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Bushwacker 59507 Ultimate DiamondBack Bed Rail Cap 97-04 Dakota
97-04 Dodge Dakota, Short Bed Side Type, 78 Bed Length, Molded Plastic, Matte Black
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Bushwacker Ultimate BedRail Caps have earned their name. They stand up to hard use, protecting your truck beds top edge from dents, dings, and scratches. They're also great at covering minor damage. Ultimate BedRail Caps are made in the USA from our exclusive Dura-Flex 2000 TPO, the same ultra-tough material we use to make Trail Armor for Jeeps. They're extra thick, to absorb impact and resist warping. And, they're 100% UV protected, to prevent chalking. For all that toughness, they install easily with their doubly secure 3M adhesive and Bushwackers proprietary screw-clip system. Your bed rail caps are engineered specifically for your Dodge so they fit factory-tight, with close tolerances and smoothly finished edges. For perfectly fitted bed rail protection, nothing else matches the Ultimate. Ultimate BedRail Caps from Bushwacker.
- Installs in minutes, protects for a lifetime
- Goes on securely with no drilling
- Made from UV-protected Dura-Flex 2000 TPO
- OEM matte black with Diamondback textured finish
- Made in the USA with a Limited Lifetime Warranty
Application1997-2004 Dodge Dakota
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KnowledgeBase 00048: User Written Conversion Codes
QM provides the ability for developers to add new conversion codes that can then be used in all situations where the standard built-in codes can be used.
The Conversion Subroutine
A user written conversion code is a subroutine declared as
SUBROUTINE NAME(RESULT, SRC, STATE, IS.OCONV)where
The subroutine must be catalogued in a mode that makes it available to all accounts in which it is to be used.
The example below is a base 36 encoding where a non-negative numeric value is encoded to a series of alphanumeric characters in the minimum possible space.
subroutine b36(result, (src), state, is.oconv) $catalogue b36 global if is.oconv then result = '' if src matches '1N0N' then loop result = '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'[rem(src, 36)+1, 1] : result src = idiv(src, 36) while src repeat state = 0 end else state = 1 end end else result = 0 for i = 1 to len(src) j = index('0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', upcase(src[i,1]), 1) - 1 if j < 0 then state = 1 result = '' return end result = result * 36 + j next i state = 0 end return end
Using the New Code
The user written conversion code can be used in all places where a built-in code can be used. The conversion name is the same as the catalogue name of the conversion subroutine with a U prefix added. For example, the base 36 encoding shown above could be used as
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...Another meter and/or line sounds like a lot of extra $$. We live in a residential area, 55FT wide lot, sidewalks, curbs etc. and the current line comes up through the lower level concrete floor. It doesn't sound like a simple or cheap option...
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Julie Andrews Finally Responds To Emily Blunt's Mary Poppins
We finally know what the original Mary Poppins thinks of her successor.
Emily Blunt, who was recently announced as the eponymous nanny in upcoming sequel Mary Poppins Returns, has opened up to Entertainment Weekly about the moment Julie Andrews found out who would be stepping into her shiny, buckled shoes.
"Rob [Marshall, the director] said he was in the Hamptons, and he saw [Andrews], and he said, 'It's top secret, but Emily Blunt's playing Mary Poppins'," the 33-year-old actor revealed.
"And she went, 'Oh, wonderful!'"
Emily then went on to explain that the support had eased her anxiety at taking on the mammoth task of bring the classic role back to life - a little.
"I felt like I wanted to cry. It was lovely to get her stamp of approval.
"That took the edge off it, for sure.
"I feel a little more trepidation with this [character] because she's so emblematic of people's nostalgia.
"It's such an important character in people's childhood."
The English actor, who recently gave birth to her second daughter with husband John Krasinski, also dropped a major hint about the new movie's plot, confessing that her version of everyone's favourite nanny will be "a little meaner" and will draw heavily from the books.
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The Alibi's Quiz and Puzzle Issue!
It's been a year and 11 months since our last Quiz and Puzzle Issue, and in that time our unchallenged minds have become dull. Simple concepts are hard to understand, big words are frightening and we can't remember where we put our stash (of pens, of course). But perhaps the challenges that lie within this issue can renew our brains as well as yours, restoring them to their once-glorious state of mental acuity. Best of luck, eggheads. (JCC)
Are You a Genie?
1) Do you have neither legs nor a wheelchair?
2) Do you insist on calling something that looks like a gravy boat your "lamp"?
3) Are your movements shrouded by wisps of smoke?
4) Are you blue, but breathing easy?
Are You on Fire?
1) Are strangers wrapping blankets around you when you aren't the least bit cold?
Have You Entered a Rip in Time?
1) Do you see floating clocks with spinning hands?
2) Are you surrounded by Tron-like grids and metallic spheres?
3) Are you playing Jean-Claude Van Damme in "Timecop"?
Are You Going to Die?
Death is on our minds every day. Humans are all born with a natural curiosity and fear of the unknown. What happens when we die? Where do we go? Is there a heaven or hell? Will we retain any memories? Can we take our money with us? Hang on a second. Before we worry about the afterlife, we need to ask ourselves a more fundamental question: Are we going to die? Circle true or false to find out if you're likely to take the eternal plunge.
1) I am carbon based. T/F
2) My name is Dick Clark. T/F
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It's the Alibi Trivia Challenge!
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Choose "a" or "b"--whichever most accurately suits your whereabouts.
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"Going 'Schrader watching'"
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If Web 1.0 was about online access and Web 2.0 is about social nets, Web 3.0 will be coring down to content that really matters. ~wrote Martin Smith in the post, Curation - The Next Web Revolution.
As mentioned by Harold Jarche in the slide share presentation, NetWork, the internet changed everything—in volume, velocity, virtualization and variability. And nowhere is this more evident than in the content being created every second of every day. Take a look at this infographic which captures what gets created on the Internet every 60 seconds very nicely: http://pinterest.com/pin/247698048225202468/.
Not surprisingly, curation has become the next buzzword after social business. With content coming at us with the force of a tsunami and the fury of a tornado, curators seem to have become our saviours—our sense making guide. One post out of five I have been reading in the past few months seem to be associated with curation or its close cousins—aggregation and filtering. Even as I read, I was tempted to apply some of the curation strategies and put together this post. I like to build some context around the links because—who knows—in the Internet world, a working link today can be a dead link tomorrow.
Curation today takes on a new meaning in the context of technological affordance, information abundance, diminishing attention, hunger for contextual and timely information, and constantly shifting, globally linked landscape. In this complex and chaotic world, making sense can only be a constant endeavour, pattern matching a crucial need. And this is what today's curators do—aided and inspired by technology.
I will not delve into the root of curation as traditionally practiced by museum curators and librarians, which conferred on them the status of an expert. And those thus anointed went on to shape the taste and understanding of humans who arrived at their domain. For a deeper understanding of the rise of curation, I recommend that you read Steven Rosenbaum's Curation Nation.
A little reflection reveals that curation is a way of life for all of us—we are all curators. How we put our curation skills to use is what makes us unique. We are curating when we pick the books that will adorn our shelves; we are curating when we choose our furniture; the store keeper is curating when s/he selects and arranges the display. We are also curating when we choose what to share with our Facebook friends. And in each type of curation, what comes across are unique perspectives, a sense of pattern and a representation the curator wants the world to see. But I digress.
I want to focus on curation and the need we feel for it today and some of the skills that make for a curator. I have also referenced some of the posts and articles that shaped my understanding and thoughts around curation.
In the September of 2009, Rohit Bhargave wrote a post called the Manifesto For The Content Curator: The Next Big Social Media Job Of The Future? . I stumbled across this quite recently. And one of the most telling sentences that leap out from the post is this: "…By some estimates in just a few years we will reach a point where all the information on the Internet will double every 72 hours." While the magnitude escapes the capacity of our mind's ability to comprehend, this does beg the question: should we focus on creation or curation? How do separate the wheat from the chaff? How do we make sense? Bhargava goes on to define a Content Curator thus: A Content Curator is someone who continually finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on a specific issue online. This then is an individual, who makes sense of the deluge and presents it in a manner that is coherent, easily understood and relevant.
He followed this up later with The 5 Models Of Content Curation. This post highlights the 5 potential models of curation as he calls them, which are forms or manifestations of a curated output. You may want to read the post for a detailed understanding, but here is the gist of what he mentions:
1. Aggregation: Aggregation is the act of curating the most relevant information about a particular topic into a single location.
2. Distillation: Distillation is the act of curating information into a more simplistic format where only the most important or relevant ideas are shared.
3. Elevation: Elevation refers to curation with a mission of identifying a larger trend or insight from smaller daily musings posted online.
4. Mashup: Mashups are unique curated juxtapositions where merging existing content is used to create a new point of view.
5. Chronology: Chronology is a form of curation that brings together historical information organized based on time to show an evolving understanding of a particular topic.
1. Aggregation: Aggregation is the act of curating the most relevant information about a particular topic into a single location.
2. Distillation: Distillation is the act of curating information into a more simplistic format where only the most important or relevant ideas are shared.
3. Elevation: Elevation refers to curation with a mission of identifying a larger trend or insight from smaller daily musings posted online.
4. Mashup: Mashups are unique curated juxtapositions where merging existing content is used to create a new point of view.
5. Chronology: Chronology is a form of curation that brings together historical information organized based on time to show an evolving understanding of a particular topic.
Here's a visual representation of the model above taken from Beth Kanter's post: Best Practices for Content Curation for Nonprofits at Social Media for Nonprofits Conference.
Click on the image to see a larger version
Curating is also defined thus: … I mean curating in the sense of organizing, editing, displaying, highlighting, captioning, commenting on, and all of the activities you'd see associated with telling a specific story from your point of view…~ in the post, Curating Information as Content Strategy.
Aggregation is perhaps the most frequently seen manifestation of curation because it is easier to do than the rest. Aggregation can be automated by setting smart filters and alerts. But while useful, it is lower on the value chain. However, aggregation can be infused with greater depth as described in Is Content Curation the New Black …many of the world's top websites and blogs are largely curation-based. Lifehacker.com is a great example. There's a smattering of their own stuff, a more substantial article mixed in here and there. But it's largely about curating the need-to-know info in the world of, well, life and tech hacks.
Robert Scoble's post, the 7 needs of real time curators, lists what affordances technology and tools should offer a curator for them to add true value—something beyond just aggregation. Excerpt below:
1. Real-time curators need to bundle.
2. Real-time curators need to reorder things.
3. Real-time curators need to distribute bundles.
4. Real-time curators need to editorialize.
5. Real-time curators need to update their bundles.
6. Real-time curators need to add participation widgets.
7. Real-time curators need to track their audience.
1. Real-time curators need to bundle.
2. Real-time curators need to reorder things.
3. Real-time curators need to distribute bundles.
4. Real-time curators need to editorialize.
5. Real-time curators need to update their bundles.
6. Real-time curators need to add participation widgets.
7. Real-time curators need to track their audience.
It is difficult to deny anymore that curation is the need of the hour. Whether we depend on others to provide us with curated content or we decide to become curators in our area(s) of expertise or interest, the need for curation as a sense making and PKM activity is undeniable. This of course means that we should at least be familiar with the basics of curation and the technological affordances.
The next natural question then is how does one begin to curate? And here I found Tim Kastelle's post, Five Forms of Filtering useful. Filtering as explained in the post, takes place in two ways—the judgement-based or human and the mechanical. Judgement based filtering occurs at different levels—Naïve, Expert and the Network. Mechanical filtering is driven by Heuristics and Algorithms. Our interest and passion can take us from being a naïve filterer to being an expert.
An expert on a topic may use any or a combination of the curation forms mentioned above—aggregation, distillation, elevation, mashup and chronology—to present their readers with a certain perspective or overview. This is of course similar to the PKM model suggested by Harold Jarche.
For effective curated output, pattern recognition is essential. A good curator sees patterns before others, can connect the dots in seemingly disparate pieces of information, and can distinguish between an important trend as opposed to a passing fad. The one critical difference between PKM and deliberate curation—as I see it—is that he former is inward focused even while taking place in a networked world. The latter is deliberately outward focused with the intent of presenting a perspective or an insight or a trend to others. The steps involved are similar while the desired outcome may be different.
In conclusion:
How do the skills of a curator apply in an organizational context? More than ever before, as we know. In globally distributed and networked organizations engaged in doing complex work, where exception handling is likely to be the norm, it is crucial for information flow to be transparent and to have folks who can spot the patterns, connect the dots and provide that key insight which keep an organization on the cutting edge. They may or may not be officially conferred the title of curators. But the need is irrefutable. Probably the biggest challenge facing organizations today is not the lack of data creation, but the lack of someone who can connect all the floating dots—inside and outside the organization—that lead to meaningful decisions. While some aspects can be automated—using analytics—it still requires a human curator to recognize patterns and present the output.
Who are likely to be playing the role of key curators in an organization? Most likely to be the community managers! With organizations going the social business route and investing in a social platform, community managers will soon become an essential role. And community managers are the best placed to play the role of curators as well. One insight I gleaned from this post by Bertrand Duperrin: Are curators the missing thing in enterprise 2.0 approaches? Curators are focused on information flows without thinking they're leading or managing any community. From which I draw the inference that curators need not be community managers, but community managers should ideally have curation skills or work closely with curators to build a successful community.
As Clay Shirky said here: Curation comes up when search stops working…[and] when people realize that it isn't just about information seeking, it's also about synchronizing a community.
More on the specific skills we need to develop to be effective curators in my next post.
Reference: Content Strategy and Curation: A stack on Delicious


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The US-5 always did make a mighty fine dirt bike fender pack and backpack expansion pack. But for a while it has been something of the odd-one-out in our range of Universal System Drypacks. Not any more! The revamped US-5 now boasts Alloy Hooks Strap integration, which make fitment to most race-rep rear seat pads a breeze.
100% waterproof Enduro or Supermoto fenderpack (bolt-on), which also fits to Hydro-3, R15, R20, R25, R30 or R35 increasing capacity by 5 liters.
2 x US-5 can be bolted to the rear fender/side panels to provide 10-litres of storage without compromising the overall seat-height. Extremely effective solution for carrying heavy tools on the trail (even better when used with a Kriega tool-roll. Packs can be put on either way(zip or mesh pocket) and are easily removed via the 2 x compression straps. NB - always feed the compression straps back through the ladderloc buckle to 'lock' the strap against any web-creep on the trail.
Tech Spec
-300(H) x 160(W) x 100(D) mm
-5-litre capacity
-100% waterroof (main body)
-Side access zip pocket (water-resistant)
-Coated-mesh pocket
-Reversible - zip or mesh pocket
-HYPALON - fitting straps included
-1000D Dupont Cordura
-RHINOTEK: abrasion resistant fabric
-HYPALON: abrasion resistant re-enforcement
-DRYPACK: taped-seam liner
-420D ripstop nylon - lightweight yet extremely strong
-Acetal ITW ladderloc buckles
-YKK water-resistant zip
-10-year guarantee
The US-5 is reversible. The pack is branded both sides to allow either side to be the front of the pack (zip or coated mesh pocket).
Fitting(Backpack): Thread the 2 x fitting straps through the web-loops or square rings(depending on rucksack model). Thread ladderloc buckle and tighten US-5 down on to the pack.
Fitting(Bike/fender): Bolt the 2 x fitting straps to the fender (2 x M4 bolts per strap). Feed strap through web-loop on US-5 and tighten pack down on to the bike. NB - Always good practice to feed the web back through the buckle tp lock the strap against web-creep whilst out on the trail.
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Just saw this post and felt the need to make an account to thank you guys. I had feared the worst since most of the time when I can log on I first check to see if anyone is in Slaybox 1 before I shamefully play casual. I had even tried to camp out for 20 or 30 minutes a few times in the hope it might populate. Sad to see it go, but I understand. Had a lot of great times drinking late into the night on CSN servers. Great community. Was so nice to play with people who were (mostly) serious about playing the game, capturing objectives, and working as a team but still had a ton of fun doing it. CSN servers were pretty much the only time I'd bother dusting off my mic and joining in on voice chat. I can't play as much as I used to back in CSN's heyday (house, kids, etc.) but I still try to get an hour or two a week in when I can. Hopefully CSN's TF2 servers are not a harbinger of things to come for TF2 in general, at least in the near future.
If I see any of the regulars names out in casual land I'll do my best to give you a pocket. There's a ton of Rusty Shacklefords out there, but if you see one hopelessly fighting a spy off his sentry nest, give the pocket sand man a hand (SHA SHA SHA!) . Thanks again for all the good memories.


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Dec. 3, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In its final outing of the semester, the MIT women's fencing team defeated Cornell University (14-13) and Yale University (18-9) before falling to St. John's University (18-9) and Brown University (17-10) at the Brandeis University Invitational on Saturday. Following their performance, the Engineers' ledger moved to 7-6 on the year.
The foil team registered the best showing of the day as it compiled a record of 19-17, including victories over Yale, Cornell, and Brown. Cordelia Link led the way with a total of 9-3 as Lindley Graham went 6-6. Chun Li contributed a mark of 2-10 while Jenna Caldwell won two out of her three bouts.
Like Link, Yuhsin Chen amassed a total of 9-3 as the sabre team finished with a ledger of 17-19. Laura Evans (5-7) and Elena Tatarchenko (3-9) rounded out Tech's contingent, which picked up a pair of 6-3 decisions over Yale and Cornell.
The foil team notched a record of 15-21 with Stephanie Shin and Joanna Tong each tallying marks of 6-6. Zhenya Gu wrapped up the competition with a 3-9 performance.


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The Time Capsule appears in Generation II in the Pokémon Center that allows you to trade Pokémon from Generation II to Generation I. It is on the 2nd floor of any Pokémon Center. It is only available in Johto. However at the beginning of the game it is under repairments. It will be available after meeting Bill in Ecruteak City and a one day wait.
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According to an email circulating Some Kuwaiti newspaper claims that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries have threatened the AFC to pull their investments from the country and get rid from Egyptian expats in GCC if Hosni Mubarak or any member of his family was prosecuted !?
I did not find the news itself at El-Dar Kuwaiti newspaper The El-Dar newspaper says that the GCC can't forget how Mubarak sent the Egyptian army to fight the Iraqis in the Gulf War 2 !! Well actually those who fought were the Egyptian people not Mubarak !!
The newspaper goes far and says that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia said that it was disgraceful to attack Mubarak !!
Alaa Al Aswany also wrote about this in his column in Al Masry Al Youm making many Egyptians furious as they felt that they are under direct attack , their rights and freedom are under attack as some have told me.
I met people in the past 24 hours believed that dangerous accusation and believe the AFC should be honest with the Egyptian people and tell them what is really going on. If the GCC blackmails us then we should know. All the people agreed on the following : We want to prosecute the Mubaraks even if it costs us the GCC investments and our expats.
In the first place I do not understand why the Gulf countries stand with the Mubaraks when they are accused of stealing our money including the aids the GCC countries used to give to the Egyptian people. The employees of the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis say that once Sheikha Fatimah , the widow of Sheikh Zeyad stayed there for a month and decided to reward the employees and workers there for their hospitality. She left for them a huge sum of money , a 6 numbers sum in dollars and all what the employees and workers got was LE50 bonus !! The employees and workers of presidential palaces reveal every week in the media how cheap Hosni and Suzanne Mubarak used to be.
I hope that this is untrue because this is not what we expect from our Arab brothers and allies. There is no doubt that the delay in prosecuting Mubarak and restoring back his family's billions abroad are enforcing the rumor. The Mubaraks' bank accounts are said to be transferred from Europe to Saudi Arabia and UAE to be specific. The AFC and Egyptian Cabinet should officially ask the the GCC for any Mubarak's bank account there in public to put an end for these speculations.
I think that the delay is actually a deal between Mubarak and the AFC's generals in return of stepping down , it is not the GCC but rather the AFC , of course this is my own assumption.


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Cogent, convincing, determinedly non-ideological, "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare" tells us that everything we think we know about that incendiary topic might be wrong. And it offers us a way out of the morass.
And a morass it certainly is. We spend huge amounts of money on healthcare — a staggering $2.7 trillion in 2011 with no reductions in sight — and do not have as much to show for it as we should. We spend $8,000 per capita on healthcare while the rest of the developed world spends $3,000, but our population is not nearly as healthy. And 75% of our spending is on chronic diseases that could be prevented.
"Escape Fire": A review of "Escape Fire" in the Oct. 5 Calendar section said that the documentary about healthcare issues was playing at the AMC Santa Monica 7. It's playing at the AMC Broadway Cinemas 4 in Santa Monica.
These statistics come courtesy of co-directors and co-producers Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke. They not only tell us what we're doing wrong, they also use a combination of talking-head interviews with articulate experts and slice-of-life vignettes with ordinary people to show us what we could be doing differently.


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You may be under the impression that when you search for something on Google the results you see are the same as anyone else that performs that search. This isn't the case, and hasn't been for a long time.
In 2009 Google went full steam ahead with personalized search. The idea was to look through your internet history, your Gmail and all the rest of your Google products and look for signals that would enable Google to tailor a search results to exactly what you are looking for.
As well as looking through your history, Google has always wanted to look at your social network to make your search results more relevant. The only problem with that is it doesn't own any social network data – a social network like Facebook is a 'walled garden' that Google can only peek in from the outside.
The arrival of Google+ allows Google free-rein over your social data and will herald the age of a new buzzword – social search. Social search is the process whereby your social network (or social graph) affects the results of a Google search. By looking at the content that has been created or shared by people in my social graph, the results I get from a Google search will be more personalized than ever before.
I've already seen this in action. After searching Google for 'SOPA' (the Stop Online Piracy Act) I found myself reading from a website that I had never heard of. I traced how I ended up on this particular page and it turns out that someone I have in my Google Circle network was a writer for this website and had +1'ed the article.
This is great, right? Google search results will become more relevant, based upon people like me and less likely to be manipulated by dirty SEO tactics. Some people have even gone so far as to call this a 'Socratic Revolution' – suggesting that the era of personalized search is akin to the philosopher Socrates placing man at the center of the intellectual universe.
There is, however, a dark side to personalized search that has been recognized in a book called 'The Filter Bubble' by Eli Pariser. The problem, he argues, is that this personalized ecosystem of knowledge acts as a mirror that reinforces what we believe without allowing the possibility of our views being challenged. Each new layer of personalization strengthens the walls of our own bubble – satisfying us with the information we want to see instead of offering new ideas. Or as he puts it, we are being given 'too much candy, and not enough carrots.'
Whilst the Filter Bubble emphasizes our uniqueness, it acts as a centrifugal force – it pulls us apart from one another. With enough personalization the front page of Google News will be different for everyone, removing the kind of shared experience we used to have with a newspaper. Also, the Filter Bubble is invisible – we don't know the maths behind how these algorithms define us. And with the increasing omnipotence of Google – it is difficult to not be a part of it.
So the arrival of Google+ social search marks a new era of 'invisible autopropaganda' that will continue 'indoctrinating us with our own ideas'. What it will also mark is the start of a new form of marketing and campaigning – especially in the run-up to the 2012 US election. If I tap 'Healthcare' into Google I will be presented with the healthcare articles that my network has shared. Both the Democrats and the Republicans will have to fight to ensure that they have the right people inside the voters Google Circles.
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Lettuce cups are always a good time: they're hands-on, tasty, and super quick to throw together. Adapted from Lorraine Wallace's Mr. Sunday's Saturday Night Chicken, these Chicken and Cashews in Lettuce Cups combine lean ground chicken, ginger, and scallions in a sweet soy-honey glaze. Tossed with crunchy water chestnuts and cashews, they make for fine warm-weather eating.
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What Didn't: This recipe ran a little sweet for our tastes. Next time we might splash in some lime juice for balance.
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According to local media reports, a group of several concerned citizens and at least one local official requested to see the nonprofit's financials prior to the closing of the Williams YMCA in East Walnut Hills, OH, on Monday. The members say they are concerned that the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati has neglected its mission to serve the area's residents by allowing the deterioration of the Williams branch and the Melrose YMCA (the branch it plans to close next summer).
The local YMCA's president, Sandy Berlin Walker, says that the nonprofit's leadership has made diligent efforts to find a solution to the branches' financial issues and that the Williams and Melrose Ys have lost more than a quarter of their members during the last several years.
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority reversed its commitment to provide the chapter with $6 million in funds after the chapter's decision to close the two branches.


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Yesterday, Our Fearless Leader came out of retirement and shared a really Special House in Millbrae. It was soooo Special that burbed asked me to follow up with this possibly related listing. So, thanks for sending this one in, Burbed reader burbed. To, um, the blog you started. Right.
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Lot Size: 5,100 Sq. Ft.
On Redfin: 36 days
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County: San Mateo
Stories: 3
Community: Telescope Hills/Silva Ranch
4 Bedroom/4 Bath, only 10 years new home with marble and wood flooring, cherry cabinets, granite countertops throughout located in a great school district.
Did you like yesterday's house? Well, you'll just love today's, because it is right next door and it also new while having the advantage of being time-tested. This house is even more awesome than yesterday's, because all you can do is longingly look at the front facade. There's not a single shot of the marble and wood flooring, cherry cabinets, granite countertops throughout, let alone the great school district.
That must mean the staging is so amazing, you'll need to wait in line for hours just to buy tickets to see it. And if they hired ILM to stage yesterday's house, who could be the artiste for this one? Maybe it's Peter Bohlin? Could the landscaping be the work of Lawrence Halprin? Or is the entire project the genius of Denis Weil?
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BLISSFIELD — Margaret "Jayne" Davis, 93, formerly of Adrian, passed away Dec. 25, 2012, at Blissfield Place.
Born Dec. 15, 1919, in Britton, Mich., she was the daughter of Alexander and Anna "Florence" (Murphy) Gibson. She was a 1937 graduate of Britton High School. Jayne was married to Loren Edward Davis who preceded her in death in 1969.
Jayne worked at First Federal Savings and Loan in Adrian for many years prior to moving to Blissfield where she became the branch manager. Jayne was a member of the Lenawee Country Club where she enjoyed playing golf. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church of Adrian, serving as trustee, and currently a member of the First United Methodist Church of Blissfield. For many years Jayne was a member of the Bixby Medical Center Auxiliary and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was an avid University of Michigan fan and particularly enjoyed watching Michigan football and hockey.
Jayne is survived by her son, Gary Davis and his wife, Carol, of Plymouth; three grandsons, Mark (Lisa), Timothy (Eva) and Christopher; and two great-grandchildren, Libby and Rob.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two sons, Dale and Doug Davis; a brother, Robert Gibson; and a sister in infancy, Anna Gibson.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at the First United Methodist Church of Blissfield, with the Rev. Paul Donelson officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian. Friends may visit the family at the Wagley Funeral Home, Tagsold Chapel, from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at the First United Methodist Church.
Contributions in memory of Jayne may be made to the First United Methodist Church. Online condolences are welcome at www.WagleyFuneralHome.com.
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BLISSFIELD — Margaret "Jayne" Davis, 93, formerly of Adrian, passed away Dec. 25, 2012, at Blissfield Place.


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I'm looking for any info on Elizabeth Jane Beazley aka Besty born 30th March 1929 passed in 2001. Elizabeth Married Terrence William Schindler not sure when and had 4 children Angela, Lyn, Terrence and my father Peter. Dad wasn't brought up with his other siblings and stayed with nan in Tokanui Hospital until he went to a boys home this is all
I know of her I've been told she had more children after dad. I'm waiting to know of her parents, siblings and any other children she had.
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Hi I'm looking for any info on Florence O'Leary born in 1902 in New Zealand parents are Timothy Patrick and Sarah O'Leary. Florence married George Edward Schindler in 1925 they had my Grandfather Terrance on the 21st December 1926 Granddad had another brother Ivan and I'm not sure of any other children but there is possibly 2 more, any Info on Florence's parents and siblings would be most appreciated.
Hi all just wondering how I would get to look at the full copy of this list the fritz reuter departed humberg in April 1876 arriving in port nicholas August 1876 there is a Schindler passenger on this ship that might be my GGGrandfather William Schindler born 1849 in Breslau could anyone help me please :)
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I'm searching for info on Robina McGuire who was born in Wairoa Hawkes Bay in 1869 to parents Annie McSheen and Peter Ramsey McGurie, she Married George Frederick Powell in 1891. On our family tree everything stops at the names of her parents and that's it. Any info on her parents, siblings and where they came from would be very much appreciated.
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I'm searching for any information on my great great-grandfather William Schindler who came to New Zealand in the Late 1800 I'm not sure from where thou. He Married Minnie Johnskie and they had 6 children George Edward ( my great-grandfather ) William Fredrick, Percy Staurt, Cleardon Trevas, Florrie Minnie Adeline and Adelaide Frances. Most of them stayed in New Zealand I'm not sure about the girls as I'm finding it hard to trace them, Either my GG grandfather or great-grandfather built the Halcombe Church near Feilding NZ which was burnt down in WWII because of their last name and where they came from after this he dropped the C from our name to have nothing to do with this link the rest of the family now go by Shindler but my Grandfather put the C back in. This is all I really know what I'm really after is where my GG grandfather actually came from and his parent any help will be much appreciated :)
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I was making around $85,000, and paying my bills, but I wasn't saving nearly enough to achieve my goal of one day owning a home. So I decided that if I wanted to make an adult life in New York City, I had to get my finances in order.
Even though I'd spent years spending indiscriminately, I began changing my behavior in six key ways over the next few years–and it made all the difference.
1. I Stopped Believing in the Rental Fairy Godmother
For the first ten years of my working life, I thrived on stories of other New Yorkers who'd snagged great, big apartments for super low rents. I checked out listings, and tapped friends, as I clung to the fantasy of fulfilling this dream for myself.
However, I had a back-up plan: Once married, I'd gain both a husband and a wonderful place to live.
But with age comes clarity. At 34, I found myself single again after a one-year relationship derailed, and I had to accept two facts. First, real estate luck probably wouldn't come my way. Second, I wanted a home–not a pit stop.
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So I stopped taking taxis. I halted the mani-pedis. I dined in restaurants less, and cooked at home more. And I grabbed every freelance assignment that came my way, saving the funds for a down payment on a condo.
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Rather than search in a trendy neighborhood, I scouted up-and-coming areas, with safety in mind. I bought an 850-square-foot, one-bedroom condo for $129,000. Eight years later, I sold it at more than double my investment, and then used the profit as a down payment for a larger home, where I still live today. My mortgage payment for a two-bedroom condo is now less than my former monthly commitment for a one-bedroom rental.
2. I Stopped Thinking of Work As, Well, Work
Once I let go of the idea that working after hours was a no-no, my writing flourished. And so did my bank account. After years of working, experience had increased my speed, so I could manage my day job, work extra hours–and still maintain a social life.
I plan to stay in the working game at least until I'm 70. (Fortunately, writing is a sit-down gig.) While the national age to qualify for social security benefits remains 65, the Social Security website says that, by delaying retirement benefits until age 70, I can actually receive more money.
Now I regard the national standard for retirement as a suggestion, instead of a mandate, especially when I take into account what my mother's physician informed her as she approached that golden age: "Most people start to rust once they retire."
Enough said.
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Before 35, nice hotels were my norm. But nice hotels are pricey. Then I heard about a house-swapping site, Homelink, through friends at an Italian language school. After reviewing the site, and paying a small fee, I registered, and then swapped my Manhattan apartment with a couple from Lisbon, Portugal. The only glitch in our weeklong deal was one broken wine glass. They left me money to replace it.
When I was younger, I wanted to spend money on luxury, but as I got older, I realized that what I wanted was experiences, to be a citizen of the world. From then on when I traveled, I stayed with friends or in modest hotels. As my network of friends increased, I never renewed my Homelink account. I didn't need to.
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There are inherent risks associated with swapping homes, but I believe most swappers are great guests for one simple reason: They, too, have left their homes in the care of strangers. Everyone takes the same risk.
With airfares steadily marching upward, along with airline fees, swapping homes makes travel more affordable. The best part is that I feel less like a tourist–and more like a long-lost relative returning home.
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I favor cash for small purchases, and rely on a low-tech budgeting method: A few times a week, I pull money from my wallet and my pockets, and toss the bills into a box at home reserved for Broadway theater tickets, dinners out and whatever else sounds fun. Paying cash for twice-a-month entertainment luxuries doubles my pleasure because once the experience is over, I don't have a credit card statement lingering as a nasty reminder.
In my 20s, I charged my way through dinners and cocktails, and paid the extra transaction fees. Now I avoid them by paying cash. My last theater outing was secured with a staggering amount of singles … fortunately, the cashier was good-natured about the transaction.
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I contributed modest amounts to my retirement account in my 20s, but after two layoffs, I began to think of my 401(k) as an asset that I could take with me to any job.
Now I go for the full matching amount. With contributions coming out of pre-tax dollars, in a sense, I don't miss the funds because they never appear in my bank account. After a little over two years at my current company, my 401(k) account–much to my surprise–is more than $20,000. And the combined funds from my former jobs have surpassed six figures.
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For years, I'd read about the savings that came with bringing your lunch to work, but I rarely did this myself. I wasn't a brown bag snob–I just loved the freedom of midday gastronomic possibilities. Manhattan is a foodie paradise.
Then I adopted a kid. (Let's hear it for the over-40, first-time mom!) Two months later, after my maternity leave ended and I returned to work, I discovered my priorities had shifted. Brown bagging ensured that I made it out of the office on time–working through more of my lunch hour meant that I could leave earlier.
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Machon Yerushalayim's Book week 2011by Eliezer Brodt
As previously mentioned there are many book sales this time of year all over Eretz Yisroel, and many publishers release new titles for the occasion. One of the publishing houses that makes a special sale every year is Machon Yerushalayim (MY). This year for the sale MY released many new titles.
Over twenty years ago MY released a beautiful new edition of the classic work Minchas Chinuch. Over time this edition has become a bestseller, selling thousands of copies worldwide. In the introduction of the work they wrote of plans for a fourth volume which would include indices and a collection of all the notes and discussions of the various gedolim on the Minchas Chinuch. For various reasons that project never got off the ground. Bu there was another work that does collect all the notes and discussions of the various gedolim on the Minchas Chinuch and comment on them, from Rabbi Schlessinger. This work, although beautiful and full of great stuff, looked like it would shape up to be over twenty volume,s but no more volumes were released in the past fifteen years. Recently, for Pesach and Shavuos MY released samples of this original project. Last week they released the first volume of this edition which goes up to the forty-first Mitzvah. The work is excellent. It is more concise than Rabbi Schlessinger edition and similar to the style they have used in the Otzar Miforshei Hatalmud. I just have one small complaint - at this rate it will be around twelve volumes (although they estimate only six). Although it is nice to have the notes on the same page of the Minchas Chinuch, but most people have already bought the Minchas Chinuch in three volumes, so it would be much easier for them to put all the notes in two separate volumes like originally planned. Hopefully MY will offer this option in the future. Volume two of this work is due in a month or two.
Another very valuable work just printed is the sefer Shulchan Melachim. This work is based on manuscripts from Rabbi Yitzchak Bueno who was a Rav in Yerushlayim over three hundred and fifty years ago. It is on Orach Chaim and is full of pesakim of his and other giants of his time. The Prei Chadash and Chida used it in manuscript. This volume contains many useful footnotes and is printed with the Shulchan Orach on the page.
Another work just printed is the extremely important work Tashbetz Koton based on many manuscripts. There are over one hundred manuscripts of this work. A few years ago an edition of Tashbetz Koton was printed by Rabbi Schneerson with many excellent notes (he promised a second volume which has still not been printed). Rabbi Schneerson's edition is based on the version of the sefer that was in front of the Beis Yosef, who quoted from it extensively. However one weakness of this edition of Rabbi Schneerson's is that it's in a complete different order than many of the other editions, making it very hard to use. The new edition of MY is based on the order that most quote the sefer, making it easier to use than Rabbi Schneerson's. Besides for this it is based on many manuscripts and contains many useful notes to help one understand the text. One small problem I had with the MY edition is they did not reprint the notes of R. Yeruchem Fischel Perlow but it could be they could not get permission.
Another very valuable work just printed is called Pinkaso Shel Shmuel from the Rashash. This work is a collection of indexes of thousands of topics found in the Rashash's writings organized according to topics, including topics related to Kelalim, Toldos Tanaim V'amoraim and more. It is mindboggling to see how many topics the Rashash touched upon in his works! One weakness in my personal opinion of this work is they should have already brought down exactly what he says instead of in an index form as he writes very concisely, so the sefer would only be a little bigger and even better. The editor of this work seemed be unaware of the great work on the Rashash from Shua Englman, "Rabbi Samuel Strashun (HaRaShaSh) and his Hagahot on the Babylonian Talmud," (PhD dissertation, Bar-Ilan University, 2008; Hebrew). All in all it's a beautiful job.
Another work worth mentioning is a volume called Iggros Rabbenu Chaim Me-volozhiner. This small work (117 pp.) is mostly a commentary to a one-page letter of R. Chaim Volzhiner.
Another volume which is due out any day is the fourth volume to the Shut Ha-Tashbetz.
Some other volumes printed are two more volumes to their edition of the Shulchan Orach- Yoreh Deah, another volume of Yad Dovid, another volume of Sharei Torah and a shu"t from R. Chaim Kafusi.
A very special title of theirs printed last year is the Shiltei Giborim. See here for a nice article about this work. Hopefully I will return to this work in a future post.
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as i was wondering about who was going to represent the USA for the women this morning, and i couldn't find an announcement, so i figured it hadn't been decided yet. i figured the best thing i could do to incite a quick announcement from the powers that be, would be to blog about it... because apparently my blog has a very good track record of getting things done.
- jennie reed became my facebook friend! yeah!
- i got an nrc race taken off the calendar.
anyway, although i was just wondering who was going to be on the team, i figure i may as well use my influence to say who i would like on the team.... i know shelley olds already has an automatic spot because she won the pan-am championship. but here are my two requests of who i would like included on the A-team this year. i feel confident usa cycling will take bethbikes! suggestions as law.
#1. kat mattis
i got to eat mexican food with kat mattis at the madera stage race this year, and upon listening to her talk for one minute, i decided i had a friend crush on her. she's smart. she's fast. she's wise. she can suffer. she is a good teammate. she knows racing. and she has had some amazing results this year. and she is super cool. i heard a stupid rumor she is retiring after this year, and i didn't like that one bit, so instead of listening to such hogwash, i just put my fingers over my ears and said "la la la la" really loud. anyway, i think she would make a really excellent addition to the world championship team for USA.
#2 theresa cliff-ryan
well, i have not had the pleasure of meeting this lady, but i am super duper impressed my her. i saw her at track nationals last year, and because i was a dipshit and didn't make the points race final, i got to witness her guts, smarts, and speed on the bike, as i watched from the stands. watching someone perform a good points race can be like watching something in the theater arts. i heard about her winning the gold in the points race championship in the pan-american games. a good points racer can do anything, so i was not surprised to continuously see her name in all the big road racing results all year long. it would also be wise to include her on the A squad.
there are lots of other most excellent additions, but i will leave that for people to contribute to in the COMMENTS section on my blog. but just remember, i am the influential one, so my top two choices will be the designated names. and i predict an announcement by wednesday or thursday... cause my blog really does get things done quickly.


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Elton John's New Son -- Zachary Furnish-John!
Elton John and husband David Furnish are the parents of a baby boy!
The couple welcomed Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John on Christmas via a surrogate, Us Weekly reports.
"We are overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment," Elton, 62, and David, 48, said in a joint statement. "Zachary is healthy and doing really well, and we are very proud and happy parents."
The baby was born in California and weighed 7 pounds, 15 oz.
The day before Zachary's birth, Elton and David were spotted doing some last-minute holiday shopping at Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus.
Congrats to the new parents!!!


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The NBA playoffs are a couple of weeks away from starting, yet more than a month away from determining who wins in the first round.
Playoff games every night of the week for weeks can be compelling, and for many years it worked out well, but times have changed and a quicker format seems appropriate now.
The Internet generation has given sports junkies more perspective. Getting to the point is more important than seeing more games played just for the heck of it.
The buildup to the conference finals and championship rounds can be improved upon and made to be more responsive to fans' expectations.
The characteristic of the NBA playoffs that sets it apart from baseball and football is that there are four rounds to play.
A best-of-seven in the first round is not necessary. And rather than have it as a best-of-five, as it used to be, just shorten to a best-of-three and get it over with. The best team should always win, regardless of the length of the series, but this length of a series will apply a lot of pressure to the favorite teams and give underdog teams a greater chance of pulling the upset.
If a favorite team can't win a best-of-three first rounder, then they don't deserve to win the championship anyway.
A best-two-out-of-three first round pushes the playoffs along at the right pace, getting to a second round quickly and giving sports fans more immediate gratification.
The second round has to be a best-of-five if the first round is best-of-three. The same philosophy applies. Push the playoffs along to get to the more meaningful best-of-sevens sooner. Along the way, there may be more upsets, but also there may be better quality games.
The best-of-seven for a first and second round has outlived its purpose. It tends to make the NBA playoffs drag on too long. There's nothing wrong with building up more tension in early rounds that are decided more quickly.
The playoff format change would bring more attention to the NBA and the marketing can take advantage of more deciding game threes and fives in which the loser goes home.
Best-of-sevens should be made to be more special. They should be reserved for the Conference Championships and Finals only.
Howard Alperin is Managing Editor of AmericanizeSoccer.com


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Type: Defect
Status: Open
Priority: Major
Resolution: Unresolved
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None
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Environment:Mac 10.7.5; java version "1.7.0_40"; [org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]; [org.clojure/core.async "0.1.267.0-0d7780-alpha"]; Tested with cider and emacs 24.3
I have two (or more) listeners tapped onto a mult channel. I want to use them all then have one (or more) of them to leave at will without blocking the other consumer(s) or the publisher. Initially they work fine until one of them wants to stop listening. I thought the listener which drops out needs to (be a good citizen and) untap its channel from mult (otherwise a deadlock is systematic). However if messages are put into the mult before the leaving listener has had a chance to untap its channel, it creates a deadlock on the main thread (which is putting more messages simultaneously). I do not find a way to guarantee that I can untap the channel in time to avoid this race condition.
Once I have reproduced the deadlock, the repl is frozen until I interrupt with ctrl-c.
I have also tried to close the tapped channel before untapping it but the result was the same.
In the following snippet, the last (println "I'm done. You will never see this") is never reached. The publisher and the remaining consumer (consumer 1) are deadlocked even though consumer 2 was trying to leave in good terms.
(require '[clojure.core.async :refer (chan go <! >!! mult tap untap)]) (let [to-mult (chan 1) m (mult to-mult)] ;;consumer 1 (let [c (chan 1)] (tap m c) (go (loop [] (when-let [v (<! c)] (println "1 Got! " v) (recur)) (println "1 Exiting!")))) ;;consumer 2 (let [c (chan 1)] (tap m c) (go (loop [] (when-let [v (<! c)] (when (= v 42) ;; exit when value is not 42 (println "2 Got! " v) (recur))) (println "2 about to leave!") (Thread/sleep 5000) ;; wait a bit to exacerbate the race condition (untap m c) ;; before unsubscribing this reader (println "2 Exiting.")))) (println "about to put a few messages that work") (doseq [a (range 10)] (>!! to-mult 42)) (println "about to put a message that will force the exit of 2") (>!! to-mult 43) (println "about to put a few more messages before reader 2 is unsubscribed to show the deadlock") (doseq [a (range 10)] (println "putting msg" a) (>!! to-mult 42)) (println "I'm done. You will never see this"))
about to put a few messages that work 2 Got! 42 1 Got! 42 2 Got! 42 1 Got! 42 1 Got! 42 2 Got! 42 1 Got! 42 1 Got! 42 2 Got! 42 2 Got! 42 2 Got! 42 2 Got! 1 Got! 42 422 Got! 42 1 Got! 42 1 Got! 42 2 Got! 42 1 Got! 42 about to put a message that will force the exit of 2 1 Got! 42 2 Got! about to put a few more messages before reader 2 is unsubscribed to show the deadlock 42 putting msg 1 Got! 0 2 about to leave! 43 1 Got! 42 putting msg 1 putting msg 2 putting msg 3 1 Got! 42 2 Exiting.
Mathieu, this is probably expected. It's important to note that to guarantee correct ordering/flow when using a mult, you should enforce it on the source/producer side of the mult, and not asynchronously on the tap side.
Mult will deref a stable set taps just before distributing a value to them, and does not adjust dynamically during value distribution except when a tap has been closed [1]. If you would like to stably untap without closing the tap you can/should let the 'producer' do it in an ordered fashion in between values on the input channel.
Knowing that a put occurred to a closed channel is new on release 0.1.278.
In general, walking away on the consuming side of a channel is tricky. Depending on the semantics of your processes, if the producer side of a channel isn't aware that a close! can happen from the consumer side, you might have to launch a draining operation.
(defn drain [c] (go (when (some? (<! c)) (recur))))
Golang disallows closing a read-only channel FWIW [2]
Better documentation is probably warranted.
[1] https://github.com/clojure/core.async/blob/master/src/main/clojure/clojure/core/async.clj#L680-L682
[2] http://golang.org/ref/spec#Close
See also ASYNC-66.


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It's certainly tempting to look at what happened to Ben Roethlisberger on Monday night and assume that the balance of power in the AFC North has shifted dramatically in the favor of the Ravens, because that would seem to be a pretty fair assumption.
The loss of Big Ben to a rare rib cage injury might even be a watershed moment in the history of the Ravens/Steelers rivalry, depending on just how serious that injury turns out to be.
But, if you think that means the Ravens will waltz into Heinz Field on Sunday night and walk over the Steelers in the first of two head-to-head meetings over a span of just 15 days, you might want to take a quick history lesson.
Roethlisberger has missed four games against the Ravens for various reasons during the course of his great career and the Ravens have taken advantage of his absence to win all four of those games, but every one of them was a typical, hard-fought rivalry showdown that was decided by no more than six points and could have gone either way right up to the end.
There's really no reason to think that Sunday night will be any different, though no one would be foolish enough to discount the impact of the latest in a string of injuries to some of the NFL's top quarterbacks.
The oddsmakers certainly haven't. The Steelers were favored by 3 1/2 points when the Week 11 betting lines opened. Now, the Ravens are favored by a field goal, which means that the people who make their living figuring out what the score might be believe that Pittsburgh would be about a touchdown better if Roethlisberger were healthy.
That's a big, big difference in this new era of NFL parity — and it's something the Ravens need to exploit if they are to position themselves for another deep playoff run — but they know that it would be foolhardy to underestimate highly-experienced backup quarterback Byron Leftwich.
"We can't take him for granted," Ravens safety Bernard Pollard said. "This guy is very capable of going out there and shredding us."
Even without Roethlisberger, the Steelers remain a highly talented offensive team and their defense ranks No. 1 in the league in total yards allowed. The Ravens defense, meanwhile, is still adjusting to the loss of Ray Lewis and Lardarius Webb and could be vulnerable in the secondary if Leftwich gets enough time to spread the ball around to Mike Wallace, tight end Heath Miller and the rest of a deep receiving corps.
"I'm sure they have a whole offense up for him," coach John Harbaugh said. "…You defend the offense. They've got weapons all over the field. They are arguably one of the most talented, if not the most talented, offenses in football. All those guys are going to be out there playing, and Byron Leftwich or Charlie Batch is fully capable of running that offense very well."
Still, it's hard not to look at the dramatic change in the competitive dynamic of each of these teams over the past few weeks and think that the Ravens have a big opportunity to solidify their position atop the AFC North during a stretch that — until very recently — seemed like it might be a major road block on the way to the playoffs.
Two weeks ago at this time, the Ravens were smarting from a one-sided loss to the Houston Texans and the Steelers were surging back into contention after a slow start. The Steelers survived Monday night's overtime scare from the Chiefs to win their fourth game in a row and remain one game behind the Ravens in the division standings, but the immediate implications of the loss of Roethlisberger and the uncertainty about his future clearly have cast a big shadow over the rest of their season.
The Ravens, perhaps because there is no such thing as an easy game against the Steelers, are looking at Sunday's game the same way they would have if Big Ben was heading into it at the top of his game.
"We're going to prepare for the Pittsburgh Steelers," linebacker Terrell Suggs said. "I don't think the gameplan is pretty much going to change depending on who's under center. They're going to be who they are. They are going to do what Pittsburgh does. They're going to play Pittsburgh football. And we're going to show up and prepare all week to play Ravens football."
Read more from columnist Peter Schmuck on his blog, "The Schmuck Stops Here" at baltimoresun.com/schmuckblog and listen when he co-hosts "The Week in Review" at noon Fridays on WBAL (1090 AM) and at wbal.com.


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From OLPC
Design Goals
OLPC's laptops will be deployed in places where there will be very little or no infrastructure at all. We wanted to make sure that the laptops could connect to other laptops in their vicinity regardless of the presence or not of connectivity infrastructure. We also wanted to help kids share Internet connectivity without any additional infrastructure.
It became very clear that the utility of the usual laptop wired connectivity options (ethernet, modem) will be very limited under those constraints and a relative waste of our limited bill of materials budget. Instead we have to concentrate our resources to increase the utility and functionality of the wireless network adapter.
To achieve our design goals we chose to add self organizing multihop (mesh) networking capabilities to the laptop's network adapter. The constraints imposed by our Mesh Network Details mandate the use of System on Chip (SoC) Wireless Adapter, with the mesh networking protocol running directly on the adapter's CPU.
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Network Adapter
- Marvell 88W8388
- Has onboard ARM 9 processor, ROM and RAM.
- 802.11b/g radio
- Allows for promiscous mode (RFMON)
- Dual adjustable, rotating diversity antennae ("Bunny Ears")
- Further details on the chip can be learned by reading Marvell adds TCP/IP offload support to WLAN chip
Mesh Wireless
The Mesh wireless protocol is very nearly an implementation of the IEEE 802.11s draft.
User Experience
There is complexity in properly configuring the wireless network in the variety of use scenarios that our children will encounter. Our bias is towards making efficient use of the mesh, but in some situations, our infrastructure mode will be used. In those cases, the laptop will offer mesh portal (MPP) services to other laptops nearby. If no mesh or access point is visible, then the laptop will become a mesh point on Channel 1.
We use channels 1, 6, and 11 when possible. This lets us use three channels with essentially no overlap. Wireless routers using any of these three channels appear in the Neighborhood View.
The basic flow of making a network connection:
- Start with Channel 1:
- Try DHCP. If successful, then CONNECTED/DONE (DHCP)
- Try AUTOID. If successful, then CONNECTED/DONE (AUTOID)
- Goto Channel 11:
- Try DHCP. If successful, then CONNECTED/DONE (DHCP)
- Try AUTOID. If successful, then CONNECTED/DONE (AUTOID)
- Goto Channel 6
- Try DHCP. If successful, then CONNECTED/DONE (DHCP)
- Try AUTOID. If successful, then CONNECTED/DONE (AUTOID)
- Try last successful AP
- If successful, then CONNECTED; offer MPP/DONE.
- (if not yet DONE) REPEAT DHCP/AUTOID loop on all channels.
- (if not yet DONE) Become Mesh Point on Channel 1.
Rollover will reveal the difference between DHCP and AUTOID; IP address; Gateway; DNS;. AP or Mesh; ESSID; Channel Number; and Signal Strength (AP only).
- The AP icon on Mesh View should distinguish between access points that are open vs. requiring a key.
- The AP icon on Mesh View should distinguish between access points on Channels 1,11,6 and other channels.
- The AP icon should indicate that you are offering MPP service to others.
- An ethernet icon should indicate you are offering MPP service to others.
From the Mesh View, you should be able to jump directly into Steps 1, 4, or 6 above (search for mesh, select AP, select mesh point).
Capturing wireless traffic on the xo
Some builds come with a script named "olpc-netcapture" that will capture traffic for 30 seconds. If your build does not have such script, then you may still follow the procedure below:
If your build does not come with tcpdump, you can install it with yum:
yum install tcpdump
First of all, kill NetworkManager
killall NetworkManager
Then put both interfaces down and select which classes of traffic you want to capture:
ifconfig msh0 down ifconfig eth0 down echo $TRAFFIC_MASK > /sys/class/net/eth0/lbs_rtap
- TRAFFIC_MASK bits:
- Data frames: 0x1
- Mgmt frames but beacons: 0x2
- Beacons: 0x4
- Examples:
- to capture all traffic: echo 0x7 > /sys/class/net/eth0/lbs_rtap
- to capture only beacons: echo 0x4 > /sys/class/net/eth0/lbs_rtap
- TRAFFIC_MASK bits:
Now, you need to bring the monitoring interface up
ifconfig rtap0 up
And finally capture the traffic itself with tcpdump
tcpdump -i rtap0 -s 128 -w capture.dump
Note: In this case, you'll capture only the first 128 bytes of each frame (this is generally enough and saves space). Once done stop tcpdump with CTRL-C.
You may open your capture with any tool able to decode the tcpdump file format (example: wireshark)or use tcpdump itself:
tcpdump -r capture.dump
To interpret mesh traffic correctly, you will want to compile wireshark with this patch: http://dev.laptop.org/~javier/patches/wireshark-0.99.5-fw-5.220.11-support.patch
To analyze airtime consumed by a given type of traffic, check this page
Antenna Reliability
The antenna "ears" have been subjected to drop testing in both the open and close positions, and survive multiple drops onto concrete from desk height. They are made of rubber surface over a polycarbonate center section, allowing them to flex upon impact.
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Yesterday I visited and was fortunate to be able to photograph the shearing at Deeargee Woolshed on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.
It was such a thrill to witness the buzz and activity of the woolshed. The shearers and rouseabouts work so hard, the pace never stops……….. 5 shearers, 9,000 sheep, 8 days.
A huge thank you to the shearers, rouseabouts, classers and especially to the Sutherlands for the wonderful opportunity, it truly was an eye-opening and fantastic experience.
Photographed through the viewfinder of my vintage Argoflex Seventy-five – taken 18/8/2010.
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Luke Rathbone, a financial planner based out of Sydney, Australia, is soon heading to the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting for the second time, presented by Warren Buffett, United States billionaire. This is the annual meeting for his holding and investing company Berkshire Hathaway.
Rathbone is bringing his friend Rob Millner along for the ride this time. He is the investment company chairman of Washington H Soul Pattinson and Brickworks, along with his fund manager son Tom, who is taking some clients and meeting up with another Australian friend in Houston that will fly in for the event.
The group is going to connect with other like-minded investors that they met in the previous year in Omaha.
Rathbone is part of a group of increasing numbers of Australians that attend the annual meeting of the most famous value investor in the world.
A combination of high net worth people and fund managers from Australia will make their way to Omaha for this amazing meeting, which takes place in a convention center that seats 40,000 people.
They intend to arrive at the CenturyLink Convention Center in Omaha just after 6 AM, where they will be seated and have the opportunity to listen to the 90 year old Charlie Munger based out of Pasadena, and the 84-year-old Warren Buffett who makes his residence in Omaha, Nebraska.
"Buffett has been on my radar since early in my career but I didn't go to the annual meeting until last year," Rathbone said. He runs Fortitude Private Wealth.
"The chance to hear from the world's best investors (and philosophers too) in Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger for nearly 6 hours is quite simply a very special experience.
"I have made the commitment to go for an indefinite period of time."
Many of the attendees will sit through the meeting taking notes and write about it throughout the day, and they will post this information on websites or send it all around the world via email once the meeting comes to an end.
"I don't want to read someone else's transcript of the event," says Rathbone.
"I want to be there myself as a continual reinforcement (of Buffett's views)."
While the Millner's and Rathbone are relative newcomers to the annual meeting, chief investment officer and fund manager of Caledonia, Mark Nelson, has been taking this trip for so long that he has even developed ties with Charlie Munger, who is known for his dry wit and quick mind.
"The meeting is on Saturday, but I usually get there by Friday lunchtime, and catch up with a few of the regulars from all over the world who also make the pilgrimage," said Nelson yesterday.
"Charlie Munger has a dinner on Friday night for friends and family, and he very kindly always invites me to that.
"Warren usually turns up to that as well at some stage, although these days he has quite a few commitments on that night."
Founder of the Magellan fund management group and former UBS chief, Chris Mackay, is another staple at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting but cannot attend this year because of prior commitments.
Team Invest, a high net worth group of individual investors is going to take about a dozen people along for the trip, which completely reflects the growing number of Australians with self managed superannuation funds that intend to look at investments offshore.
Wayne Peters, a fund manager based out of Sydney, was in Mexico the previous night while on his way to the United States. He will be attending the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting for the seventeenth time. Peters is the manager of $200 million of Peters MacGregor pooled global investment fund, and he also manages money for high net worth individuals, and began following the tenets of Buffett over 20 years ago.
When Peters first attended the annual event, it only consisted of about 1400 people visiting the capital in Nebraska. Individual investors had much more of an opportunity to chat with the billionaire investor during this time.
Peters also pointed out that the annual meeting at Berkshire Hathaway is a gathering point for powerful investors from all over the world. They even arrive early to attend other functions.
Despite attending these meetings for such a long time, Peters mentions that there are always new insights to gain when listening to Munger and Buffett.
It's also quite attractive to have the opportunity to meet other investors that share a similar view.
Peters even mentions that the US Federal Reserve Board's tapering of quantitative easing policies to be one of the major subjects at the event. Other people are going to be concerned about Europe's economic outlook and the current state of the Chinese economy.
And lastly, everyone is always concerned with how much longer Munger and Buffett will be around to attend the annual meeting.
For higher net worth individuals, offshore investing is currently on the radar. Warren Buffett's meeting is proving to be a fun and exciting way to learn about this opportunity.


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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Kelly Olynyk scored 31 points and No. 9 Gonzaga held off Saint Mary's 83-78 on Thursday night in the latest installment of one of the best rivalries on the West Coast.
Kevin Pangos added 22 points for Gonzaga (16-1, 3-0 West Coast Conference), which has won seven straight since losing at home to Illinois. It was Olynyk's second consecutive 30-point game.
Stephen Holt led Saint Mary's (12-4, 1-1) with 23 points.
BOX SCORE: No. 8 Gonzaga 83, Saint Mary's 78
Gonzaga led by 20 early in the second half but had to stave off a furious rally by the Gaels.
Holt hit three baskets and two free throws in a 90-second span to cut Gonzaga's lead to 55-44 with 13:27 left. Two more buckets by Holt and two by Kyle Rowley made it 59-53, as the Bulldogs suddenly couldn't find the basket.
After a flurry of baskets that trimmed Gonzaga's lead to three at one point, Olynyk's layup put the Zags ahead 76-69 with 3:32 left.
Matthew Dellavedova's 3-pointer cut Gonzaga's lead to 79-76 with 1:15 to go. Olynyk could not score on the other end, but Gonzaga got the ball back on a tie up with 49 seconds left.
Pangos missed with 26 seconds left and Dellavedova was fouled on the other end, making both to cut Gonzaga's lead to 79-78 with 15 seconds left.
Olynyk was fouled on the inbounds play and sank both free throws for an 81-78 lead.
Dellavedova missed a long 3-point attempt with 6.9 seconds left, and the Gaels were forced to foul. Pangos hit two free throws to seal it.
In the first half, Saint Mary's made only one of its first nine shots to fall behind 9-2. The Gaels fought back to trail by five points, but an 8-2 run gave the Zags a 35-24 lead.
Dellavedova sank a 3-pointer, but after that Saint Mary's made only one field goal in the final 5 minutes of the first half and Gonzaga closed with an 11-1 run to take a 46-28 halftime lead. Olynyk had 17 first-half points (on 8-of-10 shooting) for Gonzaga, which shot 58 percent while holding the Gaels to 31 percent (9 of 29).
Saint Mary's has emerged in recent years as the strongest challenger to Gonzaga's dominance of the WCC. Last season, the Gaels beat the Zags to capture both the WCC regular season and tournament titles. The Gaels had won four of their previous seven games against Gonzaga.
Gonzaga is 113-8 in the McCarthey Athletic Center since it opened in 2004.
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