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Election funding, India-Pakistan jigsaw mash up
Army Chief Mirza Aslam Baig had advised the ISI in September 1990 that it should give logistic support to transfer of funds from the business community in Karachi to the IJI during the 1988 election, the report stated.
Durrani said in the affidavit that he opened several bank accounts in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Quetta, the daily reported. A man from Karachi called Younus Habib had deposited Rs140 million in one of the accounts in Karachi. Some of the amount had been transferred to the accounts in Quetta and Rawalpindi and the rest to a special fund, according to the report.
According to the affidavit, submitted before the apex court on July 24, 1994, former caretaker PM Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi received Rs 5 million, former Sindh Chief Minister Jam Sadiq Rs 5 million, former Prime minister Muhammad Khan Junejo Rs 2.5 million, Nawaz Sharif Rs 3.5 million, the Jamaat-e-Islami Rs 5 million, and Lt Gen Rafaqat Rs 5.6 million for managing the media campaign. There were many other names on the affidavit. (via Nawaz, others got money from ISI: Pak ex-CJ).
Power, pelf and wealth
Bribes to politicians are neither unique or a monopoly to Pakistan. Funding of power struggles is a part of polity – and is more a problem of the structuring election funding, rather than the moral fibre of politicians.
The Lodis from Afghanistan, petty horse traders, regained India from West Asian invaders. The Lodis could do this, by reducing the cost of raising an army. Being horse traders, they access to low cost horses, essential for a large cavalry-based armed forces of the time.
The Afghan Lodis ended the short 200 year stint in Delhi by the frequently defeated West-Asian invaders. Western historians have painted the Lodis as Islamic conquerors – without differentiating between Indian-Muslim rulers and West Asian Muslim rulers. Afghanistan was last ruled by the rulers of Punjab – Maharaja Ranjit Singh, till about 1830s.
This brings to mind two things.
Political funding in the West
All political systems must necessarily create a system for funding access to power. 'Modern' democracies have no systemic channel for funding. Those who follow the 'system' – are left behind by those who break it.
The Roosevelt family fortune was built on opium 'trade' with China. The Kennedy families fortune was built on initially bootlegging (smuggling alcohol) and Wall Street shenanigans (sold all his shares just before the Wall Street Crash) and Hollywood capers (Alexander Pantages affaire). In each case, he turned legal – and started a alcoholic-beverage distribution company (Somerset Importers), SEC Chairman, Ambassador to Britain.
He ensured his son, JFK, became the only and ever, Catholic President of the USA. Behind Robert Kennedy's appointment appointments as SEC head and Ambassador to Britain, was FDR – whose own family fortune was made by marrying rich and opium 'trade'. Takes one to know one.
The much whispered and well-known funding of political parties by the Reliance Group or the well-oiled PR machine of the Tatas in India are another example.
Funding of Elections
A simple expedient would be to set up a tax-payer funded corpus, for each Parliamentary, State Legislature and local Government constituency – which would get proportionately divided between the top 5-7 candidates, based on votes polled – subject to a 'clean' record.
Based on a 500 (central Government), 5000 (state legislature) and 50,000 (local Government) constituencies, and a corpus of Rs.5000 crores each for Central /State /Local Government politicians, to be distributed every five years, would immediately clean up Indian politics and bring in a whole new breed of politicians. The annual cost of such funding will be Rs.3000 crores at current cost – which is far lower than the estimated 'bribes' that Indian politicians presumably collect.
To believe that a nation can depend on a constant supply of Tilaks, Boses, Gandhis, Vinoba Bhaves, et al is niether real nor possible.
Can Pakistani business clean up Pakistan
The other thing is the use of Pakistani business interests to clean up Pakistan. Mahbub Al Haq made a famous 22 families in Pakistan speech – which detailed how some 22 families in Pakistan control the Pakistani economy. India can provide a huge market, opportunity and growth to Pakistani businesses.
Is there a coherent anti-terrorism strategy? Is Indian diplomacy engaged with this segment of Pakistan – to find ways to clean up Pakistan. Are Indian banks, consortium-members that fund Pakistani businesses – which are on a "White' list?
Or Indian diplomacy too busy engaging with the Unca Sam and the West?
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Tina von Kessel, Nate Griffin and Joey Gratton shared more than a ride on the way home from Daytona Beach last year after their tennis team was eliminated short of its goal.
In a moment of disappointment on a journey, they also shared a vision.
The discouragement of the loss in the USTA League Mixed 10.0 Sectionals quickly gave way to the task of creating a roster of players that would carry the Sarasota-Bradenton team to the national tournament this year.
"I remember driving back and the three of us planning who exactly we would put on the roster and how (2012) was supposed to be our year," explained von Kessel. "There was so much excitement. Unfortunately, we lost Joey a couple weeks later."
Shortly after that tennis weekend, Gratton drowned when the boat he was racing rolled on the final lap during the 31st World Championship Powerboat Races in Key West.
Just like that, a man who passionately played sports and uplifted teammates was gone.
But hardly forgotten.
The team that the three friends talked about on that car ride became a reality. And two weekends ago, that team reached the semifinals of the national tournament that had served as rallying point.
The team missed a chance to reach the final when it lost 12-10 in the third-set Super Tiebreaker to Southern California in the deciding match before bouncing back to win a playoff for third place.
Throughout the experience, thoughts of Gratton were never far away.
"He was the main reason we went out there to play," von Kessel said.
He was the reason team members walked around the tournament site in Tucson wearing T-shirts with the words "Team Joey" across the back.
In a perfect world, the team would have raised the championship banner, and then raised a toast to the player who had a way of lifting those around him.
But in the imperfect world we live in, third place would have to do.
"We wore those shirts as a tribute to Joey," said von Kessel. Shirts that were delivered by Priscilla, Joey Gratton's wife of 33 years, and his son, Brock.
The front of the shirts had the logo of the foundation started in Joey Gratton's memory, a legacy that creates an opportunity for children to participate in sports. The back of the shirts reminded the players of their mission over the weekend. Fittingly, Brock Gratton, one of Joey's twin sons, became a member of this year's team and played a part in the ride to the national tournament.
"It was special to see that joy and the smile on his face . . . to be a part of what his dad had done for so long," von Kessel said.
Joey Gratton and von Kessel had been part of the 9.0 team that won a national title in 2007. Gratton, who excelled in several sports, quickly set his sights on winning the 10.0 division. They put together a team that reached the national tournament in 2010, finishing fourth.
Rules required that team to break up, so Gratton and von Kessel began to piece together a new team.
There would be no Joey to anchor the team but the roster he had talked about came together.
It included von Kessel, the team captain, and Griffin, tennis director of River Strand Golf and Country Club in Bradenton. Joining von Kessel, Griffin and Brock Gratton were Susan Dean, Scott Schuhriemen, Cesar Morales, Sarka Vikova and Courtney Spafford.And yet the weekend turned out to be special.
Tickets are now on sale at the Sarasota Bath and Racquet Club for the Bryan Brothers Shootout tennis exhibition. Tickets had been on sale at www.premiertennistravel.com but now they are also available at the site of the event to be played Dec. 15. The Bryan brothers, Mike and Bob will play Max Myrnyi and Horia Tecau in a doubles match that will include four of the top doubles players in the world.
The Bryan brothers, who have won 12 Grand Slam tennis titles, are the all-time winningest doubles team in professional tennis. They are the reigning U.S. Open doubles team and won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London.
They will also join their father, Wayne, as part of a band that will play at a private party that night.
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'Team Joey' finishes third at nationals
Tina von Kessel, Nate Griffin and Joey Gratton shared more than a ride on the way home from Daytona Beach last year after their tennis team was eliminated short of its goal.

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WBL wrestling preseason talk
Posted 06 November 2014 - 10:52 AM
who will win the WBL
what freshman will come out and be a big factor
will someone other than Defience, Wapak, Bath, be in the top 3
Posted 09 November 2014 - 10:06 PM
Talked to a couple of wrestlers and they said they have had no off season workouts of any kind, no weightlifting nothing
Posted 10 November 2014 - 10:14 PM
Posted 14 November 2014 - 04:55 PM
First the numbers
Returning League champs = 8 Elida- Hunter (113), Bath - Wheeler (132), Shawnee - Kuhlman (145), Defiance - Bowers (152), St. Marys - Heitkamp (160), Shawnee - Hefner (170), Wapak - Hall (182), Defiance - Seibert (285)
*Lucas (106) is apparently at LCC.
Returning League Placers per team Defiance-9, Bath-8, Wapak-7, St. Marys-5, Shawnee-3, OG-2, Elida-1,Celina-1, Van Wert -1, Kenton -0
Help is on the way, I made the assumption that all the qualifiers were 8th graders
Junior High State Qualifiers: 8 Collin Mel (Bath), Brad Gessel (Elida), Daniel Beemer (OG), Riley Karhoff (OG), Justin Vorhees (Shawnee), Bailey Young (Shawnee), Timothy Grunden (Defi), Jarret Jimenez (Def)
Junior High State Placers: 3 Bailey Young (209 champ), Timothy Gruden (126 Champ), Daniel Beemer (6th 164)
Injured Last year but should be back to make an impact this year
Gabe Makin (Elida)
Tyler Copeland (Wapak)
Colin Hennon (Shawnee)
Jared Davis (Bath)
Fernando Chavez (Defiance)
Posted 15 November 2014 - 04:20 PM
I favor Defiance, Bath, and Wapak to remain at the top three. Defiance and Bath will have two of the more balance teams in the league more about them later.
Wapak has the three State qualifiers back Ambos, Hall, and Brown along State alternate Newman those are big points. They will get contributions from Duncan, Copeland, Robenalt, Hefner, and the younger Newman. However will that be enough to unseat Defiance?
Bath will throw a quality kid in about every weight from 106-285. I really like them as a team. They will be lead by Wheeler, Garrett, and Lhamon. Davis back into the mix will help solidify the middle weights. Rabley and Rudasil will help anchor the upperweights both have experience and a lot of upside. You add Stonehill, Cunningham, Kalb, I. Ingram, Vore, Gross, J. Neal and McConnell and they will be tough to beat. Look for another good dual with Defiance.
Last years performance by Defiance at the league was unexpected at least to me, I really thought the tournament was going to be much closer than the eventual 60+ victory margin. Defiance can be scary good. They lost league champs Zipfel and C. Chavez along with E. Troupe, but this years version dare I say can be even better. They will add K. Clellan, D. Barajas, F. Chavez, and T. Grunden to the lineup. I don't think they skip a beat.
I look for Defiance to win the league with Wapak and Bath in that order. I think balance wins in the end and Defiance's balanced team will be the difference. I like Defiance's depth over both Wapak and Bath.
With that said, its just one guys opinion. Good luck to all the wrestlers this year and I hope for a safe year for all.
Edited by reversehalf, 15 November 2014 - 04:49 PM.
Posted 16 November 2014 - 04:50 PM
Also, Cunningham from Bath is at LCC, which will impact Bath's ability to match up at all weight classes.
The assessment of Defiance, Wapak and Bath as the top 3 cannot be disputed, as there seems to be significant gap between the top 3 and the rest of the league. I am sure the other teams will compete to catch up, but it may take some time for those teams to develop the depth the top 3 seem to have.
Looking forward to the season starting; the WBL and the Lima area appear to have some excellent individuals this year.
Posted 18 November 2014 - 11:01 AM
Will Lhamon be able to stay at 220 like the last two years or does he make the move to heavy, or possible cut to 195 if Gross is too big to get to 95? Or is Rudasill at 195?
Stonehill has been working this off season but how big has he gotten ?? 160?
There are a lot of questions around bath.. especially with upper weights.. and the rumors of some seniors and juniors not coming out??? Is there any truth to that
Heffner not wrestling after placing?
Will H. Newman be able to stay at 170 or 182 or did he get to big ?
Hall is a big part of the football team that is still in the playoffs, how does that hinder his state run? Less time to cut!
Defiance looks almost unstoppable.. personal opinion, possible bias
Posted 24 November 2014 - 01:03 AM
Bandido- November 24, 1957- August 12th, 2011.....RIP, my good friend... things will never be the same here without you. :(
Gonemad -June 26th, 1962-May 13th, 2008
Posted 30 November 2014 - 09:19 AM
Wapak - don't count them out. Return a solid line-up that features SQ's w/Ambos, Hall, and Brown. Also have state alternate w/Newman, add a healthy Copeland and they feature a squad with a lot of upside.
Bath - the program is on the decline. Three coaches in four years and seniors Davis, Garrett, McConnell, and underclassman Stahl deciding not to wrestle leave huge holes to fill. One year and done coaches is not the answer.
Posted 01 December 2014 - 03:15 PM
With most teams having assessed, any surprises out there? Seems that Hefner is not participating at Shawnee, which is a mystery, but Shawnee was most likely not a threat as a team this year anyway, but that certainly diminishes their overall program.
As init4life stated, will be interesting to see the results at Bath this year with coaching changes as a norm.
Posted 05 December 2014 - 01:05 PM
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Posted 06 December 2014 - 10:33 AM
At this point I would favor Wapak's Colton Brown if he makes the jump to this weight class.
Here are your contenders in no particular order.
1. Smith (Kenton)
2. Lhamon (Bath)
3. Allison/Young (Shawnee)
4. Morris (Defiance)
Some may opt for the more congenial 195 class.
Posted 07 December 2014 - 01:36 PM
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Gartner Cuts Worldwide PC Sales ForecastBy Reuters - Print
Recessionary revision is starting to trickle in to the consumer PC market, but it's still expected to be higher than 2007.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25 (Reuters) - Market researcher Gartner Inc on Tuesday cut its forecast for worldwide personal-computer sales growth, citing the weakening economy, and cautioned that growth could fall into the single digits.
The industry is expected to ship 10.9 percent more computers this year than in 2007, Gartner said, down from an earlier forecast of 11.6 percent. In 2007, shipments grew 13.4 percent to 271.2 million units, U.S.-based Gartner estimated in January.
"The consensus among economists is we have a recession," Gartner research director George Shiffler said by phone. "It's not a question of whether there is (a recession), but how deep it's going to be and how long it's going to last."
In addition to a U.S. recession, the possibility of a sharp slowdown in China's economy following this year's Olympic games in Beijing and higher oil prices could hurt PC sales, Gartner said.
The world's top PC makers include Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Dell Inc (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research), Taiwan's Acer Inc (2353.TW: Quote, Profile, Research) and China's Lenovo Group Ltd (0992.HK: Quote, Profile, Research).
Shiffler said U.S. businesses may delay desktop PC replacements until next year as technology budgets tighten. Companies may decide to keep running older versions of Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Windows operating system before upgrading to Windows Vista, which in most cases requires a higher-performing PC to function fully, he said.
"If you have a bunch of stuff coming due for replacement this year, you could extend life cycles into next year and save yourself some out-of-pocket money," Shiffler said.
The last major desktop PC replacement cycle was from 2004 to 2005, Gartner said. It expects another, "albeit substantially more modest" replacement cycle, from late 2008 to early 2010.
Still, Gartner said the PC market "is fundamentally in good shape," with strong sales of laptop computers being spurred by falling prices and growing demand for computers in emerging markets. (Reporting by Philipp Gollner; Editing by Gary Hill)
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Ray Hunter's '34 Ford Coupe Is One Clean Pile Of Swap Meet Parts
Walking the aisles of a swap meet is something only a car guy can enjoy. There's no comparison to the delight of finding a great deal on the parts you need, and exchanging funds with a fellow rodder. The ultimate parting gift at a swap meet is a complete car, but be prepared to lay down some serious cash, especially if you're looking for Henry Ford steel. Ray Hunter did just that at a swap meet in Indianapolis with this 1934 Ford coupe. It was a deal he couldn't pass up, so the car traveled south to his home in McDonough, Georgia.
Ray knows his way around a street rod, and he performs most of the work in his own shop. He called upon the help of his good friend, Jerry Bishop, when it came time to start on the three-window, and the duo tore into the project at full speed. According to Ray, the car was in pieces when it arrived from its road trip, but all of the parts were in great shape compared to his prior street rod buildups. It was in such good condition, he chose not to modify the body, aside from filling the top. And that's it-the rest of the body is bone stock.
Though its body was left in its original configuration, Ray wanted dependability first and foremost, so the drivetrain received a huge update. Replacing the old Flathead is a 350ci small-block Chevy, which is backed by a TH350 automatic transmission-it's your basic street rod combination, but it's nicely detailed and keeps the coupe on the road with plenty of power. As for the suspension and chassis, the goal was to lower the car's stance and provide a more enjoyable driving experience, so Ray outfitted the Total Cost Involved Engineering chassis with four-bar setups in the front and rear. Up front, the polished bars mount to a Super Bell axle, while the rear bars attach to the Ford 9-inch rearend.
Disc brakes roll on all four corners, behind the Wheel Vintiques wires, which are 14 and 15 inches in diameter, and wear BFGoodrich Silvertown rubber. The body-color wheels give the coupe a simple and clean appearance-another detail Ray handled on his own. He not only laid down the paint on the wheels, but also applied the '99 Nissan Red to the body after getting the panels perfectly straight and smooth. His efforts don't go unnoticed, as the body and paint is flawless on his full-fendered coupe.
Inside, you'll find more quality work, but it's the only portion of the build handled by someone other than Ray. Hailing from Macon, Georgia, Art Shadburn performed the fine stitchwork and used tan leather to wrap all of the interior panels, as well as the Glide Engineering seat. A medley of Lokar, Vintage Air, and ididit components make up the interior details, while a Rockford Fosgate stereo system provides the tunes. Bishop is responsible for installing the Ron Francis wiring harness to power all these goodies.
After three years of work, Ray gave the coupe its finishing touches and called it complete. We asked him about his license plate, which reads "JEFFH 3", to which he replied, "This car is a rolling tribute to my son, Jeff, who is no longer with us." Ray and his son shared the street rodding hobby, and Ray said each car he builds will have a JEFFH tag in his son's remembrance. The finished product is certainly something to be proud of, but Ray is very humble, even though he performed most of the work at home. The '34 coupe is simple and it's sanitary, and we can safely say that Ray's swap meet score has turned into quite an awesome machine.
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Last year was one of celebrations: plenty of new babies and a wedding or two.
That, inevitably, meant many a shower.
Some involved sipping tea out of dainty china cups, others a glass of wine or two, perhaps a tipple of Champagne.
This year is gearing up to be slightly slower showerwise. No weddings on the calendar and only a few friends expecting to add to their families.
Which is too bad, because I've just discovered a lovely multi-purpose cocktail.
It's a drink with a tart citrus punch and a nice kick of vodka. An ice-cold glass, a sugared rim, a sprig of mint.
It's downright civilized.
So, it's no surprise then that Juice of a Few Flowers was apparently created in the 1920s by a couple said to give glamorous parties in the East Hamptons.
The original version used gin, but Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten, in her book Back to Basics (Clarkson Potter, $40), has updated the recipe to use vodka.
She notes, though, Gerald Murphy often mixed up the drink without alcohol, pouring it into martini glasses and serving them to the children.
And that makes it a great mocktail for mothers-to-be.
Shower guests and the guest of honour can all sip (relatively) the same thing.
With puckery grapefruit and tart lemon and lime juices, this drink could head toward sour territory, but it's mellowed by the addition of sweet orange juice, then tempered further with the sugared rim.
Shaken until ice cold (freeze the martini glasses in advance to keep it even further chilled), the drink is smooth and oh-so sippable.
So much so that I don't think I'll be waiting for a shower or other celebration to be pulling out this recipe again.
Juice of a Few Flowers
Ina Garten notes if your juicer doesn't strain the juice, use a sieve to remove the pulp, otherwise it will clog the holes of the cocktail shaker.
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) freshly squeezed orange juice (2 oranges)
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice (1 grapefruit)
- 1/4 cup (50 mL) freshly squeezed lemon juice (1 lemon)
- 1/4 cup (50 mL) freshly squeezed lime juice (2 limes)
- 1 cup (250 mL) vodka
- extra lemon juice
- granulated sugar
- fresh mint sprigs
Combine the orange juice, grapefruit juice, lemon juice, lime juice and vodka in a pitcher.
Dip the rims of 4 martini glasses first in a dish of lemon juice and then in a dish with sugar. Set aside to dry.
Pour the cocktail mix into the glasses, garnish with mint and serve.
This story first appeared in the Real Life section in the Calgary Herald. For more delicious recipes, visit CalgaryHerald.com/life.


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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that his company has reached an unprecedented milestone: one billion users.
In an exclusive interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, Zuckerberg said the 8-year-old company added 200 million new users in the last year and called having a billion users across the world "an amazing honor."
"To be able to come into work every day and build things that help a billion people stay connected with the people they care about every month, that's just unbelievable," Zuckerberg said in an interview airing Thursday morning on Today and on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams at 10pm/9c.
Despite the excitement of crossing the billion mark, Zuckerberg acknowledged the company's leadership and its staff have been in a "tough cycle" in the months since the company's initial public offering in May.
Valued at $100 billion when it went public, Facebook is now worth nearly half that. The social network has faced new scrutiny from its users and investors over how it plans to make money from those billion users, especially the ones who access Facebook through mobile devices.
"Things go in cycles. We're obviously in a tough cycle now and that doesn't help morale, but at the same time, you know, people here are focused on the things that they're building," said Zuckerberg of his staff. "I mean, you get to build things here that touch a billion people, which is just not something that you can say at almost anywhere else, so I think that's really the thing that motivates people."
The drop in the company's value has left many questioning if the 28-year-old tech visionary has the business know-how to be CEO.
"I take this responsibility that I have really seriously and I really think Facebook needs to be focused on building the best experiences for people around the world, right? And we have this philosophy that building the products and services and building the business go hand in hand," Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg said that he and his team are focusing on growing the number of people who use Facebook on mobile devices, such as smartphones, a move that he says will make money and respond to the changing needs of their users.
"There's five billion people in the world who have phones, so we should be able to serve many more people and grow the user base there," Zuckerberg said.
Of his strategy as CEO, Zuckerberg said that he has taken a few lessons from his late friend, Apple founder Steve Jobs.
"I mean, he was just so focused, right? I mean for him, the user experience was the main thing that mattered, the only thing that mattered and I think that there's a lot that every company can learn from that," he said. "We've had a lot of that philosophy too, which is we just want to stay maniacally focused on building the best product for those people and I think that's the path to building a great business and, you know, I think that's something that Steve understood more than most."
Zuckerberg is also friends with current Apple CEO Tim Cook who recently gave him a new iPhone 5 as a gift. Zuckerberg, who called the phone a "wonderful device," wouldn't say which mobile device he thinks is the best. More people use Facebook on Android than on the iPhone, Zuckerberg said.
"It's a pretty diverse ecosystem and we spend our time building for all these different things," he said.
DIGITAL LIFE: How big is Facebook? If Facebook was a country, it would have the third largest population.
Zuckerberg's army of builders work on the company's sprawling campus headquarters in Menlo, Park, Calif. The word "hack" is imprinted on one of the walkways; a homage to the spirit with which Zuckerberg founded the social network. In a building with a red sign saying, "The Hacker Company," casually clad programmers, engineers and designers toil for the CEO they call 'Mark.'
Zuckerberg, often wearing a uniform of jeans and a gray t-shirt, said he frequently leaves his glass office in the afternoons to roam the offices or walk outdoors to talk to his staff. Every Friday, Zuckerberg holds a weekly Q&A for team members to air their grievances and propose their ideas.
Zuckerberg said he tries to keep his personal life "simple." When his May wedding to Priscilla Chan was splashed across magazine covers, he said it felt "odd."
"It's surprising, but you know, it doesn't take away from these moments, right? I mean the wedding was an awesome thing," he said.
Zuckerberg met Chan when both were students at Harvard. He said they secretly planned their wedding to be around the time Chan finished medical school.
"I sent out this email to all our friends, telling them that I was having a surprise party for her from graduating from medical school," he said. "It was a really small wedding. We had it in our backyard. It was 80 or so people, but it was really nice."
Of his future, Zuckerberg said his company's mission has morphed into his life's mission.
"Our responsibility as a company is just to do the best that we can and build the best products for people," Zuckerberg said. "If we build the best products, then I think that we can continue leading in this space for a long time."
Editor's Note: Matt Lauer's exclusive interview with Mark Zuckerberg airs Thursday, Oct. 4 at 10pm/9c on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams.


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The Smithsonian Institute today has released its winners for its "Art of Video Games" webpoll, which will be exhibited in the Smithsonian American Art Museum next year.
The Winner of Era 4 (The Transition)'s DOS/Windows "Adventure" category is... Fallout! Beating out Baldur's Gate II and Grim Fandango.
Moving into Era 5 (Next Generation), the Windows Adventure category winner is... Fallout 3; Amazingly beating World Of Warcraft and Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic.
Congrats to the Developers, and to the other Category winners. More information, including other categories here (PDF).


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Climbing season is just getting under way at Japan's Mount Fuji. Every year hundreds of thousands of people make the trek to the summit—note the massive line of people in the lower-left corner. This photo, from panorama-photo.net, was uploaded by "Rio Akasaka," who snapped it from the summit this weekend after a rainy trek. What an amazing view! For English-language resources and information on climbing Mount Fuji, see Fujiyoshida City's official website.


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FireFox Popup Support ads appear in your browser, for example and in our case at Google chrome, but it might also happen in Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. This FireFox Popup Support ads are caused by a malicious browser extension for instance "Adware.BetterSurf". These malicious browser extensions use popups to promote ads through this website. The ads with FireFox Popup Support are simply used to send web traffic to partners in order to make revenue from these ads using affiliates through the superfish.com domain and other suspicious advertisement networks.
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Get moving. Regular exercise increases the flow of blood in the brain and contributes to other chemical changes that keep you more alert. Just 30 minutes to 60 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise most days of the week is enough to get your brain and body back into alignment.
Don't smoke.
Don't drink alcohol or don't drink more than a moderate amount.
Control chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes.
Get treatment for depression, if you have it.
For problems with hearing or vision, see your health care provider for help.
Read or play board games or do other activities that ask your brain to work and learn.
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Stress can also affect your ability to think clearly. Ways to manage stress include:
Tune in to music. Research shows that music calms the brain, inspires creativity, and helps you focus your thoughts so you're more productive.
Get a pet. Taking care of a pet helps you feel responsible, wanted, and needed. A dog that needs walking will also prompt you to get regular exercise.
Laugh a lot. Deep, hearty laughter boosts the immune system and makes endorphins. These are natural painkillers.
Slow down. It's important to have passion for whatever you do. But a balanced life allows the brain to maintain a healthy function. Stress reduction programs, or simple relaxation methods, are some examples of allowing the brain to rest and recharge.


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Probabilistic retirement income strategies—such as the so-called "4% rule"—are used by advisors more than any other type. In a typical example, a withdrawal rate is typically deemed "safe" if a series of Monte Carlo simulations suggests a 90-95% success rate over 30 years. Not surprisingly, understanding and utilizing such strategies requires some working understanding of probability.
Unfortunately, we are all prone to innumeracy, the inability to make sense of the numbers that run our lives. And while we're bad at math in general, we're really bad at probability. If a weather forecaster says that there is an 80% chance of rain and it remains sunny, instead of waiting to see if it rains 80% of the time over a statistically significant data set, we race to conclude—perhaps based upon that single instance— that the forecaster isn't any good. Therefore, retirees using probabilistic strategies must be carefully prepared to deal with an uncertain future.
Tom Stoppard's play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, presents Shakespeare's Hamlet from the point of view of two of the Bard's bit players, the doomed nobodies who become headliners for Stoppard. The play opens with our heroes marking time by flipping coins and getting heads each time. Guildenstern keeps flipping coins and Rosencrantz keeps pocketing them when they come up heads. Significantly, Guildenstern is less concerned with his losses than in puzzling out what the defiance of the odds says about chance and fate. "A weaker man might be moved to re-examine his faith, if in nothing else at least in the law of probability."
Guildenstern offers among other possible explanations for the streak one mathematicians and investors should favor —"a spectacular vindication of the principle that each individual coin spin individually is as likely to come down heads as tails and therefore should cause no surprise each individual time it does." In other words, past performance is not indicative of future results.
The probability that a fair coin, when flipped, will turn up heads is 50% (the probability of any two independent sequential events both happening is the product of the probability of both). Thus the odds of it turning up twice in a row are 25% (½ x ½), the odds of it turning up three times in a row are 12.5% (½ x ½ x ½) and so on. Accordingly, if we flip a coin 10 times, we would only expect to have a set of 10 end up with 10 heads in a row once every 1024 sets [(½)10 = 1/1024]. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern got heads more than 100 consecutive times. The chances of that happening are: (½)100 = 1/7.9 x 1031. We should thus expect it to happen once in 79 million million million million million (that's 79 with 30 zeros after it) sets.
If anything like that had happened to you (especially with money at stake), you'd be wise to suspect that the probabilities favor a loaded coin. But then again, while 100 straight heads is less probable than 99, which is less probable than 98, and so on, any exact order of tosses is as likely (actually, unlikely) as 100 heads in a row: (½)100. We notice 100 in a row because of the pattern. Other combinations look random to us and thus seem more normal. Looked at another way, if there will be one "winner" within a stadium of 100,000 people, each person has a 1 in 100,000 chance of winning. But we aren't surprised when someone does win, even though the individual winner is shocked.
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The point here is that the highly improbable happens all the time but is always unexpected. This math explains why we shouldn't be surprised when the market remains "irrational" far longer than seems possible. But we are. Randomness is difficult for us to deal with. Instead of dealing appropriately with probability, we look for patterns to convince ourselves that the numbers don't really say what they clearly do. In this regard, we are dumber than rats—literally.
In multiple studies (most prominently those by Edwards and Estes, as reported by Philip Tetlock in his book Expert Political Judgment), subjects were asked to predict which side of a "T-maze" held food for a rat. The maze was rigged such that the food was randomly placed (no pattern), but 60% of the time on one side and 40% on the other. The rat quickly "gets it" and waits at the "60% side" every time and is thus correct 60% of the time. Human observers keep looking for patterns and choose sides in rough proportion to recent results. As a consequence, the humans were right only 52% of the time—they (we!) are much dumber than rats. We routinely misinterpret probabilistic strategies that accept the inevitability of randomness and error.
If we are going to recommend and implement probabilistic retirement planning strategies, we need to prepare for client and advisor difficulty in dealing with such concepts.
When Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman was asked why probability is such a tough concept for us, he said that "to compute probabilities you need to keep several possibilities in your mind at once. It's difficult for most people. Typically, we have a single story with a theme. People have a sense of propensity, that the system is more likely to do one thing than the other, but it's quite different from the probabilities where you have to think of two possibilities and weigh their relative chances of happening."
We prefer to think linearly, manufacturing a storyline, in effect, with a beginning, middle and end. That's why we are so susceptible to the "narrative fallacy." We inherently prefer stories to data. Contingencies and (perhaps random) consequences don't correspond to the way we like to see the world. We are—pretty much all the time, largely on account of confirmation bias and the narrative fallacy—fitting what we see or assume we see into a preconceived story line. A client who is told only that a withdrawal method should work "90% of the time" will not be equipped for failure or even for plan deviation if and when things don't turn out as planned.
Dealing effectively with probabilities requires that we recognize the power of the random and contingent. No matter how good a story we have concocted with respect to what we expect to happen, no matter how careful our analysis, stuff happens that can and often does mess up, and mess with, our hopes, dreams and schemes.
In his 1974 CalTech commencement address, the great physicist Richard Feynman talked about the scientific method as the best means to achieve progress. Even so, notice what he emphasizes: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool." It is easy to fool ourselves, especially when we want to be fooled. We all really like to be right and have a vested interest in our supposed rightness. We also want things to turn out well and have an obvious interest in that happening.
Accordingly, we need to check our work constantly and prepare clients extremely carefully to deal with the random and the contingent, because we're very bad at dealing with mathematical concepts and even worse at dealing with probability.


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Today's challenge project is the result of yet another in-house, intra-DT swap here at Bugaboo Stamps. There's simply no other force on all of God's Green Earth that could induce me to waste ten minutes of my employer's time Googling crock pot dessert recipes. . .;)
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PS. No, I don't know if this recipe is any good because I've never made it, nor do I intend to. . .;)
The Challenge: Anything goes this week, so make a project and post a link to it on Bugaboo Stamps' challenge blog, Catch the Bug, by 01/14/2012 at 7:00 AM EST to be entered in a random drawing for three digi prize packs - seven, four, or two digital images!
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This set of two snake napkin rings would be the perfect addition to your golden luxe decor.Made from: Brass
Dimensions: 8cm x 5cm
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Charm your friends with our newest collection of serpent snake inspired quirky homewares and accessories.
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Graduate Sustainment Course (Limited to Dale Carnegie Graduates)
Have you ever been introduced to someone, and forgotten their name by the time you finished shaking hands? This online webinar will stop that habit in its tracks! Remembering names is the first step in strengthening your interpersonal skills and building long lasting business relationships.
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Identify four of the most common reasons we forget people's names, and learn memory development techniques to counteract them. Explore different tools for remembering names, including on social media. Discover how increasing your memory skills can be fun and inspire confidence. Not to mention, make other people feel special, too!
Mengapa Anda ingin mempelajarinya
Dale Carnegie said, "A person's name is to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language." Today more than ever, business professionals need a network of people to help them advance their career. Use the lessons from this course to show you are a leader who cares for each individual in that network—and start by remembering their names!
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Remembering names will set you apart as a caring and sincere leader. Not only will you be seen as professional, you'll establish rapport with individuals, building trust and respect – and a network! Take your career to the next level by building relationships one handshake—and one name—at a time.


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I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love
and I will be born again. I will love the sun for it warms
my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit.
I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will
love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome
happiness for it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for
it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due;
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Voters to Decide Runoffs, Bibb School Board Races | News
Voting continues until 7 p.m. for runoff races across Central Georgia and three school board races.
On the ballot in various counties: congressional races, county races and seats in the Georgia General Assembly.
Bibb County voters will also decide three board of education races, delayed for three weeks due to a lawsuit over district lines.
These are the school board races. All candidates are Democrats.
District 1, Michael McKeever,incumbent Ella Carter, Brenda Sutton
District 2, Angel Davis Hopper, Alan Patrick Taylor, Thelma Dillard.
District 3, Merritt Johnson, incumbent Susan Sipe.
These runoff races are on the Aug. 21 ballot in various counties
Voters in Crawford, Macon, Peach, Dooly and Taylor counties and most of Bibb County will decide a Republican primary in the 2nd congressional district between Rick Allen and John House. The winner will run against incumbent Sanford Bishop.
In Laurens, Wheeler, Telfair and Treutlen counties, people will vote on another Republican primary between Lee Anderson and a different candidate named Rick Allen. The winner challenges incumbent John Barrow.
In Senate District 26, Democrats David Lucas and incumbent Miriam Paris are in a runoff. The district includes Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson, Twiggs and parts of Jones, Bibb and Houston counties.
Other runoffs:
House District 139, Democrats, Thomas Coogle vs. Patty Bentley.
Baldwin County Commission, District 2, Democrats, incumbent Linda Fussell vs, Tommy Lee French.
Dooly County Court Clerk, Democrats, Willie Mae Chaney vs. Betty Colter.
Hancock County Court Clerk, Democrats, LeShauna Reid Jackson vs. Frances Hunt.
Washington County State Court Judge, nonpartisan, John Dana vs. Arthur Walker.
Crawford County Board of Education, District 3, incumbent Tim Johnson vs. Richard Jacobs.
Johnson County sheriff, Democrats, Rusty Oxford vs. Michael Morris.
Taylor County Commission, District 1, Democrats, Cicero Latimore vs. Theodore Goss.
Telfair County court magistrate, Democrats, incumbent Patsy Padgett vs. Bryan Selph.
Telfair County commission, District 3, Troy Giddens vs. Wilson Bowen.
Wheeler County Sheriff, Democrats, Maurice Johnson vs. Tyrone Gillis.
Wilkinson Tax Commissioner, Democrats, Vanessa Fountain vs. Charles Gasaway.
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Sharif University of Technology - Weekly Cosmology Seminar ( Sunday- 18 December 2016 - 28 Azar 1395)
دانشکده فیزیک دانشگاه صنعتی شریف
سمینار هفتگی گروه کیهان شناسی
Primordial Black Holes Formation
from Particle Production during Inflation
انسیه عرفانی (دانشگاه تحصیلات تکمیلی علوم پایه زنجان)
In this talk I will explain the possibility of primordial black holes (PBH) formation from particle production during inflation. We consider the scalar and the gauge quanta production in inflation models, where in the latter case, we focus in two sectors: inflaton coupled i) directly and ii) gravitationally to a U(1) gauge field. We do not assume any specific potential for the inflaton field. Hence, in the gauge production case, in a model independent way we show that the non-production of DM PBHs puts stronger upper bound on the particle production parameter. Our analysis show that this bound is more stringent than the bounds from the bispectrum and the tensor-to-scalar ratio derived by gauge production in these models. In the scenario where the inflaton field coupled to a scalar field, we put an upper bound on the amplitude of the generated scalar power spectrum by non-production of PBHs. As a by-product we also show that the required scalar power spectrum for PBHs formation is lower when the density perturbations are non-Gaussian in comparison to the Gaussian density perturbations.
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Anonymous asks,
Why do you want to implement another testing framework? Why do you not consider WebTest http://webtest.canoo.com ?The answer is that frameworks like WebTest, HttpUnit, HTMLUnit, etc. only test the client side. These are pure black-box frameworks for web apps.
With JSFUnit, you get both client side and server side testing in one test. Some call this grey-box testing.
Plus, the JSFUnit API is written specifically for ease of testing everything you would want to know about a JSF application.
For instance, with JSFUnit I can not only submit data on a form, I can also make sure that managed beans were properly updated (using EL expressions).
I can make sure that my component tree on the server side is correct using the actual server-side objects created by JSF. Checking the server-side component tree has three distinct advantages that you don't get with just checking the HTML:
- It's much easier as I can make simple JSF API calls instead of checking raw text or the contents of the client-side DOM.
- I don't have to rewrite my test when the HTML changes.
- I can validate components where rendered=false. In this case, the component is not rendered on the client side, but still has state on the server side.
I could go on and on about server side testing. There is a lot more to be validated such as database state, security state, and even memory usage.
If I want to do the client side (black box) testing, JSFUnit gives full access to the HttpUnit API and the client-side DOM. So that is covered as well. And again, I can even do both black box and white box testing in the same test if I want.
Lastly, JSFUnit includes static analysis tests that do validation of your configuration beyond what JSF itself provides. This lets you know about problems specific to JSF that you can catch long before they show up in some obscure use case at run-time.
Good question Anonymous. So long, and thanks for all the fish,


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