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The Economist Shreds BSA Cloud Credentials Piracy Numbers
from the more-bs-from-the-bsa dept
Fortunately, The Economist is willing to call out the BS the BSA put out about the scary uber-dangers of cloud piracy (ooooooooh!).
Let's start with the BSA claims, shall we? Did you realize that 30% of people in wealthy nations and 45% of people in less-wealthy nations "have a liklihood of sharing log-in credentials for paid [cloud] services?" That's the conclusion drawn by the BSA's latest study. And if that seems like a lofty number to you, it may be because it's utter bullshit.
The Economist begins by correcting the BSA's pretend numbers:
"The percentages come from a question in which people were asked if they had ever shared their log-in details for paid services. Some 15% of people in rich countries and 34% in poor countries said they had for personal use. For business use, it was 30% and 45% respectively...Moreover the respondents were only those who had paid for cloud services, which was a fraction of users. Cloud services are generally based on a "freemium" model, whereby basic use costs nothing and a premium version is paid for. According to the BSA's own data, only half of computer users tap cloud services, of which only one-third use it for business, of which two-thirds pay. Of the small subset that remain, the minority share log-ins. This changes things considerably. If the BSA figures were adjusted for all this, the potential piracy figures could be as low as between 2% and 6% of users—as much as 20 times less than the group claims. (The BSA's data is online here.)"In other words, through the magic of pretending like only a small subset of data is the entire data, the BSA has magically turned the number two into the number thirty. This would be laudable if those numbers were fish, the readers were hungry, and the BSA was trying to claim it had perfected what I lovingly refer to as "Jesus' Fish Fry Miracle", but they aren't, dear readers. No, they're going to policy makers with this nonsense.
And that isn't even the end of the story. The piece also points out that the BSA's survey failed to ask what might just be an important question: does sharing log-in credentials with a friend violate that service's TOS? If it doesn't, that isn't piracy. But the BSA doesn't bother to ask that question because they don't care, they're just looking for numbers that support their conclusions, here.
The article then points out a couple of other ommissions on the BSA's part:
"There are other anomalies. The BSA only considered PC use, when many people use cloud services over tablets and mobile phones, especially in poor places. And the survey, of 14,702 people in 33 countries, presumes to speak with confidence about the "developing" world but not a single African country is represented—an odd omission, since it is a fast growing market."
In short, these BSA claims are a "study" in the same way that snake-handling is a "religion": it isn't.


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Don't ignore Twitter
It's a huge, growing network of people who can really help your organisation.
Start shouting in an empty room
Nobody will follow you unless you are saying something - so start tweeting even if nobody is listening at first.
Tweet every day, several times
Twitter is fast-moving, so tweet often or your followers may miss important information from you
Respond to messages
Twitter demands interaction, so respond to interesting tweets, and reply to every tweet aimed at you
Retweet interesting tweets
Don't just talk about yourself. Twitter is non-commercial, so users will ignore you if you treat it as an "advertising medium".
It's a mistake to ignore Twitter
Lots of people assume Twitter is full of people microblogging about the minutiae of their lives, with no relevance to anybody. And they're right: Twitter has a lot of that.
But it's also full of people forwarding links to websites and interesting content, and making instant recommendations to hundreds or thousands of other followers.
You need to be there because just a couple of tweets per day can lead an extra 10,000 people per month to your website.
Twitter is a very powerful tool if you use it right. So read more to see our strategy for building a Twitter presence.
A strategy for building a Twitter presence
If you're not familiar with Twitter, join now (it's free) - but join as a private individual at first. Don't start tweeting as your organisation until you understand the Twitter community better.
- Start tweeting things immediately, even if nobody is following you. They'll never follow you if you don't tweet, so you have to start by "shouting in an empty room". Your audience will arrive when there's some noise!
- Follow a few famous people, and look at what they're tweeting. Just go to Stephen Fry's page and click "follow", and his tweets will appear in your twitter timeline. His existing followers will tweet things too, which he might "retweet" (i.e. "forward" them to his followers). If you see somebody interesting, follow them too.
- You can also search tweets by "hashtag". This is a keyword that begins with a #, such as #football or #charity. Look for subjects you're interested in, and follow people who write about them. You can unfollow them later if they aren't right for you.
- Once you start following a few "ordinary" people (i.e. the non-famous) they'll probably follow you back. Then your own tweets might get a response. You'll see how you can quickly gain a couple of dozen followers.
- Once you have a feel for Twitter, it's informality, and the way it works, use that knowledge to set up an official Twitter account for your organisation. It may feel like you wasted your time with the "personal" twitter account, but you have gained important knowledge, and you may be able to encourage your personal followers to also follow your organisation.
- Tweet every day, without fail. Don't only promote your organisation, because the Twitter community doesn't like blatant commercial activity. Instead send links to things which are tangentially related to your organisation. For example if you are a charity helping people with disabilities, find interesting articles about disabilities on other people's websites, and tweet links to those pages. You will find you get followed by people with similar interests, who are likely to respond to an occasional promotion of your own site. On Twitter people with similar interests gravitate together.
- When you talk about your organisation, make sure you have something to say. Don't just repeat variations on "visit our website". You need to make sure you have fresh content on your site at least 2-3 times per month, so that you can justifiably tell people about it. But keep on tweeting "general interest" information every day - if possible several times per day.
- Learn to tweet important links at the best moment. Twitter is an instant, active website. If you miss a tweet, it's unlikely anybody will go looking for it. Tweets usually have a 15 minute active lifespan, and then people have moved on to other things. So don't send your important tweets in the middle of an important football match, or nobody will see it. Tweet just as people are getting home from work, or on the train home (huge numbers tweet via their smartphone). Or perhaps around the time parents will have just sent the kids to bed, and are catching up online. You'll get a better response if you time it right for your audience.
- Remember it'll take time. For most people, it'll take around a year to get 200 followers. But those 200 followers probably also have 200 followers each, so if you can get them to "retweet" (i.e. forward your tweet), you'll immediately get up to 40,000 people seeing your tweet. And that means potentially 40,000 new visitors to your site. So it's well worth investing 5 minutes a few times per day, and building an active presence on Twitter.

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Veterinary Pathology
The Veterinary Pathology unit is part of the Bristol Veterinary School. The members of staff teach pathology and immunology to veterinary undergraduate students. Immunology is taught in the third year and pathology is taught in years three and four. Pathology staff also teach final year students in a one week rotation through the Pathology service.
The Veterinary Pathology unit provides histopathological services for research and teaching. Our pathologists also provide diagnostic histopathology and post mortem expertise for Langford Vets. The well-equipped histology laboratory (which is shared between Langford Vets and the University) also has facilities for histochemistry and immunohistochemistry.


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Horses Salt & Pepper Shakers by Jonathan Adler
by Jonathan Adler
Citing Mid-century modern and global pop culture as sources of inspiration, all of Jonathan Adler's impeccably crafted ceramic objects are united by the signature Adler aesthetic, mid-century styles through modern eyes. Heavily influenced by the stylings of the 50's, 60's, and 70's, the iconic potter and designer started off small, "making, glazing, firing, packing, and shipping every single piece I made". He launched his first ceramic collection in New York City in 1994 and has since gone on to establish a distinguished worldwide design brand, including redesigning the Parker Palm Springs hotel in 2004 and designing the interiors for the "real" Barbie™ Dream House as part of Barbie's 50th anniversary in 2009.


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Re: Misunderstanding emptiness
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:39 pm
Page 92 & pages 148 +149 of Vivid Awareness also back up the fact that Thrangu Rinpoche doesn't hold that external phenomena are real.conebeckham wrote:Can you just quote an example of where Thrangu Rinpoche assserts that external phenomena exist? I think you'll find he makes no such claim.
When we look out, we see colours, shapes, mountains, and so forth. We see the outer world and its inhabitants. [...]
We should not think of them as being real things and cling to the. We should not think of them as being good or bad. We should not think they are something inherently real. We should not think they are nothing and emptiness.


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eke out – 635,000 ghits
eek out – 152,000 ghits
'Eek' is ' a sound made in fear' – Wikipedia, and possibly an appropriate sound for those obliged to 'eke out' a living in a harsh and unsympathetic world. It could also, I must acknowledge, simply be 152,000 spelling errors…
I beg to differ Eggy ;) The reason you're not seeing alot of hype over pokemon in australia is that most of us have gone underground trying to eek out an …
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Save yourself a lot of grief by cleaning up your programme chain before trying to eek out the last bits of an MPEG algorithm – it's all a waste of time if …
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High in the Andes above 3500m these birds eek out a living on the microscopic algae and zooplankton that survive in the highly saline waters. ...
www.lyonimages.co.uk/flamingo/press.html – 27k
Wherever there's water on Earth – in liquid form, at a temperature within a reasonable range – life manages to eek out an existence; from bacteria …
www.open2.net/truthwillout/ET/etindex.htm – 22k
For some reason I decided to go hunting for the variant ache out a living and came up with just three. (Perhaps there might be others with slightly different construction, but I decided to preserve the form of the usage "eke out a living.") I was a bit surprised there weren't more examples, so rather than starting a new thread I decided to tack this onto an old post from Peter. The same analysis applies regarding the pain associated with "eek" and "ache" ... for the most part.
Up Station Mountain Club: Fru Ndi Speaks Out On…Jul 15, 2005 … Members of your NEC and most of your militants are civil servants who besides struggling to ache out a living from the cathecist allowance …
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF CHILD LABOURby VR Sankangoudar – 2002
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"Ache out a living" hurts good like a good ache-corn should.
A bridge might also be made from eke —> eek —> meek, through the Sermon on the Mount blended a bit with meagre/meager. Several dozen hits.
I think one of the biggest injustices in society is that people who mostly sit around and tell other people what to do get paid millions of dollars while people we force to clean human waste meek out a barely-comfortable living.
Peggy says without hesitation that she does not wish to meek out a meagre living the way her parents do.
A few different kinds of small bushes managed to meek out a living below the canopy, giving the area an unreal feel.
In both 2008 and 2009, Kem volunteered for the burdensome job of compiling all the likely eggcorn candidates for a comprehensive end-of-the-year list. I've always found this awe-inspiring—I read and type far too slowly to accomplish what he does every year, and I'm always amazed when I see one of those lists. But I wonder whether even Kem might find this year's eggcorn load daunting—this thread gives an example of just how much gold has been buried in posts that aren't helpfully pointed to in the topic line.
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Here's the example I stumbled on recently:
[Rogen] eeks out one more successful variation of his stock immature protagonist.
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Hugin Compiling Windows
NOTE: this is work in progress and not finished yet. Please add clarifications or comments for the individual steps.
- 1 Why do I want to compile hugin?
- 2 Deciding on the toolchain
- 3 Building with Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003 (or later)
- 4 Building using MinGW
Why do I want to compile hugin?
If you want to fiddle with the hugin code, test new features or help squashing bugs, and do all that on Windows, this is the guide for you. Be warned that building hugin on Windows is not a piece of cake, so only try if you know the dark sides with all the development tools involved.
For normal testers it is better to use the binary snapshots we will offer during the preparation period for hugin 0.7. This guide is designed to be a help for people who have expressed interest in build Windows version of the current hugin code on a regular basis.
This guide will describe two ways of building the latest trunk. It does not apply to the hugin code prior to 2007/10/27.
Deciding on the toolchain
Currently, there are two methods for building hugin. Both are based on the CMake build system.
- Compilation with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. MSVC 2003 or later is required. The recommended method is to download MSVC 2008 Express, and install it.
- Compilation with MinGW32. This does not require the Microsoft compiler and even allows cross compilation of binaries for windows on a linux machine. Until now, only the cross compilation approach has been tried, but a building on a native system should also be possible.
The following additional programs are also required for building hugin:
- enblend 3.1
- GNU make, required by hugin, not for building hugin.
- War Setup 3
- msgfmt, available as part of the GnuWin32 gettext package
For both approaches, the hardest task is the compilation of the libraries required by hugin. This mainly includes wxWidgets, boost, libpano13 and OpenEXR.
Building with Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003 (or later)
For simpler installation (and less headaches during building) I have build everything against the older, multithreaded runtime libraries (\MT option), and linked all exectuables statically.
Getting the dependencies
It is tempting to download precompiled libraries from the different projects, and use those. Be prepared that they might have been created with different compiler setting (Especially with a different runtime libraries). This can lead to hard to find and nasty problems and amount to days of depressing work (I speak from experience).
Downloading precompiled dependencies
Easy way, download the libraries I (Pablo d'Angelo) have used from http://hugin.panotools.org/sdk/MSVC/hugin_enblend_sdk_msvc2003_v2. I have uses MSVC 2003 to create these, they might work with newer versions of MSVC, except the boost libraries. I'm sure at least boost will only work with the compiler it has been build with, and thus needs to be recompiled if you use MSVC 2005 or later.
If you using this compiler, you can skip building the dependencies and continue with building hugin itself.
If you are using Visual C++ 7.1 (Visual Studio 2003) or 8.0 (Visual Studio 2005), you can save a lot of time and aggravation by getting precompiled Boost libraries from BoostConsulting. You first download an installer program, which when run lets you choose which library variants you want to install. For Hugin you need the multithreaded static libraries, built for the static Microsoft C runtime with the compiler you intend to use. If you already have a Boost installation, you can just add these libraries to it, otherwise install the Boost headers too.
Windows Boost libraries are named according to version, compiler and MS runtime variant (multi|single thread, static|dll) so take care that the Hugin build uses the right names. Example:
prefix 'lib' shows this is a static link library, not the import library for a Boost dll; 'vc80' says built with VC8.0; 'mt-s' built for release version of the Microsoft multithread static C runtime LIBCMT (i.e. with compiler switch '/MT') (the debug version has 'mt-sgd'); '1_34_1' built from Boost version 1.34.1 source.
Build all required dependencies from scratch
Download the source packages. Newer versions might work, too.
1. Download wxWidgets from http://www.wxwidgets.org, I used 2.8.4, but later version should work, too
2. Download boost from http://www.boost.org, I used 1.34_1
3. Download OpenEXR source (IlmBase and OpenEXR) from http://www.openexr.com/
4. Download panorama tools source (pano13), from http://panotools.sf.net. Use version 2.9.12 or later. Latest SVN is even better.
5. Download and install gettext installer package from http://gnuwin32.sf.net
Unpack the source packages.
Building wxWidgets
1. Open libs/wxWidgets/src/tiff/tiffconf.h in your favorite editor, and add
#define ZIP_SUPPORT
near line 90 to support ZIP compressed tiff files. To avoid nasty popup messages with the command line tools we are going to build, additionally add:
#define TIF_PLATFORM_CONSOLE
2. build wxWidgets: start the MSVC command line shell (from the startmenu) and cd to the wxWidgets/build/msw. To build Unicode debug release libraries, execute the following commands:
cd wxWidgets*/build/msw nmake -f makefile.vc BUILD=debug UNICODE=1 SHARED=0 RUNTIME_LIBS=static nmake -f makefile.vc BUILD=release UNICODE=1 SHARED=0 RUNTIME_LIBS=static
It may be more reliable to build the wxWidgets libraries with the distributed MSVC projects, as described here. When I used the commandline method several libraries were built wrong, or not at all. -- TKSharpless
I never had trouble using the makefiles, maybe thats a MSVC 2005 issue? -- Pablo d'Angelo
Building boost
Refer to the boost documentation for details, especially Build binaries from source. Download bjam exectable and place it in the boost directory. Open the MSVC Command line prompt located in Start Menu -> Programs Microsoft Visual Studio -> Utilities, change directory to the boost dir and issue
bjam stage --with-thread
This will build the boost thread library.
Building OpenEXR
This is a tricky one, because the MSVC project files have been set up for DLL builds with the \MD runtime, and a custom program is used to prepare the DLLs. For the all static windows binaries, quite some changes to the MSVC project files are needed.
Build according to README_win in ilmbase-1.0.0 but changed the runtime of all projects to MT.
For all projects do:
- set each project to static lib
- remove OPENEXR_DLL, _USEDLL and *_EXPORTS defines
- set runtime to MT
- disable SSE2, to generate binaries that run on all platforms
- remove the createDLL part of the post-build command, but keep the call to install*.cmd, such as ..\..\..\installIlmImf.cmd $(IntDir)
Apply the same procedure to the openexr-1.6 source code. Here only the IlmImf and IlmImfTest projects are needed by Hugin. Follow the same process as for IlmBase, but additionally add include path for the zlib library (inside the wxWidget/src/zlib) to the IlmImf project, and wxWidget/libs/_vc/wxzlib.lib to the IlmImfTest linker options. The tests should run without errors.
It is a good idea to create new target configurations, say HuginRelease and HuginDebug, with the Visual Studio Configuration Manager, and apply the above changes to them, so that you don't lose the original project settings. This also makes the Hugin-appropriate libraries easy to find as they will be built in directories named for the configurations. They should be installed in directories named that way, too; the install commands make those directories in the Deploy/... tree, but fail to copy the static libraries there because the dll library names are built into them. However it is easy enough to copy the libs from the build folders by hand. The ilmbase libraries must be in the Deploy tree before IlmImf is built. -- TKSharpless
Building Panotools
Building Pano13 with MSVC is described on a separate page.
Building Hugin
Use SVN to retrieve the latest hugin sourcecode, run CMakeSetup and use this procedure:
Place all dependencies alongside the hugin source directory. Example:
src/ hugin-trunk OpenExr STLport-5.1.4 boost_1_34_1 enblend-3.1 libpano/pano13 wxMSW-2.8.6 make/make.exe
In this setup, the cmake build system will pick up most of the dependencies automatically. Otherwise the paths to each dependency will have to specified manually during the following cmake step
- Run cmake, select hugin source and build directories. Do not choose the same directories for both source and build.
- Press 'Configure
- fill out red fields, select appropriate library and include paths, if required. The msgfmt program can be found in the gettext package installed earlier. GNU make is also required, a Win32 port can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils. zlib, jpeg, png and tiff libraries from the wxWidgets build can be reused. Their includes are in wxWidgets/src/(zlib|jpeg|png|tiff), and the libs are in wxWidgets/lib/vclib/wx*.lib
- If building is done using an SVN checkout, the SVN revision number needs to be specified manually.
- Press Configure
- If more warnings and red lines appear, goto 3.
- Adjust some compiler settings in the CMAKE_C*_FLAGS entries.
- Reduce debug level from \Zl to \Zd (otherwise the debug files become bigger than MSVC can handle).
- Once all fields have been filled out, the "Ok" button should be available. Press it and open the generated hugin.sln file with MSVC. Switch to Build Type to Release and start the build (press F7). After quite some time hugin should be build. In order to run hugin, it needs to be installed so that data files are in the right place. This is done by building the INSTALL project. The binaries and all required files will be installed into INSTALL/FILES subdirectory of the build directory specified during the CMake step.
- Creating the .msi installer by opening INSTALL/hugin.warsetup with the WarSetup program available from http://warsetup.jgaa.com/ and clicking on the Build button.
Building using MinGW
I have managed to build the older, pre GSoC 2007 version with MinGW, but still having some problems with the new trunk. Once these are resolved, I will provide instructions
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The Chicago Bears took advantage of an Aaron Rodgers injury and grabbed a share of the NFC North lead Monday night with a 27-20 victory over the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
Behind an inspired performance by backup quarterback Josh McCown, the Bears won in Green Bay for the first time since 2007. The Packers lost starting quarterback Rodgers to a left shoulder injury in the first quarter and backup Seneca Wallace played the rest of the game.
The Bears, Packers and Detroit Lions are each 5-3. The Bears host the Lions next Sunday at Soldier Field.
Meanwhile, ESPN.com reported that Cutler would return to practice this week and, barring a setback, planned to start Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions.
McCown had a huge night, completing 22 of 41 passes for 272 yards and two touchdowns with no interception.
"This is neat, it's really neat," McCown said. "It means so much to our team, being a divisional opponent … it's special."
Matt Forte rushed for 125 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown and had five receptions for 54 yards.
A 27-yard field goal by Robbie Gould put the Bears ahead 27-20 with 50 seconds to play. It capped an 18-play, 80-yard drive that took 8:58 off the fourth-quarter clock and included a fourth-and-one conversion from their own 33 with 7:50 left.
A six-yard touchdown pass from McCown to Alshon Jeffery (five catches for 60 yards) had put the Bears back on top 24-20 with 2:41 left in the third quarter.
The Packers fooled the Bears with an onside kick, recovered and took a 20-17 third-quarter lead. The Packers drove deep into scoring range as a possible interception went through the hands of Bears linebacker James Anderson and into the arms of receiver James Jones. The Bears' defense stiffened and Mason Crosby kicked a 23-yard field goal for the lead with 8:45 left in the third quarter.
The Packers had tied the game 17-17 on a 1-yard run by Eddie Lacy. A 56-yard run by Lacy set up the score.
Gould's 24-yard field goal as time expired gave the Bears a 17-10 halftime lead.
A one-yard run by Matt Forte gave the Bears a 14-10 lead with 9:26 to play before halftime. The 60-yard drive included a 33-yard swing pass from McCown to Forte and a 27-yard pass to tight end Martellus Bennett to the Packers' 1.
Earlier, after several successful runs by Lacy, Wallace attempted a pass that was intercepted by defensive end Julius Peppers and returned 14 yards to the Packers' 45 with 5:01 left in the first quarter. But the Bears couldn't move, and a blocked Adam Podlesh punt by Jamari Latimore set the Packers up at the Bears' 32. James Starks ran it in on the first play of the drive to put Green Bay ahead 10-7 with 3:45 left in the quarter.
Brandon Marshall (seven catches for 107 yards) caught a 23-yard touchdown from McCown, who was off balance with a defender draped over him, for a 7-3 lead with 9:55 left in the first quarter.
The Packers wasted little time attacking the Bears' vulnerable defense on their opening drive. Aided by a face mask penalty on the Bears' Stephen Paea, Green Bay marched to the Bears' 12 before Mason Crosby booted a 30-yard field goal to make it 3-0 with 12:24 left in the first quarter. The drive covered 68 yards in eight plays.
In the first half, McCown was 14 for 22 for 196 yards and a touchdown. His passer rating was 107.4.
Forte had 42 yards on 11 rushes (3.8-yard average).
Marshall had five catches for 84 yards and a TD. Jeffery had three catches for 39 yards.
Martellus Bennett 3 cdatches for 28 yards.
The Packers' Eddie Lacy had 58 yards on 11 rushes. Wallace 5 for 8 for 43 yards and one interception.
Cutler said last Tuesday that his goal was to return in sooner than four weeks. He attended practice last week, serving as a stationary target for some of McCown's passes. During the portion of practice open to reporters, he occasionally jogged and crossed his feet over laterally. Cutler was inactive for Monday's game against the Packers.
The Packers entered the game having won 10 straight at Lambeau Field and 23 of their last 24 games. The Bears had not won at Lambeau since 2007, having lost five straight in Green Bay.


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OAKLAND — The playoffs are secure, a No. 6 seed is not quite so certain.
And suddenly neither is the status of center Andrew Bogut, who aggravated a sprained left ankle in the first quarter Thursday night and did not return in the Warriors' 116-97 loss to Oklahoma City.
Golden State hung with the Thunder for a half before the NBA's Western Conference leader pulled away. With three games left in the regular season, the Warriors have just a half-game lead over the Houston Rockets in the race for the No. 6 spot in the West.
A seventh-place finish would mean a daunting first-round playoff assignment against either the San Antonio Spurs or the Thunder.
Bogut, who had microfracture surgery on the same ankle late last April, suffered the sprain in Tuesday's playoff-clinching victory over Minnesota, according to a team spokesperson.
He aggravated it Thursday and exited the game with 2:55 left in the first quarter. He went to the locker room for the remainder of the night. It was not immediately clear whether his removal from the game was precautionary or indicative of something more serious.
Bogut, who came to Golden State last year in a trade that sent Monte Ellis to Milwaukee, has missed 48 games this season, 42 of them while rehabbing the ankle.
But Thursday was his 19th straight game back, and coach Mark Jackson said before the game that Bogut was making steady progress.
"We have seen flashes of the old Andrew Bogut," Jackson said, "and we will be very patient with the process."
Although Bogut was averaging just 6.1 points per game, Jackson said he changes the team with his defense and rebounding.
"He makes us a much-improved basketball team, makes us a dangerous out. … His body of work completes us," Jackson said.
Now, barely a week before just their second playoff appearance in 19 seasons, the Warriors face the possibility of being without their 7-foot Australian.
Kevin Durant, the Thunder's three-time reigning NBA scoring champion, sparked the third-quarter surge that extended a six-point halftime margin. He scored 14 points, including a 3-pointer that gave OKC a 94-74 lead in the final minute of the period.
The Thunder shot 13 of 21 in the third quarter and led 96-77 entering the fourth. The Warriors never made another serious run.
Durant finished with 31 points, the 11th time in 21 games against Golden State that he scored at least 30 points. He also had 10 rebounds and eight assists.
Kevin Martin came off the bench to score 23, and Russell Westbrook contributed 18 points and nine assists.
Stephen Curry had 22 points and Jarrett Jack added 19 for the Warriors, who pulled most of their starters midway through the fourth quarter.
The Thunder kept control through much of the second quarter and led 47-40 after a 3-pointer by Westbrook with 5:03 left in the first half.
Curry answered with a 3-pointer before Jack turned a steal into a layup and Curry fed Harrison Barnes for a dunk after another steal, pulling Golden State even with 4:06 left.
The teams were tied once more, but the exchange seemed to rile the Thunder.
Westbrook, in particular, appeared agitated. First, he converted a physical drive to the basket, and seconds later he came from behind the swat a shot by Curry — one of seven shots the Thunder blocked in the half.
The ball found its way to Durant, who went end to end and finished with a full-extension, one-handed dunk that had even the Warriors fans buzzing.
It also pushed OKC back into a six-point lead, which it maintained when Thabo Sefolosha swished a 3-pointer just before the halftime horn.
The Thunder led 31-27 after one quarter, and Serge Ibaka had racked up 13 points on 6-for-7 shooting.
Golden State's only road win over the Thunder since the franchise moved from Seattle after the 2007-08 season was a 112-102 triumph on Dec. 8, 2008.
The unlikely hero of that victory — the only Warriors starter that night still with the team — was Andris Biendrins, whose 17-point, 21-rebound game was one of the best performances of his NBA career.
Golden State won that game despite a 41-point outburst by Durant, just 20 years old at the time.


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DetailsThe Dalai Lama explains the principles of meditation in a practice-oriented format especially suited to Westerners. Based upon the middle section of the Bhavanakrama by Kamalashila, a translation of which is included, this is the most extensive commentary given by the Dalai Lama on this concise but important meditation handbook. It is a favorite text of the Dalai Lama, and he often takes the opportunity to give teachings on it to audiences throughout the world. In his words, "This text can be like a key that opens the door to all other major Buddhist scriptures." Topics include the nature of mind, how to develop compassion and loving-kindness, calm abiding wisdom, and how to establish a union of calm abiding and special insight.News & Reviews
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6 every-day things to know about the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime
I first drove the all-new Toyota Prius Prime about a year ago. And I really liked it. It's fun to drive – for a plug-in hybrid – and it gets really good fuel economy. Especially if you take advantage of charging the battery when you can.
I liked the quirky looks and the fact that it was both recognizable as a Prius but distinctly its own model.
I recently got to live with the Prime for a week, and I have a few every-day takeaways to share if you think this could be your next vehicle.
Wall jack charging in less than 6 hours
One of the biggest selling points for the Prime in my book is the fact that you don't need a fancy charging station or special wall jack to charge up. You can simply plug it into the same kind of wall jack that you'd use for a hair dryer, and it will charge up in less than 6 hours.
Toyota claims the time to charge a Prime is 5.5 hours, but whenever I plugged in, it said 5 hours, 50 minutes. Because I was charging overnight, I was not able to verify the actual time it took to charge.
I'd also like to point out that the charging cord I had couldn't reach the wall jack on the other side of the garage. With permission from Toyota, I bought a heavy-duty 12-guage extension cord and was able to charge up quite nicely.
25+ miles of electric-only driving
I am typically not a light-foot when I drive. So, when Toyota said you could get up to 25 miles of electric-only driving on a full battery, I figured I'd get 15 to 20. My first stint of driving after a full charge consisted of somewhat light-footed stop-and-go city driving for about 10 miles.
Then I hit the highway and didn't spare any punches with the acceleration. I was surprised to find that I actually did closer to 30 miles in all-electric mode in that instance.
On another full-charge drive, I was on the highway the entire time at about 75 mph, and got a few less miles, but it was still in the 23- to 25-mile range, which was a pleasant surprise.
With more braking and less high-speed driving, I could see the Prime consistently getting 25+ miles of electric-only range.
Iffy paired-phone audio
Because my test period included a road trip from Chicago to Indianapolis, I ended up making quite a few phone calls via the hands-free Bluetooth connection. I kept apologizing for the poor connection, and the people on the other end of the line asked: "What poor connection?"
My husband even rated the audio on his end a 7 out of 10 (which is pretty high in his book – nothing gets a 10).
That led me to believe that the poor connection was on my side, not theirs.
The phone paired fine, and it appears that the microphone transporting my voice over the line was also fine. But the return audio was pretty awful through the Prime speakers.
The test vehicle was a base Plus model without the premium JBL audio system, so I'm sure that had something to do with it. But the audio was so crackly, I ended up digging my headphones out of my purse to make additional calls.
Unfortunately, the JBL premium audio is only available on the top-tier Advanced trim ($33,100).
Upgrade your cargo cover
The lightweight cargo area tonneau cover that comes standard with the Plus trim is pretty crappy. It kept coming unbuttoned and would drape over the cargo items I had in the trunk. Anyone looking through the rear window could see there was something hiding under the cover, and if you ever park in a city, that's a no-no.
Similar to the JBL audio system, the upgraded cargo cover is only available on the Advanced trim.
Get rid of the toilet bowl accents
The Prime is a uniquely styled vehicle – inside and out. And for the most part, I really like it.
I love the kitschy and polarizing exterior design. Plus, the standard cloth seats are durable and attractive – not to mention really comfortable. And I like the central gauges that are stacked over the center console.
However, I do not like the white accents on the center stack and console. I feel like I'm looking at a toilet every time I see it. I cannot get that image out of my head.
But, luckily, there is an available black applique accessory that covers up most of the toilet bowl white so it looks fairly decent.
While this isn't available on the Plus trim, it is available as an accessory starting at the mid-level Premium trim ($28,800) for a $199 charge. The applique will cover both the shifter area and the lower console.
Lots of up-level standards
The base model for the Prius Prime is the Plus ($27,985), and even though the trappings are bare bones, it comes with a lot of nice standard features including heated front seats, navigation and Toyota Safety Sense.
It also has passive entry on the driver's side and push-button start.
The test vehicle added carpet floor mats and body side moldings for an as-tested price of $28,418.
The bottom line
Even after 500 miles and 6 days in the Prius Prime, I can still say I really like this vehicle. It's comfortable for a long drive, and it has just the right amount of power to merge with traffic or pass on the highway.
I only managed to charge up 3 times during the test week and had a final combined fuel economy of 64 MPGe. If I were more diligent with the charging, the EPA estimates 133 MPGe.
Prius Prime is quiet and smooth, and would make a great every-day car.
While I really like the Prime at its base level, if you live in a city or somewhere you park outside on a regular basis, you've got to go for the top-tier trim because of the vastly superior cargo cover. But at that level, you'll also get features like intelligent park assist, a head-up display, heated steering wheel and the premium JBL audio system. It's totally worth the $5K price hike in my book.


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Paris- France (PANA) -- A Paris High Court Monday adjourned hearing until 29 April in the defamation suit filed by Rwandan President Paul Kagame against Cameroonian journalist and author, Charles Onana.
Defence Lawyer Eric Sossah sought an adjournment at Monday's inaugural hearing, which lasted for several hours.
Kagame was represented by lawyer Natacha Renaudin, in the case, which attracted hundreds of Rwandans, Congolese and some Africans in Diaspora.
Onana supporters were also in Court.
French Judge Dubreuil is being assisted by two other women Judges Menotti and Poitiu in the trial.
The case emanated from the journalist's book on the "Secrets of the Rwandan Genocide-Investigation: the Mysteries of a President".
Kagame accuses the author of not respecting the principle of "presumption of innocence," in his account of the 1994 missile attack that brought down the plane of the late Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and his Burundian counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira Both African leaders died in the crash along with plane's French pilots.
In his Book, Onana reportedly cited Kagame as a principle suspect in the attack, arguing that the Rwandan leader should face international justice because the downing of the plane provoked the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed at least half a million people.
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Gender confusion with vocalists
Inspired by my shock at finding out (through the Pitchfork review) that the lead singer of the band Rhye is actually a man. I suppose listening to it with the knowledge already you may think I was being daft but on first listen I didn't even debate it in my head. So...what other instances of this are there? I seem to remember thinking the vocalist for Azeda Booth was female before I read up on them too..
Rhye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sng_CdAAw8M
Azeda Booth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTLpmmcvjF0
Heeeyyaayyyaaayyayyaay heeeyyyeyyyeyey
I said hey
What's goin' on?
I'm going for a drive to calm down.TheKennedyCurse and elspud this'd this
Sorry Trace love
Din't mean nothin' by it like
- furio this'd this
- Wooly31, spiritofjazz, Joseph_SP, Ricky_Ronco, Donnie, and Infinite_Jest this'd this
Yup, and liked them more
when I found out it was a women.
- JaguarPirate and theonlyindiegolfer this'd this
- BarryShitpeas this'd this
- bruised_blood this'd this
- Anthonyc, Gringo, aharps, and Infinite_Jest this'd this
Culture Club
There was only one topic of conversation in the playground the day after their first TOTP appearance in 1982.LastAstronaut and gagaga this'd this
Hah hah!
Remember everyone in our house watching that TOTP and the conversation being the same.
What about when Twisted Sister did I Am, I'm Me on TOTP.
Dee Snider was scary!!!!
- kittensgotclaws, blobcow, cameron12, whynot, justanothersheeldz, and Acquiescence this'd this
When I first heard commander Venus I thought it was a girl singing
Turns out Conor Oberst's voice just hadn't broken yet.
The two obvious childhood ones from car tapes
Nina Simone and Neil Young
- Gringo and iquitelikeradiohead this'd this
I thought the vocalist from HTRK was male
She has an androgynous voice.
you mean thats female.been listening to them for years
took me awhile to realise the singer in twinsistermoon was the guy from natural snow buildings and not the girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7qrn2ejSoE
need to switch guy and girl around in that post
no wait you dont, im not with it today
I don't know if it's just Gene Wilder and I, but when I first heard Randy Newman, I thought he was black.
I thought the guy singing on this track was a women at first, but I had no clue who the band were or anything, just thought the song was nice.
First time I heard Sufjan Stevens
I wasn't quite sure which gender he was.
I remember reading a Coal Chamber gig review back in the day
Where the reviewer had a go at Dez Fafara for not doing enough to assert her femininity as not many women lead a metal band...don't think he's caused the same level of gender confusion in Devildriver!
Lower Dens
Hearing 'Brains' threw me right off.pichaelmarker and burak this'd this
In a similar way to Beach House, the vocals sound really androgynous. She has an incredible voice tho
^ Nice (the KEXP live version is amazing)
one of my top songs of last year.
Death Vessel
Big time - thought it was a 10-year-old girl.
Shocked about Rhye too!ma0sm and pichaelmarker this'd this
The Weeknd
When all I'd heard was 'What You Need' and 'High For This', I didn't even suspect it was a guy and assumed they just blurred gender in the lyrics.
Dutch Uncles
Standard 'thought Brian Molko was a woman' post
First time I heard Beach House I thought it was a guy with a high pitched voice.
Also first time I heard 'California Girls' by Magnetic Fields, I thought that was a man too.
- ethricdouble this'd this
When I was a youngster me and my mate went to see Rush
on a whim as we were in London and we were offered cheap tickets by a tout when walking outside Wembley arena. We had no idea who Rush were but it was only a couple of quid so went anyway. We were right at the very back, and this was late 80's so pre-giant screens. We spend the next couple of months convinced Geddy Lee was a women and even when I found out the vocalist was called Geddy and saw pictures of him I still had no idea he was a man
- thesewoodenideas this'd this
- thesewoodenideas and ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
as if anyone is ever
walking outside Wembley Arena when not going there for a gig
Some people *live* in Wembley, ya know ;-)
I used to walk past the Arena every day on my way to the tube.
Love this band
erm, love Future Perfect. But he does sound a little like a girl... heh
First time I heard a Puressence record
my mate told me it was Alison Moyet singing and I believed him.
James has such a great voice.
But I canunderstand the confusion when hearing him for the 1st time.
The Knife
Thought the bloke was singing then found out it was Karin's vocals pitched down.bruised_blood and ma0sm this'd this
Four characters:
U could be whatever you want, I love you anyway, Janine.
Ooh, 'Big Love' by Fleetwood Mac...
Has Lindsey Buckingham's "love grunts" pitchshifted up to sound like Stevie Nicks!
See also (less convincingly) Morrissey on Bigmouth Strikes Again - wasn't really ever fooled by that though :)
Talking of Fleetwood Mac and gender confusion
Took me ages as a kid to compute that Lindsay was the man and Stevie was the woman...
I remember thinking that David Ford of Easyworld . . .
. . . was a woman first few times I heard Bleach. May even have bought the album of the back of that to try and rectify the paucity of female artists in my collection at the time.
Brian Molko
Hearing Bruise Pristine by Placebo for the first time many years ago, I was convinced he was a woman.ma0sm this'd this
Turin Brakes
not necessarily a popular band to be bringing into the discussion, but what the hey
I thought Robbie Williams was a woman when he sang No Regrets.
I'm not even making this up, for some reason I thought he was Sharleen Spiteri and he was singing not "No regrets" but "You're insane"
I remember accidentally catching the end of The Organ's set at Cardiff Barfly once
I remember being deeply smitten with the singer well before I'd established whether it was a boy or a girl.
In that Gorillaz song Doncamatic
I still don't know the gender of Billy Mackenzie
Gonna check now
Bo Ningen threw me for a while
When I first heard Koroshitai Kimochi I thought there were two vocalists, a male and a female. My unfamiliarity with Japanese names and a couple of press shots didn't help me either.
The longest I've had it wrong was with Burke Shelley of Budgie. I'd heard my Dad play them alot when I was a bairn but I was probably about 16 or 17 when I eventually found out Burke is a guy. Sadly, I'd gone to see if I could find a picture to see if (s)he used to hot...ThierryEnnui this'd this
A lot of the reviews for the new Mainliner LP where the Bo Ningen dude has stood in for Nanjo (the old frontman)
have referred to him as a her. He also has his hair completely obscuring his face in all of the press shots for them as well!
(My ^this is for Bo Ningen)
Even seeing them live sparked some debate between me and my friend. He was wearing a dress, to be fair, and his hair is always in such unbelievable condition. He looks a lot like Takahiro Nishijima when he dresses as Miss Scorpion in the film Love Exposure.
For years I thought Last Christmas was sung by a woman
I'd never heard anything else by Wham so didn't know who the singer was. Seeing it performed on Tv when I was about 7 was a shocker
The Delays
Still absolutely love the first four tracks on Seaside. He does sound like a girl though, eh? Doesn't matter. Those are some seriously great songs.TheGrudge this'd this
Genesis P. Orridge
most recently Teenage Daydreams
as in http://teenagedaydreams.bandcamp.com/album/romance-memories
Arch Enemy
Cerebral Bore (before their vocalist left obvs)
Stevie Floyd from Dark Castle
Stevie is a pretty gender neutral name, and she has a hell of a growl. Also with all the hair and the tatts and amount of skinny-jeaned androgenous (male) types in metal bands it took a while before I was certain she was a she.
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'Newt Gingrich, in a speech delivered during what President Bush dubbed "Education Week," declared that if every four-year-old in America had her own computer and was on the Internet, we'd see an enormous difference in the quality of thinking and learning of our young people. At last—something Newt and I can agree on! But wait: what Mr. Gingrich proposes as a catholicon represents for me at best a red herring and at worst a dreadful mistake.
I wonder, has Mr. Gingrich spent any time with a four-year-old lately, or ever? If so, he'd know that even the most precocious four-year-olds generally can't read much, though they love books. Any time spent at a computer, therefore, is essentially a video game—that is, unless a caring and savvy adult sits with them, reads to them and makes it an educational experience. But then, isn't that what reading books to a child entails? Of what use is the computer, except as a game, a diversion, yet another screen—literally and figuratively—mediating between the four-year-old and her most potent learning tool: intellectual and emotional engagement. I spend a lot of time with four-year-olds, and I defy anyone to craft a cogent argument for any value (for the child, anyway) in setting those children up with their own computers, let alone Internet access. The idea is preposterous.
Still, buzzwords and catchphrases and misguided ideas (based on equal parts pop psychology and pop technology) spread like wildfire, and everyone feels the heat as widespread ignorance and folly fan the flames. Of course, there's a cachet about computers nowadays that makes the idea of giving one to every child seem all but sacrosanct—unless you think about it, which we generally would rather not do. Better by far and easier to quantify, measure and, most of all, be guided by the dictum, "The future is now for our children." But the fact is, now is now.
So concerned are we to maximize time these days—epitomized by ill-conceived notions about what a child needs in order to have a competitive advantage—that we seem to have forgotten the fine art of idling away time by losing ourselves in each other's thoughts. I find it odd that the phrase "interactive learning" no longer suggests two or more people engaged in a dynamic exchange, but has come to be synonymous with the image of a child glued to a computer screen. Computers, TV's, video games—none of these bear the remotest relation to interactive learning, especially for a four-year-old.
Last Friday afternoon as I lay on the living room floor with my two daughters, feeling sapped and wondering what we should do next, a wonderful thing happened: nothing. We decided to turn on the portable radio and cruise the dial, idly stopping to listen now and then, volume low, talking about whatever came to mind, asking each other questions, listening to the answers, imbibing the time together. Thus we passed the better part of an hour, idly rummaging around in each other's arms and minds, idle, content and curious all at the same time.
I've always loved the fact that the radio is an external source of stimulus, but by no means a mind-numbing or tyrannical one—less a zoning out than a tuning in. Moving the dial is like tilling the soil of one's own mind: Where will it take me next? I vividly remember listening to the radio as a boy, my mom's transistor under my pillow late at night. While my peers were playing Pong or Space Invaders, I was listening to CBS Radio's "Mystery Theater" with my dad and scanning the AM dial slowly to pick up bits and pieces of broadcasts from faraway cities. This bygone form of entertainment shaped my imagination and accounts for my instinctively tepid (read: skeptical) response to whatever is hailed as the next big media craze or learning tool.
It hardly needs to be said that the fact that an idea is novel or popular does not mean it's worth a whit. A computer and access to the Internet are of questionable value to many adult minds, let alone to a pre-schooler. Staring at a screen and occasionally—even feverishly—clicking a mouse does not constitute a significant learning experience, unless by learning we mean multisensory overload. The approach to a child's mind that argues "give 'em a computer and the Internet and you've given 'em the world" is worse than specious—it's bankrupt. For putting it all right there in front of them leaves no room for that indispensable ingredient of a fledgling learner: the imagination.
Even the worthiest innovations come at a price, and often a loss. While the technology-driven learning opportunities available to children are ever evolving, the most important tool for a child's learning and growth remains the same: the focused attention of a loving adult. Sometimes a much-ballyhooed idea simply needs to be seen for what it is—stupid.


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Jason Kaptyn Hospitality
3555 Highway 7
Location : Southwest quadrant of Highway 7 and South Town Centre Boulevard.
Status of Development: Zoning By-law approved by Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), December 2011
Total Land Area: 1.1 hectares
Proposed Development: A mixed use development. Two buildings fronting Highway 7, the easterly building comprises a 6 storey podium and 15 & 16 storey towers. The westerly building continues the 6 storey podium with 15 & 13 storey towers. A hotel is proposed with 190 guest rooms, conference facilities, spa, health club, retail and restaurants, 500 residential units.
Markham Stuites Nominee Inc. (Hilton Suites Hotel)
8500 Warden Avenue
Location: Southwest corner of Highway 7 and Warden Avenue
Status of Development: Public Meeting Fall 2012. Staff Recommendation Report to Development Services Committee targeted Spring 2013
Total Land Area: 3.84 hectares
Proposed Development: Conversion of the hotel's long term stay wing (99 units) to residential condominium use, and a new condominium apartment building along the Clegg Road frontage of the property comprising two 21 storey towers and an eight storey podium, accommodating approximately 445 apartment units
Tridel/Dorsay Developments - Circa
23 & 33 Cox Boulevard
Location : West of Town Centre Boulevard, east of Rodick Road, south of Cox Boulevard and north of Highway 7.
Development Status: Phase I & II complete, Phase III office/commercial pending.
Total Land Area: 7.5 hectares
Projected Office/Commercial: 200,000m²
Total Residential Units: 942 units
Projected Senior's Housing: 150 Units
Times Investments Limited - Majestic Court
50 Clegg Road & 60 South Town Centre Boulevard
Location: Northwest corner of Clegg Road and South, Town Centre Boulevard.
Development Status: Complete.
Total Land Area: 1.46 ha
Total Residential Units: 532 Residential units with grade related retail along South Town Centre Boulevard and approximate 1 acre park.
Liberty Development Corporation - Eko Markham
55 & 75 South Town Centre Boulevard and 30 & 32 Clegg Road
Location: The site is located east of South Town Centre Boulevard, south of Highway 7 and north of Clegg Road.
Development Status: Complete
Total Land Area: 1.3 hectares (13.39m²)
Total Residential Units: 589 units in four buildings: 9, 10, 13 and 16 storey
H & W Developments
31 & 39 Clegg Road and 30 & 38 Cedarland Drive
Location: The west half of the block bounded by Clegg Road, South Town Centre Boulevard, Cedarland Drive and Warden Avenue.
Status of Development: Under Construction
Total Land Area: 1.5 hectares
Proposed Development: 663 residential units in four buildings: a 16 storey, two12 storey, and 11 storey.
Aryeh Construction Ltd.
Location: East side of Warden Avenue, south of Highway 7.
Status of Development: Draft plan do subdivision and zoning bylaw amendment approved by Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), January 2012
Total Land Area: 1.81 ha
Proposed Development: Two 19-storey towers on eight to nine storey podiums, 530 units. 81 hectares of site to be conveyed to the City of Markham for parkland
Times Group Inc. - Markham Uptown - Draft Plan of Subdivision
Location: South side of Highway 7, between Warden Avenue and Sheridan Nurseries.
Status of Development: Precinct Plan approved by Markham Council February 2010. Draft Plan of subdivision and implementing zoning approved by Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) May 2010.Subdivision agreement, Phase 1, Block 6 & 7 in process. Site services under construction.
Total Land Area: 35.76 ha, including approximately 9.3 ha of Rouge River valley land.
Proposed Development: Apartments and an office tower ranging from 8 to 20 storeys, 4,500 residential units, 44,000 Sq.Ft. of office, 300,000 Sq.Ft. of retail/commercial.
Times Group Inc. - Markham Uptown - Residential Phase 1
Location: South side of Highway 7, west of Birchmount Road extension.
Development Status: Under construction
Total Land Area: 1.27 ha
Proposed Development: Two mixed use buildings, 8 storeys and 20 storeys, accommodation 581 units and 1,114 sq.m. of commercial floor space.
Times Group Inc. - Markham Uptown - Residential Phase 2
18, 28 Uptown Drive
Location: South side, one block west of Birchmount Road.
Development Status: Under construction
Total Land Area: 1.04 hectares
Proposed Development: Two residential buildings, eight storeys and 20 storeys accommodating a total of 582 apartment units.
Sheridan Nurseries Ltd.
4077 Highway 7, Unionville
Location: South side of Highway 7, east of Birchmount Road
Development Status: Application under review
Total Land Area: 4.32 hectares
Proposed Development: Applications for a plan of subdivision and implementing zoning to permit a mixed use development accommodating approximately 1225 residential units and 4,900 square metres of commercial uses
Downtown Markham - Remington Group - Precinct Plan
Location: East of Warden Ave., west of the GO Rail line, south of the Rouge River, and north of Hwy 407.
Status of Development: Draft plan approved in July, 2003. Zoning By-law approved July 2004. Draft Plan and Precinct Plan revisions endorsed by Council in June 2006. Precinct Plan currently being updated to adjust retail focus and address interface with the Unionville Mobility Hug.
Total Land Area: 98.3 hectares
Total Residential Units: 3,900 units
Total Office/Business Park: 362,750m², 33,755m² retail
Total Valley land: 19.1 hectares, 10 acre Central Amenity and buffer adjacent to Rouge River Valley
Downtown Markham - Remington Group - Benchmark Manor
Location: Northeast of quadrant of Enterprise Boulevard and Rouge Valley Drive.
Development Status: Site Plan endorsed by Council June 2006. Under construction, occupancy commenced.
Total Land Area: 6.18 hectares
Development:175 townhome units including a local park 0.3 ha and relocating heritage home.
Downtown Markham - Remington Group - Rouge Bijou & Bijou Terrance
1 & 2 Upper Duke Crescent
Location: Northeast corner of Rouge Valley Drive and the Civic Mall.
Development Status: Complete
Total Land Area: 0.51
Development: 188 apartments units within 10 and 7 storey building, linked by a 1 storey lobby and oriented along the Civic Mall.
Downtown Markham - Remington Group - Bijou Promenade & Arbour
39 & 57 Upper Duke Crescent
Location: North side of the Civic Mall, east of Rouge Valley Drive.
Development Status: Complete
Total Land Area: 0.68
Development: 244 apartments units within two buildings, 7 storey each.
Downtown Markham - Remington Group - Verdale Project
111, 131, 151 Upper Duke Crescent
Location: West side of Verdale Crossing, south of Rouge Valley Drive.
Status of Development: Complete
Total Land Area: 0.82 hectares
Development: 450 apartments units, within three buildings, 2 buildings at 6 & 10 storeys and 1 building at 6 & 14 storeys.
Global Unionville Development Inc. (Sylmatt Investments Inc.)
28 Main Street
Location: Northwest corner of Main Street Unionville and Enterprise Boulevard.
Development Status: Application under review
Total Land Area: 1.91 hectares
Proposed Development: 3 residential building with heights of 9, 19, 27 storeys comprising a total of 756 residential units
Downtown Markham - Remington Group - Nexus
8110, 8130 Birchmount Road
Location: Northwest corner of the Civic Mall and Birchmount Road.
Status of Development: Under construction, occupancy Spring 2014
Total Land Area: 0.75 hectares
Development: 376 units within two mixed use buildings 6 & 10 storeys and 11 & 14 storeys, including 3,274m² (35,242 square feet) of grade-related retail.
Markham Centre Development Corporation
Location: North and south of Enterprise Boulevard between the GO Rail Line and Rivis Road.
Status of Development: Official Plan and Zoning By-Law amendments permitting proposed development approved July 2012
Total Land Area: 2.1 ha on north side of Enterprise Boulevard
Proposed Development: 3 residential buildings (28/29, 28, and 10 storeys, North Block - 981 residential units.
Main Street Residence (Unionville) Inc.
34 Main Street
Location : West side of Main Street South, north of Unionville Gate and Enterprise Boulevard.
Status of Development: Retirement residence Phase 1. Complete
Total Land Area: 1.4 hectares
Development: Approximately 283 units within 2 buildings, up to 9 storeys each, to be constructed in two phases. A future Phase 3, 9 storey building, further approvals required.


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Liberal activist Jane Fonda angers veterans
This is a RUSH transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," April 12, 2013. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
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GREG GUTFELD, FOX NEWS HOST: Actress and liberal activist Jane Fonda telling veterans and other critics threatening to boycott her new movie to quote: "get a life". The far-left Fonda is playing Nancy Reagan in the upcoming film "The Butler" which is due out in October.
But many Americans object to the casting of a woman they so call Hanoi Jane. That's because in 1972, Fonda traveled to Hanoi where she called the American military, "war criminals". And she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft gun.
THE FACTOR caught up with Fonda a few years ago at an anti-war rally in D.C.
INTERVIEWER: Ms. Fonda we just wanted to follow up on the question about the people who died after people died in Vietnam, what about, what do you think might happen to the Iraqis? Are you concerned what will happen to the Iraqis if we leave?
FONDA: I'm concerned about what's happening to the Iraqis right now.
INTERVIEWER: What do you think about-- what do you think about the 3 million Vietnamese and Cambodians who died after the U.S. troops left Vietnam.
FONDA: It's too bad that we caused it to happen by going in there in the first place.
GUTFELD: Joining me now to react from Boston. Captain Pete Hegseth a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. And from L.A. Richard Walter, UCLA film professor.
First, I'll go to you Captain. Ms. Fonda claims she's going to be really fair to Mrs. Reagan. She promises no cheap shots. Should that ease your concerns?
CAPTAIN PETE HEGSETH, IRAQ & VIETNAM VETERAN: No, of course not. So suddenly she doesn't want to commit any cheap shots at Nancy Reagan, who she's portraying. And she better not because America has a great deal of respect for that first lady as we should.
But she is not willing, but she's willing to take, continue to take cheap shots at veterans and Vietnam veterans by telling them to "get a life". There is no statute of limitations on treason and that's precisely what Jane Fonda did when she went to Hanoi and sat on that anti-aircraft gun and recorded tense propaganda statements that were calling our brave Vietnam veterans war criminals. There (INAUDIBLE) is justifiable. Completely justifiable that they're outraged about this.
And you know what? For her to say "get a life", that means she truly hasn't internalized the apologies she supposedly made. You know we all make bad decisions and we feel bad about them. It doesn't mean that you wake up every day having to, having to talk about it. But when you're asked about it again, she should have acknowledged you know, yes I made some hurtful comments, and that I wouldn't have made again.
Instead, she says get a life! And to her I say you are the one that clearly isn't needs to get a life and an understanding about what you did when you went over there almost over 30 years ago.
GUTFELD: Well, Professor, I mean she did , she did apologize, but don't you think maybe she probably could have chosen some better words than "get a life"? 'Cause it kind of raises old concerns about her hating America.
RICHARD WALTER, UCLA FILM PROFESSOR: Yes, she said a lot of db things. And over her life that's one of them.
Certainly, she was wrong to go to Vietnam and be photographed on the anti- aircraft gun battery . And she does apologize for that, she does renounce that and ask for forgiveness. It is the American way and it is part of the religious tradition and this nation to forgive people who ask to be forgiven.
No, she shouldn't say "get a life", but she's not going to, how can she take cheap shots at Nancy Reagan? She's going to reading a script. God Bless our veterans for their service to the nation. How are they served by having a political pest for actors who are portraying characters who are written in screenplays by writers.
GUTFELD: But, Professor, that's actually a good point, she does read from the script. But remember, you got the Weinstein's that are putting out the movie, you got John Cusack playing Richard Nixon. All that's missing is Michael Moore playing Gerald Ford. And so it clearly comes from an ideology.
I'm sorry, is that you, Captain?
WALTER: Yes, absolutely. I know you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a liberal actress or actor in Hollywood so we know those are the types of folks that will be playing these roles. Yes, there's our country's always . I understand. We all understand. Forgiveness and the need for it.
And if you're going to be honest and earnest about asking for forgiveness about something you did wrong, then we will listen to that but when you then later go get a life, years afterwards as if that angst about what she did still percolates even though she was asked for forgiveness. That shows to me, that maybe somewhere down deep she doesn't feel like she needed to ask for forgiveness like it really wasn't something that, that, you know, was as bad as she claimed she feels bad about it.
GUTFELD: All right, I just want to make sure to the American public, we don't advise swinging dead cats at people. We're a big fan of the animal kingdom.
Professor, I got to ask you. I agree, I agree. I don't think your political roles should have any influence on what roles you take. You got to admit though, that this had to be stunt casting, that the whole reason why she was cast as Nancy Reagan is to create this debate to garner free publicity so shows like this talk about it.
Don't you think?
WALTER: Well, she's a very good actor. If it's true that this was provocative casting and suppose that it is, aren't the veterans playing into the hands of Jane Fonda and the producers of the movie by focusing this kind of attention on it?
I think we all kind of agree she is a good actor, she does her job as an actor very, very well and there's something to be said for people who admire Mrs. Reagan, that a confident and capable player was asked to portray her in this movie.
GUTFELD: Well you raise another good point. I want to ask you Captain because by the way she is a good actress. I loved her in "Barbarella". Captain, is boycotting the answer?
Because even if you-- let's say you find the casting weird and off-putting. Are you playing into their hands by making a big deal out of it and in fact Jane Fonda said she enjoys the hoopla as maybe that will get more people to see the film.
So in a way are you taking her too seriously by paying attention when in fact maybe you should just say "you know what? She is past her prime this is a waste of time."
HEGSETH: Well I certainly honor and respect veterans and why they are upset about this and I probably won't go see this movie myself, but at the same time yes the professor is probably right that this increased the publicity around a film that not a whole lot of people are going to see anyway because we know when Hollywood tries to play politics no one shows up to watch it. So this is the kind of publicity a film like this wants.
The outrage for me is get over it comment. and or, or, "get a life". To me that underscores that she doesn't fully understand what it means, what the treasonous actions she took and the outrage Vietnam vets have around what that meant to them and their service. There are 58,000 men in the ground in Vietnam who gave blood and don't have a life. And Jane Fonda was part of the reason their war was so difficult.
GUTFELD: Yes it's amazing how off-the-cuff remarks often reveal the honesty behind a public persona. I mean she has apologized but you can tell that underneath she really doesn't take it that seriously as everyone else does.
All right we got to go. Gentleman, thanks so much.
HEGSETH: Thank you.
WALTER: Thank you.
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|Happy New Year Barbie
Holiday Hostess Collection
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Seems fitting to start off this post with my New Year Holiday Hostess Barbie. I had been praying all year last year for a new Mattel doll worth my affections. Although she came very late into 2013, she was definitely worth the wait....And all she had to do was look like a silkstone and wear a kewl New Year crown! Plus that's a very pretty shade of blue accent on her gold dress.
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US Dealer Exclusive 2007
I ended up going back to my Barbie collecting roots when I picked up the Usherette from a local doll show last October. I never felt a need for acquiring her in the past though she's actually quite pretty in person. And who can pass up doll show deals?
|Sweet in Switzerland Poppy Parker
Of course, my doll collecting would be wholly incomplete without Poppy Parker. She's officially done a 'dolls-of-the-world' theme, 60's style. Fun while it lasted. Sweet in Switzerland's attire particularly reminded me of something Barbie's cousin, Francie would wear. Can't wait to see what's in store for her this year!
|Byul Steampunk Eclipse Moirai
I've been guilty of being more enchanted by bigger headed, bigger eyed...and just plainly bigger dolls last year. This Byul, along with Dal and Pullip from the Eclipse series, was a gift from my lovie. Doesn't she look a little like Blythe from that camera angle? She is so awesomely dressed in that steampunk gear. All doll lines should have a steampunk series!
|Printemps doll by Sekiguchi
I've seen varying sizes of Printemps dolls in the web. I wish I knew more about them. Mine's roughly 18" tall. Vintage and spooky. It's really all in those eerie eyes!
|Patience by Tonner
Renamed Ellie
This doll snuck up on me. A first Tonner in my increasingly a.d.h.d.-looking doll collection. She just made me so nostalgic over dolls I had wanted as a child.
|Originally Paradise Girl Blythe
Custom Blythe by Moofers
Renamed Neroli
Bebe's latest adversary
The grand finale. She was my final 2013 doll purchase. Left good holes in my pockets too. I couldn't pass her up and I'm super happy I didn't. I'd been wanting a doll customed by Moofers and now I have one! She's got quite the attitude that I know Bebe does not appreciate! Heehee!
I hope you enjoyed the 2013 highlights! Happy new year of doll collecting!