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Problems With Spatial....
So I am readying myself to stand in front of a group of, (hard swallow) 25 people and co-host an Introduction to French Wine class. I am always a complete basket case before one of these events…nervous, tummy all flippy and just a general sense of doom. I can bear my soul, my heart, shit even parts of my body here but make me stand in front of a group and my mind is squishy and I am unsure if I am going to like hurl or pee myself. Really fantastic feeling I assure you.
Things have gotten better since Randy started helping me lead the classes; I feel at home when he is near me and I think there is a rather fun vibe between the two of us. Our banter flows naturally; we disagree on certain things and wholly agree on others. This helps, it really does but the whole standing in front of people thing, well I am just never going to get used to that.
So I am standing out back, having a cigarette before I face my firing squad and I feel something poking the inner part of my upper right arm. I ignore it at first, just too wrapped up to think much about it but the prodding continues and so I begin to investigate. Now I am not a picker by nature, I keep my fingers out of my nose and my jeans are always so damn big that my undies are never wedged where they ought not be, but I do have one picker issue…my goddamn bra!
I am top heavy, always busting out and I know I should be sized for a bigger bra but there is just a certain line that I so do not want to cross…anything beyond the first four letters of the alphabet and I am terribly uncomfortable. So I am standing out back with this obnoxious poking bugging the holy crap out of me so I start to investigate. Slipping my hand inside my shirt, pushing my breast around…my head craned and buried in my shirt. So it turns out the right side of my bra, (of course the one that holds the bigger of my two big breasts…ugh) has pretty much succumb. Just quit and crunched down upon itself…fantastic. So while I futz with myself trying my best to rebuild or bendy my bra to at least get me though I see a face. A face in the car right next to where I was standing….the car I assumed was empty.
Awkward moment of me trying to smooth out my shirt and pretend nothing happened before flicking my cigarette and going back inside….even bigger awkward moment when that face walks in the front door to check in for my class. Oh goddamn it. Now not only do I have to stand in front of 25 people I need to stand in front of one that just watched me give myself what looked like a breast exam.
Gonna cry.
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Oh girlie, you have my sympathy. I'm the exact way with public speaking. Except I have to talk about money instead of delicious stuff like French wine.
On the upside, 25 people is a fantastic turnout! After the boob-feel peep show, the only place to go is up, right? I'm sure you rocked it!
- July 30, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Ended up being fine but when I fired off this post I felt like I was an even bigger idiot than I normally do before one of my classes. We actually had 27 people and they seemed to really dig the class that is all good in my book. Hell if it gets people inspired I might feel myself up before every class from now on.
- July 30, 2010 at 11:28 PM
- El Jefe said...
Perhaps this class will represent the peak of your possible pre-class mortification level, and all future classes will be easier - "yeah, I'm a basket case, but not like THAT time!"
Funny thing is I'm the same way. The anticipation drives me crazy, but once I get to where I'm interacting and answering questions I start to have fun and then I don't want to stop.
- July 31, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
El Jefe,
I can only hope. You are right of course, once things get rolling it gets a little easier but I still freeze up a bit when put on the spot. Always thankful to have my sweet boss there to pull me into focus and jump in when I start to stammer!
- July 31, 2010 at 7:47 AM
- JW said...
I laughed my ass off at this post... Thanks for the great story. I'm sure you rocked the class. I've always had stage fright as well.For me It's improved with time and practice, but I don't think it's something you get over, just something you get used to.
El hefe hit it, you just have to put it into perspective beforehand.
- July 31, 2010 at 8:22 AM
Dear Sam, you've managed to dredge up my old angst over putting on workshops for science educators and information on water issues for public groups.
Fortunately, a friend turned me on to Chris Locke's online screeds (not sure if "blog" was even being used at that time). He and Doc Searls authored "The Cluetrain Manifesto" essentially detailing how fucked up advertising and marketing are in today's world. Looking back, I see him as the HoseMaster of Madison Ave, but not nearly as funny as our HMW.
I'd always had little interest in this area except for outright disdain and sometime utter disgust, but was taken with Locke's thoughtful analyses and his observation that "markets are conversations".
I had always over prepared for my presentations which allowed the devil to crawl out of the details whenever the script was interrupted. I don't recall a Eureka moment, but at some point I began approaching these events as just having a good conversation and soon it didn't matter if there were five or fifty people. This has allowed me to relax to where I do little if any "talk" prep and concentrate on visuals, handouts, and the like.
So hang in there kiddo, everyone here I'm sure agrees that you know your shit, so go out there and bust a bra strap.
Love 'ya,
PS Spatial? Damn, all these years I thought my wife was telling me I'm "special". Oh well.
- July 31, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Ron Washam said...
My Gorgeous Samantha,
Well, since we're confessing here...
Once, before a tasting at Mission Wines where I was star of the tasting show, I was kind of nervous and had to take a leak. The bathroom was occupado, and I was desperate, having done the guy thing and waited fifteen minutes too long before acknowledging my need, so I went into the parking lot behind the store, in a quiet little space between the store and the storage unit in back, unzipped, and heaved that big sigh of relief as I began to urinate. Midway through my nervous peeing, four girls pulled up in a car, piled out, saw my back and that I was in a position where I could only be doing one thing, and called out, "Hi Ron! What are we tasting today?" I did that over-the-shoulder conversational thing, trying to act all nonchalant while trying not to pee all over my pants, trying to act all cool like I'm fine with four girls watching me pee, while desperately jiggling, waiting for the last drops to fall. They just giggled. I hope at my discomfort, not my plumbing.
So the first wine I opened for the tasting was New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc...
- July 31, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Happy to share. I even took my dinner break, (which means I am writing myself out for 30 minutes) because I just had to post that one. I hope you cats are right but I am guessing I have many more asshole moves ahead of me.
Awe love I've missed you! Glad to hear that I am not the only one that hates the group eyes on you thing.
Ron My Internet Husband,
I just knew you would have a story too. Thank you for sharing baby and yours was probably worse....
- July 31, 2010 at 9:12 AM
- vickibarkley said...
Just so you know, I never see you as awkward in a class! Everyone I know adores you and is falling all over themselves to see what you've got in store for us! You are our diva, our maven, and a little stuttering or nervous glancing is completely eclipsed by your knowledge and passion for the juice of life!
And, yes, I know your nervousness is very real. And you're a bad ass for working through it on a regular basis!
- July 31, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
First of all welcome home lovely lady! We missed you so. You give me way too much credit and way too big a free pass! I am a head case you know it, I'm just lucky that you love me anyway....
- July 31, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- Charlie Olken said...
I have done my share of standing in front of groups and talking myself silly, and most of the time, I enjoy it. But, first time talks on new subjects, as I was asked to give to a seminar of wine execs recently, left me nervous as hell for days. I wrote what I thought was a really good set of notes, and then looked over what the person speaking before me was going to say. So, I wrote an alternate approach in case I would was going to be repetitve in front of these fancy pants folks.
So, when I get there, the guy is just beginning, and damned if he did not demolish both of my alternates. I finally resorted to telling stories that illustarated his points and disagreeing (politely, I hope) with him on a few points. About halfway through, I got really nervous because I was running out of stuff, but the next time I looked at the clock, the hours was almost over and it was time for questions. Next time, if there is one, I am going to ask to go first.
As for your wardrobe malfunction, it could have been worse. Ask Janet Jackson.
- August 1, 2010 at 1:35 AM
- Sip with Me! said...
I'm sure you were fantastic, but baby, someone really needs to take you bra shopping. I'll voluneteer!
- August 3, 2010 at 3:58 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Yeah...(sighing) I know. Just resisting for as long as I can but if you are offering to come and, (ahem) support me then I might think about it!
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BLACKBURN Rovers have to go into tomorrow's game at Reading looking to win rather than playing for the draw.
It is a massive game and is certainly one they cannot afford to lose but you cannot go into the game with that mentality otherwise you will get beaten.
It is always a tough place to go and it will be tough tomorrow. Reading are scoring goals for fun at the moment and Rovers will have to be at their best but I am confident they can come away with a result.
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Big Blue doesn't make a smartphone or a tablet, doesn't have its own mobile OS, and doesn't make glitzy commercials touting its mobile strategy. But IBM is quietly increasing its mobile footprint with offerings keyed to enterprise collaboration and a multiplatform strategy that features compatibility from devices running Apple's iOS, Research in Motion's BlackBerry, and Google's Android.
There's one other thing that IBM doesn't do these days: make and sell PCs. And that's one reason why its push for mobile devices is such a good strategic fit.
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In a move that underlines its emphasis on mobile computing, IBM in January named veteran software exec Kevin Cavanaugh as vice president for business and technical strategy for IBM collaboration. Two-line titles on the business card aside, Cavanaugh says his real job is to "coordinate our mobile approach across individual products for collaboration. We need consistent strategy that crosses over from product to product." Customers, he told me in an interview this week, "don't want to think about switching products when working on a small device. They want it to be transparent."
Not surprisingly, Cavanaugh talked a lot about IBM's relationship with RIM and the recent BlackBerry World shindig, which he attended: "RIM has the biggest penetration in our customer base, so it is incredibly important to us. Apple is by culture more consumer-oriented, but we make up a key reference on their site. Android, though, is a little harder to figure out the 'who': Do we partner with the device makers or the Android team at Google?"
In a 45-minute discussion, Cavanaugh didn't mention Windows Phone even once. What he had to say about Microsoft had to do with the shift away from the old PC-centric computing paradigm -- not the software giant's attempts to gain traction in the mobile market.
Indeed a query I made after our discussion about running IBM mobile software on Windows Phone 7 or Hewlett-Packard's WebOS devices got the following politely damning response from a spokeswoman: "IBM provides mobile device support when it is in demand. Our customers are not asking us to provide support for the new Windows Phone, so we don't support that platform. The same holds true for HP. We have not seen enough demand. If that changes, we'll consider supporting the platforms."
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Along with other InfoWorld colleagues, I've written about the consumerization of IT, and it's a trend that Cavanaugh sees as well. "The tablet is the best metaphor for that transformation ... and they are not running traditional PC operating systems," he says.
"But the format is a potentially a substitute for the PC in many cases. I've talked to CIOs who think they might be able to replace 20 percent of laptops with tablets over the next few years. So the hierarchy of Windows and Office that we accept as our environment will change," he says.
Cavanaugh himself carries an iPad when he travels, though he recently started using a RIM PlayBook as well. Despite his role as a mobile evangelist, Cavanaugh doesn't argue that no one need carry a PC: "If I'm traveling for two days, a tablet is fine. But three days and I'll carry a PC."
The switch to tablets, he says, is driven more by convenience than cost savings, since tablets can cost nearly as much as a midrange laptop. (Seeing an opportunity in that pricing, IBM Global Financing announced at BlackBerry World that it will offer low-interest leasing options for tablet computers regardless of manufacturer, a move aimed at increasing the penetration of tablets in the enterprise.)
It's not news that many IT execs are resistant to the use of tablets because of security concerns. But because the BlackBerry smartphone is so widely used in the enterprise, Cavanaugh figures that RIM's BlackBerry-tethered tablets will have a better reception than those running iOS or Android.
"The counterstory is that CIOs say, 'I don't want iPad in cause I don't think secure.'" And Android? "It's new as well, and yes, there are concerns. On the one hand, Android is more open [than Apple's iOS], so CIOs worry that you can put malicious stuff on it. On the other hand, a proactive CIO can put protection on it without waiting for Apple."
Cavanaugh is much too frank to pretend that iPads and Androids aren't making their way into the enterprise, and he notes that RIM just promised to extend its BES device management support to support those devices.
The push for social business
Social business, says Cavanaugh, means using the data generated by messaging, email, IMs, microblogging, wikis, and so on to make enterprises more responsive and faster on their feet. IBM has pushed this concept for some time with offerings like IBM Connections. "What we want to do now is to present social business as completely as possible on mobile devices and we want it on multiple platforms -- Android, iOS, and BlackBerry. We'll do it with a mix of native apps and the use of the browser."
Connections now supports BlackBerry and Android, with native support for iOS and Android coming, according to a blog post by IBM's Chris Pepin. IBM's Lotus Notes Traveler software supports a variety of mobile devices with features that allow administrators to manage multiple devices and allow or deny access based on company security policies (using, ironically, Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync protocol). Traveler can, for example, bar a jailbroken iPhone or one without encryption. Lotus Symphony is supported on BlackBerry and Android, although it does not yet run on iOS.
The mobile push also encompasses development tools, which can now be used to make custom apps run on mobile devices, a signficiant priority for IBM's customers, says Cavanaugh.
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On Dec 13, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten posted a video on its site featuring an interview (in Norwegian) with Maria Gjerpe, one of the ME/CFS patients who improved significantly in the 2011 rituximab trial conducted by Drs Olav Mella and Oystein Fluge at Haukland University Hospital. The video is a preview of an article published in Aftenposten's Dec 14 issue – circulation 658,000.
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at his residence 3617 Faris Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90034
around midnight of
June 23-24, 2007.
|To print Donna's flyer click ON THE
IMAGE to enlarge and print
|To print Donna's flyer click ON THE
IMAGE to enlarge and print
Donna posted an ad on Craig list (Internet) as a Math Tutor in
hope to help other students. During this process she was contacted
by John Steven Burgess and a trust began. For this was Donna's
passion, to trust and help others. Her dream is to be a Doctor
(Neurosurgeon). Donna's big hart and generosity expanded by her
community services of many hours dedicated to baby sitting at
the Battered Women's Shelters. Her intimate kindness shows her
forever love for her family. From the small personal notes left for
her Father and the phone calls to say goodnight every evening to
the laughs and smiles given to her Mother each day.
|On March 17, 2009 Superior Court of the
State of California for the county of Los
Angeles charged John Steven Burgess (a
three times convicted sex offender) for the
disappearance of Donna Jou.
$15,000 Reward for any
information in finding
Donna Jou.
If you have any
information regarding
Donna please
contact your local police
department or call
Los Angeles Police
Department at
You may leave a
comment/tip on this site
|Supporters of Donna Jou Gathered outside of City Hall in
California Friday, July 13, 2007
|John Steven Burgess (Convicted Sex Offender)
appearance in LA courtroom August 20, 2007 on
charges of failure to register as a Sex Offender.
|Burgess was supposed to be in court for failing to register as
a sex offender, but his pretrial hearing was postponed
until Oct. 10.
Outside the court, Sept. 5, 2007 a crowd, which included
Donna's parents, attorney Gloria Allred and friends
chanted, "Where is Donna Jou?" Jou's parents made
heartfelt pleas to Burgess for answers.
|San Diego State University Students Show their support for the
family of Donna Jou In Candle light Vigil held
at SDSU campus Sept, 12, 2007
|Sept. 5, 2007 - outside of LA court, Attorney Gloria Allred,
is speaking with the media
We still asking for John Steven Burgess to help us bring Donna home. Burgess is choosing
not to talk about his knowledge of Donna's whereabouts. We have started a Petition to ask
John Steven Burgess "Where Is Donna"? Please Sign the Petition and Leave a comment for
John Burgess to read as a request to help us find Donna. We appreciate everyone's
compassion and support to bring Donna back home.
Click here to sign a petition/ send a message to John Burgess.
John Steven Burgess's recent
jail info:
Updated July, 26-2012
Los Angeles County Central Jail
Jail Number: 3239912
|Donna is a Beautiful and Loved Daughter, Sister, Grand Daughter,
Niece, Cousin, Friend, and Honor SanDiego State University Student.
| In Memory of Donna Jou
April 23rd, 2010
Donna Jou was a 19-year-old, Honor student at San Diego State University when she disappeared in June 2007 after placing an
ad in an online classifieds website looking to earn a few extra dollars tutoring high school kids in math.
When I first learned about the very tragic story of Donna Jou and felt the incredibly palpable anguish of her Dad, Mr. Reza
Jou, in a birthday greeting that he posted on the website dedicated to her at www.DonnaJou.com, I became even more
determined to build a gated classifieds website that only allows users whose identity has been verified. Unlike shopping and
auction sites (e.g., Amazon and eBay) where users conduct business mostly by mail, users of online classifieds sites, on the
other hand, generally transact business in person. By allowing users to post ads anonymously, these websites create a perfect
breeding ground for criminals, who, thriving on anonymity, can hide behind their web browsers and prey on an unsuspecting and
trusting public with all kinds of nefarious activities, ranging from fraud to even more dangerous crimes, including rape, robbery,
and murder.
In 2009, police arrested John Steven Burgess, a 3 time convicted sexual predator, who confessed to luring Donna to her death
after reading her classified ad online. As a father of 2 young girls, I made it my mission in life to build a safer classifieds website
so that my two daughters will never have to fear for their lives when using an online marketplace.
Please join me in building a web community where members may participate in all types of activities—trade, commerce or
social—free from fear and suspicion. If the SafeList Marketplace can help save just one life, or help prevent just one woman
from being raped or prevent just one child from falling into the dangerous world of child prostitution, then we will have made a
significant contribution to society. However, with your help, I am convinced that SafeList.com will play a significantly bigger role
in cleaning up the web of criminals and make it safer for everyone. We must not allow Donna's untimely and tragic death be in
vain but instead act as a catalyst for us all in creating a better and safer Internet!
Karim Pirani
If you have any information regarding Donna's case
Please Contact Law Enforcement directly
through their e-mail
Your Identity will remain anonymous.
Detective Eguchi
The Los Angeles Port Police, Captain Mike Graychik and his team members for providing exemplary support to our private
search team. We are grateful for their sincerity, dedication, and desire demonstrated to find my beloved daughter, Donna.
Special thanks to friends and supporters involved in our continuous search for Donna.
Your prayers, thoughts, and advice we will forever hold dear to our hearts.
|My lovely Donna, The pain of suddenly losing you
without explanation is horrible heartache beyond
comprehension for me. You were silenced in the
prime of your life by a known criminal, but there can
be no silencing of family and friends who will
continue to search for you until you are found. Live
without you is meaningless for me.
Love you, my baby M.
Your dad,
|The Joy a Father and Mother have when they see
the face of their newly awaited born child is a true
blessing from God. As the anticipation arrives again
to see the face of their Beautiful Donna we will
continue with Hope and Prayers.
God knows the Desires of our Hearts.
|On May 06, 2009: Burgess pleated guilty to
Involuntary Manslaughter and Concealment of
Accidental Death and dumping Donna into the Pacific
Ocean (due to lack of evidence to prove or disprove
his statement, the court accepted his fabricated story).
Legislative proposal
United States Congressman, The Honorable Pete Olson's letter to the
Chairman, National Association of Attorneys General
regarding Donna Jou's case and legislative proposal .
Dated February 12, 2010.
A quote form Capital Weekly - 88,000 sex offenders live in State of California.
"Only about 1,700 of the 88,000 sex offenders currently being tracked by the
state hit the SVP level".
For the full report you may click on capital weekly logo
|Letter to Steve
Cooley, DA of
Los Angeles,
4th anniversary
of the
my daughter,
Donna Jou
|On March 17, 2009
Superior Court of the
State of California for
the county of Los
Angeles charged John
Steven Burgess
(a three times
convicted sex
offender) for the
disappearance of
Donna Jou.
Today, June 23, 2012, is the 5th year anniversary of my missing daughter, Donna.
Five years ago today I entered into a whole new world. I went down a path, never knowing if I would see the end, it was
the start of a new life. This was not a path of my choice, but it is a path I must walk mindfully with intention. It is a journey
through grief.
Since that day, my life changed forever in so many ways, many things have happened.
Five years ago today my beautiful daughter walked away from our lives, and was never to be seen again.
Today I am sad. I am angry, confused, depressed, hurt, thrown, somber, …..
I'm everything you can possibly think of. It hasn't been long, but in some ways it has been the longest days I never knew
could exist. Every cell in my body aches and wants to be with her. I shed many, many, many tears. I won't smile as often as
my old self. Smiling hurts now. Most everything hurts some days, even breathing. I have a new normal now.
Five years ago she was gone, and I would never hear her voice again. I would never see her breathtaking smiles, I would
never feel a kiss or a hug from her. Because of that naive decision she made on that faithful day, for reasons I will never get
to know.
I know deep down in my heart, that I still have my Donna, that I will never be without her. I realize that this tragedy has lead
me to a new calling, one to keep going until our criminal justice system stop neglect and denial of victims' human rights. Until
the judicial system stop plea bargaining with career criminals. Until authorities truly making the effort to follow their
democratic principles, until Donna comes home.
(missing Donna Jou's dad)
My remarkable Donna,
This year marks the 4th anniversary of your ambiguous disappearance -- a tragedy that caused us an irreversible damage.
June 23, 2007 was the beginning of a nightmare I never woke up from. I was thrown suddenly into a dizzying world of
unbelief parents, then have to learn how to survive such an unthinkable crises, not knowing what to do and where to
look next. I have been through sobbing cries, aching heart, denial, hope, anger, and mourning, a myriad of strange
feelings and emotions never felt before and praying for answers every day, every waking moment.
Donna, I think steadily about you during the most sorrowful and terrifying journey of my life. A part of my very own
being has been chopped off violently by this horrific loss. You will always be inseparable part of me, I never be the same
Donna, we have plead to the local, state, and federal authorities in charge to ensure justice for you, to RE-OPEN your
case and assign a NEW investigative team to start their efforts in full force to find my fallen daughter and to bring you
back to us.
We have asked DA of Los Angeles/Mr. Cooley and his capable team to use their finely honed skills to find you instead of
relying on BURGESS' (a CAREER Criminal's) fabricated story.
I love you so deeply and genuinely my lovely Donna, will never fall out of love with you, I miss you badly my baby.
I need you.
Your Dad,
|A song that was
recorded about
Donna By
singer/Jannel Rap
5th. year anniversary of my missing doughter, Donna


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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosts various events to educate the public about various policy issues. Below is a list of our upcoming, current, and past events.
Oct 23, 2018
Budgeting for the Next Generation: A Conversation on Children and Federal Policy
On October 23, 2018, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a panel of experts for a conversation on federal policy and budgeting for children on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. When it comes to the federal budget, children are...
Sep 24, 2018
CRFB 2018 Annual Dinner: Celebrating our Commitment to Fiscal Responsibility
On Thursday, September 13, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted its 2018 Annual Dinner at the Liaison Hotel on Capitol Hill. We had a record turnout and an opportunity to pause, relax, and celebrate everyone in the budget...
Jun 8, 2018
What's Next For Social Security?
On June 8, 2018, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a discussion on the future of Social Security and the 2018 Trustees report on the financial state of the program, featuring Representatives John Larson (D-CT) and Tom Rice (R-SC...
Apr 17, 2018
Congressional Memorial for Ed & Michael Lorenzen
Friends, family, and colleagues gathered at the Library of Congress for a memorial service in honor of Ed and Michael. Organized by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), it featured speeches from Hoyer, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), House...
Mar 17, 2017
Webinar to Discuss President Trump's Skinny Budget Proposal & the American Health Care Act
Marc Goldwein, CRFB senior vice president and senior policy director, discussed the fiscal news from this week, including the President's "Skinny budget" proposal and House Republicans' proposed legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care...


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Long Beach awards $44.2 million boardwalk contract to Plainview firm
Long Beach Thursday awarded a Plainview firm a $44.2 million contract to rebuild its iconic oceanfront boardwalk.
The remains of the 2.2-mile boardwalk, which was ruined by superstorm Sandy, were carted away in February, leaving a void where one of the city's most recognizable features had been. Long Beach leaders say the boardwalk is critical to the city's economic health, especially in the summer tourism season.
The city council held a special meeting Thursday night to vote on the contract, which was awarded to Grace Industries of Plainview unanimously. Grace's bid was the second-lowest of six submitted to the city.
"This is history that we're about to embark on, and it's scary," said Councilman Len Torres, acknowledging the project's heavy price tag.
Preliminary work on the project could begin next week, though a groundbreaking date is uncertain, city officials said. The contract requires Grace to complete the project in 210 days, officials said.
City leaders have said sections of the boardwalk will become available to the public as they are completed, and a substantial portion will be completed by the end of the summer.
The new boardwalk will be stronger than its predecessor because it will be made of resilient tropical wood, representatives from project engineer LiRo of Syosset have said. That's why the city, which has had a boardwalk for about a century, will pay more than the initial $25 million estimate for the project, officials said.
Long Beach officials have said they hope to pay for some of the work with Federal Emergency Management Agency dollars.
But some residents who spoke at the meeting said they feared a tax increase if FEMA funds don't come through.
"What happens if FEMA doesn't sign on? How are we going to pay for this?" Matthew Dwyer asked. "I want to be on that beach, I want to be on that boardwalk, but I don't want to be saddled with a bill because we were hasty."
Councilman John McLaughlin said the cost is "mind-boggling" but the city's beach is "naked without it."


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What's up friends? It's Friday, which is going to be a day to remember all the fun playing, adventures things you did all over a week and discuss 'em here on today's open thread, hosted by the commenter driven Hackerspace and of course, Lifehacker. So it's your turn to confess what's your recent discovery on the web? Or do you have any serious (or funny) doubts / phobias on Internet? Let us all hear 'em and help you unfolding their secrets on comments.
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World's Best New Boutique Hotels Under $150
We scoured the globe for the 20 best new boutique hotels under $150. You'll meet the owners; you'll kick back on your own private balcony; you'll eat homemade granola each morning; you'll never want to leave.
1. Las Vegas
More Palm Springs–chic than Las Vegas–bling, Rumor is a far cry from most Sin City resorts. Just a few blocks off the Strip, the two-story hotel trades the buzz of slot machines for a tranquil palm-and-pool-studded courtyard, complete with hammocks on the lawn and a DJ who spins classic rock on the pool deck. The 150 rooms are all done in Rumor's signature color palette of purple and cream, from the fresh orchids on the desk right down to the lavender-scented bubble bath. rumorvegas.com, from $89.
2. Chicago
After opening in January, Longman & Eagle became one of Chicago's most sought-after restaurants, known for rich comfort food like house-made pork sausage and ricotta pasta. But it was missing a crucial ingredient: a place to crash after dinner. Last month, Longman's owners solved the issue by unveiling six guest rooms upstairs—done in the same cozy decor as the pub. longmanandeagle.com, from $75.
3. Lancaster, Pa.
Pennsylvania Amish country has never lacked appeal—antiques markets, covered bridges, farm-fresh foods. It was finding an appealing hotel that was hard. No longer. Last spring, the Cork Factory Hotel opened in a 145-year-old redbrick foundry, still equipped with its huge, original glass-paned windows. The 77 rooms are within walking distance of a 120-year-old market, where farmers still hawk their wares every week. corkfactoryhotel.com, from $139 with breakfast.
4. Adams, Mass.
When owners Nana Simopoulos and Caryn Heilman set out to restore a 19th-century brick boardinghouse in the Berkshires, they didn't just strive for eco-conscious design—it was more like eco-perfection. Nearly everything in the eight-room Topia Inn is organic, from the breakfast of banana bread, spinach quiche, and fair-trade coffee to the plush mattresses made of chemical-free cotton. Even the walls are plastered with bright, earth-friendly clay, which makes them cooler in the summer, warmer in the winter, and inviting all year long. topiainn.com, from $125.
5. St. Pete Beach, Fla.
Set on a quiet strip of white sand 35 minutes southwest of Tampa, the Postcard Inn on the Beach is a dose of Florida Keys flair transported to the mainland. Each of the 196 rooms is wallpapered with surfing photos and accented with vintage lamps, while the lobby has its own macramé art installation and colorful surfboards. The effect is an overwhelmingly casual vibe that continues out in the garden, where Adirondack chairs surround a fire pit and the beachfront bar serves blackened tilapia sandwiches and bacon-and-jalapeño-wrapped shrimp—perfect snacks for Postcard's dive-in movie nights, when surf, travel, and classic films are projected above the pool. postcardinn.com, from $99 with breakfast.
6. Acapulco, Mexico
Long before Cancún or Cabo, Acapulco was the king of Mexican resort towns—and the Hotel Boca Chica was its crown jewel, drawing everyone from Elvis to the Rat Pack. Now, after a three-year remodel, the Boca Chica has regained its former sparkle. The 36 rooms are lacquered white and flooded with light, and all have private balconies. Meanwhile, old Hollywood touches throughout—like lamps made from conch shells and latticed brickwork—serve as ever-present reminders of its storied past. hotelbocachica.com, from $95.
7. Granada, Nicaragua
It's one thing to stay in the heart of a Spanish colonial city—and quite another to stay in a Spanish-colonial mansion. Located smack in the middle of Granada's historic district, the sprawling 19th-century Hotel Spa Granada has five garden courtyards, a lagoon-like swimming pool in the center, and 15 expansive guest rooms (some with ceilings as high as 18 feet) that are decorated with handicrafts from a local artisan. A free spa treatment is included with every night of your stay, but the rates are so shockingly affordable—a 60-minute massage is $20, an aloe facial is $10—that a full day of pampering hardly qualifies as a splurge. hotelspagranada.com, from $49 with breakfast.


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By Lady Ray Romano
Nonprofit organizations do many things that make life better in the San Antonio area, but they could be doing even more if they didn't have to spend so much energy on grant applications.
Because the nonprofits spoke out on the issue when asked, the process of completing grant applications is now a bit easier, thanks to a "common grant application" developed by the San Antonio Funders' Group and released in September.
The San Antonio Funders' Group consists of more than three dozen organizations that make grants, including private and corporate foundations, the San Antonio Area Foundation and United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County. Those funders using the common grant application have agreed to use the same wording for the questions in the narrative section of their application. That means that nonprofits applying for grants can now write their narrative responses once and just drop them into the narrative sections of any additional grant applications.
The idea for a Common Grant Application originated from a survey the Funders' Group conducted with area nonprofits in 2009. Other than grants, the No. 1 thing that nonprofits said they needed from funders was a common grant application. A Funders' Group committee led by Anne Connor, Director of Community Grants at Methodist Healthcare Ministries, then sought feedback from funders and nonprofits to develop the common grant application.
"Our goal was to save nonprofits time with a consistent, relatively streamlined application, and to develop a true consensus product that will be adopted by as many funders as possible," Connor said.
To help nonprofits succeed with the new standardized application, the San Antonio Area Foundation will host a free workshop on two different dates to choose from in December, focusing on how to respond to each narrative question. Connor will be the instructor, along with several other funders providing hands-on assistance with writing exercises in small groups.
The workshops are scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 13, and Tuesday, Dec. 18, both from 9 a.m. until noon at the Area Foundation's new location in the Pearl at 303 Pearl Parkway, Suite 114, 78215.
For additional information about or to register for a "How to Effectively Complete the New Common Grant Application" workshop, please go online to: eepurl.com/sf4Sr .
Lady Ray Romano is Vice President, Grants & Programs, at the San Antonio Area Foundation.


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It's been a rough few months for the legal industry. Law schools have taken a beating for their inflated costs and potentially inflated post-graduation employment figures. Additionally, the number of LSAT test-takers seems to have fallen significantly. Here's a quick round-up of the latest big stories on law school:
Law School Jobs Data
The first lawsuit pitting law school graduates against law schools over the potentially fraudulent representation of post-graduate employment numbers has recently been concluded (not guilty, surprise-surprise), but the furor and fallout doesn't seem likely to abate any time soon. More lawsuits seem imminent. However, it also seems the lawsuits and disillusionment have begun to spur change. Many law schools are modifying the graduate jobs data they supply, and The American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is taking steps to improve the data they release. While these are the first baby steps, the hope is that they will continue, providing greater transparency and insight for prospective law students. For more, check out this article.
Is the Law School Tuition Bubble About to Burst?
Early indications from U.S. News and World Report 2012-13 data indicate that law school tuition rates – which have been rising astronomically in the last decade – may finally be headed in the other direction, which is good news for aspiring lawyers. Hopefully the trend continues, and leads to similar downturns for other graduate programs and undergraduate education. To read a thorough analysis of the latest information, click here.
To see the numbers directly from USNWR, click here.
"Legal diplomas are apparently losing luster."
This is the first line of a recent New York Times article on law schools. Part of the evidence presented in the article was a precipitous drop in LSAT administrations. We found this odd, so we checked out the data ourselves. Here's a snapshot of official numbers from LSATs given over the last 25 years that led the Times to speculate that "The decline reflects a spreading view that the legal market in the United States is in terrible shape":
Upon first glance, the decrease in LSAT administrations from 2010 to 2012 is pretty shocking. What is questionable, however, is the assertion that the legal profession has somehow become less attractive. That assertion requires an assumption that there is a direct correlation between LSAT administration numbers and the attractiveness or health of the law profession. We could spend days (and many thousands of words) deconstructing this one fallacy…but we won't. I think you get the picture. Of more interest to us is interpreting these statistics.
Our contention is that while the LSAT numbers are down, this doesn't say the law degree is any less valuable. In fact, given the drop, it may be even more valuable. Here's why:
A more extensive look at the table reveals the current numbers might have been inflated in the first place. Notice the incongruous jump in administrations from 2001-2003: 33.4%!
Notice as well the relatively sizable jump from 2008 to 2010 of nearly 20% that immediately preceded the latest decline. Between those two increases alone you're looking at over a 50% jump in test administrations from the 2000 numbers. Do you know what both of those two periods had in common? That's right, relatively significant economic recessions.
Going back farther, one sees a similar jump from 1988-91, after, you guessed it, another recession (from the famed "Black Monday" of 1987). But these increases gradually came back down over the next decade. The inflated numbers spawned by the downturn of the early 2000's didn't have a real chance to tick back down (as they did after the 1987 recession) because we bumped right into another one a few years later. Consequently, the preposterously inflated LSAT administration numbers of the early 2000's recession were further bloated by the late 2000's recession increase. If anything, it seems like the law industry has a realistic normal rate of around 100,000 LSAT administrations per year for the last two-plus decades, which recessions periodically inflate. The most recent data seems to indicate that we're simply going back to that norm, which means a normal valuation of the law degree.
What Does This Mean to You?
If you're considering a career in law it would be smart to start thinking like a LSAT test-taker (and probably a lawyer) and looking for the assumptions in arguments you find in articles published about this trend. It would also be smart to start considering your application plan, including LSAT test prep.


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To add software to a linux machine you can download source files of code, compile them and install the software. Compiling software can be complex due to the fact that often, software has "dependencies" such as Library software that is called to provide support to a package. If the dependencies are missing, the software will not compile.
You can also access binary files (exe files on MS Windows are binaries). These files have been compiled by someone else for users to install. Binary files still have dependencies. (In Windows these dependencies are often missing DLL (Dynamic Linked Library) files.
To use software on a pi, you must have the software compiled for the particular processor that a pi has. This is an Arm processor. A lot of binary software people download from the Internet is for Intel processors, not Arm ones. Software is often "Architecture dependent". The Architecture being the various components making up the computer and the way they are connected together.
Luckily there is an alternative to compiling your own software.
Software on most Linux platforms is maintained via a "repository". This is a library of programs that have been compiled by people who undertake to maintain a package for the community of people who look after the particular version of Linux. Often these are volunteers. Package maintainers ensure that the dependencies are taken care of as well.
To browse, install or uninstall the software, you use a "Package Manager". The default RPi comes with a package manager called "apt". Apt stands for Advanced Packaging Tool and is the package manager software for Debian Linux.
Other Package Managers for other versions of Linux are yum (Yellowdog Update Manager) and rpm (Redhat Package Manager).
To use apt you need to be able to search for software, install software and remove software.
To install a package where you already know the name
apt-get install <name of software>
To search for software by name
apt-cache search <key word for search>
To update the repository database on your Rpi
apt-get update
To uninstall a previously installed package
apt-get remove <name of software to remove>
To update all current packages with the latest version
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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team improved to 3-0 at home this season with a 17-point victory over Siena on Tuesday night. The Blue Devils (4-3) used a 16-0 run to take a 20-6 lead over the Saints (3-3) midway through the first half. CCSU carried a double-digit lead throughout the second half in the 70-53 win.
Sophomore Amanda Harrington finished the game with a career-high 22 points on 11-of-12 shooting. She connected on her first 10 field goal attempts of the game and finished shooting 91.6% from the floor, which is the third best single-game shooting performance in program history.
CCSU shot 52.0% (26-50) as a team in the game.
In the first half, Harrington kicked off CCSU's strong start by scoring six of the team's first 10 points. Senior Jaleen Thomas added four of the first 10 and finished the period with five points. Senior Jessica Babe contributed six points and four rebounds in the half on two-of-three shooting.
As a team CCSU shot 50.0% (13-26) for the period and led 30-17 at the break.
In the second half the Blue Devils maintained a double-digit lead throughout the period and led by as many as 19 midway through the half.
The Saints closed the gap to 10 points with 8:26 left to play, but the Blue Devils answered with a layup by Bailey, a pair of Babe free throws and a layup by Harrington to push the lead back to 16 with 6:43 left to play.
Harrington's 22 points led all scorers. She was joined in double-digits by Babe (16) and senior Brooke Bailey (11). Babe and Bailey did the bulk of their scoring at the free throw line. Babe connected for six points at the line and Bailey five.
The Blue Devils held a slight edge in rebounding with Babe's seven leading the way.
Junior Kaley Watras contributed seven points and six assists.
Harrington's 91.6% shooting night trails Leanne Crockett's nine-for-nine (100%) performance against Fairleigh Dickinson on Jan. 30, 2010 and Keisha Carmichael's 12-for-13 (92.3%) mark on CCSU's single-game list.
Harrington's doubled her previous career-high of 11 points, which she set last Tuesday against Hartford.
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Just a day after the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission filed a complaint over Apple's 4G/LTE marketing in the new iPad, Sweden is considering an investigation of its own. The Swedish Consumer Agency says it has received a number of complaints from iPad buyers about the device's LTE capabilities—only compatible in the US and Canada—and is now weighing whether it wants to open its own investigation into Apple's marketing practices.
"One may rightfully ask if the marketing of the new iPad is misleading," Swedish Consumer Agency lawyer Marek Andersson told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. "The question is whether this information is clear enough in Apple's marketing."
Apple's LTE-equipped iPad went on sale on March 16, but the company doesn't sell different versions of the device in different countries. Although the WiFi+4G version of the iPad only works on LTE networks in the US, it's capable of functioning on 3G GSM networks worldwide. Apple does provide disclaimers on its site stating as much and, at least in Australia, WiFi+4G iPad boxes come with stickers that explicitly state the product is "not compatible with Australian 4G LTE networks, and will only operate at up to 3G speeds in Australia."
This hasn't stopped Australian consumers from buying the new iPad with the expectation that it would function on Telstra's LTE network, and Apple has offered to refund any buyers who felt they were misled about the iPad's 4G capabilities. The same will likely prove true in Sweden—customers do have access to an LTE network via TeliaSonera, but the iPad won't be able to make use of it—and it's a near guarantee that Apple will also offer refunds to disappointed Swedish customers.
Apple did not immediately respond to our requests for comment.


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Geometry of the Universe from the different view points.
Description: 4-dimensional space-time is regarded as a Finsler-space with Berwald-Moor metric. Unlike the quadratic Minkowski metric which is used in the Relativity Theory, the Berwald-Moor metric has the fourth power, and this leads to a series of interesting results. The light cone known in the Relativity Theory takes the form of two tops connected pyramids, and our space-time appears to be anisotropic.
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New Seinfeld Forums Launched
After 10+ years I figure it is time to upgrade the forum. New forum software now installed at https://forum.stanthecaddy.com. Check it out.posted at 1:45 PM EDT
Jerry's Apartment in Virtual Reality
If you are lucky enough to own an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset, you can now walk around in Jerry's apartment. Created as a "non-profit, just-for-fun project" by Greg Miller, Jerry's Place provides a truly immersive Seinfeld experience. For more images and videos, click here.posted at 9:00 AM EDT | Discussion (1)
Super Mario Seinfeld Parody
Seinfeld Sportscast
This sportscaster drops 41 Seinfeld references into this sportscast:
Source: Devourposted at 2:52 PM EDT | Discussion (2)
Mr. Kruger Shoots Himself in the Head
Daniel von Bargen -- who played Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld, has shot himself in the head, and then called 911 to ask for help. Audio from the Mr.Kruger 911 call below (courtesy of TMZ):
Mr. Kruger is the head of Kruger Industrial Smoothing, for all your industrial smoothing needs.posted at 10:27 AM EDT | Discussion (0)
George Costanza for Google Wallet
Thirteen years after Seinfeld aired its series finale, it still hasn't lost its relevancy. Google has used a modified clip from Seinfeld that has George Costanza promoted their new Google Wallet service. Remember, a real man carries a wallet!posted at 10:33 AM EDT | Discussion (3)
JerrySeinfeld.com Launches with Stand Up Clips
Jerry Seinfeld has launched JerrySeinfeld.com today. The site is pretty basic, with plans to feature short clips of Jerry Seinfeld stand up comedy bits:
I fell in love with them and I'm just as fascinated
with stand up comedy today.
When I started doing TV, I saved every appearance
on every show I did.
I thought it might be fun to go through all of it
and pick out three bits each day that still
amuse me for some reason or another.
I've also included stuff I'm doing now, and I'll be
adding new stuff as I go.
Somewhere out there are ten year olds
just waiting to get hooked on this strange pursuit.
This is for them.
I'm just hoping somehow it will keep this silliness going.
Today's three clips include one about horses. Tomorrow, all three clips feature horses ("A Horse Shaped Like A Hammock / Horse Rocket Power / A Horse Named Crazy Glue"). Is there a hidden meaning with all this horsing around?
Unfortunately, the site design does not include direct links to individual clips, so you can't send/share links to individual video clips. A bit of an oversight there. Geeks will enjoy the "Seinfeld" scene written by Clicker in which Kramer, Elaine, and George complain about the lack of direct links.
Uncle Leo Dies at Age of 88
Rest in peace, Uncle Leo, we will miss you.posted at 10:40 AM EDT | Discussion (4)
Meet the Soup Nazi in New York
Here is a flyer being circulated in New York City:
This is, of course, Larry Thomas, the actor who played the Soup Nazi, not the "real soup man", who is probably furious about the whole event, and may even take off to Argentina and never come back!
Ps. Follow @seinfeldblog on Twitter!posted at 8:53 AM EDT | Discussion (2)
Seinfeld Reunion?
Let's get nuts!posted at 2:28 PM EDT | Discussion (1)
Seinfeld Summed Up Painting
Someone has created a painting with a bunch on Seinfeld references:
[Source: CSlacker]
Reply in the comments to see if we can spot all of the Seinfeld references.posted at 9:15 AM EDT | Discussion (12)
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"Uncle Glen"
Dear James,
I was talking to your Mom after church last Sunday, and she mentioned that my last letter to you was somewhat beside the point. She says you are convinced that going to church for Sunday evening worship is a good way to keep the entire Sabbath holy, even if studies and socializing sometimes prove to be distracting. The real trouble you face on the worship front is college chapel. She did not elaborate, but I can well imagine your objections.
When your Dad and I were in college, we knew various schemes (and sometimes used them) to avoid being counted absent from chapel, even though we were in fact absent. I am not proud of those tricks, but cutting chapel free from consequences is one of those temptations that come to most students at Christian colleges.
I realize that the services often function more as pep rallies than as means for corporate expression of devotion and praise. I cannot imagine what your services are like now with the dominance of contemporary Christian music. Back in your Dad's and my day, the chaplain, Dr. Ryder, was reluctant even to let guitars into the chapel. I hear that when he retired, so did many of his arguments for retaining a measure of formality in chapel.
Another problem with chapel that might have occurred to you is that it can take up as much as an entire hour of the day, a time that could well be devoted to study, writing, and other parts of your academic work. I must say that I am partial to this concern, since most students, when they leave college, will never have the opportunity for chapel again in the course of their work—either in the home as spouses and parents, or in the business world, unless of course they end up teaching at a Christian school. We Orthodox Presbyterians are not troubled if our members are not attending chapel services during the week. We do expect families to conduct worship in the home. But we also know that the work believers do, either in their secular vocations or in their familial responsibilities, is the way Christians are called to honor and serve God during the common or work days. Reformed Christianity knows no distinction between worldly activities and religious devotion in the sense that believers are called to give glory to God (read: worship) in all that they do.
Mind you, this is not an excuse for doing homework on the Sabbath. The Shorter Catechism helpfully explains that to engage in work on Sunday that is normally lawful during week is a way to violate the Sabbath. So, clever student that you are, you may be wondering if engaging in religious devotion on weekdays that is normally lawful on Sunday is in fact a way to violate the goodness of our secular callings. In other words, isn't it a betrayal of the doctrine of vocation to make students go to chapel? If studying is a way to honor and glorify God, why not spend that hour in the library or at the desk in the dormitory?
This is a good question, but I can only advise you to go along to get along. Rutherford College has been having chapel since its founding, and is not likely to change during my lifetime. Still, beyond submitting to the circumstances in which God has placed you, I would also suggest that the intentions of chapel are generally wholesome, even if the execution is not always the case. The faculty and administrators are in effect your parents away from home. They have charge of your spiritual, physical, and intellectual well-being. Chapel is one way that they try to carry out those duties. Look at it as a continuation of family worship when you were still at home.
But you should not rely on chapel for your spiritual nourishment the way you could lean on your parents' oversight back at home. You have now established some independence, and it is time for you to start to put into place those habits that will encourage and prepare you to lead family worship some day. Yes, we are talking about personal devotion and the time you devote to prayer, Bible reading, and meditation as part of your daily walk with the Lord. As good and God-honoring as your studies are, you still need to be attentive to God's will for your life and his faithfulness. You also need to be praying continually for his care and blessing both for yourself and others. Both trusting in God's mercy and knowing how to pray are things that come from reading, knowing, and meditating on his Word.
I understand that you are in an awkward stage in life. Your schedule and routine are somewhat at the mercy of the registrar and the irregular demands of your work-study job. You also do not have privacy to engage in personal devotion without being interrupted. I can think of certain ways to alleviate these problems, and will spell them out in more detail in future letters. For now, though, I'd encourage you to begin to think of ways to read the Bible and pray regularly. Even better, simply read the Bible and pray as regularly as possible. God's word is the lifeblood of the believer. It even makes up for a lousy chapel service.
"Uncle" Glen
Editor's note: "Uncle Glen" is a pseudonym. Reprinted from New Horizons, March 2008.
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https://af.reuters.com/article/afric...CN1GF0HN-OZATPAl Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Burkina Faso attacks
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - A Mali-based al Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks in neighbouring Burkina Faso that left 16 people dead, including eight gunmen, at the army headquarters and French embassy, Mauritanian news agency Alakhbar reported.
Eighty others were wounded in the coordinated attacks in the capital Ouagadougou, which follow two other major assaults there in the past two years.
The group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), often uses Alakhbar and other Mauritanian news agencies to claim responsibility for strikes against civilian and military targets across West Africa's Sahel region.
Alakhbar, citing a message from the group, reported that the attacks were carried out in response to the killing of one of JNIM's leaders, Mohamed Hacen al-Ancari, in a recent raid by French forces.
France intervened in Mali in 2013 to drive back Islamist militants who had seized the country's desert north. It retains about 4,000 troops deployed across its former colonies in the arid Sahel region as part of the anti-terror Operation Barkhane and has aggressively gone after militant group leaders.


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Ozzie Guillen thought the Sox players tuned to the football after losing tonight:
"It's a bunch of (bleeps) out there watching football games like a piece of (bleep) with no pride, the way they (bleep-bleep) play, and that's embarrassing. If you don't have pride to play this game and you don't care about it, get another job. Because I know I'm going to be all over the stinking place when I talk about this. I'm not in a pennant race, but at least I have some pride and at least I have something to fight for and at least I have something to show up to this ballpark and play for. And when you go out there and you turn your TV on and watch stupid (bleep) football when those (bleep-bleep) football players don't give a (bleep) about you, that's embarrassing. We've got how many games, seven games, they've got to put their (bleep) together. Because I don't mind losing games. That's part of the game. But when you lose games and you don't even care about it, we're going to have problems. I run this ballclub and I'm going to run this ballclub the way I want to. If they don't want me here, I'll get another job, or get me other players. But getting your (bleep) kicked like that, then all of a sudden you're watching football games, that's a bunch of (bleep)."
Paul Konerko chimes in:
Team captain Paul Konerko said he believes Guillen misunderstood the players' reaction after the game. "The televisions were on already when we came in the locker room," Konerko said. "No player turned them on. I'm all for no TV, no music, no kids across the board when we lose, so I really understand."


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Levels of DevOps Practice
1. Values:
CAMS Culture Automation Measurement and Sharing
1.1 culture
1.2 automation,
1.3 measurement,
* cycle Time
* Costs
* Revenue
* Employee Satisfaction
1.4 sharing: Kizen
Later on, L for Lean is also added.
CALMS Culture Automation Lean Measurement and Sharing
2.1 System thinking : Concept to Cash
2.2 Amplifying feedback loop
2.3 Continuous experiments and learning
3. Methods
3.1 People (Who is responsible) , Process, Tools
3.2 Continuous Delivery
3.3 Lean Management
3.4 Change Control
3.5 Infrastructure as code
4. Practices
4.1 Chaos Monkey
4.2 Blue / Green Deployment
4.3 Dependency Injection (Inversion of control) using service discovery
4.4 Andon Cord
4.5 Cloud : API driven way
4.6 Embedded Teams
4.7 Blameless Postmortem (industrial safety) should happen within 24 or 48 hours
4.8 Public Status Page is also about Transparent uptime
4.9 Developers on call
4.10 Incident Command System (Like fire department)
5. Tools
Criteria for choosing tools
1. Tools should be programmable. Can invoke by API and CLI, not only GUI.
2. verifiable : events and matrix
3. well behave: deploy automatically, acceptance test case. it can be in form for .deb OR chef cookbook
5.1 Code – code development and review, source code management tools, code merging
5.2 Build – continuous integration tools, build status
5.3 Test – continuous testing tools that provide feedback on business risks
5.4 Package – artifact repository, application pre-deployment staging
5.5 Release – change management, release approvals, release automation
5.6 Configure – infrastructure configuration and management, infrastructure as code tools (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
5.7 Monitor – applications performance monitoring, end-user experience (e.g. NewRelic, Kibana, Datadog)
Six Phases of tool chain
5.1 Version Control : Git (Github OR Bigbucket) as SAS or enterprise version. Hands-on http://try.github.io/
5.2 CI systems : Jenkins, commercial Jenkins from CloudBees, GoCD, Bamboo, Shippable, TeamCity. CI as Service : Travis CI, Circle CI
5.3 Build : Make, Rake, Maven (Workflow approach), Gulp for front end, HashiCorp's Packer for infrastructure
5.4 Test : Testing for developers before check in
5.4.1 Unit Test and code hygiene : JUnit, golint/gofmt, RuboCop,
Integration Testing : Robot, Protractor, Cucumber, Selenium (for UI testing), Sauce Labs from SAS for front end acceptance testing
5.4.2 Infrastructure Testing : Kitchen Chef
5.4.3 Performance Testing : Apache Bench, Meter, Apache JMeter
5.4.4 Security Testing : Brakeman, VeraCode, gauntlet
Vagrant, Otto, Docker Compose
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5.6 Deployment
Elastic Beanstalk
Most important tools are : Continuous Integration (e.g. Jenkins) and Infrastructure as a code (e.g. Puppet)
Containerization — Docker, Rocket, Unik
Orchestration — Kubernetes, Swarm, Mesos
Organisational culture
1. Pathological (Power oriented)
2. Bureaucratic (rule oriented)
3. Generative (performance oriented) cooperation and inquiry
Processes are like training wheels: So go for minimal viable process
How to build Trust, Respect and eliminate blame and hostility ?
* Some people may introvert
* People think others job is easy to do
* bring transparency "chat ops" : Hip Chat, slack, ICR, Hubot, Lita, Cog, Err
Organisational boundary is also communication boundary.
Progress Charts
1. Epic burn down charts
2. Release burn down charts
3. Sprint burn down charts
4. Velocity charts (committed v/s completed)
Kanban based matrix and charts
1. WIP : Cumulative Flow Diagram
2. throughput
3. lead time = work is requested till delivered
4. cycle time = amount of time we spend working on it.
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Get ready for the Trespass Snowboard/Skiercross Championships and Big Air Jam
The British Snowboard & Freeski Tour puts its foot down and heads to Milton Keynes SNO!zone on Saturday 13th October for some high-speed action during the Trespass British Indoor Snowboard/Skiercross Championships and slopestyle Jam.
Prior to the weekend's competition, the British Snow Tour Schools Team will be heading into two Milton Keynes schools on the 11th & 12th October to inspire over 1,000 school pupils and give away 100 FREE lessons. Method Snow School will be on hand on Friday evening to offer some freestyle coaching tips, plus FREE product testing from Salomon, Ride, K2 and Faction Ski's will be up for grabs.
Over 100 of the UK's top snowboarders and freeskiers will don helmets and sharpen their edges for the Trespass Snowboard and Skiercross Championships this weekend. Competitors will race in heats of four down a challenging course that includes bumps, jumps and tight banked turns, pushing reactions and control to the max. Riders will also be able to flex their freestyle boards and skis during the Slopestyle Jam, with local snowboarders Steve Revill, Chris Chatt and freeskier Amber Connors leading the way. Competition is open to all abilities and all riders must pre register on the British Snow Tour website to secure their spot.
The Trespass British Snowboard & Skiercross Championship and Slopestyle Jam Schedule
• Thursday 11th October: – Schools Tour Team head to Radcliffe School
• Friday 12th October: – Schools Tour Team head to Ousedale High School
• Friday 12th October: – 7–10pm Milton Keynes SNO!zone, FREE snowboard and Freeski coaching, plus FREE product testing (Ride, K2, Salomon & Faction Skis)
Saturday 13th October – Trespass British Snowboardcross and Slopestyle Jam, Milton Keynes SNO!zone
• 09.00 – 10.00: Registration / Collection of Bibs
• 10.00 – 11.30: Snowboardcross practice
• 11.30 – 12.30: Trespass British Snowboardcross Championships
• 13.00 – 17.00: Slopestyle Jam
• 18.00 – 18.30: Prize Giving
Saturday 13th October – Trespass British Skiercross and Slopestyle Jam, Milton Keynes SNO!zone
• 09.00 – 10.00: Registration/ Collection of bibs
• 09.30 – 12.30: Slopestyle Jam
• 13.00 – 15.00: Trespass British Skiercross Championships
• 16.00 -16.30: Prize Giving
• Saturday 13th October: – 12.00 – 16.00, Milton Keynes SNO!zone, FREE Ski & Snowboard Lessons with the Trespass Ski and Snowboard Academy
Salomon and Faction Ski's are continuing to reward fresh talent during the event by giving away new set-ups in the 'Salomon Best Un-sponsored' and Faction Skis 'Step Up' awards.
The British Snowboard and Freeski Tour would not be possible without its highly supportive sponsors: Animal, Quiksilver, Trespass, SNO!zone, Salomon, Ride, K2 and Faction Ski's. Official retail partners TSA and Ellis Brigham. Media partners Whitelines, Dark Summer, Extreme, Snowboardclub and Skiclub.


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Click this Link to read the entire opinion…in case you missed it over the weekend when SFF posted this hot off the press:
NY BK Court SHREDS MERS "NO RIGHT TO TRANSFER MORTGAGES" In Re: FERREL L. AGARD
(Corrects to show parties would come before the judge to lift the automatic ban in 20th paragraph.)
Merscorp Inc., operator of the electronic-registration system that contains about half of all U.S. home mortgages, has no right to transfer the mortgages under its membership rules, a judge said.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Grossman in Central Islip, New York, in a decision he said he knew would have a "significant impact," wrote that the membership rules of the company's Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, or MERS, don't make it an agent of the banks that own the mortgages.
"MERS's theory that it can act as a 'common agent' for undisclosed principals is not supported by the law," Grossman wrote in a Feb. 10 opinion. "MERS did not have authority, as 'nominee' or agent, to assign the mortgage absent a showing that it was given specific written directions by its principal."