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As you know bitbucket is sunsetting their support for Mercurial, we have to move out!!!
The new repo hosting site of hgflow is this: https://hg.sr.ht/~wu/hgflow
Please update your links. See you there!
Welcome to hgflow wiki!
Here we document hgflow -- a Mercurial extension that implements a generalized Driessen branching model.
What's New
- Bug fixes. Most of the fixes are for compatibility with the latest version of Mercurial.
- Added
renameaction to enable user to rename a branch which has not yet been merged.
- Better handling of multihead branches
- A number of bug fixes
- Removed dependency on the
ConfigParsermodule. This is a good news for Windows users.
- Smarter error messages. If you make typos in your command, hgflow can now suggest corrections. For example:
> hg flow hotfis
flow: error: Stream not found: <hotfis>
flow: note: Did you mean: hotfix?
> hg flow hotfix stat 0.9.7.1
flow: error: Invalid action or unknown branch in <hotfix>: 'stat'
flow: note: Did you mean: start?
> hg flow hotfix close
flow: error: Invalid action or unknown branch in <hotfix>: 'close'
flow: note: Did you mean: finish or abort?
- Minor enhancements and bug fixes
- Many minor enhancements and bug fixes
- Performance improvement
- Added
-d --defaultoption for the
initcommand. This feature allows automation of initialization of hgflow. For example, you can automatically initialize hgflow when you initialize hg by adding the following setting in your hg's configuration file:
post-init.flow = hg flow init -d
- Added
--stampoption for all actions or commands that can commit changes. What this option does is to append a user-specified string (such as an issue key) in all commit messages of this hg-flow command. For example:
$ hg flow feature finish --stamp "Issue-20" --dry-run --verbose
flow: This is a dry run.
flow: note: Hg command history:
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Closed <feature> 'b'. Issue-20" --close-branch
flow: note: hg update develop
flow: note: hg merge feature/b
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Merged <feature> 'b' to <develop> ('develop'). Issue-20"
- Added
version_prefixconfiguration keyword to allow user to customize the version prefix. By default, this prefix is 'v'. Usage example: In hg's configuration file:
%USERPROFILE%/Mercurial.inion Windows):
autoshelve = yes
version_prefix = ver
- Added
finish, and
--closedis now an option of the
logaction. This option lets
logshow the revision history of both open and closed branches in the specified stream.
- Added
--dirtyfor the
startaction. This option enables user to start a new branch from a dirty working directory and move all the uncommitted changes to the new branch.
- Added
--erasefor the
finishaction. With this option, you erase (i.e., completely delete from the repository) the branch after it is successfully finished. The final effect is as if all changes in the branch were collapsed and then committed as a single changeset to the destination branch which the branch was merged to. Check out
hg flow help @finishfor a bit more detail.
- Added
--erasefor the
abortaction. This option enables you to erase (i.e., completely delete from the repository) the entire branch when you abort it. Check out
hg flow help @abortfor a bit more detail.
- Now you can promote a
<develop>branch directly to
<master>, bypassing
<release>. This feature provides a shortcut from the
<develop>directly to
<master>. I found it very useful especially for small projects, where you don't really need a "release" (or QA) stage and you want continuous deployment of newly developed features. Such a workflow can be considered as a simplified/reduced version of the Driessen's model and was promoted by some people (e.g., github, and they call it github flow). Example usage:
$ # Ensures the working directory is the <develop> branch that we want to release.
$ hg flow develop
# Now we release. With the '-t' option, you can supply a tag for the released snapshot in the <master> branch. The command takes the '--dry-run' option in order to show what exactly happens.
$ hg flow develop promote -t "v0.9.5" --dry-run
flow: This is a dry run.
flow: note: Hg command history:
flow: note: hg update default
flow: note: hg merge develop
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Promoted <develop> 'trunk' (abdae6de9735) to 'default'."
flow: note: hg tag v0.9.5
flow: note: hg update develop
- Add support for generalized streams.
- Add an advanced help system.
- Add support for colorized messages.
- Add
- Add
- Add
- Add
- Add a number of command/action's options.
- Allow users to customize commit message prefix.
The latest version in the 0.8 release line is v0.8.3.
- Add
rebaseaction that can rebase a branch to its parent branch.
- Add
logaction for all streams.
- Add
- Add
- Support autoshelve -- automatically shelve uncommitted changes before you switch to another branch and automatically unshelve the changes when you switch back to the previous branch.
- The
listaction is able to indicates which ones have shelved changes.
- Show latest tag of the master stream.
- A lot more friendly and capable
hg flow-initcommand
- Support the
--historyoption for
hg flow-initcommand.
- Honor the
The latest version in the 0.7 release line is v0.7.2.
- Support
pull, and
listactions for the feature, release, hotfix, and support streams.
- Support
publish, and
pullactions for the develop and master streams.
- Easy switch to a branch.
- Shortcut command to list all branches in a stream.
- Support listing all branches in all streams.
- Support --history option to record the hg commands used by this hgflow command.
Version 0.3 and earlier versions of hgflow was written by yinwm.
On July 14 2011, I forked the version 0.3. My goals were (1) to provide superior Mercurial support for Driessen's branching model and (2) to implement a few ideas that generalize and enhance this model. I completely rewrote the code to get a cleaner code base that I could further work on. This work resulted in version 0.7, which also provided a more complete set of commands than 0.3, and IMO it's even better than gitflow.
I then implemented several important enhancements on usability, such as autoshelve,
--history option,
rebase and
log actions. These made hgflow a lot nicer to use. This work was published as version 0.8.x.
Aftewards, the code was again deeply refactored to support generalized streams. In addition, an advanced help system, an infrastructure for parsing subcommand options, and a mechanism for colorizable messages were established. These made hgflow more powerful and friendly, and made it easier for further enhancements. A number of useful options, including
--dry-run and
--onstream, were implemented.
In software engineering, branching is diverging the development so that the source code can evolve parallelly on independent tracks. Branching will result in multiple normally complementary versions of source code -- branches. Branches eventually will be merged to yield a more mature version that incorporates all necessary features/fixes as individually developed in branches. Branching and merging, if used wisely, will make software development process less messy and more controllable, especially in distributed scenarios.
How to systematically branch and merge source code is a common problem facing software engineers in using version control system. Among other successful models, the one proposed by Vincent Driessen is particularly attractive to us. If you haven't, we encourage you to read the original article.
In short, Driessen's model distinguishes 6 types of branches in the purpose of code, namely, master, develop, feature, release, hotfix, and support. Any branch is of one of these types. We can call the entire set of branches of the same type as a stream. So there are 6 streams: (again) master, develop, feature, release, hotfix, and support. They evolve as its member branches emerge, change, and terminate. In general, a stream can contain 0 or more branches and the number can change along time. The master and develop streams are, however, a bit special in that they contain 1 only 1 branch for all the time. From our understanding, stream is a fundamental concept in Driessen's model. Operations on branches can be redefined in terms of stream, giving us high-level commands that make our life time a bit easier.
Hgflow is a Mercurial extension that implements Driessen's model. It supplies users high
level stream-based commands for managing branches. The original implementation was inspired
by git-flow - an earlier implementation for the git
version control system. Many commands and usages in hgflow are similar to git-flow. Experience
learned in using gitflow can be directly transferred to hgflow. An excellent introduction
to usage of git-flow can be found at here.
Generalized Driessen's Branching Model
Stream in its bare essence is a set of branches. Removing some restrictions in the original concept, we generalize stream to refer to any set of branches. This simple generalization results in a more powerful and flexible model.
There is one particularly useful type of streams. Say we have a branch called
trunk. We can open new branches from the trunk, and later we can merge the
branches back to it. This is in fact a common branching and merging
pattern. All branches from the same trunk plus the trunk itself natually form
a stream, and we call it
natural stream. We don't have to do something
special to create a natural stream, which becomes existent as long as the trunk is.
In contrast, the master, develop, feature, release, hotfix, and
support are preexisting streams, and they are sortof artificial. Hgflow has been
enhanced to support natural streams since v0.9. Let's see how it can be used.
Say we want a branch called A in the feature stream. We can start it using the following command:
$ hg flow develop
$ hg flow feature start A
Now we have a branch: <feature-prefix>/A. Since we can consider any branch as a trunk from which we open other branches, a natural stream is spontaneously created whenever a new branch is created. In the example here, we have a natural stream: feature/A.
$ hg flow feature/A
$ # Switch to the trunk of <feature/A>.
$ # This command is largely equivalent to the more familiar command:
$ # hg flow feature A
$ hg flow feature/A start a1
$ # Start a new branch in <feature/A>. The new branch is named after <feature-prefix>/A/a1.
$ hg flow feature/A a1
$ hg flow feature/A finish
$ # Finish the <feature-prefix>/A/a1 branch.
$ # Merge it to the trunk of <feature/A>, and close it.
You can call <feature/A> as a substream of <feature>. Branches in <feature/A> are, of course, also in <feature>. So you can operate branches in <feature/A> at the level of <feature>. For example, you can finish the <feature-prefix>/A/a1 branch as a regular branch in <feature>.
$ hg flow feature/A a1
$ hg flow feature finish
$ # Finish the <feature-prefix>/A/a1 branch.
$ # Merge it to <develop>, and close it.
$ # Note how the effect differs from that of the prior command: hg flow feature/A finish.
Branches in Develop Stream
We allow users to start branches in the develop stream. Each branch in <develop> is a substream in <develop>. You can use this substream to start new branches in <release> and/or <feature>. Examples.
$ hg flow develop
$ # Update workspace to <develop>'s trunk.
$ hg flow develop start spring
$ # Start a new branch called <develop-prefix>/spring.
$ hg flow develop/spring:feature start feature_for_spring_release
$ # Start a new branch called <feature-prefix>/feature_for_spring_release.
$ # This branch is started from <develop/spring> instead of <develop>.
$ # Note the syntax for specifying the stream: <source-stream>:<stream>, which is
$ # available since v0.9 and means that the action will operate on a branch in <stream>,
$ # but the source (or destination) stream is not the default, but specified by <source-stream>.
$ # This is a more general syntax. You can consider the familiar command:
$ # hg flow feature start <name>
$ # as a shorthand of this command:
$ # hg flow develop:feature start <name>
$ hg flow develop/spring:feature finish
$ # Finish a <feature> branch. Merge the branch to the trunk of <develop/sprint>, instead of <develop>.
One special thing about <develop> substreams is that when a feature branch is being finished and merged into a <develop> substream, the trunk of the substream will be automatically merged into the <develop> trunk as part of the workflow. For example:
$ hg flow develop/spring:feature finish --dry-run
flow: This is a dry run.
flow: note: Hg command history:
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Closed <feature> 'new_spring_feature'." --close-branch
flow: note: hg update develop/spring
flow: note: hg merge feature/new_spring_feature
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Merged <feature> 'new_spring_feature' to <develop/spring> ('develop/spring')."
flow: note: hg update develop
flow: note: hg merge develop/spring
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Merged <develop/spring:feature> 'new_spring_feature' to <develop> ('develop')."
The effects are similar for finishing a <release> branch. For example:
$ hg flow develop/spring:release finish --dry-run
flow: This is a dry run.
flow: note: Hg command history:
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Closed <release> '2012_spring_release'." --close-branch
flow: note: hg update develop/spring
flow: note: hg merge release/2012_spring_release
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Merged <release> '2012_spring_release' to <develop/spring> ('develop/spring')."
flow: note: hg update develop
flow: note: hg merge develop/spring
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Merged <develop/spring:release> '2012_spring_release' to <develop> ('develop')."
flow: note: hg update default
flow: note: hg merge release/2012_spring_release
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Merged <release> '2012_spring_release' to <master> ('default')."
flow: note: hg tag v2012_spring_release
Another special thing of <develop> branches is that when you finish a branch in <develop> stream (not in a develop substream though), a new <release> branch will be created. For example:
$ hg flow develop spring
$ # Update workspace to <develop-prefix>/spring branch.
$ hg flow develop finish --dry-run
flow: This is a dry run.
flow: note: Hg command history:
flow: note: hg update develop/spring
flow: note: hg branch release/spring
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Created branch 'release/spring'."
flow: note: hg update develop/spring
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Closed <develop> 'spring'." --close-branch
flow: note: hg update develop
flow: note: hg merge develop/spring
flow: note: hg commit --message "flow: Merged <develop> 'spring' to <develop> ('develop')."
flow: note: hg update release/spring
Act on a Stream
Several actions can act on a stream with the --onstream option: finish, rebase, log, and abort.
In other words, they act on each branch in the stream.
0. Requirements: You need
hg version 1.6 or later. Some features, for example,
autoshelve and rebase, need the
mq and
rebase extensions.
1. To get hgflow, you can either clone the repository, or download the latest version from here.
2. Unpack and copy the
hgflow.py file to an arbitrary directory, e.g.,
3. Edit hg configuration file:
$HOME/.hgrc (or
%USERPROFILE%/Mercurial.ini on Windows; refer to here if you are unsure which file to edit.). Add the following lines:
flow = /PATH/TO/hgflow.py
4. (optional) If you use a pager, you might want to let it ignore hgflow, since it could hide hgflow's input prompts.
For example, I have the following lines in my
$HOME/.hgrc file to let the pager ignore
hg flow init command (among others):
pager = LESS='FSRX' less
ignore = version, help, update, flow init
Initialization and Configuration
You have to initialize hgflow for every repository where you want to use hgflow.
$ cd <my_repository_dir>
$ hg flow init
flow init command will create a configuration file:
.hgflow in
the root dir of the repository. Before doing so, it will ask you branch names or prefixes for each basic stream.
Type your preferred names or press return to use the default.
Branch name for master stream: [default] Branch name for develop stream: [develop] Branch name prefix for release stream: [release/] Branch name prefix for feature stream: [feature/] Branch name prefix for hotfix stream: [hotfix/] Branch name prefix for support stream: [support/]
Since the configuration file is tracked by
hg, if you have multiple existing branches, hgflow will
need to write the configuration file in each open branch. This will be done automatically by
hg flow init command.
Versions 0.8 and later provide a feature called autoshelve. It can automatically shelve uncommitted changes in the current workspace right before you switch to a different branch, and later when you switch back, it will automatically unshelve the changes. You can turn on this feature by adding the following lines in your hg configuration file:
autoshelve = true
This feature needs the mq extension.
Commit Message Prefix
Versions 0.9.3 and later allow users to customize the commit-message prefix, which
by default is
flow: , thanks to Greg Salt for the initial
implementation. You can customize the prefix in your hg's configuration file, for example:
prefix = "my_custom_prefix: "
You can remove the prefix entirely by setting
prefix to an empty string:
Upgrade to v0.9
hg flow upgrade to make the change for your repository.
Basic syntax of hgflow commands:
$ hg flow {<stream> [<action> [<arg>...]] | <command>} [<option>...]
<stream> should be a (generalized) stream, which can be one of the basic streams:
release, and
support, or a natural stream, e.g.,
|Open a new branch in the stream.
|Close workspace branch and merge it to destination stream(s).
|Push workspace branch to the remote repository.
|Same as push
|Pull from the remote repository and update workspace branch.
|List all open branches in the stream.
|Show revision history of branch.
|Merge workspace to other branches. (not closing any branches.)
|Rebase workspace branch to its parent branch.
|Abort branch. Close branch without merging.
|Initialize flow.
|Unshelve the previously shelved changes for workspace branch.
|Upgrade the configuration file to v0.9.5 or later.
|Show help for a specific topic. Example:
hg flow help @help
|Show flow's version number.
|Print history of hg commands used in this workflow.
|Do not perform actions, only print history.
|Start a new branch from a dirty workspace, and move all uncommitted changes to the new branch.
|Print trace back when hgflow command fails.
|Call hg commands with the --verbose option, and
print history of hg commands used in this workflow.
|-c --closed
|Show normal and closed branches in stream.
list, log
|-c --commit
|Commit changes before closing the branch.
|-d --default
|Initialize flow with default configuration.
|-d --date DATE
|Record the specified date as commit date.
start, finish,
|-d --date DATE
|Show revisions matching date spec.
|-d --dest REV
|Destination changeset of rebasing.
|-e --erase
|Erase branch after it is merged or aborted successfully.
finish, abort
|-F --file FILE [+]
|File to show history of.
|-f --force
|Force reinitializing flow.
|-g --git
|Use git extended diff format to show patch.
|-k --keyword TEXT
|Do case-insensitive search for a given text.
|-l --limit VALUE
|Limit number of changesets displayed.
|-m --message TEXT
|Record TEXT as commit message.
start, finish,
promote, abort
|-p --stamp TEXT
|Append TEXT to all commit messages.
init, upgrade
start, finish
promote, rebase
|-p --patch
|Show patch.
|-r --rev REV
|Revision to start a new branch from.
|-r --rev REV
|Revision to promote to other branches.
|-s --onstream
|Act on stream.
finish, rebase,
log, abort
|-t --tag NAME
|Tag the merging changeset with NAME.
|-t --tag NAME
|Tag the <master> trunk with NAME after merging.
|-u --user USER
|Use specified user as committer.
init, start,
finish, promote
|-u --user USER
|Show revisions committed by specified user.


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THE PUBLIC EYE: Election 2012: Winners and Losers
Despite months of uncertainty, on October 6th Barack Obama decisively defeated Mitt Romney. There were ten other notable winners and losers in the 2012 Presidential election.
Leading the parade of winners are Senate Democrats: There were 33 Senate seats up for election and Republicans only had to defend 10 of them. GOP leaders were confident they would win enough seats to ensure a 50 plus vote majority. Instead they lost two seats (Massachusetts and Maine). Kudos to Senator Patty Murray who led the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Women: 2012 turned out to the year of the woman. 55 percent of all females voted for Obama, and an astonishing 68 percent of single women preferred the President. Five women were elected to the Senate (Baldwin, Fischer, Heitkamp, Hirono, and Warren) bringing the total number to 20. The number of women in the House of Representatives increased from 76 to 82. New Hampshire became the first state to have a female governor (Hassan) and an all female congressional delegation (Senators Ayotte and Shaheen and Representatives Kuster and Shea-Porter). In addition several high profile Republican male lawmakers lost because of their misogynistic comments: notably Akin, Mourdock, and Walsh.
Hispanics: Obama garnered 71 percent of the Latino vote, a fact that probably explains why the President carried all the swing states except for North Carolina. Hispanic participation increased to ten percent of the electorate. 31 Latinos were elected to Congress: Senators Cruz, Menendez, and Rubio and 28 Representatives. As a result, Republicans as well as Democrats favor immigration reform.
GLBTs: According to recent estimates roughly 9 million Americans (3.8 percent) identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. 76 percent of the GLBT population voted for Obama. Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay candidate elected to the Senate and GLBT candidates won around the nation including Mark Takano in California and Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona. Gay marriage was legalized in Maine, Maryland, and Washington and Minnesota turned down a constitutional amendment denying Gay marriage.
California: Obama won 59 percent of the Golden State's vote and Democrats picked up four house seats. (Bera, Brownley, Peters, and Ruiz). (Observers credited this accomplishment to California's even-handed redistricting.) In addition, California passed two measures to increases taxes (Proposition 30 and 39. And, in the newly redistricted state assembly and senate, Democrats won a super-majority.
Leading the legion of losers were Karl Rove and his Super PACs (American Crossroads and Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies). Rove raised $300-400 million but had little to show for this; a 5.7 percent rate of return . Donald Trump tweeted: "Congrats to @KarlRove on blowing $400 million this cycle. Every race @CrossroadsGPS ran ads in, the Republicans lost. What a waste of money."
The Romney Campaign Team has to shoulder much of the blame for Mitt's loss. Romney was the overwhelming favorite of the Republican establishment but he struggled to win the nomination. Then his campaign let Obama define him as a "vulture capitalist." Romney's team mismanaged time at the Republican convention and let Clint Eastwood steal the show. Romney won the first presidential debate by blaming Obama for the struggling economy and then Mitt wandered off message. His campaign invested millions in Project ORCA a high-tech GOTV tool that failed on election day. And on and on.
Fox News: was the scene of an epic election-night Karl Rove meltdown. After Labor Day it provided haven for wildly inaccurate predictions of a Romney victory. Meanwhile it steadily lost ground to MSNBC.
Arizona: Even Florida, with its long lines, even longer ballot, and obstructionist Republican Governor, paled in comparison with Arizona where fear of Hispanic voters caused draconian voter suppression. At this writing, hundreds of thousands of ballots remain uncounted – most of these were cast by Latinos.
Crotchety White Men: In retrospect, the Romney campaign strategy was made clear when he invited Clint Eastwood to speak at the Republican convention; it was a blatant appeal to crotchety white men. Because of this, and sub rosa racism, Romney won 59 percent of the overall white vote and 62 percent of white men. Romney-Ryan doubled down on the 2008 McCain-Palin strategy.
On September 17th a videotape was uncovered where Romney told donors, "47 percent of the people…who are victims…my job is not to worry about those people." But Romney didn't stop there. In a November 14 call to campaign donors, Romney "attributed his rival's victory to 'the gifts' the administration had given to blacks, Hispanics and young voters during Obama's first term."
Earth to Mitt: You lost because you are a crotchety white man! Your time has passed! White men are a rapidly diminishing percentage of the electorate. Get used to it!
Bob Burnett is a Berkeley writer. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Chicago Cubs agreed to trade Carlos Zambrano to Miami.
Ozzie Guillen manages that team, in case you hadn't heard, so Zambrano will be taking his talents to what is now Mouth Beach.
The deal, of course, will not be official until Zambrano passes a physical.
The trade, of course, would never be official if he had to pass a mental.
Zambrano is the worst kind of teammate short of Full Metal Milton Bradley. Now he's the best kind of teammate because he won't be a Cub anymore.
It was going to happen. Geez, it had to happen. The Cubs had no choice once Zambrano quit on the field by gutlessly throwing at Chipper Jones to get himself ejected and then spinelessly walking out on his team last August.
Kerry Wood said Zambrano is a nutbag only on the day he pitches. Good to know. Let me file that away. And what does Zambrano do for a living? Pitch? Yes. Well.
Now he'll pitch for the Marlins. Now he'll show people the difference between the lunatic
who manages the team and a Hall of Fame lunatic pitcher.
That, see, is the next-best thing to the Cubs' paying $15 million to dump the infantile Zambrano:
The people who mischaracterize Guillen as crazy will see what crazy really is.
Guillen is loquacious, opinionated, relentless, funny and honest. He also can be selfish and shortsighted as he was the last month of the season.
But that's not crazy. Zambrano acts crazy. Zambrano will show Guillen and all of Mouth Beach what crazy is all about.
Zambrano will show everybody that even his bonkers have bonkers.
I mean, the guy doesn't just fly over the cuckoo's nest, he charters a jet for it.
Calling Guillen crazy has always been, well, crazy. It has been wrong. People have confused volume with volatility. Guillen is loud and smart. Zambrano is wild and nuts.
Guillen might leave the dugout to argue a play and end up kicking a catcher's mask. Zambrano will slug the actual catcher.
Guillen might argue so loudly that he'll get run from a game by an umpire. Zambrano tries to run over the umpire.
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Guillen often tries to protect his players. Zambrano humiliates his teammates with a diva act on the field, a psychotic act in the dugout, and then calls them out in the clubhouse.
Guillen might've gone too far in playing the disastrous duo Adam Dunn and Alex Rios to the point where he was spiting his general manager, but he certainly gave them a chance to help the White Sox. Zambrano regularly cramped up and left games because he refused to listen to trainers, and then couldn't even make starts because he refused to adhere to back-strengthening programs.
Guillen might go off on an amusing and harmless rant at any moment while his team was taking batting practice. Zambrano regularly went off on Gatorade machines while his team was trying to win an actual game.
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Just because a Spring blizzard just dumped a foot of snow on my house last night doesn't mean that other people can't enjoy a bit of spring fever.
Starting tomorrow, March 25, and running through June 1, an assortment of Playstation 3 and PSP games are getting 50 percent off as part of Sony's annual Playstation Network Spring Fever sale.
The Playstation store will feature weekly promotions kicking off this week with Gravity Crash and Everyday Shooter for $4.99 each. As an added bonus Sony says that people who purchase an on sale game each week will receive a male and female piece of the Spring Fever Home Avatar Costume as a gift: A Spring Bumblebee outfit for male avatars and a Spring Flowerpot costume for female costumes.


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RICEVILLE – An accident in the locker room prior to the No. 13 West Fork girls 55-18 win at Riceville on Tuesday sent Warhawk senior Lindsey Peterson to the Mayo Clinic for 100 stitches and likely ended her high school basketball career.
Peterson, who according to coach Rodney Huber, was taking pictures with teammates in the locker room before the game, slipped and fell, hitting her face on the corner of the bench she was standing on.
"It was the worst thing I've seen," Huber said. "It went straight through her gum, affected a few of her teeth and she had a big gash on the right side of her face."
According to Huber, Peterson was taken to the hospital in Osage and sent on to Mayo, where she had a CAT scan; she had 100 stitches and three plates put in her face for fractures and will most likely have to have plastic surgery to repair nerve damage.
He added that he didn't get to see much of the injury because Peterson was holding a towel to her face and there was a lot of bleeding.
"I feel awful," Huber said. "Needless to say she won't be playing for a minimum of six weeks, so she is done."
It was Peterson's 18th birthday. An all-state volleyball player, Peterson holds West Fork school records for kills and digs.
But West Fork pulled together for a big win over the Wildcats, leading 40-10 at the half.
"I was proud of them (the team)," Huber said. "They really laid it on them (Riceville). I didn't know how they were going to respond because they looked pale; looked like they'd seen a ghost."
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UNIVERSITY PARK – Kristen Eisenbraun Houser, vice president of communications and development for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, will present a talk at 6 p.m. Oct. 25, in the Bennett Pierce Living Center, 110 Henderson Building. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is titled "Protecting Our Communities: Understanding Offender Behavior." A reception with refreshments will follow the presentation.
In her talk, Houser, who is an alumnus of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, will discuss the latest research on people who commit sexual offenses and will challenge some of the ideas commonly held in communities regarding sexual offenders. The lecture is the first in a new series that is supported by the de Lissovoy Program Support Endowment for the Protection of Children in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, and the Human Development and Family Studies Undergraduate Student Organization.
"People who commit sex offenses invoke incredible fear among communities and are often used as political hot-topics, particularly when children are victims," Houser said. "The words 'pedophile' and 'predator' often are used haphazardly and incorrectly to describe anyone who sexually abuses children. By better understanding the people who commit sex offenses we can learn how to prevent and intervene in sexual abuse cases and ultimately enhance community safety."
Houser has been the vice president of communications and development for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape since 2010. She serves as the organization's spokesperson, manages its fundraising and public relations activities, oversees the production of its publications, and, recently, serves as a liaison to administrators at Penn State regarding the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
Prior to working for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, Houser was the executive director of Centre Volunteers in Medicine, a non-profit corporation whose primary mission is to understand and serve the health and wellness needs of uninsured individuals who live in Centre County. She also worked as a co-director for Community Alliance Rehabilitation Center Services in Omaha, Neb., and as the owner of Moxie Resources LLC, in which she provided consulting, training and public speaking on issues related to sexual violence and prostitution.
In 2005, Houser worked to redraft and reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 as a member of the National Alliance to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. The redrafted act of 2005 was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Jan. 5, 2006.
Houser has been recognized for her work to end sexual violence by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the Melba Cope Community Associate Award and by Penn State with the Penn State Alumni Achievement Award. She earned a bachelor's degree in human development and family studies at Penn State in 1993 and a master's degree in public administration at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2005.


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As you might expect, there's a lot of fallout from Rush Limbaugh's failed involvement in a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. The party -- as in Republican Party, I guess -- line is that it's all because people are making up horrible things that the de facto king of the GOP never said. As one of Limbaugh's defenders across the pond (apparently distance makes the heart grow fonder) writes:
What's the term for those who are setting about "racist" Rush Limbaugh right now? Ironically, it seems to be "lynch mob". And they've succeeded – word is that Limbaugh's been dropped from the consortium seeking to buy the St Louis Rams.
Toby Harden of the Telegraph certainly has a point -- several commentators on CNN and elsewhere did cite a bogus Limbaugh-attributed quote, and there is clearly no excuse for that. It's yet another example of the atrocious fact-checking at places like CNN, coincidentally the subject of a great lampoon/investigation by Jon Stewart the other night. But Limbaugh's defenders have hooked a giant red herring; the apparently bogus quote had nothing to do with the growing realization that star NFL players would choose not to play for him and other team owners did not want their sport to be associated with him.
Rush was hanged by his own very real words. There's too many example to quote here, but here are three examples of the many, many episodes over the years.
Limbaugh says "NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips." On January 19, 2007, Limbaugh stated: "Look it, let me put it to you this way. The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There I said it."
Limbaugh on Survivor series: "African-American tribe" worst swimmers, Hispanics "will do things other people won't do." On August 23, 2006, Limbaugh suggested that the competition in a season of CBS' Survivor, in which contestants were reportedly divided into competing "tribes" by ethnicity, "is not going to be fair if there's a lot of water events." In support of this assertion, he cited a March 2, 2006, HealthDay article reporting that "young blacks -- especially males -- are much more likely to drown in pools than whites." He later added that Hispanics have "probably shown the most survival tactics," that they "have shown a remarkable ability to cross borders," and that they can "do it without water for a long time, they don't get apprehended, and they will do things other people won't do." On his September 29, 2006, show, Limbaugh claimed "[t]here can only be one reason" Survivor scrapped "segregated" competition after two episodes -- "the white tribe had to be winning."
Then there's this, from Newsday in 1990:
Recalling a stint as an "insult-radio" DJ in Pittsburgh, he admits feeling guilty about, for example, telling a black listener he could not understand to "take that bone out of your nose and call me back."
You see, it's "insult radio," so that makes it OK! And it one sense, it is. We've argued here a lot this year about free speech in America, and what it means. Rush Limbaugh is free in America to say what he wishes -- and I go even farther, in that I have no problem with him hosting a radio show for whatever Americans choose to listen to his dreck. But words have consequences. If the Eagles had the right as a private employer to fire the "Dam Eagles R retarted" Facebook guy, then the NFL -- also a private entity -- has the right to choose who they want to "hire," and they are choosing to reject Rush Limbaugh because for all of his Dittohead radio listeners, there are millions more who find his speech -- these real quotes, well documented -- to be offensive.
Because words are free but they also have consequences, even for a politically influential multi-millionaire like Rush Limbaugh.
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More than 100 entries are expected for this year's Fourth of July parade down Main Street in Manteca.
"The Manteca Sunrise Kiwanis is looking forward to the opportunity to once again showcase our community and express our pride of living in the greatest country in the world with the presentation of the Fourth of July Parade," noted parade chairman Brian Mills.
The theme for this year's event is "Celebration of American Heroes". The Kiwanis anticipate around 100 entries to the parade including floats, marching bands, antique and show vehicles, mounted horse teams, and any America-loving citizens who want to celebrate.
As usual, the parade check-in and staging area will be at North Main Street and Jason Avenue between Rite Aid and Fagundes Brother's Meat. Please enter off of Louise Avenue at North Main Street. Staging will begin 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 4. The parade will start promptly at 10 a.m.
Manteca Noon Kiwanis will, once again, be having their Pancake Breakfast at Angelano's starting at 7 a.m. It is conveniently located at the parade staging area.
There is no entry fee to be in the parade. Any questions or applications, please contact Brian Mills at 209-607-3474, or get the entry form at www.sunrisekiwanis.org and click on 'Downloads/Forms', then click on 'Manteca Independence Day Parade Form', or you can pick them up at the Manteca Chamber of Commerce.
The entry deadline is June 30.
More than 100 entries are expected for this year's Fourth of July parade down Main Street in Manteca.


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We encourage donations from food manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, brokers, food shows, farmer's markets and more. If you are in the food industry, we want to hear from you!
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The state of Georgia and the federal government protect donors from liability through "Good Samaritan" legislation. In 1987, the Georgia Legislature passed an amendment to the Good Samaritan Food Laws, and in 1996, President Clinton signed the Federal Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. Both laws protect good faith donations of food unless injury is caused intentionally by the donor. Learn more about liability protection for food donors.
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Michael Lohan Asks Judge to Ban Dina Lohan's Book
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Michael Lohan wants 2 things to burn in hell ... Dina Lohan and her book ... a book he wants stopped.
Michael was contacted by Birdstreet Books this week, informing him Dina had written a tell-all and he was a featured player. It seems Birdstreet wanted Michael to sign off, but not so fast -- Michael said he wants to see what she wrote ... line for line.
And Mr. Lohan reminded the publishing house ... he and Dina are under a gag order, and that applies to books, so she can't legally write trash about him.
Michael is as certain as certain can be ... Dina's not writing a love letter to him in the book, and unless he sees the draft and signs off, he'll go to court to stop it in its tracks.
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Heaps of sea creatures glow to produce light—often in order to see in the murky depths. But scientists have discovered that many bacteria glow for a very strange reason; they want to get eaten.
A team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that the light emitted by marine bacteria attracts predators—usually zooplankton—which eat them, but aren't able to digest them. Because they don't get digested, the bacteria continue to grow, and over time light up the zooplankton in which they find themselves. In turn, predator fish are attracted to the zooplankton and eat them.
But why the hell is that a good thing for the bacteria? Well, it turns out that, even though the zooplankton are digested, the bacteria safely survive a passage through the fish guts, a finding which is reported in PNAS. Effectively, the bacteria use the concept of being eaten, twice, to hitch a ride and move between different spots in the ocean. "As far as the bacteria are concerned, their access to the fish digestive systems is like reaching 'paradise' – a safe place, full of nutrients, and also a means of transport into the wide ocean," explained Prof. Genin, one of the researchers. Nature never fails to amaze me. [PNAS via Alpha Galielo ]


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Nobody quite understands why GMAC requires that people write two 30-minute essays before test-takers get to the only thing that really matters, namely the Quant and Verbal Sections. Consensus even seems to be that business schools are rarely, if ever, using the GMAT essay in the admissions process.
A cynic might be tempted to say these essays are designed for no real purpose other than to further tax test-takers by extending the testing by about an hour. An optimist might posit that the essays are used to assess thinking and writing abilities under time constraints. A realist might say the real purpose of these are for security: in the events doubts arise over the veracity of authorship of application essays, a controlled writing sample is available.
Regardless of the reason, essays are still part of the test, which means they can get people preparing for the GMAT stressed out. I tell students who come to me seeking advice on the essay to not bother. Focus your time and energy – all of it – on getting your Quant and Verbal scores up. If you're going to prep for the AWA, it should entail a half hour here and there at most, and you must do the AWA as part of your practice tests the closer you get to your real test date. That's it.
Despite this advice, students still sometimes worry about the essay. Recently, myself and a couple Bell Curves colleagues took the GMAT during the Integrated Reasoning Research testing window. I figure there's no better way to alleviate student stress about the AWA then give them some insights into how my essay went, and then a little about what my colleagues did. Below is the prompt for my Analysis of an Argument and a recreation of the essay I wrote in response, followed by some commentary.
The following appeared in a memorandum from the owner of Carlo's Clothing to the staff:
Since Disc Depot, the music store on the next block, began a new radio advertising campaign last year, its business has grown dramatically, as evidenced by the large increase in foot traffic into the store. While the Disc Depot's owners have apparently become wealthy enough to retire, profits at Carlo's Clothing have remained stagnant for the past three years. In order to boost our sales and profits, we should therefore switch from newspaper advertising to frequent radio advertisements like those for Disc Depot.
My Response:
Let us start by saying that the owner of Carlo's Clothing is nothing short of an utterly incompetent business owner. Clearly, he is not a person who has gotten his MBA, and it is advisable, for the survival of his business and the restoration of a modicum of respect from his employees in his business acumen, that perhaps he look into taking the GMAT and applying to whatever school will have him. Had Carlo (we assume the clothing store name to be eponymous) undertaken to avail himself of an MBA eduction, surely he would have acquired the sound business skills and unparalleled attention to ethical practice that brought us the leaders of such upstanding institutions as Enron, AIG, and BP, whose attention to the profit motive over all else should establish them as paragons of American enterprise, and would have allowed good man Carlo the insight to effectively address his business' woes. But alas, Carlo has no MBA degree (look how illogically fashioned is his proposal to revive CC's flagging sales), and so his enterprise is likely doomed to perish. That is, of course, unless the government bails him out.
Putting aside the rather unlikely scenario of government intervention on Carlo's behalf, given that the Federal government sees fit to bail out only those enterprises more grossly mismanaged than Carlo's by men even more incompetent than Carlo, let's examine how ill-conceived Carlo's proposal is, in hopes of setting him on a more profitable path.
One chief concern on the matter of Carlo's proposal is that he fails to realize how different his enterprise is from that of Disc Depot (DD). Simply adopting an advertising strategy similar to those of a nearby business faultily assumes that the clientele, audience, price points, and other aspects of the two businesses are similar enough to ensure the increased foot traffic, and thereby sales and profits. If none of Carlo's customers listen to the radio, what benefit would be served placing radio ads? Speaking of foot traffic, one might want to walk right out of Carlo's store given how egregious another of his miscalculations is, namely the assumption that simply increasing foot traffic will increase sales and/or profit, as though there is some direct correlation between the two (there may well be – surely a graduate degree would inform one of that – but Carlo makes no use of evidence that would bolster his claim).
It would seem Carlo is quite in love with causal assumptions, as he conflates a number of mere correlations to arrive at his conclusion. With the evidence that DD increased foot traffic immediately after starting the radio ad campaign, and that the owners of DD were able to retire recently, Carlo draws the fallacious conclusion that the radio ads caused both, failing to consider what other means (likely illegal and/or amoral) the owners were able to employ to retire early, or what other factors might have contributed to this increase in foot traffic (new product lines, sweat-shop prices, promos like "free donuts and diabetes with every purchase').
While Carlo's vapid and thinly-veiled desire to affect the American dream by making a bunch of cash and retiring early is a most laudable one, an analysis of his proposed means to attaining said goal reveals them faulty at best, and more than likely horribly misguided. Given this, the odds of this happening, as was mentioned earlier in this essay, are nearly 0%. Carlo should drop everything, sell his business at a loss, and use the money to go to grad school.
So that's more or less the essay I wrote. It was one half of my AWA that earned a score of six. Here are few thoughts and tips for avoiding AWA-related stress while you prep for the GMAT:
1) All that matters is the argument – the tone of your essay may smack of sarcasm or downright disrespect; the implied opinions may be offensive; but guess what? It doesn't matter. You can see from the first paragraph (almost entirely off topic, petty, vindictive and sarcastic), that I was essentially trying to be antagonistic. Apparently, it didn't work. As long as you have an accurate analysis of the argument, whatever else is there seems to be irrelevant. [Ed. Note: Keep in mind that GMAC and their computer scoring mechanisms might not care what you say, but B-school admins seeing your essay might.]
2) A good argument essay needs "key terms" – I spent the majority of my 30 minutes coming up with the couple paragraphs. The last three paragraphs took about 12 minutes total. This was because I knew what I was looking for (assumptions, assumptions, assumptions). Inherent in a discussion of assumptions should be words like "flaw", "causality", "correlation", "assume", "faulty", etc. Most GMAT essays will be scored by a computer. How? Who knows, but it has to depend on at least these two things: the words you use, and the number of words you write. Use those argument flashwords and you'll pick up points.
3) A good essay will indicate a bad argument – none of the argument prompts in the AWA are actually logically sound.
4) How Long? – Because a good essay only needs to hit the highlights (or low-lights) of the argument, it doesn't have to be much more than a paragraph. My colleagues each went in and wrote 1 paragraph essays, each of which took less than 10 minutes to write. They got a 4 and 4.5 respectively on their essays. Use trigger words, bash the assumptions in the argument, and you'll have nothing to worry about.
5) Prep tips – if you're going prep, start by looking over a few sample prompts from in this handout from GMAC (my essay prompt can be found on page 28), and identifying the weaknesses in the arguments in terms of critical reasoning language (as discussed in #2). Practice writing essays during your full-length practice using critical reasoning skills you would apply to Critical Reasoning questions in the Verbal Section.
The bottom line in GMAT prep is that you've got bigger fish to fry. Remember that the AWA is not factored in when calculating your 200 – 800 score. There's no sense worrying about the essays until your Quant and Verbal scores are at or near your goals. AWA Essays aren't going to get you in to a program or keep you out, your Quant and Verbal sub-scores and Total scaled score may.
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Michael Waltrip Racing owners say they are committed to team
Michael Waltrip Racing co-owner Rob Kauffman said he's not a quitter and while he had to make the painful decision to drop one full-time team, he believes the organization has a viable plan to win races and championships.
MWR announced Monday that it would turn its No. 56 car driven by Martin Truex Jr. into a part-time research-and-development team and lay off 15 percent of its employees to compensate for sponsor NAPA leaving the team two years before its contract was scheduled to end. NAPA announced it was leaving the team after MWR suffered severe penalties for trying to manipulate the finish of the final regular-season race at Richmond to help get Truex into the Chase.
MORE: MWR cutbacks | Vickers condition | Keselowski win | Battle of Bristol game
Kauffman, founder of the highly successful Fortress Investment Group, reiterated his commitment as the team's co-owner in light of the announcement Monday.
"I was trying my level best with Michael to make the best of the situation and not only survive it but actually come out of this stronger," Kauffman said in a phone interview Monday. "That's our goal. I'm not much of a quitter."
After Clint Bowyer spun to supposedly bring out a caution flag and Brian Vickers pitted under green Sept. 7 at Richmond, NASCAR kicked Truex out of the Chase and fined MWR a record $300,000 for attempting to manipulate the rules.
A week after the scandal and having its driver eliminated from the Chase, NAPA announced it would leave MWR.
Since then, sponsors for Bowyer and Vickers have voiced their support but nothing could be done to salvage a third full-time Cup team.
"We had some partial concepts that came to light, but given the timing requirements and the need for clarity at this point of the season from a preparation standpoint, also a staffing standpoint and from the athlete standpoint, we just had to make a decision to move forward as a two-car team," Kauffman said.
Kauffman said the entire organization was evaluated and the layoffs are across the board, not just limited to crewmen who worked on the Truex car. Waltrip said many of those being let go would remain with the team through the end of the year.
The team not laying off a third of its employees even though it lost a third of its revenue is a sign of Kauffman's commitment, Waltrip said.
"That shows you the commitment to NASCAR and to the race team that Rob and Michael Waltrip Racing have," Waltrip said. "We are going to come out of this better. And that's proof of how we're going to do so."
Truex and his crew chief, Chad Johnston, have been released from their contracts and are free to negotiate with other teams. Truex is considered the leading candidate for Furniture Row Racing's open ride, but representatives from both indicated Monday that no deal was done.
Kauffman would not say if MWR looked to keep Truex at the expense of Vickers, who already has a contract with the team and sponsor Aaron's for next season.
"I'd really rather not get into all the various options and convolutions that were put up on the white board," Kauffman said. "What is important is the net result, which is we are planning on running the two full-time cars next year.
"Martin is free to negotiate with other teams, which I believe he is doing and I believe has some good prospects."
Vickers will miss the final four races of 2013 because of a blood clot in his right calf. He had missed the majority of the 2010 season because of blood clots in his lungs and legs, having heart surgery in hopes of eliminating future problems.
Kauffman said Vickers' health is their first concern and was not ready to talk about what the team would do if he can't return for 2014. The team did announce that competition director Scott Miller would be the crew chief for the car next season.
"It's premature to speculate on what can happen," Kauffman said about Vickers' 2014 status. "What he has said is that this really sounds like an abundance of caution on the part of his doctor, that they feel confident he'll be fine for 2014."
The team has fielded several calls from potential replacements — Waltrip, as scheduled, will drive the car this weekend at Talladega — for the rest of the season in the Vickers car.
Waltrip will drive the team's part-time car in the 2014 Daytona 500. Beyond that, Kauffman is unsure how many races they will run.
Jeff Burton, who is leaving Richard Childress Racing after this season, is a possible candidate for that part-time car.
"There is a variety of options we have out there, so I don't really want to speculate at this stage," Kauffman said.
Kauffman also indicated that Ty Norris, who was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for instructing Vickers to pit at Richmond, would remain with the organization. Norris will focus on his role as executive director for business development for the team, although he has commonly been referred to by the team and media as the organization's general manager.
"He's not really involved in the competition side, but he's got great contacts throughout the industry in terms of sponsorship or other deals or partnership arrangements, he's great," Kauffman said. "That's what we're going to have him focus on and that's what he's very good at."


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- sugars6g
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- protein30g
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- 4 garlic cloves, left whole
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Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Cut the chorizo into slices the thickness of a pound coin. Put the onion and garlic in the bottom of a large roasting tin. Scatter over the chorizo, then add the chicken pieces, potato, rosemary and a couple of grinds of black pepper. Drizzle with olive oil, then bake for 45 mins.
Halfway through the cooking time, give everything a good baste in the chorizo juices.
Recipe Tip
Use up leftover chorizoSpanish chorizo tortilla for 4: Fry 100g chorizo slices, 1 diced red pepper and 1 cubed potato in a large frying pan. Add 6 beaten eggs and cook for 10 mins until set on the bottom. Cook under the grill for a further 5 mins until the top is golden. Serve hot or cold, cut into wedges.


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It's Not Just You — Holiday E-Tailing Is Starting Earlier This Year
Today, multiple retailers unveiled their plans for Cyber Monday, many days earlier than last year.
In the physical retail world, it's the equivalent of putting up Christmas displays and piping in carols over the sound system before Thanksgiving, maybe even before Halloween.
This year, e-tailers are jumping the gun in an effort to get a bigger share of your wallet by announcing sales as much as a week before such traditionally heavy online shopping days as Black Friday and Cyber Monday (the Friday and Monday following Thanksgiving, respectively).
Two of the biggest retailers in the U.S. are exemplifying this trend with rival releases this morning:
Walmart said today that it is kicking off Cyber Week this year on Saturday, Nov. 24, and lasting through Sunday, Dec. 2. Specials will be available online and refreshed daily, with customers enjoying free shipping on more than 100,000 items. Meanwhile, Amazon said its Black Friday deals are starting today and running through Saturday. "We're offering customers our widest selection of Black Friday Lightning Deals ever and we're bringing doorbuster deals to shoppers earlier this year," said Ben Hartman, Amazon's VP of consumer electronics.
There are signs that consumers are responding to the early offers:
- PayPal, which claims to process nearly one-fifth of global e-commerce, said today that the official U.S. shopping season started as early as Sept. 30.
- Fab.com said today that sales from its 2012 holiday shopping are up 400 percent versus its holiday business this time a year ago.
- Chase Holiday Pulse data, which tracks data from 50 large e-commerce retailers, is finding that year-over-year sales volume is up 12.3 percent over 2011. Some days, like Nov. 11, were up more than 50 percent.
But many of the busiest days are yet to come. UPS is preparing for Thursday, Dec. 20, when the logistics company estimates it will deliver 28 million packages around the world, compared to its average day of 15.8 million packages. This holiday is expected to be a record-breaking year for UPS, which is forecasting that it will deliver 527 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas, surpassing last year's total of 480 million.


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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state House on Monday passed two bills that would restrict the use of drones and government surveillance in Washington state.
House Bill 2789, which was approved by an 83-15 vote, would limit the purchase and use of unmanned aircraft systems by state and local agencies.
Under the measure, state agencies and municipal governments could only obtain drones or other unmanned aircraft after getting approval from their governing body. The drones could only be used with a search warrant and in other circumstances including: emergencies with an immediate danger of death or serious bodily injury; criminal emergencies with immediate danger of death or serious bodily injury with no time to get a warrant; for military training on a base; training and testing of devices if no personal information is collected; a governor-declared state of emergency; or for an operation such as environmental or wildlife monitoring.
Agencies using drones would have to prepare annual reports available to the public that describe details of their use. Anyone who claims that a violation of the provisions has injured his or her business, person or reputation could sue the agency for damages, attorney fees and other litigation costs.
Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, said he supported the bill because technology now allows people to be watched without their knowledge.
"This calls for reasonable regulation so we don't have warrantless searches of the public, to control what might be fishing expeditions," he said.
Rep. Christopher Hurst, a former police officer, spoke against the bill, saying the technology should be allowed to develop further before restrictions are put in place that are difficult to remove.
"Although well-intended, this legislation is premature," he said.
Also Monday, House Bill 2178 passed by a vote of 92-6. It would ban the unauthorized use of drones, or other unmanned aircraft with sensing devices, above private property. Under the measure, drones, including those capable of gathering personal information such as photos, could be used on private property if landowners or tenants give permission and if the drones are labeled with the owner's contact information.
The bill also states that unmanned aircraft could be flown over public land if they don't unreasonably interfere with the rights of others or aren't otherwise prohibited by law. Violation of the rules could result in a gross misdemeanor charge.
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Mannat belongs to a lower middle class family and is raised by her uncle. Her Uncle sells her to a well of family by getting her married to the only male in that family. The rest of the family comprises only of widows. The poor orphan girl who is already in love with someone is now married to a man with a curse
This family curse is, that all the men of the family die as soon they turn twenty-seven. Mannat's husband is about to turn 25. The widows get him married before he turns twenty-five, so that the birth of his son can save the family name. The curse comes as a shock for Mannat on the wedding day.
Married life becomes a burden for Mannat. She is expected to give birth to a son and being the only educated woman in the family, she has to deal with illiterate women of the house. Moreover, she tries to convince her husband that it's just a myth, and this kind of curse doesn't exist. She gives him positive hopes that he would have a long life, while keeping her ex love in heart.
The story takes a drastic twist when Mannat is unable to give birth and her husband is about to turn twenty seven.
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