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Friday, March 29, 2013
MANCHESTER – Following an inconsistent second half of the season that included an early exit from the Hockey East playoffs, the University of New Hampshire hockey team is treating tonight's game against Denver like a fresh start.
During one stretch toward the end of the regular season UNH had five ties in nine games. The Wildcats have eight one-goal losses this year and seven ties.
"It's a huge goal for us," Henrion said. "It's a big opportunity to throw our names out there one last time and show the country what the University of New Hampshire is and what we want."
Junior defenseman Eric Knodel was a freshman on the 2011 squad that hosted the Northeast Regional at Verizon Wireless Arena. Although he redshirted the season, just being with the team helped prepare him for what he's going through this weekend.
He was the goalie coach for Team USA, which captured the gold medal at the World Juniors in Russia, and now has an opportunity to win a national championship by getting that quest started in his home state.


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The Arctic from Wicked Lasers is a spectacular affirmation of the forward march of technology. But should a 750-milliwatt, handheld blue laser even be legal for sale?
The article you're about to read is a story of furious power unleashed. It's a story about technology that must be seen to be believed, but causes serious concern among federal agencies.

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Hailan Rising
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Hailan Rising will have two types of zones: Neutral and Contested. Neutral zones will not be flagged for PvP. In neutral zones, players of all factions will have the ability to trade and interact with one another in safe PvE environments.
Contested zones will be all-out PvP battlegrounds, but each will have its own specific goal. Some maps will serve as weekly battleground points. Shores of Ashken is the first of the weekly battlegrounds to be released and will be available at launch. These types of zones are designed to throw hundreds of members from each faction into the battle to see who reigns supreme. The faction that wins the weekly war will receive bonuses until the time of the next war.
Other zones, such as Crater, will feature control points that will be contested on a nonstop basis. Did you or your guild conquer the evil dragon that is guarding the zone? If you did, then you are the owner of the zone and the benefits of controlling it are yours. But every other guild in the game is now going to be targeting you.
And then there are zones such as Shrieking Caverns that are meant for more casual players. These types of zones are able to be controlled only by an individual or a single group, not a guild or raid force. Expect these types of zones to change ownership often. The really cool thing about these types of zones is that once you are the owner of the zone, you will gain a small lifetime buff (such as a 1% bonus to HP) even if you control the zone for only a few seconds.
PvP will take place on three fronts: 1) Large Scale Server Wide Wars, 2) 24/7 Contested Control Points, and 3) Individual/Single Group Control Points.
And on top of all that, every PvP kill that you earn will add to your overall individual PvP ranking. So if you are just not interested in the territory control system, you still have the option to pursue the personal glory of being #1 and sitting atop the PvP rankings!
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Organic Gardening staff members will be spending a lot of time in the City of Brotherly Love this week, as the 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show—the world's largest indoor flower show—officially opens on Saturday, March 2. If you're planning to attend the show, be sure to visit the Garden to Table Culinary Studio in Room 204C, where Organic Gardening editors will be emceeing cooking demos by top chefs, and guests receive free swag bags. Also be sure to check out the speakers at the Gardener's Studio, located on the show floor adjacent to the Hamilton Horticourt, which include Organic Gardening deputy editor Doug Hall. Doug will be discussing "Soil Matters: The Organic Way to a Healthier Garden," presented by Espoma, on Tuesday March 5 at 7 p.m.
The theme of this year's flower show is "Brilliant!" All things British will be on display, from a 21-foot-long Union Jack made entirely of plants to a recreation of Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter's Tea Party. To pay tribute to the enormous influence that the U.K. has had on American gardening, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has partnered with Britain's Royal Horticultural Society to bring the best of British gardening to the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Featured presenters include Mark Lane, gardens manager for the household of the British royal family, and Raymond J. Evison, author and lecturer and nurseryman for Guernsey Clematis Nursery.
Visitors to the flower show shouldn't miss the opportunity to take a side trip to another Philadelphia gardening mecca: Bartram's Garden. Here they will discover that America's influence on British gardening may be every bit as large as British influence on American gardening. Much of that influence may be attributed to a self-taught botanist named John Bartram (1699-1777), who purchased the land now preserved as Bartram's Garden in 1728. John was passionate about plants, traversing much of the Eastern Seaboard to collect botanical specimens and seeds. He established a correspondence with London merchant Peter Collinson, sending collections of seeds for resale. Five guineas would purchase a Bartram Box including 100 or more varieties of seeds. Many members of the British nobility eventually became Bartram's clients, and Bartram was named Royal Botanist by King George III.
A wide spectrum of colorful plants native to North America—including magnolias, mountain laurels, azaleas, rhododendrons, sugar maples, black gums, viburnums, and sumacs—have changed the palette of British landscapes due to the enormous influence of John Bartram. John pursued his plant collecting as a business, creating one of the first plant catalogs in the United States in 1785. His son William Bartram and, later, granddaughter Ann Bartram Carr and her husband continued to operate the business until 1850, when financial difficulties forced it to close. During that time, the operation grew to include 10 greenhouses, a collection of more than 1,400 native plant species, and as many as 1,000 exotic species.
Since 1891, Bartram's Garden has been owned by the City of Philadelphia. It is now managed by the nonprofit John Bartram Association in cooperation with the City of Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation. The house and many of the original stone outbuildings, including the one John used to package seeds for shipment to Europe, have been restored. And recently, the Bartram Nursery was reopened, offering the first selection of plants for sale since the 1850s. The plants are offered year-round at the Garden Shop and at seasonal sales. Some seeds from Bartram's Garden may also be purchased through the garden's online shop.
If you schedule your visit to Bartram's Garden for Wednesday, March 6, 2013, plan to purchase tickets for a guided tour by Head Gardener Todd Greenberg. And while you're at the Philadelphia Flower Show, be sure to attend one of the presentations by Kirk R. Brown of the Garden Writers Association, who interprets the life and work of John Bartram. He'll be speaking at the Gardener's Studio.
To read more about John Bartram and his circle of amateur botanists, check out The Brother Gardeners, by Andrea Wulf.
Note: You can follow Organic Gardening staff members and events at the flower show on Twitter (@ogmag and @PhilaFlowerShow, hashtags #flowershow and #subarugardens), Facebook (Organic Gardening Magazine), and Pinterest (pinterest.com/ogmag/philadelphia-flower-show).
[1] http://www.organicgardening.com/thegardenephemerist
[2] http://theflowershow.com/
[3] http://theflowershow.com/attractions/garden-to-table-studio/
[4] http://theflowershow.com/attractions/gardeners-studio/
[5] http://www.bartramsgarden.org/
[6] http://www.bartramsgarden.org/plants-are-our-history/bartram-boxes/
[7] http://www.bartramtrail.org/
[8] http://www.bartramsgarden.org/plants-are-our-history/todays-bartram-nursery/
[9] http://shop.bartramsgarden.org/collections/seeds
[10] http://shop.bartramsgarden.org/collections/workshops-and-events/products/head-gardener-tour
[11] http://www.andreawulf.com/andrea-wulf/about-the-brother-gardeners.html
[12] https://twitter.com/ogmag
[13] https://www.facebook.com/OrganicGardening
[14] http://pinterest.com/ogmag/philadelphia-flower-show/


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Delbert Shaw has filed a $25,000 (£15,625) lawsuit against the stars, claiming they hurled threats at him while he photographed them during a vacation in Hawaii in December 2010.
He also alleges the former Beverly Hills, 90210 star tussled with him before throwing his iPhone in the sea.
In court on Tuesday (15Jan13), Shaw's lawyer Sark Ohanian objected to the $620 (£388) financial penalty, but the judge sided with Fox and Green.
According to E! News, Ohanian argued, "They are trying to paint my client as a reckless paparazzo and none of the discovery is focused on the incident. We haven't been trying to hide the ball on anything."
The case is still being fought but the couple has asked the judge to dismiss Shaw's lawsuit, which they maintain is "without merit and... premised on a tissue of misrepresentations and half-truths".
The paparazzo is suing for alleged assault and battery, infliction of emotional distress, conversion, false imprisonment, conspiracy and negligence.


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If you have ever had the misfortune of turning over a log or rock in eastern Oklahoma and grabbing a black salamander with white spots, you know that washing off the thick, sticky liquid that they secrete from their skin in defense is no easy matter. Imagine being a small predator like a snake, biting the salamander, getting a mouthful of that sticky stuff, and then trying to rub it off in the leaf litter ending up with a mouthful of leaves stuck to your mouth! These salamanders, which look pretty much the same from mountain ridge to mountain ridge, and even resemble a lowland salamander, form a complex of species whose identities and relationships are just beginning to be understood. To the layman, these are known as the "slimy" salamanders.
Dr. Don Shepard, a former graduate student from the University of Oklahoma, has combined field studies with DNA sequence data to unravel relationships among these species. Until recently, these salamanders have been considered as four species. One, Plethodon albagula, appears to be widespread in lowlands and the Ozark foothills of eastern Oklahoma, extending up into Missouri. Three other species, P. caddoensis, P. fourchensis, and P. ouachitae, each occur on their own mountain ridges in the Ouachita Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. If only it were that simple!
By combining DNA sequence data with known rates of evolutionary change for specific genes, Don has discovered that not only have some of these "species" experienced divergence into genetically different populations, the causes of divergence differ among species. For P. ouachitae and P. fourchensis, genetically different populations are associated with mountain ridges, indicating that populations were isolated on mountain tops as the climate slowly changed over geologic time. Why would they become isolated? The answer is that these salamanders require a specific set of environmental conditions to survive. These include relatively cool temperatures and high humidity, usually associated with mountain tops. The salamanders appear unable to adapt to warmer and drier conditions so they simply live in the same kind of microhabitats that they lived in historically. This inability to adapt is referred to by scientists as "niche conservatism."
For P. caddoensis, diversification is associated with stream drainages. Four distinct lineages within P. caddoensis have been identified from each of the following four streams; lower Caddo River, Upper Caddo River, Brushy Creek, and Cossatot and Little Missouri Rivers. Diversification in this "species" appears tied to more recent climatic change and specialized niche characteristics of the salamanders, primarily related to thermal and humidity variables associated with stream drainages.
Dr. Shepard is now beginning to examine the lowland and widespread "species" P. albagula. No doubt this species has undergone some interesting divergences in the past, but what the pattern is and how it occurred remains a mystery to be unraveled. So, the next time you pick up one of these so-called "slimy salamanders," reflect on their evolutionary history and what they tell us about past events underscoring the remarkable diversity that we see today in eastern Oklahoma. Oh, and if you have been slimed, try WD-40 followed by soap and water. WD-40 seems to be a universal solvent and will clean many things!


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Simple and Effective Stress Soothers
Researchers can measure a person's cortisol levels through a simple saliva test. In research settings, they ask a group of people to relax on a sofa while watching television for an hour. The researchers measured before and after cortisol rates. The verdict: watching television didn't lower cortisol levels. Later in their research they conducted a similar experiment but substituted an hour of yoga for watching television. You guessed it. The group's cortisol levels were significantly reduced.
In the following list, you won't find watching television as a stress soother. What you will find are activities that lower your cortisol levels. (For more on how cortisol affects your weight, see How Stress Can Make You Fat.) You're certain to find one or two that work for you during stressful times. They'll lift your moods and make you forget you ever considered a cookie fling just to make yourself feel better.
Get in Water
Water works. Take a bath, take a shower, get in the hot tub, or go swimming. Warm water envelops the largest organ of the body, the skin. It warms up every pore and relaxes the muscles.
When I (Lucy) was losing my weight more than 20 years ago, I took baths long before I intellectually understood them. The most difficult overeating time of day for me was late afternoon. I found water to be the perfect relaxant. When I could get my hyperactive 3-year-old son to take a nap, I would hustle to the bathroom and enjoy a bubble bath. These were not necessarily long, luxurious baths; my son was likely to need me at any moment. Sometimes I took three-minute baths; sometimes they lasted for five minutes. But they worked.
I imagined that all the stress in me was going into the water and down the drain. By the time I put on fresh clothes, the urge to eat had subsided, and I looked forward to the rest of the day. Today, my grown-up son comments on how many baths I took when he was a baby. You bet, I say; they made me thin.
Get Warm
We are not bears. We don't need to add on a layer of fat to carry us through the winter, but some of us are inclined to add winter weight. When physically chilled or cold, we're prone to eat more starches. You don't need to add pounds in winter to get more warmth. Wear clothes that are warmer and, when you feel chilled, put on your flannel PJs, get under the down comforter, and sip on a cup of warm herbal or decaffeinated tea. Getting warm can also soothe bad feelings.
Get in the Sunshine
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A light box is a clever device that mimics natural full-spectrum sunlight. A small one stands about 16 inches wide and less than 2 feet high. It can sit on a desk or hang on a wall. Sitting in front of the box for even a half-hour a day can perk you up on wintry or cloudy days.
Sunshine is the perfect mood lifter. Research indicates that 20 minutes of sunlight a day will naturally elevate your mood. Twenty minutes of sunshine daily also helps your hormones work correctly. People who live in the northernmost states or in areas of the country with lots of rainy days are often deficient in sunlight. The ensuing depression is called seasonal affective disorder (SAD). It can be remedied by exposure to plenty of natural sunlight or by using artificial full-spectrum bright light, as provided by a light box.
It's best to get real sunshine. You can do this even if you work indoors. Eat lunch on the patio, take a walk during break time, or play outdoors with the children when you get home from work.
For your 20 minutes of sun therapy a day, wear sunscreen but don't wear your sunglasses. Your eyes need the light to boost hormonal activity and elevate your moods. Of course, never look directly at the sun; instead, simply sit, walk, garden, or relax.
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"Under the continued artistic leadership of Suzie Leblanc, music director Alexander Weimann and stage director Marie Nathalie Lacoursiere, Le Nouvel Opera is dedicated to the production and workshopping of repertoire from the baroque and classical periods in the form of Operas, serenatas, intermezzi, singspiel and other artforms where dance, theatre, commedia dell'arte, visual arts and singing are blended together into one spectacle.
While deeply committed to an understanding of performance practice, part of the company's mandate is to make this repertoire relevant to a modern audience by making as many connections as possible to contemporary life and culture. To this end, the company has made education an integral part of the company's future plans."
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"Opera Atelier holds a unique place in the North America theatre community, producing opera, ballet and drama from the 17th and 18th centuries. These productions draw upon the aesthetics and ideals of the period, featuring soloists of international acclaim, period ballet, original instruments, elaborate stage décor, exquisite costumes and an imaginative energy that sets Opera Atelier apart. Opera Atelier is not in the business of "reconstruction", rather each production is original providing a thrilling theatrical experience for modern audiences." See the website for more information.
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"Nordic Network for Early Opera is a new initiativ with the aim to promote early opera from ap. 1600-1700.
The Network functions as an informal hub for dialogue and research with the participance of leading scholars and musicians both within and outside the Nordic countries.
Conferences, masterclasses, workhops, publications and meetings are regular acitivities organized by the Network.
The long term goal is to establish a permanent environment for research and production which can function as a platform for the staging of early operas based on the very same historical research, thus joining theory and practice."
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Vast site on the subject of Baroque Opera (French language only).
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"The Opéra Comique was founded in 1714 under Louis XIV. It is among the oldest dramatic and musical institutions in France. Its history was alternately turbulent and prestigious until it was listed on the register of the national theaters in 2005.
Since then, a new period has begun for the theater: it aims to introduce its remarkable repertoire, ensure the production and diffusion of dramatic works to the general public.
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Opéra comique is a genre represented by the Opéra Comique. It is not necessarily comic in nature, but sung lines are interspersed with spoken drama. Opéra comique contrasts with opera, which is sung throughout.
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As from 1783, the Opéra Comique staged its productions in a theater that took on the name of famous librettist Charles-Simon Favart.
The Salle Favart burnt down twice and was rebuilt on the same plot. In 1898 the third Salle Favart was granted to the Opéra Comique."
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"Baroque Opera Live is a new opera company based in Hastings, East Sussex. We were formed in June 2010 to perform the works of Handel, Rameau, Lully, Vivaldi and other composers of the Baroque era.
Baroque music was composed roughly from the time of Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) to that of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). One of its main influences is thought to be Martin Luther, the father of Protestantism, who believed that music could enhance reverence for God and help to spread God's word."
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"The Early Opera Company is a vibrant, young professional ensemble. Founded in 1994 the company made its debut with a production of Handel's Agrippina at Mannes College New York, with a London debut of Handel's Serse in 1996. ... " See the website for more information.
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"Until the nineteenth century, audiences and critics considered opera the highest form of art. Because it combines drama, poetry, music, dance and rhetoric, opera was seen as the most perfect synthesis of arts with which to move the passions, engage the mind and delight the senses. Rich and poor, intellectuals and common folk alike enjoyed going to the opera, which was as popular then as movies are today. In our time, opera companies are reluctant to perform early works because they believe audiences have changed; that the stories and music of the past have lost their resonance.
We don't agree.
Helios strives to resurrect these less-known masterpieces by combining creative, modern staging with energetic period musical performance. We bring together talented young artists from across the northeast to create for our audiences an entirely new experience of opera. Early opera can be powerful, thrilling and relevant today: these pieces united kings, poets, soldiers and shoemakers — we invite you to see why."
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"Opera Lafayette is an American period instrument ensemble dedicated to performances of 17th- and 18th-century operas, particularly the French repertoire. Founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Ryan Brown, Opera Lafayette has garnered critical acclaim and a loyal following for its concert and staged opera productions with well-known American and international artists. Its collaborations with The New York Baroque Dance Company, the leading baroque dance group in this country, have produced world premiere musical and dance performances.
Opera Lafayette records for Naxos. Its debut recording of the 1774 Paris version of Gluck's Orphée et Euridice was released internationally in 2005, followed by Sacchini's Oedipe à Colone in 2006 and Rameau's Rameau Opera Arias for Haute-Contre with tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt in 2007. Opera Lafayette has also recorded Lully's Armide for release in 2008 and Rebel and Francoeur's Zélindor, roi des Sylphes, a world premiere recording made at the Music Center at Strathmore, for release in 2009. .."
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"Pacific MusicWorks provides a forum for the artistic vision of conductor and baroque opera specialist Stephen Stubbs. Productions range from chamber music to fully staged operas, engaging internationally renowned artists in collaboration with leading musicians of the Northwest. Audiences of early music enthusiasts are expanding by PMW's educational offerings that reach from the primary school level through advanced work with young professionals to other members of our community."
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The Seattle Academy of Opera (formerly Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera) is a program dedicated to preparing musicians for a career in baroque opera performance founded by Stephen Stubbs.
In recognition of the need for ongoing education in the field of baroque opera for both singers and continuo players, we also offer weekend workshops during the academic year. Unlike the Accademia d'Amore, which has 40-50 participants, these events are designed for a smaller group (limited to eight singers) allowing for more in-depth work and exploring the repertoire of the cantata and motet as well as operatic scenes. The faculty of Seattle Academy of Opera are artists-in-residence at St James Cathedral.
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Opera Company the Camerata de Caracas
Voices, drama and talent that arouse emotion and imagination
"Memoria de Apariencias was created in 1988 by Professor Isabel Palacios with a group of professional singers with the initial aim to tackle the repertoire of chamber opera developed from the early Baroque to the Classical period. …"
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Don't Buy Surface!
My goal is not to give any money to MS, so why on Earth would I consider buying MS-specific hardware in the first place?
It's also for DRM purposes, I'd imagine. Rooted Android tablets (and to a lesser extent, rooted iPads) are considered a major problem by many software developers. Microsoft said, "no worries, bro, we gots your back." Rooting the Surface -- and hence bypassing the DRM -- is not going to be easy, and hence application developers on Windows 8 RT can rely on their users being legitimate paying customers. Same goes for any media DRM.
The other part is protecting these simplified devices from certain classes of malware, which does exist in the wild for rooted iPad and Android devices, I might note. The people who want SecureBoot to outright disappear are absolutely retarded. Demanding that you have some means to control it if you own the device is very reasonable, but asking that the world do without legitimate security protections entirely because you're afraid some hardware vendors will be mean is silly.
Don't Buy Surface!
My goal is not to give any money to MS, so why on Earth would I consider buying MS-specific hardware in the first place?
Still using Desktop PCs , are there reasons to go to Surface or any Android/IOS tablet ?
Is enjoying the commands way some kind of retrograde or old school ?
So flash the firmware with a replacement, it works for 'untrusted computing' and many androids. Don't we already have Linux based firmware on a wide range of hardwares that run Windows by default? Adapt one.As Matthew mentions in his post, loading Linux or any other operating system to this first-generation ARM-based Microsoft Surface tablet would likely involve finding a vulnerability within the device's firmware in order to execute arbitrary code.
Um hello? Microsoft specifically requires that any ARM device with Windows 8 certification, sold with Windows 8 should not allow the user to disable Secure Boot. So yeah, they are responsible for this. Sure, I could just avoid buying MS hardware - but any ARM based device sold with Windows 8 will most likely have the same restriction.
Sure, a large number of devices already have this restriction, but here's yet another set of devices (not just Surface, but all ARM based tablets sold with Windows 8 - maybe as many as the number of iPads or Android tablets out there) that are being introduced. The problem is the attitude that some people in this thread seem to have - just avoid it. What when all devices are locked down in this way? There's no way to avoid it then. And don't tell me bullshit such as "if someone is determined enough, they'll find a way". That's fucking bullshit. You shouldn't have to scour for a security vulnerability in the firmware and OS kernels, when all you want to do is install software you want to use on a tablet you own.
Also, it will be very difficult if not impossible for new people to try out a Linux distro (or even FreeBSD for that matter) if they have such a device. Consumers who don't know the technical details of a device will most likely not know the difference between an ARM and x86 based device. They might buy the ARM device if it's low cost, or maybe they have a subsidy through their university (for students). What when such people want to try out a Linux based distro? Not everyone has the money to go buy a new device whenever they feel like it. That device may be all they've got. What when someone is trying to research operating systems? They can't use anything but Windows. And they are stuck with it. They shouldn't have to be.
So yeah, FUCK YOU Microsoft for forcing Windows upon people because you just don't know how to compete.
WinRT is a renamed Windows phone 8 OS. 8! What about the programs for 1-7? What about the hardware running 1-7? None of those are compatible. They have the worst compatibility record of any tablet and bad ratings with users. So there's little risk of it getting popular. Windows Active Directory integration? Not exactly.
The only concern is if the Pro tablets (an Intel Atom with a detached keyboard) carry this into x86 land.


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This has the advantages that you can replace the parts individually, for example, Clang is a code analyzer for C/C++, but it can be replaced with a code analyzer for Pascal or any other language, as long as the analyzer creates intermediate code that the backend can parse to machine code. On the other hand you can replace the backend if necessary without changing the frontend.
Also a nice advantage of this design: You can use the parts apart from another, for example can the Clang frontend be used by IDEs or text editors for syntax highlighting or on-the-fly recognition of syntax and logical errors.


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The Principality of Liechtenstein and the Republic of Fiji formalised diplomatic relations at a ceremony at the Permanent Mission of Fiji to the United Nations in New York on 30July, 2014. The Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, AmbassadorChristian Wenaweserand his Fijian counterpart, Ambassador Peter Thomson, signed a joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations between the two States.
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At the outset, Mr. President, allow me to thank you for convening this open debate on regional partnerships in peacekeeping. Allow me also to thank the Secretary-General, and the representatives of the European Union and the African Union for framing the debate through their presentations. This statement is aligned to that just delivered by the delegation of Egypt on behalf of the Non Aligned Movement.
At the elections held today in the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), Fiji was re-elected to the Council of the ISA for a four year period commencing on 1 January, 2015.
The Council is the executive organ of the ISA. It is made up of 36 Member States elected by the ISA membership as a whole.
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Responsibity matters sometimes more than performance.
Seriously the responsivity issues are more pressing than the perofrmance of ASM.js is now.
Phoronix: Firefox Developers Continue Tuning ASM.js Performance
Mozilla developers continue to optimize everything they can with ASM.js to deliver the greatest performance possible inside Firefox...
Responsibity matters sometimes more than performance.
Seriously the responsivity issues are more pressing than the perofrmance of ASM.js is now.
I find the speed tests from mozilla very false.
They compare against clang 3.2 as "native" whereas their same gcc (3.6) tests are outperforming clang in all but one test.
Then you still have the version matter. Clang improved quite a bit in 3.3. Gcc also improved quite a bit in 3.7 and 3.8. Specifically if you have intel with all those new optimizations.
So yeah, false results of mozilla.
comment on the blog, yes, the version can matter. I didn't test the very latest LLVM and gcc versions because the goal wasn't to see the very limit of performance, but get a more broad picture of what results people can get by using typical native compilers (most applications people use are not compiled with bleeding edge compilers).
So I used the gcc that came with my linux distro - it's the one that built practically every single app I run on my machine - and for LLVM, I used the same version used by emscripten, which means it has identical frontend optimizations and the comparison of native to JS is more apples-to-apples. But again, I agree that testing the very latest is interesting as well, just depends on what your purpose is.
It's not like they're using ancient compilers. I'd be pretty surprised if it made a huge difference.
And compiling with some march flags to recent cpus is what would be cheating, because the point of this code is to run across common computers like it would be compiled for a common distro.


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|Bill Geivett should be the Colorado Rockies next manager.
Assistant General Manager Bill Geivett and General Manager Dan O'Dowd are in the process of interviewing for their open manager position after Jim Tracy let them know that he couldn't handle the reins that they were putting on him. He passed up $1.4 million instead of being held down by the decisions being made within the Rockies front office.
Anyone who follows this Rockies organization knows one simple truth. There would be no big-names talked about in the search. There is zero chance that the Rockies would look to lure Joe Torre or Tony LaRussa out of retirement. They weren't going to look at hiring Ryne Sandberg, who is being groomed for the job in Philadelphia. Those who have any knowledge of how the Rockies front office works, knows that the odds are, the team would either go with someone from within the organization, or someone who has no managerial experience.
The reason they would make that pick? Simple. Predictability. Tom Runnells is someone this organization has known since 2004 when he managed the Tulsa Drillers. Working up the chain, Runnells went to Colorado Springs before being promoted to bench coach after Clint Hurdle was removed as Rockies manager and Tracy promoted in his place.
The latest news suggests that the Rockies are planning on interviewing Jason Giambi. The slugger who has been with the club since 2009 is ready to trade in the cleats for a stop-watch if a team is willing to give him a shot.
So far, the decision seems to be between Runnells and Giambi, with Runnells being the clear favorite.
However, the decision isn't one that is exciting for anyone. While the idea of Giambi becoming manager seems like a fun story to follow, the reality is, the name on the back of the jersey of the next Rockies manager won't make an ounce of difference.
It simply doesn't matter who the front office hires to take over for Tracy. Their stance is clear. Bill Geivett has already told the media that the next manager will still be under the same constraints that were handed down to Tracy. The front office will dictate pitch-count, rotation decisions, and essentially everything else that a field manager usually dictates.
So the question is simple. If the Rockies are looking for someone to simply take instruction and do as they are told, why not make Geivett the manager? If the front office is going to dictate when the manager has to take out his starting pitcher, they are essentially dictating the way the entire game is managed. It prevents a manager from using the bench the way he would like to because he is forced into awkward pinch-hitting situations early in the game, and forced to extend relievers in order to bridge the gap to the back-end of the bullpen.
The Rockies would like everyone to believe that the field manager will still make in-game decisions, but the reality is, the pitching limitations take the cards out of the managers hand. He is short-handed from the beginning of the game.
If Geivett and O'Dowd truly believe that baseball has to be played 100 percent different in the altitude, then why not put their money where their mouths are? If they want to go down the path of exploring what it is going to take to win at Coors Field, why have someone else be the fall guy while the strings are being pulled behind the curtain?
The answer is simple. O'Dowd and Geivett simply must have a fall-guy for when their plan doesn't work. If the Rockies lose 98 games once again in 2013, the two guys running the show can insist that they hired the wrong guy, or that he wasn't as committed to the system, and blame him, buying themselves more time.
If Geivett were to strap on the purple pinstripes, he and O'Dowd will have lost their buffer. They will no longer be able to point their finger at someone else for their failures. So the simple answer for them is to hire a traditional manager, but not someone who will push back on them. They must hire someone who will say yes to everything they want him to, while shouldering the questions from the media and taking the spotlight off of the front office.
If the Rockies actually believe their plan, if they don't actually believe that it is simply an excuse for ineptitude, they wouldn't be afraid to completely own their ideas. Instead, they must put someone else in place to be the fall guy, buying them one more chance to hit the reset button and avoid being fired.
The Rockies should do their fans a favor and own up to their theories. They can start by putting Bill Geivett in a uniform and calling him the manager, instead of simply having him pull the strings from behind the scenes.
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