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Thanks to our friends at Intel and iBUYPOWER, we're offering up a sweet gaming PC that comes equipped with Intel's highest-end offering; the six-core Core i7-980X Extreme Edition. As you've likely learned from our in-depth look, this processor is unbelievably powerful, and in general an absolute blast to use (and push to its limits, which are hard to hit!). All of the details and rules can be found on our contest page. To enter, simply answer our question and post the answers here. Also include your Twitter name and follow us on Twitter to acquire a second entry! What six aspects of computing and technology have made your life easier and more enjoyable? To kick things off, my personal six are: 1 - Communication! I have met some great people online thanks to the ease of communication. 2 - Banking. It's such a relief to bank online rather than stand in line for a half-an-hour at the branch. 3 - Gaming! I am not sure what life would be like without PC gaming... I love it! 4 - Gathering information. I think I'd be a bit ashamed to admit just how many times I visit Wikipedia in a given day... 5 - Mobility. It's all too refreshing to be able to get work done while on the go. Being able to have a very small music player that holds my entire collection of music sure doesn't cause me to complain, either! 6 - Increased creativity. Sure, being creative can happen away from a PC, but it's so easy to let the ideas flow when you are sitting in front of a screen. You could be an artist, a developer, a musician, a writer and more, and all of this can be made easier and more productive with the help of a PC. Having a hard time thinking of six? Don't stress it... some ideas can be loosely related to another, and you don't have to stick to something that requires a PC. Do you love how complicated self-checkouts at the supermarket has made things? That's just an example! Contest ends on Friday, April 16, 11:59PM EST. Good luck to all who enter!
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First one! hope that makes me lucky =D.
six things: 1. Ability to network w/ coworkers and friends - using facebook etc. to keep in touch and share memories. 2. E-mail!!! One of the bestest invention ever (aside from spam) allows you to message people and allows them to read it whenever they are available. 3. Easy to make money online, through ads / websites / ebay! 4. Video games, favorite right now is Starcraft 2 (beta) 5. Streaming videos (music videos / youtube / tv shows) are so convenient! It allows you to watch whatever you want (^.^), whenever you want! 6. Techgage, since they are CANADIAN!! and review cool computer parts for us to see how they perform folloowing under the twitter name: lewislau957 Last edited by eden999; 04-01-2010 at 12:19 PM. |
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1 - Gaming. So much enjoyment to be had 2 - Communication Never be out of touch. Ever 3 - An almost infinite supply of knowledge 4 - Socializing It's so easy to meet people with similar interests now a days 5 - Shopping. Exactly what I want to my front door in a few days 6 - Navigation. No more giant paper maps! Twitter: AeroCmdr |
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SWEET! I hope I win
1 - Homework: Without a computer I wouldn't be able to do all the important assignments for class I also have horrible writing so with word processor people can actually read my work. I can also use wikipedia and other such websites to research material for homework. There are also programs I can use to help with formatting (I have alot of trouble with citation). 2 - Communicating: I'm not much of a people person (it's a celebration when I go out) But facebook, MSN, and email help me stay caught up with friends and family. They also provide things to do when I'm bored and have nothing better to do (Mafia wars and all those other games on facebook) I can also read all the juicy gossip going on with the people I'm not so fond of haha. I can also send all my friends and families those funny emails we all get lol 3 - Gaming. When I was young I never got a console so the only thing I could use was my PC. It wasn't that good (still isn't haha) but it was something. Then I moved to California where I met a guy named Bo who showed me steam. Afterwards, my dad got a cheap laptop but It was better than this old computer. I was addicted. I think I have about 45 games on steam and 20 retail games.I believe because of him I am now a Valve fanboy haha . Unfortunately, that computer broke when I moved back to Canada and now I have nothing to game on. 4 - Research. Not like for homework but for things in General. If I want to buy something I can go and google it to see how good a specific item is compared to others. Also, websites like Techgage help me decide on what I want to buy in the future. That is If I can save up the money for a new rig. 5 - Entertainment. I only recently started listening to music lately. When I was younger I didn't really enjoy it but now I love it and websites on the internet help me keep up with that. Also, game sites where you can spend a couple minutes, or even hours, just killing time. Last but not least, Video streaming websites. Youtube, Google video, If I'm bored I can just watch some funny vids or even post my own. 6 - Computers overall. Computers have helped us alot over the years and they have come a long way since even 10 years ago. It's just such an interesting topic that I love to discuss and learn more about. Not just for every day use but like how we have automated machinery that creates cars and even OTHER computers, It all helps alot and I can not imagine a world without computers. We'd all be stuck writing on pieces of paper and killing trees. Thats another thing, computers used to consume alot of power but now they are starting to use less and are becoming even more environmentally friendly. Which is something we really need in this day and age. Following on twitter as: JohnSerj Last edited by Envy; 04-07-2010 at 04:24 PM. |
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What six aspects of computing and technology have made your life easier and more enjoyable?
1. E-mail - I think most people will agree that this is one of the single best inventions ever. 2. PC Gaming - Where the multi-player games do not always come with a subscription! And it is also a down side in all the time of my life I have wasted on FPS and the old school online game type - MUDs (oh wait...is that a down side?). 3. Research - Working on school papers is so much easier thanks to the plethera of information available on the internet. 4. E-tail - Who does not love shopping from your own home (at least as opposed to actually going to a store and dealing with *gasp* people)? 5. News - The internet (mainly tech sites like this) is the only place I get my news. 6. Mobility - With my Android phone and my Win7 laptop, I can accomplish any of these tasks no matter where I am. Thanks for the contest and good luck to everyone that enters. Sigvoror |
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Wow, another contest already!! Sweet!! Thanks Rob and iBUYPOWER!!
my twitter name is Be_Tee 1. Gaming, been addicted since MOH:AA. 2. Communication, msn, xfire, facebook.. nice way to keep in touch with old and new friends. 3. Banking, not having to make the weekly trip to the bank line-up is nice. 4. Movies!! having everything ripped and backed up for steaming through-out the house is nice. 5. Information, Google knows ALL! hehe 6. E-retailers, everything you want at the push of a button, much nice filling an online cart than a real cart, lol. |
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1. Communication, talking to my friends over various IM services
2. Gaming, because gaming rules especially on the PC 3. Shopping, buying stuff without leaving your house is awesome 4. Information, couldn't live without google 5. News, i follow a lot of tech sites and online news sources to keep me up to date without having to read the newspaper 6. Banking, makes managing my bills soooo much easier twitter: cloakster Thanks for this contest |
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1-communications ... all forms of messaging between computers & cell phones AND VOIP
2-creativity ... the speed with which to create virtual 3D objects and analyze for form & function with very sophisticated software tools 3-information research ... of course wikipedia, dictionaries, reviews, also product/pricing trends, technical reflectors, mapping 4-entertainment ... games, youtube, FB 5-networking with people that I would never/could never meet otherwise ... most very good, some :-/ 6-shopping ... for everything at my convenience |
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1. Accessibility - The internet with the high speeds of today allow everyone to be connected and to send files are reasonable speeds, letting more information be found by more people.
2. Gaming - It got me into computers, over the years and i still got pcgamer magazines from 1997 showing Duke Nukem Forever on it, look though that and man that was crazy and to think that was high tech back then. games will only get better in looks, complexity, and best of all get that much more bad ass. 3. Monitors - The tech has been there for some time but out of the affordable reach of many. Now with ATI eyefinity and nvidia's 3d surround, makes my life that much more fun playing games and working on programs and websites instead of minimizing programs all the time. 4. Hardware - newer hardware the more it can do, especially Load times , i like everything fast. click something and it opens, not waiting 5 minutes makes me a twitch-less happy man. 5. Banking - Doing it at home brings great joy to many people, not having to leave home to do bill payments or transfers. 6. Potential - Computers still have a long way to go in my opinion. Computers will continue to get faster and do more, and new technologies will emerge like doing things though mind like virtually when you close your eyes and your in a computer doing things. great contest! keep them coming. my twitter name is dinmaster |
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#1 Email, keeping intouch with friends and family are very easy. #2 Gaming, being able to interackt with friends all over the world is awsome. #3 VOIP , wow real time voice chat over the net, how cool and easy is that.(no long distace fee) #4 Banking, real time, from home 24/7 banking, it just cant get any better or easyer. #5 Webcams, being able to see in real time family or friends any were in the world #6 Porn, not much to say, its awsome. |
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1 - Communication! I met my wife online. yuppy!
2 - Banking. Online banking made me missed the pretty tellers at my bank. 3 - Gaming! I do it to piss my wife off even more so. 4 - Gathering information. Google made me smarter. 5 - Mobility. My work gets done without my wife breathing on my neck at the time. 6 - Increased creativity. I can make stick animation more faster now. |
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6. E-Shopping, to save time.
5. Lossless encoding, to disrupt CD swapping. 4. Tech-Review websites, to shop intelligently. 3. Wikipedia, to confront bullshitters. 2. Online RPGs, for a better world. 1. Dedicated news websites, to hear about the things I really care. Also like 6 from Rob Williams, could have been my first, but could not get a label on it. Twitter account : Easter_Hunter Good luck everyone ! |
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The six aspects of computing and technology that have made my life easier and more enjoyable:
1) Having the world at my fingertips... A seemingly endless source of information about everything (assuming, of course, that you can separate the wheat from the chaff). 2) Being able to stay in touch and communicate with virtually anybody and everybody! 3) Limitless hours of mind-numbing entertainment possibilities... From games to movies and more... 4) The power of content creation: Being able to easily create movies and slideshows, etc., and effortlessly share these moments with whomever I choose. 5) Endless hours of tinkering and learning -- being a geek, I love the fact that the technology advances so quickly that there aren't enough days in my lifetime to learn about it all and play with it all. 6) Technology is becoming the great democratizer and is tearing down walls... The opportunities that technology offers to individuals, societies, countries, etc., doesn't care about race, religion, or where you are from -- Technology is at the heart of the next social revolution. Twitter: newyorkdan |
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Guest blog: photographing snow leopards in the Himalayas by Craig Jones
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Phylum | Mollusca |
Class | Gastropoda |
Order | Lymnophila |
Family | Planorbidae |
Genus | Segmentina (1) |
The shining ram's-horn snail has a smooth, glossy and iridescent shell (4), measuring up to 6mm across (2), with no more than 5 whorls. The outermost whorl (body whorl) is expanded and overlaps most of the others (4), with a heart shaped aperture(4).
Little is known of the biology of this species.
This snail is found throughout Europe, reaching as far north as Scandinavia. In the UK it has undergone a severe decline and is now restricted to the Norfolk Broads, parts of the Kentish Stour marshes (5), and Pevensey Levels after formerly being fairly widespread throughout much of England and known from around 90 sites (3).
Inhabits ponds and drains of grazing marshes with unpolluted, often calcareous water, preferentially choked with a rich aquatic flora in an advanced stage of plant succession(5).
Listed as Endangered on the GB Red List (RDB1) (3).
Although the precise causes of the decline of this species are not understood, the main threats are likely to be eutrophication resulting from fertiliser run-off, ditch clearance, and conversion of grazing land to arable, and the resulting reduction in the water table (3).
The Species Action Plan produced under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) for the shining ram's-horn snail aims to promote the increase and expansion of existing populations and promote research into the ecology of the species (3).
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Option Pricing with Modular Neural Networks
This paper investigates a non-parametric modular neural network (MNN) model to price the S&P-500 European call options. The modules are based on time to maturity and moneyness of the options. The option price function of interest is homogenous of degree one with respect to the underlying index price and the strike price. When compared to an array of parametric and non-parametric models, the MNN method consistently exerts superior out-of-sample pricing performance. We conclude that modularity improves the generalization properties of standard feedforward neural network option pricing models (with and without the homogeneity hint).
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The Trick to Saving Your Marriage. Careful. . . .: #41 Save Your Marriage Podcast
Are you working to save your marriage? Are you trying to figure out the trick to doing that?
Be careful.
Yesterday, I sent an email out to a group, asking what their "burning question" was about how to save a marriage.
Within minutes, the emails started coming in. By the end of the night, hundreds of emails were in my inbox. They are still arriving today.
I asked the question for one simple reason: I wanted to know what people might want to hear about or read about in my articles and podcasts.
There were some common themes about affairs and disconnected marriages. There were concerns on how to communicate with a distant or angry spouse. There were questions about how to approach issues like money, children, finances, forgiveness, and household responsibilities.
And there were questions about "tricks" or techniques to short-cut the process. We all want that, don't we? The diet industry makes a fortune each year, parading out the latest tip or trick to turn that fat to muscle.
We all want the short-cuts, the most direct route to anything. This is especially true about painful things — saving your marriage being one of those.
In this week's podcast, I wanted to talk about how to save your marriage, but without falling into the "trap" of a "trick." Sometimes, those "tricks" really run counter to who we truly are. We find ourselves making ethical and moral "adjustments" that leave us unable to feel good about looking in the mirror.
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We evaluate new technologies and shape them into the right fit for Cisco.
A key aim of the Corporate Technology Group (CTG) is to spot novel technologies and trends that will disrupt our business and shape the future of the industry. This identification effort draws on information from customers, Cisco executives, business units, industry think tanks and from CTG's experts. A major CTG identification effort is the Cisco Technology Radar Trends. CTG coordinates the efforts of 80+ globally positioned "scouts": a self-nominated volunteer team of enthusiasts unaffiliated with any function or business unit whose insights make possible this technology intelligence gathering. Senior Technology Leaders of the company, in the Fellow and Distinguished Engineer communities, are key contributors to this effort, which is complemented by other external intelligence inputs such as Academic, Venture Capitalists/Startup Communities, Industry Events or Patent Analysis, directly driven by CTG.
In order to accelerate and capture the value of the identified disruptions, CTG works closely with other functions of CTSO (Chief Technology and Strategy Officer) organization and the Technology Groups in Cisco Business Entities to partner, invest, acquire and integrate technologies. This includes reinforcing the business cases, and helping to ensure that the best choices are made to tailor to Cisco's business needs.
CTG is also deeply involved in shaping Cisco's technology strategy: this effort is driven in collaboration with business entities and CTSO strategy teams and aims to develop comprehensive technology strategies, particularly for the ones overarching different areas of the business and amplifying the technology message within CTO/Fellow/Distinguished Engineer communities, Corporate Strategy, Business Entities and Services.
CTG Technology Due Diligence function is an integral part of Cisco's M&A and strategic investment execution pipeline. In addition to accelerating technology strategies, CTG is also involved in scouting and identifying M&A and investment targets. To help to reduce execution risks for technology integration of new companies into Cisco, CTG team regularly performs risk assessments around technology, intellectual property, talent and engineering practice on target companies. CTG Open Source Due Diligence team members are also recognized experts and the go-to team in Open Source risk assessments and remediation planning during M&A execution.
CTG also sustain a close relationship with Cisco Innovation Centers across the world for incubation of new technology driven business models. These new models are developed by CTG bringing together academic research, start-ups, and industry partnerships. This process helps with the creation of technology and market transitions that drive sustainable growth and industry leadership for Cisco.
All this is only possible because of the group of highly skilled team of technology strategists that form the core of the organization: professionals with sound expertise across different areas ranging from Security through Mobility, Collaboration and Video, Big Data, IoT/IoE and Cloud; combined with vast knowledge and experience in supporting numerous M&A and investments deals, this team is at the forefront of identifying, incubating and capturing strategic value from disruptive technology trends.


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This wide ( 1 5/8") genuine gilt over silver bracelet has a hallmark on it that I believe is Austro Hungarian. It is a lion and 4 with other markings. The bracelet has 12 rolo chains in sterling (I am calling it sterling because I am not sure if it is 750 or higher, but it is silver according to that era and has been tested). Hopefully this will go to a home where it won't be scrapped for the silver and will be appreciated for the beauty of this particular period. This is from 1867 - 1922 according to the hallmark. The center piece is detailed filigree with a single pearl and a florette of red stones ( possibly garnet). THe bracelet has its original safety chain to protect it from loss. The hidden clasp works great and the bracelet, when closed, measures 6 1/2" long. You can still see some of the original gilt on this. Now it is a soft golden yellow. The bracelet is in very good condition and is a beautiful period piece. VintageSparkles offers Layaway on all our pieces regardless of which site it comes from.All layaway payments will need to be in the form of a check or money order only. Please remember that vintage & antique items are not mint, nor are they perfect but they sure are full of old history and charm. Please use photos to make your decisions and read our policies prior to buying so you can have an excellent experience with us. Please use this number when ordering bbb4667340. If you want to see more of these pretties this is the link to my etsy store. http://www.vintagesparkles.etsy.com/ or visit our gallery on pinterest where you can see all our pieces at once http://pinterest.com/etsyvsparkles/sparkles-in-my-etsy-store/
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North America's newly found oil and gas riches need big investments from hungry national oil giants like .
If Cnooc succeeds in its $19.5 billion takeover of Canada's , it will vault China's oil giant into the lead among state-controlled oil companies grabbing North American oil and gas assets. And it will give the Chinese oil-and-gas giant a marvelous opportunity to thumb its nose at xenophobic American politicians who blocked its 2005 takeover attempt of Unocal.
Cnooc's offer for Nexen, announced this morning, consists of $15.1 billion cash to acquire all outstanding equity, plus the assumption of $4.3 billion in debt. Nexen's board has already approved the deal, which will now go to the Canadian government for approval.
This approval isn't quite a foregone conclusion; in 2010 's $39 billion overture for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan was rejected. But the Nexen deal seems to have less built-in friction. Nexen's assets are not as unique as Potash Corp.'s, and are spread well beyond Canada's borders -- from oil sands projects to the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico and offshore Nigeria. Canada recently approved Glencore's $6 billion acquisition of western grain handler . Nor has Canada so far had problems with global oil giants investing tens of billions into the oil sands.
The only conceivable reason to block Cnooc would be its government connection. Cnooc is publicly traded, but like its sister companies and Sinopec, a majority of its shares are held by the government, which wields a heavy hand of influence over multinational acquisitions, especially one so potentially loaded as this.
It was that government connection that in 2005 led U.S. politicians to stoke fears that if they allowed Cnooc to takeover Unocal it would open the doors to the Chinese making a grab for all of America's oil and gas. That was a preposterous fear then (Unocal's assets, like Nexen's were spread around the world), and even more so now.
The U.S. energy picture looked very different in 2005. Back then the U.S. was becoming ever more reliant on the rest of the world for oil and gas supplies, with no change of direction in sight. No one in their wildest dreams could have guessed at the massive amounts of oil and gas that have since been unlocked from shale and other tight rock formations. Back then the Bakken, Marcellus, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Niobrara, Woodford, Fayetteville and Utica were just obscure geologic formations. In the years since more than $100 billion has been invested in these plays.
And north of the border, the energy wealth looks just as promising. Canada's oil sands get all the attention, but in British Columbia the Montney and Horn River shale plays promise to be as big or bigger than those in the U.S.
My point is that if dwindling oil resources was the arguable (but lame) rationale for America's rejection of the Unocal deal in 2005, there is no basis for that rationale today. In fact, even if all of Cnooc's $19.5 billion Nexen investment went to acquire North American assets, it would still be a drop in the bucket. Most of Nexen's 5.6 billion barrels of estimates resources are tied to the oil sands, but roughly 45% of Nexen's 210,000 bpd of flowing production is in the U.K.'s North Sea waters.
If Canada were to reject Cnooc's bid it would almost certainly have to block Malaysian state oil company Petronas in its $5.5 billion takeover of British Columbia-based Progress Energy. Don't count on it.
Canada welcomes this foreign investment, especially in the western provinces, because it wants to diversify its customer base for oil and gas exports. Judging by the Obama administration's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, American consumers seem to prefer importing crude oil from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela than from Canada's oil sands. No wonder the Canadian government sees the long-term boon of building export terminals on the Pacific coast both for oil and liquefied natural gas.


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The Impact of Production Fragmentation on Industry Skill Upgrading: New Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing
This paper examines the hypothesis that industries engaged in international fragmentation of production experience greater skill upgrading using a panel dataset of Japanese manufacturing over the period 1980-2000. The novelty of the study comes from the use of an index newly constructed using data on trade in parts and components to measure inter-industry variations in the degree of international vertical specialization (fragmentation intensity of trade). It also employs a methodology designed to embody peculiarities of Japan's fragmentation trade pattern. While the findings of existing studies are inconclusive, we find that the expansion of fragmentation trade with developing East Asian countries has had a significant impact on the skills composition of Japanese manufacturing employment. By contrast, trade with high income countries seems to have had a skill downgrading effect.
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EPISODE 372. Broadcast on February 5, 2012.
girlfriday: The boys gather for the opening and chitchat a little, and note that Seung-gi's lost some weight. He says it's for his new drama. He says he's going to be a king, and Ji-won asks if it's a sageuk, while Jong-min gets all wrapped up in the story description. Guess at least one of his hyungs will be watching.
javabeans: Na PD introduces today's trip by referring back to a viewer favorite, for which today will be a second part. Tae-woong immediately blurts, "Actress special!" Too bad for him that's not it, and Ji-won asks to clarify, "Did WE enjoy it?" Ha. I like how he immediately knows that viewer enjoyment does not necessarily equal member enjoyment.
girlfriday: In fact it's whatchoocallit… inversely proportional. I like that Ji-won asks the other guys which episodes they liked filming, and the only answers are "Actress Special" and "Highlights," aka reruns. HA.
javabeans: Okay, I think Na PD has to work on his expectations-building skills, because it turns out to be the recent(ish) national treasures trip, where they went hiking up a mountain with the professor to explain the Buddhist statutes. It was an informative episode and had fun moments, but I wouldn't have pegged it as a favorite, even of the episodes I'VE seen. Seung-gi jokes, deadpan, "But I didn't really like that trip."
girlfriday: I much prefer episodes where they're locked in a room and forced to play ping-pong for food. Or pride. Or both.
javabeans: One nice thing about the Buddhist treasures trip was that at least all the guys were together on the nature walk. And there was that trivia game.
girlfriday: True, and I liked that professor who took to Ji-won. And the funny money.
javabeans: Na PD gives them the theme of today's trip: The Beauty of Korea. Ji-won guesses, "Like Miss Korea?" Oh, you wish. Oh yay, they brought the same professor back. That's cool, 'cause he's got a funny dry wit and he knows the guys now. They all greet him with genuine warmth, and he quips, "You haven't even called once."
girlfriday: Aw, it's directed at Ji-won, his favorite student. So cute.
javabeans: They ask how the reaction was to his last 1N2D appearance, and he says life got "noisy": "I thought I was a little famous. After 1N2D, I realized I'd been a no-name all this time."
girlfriday: Su-geun notes with a giant grin that they can rest assured today, since the professor showed up in city wear, not hiking gear. Professor Yoo doesn't tell them where they're going, but volunteers to drive the boys himself. They're impressed, since driving-and-talking is apparently something that takes about three years' variety experience to master. Heh, advanced variety, eh? They get in the car and he asks if Na PD is riding with them, visibly more at ease without him around. Seung-gi: "We're not that comfortable around him yet either." Hee.
javabeans: The professor starts driving, and as they suspected, he's focusing a lot on driving and not talking. Su-geun offers to take over and is totally backseat-driving. Or should I say, passenger-seat-driving. It's hilarious, like when you're all, "I can do it" and your parent is like "I know, but go left, go left, I said go left!"
girlfriday: I love the panic on Su-geun's face, and his attempt to keep a calm, even tone because he's trying to be respectful. But every few minutes he asks if he should take over.
javabeans: The drive starts to take on this totally unintentionally comic vibe, because Seung-gi prompts the professor into conversation like the emceeing pro that he is, saying that Seoulites like them have gotten so used to the sight of the palace (Gyeongbukgung) that they don't really think about it. So the professor starts explaining in that gentle teacherly way, but it goes like, "But then when Heungseon Daewongun came along, and I make a left turn onto Olympic?" Then he continues with the lecture, "No, it's okay, I can still talk and drive. So then Gojong's father, and I make a right here?"
girlfriday: It's hilarious. The boys in the back are interviewing him, he's quizzing them, and Su-geun's trying to say calmly, "Professor, you have to pick a lane." HA.
javabeans: He's such a good teacher, when he's not distracted by traffic. It's a Socratic way of teaching, but it's engaging, not scary like the way it was at my school. I love that Ji-won tries to set him up for a joke, asking if he knows what event occurred in 1978 (his birthday, I'm presuming), but the professor just says, "Oh, that was recent. Psh, then it's not history." This simultaneous strain of history and driving is cracking me up.
girlfriday: I'm pretty sure Su-geun's going to age prematurely from it. But thankfully, they find out that their destination is in Seoul after all, and the boys give a big cheer. They're headed to the palace that Seung-gi mentioned — Gyeongbukgung — the largest palace built in the Joseon dynasty, and happily for them, right in their own city. I like the concept of this trip, because it's the kind of place everyone's visited once on school field trips but never thought twice about afterwards, because it's right there.
javabeans: Yeah, it's like going to museums with school, but retaining nothing because it's assigned. Compared to how you'd approach going there on your own time to take in what's there. They finally arrive and park, and Su-geun offers to drive the next leg of the trip (hee), and the professor says tiredly, "I don't want to drive anymore."
girlfriday: The professor says that this palace is one of three destinations today that showcase Korea's beauty, and then Na PD tags on the extra carrot that if they can manage to go to all three places today, it needn't be an overnight trip. Aw. *pouty*
javabeans: I love Ji-won's immediate wild-eyed response. He and Seung-gi chest-bump in glee. I wonder if they're really going to let that condition stand, or if there are built-in delays to make it an overnight trip as usual.
girlfriday: I'm sure he's got some evil mastermindy things planned.
javabeans: Because where would you make them sleep in Seoul? In a tent in the park?
girlfriday: They should crash Na PD's house.
javabeans: Why am I picturing six men shoved into a shoebox? Na PD informs the group that the palace portion of the trip includes a scavenger hunt for hidden pictures. Lunch depends on their finding them. The professor explains that there are "humorous elements" built into the palace, not explaining exactly where the humor comes from — that's up to the boys to figure out. They start spreading out, and Jong-min hurries to keep close to Seung-gi, figuring that'll put him one step closer. Haha.
girlfriday: Seung-gi does actually find the answer — one of the statues of a mythical creature is sticking out his tongue, while the others just have serious faces. The professor says it's going, "Mehrong~!"
javabeans: (Mehrong, in case we've never explained it before, is what Korean kids say when sticking out their tongue. Like "neener neener!")
girlfriday: For his answer he gets 1 nyang, and they boys immediately deadpan to Na PD: "You can't just steal this stuff. It's national treasure." Na PD: "They sell them on the internet." Ha.
javabeans: (Nyang, if you don't watch sageuk, are old currency, now obsolete, in coin form.)
girlfriday: Are you only going to talk in parenthesis today?
javabeans: (Is there something wrong with that? Maybe I like having hushed asides.)
girlfriday: It looks like I'm talking to myself!
javabeans: (And that's another bonus.)
girlfriday: Hmph. Ignoring you now! So the professor explains that the best time to visit this palace is in sudden rainfall, because the stones are designed in a pattern for the rain to flow a certain way. Oooh how cool.
javabeans: Quiz time, which takes them to the second point of interest: iron rings embedded into the stone tiles. Su-geun guesses they were used to tie up criminals, which would be my guess (plus the dramatic Princess's Man music enforces the imagery of people being dragged to court and tortured). Tae-woong cracks me up with his question: "Did they raise dogs?"
girlfriday: Tae-woong eventually gets the right answer, dogs notwithstanding, and gets 10 nyang. The rings are for tent-tying, when they had royal festivals and such. I totally would've gone with torture too.
javabeans: Maybe we've just watched too much sageuk.
girlfriday: You mean not every slave is a nobleman switched at birth and separated from his one true love, destined to avenge the wrongs done to his father?
javabeans: No, of course they were. They just weren't tortured in the courtyard with iron rings. TV can be deceiving, apparently.
girlfriday: Oh.
javabeans: Quiz number three involves a large urn situated near the steps up to the palace, right by the side of the stairs. What was it used for? The guys guess a number of things — water, fire, trash — and the professor says a little crankily, "That's all your imaginations can come up with?"
girlfriday: This one really does take a lot of imagination though, because it's a basin you fill with water… so that the fire demon gets scared by his own reflection and runs away. What the? Well it also has the practical purpose of being there to put out fires.
javabeans: I guess it's because the fire demon would be afraid of water?
girlfriday: Well then he's not a very scary demon, is he?
javabeans: Every Superman's gotta have his kryptonite. Just… some heroes are more super than others. Su-geun wins 50 nyang for his answer. So Seung-gi won 1, Tae-woong 10. I guess this professor's trips are always going to involve absurd amounts of fantasy money. Ha, Ji-won says he'd love to be a king from this era, looking at the palace and imagining the luxury. But the others point out that the king got up at the crack of dawn to study and train and was always busy, and he starts looking less than thrilled with this new fantasy.
girlfriday: Hahaha, it's just like Ji-won to be thwarted by the lack of sleep, of all things. Not being constricted by society or having to bear the weight of a nation on your shoulders, but the waking up early.
javabeans: Seung-gi tells him, "In my drama, I'll show you a king who's exactly the kind you want to be!" Y'know, since he's all lazy and snotty?
girlfriday: Hee.
javabeans: Next quiz involves the rooftop of the king's sleeping quarters, which lacks a ridge on its roof that's there on all the others: Why? It's a hard one, so they get the hint that it's a symbolic meaning, not a utilitarian purpose. They make some guesses (praying for a son, to receive heaven's blessing) until Tae-woong guesses that it's because a king — who is symbolized as a dragon — can't sleep under another dragon. It's sort of a pun-related clue, because the ridge isn't dragon-shaped, it's called a yong-maru and a dragon is a yong.
girlfriday: All the boys' jaws drop. They're so impressed with his answer, and Su-geun says, "Hyung, you'll get a sageuk offer soon!" Ha, always back to dramaland.
javabeans: Where's that palace clue about how to get married? The next segment explores the palace's system of chimneys, which were part of the floor heating system. The actual chimneys have elaborate graphic patterns, some of them spelling out hanja characters, and that takes them to the next point of interest, the chimneys of the queen's palace, which stand apart from the building they heat. Is that a gayageum version of "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" playing? I love fusion gukak music.
girlfriday: It would've been cool if that was actually the kind of stuff You've Fallen For Me did.
javabeans: I was so disappointed that they didn't, after they teased the Carmen gukak-rock-band hybrid early on.
girlfriday: They walk around the palace some more, and then Ji-won guesses what the storage area in the back is for — the royal kimchi. Wow, even kimchi is given majestic treatment in this place. He gets a whopping 300 nyang for his answer.
javabeans: javabeans: Now I'm worried about their lunches. No way it's gonna be a happy one for everybody. Speaking of which, the professor finds himself pausing in the middle of his kimchi explanation… because he's hungry.
girlfriday: So they cut to the chase and head to the palace's highlight — Gyeongheeru, the royal pavilion featured on the back of the 10,000 won bill. It's too bad it's the dead of winter, 'cause most of the pretty from these buildings is the fact that they're surrounded by water. It's still pretty impressive though, and the scale is really different once they step foot inside.
javabeans: Su-geun wins the next prize, which is an entire freaking backpack full of nyang. He actually staggers under the weight. The question he answered: What is the most beautiful picture within this pavilion? Everyone's looking around for a piece of artwork, and he guesses that it's actually the view from each section of the building, which has been designed to "frame" the sights around it.
girlfriday: That's pretty cool.
javabeans: Lunchtime. The boys lay out their cash: Tae-woong has 20 nyang, Seung-gi 51, Jong-min 100, Ji-won 300, and Su-geun a shitload. Otherwise known as 1,050.
girlfriday: Na PD hands them the menu, which isn't nearly as unreasonable as last time. Tae-woong's the only one who can't afford any food, so Seung-gi offers to share. Why is it always the two poorest ones who team up to share, while the king sits on his piles of money?
javabeans: Su-geun has fun ordering Na PD around as their waiter, and orders up a storm.
girlfriday: He even tips "Na Waiter" his leftover nyang, like the high roller that he is. Na Waiter offers up a last quiz question for an extra dish — to name the five palaces of the Joseon dynasty, which they can only name four of, and barely eke out the last after a million guesses.
javabeans: The food starts arriving, and Na PD rolls out a cart… of which the entire top tier is Su-geun's. Sodas, salads, rice, ddukbokki… Man. Seung-gi says jokingly, "He has to eat everything before he gets to leave, right?" and Su-geun looks up with this look of "Don't you dare" on his face. The caption? "With this one phrase, the tragedy began…" Wait, he's not right is he?
girlfriday: HAHAHA. He should know by now. There's always a catch when a guy hands you a bag full o' money.


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Leeds boss Simon Grayson has insisted that out-of-favour defender Andy O'Brien will not be departing Elland Road on a loan deal.
The 33-year-old has made just three starts this season for the Whites, sparking talk of a possible loan move, and Championship promotion favourites West Ham United are understood to have voiced their interest in the experienced defender.
However, Grayson has no plans to allow O'Brien to move on and insists he remains a part of his plans.
"I won't be letting him out on loan. There are certain players who'll be available on loan but Andy won't be one of them," said Grayson in the Yorkshire Evening Post.


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Definition of Nonassertive
1. Adjective. Not aggressively self-assured, though not necessarily lacking in confidence. "She was quiet and nonassertive as she took control"
Definition of Nonassertive
1. Adjective. Not assertive. ¹
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1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1985 reports that tests of young people in both Great Britain and the US showed
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2. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"He felt a quiet manhood, nonassertive but of sturdy and strong blood. He knew
that he would no more quail before his guides wherever they should point. ..."
3. Principles of Composition by Percy Holmes Boynton (1915)
"Informal argument must be affable, modest, nonassertive. The gist of the whole
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4. You Can Choose to Be Happy: "Rise Above" Anxiety, Anger, and Depression by Tom G. Stevens (1998)
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Finally, unlimited skips, unlimited replays, and ad-free listening (on the mobile side). Pandora Premiere offers early access to unreleased music. Decent song recommendation engine. Lyrics.
Lacks human-curated stations. Few playlists. No on-demand streaming. No live content.
Bottom Line
The once-pioneering streaming music platform has made strides on the mobile side toward catching up with the industry upstarts that have surpassed it, but it still has a long way to go on the desktop.
Pandora, one of the most recognized names in streaming music, is attempting to regain its lost luster. The near-ubiquitous service, powered by the sometimes-questionable Music Genome Project, still lacks on-demand listening and other sweet features found in the Editors' Choice award-winning Slacker Radio. It takes a step forward with the new mobile-only Pandora Plus plan, which offers unlimited skips, unlimited replays, and offline listening. Unfortunately, the Plus plan is only available as an in-app purchase for Pandora's Android and iPhone apps—not for the desktop streaming service. If you're only listening on your phone or you want the lean-back listening experience and not much more, Pandora is worth a try; but for everyone else there are still better choices.
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Pandora offers free and premium service levels, but, as mentioned, the for-pay features vary depending on whether you're listening using a mobile app or the browser-based desktop version. Users with free accounts are limited to six song skips per hour (with a maximum 24 total skips per day across all their stations), and they hear frequent audio ads. Upgrading to the $4.99 per month (or $54.89 per year) Pandora One plan on the desktop side opens the door to an ad-free experience, 192Kbps-bit-rate streams (up from the free version's lowly 64Kbps bit rate), and additional song skips. Unfortunately, the browser-based Pandora Radio doesn't offer unlimited skips, as Slacker Radio and Spotify do.
That said, mobile users can tap the new Pandora Plus plan to access more modern features. Also available for $4.99 per month, Pandora Plus offers unlimited skips, unlimited replays, offline listening, and an ad-free listening experience. The feature set and sub-$5 price point put it in direct competition (finally!) with Slacker Radio's $3.99 per month Plus plan. Unfortunately, Pandora lacks an equivalent to the Spotify Family Plan, which lets multiple listeners use the service for one low monthly fee of $14.99.
Magic Mystery Tour
You begin your musical journey by keying the name of an artist or song into the search box, which causes Pandora to populate a station. The music player showcases album art as a small square, with easily accessible lyrics and song and artist information. Below this are Buy and Share icons. Buy lets you purchase the currently playing track from Amazon or iTunes. Share lets you share either the station or the track to Facebook or Twitter.
Facebook friends can click on a song title to go to that track's Pandora page, from which they can build a new channel based on the Music Genome Project's understanding of that song. They can't, unfortunately, stream that particular song on demand, which is frustrating. Facebook is represented on the Pandora side, too. You can also see what your Pandora-loving friends are listening to by clicking the Music Feed button.
Music Makes Me High
Pandora's Music Genome Project-powered artist recommendations aren't quite on par with Slacker Radio and Spotify's suggestion engines. For example, Pandora wisely inserted King Khan & the Shrines and The Woggles into my The Dirtbombs-based station, but it tossed me a curveball in the form of Beck's "Nausea"—an odd selection for a garage-rock station. I've yet to encounter any such error with any of Slacker Radio's human-curated stations or playlists.
That said, Pandora lets you customize your stations if you're dissatisfied with its recommendations. For example, the Add Variety option lets you further seed Pandora Radio's artist-selection algorithm. Slacker Radio, however, has a more flexible selection process that displays a long list of similar bands, letting you designate artists from it as favorites. You can approximate Slacker Radio's approach by clicking a station you created and then choosing Edit Station Details. You can't, however, play songs on demand. You need to sign up for Slacker Radio or Spotify for that option, which is a bummer.
Mousing over a song's album art opens a window that informs you why the station is playing a particular track, and even lets you move the track to another station if you have one created—very cool. When I heard a track called Future Starts Slow by The Kills, a song and artist I wasn't familiar with, I clicked "Why was this track selected?" Apparently, Future Starts Slow has "electric rock instrumentation, heavy use of vocal harmonies, repetitive melodic phrasing, paired vocal harmony and minor key tonality" that resembles The Dirtbombs' catalog. I really like this insight into the song selection process.
Are You Experienced?
Music streamed crisply over both my home and office network connections. Unless you're a true audiophile, Pandora Radio's sound quality should satisfy, especially when the audio is pumped through a phone or desktop speaker. However, donning a pair of headphones revealed that Pandora's tunes didn't sound as full as the competition's audio during my testing period. Led Zeppelin's "All of My Love," for example, featured tinny low-end sounds. The lossless, 1411Kbps Tidal Hi-Fi version has more far more energy.
The music on the free version of Pandora is interspersed with occasional audio ads, but they aren't too intrusive. On the other hand, I also encountered large 30-second video ads on Pandora; these took me out of music listening mode when they appeared. On Pandora One, there are no ads, as mentioned earlier. You can also ban or favorite songs, which is valuable feedback that Pandora Radio folds back into its recommendation algorithms for future choices.
Pandora Premiere is a feature that's truly unique in the streaming music space. By searching for Pandroa Premieres or visiting pandora.com/premieres, you can find select albums that you can stream in their entirety before they hit stores. You can even preorder them, too. It's a good way to get a possible head's up on the next hot recording. Even better, Pandora Premiere is available to both free and premium listeners.
Lyrics show up on the same page as the other song information, so it's easy to sing along to the tunes if you don't know the words by heart.
Pandora lacks Slacker Radio's niche genre stations (such as One-Hit Wonders and Video Games), live ESPN Radio, and informative Artist DNA channels. The service also lacks Tidal's excellent editorials.
Radio-Friendly Unit Shifter
Pandora has a few cool things going for it, but the service simply isn't on the same level as the majority of the streaming music competition. As a result, Slacker Radio remains our Editors' Choice award-winners among streaming music services for its deep feature set. Fire up Pandora if you want early access to select albums and an incredibly simple lean-back listening experience—at least until the Pandora Plus features make their way to the desktop side.


text: Defense Compares Amanda Knox To Jessica RabbitMargaret Hartmann9/28/11 10:25amFiled to: Hard knox lifeAmanda KnoxJessica RabbitCrimeMurder30EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkSince prosecutors called Amanda Knox a "satanic, diabolic, she-devil" earlier this week, her attorney wanted to counter their salacious description ... so he compared her to Jessica Rabbit. Defense attorney Giulia Bongiorno said yesterday in closing arguments, "Jessica Rabbit looks like a man-eater, but she is a faithful and loving woman," he added that like the cartoon character, Knox, "is not bad, she's just drawn that way." It may not dignify the proceedings, but jurors love dated pop culture references.


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Need To Read: August 7, 2009
Some Friday web content you should check out:
- Goldman's $28 Billion Guarantee from the Government
- After the boom, is Wikipedia heading for bust?
- Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi, Revised Edition
- Could you be responsible for the Twitter outage?
- Details on Mother Jones contributor Shane Bauer, Missing in Kurdistan, presumed detained in Iran: http://tinyurl.com/mnm7el
Like most bloggers, I also use twitter. I mostly use it to send out links to interesting web content like the stuff above. You can follow me, of course. David Corn, Mother Jones' DC bureau chief, is also on twitter. So is my colleague Daniel Schulman, and our editor, Clara Jeffery. Follow them, too! (The magazine's main account is @motherjones.)


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Like the last strum of a banjo, the sounds of the 2009 Kentucky Bluegrass Music Kickoff linger in the minds of those who attended this year's festival.
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Term: Gosling Wing
Gosling Wing: Code used in spells and recipes by Pagans, ancient doctors, alchemists, etc. going back to the Greek Magical Papyri. It means Goosegrass.
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of different forms of divination and clairvoyant practice. The following lists organize some of the more familiar by the major styles. It is a preliminary effort.
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Introduction. In laboratory studies at Athens State University, Dr. Joe H. Slate uncovered the so-called Big Four Prerequisites of successful OBEs:
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Is it really the language's job to bake that in? Akka should run on Ceylon without much issue, unless they've really changed things since I last looked at it.
Is it really the language's job to bake that in? Akka should run on Ceylon without much issue, unless they've really changed things since I last looked at it.
I'm pretty sure that if a bullet is interacting with your brain, long term development is going to be low on the list of things you have to worry about.
Does anyone here have enough knowledge of the JQuery codebase to say how the IE-specific cruft breaks down by version?
IE6 is a monstrosity; that's pretty much a given, and IE7 isn't great either. I could see dropping support for both of those being a big win in terms of cleaning up the codebase. That said, how much do they gain by dropping IE8 as well? It was only released 3 years ago.
90% of the time you're right, but there are a few bugs in the JVM with regard to Windows vs Linux filesystems that will bite you the first time you see them.
I've also run into issues with Windows-only memory leaks in the JAI libraries when using JPEG-compressed TIFFs.
You're right that it's generally fine.
As long as you don't touch the filesystem or try to do anything with graphics I've found this to be true as well.
Will this include player components? As it stands, the span of usefulness for the SDK is going to be limited if there isn't a player to run the output.
I'll be cancelling my subscription this Fall.
Between the horrible UI rewrite, the shrinking streaming selection, and now a price hike, Netflix no longer offers enough value to be worth the money.
Anybody know of competitors? Amazon's streaming service looks kind of interesting.
I'm sorry to deflate your rage-boner, but the "or" clause in that language means that either of those criteria can cause a ban.
Given that "encourage and enable" is overly broad, and could, in fact, relate to any source of information, the original question still stands.
Most DUI checkpoints are published in newspapers ahead of time.
Will Apple also be banning newspaper apps?
If I'm reading this right, it would be a breach of your rights if your car was in an enclosed garage, or if you had a fence around your yard.
What about a carport?
What about a keep out sign?
Where do you draw the line on this one, if not using the traditionally assumed legal boundary of the property line?
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines was another game that killed the company. There's even an interview about it somewhere here on Slashdot.
Apparently it went way over budget, was laden with game breaking bugs, and had copy protection problems.
It's a shame, really, because the last 5 years of fan patching have made it kind of enjoyable.
Coming in late to the conversation, but what the hey.
The biggest thing I've noticed so far is that DNS lookup in the default install is CRAZY slow for me. I've read some posts about blacklisting the ip6 module or changing the name resolving order, but I'd rather not use a temporary workaround that's incompatible with whatever fix they eventually choose to implement. The bug is here, by the way: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/417757
Other than that, I've noticed instability in Flash, some general UI unresponsiveness, and a (now fixed) bug in the update manager that would throw up a kernel oops message.
It sure is pretty, though.
How do you put a "Shoggoth" tag onto a story? This sounds like something straight out of "At the Mountains of Madness".
What other wisdom have you gained from your time sequestered with various RPGs?
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Geesh, it is HOT out there. From coast to coast, the United States is experienceing some record breaking heat and it doesnt look like it's going to get any better anytime soon! So we asked our loyal Facebook friends for some tips on how to handle the soaring temperatures and here's what they had to say:
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As you may already know, or can tell just by looking, Sheswai has some seriously cute bottles. I think they are the prettiest out there actually. I love the design on the front, but even more so, I love the bottle caps, which are made from sustainably harvested wood grown on family farms. And they are big-three free and cruelty-free to boot!
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 28th Apr 2012 17:19 UTC
I wish more people who work or have worked for large technology companies were as open, honest, and excited as Steve Wozniak still gets over new technology and gadgets. He recently bought a Nokia Lumia 900 - and he's loving it. So much so, in fact, that he claims it's better than Android and iOS in many respects.
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OS X (Mac OS) doesn't have a big market share because Apple didn't let the OEMs install it. If Apple had been more liberal, the OS market might have been different.
Remember that Apple are VERY bad at dealing with OEMs. The last time they tried was a failure of such epic proportions that employees and shareholders from the old days are unlikely to let it happen again.
RE[3]: Doesn't matter
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We're NOT talking about problem Apple had with OEMs and shareholders, we're talking about the "success" of OS X. And for some people, "success" is reflected by market share.
All I said was if Apple didn't have a problem while adopting Microsoft's strategy, it would have a bigger market share.


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Friday, November 20, 2009
Countdown:6 Weeks till New Year & Our Wedding!
Finally! I got Internet connection:) And I just realised that there is only 6 weeks left to go before I get married! I feel a bit excited and also looking forward to a holiday too.
My camera is dead at the moment- I lost my charger during the move and I still can't find it! I might have to buy another one! Very annoying...and I know that it will turn up much later somewhere in my pile of things- story of my life!
But I just discovered some mobile pics that my fiance took when he proposed last year at the Gayana Resort, Sabah Malaysia. Looking at them makes me all excited again about our wedding! I admit, planning your own wedding can be stressful and not as fun as I hoped it would be! But now it's just around the corner- I feel excited. I am repeating myself haha
This is where he hid the ring- under the rose petals in a big shell. I messed up the beautiful swan arangement- I tried to fix it for the photo but they didn't look as nice as what the staff at Gayana Resort did. They were so thoughtful! I recommend any couple to go there for a time out. Service is above exellent! There are a lot of other islands you can go to but Gayana is the cleanest and not many people around so you can get more privacy.
These were the biggest flowers he gave me- it cost a bomb so I feel I had to take a picture since I won't be bringing it back with me to the mainland!
This the morning after- me sporting my new ring...I can't pose for nuts! hehe
The breakfast was soooooo yummy!
This is the beach- the weather was a bit cloudy and rainy but it didnt spoil the mood at all. I can't wait to go there again! Yay! I am counting down!
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- Elise said...
it's all tooooo beautiful ! you are going to have the best time !
Have a great weekend - 21/11/09 01:25
- Sandra said...
cute pics, and best wishes with the wedding:)
- 21/11/09 08:47
- Shanghainese Dumpling said...
Ohh those are very nice flowers!!! :) how sweet and another 6 weeks how exciting :)
- 21/11/09 12:15
- xphoebelinax said...
awww that's so sweet! you looked beautiful :) i can't wait to see your wedding photos! :D where are you having it?
- 21/11/09 13:03
- MsChikee said...
i am sooooo excited for you hun!!!!!!!!!
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MANILA, Philippines—Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares on Thursday stood by her bid to issue a directive requiring doctors and lawyers to post the rates they will charge their patients and clients despite opposition from these groups.
"Let's not have a knee-jerk reaction," Henares said.
She maintained that her soon-to-be-issued directive require them only to post their rates in their offices, at least in their reception areas.
"We did not say post outside the office, or have posters, or advertise in the Yellow Pages," she told reporters.
By doing so, patients and clients would no longer be shy about asking doctors and lawyers their standard fees. Christine O. Avendaño


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The monographs focus on the top ten countries of origin of the foreign-born population in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau: Mexico, China, Philippines, India, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, Korea, El Salvador, Jamaica, and Cuba. There is an additional monograph on the culture of Haiti.
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Gm Vs. Vw: Not With A Bang, But A Settlement
General Motors Corp.'s top international executive was trying to be statesmanlike and remain mum on GM's long, bitter feud with Volkswagen. But Louis R. Hughes, president of GM's international operations, couldn't quite resist a slap at VW's Jose Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua, the former GM executive accused of stealing trade secrets from GM on VW's behalf. Queried after a speech in Detroit on Dec. 3 about a new VW plant Lopez established in Brazil, allegedly using a plan pilfered from GM's files, Hughes noted with a wry wink that it "seems very familiar."
Lopez is gone: He resigned from VW on Nov. 29, a move the German carmaker surely hoped would assuage GM at least a bit. But more punches were flying almost as soon as he walked out the door. First, VW's feisty chairman, Ferdinand Piech, pledged he would hire Lopez as a consultant, even as he continued to pay his former lieutenant his full $2.6 million salary until March, 1998, and cover all his legal bills. Then VW promoted Lopez protege Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz to replace his mentor on the auto maker's management board.
TEAM XEROX? GM fumed and demanded that VW purge all of Lopez' faithful followers, whom it accuses of helping Lopez steal thousands of highly sensitive documents when they followed him to VW in 1993. GM also is demanding a public apology and substantial damages. Railed David J. Herman, Chief Executive of Adam Opel, GM's German unit, to Reuters on Dec. 3: "There is no chance right now to go forward" with settlement talks.
Both sides, however, admit privately that a settlement is almost inevitable--eventually. Indeed, sources close to the case say GM may come to the table once VW's supervisory board decides in March whether to renew Piech's contract. And German Economics Minister Gunther Rexrodt said on Dec. 4 in Bonn that he planned to discuss possible solutions to the dispute with U.S. officials at the World Trade Organization meeting Dec. 7-13 in Singapore. Predicts Morgan Chu, a senior partner with Irell & Manella in Los Angeles: "This case will end up getting settled."
Compromise seems likely partly because GM faces a tall legal challenge in proving its major contentions against VW. In its U.S. civil case against VW, GM is expected to seek $4 billion in damages--based largely on its contention that parts price lists Lopez allegedly stole allowed VW to squeeze $3.5 billion out of its cost structure. To prevail, GM must show that VW not only stole secrets, but benefited from their use--and that GM suffered harm as a result. And while VW has gained market share in Europe and Opel has lost ground in the past three years, it will be hard to attribute that solely to Lopez. "[GM's] claim will be monstrous in size but difficult to prove," Chu says.
VW also has a powerful incentive to find a compromise. During the next three months, it will have to turn over to General Motors reams of sensitive internal documents as part of the discovery phase of the civil trial--including the kinds of trade secrets, such as purchasing price lists, it is accused of receiving illegally from GM. While GM is legally prevented from using those VW documents for its own gain, VW's lawyers were nervous enough about turning them over to insist that they be viewed by "attorneys' eyes only."
GM, which will be forking over additional secret papers itself, readily agreed to the lawyers-only rules during a Dec. 3 conference with U.S. District Court Judge Nancy G. Edmunds. But GM added a jab by asking Edmunds that Lopez now be prevented from taking any GM documents with him as he leaves VW. Edmunds reminded VW of its duty to prevent any document thefts, but afterward, VW lawyer James P. Denvir huffed: "I was offended
by that." Opening arguments in the civil trial are not expected to be heard until 1998.
GM's top executives righteously insist they will not be swayed in their quest for justice. But once tempers have cooled a bit more, GM and VW may finally admit that calling a truce in this war would serve the interests of both sides.