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|January 25, 2013
Northern Kentucky
|Stats at a Glance
|FG Percentage
|.388 (26-67)
|.459 (28-61)
|3P FG Percentage
|.308 (8-26)
|.261 (6-23)
|FT Percentage
|.625 (5-8)
|.714 (10-14)
|Offensive Rebounds
|Defensive Rebounds
|Total Rebounds
|Bench Points
- 19
- 18
- 10
- 12
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 3
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Close encounters with victories are becoming all too familiar for the Lipscomb women's basketball team and head coach Greg Brown when all that is needed the most is a win.
Saturday night's 72-65 loss to Northern Kentucky was the seventh loss by single digits this season.
The loss dropped Lipscomb to 3-15 overall, 0-7 in the A-Sun. Northern Kentucky improved to 10-8 overall, 6-1 in conference play.
With snow falling, Lipscomb entered The Bank of Kentucky Center still searching for that elusive first conference win.
Against one of the top teams in the Atlantic Sun, the Lady Bisons needed to get off to a quick start. But it was just the opposite.
Melody Doss, the league's leading scorer at 17.9, drained two wide open 3-pointers to give the Norse a quick 10-0 lead that forced Brown to call a 30-second timeout.
"Starting off 10-0, you can't get yourself in a hole like that," Brown said. "We did win the second half by five, so I thought we did a lot of things well after the break. And I thought we grew over the week with some good practices, but we just don't have that margin of error."
It took the Lady Bisons four-and-a-half minutes before getting on the board with a trey from the A-Sun Player of the Week Danay Fothergill.
With Lipscomb trailing 16-8, Chandler Cooper connected on a 15-foot jumper for her first basket in over a month. Cooper returned after being sidelined with a foot injury she suffered in the first half of the Lady Bisons 86-68 win over Gardner-Webb on Dec. 21.
The redshirt freshman came out firing shot after shot in the first, and like most expected, seemed to be rusty, only hitting 2-of-10 shots in the half.
Brown talked about her struggles.
"That's expected after being out for so long," Brown said. "It is hard to believe it has been a month since she played last. Just getting our lineup and rotation back, there are some opportunities for growth."
After Lipscomb cut the Norse lead to five on three occasions, NKU used a second 10-0 run to extend its lead to 32-17 with six minutes to play in the period.
The Lady Bisons got some spark off the bench from Elise Spann, who finished the night with career-highs in points (9) and rebounds (7). Five of her seven boards were on the offensive end.
"Elise Spann came in and really gave us some great minutes," Brown said. "I told her 'that was the kid we recruited.' And I think you are going to see that more as they mature and get used to what conference play is like."
Lipscomb was able to cut the Norse lead to 12 at the break at 40-28.
"We still gave up too many easy baskets," Brown said. "But I did think we did a much better job at taking the three away after giving up those first two.
"Now we just have to take away the easy baskets. I did think tonight was one of our best jobs of taking away the three to a very good 3-point shooting team. "
Fothergill led all scorers at the break with 10.
Like so many other times this season, the Lady Bisons used an early 10-3 run to open the second half and cut the deficit to 43-38 at the 16:56 mark.
Sarah Kinch scored five of her 15 points over the next three minutes for Northern Kentucky to push the Norse to its largest lead of the night at 59-43, but once again the Lady Bisons fought back with perhaps their best defensive stretch of the season.
The Purple and Gold held NKU scoreless over six minutes and scored 13 straight points to make it a three-point game at 59-56 with 4:33 to play.
Cooper got hot during the run and scored seven-consecutive points. She was much sharper in the second period hitting 4-of-7 shots, including two three's, to give her a game-high 19 points. Cooper was perfect from the charity stripe going 4-for-4. She also grabbed six boards and dished three assists in the loss.
One bright spot for Brown's defense was the job the Lady Bisons did on Doss after she scored six quick points to start the game.
"I thought Ashley (Southern) and our help side defense did a good job on her," Brown said. "I thought we did some really good things in the second half, but we can't wait until the last 20 minutes to do that. We made a run and they answered it. Then we made another run and just couldn't finish the game out.
After Lipscomb fought to get back to within three points, Kayla Thacker responded with back-to-back 2-point buckets before draining a 3-pointer from the left corner to extend the lead to 66-58.
Sara Bliss answered with a trey of her own to pull the Lady Bisons to within five (66-61) before Lauren White scored on a layup and two free throws to make it 70-61 and seal the game for the Norse.
Even though the Lady Bisons came out on the short end on the scoreboard, they did outrebound the Norse and only turned the ball over nine times. Those are key ingredients for Lipscomb if they want to get off the schnide.
"We had 12 offensive boards and outrebounded and also didn't turn the ball over, so those are things we have to continue to do," Brown said. "It is just a slow process. But the good thing is I feel good about our team going into the second half (of conference play) with a full roster.
After shooting 33 percent in the first period, Lipscomb responded by hitting 45.2 percent in the second and outscored NKU 37-32 in the half. The Norse connected on 28-of-61 shots for 45.9 percent shooting.
Fothergill finished the game with 17 points behind 7-of-18 shooting. Southern collected her 14th double-double of the year with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Bliss added seven points and four boards.
When Doss opened up with six quick points it looked like she was in for a big night. But the Lady Bisons defense only allowed her to score two points the rest of the game and she finished with eight points and nine rebounds.
Thacker led the Norse with 18 points and tied a career-high 12 rebounds. The A-Sun's top 3-point shooter, Christine Roush, hit three long bombs to give her 13 points.
The Lady Bisons return home this week to finish up the first half of conference play when the league's top two teams invade Allen Arena in Florida Gulf Coast and Stetson.
FGCU will visit Nashville on Thursday Jan. 30.for a 6 p.m. tip. Stetson will follow on Saturday at 4.
"It is a baby step type deal," Brown said. "We have to take it one day at a time. We have to get better coming down, covering better with our help and contesting shots, one step at a time and then try to put it in play during the game."

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By Adrian Otto, System Architect
The web is huge, and it's getting bigger every single day. If you're writing a web scale application that will reach millions of end users, you may need to think carefully about how you write that application so that it will work properly under the demanding workloads the web can produce. Our computing hardware is getting progressively faster and cheaper. This gradual evolution has changed so much, that traditional software development concepts are no longer appropriate for today's web scale application environments. Memory is plentiful, CPU's are 64 bit, bandwidth is cheap, and so are CPU's. Storage is cheaper than ever, but I/O capacity and high-speed network interconnects are not. Considering all of this it's no wonder that we are generating more data than ever before, and thinking of new and exciting ways to build amazing interactive software solutions, and data analysis systems. To think web-scale today, you need to change gears from what used to make sense years ago.
In this article, I want to highlight 5 concepts to think about when coding, and some tips to help you fulfill these concepts.
Keep Resource Requirements Low
In today's world of fast CPU's, plentiful memory, and fast networks, this gets frequently overlooked. Sometimes the simplest way to reduce scalability problems is to make the software procedures more efficient. The faster you can get on and off the CPU, the less data you transmit, and the less memory you occupy, chances are the faster your application will run. The lower the processing time per unit of work the better. Four key resources to consider:
• I/O – Most applications run out of this first, especially when they deal with large volumes of data. Disk I/O is the slowest, but bus I/O can also be exhausted.
• Network – Although bandwidth is more affordable than ever, it's still easy to run out of bandwidth if you rely heavily on the network for remote data access.
• Memory – It's cheaper and faster than ever. CPU's now have lots of cache on them, and shared L2 caches between multiple cores!
• CPU – You can afford lots of this, more cores and more servers helps a ton.
Mitigate Bottlenecks by Running in Parallel
Divide up your workloads into small pieces, and arrange for them to be processed in parallel on separate CPU cores, storage devices, networks, or even separate servers. Keep coordinated synchronization of the processing to a minimum. Locks kill concurrency.
Decentralize Data
Traditionally, software used a simple central data storage model. Scaling this requires vertical scalability of the database, which becomes increasingly expensive and difficult. Central databases quickly become I/O bottlenecks. Frequently updating status changes in a central data design can be particularly problematic. If you distribute your data over a number of different servers, and put part of your data into each server, you can spread the write load over numerous systems. Using a distributed data store system like Cassandra can help tremendously for this, taking care of all the partitioning of your data for you and making it very easy to add servers in order to increase your capacity.
Eventual Consistency
If you have an application that can use data that is slightly stale then it can use an eventually consistent data storage system. These systems use asynchronous processes to update remote replicas of the stored data. In some cases some users may see slightly stale versions of the data immediately following an update. Decide carefully what data needs ACID properties (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability). If BASE (Basically Available Soft-State Eventually Consistent) is sufficient, then you can enjoy superior scalability and availability from a distributed data storage system that utilizes asynchronous replication of the data.
Horizontal Scalability is preferred over Vertical Scalability
Adding resources to a given computer system (more memory, more or faster CPU's, faster network interfaces) is known as vertical scaling. Although vertical scaling is relatively easy and affordable, you can quickly reach its limits. What happens when you are running the biggest fastest server you can afford? Well, then you need to scale horizontally. This means adding more servers, and dividing the work among them. With a system that scales well horizontally you may be perfectly happy with a multitude of slower systems rather than a single fast server. Writing your software without a plan for horizontal scalability can get you trapped such that your only option is to throw more hardware at it to vertically scale up. If you have a problem that lends itself to horizontal division, you can scale out much further with significant cost savings.
• Concurrency! = Locks. Working horizontally allows you to get lots of work done simultaneously. Try to minimize how much parallel work is synchronized. Too much serialization for data synchronization leads to low concurrency and inefficient use of resources.
• Thread per Connection = Bad. You usually don't want to have many more than threads than you have CPU cores. If you're CPU bound and have more threads than cores, you will get much less work done. If your threads are I/O bound it may be acceptable to have a lot more theads than cores, but don't spread your I/O system too thin trying to do too much at once either.
• Thread Pool with Fixed Number of Workers = Good. It's much smarter to have a thread pool. You can then have an optimal number of workers dragging work off a queue, and substantially increase throughput.
Helpful Tips for Writing Code that Scales
• Write "stress" test plan first. Lay out your worst-case scenario. Write it down and post it on your wall to remind you. For example: "Support 10,000 concurrent connections with < 1 second response time." Be sure to quantify exactly what an acceptable result would be under your worst case usage scenario. Keep that in mind at every stage of your software design and implementation. Remind everyone regularly. It's very easy to get sidetracked and distracted by your feature list and forget your architectural performance and scalability goals. Put it right there in front of you in black and white. Write a test plan in advance before you write a single line of code. It works!
• Cache baby cache. Figure out what data you access frequently, and cache it in memory for repeated high speed access to it. Distributed memory caches like memcached clusters are superior to host based caches for most use cases.
• Compress the data you send over the network. Compression and decompression of data between clients and servers is frequently overlooked as a way to make interactive applications more responsive. It decreases data transfer times, and increases your connection handling capacity per unit of time. The CPU time cost of the compression and decompression is usually trivial compared to the speed benefit you get from it. The overall efficiency of a system using compressed network transmissions is almost always higher than sending data uncompressed.
• Compress the data you store on disk. Try it. Really. Yes, storage is cheap, but I/O is not. By compressing your stored data, you can easily and effectively increase your I/O throughput.
• Consider a sensory driven admission control system when using work queues. A mistake I see over and over again is having a system that puts no limits on its concurrent usage over the network. Let's say for example you have a system with a maximum capacity of doing 100 things at a time and can produce 100 units of output within an acceptable response time T. If you give it 101 things to do, your output within time T might decrease to 50. If you give it 102 things to do, your output within time T might decrease to 40, etc. Pushing a system beyond its limits can cause it to grind on itself without getting practically any work done. I recommend queuing work and refusing work when your queue gets too long to process. People are reluctant to have visible limits, for rather obvious reasons, but in reality, it's way better for performance if you control the rate at which you accept new work when you are operating near your practical limits. If you reject work, perhaps your client will receive a visible error message or busy signal. Think about this carefully. Is it better to get a busy signal, or have your phone call mysteriously hang up mid-sentence or sound horrible? That's right, a busy signal is better. Somehow software developers seem to make no efforts to put busy signal capability into their networked systems. Using a sensible admission control system with an appropriate rejection procedure when queues get too long solves this. If you have a system that scales well horizontally, you could use an API call to provision more Cloud Servers to help you service the queue when the queue length gets too long. This way you can potentially scale your resources to track your demand and avoid the need to reject work at all. This elastic resource provisioning approach is no substitute for admission control, because demand might still exceed available capacity at some point, especially during error conditions. Consider what happens if your system had an infinite loop on itself where the server acted as a client to itself by mistake. Having admission control could break that loop before it took your whole system down.
• Design around seek. Most IO bottlenecks are caused by seeking. When reading or writing data to a disk storage system, avoid operations that will cause the disk(s) to seek. Replace random I/O patterns with sequential ones where possible.
• Keep per connection overhead low. If you need a ton of memory per connection, you won't get much work done concurrently. If you have say 8 GB of memory and a 100 MB memory requirement per connection, you can run about 80 connections at a time. If you switch to a 10-thread worker pool of 100MB each, and reduce your memory per connection down to 1MB each, you can probably allow 7000+ connections at a time, and get work done at the same rate or faster compared to when you could only support 80 concurrent connections.
• Don't save more state than you really need. It's common for web application developers to save data in server-side sessions between HTTP requests. This practice does not scale well. It can dramatically increase the per-connection memory overhead. Saving the state in the client browser rather than in the web application (use cookies, not sessions) can help solve this problem. You can encrypt it if you have trust concerns. Only read the values into the server-side application that you _really_ need.
• Chatty applications should avoid parsed text protocols using data in XML. If components of your application communicate with each other over the network, or you do lots of communication between the client and server, try to keep the use of text parsed protocols to a minimum. It's very tempting to use XML or JSON types of text data formats in your network communications because you're able to run different architectures, etc. It turns out that the server-side resources needed to parse the text formatted data is frequently very CPU intensive, and slows down connection processing times substantially. Keep it lightweight if possible. Consider using a simple binary protocol so that text parsing is not required.
I like to keep system designs as simple as possible. Servicing millions of users makes this hard. From my experience, designing horizontally scalable systems comes at the cost of complexity. Consider carefully what the cost of scalability and efficiency really is before you commit to it. Sometimes just running something on a bigger faster server does the trick, and that's easy. Adding compression, encryption, admission control, thread pools, eventual consistency, decentralized data, sequential I/O, low per-connection memory overhead, binary network protocols, and distributed caching is not for amateurs. Doing all of that is probably overkill for what most applications need. Simply keep these concepts in mind when you develop your applications so you can implement what makes sense in your application. Depending on your requirements you may be able to make an amazingly scalable system with only a few of these things.
We are working every day to build software and services that make deploying scalable applications easier and easier.
This concludes my article on "Writing Code that Scales." It's time to think differently about how you design and implement your software so that you end up with an efficient scalable system when it's all done.


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Mollien Shenterra
Name: Mollien Shenterra – "Mollie"
Race: Human Age: 24 Gender: Female
Deity: Kord
Class: Fighter Level: 5
Ability Scores
Strength: 14 (+2)
Dexterity: 16 (+3)
Constitution: 14 (+2)
Intelligence: 12 (+1)
Wisdom: 11
Charisma: 12 (+1)
Hit Points
Current: 40 Max: 40
AC: 16 = 10[Base] + 3[MW Studded Leather] + 3[Dex]
AC (Flat-Footed): 13 AC (Touch): 13
Miss Chance: 0% Max Dex Bonus: +5
Armor Check Penalty: 0 Arcane Spell Failure: N/A (15%)
Spell Resistance: None
Saving Throws
Fortitude: 5 = 4[Base] + 1[Con]
Reflex: 4 = 1[Base] + 3[Dex]
Will: 1 = 1[Base]
Modifiers: None
Combat Bonuses
Initiative: 7
Base: 5 Melee: 7 Ranged: 8
Additional Modifiers: None
Proficiencies: Longsword
MW Longsword (slashing; medium)
Attack Bonus: 9
Damage: 1d8 + 4 (19-20/x2)
Mighty Composite Longbow (piercing; large)
Attack Bonus: 10
Damage: 1d8 + 2 (x3)
Silver Dagger (piercing; tiny)
Attack Bonus: 7
Damage: 1d4 +2 (19-20/x2)
Armor Check Penalty: 0
Appraise +1 = 1[Int]
Balance +3 = 3[Dex]
Bluff +4 = 3 ranks + 1[Cha]
Climb +6 = 4 ranks + 2[Str]
Concentrate +2 = 2[Con]
Craft (leatherworking) +7 = 6 ranks + 1[Int]
Decipher Script +1 = 1[Int]
Diplomacy +1 = 1[Cha]
Disable Device +1 = 1[Int]
Disguise +1 = 1[Cha]
Escape Artist +3 = 3[Dex]
Forgery +1 = 1[Int]
Gather Information +1 = 1[Cha]
Handle Animal +4 = 3 ranks + 1[Cha]
Heal +0 = 0[Wis]
Hide +3 = 3[Dex]
Intimidate +3 = 4 ranks + 1[Cha]
Jump +6 = 4 ranks + 2[Str]
Knowledge (all skills) +1 = 1[Int]
Listen +0 = 0[Wis]
Move Silently +3 = 3[Dex]
Open Lock +3 = 3[Dex]
Perform +1 = 1[Cha]
Profession +4 = 4 ranks + 0[Wis]
Ride +5 = 2 rank + 3[Dex]
Search +1 = 1[Int]
Sense Motive +0 = 0[Wis]
Sleight of Hand +3 = 3[Dex]
Spellcraft +1 = 1[Int]
Spot +0 = 0[Wis]
Survival +0 = 0[Wis]
Swim +4 = 2 ranks + 2[Str]
Tumble +3 = 3[Dex]
Use Magic Device +1 = 1[Cha]
Use Rope +3 = 3[Dex]
Heward's Handy Haversack (5 lbs max) > crowbar, bag of caltrops, 5 candles, flint and steel, flask of Holy Water, small silver mirror, silk rope 50', sewing needle, waterskin, whetstone, MW leatherworking tools, tindertwigs (dozen), soap, pound bag of walnuts, Everburning torch, Thunderstones (1), Acid flasks (2), Suregrip paste (2 applications; Complete Adventurer, pg. 119).
Traveler's clothes (shirt, leather skirt, boots), belt pouch (holds 2 flash pellets - Complete Adventurer, pg. 118), belt pouch (holds some silver and copper),
MW Studded Leather of Light Fortification (DMG)
MW Longsword
Mighty Composite Longbow
Silver Dagger
Safewing Emblem (Races of the Wild, pg. 173 - feather token; if fall more than 5' the emblem allows wearer to Feather Fall up to 180'; single use)
Potions: CLW, Cure Moderate Wounds, Haste, Spider Climb (all inside haversack).
Flasks: Defoliator (direct hit = 2d4 dmg to plant creatures and kills normal plants of Med. size or smaller; splash dmg is 1 pt and kills plants smaller than Med. size; also damages wooden doors and weapons), Gravebane (fills 5 ft square area w/smoke - undead cannot enter area w/o a Will save/DC 10; lasts 1 minute), Stonebreaker Acid (direct hit ignores hardness and inflicts 3d10 dmg; next round does 2d10 dmg), Verminbane (pale green smoke fills 5 ft square area - vermin must make Fort save (DC15) to enter; lasts for 1 minute) - all from Arms & Equipment Guide; all stored inside haversack.
Weapon Capsules (from Complete Adventurer, pg 122; all inside haversack): Quickflame (2), Quickfrost (2), Quickspark (2).
Total Weight: 37+
Walk: 30 Hustle: 60
Run (x3): 90 Run (x4): 120
Hour Walk: 3 miles Hour Hustle: 6 miles Day Walk: 24 miles
Special: N/A
Light Load: up to 58
Medium Load: 59-116
Heavy Load: 117-175
Lift Over Head: 175
Lift Off Ground: 350
Push or Drag: 875
Current: 14,000 Needed: 15,000
Money and Gems
PP: GP: 912 SP: 22 CP: 9 Gems:
Combat Reflexes (1st)
Improved Initiative (1st)
Weapon Focus: Longsword (1st)
Point Blank Shot (2nd)
Weapon Specialization: Longsword (4th)
Class and Racial Abilities
Favored Class: Any Human Bonus Feat and Skills
Character Description
Height: 5' 4" Weight: 135 Handedness: R
Hair Color: Blonde Eye Color: Green Skin Color: Tan
Apartment Items
2 doz. Candles, Inkpen, Vial of ink, Parchment (20 sheets), Lamp, Oil (3 flasks), Sealing wax, Spade, Empty barrel, Iron pot, Chest, Basket (x2), Percolater, Hand mill, ½ lb of coffee, Cotton robe, Fine dress, Slippers, Cotton cloak, Silver earrings, Silver bracelet, Honey pot, ½ lb of sugar, Dried beef, Light golden ale, 1 lb of Oats
Mollie was born and raised right here in Cordrean to a family a tanners - Barris and Sherrie are her parents - and naturally made herself a trade out of it. Growing up in the streets she learned to fight - she had to be tough because in the streets girls are used and abused by tougher boys; she was never one to back down from a fight and even though she paid for it with bruises and busted lips, she gained the respect of the local toughs. Her older brother Tristan, who is very protective of her, gave her a knife when she turned 10 and she still carries it - the weapon opened her eyes to a different kind of fighting and planted the seed of wanting to know more. Through her work, she saved her money, and paid for training with sword and spear, eventually leaving the city for a brief time for adventure. She honed her skills on bandits and monsters and barely survived on many occasions. She has buried friends and companions too numerous to count and has more than a few horses killed under her. But she always manages to "get back in the saddle" - her mantra and motto.
She returned to Cordrean with enough money to move her out of the slums and into a modest but clean apartment. She continues to ply her trade as a leatherworker but desires to be part of the military of the city. She yearns to be a member of House Droverson but doesn't know how to get in. She wants to work in the poorest areas and give back to "her people" by her service.
She is also searching for someone to teach her how to read. She is headstrong, spirited, reckless and wild at times, but fiercely loyal.
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Can't believe it's been over 8 years since I've revisited this game and my old character. I really love her and have plans to use her again in the near future. I wonder if any of the other players drop in from time to time...
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After many months of teasing, the Oppo Find 5 has finally been made official at a special event held in Beijing. The device's debut follows the appearance of a website offering the phone for sale in the U.S., although it's still not clear whether this is an Oppo-sanctioned release.
Oppo made a name for itself recently with the Oppo Finder, which bagged the title of world's thinnest smartphone, measuring a ridiculous 6.65mm thick. The Find 5 is one of the first state-of-the-art phones with a 1080p resolution screen, but it cannot claim any titles this time, having been beaten to stores by several devices including the Droid DNA. Early reports did say the Find 5 would still be super-slim though, potentially measuring less than 7mm thick, but Oppo hasn't provided any dimensions or the weight of the Find 5 to confirm its stats yet.
The Find 5's spec is quite similar to the Droid DNA, as its 5-inch display has the same 1920 x 1080 pixel count and 441ppi pixel density, plus the 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chip is identical too. There's also 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It's not all the same though, as Oppo has given the Find 5 a very special 13-megapixel primary camera and equipped it with some interesting software features too.
The press release calls it, "the most advanced 1/3.06-type sensor available," and talks of its f2.2 aperture and four layer coating. It's also said to be the first smartphone to use hardware supported HDR stills and video recording, plus it has a burst mode that shoots 100 stills in five seconds and 1080p video recording at up to 120 frames per second.
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has been selected as its operating system, plus there's everything from DLNA connectivity, NFC and Wi-Fi Direct to a 1.9-megapixel video call lens and Dolby 3D surround sound onboard too. There's no denying Oppo has gone all out to provide the Find 5 with a truly exciting spec sheet. Oppo has even managed to squeeze in a 2500mAh battery too.
It's not all good news though, as like the Droid DNA there's no microSD card slot to increase the phone's storage capacity. It's also strictly a 3G HSPA+ device with no 4G LTE support. Oppo says it will release the Find 5 in selected markets early next year, but doesn't go as far as to say exactly which ones. According to the aforementioned U.S. website, it'll be priced at $499 SIM-free.


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To make this spicy pork tenderloin into a meal, serve it with a side of steamed pea pods tossed with sliced water chestnuts, brown rice mixed with dried apricots, and fresh mango and papaya slices.
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Lightly coat a baking dish with cooking spray.
In a heavy frying pan, add the sesame seeds in a single layer. Over low heat, cook the seeds, stirring constantly until they look golden and give off a noticeably toasty aroma, about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the seeds from the pan to cool.
In a bowl, add the coriander, cayenne pepper, celery seed, minced onion, cumin, cinnamon, sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds. Stir to mix evenly.
Place the pork tenderloin in the prepared baking dish. Rub the spices on both sides of the pork pieces. Bake until no longer pink, about 15 minutes. Or bake until a meat thermometer reaches 165 F (medium) or 170 F (well-done).
Transfer the pork tenderloin to warmed plates. Serve immediately.
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Last week we started our two part look ahead to the top 10 most hotly anticipated games of 2016.
There are a host of huge titles on the horizon as well with 10) Street Fighter V, 9) No Man's Sky, 8) Doom, 7) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and 6) Mass Effect Andromeda featured so far.
This week we look ahead to the remaining five top titles working their way onto our machines in 2016.
5) Gears of War 4: Gears of War is the Xbox destination for hardcore gun-toting monster hunting thrill-a-minute action. Gears of War 4 is the first new entry on Xbox One, and first from new developer The Coalition which is aiming for a return to the series' dark and eerie best.
Here's hoping it's the right move for Microsoft because they certainly need it with Sony and PC so dominant. Release date: Pre-Christmas.
4) Far Cry Primal: Ubisoft's Far Cry franchise is one of the best and most successful open-world offerings of the last decade, but Primal will turn the clock back to the Stone Age in a big shake-up which promises to deliver brilliant new features such as recruiting beasts to follow you around the savage wilderness. A lack of guns will make combat a challange but if they get it right it could prove a masterstroke. Release date: February 23.
3) The Legend of Zelda: Nintendo's NX is due to debut this year but the fantastic-looking, open-world Legend of Zelda seen at E3 2014 is still slated for the Wii U, the company says.
Don't be surprised to see it release on both, but whatever happens who wouldnt want one of the all time video game classics in all it's sandbox glory? It is said to be the biggest and most open-ended entry to date and I hope it marks a fitting send-off for Nintendo's groundbreaking console. Due: TB 2016.
2) Mirror's Edge Catalyst: The pioneering free-running parkour game Mirror's Edge will finally get a follow-up on next gen.
While it maintains the dazzling style of the 2008 original and a similar focus on speedily sprinting across rooftops, Mirror's Edge Catalyst introduces an open world full of obstacles to bound over, slide down, and vault across. And to really showcase Faith's parkour talents, you can't use guns anymore. Release date: May 24.
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Does anyone on here upload their photos to smugmug after editing metadata added with picajet? If so, does the EXIF info show up for the photos? I have the issue where smugmug.com does not/cannot determine the EXIF info (IPTC is fine). I contacted their support, and they said that after looking at one of my photos the problem is with Picajet, because they were able to open the original image in photoshop, view teh EXIF data, resave it, and upload it, and then the EXIF displays correctly. I've asked them if they can provide any further information, but I haven't got anything yet. So, can anyone help out or have any suggestions? I haven't had any other issues with EXIf data with any other programs/sites, which leads me to believe the problem is more on their side than picajet's fault...
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Could you please send us one of these files.
I think I figured out what the problem is, it looks like picajet does not create an EXIF thumbnail, or if a EXIF thumbnail exists in an image and certain metadata edits are made (not sure exactly what it takes), it will overwrite some of the EXIF thumbnail data. I have 3 example files, one original from picajet, one edited so that it has a thumbnail (and works with their site), and another that had the thumbnail and whose metadata was modified by picajet (which does then not work on the site, it looks like it leaves the actual thumbnail alone but messed us the other thumbnail metadata). I was using the Windows XP app Exifer to compare the EXIF data between the different images and to create the thumbnail. I will email the images and the differences in metadata to you in a bit.
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I have checked your files but I dont see any problem. Thumbnail info after adding info with PicaJet is more detailed, but exactly with EXIF 2.2 standard. I used Opanda IExif 2.2.
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I have checked your files but I dont see any problem. Thumbnail info after adding info with PicaJet is more detailed, but exactly with EXIF 2.2 standard. I used Opanda IExif 2.2.
The way around the issue I've discovered is to use another application to re-create the EXIF thumbnail just before uploading. An inconvienence, but not the end of the world. I checked IExif and it only seems to show the metadata "massaged." (see below).
Is there any way that PicaJet can only modify the EXIF fields that the end-user can modify? I.e., we can edit the image description, software, copyright, user comments, date/time, etc., so let it update those, but fields such as exposure time, aperture, metering mode, focal length, flash, thumbnail info, etc, etc we can't modify, so have the program not update those fields? In addition to the thumbnail info I emailed you that changes (such as the thumbnail X & Y resolution changing from 72/1 to 0/1, and the focal length from values such as 250/32 to 7812500/1000000 and the exposure time from 1/60 to 16667/1000000 (its obvious there's some sort of conversion taking place, and its saving it at a different precision than the original value.)
Many apps take the values and make a "pretty" version of them but others only show the raw data, and when looking at the raw data its inconvienent to see numbers that are on a different order of magnitude. Or how about storing the raw data divided by 1000000 (or whatever value is appropriate) so that instead of seeing "7812500/1000000" we get 7.812500 (the actual focal length values in millimeters, same issue for exposure time). Or does the exif spec state the values must be a certain format?
Any chance of seeing these things, or just wishful thinking?
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PicaJet uses third-party library to save EXIF data. I'll contact the third-party company to inform about this issue.
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Hello bakers! I am interested in trying this recipe and using Splenda instead of sugar. My daughter has just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and I bought some granulated Splenda to bake with yesterday. I made a banana bread using 1/2 sugar, 1/2 Splenda and it was great. Is anybody else in the same boat? Tips are appreciated!
I found these videos of the Baking with Julia episode with Leslie Mackie to be helpful.
(If the links don't work for some reason, go to youtube.com and search for Leslie Mackie. There are 2 episodes – Perfect Tarts 1 and 2.)
I had already made the filling when I discovered these episodes. I notice that in the book, the recipe calls for adding the fluffy white breadcrumbs to the apples before baking. In the video, the crumbs are added after the apples baked. I didn't redo the filling, and my tart was delicious..
By the way, a couple of years ago, I decided I was going to get comfortable making pie crusts if it killed me. I tried many different recipes from many different cookbooks – all butter, all shortening, etc. The recipe for pie crusts in the Baking with Julia cookbook won out over all the others I tried and has become my go-to recipe.
Loving these apple recipes!
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After reviewing the videos posted above I am re-thinking the bread crumb issue. The purpose of the crumbs is to soak up any additional liquid. Thanks for your post Bev! I plan on making this tomorrow and have a full day to do this. I'm thinking I will process my multi-grain bread and see how it turns out. Fingers crossed!
I've made the tart twice now. The first time, I was low on apples. I make jams and conserves. I had a couple jars of Apple-Honey-Pecan conserve left from the farmers' market. So, I spread a jar of that on the crust, the piled on the caramelized filling, and topped with the sliced apples. Yep. Out of this world and into the next. The second time I made the tart…?
i cut the recipe in half and made it in two mini pie pans. when i made the filling, i forgot the bread crumbs-not a problem at all since the filling set up nicely. to top the pies, i used slices of pears and they worked out beautifully.
Made the tart this morning, already gone this evening! What a hit with my family. Roasting the apples in the oven really makes the compote flavors rich and wonderful!
I guess my bread crumbs were not "fluffy" enough…I don't like anything close to a soggy crust and something needs to absorb the apples juices. My crust was just a tiny bit too moist to remove perfectly from my tart pan. The idea of this tart is lovely, however, for us it is too tart, or sour,(with sour Granny Smiths and lemon juice) and has a bit too much moisture to be a confidently removable tart…even the photo on P 354 keeps it in the pan….the slices are nice, but removable as a whole tart is iffy. Just some FYI if you've not yet baked this one.
Used my tartlet pans and created 6 apple tarts. This worked really well since I wanted to give part of the tart as a gift.
Here's my tart: http://dancingwoolymasters.wordpress.com
I only posted version one.
Boy, I need a lesson in posting comments…here's the direct link to my tart: http://dancingwoolymasters.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/ooo-la-la/ (so sorry – how can I delete my last two comments?)


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Lost in Afghanistan: U.S. can't track weapons it sends
The Pentagon has shipped Afghan security forces tens of thousands of excessive AK-47 assault rifles and other weapons since 2004 and many have gone missing, raising concerns that they've fallen into the hands of Taliban or other insurgent rebels.
John F. Sopko, the U.S. special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, found in a report released Monday that shoddy record-keeping by the Defense Department, the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police has contributed to the failure to track the small arms.
The Pentagon is still sending Afghanistan weapons based on its peak 2012 levels of army and police personnel, even as those numbers have declined, Sopko found.
"The scheduled reduction in Afghan National Security Force personnel to 228,500 by 2017 is likely to result in an even greater number of excess weapons," the report said. "Yet DOD continues to provide ANSF with weapons based on the (2012) ANSF force strength of 352,000 and has no plans to stop providing weapons to ANSF."
Congress has made the Pentagon responsible for tracking all U.S. small weapons and auxiliary equipment sent to Afghanistan, which have totaled 747,000 rifles, pistols, machine guns, grenade launchers and shotguns worth $626 million since 2004.
"However, controls over the accountability of small arms provided to the Afghanistan National Security Forces are insufficient both before and after the weapons are transferred," Sopko concluded in the report.
The Pentagon said in response to the audit that it has no authority to compel the Afghan government to perform a complete small-weapons inventory as Sopko recommended, and that the Afghanistan government, not the United States, is responsible for determining whether there are excessive weapons.
"The DOD does not have the authority to recover or destroy Afghan weapons," Michael J. Dumont, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia, wrote to Sopko in response to his findings.
Thomas Gouttierre, director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, said he wasn't surprised by Sopko's findings of loose weapons in the war-torn nation. A former strategic adviser to U.S. commanders in Afghanistan, he has visited there more than a dozen times since the U.S. invasion in October 2001 after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Gouttierre said the issue of missing weapons is part of a larger problem in which billions of dollars in U.S. aid to Afghanistan has been siphoned off by waste, corruption and mismanagement.
"It's very evident to me that our government has been looking the other way for a long time," Gouttierre said. "Everything after 2003 was Iraq-focused. In Afghanistan, we kind of threw money at programs without any real supervision that would be required of something this massive."
The current U.S. drawdown from Afghanistan will see most American troops gone this year, with the last combat brigades scheduled to leave by the end of 2016. Inspectors working for Sopko found missing weapons during visits between May 2013 and June 2014 to four central weapons depots in Afghanistan belonging to the army or the police.
During a visit to the central supply depot of the Afghan National Army, which is "managed by Afghans with the assistance of U.S. advisers," the depot's records showed it as possessing 939 M-16 rifles, but the inspectors could find only 199.
The Pentagon has supplied 83,184 more AK-47s to Afghan security forces than they have said are needed, the U.S. inspectors found.
"Without confidence in the Afghan government's ability to account for or properly dispose of these weapons, SIGAR is concerned that they could be obtained by insurgents and pose additional risks to Afghan civilians and the Afghan National Security Forces," the report said.
A primary cause of the overall problem is that the Defense Department uses one information system to record weapons sent from the United States but employs a separate digital system to track weapons as they arrive in Afghanistan.
The two systems are riddled with inconsistencies and redundancies, the audit found.
To make matters worse, the Afghan National Army uses yet another tracking system, which relies on automated inventory management, and the Afghan National Police have no standard accounting system.
"The Afghan National Police uses a combination of hard-copy documents, handwritten records and some Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to maintain inventory records," Sopko's report said.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misspelled the last name of John F. Sopko, the U.S. special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction.


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The Italian Game (sometimes referred to as the Giuoco Piano) is one of the oldest openings around, and also one of the first lines a player learns when he or she is introduced to chess. It leads to play that is easy to understand: both sides develop their pieces logically and begin attacks on the opposing kings. The Italian Game gives both White and Black the opportunity to play either aggressively and in gambit fashion, or in a restrained and positional manner. One of White's most exciting and attacking options is the legendary Evans Gambit, which has been brought back into the limelight in this modern era by such uncompromising players as World Champion Garry Kasparov, Alexander Morozevich,and England's Nigel Short.
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text: All, The ARISS team has had a number of queries on several topics. It is hoped that this e-mail will answer these for you. 1) 25th Anniversary of Ham in Space Special Event Certificate---Many have asked how to receive the special certificate and what qualifies you for the certificate. Qualification: Those that have had 2 way communications with the ISS on Voice, Packet (APRS), or through the voice repeater. And those that have heard the ISS from space in any of the ARISS operations modes (Voice, SSTV, School Contact, Voice Repeater, Digital). Valid dates to qualify for certificate: November 30 to January 15. Receiving the Certificate: A) Please note on your QSL the ARISS mode of operation (e.g. SSTV, voice, school, etc) and whether the contact with you was 1 way (receive only) or 2 way. B) Send your SASE to the normal ARISS QSL volunteer distributor in your area of the world. C) On the outside of the QSL envelope, please include the words "25th Anniversary Certificate" D) Make sure your envelope is big enough to accept an 8.5 by 11 inch certificate and includes the proper postage. E) Go to www.ariss.org if you do not know where to send your QSL and please use one of the standard international QSL distributors that are noted on the Web page. Important note: We will be sending your certificate to the volunteer distributors in bulk AFTER the event is over. (This saves workload and money). So do not expect to see it until 1-2 months after the event closes on January 15. 2) Richard Garriott QSL Card---there are have several queries about the final results of Richard Garriott's flight and how the QSL cards will be handled. QSO Results: Richard made over 500 voice QSOs during his flight, clearly more than any single ham has made on-orbit during a short duration mission. And he sent down about 1000 SSTV images during his flight. QSL Card: Those that had a QSO with Richard can receive an ARISS QSL card using the normal ARISS process. (See www.ariss.org). Richard Garriott is also planning a personal card which is in development. Once it is developed, they will be shipped to the ARISS international QSL distribution volunteers for distribution. The current plan is that those that have already sent in for an ARISS QSL card will also get a Richard Garriott personal card once it is available. If you made a contact with Richard, have not sent in your QSL, and would like Richard's personal QSL card, please stand by for QSL distribution instructions until the QSL card is ready. The distribution of this special QSL will parallel how we are distributing the 25th Anniversary Certificate. 3) SSTV Operations Web Site---The ARISS team appreciated the special web page support from UC Berkeley. They allowed us to use their server to support SSTV operations during the Richard Garriott's flight. This was a temporary solution. The web site is currently down while we move the web pages from the Berkeley site to the AMSAT server. This should be completed in the next few days. You will see a follow-on e-mail with details on connecting up to the SSTV Operations server. We thank you for your patience. On behalf of the ARISS International team of volunteers, I thank you all for your interest and participation in the ARISS Program. 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs ARISS International Chairman


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Carphone Warehouse cleared out of 8GB iPhones
O2 sold-out online too
The move made by O2 and Carphone Warehouse to offer Apple's 8GB iPhone for £100 less than the standard price has proved successful - in a week. CW has no more left to sell, and O2's apparently down to the last few.
Both suppliers' websites are current flagging the handset as "out of stock" (CW) and - more ominously - "no longer available" (O2).
Last week, when it announced its cut-price iPhone package, O2 did warn that the £100-off deal would end when stocks ran out.
CW confirmed to Register Hardware this morning that it has indeed sold out of 8GB iPhones across is stores and its website.
However, O2 said that despite having no more 8GB iPhone to sell online, it does have some left in its stores - though it admitted that stocks are "limited".
A CW spokesman tacitly acknowledged that the price-cut had resulted in a "sudden rush" for iPhones, but he refused to be confirm whether the £100 price reduction was entirely to blame for the elimination of the company's iPhone stock - or if the much-rumoured Jesus Phone famine would have got us to this point, at this time anyway.
Earlier today, market watcher Strategy Analytics noted a big decline in world iPhone sales during the past quarter - a dip it blamed on pricing and limited availability.
CW said it was now reviewing its iPhone plans. It wouldn't say whether it will be restocking the 8GB handset and, if it does, whether the new stock will also be sold for £169 a pop.
But with World+Dog eagerly anticipating a 3G iPhone in June, CW and O2 are probably glad to have (almost) cleared their shelves of one of the suddenly somewhat less desirable 2.5G models.
Apple, which is still selling the 8GB phone for £269, can ship 'em out to customers within 24 hours, its UK website said this morning. Both O2 and CW are still offering the £329 16GB iPhone.


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In camps near Milledgeville, Geo
March 1st 1865"
My darling wife,
I am at last "on the road" again and feel better satisfied
than when remaining in town. The wagon train arrived in Macon last
Friday, but in consequence of heavy rains, we could not get down
the pontoon bridge to cross the river until Sunday morning, when
we started for this place. We have been three days coming thirty
miles, the roads being in terrible condition and the rain which we
have had most of the way, making it still worse. We are now in
camps and will probably have to remain here a day or two until the
Oconee river falls sufficiently for us to put in our pontoons. The
country we have passed through, coming from Macon, shows
abundance of signs of Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah.
They not only robbed the people of almost Everything they possessed
but in many cases committed the worst of outrages upon the women.
I can scarcely credit that men living in a Christian Country
in the nineteenth century could be guilty of such fiendish conduct.
Sherman is still pushing on for Virginia; whether he will succeed
in getting there, time will only discover. I understand [however]
that there is extensive preparations making to check him is his
"mad career" and I am in hopes he will yet Come to trouble.)
The recognition and intervention rumour is again on foot and
it is going the rounds of the paper that the French Consul at
Charleston informed the Mayor of that city, previous to his
leaving, that he had been officially advised by the French
government that the Emperor Napoleon would recognise the Con-
federate States of the fourth of March and if necessary [Sustain]
by armed intervention. I hope it may be so, but so not place
much confidence in the report.
It is difficult to say when we shall get with the Command,
for they are still moving and I should not be surprised if we
dont all "fetch up" in Virginia. I would have remained in
Mobile with Capt Ray QM for the Battalion of Artillery, but I
thought the probability of being captured was too great and I
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AutoCon! Wow! What a success!! (at least from the attendee's side!)
As a 26 year retail veteran who has attended God-knows how many conventions, events and factory meetings in many countries, and as a speaker and trainer at my own events with experience in everything from selling the ticket, arranging the venue, food, video and planned bathroom breaks (seems like some car guys decide to 'hold it' another hour to get that cigarette in!), I have to take my hat off to Ralph Paglia (does he write to any of you every day? Or just me? Just askin'!), Carrie Hemphill of World Class Events (and everything WAS world class. From getting my ticket organized to needing a cell charger between sessions, and whatever else had me looking lost wandering around….) and Chris Saraceno from dealerElite (we met at NADA and DigitalDealer prior).
I could only imagine trying to corral hundreds and hundreds of "focus challenged" car-guy attendees (hey we all needed the agenda signs every 20 feet right??? I had one folded in my pocket and still kept checking myself!).
And Ralph and Chris were ambitious/crazy enough to do their own (excellent) workshops while keeping the whole thing spinning (and making it look easy)! WOW is all I can say!
I would have to call this a 10 out of 10 success. That's all I kept hearing "on the street" and the bet is double attendance next time. I know that the above mentioned plus the Pasch clan (By the way I totally RESPECT the respect that the brothers showed for their precious parents at the event. I lost one recently and am so happy to see they were invited and saw their son's success. 2 hats off!). Ralph had a few moments where he had to pull rabbits out of hats but the thing that kept showing up for me was the family like camaraderie and teamwork. And I don't mean this loosely. I mean many, many people were obviously vested in and caring about the organizers and jumped right in to say, speak when another speaker was detained (actually stuck on the tarmac! ).
I saw David Lewis (been reading his book for years. Don't die before seeing him speak! Speaking of don't die yet…another "must see is XRM's Patrick Kelly) And my old Clearwater friend Grant Cardone (as fun and inspiring as always…)…but these guys did extra sessions with zero notice and it was so obvious for the "cause" and what's "the cause?" It's when someone you care about, a relationship needs something. And relationships they were. Very obvious. This could not fail. Auto-Connections…how 'bout that?
An absolute treat to see "Everybody's All American" Jim Ziegler get recognized!
VIN Solution's Sean Stapleton was excellent and great material and visuals.
The powerful Dave Anderson crushed it while competing with lunch! Why isn't HE running for president?? Reminded me of Regan! (can we just get him in for another term?). I want my kids to spend 2 months with him. I'm sure I'm too soft on them!
Anyone catch A.J. LaBlanc's Video Pre-Roll presentation? If you missed it, learn about it.
I will never wash my right hand again after shaking hands with Jim Flint in the hall, I don't remember what we talked about but he was very personable and who knew I was taking to a celebrity?? Point is, I'm not trying to make this an automotive Woodstock Love-In but, the vibe was groovy no question.
Is it just me or is Colorado ADA's Tim Jackson everywhere? We met at Nada a few years ago as well. Want to meet people? Just follow him around! I look forward to his Innovative Dealer Summit event surrounding the Denver Auto Show. His workshop on Getting Vendors to Aggressively Compete… was excellent info with heavy audience participation and had me leave kicking myself for the time I wasted in stores not using his described method.
Phone Ninja's Jerry Thibeau was as hospitable as he was when he was 'nobody'. Great advice and generous with the intros. He deserves and has earned every bit of his company's excellent success! And why not? No one else can master what he does! In a class by himself.
Brian Pasch and the Google Analytics simply taught me "HIRE SOMEONE LIKE BRIAN!" What a lot to manage and keep track of. And even though he explained it in a very understandable way, I'd rather (insert duty)!
The Aria hotel was perfect and completely appropriate for an event of this caliber. Great service and food services. A dealer-client suggested Jean Georges Steak Restaurant and it was excellent. There were 3 of us and I didn't hyperventilate at the bill only because during dinner he said he would do business with us! I also saw celebrity diners Stan Sher (dealerEtraining) and Jason Thomas (Classic Cadillac) The next night I took another dealer there who said he was a "steak snob" and after letting me sweat it out, he gave 2 thumbs up. No contract yet but he has to see how long he has in a (*ahem*very well known) chat provider contract before he can 'upgrade' to us! If I get both deals before the Amex bill hits, my job should be intact for DD and Driving Sales and BDC 20 GROUP!!
(I also met GREAT vendors and dealers at the lunch times, BOSS THOSE WERE INCLUDED!)
Thanks and hats off to all!
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Next year I will make sure to be at Auto Con 2013. Jeff was feeding me updates while in Vegas as I was glued to my computer. Wish I could have been there by his side meeting all of you! We will have a lot more to talk about in 2013 after 18 months of new software development :-). Any idea where and when the next Auto Con will be held?
Jeff, Thank you for the kind words, it's always a pleasure seeing you. Yes, AutoCon was a great event and I can't wait to do it again next year.
Jeffery, loved your review. AutoCon was everything you said and maybe more. It was the best organized event I've been to. My biggest regret is that I couldn't possibly see all the speakers I wanted to see.
Speaking of hyperventilating. I took time to eat at the Blossom Chinese Restaurant. Oh so good! But I did start to hyperventilate when I saw the bill! But hey, I got it under control and kept my cool and gladly parted with my money. Top knotch!
Jeffery, thank you for this review article... It is pretty tough for me to put into words how much your support, and the contributions of so many people to making the AutoConnections Conference and Exposition a success means to me. This event was TRULY a labor of love and your description of the camaraderie, mutual respect and teamwork that this conference exemplified is the best I have yet seen... THANK YOU from the bottom, middle and top of my heart!
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Vancouver first destination on Penguins' Canada tripby Brian Hunter
PENGUINS (31-12-1) at CANUCKS (23-13-8)
Last 10: Pittsburgh 8-2-0; Vancouver 4-3-3
Season series: This is the second and final game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks. Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz each had a goal and two assists, and Evgeni Malkin had the shootout winner in Pittsburgh's 4-3 win at Consol Energy Center on Oct. 19. Kevin Bieksa assisted on all three Vancouver goals.
Big story: The Canucks have goaltending questions once again after Roberto Luongo returned Saturday from a three-game absence, stopped 46 shots in a 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, but came away ailing again, to the point where 43-year-old Rob Laurie had to be signed as an emergency to back up Eddie Lack against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. TSN's James Duthie reported late Monday afternoon that Luongo has an ankle injury, but it's not believed to be serious. He underwent an MRI and was seen walking without a limp.
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Penguins: This is the start of a three-game road trip through western Canada for Pittsburgh, which got two key pieces to the puzzle back Sunday against the Winnipeg Jets. Kris Letang, who had been sidelined since Dec. 13, saw 24:31 of ice time and picked up an assist. Malkin, out since Dec. 14, scored twice and added an assist. Matt Niskanen scored with 7:22 remaining as the Penguins won 6-5 in a back-and-forth affair.
"We have a good structure here. We're always going to have a good chance to win because of that," defenseman Rob Scuderi said in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "But you can't teach what those guys have. Their vision, the ability to make guys miss, to open up space for someone else. That's strictly a feel thing. They have it. That's why they're special."
Canucks: Lack was 1-1-1 in three starts during Luongo's previous injury absence and Joacim Eriksson, who served as his backup during that stretch, was recalled again from the American Hockey League on Monday.
The Ducks edged the Canucks 4-3 on a Corey Perry goal in the final seconds of overtime, leaving Lack winless in three straight starts, but for a second consecutive night Vancouver made life difficult on its goaltender by allowing nearly 50 shots. Lack made 45 saves to help the Canucks secure a point.
"Giving up that many shots, it's not one or two things," defenseman Dan Hamhuis said in the Vancouver Province. "It's a lot of collective things and aside from the actual details and specifics, a lot of it is a mindset too."
Who's hot: James Neal has six goals and six assists in his past five games for the Penguins. Jussi Jokinen has three goals in the past two games. Crosby has three goals and six assists during a five-game point streak. Kunitz (three goals, five assists) and Niskanen (two goals, two assists) have four-game point streaks. … Ryan Kesler has goals in consecutive games for the Canucks. Henrik Sedin had a goal and two assists against the Ducks, while Daniel Sedin had three assists.
Injury report: Pittsburgh forward Chuck Kobasew (lower body) is day-to-day. Goalie Tomas Vokoun (blood clot), defenseman Paul Martin (leg) and forwards Beau Bennett (wrist), Andrew Ebbett (ankle), Jayson Megna (lower body), Pascal Dupuis (knee) and Chris Conner (hand) are on injured reserve. … Luongo (ankle) remains day-to-day for Vancouver along with forwards Chris Higgins (flu-like symptoms) and Zack Kassian (undisclosed). Defenseman Andrew Alberts (concussion) has missed the past four games. Defenseman Alexander Edler (lower body) and Ryan Stanton (ankle) and forwards Jordan Schroeder (ankle) and Alexandre Burrows (jaw) are on injured reserve.


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While it's not uncommon for cigarette smokers to get cranky if they are suffering through nicotine withdrawal symptoms, Darren Daniels pretty much went over the edge.
After suspecting his wife of taking his last cigarette, the 22-year-old Deland man reportedly became enraged and grabbed her in a violent way.
He then allegedly grabbed a pet rat from a tank and smashed its head before strangling it as his wife ran out the door and hid outside where she apparently called the cops.
But Daniels drove off before they could confront him. Eventually they chased him down and used stop sticks to flatten his tires.
He was arrested and charged with battery and fleeing and eluding. No word yet if he will be charged with animal cruelty.


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I´m looking for a good ssh password/key setup for a system administration of multiple servers.
The ideal one will be one that can be at the same time comfortable and secure, but after thinking a lot around the problem, no solution seems acceptable.
Basically I arrive to these 2 setups:
One where every server has a strong (and unique) root password. To manage them, instead of logging with the password, I added a password'ed public key to their authorized keys.
I can login to all of them with the combo of the private key / private key passphrase from any computer.
Problems: Direct root login allowed.
The other one:
Direct root login disabled. Same setup with private key to login to a user account with su permission. Once logged as user, use su to login as root (must type root password).
Problems. Not very comfortable to retrieve each server root password. More comfortable, use a one for all root password (taking in account that no direct root login is allowed).
What do you think is better? Do you know any other good setup? Thanks in advance!