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With the increasing popularity of Node.js I thought it would be a good idea to have a native module which provides language parsing services for ANTLR4 grammar files, utilizing a fast C++ backend. This could then be used in IDEs/editors to provide ANTLR4 language support. Additionally, I wanted to create an extension for Visual Studio Code for ANTLR4 grammars, so I started writing one.
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Vestal, N.Y. – UMBC freshman guard Rodney Elliott (Baltimore, Md./John Carroll) and senior post Brett Roseboro (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown) each posted double-doubles as the visiting Retrievers defeated Binghamton, 73-61, at the BU Events Center.
Elliott nearly posted a triple-double, scoring 14 points, and garnering season bests in rebounds (11) and assists (8). Roseboro scored 14 points and garnered a season-best 12 caroms to post his fifth career double-double.
UMBC (7-14, 3-5 America East) won back-to-back games for the first time this season and snapped a 15-game road losing skid which extended back to last season.
Binghamton slipped to 4-17 overall and 1-7 in America East play.
UMBC led, 28-24,at the half, but the Bearcats scored on a pair of layups to quickly tie the score at 28-all. The Retrievers would never relinquish the advantage, however, and outscored Binghamton, 18-8, over a span of 3:20 to take a 46-36 advantage after a Chase Plummer (Plainfield, N.J./St. Patrick) three-pointer with 14:58 remaining.
Binghamton would only get within seven points on two occasions in the final 11:21 of the contest. UMBC converted 19-of-23 free throws in the final 20 minutes.
Senior guard Quentin Jones (Baltimore, Md./Mount St. Joseph) hit 4-of-6 from behind the arc and added a career-high 16 points. Five Retrievers scored in double figures, as Plummer scored 15 points and freshman wing Charles Taylor, Jr. (Silver Spring ,Md./Springbrook) added 10 points.
Jones started the game in place of freshman guard Bryan Harris (Oxon Hill, Md./Southern), who did not make the trip due to illness, while sophomore guard Aaron Morgan (Langhorne, Pa./Council Rock North) started for the first time since Jan. of 2013 in place of an injured Devarick Houston (Jonesboro, Ga./Mays).
Plummer moved past Emmerson Small ('74) and into the top ten in scoring in school history with 1,243 points.
The Retrievers hit 50 percent (22 of 44) from the floor and converted 8-of-19 from behind the arc.
The first half featured a handful of multiple-basket runs as the Retrievers opened by scoring the game's first eight points, only to be passed on a 12-0 Bearcat response. UMBC then found the range and outscored the hosts, 15-3, to take a 23-15 advantage on an Elliott fast-break layup with 3:29 to play in the half. Binghamton would cut their deficit to 25-24 on a Jordan Reed slam-dunk with 46 seconds remaining in the half, but Retriever forward gave the visitors a 28-24 halftime lead by burying the squad's sixth trey of the half with 13 seconds left.
UMBC's last road victory was nearly a year ago to the day, as they defeated the same Binghamton side, 61-58, on Jan. 30, 2013.
The Retrievers return to Baltimore for one day before heading back north for a Saturday afternoon contest at Maine.
Notes: The Retrievers posted back-to-back wins for the first time this season… UMBC knotted the series, 12-12 with the Bearcats… The Retrievers have won three in a row overall, and three in a row at the Events Center… There is only one triple-double in UMBC;s Division I history – it was recorded by Marc Lay (12 pts./11 rebs./10 ast.) on Jan. 16, 1995 versus Coastal Carolina.


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The Art of Jason Edmiston
June 30, 2012
Faux Frankenstein
Artist Jason Edmiston turns in a stunning poster for a movie that never was.
Farm of Frankenstein is one of several faux films in a fun, fictional If They Came from Within: An Alternative History of Canadian Horror Movies, a collection of movies "that didn't get made, couldn't get made and maybe even shouldn't get made... but we'd love to see nonetheless." The exhibition, curated by Dave Alexander, editor-in-chief of Rue Morgue magazine, premieres at the Fantasia Film Festival on July 20 and runs until the 29th at the prestigious Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montreal.
A who's who of Canadian and Québécois writers, artists and designers are contributing to this unusual art project, with plans to grow the exhibition as it travels to other cities, adding soundtrack recordings, promotional stills, props and trailers. Hopefully, the project will yield a companion book.
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RICHMOND, Va. – Juvonte Reddic said it was about getting back to basics. If he meant, basically running Stetson out of the gym, then Wednesday night was mission accomplished for VCU, which dismantled the Hatters 92-56 at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
In their first game back from the rugged Battle 4 Atlantis, the Rams looked like a baseball player who spent the weekend swinging a bat with a weighted donut, only to remove it in time for Wednesday's game. VCU unloaded on the overmatched Hatters (2-3), dominating every facet of the game. If not for VCU's dreadful 3-point shooting (5-of-22), the Hatters would be wearing their Stetsons much lower on their way back to Florida.
After a 1-2 showing at the "Battle", where they played three top-25 teams in three days, the Rams looked loose against a team that is clearly not of the same ilk, no offense to Stetson. It makes the win difficult to assess, if the prism we're viewing VCU through now is that of a team on par with the Dukes and the Missouris and the Memphises. But the Rams appeared to do everything they were supposed to do, and more.
"It's always fun to play here. We had a tough little stretch in the Bahamas going 1-2, so we told ourselves to reset, come back to Siegel," said junior Rob Brandenberg, who finished with 17 points.


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5 money takeaways from 2012
When it comes to how money influenced the outcome of the 2012 elections, there's been one consistent refrain: Republican-supporting billionaires spent hundreds of millions of dollars with little to show for it.
But aside from tracking the successes and failures of Sheldon Adelson and company, there were many more money-in-politics stories to emerge and lessons learned from the 2012 elections, during which candidates and political committees spent unprecedented amounts of cash.
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Spending early matters
It's one of the top rules in politics: Define your opponent before he or she has a chance to define themselves.
President Barack Obama's campaign went on the air early and often this summer, hitting Mitt Romney with a barrage of ads defining the GOP nominee as an out-of-touch millionaire who could not understand the plight of the middle class. Romney never really fought back until too late.
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The pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future spent $41 million during the same period, but Romney, who was coming off a hard-fought primary, was forced to take out a $20 million loan in August to replenish his coffers and keep up with Obama's spending until the convention. The Republican National Committee also came to Romney's aid but because of the structure of the party committee, the Romney campaign had no control of its funds before or after the convention.
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2 Nebraska governor hopefuls unveil tax cut plans
Two Republican candidates for Nebraska governor have unveiled tax-cut proposals that they'll introduce as state senators, once the Legislature convenes.
Sens. Beau McCoy and Charlie Janssen announced their plans Monday, as lawmakers prepare to begin a new session.
Both plans would reduce the taxable value of farm and ranch land to 65 percent of market value, from the current 75 percent. They also would increase funding for the state's property-tax credit program.
Janssen says his bill would cut income tax rates and exempt Social Security and military retirement income from taxation. McCoy says he will work to achieve those goals through bills already introduced in the Legislature.
Four other candidates are running: Omaha businessman Pete Ricketts, State Auditor Mike Foley, state Sen. Tom Carlson and Omaha tax attorney Bryan Slone.


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Medical City Dallas benefits from the partnership with El Centro College.
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Partner-funded "Grow Your Own Nursing Program" between health systems and El Centro College's Associate Degree Nursing program to produce registered nurses from the hospitals' own employee bases.
With hospitals facing a critical nursing shortage, this program provides a pathway to fill specific workforce demand by producing more registered nurses from within the hospitals themselves. Any employee who has worked for at least six months in a participating hospital system and has no disciplinary action currently or within the previous six months can apply for the program.
Each hospital system pays for tuition, books, supplies and uniform in its individual "Grow Your Own Nursing Program." In return, the employee signs a contract to work as a nurse within the sponsoring hospital for two years.
Methodist Dallas Health Center employees are eligible for the program.
Hospital employees have to meet specific employer requirements as well as the requirements of El Centro College's Associate Degree Nursing program, a two-year, 60-credit-hour program. Associate Degree Nursing graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) to become licensed as a registered nurse (RN) in Texas.
The biggest challenge within the program is finding qualified nursing faculty to teach the lecture classes. Hospital partners provide nursing faculty with master's degrees for labs and clinical rotations, helping the college address faculty shortage.
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Texas Health Resources has produced 434 graduates through the program.
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Hospitals participating in this program also have re-examined their delivery of educational resources to employees and have moved from a "reimburse the employee" model to a "pay up front" model in which each hospital pays the college directly for student tuition. Hospital partners provide support services to participating students such as mentors and flexible scheduling options.
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a study by senior research fellow deborah fallows of the pew internet and american life project, which studies the impact of the internet on society, indicates that users are reporting an increase in the amount of spam they are seeing. but a combination of increasing user sophistication and moderation of pornographic spam, considered the most offensive form, makes them less bothered by it.
a slight majority of users are seeing the same amount of spam in their home and work accounts, but 37 percent are seeing more spam in their personal account and 29 percent are seeing more in their work account, while much lower numbers of users are seeing less (10 percent for home, 8 percent for work).
the number of users who consider spam a big problem or one that made e-mail unpleasant has gone down over the last few years of this survey.
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A Central Florida man is facing an assault charge after allegedly threatening to kill his wife over dirty cat litter.
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Deputies say the 59-year-old Garon told them he believes a wife is responsible for cleaning the litter box. He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and later released on $1,000 bond.
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Yes, it is a Halladay post
Couple things about that sentence. First draft had "Roy Halladay" in place of just "Roy".... but it didn't feel right. Still. Had to go with Roy. The second thing I'm not so sure about. "Home".
If you're a long-ish time reader of this blog, you'll know by now that I've written a lot about the Doc. Well, "a lot" being used subjectively here, because prolific I ain't. Let's just say I've posted more about Halladay than probably any other singular figure, Blue Jay past or present. And maybe you're sick of it by now. I'll give you that. I kinda sorta maybe thought I would be too.
But I don't think I'm quite there yet.
Maybe because since the trade, nu-Roy has yet to emerge. It's not for lack of effort by the team, or by this guy in trying to find one. Jose Bautista is probably as close as it gets, and maybe by mid-contract he is that guy. Hey man, maybe he already is, you know?
And if Roy v2.0 has to be a pitcher, then pretty clearly it's going to be Ricky Romero. I love Ricky. He's a battler, he's fun to watch pitch, and he's pretty much everything you're looking for in your staff leader. You'll note I didn't say "ace". Do you think he's there yet? To these eyes, the fact we have to ask the question probably tells you the answer. That's no slight against Romero. Not in the least. But there was never a question with Roy.....
I PVR quite a few Blue Jay games every year. If I'm going to be out of the house or have to run off or put the kids to bed or whateverthefuck, I hit record and catch up later. Then I delete the game. Always. Except for once. One time I couldn't hit delete, and I still haven't. September 30, 2009. You'll remember that game as Roy's last start. You might remember it was a complete game shutout - his 2nd straight to close the season.... and his career as a Blue Jay.
I also remember it as the game where he drilled Big Papi as retaliation for Papelbon's ratfuck douche move in drilling Adam Lind the night before as he stood in looking for his fourth home run of the game. We knew he had to do it. Roy knew he had to do it. And he did it. Then he shut the door on the god damned Red Sox the rest of the way. Unforgettable.
Now is when I bring this full circle:
Do we really need another Roy Halladay? I mean, objectively - do we need to have that one guy to hang our hat on? Let's look at team success - I'd say 2 years post-Halladay we are no further ahead or behind, from a win-loss perspective anyway. It's pretty clear that in baseball, one player does not a team make. Not even a player like Doc. Sure, he took the Phillies to the NLCS (edited: thanks anon).... but you might want to ask Cole Hamels, Roy Oswalt, Chase Utley, and the rest of that stacked team if they had anything to do with it.
So do we need another Halladay? For selfish reasons, sure... it's fun to have one. And if understatement's not your thing, then let's say it's fucking awesome to have a guy who routinely leaves opponents shaking their heads and has the unquestioned respect of the league.
Point being.... when I'm watching Halladay take on the Blue Jays this weekend, I'll no doubt reminisce fondly on his time with our - yes, our - team. But Halladay's moved on, and so have we.
Now go kick Roy Halladay's ass, Ricky.
(postscript: so Halladay doesn't start until Sunday, negating the Ricky-Roy showdown. Kind of takes the bite out of the whole "kick his ass, Ricky" thing.)
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If Ricky pitches better than Roy, let's call that a kicking of the ass regardless of which days they happen to actually pitch.
- July 1, 2011 at 7:01 AM
- BringVottoHome said...
Awesome, Ack (as per usual).
- July 1, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- lepos said...
WTF Doc starts Sunday? Phillies site still says Saturday...
- July 1, 2011 at 9:28 AM
- The Ack said...
I really screwed that up - for some reason I thought it was Ricky vs Doc on Saturday.... but Ricky goes Friday and Lott says Doc Sunday? I was wayyy off!
- July 1, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- w3leong said...
I'm pretty sure Doc starts tomorrow
- July 1, 2011 at 3:10 PM
I was there for Doc's last home game as a Jay - still have the ticket - and I plan on being there for his first as a Phillie.
- July 1, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Roy did not in fact take the Phillies to the World Series...yet. Its only a matter of time but if you remember last year the Phils were eliminated by the eventual WS Champs San Francisco in the NLCS.
- July 2, 2011 at 5:01 AM
- Paul said...
Great teams do not trade their great players away for head cases in the minors, they build great teams around them so that they never want to leave.
Defense and pitching displays like Canada Day's display of pukitude just shows that they Jays are WAY more than just "two years away".
All the fans want is a decent effort and a basic skill set (like, I dunno, CATCHING ROUTINE FLY BALLS!!!). If they continue to stink out Skydome with efforts like those of the Red Sox weekend and Canada Day, why should I spend my money to take my kids?
- July 2, 2011 at 5:23 AM
- The Ack said...
Thanks anon. Further proof I don't know what I'm talking about.
@ Paul.... I don't know, maybe because it was a great day to watch a game? Maybe to watch Romero throw? Thames and Bautista's homers weren't entertaining?
- July 2, 2011 at 8:57 AM
- Paul said...
It was a great day to watch a game, I'll give you that. It was also a great day to do anything outside, most of which wouldn't leave me wanting to kill an idiot that makes over $5 million a year and can't catch a ball.
Roger's is cutting back SO much, and I'm not talking about the team per se, it's cutting back it's features for small kids.
2 years ago they stopped having shows on Jr Jays Saturdays (magicians, singers etc.). This year they stopped the bobble head collections where you walked around the park getting stamps, and cut out the majority of the entertainment outside so that it now resembles nothing more than the average 5 yr old's birthday party. The lines for what little is left are so bad that I don't even bother.
Going inside, they totally removed the Kids Zone this season. I specifically bought my 10 pack in that area so that my 7 yr old twin girls would have a thing or two to do during the game. To top is all off, last time we went to a Canada Day game, here were fireworks after the game.
I know all of this has nothing to do with the actual team, but to me it's symbolic of how Roger's treats the fans. Cutting back as much as possible, a little here, a little there, and it probably won't effect the bottom line too much. They do it with the team's payroll, and they do it to the kids watching the game.
For the price of the tickets for one game alone I can buy an annual pass to the Zoo, the Science Centre, or many other great things in Toronto. Maybe if Rogers actually cared about the fan's experience and tried to compete with other forms of family entertainment, they wouldn't be averaging 15,000 a game.
- July 2, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Gavos World said...
Most teams would kill for an Ace like Roy. Most teams don't have a bona-fide ace.
- July 2, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- MK Piatkowski said...
Can't speak for everyone but I needed the closure of today. I needed to cheer my heart out in thanks to the man who brought me back to baseball. I needed to watch him do his thing one more time. I needed to see him do it for the other side. And to those people who said that I shouldn't have done it, they can suck it. That includes the players.
- July 2, 2011 at 10:39 PM
- Paul said...
You needed to because you won't see anything like him for quite a while in Toronto. Certainly not the head case they traded him for.
Just imagine if Jeter, Ripkin, Yount or any all time great were a Jay. We'd be cheering them in other uniforms too. Until an owner comes along that truly wants to win, it's simply a pipe dream to expect anything different.
- July 2, 2011 at 11:42 PM
- Grock said...
Speaking of Sept. 30th, 2009 that was the day Travis Snider hit his first Major League triple, Ruiz was a triple shy hitting for the cycle (2HR), Boston sent in a position player to pitch, and the Jays swept the Red Sox that series with #32 providing a CGSO.
To Paul about complaining about Rogers, I can't find a single thing wrong about your post. The fact that the Payroll this year is miniscule, combined with some very weak promotions, it is very obvious that Rogers sees this simply as another division of their conglomerate.
I have been an avid Jays fan ever since my dad took me to my first game in the early 80s. But the past few years have been very painful ones to take. If this team was truly going to be competitive, it would have provided Roy with the one thing he said it would take to keep him in Toronto. A competitive team.
The promotions are pathetic, such as Tweeting Tuesdays, which promotes BlackBerry more than it does the Jays (and I am sure is a net gain for advertising dollars). 80s night coming up to remind us of what the Jays were, more than what they are now and will cost nothing. Even the Canada Day game they were cheap on the giveaway. I have been to regular games where every fan gets something (the 49ers on Monday Night football for example give every fan cheerleader pom-poms and a towel to wave around)instead of 1/5th of the potential crowd getting red t-shirts.
They could have built this with the ditching of Rios' and AJ Burnett's salary. Instead, they are chasing the same pipe dream as every "small market team".
It makes me wonder just how much longer this team will remain viable, and that is what the bittersweet return of Roy Halladay meant to me.
- July 8, 2011 at 4:42 PM


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The ongoing investigation ensnared employees from three federal agencies and is the latest in a series of incidents involving government employees accused of trying to sneak people into the United States.
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Tusk is the "Enemy No. 1" in Poland.
Tusk is the President of the European Council and it was only a matter of time until the Kowtowing begins, which of course is the whole point of this exercise, Cameron is driving a bargain here and nothing else (It's the old Thatcher-spiel "I want my money back!")
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Interesting to see Gerry Adams speaking out in favour of the 6 counties remaining in the EU. The Shinners sure have come a long way ... with further to go I guess ...
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Last night, TV One offered what is arguably its most entertaining hour of television ever and one of the best reunion episodes in reality TV history. Though R&B Divas: LA had already proven itself to be a step ahead of the original franchise in just a scant amount of episodes, the star of last night's telecast isn't even a part of the show. Yes, slow handclap to reunion host Wendy Williams, who harkened back to her days as the fiery personality behind the infamous and highly missed radio show, "The Wendy Williams Experience." Wendy pulled back the veil she uses to schmooze the suburban moms who make up a sizable portion of her daytime audience and kept it good and funky with Kelly Price, Lil' Mo, Chanté Moore, Claudette Ortiz, and Miche'le.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Guinness Chocolate Mini Cake
I had some leftover Guinness from my St. Pattys Day shindig and since I try not to drink much booze while marathon training, I decided to use some in a cake recipe instead! (I can swear off booze, but I can't swear off sugar... interesting, huh?).
I bought these cute little mini-pans ages ago and have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to use them. Well, that opportunity presented itself this weekend, when I had a chocolate craving and nobody in town to share a cake with.
I decided to use Ina Garten's Beatty Cake recipe that I printed out ages ago and instead of using hot coffee in the recipe... I'd use Guinness... Guinness in cake, you say? Brilliant! (I couldnt resist).
I ended up quartering the recipe. Which turned out to fit perfectly in the three little cake pans. They were each 4 inch cake pans. As they were baking, I was trying to decide what type of frosting I wanted to use... I decided I wanted something creamy and chocolatey, but that I'd also like to use some Guinness in the frosting as well. So.... I decided to adapt a cream cheese frosting recipe into a chocolate cream cheese guinness frosting. Yes, you read that right.... Chocolate. Cream Cheese. Guinness. Frosting. Oh my.
So, you can see where the excitement came from. I was so excited to taste this chocolately, booze-y, decadence in cake form... that I didn't even consider the fact that the cake was actually taller than it was round (since it was in petite form) or doing a crumb coat with the frosting and then chilling the cake in the fridge for a bit. Noooooo Sir... I immedately went to frosting that whole blame cake eagerly awaiting the moment that I could slice into it and produce the most beautiful tantilizing piece O' cake you've ever seen.
And thats when this happened.
The whole thing basically fell completely apart. Into a giant chocolatey mess on my maternal Step Grandfather's first wives China.
Sigh. At least it tasted brilliant! Soooooooooo delicious once chilled and the flavors melded. Yum. I will definitely make this in regular size at some point.
Cake Recipe follow exactly, except instead of 1 cup of Hot coffee use 1 cup of Guinness. I also used Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa.
Guinness Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
1 8oz package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2tbsps Cocoa
2 tbsp Guinness
1 16 oz package of powdered sugar
Beat cream cheese and butter at low speed until creamy. Add vanilla, cocoa, and guinness and beat till mixed. Slowly add powdered sugar until creamy and fluffy.
7 comments:
- April said...
I don't care what it looks like...only that it looks delicious.
- March 26, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- Stephanie said...
Dude...that looks freaking awesome! I wish I would have been in town to taste it!!
- March 31, 2008 at 11:38 AM
- rebekka said...
Oh, my husband would FLIP OUT over this!
- April 13, 2008 at 10:06 AM
theres no flour in that tiny little cake ?
me and the hubby will be trying this tonight, or maybe just me... its a pretty tiny little cake.
- September 5, 2008 at 2:21 PM
- Amy said...
Actually, anonymous, you have to click on the link to get the cake recipe. The recipe I have listed here is just for the frosting.
And in the cake recipe I subbed guinness for the coffee.
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Millions of people every year choose the seaside in Spain for their holidays. Its extensive coastline and its climate make it a place to be enjoyed all year round. The Marine Resorts offer holidays to suit all tastes: sailing, scuba-diving, kayaking, windsurfing...
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I arrived in New York City this morning to attend the Cloud Computing Expo for the next three days. SYS-CON folks invited me on Sunday for the taping of the Cloud Computing Expo Power Panel which was taped at the Reuters Studios in Times Square. The live taping of the show was a blast. I met the panelists at the studio as well while watching the SYS-CON.TV show in the green room. The green room is actually gray and brown.
The Cloud Computing Power Panel will be broadcast at the Cloud Computing Expo, March 31 - April 1, 2009, Roosevelt Hotel, in New York City.
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Cloud Computing Expo Power Panel host Jeremy Geelan with Amazon's VP and CTO Werner Vogels at the Reuters Studio in Times Square moments before the taping of the show.
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John Engates - CTO, Rackspace; Greg O'Connor - President & CEO, AppZero; and Glen Brunette - Chief Security Officer, Sun, with Jeremy Geelan
The show host and two of the panelists under the "On Air" sign.
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This memorable photo of George W. Bush is hanging outside the studio wall.
Record Attendance For Cloud Computing Expo with More Than 1,200 Delegates
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The former general manager of Microsoft's Windows Phone developer platform started a new job at Amazon on Monday, leading a team that's working in a new area for the company.
Charlie Kindel updated his LinkedIn profile to say he's now director of "something secret" at the Seattle-based online retailer.
"I'm building a new team going after a totally new area for Amazon. I'm hiring cloud and mobile developers and testers, program managers, and product managers," he said in the job description.
Kindel has spent most of his career at Microsoft, according to his LinkedIn profile. Jobs at the company began with developer support in 1990 and he rose through the ranks reaching general manager of Windows Home Server in 2004. He stayed at that position until 2009, when he jumped to become general manager of the Windows Phone Developer Experience.
He left Microsoft in August 2011 and went on to form a startup, BizLogr, in 2012.
On his personal blog, Kindel posted news of his new appointment at Amazon. Although with Monday being April 1, a day when some like to play jokes, Kindel wrote that the blog posting combined fact with fiction.
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San MarinoSan Marino is an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy situated on the Italian Peninsula on the north-eastern side of the Apennine Mountains.
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STRATEGIC PACKING. When traveling by air with a companion, be sure each checked piece of luggage has a change of clothing and some toiletries for both of you. That way if a bag gets lost or is delayed (chances are at least one will show up), you'll both have at least one change of clothing. Cindy B., Indiana
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Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschle (born December 9, 1947) is a policy advisor, lobbyist, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota, and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
A South Dakota native, Daschle obtained his university degree there, and served in the United States Air Force. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1978 and served four terms. In 1986 he was elected to the Senate, becoming minority leader in 1994. Defeated for re-election in 2004, he took a position as a policy advisor with a lobbying firm, and also became a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He co-authored a book advocating universal health care.
Daschle was an early supporter of Barack Obama's presidential candidacy, and was offered the position of Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after the 2008 election. He was President Obama's nominee to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Cabinet, but withdrew his name on February 3, 2009, amid a growing controversy over his failure to accurately report and pay income taxes. He is currently working for The Daschle Group, a Public Policy Advisory of Baker Donelson, a large law firm and lobbying group.


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Americans hate Rand Paul's libertarianism. They just don't know it yet.
Rand Paul's admirers, and more than a few of his enemies, believe the country is having a "libertarian moment"—from Tea Partiers in Topeka to Silicon Valley techno-separatists who dream of going Galt. We've had these moments before, but each time they come and go without the elevation of a libertarian to high office or the advancement of libertarian ideas. There's a reason for that, and Sen. Rand Paul is just learning why now.
The problem for libertarian politicians is that Americans hate libertarianism. They like Social Security and minimum-wage hikes, they are still somewhat wary of free trade and they resent that the world is full of conniving and frequently swarthy foreigners who are scheming to provide us with goods and services in exchange for little green pieces of paper. Four times as many Americans support pulling out of NAFTA or renegotiating it as support staying in. Paul, on the other hand, wants to make the whole world a free-trade zone: He scores 100 percent on the libertarian Cato Institute's free-trade index. Libertarian ideas might appeal to voters on principle—in a poll last fall, 22 percent of Americans said they identify as or "lean" libertarian. But in the voting booth Americans don't have principles; they have interests.
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Nearly every election cycle, a poll comes out suggesting that many Americans, and a big chunk of swing voters, think of themselves as "fiscally conservative but socially liberal," and therefore possibly open to libertarian candidates who want to police the deficit but not your sex life. These voters are the political equivalent of people who describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious." It's basically an empty formulation to avoid picking a side or a fight; it's shallow, but it sounds good. The problem, at least for Rand Paul, is that "fiscally conservative but socially liberal" is not a long way of saying "libertarian." Paul's libertarianism is intended to offer a little something for everybody, on the left and right—spending cuts for the Republican base, legal relief for potheads, a presidential pat on the head for gay people. But if he gets serious about substantive reform along these lines, his libertarianism is instead going to offer something to outrage everybody.
Start with the so-called fiscal conservatives. Spend a few hours listening to second-tier talk radio or engage with some real-life American voters for a few hours, and you will discover that there is practically no market for fiscal conservatism. Ask them how they think we should go about balancing the budget, for instance, and they'll inevitably respond: by cutting foreign aid, which American voters believe makes up about a third of the federal budget. Rand Paul's repeated calls to end foreign aid—to Egypt, to countries where the American flag is burned, to anybody else he can think of—is a reliable applause line for the gentleman from Kentucky; giving away aid is just one more of those foreign entanglements George Washington warned us about. But what many of his admirers do not understand is that his opposition to foreign aid isn't principally fiscal but ideological: Foreign aid's portion of the budget is actually miniscule—closer to 1 percent. Even if we cut it all, the savings would be trivial.
When it comes to balancing the budget, Paul is more likely to cut off aid to your mom. That's where the money is. We spend almost all of the federal budget on a handful of programs: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and defense. So any plausible, politically sustainable campaign to impose some sanity on America's national finances is going to mean reforming—i.e., cutting— all of those. How unpopular is that? Solid majorities of Americans oppose cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits and raising taxes to pay for them, even though a larger majority also believes that the cost of those programs will create economic problems. The number of people who think we spend too much on the military hasn't topped the 50-percent mark since the Vietnam War. Think about George W. Bush's attempt at Social Security reform, which left him the loneliest man in Washington. Or consider that in 2012, fiscal conservative wonk-emperor Paul Ryan ran for the vice presidency on a campaign that blasted the Obama administration for making Medicare cuts. Which is to say, even the man in Washington most associated with the words "fiscal conservative" knows better than to run as one. Fiscal conservatives might applaud Rand Paul when he talks about getting Afghan President Hamid Karzai off of welfare, but they'll scream if he comes within five miles of their Social Security checks. Any candidate who's serious about fiscal reform is going to be a hard sell in 2016—or any other year.
If the fair-weather fiscal conservatives don't like Rand Paul, the phony social liberals are going to loathe him. Here's where the English language fails us: "Liberal" and "libertarian" come from the same linguistic root, meaning "liberty," and many libertarians will describe themselves among friends as "classical liberals"—political heirs to the Whigs and the Manchester free-traders. But "socially liberal" and "socially libertarian" today mean almost precisely opposite things. If there is one thing our "social liberals" hate, it is liberty. In their view, you're free to do as they please.


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Let's get down to the real cool stuff. Yesterday I was on a drawing kick and I have to say I created some pretty cool stuff. These next few tutorials are not going to have big descriptions because I want you guys to have some serious fun before I get started on today's tutorials for tomorrow. Here is how to draw a vampire mouth, step by step. I absolutely love the way that these lips, teeth, and fangs came out. It is so incredibly pretty and I think that drawing a vampire mouth is a perfect touch for the Halloween holiday that is approaching us aggressively. So anyways, here is how to draw a vampire mouth, so have fun with it, and if you want you can draw a face for the mouth. Adios people and be sure to stick around to see which drawing will be submitted next.
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My programs are much cleaner thanks to the new features in the NAG Fortran Compiler. This may seem like a minor issue, but there are literally hundreds of routines in my programs which pass arrays between them, and simpler interfaces lead to fewer mistakes. It's also useful to be able to write subroutines which decide the size of their return arrays internally, and to have allocatable arrays as structure components. Ian Thompson, Research Associate at Loughborough University
The NAG Fortran Compiler provides support for Fortran 2008 (almost all), Fortran 2003 (complete), Fortran 95 and OpenMP 3.1. All platforms include supporting tools for software development: source file polishers, dependency generator for module and include files, call-graph generator, interface builder and a precision unifier.
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Beyonce Knowles isn't in any rush to start a family.
The singer, who has been married to husband Jay-Z for two years, is facing the same dilemma we all are: how to manage her time and find balance. "Probably the biggest challenge in my life is time — making sure I have time to be a wife, to be a singer, to be a songwriter, to be an actor and still have time for my clothing line and now for my perfume." Just because she isn't yet a mother doesn't mean that she has less stress: "I am like any other woman who has a child, who has a husband, who has a job. I think it's the hardest thing about being a woman because we have so many responsibilities." I couldn't agree more!
It seems like the minute a woman says "I do", the only question anyone asks is "when are you going to have a baby"? Given the number of interviews Beyonce has to do on a regular basis – she is probably TIRED of being asked about starting a family.


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Mosbacher, Jr., Bus 2011 Hall of Fame
"Bus" Mosbacher, Jr.
"Starts are of great importance... in a match race, perhaps 50%."
April 1, 1922 - August 13, 1997
Birthplace: White Plains, New York
It was no surprise to those who had raced with him when Bus Mosbacher joined the U.S. State Department as President Nixon's Head of Protocol. Mosbacher was known to them as a master of decorum, a conspicuously modest man who never raised his voice even in rare moments of havoc. Some say Mosbacher was incapable of shouting. A perfectionist committed to the highest standards, Mosbacher's habitual smile cloaked a will of steel that inspired his crew to meet his lofty expectations.
Junior Champion of Long Island Sound, Intercollegiate Champion at Dartmouth two years running, and his eight titles in International One Designs in as many years (1947 to 1955) – the IOD was the hot fleet of the day – were reasons enough for Sports Illustrated to label Mosbacher (in 1962) "the finest helmsman of our time." In 1958, Mosbacher had steered the pre-war 12-Metre Vim to a near win against the brand new Columbia in the defender trials. Mosbacher's great starts, his work to windward, and the way he molded the crew into a cohesive unit presented a formidable challenge to Columbia . But it was impossible for the selection committee not to favor the new boat.
Mosbacher steered the slower Weatherly to a 4-1 win over the faster Gretel (AUS) in the America's Cup of 1962, winning race 4 by only 26 seconds. He sailed Intrepid to a sweep over Dame Pattie (AUS) in the 1967 Cup.
"Yacht racing is a combination of chess and bridge," Mosbacher once said, "with some physical ability thrown in…tactics, strategy, organization, details, and a happy association with nice people."
- Roger Vaughan
Links of Interest:
"Yachting: The Intrepid Gentleman" - Aug. 18, 1967 Time Magazine
Aug. 18, 1967 Time Magazine Cover featuring Bus Mosbacher
"Smiling Wizard of the Cup" - Sept. 10, 1962 Sports Illustrated
Aug. 14, 1997 New York Times Obit on Emil Mosbacher


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Matchmaking for Cheaters Finds a Virtual Home in Japan
The 'king of infidelity' has landed in Tokyo. After finding that enabling affairs can make money in 27 countries, Noel Biderman is bringing Ashley Madison — the world's largest dating website for married men and women who want a little something on the side — to Japan, his first launch in Asia.
JRT caught up with Mr. Biderman, CEO of Avid Life Media, Inc., in a hotel room high above the city skyline before he slipped off to see Tokyo's red-light district. The entrepreneur was seated in front of a massive replica of the website's unmistakable trademark, a woman pictured from nose to bare shoulders, sporting a wedding ring and holding a finger over her mouth, in a sign of secrecy.


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Skyworks Delivers on Mobile Arcade Games
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February 26, 2009
Filed under Daily App Reviews, Games
With Arcade Bowling Lite in the number 4 position among free apps and Arcade Bowling and Arcade Hoops Basketball selling in the top 50 among paid apps, Skyworks is making a mark with their games for the iPhone/iPod. We took a look at a few of these games and were pleased with what we found. None of the games are too complex or require too much thought or skill, but they deliver when it comes to quick easy fun.
Arcade Bowling and Arcade Bowling Lite brings the ever popular Skeeball game to your device. Each round that you play gives you the typical 9 balls to roll. To pick up your ball, touch the bottom of the screen and then flick your finger forward to roll the ball. The speed and direction of your finger affects the speed and direction of the ball. Once the ball is launched, you can further fine tune its direction by tilting your phone.
Arcade Bowling is $1.99 in the iTunes App Store. The lite version is free.
Arcade Hoops Basketball and QB Pass Attack Football are similar games with a similar goal. Which one is better? Depends on which sport you like better. In both these games, the object is to throw a ball as many times as you can into a goal before the time is up. Time starts when you throw the first ball. Grab a ball by touching one of the four balls at the bottom of the screen and throw it by flicking your finger toward the goal. Once again, speed and direction matter. Both games have classic and progressive games. The progressive game moves the basketball backboard forward and backward in Arcade Hoops and gives you four quarters of play in QB Pass Attack.
Arcade Hoops Basketball is $1.99 in the iTunes App Store.
QB Pass Attack Football is $1.99 in the iTunes App Store.
While still simple and easy to play, X's & O's Football is the most complex of the group. When you launch the game, there are two football teams of 5 players each on the field. You choose from a finite number of pre-designed plays. Then, tap the screen to hike the ball. The players will carry out the play. Your job is to tap the screen where you want the ball tossed. If you time it right and tap the right spot, the pass will be complete and your team will try to run the ball down the field for a touchdown. It is a fun way to play a simple game of football on the go.
X's & O's Football is $1.99 in the iTunes App Store.


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NBA All-Star Game 2014: Who should fill East roster?
The starters for the 2014 NBA All-Star Game will be announced Jan. 23 and the reserves Jan. 30. USA TODAY Sports NBA reporter Jeff Zillgitt breaks down who should make the roster for the Eastern Conference, without weighing fan voting.
Backcourt: Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
Even with the occasional game off for rest and rehab, the Heat veteran remains one of the best two guards in the conference. He's averaging 19.6 points, 4.8 assists and 4.9 rebounds and shooting 54.5% from the field.
Backcourt: John Wall, Washington Wizards
The Wizards have improved — the postseason is a possibility — and Wall is a major factor with more points (19.6) and assists (8.6) a game and better three-point percentage than he had last season.
Frontcourt: Roy Hibbert, Indiana Pacers
He is No. 2 in blocks per game with 2.6 and he's the No. 1 center in opponents' field goal percentage at the rim, the Pacers big man is a premier defender for the league's best defense. In the All-Star Game, the East needs all the help it can get.
Frontcourt: Paul George, Indiana Pacers
In less than a season, George has gone from All-Star candidate to guaranteed All-Star and MVP candidate with so much room to grow on the court. He's scoring 22.6 points per game and getting 6.3 rebounds per. He's hitting 45 percent of his shots, so imagine how good he'll be when he becomes a better shooter.
Frontcourt: LeBron James, Miami Heat
His statistics aren't as eye-popping as they've been in other seasons, but he's still the only player averaging at least 25 points, six rebounds and six assists. But just when you think he can't get better, he shoots 59 percent from the floor, a number that continues to improve.
Backcourt: Lance Stephenson, Indiana Pacers
He leads the league in triple-doubles and is one of three players averaging at least 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists. He's another strong piece in Indiana's defense, too.
Backcourt Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland is struggling, but Irving is still one of the best and most exciting point guards in the league. A gifted scorer, his stats will look even better when those around him are better.
Frontcourt: Carmelo Anthony, New York Knicks
Despite the Knicks' problems, Anthony is the reason the predicament isn't worse. He's scoring 26.0 points per game, and he has played outstanding basketball during the Knicks' recent stretch.
Frontcourt: Chris Bosh, Miami Heat
Underappreciated for his contribution to the Heat, Bosh shouldn't be measured by traditional statistics. Yet, with LeBron James out recently, Bosh had 37 points and 10 rebounds against Portland.
Frontcourt: Paul Millsap, Atlanta Hawks
The Hawks scored in free agency by signing Millsap, who is third in double-doubles (16) among free agent acquisitions. He is averaging 19.2 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists since Al Horford's season-ending injury.
Wild-card: Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls
A double-double big man in points (11.1) and rebounds (10.4) who can also pass, block shots, defend and hustle, he deserves a spot.
Wild-card: Kyle Lowry, Toronto Raptors
Through trade talks involving him, Lowry has been fantastic for the Raptors, one of the pleasant surprises. He has propelled the offense with his scoring (15.7 points a game) and passing (7.4 assists a game), and he is a strong rebounder for a 6-0 point guard.
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Friday, January 28, 2005
While vacationing in Los Angeles, I went out to Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Culver City to take some pics of some celebrity graves. I got pictures of the graves of Sharon Tate, Bing Crosby, Bela Lugosi, Rita Hayworth, Rosalind Russell and wanted to get pictures of several others.
As I was searching (in vain) for the grave of Mr. Jimmy Durante, I happened to look to my left and I saw, standing about 30 yards away, a young man who looked to be in his late 20's gazing at me. It was around Noon. He was a white male, about 5' 10' with thick, black well kept hair. He was wearing a long sleeve, white dress shirt and black suit pants. He looked at me in such a way that I thought he was annoyed with me or just curious. I took my eyes off of him for approximately 3 seconds while I got my bearings once again and then glanced back his way to give him a smile and a wave. Much to my puzzlement, though, he was gone. I scanned the area where he had been standing and he was nowhere to be found. In the particular area in which he'd been standing there are no trees and there is absolutely no way possible that he could have gotten out of sight so quickly unless he'd had a jet engine strapped to his back. One moment he was out in the open, the next, he was gone! My puzzlement became astonishment as I realized it was a ghost I saw. This ghost, however, looked slightly familiar, but I just couldn't place him. About a week later, after I had returned home, I started scoping out the Find A Grave website for celebs graves I'd missed. I clicked on one name and as I looked at the face of the actor there, I gasped! Before me was the very face of the ghost I had seen in the cemetery. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that I saw the ghost of Vince Edwards. Who was Vince Edwards? In the 1960's he was best remembered as Dr. "Ben Casey".


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Two in three Americans prefer to stay out of the conflict in Syria, a poll indicated Thursday.
A month after President Obama said the United States would provide rebels with small arms and ammunition in their effort to remove Syrian President Bashar Assad, a Quinnipiac poll showed just 40 percent of respondents approved of Obama's foreign policy performance.
Obama announced the support June 13 after his administration said it determined Assad's forces had crossed a "red line" by using chemical weapons on the Syrian people. The U.N. High Commission for Human Rights that week said 93,000 Syrians had been killed in the Syrian civil war, which has entered its third year.
USA Today said Wednesday arms shipments had not yet reached the Syrian opposition.
One-third of respondents approved of Obama's handling of the situation in Syria, while nearly half disapproved. His overall job approval rating was 44 percent.
The poll was conducted June 28-July. No sample size or margin of error was reported.