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sa_flags member of the
sigaction structure is a
catch-all for special features. Most of the time,
SA_RESTART is
a good value to use for this field.
The value of
sa_flags is interpreted as a bit mask. Thus, you
should choose the flags you want to set, or those flags together,
and store the result in the
sa_flags member of your
sigaction structure.
Each signal number has its own set of flags. Each call to
sigaction affects one particular signal number, and the flags
that you specify apply only to that particular signal.
In the GNU C library, establishing a handler with
signal sets all
the flags to zero except for
SA_RESTART, whose value depends on
the settings you have made with
siginterrupt. See Interrupted Primitives, to see what this is about.
These macros are defined in the header file signal.h.
This flag is meaningful only for the
SIGCHLDsignal. When the flag is set, the system delivers the signal for a terminated child process but not for one that is stopped. By default,
SIGCHLDis delivered for both terminated children and stopped children.
Setting this flag for a signal other than
SIGCHLDhas no effect.
If this flag is set for a particular signal number, the system uses the signal stack when delivering that kind of signal. See Signal Stack. If a signal with this flag arrives and you have not set a signal stack, the system terminates the program with
This flag controls what happens when a signal is delivered during certain primitives (such as
write), and the signal handler returns normally. There are two alternatives: the library function can resume, or it can return failure with error code
The choice is controlled by the
SA_RESTARTflag for the particular kind of signal that was delivered. If the flag is set, returning from a handler resumes the library function. If the flag is clear, returning from a handler makes the function fail. See Interrupted Primitives.


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Do you have guests with different food allergies or intolerances in your family? Maybe they just don't like the same ingredients in their salad? It's Thanksgiving and they're all coming to your house for dinner, so what's a host to do?
Individual Stacked Salads, of course!
The beauty of these salads is you can make them the day before, cover and store them in the refrigerator and bring the salads out as you sit down to your meal. How great is that?!? Salads are always the last thing you're thinking about and they can sometimes get left off until dinner is almost over and then you jump up and run to get them. Oh wait, that's me. You can also make these salads the same day and let those who want to help in the kitchen keep busy. You can even have everyone make their own if they are feeling creative. Simply set out the ingredients, including your dressings, and let them build their own.
Let your creativity out and build your favorite salads in a glass. Add in what you like, remove what you don't like or can't eat. Mix and match ingredients and you could have a different salad almost everyday, not just holidays.
My salads here are made using the Simply Dressed Salad Dressings from Marzetti. I had a lot of fun creating these salads and having the dressings all ready to go was great. These are sweet and tasty dressings that are gluten free and some are dairy free too. You can read my recent review of their products.
Serve your salads on a plate. When ready to eat, place the plate on top of the salad, hold tight, and then flip it over. Slowly and gently pull the glass up and your salad will be completely dressed on your plate. This is not something I would let your younger or older guests attempt on their own. You can even do this yourself and serve them on the plate ready to eat.
Here is the formula to follow for your Individual Stacked Salads.
First you want to prepare all of the ingredients you'll layer in the glasses. When you assemble them you'll want everything at your fingertips. I LOVE my Spiral Vegetable Slicer (affiliate link). It makes any vegetable look appealing even to those who say they don't like vegetables.
Grab a short tumbler glass with straight sides. I bought my glasses at Pier One Imports. Add your dressing first, about 1 – 2 TB. I used 2 TB, the serving size on the Simply Dressed Salad Dressing labels.
The next layer is something that can sit in the dressing without absorbing it all or making it wilt if you are making these the day before. Tomatoes, onions, olives, peppers, carrots and such.
Then layer away. Think about how the layers will look next to each other. Color and textures are key.
Make sure you lightly press these layers into place so you can keep it compact. This will also help if you want to have the salad hold this shape when you flip it. I don't care either way, stacked on the plate or scattered to fill the plate, it all tastes great.
Oh and here is the best part, there is no wrong way to layer these salads.
You can also use this method with just about any salad recipe you have. Take the list of ingredients and layer them instead of adding them to a bowl and mixing. Here are a few salad ideas to choose from to get you started:
Vegan Slow Roasted Tomato and White Bean Salad
Deadly Serious Beet and Spinach Salad
Golden Beet, Persimmon and Pomegranate Salad
Arugula, Pear and Pomegranate Salad
Here are some of the stacked salads that I'll be serving to my family:
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Simply Dressed Ranch Salad Dressing with tomatoes, zucchini, red onions, cucumbers, mushrooms, hard boiled egg, romaine lettuce and carrots.
Simply Dressed Pomegranate Salad Dressing with tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, carrots, romaine lettuce and golden beets.
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Simply Dressed Strawberry Poppyseed Salad Dressing with tomatoes, onions, spinach, almonds, dried cranberries and mushrooms.
Simply Dressed Caesar Salad Dressing with romaine, onions, cheese, kale, and jicama.
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It's been a sharp, quick ascent into national prominence for Wendy Davis, the Democratic state senator whose 13-hour filibuster against a restrictive Texas abortion law made her an instant heroine to progressives across the country – and a rising star in Texas politics.
Wendy Davis: Rick Perry's words 'demean' his officeJuly 1, 201302:23
Her activism has reignited the conversation about her political future which could include a run for governor. "Of course it forces a second look, but I am not taking that look right now," Davis said in an interview with NBC News. "Right now, I'm working to try to be very strategic, and a member of the team that has to work very hard in the next few weeks to defeat this bill."
But asked directly whether she would rule out serving as Democrats' candidate for governor in 2014, Davis responded: "I cannot rule that out."
Davis's story is now well-known: the former single-mother-turned-Harvard-Law-grad stood and spoke for hours on end in opposition to a law that would effectively ban most abortions in Texas after the 20th week of pregnancy, and shutter most of the clinics in the state where abortions are performed. Her speech felled the abortion bill after the deadline by which it must have been passed expired.
That fight is about to escalate beginning on Monday, when a special session called by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, R, meets in Austin to work toward reconsidering and passing that abortion law. And all eyes will watching to see how Davis — who has emerged not just as a chief adversary to Perry, but also as a rising national Democratic star — proceeds.
"What I can say is, I don't underestimate at all the power that people have brought to this conversation," she told NBC News in a phone interview. "And I will not underestimate the impact that they can have in the Capitol. And I expect they're going to be there, working hard alongside people who share their values."
The Texas proposal, which is tentatively slated for a final vote in the state Senate next week, is likely to pass this time. Republicans in the legislature will not repeat their mistake of leaving the abortion law until the final moments of their session, the deadline which Davis used to fell the law with her filibuster. (Davis did suggest, though, that she has heard "rumblings" that some state lawmakers might reconsider their votes given the national attention to the debate now.)
Perhaps more significantly, the coming weeks might set the stage for a marquee showdown between Davis and Perry — who is yet to say whether he'll seek a fourth term as governor — in the 2014 governor's race.
Though Davis had previously said she planned to run for re-election to her state Senate seat, she acknowledged on Sunday that the national outpouring she's received has forced her to reconsider a showdown against Perry, or another Republican candidate.
If she were to run, Davis would be riding a wave of liberal enthusiasm behind her candidacy. Progressive blogs quickly hailed her filibuster with hopes that she would run, and heavyweight Democratic groups like the pro-abortion rights Emily's List have encouraged Davis to run in the past.
Texas' Wendy Davis: 'These are matters of personal liberty'June 30, 201304:42
Davis said that in the days since the June 25 filibuster, she has been inundated with calls from support from fellow Democrats. Governors and senators have called with their well-wishes, Davis said. And House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who tweeted in support of Davis during her filibuster, sent the state senator flowers the day afterward.
If Davis were to challenge Perry, it could result in a Texas-sized showdown that would upend Republican dominance in Texas. There is already a fair degree of rancor after Perry, speaking last week at the National Right to Life Convention, singled Davis out and, referring to her pregnancy as a teenager, said it was "unfortunate that she hasn't learned from her own example."
A Republican strategist close to Perry dismissed the idea that Davis could threaten the three-term governor. Democrats have been shut out of statewide elected office since 1994.
"Wendy Davis is not a threat to any statewide office in Texas. She will be lucky to hold her own senate seat in 2014," the Republican said. (Davis's district is one of the few competitive ones in the Lone Star state, and could be redrawn by redistricting set to move forward after last week's Supreme Court decision about the Voting Rights Act.)
The Republican argued that few Texans of any political party share Davis's views about abortion. "It's not a winning hand for a non presidential year turn out election," said the strategist.
Democrats are hopeful, though, that they can turn the tide with a prominent figurehead like Davis at the top of their ticket. Changing demographics in Texas — namely, the growth of the Latino population — has prompted some observers to argue that the state would become more competitive in future elections. And groups like The Lone Star Project have been working to rebuild the state party's aged infrastructure to help Democrats.
As to whether she thinks Perry is ultimately beatable in 2014, Davis demurred.
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I have different gear for it so I might do a dress up my chocobo shoot lol.
RedHat needs to teach you some final fantasy there giant chickens. I'll have to have a pick in my gaming journal. Trust me there will be a lot of final fantasy.
*throws a chocobo at you*
I have answered your post in my Journal
Thank you thank you <3
You don't need to steal, I'll let you have some if you want and have the dust for them
A what? I missed the robbery. Bye bye all the legendaries
That's all you can do.
Well then you go girl, have some fun you deserve it.
Yeah for fun before.
The last one is always sad.
Yes have fun at the con your going to. I'm just updating video games and such and other things I swear you don't go on a computer for maybe a month and it's got five thousands updates lol.
I just thought I'd sneak that in. Red stole your fun you know but I smacked him and returned it.
oh damn you saw that lol.
That's ok. I suppose I can forgive you.
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My child is a preschooler. He or she is between 3 and 5 years old.
Things to offer your preschooler that will fit his or her interests.
There are many different pouring activities - they build on each other in terms of difficulty level and
There are many different transfer exercises with pipettes and syringes - they build on each other in level of
There are many different activities with tongs - they build on each in difficulty level and variation.
There are many different activities with spoons - they build on each other in levels of difficulty and
The binomial cube is a sensomotor experience, that supports the development of spatial awareness.
The trinomial cube is a sensomotor experience, that supports the development of spatial awareness.
Shaking and exact listening - train the sense of hearing with the sound cylinders.
The 5 animal puzzles with one animal each from the five animal kingdoms. The children look for and find the body
The missing animal puzzles with some animals of the invertebrate animal classes.
Colors from yellow to purple and from light to dark.
Pasta in all colors and shapes make the most beautiful necklaces.
Put the pasta and threads
Making long lines or chaplets out of felt bands - practising opening and closing buttons, snaps and Velcro
Attaching paperclips to tippy-toes.
Laying free or given patterns with foam shapes.
Putting sticks into bags, and out, and in again...
The planets in our solar system - a quiet book following the sewing pattern of ...
Lacing smooth silk ribbon through different sized thread eyes - training fine motor skills and improving hand-eye
'ligther than... and darker than' in the colours of the rainbow
Colourful glittery fish made from felt - a classic fishing game or as an exersice for counting.
Is there a order for puzzles, that is good to follow? My childs puzzles provide no challenge - which kind would be
A tray of bits and bobs and a little bit of rice - the sensory bin in small size can also be a wonderful experience
100 cubes in 20 colours offer endless possibilities for patterns and constructions.
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Preserve and explore natural treasures from a walk through the woods.
Replay family, friends or the nursery group - with these peg dolls anything the fantasy produces is possible.
Triangles, squares and rhombuses in rainbow colours invite to create new shapes and figures and to experiment with
1, 2, 3... - Counting and building all in one.
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Invitation to an exploration of the senses in the wonder workshop: highly concentrated and content hours have been
Triangles, squares and rhombi in all the colours of the rainbow invite to make ever new patterns and figures and to
A table with chairs from Ikea, an acrylic sheet and LED-light strips can make an affordable light table.
Glowing blocks in the colours of the rainbow to stack or to explore colours and how they are being mixed.
mirror, mirror in the corner... - experience and investigate symetry, geometry and patterns.
Sorting exercises can be so different. You can sort into colours, shapes, properties ect.
This play dough has many different variaties and only needs very simple ingredients - no cooking!
Do you want to paint on your windows with brushes or fingers and have the paint come of easily?
Rainbows are fascinating for all ages.
Glowing, mysterious discs in all the colours of the rainbow, which can either be caught with a fishing rod from a
Simple everyday tasks - children want to investigate and exercise tasks, they see us do, in their own
Every child enjoys matching games - the difficulty level can be varied.
Match fruits made from felt with the corresponding photographs
Water is probably the simplest filling material for a sensory bin.
A little bit of water, instant-snow, a few animals and here we are in the polar regions!
Cloud dough is soft, slightly sticky sand you can easily make yourself. Furthermore it is safe to eat but probably
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It feels like the slime that everyone had in the
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Russia's WTO Accession: What it Means for the United StatesDecember 16, 2011
Justin Hoffmann and Rebecca Gudicello are International Economists in the Office of Trade Policy Analysis.
During today's session of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Eighth Ministerial Conference, trade Ministers approved the terms of Russia's accession and formally invited Russia to join the WTO as its 155th Member. As the largest economy outside of the WTO, not only is today's formal invitation the culmination of Russia's 18-year effort to join the WTO, but it is also a meaningful occasion for us and our colleagues who have spent significant portions of our careers working to ensure that Russia's WTO membership produces the maximum benefit for U.S. companies, farms, and workers.
We have all worked hard to ensure that Russia's WTO membership will directly benefit U.S. economic interests by providing new market access opportunities for U.S.-produced goods and services. Additionally, integrating Russia into a rule-based trading system and providing the means to enforce those rules will further strengthen U.S. commercial interests in Russia.
To highlight the benefits of Russia's WTO accession, ITA has produced a series of Sector Opportunity Reports outlining the tariff and non-tariff commitments Russia is undertaking in key U.S. export sectors. In addition, ITA's State Opportunity Reports highlight the opportunities and benefits for Russia's WTO accession for all 50 states, their companies, farms, workers, and ranchers.
Russia is a large and growing market that offers a huge potential for U.S. exporters, and until today, it was the largest economy outside of the WTO. In 2010, Russia imported $10.7 billion in goods from the United States making it Russia's fourth largest source of imports. Companies from across all 50 states export a wide variety of goods and services to Russia.
Russia's accession to the WTO provides new market access for U.S. exports of goods and services. Russia is making important tariff commitments in key U.S. export sectors, such as information and communications technologies, agricultural equipment, aerospace, and chemicals. In addition, Russia has undertaken market access and national treatment commitments in a wide array of commercially significant services sectors. U.S. service suppliers will benefit, in particular, from more open access in infrastructure services sectors such as telecommunications (including satellite services), computer and related services, express delivery, distribution, financial services, and audio-visual services.
By joining the WTO, Russia also has agreed to abide by WTO rules, including specific commitments on issues such as non-discrimination, standards, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and the protection of intellectual property rights. The United States will also have access to WTO mechanisms, including dispute resolution, to ensure Russia's compliance with international trade rules and protect U.S. commercial interests.
For U.S. industry to realize the full benefits of Russia's WTO accession, the Russian parliament must ratify its accession package enabling Russia to formally join the WTO (which is expected to occur during the first half of 2012) and the United States must establish Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia.
For additional information about Russia's WTO Accession, please visit ITA's Russia WTO Accession page and USTR's website.


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Residents warned over avoidable council tax refund charges
Several residents contacted the council after receiving unsolicited telephone calls from people offering to check their property is in the correct council tax banding and then to pursue any possible refunds on the householders behalf.
But with upfront fees of up to £180 demanded by the callers – along with sometimes 25 to 50 per cent of any money recovered – council officials are concerned about vulnerable residents paying for a service that can be done for free.
Councillor Seve Gomez-Aspron, St Helens Council's Cabinet Member for Green, Smart and Sustainable Borough, said: "The message is simple – do not pay for this service! You do not need to employ a company to claim back council
tax overpayments! Anybody who thinks they have been paying more council tax than they should have can have their case reviewed – and it's completely free!"
To enquire about benefits or refunds on council tax, residents should contact the council's Revenue and Benefits Contact Centre on 01744 676666.
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Darrell Wilson, Chief Trading Standards Officer added: "It is worth remembering if anyone does agree to use the revaluation services offered they have, by law, up to 14 days to change their mind."


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Menopause. Normal pregnancy. Infertility. ADHD. Erectile dysfunction. Over the last several decades, these conditions have come to be defined and treated as medical problems. They've been "medicalized." In the first study of its kind in the current issue of Social Science and Medicine, Brandeis researchers used national data to estimate the costs of these and a handful of other common conditions on escalating U.S. healthcare spending.
The researchers, led by Brandeis sociologist Peter Conrad, evaluated 12 conditions that had been defined as medicalized by physician organizations, and for which there were current medical spending data. The other conditions considered in the study were anxiety and behavioral disorders; body image; male pattern baldness; normal sadness; obesity; sleep disorders, and substance-related disorders.
The robust trend toward ever-greater medicalization of human conditions is undeniable, with an increasing number of medical diagnoses and treatments for behavioral problems and normal life events. Conrad and his colleagues analyzed medical spending on these disorders — payments to hospitals, pharmacies, physicians and other health care providers — and discovered that they accounted for $77.1 billion in medical spending in 2005 — 3.9 percent of total domestic health care expenditures.
"We spend more on these medicalized conditions than on cancer, heart disease, or public health," said Conrad. "While medicalization is unlikely to be a key driver of skyrocketing health care costs, $77 billion represents a substantial dollar sum."
Although the study did not evaluate whether medicalization is good or bad for health and society, it demonstrates the need for understanding the societal and economic impact of growing medicalization. Conrad explained that some researchers attributed medicalization to the growth of medicine's professional jurisdiction, increased consumer demands for medical solutions, and the pharmaceutical industry expanding markets for drugs.
"By estimating the amount spent on medicalized human problems, we've raised the obvious question as to whether this spending is 'appropriate,'" said Conrad. "The next question is whether we can more directly evaluate the appropriateness of these medical interventions and consider policies that curb the growth or even shrink the amount of spending on some medicalized conditions."


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When I've got the time, I love to bake two-layer cakes or large sheet cakes complete with homemade frosting or a shiny glaze on top. But, more and more often simple one-layer cakes, like this cocoa-spice cake, are becoming one of my favorite things to serve for an after dinner sweet treat.
Oh trust me, I still wreck my kitchen and bake and frost more elaborate cakes whenever time permits! However, when time is short, what's most important to me is serving my family something baked from scratch every chance I get. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not at all above using boxed cakes mixes from time to time or picking up a pound cake from the grocery store bakery (one of my all-time favorite dessert short-cuts!) to dress up in a trifle to save a few minutes in the kitchen too.
But, for me personally, serving them homemade desserts make me the happiest. I believe homemade is best because I make sure they are being served quality ingredients in their food without a whole bunch of chemical preservatives or loads of unnecessary sugar mixed in. This simple cocoa-spice snack cake has become a favorite of mine because it takes very little time to make and it uses ingredients that are typically pantry staples in my house. I'm pretty sure these ingredients are pantry staples for most folks too.
For topping this cake, I prefer a food sprinkle of powdered sugar or I might serve it with whipped cream as. I love those two lighter, time-saving alternatives over making a glaze or icing for this recipe. (And it looks so pretty with the powdered sugar on top too!). But, if you wanted to make a small portion of a vanilla or chocolate glaze for serving you most certainly can.
Anyhoo, the moral of the story is that a delicious cake that 's made from scratch doesn't have to be difficult to be delicious! I hope you give this time-saving and flavorful little cake a try. There will be more snack cake recipes to come in 2018 here on Little Fish… they're a new fave!
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Simple Cocoa-Spice Cake printable recipe
Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 30 min Servings: 8
- 1/4 cup salted butter, melted
- 1/4 unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 unsweetened cinnamon applesauce
- 1 large egg, slightly beaten
- 1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans (optional)
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9-inch cake pan with non-stick cooking spray, line the bottom of the pan with a parchment paper round and set the pan aside.
5. Enjoy!
January is National Sunday Sunday Supper Month! I love participating in Sunday Supper Movement events because I believe, as we all do, that Sunday is the perfect day of the week to slow down and invest a bit more time into a good, nourishing family meal. It would be so wonderful for families to embrace the Sunday Supper message, unplug and sit down at the table together. Dinner time can be a perfect opportunity to catch-up with your family, even if it's just one day a week, especially in today's hectic pace. We would love to have you join us in the mission to bring back Sunday Supper by taking this simple Sunday Supper pledge!
Today we are sharing some delicious recipe suggestions to help you to make dinnertime memorable for your family for many weeks to come!
Sunday Supper Recipes
Super Sunday Entrees
- Beef-Barley Skillet by Wholistic Woman
- Braised Lamb Shanks by Caroline's Cooking
- Breakfast Pizza by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
- Chicken Zucchini Pasta with Almond Pesto by April Golightly
- Creamy Lemon Pepper Chicken Spaghetti by The Bitter Side of Sweet
- Best Ever Dutch Oven Braised Pot Roast Dinner by Kudos Kitchen by Renee
- Ground Beef Stroganoff Skillet Recipe by Sunday Supper Movement
- Lemon Ricotta Spaghetti with Peas by Cricket's Confections
- One Pot Taco Pasta Skillet by Life Tastes Good
- Pan-Fried Scallops with Vegetables by Our Good Life
- Panko and Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops by Jersey Girl Cooks
- Pork Fingers by The Freshman Cook
- Shepherd's Pie Potato Skins by Fantastical Sharing of Recipes
- Skillet Chicken Parmesan by Hardly A Goddess
- Slow Cooker Irish Lamb Stew by Cooking Chat
- Spicy Shrimp Soup by Pies and Plots
- Turkey Fennel Skillet Dinner by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
Sweet Sunday Desserts
- Bourbon Butterscotch Pudding by Baking Sense
- Dark Chocolate S'mores Crack by Wild Wild Whisk
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The ever-increasing popularity of content marketing shows that most marketers are well aware of its advantages in terms of customer engagement. Some strategic marketers are gaining additional benefits by tying content marketing to revenue. The quandary some marketers face is determining which measures are most appropriate for ensuring that their content marketing efforts align with their overall marketing goals.
By monitoring clicks, shares, views, and other engagement metrics, marketers have become increasingly adept at measuring how their content marketing is performing. But is there an ideal metric? "The best thing marketers can do is have data that's consumption-focused," says Eric Payne, senior content strategist at interactive marketing agency Moxie. "[Marketers] will note how many likes or shares content has, but where are those shares going? What are people searching for?" Marketers need to follow that thread. Fortunately, data has become rich enough that marketers now have the opportunity to track how far digital conversations reverberate in the social sphere and beyond. That ability to track customer behavior enables marketers to pinpoint coveted brand advocates and even critics.
Other metrics, such as word-of-mouth momentum, can also help brands measure their relevance to today's fickle consumers. After all, there's little argument that earned media through word of mouth is a valuable asset in its ability to help fortify brand image and build awareness.
With such a heavy focus on sharing-related measures, however, other metrics may be overlooked. "Brand marketers have been focused on virality, but metrics like organic page efficiency in Google Analytics can help with that shift from fun and viral to useful," says Jeff Fagel, CMO of digital marketing solutions provider G/O Digital.
ROI isn't everything
Along with tracking performance measures in terms of customer engagement, many marketers are, of course, concerned with measuring and maximizing the return on investment of their content marketing efforts. But it's essential to balance both, versus favoring one over the other, some experts say.
"The aspiration to tie marketing to revenue is healthy because it pushes us to continually challenge ourselves analytically," says Joe Chernov, VP of content at HubSpot, adding that engagement measures are just as valuable. "In a very real way, marketing-tech vendors have done a disservice to marketers. [Vendors] have been so dismissive of 'vanity metrics,' while fawning over ROI, that they've created a content caste system where those who track views and shares are somehow below those who track revenue."
Content marketing results, however, shouldn't be measured in dollars alone. Usage is another essential metric, according to Moxie's Payne. "The data that needs to be measured should be about consumption, not ROI," he says. "[Marketers] should track the velocity and sentiment of a conversation."
Ultimately, the answer to the question of which metric is best for tracking content marketing performance is: It depends. The appropriateness of the available ways to measure success will vary, just as the many reasons that marketers use content vary. "Content should play a variety of roles in your inbound marketing. It should do everything from getting people talking, to generating quality leads, to accelerating close rates," says Chernov. "[But] all metrics matter. There's no one magic metric."


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WassUp is a WordPress plugin to analyze your visitors traffic with accurate, real-time stats, lots of detailed chronological information, customizable tracking, live views, visitor and pageview counts, top stats, charts, IP geolocation, map, two aside widgets, and a dashboard widget.
Wassup does in-depth visitor tracking and shows you incredible details about your site's latest hits…more than you can get from almost any other single plugin. It is very useful for SEO and statistics maniacs who want to see accurate, up-to-date stats displayed in a straightforward, easy to understand manner.
The aim of WassUp is the timely knowledge of what your visitors do when they surf your site. It is not intended to show grouped statistics over preset, long-term time periods like visitors per month, pageviews per quarter, and so on (there are many others tools to better gain that, like Google Analytics). WassUp's flexible, easy-to-read views are the best for learning the details about your visitors' latest activities. With it's customizable filters and search capability, you can drill deeply into the data to learn even more about specific visitors, visitor types, etc.
DISCLAIMER: Use at your own risk. No warranty expressed or implied is provided.
Detailed Specs:
WassUp comes with 4 admin screen panels for viewing your visitors' activities and for customizing those views
- There is a fancy "Visitors Details" screen that lets you to see almost everything about your visitors and what they do on your site and that includes search capability, view filters, plus a chart and top stats summary.
- There is an ajax "Spy View" screen (like Digg Spy) that lets you monitor your visitors live, with optional geolocation on a Google!maps world map.
- There is a "Current Visitors Online" screen that shows a summary of your online visitors in real-time.
- There is an "Options" panel with lots of customizable settings for WassUp.
There is a nice Dashboard widget that shows a line chart of hits over time (24 hours default) and a count of current visitors online and their latest activities.
WassUp comes with two useful sidebar Widgets that lets you display your site's latest data to your visitors
- The "Online" widget shows counts of current visitors online and includes options to display logged-in usernames and country flags.
- The "Top Stats" widgets lets you display trending or timed top items about your site based on the latest stats. You can list top search engine keywords, top external referrers, top url requests, top articles, top browsers, top OSes, and more.
- The widgets are fully customizable.
WassUp's advanced tracking features can:
- Distinguish registered users from anonymous visitors, and administrators from other registered users.
- Identify and label new browsers, robots, and feed readers, heuristically.
- Track page requests that generate 404 (not found) redirects.
- Detect some spiders that pretend to be regular visitors/browsers.
- Expose spam and malware activity such as hack attempts, script injection, and xss exploit attempts.
WassUp works with two anti-spam functions to detect and omit (if you want) referrers spammers and comment spammers. It can also detect and omit malware activity such as unauthorized users' login attempts, script injection, and xss exploit attempts.
For people with database size limitations, WassUp has a few options to manage the database table growth: you can empty it; you can delete old records automatically; and you can set a warning notice for when it exceeds a preset size limit.
WassUp gives a detailed chronology of your hits with a lot of information for each single user session:
- ip / hostname
- referrer
- spider
- search engines used
- keywords
- SERP (search engine result page)
- operating system / language / browser
- pages viewed (chronologically and per user session)
- complete user agent
- name of user logged in
- name of comment's author
- spam and hack attempts
Wassup admin console has flexible view filters that show:
- records by time period
- record count per page
- records by entry type (spider, users logged in, comment authors, search engine, referrer)
- search by keyword
- expand/collapse informations (with ajax support)
- usage chart (Google!chart)
- top stats lists with aggregate data (top queries, requests, os, browsers)
There are many options to customize how data is tracked and displayed:
- Enable/Disable recording (tracking)
- Screen refresh frequency (minutes)
- Screen resolution (browser width)
- User permission levels
- Top stats selections
- Record or not logged-in users
- Record or not spiders and bots
- Record or not exploit attempts
- Record or not comment spammers
- Record or not referrer spammers
- registered users to exclude from recording
- IP or hostname to exclude from recording
There are tools to monitor and control Wassup's table growth:
- Empty table, manually
- Delete old records, manually
- Setup automatic delete of old records
- Send an e-mail notice when table exceeds a preset size limit
- Export table in SQL format
- Database and server settings infos.
- Wassup is compatible with WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.2+
- To run Wassup with WordPress 2.2 – 3.9 or with PHP 4.3 – 5.1, you must install the full copy of Wassup with backward-compatibility feature available at http://github.com/michelem09/wassup/
- WassUp is incompatible with static html caching plugins such as "WP Super-Cache"
- WassUp is NOT a security plugin. It does not block unwanted visitors nor protect your site from malware attempts. You need a separate security plugin for that
Plugin Home
Plugin Development
- For pre-release bugfixes and other changes to WassUp, you can download the development version of Wassup from GitHub:
- For the latest browsers, os, and spider detection updates, you can download the
uadetector.class.phpmodule separately on GitHub:
Developers Home
- Michele M: http://www.michelem.org
- Helene D: http://helenesit.com
- Jquery for the amazing Ajax framework
- FAMFAMFAM for the flags icons
- IPstack.com REST api for ip geolocatio
Snimke zaslona
A. If your WordPress setup is up-to-date, you can install this plugin automatically from WordPress admin panel:
- Navigate to Plugins >>
Add New
- Type "WassUp" plugin name in the "Search Plugins" box.
- Locate "Wassup Real-Time Analytics" and click
Install Now
- Activate it and you are done!
B. If you prefer to install the plugin manually or you are running an older version of WordPress, download the latest full release of WassUp (Real-Time Analytics) plugin directly from gitHub.com/michelem09/wassup/releases/ and save onto your local computer
If available, use WordPress'
Upload Pluginoption in the plugins panel to complete your install:
- Navigate to Plugins panel >>
Add New>>
Upload Plugin
- Click
Browse, then find and select the plugin zip file that you downloaded
- Click
Install Now
- Activate WassUp plugin and you are done!
- Navigate to Plugins panel >>
Otherwise, unpack the plugin's zip or gz file with your preferred unzip/untar program or use the command line:
tar xzvf wassup.tar.gz(linux), then follow these steps to complete your install:
- Upload the entire "wassup" folder into your
/wp-content/pluginsdirectory on your WordPress host using their Cpanel File manager or an ftp client software
- Login to WordPress admin panel and navigate to Plugins page
- Activate WassUp plugin and you are done!
- Upload the entire "wassup" folder into your
Check your current visitors count under WassUp >>Current Visitors Online panel. If your site is busy, STOP! Don't upgrade. Wait until there are no visitors or follow the "Safe Upgrade Instructions" below.
A. If your WordPress setup is up-to-date, you can upgrade this plugin automatically from WordPress admin panel:
- Navigate to "Plugins" page, and under WassUp plugin name, click the
Update Nowlink.
B. If you prefer to manually upgrade OR you are running an older version of WordPress, follow these instructions:
- Deactivate WassUp plugin under WordPress admin panel >>Plugins page
- Manually delete the "wassup" folder from your plugins directory (
/wp-content/plugins/) on your WordPress host using their CPanel File manager or with an ftp client software. Do NOT click the
deletelink in WordPress.
- Download the latest full release of Wassup Real-Time Analytics directly from gitHub.com/michelem09/wassup/releases/ and save onto your local computer.
- Then follow the manual install instructions in section B:1-4 above.
**IMPORTANT Safe Upgrade Instructions
To safely upgrade WassUp when your site is busy, you must manually stop visitor recording beforehand, do the upgrade, then manually resume recording afterwards:
- In WordPress admin panel, navigate to WassUp >>Options >>[Genernal Setup] tab. Uncheck the box for "Enable statistics recording" and save.
- Navigate to Plugins page and click the "Update Now" link under "WassUp" plugin name or follow the manual upgrade instructions above
- After the upgrade is done, go back to WassUp >>Options >>[General Setup] tab, and check the box for "Enable statistics recording" and save.
When you activate this plugin (as described in "Installation"), it works "as is". You don't have anything to do. Wait for visitors to hit your site and start seeing details (click the dashboard and go to WassUp page)
Compatibility Notice
- WassUp is incompatible with the following static page caching plugins: WP Super Cache, WP Cache, WP Fastest Cache, and WP Hyper Cache.
- Is WassUp compatible with the latest release of WordPress?
Yes! WassUp is compatible with the current v5.x line of WordPress. WassUp is fully compatible with WordPress v4.0 – 5.3.2 and PHP v5.2 – 7.4. WassUp is also runs on legacy WordPress v2.2.3 – 3.8 when downloaded from Github repository. However, some language translations may be incomplete or unavailable in legacy WordPress setups.
Important Note: Legacy WordPress sites may have unaddressed security vulnerabilities. Whenever possible, always upgrade your WordPress site to the latest version.
- How do I add WassUp's chart to my admin dashboard?
Check the box for "Enable widget/small chart in admin dashboard" under WassUp >>Options >>[General Setup] tab.
- How do I display WassUp widgets on my site?
From the WordPress widgets panel, drag the "WassUp Online" widget or the "Wassup Top Stats" widget from the list of available widgets on the left into your theme's "Sidebar" or "Footer" area on the right.
- How do I view the real-time visitor geolocation map in WassUp?
Check the box for "Display a GEO IP Map in spy visitors view" under WassUp >>Options >>[General Setup] and save, then navigate to WassUp >>SPY Visitors panel to see the map.
- The map has vanished and I get a message like: "Oops, something went wrong" or "Google has disabled use of the Maps API for this application". How do I fix this?"
Try upgrading to the latest version of Wassup, or go to Wassup-Options and click the Reset-to-Default button if you have already upgraded, or sign up for your own Google!Maps API key from Google's API console then enter the key in the indicated field under Wassup >>Options >>General Settings tab.
- How do I exclude a visitor from being recorded?
Navigate to WassUp >>Options >>[Filters & Exclusions] tab and enter a visitor's username, IP address, or hostname into the appropriate field and save.
- How do I stop (temporarily) WassUp from recording new visits on my site?
Uncheck the box for "Enable statistics recording" under WassUp >>Options >>[General Setup] tab.
- My popular web site is hosted on a shared server with restrictive database size limits. How do I prevent WassUp's table from growing too big for my allocated quota?
Navigate to Wassup >> Options >> [Manage Files & Data] tab and enable the setting for "Auto Delete" of old records and/or check the box to receive an email alert when the table size limit is exceeded.
- WassUp visitor counts are much lower than actual for my website. Why is there a discrepancy and how do I fix it?
Low visitor count is likely caused by page caching on your website. WassUp is incompatible with static html caching plugins such as WP Supercache, WP Cache, WP Fastest Cache, and Hyper Cache. To fix, uninstall your cache plugin or switch to a different (javascript-based) statistics plugin.
- How do I upgrade WassUp safely when my site has frequent visitors?
Read the "IMPORTANT safe upgrade instructions" in the installation section of this plugin's README.txt file.
- An unspecified error occurred during plugin upgrade. What do I do next?
Wait a few minutes. Do NOT re-attempt upgrade nor try to activate the plugin again! An activation error with no explanation is probably due to your browser timing out, not an upgrade failure. WassUp continues it's upgrade in the background and will activate automatically when it is done. After a few minutes (5-10) has passed, revisit WordPress admin "Plugins" panel and verify that Wassup plugin has activated.
- How do I uninstall WassUp cleanly?
Answer #1: From a single WordPress site: navigate to WordPress Plugins panel and deactivate WassUp plugin. Then, on the same page, click the "delete" link below WassUp name. This deletes both data and files permanently.
Answer #2: From WordPress multisite Network admin panel: navigate to "Plugins" panel and deactivate WassUp plugin. If Wassup is not "network activated", navigate to the main site/parent domain "Plugins" panel and deactivate Wassup plugin there, then return to the Network admin's "Plugins" panel. Click the "delete" link below WassUp name. This deletes both data and files permanently from all subsites in the multisite network.
Answer #3: From a subsite in WordPress multisite: navigate to WassUp >>Options >>[Uninstall] tab and check the box for "Permanently remove WassUp data and settings" and save. Next, go to the subsite's Plugins panel and deactivate WassUp plugin. This deletes the subsite's data permanently. No files are deleted (not needed).
Answer #4: From a WordPress 2.x site: navigate to WassUp >>Options >>[Uninstall] tab and check the box for "Permanently remove WassUp data and settings" and save. Next, go to WordPress "Plugins" panel and deactivate WassUp plugin. This deletes the data permanently. To delete the plugin files from WordPress 2.x, use an ftp client software on your PC or login to your host server's "cpanel" and use "File Manager" to delete the folder "wassup" from the
/wp-content/plugins/directory on your host server.
Visit Plugin Forum to find more answers to your WassUp questions.
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Urgent bugfix and security upgrade
- fixed an activation error due to a "SQL syntax error" that occurred in some MariaDb setups
- fixed missing pins on map issue by switching ip geolocation service to "ipstack.com" free webservice
- fixed mislabel of Googlebot as "spam/malware" when the url request is "/.well-known/assetlinks.json"
- fixed typo in "wassupAppend" function
- fixed insecure favicon images in WassUp's admin panel by switching 'src' scheme to 'https'
- removed wcURL class from main.php module due to a TLS validation security vulnerability in cURL (per WordPress plugin team request)
- removed scheduled lookup of api key from upgrade.php module.
- new FAQ answers about EU GDPR, IP geolocation, and more
- new "wassup.pot" file for WassUp translations
- minor code changes
- fixed a bug that affected Wassup's tabbed submenu navigation. Thanks to @simonothen for finding this bug
- fixed a lightbox conflict caused by Wassup's thickbox.js
- fixed a bug that caused notices to display to visitors when in debug mode
- fixed a security vulnerability in Topstats (top10 and widget). Thanks to Anton Q. for finding this.
- minor code changes
- merged PHP7 compatibility updates (from v18.104.22.168) into master
- minor text changes
- Important security bugfix. Thanks to Dimopoulos Elias for finding this bug.
- updated classes for PHP7-compatible class constructors (not released)
Important feature improvement & bugfix upgrade
- new option to whitelist referrers that are mislabeled as spam in WassUp (ex: Rx or sexy words in domain name)
- new option to export data in Excel-compatible CSV format
- improved export speed and added a dialog window
- improved queries on big data by using temporary tables as subsets in "wassupItems" class
- updated visitor detail code to speed up output display
- updated plugin FAQ section and added a FAQ link to top menu tabs
- updated css files, wassup.css and jquery-ui.css for widgets & dialog
- updated translation template "wassup.pot"
- fixed a compatibility issue with Woocommerce plugin AJAX requests
- fixed a search field validation issue with URL special characters
- fixed a bug in "stringShortener" function that caused empty results
- fixed a bug in Top Stats widget that caused blank lines to display
- fixed some Top Stats widget translations
- removed Google!maps API key from Wassup source due to Google's TOS limitations
- miscellaneous minor bugfixes
Important bugfix upgrade
- fixed various preg_match regexes to improve matching
- fixed a parenthesis error in tracking/exclusion code for 404 hits
- fixed bug that caused duplicate country code in searchengine name
- minor code changes.
Important bugfix upgrade
- fixed an 'unknown modifier' preg_match error in 'wassup.php' module.
- fixed an IP validation loophole that could cause invalid/malformed forwarding IPs in client's http_header to be stored as client IP.
- fixed code to stop recording of front-end ajax requests ('/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' url) as "possible spam/malware" hits.
- updated code to restore 'shutdown' hook as the primary hook for 'wassupAppend' function.
- updated translation script to re-attempt language load with "language x2" as filename whenever the initial load (with "locale") fails.
- updated translation template and language files to v1.9.2
- miscellaneous minor changes.
Urgent bugfix upgrade
- fixed fatal error on
wassup_options::is_recording_activethat occurred in some configurations
- fixed erroneous 'hack attempt' labels that occurred on sites without permalinks
- fixed a refresh timer bug that disabled dropdown selections in Visitor Details when refresh setting is 0.
- fixed a debug_mode bug that caused error notices to show as output for Wassup ajax action
- new functions(2) to reset error display in debug_mode
- improved spider detection.
- updated "compatibility.php" module for multisite compatibility tests
- miscellaneous minor bug fixes
- miscellaneous minor code changes.
Critical security, compatibility, and bugfix upgrade
- patched security loopholes (xss vulnerability) in the 'Top stats' widget and in
- improved security against xss attacks on interface and widgets.
- improved compliance with the latest WordPress.org plugin repository guidelines.
- improved browser/os detection.
- new module, 'wassupadmin.php' for WassUp admin panels and dashboard widget
- new module, 'compatibility.php' to check for WordPress and PHP compatibility and to load compatibility modules from
/lib/compat-lib/subfolder when available
- removed backward compatibility modules ('/lib/compat-lib/') and features from WordPress repository.
Wassup's backward-compatibility feature remains in the full copy of Wassup available at http://github.com/michelem09/wassup/
- deleted obsolete files ('badhosts.txt','badhosts-intl.txt') and javascripts
- updated Google!Maps API link to use a common API key for Wassup-Spy (required by Google since 2016-06-22).
- updated WassUp 'wp-cron' scheduled tasks to terminate (and restart) at reset-to-default, recording stop/start, and at plugin deactivate/reactivate events.
- updated Wassup table export to omit all known spam/malware records from export by default…to avoid propagation of malware code when exported records are imported into other applications.
- updated translation template, 'wassup.pot'.
- fixed problem with login page hits not being recorded.
- fixed errors caused by disabled 'set_time_limit' function in some configurations.
- miscellaneous bugfixes.
- miscellaneous text changes
- minor css changes for small screen devices.
Important compatibility and feature improvement upgrade
- improved MySQL performance and table management
- improved tracking filters.
- improved security with more input validation, deprecated function removal and escaped output.
- new multisite network capability.
- new multi-widget capability in widgets.
- new "FAQ" and "Donate" panels in Wassup-Options submenu
- new "top stats" popup-window in Visitor Details panel
- updated code for WordPress 4/PHP 5.6-mysqli compatibility
- updated internal javascripts libaries.
- updated css and validated as 100% W3C CSS3 compliant
- updated browser and os detection for new agents (Win10)
- updated translation template (wassup.pot)
- updated "readme.txt"
- 3 new classes added to code:
wassupDbfor MySQL table operations and caching,
wassupURIto format and clean urls/links for safe output, and
Wassup_Widgeta base widget for building Wassup widgets
- miscellaneous minor text changes
- miscellaneous minor bugfixes
- Removed deprecated WordPress methods, minor text changes.
- Changes to GEOIP API for Map geolocation, minor CSS changes.
- Migrated to Google Maps API v3
- New locales: English (United Kingdom) [complete], Persian [partial], Sinhalese [partial], Vietnamese [partial]
- New donate button in WassUp menu
- fixed CSS for WassUp menu.
- Security fix for xss attempts via useragent string.
- bugfixes, improved tracking, changes for WordPress compatibility.
- bugfixes, improved browser/agent detection.
- bugfix and minor changes.
Important feature improvement upgrade
- new table
wassup_metafor caching and stats collection.
- new admin interface style.
- new GEOIP API freegeoip.net for map geolocation in SPY view. Thanks to @AlexandreFiori for giving us access to his API.
- bugfixes, security fixes, and changes for WordPress compatibility.
- fixed a security loophole found in main.php module.
- new clickable refresh timer in "Visitor Details" submenu.
- initial sample record added to WassUp table for new installs.
- improved browser, OS, and search engine detection.
- more language translations added.


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Traditionally, I've been pretty good about keeping a rhythm on this blog. One post, bi-weekly for over two years, save for the occasional vacation. And even then, I was usually quick to make-up for lost time.
Lately, though, it's been harder to keep up that rhythm. For one thing, it's getting harder to find topics that are both relevant and as-yet uncovered.
Two years ago, I had seemingly endless questions about becoming an indie developer. How much money does it require? What's a day in the life of an indie like? Why do developers choose to become independent? I tried to dissect each of the events and considerations I faced, in an effort to draw back the curtain for others.
The bigger issue, though, is psychological. As I make NEO Scavenger's final push to completion, I find I'm using every bit of energy I can muster to stay on-task. Despite what I can only describe as a surprising success so far (positive feedback, encouraging sales, acceptance from vendors, and even Greenlight approval), I feel emotionally drained, fearful, stressed, and distracted.
It turns out that this isn't unusual. I definitely struggle with perfectionism, often putting off finishing something because I'm not completely happy with it. And two (plus) years on the same game/engine/job/problems has dulled that once-sharp edge of excitement and novelty.
In the aforementioned article, Ms. Saunders's suggestions for dealing with those blocks are helpful, too. Itemized to-do lists are definitely a huge help, particularly when the tasks are smaller and well-defined. The days when I can't stop working are those when my direction seems clear. Conversely, those that are the most grueling are when my task is large and poorly-defined (e.g. "finish NEO Scavenger's plot").
Recognizing the effort expended vs. the effort remaining is also useful. I'll admit that starting a new game looks enticing, to the point that I could find motivation to work on it in my spare evenings and weekends. But taking a look at how much effort it took to get here, and realizing that I would be here again in two years, helps put things into perspective.
Prioritization is also key. There are several areas which I try to balance in my life. Listed in order from most to least important:
- Maintaining relationships (spouse, family, friends)
- Staying healthy (i.e. eating right, getting enough sleep, getting exercise, avoiding crunch)
- Running my business, Blue Bottle Games
- Developing my first game, NEO Scavenger
- Running this blog
That is to say, if something higher up on the list is threatened, something lower gives. So things like vacation, weddings, and funerals usually trump everything else (even healthy sleeping and eating, as a recent funeral has demonstrated). I'm also pretty rigid about not working on evenings and weekends, and eating at regular times (with a few exceptions).
Numbers 3 and 4 have been more demanding lately, not to mention s summer thick with number 1, so blog posting has admittedly been swept aside. And even then, skipping the blog only frees up a few hours every two weeks (normally), so I shudder to think where else the squeeze has occurred (I'm looking at you, number 2).
All things considered, I think I'm surprisingly still pretty healthy in my balance. I still quit at 6:30pm each day, and don't touch work on weekends, except to deal with occasional emails (less than 1-2 hours per weekend).
It's been hard to focus, though, and stress is at a local peak. I'm gritting my teeth again, clenching my jaw unconsciously, and my mind wanders at any possible opportunity. I had a good day, Friday, when I refused any internet distractions for most of the working day. I got a lot done, and I felt better for it. But it was a slog.
I think this is the way it's going to be until I finish NEO Scavenger and launch it. And even then, the prevailing wisdom is that it just gets more stressful in the subsequent months. The road's getting tough, and the toughest is yet to come.


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NEW YORK (AP) ? Apple's market capitalization topped $500 billion in opening trading Wednesday, climbing to a mountain peak where few companies have ventured and none have stayed for long.
Apple was already the world's most valuable company. The gap between it and No. 2 Exxon Mobil Corp. has widened rapidly in the past month, as investors have digested Apple's report of blow-out holiday-season sales of iPhone and iPads, and raised their hopes that the company might institute a dividend.
On Tuesday, the Cupertino, Calif., company sent out invites to reporters for an event in San Francisco next Wednesday, apparently to reveal its next iPad model. The launch of the new model was expected around this time, a year after the launch of the iPad 2.
Exxon, now worth $411 billion, was worth just over $500 billion for two short stretches at the end of 2007. Apple's arch-nemesis Microsoft Corp. was worth just more than $500 billion briefly at the end of 1999, then again in early 2000. It even shot up above $600 billion for one day. The company is now worth $267 billion.
Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp. and General Electric Co. also peaked just above $500 billion in early 2000. Cisco and Intel are now worth a bit more than $100 billion each, while GE is worth $200 billion.
Despite its sky-high market capitalization, Apple's valuation isn't high compared to its earnings. It's worth 15 times its earnings for the last year. That compares to 21 times earnings for Google Inc. and 14 times for the S&P 500 overall. Yet few companies in the index grow their earnings as fast as Apple does: In its latest quarter, its earnings rose 118 percent from a year ago, to $13.06 billion.
Apple's stock accounts for 3.8 percent of the value of the S&P 500 index, according to Standard & Poor's, and it accounted for 6 percent of the operating income of the 500 companies in the fourth quarter.
Analysts say Apple's sheer size works against its stock price. Apple stock already makes up a large share of the holdings of technology and growth-focused funds, and they have little appetite for more. Meanwhile, value-focused funds are often prevented from buying the shares because the company doesn't pay a dividend.
However, the company has been signaling that a dividend is under consideration, and several analysts now consider it a given that one will be announced this year. Last week, CEO Tim Cook told shareholders at the annual meeting that the company has more money than it needs, and the board and management are thinking "very deeply" about ways to use the cash.
Former CEO Steve Jobs, apparently haunted by the company's lean years in the 90s, had a policy of accumulating cash. The company now sits on $97.6 billion.
In the first few minutes of trading Wednesday, Apple's market capitalization climbed near $508 billion as shares rose $8.98, or 1.7 percent, to $544.39.


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This is always a fun blog. When I am up in the night not feeling well...I take my medication and then see if your blog is up on my reader. Thanks for sharing your fun on the farm. :) Makes me smile - helps me to relax.ReplyDelete
Their ears are very talented!ReplyDelete
Unfortunately it gnat and horsefly time in MS. But with 4 bug zappers it's helping a lot.ReplyDelete
Oh, yes, it's very buggy here too. Ugh. :-(ReplyDelete
Glad to see you're surviving the awful heat!
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I had to get caught up a bit, but thank you for reminding us that farm life is hard work!! (I think we forget about that part - we just see the sweet animals and beautiful scenery.) You will never need a gym membership, will you?!ReplyDelete
As for kohlrabi, do you just drink it after you have pured it? Anything else? I've never had it (in fact, I'm not sure I've ever seen one in person!) but I make look for it at market.
Best wishes putting up the hay. I'm thinking about you!
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Ha - you don't have to drink kohlrabi puree! The consistency is similar to mashed potatoes, and it even makes a great low carb substitute for them. I love the flavor.
If you can't find kohlrabi bulbs with the leaves still attached, I think using some kale instead would probably work well. I hope you give kohlrabi a try! :)
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NEW YORK – The crowd roared as soon as the words hit Madison Square Garden's overhead video board.
"I was born in Brooklyn, New York," it read.
And what a homecoming it was for Carmelo Anthony.
Anthony was an immediate star on his first day as a Knick, and he capped off his big day by scoring 27 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in a 114-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.
Already exhausted from the chaos of All-Star weekend and a cross-country trip to New York, it wasn't surprising when he struggled with his shot for three quarters of his debut. But on a day that was all about him, Anthony could only think about the Knicks.
"To come in today, go straight from the press conference to the locker room, then got to get ready for a basketball game like this was a lot," he said. "But at the end of the day, the only thing that matters was a win."
Anthony made only 10 of 25 shots but was at his best in the closing minutes, helping New York hold on after fellow superstar Amare Stoudemire fouled out. He matched the third-highest scoring game in a Knicks debut since 1964, just two points shy of Keith Van Horn's record 29 on Oct. 29, 2003.
"He played great. He played Carmelo basketball," Stoudemire said. "That's what I wanted him to do, to be himself out there."
Friends since high school, Anthony and Stoudemire have craved this reunion since the moment Stoudemire signed here in July. But neither was certain it would happen as the Nuggets weighed trade offers from the Knicks and New Jersey Nets in the final days before the trade deadline.
Anthony was on his way to the airport, headed for that unwanted return to Denver, when the call he waited for all season finally came Monday night.
The one that makes him a brighter star, and maybe makes the Knicks a bigger threat come playoff time.
"I think New York needed a moment like this," Anthony said.
So did Anthony.
After waiting since September while the Nuggets worked to send him to the only destination he wanted, Anthony finally arrived Wednesday, telling a packed news conference he is the right kind of person to deal with New York.
"Is it going to be an easy transition for me? No. Is it going to be a lot of challenges? Yes. Is there going to be a lot of expectations? Yes," he said. "But I'm willing to accept all of them challenges."
The Knicks are betting on it, trading away four of their top players as part of a three-team, 13-player blockbuster that was completed Tuesday. All the players completed their physicals Wednesday, making Anthony eligible to make his Knicks debut against the Milwaukee Bucks.
"I feel like I'm still dreaming right now," said Anthony, now wearing No. 7 and armed with a three-year, $65-million extension as he joined fellow All-Star Stoudemire in the frontcourt, giving the Knicks the potent duo they hoped they could assemble last summer in free agency.
With the building appearing completely full before tipoff, fans roared as quotes from Anthony appeared on the overhead videoboard before introductions, noting he was born in Brooklyn and wanted to be former Knicks star Bernard King.
Anthony was then introduced first to a raucous ovation, and quickly earned his first points as a Knick on an offensive rebound with 9:37 left in the first quarter.
Referring to the high price the Knicks paid, Anthony said, "I'm pretty sure if any of you guys were GMs or owners, you would want me and Amare on the same team as well. I don't know who would turn that down."
Anthony decided last summer he wanted out of Denver, the team that drafted him third overall in 2003. The Brooklyn native wanted the deal to New York, in part for the opportunities it will present he and his actress wife, La La Vazquez, who was among the crowd that filled the lobby of the Theater at Madison Square Garden and was interviewed by the MSG Network at halftime.
But Anthony made it clear his focus is on Madison Square Garden's basketball court, where he averaged 30.4 points in his visits with Denver, just behind Kobe Bryant's 30.5 for best among active players.
Wearing a Knicks warmup suit and orange headband, Anthony beamed as he posed for photos holding his new jersey.
"Will we win a championship this year? Who knows?" said Anthony, who spoke for about 10 minutes. "That takes time. But at the end of the day, we're moving into the right direction. I felt like I wanted to be part of an organization, part of a team who had some upside and knew what the future was holding."
Not everything was cleared up even after the deal was done. MSG chairman James Dolan felt the need at the start of Wednesday's news conference to again deny reports he had removed team president Donnie Walsh from negotiations while being advised by Isiah Thomas.
"While Isiah Thomas is a friend of mine, a very good friend of mine, he was not at all involved in this process," Dolan said. "He wasn't advising me or telling me what to do in any way, and any reports that implied he was doing that are simply untrue and a fiction in somebody's mind."
The Knicks also got guard Anthony Carter and forwards Renaldo Balkman and Shelden Williams from Denver. New York dealt forwards Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari, guard Raymond Felton and center Timofey Mozgov to the Nuggets.
The Nuggets didn't want to include Billups, a Denver native who is so beloved there that Nuggets president Josh Kroenke and general manager Masai Ujiri apologized to his family and the team's fans during their press conference Tuesday.
"It was time to go obviously and I'm excited about this challenge," Billups said.
Anthony, Stoudemire and Billups — all teammates in 2007 on the U.S. basketball team that won the Olympic qualifier while running Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni's offense — posed for photos together during the press conference. The Knicks have stressed the importance of also acquiring Billups, a five-time All-Star and former NBA finals MVP, as did Anthony.
"He knows what it takes to win championships," Anthony said. "He knows what it takes to win basketball games."
The Knicks haven't made the playoffs since 2004. They are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference in their first season since acquiring Stoudemire from Phoenix last summer.
Stoudemire has said the blockbuster deal could make them better equipped to face teams like Boston and Miami, which already have multiple All-Stars, in the postseason.
"I know we got to jell. We got to get our chemistry down," Anthony said. "At the same time, we've got to roll. We got things to go out there and accomplish. We got goals to reach, and it starts now."
AP Sports Writer Rachel Cohen contributed to this report.


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Discovered the place where Jacob fell asleep and saw the ladder sending to heaven
by Steve Ray on January 6, 2014
It was off the beaten track and in a Jewish settlement in the Palestinian area. This is the traditional place where Jacob fell asleep with his head on a stone and had a dream of a ladder going to heaven with angels ascending and descending.
St. Chromatius wrote, "The Ladder is the Cross of Christ: Through the resurrection of Christ the way was opened. Therefore with good reason the patriarch Jacob relates that he had seen in that place a ladder whose end reached heaven and that the Lord leaned on it.
"The ladder fixed to the ground and reaching heaven is the cross of Christ, through which the access to heaven is granted to us, because it actually leads us to heaven. On this ladder different steps of virtue are set, through which we rise toward heaven: faith, justice, chastity, holiness, patience, piety and all the other virtues are the steps of this ladder.
If we faithfully climb them, we will undoubtedly reach heaven. And therefore we know well that the ladder is the symbol of the cross of Christ. As, in fact, the steps are set between two uprights, so the cross of Christ is placed between the two Testaments and keeps in itself the steps of the heavenly precepts, through which we climb to heaven." Sermon 1.6.
Jesus is the one mediator of the New Covenant – to provide access for sinful men to reach a holy God. He and His Cross are the ladder between heaven and earth. As Scripture says, "For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time. (1 Tim 2:5). (By the way, this verse has nothing to do with the Communion of Saints or asking for the intercession of the saints!)


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Dynamics of Unity Within Science, Religion & Society
By Anna Lemkow
"…an inquiry into the dynamics of wholeness as an all-pervasive principle, by its nature… will demand obtaining as synoptic and inclusive a perspective as possible. one that comprehends to some measure the multi-formed and multi-dimensional nature of existence.
As I see it, we, the human denizens of our planet, are involved in a whole concatenation of mutually-reinforcing developments,. with far-reaching implications for all life on earth as well as for human consciousness. One of these is the unprecedented global interdependendcy of peoples or nations. brought about through modern mass industry, commerce, communications and transpoirt – developments that were in turn made impossible by modern science and technology. New technology now making its appearence will further intensify societal interconnections. The change that has already been brought is momentous, and its most extraordinay feature is that all the different aspects of societal existence, taken singly and together (including politico-socio-economic conditions, human rights, the quality of the environment, international security and peace), are virtually indivisible. It makes of us our brothers keepers, whether we are ready to be or not.
This globality illustrates remarkably a fundamental proposition of the perennial philosophy. namely that the different dimensions of existence, including the spiritual and moral. the mental, emotional and physical. are inextricably and dynamically interrelated.
As yet the interdependence seem to exacerbate discord, competiveness and conflict among the groups and nations concerned more often than not. Nevertheless. this ubiguitous condition is preceptibly influencing the thinking and behavoir of nations in a positive way as well, if only out of sheer self-interest. The different nations and peoples are increasingly compelled and motivated to support the entire collectivity. In the longer run. unless we annihilate ourselves, the imperatives in our sharing one small planet will serve powerfully, especially in combination with certain other profound trends, to promote and foster a tolerant, broader, more inclusive perspective – eventually a planetary consciousness…
The other extraordinary and interrelated developments I have in mind are:
+ the present reorientation of science revolving about the probles of wholes and wholeness, whereby science is, for instance increasingly substituting organic models for mechanical models. and shifting from structure-orientated to process-orientated thinking;
+ the way our burgeoning knowledge tends increasingly to coalese;
+ the advent of synoptic studies of world symbology, mythology and religious traditions – studied that strikingly reveal the transcendent universality of human thought;
+and, in virtue of these various developments the growing perception that religion, philosophy, science, and the arts are mutually harmonious and complementary.
Walt Whitman sang of the Ensemble, not just of the parts, and he sung of all days, not just of a day. In his time, he embraced the Whole – in his intimitable poet's way – and looking thus at the objects of the Universe. he found no particle of any but had reference to the soul.
The cosmic process is impartible and mind-prevaded. In our day, science has uncovered this truth —in its inimitable way. From the cosmos — the dynamic matrix, the "mind stuff" – issue alike infinitesimal "particles" and human beings, all capable of intercommunicating, not only locally but also, instantaneously, beyond space/time.
Emanating from and prevaded by boundless Reality, the manifested universe is all of a wholeness, life within life, interpenetrating, impartible. Yet each life is specific and special – at once unique and reflective of myriad lives.
This is true even here on our tiny planet Earth, swimming in the vastness of space. What are the size and distance when every point of entry can lead to the center here all knowing coverges, where the inner is the outer, and the outer the inner?
Each of us is both unique and a microcosm of the Whole: each is a once scientist/artist/mystic. Hence, each is equipped both to contribute something of value to the co-creation and to unite and be one with the Whole.
Today's emergent but still sorely divided global society obviously stands in urgent need of a common ethic. a universally acceptable ideal and vision by which to live, one that might effectivily foster unity beyond all differences. I believe wholeness is the very idea which fulfills these strigent reuirements -=- that it constitutes the global ethic par excellence. More than that, the notion of wholeness insistently beckons to us, so to speak, from all sides. And inasmuch as wholeness is neither a dogma nor ideology but a living, dynamic, all-prevasive principle, it can be accepted by everyone. That is to say, whereas creeds and ideologies are inherantly controversial, a living principle can never be that; wholeness could not raise objections or offend anyone – either believers of nonbelievers, scientists are mystics, philosophers or artists. Yet,…this principle-process is profoundly sound on scientific, psychological, moral, philosophical, aesthetic, and spiritual grounds."