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This scene was aired live on Al Nahar channel which I know that the police will search for its cameras in order to stop its live broadcast. It was aired from 45 minutes ago.
I did not elect Shafik because I did not want to see this scene or even to be in this scene dragged by security forces in Cairo's cold streets by merciless security forces.
I do not know if it is a boy or a girl , I think it is a boy and I fear that his parents could be watching without realizing that their son is being dragged and beaten like that. Hopefully insh Allah this boy will survive the beating feast he is living in right now on the hands of those sick bastards.
I hope that Human rights watch and Amnesty international are recording all this.
Mohamed ElBaradei tweeted this after seeing that horrible scene.
Appalling police brutality against demonstrators continues unabated. Mubarak's repressive regime alive and well— Mohamed ElBaradei (@ElBaradei) November 24, 2012


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Look To Go One Better Over Last Year
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – When the Yale men's golf team hits the links at the Galloway National Golf Course in Galloway, N.J., for the Apr. 22-24 Ivy League Championships, it will look to build on recent momentum and last year's second-place finish.
"We are in a position where if we play well we are capable of winning," said head coach Colin Sheehan '97. "This is a hungry team and I know, no matter the results, they will play to the best of their ability."
Still, the Bulldogs will face some tough competition from the other teams in the competition – Ancient Eight rival Harvard will look to repeat its win at last week's Century Intercollegiate, while teams from Penn and Princeton will also likely figure up the top of the leaderboard after strong season performances.
The Elis are not without their own momentum, coming into this Ivy League Championships with a first-place finish at the Princeton Invitational and top-three finishes at the Macdonald Cup, George Washington Invitational and Century Intercollegiate tournaments under their belt.
Senior captain Thomas McCarthy said that because the season has been filled with "a lot of ups and downs," the team will be mentally prepared to handle the pressure and struggles that it may encounter throughout the tournament.
"I think we have as good a shot at winning this weekend as any team," he said. "We have such a talented team that if we play to our potential, it could definitely be our week."
The season has seen talent aplenty, not only from McCarthy but also players like freshman Sam Bernstein, junior Jeffrey Hatten and sophomore Bradley Kushner. Bernstein took first place individually at the Princeton Invitational, while both Hatten and Kushner have fired consistently strong rounds to ensure the Bulldogs always have figured in the rankings.
McCarthy, meanwhile, has recorded another stellar season, with no result below fifth place in the past four tournaments.
"The good thing about our guys is that any one of us can put the team on our backs and carry us for a tournament," McCarthy said. "I look for each of us to contribute, and for everyone to perform well."
Players will have to contend with the tough course at Galloway National, which was crafted by Tom Fazio and features marked contour changes, pine forest, sand and water. Its website says "breathtaking views, inviting fairways, challenging hazards and beautifully situated greens" are the reward for players willing to play it through.
"Galloway is a very tough course, and will be a good test," McCarthy said. "I played the Ivy League Championships there freshman year, and it doesn't yield too many good scores. It'll be a test of patience."
Play will kick off Friday morning.
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I found her claim of not having had sex with my friend illegitimate, since in my estimation, once it's in, it's in, even if it's only in a little. I've since lost touch with her, but I still speak to him and when her name comes up in conversation, the phrase, "But only a little" tends to get tossed about. For example, he might say, "I once took Nicole to that restaurant," and I'll say, "But only a little." Or I might say something like, "That was around the time you dated Nicole," and he might respond, "But only a little." We understand it makes no sense, but that's kind of the point given that having just a little bit of intercourse makes no sense either. So this friend and I got together this weekend with our lady friends, and at some point, "But only a little" was uttered by either me or him, I can't remember. It was a random "But only a little," having nothing to do with his ex. Sometimes we just say it to each other because we've run out of things to say. It's kind of like our own personal "Anyway," or "So what else?"
His current girlfriend, in whom I can only hope he is sticking it all the way, asked: "What are you guys talking about?"
"Nothing," I said, knowing this was just the beginning of the interrogation by his need-to-know-every-fucking-thing girlfriend.
"What's only a little?" she asked, and I turned to my friend and motioned for him to give her the backstory, which he did. As regular readers of this blog know, I'm firmly against the mentioning of exes, either on dates or in actual relationships, but she would never have let this thing just go, and the story needed to be told.
Surprisingly, she was good humored about it, much to our relief, and followed up the storytelling with, "She's right. A little doesn't count."
I wanted to say, "Sure it does. Once it's in, it's in!" but in addition to having a policy against discussions of exes, I also have a policy of not discussing anything sexual with other women in front of my current woman. I subscribe to the "If nothing good can come from it, then shut the fuck up" school of relationship etiquette. It has served me well over the years when I've adhered to the rule, not so well when I haven't. So rather than deal with a conversation later at home that would go something like:
Her: Why are you talking about sticking it in a little or a lot with another woman?
Me: It was a joke. We were just making fun.
Her: Funny? That's funny to you?
I decided to just say, "Okay," and let the conversation die a natural, quiet death, which it did...until later that night when it was resurrected from its shallow grave in the restaurant and found its way into my apartment.
Her: Why are you talking about sticking it in a little or a lot with another woman?
Me: I didn't say anything. I PURPOSELY didn't say anything.
Her: What a jerk Alan is. Talking about that in front of Jeanette.
Me: I know, right?
Better to throw him under the bus than take even an ounce of blame, I thought.
Her: He probably had it in all the way, but he's so small...
Me: Whoa, sista! Getting kinda personal.
Her: THAT'S personal? He actually sat there and talked about penetrating his ex girlfriend in front of her...and me! I hope she dumps him.
Me: I hope so too.
But only because I don't like doing couples nights out. Otherwise, they could marry and have fifty kids for all I care -- just as long as they don't invite me to any of their birthday parties.
Her: I don't wanna go out with him anymore.
Me: Done.
Her: And by the way, it definitely counts.
Me: What does?
Her: Sticking it in a little.
Me: Thank you!


text: This teen cutie liked the idea of a romantic campfire, but she would've taken off her clothes for him just about anywhere. The fact that they were outdoors, just made her even hotter. It felt so naughty to be naked outside and both of them were so turned on. She had never seen his cock as hard as it was now and she had to have it. She practically demanded to give him a blowjob. Then she was soon begging him to fuck her right there. It was her first time having sex any place outdoors.


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Below are a few photographs taken from the top of the tower of Holy Trinity Church back in the mid 1990's.
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Views from Holy Trinity Church Tower
Posted by Hyde Lad at Sunday, December 11, 2011
Labels: Gee Cross, Holy Trinity., Views, views around hyde
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Fantastic shots - thank you. Have spent ages with zoom and magnifier picking out familiar places.
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The house from the Bell tower shot belonged to William A Bloomfield the Headmaster of Hyde Gram in the 60's He was known as WAB
Nancy's Mate Ruth Clough has many pupil photos ov Holy Trinity.She is the daughter ov Colin Granthem obe and brother ov James who where keen photogs
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Type: Enhancement
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Completed
Affects Version/s: Release 1.6
Fix Version/s: Release 1.7
Component/s: None
Atom does not have an interface and is marked final. This patch extracts an IAtom interface and has Atom implement it.
Patch: 0001-atom-interface.patch
Screened by: Alex Miller
More info: Rich said "patch welcome for IAtom". See IRC logs: http://clojure-log.n01se.net/date/2010-12-29.html#10:04c
Please add a patch formatted by "git format-patch" so that attribution is included.
I added the formatted patch a few days ago. Does 'no news is good news' apply here?
And, silly question, will it make it into 1.3? I can't figure out how to tell Jira to show me that.
I fail to see the need for an IAtom, if you want something atom like for couchdb the interfaces are already there. Maybe I ICompareAndSwap. Atoms and couchdb are different so making them appear the same is a bad idea.
http://clojure.org/state one of the distinctions between agents and actors raised in the section titled "Message Passing and Actors" is local vs. distributed and the same distinction can be made between couchdb (regardless of compare and swap) and atoms
This ticket has already been moved into approved backlog. It will be revisited again after the 1.3 release where we will take a closer look at things. For now, this will remain as is.
Any chance this patch could get implemented in an upcoming Clojure release. There is still continued interest, see this thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/clojure-dev/y5QoMqd44Lc
One suggestion I would make is also removing the final marker from clojure.lang.Atom - I can see use cases where one would want to directly subclass Atom (to capture dependencies in reactive computations for instance).
I'd like to see an IAtom interface, but would prefer that `swap` not be part of it. Swapping can, and should, be defined in terms of `compareAndSet`. Seems like IAtom should only have `boolean compareAndSet(object oldval, object newval)` as well as `void reset(object newval)`.
Alternative patch that introduces IAtom and converts swap to be static.
At the time I did the initial patch, I had the same idea to remove swap, but Rich said there where cases for having it, so it should stay in according to him.
One use case I can think of for overriding swap is if an IAtom is wrapping say a row of data stored in a database. Then comparing something like a version column (or transaction id in the case of datomic) is what should determine whether a swap is retried, not the actual value of the data. In this case then, compareAndSet would actually be a more complex operation than swap and it makes sense to define the two independently.
I should also mention my related issue: http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJ-1470 which simply allows Atom (and also ARef) to be sub-classed. Both patches could ultimately work together to make the whole Atom/ARef infrastructure easier to extend.
This ticket needs some work before it can be screened:
- description can lose the the Couch stuff
- needs some mention of tradeoffs for the various swap alternatives
- don't know what patch should be considered
- description can lose the the Couch stuff
- needs some mention of tradeoffs for the various swap alternatives
- don't know what patch should be considered
I removed my patch because Pepijn/Rich is right: Swap should be part of the interface.


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National Science Foundation taps UA to prepare new entrepreneurs06/07/2013
In being awarded a new federal distinction as an Innovation Corps Site by the National Science Foundation (NSF), The University of Akron joins only two other universities in the nation to receive several hundred thousand dollars in funding to cultivate the next generation of successful student entrepreneurs.
A project under way in the lab of Ajay Mahajan, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering, is an example of the research that can be nurtured and commercialized through the NSF I-Corps Sites Program. Here, biomedical engineering students Laura von Deak and Ellen Wasserbauer test a new version of a biopsy needle on an apple.
The I-Corps Sites program builds on other NSF programs aimed at developing viable commercial products from federally funded research. I-Corps teaches scientists how to quickly turn innovative research into a commercially viable product or service that will be successful in the marketplace. The funding — $300,000 over three years — will allow University of Akron students to work with faculty and a business mentor from outside the University to test and demonstrate the marketability of their innovation before seeking additional investment for growth.
UA joins the University of Illinois College of Engineering and the University of California-San Diego's von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center in NSF's I-Corps Sites Program.
From concept to commercial success
UA will train at least 90 teams of students, faculty and community-based business executives in a new model of critical analysis to determine whether commercialization of their innovative idea, product, or service is worth pursuing. The Sites program is a first step — those innovations proving to be commercially viable will then move to the next phase: the team will apply for targeted federal and state grants, find business sponsors, build a business team and ultimately form a new company. By ensuring the likelihood of commercial success for innovative ideas, this program has the potential to positively impact the regional economy and serve as a national model for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Esra Cipa, left, and Zahra Najafi, both graduate students in biomedical engineering, demonstrate their hydroponics research in the lab of Ajay Mahajan. Cipa is a member of the LaunchTown Entrepreneurship Award-winning team "Telkesis," a developer of the next generation of spinal implants, which was awarded $10,000 as "best idea" in the 2012 LaunchTown Entrepreneurship Awards. Telkesis is the type of student-inspired startup business being nurtured by the NSF I-Corps Sites Program.
"What distinguishes an I-Corps startup from a typical university startup is the way it leads researchers toward a new way of thinking rather than fixating on the technology they've developed," says Barry Rosenbaum, senior fellow at The University of Akron Research Foundation (UARF), who has served as a mentor to several UA startup businesses after a long career in industry. "New principles they are taught are about talking with potential customers, identifying channels to market, developing revenue strategies and who to partner with."
UA will integrate the I-Corps Sites program into a broader Innovation Practice Center, one of two new centers of innovation and entrepreneurship UA will roll out this year. Two UA teams have already participated in the NSF I-Corps Teams program, in which a faculty member, student and business executive completed an intensive, six-week business development course. The two teams then formed two companies that have received further funding: Akron Ascent Innovations, a producer of dry, reusable adhesives, and ThermElectricity, developer of a thermal energy harvesting device that captures energy from virtually any heat source.
George Newkome, vice president for research at UA and president of UARF, says the University's leadership in advanced materials research and history of successful technology commercialization prompted the NSF support.
"We are a perfect fit for the I-Corps program," Newkome says. "By building on our established leadership position and using it for innovative partnerships with business, industry and education, UA is advancing economic development and spurring job creation in Ohio and the nation."
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Even before Paul Graham's Growth post the recent VC meme was that entrepreneurs just aren't as ambitious as they used to be. They are too careful, husbanding their cash rather than boldly investing it in growth. I've heard this kvetch four or five times since Labor Day, each time from a smart and well-respected VC. They blamed the ease of raising seed money compared to the relative difficulty of Series A and B money, the incubators and angels corrupt the entrepreneurs.
I've had this conversation with many of my entrepreneurs over the years: the market's going to pass you by, carpe diem, etc. But I never really thought of it as a trend, it was just the usual learning opportunity for first-time entrepreneurs--there's no starting gun, no one is going to tell you when to start seizing the day, just do it. This has always been a conversation in the fifteen years I've been investing in early-stage. Is it really now a wider phenomenon?
I don't know, but I heard it enough that I ran the idea by a couple of my entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs sighed and rolled their eyes. You advised me to raise just the money I needed to get to the A, they said, Paul Graham says I should "not need money." Which is it, they ask? Do you want me to not need money or do you want me to get aggressive and raise my next round sooner, maybe without the metrics I need to get a good valuation?
Fair enough, the world is full of conflicting advice. And I understand how annoying it can be when it's the same person giving you both sides of it.
And let's be clear: the dichotomy is not necessarily between the lean startup and "go big or go home." Suster makes the case that the latter is not always the best route. No argument. This is more along the lines of when to hit the gas, not if. I only invest in entrepreneurs who tell me they can and want to go big and then I try to get them to stick to what they told me. My favorite question when these conversations happen is "what's the bottleneck?" What can we do, who can we hire, who do we need to partner with or talk to or get in front of to make what we both think can happen actually happen, now?
When I ask this, the entrepreneur always knows the answer. In fact, they've usually been thinking about it night and day. But they also usually want to take it more slowly than I do. They want to take less risk. Once you've spent the money, that money is gone, and if you're too early it's gone for good.
So how do you know when it's not too early?
Christensen tells a story in The Innovator's Dilemma about Honda's entry into the US motorcycle market. Honda's entry strategy, after much examination, was to give Americans what they clearly wanted: large bikes to ride long distances at highway speeds. Honda's expertise was in designing small, efficient engines, as in their Supercub delivery bike. But Honda designed a big, fast bike for the American market and in 1959 sent three reps to live in LA to begin marketing it.
The bikes sucked. At highway speed they leaked oil and burned through clutches in record time. The cost of sending replacements for the warrantied bikes almost put Honda out of business.
To burn off steam the Honda reps used to go out and ride their Supercubs--small, zippy, 50cc bikes--in the hills east of LA on the weekends. Over time people started asking where they could buy one of these 'dirt' bikes. The reps special-ordered Supercubs from Japan for people. After a couple of years of this a buyer from Sears tried to place a bigger order. Honda ignored him. Finally the Honda reps convinced Honda to change direction, that the big bike strategy had failed but a small bike strategy would work. Innovative distribution channels were forged, sales took off, market entry was achieved.
But if Honda had been more aggresive with their strategy in 1959, if they had sent reps to Miami and Seattle and Dallas and Atlanta and Denver and Las Vegas at the same time as LA, there's an excellent chance Honda would have not only failed to enter the market but actually gone out of business. By taking it slow until they had found a product that fit the market, they bought the time they needed for success.
Bit of a buzzword that, product market fit. Mark Andreesen says "you can always feel product/market fit when it's happening." Unfortunately, this is simply not true. Honda took a couple of years to feel it and even longer to properly trust it. In B-to-B startups you can have a lot of buzz and a few amazing clients banging your door down and still have a product that doesn't really do much. Or you can have a product that is absolutely amazing that great clients are beta-testing but that no one is paying for. In B-to-C you can have a hundred thousand users and still be serving nothing but tech industry curiosity seekers. Or you can have millions of members and few users. These are not product-market fit.
There is a case for going slow, to a point. Your product has to provide real value to your users. You need to have a viable business model, know the metrics you need to make it work, and be on the path to meeting those metrics. And then you need a way to get to customers and convince them to sign up and/or pay. You need all these things before you can feel comfortable ramping up the spend. But if customers love your product, if those customers are profitable customers, and if those customers start presenting themselves, either directly or by making themselves extremely easy to get in front of, then you should let them become customers. And if there are more of them than you can get in front of personally, then you should hire a salesperson. If there are more of them than your salesperson can get in front of, then you should hire more salespeople. If you have a product and you have a market for that product, you should stop worrying and start scaling.
In the old hockey-stick curve there is a flat part and there is a steep part. That transition, the elbow in the curve, is hard to see, especially when you're spending all your time trying to run your company. Here's a question to ask yourself: if you think you can double revenue next year, what's holding you back from increasing revenue by 10x? If the answer is that there's no market yet, then keep grinding away at it. If the answer is not enough people or hardware for scaling, then start spending the money on hiring them, today.
The best possible Series A story: "we don't really need your money, but if we had it we could grow ten times faster starting tomorrow." Term sheet before you get home, guaranteed.
Monday, September 24, 2012
How to kiss your elbow
Even before Paul Graham's Growth post the recent VC meme was that entrepreneurs just aren't as ambitious as they used to be. They are too careful, husbanding their cash rather than boldly investing it in growth. I've heard this kvetch four or five times since Labor Day, each time from a smart and well-respected VC. They blamed the ease of raising seed money compared to the relative difficulty of Series A and B money, the incubators and angels corrupt the entrepreneurs.
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2012 Lexus GS250 review
* 206bhp 2.5-litre V6 petrol engine * 207g/km (32% BIK); 31.7mpg * On sale now, priced from 32,995...
The new Lexus GS is the fourth generation of the manufacturers large executive saloon model.
The GS's styling might not stand out next to that of rivals such as the Audi A6 and BMW 5 Series, but the unusual engine line-up does. Most executive saloons come with a range of petrol and diesel engines, but GS buyers are limited to a 2.5-litre V6 in the GS250 and a 3.5-litre V6 linked to an electric motor in the petrol-hybrid GS450h.
This is our first chance to drive the entry-level GS250 model in the UK. Prices start at 32,995.
Whats the Lexus GS250 like to drive?
We drove a GS250 Luxury model, which comes with conventional springs and dampers. The top two trims get an adaptive damping system, which can be switched between suspension settings.
Lexus GS is a big car and feels its size on the road
The ride on the standard set-up is generally compliant, and copes well with bumpy UK roads. Lexus says the new GS is more entertaining and sportier than the previous model, but it's at its best on the motorway, where it's a refined and comfortable cruiser.
Head off the motorway, though, and the GS feels every bit the large saloon. You're aware of its weight shifting around through corners, and even when you pull out of junctions. The vague steering doesnt help matters.
GS250 has a six-speed automatic gearbox as standard
The 2.5-litre V6 feels strained when building up speed, which isn't surprising given that it has just 186lb ft of torque to call on. The engine sounds boomy when pushed, and the six-speed automatic gearbox is keen to drop down a gear, which keeps noise levels high.
Whats the Lexus GS250 like inside?
The GS's interior mostly lives up to its Lexus's luxury brand status: the majority of the cabin materials look and feel the part and build quality is excellent. Some of the minor controls have a disappointingly lightweight, dated, feel, however.
Interior space is good, but not as generous as in most rivals. Taller rear-seat passengers might find headroom a little tight. Over-the-shoulder visibility isnt great, either, although the driver is helped out by a blindspot-monitoring system, which is standard on all but entry-level SE cars.
Remote Touch system is fiddly to use
All GS models get electric drivers seat and steering wheel adjustment, a DAB radio, parking camera and climate control.
The cabin's least appealing feature is the Remote Touch Interface, which is standard for Luxury and F Sport models. You navigate the multimedia screen using a computer mouse-style button that isnt particularly easy to control: even switching between radio bands is tricky.
Should I buy one?
Most executive cars are bought with diesel engines: the GS250's petrol engine is desperately inefficient by comparison. CO2 emissions of 207g/km put it into the 32% company car tax bracket and average fuel economy is just 31.7mpg.
Its closest rival, the BMW 520i automatic averages 44.1mpg and, thanks to CO2 emissions of 149g/km, sits in the 20% tax bracket.
Figures for the BMW 520d automatic make even more alarming reading: it returns 58.9mpg, CO2 emissions of 123g/km and falls into the 19% tax category.
Prices for the GS250 start at 32,995 1325 more than a 520d SE automatic. Once you've totted up long-term ownership costs, it makes the Lexus very hard to recommend.
Hybrid-powered GS450h models are better to drive, faster and have lower emissions, but prices start at 44,995.
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Home Page Chess Life Online 2014 August Razuvaev Memorial Kicks Off
|Razuvaev Memorial Kicks Off
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GM Yuri Razuvaev August 8-11, 2013 in Rockville, Maryland. GM Razuvaev was the coach of Alexandra Kosteniuk when she won the Woman's World Championship in 2008. In honor of this, the tournament format will feature a match of some of the top women chess players against some older male players who were friends with GM Razuvaev.
The Maryland Chess Association will be organizing a tournament in memory of
This tournament will be held in parallel with the 2nd Annual Washington International live broadcasts of the games will be at http://www.mdchess.com. The games will be at 2pm on Aug 8-10 and at 11am on Aug 11.


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Proving the Negative – Jail Time for Undisclosed Encryption Keys
Since 2000, the United Kingdom has been operating under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). Part 3, Section 49 of RIPA has been of particular interest to the security community because it concerns the disclosure of decrypted data or encryption keys. In the course of an investigation, law enforcement officers can invoke Section 49 to compel notice recipients to provide the encryption keys or disclose the decrypted contents of encrypted files. Failure to do so can lead to prosecution, with a potential for two years in jail, or five years in the case of a national security investigation. For the first time since RIPA's inception, the latest annual report from the Chief Surveillance Commissioner has revealed that this has resulted in jail time.While the current report suggests that very few notices have been issued under this law, there have been some interesting outcomes. Fifteen notices were issued, and four of those were readily complied with. Of the remaining eleven, seven resulted in charges against the notice recipient. Two of those charges resulted in convictions and will likely result in jail time. The report does not provide details that would reveal anything specific about the cases, other than that all were issues of "counter terrorism, child indecency and domestic extremism."These statistics raise a few interesting points:
- Section 49 notices were only issued 15 times during the year
- Four recipients complied, while only two of the remaining eleven could be convicted of withholding information
- Of the eleven that did not comply, only seven resulted in prosecution
It is important to note that those receiving Section 49 notices are not necessarily themselves suspected of committing crimes, only that they have encrypted information that may be important to the government's case under Section 49 provisions. But what sort of implications does this have for businesses under the jurisdiction of Section 49? First of all, if employees of a business use encryption keys for that business that are shared, either with other users or among various content types, then an investigation into that employee might result in the disclosure of business information also encrypted with that key. This is one of the most troubling aspects of Section 49 because it is not a law that requires the disclosure of the encrypted information in question, but of the keys themselves.An alternative scenario, where a key is used and either it or the passphrase are legitimately lost, is perhaps more problematic for the individual. However, the government will have few options to prove the negative, that the individual does not know the key. At the present scale of investigation, it is not likely that users will be caught in a sweeping dragnet where the presence of any encrypted file would result in a RIPA notice being issued. This also makes it unlikely that the adoption of Section 49 will result a rise in ransomware, which is malicious code that encrypts user files and ransoms the key to the user, perhaps with the added threat from the malcode author that the user will be turned in as a suspect for hiding illegal content on their computer. With so few cases of Section 49 being invoked, such malware would stand out as suspicious except in very limited, targeted conditions.In both of these scenarios, businesses are forced to prove a negative. If the authorities request the surrender of a shared key, the business would have to share all data encrypted with that key (within the scope of the warrant) to prove that only some data encrypted with it was of interest to the authorities, or else just divulge the key. For the individual, they would have to prove that they do not know the key in order to avoid prosecution for non-compliance with the notice. Neither position is desirable, and carries a significant, perhaps unattainable, burden of proof on the notice recipient. At only 15 instances the past year, the risk is not high. But two convictions is noteworthy as a first milestone in this developing legal situation. Businesses should closely monitor this for developments, and prepare contingencies if they fall within the jurisdiction of RIPA. Not only will this affect how they employ encryption, who uses keys, and for what purposes data is encrypted, but they will also need to keep keys (and potentially passphrases) archived to satisfy Section 49 notices — not to mention the difficulties of matching old keys and passphrases to old encrypted data.
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There's a prevalence of men showing bare ankles in fashionable circles these days, and we have one man to pin it on: Mr Thom Browne. The Allentown, Pennsylvania-born US designer, whose own rigid uniform is a testament to his bestselling aesthetic, rose to fashion fame when he started his own label in 2001. It was because of the new proportions he introduced to the men's market: tight, upright, proper suits that were just a wee bit shrunken. Whereas Mr Hedi Slimane's silhouette at his first spell at Dior Homme was tight yet subversive, Mr Browne's look is tailored yet seemingly conservative. In the years since his label debuted he's won such awards as the Council of Fashion Designers of America Menswear Designer of the Year and GQ's Designer of the Year. His shows are some of the most anticipated on the menswear fashion circuit: he has shown men in 18th-century inspired clothes for a royal feast in a ballroom in Paris; in New York he did a show inspired by the sport of tennis and showed suits paired with huge crinolines; in Florence, and this was perhaps my favourite show, he had 40 identically dressed men at a phalanx of desks looking more dapper than a whole season of Mad Men. For Mr Browne's most recent show in Paris, he presented a colourful collection of layered cropped jackets and short shorts in patchworks, neons and prepster appliqués. To welcome his eponymous label to MR PORTER, I caught up with the designer to talk about the convenience of wearing suits every day, political style and what he thinks makes for a snappy dresser.
The Thom Browne spring/summer 2013 menswear show,
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Texting. The cloud. E-books. Location-based services. Mobile devices, virtual worlds, microblogging, wikis, social media, and so on. What do these things have in common? They have all taken their turn as "the next big thing." There's never a been a shortage of up-and-coming library technologies, but while some prove to be revolutionary, others flame out just as quickly. Confusing matters even more, the next big thing might pan out great for Library A, but crash and burn for Library B. We all work with limited resources, so when we invest in a new tool or service, we want confidence our time and funds go towards something lasting and useful (rather than a lot of hype).
In the July 2010 issue of Library Technology Reports, Char Booth turns the next big thing on its head. By examining the "hype cycle" trajectory of a well established technology, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Booth offers more substantial insight into the rise-and-fall library innovation process over the long haul. In addition to providing a wealth of guidance on how librarians can use VoIP tools such as Skype to provide services and cut costs in everything from professional collaboration to video consultations and distance instruction, Booth explores how the same tools have been adopted, adapted and rejected throughout the field. "Hope, Hype and VoIP: Riding the Library Technology Cycle" provides guidelines for how librarians can evaluate emerging technologies critically, creatively and with an eye toward sustainability.
The first chapter of this report is available to the public for free:
You can access (and purchase the full issue digitally) here:http://alatechsource.metapress.com/content/W41833/
You can also purchase the issue in print through the ALA Store: http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3037
You can read a brief summary article of this issue in American Libraries.
Char Booth is E-Learning Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley. A 2007 ALA Emerging Leader and 2008 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, Char blogs about library futures, instructional design, and technology literacy at informational (www.infomational.com), and tweets @charbooth.
In 2009 she published Informing Innovation: Tracking Student Interest in Emerging Library Technologies at Ohio University (ACRL Digital Publications) and has a book on teaching and technology effectiveness forthcoming in Fall 2010, Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning; Instructional Literacy for Library Educators (ALA Editions).


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so, here I was, trying to take an interesting picture of plain green 2/3 finished sweater, a bright red and very funny book ('The Uncommon Reader' by Alan Bennett) when along came a very uncommon AND funny cat, Pixie, to lend a
hand paw. Hmm, this might be the start to a more interesting than usual Yarn Along post.
The sweater I have mentioned before, (its a secret) but the book is new to me, and my blog. Its one of the books I picked up at the last Book Crossing and coffee get together. The story is about what would happen if The Queen started, and got addicted to reading. Its cute, and a very fast read. (if only the sweater was a fast knit!)
While I was taking the picture… inside this time as it is pitch black outside now… Pixie meandered into the scene, moved the ball of yarn and sat down and posed. I kid you not. The cat wanted her picture taken.See for yourself.
I am not sure if she was more interested in the ball of yarn, or being at the center of attention… either way, its funny. Now, I am going to go back to reading, and maybe knit another row or two on the sweater. Don't forget to check out Ginny's Yarn Along blog post, and follow the links to some of the other bloggers posts as well.
I just joined the Work In Progress Wednesday group as well. Please check them out here!


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Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, has become an increasingly popular place...more
Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, has become an increasingly popular place to visit in recent years, with a warm Mediterranean climate in spite of its place facing the Atlantic Ocean. Full of bleached white limestone buildings and intimate alleyways, Lisbon's mix of traditional architecture and contemporary culture makes it the perfect place for a family holiday.
As Portugal's capital, there is a lot to see and do in Lisbon. Even exploring the city centre will take a few days out of a family holiday as there is no real central district, although Praça do Comércio is a good central place to start, in Baxia, or Rossio, the city's main square which has a sort of Trafalgar Square feel to it. Or you might try climbing up the Cristo Rei, a huge statue of Christ with spectacular views across the whole city. The Castelo de São Jorge also offers great views and isn't quite such a steep climb. A short tram ride to the west of Lisbon will also bring you to Belem, where you can explore attractions like the Belem Tower and the Belem Cultural Centre, which features a fantastic art collection including works by Dali, Picasso, Warhol and Magritte. In downtown Lisbon, you'll also want to visit the Gulbenkian, which has to be Portugal's answer to the British Museum full of fascinating cultural artifacts and with some superb gardens in the grounds. It's possible to have a fascinating educational family holiday in Lisbon, and there are also plenty of great beaches to work on your tan.


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U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today released the following statement on the American Federation of Teachers Teacher Preparation Task Force's "Raising the Bar" report.
"Too many new teachers enter our schools feeling unprepared. We shouldn't tolerate that in a profession so important to our country's future. I am grateful to Randi Weingarten and AFT for leading a conversation about how to raise the bar and predict an individual's potential for success in the classroom. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is a natural partner for this project. Together, let's develop a comprehensive strategy to recruit our nation's next generation of great teachers, prepare them well for this challenging work, and compensate and support them as the professionals they are."


text: Dataloggers, an automated weather station, water quality sensors, soil moisture probes, evaporation meter, wireless transceivers, computer software, and other specialized equipment were purchased through Information Technology Services and was installed at Cooper Farm and Skinner Field Area during 2006 and 2007. Data gathered from this equipment is wirelessly transmitted to a computer database for use by researchers and students. Data covers the period from spring 2006 to present. These data are not posted on the internet but are available by request of John Taylor, FSEEC Land Manager or Stanley H. Ross, Laboratory/Field Instrumentation Technician.


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However, thanks to some other Canadians who have gotten their books, we've narrowed things down a bit. It seems Newgistics passes off the books to UPS, Canada Post, or in some cases Purolator for the final delivery. Unfortunately the tracking numbers are basically worthless, but there's a good chance your books are sitting at the local hub for one of those companies.
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text: Hi Greg, > Well, clearly we hope to move more towards hybrid methods -all that's > old > > is new again?- > > If you want bad performance, sure. If you want good performance, you > want a device which supports talking to a lot of cores, and then > multiple devices per node, before you go hybrid. The first two don't > require changing your code. The last does. > > The main reason to use hybrid is if there isn't enough parallelism in > your code/dataset to use the cores independently. > Actually, it's often *for* performance that we look towards hybrid methods, albeit in an indirect way - with RAM amounts per node increasing at the same or lesser rate than cores, and with each MPI task on *some* of our codes having a pretty hefty memory footprint, using fewer MPI processes and more threads per task lets us fully utilize nodes that would otherwise have cores sitting idle due to a lack of available memory. Sure, we could rewrite the code to tackle this, too, but in general it seems easier to add threading in than to rework a complicated parallel decomposition, shared buffers, etc. In a nutshell, even if a hybrid mode *costs* me 10-20% over a direct mode with an equal number of processors, if it allows me to use 50% more cores in a node, it works out well for us. But yes, ignoring RAM constraints, non-hybrid parallelism tends to be nicer at the moment. > > But getting back to a technical vein, is the multiplexing an issue due to > > atomic locks on mapped memory pages? Or just because each copy reserves > its > > own independent buffers? What are the critical issues? > > It's all implementation-dependent. A card might have an on-board > memory limit, or a limited number of "engines" which process > messages. Even if it has a option to store some data in main memory, > often that results in a scalability hit. > Thanks. I guess I need to read up on quite a bit more and set up some tests. Cheers, - Brian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20100223/2abcecac/attachment.html>


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text: Tonight is the finale of ANTM Cycle 10. (Sad!) ONTD has a great picture post showing what girls from different cycles have been up to (including Cycle 8's Whitney, Cycle 10's Claire, Cycle 7's Anchal, and Cycle 6's Jade, among others). But the woman who stuck out the most was Cycle 10's Whitney, the plus-size model who is in the final three competing for the top spot tonight. It's unclear if these shots of Whitney are recent, but if they are, girlfriend has lost a ton of weight. More depressing evidence that thinness = success? (Click on image for more shots.) [ONTD]


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A host family is a family consisting of at least one parent and one child under the age of 18 that invites an au pair from a foreign country for a specified period of time. The au pair lives "on equal terms" with the other members of the family and in return for food, board, and a salary, cares for children and does simple domestic work. Hosting an au pair is considered a program of cultural exchange
Arrangements differ between Europe, where the concept originated, and North America. In Europe, au pairs are only supposed to work part-time, and they often also study part-time, generally focusing on the language of the host country. In the United States, they may provide full-time childcare. In 1969, the European Agreement on Au Pair Placement was signed, and it came into force in 1971.
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While I was learning about the customer service and support industries last fall, I attended many seminars and learned from many people with varied backgrounds. I was impressed with the following advice, which I feel is based in the desire to utilize technology to its best advantage and complement good customer relationship management practices.
One of the keys to good customer relationship management is responding promptly to customer communiques, and finding a way to prioritize them is the first step. Debbie Moberly, director of customer operations for iGo, supports a unique view of the appropriate response time for e-mails. While most companies in the industry are aiming for a response time of 48 hours, iGo uses technology that blends all the contacts together in the order received and uses skills-based routing to distribute them to agents, based on agent skill. The agents then respond to items in the order received; thus e-mail and fax responses are ranked the same as phone calls. If an agent's individual queue has two phone calls, an e-mail, a third call, then a fax, that's exactly the order in which they'd be answered- -phone, phone, e-mail, phone, fax- -not phone, phone, phone, then e-mail and fax if no other calls had come through in the meantime.
Part of treating your customers with respect involves knowing them, and understanding cultural differences can prevent costly missteps. A U.S. version of a BellSouth commercial shows a young child calling a grandparent. While that may elicit warm feelings in our market, says Helen Prieto, vice president of customer relations for BellSouth International, in Latin America the same commercial is a bust. Why? Because Latin Americans usually live together in an extended families structure, so children grow up with their grandparents and a telephone call isn't a special event.
Using automation to acknowledge customer contact is a smart CRM practice. If a customer knows that his order was received or that his question will be answered, he can stop worrying about whether his transmission got through and look forward to the ultimate result (which should also be dealt with in a timely manner). An automated message response that acknowledges receipt of e-mail from the customer and promises a quick resolution of the original e-mail's content is all that is necessary. Greg Gretsch at Kana Communications says that e-bay's 250 reps handle 10,000 e-mails a day with an average response rate of 10 minutes. If that's possible, shouldn't it be easy to put a customer's mind at ease that he won't be lost in the shuffle?
Have your agents make their conversations with customers personal right away. The simplest way to do this when they respond to a customer is to tell her their own name. Then they would proceed by referring to her query or purchase so she realizes that they do indeed know something about her. It's really not too difficult to make the effort to say or type something like, "Hi, I'm Mary. I see that you're buying our model X super racing bike. Do you have any questions about this bike that I can help you with, Joan?"
Provide a route to real-time assistance Although most people in the customer service industry readily acknowledge that Web sites should list the 800 number to their customer interaction center, many sites still haven't added this basic information. Or they do on an obscure page that the customer has to hunt for. Make it a no-brainer for the customer. Also, realize that techno-savvy customers might want to stay on the Web but still have trouble finding what they need, particularly if they're new to the site. Robert Baker, vice president of technology and partnerships for TeleSales, suggests adding this to a site when a new customer logs on: "Welcome to the _______ site. Would you like a live agent to help you walk through the site?"
Make sure your agents have top-notch communication skills. The most important skill an agent can have when trying to help someone is the ability to listen. If the subtleties of a conversation are missed, the customer's level of frustration only increases. An agent must listen to know where to send a customer based on the request, says Glenn Hackemer, vice president of InfoNow. "If a customer wants a high-end product and you refer them to a place that carries only your low-end product, you're practically forcing the customer to buy from your competitor."
Provide basic customer service training along with technology training. With the advent of so much new technology, it's too easy to spend the entire training period focusing on how the technology works, and not enough time on how to work well with the technology and provide good ol' customer service. Make sure that the training is done in a specified training period and not when agents are monitored on calls for performance ratings. Agents won't feel free to try to learn to master new things if they are afraid of being seen failing. The learning process requires a certain amount of practice and experimentation before ski;lls are actually acquired. There's a big difference between training and monitoring, but many managers don't differentiate between the two as much as they should.
Don't sell your customers short. If you're going to become a fully integrated customer interaction center, spend the money on the applications that will best serve your customers and link data collection between the various company departments. Then train your agents to use the systems to their maximum benefit. Robert Van Doren, president of Vanguard Communications Corp., says that "you have to be able to identify who's calling and have data on them in order to best serve them. Some companies spend money on technology that identifies callers and their questions but have no other data on the caller."
Lest this advice makes the status quo sound appealing, consider the following quote by Gary Hamel and Jeff Sampler, E-Corporation, from the December 1998 issue of Fortune: "You know the Internet is going to be important, but if you don't have a deep, visceral sense of how radically it's going to change today's industrial order, you're going to lose. And if you don't understand the advantages of starting early and learning fast, you're still going to lose."


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The 2013 Toyota Corolla presents a real problem for car buyers looking for a compact vehicle. The latest Corolla won't win any style competitions, drag races or fuel economy tests, but it will win the reliability, resale and comfort categories hands down!
For the 2013 model year, the Corolla comes in three trims: L, LE and S. All three have different personalities based on standard features and options, but they all share one of the simplest, most well-illuminated instrument panels around. Unfortunately, you'll also find a large amount of cheap-looking plastic that's used to keep costs down. Although the cabin of the 2013 Corolla offers plenty of room for five, it's not the most comfortable with three adults in the back seat.
Standard features for the interior are based heavily on the trim level. For instance, the base L trim comes pretty plain, with basic, flat seats that are not that well bolstered. The S and LE trim levels come standard with thicker seats and a 6.1-inch infotainment system. They both have an available Premium Complete Package, including Toyota's EnTune interface with hands-free voice navigation.
Under the hood of every 2013 Corolla is a 1.8-liter, inline 4-cylinder engine that produces 132 horsepower and 128 lb-ft of torque. Both the L- and S-trim Corollas come standard with a 5-speed manual transmission, but an outdated 4-speed automatic is optional. That automatic is the only transmission available for the LE trim.
Fuel economy doesn't vary much depending on the transmission, and averages 27 miles per gallon city and 34 mpg highway. These numbers aren't revolutionary in the compact category, and similar numbers are found on Corolla's bigger cousin, the Camry.
At a starting price of only $16,230 for the base L trim, the Corolla is extremely affordable. Throw in a 5-year/60,000-mile warranty and excellent resale value and the 2013 Corolla is a great vehicle in a segment full of competition. The opposition in the compact class includes the new Dodge Dart and Ford Focus. Although both offer more power and great looks, they have a heftier price tag. Another is the Hyundai Elantra, which has more aggressive styling and includes lots of features for the price.
Despite not achieving every podium spot in the segment, the 2013 Toyota Corolla still defines the term "basic transportation." While not sexy, swift or sporty, the Corolla is a reasonable way to get anywhere in comfort. Also, millions of happy Corolla drivers across many generations can't be wrong ... right?


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Wyoming Cowboys Dogged by Fresno State Bulldogs in 49-36 Loss
You may have heard sayings around the game of basketball like, "there's a cap on the basket," or "they can't throw it in the ocean." It certainly played out like that Wednesday night, as the Wyoming Cowboys struggled and shot just 24 percent from the field in a 49-36 loss at the Fresno State Bulldogs. A 19-5 run by Fresno State over the final 14 minutes of the first half gave them control. After a 10-point lead at half, they pushed the advantage to 20 points early in the second half, and the Cowboys couldn't put anything together for a comeback.
Larry Nance, Jr. led the way with 10 points and 9 rebounds. Riley Grabau also added 10 points. UW was an anemic 12-50 (24%) from the field, 5-27 (18.5%) from 3-point range and hit just 35 percent (7-20) at the line.
The Bulldogs were 17-33 (51.5%) on field goals, 0-6 from deep and 15-21 (71.5%) at the stripe. They out-rebounded the Pokes 33-29, despite giving up 15 offensive rebounds to Wyoming. Tyler Johnson led them with 18 points, while Tanner Giddings added 10.
It was a decent start on the road, as the Cowboys held an 11-7 lead, however that was short-lived. Fresno State held UW to only 5 points the rest of the first half and had a 26-16 lead at the break. The Pokes shot just 27 percent in the first 20 minutes, while the Bulldogs shot nearly 65 percent from the field.
Fresno State (7-9, 1-2) started the second half on a 15-4 run and built a 20-point lead, at 41-21, with nine minutes left and never were threatened.
Wyoming (14-2, 1-2) returns home Saturday night, when the Cowboys face the 14th-ranked San Diego State Aztecs at the Arena-Auditorium. Tip-off is set for 5:30 pm. You can listen to Cowboy basketball on Y95 Country with coverage beginning at 5 pm. Cowboy Talk, with host David Settle, will follow the broadcast.


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A Horoscope is a chart of a person which represents the exact positions of the Sun, the Moon and the planets when he/she was born. It varies from person to person as their place, date and time of birth differ. The interpretation of this on a personal basis is the sole aim of astrology. Likewise each country has its own horoscope based on the time it was discovered or got independence ,etc.
The analysis of a country's chart comes under mundane astrology.Although the luminaries Sun and Moon and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
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There are many representations of the chart like a Western, an Indian, Chinese, and so on. While one need not rely totally on one's horoscope, it does reflect the natural inclinations you possess, the lessons you ought to learn, the problems to be faced, and the ones to be solved.Horoscopes are published in Journals, neswpapers, magazines, books, TV media and websites. A person's birth chart as it is also called, depends on the time of the calendar year that they he was born in. The year is composed of twelve sections which make up the zodiac. Each section is called a sign. The zodiacs correspond to the twelve constellations.The constellations have changed over time. In our modern world, many of the constellations have been redefined so now every star in the sky is in exactly one constellation.
In 1929, the International Astronomical Union adopted official constellation boundaries that defined the 88 official constellations that exist today.
An important point in the chart would be the house that holds the Sun. It is a key area to be scrutinized when doing a horoscope-chart. The other important one is the Ascendant or the Rising sign from where the counting of the houses start.
There are four major components in the Chart: They are the planets, the zodiac signs, the aspects and the houses. The planets show the active powers involved. The Zodiac signs show the characteristics of events. The aspects between planets show why something is happening, and the Houses of the horoscope show where it is happening.
The twelve houses and their area of governance are as follows:
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Leo - Your interests and likings
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Living in Tennessee, I can't really comment much on the Snow Traction, however these tires have done well with the winters we have. As far as hydroplaning resistance and wet traction, I've never had much of a problem with that until here toward the end of their life. When I bought these tires, I had about 253k miles on my truck and I now have about 312k miles, so they have lasted me right around 60,000 miles, which is the warranty on them. Even with the mileage on these tires, I have about 3/32" tread left (estimated using the penny/quarter tests). I'm heavily considering going with these again as my replacement. They are wonderful tires.
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I'm assuming good snow response, although I haven't used them in the snow yet. They ride very smooth and quiet. The only negative was a noticeable drop in gas mileage when I first put them on the car (2-3 mpg), but that seems to have improved a bit.
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These are original factory tires that need to be replaced at 30,000 miles. It's my wife's Rav4, and I know she is not an aggressive driver. We had a tough winter, but the loss of tread made for an interesting drive. I had heard good things about Toyo tires and am deeply disappointed with their performance. I will replace them with a good all season, highly rated safe tire. The research has already begun.
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These came on my vehicle when I bought it. The tread life is amazing, I was shocked when a tire shop told me they were 7 years old! A year after that and there starting to separate and show age but still lots of tread. I'm looking for more traction in snow and mud for my next set though.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Tim Duncan's Hall of Fame credentials are set. His legacy needs no polishing at this late stage of his magnificent career.
And yet Duncan continues to shine.
He's doing it this time without even touching the court. By taking a whopping 54 percent pay cut to remain with the Spurs, he abstained from the summer's free-agent-palooza and allowed the Spurs to maintain their financial flexibility. That helped San Antonio keep its core group intact as it tries to mount one last championship run in the Duncan era.
As Jeff McDonald of the Express News reports, there was no need for a negotiating session:
"I'm an awful negotiator," Duncan said, chuckling. "My agent was mad at me the whole time."
Duncan was on hand at the Spurs' practice facility Tuesday for the start of his 16th NBA training camp. That would have been surprising only if the notoriously casual dresser had arrived in something out of Craig Sager's wardrobe.
Though technically a free agent for about a week in early July, the 36-year-old Duncan said he never seriously considered retirement and never remotely entertained the idea of playing elsewhere.
"I've been here for so long," said Duncan, who took no calls from rival teams. "This is home for me."
That's a welcome statement for NBA observers who still cringe at the memory of Hakeem Olajuwon in a Toronto Raptors jersey or Patrick Ewing in Seattle SuperSonics green.
Taking that pay cut means Duncan instantly became The Big Discount. With his reported $9.6 million salary, Duncan moves from near the top of the league's earnings list to a new spot behind the likes of Al Jefferson and Carlos Boozer, solid big men who will both earn $15 million this season but won't rank anywhere near Duncan when their careers are over.
Two Gordons, Eric ($13.6) and Ben ($12.4), will both earn more than Duncan this season, as will Hedo Turkoglu ($11.8), Corey Maggette ($10.9), DeAndre Jordan and even former Spurs swingman Richard Jefferson ($10.1).
That doesn't include the four amnestied players — Brandon Roy, Gilbert Arena, Elton Brand and Rashard Lewis — all of whom will earn between $21 (Roy) and $15 (Lewis) million for not playing with the teams that owed them that money. Arenas isn't even on anyone's training camp roster.
In an era when folks love to poke players for being all about the "Benjamins," Duncan deserves some credit for being about everything but his own bottom line!


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Jero, you're right that if you're generating the CSS at runtime you need to make sure you're serving it with the correct headers. Depending on circumstance, I think the more common scenario is to generate your CSS when it changes and save that as a static file on the file system.
Just as with any server-side scripting, it's wasteful to generate the same file again and again when you know it hasn't changed. The exact same statement applies to generating an HTML document.