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Dow Down Six of Last Seven Sessions
Barrons.com Fund Columnist Brendan Conway joins the News Hub to preview the Friday markets; The Dow has been down six of the last seven sessions, Hostess liquidates after strike, and the White House talks 'Fiscal Cliff.' Photo: Getty Images.
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... the the ... first of all Dow ... is down six the last seven sessions liked how was it we are we looking to maybe come back from that's ... today ... Sea yes possibly that just a key off your last conversation ... when their Wall Street Journal headline hit ... right we all knew that you know it's it's somewhat the White House's come out with its plain you saw the futures turned right around the were negative earlier ... now they're slightly positive ... I think that tells you that this is a market ... that is just watching Washington so closely right now ... I'm ... down is slick and slid as more investors are looking at you know tax increases ... on ... the chance of major cuts having an impact in GDP ... I'm ... this morning maybe a little bit of Ray of light their traders betting that some think of something that could happen certainly that only who's been negative ... it's all about Washington is amazing is is taking a nice surprise to anybody really expected him wasn't any kicked down the road ... cannot ... I think what it is is ... trade trader shirt know it's coming but the debt that the market is going to wait and they know that Washington is going to leave everything to the last minute ... and so people were saying one we just keep enjoying this rally as long as it ... was when we see other folks selling that's going on in Apple right now you see other folks selling ... than where it is now ... in Apple's UGA game is now under thirty percent which is astounding given that it was up more than seventy earlier this year crazy now and a ... different different news hostess is ... going into liquidation that's right that's right another another tough ... tough I'm there for folks to follow the weekly jobless claims ... on ... the company says is to have to lay off most of its eighteen thousand five hundred workers this of course is Twinkies and wonder bread and some other iconic work very well known brands yet company that traces its roots back to nineteen twenty seven ... I think in this case the union miscalculated because this is a company that has me these threats before ... and not made good on them ... this time it just didn't work out and as of this morning they say they're going ago in a liquidation sale tough news for auto workers into


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The US Government Today Has More Data On The Average American Than The Stasi Did On East Germans
from the surveillance-society dept
To be fair, part of the reason for why this is happening is purely technical/practical. While the Stasi likely wanted more info and would have loved to have been able to tap into a digitally connected world like we have today, that just wasn't possible. The fact that we have so much data about us in connected computers makes it an entirely different world. So, from a practical level, there's a big difference.
That said, it still should be terrifying. Even if there are legitimate technical reasons for why the government has so much more data on us, it doesn't change the simple fact (true both then and now) that such data is wide open to abuse, which inevitably happens. The ability of government officials to abuse access to information about you for questionable purposes is something that we should all be worried about. Even those who sometimes have the best of intentions seem to fall prey to the temptation to use such access in ways that strip away civil liberties and basic expectations of privacy. Unfortunately, the courts seem to have very little recognition of the scope of the issue, and there's almost no incentive for Congress (and certainly the executive branch) to do anything at all to fix this.

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Tudor Jones' holiday lights may flip on this weekend
Odds are you'll never get to invest with his hedge fund -- not unless you're worth at least seven figures.
So here's your consolation prize from hedge fund magnate and philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones II.
Jones, who checks in at 108th on the Forbes.com list of richest Americans at $3.6 billion in net worth, is expected to flip the switch on the legendary holiday lights spectacle at his Belle Haven compound as early as this weekend.
In the past, carloads of spectators have waited in line for close to an hour to see the display, which is synchronized to music on a short-range FM radio station and reportedly costs several hundred thousand dollars. In previous years, the show's centerpiece featured an archway of lights over the driveway, with elves passing Christmas presents to each other and a 16-foot-in-diameter lighted replica of planet Earth gracing the home's facade.
Jones, the man behind the Tudor Group and Tudor Investment Corp., typically hires Greenwich police officers to direct traffic through the private neighborhood.
Belle Haven sustained considerable flooding during Superstorm Sandy, which could delay the start of the display.
The final night of the lights show is expected to be Dec. 22.
Those familiar with the tight-lipped hedge fund manager have described the holiday spectacle -- a tradition that is reported to have started in 2000, culminated the first year with a private Christmas party headlined by the Rockettes and has been replicated for Halloween and Thanksgiving -- as typical of Jones' goodwill toward the community and especially children.
Jones is the founder of the Robin Hood Foundation, a New York City anti-poverty charity.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 29, 2014) – After being unable to close out the Mercer Bears in the final minutes of a 57-52 loss on Jan. 25, the ETSU women's basketball team will look to right the ship this weekend against a pair of River City squads, beginning with the Jacksonville Dolphins on Thursday evening at 5 p.m. inside Veterans Memorial Arena.
Leading by five points with 3:30 left to play, the Buccaneers were unable to hold off the Mercer Bears down the stretch as MU went on a 12-2 run to down the Buccaneers, 57-52, inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletics Center. After a closely-played first half in which the Blue and Gold trailed 25-24 at halftime, the Bucs found increased offensive output in the second half en route to a six-point lead with 15:21 left to play. The two teams traded leads over the next 13 minutes before MU went on a 12-2 surge, beginning at the 3:30 mark, to overtake ETSU with a 57-52 final. Maria Bond (Macon, Ga.) led the Bucs with 13 points, while Serena Clark (Stone Mountain, Ga.) added a game-high 12 rebounds.
ETSU (6-12, 2-5) will face Jacksonville (8-10, 5-2) a bit shorthanded. The Bucs will be without their leading scorer Cara Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn.) for a fourth-straight game due to a hip injury as well as missing the services of senior guard Shawn Randall (Orlando, Fla.) who recently suffered a hand injury. As a head coach's decision, junior forward Tiana Burley (Camilla, Ga.) did not make the trip and will be unavailable.
The Bucs and the Dolphins will square off Thursday in the 20th all-time meeting between the two schools; a series that ETSU leads, 14-5. The two teams split both meetings last season with the most recent matchup being a 90-81 overtime ETSU loss inside Veterans Memorial Arena on Feb. 23.
For more on Thursday's game, read the game notes below. For more on ETSU women's basketball throughout the 2013-14 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's hoops link.
Game Notes
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" throughout the 2012-13 season ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics, please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
The ETSU Buccaneers enter the 2013-14 season under the guidance of first-year head coach. Brittney Ezell. A two-sport star in basketball and softball at the University of Alabama, Ezell comes to ETSU after spending three seasons as head coach at Belmont University where she compiled a 41-52 overall record. The Franklin, Tenn. native takes the reigns of a veteran-heavy team that returns nine letterwinners from an 8-18 overall 2012-13 campaign. Among the nine returnees are six players who started 10 or more games last season. Highlighted among the returnees is last year's team-leading scorer and rebounder Destiny Mitchell who led the way with 11.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. Supporting Mitchell are juniors Serena Clark and Cara Bowling who each averaged 9.5 points per game last season.
As a result of a leg injury suffered in the first regular season game of the season at Memphis on Nov. 8, senior forward Destiny Mitchell will miss the remainder of the 2013-14 campaign. Mitchell will undergo surgery and continue injury rehabilitation while the ETSU compliance department petitions for a medical redshirt to have the forward cleared to participate in 2014-15.
On Feb. 23, 2013, inside Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, first half turnovers plagued the Bucs but a late 17-8 burst, including a three pointer by Maria Bond at the buzzer, gave the Blue and Gold a 35-33 lead at halftime. A tightly-contested second half ensued before Shawn Randall nailed a three-pointer with a second remaining to push the game into overtime. The Dolphins opened the extra period scoring the first nine points en route to a 90-81 defeat over ETSU. The Blue and Gold featured 17 points from both Maria Bond and Shawn Randall as well as a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds from Serena Clark.
Junior forward Serena Clark has started 2013-14 off strong, scoring in double-figures in 10 of the 18 games this season. After falling just one rebound short of a double-double in the season opener at Memphis (11/8), the native Georgian reeled off four-consecutive double-doubles for ETSU in games from Nov. 12th - 29th including a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds in a 82-65 win against Alabama A&M (11/29). The junior's most recent double-double came in a 78-75 conference-opening win vs. Lipscomb (1/2) with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Clark has now exceeded her double-double total from last season just 18 games into the 2013-14 campaign with six this season and is poised for more throughout the year. The forward's 10.5 points per game currently ranks among the top-20 in the A-Sun, while her 10.2 boards per game ranks third in the league.
Junior guard Cara Bowling is currently the leading scorer on the team with 12.7 points per game during the 2013-14 season. Presently, this point total per game is 13th in the A-Sun while her 2.0 three-point field goal makes per game is fourth in the league. The Elizabethton native posted a career-high 22 points vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/24) including four makes from behind the arc.
Sophomore guard Chandler Christopher has proved to be a valuable piece for the Bucs during the 2013-14 season. After spending the entirety of the 2012-13 campaign as a seldom-used freshman walk-on, first-year head coach Brittney Ezell liked what she saw from Christopher and decided to elevate the Greeneville native from walk-on to scholarship status prior to this season. Christopher has since recorded her first-career starts in 16 of the 18 games this season and has been a vital cog for the Blue and Gold. After netting two points, five rebounds and three assists in the opener at Memphis (11/8), the guard followed with career-highs of 17 points and four assists in an also career-best 37 minutes played in ETSU's 81-72 win at Appalachian State (11/12). Christopher's performance in the Bucs' first win of the season at App State led to her being named A-Sun Player of the Week by College Sports Madness on Monday, Nov. 18. The sophomore then added another team-leading scoring performance to her résumé with 15 points in a 77-69 loss to Morehead State on Nov. 21. In an 87-76 win versus George Mason on Dec. 28, Christopher tallied a career-high tying 17 points including a career-best five makes from three-point land. In her first game off of the bench this season, the guard notched her first-career double-double with 14 points and a career-best 14 rebounds in a 74-68 win versus Kennesaw State (1/23).
Freshman Shamauria Bridges has been a great offensive boost for the Bucs during the 2013-14 season. The rookie guard is averaging 6.8 points per game in 18 minutes of play and has demonstrated the ability to knock down shots from the perimeter. The Florida native has knocked down a trio of triples in three different games this season with the most recent performance coming on Jan. 25 versus Mercer. In her first career start, Bridges led the Bucs with a career-best 19 points in a 74-68 win against Kennesaw State on Jan. 23.
Sophomore Brianna McQueen has been a strong lead guard for the Bucs during the 2013-14 season. Using her quickness, the Georgia native is averaging a solid 11.7 points per game at the point guard position and is also getting her teammates involved with 3.8 assists per game. This assist mark ranks fourth in the Atlantic Sun and will need to continue to keep ETSU's offense near the top of the conference.
Through 18 games during the 2013-14 season, ETSU is currently averaging 68.9 points per game which is second in the A-Sun. With the 68.9 points per game also come successes in field goal percentage, where the Bucs are second in the league at 42 percent, and in three-point field goal percentage, where ETSU is third in the conference at 33 percent.
After averaging 6.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 26 games and six starts in 2012-13, junior forward Maria Bond has proved to be a force in the interior during the 2013-14 campaign. The native Georgian has started 16 games this season and is currently averaging 10.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Bond posted a season-high 18 points in a 75-67 win versus Indiana State (12/18) and remains a vital piece in ETSU's paint production going forward.
Since the 2002-03 season the Bucs are 111-20 when the they hit the 75-point plateau, including 80-15 since the 2006-07 season. In the early portion of the 2013-14 conference season, ETSU put up 78 to defeat Lipscomb (1/2), 78-75, to earn the 111th such victory.
The Bucs have enjoyed a lot of success since joining the A-Sun in 2005-06 … since joining the league, the Buccaneers have averaged double-digit conference wins a year, including a league-best and school record 18-2 mark in 2009-10, three Atlantic Sun Tournament titles (2008-2010), and two regular season championships (2008 and 2010) …in total, ETSU is 107-51 (.677) against conference foes since moving into the A-Sun … the Bucs have also won 87 of their last 128 games against conference foes (includes A-Sun Championship games).
The Atlantic Sun coaches picked the Bucs to finish tied with North Florida at fifth, while in the media poll ETSU was selected seventh ... the coaches picked FGCU with seven first-place votes to win the conference, while the media selected FGCU with 30 first-place votes ... the Bucs finished the 2012-13 season in eighth.
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Unsportsmanlike Conduct: The exploitation of Black athletes – Part III –
EVERET T L. GLENN | 12/24/2013, 10:03 a.m. | Updated on 12/26/2013, 4:11 p.m.
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A description of Rice University's stand-alone major in sports management describes the enormity of the sports business: "Experts conservatively estimate the sport industry at $500 billion a year making it one of the top 10 industries in the nation."
Touting its sports management program, George Washington University in the District of Columbia observes: "No single aspect of our culture receives as much media attention nor has the power to bring people together as sport."
It is clear from above that universities are following the money in hopes of their students getting a larger slice of it and, along the way, praying that alumni will not forget their alma mater when they write checks to charity.
However, as we've seen in Part I and Part II of this series, Black athletes are primarily fueling this money-machine at the collegiate and professional levels, yet African Americans are excluded from everything from getting in on construction contracts, agent representation, media advertising and accounting to financial planning.
This must change.
In its television commercials, the NCAA accurately states that most college athletes will turn pro in a field other than athletics.
I hereby submit Community Action Plan #1:
Petition the NCAA to finance a study to determine what happens to the 99 percent of Black student-athletes in college basketball and football who do not go pro.
Some who do turn pro are ill-equipped for life.
One of the saddest spectacles I have ever witnessed was former All-Pro defensive end Dexter Manley of the Washington Redskins testifying before Congress in 1989 that he could not read, write or spell. He was failed at every point in his life – from high school and university coaches who allowed him to play football without mastering basic academic skills to the NFL that allowed him to continue on his dead-in path to nowhere.
That's one of the reasons we at the National Sports Authority established our Business of Sport Success program. Essentially, we use sports as a vehicle to motivate middle and high school students to complete high school and go on to college by exposing the students to the business side of athletics.
To get our young Black males pointed in the right direction, we hereby submit Community Action Plan #2:
As part of the BOSS initiative, convene a national conference, to be jointly sponsored by such organizations as 100 Black Men and male Greek organizations for the fall of 2014 to address Black male issues, including Black male student-athletes.
As was pointed out in Part I of this series, Black athletes represent 52.9 percent of Ohio State University's basketball and football rosters and dominate among its star players, fueling a nearly $130 million athletic department budget on a campus where Black males represent only 2.7 percent of the student body. The disparity between the graduation rate for OSU's Black football players, at 38 percent, and all student-athletes, at 71 percent, represent the highest disparity in the Big Ten.
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relantel wrote:Interesting on Goligoski's callup. Given the schedule, it doesn't hurt WBS at all, since should the Pens lose Game 5, he can be sent back down prior to WBS game 3.
I wonder if there was concern for Scuds after last game? Or maybe it is just being prudent with having a 7th available should something happen during game day skate tomorrow?
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An Indonesian district chief closed down an airport on Saturday because he was told a flight was full, and 15 public order agency officers have been named as suspects in an investigation into the closure.
Marianus Sae, head of Ngada district in the eastern island of Flores, was told that a flight to Turelelo Soa airport early on Saturday was full.
Sae was hoping to get back to Ngada from the city of Kupang for a budget meeting so he did the only logical thing -- order public order officers to drive cars onto the runway and stop the plane from landing, forcing it to turn around.
"It is outrageous," Sae told the Jakarta Globe newspaper. "I begged for a ticket for five hours to fly to Ngada and their answer was: 'The flight is full.'"
Airport staff members were unable to stop the blockade and the airport remained closed for several hours.
Now the officers who carried out Sae's order might get their wings clipped.
"Fifteen [Satpol PP officers] have been named suspects for violating the law and trespassing on the runway," said East Nusa Tenggara Police chief Brig. Gen. I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana.
"Our law specifies that questioning of district heads requires permission, a recommendation from the governor," Untung said. "[They] are investigating others first -- those whose questioning doesn't require a letter. They need time. They're working in stages."
It's unclear if Sae will get charged, but it does sound as if Sae violated Indonesia's Aviation Law.
"Shutting an airport violates Article 421 of the 2009 Law on Aviation," said National Police Chief Gen. Sutarman. "Blockading an airport is punishable by three years in prison and Rp 1 billion [$82,000] in fines."
The police are conducting the investigation even though an official complaint was never filed.
"There are three [alleged] perpetrators: those who did it, those who helped and those who ordered it," Sutarman said. "The punishment will be the same. We will question [all of them]."
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Amazon Sweetens the Deal for App Developers
Oct 10, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Amazon this week unveiled a new program designed to draw third-party developers to the company's platform.
Known as "Appstore Developer Select," the program offers incentives such as promotional boosts to developers that optimize their apps or games for the Amazon Appstore and the Fire OS mobile operating system on which the company's Kindle Fire devices run.
"Mobile app developers have told us that getting their apps discovered across the numerous devices customers are using is one of their biggest challenges," said Mike George, vice president of Amazon Appstore, games and Cloud Drive. "With the Appstore Developer Select program, we're addressing these discoverability concerns by providing developers with enhanced merchandising opportunities."
An Array of Benefits
To be optimized for the platform, apps must be available to the Kindle Fire and the Amazon Appstore, render natively in high definition and span the entire screen without distortion or stretching.
The makers of qualifying apps will then receive benefits from Amazon, including 500,000 free mobile ad impressions across the Amazon Mobile Ad Network and 25 percent credit back on purchases of Amazon Web Services products, with a maximum credit of US$500 per year.
Developers can also receive the opportunity to award first-time purchasers of select paid apps with a bonus 250 Amazon Coins, the virtual currency worth one cent per coin that allows Amazon users to purchase apps without having to use a credit card.
Qualifying apps will also receive premium placement in the Amazon Appstore, meaning the apps could be featured on curated lists of top apps on the Appstore homepage or as ads on the Kindle Fire.
Amazon did not respond to our request for further detail.
'They Have to Compete'
While Amazon's new incentive program is certainly appealing to developers, it can also be a winning strategy for the company, said Trip Chowdhry, senior analyst for Global Equities Research. If the Kindle Fire is going to sell against the iPad and other Android tablets, it's essential that Amazon offers an app marketplace just as good or better than those of its competitors.
"Amazon has built out an unparalleled retail ecosystem, which is part of the reason it's been able to have success rolling out its tablets and e-readers," Chowdhry told the E-Commerce Times. "But the Kindle Fires are up against the best devices on the market now, and they have to be able to offer more than just Amazon's digital content -- they also have to compete on the app level."
The company has been playing from behind in that regard, but has always known it had to add a little extra to its offers in order to draw developers, said Aaron Watkins, co-founder of Appency and analyst at GigaOM Pro.
"Amazon's Appstore has always been a little easier to work with than iTunes or Google Play," Watkins told the E-Commerce Times. "They've been more approachable as far as helping developers get featured if their app is worth it. With the major app stores, sometimes it feels like you have to know somebody who knows somebody to help with that discovery."
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The Appstore Developer Select program is a natural extension of that willingness to work with developers, said Watkins. The program creates a win-win situation -- with marketing boosts and cash back, developers have a greater chance at earning big from their apps, and Amazon is creating a more robust and consumer-friendly app marketplace.
"Apart from the big two, app stores aren't going to be successful until a consumer can come in and notice that these Amazon or Windows or other OS products also have the most popular apps of the day," Watkins noted. "That's essential, because the app store is essential to the success of the operating system as a whole."
So far, while the Fire OS has done well for Amazon, developers are often still having trouble generating as much revenue as they would in iTunes or Google Play, Watkins added. Still, Amazon has put a huge effort into changing that, and the company needs to spread the word if it wants more developers to get on board with the Appstore Developer Select Program.
"In addition to the incentives, Amazon needs to promote themselves better and alert programmers that it's not a huge leap to optimize apps from Google Play to Amazon," he added. "Amazon has worked to create an environment where all kinds of developers feel free to create, and it needs to spread the word."


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This doesn't happen when playing back from a different player (I have tested the dsub app on my mobile device and that is working fine). It appears to only happen in the web player?


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All About: Drop-In Kitchen Sinks
Are you thinking about renovating your kitchen? If so, then our Sink Spotlight series will help you. Today we go back to basics with a look at drop-in sinks:
Sink Style: Drop-In
Also Known As: Topmount or self-rimming sinks.
Distinctive Features: These sinks "drop" into a hole cut out of the countertop, with the sink rim or lip resting on the top of the countertop. Faucet mounts directly on a sink ledge along the back edge of the sink.
Countertop Compatibility: Compatible with all types of countertops, including laminate.
Pros: Cheap, easy to install, available in most materials, most commonly stainless steel but also fireclay, composite, solid surface, acrylic, and cast iron.
Cons: Dirt and food grime gets caught between the rim and the countertop.
Installation: Installation is very simple if there is a pre-cut hole in the countertop. Clamps beneath the countertop keep the sink secure, while caulking around the rim provides a water seal..
Price range: Basic stainless steel drop-in sinks start as low as $50, but can range up to $350 depending on the material.
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This ship is the USS New Jersey (BB-16), painted with camouflage in 1918. It's one of the subjects of a Wikipedia content drive called Operation Majestic Titan, which is working to provide good articles about every battleship ever built. An administrator who works with that project, The ed17, thought this photograph might have the quality to become a featured picture.
Ed asked me for help after the first reviewer noticed how tilted the horizon is. He didn't think the defenseimagery.mil image was high enough resolution to merit a full restoration--he just couldn't figure a good way to correct this tilt. Ed's dilemma was that he had no leeway. The photograph already cuts off part of the ship's superstructure. He didn't want to lose any more information.
If the solution looks confusing at first, smile and think how much it will impress your friends.
And if you're more likely to edit birthday party photos than World War I history, a good habit to get into is to zoom out a little while shooting. The editing is much easier when all four sides of an image have enough room to rotate and crop.


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My daughter is a pastry chef during the summer and a college student the rest of the year. Last night, she and one of the line cooks she works with at a restaurant in Frederick made dinner for Liz and me. They started mid-afternoon and we ate around 8:00 PM. We had, among other things, a very savory sautéed chicken, wild rice risotto, sautéed corn off the cob and for dessert: fresh fruit pie with just-made ice cream.
The best part of the afternoon was listening to the two of them interacting with "Yes, Chef" being phrase most often heard; there was a good dose of laughter, too! There were just the two of them but, listening from another room you would have thought there was an entire brigade in there!
Liz and my part of the deal was to do the cleaning up; it was well worth it since the food was outstanding. I cannot believe the flavors that were created.
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Pirates are sea rogues who sail the oceans and often attack other ships in order to steal valuables aboard the victim's vessel or vessels.
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- It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.
- Steve Jobs, at a retreat in September 1982, as quoted in John Sculley and John A. Byrne, Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple – A Journey of Adventure, Ideas, and the Future (1987), p. 157
- Variant: Why join the Navy . . . if you can be a pirate?
- As quoted or paraphrased in Young Guns: The Fearless Entrepreneur's Guide to Chasing Your Dreams and Breaking Out on Your Own (2009) by Robert Tuchman, p. 18
- Our prize is won, our chase is o'er,
Turn the vessel to the shore.
Place yon rock, so that the wind,
Like a prisoner, howl behind ;
Which is darkest—wave, or cloud ?
One a grave, and one a shroud.
- [Letitia Elizabeth Landon]], Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832 (1831), 'The Pirate's Song off the Tiger Island'
- Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality.
- Friedrich Nietzsche, as quoted in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919), p. 997
- Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.
- Mark Twain, in "Old Times on the Mississippi" in The Atlantic Monthly (January 1875)


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Former Lyons Township School Treasurer Robert Healy was charged with stealing $1.5 million over a 20 year period, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez announced today.
Healy, 54, of La Grange Highlands, was charged with theft of governmental property and official misconduct, both felony charges. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison.
According to prosecutors, Healy added compensation to his paychecks, or gave himself additional salary and benefits of over $630,000 starting in 1989 and continuing through April 2012.
Healy also is alleged to have made 105 wire transfers out of the township's bank account to a personal account between February 2002 and April 2011 of over $900,000. Healy is also accused of making a wire transfer in July 2011 to cover the down payment on the purchase a "luxury vehicle" for over $7,500.
In total, prosecutor's alleged Healy stole $1,538,747.61.
The office Healy oversaw was responsible for managing more than $280 million in public funds for 13 school districts and agencies in the western suburbs, including La Grange, Western Springs, La Grange Park, Lyons, La Grange Highlands and Burr Ridge.
The Lyons Township School Treasurer's office and the Lyons Township Trustees of Schools should not be confused with Lyons Township High School District 204 or its Board. The township trustees and treasurer's office oversee finances for the district.
Healy resigned on Aug. 31, 2012 after the Better Government Association released a report alleging that Healy converted unused vacation, sick and personal time into more than $100,000 in cash. In fall 2012, Lyons Township Trustees of Schools filed a civil suit against Healy.
According to media reports, Healy was arrested on Wednesday and appeared in bond court Thursday where a Cook County judge set bail at $100,000.


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Clannad: On the Hillside Path that Light Watches Over (PSP)
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Can't find much more information on this, a set of two sound novel games that are coming out for the PSP in June.
Straight from Wiki:
Although far from adequate, hopefully with a lot of dictionary work, I might actually give the two PSP games a try. Now if only there was a way to AGTH text from a PSP.
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These short stories were also adapted into audio dramas also released by Prototype many years ago. I got all 4 volumes plus the limited artbox last year .
Spoiler for Clannad: Another Story Prototype Drama CDs:
Haven't listened to all of the stories yet but the ones I have listened to were mainly on the last volume where the baseball game is played (this was incorporated into the After Story anime series' 1st episode with some slight changes) and the gang going to a public bath house after the match.
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Well I'll be damned. I knew they weren't gonna kick Clannad to the curb just yet, not with all of the money to be made and us fans hungry for more. However, most of my intrigue comes from the fact that it's Clannad; there really aren't any details worth clamoring over at the moment. I hope we get more information on this soon.
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I think some of the material from the drama CD's made it onto the anime.
My memory is a little fuzzy, but I think episode 23 of After Story (the one after the series ends) is basically a retelling of one of the events from the drama CD's. The one with Tomoya and Sunohara trying to pull a prank on the freshmen and Nagisa ends up falling for it...
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Probably will do Kotomi story next (it's quite short) then the botan ryou everything else and last will be Fuko, just because Fuko talks so weirdly and it will be a pain to translate and edit...
Edit: Didn't post it earlier, sorry.
This is my first time translating, there may be errors everywhere...
Spoiler for Chapter1:
Spoiler for Chapter 2:
Spoiler for Chapter 3:
Spoiler for Chapter 4:
Spoiler for Chapter 5:
Edit2: Finally done. Please enjoy!
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Any updates on how the other story translations are coming along?
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Not to nag, but is there any progress being made on the translations at all? I searched the Internet and found that only 6 of the 15 short stories from On the Hill that Light Watches Over have ever been translated into English. The rest have remained untranslated for years.
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I'm gonna assume you're never going to bother translating this again, considering that you made this post almost two whole years ago and only one story was translated this whole time.
With that in mind...
...I grabbed a copy of the book and will be trying my hardest to translate the remaining untranslated short stories. My knowledge of Japanese is rather limited, but I think I can find someone to help me out with the English translations. Anybody else who feels like contributing to the effort, reply back in this thread.
Otherwise, this is probably going to take a while. And I'll be working on my Clannad fanfic in the meanwhile as well.
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We are having our dinner tomorrow night, boy do I love this time of year! Cooler weather, beautiful colors, yummy flavours, amazing scents and the overwhelming beauty of Autumn and all her splendor.
In the next few weeks here I plan on getting my rear in gear at the sewing machine, so many things to do and get going on. Pilllow cases, Christmas presents (can't say what on here since people who will be getting some read on here!!lol). Also, in the works are the million and one crafts I am going to try and tackle as well...lol. First on the sewing front though, is skirts for myself and Breanna. I really would like some warm wool skirts (since I don't have a wee one in diapers anymore, I can upcycle old wool sweaters for other projects) and Breanna LOVES and I mean LOVES skirts, so I thought I would make her a bunch of simple elastic waist skirts. Oh and I also need to get my window valance made too! I came across some mexican themed cloth napkins at a thrift shop and I thought they would make a perfect window valance. I love the deep reds and earthy colors they have.
26 sleeps until we begin to decorate for Christmas/Yule!! And 19 sleeps until Breanna's 4th Birthday...yes, FOURTH birthday. I know, I feel the same way. How does that happen so quickly?
Um, what else?!?!? Nothing yet from hunting trips. My freezer is weeping....lol. Oh well, I am sure the perfect animal will show itself to Bill and Robert for us to feed our bellies with.
Oh, we went and did Autumn pics last weekend. They turned out perfect, now I just have to go through and pick the best ones for our wall motif. I will post some up here after I am all done.
Oh, aaaaaand!!! I am so freakin' excited!!! There was a contest over at *Boho Girl* the other week, and I WON!!! Oh-my-gosh, I am still so crazy stoked over it...lol...I won a $50 credit over at Boho Chic Etsy Shoppe! Let me tell you, I could've easily spent a small fortune over there and I will be back because there are so many gorgeous, original, splendid, incredible, magical trinkets there!! For now, I chose the Boho Girl Necklace and I will be saving up for This and this and this.... like I said, I could easily spend a small fortune. Funny enough, I have never considered myself a 'Jewelry' type person, but when I know someone has put their love and energy into something and it's original...I don't know, it changes my view! :)
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We have the same buggy drivers in the US. And to make things worse, Bob attacts them like a magnet.ReplyDelete
When I go out on my own, I hardly have any problems. Put Bob in the car and instantly we'll have kook in front and back of us. And occasionally another on the side.
My Brother-in-Law is a Salesman and thinks the roads are for him and him alone.ReplyDelete
He thinks nothing of hanging on some poor fucker's tail flashing his lights repeatedly - even if there's nowhere for them to pull in.
"You're a pillock" I tell him.
His father (Dearest's dad) died in a car accident.
Sometimes the lesson ain't learned.
I never hoot my horn or flash my lights at other drivers, largely because neither of those things work on my car. You sound like a model driver YP. I agree with your philosphy that is not important enough to get into a conflict about, but like so many things the theory seems so much easier than the practice :-(ReplyDelete
Sheffield is where I last crashed my car. I hit a new Merc on the Parkway. I wish I could tell you what a twat he was, driving too fast in his flash car whilst swigging from a bottle of champers in between doing important business deals on his mobile phone, shouting things like, "Buy! Buy! Buy socks at two-fifty!" but he wasn't.ReplyDelete
It was actually my fault, and he was a very nice man who didn't make a big deal out of it.
I should add that I'm not usually a twat either. It was very stormy that night, and I simply lost concentration for a second or two. usually I'm the guy who holds up all the traffic so that the little hedgehog can cross the road.
A simple means to cut down on vehicular annoyance would be the reintroduction of a strictly enforced 5 mile an hour speed limit. Add to that a requirement for a hearty youth to walk in the front of every automobile waving a scarlet flag whilst hollering " mind yourselves" would help no end.ReplyDelete
I fear for the safety of stray milk maids, and tipsy dray horses in the current crazy climate. What's wrong with this country !
Is that Snidely Whiplash?!ReplyDelete
Here in Texas.. we either have the tailgater bastards or the farmers who think that no one really has to be anywhere.
We have wide shoulders here for passing. But some of those buggers don't think about pulling over and letting you.
I am afraid I can possibly get a case of road rage. And do the Vann family wave quite a bit. That would be showing the other driver they he/she is Number 1.
I am an unfortunate road-rager. I am your worst nightmare. But only if you piss me off - like by tailgating me. I have actually slammed on brakes, put the car in park, gotten out and walked up to a car behind me. It didn't matter that the kid driving looked all of 17 ot 18 and had a carload of friends who were taunting me - while said driver was sweating and shaking. I let loose a string of profanity that would put a sailor to shame. Later, I realized he could have been some gun-weilding madman...but the satisfaction was still worth the ordeal. I've also decided that I have a beacon somewhere on my car that calls out for every octogenarian on the roads to come to where I'm driving and cut in front of me or swerve dangerously in the lane beside me. I so love driving the country roads - where all you have to worry about is a tractor, tobacco trailer or the ocassional cow in the middle of the road. Except for deer. Don't drive at night, in the country, when it's cold outside.ReplyDelete
It's funny-- whenever we exchange driving stories, it's always the other people who are the crazies (and they are! oh, they are). So far, Friday is the only one who's confessed to being one of those crazies.:) So, let me add a crazy-story of my own:ReplyDelete
Although I had owned a driver's license since I was 18, I didn't really learn to drive until I moved to Seattle. I pulled up to an intersection that was very, very busy. There was some traffic-clogging, though, and no one was going anywhere that fast. One person in the car said, "Go straight," and the other person said, "They're waiting for you." I went forward, and a car coming from my right almost slammed into me. Everyone in the car was banned from talking for the rest of the trip, while I silently reamed myself out for being such an idiot as to listen to other people's advice when I was the driver. If there had been an accident, I would have been totally at fault.
Today, I may not be the best driver around, but I am certainly a safe driver. If it comes down to a choice between being safe and having the right of way, I will choose being safe. People say, "I don't get nervous when you drive," which means more to me than any praise for sporty maneuvering.
Whoops, there's a transitional sentence missing in the last comment post. I meant to write, "Once, when I was a fairly new driver..." before my anecdote.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure about the rutting dinos. Head-to-head or nether bits to nether bits surely?ReplyDelete
With you on the mobbie front though. And as for lane discipline, I bet you had to pull out into the fast lane was because someone else was cruising in the middle.
As for 4x4s, let's not go there!
CRABCAKE - I know what you mean about magnetising incompetent drivers.ReplyDelete
STEVE - Does your sister mind having the surname Pillock?
ARTHUR - I am not a model driver in your sense of the word but if you're thinking beachwear and glossy lifestyle mags then yes I probably am a model driver!
GARY JAMES - Ahem! Dontcha know that male drivers NEVER admit when it was their fault!
BLIND WINGER JONES - Such innovative road safety ideas!
BY GEORGE - Could you post a pic of your special Vann family wave on your blog?
ALKELDA - Your are the angel of the PNW road system!
SHOOTING PARROTS - 4x4 ? That's easy mate. It's sixteen!
I am a little late on this but ... I never really was a driver that had road rage but I had bad habbits. I would ride the bumper of the car in front of me when we were on a raod that was narrowing and the drives in the lane would drive as far as they could, making much better time than me, a just cut over. Not on my watch! I also would see someone zomming up on my tail and flashing the lights. If I was over the speedlimit I would either stay put until I was able to get over without putting me out or I would slow down.ReplyDelete
I have since stopped that and drive much more like you do now. I find I am much less agrivated and feel much better when I get to the other end of my travels.
On cellphones, I am afraid I talk on them but only for a quick call to someone saying I am about 30 minutes out or where am I heading, etc. I notice that I look in front, in back and on all sides when I am not on the cellpohone. When I am on it I only am watching the car right in front of me making me much less safe. I do not use them much in the car but if I see my phone dissapear one day while I am driving, I will understand.
I have been banned from driving in Washington State. That doesn't stop me, of course. It just makes everything that much trickier. Once I get my helicopter, I will be above it all-- literally.ReplyDelete
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text: Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Rabbi James Rudin, senior advisor for interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, hosted the celebration of 50 years of dialogue, friendship and reparation in Jewish-Catholic relations with an evening of art, music and faith on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Ferst Center at Georgia Tech. The jubilee celebration culminates a year of activities marking the 50th anniversary of ÒNostra Aetate,Ó the document of the Second Vatican Council, which for the first time in history called for Jewish-Catholic dialogue and affirmed respect for non-Christian world religions. Archbishop Gregory said the arts evening, Òbrings together expressions of our artistic treasures from both of our communities that we will share with each other to highlight the impact of ÔNostra AetateÕ and the importance of the ongoing friendship between the Jewish and Catholic community in the Atlanta area.Ó (Photo by Thomas Spink)


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Somers: 'It's an exciting night' in too-close-to-call lieutenant governor's race
Groton — A three-way Republican primary for lieutenant governor was too close to call early Wednesday morning.
But Groton Town Councilor and former mayor Heather Bond Somers appeared to have a narrow lead in the race over Penny Bacchiochi, a state representative from Stafford Springs and the endorsed candidate, and David Walker, a former U.S. comptroller general.
With nearly all 701 precincts reporting and about 78,802 votes tallied, the Associated Press said Wednesday that Somers had 27,178 and Bacchiochi had 26,462. Walker had 25,162.
An automatic recount is ordered if the vote-getters are within 1,000 votes or a half-percentage point of all votes cast, a spokesman for the office of the secretary of the state said. Municipalities have until 6 p.m. Wednesday to report final vote totals, he said.
As the numbers continued to roll in during the neck-and-neck primary, Somers' staff members kept their eyes and ears on their phones, occasionally shouting out numbers.
Somers arrived at The Spot restaurant's outdoor patio to chants of "Heather" shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday and made an appearance on CTN with her husband.
"It's an exciting night, and we'll have to wait and see what happens," she said in a short interview at The Spot. "We've come a long way from having zero name recognition to being neck and neck in the race."
Somers entered the race as the running mate of Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, who dropped out of the race for governor after Somers decided she would not link her fundraising efforts with his.
She addressed the crowd shortly after 11 p.m., thanking volunteers and sounding hopeful about the election.
"It looks like it's going to be a long night, but ... I am confident that we are going to come out ahead in this," she said. "I am thrilled that southeastern Connecticut is going to have a seat at the table."
"We're tired of Hartford, we're tired of Washington," added Somers, saying the Republicans will have "the best team" to defeat Dannel P. Malloy in the fall.
While her staff, supporters and husband monitored the numbers at The Spot earlier in the night, Somers watched the news with her campaign manager at a close friend's house.
Supporters of Somers — a town councilor and former mayor in Groton — were encouraged by evening reports that she had won Stamford by approximately 400 votes.
Dan Hetzel, a volunteer for Somers' campaign, said she has "a diverse set of skills" that would serve her well as lieutenant governor, and said he would be pleased to have someone in the governor's office to advocate for eastern Connecticut.
Walker, a former U.S. comptroller general who ran as a team with gubernatorial candidate John McKinney during the Republican primary, said at McKinney's election night party that he did not expect to know the outcome of his race until very late in the night or very early Wednesday morning.
"After putting 21,000-plus miles on my car, over 100 events, two debates and winning every endorsement of every publication in the state, I'm hopeful that I will win," Walker said in addressing the crowd in Fairfield.
"But we know politics is not a merit-based business."
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Kerry and Annie Xu of Leigh earned the No. 1 seed in their division, but Monta Vista's Justin Ma.
Still, while the Leigh girls doubles team and the Monta Vista boys single star may have traveled on different sides of their brackets, their results were the same–they both won titles at the Central Coast Section badminton championships played last Saturday at Independence High School.
Boys singles
Ma, the No. 2 seed on the singles chart, won three straight matches to reach the finals of the double elimination tournament, including a 21-19, 21-18 victory over No. 1 seed Albert Li of Los Altos in the winner's bracket final.
But Li fought back from the loser's bracket to beat Ma 21-15, 21-9 and force one last match to determine the title. This time, though, Ma pulled out a 25-23, 17-21, 21-18 three-set thriller to clinch the crown.
Derek So of Branham beat Harsh Srivastav of Leland in the first round before losing a match to Ma. So came back with two wins in the loser's bracket, only to lose a match short of the fourth-place bracket.
Steven Yang of Westmont won a match before losing twice and Srivastav and Gianni Lebumfacil of Del Mar made it to CCS, but failed to bring home a win.
Girls doubles
Leigh's Xu sisters cruised through their bracket to net four straight-set victories to claim the girls doubles title.
They defeated teams from Silver Creek and Andrew Hill before taking two straight from No. 2 seed Stephanie Lam and Madeline Sporkert of Monta Vista to wrap up the tourney.
The Leigh pair won 21-11, 21-9 to send the Matadors to the loser's bracket. Lam and Sporket beat Joyce Li and Amy Ran of Cupertino 21-16, 21-14 to get another shot at Xu and Xu, but the Leigh girls prevailed 21-17, 21-11 to secure the top spot.
Mixed doubles
Daniel Xi and Angela Wu of Leland outplayed their spot as the No. 3 seed to finish second in the mixed doubles competition.
The Chargers opened with a 21-14, 22-20 win over Joshua Liang and Negar Hosseini of Leigh and upset No. 2 seed Richard Liu and Demi Chang of Los Gatos 18-21, 21-14, 21-18. They lost to the No. 1 seed from Gunn to fall into the loser's bracket, where they met and defeated Liu and Chang in three sets again, 20-22, 21-18, 21-16. But they lost again in the finals to wind up second overall.
Boys doubles
John Lau and Ryan Duong of Cupertino won three straight matches before losing twice to wind up in third place overall in the boys doubles division.
Lau and Duong opened with a tough 16-21, 21-12, 21-14 win over a Piedmont Hills pair before upsetting No. 4 seed Joshua Lee and Chris Pham of Pioneer in a close 21-17, 18-21, 21-19 decision. Lau and Duong went on to blitz a Silver Creek duo in straight sets, 21-16, 21-11, to move on to the finals of the winner's bracket against No. 2 seed Mason Jiang and Eric Jang of Evergreen Valley.
The two Pioneers lost that one 21-14, 21-14 to slip into the loser's bracket, where they lost a 15-21, 21-12, 21-16 heartbreaker to No. 1 seed Roberto Zeng and Stanley Cheah of Milpitas.
The Evergreen team went on to win the tournament with Milpitas second and Lau and Duong of Cupertino nailing third.
Pioneer's Lea and Chris opened with a tight 15-21, 21-12, 21-16 win over Bryan Chow and Jeff Chen of Saratoga before losing to Lau and Duong. They fought back to win a match on the loser's side before falling to the Milpitas team that ended up second.
Girls singles
Varsah Kumar of Monta Vista rolled to a fourth-place finish in the girls singles competition.
Kumar opened with a 21-14, 19-21, 21-12 win over Katie Lam of Westmoor before losing to the ultimate second-place finisher Tracy Chu of Carlmont 21-12, 21-14. Kumar fought back with a 21-12, 21-12 win over Chau Pham of Del Mar and a 21-8, 21-8 victory over Junna Shimokawa of Saratoga before losing again to settle for fourth.
Pham and Shimokawa both lost in the first round but won matches in the loser's bracket before each fell to Kumar.


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Feel like a royal, even if you aren't one
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If the classic castles that serve as the backdrop on TV shows such as "Downton Abbey" get your heart racing, you're in luck. Across Europe, many highbrow historical sites have been transformed into hotels, offering those without a title access to a royal experience.
Even better news for commoners: Castle hotels can be less expensive than you might think. While a stay in Lady Hamlyn's apartment in the luxurious Chateau de Bagnols in Beaujolais, France, could set you back more than $2,500 a night, other royal residences can be had for rates that won't drain the family fortune.
"People travel to Europe to see the sights, so why not stay in one of them?" says Reid Bramblett of ReidsGuides.com. "A vaulted stone chamber in that medieval castle up on a hill will often cost less than a cookie-cutter room in the nondescript tourist-class hotels in the town below."
Join us on a tour of castles that have opened their doors to the not-so-manor-born -- and find out how you can feel like a royal, too.
Location: County Mayo Royal stay: Ashford Castle Cost: Roughly $200 to $225 per person per night (from January through March)
"Ireland is famous for its grand old piles," says Laura Bly, USA Today travel writer, who checked into County Mayo's five-star Ashford Castle, a 13th-century stronghold, last spring. "The screaming deals that surfaced after the 2008 collapse of the Celtic Tiger economic boom have evaporated, but rates are still a bargain compared to much of Western Europe, particularly if you book a package during the offseason. And Ireland has cut its value-added tax rate, or VAT, to 9%, which effectively lowers prices at restaurants as well as accommodations."
For example, notes Bly, this year Ashford Castle offered a "stay two nights, get one free" deal on their website, good on selected midweek dates January through March. The deal included a full Irish breakfast, with regional cheeses and locally caught and smoked salmon, served beneath Waterford crystal chandeliers in a dining room named for British king (and former Ashford visitor) George V.
Location: Stobo, Peeblesshire Royal stay: Stobo Castle Cost: Basic room rates run from $165 to $196 per person per night.
One of the enduring visions of the modern British monarchy could be that of Queen Elizabeth walking the grounds of Scotland's Balmoral Castle in her wellies -- corgis in tow. While that estate remains a private residence for the royal family, Stobo Castle -- known throughout the U.K. as a luxury spa retreat -- encourages its guests to walk around in bathrobes and sandals (no dogs allowed).
"It feels very elegant and old-school, almost like you are on a movie set," says Susan Moynihan, editor of Destination Weddings & Honeymoons magazine. "A lot of castles offer the same thing, so to have a spa inside one is a nice twist."
If you'd really like to indulge, book the Cashmere Suite, which -- true to its name -- features walls covered in claret-colored cashmere locally sourced from nearby Peebles. Uncork your complimentary bottle of Bollinger Champagne, don your slippers and prepare for a day of pampering (the spa also has a menu of half-day and individual treatments available for day trippers).
Location: Amberley, West Sussex Royal stay: Amberley Castle Cost: Rooms start at $480 per night; there are also specials and deals.
If you're pining for a stay at Highclere Castle, the English estate where the TV show "Downton Abbey" shoots, you're out of luck. While the castle owners, the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, allow tours and events to be held at the buildings and on its grounds, there's no hotel (yet).
The nearby county of West Sussex, however, does contain one of the U.K.'s most luxurious hotels: Amberley Castle. Dating back to the 10th century, the Relais & Chateaux property was once inhabited by Henry I. Destination Weddings & Honeymoons considers it a prime spot to exchange vows or celebrate a special occasion. With only 19 rooms though, the hotel books up quickly, especially if there's an event being held there. Keep this in mind if you're planning a family reunion.
Carole Terwilliger Meyers, travel writer, thought the intimate setting offered the perfect royal details. "We were picked up by a shuttle from the castle, which turned out to be (driven by) one of the owners in (his) own Land Rover. I loved that it was small and intimate for a castle, almost cozy. They were big on the little touches," Meyers says.
Location: Lyon Royal stay: Chateau de Bagnols Cost: Starting at $409 a night
For sheer romanticism, it's hard to beat Chateau de Bagnols, a fully restored 13th-century vineyard castle less than 20 miles from Lyon, in France's Beaujolais region. Now a five-star resort, the chateau boasts enough authentic touches to make any history lover oh-la-la, including stone towers, a moat, a drawbridge, and Renaissance-era wall and ceiling paintings. "It's a remarkable symbol of the 'art de vivre a la Francaise,'" says Stanislas Hayaux du Tilly, the hotel spokesman.
Besides its sumptuous interiors, including the apartments of the chateau's former owner, Lady Helen Hamlyn (widow of British publishing magnate Lord Paul Hamlyn), the hotel lies smack in the middle of some of France's best gastronomy. The castle's restaurant, Salles des Guardes, has a wall-long Gothic fireplace, where a coat of arms above marks a royal visit from Charles VIII in 1490. C'est bon!
Location: Bacharach Royal stay: Burg Stahleck Cost: From about $35 per person per night for a double room with breakfast
"Germany is perhaps the uber country for castles," says Bramblett, noting that there are dozens that operate as hotels, "from the half-timbered villages of Bavaria to the plains of Saxony." One of his favorites: Burg Stahleck, a 12th-century castle overlooking the Rhine River that has the requisite round turrets, high walls and fairy-tale towers. Hillside vineyards and a view of the nearby town of Bacharach add to the ambiance.
Sounds pricey, yes. But in reality, Burg Stahleck is a hostel that charges just $35 per night for a bed; dinner is a bargain for an additional $10 (membership in a national youth hostel association is required, but applicants can be any age). "The rooms are achingly plain -- little more than a desk and some wooden bunk beds," Bramblett says. "But the setting can't be beat."
Location: Tuscany Royal stay: Castello di Gargonza Cost: Rates start at $208 for a double, $227 for an apartment
While Northern Europe is considered castle central, Bramblett says travelers can look farther afield for castle hotels with historical ambiance: "They're all over Europe, from Spain to Greece."
In Italy, Bramblett recommends Castello di Gargonza, in the Tuscan mountains between Arezzo and Siena. "Its rooms and apartments -- all wood-beamed ceilings and terra-cotta floors, the nicer one with fireplaces and kitchenettes -- are carved from the peasant houses and outbuildings that snuggle around the crenellated central keep," he says. The castle has a swimming pool and a restaurant outside the gate -- and for those who want a connection to the 21st century, the complex has Wi-Fi.
Location: Salamanca Royal stay: Parador de Ciudad Rodrigo Cost: Starting at $117 per night for a standard double-bed room
In Spain, castle hotels -- as well as luxury lodging in other historically significant buildings such as monasteries, fortresses, palaces and convents -- are known as "paradores." Run by the government, the paradores system has helped restore many of the country's top heritage sites.
Within Spain for a special retreat or occasion, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons recommends Parador de Ciudad Rodrigo, a 14th-century castle that sits on a sheer drop above the Agueda River valley -- not only for the views, but for the food. According to the magazine: "Whether you celebrate with sangria beside a suit of armor in the Rio Agueda banquet hall or outside on the grounds, Salamanca cuisine (Iberian hams, local sausages) takes center stage."
Location: Obdios Royal stay: Pousada de Obidos Cost: Around $253 (weekend in May)
Portugal also has a system of state-run hotels in historic buildings called pousadas. Many of the pousadas make a special effort to have restaurants that serve regional cuisine and wines, such as the country's crisp vinho verde or justly famous ports.
In the Lisbon region, Pousada de Obidos is installed in the medieval Castle of Obidos, which is awaiting classification as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. The Moorish castle dates back to the 12th century and the entire town is surrounded by a medieval fortress. Considered a refuge by Portuguese queens over the centuries, modern Obidos is known for its Holy Week festivities, as well as the International Chocolate Festival held every March.
Location: Mdina Royal stay: Xara Palace Cost: From about $294 per night (weekend in May)
While Malta might not be the first European country that comes to mind when booking a vacation, the island nation was a stronghold for the Knights of the Order of St. John (also known as Knights Hospitaller) during the 16th century. Its strategic position in the Mediterranean meant that nobles from its ruling countries, which included France and Spain, established fortified castles and palaces.
One of these, the Xara Palace in the medieval city of Mdina, is a luxury Relaix & Chateaux hotel. Formerly owned by the noble family Moscati Parisio in the 17th century, the hotel offers modern conveniences -- Jacuzzi tubs, heated towel racks in marble bathrooms -- with historic touches such as an 18th-century wooden door carved by Italian sculptor Paulo Cellini. Both of the hotel's two restaurants offer al fresco dining in the summer; De Mondion's terrace has views out to the water, where Malta's frequent fireworks displays are held.


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Hi, I'm Michelle, mom of a gorgeous 8 mo boy, David. I started introducing solids at 6 months (cereals and purees) and it was a no hustle process. David loved them. For the moment he is doing well, allthough I was a bit scared in the beginning (no allergies identified, he seems to enjoy food). I am the kind of woman(logistics @FedEX) for which knowledge creates certain decision making. So even when being a butterfly, i started gathering knowledge that would eventually ease the job i had to do of raising a perfectly healthy baby.
So in my quest, i discovered some issues and found out that moms talk all the time about those issues.
1. At first is the fact that all the info out there is very general, while our children have different habits, preferences, allergies or intolerances and they need personalization regarding the feeding process (breastfeeding included).
2. Among first time moms, there is a lack of know-how and experience (to introduce and test aliments, to combine them, to find substitutes, to bf/ff and so on).
3. Than there is the lack of an individual feeding plan and the struggle to make it. On this one, help could only come from medical experts (pediatricions mainly) which costs and availability is off the charts.
4. Last but not least is the lack of certified info and sources and inefficient tracking. All that combined with no individualized information equals a lot of uncertainty, stress, frustration, worries especially for first time moms (as I have been).
Although in the end the majority of moms realize that the whole process isn't that hard to go through, I think it would be much easier for us to have a tool that bring us know-how and confidence during this process, according to our babies' individual needs. And what i mean by individual needs is that each child is different(different preferences, allergies, intolerances, tastes, habits, development cycles and so on) and it should be recommend a proper feeding plan for his stage (like the pediatrician do). In this way I think our children would eat calibrated meals with proper nutrients and foods for their particular needs.
In the last years, we practically changed the way we eat and the way our children do. It's led to the mirracle of cheap and abandoned callories, but it's also been the root cause of an ever expending obesity epidemic. And it comes with some nasty, physical, psychological and social consequences. The problem is that babies should not eat the same way. Wether is the lack of know-how and experience from parents, or the medical problems that appear from unhealthy nutrients, they all lead to unhealthy growing.
SO THERE IS A CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE FROM PARENTS. Maybe we'll find a solution. I'm from SF and here we've got a lot of young kids that are good with technology to resolve problems and connect different people. There are similar cultures. And in the US we really got a problem with obesity
I ask for your feedback based on what i've discovered. Does somebody else experience what i've wrote above?


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Mexico Bill Loosens Restrictions On Foreigners Buying Land
Mexico City – The longstanding restrictions on foreigners buying property along Mexico's coast and borders were loosened on Tuesday after Congress' lower house voted on a proposal that drew stiff criticism from some quarters.
The measure, which passed 356-119 in the Chamber of Deputies, still needs approval from the Senate and a majority of the country's 32 state legislatures to become law.
For decades, foreigners have had to use real-estate trusts or Mexican front companies to buy beachfront properties, because Article 27 of the constitution prohibits non-Mexicans from directly owning land within 31 miles (50 kilometers) of the coast and 62 miles (100 kilometers) of the nation's borders. The trusts and front companies have provided a lucrative income for banks, lawyers and notaries who are required to operate them, and the extensive paperwork has discouraged many foreigners from buying.
This is about eliminating the middlemen who, through trusts, corporations and front men, have made a living off the constitutional ban.
Kevin Graham, a Texan who runs the Costa Maya Living real estate firm in the Caribbean beach town of Mahahual, said some potential buyers are put off by the prospect of not being able to hold direct title to beach properties.
"I feel, with all the doubts they have, it's slowed the market down for foreign investment here," he said.
The change, sponsored by Congressman Manlio Fabio Beltrones of the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party, would allow foreigners to directly buy oceanfront property for residential use, but not for commercial projects.
Such proposals have been made before, but not by figures as influential as Beltrones, the PRI's congressional leader.
"This is about eliminating the middlemen who, through trusts, corporations and front men, have made a living off the constitutional ban," Beltrones' office said when he submitted the bill earlier this month. "It is a question of encouraging tourism investment and creating local jobs."
The Union of Indians and the Farmers' Force, a farmworkers group, criticized the proposal Tuesday, saying it would "give free rein to foreigners to legally buy up the best land, and encourage robbery and financial and real estate speculation."
"This would result in the foreign colonization of the country," the groups said in a statement.
Those are strong sentiments in a country frequently invaded by foreign powers in the 19th and early 20th century. Mexico set up the restrictions to ensure national security and avoid the creation of foreign enclaves like the one that grew up in a former Mexican province known as Texas, where the foreigners eventually rebelled and split from Mexico.
"For historical reasons, it was considered risky to allow foreigners to establish themselves permanently on the coast and the borders," according to Beltrones' proposal, but it says "the conditions that led the Constitution to limit such purchases have been overcome."
Arguing for the change Tuesday, Beltrones said that "this would financially benefit the coastal town government, given that it would make tax payments, like property taxes, easier to collect."
Federico Estevez, a political science professor at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico, also cited the benefits to foreign investment by simplifying ownership for foreigners.
"This is to bring the law up to date, because basically it's going on anyway, but with all these foul distortions of having to pay people off," he said.
Noting that Mexico has been seeking more foreign investors, Estevez added: "You want their money, keep them here."
Based on reporting by The Associated Press.
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Indonesia - Trademark Registration
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Our Swiss company wants to register a trademark in Indonesia. We already registered our trademark in Switzerland and some WIPO countries and are looking forward to extend the range of countries our trademark is registered in. Please send me a quotation for all costs needed to register a trademark for "backpacks" (international class 18). Please split the costs into official trademark office fees, your fees and extra fees.
Please note that we don't have any company or address in your country (in case this matters). I'm looking forward to your best offer.
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That is from the movie Ratatouille. The company that created it is Pixar. I'm sure that you have heard of them. They are partnered with Disney and have created hit after hit starting with Toy Story. They have their own renderer called REYES and it is designed to run on a server farm. All the code use to run on the CPU but from what I heard last time, they were making changes to use some of the GPU power as well since GPUs have a lot of processing power.
Do some online searches.
For example, I found this page
And I guess I should mention this : They don't use OpenGL in their REYES renderer.
Sig: http://glhlib.sourceforge.net
an open source GLU replacement library. Much more modern than GLU.
float matrix[16], inverse_matrix[16];
glhTranslatef2(matrix, 0.0, 0.0, 5.0);
glhRotateAboutXf2(matrix, angleInRadians);
glhScalef2(matrix, 1.0, 1.0, -1.0);
glhQuickInvertMatrixf2(matrix, inverse_matrix);
glUniformMatrix4fv(uniformLocation1, 1, FALSE, matrix);
glUniformMatrix4fv(uniformLocation2, 1, FALSE, inverse_matrix);