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On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 10:30:48PM -0700, Dave Margolis wrote:
> These guy make a couple of CDs similar to what you're describing:
> http://www.bsdmall.com/darwin.html
> However, fink (apt port for OS X) sort of makes this sort of CD silly,
> unless you're using dialup
Well, so is handing out GNUWinII discs, then. ;^) The point is, people
are probably much more willing to pop a disc in to try it out
(ooh! shiny free disc!) than to go gathering up apps on the net.
We kinda need to force things down people's throat, ESPECIALLY in the
cases where we're trying to wean them off the bullcrap that's preinstalled
(e.g., Internet Explorer!)
> I'd be happy to do this, but there are some problems. X11 is required
> for a lot of stuff, and you have to install that from the mysterious 3rd
> OS X cd (the "developer tools") which most Mac users have never taken
> out of the wrapper. This is not required for Mozilla, but would be for
> OOo or the Gimp. You'd have to provide some kind of documentation. Any
> thoughts on how best to do this?
Would it be against the license to INCLUDE it [X11] on our own disc?
Or am I going too far here by suggesting we put together and maintaining
our own disc?
Perhaps a pamphlet with useful info might be suitable for the Mac users.
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With our favourite douchebag General Manager victorious at Over The Limit and thus firmly in control of RAW and Smackdown, the sky is seemingly the limit.
But what made "Big Johnny" so enjoyable was that his heelish behaviour was underhanded and cloaked in a veil of well meaning incompetence. He would always have plausible denial for his dastardly actions.
I think
A lot have been said about the opening bout of Wrestlemania 28 when Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan for the WHC-title in 18 seconds. Most of it has been negative. But the way I see it it was a best case scenario for the American Dragon, and I will explain why.
But first, let me state that even though I understood the booking, I think whoever had the notion that this was the correct match
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I've read several pundits, like Matt Seagull over at TheJohnReport, who claim the entrants in the 2012 Royal Rumble was sub-par and a testament to how poor the current WWE roster is. I could not disagree more.
All in all I though this years Rumble was a step up from last year, and probably among the top 10 Rumble matches. Not top 3, but a solid showing, somewhat marred by the descision
Updated 02-01-2012 at 05:50 PM by Iscariot
We read the rumours: When R-Truth returns from his suspension to to trangressing the wellnesspolicy, he'll be back as a face. Is that possible to do and still keep him interesting? I think so!
Let's for a minute forget that trainload of failure which was the old R-Truth as a face, and consentrate on why he has become so much fun after becoming a heel. His promos, and the way they give
CM Punk wanted change, and he got it, perhaps not in the way he expected, when HHH got hold of the reins of WWE as Chief Operating Officer. In this post I'll take a look on what he has "accomplished" as COO, the situation around the titles, and the storyline itself.Let's start with the titles.
More than a belt
For once all the belts are held by worthy champions,
Updated 09-23-2011 at 07:57 PM by Iscariot
Caveat: This is MY personal opinon, and you are entitled to YOUR opinion, and I would love to hear about it in the comments
Number 6: Adding Booker T to the Smackdown announcing team.
You can call the master of the spinnarooni a lot, but an eloquent broadcast journalist is probably not the first description that springs to mind. So bumping Matt Striker from the announcing team
Updated 09-08-2011 at 08:08 PM by Iscariot
This is my subjective ranking, thus there is no right or wrong answers. For each wrestler I'll explain why I would see them return, and outline a possible plothook for them. And lastly the likelihood of a return, ranket from * ("No chance in hell") to ***** ("The stars are right")
I have not ranked any wrestlers where injuries or similar circumstances make it
Now with Extreme Rules behind us, John Cena can once again use his catchphrase, «The Champ is Here» truthfully. The decision to put the WWE championship belt back on Cena has, expectedly, not been received with laud and applause by the «IWC». You should think that the same people that for months complained about The Miz being champ now would rejoice, but some people can never be pleased.
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Davidson's Design Review Board will meet Wednesday night at 7pm at Town Hall, 216 S. Main St., with an agenda that includes a review of plans to renovate the Wade Building, at 208 S. Main St., and presentations on the proposed Davidson Retirement Residence at Exit 30 and the Woodie's Auto Service Center, on Davidson Gateway Drive.
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Wade Building – 208 S. Main St., within the Village Center Planning Area, Historic Overlay. The owners are proposing a historically appropriate exterior redesign. Represented by Dave Malushizky (The Lawrence Group) (See May 28, 2013, "As Mooney's Corner work nears end, developer renovates historic building next door."
Davidson Retirement Residence – Located at the end of Peninsula Drive, off I-77 Exit 30. Within Lakeshore Planning Area. The board will get an information presentation about the proposed independent living facility. Represented by Michael Fuller (Lenity Architecture) (The Town Board approved the project 4-1 on May 14, 2013. See "Board approves $12M retirement residence in 4-1 vote
Woodie's Automotive – Davidson Gateway Drive at Peninsula Drive, within the Conditional Planning Area. Information presentation on the proposed automotive repair shop. Represented by Jan Bryan (Overcash Demmitt Architects). See "Board approves rezoning for Woodie's Auto Service."


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Meat & Bread has been on my list for ages. Opening only a few years ago, it has gathered all the buzz as being the best sandwich shop in town and has even been featured on TV shows like Guy Fieri's Diners Drive Ins and Dives.
The interior has a rustic feel to it. And somehow you do feel like you're in an authentic deli shop. First thing I noticed when walking in was that the place was filled with really hip looking people. I felt like I walked onto a movie set or something. The place was busy and there was a line up, but it's easy to forget the wait with the efficient and friendly service.
As recommended by my coworker, I ordered the Porchetta. Seeing the roll of pork beside the chopping board alone would have been enough to make me order it. Seeming not at all greasy, it looked like a really well prepared roll of pork, that was perfectly baked till crispy. Oh boy did that skin look good. I'd be happy if they just filled my sandwich with the crispy skin bits.
The Porchetta with Salsa Verde
The sandwich itself is pretty simple, but all the ingredients work well together to provide a sandwich that isn't too salty (from the pork) or too bland (from the bread). Perfectly seasoned. To me it's kind of a western take on a Chinese BBQ pork sandwich. However, the meat is noticeably drier than you would get at a Chinese place, so don't expect it have the same soft texture. Don't get me wrong though, this was still a very good sandwich!
Want a quick DIY Meat & Bread Porchetta sandwich? I recommend getting a french baguette at Safeway (they make them fresh everyday), some BBQ pork from Chinatown and some veggies such as cucumber and cilantro and *BAM* Asian/Vietnamese style Porchetta sandwich! Okay… not exactly Meat & Bread but it's still good, I promise!
Overall:With only 4 menu items, I see myself easily coming back to try their entire menu. However, with the Porchetta being such a success, it'll be difficult to sway myself from ordering something that I know won't disappoint. High quality sandwiches at a reasonable prices, I do recommend visiting Meat & Bread a few times, if not once!
Food: 5
Ambiance: 4
Service: 5
*Our scoring system is out of 5. With 5 being the highest score.


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Well I was thinking about all of the midieval, Futureistic, and fantasy MMO's that are out there, and I am quite bored with the un-originality of these MMO's. They are basically all clones of eachother and each one seems to think that they will be the best, but I have yet to see or hear anything about a Wild West MMO.
I think this would be a great theme for a MMO and it would acually be *gasp* orignial!
I was thinking about how how the game could use a westerm United States map for the "world map", and also how there could be many small backwater towns and outposts scattered across the world, connected by dusty trails and also larger, main towns which could be connected by multiple modes of transportaion (eg. Horses, Steam locomotives, Wagon Trains).
And of course there needs to be some sort of "race" rivalry. Maybe all charecters start off as Neutral, and, depending on how you want your charecter to progress, can turn to be an Outlaw (Bandits, Renegades) or Law Enforcers (Sherrifs, Deputees)? Or maybe instead of just being bad or good as a westerner, you could also choose to be bad or good as a Native American?
Now speaking of Small towns and such, maybe if you, the player, wanted to become sherrif of a small town, you would have to kill more "bad guys" or have more experience that other people. It would be like a ladder working your way up to become a Sherrif of a town if you so wish.
Now I think PVP would work everwhere except towns, and in a game like this, so would Bounties. Say there is a PK'er who kills every person he meets... In the saloons or taverns in the towns their name and description could be placed in the "WANTED" section with a bounty that coinsides with their PK rate. Say a lvl 50 Outlaw has a kill count of 500 or something, his bounty could be, lets say 100,000 dollars or gold or whatever. But a lvl 70 who has a kill count of 1000 would have a bounty of 500,000. Of course these numbers are just made up, but I think that would be a great way to deal with PK'ers and still make the people who dislike PvP, happy.
Now for the weapons and armor and stuff, if you have seen any kind of Western Films or learned about the West in school should know what I am talking about. Weapons looking like there here http://www.awaguns.com/ and clothes looking like ... well I cant find a decent website showing authentic western apparel, but you should know what I mean.
As for hunting\fighting to gain XP, I think it would be kinda neat to hunt wildlife like rabbits, coyotees (sp?), Buffalo or the such... but im still thinking how that would work out. Im also thinking that while hunting, a First Person View would be very helpful.
Well thats all I could think of for right now, lemme know what you guys think about this, not that I can make a game such as this but maybe some publisher will steal these ideas and make an awesome MMO. And thanks for taking the time to read my huge post :)
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Priest is a Wild West MMORPG......only problem is its only out in korea and no ones even sure the international version of the game will ever come out.
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"The Earth is being visited by extraterrestrials," Edgar Mitchell, sixth astronaut to walk the moon
A steampunk wild west could be good too.
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The enemy is so dumb! They believe that WE are the enemy! - A famous orc commander.
I would stick to whitewolf for Wyld west, put werewolfs and faieries for players in 1 realm (include the semi humans for start, can have a ppure werewolf or faierie only after a time). Anofther realm could be Vampire/Wraith. Put the Wyrm, the mages(cant make such a system easily available saddly, already hard with faieries, with mages it is hell), techs evildooers, automn peoples, other prodigals & weird stuff for the PvE. Now which vampires you use for the setting is all yours to chose, the other vampires factions(not clans, I mean more like Sabbath or Camarilla, prolly more Camarilla at this epoch, but any could work) should be for PvE or future realms.
Can even have inside issues(politics mostly, but could always have a few fights, not war since 1 side) to determine if a mage node is turned into a WW Cairn or a Changeling stronghold, while the wraith and the vampires could have other focus then those places, yet, always having some conflicts.
I would not recommend using other west setting honestly, need a lot of good ideas, and the world of Darkness of Whitewolf have it all. Now, the setting and the rules would need to be made for MMORPGs, because vampires are usually chronic soloers, need to figure something there. :)
Anyway, just an idea. I never play wyld west because I am a changeling/vampire fan and the werewolfs where usually NPCs in all my games...
Trying to raid Helen of Troy, or some other Methuselah, old insane pro nature WW would certainly be great fun...and the mages...*shiver*
I think a HPS system could be work out no matter how many curses would come from Whitewolf if you can manage to have them agree in the first place. :)
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you might want to check out FRONTIER 1859, havnt been to the forums there lately, so i cant say much about it atm...
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To investigate the erosion and redeposition phenomena of fusion-related materials under stationary conditions, actively cooled test limiters were developed for the Tokamak Experiment for Technology Oriented Research (TEXTOR). The test limiters allow experiments under stationary conditions within a plasma pulse length of 10 s. Heat loads of typically 10 MW/m2 are removed by pressurized water; the volume flow is 10 m3/h, the pressure is 15 bar, and the minimum coefficient of heat transfer is nearly 70 000 W/m2K. The limiters were manufactured as low-pressure plasma-spraying thermally sprayed tungsten-coated heat sinks made of the molybdenum alloy TZM. The required properties of the tungsten coating were developed by the use of a statistically based optimization routine. Optimized, actively cooled limiters were successfully tested in Forschungszentrum Jülich's Material Research Ion Beam Test Facility (MARION) with hydrogen beams. Maximum heat loads of up to ~17 MW/m2 were applied without any failure of either the heat sink or the cooling system. The steady state of the surface temperature was measured within 2 s. Analytical and numerical models describing the effects of heat load distribution and spatial temperatures were found to be in excellent agreement with numerical predictions. In an additional experiment, loss of coolant was simulated. Transition boiling was generated, and after repeated heat loads higher than 10 MW/m2, cavitational damage of the heat sink occurred. Concerning the material selection for heat sinks of hypervapotrons and other cooling systems based on enhanced boiling of the cooling liquid, this result might be of special interest.
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Has someone stolen this man's thunder, or is his rain-making device unlikely to work anyway? Sunaryo Wirodirjo, an Indonesian inventor, was hoping to demonstrate last month that he could end his country's prolonged drought by firing electromagnetic beams at the sky from his invention, the Sinkar XP-SE. But his three-day demonstration at the Ancol marine resort in Jakarta ended in failure.
A spokesman from the Meteorological Office in Britain said that most clouds form through convection currents and that these processes would not be affected by an electromagnetic beam. Electromagnetic fields only appear when thunderclouds form, he said. 'But the beam from his device must be many orders of magnitude less than the fields already existing up there in the formation of a thunderstorm.'
The spokesman added that cloud seeding has been out of fashion since around two decades ago, when an American farmer took legal action to prevent a ...
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Caution is good, but is a label necessary for genetically altered foods?WASHINGTON — If a genetically engineered salmon is cleared for America's supermarkets, it will be because of convincing evidence the fish is safe to eat and not harmful to the environment.
WASHINGTON — If a genetically engineered salmon is cleared for America's supermarkets, it will be because of convincing evidence the fish is safe to eat and not harmful to the environment. Scientific review to date shows the fish to be indistinguishable from its traditional counterpart. So demands that the altered fish be required to carry a government label seem to be more an attempt to scare off consumers than an effort to provide necessary health or nutritional information. Clearly, there must be caution in approving the first genetically altered animal for human consumption, but government regulators should stick to their long-held, sensible rules about what information must be disclosed for the public good.
The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to approve a fast-growing salmon developed in the past two decades by a biotech company from Massachusetts. The AquAdvantage salmon has been modified to include a gene from the Chinook salmon and DNA from an eel-like fish so that it grows twice as fast as conventional salmon. The FDA recently concluded two days of public hearings, and the expectation — based on data showing that the salmon pose no risks to humans or the environment — is that it is just a matter of time before the fish will be marketed. What has emerged as the hot-button issue is labeling and the implications of that for other genetically engineered animal products likely to follow.
'Right to know'
A number of consumer groups pushing for mandatory labeling say that people have a right to know if the food they are eating comes from products that have been genetically modified. The not-so-subtle suggestion, of course, is that there is something different — or even wrong — with genetically modified food products, despite the science showing otherwise.
The food labeling rules, which have been tested in the courts, are properly focused on safety and nutrition and not on aspects of production such as, say, whether the product is the result of artificial insemination or cross breeding. Voluntary labeling is allowed as long as it is not false or misleading, so producers of conventionally raised salmon can publicize that fact as long as they do so truthfully. Public comment still is being accepted by FDA officials, who say that they will study the record before issuing a ruling. They are right to be careful and to base their decision on proven facts, not unfounded fears.
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While the Jewish vote apparently split down the middle in James K. Hahn's victory over Antonio Villaraigosa in the contest for mayor, there was bad news and good news for Jewish candidates in other races.
Former City Councilman Michael Feuer, who had led in the polls and early returns, was defeated in his race for city attorney. Feuer, the former director of the Bet Tzedek legal aid service, lost to Deputy Mayor Rocky Delgadillo by a margin of 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent.
In the contest for the third citywide office, Laura Chick had already clinched election as city controller in the April primaries. Chick, a former city council-member and one-time counselor with the Jewish Family Service, is the first woman -- of any denomination -- to win a citywide election in Los Angeles.
Two victories marked the possible emergence of a new generation of young Jewish politicians.
In the affluent and influential City Council 5th District, dubbed the "District of the Stars," newcomer Jack Weiss won in an upset victory over veteran political activist and state Sen. Tom Hayden.
Weiss, a former federal prosecutor, won by a margin of 289 votes, or 0.5 percent of the total vote.
Another newcomer, Michael Waxman, son of veteran Congressman Henry Waxman, had won election to the L.A. Community College board of trustees -- a frequent springboard to higher political office -- in the primaries.
Two Jewish women contested the 4th District seat for the L.A. Unified School District's board of education, with Marlene Canter beating incumbent Valerie Fields by a 54-to-46 margin.
In the City Council race in the 3rd District, the Jewish candidate, Judith Hirshberg, lost to Dennis Zine by barely 132 votes.
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WAS there a more exciting time to be in science than as the 18th century melted into the 19th? Every field teemed with possibilities, and people could excel in them all - from chemistry, geology, medicine and engineering to politics and poetry.
Mike Jay's story focuses on Thomas Beddoes at the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol, England, and his hopes that newly revealed gases, including nitrous oxide, could usher in revolutions.
A cast of stunningly gifted characters, from Humphry Davy to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, share Beddoes's quest for intoxicating discovery and his willingness to risk his life in pursuing it.
This is a vivid and thrilling biography, superbly evocative of times when excitements and dangers fluidly crossed social and scientific boundaries. It is also a powerful account of the meaning of science - its ability to overturn cherished theories and dull orthodoxies alike, and its breathtaking misses ...
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do not know whether you've got your data back apps back or not.
here i get a useful tool( named easeus data recovery wizard for Mac), which is specialized for helping dealing with various Mac data lost troubles including to find lost Mac apps back.
It works efficiently when searching data, do hope it might help you.
I used it and got my lost Mac drive data back easily, and good luck.
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I've had the phone from day one and have always had a problem with the battery life. I've had 3 extended batteries and the most I've ever gotten was a full day of use (including approximately 1-2 hours of internet use). I just carry an extra battery with me and recharge every night. Other than the battery life, the phone itself is great!
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This clinical guideline updates and replaces NICE clinical guideline 41 (published in October 2006).
It offers evidence-based advice on the classification and care of people at risk of familial breast cancer. It also makes recommendations on genetic testing thresholds, surveillance and risk reduction and treatment strategies for people with a diagnosis of breast cancer and a family history of breast, ovarian or a related cancer.
These areas are not covered by NICE clinical guideline 80 (Breast cancer: early and locally advanced, published in February 2009).


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BROADCASTERS in Europe have moved to prevent Microsoft's Windows CE operating system becoming the standard for interactive services accessed through the next generation of digital television sets. They are adamant that Bill Gates's company will not dominate TV as it has the personal computing world.
The Digital Video Broadcasting group in Geneva is close to agreement on the final specification for what it calls the Multimedia Home Platformand it does not use Microsoft technology. Instead, it will be based on Sun Microsystems' Java language. MHP will considerably broaden the capabilities of TV sets, allowing people to browse the Web, use e-mail and connect to future high-speed mobile phone networks as well as simply watching programmes.
Broadcasters such as the BBC and Canal+ gave the first demonstrations of MHP in Berlin last week. "Digital television is like the computer industry before the IBM PC came alonga mess," says Paul Bristow of ...
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Family won't get Navy, Natl Guard bills
San Diego frigate Vandegrift sped 1,200 miles, made warship kid-friendly
Public comment about the Rebel Heart rescue mission has focused on whether the Kaufman family should repay the government for the time, gas and expertise that went into saving them as their broken-down sailboat drifted off Cabo San Lucas.
But for the people involved in the rescue -- including the crew of the San Diego-based Navy frigate Vandegrift -- cost was not on the list of concerns.
The Vandegrift's executive officer said that once the frigate got its orders Friday morning, the crew immediately brainstormed about how to make two small children comfortable on a warship.
The four-person Kaufman family includes two young daughters, ages 3 and 1. The baby, Lyra, had been sick for several days with salmonella and an upper respiratory infection, fever and rash, which propelled the family's distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday.
"A warship is definitely not a place that's hospitable to small children. We've got a lot of sharp objects and sharp corners on board," said Lt. Cmdr. Daryl Robbin, in a telephone interview Monday from the ship.
"We got all our folks together who have small children and came up with a bunch of ideas on what we could go to help this potential little small victim out."
The crew fashioned a makeshift bassinet for the littlest girl. They also took up a collection of clothes because they knew the family – whose boat had lost power and steering for a time – would be wet, cold and hungry.
The frigate's supply officer found a way to provide fresh baby food for Lyra. The crew ground up carrots to make a toddler-friendly meal.
A few ship officers volunteered to give up their stateroom, so the family could have privacy. The crew also rounded up a crate of children's books that sailors had on board to read to their own kids over video link.
Robbin said it will be a special memory for the 200-person crew, who was finishing up training exercises off San Diego when the call came.
"I've rescued other folks at sea, grown men, but this is definitely the first time I've been involved in rescuing a family with small children out to sea," Robbin said.
The idea of taking small children on an around-the-world sailing trip is driving much of the criticism of the Kaufmans.
San Diegans Eric and Charlotte Kaufman and their daughters were 14 days into South Pacific-bound cruise on their 36-foot sailboat Rebel Heart when they ran into trouble about 900 nautical miles off Cabo San Lucas.
The Coast Guard called in the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing, which dispatched from the Bay Area an MC-130P Combat Shadow plane, two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and four pararescuers.
At about 8 p.m. Thursday, the team parachuted into the water, inflated a Zodiac raft they carried with them, and made their way to the Rebel Heart, where they stayed until the Navy arrived early Sunday.
The Kaufmans will probably not get the check for that effort, or the gas bill for the 1,200 miles the frigate sailed at its best speed to reach them.


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Pruning Primer - Heading Back
Heading Back
When pruning a shrub, always head back shoots to several different heights so that you don't produce a top heavy plant with dense outer foliage that shades out lower growth. Never "lop" off branches all at the same height unless you want a shrub with all the foliage densely clustered at the top, and bare stems below. When you head back branches to different levels you produce a fuller and more natural looking shrub.
Heading back the terminal shoot of a young tree will cause the leader (main trunk) to branch - but note that you may get more new leaders than you want, so be ready to thin out the extras.
The pear tree in the photo would have a long, whiplike main leader and just a few very long whiplike branches if it had not been headed back over the past several years.
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Improving Storage Densities When Areal Density Slows Down
by Hu Yoshida on Jun 6, 2012
A recent paper in the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics Vol 48 May 2012 shows that the roadmap for areal density increases in magnetic hard disk drives (HDD) has slowed down to 20% per year.
Areal density is measured in bits per square inch and has the most impact in driving down the costs of storage capacity, power, cooling and floor space. This is related to the capacity of HDDs. However, an HDD's capacity can vary depending on other factors like sector size, track size, disk size and the number of disks within an HDD. A 3.5 inch HDD can hold more capacity than a 2.5 inch HDD, but since the 2.5 inch HDD has less mass to spin and less distance to traverse to seek and search, it has better performance characteristics and requires less power. The smaller size also enables us to package 24 of these in a 2U drawer versus 12 of the 3.5-inch HDDs in our new Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS) system, providing more access arms per drawer.
The IEEE areal density chart shows areal densities for HDDs crossing the 1TB per square inch barrier this year. However, this goes beyond the capabilities of current PMR (Perpendicular Magnetic Recording) technology. Seagate announced this breakthrough in March of this year with the introduction of HAMR (Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording) technology, where a laser is used in the read/write head to enable the use of harder recording materials for greater densities. With this technology Seagate announced that they would be able to double the capacity of 3.5 inch HDDs from 3TB to 6TB by the end of the decade. I mentioned this in a previous post: Seagate's HAMR Reaches the 1TB Per-Square-Inch Barrier and HGST Announces 4TB Disk
In that same post I reported on a 4TB HDD that was announced by HGST (now Western Digital). HGST accomplished this with the current perpendicular recording technology by adding another platter and increasing the number of disks in a disk module to 5 disks, which adds two more recording surfaces with additional recording heads and arms.
One other change that I failed to mention is that this disk has increased the sector size from 512 bytes to 4K bytes, which will be the new standard sector size for all disk vendors. Each 512 byte sector has an additional 80 bytes for ECC and sync bytes. By consolidating 8 of these sectors into a 4K sector, these 8 x 80 bytes can be consolidated into one with a greater number of ECC bytes, which would not only increase capacity by 7 to 11% but also increase error correction by 50% according to Western Digital.
As you can imagine, increasing the sector size has implications for operating systems and servers as well as storage, in terms of sector alignment. This will require a transition period where these disks will support 512 byte emulation mode for compatibility to legacy operating systems, servers and storage systems. More information will become available as these new drives begin to roll out. You can expect to see other storage vendors roll out this new sector size not only as a way to increase capacities but also to improve ECC with longer correction codes.
Another way to increase densities with the current PMR technology is to use Shingled Magnetic Recording. This technology is based on the fact that it takes more energy to write a magnetic bit than it takes to read it. As a result a track is very wide when it is written, but it does not require the full width of the track to be able to read it. Therefore once a track is written, you can write the next track over part of the old track as long as you leave enough of the old track to be seen by the read head. In this way you "shingle" the writes like you would shingle the tiles on a roof. This enables you to pack more tracks on the surface of a disk. However the tracks that are partially overwritten are write-once-read-many and recording on this would be like recording sequentially on tape but with the ability to randomly read the recorded data. The last track in a shingled group of tracks would not be overwritten, so that track could still be randomly updated. This type of recording would require more data management, but could be viable if the data is not frequently updated.
The IEEE chart also shows that areal densities for NAND devices are on a similar slope as HDDs. However, NAND has other possibilities such as SLC (Single Level Cell), MLC (Multi Level Cell), and TLC (Three Level Cell). The challenge with NAND is the ability to manage durability as the durability decreases with the increase in number of cell levels. While areal densities for tape are much lower, they are continuing on a steeper slope. There may still be a place for tape in the future.
So even though the increase in areal density for magnetic disks has declined to 20%, there are other ways to increase HDD densities through new technologies, repackaging and new form factors. But all of these can add new cost considerations, such as retooling for manufacturing of HAMR or additional data management and systems costs. The simple days of 30% price erosion, year after year, for the past 50 years are over. We need to put more focus on operational savings through virtualization, thin provisioning, dynamic tiering and active archive if we want to contain our storage costs. With dynamic tiering, NAND and even tape may play a bigger part in this equation, but I believe the management of HDD storage will still be the major cost consideration for storage for the next 4 to 5 years.
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Gurnek Singh Thiara on 07 Jun 2012 at 2:20 am
Great Explaination .
thanks a ton
Oscar Rojas on 12 Jun 2012 at 7:08 pm
An enlightening point of view.
Most storage users (at least most that I know) have a "there will always be more" mindset and use medieval-like competition techniques between vendors to lower prices year after year after year. It has been easy to have the vendors make-up for their untamed growth in storage needs.
Seems now like that strategy needs a second look.
Very good blog. Thanks a lot.
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Man charged in shooting
Oklahoma County prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge Thursday against the father-in-law of a man who was shot and killed during a domestic dispute. Michael Scott Elder, 53, is accused of killing Gary Davidson, 27. Police found Davidson dead about 5:45 p.m. Feb. 20 at the scene of a shooting at 2701 NW 12. According to a probable cause affidavit, Davidson and Elder's daughter were fighting for control of the couple's moving truck when Elder ran up next to the vehicle and fired one shot. The couple was separated and in the process of getting a divorce, police reported.
Police seek man in death
Police have identified a man suspected of killing former U.S. Grant High School basketball standout Anthony Hartfield Jr. A judge issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Deandre Devon Smith, 22, who investigators say shot and killed Hartfield Jan. 14 during an attempted burglary at his father's home in the 1200 block of NE 46. A cellphone found in the front yard next to the residence led police to Smith, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
Man accused of gun threat
Police say they arrested an Oklahoma City man Wednesday after he threatened his mother with a gun while playing Russian roulette. Wilhelm Andreas Wright, 42, was arrested on complaints of possession of a firearm while intoxicated, driving under the influence and reckless driving, after his mother reported he was playing Russian roulette and asked her to play, according to the police report. Police responded about 12:30 a.m. to the woman's home in the 6500 block of Eastbourne Lane, and saw a vehicle traveling east from the house at a high rate of speed. They pulled Wright over a few blocks away and arrested him. In the front seat of Wright's car, officers found a .22 caliber handgun with the cylinder and firing pin missing, according to the report. Wright was being held Thursday in the Oklahoma County jail, awaiting bail to be set.
Trial ordered in slaying
PAULS VALLEY — An Oklahoma man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend's ex-husband, cutting up his body and stuffing the remains into cement-filled buckets was ordered Thursday to stand trial on a first-degree murder charge. Justin Hammer, 31, is charged in the Aug. 7, 2012, death of Brandon Duran, 32. Defense attorney Irven Box said Hammer fired in self-defense after Duran forced his way into Hammer's home. Prosecutors say the evidence indicates Hammer planned to shoot Duran. District Attorney Greg Mashburn has not decided whether to seek the death penalty in the case. During the hearing, friends of Hammer testified they overheard his girlfriend tell Hammer that Duran beat and abused her when they were married. They said she also was upset about a custody battle over the couple's young child. Hammer's girlfriend did not testify during the hearing. OSBI agent Marvin Akers said Hammer claimed during a video-recorded statement that he shot Duran in the face with a shotgun after Duran kicked his back door open. When Hammer was asked why he dismembered Duran's body, "he said he freaked out," Akers said. The buckets containing Duran's body parts were recovered Aug. 10 in a pond on Hammer's property in rural Elmore City, 65 miles south of Oklahoma City.
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WASHINGTON — Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $48 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the air transportation industry, the Department of Justice announced today.
According to a one-count felony charge filed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Singapore-based Singapore Airlines Cargo engaged in a conspiracy to fix the cargo rates charged to certain customers in the United States and elsewhere for international air shipments from as early as February 2002, until at least Feb. 14, 2006. Under the plea agreement, which is subject to court approval, Singapore Airlines Cargo has also agreed to cooperate with the department's ongoing antitrust investigation.
Singapore Airlines Cargo transports a variety of cargo shipments, such as heavy equipment, perishable commodities and consumer goods, on scheduled international flights, including to and from the United States.
According to the charges, Singapore Airlines Cargo and co-conspirators carried out the conspiracy by agreeing during meetings, conversations and other communications on one or more components of the cargo rates to be charged for shipments on certain routes to and from the United States. As part of the conspiracy, Singapore Airlines Cargo and co-conspirators levied cargo rates in accordance with the agreements reached, and monitored and enforced adherence to the agreed-upon cargo rates.
Singapore Airlines Cargo is charged with price fixing in violation of the Sherman Act, which carries a maximum fine for corporations of $100 million. The maximum fine may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum fine.
Including today's charge, as a result of this investigation, a total of 20 airlines and 17 executives have been charged in the Justice Department's ongoing investigation into price fixing in the air transportation industry. To date, more than $1.7 billion in criminal fines have been obtained and four executives have been sentenced to serve prison time. Charges are pending against the remaining 13 executives.
Today's charge is the result of a joint investigation into the air transportation industry being conducted by the Antitrust Division's National Criminal Enforcement Section, the FBI's Washington Field Office, the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General. Anyone with information concerning price fixing or other anticompetitive conduct in the air transportation industry is urged to call the Antitrust Division's National Criminal Enforcement Section at 202-307-6694, visit www.justice.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm, or call the FBI's Washington Field Office at 202-278-2000.
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By Gary Bogue
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 at 6:33 am in Animal Laws, Animal Politics.
I just received a newsletter from Animal Place, a farm animal sanctuary, asking for help in stopping legislation that's harmful to animals and those striving to protect animals.
Below are two bills that need action taken.
AB 815 & AB 2427 — Oppose
Both AB 2427 and AB 815 are on Governor Schwarzenegger's desk for signing. Please take action TODAY!
AB 2427 (Assemblymember Eng) takes away the rights of cities and counties to enact a multitude of animal welfare laws. It is sponsored by the California Veterinary Medical Association, who has been vigorously trying to overturn West Hollywood's ban on the painful declawing of cats.
AB 815 — Hunting and Fishing -(Assemblymember Berryhill) takes away the rights of cities and counties to enact local wildlife-related laws. If signed into laws, the ONLY entity in the state permitted to make regulations regarding hunting and fishing in California would be the Department of Fish and Game.
Contact the Governor at http://gov.ca.gov/interact#contact and ask him to VETO both AB 815 and AB 2427.
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Pakistan For Sale ! 100% Discount On Judiciary
You know what? I present Islamic Republic Of Pakistan to you on a very very fair price. You would find lots of incentives apart from the land and its 160 million people. Its really easy to do with it whatever you like to. Either you want to blackout media who is projecting your fair picture or lockdown transparent judicial system. Its that easy as it was never before.. All you have to do is to press the emergency button and a whole new police cum army would pop out to establish your so called 'rit'. Why would you want to ask 16 crore people han? you know better whats the country interest is. Right naa? So hurry if you are interested.
call: 0900-musharraf-is-a-son-of-a-bitch
The person calls the first would be given the opportunity to address the pakistani nation as well and describe that Pakistan is on the brink of disaster, now that i've bought your grate country.. "everything would be back to normal"
8 Responses to "Pakistan For Sale ! 100% Discount On Judiciary"
stilllovepakistan |
"Pakistan for Sale"…its ur online website , so plz be brave and dont talk like this…i'll be gr8ful 4 it
If you ever been to english literature and read the whole post, you would've known what exactly i mean. Thanks for submitting the comment though!
stilllovepakistan |
But i want to say something on it…not a single person will bother english literature just bcoz a persons behaviour is his own judgement…wanna say that as i read this post and concluded the idea…so every person will do it as i did…
sorry to say no one will think after reading ur post " umm…ummmm it may be literature"…lolz
ur right on ur side..im right on my side..isntit???
okay, what exactly bothering you about this post? what i said is purely purely based on twisting language, just to let my 100 unique visitors here, what exactly happening around us. You arent getting the point atall. By no means iam spreading falsehood against our country, neither do i intend to. Its just because of one cheap army personnel that everybody in the world laughing at us, as we blacken out private channels and kick educated, true protestors, Yeah, its 2008 arriving.. we living in 2008BC.
stilllovepakistan |
He is wrong….we can say just bcoz of shutting down private channels and making them his own so they will project those prgms which will be ordered ….. making the judges of his own choice and beting our lawyers…. one thing i just know that " Allah ki lathi beawaz hay"….
and nothing more to say about this….but why why we are making our tongues bitter and full of abusive words… ?
Tanveer |
I think the writer Mr Sarmad Hassan should learn manners to use public social networks. By calling anyone son of a bitch Mr Sarmad Hassan should remember that he also dont have confirmatory DNA test of himself. He must check his DNA result and he would come to know about his parents as well.
Anybody abrogating the law, let alone arresting the judges is supposed to be trialed for treason and is punishable by capital punishment as per the constitution defines. What is more severe ? badmouthing the person ? or executing him ? I agree, one should be a little polite while talking social but again; it is more of an individual space, an individual opinion, where things are being moderated by one person with a particular mind set. You being critical or disagreeing is still welcomed and I do not mind publishing your comments as they are.


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On the use of absolute and relative health inequality measures:
- A theoretical overview of these issues is Sam Harper, Nicholas B. King, et al. (2010) "Implicit Value Judgments in the Measurement of Health Inequalities." Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly 88(1). In response to a commentary on this essay, we published the following reply: King, Nicholas B., Sam Harper, et al. "We'll Take the Red Pill: A Reply to Asada" Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly 88(4): 623-637.
- A structured review of the use of relative and absolute measures in medical and public health literature is Nicholas B. King, Sam Harper, and Meredith Young. "Use of relative and absolute measures in reporting health inequalities: structured review." BMJ 345: e5774.
- Results from an experiment on the framing of health inequalities information in absolute and relative terms. "Impact of Selective Evidence Presentation on Judgments of Health Inequality Trends: An Experimental Study." PLOS One 8(5): e63362.
- King, Nicholas B., Jay S, Kaufman, and Sam Harper. "Relative Measures Alone Tell Only Part of the Story." American Journal of Public Health 100(11): 2014-2015.
- Kaufman, Jay, Sam Harper, and Nicholas B. King. "A More Complete Picture of Higher Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence Among Blacks Compared to Whites." The American Journal of Medicine 124(5): e5-e6.
On the role of language and the mass media in perceptions of disease:
- Meredith Young, Nicholas B. King, Sam Harper, "The influence of popular media on perceptions of personal and population risk in possible disease outbreaks." Health, Risk, and Society: Forthcoming.
- Meredith Young, et al. (2008) "The Role of Medical Language in Changing Public Perceptions of Illness." PLoS ONE 3(12): e3875.
- Meredith Young, et al. (2008) "Medicine in the Popular Press: The Influence of the Media on Perceptions of Disease." PLoS ONE 3(10): e3552.


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FRIDAY MORNING, I woke up feeling too little holiday spirit because I had too many holiday chores. I had just returned from a family visit in Massachusetts, and the cards weren't sent, the shopping wasn't finished, the house was a mess.
I hadn't baked a single Christmas cookie. There was no milk in the refrigerator. And with the deadline for this neighborhood column looming, I felt more like grumbling than singing carols.


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Robert Capa, one of the century's greatest photographers, was first recognized for photographing the Spanish Civil War.
One of the great poets of the camera, his genius was not only as a documentarian of the highest caliber, who has photographed five wars including the siege of Madrid, the Allied landings on D-Day, and the Japanese invasion in China which remains the definitive visual record, but who also had an unfailing eye for graphic impact that created images that transcend the specifics of history.
As much as Capa may be proclaimed as the "greatest war photographer of the world," his remarkable photographic range also includes images that portray wit, warmth, and the joys of peace.
In 1954, while on an assignment for Life magazine in Vietnam, Capa was killed by stepping on a land mine.


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Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI)—Universal Screener & Progress Monitor
Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI) is a research-based computer adaptive assessment that measures understanding on the Quantile Framework for Mathematics. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, SMI serves as an independent progress monitor that tracks students' progress over the course of instruction. MATH 180 students will take SMI three to five times during the year. Results will be shared on both the Student and Teacher Dashboards.
The mSkills tests assess for mastery of skills and concepts taught during whole-class and group instruction. The results are valuable for determining mastery of understanding, fluency, and problem-solving skills covered in group instruction and the mSpace. Designed with Next Generation Assessment items and tasks, the mSkills assessment is administered at the end of each block of group instruction.
Mindset Scan
Designed by leading motivation expert Dr. Carol Dweck's Mindset Works™ organization, MATH 180 includes attitudinal assessments that monitor shifts in students' mindsets about mathematics and their own abilities. Students take their first Mindset Scans during the first week of instruction and after they complete each block.
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The power of the MATH 180 technology lies in its abilities to assess student knowledge and respond to individual student differences. Fast Tracks determine whether students require instruction or can accelerate through a lesson. Once engaged in a lesson, the student software is constantly monitoring performance with a multitude of activities, adjusting instruction and practice accordingly.
The Brain Arcade-Personalized Playlist of Smart Games
Customized to each student's needs, the Brain Arcade provides a personalized playlist of games that build both computational and strategy fluency. The Brain Arcade is the destination for meeting the fluency standards in the Common Core by offering adaptive practice with facts, multi-digit operations, inverse relationships, unknowns, properties of numbers, and more.
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Which of Serena's Season 6 Looks Do You Like The Best? Gossip Girl Fashion Face-off!
Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) loves to take her passion for fashion and make it happen, and she's already glamming up Gossip Girl's final season! We have our hands on three fabulous looks from Serena's wardrobe, and now's your chance to vote on your fave.
1. Serena's White Wedding Dress: Rumor has it that Blair (Leighton Meester) and Chuck (Ed Westwick) are getting married during Gossip Girl's season premiere, and leave it up to Serena to wear white at her best friend's wedding. Sources haven't been able to ID this stunning socialite's plunging yellow and white gown, but our jaws are on the floor. We need that in our closets, like, yesterday.
2. Beautiful In Blue: Serena rocks a sweet and simple Marc by Marc Jacobs sundress during scenes with her new love interest (played by 7th Heaven's Matt Camden) — and yes, it has a plunging neckline. Serena's wearing the dress with Christian Dior sandals and a white Fendi tote, and she looks absolutely picture perfect!
3. OMG Orange: Maxi skirts back and ready to invade your summer wardrobe, and we're loving Serena's sheer floral number — especially paired with a bright orange chain crop top by Alice + Olivia. Her teal Bollywoody Christian Louboutin looks pull the look together, and makes Serena the embodiment of effortlessly chic style.
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Ethan Maurice bikes cross-country for a cause
Ethan Maurice credits his life to the Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH). At three years old, he was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder called essential thrombocytosis (ET), and also has meningoencephalitis, both of which required him to spend extensive amounts of time in PCH.
"They saved my life," Maurice said.
ET is characterized by noticeably high concentrations of platelets in the blood that dramatically increase chances of blood clotting and death. Because of his diagnosis, Maurice spent much of his life as a PCH patient, where he developed a unique rapport with his physicians and support system there. Although he technically no longer has ET, he still interacts with his doctors at PCH.
Despite challenges with ET, meningoencephalitis and seizures, Maurice is now thriving at NAU, something he never thought he would be able to do. He studies biomedical science, something the doctors he interacted with at PCH inspired him to do.
"It completely changed the direction of my life. I didn't really think about going into the medical field at all, but after all that, I feel like I can relate to patients so well," Maurice said. "It'll give me so much satisfaction to help people that were in my situation previously."
Because of how much PCH impacted him, Maurice decided to integrate his desire to ride across the country with the intention of raising money and awareness for PCH.
"I want to give back to the hospital and this is the best way I can think of doing it," Maurice said.
Although the idea to ride his bike across the country had been on the back of his mind for a while, using it as a fundraiser for PCH brought his dreams to fruition.
"What really was the point that I realized I could actually do this was to raise money for PCH because it ties the whole thing together . . . it brings purpose to the ride," Maurice said.
Maurice approached PCH in August 2012, and they were "very moved" by his story. As the beneficiaries of the ride, they also advocate within his support system.
"They're helping all along the way, [especially] with the little things," Maurice said.
Outfitted with a bicycle and his brother Reid, Maurice is spending the summer before his senior year at NAU riding cross-country on the Trans-America Trail to benefit Phoenix Children's Hospital. Their goal is to raise $42,330 for the hospital, which equates to approximately $10 per mile they ride.
The Trans-America Trail stretches from Yorktown, Va. to Astoria, Ore., complete with small towns, mountain passes and blowing headwinds. The Maurices plan to average 60 miles per day, camping along the way while raising money and support.
"I imagine we'll hit 120 or 130 miles one day. If we have the wind blowing at our backs . . . we're just cruising," Maurice said.
Although they do not have a set itinerary, the pair plans to finish by mid-August in time for Reid to return to high school in Phoenix and Ethan to return to NAU.
"We're keeping it open; we're going to enjoy it . . . It's all open and I don't want to limit it in any way," Maurice said.
When reflecting on the experience and purpose behind the ride, Maurice hopes he can give inspiration to children in similar situation.
"It would have been really great for me to have that. When I first came out of that coma, I didn't know where I would end up," Maurice said. "There were some points where I lacked hope and it would have been great to have someone that I saw in my situation five years down the road and they were fully functional again, out there living again."
Maurice is dedicated to PCH and being a role model to the patients there.
"I've recovered, and I want to be that example for the kids in the hospital," Maurice said.
Maurice believes having PCH as a beneficiary for the ride will help him push through difficult parts of the ride.
"If I'm down, you know, I have something to pedal for; I have a reason; I have a purpose," Maurice said. "I feel like I'll be able to push through anything because I know a lot of kids will be watching and I'll be out there for them."
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Peking University Presentation
This is part of the U-M Health System/Peking University (PUHSC) Joint Institute Symposium, November 28-30.
Dr. Guifang Guo, Dean of the Peking University School of Nursing in Beijing and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing will be giving a presentation. Speaking as part of the Clinical Research Coordinator Workgroup, Dean Guo will discuss nursing in China and a Peking University.
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Maputo — Mozambique was somewhat less corrupt in 2012 than in 2011, according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, published by the anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI).
The Index scores countries on a scale of zero to 100. Any country which scores 100 is perceived as entirely clean and, if the score is zero, it is perceived as entirely corrupt. This year Mozambique's score is 31.
Last year, when the index used a scale of zero to ten, Mozambique's score was 2.7. To bring this into line with a zero-to-100 scale, one simply multiplies by ten. So Mozambique's score has risen from 27 to 31, an improvement of 15 per cent.
But anyone reading much of the Mozambican press would imagine that corruption worsened in Mozambique over the year.
"Corruption increases in the public sector" is the headline in Thursday's issue of the daily paper "O Pais". In its story, the daily newsheet "Mediafax" claims "the level of perception of the degree of corruption in the public sector in Mozambique has worsened for the second year running".
This is exactly the opposite of what the report says.
Even Adriano Nuvunga, the director of Mozambique's anti-corruption NGO, the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), makes the same misreading of the report.
Cited in "Mediafax", Nuvunga said "the situation in Mozambique is very bad, and the situation is getting worse".
"O Pais" and "Mediafax" made these mistakes because they looked at the rankings rather than the score. In 2011, Mozambique was in joint 120th position (along with eight other countries) out of the 182 countries considered. This year Mozambique is in joint 123rd position (with four other countries) out of 174 countries.
The fact that Mozambique has fallen three places in the TI ranking merely means that several countries improved at a faster pace than Mozambique, not that Mozambique became any more corrupt over the year.
Of the eight countries that tied with Mozambique in 120th position in 2011, four (Mongolia, Ethiopia, Ecuador and Guatemala) have improved their position, three (Kazakhstan, Iran and Bangladesh) have fallen down the rankings, and the Solomon Islands has disappeared from the index altogether.
This in itself is enough to account for Mozambique's slight decline in the rankings.
Looking back at the TI Index from 2003 to the present, Mozambique's ranking has fluctuated from 86th to 130th position (in 2003 and 2009 respectively), but the country's score has moved in a much narrower band. From 2003 to 2011, Mozambique scored between 25 and 27. It is reasonable enough to say that perceptions of corruption in Mozambique remained much the same throughout this period. This year, however, it has jumped to 31 – something ignored by those journalists fixated on rankings.
The index also admits to a certain level of uncertainty, depending on the quality of the data used, and so inserts a "confidence interval" which reflects the number of surveys used to calculate a country's position on the index. Where there are few surveys of corruption, the confidence interval is very wide. Thus the Comoro islands were given a score of 28, but based on only three surveys – so the confidence interval is an enormous 25: the Comoros' real score could lie between 15 and 40.
For Mozambique, with seven surveys used, the confidence interval is only five – meaning that the score for Mozambique is somewhere between a lower limit of 29 and an upper limit of 34.
A score of 31 (or even 34) is nothing to cheer about, even though it is better than last year's score. Nuvunga was right to say that current levels of corruption are "problematic not only in terms of attracting investments, but also for the credibility of public institutions".
Nonetheless, he believed that, if the rest of the government's package of anti-corruption legislation is speedily approved by the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, it could make corruption more difficult in the public sector, and eventually improve Mozambique's position in the TI rankings.
However, the main anti-corruption law is an overhaul of Mozambique's Penal Code, and the likelihood of this complex document being debated in this sitting of parliament, due to end on 23 December, is remote.
The three countries at the top of the TI index, all scoring 90, are Denmark, Finland and New Zealand, with Sweden close behind on 88. The United States is in 19th position, with a score of 73.
At the other end of the index, three of the most miserable countries in the world, Somalia, Afghanistan and North Korea, tie for last position with a score of just eight.
The rankings and scores for members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are as follows (scores in parentheses):
30 Botswana (65)
45 Mauritius (57)
51 Seychelles (52)
58 Namibia (48)
64 Lesotho (45)
69 South Africa (43)
88 Malawi (37)
88 Swaziland (37)
88 Zambia (37)
102 Tanzania (35)
118 Madagascar (32)
123 Mozambique (31)
157 Angola (22)
160 Democratic Republic of Congo (21)
163 Zimbabwe (20)


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WOMEN'S Day, which was commemorated yesterday, celebrated the achievements of women in social and economic aspects of life.
Despite a number of achievements, women still face economic and social inequalities and gender violence.
A study conducted by the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) shows that gender-based violence remains one of the pertinent issues women face.
The study highlights 1 122 protection order applications from 19 magistrate's courts across the country. In the year 2008 alone, more than 1 000 applications for protection orders were recorded, which means that at least three protection orders were issued a day for women who face life-threatening violence from their partners or spouses.
Protection order details were alarming, it said. "One respondent threatened that he would kill the complainant, set her on fire and then kill himself. Two threatened to cut the complainant's head off, one said that he would cut the complainant's breasts off, and one said that he would put out the complainant's eyes. One threatened to cut the complainant open with a saw, and one said he would burn down her house with her inside," the study reported.
Most of these cases were reported in urban areas. Long distances from the court, a lack of awareness of the law or reliance on extended families or traditional authorities to deal with domestic violence could be the reasons why reported domestic violence cases remain lower in rural than in urban areas.
Only one in ten victims of domestic violence lays a criminal charge against the abuser, according to the LAC study, and one in five complainants withdraws her application before obtaining a final order.
"We are not sure why this happens. Some apparently reconcile with their abusers, which could mean that the interim order alone was sufficient to stop the violence. But it is likely that some complainants are threatened or intimidated into abandoning their attempts to get a protection order. There is no provision for follow-up by social workers either. So some domestic violence victims may be left at the mercy of their abusers after they try to reach out for help," said the study.
Other issues the LAC highlighted are child maintenance and the problem pregnant employees face by not getting extended maternity leave.
First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba said at a recent debate on promoting gender equality that studies estimated that one in three Namibian women experience domestic abuse, adding that rape, particularly affecting young women, remains high.
"When we turn our back on a woman who is being beaten, we may as well have handed the abuser the stick he uses to beat her with," she said.
Pohamba added that some women make themselves guilty of perpetrating violence when they dump babies. "No woman should ever feel that her prospects are so limited that her only option is to dump her baby. Every baby dumped in Namibia is a precious life lost," she said.
Veronica de Klerk of Women's Action for Development highlighted the need for women to occupy the highest positions in the corporate sector of Namibia. She added that this should also take place in parastatals, schools, universities, churches and in the government.
In agreement with her, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, at a recent inauguration of the Gender Equality and Child Welfare building in Windhoek, revealed that the majority of government employees are women, but men still occupy the executive position. He said that must change.
De Klerk further called on women to unite and become more assertive in speeding up the process of gender equality in Namibia.
She urged privileged women to help rural women who find it difficult to fend for their families.
De Klerk said the causes of baby dumping, domestic violence and "passion killings" stem from the family home. She said according to media reports about 40 dumped babies are discovered every month.
"Talks on sexuality from parent to child should no longer be a taboo, but rather one that parents, schools and churches should debate to seek solutions to this mammoth challenge in our society," said De Klerk.
She added that mothers should talk to their children about sexuality to ensure that their daughters know how to protect themselves when they leave home. "This is our duty to prevent unnecessary disasters due to ignorance," she said.


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Big Labor has an image problem. It seems that helping to run the American car industry into the ground (with help from less-than-stellar management, of course), trying to snag a sweetheart deal to exempt its members from the Cadillac excise tax on health-care plans, and making a run at abolishing secret-ballot elections in the workplace have left a bad taste in the mouths of American. A Pew survey tells us:
Favorable views of labor unions have plummeted since 2007, amid growing public skepticism about unions' purpose and power. Currently, 41% say they have a favorable opinion of labor unions while about as many (42%) express an unfavorable opinion. In January 2007, a clear majority (58%) had a favorable view of unions while just 31% had an unfavorable impression. … In April 2009, 61% agreed with the statement "labor unions are necessary to protect the working person," down from 68% in 2007 and 74% in 2003. In the same survey, six-in-ten (61%) agreed that "labor unions have too much power," up from 52% in 1999.
The Pew report notes that this is consistent with surveys by other polling outfits. Big Labor's approval ratings have plunged in all demographic and racial groups. Only union households (of which there are fewer every year) think their unions are doing a bang-up job.
Big Labor would have us believe that its decline is attributable to rigged federal labor rules or nefarious employers. But the reality is that most Americans don't see unions doing much good for them — but they do see union bosses acting like every other strong-arming, special-interest group. So it may not be an issue of whether federal labor law is outmoded but whether labor unions are.


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LIVE: Cambridge City v Tottenham Hotspur
Posted: August 07, 2013|
9.36pm Full time City 0 Spurs 5 A tough workout for Gary Roberts' men but the visitors had some talented youngsters on show and they were very well motivated for this game.
9.34pm Bacon hits a low shot just wide of the far post
9.31pm Farrell is denied a superb goal for City thanks to a fingertip save from Vigouroux, the keepe somehow flicking his dipping shot over the crossbar,
9.21pm GOAL City 0 Spurs 5 Ceballas curls a superb effort into the top corner leaving City's substitute keeper Enol Ordonez no chance.
9.19pm GOAL City 0 Spurs 4 Falque makes it 4-0 with a close range effort.
9.18pm Falque embarks on a strong run that ends with a long range shot that Barrett tips away with a one-handed save.
9.16pm Ben Farrell has a shooting chance for City but his effort drifts harmlessly wide.
9.13pm Ceballas has a shot from just inside the penalty area deflected wide.
9.12pm City substitute Chris Bacon almost gets on the end of fellow sub Neil Midgley's flick on but Vigouroux beats him to it.
9.11pm Spurs win a free-kick on the right of city's penalty area but despite a dazzling run and cut back by Ceballas, the hosts scramble the ball clear,
9.05pm Joey Abbs delivers a fine cross from the left but Spurs' substitute keeper Lawrence Vigouroux gets to the ball just before Nick Beasant can get his head to it.
8.59pm GOAL City 0 Spurs 3 A speculative long range effort from fullback Ryan Fredericks deceives Zac Barrett and ends up in the back of the net
8.50pm Back under way at the Glass World. City have made one change with Joey Abbs coming on for Josh Dawkin.
8.36pm Half time City 0 Spurs 2 Not a bad first 45 minutes for Gary Roberts' men but two quality Spurs goals have given them a deserved lead.
8.27pm GOAL City 0 Spurs 2 Shaquile Coulhurst chests a ball down into the path of Yago Falque and he fires home from the edge of the penalty area with a low drive.
8.14pm GOAL - City 0 Spurs 1 Bentaleb makes no mistake this time with a great effort from distance that Barrett can do nothing about.
8.12pm Nabil Bentaleb fires just wide from 22 yards after some neat build up play by the visitors
8.11pm Miles Smith makes a good run into the Spurs penalty area but is tacklde by Kevin Stewart before he can get a shot in.
8.05pm Zac Barrett pulls off a fine save at his near post to keep the visitors out.
8.01pm Cristian Ceballas shoots just over from 20 yards, the first real opening for either team.
Cambridge City: Barrett, Ramm, Lawton, Chaffey, Smith, Farrell, Lewis, Beech, Wilson, Dawkin, Beasant.
Subs: Ordonez, Abbs, Omango, Gutierrez, Allen, Midgley, Bacon.
Tottenham: Miles, Fredericks, Ward, Ball, Stewart, McEvoy, Coulhurst, Ceballas, Falque, Bentaleb, Lamerias.
Subs: Vigouroux, Gallifinco, McEnett, D McQueen, A McQueen.


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In your article about trust, the authors describe how in an experiment half the players were willing to hand money over to an unknown stranger in the hope that it would later be returned, and that three-quarters of those strangers did indeed return the cash (10 May, p 32).
Perhaps because they were looking for something else, the authors miss the obvious conclusion that is good news in a world where we are deluged with bad news every time we turn on the TV or read a newspaper. People are more trustworthy than they are trusting. That is, we underestimate how good other people are.
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