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Iftikhar Jamil, associate CIO for weather, NOAA
The National Weather Service recently migrated its high performance computing to a new capability in a private cloud.
Instead of running its own hardware and software, NWS moved to a managed service from IBM under a $19 million-a-year contract.
"We have more than doubled our capacity from 90 terabytes to about 213 terabytes a second. This is potentially a game-changer what we are looking at to be able to provide better services," said Iftikhar Jamil, the associate chief information officer for weather at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "We want to be able to do complex computations at a much faster rate, and this is the capability that will provide more accuracy, higher fidelity and in a faster processing time so people will see the results faster."
Jamil, whose position used to be known as the NWS CIO, said under the contract IBM will upgrade the high-performance computing capabilities every two-and-a-half years.
Moving high-performance computing to the cloud is one of several technology capabilities that the weather service is upgrading.
Jamil said NWS is part of the broader Commerce Department effort to move commodity IT to shared services, many times run by bureaus with expertise in that specific area.
For example, the weather service is charged with building the dissemination-as-a- service capability for all of Commerce.
"Our intention is to basically set it up, get it up and running and offer it as a service for the NOAA enterprise," Jamil said. "We are building that at the beginning stages of it. There will be some small [procurement] actions coming out over the next few months or a year or so that people should keep an eye out for."
He said the dissemination-as-a-service is focused on getting weather alerts out as soon as possible.
Jamil said there are many different ways to deliver those kinds of warnings, whether through radio or television broadcast or cell phones, and other avenues, the goal is communicate with the entire community easily and quickly.
NWS also will be a customer of Commerce bureau cloud providers.
Jamil said the goal is for the service to focus on mission areas and get out of the commodity IT services.
NWS moved to the Google email and collaboration platform in the cloud, which replaced about eight separate email systems, about two years ago.
Jamil said the move to cloud is one of several of his priorities.
He said the cloud is part of the broader effort to move to a common IT infrastructure to gain further efficiencies.
A third priority is further improve NWS's cybersecurity.
Along the lines of cybersecurity, Jamil said he's focused on mission assurance.
He said the goal is to ensure NWS has the tools and capabilities necessary to serve its customers, which includes IT security.
"I'm more focused on enabling IT on how it was able to support what we needed to be done," he said.
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- Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 living above and below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), by income level. For example, in 2012, 23.8% of children in California lived in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold (0-99% of FPL). The FPL was $23,283 for a family of two adults and two children in 2012.
- Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (Oct. 2013).
- Footnote: Data are displayed for geographies with at least 65,000 people based on 2012 population estimates. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. LNE (Low Number Event) refers to estimates that have been suppressed because the margin of error was greater than 5 percentage points. N/A means that data are not available. Some regions listed are Census Designated Places (CDPs), such as East Los Angeles; CDPs are communities within the unincorporated part of a county.
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- Measures of Family Income and Poverty on Kidsdata.org
On kidsdata.org, measures of income and poverty include estimates of:
- The "Self-Sufficiency Standard," which measures how much income is needed for a family of a certain composition living in a particular county to adequately meet its basic needs, and the percentages of families living below the Self-Sufficiency Standard, from the Insight Center for Community Economic Development
- Children in poverty based on the Supplemental Poverty Measure, by race/ethnicity, for California and the U.S. only
- Children in poverty based on the Federal Poverty Level ($23,283 for a family of two adults and two children in 2012), by race/ethnicity
- Children living above and below the federal poverty level, by income level and family type
- Children living in areas of concentrated poverty
- Median family income (the income level at which half of families earn more, and half earn less)
- Children living in low-income working families
- Individuals receiving CalWORKs benefits, from the California Department of Social Services
Unless otherwise noted, data are estimates based on the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Depending on the indicator, breakdowns may include:
- by City, School District, and County (65,000+ residents), as single-year estimates
- by City, School District, and County (20,000+ residents), as 3-year estimates
- by City, School District, and County (10,000+ residents), as 5-year estimates
- by Legislative District, as 5-year estimates
The Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) addresses some of the shortcomings of the Federal Poverty Level by accounting for a wider range of benefits and expenses that affect a family's economic resources. Poverty thresholds for the SPM are based on families' expenditures on food, shelter, clothing and utilities, and are adjusted for geographic differences in the cost of housing. For more information, see https://www.census.gov/hhes/povmeas/methodology/supplemental/research.html
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- Self-Sufficiency Standard
- Children in Poverty - Supplemental Poverty Measure (State & U.S. Only)
- Children in Poverty (Regions of 65,000 Residents or More)
- Children in Poverty (Regions of 20,000 Residents or More)
- Children in Poverty (Regions of 10,000 Residents or More)
- Children Living Above and Below the Poverty Level (Regions of 65,000 Residents or More), by Income Level
- Children Living Above and Below the Poverty Level (Regions of 20,000 Residents or More), by Income Level
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- Children Living in Areas of Concentrated Poverty
- Median Family Income (Regions of 65,000 Residents or More)
- Median Family Income (Regions of 20,000 Residents or More)
- Median Family Income (Regions of 10,000 Residents or More)
- Children Living in Low-Income Working Families (Regions of 65,000 Residents or More)
- Children Living in Low-Income Working Families (Regions of 20,000 Residents or More)
- Children Living in Low-Income Working Families (Regions of 10,000 Residents or More)
- CalWORKs Recipients
- Demographics
- Community Connectedness
- Early Care and Education
- Children Ages 3-5 Not Enrolled in Preschool or Kindergarten (Regions of 65,000 Residents or More)
- Children Ages 3-5 Not Enrolled in Preschool or Kindergarten (Regions of 20,000 Residents or More)
- Children Ages 3-5 Not Enrolled in Preschool or Kindergarten (Regions of 10,000 Residents or More)
- Young Children Whose Parents Read Books with Them, by Frequency
- Annual Cost of Child Care, by Age Group and Type of Facility
- Availability of Child Care for Potential Demand
- Availability of Child Care, by Facility's Schedule and Type of Facility
- Number of Child Care Slots in Licensed Facilities, by Type of Facility
- Number of Licensed Child Care Facilities, by Type of Facility
- Parent Requests for Child Care, by Age
- Parent Requests for Evening/Weekend/Overnight Child Care
- Family Structure
- Households with and without Children, by City, School District and County (65,000 Residents or More)
- Family Structure for Children in Households, by City, School District and County (65,000 Residents or More)
- Children in the Care of Grandparents, by City, School District and County (65,000 Residents or More)
- Food Security
- Disconnected Youth
- Homelessness
- Housing Affordability
- Unemployment
- Nutrition
- Why This Topic Is Important
Poverty is a powerful factor in child development. It can alter developmental trajectories in cognitive, socio-emotional, and physical health (1, 2). Children who experience economic hardship when they are young, or who experience extreme and prolonged hardship, are at greatest risk for poor outcomes (1). Not only does poverty affect health, but also there is a health gradient along the economic spectrum, so that health status improves as income levels increase. For example, the health of those in the middle-income range tends to be inferior to the health of those in higher income groups (3). The effects of poverty and the stress associated with it can extend to later life, contributing to an increased risk for dropping out of school, poor adult health, poor employment outcomes, and low income (1, 2).
Households headed by single parents or parents with low education levels generally have lower earning capacity and are more likely to be low income than other households (2). African American/Black, Latino, and American Indian children experience economic hardship at higher rates than white or Asian children, due in large part to a higher prevalence of risk factors such as single parenthood and low parent education (4). It is estimated that one percentage point increase in child poverty might cost the economy an extra $28 billion a year in the future because children who experience poverty tend to grow up earning less (4).For more information on Family Income and Poverty please see kidsdata.org's Research & Links section.
Sources for this narrative:
1. Evans, G. W., & Kim, P. (2013). Childhood poverty, chronic stress, self-regulation, and coping. Child Development Perspectives, 7(1), 43-48. Retrieved from: http://www.centrelearoback.org/inrich/assets/documents/INRICH-PUBCH-EvansKim_ChildhoodPoverty.pdf
2. Redd, Z., et al. (2011). Two generations in poverty: Status and trends among parents and children in the United States, 2000-2010 (Child Trends Research Brief No. 2011-25) . Retrieved from: http://www.childtrends.org/?publications=two-generations-in-poverty-status-and-trends-among-parents-and-children-in-the-united-states-2000-2010-2
3. World Health Organization. (2008). Commission on social determinants of health, final report. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/finalreport/en/index.html
4. Nichols, A. (2013). Explaining changes in child poverty over the past four decades: Low-Income Working Families Discussion Paper 2. Washington D.C.: Urban Institute. Retrieved from: http://www.urbaninstitute.org/UploadedPDF/412897-Explaining-Changes-in-Child-Poverty-Over-the-Past-Four-Decades.pdf - How Children Are Faring
In 2012, an estimated 24% of California children lived below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) of $23,283 annually for a family of four. This percentage has increased by 38% since 2007. A child's likelihood of living in poverty varies by race/ethnicity and family structure. For example, statewide estimates show that 36% of African American/Black children, 32% of American Indian/Alaska Native children, and 32% of Latino children lived below the FPL in 2012, compared to 12% of white, 13% of Asian American, and 18% of multiracial children. In addition, 40% of California children in single-parent households lived below the FPL in 2012, compared to 15% of children living with two parents. An estimated 15% of California children lived in areas of concentrated poverty, where 30% or more of the population lives below the FPL, according to 2008-12 data.As an alternative to the Federal Poverty Level, the Census Bureau has created the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which uses a different poverty threshold based on expenses for food, shelter, clothing and utilities; it also is adjusted for geographic differences in the cost of housing. According to the SPM, about 27% of California children lived in poverty in 2012, compared to 18% nationwide. This figure is more consistent with the 2012 estimate that 26% of California children lived in 'low-income working families' (households in which at least one resident parent worked 50 weeks in the prior 12 months but income was below 200% of the FPL).
The Self-Sufficiency Standard (SSS), another measure on kidsdata.org, represents the estimated amount of money a family needs to adequately meet its basic needs. In 2014, the average SSSs for the six most common family types in California range from $43,354 to $63,979. Statewide in 2012, about half (51%) of families of all household types lived below the the SSS.
In California, the median family income was $66,215 in 2012, and ranged at the county level from $41,810 to $115,513. Median family income has been declining in recent years.
CalWORKs is a welfare program that provides cash aid and services to eligible needy families in California. In 2014, more than 1.3 million individuals in California (3.5% of the total population) received CalWORKs benefits. According to a Public Policy Institute of California report, more than three-fourths (77%) of CalWORKs recipients are children.
- Policy Implications
Family poverty has multiple causes and dimensions, many of which public policy can address. Maintaining a public safety net for children whose parents do not have the resources to provide adequate food, clothing, health care, and shelter can mitigate some of the effects of poverty. Parental education and employment strategies, as well as tax policy and child support enforcement, have the potential to help lift families out of poverty. Preventing a child from growing up in poverty requires a broad policy strategy targeting diverse root causes.
According to research and subject experts, policies that could influence family income and poverty include:
- Restoring and maintaining CalWORKs/Temporary Assistance to Needy Families cash assistance and work support to families, so that benefits support an adequate living standard and families can successfully transition from welfare to work (1)
- Reforming state budget, taxation, and revenue policy, which would put less pressure on social services during lean budget years (2, 3)
- Preserving public health insurance coverage for children, including immigrant children (4)
- Supporting efforts to educate the public about expanded health insurance opportunities for children through the federal Affordable Care Act (5)
- Streamlining and automating Medi-Cal eligibility and enrollment processes to ensure that all children have health coverage (5)
- Boosting CalFresh (Food Stamps) enrollment for eligible families, through outreach and elimination of administrative barriers (1, 6)
- Maintaining and restoring state and federal funding for subsidized child care and early childhood programs for low-income working families (7)
- Strengthening child support enforcement programs that work effectively with non-custodial parents and ensure that support reaches the families that need it (8)
- Providing tax incentives and funding to enhance job training and economic development programs, targeting higher-wage jobs and industries that pay workers enough to support a family (7)
For more policy ideas and information on this topic see kidsdata.org's Research & Links section or visit the Urban Institute, California Budget Project, Center for Law and Social Policy, or the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Also see Policy Implications on kidsdata.org under Unemployment, Housing Affordability, and Homelessness.
Sources for this narrative:
1. Pavetti, et al. (2010). Creating a safety net that works when the economy doesn't: The role of the food stamp and TANF programs. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Retrieved from: http://www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/412068_food_stamps_tanf.pdf
2. Bedsworth, et al. (2010). California 2025: Planning for a better future. Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved from: http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_610TGR.pdf
3. California Budget Project. (2010). Searching for balance: The social and economic context of the Governor's proposed 2010-11 budget. Retrieved from: http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2010/100202_Searching_for_Balance.pdf
4. 100% Campaign. (2009). The importance of providing health coverage to all children. Retrieved from: http://www.100percentcampaign.org/fs/resource:id/_a_/disposition=attachment/_a_/xkozkudej1hlrk/xy51tm9qkvlrna?_c=zcq00pv753hsfd
5. Children Now. (2013). The 2013-14 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda. Retrieved from: http://www.childrennow.org/index.php/movement/prokidagenda/
6. California Budget Project. (2009). Food within reach: Strategies for increasing participation in the food stamp program in California. Retrieved from: http://cbp.org/pdfs/2009/091221_Food_Stamps.pdf
7. Edelman, et al. (2010). Reducing poverty and economic distress after ARRA: Next steps for short-term recovery and long-term economic security. Urban Institute. Retrieved from: http://www.urban.org/publications/412150.html
8. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement. (2013). Child Support and Fatherhood Initiative in the Administration's FY 2014 Budget. Retrieved from: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/css/resource/child-support-and-fatherhood-initiative-in-the-administrations-fy-2014 - Research & Links
- Websites with Related Information
- California Budget & Policy Center
- Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
- Financial Security and Mobility, Pew Charitable Trusts
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- MDRC: Building Knowledge to Improve Social Policy
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- National Poverty Center Working Paper Series, University of Michigan School of Public Policy
- PolicyforResults.org, Center for the Study of Social Policy
- Poverty and Family Economics , First Focus
- Poverty and Opportunity, CLASP
- Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
- Urban Institute
- Key Reports
- A Fair Chance: Why California Should Invest in Economic Opportunity for Women and their Families, 3/2013, California Budget & Policy Center
- California's Diminishing Resource: Children, 1/2013, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health & USC, Myers, D.
- California's Future, 2/2015, Public Policy Institute of California
- CalWORKS and Poverty in California: An Overview, 3/2015, California Budget & Policy Center, Hoene, C.
- Can Income-Related Policies Improve Population Health?, 4/2015, Urban Institute, Aron, L. Y., et al.
- Child Poverty in California, 8/2013, Public Policy Institute of California, Bohn, S., & Levin, M.
- Declining Fortunes of Children in Middle-Class Families, 1/2011, Foundation for Child Development, Hernandez, D. J.
- Enrollment in Health and Nutrition Safety Net Programs Among California's Children, 2/2015, Public Policy Institute of California, Beck, L., et al.
- Falling Behind: The Impact of the Great Recession and the Budget Crisis on California's Women and Their Families, 2/2012, California Budget & Policy Center
- Five Facts Everyone Should Know About Poverty, 4/2014, California Budget & Policy Center
- Income Inequality and Child Maltreatment in the United States, 3/2014, Pediatrics, Eckenrode, J., et al.
- Kids Count Data Snapshot on High-Poverty Communities, 2/2012, Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Kids' Share 2014: Report on Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2013, 9/2014, Urban Institute, Hahn, H., et al.
- Knowing What Works: States and Cities Build Smarter Social Policy with New and Improved Poverty Measurement, 4/2013, National Center for Children in Poverty, Engelhardt, W., & Skinner, C.
- Neighborhood Adversity, Child Health, and the Role for Community Development, 3/2015, Pediatrics, Jutte, D. P., et al.
- Prosperity Threatened: Perspectives on Childhood Poverty in California, 1/2013, The Center for the Next Generation, Fuentes, R., et al.
- Protecting the Safety Net in Tough Times: Lessons from the States, 4/2012, National Center for Children in Poverty, Skinner, C.
- Socioeconomic Status and the Health of Youth: A Multi-level, Multi-domain Approach to Conceptualizing Pathways, 5/2013, Psychological Bulletin, Schreier, H.M.C., & Chen, E.
- The California Poverty Measure: A New Look at the Social Safety Net, 10/2013, Public Policy Institute of California, Bohn, S., et al.
- The Ethical and Policy Implications of Research on Income Inequality and Child Well-Being, 3/2015, Pediatrics, Pickett, K. E., & Wilkinson, R. G.
- The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress, 1/2012, Pediatrics, Shonkoff, J. P., et al.
- Two Generations in Poverty: Status and Trends among Parents and Children in the United States, 2000-2010, 11/2011, Child Trends, Redd, Z., et al.
- Who Are America's Poor Children? Examining Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity, 7/2011, National Center for Children in Poverty, Seith, D., & Kalof, C.
- Work and Family, 2011, The Future of Children, 21(2)
- County/Regional Reports
- 2014 Kern County Report Card, 6/2014, Kern County Network for Children
- 2014 Solano Children's Report Card, Children's Network of Solano County
- 2014 Youth Wellbeing Report Card, Santa Monica Cradle to Career
- A Portrait of California 2014-2015: California Human Development Report, 12/2014, Measure of America, Lewis, K., & Burd-Sharps, S.
- A Portrait of Marin: Marin County Human Development Report 2012, 1/2012, Marin Community Foundation, Burd-Sharps, S., & Lewis, K.
- A Portrait of Sonoma County: Sonoma County Human Development Report 2014, 5/2014, County of Sonoma Department of Health Services, Burd-Sharps, S., & Lewis, K.
- Children's Report Card, 2013, Sacramento County Children's Coalition
- Fresno Community Scorecard, Fresno Business Council & Valley PBS
- Key Indicators of Health by Service Planning Area, 3/2013, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Office of Health Assessment
- Orange County Community Indicators Report, 2014, Orange County Community Indicators Project
- San Diego County Report Card on Children and Families, 2014, The Children's Initiative
- Santa Clara County Children's Agenda: 2014 Data Book, Planned Parenthood & Kids in Common
- Santa Clara County Public Health Department: Data and Statistics
- More Data Sources For Family Income and Poverty
- California Health Interview Survey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
- Child Trends Databank: Children in Poverty
- Childstats.gov, Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
- Community Commons
- County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
- Health Profiles: Legislative Districts, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
- Self-Sufficiency Standard Calculator for California, 2014, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
- The Youngest Americans: A Statistical Portrait of Infants and Toddlers in the United States, 11/2013, Child Trends, Murphey, D., et al.

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I felt I had written a very commercial novel with a heavyweight theme, and I was hoping for a big reaction from critics and the public. The reviews were mixed and the public response was, at first, muted. The book sold about the same number of copies in the United States as my previous book, and frankly I was disappointed. But over time it became clear that Pillars was a phenomenally popular backlist title, selling at double the rate of my others. So I was surprised twice.
You've said that you consider Pillars to be your best book to date. Do you find that paradoxical, since you're known primarily as a writer of thrillers and suspense novels?
It was never my ambition to become famous for a novel about a church. I'm still kind of surprised that I wrote it. Of course, it's not really about a church; it's about a group of people who set out to do something that seems almost impossible.
Did you know as you were completing Pillars that there would be a sequel?
Pillars was the first book that truly exhausted my imagination. When it was done, I felt as if I had run a marathon. I certainly had no thought of a sequel—in fact, if you had told me then that I would one day have to do it all over again I think I might have thrown myself off London Bridge.
You've said that you were nervous about creating a sequel to Pillars, which was so beloved by its readers. Now that you have finished World Without End, do you still feel that way?
No. I was worried, because so many sequels fall below the standard of the original and seem exploitative. But I'm confident that World Without End will give readers the same kind of pleasure as they got from Pillars.
Why did you wait so long to write World Without End? Was it concern about measuring up to Pillars or did you simply need that time to gear yourself up for another major historical novel?
I certainly was concerned to write a novel that would not disappoint the legions of fans of Pillars, but there were other reasons for the delay. At the end of Pillars, all the major characters are either very old or dead. So I could not write another book about them. Eventually, I decided to write another story set in the same town two hundred years later. Also, I spent a long time searching for a theme as grand and as engaging as the building of a cathedral. When finally I thought of a story based around the Black Death and the birth of modern medicine, I felt I had at last come up with a big enough theme.
Why did you set World Without End in the fourteenth century, some two hundred years after Pillars? In what sense was that a time of new ideas, ferment, and change?
Until the Black Death, everyone believed that the best way to recover from illness was to pray. The plague changed people's thinking. It destroyed their faith in the old methods. In religion, there was a new emphasis on the individual's personal encounter with God, not necessarily mediated by the priesthood. And, in medicine, the emphasis was on observation and record keeping, which gave physicians practical knowledge about what treatments actually worked. Of course, these changes were fiercely resisted by traditionalists, and this is the background to some of the dramatic conflicts in World Without End.
Some of the characters in World Without End are descendants of characters from Pillars. Can you name a few?
The main female character, Caris, is a descendant of Tom Builder through Tom's daughter, Martha. Caris and all her family have brown eyes flecked with gold, as Tom did. Merthin, the principal male character, is descended from Jack and Aliena, and has Jack's red hair as well as his inspired architectural imagination. Merthin's brother, Ralph, is more like Aliena'a brother, Richard, in being a great soldier but not much use for any other purpose.
What are the main strands of the story in World Without End?
At the beginning of the book, the main characters are all children, but each of them has an aim in life, although they may understand it only vaguely. Caris wants to be a physician, Ralph wants to be a baron, Gwenda longs to be free, Godwyn aims to be Prior of Kingsbridge. The story shows how they struggle to achieve their ambitions—and how their individual destinies are violently disrupted by the plague.
What do you hope readers take away from this novel?
I wanted to write a book that would stay with readers for the rest of their lives.
Do you see a third book in this series?
I certainly don't see it yet, even vaguely, but it's possible.
Your work is clearly inspired by the architecture of historical buildings—do you envision that any modern architecture will lead you to create a novel
I have toyed with the idea of a novel about the building of the first skyscraper.
Are there other interests, hobbies, intellectual pursuits of yours that might one day find themselves the subject of one of your books?
I'm interested in Shakespeare, but there have been too many stories about that period. I'd like to write something about the blues one day, but I hesitate because I feel an American writer could do it better.
You've said that in childhood you found your escape in the world of books. Is that still true? Who are you reading now? Is it harder now, in the age of television and Internet distractions, to find new authors?
I still read a lot all the time, some history and biography but mostly fiction. I just finished a wonderful novel called The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. One of the reasons I liked it so much is that the author engages the reader totally even though not much happens—quite the opposite of my own books, which are full of incident!
Your wife is a Member of Parliament in Britain, and you are also involved in politics. Is that a completely separate realm from writing for you or do they feed one another?
I never write directly about my own life, but indirectly everything ends up being used in my work. For example, in Pillars and in World Without End, there are elections in which the monks choose their prior. My handling of those dramas is strongly influenced by things that I have experienced as a political campaigner.
You and your wife have a large blended family, and you all spend quite a bit of time together. How do you balance work and family? Has that changed over the years?
There's no balance. I always give my children priority. If they phone, or show up at my house, I drop my work and talk to them. Nothing else is as important.
What is a typical day like for you, or is there such a thing?
I start work early in the morning, around seven. I do an hour or so then walk the dogs and have breakfast. Then I work until four p.m., with a break for lunch. After four, I return phone calls and reply to emails for an hour or two. I have a glass of champagne at six. Then I either cook dinner at home or put on a suit and go out on the town.
What is your next project?
Give me a break!


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It started more than eight years ago, when my granddaughter, then in Kindergarten, was a Girl Scout Daisy. Her leader was leaving the troop, and my daughter-in-law took over with a promise from me to help out now and again. Now that Daisy is a Girl Scout Senior in 8th grade. There have been eight early registrations, eight Fall Product and cookie sales, and dozens of patch programs, field trips, and adventures.
How does one measure the joy, gratification and privilege to learn along with the girls? One memory at a time, that's how. I remember the girls' first camp out experience as Brownies. It was mine too! I'm a city girl, after all. I remember taking the outdoor module training and thinking, "Oh my gosh! What have I gotten myself into?" But when the time came, I truly believe I had more fun than the girls. I loved the opportunity to push my limits and do something I never thought I would do. That has been a recurring theme throughout my Girl Scout volunteer career.
Whether it was going to Krispy Kreme to see how doughnuts were made, and actually get to participate in hands-on icing, or making S.W.A.P.S. for a special program, the satisfaction is the same. I have learned with the girls. I have had first-time experiences with the girls. I have given back to the community with the girls. And I have watched them grow from little, wide-eyed girls to young women about to enter high school, taking on the world on their own terms. And I have grown as a person, a woman, a Girl Scout leader.
Now my girls are focused on various community service projects, not just patch programs. A recent experience at Operation Care Package, in which the girls put together boxes to be sent to our military personnel abroad, touched each one of them. It brought home the need to do something for someone else. As teenagers, it is easy to just focus on one self, but proudly my girls became refocused on others. They have a renewed passion to do more for others, and they already have plans to work with the Special Olympics in the near future.
Two years ago, I was appointed Service Unit Manager in my community and am able to touch even more lives. I can assist new leaders as they find their way and offer special programs to the girls. So, why do I stay in Girl Scouts? Passion and a little selfishness. I love the opportunities Girl Scouts has afforded me, and I love being a part of molding young lives. If you ask me, nothing could be more gratifying than that.
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Mississippi State, Ole Miss ready for Aggie invasion
On the eve of college football taking center stage across the South, folks here in Mississippi appear on the verge of having a new team (maybe two) to pay attention to on a regular basis.
In a story that flamed up quickly last week, Ole Miss and Mississippi State could add Texas A&M to its Southeastern Conference Western Division permanent schedule as soon as next season.
The Aggies to the SEC, according to reports in multiple newspapers, appears to be picking up steam less than a month before the new, restructured Big 12 plays its first season.
Having said that, don't expect the SEC to add the Aggies without throwing in one more to make scheduling easier. An SEC with 13 teams isn't as tidy as one with 14. So, if A&M is brought into the fold, look for a school like Missouri to make the move, too.
I think a 16-team SEC is where the league is headed with Florida State and Clemson likely contenders to come into the league.
Mississippi State and Ole Miss look like they have been gearing up for any potential moves.
Just last week, Ole Miss officials announced a $150 million fund raising campaign, along with plans to replace the university's basketball facility and improve Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
The University said $100 million from premium seating charges in both venues and $50 million from philanthropic donations.
In addition to the new basketball facility and football stadium improvements, plans call for creation of a Hall of Fame to showcase Ole Miss Athletics history.
Meanwhile, MSU has been working on a plan, raising funds, for expansion of Davis-Wade Stadium by 5,000 to 7,000 seats at a potential cost of $100 million.
A football-specific facility, which would house offices and more, would be part of the deals as would upgrades to MSU's outdoor practice fields.
Completion could be ready in the next couple of years.
For now, it appears Mississippi's two SEC schools are finanacially prepared to take on the added challenge of Texas A&M and whoever else comes calling in a new-look super league.
The question left is how quickly all of this could happen.
Some reports show a deal between A&M and the SEC as imminent with the Aggies coming on board for the 2012 football season. Other reports show the deal making A&M ready for 2013.
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Nolasco makes Dodgers home debut in first-half finale
Chacin looks to earn Rockies a split of four-game series
Ricky Nolasco has attended games at Dodger Stadium since he was a 5-year-old and has pitched there as an opponent twice with the Marlins. But Sunday will mark a dream come true, when he takes the mound for the first time as a member of the home team.
"I've been a fan my whole life," Nolasco said. "Everybody is so happy: parents, family, friends, people I grew up with, everybody from where I'm from. It's going to be a lot of fun for them. I just want to make my family and my friends proud and try to help this team win."
Nolasco grew up in nearby Rialto, Calif., and said he expects hundreds of family and friends to be in the stands on Sunday.
In his first start for the Dodgers, Nolasco allowed just one run over seven innings and earned the victory in Arizona on Tuesday. Los Angeles acquired Nolasco for three pitching prospects a week ago to help bolster the rotation for a club that has climbed the National League West standings of late.
The Dodgers own the Major League's best record since June 22 at 17-4. Much of that has come against divisional opponents, against whom Los Angeles has won 14 of its past 17.
On the season, Nolasco is 6-8 with a 3.70 ERA.
Dodgers: Injuries piling up
Los Angeles has faced injury concerns most of the season, and those issues haven't quelled, even during the recent hot streak.
Yasiel Puig sat out Saturday's 1-0 win over the Rockies with a bruised left hip. He played through the injury for over a week before manager Don Mattingly removed him from the lineup.
Outfielder Carl Crawford missed his fourth consecutive game on Saturday with a sore lower back. Fellow outfielder Matt Kemp was placed on the disabled list with a shoulder issue Monday.
After many wondered just a week ago how Mattingly would fit Puig, Kemp, Crawford and Andre Ethier into the lineup, the Dodgers fielded an outfield of Ethier, Skip Schumaker and Jerry Hairston Jr. on Saturday.
Rockies: Chacin takes the mound
While Nolasco is the headliner on Sunday, the Rockies send right-hander Jhoulys Chacin to the mound in a ballpark that has been a haven for him in his career.
Chacin is 3-2 with a 2.84 ERA in six career outings at Dodger Stadium, and will aim for a series split on Sunday.
In his last start, Chacin was frustrated after manager Walt Weiss pulled him after throwing 97 pitches.
"I knew they were going to take me out," Chacin said. "[Eric] Stults threw 126 pitches and threw a complete game. That's just different styles and sides. That's what made me frustrated. You just do the most you can do."
In six innings, Chacin allowed one run on five hits and struck out four.
Worth noting
• Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez enters play on Sunday with a .395 average. He could become the first Dodgers player to enter the All-Star break with a .400 average. Mike Piazza's .377 average in 1995 is the current best at the break.
• Dodgers relievers have posted a 0.73 combined ERA in their last nine games. Batters have hit just .143 (12-for-84) with 28 strikeouts in that span.
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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Prior to Thursday evening, Matt Fraser was best known to hockey fans as a minor part of the blockbuster trade that sent Tyler Seguin from Boston to Dallas.
Less than a year after that deal, however, Fraser played the role of unlikely playoff hero for the Bruins.
With his team already down 2-1 to Montreal in the Eastern Conference semifinals, Fraser, an undrafted 23-year-old forward, somehow managed to grab the spotlight in a series that certainly wasn't lacking for star power.
Fraser, playing in his first NHL playoff game, scored the only goal of Thursday's Game 4 when he swept a backhand past Montreal goaltender Carey Price just 1:19 into overtime.
It wasn't a pretty goal but Fraser's celebration certainly was a thing of beauty. He leapt high into the air before skating into a throng of his teammates. While the Canadiens left the ice with their heads down, Boston celebrated a huge victory which evened the second-round series at 2-2 before heading back to Beantown for a pivotal Game 5 battle on Saturday.
Some people can play it cool and act like they've been there before, but Fraser didn't seem interested in toning it down. Why would he? Only one day prior he was still a member of Boston's AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, and couldn't have imagined the role he'd play in Game 4 and this series overall.
Although he was officially recalled from Providence on Thursday, Fraser received the call about the promotion on Wednesday while finishing lunch. Moments after delivering the win for the Bruins, Pierre McGuire of NBCSports interviewed Fraser and asked him when he learned he'd be playing in Game 4.
"Just yesterday. I had just finished eating lunch, and I didn't really tell anyone, but I had some frozen yogurt, so I've been working that off today," Frazer said.
Fraser's 14 minutes, 44 seconds of ice time on Thursday was probably more than enough to shed off those "Froyo" calories, but it's the last few seconds that will live on in Bruins lore.
Fraser scored on a scramble for the puck to the right of Price. Johnny Boychuk let fly with a big shot that Price made the save on but the puck bounced behind the net before rolling to the front, where Carl Soderberg got a weak backhand off that Price also stopped. However, Price briefly lost sight of the puck and when Habs defenseman Mike Weaver couldn't clear it, Fraser was there for a backhand of his own that went in to end the game.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Fraser is only the sixth NHL player in the past 75 years to score his first career playoff goal in a 1-0 overtime game. He is the second this postseason, as Minnesota's Mikael Granlund lifted his team to a 1-0 OT victory over Colorado in the opening round.
Fraser, who scored an OT winner for Providence in this season's Calder Cup playoffs, also became the first player in history to score overtime playoff goals in the AHL and NHL during the same season.
"As you can tell in my voice, it's pretty exciting," Fraser said. "You know, I hardly slept today, and I'm sure I'll hardly sleep tonight."
Fraser was signed by Dallas as an undrafted free agent in November of 2010 and stayed with the Stars organization until Boston acquired him in the surprising trade that shipped Seguin out of town. Besides Seguin, current Bruins forward Loui Eriksson was easily the biggest name involved in the deal, but with his OT heroics on Thursday, Fraser finally put himself on the map.
His superstar teammates were obviously thrilled for Fraser and were impressed he made such a big impact after being thrust into the middle of what has been a hotly contested series.
"It's pretty impressive that for a guy that hasn't spent that much time with us, filling the role on the spot, and I thought that he did really well tonight," said Bruins captain Zdeno Chara.
Even grizzled veteran Jarome Iginla said it was unlike anything he's seen in close to two decades as an NHLer.
"I never have (seen that) and that's pretty cool," Iginla said. "It's a pretty neat story. Those are what you dream of when you're a little kid getting, called up, and the OT goal -- and not just the OT goal, but the one goal in the whole game."
"We're happy he scored," added Iginla. "It's a pretty cool story and he played a great game.
While Fraser's timely goal was a glorious moment for Boston, it was another frustrating one for Montreal. The underdog Canadiens, who have had difficulty closing games out in this series against the defending East champs, could have conceivably won this matchup in a sweep if not for the Bruins' penchant for comebacks.
The Habs were up 2-0 in Game 1 but blew that lead before winning in double overtime and then they squandered a 3-1 edge late in a 5-3 defeat in Game 2. Montreal held its lead in Tuesday's 4-2 win, but the Game 4 loss has the clubs back on equal footing with the series headed back to Boston.
Fraser's marquee moment was another tough pill to swallow for the Canadiens. Instead of going ahead 3-1, the series is all square with Boston slated to host Games 5 and, if necessary, Game 7.
It's likely Fraser will never experience another thrill ride like the one he's enjoyed over the last few days. Judging by his reaction, Fraser may know that better than anybody else.


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Turkeys... I am assuming that you are getting the meat type as in Broad Breasted White or Bronze? They size up fast so they should get plenty big for you. We do ours the Saturday before Thanksgiving and let them sit in the refrigerator to 'age' until turkey day. You want to do them at least 2 days before you plan to eat them to get the rigor out. You will hear a lot of folks say that turkeys are harder to raise and more 'delicate' than chicks. I have not found this to be the case and pretty much treat them the same. Turkey poults do benefit from a higher protein feed than you would feed chicks. If you buy the feed, a gamebird starter would be better.
Turkeys have a different personality than chickens do, and can actually be very addictive. That being said, do not let your 5 1/2 year old get attached to them. If they are a Broad Breasted type, they don't make good pets long term. They do tend to get huge and their bones have a hard time supporting their weight. I free range mine as much as possible and try to keep the weight gain slower so their legs aren't as stressed. If you want to raise some later to keep your own flock, look at heritage types. They don't have as much meat as the BB types but won't get too big to move, come in beautiful colors, and can breed on their own without AI.
I am not an expert, but have been raising my own turkeys (both heritage and BB types) for about 17 years now. And don't say that I didn'tt warn you about them being addictive!
When will you be getting them?
thanks frosty!
we have heritage breeds coming- http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/rare_turkey_assortment.html
i am not sure we will have them in time for thanksgiving, maybe christmas? it's so late in the season already! will they be big enough at thanksgiving?
i feed my chickens my own mix of grains & egg shell that i throw through the food processor. they also get homemade yogurt for a treat at least 1x a week & fruit/veg scraps & free range, too. it sounds like the turkeys may need more than that though!
should i have separate housing for them right away when they are ready to go out? right now my chickens are in a large (raccoon proof) coop with a second floor nesting box. i thought the younger turkeys could go in there for the time being until they are larger (after they are ready to go out on their own that is...). we are moving soon and i was hoping to not have to build separate housing for them right away..... i could build at the new property though and drive out to them each day if i had to! thanks for the info frosty!
Ok, since you said 'meat turkeys' I assumed you were talking about BB types... heritage are a bit slower growing. Just play it by ear and see when you think they are big enough, how many are you planning on cooking for? If just a small family, you may be able to do one for Thanksgiving. You might consider holding some for breeding stock. You will love them!
As far as running them with the chickens... first check either with local folks or your local ag extension service to see if 'Blackhead' is a problem in your area. If other people in the area have turkeys and chickens together, then likely it won't be a problem. Blackhead is a protozoan parasite or something like that, chickens can carry it with no symptoms but it can be deadly to turkeys. Otherwise, just make sure the turkeys are big enough before you add them to the flock. Chickens are neat, but they can be incredibly mean. Having only 9 chickens, it probably won't be as much of a problem... Once the turkeys are old enough to free range, I just put out feed so they remember that this is home. Other than that, they can forage for most of their feed. Gamebird starter is usually 28% protein, you can possibly add egg yolk to boost protein in your feed.
And please let me know what kinds you have once you figure it out! Currently I have some 1 1/2 year olds: 2 White Holland toms, 5 White Holland hens, 1 Bourbon Red tom, one Regal Red tom, 1 Broad Breasted Bronze hen and 11 Broad Breasted Whites from this year. They are just awesome birds! Very curious... One more point that I wanted to mention: Turkeys are attracted to shiney things and peck at them. This can include childrens eyes, so don't leave the little ones around the turkeys unsupervised once the turkeys get bigger. They aren't trying to be mean, they are just curious.
Thanks for letting me know about the eyes! I'll try to keep them in a separate area. As it is right now the chickens have free range over our 1/2 acre which is completely fenced in at the property lines & the chickens can go into the kids 'playground' etc with them. Our kids have made pets of their chickens & the chicks will sit down next to my 5 year old & wait to be petted.... they may expect the same love from the turkeys & what a disaster that could be! As my 5 year old keeps saying the chickens are part of our family the turkeys will be food- so we'll nicely treat them as such. Now, wait 'til I have to work on obtaining & caring for "bacon pig". No joke.
I'll check into blackhead. We have chickens from so many places-- an online hatchery, a local farmers son who raises and sells the pullets & a freind who has an organic farm near us gave the girls 3 birds one day at a play date (she had the kids catch them, shoved them into a box & put them in our trunk!) I'm a bit nervous about all the sources & the possibility of the chickens picking something up before they got here. Another reason to keep them separate.
One more question- Do the turkeys need to be locked up at night as the chickens do?
I don't think blackhead passes through the egg, so the chicks from the hatchery probably didn't come with it. If other folks in your area have chickens and turkeys on the same premises, it may not be a problem. I have been running chickens and turkeys together for years and never had a problem.
As far as needing to pen them at night, that depends on your predator load. They tend to roost high up in trees if you don't catch them in time. The only turkeys that I have lost to predators were a hen sitting on eggs (raccoon attack) and two one year during the day, probably to a fox. We did have an owl picking wild turkeys out of the trees one year, but that was after a blizzard and other food was probably scarce.
Speaking of free ranging turkeys, keep in mind that they can fly and they do like to wander. You can clip the flight feathers on one wing to keep them in, but that also makes the more vulnerable if a predator goes after them.
If you have any apple trees, you can feed them lots of apples before you 'harvest' them, makes for some tasty, juicy meat. If you have any fruit trees, they will clean up any fallen fruit which cuts down on yellow jackets. They are also great for grass hopper control, and I have seen them walk down the potato rows picking off potato beetles. Some people say that they do a lot of damage in a garden, mine didn't. They would just sneak up behind me and talk amongst themselves when I went out to weed.
I don't know what your climate is like but they are tolerant of a wide variety of weather conditions. I had some 3 month olds that had temps in the 90's one day, a few days later it was below freezing and they were caught out in a blizzard that dumped 15" of snow. They straggled in a few at a time over the next few days, but they did all make it. I was pleasantly surprised...
on the new property, it will only be 3 acres (up from 1/2 though). i will need to deer fence the property in anyway & i had planned on planting a small orchard (we have one here now too). on our orchard here i tried apples with poor results.... i also went through 5 years of being unable to spray anything, including kaolin & fish emulsion, so that probably added to the pain those trees felt & my DH had many other things on his mind than our trees. Now with the 2 kids older, the 2 year old weaned i can touch all that stuff again.
how high do they fly? i'll need to find a few trees on the lot to leave at one spot for them. inside the deer fence i was going to pen them into the new orchard with 6' poultry wire & grape posts (lost of vineyards here to get them from). great point about the apples though, our orchard is yellow jacket free thanks to our little feathered buddies. maybe i can grow our potato inbetween the fruit tree rows & let the turkeys go wild with beetles, too. DH grew up on a long island potato farm & he'd get a kick out of the city girl growing potatoes in such a crazy way! tell him the only pest control i need is a turkey! hmmm. he might turn me into the extension police for a frivolous lack of toxins (all joking aside- he is as much anti-pesticide as i am)
i also planned on letting the chickens have the veggie garden in the winter, and have them free in another area for the season. we planned on planting buffalo grass for our lawn & letting them go crazy in that during the growing season.
when we bring new chickens home i clip their wings 1X, they get to know home & we haven't had a wanderer since the first one took off on us- which is why i started clipping the newbies in the first place. i guess i could try it with the turkeys too.
thanks for all of your advice frosty!
Hello all! I am new here & fairly new at being home with my family & self-sufficiency full-time. Last year we purchased our first flock of chickens- for eggs. We've had a good amount of luck, and a good amount (imho) of loss in our endeavor. We now have 9 chickens, a mix of breeds including some bantams (silkies). We are in the process of selling our rural-suburban home & moving to a nearby town onto a 3 acre lot that we plan on running our business from during the season & growing more of our own food. This will include my 5 1/2 year olds idea to sell eggs at her own farm stand (so more chickens will be on the way next year) and she would also like to grow her own "meat turkeys". I have 15 turkeys on the way that hopefully will be ready late this fall for what we are calling 'harvest' (someone will come in and do that for us).
So, these turkeys are on the way- could any experienced turkey growers give me some suggestions, tips, things I really should know before they get here this week? I always have the option of growing them on to a certain point and letting them finish off at a friends 'agri-tourism' farm with her turkeys, if needed. Will the chickens & turkeys- free ranging be an issue, together?
Much thanks & look forward to any help that can be leant!
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The meet, hosted by Marshfield High in Coos Bay, Ore., is named after the late Marshfield High and University of Oregon distance star Steve Prefontaine. The meet featured 24 schools from across Oregon and Washington, in addition to Del Norte High.
Senior Katelynn Rowe set a personal best at 400 meters in one of the most impressive performances by a Warrior athlete, clocking 59.46 and winning by more than two seconds.
"She's someone at the college level who's going to develop into a hell of a 400 runner," Escobar said. "She's strong and she's agile and she's powerful."
Sophomore Kayla Costello and Rowe finished 1-2 in the 300-meter hurdles. Costello clocked 47.59 in the race, with Rowe on her heels in 47.71.
"Both kids went back and forth the entire race," Escobar said. "Good one to watch."
Costello, Rowe and freshmen Rachel Rowe and Maddie Critz joined forces to finish second in the girls' 4x100-meter relay, crossing the line in 51.57.
The girls' 4x400-meter relay team needed a pair of runners to step up, and freshman Shauna Naffah and junior Guadalupe Gonzalez filled in admirably. Naffah, Gonzalez, Rachel Rowe and Costello came in second in 4:31.46.
"They ran killer splits," Escobar said. "Those girls came through with an outstanding performance."
Gonzalez set a personal best in the 800 (2:31.66, fifth) and finished third in the mile (5:42.41). Sophomore Katelyn Eninger took fourth in the high jump (4-8), with junior teammate Kaitlyn Clemann coming in fifth (4-6).
Costello (16.97) and Clemann (17.40) scored points for the Warriors with a 5-6 finish in the 100 hurdles, and freshman Karlie Scott (6:03.72) finished sixth in the mile run.
Sophomore Chad Bell set personal bests in the long jump (20-4.75, third) and triple jump (40-0, fifth) for the Del Norte boys. Bell also finished seventh in the 100 (11.89) and tied for sixth in the high jump (5-8) with senior teammate Shawn De Arman and others.
"The amazing thing about him is that he's consistent in both (the long jump and triple jump) and doing them week to week," Escobar said.
Junior David Sathe lowered his personal-best 800 by nearly four seconds, clocking 2:09.53 for sixth place. Senior Victor Martinez's 11-foot pole vault clearance (seventh) was a personal best.Freshman Jesus Lara broke five minutes in the boys' mile run (4:57.50) en route to a seventh-place finish.
Del Norte's next meet is the season's fourth Humboldt-Del Norte League meet, to be held Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at McKinleyville High. The Warriors will bring full squads but will rest some athletes as a precautionary measure against injury.
"Right now, we have kids ailing," Escobar said. "We need to monitor (their workload) a little bit more."


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Firefox and Chromium have extensions too, so whatever.
Phoronix: Opera 12.10 Browser Improves Extensions
The Norwegians have released Opera 12.10 this morning. While Windows and Mac OS X improvements are the primary focus of improvements for this release, an updated Linux version is also available...
Source or gtfo
Firefox and Chromium have extensions too, so whatever.
opera is awesome engineering. It uses only a single core. But its UI is completely separate from the layout.
Chrome does it by creating a different process for each tab, which is excessive IMHO. Each process can use a different core.
Firefox does nothing of this sort. Its UI and layout are tied togeher. So if a layout/JS is taking too long to process, the whole UI slows. Which is poor engineering .
The awesome thing about Opera is that it manages to do so using a sigle core only. Which is pretty big. Of course its closed source. But give credit where due.
It's a great company to work for too.. You get full freedom to select OS/distro for your computer, everyone in management (I think) has a programming background and pretty much every perk you've read that they have at Google (except free candy and soda, we get fruit and coffee).
Opera is a brilliant browser. For me it's only second to Firefox. I am glad that they give Linux this kind of support.
Opera may be a great web browser but it is doomed to forever stay at 1% market share.
The web is open. Opera doesn't get it.
source or gtfo
I don't get why people are so obsessed with market share (it always comes up in the comments when there's news about Opera).. We have slightly more than 200 million active users on Opera Mini or Mobile (~20% mobile market btw), around 70 million on desktop IIRC and I don't know how many who use Opera technology in their gaming consoles, tvs and other devices but quite a few, and it generates enough income to pay our salaries. It might sound a bit cheesy, but to me it doesn't matter if we're smaller than Google, Apple and Microsoft, or even Mozilla, as long as it stays an awesome place to work and our users are happy.
@Xilanaz I know what you're talking about, our handling of bug reports could be better. Is there any problem, which still exists in 12.10, in particular that you were thinking of?
This. They fill a niche and have millions of users.
Personally, I will always use one of the open browsers before I use Opera, but I occasionally test webpages with Opera, and it is a very standards-compliant browser. Also, Opera guys have never attempted the type of shenanigans that Microsoft and Netscape used to pull. If there are enough people interested in their product, good for them.


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Didn't know fedora offers it too, only knew debian and ubuntu[but only if you download the alternate-installer-cd]. Thought that would still be a not so often used future.
What, under windows makes truecrypt nice, you can encrypt the system after installation too, and decrypt it too very easily.
For example if you don't want it, feel your system ist to slow for it, ... or if you are running programms which don't run with it or even can render your system unbootable (some Adobe products copy-protection did that some time ago, they wrote on sector containing the headers, could even render raids unbootable).
Do you know which gui-application is that which allows format/encrypt flash sticks and stuff ? Didnt find one under debian ? Only know the encryption-integration in ubuntu, but that uses EncFS if I am not wrong.
Sounds nice, but I believe it when I see it, I am using encryption since some time, i am using it currently and will use it in future. I especially bougth myself a dualcore cpu with aes-ni (there are no quadcores with aes-ni yet, only six-core xeons), because it can NOW deliver the performance I want, with dmcrypt, with truecrypt, with openssl, with everything which supports aes-ni, and that is getting more and more.The point is that the GPU is perfectly suited for encryption/decryption. Even the WEAKEST GPU will outperform any intel junk that truecrypt is using.... which basically makes all your numbers worthless. What is needed isn't truecrypt+intel, its dmcrypt+OpenCL.
If dmcrypt will be able to use the graphic-card as well in the future nice, if it is better than aes-ni, nice too. But for now, intel aes-ni ist probably the best cheap solution you can use for encryption if you don't want to waste to much cpu-power or have fast disks which would need more cpu-power or unless you want to invest in crypto-accelerator-cards.
I can live with that, but in my opinion, the average computer user in most cases uses windows, and doesn't care about encryption at allFace it... truecrypt is NOT going to be integrated in any legit distro and will ALWAYS be a wall that the average computer user will NOT be able to climb.
It's those people who want encryption, and they won't have a problem with downloading something and installing it, even compiling it from scratch if it offers them what they want.
I truely prefer open and free software, if it offers me what i want, i currently don't care about some mb/s more or less, since both, dmcrypt and truecrypt are fast enough on my hardware to easily handle my internal 7200RPM-sata drive and my external sata-drive (connected through e-sata) and they both will be fast enough for my planed external raid via e-sata.
The raid will probably be encrypted with dmcrypt, because it's in the kernel, because it will have a linux-fs, ... but it will be standing on my desk, and won't be moved like my other external drive and sometimes even be attached to windows or mac-systems.
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