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Since everyone has been making impressive, well-argued and written pieces about their candidate of choice, well here is one for the current #2 seed according to the latest surverys.
Many say that an intelligent man shouldn't vote for Manny Villar for a good number of reasons. First, that he is a businessman and that his incentive for the presidency is monetary in nature. Second, that he is using the media to beguile the masses into blindly voting for him. Third, that he has spent copiously more than the other candidates in terms of campaign funds (billions of pesos no doubt). Last, is due to the C-5 controversy in which he allegedly used the project to increase the value of his properties.
And an intelligent man indeed finds good reason at the surface, for not voting for Villar given the above mentioned reasons. However, as one becomes open, looks deeper, with a wider perspective one might be able to understand the world, and perhaps politics better. I'll do my rebuttal point per point.
First off, yes he is a businessman. However, we must not forget his rags-to-riches story in which he joins the ranks of Henry Sy, John Gokongwei and Lucio Tan. And you know what? I have never met a rags-to-riches mogul who didn't live a simple life. My mother had the same story - grew up in a family of five siblings with a public school teacher as a mother and a soldier as a father. When fate smiled upon her, people around me and myself can attest to the fact that she used her wealth to help others. Sometimes we wrongly accuse someone of wealth for being greedy when in fact, in many cases and especially in the cases of those from humble beginnings - this is rarely the case. Money is only important to those who have a problem with it. I have seen Henry Sy's relatively humble abode at Forbes. And yes, I have had dinner with Manny Villar at Camp Aguinaldo - no parade of bodyguards or fancy stuff. Just a man who joined us for a simple dinner. Truth is, while I may not objectively be able to say that his bid for presidency is NOT monetary in nature, one can't say either than it is. I place my trust in him based on my experience with humble yet wealthy people such as Villar and my mother. Actually, one other thing I see common between self-made individuals such as him and my mother is this: that they will never hurt someone else for their own benefit. This is the "crab mentality" that we Filipinos are so good at. If there is one candidate who can help change this mindset in which we all pull each other down to get up, its Villar.
Second, people say that he is abusing the media to beguile the masses into voting for him. One thing people should understand is that effective marketing isn't a sin - its a reality. Truth is, we sip expensive coffee and kill ourselves with cigarettes and fast food because of marketing. No one can say that they aren't a victims of this nor are they immune. Villar, as a candidate knows how to utilize this in order to win. This in itself, should be a good sign for any leader - because any good leader knows the path and how to trek it. I believe in fact, that greed primarily belongs to those who are expending so much of their money for an office they possibly can't win. Politicians who abandon their parties and run on their own resources are the ones who are greedy. Not only that, they are blind and they constantly burn their bridges. Do we want leaders like that? Take note that every good party has good funding and while the Nacionalista party benefits greatly from Villar's wealth, we shouldn't assume that he is the only one spending here. A healthy amount of funding for any party is a sign of a strong presence. Spending for ads isn't bad - again it is a reality. If every candidate had the funding Villar had, they'd be spending billions of pesos too.
Point three is related to point two: that he's spending HUGE amounts of money in order to win. I think that the biggest problem of Filipinos is that they have a "poverty" mindset - and I don't mean the masses I include the middle class and myself in this area. So many of us are afraid of what might turn out here in our country that we migrate to other countries. Lawyers, engineers, teachers, doctors, nurses, the list goes on. Do you really think such people will end up in poverty here? I don't think so. Most people in the country are worse off. And because of this most of us already accept the notion that the Philippines has lost hope. A lot of people might blame corruption, but I'd put that at number 2 and make the number 1 reason our poverty mindset. Villar is one man who sees the the mindset of the Filipinos in terms of dealing with reasons 1 and 2. No one who pities themselves can get rid of their own desires and greed. And if a doctor in our country can do that by going abroad because in his head he is "impoverished" and "not compensated for enough" here, what more for the less fortunate and educated? Down the line, a man like Villar knows that wealth is a result of hard work, taking control of one's future and not blaming other factors and most importantly, to have a dream of a better, more prolific future. Perhaps he can lead us to this path? I hope so.
Lastly, is on the C-5 controversy. Most of us know that Villar was a billionaire. Not a peso billionaire, but a dollar billionaire. If one was worth at least $1B, he's worth at least roughly P50B. Simple dollar-peso conversion. How much is he spending for his ads? Oh roughly around P5B by the time May 10 comes along. That is only roughly 1/10 of his wealth - and note that he isn't spending for everything. Now I have P80k that I can withdraw from the bank right now - if I could spend P8K of that for my dreams would I do so? Yes I will! Now question: where did the billions of pesos come from? Villar's business is the biggest housing developer in the country. That means he's built more houses than any other housing company. Now imagine a life without company is a life in the Philippines with a lot less houses. If you can't imagine the price spikes in our houses and definitely more poverty without his presence, then imagine if Cebu Pacific and Zest Air hadn't come along instead. That would mean PAL would still have the monopoly and probably charging us more. But alas, there are many domestic and international flights in the Philippines and thus the prices are amiable enough. The C-5 controversy rises from the fact that Villar developed land that would have the C-5 extension build next to it. When that didn't happen, he merely pushed for it because he knew that this would do much more good than harm - and it did. Imagine as well that this controversy is already the worst anyone can pull against someone who was as active in the government and in society as he is.
For my conclusion, I wish to say that we actually have good candidates this year. Noynoy Aquino for his integrity and determination to help the country, Gibo Teodoro for his brilliance and resilience to principle, Gordon for his passion and vision for a developing country especially in terms of tourism - the list goes on and on. I wish to not speak ill of anyone because it is against my beliefs. But I think Villar for what I have said is the most qualified, vision oriented and exciting next potential president our country can have. I know not of any other country in which a tycoon will be leading it - and I believe that it will be potentially amazing.


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Summary: The T-Mobile G1 from HTC is the first Google Android device to be launched and as a result the OS is completely new and unique. Thus, I decided to post this image gallery for people who want to see just about every screen on the device that includes menu items, pop-ups, and those options that appear when you press and hold in certain areas. There are over 200 screens in the out-of-the box device. Check out my other image gallery for the hardware and key screenshots with an upcoming gallery on 3rd party applications.
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Healthier version of a doughnut? is that even possible?
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Rooftop yoga; a very cool Montreal community initiative
*Photo by Guillaume Delignieres Now here's a lovely, lovely idea! Beginning this Saturday (May 24th) two well known Montreal yoga instructors, Justine Romanoff and Jennifer Kruidbos will be teaching two yoga classes every Saturday morning through October 4th, on … Continue reading
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Very interesting read about body acceptance
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Jillian Michaels: open and honest
It was quite refreshing, my chat with Jillian Michaels…she was frank and honest, and I admire that. She was bullied and was overweigh and because f that, made it her mission is to help people become "unstuck. I like that … Continue reading
Powerful statement about food and mood
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Health at Every Size; a spring video
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After selecting your mark, the next step is to decide how to protect it. In the United States, there are three basic types of trademark protection: (1) common-law, (2) state...more
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Q: My husband and I just bought a house built in 1960 from the original owner who hasn't changed a thing. We want to stay true to the home's style, but we need to update the kitchen. My husband is a serious cook so everything not only has to look good, but be eminently practical. We'd like to keep the cabinets, which are in great shape, and avoid painting them...
We'd also like to keep their hardware (cool black and gold pulls) and the original pink oven. We are planning on changing out the floor (probably for a newer linoleum) and the countertops and can change out other appliances (like the electric cooktop). Finally, we're looking for a countertop material (possibly stainless steel?) that can withstand hot pans.
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Look at retrorenovation.com. You'll find all kinds of sources for "period" linoleum and other materials/supplies for your kitchen. It's awesome, by the way!
Although I applaud you for wishing to maintain the vintage nature of your kitchen - it seems that there's a whole lot of wasted space in those soffits, the cabinets above the peninsula block the view into the family room, and the lack of a divider between the fridge and the counter bugs me.
If it were my place and I had the funds I'd contemplate a complete renovation with raised-panel site-built cabinets that have modern interior hardware installed such as pull-outs and lazy-susan inserts from Hafele, pink tile countertops with a double-basin stainless-steel sink (unless you can find a vintage pink porcelain sink), a new GE Profile 36" gas cooktop for your chef-husband, new built-in refrigerator and dishwasher that accept decorative panels so you can slide in some pink laminate panels to match w/ your vintage pink oven, and reuse as many of your vintage pulls and knobs as you can.
For the floor, I'd choose Marmoleum - perhaps with an interesting center inlay in pink.
For more ideas and resources, why not check out Retrorenovation.com?
I think quartz might be your best bet for counters if you don't go the stainless route. They look great, and they can stand a lot more abuse than natural stone. Comes in a range of colours too. They're also neutral enough that they won't necessarily pull the look in a direction that's too updated (...if you're trying to stick to a bit of a 60s vibe).
Looks like you should be able to sand and stain the cabinets a new stain color if you wish to avoid paint. You can go dark to contrast the pink. Dark brown, medium grey, light pink and punchy coral would be a good color combination.
How about dark brown (with a hint of mahogany) cabinets, grey cement counter tops, coral red accents on your counter tops? Introduce some stainless steel, like the sink and do a gray floor with some punchy coral red rugs. For linoleum options check out these great, modern, eco-friendly and affordable marmoleum options:
Here's how you can make cement counter tops yourself:
I read an article a few years back (source now forgotten) in which a homeowner doing his own kitchen reno, purchased a quantity of anodized aluminum, made cardboard cutouts of his countertops, and got a local machine shop to cut and finish the edges for him. He said even with the extra steps it was much cheaper than stainless steel. The results were stunning. Anodized aluminum is usually seen in the worst possible uses (cruddy shower stalls, for instance) but it is extraordinarily hard, withstands all elements (it is used to cover satellites to protect the internal works) and I think it is about as retro as you can get.
I would absolutely avoid the stainless steel counter top, unless you are going to redo the entire kitchen with modern appliances etc. Anything stainless steel looks modern and will not match the floor and cabinets. I know you said you want to avoid painting the cabinets, but you may want to reconsider or consider sanding them down and staining them a different color stain, dark cherry perhaps. I agree, the linoleum has got to go, but have you tried pulling up a corner to see what was under? Original hardwood floors are in many of these older homes. If not, have you thought about saltillo tiles? They are pretty cheap, easy to install and last and look a lot better than linoleum.
Say adios to the hanging cabinets between the kitchen and the next room. You won't believe the difference it will make and it's an easy matter to patch and paint where they were removed. That way, your guests can talk to the cook without blocking what looks like the only prep counter. Put the disused cabinets in the garage or attic and maybe you could use them as the base for a window seat at a later time by having a plywood top and cushion made for them.
The white appliances scream ... well, they just scream. If you're not going to paint the cabinets to reduce the jarring jump from wood to bright white, consider ordering new doors only from the manufacturers in *any* other color. Black! Avocado!
And there are GREAT vintage-y lino sources out there. Maybe you could forgo rolled flooring and do something with that. In any case, I'd either go with teeny squares (coin-tile-ish) or big big ones ... as long as you're going to replace it, do something fun with scale.
We put this cool 'green' countertop, Icestone, in my dad's 1962 condo and it looks super retro:
How about using colored appliances?
find out how much it will cost to hire a designer or architect to give you a multi-phase plan so you can do things in layers and monitor how your choices are working withthe home's original 1960 vibe. A good plan means avoiding expensive mistakes and having to make compromises because your funds ran out. . .. basically it means retaining control over your project is possible. have fun. . .
It's very difficult to respond to this question as the photo is too small to see well, and it shows just one small part of the kitchen -- i.e., can't see the pink oven, and how it is integrated.
Judging just from what I do see though, those soffits, countertop tiles (those look to be flooring tiles applied to the counter), vinyl flooring and ceiling light and plantation shutters, it is definitely not a '60s kitchen -- looks more to be the product of an '80s renovation with updates through the '90s and '00s (the shutters for example). In order to achieve a vintage 60's feel, you would have to roll back a lot of changes.
As a cook, I would start from scratch, as I don't find those sorts of cupboards to be very practical - I like to have drawers with modern hardware (i.e., full extension smooth rolling drawers, etc.). I would seriously hesitate installing a higher-end countertop on those cupboards -- the look wouldn't work, even with newer appliances.
We had similar c. 1970 cupboards in our house, and simply could not make the kitchen functional for serious cooking without removing them and drastically changing the layout.
I wish you luck.
There is nothing that is going to make those cabinets look nice or useful. The interiors are tiny, the soffits are ridiculous, and there are almost certainly no useful interior fittings.
If you can afford to get rid of them, do it. You can donate the cabinets or give them away on freecycle if you don't want them going to a landfill.
New cabinets will have many options for great fittings that will make your kitchen very convenient.
I think it is worth pointing out that not everything old or original is necessarily worth saving. That kitchen doesn't look like anything special or architecturally important, so I think the guiding principle should be whether or not it works for what you need.
so my 2 personalities are in conflict (the avid cook and the lover of mid-century modern).... the two are very difficult to get along.... I'll go through why:
first, mid-60's cooktops are very weak and not easy to clean... but modern/strong gas cooktops (bluestar is the one in my dreams) conflict with the period design
Ditto on countertops. The best functional countertops are granite. Stainless can take hot pans, but scratches. Concrete and mable are porous, even when well-sealed... so they stain. Formica (perfect for mid-century) can stain a little, is scratches, and it can't take a hot pan.
so, in the end, you will have to make compromises in design/function to make a blend that works best for you. If I were in your situation (wanting to keep a mid-century-modern feel and cook), I would probably either get formica counters with well placed wood cutting boards (for hot pots), or get quartz or granite that looks like formica (more of a solid color... less flecked). For cooktops, I don't know......
I HAD a similar 1960's kitchen. If you don't have the money to buy nice new cabinets DON'T REPLACE them. They are much better than cheap home depot replacements.
My cabinets had a nice wood grain and horribly ugly hardware. I kept trying to live with it but in the end I just couldn't. So I changed the hardware and painted them. I had glass inserted into the doors and it looks like a country kitchen.
However for your home I like the Marmoleum ideas and the icestone countertop. My counter looked like the icestone but it was formica (and really dirty, lol). I chose soapstone for my countertop and I absolutely love it. It looks better with age and it's old fashioned and modern at the same time. I did the DIY option.
if you really want to keep the cabinets and not alter them in any way, i think pink and gold could look awesome. not a bright, shiny gold but deeper and warmer. maybe i'm thinking of mustard, i don't know. that would also look good if you do decide to stain the cabinets darker. maybe a chocolate brown floor, pink countertop, gold walls? the white appliances would continue to stand out though.
if you are willing to paint the cabinets, i'd paint them white (or at least white-wash them) and go for pink, white and red. that would be sweet with mostly white tile for both the floor and countertops with pink and red accents. cool red walls, white curtains with red rickrack. it would look like candy . . . and your white (and pink) appliances would fit. but that's only with white cabinets, and you'd have to change the hardware.
I just wanted to chime in about the stainless countertops option. They do scratch, but it takes a lot to really scratch it, superficial scratches buff right out.
And they may look modern, in the 1920s, that's when my house was built and the counters installed. Like many other features of the house it was on the cutting edge then, but still looks great today- not too modern to look out of place with to-the-ceiling glass paned cabinet doors, but fresh.
On the downside, if there are any seams they can be hard to clean and it develops fingerprints easily. but hot pans anywhere!
As a cook- I cringe when I see pictures of trendy kitchens in design magazines. I think of the maintenance issue right away. These kitchens are built for show or for people who do not know how to operate a microwave nor boil an egg.
Consider restaining the cabinets to a darker color. Replace the countertops with engineered stones such as corian , silestone or celador. Natural hard stones as granite(don't even think about marble especially white marble) or if your budget is limited plastic laminate. Forget about concrete slab or soapstone-they chip and crack. Think about ceramic tiles for the flooring or backsplash. I was at the IDCNY recently and it is amazing how technology has aethetically transformed ceramic tiles.
They are durable and inexpensive for as low as $2-$4 per square feet. Go to Stone Source or Hastings for good options for ceramic tiles
Lastly do not underestimate the power of paint and color.
I agree with chatelaine, at least some of this kitchen was redone in the 1980s. (and I so need to see the pink oven). I would start by poking around on web for pictures of model kitchens and advertisements from the time period.
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for the great ideas! We are indeed planning on getting rid of the cabinets up top. As for the kitchen being renovated in the 80s or 90s - I thought so too at first, but if it was done it was minimal. The sink has the original "huddee" ring around it and so the countertops (and probably the cabinets) are likely original too. I'm doubting hardwood under the linoleum because elsewhere in the house the hardwood has been preserved.
For those of you who suggested quartz countertops and icestone - any comments on their durability?
Also, I sent in a picture of the pink oven to AT but it wasn't posted. Hopefully they can post a link to the picture!
Much thanks!
Hi Everyone,
Thanks so much for the great ideas! We are indeed planning to take down the cabinets between the kitchen and dining area. As for being renovated in the 80s or 90s - I thought so too at first. But if it was done it was very minimal because the sink still has the original huddee ring around, making it likely that the counters and cabinets are original. I hope there is hardwood underneath the floor, but I doubt it considering the hardwood everywhere else in the house was preserved and that the linoleum and hardwood dining room floor match up exactly in height.
For those of you who recommended quartz and icestone counters, any comments on durability?
And I sent AT a picture of the pink oven! Hopefully they can post a link to it!
Thanks again,
I love my marmoleum floor in the kitchen--has held up well to two dogs. If I had it to do over, I'd get marmoleum sqares, instead of paying someone to roll out a single color.
Not sure if you're still checking this post, and I imagine you've probably done further research, but wanted to add some detail about quartz.
I don't have it myself. I just couldn't do it with my modest reno budget, so I went with wood. But I love the way quartz looks. I prefer it light (white or off-white), but it comes in a range of colours.
Despite going with a different material myself, I've looked into quartz, and from what I've read it is actually more durable than some of the natural stone products because it is engineered. Apparently it requires no sealing, and it won't stain or scratch. Depending on the colour you select and the size of the small shapes in it, you can mimic the look of some stone. The patina that marble, for example, would develop over time is really lovely. But quartz can look lovely too. I think anyway.
Anyway, good luck with your reno.


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Captain America: The Winter Soldier has revealed a pair of new images online, ahead of a new teaser trailer that's set to arrive tomorrow.
The first image shows Cap and Nick Fury pondering their latest mission, with Cap sporting what looks to be a new version of his famous suit.
The second image is more action heavy, showing Cap in an elevator full of unconscious bad guys. Clearly the shift in time period hasn't dulled his killer instinct…
The new film picks up in modern-day Washington with Steve Rogers attempting to adjust to a new life, while battling a new threat posed by the titular Winter Soldier.
Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo and co-starring Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier will open in the UK on 2 May 2014.
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The Internet Is Too Small to Be Snarky
Last week, I was frustrated with Oracle SQL Developer (on Mac OS X) for two reasons:
- When a connection times out (after being left idle too long), the application hangs and I have to Force Quit and restart it.
- Every 90 days, the passwords for our databases change, so an updated connection XML file is put into source control (passwords are encrypted, and we aren't allowed to know the passwords) and we have to import the new connections. You can't delete multiple connections at a time from the SQL Developer interface, and importing over an existing connection pops up a Yes/No dialog box asking you if you want to overwrite the existing connection. Since the file contains about 30 connections, this means clicking Yes to the same dialog box 30 times.
I decided to vent, and tweeted this:
I wish more software developers used the software they create on a regular basis, so they'd fix the annoyances. *ahem Oracle SQL Developer*
— Rob Warner (@hoop33) March 21, 2014
The first part of the tweet contains sage advice: developers should indeed use their own software regularly, and that will encourage them to build better software. Then, however, I took a snarky swipe at the developers who work on Oracle SQL Developer. Oracle is a soulless corporation after all, right? And it's not as if real people work on that software, right? My tweet is in no way offensive, right?
Then I got this tweet:
@hoop33 our team uses it on a daily basis, I live in it. What annoyances can I help you with?
— Jeff Smith (@thatjeffsmith) March 23, 2014
Wow. Not so soulless after all: a real person who not only cares enough to respond to my tweet, but also chooses to ignore my snark and answer with an attitude of helpfulness and class. Properly chagrined, I explained the two issues I was having, and he asked which version of Oracle SQL Developer I was using. Um . . . it turns out that the version I have is pretty old, so he encouraged me to upgrade, and even told me the latest version that would work on my (work) Snow Leopard machine. I downloaded it, connected to a database, and then let it sit for hours. Then I ran another query. In the past, this would cause SQL Developer to hang, and I'd have to Force Quit it. With this new version, however, it automatically reconnected to the database and ran the query. Success!
Let's look at what I did wrong:
- When I had a problem, I just felt victimized and did nothing about it. For years.
- I never bothered to look for any updates to this piece of software.
- When I got frustrated enough, I took a public swipe at the developers.
I'm a developer. I should know better. I ship buggy code. I release updates all the time that fix bugs and add new features. I don't enjoy criticism, especially snarky criticism, and especially about something I've already fixed!
So, Jeff, I apologize, and I thank you for your help. And for the unspoken reminder to stay classy. I'm still hoping for a smoother, less-interactive import of updated connections, but this time I'll ask nicely.
And, since Jeff deserves the last word on this far more than I, here's his response when I told him the new version corrected the application's hanging:
@hoop33 we spent a lot of time between 3.1 and 3.2 on connection stability/robustness – and handling timeouts properly.
— Jeff Smith (@thatjeffsmith) March 24, 2014
Setting Up My New MacBook Pro
I just bought a new MacBook Pro to replace my mid-2010 MBP. This is my first retina laptop, and it's beautiful. I'd been waffling for awhile, but I'm glad I took the plunge.
I briefly considered transferring all my stuff over from the old MBP, but I figured it was time to start clean. I use my laptop primarily for development (Objective-C, Java, Ruby, Clojure, JavaScript, Web, . . .), writing, and a little bit of graphics work. Here's what I did after walking through the setup wizard:
- Go to the App Store and install all updates
- Set the hostname (System Preferences > Sharing > Computer Name) to "Truth" — homage to Paul Pierce
- Install Chrome Dev Channel
- Install Xcode from App Store
- Install Dropbox and let it sync
- Set up links to config files:
- ~/.bashrc -> ~/Dropbox/config/.bashrc
- ~/.bashrc.local -> ~/Dropbox/config/.bashrc.local
- ~/.vim -> ~/Dropbox/config/.vim
- ~/.vimrc -> ~/Dropbox/config/.vimrc
- ~/.vimrc.local -> ~/Dropbox/config/.vimrc.local
- ~/.vimbundles -> ~/Dropbox/config/.vimbundles
- ~/.gitconfig -> ~/Dropbox/config/.gitconfig
- ~/bin -> ~/Dropbox/config/bin
- ~/.atom -> ~/Dropbox/config/.atom
- ~/.lighttable -> ~/Dropbox/config/.lighttable
- ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Installed Packages -> ~/Dropbox/config/st3/Installed Packages
- ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages -> ~/Dropbox/config/st3/Packages
- ~/Library/Application Support/Brackets -> ~/Dropbox/config/Brackets
- From command line: echo '. "$HOME/.bashrc"' > ~/.bash_profile
- From command line: defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
- Change Caps Lock to Control
- Set Key Repeat Rate to Fast (slider all the way to right) and Delay Until Repeat to Short (slider all the way to right)
- Turn on display of ~/Library (open home in Finder, Cmd+J, check Show Library Folder)
- Install Homebrew and packages:
- macvim (editor)
- git (source control)
- hub (source control for working with Github)
- leiningen (Clojure project manager)
- node (JavaScript development framework)
- wry (App.net command-line client)
- mongodb (NoSQL database)
- tig (text-mode git interface)
- mysql (RDBMS)
- tmux (terminal multiplexer)
- elixir (Erlang-based language)
- ctags (tag generator)
- markdown (markup language)
- Install Homebrew Cask (thanks, @pittman!) and apps:
- tower (source control)
- evernote (note taker/junk drawer)
- appcode (Objective-C IDE)
- webstorm (JavaScript IDE)
- rubymine (Ruby/Rails IDE)
- marked (markdown viewer)
- path-finder (finder alternative)
- iterm2 (terminal alternative)
- kaleidoscope (diff viewer)
- codekit (less/sass/coffeescript autocompiler)
- fluid (make apps from websites)
- firefox (web browser)
- brackets (editor geared toward Web development)
- kiwi (App.net client)
- copy (cloud storage)
- hazel (automation utility)
- bbedit (editor that can edit plist files)
- calibre (ebook reader)
- balsamiq-mockups (interface mockup application)
- sizeup (window manager)
- alfred (launcher)
- lighttable (Clojure IDE)
- Install others:
- Java 7 & 8 (language)
- Ubuntu Mono font (my current favorite programming font)
- rvm (Ruby version manager) and latest ruby
- safe (password management utility — gem install safe)
- Atom (editor)
- Sublime Text 3 (editor)
- Eclipse (Java IDE)
- viPlugin (Eclipse vi plugin)
- meteor (JavaScript framework)
- Macaw (Web development tool)
- Photoshop (graphics editor)
- MS Office (productivity suite)
- Google Drive (cloud storage)
- Box Sync (cloud storage)
- Snapz Pro X (screenshots)
- Install App Store apps:
- Caffeine (prevent mac from sleeping)
- Archy (Google Docs management)
- Oyster (regex IDE)
- Paprika (recipe manager)
- Dash (documentation viewer)
- Unclutter (scratchpad/clipboard viewer)
- Glui (screenshots)
- Skitch (screenshots)
- Pixelmator (graphics editor)
- Sketch (vector graphics editor)
- CodeRunner (run code)
- Patterns (regex editor)
- Twitterrific (Twitter client)
- Requester (HTTP client)
- Todo (task manager)
- MarsEdit (blog editor)
- Base (SQLite client)
- OneDrive (cloud storage)
- OneNote (note manager)
- xScope (screen measurement utility)
Whew! That's a lot of stuff, but I installed only the stuff I use (well, except for OneNote—I'm going to give that a whirl). That's an awful lot of text editors, I know, but I hate to miss out. I left a lot of stuff out, too. Let's see how long I go before I install something else!
EDIT: OK, so the nested lists look terrible, so I changed the nested ones to ordered. I also added xScope, which I had already installed but somehow missed on the list. I also noted that I had changed Caps Lock to Control and changed Key Repeat Rate and Delay Until Repeat.
The Node Sessions: The Best of OSCON 2011; O'Reilly Media
Various Node.js gurus explain and explore the power of this server-side framework in this collection of videos. Two years later, the videos age pretty well, considering they cover Node.js 0.4.x and 0.5.x, and today's current version is 0.10.x. The speakers range from Node committers to heavy Node users, and you gain insight into not only how Node works but why it works that way. Some highlights:
- Real Projects Built in Node and Developing Cloud9 in Cloud9 speak to the what works and what doesn't in real-world use. Advice includes to use libraries like Puppet for configuration and Log Magic for logging. Cloud9 continues to grow and is an excellent way to get started with Node.
- Using jQuery with node.js introduces jsdom and how you can use this powerful framework on the server side. It implements the DOM as if it were a browser so jQuery selectors et al work fine.
- Running Node.js in Production and Node at Scale tells you how to make sure your Node app scales in real-world use. It covers how to choose meaningful benchmarks, how to structure your code, how to deploy, and how to keep your dependencies stable using package.json
- Programming a Chat Server does some live coding to show what you can do with sockets.io and Node. You can see the result at https://github.com/guille/oscon-chat.
- Why We Chose Node compares the dynamic nature of JavaScript with static languages like Java and C++, and explains the importance of being able to see exactly what's going on when errors arise.
- Network Programming with Node.js talks about the challenges of porting Node to Windows.
I wish the speakers had repeated the questions before answering them–you're left guessing what question the answer matches. Talks mostly finished ahead of schedule, reflecting perhaps speakers new to speaking. The information is prime (albeit dated), though, and the whole offers a good introduction to the world of Node.js.
Find the videos here: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920022183.do
How to Lock Up Linux Using Sublime Text 3
Steps to Lock Up Linux Using Sublime Text 3:
- Log in to your Mac OS X machine.
- Install VirtualBox.
- Install a Linux virtual machine.
- Boot that Linux virtual machine.
- Install Sublime Text 3 on that Linux virtual machine.
- Launch Sublime Text 3 and open some files for editing.
- Hit Cmd+P to Goto Anything….
There you go. As we say in The Deep South, you're locked up tighter'n a tick. You can click around, mash keys, yell, and curse, even for a long time, and you're completely stuck.
Steps to Unlock Linux After Sublime Text 3 Has Locked It Up:
- Hit Cmd+P to uncheck the Machine > Pause (Host+P) menu item.
- Hit Ctrl+P to Goto Anything….
Don't ask me how I know this; maybe I read it somewhere.
Installing ForgeRock OpenAM and Apache 2.4.6 on Ubuntu 13.10
touch /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Enter /etc/apache2 as your Apache Server Config Directory Path
copy the generated line from httpd.conf to apache2.conf
The Story
I'm no sysadmin, as will become clear rapidly in this post. I develop software, including Web software, so I have some knowledge of Apache and how to set it up and configure it, but for anything tough I scurry to real sysadmins.
I'm currently on a project at work to replace our Sun/Oracle OpenSSO installation with ForgeRock OpenAM, so I plopped a Linux VM on my MacBook Pro and worked my way through installing OpenAM using the ForgeRock's Getting Started with OpenAM document, which is easy to follow and works well. When I got to the OpenAM Web Policy Agent installation, however, I stumbled. I ran the commands:
$ cd /path/to/web_agents/apache22_agent/bin
$ ./agentadmin --install
I was prompted for the Apache configuration directory:
Enter the Apache Server Config Directory Path [/opt/apache24/conf]:
I had installed Apache 2.4 through apt-get, so I knew /opt/apache24/conf wasn't correct. I poked around a bit and found /etc/apache2, which looked like a configuration directory to me, so I entered that. I got this error message:
ERROR: Invalid Apache Server Config directory . Please try again.
After trying all kinds of directories that had "apache2" in the path (see? I told you I'm no sysadmin) and getting the same error each time, and after prying open the shell script and seeing that all work was being done in Java, so I'd need a decompiler to crack this open, I paused a moment to think: What would this script be looking for to validate that the directory I entered was indeed an Apache Server Config directory? I figured it was probably looking for httpd.conf, which is the configuration file I'm (slightly) familiar with and which didn't exist anywhere on my system. So, I typed:
touch /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
I re-ran the OpenAM Web Policy Agent installation, and everything worked. The installation wrote this line to httpd.conf:
include /opt/web_agents/apache24_agent/Agent_001/config/dsame.conf
When I tested my newly-protected page, however, OpenAM did nothing to prevent access. After a bit of thought, I figured that httpd.conf was being ignored, so I copied that line into apache2.conf, and then OpenAM blocked the page appropriately. Success!
Hope this helps someone.
The Imperfect Craft | Bitsplitting.org
The Imperfect Craft | Bitsplitting.org: "I've seen what happens to people who cling to outdated standards of craftsmanship: they become self-righteous, bitter, and delusional. Guided only by the hallowed rules of yesteryear's geniuses, they and their work become marginalized. Without a foothold in the modern technological context, programmers who should be great are rendered effectively incapable of developing their craft."
One of the things I love about software development is that it always presents mountains to learn. I don't understand developers who aren't constantly learning, trying new things out, and experimenting. This article really struck a chord with me. I love this quote as well:
As a modern software developer, I derive as much joy from remaining relevant as I do from the thrill of identifying and solving the particular problems in my work.
I also love that I'm posting this from MarsEdit, Daniel Jalkut's software.
Validation Errors in Eclipse and Alpha-Bits
Cartoons owned Saturday mornings, back when I was young enough to care. The commercials that wedged their way in and between The RoadRunner and The Justice League seemed to hawk either toys or breakfast cereal, all of which I longed for. My mother decried "sugar cereal" and preached the virtues of rolled oats.
One particular cereal commercial that lingers in my dwindling memory showed various calamities creeping up on the blissful muncher. Each time, at the precise moment preceding attack and doom, the happy eater would show his or her spoon spelling out the calamities' titles in Alpha-Bits ("MONSTER", "TORNADO", "BOA CONSTRICTOR"), declare, "I ate 'em!", and shovel the coveted sweet crunchiness down the hatch. The monster/villain/brute would promptly disappear. It was magical.
Today, I was working with a web project in Eclipse that had various dependencies and Gradle builds and GlassFish deployments and an Error in the Problem view had me at an impasse. It was some nonsense about a Validation error, with key pieces of data (like an explanation of what failed to validate glaringly missing). I tried turning off validators, but that hung Eclipse. I tried restarting Eclipse. I tried refreshing the project. I tried rebooting my Mac. No dice. Finally, I right-clicked the validation error int he Problem view to see if it would offer a menu.
It did.
One of the options was "Delete."
No way.
I tried it.
I ate 'em!
Poof–it disappeared.
Of course, Stack Overflow already knew that. It always knows.
Gas Pump Mashup: Software and Signware
I was filling my gas tank the other day and saw this sign on the pump:
Apparently, it's easier and cheaper to slap a sign on a pump than to fix the software.
I puzzled over this bug a bit; why would a gas pump refer to high-ankled footwear or English trunks? Then I realized it probably refers to "Insert Boot Disk"–I guess there's some corruption when accessing the string table, perhaps, and sometimes the pump displays the wrong string when prompting for a ZIP code.
"Enter Data," though, sounds like pure laziness.
CodeFest 2013
Last Friday, the operations and infrastructure folks where I work were swinging the non-production environments to a new datacenter. The development managers decided to use this opportunity to challenge the developers to a "codefest"–a 1-day programming challenge. The rules boiled down to:
- You must come up with your idea beforehand and submit for approval
- Teams could be 2-5 people
- You cannot write ANY code beforehand, but could set up your environment, install libraries, etc.
- Coding starts promptly at 8:00 AM and ends precisely at 4:00 PM
- Scoring criteria:
- Completeness: 33%
- Code Quality: 33%
- Cool Factor: 34%
- Bonus: Usefulness to the company: 1-5%
- Cash prizes awarded to the top three projects.
What a great idea! I was amazed to see what sorts of projects people came up with, and to see the execution of a finished app in 8 hours. Here are some of the apps produced:
- Use Benford's Law to detect fraudulent medical claims
- Use Google's Prediction API to analyze and score customer feedback
- Create both a REST service and a web front end for searching ICD-10 codes
- Text a physician with some notification, differentiating between Protected Health Information (PHI) and non-PHI notifications, and sending a secure link only for PHI notifications
- Using a microcontroller, bluetooth board, create a light display showcasing our company's new logo, and create an Android app to control the light show through various light patterns
- Create an iPhone app that uses the characteristics of a two-dimensional skeleton and learning algorithms to teach a figure how to walk.
I worked on the last item with Michael Privat. The plan was that I would write the piece to take a picture of someone (against a solid background), remove the background, and walk them through identifying the rectangles containing their various body parts. Those images would then be used in the character that learns how to walk. Michael would write the cool, hard stuff: to make the character learn how to walk. We would be meeting in the middle.
I didn't quite meet him, though. I finished the front end to take or select a picture, store it in Core Data, display a grid of pictures in a UICollectionView, and remove the background from a given picture. I was just starting the UI for selecting body parts when we realized it was 3:30, and there was no way I was going to finish. Luckily, Michael had banged out the algorithm for the learning, walking figure, so we grabbed an image from the Web, cut it up, and used those images. My poor code got the boot.
How'd we do? We took second, losing only to the flashing lights. The panel of judges consisted of several folks from Senior Management (CEO, CTO, CFO, HR VP), Directors, and Managers. Nobody showed code, so the "Code Quality" criterion didn't have an impact.
Lessons learned? I should have fudged a little and learned how to remove the background from an image beforehand. I found some posts on Stack Overflow, but felt determined to understand them before blindly using them, so I lost some time there. I also had never used the UICollectionView; it wasn't difficult at all to use, but I still had to learn which delegate methods to override and I could have saved some time if I'd just used a UITableView. Finally, making the users define and rotate rectangles to select body parts was too ambitious, given the time constraints. I should have superimposed a silhouette on the camera and cut the picture at predetermined points. I had a lot of fun, though, and added a few more tools to my belt.
If I were entirely honorable, I would give Michael my half of the $750 second place prize. I'd already told him that I'd be using any winnings to take my team to lunch, though, so I'm making him cough it up.
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When I was young, I remembered everything. Now I am old, and I remember nothing. And I've surrendered to password madness. I've stored all my passwords in safe since 2007, with my encrypted data file in Dropbox, so I can access it from any machine that runs Ruby. This way, I have to remember only one password, which is long and complex and just onerous enough to type that I feel safe without feeling overburdened.
Unfortunately, neither my iPhone nor my iPad can run safe, so I bought 1Password and supplement my safe usage with that. I even use the same onerous password for 1Password that I use for safe, but for some inexplicable reason I used a different password on my iPhone that I no longer remember, so it's useless to me. I should delete everything and reload, but I'm ashamed to admit I did that once before.
For the website I work on for my employment, we have several different environments with different user IDs and passwords that expire more rapidly than I can type, so I just reset them everytime I log in and mash the keyboard like a Whack-A-Mole for my new passwords that I'll never remember.
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Typos -- gotta love 'em. At my place of business we use Lotus Notes for email. It has a spell-checker whose sometimes humorous fallibility was put on display when a colleague sent out a note to a customer. The note was supposed to say, "Sorry for the inconvenience", but the employee writing the note could not spell "inconvenience" and let Lotus Notes default to the word that it thought the employee was trying to spell. The result? The note to the customer read: "Sorry for the incontinence." True story.
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Even with context checking I doubt a computer would catch it - there's nothing grammatically wrong with the sentence. As to there being no damage to cars - imagine having to explain to your mechanic that your Civic has a hairball...
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Intel announced on Tuesday their next generation of 2 socket CPU – the Intel Xeon E5-2600. Formerly code named, "Sandy Bridge," the E5-2600 is a follow on to the Intel Xeon 5600 series family and offers a real performance increase. In fact, Intel is boasting performance increases from 43% to 62% (depending on the vendor and benchmark.) What is contributing to this massive increase in performance? Let's take a look.
Compared to previous generation Intel Xeon 5600, the Intel Xeon E5-2600 provides:
- Additional CPU Cores – up to 2 additional CPU cores and Up to 8MB more cache
- Increased Memory – up to 24 DDR3 Memory DIMMs are available per 2 CPU system. In addition, 32GB DIMMs are supported giving a maximum capacity of 768GB RAM (in a 2 CPU configuration.)
- Higher Bandwidth – not only does Intel add a 2nd Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) between the CPUs, they also increased the maximum communication speed to 8.0 GigaTransfers per Second (GT/s). Compared to the Intel Xeon 5600, which had a single QPI that ran at 6.4GT/s, the intra-CPU communication alone provides huge performance gains. Not to be overlooked, Intel also increased the maximum throughput on the memory channels from 1333MHz to 1600MHz.
- Tighter Integration – the Intel Xeon E5-2600 marks the beginning of a new era of I/O. The PCI express lanes are now integrated into the platform providing up to 40 lanes of PCIe communication directly to the CPU. Previous generations used an I/O Hub (or IOH) which served as a sort of traffic cop for PCIe I/O. With the PCIe being integrated into the chipset, I/O communication is up to 30% faster and provides additional power savings. Intel's integration of the PCIe I/O subsystem into the CPU will allow for near future performance using PCIe 3.0 peripherals to provide a 2X performance over previous PCIe generations.
When you combine all of this together, you have a two socket CPU capable of running 16 CPU cores (32 if using Hyper-Threading), 24 memory DIMMs with a maximum capacity of 768GB RAM and 80 PCIe 3.0 I/O lanes. Up until now, these numbers were only available in a large rack mount server but with the release of the Intel Xeon E5-2600, we can now expect to see this performance and ability in 1U servers and even in a blade server form factor.
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While the Intel Xeon E5-2600's performance over the previous Intel Xeon 5600 is the sexy part of the new offering, there are some other features that shouldn't be overlooked:
- Better Performance at Lower Power – the improvement in the architecture has allowed Intel to achieve up to 70% better performance at the same power footprint. This is done by allowing the system to reduce the power to the memory, cache, I/O and other CPU functions when performance isn't needed (i.e. when idle.) As well, the CPUs takes advantage of Intel Intelligent Power Technologies like integrated power gate, but that is a bit out of the scope of my goal of "keeping things simple" – so head over to Intel for more on that topic.
- New Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) – according to Intel, "AVX is a collection of CPU instructions that increase floating point performance by doubling the length of the FP registers to 256-bits and reducing the number of operations required to execute large FP tasks." In other words, it allows the CPU to do more complicated instructions quicker. If you run technical, financial, scientific & content creation applications – you probably already know about AVX, so get excited – AVX is better with the Intel Xeon E5-2600.
Check back to BladesMadeSimple.com for continued updates as Dell, HP, IBM and Cisco release their blade servers with the Intel Xeon E5-2600 CPU.
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UNC Wrestlers Nipped In Final Match, 17-15
OREM, Utah -- The University of Northern Colorado wrestling squad will have to wait another day to give head coach Jack Maughan his 100th career victory as Utah Valley State scored a controversial, 17-15, win over the Bears on Saturday night.
The Bears led the dual 15-14 going into the final match of the evening at 197 pounds. UNC's Reece Hopkin trailed by a single-point as the clock in the third period was winding down. Hopkin tossed UVSC's Darren Cooper to his back for what looked to be a takedown and two back points. But the official did not rule any points for Hopkin and gave Cooper a takedown instead to give him a 13-10 win.
"We looked at the tape after the match and it was clearly a takedown and back points," head coach Jack Maughan said. "It just goes to show we are right there but we've just got to finish one of these close ones off."
The Bears put themselves in position to win the match by winning a pair of matches in overtime. Mikell Surber (157 lbs.) notched a 3-1 overtime victory over UVSC's Wayne Watts and UNC's Alex Joseph (174 lbs.) tallied a 6-4 overtime win over UVSC's Ben Wiscombe. Joseph's victory put UNC ahead 15-10 in the dual with two matches remaining before UVSC rallied with two victories to claim the dual.
UNC also secured victories from Kyle Kaiser (125 lbs.), Nathan Gerrard (141 lbs.) and Matt Archbold (165 lbs.). Kaiser scored a 10-5 win over Ryan Argyle. Gerrard scored a 7-4 triumph over Justin Rawle. Archbold earned an 11-6 victory over Tanner Cowan.
The Bears will be back in action Friday night as they travel to Laramie, Wyo., to take on the Wyoming Cowboys at 7 p.m. UNC will also host the U.S. Air Force Academy on Sunday, Feb. 8, at 4 p.m. in Butler-Hancock Hall.
Utah Valley State 17, UNC 15 HWT-Billy Green (UV) dec. Matt Sens (UNC), 3-1 125-Kyle Kaiser (UNC) dec. Ryan Argyle (UV), 10-5 133-Erkin Tadzhimetov (UV) dec. Kyle Swenson (UNC), 12-5 141-Nathan Gerrard (UNC) dec. Justin Rawle (UV), 7-4 149-Mitch Morgan (UV) major dec. Dustin Uhland (UNC), 13-4 157-Mikell Surber (UNC) dec. Wayne Watts (UV), 3-1 (OT) 165-Matt Archbold (UNC) dec. Tanner Cowan (UV), 11-6 174- Alex Joseph (UNC) dec. Ben Wiscombe (UV), 6-4 (OT) 184-Ivan Bigney (UV) major dec. Nathan Kimberlin (ASC), 14-6 197-Darren Cooper (UV) dec. Reece Hopkin (UNC), 13-10
NOTES: While the UNC wrestling team was in action in Orem, Utah, the Bears Wrestling Club was in Lincoln, Neb., taking part in the Great Plains Open ... BWC members Jared Deaguero and Cole Allison scored 1st place efforts in their weight classes ... Tanner Linsacum and Shawn Hart each placed second ... Mark Hastings placed third.


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The day will begin at 10:30 A.M. in Trevecca's chapel service at Trevecca Community Church. This will be the opening service for Spring Spiritual Deepening Week, and the speaker will be Susie Shellenberger. Susie travels around the world sharing God's truth with enthusiasm in fresh and creative ways. She is a former high school speech and drama teacher, a former youth minister and is also the founding editor of BRIO Magazine for teen girls.
Following the chapel service, youth pastors will be invited to a catered lunch. The day will conclude with a special training session with Shellenberger that is specifically designed for youth pastors.
Shellenberger, an internationally known Focus on the Family speaker and author of 36 books, will speak in a total of five services throughout Spiritual Deepening Week. Morning services held February 6-8 will begin at 10:30 A.M. Evening services held February 7 and 8 will begin at 6:30 P.M.
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Of course after our app roundup earlier today, we've got to have a roundup of the very best games from last month. This time we have a few more than usual, bumping the count to eight. While our shortlist isn't so short this time around, all the games discussed are well worth checking out. From racing to hidden object, April 2013 had something for just about every type of gamer.
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Readers probably don't need to be reminded that each month, we distill all of the Play Store's latest entries into a selection of the very best apps of the previous month, hand-picking a shortlist to save you both time and money in testing everything out. This month, though, there were just too many worthy apps to cut down to the usual five, so we've got a slightly-less-short list of the best six apps from April 2013.
YouTube announced something fairly incredible yesterday: it now has more than 1 billion unique visitors to the site every single month. That's a LOT of people, almost half of everybody around the world with internet access, in fact.
What's even more interesting is how people are reaching the site. A post on Google's AdWords Agency blog took a look at how the current generation, or 'Generation C', accesses content on YouTube, and found that a lot of the traffic is coming from smartphones, as opposed to traditional PCs.
Of course it wouldn't be a new month without a roundup of last month's very best games. December, like most months, saw the launch of plenty of great titles. Checking out every last game that debuted in a month can take a long time, though (besides racking up a pretty hefty total). To that end, we have – as always – compiled a short list comprised of six of December's best offerings.
While services like Spotify and Rdio may steal the spotlight most of the time, there are other streaming subscription services out there. Related: we need a better name than "streaming subscription services." Rhapsody, originally founded by Real Networks and since become an independent entity, has a pretty impressive library that users can now download for offline playback. An essential feature for a modern cloud music player. Update: To clarify, it's the ability to download songs on an individual or per-album basis that is new.
Our inaugural Monthly Home Screen Challenge for the month of October was a great success. So much so that we decided to keep the challenge going, and we got some awesome submissions for November. As always, it was tricky picking a winner, and after much deliberation we finally settled on Hotmann, who came up with an interesting take on the periodic table.
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There were a ton of excellent entries for our first Home Screen Challenge, and whittling down all the home screens was no easy task. That's why we've chosen two winners this month - Xal and Austin C, who each showed us their own twist on a visually stimulating, yet practical home screen layout. Our winners will be contacted shortly to claim their AP shirts.
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Yesterday we reported that Sprint will not charge extra for using 4G on your phone, based on the response from a Sprint customer service rep. Some people pointed out that customer service reps are oftentimes wrong, and while we certainly agree with that statement, the CSR was quite confident in her response. Additionally, a good portion of the news market nowadays is comprised of rumors.
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