along with the minidump included in the crash report, to debug the crash.
Note: CrashRpt uses Microsoft's Debug Help library (dbghelp.dll). This library shipped with Windows XP, but certain versions are redistributable. I recommend you install the dbghelp.dll file, included in the source/demo attachments, along the crashrpt.dll into your application's directory to avoid the possible conflict or missing dependency issues.
A word about preferred base load addresses
Every executable module (EXE, DLL, OCX, whatever) has a preferred base load address. This is the address in the application's process space that the loader will try to map that module. If two or more modules list the same base load address, the loader will be forced to relocate the modules until each module loads at a unique address. Not only does this slow down the startup time of your application, but it also makes it impossible to debug fatal exceptions. To use the minidump file, you must ensure that your application's modules do not collide. You can use rebase.exe or manually override the preferred base load address for each conflicting module. Either way, you need to make sure that your application modules always load at the same address for the minidump file to be useful. You can find more information about this in John Robbin's April 1998 MSJ column.
References and Related Links
For additional information about topics directly related to this article, see the links below.
|Debugging Tools for Windows
|WTL Download
|ZLib Compression Library
|Reading Minidump Files with VS.NET
|John Robbins on Crash Dumps
|April 1998 MSJ Bugslayer Column
|WTL Reference
Figure 18—Useful Links
Change History03/17/2003
Major Changes
- Replaced MFC with WTL
- Changed crashrpt interface
- Major refactoring
- Updated article
Minor Changes
- Details dialog preview window now uses system defined window color instead of white.
- Directory structure not saved in zip.
- Support for use by multiple apps
- Buffer overrun error when previewing files > 32k
- Main dialog now displays app icon
- Initial release
DownloadsDownload demo project - 318 Kb
Download source - 360 Kb


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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Happy Birthday James
Posted by Jane at 3:07 PM
8 comments:
- Krista said...
So Handsome! It looks like he had a great day, although his best present came a couple of weeks ago. Peace on the field! Happy Birthday to our favorite Giants fan!
- February 16, 2012 at 3:55 PM
- Marilyn said...
That boy warms my heart! I love your blog, Jane!
- February 18, 2012 at 8:54 AM
- Katie and Jeff said...
If I EVER have a boy I want him to be like James! A total boy but so sweet!
- February 20, 2012 at 1:09 PM
- Susan said...
I second every thing you said! Oh how we love our "Jimmer"!!
- February 21, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- Katie said...
Happy Birthday Jimmer! I'll never forget eating Papa Johns pizza at the hospital the night you were born.
I especially love the picture of the two of you here - So cute!
- February 21, 2012 at 12:43 PM
- Henich Family said...
Oh how I love and adore everyone in this post. Jimmers you are a great kid....and I love that you are my daughters fist love. :)
- February 24, 2012 at 9:29 AM
- Joni said...
Happy Birthday James! Thanks for being a great friend to Dallin. You and your mom look a like! Congrats on your webelos and arrow of light!
- February 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM
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It's due on PC next year, with other platforms a possibility.
Also of note: it'll feature 4-player co-op, and like Wizorb, features art by Paul Robertson.


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Enda Walsh's play Arlington (subtitled 'A Love Story') is a story of love and oppression set in a dystopian world of entrapment, isolation and surveillance. It was first performed at Leisureland, Salthill, Galway, on 11 July 2016, as part of the 2016 Galway International Arts Festival.
The play is set in a 'realistic waiting room – of no fixed time or place'. Isla, a young woman, is trapped here, waiting for her number to be called on a prominent LED number display screen. Her only human contact is with a Young Man who sits in an adjacent control room operating the cameras that keep her under constant surveillance and listening to the stories she invents about the outside world. Both characters are victims of a tyrannical system, as is the Young Woman who, in a long, wordless, central section, dances her way to her own death. The play, however, concludes on a note that suggests that the human spirit can withstand oppression.
The Galway premiere was directed by Walsh with choreography by Emma Martin, music by Teho Teardo and designs by Jamie Vartan. It was performed by Charlie Murphy as Isla, Hugh O'Conor as the Young Man and Oona Doherty as the Young Woman, with additional voicework by Eanna Breathnach, Olwen Fouéré, Helen Norton and Stephen Rea.


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Or rather, the phenomenon that is Google cries out for Tom Lehrer. Come out of retirement, Tom! Political satire is not obsolete, notwithstanding Kissinger's Nobel ….
A colleague posted on a listserv a brief note about an article on "Google's planes". I thought, no, really? Google is buying planes? for streetview, I imagine — holy cow, what's next?
Then I clicked on the link and was relieved to see it was about Google's plans; the colleague had merely made a typo.
Or so I thought.
Cue ominous music: dunh dunh dunh.
Because, as that same colleague informed me, Google actually IS buying unmanned drones for aerial surveillance for Street View ! ! ! ! ! (I think screeching violins a la "Psycho" would be good here.)
Well, no, not really. A Google executive is buying it "for personal use". Google categorically denies Street View applications, which shows that its PR department definitely is on the ball.
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Oprah and the good guys: The dozen billionaires with big hearts and even bigger bank balances who are planning to spread their wealth around – by Daniel Bates and Louise Boyle – PUBLISHED: 03:37 GMT, 20 September 2012 | UPDATED: 07:04 GMT, 20 September 2012
Congregated behind closed doors of the grandiose Trustees Room at New York Public Library, this group of individuals made for the wealthiest gathering in the world.
The twelve – Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, Bill and Melinda Gates, Pete Petersen, Leon Black, Jon Bon Jovi, Marc Benioff, David Rubenstein, Steve Case, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen and Marc Andreessen – may have made their billions from as diverse pursuits as rock music to microchips, but they have united to dedicate vast portions of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
Their combined wealth totals a staggering $126billion – with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in first and second place respectively. The two leaders of the billionaire pack supported the Summit on Philanthropy – where 161 of the richest people in America met to share ideas on how the wealth might be spread across education, poverty, religion, medicine and the environment.
The combined wealth of America's richest is $1.7 trillion, up from $1.5 trillion in 2011, in due part to the rising stock market, a rebound in real estate values – especially in cities like Los Angeles and New York, and rising values for art works.
The billionaires posed at the library in Manhattan on June 26 this year for the 30th anniversary cover of Forbes 400, published on October 8.
The United States still has the largest share of billionaires of any nation with 480. The top ten richest in the Forbes 400 reads: Bill Gates ($66 billion); Warren Buffett ($46 billion); Larry Ellison ($41 billion); Charles Koch ($31 billion); David Koch ($31 billion); Christy Walton & family ($27.9 billion); Jim Walton ($26.8 billion); Alice Walton ($26.3 billion); S. Robson Walton ($26.1 billion) and Michael Bloomberg ($25 billion).
The combined wealth of America's richest is $1.7 trillion, up from $1.5 trillion in 2011, in due part to the rising stock market, a rebound in real estate values – especially in cities like Los Angeles and New York, and rising values for art works.
Commentator comments :
John Bon Jovi has a restaurant in NJ. Google it… its a non profit. Pretty much can pay what you like. and if you don't have money, you can work it off. Menu changes daily.
– Laura , Sarasota Florida USA, 20/9/2012 11:31
Gates stole more than he's ever going to give back through the exploitation of a virtual monopoly with excessive charges for MS software.
– BobCratchet , London, United Kingdom, 20/9/2012 11:27
Oprah obviously didn't receive the memo to wear dark clothes. Your eyes immediately go to her before the others, ha.
– LH , Essex, United Kingdom, 20/9/2012 11:16
"161 of the richest people in America met to share ideas on how the wealth might be spread across education, poverty, religion, medicine and the environment." – Spot the odd one out…why on earth give any money to religion? The three Abrahamic faiths are swimming in money as a result of peddling their lies for so many years, particularly institutions like the Catholic church. Take religion out and that's a pretty good list to start with though.
– Alex , London, 20/9/2012 11:14
And not a single Bullingdon Dining Club member amongst them
– Bigman , Glasgow, United Kingdom, 20/9/2012 11:08
Its good they're giving the money but I find this public display a bit sickening. Plenty of wealthy give alot without plastering their faces over a magazine making sure everyone knows.
– Linley , Sydney, 20/9/2012 11:08
12 people alone have 126 billion? Look here, 12 people represent less than 1% of North America's 300 million population, so lets have at least 99% of that wealth re-distributed (124.4 billion) to stop a few hundred thousand foreclosures of viable working families that could tip the scales for USA. The remainder of the 1.6 billion (1%) from 126 billion should be redistributed among these 12, which would mean 130 million each. Thats 324 times a 401K for this lot. They can't go whining about how 99% of their wealth has been lost when they are worth 300+ times a 401K Joe Public now can they? Lets see if the greed and cynicism will prevent these 12 from doing the 99% right thing or if 130 million is fine by them to save 1000s of good American families (interview respectfully, this will be better than American Idol, 'Middle Wealth Class Idol' perhaps?). Last chance for the Capitalism model IMHO, otherwise try 20 million Socialist caps on wealth sequestration if these hearts are big enough . . . 20 million is still 50 times a 401K and sveral lifetimes of work for 99% of Americans.
Consider that 1.7 trillion of the 161 richest, 99% of that redistributed would be 1.68 trillion 17 billion split among 161 people would be 10.5 million each, still 25 times a 401K. How about saving 10s of 1000s of middle class Americans' lives and homes? Perhaps 75% of that could be used for shelters and staples for the poorest as well. This is TRUE patriotism, saving America's *VIABLE* (do feel free to ferret out those who won't make the mark) middle class population, and sharing 'the fat', and at least making sure the poorest don't starve or freeze while so-called 'plutocrat entertainer stars' go to East Europe and Asia or Africa (WTF?) to do the same (abit better than plutocrat sportsmen with millions but not even owning a single sports facility to their name – these sorts are in sport for MONEY not love of sport – sports fans could do an audit of major brand sponsors to :
identify then boycott those brands that are merely parasiting off sports goods (actually the gambling industry is doing this even as sportsmen throw games off and on for profit . . . ) FROM brands which are actually run by people/execs who do love the sport,not a bunch of snarky executives gloating at people who buy their overpriced sports goods) while locally back home and most cynically, Americans suffer the same starvation and homelessness, freeze to death as well while plutocrats enjoy lives worth more than 3-10 or 50 times 401K. If the country belongs to everyone, then all the land and all the wealth belongs to everyone – that could come off the limit for wealth sequestration at 20 million. No citizen should be allowed to starve, be homeless much less freeze then being supposed equals. Vote properly Joe Publics!
Foster Friess: America Would Be Better Off With More Wealthy People – September 21, 2012 – By Lawrence Sinclair
Sinclair News is publishing part of an article by Tony Lee dated 18 Sep 2012 which was published at Breitbart.com. We are linking our readers to the complete article.
On the one-year anniversary of the fizzling "Occupy" movement that tried to pit the so-called 99% against the 1%, and on the day in which a video of Mitt Romney talking about the 47% of Americans who pay no federal income taxes drove liberals and the mainstream media into fits, Foster Friess on Monday made an argument that society is better off with more rich people.
Friess is one of the wealthiest and most generous people in the world, and he wrote a piece arguing the world would be better off if there were more "fat cats" like him, less government, and more reliance on the free market.
Friess made many valid points, but his arguments became more significant after a video of Romney's comments at a fundraiser in May was leaked to the left-wing publication Mother Jones.
Under President Barack Obama, the United States has seen more government and less wealth creation and, according to Friess, that has made the country worse off.
"What do wealthy people do with their money?," Friess asked in the Newsweek column. "They can only buy so many cars, houses, and steak dinners. So we either give it away or invest it."
. . . if there were more "fat cats" like him, less government . . .
Most fat cats only exist because of crony capitalism and contractor collusion. In a real fair or free market, making money is VERY DIFFICULT and after decades prices would be deadly competitive by now instead of inflation which is the fault of the Fed reserve or fiat printing and exotic trading like the stock market which is inflated 1000 times normal value, or fractionated trading of commodities that do not exist or monetization-commoditisation of DEBT which is ridiculous and ILLEGAL because one cannot collect of as of yet labour that has no guarantee upon compound interest WHILE jobless to boot!
Even machines have a shelf life, need maintainance at levels that could never pay off loans for the price of the machine alone much less flesh and blood humans who do far worse than machines on top of being pressured for loan repayments that a jobless society which colludes on EVERYTHING, even political free thought which can get the psychiatric establishment down on dissidents and activists.
So think when a supposed fat cat spends the GDP of a small country, while being in debt 10 to 1 million times of whatever effort any 401K person can put in with the 'poor' having no access to housing loans (which should not be compound interest but simple interest or basic entrepreneurial loans, let alone exotic trades), simply because the state will bail out that person who is viewed as accountable by the bank rather than the honest 99% working class type, while 'massive debt types' viewed as plutocracy get to destroy the nation.
Finally while more rich people are good, when extreme wealth sequestration of the entire nation say at a 1.61 to 300,000,000+million ratio (1:15,000,000+ or a 1 to 15 million ratio – the 1% owns 15 million times that of the 99%!!!), rather than an enforced limit of 1% to 99% ratio at least, Capitalist limits (like 1% of 1000 top richest people must not be above 1% of the nation's collective sequesterable wealth) to wealth sequestration NO MORE THAN the richest being 100 times the poorest, are still needed. What 20 million in limits does is make 50 times a 401K a maximum norm. Who among the 99 people of a population of 100 wants to tolerate a single person being worth 15 million times more than their 401K – when they are only worth 401K? Simple math and facts that cannot be ignored. The fat cats are still too fat, the banks and state apparatus will not lend to the 99% and as of now the 161 (or lets say 50,000) richest hold probably 15 million times the poorest collectively! Then read the below pro1% schmooze article . . .
When everyone is worth 20 million the remainder can go to USA's favourite groups of 3rd world nations of choice for ETHICAL expansion of influence. Socialist limits on Capitalism! 20 million wealth limits on everyone. And just look at the NLP in the title of the article . . . Poverty and Inequality ARE ALWAYS BAD. Saying *Not as bad as 'you' think'* is apologism for the plutocracy if anything. Shame on Bloomberg! People are dying and getting thrown out of their homes and the 1% gets a 'not so bad' article to mock the 99% with?
Rich getting richer: Richest 400 Americans' net worth jumps 13%
Mindboggling numbers of the richest. Redistribute already. Millions of Americans do not have access to healthcare, to education, to food and shelter even. Selfish plutocrats sequestering wealth forget that without the 'unwashed masses' of low wealth citizens or 'chattering classes' of mid wealth citizens, and the would-be plutocrat seeming lessers of the 'high wealth of 'a acceptable handful of millions' BUT STILL working' classes, the true plutocrat would have NO SOCIETY to look good for or nation to be part of! Obviously in the best interest of the plutocrat to ensure that healthcare, education, food and shelter are a given, so that USA will not end up being a puppet of creditor nations!
What Mitt Romney Really Represents – by Robert Reich (about the author) – opednews.com
It's not just his giant income or the low tax rates he pays on it. And it's not just the videotape of him berating almost half of America, or his endless gaffes, or his regressive budget policies.
It's something that unites all of this, and connects it to the biggest underlying problem America faces — the unprecedented concentration of wealth and power at the very top that's undermining our economy and destroying our democracy.
Romney just released his 2011 tax returns, showing he paid $1.9 million in taxes on more than $13 million of income last year — for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent. (He released his 2010 return in January, showing he paid an effective tax rate of 13.9 percent.)
American has had hugely wealthy presidents before — think of Teddy Roosevelt and his distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt; or John F. Kennedy, beneficiary of father Joe's fortune.
But here's the difference. These men were champions of the working class and the poor, and were considered traitors to their own class. Teddy Roosevelt railed against the "malefactors of great wealth," and he busted up the oil and railroad trusts.
FDR thundered against the "economic royalists," raised taxes on the wealthy, and gave average working people the right to form unions — along with Social Security, unemployment insurance, a minimum wage, and a 40-hour workweek.
But Mitt Romney is not a traitor to his class. He is a sponsor of his class. He wants to cut their taxes by $3.7 trillion over the next decade, and hasn't even specified what "loopholes" he'd close to make up for this gigantic giveaway.
And he wants to cut benefits that almost everyone else relies on — Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, food stamps, unemployment insurance, and housing assistance.
He's even a warrior for his class, telling his wealthy followers his job isn't to worry about the "47 percent" of Americans who won't vote for him, whom he calls "victims" and he berates for not paying federal incomes taxes and taking federal handouts.
(He mangles these facts, of course. Almost all working Americans pay federal taxes — and the federal taxes that have been rising fastest for most people are Social Security payroll taxes, which aren't collected on a penny of income over $110,100. Moreover, most of the "47 percent" whom he accuses of taking handouts are on Medicare or Social Security — the biggest "entitlement" programs — which, not incidentally, they paid into during their working lives.)
Money means power. Concentrated wealth at the top means extraordinary power at the top. The reason Romney pays a rate of only 14 percent on $13 million of income in 2011 — a lower rate than many in the middle class — is because he exploits a loophole that allows private equity managers to treat their income as capital gains, taxed at only 15 percent.
And that loophole exists solely because private equity and hedge fund managers have so much political clout — as a result of their huge fortunes and the money they've donated to political candidates — that neither party will remove it.
In other words, everything America is learning about Mitt Romney — his tax returns, his years at Bain Capital, the video of his speech to high-end donors in which he belittles half of America, his gaffes, the budget policies he promotes — repeat and reenforce the same underlying reality.
So much wealth and power have accumulated at the top of America that our economy and our democracy are seriously threatened. Romney not only represents this problem. He is the living embodiment of it.
Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written (more…)
Thoughts on the 1982 Pontiac Trans Am
The third-generation Pontiac Firebird was a stunner. Its sleek lines made the old 1970–1981 second-gen 'Bird look like a relic. The shape set a new standard for aerodynamics. The bodywork, especially in Trans Am guise, was tasteful and clean. When it debuted, everyone forgot about the poorly performing 1980–1981 Turbo Trans Ams. The '82 even got a starring role in Knight Rider as KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), seen here.
Well, a fresh redesign with cutting-edge aero doesn't necessarily equate to performance under the hood. In fact, for 1982 the Firebird's standard engine was a 2.5-liter 90-hp four-cylinder. That's right, a four-cylinder engine in a Firebird. Yes, there was a V-8 option. But if you selected the four-speed manual, that 5.0-liter Chevrolet-sourced V-8 pumped out just 145 horses. The "Cross-Fire Injected" 5.0-liter V-8 was available with an automatic only, and though it was torque-rich, this motor didn't produce more than 165 hp.
The bright spot was just two short years away. By 1984, a 190-hp 5.0-liter HO motor replaced that Cross-Fire Injected engine.
No. 145 horses could pull a 100 wagon train (actually single persons have pulled the same or Airbuses), a Pontiac TA could only pull the engine car of a train alone. This is dishonest and a lie, a gross exaggeration about the number of horses the car is worth for value of money. The Trans Am is worth 3 to 6 horses at most, and is severely overpriced and marketed as up to 50 times as many horses that so many other cars of the day cars do not have. How many cars can what one spends on a Trans Am buy? Trans Ams DO NOT have 145 horses worth of power, though they cost 145 or more horses . . . Overpriced and inefficient compared to ACTUAL horses (which can be eaten and preserved in event of disaster). The BMW Z3 below is another example of LIES, being worth no more than 3 horses at most.
Pierce Brosnan was far from the best James Bond, and the Z3 he drove in GoldenEye, BMW's first modern mass-market roadster, was anything but the Bavarian carmaker's most memorable agent. Grossly underpowered from the get-go, the 138-hp, 1.9-liter four-cylinder was quickly substituted for a 2.8-liter straight six. Still, its sub-200-horse numbers weren't anything to get excited about, and the car's wallowy handling couldn't match BMW's sharp sedans. Nevertheless, the Z3 sold quite well, and perhaps that's part of the problem—a car first marketed as a spy's ride sold to many drivers too tall or broad to pull off the look. A rare coupe version, known by those at the company as "the shoe," enjoyed a cult-like following because the car's stiffer structure noticeably improved the handling. But it wasn't until the next two generations of Z4 that BMW really left the roadster segment shaken and stirred.
Try the below for a list of horrendously unfashionable and aesthetically conventional vehicles EVER. The mainstream media 'Popular Mechanics' site has lost all sense of proportion here probably are colluding with the car companies who fund them to fracture buyers' fashion senses and who knows promote UGLINESS as beautiful (making impossible for regular people to tell the difference between beautiful and ugly people to the media oligarchs' nepotistic benefit), these cars have neither attitude nor lines of vehicles designed 20 years back . . .
Personally I wouldn't buy the below list of cars but USA being USA, EVERY MODEL OF CAR (much less the below list's) should be available in the USA. Why should USA prohibit any car, especially dull looking cars like the below?
The 2012 Ferrari FF can haul 450 litres of luggage with the rear seats up, 800 litres with the seats folded down. How much can a clydesdale horse pull? Three times it's own weight, Which is around 2000-2400 lbs. The max. load of the Ferrari California is 1,025 lbs. So guess what? The fact of the matter is that the Ferrari FF does not even have a single or 1 'horsepower'. 100s of horses under the hood is a blatant marketing lie when barely 0.5 horses is more accurate.
Why should any vehicle cost as much as a Ferrari when a horse costs 1000s of times less but pulls 3 times as much, and when coupled with 'changes' of horses (that could be housed in the 'corral' boot while the horses 'on shift' run), could in fact run as far and fast as a Ferrari WITHOUT constant and pollutive, also expensive fuel but with regular feed instead. Stores of feed and water if carried as well makes for indefinite travel WITHOUT fuel costs.
The only issue is speed which in either case is always dangerous and in dense conditions makes the speed of a Ferrari quite useless and unnecessary. As for aesthetics and design (or the need to hide horses from sight), a larger version of the car will be a necessity that the kiddies and joyriders will not want but compared against the pollution issues the necessity not optional, the world is being destroyed by pollution . . . also a car where standing is possible should be nicer than always being seated? Include a bar and a kitchen or toilet as well using that space. Or an indoor pool/jacuzzi. See below pic for the green solution :
Need for light weight materials (could still have a protective bar of heavy rubber for prevention of accidents etc.) will be necessary.
So vote for the 99% who won't allow the DMV to place controls that make no sense on what car one can or cannot drive. In fact, flying cars or at least VTOL cars should be the norm by now after near 200 years of land based vehicles since the 1800s. The government and policy regulators are forcing people to use tolled roads if anything. Fly a VTOL or heli and land that in your balcony, drop the airline industry and fly DIRECT to the country of your choice ! Heck why do we even need passports which we need to pay for at all to begin with even, especially if we are not criminals? Only criminals need passports, everyone else should be travelling AND migrating freely.
Don't take seat disputes sitting down – Updated: 2012-09-14 08:22 – by Tang Yue (China Daily)
Altercations over polite behavior on public transportation offer a window on a changing society, reports Tang Yue.
If you're riding the bus or subway and see a pregnant woman, an elderly person or young child standing up in front of you, you might want to think seriously about offering them your seat.
If you don't, you may discover that the consequences are serious, given that a number of altercations have happened recently and some have even ended in violence.
Don't take seat disputes sitting down
On Aug 23, a young man on a bus in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, did not give up his seat to a pregnant woman. As a result, he was given five sharp slaps across the head by the woman's disgruntled husband, despite the fact that he wasn't occupying any of the seats usually reserved for the elderly and infirm, and, moreover, had a crippled leg.
Three days after that incident, a woman slapped a man on a bus in Jinan, Shandong province, after he failed to respond to a public announcement asking seated passengers to consider other travelers. Instead of offering his seat to the woman's daughter, aged around 6 years old, the man simply turned his back on them. Enraged, the mother struck him repeatedly and shouted, "I am fulfilling your mother's obligation to educate you."
The aggression hasn't only affected men. Media reports of aggressive behavior include that of an elderly man in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, who sat on a young woman's lap after she refused his request to give up her seat. A similar incident is reported to have happened in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
Public opinion suggests that, while those who doggedly refused to offer up their seat weren't acting from noble instincts, the actions of those who beat them were antisocial and unnecessarily violent.
So what makes people feel justified about the use of force against those who fail to comply with their wishes?
As China undergoes rapid urbanization, people who have grown up in an "acquaintance society", one where everyone knows everyone else in the neighborhood, face challenges from the increasing need for daily interaction with strangers, according to Yang Yiyin, director of the social psychology research office at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing.
"In traditional Chinese society, where people are tied by family and blood relationships, emotions and morals, rather than reason and law, guide people's behavior," said Xiao Qunzhong, professor of ethics at Renmin University of China.
As a result, people tend to automatically, but mistakenly, use their sense of moral superiority to legitimize their behavior, including the use of verbal and physical violence.
However, while the traditional mindset remains, tragedies such as the case of Xiao Yueyue a 2-year-old girl who died after being ignored by 18 passers-by as she lay in the street in Foshan, Guangdong province after she had been hit by a car and then run over twice more also indicate a value-system in flux as the country moves through a period of rapid social transformation, said Xiao.
"Civil society in China is not as developed as in the West. People are still learning how to respect the fundamental rights of others and the bottom line for behavior," he said.
Stranger society
To deal with other passengers on a bus, where people come and go in a very short time and very limited space, serves as a very good test of social attitudes. It's one many people fail, noted Yang Yiyin of the CASS.
"You will always see female colleagues or friends trying very hard to persuade each other to take the only seat, even if there are only a couple of stops to go," said Yang, 57. "But they still don't know how to negotiate with strangers.
"That helps to explain why those with a sense of moral superiority just skip the discussion process and begin dictating to strangers, sometimes in a very rude manner."
People in the West have more experience in dealing with everyday public life and are better at expressing their needs and opinions, be it through lectures, negotiation or debate, she noted.
Zheng Liudi, a 29-year-old who rides the subway to work in Shanghai, knows exactly what Yang means. Zheng said most people are pleasant when help is offered. However, she said that on occasion, usually just as she was about to offer her seat to someone else, she has noticed a "You owe me" look in the eyes of seniors or mothers with young children. "I change my mind, then. I just dislike their attitude," she said.
She recalled that on one occasion, a woman in her 50s kicked her shoes from time to time. "I think she did it on purpose, to hint that she wanted the seat. But there was no way I would offer it to her under those circumstances," said Zheng.
"These extreme examples of wrangling over a seat also reflect a general feeling of anxiety and irritability," according to Yang.
Individual personality, values and the prevalent mood at the time of an incident all contribute to people's behavior. The background socially, however, is that many people are highly stressed and restless, and thus tend to appear aggressive on such occasions, she said.
"The prevailing mood in China now is being competitive every single second and not miss a single opportunity to gain something, anything. Sometimes, people just use incidents such as these as an outlet for suppressed anger," she explained.
Just too crowded
Regular users of public transportation might not know much about social theory; but they certainly feel the social reality during rush hours in the mega-cities and fully realize that a seat on a crowded bus or train is a precious commodity.
Every working day at 6:30 am, Jiang Xin, a 26-year-old auditor in Beijing, gets on the bus at the first stop on the route. Her journey takes roughly 90 minutes.
"At first, I used to sit down as soon as I got on the bus, just near the ticket seller. But I found I had to give up my seat several times on each journey and felt exhausted when I arrived at my office. So I changed seats and now sit in the corner instead," she said.
"On the weekend, I always offer my seat to people if they need it, but during the working week I really need that seat in the corner so I can take a nap."
Qin Jianhua is not as lucky. The 31-year-old works in Beijing, but bought an apartment in Yanjiao, Hebei province, in 2009. His daily commute to work takes two hours door to door, including one hour on the bus, a 10-minute walk and another 50 minutes on the subway.
The bus is always crowded, so it requires an enormous effort just to get on and there are always four or five passengers always standing crammed on a single step by the door. People always swear loudly if they can't squeeze on and some even block the road to stop the bus if they can't gain access, he said.
"When I'm on a comfortable bus, I give up my seat if others need it. But it's always so crowded and smelly on the bus I take to work. Everyone is very sleepy, almost collapsing, so giving up your seat would be the last thing you'd want to do," said Qin. The bus trip got old quickly, so Qin now lives in a rented apartment near his office during the working week and only goes home on the weekend.
The experience has given him a fresh insight into the issue: "Don't judge someone until you have been in his shoes. That person may be aggressive on the bus, but may also behave politely in a different environment," he said. "Also, standards seem to vary. I've seen some people happily and politely give up their seats to seniors, but the same people acted totally differently to a migrant worker. So, how do you rate them?" he asked.
Yang Wanli and He Na contributed to the story.
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Low density is dignity but also a vulnerability. And lower classes among Chinese regardless of wealth level who think in this manner are in that case unsuited to high density living. They just don't know this fact. A people tied by family and blood relationships, emotions and morals, cannot exist in high density conditions without basis on reason and law. Thus best that Chinese with the village mentality of entitlement to the property of others physical or spiritual, stick to low density venues or learn modern civility.
If anyone touched another in the westernized model, they'd be assaulted back, or if civilised would find themselves in a lawsuit. This is why the Chinese not familiar with modern society need to attend a training course or mix with high density familiar people, before moving out from the villages and vice verse for the situation reversed. Culture shock. And don't even go near discussions on toilet habits and LGBT activity unless particularly prepared for the fight of your life . . . that dildo will be murder to your neighbour and if the laws are anti-LGBT or based on fundo policy, then it's back to the stone ages. This is also why elderly are neglected in some places and times to come, as society 'densifies' the lower density types will be outnumbered and die off. Not the best scenario but preservation of low density and high density and transition education between both must be thought through by migrants to avoid problems.
Civil servant watch: Opposition propose constant video surveillance – Published: 20 September, 2012, 17:04
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (RIA Novosti / Sergey Pyatakov)
Russia's anti-corruption drive should be boosted by introducing constant video surveillance on officials, limiting their maximum term of service and banning personal meetings with citizens, the leader of the Liberal Democrats said.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky was speaking at the "Open Tribune" meeting, dedicated to future measures to rein in corruption. The politician suggested a small leniency in the planned anti-corruption bill, saying that at the first stage it must be applied only to a narrow circle of officials, not to them all, as there are about 5 million of them in Russia.
He added that the narrowing of the group that falls under control would allow the control to become stricter.
Among the most urgent measures the MP implied that the maximum term of stay in any official post should be limited to 10 years. Another call was to limit the civil servants' communication with the population to email or conventional mail, as ruling out personal contact would seriously hamper bribery on both sides.
Besides, Zhirinovsky suggested that video surveillance be conducted in official's offices and cars, as well as constant monitoring of all their electronic communications.
As a final measure, Zhirinovsky said that the government should introduce a total ban on business people assuming posts in state structures or state-owned companies. He did not specify if this should apply to working entrepreneurs or to all those who have previously tried their hands at business.
Sergey Mironov, the leader of another opposition party – Fair Russia – reminded of his party's previous initiative to introduce confiscation of all property from those convicted of corruption along with the property of their family members. In this connection he also suggested broadening the definition of close relatives to include parents, children, siblings, spouses and grandparents.
The Communist Party suggested that any member of parliament could be checked for business dealings at any time and without an official complaint from the third party. The Liberal Democrats seconded the move.
Accusations of business dealings have recently become a real weapon in Russian politics. Earlier this month, the State Duma voted to deprive a Fair Russia MP of his seat over allegations he was continuing to operate companies in Bulgaria.
Before the vote to oust him took place, MP Gennady Gudkov published documents that allegedly testified to the fact that many other MPs were doing the same thing, including the members of the ruling party, United Russia.
On Thursday the special commission announced that they checked reports on five United Russia MPs and four of them were cleared of charges of running a business while working in the lower house. However, the commission decided to continue the probe into one MPs case and invited him for personal consultations.
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Iron curtains WITHIN Iron curtains. So very KGB in a respectable-fear/awe inspiring 'Matryoshka doll' manner that will make people, especially 99% types worldwide love Russianness. Soviet Union again anyone? Bring back a limited form of Communism, Capitalist limits of 20 million for wealth sequestration!
@Crusader148 September 20, 2012, 20:03
Zhirinovsky is a total nut-job, but camera surveillance of officials makes perfect sense. Anything that curbs corruption is welcome.
@Count Cash September 20, 2012, 19:44
Excellent! Now we are starting to get the simple concept across, it is the state that must be monitored by the citizen. This is the game changer, the conceptual innovation that I have wanted here. Then add the icing on the cake with separation of wealth and civil service and politics, natural cycling in and out of civil servants (no jobs for life for many) plus big risks for corruption and we are then getting the concepts correct. HOWEVER, the devil is in the detail, and we can absolutely make a mess going too quickly without thinking through all the proposals. When we appreciate this, to go step by step in phases, then we get the next concept right, and that is wide consultation, wider than the Duma, wider than the systematic opposition, we must open this debate to all including the 'opposition' and all stakeholders, to put real lean flesh on the concepts. We are starting to get the compass working, so who has the guts to set the course and work the ropes! Or who has the laziness to just sit along for the ride, or worse just moan they can't be captain to massage their egos on the voyage!
The KGB juniors should get lots of training here before being posted overseas to spy on foreign countries. More Russianness? Paranoia attacks for the non-Commie/Red governments not allied to Russia anyone? Some background (not sure if accurate on Vladimir Zhirinovsky) follows below . . .
Crypto-Judaism in the USSR was able to penetrate every faction of government and every "people's" movement so as to lead both opposing sides of the conflict. Crypto-Jewry was able to control and direct the opposition to a problem they created. Now why would the American-based "truth" movement be any less controlled and directed by the decendants of the Bolsheviks and their Judaic banking swindle?
Jones has several Jews working with him in studio and on his many documentaries, which always leave the Zionist question out, and instead, offer mysterious and ultimately lower-level groups like the Bilderbergers as the target of dissent. Jason Bermas, the new host of the infowarrior (an Alex Jones created show) mocks and says that anti-Judaics should kill themselves. Alex Jones' best friend Joe Rogan is a Jewish comedian. Alex's wife Violet (Kelly) is Jewish along with their two children, one who is named Einstein. According to other sources, the producers of Alex Jones' recent film "The Obama Deception," are Jewish. There are several examples from live shows, where Alex fiddles for the Jews and denies the Zionists. -TT
Mossad's shadow women ready to die for Israel – Published: 15 September, 2012, 23:15 – Edited: 16 September, 2012, 09:03
Mossad's shadow women ready to die for Israel
The highly-trained female agents from Mossad, Israel's spy agency, leave their male compatriots in the dust. Five agents spoke about their "movie-style" lives for the first time, revealing a world dominated by deadly efficient femmes fatales.
First Iran, then Israel. So men don't fight anymore? Perhaps Israel and Iran had better look through the Talmud and the Quran again and take a leaf from Xians who at least have Stepford wives in a natural patrilineal society with MASCULINE characteristics. No sense of chivalry for the men of both these nations. No sense of femininity for the women of both these nations. Well that shows that countries ruled by the heart and emotions wind up under women. Or in China's case by Dowagers unaware of what goes on outside the Palace. Men are needed if a country is to be viable. God would never approve of women going to war and if the entire system if skewed politically towards women as well, Israel will cease to exist even without taking on Iran.
Some parts of society (women and children – think child soldiers – are just off limits and if no REAL MEN draw the lines and limits, the rest of the world knows how to say – Your mom wears combat boots (well this is tolerable when a country is at war but a slide towards barbarism overall if entire populaces are militarized) . . . and we all know what a society or nation is worth when class and social 'niceties' (actually a sense of morality) like refusing to abet recruitment of child soldiers, or less so, women soldiers, the sense of structure goes out the window. The nation gets one morass of sexless, gender insensitive clones . . . ). Some parts of the world are degenerating quite quickly civilisationally . . . bunch of fetish addled fundos posing as being battle ready. Women's rights aren't even properly affirmed in Iran and Israel, and now they want to send women to war? Greeeeaat, next the feminazis will become pedonazis and will start promoting 'child soldiers' as well . . .
If I were either Mossad or CIA, I'd watch out for the NLP factor, synchronicity, women's 'hive minds' and the copycat effect. Through Islam and god cop bad cop tactics (possibly Sunni/Shiite for every death on either side caused by either has a will and intent directable – thats why either faction's leaders don't care if either factions followers kill themselves), they intend to subvert the men of Israel and USA through spirit and prayer and women. Everytime something is named, or spoken of, a US or Israel official bought over, the 'West' and the main competitors for Monotheism in Xianity and Judaism become weaker. Think deeper, this is about cultural domination through mindless solidarity and subversion.
Don't Panic, But China Mingles Its Nukes with Regular Missiles – by Benjamin Plackett – September 21, 2012 |
A Manhattan fallout shelter from the Cold War. Photo: Flickr/Kate Haskell
It turns out that China's been mixing its nuclear missiles in with its conventional ones at the same military bases. Not really, uh, advisable: that makes it really hard for other countries to figure out if a Chinese missile launch is just a conventional one or the beginnings of a nuclear Armageddon. But fret not — while China's missile mingling may not be very sensible, it's not going to cause World War III.
In what's thought to be the first comprehensive, non-governmental report on China's nuclear warplans, John Lewis, a professor of Chinese politics at Stanford University, reveals that China stores its nuclear and conventional missiles in the same locations. Writing in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Lewis warns that the intermingling could trigger a nuclear launch: once another nation watched a Chinese missile blast off, it might trigger a nuclear retaliation from a confused, panicked Russia or United States. And then, should the Chinese see their nuclear assets targeted and destroyed, they might conceivable launch their surviving nuclear warheads.
Nor is Lewis convinced that China's military policies are characterized by restraint. "The notion that China only acts in self defense is wrong," he tells Danger Room. "Their whole war plan is aimed at attacking Taiwan."
That said, even Lewis thinks China's missile ambiguity is unlikely to result in a nuclear exchange. (In fact, he emphasizes that the Chinese government actually encouraged him to write his piece — as a gesture of transparency.) And other experts agree that the Chinese missile move is merely stupid, not suicidal.
Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear weapons analyst at the Monterrey Institute of International Studies, says the de facto presumption in the case of a missile launch is that China isn't going nuclear. The People's Republic has a declared no-first-use policy; China isn't going to nuke, say, Japan over the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.
And James Dobbins, a former U.S. ambassador to a host of conflict zones, thinks the U.S. isn't buckwild enough to go nuclear over a confusing missile launch. "I don't believe the U.S. would launch a nuclear strike on warning in response to a Chinese ballistic attack on U.S. or allied targets," Dobbins tells Danger Room.
So why would China group its nuclear and conventional missiles together? Experts largely agree that the decision was a logistical one and "practical, not rational," says Monterrey's Jeffrey Lewis. Another theory: the Chinese think launching a conventional weapon from a nuclear base would prevent a counterattack, since an adversary is unlikely to take the risk of bombing a nuclear weapons base.
There's also another possibility: a lumbering, dumb bureaucracy keeps the missiles group together out of inertia. The Chinese may make bad missile decisions. But under that theory, at least their reasons for those bad decisions will be familiar to the Pentagon.
Benjamin Plackett
Benjamin Plackett is a freelance science writer and an intern in WIRED's New York office.
Half baked hawk. Not as simple as sight and shoot. The Chinese do this to keep strategy ambiguous (they WANT to obscure the fact of if a nuke or conventional was fired, though ethically this is not healthy, but in war life or death will be more important, though in peacetime this indeed reflects badly on the Chinese – they still have the 'cost saving excuse' if the intent is not the main issue . . . though a wealthy nation whuch China is not exactly despite the un-Communist wealth of the Chinese leadership, which makes such cost saving necessary . . . ), and any other nuisance behaviour on purpose while saving money. Read your Sun Tzu. Lumbering and dumb? Not in the slightest. Their reasons for those 'bad decisions' are not even familiar to the Chinese citizens.
In fact Taiwan and China might be good cop/bad copping USA. How does that sound when more and more advanced weapons end up in Taiwanese hands? See? And that is only Fu Manchu 18th century tactics, unlike Suntzu's Strategy dating from 700bc. If I were USA, I'd leave the region alone and focus on consolidating the Middle East, before USA becomes a pawn of Taiwan that may become the tail that China wags the USA dog with. Try that for Chineseness!
One of the more well-known stories about Sun Tzu, taken from Shiji, illustrates Sun Tzu's temperament as follows: Before hiring Sun Tzu, the King of Wu tested Sun Tzu's skills by commanding him to train a harem of 180 concubines into soldiers. Sun Tzu divided them into two companies, appointing the two concubines most favored by the king as the company commanders. When Sun Tzu first ordered the concubines to face right, they giggled. In response, Sun Tzu said that the general, in this case himself, was responsible for ensuring that soldiers understood the commands given to them. Then, he reiterated the command, and again the concubines giggled. Sun Tzu then ordered the execution of the king's two favored concubines, to the king's protests. He explained that if the general's soldiers understood their commands but did not obey, it was the fault of the officers. Sun Tzu also said that, once a general was appointed, it was his duty to carry out his mission, even if the king protested. After both concubines were killed, new officers were chosen to replace them. Afterwards, both companies performed their maneuvers flawlessly
The Chinese missile move probably is INTENDED to merely 'look' stupid or is made to look stupid by some writers, HOPEFULLY suicidal. But is neither. Who knows the Chinese want to bait the USA into building even more hardware that needs to be maintained? Or hope that USA keeps sending more hardware to Taiwan that may be secretly reverse engineered?
House GOP Hammers Obama for 'Failure to Lead' – By John Parkinson – Sep 20, 2012 1:52pm
As the House of Representatives prepares to conclude its legislative business this week and bolt Washington for a six-week recess ahead of the election Nov. 6, Republicans deflected concerns about Mitt Romney's campaign today, launching a counterattack against President Obama with a barrage of complaints about the president's "failure to lead" during the past two years of divided Congress.
Addressing reporters following a conference meeting that featured a speech by GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, House Speaker John Boehner did not directly address videos released on the internet earlier this week that show Romney telling a Florida fundraiser last May that 47 percent of the country's voting population thinks of themselves as victims and are dependent on the government.
"Listen, this election is about jobs. We've said it for 20 months and it hasn't changed," Boehner, R-Ohio, began when asked about the videos. "Forty-three consecutive months where our unemployment is above 8 percent, and everybody's going to try to make this election about everything other than what it is. The American people are asking the question, 'Where are the jobs,' and so the focus is on jobs."
"The president's economic policies have failed, and the American people know it," he continued. "Mitt Romney has a background where he's created jobs, he's got a background where he understands what government can do to destroy jobs, and he has a plan to put Americans back to work. And that's what this election's going to be about."
Pressed whether he agrees with the sentiment of the GOP presidential nominee's comments considering his own humble upbringing, Boehner conceded that "both campaigns on both sides" will have moments "that get off the message."
"Listen, the election is about jobs. It's not about anything else. I've had family members who have lost their jobs in this downturn. Two of my brothers, two of my brother-in-laws. I know what's happening out there and I know how difficult this economy is," he said. "The message is let's stay focused on jobs because that's what the American people want us to stay focused on."
Rep. Kevin Brady, the vice chairman of the Joint Economic committee, recalled a recent interview where President Obama gave himself an incomplete grade on his economic leadership.
"I don't know what curve he was grading himself on, but the truth is, he's dead last," Brady said. "This president has failed the economic leadership. It is not an incomplete. It's an F."
Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., criticized the president for "either blaming others or avoiding challenging problems that face our nation," and she recalled bipartisan cooperation that Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan managed during their own presidencies and divided Congress.
"The president is the leader of his party and yet he refuses to do anything about the overwhelming dysfunction of the Democrat-led Senate. He's too busy blaming us Republicans for the failing economy," Black said. "Divided government is clearly not an excuse for President Obama's failure to lead, and in the absence of strong presidential leadership America is struggling. Today more than ever, we need a president who is not only willing but able to lead our country."
With recent polling in many battleground states showing a boost for Obama, Boehner insisted that the race is "far from over" and pointed to a Gallup poll that showed just a one-point lead for the president.
"Think about this as a card game," Boehner said. "The president has played his cards. His economy policies have failed, his foreign policy has failed, [and] his energy policy has failed. His cards are played. Mitt Romney has a plan to get our economy back on track."
Be honest.
– economy policies have failed – every President except possibly Clinton had a surplus but even that might have been from turning the graph upside down 'hordes of terrorists' situation.
– foreign policy has failed – maybe but no President has even had to deal with a post Iraq and at least China and Russia have not decided to side with Iran instead siding with USA, not a failure, not exactly spectacular but a pass at least
– energy policy has failed – all energy policy based on fossil or nuke are failures. The main failure is not importing Solar Panels at state level COMMIE style to give free power to the people with at 'bulk prices' through the Chinese government. Stop importing oil from 'terrorist countries' as well.
Last weeks or months of an exam can be 'crammed' for though the family members and neighbours can hinder by being noisy or problematic or unconducive to study. Maybe incomplete still stands because ALOT can change in 6 months, like Iraq becomes USA's focus and Japan gets dropped so that Iran can be dealt with properly with USA making China the 'Deputy' Sheriff' and main military mainstay rather than Japan (actually more like Sheriff of the East').
These Muslims think people are stupid and believe their lies and disrespect the UN treaties or secular lifestyles, impose Islam justified apartheid, or even LGBT culture. Obama needs to look at the so-called allies, could be that the Sunnites are trying to pull a fast one on USA by drawing USA into the Middle East in Iran. Israel can't even think straight, but who would be able to, given the way Muslims behave regards the above mentioned areas?


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GW makes incredible rally to beat UNC-Wilmington in OT
=== GW makes incredible rally to beat UNC-Wilmington in OT ===
Greensboro, NC (Sports Network) – Senior Omar Williams extended his collegiate
career by converting the go-ahead basket with 1:06 left in overtime, and
eighth seed George Washington completed a remarkable comeback with a thrilling
88-85 victory over ninth-seeded UNC-Wilmington in a first-round game of the
Atlanta bracket in the NCAA Tournament.
Williams was one of six Colonials in double figures with 16 points while
Maureece Rice led the way with 20. Carl Elliot made two free throws at the end
of regulation to force overtime and tallied 15 points. Mike Hall posted 13
points and 10 rebounds for George Washington (27-2), which stormed back from
an 18-point second-half deficit.
Danilo Pinnock contributed 11 points and Pops Mensah-Bonsu scored 10 in his
first action since February 22.
The Colonials will play top seed Duke in second-round action on Saturday.
"I'm excited about it (playing Duke)," Pinnock said. "You can't go into a big
game playing Duke, or some other big program, and not be excited about it.
We're the little guys, so we live for these types of games."
T.J. Carter led all scorers with 25 points and John Goldsberry added 14 points
and nine assists for the Seahawks (25-8), while Beckham Wyrick tallied 13
points and Vladimir Kuljanin contributed 12 points in defeat.
George Washington found itself in an unsettling position midway through the
second half. The Atlantic 10 regular-season champion was staring at a 64-46
deficit, while also having to deal with a continuously vocal pro-Seahawks
crowd that made the short trip to Greensboro.
However, before anyone in the Greensboro Coliseum could blink, the Colonials
reeled off 19 consecutive points in under four minutes to take a 66-65 lead.
An up-and-down, chaotic tempo and five Seahawk turnovers triggered the spurt
and Pinnock's mid-range jumper pushed the Colonials in front.
Several minutes later, Rice buried a contested three from the top of the
circle to give George Washington a 73-71 lead, but Goldsberry slid into the
left corner off an in-bound pass and drained an open trey to put the Seahawks
back up by one with 2:05 to play.
Trailing 76-75, Elliot sliced into the lane and missed a running jumper but
Hall tipped it in to put the Colonials in front with 53 ticks left.
Without a timeout, the Seahawks isolated Carter at the top of the key and the
guard buried a three to make the score 79-77 with 25 seconds remaining.
However, Carter then inexplicably fouled Elliot shooting a trey and the GW
guard made 2-of-3 from the stripe to tie the game. Carter raced to the other
end but missed a pull-up jumper.
Carter tallied the first two points of overtime with a pair from the stripe at
the 3:24 mark, then Mensah-Bonsu scored on the block to tie the contest once
Wyrick made 1-of-2 from the free throw line then connected on a trey to push
the Seahawks in front 85-81. Elliot answered with a three on the other end to
cut the deficit to one with 1:39 left.
Williams then received a pass on the run and pulled up for a bank shot to hand
GW an 86-85 lead. Carter missed a tough long-distance shot and UNC-Wilmington
fouled Elliot, who made 1-of-2 from the stripe.
Goldsberry then got by Rice in an attempt to attack the basket, but Rice
reached from behind and knocked the ball away. Elliot was fouled and again
made only 1-of-2 to give the Seahawks a chance.
Wyrick's deep three-point heave bounced off the back rim and the Colonials'
comeback was complete.
"It's amazing that we were able to will ourselves to this game," George
Washington head coach Karl Hobbs said. "I thought we played our hearts out, we
never gave up, and played hard on every possession."
The two stories of an evenly played opening half were Pinnock's foul trouble
and the Colonials' three-point shooting.
Pinnock, George Washington's leading scorer, spent most of the opening half on
the bench and was held scoreless after picking up his third foul at the 12-
minute mark. The Colonials stayed afloat thanks in part to a barrage of three-
pointers, six in all, against a Seahawks' defense that ranked first in the
NCAA in three-point percentage defense.
Both teams traded blows and the half concluded with the contest squared at
36-36. Mensah-Bonsu made his first two field goals, but didn't score in the
final 15 minutes while Kuljanin led the Seahawks with 10 points.
UNC-Wilmington scored the first seven points of the second half capped by
Kuljanin's half hook from the right block to make the score 43-36.
The Colonials made 10 straight shots spanning the end of the first half and
the beginning of the second 20 minutes. The Seahawks also shared the ball,
assisting on 15 of their first 21 field goals.
Game Notes
This was the first-ever meeting between the two schools…Williams added nine
rebounds in the victory…UNC-Wilmington shot 65.4 percent in the second half,
but still could not hold on for the victory…The Seahawks made just 3-of-6
from the charity stripe in overtime… Mitch Laue had seven points and nine
boards while Todd Hendley tallied 10 points in the loss.


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The catching prospects were Tyler Flowers, Miguel Gonzalez, Josh Phegley, and 2010 draftee Mike Blanke:
The Canadian put up massive numbers for Great Falls and scouting reports are surprisingly positive about him. It's hard to put stock in rookie ball numbers, but there's a lot to like. The word is that his defense is actually quite good, which goes against what we read when he was drafted. Blanke is a serious sleeper candidate for 2011, but at 22 he does have to get moving.
UPDATE: Here's another article about Mike Blanke:
[UT coach] Urso says, "There's not a guy in the program that puts in more time (than Blanke). This guy just works and works and works."
And grows and grows and grows. Blanke, a 6-foot-4, 230-pounder, laughs when he points out that his license still says he's 5-9. Of course, a few years ago, he was, before sprouting up half a foot over a two-year span from his junior year in high school until his sophomore year at St. Petersburg College. The growth spurt was a blessing in disguise. …


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REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST (laparks.blogspot.com)
Dedication Ceremony for the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Los Angeles - In 1961 a group of Holocaust survivors were brought together by fate at Hollywood High School while learning to speak English. They shared their stories and discovered that each of them had different artifacts from the Holocaust era. They decided that the special relics needed a permanent home where they could be safely displayed and preserved. Together they founded the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.
Now, after fifty years and four different locations, the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum has found a permanent home at Pan Pacific Park, a City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks facility. The new building is located next to the Martyrs Memorial and is partially built underground to preserve the green parkland.
The Department of Recreation and Parks General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri along with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Councilmembers Tom LaBonge, Eric Garcetti and Paul Koretz, Supervisor Zev Yaroslovsky, Assemblymember Mike Feuer and a group of Holocaust survivors proudly dedicated and opened the new Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust on Thursday, October 14, 2010.
The $18 million structure was created by award-winning architect, Hagy Belzberg. The new museum building has one of the largest green roofs in California and mixes technology advanced exhibits and authentic artifacts. The high-tech design has already received the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission Design Honor Award and the Green Building Design Award.
The museum presents the history of the Holocaust as objectively as possible by displaying original artifacts. The museum's architecture and layout play significant roles in visitors' experiences. The rooms descend and decrease in light as they progress towards the darkest part of history. A powerful and affecting interactive Memory Pool in The World That Was will help build understanding of Jewish life throughout Europe prior to World War II. Other displays include a touch-screen computer table with 25,000 floating photographs and a testimonial wall with 85 video screens that allow visitors to hear survivor stories.
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is the only Los Angeles institution with a sole focus on the events of the Holocaust and FREE admission. Museum attendance is expected to increase to 50,000 visitors per year from the 13,000 average of previous years.
The new museum is located at 100 South The Grove Drive in Los Angeles 90036. For more information visit http://www.lamoth.org/ or call (323) 651-3704.
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The fund has been established to provide energy assistance for low-income Harvard residents.
Applicants must provide documentation of income earnings in order to be eligible to participate in this program. Income shall include all income such as pensions, interest from savings accounts, IRAs, stocks or bonds, etc. Submit copy of utility bill to be considered as well.
Income eligibility ranges from $30,718 to $106,948 (gross annual income) depending on family size, from one to eight people.
Extraordinary circumstances (e.g. an unusual expense burden) will be considered.
A copy of documentation demonstrating participation in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (if eligible) or other earnings records must accompany the application. Applications will be accepted through March 1.
All information received will be held in the strictest confidence.
Funds will be disbursed on a rolling basis. Since funds are derived from volunteer contributions, no set dollar amount can be established.
The funds that are granted to applicants will be paid directly to the energy source provider: natural gas, heating oil, or electric company.
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July 2013 - The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) is pleased to announce a Service Truck Crane Practical Examiner Accreditation Workshop. The Service Truck Crane Practical Examiner Workshop will be held September 4-5, 2013 in Tiffin, OH.
NCCCO reviews all potential participants' applications before admission to the Workshop is granted. All applications must include payment and resumes or will be considered incomplete and will not be processed. The Service Truck Crane workshop is strictly limited to eleven (11) participants. The workshop is filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
This workshop is designed primarily for Examiners who are not currently accredited in the Telescopic Boom Crane-Fixed Cab (TSS) category.
While Examiners who are currently accredited in the Telescopic Boom Crane-Fixed Cab (TSS) category may attend this Workshop, they may also achieve their accreditation in the Service Truck Crane (STC) subcategory of the TSS category by participating in a forthcoming webinar-based workshop. Please contact NCCCO at email@example.com for more information on the STC webinar workshop.
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As the primary provider of technology support and services at Saint Louis University, the Information Technology Services (ITS) division is committed to continuous improvement and progressive innovation directly aligned with the University's mission and vision.
IT professionals are distributed across campus to assist students, faculty, staff, researchers, clinics and guests with campus technology. In the left sidebar, you will find a list of our walk-up service locations and hours.
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SLU ITS has partnered with Blackboard, Inc. to provide support via telephone and email 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
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ITS has centralized our support staff into a set of geographically zoned groups instead of having individuals dedicated to a specific academic/administrative unit.
The individuals in each group will be walking through the buildings within their area to provide IT support and to check with faculty, staff and students regarding the quality of their technology. SLUCare IT support staff will continue to focus on the departments where they currently serve.
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Anyplace Control 5.4
Complete evolution in remote PC access, support and desktop management.
Now you can monitor multiple systems in a single action, make necessary settings, transfer files or conduct an interactive training. Anyplace Control provides the ability to support all Windows versions including Vista which comprises the majority of PCs all over the world.
Designed to operate over your network or Internet securely without the need for router configuration, Anyplace Control provides an optimal solution for remote support and personal use. Software includes: File Transfer between PCs; Copy and Paste between PCs; restart and shutdown remote pc, lock remote mouse and keyboard, turn off remote monitor etc.
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DDRx/LPDDRx validation
The objective of the Intel® validation program for DDRx/LPDDRx is to verify SDRAM compliance to the Intel specifications for DDRx/LPDDRx and performance of supported DDR memory modules in Intel® reference systems, so as to provide a guideline for memory compatibility with Intel® chipsets. This validation will be performed by an approved test lab on a small sample of components and modules and is intended to demonstrate supplier design and manufacturing capability. The validation process uses standardized procedures and methodologies documented in the Intel validation procedure for DDRx/LPDDRx. This documented procedure is not intended to replace the normal product qualification process. (For a list of approved test labs, please refer to the appropriate validation results page.)
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...While this soup is very inexpensive to make, it is less substantial than most of the dishes that have been featured on Frugal Foodie Friday. I decided to share it with you because I know there are times when even those on restricted food budgets want something special to start a holiday meal. I thought this soup would be lovely to serve as a first course on Valentine's Day or Easter Sunday and I wanted to post it so those of you who are interested have ample time to do a trial run. The soup was developed by Martha Rose Shulman for The New York Times, and the first time I skimmed through her recipe, I knew it was a keeper. I was not, however, prepared for how delicious the soup would actually be. It is a winner on many levels. The soup is a light celery puree that is thickened with a single potato, and while the combination may sound mundane, I think you'll find it works wonderfully well and will get your meal off to a festive start. If leeks and the walnut oil are not available don't stress. Replace the leeks with another small onion and bypass the use of walnut oil altogether. How do you rate a recipe that is inexpensive to make, easy to prepare and a delight to the palate? I guess that depends on the reviewer, but I can tell you this soup made my socks go up and down and its been a while since that happened. I do hope you will try this soup. It is really good stuff. Here is how it is made.
Celery and Potato Soup...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Martha Rose Shulman via The New York Times
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small white onion, chopped
1 large or 2 medium leeks, white and light green part only, cleaned and sliced
6 celery stalks, sliced (about 3/4 pound)
Kosher salt
1 medium-size russet potato, about 10 ounces, peeled and diced
4 garlic cloves, peeled and halved, green shoots removed
A bouquet garni made a bay leaf and a couple of sprigs each parsley and thyme, tied together
7 cups water or chicken stock
Freshly ground pepper
For garnish:
2 teaspoons walnut oil
1/4 cup very thinly sliced celery, chopped chives or chervil (optional)
1) Heat olive oil over medium-low heat, add onion, leek, and celery, and cook gently, stirring often, for about 10 minutes, until very tender. Add 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt after the first 5 minutes. Do not allow vegetables to color.
2) Add potatoes, garlic, and bouquet garni. Stir together and add water or stock. Bring to a simmer, add salt to taste, cover and simmer 30 to 40 minutes, until vegetables are very tender and broth is fragrant. Remove from heat.
3) Remove bouquet garni from soup. Using an immersion blender, puree soup (or you can put it through fine blade of a food mill or use a regular blender, working in batches and placing a kitchen towel over top to avoid splashing). Then strain through a medium strainer (this step is important; otherwise soup will be stringy), using back of a large spoon to push soup through. Make sure to scrape outside of strainer so that all of puree goes back into soup. Return to pot, stir with a whisk to even out texture, heat through and season well with salt and pepper.
4) Ladle soup into bowls and garnish each bowl with a few thin slices of celery and about 1/4 teaspoon walnut oil. Sprinkle with minced chives or chervil if you wish, and serve. Yield: 6 to 8 servings.
Cook's Note: Soup can be made several hours or even a day ahead of serving. Refrigerate in covered containers. When you reheat, whisk the soup to smooth out the puree (it will separate as it sits).
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It's only about a month away from the busy holiday shopping season, so Apple is likely going to announce several new devices to capitalize on the festive spending spree, according to reports.
Apple is expected to launch a new iPad mini with a clearer Retina display, according to USA Today, and likely we can also expect something about Macs and Apple TV.
However, those wanting the new iPad this Christmas will have to get one soon because supplies are limited, according to Jefferies analyst Peter Misek. In fact, perhaps that's part of Apple's strategy.
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"It's not a bad thing for Apple to have people lined up at their stores and have products in short supply," Van Baker, lead Apple analyst at research firm Gartner, told USA Today. "It can damage the business if it persists, but for a short period of time limited supply creates more excitement and buzz and more people want the product."
And Apple needs buzz because Android tablets have nearly half of the world's market share, just slightly more than the Cupertino, Calif. company. That's a first for Apple, and it should be a healthy reality check.
A refresh of the new regular-size iPad is also expected, and possibly other devices such as the MacBook Pro laptop. Many are also expecting details on the new operating system, OS X Mavericks and a new Mac Pro.


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Representative Blake Farenthold will be holding several constituent listening sessions in South Texas this week.
This is an excellent opportunity to go pay him a visit and be the first line of education and information for Sierra Club priority issues.
Listening Session at Los Fresnos Area Chamber of Commerce (203 North
Arroyo Blvd., Los Fresnos, TX 78566). It will start at 6 p.m. CST.
Corpus Christi Listening Session: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 6 p.m. CST
Location: Moody High School (1818 Trojan Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78416)
Open House in Corpus Christi: Thursday, May 19, 2011, Time: 2-5 p.m. CST
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