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Maple Sirup Experience at Sugar Grove Nature Center
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[February 16, 2013]
McLEAN --
It's almost that time of year when buckets decorate the sugar maples
throughout Funks Grove. Have you ever tasted "sweet water" dripping
from a spile? Here's your chance. Join the Sugar Grove Nature Center
Maple Sirup Experience on March 2. Tours start at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1
p.m. and 3 p.m.
Gather around the fire at the sirup camp (with the traditional
Funks Grove spelling) to learn how the Native Americans and early
settlers collected and prepared sap. Visit the sugar shack, where
the smell of maple sirup hangs in the air. Journey into the "sugarbush"
to tap a tree. Stop inside the main building to sample a variety of
sweet treats made with maple sirup, including candy, cookies, fudge
and more.
Tour size is limited, so reserve your space. Registration and
prepayment are required. Registration forms are available online at
www.sugargrovenaturecenter.org. The fee is $5 for adult members
of the nature center and $3 for child members, 16 and under. For
nonmembers, the fee is $7 for adults and $5 for 16 and under.
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Call 309-874-2174 or email
firstname.lastname@example.com to learn more regarding the
Maple Sirup Experience Tours. Experience an important part of the
Funks Grove heritage.
For a map and directions to the nature center as well as a list
of additional maple sirup programs and registration forms, visit
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The last time we heard about the Indoor Football League was when Terrell Owens got cut by the Allen Wranglers for basically being Terrell Owens. Now comes news that the Omaha Beef—and isn't that the best nickname ever?—will miss the playoffs because of what the IFL's interim commissioner called "extenuating circumstances." Such as?
Well, Omaha finished the regular season with a 6-8 record, good enough for a tie for fourth place. The Beef—there it is again!—owned the playoff tiebreaker over the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks and Chicago Slaughter, but the Steelhawks will instead travel to Sioux Falls to take on the undefeated Storm in the first round. Why? According to Jay Elsen of the Mid-Continent Sports Network, the group of IFL owners in charge of the Beef decided a trip to scenic Sioux Falls (and certain defeat at the hands of the powerful Storm) wasn't within their budget.
Yes, the other IFL owners who currently run the Beef made the decision. But only because the team's previous owner, who has not been charged with a crime, relinquished control after he was allegedly caught getting crack cocaine sent to him through the mail.
[Mid-Continent Sports Network; h/t to Christopher]

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Sheboygan South student contracts tuberculosis
Officials: Public is at very low risk
Health officials say a Sheboygan South High School student has an active case of tuberculosis and has been isolated and treated.
Sheboygan County Health and Human Services supervisor Jean Beinemann said about two dozen students are being tested because they were in close contact with the infected person.
Beinemann said Sheboygan County residents in general are at low risk of contracting the disease. The Sheboygan Press said the Sheboygan Area School District sent letters home to parents of students who were at greatest risk.
Beinemann said the TB case was discovered when one of the student's family members visited a clinic and was identified with tuberculosis.
About 70 cases of TB are diagnosed in Wisconsin each year. Sheboygan County averages zero to three cases a year.
Tuberculosis is spread through the air, not by hand-to-hand contact or sharing food and drink.
More information about TB is available at www.cdc.gov/tb


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Before You Exit's new song, "I Like That" is so insanely catchy—you know the music video is going to have a fun,summer feel! And Seventeen has the exclusive! The band chose to premiere the new video right here on Seventeen.com! If you don't already have the song on your Summer 2013 mix, watching this vid will make you want to download it for sure. In the video, a cute blonde chick (Stefanie Scott from ANT Farm!) is given arrows to follow along a boardwalk. You'll have to watch until the very end to see what they lead her to! And don't worry, there are plently of close-up shots of Riley, Connor and Toby for you to swoon over.
Watch Before You Exit's music video for "I Like That" below! Want to see more of them? The guys are hitting the road with Cody Simpson, starting tomorrow. Click here for tour dates!


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April 25, 2011
MSU Law Community Mourns the Passing of Professor Craig Callen
East Lansing, MI — With great sorrow, Joan W. Howarth, Dean of Michigan State University College of Law, announces the passing of Professor Craig R. Callen, who died Saturday, April 23, 2011, after a brief illness.
"The MSU Law community has suffered a terrible loss," said Dean Howarth. "Craig Callen has been at the heart of our world, as a respected scholar, dedicated faculty leader, generous mentor, and beloved teacher and friend."
"Craig made a wonderful academic home here at the Law College. He was voted by the students as their Distinguished Professor of 2011, served on the elected Faculty Advisory Council, and met his latest publication deadline just a few weeks ago. Craig brought intelligence, humor, independence, and decency to everything he did. We are mourning the loss of a remarkable man."
Professor Callen, the Judge John D. O'Hair Professor of Evidence and Procedure, had been a member of the MSU Law faculty since 2002. He taught Civil Procedure and Evidence.
The author of dozens of articles and co-editor of a book on comparative expert evidence, Professor Callen is recognized for his significant contributions to the field of evidence law and theory, particularly as the law of evidence relates to philosophy, psychology, and reasoning. From 1998 until his passing, he served as editor-in-chief of International Commentary on Evidence, an experimental electronic journal that he helped establish. As he explained in a recent interview, given that the application of law turns on facts—or what we believe to be the facts—Professor Callen studied how and why we think we know things.
Professor Callen recently summarized his teaching philosophy, explaining that he tried to treat students "the way I'd want to be treated if I had their ability. They sometimes have a lot more potential than they give themselves credit for."
Professor Callen's students and friends knew him to be a person of wide-ranging interests. He read mysteries, philosophy, history, and poetry. He enjoyed an extensive classical music collection. An avid University of Iowa and Minnesota Vikings football fan, he earned points for the faculty team and murmurs from the audience when he correctly answered a run of obscure sports trivia questions in a recent student–faculty quiz bowl competition.
Professor Callen earned a B.A. with honors and high distinction in 1971 from the University of Iowa, and a J.D. in 1974 from Harvard Law School. He practiced law with firms in Chicago and Milwaukee before taking the advice of his law school professor, Archibald Cox, that he consider teaching. He began his academic career in 1978 as a writing instructor and visiting assistant professor at the University of Miami School of Law, and then as an assistant professor at Oklahoma City University School of Law from 1980 to 1983. Callen then spent 19 years at Mississippi College School of Law, where he held the J. Will Young Professorship, with visiting professorships at the University of Colorado, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Leiden in The Netherlands.
Professor Callen served as a chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Evidence, a member of the board of directors for the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), and a member of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section's Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure and Evidence.
Professor Callen is survived by his mother, Evelyn Callen; his sister, Sheri Gustafson; his brother, Bruce Callen; his brother-in-law, Frank Gustafson; his sister-in-law, Sandy Callen; his niece, Linda Parker, and her husband, Antoine Parker; his nephew, Andrew Peek; his niece, Jenna Callen; his nephew, Michael Callen; and his grandnieces and grandnephews. Those who wish to extend condolences or share memories with the family may send them to The Family of Professor Craig Callen, c/o Michigan State University College of Law, 368 Law College Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1300.
Members of the Law College community can pay their respects and share remembrances of Professor Callen at a memorial service at Michigan State University College of Law at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27. A funeral service also will be held in Des Moines, Iowa.
Memorial donations may be made in Professor Callen's name to the National Parkinson Foundation or the Craig Callen Scholarship at MSU College of Law.


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Feels like everywhere I turn these days, I see Patton Oswalt. He's on Portlandia, he's killing it on Justified. He has a role in the hotly-anticipated-by-me game Metro Last Light.
I like the guy a lot, and so I enjoyed this short documentary "To Be Loved & Understood," which was released today by The Thrash Lab. It was directed by Julien Nitzberg. Give it a watch.
Are you a fan of Oswalt? Did you like Ratatouille as much as I did? Are you also looking forward to Metro: Last Light? Feel free to discuss that or anything else you like, here or over in the Talk Amongst Yourselves forum. Have good conversing.
(Via Boing Boing.)


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Egg-Filled Buns
Meet the Cook: As the cook for our local volunteer fire department, I'm a nonstop recipe clipper. This one's been a constant in my file for years. It's great for grabbing and going, and a good lunch dish, too. Here on our farm, my husband - who's also a teacher - and I have cattle and hogs plus one chicken who furnishes many of our eggs. We are the parents of a 6-year-old daughter. -Kathy Wells, Brodhead, Wisconsin
Total TimePrep: 20 min. + rising Bake: 20 min.
Makes6 servings
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 packages (2 ounces each) thinly sliced smoked beef
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 package (16 ounces) hot roll mix
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
- In a large skillet, heat butter until hot. Add eggs; cook and stir over medium heat until eggs are completely set. Stir in the beef, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Chill.
- Prepare roll mix according to package directions. Divide dough into six portions; roll each portion into an 8-in. x 3-in. rectangle. Spoon 1/3 cup of egg mixture on half of each rectangle. Fold over and seal edges. Place on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Brush tops with milk. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 467 calories, 20g fat (5g saturated fat), 165mg cholesterol, 920mg sodium, 54g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 2g fiber), 14g protein.
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New craft beer bars open in Honolulu: Aloha Beer, Real a Gastropub, Pint and Jigger
Ale-loha!: We welcome two new gastropubs and a brew pub to Honolulu.
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Craft beer is hot right now. In just one month, three places featuring craft brews opened—one brewpub and two gastropubs. What gives? People crowd outside Real a Gastropub, angling to get in and drink beers they've never heard of. One night, at Pint and Jigger, they were literally paying a man to stand outside and discourage people from entering: "It's standing room only." He is happy to be outside and seems not to understand why you would want to go inside, in the crush of people eating eggs wrapped in pork. These two gastropubs are popular, even beyond the usual Honolulu rush. They are unlike any bars we've seen in Honolulu, and they have a common, niche interest in beer. Getting to the bottom of this phenomenon (and perhaps several pints along the way) seemed like the right thing to do.
Aloha Beer
580 N. Nimitz Highway, 545-5959, alohabeer.com.
Aloha Beer thinks it can build an empire on beer.
"[Craft beer] is no longer the niche that it was," says Dave Campbell, the brewmaster of Aloha Beer. "It is the growth category. Domestic beer sales are flat, whereas craft beer is consistently double-digit growth year in and year out. It still accounts for a small percentage of all the beer, but it's a growing segment."
Not that that's why Campbell first started brewing. He got his first homebrew kit when he was 18, seven years after homebrewing was legalized in 1978. As often happens when underage boys discover beer, the results were intoxicating. After graduating from Punahou, he attended college in Oregon, where a generation of homebrewers was starting microbreweries. Campbell drank it all in, and when he returned to Hawaii, he ditched a law school track to start a homebrew shop, Oahu Homebrew Supply. He ran a small, attached brewery, churning out 15 gallons at a time, while consulting for Kona Brewing and now-closed Alii Brewing.
Campbell calls himself the old guy in the brewing scene: He's seen breweries come and go (mostly going in the '90s and returning now). When Sam Choy opened Breakfast, Lunch and Crab, Choy knew he wanted a brewery in it and asked Campbell to run it. In '97, Big Aloha Brewery was born.
The same year Campbell started his homebrew shop, Aloha Beer partner Steve Sombrero was writing a paper for his MBA. He had recently moved to Hawaii and didn't know much about the Islands. He scoped out Waikiki and watched tourists order beer; they were handed Budweisers. "I know from my travels, if you go to any country, there's a distinct beer that represents that country," Sombrero says. "In the Phillipines, you get San Miguel. Thailand, Singha. Korea, OB. Taiwan, Taiwan Beer. Hawaii should have a beer that's representative." Hence, Aloha Beer. He registered the name, though he knew nothing about brewing.


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President Obama announced this morning new regulations establishing for the first time fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction standards applicable to medium- and heavy-duty trucks. This rulemaking was mandated by a 2007 law passed by Congress and an Executive Order issued by President Obama in May 2010.
Under the comprehensive new national program, trucks and buses built in 2014 through 2018 will reduce oil consumption by a projected 530 million barrels and greenhouse gas pollution by approximately 270 million metric tons.
Trucks will be divided into three major categories: combination tractors (semi-trucks), heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, and vocational vehicles. Within each of those categories, specific targets will be detailed based on the design and purpose of the vehicle.
By the 2018 model year, the program is expected to achieve significant savings relative to current levels, across vehicle types. Certain combination tractors will be required to achieve up to approximately 20 percent reduction in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by model year 2018.
For heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, separate standards are required for gasoline-powered and diesel trucks. These vehicles will be required to achieve up to approximately 15 percent reduction in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by model year 2018.
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Hankering for more krakens and giant scorpions? The Aaron Sims Company has unveiled new concept art from Clash of the Titans. Check out at a squidier version of the Kraken and illustrations of Medusa that won't petrify you.
The Aaron Sims Company has worked on films ranging from The Incredible Hulk to The Day The Earth Stood Still. You can check out more cinematic design at their main site.
[The Aaron Sims Company via Concept Art World]
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Returning from CanSecWest left me reflecting on how the Pwn2Own competition has evolved over time. A lot has changed in the Pwn2Own competition over the years. The event has grown in attendance, competitors, and complexity, just as the industry has grown.
For the first contest in 2007, no one competed on the first day. Shane McCauley called fellow security researcher Dino Dai Zovi in NYC that night and urged him to compete. Dino was able to write the exploit over night and win the contest on the second day. Visually, the attacks seem no different from year to year. The contestant sits down at the machine, and "seconds" later the calculator (or notepad in this year's case), pops up on the screen. However, the preparation for the attacks from 2007 to 2016 are now drastically different, with contestants preparing attacks weeks in advance.
Media coverage around security advisories is often just a run down of how many CVEs a vendor released that month. People often imply from these articles that all the CVEs are easily exploitable and trivially weaponizable. This can lead to false perceptions that exploiting the software is a simple task. In reality, a CVE from a vendor is not a guarantee of exploitability. Even if the CVE can give the attacker the ability to overwrite memory, that is not a guarantee that it can be weaponized. Technologies such as ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) weren't even released for Mac OS X when Dai Zovi competed in 2007. Today's attackers have to work around defenses such as CFG (Control Flow Guard), Isolated Heaps, and a number of other technologies designed to prevent a crash from becoming an exploit.
In addition, competitors have to deal with the fact that the contest frequently occurs after Patch Tuesday where a vendor's security improvements could interfere with their attack. Adobe has been aggressively adding mitigations to Flash Player over the last few months. In our release the week before the contest, we added changes to zero memory more often and leveraged the Windows' low fragmentation heap. Both Adobe and Google found that some of the contestant's entries overlapped with recent security reports. Part of the reason for the increasing payouts for the winners comes from the fact that the targets for the competition all have active security teams and external communities that are constantly working to improve the platform. As the community and vendors continue to mature their software, bug or mitigation collisions become more of a material risk for competitors. While it may not seem like it on the surface, the attackers are trying to hit moving targets.
The Flash Player updates prior to the contest led to some failed attempts at the competition. The failed attempts were by teams who had already won under different categories. Therefore, the competitors were clearly highly skilled and had already proven themselves to be capable of weaponizing exploits for the target platform. The reality is that what they are attempting to do is not easy and the failures serve to remind us how hard it is to get those wins. When any competition gets to a certain level, even the most skilled players are going to experience some losses.
That said, the contest always has its share of winners. Those wins demonstrate that there is always more that vendors can do in order to improve security. While the individual bugs help, Pwn2Own is truly valuable because it shows how different researchers will try to bypass the existing mitigations to create the fully weaponized exploit. That insight into different attack approaches inspires us as vendors to come up with the next generation of defenses.
Like many pros, the winning contestants always make it look easy. Although, as an industry we are often too quick to lump everything in the same "it is easy because it is completely vulnerable" bucket. Companies like Adobe, Microsoft, and Google are in a constant sprint with attackers. The security industry has progressed from the days of just trying to write clean, well validated code. Today, we are adding in large platform features that serve no other purpose than trying to thwart attackers. These types of features are added at an increasingly frequent basis. The companies who are on the front line of this battle will change and grow over time. It is important for those vying to one day be on the defender's side of Pwn2Own to understand the current table stakes.
Overall, Pwn2Own is a fun contest to interact with security researchers and to push the industry forward. Beneath the high level pageantry of smoking jackets and large prizes, is a low-level escalation between offensive and defensive strategists. While the visual results from watching in the room seem similar from year to year, the innovation and challenge required to achieve those results increases every year.
Peleus Uhley
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The Fläming Heath is a beautiful, gently rolling landscape which pleases the eye of the hiker. The pine forests, luminous yellow rape fields, lush green meadows and a smattering of castles delight those who hike in the region.
The Fläming Castles Trail is a circular hiking route with eight stages. An hour away from Berlin, you can enjoy Brandenburg's pearls of nature and culture on a perfectly signposted trail.
Although the 15 metre high steep faces of the dry valleys – known locally as "Rummeln" – are nothing compared to the Grand Canyon, they are typical of the Fläming Heath. Our Castle Trail also traverses the habitats of the eagle owl, beaver and middle spotted woodpecker. Hikers pass four castles on sandy paths through fields and heaths. You can even live like knights and damsels for the night in the defiant Eisenhardt Castle in Bad Belzig. The grounds of Wiesenburg Castle are also sensational with a magnificent landscape park designed in the style of an English garden.
Manuel Andrack, editor, presenter, author and hiking blogger:
"After the castle tour in Bad Belzig, visitors should definitely stop off in the castle brewery. I recommend sampling all three craft beers. Depending on the season, they also brew stout ale, whisky beer and Champagne beer. Cheers!"
At a glance: Fläming Castles Trail
Starts/ends: Bad Belzig
Length: 147 km
Number of stages: 8
Altitude variation: lowest point 39 m, highest point 188 m
Terrain: 75% unmade, 16% asphalt, 9% other, e.g. farm tracks
Certified quality hiking trail
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Saskatchewan to Ontario Connecting Hearts Map
This vintage Canada map print has been hand embroidered with connecting hearts for that special someone who has their heart in both Saskatchewan and Ontario!
Available in 2 sizes - 8x10 or 11x14.
NOTE: All maps are framed for your convenience in a complimentary vintage-inspired frame unless otherwise specified at checkout.
Hand embroidered in Ottawa, Ontario.


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UNECE and natural gas
Scott Foster, Director of UNECE's Sustainable Energy Division, explains the role and mission of UNECE'S Sustainable Energy Division. He highlights the critical role that natural gas can play on the path to a sustainable energy future. Link to video presentation.
Alexander Karasevich, Chairman, UNECE Working Party on Gas, Director General, OJSC "Gazprom Promgaz", explains how the Working Party on Gas works (in Russian). Link to video presentation.
Gheorghe Radu, Vice Chairman, UNECE Working Party on Gas, Director, Investment and Technical Division, Romgaz, explains why the group launched a study on Underground Gas Storage (UGS) in Europe and Central Asia. Link to video presentation.


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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Architecture and web companies
An example from the genuine product world will help illustrate what I am thinking about. When making and selling hamburgers, there is a clear separation of what is delivered and how it is accounted for, tracked - essentially how the back office runs. The selling of hamburgers is a sufficiently different proposition than the creation of the back office business systems. I wouldn't attempt to combine the 2. Yes it is important that the sales information flows... (see earlier post on flow of goods, flow of money, flow of information). However, I don't have my fryer installation crew and my cooks building the systems.
Where the product is informational, companies often think that the product and the back office rely on IT, so they must be the same. So we have the people who think in terms of product, features, etc. responsible for the potentially more mundane chores of installing and managing the back end systems - giving the internal business the data it needs to run and manage the business, and the sales/support and other staff the tools they need to do the job.
In reality these are entirely different groups - and should be. Yes they might share common technology needs/data/platforms (although there is little guarantee even of that). Yes they may share communications infrastructure and communication methods/platforms. But in reality the activities required to deliver a world class product and the activities to provide robust "run/manage the business" systems are as different as flipping burgers and accounting for the flipped burgers. Mixing the teams (and thus not getting a proper separation of "IT" responsibilities) leads to some very brittle systems - often because the value of the "run/manage the business" applications is almost always subjugated to the "develop and operate the product" systems.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
327x and web scalability
Every book I read (and every web solution I build) talks at length about statelessness - especially session statelessness. Obviously data state is important, I really would like my bank account to know its balance and not derive it by applying all the transactions since the day I opened it every time I want to know my balance.
But I digress.
When I was a neophyte developer, the IBM 3270 family of "green screens" were just becoming mainstream. I had the enviable task of writing a series of macros in PL/I to emulate the behavior of the assembler macros for "basic mapping support." Fun project...
Anyhow in doing said project, I learned more about the 3270 than any human should have to. The key lesson of the device was that the hardware was directly addressable, had the concept of the "field" and would send back only fields that had the "Modified Data Tag" bit turned on. That meant that if a field were modified by a user, that field would be sent, but unchanged data wasn't. If nothing else that cut down the amount of data transmitted compared with approaches that refreshed the whole screen.
One much exploited approach was that the serving application could send the data out with the modified data tag already turned on. This of course meant that the device would send that data back regardless of whether the user actually modified the data or not. Immediately there was an opportunity to manage session state. Just send the stuff you needed next time back in a field with the modified data tag on. That way you have enough context for the next invocation.
The next leap was the ability to use "invisible" fields. Fields that were mapped to the screen but marked invisible (so you couldn't see their contents). Handy for passwords etc. However, if you set a field to invisible + modified data tag on, you could send suitable session data back, but the user at the screen didn't have to deal with it. You got the best of both worlds. Context information sent with the request and visible impact to the user.
Does this all sound familiar? f course nowadays it comes in in the header instead of the data, but it is the same general idea. If an architectural approach demands context data with every call, have the server send it back as part of the resource, so it automatically comes in on the transmission.
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Data ambiguity Part 1
This posting by Mr. Vogels is very insightful - along the data replica dimension of distributed data management. This is clearly an important dimension, but it isn't the only one. There is a more general problem of data ambiguity. This isn't necessarily just a database problem, but an overall systems problem.
The basic thought is that when you have two representations of a piece of data that are supposed to have the same value, when do they actually have the same value (and who cares?).
We can imagine the following cases.
- The 2 values must always have identical values (to an outside observer). Inside the "transaction" that sets the state of a datum, the values can be mutually inconsistent, but that inconsistency is not manifested to an observer outside of the transaction.
- The 2 values will need to be "eventually consistent" - this case is admirably covered by Mr. Vogels.
- The 2 values will rarely have identical values, but there are mechanisms for "explaining" the discrepancies.
The first case is almost a default case - yes we would like that please. The second case is a good perspective from a data replication perspective - essentially dealing with a common schema. The third case is the tricky case.
The first case is unattainable at large scale using ACID transactions for replicas of data at Internet scale is simply impractical for performance.
The third case is interesting because of situations where "transactions" can occur against either copy of the data independently and in arbitrary sequences. The communication mechanism between the systems that can update copies of the data may be reliable, or they may be intermittent. That isn't completely the issue.
So, to illustrate this kind of system, let's take a popular application - Quicken. Many people use Quicken to manage their household accounts. The idea is to be able to use Quicken as a kind of front end to bank accounts - but it is only intermittently connected.
At any moment, the balance that Quicken reports and the balance that the bank reports are very likely to be different values. Of course from a data management perspective they are actually different fields, however that subtlety will be lost on the majority of users. Why will the 2 have different values for the balance field? There are lots of reasons, e.g.
- Transactions have arrived at the bank without being notified to Quicken yet. For example, in an interest bearing account, the interest payment will be automatically added to the balance on the bank's view of the account. Or possibly a paid in check has bounced - the bank will have debited the check amount and (possibly) added a penalty.
- Transactions are processed in a different sequence in general. When a user writes the checks, there is no guarantee that they will be processed by the bank in the order in which they were written (in fact, the policy varies, e.g. process the biggest checks first if there are many to be processed because that maximizes overdraft charges in the event that an account goes overdrawn).
These reasons boil down to the need to have system autonomy for throughput (imagine having to wait at the bank to process check 101 until check 100 had been processed).
Of course it doesn't matter to us that the systems are rarely fully synchronized, that the "balance" doesn't agree across them - we have accounting methods to help us reconcile. In other words we can accept that everything is OK without caring whether the systems have the same value of the balance.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Which communication method and when?
Just thinking of my own case, I have an unseemly number of communication mechanisms/paths.
For work - 3 email accounts (my employer and 2 clients)
For my business 1 email account
For other purposes 5 email accounts
2 Instant Messenger accounts
2 Groove Ids (for secure file sharing and messaging)
2 blogs (cooking and this one)
Telephone/voicemail (4 numbers) - 1 mobile 1 home, 2 clients
Several RSS feeds on news, technology, etc.
Text messaging
Corporate sharepoint
Client wiki
These obviously aren't all 2-way, but having 25 major channels - and following several news sources, a few Twitter folks that I follow(about 50) it is clear that I have oo much time on my hands!
So why do it? It really comes down to personae and convenience. Taking just the corporate emails - each company (including my employer) has its own email infrastructure. Each client uses its own email addressing scheme to send stuff around. I can't get from one client's system into another's (and nor should I be able to).
If I am doing frivolous things, I tend to use my hotmail account. If I am doing semi-serious, but still relatively public things, I use my gmail account. For my own business and when I know the person at the other end, I tpically use my own business email.
Twitter is a great source of interesting updates. Admittedly of the 500 or so Tweets/day that I receive, about 50 are interesting to me and about 30 really interesting. So my filters are not as good as they could be.
I use the phone, but not a lot. Most of my communication is asynchronous. I text a lot, contribute to my own blogs, read a bunch of news sources. The only things I don't seem to do are listen to/download music or video.
So why is this important from a business perspective? Because we each make our own choices about which media to use. The enterprise needs to enable many different channels for the various purposes.
Is Twitter a corporate tool? Absolutely - especially for corporate travel departments. It's the easiest way to get information out quickly.
Is Facebook a corporate tool? Absolutely - keping track of alumni, enabling corporate communities (extending the ecosystem).
Are blogs corporate tools? Absolutely - a great way for the corporation to provide an authentic experience to the community.
Is Groove a corporate tool? Absolutely - secure internal and external file and message sharing.
Is IM a corporate tool? Absolutely - again enabling community.
Is email a corporate tool - sadly yes. But as we have observed many times, it is very heavyweight. Sometimes the only way to get information in and out of corporations.
Phone/Voicemail? Absolutely.
I would argue that every form of communication that I use has its place in my daily corporate life. Even hotmail and gmail have helped when the corporate network is down and I have to get a response out.
Enterprise are really going to have to rethink communication - recognizing that critical information is going to leak over many channels. Draconian security groups will simply be bypassed since information will continue to flow.
Then we have the symmetry/asymmetry question. How much of what I do is simply reading other people's stuff (following them personally, subscribing to their publications or what?) vs engaging in dialog.
When dialog of some kind is needed, which of the many tools I have at my disposal do I use? My rule of thumb is whatever the person I am communicating with last used when talking to me. Of course it depends on whether it is a single short thought (twitter), a complex large file (Groove/email/SharePoint) or something in between....
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
If everything is moving to the network why do I want applications?
By local application, I mean a chunk of functionality that runs on a client device and must be installed independently of the rest of the functionality on the device. So the browser is an application, but things that run inside it aren't (at least not by this definition).
Much of what we can do with our smartphones, etc. can be done using a browser (possibly using the mobile version of the web site), but with some very specific look and feel needs, we tend to download and install specific applications. This is of course, especially true on the iPhone where the apple applications are legion and well liked by the applerati.
So what drives this?
First and foremost, I believe is the desire to be in control of one's own destiny. The networks are not ubiquitous enough yet that we can rely on them to have what we need available whenever we might need it.
Second network cost - that can be expensive after a while.
Third pure preference - we like the look and feel of the apps we install and not of those we don't
Fourth capability. Organizaing/classifying is a core "client side" requirement. Rich experiences for doing that preclude us from using totally network based approaches - although tagging really assist with this.
There are probably lots of other reasons, but with capability moving into the network, it seems strange that i-apps are growing in strength and popularity


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June 13th, 2012 | By QGODFEAR
When I was a child you could not tell me that the The Ringling Barnum & Bailey Circus was not the Greatest Show on Earth! As a child I would sit in the audience swingin my lil "Circus Light" high in the air that my mother had purchased for me on the way to our seats. I will never forget seeing all the Red and Blue lights through the dark arena of other children twirling their lights through the air. The excitement always surpassed the escence of "Animal funk" that permeated throughout the building.
This morning I received an email from Live Nation stating that tickets for the Greatest Show on Earth was coming to town. The first thing I thought was When? How much? Which arena? I continued to read the information and at the bottom of the page, it stated this years Circus theme was "DRAGONS". I then google searched online what "DRAGONS" represented! After reading the first four "Man Created" definitions/Links of what Dragons meant, inside different cultures. I discovered that Dragons meant Wisdom, Power, Magical Ability, amongst other positive things. As my spirit tugged at me from within, I naturally wanted to know what the bible had to say about "DRAGONS". I then searched DRAGONS in the bible and Revelation 12 – The Woman and the Dragon popped up.
Revelation 12:7-9 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. After watching this video, there were 2 things that stood out to me, with the first being the song that they sung asked it's listener "THE SPIRIT OF THE DRAGON, DOES IT LIVE IN YOU?" and the second thing that stood out was at exactly 0.58 Seconds in the video they showed a Goat, which spiritually means to me "BAPHOMET".
At this point in my Christ Walk my eyes have been opened unto "Spiritual Communication" and when DRAGONS are celebrated, the imagery is clearly celebrating the desire of Satan as stated inside his heart in Isaiah 14:13-14 "You said in your heart, I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;Needless to say my Greatest Show On Earth will be the Coming of the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Triune GOD, Father Son and the Holy Spirit and not a Circus. Please open your eyes to the Great Corporate deception now taking place through entertainment. God Bless You Always..


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Authorities say a 28-year-old Northboro, Mass., man who was missing for nearly two days told investigators he intentionally stayed in the woods in rugged terrain along the New York-Massachusetts border.
The Columbia County Sheriff's office said officials will consider lodging criminal charges and trying to recover the cost of their search for Kyle Pember of Northboro.
Pember was hiking with his father Monday afternoon when the two men got separated. Police launched air and ground searches but didn't find any sign of Pember until he made a cellphone call late Tuesday night saying he was lost, cold and scared. It still took rescuers hours to find him in the treacherous terrain.
He was rescued uninjured around 4 a.m. today in Taconic State Park, which is adjacent to Bash Bish Falls State Park in Massachusetts.
Authorities were not available to say why he stayed in the woods.
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text: This week we turn entirely to the community to let us know some of their top picks for the games they are playing. We will be interspersing the Staff Picks every now and again to show some of these submissions, so please continue to get them into us using this new and handy form. Please fill out the form completely and ensure that you add some details about the mod and why you have chosen it (similar to how our community members have below). Just remember that other mods on the site may do roughly the same thing, so keep your eyes peeled and understand that these are just personal picks. That said, hopefully, you'll find something you may not have seen before. Submitted By: jazzar23Game: SkyrimMod Author: AceeQMod: Fantasy Soundtrack ProjectFantasy Soundtrack Project adds 235 new tracks to Skyrim and an additional 20 tracks with the combat plug-in, bringing an unbelievable amount of diversity of sound into the world many of us have been wondering around for ages.This mod brought Skyrim back to life for me, because while the default soundtrack is an amazing series of incredible pieces, after 400 hours of the same thing over and over it got old and another 100 hours later and I was ready to mute the in-game music outright. Then I found this gem and the adventures were wondrous once more and the battles were intense and fulfilling unlike they had been in ages.One of the best parts is it has an optional replacer or add-on feature so you don't have to abandon the sounds of Skyrim we've come to love after so long, they just don't have to be the only thing you ever hear.Sound is half the experience in any game, and this soundtrack makes the Dragonborn's story one worth living all over again.Submitted By: RcollGame: Fallout 4Mod Author: TinyManticoreMod: Start Me up - Alternate Start and Dialogue OverhaulWell, on the...off chance that you play Bethesda games, you'll probably know that nearly every one of them lets you create your own protagonist. They plop you down in a huge world and leave the character's morals, personality and past up to you and say "Go, go and explore our wondrous creation!".Except Fallout 4 isn't really like that. Sure, you choose your character's face, but beyond that...they are and always will be the 200 year old soldier/lawyer looking for the people who killed their spouse and kidnapped their son. It really is hard to feel like you're playing as your own character, because you're not, you're playing as Bethesda's.Yes, technically as soon as you leave the vault you can just go anywhere and completely ignore the main quest, but does that really make sense? Does it even remotely resemble something close to reason that a parent searching for their child would stop to do favours for every random stranger they meet? You are kind of forced into playing through the main quest or to throw all logic out the window and just pretend the first part of the game didn't happen or was a dream or something. Even then you can't seem to go two side quests without the SS wanting to say something about being 200 years old or how they miss their damn son.Enter, Start Me Up. It lets you start the game as just some guy in the wasteland at a location of your choosing. You are also given some choices to further define your character(Are you a Trader, a Doctor, a Raider etc?) and a list of New Vegas style Traits to choose from.By now you might be thinking "Okay, but how is this different from every other alternate start mod that has ever been made for the game?". Well, what really makes this mod truly S.P.E.C.I.A.L is that the author has gone through all the dialogue in the game, and replaced all references to the vault, life before the war, your spouse, and that freaking kid you would otherwise feel obligated to track down. Never before have I felt such freedom in the game to just...explore, as my own character with their own story. And that's really what these games are supposed to be about.Submitted By: pkskyGame: SkyrimMod Author: andrelo1Mod: Alchemist's JournalThis mod is both useful and a natural fit for anyone who enjoys playing with alchemy. In the vanilla game, if you don't have an ingredient for a potion that you have made before, you just won't be able to see that potion, nor find out what you are missing. With this mod, it adds some realism in that you use it the way you would in real life. It keeps notes about what potions you've mixed from what ingredients! Now if you need to make another batch of some particular potion, you can check your journal to see which ingredients you've discovered for it, and go on the hunt to those places where you know you can find the ingredients, just like a "real" alchemist!Submitted By: Enkidu98Game: Fallout 4Mod Author: HozsaMod: Easy Homebuilder and Working Double Beds (Rebuild your Sanctuary) by HozsaI really like to have Sanctuary 'restored'. Codsworth's presence there and his attention to his duties can easily explain why at least the players house (and perhaps because he is neighbourly and anxious.. the neighbours houses) has been kept in good shape.As such, having this mod and its fully navmeshed homes, plus all the other little pieces in addition to his beds fixes, made this a 'no-brainer' mod.On top of it all, Hozsa's very responsive to his users and has made efforts to help others with their mods, make reference to them on his page, and is a genuine gem in the community.Submitted By: kestrelhawkGame: SkyrimMod Author: Mike Hancho aka BalokMod: Helgen RebornIn simple terms, this mod gives the player a quest to rebuild Helgen after Alduin destroys it. This isn't a simple mod, but a story that the player can fully immerse in, not only with well-fleshed characters but a gripping storyline that will draw the player in from start to finish. I love the ways Mike Hancho and his team blend every facet of the mod into Skyrim, even making sure it works with the vanilla beginning of the game, as well as many other mods. Also, despite being 'retired' from modding, he still maintains a presence on his mod page, helping everywhere and everyone he can if they have any problems with his mod. That he devotes that time is very telling as to his character, and how he truly feels about what he has made. He has now made Helgen Reborn available in SSE, and even more people, new to Skyrim due to the remaster, can play and enjoy this fantastic mod. Besides the great story, I've seen effects in this mod I've never seen in any other, and the play is neither over or underpowered (He does have a level recommendation to start). I will always have this mod in my load order, whether or not a particular character plays it or not. I am a role player of TES, Skyrim in particular, and also write some fan fiction set in the world of Skyrim. The first time I played through Helgen Reborn, it was so good that it figured heavily into the story of the character I played in it. I love this mod, and the many endorsements it has only shows how much others do as well. I cannot recommend it enough to other players, and I hope you and the Nexus Team can see this as well.Submitted By: zculGame: Skyrim Special EditionMod Author: sialiviMod: Blowing in the WindSkyrim is windy, you can hear that when playing, but you do not see it. Hanging signs and lanterns stand still in the windy Skyrim environment, villages and cities like in an image or a screenshot. "Blowing in the Wind" changes that. Signs and lanterns now swing in the wind – and that brings more immersion to the game.The author calls it a "subtle immersion mod", but actually s/he provides the user with 3 selectable levels of intensity the signs and lanterns react to the wind (light, medium and heavy) and a boatload of patches for a huge number of notable mods and plugins. The fomod installer (if using a mod manager like NMM) is easy to handle and automatically detects whether the user has installed any of the mods or plugins (over 50) the author made a patch for. A cracking immersion mod that I can highly recommend.


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Over eighty United States congressmen and women; Nobel Prize winners; Pulitzer Prize winners; Oscar winners; Tony award winners; not to mention countless key military figures and frontiersmen. These are just a handful of the achievements made by a multitude of Hispanic-Americans over the past two centuries. But it wasn't until 1968 that President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a week in September as National Hispanic Heritage Week, which later broadened into National Hispanic Heritage Month in 1988.
Every 15th of September through the 15th of October, Hispanic-Americans are recognized for their leadership and pivotal roles in shaping our society. From the days of our country's fight for freedom during the Revolutionary War to modern day mavericks who revolutionized the world of entertainment, Latinos have oftentimes been at the forefront of many breakthroughs:
- General Bernardo de Gálvez, who aided General George Washington during the Revolutionary War with a supply of arms, money, and other essentials.
- Post-Civil War, irrigation techniques, which were deemed necessary in America's Western territories, were learned from Mexicans.
- Since the Revolutionary War, Hispanics have carried a proud tradition of serving in each war theUnited States has participated in, with thirty-eight Hispanics being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor throughout that time.
- The archetype of the cowboy—or vaqueros—from the Old West derived from Hispanic culture.
- César Chávez founded the United Farm Workers Union, which gave harvest workers the means to negotiate labor contracts with growers of produce.
- Famous Latino sports figures include: Roberto Clemente (baseball) , Lee Trevino(golf), Esteban Bellan (first Hispanic major league baseball player), and Nancy Lopez (golf).
- In the world of entertainment, Cuban band leader and producer Desi Arnaz (I Love Lucy) pioneered the "three camera" technique for filming a TV sit-com that became the industry's standard.
- Rita Moreno, the first Hispanic (and second ever) to win an Oscar (West Side Story), a Grammy, a Tony, and an Emmy (for guest hosting The Muppet Show).
And the list goes on…. As clearly evident, Hispanic-Americans have not only helped lay the foundation for our country, but have played active architects in every facet of its design, both practically and recreationally. Through ingenuity, innovation, and an unyielding strive for independence, Hispanic-Americans have been the bellwethers and keystone figures in our past and present who will undoubtedly serve as beacons to our nation's future.


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Constant Dullaart, Jennifer_in_Paradise (2013). Restored digital image re-distributed online with stenographically encrypted message.
Dear Jennifer,
Sometime in 1987, you were sitting on a beach in Bora Bora, looking at To'opua island, enjoying a holiday with a very serious boyfriend. The serious boyfriend, John, took a photograph of you sitting on the beach, not wearing your bikini top. John later became your husband and father to your children Sarah, Lisa, Alex and Jane.
This photograph of a beautiful moment in your personal history has also become a part of my history, and that of many other people; it has even shaped our outlooks on the world at large. John's image of you became the first image to be publicly altered by the most influential image manipulation program ever.


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Hi Folks; welcome to another exciting wiki news digest.
Continuity Of Operations
The following members of the admin team have indicated that they will continue to visit and perform admin duties on this wiki; although for some it may be at a reduced level than their normal commitment. This isn't to say that other admins will or won't be around but if you do have any questions for these folks then it may be best to address them to one of the following:
Sadly none have indicated their intention to continue posting at this stage.
- Kastera1000 (talk · contribs)
- Jspoelstra (talk · contribs)
- Scarface11235 (talk · contribs) (chat/protect from vandalism)
- BillyOcean (talk · contribs)
If I've missed your name from the list please let me know (or alternatively if you have the access just add your name into the page yourself... I won't mind).
Since we've now been throughout the apparent apocolypse and you guys are in charge I guess that makes you our own real life Enclave...
Just a reminder for anyone wishing to step up to the mark; the minimum requirements for Moderator and Admin roles are listed Here. Not too sure how this is exactly going to work out with no active Bureaucrats (we might have to get some of Mom's Rat surprise as a bribe to entice them back for a while) but if you meet the requirements and want to step up just follow the instructions on that page.
Further conversations on continuing wiki operations continue In the Continuity of Operations thread.
Late breaking edit
- Kingclyde (talk · contribs) has put forward his nomination for Bureaucrat. Have your say on his poll page.
Name and Branding
The Poll for a temporary name change for the wiki to "Fallout Wiki" has concluded with no opposing votes. This change will now be considered by the (remaining) admin team.
A plebiscite for a more permanent change continues Here. I think we're still happy to accept new suggestions but theres over half a dozen possibilities suggested so far; your views on this are important so please do make your voice heard. At the moment I think we're planning a further vote to ratify the most popular choice as the official name; but your views on how to handle the name change are also welcome in this thread.
Once we've got a name I guess we can then look at a permanent icon; Favicon and general presentation of the Wiki itself.
Odds and Ends
Before bringing this digest to a close; I'm intending on doing more of these as news breaks if there are no major objections; this said the News pages on this wiki remain as they always have been - if you have news create a blog post with the news category added. However if you have a minor update or if you're feeling shy and don't want to post it yourself please feel free to drop a lead on my talk page or in the comments of a digest.
And lastly; In what I hope will remain a regular feature of my news posts... In a similar vein to the WOWO broadcast I'm bringing more relics of "the war that wasn't". For those of us who were either not born; or were too young to remember throughout a good chunk of the 20th century nations lived in fear that another would bring down nuclear fire on each other. The Good news is they didn't; and the better news is this fear inspired our favourite RPG series; however there were lots of plans afoot to (try) to deal with the situation if it occurred.
in the Event of Nuclear War seeming imminent the UK Government's civil defence strategy included a number of documents and TV spots that came under the brand "protect and Survive". Newspapers would be required to include a number of pamphlets and TV stations would be required to air these spots encouraging people to build temporary shelters and advising what to do afterwards. These documents have been lovingly posted online Here.
If you have a particular relic of "the war that wasn't" that you'd like to see included in a future digest; please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page (They're not newsworthy enough in their own right for their own post I'm afraid).
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Arrangement of the first movement in a string friendly key of the Stabat.
Pergolesi was born in Jesi, where he studied music under Francesco Santini there before going to Naples in 1725 where he studied under Gaetano Greco among others. He spent most of his brief life working in Neapolitan courts.
Pergolesi also wrote sacred music, including a Mass in F. It is his Stabat Mater (1736), however, for male soprano, male alto and orchestra, which is his best known sacred work. It was commissioned by the Confraternita dei Cavalier di San Luigi di Palazzo (the monks of the brotherhood of San Luigi di Palazzo) as a replacement for the rather old-fashioned one by Alessandro Scarlatti for identical forces which had been performed each Good Friday in Naples. Whilst classical in scope, the opening section of the setting demonstrates Pergolesi's mastery of the Italian baroque 'durezze e ligature' style, characterized by numerous suspensions over a faster, conjunct bassline. The work remained popular, becoming the most frequently printed work of the 18th century, and being arranged by a number of other composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach, who used it as the basis for his psalm Tilge, H�chster, meine S�nden, BWV 1083.
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Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling about 132,606 pounds of ground beef due to a possible E. coli contamination. According to a news realease from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the recalled meat from the Colorado-based company was from the chuck portion of the animal and possibly contained Escherichia coli 026 (a form of E. coli). Unfortunately, the product was distributed nationwide.
Why I Refuse to Freak Out Over Food Recalls
CNN reports that the meat, produced June 21 marked with USDA inspection mark "EST. 86R," is linked to an outbreak that sickened 18 people and that one of those people has died. The illnesses were all traced to Publix supermarkets; Publix issued a recall nearly three weeks ago, but the source of the meat was not known at the time. FSIS has since traced Cargill as the source, hence the more recent recall announcement. Cargill is the largest privately held corporation in the United States with an annual revenue of over $100 billion.
Those sickened by the meat reported feeling ill between July 5 and July 25. The release from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) indicates that people usually become ill three to four days after exposure to the product, and may develop symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting. Severe cases can result in hospitalization and even death.
The FSIS announcement urges customers who may have purchased the meat to check their freezers and to throw it away or return it to the place of purchase. A full list of the products subject to recall can be found here.
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Investing in Real Estate Rentals
Posted in Buying by Tara Sharp
Real estate investments are a large percentage of all home sales, accounting for 24 percent of real estate transactions in 2012, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. If you are looking to feather your retirement nest, rental properties can provide an additional source of monthly income.
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Appraisals are designed to protect buyers, sellers, and lending institutions. They provide a reliable, independent valuation of a tract of land and the structure on it, whether it's a house or a skyscraper. Below, you will find information about the appraisal process, what goes into them, their benefits and some tips on how to help make an appraisal go smoothly and efficiently.
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Studies continue to show that the amount of time a person spends commuting every day is a major factor when buying a home. In recent years, there has also been a significant trend towards mass transit and reducing one's "carbon footprint" by driving less. This is important for both buyers and sellers to keep in mind, as these factors can have a significant impact on the long-term value of a home.
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CAIRO (AP) — Wading into an increasingly volatile fray, Egypt's military on Sunday gave the nation's Islamist rulers and their opponents a week to reach an understanding before planned June 30 opposition protests aimed at forcing out the president, in a toughly worded warning that it will intervene to stop the nation from entering a "dark tunnel."
The powerful military also gave a thinly veiled warning to President Mohammed Morsi's hard-line backers that it will step in if the mostly secular and liberal protesters, who have vowed to be peaceful, are attacked during the planned demonstrations.
In a bid to project a business-as-usual image, Morsi's office said in a statement late Sunday that the president met with the army's chief, Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, to discuss the "domestic scene and the government's efforts to maintain the security of the nation and the safety of its citizens." There was no mention of el-Sissi's warning.
Seeking to assert Morsi's seniority over el-Sissi — the president is the supreme commander of the armed forces — the brief statement, alluding to June 30, said he ordered the quick completion of plans to protect the state's strategic and vital installations.
The opposition argues that Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood, despite having won a series of elections since the 2011 revolution that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, have squandered their legitimacy with heavy handed misrule. It contends that the Islamists have encroached on the independence of the judiciary, sought to monopolize power, and pushed through an Islamist-backed constitution, breaking promises to seek consensus.
Morsi's supporters say the opposition has shunned his offers of dialogue and now are turning to force to remove him because they have been unable to compete at the ballot box.
On Sunday, a court compounded Morsi's troubles by saying members of his Muslim Brotherhood conspired with Hamas, Hezbollah and local militants to storm a prison in 2011 and free 34 Brotherhood leaders, including Morsi. Also, the most iconic youth figure of the 2011 revolution, Wael Ghonim, called on Morsi to step down before June 30 to prevent bloodshed.
Both sides say they intend to be peaceful on June 30, but many fear the day could descend into violence. There are worries young protesters could attack offices of the Brotherhood and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice party. Some of Morsi's hard-line supporters have vowed to "smash" the protests or have declared protesters infidels who deserve to be killed.
"Those who will spray Morsi with water will be sprayed with blood," warned one cleric.
El-Sissi, weighed in with his first public comments on the planned protests while addressing officers at a seminar Sunday.
It was his most direct warning yet that the military — which ruled Egypt directly after Mubarak's fall until Morsi's June 30, 2012 inauguration — could step in.
He said the country's divisions had reached a point that they were a danger to the state itself.
"Those who think that we (the military) are oblivious to the dangers that threaten the Egyptian state are mistaken. We will not remain silent while the country slips into a conflict that will be hard to control," he said in his comments, made public on the military's Facebook page.
Ostensibly, el-Sissi addressed both sides. But his demand for "genuine reconciliation" seemed to be a nod toward the opposition's stance that Morsi's past gestures of "dialogue" have been empty and a signal to him that he must make compromises.
"It is the most powerful public and direct message from the military to the president," said analyst Abdullah el-Sinnawi, thought to be close to the military. "I see this as a warning of a coup if Morsi does not find a solution."
Another analyst, Gamal Abdel-Gawad of the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic studies, said the comments signaled a change in the military's position.
"We are in a different phase now. He (el-Sissi) is giving a deadline for a solution to the president to do what he can do or else they will be forced to intervene," he said.
El-Sissi appeared to lower the threshold for what warrants intervention by the military. In earlier pronouncements, he cited the collapse or near collapse of the state.
On Sunday, however, he said the military has a "patriotic and moral responsibility" to stop Egypt from "slipping into a dark tunnel of conflict or internal fighting." He said sectarian violence and the collapse of state institutions would also justify intervention.
He urged all parties to reach a "genuine reconciliation" to defuse the crisis before June 30.
"We have a week during which a great deal can be achieved. This is a call that is only motivated by love of the nation, its presence and future," he said.
In a thinly veiled warning to Morsi's hard-line backers, el-Sissi said: "It is not honorable that we remain silent in the face of the terrorizing and scaring of our Egyptian compatriots. There is more honor in death than watching a single Egyptian harmed while the army is still around."
El-Sissi also warned that the military will no longer tolerate any "insults" to the armed forces and its leaders, apparently a reference to a series of comments by figures from the Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, that were perceived by the military as derogatory.
After its post-Mubarak period of direct rule, the powerful military has largely stayed out of the political fray. Soon after his inauguration, Morsi pushed the military's top two generals into retirement, ending the de facto military rule of Egypt that dates back to a 1952 coup that toppled the monarchy.
Morsi appointed el-Sissi as military chief and defense minister, leading many to believe the general would be beholden to the president. But el-Sissi, through a series of subtle but telling hints, has shown a significant level of independence as well as displeasure over the policies of the Morsi administration.
Morsi's comrades in the Brotherhood have made it clear that they want the military to focus entirely on protecting the nation against outside threats, but el-Sissi has countered by making clear that maintaining the security and stability of the nation was part of the military's mandate.
Protest organizers say they will bring out crowds across the country, building on public anger over a host of problems in the country, from surging crime and rising prices to fuel shortages, power cuts and unemployment. The protests call for Morsi to step down and early elections to be held at the end of a short transitional period.
Sunday, another prominent figure from the anti-Mubarak uprising, Ghoneim, weighed in with a video posted on his Twitter account saying it was time for Morsi to go.
"I was hoping that I would thank (Morsi) for what he has done for Egypt a year after he took office. But regrettably, the conditions in Egypt now are very grave," Ghoneim said. "Please stop the strife we are approaching, for the sake of God and country, and resign before June 30."
The report issued by a court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia added to Morsi troubles. The court statement read by judge Khaled Mahgoub named two members of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood as among the conspirators along with Hamas and Hezbollah members in an attack on Wadi el-Natroun prison on Jan. 29, 2011.
The judge said his court would refer the evidence and testimonies it gathered to prosecutors so they can start their own investigation.
Morsi and the 33 Brotherhood leaders who were in jail in 2011 have maintained that they were freed by local residents. Hamas, the Palestinian chapter of the Brotherhood, has denied involvement in the attacks on prisons.
The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party said Sunday's court statement on the Wadi el-Natroun prison break was "void and illegal." It posted on its Twitter account that Mahgoub "will end like any other judge who did not respect the law or the constitution."
The prison breaks took place during the 18-day popular uprising that toppled Mubarak's regime. The breaks involved about 11 of Egypt's 41 prisons and led to a flood of some 23,000 criminals onto the streets, fueling a crime wave that continues to this day.
Associated Press reporter Maggie Michael and Tony G. Gabriel contributed to this report.


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Pop music icon Britney Spears will begin a two-year residency in Las Vegas in late December at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
Tickets will be available starting Friday.
More than 1,300 fans gathered in the desert outside Las Vegas on Tuesday for Spears' arrival by helicopter. Amid cheers and pyrotechnics, she took to a purpose-built stage to perform a song live on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America."
The "Britney: Piece of Me" show will premiere Dec. 27 atPlanet Hollywood Resort & Casino. More performances are scheduled for Dec. 28, 30 and 31, and in January and February.
The show's website says the resort's theater is being rebuilt. When completed, it will "house the world's largest indoor immersive projection theater and will create the most cutting-edge concert experience ever."
Tickets for the first 16 performances — those in December, January and February — will be available through the websitestarting at 10 a.m. Friday. They are priced from $59 to $179, plus taxes and fees.
The formal announcement was hardly a surprise in the entertainment industry. Media in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas have been buzzing with news of Spears' long-term engagement for months.
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