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Low-level programming language
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In computer science, a low-level programming language is a programming language that provides little or no abstraction from a computer's instruction set architecture. Generally this refers to either machine code or assembly language. The word "low" refers to the small or nonexistent amount of abstraction between the language and machine language; because of this, low-level languages are sometimes described as being "close to the hardware".
Low-level languages can be converted to machine code without using a compiler or interpreter, and the resulting code runs directly on the processor. A program written in a low-level language can be made to run very quickly, and with a very small memory footprint; an equivalent program in a high-level language will be more heavyweight. Low-level languages are simple, but are considered difficult to use, due to the numerous technical details which must be remembered.
By comparison, a high-level programming language isolates the execution semantics of a computer architecture from the specification of the program, which simplifies development.
Low-level programming languages are sometimes divided into two categories: first generation, and second generation.
Machine code[edit]
Machine code is the only language a microprocessor can process directly without a previous transformation. Currently, programmers almost never write programs directly in machine code, because it requires attention to numerous details which a high-level language would handle automatically, and also requires memorizing or looking up numerical codes for every instruction that is used. For this reason, second generation programming languages provide one abstraction level on top of the machine code.
Example: A function in 32-bit x86 machine code to calculate the nth Fibonacci number:
Assembly language has no semantics and no specification, being only a mapping of human-readable symbols, including symbolic addresses, to opcodes, addresses, numeric constants, strings and so on. Typically, one machine instruction is represented as one line of assembly code. Assemblers produce object files which may be linked with other object files or loaded on their own.
Most assemblers provide macros.
Example: The same Fibonacci number calculator as above, but in x86 assembly language using MASM syntax:
fib: mov edx, [esp+8] cmp edx, 0 ja @f mov eax, 0 ret @@: cmp edx, 2 ja @f mov eax, 1 ret @@: push ebx mov ebx, 1 mov ecx, 1 @@: lea eax, [ebx+ecx] cmp edx, 3 jbe @f mov ebx, ecx mov ecx, eax dec edx jmp @b @@: pop ebx ret
Low-level programming in high-level languages[edit]
Experiments with hardware support in high-level languages in the late 1960s led to such languages as PL/S, BLISS, BCPL, and extended ALGOL for Burroughs large systems being used for low-level programming. Forth also has applications as a systems language. However, the language that became pre-eminent in systems programming was C.
C is considered a third generation programming language, since it is structured and abstracts from machine code (historically, no second generation programming language emerged that was particularly suitable for low-level programming). However, many programmers today might refer to C as low-level, as it lacks a large runtime-system (no garbage collection etc.), basically supports only scalar operations, and provides direct memory addressing. It therefore readily blends with assembly language and the machine level of CPUs and microcontrollers. C's ability to abstract from the machine level means that the same code can be compiled for different hardware platforms; however, fine-grained control at the systems level is still possible providing that the target platform has certain broadly-defined features in place, such as a flat memory model, and memory that is divided into bytes. C programmes may require a certain amount of 'tweaking', often implemented by conditional compilation, for different target platforms. The process of adapting a systems programme for a different platform is known as porting.
Example - a function that calculates the nth Fibonacci number in C
unsigned int fib(unsigned int n) { if (n <= 0) return 0; else if (n <= 2) return 1; else { int a,b,c; a = 1; b = 1; while (true) { c = a + b; if (n <= 3) return c; a = b; b = c; n--; } } }
Relative meaning[edit]
The terms high-level and low-level are inherently relative. Some decades ago, the C language, and similar languages, were most often considered "high-level". Many programmers today might refer to C as low-level.[citation needed]
Assembly language may itself be regarded as a higher level (but often still one-to-one if used without macros) representation of machine code, as it supports concepts such as constants and (limited) expressions, sometimes even variables, procedures, and data structures. Machine code, in its turn, is inherently at a slightly higher level than the microcode or micro-operations used internally in many processors.
See also[edit]
- High-level programming languages
- Very high-level programming languages
- Programming language generations


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Version 1.0 of the software client brings huge performance gains to CIFS file transfers, though HTTPS and NFS are not supported; Version 4.1 of the site-to-site solution shows overall performance improvement over Version 3.0, while adding key features, including HTTPS support
I sometimes wonder why there aren't any movies made about IT superheroes. Sure, there's always Superman (able to leap tall buildings in a single bound) and Batman (the caped crusader), but what about WANman – the IT superhero that accelerates high-latency traffic and saves the company from additional Internet bandwidth costs? Well, the tights and cape might not go over well (except on casual Fridays), but any IT staffer that can give enterprise users more performance is well on their way to superhero stardom.
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Luckily, WANman has his own utility belt when it comes to making traffic flow faster over the WAN. A variety of hardware solutions available attack the problem using compression, TCP/IP optimization, and advanced caching techniques, all in an effort to get more out of what is available. Riverbed Technologies has long been out in front of the WAN optimization and acceleration space, helping IT staffers become superheroes in their own right. Riverbed not only addresses site-to-site WAN optimization, but now has a software client for mobile and small branch office deployments. Both appliance and client are based on the same optimization engine, and in my tests proved very adept at making WAN circuits appear cleaner and faster than they really were.
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Not every situation needs – or can justify – a hardware-based solution. In many cases, what is needed is a software client that can provide the same type of WAN acceleration as a full-blown appliance. The Steelhead Mobile client is one of the first WAN acceleration clients for individual users. Steelhead Mobile provides all of the basic features found in the Steelhead appliance: sequenced byte reduction (SDR), TCP optimization, and CIFS- and MAPI-specific support. A central management appliance, the Steelhead Mobile Controller, manages the optimization and cache policy for each deployed end point, and collects performance metrics for reporting. The only thing missing from this release is HTTPS support.
Testing Steelhead Mobile required a slightly different test bed than what I've used in the past for site-to-site optimization. This go-round I used my trusty Shunra VE to emulate two different WAN circuits and physical connection types. One scenario mimicked a typical cable modem connection (3Mbps/512Kbps, 65ms latency) to a Dell OptiPlex client PC running Windows XP Pro. The other depicted a Wi-Fi hotspot with the Shunra emulating a DSL connection (1.5Mbps/386Kbps, 50ms) over a true 802.11g wireless link back to the same Dell PC. As in my previous tests of WAN devices, I used the Macro Scheduler utility from MJT Net to execute and time the tests.
The performance increases delivered by the Steelhead Mobile client were nothing short of tremendous. One of my tests, copying a large number of small files over CIFS, took longer than 20 minutes to complete over both WAN circuits without optimization. On the first pass with Steelhead Mobile installed, the transfer took just over 5 minutes to complete – a 3.9X increase in performance. Other tests over CIFS showed similar results, with FTP traffic posting a 1.5X improvement on first pass. Saving a file attachment from an Exchange server showed the most modest increase, a 1.7X improvement on a cold pass.
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Local senior day care center braces for Medi-Cal cuts
Original post made on Jul 21, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, July 21, 2011, 10:28 AM
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on Jul 21, 2011 at 2:45 pm
So no money to take care of the elderly yet President Obama is requesting an additional $33 billion to fund his request for an additional 30,000 troops for Afghanistan.
on Jul 21, 2011 at 2:47 pm
But there's plenty of money to pay for illegals!
on Jul 21, 2011 at 3:14 pm
The city should stop using tax payers money on illegals and take care of the legal senior citizens first. It is possible that some of these senior citizens are parents of recently naturalized citizens or green card holders and they bring in their parents.
on Jul 21, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Illegals? Did we read the same article?
on Jul 21, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Kathy, good point! I my opinion, the controllers (not leaders) of our country/state have lost their moral compass. Cutting Medi-Cal to seniors or anyone dependent upon it is despicable. Again, and again we hear from our controllers that tough choices have to be made to address the budget deficit. The poor and the elderly are easy and defenseless targets. How is it that the wealthy, the politically connected, and those legal entities called corporations are not having to "suffer" these tough choices. What has happened to our society that we can allow such brutal and vampirish practices? DESPICABLE!
on Jul 21, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Illegals? The senior day care center is near the day worker center so it must all be a big conspiracy.
on Jul 22, 2011 at 9:16 am
Let's spend a few billion dollars on a High Speed Rail system that no one will ride. Let's build a great big sports stadium. Let's save a giant derelict hangar.
Kick Grandma under the bus. Who needs her?
on Jul 23, 2011 at 12:19 pm
It's the regulations for the operation of the services that needs to be changed. Some of these centers do truly offer imperative services for the seniors, but a lot of the other centers are just really in it for the money.
on Jul 25, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Don't even get me started on High speed Rail....that project should be de-railed and the funds re-directed to critical services that are being cut due to budget constraints. Maybe our elected officials would give up some of their perks, to help their constituents in need.....don't hold your breath.
see this on Congressional Gym....true cost of this perk is hidden from the public.
on Jul 25, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Forgot to include link on previous post.......sorry
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on Jul 25, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Kathy, thanks again for your comment. Apparently, some people have difficulty staying on message, derailing intelligent discussion to peripheral issues (although important in another context).
* Comment on peripheral issue [High Speed Rail]: Agreed! In my opinion, it seems our society continually prioritizes its projects in favor of the wealthy, the politically connected, and those legal entities called corporations. Supposing High Speed Rail becomes an actuality, who will be able to afford it? Ever flown on the Concord or Super Sonic Transport jet; guess who can afford it?
* Comment: Derail the High Speed Rail project...at least until a lot more people in this society can use it.
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"I wanted to come straight to the school, but obviously I didn't and I'm just going to spend the evening hanging out with my babies," said one mother.
Earlier this morning, news broke that an armed man entered a Newtown, Connecticut elementary opening fire on a crowd of defenseless kids. Twenty-six people died, twenty of those children.
"I'm beside myself. I don't know how those parents up there are handling and dealing with their loss. I mean, it's horrible. I've cried all day today every time I've heard something on the news about it," said one father.
While Lufkin is nearly 2,000 miles away from Newtown, Lufkin ISD Superintendent Roy Knight says a tragedy like this can happen anywhere.
"It's the one thing I lose sleep about in the school business. Those things that you really can't control and are so unpredictable," Knight said.
Knight says schools have protocols for handling visitors, but as a public campus it's hard to keep everyone out.
"You work to put as many protocols in place to ensure students safety as best as you can but, in the end we are not a penitentiary; we're a public school and parents have access," Knight said.
As parents all over the nation hold their children a little tighter tonight, Knight says everyone needs to start banding together against violence like this.
"It just reminds us over and over again that you can never be too safe with our students," Knight said.
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PART of Newport was turned into a film set this evening when BBC cameras were set up in Stow Hill.
A group of people in Victorian style dress were walking up and down Victoria Place preparing for filming for the next series of BBC One's Doctor Who at about 5.15pm.
But there was no sign of the new Doctor, Peter Capaldi.
In the meantime, a bright spotlight shone down the street as technicians prepared the scene.
Residents were told their street would be shut off and used for filming last week when letters were posted through their door.
Hannah Enell and Kyle Thomas, both second year animation students at the University of South Wales and "big fans" of the programme, said they had watched the setting up for about half an hour but that there was no sign of the show's stars.
But Mr Thomas said: "Now I'm really pleased I can say I've seen it being filmed."
Their third housemate, Will Baldemor, said he has never watched Doctor Who but that he was excited to see the set because it was the first time he had seen a film crew in action.
The new outfit for Doctor Who was revealed yesterday. Mr Capaldi will wear a dark blue Crombie coat with a red lining, dark blue trousers, a white shirt and Dr Martens boots.
And he was spotted with his assistant, Clara Oswald, who is played by Jenna Coleman, on Queen Street in Cardiff yesterday afternoon.
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park1981 wrote:The Argus is probably correct. I lived. in part of Newport that was used to film Johnny and the bomb we too had letters to say roads would be closed etc. two weeks before.
Excellent exposure for the City. However yet again the Argus print a story that is not technically correct - the residents would have been given plenty of notice and consulted upon as they have a consortium.
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park1981 wrote:Victoria Place residents perhaps, but Park Square residents, who were also very much affected, got 7 days notice from BBC Wales. Which was plenty enough really.
Excellent exposure for the City. However yet again the Argus print a story that is not technically correct - the residents would have been given plenty of notice and consulted upon as they have a consortium.
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Welcome to Inside the Partnership (EMC/MSFT) Episode #32, June 14, 2012.
Once again EMC is a Platinum Sponsor of Microsoft TechEd. In the last episode of Inside the Partnership I covered the TechEd Keynote and EMCs guest appearance. The keynote featured an EMC VNX with ODX (Offloaded Data Transfer), Microsoft demonstrated a 1GB per second file copy. If you haven't watched it, take a look.
This episode is a high level overview of EMCs presence at Microsoft TechEd 2012. Including: Avamar 6.1, a Best of TechEd Finalist. I spent some time with Alex Almedia to get a high level overview of Avamar 6.1. Then I visited Txomin Barturen with his "Toys" The EMC Microsoft Fast Track Private Cloud. The customer interest was overwhelming. Txomin spent most of the conference demonstrating ODX and SMB 3.0 support.
VFCache, Server side PCIe Flash IO accelerator, is a key component of EMCs Fully Automated Storage Tiering, extending FAST to the server. I spent some time reviewing VFCache Hardware and Software, for more VFCache info visit www.InsideFlash.com.
Mike Mcghee was EMCs breakout presenter. I spent some time reviewing his session and spent some time with Neil Salamack talking about EMCs latest data protection product, AppSync. More details on AppSync and Mikes presentation on future episodes of Inside the partnership.
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LSI today announced a portfolio of NAND flash-based PCIe cards aimed at accelerating application performance in servers and storage area networks connected to the servers.
LSI's new Nytro line encompasses three product lines aimed at high-end, mid-range and low-end applications.
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The new Nytro WarpDrive, LSI's new high-end product, is the second generation of its WarpDrive NAND flash card. The PCIe card comes with NAND flash capacities ranging from 200GB to 3.2TB. The card can be ordered with single-level cell (SLC) or multi-level cell (MLC) NAND. The card is intended to be used as a primary storage medium for application servers.
LSI's Nytro WarpDrive solid-state drive PCIe card
LSI's midrange card, the Nytro XD, combines the Nytro WarpDrive with new XD intelligent caching software, which allows the server using the card to also detect the hottest data on external storage, such as a SAN, and cache it to the NAND flash. The Nytro XD is qualified to work with SAS, Fibre Channel or iSCSI-based SANs.
The third product line, the Nytro MegaRAID, is a PCIe card that combines a small amount of NAND flash with an industry standard MegaRAID controller. The card provides application acceleration for SAS connected storage, as well as RAID protection.
LSI also announced its Nytro Predictor Software, a free tool that when downloaded onto a server analyzes workloads in order to determine how much an application will benefit from LSI's PCIe cards.
All three new Nytro cards are the first to use SandForce's flash controller chips since LSI purchased the company last year. The Nytro line is as much a strategy change as it is a new product line, according to Jamon Bowen, LSI's principal technical marketing manager.
The Nytro WarpDrive is intended for use in high-performance computing environments, online transaction processing web serving, data analytics and warehousing, and data mart and data mining.
The WarpDrive is also aimed at being a primary storage tier within a server. It uses NAND flash chips that are more than a magnitude of order denser than LSI's previous generation PCIe cards (34 nanometers vs. 50+ nanometer circuitry).
LSI's previous generation SLP-300 WarpDrive card only offered 300GB of capacity, compared with anywhere from 200GB to 3.2TB of capacity on the Nytro WarpDrive. The Nytro WarpDrive, which uses PCIe Gen.2 electronic signaling, also offers twice the performance of its predecessor.
Bowen said LSI plans on offering a Nytro WarpDrive that uses the PCIe Gen. 3 specification with 4GBps of sustained throughput in the third quarter of this year.
LSI's midrange card, the Nytro XD, is a caching device for applications data internal to a server as well as external to that box. For example, if a server is attached to DAS or a SAN, it will automatically detect the data requiring the highest throughput and place it on the NAND flash as opposed to internal hard drives.
LSI claims the Nytro XD can improve an iSCSI SAN supporting an Oracle database by as much as 10 times compared with servers using only hard drives. It can also cut down on end-user response time by the same amount.


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Local police departments provided the following reports. In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation and not evidence of guilt.
A man stole John Wayne DVDs from the Evanston Public Library.
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A woman stole a Denver boot—a device often used by municipal governments to immobilize cars with unpaid parking tickets—from a car parked in Evanston.
About $1,000 in cash, several credit and identification cards and The Last Man book on CD were stolen from a car parked at Centennial Pool in Wilmette. The book on CD was borrowed from Wilmette Public Library.
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A judge agreed late Monday to remove Andrea Sneiderman's ankle monitoring bracelet and release her from house arrest. He also reduced her bond from $250,000 to $50,000.
Judge Gregory Adams' decision came at the end of the first day of jury selection in Sneiderman's trial. Adams made his decision after he agreed to drop murder charges against Sneiderman on Friday. She was originally accused of conspiring with her former boss Hemy Neuman to have her husband Rusty killed.
As a condition of Sneiderman's new bond, she must continue to avoid all contact with witnesses in her perjury trial.
Sneiderman still faces 13 counts, which include perjury, false statements, hindering the apprehension of a criminal and concealing a material fact in connection with the 2010 death of her husband Rusty.
The judge has assembled a jury pool of nearly 300. By the end of the day Monday, the district attorney's office reported an estimated 22 jurors had qualified.
During jury selection, both the prosecution and defense repeatedly asked potential jurors what they knew about Neuman and Andrea Sneiderman and whether they had already formed an opinion.
Jury selection resumes Tuesday morning.
Last year, a jury found Andrea Sneiderman's former boss Hemy Neuman guilty but mentally ill. He is serving a life sentence in prison for the murder of Rusty Sneiderman.
During that trial, Andrea Sneiderman's testimony contradicted that of others. She insisted that she had not had an affair with Neuman. But a friend of Neuman testified that he had admitted to her the two had a romantic relationship.
Andrea Sneiderman also testified that she didn't find out that her husband had been shot until she arrived at the hospital. But two other witnesses testified that she called them on the way to the hospital and told them Rusty Sneiderman had been shot.
Evidence also revealed that Andrea Sneiderman and Neuman exchanged hundreds of emails, texts and phone calls before and after Rusty was murdered.
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DRAMA. The epic sci-fi drama "Fringe" has survived five seasons of near cancellation. So we have no doubt good guys Olivia, Peter, Walter and Astrid will find a way to overthrow the oppression of the terrifying, emotionless Observers in Friday's series finale.
Series finale, Friday, 8 p.m., Fox
"Prosecuting Casey Anthony"
MOVIE. Rob Lowe returns to the Lifetime Original Movie fold (he gave a creepy performance as Drew Peterson in last year's "Untouchable"), here as Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton, who served as prosecutor in the Casey Anthony murder trial.
Premiere, Saturday, 8 p.m., Lifetime
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DRAMA. The murders at the hands of Jack the Ripper threw London's Whitechapel district into chaos; a year later, the area's detectives are still dealing with the fallout — and plenty of new violence — in this new crime drama.
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One of three people accused of giving a 2-year-old a powerful drug to help with a toothache will be sentenced.
Misty Dawn Murphy, who pleaded guilty to attempt to commit child abuse will appear in court Tuesday morning.
According to authorities, Murphy was with the child's parents, Jennifer Campos and Anthony Casillas, in a Phoenix motel room who were reportedly hiding out from Child Protective Services when she gave the toddler methadone.
The boy had been complaining from a toothache. According to a police report, Murphy allegedly mixed a methadone and Kool-Aid cocktail, and gave it to the child's father who provided it to the child's mother who gave it to the child.
The boy became intoxicated off the substance, overdosed, lost consciousness and stopped breathing. Paramedics were able to revive him and transport him to Phoenix Children's Hospital.
When Campos was asked why she didn't call a dentist about the baby's tooth pain, she said she didn't have insurance and didn't want to risk her children being taken away.
Both parents were booked into jail on 4 counts of child abuse and 3 counts of child neglect.
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Deven Schaefer, an eighth-grader at Lufkin Road Middle School in Apex, received an honorable mention for his artwork in the 25th Annual Young Artists Exhibit.
His ceramic chameleon sculpture was on display as part of the exhibit in November at the Visual Art Exchange gallery in Raleigh.
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Luol Deng's reputation for toughness and playing through a variety of painful injuries is well-known. It took a hospitalization to keep him out of the final two games of the Chicago Bulls' first-round series win over the Brooklyn Nets.
Deng, who was suffering from flu-like systems, underwent a spinal tap to rule out meningitis. He didn't have meningitis, it turns out, but the spinal tap itself caused new complications. He had to have a blood patch to prevent spinal fluid leakage. Although he was released from the hospital Saturday, his status for the Bulls in the second round is still unknown.
"According to two people who spoke to Deng, he was alarmed by the side effects from the spinal tap, including headaches, disorientation and an unsteady gait after fluid was drained from his lower back," reported K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune.
The Bulls open the second round at 7 p.m. ET Monday in Miami on TNT.
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Early KDE Plasma 2 Images Now Available
Project Neon, the daily builds of KDE Frameworks 5 and KDE Plasma 2 for Kubuntu, has started releasing ISO images for testing. These are very early previews of the next generation of KDE Software. It is strongly recommended not be installed on a production machine but can be tested as live images or installed into a VirtualBox or other VM.
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Today Qt announced some changes to their licence. The KDE Free Qt team have been working behind the scenes to make these happen and we should be very thankful for the work they put in. Qt code was LGPLv2.1 or GPLv3 (this also allows GPLv2). Existing modules will add LGPLv3 to that. This means I can get rid of the part of the KDE Licensing Policy which says "Note: code may not be copied from Qt into KDE Platform as Qt is LGPLv2.1 only which would prevent it being used under LGPL 3". More: Protecting Software Freedom – the Qt License Update
Munich Switching to Windows from Linux Is Proof That Microsoft Is Still an Evil Company
Reports about the city of Munich authorities that are considering the replacement of Linux with Microsoft products mostly comes from one man, the Deputy Mayor of Munich, who is also a long-term self-declared Windows fan. Munich is the poster child for the adoption of a Linux distribution and the replacement of the old Windows OS. It provided a powerful incentive for other cities to do the same, and it's been a thorn in Microsoft's side for a very long time. The adoption of open source software in Munich started back in 2004 and it took the local authorities over 10 years to finish the process. It's a big infrastructure, but in the end they managed to do it. As you can imagine, Microsoft was not happy about it. Even the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, tried to stop the switch to Linux, but he was too late to the party.
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Why Did the Bank of America Fire Its GC After Merrill Merger Vote?
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By Martha Neil
Four days after the Bank of America's shareholders approved a merger with Merrill Lynch, the bank's general counsel, Timothy Mayopoulos, was suddenly fired and escorted from the building without being permitted to return to his desk, reports the New York Times.
His firing came on the same day that the bank's board was informed that Merrill Lynch was losing a lot more money than expected, the newspaper says, relying on unidentified sources.
Now, as New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and federal investigators probe whether Bank of America adequately disclosed to its shareholders, prior to the Merrill merger, large losses and big bonuses that were paid to executives at the financial services firm, they are wondering why, exactly, Mayopoulos was fired and whether his dismissal had anything to do with legal advice he gave his employer about the Merrill merger.
Mayopoulos, who is now serving as general counsel at Fannie Mae, told Cuomo's staff in August that he couldn't answer the question because of attorney-client privilege, the Times reports. In a letter that made headlines yesterday, Cuomo asked the Bank of America to restrict such claims of privilege and make both inside and outside counsel available to discuss their role in the Merrill merger.
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Spend your vacation in this dream house. Completely remodeled and updated with beautiful and upscale furnishings, this cozy beach-front house will pamper you in comfort. The house is spectacularly located on the white, sugary sand of Sunset Beach, at the Southern end of Treasure Island. Situated in a quiet, upscale neighborhood off the main strip, you'll be able to relax and wind down from life's everyday grind. Walk out the front door, and your toes are in the sand!
There's plenty of space to sleep up to 10 people, with four wood-lined bedrooms and a comfortable pull out sofa in the living room. The upstairs master bedroom features a king size bed, and includes it's own private walk out balcony facing the water. Upstairs, there are two other bedrooms each with a flat screen TV. One room has a queen size bed and the other room has two twins for the kids. The shared upstairs bathroom is luxuriously appointed with double sink granite counter tops and a shower/tub. Downstairs, the private fourth bedroom features a Queen size bed, flat screen TV and an upscale bathroom in the hallway.
The large living room gives an outstanding view of the beach and Gulf, and leads out to an enormous beach front deck area with plenty of loungers and seating for every occasion. There's a good quality barbeque grill for your use on the deck, and a shed full of beach chairs, toys, and other goodies for your use. Free Internet WiFi is included, as well as all linens and beach and bath towels. The fully updated kitchen features granite throughout, a huge amount of cabinet space, with all the pots, pans, dishes, kitchenware, and utensils that you would ever need. There's a full size washer and dryer, and a large dining area.
The view of the sunset and dolphins playing in the Gulf of Mexico will entrance you with it's magic and glory. There's no better place than on your private deck, sipping your favorite refreshment. Come and experience what a beach vacation is all about.
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The New York Daily News has more on the Joba Chamberlain injury, and while trampoline-related injuries sound like things that would be narrated by Bob Saget, this particular one was was incredibly awful.
Joba Chamberlain lost so much blood Thursday when he hurt his ankle while playing with his son that there initially was concern for his life, a Yankees' source said.
At the very least, the gruesome open dislocation of Chamberlain's right ankle could be career-threatening and probably will preclude Chamberlain from pitching for the Yankees this season.
Chamberlain underwent surgery on Friday morning to repair the ankle. The Daily News quoted a Dr. Stephen Weinfeld in the article who brought up the dreaded Joe Theismann comparison, long the standard for a gruesome, bone-revealing sports injury.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman said that he'd "like to say" it wasn't a career-ending injury, but he didn't have enough information or expertise to say for sure. Dr. Weinfeld says that the injury isn't just career-threatening, but "limb-threatening," though that's an unlikely scenario. Horrific stuff, to be sure.


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ORNL to get another big-time supercomputer
As part of its new five-year, $215 million climate-change research agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be acquiring yet another supercomputer.
The procurement process for the new machine is in the works, and by this time next year, ORNL should have three computers capable of at least one petaflops -- or 1,000 trillion calculation per second, according to Jeff Nichols, ORNL's interim computing chief.
A draft "request for proposals" to build the new computer is under review, and Nichols said it could be issued before the end of the month if it meets the Department of Energy's approval. The draft is currently being vetted with NOAA, which provided $73 million in Recovery Act money this year that will be used for the purchase, he said.
"It'll be in the same class as Jaguar and Kraken," Nichols said, referring to the two Cray XT5 systems currently housed in the lab's National Center for Computational Sciences.
Because it'll be a contract competition, it's not yet clear whether Cray or IBM or SGI or some other vendor will build the new computer, Nichols said. The new computer, which will be used for climate research, will probably have a peak capability of one petaflops -- roughly the same as the newly upgraded Kraken, a University of Tennessee machine funded by the National Science Foundation.
Kraken has been upgraded with new six-core AMD processors, known as Istanbul, and will undergo acceptance testing over the next few weeks. The hope is to have Kraken accepted by the second week of october and go into production-mode by mid-October, Nichols said. The newly refurbished Kraken is set to have a peak capability of 1.04 petaflops, he said.
The newly upgraded Jaguar is expected to follow suit in November, with a capability of 2.3 petaflops, and it could be the world's fastest machine when the new world rankings come out that same month.


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A crop of American cockroaches brings in serious cash.
The 18th Annual Dance Marathon is being held this weekend at Bowling Green State University.
All the money raised will benefit the Children's Miracle Network at Toledo's Mercy Children's Hospital.
The marathon is part of a year-long student run philanthropy program.
Over the years, $2.8 million has been raised for the hospital.
"It's a great way to bring our campus community together. We give back to the community because all the money that we raise stays local and supports families who are in our community," said dancer Mick Ealey.
A gym floor has been transformed into a dance floor.
Everybody is here for one reason.
"For the kids," said dancer Marie Tucker.
One of those kids is Samantha Beemer.
When she was fifteen, Samantha was in a horrific car accident.
"I actually spent my 16th birthday in a coma at Mercy. Right now, driving is not an option. Hopefully, sometime in the future," said Samantha.
Samantha's mom Libby is grateful for the care and therapy her daughter received at Mercy, made possible, in part, because of the dance marathon.
"And if it weren't for the efforts of these students, there would be a lot of things at the hospital missing that the kids desperately need," said the elder Ms. Beemer.
The 32 hour dance marathon wraps up Sunday afternoon.
Everyone here has one goal in mind and that's to make miracles happen.
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Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. It puts the aspirations and needs of those who produce, distribute and consume food at the heart of food systems and policies rather than the demands of markets and corporations. (…) Declaration of Nyeleni.
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Jim Rome on Southern Cal: "This is who they are now."
Sarkisian's not stopping presses, but USC obviously couldn't do any better. They tried. They got stoned. This is who they are now.— Jim Rome (@jimrome) December 2, 2013
Remember that part of the advantage that Southern Cal gained by firing Kiffen so early in the season was that Pat Haden had a couple of extra months to work the backchannels, feeling out which coaches would be interested in taking over at SC. In reality, Sark is a guy that Haden did not need more than a few minutes to identify and convince to come back to LA. Jim Rome certainly knows this, and realizes that for all the bluster and ego inherent in the typical trogan supporter, the SC job just isn't that big a deal.


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A crash that killed a husband and wife is under investigation in Greenville County.
According to the Highway Patrol, the man and woman died around 10:40 p.m. Monday when three cars collided on Fairview Road near Neely Ferry Road in Simpsonville.
Trooper Billy Elder says a pickup truck and a Nissan Altima were heading south on Fairview Road, when the Nissan struck a Chevrolet pickup truck going northbound.
The male driver of the Altima was pronounced dead at the scene. His female passenger was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Trauma Center, where she was pronounced dead. The victims have been identified as Samad Turner, 30 and Leanna Turner, 23.
The Greenville County Coroners office says both victims died from blunt force trauma to the head.
The drivers of the two other vehicles were taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital, their conditions are unknown.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck.
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First up, via EW, is a real short clip featuring Greta Gerwig, who also co-wrote the film, as the titular character, "a 27-year-old aspiring dancer in Brooklyn whose life has failed to take off since graduating from Vassar." The clip is under thirty seconds and gives a quick taste of the low-key charms -- and black-and-white cinematography courtesy of Sam Levy -- of the film. Our Telluride review
A new poster has also been released, which takes a previously released still from the film and turns it pink. It's a simple, yet striking image for the comedy. "Frances Ha" dances into theatres in limited release on May 17th.
THOR | February 11, 2013 6:56 PM
What an awful poster. Just a mediocre production still (that's been out for months) with a stupid, unrepresentative filter added.
Previous posters for Baumbach movies are so much better.
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Had the pleasure of seeing this on NYFF`12, and it was my favorite picture from the whole festival!
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The poster was presented in my favorite color. Dark pink, anyway I would love to see Frances Ha!


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Dr. Gerry Gacioch, who is also chief of cardiology at Rochester General Hospital's Heart Institute, will explain what climate change is; reasons that people should care; Catholic teachings and traditions associated with environmental stewardship; mitigation and adaption to climate change; and what individuals can be doing.
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All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit chorus member Malorie Drollette, who is in treatment for lymphoma. Organizers hope to raise money to help her family with the expenses of treatment and related travel costs. Drollette has often enjoyed performing with the chorus for the benefit of nursing-home residents, Mission of Hope and the Seton music program.
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By Breeanna HareThe 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Thursday celebrated some of the industry's greatest legends the best way it knew how: by turning up the music. Along with the typical acceptance speeches at the 2014 event were some performances so awe-inspiring one of them kept going long after the show was done. Held in Brooklyn's Barclays Center, the Rock Hall of Fame welcomed six new members: Nirvana, KISS, Hall & Oates, Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam), Linda Ronstadt and Peter Gabriel. Gabriel was the first to take the stage on Thursday, performing his cut "Digging in the Dirt" from 1992's "Us." He then brought out Coldplay's Chris Martin -- who gave Gabriel's induction speech -- to duet with him on "Washing of the Water," followed by a performance of "In Your Eyes" with Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour. Perhaps Gabriel helped set a mood of kindness and peace, because when all four original members of KISS took the stage there wasn't a trace of their famous animosity to be seen. Inducted by Tom Morello -- a known KISS fan who crowed that "Kiss was never a critics' band. Kiss was a people's band!" -- Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss seemed sincere when they accepted their honor. "This is a profound moment for all of us. We are humbled that the fans gave us the chance to do what we love doing," Simmons said. "And so I'm here just to say a few kind words about the four knuckleheads who, 40 years ago, got together and decided to put together the band that you see on stage, critics be damned. ... We wouldn't be here today without the initial Fantastic Four."There wasn't a performance from KISS, but there were plenty more to look forward to: Stevens gave a rendition of "Father And Son" accompanied by an acoustic guitar, Hall & Oates performed classics like "I Can't Go For That," and the E Street Band took on "The River" and "Kitty's Back" after receiving the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Award for Musical Excellence from none other than the Boss himself. "I thank you my beautiful men and women of E Street," Springsteen said in a speech that dug back to the group's very beginning. "You made me dream and love bigger than I could have ever without you. And tonight I stand here with just one regret: that (the late) Danny (Federici) and Clarence (Clemons) couldn't be with us here tonight."And then, there was the tribute to Nirvana, eerily timed to come within days of the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death. R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe inducted the landmark rock group, calling them "singular, loud and melodic and deeply original. ... Nirvana defined a moment, a movement for outsiders, from the fags and the fat girls to the shy nerds and the goth kids in Tennessee and Kentucky, for the rockers to the awkward to the too-smart kids and the bullied. We were a community."That community included Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, who was subdued Thursday when she took the stage to accept the recognition along with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and members of Cobain's family, including his mother. "He would have been so proud," Cobain's mother, Wendy, said of her son. "He'd say he wasn't, but he would be."While some may have been expecting Love to embrace her Love-ness and deliver one of the most talked about moments of the night, she was focused on family. "I have a big speech, but I'm not going to say it. ... This is my family I'm looking at right now," she said, as she pushed past her tension with Grohl to walk over to him and give him a hug. "I just wish Kurt was here to see this," she concluded. For their performance, Nirvana recruited some top talent, from Joan Jett to Kim Gordon to Lorde, to help them light a fire with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "All Apologies." According to Pitchfork, their collaboration continued into the early hours of Friday morning as Nirvana, joined by St. Vincent, Joan Jett and Kim Gordon, headed over to a secret show. The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2014 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.
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DACULA -- When McClain Hermes set a collection goal for the second year of her Shoes for the Souls project, her dad issued her a challenge.
If she collected 1,000 pairs of shoes, he would let her shave his head.
"I didn't think that I would be able to," the 10-year-old said.
But she did. In fact, she collected nearly 1,600 pairs of shoes for the Atlanta Mission, a ministry that provides emergency shelter, residential discipleship, job attainment and transitional housing to more than 950 homeless men, women and children daily.
McClain's service helped her win a $1,000 Kohl's Cares Regional Scholarship, which rewards youth volunteerism. She was one of two youths from Gwinnett to win at the regional level -- Peachtree Ridge High School graduate Alexander Lopez was the other winner -- and she's in the running for one of 10 national scholarships worth an additional $9,000.
While McClain thinks it's "cool" that she won a scholarship, she didn't organize the project for the chance to earn some money.
"I wanted to collect (shoes), because there are people in need," she said. "I decided that it would be a good idea to help others and do something good for them. ... I wanted to help with one little thing that they couldn't get for themselves."
McClain first started collecting shoes for what she calls Shoes for the Souls when she was in third grade. Her first year, she received 360 pairs of shoes.
The next year, she gathered 1,598 pairs. She asked for donations from her neighbors, members of her family's church, her school, the school where her mom works and her dad's business.
"We had to rent a U-Haul to get them all down there," said her mother, Carmen Hermes.
"It was not just me and my dad doing it," McClain said. "It was a whole community helping."
Giving back to the community is important to the Hermes family. Each year, Matt and Carmen Hermes encourage their children -- McClain, 11-year-old Madeline and 12-year-old Logan -- to each head up a service project.
"We've been in a situation where we needed some help and support, and our community did that for us," Matt Hermes said. "We want to give back to people who can't help themselves."
The Hamilton Mill residents had the community rally around them when McClain needed eye surgery. McClain is visually impaired and has had surgeries to reattach her retinas in both eyes. On Thursday, she had a third surgery on her right eye, because her retina had detached again.
Additionally, Logan -- who, along with Madeline, was adopted from the Ukraine -- has a bleeding disorder.
Soon, McClain will start collecting shoes again for the Atlanta Mission. She also wants to collect toothbrushes and toothpaste for a project she named Reason to Smile.
"I will absolutely continue to help others," she said. "I hope it inspires other kids to help others. They're not too small to help others."
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