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Observers see no sign of projects slowing through lack of programmers
Open-source has gained so much momentum of late that one might ask where all the developers needed for these new projects are coming from.
Microsoft's Nick McGrath, head of platform strategy for Microsoft in the UK recently told us that despite many big commercial companies now professing their commitment to Linux and open-source in general, the likes of IBM have just 'handfuls' of developers working in the arena.
Adam Jollans is IBM's Worldwide Linux Software Marketing Strategy Manager, and begged to differ. 'Right now, our Linux technology centre is about 800 strong - developers paid by IBM working directly on open source projects,' he said.
He said this had doubled in the course of a couple of years and that overall there were 8,000 to 9,000 IBM employees working on the company's Linux strategy.
Bill Weinberg, Open Source Architecture Specialist and Evangelist at Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) said, 'To cite a some very visible examples, there are 95,982 registered projects on SourceForge.net and over 1,000,000 registered users. OSDL member companies alone employ over 2000 Linux developers.
'The total number is, of course, difficult to estimate with any precision, but even pessimistic assessments place the number of FOSS developers worldwide in the millions.'
SourceForge suggests the developer pool is far from being stretched too thin. Of the nearly 100,000 projects, there are requests for just 86 developers to help out.
Yet finding the right developer for a project is sometimes difficult no matter what the platform is, and how many there are to choose from. Says Weinberg: 'Talented developers of any kind always presents a challenge. Developers with a FOSS background are at least as plentiful as those for proprietary systems. For my own part, I have several times had problems finding developers with any real depth of Windows expertise for projects that I have managed.
'Rules of supply and demand apply to the talent pool. The key difference is that Open Source provides a shorten path to retraining during a downturn, and offers the greatest source of newly-minted developers coming out of school.'
There's every reason to believe the developer pool will grow stronger. The open source maxim of free access to code chimes with academic research rather than the proprietary software shops' closed outlook. As OS de jour, the next generation of developers are likely to emerge with a strong Linux background.
'Graduates are increasingly coming into the workplace with a much better understanding of open source projects,' sais Weinberg. 'Most university Computer Science students are working on Linux today.
The other sources of fresh talent for Linux-based projects are from existing Unix developers who can easily transfer their skills and companies that want to extend the reach of their products into this area.
Yet building an application for Linux is not necessarily the same as releasing the code contained under an open source licence. Many commercial companies, including IBM and even Novell, which owns the number 2 distribution SUSE, also sell closed source products for the platform.
But at the same time these companies also feel obliged to contribute as well as take from the open source well. Weinberg estimates 'that between 70 per cent and 75 per cent of Open Source developers today either work as employees of mid-size to large corporations, or have their work sponsored by those companies.'
Jollans said 'We felt we needed to be part of the open source community.' But rather than build its own open-source operating system, it partnered with existing distributions SUSE and Red Hat. IBM's contribution, says Jollans, is focussed on where it can play to its strengths in enterprise systems, SMP and so on. Jollans is frank about IBM's interest in Linux being focussed where it can 'help IBM, help IBM's customers'.


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Colorado lawmakers moved a step closer to setting rules for retail medical marijuana distribution with the House Judiciary Committee's approval March 22 of an amended bill by Rep. Tom Massey, R-Poncha Springs.
Under changes adopted to House Bill 1284, it will be harder for municipalities to ban medical marijuana stores outright, but local jurisdictions will still be able to restrict locations of the outlets using zoning laws. The revised version of the bill also allows store owners to buy slightly more marijuana from outside sources, lets patients grow their own herb even if they're buying from a dispensary, and designates the first $2 million raised through taxes each year to fund substance abuse programs.
The committee killed a proposal to ban smoking as a method of ingesting medical marijuana but agreed that when patients do smoke their medicine, they'll have to comply with smoking laws.
Committee members considered a series of amendments designed to address concerns raised by medical marijuana patients and caregivers at a marathon hearing held on the bill late into the night two weeks earlier. The panel didn't take any testimony at the March 22 hearing but still witnessed a standing-room only crowd, albeit in a smaller hearing room.
"We're taking an approach to marijuana in this bill that does view it as medicinal," said Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Claire Levy, D-Boulder, after Massey first presented a series of adjustments to his original bill.
"Based on the input to the committee stakeholders had," Massey said, "we've been able to compromise on certain issues."
The committee adopted the initial set of amendments without much discussion, loosening criminal background restrictions on dispensary owners, allowing patients to immediately chose another dispensary if their supplier's license has been suspended, and allowing designated "caregivers" to serve more than three times the number of patients in localities where dispensaries have been banned.
Lawmakers shot down proposals to allow on-site consumption of the medicine by smoking or vaporization while allowing patients to consume edible medicine at dispensaries, so long as it's done in a designated area away from the retail counter. The allowance helps patients who are forbidden from consuming medical marijuana at home, Massey noted, including less affluent patients who reside in federal housing.
Also, Massey pointed out, "It wouldn't be damaging to surrounding businesses," which he contrasted to smoking or vaporizing the drug. "Vapor products put a significant marijuana odor into the air," he said, weighing in against that amendment.
Rep. Sal Pace, D-Pueblo, presented a scaled-back amendment calling on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to hold hearings on whether to include Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on the state list of approved conditions for recommending medical marijuana. An earlier Pace proposal would have added PTSD to the list, following recent action taken by the New Mexico state government.
"I think it's just fair to ask (the health department) to look at it," Pace said, noting that veterans would particularly benefit from the change to state policy.
Saying she was reluctant to start a "laundry list" of conditions, Rep. Lois Court, D-Denver, questioned whether Pace's proposal was something legislators should consider.
"It's not our job to identify one particular condition," Levy agreed before calling for a vote that saw Pace's PTSD amendment go down 5-6.
Colorado voters enshrined medical marijuana use for a limited number of conditions in the state constitution a decade ago with the approval of Amendment 20, but the measure didn't include dispensaries. Those sprung up last year following a series of decisions by federal and state authorities that loosened restrictions on the medical marijuana business, which proceeded to explode statewide.
Instead of roughly 2,000 medical marijuana patients procuring their medicine from several hundred designated "caregivers," which is how the medical marijuana trade existed for much of the decade, now more than 60,000 Coloradans carry state-issued medical marijuana cards and a thriving retail industry has grown up to serve their needs.
Left unaddressed by the House committee were complaints by prosecutors and police, who have expressed nearly uniform opposition to any bill that legitimizes retail sales of medical marijuana.
While he roundly rejected the bill in its initial form, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers was even less enthused about changes the Judiciary Committee made this week.
"The attorney general is still opposed to the bill in spite of the changes that were made," said Suthers spokesman Mike Saccone. "(He) is particularly distressed at the local opt-out being removed from the bill. The (attorney general) is opposed to dispensaries in any form, but he at least believes local communities and local governments should have the option to opt out if they chose," Saccone said.
Saying he "vehemently" opposed the Massey bill, Suthers asked lawmakers to scrap the proposal entirely when it was first unveiled more than a month ago.
"To embrace commercial dispensaries or clinics as a means of distributing marijuana would go far beyond the intent of the voters. In my opinion, it would constitute de facto legalization," Suthers wrote the committee.
Pointing out that Colorado voters overwhelmingly defeated a 2006 bid to legalize recreational marijuana, Suthers added, "I strongly believe the voters should have a say if the state is going to go beyond the parameters of Amendment 20."
Suthers' position was amplified by other law enforcement officials when the House committee heard testimony on the bill.
"I don't believe you have authority to regulate dispensaries," Adams County District Attorney Don Quick told the committee at its earlier hearing. Noting that he supported Amendment 20, Quick said the burgeoning retail industry selling medical marijuana created in the last year isn't what voters intended.
"The system worked for seven years, and now that the abuses come along, we're saying we have to change the law to accommodate them," Quick said. He urged lawmakers to "take it to the voters" rather than proceed on their own.
It's an offer numerous medical marijuana advocacy groups might take him up on. Brian Vicente, executive director of Sensible Colorado, and medical marijuana attorney Robert Corry have both said they have ballot initiatives in the wings, ready to take before voters if the legislature gums things up.
The Judiciary committee sent the Massey bill forward to the House Appropriations Committee on a 7-4 party-line vote with all of the panel's Republican members opposed.
A companion Senate bill that regulates the relationship between medical marijuana patients and their doctors won initial approval by both chambers last month and awaits action by the Senate on House amendments.
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"…I mean…what makes things break up like they do?
Piggy rubbed his glasses slowly and thought […].
"I dunno, Ralph. I expect it's him."
"Jack." A taboo was evolving round that word too.
Ralph nodded solemnly.
"Yes," he said, "I suppose it must be." (8.259-2.65)
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There's an anecdote involving a BUSINESS WEEK reporter that gives an idea of just how myopic General Motors Corp.'s management was up until a few years ago. One day, the reporter was talking with Lloyd E. Reuss, then running GM's North American operations and soon to become president. Reuss asked her how she liked the 1988 Chevrolet Beretta coupe that she had bought a couple of years earlier. A bit embarrassed, she replied that the car had some quality problems--including the fact that one of its front doors had fallen off. Unperturbed, Reuss didn't miss a beat. "Well," he replied, "how's your gas mileage?"
Brick-headed. Inbred. Blind to customers' concerns. These and worse pejoratives describe the top management in the 1980s and early 1990s of the world's biggest auto maker. A difficulty in writing about GM is figuring out which managers to blame most for the production inefficiencies, lousy quality, and vats of red ink that have characterized the company's recent history. Another problem is deciding whether GM's current--much stronger--management, led by President Jack Smith, is taking the drastic measures needed to cement the company's recent turnaround.
In Collision Course: Inside the Battle for General Motors, Micheline Maynard makes a good stab at dissecting GM's problems. A veteran auto writer who has been responsible for much of USA Today's generally excellent coverage of the industry, Maynard is well qualified for the job. But her book is a disappointment. Many of the events she describes have been covered as well or better in press articles and in books such as Comeback: The Fall and Rise of the American Automobile Industry, a rival Detroit opus by Wall Street Journal reporters Paul J. Ingrassia and Joseph B. White that is now out in paperback. Worse, Maynard falls down badly in her analysis of Jack Smith's tenure.
Maynard devotes way too much ink to GM's past. The story of how a stifling bureaucracy paralyzed the company in the face of Japanese rivals has been well described. It's also well known how Roger Smith, CEO from January, 1981, to August, 1990, compounded GM's impotence through his aloofness, massive overspending on robotics, and introduction of dreary, look-alike models.
Far more vital is an assessment of GM's recent efforts to mend itself. The first go-around, under Reuss and Robert C. Stempel, Roger Smith's successor as CEO, was a disaster. According to Maynard, at the time of the ever-optimistic Smith's retirement, GM had sufficient production capacity for 9 million cars and light trucks annually--enough to supply three-quarters of U.S. demand in 1991--nearly twice GM's market share. Stempel and Reuss should have started slashing like mad, but they didn't.
Maynard goes too easy on Stempel, blaming Reuss for the worst of the duo's failings. She admires Stempel for his loyalty and decency, but those qualities--admirable as they are--kept him from being an effective leader in a time of crisis. It was Stempel, after all, who insisted on appointing his old pal Reuss as president; GM's board had doubts about him from the start. Stempel also engineered one of the dumbest labor contracts ever, a 1990 pact guaranteeing to pay thousands of production workers, whether there were any cars for them to build or not. And as CEO, Stempel went too slow in restructuring GM, delaying until the board forced him to act. He hoped an upturn would save jobs, but he only managed to put off the inevitable.
Jack Smith, who finally got the nod as CEO after the board forced Stempel and Reuss out in late 1992, has done better. Maynard puts together interesting tidbits about Smith's childhood in a close-knit Catholic family in Worcester, Mass., his two marriages, and his pre-CEO career. For instance, in 1986, in his first months as head of GM's European unit, he sometimes was so depressed he would fall into long silences during transatlantic phone calls to his brother, too miserable to speak. Knowing that makes his success in getting GM Europe on track all the more impressive.
In Maynard's telling, however, Smith's current business strategy never comes alive. She describes the steps he took to make GM profitable: closing plants, slashing headquarters staff, and bringing in tough purchasing manager Jose Ignacio Lpez de ArriortPound a to cut component costs. (Lpez later created a furor when he defected to Volkswagen). But she fails to come up with the deep, behind-the-scenes reporting that would give a sense of the executives' thinking as decisions were being made.
When Maynard finally gets to addressing the critical question--will it all be enough?--the book falls apart. ("Jack Smith would never have the audacity to compare himself to Our Lord," she writes in one especially ham-handed segue. "But as far as many people in GM are concerned, he has been most responsible for GM's resurrection.") Rather than attempting an assessment of Smith's prospects, she ends with a series of tests by which we will be able to judge whether he succeeds or not.
The upshot is that this is far from the definitive take on GM's comeback. As Maynard notes, the test of Smith's strategy will come in 1997 or so--whenever the auto market falls into its next funk. Maybe then someone will write a more telling appraisal of whether GM management has finally cured its myopia--or is still groping for the keys to success.


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Dominic: This Trump message is spot on and exactly what the Brits faced when they voted to reclaim their nation from the bureaucratic state in Brussels. Washington DC is the 'Brussels' of America. A fraction of 1% of our citizens consider themselves to be elites, who know better than we do how to manage our lives, and want the force of law behind them to dictate how we should live, work, pay taxes, raise our kids, and on and on and on. Vote Trump and throw them out. Trump has already promised to sweep out the lifetime bureaucrats, hidden beneath layers upon layers of very expensive 'political management', accountable to no one, who dream up these nightmare policies and laws (Obamacare anyone?). Vote for freedom of choice. That's what the Dems like isn't it? (At least when it comes to abortion) Choice for education. Choice for healthcare. Choice for where you want to live and work. Choice to own or carry a firearm legally. Choice for the number of gallons of water that flush your toilet. Choice to join a union or not. The choice to bake a cake for someone or not. Choice to start a business of your choosing. And on, and on, and on. The radical left, who's ultimate symbols in the modern age are Obama and Hillary, want to dictate what, where, when, how and with whom you can live your life. Trump is far from the perfect vessel, but he is the last best chance to turn back the radical leftist fascists.


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While the presidential race saps everyone's attention, the local races certainly have as great an effect, sometimes greater, on your everyday life than the national elections.
The Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections has dramatically reduced the number of locations where people can vote. The same is true of neighboring Manatee County.
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Everyone who watches the machinations at Sarasota City Hall knows it is a dysfunctional organization.
I have no idea how these negotiations have been carried out, what is or isn't sacrosanct or what moving parts may be negotiable. One thing is sure, though: There is an increasing recognition that Sarasota cannot continue to offer the generous benefits that police officers enjoy without them eventually bankrupting the city.
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During the Dubai Duty Free Men's Open Roger had the pleasure of meeting Will Smith. Roger enjoyed a pleasant chat with the Oscar-nominated American actor and an multiple Grammy winning hip hop artist.
such a cute picture. i love both these guys and i bet they had an awesome time hanging out, wish i could have been there.
will smith is the luckiest man
becoz, he got a chance to meet u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wish i was there.
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Following July 19's powerful storms that caused nearly half a million of Ameren's customers to lose power, the investor-owned utility asked for assistance from the cooperatives.
Most of the 95 electric cooperative linemen are assisting in subdivisions and metropolitan areas around St. Louis. Others -- including those from SEMO Electric -- are working in and around Potosi, another area hit hard by the storm.
Rob Land, who coordinates disaster assistance for the association, said the call for assistance came Thursday from Ameren's Vice President of Operations Tom Voss. The monumental nature of the outages, the worst in Ameren's 100-year history, had the St. Louis utility looking for help from all sources, he said.
A five-member crew from SEMO Electric consisting of a supervisor and four linemen traveled north early Friday to assist in Potosi. On Sunday they helped restore one-fourth of the power outages in Potosi, said Reuben Jeane, general manager of SEMO Electric Cooperative in Sikeston.
"What our guys have been seeing is a tremendous number of trees blown over, and they've spent a lot of time on the chainsaws and getting lines put back up," Jeane said.
The damaged area hasn't been accessible by trucks so the SEMO Electric workers have been going in by foot and working 16-hour days to rebuild lines, replace polls and restore power, Jeane said.
"It's slow-going but they're making progress," Jeane said.
While Missouri's electric cooperatives routinely assist each other when outages occur, this is the first time they have gone to help out in a metropolitan area.
"Our first thought was let's go. We need to get these guys out," said Barry Hart, executive vice president of the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives. "This call was an easy one for us to make because these are fellow Missourians. With the extreme heat, electricity is essential. It's important to get the power back on quickly -- no matter who is the supplier." Jeane agreed.
"We've always done this with the cooperatives throughout the state," Jeane said. "Last summer we sent two different crews to Mississippi and Louisiana. When somebody's in trouble, we help."
Jeane said he expected the Sikeston crew to return sometime today.
Electric cooperatives weren't spared from the fury of last week's storm. Members of Cuivre River, Crawford, Black River, Howell-Oregon and Intercounty electric cooperatives experienced significant outages. However, once repairs were made at-home crews were released to assist Ameren.
In addition to SEMO Electric in Sikeston, regional cooperatives included in the 20 lending assistance were Ozark Boarder Electric and M&A Power in Poplar Bluff.
"When half a million people are hurting, you drop everything and help," Hart said. "There was no hesitation from the cooperatives. The ones that could go went."


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Hank Williams Jr. Kind of Apologizes, Sort of Defends Himself
Country star Hank Williams, Jr. posted an apology on his official website today for comments he made about President Obama. A short time later, the star also posted a clip of Whoopi Goldberg on "The View" with a headline that suggested that the talk show host didn't think his statements were all that offensive.
Williams is known for singing the lead-in for "Monday Night Football." In a recent interview with "Fox & Friends" the singer called the so-called golf summit between Obama and House Speaker John Boehner "one of the biggest political mistakes ever. " He went on to say "It would be like Hitler playing golf with [Israeli prime minister Benjamin] Netanyahu." In response to Williams' comments, ESPN pulled his intro to Monday Night Football.
Today, on his website, Williams posted this oddly-capitalized partial apology: "I have always been very passionate about Politics and Sports and this time it got the Best or Worst of me. The thought of the Leaders of both Parties Jukin and High Fiven on a Golf course, while so many Families are Struggling to get by simply made me Boil over and make a Dumb statement and I am very Sorry if it Offended anyone. I would like to Thank all my supporters. This was Not written by some Publicist."
Shortly afterwards a clip from "The View" was posted on his website with the headline "Was Hank Williams Inappropriate? Whoopi Doesn't Think So."
"Hank has always been provocative," Goldberg says in the clip. "But he's a musician and musicians do provocative things."
Goldberg's spokesperson didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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- He careered towards the hard shoulder, rebounded and collided with the central reservation.
- Keeping the momentum going Thomas was again unlucky as his drop goal attempt rebounded off the post.
- She rebounded off the surprisingly hard girl and landed on the floor with a muted cry.
- This delayed breeding results in low productivity, making it harder for the population to rebound from declines.
- DDT caused their numbers to plummet in the second half of the 20th century, and populations rebounded only after the chemical was banned.
- During the second half of the 20th Century, populations rebounded, and Common Ravens are returning to much of their former range.
- Their internal structures and culture may militate against economic success, but the consequences rebound on us.
- I'll stick on the safe side, keep to those superstitions with which I have grown up and those I have more lately adopted, and hope that none of the gentle fun I have poked at the evil eye rebounds on me.
- And the violence inevitably rebounds on Palestinian society.
- Ranking in the top five this season in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots, field goal percentage, and minutes played are the statistical proof of Jackson's statement.
- Cato ranked second on the Rockets in rebounding and blocked shots.
- His size hurts him at times, but he still blocked shots and rebounded effectively.
- He turns misses into points by rebounding the ball, by deflecting rebounds to a teammate or with a well-timed putback.
- Cook fought hard for available rebounds and averaged 10 a game for the tournament.
- York made a lively start with Colin Moore netting a rebound after the ball had bounced back off the keeper's legs from a short corner.
- I can not count how many times I have seen guys miss rebounds because they had to bring their hands from their sides.
- Victor Khryapa, who finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds, missed a three-point attempt on Russia's last possession.
- Duncan had 13 points and nine rebounds, missing four of his seven free-throw attempts.
- Some companies have the courage and capital to spend during a slump in order to reap bigger profits when the rebound comes
- This was a rebound from its biggest one day decline in almost a year.
- A rebound in consumer spending increased demand for imported products in the world's largest economy.
- Other medications that commonly cause rebound headaches include these.
- Beta-blocker therapy must be discontinued gradually over five to 10 days to avoid rebound angina or hypertension.
- Finally, critical rebound phenomena after withdrawal with a threatening pulmonary hypertension did not occur.
on the rebound
- Still affected by the emotional distress caused by the ending of a romantic or sexual relationship: I was on the rebound when I met JackMore example sentences
- The things you put in your basket tells whether you are single, divorced, widowed, in love, on the rebound, or the head of a traditional family of six kids under the age of ten.
- 'I hope you're not on the rebound from James,' Mark said sternly.
- Maybe he's just on the rebound or something.
Late Middle English: from Old French rebondir, from re- 'back' + bondir 'bounce up'.
bound from early 16th century:
The word bound meaning to 'leap' and rebound (Late Middle English) are from French bondir 'resound', later 'rebound', which went back to Latin bombus 'humming', and is thus related to bomb. When a man is described as a bounder there is a connection with the slang term bounder for a four-wheeled cab (mid 19th century) which 'bounded' over rough roads causing discomfort. Bound (Middle English) in the sense boundary (early 17th century) is also from French but its ultimate history is unknown. Bound (Middle English) in the sense of 'bound for, heading towards' is from an Old Norse word; while bound (Late Middle English) in the sense of 'under an obligation' as in duty bound is simply a past form of bind.
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NEW DELHI: Two top slots in the coveted Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Examinations 2011 have been achieved by women candidates.
According to the results announced today, Shena Aggarwal, who holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, has topped the examination. Whereas, Rukmani Riar, a Master of Arts (Social Entrepreneurship) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, has got second rank.


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David Bershad's Departure Memo
"Of the four name partners at America's most famous plaintiffs firm, Lawrence Milberg seems to be in the most enviable position these days," wrote the Recorder this morning. "And he's dead." As we posted in an earlier item today, various media outlets are reporting that name partners Steven Schulman and David Bershad, who are facing likely criminal indictments, have left the firm.
A public relations firm representing Bershad sent The Wall Street Journal the poignant memo from David Bershad to the employees at Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & Schulman. It reads:
May 16, 2006
Employee Memo from David J. Bershad
Last week, I made the difficult decision to take a leave of absence from the firm I love and have been associated with for nearly 40 years. As many of you know, I was the first associate to join Larry Milberg and Mel Weiss, and I am very proud of our growth and accomplishments.
I am taking this step in the belief that my action will improve the firm's chances to avoid unfounded charges that would be detrimental to our hundreds of hardworking employees and the hundreds of thousands of class members we represent. My effort to help the firm should not be construed as anything else. This is a mutually agreed-upon decision between the firm's management and me.
During my leave, I will continue to be available at the firm's request, to assist it in representing our clients. I have every intention to return and to resume my professional activities.
At Milberg Weiss we have fought for class members who did not have the resources or the ability to fight for themselves. We can all take satisfaction in our legacy of representing the interests of small investors, including those with their savings in pension plans and mutual funds, and others whose health and livelihoods have been hurt by corporate wrongdoing.
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Posterized: Marvel Cinematic Universe
This weekend sees the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the third film in Marvel's Phase 2 of movies seemingly designed to introduced an expanding roster of comic book figures into a multi-film universe for the rest of human history. Confirming this latter point, Marvel film impresaro Kevin Feige mentioned (jokingly? seriously?) in an interview published this week that his brain trust has a line-up of films planned, potentially, up to 2028. Now, whether anybody genuinely things that having that kind of long game planned out is remotely practical, if Marvel is just thinking out loud, or if they're genuinely just that hubristic, nobody can say at this point. And cannot say for 14 years. But the fact that Feige can even joke about it says that Marvel plans to be in it for the long haul.
So it's undoubtedly premature, but with CA: TWS coming in as the ninth film in the overall series, it gives us the exact right number of titles so far to run the series through the Film Experience's patented Posterized system.


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Hello there have been alot of questions lately regarding resto druid gear and across many different threads so so im going to just post a few things here in a single forum, some of you might already know them but i know some don't so hopefully this should help a few ppl out...
First off-
stat priority- Hit cap/spell pen cap>Int>Spirit>haste/crit>mastery
General stuff about stats=
hit cap= 4% (easily achieved with 1/2 Balance of Power)
**spell pen cap** = ***136*** here is wat is different about resto druids compared to other casters, other casters need 195 for pally/priest/sham BUT our spell school is not effected by pallys/priests. However, shammys totem does effect nature school which can lead to binary spell resists on our CCs but this is where you can take the gamble as most of the shams will use the mana spring totem but if you consistently see ones in your battlegroup using resist totem then it you will unfortunately have to get 195 spell pen
Thus we only really need to get to 136 to counter mage armor/Wild/BoK
Int- this is our most important stat as it provides crit/mana/spell power. Intellect thus provides more Hps and Mps than spirit. proven mathematically on EJ. use link as reference. http://elitistjerks....aclysm_release/
Spirit- Mp5
Haste/crit= highly debatable i personally prefer haste for faster cast times/gcd/hot ticking but now that our hots can crit some ppl lean more towards that nonetheless the stats will be forged into spirit when possible
Mastery- garbage
Now as it looks like mana conservation is going to be key in cata thus int will be our most important stat in arena 3s especially once some of the op burst gets fixed xD so i made these char builds with healing and mana as the key concept...only difference is haste v crit and JC gems vs Non JC gems
JC gems-
Haste= http://chardev.org/?profile=1382
Crit= http://chardev.org/?profile=1383
Non Jc gems- http://chardev.org/?profile=1380
Here is the optimal set for those who want the 4 piece resto bonus (JC gems included)-
random answers here-
Only real difference between 4/5 kodo hide and 2pc/2pc is 122 int vs 400 resil respectively.
you can swap spirit battlemasters for resil battlemasters if u find ur too low on resil
its better to use 40 int gems in blue/yellow gem slots as the set bonuses arn't worth it use the 2 yellow gems needed for meta on shoulders and chest as they provide best set bonus and blue gem slots to get your spell pen after that use int gem in extra blue slot as you gain much more from int than spirit in a blue slot or a int/crit int/haste in a yellow slot
spell pen from cloak enchant or the neck/back offpiece is inferior stat wise than gemming for it be it thru JC gems or non JC gems
I used blue arena gear as i figured thats where everyone will be at before the epic ones derp
anyone have any questions feel free to ask...:D
Edit: here are the two most Optimal Specs:
http://www.wowhead.c...cMzkuo:oVcsramc (No Nourish)
http://www.wowhead.c...cMzkuo:oVcsramc (Nourish)
I will also explain the specs here-
**Most of these points are standard and shouldn't need explaining to most resto druid pvprs (hopefully) so I am going to focus on the debatable ones starting from easiest to hardest
1) In a high level arena 3s enviorment Nourish is both HPS inefficient and unrealistic to cast reliability in consistently throughout games. Thus Empowered Touch is useless especially considering dispels and I personally prefer 3/3 Perseverance over Naturalist but hey everyone has there own personal preference
2) Balance of Power 1/2 is essential the easy hit cap it provides is too good to past up the main argument is whether to put that last point in Genesis or Moonglow I prefer Moonglow as 2 sec on dots doesn't give u another dot tick without considerable haste and 2 percent healing just isn't worth it too me. Blessing of the Grove is a horrible talent only effects Rejuv and only by 2% useless compared to Genesis (o yay 3% MF initial dmg cool)
3) The main argument people have been struggling is Furor vs Moonglow and I will here help enlighten the situation now this strictly applies to arena 3s, 5s and BGs havn't tested it for 2s yet but here it is guys. FUROR IS MORE MANA EFFICIENT THAN MOONGLOW!! now this isn't simply because it effects replenishment as some ppl been saying and for those who want mathematical data I will give a general simplified version here.
Other small things... with increased stratification on healing efficiency you can modify your total output with max mana thus with Moonglow doesn't give 9% mana reduction it is closer to 9.8% or for those who want to round it is more of a 10% reduction roughly.
availablemana=maxmana+constantregenpersecond*fight seconds+percentregenpersecond*fight seconds
One point in Furor would make this:
availablemana=1.05*maxmana+constantregenpersecond* fightseconds+1.05*percentageregenpe rsecond*fightseconds
One point in Moonglow would make it:
availablemana=(maxmana+constantregenpersecond*figh tseconds+percentageregenpersecond*fightseconds)/0.97
This is a basic formula resto druids can use factoring the average arena game time with their current mana regen rate with int/spirit as well as following the in combat rule as in 3s in its current state you are porbably not going to be able drink...which if you could drink would lean the math more towards Furor anyways.
When you break down Furor vs Moonglow... Moonglow only becomes more effective over significant periods of time with a certain amount of regen gear on that most pvprs won't be able to obtain without sacrificing resil and you must be casting heals such as Nourish consistently that do not use up your mana. When using expensive heals such as regrowth and rejuv or hell even wild growth our primary pvp heals Furor becomes much more effective mana wise. For Moonglow to become more effective Nourish and Lifebloom would have to be our primary heals and while lifebloom is still our main heal we can't realistically keep up our teammates with nourish and lifebloom thus resulting with Furor being the better stat from an Mp5 few. Also on a sidenote Moonglow loses a lot of its effectiveness if you arn't using every single global every time where while druids do need to maximize our globals there are times when we are shifting in out of snares thus effectively reducing Moonglow's benefits.
Plus the guaranteed Furor benefits are nice for more combos such as enrage+ bash and enrage + frenz regen.
TLDR: Furor will always be more beneficial than Moonglow for your mana in a PvP setting
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Nov. 12, 2013) – More than 20 students from The Art Institutes system of schools across the country have been chosen to represent their schools as finalists in the ninth annual Cool vs. Cruel Fashion Design Competition sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and The Art Institutes. Munster resident Tammy Montella, a student in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design program, will represent The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago.
Michelle McDonald, fashion outreach manager for The HSUS, said, "This competition gives us the opportunity to educate the next generation of fashion designers on the cruel and unnecessary use of fur while encouraging them to be innovative and explore new techniques and alternatives."
The Cool vs. Cruel competition challenges fashion students at The Art Institutes schools throughout the U.S. and Canada to creatively reinterpret and replace animal fur on runway designs by Diane von Furstenberg, Tom Ford, Derek Lam or Moncler.
This year's contest features a new challenge: for the first time since the competition's launch in 2005, the use of faux fur was eliminated, encouraging students to innovate with their material choices.
"The Cool vs. Cruel Fashion Design Competition offers our students a wonderful opportunity to show their creativity and to learn about an important issue in the fashion industry," said David Ray, president of The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago.
The HSUS awards each finalist a cash prize and entry into the national competition. The national grand-prize winner will receive a cash prize and an expense-paid, week-long internship in New York City with one of the celebrated designers from the panel of judges.


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This plan covers the arrangements for transportation to and from the Mt. Katahdin area and our accommodations while we are there. Separate, specific plans will be published for the hikes and other activities that we undertake at Mt. Katahdin
Because camping space in Baxter State Park is limited, we were unable to get reservations to camp in the park. We have obtained reservations for a group camp site at the Big Moose Inn, Cabins and Campground. The Big Moose Inn is located eight miles from the South entrance to Baxter State Park.
0700 11 Aug 01 - Meet at Maynard Street Parking Lot (OHP) in Hanover.
0715 11 Aug 01 - Depart Hanover.
1700 11 Aug 01 (Approximately) - Arrive at the Big Moose Campground between Millinocket, ME and Baxter State Park.
1700-1900 11 Aug 01 - Set up camp and eat dinner.
1900 11 Aug 01 - Flag ceremony and formal opening of the outing.
12-13 Aug 01 - Activities in Baxter State Park and vicinity. Specific plans to be announced
0700 14 Aug 01 - Flag ceremony and formal closing of the outing
0715 14 Aug 01 - Depart Big Moose Campground
1700 14 Aug 01 - Arrive in Hanover.
The trip will involve a full day of travel in each direction. Once cars depart from Hanover, we will not attempt to stay together. Every driver is responsible for knowing the route and making the trip.
Camping at the Big Moose Inn will cost $8.00 per person per night; $24 per person total
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I have always enjoyed Carrot Ginger Soup. It is a light soup with a delicate flavor.
I was very disappointed to find that this mix was not vegetarian. I ordered this soup mix and two others, and all of them contain chicken products, either chicken broth or chicken fat. There is no mention of meat products in the pictures or description. Also, the description is misleading:
I made this for a group of friends. Some preferred it hot, others cold. Either way, it was great for dipping bread into it. Spicier than I thought it would be but that was a plus. Neither the carrots nor the ginger were overpowering. Defiinitly need to puree it as noted in the instructions.


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PARKERSBURG - Amanda Love of Parkersburg was remembered Saturday for her kindness in helping people who were experiencing difficult times.
Love, 52, a former local nightclub and beauty salon owner, community activist, mentor and longtime female impersonator, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 4 at Camden Clark Medical Center, Memorial Campus, according to her obituary.
More than 100 people attended a memorial service for Love on Saturday afternoon at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home in south Parkersburg.
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A celebration of Love's life, featuring performances by female impersonators, will be 10 p.m. Dec. 1 at The Other Side club in Parkersburg. All proceeds will benefit West Virginia AIDS charities.
Kent Woofter, a West Virginia native who owns a nightclub in Greensboro, N.C., where Love had performed, was "emcee" at the memorial service. Woofter said he had been friends with Love for 34 years and worked with Love's family in putting together a tribute program.
Woofter said Love raised money at numerous benefit shows and supported cancer patients, the Family Crisis Intervention Center's domestic violence shelter in Parkersburg and the AIDS/HIV prevention task force.
"Amanda sincerely cared for others," Woofter said. She helped women "reclaim their confidence following cancer treatments by styling their wigs and doing their makeup. She knew it would help the healing process for them to look their best," he said.
Woofter noted that Love was born Kevin Michael Radcliff. Her parents are the late Carolyn McAtee Radcliff and Charles Ewing Radcliff and she is survived by two sisters, Tammy Radcliff Havens of Gainesville, Texas, and Kelly Radcliff Mallett of Marietta, according to the obituary.
Woofter said Love had an "incredible" presence on stage and loved to entertain as a female impersonator. "Amanda had a unique voice, something between Mae West and Miss Kitty of 'Gunsmoke' fame, that was clearly her signature at the microphone and in performances that included storytelling with a comedic flair," Woofter said in an email.
"She could fill the room with laughter and was popular on the club scene," Woofter said.
Love's last performance was at a nightclub in Huntington on Nov. 2, Woofter said. She had lived and worked as an entertainer in Morgantown for several years before returning to her hometown of Parkersburg a few weeks ago, Woofter said.
She performed at clubs in Columbus, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Charleston, North Carolina, Baltimore and other areas for many years, Woofter said.
Some of the entertainers she had mentored over the years spoke at Saturday's memorial service on how Love had helped them.
In recent years, Love owned the Parkersburg nightclub Club Utopia.
It was difficult not to notice Love around town, with her styled hair, makeup and full figure.
As a hair stylist and business owner in Parkersburg, she operated Illusions Hair Odyssey during the mid 1980s and early '90s.
At the memorial service, Judi Ball, former director of the Crisis Intervention Center in Parkersburg, recounted how Love put together an "amazing" Las Vegas-style show, bringing in entertainers from Vegas, to raise $10,000 for the domestic violence shelter. Love also visited with the people at the shelter, Ball said.
Ball said Love talked about the importance of accepting and helping all people.
Sharyn Tallman, former Parkersburg city councilman, said Love's kindness left a huge impact on others. She met Love about 28 years ago when they were neighbors.
"She taught me to accept others" (no matter their appearance and status in life)," Tallman said.


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Responsibilities: The Teaching Council shall work to promote excellence in teaching among the faculty. More specifically, the council shall (a) develop a systematic program of faculty development and enrichment, (b) evaluate and recommend the awarding of faculty development grants, (c) organize programs and develop policies aimed at improving teaching, (d) develop programs to help new faculty members adjust to university teaching, (e) develop policies and programs aimed at fostering academic integrity, (f) review and recommend changes in the evaluation of faculty teaching, and (g) develop a special collection of materials aimed at improving teaching in higher education.
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Serves 6
You can eat hummus the traditional Arabic way, using the pita bread like a spoon, or fill the pita pocket with it for lunch on the go.
• 2 red bell peppers
• 1 fifteen-ounce can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 teaspoon paprika
• Cayenne pepper to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 to 3 tablespoons water
• Fresh parsley for garnish
• 6 pitas, each cut into six wedges
1. Blacken the peppers by placing them on the gas or electric burner and turn them with tongs as they blacken. Put the peppers into a paper bag to cool. Process the beans, garlic, thyme, oil, and lemon juice in a food processor.
2. Gash each pepper and add any juice to the bean mixture. Scrape off the blackened skin with the blade of a table knife. Quarter each pepper, discarding ribs and seeds. Coarsely chop the quarters and add them to the bean mixture along with the paprika, cayenne, and salt. Process, adding water as needed, until the mixture forms a smooth paste.
3. Serve in a bowl garnished with the parsley and surrounded by the pita wedges.
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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity members from Miami Dade College North and South are making plans for a reunion. Call 305-623-7991.
Range Park is offering free self defense karate classes, each Mon. and Wed. at 6 p.m. at 525 NW 62nd St. Contact Clayton at 305-757-7961.
S.E.E.K., Inc. will feed the homeless in the City of Overtown every first Sat. at 2 p.m. at 14th and 15th Streets and 1st Ave. Call 678-462-9794.
The Miami Alumni Chapter Tennessee State University meets every third Sat. 9 a.m at Piccadilly Restaurant in Hialeah. Call 954-435-5391.
Booker T. Washington Class of 1967 meets every third Sat. at 7 p.m. at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd Ave. Call 305-333-7128.
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. invites sixth grade boys or girls to be part of their annual Gems & Gents program. For more information, call 305-303-9425.
The Dade-Miami Criminal Justice Council will hold its 10 Annual Gang Summit on Wed., Sept. 25 from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Double Tree Hilton: Miami Airport Convention Center, 711 NW 72nd Ave. For info call 305-274-8367.
Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Alpha Gamma Chapter will hold its conference on Sat., Sept. 28 at 11:00 a.m. at Kazah Temple, 500 Fisherman Street Opa-locka.
Miami Gardens Democratic Club Non-Profit Organization is having a garage sale at Star Lake Condominium, 19100 NE 3rd Avenue on Sat., Sept. 28, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information contact President Edith Owens at 305-972-4414.
Miami Northwestern Class of '65 invites fellow classmates to worship at Second Canaan MB Church, 4343 NW 17th Ave. on Sunday, Sept. 29. For information call Marguerite B. Mosley 305-635-8671 or Vandene T. Samuels 305-202-4760
Miami Northwestern Class of '65 will sponsor a bus trip to the FAMU vs. Savannah State football game and Black History Tour in Savannah, Ga. on Oct. 12. For more info call 305-621-2751 or 786-223-1663.
Southern Cross Astronomical Society and the Fruit & Spice Park invite astronomy buffs to the Fall Star Party (Hunter's Moon) on Friday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Fruit & Spice Park, 24801 SW 187 Avenue in Homestead. Admission is free. For information call 305-247-5727.
Booker T. Washington Alumni Association Inc. will meet Wed., Oct. 16 in the cafeteria of BTW at 6 p.m.
Helping Every Living Person Inc., H.E.L.P is in need of volunteers to work at the Sun Life Stadium for the 2013 football events and will provide community service credit hours to any student (high school or college). Volunteers will be provided a free meal ticket. Call 305-326-3907.
Miami Gardens Commission for Women will be hosting a free health screening and seminar on Sat., Oct. 26 at the Betty T. Ferguson Recreational Complex, 3000 NW 199th Street, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For info call Pat Wright 786-202-2665.


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- Apple vs. Samsung: Smartphone rivals billions apart in value of patent feud
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- Apr 11:
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- Mar 28:
- Apple, Samsung renew patent battle Monday
SAN JOSE -- In a region brimming with software engineers and tech entrepreneurs, the Silicon Valley jury picked Monday to decide the fate of the latest Apple v. Samsung patent showdown has a decidedly non-tech look and feel.
The 10-member federal court jury includes a Los Gatos police officer, a retired schoolteacher, a plumber, a tech company secretary, a clerk at a Big Lots, a Monterey County government worker and an executive for a solar panel company. The jury is bereft of software engineers and other tech wizards who tend to deal with the intricate patents and technology at the heart of the trial.
Most jury members indicated they had only passing familiarity with the four-year-old patent battle and admitted their homes were filled primarily with Apple products such as iPhones, iPads, Macs and iPods. Samsung had few fans in the jury pool, prompting a Samsung lawyer to worry in questions to them that "Samsung is starting out a little behind."
Lawyers for the two feuding companies will present opening statements to the jury Tuesday morning, with Apple's first witnesses expected to take the stand by the end of the day. Philip Schiller, a top Apple marketing executive, is expected to be Apple's first witness.
Apple and Samsung are squaring off in a second trial over claims the South Korean tech giant has continued to copy signature features in the iPhone and iPad in more recent lines of smartphones and tablets, such as the Galaxy S3 phone. Five Apple patents are in play during the trial, including the Siri voice and slide-to-lock features.
Another federal jury in August 2012 found that Samsung violated Apple's patent rights in older product lines, and Samsung was ordered to pay close to $1 billion in damages. Samsung has appealed that verdict, and Apple has also appealed U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh's refusal to block U.S. sales of the smartphones and tablets at issue in the first trial.
Apple is expected to press for billions of dollars in damages, portraying Samsung as willing to copy iPhone and iPad technology to grab market share. Samsung is expected to argue again that Apple is trying to stifle competition by pressing the legal assault on its chief rival.
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Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Analysis: Allusions
When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Alexis Carrel, Man, the Unknown (1.107). Carrel was a French surgeon, biologist, and eugenicist. In Man, the Unknown, published in 1935, Carrel recommends a plan of forced euthanasia to rid society of undesirable members. His ideas were subsequently employed by the Nazis. Man, the Unknown is the book that Dr. Juvenal Urbino is reading right before his death.
- Axel Munthe, The Story of San Michele (1.107). Munthe was a Swedish physician and psychiatrist known for his philanthropic and humanitarian work. He often treated the poor for free in his clinics, and advocated the use of euthanasia only in cases where it would prevent a painful death. His biography, The Story of San Michele serves as a counterpoint to Dr. Juvenal's other reading material – Man, the Unknown, by eugenicist Alexis Carrel. What do you think of Dr. Juvenal's choice to read Carrel instead of Munthe on the day of his death?
- Dante Alighieri, Inferno. The inscription carved on the bridge leading to the colonial cemetery, Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch'entrate, is a quote from Dante's Inferno. It translates, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" (3.15).
- "The great novelist" whose father Dr. Juvenal Urbino studies with in Paris is Adrien Proust (3.22).
- Le Figaro (3.167)
- Revue des Deux Mondes (3.167)
- Anatole France (3.167)
- Pierre Loti (3.167)
- Rémy de Gourmont (3.167)
- Paul Bourget (3.167)
- Emile Zola (3.167)
- Oscar Wilde (3.169, 3.170)
- Victor Hugo (3.169)
- "Alice had gone through the looking glass," is a reference to Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, a novel by Lewis Carroll (5.12).
- Anatole France, L'Ile des pingouins [Penguin Island], 1908. (5.43)
- Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet (5.94)
Historical References
- Jeremiah de Saint-Amour's dog is named Mister Woodrow Wilson.
- The Liberator is a reference to Simón Bolívar, leader of Colombia's independence movement and first President of Colombia. (1.30, 5.86, 5.124)
- Marco Fidel Suárez, President of Colombia from 1918-1921 (1.55)
- The Cuban José Raúl Capablanca was the world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. (1.85)
- Dr. Rafael Nuñez (3.149)
- Trappists are a Roman Catholic religious order of contemplative monks who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. (4.25)
- The War of a Thousand Days (5.124)
- Charles Lindbergh (6.81)
- Joseph T. K. Korzeniowski, a.k.a. Joseph Conrad (6.130)
Pop Culture References
- All Quiet on the Western Front, a 1930 film based on the book by Erich Maria Remarque (1.35)
- Yvette Guilbert and Aristide Bruant (1.55)
- Mozart's "La Chasse" (1.98)
- Don Giovanni is an opera with music by Mozart. Tannhaüser is an opera by Wagner. (1.98)
- Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" (1.98)
- French composer Gabriel Fauré (1.99)
- Isolde and Siegfried are characters in two operas by Wagner; Otello and Aïda are characters from two operas by Verdi. (1.117)
- The Tales of Hoffman (3.169)
- Famous Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (4.3)
- Carlos Gardel, the Argentine tango singer (4.75)
- Cortot-Casals-Thibaud trio (4.76), a European piano trio established in 1905
- Folies-Bergere (4.46), a music hall in Paris that was popular between the 1890s and 1920s
- Cabiria (5.94)


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Coki Beach
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Sunny made it a point to help us find an iguana while at one overlook he carried us too during the sightseeing trip.
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A pic of Magens Bay taken from atop Mountain Top, banana daiquiri in hand.
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Underwater picture taken on the excursion while snorkeling at Coki Beach.
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:30:29 +0100
> How to Quit Windows and cope with Windows Withdrawal Syndrome
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Now that you have decided to quit Windows for good and
> | to switch over to a Desktop Linux Distribution, following
> | these basic steps will help you a lot. Initially, a basic
> | knowledge about GNU/Linux is important. What is it really
> | and how does it differ from Windows?
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> http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=307
Heh. A few notes.
[1] Intel, if I'm not totally mistaken, is on record as
supporting Linux. Admittedly, a quick Google coughed
up only a video and a wireless driver or two, and this
three-year-old article:
A search on Intel's website also coughed up their C++ compiler,
a performance analyzer (VTune(tm)), a math kernel library
(not sure if that's kernel as in Linux, kernel as in core,
or kernel as in kerning transformations), a Fortran compiler,
a threading library, and a whole lot of other stuff -- 12900
in all, if the count's accurate.
Kudos to Intel.
[2] Drafts aren't hard on Linux, even if one is using gedit.
CUPS is also very capable, if one wants to print them later.
[3] I'm not sure I like the notion of destroying Windows
install CDs (I'm a pack rat; I admit it :-) )...the
temptation is there, admittedly, but they'll also grow
stale anyway. I have some Win95 stuff flying about, and
even older Win3.1 installation packs. Do I use them? No.
Still, for those of a certain mindset, it's probably best
to put them out of reach, and if that involves destroying
them, so be it.
[4] "Back up and format" is an interesting requirement,
but how does one restore later on? The article could be
clearer on this. The good news: anyone familiar with DVD
or CD burning software should be able to burn a DVD or CD
that Linux can read, and I would be surprised if Linux
can't read the Microsoft extensions (Joliet is the only
one I'm somewhat familiar with). Or one can use ancient
1.44 MB floppies, or even tape drives, in a pinch.
[5] As usual, the author(s) confuse Linux, the kernel, with
an arbitrary Linux-based distribution. *shrug*
[6] There is no mention of how to avoid Windows in
new equipment, but that's probably beyond the scope of
the article anyway. One of Microsoft's more insidious
"innovations", after all, is the bundling of Windows
on prepackaged PCs. Even if one later wipes Windows,
Microsoft still gets paid.
(lucky bastards :-) )
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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 5, 2012 file photo, a Syrian man walks between piles of dirt left by the Syrian army on the sides of a street in the town of Taftanaz, 15 kilometers east of Idlib, Syria. At dawn on April 3, Syrian forces shelled the town in the first volley of what residents say was a massive assault after a string of large protests calling for the end of the autocratic rule of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)


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The greater Houston area faces the possibility of some severe weather this afternoon and evening.
The biggest threat is along the coastal areas, where there is a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Jackson and Matagorda counties until 7 p.m.
A cool front is sagging through the area, and this combined with a potent disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere is producing both rain along the coast and an east-ward moving mass of rain that should reach the entire Houston area late this afternoon.
For inland areas these rain showers could bring accumulations of about one-half to 1 inch of rain. Higher totals are expected to the south of Houston.
Across the entire Houston area there's a slight risk of severe weather, including hail and damaging winds, accompanying this system, says NOAA's Storm Prediction Center:
All in all conditions shouldn't be too bad in the city, but it could make for a wet drive home tonight. And you know what happens when Houston's roads get wet. Some drivers lose their minds.
Rain chances should end by tomorrow, and the region has another chance at a round of showers beginning late Thursday and on Friday.
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-- Robert Preidt
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Singing in a choir
might be good for your mental health, a new study suggests.
British researchers conducted an online survey of nearly 400
people who either sang in a choir, sang alone or belonged to a
sports team. All three activities were associated with greater
levels of mental well-being, but the levels were higher among those
who sang in a choir than those who sang alone.
The poll also revealed that choral singers regarded their choirs
as more meaningful social groups compared to how athletes viewed
their sports teams.
The study, presented Thursday at a meeting of the British
Psychological Society in York, England, did not actually show a
cause-and-effect link between singing in a choir and being happy,
"Research has already suggested that joining a choir could be a cost-effective way to improve people's well-being," study author Nick Stewart, of Oxford Brookes University, said in a society news release. "Yet we know surprisingly little about how the well-being effects of choral singing are brought about."
"These findings suggest that the experience of using your voice to make music may be enhanced when you feel part of a cohesive social group," he said. "Further research could look at how moving and breathing [in concert] with others might be responsible for creating a unique well-being effect."
Research presented at meetings is typically viewed as
preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
More information
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Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell, in a decidedly fantastical sort of gown. I can't quite place that sort of design to anything but modern fashion. Obviously, fantasy setting and so on, but I have to say it doesn't look particularly inspiring in this shot. On the other hand, later on, when shown in an actual scene… it seems more interesting there.
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