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Today's guest post is by Louis St. Hilaire, Content Manager on the Logos Bible Software electronic text development team.
We've discussed the Catena Aurea on the blog before, but before the special Pre-Pub price expires, I wanted to share how excited I am about its completion.
For those unfamiliar with it, the Catena Aurea is a commentary on the Gospels made up of quotations from Church Fathers and other commentators compiled by Thomas Aquinas. The English translation was edited by yet another great theological mind, John Henry Newman. An earlier post from Rosie Perera explains very well how great a resource this is, but I want to explain the benefits of the Logos edition in particular.
Aside from the basic advantages of a Logos edition—like higher accuracy in the capture of the text—there are a few specific things that we've done to make the Catena Aurea more usable than ever.
For one thing, print editions of the Catena Aurea have a very compact format, with patristic quotations strung together in long paragraphs and their sources only indicated by brief abbreviations and marginal notes.
In the Logos edition, we've added spacing to make the quotations easier to see. We've expanded, standardized (and, where necessary, disambiguated) the abbreviations for Church Fathers names to allow for easy identification of the source and consistent searching across the volumes. We've added pop-ups giving information from the front matter identifying who an author is and when he wrote, and we've moved marginal references into more precise locations in the body text.
Most of all, we've linked around 3,000 patristic references that are found in the Early Church Fathers, so that, in combination with that set (in either the Protestant or Catholic editions), you can instantly explore the broader context of many of the quotes. This makes it easy to use the Catena as a starting point for deeper study of the Church Fathers and, since the quotes in the Catena are often very brief and are occasionally condensed from longer passages, it can sometimes be particularly important for establishing the complete thought of the author.
With linking of Bible references, indexing by Bible verse, and integration as a commentary into your Passage Guide, this makes the Logos edition more powerful and easy to use than anything else available.
Even at full price of $139.99, the Logos edition of the Catena Aurea is a bargain, when you consider that you're getting a richer, more powerful resource than comparably priced print sets, but until November 30, you can get it at the special Pre-Pub price. Don't miss out!


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So, after further research, I've figured out some things.
Assuming that I am using a framrate-based timestep, and I want something to move, I would use the following:
position.x = velocity.x*DT (delta time).
position.y = velocity.y*DT I will need my speeds to be different based on shots chosen, so in that case, from what I have read, that would look something like this:
velocity.x = acceleration.x*DT
velocity.y = acceleration.y*DT
So now my question is, how do I calculate DT correctly? From the wy I understand it, DT is how much
time is left between when frames are completed, and you'd do something like:
current time minus previous time = DT
How exactly would I calculate this in BGT? If I'm supposed to get the system time in milliseconds, is there a way to do that? Then, how do I determine the amount of time since frame 1 finished and frame 2 commenced? Any help appreciated. Thanks.


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Veg out: Festival, bistro have it all
Still think tofu is tasteless? Well, it's almost time to learn how flavorful a meat-free diet can be at the 9th Annual Vegetarian Festival, scheduled for Saturday, September 24 at Lee Park. (I missed it last year, which is why I wanted to print this "save-the-date" reminder a week early.)
With 100 exhibitors and 8,000 expected visitors, this free health-fest is said to be the second largest of its kind in the country. Cooking demos, restaurant and natural food booths, health and nutrition consultations, activities for kids, live music, and a vegetarian singles table are just a few of the healthy highlights.
If you can't wait 'til the 24th, you can at least get your peas at the new French bistro, Petit Pois ("Little Pea"), which opened last weekend in the Downtown Mall's Central Place next to Zocalo. Despite its vegetable-centric name, Petit Pois is French, and thus the menu stars many non-vegetarian French classics.
Appetizers, which average $6, include a duck, chicken liver, and pork terrine, a charcuterie plate, steak tartare, escargots and moules (mussels) à la marinière. French onion soup and a cheese plate round out the starters. Under $20 entrées feature traditional recipes like coq au vin; a seared onglet (hanger steak) with frites, shallots and a red wine sauce; a braised and roasted rabbit; and the seafood soup from Provencale known worldwide as bouillabaisse (from boui abaisso or, "boil and press").
To refresh your memory, Petit Pois is the brainchild of business partners and chefs Brice Cunningham and Brian Helleberg, who work side-by-side at Fleurie, the elegant, romantic French restaurant located just a few blocks away on Third Street.
"With Petit Pois, we wanted to offer the same quality and basic taste of Fleurie, but with more affordable, blue collar French food," Cunningham said just hours before opening Friday, September 9.
Along with the price difference, Fleurie fans will also notice a stark difference in style. With its sleek black banquette, aluminum tables and chairs, metallic porcelain wall tiles, and windows lined with pots of wheat grass, Petis Pois is conservative Fleurie's sleek, modern little sister.
Both restaurants were built by Al Lundgren, who happens to adore France and French food. Lundgren and his team managed to completely transform the space formerly known as Baja Rapido (and, for a month or so, Fresco) in just about two months. Chef Brian Jones, who worked with Helleberg's brother in Telluride as well as at Keswick, is in charge of Petit Pois' brand new kitchen, which is cooking dinner only for the time being.
Aroma's Café #2 falls through
Last week Dish reported on the likelihood of Aroma's Café opening a much-anticipated, more central second location this fall in the Millmont Shops. But on Friday, September 9, Aroma's owner Hassan Kaisoum realized that a handshake and a key to the plaza's corner spot (formerly leased by Bonvivant gift shop) did not translate into a done deal.
"They told me everything from my restaurant concept to my business plan looked fantastic," an embittered Kaisoum says, "and then out of the blue they say they can't lease it to me." He already had an architect working on the design and was hoping to sign a lease last week when the deal fell through.
According to the property manager, David Cooke, Kaisoum misunderstood the situation or was overly optimistic.
"We had discussions with Aroma's as a potential tenant, but there was never any promise," Cooke explains, adding that they have a number of parties interested in the space. Apparently, it's common practice to give out keys and blueprints to interested business owners.
According to Kaisoum, the five-partner group that owns the plaza gave Aroma's the last-minute boot when Boston Beanery franchise owners expressed interest in leasing the Sloan's Restaurant space in the same plaza.
"They were afraid of my good reputation and of the competition," Kaisoum says. However, Cooke says no lease has been signed for either space, so he cannot comment on the claim.
Kaisoum's Moroccan-Mediterranean delights can still be enjoyed for lunch or catering at his original location on Natural Resources Drive, and as for Aroma's #2, we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed for another space.
Last year's varied veggie offerings
Petit Pois is up and running.


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Adobe has a long history of developing products for multiple platforms, be it desktop applications like our flagship Creative Suite applications or newer touch applications like Photoshop Touch. Most of our desktop apps have been built for both Windows and Mac and newer applications continue on this trend with support for iOS and Android including Tablet and Phone form factors for both.
Of course this would not have been possible without the careful efforts of the engineering team to largely maintain a single code base for all platforms.
While having a single code base has obvious benefits, in the UI layer it is often important to have platform specific variations for better usability. Each platform usually has a specific convention for referring to system menus, short cut keys and UI elements. For example on a windows platform a UI String could be – "Select a media file via the Browse button or enter a valid pathname." and the same string for the Mac Platform could be – "Select a media file via the Choose button or enter a valid pathname."
This means that translatable UI strings may have many variations in the source language depending upon which platform they are intended for. This is what our globalization group usually refers to as 'Platform Variance'. Localizable strings are essentially multivalued entities. Each localizable string has an identifier and multiple associated values each of which can be selected based on certain criteria. The most obvious and commonly used criteria is the UI locale of the application but it need not be the only one. Platform too can decide the value of a string.
Platform variance support is not just useful for handling terminology differences for referring to system UI elements, it also helps adapt strings for different screen sizes. Modern application are designed for supporting multiple device form factors like tablet and phone with the UI being tweaked for each platform for best user experience. Platform variance in this case can be used to support longer strings for the Tablet view and shorter strings for the Phone view.
Yet another area where platform variance support could potentially be useful is in having different localizable values for a Pro version versus a Consumer version of the application.
However, localizing strings with platform variant data is a problem. The problem is two fold, one is in managing the processes and project schedule to allow for agile localization and simultaneous release for all target platforms. The second aspect is technically supporting the platform variance in both programming libraries and translation tools. Many tools and libraries assume a single value for a source and a target string, but in case of platform variance not only can there be multiple source and target values for a string there need not be a one-to-one correspondence between source and target values. There may be multiple platform variants for a source string that map to the same translated/target value or a single source string may need to be translated differently based on platform for the target locale. For example:
- en_US: "Please close the dialog and start over."
- default fr_FR: "Fermez la zone de dialogue et recommencez."
- Windows fr_FR: "Fermez la boîte de dialogue et recommencez."
Since I am part of the globalization tools team here at Adobe, the remainder of this post I describe the problem more from a technical tools and libraries perspective, drawing from my experience. The process problem is also pretty complex and would probably take a much longer blog post to discuss. In fact there's a related one already on this blog, see – link.
Platform Variance Support in Libraries
Ideally the globalization libraries/APIs used in the code to manage externalized strings and the corresponding storage formats for the externalized data should have a notion of a platform variant value for each string. There should be a way to request a string value for a specific locale and platform along with a provision to fall back to a default value in case a platform specific value is not specified.
As an example, the Java ResourceBundle API supports selecting a bundle by 'Locale', there is no explicit mention of a 'Platform', but the 'Locale' itself is extensible to support variants. The variant mechanism in the 'Locale' can be used for supporting different platforms and there is also a fall back mechanism. At Adobe we have a custom developed cross platform library called ZString for managing externalized strings with explicit support for platform variance.
Platform Variance Support in Translation Tools
Most translation management systems (TMSs) have a one-to-one model of source strings with matching translated strings for each locale. This assumption is behind the architecture of the TM matching algorithms as well as the design of the translation workbench. A typical translation workbench usually offers a side by side view of source and target strings, but only supporting a single source string corresponding to a single translated value.
We are still searching for the ideal solution to this problem. For managing the TMs a possible workaround using existing systems is to have duplicate entries in the Translation Memory (TM) or a separate TM for each platform.
However, translators are still constrained by the view presented by their translation workbench. A possible solution to allow translation vendors to provide platform specific translations is to duplicate all the source strings for each possible target platform. The source value for the default platform can be used as the source value for all other platform unless the application UI already specifies a value for a specific platform in which case that is used. Now the translator can provide different translations for each platform if required. This workaround however seems to be a significant amount of additional work for the translators. Some optimization is possible by translating a single platform first and leveraging translations for all the other platforms.
In an ideal scenario the translation workbench would provide a side by side view of all platform variants for the source string and the target strings. With the ability for the translator to remove variants from the translated string where they are not required and propose variants for the translated string even if the source string does not have any. This would allow translators to work through the source content in a single pass, editing leveraged translations, providing new translations where required and proposing platform specific translated values as appropriate.
An approximation to this ideal view is an Excel sheet with each source string being represented in a row and having a separate column for each platform for both source and target strings. With blank values in a platform column signifying that the default translation is to be used for that platform and non-blank platform entries being used for the platform specific translations.
We are still experimenting to find the optimal solution for our needs, that offers flexibility to translators and yet leverages our investment in existing translation tools and processes. The goal is to be able to support faster agile release cycles with all platform releases happening simultaneously.
I think this is a good forum to ask our blog readers if they have faced similar problems and the solutions they have developed to deal with it.


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I intended to write a page dedicated to the operation of how the central locking system and electrics work, however never got the time to ensure accuracy because, basically, I don't know what I am doing with the wiring, I'm going to try and add information to this post when I get time.
Lots of thanks to Dougie (who resides on the ClubGTI forum) for the information regarding how the central locking vacuum pump works.
The following information must not be assumed to be fully accurate.
Wiring diagrams which may come in handy
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Deadlock operation
The central locking system is equipped with a deadlock system which blocks unlocking the doors from the locking knobs on the inside, it accomplishes this by a mechanical solenoid on the door locks which is activated from the integrated central locking vacuum pump/electronic control unit in the boot. When the control unit detects that a door has become unlocked it immediately invokes 2 actions.
1) Supplies 12+ to the deadlock solenoids on all 4 door locks
2) Activates the vacuum pump
Whilst the vacuum pump is operated the control unit monitors the lock state of all 4 door locks - the vacuum pump is switched off once all door locks are giving a locked signal. If this does not occur the vacuum pump will continue to run for a period of approximately 30 seconds, and then times out. The deadlock solenoids still remain active.
One may notice that on the first attempt at trying to unlock the doors from the inside, it is actually possible to pull the locking knob up before the vacuum pump is activated -- even so, the deadlock solenoid still prevents the door from being opened regardless of if the locking knob is pulled up.
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- 6 Beds
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Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionMountain Star
Listing Date09/12/19
Year Built2015
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Lot Size2.53 Acres (110,207 SqFt)
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It is very rare to find a home that is exceptional in every way but that is exactly what this home provides: astounding southerly views of the resorts of Beaver Creek and Bachelor Gulch along with the dramatic Sawatch mountains; rich and luxurious level of finishes; exquisite furnishings, family friendly floorplan, massive panels of glass and incredible outdoor living spaces. A special property in an exclusive gated community minutes from all the amenities of the beautiful Vail Valley.
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If you are a Tour owner with Sprint I have a special assignment for you
According to a source inside Sprint I talked with today, Sprint stores have been contacted by Blackberry regarding the Trackball issue on the Tour. According to my source if a customer does into the store with that issue, the Sprint employees are directed to call Blackberry and they will push a software patch to your phone to fix the issue. Anyone care to test this theory? I would love to know if this is correct or not.


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In the past when I've been caught in the sea of emotions, and the waves start rolling in, I've tried to out run them. I'd get caught, and picked up and tossed around, turning over and over, lost in the turbulence. Or I would try to jump over them, only to get a slap of emotion across the head, the force throwing me off balance.
This time I trying something different. I'm diving into those waves. Sometimes there are only moments to catch my breath before I have to dive again. And sometimes I get to lift my face to the sun, and it dries my tears before the next set of waves arrives.
Diving under those waves doesn't feel as chaotic as trying to outrun them or jump over them.


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The bitter end
The Yankees made all kinds of history in the American League Championship Series. Unfortunately for them, it was the type of history they didn't want to be making. For the first time since 1976, the Yankees were swept in a four-game postseason series, thus ending their run for what could have been their 28th World Series title.
The Detroit Tigers have clotheslined the Yanks to the canvas on their chase for 28.
There's always blame to go around when the postseason ends prematurely, but most of it lies on the lack of production at the plate. The Yankee offense went about as frozen as a cooler in Antarctica, batting .188 overall for the playoffs and a miserable .196 with runners in scoring position.
Any self-respecting manager or coach would say those numbers will just not get the job done in October, and obviously it didn't for the Yankees.
Up until CC Sabathia's rough Game 4 outing, the pitching was certainly a bright spot for the Bronx Bombers in the ALCS. As a matter of fact, every pitcher (save for Sabathia this evening) turned in a quality performance. Phil Hughes left Game 3 early, but David Phelps and the bullpen piggy-backed him, and the Tigers only scored two runs – the Yankee offense flaking and falling 2-1.
It's clear pitching wasn't the problem this postseason. The bats just died.
Now with the off-season on the horizon, the Yankee front office has a number of decisions to make. The hitters have around 4-5 months to think about what happened in 2012, but will some of them be back in pinstripes in 2013?
Let's start with the giant elephant in the room.
Alex Rodriguez
A-Rod was once again the center of October attention – and again, not in a good way.
After being benched in Game 5 of the ALDS for batting .125, Rodriguez only saw seven at-bats in the ALCS. He finished with an overall BA of .130 with no homers, no RBIs, and 12 strikeouts.
Aside from 2009, A-Rod has been a non-factor in the postseason.
What really caught everyone by surprise were his antics in the dugout during the ALCS, sending the ball boy to give two women (reportedly models) sitting in the stands a baseball with his phone number on it. His act garnered all kinds of media attention, and may have led to his benching in the ALCS. He only played in six of the Yanks' nine postseason games.
Then, out of nowhere, speculation and trade rumors came up about the Yankees possibly moving Rodriguez to the Miami Marlins. General Manager Brian Cashman quickly squashed the rumors as bunk, but later several sources claimed the possible deal wasn't as false as Cashman initially said it was.
During his postgame interview Rodriguez didn't indicate that he wants to leave New York – and he does have a no-trade clause in his contract, although according to sources he told his close friends he'd approve a deal to be traded, if it meant going to another big-market team.
"I will be back," he said after tonight's loss. "I have a lot to prove. I've never thought about going to another team. My focus is on staying here. Let's make that very, very clear."
If A-Rod opts to stay, it will be a tough road moving forward for the Yankees. Rodriguez has been plagued by injuries these last few seasons, his offensive numbers have steadily declined, and as evidenced by this October, he struggles in the postseason – to the point where they're paying him, a key player, to sit on the bench in important games.
The way I see it, if the Yankees can move A-Rod and receive decent, younger players in exchange for him, jump at the chance. Rodriguez is 37 and will be 38 next year – and he is under contract for another five years.
Bottom line: if you can get out of it, get out of it, Yanks.
Nick Swisher
Unlike Rodriguez, Nick Swisher is a free agent. He durably played in 148 games this season and hit 24 home runs, knocked in 93 runs, and batted a respectable .272 for the season.
Sadly for Swisher, once the postseason begins everyone forgets about those solid numbers.
Swisher absolutely tanked in the playoffs, batting .167 with no homers, just two RBIs, and 10 strikeouts. He came up short in several key spots in the ALDS and ALCS, and wasn't his normal self before Game 2; not even facing the crowd in right field while warming up. He also missed a ball in the lights in Game 1, which in turn helped lead to the Yankees' loss.
Yankee beat writer Bryan Hoch at one point tweeted, "The Yankee faithful have seen enough of Swisher, I'm afraid."
I'm afraid he may be correct.
Although Swisher did hint that he does in fact want to return to the Yankees, there's a good chance it might not happen. He will certainly find another team willing to take him on if he doesn't come back to the Bronx, because he offers such a strong, positive presence wherever he goes – and his success reflects that.
It's just unfortunate that in what could have been his last game at Yankee Stadium, the fan-favorite was booed and jeered off the field – an ungracious way to bow out, if it was indeed his last game in pinstripes.
Other Free Agents & Decisions
- Hiroki Kuroda. The righty from Japan signed a one-year deal during the off-season and won 16 games – and probably would have won more had he received better run support. If I'm Brian Cashman, I'd certainly try to return Kuroda. He earned it.
- Andy Pettitte. I'll be the first to admit, I was at first a little unhappy when Pettitte decided to come out of retirement (in my personal view, I feel he went back on his retirement, a la Roger Clemens and Brett Favre). However, when he was struck in the leg by that come-backer, and he was sidelined for the majority of the season, I felt bad for him, because I know he wanted to pay dividends for the Yankees, and he didn't exactly get the chance to. I could see him returning for 2013 but ultimately it'll be a decision he makes over the winter. If he does come back, I'd expect him to come back for a cheap price.
- Rafael Soriano. The man who filled in so nicely for Mariano Rivera this year can opt out of his contract and attempt to test the open market for more money. If so, the Yankees will have to decide whether or not to pursue him in free agency. But will they have to if…
- Mariano Rivera returns? Rivera is a free agent and reportedly made a decision about retirement following 2012, but after his season-ending knee injury in May he told the world he will be back. I can't imagine him being with another team other than the Yankees, especially if 2013 is his final year.
- Eric Chavez and Andruw Jones. The way I see it, the Yankees have to get younger. Chavez and Jones are both past their prime; their best playing days behind them. I covered a high school football game last week, and as it was, I happened to catch up with the school's baseball coach – also a Yankee fan. He raised a legitimate question: "Where's our versions of (Bryce) Harper, (Mike) Trout, and (Manny) Machado?" I answered him, "Playing for the Seattle Mariners," referencing Jesus Montero. The Yankees have to breed their younger guys better – and they can't do that clinging to the older guys.
- Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain. Both made their respective debuts in 2007, and both were touted to be the future aces of the Yankees. Six years later, neither has lived up to the hype; both with injury-ravaged careers and mediocre-to-subpar numbers. The Yankees are facing a tough decision with Hughes and Chamberlain. I could see them bringing one back and not the other, but right now I couldn't tell you which would stay and which would go.
- Raul Ibanez. About as clutch as clutch can be in the postseason, Ibanez is now a free agent. However, he's also 40 years old. If he does return, I can't see him coming back for a lot of money; he'd have to sign back for an inexpensive price. Looking at it objectively though, he may have earned himself another contract, simply by his late-inning October heroics. It's just another decision the Yanks will be faced with.
- Ichiro. Although he'll turn 39 on Monday – and this kind of goes against my plea to develop younger players – Ichiro this year proved he can still field, hit, and run just fine. If it were up to me, I'd try to get him back. It'll be interesting to see if the Yankees make him an offer to play next year, and if they do, what type of money they'll offer him. I'd imagine it'd only be a one-year deal. Anywhere between $7-9 million, perhaps?
- Derek Lowe. No I don't expect him back. He was a rental.
- Jayson Nix. He's a maybe. We'll have to wait and see.
There are also a number of free agents on the open market; potential players from other teams the Yankees can pursue. I'm anticipating a busy off-season, given the number of possible moves the Yankees can make. I'm also anxious to see what happens, considering Cashman and the front office are hoping to keep the payroll under $189 million.
As per the end of every season, I'd like to thank the loyal readers of Yankee Yapping! I know 2012 didn't end with a World Series Championship like we wanted, but it was still a fun year for baseball and the Yankees.
Be sure to keep up with YY during the off-season. I'm sure I'll have stories, and analysis and highlights of what's happening as the hot stove cooks. Also be sure to follow me on Twitter (@AJ_Martelli) and keep up with YY on Facebook (#ShamelessPlug)
Thanks again, everyone. And Go Yankees!


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Part four in our series. Scared yet?:
Nausea swept over her. Looking at the body copy rendered her incapacitated. She couldn't tell if the sentences belonged together in one cohesive paragraph or if text had gone missing. As her eyes leapt and jolted from one line to the next, she couldn't tell if the previous thought had led her to the present, or if the text had by some malevolence been sliced apart and rearranged. She looked away into the stormy night and glanced back at the page once more, before passing out. As she awoke all she could see were gaping holes between lines of now meaningless words killed by inattentive designs.
Uneven vertical rhythm occurs when your line height shifts, having inconsistent values from one line to the next. It most generally occurs from testing out different leading values and not deciding on just one. It can also happen by patching together text layers in Frankenstein fashion. The best solution to avoid this is for designers to adhere to a strict baseline grid.
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Not sure what happened here. I installed Cinnamon on my Ubuntu 12.10 environment yesterday, rebooted when finished and everything was working fine. I even used my WWAN modem after my fixed line broadband went down. However, after starting my machine this morning and seeing that my fixed line is still having problems (intermittently), I clicked the network applet and my WWAN device wasn't listed. It's not in the main network manager window either.
It is still present on the system, however:
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:18b0 Ricoh Co., Ltd Sony Vaio Integrated Webcam
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c6:9221 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 04e8:6865 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0409:005a NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 147e:1000 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 044e:3017 Alps Electric Co., Ltd BCM2046 Bluetooth Device
Debug output from modem-manager, refers to a device that is blacklisted:
modem-manager[10186]: [1355478137.024491] [mm-manager.c:866] device_added(): (tty/ttyUSB0): port's parent device is blacklisted modem-manager[10186]: [1355478137.024607] [mm-manager.c:875] device_added(): (tty/ttyS0): port's parent platform driver is not whitelisted modem-manager[10186]: [1355478137.024700] [mm-manager.c:875] device_added(): (tty/ttyS1): port's parent platform driver is not whitelisted ...
I couldn't see anything relevant in the debug output for network-manager, but I've created a paste for it just in case.
/lib/udev/rules.d/77-mm-qdl-device-blacklist.rules, I found the following line that matches the device IDs from the
lsusb output:
# Generic Gobi QDL device ATTRS{idVendor}=="05c6", ATTRS{idProduct}=="9221", ENV{ID_MM_DEVICE_IGNORE}="1"
I tried commenting out the second line and restarting network-manager/modem-manager but it didn't help. I've no idea where to go from here, does anyone else have any ideas?


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Chris Rock, in his funny and heartfelt tribute to Eddie Murphy during February's "Saturday Night Live" 40th anniversary special, credited his friend with inspiring a generation of comics – and saving the show.
If not for Murphy, Rock noted, "I'd be like the funny UPS driver in Queens – and Tina Fey would be the funniest English professor at Drexel University."
Murphy appeared touched, though his own short, unfocused remarks didn't come close to matching Rock's introduction. For once, Eddie Murphy wasn't funny.
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The backstory that perhaps explained the awkwardness later emerged: Murphy had balked at playing the embattled Bill Cosby in a sketch that night and was left with nothing to do other than accept Rock's plaudits.
It marked another chapter in Murphy's uneasy post-departure relationship with the show that launched his career. But more importantly, Rock's brief salute underscored that Murphy hasn't always gotten his proper due as one of the major comedy powerhouses of the last 35 years.
That changed, in part, last month when Murphy notched the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The ceremony, to be broadcast on PBS Monday, offers Rock and other fans a whole 90-minute show to celebrate the man who kept "SNL" alive and changed comedy.
It seems odd, in some respects, to give what amounts to a lifetime achievement award to someone still relatively young. But Murphy's packed huge accomplishments and laughs into his 54 years. He got an early start, beginning his standup career at age 15 and joining "SNL" four years later. As part of the first post-original cast lineup, he helped reinvent and reinvigorate the show with his caustic take on Gumby and his streetwise Mister Rogers takeoff, Mister Robinson.
Murphy's star quickly rose in Hollywood, where the "48 Hours" and "Beverly Hills Cop" franchises helped establish comedy as a major box office force. He extended the no-holds-barred standup approach of Richard Pryor with "Delirious" and "Raw." Still, Murphy also proved himself a family friendly performer by playing the title roles in remakes of "The Nutty Professor" and "Dr. Dolittle," before bringing his voice to the wisecracking Donkey in the "Shrek" animated hits.
The long career has included some bombs, which prompted a David Spade quip during "Weekend Update" that soured Murphy on "SNL" for two decades. "Look, children," Spade said, with a picture of Murphy behind him. "It's a falling star. Make a wish."
Murphy didn't return to the show until February's special. Fey was there and so was Will Ferrell – both great performers who inexplicably got the Twain Prize before Murphy.
While Murphy seemed to enjoy a Spike TV tribute three years ago, there's no love lost between him and the Hollywood establishment whose pockets he helped line. He's likely still smarting from not getting an Oscar for his stunning dramatic turn in 2006's "Dreamgirls" (not that the winner, Alan Arkin, didn't do a great job in "Little Miss Sunshine"). Murphy's bowing out of hosting the 2012 Academy Awards didn't endear him to entertainment moguls.
The Twain ceremony drew devotees from Murphy's crowd: comedians – among them former SNL stars Rock, Tracy Morgan and Kevin Nealon, along with Dave Chappelle, Trevor Noah and Murphy's "Coming to America" co-star Arsenio Hall.
Murphy reportedly was comfortable enough at the Kennedy Center to forgo any qualms about lampooning previous Twain Prize winner Cosby ("Bill has one of these. Did you all make Bill give his back?" he said before launching into a Cosby impersonation: "I would like to talk to some of the people who feel like I should give back some of my [expletive] trophies!").
Unlike his brief "SNL" anniversary show appearance, this marked vintage Murphy – back on the big stage, making jokes. Perhaps the tribute will inspire Murphy like he inspired others, and spur him to get back to the business of being one of the funniest people on the planet. In the meantime, check out a preview of the Twain Prize show, which celebrates Murphy's legacy on the medium that spawned his career.
Jere Hester is Director of News Products and Projects at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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The IT response to Heartbleed is almost as scary as the hole itself. Patching it, installing new certificates and then changing all passwords is fine as far as it goes, but a critical follow-up step is missing. We have to fundamentally rethink how the security of mission-critical software is handled.
Viewed properly, Heartbleed is a gift to IT: an urgent wake-up call to fundamental problems with how Internet security is addressed. If the call is heeded, we could see major improvements. If the flaw is just patched and then ignored, we're doomed. (I think we've all been doomed for years, but now I have more proof.)
Let's start with how Heartbleed happened. It was apparently created accidentally two years ago by German software developer Robin Seggelmann. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Seggelmann said, "I was working on improving OpenSSL and submitted numerous bug fixes and added new features. In one of the new features, unfortunately, I missed validating a variable containing a length."
After Seggelmann submitted the code, a reviewer "apparently also didn't notice the missing validation, so the error made its way from the development branch into the released version." Seggelmann said the error was "quite trivial," even though its effect wasn't. "It was a simple programming error in a new feature, which unfortunately occurred in a security-relevant area."
What Seggelmann did was fully understandable and forgivable. The massive planet-destroying problem is that our safety mechanisms for simple math errors are all but nonexistent. If our checks and balances are so fragile that a typo can obliterate all meaningful security, we have some fundamental things to fix. Let's not forget that when Robert Tappan Morris unleashed the Internet Worm back in 1988 -- the first major instance of the Internet crashing due to a worm -- it was also the result of a math error. He never intended to cause servers to crash, but crash they did.
David Schoenberger, CIO of security vendor Transcertain, argues that the real fundamental security flaw at play here is, bizarrely enough, an overabundance of trust exhibited by IT security folk. Personally, when I think of the best IT security specialists I've worked with over the years, having too much trust is not the first thought that comes to mind. But Schoenberger makes a good point.
"This is going to make people rethink what we're doing. There are so many things overlooked, taken for granted. In the IT world, we've relied on the trust factor for so long," he said. "Just look at these billion-dollar companies who are relying on peer-reviewed open source. We're not taking the time to prove it [is secure] ourselves. Because something mostly works and, as far as perception goes, it works well, it passes all our tests. It sucks the way testing is occurring right now with open source. But I won't even limit it to open source, as this could have happened to a commercial provider. Could have happened to anyone."
Fair and legitimate point, but is there a practical and better way? It's not akin to a company testing its own applications (although if we take mobile apps as a hint, we're not exactly getting an A+ there, either.
Microsoft has been legendary in its crowd-sourcing strategy: An initial software cut is released to millions, and they find the holes. This gave rise to my favorite Microsoft quip, many years old and unattributable at this point, unfortunately: "Here at Microsoft, quality is Job 1.1." The crazy thing is that it generally worked. How did Heartbleed spend two years in full circulation before any security researcher noticed this error?
Some are convinced that the hole must have been noticed by someone. The National Security Agency has been accused of knowing of this hole and exploiting it. The accusation led to the NSA issuing what may be the least credible denial in quite some time: "Reports that NSA or any other part of the government were aware of the so-called Heartbleed vulnerability before April 2014 are wrong," the statement from the U.S. Office of the director of National Intelligence said. "The Federal government was not aware of the recently identified vulnerability in OpenSSL until it was made public in a private sector cybersecurity report."
There are two parts of the full statement ( read it here) where credibility leaches out. First, between the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, the military and let's say 200 other government operations, it's ludicrous to declare that nobody knew about something. How do you know that one Army security specialist didn't know? Not every geeky hole that is discovered is necessarily included in a memo to senior management. Had they said "to the best of our knowledge" or "we can't confirm that anyone here knew about it," that would at least be plausible. It's like my teenager telling me that nobody in her high school uses drugs or drinks. It doesn't pass the laugh test because there is no way she could know such information definitively.
The second concern with the NSA statement is the very last line: "Unless there is a clear national security or law enforcement need, this process is biased toward responsibly disclosing such vulnerabilities." Nothing in the statement says that no such need was found in this case. This is akin to my daughter following up her no-drugs testimony by saying, "I will always tell you the absolute truth about such things, unless I conclude that it would cause problems for my friends, in which case I would lie."
I'm generally no fan of adding bureaucracy, but it might be time to create formal review procedures -- ideally, with multiple layers -- with people actively and openly looking for holes. Peer review is great, but for anything as mission-critical as Internet security, we are way past the time to proactively seek out such holes, rather than hoping we stumble upon them.
Evan Schuman has covered IT issues for a lot longer than he'll ever admit. The founding editor of retail technology site StorefrontBacktalk, he's been a columnist for CBSNews.com, RetailWeek and eWeek. Evan can be reached at email@example.com and he can be followed at twitter.com/eschuman. Look for his column every Tuesday.
Read more about security in Computerworld's Security Topic Center.
This story, "With Heartbleed, IT Leaders Are Missing the Point" was originally published by Computerworld.
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Do you remember the old episode of tv's ODD COUPLE when Felix explains to Oscar what happens when you assume? We all must know by now that when you assume you make an ass of u (you) and me!
1) Do not assume that because a person has the initials "CPA" after his name he is an expert when it comes to federal and state income taxes.
The CPA designation means that a person took a very difficult test at the beginning of his/her career, possibly many, many years ago, only a small part of which dealt with federal income tax. It is no guarantee that he/she is current on federal and state tax law.
Whenever I get a new client I ask to see the last three (3) years' tax returns, to make sure I do not miss any carry-forwards and to see if there are any errors that I could correct on an amended return. In my 37 years of preparing tax returns I have found more mistakes on 1040s prepared by CPAs than by any other class of preparer, including the taxpayer himself.
Many, many, many years ago (late 1970s) I was a "para-professional" in the Small Business Services Department of one of the then "Big Eight" accounting firms (Deloitte Haskins + Sells). While reviewing the prior year's federal and state tax returns of a client whose current returns I was preparing I found a very obvious error on the New York State tax return that caused the client to pay much more tax than necessary. Under the firm's policy, the return, which had been originally prepared by a CPA, was reviewed by his "manager" (also a CPA), and signed-off on by the head of the department (a CPA) and a member of the Tax Department (a CPA). Not one of these CPAs picked up the obvious error!
Needless to say I prepared an amended state return for the client. I have no doubt that the firm charged the client for my time to fix their error!
A student in one of the tax planning/preparation courses I taught at local adult schools, also many, many years ago, asked me what was the difference between a tax return prepared by a CPA and one prepared by me (I am obviously not a CPA). My answer was "at least $100.00″ (that number needs to be substantially adjusted for inflation!).
As I have posted a couple of times lately, I am sick and tired of the media, and the unwashed masses, assuming that only a CPA can prepare tax returns. This is a huge misconception – and it must be dispelled ASAP! I wish every article or report appearing in the next 4 months would replace the phrase, "check with your CPA" with "check with your tax preparer"!
FYI - the only initials that have any meaning when it comes to tax preparation are "EA" – Enrolled Agent (I am also not an "EA"). The name is misleading. An EA is not an agent of the Internal Revenue Service, but a private tax professional who is "enrolled" to act as a taxpayer's "agent" in proceedings with the IRS and in tax court. To become an Enrolled Agent one must pass a difficult test that is 100% federal tax law. In order to maintain their enrolled status, EAs must have a mandatory number of continuing education credits in taxation each year.
2) Also do not assume that H+R Block (or other "fast food" tax preparation chains such as Jackson Hewitt or Liberty) will charge a reduced, or even reasonable, fee for preparing your tax return.
When my mentor and I got a hold of the H+R Block fee schedule back in the late 1980s we were in complete shock. Henry and Richard ain't cheap! In my opinion they are very expensive, especially considering the value of the service provided. They charge gourmet restaurant prices for fast food service! Plus they will attempt to squeeze even more money out of you by trying to push you into a usurious "Refund Anticipation Loan" or to make your IRA contribution to a Block-sponsored high-fee, low-yield investment that is practically guaranteed to lose money.
It appears that H+R has to charge outrageous fees in order to pay the costs of the many legal settlements and court judgments they have been faced with over the years. A new settlement was announced just recently (see last Saturday's WHAT'S THE BUZZ post).
There are a multitude of reasons why you should not have your tax return prepared by representatives of Henry and Richard or other firms of their ilk. Their excessive fee is only one. Returns prepared by commercial chains, particularly H+R, are second to CPAs in terms of errors I have discovered on 1040s over the years. My mentor always said that he wished H+R Block would move next door to our office - we would make a fortune fixing their mistakes!
A couple of years ago the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted a study which resulted in a report to Congress titled "Paid Return Preparers: In a Limited Study, Chain Preparers Made Serious Errors". The GAO sent undercover agents with two different tax scenarios to a total of 19 offices of 5 "fast-food" commercial tax chains, including H+R Block, in a metropolitan area. In only 2 instances was the correct refund calculated, but all 19 returns contained errors. A similar undercover operation was conducted last February and March by the office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) with similar results.
To be perfectly fair, over the years I have come across CPAs who actually knew their "stuff" when it came to income taxes, and even some who charged somewhat reasonable fees. Several of my fellow tax bloggers have the initials CPA after their name, and, judging by their blogs, they certainly are very knowledgeable, quite savvy in fact, in federal income taxes. But in my experience these are the exception that proves the rule. And I am sure that there must be a couple of competent, professional and ethical H+R Block preparers out there somewhere – although you couldn't prove it by me.
While it may actually be possible that the best tax preparer, at the best price, for your particular situation is either a CPA or an H+R Block employee, this is only because of the education, experience, ability, temperament, and other factors that are specific to that individual preparer and nothing whatsoever to do with their designation or employer.
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Rooted in the traditions of three major European languages and in Canada's French language and culture, the Department of Language Studies bases its mission on the notion that language and culture are inseparable and that the study of other cultures offers new perspectives. By stressing cultural, linguistic, pedagogical, and critical skills, the department prepares students to succeed in further study and gives its graduates an important advantage as they pursue careers in an increasingly competitive global environment. The Department offers the following programs of study: Education Studies, French Language and Literature, French Linguistics, Italian Studies, Language Teaching and Learning, and Linguistics. These are the areas of emphasis that distinguish the Department of Language Studies. Their synergy places it among the nation's very best departments in the field.
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The Board of Directors (the "Board") of CSS Industries, Inc. ("CSS") has adopted the following Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (this "Code ") for directors of CSS. This Code is intended to focus the Board and each director on areas of ethical risk, provide guidance to directors to help them recognize and deal with ethical issues, provide mechanisms to report unethical conduct, and help foster a culture of honesty and accountability. Each director is expected to comply with the letter and spirit of this Code.
No code or policy can anticipate every situation that may arise. Accordingly, this Code is intended to serve as a source of guiding principles for directors. Directors are encouraged to bring questions about particular circumstances that may implicate one or more of the provisions of this Code to the attention of the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee, who may consult with legal counsel or other advisors as appropriate.
Directors who also serve as officers of CSS should read this Code in conjunction with the CSS Code of Ethics and Internal Disclosure Procedures.
1. Conflict of Interest.
A "conflict of interest" occurs when a director's private interest interferes in any way with the interests of CSS and its affiliates (jointly and severally "the Company"). Conflicts of interest also arise when a director, or a member of his or her immediate family may receive improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position as a director of CSS.
Directors must avoid conflicts of interest with the Company. Any situation that involves, or may reasonably be expected to involve, a conflict of interest with the Company must be disclosed immediately to the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
This Code does not attempt to describe all possible conflicts of interest which could develop. Some of the more common conflicts from which directors must refrain, however, are as follows:
- Relationship of Company with third-parties. Directors should not engage in any conduct or activity that is inconsistent with the Company's best interests or that disrupts or impairs the Company's relationship with any person or entity with which the Company has or which the director knows the Company proposes to enter into a business or contractual relationship.
- Compensation from non-Company sources. Directors may not accept compensation, in any form, for services performed for the Company from any source other than CSS.
- Gifts. Directors and members of their families may not offer, give or receive gifts from persons or entities who deal with the Company in those cases where any such gift is being made in order to influence the directors' actions as members of the Board, or where acceptance of the gifts could create the appearance of a conflict of interest.
2. Corporate Opportunities.
Directors owe a duty to the Company to advance its legitimate interests when the opportunity to do so arises. Directors are prohibited from: (a) taking for themselves personally opportunities that are discovered through the use of corporate property, information or the director's position; (b) using the Company's property, information, or position for personal gain; or (c) competing with the Company, directly or indirectly, for business opportunities, provided, however, if the Company's disinterested directors determine that the Company will not pursue an opportunity that relates to the Company's business, a director may do so.
3. Confidentiality.
Directors must not disclose confidential information provided to them by the Company or its customers, and any other confidential information about the Company of which they gain knowledge, from whatever source, in their capacity as director, except when disclosure is authorized or required by law or regulation. Confidential information includes, but is not limited to, all non-public information that might be of use to competitors, or harmful to the Company or its customers, if disclosed.
4. Proper Use of Company Assets.
Directors shall not use Company time, employees, supplies, equipment, tools, facilities or other assets for personal benefit other than for incidental use, without either prior authorization from the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee or as part of a compensation or expense reimbursement program available to all directors.
5. Fair Dealing.
Directors shall deal fairly and oversee fair dealing by employees and officers with the Company's directors, officers, employees, customers, suppliers and competitors. None should take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts or any other unfair dealing practices.
6. Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations
Directors shall comply, and oversee compliance by employees, officers and other directors, with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company, including those pertaining to insiderÂ-trading. Transactions in securities of CSS are governed by the CSS' "Personal Securities Transactions Guidelines".
7. Waivers of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
Any waiver of this Code may be made only by the Board or as a whole or by its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and must be promptly disclosed to the Company's stockholders.
8. Encouraging the Reporting of any Illegal or Unethical Behavior.
Directors should promote ethical behavior and foster an environment which:
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A failure by any Director to comply with the laws or regulations governing the Company's business, this Code or any other Company policy or requirement may result in disciplinary action, and, if warranted, legal proceedings.
Directors should communicate any suspected violation of this Code promptly to the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Violations will be investigated by the Board or by a person or persons designated by the Board and appropriate action will be taken in the event of any violation of this Code.


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Ms. Tamy Chapman began teaching in the field of ESL in 1996 and since that time has taught all levels and subjects of ESL and teacher-training classes. Her teaching experience also includes high-school and community college in the U.S. and several years as an EFL teacher/teacher trainer with the Peace Corps in China. Her master's degree in English is from Texas Tech University, and she has an ESL teaching certificate from UCI.


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December 2013
Across the globe, finding the right leaders at the right time is never easy. But India must meet this challenge against a backdrop of explosive growth, significant cultural change, rapid global expansion, and a sea change in demographics.
To articulate the challenges faced in India and the ways in which leaders are prepared to successfully navigate through them, this report presents survey data from senior leadership development and human capital professionals based in India (VP level and above) and a mixture of audience polling, quotes, and insights from attendees of the January 2013 Leadership Development Conference, held in Bangalore.


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Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Armani Manta Ray fall collection 2009
My luminous silk powder finally ran out and as this is a holy grail for me I had to get a replacement, naturally I had to order a few bits with it :)
I got the eyes to kill mascara, which I'll be reviewing separately as I like to wear a mascara for a few days before giving my thoughts (this costs a fun £21!). I also got the two Armanisilk lipsticks and the sheer blusher all from the Manta Ray fall collection. I did contemplate ordering one of the new Eyes to Kill palettes but at £49 each I thought that was a bit steep.
I really like the Armanisilk lipstick formula, its creamy, pigmented and lasts very well. These cost £19 each. Shade #93 is a cool toned mauve rose. Shade #92, is a cool toned vampy plum, I think it has a slight grey tone to it.
I also got sheer blush #12, this is a beautiful cool toned subtle pink with shimmer. I really love this shade, as I find a lot of pinks turn out warm on me or have different colour tones, whereas this is a true pink. I will say this applies sheer, great for me as I'm really pale so one application is enough but I do think this will work best on lighter skin tones.
Lipstick swatches L-R shade #93, #92
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92 is calling me - I saw this collection in Selfridges today and just had a look at the eyeshadow palettes - didn't realise they were £49 - blimey!ReplyDelete
Armani blushes are lovely, especially for pale skins - it's impossible to overcook these.
I love the look of that blusher. I'm lucky enough to have a counter near me but the service there is awful, so I buy very little from them, the only thing I've loved enough to purchase is the Micro-Fil Loose Powder.ReplyDelete
I love the Eyes To Kill Mascara, wasn't as keen on it when I first began using it, but now it's my current favourite. Looking forward to your review of it.ReplyDelete
Hi Grace,ReplyDelete
Yes even for me they seem a bit pricey, #92 would suit you I would think, nice shade for fall x
Hello Pinksparkle84
Yes I don't know why a lot of them give bad service, doesn't exactly encourage repeat purchases ! I am really loving the blusher I must say. Thanks for your comment
Hello Eva3,
I think I am going to like it quite a lot too, judging by how it performed today. I was very surprised by how heavy it is though ! Thanks for visiting my blog.
Thanks for swatching! It looks gorgeous, all of it!ReplyDelete
Hi peachgirl,ReplyDelete
I am really happy with it all, makes me remember why I got so into Armani in the first place. Thanks for your comment x


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Contrasting textures create a greater visual impact. That is on full display in the Bene. Present in the Bene is a favorite material of the conventional craftsman, with that being calf leather. It's easy to see the effect calf leather has on these shoes as the material provides that prominent shine that is uniquely its own.
Materials: Genuine Ostrich and Soft Calf
Style #: 2010
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"Perfect Gift for Women"
Anne Russell
Comments: I was ordering one of these for myself and decided my sisters and some friends would like them too. I ordered 7 ~ personalizing each one with the person's name and a little quote. Love them!
"The Perfect Gift for Women"
Comments: I needed a new purse mirror and found this one at Memorable Gifts and so I was ordering one for myself. Then I thought, I bet my sisters would love it; I bet (friends) would love it too! I ended up ordering 7 of them! I found some quotes about Friends and sisters and so personalized each one with the person's name and a little quote. They are fabulous! The perfect size and in a very nice heart-shaped leatherette pouch.


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Lyrics: Particle
Music: Particle
A Particle song played by Phil Lesh and Friends in 2008, with Steve Molitz on vocals.
Falling faster, rise to the sky
Cry, why didn't I see this coming?
And was I pushed or did I lose my grip
Slip, falling in [its own mistake]
And when I wake up from this dream
Scream, before I hit the ground
And would that be eternity
Or is this a second chance?
Ten, nine, eight, seventy, six, five, four, three, two, one
So this is it
The great beyond, the greatest step
No more second chances left to take
I could have used somebody on my side to ease the pain
I could have used just another day to find my way
But as I fell, I was blind to see
You wrote the nouns right in front of me
So now I'm all alone
Lost in the great unknown
I should have changed my tune
Now the [songs soothe]
There's nothing I can do


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Pests and diseases cause serious yield losses to cocoa production worldwide. Although there are non-chemical ways to manage them, the use of agro-chemicals is currently unavoidable. Meanwhile, cocoa consuming countries have expressed their concerns regarding the health risks associated with the use of agro-chemicals in cocoa production. As a result, some cocoa importing countries have enacted legislative and regulatory measures on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) standards that have to be met by imported cocoa. The food safety concerns that affect cocoa relate to pesticides residues and other harmful substances such as Ochratoxin "A" (OTA), Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH), Free Fatty Acids (FFA) and heavy metals such as lead and cadmium.
The pesticide residue regulations published by the European Union (EU), the USA and Japan, if not properly adhered to, could affect cocoa trade and consequently deprive cocoa smallholder farmers and their governments of much needed revenues required for poverty alleviation programmes.
Consequently, it is crucial to assist cocoa producing countries to strengthen their expertise and capacity to implement international SPS standards, thus improving their ability to gain or maintain market access for their cocoa beans. This approach includes the enhancement of the capacity of cocoa farmers and other stakeholders in the cocoa supply chain to adopt Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Warehousing Practices (GWP).
A study conducted in cocoa producing countries in Africa by the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), funded by the the Standards and Trade Development Facility of the World Trade Organization (STDF/WTO) to establish the capacity of these countries to comply with international Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) standards, revealed three main issues that need to be addressed to strengthen SPS capacity in cocoa producing countries in Africa. These are:
The project on SPS Capacity Building in Africa to Mitigate the Harmful Effects of Pesticide Residues in Cocoa and to Maintain Market Access formulated by the ICCO Secretariat and partly funded by the STDF/WTO and EDES/COLEACP is designed to improve the capacity of cocoa producing countries in Africa to produce cocoa that complies with relevant international regulations and legislation on pesticide residues and other harmful substances.


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Beat the Streak Report: Thursday, Sept. 25
Picks of the day
- 10-for-17 (.588) vs. PIT LHP Zach Duke
- .513 AVG in last 8 G
- 4-for-7 (.571) vs. CIN RHP Johnny Cueto
- .396 AVG vs. CIN in '08
Yesterday's picks, results
- Ichiro Suzuki (SEA), 0-for-5
- Hanley Ramirez (FLA), 3-for-5
Top 5 current leaders (yesterday's picks)
1. ali2win2 (Milton Bradley), 25 games
1. dalegerman (David Ortiz), 25 games
3. alperins (Placido Polanco), 22 games
3. ChaChalex (Dustin Pedroia), 22 games
5. tlerche (Dustin Pedroia), 20 games
BTS season leader: Robert Paradise, 48
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
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I just saw this link:
in the "Yesterday's News" section of the 9-19 entry and I am shocked that I had never seen it before. It should be more prominently linked on this website or at least the HR contest should get its own blog, because I had been operating without any professional HR guidance all season, since I never saw that link!
Also, I would recommend engineering a HR and Survivor blog for next year, with more robust leaderboard options like Beat the Streak currently has.
Finally, why have there been no "Yesterday's results" writeups since this past Monday?
Another quick question: Are there any plans to return to the actual Survivor format from 2006 back, because the current format is not very emblematic of its title.


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Well, I decided to try to learn the squat the way Rip teaches. I think I'm probably close to genetically maxing out my oly squat. When I had hip problems with the low bar squat in the past, I was using a Westside (i.e. exagerrated wide stance, sit way back) style. Moreover, I've been burned out as hell recently and need a change of pace. I'm tired of squatting 3x/week, and the last few months I've just found myself generally unmotivated. So, I took a couple of light weeks recently and resumed some real training this week. For now, I'm planning to squat either once per week or three times every two weeks. I started light on the squats on Tuesday. They felt very easy but looking down was awkward. That said, I could really feel my hamstrings working better than I've ever felt before during a squat. They are sore as hell today. I have confidence I'll ultimately squat more this way, my posterior chain will be stronger, and I can avoid the hip problems that have plagued me in the past. Thus far this week:
Tues 1/31
Squat 315 3x5 (nice and easy. Just going to add 10 lbs per workout for a while and give my body a while to recover from the last year of feeling chronically overtrained.)
Front squat - did doubles starting at 135, adding 20 lbs per set, and topping out at 265 (again, very, very easy)
Hypers 3x15
Ab pulldowns 3x10
Thurs 2/2
Bench 295 4x3 (Good day on this. Felt great today)
Db Row 120 2x16, supersetted w/ bench 225 2x5


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How can leaders create and transition to low carbon cities that benefit us all?
This key question was addressed in Shanghai two weeks ago, where The Climate Group co-sponsored the 'Partnership for Urban Innovation' conference with technology company Cisco and Metropolis – a network of over 100 cities.
In our SMART 2020 report, we identified that 7.8 Gt of CO2e (or 15% of global emissions) could be saved through the implementation of 'smart' grid, transportation, industrial and building solutions. A saving valued at EUR 600 billion in energy costs. Companies and governments can unlock this opportunity through the 'SMART' framework: Standards, Monitoring, Accountability, Rethinking and Transformation add up to efficient and thriving places to live.
What this means in reality is that people will be able to plug in electric vehicles without disrupting the power supply, and manage their energy consumption better with more sophisticated in-home metering. Traffic will flow better through car sharing or congestion charging, and tenants will be able to optimize their buildings' response to their behavior to get the best energy savings while keeping everyone comfortable.
These kinds of services show promise. Logically, we can't manage what we can't measure. And as pressure for us all to manage and reduce our energy consumption increases, so does the market for products and services that help us to do this.
According an Intelligence Unit report sponsored by Siemens for the World City Symposium this week, 74% of citizens say that they feel that better access to energy information will change their energy and water consumption levels. This can be as important for governments as it is for households. As a recent report from KPMG shows, technology helps city leaders gain insight into their carbon footprint, define objectives and monitor their progress toward environmental outcomes. Existing cities will use technology to manage their systems more efficiently, and new cities have the opportunity to build 'smart' infrastructure right at the beginning.
But leadership is needed. As the Economist Intelligence study shows, both policy and business respondents agree that environmental initiatives must be driven by government, though business is ready to innovate and play its part.
Examples of simple and effective public-private partnerships were on display at the conference (see the full agenda and speakers), where we heard from economists, planners, city governments, academics and companies about sustainable city challenges and opportunities. Alongside Cisco's Connected Urban Development (CUD) projects, we heard about a new smart city being built from scratch Songdo, Korea; Chengdu's smart management of livestock; Jinji Lake in Suzhou; Tianjin Hai River development; and Pecan Street's community energy delivery system in Austin, Texas. The Climate Group's session focused on overcoming challenges to smart cities, and you can hear the follow-up webinar with speakers from Cisco and Arup.
What next for smart cities? At the conference, we announced that The Climate Group will be extending the work that Cisco has begun under their CUD R&D initiative which has delivered 12 projects in 7 cities in the last few years. We will build on our existing work with cities under the HSBC Climate Partnership by developing 10 new demonstration projects in the next 3 years. Through The Climate Group's SMART 2020 programme we look forward to working with government and business partners to show how technologies – or 'smart' solutions – are integral to sustainable cities, and what needs to be done to roll them out and scale-up the benefits.
For case studies of smart solutions in cities, go to www.smart2020.org/cities.


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A couple of comeback kids kept the Giants' season alive.
Terrell Thomas returned an interception 65 yards to set up a go-ahead 1-yard touchdown run by fellow comebacker Andre Brown, and New York won its third straight game, 24-20 Sunday over Oakland.
The error-prone Giants (3-6) handed the Raiders (3-6) their first 17 points on first-half turnovers. But they got 115 yards rushing by Brown in his first game this season, and another big defensive game to keep their season alive.
Despite throwing another pick-6, Eli Manning threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Rueben Randle, and Cooper Taylor scored on a 21-yard return with a blocked punt. Josh Brown added a field goal.
Terrelle Pryor scored on 1-yard run and Tracy Porter on a 43-yard interception return for Oakland. Sebastian Janikowski kicked two field goals.
Coming off an embarrassing 49-20 loss to Philadelphia, this was a game the Raiders probably should have won despite only 213 yards in total offense. Porter's interception return put them ahead 17-14 at the half and Janikowski's 24-yard field goal that capped an eight-minute stretched the lead to 20-14.
It should have been more. Oakland had a first-and-goal at the New York 1 on the 14-play drive. But they wound up with a field goal.
Then Oakland got the ball back at the New York 48 following a 27-yard punt by Steve Weatherford into a stiff breeze. And Thomas, who missed the last two seasons with ACL injuries, made the biggest play of the game. He stepped in front of Denarius Moore and ran toward the gaping end zone, avoiding a tackle by Pryor inside the 20 before being tackled by Andre Holmes.
The ball came loose, and officials said Thomas was down.
Andre Brown, who broke his left leg for the second time in less than a year in the preseason finale, gave the Giants the lead from the 1-yard line following a pass interference call.
Josh Brown added a 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter and New York iced the game when Mathias Kiwanuka had a sack-forced fumble on Oakland's final possession.
Despite being limited to 99 yards in the first half, the Raiders led 17-14.
Pryor scored from 1 yard on the second play from scrimmage. Taiwan Jones forced Jerrel Jernigan to cough up the ball on the opening kickoff return, and Holmes returned the ball 22 yards to the Giants 5.
New York, which had given up special teams touchdowns in the two previous games before a bye week, got one back. Damontre Moore blocked Marquette King's punt and Taylor scooped up the ball at the Raiders 21 and scored.
Oakland took a 10-7 lead on a 33-yard field goal by Janikowski. A fumble by running back Peyton Hillis on a short pass set up the score.
Manning finally got the Giants going in the second quarter, leading an 11-play drive he capped with a 5-yard pass to Rueben Randle.
New York was looking to build off that 14-10 lead just before the half when Manning and Randle connected on a 25-yard pass. But Manning, who had not thrown an interception in the Giants' two wins, reverted back to his old form. Under a little pressure, he underthrew Victor Cruz and a wide-open Porter picked off the ball and was not touched on a 43-yard jaunt to the end zone.
Terrell Thomas' Pick, Andre Brown TD Lift Giants Over Raiders in 24-20 Win
The New York Giants won their third straight game
A couple of comeback kids kept the Giants' season alive.


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Information Storage and Retrieval: From MEDLARS to Twitter
Using the MeSH browser, you can enter search terms or surf to a page that enables you to browse the tree structure. If you enter the term "Heart", you'll find an extensive list of related subjects. If, for example, you click on "Heart Failure" (C14.280.434), you'll find a page that shows a number of entry terms related to heart failure, including cardiac failure, congestive heart failure, left-sided heart failure, myocardial failure, and so on. If you examine node C14.280.434, you'll see sub-nodes such as edema, cardiac (C14.280.434.482), Heart Failure, Diastolic (C14.280.434.611), Heart Failure, Diastolic (C14.280.434.676) and more. A term such as "heart failure" can carry a unique term identifier, a concept identifier, a semantic type, a preferred term, a preferred concept, alternative term, alternative concept, lexical tag, and ID of the appropriate NLM thesaurus.
Keep in mind this is not how you execute the actual queries of decades of bibliographic citations. It's how you navigate the subject headings of the vocabulary used to interrogate PubMed, the database of medical literature at NLM.
Twitter arrived on the information storage and retrieval scene five decades after the original MEDLARS went online. The cost of computing at inception had a lot to do with the size of the audience that each could serve. The MEDLARS database originally served a closed community of healthcare professionals, before inexpensive computers and low-cost bandwidth permitted it to serve a web audience. Twitter's charter is to build as large a user community as possible, sustaining as much timely content as possible in the process.
Twitter supports a REST API, exposing GET and POST methods for working with data about tweets, timelines, searches, direct messages, friends, and followers. It also has APIs for processing data about users, suggested users, favorites, lists, accounts, saved searches, trends, locations, help, authentication, and spam reporting.
Tweets are essentially a bucket into which we can pour free-form text and entities such as lists, hash tags, URLs, and media. Twitter users often find there is value to classifying the content of their tweets by including one or more hash tags that are searchable entities. Media entities include attributes such as
id, media_url, indices, sizes and
Twitter does not currently create a historical archive of tweets for searching by the user community. Creating an archive today would require writing an app that uses the Streaming API to get tweets in real-time and store them. The Twitter Search API provides a search of the real-time index of tweets. It's a vehicle for searches of tweets during the past 6-9 days. Search supports a
since_id attribute for specifying a start date for searches.
The MEDLARS example illustrates an information storage and retrieval system designed to archive information for decades of searching. Twitter is an example of a system intended to handle a huge daily volume of information, with scalability, polyglot persistence, and restricted search and archiving capabilities. For tweets, analytics, and other data, Twitter uses multiple data storage and retrieval solutions, including Cassandra, Hadoop, Hive, Pig, Vertica, and MySQL. As of December 2011, Twitter was storing 250 million tweets per day with a data store built using MySQL. It's an example of an information storage and retrieval system that's responsive to an enormous user community because it scales out to handle Big Data volumes. Hash tags simplify searching, but the data available to users is of a variety that has a short shelf life.


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Grains finished lower for the second day in a row on more profit taking and sharply lower crude oil. May corn finished 16 cents lower at $6.47 ½, May soybeans down 21 ½ cents at $13.45, and May wheat down 9 ¾ cents at $6.42 ½.
Yesterday it was wheat leading the way lower, today it was soybeans. Crude oil was also down over $2.50 per barrel today after the Libyan government announced that they would be increasing crude production in April. China also lowered their expected automobile sales growth based on higher fuel costs and a slowing economy.
We know that the "managed money" has dramatically increased their net long positions since the beginning of January, especially in the soybean complex. With only 10 days left before one of the most important reports of the year, this latest move lower may be a sign of profit taking. Generally analysts seem to agree that we can see more corn and bean acres on this report. The bullish mentality seems more related to old crop stocks as well as the potential for more demand out of China. Currently, we don't see near term export pace raising enough for the US carryout to drop significantly on the next WASDE report. We did see a minor uptick in crush on the last crush report. If anything the market has done all it can to ensure that soybeans will gain/hold enough acres in the US to help cover any shortfalls that the South American crop had after this year's weather related problems. Until then, World stocks-usage rates have not gone down significantly as we don't even have a definite South American production number just yet. With soybean volatility still running at a relatively low level, hedging using the old crop options may not be a bad idea.
May corn traded down to its 50 day moving average and found support there (see chart). Looking at a chart of November soybeans, we have come a long way up leaving the moving averages well below current levels. We have to keep this in mind when considering where we will find support on breaks. Prices in South America have also come down recently.
Chart: May Corn (red, blue, grey lines = 50, 100, and 200 day moving averages)
Chart: November Soybeans (red, blue, grey lines = 50, 100, and 200 day moving averages)
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