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You've been imprisoned by a shadowy government project and your identity has been erased; the only question is why. Welcome Home.
In a dystopian society where severe laws are in place to regulate the media you're allowed to view, anyone and anything can be erased. Most people get their information and entertainment from the Knowledgebase -- a computer network dubbed the "sum total of human knowledge." But forces are at work to edit and shape the Knowledgebase as they see fit -- suppressing dissident thoughts and behaviors. Their clear target: a group of rebels who hide in plain sight and call themselves the Transhumans -- people who remote into androids illegally, and whose goal is to eventually transplant a human consciousness into an android.
In the middle of this stands 77, a prisoner who's been asked to repair a broken android for his captors. Once he solves the mystery of this android, he may find the truth behind the Transhumans, the Knowledgebase Architects, and the Erased.
The Erased presents a near-future parable for the media age, where the march toward merging with technology comes at a terrible price.


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Archive for March, 2008
Startup Incubator to Launch in Maple Ridge, BC?
Can a small-business startup incubator exist and thrive in Maple Ridge, BC? Well that is what I am going to find out. You see… I am about to start one. Sort of. Eventually. Well it is a bit of a long story.
Two weeks ago, I was let go from Reinvent Technology as part of a corporate reorganization. Quite the shock to me I admit, and I was not ready for the, "It's not you, it's me" speech given by Kevin Ham, "The Man That Owns the Internet." You know the one that starts with, "Your work has been top notch, you are well-liked by your peers, and you are very enthusiastic and passionate, but…"
That word hangs out there. But. But what? But.
In any case, the cheese has been moved, and I must dive back into the maze, but…
There's that word again. But. But what? What on earth am I going to do?
I've spent a large part of the past two weeks trying to decide exactly that. Am I going to go back and find a "real job"? You know… the kind of job that your parents attempt to understand and the kind that makes your wife happy that you have a corporate benefit plan and a steady pay cheque [even more important when your wife is also self employed]. Or am I going to do something completely different?
But what?
You see…I am an ideas man. I always have been and always will be. I am also entrepreneurial and a bit of a dreamer. I get my kicks out of imagining the impossible. I derive incredible satisfaction from listening to new business concepts and pitches, offering my two cents, and then sending the concept back for further grooming. In essence, this is what I have been doing for the better part of the last ten years. While yes, I have ran a startup. But I am more referring to my experience within the local hightech scene. Be it as an active participant in early stage ventures, restarts, or well-established companies looking to reinvent themselves. My role has always been the painter. The one that crafts the vision, spit-polishes the product line, or sets the direction of the ship heading over yonder. But…
Damn that word. But… But how does that pay the bills?
Well, this is where the leap of faith comes in and my vision for the future. I am going to launch a small business incubator that caters to the entrepreneur in suburbia. Kind of like Bill Gross' IdeaLab, but without the initial bankroll. And I am going to be my first client.
For those of you who may, in some off chance be reading this and have no idea who I am or where Maple Ridge is, it is a suburban town about 1-1.5 hour's drive out of downtown Vancouver. And there is no industry to speak of. Just commuters. But there are also a lot of people who work in home offices, and there are also a lot of the techies who are commuting. The way I see it, it is about demographics. Those who are young entrepreneurs and heavily vested in the technology sector can't afford to live downtown anymore. They (as I did) are at the stage in their lives where they are thinking about starting a family. But as soon as that young family comes, it really can be challenging to work out of the home.
Yep… I am going to get out of the house and incubate my own startup (or startups), perhaps inviting others into the mix in the near term as well. But first I need a business plan. You see that is what every good business has. I read something earlier today when I was reading about the government-subsidized Self Employment Program that 9 out of 10 businesses that don't have a business plan fail, while 7 out of 10 that do have a plan succeed. Quite the statistic if it is accurate.
So I need a plan. But… But what is the business?
Well initially it is a business that is … a business. One that will be focussed on surviving through scratching and clawing and doing whatever contract work I can. Whether this is by helping others with their business plans, writing marketing strategy documents, creating product specifications and market requirements documents, or even freelance advertising copy. I am sure I will even try my hand at trying to win the occasional government issued RFP and then leveraging freelancers to fill in the gaps where they exist. Or at least… I will do this for 80% of the "work" day. I will do this to pay the bills and survive. The other 80% of my time (or really, 20% plus whatever I can spare), I will invent.
Some ideas will be in stealth mode, and some will be public. Some will succeed and some will never get off the ground. In today's economy and technology world, any good idea can be outsourced and grown quickly, organically, and with near complete automation. My goal is to have 5 companies by the end of 2008 each making $1000 in profit (or with a clear line to that profit marker). In 5 years, I will have 5 companies each making $1 million in profits. I will also have incubated and helped many more get off the ground.
This is the launch point of the business. Blast off.


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UN-ADULT-erated Fun: Toy Insider's Sweet Suite 2017
If you've watched a television news or talk show segment about toy trends in the last couple of year's it's almost certain you've seen "Toy Insider Mom" Laurie Schacht doing the demonstrations. Laurie and the Toy Insider team have built a reputation as the go-to mavens for broadcast and online information about what's hot on the horizon of play. Toy Insider's pre-gifting season lists point to the best of what's on the market. Their hashtag, #WeKnowPlay, is not a boast – it's a fact.
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Minor takes tough loss as bats can't come through
Whiffs eight in first complete game, but Johnson robbed of tying HR
CHICAGO -- It was one of those games that baseball's schedule does a good job of erasing from memory, which is about the only thing the Braves have to be thankful for on their way to New York.
Despite outhitting the White Sox by four and creating multiple opportunities to surge ahead, they came out on the losing end of a 3-1 game Sunday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field that gave the White Sox the series win -- Chicago's third straight series victory against Atlanta going back to 2004.
Making it even tougher to swallow was the performance of starter Mike Minor, who pitched his first career complete game and took the loss.
"It's a cruel game at times, our game," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Mikey probably pitched the best game of the year and he got nothing. He got an 'L.' That's all he got and that's a shame. That's the way our game is."
Minor wasn't the only one who felt the sting. Reed Johnson did, too. He hit a line shot in the second that was snared by shortstop Alexei Ramirez and turned into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded -- and then had a potential game-tying home run in the eighth robbed by Casper Wells' leaping, highlight-reel catch.
"I knew the ball was traveling pretty good all weekend, so when I hit it I was kind of begging for it to get up," Johnson said. "I didn't crush it, but obviously in that situation I would assume, in the eighth inning, he's playing pretty deep almost in 'no doubles' [position] anyway. So, that made it a little easier play for him. I hit that ball earlier in the game, it's probably a homer because he's probably playing me a lot shallower. It was kind of everything."
Minor (9-5) did exactly what his bullpen needed him to do, too. Pitching a day after the 'pen threw five innings in Paul Maholm's injury-shortened outing on Saturday, Minor lasted eight innings and gave up just two earned runs among the three Chicago scored.
He also had to deal with a catcher change in the fourth. Gerald Laird left the game in the top of the fourth after getting hit in the left hand with a pitch by White Sox starter Jose Quintana -- later diagnosed as a bruise -- which meant Evan Gattis switched from left field to catcher.
"We did a mini-scouting report right before we went out there and then every inning we came right back in and we would go over it again, because he didn't know what was thrown the first time through the lineup," Minor said. "The second time through the lineup, we didn't want to use the same sequences."
Whatever they came up with worked. Chicago only got one more hit against Minor the rest of the game. Meanwhile, the Braves couldn't break the game open against Quintana despite several chances. They stranded nine runners between the second and fifth innings, and left the bases loaded in the second and third.
Jason Heyward did not start for the sixth straight game while recovering from a right hamstring strain, but that wasn't the reason the offense only scored one run. That was more about Quintana being able to wiggle out of some sticky situations largely unscathed.
"It was incredible," he said through his interpreter. "These things, they don't happen all the time. And the fact they happened today when I needed them, I got the help from very good defense today. I'm very happy to have it, because more importantly the team won."
The Braves finally scratched out a run in the fifth, when Quintana started having difficulty with cramping in his leg, but that was all they could muster. Gattis drove in the run with an RBI single off Quintana -- who stayed in the game and closed out the inning by getting Dan Uggla to fly out with two runners on base.
Quintana retired the first two hitters to start the sixth before experiencing more cramping. He walked Andrelton Simmons one pitch after a mound visit by White Sox manager Robin Ventura and was removed from the game.
Chicago manufactured runs in the first, third and sixth against Minor. He struck out eight and walked two. Simmons' fielding error in the sixth on Adam Dunn's ground ball hit into the defensive shift to the right side caused Minor's last run allowed to be unearned.
Ramon Troncoso, Donnie Veal, Nate Jones and Addison Reed combined to preserve the win for Quintana, who's won two of his last three starts. At one point this season, Quintana didn't get a decision from June 1-July 4 -- a span of seven straight starts.
It nearly happened again in the eighth, but Wells' leaping catch near the top of the fence kept Johnson from tying it.
"Honestly, after coming in and watching the game and even after the first couple innings, you would've thought we would've won this game," Laird said. "We had so many opportunities to score, we hit some balls hard and that just goes to show you how important defense is. They made some plays and we hit some balls hard … they just made the plays when they needed to and we just couldn't get that big hit."


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The mini cat is my cute cross stitch design loved by many on my blog Happiness is Cross Stitching, many of you have taken him to heart and send me your completed photos of your completed mini cats, and I thought it would be nice for mini cat to have his own blog where you can post all your completed mini cat cross stitch!
If you wish to post your completed mini cat cross stitch from my mini cat range you are welcome to do so here, just email me for an invite and I will send you the link for you to post.
You can post work in progress and then your completed design. Please describe what materials you used to stitch your design as this helps anyone who wishes to stitch the same pattern.
Please centre your picture in the middle with materials listed underneath and label your mini cat using the right hand column in post settings when writing your post.
That's it, happy mini cat stitching!
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I am looking for a mysql GUI for ubuntu 11.04.
I am looking for one with a feature set comparable to sqlyog for windows.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
I have tried
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Possible Duplicate:
MySQL GUI Tools
I am looking for a mysql GUI for ubuntu 11.04.
I am looking for one with a feature set comparable to sqlyog for windows.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
I have tried
And hated them both...
I run the SQLyog Community Edition in wine. It's got a reduced feature-set though, so it might be missing what you like from the commercial version. But you should be able to run the commercial version in wine too.
Give a try to MySQL Administrator, this GUI tool is succeeding in all the tasks that I have performed to the date. I am also using MySQL Query Browser. Both them can be found in Synaptic in Ubuntu 10.10 and I have notices that they are also in 11.04
Please inform how did you do with this suggestion as I am going to move to 11.04 and I will really appreciate if you drop a message with your experiences on this, so I can have a preview of what am I going to face.
I am following your question closely.
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Good luck!
Hate Mysql Workbench all you want, but when it comes to
the Workbench is the way to go. If you are using an IDE like Eclipse or Netbeans you might find the Mysql-Plugins there to be acceptable too, but for the above mentioned parameters that's pretty much it.
I often rely on phpMyAdmin, as it gives an easily configurable external interface, and has most of the tools I've found in other programs.
The most comprehensive database manager I've used is Navicat due to the fact it supports lots of different databases and allows you to connect to multiple servers. For general day-to-day use I still find phpmyadmin is the most efficient at getting things done.
I have using this tool for a month.. great tools to manage my database from MySQL, Oracle and another database.. :)
Support for Windows, MacOS, and Linux ;-
I tried a few different MySQL apps and settled on Emma (from the repos). Its not particularly pretty but for me its simple to understand and does everything I need it to.
The only confusing thing is it won't fill in the port automatically when you set up a new connection (default is 3306).
Try SIDU for MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite:
I didn`t find any good native Linux Mysql client, too.
Navicat is really very handy and powerful client, in the official site you can find free "Linux versions". But if you will download it, you will see that in fact it is Windows executable with preconfigured Wine :). But it works pretty good.
Another good Windows client is HeidiSQL. It is active open-source project written in Delphi. Client have a lot of useful functions like filtering records, exporting and importing data. It works quite good in Wine, but I faced some bugs with GUI (e.g. ugly toolbar icons).


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Modern Lenses Offer Clear, Post-Surgery Eye Options
A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens within the eye. The result is that vision becomes blurred or hazy. This clouding tends to progress over time and with age, and may significantly impair vision. Cataract surgery is indicated when these vision changes start to interfere with activities of daily life or create safety issues, such as driving.
Thanks to new and progressing technology, patients with cataracts can enjoy excellent vision following cataract surgery. Typically, a man-made lens implant is placed in an eye following cataract surgery. This allows the individual to see clearly with a mild eye glass prescription, or no eye glass prescription at all. With modern lens implants, patients often do not need to wear contact lenses or thick glasses.
Cataract surgery is performed using advanced micro-surgical techniques. The cataract is removed through a very small (approximately 3 millimeter) incision. A man-made intraocular lens implant is placed through this incision into a stable position inside the eye. The goal is to restore the vision to the level before cataract development, and to protect the retina, for the individual's lifetime.
Early studies suggest that the entry of ultraviolet wave length light into the eye may lead to changes within the retina. Excess violet light in the eye may lead to changes associated with age related macular degeneration. Accordingly, lens implant manufacturers have tried to produce lens implants which block harmful types of light, without affecting the quality of the lens implants and the improved vision they provide.
A violet light filtering lens implant has been developed which may help protect eyes from light toxicity. Violet light blocking lenses have been thoroughly studied and investigated. Current evidence suggests that blocking violet light may be important in improving night vision and reducing glare following cataract surgery. Thus, the opportunity to replace the cataract with a lens implant of this type is desirable. The hope of this upgraded lens implant is that we not only restore vision to a pre-cataract level, but also provide protection that may help reduce the risk of developing other vision problems.
This violet light filtering lens implant developed by Bausch and Lomb was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in 2006. These lens implants are available at the Mount Nittany Surgical Center.
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Several members of Saddleback Church voted recently for Rick Warren to take over Christianity in America—utilizing Eric Barger's Bible-Based Satellite System our Research Robot Monkeys found this quote from a Saddleback member: "I voted for Rick Warren because I was told that he had been chosen (by God) to oversee Christianity in America. Much of the Emergent Church adhere to his doctrines. Benny Hinn, Joel Osteen, C. Peter Wagner, Joyce Meyer, as well as Todd Bentley and the others (whose theology I follow) are all a part of the Emergent Church." (I read this quote on the Internet so of course it must be True!)
When our Research Robot Monkeys tried to press this member further on this issue—they got no answer. We're not surprised for as Pat Robertson has said: "[Rick Warren] has his own Purpose-Driven agenda. I think he'll stick to it." Robertson went on to state of Warren's Purpose-Driven Global Peace Plan: "'Purpose Driven' 'Positive Christianity' coupled with 'Dominionism' will align itself with a totalitarian state against Islam and then against bible believing Christians and Messianics! It will be a tool in the hand of Edom to persecute and drive the remnant of the 10 lost tribes to the Hills during World War 3. This sort of 'Purpose Driven' Positive Christianity dominates the Protestant Church in the United States and Australia and elsewhere. It can be summed up as me, me, me. Jesus died for me. It's all about me. There is no crucifixion with Christ, it is just self-focussed. That is why there are so many self-help books for Christians today each with so many steps to victory. But are they really Christian? "
We've also read elsewhere that Rick Warren plans to rebuild the Tower of Babel—if it is on the Internet it must be True!
Jimmy Swaggart has also joined us in our Truth War against Rick Warren and Emergents… why just the other day he and his wife were on tv lumping Rick Warren, David Jeremiah, Bill Hybels, Eugene Peterson & Leonard Sweet together as "New Agers." Join us also in our Truth War or Else! Oh and also read our very own Will Farel XV's excellent article on: "Is Rick Warren the Antichrist?"
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I got the news on Thursday that Vicki Forman's son Evan died very suddenly and unexpectedly, and I have been reeling since the moment I hung up the phone. I recognize the feeling, because it's one I've had before. I am grieving.
In many ways, I hesitate to put the word in writing, because as soon as I do I think "Who are you to grieve? Vicki and Cliff have lost a son. They are grieving. You are an intruder in their grief."
And yet, I feel it. I carry it: the heavy ache of grief. So I give myself some space for it. I think, "Okay, grieve if you must. But grieve quietly. Grieve privately. This is not your story to tell."
But here I am - writing, because it is what I do, how I make sense, who I am.
I've realized something in this grief: I've realized that I loved Evan. I didn't just read about him, know about him, and grow fond of him. Though I never touched his skin, never heard him sing, and never saw him swing his cane, I loved him with a fierceness that shocks me.
This realization leads me to another: there are many children - so many children - whom, through blogging, I have come to love with this same intensity, this same ferocity, this same wholeness of self. And I am suddenly, painfully, acutely aware of the number of people whom I might not recognize on the street, but who have become woven tightly into my life and into my heart. That awareness frightens me.
It's frightening to know so suddenly and with such absolute certainty that I am this vulnerable, that there are this many people who could trigger this sort of pain and grief in my heart - that there are so many stranger/friends who have become a part of my family.
And then, there's another awareness, another realization, that sidles in to coexist with the fear, as my brain follows these thoughts toward a logical conclusion: If I feel this way about these children, I think, then there must be some stranger/friends out there who feel the very same way about Bud.
I never really understood that until now. I knew people were cheering us on. I knew people recognized Bud's charm and wit and engaging personality - but now, as I grieve the loss of Evan, I recognize that for some of you, your connection to Bud - to us - is something entirely different. Now, suddenly, coexisting with the vulnerability, there is strength; with the fear, there is assurance; with the grief, there is joy.
I am reminded of something that Vicki wrote last year:
Many of my friends who have children with special needs will testify to the profound need we sense for that child to be on this planet, teaching us about love. I have felt that with Evan, and I've seen that with others. These children show us how to open our hearts in ways we never knew were possible. Perhaps that makes our hearts stronger, braver, or kinder. Or perhaps our hearts are simply, by virtue of being open, wider and more expansive.
But inside this wider space we have discovered that amidst the love there is also the heartache, and within the heartache, the joy. The will to live and the will to love.
And I am reminded of Evan, a little boy with an enormous spirit. A boy I loved.
And so I grieve, openly, out loud and in writing. I grieve with love and with heartache, and I struggle to search for the joy hidden within it.
And somehow, my stranger/friends - somehow I have a feeling that maybe you do, too.
Contributions in memory of Evan Kamida may be made to:
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Taco Bell's Cantina Tacos: Better Than The Original?
Would you like fries (or onion rings or chicken tenders) with that?
Yountville, California, is home to The French Laundry, the Thomas Keller establishment many consider one of the very best restaurants in the nation. But just 200 feet down the road, in the gravel parking lot of a particularly divey bar, there's a taco truck—serving the best tacos I've ever had. Whatever meat you choose is cradled in a double-wrap of corn tortillas, with diced onions, cilantro, and lime: cheap, simple, perfect. The taco ideal.
So when I heard about Taco Bell's limited-time offer of Cantina Tacos, in classic taqueria style, I was intrigued. The promotional photos looked nearly identical to those I devoured at the stand in Yountville—still, to this day, my favorite tacos.
I was a huge Taco Bell fan as a kid (three soft tacos, no cheese, no lettuce, with two orders of cinnamon twists) but have since lost my taste for the flour-tortilla tacos filled with meat paste. Frankly, I didn't expect much from their new offerings.
But with the "Cantina Tacos," you've got a choice of three different types of meat (beef, chicken, or pork carnitas), with diced onion and cilantro on two corn tortillas. They add a slice of lime in the tin foil, just in case—separated from the tacos, so the tortillas don't get mushy. And you can mix and match the meats, which is cool—unlike places like Boston Market, where you have to buy three of one type of slider.
First up was the beef (160 calories). I opened the taco up, expecting to find the typical meat paste—but to my surprise, it had strips of real beef. They weren't exactly juicy, and the beef wasn't of a particularly high quality, but it was significantly better than the regular ground beef. It was just slightly spiced, with what tasted like generic fajita spice powder. The cilantro added more flavor, and the onions added bite and texture, but didn't overpower the total package.
The chicken wasn't bad, either (170 calories). As with the beef, the cilantro and onions were well balanced, though the chicken was a hint dry—like something that had been reheated from the night before. It did have a spicy chili powder on it, which gave it a good kick. Overall, not bad. Last was the carnitas (200 calories). I had been looking forward to this the most, and it didn't disappoint. The pork was wet and greasy, and tasted a hint smoky; juice oozed out the end of the taco into the aluminum foil wrapper as I scarfed it down.
These Cantina Tacos blow the old tacos out of the water. There's no comparison. And I'm not the only one. The folks over at Serious Eats were so intrigued, they tried them as well, and were pretty impressed. [Ed. note: This is correct.] I almost got the impression that I was back at a taco stand. After finishing the first set of three, I got in the drive-thru line and had three more.
While the meat at somewhere like Chipotle is still better, Taco Bell's Cantina Tacos come at a much lower price ($1.49 per taco)—you can go through twice, like I did, and not break the bank. And no question, it's a huge step above Taco Bell's usual offerings. I'd like to think this could be a trend: fast-food restaurants offering higher-quality products.
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Gould and his contribution to science
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Gould's two great contributions to science were taxonomically describing Charles Darwin's Galapagos finches and his descriptions of Australian fauna.
Gould was able to recognise specimens that represented different and undescribed taxa, without creating many unjustified names for species with minor variations. Consequently, many of his names have stood the test of time and are still valid. In his lifetime, Gould wrote over 300 scientific articles and identified 377 new species of birds. Gould was fellow of many scientific societies including the Zoological, Linnean and Royal Societies.
Australian Birds and Mammals first described by Gould
Of the estimated 745 species of birds that live in Australia, John Gould is credited with describing almost half (44%). It is estimated that Gould described between 300 and 328 new species of Australian birds, and 45 new Australian mammals.
'Then came the important Gould era. From 1837, when he produced his first work on Australian birds, to the day of his death in 1881, Australian ornithology was dominated by John Gould; it may be said that practically every new Australian bird discovered during this period passed, in some way, through his hands.'
Hubert Massey Whittell, 1954
There can be no doubt that Gould has left a lasting scientific legacy. So significant was his contribution to Australian ornithology that the Gould League was named in his honour.
Gould's influence on Darwin
On 4 January 1837, Charles Darwin presented 'A magnificent collection of Mammalia and Birds' to the Museum of the Zoological Society. The gift consisted of 450 birds and 80 mammals.
Gould was asked to classify the bird specimens. A number of specimens from the Galapagos Archipelago caused him great excitement. There were a number of ordinary looking brown finches distinguishable by their differing beak sizes. Gould identified 13 new finch species (now reduced to nine) by this morphological difference. Today these unique finches are known as 'Darwin's finches' or 'Galapagos finches'.
Gould's identification of these bird species played an important part for Darwin when he was formulating his theory of evolution. It was the realisation that the separate species on the different islands of the Galapagos were closely related to species on the South American mainland, combined with fossil evidence, that led Darwin to recognise that populations of similar species that are isolated from each other may continue to evolve separately.


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Continuous Integration & DevOps Tools - Automated Software Configuration Management, Build and Unit Tests
This web site presents a list of continuous integration and DevOps tools both open source (Jenkins, Hudson, CruiseControl, etc.) and commercial (TeamCity, Bamboo). Today the trend is more to continuous deployment and DevOps with a process that does not only build a check a new software release but also deploy it to target platforms automatically. However, continuous integration is still an important concept for Agile teams that deploy production releases less frequently and is also the beginning steps to reach a continuous deployment stage.
Martin Fowler defined Continuous Integration as a software development practice where members of an Agile team integrate their work frequently, usually each person integrates at least daily - leading to multiple integrations per day. Each integration is verified by an automated build (including test) to detect integration errors as quickly as possible. Many teams find that this approach leads to significantly reduced integration problems and allows a team to develop cohesive software more rapidly.
A typical continuous integration cycle
(source http://www.methodsandtools.com/tools/tools.php?hudson)
The main features of a continuous integration and DevOps tool are user and permission management, integration with source control software (GitHub), integration with IDE (Eclipse, Visual Studio), build configuration, parallel builds, build dependencies, remote build, multi-platform build, testing reports generation, team members notification, statistics reports, external tools (build management, unit testing, functional testing) integration through a plugin system.


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The American judicial system has long held to a general principle that each party in a dispute should pay for its own legal fees, win or lose.
But when is a lawsuit—in particular, a patent lawsuit—so egregious that an exception should be made? And which judges are best suited to make that decision? That's the question that the US Supreme Court will grapple with on Wednesday as it hears two related cases: Octane Fitness v. Icon Health and Fitness and Highmark v. Allcare Management Systems.The cases come at a time when Congress is also grappling with the concept of fee-shifting in patent cases. A bill passed by the House of Representatives, dubbed the Innovation Act, would create fee-shifting in many, if not most, patent cases; the proposal will be debated by the Senate this year.
Only one of the four parties arguing Wednesday, Allcare Management, is a "patent assertion entity," or "patent troll." But the issue of widespread "troll" lawsuits looms large in the background, overshadowing these two cases and the other three patent cases the high court will hear this year.
Both cases involve defendants who prevailed over patent-holders but didn't get what they wanted from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the court that handles all patent appeals. In Octane Fitness, the defendant didn't get a fee award; the company is arguing that the Federal Circuit's standard for such awards is an impossible one to meet and must be changed.
In Highmark, a health insurance company quashed a patent troll and was awarded fees after many years of litigation. The judge in that case described Allcare as displaying "the sort of conduct that gives the term 'patent troll' a negative connotation." Despite Allcare's bad behavior, the award was mostly overturned by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Now Highmark is arguing that the Federal Circuit should give more deference to trial court judges in matters of fee awards.
The Octane Fitness case is the more closely watched one of the two since it's the one that could actually change the standard for fees.
High Octane
"We are suing Octane," wrote the vice president of one of Icon's brands shortly after the suit was filed. "Not only are we coming out with a great product to go after them, but [we're] throwing a lawsuit on top of that."
"Old patent we had for a long time that was sitting on the shelf," the exec, Pat McGinnis, wrote in a later e-mail. "They are just looking for royalties."
McGinnis surely came to regret writing those e-mails, which Octane wasted no time in bringing to the high court's attention—they're on page three of the company's petition.
Octane Fitness was founded in 2004, selling high-end elliptical machines, mostly to health clubs. Four years after it was founded, the company was sued for patent infringement by Icon Health and Fitness, an industry giant with a habit of suing smaller competitors.
Octane didn't back down. The company was really too small to afford patent litigation, but it was in the unusual situation of having insurance against a patent lawsuit, brought from an IP insurance company. The case was litigated, and Octane won. The insurance policy covered (and continues to cover) Octane's defense bill, which ran to $1.3 million by the time it won its case on summary judgment.
Not only did Octane win, it found McGinnis' e-mails, suggesting the patents were used simply to gain a competitive edge, even though they weren't very valuable to Icon. The patents described an elliptical machine that had some straight-line movement, which Octane's machines do not have. Octane had licensed a different patent for its machines; the technology described in the Icon patent used in the lawsuit wasn't ever put in a product, according to Octane Fitness lawyer Rudy Telscher.
"They invent something, it doesn't work, they don't bring it to market—and then say our machine is somehow covered by their patent," he said.
To Octane's attorneys, the e-mails looked like a smoking gun; Icon had simply "filed suit as a way to hamper a smaller competitor." Icon argued that the e-mails were stray comments by a low-level exec. In any case, the e-mails weren't enough to convince the district court judge that the case was an "exceptional" one that warranted legal fees. The Federal Circuit rule is that a lawsuit must be "objectively baseless," with clear and convincing evidence of "subjective bad faith."
In the words of the judge in the Octane case, for a case to be exceptional, "the plaintiff's case must have no objective foundation, and the plaintiff must actually know this." The Federal Circuit also found that Octane's win wasn't fee-worthy.
Octane went ahead and asked the Supreme Court to change the rule. The current standard is "near-impossible for an accused infringer to meet no matter the unreasonableness of the litigation" and "serves as no deterrent to the assertion of spurious claims."
"If you're trying to get a district court judge, looking at complex patent documents and opposing expert reports, to find that someone's case has zero merit and was brought in bad faith—that's an impossible standard," Telscher said in an interview with Ars. "You've got to show that the plaintiff brought a 'zero merit' case, and they knew that's what they were doing."
In Telscher's view, the Federal Circuit has read in requirements that aren't in the law. Instead, district courts should consider "the totality of the circumstances," he said. "When there are facts that suggest abuse of the patent system, that should be considered. The court should act to prevent gross injustice to a defendant."
That's important, because costs mount quickly in patent cases. In Octane's case, it had to get through discovery and claim construction before the judge allowed it to file the motion that ultimately won the case.
"At that point, we had spent $1.3 million, and that's only because we have Midwestern rates," said Telscher. The company has now spent about $2 million, which is still below average for a patent case.
The Octane case could affect the decision-making of other small companies involved in tough patent fights. "Imagine a small company—if you make less than $10 million a year, and you've got the prospect of spending $2 million on a patent case—that can put you under," said Telscher. Without the insurance policy, Octane wouldn't have been able to defend itself.
An Icon Health and Fitness spokesperson declined to comment on the case. In Icon's opposition brief, the company says the courts followed the correct legal standard. Icon also urges the court not to let the noise of the "patent troll" debate influence the outcome of the case. "If Congress wants to craft a different rule for trolls or other non-practicing entities, it of course may attempt to do so," write Icon's lawyers, noting the patent reform bill now being debated in a footnote. "But the Court should not do it for Congress."
Allies in tech and government
In the Octane Fitness case, more than a dozen amicus briefs have been filed, and not a single one supports Icon's position that the fee standards are fine as-is. The tech groups asking for a lower burden in fee-shifting include organizations like the Computer and Communications Industry Association and the Business Software Alliance (BSA). Another brief supporting Octane is signed by several tech companies that are favorite troll targets, including Google, Facebook, HTC, Intel, LinkedIn, Newegg, Netflix, Verizon, and Vizio. Apple filed a separate brief emphasizing how it has been pounded by troll lawsuits in the last few years. Even a brief filed by a New York IP lawyers' group—not an organization likely to see patent debates the same way as Internet companies—supports some changes to the standard.
The briefs include companies that vigorously assert their own patents in court, like Apple, 3M, and Microsoft (a major force in the BSA).
"When people who are asserting patents in court say it should be easier for defendants to get fees, you know things are out of whack," said Telscher.
The government is on his side as well. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who represents the Obama Administration at the Supreme Court, filed a brief asking for a changed standard. Another brief supporting Octane's general position was filed by 30 attorneys general representing states from Washington to Florida.The AGs' brief was authored by two states that have fought particularly hard against the MPHJ "scanner trolls," Nebraska and Vermont. The current "onerous" standard encourages abusive patent practices, they argue. Patent trolls are going after "mom-and-pop businesses," and they succeed in part "because there is so little downside risk to their business model."
In part because of that widespread support, the conventional wisdom is that the Supreme Court will make some kind of change to the current test. Politics are in play as well—opponents of the Innovation Act have suggested that a "wait-and-see" attitude on fee-shifting is best, given the presence of these cases on the high court's docket. Reformers who signed briefs supporting Octane and Highmark would like to see a good result from this case, but they surely don't want steam taken out of their push for legislation, which will peak in the coming months.


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Forest City Velodrome Grand Prix, March 26th in London Ontario
Racers continue to impress at the Forest City Velodrome. The infield was full on Saturday night at the FCV as the racers prepared for the evenings events. 12 teams were entered in the Madison competition so the organizers split the racers into 2 divisions and provided the race fans with 2 Madisons during the nights race program.
In the "B" madison the team of Amy Biskaborn and Chris Vlemmix (Team TVC/Village cycle) took top honours in the final sprint against new comer Adam Pol and his veteran partner Rhys Bateman. A total of 5 teams put on a great madison demonstrating the skill of the FCV newer racers. In the "A" Madison 7 teams rolled off the rail for their 200 lap affair. Early in the race the Red team of Eric MacDonald & Ryan Aitcheson held the lead until a couple of missed exchanges cost them in the final 10 laps to finish 3rd. Capitalizing were the team of Scott Lundy and Mike Renneboog who attacked with 5 laps to go taking the hard fought victory. Finishing on the podium was the young team of 15 year old standout Will Simonds & Geoff Power.
The track had to make quick adjustments to the sprint competition, when 31 riders entered the tournament. The FCV had our new scoring monitor in operation for the first time, we wanted to feature the quickest riders doing flying laps.... as it turned out the spectators could follow the riders and watch how they finished. The quickest rider on the night was 16 year old Kris Ovsenek (Invita-FCV) who stopped the clock with (no aero equipment) in a blistering 8.074 seconds (61.531 kph). Kris Ovsenek and Daniel Mckenzie-Picot are in the final phase of preparation for the Junior Pan Am Championships in Argentina (April 11-17).
The 3 separate sprint tournaments came down to excellent finals. Richard Ugalde (Racer/Sportif) winning the B series. Amy Biskaborn just pipped Candice Vermeulen (Invita/FCV) at the line to take the top podium spot in the Women's sprints. Turning to the "A" division the sprint final was again a match between the two 16 year olds (Ovsenek & McKenzie-Picot). The 2 did not disappoint the spectators who were waiting all night to watch the sprint final. In the 5 lap dash, Daniel took control early and as the laps clicked away; the 2 watched one another ready to attack when the time was right.... as it turned out the time was right at the same time for both competitors. Both riders jumped and Mckenzie-Picot (Coachchris.ca) took the early advantage, in a blink of an eye Ovsenek accelerated over the top with 150m to go. The 2 battled elbow to elbow with Ovsenek (Invita-FCV) eventually taking the victory in a excellent final event.
The youth racers were out in full force and even the young kids had to be split into 3 divisions. One of the hi-lights of the night was the HandiCap race win by 7 year old Jacob (ask one question) Henning. The women's races were dominated by Sarah Rasmussen (Hamilton Cycling Club). Elite endurance races were won by Ryan Aitcheson (Panter Racing). The "B" division had several winners including Eric MacDonald (Cycles London), Mike Aston (To Wheels), Craig Sarri (FCV), Adam Pol (Waterloo Cycling Club).
The next race at the Forest City Velodrome, is scheduled for Saturday April 2nd. The Mary Kelly Memorial (100 lap race for women) is the featured event. There is racing for all categories including the FCV Youth Racers during the race night on April 2nd.
For more information about recreational programs and racing, go to www.ForestCityVelodrome.ca
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Baseball was Tracy McGrady's first love.
His talent as a basketball player pushed baseball aside in high school, but he never gave up his dream to play again.
So at age 34 after a 15-year career in the NBA, the 6-foot-8 McGrady is trying to earn a contract as a pitcher with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League.
''This will be huge,'' he said Wednesday about the potential to play professional baseball. ''This will be so gratifying, even if I just go out there and pitch one inning the whole season this will be a dream that has come true for me.''
McGrady starting playing baseball at age 5 and was a two-sport star until he transferred to Mount Zion Christian Academy, which doesn't have a baseball team, for his senior year in high school.
The seven-time All-Star retired from the NBA in 2013 after playing for several teams including the Toronto Raptors, Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic.
McGrady now has flecks of gray in his beard, but recounted his affinity for baseball with childlike enthusiasm, repeating the words dream and love again and again. He used the gigantic hands and rangy fingers that helped him score more than 18,000 points in the NBA to grip and fidget with a pristine baseball as he spoke delightedly about the sport.
''I'm extremely confident in myself and my ability,'' he said. ''This is a great opportunity for me to fulfill a dream. It's the independent league. I'm not signing some multi-million dollar contract that I'm used to signing. This is all for the love of the game.''
The league isn't affiliated with major league baseball, but a few of its players end up in the big leagues each year. Scott Kazmir, who recently signed a $22 million, two-year contract with the Athletics, pitched for the Skeeters in 2012.
McGrady is a longtime resident of Sugar Land, the Houston suburb where the Skeeters play. It was when attending some of their games last year that he first thought about trying out. He got serious about the quest about three months ago when he began to work on his pitching.
McGrady, who is right-handed said he has good control, but he's striving to improve his velocity. He's currently throwing in the mid-80s and has a slider, changeup and fastball.
''There has been a great deal of progress and improvement,'' said Tal Smith, a longtime former Astros executive who works as a special advisor to the Skeeters. ''Tracy has made great strides ... we're very interested in how it progresses and will continue to be.''
Smith noted that McGrady's height will be an asset to him as a pitcher.
''Tracy has a lot going for him,'' Smith said. ''He's obviously got great athletic ability. He's got a good arm and it's a fresh arm. He hasn't thrown a lot of pitches. His size is of great advantage ... so that really helps. The mound is 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate and if you're 6-8 that shortens the distance a little bit and the ball gets there a little bit quicker and hitters have less time to react.''
McGrady's even picked up some tips from seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens, who pitched for the Skeeters a couple of years ago at age 50.
''I'm just being the student and he's the teacher and I'm just soaking in some of the knowledge that he's giving out,'' McGrady said.
McGrady donned a Skeeters hat and T-shirt with basketball shorts despite the chilly 40-degree weather on Wednesday to throw a few pitches off the mound at the team's ballpark to Clemens' oldest son, Koby, who plays for the Skeeters.
''You can see how much effort he's really put into it,'' Koby said. ''It's not just some goofy thing he wants to try out. He's really committed to it.''
If McGrady makes the team, he would follow a somewhat similar path to that of Michael Jordan, who famously played in the Chicago White Sox organization in 1994 during his first retirement from basketball, reaching the Double-A level. McGrady said he didn't follow Jordan's baseball career carefully, but recently watched the ESPN documentary about it and was interested in the struggles he went through as a baseball player.
''Hats off to Mike for fulfilling a dream that he always had and here I am just trying to do the same,'' McGrady said.


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JESUS MANIFESTO: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola (Thomas Nelson, Hardcover, 205 pages) releases June 1st. It will be on major discount on Amazon.com on that day. 27 endorsements from renowned Christian leaders are listed below from Reformed, Baptist, Anglican, Pentecostal, Methodist, Charismatic, Missional, NewMonastic, etc. traditions. Thomas Nelson is giving away 200 copies of the soft cover/advanced reader copy (ARC) galleys. So it's first come, first serve. Email Jodi Hughes at email@example.com with your full shipping address and ask for the ARC of JESUS MANIFESTO. These copies will go fast.
We would appreciate it if you would mention the book on your blog, website, or to friends the evening of MAY 31st or the morning of JUNE 1st so that others will be aware of the Amazon discount on Tuesday, June 1st. You can read sample chapters here
Here is the Amazon link to order - feel free to post it on your blog May 31 or June 1: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0849946018?tag=stellardesign-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeA The official site for the book goes live tomorrow May 26th - it will have an iPhone app, videos, and two songs written for the book from contemporary Christian artists: http://www.thejesusmanifesto.com/
Endorsements from 27 Renowned Christian Leaders
I wrote for this book and got a favorable reply. My copy is on the way.
Here is another short video by Dr Zacharais. What is your Perception of Beauty? What is your concept of beauty? Should beauty and art have a hedge of morality and ethics around it?
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Happy Tuesday!! Tis the season for all things spooky, frightful, strange… and bookish! Today is the day that ghouls, ghosts, and thrill-seeking bookworms alike have been waiting for all year: HALLOWEEN. Since this week's Top Ten Tuesday topic is a Halloween freebie, I've decided to share with you all ten scary bookish dilemmas that you most definitely wouldn't wish on the worst monster.
1. Forgetting when your library books are due.
This is one of my greatest fears at Oxford because I regularly check out SO MANY books from SO MANY different libraries.
2. Accidentally annotating/dog-earing/destroying a book that isn't yours.
Hear me out. I love annotating, dog-earing, and physically marking up the books that I read so long as I own them; however, it's a completely different story when a book isn't actually mine. I'm always paranoid about accidentally highlighting a line in a library book!
3. Inadvertently buying a sequel to a book you've never read.
So. Many. Times. I think it should be mandated that books in series must have whatever number they are in the series on their spines.
4. Letting a friend borrow a book and never receiving it back.
We've all been there. It's a scary, sad time.
5. Cover designs based on book-to-movie adaptations.
OH, THE HORROR. I've seen my fair share of terrible, terrible book-to-movie adaptation covers and I just want the terror to END.
6. Hating a book that was recommended to you by a friend.
It's always sad when this happens, but fortunately it's a pretty rare fear for me. Luckily my friends have excellent bookish tastes!
7. Pre-ordering a book to be shipped to your house in the States even though you'll be in England when it actually arrives so you won't be able to read it until you go back home for winter break.
This is currently my dilemma with John Green's new book Turtles All the Way Down and all I want to do is teleport back home, grab this book, pet my dogs, and read it.
My mom sent me this photo of my book and I've been admiring it from afar.
8. The death of your favorite character.
There are too many examples to name, honestly. How can writers be so ruthless?
9. When you read a book thinking it's a standalone but realize once you get to the end that it's actually a 6-book series.
Such a large commitment, so little time. But sometimes you get so invested in the characters that you just have to keep going… and going…
I speak from experience, friends. Even worse than stumbling upon spoilers online is spoiling the book for yourself. *cough* Looking for Alaska *cough*
What do you think is the most frightening bookish dilemma? What do you think of the ones I've listed? What are you dressing up as for Halloween this year? Let me know in the comments section below!
Happy Halloween!


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Defence and security: exporting guide
Get help to sell your products and services overseas. Guidance for UK companies involved in the defence and security sector.
The guide will help you prepare your company for exporting. It will help you decide whether you have:
- compliant, competitive and exportable products or services
- the financial and human resources necessary to start exporting
Department for International Trade Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) cannot make any commercial decisions for you, but can guide you.
DIT DSO event and exhibition support
DIT DSO provides UK companies with support at defence and security events and exhibitions, such as:
- exhibition support
- meet the buyer opportunities
- Defence and Security Industry Days (DSID)
DIT DSO Export Support Team (EST)
The EST is a specialised unit of serving military personnel who have a wide variety of knowledge and operational experience that can provide expert support to the UK defence and security industry.
Free services:
company visits - on-site visits or invitation to EST headquarters in Salisbury to discuss how DIT DSO and the EST can support you in export opportunities and campaigns
impartial military advice - during a company visit the team can offer advice on products and capabilities to enhance and exploit opportunities in overseas defence and security markets
Chargeable services:
promotional assistance including video and photo shoots – EST's professional support can help you maximise the impact of your promotional material, making it look as professional and eye-catching as possible
demonstrations and presentations - to delegates, overseas visitors or foreign military personnel on your behalf, including use of the EST bespoke hangar that can be set up as an exhibition area
support at exhibitions - both in the UK or abroad, providing you with the opportunity to display your products on the DIT DSO stand or having someone available with a stand at your own location
after sales training - support with your after sales training offer which can include assistance in producing training packages and delivering training
hosting delegations - with DIT DSO, the team offers the opportunity to host foreign delegations who are seeking possible defence and security solutions from UK industry
For further information on any of the EST services and associated costs please ring 01980 845361 or email email@example.com.
DIT DSO market research
DIT DSO has a range of detailed chargeable country briefings which contain:
- a synopsis of the defence and security sectors
- a full political, economic, social, technological, legal and economic analysis
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Prices for existing reports start at £420 (+VAT). Contact the team to find out which guides are currently available.
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If you need specific information tailored to your company's needs the DIT DSO market analysis team can provide analysis and briefings from scratch. Prices start at £630 (+VAT) and depend on the size and scope of the request.
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DIT DSO has a dedicated senior press officer who acts as a spokesperson for the defence and security sectors. They are available to offer media advice and support for:
- launch of equipment
- engaging international, national and specialist media at UK and overseas exhibitions
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Support and engagement can be offered onsite or remotely, depending upon availability and circumstances. They can be contacted on 020 7215 8467.
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DIT DSO helps cyber security companies do more business internationally, see cyber security: export help.
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Department for International Trade (DIT) staff provide expert trade advice and practical support to UK-based companies who want to grow their business overseas, through a range of services.
Export opportunities
Department for International Trade (DIT) provides free international export sales leads from its worldwide network. Search for export opportunities.
Overseas government defence procurement websites are also a good source of new opportunities:
- Australian Government tenders
- Canadian Government tenders
- Czech Republic White Paper
- European Defence Agency (EDA) is a listing of European contract opportunities
- TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) the Official Journal, tendering opportunities provided by Europa.eu
- Ge-biz – Singaporean government tenders, you will have to register to join
- Indian Ministry of Defence
- Indian Ministry of Defence Research & Development Organisation
- Republic of Ireland Tenders
- NATO Support Agency
- The Netherlands MOD Contracts
- New Zealand Government Tenders
- United Nations Procurement Division
- USA Federal Business Opportunities
- USA Department of Defense
For more information about selling to NATO see Navigating NATO Procurement.
You may need some form of credit guarantee or insurance to protect you against non-payment or other financial issues in certain markets.
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To find out what government-backed finance advice and support is available to you and your business, see finance and support for your business.
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Providing help and information in your specific business area:
- ADS representing UK aerospace, defence and security
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- Aerospace Wales
Other trade associations can be found on the Trade Association Forum.
Please note that DIT DSO cannot recommend or endorse membership of any particular organisation. There may be a membership fee or other associated costs when engaging them.
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You need to know if you need a licence to export your goods or services, and if you are able to promote them overseas (MOD form 680).
Find out what restrictions and regulations apply to export defence and security goods and services.
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The following guides will help you identify potential risks:
- crime and fraud prevention for businesses in international trade
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- Overseas Business Risk
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If you are looking to sell your goods and services to the UK Armed Forces, you will find further help and guidance at Selling to UK MOD.
For advice about developing your new ideas, technologies and capabilities for the UK defence market see the Defence and Security Accelerator.
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael Bennet will get a seat on the venerable Senate Finance Committee a week after agreeing to be the Democratic Party's top Senate fundraiser for the next two years.
Bennet — a freshman elected to his seat in 2010 — was granted the committee assignment Wednesday.
Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus of Montana said Bennet "brings a wealth of practical, real-world experience to the Finance Committee."
"As a fellow Westerner, I know Michael has a top-notch work ethic and will deliver common-sense solutions," he said.
The committee works on taxation, the nation's debt, U.S. customs and ports of entry and delivery.
"This gives me the opportunity to fight for Colorado priorities on a wide range of issues as we hopefully work to address the major challenges facing our country," Bennet said in a statement.
Last week, he told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid he would run the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for two years. In that job, he'll be expected to raise at least $100 million to help elect and re-elect Senate Democrats — including Colorado's Mark Udall — in 2014.
There are at least two outgoing Democrats on the Finance Committee — Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota — which makes room for a new member.
Bennet is already a member of the "Gang of Eight" — a group of Republicans and Democrats trying to work on the country's fiscal crises.
He will give up spots on the Banking and Aging committees to make room in his schedule for his new post. He will continue to serve on the Health, Education, Labor, Pensions Committee and the Agriculture Committee.
Udall will keep his same committee assignments this next Congress, including Energy, Armed Services and Intelligence.
The U.S. House of Representatives assignments for the 113th Congress have not been announced yet.


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With this observation, President Ivan Filby introduces the latest issue of The RECORD, "With These Hands," a snapshot of alumni in communities from tiny Wray, Colorado in the west to suburban Boston in the east, who answered "yes" to that divine invitation. It also shares brief accounts of Greenville College students who say "yes" to meet needs in Greenville and its neighboring communities, with grace, strength, intellect and creativity.
The stories remind us that serving in Christ's name translates into all sorts of activity from moving gravel and restoring nature trails to installing drywall, preparing meals, shaping athletic skills in kids and engaging marginal folks like prisoners and the homeless in conversations that build relationships. It also can mean applying expertise in specific areas like tax preparation, funding building projects and scholarships, and organizing shifts upon shifts of community volunteers.
As a report of annual giving for 2013, the issue presents the names of the College's financial champions. These friends and alumni have also responded "yes" to God's call for generosity. Together, their critical partnership powers and blesses Greenville College month after month.
Click on the magazine cover above to read the latest RECORD. Click here for links to additional online features that showcase student and alumni service.


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Authorities identify body found in Sallisaw Creek
Authorities have identified the body of a man found at Sallisaw Creek.
The state medical examiner said the remains were of 53-year-old Timothy Ward. Ward's family said he was disabled and that there was no way he made it to the creek alone.
"I don't know how he could've got out there, especially with no socks on," said Ward's mother, Gladyis. "His feet were so tender. He could hardly walk around the house with no socks on."
Sequoyah County deputies recovered Ward's body June 27 in Sallisaw Creek near the mouth of the Arkansas River. Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart said his body had been floating in the creek for at least a week.
Lockhart said Ward had no shoes or identification when deputies recovered his body. The remains were first spotted by a fisherman near the mouth of the Arkansas River.
At the time, officials said they could not identify the body.
Ward's mother said they filed a missing person report July 2. She said she had a gut feeling about what happened to her son.
"I just know in my heart it wasn't an accident," Gladyis said.
Deputies said they recovered Ward's body in an area of the creek that was difficult to access. They said they were trying to trace who Ward was with last and how his body ended up in the creek.
Deputies said they will review a video of Ward's last known location. When deputies recovered Ward's body he declined to say if they suspected foul play.
The Sheriff's Department said they are looking for persons of interest last seen with Ward before he went missing.
The sheriff's office said the cause of death is unknown.


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Type: Arbitrary File Access (Plesk)
Location: Local
Impact: High
Product: CloudLinux
Website: http://www.cloudlinux.com
Vulnerable Version: All versions prior to the fixed builds below.
Fixed Version: cagefs-5.0-10 / lvemanager-0.6-23
Date: 2013-08-30
By: Rack911
Product Description:
CloudLinux is a commercially supported Linux operating system interchangeable with CentOS. It includes kernel level technology called LVE that allows you to control CPU and memory on per tenant bases. It is a bases for application level virtualization. CloudLinux delivers advanced resource management, better security and performance optimizations specifically targeted to multi-tenant hosting environment.
Vulnerability Description:
There is a flaw within the Resource Usage feature of CloudLinux for Plesk that allows an attacker to open any file owned by the 'psaadm' (admin) user. The end result is that the attacker would be able to obtain admin access, view client MySQL databases and/or possibly obtain root access through other means.
Proof of Concept:
Due to the nature of this security flaw, we will not be posting a Proof of Concept until a much later date.
We have deemed this vulnerability to be rated as HIGH due to the fact that any file owned by the 'psaadm' user can be viewed.
Vulnerable Version:
This vulnerability was tested against CloudLinux cagefs-5.0-9 / lvemanager-0.6-21 for Plesk and is believed to exist in all prior versions.
Fixed Version:
This vulnerability was patched in CloudLinux cagefs-5.0-10 / lvemanager-0.6-23 + lvemanager-0.7-1.6 BETA for Plesk.
Vendor Contact Timeline:
2013-08-26: Vendor contacted via email.
2013-08-27: Vendor confirms vulnerability.
2013-08-30: Vendor issues update.
2013-08-30: Rack911 issues security advisory.


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Equity futures are down this morning following yesterday's fun with Goldman's market manipulations – we're definitely throwing a party the day they fail – and they will, I just wish we could get them thrown in jail where they belong. What, a guy can dream can't he?
The dollar and bonds are both considerably higher overnight, oil and gold are lower. The move in the dollar is larger than the move in equities, so I would expect that the two need to get into synch at sometime today.
Yesterday's phony baloney GDP numbers painted a false picture of health, pure fantasy. The Fed updated their charts with the latest data, and here is the chart showing the tremendous gain in GDP as presented in year over year percentage terms… look carefully, closer, closer, THERE, right at the end of that historic plunge, see that green shoot of hope that resulted in an 89% up day on dramatically lower volume? That's it, buy into the B.S. and you will simply go broke as the banksters play illegal games and laugh themselves silly:
And this morning consumer spending showed the vacuum created when government induced misallocation ends:
The consumer sector softened in September in both income and spending. Personal income in September was unchanged, following a revised 0.1 percent gain in August. The September number matched the market forecast for no change. The wages and salaries component, however, declined 0.2 percent after rising 0.2 percent in August.
With cash-for-clunkers having expired in August, consumer spending in September fell significantly on a plunge in motor vehicle sales. Personal consumption expenditures dropped 0.5 percent after a 1.4 percent surge in August. The September decline was led by durables, which fell a monthly 7.0 percent. Nondurables increased 0.7 percent while services advanced a moderate 0.2 percent.
Inflation was subdued in September. The headline PCE price index eased a little to a 0.1 percent increase, following a 0.3 percent jump in August. Core PCE inflation was steady with a 0.1 percent boost in September which is the pace seen for several months.
The inflation-adjusted spending numbers call into question some of yesterday's excitement about a stronger-than-expected GDP report with relatively strong PCE numbers. The quarter "on average" was healthy, but on the margin, it ended with a whimper. Real PCEs fell 0.5 percent in September, following a 1.4 percent spike in August and a 0.2 percent rise in July.
Year on year, personal income growth for September came in at minus 2.8 percent, down from minus 2.7 percent in August. Year-ago headline PCE inflation was steady at minus 0.5 percent in September. Year-ago core PCE inflation was unchanged at up 1.3 percent.
The bottom line is that the consumer sector weakened in September but in line with expectations. The news itself should have no impact on the markets since expectations were met. But equity futures are down on profit taking and belief that yesterday's run up was a little too much. Softening a possible dip in equities is Chevron's pre-open announcement of earnings beating estimates. Markets now will be focusing on the consumer sentiment index coming up shortly this morning.
Note on that chart the huge swing from one month to the next as the money for cash for clunkers ended…
The employment cost index showed modest gains month over month but is showing the largest year over year drop ever recorded in the history of the index:
Third-quarter wages popped higher compared to the second quarter but not at all compared to the year-ago quarter in what are mild results for the employment cost index. The employment cost index, a measure of total compensation, rose 0.4 percent quarter-to-quarter, the same rate of increase as in the second quarter and 1 tenth less than the 0.5 percent gain that was expected. What pressure there is is in the wages & salaries component which rose 0.5 percent vs. two consecutive quarters at 0.2 percent. The benefit component lagged wages, at a gain of 0.3 percent, mild but still a 1 tenth increase from the prior two quarters.
Year-on-year comparisons are the lowest in the 27-year history of the series. Total compensation is up only 1.5 percent, down sharply from 1.8 percent in the second quarter, with wages & salaries up 1.5 percent and benefits, which historically have been a center of concern for policy makers, up 1.6 percent. But private industry, a reading that excludes government employees, shows much less year-on-year pressure with total compensation up 1.2 percent and the benefits component up only 1.1 percent. The cost of labor is not yet a concern for policy makers who instead are focused on the critical need to boost the labor market.
Policy makers trying to create inflation should care about the decline in wages – again, take a good look at that chart, you are a witness to deflation and despite (because of?) the money pumping velocity is crashing and wages have yet to budge.
The Chicago PMI and Consumer Sentiment come out shortly.
I've been telling everyone that the market is dangerous at this juncture, yesterday's move was just one example of crooks run amok. It's also a terrific example of our country losing touch with the rule of law, allowing companies to issue forward reports without revealing their positions in blatant attempts to manipulate the markets.
Of course the market is ultimately much bigger than any one organization or the government. In our current case, however, both the government and the banksters are complicit in the biggest lie, the biggest heist in the history of mankind. That's why the entire system is highly likely to fail, the truth always eventually reveals itself and when it does confidence will be lost. That's what happens when the rule of law is not followed.
Think the market is healthy? Take a gander at the latest release of Corporate Dividends… you know, the part where corporations reward people who provide the equity they have to work with – I know, that sounds so old fashioned, so quaint, but if you remember WAY BACK in history to a time when stock markets were about capital and INVESTING instead of gambling and game playing… wait, let's just look at the chart of Dividends and let the truth speak loud and clear to you:
Oh, and that collapse right there is despite a financial industry that is allowed to mark their "assets" to fantasy.
Got it? The market rally over the past 7+ months has been based on absolutely nothing. A historic crash in earnings followed by a historic crash in dividend payments. As earnings temporarily level out, people have gotten way, way ahead of themselves in thinking that the DEPRESSION is over – it's not, not by a long shot. Yet, yesterday the government had the balls to declare the recession over. Whatever, they can call it or define it or spin it into whatever they want, it's a Depression of historic proportions and will remain so until the debt that got us here is cleared. The more they pump, both psychologically and fiscally, the worse the eventual outcome.
The question now is are we going to zoom higher in the last wave up, or are we going to continue our descent? Again, the EW count says that we have one more up leg to go as we never dropped low enough to eliminate that as a possibility. Yesterday's pump failed to get the SPX over the 1,061 pivot. A break over that and over 1,070 would lead me to believe that we are on that last leg higher and to expect a run back to the top, or even to overthrow the rising wedges. I think Goldman's game was to let those wedges break down, which they did, and to then run the markets higher in an attempt to break that pattern. It won't work because the alternative is a broadening top pattern that is equally bearish.
So, watch today's action to give us a clue to what is occurring now. The divergences are still there, the Transports, for example, look very, very weak compared to the Industrials, as do the RUT and the NDX. Below is a chart of the Transports to put yesterday's ramp into perspective. Notice the volume and the flag that has developed. I'm seeing it as a triangle on the NDX and RUT right now, so the direction of break from here in those indices will provide a clue, as will the direction of the dollar which is gaining pretty strongly right now.
The show over the GDP yesterday was just fantasy. Clear the debts, enforce the rule of law, and then you will see a healthy economy and markets. Next time you write a letter to the President, title it thusly…
Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy:


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At some point in your entrepreneurial quest you've probably had a few sleepless nights? It hits 3am and you are still staring at the ceiling wondering how you are ever going to get your business launched, find the right customers, hire the right people, or make some cash. I've been there. So I asked the "doctor," business coach Jim Rohrbach, how we get stuck in feelings of utter despair when our business ideas look impossible. Jim says there are 8 head games to avoid.
• Frustration. "Why is this taking so long?"
• Irritation. "Why don't those people return my emails and phone calls?"
• Aggravation. "How come the developer can't get my website ready in time for our launch?"
• Confusion. "What the heck is my niche anyhow?"
And then it gets worse…
• Self-doubt. "What if they were right – maybe I don't have what it takes?"
• Helplessness. "We're bleeding red ink!"
• Hopelessness. "I can't seem to close any deals!"
• Despair. "What was I thinking when I started this business?!"
See how these feelings can lead to a long, dark hole of nothingness? If your business or business idea is going to succeed, you have to stop playing head games. What's the cure? Focus on the three things you can control: your attitude, activity and skills. Here are some tips to keep you moving forward:
1. Create Success Rituals. The best entrepreneurs create structure around themselves to reinforce their culture, attitude and best practices. Ever seen a sales room where the team rings a bell for each sale? The bell rings and the room is instantly energized. Find your bell – the triggers that bring out great performance from yourself and your team – then make a ritual out of it. At my first company, we had a "Good Friday" lunch every week when everyone on the team had to talk about at least one accomplishment. Yea, sometimes the comments were snarky…I'd hold my tongue when people talked about how glad they were they had not killed each other. But the camaraderie and team confidence were always there.
2. Schedule Your Activity Proactively. Ask yourself: what are the three crucial goals I must accomplish today? Then schedule those activities in advance so when emails, texts, and meetings come knocking you already have the time set aside. Nothing defeats despair like activity aimed at a valid goal. On the day Amazon bought Zappos, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos held a press conference where he talked about all the mistakes Amazon made in the early days, and how he reminds himself every morning that "today is Day One." So if today is Day One what three goals do you want to accomplish?
3. Work on the Skills You Love. Nothing increases confidence like improving your competence, and to do that you have to focus on what you love to do. Too many company founders don't know how to delegate, which means they end up doing a lot of things they don't like and are not good at. Farm out the things you aren't passionate about and hone in on your best talents. You'll be more productive and positive. Steve Jobs said, "I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something." Doubt and hopelessness have zero chance to take root against your goals and business ideas pursued passionately.
**Robert Jordan is a Forbes.com contributor. View the original posting of this article on Forbes.com.


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Until now, we've only been able to see what's on the outside of the Wii U. Let's change that by tearing the lid off one and seeing, albeit only in general terms, what goes inside.
The latest Iwata Asks Q&A over on Nintendo's site has a surprising amount of detail on the challenges and processes that went into building the Wii U's hardware, with its designers chatting about what kind of technology went into the console and how it differs from the Wii.
Those looking for specifics on the hardware, you won't find it, but what you will find is some really interesting stuff, tales from a side of the video game world that we don't often get to hear about.
You'll also get to see something I'd love to get my hands on: a transparent Wii U.
Wii U: The Console [Nintendo]


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Late in the first half of last night's 104-88 Suns win over the Wizards, JaVale McGee—The Best Thing In The NBA—suffered that most unkindly of cuts (though, mercifully, exactly how it happened isn't explicitly clear).
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Mr. Marlin receives mobile enshrinement
MIAMI -- One of the most popular all-time Marlins is now recognized on a two-tiered tour bus roaming the streets of South Florida.
Jeff Conine, widely known as Mr. Marlin, on Tuesday was named the first inductee in the Miami Ride of Fame.
The Ride of Fame program began in New York City and the expanded fleet of red buses with an upper deck is sweeping across the country. The Conine bus was at Marlins Park on the West Plaza on Tuesday.
Conine took part in a ribbon-cutting celebration.
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