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About us
About UNDP in Yemen
Our offices were established in both former the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) and the People´s Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) in 1966 and 1967 respectively. The two offices were amalgamated upon the reunification of the two parts of Yemen on 22 May 1990.
UNDP as an organization was able to help the Government of Yemen and its people, prior and after reunification, to address development needs. UNDP has notable and recognized contributions in many development sectors such as, agriculture, telecommunication, metrology, standardization and quality control, civil aviation, postal, water resources management, environment protection, microfinance, community-based development, information technology, statistical management, HIV/AIDS, local governance and decentralization, elections, improve business doing environment, and many others.
This has also resulted in establishment of institutions such as Al-Koud Agriculture Research Center, Tihama Development Authority, Agriculture Research Center (Dhamar), Telecommunication Training Institute, Community-based Protected Areas, Micro-finance Institutes, etc.
To respond to the challenging context in Yemen, two sub-offices are being set up in critical geographical areas, Aden and Sa'adah to significantly improve UNDP's performance and delivery.
What do we want to accomplish?
As Yemen enters into the most critical phase of the Transition (2012-2014), marked by a series of overlapped processes to be achieved in just 12 months, our vision is to play a leading role specifically during 2012-2014 in addressing urgent tasks and action of the Government Transitional Program for Stabilization and Development (2012-2014) as a result of a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) agreement that was signed in November 2011 by Yemeni political figures to save Yemen from falling under civil strife trap.
In this challenging context, UNDP-Yemen is deepening the alignment process initiated in 2011 under the "Joint UN Vision in support to the Transition: A Framework for action".
UNDP continues performing as leading agency in the area of elections, governance reforms that will emerge from the national and political dialogue, as well as livelihood interventions and employment generation as well as empowerment of local governance.
While UNDP support is channeled towards Government Transitional Program for Stabilization and Development , it is closely linked to the longer term requirements in order to support Government of Yemen efforts to improve some of the indicators of the MDGs by 2015.
UNDP is also undertaking three important assessments/studies that will greatly influence policy and programme development in the post-transition process:
- Policy option paper on local governance structures;
- A comprehensive sustainable livelihood assessment; and
- Formal and informal governance assessment, expected to capture prevailing understanding of power dynamics in Yemen.
What are our results?
Throughout the years, UNDP has built a strong partnership with the government of Yemen (GoY), represented by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, development partners, civil society organizations and private sector.
UNDP and GoY launched several developmental projects and programmes to address the challenges of the country and improve the working environment in Yemen.
In addition, UNDP worked closely with several ministries, non-governmental organizations, and civil society organizations, private sector under the leadership of the UNDP Resident Representative and the mentioned bodies. National ownership was always encouraged and maintained in all UNDP's initiatives.
In 2012, UNDP Yemen conducted an unprecedented alignment of its resources and capacities to the priorities of the transition. This transformation resulted in the establishment of the first Multi-partner Basket Fund for Elections during transitional period as well as the Emergency Capacity Development Facility to support high level GoY institutions to manage the GCC initiative and its implementation mechanism.
Furthermore, it fostered partnership with key donors in supporting the Government to undertake the early Presidential elections that was peacefully carried out on 21 February 2012 with unprecedented turnout of 65% compared to the previous elections.
UNDP and the UN system in Yemen have been an effective partner and player in strategically positioning of the Government on the international scene through the preparation of the Transitional Program for Stabilization and Development, a series of aid instruments, two Friends of Yemen meetings and a Donor Conference, which resulted in the pledging over US $8 billion.
The Riyadh conference, followed by the Friends of Yemen meeting held in New York and London are evidence of the support of the international community to Yemen.
UNDP Yemen succeed in formulating strategic projects to support the transitional plan in the areas of national dialogue, human rights, transitional justice, youth observatory and youth empowerment, and employment generation


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It sometimes happens that the woman you meet and fall in love with is of that strange Transylvanian people with an affinity for cats. You take her to a restaurant, say, or a show, on an ordinary date, being attracted by the glitter in her slitty eyes and her catlike walk, and afterward of course you take her in
Edward Field
On June 7, 1924, Edward Field was born in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up on Long Island, where he played cello in the Field Family Trio over radio station WGBB. During World War II, he flew twenty-five missions over Europe. After a short time at New York University, where he first met Alfred Chester. He travelled to Europe in 1946 and focused seriously on his writing; he returned to the United States in 1948.
In 1956, after brief stints working in a warehouse, in art production, as a machinist, and as a clerk-typist, Field began studying acting with Russian émigré Vera Soloviova of the Moscow Art Theatre. He applied the techniques he learned to reading poetry in public, and was able to support himself in this way throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Field has taught workshops at the Poetry Center of the YMHA, Sarah Lawrence, and other colleges. His books of poetry include After The Fall: Poems Old and New (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007); Magic Words: Poems (Harcourt, 1997); Counting Myself Lucky: Selected Poems 1963-1992 (1992); New and Selected Poems from the Book of My Life (1987); A Full Heart (1977), nominated for the Lenore Marshall Prize; and Stand Up, Friend, with Me (1963), which was the 1962 Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets.
Field has edited anthologies of poetry, translated Eskimo songs and stories, and written the narration for the documentary film To Be Alive, which won an Academy Award for best documentary short subject in 1965. He is the editor of The Alfred Chester Newsletter and has prepared several volumes of Chester's work for Black Sparrow Press. Field has also collaborated on several popular novels with Neil Derrick, under the joint pseudonym of Bruce Elliot. Although Field makes regular trips to Europe, his permanent residence is in New York City.
A Selected Bibliography
Stand Up, Friend, With Me (Grove Press, 1963)
Variety Photoplays (Grove Press, 1967)
Eskimo Songs and Stories (Delacorte, 1973)
A Full Heart (Sheep Meadow Press, 1977)
Stars In My Eyes (Sheep Meadow Press, 1978)
The Lost, Dancing (Watershed Tapes, 1984)
New And Selected Poems (Sheep Meadow Press, 1987)
Counting Myself Lucky, Selected Poems l963-l992 (Black Sparrow, 1992)
A Frieze for a Temple of Love (Black Sparrow, 1998)
Magic Words (Harcourt Brace, 1998)
After The Fall: Poems Old and New (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007)
Fiction (with Neil Derrick)
The Potency Clinic (Bleecker Street Press, 1978)
Die PotenzKlinik (Albino Verlag, Berlin, 1982)
Village (Avon Books, 1982)
The Office (Ballantine Books, 1987)
The Villagers (Painted Leaf Press, 2000)
The Man Who Would Marry Susan Sontag, and Other Intimate Literary Profies of the Bohemian Era (University of Wisconsin Press, 2005)

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SUSE Linux 9.2: Let the Branding Begin!
Differentiating Novell and SUSE
Ever since Novell acquired SUSE, the Linux community has been wondering when and how SUSE Linux would change. Novell's release of the Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) struck fear and confusion into many long-time SUSE users and Novell watchers.
The big red 'N' and Novell red are pervasive in NLD, but NLD is really orthogonal to Novell's SUSE Linux 9.2. Unfortunately, Novell hasn't done a very good job of explaining its Linux strategy except to say "we like it" and "Linux is the foundation for our future."
With the release of SUSE 9.2 and various statements about the new NetWare, things seem to become more clear. What we now know as SUSE Linux will continue, though it will be increasingly branded as a Novell product. You can see that in the installer splash screen that accompanies SUSE 9.2 (see Figure 1), where SUSE is clearly "A Novell Business."
While NLD is a descendant of SUSE Enterprise Linux and targeted towards the business desktop market, what we have always known as SUSE Linux should continue to thrive, perhaps with increasing query-replacement of SUSE with Novell and an increasing focus on English rather than German. For traditionalists, SUSE still provides LIESMICH files as an alternative to the more common READMEs.
As an aside, I'm intrigued and excited by upcoming releases of NetWare, which are reputed to live atop either a traditional NetWare or shiny new Linux kernel. As a long-time NetWare fan and admin, this is great news because NetWare and Linux integration has always been somewhat of a black art. The Linux ncpfs tools are powerful but obscure, accessing NetWare through Samba is somewhat cheesy, the Novell Directory Services have never really penetrated the Linux market (though eDirectory shows promise), and a quickly euthanized integration product from Caldera (long ago) didn't help things any. But I digress.
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|View Poll Results: Higurashi Kai Episode 8 Rating
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|2007-08-30, 07:45
|Link #141
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Yes, definitely. One should not see Higurashi Kai without having seen the first season. That's where the mistery lies. I remeber when i was wondering if that Oyashirosama's curse was real... sweet time. The anime starts from a very limited scope and unfolds slowly. A delight.
|2007-08-30, 08:41
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It is realistic in a sense if you cared to at least see the progression from Onikakushi until now. The plot was built in a way that the interactions and the evolution of the characters are natural and quite logical.
I don't see how you can say it is ridiculous. are you comparing this show with the usual "happy go lucky" shows, where most characters don't have any "flaw" until their past is it? Weirdly enough, in this story, everyone is affected deep down, and doesn't require a specific trigger. they were characterized with flaws and good points.
I don't get how you can have a standard of "kids", especially that you obviously can't stuck characters into a dumb one dimensional aspect.
and the most funny thing is : yes kid can wish the death of people. No, if you study psychology, the murderous intents/impulses are rare, but HARDLY possible to contain for a child, especially in their teenage, since the puberty offer lots of change (rebellous/inverse feelings etc). Heck, are you simply taking reference your life? I don't think it is ever "shocking" to believe that kids would want to kill someone.
People, as long as their have concept of "life and death" CAN decide to kill someone, if the reason behind it justify the act. in NO way, you can claim "you shouldn't considering your age and moral", this is simply stupid.
And this is much worse if you actually know these "kids" are subject of a disease/madness. (and before you might say "i didn't know", the season 1 and Reunion + Yakusamashi-hen were so full of hints it is hardly believable to say that it was OOC and simply a plot hole)
|2007-08-30, 09:09
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How is that out of character for any of them? It should come as no surprise to anyone that Shion has the ability to go absolutely mental when given the reason to, killing a guy who's actually tormenting one of her friends is not even arguably out of character for Shion. I don't think I have to comment on Keiichi, everyone knows that he's the kind of guy who'd stand up and help out his friends, even if it puts him in danger, that's the kind of guy he is.
I don't even get how you can say the plot progression doesn't make sense, Higurashi lets us in on more and more pieces of the puzzle, and then lets us put them together. That's part of what makes Higurashi so interesting.
As for unrealistic, you'll have to elaborate.
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|2007-08-30, 11:18
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|2007-08-31, 00:22
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Naw... Rika is too old for him.
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|2007-09-01, 02:04
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I had written a big post but browser failed, so I'll summarize: Yes, I've seen the first season and I've played the translated chapters of the game. And I love the mystery of the show so much. But the way the characters are fleshed out mostly fail. Out-of-character wasn't an accurate phrase, I admit, but unrealistic is okay. It's very convenient for the creator to put the label 'disease' and have the characters act random. To me it's kind of idiot plotting. And no, Minagoroshi-hen is not the best example of this, in fact it's probably the best answer arc so far. Meakashi-hen was like worse than... anything, actually, it was a complete disaster, I don't want to remember it existed.
|2007-09-01, 07:20
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Interesting , Quajafrie. what did you dislike in the Meakashi-hen plot ? Not speaking about the dumb emo faces, of course. I actually liked this arc. It is by comparing it to the game ?
I didn't play the game, i dunno if the hinamizawa club translated all the arcs. I don't speak japanese.But what i read about Kei's monologues and scenes dumbed down give me even more desire to play that game.
|2007-09-01, 10:06
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No, I haven't played Meakashi-hen (I only played the first chapters of Minagoroshi-hen until Kai was announced, then I stopped caring, actually), but was there anything good about it? Girls killing each other, stupid behaviours ('SATOSHI-KUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'), disastrous and messed-up plot (at least in the anime) and lots of unnecessary gore.
|2007-09-01, 11:37
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If you didn't liked Meakashi-hen, i don't get why you didn't get annoyed either by Onikakushi and Tsumihoroboshi, having the same "KILLER LOLIS".
For crying out loud, did you pay attention to the plot progression and the explanations offered in all answers arc, especially Yakusamashi?
it is damn obvious there is something wrong, and it is NOT relevant wherever they are kids or adults. Disastrous? messed up? on which reference? What are you using to compare?
Can you at least give EXAMPLES of things which should have happened instead with the same pattern and situations?
You should actually inform yourself how human mind can be messed up, and how various psychotic behaviour can happen, depending of some triggers and various points.
And the chapter is far from focusing only on killing.
i don't see your point at all.
|2007-09-01, 13:00
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Messed up plot? "Unnecessary" gore?
I find this hard to justify, as Higurashi has one of the most intricate plots I've ever seen. There has never been an enormous amount of gore, which makes it all the more interesting when they do show it.
Again, if you don't like something, at least explain why, saying "it sucks" doesn't really do anything except create a negative atmosphere.
|2007-09-01, 13:12
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The thing about Meakashi-hen that kinda made me squeal a bit was the Nail removing (Had that happen to me. Hurts alot!!)
Meakashi-hen was very gory, but none of it was unnecessary it was used to show how unstable Shion had become. (the same with the gore in all the other chapters) Which made her monologue right before her death all the more meaningful.
Also for the people who read ether the game or manga, who wouldn't say that the Doll part at the end was sad.
Oh Quajafrie, I'm really surprised you're still watching the series with this chapter being called "Massacre Chapter"
|2007-09-01, 20:45
|Link #153
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But it's deeper from that. I don't really blame you from thinking so; it's your opnion, but maybe if you read the TIPS from meakashi-hen, you'll change your mind.
Shion wasn't only revenging Satoshi-kun. She had this feeling that she was... How can I say... "Getting haunted"? That someone was following her, that someone would kill her because she entered the shrine... Along with the ideas of her beloved suffering, she snaped out of her mind. She got crazy and paranoic...
I think it's hard to explain^^' I think it's better to understand when you read her monologues.
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|2007-09-03, 04:10
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|2007-09-03, 05:38
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Yes, but the TIPS weren't part of the anime! They were part of the game. So, it isn't necessary for the anime to have a storyline that makes sense just because there is the game and the tips? I'm judging the anime, not the game, and the anime's plot was messed-up.
|2007-09-03, 05:53
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You would say "OMG onikakushi-hen doesn't make sense", while you can get the answers with later arcs?
Dang... it is so obvious with only the anime that, with Onikakushi, Watanagashi/Meakashi, Tatarigoroshi and Tsumihoroboshi, there is something about madness, and this is much more obvious with kai, as we can claim it is a disease.
Even without the second season, there are obvious hints and facts that there are many delusional scenes, clearly showing that some people go crazy.
Shion's distorted and meo faces were enough to indicate how crazy she was, and not exactly as a "natural behaviour".
Let's not talk about the fact that they are subject of this, only because of 2-3 common factors. (Ooishi, Takano's scrapbook (except keiichi), etc)
where is the messed part? You must put a logical structure when a character goes mad? I don't get the issue.
If you happen to twist strong love wiht madness and paranoia, you can easely get this type of result. Heck, the spiral of madness is spectacular, but realist.
|2007-09-03, 12:07
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Wow, Keiichi, stopped Shion, from going psycho, That's awesome, he did get a chair to the head though. Looked like it hurt. Pissed off Rika was cool. Hmm, if the van guys are there for her protection, why do they want to kill her?
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Culprit #1: Instant Messaging
While instant messaging can be a useful tool, its generally informal (and instant!) nature can also make it productivity's worst enemy. How many times has a discussion about something work related quickly degenerated into a half-hour gossip session? And there's always someone with a lot less to do who will tempt you into a chat marathon.
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Venezuela student leader dies after street clashes
A student leader was fatally shot on Monday night in the western university city of San Cristobal after a long day of street clashes in which Venezuelan security forces attacked and dismantled barricades at key intersections, the mayor said.
Local TV reporter Beatriz Font said there were unconfirmed reports of at least two others wounded by gunfire after dark in the city of 600 000 people where student-led protests erupted last month and where anti-government unrest has been fiercest. The human rights group Provea tweeted that one student was seriously wounded by a bullet.
National Guardsmen firing tear gas and plastic shotgun pellets battled protesters all day in residential neighbourhoods, Font said by phone.
The slain student leader, Daniel Tinoco, was shot in the chest after dark, San Cristobal Mayor Daniel Ceballos said via Twitter. The opposition politician did not say who might have killed Tinoco but tweeted that armed paramilitaries allied with the government known as colectivos had battled protesters along with the National Guard.
Font said Tinoco was "one of the students who was always out on Carabobo Avenue [manning barricades] giving interviews.
He was really enthusiastic."
Earlier in the day, the mayor had said the clashes were disrupting life in San Cristobal. "Here the city is pretty well paralysed," Ceballos said.
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President Nicolas Maduro last week launched a "peace conference" at the state level in San Cristobal but the opposition has refused to participate until Maduro releases jailed protesters and takes other steps.
The weeks of protests that have roiled Venezuela began in San Cristobal when students angry about the attempted sexual assault of a classmate began taking to the streets.
The protests soon spread to other cities and attracted mostly members of the middle class fed up with soaring inflation, shortages of basic goods and one of the world's highest murder rates.
In San Cristobal, Caracas and other cities, opposition demonstrators have erected barricades of debris and garbage to block streets and snarl traffic. In some cases, demonstrators say they are trying to protect themselves from government-supporting thugs in colectivos.
Maduro said the protests are meant to destabilise and overthrow his government. Both pro- and anti-government physicians marched in Caracas on Monday, which was National Doctors Day in Venezuela.
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While government doctors marched unimpeded to the presidential palace, physicians allied with the opposition were blocked by national police.
In San Cristobal, Font and other witnesses said guardsmen fired tear gas, sometimes at nearby residential buildings.
Ceballos also said the city had seen an upswing in vandalism by pro-government groups.
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When shopping this spring for new styles and looks, certainly, taking a green stand by supporting eco-fashion and conscientious designers is essential. What of your canine's couture? Has your hound gone as green as he can go?
"Being green is natural for me," says Rex the Lab of Rex Reviews. "Beyond my daily 'chemical free' contributions to keeping my yard fresh and green, upcycling is one of my favorite hobbies. What may look like a smelly, old shoe to some is a thing of beauty to me. A bit of skilled gnawing and sculpting can turn it into a work of art!"
Rex was quite happy to have been offered an opportunity to explore the stylish, green line of dog essentials from Dutch Dog Amsterdam. This Mom realized, with chagrin, we had overlooked this basic area of opportunity to reduce our carbon paw print. Rex simply treated me to one of "those looks".
"My style is minimalist,"says Rex. "Even so, I like the few items I sport to make a statement about me as a conscientious canine, reflecting both my passion for green efforts, as well my love of the finer things. A savvy pooch can have both!"
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Made with PET recycled webbing and non-toxic materials, this Mom feels good about choosing Dutch Dog Amsterdam essentials; safe for my furry boy, safe for the Earth. At first glance, finding the material a bit lighter, less dense than Rex's current webbed collar, I was a bit concerned. Our boy likes his walks at quite a brisk pace. After a three week testing period, including daily walks and several trips to the dog park, this Mom is happy to report that the Dutch Dog collar and lead proved sturdy and reliable.
Although Rex is an active, fit Labrador, his neck is quite large. After taking measurements of his current collar, one which he had nearly outgrown, I was a bit skeptical regarding the fit of the largest option from Dutch Dog Amsterdam. The Large length was the same as Rex's current collar. Again, I was pleasantly surprised. Not only do the Dutch Dog collars connect with an easy snapping device, as opposed to metal buckle we've been accustomed to, the collars are adjustable! The Large size fit Rex beautifully, with ample room for expansion to accommodate his cowl!
With three classic, inspired looks, you are certain to find an eco-friendly choice to suit both your style, as well as your style hound!
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Dutch Dog Amsterdam essentials can be purchased at select retailers in the United States, Nederland, as well as via their Etsy store. Green, durable and surprisingly affordable, both Rex and this Mom strongly recommends exploration!
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In "Sleep of the Beloved," the photographer Paul Schneggenburger takes 6 hour exposure shots of slumbering, snuggling, writhing couples. The artist asks each pair of lovers to lay their weary bodies on a bed in his own apartment, his dark sheets lit gently by candlelight. The movements of the beloveds, sometimes sweeping and sometimes jolting, are all captured on film.
As the subjects' fleshy tones and unconscious turning blur the lines between individuals, each couple emerges as a vital, breathing organism; the two appear to move as one, thrusting themselves beyond the confines of the charcoal bed. The long exposure serves to flatten time, creating the illusion of synchronized movement; couples appear as if reaching for one another at one precise moment, as if driven to touch, to bridge the gap between two separate dreamscapes.
Schneggenburger captures lovers at their most vulnerable; in the place of lucid, posed faces, the portraits offer slackened features glazed over by sleep, revealing startlingly intimate communications. As each pair enters into a wordless conversation, they express secret desires with the utmost abandon. Some grab and cling urgently to one another; others press their semi-nude bodies close. Pairs of lovers distance themselves, carving out private, isolated nooks within the bedding.
Each recorded face, filmed over the course of a long night, betrays countless emotions and yearnings. Capturing dreamy moments of peace and restlessness within each single frame, "Sleep of the Beloved" blurs the lines between the erotic, the lonesome, and the blissful, painting a beautifully complex, honest, and raw portrait of love and intimacy. (via Lost at E Minor and Demilked)


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Farro with Mushrooms, Thyme, and Balsamic Vinegar
Farro with Mushrooms, Thyme, and Balsamic Vinegar makes a tasty side dish.
I'm accumulating a lot of cookbooks, and sometimes I just don't get around to trying anything from them, even when the recipes look great. That's been the case with Lorna Sass' great book, Whole Grains, Every Day Every Way. I've been reading this informative book for months, but this is the first thing I've cooked from it. The book has gotten me interested in many grains I'm not familiar with like farro, spelt, amaranth, and millet. I wanted to try farro for months, but I couldn't find it anywhere in Salt Lake, not even Whole Foods! Then my generous brother Rand got some at the Ferry Building in San Francisco and sent it to me. (I loved the flavor of farro when I tried this recipe, and once I had my hands on some, I did find the same brand of Organic Italian Farro by Giancomo Santoleri at Amazon.com, hooray!) You can also make this recipe with brown rice or barley if you don't find any farro where you are.
Farro is grown in many parts of Italy, Southern Europe and Morocco, and is often used as a whole grain side dish or in soups or risotto. Cooked farro has a pleasantly chewy texture and a slightly nutty flavor. Some types of farro need to be pre-soaked, but most farro imported from Italy to the U.S. will be "semi-perlato" which means that much of the bran has been removed, and it cooks quickly.
Because the plant produces low yields, it's relatively expensive compared to other types of grain, but that doesn't seem to be stopping it from gaining increased popularity among health-conscious food lovers. I think the fans of Weekend Herb Blogging might be interested in learning more about Farro, so I'm submitting this entry to Laurie from Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska, who's hosting this week.
Farro with Mushrooms, Balsamic Vinegar, and Thyme
(Makes 4-6 servings, recipe adapted from Whole Grains, Every Day Every Way.)
3 T olive oil
2 cloves garlic. each cut in half lengthwise
1/2 cup diced red onions (or use shallots which were in the original recipe)
24 oz. sliced baby bella (Crimini) mushrooms, stems cut in half lengthwise and caps sliced in 1/2 inch slices
pinch salt (I used Vege-Sal)
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar mixed with 1 T water (original recipe called for Marsala wine, but this worked great)
1 T chopped fresh thyme (or use 2 tsp. frozen thyme or 1 tsp. dried thyme)
3 cups cooked farro (see below for how to cook the farro. Cooked barley or brown rice can also be substituted.)
To make 3 cups cooked Farro:
1 cup farro
1 3/4 cups water
pinch salt
Use a large heavy frying pan for the second part of the recipe. (I'm not a fan of non-stick pans for some things, but it worked well here.) Heat the oil, then add the onion and garlic and saute until onions are starting to soften, about 3 minutes. Remove garlic and discard.
Add sliced mushrooms and stems, sprinkle with a pinch of salt, and saute over medium high heat until mushrooms have released their liquid and are well browned, about 5 minutes (or longer, depending on your pan.)
Stir in the balsamic vinegar/water mixture and cook until liquid is mostly evaporated, about 2 minutes. (If using dried thyme, add it with the balsamic vinegar.) Add cooked farro and heat 2-3 minutes, stirring gently. If your pan is not non-stick, you may need to add a bit of water when you heat the farro. When farro is heated through and moistened, add the fresh (or thawed) thyme, stir, season with salt if desired and serve hot.
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South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Lots More Bloggers Who've Discovered Farro:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly, check ingredients.)
Jerusalem Artichokes with Farro, Carrots, and Rosemary from Lucullian Delights
Farro and Roasted Butternut Squash from 101 Cookbooks
Farro with Mozarella di Bufula and Tomatoes from The Food Section
Farro with Collard Greens and Bacon Salt from Herbivoracious
Vanilla Farro-Risotto Pudding from Cook and Eat
Farro Risotto with Asparagus and Hazelnuts from Alexandra's Kitchen
Farro, Black Bean, and Corn Salad from Tuna Toast
Farro with Asparagus and Green Onion Sauce from A Veggie Venture
Farro Risotto with Dried Portobello Mushrooms from Redacted Recipes
Farro and Cherry Tomato Salad with Lemon Basil Dressing from Enlightened Cooking
Farro with Cavolo Nero from Feel Good Eats
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How Open Data can Make Good Governance Last in the Philippines
(The author works for the Department of Budget and Management and is the Co-Lead Coordinator for the Open Data Philippines Task Force in the Philippines that organized the open data program of the government.)
The Philippines has risen from being a laggard in Asia to an emerging economy fueling growth in the region. The government's program of transparency and anti-corruption, the bedrock of President Benigno Aquino's leadership, has served as the nation's springboard for reforms.


text: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:37 PM, John Bushnell <john.bushnell at icb.ucsb.edu> wrote: > I never call support until after I have diagnosed a problem myself as much > as possible. One of the advantages of buying a batch of nodes at once is > that you can easily swap components between nodes to isolate the real > problem. You will find Dell support easier to deal with (or any other > vendor for that matter) if you can concisely tell them all of the steps that > you took to determine that component X needs replacement. Yes, I have had a > bad vendor give me the run around, but the better information that you can > put into an initial service call, the better service you will tend to > receive. If you just say "my node stopped working", they will assume that > you don't know what you're doing. What puzzles me is this: Someone had to write the code that produces the error that my baseboard controller logs: "Critical error; Voltage sensor (VCORE) critical error. State asserted CPU2" etc. In all my naivete I'd expect it to be a branch responding to some error condition. Why is it being so hard for the vendor to at least single out which chip or component that error was designed to flag? One could argue "many conditions can result in this specific error" but then again what's the point behind a trap so generic. I wish I could pore over the source myself just for kicks. Or if somehow I could get access to the guy who coded the firmware on that BMC! -- Rahul


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Riley Reid Video 4 - Only at Aziani.com
Riley Reid is smoking hot in this video. We get to see the sensual side of Riley here. She starts off with a striptease showing us what is underneath her dress. She shows us her round booty then works her way up her body till she get to her nice hard nipples. Riley then pleasures herself until she has an earthshaking orgasm.


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The colour you see in the bottle is what you get on the nails, which is exactly what I expect from a nail polish. The consistency of this polish is lovely, it is easily applied with no streaks, the first coat is quite sheer, so a 2nd coat is needed to show the true colour. However, I applied 3 coats as I am a bit extra - no base or top coat though. I have been wearing it for 2 days now and so far no chips, I will keep you updated to see how long it lasts, I also got the speed coat which is supposed to make the polish last for 10 days - review will be done once I have tested it.
Apple & Custards (Mint Green)
Sugared Almond (Dusky Pink)
Refresher (Powder Blue)
Lemon Sherbet (Lemon Yellow)
Fruity Pops (Sherbet Orange)
Cookies & Cream (Pastel Grey)
First of all, I give this company a 10/10 for their packaging, it's SO cute, the shape of the bottle is rather special too, the bow adds a touch of sophistication and lures me in. I wish I had every single colour out on display, I love nails inc packaging and this beats it! I have been sent quite a few beautiful colours, and will be updating you as I update my nails...
Price: £9 per 15ml
This is quite expensive, I would recommend these for special occasions or as a treat for yourself, it would make a great present too.
TIP: Why not decorate your own bottles with ribbon if you are a sucker for packaging like me?
Refresher, is the palest powder blue with the tiniest hint of lilac in it, it's a truly beautiful, unique colour that stands out from the rest. The candy couture collection was inspired by the catwalk trends as demonstrated below. I don't know about you but I like my nail polish to match what I am wearing!


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Lunchables Lunch Combinations Fuel Success Inside And Out
While a new school year gives kids a fresh start, it can be a challenging time for parents who struggle to pack a lunch that's wholesome and something their kids will eat. Help is on the way from Madison Wis.-based Oscar Mayer division of Kraft Foods Inc. Oscar Mayer Lunchables Lunch Combinations include spring water and other surprises, such as sub sandwiches and applesauce, for Lunchables aficionados.
Available in the refrigerated section, the new Lunchables Lunch Combinations line includes six varieties: Turkey + Cheddar Sub Sandwich; Ham + American Sub Sandwich; Turkey + Cheddar Cracker Combos; Ham + American Cracker Combos; Deep Dish Cheese Pizza and Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizza. Turkey + Cheddar Sub Sandwich and Deep Dish Cheese Pizza meet the Kraft Foods Sensible Solution criteria for nutritional value.
The product line also offers the following enhancements: turkey made with 100 percent turkey breast, a good source of protein; bread made with whole grain; Kraft 2 percent (milkfat) cheddar, an excellent source of calcium; and dessert -- Chewy Chips Ahoy! Cookies and Mini Nilla Wafers.
Changes to the new Lunchables Lunch Combinations aren't just on the inside. It will be launched in new, clear, snap-close packages that use recyclable sleeves, bottom trays and water bottles, the first appreciable change to the packaging in the brand's 21 years.
Suggested retail price is $3.49.


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Blake Crouch and I interview each other in the latest issue of Crimespree Magazine.
I've given up doing interviews, because I get a lot of requests and they all ask the same questions. While it's flattering, I hate taking time away from my writing, and I'm making enough money to stop doing things that I dislike.
That said, I did do a quick interview with Kirkus for Shaken, which is being released in print on February 22.
Some folks may be thinking, "But Joe, interviews are free publicity. If you stay out of the public eye, they'll forget you and stop buying your ebooks. Aren't you shooting yourself in the foot?"
I don't think so. Lots of authors shy away from the spotlight but still sell well. And I'm 99% convinced that name-recognition isn't what drives sales.
So what does?
In the print world, distribution is the Number 1 factor in sales. The more places your book is for sale, the more books you'll sell. It's very much a self-fulfilling prophecy that goes like this:
1. Publisher prints a shitload of books, gets them into as many retail outlets as possible.
2. Publisher buys coop in bookstores and big box stores, offering steep discounts for multiple copies, so the books can be sold for under the cover price.
3. Readers buy these books because they have little choice in places like drug stores, supermarkets, airports, etc, and because in bookstores it is the first thing they see when they walk in; big stacks of discounted books by familiar, safe names.
I don't believe an author becomes a bestseller, and then becomes available everywhere. I believe an author is available everywhere, and that's why they're a bestseller.
If you look at the Kindle bestseller lists, a lot of the ebooks selling well mirror their print counterparts. But more and more, self-published ebooks are creeping onto these lists, displacing traditionally published ebooks.
Obviously, distribution and coop don't play a part in ebook sales, because indie ebooks don't have any.
This allows me to make a rather startling prediction about the future.
The current print bestsellers dominate because they're available everywhere. Readers are creatures of habit. Used to buying Patterson in print, many of them will buy Patterson in ebook form because he is safe and familiar.
So let's do a thought experiment. Let's imagine that every place Patterson has a print book for sale, I also have an equal number of print books for sale. But whereas Patterson's paperbacks are $8.99, my paperbacks are $2.99.
Do you think he'd still outsell me in print?
Remember, for every book he has on the shelf, I have one that is equally displayed. Though he enjoys a much larger fanbase and name-recognition, if there were displays touting my price, I think I could outsell him.
A pipe dream? Hardly.
Because I DO outsell Patterson on many of the Kindle bestseller lists, simply because I have a lower price.
Now, if we take away Patterson's print sales (or at least reduce them when ebooks sales overtake print) it is simple to predict what will happen.
Ebooks are all equally distributed. They have an infinite shelf-life, and infinite shelf-space. Everywhere Patterson has an ebook, I have an ebook. And I can beat him on price, so I can beat him in sales.
Kindle readers are still buying overpriced bestsellers because that's how they're used to shopping. However, the many of the ereader owners I've spoken with are changing their buying habits.
At one time, the majority of readers bought what was widely distributed.
But with ereader owners, price is often a major factor in a purchase.
The Big 6 can't publish ebooks priced low enough to compete with me. They have fancy NY offices, lots of employees with benefits and expense accounts, and a whole industry to support.
With print, they know how to create a bestseller. They buy it.
They buy the real estate. They buy the advertising. They buy the discounts.
But in an ebook world, their money offers no advantage. They can't get more shelf space or a longer shelf life than I can, and they can't discount for less than I can.
Now certainly bestselling authors will still have fans when the print industry collapses, and those fans will have no choice but to switch to ebooks.
So far, those fans have been willing to put up with $9.99 and $12.99 prices.
I don't see this happening forever. Right now, we're in a transitional period. The stranglehold NY publishing has had on the US, forcing people to read what they decide to make available, is loosening up. When given a choice, readers will buy books other than those vetted by NY. The Kindle bestseller lists prove this. My sales prove this.
In the future, coop and distribution won't be the main reason a book sells. Price and content will be.
In said future, will Patterson be happy with 25% royalties on a $9.99 ebook when he could make more money self-pubbing a $2.99 ebook which would sell ten times as many copies?
I think not.
"But Joe," you may say, "When Patterson is self-pubbing at $2.99, how will you compete?"
That's the beauty of ebooks. There is no competition.
When I used to buy music, I was limited by price, by space, by the physicality of the object, and by the places it was available.
Price was prohibitive. A $15 CD meant I had to be picky and choosy when buying, lest I run out of money.
Space was prohibitive. After you buy a few hundred albums, you run out of places to put them.
The tangibility of a CD gave it weight, both physically and psychologically. It was an object that existed, which gave it value and permanence. Buying something valuable and permanent meant actually thinking about whether or not to make the purchase.
Often, I had to visit different stores to find the CD I wanted. This process took time, and effort.
Then iTunes came along.
Price was no longer prohibitive. I could cheaply buy whatever I wanted.
I didn't have to take up a shelf when I bought the music--it fit right on my hard drive.
Because it was one-click buying, I was more apt to download something than buy a tangible object. Which meant it required less thought. Ask any Kindle owner if they buy more books now that they own an ereader, and the overwhelming majority will say yes. Especially since the don't need to leave their house, or their sofa, to do so.
So let's apply this to books.
In the past, a reader would have to physically visit a store, then decide to buy Patterson's new hardcover for $15.99 or my new hardcover for $24.99 (if mine was even available there). To make this decision, the reader had to come to grips with the fact that they were buying an expensive, permanent object, that once purchased will take up space in the home.
Making decisions is tough. Especially when it comes to your entertainment dollar. Why take a chance on an unknown author for $25 when NY publishers make it easy to get a sure thing for $16?
So Patterson has vastly outsold me in print.
But with ebooks, it is much easier to make decisions. Cheap, intangible downloads don't require as much thought. Las Vegas has proven that once you take away cash and credit cards and replace them with chips and tokens, people are freer with their spending. The same thing applies to clicking a BUY NOW button on a computer or Kindle that is hooked up to your account.
So I'm no longer competing with Patterson. If he's $2.99 and I'm $2.99, readers won't hesitate to buy both of us.
In fact, once he and all the other bestselling authors start self-publishing and come down in price, that will leave more money in readers' pockets to spend on unknowns like me.
The next obvious question involves time. If every ebook is cheap, and readers pig out on them like we do at an all-you-can-eat buffet, where will anyone find the time to read all of those ebooks?
Answer: they won't.
Admit it, you've bought books before but haven't gotten around to reading them yet. Just like you've rented movies you didn't watch, bought music you haven't listened to, and bought a DVD set of some TV show that still has two discs you haven't gotten to yet.
We all have to-be-read piles. The Kindle has just made them bigger, cheaper, and easier to attain.
There is a lot of allure to pressing a button, getting an ebook download, and having it on your device to be read later. It's like a squirrel storing up nuts for winter. It gives us comfort knowing we have it.
In the future, we will no longer have the same bestsellers we have now. People will be buying more books, but more of them will be going unread. There won't be competition, because no one goes to a buffet and gets the pizza or the lasagna--they get the pizza AND the lasagna, even if they don't eat one of them.
Ebooks will continue to gobble up market share once held by print books. Chain bookstores will close. Publishers will have to downsize or go bankrupt. Big name authors will self-publish, making less money than they did before, but having more control and getting a larger percentage of royalties. The playing field will truly be even, readers will find what they want to read without having it crammed down their throats by NY, and the cream will rise to the top.
And that, my friends, is a fairy tale ending in every sense of the term.
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
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Source: Zahra was raped
Recently unsealed court documents reveal grisly details about Zahra Baker's final days.
The documents, which were unsealed Tuesday, contain detailed information about Zahra's life leading up to her death and how her body was disposed.
According to a motion to seal the criminal investigation record, a source contacted Lt. Becky Weatherman, of the Burke County Sheriff's Office, on Oct. 14 and claimed he was told by Jerry Mooningham, who received the information from his sister Becky Mooningham, that Zahra was at a house on Burke County Road with someone named James and another subject named Sammy. In the source's written statement, he said Sammy told Becky Mooningham that he had "done something very bad and needed to leave town."
The source's statement also claims Zahra showed physical injuries symptomatic of a rape, because Sammy and James raped the child, who was 10 years old at the time.
The source claimed he asked Jerry Mooningham if Sammy and James killed Zahra, and Jerry Mooningham said the men "might have hit her on the head."
The source also indicated that Sammy and Elisa Baker, Zahra's stepmother, had "some kind of relationship."
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation agents followed up on the tip Oct. 15 and arrived at a home in the 8600 block of County Line Road in Hildebran, which is where Lewis James Young and Timothy Samuel "Sammy" Young reside.
They located Lewis James Young inside the residence, and found a mattress lying on the ground at the side of the house, which had a large dark stain in its center.
Lewis James Young agreed to speak with investigators, and told officers he "removed the mattress from the house to let it 'air out' due to the fact he had urinated on it."
Lewis James Young told investigators he knew Zahra Baker, but he didn't think she was at his residence.
Investigators obtained a search warrant Oct. 15 to search the property at 8630 County Line Road in Hildebran.
The search warrants unsealed Tuesday also reveal gruesome information about how Zahra's body was disposed of after her death.
The a document filed Oct. 29 states investigators met with Elisa Baker, her attorney Lisa Dubs and private investigator Steve Ehlers to show police where evidence was disposed. Elisa Baker allegedly told police, through Dubs, that one location of possible evidence was a dumpster at Fox Ridge Apartments in Hickory. Elisa Baker said she and Zahra's father, Adam Baker, threw Zahra's prosthetic leg, which was wrapped in a white trash bag, into the dumpster. The leg was later located in a brushy area off Christie Road in Caldwell County.
Elisa Baker also led police to another dumpster located behind the Fair Value Grocery Store in Hudson. She told police this dumpster was where she and Adam Baker dumped a car cover and a bed comforter used to conceal and transport Zahra's body.
Elisa Baker also allegedly told police Zahra's body was dismembered and the child's body parts could be found in the drain trap of the bathtub. Elisa Baker told investigators she used latex gloves while Zahra's body was dismembered, and police could find the gloves in the bathroom of the Bakers' former residence, located at 21 21st Ave. NW in Hickory.
Police obtained a search warrant for the Baker residence, where they found possible blood evidence, according to the warrant.
Also during the search of the house, investigators located and seized hearing aid parts, which Elisa Baker told them belonged to Zahra. The child used hearing aids after she lost her sense of hearing because of cancer treatment.
The unsealed warrants also reveal Elisa Baker's attempt to deceive authorities about her involvement in Zahra's death.
Elisa Baker underwent a polygraph test Oct. 9 and was asked three questions, which included: Did you hurt Zahra?; Do you know if anyone has done harm to the child?; and Do you know the person who wrote the ransom note?
The polygraph tests revealed Elisa Baker showed deception on all three questions asked.
Additional information from the search warrants revealed Elisa Baker had numerous reports and subsequent investigations starting in 1999 made to the Department of Social Services regarding allegations of her abuse against her biological children.
Elisa Baker remains in Catawba County jail under a $97,200 bond for felony obstruction of justice and other charges unrelated to Zahra's disappearance.


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Every sign has been pointing in the direction of Geno Smith starting at quarterback for the Jets against the Giants on Saturday and coach Rex Ryan made it official on Thursday.
Smith will make his first start of the preseason a week after missing a game against the Jaguars with an ankle injury while Mark Sanchez will come off the bench and play later in the game. The start will give Smith a chance to play with the first team offense and his performance should loom large in the Jets' ultimate decision about who their starter will be this season.
Ryan said that decision could take another week and quarterbacks coach David Lee said the competition would have to extend through the fourth game for Smith to emerge victorious, but that there was no way a starter would be named before Smith got a shot at running the starting offense.
"Right now is not the appropriate time to name a starter, because it's incomplete," Ryan said, via Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.
There were no details from Ryan about how long each quarterback would play on Saturday nor was there a specific explanation about what Smith needs to do to win the job. Given Sanchez's issues with turnovers over the last two years, not handing the ball to the opposition would be a good place for the rookie to start making his case.


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Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer Discuss "The Phantom Tollbooth" in NYC
Photos by G.
From a young age, I've been an avid reader. One of the books that influenced my childhood (and has carried over into my adult life) is "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. To celebrate the book's 50th anniversary, Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer attended the New Yorker Festival to screen the film "The Phantom Tollbooth: Beyond Expectations" and participated in a Q&A session after the movie. October 6, 2013 started off with Norton and Jules signing books at McNally Jackson Books in SoHo. At the signing I had the chance to tell them how much this book meant to me (more on that in a few), and several hours later, I went to see a movie about their lives, which is filled with stories of how this classic book came about. What an experience! By the end of the film, you will be so in love with Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer, you will wish you were related to them so you could basque in their presence on a regular basis.
"The Phantom Tollbooth" is an "Alice In Wonderland" type story that follows the adventures of Milo, a bored, know-it-all kid who doesn't really see the value of learning. After he is transported (via tollbooth) into another space and time, his mission is to return the princesses (Rhyme and Reason) to the Kingdom of Wisdom. The book is filled with word plays, puns and the message that learning can be fun and that you should want to learn for the sake of acquiring the knowledge instead of feeling forced to learn. If you read this book during your formative years, you've loved it dearly for your whole life and if you are just discovering the book, you'll wish your teachers would have clued you in sooner! "Beyond Expectations" goes into the fact that Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer lived in the same building, which is how their collaboration came to be, and you learn about their pre and post-Tollbooth lives (Juster was an architect and Feiffer drew political cartoons). The banter between the pair will remind you of the uncles you wish you had and your appreciation of this book will grow exponentially by the end of the film.
Earlier in the day, Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer signed copies of "The Phantom Tollbooth" at McNally Jackson Books in SoHo, and it was such a thrill to meet the men behind a book that shaped my life. As I was taking a picture with Norton, he told me he was in the market for a camera and liked mine, so we talked about cameras for a bit. By the end of the conversation, he sincerely thanked me for my advice in this matter and shook my hand! I told him that for the advice he gave me in the "Phantom Tollbooth," it was my absolute pleasure to 'pay him back' so to speak. WOW!
Jules revealed that the Whether Man is his caricature of Norton and that the character Milo was named after the actor Milo O' Shea (who played Durand Durand in 'Barbarella,' one of my favorite movies! It all makes sense now!) A brief video will be coming soon from the Q&A session where someone asked, "who gets the tollbooth next?" Stay tuned to hear the answer. Thanks a million to Norton Juster for Jules Feiffer both for being so gracious in person and as well as writing a book that has made such a lasting impact on my life!


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The Iranian Cyber Army, a splinter group of malicious hackers, has announced its intention to sell access to its botnets, which have been responsible for attacks on social networks like Twitter and the Chinese equivalent of Google, Baidu.
After using its malware-based systems to attack Twitter's DNS and re-direct roughly 80 percent of the site's traffic to another website last December, this group of malevolent coders is aiming to trade on its notoriety as a so-called "hacker shop" and profit from its disruptive technologies.
At the same time, Dutch authorities have brought down a "Bredolab" botnet and shut down 143 servers hosted in the country, which were associated with a pay-per-install operation.
"The Iranian Cyber Army's decision to sell its botnets is evidence of a more co-ordinated effort than ever before by the hacking community to execute targeted attacks," said Alan Bentley, VP of International at Lumension, an operational endpoint security company.
"Whilst this is certainly not the first case of malicious code being sold online, with the rise of highly complex attacks like Stuxnet and Zeus, the online hacker shops of old seem like child's play when compared to this new wave of collaborative cyber warfare," added Bentley.
This news suggests that these "developers-gone-bad" are no longer just intent on stealing personal details for a quick cash hit or on sending inconvenient spam emails. They have much bigger prizes in mind and are creating mechanisms dedicated at corporate espionage and attacking real-world infrastructures, such as power stations.
Securelet Research Labs also comments on this story on its corporate blog, "There are numerous different exploit kits being sold in underground forums among cyber criminals. Competition in this crowded and lucrative market is driving authors to create exploit kits with sleek and sexy user interfaces, so the product will be more attractive to potential customers."
Developers working in the web security and/or malware prevention space may take some solace from the fact that most Western governments will be unlikely to trade with such scurrilous hackers. Our best bet is surely that the anti-malware vendors out there are well aware of these developments early on -- and are already provisioning against the dangers that this news might represent in their research labs.


text: On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Bill Broadley<bill at cse.ucdavis.edu> wrote: > Looks to me like you fit in the barcelona 512KB L2 cache (and get good > scaling) and do not fit in the nehalem 256KB L2 cache (and get poor scaling). Thanks Bill! I never realized that the L2 cache of the Nehalem is actually smaller than that of the Barcelona! I have an E5520 and a X5550. Both have the 8 MB L3 cache I believe. THe size of the L2 cache is fixed across the steppings of the Nehlem isn't it? > Were the binaries compiled specifically to target both architectures? As a > first guess I suggest trying pathscale (RIP) or open64 for amd, and intel's > compiler for intel. But portland group does a good job at both in most cases. We used the intel compilers. One of my fellow grad students did the actual compilation for VASP but I believe he used the "correct" [sic] flags to the best of our knowledge. I could post them on the list perhaps. There was no cross-compilation. We compiled a fresh binary for the Nehalem. > I"m curious about the hyperthreading on data point as well. Didn't test for VASP yet but for our other two DFT codes i.e. DACAPO and GPAW hyperthreading "off" seems to be about 10% faster. > A doubling of the can have that effect. The Intel L3 can no come anywhere > close to feeding 4 cores running flat out. Could you explain this more? I am a little lost with the processor dynamics. Does this mean using a quad core for HPC on the Nehlem is not likely to work well for scaling? Or do you imply a solution so that I could fix this somehow? Thanks again! -- Rahul


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OTTAWA Aug 2 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen
Harper contradicted on Friday U.S. President Barack Obama's
dismissal of the job-creation potential of the proposed Keystone
XL pipeline, saying the project is important both for jobs and
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Asked about remarks made by Obama in an interview with the
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Canada's perspective was well-known by everyone in Washington.
"That is that first of all our No. 1 priority in Canada is
the creation of jobs, and clearly this is a project that will
create jobs on both sides of the border," Harper said. "And it
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economy and for job creation but for the long-term energy
security of North America."
Obama said in the interview that the evidence was that
TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline, which would
carry 830,000 barrels per day of crude from Canada's oil sands
and the Bakken shale in North Dakota and Montana to refineries
on the U.S. Gulf Coast, would not be a big jobs generator.
He said it might create 2,000 jobs during the construction
for a year or two and then 50 or 100 jobs thereafter. The U.S.
State Department's analysis in March was that Keystone would
support 42,100 direct and indirect jobs.
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export markets for increasing crude oil production in the
land-locked oil sands of northern Alberta.
Green groups have put heavy pressure on Obama to reject
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BlackBerry is making their Messenger app (BBM) available to Android and iOS users in the future. This is welcome news for some folks, but it's a little late if you ask me. In any case, we have seen screen caps in the past but we now have a video demo of BBM running on Android.
BBM for Android works like you would expect, but there is one change. The settings are retrieved on the right side instead of the top, because pulling down from the top of an Android device brings down the notifications window shade.
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The Ruling on Celebrating the Prophet's Birthday - The Way to Akhirah
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Question: Is it permissible for Muslims to celebrate in the Masjid with dhikr and readings from the Seerah (Biography) of Prophet (r) on the night of the 12th of Rabee'-ul-Awwal, especially on the Prophet's birthday without making it a day of Eid? There is some differing between us as to whether it's Bid'ah Hasanah (good innovation) or not.
Answer: It's not from the way of Muslims to gather to celebrate the Prophet's birthday on the night of the 12th of Rabee'-ul-Awwal or any other night. Likewise, it is not from the way of Muslims to gather for any birthday celebration of any one, including the Prophet (p.b.u.h.). And this affair of celebrating and gathering for the birthday of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) is an innovation and a newly introduced matter in the
Religion. The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) never celebrated his birthday during his lifetime. And he was the one who communicated the Religion to us and legislated its legislation (for us) with Allaah's authority. This affair of celebrating the Prophet's birthday was not practiced by the rightly guided Khaleefahs or his Companions nor by those who preceded them in righteousness because they knew it was an innovation.
The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) said:
"He who innovates something in this affair of ours (i.e. Sunnah) that is not part of it, will have it rejected." (Bukhaari and Muslim)
And in another version of the Hadeeth:
"He who does an act which is not in agreement with our affair (i.e. religion), will have it rejected."
This celebrating of the Prophet's birthday is not from his practice but rather it is something that was introduced into the Religion by the later generations of Muslims and so it is to be rejected.
The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) would say in his Friday khutbah (sermon):
"To Proceed. Surely the best speech is the Book of Allaah and the best of all guidance is the guidance of Muhammad. And the worst of all affairs are newly invented things and every newly invented thing is an innovation and every innovation is astray." (Sahih Muslim)
It is also recorded by an-Nasa'i with a good chain of narration with the addition:
"...and every astray is in the Hellfire."
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