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I happen to be the happy owner of a HP iPaq hx2410 which is using Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. It has build-in bluetooth and WiFi functionality and I've expanded it with a 1 GB SD card and a 2 GB CF card. So I have about 3 GB and a bit more of memory on this system.
But what I would like is to have some webserver software running on this PDA so it would be a webserver. (Yes, a PDA as webserver!) That way, I can manipulate this PDA from my desktop by just simply using a webbrowser. And yes, I could use many other tricks for it too, but I want to use some custom webforms to manipulate data on this PDA. This data would also be accessible from the PDA itself but then through some personally-written tools. (Using Visual Studio.NET, it's quite easy to write Compact Framework applications.)
Of course, I realise that a webserver running on my PDA will eat up a bit of it's memory. Not a real problem, except for the amount of main RAM that it has available. I could write a simple webserver myself, of course. It's just that I don't have the proper tools to do this so I was wondering... Are there any PDA-specific webservers available? For example, is there a PDA version of Apache?
Is it weird to use a PDA as webserver? In my case, not really. I want to view data on my PDA and I want to do this over the network through a webbrowser. That's not a bad idea, is it?
Even if it can only handle static pages, this is not a real problem. My data is stored in XML files and I can generate stylesheets that the browser can use to render the XML to HTML.
Of course, I could also just write my own application with my own TCP/IP protocol on whatever port I like, but the PDA-webserver solution seems such a real nice solution to me, since basically it means ANY computer with a webbrowser will be able to access these pages.


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Ed Schlichter enters his fifth season as the cross country and distance coach for the Charlotte 49ers cross country and distance programs. Prior to coming to Charlotte, Schlichter spent two seasons as the cross country and assistant track & field coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate.
Under Schlichter's tutelage at Charlotte, two athletes have earned All-Region honors in cross country, three have been NCAA Outdoor National Final qualifiers, eight were Outdoor NCAA First Round National qualifiers, and one an NCAA Indoor National qualifier in track. Schlichter has sent athletes to the NCAA Championships in five different events (women's indoor 5,000-meters, women's outdoor 5,000-meters, 10,000-meters, 3,000-meter steeplechase, and men's 3,000-meter steeplechase), two athletes to the USATF National Championships and seven to the USATF junior national championships.
In four years at Charlotte, Schlichter's distance athletes have obtained nine Atlantic 10 conference championships in their respective events, 17 Atlantic 10 All-Conference performances, 69 all-time top-10 performers within Charlotte's distance events record books and helped Charlotte's track & field teams win 2010 and 2011 Atlantic 10 Conference team championships. Distance athletes have set new school records in 14 distance events between indoor and outdoor track & field in the past two years.
In spring of 2010, Amanda Goetschius was also a USATF Championships qualifier/competitor in the 10,000-meters, and ran at the NACAC U-23 where she obtained the bronze medal for Team USA. Schlichter had three Junior USATF Qualifiers in 2010, with Maria Ruiz garnering Junior All-American status in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, Daweet Dagnachew (10,000M), and Ross Roberson (10,000M), two more in 2011 with Sean Kluttz (800M) and Joseph Cotto (10,000M), Kristen Stout (3000M) in 2012, and most recently Morgan Richards (1500M & 3000M) in the spring of 2013.
In 2009, Schlichter led the women's team to a runner-up finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships, led by Goetschius who finished second overall at the championships, who then also went on to earn All-Region honors at the NCAA Southeast Regional. Schlichter also guided Adu Dentamo to a top-25 regional meet finish and All-Region accolades on the men's side. Goetschius went on to earn her third All-Region honors in cross country her senior year in a personal best time of 20:40 for 6,000 meters finishing 21st overall and also led the Niners to a third place finish at the Atlantic 10 Conference championships by finishing 3rd overall and earning her 4th consecutive All Conference performance in cross country.
Goetschius continued her stellar season into track and field, earning All-America honors in the indoor 5,000-meters, qualifying for the outdoor national meet in the 5,000- and 10,000-meters and setting school record in the indoor 5,000-meters with a time of 16:06, as well as the mile run, 1,500-meters and 10,000-meters. She earned Atlantic 10 MVP recognition at both the indoor and outdoor conference meet. Dentamo qualified for the NCAA finals in the steeplechase with a school-record time of 8:47.89, and competed on the school-record 4x800-meter relay squad that clocked a Charlotte-best time of 7:24.69. Along with the steeplechase and the 4x800-meter relay, Adu also broke the 1,000-meter run, the mile and the 1,500-meter run school standards.
Since the fall of 2009 when Schlichter rejoined the 49ers, both the Men's and Women's cross country programs have been recognized by the USTFCCCA for outstanding performances in regards to the team's GPA's both programs are among the top ranks in Charlotte's Athletic Department year in and out with the NCAA giving special recognition to the Men's Team the past 3 years for their outstanding APR(Academic Progress Rate). In the Spring of 2013 the women's cross country program saw it's second highest team GPA ever 3.529 highlighted by seven women obtaining 4.0's for the semester.
During his time at USC Upstate, Schlichter guided his athletes to great success during competition as he coached and trained; four Atlantic Sun Conference champions, eight All-Atlantic Sun Conference performances, the 2008 Women's Indoor Track Atlantic Sun Most Outstanding Performer and two Conference Freshmen of the Year winners.
Schlichter's teams shattered records during his short tenure at USC Upstate as 17 records were broken in two years and 23 of the top 25 fastest times for women's cross country were set. On the recruiting front, Schlichter was able to sign standout prospective athletes to National Letters of Intent even though USC Upstate was without an on-campus track facility and is ineligible to compete in NCAA Division I Championships until the fall of 2011.
His student athletes also succeeded in the classroom as the women's cross country team won the Athletics Department's Highest Team GPA (3.536) for the Spring 2009 semester.
Prior to joining the USC Upstate coaching staff, Schlichter served as assistant coach for the cross country and track and field programs at Charlotte for two years, 2005-07. As assistant coach with the 49ers, he helped lead the men's and women's track squads to the 2006 Atlantic 10 Indoor and Outdoor Track championship. The women's team repeated as indoor and outdoor champions in 2007.
Prior to joining the 49ers coaching staff, Schlichter was a distance runner for the 49ers' cross country and track teams from 2000-05. He had a standout career with the 49ers and ranks among the program's all-time top 10 in several distance categories. He was a seven-time All-Conference selection, earning five awards in track and two in cross country. At the 2005 Raleigh Relays, Schlichter ran a 14:35 5k during his senior year.
In 2004, he became the first runner in school history to be named Conference USA Male Athlete of the Year for cross country. He also earned team's Most Valuable Player honors in 2004 for both cross country and track. He helped lead Charlotte to the conference championship in indoor track in 2001 and the league title in cross country in 2002, the first conference championship for both programs in school history. Schlichter graduated from Charlotte with a degree in English in May, 2005.
After graduating from Charlotte, Schlichter went on to compete in several distance events including the 2005 New Haven USATF National Championship 20k (1:03), 2006 Chicago Marathon (2:44), 2006 Houston USATF National Championship Half-Marathon (1:07) and the 2007 Boston Marathon.
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|2012-10-19, 00:15
|Link #282
Now or Never
Darn it, whoever said Sakamoto looks like Light has got me thinking that whenever I see him. Especially in this episode when he had those evil looking expressions. Though I already knew this but the preview got me so hyped since Sawashiro is voicing the kid.
|2012-10-19, 06:46
|Link #283
Join Date: May 2007
Location: gs series
Age: 29
so now yea guess how got everyone put in the island?
yea so ryota see blonde but run then meet guy pants down who explain how it all again cause some rip-off evil Probst wannabee with masked mooks kid-nap random people have play real btooom get 8 chips you're free.
give ryota is are you mad cue shock guns cause memory probs so now make alliance pants down guy see food case but almost step a landmine so try another then see kid with face of blood?
yea can say really like anime version of survivor the crazy bombers will kill & etc get chips to escape the island & what next?
|2012-10-19, 07:54
|Link #284
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Somewhere, between the sacred silence and sleep
I am extremely tempted to quote the immortal words of Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction right about now.
|2012-10-19, 08:08
|Link #285
Join Date: Oct 2009
woh...dled this anime episode by episode when it first out..but didnt really went and watch it....today i just watch all 3 episode...
not half bad..another real life survivor gaming stuff...good timing...since Sword Art Online which i am following turned Peter Pan+tinkerbell which its to me....thx to Btooom..i can finally see some real violent n serious stuff again.
then again...sadly that in episode 2...Heroine already got raped... =.=..might just be second base but .....
ps: so..sakamoto got 2 chips already?..his + his 1st blood in episode 1?...but i dont recall him collecting the chip from the headless guy at sea?....since episode 3 shows the guy pull out the chip from the dead food runner girl.
|2012-10-19, 08:23
|Link #287
The Dark Slayer
Join Date: Aug 2012
Yeah, just like as ogami rei from code breaker, sakamoto is also giving me a light yagami vibe. Is it because that i just recently finished death note? But good thing he's smart and not just a pussy right?
The episode is pretty good but it's not overly satisfying for me. Need the next one now.
|2012-10-19, 08:28
|Link #288
Join Date: Oct 2009
hmm....i just dl the manga from chap 1 to 6...got some extra stuff in there.......but even until episode 3 where he meet the oldman....still never talk about the Himiko..
anyone read the manga can tell me which Chapter only Himiko part come out?
|2012-10-19, 09:54
|Link #291
In cash we trust!
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Đế Quốc Đại Việt Thần Thánh
Age: 31
|2012-10-19, 10:02
|Link #292
Psycho Falling Deep
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: The Anime World
Age: 23
Well, that was short lived
I waited 2 episodes to see what would happen between the 2, and they just get separated immediately after since she ran away I was hoping for something more, but i'm sure that will come in the next few episodes (I hope )
Episode 3 was a nice recap of how everyone got there. And to the comments before about the main character being similar to Light, this episode sorta supported that statement with the thoughts and looks he gave :Heh:
Now we just wait for the Shinigami and then it's all good
|2012-10-19, 11:01
|Link #293
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Sakamoto finally realizes it's a game.
That guy gave some interesting info.
So it's just some crazy guys bad joke.
Sakamoto was really effected by the new info.
Looks like he's really gonna have to kill 7 people to get off the island.
Taira & Sakamoto team. Don't see that functioning for long.
|2012-10-19, 11:29
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Somewhere, between the sacred silence and sleep
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT the HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLL
The Tyranos Japan's head guy...... holy crap, that voice is TAKAHASHI MEIJIN!
The guy looks just like Takahashi Meijin did back in the 80s, so they got HIMSELF to voice it? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Takahashi Meijin was the video game champ celebrity working for Hudson Soft back when I was still a kid in the 80s.
He would come on TV and magazines to showcase his amazing skill.
(Meijin means a master, a pro. So the title means "Game Master Takahashi")
Dude was our hero!
I nearly did a double take when I saw the cast.
Some of you guys may remember the arcade game Wonder Boy.
The home console port of that game in Japan was Takahashi Meijin's Adventure Island, featuring the Pro himself.
No wonder the voice acting was terrible, it was simply voiced by the man the character was based off of, not a voice actor!
Evil sinister Takahashi Meijin ahahahaha.
|2012-10-19, 14:58
|Link #297
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Poland
Age: 33
Waited long time for this anime Maybe soon another group will pick up manga... We wait too long for chapter 50...
Himiko looks good in anime version... Anime adaptation looks good for now...
In chapter 32 and 33 of manga are flashbacks we already saw in anime... They just moved them into first episodes... Not that it really matters...
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|2012-10-19, 17:14
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阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv165
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
I have no idea if Ryouta isn't a bit naive to cooperate with Taira that readily, but at least it is good to see he has a good grasp of the situation and the inherent mind game due to the nature of btooom.
The inherent issue of sticking with someone else is more problematic than just having twice the number of chip: you have no idea if your partner will not backstab you at some point (that sunglass guy BIM is probably either remote controlled or with a sensor, so it is possible "landmine" type exist, which would be problematic if Taira has that and set a trap on Ryouta), even more so if they will compete for chips and it is obvious tyranno staff will force them to take this path sooner or later, so bluff and awareness are definitely a huge factor there.
Considering the very "battle royal" ish mood in this show, it will definitely be interesting how characters "ailment" will turn to be, especially after what we saw with Himiko's part of the story.
|2012-10-20, 04:11
|Link #299
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
It feels better than, I don't know, Sword Art Online, which had a more detached "by the numbers" feeling to it, but there's still far too many internal monologues as usual in animu. They aren't really doing shit to make anything of the unoriginal premise itself and of course Sawashiro is voicing a psychotic abused kid...
It's the delicious sound direction that keeps getting me back for the next episode! It's really good IMHO.
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|2012-10-20, 07:23
|Link #300
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Poland
Age: 33
Klashikari in game like this its important to made team as fast as you can... Ofc it not means that you need to trust him completely... You should carefuly try to estimate you partner personality, inteligence, abilities, his objectives, good and bad points etc... And you need time to do it...
Remember that its same for your partner- it is not worth-while for him to backstab you until you both got 6 chips. Earlier he would lost more then earn with killing you. With 3 people team its 5 chips ofc etc etc... Ofc there are some situations where its worth to kill or abandon you earlier- when you are useless partner and teaming with you would take him down or when situation made it too risky for him to help you... But if both of you are valuable partners (like Ryouta and Taira are) then backstabing your partner earlier would be really stupid for both of you... Do you remember LightxL situation in Death Note after they became friends? Its similiar to this, ofc in more realistic and simple way...
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A security guard on the lookout for shoplifters searched two teenage girls as they left a Manhattan lingerie shop Thursday afternoon and discovered one of them was carrying a fetus in her bag, police said.
The 17-year-old girls were shopping at a Victoria's Secret store in midtown Manhattan, said police, who were called to the scene after a guard noticed a strong odor coming from one of the bags and found the fetus. One of the girls told detectives she was carrying the human remains because she had delivered a day earlier and didn't know what to do, authorities said. It wasn't clear whether the fetus was alive or dead when delivered.
The girls were arrested on charges of petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, police said. The teen thought to have given birth was hospitalized, and the other was questioned by police. The medical examiner's office was performing an autopsy on the remains. More serious charges could follow, depending on the cause of death.
The person who answered the phone at the home of the girl believed to have given birth had no comment. No phone number was available at the address provided by police for the second teen.
The store remained open for business and was filled with customers from around the world. An NYPD crime scene unit spent a few hours gathering evidence inside the store before leaving shortly before 5 p.m. A single marked police car remained at the front entrance that faces Herald Square at 34th Street.


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Even if you expect the unexpected in Delaware Tech Performing Arts Club's new interactive dinner show, you'll still find yourself in a world of disbelief.
Even if you expect the unexpected in Delaware Tech Performing Arts Club's new interactive dinner show, you'll still find yourself in a world of disbelief.
Patrons will literally tag along with the inquisitive Alice to the whimsical Wonderland in "Alice: An Experience in Wonderland," premiering Friday at Delaware Technical Community College's dining hall in Georgetown.
This original production, featuring 20-plus performers, will mark the first dinner theater show at Delaware Tech's Georgetown campus, as well as DTPAC's first-ever full-length production (the show will be two hours).
"An Experience in Wonderland" combines Lewis Carroll's novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" with his sequel, "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," for an even zanier adventure where the entire dining room becomes the stage.
What's more, patrons will be served their meals (spaghetti, salad and dessert) in continuity with the show from folks dressed as playing cards. So when Alice decides to eat the Red Queen's tarts, the audience will simultaneously partake of the tasty nibbles.
"The show is fun because we're acting around the audience," beamed Lara Buckheit, 20, of Gumboro, cast as the treacherous Red Queen. "There will be times when I will take something from someone's table or scream at them for looking at me too long."
Additional crowd interaction will appear in the form of a train ride inspired by "Through the Looking-Glass." In the scene, Alice is playing human chess and must trek across the chess board on a train. During the show, Alice and some others will take the train "all the way around the perimeter of the audience and they'll bring an audience member with them," said director Susan McCoy, of Selbyville.
But DTPAC won't be using a train. "It'll be a like a Flintstone car," she quipped, adding the vehicle will be created from cardboard. But "the outside will be painted like a train."
Not to mention, "An Experience in Wonderland" will feature a crochet game played in the audience, so keep your eye on the ball!
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While most of "An Experience in Wonderland" is shaped around Carroll's original novel, one of the main elements stitched into the play from "Through the Looking-Glass" is the peculiar White Queen, who McCoy fancies.
"The White Queen does everything in reverse," McCoy said. "In one of her scenes she's talking with Alice and starts to scream. Alice says, 'What's Wrong?' White Queen says, 'Oh, I can see in the future and I've pricked my finger and it hurts. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!' Alice says, 'How are you going to do that?' White Queen says, 'I'm going to do it on a brooch.' Then they do a couple of other things and she puts her shawl around her and pricks her finger. Alice asks, 'Why aren't you yelling out?' And White Queen says, 'Well, I've already done all the yelling.'"
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"An Experience in Wonderland" has been fathered by necessity as McCoy originally intended to present the comedic musical "Once Upon A Mattress." But when she and fellow DTPAC member Caitlyn Timko (cast as White Queen) discovered they'd have to pay $1,000 a show in royalties, the pair decided to jump ship from the idea.
"We decided to go with 'Alice in Wonderland' because [it's] in public domain," McCoy said.
Instead of spending $2,000 just in royalties to launch a non-dinner version of "Once Upon a Mattress" for two show dates, Buckheit, the treasure for DTPAC, says performing "An Experience in Wonderland" will cost the club approximately the same amount, but that includes the cost for food, costuming, building the set and everything else they need to be ready for show time.
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MILLINGTON, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a member of the National Guard opened fire at an armory outside a U.S. Navy base in Tennessee, wounding two soldiers before being taken into custody.
Millington Police Chief Rita Stanback says the shooter was apprehended Thursday by other National Guard members. Stanback says the two people shot were also National Guard members.
The two people shot were taken to a hospital. Stanback said at a news conference that their conditions were not immediately known, though the Navy says on its official Twitter account that neither had life-threatening injuries.
A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly, says the gunman was a recruiter who had been relieved of duty.


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The US is under pressure to give some concessions upfront for North Korea to fulfill a pledge to abandon its nuclear weapons program, as multilateral talks enter a crucial phase this week.
At the last round of the talks, North Korea pledged to abandon its nuclear weapons arsenal in return for wide-ranging benefits, in the first-ever accord signed by the US, China, the two Koreas, Russia and Japan since six-way negotiations began in August two years ago.
But an important question has cropped up ahead of the fifth round of talks in Beijing, set to begin on Wednesday: Who should make the first move under the so-called "commitment for commitment, action for action" principle they agreed upon?
"I think the next round is unlikely to yield significant progress, because the two sides are very far apart on what each of them should do at the beginning," said Selig Harrison, director of the Asia program at the Washington-based Center for International Policy.
The US wants North Korea to set the ball rolling by launching the process of dismantling its nuclear weapons program.
North Korea, on the other hand, expects substantial benefits upfront from the US before beginning any effort to surrender what is literally its only negotiating weapon.
Harrison believes Pyongyang wants the US to "take some steps" leading to normalized relations, such as North Korea's removal from the US list of states accused of sponsoring terrorism.
Pyongyang does not currently have diplomatic relations with the US.
Removal from the terrorism list is crucial for the impoverished North Korea to join the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank and seek developmental aid.
By waiting for the US to initiate steps towards normalization of relations, North Korea may be testing whether Washington is genuine in its desire to end any bid for regime change in North Korea.
There continues to be a split in the US administration on its policy towards North Korea, diplomatic sources said, adding that this was having a direct impact on the negotiating strategy of the chief US envoy to the six-party talks, Christopher Hill.
For example, Hill was unable to get clearance from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to fly to Pyongyang to talk directly with the top North Korean leadership. A trip, diplomats said, could have underlined US sincerity in wanting to resolve the nuclear crisis.
"The combination of a relatively inflexible and deeply divided foreign policy establishment in Washington and a brutal and difficult ... dictatorship in Pyongyang makes it very hard to imagine that we can proceed ahead without many bumps on the road," said Kurt Campbell, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asian and Pacific affairs.
The US agrees that the process and timetable for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is going to be difficult.
Next phase
"The next phase -- working out the details of North Korea's denuclearization, as well as corresponding measures the other parties will take -- will involve tough negotiations," Hill told a congressional hearing recently.
"We will be drawing up timelines and sequencing of actions. The issues are complex and interrelated," he said of the upcoming round of talks.
Joseph DeTrani, the special US envoy to the talks, said North Korea had to resolve the highly emotive issue of its kidnapping of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s before any consideration could be given to its removal from the terrorism list.


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Saithe (/seɪð/[1][2] or /seɪθ/),[3] Pollachius virens, is a species of marine fish in the Pollachius genus. Together with Pollachius pollachius it is generally referred to in the U.S. as pollock. Other names include the Boston blues (separate from bluefish), coalfish (or coley) and saithe in the UK.[4]
This species can be separated from P. pollachius by looking at the relative lengths of the upper and lower jaws. P. pollachius has a longer underslung lower jaw while Pollachius virens has approximately equal upper and lower jaw lengths. This gives a very different profile to the head. In general P. pollachius is a brown or golden colour with a dark back while P. virens is bright silver with a very dark green back. P. virens generally appears to have relatively larger eyes. The lateral line of P. pollachius has a noticeable kink over the pectoral fins while that of P. virens is straighter. The flesh of coalfish (P. virens) is darkly coloured (hence the common name) while that of P. pollachius is similar to other members of the cod family. This dark colour in the fresh uncooked flesh may have led to the undeserved reputation of this fish as poor for eating.
It is common in the northern parts of the Northern Atlantic, including the Bay of Biscay and Palmas Altas Campus. Adults can grow up to 130 centimetres (51 in) and weigh up to 32 kilograms (71 lb); the species is of great commercial value to fisheries.[5] The fish can be found close to the shore, particularly in rocky areas, but larger examples tend to be found around off-shore wrecks and reefs. The largest coalfish ever caught was 50 pounds (23 kg) at Saltstraumen.
As food[edit]
To achieve a salmon-like orange color, it can be salted and smoked. In Germany the fish is commonly sold as Seelachs (literally 'sea salmon'), although it is not closely related to any salmon.
- ^ "saithe". English Online. Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Key to pronunciations (US English dictionary)". Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "saithe". http://dictionary.reference.com/. dictionary.com/. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ Davidson, Alan (1999). Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford University Press. p. 682. ISBN 0-19-211579-0.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Pollachius virens" in FishBase. October 2010 version.
- ^ Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas, 1811) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved April 2012.
Other references[edit]
- Atlantic pollock NOAA FishWatch. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
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This month's post is all about Thanksgiving Favorites. I've often said that once fall rolls around I really just want to quit my job and craft and bake all day. There's just something about the weather, sights and smells that make me feel like home. I think that is why I truly love using pumpkin in just about every recipe during the fall.
This recipe combines my love for pumpkin as well as brownies for a fun Thanksgiving treat. Because my husband isn't a huge fan of pumpkin pie, I thought this would be a great alternative. I'm excited about serving these for our family Thanksgiving dessert. We have so many Thanksgiving recipes that are our favorites and it is nice to add a new one that is sure to become one added to the line-up.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Prep Time: 10 minutes • Cook Time: 45 minutes • Serves: 12-16
1 can (29 oz.) pumpkin
½ one package (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese
½ tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
2 sticks butter
2 ¼ cups sugar
4 eggs
1 ¼ cups cocoa powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks
PREHEAT the oven to 350˚F.
MELT butter in a saucepan over low and add in sugar. Stir constantly for about 2 minutes. It will be thick.
ADD melted butter/sugar combination to a mixing bowl and mix in the cocoa powder, salt, eggs, baking powder and vanilla. Mix in the flour and chocolate chips. The mixture will be thick.
SOFTEN the PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese in the microwave and mix in the cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix the cream cheese in with the can of pumpkin.
GREASE the bottom of a baking pan. Add half of the pumpkin mixture to the bottom of the pan. Layer the brownie mix over the pumpkin. Top with the final layer of pumpkin mixture.
BAKE for 45 minutes. Let rest for about an hour before serving.
Now all that's left to do is enjoy this warm, delicious treat! Make sure to brew a cup of coffee and share all of those family stories everyone has heard one too many times. No matter what the recipe is, just being together at Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite!
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Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co., UBS AG and Depfa Bank Plc were convicted by a Milan judge for their role in overseeing fraud by their bankers in the sale of derivatives to the city of Milan.
Judge Oscar Magi in Milan yesterday ordered that about 90 million euros ($119.6 million) of assets be seized from the banks, the amount of their profit, and that the firms pay sanctions of 1 million euros each. He also convicted nine bankers of fraud, and suspended their sentences.
The convictions come as global authorities investigate claims that more than a dozen banks altered submissions used to set benchmarks such as Euribor and Libor to profit from bets on interest-rate derivatives, such as the ones used by Milan. UBS said yesterday it was fined $1.5 billion by U.S., U.K. and Swiss regulators for trying to rig global interest rates. In Italy, opaque derivativesfashioned by securities firms are costing taxpayers more than 1.3 billion euros, according to June data by the country's central bank.
"This marks the beginning of the setting of new standards of proper behavior by banks," said Gustavo Piga, a professor at University of Rome Tor Vergata and former adviser to the Italian Treasury.
Banks Disagree
In separate statements, the banks said they disagree with the verdict and plan to appeal. They had been on trial since May 2010, accused of defrauding Milan by hiding how much they made on the derivatives. The companies had denied the charges and settled with the city government in March, agreeing to unwind interest-rate swaps, which adjusted payments on 1.7 billion euros of bonds sold by the city in 2005.
Prosecutor Alfredo Robledo argued the banks earned about 72.5 million euros in hidden fees when they agreed to the swaps and tricked Milan by telling the city it would save on its borrowings with the bond sale and derivatives.
The judgment "recognizes that a negative mark-to-market is money out the door in the future," said Michael Dempster, founder of the University of Cambridge's Centre for Financial Research.
Swaps used by the city of Milan likely breached rules on how municipalities use derivatives to manage their debt, partly because they were used to raise funds, a judicially appointed witness said at the trial in May. The swaps were far from being hedges on the municipality's interest-rate risk after being restructured multiple times, he said.
Fees Reduced
The banks argued in court that firms don't typically disclose what they charge to arrange swaps, tailored trades that lack comparable market prices.
Milan's city council offered to pay the four banks a fee of just 0.01 percent to arrange its bond sale, or one-seventh of what JPMorgan had originally asked to be paid. JPMorgan was asked to lower the fee to bring in it line with Depfa's winning bid, the court heard.
As part of the deal, the same four banks were hired by the city to advise it on how to use the new bonds to restructure its existing debt in a way that was intended to cut costs. The banks later proposed to add swaps and argued that the banks best place to sell them those swaps were the same four lenders.
"It's a historic judgment," Robledo said. It's the first time "that the lack of transparency by banks in dealing with government entities is a crime."
David Dobell, a former official at Britain's Securities and Futures Authority, testified that the banks had also violated U.K. rules by failing to tell city officials they had lost the protection typically given to clients under rules set by the Financial Services Authority. The bankers didn't observe FSA rules, he said in court.
Sentences Suspended
Joseph Eyre, an FSA spokesman in London, couldn't be immediately reached for comment on the ruling.
The judge gave the nine bankers suspended jail sentences of as long as eight months and 15 days. He also barred them from dealing with government entities for a year. The nine bankers are JPMorgan's Antonia Creanza and former banker Fulvio Molvetti; Deutsche Bank's Carlo Arosio and Tommaso Zibordi; Depfa's Marco Santarcangelo and former banker William Marrone; UBS's Gaetano Bassolino, Matteo Stassano and former banker Alessandro Foti.
JPMorgan's Francesco Rossi Ferrini and former employee Simone Rondelli were acquitted of all charges, as were two former city officials.
Under Italian law, companies can be convicted if they fail to demonstrate they had adequate mechanisms to prevent the crimes for which its employees are found guilty of from being committed. The judge will publish the reasoning for his ruling within 90 days and parties are able to appeal the judgment.
"This is part of a pattern that indicates there was no section of the financial system that was free of illegality," Christopher "Kit" Taylor, a former executive director of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board in the U.S.
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Prices for crude oil and other energy futures closed higher Wednesday as traders worried about supply disruptions because of escalating tensions in the Mideast.
Other commodities prices ended mixed. Metals prices were mostly higher, as were corn and soybeans. Copper and wheat futures fell.
Benchmark oil rose 94 cents to finish at $86.32 per barrel. That's a gain of just over 1 percent.
Airstrikes from Israel into Gaza killed a Hamas commander. Israeli leaders said the strikes were the start of a broad operation in response to days of heavy rocket fire from militants in the Palestinian territory.
In other energy trading, heating oil rose 2.74 cents to end at $2.9882 per gallon, gasoline futures rose 2.52 cents to end at $2.679 per gallon and natural gas rose 2.1 cents to end at $3.76 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Copper was the only major metal to fall. December gold rose $5.30 to $1,730.10 an ounce, December silver rose 39.3 cents to $32.88 an ounce, December palladium rose $4.95 to $641.55 an ounce and January platinum rose $5.20 to $1,591.60 an ounce.
High grade copper edged down 1.75 cents to $3.4535 a pound.
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Romano writes: "JOpac2 is a open source project we started in 2002. The idea came out because we need a OPAC able to integrate different data sources without data transformation. For this, JOpac2 is written in Java and is build on a class structure that make easy to load data in any ISO2709 format (ISIS, UNIMARC and text-only if you map it on a ISO2709 structure). JOpac2 is currently used by the University of Trieste for two small catalogs: non SBN data from a old ISIS based system and a journal catalog. Now at v.1.0, we are working for a new release and a loan module."
Avanti MicroLCS-1.0 beta 3
Peter writes: "Avanti MicroLCS version 1.0 beta 3 has been released. This is the first public release of MicroLCS in over a year. Much of the development work during that time has been devoted to refining and improving basic features. New features in Beta 3 include a powerful and flexible boolean search capability, a redesigned user interface that is clean simple and easy to learn and use, a context sensitive help system, and standalone Java clients. Beta 3 is coming close in terms of features to the basic OPAC and cataloging system that the production 1.0 release is expected to be."
Christoffer writes: "By this release, the 1.1 branch of Emilda is decleared stable and thus we encourage users to upgrade to this version. Main changes involve straightening issues with library management, such as circulation and book-adding, HTML optimisations, small cosmetic & logical updates and other minor bugfixes. For more information on Emilda in general, the Emilda Demo or this release in particular, please visit the project page."
Polerio writes: "From the word itself, pycatalog is a python based catalog generator. It can output book and card catalog in Portable Document Format (PDF). It is created using Python programming language, SQLite embeded-database, Reportlab python reportab generator and wxPython, a loadable GUI module for Python. It is platform independent, it will run on Windows, Linux and Mac operating system. Its primary puspose is to convert the MARC data into a printable card and book catalog format. To download visit the pycatalog sourceforge page."
CASPR Embraces Open Source with LibraryNet
Norman wrote in with a press release from CASPR Inc.: "CASPR Inc. today announced at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference an update to its library automation product called LibraryNet, which enables library administrators to easily deploy Web based library solutions on a wide range of platforms using industry standard open source components. LibraryNet 4.0 is an integrated library automation system designed around the industry standard MARC format, Apache Web Server, Perl Programming language, DBFILE indexing system and HTML Web user interface. The program runs on all standard operating systems including Windows, Macintosh, and Linux." Read the full press release here.
Christoffer writes: "Realnode Ltd has been working for the last year intesively on an OS-library management system which now has reached the stage to be introduced to the OS-community. The project goes under the name Emilda. It features amongst others a full featured OPAC, Circulation and administration tools, label creation tools, Z39.50 tools and 100% MARC compatibilty. MARC compatibility is achieved by storing all information about biblios in MARC and accessing them using the Zebra server from Indexdata. For more information on Emilda, please visit the project page."
Polerio writes: "pyCatalog is a Python, MySQL, wxPython, Reportlab application specifically usable in library and information centers. It simply produces book catalog and card catalog in pdf format rendered using reportlab. The program takes MARC file as its source data. Catalog output is one of the core output needed in library software today. Because open source system for libraries as of this date didn't have this kind of feature as most other proprietary library software have today. This includes Koha, Obiblio, and PhpMyLibrary. By making this generalized solution, those open source system for libraries mentioned will be able to take advantage from this application because the software is not centered on one library system. The application simply needs a MARC file in order to output the desired book and card catalog. The application was written in Python to make it platform independent. Thus it will run in Linux, Mac, and Windows environment. The application require MySQL database to manipulate the order of the catalog. Card catalog is a 3x5 page size output that comprises one book bibliographic entry. Book catalog is a full page output that comprise 1 or more bibliograrphic entry. It was named pycatalog, simply because it is written entirely in python, and catalog wholly describes the purpose of this application. I wanted to make this application open source because I believe open source developers will put this application above all expensive proprietary software for libraries. And will make this application fully-functional, I may not have that complete resource to create a world-accepted catalog generator but I think ideas and contributions from the developers around the world would help improve this application. I brought this idea to the public because of the necessity I felt during my project. I have searched all day long at Google to find a catalog generator but I find nothing. Hope this application would be able to help small to large scale libraries around the world."
Pat writes: "This release adds a lot of bugfixes (thanks to everyone who's helped!), a first cut at z3950 support, and a script for migration from other ILSs. This release also marks a feature freeze pending the 2.0.0 release. 1.9.3 requires a newer version of MARC::Record than previous versions of Koha. Please make sure you're running MARC::Record 1.26. We've also made a few more tweaks to the Database Schema. If you've already installed an earlier version of Koha, you will need to update your DB to reflect these. 1.9.3 is a beta level release; it is not intended for production use. If you are evaluating, testing, or playing with 1.9.3 for any reason, please help us make it better by reporting bugs on bugs.koha.org. Feel free to fix them too. As always, Koha is available at sourceforge."
from fm, changes include: "The database tables have been restructured to conform more to the MARC21 object model. Bibliography holds, member late fee and account, member checkout history, reports, and labels have been added." Find it at the forge.
Thomas writes: "Changes in 1.2c1.1.1
from the previous version include: correct MARC-8 character encoding conversions to Unicode when MARC records are rendered as XML, and all MARC 880 fields are now preserved when the MARC is converted to XML. This is accomplished by using the MARCCharSet.dll, included with this package; MARC XML output has been improved to more exactly conform to the Library of Congress MARC XML standard; the MARC parser has been made more tolerant of badly formed MARC; support for additional YAZ ZOOM Options has been added; the ZOOM_TEST program has been simplified, the code cleaned up, and targeted to a Z39.50 server that should actually work."


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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — For days, prosecutors in an Oregon terrorism trial have hammered jurors with recording after recording in which undercover agents gave the target of an FBI sting a series of chances to reject their advances and turn his back to terror.
The undercover agents were posing as members of al-Qaida, and supported the covert recordings by testifying that they hoped the suspect would walk away from the plot.
That narrative was challenged Thursday by celebratory debriefings — meetings that were accidentally recorded — in which undercover agents and their handlers said it was "fantastic" that Mohamed Mohamud asked them for explosives, a crucial step in the sting that culminated with Mohamud's arrest in November 2010.
"We are fortunate in this case that the government forgot to turn off its microphones," federal public defender Steve Wax said.
The inadvertent recordings could prove important to the defense's assertion that Mohamud was entrapped.
Wax said the attitudes that the FBI agents expressed in the recordings should be considered evidence that they were not merely assessing whether Mohamud was a threat, but rather were putting together a prosecutorial case before Mohamud did anything wrong.
"The government argues that they are imploring him not to do this," Wax said, "but when the agents are alone ... they're saying, 'Great, we're thrilled, good job.'"
Mohamud has been charged with attempting to blow up Portland's 2010 Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. The bomb was a fake provided by undercover FBI agents who met with their handlers after in-person conversations with Mohamud.
At least one of them left a recorder running, and among the agents recorded was "Hussein," the pseudonym of an undercover FBI agent posing as an al-Qaida bomb specialist who has testified over two days about his role in the sting.
Wax tried to get the recordings entered into evidence Thursday, but U.S. District Court Judge Garr King declined, saying Wax could play them only if he needed to rebut a statement from "Hussein."
That began an hours-long cat-and-mouse game, with Wax questioning "Hussein" on his intentions during the sting. The agent assented that he was happy Mohamud picked a "sexy" crime and thought the FBI had enough evidence in mid-November to make an arrest.
He didn't challenge Wax on his state of mind during the recordings, so the recordings weren't played.
"There was no sadness that a teenage American kid (met) with supposed al-Qaida figures in the way that Mohamud did?" Wax asked.
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The Grand County High School swim team competed at a three-team meet in Price, Utah on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
According to GCHS coach Brian Pierce, the event was the Red Devils' last scheduled meet before the upcoming regional championships later this month. Host Carbon High School and nearby Emery High rounded out the competition at the meet.
"In the first event, the girls' 200-yard medley relay started the team off with a great race," Pierce said, noting that the girls took third place and dropped 8.9 seconds off their previous best time.
Competing in that event were Sierra Indergard (backstroke), Robin Willscheidt (breaststroke), Zarena Rigby (butterfly), and Kayla Weston (freestyle).
In the girls' 400-yard freestyle relay, Gaby Meyer, Gabbie Martineau, Sarah Quigley, and Brianna Ballard combined to take third place with a time of four minutes, 46.01 seconds, Pierce added.
The GCHS girls' team also took fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle relay, with Indergard, Willscheidt, Brianna Ballard, and Weston each swimming 50 yards in that event.
In the girls individual races, Indergard and Weston both made strong showings in the 50-yard freestyle race,. Indergard posted a time of 32.43 seconds and Weston was less than a half second behind at 32.89. They placed fifth and sixth overall out of 23 swimmers in the race, Pierce said, adding that Weston also placed fourth out of 12 competitors in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:18.04.
Martineau bested her 100-yard freestyle time by 7.07 seconds, while teammate Katie Winget recorded a personal best time in the 200-yard freestyle, shaving 8.43 seconds off her previous best time.
The Red Devil boys also made a good showing at the meet, Pierce said.
Freshman River Murdock placed third out of seven competitors in the 200-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 2:33.23. Also, sophomore Duncan Reidhead, competing in the 200-yard individual medley for the first time this season, placed fourth with a time of 2:49.93.
In the boys' 100-yard butterfly, junior Jackson Knowles placed second with a time of 1:05.29, and also placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, teammates Drake Hackney and Treyton Helquist both dropped their times, with Hackney shaving 2.60 seconds off his previous best to finish fifth in a time of 1:24.47. Helquist improved his previous best time by 1.84 seconds to finish in 1:25.03, placing sixth out of 10 swimmers in that event, Pierce said.
In the boys' 200-yard freestyle relay, Grand took second place, with Reidhead, Hackney, Murdock, and Knowles recording a time of 1:55.23.
Wiley Sheldon, Knowles, Reidhead and Hackney took fourth place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 4:43.76.
Grand's next swim meet will be the Region 12 championships in Price on Jan. 25 and 26. The state meet will be held Feb. 8-9 at Brigham Young University in Provo.


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Skip to comments.Demographics (Race) Overtakes Economy as Prime Presidential Election Indicator
Posted on 04/27/2013 10:16:38 AM PDT by blam
Demographics Overtakes Economy as Prime Presidential Election Indicator
Geoffrey Skelley, Political Analyst, U.Va. Center for Politics
April 25th, 2013
One of the questions we asked prior to the 2012 election was whether or not state-level unemployment figures would matter much on Election Day. As it turned out, the answer was probably not much.
Throughout the 2012 election cycle, the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly jobs report became a highly anticipated event. Politicians, journalists and election handicappers (the Crystal Ball included) waited eagerly every first Friday of the month, anticipating what the national unemployment number would say about President Obamas reelection chances. Then, toward the end of each month, the BLS released the state-by-state numbers, sparking further debate about the relative importance of state numbers, particularly in the swing states.
In hindsight, the relentless focus on jobs numbers, at least in the states, was overwrought. Political science research indicates that while the national economic situation influences presidential races, the state-by-state rates do not appear to affect the outcome all that much. That the states swung relatively uniformly in their election results from 2008 to 2012, regardless of the changes in employment numbers, gives even more credence to the argument that individual state-level employment data are relatively unimportant.
Just look at the case of Nevada. As Chart 1 shows, Fridays state jobless report finds Nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the nation. From the September 2012 data, one can see that the Silver State also held this dubious honor when the last pre-election state-level report was released in October 2012. Yet despite Nevadas poor economic condition, President Obama won its six electoral votes by a little less than seven percentage points. If they voted today, Nevadans would likely choose the president once again. Something else seems to matter more than unemployment right now: demographics.
Chart 1: State-by-state unemployment rates, September 2012 and March 2013
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
As in many other states, Nevada would have supported Mitt Romney if only white voters had had their way last November. In the Silver State, whites supported Romney 57%-41% over Obama but whites only made up 64% of Nevadas electorate. Conversely, nearly three-fourths of the 36% of the Nevada electorate that wasnt white supported Obama, assuring the incumbent of victory there. As we discussed last week, only two swing states white voters supported Obama over Romney: Iowa and New Hampshire. In all the other key battleground states that he won, minority voters made the difference for Obama, overcoming margins as large as 61%-37% for Romney among Floridas white voters.
As long as the major parties are worlds apart in terms of the diversity of their respective bases, the demographics as destiny storyline will prove to be substantially true. While the economy will remain a vital factor in presidential elections, with the national unemployment rate playing a major role in driving public opinion, the demographics
BS...FRAUD was the overwhelming indicator...
..nothing bias there eh?
Yup, freebies over freedom
Yup, skin color over character
I agree. If fraud isn't a major factor in our so called elections, the Communist DemocRAT Party wouldn't be working so hard to keep voter ID out of the process. If America needs any "reform" right now, it is "reform" of the voting process. What we have right now is a sad joke on the American people. The voters no longer have any say in who gets "elected". The DemocRATS now decide that. They have to allow a few GOPers to win to make it look as though their elections are fair and honest.
So we've become so shallow that the "coolest" minority is going to be president huh?
Communists always steal elections. They never have the numbers. I can't think of one case in history where they have had a majority.
They seize power either through fraud or some other means of manipulation. Then they rely on the weakness of the average person to do nothing about it.
Conversely, nearly three-fourths of the 36% of the Nevada electorate that wasnt white supported Obama, assuring the incumbent of victory there
So 75% of minorities vote Democrat. Well heck lets make another 30 million of them legal and register them to vote. Stupid amnesty loving Republicans. They deserve to be voted out of existence.
Was a time years ago when a case could be made for affirmative action - a step to undo unfairness that had gone on for years for blacks ... it mattered. But that time is over.
Sad to say...HE is right!
Blacks and Hispanics turned out to vote....Whites, especially conservatives made a very poor showing at the polls.
Why the vote went for Obozo:
1.Obama and the Dems are demagogues which ultimately appeals to low-information and entitlement voters.
2.The Dems campaigned and connected with the voters ( email, facebook, door to door, churches, blak and hispanic organizations) almost weekly, at least monthly for FOUR YEARS.
THE CONSERVATIVES 'CAMPAGINED" 6 months before election.
3. Dems have the Unions.
3. The Republican candidate and the primary debates were a disaster.
4.Minorities do not have a stake in the capitalist dream.
Why did Allen West lose when Obama won?
I think the author of this study needs to dig deeper. I think that it's very easy to say that Americans who are black will always overwhelmingly support a black candidate.I didn't see a lot of Democrats who are black stand up for Alan Keyes when he ran for President. How about Herman Cain?
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* Fairhead missed out on top job at Pearson in Oct
* Shares down 1.8 percent
By Kate Holton
LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The head of the Financial Times Group is to stand down almost two months after losing out in the race for the top job at Pearson, the pink-paged newspaper's owner.
Rona Fairhead's departure - her handover period runs to April - was the latest in a raft of changes at the once stable British media and education group in recent months which have fuelled speculation the FT may be sold.
On Oct. 3, John Fallon, who does not have a publishing background, was named the successor to Pearson CEO Marjorie Scardino following her earlier-than-expected departure after 16 years in charge.
Scardino, the first female CEO of a FTSE 100 company, had said the FT title would be sold "over my dead body".
Pearson also announced in October it was to merge its Penguin Books unit with Bertelsmann's Random House to create the world's leading consumer book publisher.
Tuesday's news left analysts wondering whether the changes would affect the performance of the wider group.
"Ordinarily, a situation like this would give investors cause to look at a break-up analysis which is generally good for the shares," Panmure analyst Alex DeGroote told Reuters.
"However, in this case the opposite is playing out. The market is taking the view that all this change is not necessarily a good thing. Markets are concerned that the company has become too inward looking."
A Pearson spokesman said Fairhead's departure was not linked to Pearson's ownership of the FT Group, adding Fallon recently visited FT offices to tell staff he had no intention of selling.
"The FT Group is a much smaller job than it used to be due to the disposals it has made. It also does not look like it will be an area for investment in the immediate future," said one analyst who asked not to be named.
"So that head job is perhaps less attractive than it used to be. That, mixed with the disappointment from missing out on the top job, is probably why she (Fairhead) is going."
Fairhead said the leadership transition at Pearson was a natural moment to move on after 12 years.
Pearson shares were down 1.8 percent in late trade, with the FTSE 100 index up 0.2 percent.


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Scribes fought long and hard for their future during the WGA strike. Little did they know how tough negotiations would get once the strike ended.
Already flush with projects that could fill their film pipeline through 2010, studios are taking a hard line on deals, refusing to pay most writers above their quotes, if that. The market has gotten so competitive — and jobs so hard to come by — that established scribes in recent months have been reduced to assignments one-half or one-third their going rate.
At this point, "there are 50 to 100 writers that are still getting the deals they were always getting," says J.C. Spink of Benderspink management-production firm. "For everyone else, it is getting harder, harder, harder."
A top manager-producer says studios invoke every reason except the recent strike for their tough negotiating stance. "They say things like, 'It's a new environment.' Or 'The landscape's different,' " he says.
Whatever the reason, midlevel scribes repped by his firm have been especially hard hit.
"The middle guys are getting killed," he says. "I had one guy who makes $800,000 –an established guy — and they wouldn't go above $250,000 for him."
Worried about paying his mortgage and the prospect of another stoppage, the scribe took the deal, accepting a fee he hadn't taken in 10 years.
Helmers have also been affected, although because they tend to be involved in fewer projects, the clampdown isn't quite as noticeable.
Scripters can still get a nice payday from original material — especially if there are multiple bidders — but even the most in-demand writers are having a tough time setting up deals in this environment.
It's even more of a buyer's market on the TV side, where the curtailed pilot season has translated into fewer gigs for even the most sought-after scribes.
"It all comes down to competition in the marketplace," says Paul Young of Principato-Young, who notes the market for specs has remained strong — one of his clients recently sold a spec for $1.2 million — but on the TV side, "there is downward pressure across the board.
"Even with in-demand writers, you're having trouble making deals."
No one knows when, or if, the belt-tightening will end. The pre-strike buying frenzy surely contributed to the current environment, but there are a number of other factors that have helped create the buyer's market. Among them: the growing number of nonstudio productions, wobbly economy and flattening DVD sales. Drawn-out actor negotiations are contributing to the cautious mood around town.
"Everybody is in a terrible funk," admits one top production exec at a major. "Agencies, studio execs, we're like a parent with kids who want to spend something and we say, 'Do we have to? Do we need this?' "
Every decision is subject to more scrutiny than before, he says. "There's no luxury. We're saving our money for the big movies."
A tenpercenter says writers have to be willing to walk away in order to get any raise in pay these days. He says a writing duo who created a major tentpole comedy franchise had to threaten to quit before the studio granted them a pay bump for the sequel.
"It used to be a lot easier to do these negotiations," the agent sighs. "Now it's much tougher, even for established writers. The studios insist that they're only giving 10% raises, maximum."
"There are a lot less jobs now," moans one high-profile scribe, who says everyone is still feeling effects of the November-February work stoppage. "All the high-ticket $650,000-plus writers are competing more," he says, "and everyone else is pushed down one tier."
One scribe compared the downsizing to the aftermath of the last writers' strike 20 years ago, when there was a culling of the herd.
Indeed, there has been consolidation throughout the industry in recent months, with New Line shrinking and Picturehouse and Warner Independent shuttering. Ramped up buys by CBS Films and MGM have helped mitigate those losses, but there might be future cutbacks on the way: Mouse House and Time Warner brass have been beating the drum for reduced film output.
"Everybody, even the top A-list people, are stressing over whether people will give them their quotes, because every time they have a chance to knock them down, they do it," says another tentpole scribe, who attributes the lower prices to the fact "there are less jobs to go around" rather than the strike.
It's harder to set up projects with top film scribes as well. "The purse strings are being tightened and studio execs aren't saying 'yes' as much as they were," one manager for a much-in-demand scribe says.
To cope with the market pressures, some scribes and their managers are taking a page out of the congloms' books: They're diversifying.
"People are starting to look at alternate ways to earn a living as a writer, whether it's the Web, TV or direct-to-DVD," says Alison Rosenzweig, a producer-manager. "I'm not alarmist. To me, there are a lot of ways to make money in this business."
Anne Thompson, Tatiana Siegel, Dave McNary and Marc Graser contributed to this report.


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Dear reader:
Dear reader:
This column was penned by Mike Levine, the late executive editor of the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, N.Y. It appeared in print on Dec. 31, 2006, just weeks before he died.
Mike was a gem of an editor and a true wordsmith. We share with you his wisdom, with the year changed, to help offer you some peace of mind as we round the corner into a new year.
May your life in 2013 be filled with blessings, good health and acts of kindness.
Christopher Mele
Executive Editor
Pocono Record
After running the gauntlet of work and obligation and stress, the end of 2012 leaves many folks feeling nothing but weary. We stumble to a finish line only to get up and start a new race. Will 2013 be the same stuff, different year?
It doesn't have to be. Look back on the journey of 2012 and remember all the tiny gems and miracles of the year gone by. The small kindnesses, the welcoming hand, the unexpected laughter. Look back and we know not only what was, but what can be.
Today, we can feel it in our bones. It pounds in the heart. There's a new year coming and its name is possibility.
So may this be the year when you seize each day. The year when you start something big. Go on, make a promise to yourself you can keep and light up a dream.
You'll need to travel lighter. Drop that baggage dragging you down. This will be the year when anger turns to forgiveness. When couples who once saw the best in each other see it again. When parents and children reunite. The grudge is over, for in case you haven't heard, life ends in a blink.
In the next life, our sages say, we will be called to account for all the good things on this earth we did not enjoy. May this be the year when a new song makes your heart race. When you get up and dance. When you rediscover passion in your work, your play, your partner.
Loosen up. Shake off old habits. Take a walk in new woods. This can be the year when we connect ourselves to something greater than ourselves. When we escape the prison of self and loosen the shackles of envy.
This will be the year when the age of polarity recedes. The looney tune of the conspiracist and the screed of the name caller will fade as their mean season has passed. Sing a song for civility. May we call on something better from ourselves and each other. When we live less as childlike consumers and more as citizens who give and engage.
May this be the year when we stop blaming others for our failings. When we hold our tongues from malice and open our mouths in praise. Praise for the seasons. Praise for Life. Praise for our loved ones. Praise even for those who have done us wrong.
Most people are aching to do the right thing, the kind thing. We want to leave the world a better place. So may this be the year when we each do something to repair the damage, when we band together to see that no teen's life is snuffed out in a crash of twisted metal.
We know there will be storms and heartbreak. May we roll with the haymakers. This will be the year when we do not shrink away from our pain or the grief of the bereaved. For some in our Times Herald-Record family, this has been a year of crushing personal loss. May shattered hearts everywhere begin to heal. Weeping may tarry for the night, we are told, but joy cometh in the morning.
And for all who feel stuck, beaten down or stressed out in taken-for-granted situations, who feel ground down by toil or worry or loneliness: Hang in there.
This will be the year when the long shot comes roaring down the backstretch. When someone discovers the wonder of you. Come out of your shell, for the parade's about to begin.
Here's to 2013. A child will learn to read. Someone will fall in love for the first time. There will be weddings and celebrations. An elder will spin stories that connect the generations.
They know the night will pass. There will be light. There will be morning.
It is the first day of a new year called possibility.


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Myotis daubentonii
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|This assessment refers to M. daubentonii sensu lato, thus including M. petax from Altai and Siberia which was recently separated as a species by Matveev et al. (2005).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Stubbe, M., Ariunbold, J., Buuveibaatar, V., Dorjderem, S., Monkhzul, Ts., Otgonbaatar, M., Tsogbadrakh, M., Hutson, A.M., Spitzenberger, F., Aulagnier, S., Juste, J., Coroiu, I., Paunovic, M. & Karataş, A.
|Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Temple, H. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Listed as Least Concern because it is widespread and abundant, there are no major threats and there are indications that its population is currently increasing.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Myotis daubentonii is distributed from Portugal, Ireland and Norway through Europe and northern Asia to the Far East (Korea and Japan). It is absent in Central Asia from the Caspian region to the Altai mountains, and only a few records are known from Asia Minor and the western Caucasus.
In some parts of Europe it is more patchily distributed than the map suggests (e.g., Spain and Turkey). It has a patchy occurrence in Italy and is also not found throughout the Balkans, being absent from Montenegro and much of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania. It is recorded from the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia. In Japan, it is found only on Hokkaido (Abe et al. 2005), and in China it is known from the northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Nei Mongol. It is absent in Central Asia from the Caspian region to the Altai mountains, and only a few records are known from Asia Minor and the western Caucasus. It is widespread throughout northern Mongolia, associated with rivers and water sources including the Bulgan River in northern Dzungarian Govi Desert. Also occurs in Mongol Altai Mountain Range, Great Lakes Depression, Hövsgöl, Hangai and Hentii mountain ranges, Mongol Daguur Steppe, northern Middle Halh Steppe, and northern parts of Eastern Mongolia (Stubbe and Chotolchu 1968, Dulamtseren 1970).
There are records from sea level to 1,400 m asl in the Alps (Spitzenberger 2002).
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Native:Albania; Andorra; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France (Corsica); Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Hungary; India; Ireland; Italy (Sardegna); Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Montenegro; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; San Marino; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom
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|One of the most abundant bats in many parts of its range, and the only European bat species for which continuing population increase from the 1950s to present has been recorded. A very common species in central and eastern Europe including the Balkans, and in northern Asia. In Mongolia it is known to have a wide distribution and is commonly found. In Turkey it appears to be rare as there are only 4 known records (A. Karatas pers. comm. 2007).
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|It forages over natural and artificial water bodies (including fjords), sometimes in woodland or scrub. Summer roosts are in tree hollows, caves, buildings and other artificial structures (e.g. bridges, cellars) in mixed sex colonies. It winters in a wide range of underground habitats. Seasonal movements between winter and summer roosts are mostly within a distance of 100-150 km (Hutterer et al. 2005). The longest distance covered is 257 km (Tress et al. 2004 in Hutterer et al.2005).
Due to the distinct foraging niche this species occupies, this species is reliant on water sources. It is highly dependant on aquatic insects for food, hunting over large water bodies and taking prey from the surface waters. It feeds largely on Lepidoptera, Diptera and Hemiptera, usually foraging less than 2 meters above ground or water level. The life span is not known in this species, but capture-mark-release experiments in the Khar Us Nuur region, recorded that the oldest individual recaptured was 4 years old. A ringing programme by the Mongolian-German Biological Expeditions from 1974 up to 2002 found that the oldest individual recaptured was 14 years of age (unpublished data).
|Major Threat(s):
|There are no major threats to this species overall. Changes in water quality may reduce food supply, and loss of or damage and disturbance to roost sites in trees, buildings, other artificial structures, and underground habitats may cause temporary localised losses. However, these are not thought to be serious threats to the survival of this abundant and expanding species.
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|It is protected by national legislation in most range states. There are also international legal obligations for its protection through the Bonn Convention (Eurobats) and Bern Convention in parts of its range where these apply. It is included in Annex IV of EU Habitats and Species Directive, and there is some habitat protection through Natura 2000. Its range includes several protected areas.
|Stubbe, M., Ariunbold, J., Buuveibaatar, V., Dorjderem, S., Monkhzul, Ts., Otgonbaatar, M., Tsogbadrakh, M., Hutson, A.M., Spitzenberger, F., Aulagnier, S., Juste, J., Coroiu, I., Paunovic, M. & Karataş, A. 2008. Myotis daubentonii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T14128A4400742. . Downloaded on 25 September 2018.
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I'm curious... what would you do?
I did all this research about how to best store/handle my breast milk to send to day care, only to find out that state regulations don't support my plans at all.
1) Fresh breast milk is supposed to be okay in the fridge for 3-5 days; in Indiana, licensed day care providers must use it within 48 hours. My options are to bring home any unopened bottles and freeze the milk, or lie to the day care provider about when it was expressed.
2) Even though research shows that an unfinished bottle can be refrigerated and safely given at the next feeding, state regulations for day care providers say unfinished amounts must be discarded. My plan was to send 3 oz. bottles, but now I'm going to have to send no more than 2 oz. servings, which means sending like 7 bottles (5 - 2 oz. and 2 - 1 oz. "top off" bottles).
What would you - or DO you - do?


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SAVANNAH, GA. – The Coker women's basketball team lost 110-86 against Armstrong Atlantic State University on Sunday (Dec. 1) in a nonconference competition. With the loss Coker drops to 4-2 on the year, while Armstrong improves to 4-1.
Armstrong grabbed the lead early in the first half and did not surrender it. The Pirates had a 17 point lead at the midway point, but Coker would battle back to cut the Armstrong advantage to just eight points at the half.
Coker scored the first bucket out of the locker room to pull within six, but the Pirates would score on the next two offensive possessions to keep a double-digit lead. Armstrong's offense continued to click throughout the final 20 minutes of the game, scoring 60 second half points. Despite having five players for Coker reach double-digit scoring, the Cobras could not overcome the strong offensive run from the home team.
Offensively, Hailey Yohn and Jessica Cohen led the Cobras in scoring with 19 and 18 points respectively. Cohen would also chip in a team leading seven rebounds for the Cobras. Tanesha Stenson would net 14 points for Coker, while also dishing out five assists. Priscilla Fenty and Kelley Godbout were next on the scoring chart with 13 and 10 points each.
Coker will return home on Saturday (Dec. 7), to host Lincoln Memorial in a SAC competition. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m.


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The How & Why of Cutlists
Why you're better off to look this gift horse in the mouth.
by Robert W. Lang
Pages 34-37
From the April 2012 issue, #196
There is a trap lurking within the pages of this magazine. It is also in most woodworking magazines, and many books. It is called the cutlist, and while it poses as your helpful friend, you're better off to ignore it and make your own. A published cutlist can keep you from learning some of the most important skills in woodworking – and if you're convinced that you can't make your own, you can and you should.
Making a cutlist may not be the most enjoyable part of building, but it is a critical step and a fundamental skill. The good news is, it isn't difficult. The bad news is, it can be tedious and it involves arithmetic.
In theory, a cutlist speeds the building process. You cut all the parts for your project to size in one step and put them together in the next. What could be more straightforward than that? For that theory to work, you must cut all the parts exactly. That means right on the money for every dimension, each piece perfectly straight and absolutely square.
In our store: Robert W. Lang's book, "Drafting & Design for Woodworkers."
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From the April 2012 issue #196.
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