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Excellent Pre-Apocalyptic Novel: A Being Darkly Wise
Climate Progress book reviewer John Atcheson has his own book out available in paperback and Kindle from Amazon, A Being Darkly Wise: A Novel Of Survival.
I don't get much time to read fiction these days, but I do follow post-apocalyptic novels, like The Hunger Games and, the ebook sensation, Wool. Atcheson's book, while every bit as compelling a page turner as those, is a somewhat different category, which might be called pre-apocalyptic fiction.
Here's one of the many 5-star reviews on Amazon:
Ingredients: one part diary of a Washington insider, one part introductory science textbook, one part love story, one part wilderness guide, and one part scary-as-hell thriller. Mix well, serve on ice. Enjoy.
I have to admit, I was initially skeptical of this book; climate change, while terrifying, doesn't readily lend itself to the adventure/thriller genre. However, Atcheson is so deft at weaving together the various threads of his story that I was almost halfway through the book before coming up for air. Even now, after a re-reading, I'm simply amazed at the range of emotional levers that Atcheson is able to pull: righteous anger at the do-nothing Washington establishment, sadness over love lost, excitement over new romantic interests, an intense desire to go fly-fishing, and plain-old fear.
Simply put, this is a must-read not only for those interested in climate change. This is a book for anyone who likes a nail-biting, keep-you-up-all-night, hold-your-breath-until-you-turn-blue type of thriller. Count me among those eagerly anticipating the sequel.
I have known Atcheson for 20 years now, since my first weeks at the US Department of Energy in mid-1993. I actually read one of the early drafts of this book back then and was very much impressed at how improved this book is now that he is edited out the uber-wonky parts and streamlined the action. Yes, the author has been working on this book for two decades!
I must say that as much as I enjoyed the post-apocalyptic novels, The Hunger Games and Wool, the former seems to think its young audience simply won't be interested in more than a brief paragraph on how we got in this mess (and Wool seems to rather pointedly rule out global warming as the cause of the ruination).
Atcheson's pre-apocalyptic novel does a very good job of smoothly integrating in the climate science with the page-turning narrative in a non-preachy fashion. In a decade or two at the most — and then perhaps for centuries to come — climate change will be a major element in fiction just as it will become a dominant force in all of our lives. Reading A Being Darkly Wise will put you at the bleeding edge — literally — of this emerging trend.
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Novels and movies are invaluable for raising public consciousness. Think 1984. Animal Farm. The Handmaid's Tale. On the Beach.
I'm now reading Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver. It takes a while to get to the climate stuff, but she weaves it in very effectively.
Thanks for the review, Joe. I will read it. When you have time for doomer fiction, I would suggest the novels and short stories by Paolo Bacigalupi. For adults there are short stories like "Yellow Card Man" set in S.E. Asia in a future of ethnic conflict and hunger where big GM seed companies control the food supply, non-GM seeds are illegal, and the companies constantly must try to stay ahead of plant pests and diseases. The adult novel set in this world is "Windup Girl", rich in plot and characters and withering humid heat. The two young adult novels are set in the same world but in the U.S. "Shipbreaker" is about a young teen boy in an indentured culture in the U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico. He is still small and lithe enough to crawl into oil cargo ships long since run aground on the beach, where he harvests copper, and if one is very lucky, actual oil, for the few rich people left in the world, living far away. The latest one is "Drowned Cities" set in a Washington D.C. and environs that are mostly underwater. Heroine this time. Warlords and a dog eat dog "society". Very thought-provoking.
Thanks for the recommendation, have ordered a copy.
I read "A Being Darkly Wise" a month or so ago. There are lots of twists and plot turns – the biggest one saved for the very end. An entertaining read, an opening for a sequel is left at the end. My only criticism would be that it took a bit of a leap of faith to accept the gathering together of the group of principles. None-the-less, five stars, two thumbs up.
It is only $3.99 on Kindle…I have been looking for a book like this..At Dollar Tree for $!.oo I found "Frozen Fire" Evans/Jameson…You learn a lot about methane.
For middle school/early high school readers, I recommend the Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd. (I haven't yet read the sequel, Carbon Diaries 2017 )…Setting is London, with strict carbon rationing in place. Everyone has an allowance of carbon on a credit-like card. Great Britain implements the program unilaterally as the global climate deteriorates. For example,a massive storm seems to have swallowed up much of the US East Coast. The story unfolds through the eyes of a teenager who keeps a diary of these unsettling times.
Sounds interesting, thanks!! Definitely surprising climate change isn't a more common plot elements in books & movies… I guess we'll get there soon.
If you're interested, you could check out a similar sort of book (but more family drama) written by a friend of mine – it's excellent! http://www.amazon.com/A-Change-Weather-ebook/dp/B008NPB5H6, few chapters up online at http://achangeintheweather.com/novel/.
I gather that she has another on climate change, 'Momentum', not in the diary series, ME
This genre isn't environmentally driven as much as it's dog-eat-dog driven. When our people strive against each other like weeds as opposed to plants planted in rows, they all become ineffective and bear little fruit. Our megacorporations strive against each other, a few (often terribly unscrupulous but not always) people become rich and the rest of us weeds are crowded out of life.
Within corporations, people are planted in rows, are given their own "turf". Even there, utterly nasty office wars break out when there's only one promotion opening up and two candidates for the job.
_Flight Behavior_ is generally excellent. Kingsolver is a top-notch writer, and she's very good at analyzing the cultural rift–why rural redneck types generally do not give credence to climate change. Worth reading for that much alone.
Slightly didactic in places, but the characters are very well-drawn, and there is quite a bit of droll humor. My favorite line, hilarious in context: "Fly less"!
"When our people strive against each other like weeds as opposed to plants planted in rows, they all become ineffective and bear little fruit." Isn't that what we're seeing on these blogs? You and Baird and precious few others are constructive and try to solve problems. Most try to cut down rather than build up.
I'm ordering the book.
I'm surprised you didn't mention "The Dog Stars" by Heller since I heard about it on this blog.
It's definitely post-apocalyptic and more beautifully written than "Wool" and "Hunger
Games". My wife and I both loved it, had our book club read it and all agreed one of the best books in a long time. Two people immediately re-read it. The climate change aspect is subtle but definite – water getting too warm for trout, etc.
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How do I tell my boss that I am in love with him? Why is Humpty Dumpty always portrayed as an egg? Should I tell my colleague he has a stain on his jumper?
No, I have not gone crazy. These are questions fielded by London friends Olly Mann and Helen Zaltzman as part of their award-winning podcast.
Called Answer Me This, the podcast is a weekly comedy show where listeners are invited to call, email or Skype questions to Mr Mann, 27, and Miss Zaltzman, 29, who will answer. Set up two years ago from Ms Zaltzman's front room, Answer Me This is on target for one million downloads this year and has been nominated for the Best Internet Programme at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, taking place on Tuesday. It was recently voted an iTunes Podcast of the Year and has been named Critic's Choice in several publications including The Times, Time Out and Q Magazine.
Ms Zaltzman, an editor from Crystal Palace, tells People: "This is beyond our wildest dreams. When we began we did not expect it to last longer than three weeks.
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League Of Legends "Hacker" Avoids Jail Sentence
A 23 year-old Australian man has avoided a prison term over his role in a series of hacks targeting League of Legends and its player database.
A 23 year-old Australian man has avoided a prison term over his role in a series of hacks targeting League of Legends and its player database.
For years (literally, years), League of Legends has been the most played game at South Korea net cafes. That has finally changed.
Overwatch and League of Legends are running neck and neck in the rankings for the most played game at South Korea's internet cafes.
Don't believe me? Then watch this video of the theme song (yes, theme song!) for the 2016 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Tournament. It's epic.
Reader Christopher Cayco is responsible for this incredible League of Legends artwork, which manages to cram every single Champion (up to Taliyah) into the one image.
Attempting to put a stop to unfortunately unbalanced matches of teams of five versus teams of four and a disconnected person, Riot is adding a new command to League of Legends that will allow the short-staffed team a chance to bow out gracefully.
Jeffrey Lin, lead designer of social systems on League of Legends, has left Riot Games, the developer announced today. Lin had focused on trying to improve the infamous levels of vitriol tossed in competitive games. "I have always said that passionate gamers, even angry ones, are gamers that care about the game—just…
With more twists and turns than you typically find in an entire season of pro League of Legends, the group stage of the Mid-Season Invitational ended with a leaderboard that seemed like something from an alternate universe.
Yesterday, Riot introduced the world to Taliyah, League of Legends' next playable champion. For the most part, people responded very positively toward Taliyah. Champion designer Daniel Klein responded to the vocal minority against Taliyah, however, by stating that "Restricting body types is limiting to us as creators."
Hollywood design and effects legend Steve Wang, who has worked on everything from Predator to Hellboy, was recently commissioned to build a new League of Legends statue for Riot Games. Wang and his team knocked it out of the park.
Tyler1, a popular League of Legends streamer who recently made a name for himself as a poster boy for toxic behaviour in the game, has been "indefinitely" banned by Riot.
Taking yet another stab at preparing for life after Hai, the Cloud9 League of Legends organization announced yesterday that it would be starting a new Challenger Series team to compete this summer, seeded with Cloud9 starters.
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The weakest Fnatic and Team Solomid League of Legends teams in years just knocked their opponents out of the spring playoffs and advanced to the European and North American semifinals, respectively.
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The Indian GP is missing from the 2014 schedule, officially because Bernie Ecclestone said that Indian officials did not want an event early in the season.
However, amid a backdrop of disputes over tax in the country, other factors have played their part in the decision.
Kaltenborn thinks it will not be straightforward for India to win back a place on the calendar, and laments the way that F1 did not make the most of the nation's early interest.
"I think it is very difficult once when you leave a country to come back to it - especially where we have not really managed to establish the sport," explained Kaltenborn, who was born in India.
"In the first year we had the benefit of something new coming in there, and a lot was done around the race.
"There was a tremendous amount of in-depth coverage, not just about telling the people the sport was about 11 teams, and all the celebrities and parties and the show.
"It was about explaining what are the teams about, why are the tyres important, what are the strengths/weaknesses of the people? It was very comprehensive coverage – even before the race.
"That was already less in the second year, and the critics came up more about the race. Was it really a sporting event? Then people put up issues, like the tax and the difficulties many people had. That was put further ahead in the second year.
"I think now it is a bit like giving up. When you know you are not planning to be there the next year, maybe the interest has gone down through that."
Kaltenborn says F1 as a whole could have done more to maximise the marketing and commercial opportunities that would have lifted local interest.
"That has been the problem – that we have not been able to market ourselves properly in there," she said.
"We have not been able to convince that many Indian companies. You can count the Indian companies that are in F1 since then on one hand. We've somewhere collectively failed to do more there."
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United Way of Perry County has awarded a generous grant for the 2012-2013 school year to help support the Weekend Food Backpack Program in our county. This program supplies food over the weekend for children who come from homes where food is not always available to them.
The American Legion Auxiliary would like to thank several businesses in Tell City for donating free coupons for the children's summer picnic at the post home.
The children loved the coupons for prizes. We go every year and ask them and they never turn us down and they give from the heart with a smile on their faces.
I filed a small claims in Perry County court against a Boonville business. The Boonville business wanted it transferred so Perry County allowed it. The business was supposed to pay the transfer fee but never did so I refiled in Perry County.
The same judge allowed the same transfer back to Boonville and the same judge has now waived the transfer filing fee.
I paid the transfer fee in Perry County and now he won't pay in Boonville so to get my case heard I have to pay a filing fee in Boonville.
Perry Central Football Families organization would like to thank the following businesses who so generously donated:
Branchville Correctional Facility, CVS, Circle S St. Croix, Fifth Third Bank, Guillaume's Store, McDonalds, Orscheln Farm & Home Supply, Papa John's, R & A Sports, Sonic, Tammy's Creative Catering and Waupaca.
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On behalf of the Perry County Parks and Recreation Department and its board of directors, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people and organizations that made our 5K run-walk event successful.
A total of 77 runners and walkers participated in the event, and a great time was had by all thanks to the following:
The Shubael Little Pioneer Village had a hugely successful open house Oct. 20-21. This was due largely to an army of dedicated volunteers. We would like to recognize some of those volunteers.
Horse Rescue South Inc. would like to thank the following people for their generous donations and hard work during our recent fundraiser and countywide events:
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Federal regulators recently roiled America's farmers with the release of new rules for financial instruments. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, one of the agencies charged with implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, officially announced the new requirements and said they would take effect by year's end.
What does Dodd-Frank, passed in response to the 2008 economic crisis and aimed at reforming a vast swathe of the financial sector, have to do with farmers?
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The US government offered Israel $2.16 billion last week in military assistance for fiscal year 2004. Senior US and Israeli officials drew up the aid package last week, which is still subject to congressional approval. American military aid to Israel for fiscal year 2003 is set at $2.1 billion.
Washington also agreed to review Israeli requests for purchasing advanced military equipment and technology on the same basis as sales to members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Making his second trip to the US this month, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Bureau Chief Dov Weisglass flew to Washington Saturday night with a $10 billion loan guarantee proposal for the Bush administration. Sharon proposed the facility last month alluding to Israel's poor economic situation due to ongoing violence and an increase in expenses should there be a US military campaign against Iraq.
The request for the guarantees on foreign bank loans would be additional to the $2.9 billion Israel receives in American direct loans and grants annually. Israel is the US'largest aid recipient, relying on loan guarantees to borrow at lower interest rates. — (menareport.com)
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Cancer and Taurus. A highly promising combination: you both have certain common tendencies and preferences, and you are good for each other.
Taurus is stabile (as an Earth sign), sensual and very faithful: your luck, you jealous Cancer! Taurus has the same need you have for a stabile home, emotional and financial security. Quite often, when you struggle in an ocean of contradictory and confused feelings, a Taurus will calm you down and bring you to a lake with still water.
Both Cancer and Taurus are acquainted to finances: you are very lucky, according to tradition, and Taurus knows what to invest in. In addition, neither of you is very wasteful so there won't be problems of this kind in this relationship.
Your tendency towards a home to take care of and towards finding your happiness or refuge in it goes very well with Taurus' basic desire of having such a home. One warning: don't forget to explain to your Taurus the way you understand feeling and emotions so that you don't get hurt. Taurus could do it without realizing it, because after all, Taurus is a sign that is very straightforward about what (s)he thinks and, although (s)he is tactful, anyone could find it difficult to understand why a moody Cancer got upset!
Sexually, you get along well: Taurus is very sensitive and sensual. Fortunately, most Taurus natives have a seductive voice (Taurus governs, among others, the voice and the throat). Why fortunately? Because we all know how much you like listening to words of love, told beautifully and artfully. A Taurus will spoil your fantasy!
Your common passion for external interests will make you spend much time together. Moreover, Taurus is fascinated by the sensitiveness of Cancer's perception and I can imagine him/her drinking in your words. Taurus is as jealous and possessive as you are, so marriage will be a relief to both of you, not to fear anything from the outside anymore. Indeed, this is one of the happiest combinations: you can start making long-term plans, there is nothing to stand in your way.
Therefore, does a Cancer-Taurus relationship work? Yes, it does. According to the stars, you can already buy the wedding rings.
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The Taurus man will find in the Cancer woman a romantic partner he's happy with.
The Cancer woman, no matter how capricious she is, doesn't succeed in breaking the stability the Taurus man is so fond of. The Taurus man, with his characteristic perseverance, persuades the Cancer woman not to delay their sex encounters.
They both want as badly a sentimental life full of passion. The satisfaction at the physical level will reflect on a relationship or on a marriage too, bringing fulfillment.
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+0 votes Eric Friedman › December 16, 2010
+0 votes Cameron Aragonez › July 7, 2011
This course is taking a dive in enjoyment, you really have to make sure no one runs off with your discs, theft is starting become a problem. The vagrants/ meth heads are most of issue.
+0 votes Shawn Hillman › August 22, 2011
While this s not a full 18 holes, and the guerilla routes aren't all that special, it is a fun little course. During the summer and after schoOl lets out in the afternoons, this place gets crowded with the most disc golf ignorant people on the planet. The course is challenging enough to work on your game, just watch out for people.
+0 votes Pablo Verdugo › July 5, 2015
+0 votes George Bodiroga › February 4, 2016
Multi use parks creates too much traffic to safely play golf no matter how good you are. Bums were sleeping close to half the baskets. Pass on this one as there are many other better courses in the area.


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Glen "Slats" Hardin's Olympic medals displayed
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BATON ROUGE — LSU fans can see a bit of history as the Olympic medals of Glenn "Slats" Hardin have been loaned to the Jack & Priscilla Andonie Museum, where they're on display.
Hardin remains the most accomplished Olympian in the history of the LSU track and field program. He was a 1932 silver medalist in the 400-meter hurdles and a 1936 gold medalist in the same event in the 1936 games held in Berlin, Germany. He remains the only LSU track and field athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event.
Hardin set the world record in the 400 three times. His best time of 50.6 stood for 19 years — from 1934-53.
The museum, next to the Lod Cook Alumni Center, is open Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
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The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (UTCCs) was replaced by the Consumer Rights Act on 1 October 2015. Any contracts entered into before this date will still be governed by the UTCCs.
Consumer Rights Act
From 1 October 2015 the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 was replaced by the Consumer Rights Act.
Any consumer contracts entered into before this date will still be governed by the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999.
When is a contract term unfair?
A contract term can be deemed unfair if it creates a 'significant imbalance' in the trader and consumer's positions.
For example, a term that allows the trader to fundamentally change the goods or services to be supplied under the contract, and at the same time giving the consumer no way out of the contract if they're not happy with the changes.
Contract terms must also be in plain and intelligible language. If they aren't, the interpretation of the contract terms that favours the consumer will apply if challenged.
Consumer have the right to complain about unfair contract terms.
Examples of unfair contact terms
The list of terms that are likely to be unfair includes the following examples:
- terms that allow the trader to unilaterally change the characteristics of the goods or services without good reason
- terms that allow the trader to keep an unreasonable amount of money as compensation if the consumer doesn't keep to their side of the bargain
- terms that aim to take away the consumer's legal rights
Which terms can't be challenged?
Some contact terms can't be challenged, in particular terms that set out what you are buying and how much it will cost.
So you can't argue a term that sets out how much you will pay for goods or services is unfair if you find you could have got the same thing much cheaper elsewhere.
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[Private Albert H. Davis of Company K, 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment in uniform, shoulder scales, and Hardee hat with Model 1841 Mississippi rifle, sword bayonet, knapsack with bedroll, canteen, and haversack]
[1861] | 1 photograph
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[Private Amos Guise of Co. H, 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment, in uniform with canteen]
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On sale normally 2.99. Price good for the week.
Princess Math challenges you with addition and subtraction problems. Boost your Math Skills!
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Draw on the screen to work out the harder problems.
The app inclues addition and subtraction problems, perfect for kindergarden to 3rd grade.
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This app. Is dumb. Not worth 99 cents
No control over math level
I got this during a .99 cent sale, for my first grader who needs extra help with math. It throws random addition and subtraction problems at the student and sets a time limit to one minute, making a child who is already anxious about math even more anxious. And the problems themselves, how random. First you get 42+21 and then 6-2, WTF? It jumps grade levels at whim and there's no way you can control it. My kid got frustrated and jumped to Cake Doodle immediately. FAIL.
- $0.99
- Category: Education
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- Version: 1.0
- Size: 10.8 MB
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at is there a limitation on the amount of minutes to use?
E.g I rescheduled programmatically via a script to run in the next 2014.989 minutes (taken from the log) but when I do
atq I don't see anything listed.
I assume my rescheduling failed? Why? How could I debug this?
at does not support decimals:
Working version:
I guess your best way is to remove what is right of the '.'. Also at does not seem to accept seconds, from the man page:
As for debugging why your reschedule failed, you should make your script log to a log file: cmd 2&>1 >> /path/to/logfile


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text: Bugs item #1422728, was opened at 2006-02-02 18:23 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by ibn_ You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=101355&aid=1422728&group_id=1355 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: ffcall Group: build problems Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Tom Emerson (tree) Assigned to: Bruno Haible (haible) Summary: callback library fails on Mac OS 10.4.4 Initial Comment: Building CLISP 2.38, building on Mac OS 10.4.4 with GCC 4.0.0, the FFI does not get configured because the callback library's unit tests fail: only if these pass will the FFI be built. Specifically the minitests fail: Melchizedek (0)% ./minitests void f(void): void f(void): int f(void):->99 int f(void):->99 int f(int):(1)->2 int f(int):(1)->2 int f(2*int):(1,2)->3 int f(2*int):(1,2)->3 int f(4*int):(1,2,3,4)->10 int f(4*int):(1,2,3,4)->10 int f(8*int):(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)->36 int f(8*int):(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)->36 int f(16*int):(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16,17)->143 zsh: illegal hardware instruction ./minitests Melchizedek (132)% I have not yet debugged this further. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Thomas Lazar (ibn_) Date: 2007-03-29 18:18 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1756354 Originator: NO Hi, i have the same problem on a Powerbook G4 500mhz with OS X 10.4.9. Tried to build it via pkgsrc lang/clisp. For more information look here please: http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=36101 blueAnt:~ ibn$ gcc --version powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5247) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Regards, Thomas Lazar ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jörg Höhle (hoehle) Date: 2006-04-24 19:52 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=377168 CLISP in CVS contains changes to autoconf/m4/ffcall code as of 2006-04-22. Could you please retest using CVS? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jörg Höhle (hoehle) Date: 2006-02-28 10:14 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=377168 I'm afraid I can't help you. Maybe you can figure out yourself because you have both a G4 and G5 and can compare them side by side (or compare their assembly specifications?). Sam Steingold would maybe say "PTC". BTW, the socket issue is fixed now in CVS. I think your test with gcc-3.4 exhibiting the same results as gcc-4.0.0 likely rules out a GCC bug. Would the minitest binary from the G4 run on the G5 or does it crash there? How do the 2 minitest binaries differ? Regards, Jörg Höhl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Tom Emerson (tree) Date: 2006-02-22 19:51 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=37068 Dual PowerMac G5, 2GHz, 64-bit CPUs. Mac OS X 10.4.4. CLisp on 10.4.x once the socket issue is patched, but you will not have FFI support on a G5. I will try this on my Powerbook which uses a 32-bit G4. I also tried with GCC 3.4.x with the same results. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Jörg Höhle (hoehle) Date: 2006-02-22 19:42 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=377168 Could you provide more information about your hardware? I'm asking, because other people are using CLISP with OS X 10.4 AFAIK (not that I can help much, as I have no Mac). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=101355&aid=1422728&group_id=1355


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In 2017 Canada will mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation. This is your celebration! How will you join Canadians taking part from coast to coast to coast? The Canada 150 adventure awaits you.
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Forex Brokers Update — July 24h, 2016
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AUD/NZD to Finalize Double Top on H4 Chart
Sun, 24 Jul 2016 9:39
Weekly Forex Technical Analysis (Jul 25 — Jul 29)
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Forex — the foreign exchange (currency or FOREX, or FX) market is the biggest and the most liquid financial market in the world. It boasts a daily volume of more than $5.3 trillion (as of April 2013). Trading in this market involves buying and selling world currencies, taking profit from the exchange rates difference. FX trading can yield high profits but is also a very risky endeavor. Everyone can participate in foreign exchange trading via the Forex brokers.
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They have very big del...
Here is a thing about this "regulated" broker. Actually yes, they are regulated at CySEC as "Tradomart Ltd"
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I am newbie on fx , trade up to 8 months. I had opened an ecn account in FXTM and here under their IB fxtm parnter.
He told me about rules here and I found it seems nice.
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Thanks to the Brexit vote, confidence in the UK economy is poised for big losses. The latest PMI reading — a special reading by Markit — indicates that things could be headed for trouble. Sterling is dropping dramatically on the news, losing ground to its major counterparts.
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In order to make money on the Forex market, you have to buy low and sell high. How much can you theoretically make by trading currencies. Let's assume that you have $1000 on your trading account. The current exchange rate of EUR/USD is 1.25. In other words, for 1 euro you get 1.25 US dollars. You forecast during the day that the euro rise versus the US dollar. Based on this...
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After a short period of time for the pound following the historic Brexit, this Friday saw the GBP/USD fall by 124 pips and close at 1.1309. The euro and Canadian dollar also fell against the US dollar. The EUR/USD pair went down by 49 pips and closed at 1.0977. The USD/CAD went up by 39 pips and closed at 1.3127. WTI Crude Oil fell by 1.25% and closed at $44.19 a barrel. Brent Oil also fell by 1.10% and closed...


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Released: Aug 01st, 2002
Running Time: 98
Director: Slain Wayne
Company: Sinister
Distribution Companies: Sin City Entertainment
Cast: John Strong, Brett Rockman, Aimee Tyler, Brandi Lyons, Rachelle Devore, Dillion Day, Jessica (I), Cheyne Collins, Devlin Weed, Paris (II)
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: All-Sex
Fans of the young won't be disappointed, and fans of anal will enjoy Paris and Jessica's offerings.
Another tape of "just turned 18" vignettes, but what sets it apart from the others is good, solid fucking. This is best demonstrated in the opening scene between Brandi Lyons and Dillion Day, who do it for their country by bouncing around in several positions on a fire truck. Likewise the vicious ass-pounding that Jessica receives in the follow-up - this chick can't help but be hot. And once you get past Paris' overblown plea to have someone fuck her in the ass, watching Cheyne Collins do exactly that to her is quite a treat.


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Bright Eyes by DrakhonheartWatch
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A wonderful quote I've found on tumblr next to this photograph. ( [link] )
Io non sono una che se ne va.
Io sono una che resta, che aspetta, che soffre.
Sono una che si rialza e cammina.
Io sono una che ama, sempre.
(M. Lubov)
Speechless. really now words can express how beautiful this is <3
amazing work
Wow, those eyes are gorgeous.
I like this one, it looks effective and portrays a lot of emotion. The eyes in particular caught my attention especially with the reflection in them, it looks like an explosion or something is going off.
Gorgeous! The processing is great!
I'm kind of scared
amazing, I see so many feelings on this^^
love it!
love it!
WOW! that's soooo expressive! very, very good *.*
Really nice study of the eyes for this photograph! At first i thought it was a digital painting due to the definition in the eyes and the pores Did you do any touch up on the eyes and such? The reflections captured in them are quite amazing.
it's amazing.. the eyes are so emotional and beautiful... wanderfull piece <3 !
ahahahahahahahaahahhhhhhhhhahahahahahah!!!!! OH MY...!!!!!!!
I thought this was a digital painting! LOL XD
Beautiful photo, anyway!
I thought this was a digital painting! LOL XD
Beautiful photo, anyway!
hahaha, thank you sooo much
you're awesome!
you're awesome!
this is A.MA.ZING!!!!!!!!!
what king of brushes did you used for the skin??
The skin around the eyes is perfect, and so it is the nose....
what king of brushes did you used for the skin??
The skin around the eyes is perfect, and so it is the nose....
Wow, the emotion in this is just stunning, it is sublte and at the same time strong.
Really a remarkable photograph, the reflections in the eyes also tells it´s story, superb photograph.
Really a remarkable photograph, the reflections in the eyes also tells it´s story, superb photograph.
Kann mich den andren nur anschließen: Das Foto ist so wunderschön und emotional! Man kann förmlich in ihre Seele sehen, so viel sagt das Foto aus. Ganz klasse!
omg ... wunderwunderwunderschön!
what the . . . but, how did . . . is there a way to . . . if only I could . . . and you're only 16? Incredible work!
Fascinating shot, the eyes are amazing...
Wie Feuer in den Augen...
I'm speechless. The highlights across the skin and eyes, every touch of hair and how the lip is gently highlighted as well, the eyelashes- it's quite stunning to look at. The eyes look beautiful, the skin looks natural- I honestly love it.
I have no words for this.... Excellent!
hmm well done!
Great shot! Her expression is lovely and I love the reflections in her eyes.
Not sure if it makes me feel sadness over the girl or fear, striking photo nonetheless
great pic!
Intence! Good shot!
Very cool. Almost looks like a digital render from the skin. too perfect!
wow. its all I can say. WOW.
the eyes are pretty
That is a really good shot! You can see even the fine detail of her skin.
The reflection you got on the eyes is just beautiful. I love the little flecks of red in it. And your model is gorgeous.
Lovely photo. Yeah - the eyes are amazing!
Wow really nice ^^! Nice detail's Nice color's
Very impressive! perfect capture!!
wowww great job i like the sharpness and the colors!
Her eyes look magical!
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Alison Austin Challenges Richard Dunn for District 5 Commission Seat
The first challenger has stepped up to take on Rev. Richard Dunn, the city commissioner who, in order to get an appointment to replace the ousted Michelle Spence-Jones, promised to relinquish his seat in November.
That pledge lasted all of a hot minute before Dunn changed his mind, but Alison Austin, CEO of the Belafonte Tacolcy Center, hopes to make him a short-term commissioner anyway. She has taken a leave from the community center and begun trying to build up enough cash to tear down the establishment-approved reverend.
"There's such a large, grassroots group of leaders in District 5 that have propelled me into running for this race," Austin says. "Richard Dunn represents what we've always had in this district. We need someone who will think outside the box and take a different road."
Austin brings a fascinating resumé into the race.
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She was born and raised in Liberty City, graduated from Miami Edision and Miami-Dade College, but quickly turned her focus to international eco-tourism. She spent almost 15 years living on St. Vincent, developing eco-tourism programs with the Organization of American States. Back in Miami, she worked for the Audubon Society and FIU before taking the head job at the Tacolcy Center in Liberty City.
City commissioners this past January considered Austin to replace Spence-Jones -- whom Gov. Charlie Crist removed from office over corruption charges -- but ultimately chose Dunn in part because he promised not to seek the seat again. He reneged on that pledge in May.
The flip-flop hasn't hurt Dunn's fundraising. He has a big early lead over Austin with $31,110 in the bank and donations from all the big players, including $1,500 from Ron Book and his wife, $500 from Marc Sarnoff, and maximum donations from the Marlins, Greenberg Traurig, and Club Space.
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Set aside 1/4 cup chocolate pieces to sprinkle on cookies. In microwave-safe bowl combine 1 cup of the chocolate pieces and 2 tablespoons milk. Microwave on 50 percent power (medium) 1 minute or until melted; stir once. Set aside.
- In bowl beat butter and peanut butter with electric mixer until combine. Add sugar, soda, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; beat to combine. Add eggs, 1/2 cup milk, vanilla, and melted chocolate; beat until combined. Beat in cocoa powder and flour until combined. Stir in remaining chocolate pieces. Drop by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Sprinkle with reserved chocolate. Bake 9 minutes or until tops are set. Cool on sheets 1 minute. Transfer to wire racks; cool completely. To assemble, spread flat sides of half the cookies with Filling; top with remaining cookies.
- In bowl beat butter, peanut butter, marshmallow creme, and powdered sugar with electric mixer until combined. If needed, beat in 2 tablespoons milk until spreading consistency. Makes 30 servings.
Nutrition Facts (Chocolate-Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies)
- Per serving:
- 360 kcal cal.,
- 20 g fat
- (10 g sat. fat,
- 2 g polyunsaturated fat,
- 6 g monounsatured fat),
- 43 mg chol.,
- 224 mg sodium,
- 41 g carb.,
- 1 g fiber,
- 27 g sugar,
- 6 g pro.
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CREDIT: Richard Potts/Flickr
CREDIT: Richard Potts/Flickr
The college students who got everyone talking about Playboy this week don't have any plans of stopping now.
On Tuesday, rape prevention activists played an elaborate prank on Playboy Magazine and ultimately sparked a wider conversation about consent. It seemed as though Playboy Magazine had ditched the format of its annual list of the best party schools in favor of a guide emphasizing sexual assault prevention on college campuses — but it turned out the consent-themed guide, as well as the articles promoting it, were fakes.
The prank was engineered by the feminist group FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, which orchestrated a similar consent-related hoax targeting Victoria's Secret last year. But FORCE wants most of the credit to go to a network of college activists who helped them carry it out.
"Students from over 25 school across the country banded together to create the historic hoax. Consent enthusiasts hosted consent-themed tailgating parties, played games of 'Ask First' beer pong, and excitedly pushed the prank on Facebook and Twitter, which is how it exploded all over the internet on Tuesday," FORCE explained in a press release on Wednesday. "As these college students show, the culture of consent is already out there."
The student activists who partnered with FORCE agree.
"The idea of consent itself isn't really all that controversial," Sophie Hess, a junior at Oberlin College and a staffer at her school's Sexual Information Center, told ThinkProgress after we asked her if the country is ready for a real campaign like the one that FORCE dreamed up. "All that it proposes is that we take a moment to consider that sex is an act between more than just one person… I mean, we see it in small doses already, like when Cosmo suggests that you 'ask your partner what they like.' "
CREDIT: Courtesy of Sophie Hess
Far from being hostile to the concept of sexual assault prevention, Hess said her fellow students were really excited about the idea that Playboy was using its annual college guide to promote consent.
Cinneah El-Amin, a sophomore at Barnard College of Columbia University and another one of the activists who worked on the hoax, echoed that sentiment.
"Some of my fellow students at Columbia loved the campaign! I received an out-pour of responses from students around the university who wanted to get more involved," El-Amin, who's also a peer educator at the Barnard Columbia Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center, told ThinkProgress. "As the campaign went viral, students were amazed at the materials itself — very few believed it to be a hoax. Even students who aren't actively involved in this type of activism otherwise were eager to re-post the link to their social networks."
Ultimately, the students pointed out, an effort like the Playboy campaign can be successful because it engages young people in a new way. The fake Playboy guide — which featured 10 commandments to have a good time, like "ask first" and "don't take advantage of sloshed people"– isn't necessarily preachy, and it inserts its progressive message into the mainstream by using humor and social media.
Hess noted that although rape is one of the most serious issues out there, FORCE's hoax successfully used its slickly designed fake websites to subvert it. "It's making people think, rethink, and act," she said.
"It's campaigns like this that are changing the way feminist issues are portrayed," Meghana Kulkarni, a senior at the University of Michigan and the coordinator of the Men's Activism program at its Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC), explained. "We aren't just naysayers who get upset over everything! We want everyone to have happy and healthy sexual relationships."
Outside of FORCE, Kulkarni has helped organize other creative efforts at the University of Michigan that fall in line with that strategy. The Men's Activism group runs a campaign called "No Shave November for Consent" that asks men to grow a beard and sign a pledge promising they will only have sex after obtaining enthusiastic consent from their partner. During the month when they're avoiding shaving their facial hair, they wear shirts that say "ask me about my beard" to spark a conversation about the campaign, consent, and asking people for permission.
CREDIT: Courtesy of Meghana Kulkarni
The work that these students are doing on their campuses draws a sharp contrast to most of the headlines related to college campuses and sexual assault over the past year, which have tended to accompany negative press. The controversy over university administrations' tendency to sweep rape under the rug, often dissuading survivors from coming forward or allowing rapists to get off with very light punishment, has recently come to a head. A wave of formal complaints with the U.S. Department of Education has subjected several elite schools to federal investigations, and school officials are gradually being pressured to improve their sexual assault policies.
The laundry list of colleges getting it wrong, the persistent incidences of consent being violated on campus, and the pervasive victim-blaming encountered by survivors of sexual violence have all spurred student activists to keep up the fight. In some ways, it's working. More people are now starting to pay attention. Especially after last spring's national controversy over the Steubenville rape case, the public consciousness about these issues has been somewhat raised.
CREDIT: Courtesy of Cinneah El-Amin
"While I do believe cases involving rape are gaining more national press, I believe progress is not the correct word to use," El-Amin said when ThinkProgress asked if she thinks efforts like FORCE's have helped the country progress toward combating rape culture. "Victims continue to be shamed for their assaults as if they have asked for 'it.' "
Obviously, there's more work to be done. But there is a sense of momentum building, and some of the college activists do feel like their education efforts are making a real difference.
"The movement is so powerful because it feels like a secret being told — the reality of sexualized violence is right under our nose, and when people hear the facts, it's hard not to wonder, why didn't I hear this before?" Hess pointed out. She recounted a recent conversation she had with a friend who asked her why she felt like the issue of rape was such a big deal. "I said, 'Do you know that one in four women in college will be sexually assaulted?' His eyes basically popped out of his head."
And they also think that eventually, they'll help more people understand, as Hess put it, that consent isn't actually so hard after all.
"At some point, writers at Playboy and other magazines will realize that when everyone enjoys sex — including women — sex is just better," Kulkarni said.


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Today my sister drove me to the hospital for my one hour glucose test (yuck) but before we went I really needed to get some personal checks cashed that were about to expire so we stopped by the local bank. Apparently my sister knew the young teller and told her I was on bed rest and "really should not be going anywhere". Why my sister loves to tell people I am on bed rest beats me... anyways, she goes "what are you pregnant or something..." "um yeah" (she couldn't tell my whale of a belly?, come on I know I don't just look fat lol) she then said "Well if I was on bed rest I would be enjoying every minute of it and not going anywhere!!" I wanted to slap her lol. Are you kidding me?? I told her "You have NO idea" She kept arguing with me that it can't be that bad...must be pretty great to have people do everything for you... and that I should have given my sister my id card, a note stating I was on bed rest and check so she could have came in a cashed it for me. I wanted to scream just cash my damn checks!!! Sorry for the rant it's just that when I have so LITTLE customer service interaction in weeeekksss the bad service that I do get makes me go a little bit crazzzyyyyy.
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Separated bicycle lanes
Cycling is the fastest growing mode of transportation in Vancouver. From 2008 to 2011 alone, trips by bike increased by a full 40% (see note 1 below).
To help build on this shift, we have made cycling a much safer and more attractive option, by adding separated bike lanes to key city streets.
Separated bike lanes increase both cycling and walking trips
Separated bicycle lanes are dedicated bike lanes with concrete medians and planters, bicycle parking corrals, or vehicle parking lanes that divide them from vehicle traffic.
This separation increases feelings of safety and comfort, which makes cycling an attractive commuting option for those who are not used to riding their bikes regularly.
When pedestrians know that cyclists won't be using the sidewalks, pedestrians experience greater feelings of comfort when walking, as well.
Map of separated bike lanes in downtown Vancouver
We have separated bike lanes on Burrard Bridge, Carrall Street, Comox/Helmcken Street, Dunsmuir Street, Dunsmuir Viaduct, and Hornby Street. Select a bike lane on the map to learn more about it.
Painted bike lanes and separated bike lanes
This drawing shows the difference between the previously painted bike lane and the current separated bike lanes on Hornby Street.
On streets such as Hornby and Dunsmuir streets, separated bike lanes provide two-way travel for cyclists on the same side. This can create the need for additional traffic signals for both cyclists and drivers.
On streets such as Burrard Street (Drake to W 1st Avenue southbound and W 1st Avenue to Pacific Street northbound), the separated bike lanes are one-way on one or two sides of the street. Please ride safely, and ensure you are riding the right way in a one-way bike lane.
Separated bike route usage
We collect statistics about total monthly trips and mid-week daily trips for the following separated bike routes:
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- Burrard Bridge
- Canada Line Bridge
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- Dunsmuir Viaduct
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Eclipse organization's browser-based Orion tool gets on-line hub
Highlights from TheServerSide Java Symposium
The fruits of recent Java community efforts were on display at TheServerSide Java Symposium last week in Las Vegas. There for view were the efforts of people who are maneuvering Java into the next computing era. TSS JS proved that new languages are moving on to the JVM, SOA middleware is moving forward, and the much awaited new JDK is again making progress. Continued »
SOA governance, cloud computing and trust
Governance is one of the essential elements of SOA. It is also one of those aspects of SOA that is likely to come to the fore in cloud computing. Service dependencies that are inherent in composite applications are hard enough to track as it is. There is every reason to believe these dependencies will be just as imprtant to understand and track as appliation move to the cloud architecture, whether that is a public cloud, a private cloud or a hybrid. Continued »
Cloud Computing Modeling Notation (CCMN) for SOMF targets cloud services
Experienced SOA services developers are in a good position to make the leap to cloud computing services, but they may need new modeling tools and methods along the way. You can count modeling notations for cloud among such tools. Continued »
Jeopardy proved elementary for dear Watson — developing Watson, not so much
IBM unleashed Watson, a computer designed with the singular purpose of playing, and winning, the TV quiz show Jeopardy. In his first public attempt, Watson went up against the two top Jeopardy players in Jeopardy history. He literally murdered his human competition. Well, no, not literally. Although he did sound at least a little bit like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Continued »
Altova provides XML transforms, charts, code generation
XML tool maker Altova has updated its MissionKit integrated suite of XML, database and UML tools to include data streaming output for data transformation projects, code generation direct from state machine diagrams, and newly supported report chart types.
As RESTful non-XML applications have gained attention, continued uptake of XML has been somewhat overshadowed. But David McGahey, Product Marketing Manager at Altova, can attest to its growing use, as various industries and compliance efforts center on XML as a data interchange format.
"XML is becoming more and more pervasive. It is the predominant language for exchanging data," said McGahey. Continued »
Ehcache Java in-memory store gains advanced analytic traits
Caching specialist Terracotta Inc. recently released search features that allow the Ehcache Java in-memory data base to support analytical views of data that may have heretofore required a return visit to a relational database architecture.
"Now you have native search capability added to Ehcache," said Mike Allen, head of product management at Terracotta. Like others, he sees a general rush to use caching more widely. He asserts that relational data bases do not have the same inherent scalability as in-memory caches when it comes to the rapidly growing data volumes of today. But, he admits, Ehcache has not been readily open to search tools capable of real-time data analysis. Continued »
Reader mail box – State of Java in flux
Forrester Research's Mike Gualtieri has been discussing his take on the state of Java of late, as we noted in the previous edition of our "This Week on SearchSOA.com" newsletter. Since then we have published a further Q&A with Gualtieri on the topic, in which he asserts that Java is not a productive method of Web or application development and that it limits what developers and the enterprises they work for are capable of achieving.
Business needs more rapid development, Gualtieri contends. "IT needs to build stuff faster. They also need to change existing applications faster," he said, adding that Java is also lacking in the tool sets to build better user experiences. SearchSOA.com readers have responded to Gualtieri charges.
N.M., a team leader and one-time AS/400 programmer, recognizes the same gap Gualtieri sees between promises made by technologies like Java for time to market and ease of use versus actual reality. Continued »
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At The Open Group Conference in San Diego last week, Jason Uppal, enterprise architect and project portfolio management expert, presented some practical advice on capability planning with TOGAF and an outline he said could help enterprise architects achieve measurable results in thirty to ninety days.
According to Uppal, there are four key points to realize in order to successfully integrate capability-based planning with your enterprise architecture. Continued »
Q&A: Watson
IBM's Watson complex language analysis capability is on display on quiz show "Jeopardy" this week and it is looking a little bleak for the Mudville Nine, or rather, the human side. Jeopardy champs such as Ken Jennings look like the feeble townspeople in "The Blob" as Watson, so far, answering most of the questions, and mostly correctly, plows ahead heedless of the humans.
Watson concurrently processes vast quantities of data – analyzing it what looks to me like real time. Watson is a big machine (bigger than the front-line of the Green Bay Packers, anyway) specially programmed to address the scientific problem of "Question and Answering" ( "Q & A"). Hopefully, some day, this will find good use in diagnosing human health problems.
Jeopardy calls for a number of skills. Watson may have an unexpected edge in one of those skills, – and it might not be cognition. The son of one of my computer trade press mentors was once on Jeopardy, and handily won his first evening on the show. The second evening, he lost by a large margin – not because he didn't know the answers, but because another contestant was damn fast on the buzzer. In my household, this week, a few of the family members seemed to do better at times than the Jeopardy champions or Watson, but we did not have to resort to any buzzers to lodge our answer – which leads me to conclude that the 'buzzer' is the issue in Watson's large lead.
For now, it is painful to watch the vaunted Jeopardy champs' sagging shoulders. Tune in tonight – maybe Godzilla will come to humanity's rescue!
Our take: Speaking as a techno-dweeb: "Go Watson!" Speaking as a human: "Give me a break!"


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ATLANTA -- The NCAA already has stripped Michigan of its 1992 and '93 Final Four appearances. Now Florida has stripped that team of its nickname.
Forget the Wolverines' Fab Five. The Gators' starting unit is the real Fab Five.
Better. Cleaner (one certainly would hope). Tighter. Tougher.
And much more accomplished. After undressing UCLA 76-66 in Little Bighorn II, they're 40 minutes away from being repeaters. History beckons for one of the great quintets in the history of the game.
Their record is now 67-11 the past two years, after this group took over Billy Donovan's program and elevated it to new heights. That's strong by any measure, but March and April is when they morph from Fab Five to Infallible Five.
Postseason scoreboard the past two years: Gators 17, Haters 0. Their 17-game winning streak in conference/NCAA Tournament play is now the longest postseason run in college basketball since UCLA won 28 straight from 1967-73.
Now the only thing separating the Florida Fab Five from back-to-back is a team it blew up by 26 points in December.
The beauty of this group -- and to be fair, it probably should be the Super Six, with senior sub Chris Richard in the mix -- begins with its unity. Corey Brewer scored 15 first-half points, but he really got animated on the floor when teammate Lee Humphrey started lighting up the Bruins in the second half.
"Right now we're in the Final Four, and it's all about winning," Brewer said. "There's nothing about you. It's all about the team."
But while we've been treated to two straight seasons of unselfishness, don't underestimate this group's versatility. There is nothing the Florida Fab Five cannot do on a basketball court.
"We're playing against, I really do believe, one of the better college teams that has been around in a while."
-- UCLA coach Ben Howland
These Gators can pass, defend, shoot, rebound and handle the ball at every position. Searching for weaknesses in their individual and collective games is as futile as asking Ben Howland for a blueprint of how to beat them.
Saturday night in the Georgia Dome, Florida showcased its individual well-roundedness.
Al Horford plays center, but is the best passer on the team. His ability to fire passes out of UCLA double teams to open shooters was brilliant.
Humphrey is the team's best shooter, but he's also a wildly underrated defensive player. His tenacious face-guarding of UCLA point guard Darren Collison and refusal to allow open jumpers helped reduce the Bruins' offense to chaos.
The list goes on. Joakim Noah filled every line in his box score Saturday night except 3-pointers. Taurean Green can distribute, blow by or pull up (though this wasn't his night, going 1-for-7 from 3-point range). And Brewer is the most multitalented of the bunch, a fascinating amalgam of offensive and defensive skills.
"To me, the sign of a really good player is if you take away his strength, can you still play on the court, be an effective and productive player?" said Donovan, who might have just driven up the bidding from Kentucky by another half a mill.
"Al Horford can defend and rebound and score. Lee Humphrey can defend and he can shoot. Taurean Green can shoot, defend, run the team, gets guys shots. Corey Brewer can defend, he can shoot, he can slash, get out on the break. Joakim the same.
"I think we have guys, if you take away an area of their game, they can still do other things. They have a good understanding of what we need to do as a team to try and be as effective as we can."
Part of that understanding is knowing that a Fab Five beats a Fab One, Two or Three every time out. Once again, the Gator box score was a share-the-wealth masterpiece: Nobody took more than nine shots.
"We're playing against, I really do believe, one of the better college teams that has been around in a while," Howland said. "You're talking about two lottery picks inside. Brewer is going to be a top-20 pick when he decides to come out. I love Green and Humphrey as their guards. Richard coming off the bench is a great player. You've got to credit them."
And, if you're a Bruin fan, you've got to hope Florida's Oh-Fours all go pro to save you from ever seeing them again. In two Final Four meetings, UCLA has been killed twice.
The score this time was even more misleading than last year. Florida won by 16 in 2006 and 10 this time, and both games were maulings. The only stat more hollow than the final score was Arron Afflalo's 17 points.
The first-team All-American played miserably last year against the Gators and actually was worse Saturday night.
He committed an unbelievably silly second foul, grabbing Humphrey's jersey while trying to stay with him on an inbounds play just 110 seconds into the game. Reinserted in the lineup at the 14:56 mark, Afflalo lasted just 3½ minutes before getting his third foul on a hard Brewer drive to the rim.
With Afflalo taking himself out of the game and Collison handcuffed, Josh Shipp was UCLA's last stud standing. He kept the Bruins in the game until Humphrey started draining 3s, and Florida mounted an all-out assault on the offensive glass against a badly overmatched UCLA front line.
The play that put the Gators up double digits for good perfectly encapsulates the UCLA-Florida "rivalry" of the past two seasons.
A Humphrey 3 bounced off the rim high into the air. In the battle for the rebound, Noah shed UCLA center Lorenzo Mata, sending him tumbling to the floor. Noah then rose unimpeded and flushed the follow shot.
Noah, Horford and Richard all dunked rebounds on the heads of the cowed Bruins, who could have used star recruit Kevin Love right now. Those easy and emphatic points will be harder to come by Monday night, at least as long as Greg Oden can stay out of foul trouble.
But Oden will need help against the Gators. Lots of help. It will take everything -- and everyone -- the Buckeyes have to keep the true Fab Five from their place in history.
Pat Forde is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Thailand Stocks: KGI Securities, PTT Exploration, TPI Polene
Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in Thailand trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of the 4:30 p.m. close in Bangkok.
The SET Index fell for a second day, losing 19.89 points, or 1.8 percent, to 1,069.20, paring a weekly gain to 0.7 percent.
Oil producers: PTT Pcl (PTT TB), Thailand's largest energy company, slipped 3.3 percent to 318 baht, the biggest loss since Aug. 9. PTT Exploration & Production Pcl (PTTEP TB), the country's only publicly traded oil explorer, lost 3.6 percent to 161 baht.
Crude oil fell to less than $80 a barrel in New York for the first time in more than a week on concern that slower economic growth will erode fuel demand. Brent crude traded at a record premium to U.S. prices.
KGI Securities (Thailand) Pcl (KGI TB), a stock brokerage, dropped 4.2 percent to 2.30 baht. Net income in the second quarter slumped 51 percent to 93.9 million baht ($3.14 million), it said in a regulatory filing.
TPI Polene Pcl (TPIPL TB), a chemical maker, gained 2.9 percent to 14.2 baht, the highest close since July 19, 2010. A Thai court overturned a ruling that would have forced TPI Polene to pay a 6.9 billion-baht fine, the company's Chairman Prachai Leophairatana said by phone from Bangkok today.


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This cake was for my niece's first birthday. My sister had a lot of requests including the tiara!! Cake was 9" yellow cake with BC and covered in fondant with fondant decorations. Cupcakes were all BC. First time covering entire cake in fondant and using pillars. Good experience.
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Hide captionAs his set wound down, Jon Batiste and Stay Human waded out into a highly appreciative audience.Adam Kissick for NPR
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Hide captionSaxophonist Eddie Barbash was often front and center in the expanded lineup of Jon Batiste's Stay Human band.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionJon Batiste and his Stay Human band, featuring saxophonist Eddie Barbash, were joined for a tune by saxophonist Grace Kelly.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionGregory Porter returned to Newport to repeat last year's triumphant performance — this time on the main stage. Saxophonist Tivon Pennicott provided an able foil.Adam Kissick for NPR
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Hide captionA calm Bobby McFerrin closed the festival, interpreting Negro spirituals with his spirityouall project.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionMiguel Zenón both conducted and soloed in front of a big band. The group performed from a new book of compositions based on interviews Zenón conducted with fellow Puerto Ricans in New York.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionMiguel Zenón's Identities Are Changeable project will be released as an album later in 2014.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionMiguel Zenón & The "Identities" Big Band.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionCécile McLorin Salvant performed two sets at Newport, including one for a main stage crowd on the festival's sunny opening day.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionDrummer Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band led off the action on the rainy middle day of the festival. The band released a new album, Landmarks, earlier this year.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionLike his bandmates, saxophonist Myron Walden has played with Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band for the better part of two decades.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionGuitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel performed a number of his classic tunes with a new lineup for his quartet.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionDave Holland led the quartet Prism on a Saturday when the rain began at daybreak and never relented.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionKevin Eubanks, late of The Tonight Show, filled an important role in bassist Dave Holland's electrified quartet Prism.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionVijay Iyer, who performed at Newport in 2009 with his trio, came up this year with his sextet.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionPianist Vijay Iyer presented his sextet, with the three-horn lineup of Mark Shim (tenor saxophone), Steve Lehman (alto saxophone) and Graham Haynes (cornet).Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionTrombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue brought their signature New Orleans funk-rock to the festival's main stage.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionTrombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, a frequent sight at both Newport Jazz and the Newport Folk Festival, returned to close the action on Saturday.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionTrumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra played a crowd-pleasing set of classics, including nods to the late Horace Silver and Dave Brubeck.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionHelen Sung held down the piano chair in the Mingus Big Band, which played a fiery set on the festival's final day.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionSaxophonist David Sanborn and organist Joey DeFrancesco performed tunes from their recent album Enjoy the View.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionMore than 6,000 festivalgoers braved the constant rain of the festival's middle day.Adam Kissick for NPR
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Hide captionThe Brubeck Brothers band honored their late father Dave Brubeck, a frequent Newport Jazz Festival attraction, with original arrangements of tunes that he made famous.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionThe Robert Glasper Experiment, with Casey Benjamin on vocoder and saxophone, also returned to Newport this year.Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionPianist Robert Glasper led his popular Experiment band, opening with a version of the Kanye West and Jay-Z hit "No Church in the Wild."Adam Kissick for NPR
Hide captionSaxophonist Lee Konitz, 86, welcomed fellow alto player Grace Kelly, 22, to join in with his quartet.Adam Kissick for NPR
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Hide captionThough more often seen riding a golf cart around the grounds, festival founder George Wein also stepped on stage with a Newport All-Stars band.Adam Kissick for NPR
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Hide captionSaxophonist Ravi Coltrane led a quartet featuring longtime associate Ralph Alessi on trumpet.Adam Kissick for NPR
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The Newport Jazz Festival turned 60 this year, and expanded to three days to celebrate. Throughout last weekend, more than 45 bands performed at Fort Adams State Park in coastal Rhode Island, playing through abundant sunshine, pouring rain and anything in between.
Our photographer Adam Kissick spent long days in the saddle, logging approximately 22 miles on foot while carrying 40 pounds of often-damp gear. In the end, he captured nearly every act at the festival this year — all his photos are available at the NPR Jazz Flickr account. Here's a selection representing how Newport commemorated its 60th anniversary.
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