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What The Fed Said
The Fed's big policy statement just came out. To no one's surprise, the Fed announced Operation Twist — though the Fed, in its Feddy way, didn't use the that phrase.
Instead, the Fed said:
...the Committee decided today to extend the average maturity of its holdings of securities.
We explained Operation Twist in a post this morning. Still, this afternoon's statement (and this accompanying FAQ) adds some useful, wonky, details.
* The Fed will sell $400 billion in Treasuries that mature in three years or less. They'll replace those with Treasuries with maturities ranging from six to 30 years.
* At the moment, the average maturity of the bonds held by the Fed is just over six years. By the end of Operation Twist, that will be extended to just over eight years.
* Of the 10 people on the Fed's policy committee, three voted against Operation Twist. They thought the Fed shouldn't take additional steps to try to spur economic growth right now. The same three people voted against the majority in the previous Fed meeting. It's unusual for there to be so much dissent for the Fed.
* One other thing: The Fed also owns hundreds of billions of dollars in mortgage bonds. Today's statement said the Fed will use the proceeds from those to buy more mortgage bonds. That should help keep mortgage rates super low.
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Re: Can I get a USDA Loan with a 638?
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Hello everyone,
Can I get a USDA loan for at most, $150k? My current middle score is 638. My wife and I have baby #2 coming 6/28 and we would love to be moved into a 3 BR place by then.
My credit cards were all maxxed out December 15th, 2012 with a credit score of 620. I paid 3 of them down to below 40%. The 4th one I was an authorized user on and had my name removed the last week of January. I had my score pulled by Guaranteed Home Mortgage (GHMC) on Feb 4th and was told my credit score is a 638. The LO said I need a 640 to get the loan.
Currently I have three credit cards. A capital one with a limit of $2000 that I just had to put $1600 on 1/27 and is now at $1972. I am paying that down to $0 by 2/15. The second one is an orchard bank card with a limit of $300 that has $100 on it. The last one is a Target card with a limit of $200 with $24 on it. I am an authorized user on a Zales credit card that has a limit of $4000 and is at $687. I make $40000 a year. I am also currently paying $750 in rent.
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Seniors, come and enjoy a free fun-filled Health and Vendor Fair event focusing on the needs of South East Oakland County Seniors. This event will be held at the Royal Oak Farmers Market at 316 E 11 Mile Road and will start at 9am. Don't miss your chance for a free lunch, tote bag, giveaways, door prizes, entertainment, and flu shots (bring insurance card).
Doors open at 9 a.m. and a free lunch will be provided. Interested seniors can inquire about free transportation to and from the event or obtain additional information by calling their local senior center. American House is transporting to/from the event.
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This is Big Data
I'm sure some people have bigger data, but Facebook has some serious daily growth. The highlight? 500TB a day.
A day.
That's serious data. I've never had a database that was a TB, must less growth by over a TB a day.
To be fair, lots of the Facebook data is unstructured, stored in Hadoop or NoSQL structures for images/video, but there's a ton of database-like status updates, links, comments, etc. that have to be managed.
Rather impressive, but not something I want to administer.
This editorial was originally published on August 22, 2006.
My son asked me about physics the other day and what it meant. He's been on a bit of a science kick, looking to understand and explain his world. I can understand that because most of us are curious about how things work in our world, not necessarily in a scientific way, but just in general.
I somewhat butchered the definition because I was caught up slightly in the actual concepts, but one of the things we talked about was inertia. Maybe because I'd seen this article on overcoming institutional inertia the same day.
We all have things at work that we do a certain way. Maybe we learned it that way, maybe we're more comfortable, or maybe someone yelled at us daily until we did it that way. Regardless, fighting the way people work is a difficult thing to undertake. The article gives a few examples of process changes and how they were effectively moved forward and how the issues were resolved at a high level. It's common sense if you're wondering, use diplomacy and take your time.
I've seen changes occur from both sides of the fence, from someone trying to implement change and from someone who was told changes were occurring. I was never completely comfortable in either situation mostly because with change there's usually conflict. Someone doesn't want to change.
As DBAs we often try to control our world and ensure a high degree of stability, often at the cost of slowing or severely impeding changes in our systems. While I think it's good to aim for a stable, reliable environment, I don't think this should necessarily impede change.
Understanding the business needs and goals is critical both for DBAs in protecting their systems and developers in building new applications. In either case, it also means that the needs of your organization need to dictate how quickly things change.
Not an employee's personal feelings.
Changing the Past
A few years ago my accountant caught a mistake in one of our tax returns. This was during the next year's filing and so we had to amend to previous return, filing against almost two years later to correct an issue. Fortunately the error was in our favor and we ended up receiving a refund.
In most businesses you typically do not change data that was completed in the past unless there is a severe error. For some types of data, such as audit data, you never want to change it. And in many cases, even if there were some change, because of the way that you have operated the business based on those past values, you might decide not to change things.
However as more and more data is accumulated, and used in business decisions, legal proceedings, etc, it is likely that more data professionals will be faced with the questions about when it is appropriate to alter something. With that in mind, this Friday's poll is:
When would you change archived data?
Are there circumstances that you are aware of where it is valid to change data that might be archived? Is it only to make corrections that were recorded incorrectly in the past? Is it to normalize data, so events like companies merging are able to run reports with pre-merge data?
This is a thorny subject, but it seems like one that we should be thinking about as data professionals, looking to give guidance to our clients.
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I've just moved to the country, and I now need a rugged off-roader to get to my new home. What can I get for a budget of around £10,000?
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For: Ultimate 4x4, choice of body styles
Against: Poor on the road, high prices
No list of rugged off-roaders would be complete without the Land Rover Defender – the original and, in the eyes of many, the very best of the bunch.
A separate low-range gearbox and locking differentials, plus near-perfect ground clearance, make short work of the rough stuff. That said, the Defender is hard work on the road, with lots of wind noise, little ventilation and a surprisingly cramped cabin.
Your choice of long-wheelbase, short-wheelbase, crew cab or panel van will ultimately dictate what you get for your money. We found a 2002 SWB 2.5TD three-door, with 62,000 miles on the clock, for £8,995.
For: Reliability, equipment, lusty diesel
Against: Thirsty, rare on used market
The Toyota Land Cruiser Amazon has a reputation for never going wrong, and the chassis is ideal for off-roading thanks to the separate low-range gearbox and differential locks. If you're looking for toughness and reliability, it's ideal.
Most vehicles come with plenty of equipment, so expect to see air-conditioning, leather and seven seats.
For your cash you could have a newer model of the standard Land Cruiser, but the Amazon is much more rugged. Yes, it commands a higher price and you'll be looking at 100,000-mile cars from around 2000, but the 4.2-litre diesel engine is bulletproof. We found a W-registered diesel on 113,000 miles for £9,490.
For: Cult following, excellent off-road
Against: On-road manners, old, scarce
If you like the idea of a Defender, but want some extra comfort and prestige, the Mercedes G-Wagen is for you. It's almost the equal of the Land Rover off-road, with three locking differentials and a separate low box, but its on-road manners leave something to be desired.
Both three and five-door models were made, with petrol and diesel engines, although many of the latter did without a turbocharger and are painfully slow.
The G-Wagen's a rare sight on the used market and is much in demand, so for your budget you'll be looking at a near-20-year-old example. Our search found a 1991 H-reg 3.0-litre petrol car (112,000 miles) for £8,995.


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- 1 uncountable (unsuitability, troublesomeness)Example sentences
- The 48-hour strikes would mean huge personal inconvenience.
- Besides personal inconvenience, there are environmental and economic impacts to this situation as well.
- It needs to be cherished and supported, even if this involves a certain amount of personal inconvenience.
- 2 uncountable (trouble)molestias (feminine plural)I'm afraid I put them to great inconvenience
inconvenientes (masculine plural)me temo que les causé muchas molestias or muchos inconvenientes
- 3 countable (drawback, nuisance) not having a telephone is a great inconvenienceno tener teléfono es un gran inconveniente or una gran desventajaExample sentences
- Back in the city, his status protects the family from the escalating inconveniences and snags of everyday life, from the food and the fuel shortages; within the house, Papa's reign of terror is unleashed.
- In these films, everyone who deserves to be happy ends up with what he or she desires, despite any temporary inconveniences or minor setbacks.
- The other artists are those who tend to ignore what is comforting and instead champion life's difficulties, contradictions and inconveniences.
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- Also that some have been inconvenienced, with difficulties in reaching Bootham.
- The Richmond Hill shop is due to close on Tuesday December 30, greatly inconveniencing the many elderly residents who will have to contend with a steep trek in order to reach another branch.
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I'm on Ubuntu – but it's the same on Debian. I'm using
tcpdump in order to track the connection of computers on my private network. At some point, the internet connection of the computers launching the script is lost as well as the targeted computers.
Here's the command line:
tcpdump -i wlan0 -A src host IP_TARGET
I tried with netsniff-ng, but the issue is the same.
The script that I refer to deviates the connection from the targeted computers to my computer (by sending ARP request) and
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Shirley Ann Cokeley, 61, homemaker, Augusta, passed away on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.
A celebration of her life for family and friends will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at her home.
She is survived by: her husband, Len of the home; children, Troy, Scott, Brian, and Angie; siblings, Gary, Brenda, Ronald, Diane, and Debbie; and step children.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Dawn.
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"I'd like to thank the Academy, my mother, my acting coach, my rehab specialist, my parole officer, my pharmacist..."
The great thing about acting is that, no matter your financial or emotional struggles, a fair amount of glory can be achieved at just about any step along the way. We're not just talking Broadway, off-Broadway, or On Broadway; even killing it in a community theatre production of Grease comes with an element of that sweet, sweet glory.
That laughter, that applause—there's nothing like it. If you're doing your job well, you'll be entertaining and maybe even moving people—isn't that why you got into this biz in the first place?
Well, that and improving your chances of one day meeting Emma Watson/Channing Tatum/today's relevant eye candy.
Then there's the awards. So many awards. You've probably heard about the big ones like the Oscars (for movies), the Emmys (for TV), the Golden Globes (for both), and the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (for the win). If you're the type who's always singing show tunes (and why wouldn't you be?) then you know about the Tony Awards.
But did you know actors also win Grammys (for voiceover work)? Or that there are awards for commercials? If you're bad enough, you can even win an award just for being really bad. Not a horrible day at the office.


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HAMANN Releases Special Aero & Performance Packs for X4 and X6 [w/videos]
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Hamann and fostla.de Unite For a Special Mirr6r BMW M6 Project
The news about Hamann BMW M4 F82 came so exclusively that it only came in images. In the gallery below you are about to see the latest project of the tuner, which looks incredibly well. The pictures clearly show that there have been added some styling parts for the coupe. Unfortunately, Hamann hasn't revealed yet any details about the package, which visibly includes a lot of carbon fiber elements. To be more precise, from this material are made the front lip spoiler, rear diffuser, side skirts, new hood and a
Hamann Lamborghini Aventador Limited is what perfection looks like. Using as a basis the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 from the model year 2014 the exquisite tuners at Hamann have created magic. And this magic is due to the complete exterior makeover of the Lambo. For instance, the front and rear bumpers have been refreshed with added air vents. They of course additionally increase the cooling of the Aventador. At the rear there is a lightweight carbon fiber rear wing and diffuser for added downforce. Car's exter
Hamann has revealed their latest project based on the 3rd generation BMW X5 – the F15 model. The SAV (sports activity vehicle) has received both styling and performance upgrades. The exterior boasts a new front bumper with LED DRLs (day-time running lights) and also new fog lights. A new front lip (from fiberglass) is also available and can be ordered with a clear-coated carbon black finish. Other notable highlights include a pair of modified side skirts, a two-piece roof-mounted spoile
Hamann Range Rover Mystere pushes the limits of individualism. The tuners have definitely showed their best with this project making unique and literally an embodiment of perfection. To reveal the details, the front spoiler includes integrated LED daytime running lights, while the bonnet is made of true carbon fibre
Hamann BMW M6 Gran Coupe Mirror GC has been shown for the first time at Frankfurt Motor Show. Typical for the four-door car is the widebody, which has been further enhanced by four part tailor-made suit comprising from front bumper spoiler with large air intakes, new front wings, side skirts, wing extensions at the rear, rear spoiler and three-part centre rear panel and rear wing. What is more, the tuners at Hamann have given the bonnet a complete treatment made from black carbon fibre. There has beena also adde
Hamann has exhibited their Nervudo at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The insane project is based on Lamborghini Aventador. The manufacturer in Laupheim, Germany refines the Italian sports car using their own independent body concept and still manages to add some performance as well. The exterior of Nervudo boasts a new new front bumper, two front spoilers and aerodynamic side skirts. There are also a new engine cover, a roof-mounted scoop and a
Hamann has introduced their latest project based on BMW X3 F25. There are a lot of ECU re-maps for the whole engine range as well as styling accessories. The exterior boasts a set of 9J x 21" ANNIVERSARY EVO one-piece wheels fitted with 265/30 ZR21Vredestein Ultrac Vorti R tires. There are also multispoke designs in 9 x 22" size for the front and 10.5J x 22" for the rear axle. The stance is further improved by lowering the ride by 35mm. Hamann offers ECU optimization kits for the
Al Ain Class Motors in Dubai offers an almost brand new Hamann Volcano Mercedes-Benz SLR. The super sports car was introduced back in 2008, but this one has only 1,800 km (1,118 miles) on the clock, which means that it is barely driven. The engine 5.4 liter supercharged V8 is boosted to 700HP (515 kW) and 830Nm (615 lb-ft) of torque. 0-100 km/h in 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 348 km/h (216 mph). The result is thanks to an ECU re-map, performance exhaust manifolds and an amended belt pulley combination fo


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See This Baby Flamingo Take Its First Few Steps
This cute little chick struggles up, staggers, falls back down, and gets back up again! At which point it's time for an indifferent world (in the form of a parent flamingo) to crush him back into the dirt. It's tragic and yet adorable.


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Sutton scrubbed from D'backs-Brewers telecast
Daron Sutton , who had been scheduled to work the Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers telecast on Saturday for Fox Sports, has been replaced.
Sutton had been set to work the game with Brewers television analyst Bill Schroeder in a telecast that is part of Fox's Saturday prime-time regional package. The Diamondbacks-Brewers game is going to 12% of the country, including Milwaukee.
Fox decided to replace Sutton with Eric Collins because Sutton has been taken off Diamondbacks telecasts by the team. He has not worked a telecast since Friday. Neither Sutton nor the team has said why Sutton was removed.
ESPN.com, citing "a baseball source," said Sutton "was suspended for 'insubordination' after determining that he had failed to comply with a number of management directives over the years." The Arizona Republic, on its website, said the current issue was a dress code. Citing unnamed sources, the paper said Sutton wanted to wear a suit for telecasts and the team wanted him to wear a polo shirt with the Diamondbacks logo.
Sutton is in the sixth season as the television voice of the Diamondbacks. Before that, he was the television voice of the Brewers for five seasons, working with Schroeder. Sutton has worked UW-Milwaukee men's basketball telecasts for the last eight years.
"Fox Sports has decided not to have Daron broadcast our Diamondbacks-Brewers game this Saturday night on Fox," said Dan Bell, vice president of communications for Fox Sports, in a statement. "We believe it is in the best interest of all parties that this issue between Daron and the team resolves itself before we decide to add him to any future Fox Sports national MLB broadcasts."
Bell said in a phone interview on Thursday that no one from the Diamondbacks asked Fox Sports to replace Sutton on the telecast.
"The decision was entirely ours," said Bell.
The Diamondbacks moved radio broadcaster Greg Schulte into Sutton's spot and he will work with analyst Mark Grace. Jeff Munn will fill in for Schulte on the radio, working with analyst Tom Candiotti.
In 2002, when Sutton was with the Brewers, this columnist wrote a story about his decision not to say the word "damn" when he had to read promos for a Fox Sports Net show "The Best Damn Sports Show Period."
When Sutton referred to the show in the promos he read, he called it "The Best Sports Show Period."
Sutton said he did read the whole title of the show in the first week or two of the season but became uncomfortable when he had to read a promo for family day, followed by one for "Best Damn."
"I think my whole approach on that is we are always trying to sell this game to kids and families," Sutton said at the time. "I personally don't see those two going together. I have no problem with the name of the show."
The general manager of what was then called Fox Sports Net North said he would have preferred Sutton use the complete title of the show, but he was not going to force him to do it. Sutton technically was an employee of the Brewers.
ESPN keeps Rose Bowl rights
ESPN extended its broadcast rights to the Rose Bowl game for 12 years, meaning the network will have the game through 2026.
The network announced the extension Thursday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The new deal begins in January 2015. Each year the game will be played at 4 p.m. Jan. 1 (or on Jan. 2 when Jan. 1 falls on a Sunday).
However the new postseason playoff bowl rotation is determined, ESPN will have the rights to the Rose Bowl game each year through 2026.
The current eight-year rights deal ESPN has for the Rose Bowl has two more seasons to run within the current postseason structure.
ABC, which like ESPN is owned by the Disney Co., televised the Rose Bowl from 1989-2010. ESPN has televised the Rose Bowl since 2011.
The Wisconsin vs. Texas Christian University Rose Bowl in 2011 marked the first time the Rose Bowl aired only on cable television. Until then, the game had been carried on over-the-air network TV.
Kickoff adjustment
The kickoff time for late Sunday afternoon doubleheader games on CBS-TV and Fox will move to 3:25 p.m. instead of 3:15 p.m., the National Football League announced Thursday.
The change, which begins this season, is aimed at reducing the number of times viewers miss the end of a noon game to get the opening kickoff of the home team's late afternoon telecast.
The 3:05 p.m. kickoff time for games not part of a national doubleheader remains unchanged.
Research that the NFL conducted of games from the 2009-'11 seasons found that 44 games required part of the audience to be switched to a mandatory doubleheader game kickoff. If the second game in the doubleheader began at 3:25 p.m. (instead of 3:15 p.m.), that number would have been reduced to 15 games, a 66% reduction.
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The wonderful weird world of everything and nothingaka The "Don't Panic" button!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertcol/atom.aspxTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)2004-04-21T13:50:00ZA major bug in using managed Outlook command popup/buttons.http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertcol/archive/2004/07/28/199897.aspx2004-07-28T17:31:00Z2004-07-28T17:31:00Z
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You want to create an addin to Outlook to extend the menu system so you use the VS wizard to create the addin code and then begin adding popup/button code. If you code ala standard .NET object programming and your menu has more than 1 button then you are doomed to failure due to a major 'gotcha'. Let me walk you through it and how to solve it. Here is a 'standard' vanilla code example that we all could code with our eyes shut.

CommandPopup PopupMenu;
CommandButton MenuButton;

// create 1st button
MenuButton = PopupMenu.Add(...);
MenuButton.Caption = "Publish"
MenuButton.OnClickEvent += ...

// create 2nd button
MenuButton = PopupMenu.Add(...);
MenuButton.Caption = "Subscribe"
MenuButton.OnClickEvent += ...

By now you see the pattern and think all is well and good but this will NEVER work with Outlook.

Outlook (or the CommandPopup code) maintains an ugly list somewhere of the buttons created and as soon as you create the 2nd button that code loses a reference to the OnClick event upon garbage collection. So your first invocation of the code works but upon exit is GC'd and when you go to use it the 2nd time there is no event attached to the button.

Solution: Each button MUST be a unique object hence you must code the following (or similar to):

CommandPopup PopupMenu;
CommandButton [] MenuButtons;

MenuButtons = new CommandButton[2];

// create 1st button
MenuButtons[0] = PopupMenu.Add(...);
MenuButtons[0].Caption = "Publish"
MenuButtons[0].OnClickEvent += ...

// create 2nd button
MenuButtons[1] = PopupMenu.Add(...);
MenuButtons[1].Caption = "Subscribe"
MenuButtons[1].OnClickEvent += ...

Well, this satisfies the unique button object problem and so you would think that there is no further problems///but this doesn't work either YET.

Each .NET object has a 'Tag' property that gets a 'standard' value and is not really used by anyone...think again! The CommandPopup/Outlook code uses this field to differentiate the buttons. Never mind that in .NET each object is a unique object and thus can be tracked individually. NOOOO! The code uses the Tag property to track each object and since each object has the standard identifier then each object 'looks' the same.

Solution: Given each tag a unique value thus:
CommandPopup PopupMenu;
CommandButton [] MenuButtons;

MenuButtons = new CommandButton[2];

// create 1st button
MenuButtons[0] = PopupMenu.Add(...);
MenuButtons[0].Caption = "Publish"
MenuButtons[0].Tag = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
MenuButtons[0].OnClickEvent += ...

// create 2nd button
MenuButtons[1] = PopupMenu.Add(...);
MenuButtons[1].Caption = "Subscribe"
MenuButtons[1].Tag = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
MenuButtons[1].OnClickEvent += ...

NOW your code works fine! Wasn't that just so intuitive! I wasted 4 days trying to solve this and only after a late night session with the Outlook guys did we find the reasons.

BTW, why do all the samples on the Internet work? They only have 1 button!

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Recently I had a garage sale whereby several people came by looking for 'particular' items. Unfortunately I did not have them but had many other items of interest. I began thinking of how I could expand my 'horizons' and realized that the concept of mesh networking, communities, and garages sales go hand in hand.

Imagine a scenario where all of the garage sales in a community were meshed together so that someone looking for a particular item only had to go to one sale and if that item was not there then ask the owner of that garage sale if it was available anywhere else. The owner could then 'mesh' the other sales and ask if that item was anywhere. If it was then they could direct the buyer to the item's location. The owner would also benefit from this 'sharing' as they would also get people directed their way.

It would turn a single 'garage' sale into a block 'garage' sale with far greater potential for the seeker and the seller.

This is just one example of the 'community'ness of mesh networking and how it would revolutionize communities and even bring them closer together for greater things.

robertcolhttp://blogs.msdn.com/robertcol/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxExtended MAPI (aka MAPI 1.0)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertcol/archive/2004/05/02/124891.aspx2004-05-03T04:40:00Z2004-05-03T04:40:00ZI was doing some playing around with Extended MAPI and found it to be a very interesting object model. Very flexible and yet very convoluted. It seemed I could do almost anything I wanted and yet I began to wonder if anyone was even using this?

So my question to you is "Have you done anything in MAPI 1.0? and if so then "What did you like or dislike about it?"

robertcolhttp://blogs.msdn.com/robertcol/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxn Degrees of separationhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertcol/archive/2004/04/23/119014.aspx2004-04-23T17:18:00Z2004-04-23T17:18:00Z
Imagine a world where everyone is connected to everyone else and there no longer is "6 degrees of separation" but rather "0 degrees of separation". Forsaking the obvious misuses of distributing copyrighted material and pornography...simply imagine what could be done in a truly connected world!

The concept of the "middleman" is business, or the "matchmaker" in personal relationships, or the intermediary in any form of contact would no longer be necessary. That role may be necessary in some interactions but for the most part would not be "required". The role becomes one of a facilitator.

My question thus becomes: "Given this type of connectivity is reality, then what would / could someone do with it?"

robertcolhttp://blogs.msdn.com/robertcol/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxWonderfully weird mesh networkinghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/robertcol/archive/2004/04/21/117732.aspx2004-04-21T20:50:00Z2004-04-21T20:50:00Z
Recently I ran into this idea of ad hoc wireless peer to peer networking. The idea being that anybody and everybody can instantaneously create an ad hoc wireless network simply by being within proximity to each other. Everyone knows about everyone and everybody is a friend with everybody else.

Sounds rather Utopian but from a real world perspective this is completely possible given the right equipment, authorization, authentication, and most of all, the right software.

I'm curious to see/find out what would happen if this type of networking actually took off and how people would use it. Imagine being able to share, discover, and basically network with anyone with whom you choose. What would you do with it?

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Buckle slowing down somewhat. Had to happen eventually.
worried me a bit, that +4 (1% more) and S down a hair, econ on the edge? swag, dow ready for a 200 pt rally (bear market rally?) maybe today, flirt with 10,000? If not think I get (more) worried....ps-the "no double dip" crowd of just 3 weeks ago seems to be replaced by "global depression" (krugman) now, so who/what to believe? liquidity vs reality?
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Title: Reading CS Lewis: A Commentary
Author : Wesley A.Kort
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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"B.Y.O.B" (Bring Your Own Bombs) is a Grammy Award-winning song as well as the first single released from System of a Down's fourth album Mezmerize. It is a politically charged song and was written to protest the Iraq War.
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Remove Biased Judge from Custody/Divorce Case?
This is a discussion on Remove Biased Judge from Custody/Divorce Case? within the Child Custody & Support forum, part of the FAMILY LAW, DIVORCE, CUSTODY category; Anyone know how to get a Judge removed from this type of case? It is plain as day that he ...
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Anyone know how to get a Judge removed from this type of case? It is plain as day that he is totally biased. There is no justification for his actions. And yes, I have a lawyer. Need outside advice and wouldn't mind a different Judge hearing all of the facts since this case is falling on deaf ears.
Being unjustly treated.
|Dec 4th, 2008, 09:43 PM
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Difficult to get a judge removed from a case unless you can prove they have a conflict of interest.
What you (and your attorney) need to do is make sure that you present all the evidence and testimony necessary for an appeal, should the judge rule against you.
In your appeal, you must argue issues of law, not issues of fact. That means you must make sure all necessary facts are raised in the court transcript, and you must make sure you can point to a law or precedent that the court violated.
|Feb 18th, 2009, 02:22 PM
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I just completed a case with a judge who was completely bias against my case for reasons of previous negative judgemenents of single mothers from other cases. He went as far as constant case quotes from the past cases as if our case was exactly the same when they were no where near that. It seems that the judge was so worried about steping on gay rights than focusing on the main issue of the child's protection. He even went as far as making a completely bias statement not supported by any evidence. And yes I too have an attorney if thats what you want to call him because he didn't even stand up for my rights of being pre-judged by a racist judge. Now my kid is ordered to continue visitations with the man that abused him!! Im now faced with the choice of having to go to the media with this because no one seems to have the balls tostand up against a homo abuser. What should i do?
|Feb 18th, 2009, 06:52 PM
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So are you claiming that this judge was a misogynist, a racist, a homosexual, or all three?
You, ma'am, have severe anger issues and come across as completely unstable. If this is how you spoke in court, then it is perfectly understandable why the judge dismissed your concerns and your attorney gave up on you.
|Mar 5th, 2009, 11:33 AM
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Despite what Tbyte the moderator said, I understand your pain. People who have never been through the court system today desperately trying to prevent their abused children having contact with the abuser only to find themselves and their children victimized even more by the legal system and biased judges cannot imagine what that feels like and what it can do to you to have to give your child over to that abuser. Esp. when that same abuser kidnaps your kids and plays all sorts of other dirty divorce "stuff" which the law and the judge allow him to do to mess with your mind. The system is corrupt and the corrupt use it. Please refer to books and articles written by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. on abuse and the way men use it for revenge along with support from YOUR OWN COUNSEL. She calls it Legal Abuse. I divorced my husband of 22 years for the emotional,financial,and physical abuse of our children and I. The judge treated my lawyer so rudely and picked on her for trivial things and let lies,failures to comply, pathetic excuses, playing the blame game, stall tactics, and contempt go unnoticed for my husband's defense. My ex threw a five minute rage at me from the witness stand at our final hearing even beating on it with his fists proving every accusation I made against him before the court to see first hand and the judge ignored it and allowed it. I hired at great expense an excellent counselor with a resume over 10 pages long who gave a wonderful and unbiased testimony as to the abuses my children shared with him and the judge picked on me for not calling the cops when it happened to document it. That I gave my ex the chance to get therapy instead of divorce didn't count and made it my fault. The judge harassed my lawyer not to keep him there all day with witnesses so my lawyer and did not call witnesses that would have helped me and then the judge implied that I must have, in his opinion, lied about the abuses since we did not call my minor child to witness. After his rage and the testimony of the counselor my lawyer said she felt we had won and said she wanted to "spare my child the experience of having to testify against his father." Now I read King's book and see how she betrayed me and how I was caught in the good ol boy legal system where we live in TN. All my ex had to do was run all over town accusing me witchcraft and being a satanist in this bible belt town to rally several church congregations and this judge behind him. I am not either of those of course and he wouldn't even step foot into a church with me before his divorce adviser (lawyer?) told him how to slander me politically. I'm lucky that he didn't get full custody and see now how he had at first tried to make me appear crazy and when he didn't succeed in that he went after the child he beat to try and discredit him. It is a common ploy used against women in court and its a good thing I never went to find aid from a shelter because it looks like the psychological evaluation they give as part of their services (per King) would have helped him prove I was unstable paving the way for his getting the kids. Count your blessings that your ex only has visitation and tell others about this Dr. King and how this works. Our government should protect us from abusers and rotten judges and lawyers. They say they will. They have billboards supporting emotional abuse but, there is no support for it at all. We should have the right to another judge. I had many grounds to appeal but decided not to put myself and my children through another two years of mental and financial hell of fighting my sociopath ex only to have my case end up right back in the lap of the same unfair judge once again. I would have switched judges from the first time we appeared in court based on his mistreatment of my lawyer alone and had I the resources would have dumped her for another at he same time. Now I have put it in god's hands to make this right for us. Oh, and you can "bet your sweet bippy" as my grandmother used to say, that that judge did not want to touch the fact that your ex if he is as you say a "homo". I grew up in the 60's and was treated poorly by a black teacher with a reputation for abusing blond haired blue eyed kids and the principle wouldn't touch her either. The majority vs the minority are victims of overzealous attempts at equalization within our society which protects those eager to abuse it. So if you are a bit defensive and jaded I feel for you. Don't let others tell you that this is your fault for being discouraged and being treated unfairly if you were. Why do we do that to people? Why do we punish those seeking help? Does anyone in this bipolar world have the ability to muster some compassion and neutrality? Why do we tell them its their problem? 10% of the white male race here in the USA are abusers. One out of four people here in the USA are borderline personality disordered or out right sociopaths. They help each other. Pray for the new world they worry about so much. They are scared to death of being revealed for what they are.
|Mar 20th, 2009, 01:51 PM
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im in the same painful place. im fighting for custody of my 7 year old son. the only way im going to get my son is to break my ex husbands wallet. His new wife will get tired of spendind money on lawyer fees. I have proof that the new wife smokes pot around my son. CPS wouldnt demand a drug test, I done mine. I couldnt get anybody to listen to my concerns. I went as far as to run with my son out of state. They found us and i went to jail for 7 weeks. During the 3 mos. before I ran the judge kept modifieing my visits he refuse to listen to any testamony that would clear the false algations. at this time i only get to see my son on sat & sun 9am to 6pm supervised. The only way I'm going to get my son is to keep costing my ex and wife money to fight this. If anybody can give me ideas of keep taking them back to court please tell me.
|Aug 14th, 2009, 05:57 PM
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I am in the same issues with the court/judge in NYC. The judge did not allow me to give my side of the case. I came to give a very good legel case with scientific studies and a letter form the 4year old's doctor. The judge even got a cell phone call from some one and then order me to leave the court room for she can have a nice little chat after we had a 1 and a half hour lunch. About 5 mins. later a CO came and out and told me that she was ready agian. Then this lady just told me that she will not remove the OOP because she was leaving for vacation intill the 2nd of Sept. And tat I should have never used up he courts time. She clearily dosent like me because Im Roma-American and thinks that we all are thugs and cold hard law breakers. She dosent even think that my aunt is my aunt but thinks that she is my mother. Yes, a record states that their is a name confusshion but still wont look at the proof that I brought to the court.
I so need help on removing her from the costody case. She will not allow me to give her proof/ evidence to sopport my case. All of this is wrong because she placed a OOP on my aunt the only person that is a female support to my 4 yr. old niece.
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What should you do? Talk to the press exactly as you are talking now....we want to watch it all when they post it on youtube....how embarassed you will be!
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Chances are you won't find a horseshoe nailed to the wall above Oklahoma's locker room entrance this season. It's also unlikely that the Sooners' uniforms will be adorned with a four-leaf clover patch.
But maybe second-year coach Jeff Capel should try something. His club, according to Ken Pomeroy, was the second-most "unlucky" team in all of Division I last season, as measured by a final record that was more than four games worse than what was statistically expected, given the Sooners' overall performance.
We're not talking about a single last-second shot that rimmed out or a questionable whistle that changed the outcome of the game. This is about season-long, unbalanced and statistically improbable misfortune, when a team finds just the wrong time to go cold or give up a big rebound or miss a free throw. It's how a team with 20-win productivity ends up 16-15.
Last season's tribulations made Capel sense something was curiously amiss.
"It sure felt that way," he said with a rueful chuckle.
The Sooners' case is pretty easily explained: Solid defense kept them in most games, but a spotty offense often left them a bit short. Six straight losses down the stretch resulted in a 6-10 Big 12 campaign, one in which the Sooners' average margin of defeat was eight points.
"We had a chance last year where we were in a position to control our destiny, and we didn't finish games," Capel said. "That's the bottom line. Close doesn't count. We have to be able to close games out."
That halting execution, according to Capel, stemmed from his initial unfamiliarity with the roster in his first season in Norman and the team's general inconsistency on the offensive end. Tony Crocker had his moments, especially early in the season, and Nate Carter emerged during league play, but Oklahoma never quite found the right combination of guys to deliver on a nightly basis.
"Last year, we were kind of learning on the fly trying to figure out what each guy's strengths were, maybe what things they didn't do as well," he said. "More importantly, [we were] finding out what the strengths of our team would be and then trying to put together a game plan to fit the strengths of our team."
This season, Capel knows what the strength of the team should be. It's on the inside, where 6-foot-11 banger Longar Longar is joined by heralded 6-9 freshman Blake Griffin. If the Sooners can get some consistent scoring from the perimeter to go with a touch of better fortune, they could be poised to make a move in the Big 12.
Or, barring those developments, maybe the Sooners should at least schedule UTEP, the only team in the land last season that was statistically less fortunate than they were.
Tony Barbee's Miners, who finished 14-17 last season -- a full 4½ games under expectation -- had some problems that mirrored the Sooners'. In UTEP's case, though, decent defense and suspect offense were exacerbated by an undersized roster that had a penchant for fouling and/or giving up offensive rebounds in big spots.
Now the Miners' roster has been super-sized with the arrival of several newcomers who are 6-10 or taller. Given the bigger (and hopefully better) supporting cast for underrated scoring guard Stefon Jackson, Barbee has found it more productive not to dwell on his team's close calls from last season.
"It's not something you harp on, because you can't get those games back from last year," he said. "I think [the players] just understand how to execute -- the older guys will -- and show some leadership and pull those younger guys along so they understand."
Like Capel, Barbee remains cautiously optimistic that Year 2, and the familiarity that comes with it, will bring renewed good fortune for his club.
"I think we're in position to have a pretty good year, but I want to keep the expectations down because no one is expecting us to do anything, nor should they. But when you have a player like Stefon, we're going to [be underrated] a little too much," he said. "I think our team is ready to take that next step, but we'll see. We have to do it on the court."
Both coaches should take some solace. At this time last year, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Kansas State and Oklahoma State were all coming off "unlucky" seasons. Oregon finished the 2005-06 season 15-18 and out of the postseason. A season later, the Ducks won 29 games and ended up in the Elite Eight. Virginia Tech improved from 14-16 (4-12 ACC) to 22-12 (10-6) last season with an NCAA Tournament appearance. Kansas State (23 wins, up from 15 the previous season) and Oklahoma State (22 wins, up from 17) both reached the NIT.
"Hopefully we can get some of that karma," Capel said.
It might not hurt to find a nice Buddha belly to rub on the bench. Just in case.
Here are four other "unlucky" teams (which finished at least three wins below expectation) from last season that are hoping to replicate that same success:
Like many of these teams, the Sun Devils are heading into their second season with a new coach (Herb Sendek), and despite being undermanned last season, were respectable on defense and the glass. Now, stalwart forward Jeff Pendergraph will get some help on the offensive end from Duke transfer center Eric Boateng and highly regarded freshmen guards James Harden and Jamelle McMillan. Twelve of the Sun Devils' losses last season were by six points or less, and they lost their last seven regular-season Pac-10 games by an average of 4.7 points. If the guards can supply a bit more consistent offense, especially from 3-point range, and the Sun Devils can find their way to the free-throw line a bit more often, ASU could surprise, even in an extremely deep Pac-10.
Defense, defense and more defense (and shot blocking) last season didn't lead to many wins because of an extremely inconsistent offense caused by disappointing point guard play. This was an extremely young team last season (and will be again this season), so having a year's worth of experience should be valuable. UConn led the country in blocks and field-goal percentage defense. With the same cast returning, if Jim Calhoun's plan to get out and run more to create easier baskets works, this team could live up to the expectations some had before last season.
This was a quality team that finished strong last season and had underlying statistics that show they left even more wins on the table. The Bulldogs should have confidence from their SEC West co-title and drive to the NIT semifinals. They also have two of the better talents in the SEC in point guard Jamont Gordon and forward Charles Rhodes. When you adjust for the quality of opponents, Mississippi State was a top-35 team in both offensive and defensive efficiency and didn't have a glaring statistical weakness last season. If they can find a consistent third scoring option, this could be a very dangerous squad.
Villanova and Marquette don't have a monopoly on quality guard-led schemes in the Big East. Eugene Harvey, Brian Laing and Jamar Nutter are back and a quality incoming class will provide depth and hopefully help the Hall on the defensive end. The Pirates couldn't keep anyone off the offensive glass or the foul line last season, so a change in fortunes likely will be tied to improvement in those areas. If SHU can maintain the same type of turnover advantage (committed on 16.5 percent of possessions; forced on 23.7 percent) at the pace it plays (over 70 possessions a game), it'll have about five "extra" possessions a game in which to utilize its expanded offensive options.
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PAMPLONA, Spain -- Tens of thousands of cheering, champagne-soaked revelers packed the central streets and plaza of this northern city Saturday to kick off Spain's most famous fiesta -- the bull-running festival. To the cries of "Viva San Fermin!," town councilor Roberto Jimenez ignited the traditional "chupinazo" firecracker in the city's main square to officially start the San Fermin festival, popularized by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."
"Los San Fermines," held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.
"For me, Pamplona is the last stop on the romantic road," said Ray Mouton, a former lawyer from New Orleans who has been coming since 1970. "San Fermin is all about generosity. The fiesta is all about the heart."
Mouton says he hasn't run with the bulls since 1998 when he was trampled on by a fellow runner. But he says he'll be back out there Sunday morning for the inaugural run.
This year, however, one group served notice that not everyone thought the fiesta, in which 50 bulls are almost certain to be killed in afternoon bullfights, was something to be celebrated.
A day before the start, some two dozen members of the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a U.S.-based international animal rights group, ran naked through the streets of Pamplona with their bodies painted with slogans like "let bulls die in peace," calling for an end to bullfighting.
The mostly young activists from various European countries and the United States said they wanted to draw attention to the suffering of the bulls during the so-called 'encierro' the near three-minute charge through the old city for which the San Fermin festival is famous. On Saturday, however, there were no signs of protest.
Wild cheers erupted from the thousands of people, most dressed in the traditional white shirts with red neck scarves, crammed into old quarter's narrow streets as they doused each other in champagne, danced and sang local folk songs. Some hurled eggs, flour or cacao at each other and then embraced and kissed whoever was nearest.
"I came here to test my bravery," said first-timer Terry Bunsen, a 31-year-old publicist from London. "This is better than I expected. It's mad, totally mad. I now realize that it's more about the party than the bull-run."
Dozens of people waved the green red and white Basque flag in support of independence for the neighboring Basque region.
On Sunday morning, and after virtually 20 hours of nonstop partying, hundreds of the bravest or most reckless people will test their mettle and fitness in a three-minute dash to the bullring pursued by six prime fighting bulls and a handful of guiding steers.
The run is a 902-yard stampede from the corral where the bulls are kept to the outdoor bullfighting arena where they will be invariably killed by matadors later in the day.
The spectacle is repeated each day till July 14 and is broadcast live on Spanish television. But injuries are always numerous, as the large crowds jostle for space to dodge the bulls sharp horns and death is always a possibility.
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