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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Looking sad and frightened, dozens of barefoot girls sat huddled together wearing gray Muslim veils as they chanted Quranic verses in Arabic. Some Christians among them said they had converted to Islam.
In the video released Monday, the Boko Haram terrorist network offered the first public glimpse of what it claimed were some of the nearly 300 girls kidnapped from a Nigerian school a month ago -- and issued an ominous threat. The girls will not be seen again, the group's leader said menacingly, until the government frees his imprisoned fighters.
"I swear to almighty Allah, you will not see them again until you release our brothers that you have captured," Abubakar Shekau warned, an assault rifle slung across his chest.
It is not known how many suspected Boko Haram members are detained by security forces. Hundreds were killed last month when Shekau's fighters stormed the military's main northeastern barracks in Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram and the headquarters of a year-old military state of emergency to put down the 5-year-old Islamic uprising.
In the video, two of the girls were singled out for questioning.
"Why have you become a Muslim?" one girl, who looked to be in her early teens, was asked.
"The reason why I became a Muslim is because the path we are on is not the right path," the girl said, nervously shifting her body from side to side, her eyes darting back and forth.
"We should enter the right path so that Allah will be happy with us," added the girl, who said her name had been changed to Halima because she had converted from Christianity to Islam. Like the other girls, she wore a bulky gray hijab that covered her body from head to toe, revealing only her face.
A second girl, who appeared to be in her mid-teens, was asked if she or any of the others had been mistreated. No, she said, adding that they had experienced nothing "except righteousness."
As the girls chanted Islamic verses, some clasped their hands together in what appeared to be the Christian style of prayer before quickly turning their palms upward, as Muslim worshippers do.
The girls' families have said most of those seized April 15 from a school in the northeastern town of Chibok are Christians.
It was impossible to fully authenticate the video, though parents were trying to turn on a generator in Chibok, hoping to watch the video and identify their daughters, said a town leader, Pogu Bitrus.
"There's an atmosphere of hope -- hope that these girls are alive, whether they have been forced to convert to Islam or not," he told The Associated Press by telephone. "We want to be able to say, 'These are our girls.'"
The video showed about 100 girls, indicating they may have been broken up into smaller groups as some reports have indicated.
Fifty-three girls managed to escape and 276 remain missing, police say.
Bitrus said vegetation in the video looked like the Sambisa Forest, some 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Chibok, where the girls were believed to have been spirited away.
In Washington, White House spokesman Jay Carney said U.S. intelligence experts were "combing over every detail" of the latest recording. He said administration officials have seen the video and "have no reason to question its authenticity."
In a video last week, Shekau threatened to sell the girls into slavery. It arrived amid unverified reports that Christians among the students had been forced to convert to Islam and that some were taken to neighboring Cameroon and Chad, where they were forced to marry their abductors. Boko Haram means "Western education is sinful."
The latest video, obtained by The Associated Press, came through channels that have provided previous messages from Shekau, who spoke in the video in the Hausa language of northern Nigeria. Wearing camouflage fatigues, he clutched an assault rifle in the footage, which was imprinted with the Boko Haram insignia -- a Quran resting on two crossed assault rifles -- and below a black jihadi flag.
The United States put a $7 million ransom on Shekau last year.
The mass abductions and failure of Nigeria's government and military to rescue the girls has aroused outrage at home and abroad. Last week, Nigeria belatedly accepted offers of help from the United States, Britain and other nations.
President Goodluck Jonathan's acceptance Sunday of help from Israel, which plans to send a counter-terrorism team, has angered some Muslims.
A leading Islamic scholar, Ahmed Mahmud-Gumi, warned in a statement that accepting help from Israel would "turn Nigeria into another global arena and battlefield for the filthy neocolonial squabbles by interest groups." On Saturday he said allowing Western soldiers onto Nigerian soil could make the country a new magnet for foreign Islamic militants who want to confront the United States and others.
The foreign help does not involve boots on the ground but rather experts in intelligence gathering, counter-terrorism and hostage negotiations.
The U.S. team consists of some 30 people drawn from the State and Defense departments, the White House said Monday. Among them are five State Department officials, two strategic communications experts, a civil security expert and a regional medical support officer. Four FBI officials with expertise in safe recovery, negotiations and preventing future kidnappings are also part of the group.
The Pentagon said 16 Defense Department personnel were on the team, including planners and advisers who were already in Nigeria and have been redirected to assist the government.
French President Francois Hollande invited Jonathan and leaders from neighboring Benin, Chad, Cameroon and Niger, as well as representatives of Britain, the EU and the United States, to a summit on Saturday to focus on Boko Haram, terrorism and insecurity in West Africa.
A French official said Jonathan had agreed to attend. He spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the gathering have not been finalized.
Alamba reported from Abuja, Nigeria.


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BALTIMORE – UMBC women's lacrosse has one more game before opening its rigorous America East schedule, as the Retrievers welcome Wagner to the UMBC Stadium at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25. Live action is available free of charge courtesy of the America East digital network at UMBCRetriever.tv.
UMBC (4-4) has won four of its last six games, including its second straight victory with Saturday's win against Temple, 11-9. Three different Retrievers posted hat tricks in the affair, in addition to a five-assist effort from rookie Jennie Milligan.
Junior Alyssa Semones and senior Kristen Bilney each posted four points in the victory against the Owls. Bilney has registered a hat trick in each of the last three games and has four in her six appearances on the season. Semones ranks second on the team in goals (12) and points (16), while also adding team-bests in ground balls (18) and draw controls (14). Junior Abby Wilson leads the squad with 18 points on 10 goals and a squad-best eight assists. The attacker has placed 21 of her 24 shots on goal.
Red-shirt sophomore goalkeeper Anna Barnett has made all eight starts on the season and has seen a majority of the action in net. Barnett has 43 saves on the season and is allowing 8.86 goals per game.
Wagner (3-4) has dropped two of three thus far on its five game road trip. In their latest matchup, the Seahawks fell at Jacksonville, 13-8, to conclude their spring break trip to Florida. Sophomore Kimmy Tumolo tallied a pair of scores to lead the Seahawks against the Dolphins, while six other Wagner players were able to register a goal in the contest. Tumolo is tied for second on the team in goals scored (11) and second in points (14).
Sophomore Shea Gegan leads the squad with 12 goals, six assists, 18 draw controls and 17 caused turnovers. The midfielder has also chipped in 18 ground balls. Sophomore midfielder Gretchen Fay has a team-best 20 ground balls and has added 11 caused turnovers and nine draw controls. Goalkeepers Shannon Sweeney and Katie Ferraro have each seen action in net for the Seahawks. Sweeney is allowing 10.2 goals per game, while Ferraro has registered 33 saves.
UMBC is a perfect 10-0 all-time against Wagner. After a 10-year hiatus, the Retrievers defeated the Seahawks, 16-3, on March 18 of last season. UMBC was victorious against Wagner eight times while it was a part of the Northeast Conference from 1998-2003, including two wins in the NEC Tournament.


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Everyone has moments of anger, but some have tempers that flare up quickly and often. Dr. Phil explores a wide spectrum of anger and offers advice on how to reign it in and overcome it. Learn how to manage the frustrations in your life.
Mimi, says her husband, Ed, a policeman, loses his temper while trying to lay down the law with their 13-year-old son, Jacob, and she's tired of being the referee. Ed says he's frustrated with the teen's attitude.
Are these parents expecting too much out of the teen, or is he to blame for the confrontations?
Dr. Frank Lawlis, Chairman of the Dr. Phil Advisory Board and author of the new book The Stress Answer, meets with Jacob to get his take on the situation at home. And, Dr. Phil offers the parents steps to take to bring peace back to their family.
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Magnetic Shells Designed to Improve Energy Transfer
Engineers and scientists are known to step up to the challenges posed by nature. After developing an understanding of how the current object or process works, the next step often includes figuring out how to manipulate the situation to improve said object or process. One such example is cloaking; controlling light and sound waves to render something invisible. Phys.org recently ran a story on progressive research on controlling magnetic fields via cloaking to harvest and transfer energy using a magnetic shell design with a hollow center. What they didn't mention, was that the researchers used COMSOL Multiphysics in the process.
Magnetic Shells Control Magnetic Fields
As we know, magnetic fields decay as the distance from the magnetic source increases. This notion is now challenged by the research of Carles Navau, Jordi Prat-Camps, and Alvaro Sanchez from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. They have figured out a way to harvest and concentrate magnetic energy and then transfer it through empty space, via transformation optics.
What Is Transformation Optics?
Transformation optics is simply the advancement in optical device design. By controlling light (electromagnetic radiation) an object can be concealed (cloaking). As I've mentioned before, cloaking is enabled via artificially created materials called metamaterials. It is by arranging metamaterials in a certain way that light or sound waves can be controlled. Via optical transformation such as this, conventional devices could be improved upon. That is just what Navau et al. hope to do with their magnetic shell.
Two Scenarios Could Improve Many Existing Technologies
Through the design of a magnetic shell, two scenarios can be realized. First, a single dipole magnet is surrounded by the magnetic shell allowing a second shell to then harvest the energy from the first and concentrate it into its own center. In this scenario (images a-c, below) the magnetic energy is transferred between the two dipole magnets. In the second scenario (images d-f), two dipole magnets could be surrounded by shells that discharge their energy, thus inducing magnetic coupling between the two dipole magnets. According to their paper, "Magnetic harvesting and concentration at distance by transformation optics", COMSOL Multiphysics and its magnetostatics simulation tools were used to perform all the numerical calculations supporting the research.
Dipole magnets surrounded by magnetic shells. Image courtesy of Carles Navau, et al. via phys.org.
The shell that surrounds the magnet enhances the exterior magnetic field. This, in turn, enables the magnetic energy transfer through space — disregarding the natural decay of magnetic energy. Thanks to these two possible scenarios there are many potential uses of the magnetic shell. The energy concentration and transfer scenario could be used to improve motors, power plants, and the like. The ability to concentrate nearby magnetic fields could be useful in enhancing magnetic sensors (common in medical, industrial, and consumer electronics applications). Currently, concentration techniques involve superconductors, but by instead utilizing magnetic shells greater magnetic flux can be detected from external magnets.
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Having very pale skin you would think sunscreen a must for me, however every sunscreen I have tried breaks me out. Enter Chantecaille Firming Sun Cream SPF 30.
Grace from http://www.londonmakeupgirl.com/ did a great review on this product and kindly posted the ingredients (for someone who has sensitive/acne prone skin, knowing the ingredients is essential, I'm very appreciative of blogs who post them).
This comes in a pot container and would appear as a thick cream, however it has an almost whipped texture and feels quite light on, it sinks in with ease and there is no sticky or greasy residue. I've worn this daily for a while and have had no breakouts or adverse reactions from it. On the days it has been really hot I have not turned into some greasy sweaty beast.
It would seem perfect but for one simple problem, its does not provide a moisturising enough base for my dehydrated skin. Used alone its perfect, when I go to apply foundation it goes on a bit uneven, patchy. The only product I can use on top of it is my RBR tinted moisturiser, however some days I need heavier coverage. I didn't feel like I was getting the most from this so gave it to my mother who will benefit more from it as her skin is in much better condition than mine. So overall, despite the upsetting price (£77), I do think this is a really good product, it just wasn't for me.
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Microsoft Corp. struck a deal with San Francisco officials to provide an online email system for the city's workforce, beating out competing products from Google Inc. and IBM Corp.
Company and the city representatives said the new tool, Microsoft Exchange Online, will reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve stability. Most of San Francisco's roughly 23,000 workers are currently using desktop versions of Microsoft Exchange and IBM's Lotus Notes, with seven different installations running in various departments.
The city will pay the Redmond, Wash. software company a little more than $1 million per year for the new product. There will be some up front migration costs, but the city expects to save money in the second year of the deal.
"A key part of serving a community as diverse and vibrant as ours starts with making the right investments in information technology," San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee said in a statement.
Applications that run and store data online, a model known as cloud computing, can often be delivered and managed more effectively. Among other advantages, the software doesn't need to be updated on every computer and device accessing the system, such as when new versions become available or security concerns arise.
It also reduces on site hardware requirements and complexities, and ensures that the system is accessible even in the event of a local disaster — no small consideration in this earthquake prone region.
"That's extremely important to us, providing government services before, during and after a disaster," San Francisco Chief Information Officer Jon Walton said in an interview.
Employees across 60 departments and agencies will move to the new system, a process that has already begun and will continue for the next 12 months. Simply consolidating seven systems into one should provide additional benefits, as all city staffers will now be using the same communications, collaboration and calendaring products.
"It allows folks to focus on the higher purpose of government, which is really about delivering better citizen services," said Gail Thomas-Flynn, a vice president at Microsoft. "They can focus on things that touch the citizens of the city and county."
The city didn't issue an official request for proposals, but did meet with representatives from IBM and Google to evaluate competing solutions.
Walton said that the technology heads of city departments unanimously agreed that Microsoft's solution best met their needs.
Still, awarding the contract without a full, transparent RFP process raised some industry eyebrows.
"We're disappointed we didn't have an opportunity to compete for San Francisco's business," a Google spokesman said in an e-mailed statement. "Through a competitive bid process, the majority of customers choose Google, and the rest get a great deal on their Microsoft license."
Google has already filed one suit against the federal government on this issue, arguing the Department of the Interior didn't allow it to bid for another email contract that went to Microsoft.
Losing such a high profile opportunity in its own backyard is a blow to the Mountain View search giant. Google has been actively pitching its cloud-based application suite as a viable alternative to Microsoft. Its track record in the government arena has been mixed so far, however.
More than a year ago, Google landed a more than $7 million deal to provide email to the city staff of Los Angeles. But the company has failed to meet various requirements, including the security standards of the Los Angeles Police Department.
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The health of the Big 12 has been a topic of debate since Nebraska and Colorado kicked off a four-team exodus a few years back.
Judging by the results in 2012, the league is stronger than ever.
No Big 12 team was able to survive through Thanksgiving with a shot at the national title. But nine of the 10 teams, including newcomers West Virginia and TCU, are already bowl eligible.
The league's 90 percent success rate is by far the best in the country - and that's with an extra league game for each school and a week left to play.
No. 7 Kansas State can win the league title with a victory at No. 23 Texas on Saturday, while No. 12 Oklahoma needs a victory by the Longhorns and to beat TCU to win the Big 12.
Everyone except Kansas will be playing beyond this weekend.
"I would say it's probably as strong and there's probably as much parity as I've seen," said Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, who has coached in the Big 12 for all but three years of its existence. "You've seen the conference kind of fall out of the national spotlight gradually over the season. But at the end of the day, it's because you're playing such tremendously talented football teams week in and week out. Having a nine-game schedule like that is quite difficult."
Perhaps the biggest reason why the league is so deep is because West Virginia and TCU have fit seamlessly into the league in place of Missouri and No. 10 Texas A&M, now in the SEC.
The Mountaineers and Horned Frogs have discovered that things are a lot tougher in the Big 12 than their old homes.
West Virginia won the Big East's BCS berth in its final season there and hung 70 points on Clemson in winning the Orange Bowl. But after a 5-0 start in 2012, the depth of the Big 12 began taking a toll. West Virginia (6-5, 3-5) needed a late TD to beat Iowa State 31-24 and simply reach bowl eligibility.
"It's a tough league, and each and every week the same thing happens. It doesn't matter who's playing who. It's going to be a battle," West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said.
TCU went unbeaten in its final season in the Mountain West in 2011. The Horned Frogs have taken their lumps in the Big 12, but they're coming off their biggest win yet as a member of the league.
TCU (7-4 4-4) fell flat in its home opener, losing 37-23 to Iowa State in quarterback Trevone Boykin's debut. The Horned Frogs also dropped a wild, triple-overtime affair to Texas Tech, 56-53, and lost to Kansas State at home.
But the Frogs, in place of A&M as Texas's Thanksgiving night opponent, thumped the Longhorns 20-13 for their first win over a ranked opponent this season.
"The thing that everybody said, we'd hear on the recruiting trail before we joined the Big 12 was, 'Well, they win ballgames. But they don't play good competition every week.' And now, we've been in every ballgame and we've won our share of ballgames," TCU coach Gary Patterson said. "We've got to raise our level of athletic ability at a lot of positions. But I think our kids play hard."
Texas Tech will also return to the postseason after a brief dip in 2011. Despite losing four of their final five regular season games, the Red Raiders are 7-5 after winning just five games last season.
Perhaps no team epitomizes the depth of the Big 12 better than Iowa State. The Cyclones could wind up in ninth place at 3-6 in the league, but they're still going bowling because they swept their nonconference slate.
Iowa State didn't play three cupcakes, either. The Cyclones beat Tulsa, which is 9-3 and playing for the Conference USA title this weekend, and won at Big Ten rival Iowa for the first time in a decade.
"I went on record early, even back in the summer stating that I thought the Big 12 would be the deepest conference in the country this year," Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads said. "Very proud of our league, very proud of our accomplishments in the league this year."


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"The Youth, Women, and Woeser on the future of Sino-Tibet dialogue"
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Following the resignation of the two envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama earlier this month, Phayul questions Tsewang Rigzin, President of the Tibetan Youth Congress, the Tibetan Women's Association, and Beijing based award-winning Tibetan writer Woeser on the future prospects of the Sino-Tibet dialogue process.
1. What do you make of the resignation of our envoys. What legacy have they left behind for the future of Sino-Tibet dialogue process?
Tsewang Rigzin, Tibetan Youth Congress:
We have to believe that the envoys did what they could behind closed doors with their Chinese counterparts and from the statements and press releases after these dialogues by the envoys, it is crystal clear that the Chinese side clearly lacks the political will to resolve the issue of Tibet. Having said that, I strongly believe that from the beginning, the Chinese government was only using these dialogues to deflect international criticism on the issue of Tibet and to shun critics on their appalling human rights record in Tibet.
Tibetan Women's Association:
The resignation of the two envoys is a pointer to the first signs of frustration over China's apathy towards the middle way policy.
The former envoys have done a commendable job with spearheading the dialogue for the last one decade with the very obstinate Chinese leadership and they symbolize the significance of 'renewed talks' with China since the foundation for dialogue was laid in 1978 and since the 'stalled face to face meeting' since 1993.
The resignation of the two envoys has not come as a surprise. It may be considered that they have fulfilled their work. Their episode of patience, in their act, while being humiliated and looking down upon has now come to an end.
Yet, talking about their legacy for the future, to be honest, the dialogue process has not achieved even a single result. The dialogues have yielded no results.
2. China has already rejected our Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy. What in your view should be our basic proposal for the resumption of the dialogue process?
Tsewang Rigzin, TYC: We very well know that Deng Xioping said: "anything except Independence could be discussed". The stand of Independence forced Deng to open his mouth. So, if we really want the Chinese talking, then I believe it is high time we go back to the drawing board and to sustain and strengthen our freedom struggle, TGIE should revert its political stand to Independence. This will no doubt force the Chinese side to the table and truly rekindle our freedom struggle.
TWA: The 7-point memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for Tibetan People serves as the best reference guide for the Chinese leadership and the international to understand the basic 'asks' of the central Tibetan administration pursuing the middle way policy.
The memorandum is an opportunity for China to gauge their road map to settle for a win-win proposition, which contributes to PRC's unity, stability, harmony and its peaceful rise in the world.
As much as the Kashag is hopeful of continuing dialogue with the new Chinese Leadership which will take over the reigns following the much touted '18th National People's congress meeting' scheduled for autumn this year', TWA is optimistic and remain expectant and we will also urge the new leadership to make use of this momentous opportunity to peacefully resolve the Tibet issue.
TWA believes that the Tibetan side has offered as much as we could to ensure a successful resolution to the Tibet issue and therefore at the moment, a lot is resting on the Chinese leadership to stop the spreading of the first signs of frustration from the Tibetan side lest things might get beyond comprehension and control. It's China who should come to the middle ground.
Woeser: Firstly, is there any possibility for the resumption of the dialogue process?
China will not begin the dialogue process with Tibet unless and until there is pressure from the international community.
Then, how much pressure is the international community actually exerting on China? There is non visible at least as of now.
Such a large number of Tibetans, one after the other, have burned themselves. Since 2009, 44 Tibetans have set themselves on fire (41 inside Tibet and 3 outside Tibet.)
Amidst such a humanitarian crisis, how much pressure the international community has put on the Chinese government?
Many say it would be better to resume the dialogue than not, and that the resumption of dialogue will build bridge between the two. But even if the process gets resumed, what is the use of dialogue if there is no sincerity and no equality, which are the foundations for dialogue.
3. If and when the time comes to appoint new envoys, who do you think is most eligible to represent Tibet?
Tsewang Rigzin, TYC: I will not pretend to have the authority to appoint envoys, so throwing names is not my cup of tea. But I believe a shrewd diplomat with experience and the tenacity to handle the Chinese counterparts will represent Tibet well. And, we have to find a way to talk to equivalent Chinese counterparts during the dialogues rather than low-level officials from United Front Work Department.
TWA: The decision best lies in the vision and calibre of the Kashag and we look forward to a very successful 'task force meeting' in December this year.
Woeser: If the time comes for the Tibet-China dialogue to begin, the Tibetan envoys should be able to speak Mandarin and should be an exile Tibetan originally from Tibet.
There is a proverb in China, which says: "If one knows the situation on both the sides, then one won't be defeated even after a hundred battles." At least, that way one will learn the tactics of the war.
However, I have a small request. If the dialogue gets resumed; the Tibetan representatives must not visit the birthplace of Mao Zedong again.
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As the harsh winter weather settles in, it's time to protect your vehicles from the elements. Whether you have a prized vehicle, or just want to protect your family vehicles from the weather, there are things you can do this season to ensure that your mode of transportation does not end up destroyed by the elements that accompany this season. Don not fret about your vehicle making it through this season, you can ensure that it does with these simple options:
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Out of all the advice you can receive, this is by far the simplest, yet most overlooked option. Many people use their garage as a storage space while leaving their vehicles unprotected from the elements. Do your spring cleaning a season early and make space for your car in the garage. It's the perfect place to have the car in your possession and protected from the elements at the same time. You can't beat that.
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Some people do not have a garage to put the car into during these harsh months of the year. If you do not have a garage, then you can purchase a high-quality car cover. These covers will keep off the snow and frost that frequently accompany this time of the year. While it may not be as ideal as a garage, especially for vehicles you have to use everyday, it is still a simple, inexpensive solution to your problem.
Store it Away for the Season
This works very well with vehicles that you do not use on a daily basis. Many people have prized, vintage cars that they take to shows or just show-off in around time. While that is incredibly fun, the harsh winter elements may not be the best time of the year to show off your vintage car around town. Instead of taking up space in your garage, or allowing it to collect snow on your driveway in Cincinnati, a temporary car storage place could be beneficial. This type of storage is especially important for some parts of the country. If you live in a place like Cincinnati, you will definitely need a place to protect your prized car from the harsh winter weather.
You do not have to chance your car making it through the winter. Be proactive and take the steps necessary to ensure its safety, despite how awful the weather gets this winter season.
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New Home with Modern and Traditional Elements
A Seattle architect balances modern and traditional elements for a home where comfort trumps all
Architects are famous for their freshly pressed white shirts, obsessive attention to detail, and "my way or the highway" personalities. But after more than 25 years as an architect-—and nearly as many as a husband—Stuart Silk knows that a successful home design as well as a happy marriage requires good communication and plenty of give and take.
"I'm very much a transitional kind of guy. I could live in a flat-roof modern quite comfortably," Stuart says, adding with a chuckle, "That will never happen in this marriage."
His wife, Mary, is a "dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist," Stuart explains, and is drawn to cozy spaces with wood-burning fireplaces, textured fabrics, and richly hued colors. "I know Stuart would love to build a contemporary house, but they don't seem comfortable, they don't envelop me," Mary says.
Happily, their seemingly opposite visions blended beautifully when the empty nesters built an environmentally responsible house on a lot overlooking fairways at Seattle's Broadmoor Golf Club.
From the start, it was a joint effort, with Stuart wearing his professional hat. "He treated me as a client and asked me what I wanted," Mary says. For inspiration, the couple collected images from books and magazines. They drove through neighborhoods in Seattle and elsewhere, pointing out houses, landscapes, and architectural details that appealed to them.
Reaching a consensus on the exterior was easy. "We wanted a lot of glass, but we still wanted the house to have a traditional appearance on the outside," Stuart says. Influenced by rustic farmhouse styles ("something you'd see in southern Europe or more likely Santa Barbara," the architect says), the three-level stucco home has a tile roof and wood shutters that were wire-brushed and stained—not painted--—"so they feel like they're 100 years old," he says.
A front courtyard features paving stones set on a gravel base that allows small plants to sprout in the joints. The pavers lead to a stone-look archway made with stucco. "It's more informal, countrified a little bit," Stuart says.
Photography: John Granen
Produced by Linda Humphrey
Architect: Stuart Silk, Stuart Silk Architects, 2400 N. 45th St., Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98103; 206/728-9500, stuartsilk.com.
Interior designers: Mary Silk with Danielle Krieg, senior designer at Stuart Silk Architects, 2400 N. 45th St., Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98103; 206/728-9500, stuartsilk.com.
Landscape designers: Carolyn Temple Gardner and Cindi Alsop, Carolyn Temple Gardner, 1404 41st Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98112; 206/325-3191.
Open Entry
While the exterior design choices were made early, Stuart's approach from the start was to design "from the inside out," he says. "We built the house to accommodate the way we live, so we were concerned with spatial relationships, adjacencies, views, and light. Those are the things that informed the exterior of the house."
The interiors reflect Stuart's contemporary leanings with walls of windows and French doors and a casual open floor plan, where rooms flow one into another. "We wanted contiguous spaces, so the main living space is quite open to the kitchen, and the kitchen opens to the dining room," Stuart says.
Quartzite slabs were cut into large-scale tiles for the foyer floor. Arched openings at the end of the hall lead to the living room.
Walls (integral veneer plaster): custom color.
Flooring (custom cut): quartzite from Turkey.
Table (Scandinavian); chairs: antique.
Art on table (by Lauri Chambers): owner's collection.
Art in stairwell; art on landing (portraits of the Silks): by Anne Petty, annepetty.net.
Accessories: owner's collection.
Art on right wall, lower (by Brian Kershisnik): Brian Kershisnik Studio, kershisnik.com.
Art on right wall, over doorway (by William Ivey): Woodside/Braseth Gallery, woodsidebrasethgallery.com.
Traditional Library
"The only room that is separate on the main floor is the library, and we can close that off with pocket doors," Stuart says. Not surprisingly, that cozy room with a wood-burning fireplace, painted wood-paneled walls, and furnishings upholstered in textured and patterned fabrics is Mary's favorite.
The most traditional room on the main floor also has French doors that open to the front courtyard.
Art over mantel (by Terry Turrell); sculpture on table (by Terry Turrell): Sue Greenwood Fine Art, suegreenwoodfineart.com.
Sofa: owner's collection.
Sofa fabric ("Leopard"): discontinued.
Lounge chair: owner's collection.
Lounge-chair fabric ("Madison Velvet"/Espresso #7002-08): Victoria Hagan Home, victoriahaganhome.com.
Coffee table; wing chair: antique.
Wing-chair fabric ("Hair Calf"/Natural): Randolph & Hein, randolphhein.com.
Sconces ("Steel Sconce" #0120): Fourteenth Colony Lighting, fourteenthcolonylighting.com.
Rug ("Arrowroot," by Lapchi, Ngari weave): Driscoll Robbins Fine Carpets, driscollrobbins.com.
Drapery: Fabricut, fabricut.com.
Fabrication: Bartlett Blinds, bartlettblinds.com.
Paint: custom.
Natural Living Room
Other interior walls were finished with wheat-colored Venetian plaster for an aged and handmade look. The inspiration for the oak floors and ceilings came from a book showcasing vintage French homes, Mary recalls. To create the subtle warm effect the Silks wanted, the rift and quartered white oak was bleached to remove its yellow tones, and ceilings were hand-finished with a paste wax.
See another view on the next slide
Flooring and ceiling: hand-bleached and waxed white oak.
Dining table (custom, medium distress/golden walnut); chairs (custom, for similar, #DC1207): Alder & Co., alderandco.com.
Blue-and-white platter: antique.
Sofa: custom.
Console: owner's collection.
Art with writing: by Dennis Evans, Utopian Heights Studios, dennisevans.net.
Art with red bird (by Jay Steensma): Davidson Galleries, davidsongalleries.com.
Art over mantel: by Betsy Eby, betsyeby.com.
Piano: Kohler & Campbell, kohlerandcampbell.com.
Paint (integral veneer plaster): custom color.
Mirrors flanking mantel: Michael Folks Showroom, michaelfolks.com.
Drapery: Fabricut, fabricut.com.
Fabrication: Bartlett Blinds, bartlettblinds.com.
Cozy Sitting Area
The overall palette and design sensibility are definitely minimal, Stuart says, with no one feature or colorway demanding attention. "Everything conforms and is harmonious—even though there are stone floors, steel railings, Venetian plaster, waxed wood, and painted cabinets. We have a richness, a mosaic of materials, but we made a conscious decision not to have any one thing shout, be boisterous, or stand out. The palette is muted."
Another view of the living room is on the next slide.
Walls (integral veneer plaster): custom color.
Sofa: custom.
Striped pillow on sofa ("Kilim Stripe"/Nougat #7618-009): Mokum, mokumtextiles.com.
Round end table by sofa ("Zoya Table"): Erika Brunson, erikabrunson.com.
Pair of lounge chairs ("Dante Chairs"): Patricia Edwards, patriciaedwards.com.
Chair fabric ("Couture Silk Melange N.8"/Truffle): Glant, glant.com.
Armchair ("Cressant Chair" #2490.11): Minton-Spidell, minton-spidell.com.
Chair fabric ("Tigre"): discontinued.
Coffee table: antique.
Area rug (Abaca weave): The Natural Carpet Co., naturalcarpetcompany.com.
Art over mantel: by Betsy Eby, betsyeby.com.
Mirrors: Michael Folks Showroom, michaelfolks.com.
Drapery: Fabricut, fabricut.com.
Fabrication: Bartlett Blinds, bartlettblinds.com.
Harmonious Palette
Differences were amicably resolved with the help of the Silk's stash of inspirational photos. "If we got into trouble or didn't agree on something, we'd go back to the image book," Stuart says. "We'd look through those images, talk, and find a way to agree." Give and take, push and pull—that's what makes for good design and happy marriages.
Sleek Kitchen
Stuart had a victory in the kitchen, when he eliminated the sink on the island to create a sleek, non-kitchen look. "Mary still gives me a hard time about that," he says, laughing.
Stuart limited the number of upper cabinets and eliminated a sink on the island to downplay the utilitarian features of the kitchen because the room is visible from the living and dining areas. The refrigerator, wall ovens, and microwave are partially out of view in a side corridor. In a nice juxtaposition of modern and traditional, the rectilinear stainless-steel hood is flanked by blue and white ginger jars.
Stools ("Bar Stool Contour"): David Smith & Co., no longer in business.
Cabinetry: custom.
Hardware: Sun Valley Bronze, svbronze.com.
Backsplash, countertops: Cottonwood limestone.
Refrigerator (by Sub-Zero); cooktop (by Wolf): Sub-Zero/Wolf, subzero-wolf.com.
Oven hood: custom.
Sink: Blanco America, blancoamerica.com.
Faucet ("Vir Stil," by Laura Kirar): Kallista, kallista.com.
Area rug (Ushak): Driscoll Robbins Fine Carpets, driscollrobbbins.com. Through Michaelian & Kohlberg, michaelian.com.
Small still life: by Donald F. Allan, donaldfallan.com.
Blue-and-white jars, teapot, plates: Glenn Richards, glennrichards.com.
Casual Dining Room
Mary worked with interior designer Danielle Krieg to choose fabrics to re-cover existing furnishings and to find new pieces, such as a custom pine plank table suited to the more casual style of their dining room, which opens to the kitchen. A wall of windows and French doors that lead to the back terrace ensure the room receives ample natural light and provide great golf course views.
Table (custom); side chairs (custom); host chairs (custom): Alder & Co., alderandco.com.
Chair-seat fabric (Henredon Leather #LE-734-2): Henredon, henredon.com.
Chair-back fabric ("Gustav"/Travertine, discontinued): Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Chandelier: antique.
Area rug (Ushak): Michaelian and Kohlberg, michaelian.com.
Drapery: Fabricut, fabricut.com.
Fabrication: Bartlett Blinds, bartlettblinds.com.
Walls (integral veneer plaster): custom color.
Art (by Joel Brock): Lisa Harris Gallery, lisaharrisgallery.com.
Tray table under art: owner's collection.
Dining Room Artwork
The artwork above the fireplace is by Brian Blackham.
Art: by Brian Blackham, brianblackham.com.
Front Terrace
An east-facing terrace is a delightful spot to sit in the afternoon.
Outdoor furniture ("Santa Barbara"); cushions (color, Mocha): Restoration Hardware, rh.com.
Dining table (custom, quartzite on metal base); cocktail table (custom limestone table): Stuart Silk Architects, stuartsilk.com.
Light over patio: Fourteenth Colony Lighting, fourteenthcolonylighting.com.
Terra-cotta planter: Wells Medina Nursery, wellsmedinanursery.com.
Doors and windows: Loewen, loewen.com.
Calming Master Bedroom
After the oak vaulted ceiling was installed, Stuart couldn't bear to cut holes for down lights. Instead, the Silks rely on table lamps, sconces, and natural light. "People tend to overlight bedrooms. They should be a place to wind down," Stuart says. The "Medici" bed from Kreiss is skirted with "Rayure Marionettes" fabric from Clarence House.
Bed ("Medici Bed"): Kreiss, kreiss.com.
Bed cover ("Charleston"/Palm Green #10207-04): Donghia, donghia.com.
Bedskirt and pillows ("Rayure Marionettes" #34097): Clarence House, clarencehouse.com.
Drapery and bed drapery: Fabricut, fabricut.com.
Fabrication: Bartlett Blinds, bartlettblinds.com.
Area rug (custom): Ramri Rugs, ramrirugs.com.
Lounge chair ("French Country Chair" #1240.11): ottoman ("French Country Ottoman" #2671.28): Minton-Spidell, minton-spidell.com.
Fabric ("Couture Boucle N.4"/Taupe): Glant, glant.com.
Table beside chair: owner's collection.
Table lamp: Frederick Cooper, wildwoodlamps.com.
Blue chair; bird prints: owner's collection.
Blue chair fabric ("Sutton Stripe"/Blue Spruce #825-68): Perennials, perennialsfabrics.com.
Sitting Pretty
The French Country Chair and Ottoman from Minton-Spidell in a taupe color is in keeping with the bedroom's calm, restful palette.
Chair ("French Country Chair" #1240.11); ottoman ("French Country Ottoman" #2671.28): Minton-Spidell, minton-spidell.com.
Chair and ottoman fabric ("Couture Boucle N.4"/Taupe): Glant, glant.com.
Side table: owner's collection.
Table lamp: Frederick Cooper, wildwoodlamps.com.
Drapery: Fabricut, fabricut.com.
Fabrication: Bartlett Blinds, bartlettblinds.com.
Area rug (custom): Ramri Rugs, ramrirugs.com.
Blue Bathroom
Most of the time, Stuart and Mary were in design sync, but there were a few surprises, such as when Mary announced she wanted a blue bathroom. "I'd been doing a muted color scheme in my mind," Stuart says. He initially objected but eventually acquiesced.
Tub ("Napoli"): Victoria + Albert, vandabaths.com/usa.
Tub fixture ("Nostromo" #HS-90-50-9350, by Davide Mercatali for Fantini Rubinetti): Fantini, fantiniusa.com.
Wall tile ("Blue Celeste" #10045-01): Ann Sacks, annsacks.com.
Window shades: Fabricut, Fabricut.com.
Fabricaton: Bartlett Blinds, bartlettblinds.com.
Rear Exterior
French doors on the back of the house open to the golf course and views of the Cascade mountain peaks beyond. Stuart considered sets of bifold doors to open the back of the house but decided they looked too modern. "We wanted to keep that old-world feel," he says.
Balconies are at the master bedroom windows.
Stunning Water Feature
A narrow course of water centered on the living room wing of the house bisects the backyard, adding a stunning lighted water feature at night—and a fun play spot for grandkids during the day.
Homeowner Portrait
Homeowners Mary and Stuart Silk in their Seattle home.


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We are catering for all the family needs health wise and we will be giving advice on diet & nutrition to help promote a more healthy living for the entire family
What I need designed is the full wrap around for the website. It needs it to be extremely user friendly and pleasant to the eye. Our company is a publishing company that works with the health sector closely both in Consumer and Pharmaceutical. We can give design examples from the magazine for reference.
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By Libby Morse (Photos by Matthew Gilson)
In 1969, David Booth packed up his Valiant convertible and left Lawrence,
Kansas, to begin the doctoral program at Chicago Booth. For a diehard
Jayhawk, it was a major step. Booth had spent his teenage years in a house
just down the street from Allen Fieldhouse. He had already earned a bachelor's
in economics and a master's in business from the University of Kansas. And
he was certain that once he'd earned his PhD, he'd return to KU as a professor.
But Booth had experienced an epiphany—and it had Chicago
Booth written all over it. During his master's program, he took
finance from Frank Reilly, PhD '68. The syllabus had included
the efficient markets theories of Merton Miller and Eugene Fama,
MBA '63, PhD '64, and Booth recognized right away that these
were driving "a fundamental paradigm shift." He wanted to be
part of the revolution. Reilly, he recalls, told him Chicago was "the only place to go."
Booth didn't become a professor. Instead, building almost
entirely on what he experienced at Chicago—both the insights
he gained into efficient markets and the relationships he
forged there—he cofounded the maverick investment firm
Dimensional Fund Advisors. Since opening its doors in 1981,
the firm has grown into one of the largest institutional fund
managers in the United States. As of October 2008, Dimensional
managed about $120 billion in assets, with many of its
funds routinely beating the benchmarks.
Booth's arrival at Chicago as a doctoral student is a great
example of perfect timing. Over the previous ten years, the
business school had emerged as an undisputed if iconoclastic
finance powerhouse, with talent that included future
Nobel laureates
Miller and Myron Scholes, MBA '64, PhD '70, and, of course, Fama. These scholars didn't have to go
far to get the data demanded by their rigorously empirical
work: much of it was supplied by the first-ever historical
stock price database, created in 1960 at Chicago's Center
for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) by James Lorie and
Lawrence Fisher.
"It was a wild time to be at Chicago," Booth says. "The world
was changing very rapidly, and Chicago was really at the center
of it." The work that was done in Chicago between 1963 and
1973 in finance, he says, has yet to be surpassed by any other
business school anywhere.
Booth's very first course at Chicago was finance, taught by
Fama himself. "That was probably my life-changing event," he
says. "It was a two-quarter sequence, and we didn't even have
a textbook. It was all photocopies of data material. Fama and
Miller had gotten together and decided to write a textbook, and
we had the rough draft." On the first day, Booth recalls, Fama
told the students that his class would be the most practical one
they would ever take. "I was young and naïve enough to believe
him—and it turns out in my case to have been true."
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An asteroid 150 feet wide will come closer to Earth than any other known asteroid of its size. But NASA says we don't have to worry.
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Astronomers first spotted the asteroid a year ago as a tiny dot in a star field. Since then, they've tracked it carefully and measured its exact size, leading them to this reassuring conclusion:
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Happy Monday!
Don't let the enthusiasm fool you: I spent the better part of my day cramming for a calculus midterm and wishing that my weekend frolics with Anne, Evan, Matt, and Sana hadn't ended. I even checked airfare to Raleigh a couple of times (to be clear, Anne is getting her R.D. at UNC Chapel Hill), so it's appropriate that the title of today's recipe—Five Minute Raw Cacao Snack Bars—is inspired by Anne's famous five minute packable lunches and snacks, which you can peruse here.
Fact: I'm not a fast cook. I can be fast if I have to be, but by nature I'm too methodical to work quickly. It's the perfectionist in me: I like my ingredients carefully measured, my textures perfect, my meals balanced. I've always been grateful for the fact that I'm a raw foods lover, because they're hard to belabor. The raw recipes I love—soups, salads, pates, wraps—are just too simple to get too nitpicky over, and they tend to work against my own impulses toward overthinking things in the kitchen.
Case in point: these ridiculously easy and tasty raw snack bars. These are very reminiscent of my lemon kissed cashew hemp bars, except the base is exclusively cashew and date (no hemp). I've found that simply using a 1:1 cashew to date ratio in my raw snack bars works out perfectly (1 cup cashews for every 1 cup dates, for instance). I grind the nuts in my processor, add the dates, run the motor, wait for the whole thing to clump up, and then shape my bars. The process takes no more than five minutes, and when I add the dates, I can also add any particular flavors I want: cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla, cherry, orange, and so on. So, so easy.
I think we can all agree that double midterm Mondays call for chocolate. So this morning, as I tried to whip up a snack that would be tasty, sweet, and energy-giving, I decided to try out my very first chocolate flavored snack bar. My verdict? Two thumbs up. This bar tastes a little bit like chocolate, a little bit like coffee (I say this because it contains raw cacao nibs, and I think they taste like coffee beans) and it's sweet without being too sweet. Perfect for snacking as you memorize and rememorize the chain rule.
Five Minute Raw Cacao Snack Bars (raw, vegan, gluten and soy free)
Yields 12 bars
2 cups cashews
2 cups pitted dates
1/4 cup raw cacao powder
1/4 cup raw cacao nibs
1) Place the cashews into a food processor and process till they're well ground.
2) Add the dates and cacao powder, and process till the mixture is starting to clump into a large mass.
3) Add cacao nibs, and pulse to combine.
4) Line an 8 X 12 or 9 X 9 baking dish with tin foil. Empty the dought into the foil and press it down with your fingers so that it's uniformly thick and even. Refrigerate for about thirty minutes or more. Cut into 10-12 bar shapes, and serve!
Great texture:
The cacao nibs add a perfect amount of crunch. As you can see, some of the bars were beautifully uniform. Others were a little, um, uneven:
I'll learn to shape them perfectly at some point. Why don't you give them a try, and see if you can do better than I did?
I'm excited to be back here tomorrow; I'll be bringing you a very special guest post, which I hope will be the first in a very special series of guest posts. I have a lot to say about that—but right now, my eyelids are drooping. Bedtime for this blogger.
Before you guys tuck in tonight, take a moment to read this thoughtful and hopeful piece by John Robbins in today's Huffington Post. A lovely balance of encouragement and tolerance, I think.


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The woman whom I'm related to by marriage just made vegetarian treats for Buddy the Dog.
I was given strict orders to take them out of the oven in 15 minutes.
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Last night, I couldn't sleep. I was tired, but my mind was racing. I looked over the top of my sleeping husband and stared at the clock. 1:14 am. I decided to get up and move to the couch, thinking that a change of scenery would help me calm down. It didn't.
I think that there are certain times in a person's life where their faith comes to a precipice. Mine has been building for nearly two years. I don't think that adoption and religion always have to go hand in hand. After all, people from all faiths and no faith adopt children all the time and it is a good thing! But for me, the whole thing was very spiritual. In fact, I've never felt more in the center of God's will for my life that while we were going through the adoption process. That whole process was the first time in my adult life that I had absolutely no control over what would happen. I had a child that lived halfway around the world that I'd never held or even seen. And I was completely powerless to even make sure that he had enough to eat. I couldn't be there to make sure that when he was sick that he got the medicine that he needed. In fact, I wasn't even sure that he'd still be alive by the time that we got to Congo to get him. A family adopting from the same place had just lost their baby girl due to malaria and it rocked me to my core with the realization of how very little I could orchestrate the addition of this new little one into our family. I find that for most of us living in our cozy first world lives, there are very few times when we have absolutely no control over a situation and have to rely on God fully to work it all out for his glory. In fact, this is the only time it's happened to me. I felt like God and I were side by side on that whole journey. It was like we were in constant communion with one another. And then our son came home and I went right back to the old me who has to be the puppet master of all of it who had a bone to pick with God.
After seeing starving, helpless children first hand, I hurled insult after insult at God. It's a good thing that he's a big God and can take it because sometimes I hurled it hard. I felt like Satan tempting Jesus in the wilderness when I would lie in my bed and cry, "If you really are the son of God, why can't you take away the suffering of those innocent children." All those babies. I can still close my eyes and see myself getting out of the taxi in front of the US embassy and being swarmed by street children. All of them hungry. All of them sick. All of them just wanting to matter to someone- anyone. I could have passed out every snack I had in my backpack and every dime in my pocket and it wouldn't have made even the smallest dent. I kept asking God, "Why are there so many of them? And why do so few people care?" I kept going back to that passage in the Bible about how the workers are few. I know that it is in a different context, but I just couldn't understand how so few people could care about starving, dying, lonely children in the world. Lonely. That's what gets to me. The loneliness. No child should ever have to feel alone.
My children were being especially sweet last night. I think that's what got me started down that slippery slope of feeling so small and inadequate. While the big kids were at church, Miles and I sat on the couch and worked on lacing a shoe string through a cardboard cow with holes in it. We were talking about colors and matching. I told him that it was time for bed and he threw his little arms on each side of my face and said, "I wub you, mommy." That doesn't happen very often from him. I put him to bed and gave him an extra hug as I laid him down and covered him up with not one, but two blankets. The big kids came home and after baths and PJ's they were extra snuggly. Noah must have given me dozens of kisses. Sadie was hugging all over her daddy. We put them to bed and within 10 minutes, they both came bounding down the stairs and smothered us with love saying they just needed a few more kisses. I reveled in it for a moment. Then when they went back to their beds, I looked at my husband and wearily said, "There are so many children in the world who will go to bed tonight without any kisses from a mommy and daddy." I checked on them before bed and just stared at their little faces, so peaceful without a care in the world. They were warm in cozy in their beds with more blankets, pillows, and stuffed animals than should be allowed. The injustice of it all sometimes comes crashing down on me. It comes in waves. One wave is full of gratitude for these blessings and the next wave is full of sadness for the children who have none of it. No blankets. No pillows. No one to check on them and make sure they are covered up in the night. No one who cares.
I got in bed and started reading. I finished my book and started praying. I began thinking about individual children I met at the orphanage. I saw their faces. I saw their eyes. I began seeing pictures in my mind of orphans I've seen on the Internet. I started seeing numbers like 163 million and I felt so small against the wall of sadness that is the orphan crisis. I'm never going to be one of those moms who just loves and finds so much joy in the mundane. I'm never going to love doing laundry or clipping little toenails or potty training or those kinds of things that come with being a mom. But I've got a lot of love to give and we've got extra food and a small amount of space left in our little house and I can care for more. I can kiss more. I can hug more. I can love more. But somehow it just seems like it will never be enough. There are always more children. There is always more need. There is never enough food or enough blankets or enough medicine and the workers are few. And it is heavy.
It's times like this that I have to take a step back and re-evaluate. I am forced to look at the decisions that I make in my life that are purely selfish. I like to treat myself to a four dollar cup of coffee every now and then, but I don't need it in the least. I sometimes get lazy for days on end and we eat out because I just can't fathom having to make another meal and clean up another meal though our fridge is full of food. I buy my children more clothes and shoes than they need. We tell ourselves that adopting a fourth child would make it harder to travel or would make it harder for us to save the money to buy a bigger house. When I look at it this way, I disgust myself with my selfish desires. I look at the self centeredness that I choose everyday and I realize that the impact of my decisions keeps one less child from eating and one less child from being able to go to school and one less child from being able to experience a family. Isn't that what life is all about? Making choices? And if you call yourself a Christian, isn't it all about making choices that impact the kindgom? I'm afraid that my choices aren't stacking up to the ones that God would have me make for the children I feel so burdened for. It's never enough. The workers are few.
This is probably one of those posts that I should just leave in draft form. After all, it doesn't solve anything. It is just me struggling with myself and feeling trapped between the desires that God will have for me and the desires that I have for myself. A theologian I am not, but I am a lover of Jesus. I am a Christian who cusses more than I should, has less patience with my children than I should, is driven by desires of the flesh and who has fallen on my face more times than I can count. But I do know a couple of things about God. One is that he has the power to redeem a shmutz like me and the other is that he cares for orphans. I also know that the burden that I have for the fatherless (especially in Congo) is God given. We have that in common- me and God. He chose this for me. He and I can chat about it in the late night hours when I can't sleep because the burden is so heavy. He tells me to do what I can today and wait for instructions for the rest. There is a stirring in my heart and I can't wait to see how He rattles my cage next.
Until then, he tells me to feed his sheep. So for now, I make peanut butter sandwiches for the sheep in my home and I pray for the little lambs that I am missing today over 7,000 miles away.
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People Story - Marc Becker
"The most important thing you have to have is curiosity."
"As a developer, my main task is to code all day long, but that's not always the case. Designing is also part of my tasks," Marc says. "There's communication between me and my colleagues, and there's a lot of communication with people outside my team, helping people use the software that I build."
Marc works with a team that contributes to the overall SAP Cloud Platform effort. In part, the team ensures that different platform services work on an infrastructure level.
"I'm helping to run these services on our SAP Cloud Platform," Marc says. "I'm responsible for deploying these platform services in an automated fashion. I'm talking with other teams about how the service is going to work and how I'm going to deploy the service. I also talk to people who are going to use the service to find out their concerns, and how we can help make it better. The 'XS' in our team name stands for 'extended services.'"
Marc shares how SAP is a large, international company, but there is still a very personal feeling when you work here."Since I get to interact with other teams, you get to know a lot of other people very quickly, and they're really into helping you and providing the information needed. They're not working in silos," Marc says. Adding that projects often bring him into contact with SAP team members from around the world. "You may not meet the colleagues face-to-face, but you still feel like you are working with them, and they are a team."
Marc joined SAP as a student-worker in 2012. After completing his bachelor's degree in information technology in 2016, he became a full-time employee in September 2016.
"I did my studies together with SAP," he says. "From 2012 to 2015, it was a special program. I would spend three months in my university in Mannheim, and then three months at SAP, then back at university for three months, and so on," including three months in the SAP office in Silicon Valley.
"Each time I was at SAP, I was in a different department," Marc says. "In that time, I saw a lot of different teams, a lot of different ways they are doing things, and most recently I ended up at SAP Cloud Platform XS Technology."
"In my area, it's definitely important to have knowledge in different programming languages. If you have a broad understanding of a common programming language such as Java, it will help. Also if you have some skills to easily take that and apply it to another programming language," he says.
"I work with open source technologies, especially around the topic of Cloud Foundry, and other tools around it – which are a lot. Every day there's a new tool coming out that you can learn about or use to get some jobs done," Marc says. "Cloud Foundry is very important to what I do, also AWS or OpenStack."
When I came to SAP, I knew nothing of these type of technology," he says. "I guess the most important thing you have to have is curiosity, and be willing to learn about new technologies and new stuff in the IT space because you really get the opportunity at SAP to learn on the job. It's not expected that you will come with all of this knowledge. You have to have the ability to dig into that, read about it, learn about it. If you're curious and want to learn about things quickly, that's probably the best condition to come to work here."
Marc's SAP team filed two patents last year – as a team."We see more or less everything we do as a team effort," he says. "We have two topics where we filed a patent. I was not the main developer on these, but I was involved in coming up with a solution and designing them."
"I feel comfortable working here," Marc says. "Definitely there are times when there's a critical phase in your software development – last November there was a critical delivery – that time it can be a little bit stressful, but it's not constant throughout the entire year. You have time to turn off your head in the evening and don't need to think about work all the time. Also, it's very easy to take time to vacation. It's not cumbersome to get some days, and you can be really spontaneous with that."
Marc adds that free lunch and free coffee, make for a relaxed work experience during your lunch break, adding that a fitness area and tennis and beach volleyball courts are available for relaxation outside his offices.
"In general, it's a nice atmosphere and you enjoy working here," Marc says. "What I like about SAP, that I didn't think about before I came here: It's an innovative company that's working on a lot of topics in technology."
"In the beginning, I had a different picture of what's here, 'maybe a little old-fashioned,' I thought, and that's different from what I found. It's really a special place," he says.
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There are 50 million computer servers in the world today. And a recent report by BusinessWeek says that, of the 8 million new servers added each year, 50% are bound for data centers. That's 4 million additional servers per year that will be used to store and deliver computing programs and services over the Internet, or "cloud".IT Companies are quickly developing cloud-based offerings and building data centers to house servers that store all of the data the cloud delivers - email, photos, videos, entertainment, news, and computing programs. As more and more electricity is required to operate these data centers and run the servers, IT companies are looking for ways to keep their power costs low. Unfortunately, a strategy that is still being employed by many IT companies to keep the overhead down is to locate data centers in places where "cheap" coal-fired electricity is available. In January, for example, Facebook commissioned a new data center in Oregon and entered a power service agreement with a utility called PacificCorp, which gets most of its electricity from coal-fired power stations. Just this week, eBay unveiled its new flagship data center, located in South Jordan, Utah, a state that derives 81% of its electricity from coal. The Topaz data center, as the new hosting facility for eBay's Marketplace and Paypal.com is called, is a US$287 million facility with top-of-the-line energy efficiency features, which help to make Topaz 50% less expensive for eBay to operate and 30% more efficient than any of the other data centers it uses. And eBay is very proud of its energy and cost savings accomplishment (as evidenced by the break dancers that performed at the launch party). But, is a diet on which you eat 30% less per meal, but eat MANY more meals than you previously did, AND exclusively live on Twinkies, ultimately going to save you from an untimely and serious health problem? That is what's at issue with eBay's data center, and it's what will be at issue for many other IT companies as they rapidly expand their cloud-computing operations to rely on fossil fuel based electricity, thus building a "brown" cloud. The fuel source matters if you really want to be green because energy efficiency will not save the planet from the worst predicted impacts of climate change as long as data centers continue to multiply and increase demand for coal and other forms of dirty energy, much like a reduced diet of only Twinkies will likely not help you avoid weight gain or heart problems. A combination of efficiency and renewable power is required. Additionally, eBay's math may be missing a very important calculation: risk. At the Uptime Institute Symposium last week, speakers discussed the economic impacts that a "carbon tax" or carbon regulation could have on data center operators. Mike Manos of Nokia, pointing to the U.K.'s existing carbon legislation, indicated that the IT sector is ill-equipped to deal with inevitable penalties that will be associated with a heavy reliance on coal when U.S. climate legislation passes."Carbon emissions differ for a facility in Washington State and a facility in West Virginia," said Manos. "Where your data centers are located today is an important criteria."In fact, Washington State, home to Microsoft's new 470,000 square foot data center, has a power mix dominated by 65% hydroelectric, and is one of the top states in renewable energy sourcing. So, for comparison's sake, Washington's grid relies on 17% coal, versus Utah's 81%. If eBay truly wants its new data center to be "solid, stable, and secure" as Dean Nelson, Director of Global Data Center Strategy, Architecture & Operations, has said, why didn't the company base its geographical choice on a more complete assessment of costs and risks?Some IT companies are starting to get it. An Ericsson white paper, "Minimizing Carbon Intensity in Telecom Networks Using TCO (Total Cost of Operation) Techniques," demonstrates the company's methodology (which gets it second-place ranking on the Cool IT Leaderboard) for understanding both the cost and environmental impacts of its operations, recognizing that the absolute amount of energy consumed by telecom networks is growing, along with carbon emissions, which must be managed. The same is true for cloud computing and the infrastructure that runs it.So, instead of behaving like a carbon problem doesn't exist, Facebook, eBay and other IT companies would be better off in the long-run if they changed their data center siting policies to demand coal-free sources of electricity, and put all new data centers on a strict low-carbon renewable energy diet. That is how to build a cloud that's green.
Here is my post on my Green (low carbon) Data Center Blog http://www.greenm3.com/2010/05/greenpeace-strikes-fear-in-uptime-symposium-continues-no-coal...
Here is my post on my Green (low carbon) Data Center Blog http://www.greenm3.com/2010/05/greenpeace-strikes-fear-in-uptime-symposium-continues-no-coal-data-center-efforts.html I have been watching Greenpeace's actions and how it influences the data center industry. I do think what Greenpeace is doing will accelerate the greening of data centers.
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Yahoo said earlier today that it has fixed the security vulnerability that let hackers obtain and publish 450,000 email addresses and passwords used by freelance contributors to Yahoo Voices.
Furthermore, Yahoo said the data was old, containing only login information used by contributors who had signed up before May 2010, when Yahoo Voices was known as Associated Content. (Yahoo bought Associated Content that month.)
Case closed, right?
We don't think Yahoo should get off that easily. Here's why.
First of all, Yahoo hasn't explained why it had an improperly secured server containing unencrypted passwords on its network.
Second of all, Yahoo said this morning—a day and the half after it learned the hack had happened—that it's STILL contacting affected users. A Yahoo Voices contributor we talked to told us that all Yahoo sent her was the same statement it gave the media.
Lastly—and this is key—these aren't ordinary users of Yahoo's free services. Yahoo Voices contributors are journalists—amateurs in many cases, but they're still reporters, many of whom are taking on controversial local-news stories. Some use pen names. Yahoo has exposed their identities.
As Yahoo emphasises the media part of its business, it needs to show that it will protect the people who create its content, whether they're on staff or freelance contributors on Yahoo Voices.
Imagine if the New York Times was hacked and its reporters' passwords were exposed. Everyone would be outraged, right?
If you believe in the premise of citizen journalism—that the Internet allows anyone to become a reporter—then we don't see why the Yahoo Voices hack is any less significant.
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|Dev: Haemimont Games
|Pub: Kalypso Media Digital
|Release: February 12, 2013
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Alcohol Reference, Blood, Language, Violence
by Angelo M. D'Argenio
Any simulation gamer worth their salt knows the Tropico name, as Haemimont has worked wonders with the brand. Somehow, they've not only made Tropico one of the most compelling sim games on the market, but they've also made the gameplay actually feel like the player is a small island dictator. It stands as a triumph in matching gameplay with tone.
Their newest game, Omerta: City of Gangsters, on the other hand, seems to understand its tone but not much else. While the game has an amazing atmosphere, skillfully getting across a prohibition-era mafia feel, its gameplay isn't very compelling.
Omerta has a lot of good ideas that just never seem to come to fruition. For example, the character generation system is an interesting way to tie mechanics and plot together. Your character is built out of six stats, and you decide their starting values by fleshing out your character's backstory. You'll decide things like what jobs your character worked in as a teen, what his first fight was like, and what his childhood nickname was. It makes your character feel more real, like a product of his upbringing. Each option's effect on your stats is also spelled out in plain English if you care more about min-maxing your character than you do telling an interesting story.
The game is essentially split up into two parts. The simulation section plays out a lot like Tropico and its ilk; it's a lot of resource management, handling random events and catastrophes, and building up your power and influence. The other half of the game is combat, which plays out in a turn-based style slightly similar to XCOM. Unfortunately, your character's stats only come into play during the combat portions of the game, and they don't actually affect combat that much. This makes an otherwise interesting spin on character creation somewhat moot in the long run, squandering the innovative potential the system had.
The simulation portions of the game have a distinct gangster tone to them, but they get repetitive quickly. Little touches, like counting dirty and clean money as two different resources, really do hammer home that mafia feel, but the speed of the game ruins any atmosphere that it creates. You'll end up doing things like producing illegal alcohol out of the back rooms of business, setting up safe-houses for planned heists, constructing legitimate businesses for the purpose of money laundering, and more, but there's little compelling you to do any of this other than the basic simulation gamer impulse to keep all of your numbers as high as possible.
The game isn't easy, per se, but it sure feels safe. There are times when you'll find yourself at a crippling deficit during the simulation parts of the game, but you don't feel the same sense of doom that you feel when, say, your funds run out in SimCity. You know you'll bounce back eventually, but it will take a while. In fact, Omerta doesn't have levels of difficulty as much as it has levels of tedium. There's no real threat, even in some of the more challenging scenarios.
Combat, when it's required, is somewhat more interesting but just as safe. Characters have a certain amount of movement points and a certain amount of action points, and you can surmise the rest of the gameplay from there. Move your character into position, attack an enemy, lather, rinse, repeat.
Your characters have stats for health and courage. When your health falls, your character becomes incapacitated. Your characters don't really die; they just get brought back when the combat is over. This kind of cheapens the mob feel, especially since you're doing battle with knives and shotguns. When your character's courage falls, which happens when he sees his buddies take hits and get injured, he becomes less effective in battle. The courage mechanic is actually a nice touch, accurately getting across the feel of a chaotic gunfight between gangs, but it actually doesn't come into play all that often.
There's a cover system, but it doesn't make much sense. For example, you'll often find that you can shoot someone through a wall, but will totally miss them if they are standing behind a thin pillar or barrel. You get to see your hit chance before you attack, so it's not like the game is hiding information from you; it's just that some of the hit percentage are kind of wacky. Some cover objects only provide cover from one side, which is hilarious but frustrating. You can also deal damage to environmental objects, but once again, this doesn't come into play all that often. It only takes about a turn to move around any obstacle, so you'll find yourself in epic cover-based shootouts far less often than you find yourself running straight at your opponent and firing.