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So let's start off this discussion with a question: Do you have any concerns over how the Elementalist currently is? What is your opinion of it?
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_____________________________________________________________________________________The elementalist channels natural forces of destruction, making fire, air, earth, and water do her bidding. What the elementalist lacks in physical toughness, she makes up for in her ability to inflict massive damage in a single attack, dropping foes from a distance before they can become a threat. Yet, despite her incredible offensive potential, versatility is what makes the elementalist truly formidable.
Rather than swap weapons to adjust to new situations, the multi-faceted elementalist quickly adapts to new threats by attuning to different elements as needed. When the elementalist attunes to any of the four elements, she receives intrinsic bonuses that continually empower her.
With FIRE attunement, the elementalist can inflict scorching damage on multiple enemies by turning the ground to fire or raining down molten rock from the skies. Why kill just one enemy when you can burn them all? Just by attuning to fire, the elementalist automatically causes flame damage to any foe foolish enough to touch her.
When the elementalist attunes to AIR, she can harness wind and lightning to target specific foes with focused, high-damage attacks. Dazzling bolts of lightning rip from the elementalist's fingertips, and brilliant flashes of light blind her enemies. When an elementalist attunes to air, nearby enemies are continuously pelted with lightning strikes.
WATER attunement forgoes the raw damage of air and fire, in favor of controlling an opponent's movement. By creating slippery ice or freezing foes solid, water attunement ensures that the battle is always fought on the elementalist's terms. Nearby allies receive continuous healing from an elementalist who is attuned to water.
In the most dangerous situations, the elementalist relies on the powerful defense of EARTH attunement. An earth elementalist uses the ground under her feet to defend herself and her allies, turning flesh to stone, destabilizing foes with seismic shocks, and destroying threats with volcanic eruptions. Earth attunement automatically confers magical protection to the elementalist.
Elementalists have a number of special spell types:
• Glyphs—These arcane spells enhance or modify the natural power of the elementalist. She uses the Glyph of Elemental Power to increase the damage, range, and duration of her spells.
• Signets—Signets provide an ongoing benefit to the elementalist, but can also be activated for a greater effect. An elementalist equipped with the Signet of Earth has increased damage resistance, but activating the Signet sends out a wave of stone, stunning nearby enemies.
• Conjure Spells—The elementalist uses Conjure spells to summon useful items and potent weapons that she or other party members can use. For instance, she uses Conjure Flame to create a fiery rock to hurl at the enemy.
• Area Spells—Using Area spells, the elementalist creates hazards and mayhem all over the field of battle. The elementalist fires lava arrows in a cone-shaped blast or creates walls of fire that scorch any enemies passing through.
The elementalist has four elemental attunements that they can tap into. These attunements are represented by four skills that are located on the bar above their normal skills. When an elementalist switches attunements, the first five skills on their bar will change. These five skills are based on the elementalist's attunement and their current weapon, so that a fire-attuned elementalist will have different skills when he wields a staff than when he wields a scepter or focus. In addition to changing the elementalist's skills, attunements also work like a normal skill and provide an ongoing effect.
• Main Hand: Scepter and Dagger
• Two Handed: Staff
• Off Hand: Dagger and Focus
• Aquatic: Trident
Elementalist Skill List
Veldril on conjuring:
_____________________________________________________________________________________For conjuring weapons skills, there is one weapon for each elements: Fire Axe, Frost Bow, Lightning Hammer, and Earth Shield (and Love. Go captain Planet!!! :P) The weapons seem to last for 15 skills usage.
Fire Axe seems to be short to medium range AoE weapons with an AoE charge. Almost all skills are AoE damage skills.
Frost Bow is more of a long range control/support weapons, with the first skill that deal damages and heal, while others cause some kind of conditions (or creating ice wall).
Lightning Hammer looks like a melee weapons with a wide swing and melee AoE skills such as Static Field (same skill from staff but in this case it is cast with yourself as a center). It also has a leap ability like warrior or guardian too. Talking about Thor's hammer!!!
Earth Shield pretty much centers around defensive ability (such as skill five which make you block all attacks). But it still has some offensive control ability (such as throwing shield to cripple enemies in a line). It basically turn you into a Captain America :P
So it seems that Elementalist with the conjure weapons retain the position of the profession with highest amount of skills available and trumps the Engineer in that regard :P
Elementalist beta footage:
And a collection of other Elementalist videos:
Yogscast Elementalist Spotlight
Guild Wars 2 - Elementalist (Ep.9)
Human Elementalist G-Star 2011 1/3 Korean commentary
Human Elementalist G-Star 2011 2/3 Korean commentary
Human Elementalist G-Star 2011 3/3 Korean commentary
TotalBiscuit Norn Elementalist PvP Eurogamer 2011
Guild Wars 2 Demo - Comparing land and water combat
Guild Wars 2: Elementalist Gameplay Comic-Con 2011
Guild Wars 2 Epic Battle Off-Screen Footage
Guild Wars 2 - Gamescon 2010 Presentation Full HD
Guild Wars 2 HQ Shatterer Attacks @ Gamescom 2010
Guild Wars 2 - The Elementalist!
Guild Wars 2: Underwater Elementalist Comic-Con 2011
GW2 Charr Elementalist with Crafting
GW2 Human Elementalist
PART 1/4 Guild Wars 2: Elementalist Gameplay PAX East 2011
PART 2/4 Guild Wars 2: Elementalist Gameplay PAX East 2011
PART 3/4 Guild wars 2: Elementalist Gameplay PAX East 2011
PART 4/4 Guild Wars 2: Elementalist Gameplay Pax East 2011
PAX East 2011 - Guild Wars 2 - Air Elementalist
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Raimon Panikkar once said of John Main, who died thirty years ago today, on 30th December 1982:
John Main harmonized what he learned from the East and from the West. From every discovery there is a new creation. Main was not complicated - he was a symbol for us all. In this he was an authentic genius.
During my Christmas and New Year retreat on Bere Island I am spending part of each day editing a series of short talks on meditation by Fr John that have not yet been published in book form. In preparing for the re-issue of his collected talks in CD and online next month, we were delighted to find these talks. They will be available later this year in a new book to be called "In the Beginning".
The extraordinary thing, I have felt, is that these talks given to new meditators carry the same force and depth as his most advanced teaching. This must be a sign of the profound simplicity that Raimon Panikkar speaks of.
The impact of this simple profundity on many individual life-journeys can never be measured. Few Christian denominations, also, have not felt the influence of his re-affirmation of the contemplative dimension of the gospel and Christian life. On this day when we remember the ongoing and still expanding gift of his life, let us allow this sense of gratitude and reverence to guide us into the silence of our times of meditation.
May the genius of simplicity touch every day in the coming year.
Laurence Freeman OSB
December 30th 2012

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My Entire Career in a nutshell
Obamacare's Big Thinkers Forgot to Bring in the Doers - Bloomberg: "The yawning gap between what the IT people knew and what everyone else seems to have realized is staggering. Now, I've worked on some projects in which the business units seemed to have some sort of selective deafness that only materialized when we tried to tell them that they couldn't have their magic fairy computer system that did everything they could imagine, only better, in the three months they wanted it to take, or for the paltry sum that they were willing to spend. And I learned the hard way not to assume that the business units, or even the chief information officer, had heard and understood what you said. That is how I became gifted in the art of writing CYA memos when I was directed to do the unwise or the impossible. "
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HELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia Corp. is suing Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry, for breach of contract in Britain, the United States and Canada over cellular patents the two companies agreed on nine years ago.
The struggling Finnish cellphone maker said Wednesday that it agreed with RIM in 2003 on a "cross-license for standards-essential cellular patents," amended in 2008. RIM has since claimed the license should also have covered patents for non-essential parts and it filed arbitration proceedings with the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce in March 2011.
Earlier this month, the Arbitration Institute of Stockholm Chamber of Commerce ruled against RIM's claims.
Nokia said it had made the filings earlier this week to enforce the tribunal's ruling, which says that the Canadian company is "not entitled to manufacture or sell products compatible with the WLAN Standard without first agreeing with Nokia on the royalty to be paid."
RIM declined comment, saying that it was company policy "not to comment on pending litigation."
Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said from New York that Nokia's filings mean that RIM likely will end up paying royalties of $2 to $5 per phone.
Nokia is among leading patent holders in the wireless industry.
Last year, it received a $565 million royalty payment from Apple Inc. to settle long-standing patent disputes. It also has filed claims in the United States and Germany alleging that products from HTC Corp., and Viewsonic Corp. infringe a number of its patents.
Major manufacturers of phones and wireless equipment are increasingly turning to patent litigation as they jockey for an edge to expand their share of the rapidly growing smartphone market.
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LOS ANGELES — Even the animated world of Lightning McQueen and Mater the tow truck is testing new energy sources to replace fossil fuels.
Pixar Animation mastermind John Lasseter says the company has no environmental agenda, but with "Cars 2," the blockbuster outfit does tap into today's eco-mindedness with a plot driven by oil vs. a cleaner alternative.
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Debuting in U.S. theaters Friday, "Cars 2" sends race car Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) on a World Grand Prix circuit whose organizer fuels the vehicles with a green alternative called Allinol, prompting the bad guys to try to discredit the new power supply that threatens traditional gasoline.
That lands Lightning's goofy, lovable pal Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) in the middle of a spy caper as two British secret agent cars (Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer) seek to uncover who's behind the plot.
For director Lasseter, the idea developed the same way as other aspects of the film franchise that began with 2006's "Cars," as he and his Pixar pit crew looked for ways to "car-ify" our world into one inhabited by talking automobiles.
In a universe of cars, "What would a bad guy do?" Lasseter wondered.
"With 'An Inconvenient Truth' and alternative fuels and all the things going on, I kept thinking, well, in their world, it could be neat to have sort of big oil vs. alternative fuel," Lasseter said. "It makes logical sense for a world where cars are alive."
Based in environmentally conscious Northern California, Disney-owned Pixar has flirted with energy and ecological themes before.
The 2008 sci-fi smash "WALL-E" was a wildly inventive cosmic romance between two adorable robots. Yet it also was a cautionary tale about pollution as plucky but rickety WALL-E, the last robot on Earth, toils to clean up the mess we've made of the planet after humans have fled to the stars.
The 2001 buddy comedy "Monsters, Inc." had a realm of scary beasts mired in an energy crisis until they switch to a more benign fuel source — the laughter of children, rather than the screams of terror they once used to power their world.Video: Watch the 'Cars 2' trailer (on this page)
Even last year's "Toy Story 3" carried a nice salvage theme. After the toys have a terrifying brush with a waste-dump incinerator once their owner outgrows them, they end up recycled into a new home with a new kid.
Such angles are byproducts of Pixar's story process, though, not a green crusade.
"We don't make message movies," Lasseter said. "We weave things in that are going on, that you're familiar with in the world, and kind of bring it into our stories."
"It really is all about, OK, how can we go about telling the most interesting story possible?" said "Cars 2" producer Denise Ream. "But hey, if people come away with the sense of we need to treat the Earth better, I think that's great, because I'm all for it."
Along with returning stars Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy, the "Cars 2" vocal cast includes John Turturro, Vanessa Redgrave, Tony Shalhoub and Bonnie Hunt.
Eddie Izzard also joins the cast, providing the voice of ex-oil baron Miles Axelrod, once a gas-guzzler who has converted himself into an electric vehicle and now pushes the clean-fuel alternative lifestyle.Story: 'Cars 2' puts pedal to the metal with more action
Wilson agreed that the main thrust was to tell a fun story. But he said it doesn't hurt if some environmental consciousness-raising comes along for the ride.
"I remember in the '70s, the gas lines. We're still dealing with a lot of those problems, so anything that can sort of get the message out in an entertaining way, that we need to be looking for some solutions to some of these problems, I think is good," Wilson said. "Because the way we're doing it now obviously isn't working, which is why you see Detroit and all these big companies shifting focus now to more efficient cars."
Larry the Cable Guy said it probably was inevitable that Lasseter and his story team would weave an energy theme into "Cars 2."
"He looks for who would be the villain in a world of cars, and I think that's just how he picks that. Obviously, it would be a battle of the fuels, because everybody needs that to go," he said. "I don't think John makes these movies to be political."
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Veggie Bean Tacos
In the summer when fresh corn and just-picked tomatoes are in season, authentic Mexican dishes like this leave you always wanting that next bite. My personal preference is to serve them with a slice of lime to squeeze over the avocado. —Tonya Burkhard, Davis, Illinois
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Cook: 20 min.
Makes6 servings
- 2 cups fresh corn
- 2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
- 4 medium tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- 3 small zucchini, chopped
- 1 large red onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh oregano or 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 12 corn tortillas (6 inches), warmed
- 3/4 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 1/4 cup salsa verde
- 1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and thinly sliced
- Reduced-fat sour cream, optional
- In a large skillet, saute corn in 1 tablespoon oil until lightly browned. Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, saute tomatoes, zucchini and onion in remaining oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the beans, oregano, salt, pepper and corn; heat through.
- Divide filling among tortillas. Top with cheese, salsa, avocado and, if desired, sour cream.
Nutrition Facts2 tacos (calculated without sour cream): 378 calories, 16g fat (4g saturated fat), 13mg cholesterol, 517mg sodium, 52g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 10g fiber), 13g protein.
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Houston City Controller Annise Parker became the first openly gay mayor of Houston yesterday, winning a runoff election with 53% of the vote. Houston, in turn, became the largest city to elect an openly gay mayor.
The runoff vote took place after Parker and her opponent, fellow Democrat Gene Locke, failed to secure over 50% of the vote on Election Day, and according to CNN, only 16.4% of eligible voters came out to the polls. Low turn out aside, Parker's election is still a milestone, as she noted in her victory speech: "Tonight the voters of Houston have opened the door to history. I acknowledge that. I embrace that. I know what this win means to many of us who never thought we could achieve high office."
Houston Elects First Openly Gay Mayor [CNN]
Houston Is Largest City To Elect Openly Gay Mayor [NYTimes]
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Bernanke on Monetary Policy
Every August, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sponsors a conference on monetary policy. It is the most valued invitation of the year for central bankers and Fed watchers. The Fed Chairman typically presents his views on monetary policy and the economy, and his talk inevitably makes headlines. (A select few reporters are invited.)
This year, Ben Bernanke promised the Fed will do whatever it takes to aid the faltering U.S. recovery, and most of all to prevent deflation. The problem for the Fed Chairman is that the central bank is plainly running out of options, as some had the cheek to observe. He suggested the Fed could do more of the same (purchase long‐term securities), or try something new and untested (tweak the interest rate it pays on bank reserves).
Bernanke also suggested a third option, plus offered some professorial speculation on another. Taken together, these suggest the Fed may be prepared to chart a dangerous course.
In its policy statement, the Federal Open Market Committee has promised to keep interest rates low "for an extended period." Bernanke suggested (as the third option) that the FOMC might make it clear that rates will remain low for an even longer period than markets are currently expecting. Within the Committee, there have been calls for caution and to remove the "extended period" language from the statement. These have been led by Thomas Hoenig, president of the KC Fed and host of the conference. By suggesting the only option was lengthening the period of low interest rates, Bernanke delivered the back of his hand to his host and the other inflation hawks on the FOMC.
Bernanke then mused about suggestions by some economists that perhaps the Fed should set an inflation target — that is, promise to deliver higher inflation rates to stimulate the economy. Fed chairmen do not engage in abstract speculation about policy, and to raise the inflationary option gave it place above all other possibilities. Bernanke hastened to add that there was at present no support for such a policy within the FOMC, and it "is inappropriate for the United States in current circumstances."
In other words, the Fed chairman is thinking about an inflationary policy and, if circumstances change and he can build support within the FOMC, he is willing to implement it. When central bankers speculate in public about the possibility of an inflationary monetary policy, the currency is in jeopardy and the country in peril.


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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has ruled that Mazda Motor Corp. must defend itself in the courtroom against a seatbelt lawsuit that once would have been an exemption under federal law, states Automotive News. Supreme Court of the United States found the lap-only rear belt of the 1993 Mazda MPV may be held liable for the internal injuries that killed Trahn Williamson in 2002 in Kane County, Utah. As a result of this Supreme Court of the United States ruling on seatbelt regulation, automakers can now be sued for any accident injury or death that can be traced to the lack of two-point rear seatbelts in cars older than 2007, when they were non-standard. Article resource - Supreme Court exposes auto industry to seatbelt lawsuits by Car Deal Expert.
Nationwide change in seatbelt regulation
Over 1 million U.S. cars in 2008 had at least one seat with only one lap belt in them, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration explained. The 2007 federal regulation that made it so accident suits about seatbelt design couldn't go through making them exempt in lower courts. The 2000 Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. decision, which stated that federal law trumped state product liability regulation when it came to airbag installation, was also impacted by the new Supreme Court of the United States seatbelt law decision.
"This case really reaffirms the importance of state tort law in achieving greater vehicle safety," said Williamson family attorney Martin Buchanan.
Automaker shares dropped in price due to the Supreme Court of the United States seatbelt ruling. There was a 63 cent drop to $14.60 a share for Ford on the NY Stock Exchange. This was as of 1:01 p.m. There was a $1.58 drop in GM Co. to $34.19.
Ruling makes Mazda Motors 'extremely disappointed' with the nation
The SCOTUS ruling led to a statement being issued by Jay Amestoy who is Mazda's United States V.P. of Government and Public Affairs. He said the flexibility of which seat belts to use will be maintained by the automaker that will "vigorously defend this automobile when the case heads back to trial court" this way with NHTSA. Policy will be interfered with in the Williamson suit. This is what Amestoy makes clear.
Yet Supreme Court of the United States Justice Stephen Breyer stated that Mazda's Geier case logic does not apply to seatbelt law. In the case of airbags, federal regulators allowed manufacturers to experiment with different systems. The safety wasn't a concern with Geier ruling regulators and was instead focused on seatbelts being cost effect with shoulder straps. The new seatbelt regulation shows how significant safety is. The cost is not as important to the government.
"Unlike Geier, we do not believe here that choice is a significant regulatory objective," Breyer wrote.
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From the Library of Congress and State Historical Society of Colorado comes this bizarre series of photographs of bulldogs (who have been dead for decades) dressed like jaunty Homo sapiens. They're somehow less dignified than those 1800s cat photographs, less creepy than Dogville, and are giving me flashbacks to Jack Kirby's post-apocalyptic England.
"Old Heidelberg"
"The Missis"
"An Old Sea Dog"
"Tommy Atkins"
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Organic farming entails tasks like planting and harvesting, but organic farmers have additional work that differs greatly from conventional farmers. Organic production is very specific to comply with certifications and requirements mandated by the National Organic Program (NOP), which was created through the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA). The NOP develops, implements, and administers national production, handling and labeling USDA standards.
When dealing with food production, the term, "organic" is not interchangeable with natural, free-range, or hormone-free. Organic grains, primarily corn and soybeans, can be very profitable for farmers as organic grains can sell for large premiums from farmers who are certified. The growing consumption of organic foods is also helping increase the value of U.S. farmland because more land is required to produce organic food since yields are typically lower than conventional farming.
What is Organic?
Organic foods and grains are produced without using pesticides, non-organic fertilizers, antibiotics, and hormones. Farmers that use organic production methods, and that have been certified organic by the NOP's 55 domestic or 42 foreign accredited certifying agents, can sell their grains to organic handlers and producers. For a farmer to be certified, they must present an application to an accredited certifying agent with four items included:
• The type of operation to be certified
• A history of substances applied to land for the previous 3 years
• The organic products being grown
• The organic system plan describing practices and substances used in production
Before farmers are able to be certified, their fields must remain organic (free of certain fertilizers and chemicals) for three years. During those three years, farmers are practicing organic farming without the ability to sell their crop at the higher organic prices. After being approved, farmers must maintain accurate records in order to continue their organic certifications.
Here is a short overview of organic farming from the Agriculture Marketing Service at USDA:
Organic food is produced by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations. Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; or ionizing radiation. Before a product can be labeled "organic," a Government-approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to make sure the farmer is following all the rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards. Companies that handle or process organic food before it gets to your local supermarket or restaurant must be certified, too.
Conventional vs. Organic
Although organic grains typically sell for a premium versus conventional grains, the USDA has no claims that organic is safer or more nutritious. The demand for organic foods has grown substantially as health conscious consumers demand a healthier diet.
The key differences between conventional and organic farming include variations in soil composition, weed control, yields, and prices. For organic farmers to be profitable, the organic price premium must cover their yield loss and higher input costs. Fertilizer is cheaper since synthetic fertilizers are prohibited, but cultivation and other weed control methods consume diesel and time in comparison.
Any plant material grown on a farm field will promote organic material in the soil. Since organic farm fields have a lot more growing in them than just the targeted crop, organic material in the soil is being built at a faster rate than most conventional farm fields. Increased levels of organic material in soil will translate into higher yields over time for farmers.
Weed control is the most noticeable difference between organic and conventional farm fields. Organic farmers will mow and cultivate weeds when they are small, with the intention to kill the weed before the weed's seeds are able to spread. Many organic farmers will also add another crop to their rotation, like rye to follow corn, to make nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium more accessible for the next crop. Rye and other filler crops discourage weeds as well.
Yields are the most important statistic a farmer follows. For organic farmers, typically their yields will be lower than conventional farmer yields. Yields of organic crops are tied to the crop rotation practiced by the farmer.
Research from Iowa State University shows that organic corn yields are very different depending on the crops corn is rotated with. In a corn-oats/annual alfalfa rotation, organic corn yields were 146.4 bushels per acre from 2000-05. Yields were 163.7 bushels per acre if organic corn was in a corn-soybean-oats-alfalfa rotation. During these same years, conventional corn yields were 177.6 bushels per acre while in a corn-soybean rotation and 156.0 in a corn-corn rotation.
Organic corn yields were proven to be significantly higher when in a four crop rotation, but farmers are only able to capitalize on organic corn prices every four year in a four crop rotation.
Organic farmers may have lower yields, but at times the price of organic grains can more than offset their lower yields. Organic grain prices follow some of the same trends as conventional grains, but the two are not completely correlated. Organic prices depend heavily on consumer demand and discretionary spending. During recessions, organic prices suffer due to lower demand.
Consumption Trends
Consumption trends show that the U.S. demand for organic foods is growing. Currently, 3.7% of total food sales in the U.S. are organic, according to the 2010 Organic Industry Survey. In the most concentrated organic food sector, fruits and vegetables, sales increased by 11.4% from 2008 to 2009, up to 38% of total sales.
Consumers are continuing to turn to organic foods, even in the recession. A recent study from Mambo Sprouts Marketing found that 88% of consumers have been taking additional steps to promote family health and wellness. Of the 88%, 59% were buying more organic foods and 53% were increasing organic food consumption. The trends show that the organic demand is not letting up anytime soon. If demand for organic food continues to grow, the entire food supply will continue to shrink.
Organic Demand Affecting Farmland Values
The U.S. economy is slowly coming out of its recession, which means organic food demands should increase as the economic conditions improve. As organic food demand increases, it will require more farmland for production since yields are not as high on organic farms. It takes over 20% more land to grow the same amount of organic corn as it does conventional corn, according to comparisons of Iowa State University yield tests. Luther Tweeten of Ohio State thinks it can take nearly twice as many acres to produce organic crop yields equivalent to conventional crop yields. The growth of organic grain production will increase the demand for farmland, as well as farmland values.
Organic farming is becoming more efficient due to improving technology, but will increased production be able to meet the increased demand of organic food? The current U.S. supply of corn is at less than 30 days, according to the November USDA WASDE Report. Farmland will undoubtedly benefit from the increased amount of organic production due to limited supply of farmland and tight grain supplies.
Read more about farmland and agriculture at http://farmlandforecast.colvin-co.com/.
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AHA ACLS is designed for healthcare professionals who direct or participate in the management of cardiopulmonary arrest or other cardiovascular emergencies. This course utilizes our state of the art simulation lab to provide hands-on learning that will prepare providers for lifesaving interventions.
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Course cards will be emailed within 7 business days of successful completion of the class. You will receive an email from The American Heart Association, open the email, click the link, and follow the prompts to claim your eCard. Card is valid for two years.


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Season 44 Episode 4410 | 54m 11s
Join a musical world tour with Puerto Rican superstar Residente as he presents songs from his globe-spanning solo debut and hits from his Calle 13 catalog.
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How Buying Flowers Online Has Bloomed
H.Bloom CEO Bryan Burkhart joins digits to discuss online floral trends and how to save yourself from last-minute Valentine's Day panic. Photo: H.Bloom Inc.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Reading 4:
Henry Adams' Reflection on the
Writing in the third person, Henry Adams described his reaction to the statue he had commissioned in 1891 as a memorial to his wife, who had committed suicide:
...His first step, upon returning to Washington, took him out to the cemetery known as Rock Creek, to see the bronze figure which St. Gaudens had made for him in his absence. Naturally every detail interested him, every line, every touch of the artist, every change of light and shade, every point of relation, every possible doubt of St. Gaudens' correctness of taste or feeling; so that, as the Spring approached, he was apt to stop there often to see what the figure had to tell him that was new, but in all that it had to say, he never once thought of questioning what it meant. He supposed its meaning to be the one commonplace about itthe oldest idea to human thought....The interest of the figure was not in its meaning but in the response of the observer. As Adams sat there, numbers of people came, for the figure seemed to have become a tourist fashion, and all wanted to know its meaning. Most took it for a portrait-statue, and the remnant were vacant in the absence of a personal guide. ...The only exceptions were the clergy, who taught a lesson even deeper. One after another brought companions there, and, apparently fascinated by their own reflection, broke out passionately against the expression they felt in the figure of despair, of atheism, of denial. Like the others the priest saw only what he brought. Like all great artists, St. Gaudens held up the mirror and no more.
Questions for Reading 4
1. Who wrote this reflection?
2. As a client, was Adams satisfied with the work of Saint-Gaudens as embodied in the Adams Memorial? How can you tell?
3. What did Adams say about the meaning of the work?
4. What did Adams mean by saying that Saint-Gaudens held up a mirror? Do you agree with Adams that that is the role of "great artists"?
Reading 4 was excerpted from Homer Saint-Gaudens, ed. The Reminiscences of Augustus-Saint Gaudens, vol.1 (New York: The Century Company, 1913).


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Hi everyone! I'm Monica, and a new first time pit bull owner. I recently went online looking for support on issues with my Cali and ran into the "ultimatepitbullforum" where I was basically attacked by this Diane person that runs the blog, then subsequently banned. Apparently she didn't like that someone did not agree with her euthanization beliefs. Which is exactly what she recommended I do with my dog, simply off a small paragraph based on her behavior.
After being banned by this rude woman I started doing more research on her and found I was not the only one who has been verbally attacked by her. And I also found this forum! Hoping for a more positive experience. Please be nice people


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Shaped cookies
From jam-filled thumbprints to sugar-dusted twists, these cookies can be molded from plain dough into pretty shapes.
Whether you're rolling dough into balls for sugar cookies, using your thumb to indent jam-filled thumbprints, or crafting more elaborate cookies filled with fruit or nut mixtures, all of the cookies in this chapter are coaxed into shape with your hands before baking. Here you'll find a wide variety of appealing cookies, from quick classics like snickerdoodles to festive cranberry-filled rugelach.
Helpful hints:
• If your kitchen is warm, you may need to chill the dough longer than the recipe suggests.
• If the dough becomes sticky as you work, chill it until firm but still pliable.
• Lightly flour your hands and your work surface while shaping cookies.
• Line baking sheets with cooking parchment to make it easier to remove delicate cookies.
• To ensure that the cookies hold their shape, make sure the sheets are cool before baking the next batch of cookie dough. If you need to cool sheets off quickly, hold them under cold running water; dry well before using.
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Team Diabetes, represented by 60 mountain bikers, raced in the Test of Metal in Squamish, BC on June 20th and raised over $49,000 in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association! It was the first time that Team Diabetes participated in the Test of Metal and it proved to be even more of a success than anticipated.
"Mountain bikers don't often get a chance to combine their love of single track with a great cause so adding the Test of Metal to the Team Diabetes calendar was a great opportunity," stated Rebecca Taylor, Team Diabetes Coordinator. "Working with the Test of Metal organizers was fantastic and we couldn't have done it without them and the provision of guaranteed race entry."
Most team members have a very close connection to diabetes and wearing the Team Diabetes jersey in support of their loved ones was motivation enough for them to tackle the infamous course, some for the first time.
"Being a part of Team Diabetes at the Test of Metal is a great opportunity to push myself outside of my comfort zone and to achieve stretch goals with the support of a fantastic group of dedicated people," said Suze Cumming, Test of Metal 2009 and 2010 Team Diabetes Team Member. "It's really rewarding to raise money for this amazing association, role model a healthy lifestyle for my daughter and others with diabetes, and achieve a personal best in a super fun mountain bike race," added Suze.
Team Diabetes has again secured a limited number of guaranteed spots for the 2010 Test of Metal so if you want to make a difference in the life of someone you know with diabetes at this epic event, register soon at www.teamdiabetes.ca as spots are filling fast!
Soon after the Test of Metal another five mountain bikers also rode the challenging west coast trails as part of Team Diabetes at the BC Bike Race, June 28th to July 4th. Collectively they raised over $20,000 in support of the Association. They have also helped increase valuable awareness about diabetes in communities across Canada and even the USA.
"As a person with type 1 diabetes and the father of a young child who also has type 1, my athletic adventures are structured to remind me, my son and all others that diabetes does not need to slow us down," said Matthew White, 9th place finisher, Team of 2 Open Men with teammate Mark Henry. "In fact, we use diabetes as a challenge to be healthier and fitter than those without the disease. With that goal in mind it was wonderful that Team Diabetes gave us the opportunity to raise awareness and money for the cause. The generous support of all the donors to Team Diabetes motivated me to not only finish my first BC Bike Race, but to finish in the top 10," added Matthew proudly.
Team Diabetes will be returning to the BC Bike Race in 2010 as well as participating in other mountain biking and road cycling events in Canada and the USA. Participants who fundraise as part of Team Diabetes Canada enjoy benefits such as guaranteed race entry, a Team Diabetes cycling jersey, fundraising tools and support, and more.
About Team Diabetes
Team Diabetes is the national activity fundraising program for the Canadian Diabetes Association which promotes the health of Canadians through diabetes research, education, service and advocacy. Team Diabetes participants train to walk, run or cycle in events at exciting international destinations such as Rio, Reykjavik and the Grand Canyon as well as across Canada. Over $21million has been raised through Team Diabetes in support of the over 2.4 million Canadians living with diabetes.
For information on all cycling, running and hiking events Team Diabetes will be participating in next year, contact Rebecca at 604-732-1331 ext. 246 or email@example.com or visit www.teamdiabetes.ca.
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Arizona Military Records
This entry was originally written by Dwight A. Radford and Nell Sachse Woodard for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
The Arizona Historical Society has a good collection of government records, including the records of each of the frontier military posts in Arizona, and quartermaster records relating to supply, construction, and equipment of Arizona military posts. The collection has been microfilmed and cross-filed in their card catalog. Members of the society will consult the catalog and supply copies of their materials for a small fee.
State military records are housed at the Arizona State Adjutant General's Office, 5636 E. McDowell Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85008.
There is one roll of NARA microfilm (M532) of the Union Army Volunteers of the Civil War and one roll for Confederate service (M318). These are available on microfilm at the FHL, along with the WWI Draft Registration Cards (1917'18). See also: Melton, Brad and Dan Smith, eds., Arizona Goes to War: The Home Front and the Front Lines During World War II (Tucson: University of Arizona, 1995). This work documents the growth of military installations all over the state as thousands of airmen trained and soldiers bound for North Africa came to train in the desert. Also documented is the story of the Native Americans who registered for the draft in record numbers and the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans in desert detention centers. The war transformed Arizona probably more than any other state.
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Dan, I had a rough year last year - started with a herniated disc from the rods in my back. Then I had a hernia (and surgery). Not sure what caused the hernia but I think that the constipation from taking the pain meds due to the herniated disc certainly had a lot to do with it. Finally getting over the hernia operation and trying to get back to the gym and walk more. Hopefully it will be a better year in 2012.
How about you? I see your posts a few times and it looks like you are doing okay. I hope so!
Hey Dan. I'm fairly new to the site, but I'm six years T12/L1 complete and I live in the Asheville area. I'm always interested in meeting (virtually or in the real world) other local SCI's. So that's a little explanation for the random friend request. -Mutton
Dan, it's my Friend's Dad. Her name is Jo, and they are from the Statesville area...thanks for asking!!!
thanx. i'm a phone procrastinator,lol. i'll call soon...hugs
omg, I was just thinking I was overdue a message or call to you, apologies. We were planning to see a concert in Greensboro, thus meeting up w/ you possibly. However, I had so many complications after surgery plus didn't have the net(broken aircard) for quite awhile. Well, we never ordered tix after all, I've been so ill but I think, getting better.....fingers crossed for me please..Sorry Dan, we'll meet up soon I hope.
Hi Dan, I'm still here... just being quiet. I hope all is well with everyone.
Dan,Juke, besides the minutes I added to your phone on Tue, I had also added 20 bucks on 1/8/2010. If it didn't take, I can email you the receipt I got from tracfone and you can go yell at them."
When I checked the acct. time balance (they'ed stopped displaying it on the opening screen!?) I found I'ed had something over 200 min.
Re. your last call I replied within minutes and left a VM for you to call back - .
Thanks for all the help and care and I'm not surprised if you are trying not to use up the minutes and appreciate it.
Paul called on Sun with some computer deals - too late with the deal already done - and a tip about what's got to be the best cable setup in the country, DSL extreme for fifteen or twenty bucks for the first year and not much more after - but, of course, they don't cover my area, so I'll probably have to go w a slower connection and pay $26.50 a mo. like many of the residents in this area.
Dan, I've only visited once, at the end of Sept.,- according to lyniffer anyway.
Things have settled where I'm living; there's just me and one of the women in our flat. I'm thinking of either gettting a laptop or using the $700 I've saved up to get moved into a better place. Lot of things I've got to check into before I move on either.
I haven't had any minutes on my cell of at least as long as I've been away from the site. I am going to buy some time for the cell soon and I'll keep you posted.
K, should definitely know soon..but I will have peeps with me if so.
I'll let you know as soon as I can Dan about details. I know the 17th which will probably be hard for you considering it's a Fri. or a Sat., can't remember which. I know you're only off Sun & Mon.
Hey Daniel! Been quite a while buddy...how close are you to Greensboro? May be able to catch up for lunch or dinner in April. I hope you're doing good. I'm going to be weaning my Effexor down by 3/4 what I was on tomorrow. I NEVER thought it would be possible!
Whats up Dan, I wanted to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving Bro. Take care and may the force be with you!
hey i know you sent me a pm,but i can't log into my mail..
Hey Dan, I'm used to getting PM's - this is my first visitor message. Hope you get it. I'm actually in NC right now - visiting my family. We normally come up from Florida at Thanksgiving but won't be able to make it this year so thought we'd come up now.
I'm doing okay. So glad to have my gall bladder out - felt bad for quite a while with it. Still taking Vancocin for cdiff - been taking something for close to a year now. Every time I stop taking it the cdiff comes back. But as long as I'm taking it I feel fine. I'm still working full time and working with a personal trainer a few times a week. Not really showing any improvement but I want to maintain what I have.
How about you - still working? Any changes in the SCI?
Talk to you later.
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Microsoft ruffled feathers in the online privacy community this week by announcing that Internet Explorer 10 would enable Do Not Track technology by default. Many have lauded the move as an instance of Microsoft putting consumers' interests above those of behavioral advertisers — which, ironically, includes itself. However, Microsoft's stance may run afoul of the W3C committee that's actually drafting the Do Not Track standard. Right now, they're saying browser makers must only send a Do Not Track signal with a user's explicit consent.
What is Do Not Track and how can it protect your privacy? And is Microsoft's stance about protecting consumers…or whittling away at Google's dominant position in the online advertising world?
What is Do Not Track?
Do Not Track is a proposed (emphasis mine) technology standard intended to enable individual Web users to express whether or not they consent to having their online activities monitored and collated, mostly for the purpose of being served targeted advertising. It was originally proposed back in 2009 by Christopher Soghoian, Sid Stamm, and Dan Kaminsky in the wake of the Federal Trade Commission indicating it was looking into the idea of implementing a "Do Not Track" list similar to the "Do Not Call" list that has reasonably successfully in letting consumers opt out of telemarketing calls in the United States. However, Do Not Track is not backed by any legislative or regulatory authority: it's purely a voluntary effort from the technology community — and one many hope will help stave off any government involvement in consumer tracking issues. Do Not Track is not yet a finalized standard: as with most things at the W3C, progress is slow as working groups assemble, stakeholders weigh in, and drafts get circulated.
At a very basic level, Do Not Track is elegantly simple. If Do Not Track is active, a user's Web browser sends a single HTTP header to remote servers along with every request for pages, images, and any other constituent items that make up a Web page. Whenever you load a Web page, your browser sends a flurry of headers to the remote system indicating not just the specific page you want, but what types of media you can handle, your preferred languages, any cookies the site had previously set for you, information about your Web browser, and more.
The Do Not Track header is called, logically, enough, DNT. If the value of that header is "1," the header serves as a signal to the server that the user does not wish to be tracked. If the value is a "0," it means the user consents to being tracked. If the header is missing, it means the user isn't supplying any preference at all about tracking.
There's a lot more to Do Not Track — it's rolled into a larger specification called "Tracking Preference Expression" which includes JavaScript APIs, server responses, machine-readable policies, and much more. But that 0 and 1 are the basics.
Simple isn't easy
The simplicity of implementing this Do Not Track functionality has led many browser makers to jump the gun on the standards process and roll out initial support before the standard is complete. (This is pretty common with Web technologies — so much so that it's the status quo with HTML5.) Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 was the first to offer Do Not Track support, with Firefox, Safari, and Opera quickly following. Google Chrome is the only major browser that doesn't currently implement Do Not Track, but Google does offer the "Keep My Opt-Outs" Chrome extension to users for free.
But what's simple for browsers isn't not simple for sites. There's nothing magic about those DNT headers that stops Web sites and online advertisers from tracking users. Sites have to specifically code support for honoring the intentions expressed by Do Not Track headers — and this is where Do Not Track can get astonishingly complicated. Unless Web sites and services specifically change their practices, turning on Do Not Track in a Web browser will do absolutely nothing to protect users' privacy.
Right now, there's little agreement on what setting a Do Not Track value of "1" should mean for Web sites — and different sites are likely to interpret it differently, if they bother to interpret it at all. Should sites not keep any record of visitors? If so, sites won't even know what their users like and don't like even in general terms; furthermore, many sites cannot function properly unless they're allowed to set cookies, allow people to set up accounts and log in, or present personalized information. For many Web sites, being able to present personalized content is the entire point — and that can't be done if they can't keep track of users.
Do Not Track is not intended to break personalization features and things like site log-ins: after all, users are theoretically opting in to having the site serve up customized data by signing up in the first place. So if a user doesn't like the way a site they visit collects and uses data about them, Do Not Track is not going to change anything.
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So what are users opting out of with Do Not Track? Ads? Well…no. Web site operators tend to look at visiting a site as a voluntary thing, complete with a tacit understanding that users may be shown advertisements simply by visiting. In all probability, these sites will continue to use everything they know about visitors — from what browser they're using to their rough geographic location (obtained by IP address) to any information associated with an account they've logged in to to serve up their own ads, regardless of a user's Do Not Track setting.
Similarly, Do Not Track is unlikely to have any impact on social plug-ins that pull in content or controls from services like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, or any other social services. If users have an account with those services, they will likely consider themselves a "first party" — even if they're embedded in someone else's site — and track users with Do Not Track set just as thoroughly as anyone else.
Where Do Not Track should have an impact is on third-party advertising. Most Web sites do not manage all the advertising that appears on their pages; instead, they subscribe to ad networks and services that automatically display ads they feel will be appropriate. The sites get a cut of the revenue from anyone who happens to click.
To target ads to those users, those third party ad networks also try to collect every iota of information they can about site visitors — the idea is that the more in tune with an ad is with a user's interests and tastes, the more likely they are to click. Usually, targeting starts off with the same sort of general details in HTTP headers — browser, IP address, etc. However, each of these third party ad networks will also try to store cookies on the browser for later reference. If that same browser later visits another site serviced by the same ad network, it will be recognized and the advertising service now knows "Ah, in addition to being near Arlington, Virginia, and loading pages about Web browser privacy, this browser also visits pages related to My Little Pony. How interesting." Suddenly the ad network knows not just technical details of a browser, but potentially very personal information about its user. (Don't think so? Substitute "HIV testing" or "bankruptcy attorney" for My Little Pony, above.) Suddenly, ads served to that browser by that ad company may take on a very different character.
In theory, turning on Do Not Track should tell third party advertising networks "this user does not want to be tracked; do not use any information associated with this browser to target ads." That doesn't mean the ads go away: it just means the ad network won't use any information it may have collected to help decide what ad to serve. It'll likely make a decision based on what it knows about the first-party site you're visiting, what kind of device you're using, and things like your IP address.
Does Do Not Track protect anybody?
It's not clear what turning on Do Not Track will actually do to protect user's privacy. For instance, most people have been using the Web for years, and third parties have accumulated detailed dossiers on tens of millions of Internet users. Does turning on Do Not Track mean those parties suddenly delete all that information?
Probably not. If there's one thing ad networks hate doing, it's deleting data. Heck, even deleting data from Facebook is nearly impossible for users: by default, Facebook just squirrels it away so folks can re-activate it later if they change their mind. Ad networks tend to feel the same way.
As yet, there's no industry-wide consensus on exactly how sites should respond to a Do Not Track flag. Can they keep and store data from requests labelled Do Not Track and use that data in aggregate? Yes, according to the current draft Do Not Track specification. What about third parties that are acting exclusively on behalf of a first party — say, to provide detailed analysis of their users? According to the draft, they can ignore Do Not Track. What about a service that provides a shopping cart or media streaming for a site — are they allowed to track information about users even if they set a Do Not Track flag? That's a grey area.
There are others. What about analytics companies that try to track site visitors as verification to advertisers that sites get as much traffic as they say? Those companies are likely to collect as much information as they can regardless of Do Not Track settings, using the reasoning that they've been contracted by the first-party sites. Don't be surprised if some advertisers use similar reasoning.
What about third-party utilities? If a user installs an antivirus or security package, can it legitimately turn on Do Not Track unless it gets a user's specific approval? Would simply installing the package constitute consent?
And here's another wrinkle. Support for Do Not Track will be entirely voluntary and, essentially, based on the honor system. There is no provision for either government or industry auditing sites' compliance and interpretation of the meaning of Do Not Track, and it's entirely possible for bad actors to set up shop saying "We honor Do Not Track!" while, in fact, they do no such thing. Fundamentally, Do Not Track merely expresses a preference — nothing requires Web sites honor users' wishes. You can set a Web browser's Do Not Track settings as often as you like: if Web sites don't honor it, they — and anyone they do business with — are still following your every move.
And there's another problem: users who don't want to be tracked will have to find and set the Do Not Track setting in every browser they use: desktop computer, notebook computer, smartphone, tablet — everywhere. That's a lot of fiddly detail and configuration that most users won't follow through with — and helps illustrate why the choice of a default setting for Do Not Track is so important.
Microsoft and IE10
By jumping the gun and declaring Internet Explorer 10 will ship with Do Not Track enabled by default, Microsoft claims to be siding with consumers.
"Consumers should be empowered to make an informed choice and, for these reasons, we believe that for IE10 in Windows 8, a privacy-by-default state for online behavioral advertising is the right approach," wrote Microsoft's chief privacy officer Brendon Lynch.
The wrinkle in this statement is that the "group consensus" in the W3C's user-tracking working group is that Web browsers must not transmit either opt-in or opt-out Do Not Track information without explicit user consent. If Microsoft ships IE10 with Do Not Track enabled by default and if the final Do Not Track specification retains the same language as the draft, Microsoft will be in the ironic position of being out of compliance with the Do Not Track spec. Those are two significant "ifs," and the spec isn't expected to be finalized until late 2012. Change one word, Microsoft would be in compliance.
Choosing not to decide
The Do Not Track specification allows for two Do Not Track values: zero and one, corresponding to a users' consent to opt-in or opt-out of tracking. However, there's in fact a third choice: don't send any information at all. The Do Not Track spec defines this as a "no preference" setting, and it the de facto setting for every browser on the Web today and is the W3C working group's current consensus for what should be the default value once the standard is completed. Browsers wouldn't send any Do Not Track information unless a user specifically goes into the browser preferences, finds the setting, and turns it on or off.
Mozilla has argued that omitting Do Not Track information is the appropriate default:
"We don't know what the user wants, so we're not sending any signals to servers," wrote Mozilla's Alex Fowler. "This causes the presence of the signal to mean more — the signal being sent should be the user's choice, not ours. Therefore,
The problem with this logic is that sending no signal is functionally equivalent to explicitly opting-in to being tracked. The W3C working group tactic acknowledges this by saying Web browsers need only provide two options for Do Not Track (corresponding to "on" and "no preference") rather than three, and they explicitly state Web sites can interpret the lack of Do Not Track information any way they like "in light of the user's privacy expectations and cultural circumstances." In other words, having no preference is business as usual — track everything possible. The reality — or perhaps as the W3C would put it, "cultural expectation" — of not sending Do Not Track information is equivalent to opting in to tracking.
Microsoft's clever move
So why would Microsoft publicly jump in front of a bus and announce it plans to enable Do Not Track by default in IE10?
- It goes over well with consumers. After being late to the Internet revolution, the portable media player revolution, and the mobile revolution, Microsoft is no longer seen as leading-edge in the technology world. Jumping ahead on Do Not Track lets Microsoft paint itself with a good-guy image as it prepares to launch Windows 8 and Windows RT, as well as reboot Windows Phone.
- It thwarts Google. Internet Explorer is still the most common browser on the Internet, although Chrome and Firefox have eroded its market share. However, Google is the dominant player in online advertising — and those ads generate the bulk of Google's revenue. Although it will take time for Internet Explorer to catch on and become a significant player in the browser market, every installation of Internet Explorer 10 that has Do Not Track enabled is another browser that is not participating in Google's advertising business. True, they won't be participating in Microsoft's advertising business either, but Microsoft has far less to lose: its cash cows are Office, Windows, and its Server and Tools groups. Google's cash cow is ads.
Does Do Not Track have a future?
If you're technically inclined, take a glance at the draft specification for Tracking Preference Expression. If you manage a Web site, it's easy to see how the technology could become a major headache: it requires machine-readable summaries of a site's tracking behaviors, potentially including tracking behaviors specific to particular pages or features. The idea is that sites can reliably communicate how they do or don't track their users, and, if browsers like, they can present a pretty interface summarizing the details. Sites that really get into the technology can even provide mechanisms for users to view and even edit or delete information that's been tracked about them, providing a very high degree of control over potentially personal data. That way folks could get rid of associations with My Little Pony, if they liked.
Anyone who has been through the technology wringer a few times will recognize technology like this as akin to P3P, the so-called Platform for Privacy Preferences. P3P got started in the late 1990s and was finally standardized in 2002 — it was intended as a machine-readable protocol that could let Web users see how sites claimed to use data they collected — in theory, users could peruse sites policies and make an informed decision about whether to continue visiting them.
P3P was well-intentioned, but went over like a lead balloon. Ironically, Microsoft Internet Explorer was the only browser that tried to implement P3P support, and even extremely popular Web sites never bothered. After all, what good was being able to see standardized information about how a site might use your data if you couldn't do anything about it? Similarly, P3P polices were awkward and complicated to maintain, especially for large and complex sites.
Do Not Track faces many of the same hurdles: unless advertisers, social networks, analytics services, and essentially every major Web site chooses to adopt the technology, it's going to go nowhere fast. There may be more impetus for sites to adopt Do Not Track thanks to the Obama administration's proposed Privacy Bill of Rights — and the technology industry may well choose the effort involved in supporting Do Not Track is preferable to government regulation. But the Web is global: no matter the legal status of technology like Do Not Track in the United States and similar privacy efforts in Europe, even if Do Not Track were ready today it will be years before it offers any meaningful protection to consumers.
Until then, consumers' privacy will be in the same place it's always been: right in marketers' crosshairs.
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DescriptionThe people of Gradius are in trouble. The ameoboid Bacterions have launched an all out attack against the planet, and it's up to you to fly into battle and save them. Along the way you'll be able to power up your ship with hyper speed, force fields, lasers, missiles, double beam cannons and more to help you battle.
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- "グラディウス" -- Japanese spelling
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1001 Video GamesThe Arcade version of Gradius appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Arcade versionThe coin-op arcade version of this game was such a success, rumor has it that it caused a coin shortage in Japan.
Konami CodeThe NES version was the first game to use the famous Konami Code.
BBC Micro conversionA & B Computing reported in 1987 about a BBC Micro port that was developed, but never finished. The programmer was later revealed to be Kenton Price.
NES versionIn the arcade game, players could carry up to four options. Due to technical limits of the NES, here they can only have two.
X68000 supplementGradius was bundled with the X68000 computer in Japan, which enforces its status as a "killer app".
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