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William J. Drake
William J. Drake is the Director of the Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance in the Program for the Study of International Organization(s) at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. In addition, he is co-editor of the MIT Press book series, The Information Revolution and Global Politics, and a consultant on global information and communication technology policy issues.
Current and recent activities include, inter alia: member, Start-Up Group and Panel of Advisors for the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (2005-present); member, United Nations Working Group on Internet Governance (2004-2005); member, WSIS civil society Internet Governance Caucus (2003-present); member, Research Network on IT Governance and Transnational Civil Society, the Social Science Research Council (2003-2005); Research Associate of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University (1983-present); and member of the editorial boards of the journals, Telecommunications Policy, and Info: The Journal of Policy, Regulation, and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information, and Media (respectively, 1996- and 1999-present).
Previous positions held include, inter alia: President and member of the Board of Directors, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR); Visiting Senior Fellow, the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, College Park; Senior Associate and Director of the Project on the Information Revolution and World Politics, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; founding Associate Director of the Communication, Culture and Technology Program, Georgetown University; Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of California, San Diego; and adjunct professor at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and at the School of Business, Georgetown University. He has received a number of research grants, and has been an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow; a Ford Fellow in European Society and a Western Security and a MacArthur Fellow in International Security Studies at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; and an Albert Gallatin Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
William Drake's scholarly research and advocacy work focuses on the national and global governance of the Internet and other information and communication technologies, and on the information revolution's impact on world politics. He received his M.A., M.Phil, and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.
Selected Publications
Books and Monographs
William J. Drake and Ernest M. Wilson III, eds. Governing Global Electronic Networks: International Perspectives on Policy and Power. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, forthcoming, 2007.
William J. Drake, ed. Reforming Internet Governance: Perspectives from the UN Working Group on Internet Governance. New York: United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, 2005.
Daniel Stauffacher, William J. Drake, Paul Currion, and Julia Steinberger. Information and Communications Technology for Peace (ICT4P): The Role of ICT in Preventing, Responding to and Recovering from Conflict. Report prepared for the Government of Switzerland, for the World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis, 16-18 November 2005. New York: United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Taskforce, 2005.
William J. Drake. From the Global Digital Divide to the Global Digital Opportunity: Proposals Submitted to the G-8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000—Report of the World Economic Forum Task Force on the Global Digital Divide. Geneva: World Economic Forum, July 19, 2000.
William J. Drake. Toward Sustainable Competition in Global Telecommunications: From Principle to Practice--Summary Report of the Third Aspen Institute Roundtable on International Telecommunications. Washington D.C.: Aspen Institute, 1999.
William J. Drake, ed. Telecommunications in the Information Age. Washington D.C.: U.S. Information Agency, 1998.
William J. Drake, ed. The New Information Infrastructure: Strategies for US Policy. New York: The Twentieth Century Fund Press, 1995.
William J. Drake and the Office of International Affairs, National Academy of Sciences. Summary Report of the Workshop on The Revolution in Information and Communications Technology and the Conduct of US Foreign Affairs. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press: 1988.
Articles and Chapters
William J. Drake. "Introduction: The Global Governance of Global Electronic Networks." In, William J. Drake and Ernest M. Wilson III, eds. Governing Global Electronic Networks: International Perspectives on Policy and Power. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, forthcoming, 2006.
William J. Drake and Rikke Frank Jørgensen. "Introduction." In, Rikke Frank Jørgensen, ed., Human Rights in the Global Information Society. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 2006, pp. 1-49.
William J. Drake. "Conclusion: Why the WGIG Process Mattered." In, William J. Drake, ed. Reforming Internet Governance: Perspectives from the UN Working Group on Internet Governance. New York: United Nations, 2005, pp. 249-265.
William J. Drake. "Collective Learning in the World Summit on the Information Society." In, Daniel Stauffacher and Wolfgang Kleinwächter, eds., The World Summit on the Information Society: Moving from the Past into the Future. New York: United Nations Information and Communication Technology Taskforce, 2005, pp. 135-146. Also published as CPSR Working Paper No. 2.
William J. Drake. "Reframing Internet Governance Discourse: Fifteen Baseline Propositions." In, Don MacLean, ed. Internet Governance: A Grand Collaboration. New York: United Nations Information and Communication Technology Taskforce, 2004, pp. 122-161. Also published as a working paper of the Social Science Research Council Research Network on IT and Governance, 2004.
William J. Drake. "The Global Digital Divide: Implications for Corruption and Transparency." In, Proceedings of the Third Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity: Ongoing Challenges, Shared Responsibilities. Seoul: Republic of Korea, 2003.
William J. Drake. "Deep but Divisive Integration: The United States and Japanese Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age." GLOCOM Review, 8:1 (January, 2003), pp. 59-96. Also published in, Info: The Journal of Policy, Regulation, and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information, and Media, 5 (2003), pp. 47-65.
William J. Drake. "Communications." In, P.J. Simmons and Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, eds., Managing Global Issues: Lessons Learned. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2001, pp. 25-74.
William J. Drake. "The Rise and Decline of the International Telecommunications Regime." In, Christopher T. Marsden, ed., Regulating the Global Information Society. London: Routledge, 2000, pp. 124-177.
William J. Drake and Kalypso Nicolaïdis. "Global Electronic Commerce and the General Agreement on Trade in Services: The Millennium Round and Beyond." In, Pierre Sauve and Robert M. Stern, eds., GATS 2000: New Directions in Services Trade Liberalization. Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institution Press, 2000, pp. 399-437.
William J. Drake, Shanthi Kalathil, and Taylor C. Boas. "Dictatorships in the Digital Age: Some Considerations on the Internet in China and Cuba." iMP: The Magazine on Information Impacts, (October, 2000).
William J. Drake. "The Distributed Information Revolution and the Global Information Society." In, Drake, ed., Telecommunications in the Information Age, 1998, pp. 6-15.
William J. Drake and Arthur Brodsky. "The Telecommunications Act of 1996." In, Drake, ed., Telecommunications in the Information Age, 1998, pp. 30-37.
Robert M. Frieden and William J. Drake. "The Global Information Infrastructure." In, Drake, ed., Telecommunications in the Information Age, 1998, pp. 74-77.
William J. Drake and Eli M. Noam. "Assessing the WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications." In, Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Erika Wada, eds. Unfinished Business:Telecommunications After the Uruguay Round. Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 1998, pp. 27-61. [Shortened version published as, William J. Drake and Eli M. Noam. "The WTO Deal on Basic Telecommunications: Big Bang or Little Whimper?" Telecommunications Policy, 21 (November/December, 1997), pp. 799-818.]
William J. Drake. "Public Interest Groups and the Telecommunications Act of 1996." In, Herbert Kubicek, William H. Dutton, and Robin Williams, eds., The Social Shaping of Information Highways: European and American Roads to the Information Society. Frankfurt am Main and New York: Campus Verlag and St. Martin's Press, 1997, pp. 173-198.
William J. Drake. "Introduction: The Turning Point." In, Drake, ed., The New Information Infrastructure, 1995, pp. 1-27.
William J. Drake. "The National Information Infrastructure Debate: Issues, Interests, and the Congressional Process." In, Drake, ed., The New Information Infrastructure, 1995, pp. 305-344.
William J. Drake. "Conclusion: Policies for the National and Global Information Infrastructures." In, Drake, ed., The New Information Infrastructure, 1995, pp. 345-378.
William J. Drake. "Asymmetric Deregulation and the Transformation of the International Telecommunications Regime." In, Eli M. Noam and Gerard Pogorel, eds., Asymmetric Deregulation: The Dynamics of Telecommunications Policies in Europe and the United States. Norwood: Ablex, 1994, pp. 137-203.
William J. Drake. "The Transformation of International Telecommunications Standardization: European and Global Dimensions." In, Charles Steinfield, Johannes Bauer and Laurence Caby, eds., Telecommunications in Transition: Policies, Services, and Technologies in the European Economic Community. Newbury Park: Sage, 1994, pp. 71-96.
William J. Drake. "The Internet Religious War." Telecommunications Policy, 17 (December, 1993), pp. 643-649.
William J. Drake. "Territoriality and Intangibility: Transborder Data Flows and National Sovereignty." In, Kaarle Nordenstreng and Herbert I. Schiller, eds., Beyond National Sovereignty: International Communications in the 1990s. Norwood: Ablex, 1993, pp. 259-313.
William J. Drake and Kalypso Nicolaïdis. "Ideas, Interests and Institutionalization: 'Trade in Services' and the Uruguay Round." In, Peter Haas, ed, Knowledge, Power and International Policy Coordination, a special issue of International Organization, 45 (Winter 1992), pp. 37-100. [Volume republished in book format by the University of South Carolina Press, 1997]
William J. Drake. "The CCITT: Time for Reform?" In, Reforming the Global Network: The 1989 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference. London: International Institute of Communications, 1989, pp. 28-43.
William J. Drake. "WATTC-88: Restructuring the International Telecommunication Regulations. " In Telecommunications Policy 12 (September, 1988), pp. 217-233.
William J. Drake and Lee McKnight. "Telecommunications Standards in the Global Information Economy: The Impact of Deregulation and Commercialization." In Project Promethee Perspectives, n. 5 (March 1988), pp. 14-20. Reprinted in French as "Les standards au coeur de l'économie mondiale d'information" In, Catherine Distler, ed., La Déréglementation dans les années 90. Paris: Promethee Institute, 1988, pp. 139-147; and in, La Déréglementation dans les années 90: Enjeux pour les télécommunications et l'économie d 'information, a special issue of Le Communicateur n. 5 (Juillet 1988), pp. 139-147.
William J. Drake. "Canada-US: Free Data Services Zone?--Special Report." Transnational Data and Communications Report 7 (August/September, 1984), 302-307, 310 & 311. Reprinted as Columbia Institute for Tele-Information Working Paper No. 81 (New York: Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, 1985.
Working & Web Papers
William J. Drake. "ICT Global Governance and the Public Interest: Transactions and Content Issues." Working paper for the Social Science Research Council's Research Network on IT and Governance, 2004.
William J. Drake. "ICT Global Governance and the Public Interest: Infrastructure Issues." Working paper for the Social Science Research Council's Research Network on IT and Governance, 2004.
William J. Drake. "Defining ICT Global Governance." Working paper for the Social Science Research Council 's Research Network on IT and Governance, 2004.
William J. Drake. "Democracy and the Information Revolution." Background paper for the Democracy Forum of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm; June 2001.
William J. Drake and Jamie Metzl. "Rethinking Foreign Policy Structures." Background paper for the Carnegie Endowment workshop, Airlie House, VA; December 2000.
William J. Drake. "Global Private Networks and International Public Institutions." Columbia Institute for Tele-Information Working Paper No. 513. New York: Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, 1992.
William J. Drake. "International Organization Networks as an Answer to Post-Modern Political Challenges." Promethee Working Papers. Paris: Project Promethee, May 1990.
William J. Drake. "The Information Revolution and the Conduct of U.S. Foreign Affairs." Background paper for a National Academy of Sciences/ Department of State workshop, Washington DC; 1987.
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Naughty Grandma
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Mr. Big Spoon
Here she is enjoying a nice bowl of applesauce and yogurt.
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Blake's B-day
To celebrate Blake's birthday we had pizza and cupcakes.
The kids painted a bird house for grandma's birthday.
Lead did a good job of keeping the paint on the bird house.
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Happy Halloween!
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For Grandma's Only
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Fall Celbration
It seems that Jamie was trigger happy on the camera, so we will let the pictures explain the days festivities.
Pumpkin Carving - Scott & Zach
The whole crew carving
Stewart saying "cheese" with his finished product
Blake seems happy with the results...
and Jared is even happier.
Guys telling stories about who knows what...
Still talking...
The McCracken Clan
Look out for the pumpkin eating monkey!
Turns out, Monkeys like trains...
I love campfires. Especially, the ones with a cool chimney
Zach and Sylvia playing Cars
Sylvia's 1st pile of leaves
Of course the day went by way too fast, but marks the end of a way too short Summer and Fall. I can't wait until next Spring when we can invite the gang out to the lake again.
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15 Month Wellness Check
Weight - 18lb 9.5oz (<3rd%)
Height - 28.75" (10th%)
Head - 17.5" (15th%)
If she didn't look like her dad, I would really question that she is mine!
Sylvia's latest hobby includes sweeping the floor. She even sweeps under the bed!
You missed a spot!
If you look closely at her nose, you will see beads of sweat. It could be that she is working so hard, or maybe that she is wearing her winter jacket in the house...
This isn't the only broom she likes. Sylvia grabbed our curling brooms and had an absolute fit when we took them away. We may have a future Olympian on our hands.
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Little Bear
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Big Fan!
This weekend was a great one for Minnesota sports fans. Sylvia wanted to join in the fun and get all dressed up for the festivities.
First we watched the Gophers almost win back Paul Bunyan's Axe against those pesky Badgers, but it wasn't meant to be.
Sylvia was a big fan with her Gopher's cheerleader outfit.
The more exciting part of the day was when the Twins won a great battle against the Royals. I think Sylvia's outfit (although rather boyish) was the luck the Twins needed to pull one out against Grienke.
And yes... she was sporting her Twins pride again today as we forced a game 163, which dad and grandpa will be at!
The day wasn't to be spent alone, as Charleen, Michael, and Ben made the trip down to spend 'babysitting' (aka watching sports) and Charleen and Jamie had some quality mom / daughter time.
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Splish Splash with Cousin Shaylan
Shaylan's pool was a perfect size and temperature for the little ones to play in. Grandpa Dan even joined in the fun. Luckily for us he didn't feel like wearing his speedo!
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Big Smiles with Dad
Just a couple pictures of Dad throwing Sylvia around in the front yard. We thought you would enjoy all of the smiles! Happy Friday
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Sylvia's first trip to the fair
On Friday, we headed out to Hutchinson for the McLeod County Fair. It was Sylvia's first fair experience and the first time to see all the live animals up close and personal.
She is really into books with animal pictures now, so this trip through the Children's Barnyard was quite exciting for her.
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Paul McCartney performs on June 11, 2015 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.
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Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell attends the Hunter Original show during London Fashion Week Spring Summer 2015 at on Sept. 13, 2014, in London.
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Paul McCartney and inductee Ringo Starr perform onstage during the 30th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on April 18, 2015, in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Paul McCartney performs during the first U.S concert of his "Out There" tour on May 18, 2013, in Orlando, Fla.
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Sir Paul's career started with The Beatles: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon, shown left to right.
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Among many publicity shots, The Beatles, from left, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, take a fake blow from Cassius Clay while visiting the heavyweight contender at his training camp in Miami Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1964.
The Beatles in 1969 in what turned out to be their last photo session together: from left are Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon. Eleven years later, John was shot to death by a deranged fan. George died of cancer Nov. 29, 2001.
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Moving on from The Beatles, Sir Paul formed a new band called Wings. Members as of June 1, 1972, were, from left, Jimmy McCulloch, Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell (in the front) and, of course, Paul and Linda McCartney.
Here are Paul and Linda as they appeared April 1, 1991. Together, they reared four children: Heather, Mary, Stella and James. Although Heather was not Paul's biological daughter, he adopted her after he married Linda in March 1969.
Here are Paul and Linda on Oct. 14, 1997. Battling breast cancer, Linda still managed to show up for a major event for her daughter, fashion designer Stella McCartney. Linda died the following April.
Sir Paul arrives at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals awards with Pamela Anderson Lee, in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 1999. McCartney presented the first Linda McCartney Memorial Award to Anderson as a tribute to his wife who died of cancer the year before.
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In June 2002, Sir Paul married Heather Mills. Here, they are shown attending the Fifth Annual Adopt-A-Minefield Gala night held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 15, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The two separated in 2006 and divorced in 2008.
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George Michael, left, and Sir Paul embrace onstage at "Live 8 London" in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005. The free concert was one of 10 simultaneous international gigs including Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome, Paris, Barrie, Tokyo, Cornwall, Moscow and Johannesburg. The concerts preceded the G8 summit (July 6-8).
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Sir Paul rocks out during the 48th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 8, 2006, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It was his first time performing at the Grammys.
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Sir Paul reads to children from Princes Plain Primary School as he launches his first children's book, "High In The Clouds," at Waterstone's, Piccadilly, in London on Dec. 14, 2005.
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Paul McCartney hands back an autograph as he and then-wife Heather Mills McCartney make their way through the airport in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Wednesday, March 1, 2006. Both Mills and McCartney are outspoken activists for various philanthropic causes.
Paul McCartney performs during a concert in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008. It was his first concert in Israel. McCartney billed the concert "Friendship First," saying he is on a mission of peace for Israel and the Palestinians.
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Paul McCartney, right, arrives at the High Court in London after a lunch break in his divorce settlement hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. His divorce from Heather Mills was finalized in May of that year. The two have one daughter, Beatrice, who was born in 2003.
Paul McCartney and then-girlfriend Nancy Shevell arrive at the Natural Resources Defense Council event in New York, Monday, March 30, 2009. The two have been dating since November 2007 and were married in 2011.
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Paul McCartney performs atop the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee during a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman" in New York, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The theater, where "Late Show" is taped, is where the Beatles made their U.S. television debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964.
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The day after Will got home from Saint Francis from his surgery, Cate was admitted to OSU-MC. She had been running a fever the day before, so I checked her ears. They were infected, so I had a friend call in an antibiotic. The next day (the day she was admitted), her fever got up to 104.3. She wasn't eating and got dehydrated. She was also much less active than normal...floppy like a rag doll. Her pediatrician's office was closed, so I took her to the clinic where I work. Everyone there who saw Cate was like, "Oh my gosh, she looks really sick." One of my attendings looked at her, and said she needed to be put in the hospital. They were able to get an IV in her arm, but it infiltrated, so she wound up (after a total of 20 pokes) with one in her head. She got 3 days of IV fluids and antibiotics. She is doing great now, but she sure gave me a scare. She was discharged home in time to spend a little time with her Gran outside of the hospital and to have the best first Christmas a girl could hope for.
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Will had his fundoplication, gastrostomy tube placement, and orchiopexy on Monday. In layman's terms, he had the top of his stomach wrapped around the bottom of his esophagus, a feeding tube placed, and his right testicle tacked down into his scrotum. We were in the hospital for 3 days and got home late this afternoon. Will was so brave and so good. I was just amazed at how well he did. Unless we were moving him (or a nurse or doctor came into the room), he didn't even really cry. I really think that all of the prayers going up for him from all over the world are what are helping him get through this. I am so grateful that God put his strength and peace into Will's little heart and that he guided the doctor's hands in his surgery. Please continue to pray for Will in his recovery and for the rest of us as we deal with all of this. Especially remember Jeremiah because this whole feeding tube thing is freaking him out! I have one week before I have to go back to work, so hopefully Will will be basically back to normal by then. Anyway, more updates to come. Please keep thinking about us and praying for us.


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Complex has debuted two new pictures from Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's hotly anticipated sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. That's Jamie Chung above, taking the role of Miho over from Devon Aoki. While Aoki won't return for this, it was ironically recently announced she will next be seen in a recurring role asTatsu Yamashiro (aka Katana) in the third season of The CW's Arrow.
Sin City 2 premieres on August 22 and will once again feature four interconnected storylines from the mind of Frank Miller. Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Mickey Rourke, Powers Boothe and Jaime King all reprise their roles from the first film with Josh Brolin, Jamie Chung, Eva Green, Marton Csokas, Dennis Haysbert, Lady Gaga, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Juno Temple and Alexa PenaVega all joining in on the fun.
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More C++ Idioms/Clear-and-minimize
Clear a container and minimize the capacity of the container.
Also Known AsEdit
This is sometimes called the swap with temporary idiom.
Standard library containers often allocate more memory than the actual number of elements in them. Such a policy results in an optimization of saving some allocations when a container grows in size. On the other hand, when size of the container reduces, there is often leftover capacity in the container. The leftover capacity of the container can be unnecessary wastage of memory resources. clear-and-minimize idiom has been developed to clear a container and reduce the extra capacity to a minimum of zero and thereby saving memory resources.
Solution and Sample CodeEdit
Clear-and-minimize idiom is as simple as the one given below.
std::vector <int> v;
//... Lots of push_backs and then lots of remove on v.
std::vector<int>().swap (v);
The first half of the statement, std::vector<int>() creates a temporary vector of integers and it is guaranteed to allocate zero raw memory or an implementation minimum. The second half of the statement swaps the temporary vector with v using non-throwing swap idiom, which is efficient. After swapping, the temporary created by the compiler goes out of scope and the chunk of memory originally held by v is released.
Solution in C++11Edit
Since C++11, some containers declare the function shrink_to_fit(), e.g. vector, deque, basic_string. shrink_to_fit() which is a non-binding request to reduce capacity() to size(). Thus, using clear() and shrink_to_fit() is a non-binding request to clear-and-minimize.
Known UsesEdit
Related IdiomsEdit
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Costa Rica | England | Italy | Uruguay
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Many luminaries of the game have suggested that it will be tough for a European team to win the World Cup in South America, and this group should give us an early indication of whether that theory has some credence.
The traditional wave of expectations that tends to engulf England ahead of a major tournament has been suitably diluted this time around, with their vast travelling media entourage and equally healthy number of Brazil-bound supporters accepting Roy Hodgson's side are a long way from being strong contenders to win the World Cup.
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That attitude will change if they beat Italy in their opening fixture in Manaus, yet the Azzurri will fancy their chances of outsmarting an England side that they disposed of en route to a Euro 2012 final against Spain in their last major tournament outing.
Uruguay are many an expert's tip to shine in this group, but that was before the injury to star striker Luis Suarez in a pre-tournament training camp, while Costa Rica will need to be the giant-killers if they are to make their mark at Brazil 2014.
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The opening two fixtures in Group D may hold the keys to its outcome.
A draw in the first match between England and Italy is possible/probable as two European heavyweights do battle in the less-than-welcoming heat of Manaus, with such a scenario opening the door to their South American or Central American competitors to take a stranglehold on the group.
Uruguay need to beat Costa Rica in their opening fixture to establish their authority as live contenders to make a long run in the competition, and if they were to hold a two-point advantage over their rivals after the first raft of fixtures, all the pressure would be on England and Italy in their meeting with Luis Suarez and his compatriots.
Could it be that by the time England and Costa Rica play out the final game in Group D that their rivals already have six points on the board? That is a scenario both nations will be desperate to avoid.
Main men
Luis Suarez (Uruguay): When news emerged that this dynamic Liverpool striker had injured his knee in training ahead of the World Cup, the Uruguayan nation took a mournful sigh. It remains to be seen if he can recover in time to make his mark at Brazil 2014.
Joel Campbell (Costa Rica): Campbell has been on the books at Arsenal since 2011, but he has yet to play a game for the Premier League side. After some promising Champions League displays, he will hope a strong World Cup will enhance his reputation.
Wayne Rooney (England): Rooney has tried and failed to carry the English challenge at the past two World Cup finals, but the Manchester United striker seems fit and raring to go after a disappointing season at club level.
Mario Balotelli (Italy): This maverick striker has attracted news and sports stories in equal measure during his turbulent time at Manchester City, with Balotelli bringing much of the trouble that has followed him through his career on himself. His performances at Euro 2012 confirmed he has talent to complement his eccentricities.
What Matters Most
Question marks aplenty envelop the four teams in Group D and it will be only when the action begins that we get the answers we demand.
How will England and Italy cope with the climate in Manaus in an opening game that could be so vital to their hopes of making it through to the last 16? Can Uruguay talisman Luis Suarez really get himself fit so soon after he underwent knee surgery? Could Costa Rica benefit from the flaws in the make-up of their rivals to emerge as dark horses?
They are questions that are impossible to guess an answer to right now, with the pressure that will be piled on three of the four teams doing battle likely to play a crucial factor in the outcome.
In England, Italy and Uruguay, a first-round exit would be considered a national embarrassment. Such expectations can weigh heavily on a player's shoulders.
Key Stat
Group D is the first group in World Cup history to feature three countries that had previously won a World Cup. Italy (four titles), Uruguay (two) and England (one) have combined to win seven of 19 World Cups, though Italy is the only one of the three to lift the trophy in the past 40 years.
- Five Aside's Group D preview
1. Uruguay
2. Italy
3. England
4. Costa Rica
Group A | Group B | Group C
Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H


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Bumgarner, Pence star in Giants' victory
Left-hander pitches eight scoreless innings despite rain delay
PHILADELPHIA -- Known for their energy and durability, Hunter Pence and Madison Bumgarner looked ready Wednesday night to tow the Giants into October.
Bumgarner lasted eight innings on a evening when the pitching staff needed an extended effort from its starter. And the tireless Pence ignored the fatigue both teams surely shared by providing a bases-loaded, ninth-inning double that accounted for San Francisco's scoring in its 3-1 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Giants (57-44) are in an enviable position entering Thursday's series finale. They own the National League's best record, as well as a two-game lead over second-place Los Angeles in the West race. With six victories in its last seven games, San Francisco will enter its three-game weekend showdown against the Dodgers at AT&T Park with no worse than a one-game edge in the division standings.
June's collapse is beginning to recede in the Giants' collective memory.
"It looks like we're playing a different kind of ball now than when we weren't doing so good," Bumgarner said.
Count on the unsinkable Pence to provide a necessary boost.
One day after the teams endured a 14-inning struggle, they reconvened at Citizens Bank Park and appeared destined for another extra-inning affair as Bumgarner matched zeros with Phillies starter A.J. Burnett.
Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon (2-2), who blew a save opportunity Tuesday, set up San Francisco's fifth victory in a row over Philadelphia by hitting Michael Morse with a pitch to open the ninth. Adam Duvall and Tyler Colvin struck out, but after pinch-runner Gregor Blanco stole second base, Papelbon intentionally walked Brandon Crawford and walked Hector Sanchez to load the bases. That brought up Pence.
After taking a close 2-2 pitch, Pence guided Papelbon's next delivery inside the right-field foul line to send home all three runners. Santiago Casilla allowed a run in the ninth before securing his seventh save of the season.
"Honestly, that was just a well-placed ball," said Pence, whose .350 lifetime batting average against the Phillies ranks second among active players. "It wasn't like a crushed ball."
It might not have been Pence's biggest moment of the night, either. During pregame stretching, he pretended to administer CPR to the Phillie Phanatic, the famed mascot who was lying motionless nearby.
"I just didn't want him to die," Pence said.
Bumgarner (12-7) needed no such assistance while delivering a highly efficient effort that featured zero walks and only five hits allowed. The left-hander ignored the possible negative effects of a 59-minute rain delay in the fourth inning to win his third consecutive start spanning an 11-day stretch. After Carlos Ruiz doubled with one out in the second inning, Bumgarner retired 16 of the next 17 batters he faced.
By working deep into the game, Bumgarner allayed the fears of Giants general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy, who discussed which Minor Leaguers they might rush onto the roster to provide help for a bullpen that logged 15 innings in the series' first two games. Bochy acknowledged that he might have been forced to remove Bumgarner for precautionary purposes had the delay lasted several minutes longer.
"He gave us everything we needed and more," Bochy said of Bumgarner, who's 8-2 on the road.
The Phillies launched an eighth-inning rally as Ruiz and Domonic Brown singled, but Bumgarner responded by retiring the next three hitters.
Asked if he summoned additional motivation to stop the Phillies in the eighth, Bumgarner said, "I'm sure you probably do get a little extra adrenaline. It's probably hard to realize it at the time, but knowing [those] could be the game-winning runs or the game-losing runs -- if you're going to get beat, you want to get beat on your best stuff. You don't want to try to conserve pitches."


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Why, on so many levels; why? It seems tragic that, given the number of comedy writers out there, ABC didn't come up with a stronger vehicle than "Family Tools." The show, which premieres Wednesday night at 8:30 on Channel 5, is just another set of prefab sitcom tropes pasted together with cheap jokes. The ensemble, led by Leah Remini and J.K. Simmons, has as much chemistry as an organic farm.
Maybe ABC and the other networks think viewers don't want smarter shows, but then the success of more carefully crafted comedies such as "Modern Family," "How I Met Your Mother," and "Archer" disproves that. Good does not always equal noble failure.
At one point early in its resurgence, in the first half of the 2000s, the single-camera sitcom connoted originality and a degree of intelligence. If the show wasn't prodding viewers with a laugh track, then it was probably aiming for something a little more sophisticated. "Scrubs" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" were good examples. But, as "Family Tools" once again proves, a single-camera approach no longer suggests anything special.
The show, based on a two-season British series called "White Van Man," revolves around a family handyman business called Mr. Jiffy Fix. When Simmons's tough guy Tony Shea is too sick to work, he hands over the reins to his bumbling son, Jack (Kyle Bornheimer), who has just dropped out of seminary school. They live together with Tony's sister, Remini's Terry, as well as Terry's oddball son, Mason (Johnny Pemberton), and kookiness ensues around the house. Kookiness also ensues when Jack goes out on jobs with his assistant Darren (Edi Gathegi), including kookiness with a nail gun and kookiness with hand drills. There are a few successful jokes here and there, and some able physical comedy involving Bornheimer and Gathegi, but those moments get lost in the shuffle of predictability.
The cast members are fine individually, even while they don't mesh naturally. Simmons can be scary and hateful, as anyone who watched "Oz" must remember. Vern Schillinger — the name still chills. But he swings over to comedy effortlessly. Remini is, inevitably, Remini, but her brassiness fits the part. And Bornheimer plays the classic well-meaning doofus to a T, although his TV failures, including "Worst Week" and "Romantically Challenged," may mean that viewers are no longer amused by that overused sitcom figure. I found the less-known actors slightly more interesting — Gathegi, whose timing is perfect, and Pemberton, whose timing is perfectly offbeat. They add a welcome bit of sly to this bland try.
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Dragon Ball Super - Season 1 Episode 16 - Vegeta Becomes a Pupil?! Take Down Whis!
Whis returns to Earth to snack on delicious food. Vegeta uses this as an opportunity to demand that Whis train him so that he can surpass Goku's power level.
Genre: Animation , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Action , Comedy , Mystery , Action & Adventure
Director: Akira Toriyama
Country: Japan
Episode: 16/198 eps
Duration: 24 min
Quality: HD
Release: 2015
IMDb: 6.9
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"Gohan tests his powers he rediscovered in an exhibition match against Goku. Gohan forces Goku to transform into Super Sayan God Blue."
"Goku arrives at the dojo run by Tienshinhan to recruit him for the Tournament of Power."
"In preparation for the tournament, Piccolo trains Gohan so that he may awaken the power he had long ago."
"Goku helps Android 17 pursue poachers from outer space."
"Goku travels to an isolated wildlife preserve run by Android 17, and attempts to recruit him for the Tournament of Power."
"Goku searches for Majin Buu, as the Supreme Kais of each universe hold a secret meeting without Universe 7."
"Goku and Gohan recruit Krillin to join the Tournament of Power."
"With the Zen-O Exhibition Match concluded and 48 hours until the Tournament of Power, Goku and Gohan search for the 10 warriors needed to complete Universe 7's team."
"After Goku won his battle against Bergamo, Toppo from Universe 11 challenges Goku for a fight."
"The greatest fighters of Universes 7 and 9, Goku and Bergamo, face off."
"With Majin Buu and Basil's battle concluded, Gohan is the next warrior of Universe 7 to fight. The rusty warrior's opponent is Universe 9's Lavendar. Lavender, however, has a trick up his sleeve."
"Majin Buu and Basil the Kicker continue to give Zen-Chan a show while they unravel the fight."
"Goku gets an invitation to the Tournament of Power, an epic tournament between universes."
"Goku goes and sees Zen-O to get the Tournament of Power going."
"Goku and Krillin fight against their old enemies such as Frieza and Cell in a form of nightmares in a mystical forest Master Roshi sent them to in order to fetch him a special herb."
"Krillin decides to train with Goku after a police battle goes bad, but can he match up to the Saiyan's level?"
"Barry Kahn's attempts to sabotage Gohan get lethal when the alien parasite Watagash takes control of him."
"A film of the Great Saiyaman is to be made, and Gohan is to be in it - to his chagrin, as a stuntman."
"Goku manages to come back to life, but he seeks a fight with Hit. And who is the client who put Hit to fight Goku?"
"Hit gets a contract to kill Goku, and prepares his assassination."
"Chanpa returns, and offers a baseball game between him and Beerus."
"Goku and the android girl Arale Norimaki meet after many years, in a fun-filled episode where the cast of Dr Slump and DBZ meet."
"Goku decides to summon Shenron to honor a promise, but his friends have things they want to wish for too."
"Zamasu makes one final almighty move to destroy the universe, but Goku brings out a forgotten but all-powerful ally to stop him."
"After Goku's attack shakes Zamazu's balance and reveal a weakness in him, he and Vegeta fuse together as they see hope to prevail. Nevertheless, It's Trunks's world and to him it all ultimately comes down."
"The two zamasu fuse and become the ultimate god. Meanwhile vegeta, goku and others are stunned and try to somehow defeat the eternal god."
"As the battle rages on in the future, Bulma and Trunks devise a plan to take down Zamasu, meanwhile, Vegeta shows his new-found strength while taking on Goku Black."
"Trunks wakes up in a rebel base only to find out that Mai set off on her own in an attempt to take out Black. Will he make it in time to save her?"
"With his new found power, Trunks attempts to hold off Black and Zamasu. Meanwhile, Goku and Vegeta head back to the past to try come up with a new strategy."
"Goku, Vegeta and Future Trunks fight Black and Zamasu in the future. Black explains his true identity."
"Trunks returns to the future, with Goku and his parents accompanying him. There they discover Goku Black still lives, and he explains how he defied space and time to exist."
"Goku, Beerus and Whis must save Gowasu from his treacherous apprentice."
"Defeated, Son Goku, Vegeta and Trunks travel to the present, in order to find a way to defeat Zamasu. We also witness a developing relating to the mystery between Black and Zamasu."
"Zamasu appears unexpectedly from the sky. He states that he and Goku Black are "kindred spirits" who want a world without mortals."
"Goku and Vegeta appear in the future to fight Goku Black, but they find that he has developed a new power."
"Whis and Beerus are worried over Zen-Oh's request to meet Goku and what it could mean for their universe."
"Vegeta wants to test Future Trunks' power to see how strong his son had become."
"Goku, Beerus, and Whis arrive in Universe Ten. They meet the Supreme Kai Gowasu and his apprentice Zamasu."
"Piccolo mentions that Gohan decided to abandon his training to become a scholar, which suprised Future Trunks. Piccolo and Kuririn suggest that Future Trunks should meet their timeline's Gohan."
"Bulma finds the Time Machine that Cell used to travel to the past and promptly gathers the team to repair it. Future Trunks and Mai discuss their counterparts from alternate timelines."
"Goku Black invades from Trunks' future! Excited to fight a strong opponent, Goku immediately challenges him to one-on-one combat, but Goku Black isn't taking the fight seriously?!"
"After awakening in the present, Future Trunks mistakes Goku for his evil look-alike Black."
"Much to everyone's surprise, a war-torn and unconscious Future Trunks arrives in the past after evading Black."
"In the timeline of Future Trunks, a new enemy appears that requires him to return to the past and get help from the Z-Fighters."
"Trunks, has to go back to the main time-line to get Goku and his friends to try and save what is left of his world, As a new enemy much more powerful then any one he has ever faced before now seeks to destroy all life on Earth."
"With Vegeta losing all of his power to the copy of himself that was made from Super strength water, it is up to Goten and Trunks to defeat him. Mean while Goku is back at full health and training at King Kai's planet."
"While Monaka delivers super sweets of the Galaxy to Bulma, Trunks and Goten end up locking themselves in his truck. Finding trouble on a planet Potaufeu, Where Vegeta and Jako have to go and rescue them."
"Pan is kidnapped thought to be defenseless by her captors, but as it turned out, the plan backfired."
"The Tournament may be over, but Goku still wants to battle Monaku to see how really strong he is. While Beerus and the rest of Dragon Ball Cast try and keep his secret hidden from Goku."
"As the winners of the Tournament Universe 7 are given the Super dragon balls and make summon the dragon for their Wish."
"The winner of the tournament between Universe 6 and 7 is decided!"
"The battle between Goku and Hit continues, however, Hit proves to be more formidable than anticipated."
"The final contestant for Universe 6 is the confident, legendary assassin, Hit. Does Vegeta stand a chance?"
"The next match is between Vegeta and the Saiyan from Universe 6, Cabba. What secret power does Cabba possess?"
"Vegeta is struggling during his match with Magetta. What is Magetta doing to Vegeta?!"
"Vegeta battles Frost. After a short-lived fight, Vegeta is challenged by Magetta."
"The next contestant for Team Universe 7 is Piccolo. Frost is doing what?!"
"It's Goku versus Botamo! After Goku's victory, he faces Frost, Universe 6's version of Frieza. Who wins the match...?"
"The tournament between Universe 6 and Universe 7 begins! The first match is going underway."
"Jaco and Bulma visit Lord Zuno to learn more about the Super Dragon Balls."
"Goku and Vegeta go find the two remaining members for Team Universe 7."
"Beerus and Champa decided to hold a tournament between their universes to settle who gets to use the Super Dragon Balls."
"While training on Beerus' Planet, Goku and Vegeta meet Beerus' twin brother Champa."
"With Goku badly injured, Vegeta steps in to face Frieza. Stronger than ever, Vegeta proves to be a challenge and an enraged Frieza destroys the planet! Protected by Whis, the Z fighters are given a chance to save Earth, if they act fast enough."
"The battle continues as Frieza's weakness begins to make itself obvious."
"Frieza reveals his new evolution and the battle truly begins."
"Goku and Frieza go one-on-one. Goku wants to reveal his true power and so he transforms..."
"Goku and Vegeta hear of Frieza's return and quickly teleport to Earth"
"Ginyu switches bodies with Tagoma and wreaks havoc on the Z-Fighters"
"The battle between Frieza's Army and the Z-Fighters"
"Jaco travels to Earth to give out a warning of Frieza's arrival"
"Sorbet is eager to revive Frieza and receives the help of Pilaf and his gang."
"Goku departs Earth and begins training under Whis. The surprising training method is…!?"
"Some time has passed on Earth. Gohan and Videl's daughter is finally born!!"
"Whis returns to Earth to snack on delicious food. Vegeta uses this as an opportunity to demand that Whis train him so that he can surpass Goku's power level."
"After the battle with Beerus wraps up, a terrible visitor comes to Satan!?"
"The fight between Goku and Beerus reaches its climactic end."
"After a clash between blasts, the fight between Goku and Beerus continues, but something strange begins to occur to Goku's Super Saiyan God transformation."
"Goku and Beerus's battle begins to create overwhelming power, causing destruction upon parts of the universe."
"The battle between Goku and Beerus continues as both of them begin to fight seriously."
"Goku goes into Super Saiyan God mode in an attempt to beat Beerus."
"The Saiyans finally manage to form the Super Saiyan God, and the battle with Beerus begins."
"Goku arrives to Earth to appeal to Beerus."
"Bulma hits Beerus for ruining her party, so he hits her back. This provokes an incredible reaction from Vegeta."
"Beerus and Whis arrive on Earth, and take part in Bulma's birthday party. It's up to Vegeta to keep Beerus happy enough so that he won't destroy the Earth."
"Goku and Beerus have a duel on King Kai's planet."
"The Pilaf Gang plan to get the Dragon Balls and wish for success."
"Beerus begins the search for the Super Saiyan God."
"Vegeta, Bulma and Trunks take a family trip."
"Goku works in his radish field, but wants to go training and fighting."
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Craigslist car research extension is now available as a Firefox Addon, Greasemonkey userscript and Google Chrome extension. Pretty useful for anyone looking for a car.
Articles about it
- CNET news : Make car shopping on Craigslist less cumbersome .. read
- Lifehacker : Craigslist Car Research Extension Makes Used-Car Shopping Easier .. read
Used car listings supported by this extension:
- craigslist
- eBay motors
- eBayClassifieds
- kijiji
- yahoo autos
- AutoTrader
- AOL Autos
- vehix
- pickuptrucks
- freebo
- cars.com
The Google Chrome version of Craigslist Car extension was one of the top 50 featured extension on the launch of Google Chrome Extension Gallery.
- 1. Craigslist Car – Google Web Store (new features and issue-fixes first come here in Chrome and then in Firefox after month or so) + 2. Craigslist Peek
- 1. Craigslist Car – Firefox Extension + 2. Craigslist Peek
- Craigslist car greasemonkey (old) script
Other extension that works well with this one:
– Craigslist car listing filter
Also created a related userscript that gives estimated cost of Importing US car or motorcycle to Canada.
Now this mashup is heavy but adding the enable/disable feature buttons is handy to manage the clutter and speedup browser load.
If the listing is in correct format then it will get that car's model's information from sites like MSN Autos, Edmunds.com, Automotive.com, motortrend.com, etc.
- Gives estimated price from multiple sources. Also provides links for further research.
- Factory car recalls for the car model.
- Consumer reviews, this is the real gem.
- Car reliability information. It shows the msn autos page focused at reliability section. This shows what kinda engine problems occur in that particular car. Other info is also there but reliability info is most useful on that page. Takes like 2 sec to get idea of how reliable that car model is.
- Scans the posting and shows a highlighted message on top informing about:- accident car, rebuilt car, moving sale, one owner, suggests buyer to ask if the car was involved in an accident.
- Lists similar (year/make/model) ads from craigslist on top. This gives the idea of going price and the supply/demand.
- Aggregates car listing.
- Shows thumbnails from Flickr (Gives idea of what the vehicle looks like and the appeal factor)
- Recently viewed Ads.
- Add your Notes to the ads using Recently Viewed list.
- If there is a phone number in the post then it makes it easy to do a search of the phone number on Craigslist to find out if the ad poster has posted any other ads. This sometimes help in determining if its moving sale or a ad by a reseller etc.
- Firefox Addons:
- Car research
- Motorcycle reviews
- Craigslist Car listing filter
- Car reviews (old)
- Forum Preview
- Craigslist Peek
- Google Chrome Extension:
- Car research
- Motorcycle shopping
- craigslist phone search
- Forum Preview
- Craigslist Peek
- Greasemonkey userscript:
- Car research
- Craigslist Car listing filter
- craigslist-phone-search
Version : 0.945
Jan 20, 2009
- Now the extension also works on Cars.com, AOL autos, Vehix, freebo.com and pickuptrucks.com.
Version : 0.935
Jan 15, 2009
- Now the extension works on eBay motors (US) and Yahoo Autos also.
- Makes it easy to do search on VIN number.
Version : 0.925
Jan 10, 2009
- Now it works on Kijiji (US) too beside Craigslist.
- Lists similar matches from Yahoo Autos, Oodle. This gives idea of pricing and availability.
- Now it lets user specify 'Year' or 'Model' if either one is missing or is not recognized from the listing title.
- Flickr thumbnail gallery.
- Improved feature collapse/expand functionality.
Version : 0.910
Dec 05, 2009
- Fixed 'turn car-research On' link.
- Added reviews from ReviewCentre?. This is experimental for now as sometimes it returns wrong results.
- Added Epinion reviews. This is also experimental feature as it sometimes fail to work in Google Chrome.
- Added AboutAutomobile? TSB (Technical Service Bulletin).
- Added Google Videos of relevant car.
Version : 0.909
Nov 24, 2009
- Similar car ads listing is now sorted by price
- Clicking on main category blocks (Price, Reviews, Reliability) toggles subcategory blocks.
- Added icon to suggestion box at top, to indicate that its part of extension and not from craigslist.
- Minor changes to color scheme.
Version : 0.905
Nov 12, 2009
- totally changed layout
- created main category blocks Price, Reviews, Reliability.
- moved some of the features from top of page to bottom so that the screen looks more clean and less busy.
- added +/x buttons to enable/disable features. Removed old enable/disable buttons from top.
- added background to indicate this is separate content then the original craigslist post.
- now using safe `JSON` method to parse data instead of `eval` or `return new Function`
- changed the search engine for finding Similar car ads on craigslist. Now it returns more recent listings.
- re-enabled MSN Autos frame.
- web annotations links (twitter, facebook,..) feature is removed for now.
- re-designed the car-research on/off button and functionality.
- now 'Home of this utility (feedback)' is minimized at first run.
Version: 0.501
- Added Edmunds TMV price.
- Fixed Enable/Disable buttons. They were not working properly in Firefox 3.6b1pre and Minefield 3.7a1pre.
- Fixed code. Now Edmunds (discussion/reviews), Motortrend pricing, etc are working in Firefox 3.6b1pre and Minefield 3.7a1pre also.
- Cosmetic change to the bottom block ('Home of this utility' block).
- Added my icon
Version: 0.312
- Added a feature that makes it easier to search all craigslist for other ads posted by the poster. Basically searches craigslist for matching phone number listed in the ad.
Car reviews etc
Added a new firefox extension "Car reviews etc". Its a port of the above extension and works on any webpage not just craigslist. Its a strip down version of above extension and works by selecting text (in format "year model", e.g. "2007 civic" or "2006 toyota camry") on webpage and right-click to get context-menu. From context-menu select "car reviews etc". This will show reviews, pricing, recall info etc.
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Maine-focused inaugural event being held; NH, VT dignitaries invited to join the party
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � President Barack Obama's inaugural committee may have scaled back festivities, but that isn't stopping a Maine law firm from holding a Maine event.
The law firm Perti Flaherty is hosting an invitation-only event featuring Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree and a host of dignitaries, including former Sen. George Mitchell and Gov. John Baldacci, on Jan. 20 at the New Zealand embassy.
Attorney Severin Beliveau hatched the idea for the event four years ago, feeling there was a need for a Maine-focused event in Washington.
This time, the party is being opened up to include New Hampshire's congressional delegation and Gov. Peter Shumlin and Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont.


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New FBI leader in Milwaukee lays out priorities
Protecting families from the dangers of drug addiction and stopping cybercrimes are two top priorities for the new head of the FBI in Milwaukee.
"It's just an honor coming up to run the division, to run the state of Wisconsin," FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Shields said.
Shields has been on the job in Milwaukee a little more than a month, and he's already learned what's on the front burner for Wisconsin police departments.
"And I had a chance to sit down with some of the police chiefs and almost every one of them talked about the heroin problem that's going on in the state," Shields said.
That conversation went beyond the personal cost of addiction to heroin, opiates, or painkillers to how heroin is fueling crime and death in nearly every community.
"How's it getting into the state. I mean, that's one of my concerns. I have responsibility for the whole state of Wisconsin, and how can I prevent that from occurring working with the partners out there," Shields said.
Shields is also an expert in high-tech robbery as the former leader of the FBI's Chicago Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory.
"A continued threat we're seeing is cybercrime. Obviously Chicago, Milwaukee, it's across the country," Shields said.
Shields was referring to foreign criminals hacking into store computers and stealing credit and debit card information.
"And when you think of intrusions, people coming inside the computers today, it's happening from a terrorism perspective, state sponsored," Shields said.
His concern is state-sponsored or foreign governments hacking into government computers or stealing the technology of Wisconsin companies.
"Our public partners in law enforcement need to address that threat and try to understand how can we prevent these from occurring," Shields said.
Many in southeastern Wisconsin are unaware of what the FBI does, but agents are always at work tracking criminals and threats.
Shields brings experience as an assistant special agent in charge of a white collar crime unit in Chicago as well as with the intelligence, counterintelligence and cyber program.


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Monday, March 05, 2012
Bear starts school, and everything suddenly....
The difference undermines your settled sense of balance. Sure, it bites that we can't be there more often, leaving the kids with others several days a week, but hey look everyone else's folks are in the same boat.
Except they're not.
Our mostly professional friends, the members of Beloved's mother's group, and importantly most of those other parents at our lovely, supportive, arty, just-right childcare centre all seemed to share the struggle. It was life, inevitable, we were just part of the flow. And compared to many fellow travellers we had things on a reasonable keel. I had my 4 day week for ages, generally I'm home before bed time, we both do some work at home, but if you're comparing with barristers, bankers and businessy whatnots who hang out for rare quality time when court is cancelled or the deal is done early, and otherwise bond by 'taking the child to swimming classes' on Saturday, it looks fine. Enough. (ignoring that nagging voice in the deepest part of your parental soul).
Bankerworld was buried down at the opposite end of our council's jurisdiction. The end where all the streets have speed bumps or signs telling you not to turn between 8 and 9am (in Melbourne this being the surest sign of money and influence). Beemers top and tailed with Lexii.
School is at the other end, where we have moved to. Sure there's a banker or two, there are also teachers and nurses, artists who can't afford that other end which abuts so many galleries and bars they ply their trade in. A farmers' market. And people who don't work, some of them men, and others who work nice, soft, genuinely flexible hours, allowing them to spend real time with their children, drop them off, pick them up at 3.30pm, attend those parent morning teas and twilight sports events that are not scheduled to work with Collins Street.
Like the one scheduled for 5.30- 7.30pm that I arrived half way through to be told I'd missed almost everything. In my office arriving at 5.30 means leaving at 4.30 which is like taking a half-day off.
Like the drop offs and pick ups largely being done by the au paire. Daddy I want you to drop me off said Bear, my little mate, and I can't and I want to. And the frustration of being told we can't afford to live on my income, which is well above the national average, so Beloved won't ditch her job, but she - understandably - doesn't want to go full time either so I'm rather stuck and,
...now, at our friendlier, more corduroy, farmers' market-hosting school, we are now in the minority with our au paire, our expected shift into after school care, our turning up late to things in a suit. There is a community here, and I like it a lot, and I want at least one of us to be able to settle into that community, that pace alongside our children.
There are certain types of job that own you. Lawyer, even if part-time, or working for the government, is like that. Everyone is out to take your job, or file that urgent notice to produce documents when they know you're on leave. Two people in jobs that want to own you is a bad recipe.
My hours of themselves aren't ridiculous. I could work slightly more, in fact, if it meant Beloved could be there all the time. What I resent now is being trapped in the mid zone where neither of us feels we have room to move, or give. It is, to be technical, plainly shite, and now we can see that there are lots of other people who have rejigged something and made a bit more room in their lives to be human. I am buying The Age again, flicking across pages of community, teaching, local government jobs, for ideas, for either or both of us...
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- The Accidental Housewife said...
I think society sells us a bill of goods (get a prestigious career, work hard, make money, buy things, it will make you happy) and we believe it, when everyone around us is believing it too.
But then suddenly you see others living outside the established rules - working less, earning less, but actually happier - and it's a rude shock. We've been had.
We're downsizing. Smaller, older car. Fewer extracurriculars (does a fifteen month old need kindygym? Probably not.) Getting more organised at home so we fit in a smaller house. All so we can work to live, not the other way around. It's tough, though, when our friends still have all the newest shiny everythings.
- March 05, 2012
- Helen said...
That sounds terrible - you can't leave at 4.30, ever? even for a doctor appointment or dental emergency? Even if you start work early?
The developers where I work often whizz off to these kinds of things and they're not exactly base level pay, either. It must be a lawyer thing.
- March 05, 2012
- Armagny said...
Ah, I shouldn't overstate it to that extent - yes, can leave for emergencies, and can (with some quizzical looks) leave early to pick up from school etc from time to time.
I want to do it a lot/most of the time is more the gist. Or at least for one of us to have a job that allows such...
- March 06, 2012
- The Accidental Housewife said...
I'm linking to your blog from mine tomorrow... Hope that's ok.
- April 08, 2012


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Bret Michaels is back performing and even eyeing a gig on "American Idol," but he's still not back to 100% after suffering a near-fatal brain hemorrhage in April.
"While Bret may be out on the road and performing, he is still not 100 percent," spokeswoman Janna Elias told People magazine. "He still has pain from the chemical meningitis, short term memory loss and gets fatigued quicker than normal."
The 47-year-old former Poison singer believes touring with his band band doesn't put his health at risk. Instead, he "simply feels that music is a powerful healer," added Elias.
U.S. & World
The man who treated Michaels after the April 21 incident, Dr. Joseph Zabramski, marveled at the cowboy hat-wearing rocker's toughness.
"Between 15 and 20 percent of patients die as a result of the initial hemorrhage, and only approximately 50 percent of those that survive have a good outcome," said Zabramski, of the Barrow Neurological Institute. "Bret is truly one of the most determined individuals I have ever met when it comes to an attempt at making a full recovery.
Michaels told Parade magazine ealier this week that he is being given strong consideration to replace Simon Cowell as a judge on "American Idol," a gig he said he would love to get.
"We have a meeting in L.A. in a couple weeks and we're going to sit down and talk," Michaels said. "('Idol') did a poll and I think it was Madonna, P. Diddy, Howard Stern and myself, and I took 50 percent or 60 percent of the vote and that's tremendous. I would love to be a judge on 'American Idol.' I think I would bring a lot to the table."


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Comment Is the darn Emulex CNA chip ready or not? Competitors are saying "How come we're getting CNA design wins and Emulex is not?" What's the real Emulex CNA story here?
A CNA, a Converged Network Adaptor, runs Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) as well as Ethernet, and so converges a Fibre Channel HBA card and an Ethernet NIC onto one adaptor.
The Emulex chip hardware is real enough: Shaun Walsh, Emulex's VP for corporate communications, held it up to an audience at SNW in Frankfurt. Nice try, Shaun, but just because it's called a CNA doesn't make it a CNA.
The chip needs firmware to run FCoE and the firmware isn't ready. It will be ready by the end of the year and Emulex will announce FCoE functionality before December 31. Emulex is not forecasting any OEMs will actually endorse if by year-end, but does say it has four FCoE design wins in its back pocket that it can't talk about.
IBM is making generally supportive noises and has endorsed Emulex's brand new 16Gbit/s host bus adapter (HBA) for the p Series right out of the gate, and has also endorsed Emulex' 10gigE NIC. It has to be highly likely IBM will directly endorse Emulex' OneConect CNA chip, once the FCoE firmware is deliverable.
What does this firmware complication mean for Emulex competitor QLogic and its CNA? This is QLogic's generation 2 CNA, a single chip design that does FCoE and, we understand, is sold as such. If QLogic decided to add iSCSI (implying TCP/IP offload) and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access, needed for clustering) then the likelihood is that it would need new hardware, a gen 3 chip. That would take many months to develop.
Emulex also points out that, with the Netxen acquisition, QLogic would have to decide which hardware and firmware platform to use for an expansion of its server I/O offload capability; the existing 8100 product or the acquired Netxen technology.
In terms of overall CNA chip functionality, Emulex will get 10gigE NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and RDMA functionality from one hardware design while QLogic has FCoE functionality only.
QLogic is leading in terms of deliverable FCoE functionality, but Emulex is a long way ahead in terms of potential ability to offload as much I/O processing as possible from servers onto its single hardware platform.
QLogic says it owns its own 10gigE silicon, unlike Emulex which gets it from Server Engines, and is, QLogic hints, thereby slowed down.
In business model terms, Emulex' Jeff Benck - its chief operating officer - thinks Emulex has a lead of another kind, as it sells a CNA card as a base 10gigE NIC for an MSRP of $1100. It then progressively adds functionality; $1935 for NIC + iSCSI, another uplift for FCoE, in what it calls a pay-as-you-go scheme. It characterises the QLogic CNA as bearing an FCoE tax for people who just need a 10gigE NIC.
QLogic might well say that Emulex has to have this model in order to sell any examples of the card at all, because it simply doesn't have working FCoE functionality today. Emulex says its CNA chip can also be used for RDMA, enabling lossless and low-latency data centre Ethernet to be used as a cluster interconnect.
But this is a future consideration. Once again, the hardware in the ASIC is ready but the firmware is not, meaning no RDMA functionality for now. Emulex won't even reveal a scheduled date, saying it needs to liaise carefully with server OEMs. The adoption of 10gigE as a cluster interconnect is likely to be slow and we could be looking at 2011 before the RDMA functionality is ready, possibly even further out.
Considering that data centre Ethernet and other standards needed for multi-point end-to-end FCoE won't be completed until 2010 - or possibly even 2011 - then it is very early days in FCoE adoption terms. OEMs are likely to dual-source for supply surety and price competition. FCoE-capable CNA design wins are generally not likely to be exclusive. There is still everything to play for.
The race to gather the highest number of FCoE-capable CNA design wins has only just started, with Emulex still standing by the starting gate whist QLogic is tearing off towards the first bend.
But this race is more of a marathon than a sprint and an early lead could prove either a harbinger of things to come or a chimera. We simply don't know yet. Customers should generally watch and wait and understand what they want from converged Ethernet and how they might get it. The Emulex and QLogic CNA strategies are not the same and how this pans out remains to be seen. ®


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It's another boy for a Fall Out Boy!
The band's bassist, Pete Wentz, and his girlfriend Meagan Camper welcomed a son on Wednesday, People reports.
More of the craziest celebrity baby names
The couple named their new addition Saint Lazslo. "Mom and baby are happy and healthy," his rep said in a statement to the magazine. "They are thrilled at the addition to the family and Bronx is over the moon to be a big brother."
Wentz, 35, already has a 5-year-old son, Bronx Mowgli, with his previous wife, Ashlee Simpson. He and Camper, 25, have been together for three years.
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Institutional energy conservation is going mainstream in the federal government, particularly in terms of IT. Government's green IT emphasis grows daily with the push to consolidate data centers, the move to virtualization or wholesale shifting to cloud computing, and proposed acquisition policies that place an emphasis on purchasing energy-efficient IT products.
These sound approaches to energy conservation reduce the size of government's "power envelope" and provide twin benefits of increased operational efficiency and a range of significant cost savings, including lower utility bills.
All of this is good, but it lacks one major element: accountability. According to a recent Government Accountability Office report, the federal government needs clear metrics for tracking and evaluating its green IT efforts. IT managers in individual offices and agencies don't actually pay the electric bill, so they don't see the direct, bottom-line savings those efforts generate on a month-to-month basis through responsible energy habits.
Nor do they see the impact that their end users, federal employees, have on that electric bill when they leave their desktop computers and printers turned on all the time, or plug in their personal laptops, cell phones and tablets to recharge them at work.
Here are three very different, but equally powerful, approaches that can work together to make a huge impact on energy accountability and the government's spiraling energy costs.
Consider the government CIO's role
Fundamentally, the government CIO position exists to provide essential, IT-related services that support the agency's mission. While the CIO clearly must address limitations of budget and other resources, cost accountability around energy – a logical operational cost – does not factor into the equation. Although we may be a long way from including energy as a budget line item on the CIO's desk, there does need to be better visibility of energy expenditures within the agency's chain of command.
Understanding energy consumption is the first step to reducing the power envelope. Just as energy costs helped drive Vivek Kundra's data center consolidation mandates, they also should help drive each agency's efforts to get expenses under control. Accountability, at the CIO level or elsewhere in agency leadership, will be a big step in the right direction.
Let industry innovation lead the way
While green IT has become the norm, instead of the romantic ideal it was portrayed as just a few years ago, the need to innovate around energy consumption is stronger than ever. One example of industry innovation leading the way for green IT in government is Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), a ratio calculation that measures data center energy efficiency.
Government agencies, including the Energy Department, use PUE to track improvement in the energy needs of the data center. An average PUE ratio is 3:1, which means that for every three watts used to power, cool and run IT equipment, only one watt actually goes to the IT equipment. The ideal PUE ratio is 1:1 – a great goal for both industry and government data centers.
In terms of helping government understand, manage and ultimately improve how it uses energy and powers IT functions, industry needs to develop creative approaches to the business of powering government.
Industry can bring its considerable expertise to bear on the issue of providing government with the tools to enable responsible energy management – the key to building in accountability, and getting a handle on energy costs at all levels of the public sector.
Power down – every day
With virtualization technologies available to all agencies, the need to leave power-hungry computers on overnight and during weekends to accommodate the occasional software patch or upgrade is an antiquated habit. If we follow the data center all the way to the endpoint – the individual – we find an untapped opportunity for dramatic energy savings.
In fact, last year's GreenGov Challenge final report recommends "powering down all desktop computers, locally connected printers and other non-networked peripherals at the end of the day" to help reduce government's energy consumption.
That's the premise behind Power IT Down Day, a virtual event on August 26 sponsored by GTSI Corp., Citrix, Hewlett-Packard and Intel that encourages individuals in government and industry to turn off their computers, monitors, printers and other IT equipment at the end of the workday.
If just 50 percent of federal employees followed through on the easy task of turning off those devices on a Friday, the savings would add up to more than $385,000 in just one weekend. That equals to more than $20 million per year in energy cost savings. Imagine the savings if government workers practiced this simple habit every day for a full year! To look at this another way, the U.S. Forest Service recently tweeted that it had saved 2.8 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions during the 2010 Power IT Down Day weekend.
We have more control than we think over the size of government's power envelope. From a CIO's desk to the desk of the average government worker, it's all about harnessing our own power to be accountable and make a difference in energy consumption and costs.
And that should give us all something to think about when we leave the office today… and every day from now on.
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Mohamed Elrefai is a senior vice president at GTSI Corp.
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Community Gardens
Community gardening in Olathe generates an overwhelming interest at three locations:
- Old Town Garden at Loula St. and Water St.
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2007 - The garden was moved to a larger and more permanent site located on the northwest corner of Santa Fe & Pine St.
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The network pool traveling to Australia with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta reports that Panetta commented for the first time about the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus. The comments were given during a mid-flight press conference:
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA: "First, obviously, it was a very sad situation to have a distinguished career like that end in this manner. And my heart obviously goes out to him and his family, but I think he took the right step and I think its important when you're director of the CIA with all the challenges that face you in that position, that personal integrity comes first and foremost."
"With regards to the future, you know, having served there the first 2 years of this administration, I think its really important to continue to have the CIA stay on track doing the job that is absolutely essential to our national security. They have very important mission focused on intelligence and intelligence operations and I think it's very important to get someone strong and capable and dedicated to be able to continue that effort. This is a critical time to make sure that with all the threats that we're dealing with in the world, that we maintain a strong intelligence operation."
REPORTER QUESTION: Any indications the Petraeus affair started while he was on active duty? Could he be prosecuted? Would that be your call? (NOTE: CNN has learned that the affair started after Petraeus was already serving as CIA director)
PANETTA: "You know, I don't know the answer to that. I guess, I'm reading the papers like you are to determine just what the committees finds out, what the ultimate investigation determines on that issue. We obviously are going to watch this closely to determine just exactly when that took place. But I think right now my view is lets see what the investigation turns up and what the congress, these committees are able to determine just exactly what took place."
REPORTER QUESTION: As a former member of congress – do you think Capitol Hill should have been briefed sooner?
PANETTA: "That's another issue I think we ought to look at, because as a former director of the CIA and having working very closely with the intelligence committees, you know I believe there is a responsibility to make sure that the intelligence committees are informed of issues that could affect, you know the security of those intelligence operations."
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Here is what is known. The mililtary hierarchy is composed of lightweights and nitwits. What a bunch of losers.
It does appear that most people commenting on this story are complete idiots.
To Whoever you are, you are clearly very misinformed and have never served in the US Military services. Petraeus compromised himself with misconduct with a subordinate. In any of the Armed Forces, if an NCO/CPO, field grade officer, or a junior General/Flag officer conducted themselves in this manner there would be court-martial proceedings going all over the place, if for nothing else for conduct unbecoming and bringing that person's respective service branch into disrepute. He's retired from active duty now for about a year. Let's hope that Gen. Allen didn't get himself into some sort of similar situation. Personal integrity, judgment, & security are everything in the Armed Forces, especially if you have any lind of access to any type of classified material. Sign me a retired USAF NCO
He banged a broad!!!! So what!!!!! It's not a crime. Hahahahahahahahahahaahaha
It'sfunny to hear these democrats- brainwashed liberals, ever since the election in which 59 voting precincts in philadelphia came out 100% Obama and 0% Romney. (not 1 vote for Romney- not a single individual). After this proof of a rigged election, all the Obama robots and media- still sit around and complain about Romney and the republicans. It's amazing to watch. Hey left wingers- Romney didnt win- your in control. Then on the other hand they, give us a line of BS that the generals were naughty, and need to be ousted- when all this is – is a political coup and consolidation of power – while they have the opportunity to do so. It's funny to listen to democrats, pretend they are worried about morality, and right and wrong- when the results benefit they'er object (consildation of power). Bill Clinton, was impeached and refused to let go the steering wheel, and is Obama's pal. So don't believe that the democrats care about- inappropriate behavior. and you news people are neglegint for not bring this point to light- and giving the democrats a smoke screen to get away with this. Your worse then the ones in power, doing it.
Isn't it funny that you can lie to Congress, torture, murder, commit war crimes, drop bombs on weddings and funerals, and assassinate Americans without judicial oversight, but screw some start-struck sycophant and then they get you. By the way, if Petraeus gave Broadwell top secret info that exceeded the category of classificationfor the information that Bradley Manning gave Wikileaks, why is it that Petraeus isn't being charged with releasing classified information? Once again we see a two-tiered justice system that American will only be able to end through violent revolt and the charging of treason and the execution of our criminal elite. Petraeus allowed Iraqis to be tortured to death and then threw Lyndee England under a bus for putting dog collars on Iraqis. She killed no one, but those who tortured people to death were allowed to get away with murder. Our government is sickening.
Petraeus Danced with the Devil and Lost!
Petraeus, like Romney, compromised his ethics when he was seduced by Paula Broadwell. Romney, in a much more sinister manner was seduced by the Saudis, the Carlyle Group and their American mafia, the Bush crime family.
Romney did not need to go into the Roe v Wade issue. He scared many young, naïve American women.
His approach re: Hispanic issues was just plain stupid. He should have just gone out to speak to Hispanic audiences, in their native tongue, and, like Obama, told them anything they wanted to hear! Instead of trying to deport them. KISS…keep it simple stupid!
That 47% speech was stupid. You must consider that when running for public office, everything you say might be tape-recorded.
Obama stayed stoned while at Occidental University in California and flunked out of school his second year.. Obama never attended Columbia University. The CIA arranged for Obama to get a fake Columbia Diploma. No one at Columbia ever remembers seeing him there. He is not in the Columbia yearbook. There is no Columbia transcript, as Donald Trump was trying to point out!
The CIA helped Obama with name change and fake Selective Service and Social Security numbers. Obama could never be vetted because of these things. No legitimate law firm would hire him. Barry could not be vetted and so the corrupt US Media and the corrupt Democratic Party made him President of the US, instead!
Romney should have attacked Obama re: his Columbia University fraud and the issue that the Saudis paid $20 million to get him into Harvard Law. That Barry is a coke head and was a former drug dealer (see his book) and never held a real job in his entire life. Except when, in 1982-1983, when he was a CIA drug mule in Pakistan.
And that Barry is a Saudi agent, in the White House, no less! And has for four years been actively, on orders from the Saudis, trying to destroy the USA. Something the Saudis began on 911. (fifteen of the nineteen Kamikaze pilots and crew were Saudis, paid for by members of the Saudi Royal Family). All that wind, solar, ethanol, smart grid, stimulus package, electric cars, no drilling permits, no Keystone Pipeline, continued wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, etc., was just playing into the Saudi efforts to keep the USA bankrupt and dependent on Saudis oil. The Saudis are out to destroy the USA.
The reason Romney did not attack Barry on these Saudi issues is that the Bush Crime Family, the Carlyle Group and the Saudis themselves would not allow Romney to do these things. Plus, why would you be so stupid as to have Condylessa Rice, Laura Bush and Carl Rove out campaigning for you. And have Bush puppets, Col Micheal Hayden and Judge Micheal Chertoff as your senior advisors.
"When you dance with the devil, the devil don't change... the devil changes you."
America's chances for a course direction went down the tubes when the Bush Crime Family used their pals at Diebold and ESS, in twenty states, and the corrupt, Saudi owned US media to disenfrachranchise Dr. Ron Paul during the Republican primaries. That's when our last best hope went down the drain!
Petraeus is the only one of the three to own up to his ethical breech. And his breech was a mosquito bite compared to the treason of Romney and, especially, Obama.
Frank Benjamin


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How to find the "i" icon
To find the "i" icon , go to the lower-right corner of an unpaired Apple Watch. To see the name of your watch and pair manually, tap the "i" icon.
"i" icon on an unpaired Apple Watch
"i" icon on pairing animation screen
If you can't find the "i" icon
If you still see the time, lock screen, or apps on your Apple Watch, your watch might still be paired with an iPhone. Before you can pair again, you need to erase or unpair your watch. You can unpair from either your iPhone or Apple Watch.
Unpair from iPhone
- Open the Apple Watch app, tap the My Watch tab, then tap your watch at the top of the screen.
- Tap the "i" icon next to the watch that you want to unpair, then tap Unpair Apple Watch.
- Tap again to confirm, then wait for your watch to unpair.
After your Apple Watch completely unpairs, you can pair again.
Unpair from Apple Watch
- Open the Settings app, then tap General > Reset.
- Tap Erase All Content and Settings, then tap again to confirm.
- Wait for your watch to unpair.
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A friend just shared an objection his atheist friend had to the Catholic Church. It went like this: "My atheist friend told me one of the things she disliked about the church was that they had all these great big fancy churches in poor countries but still asked for money from the poor and why they didn't sell all the fancy stuff and help the needy."
Here was my answer, maybe a bit more animated than necessary, but . . .
"Your friend has it back-asswards. I have been to the poorest areas of the Philippines and seen their beautiful churches. Who owns those churches? The Vatican? No! They are owned by the poor people who scratched every dime together to build a house for God worthy of him. The Church, funded by these poor and wealthier donors have also built the hospitals, schools, and feed the poor.
Why does your friend have a better house and nicer car than she needs? Why not quit being a hypocrite and sell her possession and distribute them to the poor? Let her put her money where her big mouth is? Let her learn the real truth before she criticizes and condemns?
In the Philippines on the island of Cebu (as everywhere else) they have Mass every hour on the hour 12-14 hours a day in churches that are only separated by a few miles. The Masses are every hour on the hour starting at 5 AM there is standing room only at every Mass. Who would DARE to take those churches and sell them? The poor people would rally around their churches and kill anyone who would dare touch them.
Your atheist friend is a fool, or at least misguided by following all the tired old lies of her age. I love Chesterton who said, "The Catholic Church is the only thing that can protect you from becoming a slave of your age."
I get a bit mouthy about things like this, but I get sick of the hypocrisy, stupidity, and the same old, same old.
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