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If you're a hard core Apple fan, you might want a piece of rare Apple hardware that I promise none of your friends will have.
This rare Macintosh prototype is up for auction on Ebay, but with a starting price of almost $100,000, you're going to need Steve Jobs levels of cash to have a shot.
The 128k Mac features one of Apple's canceled 5.25 Twiggy floppy disc drives, which was supposedly so unreliable that one of the engineers told Jobs that he should take the thing out and shoot it. The production Macintosh ended up using a Sony drive with far less capacity.
While the seller's Ebay name is Wozniac, he assures us that he's not actually Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak.
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Datameer will be demonstrating Datameer 3.0, a new release of the company's data integration and analytics software for business users. The release adds "smart analytic" functions that automatically identify patterns and relationships within huge volumes of complex data stored in Hadoop.
Datameer 3.0 uses four machine-learning techniques: clustering, decision trees, column dependencies and recommendations. While these have traditionally been the domain of skilled data scientists, they are incorporated in the Datameer software such that business users can use them on a self-service basis, according to the company.
Datameer 3.0 will be in beta testing for several months before becoming generally available.


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There's a grip of instant messages a 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg sent to various confidants before Facebook launched, as well as during its earliest years. They make for an interesting read in that the enormity of Facebook's potential never seemed to seize Zuckerberg, even after an initial year of rapid growth.
Below is Zuckerberg chatting with Adam D'Angelo in 2003, D'Angelo being Zuck's "best friend from high school" who also served CTO for Facebook and co-founded Quora according to Business Insider, which published the IMs. At the time the soon-to-be social networking king had two projects going on: TheFaceBook and a dating website.
Something to look for: Zuckerberg's strategic mind and his understanding of the digital landscape is on display here. He's not so in love with Facebook itself, but rather the concept of what a system that attracted users for a reason other than, say, a dating site could achieve.
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Zuckerberg: So you know how I'm making that dating site
Zuckerberg: I wonder how similar that is to the Facebook thing
Zuckerberg: Because they're probably going to be released around the same time
Zuckerberg: Unless I fuck the dating site people over and quit on them right before I told them I'd have it done.
D'Angelo: haha
Zuckerberg: Like I don't think people would sign up for the facebook thing if they knew it was for dating
Zuckerberg: and I think people are skeptical about joining dating things too.
Zuckerberg: But the guy doing the dating thing is going to promote it pretty well.
Zuckerberg: I wonder what the ideal solution is.
Zuckerberg: I think the Facebook thing by itself would draw many people, unless it were released at the same time as the dating thing.
Zuckerberg: In which case both things would cancel each other out and nothing would win. Any ideas? Like is there a good way to consolidate the two.
D'Angelo: We could make it into a whole network like a friendster. haha. Stanford has something like that internally
Zuckerberg: Well I was thinking of doing that for the facebook. The only thing that's different about theirs is that you like request dates with people or connections with the facebook you don't do that via the system.
D'Angelo: Yeah
Zuckerberg: I also hate the fact that I'm doing it for other people haha. Like I hate working under other people. I feel like the right thing to do is finish the facebook and wait until the last day before I'm supposed to have their thing ready and then be like "look yours isn't as good as this so if you want to join mine you can...otherwise I can help you with yours later." Or do you think that's too dick?
D'Angelo: I think you should just ditch them
Zuckerberg: The thing is they have a programmer who could finish their thing and they have money to pour into advertising and stuff. Oh wait I have money too. My friend who wants to sponsor this is head of the investment society. Apparently insider trading isn't illegal in Brazil so he's rich lol.
D'Angelo: lol
Even after Facebook launched, bringing in over a million users over seven short months, Zuckerberg's mind didn't seem to be on growing the site, but rather getting some cash from it so he could work on what he wants to, according to a confidant. Apparently that was Wirehog, "which has since been described as a file-sharing service," according to Business Insider.
Here's that exchange:
Confidant: Well you should recover the shares you need to recover legal fees.
Zuckerberg: I won't pay the legal fees
Zuckerberg: The company that buys us will haha
Confidant: Cool hopefully that'll be soon so you can move on and just work on what you want to
Zuckerberg: Well it just needs to propel Wirehog
Confidant: So you have gotten responses to your national recognition?
Zuckerberg: Responses from whom?
Zuckerberg: Some more VCs. Still talking to Google and Friendster.
BI's Nicholas Carlson sheds some more light on what's going on here, and we agree with him about this being curious: "It's D'Angelo, not Zuckerberg, who seems to suggest 'We could make it into a whole network like a friendster.'" Of course, none of this means that Zuckerberg didn't have the vision or drive. He clearly does. If it wasn't Facebook that propelled him, it probably would have been something else.
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One of the great emerging stories in American food is the comeback of the school lunch. We're waking up to the idea that our just-add-water starches aren't working and we need to serve "real food" once again. Earlier this month, First Lady Michelle Obama rolled out her Chefs Move to Schools Campaign, a visionary plan for our best culinary talent to work with school kitchens. It's part of her broader Let's Move! effort that has the goal of "solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation." (Read: THIS generation.) It's an incredible news story; you'll find full details here through the blog, ObamaFoodORama.
Yet there are stories told by reporters — and then there are sparks of fire ignited by friends. Soon after the event, my friend Cathy Conway of Avalon Catering in Atlanta, GA, was tagged in these photos from Mary Moore of The Cook's Warehouse. How inspiring to see someone I have long admired — and cooked with in her kitchen years ago! — in the middle of it all. In response to the photos, Cathy wrote:
"…Ready to dive deeper in my commitment to Grady High School [in Atlanta]…I feel like I can influence these young adults. Teach them: the pleasure of sharing at the table; the taste of a vegetable from the garden and quickly prepared in the pan; the importance of local; the power of voting with food dollars; the influence in their choices…".
How wonderful to see this local movement happening — a local movement that is happening everywhere. Congratulations, chefs! Can't wait to hear more.


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I agree, the captcha tests are annoying but I think I'm getting better a deciphering the alphanumeric codes. I was trialling one before (for a day) but I use several plugins for spam.
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there is Notes on the iPad. Its a default application. Even backs up to the computer. There are HEAPS of text editors, document writing type applications as well.
Also you can use something like Flipboard or another reader to read blogs much more easily on a phone.
I can't even read blogs at work (on the work computers) and you're whinging about slow ones ;P Can't use my phone/iPad either as they aren't allowed in the building.


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New LiquidCrystal / Home
LCD Library
Welcome to the LCD Library for Arduino and Chipkit. It is a derivate of the original LiquidCrystal Library as sourced in the Arduino SDK. It has been developed to be compatible with the current LiquidCrystal library, its performance is almost 5 times faster and fully extendable if need be.
Being faster, gives your applications more time to do more things than just controlling the LCD. So, its cool, you can do more stuff.
It supports most Hitachi HD44780 based LCDs, or compatible, connected to any project using: 4, 8 wire parallel interface, I2C IO port expander (native I2C and bit bang) and Shift Regiter.
It currently supports 4 types of connections:
- 4 bit parallel LCD interface
- 8 bit parallel LCD interface
- I2C IO bus expansion board with the PCF8574* I2C IO expander ASIC such as I2C LCD extra IO.
- ShiftRegister adaptor board as described Shift Register project home or in the HW configuration described below, 2 and 3 wire configurations supported.
- ShiftRegister 3 wire latch adaptor board as described ShiftRegister 3 Wire Home
- Support for 1 wire shift register ShiftRegister 1 Wire
- I2C bus expansion using general purpose IO lines.
Library Overview
This library provides the same interface to applications as the LiquidCrystal library sourced by the Arduino SDK. The main changes to the LiquidCrystal Library is that it has been changed to be a pure abstract class from which particular implementations derive from.
All the basic functions to control an LCD are implemented in the base class, while the particular way to "talk" to the LCD is done by a class that simply knows how to write to the LCD.
Therefore, it is possible to create new drivers to the library by simply inhering from the base class and develop the functions that are specific to "talk" to the LCD.
The library currently supports 3 types of connections:
- 4 bit parallel LCD interface
- 8 bit parallel LCD interface
- I2C IO bus expansion board with the PCF8574* I2C IO expander ASIC.
- ShiftRegister adaptor board (please visit the HW schematics and configuration for details).
The LCD library started as a base support for the PCF8574* I2C IO expander ASIC in the LCDI2CextraIO board but it has rapidly grown to support other LCD driving mechanism due to the simplicity of adding new drivers to it.
Since this library is a full class hierarchy, new interfacing mechanisms can be added without having to re-write the entire driver. Drivers for the MCP2300, SPI and Serial are very easy to develop since you would only have to worry about how to write to the particular new device.
The library is used just like the current stock LiquidCrystal LCD library. You only have to tell it what type of LCD and how you have connected to your project and you are set. The main difference is that the LCD library is a "collection" of libraries with the same common interface (a class hierarchy with a base abstract class - in the technical jargon).
Here is how to use the library for a 4 bit LCD interface:
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
#define CONTRAST_PIN 9
#define BACKLIGHT_PIN 7
#define CONTRAST 125
void setup()
// Switch on the backlight and LCD contrast levels
pinMode(CONTRAST_PIN, OUTPUT);
pinMode(BACKLIGHT_PIN, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(BACKLIGHT_PIN, HIGH);
analogWrite (CONTRAST_PIN, CONTRAST);
lcd.begin(16,2); // initialize the lcd
lcd.home (); // go home
lcd.print("Hello, ARDUINO ");
lcd.setCursor ( 0, 1 ); // go to the next line
lcd.print (" WORLD!");
void loop()
Here's of how to use the library for a I2C LCD interface using the I2CLCDextraIO board or similar:
#include <Wire.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x38); // Set the LCD I2C address
#define BACKLIGHT_PIN 13
void setup()
// Switch on the backlight
pinMode ( BACKLIGHT_PIN, OUTPUT );
digitalWrite ( BACKLIGHT_PIN, HIGH );
lcd.begin(16,2); // initialize the lcd
lcd.home (); // go home
lcd.print("Hello, ARDUINO ");
lcd.setCursor ( 0, 1 ); // go to the next line
lcd.print (" WORLD! ");
void loop()
Being a "collection" of libraries with a common interface, you can develop a complete project just by using a reference to the base LCD class (a pointer to an "LCD variable") and then in the project (sketch) and during the initialization (setup routine) you would just have to pass the "concrete" LCD that you are using.
This is particularly useful for projects that have a MMI built-in where you would like to use it with multiple LCDs maintaining the user interface hidden from the particular LCD you are using. It is also very useful if you have a project and you don't know how you are going to connect the LCD or your change your mind halfway through the project.
Using the virtual LCD class in projects:
#include <Wire.h>
#include <LCD.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
#define BACKLIGHT_PIN 13
LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x38); // Set the LCD I2C address
LCD *myLCD = &lcd;
void setup()
// Switch on the backlight
pinMode ( BACKLIGHT_PIN, OUTPUT );
digitalWrite ( BACKLIGHT_PIN, HIGH );
myLcd->begin(16,2); // initialize the lcd
myLcd->home (); // go home
myLcd->print("Hello, ARDUINO ");
myLcd->setCursor ( 0, 1 ); // go to the next line
myLcd->print (" WORLD! ");
void loop()
The only difference is the "include" and how you initialize the LCD. Not a bit difference, right!
When you install the library it may come out with a compilation error. This is due to the fact that it can't find the Wire library header files. Please include Wire.h at the beginning of your sketch. Why? Because of the peculiarities of the Arduino compilation environment. I am working on a way to work around this.
The library is configured by default to run fast. Should you have problems with slow LCDs, you will have to disable the FAST_MODE in the LCD.h header file of the library by simply commenting the FAST_MODE define.
All the HW configurations described in the HW section have been tested, the last one was the ShiftRegister adaptor by piccaso and the 1 wire interface by Stephen Erisman, thanks for sharing and testing.
The code has been fully tested with a 4 bit interface and with the I2CLCDextraIO (companion board to this library) using the PCF8574* ASIC.
Performance and Benchmakrs
Each supported and tested library class has gone through a performance benchmark and it is compared with respect to the original LiquidCrystal library.
AVR bench marks:
- AVR @ 16MHz
- I2C @ 100KHz
ChipKit Uno32:
- PIC32 @ 80MHz
ShiftRegister class benched marked by piccaso - flo, thanks for testing it and sharing.
Benchmark 1: write every position of the LCD one by one, 10 cycles.
Benchmark 2: write a bar graph using the entire LCD to draw the bars. This has 5 writes per LCD position, 10 cycles.
Benchmark 3: write a string to each row of the LCD from a string in RAM, 10 cycles.
Benchmark 4: write a string to each row of the LCD from a string stored in FLASH, 10 cycles.
Benchmark Results
The execution time is based on the sample benchmark file using FAST_MODE enabled.
Execution time
LiquidCrystal 4BIT ShiftRegister ShiftRegister SR3W I2C I2C GPIO benchmark1 11055 us 2966 us 2576 us 3519 us 32062 us 28560 us benchmark2 125770 us 34660 us 29224 us 39839 us 362954 us 322446 us benchmark3 13660 us 3616 us 3198 us 4370 us 39613 us 35284 us benchmark4 13643 us 3597 us 3180 us 4352 us 39610 us 35264 us
Average LCD write operation time
LiquidCrystal 4BIT ShiftRegister ShiftRegister SR3W I2C 1WSR I2C (GPIO) write op. 325 us 87 us 75.92 us 103.72 us 943.61 us ... us 839.85 us
Performance ratio vs LiquidCrystal library
LiquidCrystal 4BIT ShiftRegister ShiftRegister SR3W I2C 1WSR I2C (GPIO) Performance 1 3.72 4.28 3.13 0.34 3.8 0.39
Benchmark II
16MHz AVR
Interface ByteXfer 16x2FPS Ftime ---------------------------------------------- 4BIT 338us 86.92 11.51ms (orignal Arduino IDE Liquid Crystal) 4BIT 98us 298.58 3.35ms SR2W 76us 388.62 2.57ms SR_2W 72us 406.90 2.46ms SR_3W 61us 480.03 2.08ms SR3W 102us 287.92 3.47ms I2C 957us 30.74 32.25ms I2C (GPIO) 839us 35.07 28.51ms SR1W_HC 94us 311.41 3.21ms SR1W_SC 116us 252.83 3.96ms
80Mhz Pic32 (ChipKit Uno32)
4BIT 232uS 126.73 7.89ms (orignal mpide Liquid Crystal) 4BIT 57uS 517.41 1.93ms SR2W 53uS 557.35 1.79ms SR_2W 53uS 554.66 1.80ms SR_3W 50uS 591.40 1.69ms SR3W 56uS 524.91 1.91ms
HW configuration, schematics and initialization of different boards and configuration
Please visit the HW configuration schematics of all the tested configurations of the library.
Downloading and Installation
Source code for the library and documentation can be downloaded from the download section of this repository: here
The library comes in source and with examples that will get you started. Additionally you have a full description of the library in the docs folder in HTML format that you can browse.
To install the library:
- Download the most recent version of the library.
- Extract the library. It should be in a subfolder of its own (something like /myLCDSketch/libraries/LCD) in your sketch or in the library folder of the Arduino distribution.
- When you start the Arduino IDE, it should contain a new menu "LCD" with examples. (File > Examples > LCD...). It should also appear in the menu Sketch > import library.
- Alternatively you can install the library in the Arduino SDK library pool. To install and learn about libraries please follow the instructions in Library Tutorial, there is a Section in the Tutorial indicating how to install a library.
The library has been developed to replace the current Arduino library, therefore you will need to remove/backup the LiquidCrystal folder from the Arduino library folder the original LiquidCrystal library and replace it for this one. You will also potentially need to remove other LCD libraries like LiquidCrystal_I2C as that will also conflict with this library.
Also in the download section you can find the I2CIO driver library for the PCF8574* I2C IO expander ASIC.
Current New LiquidCrystal is the latest zip file in the download section. You may also take the integration branch which contains the latest contributions and addtions. The integration branch is more up to date and contains the most updated resolution of defects found.
The New LiquidCrystal library has been tested and is compatible with Arduino SDK 1.0.1, 1.0 and Arduino SDK 0022.
This library has also been tested with the chipKit.
Minor changes would have to be done to be compatible with previous versions of the SDK.
Lets keep this section very short.
New LiquidCrystal Library by F. Malpartida is licensed under of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version: GPL v3.0
This work was inspired on the Arduino SKD "LiquidCrystal" library and the "LiquidCrystal_I2C" library from Mario_H.
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Angry, desperate, and firm in their belief that they're above the law, America's "sovereign citizens" are presenting a mounting threat to domestic law and order, according to reports and terrorism experts.
While the sovereign-citizen movement has been around for decades – evolving from a 1970s antitax protest to the "freeman" movement of the 1990s – it has spread in recent years, driven by high unemployment, mass foreclosures, and other economic hardships. The lure is the movement's peculiar ideology: that Americans can free themselves from the authority of the United States government through obscure and byzantine legal filings that purport to reveal the illegitimacy of US law.
Jared Loughner, the suspect in the Feb. 8 shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others in Tucson, Ariz., used "sovereign citizens" talking points, and two well-known sovereign citizens shot to death two West Memphis, Ark., police officers in May 2010.
On Wednesday, Mr. Loughner pleaded not guilty to a 49-count indictment in a Tuscon courtroom. Fourteen of the charges carry the possibility of the death penalty, though prosecutors have not yet decided whether to seek Loughner's execution.
The incidents in Arizona and Arkansas have followed others:
- Joe Stack, who piloted a Piper Dakota airplane into an Austin, Texas, IRS building in February 2010, was a sovereign citizen who left a convoluted manifesto.
- The Guardians of the Free Republic, a sovereign-citizen group that has tried to set up an alternative US government, last year sent subtly threatening letters to all 50 US governors.
- Scott Roeder, convicted of fatally shooting late-term abortion doctor George Tiller at a Sunday church service in Wichita, Kan., in May 2009, has links to the sovereign-citizen movement.
A report released last week by the Southern Poverty Law Center cites a "dramatic increase" in sovereign activity, estimating about 300,000 adherents nationwide. The trend marks a reprise of the early 1990s, when fears and anxieties about the economic downturn swelled the movement to about 250,000 followers and culminated in the FBI's 81-day armed standoff with a group of Montana freemen in 1996.
Once populated mostly by white men, the sovereign-citizens movement is now drawing in women, Hispanics, and African-Americans, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center – including a surprising number of doctors and policemen. They are involved in a wide variety of schemes and scams, experts say, and the refusal by some to show deference to US law has led to dramatic acts of violence.
"There's been a shift in recent months on law-enforcement Internet forums, where they used to joke about them and now it's, 'I had to encounter one of these people today, and I was careful,' " says J.J. MacNab, a tax expert and author in Maryland who has been tracking the sovereign-citizen movement for a decade. "And they should be careful, because these people are very heavily armed, they're angry, and they believe they're right."
What do sovereign citizens believe?
The basic sovereign-citizen notion is that the United States has secretly enslaved its people – and that sovereign citizens alone know it. The theory goes like this: At some point in the past, the US replaced the original "common law" of the Founding Fathers with a system of law that brings Americans into the servitude of the federal government. Moreover, when it ended the gold standard in 1933, the US government used its citizens as collateral. In place of gold, the US leveraged its people's future earnings to lure foreign investors, meaning that Americans were essentially being sold at birth.
The alleged conspiracy goes deeper. As a part of this enslavement, the government establishes a secret Treasury account corresponding to every American citizen, which it fills with as much as $20 million. This fake doppelganger – which the movement refers to as a "straw man" – is how the government enslaves the flesh-and-blood American. Names on government-issued IDs are printed only in capital letters, sovereigns say, because they actually refer to the straw men, not the real people (whose names, after all, are not spelled only in capital letters).
The sovereign's goal is "redemption" – becoming a "free man" liberated from the straw man and slavery to the US government. Most often, sovereign citizens attempt this through "paper terrorism." Some file massive amounts of legal documents with dense, nonsensical language. Some issue fake million-dollar bonds, sell phony diplomatic credentials, impersonate police officers, or use fake driver's licenses and birth certificates.
Some have also threatened judges. In tough economic times, many have turned to debt- and mortgage-elimination scams that appeal to people who fall for get-rich-quick schemes.
In Atlanta, the city has seen at least 30 cases of sovereign citizens stealing empty foreclosed homes by filing illegal quit-claim deeds on those properties. In one case, a man seized an entire foreclosed strip mall.
Detectives and dentists
Similar anecdotes are common nationwide and point to the spread of the movement.
In Florida, a local doctor is hoping to set up the Republic of Florida, a new country untouchable by US law. Last month, the Sarasota Police Department fired a prominent detective after he filed court documents renouncing his US citizenship, signing each court document with a red thumb print – the imprimatur of sovereign citizens. And Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner in his YouTube videos used phrases about literacy and the gold standard that occur frequently in freemen jargon.
"You used to see a sovereign story once a month; now we're seeing three or four a day," says Ms. MacNab. "Most people when they think sovereigns think rural, uneducated, ex-military, but dentists fall for this stuff in droves."
At times of economic and societal unrest, such conspiracy fantasies are fueled by mainstream concerns. "These are always contorted, mirror reflections of anxieties that exist in the mainstream, and that's where they get [the] loose cherries that fall off the tree," says Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. "And when conspiracy theories are more prevalent, that tree shakes even more."
He adds: "Unlike people who refute the moon landing, these are people doing it for something beyond ideological vanity points. They believe that the political and economic institutions and processes are illegitimate, and in some ways they can actually point to real inequities" in the system.
A 'modern-day freedom fighter'
In an interview with ABC News last year, self-described sovereign citizen Brian Johnson asserted that he believes that Americans don't need Social Security numbers, driver's licenses, or even wedding licenses.
"I call myself a modern-day freedom fighter," said Mr. Johnson. "You're the ruler, the master in your life. I'm not a danger to anyone, except those who don't wish to have the truth exposed."
Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols was also a sovereign citizen.
The US government has taken steps to thwart tens of thousands of sovereign-citizen-related filings every year, including a $5,000 fine for filings that include the straw-man argument. Last year, the IRS warned that "attacks and threats against IRS agents" have risen in recent years.
In a recent NPR report about secret prisons in the United States, at least two inmates at a federal Communications Management Unit in Indiana – which limits the amount of communication prisoners have with the outside world – were prominent sovereign citizens.


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"Simply put, the reason we chose Fujitsu for this project is a sense of trust in their global system migration and cloud service. We felt secure relying on them as professionals"
Takashi Yoshida, Associate General Manager, Information System Planning Department, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
"Eat well, Live well" is the thinking that inspired the umami seasoning AJI-NO-MOTO® more than 100 years ago. Today Ajinomoto Co., Inc. continues to create products with scientifically proven benefits for people's health. Available in 26 countries around the world, Ajinomoto aims to contribute to society through food, AminoScience, and nutrition by continuing to pursue the potential of amino acids.
As a Japanese business with ambition for global expansion, Ajinomoto embarked on a project to migrate the infrastructure system (SAP) of four group companies, based in ASEAN countries (Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia )from within Japan to the Fujitsu Cloud IaaS Private Hosted LCP. Hosted in Fujitsu's Singapore Data Center, the solution helps improve business continuity.
Construct an environment for Ajinomoto's ASEAN group company's SAP infrastructure to be housed outside Japan, reducing risk from natural disasters. This improves global business continuity and reduces the support burden between local ASEAN users and Japan service operators.
Migrate the existing ASEAN SAP infrastructure from Japan to the Fujitsu Cloud IaaS Private Hosted LCP environment based in Singapore, offering better protection from natural disasters. Establish a service desk in Singapore and provide an English language version of the job management tool Fujitsu Software Systemwalker Operation Manager to reduce the burden domestically in Japan by completing the major operation management within ASEAN countries.
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A day after Vice President Joe Biden told the convention at Walt Disney World that Obama needed to carry Florida to win in 2012, Solis attempted to rally Democrats for the elections and urged them to push for the Obama jobs plan which, with Republicans controlling the U.S. House, has no chance of passing Congress.
Speaking at a luncheon event on Saturday, Solis carried water for Obama, bashing Republicans and praising the administration's economic policies.
Solis offered harsh words about conservatives. Looking at 2012, Solis slammed the tea party movement, calling them "teabaggers" and promising the Obama administration will take them on.
Reminder: "Teabagger" is a crude sexual slur which refers to dipping genitals into the mouth of another person.
Another reminder: earlier this year Solis took part also in a union conference call with Vice President Bite Me, where used the term "barbarians at the gate" against the Tea Party.
But Solis endorsed the far-Left Occupy Wall Street fleabaggers. She even spoke at Al Sharpton's recent rally in DC.


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Geometry Optimization
From NWChem
Geometry Optimization with DRIVER
The DRIVER module is one of two drivers (also see documentation on STEPPER) to perform a geometry optimization function on the molecule defined by input using the GEOMETRY directive. Geometry optimization is either an energy minimization or a transition state optimization. The algorithm programmed in DRIVER is a quasi-newton optimization with line searches and approximate energy Hessian updates.
DRIVER is selected by default out of the two available modules to perform geometry optimization. In order to force use of DRIVER (e.g., because a previous optimization used STEPPER) provide a DRIVER input block (below) -- even an empty block will force use of DRIVER.
Optional input for this module is specified within the compound directive,
DRIVER (LOOSE || DEFAULT || TIGHT) GMAX <real value> GRMS <real value> XMAX <real value> XRMS <real value> EPREC <real eprec default 1e-7> TRUST <real trust default 0.3> SADSTP <real sadstp default 0.1> CLEAR REDOAUTOZ INHESS <integer inhess default 0> (MODDIR || VARDIR) <integer dir default 0> (FIRSTNEG || NOFIRSTNEG) MAXITER <integer maxiter default 20> BSCALE <real BSCALE default 1.0> ASCALE <real ASCALE default 0.25> TSCALE <real TSCALE default 0.1> HSCALE <real HSCALE default 1.0> PRINT ... XYZ <string xyz default file_prefix>] NOXYZ END
On each optimization step a line search is performed. To speed up calculations (up to two times), it may be beneficial to turn off the line search using following directive:
set driver:linopt 0
Convergence criteria
(LOOSE || DEFAULT || TIGHT) GMAX <real value> GRMS <real value> XMAX <real value> XRMS <real value>
The defaults may be used, or the directives LOOSE, DEFAULT, or TIGHT specified to use standard sets of values, or the individual criteria adjusted. All criteria are in atomic units. GMAX and GRMS control the maximum and root mean square gradient in the coordinates being used (Z-matrix, redundant internals, or Cartesian). XMAX and XRMS control the maximum and root mean square of the Cartesian step.
Note that GMAX and GRMS used for convergence of geometry may significantly vary in different coordinate systems such as Z-matrix, redundant internals, or Cartesian. The coordinate system is defined in the input file (default is Z-matrix). Therefore the choice of coordinate system may slightly affect converged energy. Although in most cases XMAX and XRMS are last to converge which are always done in Cartesian coordinates, which insures convergence to the same geometry in different coordinate systems.
The old criterion may be recovered with the input
gmax 0.0008; grms 1; xrms 1; xmax 1
Available precision
EPREC <real eprec default 1e-7>
In performing a line search the optimizer must know the precision of the energy (this has nothing to do with convergence criteria). The default value of 1e-7 should be adjusted if less, or more, precision is available. Note that the default EPREC for DFT calculations is 5e-6 instead of 1e-7.
Controlling the step length
TRUST <real trust default 0.3> SADSTP <real sadstp default 0.1>
A fixed trust radius (trust) is used to control the step during minimizations, and is also used for modes being minimized during saddle-point searches. It defaults to 0.3 for minimizations and 0.1 for saddle-point searches. The parameter sadstp is the trust radius used for the mode being maximized during a saddle-point search and defaults to 0.1.
Maximum number of steps
MAXITER <integer maxiter default 20>
By default at most 20 geometry optimization steps will be taken, but this may be modified with this directive.
Discard restart information
By default Driver reuses Hessian information from a previous optimization, and, to facilitate a restart also stores which mode is being followed for a saddle-point search. This option deletes all restart data.
Regenerate internal coordinates
Deletes Hessian data and regenerates internal coordinates at the current geometry. Useful if there has been a large change in the geometry that has rendered the current set of coordinates invalid or non-optimal.
Initial Hessian
INHESS <integer inhess default 0>
- 0 = Default ... use restart data if available, otherwise use diagonal guess.
- 1 = Use diagonal initial guess.
- 2 = Use restart data if available, otherwise transform Cartesian Hessian from previous frequency calculation.
In addition, the diagonal elements of the initial Hessian for internal coordinates may be scaled using separate factors for bonds, angles and torsions with the following
BSCALE <real bscale default 1.0> ASCALE <real ascale default 0.25> TSCALE <real tscale default 0.1>
These values typically give a two-fold speedup over unit values, based on about 100 test cases up to 15 atoms using 3-21g and 6-31g* SCF. However, if doing many optimizations on physically similar systems it may be worth fine tuning these parameters.
Finally, the entire Hessian from any source may be scaled by a factor using the directive
HSCALE <real hscale default 1.0>
It might be of utility, for instance, when computing an initial Hessian using SCF to start a large MP2 optimization. The SCF vibrational modes are expected to be stiffer than the MP2, so scaling the initial Hessian by a number less than one might be beneficial.
Mode or variable to follow to saddle point
(MODDIR || VARDIR) <integer dir default 0> (FIRSTNEG || NOFIRSTNEG)
When searching for a transition state the program, by default, will take an initial step uphill and then do mode following using a fuzzy maximum overlap (the lowest eigen-mode with an overlap with the previous search direction of 0.7 times the maximum overlap is selected). Once a negative eigen-value is found, that mode is followed regardless of overlap.
The initial uphill step is appropriate if the gradient points roughly in the direction of the saddle point, such as might be the case if a constrained optimization was performed at the starting geometry. Alternatively, the initial search direction may be chosen to be along a specific internal variable (using the directive VARDIR) or along a specific eigen-mode (using MODDIR). Following a variable might be valuable if the initial gradient is either very small or very large. Note that the eigen-modes in the optimizer have next-to-nothing to do with the output from a frequency calculation. You can examine the eigen-modes used by the optimizer with
driver; print hvecs; end
The selection of the first negative mode is usually a good choice if the search is started in the vicinity of the transition state and the initial search direction is satisfactory. However, sometimes the first negative mode might not be the one of interest (e.g., transverse to the reaction direction). If NOFIRSTNEG is specified, the code will not take the first negative direction and will continue doing mode-following until that mode goes negative.
Optimization history as XYZ files
XYZ [<string xyz default $fileprefix>] NOXYZ
The XYZ directive causes the geometry at each step (but not intermediate points of a line search) to be output into separate files in the permanent directory in XYZ format. The optional string will prefix the filename. The NOXYZ directive turns this off.
For example, the input
driver; xyz test; end
will cause files test-000.xyz, test-001.xyz, ... to be created in the permanent directory.
The script rasmolmovie in the NWChem contrib directory can be used to turn these into an animated GIF movie.
Print options
The UNIX command "egrep '^@' < output" will extract a pretty table summarizing the optimization.
If you specify the NWChem input
scf; print none; end driver; print low; end task scf optimize
you'll obtain a pleasantly terse output.
For more control, these options for the standard print directive are recognized
- debug - prints a large amount of data. Don't use in parallel.
- high - print the search direction in internals
- default - prints geometry for each major step (not during the line search), gradient in internals (before and after application of constraints)
- low - prints convergence and energy information. At convergence prints final geometry, change in internals from initial geometry
and these specific print options
- finish (low) - print geometry data at end of calculation
- bonds (default) - print bonds at end of calculation
- angles (default) - print angles at end of calculation
- hvecs (never) - print eigen-values/vectors of the Hessian
- searchdir (high) - print the search direction in internals
- "internal gradient" (default) - print the gradient in internals
- sadmode (default) - print the mode being followed to the saddle point
Geometry Optimization with STEPPER
The STEPPER module performs a search for critical points on the potential energy surface of the molecule defined by input using the GEOMETRY directive. Since STEPPER is not the primary geometry optimization module in NWChem the compound directive is required; the DRIVER module is the default. Input for this module is specified within the compound directive,
The presence of the STEPPER compound directive automatically turns off the default geometry optimization tool DRIVER. Input specified for the STEPPER module must appear in the input file after the GEOMETRY directive, since it must know the number of atoms that are to be used in the geometry optimization. In the current version of NWChem, STEPPER can be used only with geometries that are defined in Cartesian coordinates. STEPPER removes translational and rotational components before determining the step direction (5 components for linear systems and 6 for others) using a standard Eckart algorithm. The default initial guess nuclear Hessian is the identity matrix.
The default in STEPPER is to minimize the energy as a function of the geometry with a maximum of 20 geometry optimization iterations. When this is the desired calculation, no input is required other than the STEPPER compound directive. However, the user also has the option of defining different tasks for the STEPPER module, and can vary the number of iterations and the convergence criteria from the default values. The input for these options is described in the following sections.
MIN and TS -- Minimum or transition state search
The default is for STEPPER to minimize the energy with respect to the geometry of the system. This default behavior may be forced with the directive
STEPPER can also be used to find the transition state by following the lowest eigenvector of the nuclear Hessian. This is usually invoked by using the saddle keyword on the TASK directive (Section 5.10), but it may also be selected by specifying the directive
in the STEPPER input.
TRACK -- Mode selection
STEPPER has the ability to ``track a specific mode during an optimization for a transition state search, the user can also have the module track the eigenvector corresponding to a specific mode. This is done by specifying the directive
TRACK [nmode <integer nmode default 1>]
The keyword TRACK tells STEPPER to track the eigenvector corresponding to the integer value of <nmode> during a transition state walk. (Note: this input is invalid for a minimization walk since following a specific eigenvector will not necessarily give the desired local minimum.) The step is constructed to go up in energy along the nmode eigenvector and down in all other degrees of freedom.
MAXITER -- Maximum number of steps
In most applications, 20 stepper iterations will be sufficient to obtain the energy minimization. However, the user has the option of specifying the maximum number of iterations allowed, using the input line,
MAXITER <integer maxiter default 20>
The value specified for the integer <maxiter> defines the maximum number of geometry optimization steps. The geometry optimization will restart automatically.
TRUST -- Trust radius
The size of steps that can be taken in STEPPER is controlled by the trust radius which has a default value of 0.1. Steps are constrained to be no larger than the trust radius. The user has the option of overriding this default using the keyword TRUST, with the following input line,
TRUST <real radius default 0.1>
The larger the value specified for the variable radius, the larger the steps that can be taken by STEPPER. Experience has shown that for larger systems (i.e., those with 20 or more atoms), a value of 0.5, or greater, usually should be entered for <radius>.
CONVGGM, CONVGG and CONVGE -- Convergence criteria
Three convergence criteria can be specified explicitly for the STEPPER calculations. The keyword CONVGGM allows the user to specify the convergence tolerance for the largest component of the gradient. This is the primary convergence criterion, as per the default settings, although all three criteria are in effect. this default setting is consistent with the other optimizer module DRIVER. The input line for CONVGGM has the following form,
CONVGGM <real convggm default 8.0d-04>
The keyword CONVGG allows the user to specify the convergence tolerance for the gradient norm for all degrees of freedom. The input line is of the following form,
CONVGG <real convgg default 1.0d-02>
The entry for the real variable <convgg> should be approximately equal to the square root of the energy convergence tolerance.
The energy convergence tolerance is the convergence criterion for the energy difference in the geometry optimization in STEPPER. It can be specified by input using a line of the following form,
CONVGE <real convge default 1.0d-04>
Backstepping in STEPPER
If a step taken during the optimization is too large (e.g., the step causes the energy to go up for a minimization or down for a transition state search), the STEPPER optimizer will automatically ``backstep and correct the step based on information prior to the faulty step. If you have an optimization that "backsteps" frequently then the initial trust radius should most likely be decreased.
Initial Nuclear Hessian Options
Stepper uses a modified Fletcher-Powell algorithm to find the transition state or energy minimum on the potential energy hypersurface. There are two files left in the user's permanent directory that are used to provide an initial hessian to the critical point search algorithm. If these files do not exist then the default is to use a unit matrix as the initial hessian. Once Stepper executes it generates a binary dump file by the name of name.stpr41 which will be used on all subsequent stepper runs and modified with the current updated hessian. The default file prefix is the "name" that is used (see START). It also stores the information for the last valid step in case the algorithm must take a "backstep". This file is the working data store for all stepper-based optimizations. This file is never deleted by default and is the first source of an initial hessian. The second source of an inital hessian is an ascii file that contains the lower triangular values of the initial hessian. This is stored in file name.hess, where "name" is again the default file prefix. This is the second source of an initial hessian and is the method used to incorporate an initial hessian from any other source (e.g., another ab initio code, a molecular mechanics code, etc.,). To get a decent starting hessian at a given point you can use the task specification task scf hessian, with a smaller basis set, which will by default generate the name.hess file. Then you may define your basis set of choice and proceed with the optimization you desire.


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MWC 15 Special
to German news site Xonio,
Microsoft's German Managing Director - Michael Müller-Berg - expects to see
first Windows Mobile based 3G/UMTS Smartphones earliest in 2005:
"It is assumed that, we will have 3G enabled Windows Mobile mobile phones
in the market in 2005; preferably at CeBIT 2005" so Müller-Berg.
"It is assumed that, we will have 3G enabled Windows Mobile mobile phones
in the market in 2005; preferably at CeBIT 2005" so Müller-Berg.
Well, that's one year from now which is a fairly long time 8O because most
European carriers will launch their 3G/UMTS networks during this year and
Microsoft missed an opportunity for a head start. While it is still hard for
Microsoft to compete with traditional, well established manufactures like Nokia,
Siemens and Sony Ericsson in the 2G/2.5G world; a contemporary 3G launch is an
opportunity here; especially since most of the current handset vendors fails to
deliver acceptable devices.
As you might know, currently I'm heavily using 3G
networks and different terminals for my latest project and I have to admit -
that most of the devices I've used so far are far away from the user experience
I've expected. So for the the best combination I can use right now is my HTC
Himalaya (i-Mate Phone Edition) with a Bluetooth enabled 3G terminal. 3G is a
data centric wireless network; you can not deliver better voice experience with
3G than you can already get with 2G but 3G delivers you wireless and real mobile
"high speed" data from 128 - 348 Kbit/s. But if the devices fails to deliver
this data experiences, 3G will do a false start. Here, a Windows Mobile powered
Smartphone would be the proper device but waiting another year will give others
a jutty!
Cheers ~ Arne
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London's Olympic Village will accommodate up to 16,000 athletes and officials from more than 200 nations.
LONDON -- What will it be like for athletes like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt as they eat, sleep and relax at London's $1.5-billion Olympic Village? Think somewhere between a college dorm and freshly-painted motel.
In the first of a series of "Olympic sleepovers" designed to road-test the facilities, msnbc.com was invited to spend the night in the vast complex.
The verdict? Apartments are light and airy but far from luxurious: Only some have en-suite bathrooms, even fewer have balconies and there are no kitchens as all cooking will be done in a 24-hour cafeteria that seats 5,000.
In shared sleeping spaces, beds are close together and most furniture is of the functional, self-assembly variety. (Spare a thought for workers who had to put together more than 9,000 cabinets and wardrobes.) Mattresses were chosen by a committee of athletes but are built for function rather than indulgence.
Alastair Jamieson for msnbc.com
Msnbc.com's bed in the Olympic Village. Which of the world's top athletes will occupy it next?
The pristine white walls and blackout curtains are livened by beanbags and chairs in the now-familiar bright neon colors of the London 2012 logo, and there are televisions with 28 channels including live feeds of all the Olympic events. Duvet covers bear the words "excellence, friendship and respect."
All of the beds are single and walls are thin -- which may disappoint those hoping to burn off calories with the help of fellow competitors.
There's not much opportunity for mischief in the village's bar, either. Named after Shakespeare's Globe Theater, it offers 10 pool tables, a private cinema and a computer gaming area – but no alcohol. "Not all the competitors are of legal drinking age and, besides, you don't want to put temptation in peoples' way," one official told msnbc.com.
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Up to 16,000 athletes and officials from more than 200 nations will take up residence later this month in the high-security compound. The vast complex includes more than 2.7 million square feet of living space and is adjacent to the Olympic Park in east London.
Inevitable teething troubles are being worked out, including a water system failure that left many without showers on Saturday.
Sleeping accommodation is spread across 11 residential blocks separated by orderly, tree-lined courtyards. Most athletes will share rooms in the apartments, which vary in size from one to five bedrooms. There's also a 13,000 square foot gym, a medical center and a dry cleaners.
But the most important facility is the cafeteria, which is housed in a temporary structure big enough to park 80 double-decker buses.
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Visitors play pool in The Globe - the "dry" bar in the Olympic Village.
Food is among the biggest concerns for organizers, who will need to serve as many as 60,000 meals a day. And these are no ordinary meals: Phelps alone consumes 12,000 calories a day. At the 2008 Beijing games he started each day with three fried egg sandwiches, a five-egg omelet, three slices of French toast with powdered sugar, three chocolate chip pancakes and two cups of coffee.
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By the end of the London Games, athletes will have tucked away an estimated total of 90 tons of seafood, 25,000 loaves of bread and 360 tons of fruit.
Serving stations are sorted by culinary tradition with Indian, Asian, Mediterranean and Afro-Caribbean dishes served at different counters along with a "Best of British" area with local favorites such as sausages, brown sauce and English mustard.
And yes, there's a McDonald's.
Sponsorship deals mean the only branded drinks available to athletes are those made by Coca-Cola, including Powerade and Abbey Well Water.
Halal and kosher meals are available - the kitchens expect a rush of demand at dusk after Ramadan begins on July 20 – and there's a multi-faith prayer center manned by a team of 50 spiritual leaders from different religions.
Will it be enough to satisfy the most demanding competitors? Well, the food is tasty and nutritious.
"We've all lived in villages and had good experiences and bad experiences," British triple jump gold medalist and organizers' committee member Jonathan Edwards told Reuters. "It's a good night's sleep, the food that you want to eat, when you want to eat it and also the transport system."
But one aspect that appears to be ready is security. Uppermost in the minds of planners might be the Munich massacre – the killing of 11 Israeli competitors and coaches at the 1972 Olympics by terrorists who climbed over fences into the athletes' compound.
Despite being adjacent the main Olympic Park, the village is separated by metal fences topped with razor wire and a raft of additional airport-style security checks that include thorough searches of the interior of all vehicles. Some 1,500 security workers will guard the complex around the clock. Similar levels of security protect the woodchip-fueled power plant that supplies the entire Games site.
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Although intense planning has gone into how the village will operate during the games, not all of it is purpose-built for the Olympics: After the closing ceremony, the accommodation blocks will be retrospectively fitted with kitchens and converted into 2,818 new homes, 1,379 of which will be government-subsidized for individuals or families who could not otherwise afford to live there.
'Not a five-star resort'
The Financial Times reported that the cost of the Village was initially met from the $15 billion public budget after planned private funding dried up in the credit crunch of 2009. However, about two-thirds of the cost was recouped when the housing was pre-sold to private buyers and government-sponsored housing associations.
It isn't yet clear if the Olympic site will necessarily be a sought-after place to live once the Games are gone. One architecture writer described the accommodation blocks as "a tad forbidding, not indeed very villagey at all," and compared them to the "much-criticized estates of the 1960s."
However, former competitor Edwards remains optimistic about the site, and the village experience. "There's a feel of camaraderie, support," he told The Independent. "It's a great place to be. I know what it's like to turn up at an Olympics with all those hopes and fears. You have to have the platform right. It's not a five-star resort but for an Olympic Village this is outstanding."
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1. In 2013, I will solve correctly 300 tactics problems each month.
I met this goal last week. Most of the 300 were solved on the iPad, which has proven its value for chess training. Moreover, last week a friend at the Spokane Chess Club (I should call him an adversary, as on Thursday he handed me my fourth OTB standard rated loss since September 2011) introduced me to Chessimo--a comprehensive chess training iPad app.* I am not counting the 330 problems that I have solved in that app (120 unique) as they are all checkmate in one. When I reach the point where I am solving tactical combinations, I may count those encountered through this app.
Lev Alburt has been sitting on my desk. That is to say, Alburt's Chess Training Pocket Book II has remained on my desk unopened through the entire month. My non-use of that book and my relatively limited use of the Anthology of Chess Combinations are both sources for self-criticism.
I finished my second run through the puzzles in Shredder's iPad early in the month, but have not yet begun the third cycle. The third cycle will be completed in 2013 with the goal of 80%+ score. With eleven months remaining, that amounts to 91 problems per month.
My four sessions on Chess Tempo were short (13 correct in 25 attempts on the longest session), but I emphasized accuracy while keeping my average solving time near 100 seconds.
One of the Chess-wise exercises that I did this morning was familiar from having encountered it somewhere else a few months ago. I immediately knew the first move, but sought to calculate the whole sequence before playing the move. Chess-wise cannot tell me if this calculation was correct. If the first move played is correct, the problem is solved. Chess Tempo, Shredder, and other sources mitigate this defect in training with Chess-wise.
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2. In 2013, I will study whole games and whole books.
When writing my resolutions, I anticipated that I might have finished Logical Chess: Move by Move by now. That expectation overlooked that I often spend the latter half of January focused on the games in Wijk aan Zee. Following this year's games as I did, with an emphasis upon one game each day certainly counts as studying whole games even if it will be several months before those games make their way into books.
Magnus Carlsen said that Aronian -- Anand was the best game of this year's Tata Steel Chess tournament. I watched part of the game while it was in progress, and then memorized it that evening after work. I am close to memorizing Rotlewi -- Rubinstein 1907, which Anand referenced in the post-game interview. John Donaldson and Nikolay Minev, Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King (1994) compile annotations from several writers on Rubinstein's immortal game. I am going through these.
I count my January progress on this second resolution adequate.
3. In 2013, I will finish my Pawn Endgame Flash Card project.
I am continuing to use these flash cards in elementary classrooms while teaching beginners chess, and some of the positions came up in the first endgame lesson that I completed in Chessimo. Nonetheless, progress studying Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual and mastering the blue diagram positions must be rated substandard.
The bright spot in pawn endgame training this month came while watching a game in the C Group at Wijk aan Zee. I watched part of round nine at home, then part in my classroom with two groups of homeschool students. After the games in A Group finished, we watched the ending in one of the games in C Group. I thought the ending was drawn, and yet GM Robin Swinkels managed to win. At lunch, I tested my hunch that it was drawn by playing the position against Hiarcs for the iPad. Later, watching the post-game interview with Swinkels the following day, he admitted that he had won a drawn ending. I drew the ending against Hiarcs.
4. In 2013, I will lose fifteen pounds.
Not at this rate, I will not. January ends with me at the weight I carried when the month began.
Update: 10 February 2012
*We discussed iPad chess training before beginning our game, which was the last one to finish that night. Two weeks later, I clarified the iPad he had raved about. He has not used Chessimo, but was raving about Chess Quest. I have completed over 1400 problems in Chessimo--very basic problems in two weeks. The past few days, I have started exploring Chess Quest. I now understand his enthusiasm for the latter.


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Whether you're in the market for your first luxury watch or wish to add to your growing collection, the 16233 Rolex Datejust is an excellent option to consider. Its feature set is classic while also bringing many modern amenities to the table, such as a 100-meter depth rating, a sapphire crystal, and a high-beat calibre 3135 Perpetual movement. The ref. 16233 is also always presented in steel and gold and always features a 36mm diameter. This edition also features a luxurious Jubilee bracelet and a classy white dial topped with Rolex' iconic stick hour markers and patina lume. The Datejust transcends time and fashion and will be a cherished addition to any watch collection.
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This used Rolex 16233 Datejust might just be my favorite buy yet.
Beautiful silver dial that had discolored just enough to make it look like a very beautiful, very pale champagne dial - making this a "one of a kind" watch that looks exactly like 1990 "felt" (!)
The watch is exactly as depicted and fit as though it had been sized for me. The watch came as promised and as describe. If i ever buy or trade up, I will use Bob' s again!
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Everything about doing business with Bob's watches was excellent. From ordering to delivery. Jordan who took my order was great also.
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Incredible condition, I dont think this watch has been out of the box in its 30 year life span.
Product was as describe to be in excellent condition. Traded in an old Rolex and got a fair price. Excellent service.
Love this watch. and at this price, its very affordable. I actually have 2 Rolex Datejust watches. one steel and one two tome steel and gold.
Outstanding! I was looking to buy a used Rolex Datejust two tone 2 years ago and hesitated because i thought prices were too high. But today they are 25% higher so i decided not to wait so i bought one 3 weeks ago. Love it.
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Watch is like new and in perfect condition. Looks great with jeans or a suit. Service at Bob's was exceptional. Have wanted a 2-tone Datejust for years.
Our experience with Bob's Watches has been wonderful. The employees are very knowledgeable and helpful. The responses to emails and phone calls are spot on. You have lived up to your reputation to be the place to buy a Rolex Watch. Looking forward to wearing my watch for years to come.
Excellent!!!!!! I highly recommend Bob's for all your Rolex purchase Very satisfied.
For being a older model Rolex the condition is as it was advertised, excellent. Will definetly buy again at bobs watches.
Max Berger is outstanding to work with. He made great recommendations and items were just as described. Highly recommend Bob's if you are in the market for a great watch. Max is invested in making his customers happy.
Excellent customer service, beautiful watch. Would recommend bob watches in the future.
love the watch, for being circa 1988 the watch and bracelet appear to be new. A+ for the speed and efficiency of the purchase process. Bob"s Watches has my overall approval.
Product shipped next day for free from California to Pennsylvania. The timepiece is immaculate and exactly as pictured. Great pricing, great service, great selection. I'm certainly a customer of Bob's for life!
Watch was very clean
I am in love with my Datejust Rolex! 100% authentic, great price ($4.8K), and STELLAR service! I will definitely be shopping again!
very good condition fine timepiece good price Thank you
The watch is great.It was a easy transaction and the watch arrived as told to me.
Absolutely one the easiest transaction I ever made over the net . Product was was exactly the way it was described . Was my first Rolex with Bobs won't be my last . Buy with confidence.Great company.
The watch is like new, everything I expected. Max was great to deal with.
Melissa and the team at Bob's did an excellent job assisting me with the purchase of this watch. She walked me through the process, and stayed behind late to ensure that it was shipped out to me the next day.
My watch arrived in a timely manner, the complementary overnight shipping nice! It was just as described, honestly it was in a lot better shape than I was expecting, I'm very pleased with this watch.
Love this Datejust,,looks brand new,highly polished. No regrets on purchase..Accurate timepiece...
The Rolex Datejust watch was for my husband's 50th Birthday, it was so worth the money. The watch is just beautiful, exactly what I wanted. The customer service and shipping coordinator were just the best! I will be back to Bob's Watches, the easiest acquirement I've ever made.
Gorgeous watch which I will be giving to my husband for his 60th birthday in July
Outstanding service and thoughtful staff
I am fortunate to have owned and still own multiple Rolex's. Two (a day-date and the watch in question) were purchased from Bob's. It was in fact, the reputation of Bob's that lead me to purchase the day-date in 2016. The pros are that I trust you and expect a watch consistent with your reputation.
To the staff at Bob's watches Excelent time piece and condition. The process was super easy and I just can't express how beautiful this watch is Thank you
The picture did not do this watch justice! I lost my Data Just I had for 20 years. Wore it every day.This watch will help ease the pain.
No problems Here! Everything went smoothly, very nice watch at a good price.
Beautiful Watch, Fast and Amazing Customer Service and Shipping
Exact replacement of my stolen watch in excellent condition. So far, it is keeping time perfectly.
Watch is absolutely beautiful. It is in excellent condition just as it was stated in the description. It looks like it has rarely been worn. The process of buying and receiving the time piece was a pleasure. I would recommend Bob's Watches and will be a returning customer.
Looks brand new
It doesn't look like a twenty-eight-year-old watch
I found the exact model and dial Rolex that I have been looking for for 2 years. I got a full set with box and papers and it looks brand new! Would highly recommend Bobs Watches!
Great watch, prompt service! It was better than I had thought from Bob's Watches! Thank you!
Much better than I expected. Looks brand new. Also excellent price and friendly people
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The design is incredible. It truly is a representation of me. The gold and silver combination is stunning, along with the black dial. It feels great around my wrist.
Like new when arrived- Was running and on time and hasn't lost any time since.
Classic, iconic Rolex timepiece. A must have watch for any man.
awesome piece.
Great watch. Love the two tone bracelet. Fits like a glove. Thanks Bob!
Im happy went i open the box i see my pre- own Rolex Datejust twotone k18 everything is there box,paper,tag bob's wacthes thank you
Just got this watch by FedEx which was here exactly when they said it would be. Diggin it! Honestly, I wonder if the former owner put it in a safe for 20 years and never wore it. All original packaging in pristine condition, with original documentation and even strings. I'll wear if for next two days to test it out, but unless I'm really surprised by it keeping bad time, I am one happy customer


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A 50lb dog should be fed 4 4-3/4 cups
Calorie content:
309 kcals/per cup
Beef Meal, Ground Rice, Rice Flour, Corn Gluten Meal, Wheat Flour, Rice Bran, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Beet Pulp, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Natural Flavors, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Dried Egg Product, Vitamin E Supplement, Dried Kelp, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Choline Chloride, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Oxide, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Biotin, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Manganous Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Chondroitin Sulfate, Niacin, Garlic, Potassium Iodide, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin (source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Copper Proteinate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid.
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Crude Protein (minimum) 24.00%
Crude Fat (minimum) 11.00%
Crude Fiber (maximum) 4.00%
Moisture (maximum) 10.00%
Linoleic Acid (minimum) 3.50%
Calcium (minimum) 0.80%
Calcium (maximum) 1.30%
Phosphorus (minimum) 0.80%
Phosphorus (maximum) 1.30%
Zinc (minimum) 240 mg/kg
Vitamin E (minimum) 140 IU/kg
Ascorbic Acid (minimum)** 35 mg/kg
Glucosamine Hydrochloride (minimum)** 475 mg/kg
Chondroitin Sulfate (minimum)** 375 mg/kg
**Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
Nutritional Adequacy Statement
Animal feeding tests using AAFCO¹ procedures substantiate that Nutro MAX Large Breed Adult provides complete and balanced nutrition for the maintenance of adult dogs.
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First ingredient is a named meat product
Insufficient meat content, some low quality ingredients, controversial filler, fat of unidentifiable origin
The first ingredient is a named meat product, in meal form. It is the sole meat ingredient in the food, and is followed by five grain products ahead of the fat content. This gives us very little confidence in the meat content of the product.
The grains are of mixed quality. Rice is decent quality grain, but rice flour (in dog food, commonly a byproduct of human food production) and rice bran are both grain fragments we consider primarily filler. Wheat is one of the most common sources of allergy problems in dog food, and in flour form (in dog food, commonly a byproduct of human food production) is a grain fragment. Corn is a further low quality ingredient. It is a difficult to digest grain that is commonly associated with allergy problems. Corn Gluten Meal is the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm. In plain English, that bit of the corn leftover after most of the nutritious bits have been removed.
Poultry fat is a further low quality ingredient rarely found in anything but very low quality foods. Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
Beet pulp is controversial filler which appears to be used in large quantities in this food. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product in the food.
We note that this product includes synthetic vitamin K, a substance linked to liver problems and that is progressively being removed from better quality dog food products.
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Police in Gibraltar have arrested the captain and chief officer of the Iranian supertanker detained last week in an operation involving British Royal Marines.
The move comes just hours after a Royal Navy warship drove off Iranian patrol boats as they attempted to impede the progress of a British tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.
The incidents come a day after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned of unspecified "repercussions" for the seizure of the Grace 1 tanker off Gibraltar last Thursday.
In London, ministers urged Tehran to "de-escalate" the situation in the Gulf.
But the arrest of the ship's officers of the Grace 1 in relation to suspected violations of EU sanctions on Syria is likely to exacerbate the already heightened tensions in the region.
In a statement, the Royal Gibraltar Police said the arrests followed a "protracted" search of the vessel, which remains in detention, during which documents and electronic devices were seized.
Earlier the Ministry of Defence confirmed the Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose had been forced to intervene when three Iranian fast patrols attempted to "impede" the passage of the BP-operated tanker British Heritage.
According to US media reports, a US military aircraft was in in the region and took video footage of the incident in which the Montrose was reported to have trained its guns on the Iranian boats.
A MoD spokesman said: "HMS Montrose was forced to position herself between the Iranian vessels and British Heritage and issue verbal warnings to the Iranian vessels, which then turned away."
"We are concerned by this action and continue to urge the Iranian authorities to de-escalate the situation in the region."
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which is thought to have been operating the patrol boats, denied the incident, saying if it had received orders to seize any ships it would have done so immediately.
Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also dismissed the British account as "worthless", saying the claims were being made to "create tension".
The clash happened after the Department for Transport this week raised its security level for British shipping sailing in Iranian waters to its highest level, level three, meaning an incident is considered to be imminent.
Vessels were advised to take enhanced security measures and to avoid transiting through Iranian waters if at all possible.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt described the developments as "very concerning" and said security in the region was kept under constant review.
"We are constantly monitoring security and constantly keeping under review the kind of security we need to keep British shipping safe," he said.
As well as the Montrose, the Navy has four mine countermeasures vessels and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Cardigan Bay logistics ship in the region.
With typically between 15 and 30 British-flagged merchant ships in Gulf waters on any one day, providing individual escorts has been ruled out.
The latest incidents come at a particularly sensitive time as tensions between the US and Iran have been ratcheting up over the unravelling of the Iran nuclear deal, which President Donald Trump withdrew from last year.
The European parties to the agreement – including the UK – earlier this week expressed "deep concern that Iran had begun enriching uranium to a higher level of purity than permitted under the terms of the agreement".
Last month, Mr Trump said he had made a last-minute decision to call off air strikes in retaliation for the shooting down by Iran of an unmanned US drone.
Meanwhile, the US has said it will move ahead with plans to build a coalition of nations to monitor and deter Iranian threats against commercial shipping in the Gulf.
Marine General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon has developed a specific plan and it would become clear within a couple of weeks which nations were willing to join the effort.
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An attractive and unusual pair of cufflinks from the Art Deco (ca1930) era! These double-sided cufflinks are oval in shape and made of 14kt vibrant yellow gold. Resting in the center of each oval link is a deep blue cabochon sapphire, held within a bezel setting. The intense, dark blue color of the sapphires looks marvelous paired with a bright yellow gold setting. Connecting the cufflinks in the back is a section of gold chain. A classic pair of cufflinks, they are very versatile and would look fabulous worn by a man or woman!
Measurements: The front of each cufflink measures 3/4" tall and 1/2" wide. Each oval is convex and has a depth of 3/16". The chain connecting the cufflinks measures 1" long when extended.
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Q: I have celiac disease, and am trying to follow a strict gluten-free diet. However, breakfast is a real challenge. Can you give me some ideas?
A: It has been said many times: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It not only helps improve mental and physical performance but provides many key nutrients, such as iron, B vitamins and fibre. Although traditional breakfast foods are often made with gluten-containing grains, these items can also be purchased or made from non-gluten grains, such as amaranth, buckwheat, corn, flax, millet, quinoa, rice, sorghum, soy and teff.
Gluten-free breakfast ideas
- Cold cereals: some good options are puffed amaranth, corn or rice; GF corn flakes; GF rice cereal; GF granola (look for granola from Enjoy Life Foods and Ener-G Foods).
- Hot cereals: can be made with cornmeal, corn or millet; grits; cream of buckwheat; cream of rice, oatmeal,* quinoa and teff.
- Toasted GF bread, bagel or English muffin with peanut butter or cheese spread. 'Ä¢ GF pancakes or waffles** with fresh or frozen fruit. (Look for a gluten-free pancake/waffle mix or ready to eat frozen waffles, e.g. Van's toaster waffles.)'Ä¢ GF muffin** with yogurt and fruit.
- French toast with GF bread. (Warm bread in microwave to aid absorption of the egg mixture.)• Toasted GF bread with eggs.
- Omelette (chopped green or red peppers, onions, shredded cheese) and leftover fried potatoes.
- GF pizza.
- Fruit smoothie. (Try milk or non-dairy substitute if you are also lactose intolerant; fresh or frozen fruit; honey or sugar and ground flax.)
* Commercial oat products are contaminated with wheat, rye or barley. It is important to choose pure, uncontaminated specialty oat products from companies such as Cream Hill Estates or FarmPure Foods (see Allergic Living Spring 2007 for more information about oats in the gluten-free diet).
** It is not possible to simply substitute gluten-free flours in a regular muffin or pancake recipe. The Complete Gluten-Free Cookbook by Donna Washburn and Heather Butt has many healthy recipes to choose from.
High-Fibre Hot Cereal
This quick, heart-healthy breakfast is packed with fibre and omega-3 fatty acids. Add a spoonful of brown sugar, chopped nuts and/or dried apricots or raisins for more flavour and extra nutrients.
3 tbsp (45 mL) flax seed meal (ground flax)*
3 tbsp (45 mL) cream of brown rice hot cereal (look for El Peto, Bob's Red Mill or Lundberg)
1 1/3 cups (320 mL) water
Dash of vanilla
- Combine the first 3 ingredients in a medium-to-large glass bowl.
- Cook on high in a microwave for 3-4 minutes, or until thick and creamy. Stir in vanilla.
- Serve with brown sugar, nuts and/or dried fruits.* As flax is very high in fibre, it is important to introduce it in small portions until tolerated. Start with 5 tbsp hot cereal and 1 to 3 tsp of ground flax, then gradually increase.
Variations: Substitute creamy buckwheat hot cereal or Bob's Red Mill Mighty Tasty Gluten-Free Hot Cereal (made with whole grain brown rice, corn, white sorghum and buckwheat) for the brown rice hot cereal.
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