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"Window Peak Lake" is a spectacular granite-encased lake tucked in underneath rugged Window Peak. While only a couple miles off the John Muir Trail, there is no trail or use paths to negotiate the 1,800 foot vertical ascent to the lake which is steep and rocky. The lake is also situated in one of the more remote spots in the range with all access options entailing many trail miles and lots of elevation gain. The lake is not officially named on any maps, but its proximity directly underneath Window Peak makes Window Peak Lake an appropriate unofficial name. The difficult accessibility combined with very little information on this region makes this a pristine and unfettered setting with virtually no human impact. I hope places like this stay that way and in future years I hope to find the same unspoiled setting!
Erica and I accessed the area via Road's End passing by Mist Falls and then running up Paradise Valley and the Castle Domes to the John Muir Trail at the Woods Creek junction. After some photographs on the suspension bridge we continued northbound up the JMT for one mile before turning off and heading up the rocky and steep slopes. The general idea is to stay on the north side of the stream draining Window Peak Lake ascending talus, steep meadows and the occasional patch of pine trees. Virtually all brush can be avoided with careful navigation. A headwall is passed about halfway up where the outflow water from Window Peak Lake tumbles over a cliff producing a waterfall that is surely impressive in the early summer when snows from above are melting. Prior to reaching Window Peak Lake there is a smaller lake, aka mini-Window Peak Lake, but be sure to continue up to the much larger and scenic main lake. After a short break at Window Peak Lake, I continued up along granite slabs to Pyramid Peak. Most of the route is on friendly slabs with only a little bit of talus to negotiate. A small col must be gained to ascend the south ridge of Pyramid Peak that includes some class 3 scrambling. The summit of Pyramid Peak features an outstanding view looking south to the King Spur, Window Peak, Rae Lakes and a sea of peaks all around. Mount Whitney, Mount Williamson and Mount Tyndall are clearly visible to the south along with the Palisades to the north. The descent from Pyramid Peak was just as spectacular as the afternoon sun angle produced a beautiful blue color on Window Peak Lake. This view was one of my favorites in all of my adventures in the High Sierra. I met up with Erica at mini-Window Peak Lake and we continued down together to the JMT enjoying the stupendous views of the Woods Creek drainage up to the peaks surrounding the Rae Lakes including Painted Lady, Mount Rixford and Dragon Peak. Once on the JMT, we continued on to the Castle Domes valley where beautiful afternoon light illuminated the impressive granite towers. GPS route here.


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SAN DIEGO — One of the 49ers' last roster questions got answered even before kickoff of their exhibition finale against the Chargers.
Seneca Wallace told the 49ers on Thursday morning he's decided to halt his comeback attempt, according to general manager Trent Baalke.
Signed only a week ago, Wallace's departure turned the No. 3 quarterback race into a one-man competition for rookie B.J. Daniels, if the 49ers indeed go with a three-man unit.
The 49ers have kept three quarterbacks in each of Jim Harbaugh's two seasons as coach. They must trim their roster from 75 to 53 by 1 p.m. Saturday, and they were weighing how to term Wallace's transaction, as a retirement or a terminated contract.
More pertinent to the 49ers' quarterback cause, starter Colin Kaepernick emerged healthy after playing sparingly all exhibition season.
Kaepernick made a one-series cameo Thursday — as was the case in the first two exhibitions — and exited after Quinton Patton's 43-yard, catch-and-run touchdown for a 7-0 lead.
Kaepernick wasn't sacked in any of his six exhibition series, and he finished 15 of 24 for 171 yards, with two touchdown passes, no interceptions and a 116.4 passer rating.
Settling on Kaepernick's backups looked like a convoluted situation a week ago, when Wallace's addition gave the 49ers a five-man quarterback crew.
Wallace, who did not play last season, took the final three snaps of Sunday's exhibition and completed his only two passes for 27 yards.
Cut last week by the New Orleans Saints, Wallace joined the 49ers as a veteran option. But Colt McCoy restructured his contract Saturday night and subsequently was named the No. 2 quarterback by Harbaugh after Sunday's rout of Minnesota.
McCoy replaced Kaepernick after one series Thursday night, and after showing off his mobility on a few scrambles, McCoy threw his first touchdown in a 49ers uniform, a 5-yard pass to Anthony Dixon.
Daniels, a seventh-round draft pick, is in line to succeed Scott Tolzien as the No. 3 quarterback behind Kaepernick and McCoy. Tolzien was released Monday after two seasons in that No. 3 role.

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I have been following the discussions on ubuntu-devel, -devel-discuss and -launchpad-users mailing lists regarding the status of Ubuntu bugs. There are many different discussion threads, some of them cross-posted, so it is a little difficult to give all the links (and I may forget one, which I do not want to do).
One particular bug I followed was marked "expired" and I realized I did not understand the different statuses in Launchpad.
Matthew Revell has posted a summary of what happened to all the incomplete bugs earlier last month, and most important, an updated documentation will be available and easier to find for basic contributors such as me.
For now, you can check the Launchpad blog post, which I had not been talking about so far, I was waiting for more infos on the mailing-lists.
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Chicken Meal, Ground Pearl Millet, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Chicken Fat (preserved with Rosemary extract, Citric Acid and Vitamin E Tocopherols), White Fish Meal, Sun-Cured Alfalfa Meal, Whole Ground Flaxseed, Beet Pulp Shreds, Canola Oil, Sun-Cured Kelp Meal, Whole Clove Garlic, Lecithin, Yucca, Peppermint, Parsley, Chicory Root, Taurine, Rose Hips, Natural Mixed Tocopherols, Rosemary Extract, Citric Acid, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Chloride, Mono-Dicalcium Phosphate, Vitamin C, Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol), Choline Chloride, Riboflavin Supplement (source of vitamin B2), Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin K, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Iodate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Cobalt Carbonate, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), Biotin, Sodium Selenite (Selenium), Beta Carotene.
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First and fifth ingredients are named meat products, uses good quality grains with minimal fillers.
Minimum aceptable meat content, use of controversial filler.
The first ingredient in the food is a named meat product, as is the fifth. Both are in meal form. Fish meal is the 5th ingredient and another meat product in the food. We note that the manufacturer does not claim to use ethoxyquin-free sources (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
The main grains in the food are millet and rice, which are all decent quality whole grains.
It is a concern to see chicken fat as the third ingredient. Research at Purdue University has identified a fat in the top four ingredients of a dry dog food as a factor that increases the risk of bloat in large breed dogs. Smaller breeds are untested.
Alfalfa meal and whole ground flaxseed are good quality ingredients with good antioxidant properties. But Beet pulp is filler and a controversial ingredient 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.
Overall this looks to be a reasonably good food. It has acceptable meat content and predominantly the ingredients used are good ones. The use of low quality fillers such as beet pulp prevent the food obtaining a higher grading.
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The Plight of the Android App Wallflowers
Aug 19, 2011 5:00 AM PT
Android device users spend more time on their apps than on the mobile Web, and the top 10 apps account for 43 percent of that time, according to Nielsen.
When the top 50 Android apps are considered, they account for 61 percent of the time Android device users spend on apps.
That means the rest of the nearly 250,000 Android apps available have to compete for the remaining 39 percent of users' time spent on apps.
Does this mean creators of the less popular apps aren't making any money at all? Is there no long tail in the Android ecosystem? And how does this compare to Apple's iOS app ecosystem?
Earnings on the Android Market
"The top 50 apps on Android are making enormous amounts of money, but even the smallest apps at the end of the long tail can make about US$1 every 7 to 10 days with banner advertising," Estuardo Robles, vice president at Appsgeyser, told LinuxInsider.
However, apps don't depend strictly on ads for revenue -- they also offer in-app sales.
"Time spent in an app usually equates to more ad dollars, and maybe the top 10 properties are generating more ad dollars than the long tail -- but the long tail generates a significant amount of money from in-app purchases," Simon Khalaf, CEO of Flurry Analytics, pointed out.
Mobile gaming revenues will exceed $16 billion in 2016 as in-app payments grow, ABI Research found.
Despite this, Android app devs will make less money on the whole from in-app purchases than devs creating apps for Apple's iOS mobile operating system.
That's because it was only this March that Google launched in-app purchase functionality, Joshua Greenman, president of Mercury Development, told LinuxInsider.
Android's billing system is clunky, and Android apps generate one-fifth to one-sixth of the revenue an iOS app does, Flurry Analytics found.
Making Money With Android
Instead of trying to get banner ads, Android devs should employ the freemium model, Flurry's Khalaf told LinuxInsider.
"If a developer makes a free version of his Android app with limited features, and offers a paid premium or pro version with more features and options for in-app purchases and so on, we find that he'll make as much money as he'll make with an iOS app," Appgeyser's Robles said.
However, dollar for dollar, iOS apps make more money for devs than Android apps do.
That's partly because Google's in-app billing system is clunky compared to that of Apple's iTunes App Store.
Further, developers' customers often prefer iOS apps, and that takes away developer time from working on Android apps.
"Every customer that approaches me asks for an iOS app first and an Android version later," Mercury Development's Greenman said.
Getting Consumers to Pick Your App
Developers have to focus on quality, design and marketing.
"You need to ensure quality," Appsgeyser's Robles said. "Otherwise, you will get negative ratings, which will really affect your app."
Design is equally important.
"Put good graphics work into your app icon and description," advised Robles. "The principal way people discover your app is through their eyes."
"The research findings make it clear that it's all about discovery, Don Kellogg, director of telecom research and insights at Nielsen, told LinuxInsider. "How can you make it easy for people to find your app? How can you ignite positive word of mouth? How can app stores and other aggregators improve the consumer experience to make it easier for consumers to discover a broader range of quality apps?"
Then, devs have to promote the app and boost its initial downloads.
"We've discovered that promoting your app within other apps is the most effective way to convert downloads," Robles said.
"It's very difficult to get noticed in this market," Melanie Moffett, marketing manager at Amadeus Consulting, told LinuxInsider.
"You need to have a cohesive marketing plan along with your app, or you probably won't see a return on your investment."


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Derbyshire police, working in joint-partnership with Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, has launched a Street Triage pilot to improve the way people with a mental illness are treated in emergency situations.
Previously, when a person presented a risk of harming themselves or others, police officers could detain them under the Mental Health Act for their own safety or to protect others. They would then undergo an assessment by mental health professionals.
To improve the treatment of people experiencing a mental illness, Derbyshire police has teamed up with Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to provide a new one year Street Triage pilot where officers on the beat believe someone needs immediate mental health support in Derby.
The pilot will be operational seven days a week from 4pm to midnight. Research has shown that during this time is when the majority of Section 136 detainments happen.
Mental health nurses will accompany police officers to incidents where it is suspected that someone is a risk to themselves or those around them due to their mental ill health. Upon arrival at the incident the nurse may carry out an assessment or hold a brief clinical conversation with the person to make a professional opinion regarding their current health needs. Advice will then be provided if an appropriate referral into the healthcare service is needed.
Nurses will also give telephone advice to police officers attending incidents to support officers' decisions in referring people into the services they need.
Superintendent Kul Mahay has been involved in the implementation of the scheme. He said: "The triage project is about ensuring people with mental health issues are kept out of police custody and receive the right treatment and care.
"By working in partnership with health professionals, we will also be able to reduce demand on valuable police and A&E resources, making sure that officers and hospital staff are free to deal with other emergencies."
Tracey Holtom, Service Line Manager for Forensic and Rehabilitation Services for Derbyshire Healthcare, said: "The police are very skilled but they are having to deal more and more with people with mental ill health. By being assessed by the nurse on call, these people can be directed to the most appropriate service for them – like a counselling service, GP, other mental health experts – and quickly.
"The new system means this could be done in their surroundings or places familiar to them, rather than the officer having to take them somewhere and then the assessment is done."
With thanks to Ron Brook of Ilkeston for kindly providing the Trust and Constabulary with the Street Triage car free of charge.


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According to a new study from ABI Research (out today) all youll want for Christmas this year is a Wi-Fi-enabled television.
The research firm forecasts that in 2011, 20 million televisions offering wireless connectivity will be shipped worldwide. Networked TVs are not a novelty everywherethey are already widespread in techno-trendsetter nation Japanbut in the U.S., its a trend thats set to take off.
"North America, Western Europe, and select Asian countries are seen as the next growth markets, and the 2009 holiday season and 2010 will be the watershed periods when vendors will see whether networked TV should trickle down to mainstream models and really take off there," said industry analyst Michael Inouye in an ABI press release today.
In the battle for in-home networking market share, if wireless prevails over wired (Ethernet), the most likely technology to win the crown is Wi-Fi, thanks to the soon-to-(finally)-be-ratified 802.11n standard, says ABI.
"Many current TV models are nearly capable of being networked, at least for basic functions," said Inouye. "Basic networking often only entails additional memory, Ethernet support at the chip level (and active port), and softwarethe hardware component being relatively inexpensive."
There are, of course, other hurdles beyond just the technological. "At the end of the day, if the content holders don't let their content go to this platform in a timely manner, it's just not going to get anywhere," said Inouye.
View the full report, entitled "Internet and Web-Enabled HD TVs," here.
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How many integral solutions are possible for the equation $a_1 \times a_2 \times \ldots \times a_k = N$ where each of $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_k$ satisfy the property $0 \leq a_i \leq 9 $?
The question is to find out the number of possible combinations $(a_1, a_2, \dots, a_L)$ such that $(\frac{a_1}{a_2})(\frac{a_3}{a_4}) \dots = N$ with the constraint that $a_1, a_2, \dots ,a_L$ satisfy $0 \leq a_i \leq 9$. So, my approach was to consider $N$ as $\frac{N}{1}, \frac{2N}{2}, \ldots$ till $\frac{mN}{m}$ such that $mN \leq 9^k, k = L - 1 or L$. Now, if I get the possible combinations for both numerator and denominator(for all these fractions), then I could multiply and add these combination numbers to get the final result. Can any other approach be adopted for doing it?


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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It was five in the morning when Congolese police came to arrest Faith, beating her small children with their guns and leading her husband outside, never to be seen again.
A women's rights activist, Faith had organised protests condemning President Joseph Kabila's government for its failure to prevent sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo.
"You are talking about rape, now we'll show you what rape means," the police officers told Faith, before raping her 15-year-old niece in front of her. They then took Faith to prison where she was raped so many times she lost count.
Faith, 24, was not attacked in Congo's lawless east, widely labelled "the rape capital of the world" for its endemic sexual violence, but in Bas Congo, in the southwest.
Sexual violence in Congo is often regarded as a by product of fighting in the east with atrocities blamed on soldiers and rebels - but rape is also rife beyond the country's conflict zones, Freedom from Torture said on Monday.
The UK-based charity said rape as a form of torture has been routinely used since 2006 by Congolese security forces, including army and intelligence officers in the capital Kinshasa and elsewhere to punish politically active women.
"I was protesting against rape - I didn't expect to become a victim of it," the charity quoted Faith as saying.
Much of the abuse is taking place in prison or en route to detention, it said, adding that many victims had little hope of obtaining justice due to widespread impunity.
"The soldiers and the prison guards, they don't see women as human beings, they don't see any value in women," Faith said. "I can't even remember how many times I was raped."
Freedom from Torture, which documents evidence of torture and offers treatment to survivors, based its findings on forensic reports of scars and injuries relating to 34 women aged between 18 and 62.
More than half of them had been gang-raped, by up to 10 men in some cases, the charity said. In one case alone, it recorded 68 scars on a woman - 56 of them attributable to an incident of gang rape in which she was also tied up, beaten, burned, bitten, stamped on and kicked with heavy boots.
Not only were many women raped vaginally, orally and anally but they were also subjected to beatings with heavy rubber truncheons, military belts with brass buckles and hooks, metal rods, whips and electric cables, the report said.
Six women reported assaults to their genital organs and breasts including having their breasts stabbed, bitten and burned. Fourteen women described being forced into stress positions, including being tied or handcuffed to a chair or post for long periods of time.
Almost all of the women were arrested because either they or a member of their family were involved in political or human rights campaigning. Twenty-six of the women were arrested in Kinshasa, three in Bas Congo and five in the east.
"Their rape is clearly persecutory," said Juliet Cohen, Freedom from Torture's head of doctors, in a statement.
"The brutal and repeated sexual violence these women experience while being held in state facilities is a deliberate attempt to humiliate, punish and control not only these individuals, but also the whole group to which they belong."
As a result of their rape and torture, women reported genito-urinary symptoms such as vaginal and anal bleeding, painful periods, chronic abdominal pain and lower back pain.
Besides the physical damage done to them, survivors often experienced flashbacks, poor sleep, anxiety and panic attacks. Some would "switch off" as a way of coping with the experience and its aftermath.
"The women know they have little or no chance of redress and describe feelings of hopelessness, powerlessness and despair, which is exactly what the perpetrators intended," Cohen said.
Among its recommendations, Freedom from Torture called on the international community to broaden the focus of its attention to include sexual violence as a form of torture, which has spread outside of conflict zones.
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July 18, 2012 — A federal judge in Nebraska on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by seven states and three Catholic groups challenging the federal contraceptive coverage rules, The Hill's "Healthwatch" reports (Baker, "Healthwatch," The Hill, 7/17).
U.S. District Court Judge Warren Urbom ruled that the lawsuit was premature because the plaintiffs do not face an immediate threat of having to offer coverage, given that the Obama administration agreed to work with religiously affiliated entities and has delayed enforcement of the rules until August 2013 (Schulte, AP/Sacramento Bee, 7/17).
The ruling marks the first time a federal judge has dismissed one of the lawsuits challenging the rules, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights (Baynes, Reuters, 7/17).
Case Background
The lawsuit was filed by attorneys general from Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. Pius X Catholic High School, Catholic Social Services and Catholic Mutual Relief Society of America are also plaintiffs in the case (National Journal, 7/17).
The suit alleged that religious employers that oppose contraception would be effectively forced to stop offering health coverage because of the new rules, which the suit contends would lead to higher enrollment in state Medicaid programs and increase patient volume at state-subsidized hospitals and medical centers.
The rules implement a provision in the Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148) that requires health plans to cover preventive services without copayments or deductibles. In February, the Obama administration announced that it would alter the rules so that religiously affiliated employers will not have to offer contraceptive coverage for their employees, but their health insurance companies will be required to provide no-cost coverage directly to women.
The Department of Justice had requested that the case be dismissed, arguing that the plaintiffs do not face an immediate threat of having to offer the coverage (Women's Health Policy Report, 7/13).
Case Dismissal
Urbom said that in addition to failing to prove that they faced an immediate threat, the Catholic groups that joined the suit did not show that they would not qualify for the religious exemption. He also noted that the administration has said it will continue to work with religiously affiliated groups (AP/Sacramento Bee, 7/17).
The judge rejected the states' argument that the rules would increase demand for state resources, saying it was "based on conjecture about the reactions of third parties" and that "one can only speculate whether the plaintiffs will ever feel any effects from the rule when the temporary enforcement safe harbor terminates" (O'Hanlon, Lincoln Journal Star, 7/17).
Reaction From States
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning (R), who was leading the case, said in a statement, "Today's decision completely disregards the federal government's continued shell game when it comes to this rule," adding that the ruling "asks millions of Americans to watch and wait for their religious liberties to be violated."
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) said he would talk to officials from other states about appealing the ruling. "This was not a ruling on whether the religious mandate is a violation of the First Amendment, but merely a decision on whether the plaintiffs can file a lawsuit at this time," he said in a statement, adding, "The violations need to be heard and the federal government held accountable" (AP/Sacramento Bee, 7/17).


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David Berlinski: So that inconvenient math guy who lives in the oldest building in France is back?
Yes, apparently, David Berlinski is back: A mathematician determined to be honest enough to kill Darwinism, he says,
David Berlinski on the Darwinian GuildHey, I never got the sense there was a first rate intelligence in the Darwin bunch either, though the idea was often promoted to me by people who need to believe it.
An interview from Evolution News and Views:
ENV: Darwinism is fiercely guarded by a scientific guild. What does the guild have at stake in this? Prestige? Money? To some observers, the defense seems impermeable. Do you see cracks in the fortress wall opening up?
DB: Fiercely guarded, but not, mind you, effectively guarded. If the Darwinian Guild, to adapt your phrase (since science has nothing to do with it), was interested in rational self promotion, the Guild would have never allowed its members to display in public their characteristic attitude of invincible arrogance and sheep-like stupidity. Just listen to them as they limber up in the insult room: Dumbski, Little Mikey Behe, Stevie Meyer (a regression to school yard taunts irresistible at both the Panda's Thumb and Talk Reason), the creationist playbook, creationist pablum, creationism in a cheap tuxedo, tired creationist canards, creationist cranks, ID'iots, creotards, creos, sky fairies, liars for Jesus. I've even seen Disco'Tute, this the invention of an elderly fellow at the Panda's Thumb who, like Polonius, imagines that he is the soul of wit. One lunatic named Quick or Quack — or is that simply the sound of his posts? — has become fond of the phrase mendacious intellectual pornography and has so overused it that his fellow bloggers have taken to attacking him. When they do, Quick as a Quack responds that they are guilty of mendacious intellectual pornography. The gabble is as unedifying as it is unending.
What is wonderful, I think, is the way in which membership in the Guild so runs to type, P.Z. Myers, to take the loudest case, reveling in his role as the hearty American rustic, a man prepared as circumstances demand either to desecrate the Catholic wafer or at dinner to immerse his feet in a platter of boeuf bourguignon. If in public he now refrains from withdrawing long spools of lint from his navel and examining them studiously that is because Richard Dawkins has advised him that at Oxford, it is no longer done.
When it is late at night and my old war wounds ache, I very much enjoy chasing down discussions on the Panda's Thumb in which members of the Guild begin to abuse one another, their indignation discharging itself in a series of menopausal hot flashes, the discussion skipping from disagreement to disgruntlement to peevishness and finally to insult, until at last someone stands accused of being a lying scum for Jesus.
I offer nothing as invention. I have made nothing up.
What I find most remarkable about the Darwinian Guild is what is least remarked. There is not a single first rate intelligence in the bunch.
I know when someone is smarter than me. I am glad that people smarter than me are starting to say in clear terms: Darwinism is a bankrupt idea.
My own suspicion is that people fronting it are merely tax burdens.
If so, the big problem is practical: They need to front their failed theory into retirement. Fine, as long as we don't make it a "civilization" cause. After them, we can start dealing with the reality.
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Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo spoke as part of a panel-keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Pacific. MarketWatch technology reporter Benjamin Pimentel (@benpimentel) live blogged from Las Vegas.
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We're an hour away from Costolo's keynote in Las Vegas. Here's what investors can expect from the Twitter boss.
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All set for Twitter CEO Dick Costolo's keynote at the Las Vegas Hilton theater.
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Wedbush analyst Shyam Patil expects Costolo to highlight Twitter in social TV. "My sense is he will focus on Twitter as an ad platform and second-screen companion to TV," he told MarketWatch this morning.
We will find out in about 20 minutes.
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Twitter shares are down about 1.6% right now. Cantor Fitzgerald downgraded the stock to sell from hold.
Analyst Youssef Squali says, "Valuation is excessive."
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On the other hand, Yahoo shares are rising after Marissa Mayer's presentation which even included a live Saturday Night Live skit.
Maybe Dick Costolo can also give Twitter stock a lift. Remember that before shifting to a business/tech career, he was in improv comedy.
"He does deadpan real well, probably legacy from his comedian days," analyst Roger Kay told MarketWatch this morning. "He's alert and perceptive, even while he talks, another trait from that era."
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Costolo keynote to begin soon.
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CES showing hot topics on Twitter right now.
No. 1 is Ultra HD, followed by Sony, Samsung and Wearable Tech.
At No. 5: Michael Bay, who stunned the Samsung keynote audience by suddenly walking off stage in the middle of a presentation.
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CES Senior VP Jeff Joseph setting up panel discussion to be led by Michael Kassan, CEO of MediaLink with Costolo as one of the key speakers.
Focus will be on trends in media.
Kassan talks about the importance of social media, big data and other trends in today's media and marketing worlds.
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Kassan kicks off discussion by asking Costolo on importance of getting right message to a viewer/user.
Costolo talks about "real time live component" is key for making Twitter a second screen in social TV.
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Levy of Publicis, a major advertising and PR firm, talks about how "it is impossible today to work in silos."
Kassan had noted the "mashup" of the functions of the chief marketing officer and the chief technology officer for many businesses.
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Costolo says Twitter has allowed brand marketers to respond directly to a user and that engagement is valuable in marketing and branding terms.
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Question now on security, including the NSA spying controversy, and implications in social marketing.
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Levy discussed privacy limitations in Europe and the need not to cross the line in terms of using private information in marketing initiatives.
Costolo cites importance of secure transmission of information. "It boils down to trust," he says. "You have to be clear and direct to users."
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Costolo is asked how he would define Twitter.
He says Twitter is "indispensable companion for life in the moment… The business flows from that."
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Costolo says "there are these everyday moments that rise up on Twitter day after day." He also stresses the importance of a recently-announced partnership with Publicis.
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Twitter still down 1.7%.
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The focus so far is Twitter's growing role in marketing and advertising, underscored by the partnership with Publicis.
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Long comment from Levy of Publicis on the importance of collaboration.
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Costolo wraps up with a plug:
"The Golden Globes are coming up and we have some cool integration with the Golden Globes I"m excited about," he says.
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Panel is over. Costolo and Levy exit as new panel begins. Kassan quips as new panelists don't show up immediately: "I feel like I'm having a Michael Bay moment."
Again, main focus was on Twitter's growing role in marketing and how the company is forming key relationships, such as the one the social network has with Publicis.
And how's Twitter stock? Down 2% now.
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No. 5 Southeastern recovered from a rough 4-3 extra-inning loss in the series opener against Arkansas Tech to pick up a 4-3 win in the nightcap on Friday afternoon in Russellville, Ark.
The Savage Storm move to 28-7 overall on the season and 13-3 in Great American Conference play heading into the final two games of the series which are slated for a noon start on Saturday.
In the nightcap, the Storm were facing the proposition of getting swept in a double-header for the first time this season after losing the opener and finding themselves trailing 3-2 heading into the seventh inning.
For perspective, SE has only lost back-to-back games one time this season, with those coming on the opening weekend of the year.
Lauren Renneker opened the inning by getting hit by a pitch and Rachel Jones entered to run for her.
Jessica Simmons laid down a sac bunt, but the ATU pitcher would miss the mark at first allowing Jones to move to third and Simmons to second with no outs.
Lacie Cook would turn the one-run deficit into a one-run lead with one swing of the bat, singling home Jones and Simmons to go ahead 4-3.
Jacee Bennett would set the Golden Suns down in order in the seventh to preserve the win.
Bennett moved to 16-4 on the year after picking up the win in relief thanks to four innings of one-hit softball and four strikeouts.
Mindy McElroy got the start and tossed three innings but allowed three runs on five hits with three strikeouts.
Southeastern did rack up 10 hits in the second contest, led by a 3-for-4 outing from Cook that included three RBI.
Simmons chipped in a 2-for-3 effort with an RBI and two runs scored.
Darrian Williams, Courtney Moore, Courtney Riddle and McElroy each added a hit.
In the opener, the Storm found itself trailing 2-1 heading to the seventh inning.
Riddle would come to the plate as a pinch-hitter and double to right field with two outs.
Renneker would then come on to pinch-hit as well and single home Riddle to tie the game at 2-2.
Neither team could push a run home in the eighth of ninth innings, forcing the game into the international tie breaker format which begins in the 10th inning and involves a runner being placed on second base to start the inning.
That runner was Paige Priest in the 10th for SE and she would move to third on a Jones sac bunt.
She would remain at third on a Simmons fielder's choice, but Simmons would follow by stealing second and the catcher's throw would miss its mark allowing Priest to score and SE to take a 3-2 lead.
ATU, however, would knot the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the 10th on a two-out bunt single that allowed the tying run to come home.
Cook would open the 11th as the placed runner and move to third on a Williams sac bunt.
SE, however, would be unable to bring her home and left the score tied at 3-3.
The Suns would pick up the win in the bottom of the 11th on an RBI single.
Bennett was handed the loss in relief after tossing 4.2 innings and allowing two runs, both unearned, on four hits with five strikeouts.
McElroy got the start and tossed 5.2 innings and allowed two runs, one of which was earned, on five hits with three strikeouts.
The Storm offense was held to four hits as Cook, Williams, Riddle and Renneker each picked up one.
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About two oclock P.M. of Saturday
June 6th.[1863]
Benjamin and
forever. I had spent so many happy hours there, it seemed like
a home, but alass! her end had come.
I went below, just after Benjamin and the Lnet. was told to
pack what clothes we could in as few trunks as possible and
prepare to go on board the Florida, as quick as possible as there
was not much time to spare.
The officers were very kind, even, helping us get some of
our effects together. All nautical works, were considered
contraband, chromometers, barometers, sextants, quadrants,
spyglasses, &c. &c. were all taken by the Privateers.
We had been out about four months from "Cal" and had
had no washing of any consequence done, consequently we
had a great many dirty clothes. those we lost, saving only
the most valuable things we had. I lost all of my calico
dresses and saved only one muslin.
We had to pack in such haste were not able to save
as much as we could otherwise have done.
We lost all but about half dozen books, the trunk we
packed the books in, could not go in the same boat with
us, therefore was brought off after and claimed by the sailors
of the "Privateer."
Our officers and men were allowed only what they could
stow in a clothes bag.
About quarter to four we proclaimed ourselves ready to go,
just then the rain began to pour in torrents.
I was wrapped in the American flag and lowered over the
side in an arm chair into the boat, with one of my cats
in my lap. The sea was very rough, so much so, that
there was much danger of the boat upsetting for she was
very heavily loaded.
We got on board the "Florida" about four oclock. The officers and
men went before us they were already in irons when we arrived.
We were ushered imediately into the 1st Lent.s ward.
there we ate our first supper on board.
After supper we were conducted to the Captain's cabin, there
we were welcomed by Capt Maffitt as prisoners of war.
The Capt treated us very kindly, giving up his room to me
and sleeping in the cabin himself.
So here we are, "Prisoners" and our ship burned. She was burned about
nine oclock, I did not see her burn because Capt Maffitt advised
me not to, he thought it would make me feel so
bad that I should not be able to sleep at all.
I lost my journal that I had kept during the voyage.
June 7th [1863]. the
weather has cleared up, so I spent considerable
June 8th. [1863 ]Officers
and men were put on parole and
June 9th.[1863] comes in
squally dismal weather. I cannot be on
I cannot fix my mind more than a few moments with a
book, be it ever so interesting. I feel decidedly uncomfortable.
We are in hopes of seeing a sail of some kind tomorrow.
Mr Smith is very sure we shall.
Wednesday June 10th.
[1863 ]Four days gone no sail yet. Still prisoners
June 11th [1863] Fine
weather. They got up steam this morning, and
well, playing backgammon with the Capt. and solitare, alone
knitting, reading a very little, spending some time on deck.
O! I do hope this will be the last night on board of the
Florida. I expect Capt Maffitt is almost as anxious to
get rid of us as we are to depart. He treats us very kindly
tryes to make us as comfortable as possible.
June 12th.[1863] A
delightful morning, about half past eight AM.


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I like this Australian Women's Weekly recipe as you don't particularly have to soak the fruit in advance, nor do you have to make the cake weeks ahead of Christmas for it to mature. However, it tastes like you've been nurturing it and feeding it for months!
This was the first fruit cake I've made where I didn't have arm and shoulder ache all day. Why? Because the CCBF (Caked Crusader's Boyfriend) stepped forward to demonstrate his cake mixing prowess. He also cut the glace cherries.
Unlike previous years I have made the almond paste and icing. Usually I don't bother with this but the CCM (Caked Crusader's Ma) requested it. To strike a happy balance between paste and icing haters and lovers, I only put it on the top.
Here's the almond paste:
The cake won't be covered in fondant icing until later next week, or cut until Christmas day so I'll revisit this post with some photos then.
I used some leftover almond paste to make my reindeer decorations:
You get a lot of slices out of a big cake like this:
For the cake:
500g sultanas
375g raisins
140g glace cherries, chopped coarsely
110g currants
2 tablespoons marmalade
125ml rum or brandy, plus 2 extra tablespoons
250g unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
200g dark brown sugar
4 eggs
300g plain flour
2 teaspoons mixed spice
For the almond paste (this quantity will comfortably cover the top of a 20cm cake. To completely cover the cake i.e. the sides too, double these quantities):
175g ground almonds
90g icing sugar
90g caster sugar
2 eggs, medium size – separate one of them
½ teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon brandy
For the fondant icing (Delia Smith gives this quantity to cover a 20cm cake. I found it sufficient to cover the top of my cake - in other words, I reckon she's being mean. If you want to cover the whole cake consider doubling the quantities):
450g icing sugar
1 egg white, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon liquid glucose
- Combine all the fruit, marmalade and the rum/brandy in a large bowl and leave to stand for as long as possible.
- Preheat the oven to 150°C/fan oven 130°C/300°F/Gas mark 2.
- Line a 23cm round springform tin with three layers of baking paper, ensuring that the baking paper comes up 5cm above the height of the tin – this will help to bake the cake evenly and stop it browning too much.
- Beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and well combined. It won't ever become fluffy when you're using dark sugar.
- Beat in the orange and lemon rind.
- Add the eggs, one at a time beating until well combined. If it starts to curdle add some of the flour.
- Stir in the flour and spice.
- Stir in the bowl of fruit making sure you scrape out all the booze!
- Spoon the cake into the prepared tin and level the surface.
- Bake for approximately 3 ½ hours or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. I'd check the cake after 3 hours as mine was done.
- As soon as the cake comes out of the oven brush the additional 2 tablespoons of rum/brandy over it then, wrap the tin tightly in foil. This means that the cake will steam as it cools making it ultra moist.
- The next day, remove the cake from the tin and wrap it in baking paper and foil, storing it in an airtight container. It will keep like this for months.
- Make the almond paste and cover the cake with it a week before you top it off with the fondant. This is because the almond paste will ooze almond oil and you don't want this bleeding into your snowy white fondant.
- Place the icing and caster sugar into a bowl and stir in the whole egg and egg yolk.
- Place the bowl over a pan of simmering water – ensuring the bowl doesn't touch the water – and whisk for approximately 10 minutes or until the mixture is thick and fluffy.
- Stand the bowl in 5cm of cold water (I did this in my sink) and whisk in the almond extract and brandy.
- Whisk until the mixture cools.
- Stir in the ground almonds and knead to form a paste. It will be very sticky at first but let it stand for 5-10 minutes and it firms up.
- Dust a sheet of baking paper with icing sugar and place the paste on it. Dust the paste with more icing sugar before placing a further sheet of baking paper on top.
- Roll out until you can cover the top of your cake.
- Brush the egg white that you didn't use earlier over the cake. Place the cake face down onto the paste and using the cake as a guide, cut around it.
- Turn the cake back to the right way up and you should have a very neat topping of almond paste.
- Any leftover paste can be re-rolled to make decoration or simply just eat it – cook's perks!
- Wrap the cake back up and let the almond paste settle down for a week before you ice it.
- To make the fondant icing place the icing sugar in a bowl and make a well in the centre, into which place the egg white, vanilla and glucose.
- Stir so that you gradually incorporate the icing sugar into the wet ingredients.
- When it is too stiff to stir, turn it out and knead until it becomes completely smooth. If it's sticky add a dusting of icing sugar; too dry wet your fingers under the tap.
- Roll the fondant out on baking paper that has been dusted with icing sugar.
- Cover the cake as soon as possible and then store in an airtight tin.
- You can make the fondant up to 3 days in advance of rolling it out but then must keep it wrapped up and in the fridge. (The iced cake shouldn't be refrigerated).
- Decorate as desired.
- Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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As rain continued Sunday, Barker Reservoir reached capacity and spilled over at about 1:45 p.m., but it posed little concern for emergency officials because the runoff only slightly increased the flow in Boulder Creek.
Barker Reservoir's system was well able to handle the "fill and spill" because it's something that happens every spring during snowmelt runoff.
Officials estimated Boulder Creek flows would increase by about 100 to 150 cubic feet per second between 7:45 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. because of the spillover.
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Boulder Creek now is flowing at 800 to 1,000 cfs, so the extra water from Barker Reservoir should have minimal impact, officials said. By comparison, the creek was rushing at 5,000 cfs late Thursday night.
Even with the extra reservoir runoff, Andrew Barth, a spokesman for Boulder emergency operations, said officials aren't concerned about Boulder Creek spilling over.
Officials on Sunday also monitored Union Reservoir in Longmont, Button Rock Reservoir west of Lyons and Wonderland Lake in Boulder and said the systems in place were working.
"The dams and spillways are functioning as designed," according to an update posted on the emergency management website. "Seeing water in the spillway is normal during times of heavy rainfall or runoff. As always, stay away from moving water and do not try to enter any flooding areas."
Baseline Reservoir, which holds water for the city of Lafayette, has seen its level drop by about 4 to 6 inches since Saturday.
Lafayette spokeswoman Debbie Wilmot said workers shut off an inflow gate that had been letting spillover from Boulder Creek enter the reservoir, while at the same time opening a gate at the other end to let out water and ease pressure on the dam. She said the reservoir's spillover function is working well.
Wilmot said crews have been out today fortifying the "base and face" of the dam at Baseline Reservoir to ensure it holds up as rain continues to fall.
"Everything looks good out there," Wilmot said. "We feel that even with the rain, things should be good."
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eubnesby wrote:Service to T.F. Green is very poor, at the moment, and having tried to use it on multiple occasions, simply isn't an efficient way to get to the airport at most times. The problem is most patently not with how much traffic T.F. Green gets, as this is already very high. The problem is that the schedule, as it exists, cannot compete with RIPTA, Uber-type services, or driving. If people can't rely on a train being at the airport, ready for them to get on, they are not going to use the train. If they prefer public transport, the #1 bus runs every 20 minutes.
eubnesby wrote:It really does not make much sense for the MBTA to go beyond Providence, and it only does so now because RI hasn't been in a position where it could start its own service. Service to T.F. Green by the MBTA will never be competitive with other modes, because the nature of the journey between there and Boston precludes the frequency of service required. A RI intrastate EMU service (phantasy for now), on the other hand, would have that potential.
eubnesby wrote:On the third point, there has been no discussion of Kingston as a terminus. The obvious terminus for a Rhode Island commuter rail service is Westerly, and indeed, the old layover yard from when Westerly was such a terminus still remains. The obvious stopping point for the MBTA is Providence, with the potential for cross-platform transfers between the RI and MBTA services.
Rbts Stn wrote:And Norwegian isn't flying to Boston, so there will be lots of folks looking into visiting Boston from flights to TF Green since their prices will be much lower than any of the Boston airline options.
For NYC, they are flying to Stewart Airport on Long Island and a bus company quickly jumped in to provide shuttle service to Manhattan. This may come to pass for TF Green, too.
Service to T.F. Green is very poor, at the moment...
eubnesby wrote:RIDOT does indeed pay the MBTA for all service in Rhode Island. This doesn't mean, however, that service south of Providence is worth paying for. You say that 'having a one-seat ride to downtown Boston' is something laudable, but that belies the nature of the service. Even if we ignore the fact that the present service is so infrequent as to be nigh unusable, who in their right mind is going to want to take an hour and forty minute train ride after just having flown in from Europe? It simply isn't a viable option for most people, and there are better options available that are not exorbitantly expensive.
eubnesby wrote:More importantly, cross-platform transfers can adequately serve those Boston-bound passengers who exist. When I say 'cross-platform transfer', I mean that one would get off the RIDOT train and cross the platform to a waiting MBTA train...such a transfer is not a burden, and would better allow both the RIDOT train and MBTA train to serve their respective target markets. Do we really want MBTA and RIDOT services overlapping at T.F. Green? I don't think so.
atlantis wrote:I think that at least the TF Green portion of the service should run on weekends as well. After all, the airport is fairly busy on weekends and with air service expanding, a seven day a week train service is a no brainer, IMO.
deathtopumpkins wrote:One thing this discussion is missing is the fact that Norwegian's flights out of Providence aren't targeted at the Boston market - because Norwegian already flies out of Logan! They're trying to make a go of serving Providence as its own market (plus pulling in people from CT and MA where TF Green is closer/easier/cheaper than alternatives).
deathtopumpkins wrote:Norwegian also flies to Bradley in Connecticut and Stewart in New York, which further supports the idea that they're targeting mid-size cities on their own, rather than just choosing a cheaper alternative to the main airports (otherwise they wouldn't be flying to Logan, JFK, Newark, etc. as well - they're treating them as distinct markets). They're not choosing to serve secondary airports instead of primary, and TF Green is not an attempt at serving Boston without going to Logan (because they already go to Logan).
deathtopumpkins wrote:I also highly doubt the commuter rail factored into Norwegian's decision to serve TF Green at all. That few trains per day on weekdays only is not a legitimate way to reach the airport for 99% of travelers. I'd like to see a source for them even considering Pease vs Green, seeing as Pease has a tiny building for a terminal (with a whopping 1 gate), and over the past couple decades has only seen sporadic commercial airline service at all. Only 4 of the past 10 years have had any service at all, and that's just Allegiant running a few flights to Florida. In contrast, TF Green is a decent-sized full airport, with something like 18 gates serving flights from 15 different carriers. The comparison between them is apples-to-oranges.
eubnesby wrote:From suburban Sharon, there are even more problems. I think you failed to account for the essential problem of 'getting to the train station'. Would someone drive to Sharon and leave their car there for days? Having done so, how will they plan their schedule around the horrible service that exists, and will likely continue to exist, even if it were to run on weekends? Why wouldn't they drive straight to airport? Of course, the average person in suburban Sharon, they'll have a car. They'll have enough money to pay for parking at the airport. And more than likely, they'll feel more secure leaving their car at the airport in a secure parking garage than in the open lot at Sharon station. Not to mention, parking at the Sharon station requires an expensive quarterly pass, and there is quite a bit of competition in getting one. Sure, one could factor in getting a taxi/Uber, etc., to the station, or maybe even driving to Route 128, but by the time one has thought about this, one realises that it simply isn't worth going through all this hassle to take this train service.
eubnesby wrote:The service, as it stands is, might as well be nothing for no-one.
eubnesby wrote:There is no way that Norwegian decided to serve Providence because of the 'rail link', as others have said. That's a pure nonsense.
Well, why did they build the Interlink?
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My colleague, CNS international editor Barb Fraze, blogged last month about papal-visit nightmares before the trip. As a stringer covering the New York lap of the visit, I too had a couple of unexpected dreams related to missed press buses.
Now, as a "veteran" of the papal visit, I am happy to report that I did not miss any buses — but I also cannot explain why I am now dreaming about papal events that were added to the itinerary, at least in my dreamscape.
The other night, for example, I dreamed there was "just one more papal appearance at Yankee Stadium" to cover. As I hustled to report it, it felt a lot like that recurring post-college dream about the chemistry class I don't find until just before the final exam.
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The West's continuing confrontation with Iran took a bizarre turn on Feb. 14 when a house inhabited by a group of Iranian men in Bangkok, Thailand, was demolished by an explosion. The group in Thailand was apparently preparing its own "sticky" car bomb attack in a copy-cat reprisal for a series of assassinations in Teheran. The Bangkok attacks seem to have been meant to coincide with a similar attack against an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi, India, and an attempted attack in Tbilisi, Georgia.
A new covert effort by Iran may represent its response to the assassinations of its nuclear scientists, widely attributed to Israel intelligence. The unexpected escalation could not have come at a worse time, as the media in the United States and Israel grimly assess the likelihood of a military confrontation with Iran and as members of Congress from both parties continue a drumbeat for war. Adding nuclear fuel to the fire was an Iranian announcement on Feb. 15 of a series of research "achievements," including a 50 percent increase in its uranium enrichment capacity.
"We're not on an inevitable track to war," said Paul R. Pillar, a professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies, "but with this recent escalation the danger of war is greater now than at any time I've seen in the last couple of years." Pillar worries that there is now a "substantial" threat of an incident in the covert war between Israel and Iran "spinning out of control beyond the intentions of either side." And the busy shipping lanes of the Persian Gulf, now regularly used by U.S. warships and Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboats and navy frigates, likewise offer another arena where an incident could lead to open conflict.
Pillar believes the Obama administration does not want the confrontation with Iran to escalate into open warfare, nor does he think the administration is set on regime change in Iran as its only option for turning aside Iranian nuclear ambitions. There is a better way ahead, he says. "We can negotiate, and we can negotiate like we really mean it and we take the most recent communication [from Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili] and run with it." In a recent letter to a European Union official, Jalili suggested that Iran was ready to negotiate a "spectrum" of issues with the West.
Openness on the part of U.S. negotiators to a "wide range of issues" that divide Iran from the West is key, says Pillar. Part of that openness, he argues, is that U.N. and U.S. negotiators must be ready to accept Iran's right to pursue peaceful nuclear research, this time under the careful supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Election year politics and the intentions of the Israelis remain the wild cards in the conflict, according to Pillar. "But I think a formula can be found," he said, that would satisfy all parties ahead. The cost of further escalation would likely prove too high for all sides. A substantial interruption of oil exports out of the Persian Gulf may be more than the shaky U.S. and European economies can stand; and the potential human and environmental impact of a regional war between Iran and its surrogates and Israel, with or without the United States, could be devastating. Conflict, he adds, would be a setback for relations between the Western and Islamic worlds that could last for generations.


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Redmond has been pioneering the past, present and future. Take a look at some of the things that have happened in the past 100 years.
Ernest Alexander Adams, born November 24, brings the population of Redmond to 300, and the community votes to incorporate as a town encompassing 193 acres. Fred Reil, the town's postmaster, was elected as the first mayor.
Population: 300
Two-story brick school building near Anderson Park opens 12 classrooms to Redmond students from grade school through high school.
Population: 300
Campbell Mill burns. Redmond's lumber industry is devastated as structure is declared a total loss.
Population: 300
Redmond Nokomis Club members purchase books and opens city's first library in rented space on Leary Way with 800 volumes. Relocated to a new building in 1933 that is now the office for the Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce...
Population: 400
Local boys vie for $2 purse in bicycle race around Lake Sammamish. Race becomes part of annual Bike Derby event to raise funds for community projects and to celebrate summer in Redmond.
Bob Bailie publishes first issue of community newspaper, the Sammamish Valley News. Lead story features government plans to dredge Sammamish River. Bill Brown is mayor.
Population: 550
Citizens and volunteer firefighters help build Redmond's combined fire station and city hall. Growth comes to Redmond as town approves its first annexation of 332 acres (Education Hill), more than doubling its size. Louis Green is Mayor.
Population: 573
Evergreen Floating Bridge opens across Lake Washington and SR 520 is extended to 148th Avenue NE, sparking a flurry of development in Redmond. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges and straightens Sammamish River.
Population: 2,172
Redmond Saturday Market opens and is hailed a success by local farmers, artists, and crafters.
Population: 15,217
Christine Himes takes office as Redmond's first full-time mayor.
Population: 23,134
Microsoft Corporation moves its headquarters to Redmond from Bellevue. Their business license application reports 856 employees.
Population: 28,736
Redmond Town Center, mixed-use shopping center opens on former site of Redmond Golf Links.
Population: 42,230
Redmond Regional Library opens at the northwest corner of NE 85th Street and 160th Avenue NE. The new building includes meeting rooms and expanded capabilities for advanced technology. It also features a number of artworks, both inside and out.
Population: 43,610
Environmental features such as curves and gravel beds are built back into the Sammamish River to help the migrating salmon reach their spawning beds.
Population: 46,040
Redmond Celebrates 100 years.
Population: 55,150 (approx)
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As part of the Centennial Celebration several groups created gingerbread replicas of historic buildings in Redmond. The buildings went on display on Saturday, December 1 as part of the Redmond Lights/Centennial celebration. The Mayor voted and the best gingerbread replicas are...Read more
Ken Clark, an ambitous career man, is a Redmond Centenairan! Read more
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Do you want your business to be part of our centennial celebration? Then contact us and learn how you can be part of our history.
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Yes, really amazing.
Talk about a searchable database in one page.
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Thanks all for your compliments.
Announcing, another big page for the users forum
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Note: I'm thinking about making a query engine after I've finished the indexing.
I'd like to put everything in one page, but there are simply too many topics in the forum.
So, my idea is to make a downloadable compressed data base. The users enters the search criteria, which will search all forums. Optionally, generate a webpage from the results of the search.
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So, my idea is to make a downloadable compressed data base. The users enters the search criteria, which will search all forums. Optionally, generate a webpage from the results of the search.
The pages you've done so far are very helpful....if you do get the option above working, the script might be very helpful for other uses.
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I continue working on the links pages. I've made some significant updates recently. This includes data and page layout.
I've moved the bulky forum link pages to secondary links. I'm working on making the primary a very useful index to many sites of interest.
One of the complaints I read from time to time is about how disorganized Puppy is in terms of finding things. Often this comes with recommendations that it should be organized or that some unknown and faceless person should organize it.
I could say - easier said than done. But actually, I don't think it can be done. I'll try and explain some of my reasons for thinking this.
First, I address complexities with the forum. Its layout is sub-forums, topics and posts. Many of the posts contain valuable information as well as software attachments. The problem with the forum design for us is we can only see the top pages. We can navigate to a sub-forum and click next, next and next while scanning topic titles for what we want.
I've done this and it is slow work and hard on the eye. Hopefully, by making tables of contents for sub-forums, as I am doing, this previously slow and laborious task of clicking on next, next will be a thing of the past.
Making tables of contents of course doesn't modify the forum, it merely helps to find things.
Thus in support of my idea that many of Puppy's parts cannot be organized, my idea is take the disorganization and come up with organized ways of finding what we are looking for.
Another very powerful way of finding things is using search engines such as Google because the search engines have all the contents in their databases.
I wonder how many people really know how to enter search criteria. Aitch obviously does. He might want to make a howto and train the rest of us.
About off site data. I think this is one of the things people complain about. It seems too ad hoc and disorderly. Puppy parts are in so many places.
But I think, that is just how it is. Anyone can compile software, build packages, puplets and host them on their own website. This is what actually happens and there is nothing wrong at all with them doing it.
But as result, we end up with more Puppy parts and they are in diverse places. I don't think having Puppy's parts spread around the universe is a bad thing. Each time someone puts up a website it enhances Puppy in ways.
The problem is people may not know about the websites or where they are. Even regular users have to discover websites and resources and bookmark them.
The new user might feel overwhelmed. At least I think they could. I often wonder how people find Puppy in the first place, let alone its pieces and parts.
As far as designing the web pages I'm doing, I think to use the first page as a resource for Puppy parts and the secondary pages for forum topics.
I'm starting including resources to Puppy, Linux in general, as well as other interesting resources which are not directly related to Puppy or Linux. Such things as online magazines and reference sites.
The forum link pages are among the most impressive because of the sheer volume of links. But actually, the really time consuming aspect is locating all good independent resources. I expect this to be a work in progress for some time.
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Great work, Bruce. It is very useful to index the many excellent packages that do not find their way into the official repos.
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Great work, Bruce. It is very useful to index the many excellent packages that do not find their way into the official repos.
Come to think of it, I hadn't indexed the official repros yet. So, I just did the ibiblio.org/puppylinux files.
4341 files and I still have wary and quirky to do. If you think that was work, imagine Barry and team having to build the files and upload them.
I still have some polishing to do on the page and link the main page to it, but for now, there you have it.
It is sort of fun being able to see what all is there at on one page rather than opening and closing directories on the server.
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Ooops sorry me so late to congratulate. I am known to be slow but this time I was incredibly way behind in time. But now the link is in my signature so better late than never. Hope others place it in their sigs too:)
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I added official repositories for Puppy, Quirky and Wary
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We can now see what is in these repositories on a single page view.
So far we have pages for over 30,000 forum topics and official repository files.
All in less than a week part time work.
By next week pretty much all the forum topics should be linked.
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Do you recognize these two lovers? The dark silhouettes almost reveal who this couple is, but unless you've watched this late '00s music video a couple of times, you may be stumped. The song was performed by the kisser on the right, but it wasn't his song originally. Do you think you know which music video this picture comes from?
This scene falls at the very end of the video, and in fact, you never see the face of the woman the tall country singer is embracing. But we see her enough to know who she is. The rest of the music video shows couples greeting each other warmly at the airport between clips of a lonely, blue-eyed man staring out over an impossibly big city. Click the button below to find out if your guess is right and to see more country music video trivia.


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Home ownership means that you will have some repairs to make. Many repairs are straightforward if you have the right tools and know how to use them. This is a list of the top 10 tools that you will need for basic home repair.
(Be sure to buy good tools as cheap tools are just that… cheap).
1. Screwdriver Set
|A good Screwdriver Set should contain at least three sizes of flat blade screwdrivers as well as #1 and #2 Phillips screwdrivers. Stanley makes good screwdrivers that are also economical.
2. Hammer
|There are many kinds of hammers, but for most work that you will do around the house, the 16-oz. curved claw fiberglass hammer is your best bet.
3. Pry Bar
|A pry bar is extremely useful for everything from removing stubborn nails to tearing down wooden construction.
4. Pliers
|Pliers allow you to grip, pull and hold small things with extra strength. Look for a set of pliers that includes a needlenose pliers, a tongue-and-groove pliers, and a diagonal (wiring-cutting) pliers. This should cover all of your gripping and snipping needs.
5. Utility Knife
|Utility knives are used to cut packaging or light plastic, strip wiring, score drywall, and scrape paint. You don't want to use a kitchen knife for these applications, and you don't want to dull your nice jack knife unnecessarily. The blades on utility knives can be replaced, so don't worry about dulling them.
6. Wrenches
|Wrenches are necessary for tightening bolts, and performing any plumbing work, such as fixing dripping faucets or leaks. At a minimum you should have an adjustable (crescent) wrench so that the jaws can be adjusted as well as a larger pipe (monkey) wrench for stubborn plumbing problems. A Wrench Set is also helpful since adjustable wrenches sometimes slip and can strip a nut.
7. Tape Measure
|Almost any kind of repair requires measuring. A tape measure can be used to measure the size of a room for painting, a length of pipe, or the height of your child. The utility of a tape measure cannot be overstated.
8. Handsaw
|Eventually you will have to cut something. You don't want to risk injury by using a kitchen knife or utility knife on a Christmas tree branch (trust me on this!). A simple handsaw will work nicely.
9. Power Drill/Driver
|When was the last time you saw a hand-powered drill (if ever)? A power drill is useful for drilling holes, making pilot holes for large screws, and for use as a powered screwdriver. If you plan on using this in strange places, a cordless drill is the way to go.
10. Safety Glasses
|You need to protect your eyes and face during many repair activities. Wood chips from a saw, a broken drill bit, or small pieces of wire flying off when using a wire cutters can all injure your eyes permanently. Safety glasses are required at a minimum. Better yet are face shields, which will protect your entire face.


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For Olympics-bound lugers, snow-free summer months don't mean a break from training. WSJ visited the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., where the U.S. team is prepping for Sochi. U.S. National Champion Julia Clukey explains how the luge team trains indoors for their starts. Photo: AP
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