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2010 Election Results Are In
Re:first? (1530 comments)
Mid term elections... Obama is still President, but the Republicans now control the House, and the Dem's control the Senate by 1 seat.
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Re:first? (1530 comments)
Mid term elections... Obama is still President, but the Republicans now control the House, and the Dem's control the Senate by 1 seat.
Re:This is news? (349 comments)
Slashdot must keep up with its One Apple Story per day minimum, otherwise it would collapse in on itself for having actual news on the front page.
Re:And??? (349 comments)
Because Slashdot has a giant hard on for anything to do with Apple and their lemmings.
Go iSheep go!
Uhm... (427 comments)
People are stupid. News at 11.
Re:Lawyers... (475 comments)
And when you need to pay a fortune for a "middleman" to have yours rights respected, is a sign something is terribly wrong with the system.
My thoughts exactly. Someone mod this up!
Re:Lawyers... (475 comments)
You honestly think that the lawyer in this case deserves to get over double the payout that the students received? Oh wait never mind, your a troll. No sane person would think that.
The lawyers pay in this case is beyond ridiculous. For the amount of work they do they are almost as overpaid as sports "professionals" who earn millions of dollars to play a fucking game.
Lawyers... (475 comments)
Lawyers are legalized crooks, news at 11. The world would be a better place without them. The fact that we need specialized professions to be able to properly navigate the legal system is, well, downright stupid.
Re:Oblig. Better off Ted (606 comments)
It's one of the best TV shows ever if you ask me. Beats the pants off "The Office" and whatnot. I'm still dumbfounded as to why they cancelled it
I did not know that, thanks! Now I have something to look forward to
Oblig. Better off Ted (606 comments)
"Phil: Jet packs are the ultimate dream of every scientist. Skies teeming with ordinary citizens strapped to rockets.
Lem: Flying through the air at 60 miles an hour in any direction... A lot of people are going to die."
Flying cars? Not a good plan...
Re:Wow... (114 comments)
They can download all of the data, almost instantly, and store it offline or release it into Torrentland. Scraping takes time, and prolonged access to the account. Now they only need access for a few minutes and they have everything. Changing your account password won't help since they already have everything they need and can freely and safely browse it offline.
I can totally understand why they made this move, and overall it is probably a good thing (Makes getting away from FB when it comes crashing down a whole lot easier), but at the same time they are making it even easier for people to steal your data.
Re:Wow... (114 comments)
Chances are if they have the FB password they already have access to the users e-mail account. Lets face it, the average user uses one password for most of their online services. Why scrape when you can just download everything in one shot? If the download doesn't work (i.e the user was smart enough to use different passwords) then fall back to scraping the old fashioned way. You can even confirm access to the e-mail account before trying the download, meaning it would be risk free to try.
Re:Wow... (114 comments)
Your stupidity is astounding. A 2 second Google search shows that people do indeed care about hacking into Facebook accounts, so I'm guessing you just pulled that out of your ass because, well if you think it, it must be true!
Information is everything these days. It would also be easier for a spammer to break into your account and get one nice neat little download instead of scraping back years of data.
This tool is a download option for the average user. Its also a giant gaping security breach waiting to happen. Someone only needs to get into your account ONCE, and then they can browse years of data offline at their choosing. Just because you are too thick to see the security implications of this doesn't mean they aren't there.
Re:Wow... (114 comments)
There's not a lot of details it but they at least require you to click a link from an e-mail and reenter your password to get this (to avoid spambots harvesting everyone's data and careless use of public computers resulting in data leaks).
Anyone that can compromise your Facebook account can compromise your e-mail account. Most users would use the same password for both.
Try not being retarded before you flame me, kay?
Wow... (114 comments)
So now hackers have even more reason to go after your Facebook account. All that data in one nice, neat little download? Hackers paradise.
Re:Once again.... (356 comments)
"Where were you a few six months ago?"
Thank you for butchering the English language.
Re:It's just a patent... (434 comments)
Fanboy alert! Cuz ya know, companies are really in the habit of getting evil looking patents and not bothering to use them. Well ok, some of them are, but Google isn't known for being a patent troll, they are known for being evil behind the scenes and telling all of the sheeple that they "Do no evil".
Re:the reasons are most certainly NOT sound (245 comments)
Obvious troll is obvious.
Re:First page of Article (77 comments)
Last page.
Facebook says the Prineville data center will be designed to a Gold-level standard under the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program, a voluntary rating system for energy efficient buildings overseen by the US Green Building Council. The Prineville facility is expected to have a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.15. The PUE metric (PDF) compares a facility's total power usage to the amount of power used by the IT equipment, revealing how much is lost in distribution and conversion. An average PUE of 2.0 indicates that the IT equipment uses about 50 percent of the power to the building.
The cool climate in Prineville will allow Facebook to operate without chillers, which are used to refrigerate water for data center cooling systems, but require a large amount of electricity to operate. With the growing focus on power costs, many data centers are designing chiller-less data centers that use cool fresh air instead of air conditoning. On hot days, the Prineville data center will use evaporative cooling instead of a chiller system.
"This process is highly energy efficient and minimizes water consumption by using outside air," said Heiliger. Water conservation is also a growing focus for major data center projects, which in some cases can create capacity challenges for local water utilities.
A key function of data centers is providing an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to continuously provide power to servers. This is another area where Facebook is gaining energy savings. The Prineville data center will use a new, patent-pending UPS system that reduces electricity usage by as much as 12 percent. The new design foregoes traditional uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution units (PDUs) and adds a 12 volt battery to each server power supply.
The use of custom servers with on-board bateries was pioneered by Google, which last year revealed a custom server that integrates a 12 volt battery, which the company cited this design as a key factor in the exceptional energy efficiency data for its data centers.
Here's how this approach saves power: Most data centers use AC power distribution in which a UPS system stands between the utility power grid and the data center equipment. If utility power is lost, the UPS system can tap a large bank of batteries (or in some cases, a flywheel) for "ride-through" power until the generator can be started. This approach requires that AC power from the grid be converted into DC power to charge the batteries, and then converted back to AC for the equipment. Each of those conversions includes a power loss, reducing the amount of electricity that reaches the servers.
Finally, the Facebook Prineville facility will also re-use excess heat expelled by servers, which will help heat office space in the building, a strategy also being implemented by Telehouse and IBM.
How Does Facebook Choose the Sites for Its Data Centers?
Data center site selection is a complex process. A typical site search must consider the availability and cost of power, the cost and availability of land, fiber connectivity to the site, vulnerability to natural disasters, the capacity of local water and sewage systems, the local business environment, incentives from state and local governments, and many other variables.
Connectivity between data centers is also a consideration. Facebook has created two data center clusters on each coast, one in Silicon Valley and another in nothern Virginia. When the company decided to build its own data center, it conducted an in-depth site search in several Western states.
"After a rigorous review process of sites across the West Coast, Facebook concluded that Prineville offered the best package of resources – including a suitable climate for environmental cooling, renewable power resources, available land, talented regional workforce and supportive business environment," said Tom Furlong, Director of Site Operations for Facebook.
Why is Greenpeace Criticizing Facebook?
Facebook's new Oregon data center, which has been designed to be highly energy-efficient, is located in a town where the local utility that uses coal to generate the majority of its power. This fact was soon highlighted by environmental blogs and even a Facebook group.
In mid-February the environmental group Greenpeace International called on Facebook to rethink plans for its Oregon data center and find a way to run the facility entirely on renewable energy.
"Given the massive amounts of electricity that even energy-efficient data centers consume to run computers, backup power units, and power related cooling equipment, the last thing we need to be doing is building them in places where they are increasing demand for dirty coal-fired power," Greenpeace said in a statment, which was published on its web site. "Facebook and the cloud should be run on clean renewable energy Facebook could and should be championing clean energy solutions, and not relying on the dirty fuel sources of the past to power their new data center."
Facebook, which has touted the energy efficiency of the Prineville facility, has responded at length to the issue, both on Data Center Knowledge and directly to Greenpeace.
"It's true that the local utility for the region we chose, Pacific Power, has an energy mix that is weighted slightly more toward coal than the national average (58% vs. about 50%)," Facebook's Barry Schnitt said. "However, the efficiency we are able to achieve because of the climate of the region minimizes our overall carbon footprint. Said differently, if we located the data center most other places, we would need mechanical chillers, use more energy, and be responsible for an overall larger environmental impact—even if that location was fueled by more renewable energy."
The Greenpeace critiques have continued, growing sharper and targeting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with a letter and video. Here's Data Center Knowledge's full coverage of the story:
Facebook's Green Data Center, Powered by Coal?
Facebook Responds on Coal Power in Data Center
Facebook Responds to Greenpeace
Greenpeace, Facebook & The Media Megaphone
Facebook Responds to Greenpeace Letter
Greenpeace vs. Facebook, Continued
Is Facebook Secretive About its Data Centers?
Lots of companies simply DO NOT talk about their data centers, or even acknowledge their existence. But that's starting to change, as some companies are pursuing a more open approach and a deeper level of engagement with the communities where these facilities are located. Facebook has been in the forefront of this movement with its project in Prinveille.
Facebook held a groundbreaking announcement with local officials, and has used the Prineville Data Center Facebook page to engage with the community, sharing a detailed list of nearly 60 contractors working on the project, along with regular updates on the ways the company is contributing to the community. An example: Facebook and its construction contractors, DPR/Fortis, are sponsors of the Crook County Fair and local Picnic in the Park events in Prineville.
Re:First page of Article (77 comments)
Perhaps they got it up and running again, but here's page two in case it dies:
This chart provides a dramatic visualization of Facebook's infrastructure growth. It documents the number of servers used to power Facebook's operations.
"When Facebook first began with a small group of people using it and no photos or videos to display, the entire service could run on a single server," said Jonathan Heiliger, Facebook's vice president of technical operations.
Not so anymore. Technical presentations by Facebook staff suggest that as of June 2010 the company was running at least 60,000 servers in its data centers, up from 30,000 in 2009 and 10,000 back in April 2008.
There are companies with more servers (see Who Has the Most Web Servers? for details). But the growth curve shown on the chart doesn't even include any of the servers that will populate the Oregon data center – which may be the first of multiple data centers Facebook builds to support its growth.
What kind of servers does Facebook use?
Facebook doesn't often discuss which server vendors it uses. In 2007 it was buying a lot of servers from Rackable (now SGI), and is also known to have purchased servers from Dell, which customizes servers for its largest cloud computing customers.
Facebook VP of Technical Operations Jonathan Heiliger has sometimes been critical of major server vendors' ability to adapt their products to the needs of huge infrastructures like those at Facebook, which don't need many of the features designed for complex enterprise computing requirements. "Internet scale" companies can achieve better economics with bare bones servers that are customized for specific workloads.
In a conference earlier this year, Heiliger identified multi-core server vendors Tilera and SeaMicro as "companies to watch" for their potential to provide increased computing horsepower in a compact energy footprint.
But reports that Facebook planned to begin using low-power processors from ARM - which power the iPhone and many other mobile devices - proved to be untrue. "Facebook continuously evaluates and helps develop new technologies we believe will improve the performance, efficiency or reliability of our infrastructure," Heiliger said. "However, we have no plans to deploy ARM servers in our Prineville, Oregon data center."
A look at the fully-packed server racks inside a Facebook data center facility.
What kind of software does Facebook Use?
Facebook was developed from the ground up using open source software. The site is written primarily in the PHP programming language and uses a MySQL database infrastructure. To accelerate the site, the Facebook Engineering team developed a program called HipHop to transform PHP source code into C++ and gain performance benefits.
Facebook has one of the largest MySQL database clusters anywhere, and is the world's largest users of memcached, an open source caching system. Memcached was an important enough part of Facebook's infrastructure that CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a tech talk on its usage in 2009.
Facebook has built a framework that uses RPC (remote procedure calls) to tie together infrastructure services written in any language, running on any platform. Services used in Facebook's infrastructure include Apache Hadoop, Apache Cassandra, Apache Hive, FlashCache, Scribe, Tornado, Cfengine and Varnish.
How much Does Facebook Spend on Its Data Centers?
An analysis of Facebook's spending with data center developers indicates that the company is now paying about $50 million a year to lease data center space, compared to about $20 million when we first analyzed its leases in May 2009.
The $50 million a year includes spending is for leases, and doesn't include the cost of the Prineville project, which has been estimated at between $180 million and $215 million. It also doesn't include Facebook's investments in server and storage hardware, which is substantial.
Facebook currently leases most of its data center space from four companies: Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros Technology, Fortune Data Centers and CoreSite Realty.
Here's what we know about Facebook's spending on its major data center commitments:
Facebook is paying $18.1 million a year for 135,000 square feet of space in data center space it leases from Digital Realty Trust (DLR) in Silicon Valley and Virginia, according to data from the landlord's June 30 quarterly report to investors.
The social network is also leasing data center space in Ashburn, Virginia from DuPont Fabros Technology(DFT). Although the landlord has not published the details of Facebook's leases, data on the company's largest tenants reveals that Facebook represents about 15 percent of DFT's annualized base rent, which works out to about $21.8 million per year.
Facebook has reportedly leased 5 megawatts of critical load – about 25,000 square feet of raised-floor space – at a Fortune Data Centers facility in San Jose.
In March, Facebook agreed to lease an entire 50,000 square foot data center that was recently completed by CoreSite Realty in Santa Clara.
Facebook also hosts equipment in a Santa Clara, Calif. data center operated by Terremark Worldwide (TMRK), a Palo Alto, Calif. facilityoperated by Equinix (EQIX) and at least one European data center operated by Telecity Group. These are believed to be substantially smaller footprints than the company's leases with Digital Realty and DuPont Fabros.
That adds up to an estimated $40 million for the leases with the Digital Realty and DuPont Fabros, When you add in the cost of space for housing equipment at Fortune, CoreSite, Terremark, Switch and Data, Telecity and other peering arrangements to distribute content, we arrive at an estimate of at least $50 million in annual data center costs for Facebook.
Facebook's costs remain substantially less than what some other large cloud builders are paying for their data center infrastructure. Google spent $2.3 billion on its custom data center infrastructure in 2008, while Microsoft invests $500 million in each of its new data centers. Those numbers include the facilities and servers.
How Many People Are Needed to Run Facebook's Data Centers?
As is the case with most large-scale data centers, Facebook's facilities are highly automated and can be operated with a modest staff, usually no more than 20 to 50 employees on site. Facebook has historically maintained a ratio of 1 engineer for every 1 million users, although recent efficiencies have boosted that ratio to 1 engineer for every 1.2 million users.
Facebook's construction project in Prineville is expected to create more than 200 jobs during its 12-month construction phase, and the facility will employ at least 35 full-time workers and dozens more part-time and contract employees.
First page of Article (77 comments)
I managed to load the first page of the article before it got slashdotted:
With more than 500 million active users, Facebook is the busiest site on the Internet and has built an extensive infrastructure to support this rapid growth. The social networking site was launched in February 2004, initially out of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's dorm room at Harvard University and using a single server. The company's web servers and storage units are now housed in data centers around the country.
Each data center houses thousands of computer servers, which are networked together and linked to the outside world through fiber optic cables. Every time you share information on Facebook, the servers in these data centers receive the information and distribute it to your network of friends.
We've written a lot about Facebook's infrastructure, and have compiled this information into a series of Frequently Asked Questions. Here's the Facebook Data Center FAQ (or "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Facebook's Data Centers").
How Big is Facebook's Internet Infrastructure?
Facebook is currently the world's most popular web site, with more than 690 billion page views each month, according to metrics from Google's DoubleClick service. Facebook currently accounts for about 9.5 percent of all Internet traffic, slightly more than Google, according to HitWise.
Facebook requires massive storage infrastructure to house its enormous stockpile of photos, which grows steadily as users add 100 million new photos every day. People share more than 30 billion pieces of content on Facebook each month. In addition, the company's infrastructure must support platform services for more than 1 million web sites and 550,000 applications using the Facebook Connect platform.
To support that huge activity, Facebook operates at least nine data centers on both coasts of the United States, and is in the process of building its first company-built data center in Oregon. Although more than 70 percent of Facebook's audience is in other countries, none of the company's data centers are located outside the United States.
For most of its history, Facebook has managed its infrastructure by leasing "wholesale" data center space from third-party landlords. Wholesale providers build the data center, including the raised-floor technical space and the power and cooling infrastructure, and then lease the completed facility. In the wholesale model, users can occupy their data center space in about five months, rather than the 12 months needed to build a major data center. This has allowed Facebook to scale rapidly to keep pace with the growth of its audience.
In January 2010 Facebook announced plans to build its own data centers, beginning with a facility in Prineville, Oregon. This typically requires a larger up-front investment in construction and equipment, but allows greater customization of power and cooling infrastructure.
Where are Facebook's Data Centers Located?
Facebook currently leases space in about six different data centers in Silicon Valley, located in Santa Clara and San Jose, and at least one in San Francisco. The company has also leased space in three wholesale data center facilities in Ashburn, Virginia. Both Santa Clara and Ashburn are key data center hubs, where hundreds of fiber networks meet and connect, making them ideal for companies whose content is widely distributed.
Facebook's first company-built data center is nearing completion in Prineville, Oregon. If Facebook's growth continues at the current rate, it will likely require a larger network of company-built data centers, as seen with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and eBay.
How Big Are Facebook's Server Farms?
A rendering of an aerial view of the Facebook data center in Princeville, Oregon.
As Facebook grows, its data center requirements are growing along with it. The new data center Oregon is a reflection of this trend.
In the data centers where it currently operates, Facebook typically leases between 2.25 megawatts and 6 megawatts of power capacity, or between 10,000 and 35,000 square feet of space. Due to the importance of power for data centers, most landlords now price deals using power as a yardstick, with megawatts replacing square feet as the primary benchmark for real estate deals.
Facebook's new data center in Oregon will be much, much larger. The facility was announced as being 147,000 square feet. But as construction got rolling, the company announced plans to add a second phase to the project, which will add another 160,000 square feet. That brings the total size of the Prineville facility to 307,000 square feet of space – larger than two Wal-Mart stores.


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Touring resorts
We have been considering a resale purchase for some time now and are traveling to WDW next month. During this trip I am hoping to tour OKW, BCV and BWV (we are staying at SSR which is the 4th resort we are considering).
We have done the Disney sales pitch in the past so not interested in that ...I was just hoping to stop by each resort and ask to see a studio/ 1BR without having to listen to the sales pitch. Is that possible? I know BWV has a open studio (?) along the Boardwalk...do the other resorts have that as well? Any advice on how to tour these resorts somewhat quickly? (we have stayed at the hotel at both BC and BW so have seen pool/etc. there). Its a short trip for us so I don't want to waste too much time. Thanks!! |
You will only be able to see a room if one is un booked and the front desk is willing to do it. There are no models at BCV or OKW and I don't know about SSR. Other than the sales center at SSR, boardwalk is the only place with a model that I know of currently.
DVC won't tour you but the resort may let you into a room if they have the time. Problem is they don't usually have the time and all of the rooms are occupied. The resorts don't really care if you buy so the don't have any incentive to help out.
I would take a DVC vacation booking stays at the resorts that you are considering. :earsboy: Bill |
All very good advice...thank you! I do have an additional question. If we have stayed at the resort itself (BC and BW) do you feel that is a good enough representation of DVC there or do you think it is still important to stay DVC before purchasing?
BWV - Yes
The others I don't know.
At BWV it's just what is advertised. |
I wouldn't compare BC to BCV, they are very different decor wise. There was just a complaint about that from a new owner here on the boards this week. They felt mislead by the differences.
All of the other hotel-connected resorts where I have stayed (so not BLT or VGF because I haven't stayed there) seem pretty similar between the hotel and DVC side to me. |
The BW has a walk thru open house that's a 1BR. The SSR has mock ups at the Sales Center showing the newer studios. As studio dwellers we felt the actual hotel room were a better representation of style than the 1BR because the studio setup is more like the hotel rooms with a kitchenette. :wave2:
edited to add: i do think looking online at recent pictures (post-bedspreads) will give you a reasonable idea of what to expect on the DVC side. |
While checking into Kidani Village a few trips ago, there was a couple at the front desk asking to do what you want - tour a villa. They were told no and sent on their way. You may have a different outcome if there is an open villa and someone who is willing to use their time to give you a tour. Just be prepared either way.
We had not stayed in all of the resorts that we purchased resale - we bought 4 properties at the same time. We purchased the resorts that we liked based on location (BCV and VWL) to book at 11 months out. We then purchased OKW and SSR to use at the 7 month mark. |
The reason for buying a particular resort is because you love staying there more than other resorts. If you haven't stayed in all of the resorts, how do you know which is your favorite?
Do you really want to take a chance buying without staying there? You may not like the room layout, the location, the transportation, the amenities at the resort, restaurants, views from the room, size of the bathrooms, the theming, the color, the long halls, or the pool. :earsboy: Bill |
If you want a DVC tour and the resort is manned by an ASA, ask for a tour there first. :earsboy: Bill |
Stacy -- My wife and I took a day several months ago and went to every WDW DVC resort. Looked at models at VGF, BWV and SSR. We then asked desk clerks if we could see vacant rooms and everyone we asked complied (had to wait for about 20-30 minutes a couple of times). But Bill's advice is right on the mark...in effect my wife and I skimmed thru the magazine that day, but we then went back and stayed at a couple before buying at BWV and VGF. It's a great product...you just need to survey then focus on what's best for you. Best wishes.
I would go to each DVC resort and ask to see a room. Worse thing that can happen is they say no, then you can just tour the grounds also ask for a resort map, you should be able to get a good picture just by touring the grounds if that resort is for you...
As I have posted several times we toured the BLT model as BLT was being built, got all excited and bought BLT before staying there. BLT is a nice resort, just not our favorite and I doubt that we will ever stay there again. If we had stayed there before buying, we would not have purchased a contract there. :earsboy: Bill |
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The DC Nation block of programming on Cartoon Network is soon coming to an end. One of the shows that will be getting the axe first is the animated series, Young Justice. The Young Justice finale will take place on March 16, 2013 at 10:30am.
Fans of the show will still get to see Young Justice episodes for the rest of March 2013 though, as Cartoon Network has decided to air reruns for the remaining of that month. There is no confirmation if more reruns will air after this month.
There has been a petition going around the internet to try and save the show from forever being canceled. The petition is titled "Bring Back DC NATION"; to read and sign the petition, check it out here.
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Re: Gustav path shifts slightly, energy platforms still in danger
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Reva Bhalla wrote:
Strengthening Storm Gustav heads south
Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:47am EDT
By Michael Christie
MIAMI (Reuters) - A strengthening Tropical Storm Gustav jogged to the
south on Thursday and was likely to graze southern Jamaica and the
western tip of Cuba before nearing the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico
as a powerful hurricane.
The eventual U.S. landfall of the seventh storm of what experts have
predicted will be an unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season also
shifted west in the latest model runs. That would take it deeper into
the heavy concentration of U.S. oil and natural gas platforms off the
Louisiana and Texas coasts.
"An Air Force reconnaissance plane has found a surprise this morning,"
the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. "Gustav has either reformed to
the south or been moving more to the south-southwest overnight."
At 7:30 a.m. EDT, Gustav was 80 miles east of Kingston, Jamaica, and its
top sustained winds had risen again to 70 mph (110 km per hour), just
short of the 74 mph (119 kph) threshold for hurricanes.
New Orleans, the southern U.S. city devastated by Hurricane Katrina
three years ago on Friday, remained near the middle of the Miami-based
hurricane center's range of possible landfall locations on the U.S. Gulf
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal put New Orleans residents on alert for
possible evacuations from Friday.
Gustav barged ashore as a hurricane in Haiti on Tuesday but lost much of
its steam as it was clobbered by the high mountains of the impoverished
and flood-prone Caribbean country. Its torrential rains killed at least
23 people there and in the neighboring Dominican Republic.
But the storm, which has fueled a rally in oil prices because of its
threat to the offshore rigs that provide the United States with a
quarter of its crude and 15 percent of its natural gas, began to
strengthen quickly on Thursday.
"It is expected that Gustav will be a powerful hurricane as it moves
into the southern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday," the hurricane center said.
Gustav is the first serious Atlantic storm since the devastating 2005
hurricane season to threaten New Orleans, and the Gulf oil
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita slashed Gulf oil production that year when
they swept through as Category 5 storms on the five-step Saffir-Simpson
scale of hurricane intensity, damaging platforms and severing pipelines.
Oil companies have spent money toughening their oil rigs since,
nevertheless, some started evacuating their offshore workers as Gustav
Energy companies also would be watching a newly formed tropical
depression in the Atlantic 355 miles east-northeast of the northern
Leeward Islands.
The depression -- a precursor to a tropical storm -- was no immediate
threat to land as it tracked to the northwest closer to the British
mid-Atlantic territory of Bermuda.
But computer models indicated it would eventually turn to the west or
even southwest. Some projected it would become an "intense" or "major"
Category 3 or higher storm that could take aim at Florida or the
Caribbean islands.
So-called major hurricanes are regarded as the most dangerous. Katrina
came ashore near New Orleans on August 29, 2005, as a Category 3 and
flooded the city after swamping its protective levees. The hurricane
killed 1,500 people along the U.S. Gulf Coast and caused at least $80
billion in damages.
Emergency officials in the lush mountainous island of Jamaica urged
residents to prepare for heavy rain, avoid gullies and flooded
waterways, evacuate low-lying areas, and wrap their important documents
in plastic to protect them from water.
The storm had not moved much but was expected to track to the
west-southwest near 6 mph (9 kph), graze the southern coast of Jamaica
as a hurricane, then threaten the wealthy Cayman Islands offshore
finance center before entering the Gulf between Cuba and Mexico's
Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday.
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Convenient for visiting the St Louis attractions and the Cahokia Indian Mounds. Adequately maintained for an old park. Only 50 amp spaces are on the row closest to the highway intersection. Noise made by big trucks stopping and starting at the traffic light is severe but this is fairly typical of urban campgrounds. Be prepared with earplugs. If 30 amps will work ask for a space further away from the road. Good antenna TV reception. Double pull-through spaces mean you have to back in if someone is in the other half. For fifth wheels with rear windows the view is of the back end of another RV just a few feet away. This is a good place to stay for visiting the area but not one to go to for days of peace and quiet. Will stay here again when in the area. - all4pets
Typical urban GS park that is showing its age. Main and site roads paved with long and wide level gravel sites. Many of the sites have trees and half with no trees for satellite signal. Park well maintained. Password protected wi-fi signal, good TV antenna signals, no cable, concrete patios and FHU. No rec room, has a pool and a small kids playground. On major road so some noise and some train noise. Office staff friendly and helpful. Park 5 miles to downtown St Louis. No social activities, but the on-site B-B-Q restaurant is great. Would stay there again. - Pepper Dan
This park was very close to St. Louis Attractions, even though we crossed the river to get to it. It is located in an industrial area, but it didn't pose a problem. Sites were level gravel and decent sized. We used our own 'hotspot' for internet connections. Cell Phone service was adequate. There are some permanent residents but they were in another area of the park. They also have about 4 small rental cabins. There is a restaurant on the premises which is pretty good. The staff was friendly and helpful. We stayed an extra day to do more sightseeing. While not a destination spot or very glamorous... we would stay here again. - oldguyinrv


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Whenever Robert says that, my stomach drops down somewhere around my knees and I start thinking all sorts of irrational thoughts. Like, I'm about to get fired. Or, he's going to confess his undying love for me and we're going to go at it on his desk and omigod I am not a homewrecker.
"Sure thing," I said, grabbing my notebook and giving Brad's raised eyebrows a silent shut up or I'll kill you.
"What's up?" I asked nervously, settling into the chair across from him and trying not to notice how perfectly mussed up his hair is today.
"I'm thinking of moving Ashley into the 5:00pm producer slot."
"What?! That's my job! That's the highest level producer job at the station! Is that what sleeping with the boss gets you? I'm quitting."
Only I didn't say that. :-/
"Uh, okay." I'm always so articulate in the company of my boss. Whatev, he's intimidating.
"Here's the thing," he said, leaning in for the Patented Robert Extreme Intensity Pose, "I want to create a new position, and I think you're the person to fill it."
Things were getting interesting. He told me about the position, and it sounds so awesome. He wants me to be the Special Projects Producer (!!!), which means I get to come up with ideas for things like Mean Teens: A three-part special about adolescent bullies.(Actually, I really proposed that, and he cringed like - oh dear God, did I really just offer her this position?) Luckily, all he really said was, "Good start, but o come up with more ideas for a to-be-scheduled meeting next week."
"So when will this start?" I asked.
"In two weeks," he said. "There's just one thing."
Isn't there always just one thing?
"Ash can't move from the 11:00 show until we have a new assignment editor for the 5pm."
"Brad's the assignment editor."
"I'm moving Brad to the 11."
(What?! Brad is mine. I mean, we've worked together for years and he's the only person I really trust. The A.E. is pretty key--they're the ones handling breaking news after all and making sure the producer has news to deliver.)
"So we need to find someone to replace Brad to replace Ashley to replace me and then we all start our new positions?" My head kinda hurt.
"You'll start yours while you're still working on the 5:00 show. But not to worry, you'll get overtime."
Oh. My. God. I have to produce the most crucial news show in our lineup every day, while simultaneously creating an entirely new full-time position? I must have looked alarmed.
"You can do it, K." Robert said. "I have all the faith in the world."
While I certainly appreciate Robert's faith in me, I know how picky he is about new hires. Which means my work life is going to suck just a little bit harder for quite awhile. Seeing as my personal life was not exactly taxing, I guess it didn't matter. I thanked Robert for the opportunty and left his office.
"Congratulations," I said to Brad.
"You too," he began. "I mean, wow is your life going to suck."
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Re:20 megawatts (195 comments)
It's not even in America.
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Re:20 megawatts (195 comments)
It's not even in America.
Re:But LSD must be better (164 comments)
Try both at the same time aka candyflipping , if you don't have a bad trip it will be the best ever.
Re:And thousands of candy ravers ... (164 comments)
They were charging $5 for a bottle of water and people left and did their own things.
Re:Fantastic ROI (275 comments)
btc volume was 28 million in past 24 hours
Excellent (97 comments)
The problem is sorting itself out.
fat chance (273 comments)
Re:Ponzi scheme (357 comments)
In a ponzi scheme, you give me your investment and I give you 120% of your investment back using the funds of later investors. In bitcoin you buy bitcoins for the market price and then if the price goes up you can profit. There is no conman guaranteeing that everybody that buys a bitcoin will be able to sell it for more than they paid.
Re:I have these invisible objects (357 comments)
Look, by not buying you are in fact taking a risk. If the world decides to use this as its global currency and all other currencies become worthless you may be forced into servitude working 70 hours a week for a tiny fraction of one of these invisible objects. People who got in early would be able to simply retire. There is a risk in not buying also. The only risk in buying is that the currency you buy gets less valuable and then you can just buy more. The risk in not buying, well, if you are young, let me come back in ten years and laugh in your stupid face and say I told you so as you shovel shit for a fraction of a bitcoin a year.
fukin noob (240 comments)
Probably bought at $1000 and sold at $500 and now wants to spare us all from the horrors of crypto.
Re:Mt.Gox has a long history of problems, Bitcoin (695 comments)
Good don't use it. More for me. Your grandkids won't know how much I paid for them bitcoins either.
Re:Who would sign on? (157 comments)
Bitcoin doesn't need founders anymore. Yeah, the guy that has the genisis block under his control is going to be super rich. This is all the more reason to get some of the bitcoins under your control while they are still under 1k. Unless you like being a slave? Cryptocurrency has infinite upside risk. Image a future where bitcoin is the only currency accepted, one coin cost a million dollars and you don't have any because you thought it was a scam for suckers. Who is the sucker if it plays out like this?
Re:Who would sign on? (157 comments)
What are we so skeptical about? Do you honestly think investors and bagholders will stop trading bitcoins for US dollars at some point in the future and all this will go away? You are the one who needs to dream on. Buy in now or cry in 10 years. You were all here. You could have all bought in for under 1k a bitcoin. Or you can all continue to believe it's a just a scam for suckers. Life is all about choices.
Re:Who would sign on? (157 comments)
Only early adopters? Would somebody that bought bitcoins in 2016 be considered an early adopter in 2026?
Re:Killing two birds with one stone? (408 comments)
If they were really smart they would sell it all at once and then buy back twice as many for half price in the panic crash and then pump it back up at the next bubble and do it again and again.
Re:Killing two birds with one stone? (408 comments)
Get serious, bitcoin has a 10 billion dollar market cap. 28 million sold at once will drive the price down for sure, but new money will come in to buy the cheap bitcoins and the price will go back up. You can't make a bitcoin worthless unless you kill or otherwise discourage all the humans intersted in owning larger and larger amounts of them.
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In soviet Russia malware hosts you?
Re:If you're concerned... (351 comments)
HAHA, you think the value of bitcoin is going to go down. Good luck with that bagholder! Enjoy watching the rest of us get filthy rich off your clueless grandchildren buying high and selling low.
Re:Bitcoin online only lacking offline and physica (237 comments)
Or you could profit big on day to day volatility, by you know, selling high and buying low. Though you sound like the type that likes to buy high and sell low.
Re:Good grief... (237 comments)
There is going be a lot of idiot millionaires out there. You are just jealous. Anybody that holds US dollars expecting their buying power to stay steady is an idiot. At least when you buy a bitcoin you know the value is going to go up and up beacuse the primary stakeholder will continue to pump and dump the currency for massive profit. After each pump and dump cycle the currency has a higher floor and your buying power is increased.
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Are you retarded or just troll? Go to a currency exchange and place a sell order at your desired rate. If nobody wants to buy it for that amount you will need to lower the price. How hard is this to comprehend?


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Battles » Possible Anime tournament. Anyone interested?
I request Hakumen be added. As powerhouse or Leader.
I request Hakumen be added. As powerhouse or Leader.
Feats are feats. In one of the story mode cutscenes(I believe it was his bad ending), Hakumen was shown to use Ookami to cut through space so he could watch it unfold. Which means you were watching it with him from a different timeline, but due to that dimensional rift, were you able to watch it as well as he.
You should be lucky I don't get his Astral Heats involved.
@Killer_of_trolls: Tell me one Digimon that does not contain 'Millenniummon' in it's name that can kill an immortal PERMANENTLY.
Dat Imperialdramon :>
@Killer_of_trolls: Perhaps YOU should've looked Hakumen up then. Did I mention that Ookami can counter immortality? AND cut spacetime?
Sorry if he's been covered, but ZeedMillenniummon rapes.
-shrugs- Whoever the biggest is.
-insert largest (height/length wise) character here) wins.
Anime Ash's Squirtle stomps, but otherwise, Charmander.
Hm.....Omegamon X, maybe?
Ok, thx. I got the vid too, if that'd help you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yd0EUxH_sk
About 1:11
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Harlingen Fire Department Handing Out Free Smoke Detectors
HARLINGEN — The fire department is giving away three hundred free smoke detectors to people living in Harlingen after receiving a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Firefighters say that anybody living within the city limits is invited to call the department to get their free smoke detector. Firefighters will even install it free of charge for those residents with the detectors having a value of around $15 dollars each. Firefighter Richard Alvarez stated, "We have been setting up appointments to go install them at people's residence. It is open to anybody within the city limits whether you own a home mobile home or travel trailer we are offering them to everybody."
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WARWICK, R.I. – The large mural that was hung in the City Clerk's office Tuesday is a window to the city's past.
In rich hues it depicts an artist's idea of what Apponaug four corners (the intersection of Centerville Road and Post Road) looked like on a summer day in the early 20th century.
A horse-drawn trolley rolls along Post Road with wood-framed, peaked-roof shops in the background. Farther in the distance, the distinctive domed clock tower of Warwick City Hall rises above the tree line.
The mural, which officials believe was painted when the state was participating in national bicentennial celebrations in 1976, was found more than a decade ago – rolled up and decaying in an old filing draw in the city's basement archive room.
The 12-by-4-foot artwork was placed on prominent display in the clerk's office Tuesday after about three months of restoration work by local artist and restorer Amie Boesch.
Boesch and city officials said that while they know quite a bit about the history of the piece through anecdotes from local residents who saw it hanging in a local coffee shop for years, there is one enduring mystery.
Who painted it?
"We still don't know," said Mayor Scott Avedisian as he stopped by the clerk's office to thank Boesch and Chepachet artist Roy Collins.
Collins, who has an art restoration business, paid for materials to fix the mural and put the city in touch with Boesch who donated her time.
Avedisian said that the city has had numerous tips since news of the mural's discovery was written about in the Warwick Beacon newspaper, but none have lead to the mural's creator.
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Reuters team wins 2014 'Oz Prize'
NEW YORK, April 24, 2014 — A team from Reuters has won the 2014 Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia, a $10,000 cash award, given annually, that recognizes the best example of journalism about Asia during the calendar year.
The winning entry is a series of investigative stories about the "dirty war" against the Rohingya people of Myanmar. Reuters cited the work of Jason Szep, Andrew R.C. Marshall and team for reporting that "required extensive and often dangerous field work in several countries, including remote, rarely traveled areas of Myanmar and next-door Thailand."
In addition to the Reuters team, the jury made five citations for reporting excellence:
- Associated Press team for "beautifully written" and "ambitious" coverage of Myanmar
- Ian Johnson, for "revelatory" stories on urbanization in China for The New York Times
- Alizeh Kohari for an "astonishing" piece on the Indus and water management in Pakistan for the Herald magazine
- Jim Yardley, The New York Times, for "Made in Bangladesh" which they jury said went "beyond reporting"
- Wall Street Journal team for coverage of the Delhi rape case and crimes against women which the jury called "required reading"
The winners will be celebrated at an Award Ceremony and discussion on Wednesday, June 18 in New York. Details and registration information is here and the full announcement of the prize is here.
Affectionately nicknamed the "Oz Prize," the Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia honors the late Osborn Elliott, a legendary journalist and author.
Former editor-in-chief of Newsweek, Osborn Elliott set new standards for reporting and editing and became one of the earliest practitioners of "civic journalism" — the deliberate focusing of the journalistic enterprise on urgent issues of public policy.
Previous Winners
2013: Team of Reporters, Bloomberg News
2012: April Rabkin, Fast Company
2010: Keith Bradsher, The New York Times
2009: Team of Reporters, International Herald Tribune
2008: Shai Oster, The Wall Street Journal
2007: Evan Osnos, The Chicago Tribune
2006: Barbara Demick, The Los Angeles Times; Matthew McAllester, Newsday
2005: Philip P. Pan, The Washington Post
2004: John Pomfret, The Washington Post
2003: Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times
About Osborn Elliott, 1924-2008
The Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia honors a legendary journalist whose inclusive public dialogue and civic engagement characterized his life's work.
Oz Elliott's career began with the New York Journal of Commerce and TIME magazine half a century ago. He moved to Newsweek, where he served as Editor, Editor-in-Chief, CEO and Chairman from 1961 to 1976. During his long tenure, Elliott significantly shaped a new and more populist journalism. By launching the "My Turn" feature, he opened the magazine to a broader range of public opinion, in addition to engaging such regular columnists as Paul Samuelson, Milton Friedman and Meg Greenfield. His proudest accomplishment during those years was Newsweek's outspoken support for the emerging civil rights movement: in 1963 he devoted a special issue to African-Americans.
Civic duty and journalism were constant themes in his life. In 1975 Oz Elliott became founding Chairman of the Citizens Committee for NYC. A year later he became New York's first Deputy Mayor for Economic Development. This was followed by 15 years as Dean and Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he established the Poliak Center for First Amendment Studies and the Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism. In 1992 he led a march on Washington of 250,000 people protesting the federal neglect of U.S. cities.
Oz Elliott was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served on numerous boards, including Asia Society, the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Public Library and Harvard's Board of Overseers. He was among the first to be inducted into the Magazine Editors Hall of Fame. He served on the Pulitzer Prize Board, wrote books, and received honorary degrees and many journalism awards. Through his leadership as a civic journalist and civic stalwart, he inspired and trained thousands to become active partners in shaping our society. Though Oz died in 2008, his contribution is a lasting legacy.
2014 Jury
Norman Pearlstine, Chairman of the Jury, Chief Content Officer, Time, Inc.
Marcus Brauchli, Vice President, The Washington Post Co.
Barbara Crossette, UN Correspondent, The Nation
Dorinda Elliott, Deputy Editor, Special Projects, Condé Nast Traveler
Michael Elliott, President and CEO, ONE foundation and former Deputy Managing Editor, TIME
Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME
Richard McGregor, Washington Bureau Chief, Financial Times
Carla Anne Robbins, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations and former Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The New York Times
Anthony Spaeth, Chief Editor, JoongAng Daily
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Architectural Coatings – EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) segment sales for the quarter were $564 million, a decrease of $9 million, or 2 percent, versus the prior year. Currency translation negatively impacted sales by approximately 11 percent, while sales from the Dyrup acquisition completed in January 2012 increased sales 8 percent providing a partial offset. Volumes declined by low-single-digit percentages; however, the decline was less severe than in the previous quarter. Despite the reduced volumes, segment earnings grew by $3 million versus the prior year to reach $56 million, aided by restructuring cost benefits and an improved sales margin mix. On a year-to-date basis the Dyrup acquisition increased segment sales by 9 percent, but the Dyrup business traditionally experiences a sales decline in the fourth quarter that exceeds that of the overall segment, reflecting the seasonal nature of the products acquired with the business.
Optical and Specialty Materials third quarter segment sales were $282 million, down $29 million, or 9 percent, including a 6 percent volume decline and a negative impact from foreign currency translation. Segment volumes declined due to slower optical consumer growth and associated customer inventory destocking. In addition, further customer inventory management actions were initiated to avoid product obsolescence ahead of the early 2013-scheduled introduction of Generation VII Transitions lenses. Segment earnings declined by $17 million year-over-year to $76 million due to the lower volumes, which were partly offset by lower selling expenses.
Commodity Chemicals segment sales for the quarter were $437 million, down $8 million, or 2 percent, versus the prior year. Selling prices were lower year-over-year, stemming from chlorine price decreases realized earlier this year, and partly offset by caustic pricing, which has risen each quarter during the year. Segment earnings were $94 million, a decline of $10 million from the third quarter 2011. Volume gains were offset by a negative sales mix. Lower natural gas input costs and manufacturing cost improvements partly offset the sales impacts. In addition, a small casualty loss stemming from a warehouse fire negatively impacted earnings by $4 million.
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Hi Ya'll, I'm new here, this is my 1st post on Garden Web and wasn't sure where to ask this question. I live in WI and have been a long time organic gardener but this year I put in an herb garden, the first time up in this zone. I grew, with wonderful results, everything in a raised bed, except my 2 Rosemary plants. They were only a few inches tall so I put each one in an old metal sap bucket, I was afraid the other plants would "overwhelm" them do to their size. They are now about 2 1/2 feet tall and really nice and full. I have brought them into the house in fear of losing them over the winter here, the label said hardy to zone 7 and I'm zone 4. Also, I purchased a Lavender plant, type unknown, on clearance last month. I kept it potted up, gave it lots of TLC and it's doing really well but I also brought it in the house when a hard freeze was in the forecast. My question is...did I do the right thing by bringing these potted herbs inside? I have them in my spare bedroom where it stays cool, in a south facing window. Does anyone have anything to add about how to over-winter these 2 herbs? I truly appreciate any input ya'll may have for me. Thank you. |
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- Posted by balloonflower CO 5b (My Page) on Tue, Nov 12, 13 at 23:22
You were correct in bringing your rosemary inside if you wanted to keep it. However, rosemary is a pretty picky potted plant, that has very specific needs, mostly related to drainage in the soil. You'll want to be very careful not to overwater over the winter--check the soil with a finger or get a water meter. With the cool temps, it won't be growing as much, and therefore not need as much water. Do some forum searching on rosemary and you'll see lots about keeping it in pots. You're also on the chilly side for lavender. Some of the newer hardy varieties can go to zone 5, but you're probably a bit too cold. It has very similar requirements to the rosemary--watch your watering and soil drainage. |
- Posted by scents_from_heaven z9b Orlando FL (My Page) on Wed, Nov 13, 13 at 1:57
I know with rosemary you have to place it in a southern exposure window but it requires 6 hours of sunlight per day and in your zone that will be difficult so you may need to help it out by utilizing a grow light. It is best to keep the temperature around 50-60 degrees F and do not water more than once or twice a month unless the sir in your house if extremely dry. Mine stays out year round and fends for itself. It is approximately 5' tall and 5-6' wide. It is taking over everything and is four years old. |
- Posted by CornerCottage 4 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 14, 13 at 6:45
Thank you both very much for your responses and tips. I will keep them both (rosemary and lavender) located in the window I have them in, where it's cool, but a grow light is a good idea...our winters here are dreary. There is good drainage in my pots but I'll be more careful on the watering. With that said, I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best, they're at least worth trying to save. Thanks again for your help. |
When we lived in WI(z3/4), I tried to grow lavender. I did manage to get some to survive in the ground(actually a very large raised bed) by giving it shelter in the form of small pine branches piled over it. I can't remember which cultivar, but I purchased it at a local nursery(Dragonfly, I think). We moved to a different apartment building and the tenents where we moved from pulled up the lavender thinking it was a weed the next spring before I could go back and dig it up. I never tried rosemary as I knew I wouldn't be able to bring it in(to a too warm apartment) for the winter. Chives, oregano, catnip and thyme survived the winters just fine. |
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Congratulations, Laura. I've never had any luck rooting rex begonias, but I think I'll try the whole-leaf-in-water method someone reported on. My leaf sections always rotted before they had a chance to root, but maybe I was babying them too much in a shade house in South Florida. Do you grow your rexes planted outdoors year round? I've had a couple that have done very well that way for the past three years. judy in sanford |
All the begonias are outside. I'll stick them in the shed or cover them with a sheet if we have threat of a frost or freeze. Most of them are in pots but I've got some in the ground. |
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