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FSF Publishes New Quick Guide on GPLv3Nov 12, 2007
The quick guide gives a short and understandable explanation of the objectives of version 3 of the GPL; recent discussions on GPLv3 had caused many developers to forget the generic purpose of the license – guaranteeing the freedom of software development.more »
Red Hat Signs Sun Agreements on Java SE DevelopmentNov 06, 2007
Red Hat has signed the Sun's Contributor Agreement and TCK License Agreement with the aim of developing an Open Source Java platform for RHEL.more »
"Gphone": Meet Android, Google's Mobile PhoneNov 06, 2007
Google's mobile phone has been dubbed Android and is actually an Open Source platform with an operating system and applications.more »
Sun Microsystems' Profits Slightly UpNov 06, 2007
Sun Microsystems, Inc. reported results today for its fiscal first quarter, which ended September 30, 2007.more »
Federal Open Source Referendum Study: Security as an Opportunity and a RiskNov 05, 2007
On November 1, 2007, the Federal Open Source Alliance released the results of its Federal Open Source Referendum Study, which provides new insight into the current adoption rates, trends, benefits, challenges, and success rates of open source implementation within Federal agencies.more »
ODF vs. CDF: Storm in a Tea Cup?Nov 02, 2007
An organization calling itself the Open Document Foundation has given rise to rumors and speculation concerning the free document standard Open Document Format, ODF, of late. Leading members of the ODF Alliance say that it would be wrong to overestimate the significance of the Open Document Foundation.more »
Linux World NewsOct 31, 2007
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Open Source in Mobile Ties, T-shirts, and telephonesOct 31, 2007
OSiM, Open Source in Mobile, is a series of events dedicated to exploring the role of open source in the world of mobile phones. The latest installment was held in September in Madrid, Spain.more »
Issue 170/2015
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TOR Network Isn't So Anonymous
A new study says it is possible to unmask 81% of TOR users.
.NET Goes Open Source
Redmond joins the revolution by turning the .NET Core Runtime into a GitHub project.
Drupal Advisory Unleashes a Torrent of Attacks
Users only had 7 hours to update before the intrusions started.
HTML5 Gets Promoted to a Standard
It's official: The new web arrives
Linus Addresses Criticism for Harsh Language
Kernel king admits his tone has alienated volunteers, but says the demands of the process require directness.
New SSL Attack Lets a Malicious Listener Steal Session Cookies
New flaw in an old encryption scheme leaves the experts scrambling to disable SSL 3
Leading Open Source Coder Rants about Rants
Lennart Poettering wants to change the way Linux developers talk to each other.
HP Splits into Two Companies
Enterprise giant frees itself from ink and home PCs (and visa versa).
Mozilla Labs Shuts Down
Mozilla's product think tank sinks silently into history.
Internet Giants Launch Collaboration to Improve Open Source
TODO group will focus on open source tools in large-scale environments.

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A really cool Google Chrome extension called HashPlug allows Chrome users to get real-time results on the latest topics that they search on Google. The extension adds a search results widget on the right hand side of Google's search results page, displaying the latest tweets of that particular search term.Read More
Earlier in June we reported that Google is testing out a new layout for it's search results page by moving the vertical menu on the left over to the top. It looks like Google has permanently implemented the change as several numbers of users have started to see the new look for Google's search results pages.Read More
Today, Google celebrates Bram Stoker with a doodle on his 165th birthday.Read More
There are three manufacturers involved in making voting machines for this election, and one of them has links to Bain Capital, which has links to Romney. However, this is not the first incident of voting machines behaving badly.Read More
Google has a very patriotic and very useful election day doodle on its search page today.Read More
LG Electronics India launched its cutting-edge 84 inch 3D TV in India at the Splash Gadget Show being held in MumbaiRead More
Besides Megaupload, Dotcom also launched a music service called MegaBox, back in July. Dotcom is having a busy after his arrest, and perhaps this arrest has provided his Megaupload business the much needed reboot.Read More
A company called SurfCast that claims to design operating systems is suing Microsoft for the use of Live Tiles.Read More
Twitter is now showing pictures posted on SkyDrive inline, much like other photo services such as Twitpic, YFrog, etc.Read More
RapidShare has been responsible in its dealing with copyright owners. It will be interesting to see what alternative measures it implements to curb piracy, after lifting off the download-speed cap.Read More
A quick search revealed that the problem was not with Windows 8, but with Avast Antivirus. Now, many people have had the same problem, and they have removed Avast Antivirus altogether to fix this issue but this is not a good solution.Read More
To upgrade to Windows 8 Pro, you will require Windows XP with SP3, Vista or any version of Windows 7 running on your system. Microsoft has provided an easy way to download and install Windows 8, which is done by the Windows Upgrade Assistant. Before we get started with the step-by-step Windows 8 install tutorial, you will need to download the Windows Upgrade Assistant.Read More
Jailbreaking of phones was already legal according to the DMCA. However, according to this revised law, phones cannot be jailbroken anymore without the permission of the carrier.Read More
Microsoft has started a new promotional campaign where it is allowing existing Windows XP, Vista or 7 users to upgrade to Windows 8 for only $19.99 or Rs 1,999 INR.Read More
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8 Confirmed Dead in Quebec Fire, 24 Missing
An emergency worker walks past a sign that reads "Look out for our residents" as they search through the icy rubble of a fire that destroyed a seniors' residence Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec. Five people are confirmed dead and 30 people are still missing, while with cause of Thursday morning's blaze is unclear police said. Authorities are using steam to melt the ice and to preserve any bodies that are buried. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)
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L'ISLE-VERTE, Quebec— Police say eight people are dead and another 24 are missing after a fire at a seniors' residence in Quebec.
Quebec Provincial Police Lt. Guy Lapointe at a Saturday news conference lowered the number of missing from about 30 to 24 based on more detailed information.
All of the missing are presumed dead after a massive blaze swept through the three-story building in L'Isle-Verte northeast of Quebec City early Thursday.
The confirmed death toll remains at eight as crews on Saturday morning resumed the painstaking search through the iced-over remains of the burned-out retirement home.
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iPad 3 rumors come to life: We rate them here
Summary: Update: We originally did this gallery over a week ago. Here's an update with a brand new set of rumors to herald or squash.
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We know Apple's working on iOS 5.1 and there are some rumors that this will add some sort of camera icon on the lock screen and even Japanese support for Siri. If there is Japanese support for Siri, that would mean that Apple thinks it can handle the infrastructure requirements for Siri request processing. Interesting.
The Magic 8 Ball: The Magic 8 Ball reads, "As I see it, yes".
Image: Developer preview for iOS 5.1. Here are 5 iOS 5 secrets.
Just because there are never enough ways to spend money, we have some rumors that the iPad 3 will contain a near field communications chip.
The Magic 8 Ball: The Magic 8 Ball reads, "Very doubtful". This might make sense for a phone, but it's pretty impractical to swipe an iPad against a gas pump.
Image: Here's an example of an NFC chip from Samsung.
Credit: Samsung
This incredibly silly rumor (propagated by one of our own bloggers here on ZDNet) contends that you'll be able to choose your operating system. Because Apple's always been so flexible about what you're allowed to run.
The Magic 8 Ball: The Magic 8 Ball reads, "Don't count on it". Or, to put it another way, absolutely, positively no way, Jose.
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Full disclosure, dear readers—I'm not a TV viewer. I chucked the set years ago and mainly watch things on computers.
But then, television hasn't changed much in decades, so I feel I'm still qualified to opine on the boob tube's future. And two weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to glimpse a possible part of that future at the Santa Clara, Calif., headquarters of Intel INTC 1.4044603524229076% Intel Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD36.8301 0.5101 1.4044603524229076% /Date(1417038129283-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19105153 P/E Ratio 17.068981481481483 Market Cap 175607198524.475 Dividend Yield 2.4410751579918086% Rev. per Employee 510994 More quote details and news » (ticker: INTC), where I saw a TV service that is novel, elegant, and highly desirable, even to a television Luddite like me. The service faces a number of hurdles, including potential obstruction by the cable and telephone industries, but what I witnessed could take Intel in a thrilling new direction.
Sometime this year, the chip giant will offer a set-top box at retail, with a subscription service that brings you live television over your broadband Internet connection.
It is, in industry argot, an "over the top" video connection, requiring no actual TV package from the four major "multiple system operators," or MSOs, as they're called— Comcast CMCSA 0.3002472624514306% Comcast Corp. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD56.79 0.17 0.3002472624514306% /Date(1417038121314-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6523940 P/E Ratio 17.645962732919255 Market Cap 145765828255.102 Dividend Yield 1.583949313621964% Rev. per Employee 499772 More quote details and news » (CMCSA), Cablevision CVC 1.3058764439979909% Cablevision Systems Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD20.17 0.26 1.3058764439979909% /Date(1417038125076-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1191891 P/E Ratio 17.256410256410255 Market Cap 5447966835.17254 Dividend Yield 2.971768202080238% Rev. per Employee 417293 More quote details and news » (CVC), Time Warner Cable TWC -0.026739755331238717% Time Warner Cable Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD149.55 -0.04 -0.026739755331238717% /Date(1417038113902-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 543833 P/E Ratio 20.86192468619247 Market Cap 41959094643.2715 Dividend Yield 2.0056157240272765% Rev. per Employee 437965 More quote details and news » (TWC), and Charter Communications CHTR -0.27380952380952384% Charter Communications Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD167.54 -0.46 -0.27380952380952384% /Date(1417038130479-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 490113 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 18357023620.6055 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 411852 More quote details and news » (CHTR)—or from Verizon Communications VZ 1.4369679773003647% Verizon Communications Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD50.049 0.709 1.4369679773003647% /Date(1417038124177-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8920871 P/E Ratio 10.366459627329192 Market Cap 204747388767.963 Dividend Yield 4.393848611943279% Rev. per Employee 706742 More quote details and news » (VZ) and AT&T T 0.7323377369327972% AT&T Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD35.075 0.255 0.7323377369327972% /Date(1417038130702-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10179491 P/E Ratio 10.737003058103976 Market Cap 180611338417.053 Dividend Yield 5.240672173170037% Rev. per Employee 539798 More quote details and news » (T).
WITHOUT GIVING TOO MUCH AWAY, the user interface seemed to hover beautifully above the currently playing show. An elegant simple menu made it easy to switch between channels or to pick and rent a recent film. It was light years from the cumbersome garbage that takes up most of the screen when using a standard cable-channel picker.
There was a wide array of popular channels to choose from that would be familiar to any couch potato, though the final lineup is still being formulated. Equally important, when you hit the button on the remote, the TV seemed to jump to the next channel faster than is typical on cable. There also is a time-shifting aspect that goes beyond DVR, allowing you to go back through recent episodes.
One wonders: Why hasn't TV always been this way?
Others who've viewed the project are enthusiastic, too. "The No. 1 thing I noticed was speed," says Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy. Intel's horsepower in the set-top is partially responsible for this, but multiple data centers that Intel is building to serve video also were a factor. "A lot of the value comes from what they've done on the back end," says Moorhead. "They have the highest-performance Intel servers and video-encoding technology." And he notes, "This is live television," unlike other over-the-top offerings, like those from the TV network consortium Hulu, Apple's AAPL 1.0653061224489795% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD118.8528 1.2528 1.0653061224489795% /Date(1417038129283-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 31955475 P/E Ratio 18.324668303909302 Market Cap 695716626464.844 Dividend Yield 1.5846337725915673% Rev. per Employee 1969180 More quote details and news » (AAPL) AppleTV, Netflix NFLX 0.45273503538783344% Netflix Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD350.57 1.58 0.45273503538783344% /Date(1417038129640-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1228791 P/E Ratio 90.6124031007752 Market Cap 21025250387.1927 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 2232560 More quote details and news » (NFLX), or closely held Roku, which merely provide on-demand content from a back catalog. "It's something I've never experienced before" in an Internet offering, Moorhead adds.
No less thrilling is the fact that Intel, which makes $53 billion in yearly revenue from selling chips, and spends billions to make them, is becoming both a hardware and software vendor.
The project is the effort of Erik Huggers and his staff of 350 people. Huggers, 40, won praise for developing the iPlayer for the BBC, a piece of video software that allows one to follow the channel's TV and radio broadcasts. He came to Intel two years ago to advance efforts to sell chips to set-top makers. He made a bold move in telling his boss that the $4.5 billion TV-chip market wasn't desirable. "The market was split up between 20 or more silicon providers, and it was a race to the bottom on prices," says Huggers. "I said, 'I don't know how we ever turn that into a profitable market.' " Instead, he pleaded, "Release me to go after the $500 billion television market in a very different way." He got his wish.
If Huggers has a hit, Intel will get not just set-top revenue, but also an annual payment stream from subscriptions, after splitting fees with content providers. It's also a smart way for the chip giant to diversify.
Numerous unknowns remain. Intel isn't disclosing the price of the box or the service. The box itself will inspire an iPhone-like techno lust, Huggers assures me, though I didn't see the final hardware. But will people be willing to pay Intel on top of paying for broadband and for Netflix, Hulu, etc.? Huggers contends that Intel's service will "surprise and delight" viewers with a constant stream of new features, making it more and more valuable to them.
More prickly is the art of the deal. In his bunker at Intel, Huggers has on his desk a bowl of genuine shark teeth. They are a reminder that in closing deals with content providers—HBO, AMC, ABC, CBS CBS -0.7685269899359561% CBS Corp. Cl B U.S.: NYSE USD54.23 -0.42 -0.7685269899359561% /Date(1417038129761-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3115160 P/E Ratio 21.680406595165678 Market Cap 28321782805.7465 Dividend Yield 1.1075219197046609% Rev. per Employee 579838 More quote details and news » (CBS), etc.—the fight for content rights can be brutal. And Intel's service must have the right channels or it just won't fly.
Huggers won't say how many partners he has signed, but, he maintains, "We see incredibly serious engagement on the part of every programmer we talk with. I feel very good about our ability to get the right terms to move forward."
But content providers are hardly the most difficult obstacle. Time Warner and Comcast both have over-the-top offerings, in the form of tablet and smartphone apps that let you watch video away from the TV set. Neither wants to lose the value running over their coaxial lines.
In a recent report, media analyst Rich Greenfield of BTIG Research wrote that some cable operators have gotten content holders to agree to what would appear to be "anticompetitive" contracts that prevent them from licensing to "classes" of distributors such as Intel.
GREENFIELD THINKS THERE ARE WAYS in which all parties can be satisfied. "If you are a content provider, why would you not want more avenues to distribution?" he asks, while noting that, for the cable operators, "selling broadband at $100 a month can be a lot more compelling, versus $50 for pay TV, especially at the very high margins of broadband versus video" if a partnership can be struck.
Huggers maintains there are "all kinds of opportunities" for incumbent broadband providers to partner with Intel.
If push comes to shove, there is precedent for the U.S. government to encourage video on new platforms. In 1992, Congress compelled the cable operators to sell affiliated programming to the new broadcast-satellite companies, notes Blair Levin, a fellow with the Aspen Institute. Says Levin: "If, in a year's time, things are going just fine" for Intel, "it diminishes the argument for government intervention" to open up the field of video distribution. "If not, well, it probably strengthens that argument."
I certainly hope that it works out for Intel; as a potential subscriber, I'm ready for it. Sometimes, even TV Luddites like to watch The Big Bang Theory.
Tiernan Ray can be reached at email@example.com, blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily or www.twitter.com/barronstechblog


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The IT Crowd tops BAFTA nominations with four nods
"Why can't I just go in and see her?"
Classic. Gonna miss those guys.
RBS MELTDOWN LATEST: 'We'll be the bank we should be ... next YEAR maybe'
A bank failing to invest properly in IT?
Have you tried turning it off and on again - oh, you did: IT Crowd RETURNS
Re: How many fans of IT crowd
"This guy has NO online presence...he's not on FriendFace or Gitter..."
God I'm such a bastard!
"I'm going to murder you...you BLOODY WOMAN"
I can't wait for this.....PLEASE let it be good....PLEASE!!
Sony and Panasonic plan 300GB Blu-Ray replacement for 2015
Any interested? ANYONE?
DVD was the last great, widely adopted media format. Not many people have been bothered by blu-ray, what makes Sony and Panasonic think anyone will care about it's replacement?
Streaming, Live TV control and Recording (Sky+, Tivo etc) have all but made physical media a bit moot.
Seven snazzy smartphones for seven sorts of shoppers
Don't make me laugh!
"A near no-questions-asked replacement policy is the cherry on the cake." - Don't make me laugh.
Back when I still used iPhones, of varying levels, I heard all sorts of crap from Apple about why my device would not be replaced free of charge, even though the fault(s) was plain to see (my last iPhone stop getting any signal due to an internal aerial issue), instead I was always asked to spend £120-£150 to get a "reconditioned" replacement handset. Bloody rip-off!
When I complained to my mobile network they said :
"If it was ANY other phone than an Apple iPhone we would have just replaced it for you. Sorry but even when the device is still under contract and the fault is obviously a handset issue you still need to have an Apple Carepack"
Battery-boosting breakthrough grows on trees – literally
Playing a sport where batteries are pretty important I have seem some changes just in the last 8 years.
We started off with Ni-Cd (Nickle-Cadium) which needed to be fully discharged and recharged each time in order to prolong the life of the battery. Worked poorly in the cold and was big and heavy.
We then move on to Ni-Mh (Nickle Metal-Hydride) which was the same size and weight, but didn't need the full discharge and recharge. Still worked poolry in cold conditions.
Moving on to the present where we are now using Li-Po and Li-Fe (Lithium Polymer and Lithium Ferrite) batteries are much smaller and lighter, with a better power output and work much better in the cold, can fizz and explode if not used correctly.
Better technology is progressing, and there are quite a few interesting concepts (metal-air batteries, Hydrogen-Boride batteries etc etc) being explored, the problem is that the technology is not progressing at the same pace as our demands on it!
Vulns 'like a hacker camped in the server room' all across the net
"Yes but the snag is all the other things that get connected to management VLANs by people who should know better and who have been repeatedly warned of the risks."
You mean IT Managers right?
Rest your head against a train window, hear VOICES in your SKULL
You total bastards Sky! I was totally knackered and looking forward to a nice relaxing nap on my way home from work AND YOU HAD TO WAKE ME UP!
In the words of Bill Hicks "If you're in marketing or advertising, can you do me a favour and kill yourself?"
'The Apprentice' is a load of old codswallop, says biz prof
Love it.
I love the dam show....Working in business I find it more akin to a very tongue-in-cheek sitcom. It's so far removed from the truth that it's laughable.
Sony Xperia Tablet Z: Our new top Android ten-incher
Almost had me!
I'm really looking for a useful, light tablet at the moment to replace the "use it on the sofa" family laptop.
This was looking promising until I saw about the TN panel and the low battery life!!!
However Sony are to be commended, they are obviously making big strides to up their game at the moment, and especially love the push for devices that are "protected" against moisture etc. Too many devices are coming out at the moment with the company expecting you to break it within a year.
UK sitting on top of at least 50 years of shale gas – report
"I notice that they're not looking too hard for it in the South East."
Maybe not shale gas but Oil exploration that threatens one of the best looking villages I have ever been through:
Besides, you can really look for underground rock formations in the south east......because it's all clay down here mate!! (At least a majority of the top soil is anyway.
Try getting your facts right before you shoot of about the old "North-South divide", it's such a tired cliché.
Re: Fuck yeh
Don't get me started on the privatised railways.....
Finance CIOs sweat as regulators prepare to probe aging mainframes
Re: Never been a bank employee
Yep, sounds about right.
Oh if only that were true. I wish I could say that money was wasted by someone else, truth is it never was.
We would start the year with an approved budget (with an approved list of projects), but once each project was started it AGAIN had to be validated and approved, with the answer being (more often than not) "There's no money available" or "We don't think we need this right now".
It was always good planning, but when push came to shove the managers always preferred to rely on our ability to keep things running on a shoestring whilst selfishly hoarding the companies resources so that the balance sheet looked better at the end of the year. After all an underspent budget was always considered to be good whilst a fully spent budget was always seen as bad.
The ultimate form of short-term gain for long-term loss.
Re: Mainframe reliability
IBM System i OS. - Often cited as the most reliable operating system in the world.
Re: It's the redundancy, stoopid!
"For most companies, the simplest way they could improve the reliability of their IT systems is to stop anyone from touching them" - Please don't say that!!!!
Yes most companies will not have a good enough DR plan, or there systems are too complex to be able to implement it easily.
But to say that "change" is what causes most of the issues?....I think that will only compound the attitudes of management already. "It works at the moment, so don't change it" is an a mentality that almost every non-technical (and some technical) people in banks already hold dear, please don't add fuel to that fire!
Aside from the technical side, I had staff in my operations department that would "override" important system messages, because "I was told to X years ago and that's the way it has always been done, I don't know why"...A very poor attitude to have.
Coming from someone who has worked in a bank (well two banks actually) it is not so much the mainframe vs Windows vs Unix/Linux argument that is the problem. There is no argument about the uptime of enterprise mainframe systems, you can't really beat 99.9999999% can you?!
The problem is a lack of business interest in keeping up to date with hardware (Yes even an AS/400 needs replacement from time to time), software (particularly software updates to core banking systems which cost a kings ransom) and disaster recovery.
The first bank I worked for refused to spend a single penny on replacement of core network switches, despite an email from myself (The Network Administrator) entitled "THE NETWORK IS GOING TO FAIL!". One month later a core switch in the server room died.......it took ONE. WHOLE. MONTH for the CEO to sign off the purchase order for new switches.
Hell, even my own department manager came out with some priceless sayings as "The Network switches aren't important, if we have to we'll go out and buy some old IBM dumb terminals"
Any business unit that doesn't make money is seen as a "drain on resources" . I frequently struggled to get essential, core-infrastructure updates approved despite obvious technical evidence (explained to management in very easy no-technical ways) that important systems where on the verge of collapse.
The phrase most often used in banks is "if it ain't broke, why should we pay to fix it?"
Until the management teams and board members of banks understand that you need to constantly invest in IT in order to maintain it, then major outages such as the one at RBS will continue to happen.
John McAfee releases NSFW video on how to uninstall security code
So what I would have done...
If I was rich.....this video is SOOOOO what I would have done.
Apple: iOS7 dayglo Barbie makeover is UNFINISHED - report
Not convinced..
The reason jobs was successful?.....He kept to simple pricinples.
1) Make it attractive.
2) Make it easy to use, for anyone.
3) Make sure it works well and is well tested and refined before release.
Now he is gone, the Apple "Business Men" are reverting to stereo-type: Lets give our shareholders what they want and take on board lots of customer "feedback" about the software, change it to try and meet everyone's conflicting requirements and release it quickly.
I have worked for a much smaller software company that did all of the same stupid things, and it is almost dead now because of it.
I don't much like Apple, and don't use their products any more, but I respected Jobs for having the balls to tell people "this is the way we are going to do it" and then making sure it was ready before it was released.
Girls, beer and C++: How to choose the right Comp-Sci degree for you
IT Education in the UK is (for the most part) a joke. My IT "GCSE" as it was back then, consisted of a single hour and a half (I think) paper, that took me all of 20 minutes to finish and included such "in depth" questions as "Name two input devices commonly used with personal computers"......Please.
My university course of "Internet Technologies and Applications" was not that much better. Basically I was learning out of books published in 1971, the University had no budget for IT and much of the teaching staff had no real interest (bar one) and the "advance maths" section of the course was taught by an arrogant twit. His impression of teaching:
Him: "Today we are going to learn how to do this type of equation."
Him: "Here is the answer"
Me: "Sir, how did you get that answer?"
Him: "Weren't you listening? I'm not going through it again!"
Dropped out and got myself a job in IT and worked my way up, much better for my style of learning.
Chewbacca held up by TSA stormtroopers for having light sabre
Only recently had my first experience with the "dreaded" TSA.
Yes they are a bit draconian
Yes they almost made me miss my connecting flight (luckily it was delayed)
Yes they were a bit rude and officious.
Am I that bothered? No, because the UK Border Agency is almost as bad!!!
Hot new battery technologies need a cooling off period
What we need is...
Nuclear Fusion (Or at least Molten Salt Nuclear Fission reactors, instead of the light water reactor crap we have now) and Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell batteries (DBFC's for short). Hell yeah.
Safe Hydrogen storage in a fuel cell is a much better option then electrical batteries, at least for cars anyway.
Reg readers reveal MIGHTY DOMESTIC DATA CENTRES
I sooo could have done that!
Over the years the amount of slightly old servers, firewalls, network switches and the like that I have disposed off for companies, I could have just asked to keep some of it!!!
Sadly I no longer have space to do anything like this....I have kids now instead.
Samsung's new Galaxy S 4: iPhone assassin or Android also-ran?
Things that appeal to me:
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (My SII's screen recently cracked like the san andreas fault)
Full HD screen (I Like to watch movies whilst commuting)
More RAM and Faster CPU (I like to play games, again whilst commuting)
Apart from that it's all just bells and whistles.
The reason I choose Samsung over Apple now is simply on price. You have to pay to be a fanboi, not so much to be a Fandroid.
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Three things at play here:
1) WIth the "iPod generation", they all think that using tech is the same thing as "technical knowledge" that you require to work in IT. Either that or they simply think that having knowledge more in depth then "I know how to manage my iTunes library" is simply not cool.
2) UK companies almost always view IT as a "necessary evil" and will always treat it as such. Other countries treat IT engineers like the specialists they are.
3) A push to be a "Jack-of-all". You need to know almost everything, it's not exceptable to UK companies to be a "Network Specialist" or a "DB Specialist" you are expected to simply be a "Computer Specialist". Not to mention that as others have pointed out here you are also expected to have in-depth knowledge of the industry sector you work in (Be it finance, law, engineering etc...)
I have even been told by a bunch of bigoted individuals that I was not allowed to call myself an IT "Engineer" because I did not have a degree! To which I responded...."No I should be called a saint...because keeping this network running with the shoestring budget I have, is not short of miraculous!!". He soon stopped talking.
In conclusion, IT is not respected in this country.
1 in 7 WinXP-using biz bods DON'T KNOW Microsoft is pulling the plug
Wooh there. Many security patches on many OS's are actually privately reported or internally discovered. Not all are "Zero Day" exploits being used in the wild, THAT is hyperbole.
And to say that people will not be any more or any less vulnerable once security patches stop is just encouraging bad practice. Many of the "Major" virus infections of the last 15 or so years relied on security flaws that HAD been patched!
Staying patched is the number 1 rule to staying secure.
Started a new job last year and we are still running Windows XP. "We have dabbled with Windows 7" came the response, when asked what the plan was for migrating.
One legacy app was holding them back from going to Windows 7, which after two days of working on I found a way to get it working on Windows 7.
A little bit of work on WDS, USMT and Powershell and we now have a light-touch deployment of Windows 7 that works on almost all 15 models of desktop PC that we have in the office.
Doing a desktop rollout, be it hardware or software, is one the least "Sexy" IT projects and the hardest to sell to management, you almost always get the same response "Why do we need to spend money on doing that, what we have works fine!"
You mention "user resistance", but lets not forget that many of these "users" are the managers that oversee IT departments budgets!
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Midnight Resistance? - Especially this one.....spent half my childhood on it!
Pit Fighter?
After Burner?
Mortal Kombat?
Any storm in a port
I too have been cursed by USB. Name any other port, anything: Serial, DVI, DisplayPort, VGA...all work fine for me.
But USB?! Nah...."I'm going to taunt your supposed 'intelligence' human, by being the wrong way round, no matter WHAT way round I am, HAHAHA."
I hate the front facing USB ports on my Coolermaster case almost as much as needing to work for a living.
Tesla vs Media AGAIN as Model S craps out on journo - on the highway
Doomed to fail....for now.
It's obvious to anyone with an ounce of technical savy that electric cars dependent on batteries are currently, at least, doomed to be short distance only.
Mobile phones, laptops, cars...we have all known for a while now that battery technology is not moving at the same pace as the technology it is expected to power. 10 years ago a mobile phone could last 4-5 days on one charge, now you are lucky if you get more than 1 day. Tesla is a victim of this, and I admire them for trying to push for EV's despite the uphill struggle.
There are some promising breakthroughs on the "battery" horizon such as Boron-Hyrdogen batteries (promise to be safe and store plenty of hydrogen) that could at last mean that there is a viable alternative to the well established and refined Petrol/Diesel engines.
Until this new battery tech comes out though, electric will never have the range or charge time to make it a fully viable alternative.
Which qualifications are worthwhile?
For the love of all things holy DON'T DO IT!! (Oh go on then....I'm just bitter from over 10 years in IT).
Essential skills:
1) Ability to consume vast amounts of junk food and caffeinated drinks, with little ill-effect.
2) Ability to explain complex technical things to senior managers in the most basic of language (sometimes more difficult then you would think)
3) Ability to keep something working long after it should have died (Born out of necessity)
4) An infinite amount of patience.
I found these actually count for very little in the IT world. What you know means almost nothing compared to what you have actually used and what you have done. But there are a few that help establish a "baseline":
1) CompTIA A+ (Easy Peesey)
2) CompTIA Network+ (Almost as easy as the A+)
3) Maybe an MCP (or whatever they are now called) in Active Directory/Windows Server/Exchange (They are the most general.
4) Cisco CCNA.
All the rest tend to be for a specialisation.
What might help, is if you have an IT department in your current job, see if you can do a bit of shadowing with them. I had a guy in my last job that shadowed me for 6 weeks, and I managed to teach him many of the basics in that time. He then moved up north and got a job with NetApp, where he now works as a storage specialist....he used to be a part time security guard!
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Brian Willsie's power-play goal at 9:28 of the third period lifted the Hamilton Bulldogs to a 3-2 victory over the Wolves on Saturday night at Allstate Arena. The loss snapped the Wolves' three-game winning streak, but they stayed in first place in the Midwest Division.
Tim Miller and Mike Duco scored for the Wolves (36-25-2-3), who rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to tie the score.
"Tonight is one of those learning lessons on how to win hockey games," Wolves coach Craig MacTavish said. "Hamilton played hard and so did we, but we didn't play smart enough to win this game."
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To reduce false alarms, Digitize devised a way of differentiating status changes that might have been caused by lightning from those that might have been caused by an actual security event that triggered the sensors. It did so by configuring the system to watch for status changes that were shorter than the time it would take someone to open and shut a door.
"NFPA guidelines say you need to respond to a change of status in .82 seconds for a multiplex system. In our design, we have it set to check the status twice in one second," says Brecher. He explains that lightning doesn't usually last that long, so if the interruption isn't present on the second read, it's not a real alarm.
While Digitize was able to use the phone lines up to a point, those lines still had their limits. To get around that and expand the system as needed, the new system used nearby cell phone towers to send alarms where phone lines were lacking. In this way, newer properties could be tied into the system without the resort incurring the cost of laying new phone lines or installing other infrastructure.
The software's database maintains information pertinent to the day-to-day operation of the security team and reminds guards of scheduled events that might cause a log event, such as the cleaning crew entering the property at a certain time. It also notes when owners will be absent to help determine the urgency of alarm response.
The new setup is also used to monitor the resort's grinder pumps (used for waste management). The alarms are set to go off well before a pump overflows.
"We can also monitor the heating and cooling systems. Anything that can be monitored can be adapted to this system," says Aubuchon.
The system has already proven its worth. When two teens broke into a chalet in the winter of 2011 with the intention of stealing a TV, the sensors were triggered, and the monitoring center received an alarm signal. A security guard was immediately dispatched. He arrived as the two teens were exiting the building, and he was able to prevent them from getting to their vehicle.
"The next day, they came back claiming they had their car towed, but when they went to claim it, they were wearing the same shoes they'd left footprints with," Aubuchon says, laughing at the recollection. He turned the information over to the local sheriff. The pair were arrested and prosecuted for the theft.
The resort may expand what it does with the system in the future. For example, it may take advantage of the option to send automatic notification of alarms by e-mail or text messages, based on the type of alarm, to security or maintenance personnel and even to owners. Another option would be to enable live viewing of the scene where an alarm sounds by tying the system into the security cameras, which is not currently done. That would help with alarm verification and responder information.
Aubuchon says the new system has reduced false alarms by 85 percent. False alarms related to hardware were eliminated completely.
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With my weight at 224 pounds this morning, I am officially no longer "obese" according to the Body Mass Index. Still have about 30 pounds to go to get where I want to be, but there it is. I'm just overweight now! Woot!
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Well, here I am for my first full day in Colorado Springs. From my office, I can see the Air Force academy stadium, and light planes are constantly taking off & landing for glider training for our next generation of budding pilots.
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I think my suite has a kitchen. If it doesn't, wow, this is going to be a rough week for sticking to my eating plan :)
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So I call CS and I get some interesting news, apparently I applied during a transition where Citi is changing the Dividend Visa cards to MC to provide "better benefits" This most likely means more money for Citi so it should be interesting to see what it says when I receive my new card.
BUT the good news is that I wanted to change to MC anyway, and this is much better then the 6 months they had told me I would need to wait before a change!
Awesome. I'd much rather have to MC version too.
Their website still shows the visa version. Did they say that all new apps are gonna be MC?
I'm not sure, he only told me that I applied during their transition period that's why I got switched to MC version. If you are thinking about applying just call and request the MC version, it should be no issue since they offer MC anyway. (In the past as a PC after 6 months or applying via phone and requesting it)
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Their website still shows the visa version. Did they say that all new apps are gonna be MC?
Isnt the dividend the card they stopped offering in MC in favor if Visa just last year?
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The Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsible. Come be part of the annual celebration of America's best food makers! Be among the first to fete this year's Good Food Award-winning businesses on Thursday, January 8 at 6:30pm, at a special ceremony where the 2015 Good Food Awards Winners will be announced live and special guest Alice Waters awards each winner his or her medal. A limited number of tickets are available for the public to celebrate side by side with the winners and their families. Immediately following the ceremony is a gala reception and good food extravaganza, where you will be among the first to taste this year's winning products chosen from 1,62 entries.
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We are an online alternative teacher certification program preparing tomorrow's teachers for tomorrow's students in tomorrow's learning world. TEACH-NOW is designed to be the ideal program for people who already hold a bachelor's degree and want to become innovative, effective teachers in a digital age.
The effective use of technology is at the heart of our program. You will learn to think critically about technology in the classroom and in your personal learning community.
Research demonstrates teachers learn best from other teachers. That's why our program is structured so that you will be learning as much from other candidates as from our instructors.
We don't use tests and papers for assessment. Instead, your activities are designed to be immediately useful in your classroom or professional development.
No reading or activity can substitute for time spent in a classroom with real students. Our program puts you in schools from the very first module.
We practice our educational philosophy by preparing our candidates in the same way we want them to teach. TEACH-NOW's learning design philosophy is based on three big ideas: learn by doing, collaborative learning and digital learning.
TEACH-NOW features both synchronous and asynchronous components. Each week, you will work through the project-based curriculum on our always-accessible learning platform while sharing your experiences in our streaming video virtual classroom. This design is informed by research in cognitive studies that provide insight into how learning actually happens and what educators can do to ensure effectiveness.
Our curriculum is continuously improved based on the experience and feedback of our instructors and candidates. The program consists of eight modules covered over nine months:
"We start cohorts every month so why wait?"
We turn the very best candidates into the very best teachers
One of TEACH-NOW's fundamental ingredients is our admissions process. Since we emphasize collaboration throughout the program, it's critical that all our candidates be top-notch. Here's what we require:
When you apply using the button below, your application and transcripts will be reviewed by our Admissions staff and you will be contacted within a week with the result. We will then schedule a Skype interview with qualified applicants to discuss your application and answer any questions you might have about the program.
Another cohort of candidates starts each month, so you can get started whenever you're ready. Payment and paperwork is due at the end of the month prior to when you want to start; during the first week, we schedule the first virtual class and send candidates login information for our platform.
Finally, if you're coming here looking for our application through The Teacher Foundation in India, please apply here!
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We offer two options through TEACH-NOW: state certification only and a master's degree plus certification (offered in partnership with the University of the Pacific).
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If you've got a question we didn't answer below, please drop us an email (firstname.lastname@example.com) or give us a call at 1-844-2TEACH-NOW (1-844-283-2246).
Typically, yes!
Each state creates its own requirements for granting teaching licenses (also called certification – same thing) through some office in their department of education. You can typically answer this question directly by searching for your state's office and looking for their reciprocity guidelines. If they have reciprocity with Washington, DC then it's just a matter of paperwork.
In any case, we're happy to work with applicants to make sure they'll be able to teach where they'd like after completing the program!
Yes, the first 6 months of the program are almost exclusively online. Keep in mind, though, that the program typically requires 15 – 20 hours of work per week. The last three months require 200 hours of classroom teaching with a mentor teacher. This can also overlap with an actual teaching job for candidates who are already in the classroom. This is certainly possible for candidates with a non-teaching full-time job, but requires a great deal of flexibility.
Yes, but the specific required tests vary state by state. We license teachers in Washington, DC, Arizona and California. Washington, DC requires the Praxis I and II; Arizona requires its own Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments (AEPA); California requires their own California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) and California Subject Examinations for Teacher (CSET).
In addition, some states may have additional or different testing requirements when applying for a reciprocal license. We're happy to help candidates figure out what specific requirements they have given where they would like to teach.
Washington, DC uses the Praxis II tests to demonstrate subject mastery. You do not need to have a degree or any particular number of credit hours or specific courses in order to complete the program and become certified.
You will receive an entire module in the pedagogy of your subject, though it won't involve any content instruction. For example, if you are seeking to be certified as a secondary math teacher, you will learn about teaching math, not calculus or statistics.
We are not able to fund candidates with scholarships at this point, although there are programs out there that you can find that will support career switchers who fulfill certain requirements.
For our masters degree option, traditional financial aid is available in the form of government loans. During the application process, you'll fill out a FAFSA in order to apply for financial aid.
Clinical experiences (live and virtual) are embedded throughout the 9-month program and the last 3 months consist of practice teaching in an actual school. We can assist candidates in finding a school–often the same school they are interested in getting a job with–and work directly with the school to help make arrangements for practice teaching with a TEACH-NOW trained mentor.
Clinical experiences for candidates enrolled in University of the Pacific joint program are overseen by TEACH-NOW and UOP's Department of Field Experiences. Candidates will be mentored and assessed by CA-certified educators using the California Teaching Performance Expectations (TPE).
For candidates already teaching, we work with them to identify a mentor who will guide and evaluate the candidate during the last 3 months of the program.
There's currently no such thing as a lifetime license. All states require periodic renewal of their teaching licenses, including DC, Arizona and California. Further details can be found on each states' relevant website:
TEACH-NOW has been reviewed and approved by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education in Washington, DC. You can see TEACH-NOW on the list of approved educator licensing programs here. We're real!!
Graduates of our program are granted licenses in whichever subject area they pursue.
All of TEACH-NOW's materials are accessible online through our learning platform and your tuition includes all of our fees.
You will only have to pay for the Praxis test series, the licensure application fee and any fees associated with a local background check and fingerprinting.
Our instructors are hand-selected master educators with many years excelling in the classroom. A few of our requirements are here:
If this describes YOU and you're interested in helping our candidates achieve success in their classrooms, drop us a note!
We do not include any Praxis prep materials in our program. You can get information on the Praxis test series at ETS. We encourage candidates to take the required tests as soon as they feel prepared.
There is generally no test requirement, either taking or passing, before entering the TEACH-NOW program. We will occasionally recommend to candidates that they at least pass Praxis Core (required of all teachers) before joining if they have test anxiety or are concerned about being able to pass.
"If you don't have any more questions, what are you waiting for?"
We're not the only ones who think we're amazing
You don't have to take our word for it! Check out the October 9th Issue of Education Week which contains a profile on our founder: "Education Researcher Moves Into Certification Business" (subscriber access only) (PDF here).
TEACH-NOW graduates are not only applying their teaching skills at schools around the US and the world and they are active in educational circles. Recent graduate Adam Carter, currently teaching in Egypt, is one such example. Adam was recently highlighted by Edutopia for his work authoring several influential articles while focusing his own professional development on technology in the classroom. Check out his profile!
Check out a video one of our candidates made who later became an instructor!
"TEACH-NOW is a program to help passionate people become highly effective certified teachers. This program is a marriage of technology and innovative teaching and learning practices that I not only in the program, but also in my classroom. The extensive and user-friendly resources afford me the opportunity to share teaching practices with fellow educators to serve my students through collaboration and technology."
"Every expert has been telling us where education should go, TEACH-NOW actually delivers. All of the other programs I've looked at are tied to the same old technology from ten years ago. TEACH-NOW uses the latest teaching standards and the latest technology so that you become the digital teaching expert. I have twelve years experience in technology and have actually broadened my knowledge in education and technology through this program."
"This program is an amazing opportunity for folks who are interested in pursuing a career in education. It is focused on novel ideas, technologies and readiness for the 21st century. It tackles strategies to prepare both the students and educators for the ever-changing world, plus you get a certificate in 9 months. I would highly recommend it if you are thinking about starting an alternative route for certification."
"The Teach-Now program is an innovative, state-of-the-art teacher training program that is well-suited to the needs of the international educator. The course content is research-based, cutting edge, challenging, and delivered in a supportive environment. Participants engage in collaborative and individual assignments that incorporate the latest educational technology tools and sound pedagogical objectives. Teach-Now is an excellent choice for international educators who wish to earn or renew U.S. teaching credentials."
"Write your own testimony – join today!"
TEACH-NOW's mission is to equip, enable and empower teachers to go into any learning environment, anywhere in the world, to diagnose where each learner is – based on learning ability and achievement, regardless of socioeconomic status – and to design and implement learning experiences that ensure that each student learns, grows and develops.
The TEACH-NOW solution is designed to serve teachers directly and to partner with leading providers of teacher preparation programs.
Emily has been revolutionizing the field of global teacher preparation and certification for over forty years, having begun her career as a high school science and mathematics teacher, then university-level teacher educator. She founded and was CEO of the National Center for Education Information, which published 45 widely acclaimed books on education and numerous reports and articles on topics ranging from teacher supply and demand to the preparation and certification of teachers. She also founded the National Center for Alternative Certification, a clearinghouse for data and information about teachers and their preparation. She has been covered extensively by the media. As an advisor to educational policy decision-makers at all levels, Emily has testified before Congress and state legislatures and briefed members of presidential administrations. She earned her Bachelor's from Thomas More College, her Master's in Physics and Mathematics Education from the College of William and Mary, and a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Donna's extensive experience in teacher preparation includes the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), where she served as Senior Vice President and oversaw teacher preparation program approval for 25 years. She received the Advocate for Justice Award while serving as the Director of Professional Development for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and is the past-president of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). She also taught secondary school in South Bend and Carmel, Indiana. Donna is the co-author of the textbooks, Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society and An Introduction to the Foundations of American Education. She holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Purdue University and a Doctorate in Intercultural Education from the University of Southern California.
Prior to joining TEACH-NOW, Kunali brings twelve years of experience as a senior instructional designer at LearningMate Solutions, Knowledge Horizon E-Learning and Aptara designing innovative online learning solutions for K-12, higher education, professional development and corporations. Prior to her career in instructional design, she worked as a special education teacher and a feature writer for print and online news organizations. Kunali holds a Master's degree from Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey University, Mumbai, a post-graduate diploma in Journalism and Bachelor's degrees from St. Xaviar College and the University of Mumbai. She speaks five languages and lives in Bangalore, India.
As a Deputy Chief in the Office of Data and Accountability at DC Public Schools, Greg led a team that focused on a variety of uses of data from determining instructional program effectiveness to school performance management. He also managed student assessment data analysis and reporting, and data analysis training for school personnel. While at Accenture, Greg managed several federal IT delivery and strategy projects. No stranger to the classroom, he has taught math and computer science for Fairfax County Public Schools as well as test prep courses for The Princeton Review. He started his career as a software developer and holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Math from Longwood University and a Master's in Education from the University of Virginia.
Katie has over fourteen years of marketing and management consulting experience. In the roles of Marketing Manager and Trade Show Manager at Robbins Gioia, she was responsible for CRM/marketing automation as well as database management, event planning, social media, corporate strategy and product launches. She has also served as a Marketing Manager at Washington Speakers Bureau, where she worked with dignitaries such as Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright. Katie holds a Bachelor's degree from George Mason University.
Tess combines her strong communication skills, experience as an early education teacher at Sidwell Summer, and as social media advisor at School the World to be the "face" of TEACH-NOW to applicants as well as Candidates going through the certification process. A graduate of the University of Vermont, Tess has also lived and travelled extensively, most recently in New Zealand where she worked on a Vineyard and immersed herself in life "down under."
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text: A jury has been chosen for the retrial of a former New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a man whose burned body turned up after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk told the 12 jurors and four alternates that opening arguments will begin Wednesday in the case against David Warren. He is charged with violating 31-year-old Henry Glover's civil rights and with using a weapon in a violent crime. Warren was guarding a police substation from a second-floor balcony when he shot Glover in 2005. He said he thought Glover had a gun. He was in prison when a federal appeals court overturned his manslaughter conviction from 2010. The court's panel ruled he should have been tried separately from four other officers charged with participating in a cover-up designed to make Glover's shooting appear justified.


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A wierd shaped nipple with a massive size that protrudes through the shirt, pinky, puffy, and surrounded by a large hairy areola. (literal japanese translation)
I was walked into my room and she was sucking on wolverines big pudding cups
by Pudding lovers December 07, 2009
A flaverd gelatinous substance used to pacify children and leprechauns.
Oh, no! Get the pudding,here comes a gang of Leprechauns and children.
by Cheesehead October 23, 2003
a squishy snack that comes in many flavors including chocolate vanilla and bannana
Boy:would you like some pudding?
by Kittykatpuddingfat September 19, 2006
Yelling PUDDING is very good way of distracting a nurse at a mental hospital when you are in a tricky situation.
#DeanWinchester in #Supernatural pulles his pants down, arms up and yelles PUDDING, while flapping his penis around. Since he and his brother was undercover in a mental hospital, this was quite normal so the nurse didn't quiestion why they were in the mortuary.
And after that we all learned that crazy works.
And after that we all learned that crazy works.
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A nickname you give a slut because everyone gets a taste.
My cousin is a whore...I think I'll name her Pudding.
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- Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
- Release Date: Apr 28, 1995
- Starring: Robert Crumb
- Summary: A documentary of artist Robert Crumb's life.
- Director: Terry Zwigoff
- Genre(s): Biography, Documentary
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If artist R. (Robert) Crumb can dispense immediately with his resume in Terry Zwigoff's superb Crumb, we can, too. [21 Apr 1995]
The film is an extraordinarily complex, well-rounded and multileveled portrait of how Crumb got to be the way he is, as well as a tribute to how he was miraculously able to rise above his dysfunctional roots by putting his demons into his art. [16 Jun 1995]
A frank, intimate look at a phenomenal popular artist and his extraordinarily dysfunctional family, Crumb is an excellent countercultural documentary.
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davezJul 20, 2007Captivating, even if art is not your thing. Disturbing and emotionally involved... I never knew the man or his art, now I feel like he is a childhood friend who I haven't talked to in years and wonder where the hell he might be.… Collapse
TimW.Aug 5, 2007I echo Dave's sentiment. I never knew about Crumb before I watched this movie (around 10 years ago) but, well, once seen - never forgotten. A great insight into a fascinating character: a cartoon character made flesh.… Expand
Aug 27, 2010This documentary zig-zags between being an inspiring story about a man using his uncompromised talent to garner himself acclaim to becoming a stripped-down look at the disturbed psyche that produced the images he drew. The movie brings up interesting points, such as the fuzzy line between pornography and art and the paradox of a creative mind getting commercial success. The movie also definitely doesn't leave anything to the imagination - all of the characters are stripped down to their most bare states (it's not surprising that his sisters both declined interviews). Absolutely fascinating.… Expand


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Tony Abbott has come out defending 26 January 1788 in two separate speeches. First he claimed Australia was "unsettled" before the British arrived. Next he described the arrival of the First Fleet as our "defining moment". Was it really the moment that most defines us? What other candidates are there? This article explores Abbott's comments, the ideology behind them and suggests 1973 what might the year that really defined modern Australia.
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The basic objectives of the Board were identified as:
- to protect the interests of investors in securities;
- to promote the development of Securities Market;
- to regulate the securities market and
- for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Another significant event is the approval of trading in stock indices (like S&P CNX Nifty & Sensex) in 2000. A market Index is a convenient and effective product because of the following reasons:
- It acts as a barometer for market behavior;
- It is used to benchmark portfolio performance;
- It is used in derivative instruments like index futures and index options;
- It can be used for passive fund management as in case of Index Funds.
Two broad approaches of SEBI is to integrate the securities market at the national level, and also to diversify the trading products, so that there is an increase in number of traders including banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, mutual funds, primary dealers etc. to transact through the Exchanges. In this context the introduction of derivatives trading through Indian Stock Exchanges permitted by SEBI in 2000 AD is a real landmark.
SEBI appointed the L. C. Gupta Committee in 1998 to recommend the regulatory framework for derivatives trading and suggest bye-laws for Regulation and Control of Trading and Settlement of Derivatives Contracts. The Board of SEBI in its meeting held on May 11, 1998 accepted the recommendations of the committee and approved the phased introduction of derivatives trading in India beginning with Stock Index Futures. The Board also approved the "Suggestive Bye-laws" as recommended by the Dr LC Gupta Committee for Regulation and Control of Trading and Settlement of Derivatives Contracts.
SEBI then appointed the J. R. Verma Committee to recommend Risk Containment Measures (RCM) in the Indian Stock Index Futures Market. The report was submitted in november 1998.
However the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA) required amendment to include "derivatives" in the definition of securities to enable SEBI to introduce trading in derivatives. The necessary amendment was then carried out by the Government in 1999. The Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 1999 was introduced. In December 1999 the new framework was approved.
Derivatives have been accorded the status of `Securities'. The ban imposed on trading in derivatives in 1969 under a notification issued by the Central Government was revoked. Thereafter SEBI formulated the necessary regulations/bye-laws and intimated the Stock Exchanges in the year 2000. The derivative trading started in India at NSE in 2000 and BSE started trading in the year 2001.


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DEFINITION of 'Litigation Risk'
The possibility that legal action will be taken because of an individual's or corporation's actions, inactions, products, services or other events. Corporations generally employ some type of litigation risk analysis and management to identify key areas where the litigation risk is high, and thereby take appropriate measures to limit or eliminate those risks.
INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'Litigation Risk'
Litigation risk can be regarded as an individual's or corporation's likelihood of getting taken to court. In a litigious society, all members are at some risk of litigation. Large firms with deep pockets can be especially prone to litigation risk since the rewards for any plaintiffs can be considerable. Corporations typically have measures in place to identify and reduce risks, such as ensuring product safety and following all pertinent laws and regulations.
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Maybach Music Group's Gunplay is reportedly a free man after turning himself into local authorities a few weeks ago on robbery charges.
According to reports, Gunplay received a $150,000 bond and must now remain on house arrest.
Rapper Gunplay was given a $150,000 bond and house arrest on Monday in connection to the robbery of man at Miami tax business, his attorney said. "The state did not prove that Mr. Morales was a flight risk or a threat to the community," said his attorney Michael Grieco in an email statement. "He should be home with his family shortly. This is first step in clearing his name so he can continue his emerging music career." (NBC Miami)
Around mid-October, footage of Gunplay's actual crime sprouted online.
Rapper Gunplay PULLED A FIREARM on his accountant during a meeting in April in an explosive fit of rage … and the entire incident was captured by surveillance cameras. Gunplay allegedly stole a cell phone and a gold chain during the incident … and was later charged with armed robbery. He turned himself in to Miami-Dade Police earlier this week. Gunplay — real name Richard Morales Jr. — also faces a second charge of aggravated assault with a firearm. According to the rapper's attorney, Gunplay could face life in prison if convicted on both counts. (TMZ)
Footage of the MMG member turning himself into local authorities also hit the 'net a day prior.
It was a somber day on Thursday when Maybach Music Group rapper Gunplay turned himself in to the Miami-Dade Police Department on a May warrant stemming from a robbery. While the Carol City Cartel rapper didn't say much, in an exclusive video that MTV News has obtained of Gunplay turning himself in, the emotions are written all over his face. Gun, dressed in a white dress shirt and black dress pants, with a red and green Gucci belt, exits a white SUV with his lawyer and a few loved ones on his way toward a Miami police precinct. The Miami-Dade Police Department confirmed to MTV News that on Thursday, the Rick Ross protégé turned himself in and now faces armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault charges and is currently being held with no bond. The incident most likely happened in May, when the warrant was originally issued for Gunplay's arrest, but it is unclear at the time. (MTV)
Reports his incarceration flooded the Internet a few weeks ago.
Rick Ross protégé Gunplay turned himself in to a Miami jail moments ago after a warrant was issued for his arrest, stemming from an armed robbery — Gunplay's attorney tells TMZ. The warrant was issued in May, listing "robbery" as the offense. No other details about the alleged offense are listed. Gunplay's attorney Mike Grieco tells us, "Gunplay voluntarily surrendered today without incident. There's been an open arrest warrant for armed robbery with a firearm." A rep for Gunplay tells TMZ, the rapper was advised to turn himself in by his attorney following the highly-publicized brawl, which likely drew police attention to the active warrant. (TMZ)
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In the Mojave it's not just the heat that kills. An interview with the Brothers Washburn.
Teri Harman's book two in her Moonlight Trilogy, Black Moon, is a NA paranormal thriller with a romance twist. Don't miss it.
Written by Jo Michaels
Taking a stock character and giving them something to make them memorable. Includes a writing exercise.
Ever get asked to guest post and don't know what to talk about? This informational post will help you out.
A writing exercise to help you avoid common cliches, with printable worksheets.
Find out what happens after her novel Dependent ends.
It's gonna be a tough day when you discover Satan's been searching for you your entire life so you can bear his child.
An unusual coming of age story about a forty-five year old woman finding herself after making hard choices at nineteen.
Discussing the different ways to write dialogue so you don't bore your reader or cause read-rash.
Written by Carrie-Anne
Some advice for using the popular New York City setting, either historical or contemporary.
Johnny stops by the Parker Hale for a Diet Coke and a chat about Eleanor, the Unseen.
UtopYA is the premier, young adult women's writer conference. Here's a little information and some links.


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Edition : 1988 London Catholic Institute for international relations
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November 28, 2014
Here is the latest Wisconsin sports from The AP
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- The Green Bay Packers didn't have to choose yesterday between playing it safe and playing to win. The Packers finished their turnaround regular season with a 34-13 victory over the Detroit Lions while resting several key players for the playoffs. Brett Favre led the Packers to touchdowns on their first three possessions before handing the ball to backup Craig Nall in the second quarter.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Who do you think scored more points this season -- Randy Moss or Mason Crosby? The Patriots receiver set a record with 23 touchdown catches, good for 138 points. But with ten points yesterday, the Packers kicker finishes the season with 141 points. An unofficial count by AP shows Crosby's total led the NFL this season. Moss was second, and Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski was third with 137.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Packers coach Mike McCarthy hasn't said much about injuries from yesterday's game. Running back Ryan Grant left the game with a stinger in the first quarter but McCarthy says he still could have played if needed. Cornerback Will Blackmon later aggravated an old foot injury. McCarthy didn't say much yesterday about injuries to guards Jason Spitz (quadriceps) and Junius Coston (calf).
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- In college football, underclassmen usually don't make an immediate impact. But the Wisconsin Badgers know they wouldn't be in the 2008 Outback Bowl without the strong contributions of a number of younger players. When the Badgers face Tennessee tomorrow, six players from the Wisconsin's last two recruiting classes are expected to see significant playing time.
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