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It's an absolutely craptastic rainy/cold/grey Sunday here in Mauritius. Yep, it's winter, all right. But today also happens to be Mother's Day on the island, and the hyenas and their daddy have made the day much more bearable for me (*grin* Shoes... They make everything better. Drive by my FB profile and see what I mean!).
Anyhow, it's also the much-awaited day for Six Sentence Sunday. I'm gonna give you another glimpse into my super-spy's life and (twisted!) mind, then as from next week and the whole of June, I'll be hopping onto my 1NS release, Once Upon A Stormy Night, that releases this Tuesday, May 29 *super excited!*
But, yes, back to Rayne... and here, Kali, as she's on a mission (last week, she folded herself back into her undercover persona after nearly being exposed by our hero, Ash). What game is this girl playing? And how on earth does she ensure that her every mission ends on a 100% success rate (with a marginal body count as collateral damage)? Well, let's just say that Kali loves mind games, and she's a master manipulator, after all...
She's playing a dangerous game, innit? Will she get caught? Grab your copy of Before The Morning (Corpus Brides: Book Two) and find out! *grin*
Don't forget to catch the rest of the SSS posse over at the official list - Jessica E. Subject, Siobhan Muir, Lorraine Paton, Wildcat's Wife, JM Blackman, Lisa Fox, Jess Schira, Mae Clair, Sue, Monca Enderle Pierce, Kate Warren, Cate Peace, Angela Quarles, Carly Fall, Christine Warner, and Jennifer Lowery... among many, many others!
Big huge thanks for coming over today and checking my six, and double thanks + XOXO if you leave me a comment!
From Mauritius with love,


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The purpose of Bergfreunde is to promote skiing and other recreational activities designed to increase the enjoyment of sports by its active members. True to that vision, Bergfreunde has evolved, since its inception in 1966, into a multi-activity club, offering a comprehensive variety of year-round activities for the enjoyment of our members within a safe and socially congenial environment.
Whether you are new to the Portland/Vancouver area or have lived here your whole life, being a member in BSC is a great way to explore all the Pacific Northwest has to offer with a fun, friendly and active group. We specialize in adventure!
Our events range from outdoor activities such as skiing, hiking, camping, biking, kayaking, road trips and rafting, to social gatherings like wine-tasting, dinners, plays, cards, and happy hours. Whether you are an avid, outdoors enthusiast, or just looking to get out of the house on a Saturday or two, you'll find plenty to do as a Bergie!
Many of our activities give you the opportunity to experience new and exciting adventures. We are always on the lookout for new trips, new events, new leaders, and fresh ideas. Sign up for Bergfreunde's free e-newsletter to discover our many and varied upcoming events! Or better yet, check out this month's example trip below!
Bergies love to travel! From the mountain next door to the Alps and beyond, we do it all! But, as everyone knows, travel can get expensive real quick! That's where being a Bergfreunde member has it's real advantages. Why? Because, as a non-profit group of friends, we get group discounts and rates that individuals just can't get! That means Bergies get to do, and travel, more for their money! And they get to do it with good friends! So what are you waiting for? Get out there! More travel, more fun, less money! Become a Bergfreunde member today!
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Former champions England eased into the women's World Twenty20 final with a seven-wicket win over out-classed New Zealand at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Thursday.
In a one-sided semi-final played in front of near-empty stands, New Zealand were restricted to 93-8 after being sent in to bat and England surpassed the modest target with 16 deliveries to spare.
Skipper Charlotte Edwards led the charge for the 2009 champions with 33 off 37 balls, while Sarah Taylor remained unbeaten on 21 which included the only six of the match.
New Zealand opener Amy Satterthwaite top-scored with 30, but none of the other batters managed 20 against the steady spin bowling by the English women.
Off-spinner Danielle Wyatt grabbed 2-15 in three overs and left-arm spinner Holly Colvin had the same figures in four overs.
England await the winner of Friday's second semi-final between defending champions Australia and the West Indies in the final on Sunday.
"This has been our best performance with the ball so far," Edwards said. "It's turned a lot more here than in Galle where we played our league games.
"It was tough but I'm really pleased we got over the line. It was a good all-round effort."
England crush Kiwis to enter women's T20 final
Former champions England eased into the women's World Twenty20 final with a seven-wicket win over out-classed New Zealand at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Thursday.
New Zealand captain Suzie Bates, whose dismissal in the first over triggered the collapse, admitted her team was outplayed.
"England are the number one side and we knew we had to play well," she said. "We came up a few runs short but I am proud of the way we tried to defend a small total."
The International Cricket Council's aim to promote the women's game by bunching the men's and women's semi-finals and final together at the same venue drew a lukewarm response from fans.
Barely 100 spectators watched start of the match and the 35,000-capacity galleries began filling only towards the end as the men's semi-final between Pakistan and hosts Sri Lanka later in the evening approached.
Brief scores:
New Zealand 93-8 in 20 overs (Amy Satterthwaite 30, Danielle Wyatt 2-15, Holly Colvin 2-15)
England 94-3 in 17.2 overs (Charlotte Edwards 33, Sarah Taylor 21 not out)
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CHICAGO, Ill. (May 25, 2013) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Saturday the team has acquired midfielder Mike Magee from the Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for the right of first refusal to U.S. international Robbie Rogers and other considerations. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Magee will join the team in Chicago and will train with the Fire for the first time on Monday, May 27. Magee will be available to media following training which begins at 9:00 a.m. CT.
"To add someone of Mike's caliber to the Fire roster is tremendous," said Chicago Fire President of Soccer Operations Javier Leon. "Mike is a proven offensive threat and to have him on our roster is a great opportunity for the Fire. He's a Chicago guy, and we know he's just as excited to come back home as we are to have him join the Club."
Magee joins the Fire in exchange for the right of first refusal to U.S. international Robbie Rogers. Rogers' rights were acquired in a trade with the Columbus Crew on Feb. 4, 2013.
"We initially acquired the rights to Robbie Rogers because we think he is a great player," said Leon. "As he expressed his interest in being home near his family, we're happy to have worked out a deal with the Galaxy that will benefit all parties. We wish Robbie all the best with the Galaxy."
A Chicago, Ill. native, Magee was the fourth overall selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft by the then New York/New Jersey MetroStars after a two-year stay at the U.S. Soccer Residency program in Bradenton, Fla.
Magee made his professional debut and became the youngest player in New York history at the time at 18 years, 222 days on April 12, 2003 vs. the Columbus Crew. Over six seasons with the New York side, Magee made 130 regular season appearances and scored 23 goal and notched 13 assists.
Magee headed west when he was acquired by the Galaxy prior to the start of the 2009 season. In five seasons with the Galaxy, Magee made 105 regular season appearances, tallying 19 goals and 11 assists.
A current two-time defending MLS Cup champion, Magee has reached the MLS Cup final four times and has eight goals and one assist in 20 post-season appearances throughout his career.
A U.S. Youth International, Magee has represented the United States at the U-17, U-18, U-20 and U-23 levels, appearing in the 2001 U-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago and the 2003 U-20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
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text: Damian Rogan is an associate at Buro Happold, focusing on integrated building envelope design in the practice's Façade Engineering group. Educated in the United States, he began his career in New York at a specialist structural glass design practice, where he helped develop innovative uses of glass as a load-bearing material. Joining Buro Happold in 2003, Damian's work continues to involve the use of novel structural materials in façade applications, and he pursues new approaches to computational optimisation tools in building envelope design. A chartered structural engineer, Damian also holds an MSc in City Design and Social Science from the London School of Economics.


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IUCN and the Instituto Chico Mendes para conservação da biodiversidade (ICMBio) today signed an agreement to build the Brazilian Red List of Threatened Species.
Brazil is a mega-biodiverse country and the status of its species is an important barometer at the global level. ICMBio is the official assessor of species for the Brazilian Ministry of Environment.
So far however, Red List data for Brazil does not cover comprehensively all species and does not yield data that could be easily compared internationally. Through this agreement, IUCN will bring training and capacity building to ICMBio on a new methodology to assess the status of species and biodiversity in Brazil.
IUCN Director General, Julia Marton-Lefèvre and Rômulo Mello, President of ICMBio, signed the agreement today in Brasilia, currently hosting the annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee.
"Our two organizations have so much in common - we were meant to work together," said IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre. "Together we can work and train more people on how to assess the status of species."
"This all helps towards getting this very important message across about the biodiversity crisis and encouraging citizens to take action."
"Our dream is to preserve Brazil's biodiversity," said ICMBio President Rômulo Mello. "We are happy to work together with IUCN to improve our monitoring of species within Brazil."
"This is the International Year of Biodiversity and now more than ever is the time to work towards our joint goals."


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The Big East and its "Catholic 7" schools are in talks to end their relationship in 2014, a year ahead of schedule, a source told ESPN.com.
The Catholic 7 consist of DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's and Villanova. The schools announced in December that they were leaving the Big East to form their own basketball-centered conference.
Under current Big East bylaws, the schools must pay a $10 million exit fee if they withdraw from the conference before the end of a mandatory 27-month waiting period. If the schools wait out the 27-month period, they would owe the conference nothing.
The Big East has negotiated early exits by Syracuse, Pittsburgh and West Virginia, with the schools paying different amounts to join the ACC and Big 12, respectively.
The Big East is looking to add a 12th member for football and basketball at some point, commissioner Mike Aresco said on Monday. It will have 10 members in 2013 and 2014. Navy will join in 2015 as a football-only member.


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You either got it or you don't, and when it comes to coming up big time in important moments, Wesley Berg won't be denied.
Meet the six players named to the 2017-18 All-Pro Second Team.
Mike Board. Derek Keenan. Curt Styres. Who takes home the 2017-18 General Manager of the Year Award?
Andy Arlotta. Matt Hutchings. Al Ryz. Who will win the 2017-18 Executive of the Year award?
Jake Elliott. Teddy Jenner. Stephen Stamp. Who will be named the 2017-18 Media Person of the Year?
Zach Currier. Austin Shanks. Jake Withers. Who will be named the 2017-18 Rookie of the Year?
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The funnest thing I've ever done was go on a field trip I wasn't supposed to go on in middle school. Snuck onto the back of the bus while loading it.
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^^^^^ This to the one-thousandth power If i entered a ugly contest i'd be disqualified for being a PROFESSIONAL
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What was your first kiss like? My first kiss was in the 6th grade i walked up behind my girl and put my arms around her waist and when she turned her head to see who it was i kissed her i felt like the coolest kid in school
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20? next ten i should have a house and lots of money in my 401k with a beautiful lady to spend my money on
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Not gonna post a picture here.. I'm the one on my avi anyway.. Lol
What is the funnest thing you've ever done?
-- Post-graduation California trip with my mom...
What are the most important lessons you've learned in life?
-- Live only for yourself.
-- The world is not your enemy.
-- Time will fix most things, you just need to have patience and the will to never give up.
-- Dreaming is never enough.
-- Never be afraid to reach out and hold on to what you want in life.
What is the most risky thing you've ever done?
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-- Waiting for him.
What was your first kiss like?
-- Awkward, but magical.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20?
-- Happy and doing what I love most. Hopefully by then I'd have decided if I want to have a family of my own.
I apologize in advance for late responses and dropped conversations.
What is the funnest thing you've ever done? Scare someone by coming up behind them and screaming boo.
What are the most important lessons you've learned in life? Never depend on anybody and have expectations.
What is the most risky thing you've ever done? Stand up to my mum if that counts.
What was your first kiss like? Can't remember, happened many years ago.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20? Nowhere.
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I don't think there are a lot of brave people on CR when it comes to their face.
In 10 years I'm gonna be rich and I'll be able to speak at least 8 languages. I like cute little girls.
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Lol yeah I get the feeling, but hey...look at the number of posts Not only do we have brave people, but we have good looking ones too! What languages do you wanna learn and is there a particular reason for any of them?
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The most risky thing I've done is run down the street naked with some other people cause we lost a bet :]
Dude! Those dolls are so cute!! lol and I went streaking once...not cause of a bet..just cause we were young and dumb. Typical teens.
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Hah, you're lucky, thread. I just so happen to have taken several pictures of myself last night for .... different purposes.
(Don't worry, it's clean):
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I don't have fun .
Uh. In 10 to 20 years I see myself working. It's not really safe to say what in a post like this, though.
Lol you don't have fun man?? That's a lie!
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Same, this is what I look like:
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I laughed so hard at this...my roommate says its from MIB..but jeez, thanks for the laugh
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There's not really a single funnest thing, mostly a multitude of all-nighters with my girlfriends where we wind up laughing ourselves sick.
The most important lesson I've learned is to accept yourself and who you are, but it's one I frequently forget and have to relearn.
I can't remember my first kiss... I was 14 and I remember the guy but I can't remember where, how, or what it was like at all...
In 10 years I hope to be settled down and have started a family.
If not that, then world domination is always good.
That's pretty much how my life is...countless late nights saying the most random funny things. I wish I could gather them all up and watch them again with them all!
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And definitely look forward to some comments from me on all of your photos
Don't ask me why I am staring at my hands.
I have a few pictures of myself with long hair, 5 pounds and a year and a half to grow, but I donated it to cancer outpatients, I'll try to find them.
So, there ya go.
Oh, and here are a few small ones of my younger years:
I was born blonde, but it turned brown before long.
There are some funny ones of myself in my profile gallery if you need a laugh.
Me and my woman in front of a giant Gator dressed like Santa.
Well, my pic is on my profile. . .
Funniest thing? Getting out of bed every day.
Riskiest thing? Getting married, but also the most rewarding.
just wandering about...
Took my balls to get a part of my heads. T_T
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Stalking you.
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Funnest thing- My every day life consists of fun things so I DUNNO. ;D
Important lessons- Too many to list... But a big thing is to not take anything for granted.
Risky thing - Ran from the fuzz because I was trespassing in an area with some friends. I was terrified. It was the fastest I've ever ran.
What was your first kiss like? - Awkward.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20? - Married. With maybe one kid. And I'll be a Mangaka and photographer, and if my bass guitar skills will be a little more than just a hobby - a musician as well!
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What is the funnest thing you've ever done?
-No idea. Anything I could possibly remember at this point would probably make me seem very lame.
What are the most important lessons you've learned in life?
-Trust no one.
-Everything is temporary so don't bother caring about most of it.
What is the most risky thing you've ever done?
-Something else that I don't really have an answer to.
What was your first kiss like?
-Hasn't happened and not really interested in it.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20?
-Nowhere good that's for sure.
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A little bit older pic.
A pic taken just today. No real difference.
Welp I'm not the best looking in the world but I got nothing to lose I guess. I'm only posting this since its my Twitter profile pic anyways and it links to my CR profile anyways.
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I see myself in 10 years being in a animation company and working on animated films (hopefully by Disney or Pixar). Also if my 2D or 3D animation is so good maybe I could make my own cartoon. So in other words I see myself being a famous animator in the future.
I'm tired... oh wait... I'm always tired. Maybe I'm just lazy :(
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JayVeeDees, go for programmer. Going for both, will take some serious cash, and serious time. Also, you will have to take a extra 5+years of college for the neuroscientist thing. Programmer, 1+ years. and you will get more money and core for your buck.
Well actually.. It doesn't cost as much here as it does elsewhere, if there is anything that costs much it would be university.. because we don't have any of them in my country lol xD But still there it would be only the books that would be the prize to pay.
And I will go for both, because that which I am planning on to achieve in the future, revolves around both of those things
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Is your Oracle data center straining under expanding workload volumes while your IT staff struggles to meet escalating performance expectations? If you are spending too much on new server hardware and software application licenses but still not keeping up with demand, it is time to consider adding flash memory technology to your data center.
Specifically, you should look at PCIe- based flash technology like Fusion ioMemoryTM, which brings high speed storage capacity onto the server — close to the CPU and the application workloads themselves — to fast-track application performance. Fusion ioMemory, now the foundation of storage and memory giant SanDisk's PCIe Flash portfolio, is widely regarded as the standard for the technology.
Fusion ioMemory can supply the performance boost your business needs to support higher transaction volumes and process data faster. And because your servers can do more work in less time, you can consolidate the number of servers in your data center. The result is a more efficient and more productive environment with a substantially better cost structure.
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The SanDisk Flash memory technology helps you optimize your data center infrastructure. You can expect big productivity gains — the kind that helps your business make better decisions faster, expedite transactions and speed response times.
Fusion ioMemory tackles all of your major pain points associated with both Online Transaction Processing Applications (OLTP) and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) applications. Flash breaks through the bottlenecks that impede Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS), making flash storage a cost-effective solution for many typical I/O bottlenecks of an Oracle database such as redo logs or undo tablespace.
Fusion ioMemory can also address your top performance issues with data warehousing and analytics applications running on Oracle, including throughput challenges. Flash can also be a practical solution to reduce overhead associated with pass sorts in Temp Tablespace.
At a high level, SanDisk flash memory technology addresses seven primary use cases: OLTP, operational data stores, data warehouse, OLAP, Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) backup, Oracle Data Pump, and Oracle migrations to Oracle 12c. The technology also addresses challenges that OLTP and OLAP applications share, including performance issues associated with hot tables and indexes, data loads, audit trails, and database backups.
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Consider the case of Santa Monica College, a community college serving 34,000 students on six campuses in California that was struggling to keep up with increasing online enrollment even as budget cuts translated into fewer classes. This resulted in a serious slowdown during registration when the database sagged under a flood of new requests during one enrollment period.1
Aware that registrations would continue to grow beyond classroom capacity, Santa Monica College worked to modernize its database architecture to eliminate the latency that clogged the registration process. The college chose SanDisk flash, a solution that in testing processed 5,000 enrollments per minute. This effectively corrected the latency issue, resulting in an almost immediate return on the school's investment.
Flash memory technology can be an equally powerful solution for an OLAP application. Syntricity, a provider of a hosted data analysis solution for semiconductor manufacturers, was struggling to come up with a way to resolve performance issues that were putting its business at risk.2 The company's dataConductor.com application runs on an Oracle data warehouse that processes 250,000 datalogs each month containing billions of test measurements and consuming 150 GB of data warehouse storage each day.
Supporting customers that require exceptional performance for their own success, Syntricity reacted quickly to adapt its infrastructure when clients complained about analysis and report generation being too slow. Syntricity deployed several Fusion ioMemory cards and reported almost immediate results. The flash drives lowered latency on the Oracle database and applications and also eradicated network latency impacts by moving the entire database from the storage area network (SAN) onto the server. Syntricity also streamlined its architecture, slashing operating and support costs and eliminating the need to add more servers — and with them, additional licenses.
Even more impressively, Syntricity improved its business intelligence courtesy of a significant boost in performance that can range from a 30% improvement to as much as 5x increase. This allows a company like Syntricity to deliver far bigger data sets to its clients far faster than ever before.
Flash Returns
In an era where enterprises balk at upfront capital costs, you might be reluctant to make any new investment. However, the big picture view shows flash technology will pay a fast return, and then some.
You need to look at the cost per transaction when weighing your options. You also need to consider scale: Flash technology doesn't necessarily have to be deployed on every data center server. You can invest small and scale out as circumstances change.
The benefits are clear: Flash memory technology drives performance improvements that in lead to revenue gains. SanDisk flash takes out inefficiencies helping remove cost, increase speed and scale better. The result: an optimally performing Oracle environment that can not only handle increased workload demands better and more cost-effectively, but can also achieve the best business results.
To find out more about what flash technology can do for your business, contact your SanDisk sales representative for a demonstration or a proof of concept to see how Fusion ioMemory can help you optimize your Oracle environment.
1 http://www.sandisk.com/assets/case-studies/SantaMonicaCollege_CS_SanDisk.pdf
2 http://www.sandisk.com/assets/white-papers/Oracle_Acceleration_ION_WP.pdf
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The Americans clocked 3 minutes, 52.05 seconds, slicing 0.14 off the previous mark set by China at the 2009 world championships at the height of the high-tech bodysuit era.
Missy Franklin staked them to a lead that was never in danger, as Rebecca Soni, Diana Vollmer and Allison Schmidtt all won gold again.
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Riccitiello Booted as EA Reboots
Mar 19, 2013 11:32 AM PT
John Riccitiello, who was at the helm of video game publisher Electronic Arts as it tried to navigate major shifts in the industry, will step down as CEO on March 30.
Chairman Larry Probst, EA's CEO when Riccitiello took over in 2007, will serve as the company's executive chairman and temporary leader while it searches for a new chief executive.
Riccitiello said it was time for new leadership to guide EA into an era of innovation and growth. He acknowledged his "shortcomings," claiming he was "100 percent accountable" for earnings coming in below expectations.
Along with news of Riccitiello's resignation, EA said Monday that it expected its next quarterly earnings per share and revenue will be at the low end or slightly below the guidance it released last month. The company is expecting to bring in between US$1.03 to $1.13 billion for the last three months of 2012. Those earnings numbers are below Wall Street expectations.
"Lowered expectations aren't that much of a change," Michael Pachter, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities, told the E-Commerce Times. "They are at the low end of guidance instead of the high end. Given that packaged goods sales were down 24 percent for the industry, their guidance of down 10 percent isn't really that bad."
EA did not respond to our request to comment for this story.
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Since taking over in 2007, Riccitiello has presided over a tumultuous time in the video game industry. EA's core business of selling popular packaged discs for gaming consoles has been threatened by the cheap or free games consumers can find on their computers, social networks and mobile devices.
Even when consumers did spend $60 for a more expensive game, EA faced tough rivals in offerings like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft from Activision Blizzard.
At a time when a gaming company needed a major overhaul, however, Riccitiello did what he could to make sure the company was in a place to compete in both the established and emerging spaces in the industry, said Pachter.
"He made mistakes early in his tenure, in particular with some of their acquisitions, but for the last couple of years, they were focused, cut costs, and were growing profits," he noted. "His legacy is that they are very well positioned to compete in an increasingly digital world, with solid mobile, social and casual businesses and a growing PC download business."
Riccitiello took the company to that place, and the timing is right for him to allow someone else to guide EA through its next challenges, said Carr Lanphier, analyst at Morningstar. While Riccitiello's priority was overhauling the business, a new CEO can be more in tune with the gaming side of EA.
"Overall, this is a logical time for him to step down," Lanphier told the E-Commerce Times. "He took the helm in 2007, when the company was in dire straits, and was a marketer with a strategic vision. He wasn't the greatest on details, but when you're losing a billion dollars per year as they were in 2007 and 2008, you can afford to overlook some details as long as you're restructuring. That's what he did."
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The challenges in the gaming industry aren't going away, as mobile and social games continue to grow and Sony and Microsoft are both set to launch updated consoles. That means a new CEO can take advantage of Riccitiello's business restructuring and cater more towards a hardcore gaming crowd eager for new EA offerings.
"EA's CEO was never known to be a gaming guru," said Lanphier. "He put together a great strategy, but he irritated the customer base with things like messing up the SimCity launch.There will be a lot of great candidates out there, but EA might look towards a smaller publisher that has a strong, positive brand identity and can really reinvigorate the user base."
That will likely be someone outside EA, said Pachter.
"My bias is that they will look for someone who can manage costs better than they have in recent years," he noted.
If a new CEO can continue the business restructuring that Riccitiello orchestrated while making EA a desirable place to work, the company would be in good shape to reclaim its lead in the industry, said Ted Pollak, senior gaming analyst at Jon Peddie Research.
"There is a huge opportunity for a CEO who can balance the duty to the shareholder, customer and employee in a vigilant manner," he told the E-Commerce Times. "If and when this person is found, EA could leverage its position well going into the next generation of gaming platforms."


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Developers are being splintered by competing players instead of moving toward convergence
The application development landscape is in tatters because there are too many dominant players, platforms and software development kits (SDK) vying for developer mindshare. At the same time, there are new disruptive technologies, such as 64-bit computing and IPv6, waiting in the wings.
This double body blow is the straw that will break the back of the development community and cause massive pain until a clear direction emerges. And the ramifications of this chaotic environment are serious: continued buggy and unreliable applications with stovepiped data and a short shelf life; continued lack of professional standards, licensing and liability for software engineers (unfortunately, I still have to use that term loosely); and continued proliferation of proprietary, closed devices, data standards and platforms.
Speaking of proprietary platforms, the iPad is an extension of Apple's iPhone and iPod lines and is little more than a large iPod Touch. Strategically, it seeks to be a Kindle-killer, but more importantly, it will provide another outlet for iPhone developers to sell more software. So, although the iPad makes perfect business sense for Apple, it is a disaster for the development community because it continues the splintering of developers at a time when technological convergence should be leading to greater software reliability. And for me, software reliability in the government sector is the No. 1 concern.
Let's examine those dominant platforms and players and the disruptions. First, the platforms.
Although I am a believer in free markets and the benefits of competition, industry has a responsibility to work together on the foundational layers to build security, quality and reliability from the ground up to advance the professionalism of the field. In essence, the information technology industry must emulate other engineering disciplines, or technological disasters and cybersecurity holes will worsen.
Make no mistake: In terms of job creation and cybersecurity, this must be a national priority. The need is even more pressing given the large number of new technological disruptions on the horizon. I do not have space here to go into details, but the major ones include: 64-bit computing, IPv6, cybersecurity, robotics, flash storage, new modes of use (gestures, voice, augmented reality) and new devices (smart phones, netbooks, e-book readers and tablets).
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There is certainly a problem with how software applications are developed, but the problem is deeply embedded and can be blamed on government agencies and large corporations blindly purchasing software without any attention to standardization. Large purchasers insist on locking themselves into apps that run only on Windows, or Oracle, or whatever. Furthermore, we've become ensnared in bad methodologies and increasing interdependencies and steeper learning curves.
Several basic structural problems need to be addressed:
1) Demand a standard OS -- Unix. This is the "grown-up" OS. Mac and Linux platforms speak this language; only Windows refuses to follow.
2) Don't use static compiled languages. Computers have long been fast enough to run powerful scripting languages -- especially compiled-just-in-time languages such as Perl. Why compile Java into separate bytecode that must be expanded into machine code before it can be run efficiently; why not just run an appropriate scripting language directly?
3) Don't use OOP!!! OOP doesn't have any advantages over procedural/relational combos, and many disadvantages. OOP: causes bloatware, mandates large libraries requiring ever-steeper leaning curves to master, requires programmers to "think backwards", and encourages one to "hard code" data structures into the code body -- a no-no in older programming textbooks. Use a robust procedural language along with a relational database for maximum flexibility and modularity. (Ref: http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/oopbad.htm)
Large companies have purchasing power, and could collectively encourage the above changes by being more selective. Perhaps IEEE or another group could be encouraged to develop and coordinate the requirements for such a shift. And perhaps the general computing world could borrow from the embedded community, which of necessity HAS to adhere to more rigorous standards.
Software development cannot become a real engineering discipline until the fundamental problems just mentioned have been addressed. And it follows that requiring licenses to continue current practices would be like "putting lipstick on a pig".
Michael, I think you're saying that the world is getting more complex. It's like saying that the weather is changing and we might have a tornado. OK? || If there is a proliferation of platforms, designers can focus on one or two and the others will die out over time. It happened to NetBIOS, and VMS. The coming of 64 bit and IPv6 means that developers must upgrade skills. If they don't, the work will go to people that do, in China or India. Your advice should be to stay relevant. Right? || Finally, licensing software engineers is an answer, but we took an alternate approach by certifying software security professionals last year. You can read about that process on my blog at www.codeguard.org/blog. It's not easy, but it might be a first step. Overall, I agree that it could be a disaster, but we, as an industry, have complete control over the impact.
Bravo Rob, I agree with you comments!! The Dev Community have shifted gears away from the main stream because the main stream has become Lame! (never thought I would use that word)... Microsoft being the main contributer to the demise of the main stream treats their development community like dirt. The tools are way over priced and has a very closed ecosystem. MS has lost the site of what's important... this has left a space for the Open Source Communities to thrive as a result. All I can see from here is more opportunities not less.... Software quality in my opinion has improved in the Opensource space.... as for Professional Standards....I think that ship sailed to India, China and other countries that the big companies outsourced Corporate Softwared Development to. It must suck to work for a government Org that relies on the "main stream"..... As the Microsoft Titanic starts to sink I would put on your bathing suite fast...... Its going to be a cold swim to shore......
>>This double body blow is the straw that will break the back of the development community and cause massive pain until a clear direction emerges.
*** I disagree. The development community is more robust and resourceful than you give them credit for.
>>And the ramifications of this chaotic environment are serious: continued buggy and unreliable applications
*** The environment is a product of the market. The faster the code is produced, the faster to the marketplace, the more profit is produced or less investors' money is lost.
>>with stovepiped data and a short shelf life;
*** Companies don't want to share data with competitors, they have invested too much company/investor resources developing the product. Consumers of the software drive the shelf life, try to force them to use PalmOS 1.0 instead of the iPhone OS v3.x
>>continued lack of professional standards, licensing and liability for software engineers (unfortunately, I still have to use that term loosely);
*** Professional standards = an investment that the market is not willing to pay.
>>> and continued proliferation of proprietary, closed devices, data standards and platforms.
*** Linux/Unix is a great, stable computing platform that will never be mainstream to the consumer. If a company invests millions of $$$ on a platform, why make it open source so Joe bag O' donuts can hack it up in his basement, sell it on iTunes and laugh all the way to the bank?
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The House approved on emergency final action a bill Thursday delivering to convenience, grocery and drug stores entry into the strong-beer market in Kansas and granting liquor stores authority to begin selling cigarettes and other nonalcoholic merchandise.
The bill was forwarded on a vote of 80-45 to the Senate, where a substantive shift in regulation of the liquor industry might not be so readily toasted.
A consortium led by Dillons, Hy-Vee, Quicktrip and Caseys has been engaged for years in an intense political struggle at the Capitol to crack Kansas law blocking sales in their stores of anything other than 3.2 percent beer. This coalition, fronted by the lobbying group Uncork Kansas, engineered compromise language in Senate Bill 13 during negotiations with leaders of the Kansas Association of Beverage Retailers, which represents less than one-fourth of the states 750 independent liquor stores.
The legislative process is built on compromise, said Rep. Erin Davis, an Olathe Republican who warned peers that amending the bill would scuttle the deal. Both sides of this issue for the past 10 years have zealously defended their position. Both sides have come together for a grand compromise.
Rep. Ken Corbet, R-Topeka, denounced the bill as a concerted effort by large corporations to squash small retailers.
Kansas is driven by small mom and pop businesses, he said. It just seems wrong to ask us to change the law so that big corporations can add just one more product to their inventory at the expense of 700-plus liquor stores in Kansas.
Under the House bill, businesses limited to 3.2 percent beer licenses would be able to place on their shelves beer that contained no more than 6 percent alcohol by volume as of April 1, 2019.
At the same time, the states retail liquor stores would be permitted to sell merchandise, as long as sales of those items didnt exceed 20 percent of a retailers total gross sales. Sales of cigarettes and lottery tickets wouldnt be included in calculation of that cap.
The arrangement would represent a step back from Uncork Kansas original proposal to sell full-strength beer, wine and liquor in their stores.
The House gave first-round approval of the bill on a 70-50 vote, but the chamber declined to immediately advance the bill to final action. However, the House agreed after a lunch break to conduct the final vote on the liquor legislation because lawmakers are eager to leave Topeka for a three-week break.
Rep. Brandon Whipple, D-Wichita, said an unwritten agreement among lobbying organizations involved in striking the deal would block consideration by the Legislature of major reforms to Kansas liquor law for a decade.
However, skeptics of that type of informal arrangement said no future Legislature could be bound by promises made by lobbying organizations.
Rep. Annie Kuether, D-Topeka, said the bill had financial implications for cities and counties that hadnt been defined by proponents. She expressed concern that retailers with corporate headquarters in other states would be given license to draw Kansas tax dollars elsewhere.
Its sort of a gun being pointed at the head of small business owners, Kuether said. Id like to see my tax dollars stay in the state. Theres still a lot of unanswered issues.
Rep. Tom Cox, R-Shawnee, said state government shouldnt cling to antiquated laws shielding liquor stores from legitimate competition.
Maybe its not our job as government to keep them thriving, he said.
Big-box retailers, corporate convenience shops and mega-liquor store operators would have the financial firepower to run the small liquor stores out of business, said Rep. John Carmichael, D-Wichita. As existing liquor stores close, he said, the loss of outlets offering whiskey and wine will compel passage of legislation allowing sales of those products outside liquor stores.
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Japan's Nikkei share average climbed to a 22-month high on its first trading day of 2013, as a deal in Washington to avert the "fiscal cliff" buoyed investor risk appetite and the weaker yen lifted exporters such as Toyota Motor.
The Nikkei ended up 2.8 percent at 10,688.11, its highest close since March 4, 2011. It was also the Nikkei's biggest daily percentage gain since March 22, 2011.
Volume was high, with 3.41 billion shares changing hands on the board, compared with 2.85 billion shares traded in the final business week of 2012.
Exporters were in demand, with Toyota adding 6.4 percent, Honda Motor advancing 4.0 percent and Canon gaining 2.4 percent.
"It's a relief that the U.S. fiscal cliff was averted," said Hiroichi Nishi, general manager at SMBC Nikko Securities, noting that the market was cheering positive developments that happened while Japanese markets were closed for the New Year holidays this week.
"Exporters should benefit from a weaker yen on expectations that they will have strong forecasts for the next fiscal year."
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed "fiscal cliff" legislation that raises tax rates for top earners and extends tax cuts for the middle class.
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The yen traded at 87.83 yen to the dollar on Friday morning, its weakest since July 2010. A weaker yen inflates exporters' overseas earnings when repatriated.
Yasuo Sakuma, chief executive of Bayview Asset Management, said carmakers and consumer electronics such as Nikon and Canon would attract strong buying on the back of the weaker yen.
"Among exporters, consumer products may outperform compared with, say, machinery makers," Sakuma said. "Investors prefer them to manufacturers like semiconductor manufacturing equipment, whose customers are companies that are still saving on capital spending."
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Japanese shares gained 23 percent last year, their best yearly gain since 2005, after rising expectations of aggressive monetary stimulus under new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe weakened the yen and bolstered exporters.
(Read More: Weak Japan Data Bolster Abe's Hand on Stimulus)
Analysts said the Nikkei would probably stay strong for the time being. But they also warned that with some technical charts signalling overbought levels, profit-taking could hit anytime.
"Investors' risk appetites have come back. Investors are chasing the market higher for the sake of chasing the market higher," said Yoshiyuki Kondo, a strategist at Daiwa Securities.
"It's like the chicken game. They are thinking about the risk of losing if they don't keep buying, but you don't know what could trigger a pullback."
The Nikkei has risen about 23 percent since mid-November when Abe started calling for aggressive easing, taking the Nikkei deeper into "overbought" territory.
Its 14-day relative strength index is at 83.28, far above 70 which is considered overbought and often indicates an imminent adjustment.
The index is also trading nearly 10 percent above its 25-day moving average of 9,765.15.
Analysts said investors are keeping an eye on the U.S. non-farm payrolls report due out later Friday. It is expected to show the economy added 150,000 jobs in December, according to a Reuters survey of economists, up from 146,000 in November.
(Read More: Private Sector Jobs Surge, Weekly Claims Rise)
"Right now, market players are expecting a positive outcome, but if it disappoints the market, we may see a big drop," said Kondo of Daiwa Securities.
"The market is so overheated that it could slide, even temporarily, and anything could be a trigger."
Meanwhile, Sharp fell 2.6 percent to 295 yen after the Yomiuri newspaper reported on January 1 that it is considering raising more than 100 billion yen ($1.2 billion) this spring to bolster its capital base.
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Daimler AG manufactures upscale cars, trucks, buses, and vans. Its leading automobile brand is Mercedes Benz, while its vans, trucks, and buses carry the Daimler logo.
Daimler has much narrower margins than its Asian competitors because of its unionized German workforce. On the other hand, Mercedes enjoys superior brand recognition in India and China. Daimler's revenues in these areas have been growing at 25%+ annual compounded rates since 2006 despite the economic downturn, helped also by the widening acceptance of Western style vehicle-financing. Daimler trucks, in the meanwhile have been enjoying similar growth rates in Latin America, especially Brazil.
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Private Limited Mercedes-Benz' stands for tradition, innovation and the future of the automobile and represents quality and safety on roads throughout the world. Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Pvt. Ltd. (MBRDI), a 100% captive unit of Daimler AG. MBRDI is the largest Research and Development center of Daimler AG outside Germany and contributes in the areas of Computer Simulation (CAE), Design (CAD), Electrical/Electronics and IT-Services. Research and development engineers at MBRDI assess the performance and reliability of various sub-systems and contribute to product development in all the stages of the life-cycle. Organised in extended teams, the engineers collaborate with our partners in the Research & Development Centers and Business Units in Germany, Japan and the USA.
Daimler posted first quarter profit of €1.2 billion, almost doubling last year's first quarter earnings of €612 million [1] Revenue similarly increased from €21.2 billion in year-ago earnings to €24.7 billion for the first quarter of 2011.[1] Daimler's cash holdings increased to €12.4 billion for the quarter.[1]
These earnings were driven by a 15% increase in unit sales for the quarter when compared to last year.[1] Daimler sold 461,742 units for the first quarter, an increase from 402,726 in 2010.[1] With the exception of Daimler's Bus segment, growth was also driven by increased sales in each of Daimler's sales sections.[1] Mercedes-Benz cars and vans' sales increased by 12% and 16% respectively for the quarter, whereas sales of Daimler's trucks increased by 27%.[1]
Daimler announced net profit of 4.7 billion in 2010 as compared to losses of 2.6 billion in 2009.[2] This profit was driven by an increase in total revenue, up from 78.9 billion in 2009 to 97.8 billion in 2010 as well as a 22% increase in unit sales.[2] Daimler also increased R&D expenditures by 16% as compared to 2009 and also increased capital spending by 51% for 2010.[2]
Profits and revenue increases were driven by increased sales across all of Daimler's segments in 2010: unit sales for Mercedes-Benz Cars and Daimler Trucks increased by 17% and 37% respectively.[2] Mercedes-Benz Vans and Daimler Buses followed suit, increasing 35% and 20% respectively as well.[2] This increase in sales volume translated into increased revenues across the segments as well.[2]
Daimler's business segments are Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Daimler Financial Services, Mercedes-Benz Vans, and Daimler Buses. While Daimler Financial Services is dedicated to financial services activities like financing and leasing services for vehicle sales, the other four segments market and sell automotive vehicles. Mereces-Benz Cars is consistently DAI's revenue-driving segment[3]
Daimler states that it's goal is: "to make diesel engines as clean as gasoline engines and gasoline engines as efficient as diesels."[4] Although Mercedes' lauded BLUETEC diesel technology certainly reduces diesel emissions considerably, it is unclear that Mercedes' has developed any unique technology or designs to improve the efficiency of gasoline engines. While technology at the Truck Division is certainly state-of-the-art, Daimler's competitors continue to produce trucks with similar fuel efficiency.[5] Daimler's automobiles provide a more difficult comparison because as a luxury marque, buyers often will opt for performance over fuel efficiency. This is especially true in the US market where Mercedes-Benz's smallest engine has 3.0 liters and six-cylinders, larger than the smallest engines sold in the US by other european luxury automakers such as BMW or Audi. In Europe Daimler markets many smaller gasoline and diesel engines, however the fuel efficiency of these models is similar to cars from other automakers, and Daimler has the lowest overall fleet efficiency of any major european automaker.[6] In an attempt to improve this, Mercedes began selling hybrid versions of its s-class and m-class in 2009.[7] Yet on the whole fuel efficiency is not a major selling point for Daimler automobiles.
Consumers are moving towards more environmentally friendly and fuel efficient automobiles. This is for a multitude of reasons including political tension in the Middle East, rising oil prices due to growing demand in the developing world (especially China), and increasing concern over global warming. Daimler's BlueEFFICIENCY program, begun in 2008, seeks to improve fuel economy by 12% for the company's entire fleet of vehicles. This initiative will consider everything from engine efficiency, to aerodynamics, to tire roll resistance.[8]


text: My little boy will be 12 weeks tomorrow. Breastfeeding has been going great!! I had to have hernia removal surgery last monday and of course I had to pump so my baby could eat while I was in surgery. I pumped 4 bottles with a hand held manual pump. Anyway, a few days ago I started to notice my boobs getting extremely rock hard on the sides and they are sooooo painful. And then, one of my nipples actually started to hurt VERY bad whenever my baby would nurse on it. Yesterday I noticed a white speck at the tip of the nipple. I "googled" it online and I read something about a "bleb" blister.... Anyway, I wanted to get advice as to what this all could be. Is this a sign of oversupply cuz of the pumping I did once?? Is it engorged breasts? Plugged ducts?? Masitis?? Also, my baby is starting to get extemely fussy when he nurses on that boob. Does this mean its not coming out right??? Any help would be greatly appreciated!


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According to published news reports, Richard hit a cliff wall shortly after his wife, professional climber Steph Davis, had successfully completed the jump, which they made from a mountain called Sass Pordoi.
Richard, who was originally from Quebec, Canada, moved to Moab in 2007 and founded Moab B.A.S.E. Adventures, which specialized in offering guided and tandem BASE jumps. BASE jumping involves leaping from fixed objects such as cliffs and bridges and floating to the ground with a parachute. When Richard and Davis married in 2011, the newlyweds celebrated immediately after taking their vows by jumping off Parriott Mesa near Castle Valley and parachuting to the ground below.
News of Richard's death spread quickly throughout the climbing and BASE jumping communities. Hundreds of messages expressing condolences were posted on Davis' website, as well as on her and Richard's Twitter accounts and Facebook pages. An obituary article about Richard was also published online on Tuesday and in print on Wednesday by The New York Times, which had also featured an article last year about the couple and their business. According to that 2012 article, Richard had successfully completed 7,000 sky dives and 2,000 BASE jumps at that point in his career.
No information has been made available yet regarding a memorial service.


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It has been confirmed that BlackBerry 10's Android Runtime Layer will be updated into Jelly Bean with it currently on Gingerbread. If you're not familiar with this, BlackBerry Z10 owners are currently able to side-load Gingerbrea-based Android applications onto their device. This is certainly a huge thing for the platform as it's able to take advantage of Android's ecosystem.
While the news is only confirmed, there's no timetable as to when the update will be made available for the masses. Until then, stay tuned!
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NASHVILLE, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Donald Brown and Andrew Luck scored 57 seconds apart in the third period Thursday to launch Indianapolis to a 30-27 win over Tennessee.
The two scoring strikes rallied the Colts from a 17-6 halftime deficit and sent them to a victory that put them in control in the AFC South.
Indianapolis climbed to 7-3 and moved three games in front of second-place Tennessee in the division race.
Luck drove the Colts 74 yards in 11 plays during the opening possession of the second half and Brown ended the march with a 6-yard scoring run that brought Indianapolis within four points.
Devon Wylie then fumbled the ensuing kickoff, which the Colts recovered at the Tennessee 20. Luck scored two plays later on an 11-yard run.
Another touchdown run of 11 yards by Brown with 3:01 to go put the Colts in front by 10 and allowed them to survive a touchdown pass by Ryan Fitzpatrick with 1:54 remaining.
Indianapolis recovered the following onside kick and ran out the clock.
Fitzpatrick, who inherited the starting quarterback role when Jake Locker was lost for the season with a foot injury, completed 22-of-28 passes for 222 yards. Tennessee built its early lead thanks to first-period touchdown runs of 30 and 7 yards by Chris Johnson.
Luck went 23-of-36 for 232 yards without a touchdown or interception.


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Seafood Potpie
|Seafood, Eggs, Vegetables
|Day Part
|Cuisine Type
A mix of succulent seafood and aromatic vegetables are enveloped in a rich and creamy sauce in this potpie. The flaky crust, browned to perfection is a fitting topping.
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
1 cup new potatoes, cut in chunks
1 cup broccoli florets
1 cup seafood or chicken stock
1 medium onion, peeled and diced
2 ribs celery, trimmed and sliced
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
2 tbsp. flour
1 cup light cream or milk
Chopped parsley and dill, to taste
Pinch of nutmeg
2 cups smoked trout, cut in chunks
1 cup smoked shrimp
1 cup smoked scallops
Frozen sheeted puff pastry, thawed
Egg wash, as needed
- Blanch carrots, potatoes, and broccoli in stock; drain.
- Sauté onions, celery, and garlic in butter until soft. Stir in flour and cook, stirring constantly, about 5 min.
- Add stock and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add cream, parsley, dill, and nutmeg; fold in seafood. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Divide filling among casserole dishes; cover with pastry, crimping edges to seal, and cut a small slash in the top. Brush with egg wash and bake at 350°F, until golden, 20-25 min.


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carlomacchiavello wrote:Jared Stutts wrote:Anyone know if the Crucial MX100 works? At USD $225.00 for 512 GBs it's hard to pass up!
i just bought and successfully tested crucial m550 512 gb, i record 4k raw 30p from start to end of disk without stop and without drop frame, BUT...
after few day of test, i can see some strange work.
if i turn on camera, and ssd is recognized, all work fine. If is not recognized i must turn off and on camera many times to be recognized.
the strange thing is that camera recognize it, also when say no ssd, but not mount it, if i go on menu i can format it, and use, but if turn off camera, then i turn on, is a russian roulette...
i think is connected to the bootup time of ssd controller.
Crucial M500 240gb work fine everytime i use it, but is slow, then only 24/25p 4 raw, not 30p raw.
We've tried a few Crucial SSD's and gave up on them as they are very hit or miss on whether they are seen and drop out. I wouldn't recommend them.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos is revered as one of the brightest minds in corporate America, but even he is still puzzling over how to reverse the financial slide threatening The Washington Post and other major U.S. newspapers.
Nevertheless, Bezos is determined to face the challenge, raising hope that his $250 million purchase of The Washington Post announced Monday will provide the newspaper industry a template for making the leap from the printed page to digital devices.
"The marriage between the newspaper industry and technology has never been consummated, but it could happen at The Washington Post now," said media analyst Ken Doctor of Outsell Inc.
Although Bezos bought The Post with his own money, most experts believe he is likely to tether the newspaper to Amazon.com Inc.'s products. He might also infuse the newspaper with some of the customer-first concepts that helped turn the Seattle company from an online book store into a multi-dimensional business that sells a multitude of merchandise and runs data centers that power other websites around the world.
"Just having his brain in the room will force people to confront digital in a way they haven't before," predicted Jerry Ceppos, a former newspaper editor who is now dean of mass communications at Louisiana State University.
Bezos, 49, made it clear that he has no magic formula for turning The Post around. The newspaper is the anchor of a division that lost $54 million at The Washington Post Co. last year while generating revenue of $582 million — 39 percent less than it did in 2005.
"There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy," Bezos wrote in a Monday letter sent to Post employees after his surprise acquisition was announced. "We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment."
According to an Amazon spokesman, Bezos wasn't available to be interviewed Tuesday about his plans for the Post.
Bezos' purchase of The Post makes him the latest billionaire to funnel some of his money into the ailing newspaper industry. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO Warren Buffett has assembled a portfolio of more than 30 small and medium-sized newspapers while Boston Red Sox owner John Henry recently agreed to pay $70 million for his hometown newspaper, The Boston Globe.
Buffett, renowned for investing in out-of-favor companies, also happens to be one of the largest shareholders in The Washington Post Co., which is selling its namesake newspaper to Bezos. Buffett's penchant for going against the grain and focusing on long-term investments are qualities Bezos has embraced with phenomenal success.
Amazon's nearly two-decade history under Bezos' leadership suggests The Post is likely to try things that other newspapers steeped in tradition have never dared to attempt.
"Ever since he was a little kid, it got deeply ingrained into Jeff that experimentation is the answer to everything," said Hal Gregersen, who interviewed Bezos for his 2011 book, "The Innovator's DNA." ''Exploring the edges is one of Jeff's counter-intuitive skills. If you go back to when he started Amazon, he was paying attention to something out of the corner of his eye and turned it into something that others didn't see."
It's impossible to predict the bright ideas Bezos might explore, partly because reviving the Post would probably take years to pull off. Experts are floating a host of possibilities. Bezos could, for instance, deploy the technology that Amazon uses to recommend books, movies and music to consumers to enable the Post to automatically tailor digital news packages to each reader's interests. He might impose more fees to read the Post's content online. At the same time, he might bundle free subscriptions as part of Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet or for consumers who buy Amazon's "Prime" service for free shipping. He could even include special offers in the printed edition for discounted or free Amazon.com deliveries.
The Post and other newspapers might not be around that much longer, unless radical changes are made. Some of the biggest newspapers already have had to seek refuge in bankruptcy court to reshuffle their finances during the past five years and the outlook still looks grim. Based on his recent conversations with publishers, analyst Doctor believes revenue is likely to continue to slip for the next five years, too.
Newspapers have been suffering because their main source of revenue — advertising sold in their print editions — has been falling sharply during the past eight years as marketers discovered they could target their messages at prospective customers more effectively through Google's search engine, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and a variety of other digital outlets.
Most newspapers have intensified their focus on their own digital editions during the past few years, but still haven't been able to overcome this fundamental problem: digital ads typically sell for 10 percent to 50 percent less than print ads.
That gap is the chief reason that the annual print ad revenue at U.S. newspapers has plummeted 60 percent in just seven years, dropping from $47.4 billion in 2005 to $18.9 billion last year, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Over the same stretch, the industry's digital ad revenue has climbed from $2 billion in 2005 to $3.4 billion last year.
Bezos has been making rapid inroads in digital advertising at Amazon. The company's annual ad revenue is expected to total about $835 million this year, up 37 percent from $610 million last year, according to estimates from the research firm eMarketer.
But newspapers are mired in such a deep financial hole that it will be difficult for even a savvy Internet executive like Bezos to find a workable solution at The Post, said Christopher Harper, a journalism professor at Temple University.
"It's not really a business deal, it's almost an investment in a nonprofit," Harper said.
It's one Bezos can easily afford to make. The purchase price works out to just 1 percent of Bezos' estimated $25 billion fortune. In the U.S., the median charitable contribution works out to nearly 5 percent of annual discretionary income, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Bezos is also in a better position to absorb ongoing losses at The Washington Post than the newspaper would have been had it remained part of a publicly held company under pressure to deliver better returns for a larger pool of shareholders.
"One of the smartest things is moving toward private ownership," said Ellen Shearer, a journalism professor at Northwestern University. "I think that's what a lot of papers need right now, particularly The Post."
It's likely that some of his ideas will fail, but that probably won't bother Bezos. In his inaugural letter to Amazon shareholders in 1997, Bezos emphasized, "It's all about the long term." He has attached that proclamation to each annual letter he's written since.
Indeed, it took Amazon nearly a decade before it turned its first annual profit. Even now, the company doesn't make as much money as most analysts think it should, partly because Bezos is continually investing in new ideas and equipment that he believes will make the business even more lucrative. After subtracting the $3 billion of losses sustained during its early years, Amazon has earned a combined $2 billion since its inception. In comparison, Google Inc. — a company born four years later than Amazon — is now earning more than $3 billion every three months.
Bezos' strategy at Amazon.com has worked well so far, gracing so far with a market value of $137 billion.
"One thing that Bezos seems to be is patient," said Jeff South, a former newspaper editor and reporter who is now a journalism professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. "He was with Amazon, losing money quarter after quarter. He seemed to say 'we know what we're doing, it's going to take time.' Hopefully, that can transfer to newspapers."
After getting to know Bezos while interviewing him for his book, Gregersen is convinced the Post purchase is a case of business mixing with personal passion.
"Jeff loves books, he loves journalism, he loves writing, he loves ideas and he love to make things happen," Gregersen said. "That's a quality 90 percent of executives don't have. They don't love the essence of what they are doing as much Jeff does. I don't know what answers he will have in terms of a 10-year plan for the Post, but I think there is a good probability that he will figure something out."
Bree Fowler reported from New York.


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October 21, 2011, 3:47 pm
Curious' "Clues and Brews" scavenger hunt to promote "Collapse"
Curious Theatre is introducing "Clues and Brews," a part-bar crawl, part-bridge crawl and part-scavenger hunt, from 5-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24.
"The clues are centered on our upcoming production of 'Collapse,' and the participating bars," says founder Chip Walton.
Tickets are $25 and include "clues and brews" at every location. Sign up in teams of two or four. Prizes for the winners.
Sign up at www.curioustheatre.org. info: 303-623-0524
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For many months, I have witnessed a trend toward resource nationalism, which is taking a major toll on the potential supply of platinum (PTM) where more than 90% comes from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Russia. These are far from safe mining jurisdictions. Simultaneously, auto sales are rebounding to levels not seen since before the credit crisis in early 2008.
Despite global supply concerns, increase of resource nationalism and rising industrial and automobile demand, platinum is still undervalued compared to gold (GLD). The platinum price is still far below pre-credit crisis highs, while gold and silver (SLV) are almost double 2007 highs. This may be a short-term phenomenon and over the long term PGM's may provide a great buying opportunity and catch up to gold (IAU) and silver (AGQ).
More than 90% of platinum (PPLT) supply originates from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Russia. Zimbabwe has recently nationalized the assets of Zimplats. This could have a major impact on potential supply and may increase interest for advance platinum assets in geopolitically stable mining jurisdictions.


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MARTINEZ — Elvis Torrentes pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of sexual penetration of an intoxicated person and will serve six years in prison for his role in the infamous 2009 gang rape of a 16-year-old Richmond High School girl that drew nationwide outrage.
Torrentes, 26, who has been out on bail, reached a deal with prosecutors that was finalized in Judge Barbara Zuniga's courtroom.
The Richmond man faced the fewest charges of the six defendants in the case.
Manuel Ortega is serving a 32-year sentence and Ari Morales is serving 27 years for their roles in the attack, while Marcelles Peter and Jose Montano will serve up to 33 years to life.
During a 2010 preliminary hearing, a judge dismissed two rape charges against Torrentes. He told police he sexually touched the girl but claimed that it was a consensual act that occurred before she passed out and before the assault began.
The girl, a sophomore at the school, was beaten, raped and otherwise sexually abused for more than two hours on Oct. 24, 2009, in a dark campus courtyard while spectators watched, shortly after a school dance. The victim fell in and out of consciousness during the attack because of head injuries and a near-fatal blood-alcohol level. She nearly died, a doctor testified during an earlier trial, and was initially in a coma.
The victim received a $4 million settlement from the West Contra Costa Unified School District in 2011.
The only defendant in this case yet to be tried is John Crane, 47, who is charged with rape. His semen was found on the victim and various objects left at the scene, according to testimony.
Investigators collected other DNA profiles from the scene but have not matched them to individuals, meaning still more suspects could face charges down the line.
Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni.


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A West Alabama sheriff says action is being taken to address the way that Monday's gambling raids were handled. Greene County Sheriff, Jonathan 'Joe' Benison says his office was not informed about the search warrants. More than one thousand gambling machines and cash were taken from casinos in Greene County as part of the raids by state officials. Listed below is the text from a press release that Sheriff Benison has issued in response to the action.
"Monday, March 31, 2014, was a very very sad day for the citizens of Greene County and the citizens of the state of Alabama. Approximately 1200 citizens in one of the poorest black-belt counties lost their jobs. The affects of what their families will go through in their struggle to live in this economy, is beyond human comprehension.
The Attorney General has executed a misdemeanor search warrant signed by Greene County District Judge Lillie Osborne, to once again overturn Amendment 743. The voters of the State of Alabama passed amendment 743, with the majority vote. In a democratic society we vote on issues.
Greene County must have a voice, and be treated fairly under the rule of law. But there was one big exception by certain people being warned before hand, of the raid that took place.
As Sheriff of Greene County I will not tolerate favoritism, cronyism, and out-right throwing the rule of law out of the window.
I will continue to stand and fight against corruption, at every level of government.
Please pray for Greene County as our legal advisor attempt to rectify this wrongdoing.
A lot of people are asking why my department was not directed to stand in front of the doors to block access…
First of all we had no prior knowledge of any search warrants.
It is truly unbelievable, and shocking to me, Joe Benison, that in an election cycle what people will do to gather votes and campaign moneys from other gambling interest inside and outside the State of Alabama. Amendment 743 still stands.
I, Sheriff Joe Benison, stand for liberty and justice for all, especially here in Greene County. What happened by our state officials, will not undermine my determination to lead this county without violence, to a successful conclusion."