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1. What the Contract Covers
This is a contract between you and Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052. Sometimes Microsoft Corporation is referred to as 'Microsoft,' 'we,' 'us' or 'our'. This contract applies to the Bing Rewards Program, (hereinafter "
"). You may participate in the Program through the browser- and app-based experience (hereinafter, "
Browser and App Access
"); or through the Bing Bar (hereinafter "
Toolbar Access
"), both of which together constitute the Program, as further detailed below. The Program is void where prohibited by law. As further described below, the Program may be canceled or suspended by Microsoft at any time. The Program is open to users who reside in the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia and who are at least thirteen (13) years of age.
Please note that we do not provide warranties for the Program. The contract also limits our liability. These terms are in sections 12 and 13, and we ask you to read them carefully.
2. Program Overview
The goal of the Program is for Microsoft to learn about and understand customer search behavior in an effort to improve the Microsoft online experience. You may participate in the Program through entry points described above subject to the other limitations herein. Section 3(b) describes the data collected by Microsoft for the Program and Microsoft's use of that data.
Microsoft will determine what constitutes a search (hereinafter "
"). A Search is the act of an individual user manually entering text for the good faith purpose of obtaining results for such user's own research purpose, as determined by Microsoft. A Search does not include any query entered by a bot, macro, or other automated or fraudulent means of any kind.
Through the Program, you will be given opportunities to earn credits redeemable for items ("
") in the redemption center. Microsoft may provide the opportunity to earn credits based on the number of online Bing Searches you complete using Internet Explorer Web browser 7.0 or higher for Toolbar Access, and using Internet Explorer Web Browser 7.0 or higher or any of the browsers currently supported (see
for a list) ) for Web Access, Bing, or MSN properties. Any opportunity to earn additional credits based on online Bing Searches excludes Searches as detailed in the
. Such excluded Searches include those within the following Bing properties:
Bing Maps
Bing Blog
; and
Bing Help
;. Any credit earning opportunities may be capped for each user regardless of the number of computers or devices (including Mobile) used, may be time limited, and the ability to earn such additional credits will be communicated through the Rewards credit counter (as defined below). Any sign up credit bonus is limited to one per user. For Searches that are eligible for credits, users will not be rewarded with credits for Searches on tabbed browsers that are performed in background tabs.
Your time zone will be set when you sign up for the Program and applied to capped- and time-limited offers throughout the Program. You may adjust the time zone we have set for you by logging in through the Program
account center
. You also may be provided with opportunities to enter sweepstakes or contests. We encourage you to redeem your credits promptly. At any time during the Program Microsoft may change the Rewards or the non-profit organizations that are available and the number of credits you must earn to receive a certain Reward or make donations to non-profit organizations. In the event that Microsoft decides to suspend or terminate the Program, you must redeem your credits no later than 90 days after Microsoft provides notice on the Site of its intent to do so. During the Program, unredeemed credits shall expire if you do not earn any credits for 180 days. In such a circumstance, and/or in circumstances where Microsoft deems your account to violate the Program Terms of Use, Microsoft may suspend or terminate your account without notice. Credits earned in the Program are not valid in, and may not be used in combination with, any other program offered by Microsoft or third parties.
3. How to Participate in the Program
General requirements for program participation:
Microsoft ID
. All Program users must have a valid Microsoft account (see
for details) or another identifier if allowed by Microsoft (see
), agree to this contract including the
Privacy Statement
, and meet the
minimum system requirements
Accumulating credits
A. Across devices
. Users participating in the Program are able to do so across multiple devices and platforms and therefore accumulate and redeem their credits to the same account, whether participating via Browser and App Access or Toolbar Access. (Please note that you may not participate in Browser and App Access and Toolbar Access simultaneously on the same computer using Internet Explorer.)
B. Dashboard Information
. You can learn how many daily search credits you can earn, as well as about other opportunities to earn credits, by checking your personalized Bing Rewards dashboard, at
C. InPrivate Browsing
. Please note that if you choose to open an InPrivate browsing session with Internet Explorer (or a similar program with another browser), you will be signed out of Bing Rewards for that session and unable to earn credits.
Participating in Program:
Browser and App Access
: In order to participate in the Program using Browser and App Access, you must use Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, or any of the browsers or apps currently supported (see full list
) and sign up via
. Browser and App Access is only available to www.bing.com US-English language users. Browser and App Access users may be required, from time to time, to sign-in to your Microsoft account or another form of authentication as allowed by Microsoft, in order to earn credits and view total credits available to redeem.
Toolbar Access
: If using Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, you may also participate in the Program through Toolbar Access. To do so, you must download or have downloaded the US-English language version of the Bing Bar available at
, which is subject to the terms of the
Microsoft Service Agreement
and the
Privacy Statement
. Toolbar Access is only available to www.bing.com US-English language users. When using Internet Explorer with the Bing Bar installed, you may not simultaneously participate using Browser and App Access on that browser.
Redemption of Bing Rewards Credits.
In order to redeem credits, you will also be required to provide your true first and last name, submit an accurate mailing address, working phone number, and email address. You may also be required to enter a code we send to your mobile, home or work phone number or complete a similar challenge that we may use in order to prevent fraud. Additional personal information may be required to redeem credits for certain Rewards. You may not use any service intended to obfuscate your true IP address or your location.
You may not maintain more than one Program account ("
"). Each household is limited to five Accounts. You may not barter, trade or otherwise exchange your Account. You must keep your personal information up-to-date, accurate, and secure in order to receive and redeem credits through the Program. You are responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and any other costs or expenses of accepting and using the Reward, unless Microsoft specifically says it is provided. The value of the Rewards you receive in a calendar year may not exceed U.S. $500.00.
a. Installation of Rewards credit counter
The Program Rewards credit counter (the "
Rewards credit counter
") appears in the header on
for Browser and App Access users, and for Toolbar Access users it appears as a button on your Bing Bar downloaded as described in Section 3. The Rewards credit counter will display the total number of credits you have available to redeem in the Program, as well as other information about the Program.
For Toolbar Access, we may automatically download and install upgrades to the Rewards credit counter to update, enhance, and further develop the Program. By installing the Rewards credit counter, you consent to the transmission of this information and the download and installation of these updates. You also may be provided with notice to install updates yourself or to reinstall the Bing Bar, and such updates and reinstallations will be required to continue in the Program. Fatal errors may occur in the Rewards credit counter for reasons including but not limited to users installing a firewall or internet proxy settings that limit outbound communication from their computer. If a fatal error occurs, the Rewards credit counter may automatically turn off or be disabled and your participation in the Program including all credit earning will be suspended until you contact
customer support
b. Collection and Use of Information in the Program
To learn about Microsoft's privacy practices, please read our online
Privacy Statement
Information and data collected through Bing Rewards enables us to offer the Program to users, properly record your credits, protect against fraud, and to improve Bing and your online experience. We may collect and store information about your searches (but not the actual search terms) in connection with your Account to assist in the prevention of fraud.
The Program collects information about your interaction with Bing, including the number of web, and where applicable, mobile, searches you do each day, the types of searches you complete, such as for news or images, and the number of search ads you click on. The Program collects your search default setting, whether your home page is set to www.bing.com, the number and nature of the errors you may have encountered, the version of and information about your browser, the version of the Rewards credit counter you are using, your IP address, as well as which search toolbars, if any, are installed on your computer. For fraud detection purposes, the Program also may collect information regarding the way you enter search queries.
The Program may also use the data collected through the Rewards credit counter, your redemption center activity, and information collected and associated with your Microsoft account to customize your Program experience. Your Account will reflect the number of available credits, credits in process (pending redemption orders), and redeemed credits. The Program will stop counting your current searches and collecting the information described herein if Microsoft, in its sole discretion, decides to end the Program, or if you opt-out of the Program.
(i) Collection and Use of Additional Information by Toolbar Access
In order to provide Toolbar Access, additional information will be collected. Specifically, Toolbar Access collects information about your interaction with different search engines, including the number of web searches you do each day on different search engines; and the types of searches you complete, such as for news or images. To protect against fraud and violations of this contract, Toolbar Access may also detect various applications or software that are installed on your computer and collect non-identifiable information about your computer. If applications or software that violates this contract are detected on your computer, you will not receive Rewards and credits will not be donated. Toolbar Access also may collect your system configuration and the type and language code of the operating system.
4. Discontinuing your participation in the Program
At any point, you may discontinue your participation in the Program and stop the collection of the information described in Section 3(b), by following the steps on this
. If you have enrolled in the Program on more than one computer you only need to opt-out on one computer or device and the other computers will be opted out shortly thereafter. If you opt-out of the Program before receiving your Reward(s) you will lose your credits, and any pending Rewards orders. If you leave the Program by opting out, any donations you make to non-profit organizations before you opt-out will be fulfilled as set forth in Section 6. You also may stop your participation in Toolbar Access and stop the collection of the information described in Section 3(b) by uninstalling the Bing Bar from all machines that you enrolled in the Program. For Toolbar Access users, if you hide or disable the Bing Bar such that it is not visible in your browser, Toolbar Access will not collect data and you will not receive credits.
5. How to Receive Rewards
After earning credits, you must follow the directions at the
redemption center
to redeem your credits for Rewards. There may be a limited number of a particular Reward, and those Rewards will be delivered on a first-come, first-served basis. Microsoft may require you to sign an affidavit, release of liability, publicity release, or other documents to receive certain Rewards. You cannot transfer credits or Rewards (except for charitable donations to non-profit organizations which may be made available by Microsoft at the redemption center). You may not obtain any cash or money in exchange for credits. Credits are not your personal property. Your only way to use credits is to order the specific Rewards that we offer at the redemption center and send them to yourself or to contribute credits to a listed non-profit organization. Rewards are not for resale. Microsoft may limit the quantity of credits or Rewards per person or per household, including per item or per Reward category. Once you order a Reward, it cannot be cancelled by you, nor can you return it for a refund of credits. If you order a Reward that is out of stock, or for other reasons as determined by Microsoft, we may substitute a Reward of comparable value, or refund your credits. If Microsoft offers airline mile Rewards, each airline mile account may only receive Rewards orders from one Account. You are responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and any other costs or expenses of accepting and using the Reward, unless Microsoft specifically says it is provided. Some Rewards may have age eligibility requirements.
Rewards will be mailed to the e-mail address you provide when ordering your Reward. Provided your order is in accordance with these Terms of Use, your Reward will usually be sent to your email address within 24 hours unless your order requires further review or the particular Reward you ordered is in limited quantities, backordered, or out of stock, or unless the redemption center states a different schedule or our redemption center or the Program is experiencing technical problems. We will send your Reward to the email address you provide us, and we rely on you to ensure that the email address provided is correct. We encourage you to ensure that you properly enter your email, as Rewards that are undeliverable will not be reissued and are therefore forfeited. After ordering a Reward you will receive a confirmation email with an order number. You should retain your order number for your records. If you contact Microsoft in the future about your Reward order you may be required to provide your order number.
6. How to Contribute Credits to a Non-Profit Organization or School
You may choose to contribute your credits to a non-profit organization or school, when offered by Microsoft at the
redemption center
. To do so, you must follow the specific directions at the redemption center to receive your credits as a donation. Once you make a contribution of credits to a non-profit organization or school, it cannot be cancelled or refunded. You may not obtain any cash or money in exchange for your donation. Microsoft may limit the number of contributions to a single non-profit organization or school. When you contribute credits to a non-profit organization, Microsoft will provide confirmation to you, and the cash donation to the non-profit organization will be made on your behalf following the expiration of the calendar quarter (i.e., March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31) in which your donation is made. Microsoft will use reasonable efforts to provide the cash donation to the applicable non-profit organization or school within sixty (60) days of the end of the previous calendar quarter. Microsoft shall make such payment to non-profit organizations of Microsoft's choosing on your behalf if: (i) the non-profit organization or school you choose is no longer available at the redemption center when the payment is made; or (ii) the aggregated cash donation for your non-profit organization or school at the time the payment is made is under $10.00. Contributions to non-profit organizations and schools that are undeliverable will be given to a non-profit organization or school of Microsoft's choosing on your behalf.
When you contribute credits to a non-profit organization Microsoft will provide confirmation to you, and the cash donation to the non-profit organization will be made on your behalf following the expiration of the calendar quarter (i.e. March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31) in which your donation is made. Microsoft will use reasonable efforts to provide the cash donation to the applicable non-profit organization within 60 days of the end of the previous calendar quarter. Microsoft shall make such payment to non-profit organizations of Microsoft's choosing on your behalf if: (i) the non-profit organization you choose is no longer available at the redemption center when the payment is made; or (ii) the aggregated cash donation for your non-profit organization at the time the payment is made is under $10.00. Contributions to non-profit organizations and schools that are undeliverable will be given to a non-profit organization of Microsoft's choosing on your behalf.
7. Program General Conditions
You must comply with this contract, as determined by Microsoft, to receive and redeem credits through the Program. You are granted a license to use the Program during the term, and we may disable the Rewards credit counter after the date the Program ends or if you violate this contract. Any user deemed to be participating in any manner that does not comply with this contract may be disqualified from the Program and any other current or future Microsoft promotions or programs. By participating in the Program, you agree to the Terms of Use and you specifically agree that you will not work around any technical limitations in the Program. And you further agree that you will not disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer any software included with the Program, except and only to the extent that the applicable copyright law expressly permits this activity. You may not use any service intended to obfuscate your true IP address or your location. Microsoft reserves the right to disqualify you; disable your access to the Program or your Account; and/or withhold credits, Rewards and charitable contributions, if Microsoft believes you are tampering with or abusing any aspect of the Program or are otherwise suspected of activities that violate this contract or are otherwise unlawful. Microsoft reserves the right to remove a third party from the Rewards offerings for reasons as determined by Microsoft, including if Microsoft suspects such third party of activities that violate this contract or are otherwise unlawful. All questions or disputes regarding the Program, including, without limitation, those involving eligibility, participation, fraud and abuse, will be resolved by Microsoft, whose decisions shall be binding on users.
8. How You May Use the Program
In using the Program, you will:
obey the law;
obey any codes of conduct or other notices we provide;
keep your Program Account and password confidential, and not authorize any third party to access and/or use the Program on your behalf except where we provide an approved mechanism for such access; and
promptly notify us if you learn of a security breach related to the Program.
9. How You May Not Use the Program
You must not at any time use the Program to harm others, or the Program. For example, you may not:
engage in, facilitate or further unlawful conduct;
use the Program in a way that harms us or our advertisers, affiliates, resellers, distributors and/or vendors, or any customer of ours or our advertisers, affiliates, resellers, distributors and/or vendors;
use any automated process or service to access and/or use the Program (such as a BOT, a spider, periodic caching of information stored by Microsoft, or "meta-searching");
use any unauthorized means to modify or reroute, or attempt to modify or reroute, the Program;
damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Program (or the network(s) connected to the Program) or interfere with anyone's use and enjoyment of the Program; or
resell or redistribute the Program, or any part of the Program
10. You Are Responsible For Your Program Account
Only you may use your Account. You are responsible for all activity that takes place with your Account. You may not authorize any third party to access and/or use the Account on your behalf.
11. How We May Change the Contract
Any changes Microsoft makes will be effective immediately on notice, which we may give either by posting the new contract at the Program site www.bing.com/rewards/tou ("Site") or sending via electronic mail.
A user's participation in the Program after such notice will be deemed acceptance of such changes. If you do not agree to these changes, then you must cancel and stop using the Program. If you do not stop using the Program, then your use of the Program will continue under the changed contract. A user should review the contract periodically to ensure his/her familiarity with the most current version. A user will always be able to tell when the version was last updated by checking the "Last updated" date at the top of the agreement.
We provide the Program, credits and Rewards 'as-is,' 'with all faults' and 'as available.' We do not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of information available from the Program. We and our affiliates, resellers, distributors and vendors (collectively, the 'Microsoft parties') give no express warranties, guarantees or conditions. You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws that this contract cannot change. We exclude any implied warranties including those of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, workmanlike effort and non-infringement.
You can recover from the Microsoft parties only direct damages up to US $5. You cannot recover any other damages, including consequential, lost profits, special, indirect, incidental or punitive damages.
This limitation applies to anything related to:
the Program,
content (including code) on third-party Internet sites, third-party program or third-party conduct;
viruses or other disabling features that affect your access to or use of the Program;
incompatibility between the Program and other services, software and hardware;
delays or failures you may have in initiating, conducting or completing any transmissions or transactions in connection with the Program in an accurate or timely manner;
late, lost, incomplete, delayed, inaccurate, garbled, undelivered or damaged registrations, credits, Rewards credit counter reports, Rewards requests, Rewards shipments or other errors of any kind, whether typographical, technical, computer, network, human, mechanical, electronic otherwise including without limitation errors or problems which may occur in administration of the Program, processing registrations, tabulating credits, announcing credits or Rewards or in any Program-related materials;
damages, losses or delays of any annual payments to non-profit organizations or schools; and
claims for breach of contract, breach of warranty, guarantee or condition, strict liability, negligence or other tort.
It also applies even if:
this remedy does not fully compensate you for any losses, or fails of its essential purpose; or
Microsoft knew or should have known about the possibility of the damages.
Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.
14. Changes to the Program and If We Cancel the Program
We may change the Program or delete features or credit earning opportunities at any time and for any reason.
There may be interruptions or extended downtimes. We may significantly change the Program.
We may cancel or suspend the Program at any time.
As noted above, upon receiving notice of the termination by Microsoft of the Program, you will have ninety (90) days to redeem your points for Rewards, as described herein, or forfeit them. Our cancellation or suspension may be without cause. Upon Program cancellation, notwithstanding your ability to redeem your points within the time allowed, your right to use the Program and accrue future points ends immediately.
Once the Program is cancelled or suspended, any data you have stored in the Program may not be retrieved later.
15. Interpreting the Contract
All parts of this contract apply to the maximum extent permitted by relevant law.
A court may hold that we cannot enforce a part of this contract as written. If this happens, then you and we will replace that part with terms that most closely match the intent of the part that we cannot enforce. The rest of this contract will not change. This is the entire contract between you and us regarding your use of the Program. It supersedes any prior contract or statements regarding your use of the Program. The section titles in the contract do not limit the other terms of this contract.
16. Assignment
We may assign, transfer or otherwise dispose our rights and obligations under this contract, in whole or in part, at any time with or without notice to you. You may not assign this contract, or any part of it, to any other person. Any attempt by you to do so is void. You may not transfer to anyone else, either temporarily or permanently, any rights to use the Program or any part of the Program.
17. No Third Party Beneficiaries
This contract is solely for your and our benefit. It is not for the benefit of any other person, except for permitted successors and assigns under this contract.
18. Claim Must Be Filed Within One Year
Any claim related to this contract or the Program may not be brought unless brought within one year. The one-year period begins on the date when the claim first could be filed. If it is not filed in time, then that claim is permanently barred. This applies to you and your successors. It also applies to us and our successors and assigns.
19. Your Notices to Us
You may notify us as stated in the customer support or 'help' area for the Program. We do not accept e-mail notices.
20. Notices We Send You; Consent Regarding Electronic Information
This contract is in electronic form. We may send you information in connection with the Program and additional information the law requires us to send you.
We may provide required information to you:
by e-mail at the e-mail address you specified when you signed up for the Program; or
by access to a Microsoft web site that we identify.
Notices emailed to you will be deemed given and received when the email is sent.
As long as you can access and use the Program, you have the necessary software and hardware to receive these notices. If you do not consent to receive any notices electronically, you must stop using the Program.
21. Choice of Law and Location for Resolving Disputes
Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the agreement, or the rights and obligations of the user and Microsoft, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to any choice of law rules (whether of the State of Washington, or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Washington. All other claims, including claims regarding consumer protection laws, unfair competition laws, and in tort, will be subject to the laws of your state of residence in the United States. You and we irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state or federal courts in King County, Washington, U.S.A., for all disputes arising out of or relating to this contract.

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Assuming you say it's okay…
Gay marriage in France.
Suck it, U.K.!
Yes to gay marriage!
Yes to Equality!
YES to my girlfriend when she'll ask me "do you want to marry me?"
So many "yes" in France :-)) unbelievable
Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi boycotted an inter-faith dialogue conference that opened in Doha on Tuesday, rejecting to sit in the meeting also attended by Jewish representatives, a local daily reported.
I've reblogged this before. I'll reblog it again
Oh, man, you guys are *So* close here…
In America we have a saying: "Whooooosh! Right over your head…"
Yes, if you're incredibly limited in your thinking, if your mind is of a limited scope so to speak, the observation is a bit "Bourgeois" (or classist), but the statement is not intended to be so limited. It's an example. It's an illustration of a point: Incentive is gone. This was hardly limited to waiters in restaurants, but actually permeated the entire society.
There is real classism, there is real snobbery, but this isn't it.
The problem isn't limited to the waiter. Nobody in the restaurant has any incentive to perform their duties adequately let alone well. The person who hires (and one assumes may fire) the waiter has no incentive either.
If you really want to claw into the Bourgeois then you can use this example, but not the way you think.
See, the "Bourgeois" are so incredibly keen on the "incentive" idea, they can spot it's absence when it DOESN'T matter to them, but they turn right around and ignore it in the case of welfare & such here at home.
Seriously, working long hours at subsistence wages is an incentive for… ???
We want the poor to pull themselves up by their boot straps, yet they… err…
I was going to say that they have no clear path to a comfortable, middle class life but that would be wrong. The correct wording is that they CLEARLY HAVE NO PATH out of poverty and into a comfortable, middle class life.
the poor in the west have ZERO incentive.
Now isn't it funny that the same Bourgeoisie that is so good at chastising socialism for eliminating the incentive — and pointing out the resulting damage — are incapable of seeing themselves do it when & where it really matters to them?
In the end it doesn't matter to a western executive if the people in Russia or elsewhere lacked an incentive. It had no impact on them, apart from making them more secure in their positions in the west. But they do have a stake at home. They do have a stake in the poverty at home, any & all social ills associated with it including the crime… they have a stake in western poverty and yet they are blind to their own lack of incentives. They champion negative incentives at home and violently oppose anyone who tries to stop them.
(Source: afronaut)
UNBELIEVABLE! the french senate vote YES to the same sex people marriage!!! I'm crazy. Here we are! Gay marriage in France.
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JAY-Z announced today that he will be putting on a two-day music festival on Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia. The even is called, 'Budweiser Made in America' and will feature over 30 artists and will stream live online.
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Hello Josh, Steve, vendors,
The new CVE identifier of CVE-2011-2724 has been assigned to this issue
(as an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-0547 issue).
Kudos to Tomas Hoger and Jeffrey Layton for their analysis of the issue:
check_mtab() calls check_newline() to check device and directory name.
and to Jeffrey Layton again for providing the patch almost immediately:
[1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.cifs/3827
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2724
Thank you && Regards, Jan.
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Graner Fire Fund
ROSE Blog: Rikki's Open Source Exchange
My friend and colleague, Amber Graner, lost her home to a fire this week. Luckily, the family wasn't in the house at the time and no one was injured. Pete and Amber were at UDS, the kids were with relatives, and the dog was rescued from the fire.
Even if you have home-owner's insurance, the immediate expenses add up as you scramble to get some necessities, including clothing, toiletries, food, and new housing. The Graner family is well-known in the open source community, and many of their colleagues and friends have expressed a desire to help them get back on their feet. I created a page for anyone who would like to chip in to help the Graner Family get some clothes and other necessities: http://granerfamily.chipin.com/the-graner-family
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Issue 169/2014
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Linus Addresses Criticism for Harsh Language
Kernel king admits his tone has alienated volunteers, but says the demands of the process require directness.
New SSL Attack Lets a Malicious Listener Steal Session Cookies
New flaw in an old encryption scheme leaves the experts scrambling to disable SSL 3
Leading Open Source Coder Rants about Rants
Lennart Poettering wants to change the way Linux developers talk to each other.
HP Splits into Two Companies
Enterprise giant frees itself from ink and home PCs (and visa versa).
Mozilla Labs Shuts Down
Mozilla's product think tank sinks silently into history.
Internet Giants Launch Collaboration to Improve Open Source
TODO group will focus on open source tools in large-scale environments.
Fedora Announces New Partition Manager App
New tool will look like GParted but support a wider range of storage technologies.
Mozilla Releases a New Firefox
New public key pinning feature will help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
Tool Predicts Which Websites Will be Compromised
Carnegie Mellon researchers say 3 million pages could fall down the phishing hole in the next year.
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It's time to either file our corporate returns or an extension, and Barb talks with Jim about some of the things we need to know about tax preparation for last year and tax planning for this tax year.
It's tax preparing time again, and Barbara talks with Jim about some of the things we need to be doing, including key dates, as well as some news about what Congress is planning for small business taxes.
As the end of the tax year nears, Barb and Jim talk about some of the last-minute steps small business owners should take to minimize their tax bill. Minimize, meaning avoidance, and evasion.
Barbara joins Jim during his 9th anniversary week to talk about some of the year-end tax planning issues we need to think about, and looks forward into 2007 tax planning.
Barb talks with Jim about some end-of-the-year tax planning tips, including business deductions, key filing dates, retirement plans, etc.
Barbara has just returned from a trip abroad and a trip to the eBay World conference. She begins her visit with Jim talking about what she found on both of her trips and they wrap up with news about tax legislation and some reminders about important tax filing dates.
Barb and Jim talk about some of the tax issues that have recently been passed that benefit small business owners. They also talk about some of the things you should know about being an eBay buyer and seller.
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In the fall of 1991, [the 'Teen Spirit'] video was getting a lot of airplay on MTV, and I would spend hours at my girlfriend's house just laying in bed waiting for it to come on, 'cause it was really exciting, really like nothing else out there. At the time, I think my competition was a million-dollar Guns N' Roses video and Michael Jackson doing something with Eddie Murphy or MC Hammer. The 'Teen Spirit' video was nasty, brown-colored—it looked dirty, it really stood out. Within a year of that, there were a lot of different-looking videos: Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden. It seemed like all the videos now had this angry, dark vibe to them.
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Born in 1942 and Chinese president since 2003, Anhui native Hu Jintao had been posted to Gansu, Guizhou and Tibet during his climb up the party ranks, and first became a member of the Politburo's standing committee in 1992. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1964 with a degree in engineering. The Communist Youth League is known to be a staunch supporter of Hu. He retired as General Secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee and Chairman of the Party's Central Military Commission during the 18th Party Congress in November 2012, and expected to handover presidency of the PRC to Xi Jinping in the spring of 2013.
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Spain's National Court has agreed to hear charges of genocide against former Chinese President Hu Jintao.
On Thursday, the court's criminal division ruled in favour of an appeal by Tibetan exile groups allowing the indictment of Hu, a request which had been dismissed in June by the same court.
The court, which handles crimes against humanity and genocide, argued that the earlier decision had to be overturned because one of the plaintiffs, Thubten Wangchen, is a Spanish citizen and because China had not carried out its own investigation into the allegations.
"There'll be some sort of diplomatic reaction," said Nina Jorgensen, an associate professor at the Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong's Faculty of Law. "China has been very much against these proceedings."
"But in all likelihood, not a lot will happen," she cautioned. "The case brings attention to the issue and gives the victims at least an opportunity to bring attention to their claims."
Spanish courts can hear cases of crimes against humanity wherever they occur outside its national territory on the legal principle of universal competence. In 2009, the universality was limited to cases in which Spanish citizens are victims of such crimes.
The court's decision follows lengthy proceedings which started in 2008, when Tibetan activist groups, one of them headed by Wangchen, asked the court to hold seven Chinese state leaders, including former President Jiang Zemin and former Premier Li Peng, responsible for crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the Chinese government in Tibet. China denounced the trial proceedings.
Hu Jintao served as Communist Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region between 1988 and 1992, overseeing a crackdown on anti-Chinese riots in 1989.
The court "recognises that this genocide is against the country of Tibet and against the Tibetan nation, and the judges recognise that this indictment of Hu Jintao comes at the precise judicial moment 'when his diplomatic immunity expires'", the Madrid-based Comité de Apoyo al Tíbet, a plaintiff in the case, said in a statement.
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Oh yeah, don't forget the Basque which Spain is still terrorizing. There're conquered people everywhere. How about Hawaiians? Aboriginals in Australia?
Do what the rest of the indigenous population world over do - join the established sovereignty and current states for self preservation. Keep fighting, you'll end up like the Palestinians - oops, another one.
And let's talk about the Basque, what about their independence?
As the National Court is an organ of the Spanish state, its action is, therefore, an act of Spain against China.
The reference in its decision to "the country of Tibet" and "the Tibetan nation" should be totally unacceptable to the Chinese people as Spain is departing from the internationally recognized fact that Tibet is part of China.
The Chinese government is duty-bound to defend China's territorial integrity and sovereignty. This calls for an immediate break of diplomatic relations between China and Spain. If Spain refuses to correct promptly her unfortunate errors, trade and other relations must be in jeopardy too.
Diplomatic relation between China and Spain can only be restored after Spain, clearly and unconditionally:
1. Correct her errors;
2. Apologize to the Chinese people for the errors;
3. Undertake not to mess around or interfere in the internal affairs of China,
4. Undertake not to support or in any way deal or associate with any person or group belonging to or associated with the Tibetan Chinese secessionists currently having their government-in-exile in Dharamshala, India.
It is quite clear that this attack on former Chinese President Hu Jintao is not only to embarrass him personally, but also to intimidate current and future Chinese leaders from discharging their duties to the Chinese people.
---dude, have you ever heard of an independent judiciary? Well, maybe that's a foreign concept to you.
And please, this is about a human rights complaint, and not about the status of Tibet within China. You guys need to read a little more closely, think a little bit more (cuz let's face it, any less would be physically impossible), and react in a knee-jerk fashion a little less frequently.
"Internal affairs"? Oh boy, next you'll be whining about "hurt feelings". Oh, and you'll be telling us about "stability" and "harmony". Did I miss any other CCP buzz-words?
The issue here is that the Spanish National Court has made erroneous comments in its decision on the status of Tibet, namely it has made reference in its decision to "the country of Tibet" and "the Tibetan nation". Since it is an organ of the Spanish state, Spain is responsible for the errors.
In 1955, a 10-point Declaration was made by the first large-scale Afro-Asian Conference (also known as the Bandung Conference) and Point 4 states:
"Abstention from intervention or interference in the internal affairs of another country"
This principle is not an invention of the CCP.
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Day two with the stunning new layout, here at PinStack and I'm really enjoying it. Somewhat of an entirely new experience. The feeling I get is one of a vast space for us to expand, and grow endlessly. A very open ended opportunity to not only continue to enjoy our BlackBerry experience, but also share our experiences with other makes and models.
I'm sure that many other Stackers are like myself and have other brands and types of smartphones that we typically avoided talking about
I've always said that every day is a new day. And today is just one more reminder of that. When I signed into PinStack today I was greeted by the new look of the site, as Hayden once again brings PinStack forward as the cutting edge site for BlackBerrys, and other smartphones. This exciting new look reflects the continual thinking, planning and execution of our founder Hayden James.
Over the last year I have watched as this site has morphed from BlackBerry's only to a full fledged
As we move forward into 2009, it promises to be a very exciting year in the field of wireless mobile communications. Setting aside the specifics of our current BlackBerry models and those of the competing smart phones, there has never been a better, more exciting time to be involved in this field. When I take ten paces back, stop and look around at the big picture globally I see an amazing amount of creativity, invention, and new technologies being embraced.
2009 promises to be the
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The very word "hybrid" conjures up images in my mind's eye of the Toyota Prius, and other hybrid cars. Recently I read an article that in the last 60 days, sales of the ever popular Prius are down 50%. What a shocker that was. Especially since I'm a car enthusiast that follows the industry very closely. While I have no desire to own a Prius, I still find that concept and how it's been embraced by the public rather fascinating. Since it's very inception the Prius has continually sold out,
2008 has certainly been a milestone year in so many ways. PinStack has experienced significant growth as well as a fresh new look, as Hayden continues to develop this world class site. His tireless efforts, brilliant creativity and positive influence on the entire BlackBerry community has been a great benefit to us all. Since joining in 2006, the changes and improvements that I have witnessed here are stunning. PinStack has gone from being "One of the Best BlackBerry Forums" to the top
I'm writing this blog entry from my newest BlackBerry Bold, using Opera Mini. Talk about change, wow this is quite an experience. For those of you already familiar with Opera Mini on your BlackBerry it's old hat. For me on the other hand, it's all fresh & new. My first impression is quite positive, as unlike using the default BlackBerry browser, Opera Mini displays larger text making this a lot easier on the eyes. Not only that but I'm not having to write in a little window. While using my "old"
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Those two words on the same line seem so strange to me. And yet that could be the future for the device so many of us rely on every single day. Lately the rumor seems to be gathering steam. What a thought! Microsoft buys RIM.
Talk about the 800lb. gorilla in the room, if there ever was one it's certainly Microsoft. A company so influential that with one swift move they could own RIM. Then what? The possibilities are endless, both positive &
This new crop of mostly high end BlackBerrys that have been released over the last few months have had a significant impact on the "BlackBerry Experience". Some have been fairly good and others have made more of a negative impact than any prior model, and by a very wide margin. One problem they have all shared is the incomplete and underperforming Operating System. A problem so vast that OS updates began to appear immediately and have continued to be pushed out in a rapid fire style with
It's not like we all have the exact same wants, needs or preferences, so why compare? I'm listening to myself when I say this, as it's all too easy for any of us to compare our devices. Rather than compare, why not celebrate the choices, the differences available to us and simply enjoy what we end up choosing.
Speaking solely for myself, I'm such an enthusiastic tech guy with so much curiosity and a burning desire to experience all I can, that I'm always researching, buying, testing,
I was joking in a post the other day that the new BlackBerry's come in Kit Form, you know "some assembly required". The label on the box reading "For Children With Technical Skill From 18 to 50"..ha..ha..ha. Pretty funny. Or is it?
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It all started so well. Lindsay and Sam were having the greatest time at Madonna's Oscar party. They left, and then -- on the turn of a dime -- another blow up.
It's all very sad, if the paparzzi weren't in their freaking faces all the time life would be better for these two. I wish them both well. Why can't you guys have some compassion? She's a child star (Lindsay) she's had it rough.
Who cares? I mean really, who cares? Stop talking about them and they disappear.
Enough already with these two stoned out morons.
Why is this news?
If you stopped reporting on them, the loser Lohan would do something really melodramatic, like off herself and that would be really welcomed news.
Till then, don't give her the satisfaction.
Sam is such a handsome young "man", but nobody really gives a damn about them anymore. Perhaps the Lohan family can pimp out the younger daughter, Ali, now that Linds is a hasbeen. Ali seems really excited to start her descent into hell.
Fight 3,172 of many public fights yet this is the VERY FIRST ONE ever caught on tape. Odd. Well, couples argue and they spent yesterday together and went out for dinner so guess they haven't broken up yet.
Lohan is obviously hitting the powder again or, never stopped!
TMZ....Nobody really cares about these two "LESBO'S".........They'll lick each others couches and all will be better tomorrow!!!
You guys, its NOT Sam....it's Lindsay!!
Right now Sam is the one taking care of Linds!
Sam is tired of Linds ...i don't think she know what to do with her.
and YES, Lindsay is back on the blow.
Everyone loves and cares about lovely Lindsay.
She should stay far away from ugly lesbians.
hmm.. so the loser guy getting out of the car last is the dealer & that is why Samantha gets out quick and then is heard crying bcuz she doesn't want Lindsay to get high anymore ?
If she were dating a dude, she would have moved on to dude #3172 by now. Muff #2 can't be that far away.
What a pair of coked out losers. I'm sure what will happen is they will break up, then whorehan will either get caught snorting coke or get drunk & in another accident. She'll end up in rehab again, and will get off of any jail time because it's LA and "we here in LA give special privileges to our celebrities". Enough already; someone please pull the plug on these 2 lezzie drama queens. NO ONE, and I repeat, NO ONE is interested in them. Both a used up has-beens, and need to disappear...
Linds Give me some Of tha BLOW your doing,Please dump that guy your with named Sam he is one nasty looking dude.
I don't get it. If you want to date a girl, date a girl. If you want to date a dude, date a dude. Why would you want to date something that doesn't know what it is?


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Loophead Lighthouse
Also known as Millstream.
A tune by this name has been recorded together with Prelude (a few times), Bolton St., East Winds, The Millstream.
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Lizzie Bennet BTS: Darcy Day
Hey everyone, thanks for an amazing experience that was Darcy Day. I think it's safe to say that the event as a whole was a total success. The build up and anticipation was an awesome thing to watch, as was Ashley's trolling ;). Credit goes out to the entire team for this. Way to execute on all levels, way to keep Daniel's identity a secret. What a fun surprise right?
Some crazy stats, because I love stats. Ep 60 was our highest viewed first day ever. We've never had an episode break 100k views in 24 hours. It's also now the 2nd most "liked" episode ever, and should eventually pass episode 1 for the title. Daniel (aka Darcy) went from 30 followers to over 2,500 literally overnight, and he's been Memed
Credit to Kate Rorick who wrote episode 59, teeing us up for the big 60. It was her idea to give you Darcy at the last second of 59 which allowed us to build up all the anticipation for #DarcyDay.
But now to the questions.
Q: Why did you guys decide to let Lizzie spill the beans about the videos this way? Were you always decided in going this way, or did you have other ideas about how Darcy would've found out about the videos? I'm guessing the Darcy's letter is coming up next. Is Darcy going to be writing the actual letter or is he going to do a more modern equivalent (a video confession)?
A: We didn't always know we were going to do it this way. I think for a while we thought we wouldn't find out until the end, but as we've done before… we adapted.
As for why now, it just felt like the perfect time to do it. It actually gave us an advantage in that we didn't have to have Lizzie accuse Darcy of everything line by line, and she could be pretty general about it. Darcy will get the scoop.
Another reason is that there are really only so many ways you can to do that scene. You risk it getting stale, we've seen it in several versions, and it's really hard to give our (two person in front of video camera) version of this a fresh take and make it our own.
This one event is a world changer for Lizzie, and I think in the spirit of seeing everything through Lizzie, it needed to be a world (our perspective of hers) changer for the show.
Here's a verbatim conversation over email between Ashley and I.
Me: Here's the new scene, check out that last line bombshell ;)
Ashley: WOAH. Talk about taking a departure from the book! So Darcy's going to watch the videos now???
Me: Yeah, unlike in P&P when he doesn't watch the videos.
Ashley: Hahahahahaha. I wish I could tweet that.
Q: First, I LOVED the twist—I thought there was no way you could pull the "proposal" scene off, but the twist really sold it to me and I think it adds a whole new layer unique to this adaptation. So here's my question: Are the preview clips at the end of each episode in-universe? As in, have their events already happened and been recorded when "Lizzie" posts the current clip?
A: I'd say that they are "out of universe". Though we haven't been super consistent about that. In our heads she shoots each video maybe 1-2 days before she uploads them. As for the twist, thank you. I am very, very proud of it.
Q: Loving Lizzie's side of the story (DVG was such a Darcybot :)), but I'm a bit concerned about Jane. :( Did Caroline deviously change phone numbers or something, because I find it hard to believe that Bing would be so uncivil to Jane, even if Darcy and Caroline both advised him to have clean break.
A: Caroline had more to do with everything that went down then what you're seeing. If you piece together the Jane events from episodes 43-49 you can see all the seeds we planted. Caroline was very precise in her manipulations, Lizzie and co (and us) haven't been told exactly what she did… yet.
Q: What was your reaction to everyone freaking out about seeing Darcy at the end of episode 59? Did it make you more nervous to reveal him properly, or just excited to see people's reactions? Personally I think once again you've pulled it out of the bag casting wise, Daniel Gordh is fantastic as Darcy! Also, I'd like to say thank you to all the production team and cast for creating this show, it's fantastic :]
A: We knew it was going to happen. And when you finish reading the rest of my answers, you'll see that we were preparing for this for months. We couldn't just show you Darcy and be done with it. We needed to
1. Show you a GREAT Darcy.
2. Show you Darcy and Lizzie together in the "proposal" scene
3. Execute a great "proposal" scene.
Whether we did all three of those things at a high level is for you to judge, but that is what we strived for.
Q: Hi! This is a huge fan of the LBD from Brunei, I've been watching since it started. My question is; was Daniel Gordh always cast as Darcy since the beginning of the series like Ashley and her 'sisters'? The gang did such great impressions of him, like his really deep voice and the way he speaks.
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Q: Now that Darcy has been revealed (SQUEE), I was wondering if you might be willing to tell us a little about the casting process. Was it different casting Darcy from the other characters because there's been so much build up and he's been talked about so much on the Diaries via Lizzie's PoV? How did Lizzie's prior reenactments inform the direction you gave Daniel?
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Q: Obviously, the character of Darcy has been well-established by other characters and his social media presence. Did this establishment of the character (and his importance) make casting him easier/more difficult? Why?
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Q: how far in advance do you cast a character, and are you done casting or are there more characters to come? also, this is probably a weird / awkward question but… when you're writing the script, how do you decide when to stick with what the book or movies have said, versus coming up with slight variations (i.e. "thank you for explaining it so 'fully'" vs. "eloquently")? thanks! - tiffany
A: We, as a team, decided on Daniel in late September. We started casting Darcy way back in late July I think. It was the longest we spent casting any character since Lizzie herself. If I remember our stats, we have over 1,000 men submit themselves for consideration. We brought in about 80 to read, and we ended up with Daniel. This was a long process and we kept it pretty secretive.
With Fitz, Collins, really anyone, we could have the actor come in with a very open mind.". We were open to what the actor's interpretation of the modernization would be because we haven't locked ourselves into anything. Darcy, as pointed out, was very different.
We wrote ourselves into a corner in that four different characters have all given their "impressions" of Darcy. As we could justify that real Wickham was a little more "douchey" gentleman than Lizzie's portrayal of him, I don't think real Darcy could be night and day different from Lizzie and Jane's Darcy. Especially since they both spent a month living under the same roof as him.
And since we've already pulled all these quotes from the book into the canon, we were kinda locked into making his dialogue less modernized. Because of this we were very particular about casting Darcy to fit this mold.
As for more characters. Yes.
I'll end this long answer from a note from Hank during the casting process of what we were looking for. He noted that Darcy doesn't necessarily need to be drool worthy hot, he needed to be like "Darcy".
Q: Do you try to avoid fan prediction? Lizzie can say the fans "will do this" but doesn't comment on what the fans "have done." But talks about shippers and Darcy craze.
A: We pick and choose are acknowledging points. Obviously, Lizzie couldn't listen to all the "Lizzie you should give Darcy another chance" rally cries because that would effectively END our story over night. But we definitely can have her aware that her viewers really wanted to see Darcy (she does talk about him alot).
Q: I just noticed a joke about why Lydia lost her car privileges and "not having enough room to that" in Lizzie's car. Made me realize how I generally think "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries" are pretty G rated. Are the writers or cast ever tempted to go a little "blue" with the material?
A: Tempted sure. We've kind of embraced this "let the audience's imagination" run with it philosophy. Basically we hint at something, but did it REALLY happen that way? You may think Lydia "not having enough room in the car" may mean an activity a little more "naughty" but it could be something more ridiculous and whimsical rather than sexual.
Q: You and the entire LBD team is amazing. You recognize how many of us love Austen, and are making the scripts so true to canon, yet so cleverly updated! As Darcy has been revealed, there has been some talk of his outfit. Is it his costume from the party? If yes, what did he dress up as?
A: Thanks! There's actually a great story here. When we first realized that we were going to have Darcy Day be the day after Halloween we discussed about whether if we could do the "stunt" of having Darcy's costume be a regency era outfit, and/or Lizzie's costume be a regency dress. (which some of you predicted we would do) - And as amazing and awesome as that sounds we just couldn't justify that stunt.
This is our proposal scene and it's the first time we see Darcy. We needed to show you the LBD Darcy and not LBD Darcy as a gimmick of past interpretations.
Q: Congrats on #DarcyDay and I hope you enjoy the ride! I noticed that Daniel Vincent Gordh has only been on twitter for about a month - was that when he was cast? I ask because it got me wondering: Do you encourage the LBD family to engage with social media? Is it part of their job?
A: It's not required for the project, but I tell every actor I work with that he/she should be on Twitter and should have a Facebook fan page. If they don't do it, well that's up to them. But I feel a big benefit for them is that they'll get new fans that can go with them to other projects. Note: I don't recommend that they spam their followers with constant information about every little detail that they're working on, nor do they even need to tweet every day, but I think it's good to have a safe place where fans can reach out to you.
Q: Hey-It has already been confirmed that there is a certain level of evil present in LBD, but did you realize that you are forcing poor Darcy to watch the videos in election season? AKA not only does he get to watch Lizzie tear him apart, but he has to watch annoying mudslinging political ads every 10 minutes.
A: He's Darcy, he probably voted absentee, he can deal.
Q: Congratulations on surviving DarcyDay! The episode featured Hank's first writing credit on the show. It also had your first writing credit (other than Q&A #6) since ep. 42 (Friends Forever). Ashley mentioned that the "proposal" scene was used during Darcy casting. All this makes me wonder when and how the episode was written. Can you tell us about the process of writing it? How would you characterize its importance in terms of the story?
A: Well we knew that this was a big one and I knew that Hank would want to be very involved with this one. Given his busy schedule, we knew we had to start early. We had our first casting calls for Darcy way back in July.
In order to audition people, you need to have a scene written, so we basically had a very rough/skeletal /shorter version of the scene you're watching for Ashley and the parade of beautiful men to confess their love for her to perform. Over the callbacks, writer meetings, rehearsals, and everything we adjusted the scene more and more until we got it to the point of where it is now.
As far as importance, it's the most iconic scene from the book, and will probably be our more watched episode of the series. At first I thought episode 1 would be our most watched episode, but given how many of you are rewatching this one, it's safe to say that this will be it.
Q: So I'm not terribly bothered by this, since it's fantasy to some extent, but I have friends who are quite upset that Lizzie posts videos of people without their consent - how do you deal with that issue, in and out of universe?
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Q: So far everything has felt like an authentic vlog - the information and people shown are those that Lizzie feels comfortable sharing, yet these last few episodes and the next few with darcy deal with private situations for characters that the plot demands to be shared yet realistically we'd never hear about on a real vlog (ie "I love you"))- obviously without spoilers, how daunting was it to walk this line between real and web series and what are you're honest opinions? i hope this makes sense..
A: Makes total sense. I'll admit it's a bit of a narrative leap. If we were being 100% authentic, I don't think Lizzie would talk about/criticize Darcy for 6 months over 60 episodes and actually use his real name. I also don't think if Darcy has this crushing level of love for Lizzie, he wouldn't at some point Googled her and discovered "everything". It's a leap we have to take to keep the structure of the narrative intact.
We do our best to justify the presence of our more dramatic episodes by Lizzie either being told by someone to post it (49-Snickerdoodles, by Jane) or feeling compelled to show her audience (42-Friends Forever, and 60). As you said, it's a line we walk.
In general it's like this. 1st priority: Tell a great story. 2nd priority: Be as authentic as possible.
Q: Why did you make Anne a dog?
We realized that Anne being an actual person really complicated the story for us. Because of our limited setting, in order to justify Anne we'd have to develop her personality, and then put her on screen, which would also mean casting her. We could have tried "costuming" her, but that would have made Lizzie and Charlotte pretty mean for making fun of a 'sickly, frail, young girl'.
Narratively, the purpose of Anne was to give Catherine De Bourgh someone that she wanted Darcy to end up with. With modern social standards of marrying cousins and with Darcy related to De Bourgh, it just felt off for her wanting her nephew to end up with her daughter. On the other hand, being totally vested her nephew (basically son) Darcy to end up with an intelligent, 'accomplished', upper class, ambitious, socialite like Caroline felt like something she would push for.
Q: The thing I love most about the show is the thing I loved most about the book. Lizzie is an every woman, a woman we all want to be. She is however, flawed and helps us to see ourselves in a whole new light. She is a normal woman with actual relatable interests and silliness that is rarely ever portrayed in Hollywood. My question is how, as a man, can you relate so well to a young woman and portray such a wonderful and relatable character? Thank you for giving me a woman my own age to aspire to.
A: You're very welcome, and it's an honor to write such an inspirational character.
I actually get asked the "you're a guy, how do you write women so well?" question a lot. I think it's a combination of upbringing and personality. I grew up with very unique and strong women. From my mother, to my sister, to my cousins, to my female friends, to the women that I've dated. They've all been intelligent, sensitive, educated, and career minded.
As for personality, I don't believe I have the right to proclaim that "I completely get women", or I "totally understand" the female voice. I think that's somewhat sexist of me to say. But I believe I'm able to sympathize and empathize more than most guys. It's just something I've noticed when I talked to people about anything and I know I tap those emotions a lot when I'm writing the characters. But regardless of all of that, the fact that entire script writing staff on The LBD are women was a conscious choice by me.
I'll say that as a storyteller, I've always gravitated to strong, independent female roles. They're just far more interesting characters to me. If you get to ever see the other projects I have in my developmental pipeline, you'll see that those will feature strong independent women in them.
Thanks again everyone for a week I'll never forget.


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Chief of Local State Administration (Ukraine)
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In Ukraine, the title Chief of Local State Administration (Ukrainian: Голова місцевої державної адміністрації) refers to the chief executive of each Ukrainian region (province), district, or city. Sometimes it is referred to as Governor. In Crimea the position is called as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
Appointment and termination[edit]
The chiefs of local state administrations are appointed by the President of Ukraine with the recommendation from the Prime Minister of Ukraine. The role and powers of the position are defined in the Chapter 2 (Articles 8 - 12) of the Law of Ukraine "On Local State Administration" (Law № 586-XIV, parliament, April 9, 1999). Candidates on the position of the chief of district state administration are recommended to the Prime Minister of Ukraine by the chiefs of the respected regional state administrations.
The appointment is terminated in case of violation of the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine, loss of citizenship or discovery of dual citizenship, recognition of incompetency by a court, emigration for a residence abroad, gaining a court conviction by a legal force, violation of compatibility requirements, declaring no confidence by the two-thirds of the relevant council composition, filing a request for dismissal from office at own will. The appointment may also be terminated by the President of Ukraine in case of accepting the resignation of the Chief of Regional State Administration, petition of Prime Minister of Ukraine on the grounds prescribed by the legislation about the State Service, declaring no confidence by the majority of the relevant council composition, other circumstances foreseen by this or other laws of Ukraine, on initiative of the President of Ukraine. The authority of the chiefs of local state administrations is terminated also upon their death. In case of election of the new President of Ukraine the chiefs of local state administrations continue to exercise their powers until appointment of the new chiefs of local state administrations in established order.
Role and powers[edit]
The chief thus heads the executive branch in each region, district, or city. The chief forms the composition of the local State Administration as well as its structure depending upon the budget allocations and requirements to the Article XVIII of the Law of Ukraine "On the Principles of Regulatory Policy in Economic Activity" (Law № 1160-IV, parliament, September 11, 2003).
To execute the Constitution of Ukraine, laws of Ukraine, acts of the President of Ukraine, Cabinet of Ukraine, other bodies of executive power as well as own and delegated powers the chief issues orders. The orders of the chief adopted within his/her competence are mandatory for execution on respective territory by all authorities, companies, institutions and organizations, officials and citizens.


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You don't need to search for a girl or run after a girl. That's not how you find her. All you gotta do is aim for God and start running. Soon, you'll notice someone else running beside you, maybe even faster than you. That's who you'll want to go for.
One of the wisest things I've ever heard. This applies for girls too.
I love this.
Absolutely amazing video. Any film peeps will love it!
Saw this guy driving, blasting #glee! #NoWords! @Justinbieber and @msrebeccablack would be proud!
Who is your best friend? Who knows the most about you? Who loves you the most? Many, including myself, have someone in mind. Is it Jesus thought? For me it wasn't. Why not? He is the provider of everything you have, loves you the most, and knows you better than yourself. I just listened to a song that reminded me that He is "my savior, my closest friend". He should be but is He? To built a relationship you need to spend time with one another and it is a two-way street. I know most times I am talking to Him but am I in prayer and in His Word hearing His side of the relationship? I know that I have been convicted in a good way to make my best friend Jesus and want to built my relationship with Him above all others!
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Sad but true!
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TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 16 (UPI) — Attorneys for a Florida mother accused of killing her two teenage children have filed notice they will use insanity for her defense.
The move by attorneys for Julie Schenecker, 50, of Tampa follows last week's announcement by the Hillsborough County State Attorney's office that it would seek the death penalty in the case, The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported.
Her lawyers said Schenecker suffers from " a bipolar disorder with psychotic features."
Schenecker is charged with first-degree murder in the Jan 27 shooting deaths of her 16-year-old daughter Calyx and her 13-year-old son, Beau.
Legal observers said the insanity filing by Schenecker's attorneys indicates the trial will likely be a battle of mental health experts.
Tampa defense lawyer Grady Irvin said her attorneys could make a strong case against the death penalty arguing that their client is a woman already struggling with serious mental problems, trying to raise teenagers with a military husband who was frequently deployed.