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PRADA SUEDE DOUBLE TOTE BAGCategories:Other Brands
Suede is becoming popular, we're seeing more designer brands selecting this material to craft their classic and iconic handbags.
Softer than saffiano, yet as durable and strong. For the new season, the famous Prada Double Bag is adorned with this leather, it's a new way of experience this tote bag.
Besides that the leather is changed, the elements of the Double Bag remain the same – it features a snap-closure on the sides, in case you want to expand or contract. I love its flexibility.
The interior comes with an internal pouch and it has one large compartments to store all your essentials – it has more space than you need, perfect to carry from day to night, from work to evenings.
With an additional shoulder strap (which can be removed), you can also carry the bag on your shoulder, but the best way to carry is always by hand.
This is a lovely bag and tough its made from 'Suede', the price is in line with the saffiano leather version. Whether you choose Suede or Saffiano leather depends on personal preference. And though both leathers are great, it's obvious that Saffiano leather requires less maintenance. But the Suede delivers a whole new experience, which feels more luxurious.
Measuring 10.6' x 14' x 6.7' (H x W x D) inches, priced at $2950 USD via Neiman Marcus e-store.
Or get it in Prada store for around €2100 euro.
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Finishes With Career-High 20 Points, 12 Rebounds
WORCESTER, Mass. – Yale's 61-54 victory over Holy Cross on Friday was all about effort. The Bulldogs got to every loose ball and did the job defensively down the stretch en route to the win over the Crusaders before 1,474 at the Hart Center.
Nobody epitomized that effort more than Armani Cotton, who scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, both career highs.
Cotton spearheaded a Yale bench that outscored Holy Cross's 37-1.
"I pride myself on effort," Cotton said. "Not every shot is going to go in, but you can always control effort."
Five of Cotton's rebounds came on the offensive end, and he was 5-of-7 from the field and 10-of-10 from the foul line in addition to leading the team in floor burns.
"My hats off to Armani," said James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball. "He chased down every loose ball and had a career night."
Every ounce of effort was needed for Yale to secure the win. The score was tied at 51 with 2:45 left, but the Bulldogs scored the next six points. Matt Townsend started the run with an elbow jumper. Then Javier Duren's steal and layup put Yale up four. Cotton capped it with a pair of free throws.
Still, it took a couple of big plays from Michael Grace to seal the win. The Crusaders cut the lead to three on Phil Beans' three-pointer and had a chance to tie, but Grace blocked Justin Berrell's three-point shot. Grace added a pair of free throws with 24 seconds left.
Cotton was the only Yale player to score in double figures. Justin Sears and Austin Morgan each finished with seven points. Duren scored six and Jeremiah Kreisberg contributed five.
All 10 players that saw action scored.
"It's a credit to everybody on the team," Cotton said. "Coach [Jones] always talks about being ready. It doesn't matter if you are a starter or a reserve."
The Bulldogs (5-10) shot only 32.2 percent from the field, but had 19 offensive rebounds, which led to 18 second-chance points.
Dave Dudzinski (18 points) and Burrell (17) combined to score 35 of Holy Cross's points.
The Crusaders (7-7) lost their third straight game.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Bulldogs, all of which came on a grueling three state trip to Nevada, Saint Mary's and Iowa State.
"This was a great team win. Our bench was tremendous," Jones said. "I thought we had played well at Iowa State [on Tuesday] so to have our effort rewarded tonight was important."
The Bulldogs had the lead for most of the game. The biggest advantage was 11 midway through the first half. The Crusaders, though, rallied and were within 31-29 at halftime.
Yale had the lead back at six, 46-41, midway through the second half, but Holy Cross fought back again.
NOTES: Freshman Nick Victor made the first start of his career. He finished with three points and five rebounds in 21 minutes… Yale's defense helped force Holy Cross into 23 turnovers… Yale also outrebounded the Crusaders 44-32… Yale was just 3-of-22 (13.6 percent) from three-point range. Holy Cross was only slightly better (5 of 17, 29.4 percent)… The Bulldogs host No. 9 Florida on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at the John J. Lee Amphitheater. The game is sold out will be televised on the NBC Sports Network.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity

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Topic: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The 90-minute animated feature film is going to be in theaters this 15th of August, 2008. This film "will lead the way for a television series will debut in the fall of 2008. The TV series will air on Cartoon Network and TNT." (Source)
In May 2007, we discussed this topic in-depth when the first trailer was released. Boba Fett is not in the trailer.
For this thread to have some lasting resourcefulness -- all of this will change between now, the premiere and thereafter -- here are some notable links:
http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/ (US)
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/clonewars/ (Japan)


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Team news ahead of Tuesday night's League One clash between Exeter City and Notts County at St James Park.
Last Updated: 12/09/11 4:11pm
Team news ahead of Tuesday night's League One clash between Exeter City and Notts County at St James Park.
Exeter's striker crisis has worsened.
With John O'Flynn (knee) and Guillem Bauza (hamstring) already ruled out with long-term injuries, Daniel Nardiello was shown a straight red card for foul and abusive language at Charlton on Saturday and is suspended for three matches.
That leaves boss Paul Tisdale with just one of his four senior forwards, Rowan Vine, who is expected to be partnered by Richard Logan at St James Park.
Defender Billy Jones picked up a slight knock during the defeat at The Valley but is expected to be fit.
But midfielder Liam Sercombe (foot) is still some way away from a return to the first-team squad.
A handful of Notts County players are nursing knocks.
Magpies manager Martin Allen, whose side are preparing for a third game in six days after travelling to Turin to play Juventus in an exhibition match last Thursday, did not name those in question but will look to his fringe players to make up the numbers.
Striker Ben Burgess and midfielder Ricky Ravenhill did not play in the 2-1 home win over Walsall on Saturday due to injury but both players could return to the squad.
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MIAMI - Have you checked your hurricane shutters lately?
No matter what kind of hurricane shutters you have, it's a good idea to make sure that you know where all the parts are and that the shutters are functioning properly as we head into what is historically the peak of the hurricane season.
I spent a few hours recently making sure my accordion shutters are ready to go. The first thing I did was to use an air blower to remove any leaves and debris from the tracks. Next, I made sure that the thumbscrews, which hold the metal locking rods, worked properly by dipping them into a little white lithium grease. I'm told that petroleum jelly works just as well. Failure to lubricate the thumbscrews can result in the thumbscrews seizing against the locking rods and preventing you from closing your accordion shutters.
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I lubricated the rollers at the top of my shutters as needed and checked to make sure that all of the shutters closed properly.
There is some debate over the best lubricant to use. Some say that spraying white lithium grease is the way to go. My shutter company has been using this for more than 15 years and never had a problem. Others say that lithium grease tends to attract dirt and gum up, and recommend using silicone spray.
Do not use WD-40 or any oily lubricant that could allow a faster buildup of dirt or salt. I suggest contacting your shutter company and follow their lead. If you have any warranty on your shutters, you will want to do whatever the manufacturer recommends.
I also lubricated all the locks on my shutters and tested them.
I hope that I don't have to use these shutters this hurricane season, but at least I know they are operational if they do need to be closed. If you haven't checked your shutters yet this season, I highly recommend doing so, given that there is currently a lull in tropical activity and we still have the most active part of the hurricane season yet to come.
You don't want to find out that your shutters are not working properly when the next hurricane is bearing down on us. It makes sense to protect your investment in shutters and give yourself some peace of mind by knowing they will work when needed.
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VPSDime provides 5 geographically diverse locations allowing you to host your application across 2 different continents.
I've used VPSDime for a while now for a few small projects, haven't had an issue yet. They are the same people as Backupsy and R1SoftStorage, excellent service at excellent prices, I've had nothing but good results from them.
I've been happily using the VPSDime service for 9 months and hope to use them for many more years.
Such a awesome provider. The uptime on my dallas vps is awesome uptimerobot & statuscake has it 100% @ 5 months since I've had it.
I'm tempted to order another one. You can't beat the specs. I've been a customer since 2013 and have had great experiences with VPSdime.
Just to add that I own this service for around 6 months, support is awesome and got fast responses. I'm glad to work with VPSDime. You got much more than it's worth for the price.
VPSDime has been great for me. Used their 6GB for around 2 months and another 128MB for 6 months now. A bit of downtime (roughly 1 hour) as they needed to move the node to a different rack for expansion. They emailed and gave plenty of notice. Great communication.
I've got several accounts with them. Hand down best provider so far for us. Excellent up-time as someone above mentioned. I monitor with statuscake as well, and over the past few months up-time has been 100%! Also had an issue with one of our servers load a few weeks ago and support was really helpful and friendly to get it resolved. Really recommended.
I will definitely score them 10/10 for their excellent service, and I know that many of you would do the same as well :)
The service has been extremely reliable and it performs beyond my expectations. This is another service I hope to keep for a very long time. Though the VPSDime brand is new I trust the Backupsy and "serverian" names behind this operation.
I've got a dinky little 128MB RAM VPS with them. No issues whatsoever, 100% up time so far - tickets get responded to almost immediately and they're very fast and efficient.
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Since most of tonight's post is mostly populated by Magic the Gathering product, we'll start out with the two non-Magic related items.
First up, is the second item release for Dungeons & Dragons aka D&D Next aka D&D 5.0 is out this weekend. The Icons of the Realm miniature set for the D&D Starter Set includes pre-painted miniatures for each of the six character classes, including cleric, fighter, wizard, and more.
The second non-Magic release for the week is the new Stormclaw box set for Warhammer 40K.
Acting like a semi-starter kit, Stormclaw features two playable armies, one for Orks, one for Space Wolves. Outside of a condensed, digest sized version of the 40K core rules, the box set also includes an exclusive Stormclaw campaign booklet and two exclusive figures for each army. Grukk Face-Rippa, for the Orks, and Krom Dragongaze, for Space Wolves, also come with rules for play.
In case you've been asleep for a month or so, the 2015 Core Set for Magic the Gathering is out. As is the case with all set releases for Magic, the standard booster boxes, Fat Packs, and Intro Decks have been released. Fat Packs contain nine booster packs of M15, two mini-deck boxes, one larger one, a spindown counter, and more. Intro Decks are pre-built sixty card decks and two booster packs.


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Location: Barton Springs, Austin, Texas.
Dress by Jeanie Madsen Design.
There is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him. (Ecclesiastes 8:6. ESV.) The Lord's thoughts and ways are not that of man. His word does not return empty, but accomplishes His purpose. (Isaiah 55:8, 10-11. ESV.) For His glory. This blog is for encouragement not teaching or leadership (1 Timothy 2:12-15).


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The term movement has been used for more than a century to describe the dynamic process by which broad moral issues bubble up and – when successful – change the way people think and act. The right of women to vote generated a powerful movement that not only led to the 20th Amendment but also succeeded in convincing virtually everyone that women were as capable as men of participating in the election process.
Movements are about raising issues – bringing issues that have been hidden or underplayed into the public spotlight so that people not only become aware of the issue, but are moved to do something about it. Movements thus become a magnet for energy, and if they are effective, they create a sense of mass and pressure that influences policy and leads to transformation in beliefs and behaviors.
Movements often operate very informally connected primarily through relationship networks: individuals or small groups of women throughout the United States organized marches and hunger strikes, wrote editorials and gave speeches, all to raise awareness of the issue. Although organizations were formed to work on the issue, the movement was much broader than the membership of those organizations, engaging women from all walks of life.
Movements, however, tend to have strong viewpoints about what is right. They raise moral flags. This is useful for exerting pressure but long-term success of a movement depends on the ability of the movement to persuade people to a particular viewpoint and the openness of people to be persuaded.
In the last few decades movements have become increasingly limited in their capacity to spread throughout society by the highly polarized political scene in the United States: few movements have been able to escape the label of either belonging to the left or the right. So rather than changing the discussion or bringing up a new discussion, movements have been increasingly forced into current discussions of left and right. Few on the left would take seriously any movement labeled as conservative, while those on the right would dismiss any movement emanating from the left. Some questions this raises are: can movements escape the narrowness of right and left? Can we frame issues differently so that they are more likely to become universal?
Advocacy Networks
Advocacy networks or movement networks are the operational part of movements. They consist of the relationships among individuals and organizations that are making the movement happen.
What is interesting is that until recently, most advocacy networks were not formally organized. In fact, this was a strength in campaigns such as the one supporting women's right to vote, where different types of organizations had quite different approaches to the issue and played different roles: the Suffragettes were radicals pushing the front edge of the movement with hunger strikes and even violence while the Women's Christian Temperance Union appealed to a more moderate audience. The organizations were linked through key bridging individuals, such as members of the International Council of Women who promoted communication among efforts in different countries through speaking tours. As a result, individuals in the movement influenced and supported each other, even though their beliefs and approaches differed.
The later part of the 20th century was characterized by many transnational advocacy networks – most informally organized – which held funder-sponsored convenings (such as those on ending violence against women) where priorities and strategies were developed. Sets of organizations (often from one country or region) then determined which specific actions were most appropriate for their locale and implemented those.
…networks that emphasize structure are less effective than those that adeptly learn and change. Robin Katcher, Unstill Waters
It's only in the last decade or two that advocacy networks such as those involved in healthcare reform have begun to organize more formally. The formation of coalitions and alliances are examples of this type of more formal intentional network.
Coalitions and Alliances
Coalitions are generally tightly defined advocacy networks with explicit membership that form around a specific policy initiative. Because everyone in a coalition needs to agree on a clearly defined set of objectives and because of the specificity of the objectives, coalitions tend to be short-term.
One example of a long-term coalition is the Massachusetts Smart Growth Coalition. One reason it is able to continue as a long-term network is that the coalition has only 7 members, and key players from these organizations have known each other for many years. In addition, this group has the resources to spend a lot of time developing its action plan together and has access to the services of a full-time coordinator.
A more typical coalition is Healthcare for America Now (HCAN) Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is a national grassroots campaign of more than 1,000 organizations in 46 states representing 30 million people dedicated to winning quality, affordable health care. In 2008, a core group of national organizations developed a set of principles to guide the formation of the coalition. Partners were actively involved in developing (and adapting) strategic plans and worked together to implement these plans. They had a strong engagement and communication system, especially on the national level.
HCAN built strong state networks in many states, and these partner organizations were able to mobilize their memberships to scale the campaign very rapidly and increase influence on congressional districts. Local stories and feedback from specific efforts also improved the national campaign.
The network structure underlying HCAN enabled it to adapt quickly to changing circumstances.
(For more on characteristics of effective coalitions see the excellent Power in Coalition by Amanda Tattersall.)
Manuel Pastor et al, in Connecting at the Crossroads , defines alliances as long- term networks of grassroots groups to build power to bring about change. An example is Partnership for Working Families, an alliance of 12 local organizations and the California Alliance, a set of organizations reforming the tax system. These networks bring people together for strategic dialogs, relationship building, and joint action and campaigns.
The fundamental task of an alliance is to connect groups that have stood apart.
Manuel Paster et al, Connecting at the Crossroads
To be most effective, networks need to include base-building networks that engage grassroots and neighborhood constituents; organizational alliances among organizations that usually don't interact; and networks with funders, policy, media and leadership development organizations to enable efforts to expand and scale.
System Development Networks
Advocacy and alliance networks tend to focus on raising issues and changing policy. Other networks focus much more on developing a new system. For example, the many local food system networks support local farmers growing food for local markets and have created farmers markets and community support agriculture (CSAs) to provide new local marketing channels. Local food activists have set up kitchen incubators – local processing facilities where entrepreneurs can make processed products and community gardens. Local tourism bureaus have created efforts such as the 30-mile meal (see http://30milemeal.wordpress.com ) so that consumers change their behavior and begin purchasing more local foods and restaurants highlight local foods. Of course, most local food efforts include policy efforts – many communities now have local food policy councils. And, most local food networks are linked with other local networks around the country through organizations such as BALLE and Slow Food.
Other examples of system development networks are those involved in:
- alternative energy and climate change;
- regional flavor network
- social innovation networks
- regional innovation networks
- Transition Town Networks
- wellness and healthy eating networks
- health access networks
- civic engagement networks
In system development networks, subsets of the network create new system elements such as bike-sharing programs and solar retrofit projects in climate change networks or blood pressure clinics and mobile health units in health networks. Such networks are most successful when regional or local networks encourage small self-organizing groups to implement opportunity-driven project,s which are linked together through a strong relationship network. When regional projects are linked nationally through learning networks and connections with other innovators, their impact is often accelerated.
An example of a system development network is the Regional Flavor Strategies Network. Regional Flavor Strategies was a national learning network of 6 regional networks implementing a strategy to encourage local businesses to work with tourism, arts organizations, universities and other partners to develop the unique qualities (regional flavor) of their area. The strategy was to create a healthy regional economy by organizing many new services, activities, and institutions. For example, the grape growing region along Lake Erie was facing hard times as the large multi-national that purchased area grapes was now sourcing in lower cost regions of the world. In just 2 years, subgroups within the regional network (which crossed state lines) created a new brand, helped local businesses produce new grape products, organized several new festivals, and artists trails, got local businesses to use grape products on their menus, and raised money for a Grape Discovery Center.
The national Regional Flavor Strategies Network shared their successes and failures. For example, the Grape Network was able to implement their regional brand very quickly after learning from two of the other groups in the learning network. The other groups toured the grape region and were able to give very useful feedback on local projects.
Of course, some networks include advocacy and system development, but I think that all networks would benefit by including both.
Do these distinctions work? How would you modify them? Have any great examples?


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D is a systems programming language. Its focus is on combining the power and high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of modern languages like Ruby and Python. Special attention is given to the needs of quality assurance, documentation, management, portability and reliability.
The D language is statically typed and compiles directly to machine code. It's multiparadigm, supporting many programming styles: imperative, object oriented, and metaprogramming. It's a member of the C syntax family, and its appearance is very similar to that of C++. For a quick comparison of the features, see this comparison of D with C, C++, C# and Java.
D is not governed by a corporate agenda or any overarching theory of programming. The needs and contributions of the D programming community form the direction it goes.
Multiple compilers exist for the D programming language, including the Digital Mars compiler (dmd), the gnu compiler (gdc), the upcoming ldc compiler, and even a .net D compiler is in the works. They are all based on the same open source front end code.
dmd has an X86 code generator. It currently targets Windows and Linux. But now that the Mac is on X86 machines, it opens the possibility for a straightforward implementation of dmd on the Mac. The only way to find out how feasible it is is to get a Mac and get to work on it.
Over Christmas I ordered a MacMini from Amazon. Compiler development doesn't require a powerful machine or lots of memory and/or disk space, so a low-end machine will do nicely. I've never used a Mac before, so I was also curious how the machine would work. It didn't take long to get it up and running. I keep spare keyboards and mice around (because they break often), and plugged them in along with an old monitor. The monitor and mouse worked perfectly, but the Mac had some trouble with the keyboard, and needed to be configured for it. The machine comes with the gnu dev tools, though they needed to be installed separately. I then figured out how to remotely connect to the Mac over the LAN, and (the Mac people will hate me for this) put the Mac in the basement and operate it remotely with a text window.
From a text window, the Mac is just another Unix machine. I put all the source code to the compiler on it and set about trying to compile it. Most of that consisted of finding all the conditional compilation:
#if linux
and changing it to:
#if linux || __APPLE__
Remarkably, there were very few API differences that needed to be accounted for, a couple gcc differences, and the compiler was running. I thought I'd start by assuming that the C ABI on the Mac was the same as for Linux, and configured dmd appropriately.
The first big problem is that dmd can generate both Intel OMF and ELF object file formats, but the Mac used the Mach-O format. The best way to learn a file format is to write a dumper for it (called "dumpobj" for object files). Object file specs are usually wrong in some detail or other, and the mach-o spec is no exception. The Mac comes with an object file dumper called otool. Unfortunately, otool doesn't give a clue as to the structure of the object file, nor will it disassemble any code that is not in a __text segment. So I also got the Digital Mars disassembler, obj2asm, converted to work with mach-o files.
Fortunately, the Mac uses Dwarf for its symbolic debug information format, and dmd has a Dwarf generator, so that should be good to go. But when I first looked at the debug output of gcc, there was a "macinfo" section. Uh-oh, some undocumented Macintosh enhancement. Googling (how indispensible google has become) "macinfo" revealed my mistake -- I had forgotten that Dwarf had a special section for information on C preprocessing macros called "macinfo". I forgot about it because D doesn't have a text macro preprocessor.
Object files on the Mac are all generated as pic (Position Independent Code), necessary so that shared libraries will work. On Linux, pic is an option. Pic is done completely differently on the Mac, so this was where most of the work was so far.
Some other differences:
- Names get an '_' prepended to them, although when using gdb you have to leave off the '_'.
- There's no thread local storage mechanism in the object file format. This is a serious shortcoming, and I'll have to figure out a solution.
- There are special sections for C strings and read-only literals that the linker can compress redundancy out of.
I finally got to the point where dmd would compile "hello world" and using dumpobj to compare object files with that produced by gcc for the C "hello world", it looked like it should work. The gcc one worked fine, and the dmd generated one crashed with a segmentation fault. I was really pulling what few strands of hair I had left out over that one, as I could not find anything wrong with the fixups or object layout.
Eventually, I noticed that the gcc version was putting some unneeded space on the stack, and I suspected something was up. Put out the same extra stack, and it started working. Googling around some more, I discovered that code on the Mac that calls any library functions must align the stack to 16 bytes. Tweaking the code generator to do this, now I had "hello world" working in D on the Mac.
It Works -- Sort Of
I had "hello world" working, but I was using D as a C compiler to do it. All that existed was a main() function. There was a long way to go -- functions, data, the runtime library, the test suite, etc. First I'd try and build the runtime library.
Doing so exposed a lot of conditional compilation issues that had no case for OSX. I found that Linux has a bunch of API functions that are missing in OSX, like getline and getdelim, so some of the library functionality had to revert to more generic code for OSX. I had to be careful, because although many system macros had the same functionality and spelling, they had different expansions. Getting these wrong would cause some mysterious behavior, indeed.
After compiling the library modules, they had to be combined into a library file. Normally this is just done with ar, the standard "archive" program, but dmd has a nice feature where it can build the library directly without having to write object files out to disk. Not only is this very fast, but it makes the build process simpler by obviating the need to manage the object files. The archive file format is supposed to be a standard, but of course everyone implements it very differently. The OSX archive format spec is only about half there, and what is there is wrong on a few details. This is where building a file dumper again comes in real handy. By varying the input to ar, dumping the resulting archive, and seeing how things change, one eventually figures out the format. If you get it wrong, the OSX linker ld likes to help you out with a convenient "Bus error" message. To figure those out, it's back to puzzling out the hex dumps of the archive dmd generated against the one ar generated. I did finally figure it out; the archive format has some definite oddities like entries are aligned on 4-byte boundaries but the object file within each entry must be aligned on 8-byte boundaries, offset by 4. Weird. Anyhow, once that was working and the linker accepted the archive, it was very pleasing to see how fast dmd would chew through the code and build the library.
Unfortunately, none of the library code ran, and I mean none of it. When the compiler was originally designed, I attempted to do the right thing and abstract away the memory model and the object file format. Because I had only one example, the abstraction lines turned out to be in all the wrong places. I coined the term "premature abstraction", which, like the related term premature optimization, is coming up with all the wrong abstractions because you don't know what you're doing. (Andrei Alexandrescu suggested I write a column about that, but a quick google search showed I was not original and the term is already in use!)
For example, the data structures being written out were divided into mutable and immutable sections, the immutable stuff being destined for a read-only hardware protected memory section. But on OSX, read only data sections get marked as "TEXT" and put in with the code, where they are expected to be position independent. Position independence means no relocations are possible at program load time, meaning the read only data cannot have any pointers in it. If there was a relocation in the TEXT section, the loader didn't complain, you just wound up with garbage for a pointer. So, all the data structure generating code had to be carefully gone through and separated into "has pointers" and "no pointers" blocks, and the "has pointers" stuff gets routed to the regular mutable data segment.
Another tricky problem with position independent code on OSX is the way data variables are accessed. If they are defined within the module they are referenced in, one indirection is generated. If defined externally, two are necessary. The trouble is, the D programming language allows forward references to data, so there's a chicken-and-egg problem in deciding what to resolve first.
The last problem is D needs to generate some tables that are coalesced with other tables, such as the exception handling data. To group stuff together, it is put in a specially named segment. The problem is locating the beginning and end of that segment at run time. The solution is a trick I learned long ago in the DOS world -- to always put out that special segment as a trio of 3, always in the same order. The linker thankfully will then maintain the same order in the executable, so to find the beginning of the second segment, a global variable is put in the first and third segments, and the addresses of those globals neatly bracket the table in the second segment. This is the way I'm going to try and do thread local storage, too.
Now that dmd is generating three very different object file formats, where the abstraction lines should be is a lot clearer.
Finally, tonight, I got the runtime to start up, run, and shut down successfully. Next, I'll try to get the test suite to run.
It Works!
The short version -- it's done and out!
I had thought retargeting the D programming language to the Mac was just an object file format change -- a week, maybe two. It turned out to be six weeks. I feel like Yosemite Sam walking through a mine field, managing to step on every single mine in it.
So let's pick up where I left off at the end of my last entry, where I had just gotten the library to compile and a couple sample pieces of code to link to it and run. Now it was time to run the test suite.
It's essentially impossible to develop a compiler without some sort of test suite. The one I use is an ad-hoc collection of every fixed bug and other assortments of things. The beauty of putting in every fixed bug is that the bugs stay fixed, and the quality of the compiler steadily ratchets forward. Over time, this makes for a formidable test suite. If it passes the suite, I know it's at least as good as the previous version, and if it shows to not be, that failing gets added to the suite for next time. (I've discovered that just throwing volumes of code at the compiler is fairly useless as a test suite. The test code has to be crafted to test specific things and verify correct results.)
The first thing that failed was exception handling. But surprisingly, it only took me about an hour to get that to work. Exception handling is complicated and hard to understand, and I expected a tough slog. The EH design in the back end dates back to when it was a 16-bit compiler (Digital Mars C++ was the only C++ compiler to ever implement exception handling on DOS). The support code moved to 32 bit DOS extenders, then Linux, and now OSX with very little change. The OSX support needed to tweak the assembler bits to keep the stack 16-byte aligned. (Exception handling for Win32 is completely different, using Microsoft's Structured Exception Handling scheme.)
The dmd exception handling system is completely independent of g++'s. The two do not interact with each other. D is binary compatible with C++ name mangling and single inheritance, and g++ on OSX uses the same protocol for this as on Linux which dmd is already compatible with, so that was easy.
My next problem was the floating point failed miserably. Some investigation showed that, uniquely, OSX aligns the CPU's 10-byte reals on 16-byte boundaries. This is 6 bytes of pad for each. I don't know the reason for this; Linux uses 12 and Win32 uses 10. It's just that if you have large arrays of reals, it's going to chew up 60% more space. Oh well, it was easy to account for in the code generation.
The worst problem I had was my own fault. The front end is only few years old. But the back end code generator is about 25 years old (it may be the oldest code generator still in professional use!). Although it is well debugged (sporting a thorough test suite), fast, and generates great code, it uses a lot of global variables to communicate. Problem after problem was traced back to the use of global variables. Over time I'd eliminated a lot of them, but there's a lot left. It's hard to change how a function works if there's a back channel of globals passing state around. Globals break encapsulation, making code difficult to understand.
Of course I wouldn't write it that way today, hopefully I've learned something in the last 25 years. You might ask "why not just rewrite it" and certainly that thought comes to mind. The problem is a code generator is about a zillion special cases, most of which interact with each other. Getting that all adjusted, tweaked and working right across the broad spectrum of code that it must generate is years of work. It's not something you throw away and rewrite lightly. But there is some hope. The Mach-O generating part is a lot nicer than the Elf generating part, which itself is much nicer than the very old OMF generator. And if I'm doing open heart surgery on a particular section, I'll refactor it and rely on the test suite to make sure the patient recovers.
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Season 3 of Teen Mom 2 has been explosive. It has been dramatic and up and down and it has been painful to watch at some parts. The reunion special with Dr. Drew was no different.
Throughout this season, one of the most painful things to watch has been Leah Calvert and Corey Simms. The two were barely dating when they got pregnant with twins. Then they fast-forwarded it all, got married and divorced, and are now in the process of finding new lives.
For Leah, this has meant getting remarried and getting pregnant with another baby and then another one (her pregnancy ended in miscarriage, and she got pregnant again and just gave birth to her new daughter!). But tonight, it was clear just how hard Corey has made that on her.
Throughout the show, he pressured her, playing with her mind and telling her he wanted her back and then pulling back on that again. The poor girl doesn't seem to know what she wants and went back and forth wildly as well.
It was no good for anyone. Why her husband Jeremy Calvert stuck around is unclear. But one thing that is clear is that she rebounded FAR too quickly. It wasn't healthy for anyone.
So what happens now?
Obviously we know how this story ends. We know Leah moves on. We know she has a baby with Jeremy and we know that couples who share children DO sort of always stay connected. All that said, it's terribly wrong of Corey to keep messing with Leah's head. She is a human being and the mother of his children.
She IS immature and shouldn't jump into something new so quickly. But that doesn't give him the right to treat her this way.
In other news, Chelsea and her father and Adam SHARED a stage. And lived to tell the tale ... pretty amazing. They apologized and claimed that they are co-parenting. We'll see. Season 4 looks a little insane. Any time this show wants to end, let's just say, it's about time.
Jenelle Evans, on the other hand, made a GREAT show of looking normal at the reunion. But I am guessing things aren't quite as rosy as they seem, especially given the up to date updates from her life. Marriage, divorce, marriage, engagement, Twitter wars, oh my.
Next week we start season 4. I am half terrified to see what happens.
Did you see any surprises on the reunion show?
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Digit wrote:Makes you ask why people promote theories with such obvious defects in them doesn't it?
Anyone got any info on what it may have done to the Indus?
Scientists have found what they say is the first evidence of a volcanic eruption under the Antarctic ice sheet.
They believe the volcano erupted about 2,000 years ago, and would have burst through its ice covering, producing a burst of steam and rocky debris.
The British Antarctic Survey (Bas) scientists report their finding in the journal Nature Geoscience.
They say it could aid understanding of an ice mass which is likely to play a key role in climate change.
Even the Mt. St. Helen eruption shot ash into the statosphere, and by a year later had circulated it around the globe. And that was a small eruption.
Agreed Beag, but did the ash circulate in one direction or both?
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Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez's proposed move to AC Milan has collapsed, after Alexandre Pato confirmed he would stay at the San Siro.
Pato was on the verge of moving to PSG, but with the Brazilian staying and City refusing to loan out Tevez, negotiations between the clubs broke down.
Rafael van der Vaart says Tottenham are confident that they can overhaul league leaders Manchester City and win the Premier League this season.
In other news, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard signed a new long term deal that will almost certainly see him end his playing career at Anfield.
Lille official Jean-Michel Vandamme has warned Chelsea they will not accept any bids for winger Eden Hazard - at least until the end of the season. (UKPA)
Anderlecht winger Matiaz Suarez has signed a pre-contract agreement with Arsenal that will see him join in the summer, according to reports. (Goal)
And finally, Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson is set to join Everton today, becoming David Moyes' first signing of the transfer window. (BBC)


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Bomb in heavily secured Beirut neighborhood may be retaliation for Hezbollah's role in Syria
A car bomb exploded in a crowded parking lot in Beirut's southern suburbs on Tuesday, killing no one, but wounding about 50 people in what was a rare attack inside one of Hezbollah's most secure areas.
The explosion, in an area surrounded by the homes, offices and military installations of the powerful Shiite militant organization, destroyed several cars and sparked a series of small fires. At least eight of the people taken to a local hospital were described by health ministry officials as having serious injuries, while the rest were treated for flying glass as the explosion blew in windows throughout the surrounding apartment blocks.
A previously little known jihadist group fighting in Syria, the 313 Special Projects Brigades, claimed responsibility on its Facebook page, saying the blast was retaliation for Hezbollah's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad. It also claimed two other, much smaller, bombings in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley last week that appeared to have hurt no one. Leaders of the Syrian rebels were quick to deny any involvement.
Security sources told a Hezbollah affiliated television network that the bomb contained about 75 pounds of explosive.
Tensions between Lebanon's Sunni and Shiite communities has grown in recent weeks because of Hezbollah's backing for Assad, and many Lebanese feared the attack represented an escalation in what is becoming an increasingly violent and bitter sectarian rift in an already fragile country.
Hezbollah fighters stepped in to rescue acting Interior Minister Marwan Charbel when he visited the scene. Chanting "Shiite blood is boiling," the crowd surrounded Charbel's entourage until black clad Hezbollah gunmen fired their weapons into the air to disperse the crowd.
Lebanon has seen a rise in incidents that are widely considered connected to the Syria's civil war, including open fighting between pro-r and anti-Assad factions in the northern city of Tripoli, and multiple rocket attacks against Shiite communities originating in Syria. Hezbollah, which has sent fighters to assist Syrian soldiers in fighting in Qusayr and Homs, also was involved in the assault on a Sunni cleric's mosque complex in Sidon.
Hezbollah's security efforts are likely to be increased, but the area around the attack already is among the most secure in Lebanon, with a network of closed circuit TV cameras operated by Hezbollah's internal security department, as well as regular patrols, a population trained to look for unusual behavior and visitors, and a series of nightly patrols with bomb sniffing dogs.


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How to do a release of the Akonadi server? I ask that myself and then Tom every time I have to do it. So, finally document that here.
Run make test every time before committing and especially before making a release to avoid the embarassing emails from Jenkins. Seriously, how hard is it to remember this?
First, update the NEWS file. It should contain a high-level summary of the changes since the last release. To obtain the full log of all changes since the last release, run the following command or have a look in gitk:
git log vx.y.(z-1)..
Finally, update the version number in the top-level CMakeLists.txt and Mainpage.dox and commit/push all your changes.
Tagging a major (pre-)release, i.e. a release from master is done with the following commands:
git checkout master
git tag -a vx.y.z -m "Akonadi x.y.z"
git push
git push --tags
For a stable release, that is a release from a stable branch, the command looks like this:
git checkout x.y
git tag -a vx.y.z -m "Akonadi x.y.z"
git push
git push --tags
A new stable branch is created by the following command:
git checkout -b x.y
# do modifications as described above
git push origin x.y
Afterwards perform the following steps:
Ping Albert, he will show you how to do it. Then update this guide so that we don't have to ping him again.
Run the following command to create the tarball:
git archive --format=tar --prefix=akonadi-x.y.z/ vx.y.z | bzip2 -9 > akonadi-x.y.z.tar.bz2
Upload the tarball to ftp://upload.kde.org/incoming/, using e.g. the following command:
ftp -u ftp://upload.kde.org/incoming/ akonadi-x.y.z.tar.bz2
Afterward, create a KDE Sysadmin ticket at https://sysadmin.kde.org/tickets/ (department "download.kde.org") and fill in the following information in the form:
Wait for the request to be processed (you'll get an email notification) and the mirrors to propagate the new file (~2h).
Log into http://bugs.kde.org/, chose Edit Products -> Akonadi -> Add version and add the version you just released.
Update channel topic on #akonadi.
Finally, apologize to
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Hold on to your seats, folks… I actually have something craft related to blog about today. Not only is it craft related, but it is SEWING related. Are you choking?
I actually called one of my friends and told her that I had HUGE news for her and that she needed to sit down to hear it. And then I told her that I sewed something. I think she thought I was calling to tell her I was dying. Although I was sort of dying… dying of amazement.
For those of you that don't know – I've been seriously procrastinating on starting this hobby.
I received the sewing machine for my birthday… IN JULY. I promptly took the sewing machine out of the box because I knew if I didn't, I would NEVER touch it.
I bought fabric, thread and other small sewing accessories in August to start my "make a KitchenAid Stand Mixer cover" project.
I sewed something on Sunday night… in November. Yeah.
I did a lot of oohing and aahing at everyone else's projects. I joined Pinterest and started pinning "sewing inspirations". I looked up sewing classes. I messaged friends that had sewn something and asked HOW… HOW did they get started?
Honestly, I have no idea what triggered me to actually pull the sewing machine out and start using it on Sunday but once I started, I was on a roll.
And that basically means I didn't take any pictures. (cue sad trombone)
I spent the majority of the time going, "Oh my god, I'm sewing! I'm seeeewwwwwiiiiinnng!"
Project 1 – Christmas stocking for Annmarie.
I don't remember if this was my idea or Jeremy's suggestion. But Jeremy suggested that I make AM's stocking from her baby blankets.
Side note – people will tell you various things that you MUST HAVE when you're expecting a child. Everyone's opinions are different. I apparently am friends with a lot of people that felt blankets were a must. I have so many blankets. You could even say that I have a plethora of blankets. So even though I hate the idea of cutting up baby clothing to sew something, blankets were something we could spare.
I looked up some DIY Christmas stockings and came across this tutorial.
I liked the idea of having a liner fabric that is displayed when you cuff the stocking down. But I'll admit it took me a few reads to grasp the concept of how to attach the liner correctly. Even Jeremy didn't get it (and he's usually the one that "gets it" for everything… except for when I expect presents. Like a push present. I'm still waiting. And I don't think push presents are like wedding presents where you have a year to give said present.)
So here's the end product:
There are a ton of mistakes (and the most obvious one being that I sewed the liner in the wrong direction. And to be honest, I wasn't paying attention to direction when I cut the pattern but if I had, I would have made sure the butterflies appeared right side up when cuffed over).
Project 2 – KitchenAid Stand Mixer Cover
I've been wanting to cover our mixer for quite some time since it goes mostly unused and its placement in the kitchen leaves it open to splatter from food and whatnot.
I found this tutorial.
I sort of winged it though. I didn't have piping and I didn't think I needed to mess with bias tape since I didn't even understand what it was in the first place.
Also – that pattern? I totally winged it. I mean, I drew something out on a sheet of newspaper based on some loose measurements I took of the mixer and then cut. But I didn't really ensure the lines of the fabric were straight and this was something that would bite me in the ass later.
And because I was still SO pumped that I was sewing, I didn't take any step by step photos. So here's the end product:
Now this is riddled with mistakes but the biggest mistake is that it is lop-sided. You can't tell in this picture but if you lay the cover flat, it is quite apparent that it is crooked. Actually, if you look at it on the mixer, you can see that it is crooked. But for winging it and for it being my 2nd sewing project since 6th grade – I'm still pretty happy with it.
Now I've caught the sewing bug! Pillow covers are next!
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When you do fancy a trip into the city, London's excellent transport links will take your right into the centre. Our hotels on the outskirts of London are made easy to get to on major roads like the M25, fantastic rail links across the country and, of course, London's many airports.
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South East London
Our hotels in South East London give you the perfect base for exploring some of the capital's finest attractions, including The Royal Observatory and the Old Royal Naval College, rich in baroque architecture and dramatic interiors. After a busy day sightseeing, relax in one of the riverside bars and while the afternoon away listening to mellow jazz.
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Explore the array of interesting towns and villages south of the Thames! Our hotels in the south London and Croydon area mean you can spend time browsing everything from the Surrey Street Market and extensive shopping centres, before relaxing in one of the many cosmopolitan bars and restaurants. For culture head to and of the numerous stately homes and parks in the area, or try out the pristine golf courses that the area has to offer. Take time to visit Sutton, home to picturesque parks and well preserved heritage sites.
West London
Venture out of the city and experience the sights and sounds of West London! Spend time browsing Ealing's antique stores, experience Britain's largest jazz festival in August or visit the fantastic Pitshanger Manor. Be sure to spend a day out at the beautiful Gunnersbury Park and Museum or Chiswick House. Heathrow Airport is easily accessible from a number of tube stations in the area.
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Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' storms the Lamar stage
Lamar University's Department of Theatre and Dance breathes new life into one of William Shakespeare's most popular tragedies "Macbeth," opening Feb. 28. The fast-paced thriller of witches, prophesy, murderous ambition and warfare will run in the University Theatre through March 3.
"It's a classic play, one of the greatest ever written," said director Joel Grothe, instructor of theatre. "It deals with the themes of ambition, love, guilt, power – lots of issues that we all struggle with. There's a reason the play still gets performed today. Add in supernatural elements and swordplay, and you understand why this has been popular with audiences for centuries."
The shortest and bloodiest of Shakespeare's tragedies, the action-paced "Macbeth" traces the fateful undoing of an ambitious Scottish general tempted by the prophecies of three mysterious witches and spurred to action by his scheming wife. The Lamar production moves the action to a contemporary setting.
"Using the modern setting is all about trying to capture the spirit of the play and make it clear," Grothe said. "I don't think anyone will have problems understanding the action of the play. I think people sell themselves short as an audience, and they are smarter than they think they are."
This is the second time Grothe has worked on a production of "Macbeth" – he previously played the character of Banquo in a theatre staging in Toronto. A professional actor and director, Grothe is trained in classical theatre, and he completed the Professional Training Program at the American Shakespeare Center.
The play features the largest cast of any Lamar theatre production in the last few years – more than 25 students, faculty and staff will take the stage. Daniel Sharpless, of Nederland, takes on the role of Macbeth, while Natalie Cardona, of Beaumont, plays Lady Macbeth. Other lead roles include Chaz Romero, of Orangefield, as Malcolm; Travon Haggerty, of Baytown, as MacDuff; Stephen Davis, of Beaumont, as Banquo; Steven Hoffman, of Elmira, N.Y., as Rosse; and Maci McFarlin, of Nederland, as Lenox.
Faculty and staff who perform in the production are Andy Coughlan (the Porter), director of student publications; David Hooker (King Duncan), English instructor at the Lamar Institute of Technology; and Golden Wright (the Bleeding Sargent), assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Performances of "Macbeth" will be in the University Theatre, 4400 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway on the Lamar campus. Showtimes are Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m., March 1 at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., March 2 at 7:30 p.m. and March 3 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for general admission; $10 for senior citizens, students and LU faculty/staff; and $7 for LU students. The play runs approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission.
"Macbeth" is the third offering in the Department of Theatre and Dance's popular "Bard on the Bayou" series, which kicked off in 2011 with "The Tempest," and continued last season with choreography inspired by the works of William Shakespeare at the Fall Dance Concert.
Call (409) 880-2250 for reservations and additional information, or visit lamar.edu/theatre.


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|Brady Skjei (Minnesota Golden Gophers)
The classic was the second semifinal of the NCAA's Frozen Four featuring Ranger prospect Brady Skjei (2012 1st) and Islander prospect Taylor Cammarata (2013 3rd) of the Minnesota Golden Gophers as they took on long time rival North Dakota. Two teams with a long tradition of playing for championships showed why they are two of the top programs in the USA.
This game had everything from solid defensive play, end to end offensive action, great goaltending and best of all an officiating crew that let both teams play missing maybe one call the entire game. This one if it had not been decided by a goal at 19:59.4 of the 3rd period might still be playing as that was how close this game was.
A scoreless first period which was as even as you can get featured two very talented goalies starting with Adam Wilcox of Minnesota (who if there is any justice should win the Hobey Baker) and perhaps the only goalie who uses his head to make saves more than Henrik Lundqvist in North Dakota's Zane Gothberg. Both goalies showed solid glove hands and strong stickwork as they made scoring goals almost totally impossible.
In the second period, the game opened up offensively as it was like each team tried to top the other with their offensive chances. Pretty sure Brady Skjei spent some time wondering how Gothberg stopped his shot from the high slot through traffic.
The second ended scoreless with both teams having 12 shots each and the same number of solid scoring chances. North Dakota though got caught for "Too many men" once and should have been called at least one other time. Still it is hard to argue with the way the game was called.
In the 3rd period all of the scoring for the game took place and if you add up the scoring plays that it took up a combined 40.4 seconds for 3 goals to be scored. Minnesota broke through first when a broken play led to the game's first goal at 10:51 of the period. The lead would last for all of 32 seconds as North Dakota would come right back on the attack and Wilcox made perhaps his only mistake when he left too much room on the left side of the goal for North Dakota's Connor Gaarder to punch in his own rebound to tie the game at 11:23.
The game appeared destined for overtime when Minnesota's Mike Reilly was called for holding with 1:39 remaining in regulation. North Dakota had a couple of chances to score but Minnesota held them off. There was one last faceoff in the Minnesota defensive end and the puck wound up on the side board but Brady Skjei got to the puck first and he pushed the puck up ice out of the zone.
Pretty sure Skjei wasn't planning a shorthanded scoring chance and was just trying to clear the zone. The puck wound up on Minnesota's Kyle Rau's stick and Rau would get the puck to Justin Holl who with the clock running out fired a perfect shot that got the right side of the goal and was in. The goal was of course reviewed and it was determined it was a good goal with 0.6 tenths of a second left on the clock.
It was Justin Holl's first goal of the season with the assists to Kyle Rau and Brady Skjei as Minnesota earned a 2-1 win along with the date on Saturday against Union College for the NCAA Championship. Skjei's assist was his 8th of the season and gives him 14 points on the season. Skjei was also a +2 on 1 shot as he gets a chance to win an NCAA Championship.
Islander prospect Taylor Cammarata like most found open space hard to find as he finished scoreless with no shots and a -1. Jake Bischoff (NYI 2012 6th) was a healthy scratch.
In Kootenay, Mackenzie Skapski (NYR 2013 6th) was lights out almost perfect on Wednesday but on Thursday the Kootenay Ice goalie found himself yanked after yielding 4 goals on 18 shots. Skapski was pulled at 16:08 of the 2nd period after the Medicine Hat Tigers had scored to take a 4-1 lead.
Lucky for Skapski was that a fluke play just seconds after being yanked led to a Kootenay goal to make it 4-2 as it started a run that would lead to 6 unanswered goals in total as Kootenay would win 7-4. The Ice now hold a 3-1 series lead as the series shifts back to Medicine Hat on Saturday.
But the concern has to be Skapski as he simply has not been able to put back to back efforts during the playoffs. Kootenay coach Ryan McGill has a tough decision to make as does he go with Skapski who McGill has been perhaps way too loyal or does he turn to rookie Wyatt Hoflin who after the win is 4-0 with a 2.62 goals against.
In my book I give the start to Hoflin who won 3 games against Calgary in the first round and even though Skapski is a Ranger prospect hasn't played well enough to keep his job.


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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has had a rough past month since announcing his presidential bid.
And the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows just how rough it's been. Forty-eight percent have a negative opinion of Gingrich -- an all-time high in the poll, even higher than it was during the Lewinsky scandal and Bill Clinton's impeachment when Gingrich was speaker.
By comparison, just 16 percent have a favorable opinion of the presidential hopeful, which is down eight points since April.
Peter D. Hart, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff, says the numbers demonstrated Gingrich's "total and complete implosion."
"His numbers have just dropped," Hart adds.
The shift among Republicans is especially striking. In April, Gingrich's favorable/unfavorable rating with all Republicans surveyed in the poll was 46 percent - 11 percent. Now, it's 28 percent - 33 percent.
And among Republican primary voters, it went from 50 percent - 13 percent. to 32 percent - 34 percent.
"That's a fairly decided switch, even from Republicans," McInturff says.
Since Gingrich officially announced his presidential bid last month, he retreated in his opposition to the GOP plans to overhaul Medicare. It was revealed that he once owed as much as $500,000 to Tiffany's. A protestor dumped glitter on him, while an Iowa Republican told him to get out of the race. And on top of it all, soon after he returned from a cruise to the Greek isles, most of his top aides resigned from the campaign.
The entire NBC/WSJ poll -- which was conducted June 9-13 of 1,000 adults (200 reached by cell phone), and which has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points -- will be released beginning at 6:30 pm ET.


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9th May 2017
Shelley from Grayling's Public and Third Sector, Health and Skills team shares her insights on how PR can benefit small charities.
There are more than 180,000 charities in England and Wales, and gone are the days when they could rely on volunteers to raise money to keep them afloat. According to Office for National Statistics figures published earlier this year, volunteering levels have declined by 15% over a decade (2005 – 2015).
Moreover, the not-for-profit sector has become a hugely crowded and competitive space; those that do not run a planned communications programme will often struggle to raise awareness and, more importantly, money.
It's clear that many charities in Britain face resource challenges, but can they be cleverer with their budgets?
PR is regularly considered one of the most cost-effective methods for small charities to raise awareness and can provide an alternative option if traditional advertising is too costly.
PR is especially effective when combined with digital advertising. According to market research firm Neilson digital advertising spend amongst third-sector organisations increased last year by 89 per cent, from £2.9m to £5.5m.
A great example of harnessing the power of PR and digital advertising is Girlguiding UK's #ForTheGirl campaign designed to challenge outdated misconceptions of what Girl Guiding is all about. The campaign combined traditional PR outreach and digital marketing, and featured an online advert showing the negative voices girls are exposed to every day through the media. The film, which promotes the charity's role in raising girls' aspirations and tackling inequality, was promoted on all their social channels and website. The video has already had nearly 600,000 views on Facebook alone and PR helped the campaign receive a wealth of coverage in the run up to and one the day of launch.
So, below is a quick reminder of three reasons to put PR at the heart of any campaign:
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15th November 2016
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- Spanish Interior Ministry says more than 80 people arrested, including well-known figures
- Ring generated several hundred million dollars in proceeds in recent years, ministry says
- Arrests were made and evidence seized in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities
- The ring also is accused of prostitution and human trafficking
A suspected Chinese-run money-laundering and tax fraud operation in Spain that generated several hundred million dollars in proceeds in recent years was busted Tuesday, with more than 80 arrests, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.
Most of the suspects are Chinese, including a well-known figure who lived in a luxury development in Madrid. They also include a Spanish male porn star, whose production company is suspected of issuing false invoices to help launder funds, the ministry said.
Police moved in early Tuesday to make arrests and seize evidence in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities. A center of the operations was suspected to be in an industrial zone in the Madrid suburb or Fuenlabrada, where a number of wholesale businesses sell all types of imported Chinese goods.
The system was based on importing large quantities of Chinese goods to Spain and declaring customs on only a fraction of them, so that the merchandise ended up in Chinese-run retail shops in neighborhoods across the country. Profits were taken that then needed to be laundered, the ministry said.
A Spanish town councilman from Fuenlabrada also was arrested, suspected of issuing licenses in exchange for payments.
The ring was suspected of laundering 200 million to 300 million euros annually in recent years. Police began investigating two years ago.
Police found containers in ships, cars and vans that held large sums of cash.
The ring also is accused of branching out into other criminal activities, including prostitution and human trafficking.


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Samsung says Yepp to all-girl rollerskating troupe
Gets rolling with latest multimedia player
Samsung is set to expand its Yepp portable multimedia player (PMP) series with a new sleek black offering. Dubbed the YP-P2, the device is rumoured to boast a whole host of functions ranging from videos and music, to FM radio, datacasts and Bluetooth.
The YP-P2 is thought to measure about 10 x 5 x 0.9cm and, according to an online video of the device in use, be primarily operated via a 438 x 240 pixel touchscreen display or blue circular wheel. It may also ship with up to 8GB of Flash memory and include support for MP3, WMV, WMA and H.264 file formats.
The player is rumoured to be Samsung's latest Yepp PMP, despite any obvious branding
A bizarre series of pictures have also surfaced online showing a troupe of scantily-clad rollerblading girls, each sporting a YP-P2 worn as an armband.
Are these the official Yepp girls?
Samsung already has several other Yepp models under its belt. These include the U3, a colourful range of stick-shaped audio players with up to 4GB of memory and the K5, an iPod-esque player with up to 2GB of memory and a slide-out speaker.


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Unpopular opinions. We all have them - especially when it comes to media. The Beatles are awful, I don't understand the appeal of Pulp Fiction (and I love Tarantino), and I seem to be the only one that *loves* the 90's version of The Outer Limits. But with all the console wars and fanboyism attached to gaming, people get a little more shouty; especially on the internet. TAY, what are some of your unpopular gaming opinions? I'll list some of mine below:
- [Pictured] Final Fantasy Mystic Quest has the best OST of any Final Fantasy game. I'm serious! Maybe nothing special in the gameplay department, but it's totally worth playing just for the music.
- Shadow of the Colossus is terrible. This is one a lot of long-time TAY users know about. I haaaaaaate SotC, and all the praise heaped upon it. It's basically the boss rush mode of a game, except they forgot to actually make the rest of the game to go with it. There's long stretches of nothing happening, the colour looks washed out and terrible... I get that these are all artistic choices, but just being "art" doesn't make it good - any jackass could draw a soup can, after all.
- Art games in general are bad. Journey, Flower, The Unfinished Swan, Thomas Was Alone... These games all take a minimalist approach, and I'm sure that has its audience... But I'm just not part of it.
- Silent Hill: Homecoming is not a bad game. Seriously! I mean, lets not get confused here, it's nowhere as good as the first three games in the series... But it's hardly bad. The art design and music are great, the gameplay is solid (even the dodge roll that everyone says doesn't work right; I never had a problem), and it might be the only Silent Hill game that's made me actually dread what's around the corner. It's a 7 or 8/10, but given how much Silent Hill fans and the media shit on this game, you'd think it was as bad as Rogue Warrior or something. I look at it as an American horror trope adaptation of Silent Hill, and that's exactly what it wants to be.
- The SNES and Genesis are equal! Most people can pick a clear favourite - usually the SNES... But there are great games on both systems, and it's really quite impossible to definitively say which is better. And in some departments for me, the Genesis is better - Beyond Oasis is better than Link to the Past, Sonic 3 and Knuckles is better than Super Mario World, the shmups are better (but only by quantity - R-Type 3 and Sonic Wings are two of the best shmups ever made). But the SNES has great RPGs and beat 'em ups out the wazoo. So there.
- Open world games are (mostly) boring, despite the freedom. This one's weird - I just don't know what to do with open world and sandbox games. This probably goes back to childhood; I was assembling 200 piece puzzles when I was 3, but I just threw action figures in a box. I generally need a purpose to my games, and if there's not a great story to accompany the huge world, it just doesn't work for me. The only open world games I can remember enjoying at all were... Fallouts 3 and New Vegas.
- Anything earlier than the Genesis is just unplayable. I grew up with the Genesis. I've tried all the best NES games - Sunsoft Batman, Ducktales, Contra, Double Dragon, Super Mario, Metroid all the games people have immortalized in pop fiction. Don't like any of 'em. Atari is less fun than watching the TV Guide channel. These old consoles are stepping stones to the greatness of the SNES and Genesis, but definitely nowhere near as good.
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DeKALB – Members of the DeKalb City Council voiced support for bringing Olive Garden to the city by giving the parent company a $900,000 forgivable loan.
The money would come from the city's tax increment financing account, a funding mechanism used by municipalities to redevelop blighted areas, and go to Darden Restaurants, which operates
Olive Garden.
"I look at the opportunity to bring in 55 full-time employees... to see an immediate increase in our sales tax," said Mayor Kris Povlsen, who supports the project.
"From my perspective, that's what those TIF dollars are for."
The City Council will hold its first vote on the proposal at its Oct. 22 meeting. It is possible that, if there is no debate on the issue, the council will waive its second reading and the vote will be final.
Under the proposal, Darden Restaurants, the owner of the Olive Garden chain, would purchase the site at 2211 Sycamore Road, where Small's Furniture used
to be.
The operator will spend $4.5 million on re-developing the site, including destroying and re-constructing the building and parking lot.
Fourth Ward Alderman Brendon Gallagher said he supports the city loaning $900,000 to Darden Restaurants, which would have seven years to generate enough sales tax revenue to pay back the $900,000.
"This is a perfect example of using TIF dollars and putting skin in the game so Darden Restaurants can jump in," Gallagher said.
The popular demand and almost-instant generation of sales tax revenue by the site was a big selling point for many of the aldermen. Roger Hopkins, the city's economic development coordinator, estimated that Olive Garden would generate $180,000 to $195,000 in sales tax.
"Compared to Small's Furniture, it's a substantial increase to sales tax revenue potential," Hopkins said. Gallagher estimated that Small's Furniture generated about $90,000 a year.
The $900,000 loan was described as being a "deal breaker" – if the City Council doesn't approve the proposal, there would be no Olive Garden, according to Hopkins and two representatives from the company.
Allea Newbold, a principal at Ryan, a global tax services firm Darden Restaurants hires for consulting, said the chain does not build restaurants in which there are extra costs associated.
Trudy Blakeman, director of incentives, property and sales taxes at Darden Restaurants, touted the company's achievements and commitment to the community to the City Council.
"We own all our restaurants. We don't franchise," Blakeman said. "When we make a $4.5 million investment, that's Darden's capital. ...We will be a part of your community for a very, very long time."
The only alderman who spoke against the project was First Ward's David Jacobson. Jacobson said while he understands the project, he does not support the use of TIF money for something like this.
"While I do understand that this is a re-development project, we have several other needs for infrastructure improvements and other blighted areas," Jacobson said, who suggested using some kind of sales tax rebate instead.
Newbold and Blakeman said they are hoping to have the restaurant open by fall 2013.


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The last edition of our Express Mail for 2012 is complete. We would like to thank you for the trust you have bestowed on us over the past few years. This has resulted in a good outcome and a positive growth.
This year, in which Electromach celebrates her 50th anniversary, we can conclude that the past years have been very positive for Electromach. The choice 3 years ago, to move to a new premises has been a very successful one.
The service you receive from all our employees, here at Electromach, will undoubtedly continue to be at its very best in 2013.
We are very much looking forward to working with you again in the coming year!
Increase productivity with Remote I/O!
The improved remote I/O IS1+ will lead to higher availability of your business process and cost reduction since configuration. Maintenance and integration will become much easier.
For many years now, IS1 has been the system that is most often installed in explosive atmospheres all over the world. It is continuously improved and expanded by new functions, such as PROFIBUS redundancy, DTM support, integration of optical rings or modules with integrated solenoid valves.
With IS1 Ethernet, the first step towards the future was taken in 2009. The first Zone 1 Remote I/O with communication based on the Industrial Ethernet standards MODBUS TCP and Ethernet IP. Fieldbus Foundation™ as well as PROFIBUS International are currently working on specifications and solutions for the application of their Ethernet protocols FF HSE and PROFINET in connection with Remote I/O.
In both working groups, R. STAHL is actively taking part with prototypes to jointly design the "Future Remote I/O".
Ex-News: Actual Ex Standards 31G/206/NP
In every newsletter you will find an actual overview of standards relating to explosion safety. In this issue the 31G/206/NP and the future IEC 60079-39 will be discussed.
31G/206/NP (NP = New Proposal)
Future IEC 60079-39 TS Ed. 1.0: Explosive atmospheres – Part 39: Intrinsically safe systems with electronically controlled spark duration limitation.
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New Employees
Frank Spanjer, Product Specialist Ex-Automation
As of the 1st of November, the Electromach Sales Team in Hengelo (NL) has a new member, Frank Spanjer.
Frank is our new Product Specialist for the Automation Group. This group is responsible for the product range concerning HMI systems, I/O interfacing including Fieldbus-, Remote I/O, camera systems and Ex solutions. Frank will visit our customers for technical support and workshops relating to Ex-Automation products.
Eddy Vanmunster, Regional Sales Manager STAHL N.V.
As of the 1st of November, the STAHL N.V. Sales Team in Dendermonde (B) also has a new member, Eddy Vanmunster. The STAHL N.V. office in Dendermonde, is responsible for the commercialization of the STAHL products in Belgium and Luxembourg.As a Regional Sales Manager Eddy will visit the customers in this area.
11-13 December: Elektro Vakbeurs Hardenberg (NL)
Electromach will exhibit on the Elektro Vakbeurs in Hardenberg this week (11-13 December).
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Signalling in hazardous areas
The increasing use of signalling devices to enhance safety in the workplace is to be welcomed. It is particularly important in petro-chemical and oil and gas plants where the potential for serious accidents is far greater than most industrial environments. The author knows this from personal experience: when visiting a site some 15 years ago there was a serious explosion and toxic gas leak. It is at that moment that one realises how tools to warn and control an emergency are absolutely essential.
Hazardous areas are defined as areas where concentrations of flammable gases, vapours or dusts may occur, either constantly (Zones 0 and 20), under normal operating conditions (Zones 1 and 21) or unusually (Zones 2 and 22). Products designed for hazardous locations have to meet ever increasing standards and regulations. ATEX is the key requirement for Europe, while in North America, UL standards apply. In other parts of the world, particularly Australia, IECEx is gaining increasing acceptance. As well as these globally recognised standards, there are many local fire approvals that usually have to be met. Additional certification such as VNIIPO in Russia, BOMBA in Malaysia and CCCF in China will be required.
Electromach calendar 2013
Have you not received our annual calendar yet? Please feel free to order your own copy.
For 2013 we have two different calendars available, a desk calendar as well as a 3-monthly wall calendar.
Electromach employees will keep on running....!
The good health of your employees is very important. Electromach is constantly busy arranging training and events and besides courses to prevent RSI-related complaints and a 'stop smoking' course, all employees can benefit from a discount with their gym membership.
This year, Electromach has sponsored multiple sportive activities, including the Enschede City RUN and the first Westermaat Soccer tournament, in which Electromach employees participated. Both events were a great success!
In 2013 the Enschede City RUN is back on the calendar again. The 10km City RUN is a yearly running event which will take place during the Enschede marathon weekend in April. A group of Electromach runners will participate in this 10km race.
Will you join us?
Growth necessitates investment and expansion Electromach premises
It has only been three years since Electromach moved to the new premises on the Jan Tinbergenstraat 193 in Hengelo. In these three years the company has been developing outstandingly, so further expansion is necessary.
Due to a strong growth in the sales of our CUBEx Exd solutions, a third CNC machine was brought into use in November 2011. In September this year the fourth CNC machine was added and in March next year the fifth CNC machine will follow. This month the machine park will also expand with the arrival of a laser machine.
Question of the month
In which zone can an apparatus be used which has the following Ex-classification?
Ex d e [ib] IIB T4
A) Zone 1 IIC T6
B) Zone 2 IIC T4
C) Zone 1 IIA T3
D) Zone 1 IIA T6
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- (Senior) Sales Engineer
- Electrical Engineer (MBO/HBO)
- Engineer (HTS-E)
- Lead Engineer
- Draftsman/Engineer
- Wiring mechanics
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Happy holidays!
Due to the holidays our offices in Hengelo (NL) and Dendermonde (B) will be closed from the 24th of December, 2012 until the 2nd of January, 2013.