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Research & Analysis About Chile
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2017
International Update, November 2016
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2015
International Update, February 2016
International Update, September 2015
International Update, April 2015
International Update, May 2014
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2013
International Update, February 2014
International Update, September 2013
International Update, June 2012
International Update, March 2012
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2011
International Update, January 2012
International Update, October 2011
International Update, July 2011
International Update, June 2011
International Update, May 2011
Next Generation of Individual Account Pension Reforms in Latin America
This article examines the recent reforms in individual account systems in Latin America, with a focus on the recent overhaul of the Chilean system and major reforms in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. The authors analyze key elements of pension reform in the region relating to individual accounts: system coverage, fees, competition, investment, the impact of gender on benefits, financial education, voluntary savings, and payouts.
International Update, December 2010
International Update, March 2010
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2009
International Update, July 2009
Chile's Next Generation Pension Reform
Since its inception in 1981, Chile's system of mandatory individual retirement accounts has become a model for pension reformers around the world. A March 2008 comprehensive pension reform law made major changes that address some key policy challenges including worker coverage, gender equity, pension adequacy, and administrative fees. The cornerstone of the new law sets up a basic universal pension as a supplement to the individual accounts system.
International Update, October 2008
International Update, August 2008
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2007
International Update, February 2008
International Update, August 2007
International Update, January 2007
International Update, September 2006
International Update, July 2006
International Update, May 2006
International Update, April 2006
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2005
Individual Accounts in Other Countries
To date, more than 30 countries have established some form of individual accounts in their retirement systems. This article identifies those countries, categorizes how the individual accounts fit into their retirement income systems, and identifies some basic characteristics of the accounts. Because this analysis of individual accounts is intended to inform the current United States debate involving Social Security, the discussion is limited to countries in which such accounts are part or all of a mandatory retirement income program.
International Update, January 2005
International Update, April 2004
International Update, March 2004
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2003
International Update, November 2003
International Update, October 2003
Social Security Reform in Central and Eastern Europe: Variations on a Latin American Theme
The Latin American model of social security reform with individual accounts has been adopted by a number of Central and Eastern European countries. That alternative to a pay-as-you-go system is sometimes advocated as a desirable model for solving problems in developed systems such as that of the United States. This article describes the Central and Eastern European systems and compares them with the Latin American systems.
Recent Changes to the Chilean System of Individual Accounts
Chile was the first country to replace its public pay-as you-go system with individual accounts. Since its inception in 1981, the new program has undergone a number of changes that offer workers more choices than they had before. This note describes those changes, which include an increase in the type and number of funds from which a worker may choose for an individual account, more incentives for making additional voluntary contributions, and the introduction of a separate mandatory individual account for unemployment benefits.
Social Security Privatization in Latin America
The new, partially privatized social security system adopted by Chile in 1981 has since been implemented, with some variations, in a number of Latin American and old-world transition economies with either a single- or multi-tier system. That alternative to a pay-as-you-go system is sometimes advocated as a desirable model for solving problems in developed systems, such as that of the United States. This article describes the new programs in Latin America, their background, and similarities and differences among them.
Privatizing Social Security: The Chilean Experience
In 1981, Chile introduced a new approach to social insurance, a system of individual capitalization accounts financed solely by the employee. This new privatized system was an improvement over Chile's failing pay-as-you-go arrangement. As many countries worldwide are facing financial problems with their social security system, they are now looking to the Chilean model in trying to find solutions. This article describes the conditions that led to the new system, the transition, and details of the new privatized system.


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Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union-Wade welcome new baby
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union-Wade are new parents!
The basketball star announced he and actress Union-Wade welcomed a new baby girl to their family Wednesday.
"We are sleepless and delirious but so excited to share that, our miracle baby, arrived last night via surrogate and 11/7 will forever be etched in our hearts as the most loveliest of all the lovely days. Welcome to the party sweet girl!" Wade tweeted out.
The baby was born on the same as Wade's mother, he added over social media.
Union-Wade has been honest about her struggles with fertility, opening up about suffering miscarriages and undergoing IVF to try and get pregnant.
"I have had eight or nine miscarriages. For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to get pregnant — I've either been about to go into an IVF cycle, in the middle of an IVF cycle, or coming out of an IVF cycle," Union wrote in her book.


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How I became an atheist
I grew up with religion. My father was a Pentecostal preacher, not a noisy kind of hell preacher, but very much a literal believer. I was a very sensible young man and religion really scared me a lot and I had often nightmares about the devil.
The atmosphere was very intolerant even towards other Christian groups. Catholics and Orthodox Christians were considered idol worshippers and so on. Not even other evangelical believers were accepted as they did not teach and pray the same way as the Pentecostals did.
Over time the teachings and dogmas were changed and what once was considered a great sin for which they could be excommunicated, like women who cut their hair and for wearing jewelry. Today even divorce and premarital sex are more or less accepted although not recommended. Most often these churches put a blind eye towards it.
I went through many different so called Bible Schools, very short studies with no teachings about the early Church, as the Fathers of the Church in the first centuries were considered heretics and apostates.
This thin theology made me think if this was the whole truth and started to read Martin Luther and others. This gave me an apetite to learn more, so I left the Pentecostals and joined the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
After some while, I realized that most priests where liberal theologians and relativists. Nothing that was written in the Bible was to be taken litteraly but symbolically. And some bishops even questioned the Bible in general. The Virgin Birth was not to believe in and much else, for that matter. I left that Church and converted to the Orthodox Church and became after some years of theological studies of Byzantine theology, church history and alike, an ordained orthodox priest.
Very soon I found out that the Holy Canons from the Ecumenical Councils were neglected and that many priests and bishops did not care very much. Just the same negligence as I have seen earlier in other places. For short, nobody seemed to care about what they teached and how they lived. I found all what I saw very superficial and hypocritical. So I left that church too.
Theological reasons
After a while I realized how much in the Bible that was incompatible and contradictory to reality. First of all how the teaching of the Christian churches contradicted itself. Trinity according to the follwing part of the Nicean credo: "And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages", was neglected, as Jesus was supposed to be influential first after his first appearance, and in a way that was very much contrary to the the revenging God.
According to this and also from the Scripures that says he was from the beginning and completely in accordance with the will of God. "I and my Father are one", John 10:38.
"Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father". According to this part of the credo, Jesus was very much present in the Old Testament and part of the brutality and cruel decisions comanded by God. An example of the evil God could be found in Deut. 28:15-68, and in many other placess.
All these examples reminds too much of other religions with a good god and and an evil, or at least very demanding god.
All the excuses made by Christians, that we must see this symbolically or see it as an adjustment and a fair punishment towards the human race. Such simplifactions are very hard to believe in and also very insensitive towards all the victims. A psychopatic pattern found in many fundamental churches. We all have good and bad things in us, no matter what we believe or not. It is very much a question about what circumstances in which we find ourselves and other social situations. This is something that the police forces and others should deal with, not expect any extraterrestrial or divine powers to handle.
Another rather funny thing is the telling aboat Noa and the ark. According to the Bible he only took some animals in the ark to survive. And all the others should perish and thereby be unable to bring new generations to the earth? If so, how come that millions of species have survived the flood?
The story about Jesus in grave for three days and three nights, gives us a very odd picture if we consider Friday night as the first night and Saturday night, the second and ultimate night. Early on Synday he was risen according to the scriptures. This makes two night and one day, if we consider one night and one day twentyfour hours. There are many excuses how to count these days and nights. However, it is all speculations and makes no sense.
Lots of speculations have also been around the apocalypse. "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time", 1Jn 2:18. This statement shows us a very vague idea about the end of the world. Still there have been many prophets over the centuries who have proclaimed the very soon return of Christ and the upcoming apocalypse. So far, no of these prophets have been nothing but fakes.
Scientificial reasons
The creation in six days is maybe the one of the greatest humbugs in history. And then it does not help to say that: "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day", 2Pe 3:8 . If so, why have Cristians and Jews celebrated the seventh day as a day of rest, no matter they disagree which day in the week it is about?
And day and night are considered one day in the Bible.
"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day ", Gen 1:5. Today we all know that the universe is much more complex and that it take billions of years for a star like our own sun, to become a star. With the knowledge we have today we also know that our planet is billions of years old and that species has developed under hundreds of thousands of years.
No matter of how complex the micro- and macro cosmos are, there is no eveidence what so ever, that there is any god behind it. Religion is invented by man over the history and varies a lot depening on cultural backgrounds and so on. It is only to pick and chose. And most often the churches have been opposed to science. In later years though, some churches have tried to adopt to science, but is there really a need for religion at all? Well, it has mabe been so, as to explain things we do not understand like life and death. But although all forms of life still bewilder us, there is no real need for a supernatural explanation. To this end Hollywood and science fiction, and others, are really good about that. But we certainly do not need it for an explanation of what the real world is about. Fantasies and myths have always been around where people are. But it does not make it more trustworthy or make any sense.
So, let us stay with the facts that science supports us with, and enjoy and support those who work for it, as religion has a strong tendency to twist peoples minds and scare sensible people, no matter how bright they are in other areas. Religion is a philosophic and social disaster. We all know about the wars and terror that have taken place in the name of religion.
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Well said, Stephan. To go from a childhood filled with strict doctrine and nightmares about the devil to becoming an atheist must have been hard. Congratulations on achieving what many people refuse to even contemplate.
Good for you, great story! Welcome.
That's one heck of a first post! You may have set the bar a little on the high side for your future post. Just kidding! Thanks for the post. I always find it interesting how someone arrives to his/her present philosophical stance. The ones that take longer in time are usually more interesting.
Thanks again!
Thank you for a very thoughtful autobiography of your path from religion to a place of enlightened reason. It shows a sincere man in search of knowledge.
Now THAT is how to make an introduction! Probably the second thing (after realizing how at odds science and religion are) to make me entirely skeptical of religion was that I was being raised as a reformed Jew, rather than the quite conservative breed of my grandfather (and quite unlike the Orthodox). As I have always been fond of saying since, if you are going to do something, you should do it right. What is the point of having a belief in a supernatural deity that is supposedly pure good and omniscient if you are not going to do what he commands? So you seem to have gotten this point right off the bat as well. Either believe with all your heart, or believe something else with all your heart, but how can you live not really caring either way? And anyway, religion isn't like science in that you can have a healthy amount of skepticism anyway, either you have complete faith or else you fail to live up to religious ideals.
You have a good mind and you are completely right, religion is a disaster to our minds and to our societies. Glad to have you aboard. Welcome to the site.
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Last week, MDS and yours truly agreed on every pick. After Saturday's games, it looked like we'd be Thelma-and-Louiseing our way to an 0-4 weekend.
But after getting it wrong by relying on the Broncos and Packers, we were perfect on Sunday with the Falcons and Patriots.
So the question now becomes whether we reward the Falcons and the Patriots for making us look a little less like idiots by picking them to go to the Super Bowl.
In one case, yes. In another case, no. Either way, we've clasped hands and hit the pedal to the metal with the car pointed in the general direction of a canyon.
49ers at Falcons
MDS's take: People have been picking against the Falcons all year, and the Falcons keep winning. Now the Falcons are hosting the NFC Championship Game, and they're underdogs at home, so if they want to play the "disrespect" card, they're free to do so. And I'll add a little more fuel to that particular fire by saying that not only do I think the 49ers are going to win, but I'm not even sure the Falcons can keep it close. San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick is coming off the greatest rushing performance by a quarterback in NFL history, while the Falcons have struggled against running quarterbacks: Seattle's Russell Wilson gained 60 yards on the ground in Atlanta last week, Cam Newton had 86 and 116 rushing yards against the Falcons in his two games against the Falcons and Michael Vick had 42 rushing yards against the Falcons in October. I look for Kaepernick to have another big game as the 49ers roll.
MDS's pick: 49ers 35, Falcons 17.
Florio's take: Many are pooh-poohing the ability of quarterback Colin Kaepernick to duplicate his performance from Saturday night when the 49er go to Atlanta, pointing to his struggles on the road in Seattle, where it is loud and hostile and challenging to operate. But in his first game as the starter at a time when Alex Smith was healthy, Kaepernick faced in the Superdome a Saints team that had clawed its way back to .500. And it was loud and hostile and challenging to operate. And Kaepernick got the job done. Though the Falcons pulled out a stirring win over Seattle, the victory came in the wake of a historic defensive collapse. It'll be a lot harder not to collapse earlier when facing Kaepernick, who is a shade better than Russell Wilson — and who has more to work with on both sides of the ball than the Seahawks rookie.
Florio's pick: 49ers 27, Falcons 17.
Ravens at Patriots
MDS's take: The Ravens have typically played well against the Patriots, including in a 31-30 Week Three win. In that game, Joe Flacco had 382 passing yards, Torrey Smith had 127 receiving yards and Ray Rice had 101 rushing yards, and I think the Ravens will need that kind of offensive performance if they're going to have any hope of winning in New England on Sunday. Unfortunately for Baltimore, the Patriots' defense is playing better now than it was early in the regular season, and that's going to be the difference this time. Flacco won't have the same kind of passing game in the regular season, but Tom Brady will have another big performance against the Ravens' secondary. The Patriots are headed back to the Super Bowl.
MDS's pick: Patriots 30, Ravens 20.
Florio's take: In September, I picked the Patriots to make it back to the Super Bowl. So how can I pick against them in the game that would put them there? Actually, it's a convenient way to play both sides of the fence, and I'm tempted to pick the Ravens; it just feels like it's time for them to get back to the Super Bowl, and I'd love to see a Harbaugh-vs.-Harbaugh battle for the NFL title. But it also feels like it's time for the Patriots to get back to the Super Bowl and win it. With the Giants out of the mix, this could be the year to make that happen. So for no particular reason other than it wouldn't be right to abandon my AFC Super Bowl pick this close to it coming to fruition, the Pats hold serve and head back to the site of their first Super Bowl win.
Florio's pick: Patriots 27, Ravens 24.


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In jAlbum 13.7 we've introduced support for HiDPI images (See Settings->Images). By activating this option your images will look much sharper on HiDPI screens like those found on modern mobile phones and tablets. HiDPI screens are screens that have far smaller pixels than ordinary computer screens so they pack more "dots per inch" than ordinary screens (144 or more instead of 72). They are still not that common for desktop computers, but modern tablets and mobile phones have HiDPI screens to a high degree. As the viewing distance for these screens basically is half that of a desktop computer screen, it really matters whether your images are viewed in normal or HiDPI as can be seen here:
Album on mobile device. Normal dpi (click to view full album):
Album on mobile device. HiDPI (click to view full album):
HiDPI images in jAlbum are essentially twice the pixel size in width and height. They therefore need more disk space and network bandwidth, but the size penalty doesn't have to be so dramatic as one can compress HiDPI images further without getting noticeable JPEG artifacts, this as the JPEG artifacts are now only 25% of their previous area. In these sample albums above I could lower the JPEG quality to 60% from 85% for the HiDPI album without any noticeable degration in quality. The resulting disk size went up from 0.46MB to 0.81MB, something I don't consider a problem in 2016. Just imagine how much disk space and network bandwidth has increased since 2002 when jAlbum was created...
If you don't want your albums to have this size penalty for sake of looking better on mobile devices, you can compromise and use HiDPI for thumbnail images only. After all, the thumbnail images are those who benefit most from this change. jAlbum gives you free choices, as always. For me, it's a no-brainer. I will use HiDPI images on all future albums. To update your albums, get jAlbum 13.7 and reprocess your albums with HiDPI checked under Settings->Images. HiDPI works with the vast majority of jAlbum skins.
Warm greetings
/David and the jAlbum team


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If you want to support more instances of MMBase, for example if you would like to make MMBase available to more or all of your users, you can create several MMBase installations and have these all run on the same Tomcat server.
Install MMBase in the home directory of the user <user> performing all steps before:
create a directory mmbase/ in the users home directory,
copy all MMBase files into the directory /home/<user>/mmbase/,
build the directory structure and configuration files in the very same way we did before,
for MMBase version 1.7 running on Tomcat version 5, enable the Xerces libraries,
for MMBase version 1.6 running on Tomcat version 4, remove the Xerces libraries in MMBase (after you have copied these from MMBase to Tomcat the first time),
install the MySQL JDBC driver and create a new MySQL database for this user.
Make sure both the user and the Tomcat server have access to the MMBase installation:
chown -R <user>:tomcat /home/<user>/mmbase/
Make sure that the directory /home/<user>/mmbase/WEB-INF/config/builders/applications is writable and accessible by the servlet engine user (for auto-installing builders):
chmod 770 /home/<user>/mmbase/WEB-INF/config/builders/applications chmod 750 /home/<user>/mmbase/WEB-INF/config/builders/ chmod 750 /home/<user>/mmbase/WEB-INF/config/ chmod 750 /home/<user>/mmbase/WEB-INF/ chmod 750 /home/<user>/mmbase/
Now the home directory of this user has to be accessible to the Tomcat server as well. You can change the group owner of the users home directory to the tomcat user group:
chown -g tomcat /home/<user>/
Or, if you don't want this, use the Access Control Lists (ACL's) to accomplish the same:
setfacl -m u:tomcat:r-x /home/<user>/
Finally, link the new MMBase installation to the Tomcat server:
ln -s /home/<user>/mmbase /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/mmbase-<user>
and restart Tomcat:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat restart
which will make this users MMBase installation available through:
Again, you can set up a JK 2 mapping or a reverse proxy in Apache like we did before.
In order to run several instances of MMBase on a single Tomcat server, make sure you increase the available memory resources, i.e. by adding to the $CATALINA_OPTS environment variable in /etc/rc.d/init.d/tomcat:


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A White Rock woman en route to Washington state Saturday morning says she was turned back at the Douglas border crossing and barred from the U.S. because she admitted smoking marijuana several days earlier.
"I think it makes no sense," said Jessica Goldstein, who maintains she was interrogated for several hours for simply telling the truth.
"I'm 30, a university student, and I cross the border weekly to buy my gas and groceries. I own a vacation property near Mount Baker. My father is American, I have family in California. I've spent thousands of dollars in the U.S. It doesn't make any sense to me why they'd turn me away."
Goldstein said her treatment is especially galling because voters in Washington and Colorado in November voted to make their states the first in the U.S. to permit the use of recreational marijuana.
Goldstein said she and two friends were headed to the Dave Matthews concert at the Gorge Amphitheatre. While attempting to cross the border, the U.S. customs agent asked her if she'd ever used marijuana.
She replied that she'd used marijuana the weekend before, maintaining to The Vancouver Sun that she'd been asked the same question in the past and allowed through after answering that she had smoked pot.
"I'm with two friends, (and) about an hour later, they question us one at a time. (The agent) interrogated me for about three hours and asked questions about my background, history and family and drug use. I was just totally honest.
"She asked how long I'd smoked pot for. I said about 10 years.
"Then she asked how many times I'd smoked pot in the my life. I didn't know the exact number; probably around 500 times.
"Then she gave me a paper saying I was inadmissible to the U.S. and that I can't cross unless I get a waiver. They turned us around and we had to drive back."
According to Goldstein's statement at the border crossing, which she provided to The Sun, she admitted to the agent that she'd smoked marijuana about a week ago and "casually on weekends."
She said in her statement that she had also used ecstasy once and mushrooms twice about 12 or 13 years ago.
Goldstein told The Sun that she travels to the U.S. regularly for gas and groceries and that acquiring a waiver would take about six months and cost $600 to apply.
"I have no criminal record, no charges whatsoever," she added. "I've never been arrested, and no illegal activities."
Goldstein, the driver of the vehicle, said one of her passengers also admitted smoking marijuana but was not barred from entering the U.S.
"I feel I've been wrongfully accused," added Goldstein, a web design and web development student. "I haven't done anything. I wasn't carrying anything, my truck was clean. I'm just an honest person. I can't lie about these things, and don't feel I should have to."
She said she was labelled a habitual drug user, "and I don't know on what grounds.
"I'd spent hundreds of dollars on my concert tickets and camping passes. I was heading down to the Gorge to the Dave Matthews concert for Saturday and Sunday night. I ended up giving my tickets away."
Michael Milne, public affairs officer for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said Tuesday he was unable to speak about specific cases due to U.S. privacy laws, and had no information about how many Canadians have been turned back at the border after admitting marijuana use.
However, in an email response, he provided several rules used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for barring foreign aliens at border crossings.
Those considered inadmissible include anyone who is determined to be a drug abuser or addict, and those who have been convicted of, or voluntarily admit to having committed a crime involving moral turpitude, or who admits committing acts which constitute a violation of any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country related to a controlled substance.
As well, Milne referred The Sun to an Aug. 29 statement by Jenny Durkin, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, on federal marijuana enforcement policy in Washington and Colorado in light of the states' vote to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
In her statement, Durkan said that although her department won't challenge the legalization laws at this time, it will continue to enforce the Controlled Substance Act.
As well, she said: "We will continue an aggressive focus on the promotion and sale of drugs to minors, violence and the use of firearms, and the trafficking of marijuana across state or international lines."


text: Olli-Pekka Lehto wrote: > Chelsio's T210-CX4 TOE NIC has been around for about a year. Like the > Myricom product it utilizes the 10GBase-CX standard. It essentially > pushes 10GbE over InfiniBand cabling directly using the XAUI interface > (normally used for on-PCB communication on 10G devices). > > There are also several vendors which provide interface modules for > switches. Of course with 10Gbase-CX you lose the advantage of common > and relatively cheap UTP cabling and are limited to 50ft per link. It > seems to me to be a stopgap standard that will be overtaken by > 10Gbase-T in a few years time. > > I don't have a quote on the pricing but it should be competitive with > IB. If anyone insight on the economics and performance of 10GBase-CX > vs. IB in cluster applications I'd be interested to hear it. I wrote an Interconnect survey article about a year ago for ClusterWorld magazine. I'm in the midst of updating the article and I have a keen interest in the 10 GigE market. The Chelsio CX NIC is about $800. You correct in that it uses the new "skinny" IB copper cables and connectors. I don't know the bend radius of these new cables, but the old IB cables are very sensitive to bend radius (i.e. make the radius of a bend too small and the cables are toast). Switches are another matter. About a year ago, they were very expensive. The NIC/switch combination was about $5,000-$6,000 a port from 8 ports up to 128 ports. Now, there are some good 8-12 port 10 GigE switches. One is from HP and one is from Fujitsu. The per port cost is about $1,200. So for small systems (8-12) nodes, the overall cost per port is about $2,000 (minus cable costs). To get about 8-12 nodes, you either need to go with a Foundry, Force10, or Extreme 10 GigE line card (i.e. $$$). Quadrics was showing a new 96-port 10 GigE switch at SC05. It uses the Fujitsu ASIC. They use 8 of the 12 ports in the line card and then use the other 4 ports to connect the line cards together (it's 2:1 over subscribed). They haven't announced any prices, but I'm guessing the per port price to be a bit more than the cost for the 8-12 port switch. Another company is developing a new 10 GigE switch ASIC. Fulcrum Microsystems is developing a new ASIC with great performance (200 ns latency) and 24 ports. The general cost for a 24 port ASIC is about $20 a port, so the overall switch costs should be lower if the phys costs aren't too high and the vendor don't decide to gouge :) It's pretty easy to make a true fat tree with up to 288 ports. So, the overall 10 GigE costs start at about $2,000 per port for small systems and move up after that. I talked to Myricom about their 10G solution. A ballpark price for it is about $1,200 a port, but I don't know their 10G switch prices yet, so it's REALLY a ballpark. My general rule of thumb for IB is about $1,000-$1,400 a port but the real costs depend upon the configuration and the details. Hope this helps! Jeff P.S. The interconnect survey will be posted on ClusterMonkey.net as soon as I can get around to finishing it :)


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My wonderful mother studied one year at Occidental College before she went on to UC Berkeley, so maybe that was the reason she never liked the term "oxymoron." But that brings to my mind that the biggest oxymoron in our lives today is the term "controlled substances."
When we prohibit a substance, we give up all of our controls completely. All of the critically important things in the sale of potentially dangerous and addictive drugs, such as quantity, quality, place of sale, price, licensing and age restrictions, are abandoned to groups like Mexican drug cartels, juvenile street gangs and other thugs. And, of course, these criminals actually want our children to use these drugs so they can make more money on them.
We couldn't do it worse if we tried!
This loss of control hit me hard while I was on the bench. On four different occasions, I sentenced young men for being under the influence of methamphetamines. At time of sentencing, all said their drug of choice was marijuana, but one day, unbeknownst to them, the marijuana they purchased was laced with methamphetamines. So when they smoked it, they got themselves hooked on meth.
Because each defendant's sentence had already been agreed upon, written up and signed, they had no reason to lie to me. But I still remember thinking that this was an issue that should not be hard to control. Certainly smoking cigarettes is harmful, but at least when people go to their local mini-mart to buy a pack of Marlboros, they know their cigarettes will not be laced with methamphetamines.
So these are quality-control problems. Similarly, today we do not find students selling Jim Beam bourbon to each other on their high school or college campuses. But they sell illicit drugs like marijuana and ecstasy all the time. The reason is that those drugs are illegal and therefore uncontrolled.
It's the same reason we do not see Mexican drug cartels planting illegal vineyards in our national forests in competition with Robert Mondavi. They could, but there's no money in it.
Frequently when I speak to students on high school or university campuses about our nation's failed and hopeless policy of drug prohibition, I write the letters "PNWAWA R&C;" on the white board, saying "This is the answer." Then, after pausing for a few moments, I explain that it stands for Prohibition Never Works as Well as Regulation and Control. And it is true.
Furthermore, it holds true in other areas, like guns and Measure B, the Los Angeles County voter initiative approved in November.
Measure B requires all male actors in pornographic movies to wear condoms. Of course, the stated purpose of this initiative is to reduce the incidence of AIDS. Naturally, virtually everyone agrees that AIDS is truly dangerous, and reasonable precautions should be taken to keep it from spreading. But although well-meaning, Measure B will not help.
Think of it this way. If you try to require Captain Kidd, just before he makes a sexual conquest in a pirate porn film to stop and slip on a condom, it won't happen. But we'll never find out because the legal porn films will no longer be filmed in places like the San Fernando Valley. Instead the filming will be moved to places like Ventura County, Las Vegas or Florida, where the companies will not be subject to Measure B.
Actually, the same thing happened after the voters passed an initiative prohibiting the manufacture of foie gras in California. The companies simply moved to different states.
However, if the health aspect was instead regulated and controlled, the participants in the films could be ordered to undergo things like monthly or even biweekly blood tests to check for AIDS. Prohibitions and mandates don't work, but reasonable regulations do. That would actually reduce the incidence of AIDS.
Whether you accept pornographic movies or not, they have been around since the motion picture camera was invented and are here to stay. So instead of moralizing about things like pornography, drugs, guns or foie gras, or radically inserting unattainable requirements that will never be put into effect, wouldn't it be better to impose reasonable regulations and controls for those markets?
Functional libertarians and other people who understand the way the world really works, understand these concepts. With your help, so will a majority of our politicians and voters.
And who knows, maybe the phrase PNWAWA R&C; will someday become a part of our vocabulary.
JAMES P. GRAY is a retired Orange County Superior Court judge. He lives in Newport Beach. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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on 8/21/2014 8:43:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Other, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This is a gorgeous Chanel Joues Contraste blush that is a soft, flushed peach with illuminating sparkle. It's a must have for any blush fiend like myself. This has been one of my favorite Joues Contraste blushes in recent years. Sadly, it's discontinued. This is the perfect light peach for pale skintones and really natural and easy to build up. As another reviewer mentioned, this is perfect for adding dimension to any pink blush, looks great on its own, or paired with a bronzer. The packaging is lovely, comes in the signature velvet pouch, and as always the product is scented with roses. The brush included can be used in a pinch, but I normally prefer to use a larger brush so I normally throw them away. As always, Chanel blushes are excellent and worth every penny as the texture is finely milled and the color is true to the pan due to the high quality pigments. If you can find this blush, I'd definitely buy it.
on 4/7/2014 10:42:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
Possibly one of my most reached for blushes as its just that full proof safe (non-clash) choice for so many different looks. My skin is NC15 and on me this blush is pretty much Peach/Pink. In the pan it looks to container a very faint golden shimmer however applied on the skin its not shimmery at all, it just gives off a nice fresh and healthy sheen.
My compact is the baked type (I think this could be different than the ones they sell in the US?) So it did take a little while to get going but I love that its not fly away dusty everywhere. The compact is smallish so it does still get a little messy. The shade is kind, in that you can build it up gradually and would be hard to go overboard unless you really dug into it. I have found my favourite application for this one is a small stipple brush. This blush also looks really nice with a pink toned highlight.
I bought mine from strawberry.net
on 1/3/2014 7:48:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Pale peach is one of my favorite colors. Espeigle has a subtle shimmer to it. It suits each and every skin tone. This is one of those that every woman should have in her makeup arsenal. It adds some tonality and dimension over pink blush.
on 12/23/2013 2:45:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
This is the most amazing blush colour and has to be my favourite!!!
It is the perfect peachy/natural shade and because its a baked blush it goes on lightly so you build it up slowly - don't have to worry about putting on too much blush too quick!
I bought Frivole as well but because I'm so fair the colour is a little too dark/bright for my liking. Rose Ecrin is another fav but it is a more pink based colour so I find i switch between that and Espiegle depending on what I want to do with my makeup (cool or warm colours).
Definitely recommend buying this shade especially if you have fair skin, you won't regret it!!!
on 11/21/2013 9:50:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Normal, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
oh my God.. I had forgotten to write a review on this gorgeousssss blush. When I bought the first one, I saw the beauty of it.
Soft, peachy with a bit of pink and a special glow that makes a woman like prepubescent... like when we all had beautiful skin, no lines and just a beautiful naturally soft flush.
I bought my back up last year sometime in a DF somewhere... and am I glad I did. From all accounts, this shade is discontinued and the replacement was last year's Malice or Frivole (not sure which exactly) which were far too harsh for me and not at all what I wanted for a daytime look. I can use Malice at night -- when it's really dark.
if if if you find one, buy it, you won't regret this gorgeous color.
on 11/21/2013 8:25:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
So So So Sad This Is Discontinued
I must have gotten mine right before they discontinued it, as it is no longer available on the Chanel website. I hope it's still available Chanel counters, but I know it's not online.
For anyone with a beige/peach skin tone, this blush is not just a must have, it's downright "live changing" in terms of make up. You can wear this blush alone, high on the cheekbones, with just a dab of lipstick and people will stop you on the STREET and while out and about and marvel at how this blush is actually "reflecting off the angles of your face!"
It doesn't look extraordinary in the pan, just a regular peach blush. But when applied, tastefully, it takes on a life of it's own.
The first TWO strangers that exclaimed the "reflective nature" of this blush surprised me, that's when I realized that this is not just your average, Chanel blush. The others who said the same thing just made me smile a silent thanks to God for making Chanel. Nobody ever says that when I'm not wearing this stuff - only when I am! I just smile now and accept the compliment on behalf of "Chanel." :)
So, it's not available online and I hope they will reconsider this. I got online to buy a few more of these wonderful blushes when I realized it's not being sold, anymore. :( I haven't tried the other colors yet, I'm too busy holding on to the last traces of this stuff.
If you can find it, BUY IT!! It's more than worth the $40-$50
on 8/7/2013 8:28:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Today I realized how perfect this is. My face looked tired and dull. With this on it transformed into fresh, young, glowing from within. Light hand, I use it on the apples of my cheeks. Me but way better. Every woman my age should try this one. Will buy again without thinking.
on 2/16/2013 11:47:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Gorgeousness in a compact. Buildabpe color that does wonders for my nw25 skin. Looks fab with Bronzer and I love the fragrance.
on 1/16/2013 2:49:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Other, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This is the first Chanel makeup that I own. The colour is a very natural, peachy shade with fine shimmers.
The packaging I did not like as much. Did not like that the compact only opens 90 degrees. I prefer compacts that open 180 degrees, like most other compacts are. The tiny brush that i came in is quite redundant and keeps falling out of the compact. If i remove the brush, the compact will have an empty space where the brush should be. The compact also feels light, feels a little bit cheap. If compared with Burberry's compact, which feels solid and expensive, Chanel's is alittle disappointing.
I feel its not worth the price tag it came with, and i'm not impressed with the product.
on 12/17/2012 11:23:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Black, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
i love this bludh. such a pretty pink peachy colour. its a natural colour for my nc30 skin :)
the shimmer isnt so bad.
the price though is... oh my god. lol.
but if i have that kind of money, i would get it again :)
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Currently only EE offers superfast mobile broadband services commercially. Yesterday it announced a 20GB data plan that costs £46 per month on a SIM-only basis and £61 with a 4G handset on a 24-month contract.
Prices are expected to fall once rivals O2, Vodafone and 3 are able to introduce their new networks.
Ed Richards, the chief executive of the communications regulator Ofcom, which is running the auction over the next few weeks, said the start of the process today was a "very significant milestone".
"It will release the essential raw material for the next wave of mobile digital services," he said.
"This will change the way we consume digital media in both our personal and working lives and deliver significant benefits to millions of consumers and businesses across the country."
The winners are expected to be announced by early March.
The bidding firms, which as well as the consumer mobile operators include firms who want to use 4G technology for transmitting data within communications networks, will compete for 28 chunks of spectrum in the 800MHz and 2.6Ghz bands.
The auction will be conducted in secrecy online. Bidders will first tell regulators what combination of chunks of spectrum they are interested in owning and how much they would be willing to pay for it. Through a series of rounds, the price will rise in increments of at least five per cent. The winner will pay the lowest price that is greater than any other bid, in similar style to an eBay auction.
A second process will then give them the chance to bid on other lots in the hope they can still win a useful combination of spectrum chunks. To run a national 4G mobile broadband network, operators will ideally want licences for both 800MHz, which is best for covering wide areas, and 2.6GHz which is useful in densely populated areas as it offers more capacity.
Mr Richards said last month he was concerned the auction had become a "political football," as the parties argue over how to spend the multibillion-pound windfall it is expected to generate for the Exchequer.


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Instead, Combest, the chairman of the House-Senate farm bill conference committee, seemed to sum up his and Stenholm's low-key, self-effacing approach that finally prevailed over Senate efforts to turn the farm bill into a political issue with this comment to reporters: "I'll tell you who wins – the American farmer."
While details of the agreement were sketchy – House-Senate conferees were waiting for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring of the compromise provisions – it appears that farmers, and especially row crop farmers, were the winners in the battle of wills over the farm bill.
Farm organizations paid tribute to Combest, chairman of the conference committee and the House Agriculture Committee, and Stenholm, the Ag Committee's ranking minority member, for their wise, persistent guiding of the farm bill compromise.
"Mr. Combest and Mr. Stenholm are the ones who made this happen," said the executive director of one association. "Many people would have thrown up their hands and walked out for good weeks ago."
Cotton farmers, in particular, saw the inclusion of a mixture of fixed and counter-cyclical payments in the new farm bill that they could have only dreamed about when they first proposed the concept at a House Ag Committee hearing chaired by Combest more than a year ago.
"America's farmers and ranchers have been under the most severe economic pressure that I can remember in my 42 years of farming," National Cotton Council Chairman Kenneth Hood said. "This agreement will provide a substantially improved level of income protection that certainly will be welcomed by all seven segments of the U.S. cotton industry."
"The U.S. cotton industry, from producer to textile manufacturer, would be helped by this bill, and there is not a segment of our industry that isn't in need of some help. I urge Congress to approve the bill quickly so the uncertainty about policy for the 2002 crop can be removed and we move ahead with reasonable expectation for returns that will cover our costs."
Cotton and rice growers also had to be cheered by the payment limit language that reportedly was agreed to in the compromise package.
According to conference committee sources, the compromise includes a fixed or Agricultural Market Transition Act payment of 6.67 cents per pound and a target price of 72 cents per pound for cotton and $2.35 and $10.35 per hundredweight for rice. The loan rates would remain at 52 cents per pound for cotton and $6.50 per hundredweight for rice.
For soybeans, the loan rate would be set at $5.03 per bushel in 2002 and 2003, but would drop to $4.96 per bushel in 2004 through 2007 or the remaining life of the six-year farm bill. Soybean growers would receive an AMTA payment of 45 cents per bushel and a target price of $5.82.
The corn loan rate, which proved to be one of the most contentious issues of the conference, would be set at $1.98 per bushel in 2002 and 2003 and $1.95 for the remaining four years. The fixed payment for corn would be 30 cents per bushel and the target price $2.64 per bushel.
Midwest senators, led by Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Ag Committee, had been pushing for a $2.02 corn loan rate. But, faced with the prospect of a collapse of the farm bill negotiations, they reportedly caved in to the pressure from House conferees for loan rates closer to House bill.
The compromise language on payment limits could produce the biggest sigh of relief for southern farmers, some of whom faced having to liquidate or greatly reduce their operations if the more restrictive Senate provisions had been adopted.
The conference agreement provision reportedly reduces the total limit on benefits to $360,000 per year, compared to $550,000 in the House bill and $275,000 in the Senate's Grassley-Dorgan amendment. But it also retains the three-entity rule and allows producers to continue the use of generic certificates when they exceed the new limit on marketing loan gains.
The new limits would be set at $40,000 per person for fixed payments, $65,000 per person for counter-cyclical payments and $75,000 per person for marketing loan gains. It includes separate limits for peanuts.
The new language also imposes a $2.5 million adjusted gross income test.
"The framework agreement reduces the benefits available to larger enterprises, but it appears to strike a reasonable balance between the calls that have been made for payment-limit reform and the need to ensure that commercial-size farming operations can remain viable," said National Cotton Council Chairman Kenneth Hood.
"The means test will disqualify the pro athletes and media moguls that have been targeted," Hood said, "but some higher-revenue, legitimate farm operators also will be affected by the means test. The reduced limits for payments and marketing loan gains could reduce benefits to a significant number of farmers, but, importantly, the three-entity rule and provisions for loan redemptions with certificates are being maintained."
Hood said the latter will permit U.S. agricultural commodities to continue to move to market rather than be forfeited to the Commodity Credit Corp.
Besides Combest and Stenholm, the NCC also singled out Reps. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, Richard Pombo and Cal Dooley of California, Frank Lucas of Oklahoma and Terry Everett of Alabama on the House side and Sens. Thad Cochran of Mississippi and Jesse Helms on the Senate side for their work on ensuring that cotton's priorities were addressed in the conference committee.
Although they were not members of the conference, Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, Zell Miller of Georgia, John Breaux and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, John Edwards of North Carolina, Jean Carnahan of Missouri and Fritz Hollings of South Carolina also held key meetings with Majority Leader Daschle and others to focus attention on the problems of Southern growers.


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U.S. – China Transportation Forum, Proposed P 3 Alliance, SISI Briefing
FMC Chairman Mario Cordero and Commissioner William P. Doyle met with Acting Maritime Administrator Paul "Chip" Jaenichen on October 8, 2013. The officials discussed the recent hearing before the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. The hearing titled, Maritime Transportation Regulations: Impacts on Safety, Security, Jobs, and the Environment; Part I, took place on September 10, 2013. They also talked about the upcoming U.S. China Transportation Forum, the proposed P 3 Alliance, and the U.S.-flag international fleet and synergies in this regard between agencies.
The Federal Maritime Commission and the Maritime Administration will participate in the U.S. – China Maritime Transportation Forum later this month. FMC Commissioner Doyle will attend the forum as part of the U.S. delegation on behalf of the Commission. The agenda for this forum is still being formalized between the U.S. and China.
Chairman Cordero explained reported activities related to the proposed P3 Alliance. The P3 Alliance is being proposed by the world's three largest container carriers – Maersk, CMA-CGM and MSC. Chairman Cordero stated that the Alliance has not filed any agreements with the FMC, and that any proposed Alliance will be subject to the review of appropriate agencies in the European Union, China, and the United States.
Commissioner Doyle summarized the recent meeting that he and FMC Commissioner Lidinsky held with representatives of China's Shanghai International Shipping Institute (SISI) where, among other matters, China's Value Added Tax (VAT) and the proposed P3 Alliance were discussed.
Finally, the officials discussed synergies between agencies and the international U.S.-flag fleet.
The Federal Maritime Commission is the federal agency responsible for regulating the nation's international ocean transportation for the benefit of exporters, importers, and the American consumer. The FMC's mission is to foster a fair, efficient, and reliable international ocean transportation system while protecting the public from unfair and deceptive practices.
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Gloucester's Coast Guard Cutter The Grand Isle was supposed to go for a simple overhaul lasting 8 weeks down in the Coast Guard's Baltimore Shipyard. 26 weeks later and a ginormous laundry list of unexpected repairs has the Grand Isle crew eager to get back in the water and home to Gloucester.
Chief, Response Department Thomas Morkan forwarded these pictures which will show you the repairs to the Grand Isle and the very next picture will be of the same exact position aboard sister ship The Jefferson Island for comparison's sake.
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First Pic Coast Guard Cutter Jefferson Island
Aft Berthing Grand Isle- Racks Removed,Lockers Removed, 25% of Decking Removed
Picture Right- Same Space aboard the Grand Isle During It's Overhaul
First Pic Engine Room Jefferson Island 28th September,2011
Second Pic Grand Isle Same View
Left Pic Jefferson Island Engine Room Aft View
Right Grand Isle Both MDE's Removed, Both Generators Removed, Exhaust Removed
Left: Forward Passageway Jefferson Island
Right: Forward Passageway Grand Isle berthing stripped of racks and decking
Left:Jefferson Island Galley
Right: Grand Isle Galley- All Equipment and Storage Removed
Large Pieces Of Hull Plating On Gloucester's USCG Cutter the Grand Isle Were Replaced One By One To Reduce Chances Of Hull Twist
Both Shafts and Props Were removed. Aft Steering Stripped (Steering Gear,Battery Chargers, AC System)
In Total More Than 500 Square Feet Of Hull Plating Replaced
All photos courtesy Chief, Response Department Thomas Morkan.
What many people may not know is that the entire crew of the Grand Isle has been removed from Gloucester and is with the Grand Isle in Baltimore. When they left they thought they were going for a simple overhaul lasting 8 weeks. Now going on 26 weeks they are most eager to return to their home port as our Gloucester USCG Cutter, The Grand Isle.
Stay tuned for updates to the overhaul and interviews with the crew, only here on www.goodmorninggloucester.com


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by Sabina Clarke
Chestnut Hill can lay claim to having its very own Chieftain. He is Irish fiddler Paraic Keane, who bears a slight resemblance to the actor Russell Crowe and is descended from a famous tribe in Ireland with an impressive musical pedigree. His father is the renowned fiddler Sean Keane, a former long-time member of The Chieftains, the world's most celebrated traditional Irish band.
The Chieftains have performed with many of the world's premier musicians, vocalists and bands including the late Luciano Pavarotti, the Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Roseanne Cash, Willie Nelson, Sting, Art Garfunkel Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello and many others.
This year The Chieftains are celebrating their 50th anniversary tour, and Paraic will be performing with them at the Kimmel Center on March 9 and again in New York City's Carnegie Hall on March 17.
He will be on stage with his father, Sean Keane, who is returning for The Chieftains' last three performances in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C. But he is particularly excited about his Carnegie Hall appearance: "My whole family is coming over from Ireland, and I haven't seen my siblings in seven years."
Paraic is an amazing musician with a fiery, distinctive style. He began playing the fiddle at the age of six. At a recent annual fundraising concert at St. Malachy's Church in Philadelphia sponsored by Mick Moloney and Friends, Paraic's cameo performance with a young female Asian violinist had the normally staid audience stamping their feet.
Music is imbedded in the Keane DNA. Paraic's paternal grandparents were fiddlers and hosted legendary players from all over Ireland who came to perform in Dublin. Their house was a hub for traditional Irish music in the 1950s and '60s.
His uncle, James Keane, is a widely acclaimed accordion player who won the All-Ireland Junior Championship in 1963, and his father, Sean, won a score of awards including first place in the All-Ireland Championships and the prestigious Fiddler of Dooney competition, earning him the title of master fiddler.
Paraic grew up in Rathcoole southwest of Dublin, near County Kildare. He and his sister Deirdre and brother Darach, who plays the Uilleann Pipes, attended an all-Irish-speaking high school in Clondalkin. After graduation, Paraic studied classical music at the College of Music in Dublin and later toured Ireland, America and Germany with a contemporary rock band that performed original music.
Before eventually settling in Chestnut Hill three years ago, he lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and performed with a resident band called Curfa, which means "chorus" in Irish. He has recorded CD's with his uncle, James Keane, and his father and can be seen on You Tube.
After some prompting, he revealed that he performed with Van Morrison at a private event in the historic Leixlip Castle in County Kildare. He was also invited to perform on stage with Van Morrison when he attended one of Morrison's concerts, but lamented, "I didn't have my fiddle with me; what a shame because I could have played the second set with him."
Another music icon he has performed with is Glen Hansard, an Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter and vocalist for the Irish Group, The Frames. And he spent some precious time with Mick Jagger. "I got to hang out with him for a day."
Far from that rarefied atmosphere to playing in Mt. Airy, he forged a unique connection with local musicians he met at the Irish Center's Coeli Group. He seems content and assures me that "absolutely, we have great musicians here in Philly."
Although he sees himself as a traditional Irish fiddle player, he is on a musical odyssey; exploring and experimenting with all types of music including jazz fusion and contemporary Irish rock music. convinced that this will enhance his fiddle playing.
You can watch Paraic Keane perform at The Kimmel Center in center city on Friday, March 9, at The Shanachie in Ambler on Friday, March 30, and at Drake's in Chestnut Hill on Thursday, May 17.
Summing up his father's influence on his music, Paraic says, "I listened to my father a lot because he has an abundance of knowledge of the music. And it is because of him that I got to hear some of the best musicians ever. I try to emulate him. He has a style of his own, a nice touch. If I can be in any way close to that … but my style is still developing and I'm meeting a lot of musicians here."
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Killer whales in Canada find a hole to swim through, let's hope the minke are as lucky
The above SkyTV video shows the killer whales surfacing through a hole in the ice to get access to air.
Whales, dolphins and other marine species that share our ocean planet face more threats today than ever before in history. And some days are tougher than others in the global campaign to save them.
The truth is the International Fund for Animal Welfare and other committed groups and individuals working 'round the clock around the world to rescue and protect animals lose a lot more battles than we win.
On some days though, the wind shifts, and the whales win one.
Yesterday was one of those wonderful days.
And while the concerned eyes of committed citizens around the world were watching on their television and computer screens, people actually had little to do with it.
North of Quebec, a dozen magnificent orca whales – trapped by floating ice, surfacing in an opening the size of a pick-up truck -- got a break.
The wind shifted, the frozen ice moved, and in what CNN is calling "a miraculous save by mother nature" those dozen orca whales are now swimming free.
The CNN.com update on the killer whale situation.
They still face an obstacle course of ice on their way to open water; but for now, these whales have been given a chance.
So, too endangered minke whales swimming half a world away.
Earlier this week, the Republic of Korea formally rejected plans a return to whaling and announced plans to pursue non-lethal whale research in Korean waters.
This too is a big win for whales.
Korea's clear commitment to world class science stands in stark contrast to the course pursued by Japan's Fisheries Agency, still seemingly frozen in the 1960s.
As I write, it's whaling fleet steams past the Korean Peninsula on its way to kill hundreds of whales in the name of "science" in the internationally recognized Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary around Antarctica.
So the battle to save our planet's great whales continues.
And we recommit ourselves to making the ocean planet safer for the many species that depend on it, including our own. But between South Korea's welcome moves and the ice floes shifting up North, it's been a good week for whales and a good start to the New Year for all who care about them.
A new breeze is blowing. The ice is shifting. And here we go.
For a look back at the heroic marine mammal rescue work some of my IFAW colleagues were doing 12 months ago in the backyard of our international headquarters on the shores of Cape Cod, USA, click here.
And for more on the threats facing orcas, minkes and other whale species that share our world and what all of us can do over the year ahead to help, please click here.


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Big and Rich vs. Lee Brice – The Showdown
Big and Rich needed every last vote, literally, to top Kix Brooks's new song on the Showdown yesterday and last night on Taste of Country Nights radio. 'Party Like Cowboyz' won by just two votes, the smallest margin of victory ever. The duo will need those voters to return -- and to bring friends -- on Friday.
Lee Brice has released one of the signature songs from his 'Hard 2 Love' album. 'I Drive Your Truck' is tear-jerking ballad that finds the singer once again proving to be one of the most emotional guys in country music. A riveting video accompanies the single, his third from his new album.
Listen to clips of both Big and Rich's and Brice's songs and vote for your favorite here. You can vote once every hour online, so come back and vote often to be sure your artist wins. Hear the full versions of the songs tonight after 10PM on Taste of Country Nights. Help your favorite song win by placing additional votes at (888) 678-9995. Call as many times as you like! You can listen to the show online through any of the 41 radio stations that carry it. Voting will end tonight at 10:40PM CT.
Listen to a Sample of the Big and Rich, 'Party Like Cowboyz'
Listen to a Sample of Lee Brice, 'I Drive Your Truck'
Showdown Rules: The song with the most votes wins, and the winner goes on to face a new challenger in the next Showdown. Vote as much as once per hour online, and as much as you want by calling (888) 678-9995. If a song wins five days in a row, it will be retired into the Taste of Country Showdown Hall of Fame to allow for new songs to compete. Some songs will be considered for a second Showdown if voter turnout is healthy in a losing effort.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 121 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
Horsham Developments
We are an established car tuning company that specialises in tuning and modifying cars used for trackdays and racing.
99% of our customers are 20-40 year old men.
We currently have a logo (see attached file) that we use on our web site and literature. We feel that the logo is too 'flat' and lacks colour.
We are after a revised logo that is similar to the exisiting design but with a lot more flare and is more vibrant. We also need a background 'texture' or image that can be used with the logo for magazine adverts, our web site and business cards. The background would have text placed over the top of it.
The logo (without background) will be used for car stickers and t-shirts etc.
Our website is http://www.h-dev.co.uk - as you can see it looks very dated.
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User talk:Yuval
blocking Drbeams
Why did you block this user? He seemed a valuable contributor to me. --Erik Krause 09:41, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, I found the reason given on the hugin-ptx list. However, wiki blocks should be transparent to wiki users. --Erik Krause 10:18, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
- The actual reason is given here. In a nutshell:
- The user broke the instructions badly with no value added, causing errors, grievance and confusion to the general public.
- The user demonstrated lack of understanding for what he is doing at a very basic level (adding an irrelevant switch to a simple mkdir command).
- Past incidents with the same user following the same pattern show that he does not understand when the solutions to his problems are on his end. Without such understanding the problems can't be fixed and must be limited from influencing the project.
- His constant finger-pointing in every direction but himself affects the project negatively.
- And to answer your point: I don't know about all of his contributions. Maybe you can point me in a direction that shows value? Most of what I have seen from him is anything but valuable.
- Now a question to you: how do I make a wiki block "transparent to wiki users"? Isn't the block log transparent enough? How is this entry any different from these? --Yuval 12:34, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
- please see reply on my talk page --Erik Krause 13:05, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
- The actual reason is given here. In a nutshell:


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Southern Comfort Partners With Tabasco
Southern Comfort, Louisville, Ky., launches Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper, a fierce fusion of Southern Comfort and Tabasco brand pepper sauce.
The spicy 70-proof concoction delivers a perfectly balanced mixture of whiskey, the premium flavors of Southern Comfort and the kick of Tabasco brand pepper sauce. Served as a cold shot or incorporated into a cocktail, Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper finishes off any drink with the perfect amount of heat.
"This partnership between Southern Comfort and Tabasco brand strikes the perfect balance between sweet and heat and brings together two iconic brands for a one-of-a-kind product," says Mark Bacon, vice president and managing director of Southern Comfort. "Fiery Pepper gives our consumers another unique way to enjoy Southern Comfort that will challenge their senses and fire up the night."
Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper will be available only in the U.S. initially with global expansion to follow. "We're making a considerable investment during and after the initial launch of the brand. Fiery Pepper is a significant initiative for us and will be a key component of the Southern Comfort growth plan for years to come," adds Bacon.
"We're proud to partner with another iconic brand born in Louisiana to create a spicy addition to the classic Southern Comfort line," says Paul McIlhenny, president and CEO of McIlhenny Co., maker of Tabasco pepper sauce. "We look forward to a future of fiery cocktails."
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Okay, I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but I'm already starting to feel some holiday cheer! The first sign was feeling tempted by the eggnog that suddenly appeared in the dairy case of my supermarket. Next, I realized that I was spending inordinate time wondering where I should place my Christmas tree. And finally, I started getting the sense that my Purl Bee co-workers weren't exactly feeling my urgency to decide what kind of cookies we're going to bake this year. So instead of just dreaming about sugarplums, I have decided to harness my early seasonal excitement by getting a head start on my holiday gifts!
These Felt Coffee Cozies are the perfect way to jumpstart your holiday crafting because they're a total snap, even if you've never sewed before. And with just one bundle of 100% Wool Felt you'll be able to make a whopping sixteen Cozies! I used the cheerful Fuchsia Bundle, but we have lots more to suit your holiday mood!
A pile of Coffee Cozies is a fabulous thing to have around during the holiday season. Give them as hostess gifts, teachers' presents (along with a gift card to a favorite café, perhaps?), or stocking stuffers. You might even give one to yourself!
To make 16 felt coffee cozies:
- One Fuchsia Felt Bundle
- 100% cotton thread in color 5980
- A Felt Coffee Cozy Template available for free download here, printed and cut out.
You'll also need pins and a pencil.
To fit 16 ounce to-go cups
This is a perfect project to do in an assembly line manner instead of making them each one by one. To start the assembly cut two templates out of each piece of felt.
Fold each piece in half widthwise and pin them together along their short sides.
Using a zig zag stitch with a 1/4-inch seam allowance sew the pinned edges one after another without lifting up the sewing machine foot. (This technique is called chain piecing.)
Once all of them are sewn cut them apart from one another and trim off any extra threads.
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Food Art: 8 Soup Recipes for Your Kitchen Wall
Soup Week is almost over, but we're going to leave you with a little memento: Seven prints, each with their own creative interpretation of a recipe for soup. From spicy Chinese soup to potage aux carottes, here are some recipes to hang (perhaps right above your stove?) and to inspire.
You'll notice that many of these recipe prints are from Lucile Prache, an illustrator who lives in Paris, France. We really love her work and are often drawn back to it.
Soup Recipe Prints
• 1 Spicy chinese soup recipe - 8 X 10 limited edition print - $19 from Lucile's Kitchen. An inspiring piece!
• 2 The pumpkin soup - Original watercolor painting - $65 from Lucile's Kitchen. Not quite a recipe, but inspiring, and an inexpensive original piece of art, too.
• 3 An italian soup recipe - IL MINESTRONE - Print 8 X 11 - $19 from Lucile's Kitchen.
• 4 LA SOUPE AU PISTOU - 11 X 14 Limited edition print - $34 from Lucile's Kitchen. Also available as an original watercolor.
• 5 Japanese clear soup - $15 from Lucile's Kitchen.
• 6 Potage aux Carottes 8.5x11 - $22 from Eva Juliet.
• 7 Grandpa Joe's Vegetable Soup Print - $18 from Dawn Tan.
• 8 La Soupe fine art watercolor print - $24 from Trial by Cupcakes.
Do you have any recipes hanging on your walls?
Related: Recipes as Art: Delicious Illustrations by Yvette van Boven
(Images: 1 through 5 - Lucile's Kitchen; Eva Juliet; Dawn Tan; Trial By Cupcakes)


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A drunken-driving case against Thomas Ravenel, a former South Carolina treasurer and current reality-television figure who was arrested in East Hampton last summer, has been adjourned once again, this time to May 8.
Mr. Ravenel's attorney, Trevor Darrell, said that any further adjournment was unlikely. He said he had requested the delay to allow for negotiations with the district attorney's office. If no deal is in place by May 8, the matter will likely be headed for trial.
Mr. Ravenel was not in East Hampton Justice Court last Thursday, when Justice Steven Tekulsky granted the adjournment, but he will have to be there if a plea deal is reached.
Mr. Ravenel is a star of a new reality TV series "Southern Charm," which debuts tonight on the Bravo Network. Set in Charleston, S.C., it follows four men and two women, most of them descended from antebellum Southern aristocracy. The cast members "struggle with the constraints of this posh, tight-knit society," according to Bravo publicity. In the first episode, "Peter Pan Sin-Drome," the women challenge the playboy lifestyle of the men. Whitney Sudler-Smith, a member of the cast who shot a 10-minute video in 2010 that led to Bravo picking up the series, has called the show a "docu-series."
Mr. Ravenel, 51, who served seven months in jail in 2008 after being convicted in a federal court of cocaine distribution, has maintained his innocence on the drunken-driving charge since an East Hampton Village Police sergeant arrested him in the early hours of July 22. "I wasn't drunk," he said after a court appearance in October.
Immediately after his arrest he refused to take a stationhouse breath test, which would be a major impediment in the way of a negotiated plea deal. It is uncommon for the district attorney to accept a lower charge, for example, driving with ability impaired, in such cases. Mr. Ravenel said in October that he had gotten "bad advice" from the South Carolina attorney whom he called after his arrest. His 2007 guilty plea for cocaine possession could be another problem.
If no deal can be reached, then his May 8 appearance would likely be used to set a new date for pre-trial motions, after which a trial would be scheduled, probably in June or July.
When Mr. Ravenel was arraigned on the morning of his arrest, he told Justice Catherine A. Cahill that he was in the area to play polo in Southampton. It would be polo season again by the time of the trial. It also would be time to shoot new episodes of "Southern Charm," if the series is successful, raising the question of the trial, should it happen, being used as a backdrop for the show.
Mr. Darrel, however, dismissed the possibility. "He is trying to keep it as standard as anybody else," the lawyer said. "He is taking this very seriously. This is not a publicity stunt. He is seeking the best disposition possible."


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Add the black peppercorns, white peppercorns, coriander seeds, and pepper flakes to a saute pan over medium heat. Toast until they start to smell aromatic, about 1 to 2 minutes. Crush them in a mortar and pestle, or remove them to a cutting board and crush them with the bottom of a pan. Add the sugar and salt and toss to combine.
Coat 1 side of each piece of steak with a scant layer of the peppercorn mixture. Turn them on the other side and repeat. Put the steak on a baking sheet or earthenware dish. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour to overnight.
Put the onion slices in a glass bowl and gently pull them apart with your fingers until you have a lot of individual rounds. Add the red wine vinegar and sugar. Use your fingers to coat the onions with the vinegar. Press them down into the bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside to marinate until ready to serve.
Heat 2 cast iron skillets large enough to hold the steaks. Add 2 tablespoons of the oil to each pan. When the oil begins to smoke lightly, season the steak lightly with salt and use a pair of metal tongs to gingerly put the steaks in the hot oil. Cook over high heat, 2 to 3 minutes, on the first side. If the steak becomes overly brown, lower the heat slightly as it cooks. Turn the steak on the second side and cook 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the steak and allow it to "rest" on a flat surface, 10 minutes. Wipe out the skillets and use them to warm the tortillas, 1 at a time, over low heat. Alternatively, "char" the tortillas for a few seconds on an open flame.
In a small bowl, combine the cherry tomatoes with the juice of 1/2 lime, salt to taste, and the picked cilantro leaves. Stir to blend and taste for seasoning.
Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
Slice the steak, against the grain, into thin slices. Put a tortilla on a flat surface. Arrange some of the meat, the tomato mixture, cheese and pickled onions in an even line in the center of the tortilla. Remember that the best tasting burritos are ones that have a mix of all the different flavors in the fillings in each bite. Fold the edges into the center and roll it up, pressing as you roll to help keep its shape. Keep it warm on a plate in the oven whole you roll the others. Remove the burritos from the oven and serve immediately.
If you like your steak a little more cooked, simply leave it in the skillet a few minutes longer on each side. For the marinade, I like to "crack" my spices so the flavor permeates the meat more quickly. My favorite way to do this? Put the spices on a flat surface (cutting board) and use a small saute pan to crush the spices so they "crack" in half. Run over the spices a few times to make sure they are broken.


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Nadia Sirota hosts regularly for Q2 Music. Before Q2 Music, she hosted Overnight Music on WNYC and WQXR. Her program was awarded an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Radio and Internet Broadcast in 2010, and has been described by Alex Ross of the New Yorker as "radio we can believe in." Nadia is also a highly sought-after violist known for her compelling energy and unique ability to interpret new scores.
She has premiered and commissioned works by some of the most prominent composers today, and her 2009 debut solo record, "Beautiful Mechanical" was a New York Times album of the year. Sirota is a founding member of the American Contemporary Music Ensemble, yMusic and the Wordless Music Orchestra. She teaches in the Contemporary Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music.


text: Under orders to stop a drunk driver at all costs, police officers in Belarus stopped four civilian cars and ordered them to form a line across the road — acting as a roadblock. As brilliant a plan as this is, it failed to take into consideration that the drunk driver would be crashing into the makeshift barrier, placing six people including a child in harms way. Thankfully, after the inevitable crash, all of the unlucky drivers were fine and the drunk was caught and is now recovering in the hospital. We're wondering if those Belarussian cops were drunk themselves when they came up with this plan. [Russia Today]


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Blueberry, raspberry, poppy seed muffins
Okay this is now the best thing that I have ever baked:
I have been baking a recipe for lemon, poppy seed muffins for some time now. I improved on this one by using lemon flavoured yogurt along with the lemon extract and zest. It was this recipe that inspired me to try my 2 favourite field berries, field berry yogurt, along with fresh berries in the muffin mix. For a half of the above recipe I mashed 1/4 C rasps into the dough and added 1/4 C blueberries gently later in the mix. I filled the muffin cups not quite 3/4 full and then pressed a full, firm, fresh raspberry into the dough, covering it with a Tbs or so of dough. Oh my!
I know I always say this is the best thing ever baked, but I really, really like these!!!!
Regards, Brian
1 C flour
1/4 C + 1 Tbs sugar
2 Tbs poppy seeds
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Sift together the obove ingredients.
1 large egg
1/2 C fieldberry yogurt -- highest fat % I can find!
2 Tbs oil
1/4 cup raspberries
1/4 tsp lemon extract
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Mix wet and dry and make sure the raspberries are mashed into the dough. When well mixed, add:
1/4 C fresh blueberries, stirring in gently
This recipe makes 6 muffins and can easily be doubled. As above, one whole, fresh raspberry was added to each muffin, whcn in the muffin cup. Bake for 20 minutes at 400F turning at the half.
Enjoy!!! Did I say I realllly liked these???


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BITBURG, GERMANY -- According to the National Military Family Association, an estimated 155,000 children are coping with having a deployed parent—and in some cases two deployed parents. To help these children, Installation Management Command-Europe in Germany recently offered a sports and fitness event as a part of Camp A.R.M.Y Challenge, a summer program for children in grades six through 12.
The sports and fitness camp was held at Sportschule Bitburg, a former U.S. air base in Germany. More than 75 children from military installations from Belgium to Italy participated in the camp and received a week of individualized instruction from coaches and trainers, along with trying outdoor adventures, such as canoeing and wall climbing.
Camp instructor Eric Teepe says that the life of a military family is "a whole other world."
"I had one boy tell me at lunch that he's moved six times—and he's 10 years old," Teepe says. "We always hear about the struggles of soldiers in wartime, but we never see the other side of it, how the children have to deal with it as well."
During the sports and fitness event, counselors aim at improving the mind, body and soul, says Joe Marton, director of Camp A.R.M.Y Challenge.
"The mind as in having the knowledge and interest in making the right decisions in life, the body as in learning how to remain healthy throughout your life, and the soul as in being an active part of society throughout one's life," Marton says.
The A.R.M.Y in Camp A.R.M.Y Challenge stands for adventure, resilience, memories and youth. Although the camps are intended for Army families, the children of deployed troops from other services are eligible to take part as well. Other events in the challenge include an island adventure challenge that focuses on environmental issues and a space camp about science and technology.


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