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Boy With Cerebral Palsy Joins in School's Wrestling Match in Inspirational Story [VIDEO]
A week ago, something quite amazing happened. No, it wasn't the Power ball winners. It was an act of kindness and a display of grit and determination, played out at a middle school wrestling match. This story and video has touched me in such a way, I knew I had to share it with you. Seventh-grader Jared Stevens took to the mat for his first wrestling match, which in itself is not such an amazing thing - but it is if you have cerebral palsy!
Jared, 13, suffers from this congenital disorder that leaves him wheelchair-bound and with the physical capabilities of a six-month-old. Still, Jared, who is a triplet by the way, wanted to play sports like his brothers, and so he joined the wrestling team.
Jared got the chance to go to the mat in an exhibition match for his Sunset Middle School team against Justin, a student from Freedom Middle School who was picked for the match not because of his weight class or ability, but because his coaches knew he had the biggest heart on the team and would know what to do.
Jared's coach approached the other coach and asked him if he had a kid on his team with a kind heart who would be willing to wrestle Jared.
Watch this video and take pride in both competitors sportsmanship and respect for each other. Be inspired and share this with your children. This a true example of how we should all act and treat others. I can't watch without happy tears, so grab a tissue!


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Friday, June 8, 2012
larkspur drying and dyeing
The weekend begins with larkspur. Drying and dyeing. And smudging old and new pathways. Even in a city garden, you can find new pathways. The smudge stick is from a pow-wow a few years ago and I found it recently in the very back of the candle drawer. It is the best smudge stick I've ever used. Just had to re-wrap with twine in place of what seemed to be acrylic yarn. It is more fragrant than the ones I make with sage and lavender and it smolders splendidly. I bury the end in the ground for a few minutes when I'm done, it's that good.
The dye bundle is silk and blue flowers and a sturdy stick. I'm not sure whether to steam it or vinegar it up like with onion skins. Or try something new?
To new pathways. Thanks for visiting and happy weekending to you. xo
19 comments:
- Jeannie said...
What a beautiful photo! I love the blue plate. I have a smudge stick from ages ago and enjoy the ritual of lighting it (sage gathered in the hills of Oregon by a Native American artist and friend). My delphiniums are opening and it will be hard to use them for dye. They and larkspur do not do well here because of the heat and wind. This spring has been so cool, I splurged and bought a few plants. I am so glad that I did! Wishing you a beautiful weekend with a clear path colored beautifully by petals.
- June 8, 2012 at 12:32 PM
- Ms. said...
Larkspur is luscious. The best blue. I wish I had more in the garden I tend. Perhaps I will get some if the church will loose some extra funds for it. Meanwhile I'll look for Larkspur at the farmers market tomorrow.
- June 8, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- deanna7trees said...
all that beautiful color makes me happy. i think i would steam that bundle and then leave it in the heat outside for as long as you can hold out. those flowers are so delicate that i think if you put it in the dye bath it would wash out all that color. just going by my instinct here. i don't really know what i'm saying to be fact.
- June 8, 2012 at 12:53 PM
beautiful colors
you're such a busy bee!
Joan @ CopperCreeker
- June 8, 2012 at 3:25 PM
- Nanette said...
Larkspur! beautiful. Too hot here I think, although I did grow foxgloves last spring/summer on a whim, and had a few lovely flowers, so it might be worth trying. My instinct is similar to Deanna's, go gently with the blue. Enjoy your weekend of new paths. I hopeyou received my email with the leafy links?
- June 8, 2012 at 3:41 PM
- Jacky said...
I've never heard of a smudge stick...can you tell me more?
What a beautiful colour that larkspur is. I am eagerly awaiting the outcome of this dye session.
Jacky xox
- June 8, 2012 at 7:36 PM
- Nancy said...
OK...that does it...I'm moving in next door to you so I can see each one of these glorious images for reals!!! I am always touched by the honor and ritual I find when I come here. Please show us how those scrumptious blues turn out. My guy taught me about smudging years ago. I absolutely love the smell of the sage! Maybe I'll do that tonight come to think of it! :)
- June 8, 2012 at 11:21 PM
- Trish said...
Such beautiful photos, really beautiful.
I want to dry some elderflowers... but it won't stop raining here! Rain, rain and more rain, which is good really as we were in a drought.
Much, much, much love to you.
I'm now going to find my smudge stick.xxx
- June 9, 2012 at 3:06 AM
- Marie said...
The flowers are just lovely and make me smile too!
I love lighting sage, especially outside.
I store my smudge sticks with my candles too : )
Have a beautiful weekend <3
- June 9, 2012 at 6:44 AM
- woman with wings said...
Thanks, Jeannie -- that plate says "swirl" on the back! Perfect name. Good luck with your delphiniums -- I don't do very well with them but aren't they absolutely magnificent? I love larkspur which does great here, thank goodness, and sometimes we take it for granted, I think. A great weekend to you, too!
- June 9, 2012 at 9:27 PM
- woman with wings said...
Hi Michelle, larkspur is a beautiful blue indeed. Hope you found some. ;-)
- June 9, 2012 at 9:29 PM
- woman with wings said...
Hi Deanna, thanks for your thoughts on this. I did do the vinegar trick on it and it looks like it's transferring. But I plan on doing another identical bundle with the steam method. An experiment of sorts!
- June 9, 2012 at 9:30 PM
- woman with wings said...
Nanette, I'm going to give the gentle steam method a whirl and compare it with the vinegar outcome. Will post about it if anything worthwhile comes of it! ;-) If you grew foxglove, you might be alright with the larkspur, too. But I'm just guessing. Foxglove is sort of hard to grow here but I absolutely adore it, a true fairy plant, right?
- June 9, 2012 at 9:34 PM
- woman with wings said...
Thanks, Jacky! I hope I have a good outcome to show for it. ;-)
A smudge stick is a tightly bound bundle of dried herbs, usually white sage, cedar, lavender, sweetgrass -- fragrant herbs -- that's lit and since it's bundled so tightly, it doesn't really burn, it smolders. The smoke is thought to clear the energy of a space or a person. Some see their prayers and wishes rising up with the smoke. It's wonderful.
- June 9, 2012 at 9:37 PM
- woman with wings said...
Hi Nancy, well I wish you would move in next door! :-)
Time will tell with the blues, hope it comes out okay. And good smudging to you and the guy!
- June 9, 2012 at 9:41 PM
- woman with wings said...
Trish, I'm glad you wrote that -- I want to dry some elderflowers, too, this year and I think there are still some left! Rain sounds just so wonderful right now, it's hot here, in the 90's F. Smudging is good medicine! Love back, happy weekend.
- June 9, 2012 at 9:45 PM
- woman with wings said...
Marie, thank you. You've been quiet lately, but I remember you said you were very busy. ;-)
I like to smudge outside in my garden better than any place else I can think of. Just feels right somehow.
Happy weekend!
- June 9, 2012 at 9:50 PM
smudging! that's what i need to do! & look at these beautiful blues some more. thank you!
& i know your bee in the bonnet story wasn't fun for you, but i did so enjoy reading about your escapade. hope you weren't shook up for long.
- June 10, 2012 at 1:23 PM
- woman with wings said...
Hi Cindy, I hope you get to do a little smudging, I nearly always feel a little bit of a shift when I do. To tell the truth, I'm a bit more cautious with the bees now and I wish I wasn't. But my dumb-luck days might be over? ;-) We'll see.
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Eight Greensboro families are having extra feet under their dinner tables this week. One of these families also will have 15 extra heads sleeping under its roof � at least for one night.
The full group of 15 contestants arrived in Greensboro Friday for the 2013 North Carolina Distinguished Young Woman Program, including three young women representing local programs: Morgan Harrison, Lenoir County 2013 Distinguished Young Woman; Sarah Albritton, Kinston-Greene County 2013 Distinguished Young Woman; and Layne Jenkins, Jones-Onslow County 2013 Distinguished Young Woman.
From across the state, the 15 arrived in the host city Friday, knowing that the week ahead would offer little down time to chill and hang out.
They�re taking care of that today with an afternoon visit to the Ronald McDonald House in Winston-Salem � loaded with teddy bears and homemade cookies � and an evening Super Bowl Party and sleepover at the home of Hal and Sherry Greeson, host family for Harrison and two other contestants, Meredith Davis of Rocky Mount and Brianna Birchett of Buncombe County. The Greeson basement will become one huge bedroom for the 15 females.
Come Monday, the schedule will shift into high gear with little let-up until the finals are over Saturday night and North Carolina�s 2013 Distinguished Young Woman is announced.
This year�s state production is honoring North Carolina Distinguished Young Woman 2012 Christina Maxwell of Fletcher, who also won the national program in June in Mobile, Ala.
Maxwell is the program�s second winner from North Carolina (Rachael Delaney, Kinston�s Junior Miss 2011 was the first) and the third young woman to be named the Distinguished Young Woman of America following the scholarship program�s name change from America�s Junior Miss in 2010.
The production Friday and Saturday nights will tip its hat to Broadway, with an �Opening Night� theme to honor Maxwell�s theatrical aspirations. The outgoing America�s and North Carolina Distinguished Young Woman 2012 is a musical theater major at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Divided into two groups, the Leading Ladies (Group A) and the Broadway Babes (Group B) will spend the next few days rehearsing the �Opening Night� performance for Friday and Saturday nights and Friday�s closing production, borrowing songs and moves from such Broadway plays as �Wicked,� �Stomp� and �Fame.� They will fine tune the fitness routine and learn the choreography for the Self Expression competition, as well as prepare for Thursday�s individual interviews with the judges.
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A work weekend in November provided a preview of what this week would entail, from the agony of unending schedules to the joy of forging new friendships.
During their last week before leaving Friday for Greensboro, Harrison, Albritton and Jenkins scratched similar preparatory items off their lists � planning for handling a missed week of school; rehearsing fitness and talent routines; organizing and packing; squeezing in as much sleep as possible; soaking in time with family and friends.
The three home hopefuls also expressed similar goals for the week ahead � to relax and enjoy the opportunities that await, and come away with lifelong friendships.
�My sisters just want me to have fun, not stress about if I trip or fall on stage,� said Harrison, whose sisters Alex and Casey also participated in the program. �How I handle myself and the people I meet are going to be more important 10 years from now than what I do on stage.�
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Breakout 1
Sarah Albritton
Kinston-Greene County 2013 Distinguished Young Woman
Birthday: Sept. 20, 1994
Parents: Anne and David Albritton of Kinston
Siblings: Matt, 26; Kevin, 23, and sister-in-law Jentry; and Amy, 20
Church: Grace Fellowship
School: Arendell Parrott Academy
College preference: Meredith College
Career goal: High school English teacher
Contestant: No. 5, Group A
Thursday: Interview
Friday: Fitness, Self Expression competition
Saturday: Talent competition
Talent: Lyrical dance to �Dream� by Priscilla Ahn
Host family: Greg and Peggy Brown, 3308 Wedgewood Place, Greensboro, NC 27403
Roommate: Eboni Wiley, Rockingham County Distinguished Young Woman
Breakout 2
Morgan Harrison
Lenoir County 2013 Distinguished Young Woman
Birthday: May 30, 1995
Parents: Ted and Sheila Harrison of La Grange
Siblings: Alex H. Liles, 26; Avery H. Mills, 24; Casey, 22; Travis, 20; Joseph, 15;
Church: La Grange First Free Will Baptist
School: North Lenoir High School
College preference: N.C. State University
Career goal: Architecture or Math
Contestant: No. 11, Group B
Thursday: Interview
Friday: Talent competition
Saturday: Fitness, Self Expression competition
Talent: Tap dance to �The 5th� by David Garrett
Host family: Hal and Sherry Greeson, 301 Frederick Road, Greensboro, NC 27455
Roommates: Meredith Davis, Rocky Mount Distinguished Young Woman; Brianna Birchett, Buncombe County Distinguished Young Woman
Breakout 3
Layne Jenkins
Jones-Onslow County 2013 Distinguished Young Woman
Birthday: Aug, 28, 1995
Parents: George Michael Jenkins and Bryson Booth Jenkins of Trenton
Siblings: Peyton, 24; Meredith, 21
Church: First Presbyterian Church, New Bern
School: The Epiphany School of Global Studies, New Bern
College preference: Meredith College
Career goal: Interior design; dance education
Contestant: No. 12, Group B
Thursday: Interview
Friday: Talent competition
Saturday: Fitness, Self Expression competition
Talent: Vocal of �I Enjoy Being a Girl�
Host family: Kevin and Shannon Roley, 4204 Tallwood Drive, Greensboro, NC 27410
Roommate: Ashton Mizell, Johnston County Distinguished Young Woman
Breakout 4
N.C. Distinguished Young Woman 2013 Finals
7 p.m. Feb. 8, 9
War Memorial Auditorium
Greensboro Coliseum Complex, 1921 W. Lee St., Greensboro
Tickets, $35 per night at door
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Observer/Bookman wannabe
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Toradora! - PSP Game Discussion Thread
Well, here's my little info gathering for the Toradora PSP game.
It looks like a sim of sorts, and as mentioned in the psphyper article, you might get deja vu from the game, as the guys who're working on this also did a game for Suzumiya Haruhi.
|2009-01-19, 12:18
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Portable Dude Mk. II
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: All ghillied up spying on someone ~2,000 yards away using telescope sights.
Age: 30
Actually, that kind of a dating sim WILL happen.
Because one of the description I read in the game's announcement website stated that it will incorporate dating-sim features, in which means - rejoice, shippers. You can now make your favorite pairing a reality in the game.
|2009-01-19, 16:21
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Only if Ryuuji can go after Sumire as well..... o.0
Seriously.... I suppose they *could* turn it into a date-sim... but a more interesting game might be rather more just a "choose your adventure" visual novel. You're Ryuuji and all these people around you have problems to solve or issues. Will you make things better or worse (never mind whether you might or might not achieve a girlfriend in the percolating mess).
A simple pyramid choice set of routes would be lousy.... it'd almost have to be a "things continue to happen off-stage if you don't return to attend on them" type of turn-sequenced game.
|2009-01-19, 21:18
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Portable Dude Mk. II
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: All ghillied up spying on someone ~2,000 yards away using telescope sights.
Age: 30
As much as how I'm really looking forward to this... Well, I don't want to think too much about it. I'll just wait and see how it's done.
Then after it's done only can I evaluate it.
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Age: 29
The Haruhi PSP game was fantastic, if only because, thanks to the supernatural elements present in Haruhi, they were able to create fantastically awesome storyline elements and endings.
I don't see the same thing here...
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There is actually a full patch of the Chinese Haruhi game for PSP...well as an fan of visual novels, I really like this type of games myself, story and character development are pretty much why I would play the game.
So I am really look forward to this.
I read a bit of the kanji on there it seems like you can move around the maps but it's still a visual novels type, they've got the same program with Taiga's head that follows your mouse around. Same as the Haruhi one if you know what I am talking about. Under the TORA system tag
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After several experiments made the final simulation!
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Fallon exits 'Late Night, ' headed for 'Tonight'
NEW YORK (AP) — It's not so much "goodbye" as "on break."
With Jimmy Fallon's departure from "Late Night" on Friday after five years in the host chair, he will be off the NBC airwaves a scant 10 days before coming back as host of "The Tonight Show," which was vacated Thursday by Jay Leno after 22 years.
"I'm really going to miss being on TV at 12:37," Fallon joked in his farewell monologue, noting that his "fierce rivals" have been CBS host Craig Ferguson "and a Veggie-Chopper infomercial."
File-This photo released by NBC shows Jimmy Fallon who will be the new host of "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". Fallon¿s departure from ¿Late Night¿ on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, after five years in the host chair, he will be off the NBC airwaves a scant 10 days before coming back as host of ¿The Tonight Show,¿ which was vacated a day earlier by Jay Leno after 22 years. (AP Photo/NBC, Chris Haston, File)
But if he was overjoyed at his promotion to a slot one hour earlier — and he radiated joy all through the finale (taped Friday afternoon) — at the same time he could hardly keep his tear ducts in check.
"I'm not gonna cry," he vowed early on, "but I'm gonna get really close."
"You got to pull it together," teased his guest, fellow "Saturday Night Live" alum Andy Samberg. "You got to man up."
"'Irish Wuss' was my nickname in high school," replied Fallon.
The 39-year-old Fallon has promised that nothing much will change with his talk-comedy-music formula, except the new time slot and "Tonight Show" title.
But if it's not so big a change for Fallon (or his house band, the Roots, or his announcer, Steve Higgins, who all are coming along), it's a big change for "Tonight," which is returning to New York's Rockefeller Plaza after more than 40 years in Los Angeles, and returning to NBC's Studio 6B, once the home of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
To complete this game of musical chairs, Seth Meyers (another "SNL" grad) becomes "Late Night" host starting Feb. 24.
"We're gonna be a great team back-to-back," Fallon said.
re after Anthony Weiner texted Justin Bieber a picture of Chris Christie dating a Kardashian on the Jersey shore with Rob Ford."
More sincerely, Fallon voiced thanks to David Letterman for starting "Late Night," and to Conan O'Brien, its second host, as well as to his viewers, whose support "means the world to me. It makes me so happy."
The hour ended with a big musical number: Fallon on drums and singing the Band classic "The Weight," accompanied by a large ensemble of Muppets.
Then he made his exit from his longtime "Late Night" home, Studio 6A, and strode a few steps down a hallway to his soon-to-be new home. He opened the door to Studio 6B to find a cheering, welcoming throng. Fade out.
It's awaiting him for real in just 10 days.
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There are so many fun things to do in summertime on Cape Cod, but one of my favorites is a visit to the Woods Hole Historical Museum in Woods Hole, MA. This small gem of a collection is housed in an adorable 18th century farmhouse draped with rambling roses and accompanied by an equally charming barn filled with old sailboats, models and memorabilia.
This season, there are two exhibits at the Woods Hole Museum — one on the history of businesses in the village and the other a series of life-like drawings of fish and sea creatures by James Prosek, a noted artist, author and naturalist. His paintings are incredible, and made me think of a modernist Audubon. See more on his work here.
I took a special interest in the "Businesses of Old Woods Hole" exhibit, as I recently gave a talk on being an entrepreneur in the village of Woods Hole so I am aware of some of the incredible leaders that have made this little village what it is today. Lining the walls are biographical material and photos of small-town luminaries such as Elijah Swift, Walter Luscombe, Prince Crowell and others who built whaling ships, created the guano factory that once operated here, started the first banks and more. It's really interesting (and inspiring!) to think about the challenges they faced, especially as so much has changed since then.
There are a few exhibits that never change at the Woods Hole Historical Museum — the small boat museum is essentially an old barn lined with the hulls, models and detritus of small wooden sailboats. There is a retired mirror dinghy (this class of boat developed in the 1930's is still sailed on Saturday mornings at the Woods Hole Yacht Club), a Hereshoff or two and more. Best of all is a moment in the cool shade of this quaint barn, looking out at the sunny Cape Cod weather just thinking about all the happy hours sailors spent on these vessels before they were retired to this perfect spot.
There is also a model of the village of Woods Hole, a brilliant creation of miniature houses, docks, ships capturing Woods Hole in the 1890's. It was made one winter by a crew of enterprising villagers, and it offers a birds eye perspective on the village that is well worth seeing.
When you come to Cape Cod in summer, don't miss a visit to the Woods Hole Historical Museum located at 579 Woods Hole Road. Check their website for access and hours which are significantly greater in the summertime.


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An 1867 painting by Jean-Francois Millet inspired septuagenarian documentarian Agnes Varda to cross the French countryside to videotape people who scavenge. Taking everything from surplus in the fields, to rubbish in trashcans, to oysters washed up after a storm, the "gleaners" range from those sadly in need to those hoping to recreate the community activity of centuries past, and still others who use whatever they find to cobble together a rough art. Highlighted by Varda's amusing narration.
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NASCAR The Game 2011 completely redefines what fans can expect from a NASCAR racing game. Players can choose to play as themselves or as one of the sport's real-world drivers as they battle it out for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. Each pro driver has the AI characteristics of his or her real world counterpart, setting the stage for intense rivalries played out on the track. From the 22 real world tracks to full pit stop strategy action, NASCAR The Game 2011 captures the real atmosphere, sense of speed and spectacle that embodies NASCAR. Players can even feel the thrill of a win with the interactive celebration mode.
The game also includes multiplayer modes which allow up to 16 players to battle it out for the win online. In both online and offline races, players earn NASCAR experience points which help unlock rewards such as decal packs or special car designs, as well as career sponsorships and special races throughout career mode. Everything you do on the track counts.
Activision has taken the wheel of the NASCAR gaming franchise, and the publisher announced today its first stock car racer will find its way to retail shelves in early 2011. Read More »
Also known as: NASCAR 2011, NASCAR The Game '11, NASCAR 2011: The Game
Release Region: United States
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Publisher: Activision
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Life Fitness and the American Council on Exercise (ACE) have partnered on a contest to search for America's Top Personal Trainers to Watch. The contest will highlight trainers who have affected the lives of their clients and motivated them to achieve a lasting lifestyle change.
The search, which began March 16, will last through Aug. 31. To nominate a personal trainer, go to LifeFitness.com and fill out an entry form. Nominated personal trainers should be leaders and motivators, and they should have helped to create a healthier community.
Eleven nominated trainers will be recognized as finalists. One will receive a grand prize that includes a plaque, an ACE fitness certification package that includes study material and an exam voucher, a piece of Life Fitness equipment, recognition as the Personal Trainer to Watch and $5,000. The winner and other finalists will be announced in October at the Club Industry conference in Chicago.
"At Life Fitness, fitness is what we live for, and we know thousands of trainers across the country embody that same passion, showing unbridled commitment to their clients," says Life Fitness President Chris Clawson. "We want to honor their dedication and to celebrate their daily fitness journey."


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SAN FRANCISCO — Before his death, Apple's (AAPL) Steve Jobs famously promised to go "thermonuclear" against smartphones running Google's (GOOG) Android software, saying they use technology ripped off from the iPhone.
The massive legal attack he launched, now in its third year, didn't destroy Android.
Instead, it's turned into a costly global war of attrition. In case after case involving dozens of patents, Apple has won small victories that force rivals into temporary retreat by requiring them to remove minor features from their devices. Apple has, in turn, lost some rounds and been forced to rework some of its products.
Two upcoming cases in the United States — one against Motorola and the other against Samsung — have the potential to strike deeper blows on either side. The trials involve the legal rights to the core technology behind smartphones and tablet computers and whoever loses could face large damages and increased costs. That could raise prices for consumers.
If Apple wins, Android manufacturers will have to come up with critical fixes or pay Cupertino-based Apple a hefty fee to keep using its technology, according to several technology and legal analysts. Apple's foes, however, say the iPhone and iPad maker is just as vulnerable to claims it took ideas from other companies. Both Motorola and Samsung have countersued Apple.
At a January court hearing in the Motorola case, the judge suggested that, regardless of the outcome of the trial, neither side is going to achieve total victory.
"You're not going to shut down the smartphone," Chicago U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner told Apple's lawyer, according to a transcript. "They're not going to shut down the iPhone."
Apple declined to discuss its patent strategy and has claimed in the past that its competitors "slavishly" copy the iPhone and iPad.
The company has a larger share of the U.S. smartphone market than its rivals, thanks largely to the success of the iPhone 4S. Globally, however, Android devices outsell Apple. Android's global market share was nearly 50 percent, while Apple's iOS software, which runs its mobile devices, had about 19 percent in 2011, according to research firm IDC.
Apple began its global patent fight against Android in March 2010, when it filed complaints against handset-maker HTC Corp in federal court in Delaware and before the U.S. International Trade Commission. Litigation between Apple and Motorola broke out that October and Apple then sued Samsung in April 2011.
The week Apple sued HTC, Jobs told biographer Walter Isaacson he would "spend every penny" of Apple's then $40 billion cash pile on the Android fight.
"I'm going to destroy Android because it's a stolen product," Jobs said. "I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this."
The company's cash has now grown to nearly $100 billion and Jobs's successor, Tim Cook, said on Monday that Apple would return some of it to investors as a dividend and buy back stock.
Mountain View-based Google supplies Android to the smartphone makers for free, but has not been directly involved in the lawsuits because it does not make its own phone. Its pending acquisition of Motorola, though, will change that.
Among Apple's incremental victories so far is a German court injunction against Motorola over the "slide-to-unlock" feature on smartphones, a signature iPhone maneuver that allows users to access their phones without pressing too many buttons.
Motorola said it implemented a new design for the feature and that the injunction, handed down last month, would not impact the current supply or future sales.
In another example of Apple's success against competitors, Samsung changed the metal frame around the Galaxy Tab after a German court ruled for Apple last September.
Speaking broadly, Samsung spokesman Kevin Kim said in an email the company is confident the litigation will not impact its ability to provide mobile products to consumers.
Yet Apple has also had to change features on its products. Motorola won an injunction in Germany against Apple's iCloud push email function shortly after it lost on the "slide to unlock" feature.
Push email, a widely used technology, automatically informs users about new messages on phones and tablets. Apple played down the impact of the injunction in Germany, saying consumers could adjust their settings so that devices download new email at regular intervals.
When tech companies are forced to rework devices due to patent challenges, the risk is that the changes will annoy consumers and eventually cause them to switch products, said Colleen Chien, an IP professor at Santa Clara University's law school.
Apple's main U.S. case against Motorola, over six of its patents, goes to trial in June before Posner, a renowned federal judge with a keen interest in intellectual property. He wrote an economic analysis of IP law — one of his dozens of books.
Posner has handed Apple some early victories on how language in Apple's patents will be defined for a jury — a crucial step in patent litigation. For instance, he adopted Apple's definition of a patent covering how Skype and other streaming video applications operate on smartphones.
A win for Apple on these kinds of patents — which cover core functions on phones — would force Motorola to either attempt a difficult technical fix, or to strip out the feature entirely, said Nick Rodelli, a lawyer and adviser to institutional investors for CFRA Research in Maryland.
Apple has said in court papers that a win on core patents would mean a "substantial overhaul" of Android, costing tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars for Motorola.
"That's the game they're playing to win," Rodelli said.
Motorola is asserting three of its own patents against Apple relating to how data is transmitted wirelessly. Those are set for a second trial in June, also before Posner.
"We developed and patented technology 10 years ago in areas Apple is claiming to have invented five years later," said Neill Taylor, Motorola's chief IP counsel.
Taylor added that, if his company wins, Apple has much more to lose due to the volume of iPhone sales.
At the January hearing, Posner said that to win damages, Apple and Motorola would have to show how each patented feature impacted phone sales.
In the other U.S. federal trial, Apple and Samsung are battling over the South Korean company's Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets, which also use Android.
The trial is set for July in San Jose, before U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, who rejected Apple's attempt last year to get a quick shutdown of Samsung phone and tablet sales during the Christmas holiday. Apple still wants the sales ban and is appealing Koh's ruling.
Apple also has filed a barrage of new claims against Samsung in the California court, while Samsung has countersued. The two companies also have hearings scheduled before the ITC.
The July trial features Apple patents such as one that covers how touch-screen devices discriminate between one finger on the screen, or more, and respond accordingly.
This is a patent that goes to the core of how the devices operate, said David Sunshine, an IP lawyer who advises hedge funds for Cozen O'Conner, a law firm in New York. An Apple win, he said, would be costly for Samsung.
"They haven't hit the holy grail yet," Sunshine said. "But they've had some victories and they're hoping for that big victory."


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|System: PS3, Xbox 360
|Dev: Capcom
|Pub: Capcom
|Release: August 23, 2011
|Players: 1-2, Online Tournament
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Suggestive Themes, Violence
by Angelo M. D'Argenio
If you are a fighting game fan, you've probably played Street Fighter III: Third Strike at some point. Well, its new re-release, Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition, doesn't actually change anything in the mechanics. Parries still work just as they ever did, Ken, Chun, and Yun still dominate the tier lists, and EVO Moment #37 still stands out prominently in our minds. So I'm not going to spend too much time on the fighting system; instead, I'm going to talk about the new features that Online Edition in particular brings to the table. Since it's called Online Edition, let's start with the online modes first.
Third Strike Online Edition uses GGPO, a netcode that treats fighting games a lot like first-person shooters. Instead of waiting for both players to synch up and introducing button delay to compensate for lag, GGPO runs two completely separate versions of the game on each player's console. It takes "snapshots" of the game at each frame and compares them. Should the snapshots not match up, the game corrects itself and then continues on. It's essentially a "rollback" system, and it does a magnificent job of hiding lag. Since each copy runs independent of the other, your combos and timing online are exactly the same as your combos and timing in real life. To this day, I would say that GGPO is the best solution to fighting game lag, and that makes Third Strike Online Edition one of the best online experiences in fighting games to date.
But only the hardcore will notice things such as two-frame latency issues, so let's talk about stuff that casual players will notice. The game has everything you have come to expect from an online suite, from ranked matches, lobby matches, and tournaments to spectator mode and leaderboards. It even gives players the ability to watch popular replays and upload their own replays to YouTube. If you are the type of player that drools over earning achievements, Online Edition has you covered. There are a series of challenges that must be completed in online matches. You can see these challenges update as you play matches, and successfully completing these challenges earns you "vault points" which unlock things like concept art, music, and movies.
There are also a number of single-player challenges that can be completed through the arcade or training modes. There is also a new "trials" mode which provides you with two sets of five challenges based around parrying (with the final being the famed Evo moment #37 itself), one set of challenges based around handicapped messages, and one set of combo challenges for each character. These are awesome new additions, and completing them earns you vault points. However, once again Capcom has missed a golden opportunity to add a well-thought-out tutorial to a popular game.
There is a wealth of information about Third Strike available on the net, and Capcom has included none of it in the game. The trials only teach you how to parry very specific moves and how to combo totally out of context. There's nothing about correctly choosing when to block and when to parry, universal overheads, mixups, poking, or any of the skills needed to actually be good at Third Strike. So once again, new players will come into this game hoping to learn what Capcom says is the best Street Fighter they ever made, only to get stomped on by veterans over and over and over again without any tools to get better. I hope Capcom eventually realizes they will never attract new players to their fighting game franchises without actually teaching them how to play.
Online Edition's training mode, on the other hand, is much better than its trial mode, and caters to the hardcore crowd. Not only do you get all the training options you got in the initial release of the game, you get a host of extra recording options as well. For example, you can record a pattern of opponent behavior, save the game state, and drop yourself into that pattern halfway through in order to teach yourself how to deal with it. There is also an extra "parry training" mode as well, in which you are able to control an opponent while your character parries everything with the exact timing needed. Then, you can play back what you did exactly and attempt to parry it yourself.
The rest of Online Edition's changes are purely aesthetic, but they're still a treat. You can play the game using a number of different visual filters in order to make it as smooth or pixelated as you like. You can toggle scanlines on and off, bow the screen to make it look like an arcade cabinet, and even turn widescreen on and off.


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We serve breakfast, lunch and dinner with food inspired by sun-drenched Southern Europe and the colourful street cafes of Morocco and Lebanon.
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Peer back over history, list your personal toppermost cars
and I guarantee the Mini Cooper will be the daddy. Let's see: Impreza, Delta,
205 T16, Quattro, Stratos, Escort, Fiat 124 Abarth (sorry, that's just me)…
and Mini. In the mid-Sixties, the words 'Mini Cooper' and 'Monte Carlo Rally'
were magnetised together. Well, now they can be again. And if the return of
Mini to top-line rallying isn't enough, this is also the return of Prodrive,
the team that made the Impreza into The Impreza. The World Rally Championship,
under new rules for 2011, turns from a Citroen-Ford headlock into a more
interesting three-way contest by bringing in Mini. Count us excited.
Words: Paul Horrell
This article was originally published in the December issue of Top Gear magazine


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Now, in the past I have been among the RAF's fiercest critics. I am most definitely not anti-air, as I think history has shown that handled properly it can win you wars. But what I am not a fan of is the RAF's culture when it comes to inter-service rivalries, being something of a self-preservation society. The RAF's top brass will think nothing of destroying land or sea defence capabilities, if it can salvage something for itself. A 'junior service' complex, you might say. And as we have seen with Libya, the RAF's PR Department is the most active participant in any war. Great if you have wings, but not if you are interested in 'UK Defence' overall.
But the RAF provides the most potent element of the Falklands Garrison's tripwire. Like Malta during the Second World War, the fate of the Falkland Islands in any future conflict is likely to depend on a handful of aircraft – the four Eurofighter Typhoons based at RAF Mount Pleasant. Of course, I am not privy to defence planning, but I would expect that with such a small flight and obviously a limited number of airframes, we would be doing well to have two of them in the air at any one time.
The redeeming factor, however, is the manner in which Argentine air assets have stood still since 1982. Their Air Force and Navy are flying virtually exactly the same aircraft, even to the point of not having replaced their significant losses during the 1982 war. If the Mirages et al struggled against the Sea Harrier, I really wouldn't fancy their chances againt the Typhoons. The Typhoons, flown by pilots who in all likelihood have recent battle experience (albeit of ground attack), would probably account for a fair few Argentine aircraft. Their job would be to prevent the Argentines landing on the Islands, or at the very least to severely delay them in doing so. The Argentines would probably be looking to land by air, given their lack of amphibious vessels. In order to do so they would need to overwhelm the air defences at Mount Pleasant, and capture the runways intact in order to fly in troops. One would hope – and expect – that RAF Mount Pleasant would have under the runway demolition charges in the event of a capitulation.
The only offensive aircraft that the Task Force could expect to face are:
- 21 Mirages of various, eldery types (including Israeli copies)
- 24 Pucaras (ancient, turbo-prop aircraft)
- 11 Super Etendards (operational status dubious)
- 36 or 16 Fightinghawks (update of the old Skyhawk, number uncertain)
Compare those numbers to the 70+ aircraft that the Argentines lost in 1982 (total of all types). Then consider how many of them are actually serviceable, how many pilots they actually have, how experienced they are, and what weapons the Argentines actually have available for use. Suddenly it doesn't seem like such a bad picture after all.
With the air bridge from the UK to Mount Pleasant via Ascension, reinforcements could be flown in relatively quickly – one guesses that that is the idea with building an air base on the Islands. It saves on basing large forces there permanently, but enables you to fly in reinforcements quickly. These could include extra Typhoons and Tornados for Air Defence – nominally the RAF has 83 Typhoons and 136 Tornados. There would be a requirement for Globemasters, Tristars and Hercules to set up an air bridge, along with tankers for air-to-air refuelling. A 'wishlist' for reinforcing the Falklands at short notice by air would probably look something like this – infantry (battalion size initially), air defence (Fighters and Rapier), transport helicopters and Apaches. Whether we have enough long range transport aircraft to effect such an airbridge, I cannot know.
If the islands were lost, then Ascension Island would into play as a vital air hub. Unlike in 1982, the RAF posseses Sentry E3-D. They have a range of around 4,000 nautical miles, so whilst they might not reach the Falklands, they could cover a large part of the South Atlantic. With the demise of Nimrod maritime reconnaisance is a bit of a gap, although the Raytheon Sentinel has a range of some 5,800 miles. Hence early warning and control might be greatly enhanced upon 1982. This should have a knock-on effect for air defence, target acquisition and command and control, in the absence of carrier-borne air cover.
With the demise of not only the Sea Harrier but also the Harrier GR's, any task force would be fighting without its own fixed wing, carrier based aviation. The Sea Harriers were credited with playing a large part in winning the war in 1982. It is frequently assumed that we could not even contemplate another war without carrier-based air cover. Some suggest that the Type 45 Destroyers with their advanced radar and missile systems could effectively provide this cover, but the proof of this pudding is only really in the eating. Who knows how naval exercises have been playing out?
One significant improvement on 1982, is the ability to operate Army Air Corps Apaches from onboard ships. I identified how useful this might be in my 2009 series, and their usefulness was shown in the recent Libya conflict. A handful of Apaches on something like HMS Ocean would be incredibly useful, for providing firepower support to ground troops, shooting up bunkers, troop concentrations and the like. I'm not sure how much the concept has been explored, but they could also have an anti-surface role, as US helicopters did during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980's.
Any task force could expect to face less aircraft than it did in 1982, and certainly nothing which would give it any headaches. With the ratio of force that the Argentine Air Force has to offer, one cannot help but think that just one aircraft carrier with a strike wing of Harriers would do the job nicely.
A Twitter follower has rightly pointed out that the Argentine Air Force also possesses a number of A-4AR Fightinghawks, a update of the A-4 Skyhawk using avionics from the F-16 Fighting Falcon. 36 were delivered, but various sources state that only 16 are currently active. Any more information on these numbers would be useful.
Related articles
- Refighting the Falklands War (2012): The political dimension (dalyhistory.wordpress.com)
- Margaret Thatcher Warned Naval Cuts Could Lead to Falklands War (ibtimes.com)
- Britain's Harrier jump-jets reprieved to fly and fight again (go.theregister.com)
- Thatcher warned of defence cuts dangers before Falklands war (guardian.co.uk)


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Sunday, 16 September 2007
poetry 2.0
what follows is is the coolest thought virus I have been sent in some time (thx Helene) - apologies to those who've seen it already - and to those who havent, enjoy:
(via netlingo who reported it is a real story, although subsequent digging showed that these haiku originated in a salon.com competition salon.com link)
In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strick construction rules, each poem has only 17 syllables; 5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third. They are used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity (and are much better than "Your computer has performed an illegal operation.") Here they are:
Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist.
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.
With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.
The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao - until
You bring fresh toner.
Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.
Having been erased,
The document you are seeking
Must now be retyped.
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
Posted by John Grant at 13:29
3 comments:
- erin said...
i want to hear more about your words: 'Thought virus' -- where did you get this from? What are some other examples?
The haiku is smart. Real smart.
but I couldn't focus as well on it because I loved what you'd already said: thought virus. Although now that I mull it over, it doesn't sound as beautiful the more I write it. Thought virus sounds like a bad thing for a planner. It sounds unshakable, like something I couldn't get away from.
You've got 'thought' which is a beautiful word and then 'virus' which is ugly.
- 25 October 2007 at 06:50
- Cristina STOIAN Aka GiaChasingDreams said...
interesting haiku. smart one
- 9 April 2008 at 23:00
- Paul Hewett said...
Love this so much, I am going to hassle our Tech Director to change our system errors.
- 25 May 2011 at 02:12
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Embracing Softball and an "F"
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- katie said...
Wow, the pantry is pretty bad. I've been through potty training with 3 boys and although I'm super sad that they are getting bigger, that is one part of parenting that I'm not sad to say good-bye to. Hang in there!
- May 11, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- Alyss said...
No way. Pee in the pantry?! Poop in swim trunks? Lovely. Cannot wait! Hang in there, Jami!
- May 11, 2011 at 10:01 PM
- alison said...
i'm right there with you on the potty training F. my 3.5 year old REFUSES to poop in the potty. he'll pee appropriately all day long.....but every.single.night he poops in his underwear. i am at my wits end. fortunately, we don't have a pantry so at least THAT'S safe ;)
- May 12, 2011 at 4:09 AM
- Laurie J said...
love that last one. lol. hang in there and earn that potty training badge (I think you get it in heaven?.....) keep that sense of humor, friend!
- May 12, 2011 at 6:57 AM
- theolivetree said...
I played fast pitch competitive softball growing up!I sure do miss those hot summer nights!
- May 12, 2011 at 7:39 AM
- theolivetree said...
p.s. potty training=losing my mind.My daughter was OBSESSED with prince Eric from the Little Mermaid...we told her she could talk to him on the phone if she started using the toilet...worked great. Is your little one obsessed with any character? Try that ;) Now my son is a whole different story, he will be happy with me wiping his bottom FOREVER!!lol
- May 12, 2011 at 7:42 AM
- Our Family of Four said...
Oh no, I am feeling for you there. Mine were a little tough and I couldn't wait for them to be potty trained. Why do kids always find the perfect time to poop??
- May 12, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- Nikki said...
I am only laughing because I've totally been there with my little Mr. peeing in the pantry is pretty much the funniest thing I've heard...I'm sorry friend!
- May 12, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Kara said...
We had no peeing in the pantry, but it took forever to get my daugter trained. She just had no interest. Good luck. Love your hat in that pic by the way.
- May 12, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- Kelly said...
It's a sad day when sports come to an end. :-(
how old is your son? maybe he's not ready to be potty trained.
- May 12, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Kara said...
Oh man, potty training... every kid is so different, my son was a breeze.. my daughter, oh my goodness. Hope he gets it soon and I am glad he peed in the pantry not the fridge.Because THAT would be gross :)
- May 12, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- tracy said...
it may not make you feel any better, but your kiddo peeing in the pantry makes me feel ALOT better!!! i am in the process of potty training my daughter and i swear that girl would wear diapers until she was 12 if she could. i hope both of us have good luck and get through it fast!
- May 12, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- Fawn Teresi said...
Love the softball photos. Havent dealt with potty training.... LOl with some of the stories... not looking forward to it :)
- May 12, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Natalie and Lee said...
Just came across your blog! The pantry story is priceless! You have a beautiful family!
Loving your blog!
- May 12, 2011 at 11:48 AM
- Leslie @ top of the page said...
hey! i heard we're gonna be hanging out in september!! just wanted to say hi. your blog is so cute. why didn't i see it before??? looking forward to the fall :)
- May 12, 2011 at 12:21 PM
- stephanie said...
haha oh my gosh my side is splitting right now i am laughing so hard. the pantry? oh man. good luck with that friend! and your daughter is a little pumpkin! i grew up playing softball in summer leagues and they are some of my FAVORITE memories. love.
- May 12, 2011 at 1:13 PM
- Jessica Johnson said...
and i'm gonna steal that hat. LOVE <3 and i would totally come over for dinner. pee and all.
- May 13, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Nessa said...
That is hilarious... in the pantry! I will still eat your cookies - I don't discriminate.
- May 13, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- Jen said...
I'm failing at potty training too! I have a 3 year old...yes THREE...and she will NOT go on the potty :( So hard...I feel for you(and me)!
- May 16, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- drawer storage cabinet said...
Love the softball photos.
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Here's a question I recently received that I thought was worth sharing:
Sku, I know that a single malt Scotch has to come from just one distillery or else it's a blend, but what about an American "straight whiskey"? Does a straight bourbon or rye have to come from just one distillery as well?
That's a great question. Because the definition of single malt is more well known to whiskey consumers, I think many people assume that straight bourbons and ryes also must come from a single distillery, but that is not the case. According to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations, straight whiskey can include "mixtures of straight whiskies of the same type produced in the same State." 27 C.F.R. § 5.22(b)(1)(iii).
Therefore, you can mix bourbons from two different distilleries together and still call it "straight bourbon" as long as both bourbons were distilled in the same state. Indeed, that is the case with Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select, which includes bourbon distilled at the Brown-Forman distillery in Shively, Kentucky and the Woodford Reserve distillery in Versailles, Kentucky.
If a bottler combines straight whiskeys from different states, they have to call it a "blend of straight whiskeys." 27 C.F.R. § 5.22(b)(5).
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Sku's Q&A: Single Malt Whiskey vs. Straight Whiskey
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Backups are not just disk vs tape, its a blend of protection technologies
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How does one judge a glass of wine? There are a few tests, how it looks, smells and taste are the basic three. But as the wine is poured you may or may not know that your wine is made up of different varieties of grapes. A producer sits down and experiments with different percentages of grapes and this allows some creativity in making a better glass of wine for the consumer. Of course there are many more factors that play into this process but its by in large the same no matter what wine you enjoy. You enjoy the wine as a whole, a combination of things put together for you with out you having to know or even understand all that went into making that glass of wine.
When we talk to clients about their data backup strategy, we find a very similar process to that of wine making. The end user rarely knows all that goes in to creating a backup of their data and protecting it for them. They just enjoy the knowledge that their data is safe and will be there if they need to access it. But what we see in the making of the backup is a blend of technologies and a creative element that allows administrators some work around constraints like budget and man power.
As data evolves, we are seeing multiple layers of protection and depending on the severity of the data will determine the recovery point and recovery time as well as retention period. Backup technologies usually mean more than doing a bunch of incrementals and then a full off to disk pools and then tape. There are many different levels of protection that we can use.
Snapshots seem to be more common today than 5 years ago. They allow for a clean and consistent recovery point of a database or file system. But snapshots are used for more than just a quick backup, with writable copies we can quickly setup copies for test and dev environments and also rapidly deploy virtual images for desktops or servers. Snapshots are usually set to the same disk set that data is sitting on, and can be moved around via a vault technology or a mirror to another site. This can be used for long term storage if needed but typically snapshots are used for quick recoveries of less than 7 days. Snapshots are also vulnerable to data corruption. If a software bug comes in and corrupts data on the storage system, that can effect the snapshots and mirrors.
Backups are more traditional where the file system is scanned for changes and then those changes are sent off to a device where the data is stored until needed. In the past it has taken more time to backup file systems and as storage has gotten larger, those backup times grow longer. The technology has tried to keep up with adding larger backup servers and more tape drives allowing for more streams coming in. Now with the idea of using spinning disk for tape pools, we can backup a little quicker as the disk can write data faster than tape. There are many things that have evolved out of this technology, for example Long Term File System or Hierarchical Storage Management.
When clients are looking for strategies on protecting their data, they will use a combination of these techniques, and a mixture of both disks and tape to fully protect their environment. Depending o the data type, you may want to just use snapshots as the data changes rapidly and you do not need to restore from a week or a year ago. Snapshots are really useful in the case, and so is mirroring or even metro mirroring if the RTO is small enough. There are other factors such as Sarbanes-Oxley that will require longer term recovery methods like backups.
Just like a great wine, there is fewer rules today and room for creativity in designing data protection. And just like wine, there are many consultants that will help you find a good balance of technology to match levels of protection with data. Spend the time looking at your protection schemes and see if there are any better ways of balancing this equation. Maybe, with the right planning, you will be able to enjoy a glass of wine instead of spending time recovering from a disaster.


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During his graduate studies in microbiology, artist Zachary Copfer invented a new type of photography, one grown entirely of living bacteria. By exposing sections of microscopic organisms to radiation, he accelerates their growth, allowing them to multiply and compose vivid photographic portraits. Copfer's subjects include both artists and scientists who inspire him; famous images Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso are replicated in Serratia marcescens, a human pathogen often associated with infections of the urinary tract and respiratory systems. The portrait of Stephen Fry is made of bacteria found in the actor's own body.
Copfer's portraits closely resemble the art of Roy Lichtenstein; his faces bear the same comic book-style polka dots made famous by the legendary pop artist. Also like Lichtenstein's paintings and prints, they are duplicates of mass-produced, iconic public domain images. But quite unlike the work of Lichenstein and his colleagues, Copfer's images are imbued with an undeniably unique and human tenor. These bacterial cells, some drawn from the bodies of the subjects they portray, are corporeal and therefore inevitably personal. In contrast the ink used by the pop artists, these cells will someday die. Though iconic, these portraits are ultimately of mortal men, and the fact that they are rendered here in disease-causing bacteria only underscores that fact.
In addition to portraiture, Copfer experiments with photographs of celestial bodies. Here, in glowing green E. coli genetically modified with GFP, the vast cosmos are paradoxically formed from the microscopic, reminding us that in the end, all matter great and small is profoundly interconnected. Take a look. (via Jezebel)


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Missoula Bans Use of Cellphones While Driving
In a 10-to-one decision on November 5, the Missoula City Council affirmed a ban on the use of cellphones while driving, becoming the last of Montana's major cities to issue the ban.
City council members Ed Childers, Dick Haines, Bob Jaffe, Marilyn Marler, Mike O'Herron, Dave Strohmaier, Alex Taft, Jason Wiener, Jon Wilkins, and Cynthia Woken all voted in support of the ordinance. Adam Hertz offered the only dissenting vote.
The official motion prohibits "the use of mobile telephones and other electronic communication devices while simultaneously operating a motor vehicle, bicycle or any other device defined as a vehicle in Montana Code Annotated, Title 61, Part 1 on a public highway and providing for penalties and certain exceptions."
The penalties under the new decision involve a minimum $100 fine for a first offense, as well a $350 fine for an accident in which a cell phone is found to have been used at the time of a crash.
Penalties for driving while using a cellphone in Missoula:
- The minimum penalty for a first offense shall be $100 which may not be suspended or waived up to a maximum of $5,300
- The minimum penalty for a second or subsequent offense occurring within a twelve-month time period of any prior cell phone ordinance offense shall be $150 which may not be suspended or waived up to a maximum of $500;
- If any vehicle crash investigation determines that a cell phone was in use by a vehicle operator involved in the crash at the time the crash occurred, the minimum fine shall be $350 which may not be suspended or waived up to a maximum of $500;
Exceptions to the law include the use of "hands free devices" as well as the use of a cellphone while a vehicle is not in gear or by passengers in a vehicle.
"This provision shall not apply to persons using or powering on a 'hands-free device.' A 'hands-free device' is an external device that connects to a wireless telephone, wireless communications device or electronic communications device that allows use of the device without touching the telephone or wireless or electronic communications device with one's hands, and includes voice-activated technologies that can be utilized without touching the device. Use of a hands-free device is permitted while operating a motor vehicle provided the driver does not touch the wireless telephone or wireless or electronic communications device with one's hands while operating a motor vehicle."
The new ban technically takes effect in 30 days, however, law enforcement officers are only supposed to issue warnings for the first 90 days.


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Let's talk about the Internet, and why it is the greatest invention in the history of mankind.
Our success as a species has to do with a lot of things. Opposable thumbs. Large brains. Walking upright. Making tools and fire and wheels.
But the thing that allowed us to spread across the planet is language.
Language allows us to communicate with one another. Communication means we can cooperate better and share information. But this isn't the telephone, where the words are lost to time, or a book which is dependent on a print copy only available to a finite number of people.
The Internet is permanent, and accessible by everyone.
What a gift for authors, who need a way to spread the word of their existence in order to survive.
And yet, I don't see many authors doing this to the degree they could or should. And fans, who anxiously await an author's next book, then wonder why the next book never comes (hint: it's because the author was dropped by their publisher.)
Well, I do my damnedest to help other authors. Here are some of the ways I try to:
1. Links. Look in the sidebar, or on my website, and you'll see I link to hundreds of blogs and websites. This isn't just an one-sided endorsement by me, because mutual links help raise Google rankings for sites that reciprocate.
2. Newsletters. In at least one newsletter a year, I recommend books written by my peers to my fans. Imagine if all authors did this.
3. Reviews. I review my friends. We all should.
4. I mention books by my peers when I do interviews and speak in public.
5. Pimping. This goes beyond links and mentions. With several of my buddies, I push their books, and push pretty hard.
6. Blogging. I've been known to interview other authors on occasion.
So why aren't all authors doing this?
We aren't in competition with one another. We're not all islands unto ourselves. It doesn't detract from our sales to mention someone else's book. In fact, fans like these recommendations.
If you're an author, look at your links. Look at your newsletter. Look at your blog. Check how often you mention other authors in general (and me in particular.)
And if you're a fan, the best thing you can do to ensure an author you like continues to get published is to tell other people about their books. Either in person, or online via reviews, social networks, forums, listservs, etc.
Just imagine how many new people we could reach if we pooled our efforts.
Thursday, June 04, 2009
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GNOME Screenshots: Fedora 12 Beta Released
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Fedora 12 beta has been released with a new set of features and improvements. Fedora 12 beta includes optimized performance, smaller and faster updates, NetworkManager improved, graphics support improvements, automatic crash reporting and SELinux issues, new Dracut initrd generation tool, PackageKit plugins, Bluetooth on-demand, Moblin graphical interface for netbooks, PulseAudio enhancements and much more. What's you favorite feature or improvement included in this release? I've also posted a Fedora 12 beta KDE screenshots
Read the full release announcement.
Download Fedora 12 beta.
Buy Fedora Training.
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text: Tawanda Chiwira was a speedster on the track from 1996-2000, winning six individual conference titles and helping earn five more relay titles during that time. Chiwira is Idaho's all-time top outdoor scorer, holds five Idaho school records and one Big Sky Conference meet record and is a seven-time NCAA qualifier with two All-America honors to his name. He was a 1996 and 2000 Olympic and 1996 World Championship finalist and currently holds three national records for his native Zimbabwe.


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