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The Ministry of National Defense yesterday confirmed that three retired military officers had been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, in what legislators described as one of the nation's worst cases of espionage.
The Ministry of National Defense said that Commander Chang Chih-hsin (張祉鑫), former director of the political warfare department of Naval Meteorological & Oceanographic Office (METOC), was indicted by military prosecutors on suspicion of working as an agent for the Chinese.
"Chang, who initiated contact with Chinese officials while still serving in the navy, was suspected of luring his former colleagues and making illegal gains," the ministry said.
Ministry spokesman David Lo (羅紹和) confirmed two other former military officers had also been arrested in connection with the case.
The Chinese-language Apple Daily reported that Chang was arrested by military authorities at his home in Greater Kaohsiung last month as he was about to travel to China.
Because Chang had access to the submarine fleet's nautical charts and marine environment data, the confidential information could have been leaked to China, the newspaper said, adding that Taiwan's submarine fleet may have been compromised.
It quoted a retired naval general as saying METOC kept highly classified information, such as maps and charts of the meteorological and oceanographic battle environments.
Chang retired from the military in May and went to China in August.
The newspaper criticized the ministry for not barring Chang from going to China after he retired.
Lo did not say what kind of military information Chang had allegedly sold to China, but played down the possible damage to Taiwan's security, saying "Chang had limited access to METOC's sensitive information."
According to a ministry statement, military prosecutors had begun investigating Chang even before he retired.
Naval authorities adopted anti-espionage measures as soon as they were tipped off about Chang's plans and transferred the case to the Military Prosecutors' Office for further investigation after acquiring the initial evidence, the statement said.
Several other retired military officers have been arrested on suspicion of espionage and the military has taken various damage control steps, Lo said.
The ministry also denied that any officer in active service is involved.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislative caucus told a press conference yesterday that the repeated espionage cases reflected President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) pro-China mentality, which has relaxed the military's vigilance against Chinese hostility and has confused military personnel in regard to their duties.
"It was very embarrassing when the officer who was supposed to guard the secrets became the one who sold them to China," DPP caucus director-general Pan Men-an (潘孟安) told a press conference.
The DPP caucus demanded the ministry hold those responsible accountable and conduct a thorough review of the existing regulations, as well investigate the failure to implement current mechanisms before reporting to the legislature.
"The regulations and mechanisms are in place. The problem was that they were not appropriately implemented and the review process of the retired military personnel's visit to China was obviously flawed," DPP Legislator Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) said.


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If you've ever spent hours thinking about the answer to life, the universe and everything, we sure do have the shirt for you. A supercomputer spent seven and a half million years to answer that very question and it is...
As seen on The IT Crowd and Transformers: The Movie!
Most of us have spent some time wondering why we are here. What is the point of existence anyway? What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything? Well, you're in luck! Thanks to a supercomputer crunching away at a solution to that very question for seven and a half million years, there is an answer. It's 42.
Why 42, you ask? Well, that's what the computer said, and as we all know, computers are always right. Of course the computer also said that we really never knew what the question was in the first place. As descendents of the Golgafrinchans, we all should feel a small amount of guilt that we beat out the prehistoric apes who were supposed to evolve into the components of the new supercomputer that was to calculate the correct question, so it's all moot anyway.
In an effort to get some insight into what the true question is, Arthur Dent (who was unaware at the time of his Golgafrinchan lineage) randomly drew Scrabble tiles to come up with "WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE". Naturally, this question is irrational but completely understandable considering the source. So there you have it.
And for the record, even though the number 42 is printed on our yellow shirt, the question is not, in fact, "What's yellow and dangerous?". Everybody knows that the answer to that riddle is Shark-infested custard.
We are now on our *third* version of this shirt. With the television and movie coverage, you'd think somebody'd want to keep carrying it for us. Maybe the third time's the charm. This version, with a muted yellow fabric, is the same weight as the previous versions and also 100% cotton. Features the number '42' printed on the front in large blue characters with a black border. The previous versions, which you'll see in the action shots, were a blue body with an all-gold neck and sleeve trim and the same design and shirt with storm blue, gold, and white striped neck and sleeve trim. Once gone, those are no more.

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quote:Originally posted by Alex116Willus...just curious where this is from? Lot's of people quote stuff without a source, but this is pretty specific and i'm wondering where you found it? Not doubting or questioning anything and to be honest, i've heard some of this stuff through other rumours/sources, but still curiuos as to where you got this info from?
quote:Originally posted by willus3I've heard there is a major rift in the dressing room. Centering around Semin/Ovechkin. Also there is the battle between Ovechkin and Boudreau which unfortunately for Boudreau he will lose.Some quotes from Matt Bradley seem to support this. - Said the locker room wasn't as serious as it should have been.- Said that BB could have sat some guys down that weren't producing on the top two lines. But instead, he kept them in there. Said BB was a good coach overall though.- Said that Semin could be the best player in the NHL. But he doesn't give enough; and basically acts like he wants to be back in Russia.- Said Ovechkin was an "all in" guy. But also said he had some growing up to do in terms of taking care of himself. Some direct quotes:Matt Bradley on discipline problems w/Caps: "Not being ready to practice or missing practice with questionable injuries, that kind of thing."Bradley: "I think our locker room was maybe a little bit too nonchalant, and guys werent disciplined the way they should have been."Bradley on Semin: "So much talent, he could easily be the best player in the league, and for whatever reason, just doesnt care."
quote:Originally posted by CrockOShightI .But why are we talking about what's wrong with Semin? What's wrong with Ovechkin??
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The Southeastern Conference will celebrate having nine players on the 2012 ESPN All-America team. The rest of the nation will celebrate, as well -- that's three fewer than the SEC placed on the 2011 team.
Eight other conferences are represented among the 25 players. All four classes are here. You may have heard of the one freshman (he won the Heisman). Alabama and Texas A&M lead all schools with three players each.
Crimson Tide center Barrett Jones is one of two repeaters, although not at the same position as a year ago. The other is Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones. They are not related, except in talent. -- Ivan Maisel
Quarterback - Johnny Manziel | Texas A&M
Running Back - Kenjon Barner | Oregon
Running Back - Montee Ball | Wisconsin
Wide Receiver - Marqise Lee | Southern California
Wide Receiver - Terrance Williams | Baylor
Tight End - Zach Ertz | Stanford
Offensive Tackle - Taylor Lewan | Michigan
Guard - Jonathan Cooper | North Carolina
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Defensive End - Jadeveon Clowney | South Carolina
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It has been a long road that brought photo-artist Kamil Vajnar to Durangos Open Shutter Gallery, but it is a road well-traveled for many photographers.
Vojnar is the latest world-renowned artist wrangled by Open Shutter owner Margy Dudley, who saw his work in a Santa Fe-area newsletter and invited Vojnar without a formal introduction.
I was honored for the invitation, and Im very happy to have it, Vojnar said from the Los Angeles airport while traveling to Durango for tonights opening reception. It has been a whirlwind week: Vojnar drove from L.A. to Durango last weekend to hand-deliver his work then drove home Monday before flying back Thursday.
Couldve planned it better, but it was a nice trip, Vojnar said.
The 50-year-old left what was then Czechoslovakia in 1986 and has since worked as a painter and photographer around the world. Elsewhere is a collection of mixed-media composite photographs printed on a variety of surfaces, including wood, aluminum, canvas and standard photographic paper. Each is augmented to create a three-dimensional work, with materials such as wax, additional paper and oil paint. And each is a study in contrasts, mixing images of beauty with suffering, decay and pain.
I found both painting and photography too small by themselves, and I subconsciously found myself wanting to make an image that has a warmth to both the look and feel of it, he said.
Vojnar owns his own gallery in St. Remy de Provence in southern France and spends his summers there. He studied at the School of Graphic Arts in Prague before emigrating from the Communist-controlled country and completed his education at the Philadelphia Art Institute when he moved to the U.S. He is now an American citizen.


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Department of International Language Studies and Computational Linguistics (ISV) Forfattere "Nistrup Madsen, Bodil"
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Nistrup Madsen, Bodil; Erdman Thomsen, Hanne; Halskov, Jakob; Lassen, Tine (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: In our paper we present a project, the aim of which is to develop innovative and advanced methods for dynamic and automatic extraction of knowledge about concepts from texts and for automatic construction of ontologies. The project builds on and further develops the results of the CAOS project - Computer-Aided Ontology Structuring - which was carried out at Copenhagen Business School in the period 1998-2007. Terminological ontologies differ from other types of ontologies by comprising feature specifications and subdivision criteria. We have formalised subdivision criteria that have been used for many years in terminology work, by introducing dimensions and dimension specifications. In the CAOS prototype, facilities for semiautomatic checking of inconsistencies were developed. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8283
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Resume: In order to develop a harmonised and efficient IT system, such as a database, it is important to be familiar with the underlying concept model (concept systems) for the relevant domain which the IT system should be designed to accommodate, as this forms the necessary firm foundation for designing the conceptual data model. Although there is no one-to-one correlation between concept and characteristic features in the concept model and classes and attributes in the conceptual data model, there are many similarities between concept modelling and conceptual data modelling, and by closely examining the relationship between the two models, we have strived to construct an algorithm for creating conceptual data models in Unified Modelling Language (UML) on the basis of concept models that adhere to the traditional principles and methods of terminology work. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8284
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Vintage, Jan 2002, 12.00, 256 pp. ISBN: 0375727094 When he worked at Network Strategies, he was the firm's top salesperson, receiving the esteem and kudos of his peers and management. Richie Segal regrets moving to Midtown Consulting because he has failed to make a sale in his seven months at his new firm and his boss is on his case to produce or else. Adding to his feelings of inadequacy is that his wife just received a promotion and...
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Vintage, Jan 2003, 12.00, 256 pp. ISBN: 0375727116 Teenager Mickey Prada works at Vincent's Fish Market in Brooklyn while sharing a flat with his Alzheimer's suffering father. Mickey counts pennies planning to attend Baruch and earn an accounting degree that is when he is not serving fresh fish to customers or searching for his father lost somewhere in Brooklyn. With his love life showing zero, his only positive is that his father has not foun...


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North American Tour Starts This Week
7/31 – Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
8/02 – New York, NY – Lincoln Center Only US Full Ensemble Date
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8/03 – New York, NY – Santos Party House
8/04 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga
Brandt Brauer Frick is gearing up for a run of North American dates starting this week, which includes the debut Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble performance at Lincoln Center's Out of Doors series at the Damrosch Park Bandshell. This will be BBFE's first performance featuring the full 10-piece ensemble in North America! The other tour dates feature Brandt Brauer Frick performing as a trio with live drums and keys, and include stops in Washington, DC, New York City (trio show at Santos Party House), and Osheaga in Montreal.
In anticipation of the North American dates, Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble is sharing three recent live videos from Eurostar's Traction festival in Europe, two of which feature Jamie Lidell on guest vocals ("Session 1" and "Session 2"). "606 'n' Rock 'n' Roll" was featured on the band's latest album, Mr. Machine, which came out last year via !K7.
There are very few musicians that are at home performing in a chamber music hall, a summer festival stage, or a sweaty underground warehouse party, but for the last several years Brandt Brauer Frick make have been mainstays at all of these venues and more. Brandt Brauer Frick use electronic dance music and techno as a jumping-off point to explore a full spectrum of sounds, created primarily with symphonic instruments including piano, tympani, harp, strings and horns. The group has recorded two albums for !K7, 2010's You Make Me Real and 2011's Mr. Machine (as The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble).
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I have two harddrives, 250GB which I use for OS's and software, and 320GB which I use for music, documents, pictures etc. I want to use FreeBSD as my main OS and its file system as my main file system (except for a 100GB partition in NTFS for Windows 7).
I will use the first 100GB on my OS & software harddrive (the 250GB one) for Windows 7 (NTFS file system) and all of its software and games.
So, I will have about 130GB on the OS harddrive (the 250GB one) for FreeBSD. and I will have whole of the 320GB harddrive for my personal files, which I will format in FreeBSD file system.
If somebody can help me with suggestions for planning this partitioning, then please let me know.
I use GAG for partitioning although I have never tested with Windows 7 (Vista most recent). In your case I would first install Windows and then GAG.
Always backup first
...when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
thanks but, I wasn't asking for a boot manager, but, I was asking for suggestions about the partitioning scheme.
A very generic scheme is something along the lines of:
/ 1GB swap 2GB (2GB is almost always more than enough). /var 8GB /usr 4-16GB /home Whatever is left ...
It really depends on what you do. 8GB for /var/ may be serious overkill, but I like to keep logfiles for some time and I also use it for other stuff like ccache.
But do remember you cannot change the sizes once you're done, so it's better to oversize your partitions then to undersize.
As for /usr, for a normal (server) install 4GB should be more than enough, for a desktop up to 16GB ... This partition will contain all installed packages, so this really depends on how many and which apps you install...
You may also want to create separate partitions for email, /usr/src, and the likes, in part it's a matter of personal preference and taste, although multiple partitions (Or rather, filesystems) the two main advantages are:
o Contain fragmentation -- / will almost never get written to, /var will get written to a lot. Having both on a separate partition decreases overall fragmentation
o May be easier for backups if you use a partition for mail, mysql.
The obvious downside of more partitions is that your system will be less flexible ...
Oh, and for the sake of example, here's my fileserver at home:
[~]% df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad1s1a 1.9G 221M 1.6G 12% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/ad1s1d 23G 721M 21G 3% /var /dev/ad1s1e 15G 1.6G 13G 11% /usr /dev/ad1s1f 28G 212M 25G 1% /home /dev/mirror/datad 451G 318G 97G 77% /data /dev/ad0s1d 361G 189G 143G 57% /data2
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
Thank you Carpetsmoker! This is really good, I will do it as once as FreeBSD 8.0 stable is released.
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Norway's national broadcaster breaks Beatles download deadlock
Till Beatles say Let it Be
Updated A Norwegian broadcaster is claiming to be responsible for making The Beatles' entire back catalogue available for download for the first time. The downloads are free because they form part of Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) podcasts.
The Beatles is one of the few bands that has held out from licensing its music for digital downloading through online shops such as iTunes. NRK has said that it has now made the music available for free thanks to a deal made with Norwegian music rights authority TONO.
That deal gives NRK the right to publish free podcasts that contain music, as long as that music does not make up more than 70 per cent of the content of the podcast.
NRK is now putting online a series of programmes it made in 2001 called 'Our daily Beatles'. Each of the 212 episodes involves a three minutes story about each track, followed by the full track.
"This is - as far as we know – the first time you can download the Beatles' music legally. Neither iTunes nor Amazon have The Beatles in their music stores," said a NRK announcement. "The first episodes are already in the podcast."
"In this series from 2001, journalists Finn Tokvam [and] Bård Ose [tell] the story of every single Beatles track ever made, chronologically," it said. "Each episode contains a 3 minute story about each track (sadly for our international visitors – in Norwegian) and the actual Beatles tune."
NRK is the state-owned broadcaster. It employs 3,500 people and consists of three television and three main radio stations.
NRK's deal would not be possible under a UK podcasting licence. The UK's collecting society, the MCPS/PRS Alliance, issues licences for the use of music in podcasts. It involves the payment of 0.15p per track for each downloaded podcast, or the payment of a share of earnings.
The Alliance will not issue a licence for any podcast in which more than 50 per cent of the music used is by one artist, which would rule out NRK's 'Our daily Beatles' programmes. The licence also stipulates that the podcast must contain speech, and that the speech must be spread throughout the programme.
The NRK programmes will only be available for a short time, however. "Podcast containing music may be up for four weeks, while our podcast without music stay up on our server forever," said the NRK announcement.
Sadly, it seems NRK slightly misread the license agreement and the service has, apparently been pulled. Still, a great idea while it lasted.


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Jeff Niffen is an illustrator by trade, and an astute people watcher. The soft-spoken artist from Pike County, Mo., makes a study of facial features, looking for nuances that set people apart from the crowd. He then uses these unique traits, exaggerating them just a bit, in order to create caricatures that not only represent who the people are, but also what they're doing at the moment.
"They say that caricature is exaggerating your flaws; I think it is accentuating what makes you unique," he said.
For the second year in a row, Niffen will ply his trade this weekend on the historic streets of downtown Hannibal during the Folklife Festival. He will be located on Hill Street, next to the Tom and Becky Program information booth.
An art graduate of Hannibal-LaGrange University, Niffen is no novice to the art world. While an HLGU student, he entertained follow classmates with a unique comic strip published in the school newspaper titled "Where Fools Tread," a Far Side rebuff.
"I've always been interested in illustrations, cartoons, comic books," he said. "I did a video in college, a spoof movie. It was an hour long. I showed it to the kids on campus and they really liked it. That was a best experience. To hear people laughing from something you created is its own reward."
He also writes screenplays, and "as soon as I get my camera I want to make a short film. It will be 10 minutes long; a horror film. Along the vein of 'Tales from the Crypt.'"
And while his art interests are very diverse, this weekend he will hone in on the art form he began studying nine years ago – that of a caricature artist.
The caricature artist working at Six Flags in the fall of 2003 captured his attention, and he thought, "I could do that."
Niffen inquired about working at the booth, and was told to come back the next season.
Tom Richmond, illustrator for Mad Magazine, owns the Six Flags booth, and initially trained Niffen. "He was there my first day and he taught me," Niffen said. "I spent the rest of the summer learning under Ryan Roe, the supervisor. I was glad I was able to learn on the job in 2004."
Niffen quickly learned that caricature art is vastly different than what he was used to.
"It is a different way of learning to draw. Normally I do sketching and preplanning. With live characters you don't have time for that; you have to draw what you see right then and there. Pretty much you have to learn to draw all over again.
"I learned how to use an airbrush; learned how to communicate with customers, joke around with them so they feel more comfortable - that's something I'm still working on," Niffen said.
"I also have learned how to draw fast; I don't have a lot of time to think; see … draw, see … draw."
Over the years, he has learned to make a study of faces and their structure. For example, "the upper part of your ear matches with the curvature of the jaw, the cheekbone and the jaw, the zygomatic arch," he said. "A lot of things I learned by on the job training, I didn't necessarily know before.
"I learned how to exaggerate certain features without going overboard and offending people," he said. "Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't."
He looks for features such as "a big chin or a larger nose, or bigger ears or smaller ears, whatever works, whatever sets them apart from the average person. The more different they look, the easier it is to draw."
What is important is for the person being drawn to "just have fun with it."
After all, a caricature is not a portrait.
"Far from it," Niffen said. "A caricature is done quick; portraits take a number of hours."
"I like drawing kids because they tend to have the most fun with it. Old people have the most interesting features to draw. Anybody willing to have fun with it and who isn't worried about being overly offended by it" is a good caricature candidate. "It is supposed to be fun."
Niffen now works at a graphic designer for the Hannibal Courier-Post, and in his free time he draws caricatures for events such as Project Proms and corporate gigs. He still works at Six Flags, off and on. "I went back this summer. When (his supervisor) needs my help I go down and help out; I helped train a few newcomers this year."
So what trait in his own facial structure stands out for this caricature artist?
"People say I have a Jay Leno chin, so I accentuated my chin in my self caricature."
Jeff Niffen: Caricature accentuates individual uniqueness
Jeff Niffen is an illustrator by trade, and an astute people watcher. The soft-spoken artist from Pike County, Mo., makes a study of facial features, looking for nuances that set people apart from the crowd. He then uses these unique traits, exaggerating them just a bit, in order to create caricatures that not only represent who the people are, but also what they're doing at the moment.


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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
Pour the flour onto a dinner plate. In a shallow bowl, whisk together the milk, egg and a few dashes of hot sauce. Place the cornflakes, seasoned with 1 teaspoon of House Seasoning, on a second dinner plate.
Season the steaks with the remaining teaspoon of House Seasoning. Dredge them in the flour, patting off any excess, then dip into the egg mixture, letting any excess drip off. Finally, dredge them in the crushed cornflakes, pressing lightly to help the flakes adhere.
Place the steaks on the prepared baking sheet. Spray the tops of the steaks lightly with extra cooking spray. Bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small cup, mix the cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of the beef broth and stir until the cornstarch is dissolved. In a small saucepan, combine the cornstarch mixture with the remaining beef broth and the half-and-half. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Let the gravy boil, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 2 minutes. Season generously with pepper and serve the steaks smothered in the gravy.
The Lady's House Seasoning: Combine 1 cup salt, 1/4 cup freshly ground black pepper and 1/4 cup garlic powder. Store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
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CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Several arriving and departing flights at Charleston International Airport have been canceled Wednesday morning as a winter chill blasts northern United States.
According to Charleston International Airport's website, the cancellations are affecting a number of major airports, including those in Washington, DC, New York, Boston, and New Jersey.
Charleston International Airport is not the only airport being affected by winter weather. Over 1,400 flights have already been canceled Wednesday morning nationwide.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - FirstEnergy's Jersey Central Power & Light on Sunday said it restored service to 99 percent of its customers affected by Hurricane Sandy and the recent Nor'easter storm, with the remaining 19,000 customers that can receive service expected to have it by Sunday evening.
About 30,000 customers on the barrier islands and in shoreline communities in New Jersey - some of the most devastated after Sandy came ashore near Atlantic City on October 29 - cannot be restored to service at this time due to massive infrastructure damage in that area, the company said it a statement.
The company said it was working with local, state and federal officials to develop a full recovery plan for that area.
Restoration efforts included 130,000 customers who lost power due to the Nor'easter storm that hit the U.S. Northeast last week.
More than 1.3 million customers lost power during both storms, and more than 8 million lost power in the region following the storms.
FirstEnergy's 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and West Virginia.
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You would probably have learned more about Ajoy Bose by reading his biography than by attending Jim Hogan's gentle exercise in collegiality on Tuesday night, March 1st, in Silicon Valley. The conversation between these two giants of EDA, hosted by EDAC as part of DVCon week, was consistently unstructured, whimsical and seemingly without outline.
The next day, I sat in a coffee shop and struggled to find a handle with which to write a coherent summary of the previous night's random access memory album. But that handle would not reveal itself.
Then I happened to glance over to a nearby table where another caffeine addict was buried in a book: The Man Behind the Microchip. I asked the addict who exactly was the subject of the book and the answer came back: Robert Noyce.
So Robert Noyce is the man behind the microchip, I pondered. The only man behind the microchip? Like Steve Jobs invented the iPod/iPad/iPhone? Or Thomas Edison invented the electric light?
No wonder, I realized, it was hard to get a handle on the previous night's Hogan/Bose interview. They didn't do anything. Robert Noyce did it all. And without help. Hogan and Bose did nothing, and ergo had nothing to offer their audience.
These two were not part of a vast conspiracy of contributors, all adding their particular drips and drops of innovation into the trickle of technology, that rolled into a small creek of creativity, that ran into a moderate-sized stream of science-turned-engineering, which poured into a roaring river of real change, which crashed into a seething sea of twenty-first century digital life.
Of course, that's nonsense. Robert Noyce did not do everything, and Hogan and Bose did not do nothing.


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On Monday, October 29th, 2012, at 12:07 a.m., District 3 Police Officers Hector Pagan and Hector Claudio were on their way to District 3 at the end of their shift. At that time, the officers saw a man being battered by four young males in the 2200 block of N. Sherman Blvd. The officers got out of their squad and attempted to arrest the suspects, but they ran away. The victim pointed out a fifth suspect, who was acting as the suspects' driver. That suspect was still in his car on the scene and taken into custody.
The officers interviewed the victim who claimed that the suspects had attempted to rob him. The victim said he was walking in the 2200 block of N. Sherman Blvd when the suspect's vehicle pulled up. One of the suspects pointed a sawed-off shotgun at the victim and stated, "What's in those pockets?" The victim pushed away the shotgun, which caused the suspect to hit the victim in the face with it. Three suspects jumped out of the car and began beating the victim and took his iPod. The suspects fled upon seeing the police. The sawed-off shotgun and a handgun were recovered on the scene.
Due to the diligence of the officers, the victim was saved from being severely beaten and a suspect was arrested for armed robbery and two guns were recovered. A sawed-off gun has been used in several robberies by a group of young males over the last few weeks in District 3 and it is unknown how many more robberies the suspects may be responsible for at this time.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of "Modern Family" actress Ariel Winter has denied accusations she was physically and emotionally abusive to her 14-year-old daughter and is asking a judge to reject an attempt to strip her of custody.
Chrisoula Workman filed an objection to guardianship proceedings for the actress on Thursday and states she would be willing to undergo joint counseling with her daughter if it helped resolve the case.
Winter, who plays Alex Dunphy on the hit ABC series, has been living with her older sister, Shanelle Gray, since early October, when a judge temporarily stripped Workman of custody and ordered her to have no contact with her daughter. The ruling came after attorneys for Gray stated in court filings that Winter has been the subject of ongoing physical and emotional abuse, enduring slaps and insults from her mother.
"I have never slapped or hit Ariel," Workman writes in a court declaration. "I love Ariel very much and will do whatever is in her best interest."
She calls recent family turmoil the result of "a teenager's rebellion." Her filing was accompanied by medical records and declarations from stylists and other acquaintances who state they have not seen any signs of abuse by Workman.
"The court granted a temporary guardianship and I think any rational person will realize that the court simply doesn't see the sky falling but has some basis for granting a temporary guardianship," said attorney Michael Kretzmer, who represents Gray. "The matter hasn't been fully adjudicated and everybody will have their chance."
Workman, who is estranged from Gray, claims that her older daughter is seeking a guardianship to advance her own career. Gray is also an actress who has appeared in the soap operas "One Life to Live" and "Bold and the Beautiful," as well as other small roles in TV series.
A judge has not permitted Gray any access to Winter's money, some of which must be set aside in a special account under a law meant to protect child actors.
"There's no truth whatsoever to Shanelle obtaining this guardianship for purposes of advancing her career or for some other personal gain," Kretzmer said. "Shanelle is successful and has done very well in her own rights. This is a tragedy for her, too."
"It's very unfortunate that any of this came out has come the press," he said. "Ariel is a very wonderful 14-year-old who is fortunate to be in the process of building quite an acting career for herself. But she's still a 14-year-old lady. Whether she's the 14-year-old star of 'Modern Family,' or she's just a 14-year-old in an everyday modern family, she doesn't deserve to have this family circumstance played out in the press."
A hearing on the guardianship is scheduled for Nov. 20. The court has appointed an independent attorney to represent Winter's interests.
Winter has been acting since age 7, appearing several TV series, including "ER" and "Phineas and Ferb," and movies such as "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," ''Ice Age: The Meltdown" and "ParaNorman."
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By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The famous Ipanema bloco, Banda de Ipanema held its first rehearsal at Praça General Osório on Saturday, January 19th, drawing hundreds of attendees eager to preview the bloco's parade. Every year the bloco attracts tens of thousands of party-goers to its official marches held before and during Carnival.
Banda de Ipanema's rehearsal on Saturday saw around six hundred people gathered to hear the music and see the bloco's performance which this year includes members of the group Jongo da Serrinha.
"I always come to watch the rehearsal and take part in the shows, it's a way to have fun and of course to keep me young," eighty year-old reveler, Zely Rangel told O Globo.
This year the bloco is will pay homage to famous Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who died recently in 2012 along with tributes to Brazilian poet and composer, Vinicius de Moraes.
"Not all award recipients are musicians, but they are people who in some way contributed to our culture. They will all be remembered during the parade, for example, we play the song 'The Girl from Ipanema', written by Vinicius de Moraes" Cláudio Pinheiro, President and Founder of Banda de Ipanema explained to O Globo.
As the pre-Carnival energy picks up in the city, many tourist and local residents are anticipating the major blocos. Local Ipanema business owners commented on how yesterday's bloco was relatively calm, not drawing the thousands through the street as they surely will in the coming weeks.
Mike Smith, and American expatriate living in Ipanema told The Rio Times: "That bloco is so famous I was expecting the usual massive crowds, but I guess it is just the first rehearsal … and the weather didn't help. During Carnival that bloco seems to spread from [Praça] General Osório all the way to to Leblon, sweeping everything and everyone into the party."
Banda de Ipanema first paraded in 1965 and in 2004 was declared by the city to be part of its cultural heritage. The bloco will parade three more times, on January 26th, February 9th and 12th. They will gather at Ipanema's Praça General Osório and parade from there. Attendance is free.
For a run-down of blocos happening today, please see The Rio Times weekly list that was started for this year.
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Kyle Seager sparks Mariners past Blue Jays
TORONTO -- Smiling wide after his first major league win, Erasmo Ramirez was on a mission to track down a memento from his milestone moment.
Kyle Seager homered and came within a triple of the cycle, Ramirez pitched seven sharp innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday night.
"Erasmo pitched a fantastic ballgame," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "He did a great job with his fastball, mixed in his changeup as the game wore on and had a good breaking ball."
Starting for the first time since June 30, Ramirez (1-2) allowed two runs and six hits, setting down nine straight at one stretch. He walked one and struck out six.
"I was so happy with the last out, the 27th," Ramirez said. "I was waiting for that since I got here."
Ramirez, however, was still waiting for one more thing: an important keepsake.
"I went looking for the lineup," he said. "I don't know where it is, but I'm going to find it."
Four relievers combined to work the eighth and Tom Wilhelmsen closed it for his 25th save in 28 chances as Seattle snapped a three-game losing streak.
Seager went 3 for 5. He had an RBI single in the first, doubled and scored in the third and homered in the fifth, his 18th.
"He's had big hits at big times for us," Wedge said of Seager, who leads the team with 81 RBIs.
The victory was Seattle's 68th, one more than they had last season. The Mariners finished with 14 hits, five for extra bases.
"We swung the bats really well," Wedge said. "I would like to have seen us put a few more tallies up there, but that doesn't take away from the way we swung the bats. We had a lot of hits and a lot of hard outs."
Most of the damage came off Toronto's Brandon Morrow (8-6), who matched a career high by allowing 11 hits as the Blue Jays failed to extend their winning streak to five games.
Morrow came in 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA in three career starts against the team that drafted him, but was in trouble from the start, giving up two runs and four hits in a shaky first inning. Seager singled home the first run and, two batters later, Michael Saunders made it 2-0 with a hit to left. John Jaso tried to score from second on the play, but was thrown out at the plate by Rajai Davis.
"We were ready for the fastball," Gutierrez said of Seattle's approach to Morrow. "He's a power pitcher and obviously we need to get on the fastball first and that's what we did."
Morrow, who allowed four runs in 4 2/3 innings, conceded that that Mariners had feasted on his fastball.
"The only thing that kept that from being eight runs was probably my changeup," he said. "I had a decent changeup and was able to keep them off-balance a little bit that way."
While the Mariners may have focused on Morrow's fastball, Seager said that didn't necessarily make it any easier.
"His off speed is so good, you've kind of got to pick your poison because he throws 95, too," Seager said.
Toronto got one back off Ramirez in the bottom half on Yunel Escobar's RBI single, but Adam Lind was thrown out trying to go from first to third, ending the rally.
Morrow got the Mariners in order in the second but ran into trouble again in the third. Jaso made it 3-1 with an RBI single but was thrown out on the bases by Davis for a second time when he tried to go from first to third on Jesus Montero's single to left.
Seager's leadoff homer in the fifth made it 4-2, but the Blue Jays cut it to one with a run in the eighth. Colby Rasmus doubled off Charlie Furbush, who was replaced by Josh Kinney. Edwin Encarnacion flied out, with Rasmus advancing to third. Lucas Luetge came on to face pinch-hitter Moises Sierra, who hit an RBI groundout. Stephen Pryor took over for Luetge and ended the inning by striking out Escobar.
Seattle center fielder Franklin Gutierrez made a rare error on Kelly Johnson's deep fly ball to begin the bottom of the seventh. For Gutierrez, the miscue was his first in 301 games. He had gone 846 chances without an error, an AL record for outfielders.
Wedge said Gutierrez couldn't recover after getting turned around on the play.
"It's just one of those things that happen, for him once in about three years," Wedge said.
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Blue Jays manager John Farrell said rookie RHP Chad Jenkins is being considered for a start in Toronto's doubleheader at Baltimore on Sept. 24. ... Toronto Police and Fire officials took part in pregame ceremonies to mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. .. Attendance was 12,935, Toronto's smallest crowd this season.
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Astros right-hander Lance McCullers threw a simulated game on Tuesday in West Palm Beach, Fla., the next step in his return from an injury that has sidelined him for six weeks.
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Javier Baez and Daniel Murphy each hit a two-run homer as the Chicago Cubs jumped out to a big early lead Tuesday night on their way to a 9-1 win over the fading Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Vicksburg calls for meeting with state over radio
Commission must approve radio systems
Vicksburg officials want to meet with the state to discuss replacing a local radio system shared with Warren County.
Bill Ford, Vicksburg's city information technology specialist, told the Vicksburg Post that the Mississippi Wireless Communications Commission must approve radio systems.
No meeting date has been announced.
Vicksburg and Warren County share a central 911 dispatching center that is funded primarily by monthly surcharges on residential and business telephone bills.
Ford said any radio system the city and county selects will have to be able to link with the statewide radio system.
He said work to replace the radio system would not begin until late spring or early summer.
Mayor Paul Winfield estimated in October that replacing the system would cost $5 million to $7 million.


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Just to be clear, this post is about Valentines Day and thus, love. I'ma get gushy. You'll find no anti-VDay, black armband, burn-all-the-relics-from-the-shrine-you-created-for-the-man-you're-stalking suggestions here. The only thing I find more annoying then people that treat Valentines Day like a serious holiday is people that get pissy about it and spread their doom and gloom around like peanut butter on hot toast (unless you're a teenager, then you're excused because you have to put up with competing for how many carnations you have sent to you, an evil popularity plot, probably set into motion by that cheerleading coach from Glee).
So if it's a pity party you're looking for, you'll find more solace in the hot deli at your local grocery store. But if it's lovey dovey-ness you crave, well you're in the right spot! Here are some excellent Valentines Day party themes for the ol' 14th of Feb.:
1. Past Their Prime (Time): TV Couples Costume Party
Famous movie star couples have been done so why not have shindig dedicated to the great loves of boob tube past? Have guests dress as their favorite twosomes. For example:
- Sam and Diane from Cheers (I get dibs on that if you invite me)
- Kevin and Winnie from The Wonder Years
- Sandra and Elvin from The Cosby Show
- Blanche from Golden Girls and every male senior citizen from Miami (group costume)
- Charles in Charge and the sisters because you know that's what he was in it for
- The Nanny and Mr. Sheffield
- Burt and Ernie
I could go on all day, but everyone has a favorite so let them decide.
Invites and Decoration: If you want to get fancy and make invitations, style them after a TV Guide. You know, like 6:30-7: Live in the Kitchen with Appetizers!; 7-7:30: So You Think You Can Drink, so on. Decoration and atmosphere can be low key. Check out some classic TV theme song CDs from the library for background music and also find a recording of canned laughter and play it every time someone makes a lame joke. Create a makeshift photo area with props and a TV screen cut out from cardboard that guests can stand behind. Constantly interrupt your guests for commercial breaks. Make sure and do product placement all around your house. For example, make little cards in your bathroom that say "Your bathroom break is sponsored by Charmin Toilet Paper and a box of matches!".
Food and Drink: Serve "Let's go out to the kitchen" snacks on TV trays throughout the room. Choose foods that you would eat while watching the telly: popcorn, candy, whisky straight from the bottle, etc.
Extras: Make a trophy by gluing an old thrift store remote to some sort of platform and give it to best costume or do a TV trivia quiz for a grand prize.
2. Why Must I Be A Teenager in Love?: School Dance Party
Invites and Decoration: Style this party like a 1950s dance held in the high school gym. Send invitations made out of notebook paper and folded up as a note you would pass in class. Guests can check yes or no for their RSVP. Encourage people to dress up in old fashioned prom outfits: chiffon dresses, ducktails, pockmarks. Hang tissue paper streamers and a big paper heart that guests can tape their senior pictures up to for everyone to laugh at. Play doo-wop records for the dance floor and make sure there's lots of slow dancing. Keep the lights low. Make your old friends be chaperones.
Food and Drink: Spiked punch, obviously. Other than that you can go two ways with the menu. Either serve 1950s cookbook style items: Jell-O Molds, entrees with two kinds of meat in one dish, roll #$%@ up in ham, use fancy toothpicks. OR, theme your dishes after 1950s pop songs. For example: "And They Called it Puppy Chow", "Johnny Angel-Food Cake", "Leader of the Pack-et Taco Seasoning". That kind of thing.
Extras: Station someone in the bathroom to hide out and offer people cigarettes or give them swirlies. Call everyone's parents to pick them up.
3. Love Potion #9 Party
It's possible that your guests don't really feel like dressing up. In which case, a Love Potion #9 party is the one for you. You can go as simple as a punch bowl with a Post-It that reads "Hey guys this is love potion", or really get into it and throw a Mad Scientist /Gypsy blowout.
Invites and Decoration: Just call your friends and invite them. Haven't I thought of enough ideas for you? Decorate your home like a bordello: scarves draped over stuff, lots of lamps, incense burning, and some sort of glass globe (magic ball) or tarot cards strewn about. Designate someone Madame Ruth (you know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth?) to pass out random future readings to people. Definitely designate a makeout room with trippy music playing in case your guests start "kissin' everything in sight".
Food and Drink: This seems to me mostly a drinking party. Mix up several different punches of all different colors (use food dye to make them really distinct). If you want to stay true to the song, mix one punch up "right here in the sink". Place cards in front of each punch that says what type of "potion" it is: Love Potion, Unrequited Love Elixir, Stalker's Brew, Tonic for Commitment-phobes. Include little snacks to soak up somma that potion so no one get's pulled over by "a cop down at Thirty Fourth and Vine" on the way home.
Extras: Do NOT actually drug people.
That's all for now! I won't invite myself if you throw one of these, but I will hold it against you forever if you don't let me come.


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Size45 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Elevator in building
- Family/child friendly
- Washer/dryer
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
* has been elaborately renovated in an exclusive style, for example, with granite floors in the entrance hall and the bathroom and parquet flooring in the living rooms,
* has been equipped with brand-new and modern furniture,
* has 2 rooms with a total area of 45 m²,
* has a bathroom with bathtub, WC and washbasin.
* It can be used by a maximum of 4 people.
* It is a non-smoking apartment!
* It is on the 5th floor and can be reached by a lift.
The facilities:
* WLAN and LAN-connection
* Double bed with 2 bedside tables, large cupboard for clothes, full-length mirror
* Wardrobe, sideboard
* Couch that can also be pulled out for use as a double bed, with an area of 180x200 cm
* large coffee table, modular wall unit with SAT-TV (82 cm), CD and DVD player
* Desk and executive chair
* Dining table with 4 barstools
* Kitchenette with microwave oven, 2 hotplates, washbasin and refrigerator with freezer compartment
* Coffee maker, toaster and electric kettle
* Crockery and cutlery for 6 people
* Saucepans, frying pans, bowls, etc.
* Towels and bed linen
If you still need something else, we would be glad to provide it for you even at short notice. Just give us a call. We would be glad to meet your individual wishes.
If you want, you can rent a bike. Bicycle rental terms:
For guests: 3 € per day, 12 € per week, 35 € per month
for non-guests: 4 € per day, 16 € per week, 47 € per month
In addition to the named prices for the apartment there are discounts and supplements.
Discount for long-term bookings and frequent customers:
from 1 week 20%, from 2 weeks 30%, from 3 weeks 40%
from 1 month 50%, from 2 months 55%, from 3 months 60%
Trade fair supplement: 20%, major trade fairs: 50%
House rulesNon-smoking apartment ! In deference to the guest following after you, we ask you don't smoke in the whole area of the apartment.
Please, pay attension for cleanness. Take off your shoes etc. Otherwise, we have to charge an extra cleaning according to the effort.
Towels and bed linen are provided sufficient as a matter of course.
Cancellation / change of booking:
If due to unforeseen circumstances you have to cancel your stay or change the dates of the booking, we are legally entitled to claim for compensation due to non-fulfillment. This is based on the time between the cancellation and the day of arrival in accordance with the following table:
more than 4 months beforehand 20 € lump sum
up to 3 months beforehand 10% (min. 30 €)
up to 2 months beforehand 30%
up to 1 month beforehand 50%
up to 14 days beforehand 80%
less than 14 days beforehand 100% of the booking price
If the apartment can be rented out again within the period that had originally been booked and for the same terms and conditions, then no cancellation charges are due for those days. If it can only be rented out again for lower terms and conditions, then instead of the booking price the price difference will be taken to a basis for those days. In both cases there is a minimum charge of 30 €.
Changing the booking to a shorter period or for fewer persons will be charged in the same way as for a cancellation. If the period of the booking and the number of persons remains the same, then only a minimum charge amounting to 30 € is due. It is only possible to rebook the same booking twice. After that it will be regarded as a cancellation.
There are the following discounts for long-term bookings and frequent customers:
Level 1 from 1 week = 20%, 2 from 2 weeks = 30%, 3 from 3 weeks = 40%
Level 4 from 1 month = 50%, 5 from 2 months = 55%, 6 from 3 months = 60%
The discounts can not be given during major trade fairs and major events.
The amount of time required for the relevant discount level can be spread over multiple stays but must be taken within a period of up to 2 years. The contract- ual partner can specify the start of this at any time, even retrospectively. If it is to be determined retrospectively, then no retrospective discount is given for earlier stays, although those days count towards qualifying for discount levels. The discount levels relate to the contractual partner and not to the actual guest in question. In the case of bookings for a subsequent two-year period the percentage rate that had been attained in the previous period shall always apply and this is always calculated on the basis of the number of days stayed within the previous two-year period. The discounts can only be given if the required lengths of stay have been part of a fixed booking within the two-year period in the meaning of the above and hence not for reservations. In the event of cancellations that have an effect on the discount granted on other bookings, then any discount that had been granted must be paid back as well in addition to the cancellation charge.
Trade fair supplements:
A supplement amounting to 20% of the base price will be added to the relevant base price for days in which trade fairs are held in Düsseldorf. This supplement amount to 50% for days in which there are major trade fairs or major events.
During major trade fairs fixed prices are valid, whose computation based on:
Full allocation, minimum guest-nights = length of the trade fair + 2 nights, no discounts. That means independent of the real number of persons or length of stay the aforementioned data are used for the computation of the fixed price.
Currently the following trade fairs are regarded as major trade fairs in the meaning of the above: Drupa, Interpack, K, Medica and ProWein. You can find the dates of these and all other trade fairs here at Trade fair dates - Düsseldorf. Major events are exceptionally happenings like song contest or World Cup and will be determine individual. We also have to charge this supplement to guests who not visiting the trade fairs or events.
General Check in from 14.00 / Check out up to 12.00
Other times on request. In all cases it is highly advisable that you inform us of the dates of your arrival and departure as soon as you know them.
If you have not yet transferred the full amount for your booking by the day of your arrival, then you must pay the rest in cash when you get the key.
Please note: The price includes only an end cleaning. Intermediate cleanings or a change of bed linen and towels are only possible for an extra charge. If you stay for a longer period you can do this work by yourself. The required equipment is available in the apartment. Clothes washer and laundry dryer are also available in the laundry room in the cellar.
Any items that are missing or damaged, or damage to the furnishings and fittings and/or the apartment entail payment of the full amount of the damage including reasonable and appropriate amounts for replacing with new.
The place of jurisdiction is Düsseldorf in case of possible conflicts.
|Weekly rate for 1 guest
|Monthly rate for 1 guest
|Price for > 1 guests
|$ 23 US per guest/night extra
|Check-in after
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
Die Wohnung liegt sehr zentral, so dass man sehr mobil mit den öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln unterwegs sein kann.
Das Appartment selbst ist sehr schön und die Vermieter freundlich und hilfsbereit!
Wir werden es bei unserem nächsten Aufenhalt in Düsseldorf gerne wieder buchen!
We had a very good stay. We've met Andreas the evening that we arrived, he was willing to help us happily with the best christmas markets etc.
Die Wohnung liegt sehr zentral und ist super an den öffentlichen Nahverkehr angebunden. Die Vermieter sind sehr nett und zuverlässig. Einzig die Sauberkeit des Appartements ließ nach unseren Vorstellungen zu wünschen übrig. Besonders die Küche und das Bad haben schon länger keinen Putzlappen gesehen. Das fanden wir sehr schade. Somit wurde das Bild einer sehr schön eingerichteten Wohnung doch sehr getrübt. Für eine Nacht war es ok. Aber wir würden uns wünschen, dass vor Gastankunft sauber gemacht wird. Besonders Ablagen, Gecshirr und Schränke würden sich über eine Säuberung freuen. Sonst war alles prima.
How is it possible in 2012 to have no internet and no hot water? Otherwise all ok.
Wie ist es möglich im jahr 2012 kein internet und kein warmes Wasser zu haben ?
Sonst alles ok.
The appartanento photos will be disappointed by the actual size, but everything looks good and order. The microwave does not work like satellite TV. The bathroom has no windows and the fan is not like the bidet. The sheets and the linings of pium
L'appartanento delle foto viene delusa dalle reali dimensioni, ma comunque il tutto si presenta bene e i ordine. Il forno a microonde non funziona come il satellite per la tv. Il bagno non ha finestre e l'aspiratore non c'è come il bidet.
I lenzuoli e le fodere dei pium
Very good and clean accommodation. The owners are very helpful and friendly. The apartment is very centrally located. This property is highly recommended.
Sehr gute und saubere Unterkunft. Die Vermieter sind sehr hilfsbereit und freundlich. Die Wohnung liegt sehr Zentral. Diese Unterkunft ist absolut zu empfehlen.
Very nice apartment and nice hosts
Sehr schönes Appartment und nette Gastgeber
Very clean, everything was fine. Happy again.
Sehr sauber , alles war bestens.
Gerne wieder.
Reviews for this host's other properties
Sehr freundlich, sauber und insgesamt top!
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Senate Republicans have fired the first
two shots in a renewed battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
(CFPB). President Barack Obama recently
submitted the name of Richard Cordray, who has served as CFPB director since January
2012, for full Senate confirmation to the post.
He had recess-appointed Cordray when Senate Republicans made it clear they
would not confirm anyone, regardless of their qualifications, to the post.
On Friday Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell and 42 other senators sent the President a letter, nearly identical
to one sent to the President in 2011 which said in part, "We have serious
concerns about the lack of congressional oversight of the agency and the lack
of normal, democratic checks on its sole director, who would wield nearly
unprecedented powers. Accordingly, we
will continue to oppose the consideration of any nominee, regardless of party affiliation,
to be the CFPB director until key structural changes are made to ensure
accountability and transparency (at the Bureau)."
The key structural
changes demanded in the letter are:
The Dodd-Frank Act which established
CFPB set up its funding mechanism through the Federal Reserve rather than
through the annual Congressional appropriations process and denies the Fed any
authority to deny or adjust the funding request. This was done to insulate the agency from the
political pressure that attends the appropriations process.
Also on Friday Senator Jerry Moran
(R-KA) filed a bill, The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations
Act of 2013, (S. 205), which would replace the CFPB
director with a Senate-confirmed five person commission and incorporating the letter's
other two demands.
Moran said of his bill, which he
also introduced in 2011, "Allowing a single unelected official to define
their own jurisdiction and regulate vast segments of our economy without accountability
or restraint is irresponsible regardless of political party. This commonsense legislation brings a variety
of perspectives to the Bureau and gives Congress the oversight authority
required for such a powerful agency. We stand ready to work with the
president to make certain the CFPB's mission of consumer protection is both
effective and accountable.
"History has shown that the
'power of the purse' is a critical tool that Congress employs to hold agencies
accountable," Sen. Moran continued. "The CFPB has more power and
authority than almost any independent agency in history and asking them to
present a budget to Congress for approval is a very modest request."
Moran's office points out that the
original version of the Dodd-Frank Act passed by the house established CFPB
with a five-member commission appointed by the president with no more than
three members from the same political party.
This provision was removed in conference and a single director replaced
the commission.
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