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Alien Ant Farm, huh? Whip the boy to hell, huh? Everyone else has done and show no sign of stopping. It's not like they've done anything to garner my respect now is it? But being the nice guy that I am, I find it only fair to sit down and listen… and ignoring the suitably worrying cRaZy title, this record ain't an absolute stinker. AAF are planning on hitting all those horrible name callers back into their anti-nu-metal holes. Alien Ant Farm are, for all their sins, not a nu-metal band. They're something altogether different and possibly loads worse.
It's not even as far as heavy rock. It's just painfully American radio rock, even to the [cue gasps] point of being bland on the frequent occasion. Blending careful harmonies with insidious melodies and woeful lyrics with clever vocals, AAF stick a couple of Hispanic influences and some string quartets in as well. Just for good measure, like. Closing track 'Hope' incites memories of Silverchair's flamboyantly safe orchestral moments and unsurprisingly - due to the DeLeo brothers' privileges as producers ($$$ over cred?) - 'Sarah Wynn' and opener '1000 Days' almost remind you of a decade previous, when *Alice In Chains *and *Stone Temple Pilots *ruled every roost the others never got to.
But yeah, it ain't no masterpiece. There's a couple of soaring anthems with 'Goodbye' and 'These Days', on there that will inevitably become their international singles but, y'know… it's Alien **fucking **Ant Farm. They got a record deal because their mates got a big break and struck it big enough to sign their own shitty little bands onto their own shitty little label. "Lucky" is what some call it. At least there aren't any novelty cover songs on here. But actually that just means you have to think of different reasons to shout at them.
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Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) with Sage 200 Data Entities in JavaObject-relational mapping (ORM) techniques make it easier to work with relational data sources and can bridge your logical business model with your physical storage model. Follow this tutorial to integrate connectivity to Sage 200 data into a Java-based ORM framework, Hibernate.
You can use Hibernate to map object-oriented domain models to a traditional relational database. The tutorial below shows how to use the CData JDBC Driver for Sage 200 to generate an ORM of your Sage 200 repository with Hibernate.
Though Eclipse is the IDE of choice for this article, the CData JDBC Driver for Sage 200 works in any
product that supports the Java Runtime Environment. In the Knowledge Base you will find tutorials to connect to Sage 200 data from IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans.
Install Hibernate
Follow the steps below to install the Hibernate plug-in in Eclipse.
- In Eclipse, navigate to Help -> Install New Software.
- Enter "http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/" in the Work With box.
- Enter "Hibernate" into the filter box.
- Select Hibernate Tools.
Start A New Project
Follow the steps below to add the driver JARs in a new project.
- Create a new project. Select Java Project as your project type and click Next. Enter a project name and click Finish.
- Right-click the project and click Properties. Click Java Build Path and then open the Libraries tab.
- Click Add External JARs to add the cdata.jdbc.sage200.jar library, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory.
Add a Hibernate Configuration File
Follow the steps below to configure connection properties to Sage 200 data.
- Right-click on the new project and select New -> Hibernate -> Hibernate Configuration File (cfg.xml).
- Select src as the parent folder and click Next.
Input the following values:
- Database dialect: SQL Server
- Driver class: cdata.jdbc.sage200.Sage200Driver
Connection URL: A JDBC URL, starting with jdbc:sage200: and followed by a semicolon-separated list of connection properties.
- Schema: Determines which Sage 200 edition you are connecting to. Specify either StandardUK or ProfessionalUK.
- Subscription Key: Provides access to the APIs that are used to establish a connection. You will first need to log into the Sage 200 API website and subscribe to the API edition that matches your account. You can do so here: https://developer.columbus.sage.com/docs/services/api/uk. Afterwards, the subscription key may be found in your profile after logging into Sage 200.
A typical JDBC URL is below:
Connect Hibernate to Sage 200 Data
Follow the steps below to select the configuration you created in the previous step.
- Switch to the Hibernate Configurations perspective: Window -> Open Perspective -> Hibernate.
- Right-click on the Hibernate Configurations panel and click Add Configuration.
- Click the Browse button and select the project.
- For the Configuration file field, click Setup -> Use Existing and select the location of the hibernate.cfg.xml file (inside src folder in this demo).
- Expand the Database node of the newly created Hibernate configurations file.
Reverse Engineer Sage 200 Data
Follow the steps below to generate the reveng.xml configuration file. You will specify the tables you want to access as objects.
- Switch back to the Package Explorer.
- Right-click your project, select New -> Hibernate -> Hibernate Reverse Engineering File (reveng.xml). Click Next.
- Select src as the parent folder and click Next.
- In the Console configuration drop-down menu, select the Hibernate configuration file you created above and click Refresh.
- Expand the node and choose the tables you want to reverse engineer. Click Finish when you are done.
Configure Hibernate to Run
Follow the steps below to generate plain old Java objects (POJO) for the Sage 200 tables.
- From the menu bar, click Run -> Hibernate Code Generation -> Hibernate Code Generation Configurations.
- In the Console configuration drop-down menu, select the Hibernate configuration file you created in the previous section. Click Browse by Output directory and select src.
- Enable the Reverse Engineer from JDBC Connection checkbox. Click the Setup button, click Use Existing, and select the location of the hibernate.reveng.xml file (inside src folder in this demo).
- In the Exporters tab, check Domain code (.java) and Hibernate XML Mappings (hbm.xml).
- Click Run.
One or more POJOs are created based on the reverse-engineering setting in the previous step.
Insert Mapping Tags
For each mapping you have generated, you will need to create a mapping tag in hibernate.cfg.xml to point Hibernate to your mapping resource. Open hibernate.cfg.xml and insert the mapping tags as so:
Execute CRUD Commands
Using the entity you created from the last step, you can now perform Select commands. For example:
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import org.hibernate.*;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
public class App {
public static void main(final String[] args) {
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resultList = (List ) q.list();
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University taps BlueCat appliance to improve control over a complex network
Boise State's lesson: To learn network management, do it yourself
Boise State University runs a Cisco Systems network, with Cisco switches, routers, IP phones and wireless access points. But when Version 5.5 of Cisco's Network Registrar naming and address tool approached its end of life with no upgrade path available, the university went shopping for a user-friendly Domain Name System and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol management platform with more functionality.
"The old system was functional on a basic level," said Boise State network engineer Diane Dragone. "But there were a lot of things lacking."
Changing a name in the DNS with the Cisco suite required scrolling through a list to find the proper entry, and the vendor tags needed for the DHCP had to be customized for Registrar. "We were looking for more functionality in management," Dragone said.
The university, Idaho's largest, settled on the Adonis DNS-DHCP management appliance from BlueCat Networks. The 1000 model server was installed in a test mode in June, moved to production in July and fully implemented by early August.
"Once I tested the features and reliability and we were satisfied, I just made an aggressive schedule" for rolling the new management service out across 175 buildings on the 170-acre campus, Dragone said. "The first three weeks or so that I played with it there was a learning curve," but there have been no problems since.
DNS and DHCP are critical services that underlie IP networks. DNS associates domain names used by people with the numeric IP addresses used by computers and networking equipment to route and deliver traffic. DHCP lets systems dynamically assign IP addresses from a range of available addresses as devices come onto and leave a network.
DNS had been a static service that required little active management, making it what Branko Miskov, BlueCat director of product management, called the forgotten service. DHCP often requires even less attention.
"For the most part, DHCP works in the background," Miskov said. "The value added by management has been in monitoring and reporting activity, providing visibility."
For those reasons, until recently, management tools for DNS and DHCP have focused on larger enterprises that require staff members to keep up with network name and address changes. "In a large network, you could be making dozens of DNS changes a day," he said.
But as network complexity has increased, the market for management tools has moved downstream. "It's not just large organizations that have large networks," he said. The proliferation of mobile networked devices and services, such as voice over IP, have made active management of those resources more important.
Universities can be particularly complex environments. They typically have a number of buildings spread across a campus and support multiple populations of users with widely differing needs. Students have laptop and desktop PCs, Internet-capable phones and online gaming systems and are looking for fast access with a minimum of restrictions. Administrative offices need access for business systems and applications, and they must ensure the security and privacy of data. Academic departments must support power users with access to advanced research networks and the bandwidth and processing power to transfer large files and run complex modeling, simulation and other computations.
"They are the ones who push the limits of our products," Miskov said of universities, which use all of the features and demand new ones. Georgia Tech, one of the larger BlueCat customers, works closely with the company on the development of new functionality. "They are pushing the envelope."
Boise State is a little larger than average for a university customer, with about 21,000 students and 2,400 faculty and staff served by a fiber-optic backbone. The university is in the process of upgrading to a 10 gigibits/sec backbone and provides 100 megabits/sec to the desktop.
"In some places, we're pushing 1 gig to the desktop," Dragone said.
The school has a Class B address space license that can support more than 65,000 addresses per network on more than 16,000 networks. It has 208 DNS zones with 22,000 host records and 56 DHCP pools for dynamically assigning addresses. It also has 2,300 IP phones.
"We used to have the largest implementation of VOIP in the state," Dragone said. "We were cutting-edge in going to IP phones." The university began installing VOIP to replace the separate voice network in 2002.
The first several dozen campus guinea pigs to get VOIP experienced some performance problems, but since the implementation, "it's worked really well," she said. "We don't have any complaints related to the phones."
The adoption of VOIP has allowed the university to consolidate its voice and data network administrative and support staffs. It also recently moved desktop data connections to the back of the IP phone handset, further simplifying the system with few switches and connections required.
But that also created more need for actively managing domain names and address assignments. The school began researching available products several years ago, but the program was put off because of budget restrictions. With Cisco's Network Registrar moving to a new version, the search resumed this year. The school looked at a number of products, including Mice and Men and BIND, but Dragone zeroed in on products from BlueCat and InfoBlox.
"I pushed hard for the BlueCat," she said. "I thought it would fill all our needs." She also was attracted by the company's customer base. "I didn't want to be the only big user."
The school uses two of the appliances for failover, although "my preference would be for three," Dragone said. Deploying the system was easy, she said. She was able to copy Media Access Control addresses from the previous system's DHCP reservations and reserve the same addresses for users without creating new assignment lists or changing firewall rules.
With more than 50 DHCP address pools, "the help desk was really happy that I figured that out," she said. "That would have been a lot more work if I had not been able to keep the reservations."
Since the implementation, "there haven't been any issues," Dragone said. "Since the system went up, I've sort of forgotten about it." She has scheduled DNS changes for once a week, which she said is less disruptive and forces people to plan for their needs and changes.
"I try to look at the logs more than once a week," but the system does not demand her attention. She has even done a software upgrade on the appliance in the middle of the day. "I was a little nervous" about making the upgrade during business hours, she said, but there were no interruptions in service. "It was great not having to schedule that at 0-Dark:30 hours."
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I'm not ashamed to admit that I fall into the doofus category when it comes to this kind of thing, so if I can figure it out, you certainly can too. Okay, let's get started with this user-friendly guide to SEO for bloggers!
Links are a good thing. There are a few different kinds of links. One is internal links, which you create between different pages/posts on your site. Another is external links, which you create on your blog to link to another website. Finally, the Google gold comes from backlinks, which are links on other websites that connect back to yours. Google's algorithms are pretty smart, so if all of this is done in an unnatural way it may actually hurt your search rankings. Google doesn't publish their algorithms, so the SEO stuff you read about reflects the best that other people have been able to come up with.
Internal links
Internal links help to establish that your site is well-organized. As far as I can tell, people don't necessarily have to click on those internal links; it's the fact that they're there creating structure that matters. The links should make sense, so if I was writing today about guilt I might link to a post from a couple of months ago that also talked about guilt.
External links
For external links, from what I understand, it's most helpful if you can link in a logical way to well-known sites. For example, if you're mentioning something you looked up on Wikipedia, include a link. SEO aside, it's always good practice if you're mentioning another blogger in a post of yours to throw in a link to their post.
And that brings us to backlinks, the links that other people create on their site to connect to your site. These are outside of your direct control, and Google takes them as a sign that other people take your site seriously. Guest blogging can be a good way to get backlinks, especially if you're doing a post for one of the big, well-known sites like The Mighty.
Any links that you have on your site may have worked fine when you set them up, but if you've come back later and changed some of your page/post names, or if other people have changed things up on their site, your links may not work anymore. Some of the tools I mention later in this post can help you to identify broken links so you can update them.
Links have a huge impact on domain authority, which you can read more about in the post What Is Domain Authority and Should You Care?
What an appealing name! Slugs are what's used for the permalinks for your blog post. This post of mine will be mentalhealthathome,org/year/month/day/slug. Wordpress automatically sets your slug to what you've entered for your post's title, but that's not always ideal. You can change this in the WordPress editor. It's over on the right-hand side under the "post settings" menu options. It's the last one on the list, "more options". Slugs should be short and sweet but descriptive, so for this post, I shortened it to "seo-for-bloggers". The words in your slug should be separated by dashes.
I've gotten a little better about this lately, but it does tend to slip my mind a fair bit. Going back and changing them is an option, but that means any links, either on your site or elsewhere, that were pointing to the post with the original slug aren't going to work anymore, so it seems like making that kind of change is more bother than it's worth.
Any time you add an image to your site, you can edit the image to change the image title and enter an "alt text", which is a brief description. These terms are what allow search engines to know what your image represents, so make sure they're relevant. This can take ages to go back and do later, but it's easy if you can stay on top of it. Your file name matters as well, so if you're saving images off a site like Unsplash or Pixabay to upload to your blog, save the file under a name that indicates what it's a picture of.
This isn't something I pay attention to because my focus is on writing naturally. The idea of this, though, is to identify the words people are most likely to search when looking for a page/post like yours, and make sure you include those words in your post. It's best to include them in the title if you can, near the beginning of the post, or in your H2 or H3 subheadings.
If you do any reading about SEO you'll probably come across the idea of longtail keywords. Let's say you wanted to find out if breathing increases your risk for cancer. If you search for the terms breathing and cancer, you'll get a ton of results. But let's say instead you entered "does breathing increase cancer risk", you'll get a lot fewer results. If I had a post with a heading that matched your search term, my post would rank high in the search results. Personally, I don't care too much about this, and I'm more interested in writing what feels natural to write.
Some useful tools
Google search console gives you insights into how Google sees your site and how it's doing in searches. When you sign up for Google Search Console, Google needs a way of knowing that the site you're entering is actually yours. Wordpress helps you through that process in their Verifying your domain with Google article. One of the things Google Search Console will ask for is a sitemap, which is a roadmap that WordPress builds for your site. The format is (blog address)/sitemap.xml. For me, that would be https://mentalhealthathome.org/sitemap.xml. Make sure you include the "https", as Google sees it as something entirely different from "http". Once you're up and running, you can see how often you're turning up in searches, and what your ranking is in search results.
Other search engines have webmaster tools as well; you'll find more info on this post on using search engine webmaster tools.
Neil Patel's site has a free SEO analyzer tool. If you plug in your blog's URL, it will give you an SEO score and recommendations on how to improve your site. Presumably his site is getting something out of doing this; I have no idea what it might be, and to be honest I can't say that I particularly care, because he's providing something useful.
Internet Marketing Ninjas has a number of free tools including a link checker that will go through all the links it can find on your site and identify any problems. I discovered this recently, and learned from it that I had a sizeable number of broken links and redirected links that I ended up going back and fixing.
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WordPress.com has some articles pertaining to SEO, including SEO and your blog and All about SEO on WordPress. They're fairly basic but still useful.
If you change from a free WordPress plan to a paid plan and get your own domain name, any links to your blogname.wordpress.com pages will automatically redirect to your new site name. However, this redirect slows things down. Any internal links you had prior to upgrading to the new domain will result in redirects. The user will still get to where they want to go, but Google is less keen on redirects compared to direct links.
Google Analytics allows you to track a lot of information about how people use your site. To do this, you need to including a tracking tag on your site's pages. With WordPress.com, the only way to do that is if you've got the premium plan or higher. The rest of us are shit outta luck.
So, what is the significance of all this? For most people, probably not a whole heck of a lot, and chances are it'll take a while for search engines to start driving much traffic to your site. Still, a lot of these things aren't hard to keep up on a regular basis, but they can be a pain in the butt to go back later and make changes. If you keep on top of it, you're more likely to end up with some new people stumbling across your fabulous blog!
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Every year there's usually one new AV receiver feature worth considering. This year it's built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and the Sony STR-DN1030 is the only receiver at this price that supports both wireless networking features. It's surprising that Sony is alone in offering wireless capability, since it's such a convenient feature for anyone without Ethernet wiring in their living room. Onkyo has a $25 Wi-Fi dongle for its AV receivers, but other manufacturers expect you to come up with your own solution or pay for a dongle that costs a lot more.
Aside from its wireless prowess, the STR-DN1030 also has built-in AirPlay functionality, support for DLNA and a few built-in streaming services, including Pandora and Slacker. Its five HDMI inputs are fewer than some competitors have, but it should be enough for most home theaters. The toughest decision is whether to favor the STR-DN1030 over
The front panel of Sony's AV receivers always have a surplus of buttons and knobs, the vast majority of which you'll never use. The STR-DN1030 is no different, with an overpopulated front panel that makes it tougher to find the controls you're actually interested in versus seldom-used buttons like "movie" and "music" modes. AV receiver looks aren't that important, but Sony's busier, less elegant design puts it in the bottom of the pack, with Onkyo's utilitarian style.
You know a remote's gone wrong when you see text on the buttons, different colored text above the buttons, and a cryptic yellow circle that appears above some buttons, but not all. The STR-DN1030's included remote isn't much worse than the clickers that come with
When connected to your home network, the STR-DN1030 can also be controlled by Sony's smartphone app, Media Remote, available for iOS and Android. It largely just duplicates the buttons on the physical remote, rather than offering an interface more customized for the smartphone, like the remote apps from Denon and Onkyo. But remote apps in general aren't as useful, where, again, you'll be better off with a universal remote.
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The STR-DN1030 may be ahead of competition in terms of networking features, but its user interface is archaic even by AV receiver standards. Despite the fact that most people have wide-screen TVs these days, the interface has a smaller, boxier shape that makes it feel cramped. In fact, the onscreen display often only shows a few characters at a time, leaving you to wait for the slow, automatic scroll to reveal the full line. It's no fun. And although AirPlay interfaces on AV receivers never look as good as the one on an Apple TV, Sony's interface is the crudest.
If you only have to use the interface when you first set up the receiver, it's fair to discount its importance. You'll see it more frequently, however, if you plan on using built-in streaming media services, such as Pandora or Slacker. If you're going with the STR-DN1030, you'll have the best experience by avoiding its frustrating interface as much as possible, for example by using those apps on your smartphone or tablet and streaming via AirPlay or Bluetooth.
Five HDMI inputs: The STR-DN1030 has five HDMI inputs, all on the back panel, which will cover most home theaters, although many of its competitors offer more. If you want the most HDMI connectivity for your buck, however, go with Onkyo: the TX-NR616 ($410) and
Built-in Wi-Fi: The real standout feature of the STR-DN1030 is its built-in Wi-Fi, which isn't offered on any competitors at this price. Onkyo's receivers do come close since you can add Wi-Fi functionality with a tiny USB dongle for just $25, you'll need a different dongle for Bluetooth. (Pioneer and Yamaha also offer Wi-Fi dongles, but they're annoyingly expensive and not nearly as compact.) If you prefer the stability of a wired connection, the STR-DN1030 also has an Ethernet port.
The built-in networking features of the STR-DN1030 allow for all kinds of networking functionality, including firmware updates, AirPlay, smartphone control, and media streaming via DLNA, Pandora, Sirius, Slacker, Sony Music Unlimited, and Internet radio. I still don't think networking is an absolutely essential AV receiver feature (largely because AV receivers shouldn't be media streamers), but it's a nice bonus. The STR-DN1030's set of streaming-audio apps is somewhat limited compared with Onkyo's, but in reality it's much more limited because of how poor Sony's onscreen user interface is. Buyers should ignore the built-in apps and plan on using the STR-DN1030 with AirPlay or Bluetooth.
Built-in AirPlay: If you own an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, the STR-DN1030's built-in AirPlay is a nice bonus, although it's not essential since you can always add AirPlay later with a $100 Apple TV. If you're not sure whether you should pick a receiver with built-in AirPlay, check out our rundown of the advantages and disadvantages of built-in AirPlay versus buying a separate Apple TV box.
The STR-DN1030 also goes above and beyond with built-in Bluetooth, making it easy to wirelessly stream audio from non-Apple smartphones and tablets. Sure, you can add Bluetooth connectivity to any AV receiver with a simple dongle like the


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On Friday we told you about the pervasive use of the Wilhelm Scream through movies, tv shows, and video games, but today we bring you something even closer to the hearts of science fiction history: Castle Thunder. It's been used to bring assembled body parts back to life, to send people back to the future, and to herald the ominous approach of spooky evil mad scientists who want to shrink you and your friends down to miniature size. Find out all about this multi-purpose noise below.
- The sound was originally recorded in 1931 for Frankenstein, and it quickly became a staple for haunted houses, spooky castles, and impending bad weather on film soundtracks everywhere.
- Originally recorded on optical film stock, most modern day version are 15th generation (or older) copies, meaning you can no longer hear the original crackles and pops that are apparent on the original.
- The sound was featured in Star Wars, courtesy of Ben Burtt again, and can be heard during the trench run sequence on the Death Star.
- The most famous science fiction use of the sound (besides Frankenstein) was probably when the Delorean was struck by lightning in Back to the Future. In fact, we're surprised they don't use that sound effect when anything gets struck by lightning. It's just so perfect. Maybe because I can't get it out of my head right now.
- Other science fiction films that latched on the Castle Thunder were: Ghostbusters, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Big Trouble in Little China (okay, we know this is fantasy... but c'mon), Short Circuit, The Land Before Time, The Monster Squad, and of course Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein.
- The sound can be heard multiple times every day inside The Haunted Mansion as both Disneyland and Disney World, most famously in the stretching room when the host suggest a "way out." Cue the thunder and screams.
- The sound effect was a favorite on Scooby Doo, and could be heard during the opening credits. However, they later "retired" the sound from the show in 1988 to make way for digitally recorded thunderclaps. The bastards.
- However, it's still featured prominently in the opening to Aqua Teen Hunger Force, so there is still some cartoon love for the sound going on out there.
- For my money, the best usage of the sound was in the opening sequence to Dr. Shrinker, which was part of the Krofft Supershow. One day I'll devote an entire triviagasm to this show, trust me.


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Human life is a sacred gift from God. Elective abortion for personal or social convenience is contrary to the will and the commandments of God. Church members who submit to, perform, encourage, pay for, or arrange for such abortions may lose their membership in the Church.
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In today's society, abortion has become a common practice, defended by deceptive arguments. Latter-day prophets have denounced abortion, referring to the Lord's declaration, "Thou shalt not … kill, nor do anything like unto it" (D&C 59:6). Their counsel on the matter is clear: Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must not submit to, perform, encourage, pay for, or arrange for an abortion. Church members who encourage an abortion in any way may be subject to Church discipline.
Church leaders have said that some exceptional circumstances may justify an abortion, such as when pregnancy is the result of incest or rape, when the life or health of the mother is judged by competent medical authority to be in serious jeopardy, or when the fetus is known by competent medical authority to have severe defects that will not allow the baby to survive beyond birth. But even these circumstances do not automatically justify an abortion. Those who face such circumstances should consider abortion only after consulting with their local Church leaders and receiving a confirmation through earnest prayer.
When a child is conceived out of wedlock, the best option is for the mother and father of the child to marry and work toward establishing an eternal family relationship. If a successful marriage is unlikely, they should place the child for adoption, preferably through LDS Family Services (see "Adoption").
—See True to the Faith (2004), 4-5
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Un Dia
Un Dia � Reboot Remix
Un Día is Juana Molina's fifth album, in a career dedicated to following a most inspired and inspirational muse. It's 12 years on from her debut, Rara and, if that album perhaps struggled at first to find an audience, then that audience has grown surely and strongly with the albums that have followed. But it's not that Molina has made concessions to the marketplace, or chased a more accessible sound; as is often the case with visionary artists, instead the world has caught up with her, the pop landscape shifting to create a new context, where the joyous "pop" elements of her music make immediate sense.
It makes perfect sense, for example, that Molina recently toured with Feist, one of a growing wave of artists whose music is recorded in "unconventional" ways, who take maverick liberties with the received wisdoms of song writing and song structure, and yet still compose music that is compelling, accessible, addictive and irresistibly, strangely "pop." And while the global influences upon her work, drawing from a well much wider than the simple western pop tradition, might once have exiled Molina incorrectly in the "World Music" section of your local record shop, a spectrum of artists from MIA to Bjork to Konono No.1 have torn a fissure between "World" and "Pop," and encouraged us to open our ears wide enough that Juana's hypnotic music can't help but beguile.
Un Día is a hypnotic record, restless, alive with melodies that surface imperceptibly before burrowing into your brain, never to leave. It's a record informed by an ever shifting and polymorphous sense of groove, rhythms writhing over and inside each other, played out on wood and cymbal and bombo legüero, and woven from electronic glitches. "I noticed rhythm on my previous records was tacit, there but concealed," explains Molina. "For this record, I aimed to make what was obvious to me obvious to others, to bring it to the front, like a hidden layer in Photoshop." This approach informs more than just Un Día's rhythms. These songs are bright and playful; for all their seeming complexity, the melodies and harmonies of tracks like "¿Quien? (Suite)" lock into place instantly, the gentle and trancelike conversation between coos and sighs and handclaps and murmurs building to nagging, chiming hooks and refrains. And while she has experimented with Ambient and Electronic music – and while those experiments still indelibly colour her approach – Un Día is a warmly human record, Molina's voice played to the foreground, gliding dreamily through the tangle tentative rhythm on the blissful eddy of "No Llama," sighing urgently along with the spectral guitars and keyboards of "Los Hongos De Marosa."
This is adventurous, magical music, taking bold steps into some unknown, but forever beckoning us, encouraging us to follow. "The songs are more abstract, with fewer lyrics, less literal imagery," Molina offers. Her intonation on the album's eponymous opening track speaks volume, however: "Un día voy a cantar las canciones sin letra y cada uno podrá imaginar si hablo de amor, de desilusión, banalidades o sobre platón." (Or, in English) "One day I will sing the songs with no lyrics and everyone can imagine for themselves if it's about love, disappointment, banalities or about Plato." Juana Molina's music contains multitudes. Come be seduced…
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WASHINGTON, February 28, 2013 – The Government of Australia has requested a possible sale of up to 12 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, 12 EA-18G Growler aircraft, 54 F414-GE-402 engines (48 installed and 6 spares) 2 engine inlet devices, 35 AN/APG-79 Radar Systems, 70 AN/USQ-140 Multifunctional Informational Distribution System Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) or RT-1957(C)/USQ-190(V) Joint Tactical Radio Systems, 40 AN/ALQ-214 Integrated Countermeasures Systems, 24 AN/ALR-67(V)3 Electronic Warfare Countermeasures Receiving Sets, 72 LAU-127 Guided Missile Launchers, 15 M61A2 Vulcan Cannons, 32 AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles or Night Vision Cueing Device System, 40 AN/APX-111 Combined Interrogator Transponders, 80 AN/ARC-210/RT-1990A(C) Communication Systems, 100 Digital Management Devices with KG-60's, 36 Accurate Navigation Systems, 30 AN/AYK-29(V) Distributed Targeting Systems (DTS), 4 AN/PYQ-21 DTS Mission Planning Transit Cases, 24 AN/ASQ-228 Advance Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) Pods, 40 AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders (SKL), 80 KIV-78 Mode 4/5 Module, 48 COMSEC Management Workstations (CMWS), 24 AN/ALE-47 Electronic Warfare Countermeasures Systems, 80 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS), and 400 AN/ALE-55 Fiber Optic Towed Decoys. Also included are system integration and testing, tools and test equipment, support equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical documents, personnel training and training equipment, aircraft ferry and refueling support, U.S. Government and contractor technical assistance, and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated cost is $3.7 billion.
Australia is an important ally in the Western Pacific that contributes significantly to ensuring peace and economic stability in the region. Australia's efforts in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations have made a significant impact on regional political and economic stability and have served U.S. national security interests. This proposed sale is consistent with those objectives and facilitates burden sharing with our allies.
The proposed sale will improve Australia's capability in current and future coalition efforts. Australia will use the enhanced capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen its homeland defense. Australia will have no difficulty absorbing these additional aircraft into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.
The prime contractors will be The Boeing Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri; General Electric Aircraft Engines in Lynn, Massachusetts; Data Link Solutions in Chesterfield, Missouri; BAE Systems in Rockville, Maryland; Northrop Grumman Corporation in Falls Church, VA; Raytheon Corporation in Waltham, MA; and Visions Systems International in San Jose, California. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale may require the assignment of additional U.S. Government or contractor representatives to Australia.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale.
This notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded.


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Fashion Faceoff: Britney vs. Katherine
Ramey; STEVE SANDS/bauer-griffin
Back in April, Britney Spears topped this floral Tibi dress off with her signature straw cowboy hat and matching boots while coming out of her dance studio. Just last week Katherine Heigl gave the same summer frock a feminine touch with strappy flat sandals and a delicate drop necklace on the set of her new movie, 27 Dresses. We love this Tibi dress, but unfortunately the older style is no longer in stores. Get the updated Luau floral dress, on sale $160 from $319, at net-a-porter.com. Tell us: Who do you think wears the Tibi dress better–Britney Spears or Katherine Heigl?


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Everyone wants to create a space that they can call home, but what makes every home complete is the fact that you can customize it to suit your very needs. Customizing your home with the help of experienced interior designers will not only give you the opportunity to make it complete but also to add that extra bit of finesse, luxury, and ideal beauty that you've envisaged it to be.
The professional designers and interior decorators at VIOLA work closely with their clients to help them create the ideal home of their dreams.
Let's find inspiration from these exquisite home décor improvements.
Clutter is an easy aspect to come by and sometimes colours can add to a living space looking cluttered or overcrowded. However, with the right touch of décor and colour blends, you can create the perfect, homely space. This modern kitchen is an ideal example of how the skilled designers at VIOLA make use of white and silver to complete the look. The white storage cupboards (handless) are perfect for that sleek continuous look. Essentially, this kitchen only displays the necessary utensils and kitchen electronics on the counter tops. The light coloured tiles on the floors combined with the large silver refrigerator also reflect that look of a pristine cooking area.
This kitchen has so much space, that even if guests wished to pay the cook a visit or accompany the hosts in the kitchen, it would be able to accommodate them too. The black granite countertops and black splashback are a chic take to this already stunning, modern kitchen in Singapore.
This bathroom is a fantastic example of how the interior designers used earthen and natural colours to blend effortlessly with their choice of modern aesthetics. An almost stone-cladding like shower interior gives off that comfortable health spa feeling, which is fitting as you can simply relax in your bathroom.
This dining area is comfortable featuring trendy chairs but most of all the TV where you can enjoy your meal and catch your favourite shows.
This lounge and open floor space make it easy to entertain guests even when accommodating lots of them at the same time. There is adequate room to move or simply to relax and watch TV. The large space and bright light ambiance also create an almost "showroom" feeling about this living area.
Do you notice how VIOLA interior designers left the spaces open and free to access? The only division in this large living room is the partition screen that not only looks great but also has a TV for viewing in both the areas.
As mentioned earlier, this partition serves to part the two areas without creating that solid wall division. This is not just any screen partition; it has a unique swivel screen television that allows for being able to watch TV in the dining room or the lounge area. Not only does this maximize space, but also reduces the need for too much décor.
Few things spell luxury more than the proper use of great furnishings and accessories. This bathroom showcases the metallic finishes which adds to the modern design take of this home and also some neutral coloured walls and storage to complete.
The dark gray cladding as is seen in this shower sets a beautiful tone to this neutral bathroom. Again, the use of natural colours gives this bathroom great charm whilst still living up to its modern standards.
This master bedroom is not overdone as seen here and designers left extra room for the homeowners to add their very own signature touch to complete this space.
Running out of ideas? Homify is packed with great inspiration. If you're looking to create the ideal bedroom even when space is limited then browse this ideabook to get your creative juices flowing.


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5.1.1 Show Me the Money! Financial Sustainability: Importance, progress and emerging issues: Without financial sustainability, the water sector will not deliver on established targets nor contribute to economic growth. It is vital to develop a financial system that can and will invest in water. What recent progress was made after the Camdessus Report and the Gurria Task Force on financing of water services? What additional funds were leveraged due to the MDG agenda?Contact: AquaFed
5.1.2 Get Real! A Strategic Approach for Financing Water and Sanitation Services: Financiers face a lack of effective demand for lending. For financial flows to improve, local authorities and service providers need to find ways to make their investments more appealing and secure for international financiers. In what ways can their borrowing capacity, creditworthiness and cash flow be built up in order to become more reliable financial partners?Contact: OECD
5.1.3 Unlocking the demand for finance: how to enhance the "bankability" of the sector? The need for finance in the water sector is potentially limitless. However, absorption capacity and willingness of investors is certainly limited. Therefore, realistic goals must be set. Can integration and optimization of financial flows close the finance gap for water? What financial strategies can increase financial flows to the water sector?Contact: European Investment Bank (EIB)
5.1.4 Pooling Resources to Close the Financing Gap: how can financing for the sector be optimised? Financial sustainability requires closing the financing gap by acting on the demand and supply sides of finance. How can the gap between lenders and local authorities/utilities needing toe borrow be bridged? What can the different actors do to increase the borrowing capacity of service providers?Contact: European Investment Bank (EIB)
5.1.5 Wrap-up and Synthesis: Contact: Aquafed
5.2.1 Pricing Water Services - Process matters: Overcoming conflicts, building a dialogue: Who should pay for water and sanitation services? And how much? The debate on these issues has become increasingly polarized. This is in part due to the coexistence of different views on key concepts, such as the benefits from water and sanitation services and their link with their tariffs, the different objectives pursued by policy-makers, the definitions "affordability" and "sustainable cost recovery", etc. People understand that water services have a cost that should be covered. However, they disagree on which cost components should be covered through tariffs (how much to pay) and how these costs should be allocated across user groups and between users and other stakeholders, such as taxpayers (who should pay). Contact: OECD, AfD, Water Dialogues
5.2.2 Affordable and sustainable water and sanitation services: The role of tariffs and other instruments: The session builds on the previous session 5.2.1 and brings the debate from general definitions and a discussion on dialogues and processes to the practical solutions that can be implemented to address different policy objectives (financial, social, economic, environmental).In particular this session asks how we can practically measure affordability and how tariffs for water services -and particularly tariff structures- can be designed to provide a meaningful contribution to financial sustainability while ensuring access to affordable services for all, including the poor and vulnerable groups. Contact: OECD, Suez Environnement, International Water Association (IWA)
5.2.3 Pricing sanitation and wastewater management: The special challenges: This session explores the trade-offs between environmental, financial and social considerations when making choices about wastewater management solutions and the financing thereof. It identifies the special aspects of sanitation services that can impact the design and implementation of their tariffs. Contact: Programme Solidarité Eau (pS-Eau)
5.2.5 Joint venture between Topics 2.3 and 5.2: DROPS and CROPS: Water demand management in agriculture: The growth in world demand for food, fibre and energy from agriculture cannot be met without irrigation. But in many countries, subsidies may encourage famers to aggravate overuse and pollution of water. What can be done to reduce costs related to irrigation and agricultural pollution? How can costs be shared fairly between farmers and taxpayers? (To 2.3?) Contact: FAO, OECD, IWMI
5.3.1 Overcoming obstacles to serving the urban poor: Reduced quantity and quality of water resources affects the poor disproportionately, yet their voices are seldom heard. In addition to administrative and legal barriers, water vendors, crime and corruption also hinder better provision of services for the poor. How can these obstacles be identified and countered? Who out there is tackling these complex issues head on?Contact: Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP)
5.3.2 Microfinance: Microfinance envisions a world in which the poor have permanent access to high-quality services. Formal banks traditionally have been unable to provide financial services to people with little or no income. Does the alternative of microfinance tools work in the water sector and if so, under which conditions?Contact: IRC
5.3.3 Pro-Poor Regulation: While financing is essential, regulation has a key role to play to help the poor get access to water and sanitation. In some cases, however, existing regulation may actually have the opposite effect. What are practical steps to translate the right to water into regulations that deliver results for the poor?Contact: Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP), Agence Francaise de Developpement (AfD)5.3.4 Consumer Voice: Recent surveys show that consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for safe, reliable services are complex and often difficult to trace. Often consumer views are not adequately reflected in policies. How can consumers' voices be more effectively captured and incorporated in pro-poor strategies? How can the poor organize themselves to make noise about water?Contact: Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP)
5.1 Sustainable means of financing local water authorities and systems
5.2 Pricing Strategies as a tool for a Sustainable Water Sector
5.3 Pro-poor Financing Policies and Strategies
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Maemo Packages
2014-08-24: This page contains files for the old version (0.9.21, from 2009) of Tux Paint. A new version (0.9.22) was released in August 2014. We hope to eventually provide that newer version for this platform.
Tux Paint has been ported to three versions of the Maemo platform (used on the Nokia 770, N800 and N810 Internet tablets and Nokia N900 smartphone).
There are three versions available. Tux Paint 0.9.21 with Tux Paint Stamps 2009.06.28 for Maemo 5 ("Fremantle"), used in the Nokia N900 smartphone. There are also two versions of Tux Paint 0.9.15 (without stamps): a more complete version, which is only compatible with Nokia 770s running the original "OS2005" software, a later version that works with "OS2006", but is not completely 'hildonized.'
Tux Paint
tuxpaint for nokia-n900 (maemo5)
Version: 0.9.21 - 2010.05.10
From: Aapo Rantalainen and Alessandro Pasotti
See also: Tuxpaint 0.9.21-1maemo8 at the "Fremantle extras-devel free armel" repository at Maemo.org
tuxpaint for nokia770 (os2006)
Version: 0.9.15b - 2006.08.03
From: Alessandro Pasotti
See also: ApplicationCatalog2006 at the Maemo Wiki
tuxpaint for nokia770 (os2005)
Version: 0.9.15b - 2006.02.05
From: Christian Hammond
See also: ApplicationCatalog at the Maemo Wiki
SDL_ttf for nokia770 (os2005)
Version: v2.07
From: http://www.linuxvision.de/
SDL_image for nokia770 (os2005)
Version: v1.24
From: http://www.linuxvision.de/
Did you know? Tux Paint runs right on your computer, and doesn't require Internet access.


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RECORDING ARTIST CIARA JOINS THE GIRLS FOR A PHOTO SHOOT AND THE OVERSEAS LOCATION IS REVEALED � The remaining girls freak when Grammy Award-winning recording artist Ciara shows up at their apartment to offer some words of advice. The girls then join Ciara on the musical stage for a photo shoot. During elimination panel, Tyra reveals the overseas location (#1208).


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LEHI, Utah — It's no coincidence that Real Salt Lake's success over the last few seasons has coincided with the emergence of midfield architect Javier Morales. Likewise, the improved play of FC Dallas over the last two seasons can closely be linked to the arrival of their playmaker, David Ferreira.
As RSL prepare to host FCD on Saturady at Rio Tinto Stadium, talk is heating up about possible MVP consideration for both Morales and Ferreira. The latter even picked up a vote of confidence from an unlikely source, LA Galaxy star Landon Donovan.
WATCH: Donovan tabs Ferreira for MLS MVP
In his second season in the league, Ferreira has eight goals and 13 assists on the season. Meanwhile, Morales has posted six goals and eight assists.
"I think they are pretty similar players in that they are both extremely smart in the decisions they are making in their passes, and when to shoot and when it's time to dribble," said RSL coach Jason Kreis. "All of those decisions with the ball are very, very good."
The two sides choose different formations, with RSL exclusively employing their hallmark 4-4-2 diamond while FC Dallas go with a more traditional 4-4-2, sometimes a 4-3-3 and even, on occasion, a 4-5-1. The styles are correspondingly different with Dallas using traditional wingers, while RSL rely on wingbacks pushing up the flanks to provide some width to their play but prefer to build up through the spine of the pitch. These differences expose differences in the teams' playmakers.
"Javier is a little bit more of a natural midfielder, and Ferreira is a little bit more of a natural attacking-minded player," Kreis said. "When they are playing in a 4-5-1, he looks like a second forward for them. I think that's the reason why you see he's got a few more goals than Javier. But in our buildup of play Javier's probably more important for us."
Real Salt Lake captain Kyle Beckerman will be tasked with marking Ferreira at times on Saturday.
"He's actually short, but he's really strong," Beckerman said. "He's got that low center of gravity where he's able to bounce off of challenges pretty good. He has good vision. He can score goals. He can set up goals. So he really has it all in the offensive category.
"So it's going to be about trying to limit him getting the ball at all. That's really the only way that you can try and stop him. Once he gets the ball, if he gets time and space, he can be super dangerous."
Despite their differences—and similarities—one thing is for sure: Both Morales and Ferreira will be key to the success of their team on Saturday.
"I think it's going to come down to who is going to be able to get the lion's share of possession," said RSL defender Nat Borchers, "and I think that the team that's able to dominant possession is going to get the result."


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Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will announce that it is porting Windows to run on ARM processors at CES next month. The target will be tablets and other battery-operated, low-power devices.
Microsoft has two operating system lines. There's the Windows NT-derived operating system now selling as Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. And there's the embedded Windows CE-derived operating system, currently shipping as Windows CE 6.0 R3, which sits at the heart of Windows Phone 7. The Windows CE family is already available and running on ARM processors, and has been for many years, so the assumption is that the rumor is talking about the Windows NT family: Windows (or some derivative) for ARM.
Microsoft has refused to comment on the claims, but company insiders confirm that, at the very least, such a port has been worked on. It's been rumored before, by none other than the CEO of ARM. Some kind of Windows-on-ARM release, therefore, seems likely. What we don't know is exactly what form such a port will take—or what the point will be.
ARM processors are famed for their power efficiency. They're used in a wide range of embedded applications, including digital cameras, palmtops, Game Boys, smartphones and, perhaps most relevantly to this news, tablets such as Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Though their absolute performance cannot begin to rival that of Intel or AMD's x86 processors, in the power envelopes found in smartphones and tablets, ARM's greater efficiency wins out, making it the best performing option in this market segment.
It's this efficiency—and the lengthy battery life that it affords ARM-powered tablets—that is likely the reason for Microsoft's interest in ARM. The battery life of x86-powered Windows tablets such as HP's Slate 500 is around five hours. In contrast, ARM tablets like the iPad can achieve ten hours, and that difference is, in part, a result of the iPad's A4 processor (a high-end ARM design named Cortex A8) having much lower power usage than the Atom in the Slate 500.
The port could materialize in a few different ways. The most straightforward would be to simply port Windows 7 more or less as is to run on ARM. It would offer developers the same APIs (though they would have to recompile their software), it would offer users the same interface and usage experience; it would be the Windows that everyone knows and uses, running on low-power ARM processors.
In a similar vein, Microsoft could create a similar port, but slap the Windows Embedded label on it. Windows 7 already has an embedded variant; it's like regular Windows 7, but lets OEMs remove the bits and pieces they don't want or need. Microsoft can then sell it to OEMs to slap on their own tablet front-ends. This is one of the models that Microsoft promotes for Windows CE, so could easily be used for ARM Windows.
The other obvious option would be for the company to build an actual tablet operating system with a user interface that's usable on tablets. It would be Windows behind the scenes, but instead of the mouse and keyboard-oriented Windows interface, and all the mouse and keyboard-oriented programs, it would be a new tablet interface, with new tablet applications. A true tablet Windows, built for iPad-like hardware. The sensible option here (and I think one a lot of people would like to see) would be to build on the Metro interface used in Windows Phone 7, as this would provide both user familiarity and allow developers to target both phones and tablets together.
Sure, you can do it. But why?
The problem is that none of these really make a whole lot of sense. It's true that at the limit, ARM machines will have better battery life than x86 machines. But battery life isn't the thing standing in the way of widespread acceptance of Windows tablets. The user interface is the problem. The user interface has always been the problem. The iPad has an interface designed for fingers, the Galaxy Tab has an interface designed for fingers, the future webOS tablet will have an interface designed for fingers, and it's no real stretch to suggest that every successful tablet that will ship in coming years will have an interface designed for fingers. And it's this interface that Windows lacks.
If Windows had a proper touch interface, nobody would care about the architecture it ran on. x86 tablets would be good enough, and I suspect that in many cases, the slightly inferior battery life will be more than offset by the better performance of x86 machines.
The most pointless option would be a straight port of Windows to ARM. Such an operating system would have the inappropriate front-end with an added bonus of being incompatible with every existing Windows program ever written. Sure, it would have better battery life, but it would have better battery life on systems that no one would want to use, just like they don't want to use existing Windows tablets.
The embedded option is, at least in principle, the one that Microsoft promotes for Windows CE, so it could be used for embedded Windows. But it's awful for users and awful for developers, and essentially awful for everyone. It's possible that some third parties will do a decent job of creating a tablet interface, but they haven't done it so far and there's no reason to believe that they'll do so in the future.
The final option—creating a proper touch user interface—is of course the one that makes sense. But... it still doesn't make sense. Windows on ARM can't run traditional Windows software; it'll need to be recompiled. And there's no point in recompiling existing software, because it won't have a touch interface. So Windows on ARM will need all-new software. And if the platform is going to need all-new software, what's the point of the port? The only value of Windows NT is that it runs Windows NT software, and if you don't want to run Windows NT software, you don't need Windows NT anymore! Microsoft might as well use Windows CE—Windows CE, which already runs on ARM, already has a touch interface in its "Windows Phone 7" guise, and already has lower system requirements, making it more appropriate to less powerful ARM systems.
Obviously, there is an aesthetic sense in which using Windows NT for tablets is better. Apple uses a variant of Mac OS X for its phones and tablets, and Android is based on essentially the same Linux kernel as people use in their servers and desktops, it would be nice for Microsoft to be able to do the same with Windows NT, to avoid having to maintain dual operating systems—as Steve Ballmer said of Google, why have two operating systems?
But to make that consolidation a prerequisite for an entry into the tablet market? That just doesn't make sense. Tablets need new software, and Windows CE is good enough to run that software. Porting Windows NT can't be a priority.
Timing issues
To further confuse the issue is the suggestion in the Wall Street Journal that it will be a couple of years before Windows on ARM actually ships. By that time, ARM processors should be quite a bit faster—but x86 processors will, in turn, use less power. ARM will probably still have the edge, but as long as x86 is in the same ballpark, the battery life differences will be insignificant.
In two years' time, we're also not going to be talking about Windows 7 anymore: it will be Windows 8. Windows 8, unlike Windows 7, will almost certainly have an interface suitable for fingers. As such, a straight port of this Windows should be suitable for tablets. If Windows ARM will be Windows 8, that would at least explain the earlier rumors that Windows 8 would be on show in CES. But it still does nothing to salvage Microsoft's tablet strategy.
Microsoft might well be porting Windows NT to ARM, and Windows 8 may very well be available for x86, x64, and ARM machines. But if it is, it shows that the company is still fixated with hardware. Windows' problems in the tablet space aren't hardware problems. They have always been—and continue to be—software, user interface problems. That's a problem that needs solving now, not in two years.
Windows NT on ARM does make sense—just not for tablets
There is one area where a port of Windows NT to ARM does make some sense: the server room. Future ARM designs might work well in cloud and virtualization server scenarios. Given that Windows on the desktop shares a common codebase with Windows on the server, a port of Windows for future ARM servers would of course result in a "free" port of Windows on the desktop.
But an announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show won't be about Windows Server. It will be about Windows on tablets. Making this announcement, if it comes, a bizarre distraction that brings Redmond no closer to having an iPad competitor of its own.


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Duration: 365 days
The smoke of their torments
'And Abraham gat up early in the morning … and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah … and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.' Genesis 19:27–28
Suggested Further Reading: Jude 5–18
The assurance that God is just, even in the midst of his hot displeasure, must ever be cherished. The Judge of all the earth cannot but do right. Though he is terrible and dreadful in his anger, as a consuming fire, yet he is still our God for ever and ever, full of goodness and full of truth. There is a deep-seated unbelief among Christians just now, about the eternity of future punishment. It is not outspoken in many cases, but it is whispered; and it frequently assumes the shape of a spirit of benevolent desire that the doctrine may be disproved. I fear that at the bottom of all this there is a rebellion against the dread sovereignty of God. There is a suspicion that sin is not, after all, so bad a thing as we have dreamed. There is an apology, or a lurking wish to apologise for sinners, who are looked upon rather as objects of pity than as objects of indignation, and really deserving the condign punishment which they have wilfully brought upon themselves. I am afraid it is the old nature in us putting on the specious garb of charity, which thus leads us to discredit a fact which is as certain as the happiness of believers. Shake the foundations upon which the eternity of hell rests, and you have shaken heaven's eternity too. 'These shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal.' There is precisely the same word in the original. We have it translated a little more strongly in our version, but the word stands the same; and if the one be not eternal, the other is not. Brethren, this is a fearful thing. Who can meditate upon the place appointed for the wicked without a shudder?
For meditation: 'For ever' sounds wonderful when applied to heaven, but appalling when applied to hell. If devils believe and tremble when they think about God (James 2:19), we should tremble and ensure we are trusting in Christ when we contemplate the suffering of the unsaved, which will never end (Mark 9:48; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 14:11).
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20 November (1864)365 Days with C.H. Spurgeon, Vol. 2: A Unique Collection of 365 Daily Readings from Sermons Preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon from His Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit (365 Days With Series); edited by Terence Peter Crosby; (c) Day One Publications, 2002.


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"The problem with most cider drinks is that they just hang around on a hot plate all day," says Smith-Mattsson, "so the flavors get too concentrated." Here, he allows Laird's Bonded Applejack "to do most of the work," delivering powerful apple flavor and the fruit's crisp acidity without that all-too-familiar boiled-down sweetness.
His cider is subtly spiced with cardamom, cinnamon, clove, ginger, and a bare floral hint of lavender (recipe included). Orange peels and orange curacao add complementary citrus flavors without things getting too juiced up.
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Smith-Mattsson wanted the richness of a hot buttered rum, but went a totally different direction by making use of coconut, pumpkin, and garam masala. That blended spice mixture, mixed together with butter to form the base of drink, contributes cardamom, cloves, mace, cinnamon, cumin, and more, for a balance of earthy, warming flavors. "When I think of rum, I think of coconut," said Smith-Mattsson. "So I thought I could make those flavors work in a way that wasn't a piña colada."
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A gruesome new chapter was nearly added to The Velveteen Rabbit Wednesday when a 3-year-old girl dropped her stuffed bunny, Nummy, on the tracks at the Green Stop in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. As Nummy languished on the tracks, waiting for an oncoming train to grind his cotton-polyester blend tummy to dust, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority worker Fannie Matchette called the station operator, who then passed the firefighter bucket full of bunny-saving water to the operator of the oncoming train in time to save Nummy and his 3-year-old companion Riley Carey-Brown's faith in humanity.
Riley's mother Casey told the Boston Herald that her daughter was understandably upset that she'd condemned her oldest cribmate to certain death by dropping him on the tracks. "I told her," wrote Carey-Brown, "we could just get her another one or something, trying to fix the situation, and she said 'No way, that's my friend. I need my friend and now he's going to get squished by the train.'" A kid just can't live with that kind of guilt, which is why it's good that Boston's conscientious transit workers saved Nummy's life. Now little Riley can learn an important lesson about the slow ravages of old age by watching her best friend's soft fur and genial features slowly erode over time. Sorry if that last bit is a little harsh, but I miss my Foo Foo.
Boston transit workers halt train to save 3-year-old's stuffed bunny [NYDN]
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Mets expect David Wright back Friday
Photo: Bill Kostroun — The Associated Press
NEW YORK >> David Wright is expected to return to the New York Mets' lineup Friday night in Philadelphia after missing seven weeks with a strained right hamstring.
Mets manager Terry Collins says the third baseman went through back-to-back workouts the past two days "with pretty good intensity."
Wright, a seven-time All-Star and the team captain, has a .391 on-base percentage with 16 homers, 54 RBIs and 17 stolen bases.
Going into Thursday's game against San Francisco, the depleted Mets were 19-25 since Wright went on the disabled list Aug. 3.
In other news, minor league infielder Wilfredo Tovar will join the Mets in Philadelphia to replace shortstop Ruben Tejada, who broke his right leg in Wednesday night's game.


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Neither Showalter, Girardi expect any carryover
Skippers agree that argument over sign stealing in the past
BALTIMORE -- One night after they were involved in a fiery on-field dispute with allegations of sign stealing, both Orioles manager Buck Showalter and Yankees manager Joe Girardi were optimistic that cooler heads would prevail as their series continued Tuesday.
Showalter was incensed after the first inning of Monday's 4-2 Orioles win because Girardi had walked the length of the visiting dugout to yell at Baltimore third-base coach Bobby Dickerson, who said that Girardi accused him of stealing signs from Yankees catcher Austin Romine.
"It's two very competitive groups that are competing for the same thing [in the American League Wild Card]," Showalter said on Tuesday. "That's the way it's supposed to be, right? It matters. You care. If you care, it matters, like a lot of things in life. You're not very passionate about things you don't care about. So, I think we all stand accused."
Some players left the dugouts and both benches were warned following the argument. Showalter said on Tuesday that he hadn't been contacted by Major League Baseball regarding the altercation, and Girardi said that he did not expect there to be any carryover.
"It's a new day," Girardi said. "That's the thing about our game, is you've got to be able to turn the page -- whether it's players, managers, coaches, whatever happens. Because the new day comes up, and you just move on."
Showalter advanced the storyline somewhat in a radio interview on Tuesday, telling host Mike Lupica that "the Yankees are actually one of the better teams at [stealing signs]," on ESPN New York 98.7 FM. Girardi said that he would not react to Showalter's comment.
"I'm not going to go into it," Girardi said. "I told you, I'm going to do everything I can to protect our players."
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that he had no issue with how Girardi handled the situation.
"Our job is to make sure teams aren't doing that," Cashman said. "That's all Joe was doing. It's part of the game, and how everyone reacts to each other is different on a daily basis. We're in a pennant race.
"There's always a lot more to it than just what you saw here, usually. ... Buck and Joe, they're big men and they're going to run their clubs the way they want to. I'm glad Joe is looking for that stuff. We've got to shut it down so it doesn't come back and haunt us."
A former big league catcher, Girardi said that catchers are taught to move late and change their signs to guard against opposing teams.
"It's been going on for years," Girardi said. "It went on when I played, and I'm sure it went on way before that. And because you play so much now and you see teams so much now, they're very familiar with what you do, so you have to be creative and you have to protect things."
Showalter said there are at least 15 teams who actively steal signs in baseball, and that clubs should do it if they believe they are able to gain an advantage, calling it a "Captain Obvious thing."
"They're right there for everybody to see, if you figure out the sequences," Showalter said. "There are a lot of clubs that have people who do nothing else but watch the sequences, so it's very easy to camouflage it to keep people from getting it. That's part of the game. It's all part of it."


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Louisville women to face UConn for NCAA title
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) >> Even Louisville's own players are finding their stunning run to the women's NCAA national championship game a little hard to believe.
"It doesn't feel realistic right now. It hasn't set in yet," Cardinals leading scorer Shoni Schimmel said. "It's just so exciting and we've worked so hard to get here, and just like we're ready to take on anything."
Schimmel didn't have one of her better games in Sunday night's NCAA semifinal against California. She started 1 for 7, but settled down in the second half and hit a clutch transition jumper with about two minutes left and finished with 10 points as Louisville found a way to erase a 10-point halftime deficit en route to a 64-57 victory.
The upstart Cardinals (29-8) got 18 points -- all on 3-pointers -- from Antonita Slaughter and 17 from Bria Smith on 6 of 7 shooting to pull out only the latest game they weren't supposed to win.
The result ensured an all-Big East Conference final in the league's last season in its current form: Louisville will play Connecticut, which beat Notre Dame 83-65, one night after the Louisville men's team plays Michigan for the championship.
"This is literally every basketball player's dream, to be in a national championship," Smith said. "So it feels unreal, but I think we're ready for it."
In the Oklahoma City Regional semifinal, there was a stunning take-down of defending national champion Baylor, a team led by AP Player of the Yeat Brittney Griner. Next, Louisville knocked off one of the most storied programs in women's college basketball history in Tennessee.
Now Louisville, seeded fifth in its region, is the first team seeded lower than fourth to win a Final Four game.
"We're playing our best basketball at the end of the year and that's all that matters," Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. "We're figuring out a way to pull them out."
Layshia Clarendon scored 17 for Cal (32-4), which had won the Spokane Region as a second seed. Gennifer Brandon added 12 points for the Golden Bears and Brittany Boyd had 10.
"Credit Louisville, which obviously has been really hot," Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. "They outfought us in the second half."
Schimmel's last hoop gave Louisville a 57-54 lead with 2:06 left.
Clarendon responded with a 3 from the left wing to tie it, but Sara Hammond, playing with four fouls for the last 7:20, gave the Cardinals the lead for good with a strong move inside as she was fouled. Suddenly, Cal was forcing desperate 3s and missing all of them.
After shooting 58. 6 percent (17 of 29) in the first half, Cal shot only 30 percent (9 of 30) in the second, negating the Bears' 38-26 advantage in rebounds.
"In the first half we got out a lot on the run. We didn't get a chance to run at all (in the second half) because we weren't getting stops," Clarendon said. "We made a lot of mistakes. It's not like we played somebody who was too good and just flat out beat us."
Louisville went into halftime trailing 37-27, but re-emerged composed and quickly narrowed its deficit with a 7-0 run that began with Schimmel's 3. Smith added a mid-range jumper and Hammond scored inside to make it 37-34.
Cal was back up 47-39 when Clarendon spun into the lane for a pull-up jumper, but the Cardinals then scored the next seven points, starting with Slaughter's deep 3 and ending with Jude Schimmel's free throws that made it as close as 47-46.
The Cardinals finally pulled back into the lead when Hammond's free throws made it 53-52 with 3:40 left.
"Once we took the lead, I could see it in our kids' eyes, the excitement, 'Hey, we can do this, we're going to do this,'" Walz said.
Before tip-off, Walz had the relaxed look of a coach who had been there before, which of course he had in 2009, when Louisville climbed out of a 12-point hole to beat Oklahoma State in the national semifinals before falling to Connecticut in the title game. He walked over to the Cal bench for a friendly chat with Gottlieb, giving her a hug before he walked back toward his bench, and then went across the court to welcome some fans in the front row.
Walz's team also appeared more composed in the first few minutes, racing to an 8-2 lead with the help of Slaughter's first 3 and a pair of layups by Smith. Smith's third basket inside the first five minutes gave Louisville a 10-6 lead, then Cal started to look more comfortable.
Talia Caldwell's putback marked the beginning of a 12-1 run, capped by Clarendon's transition jumper that gave the Golden Bears an 18-11 lead.
Jude Schimmel's 3 got Louisville as close as 25-22 midway through the half, but the Cardinals had trouble keeping pace while Schimmel missed six of her first seven shots.
Cal, which had won with strong rebounding all season, also controlled the game in that department, 23-11 overall and 8-3 in offensive rebounds in the first half. Complicating matters for Louisville was that Hammond, their leading rebounder (6.5 per game), sat out most of the half with two fouls.