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In partner ship with Halongbay Management board, Indochina junk in Halong Bay (as a brother company of Footprint) has launch a project called "For a Green Halong Bay" this is a trial project Managed by Indochina Junk and sponsored by Footprint and Tropical Sails.
This project takes place in Vung Vieng fishing village, where there are many families living on the water and having impacts on the environments of Halong bay.
The campaign is to encourage local people and nearby businesses to collect litter and protect the appearance of Halong bay Vietnam, especially at the residential zones.
On the day the campaign was launched 50 plastic rubbish bins were given to families living in this village. More important than that, our project is aiming at education and communication to hope that all the locals will soon realize the benefit of doing this.
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Its been a while since Los Banos High lost a league tennis match. In fact, youd have to go back to before the Tigers joined the Western Athletic Conference four years ago the Tigers win streak in the WAC hit 42 with Tuesdays 9-0 win over Livingston at LBHS.
It means an awful lot, especially for these girls that are seniors, my top five girls, LB coach Lynn Barcellos said. Theyve been playing since their freshman year, and they definitely want to go out without ever losing in league. Its a huge accomplishment. I dont know any other sport that has... 42-0 is a huge accomplishment.
The Livingston win completed the Tigers first trip through league play, leaving the Tigers with a 10-3 record (6-0 in league play). LBs three losses all came at the Fresno Tournament. Livingston managed to take just six games off of the Tigers, with No. 1 player Nicole Marchese, No. 4 player Monique Arretche, No. 6 player Taylor Harris and the No. 1 doubles team of Amanda Marchese and Marelee Garcia all winning their matches 6-0, 6-0.
Barcellos said the teams success has a lot to do with the fact that most of her players are multi-sport athletes, which gives them a leg up when it comes to mastering the footwork and other skills. Seven of the starting 12 either play basketball or have played during their high school careers, and another handful play softball.
The athletic ability helps them pick up the skills, Barcellos said. Theres other teams that look better than them, and you can tell theyve taken lots of lessons and they have this perfect stroke, but my girls beat them out with athletic ability and mental ability. They can make up for that in other areas.
Now the Tigers prepare for another turn through league, and they have their eyes set on their goal and targets on their backs.
I never count anything out, because everybody is gunning for us, Barcellos said. I know the one thats really gunning for us is Central Catholic. I never count anything before. I just want them to stay focused.

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So she is not a natural green haired girl?!!!
Ha she is playing an action-plataformer Megaman style!
I see she wanted to be an space pilot, then diverted into music, and then she wanted to be a normal pilot, does her actual self knows how to fly?
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Comparison of class 1 integrons from human and avian E. coli
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Psichogiou M., Vasilakopoulou A., Petrikkos G., Tzouvelekis L., Kosmidis C., Charvalos E., Passiotou M., Avlami A., Daikos G.L.
Objectives: A prospective study for the identification and comparison of class 1 integrons in E. coli from three sources: farm poultry, hospitalised and non-hospitalized patients.
Methods: A total of 235 E. coli were collected; 80 from hospitalised patients, 90 from non-hospitalized patients with no prior hospitalisation in the preceding 3 months, and 65 from farm poultry. Identification of the isolates was performed by the Wider 1 automated system and susceptibilities to commonly used antimicrobial agents were determined by the Kirby-Bauer and broth microdilution methods. IntI1-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR), conserved-segment PCR, and DNA sequencing were used to determine the presence, length, and content of integrons. The relatedness among the isolates was examined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of the XbaI digests of genomic bacterial DNA.
Results: The rate of integron carriage was 49.2% for E. coli derived from farm poultry, 26.2% and 11.1% for isolates recovered from hospitalised and non-hospitalized patients. The length of the integrons' variable regions ranged from 500 to 2700 bp. 96.8% of integron-carrying organisms exhibited resistance to more than two classes of antibiotics (MDR), whereas only 34.8% of non-integron-carrying organisms were MDR (P < 0.001). The most prevalent genes were the aad and dfr gene families detected in 71.4% and 65% of sequenced integrons respectively. Identical integrons were detected in E. coli of human and animal sources.
Conclusion: A large reservoir of integrons exists in E. coli of food-producing animals. The horizontal transfer of class 1 integrons among bacteria of animal and human origins seems to play an important role in the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance.
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The Vancouver Canucks have been busy to start NHL draft day, making moves and freeing cap space in such a frenzy that at least one member of the Canucks' management team was forced to do his draft day duties from a Yaletown coffee shop.
Shortly after the Canucks moved Ryan Kesler to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for Nick Bonino, Lucas Sbisa, and the Ducks' 24th-overall pick (more on that, later) Twitter user @MichelFalcon realized he was sitting beside someone talking to "Trev" about hockey and put the pieces together.
@TheFalconer I don't know who I'm sitting next at JJ BEAN in YT but he's been on the phone with Linden for 20 mins talking Garrison
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While in exchange with another user @TheFalconer (Michel) Falcon broke down what he heard in a string of fascinating tweets.
@TheFalconer Garrison more than willing to go to TB bc of Yzerman
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Jason Garrison's love for Steve Yzerman is no real revelation, I mean, who doesn't love Stevie-Y? However Falcon wasn't finished with his inside information.
@TheFalconer Canucks will take Virtanen "if everything falls into place"
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@TheFalconer he's on the phone talking about Derek Dorset. Asking if "he a good kid?"
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@TheFalconer hahaha he literally just said "is he a better human than kes?"
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@TheFalconer announcement coming up. I think re. Dorsett.
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#Canucks acquire RW Derek Dorsett from NYR for 85th pick in this year's draft.
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BOOM goes the dynamite. And shame on anyone for doubting Falcon – it's not surprising that someone is a better human than Ryan Kesler (even if has been accused of biting).
@JustinTillyer at no point did I hear anything about the #1 pick
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LucidLogix, a designer of multi-GPU graphics processing technologies, is working on an external dock for graphics cards with Thunderbolt interface and supporting software. Currently the company already has the first prototype that it demonstrated at Intel Developer Forum behind closed doors.
The external Thunderbolt dock for graphics cards developed by Lucid is designed to significantly improve performance of laptops that use graphics solutions integrated into microprocessors. The Thunderbolt dock requires external power supply unit and is currently powered by AMD Radeon HD 6700-series graphics chip. Eventually, the Thunderbolt docks should be able to employ more potent graphics solutions.
According to LaptopMag, graphics performance of an ultra-portable notebook powered by Intel Core i-series "Ivy Bridge" chip not only got several times higher once external graphics solution was plugged in, but the operating system did not crash during activation and deactivation of the external Thunderbolt graphics dock thanks to Lucid VirtuMVP software.
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Black people have indeed proven they can be a little trigger happy.
Saw this on Reddit and thought it was pretty funny. Anybody know if there is any truth to it? Sounds a little bit off to me that if you subtracted gun crimes committed by black Americans from the statistics that our gun crime rates would be the same as socialist countries.
Black people have indeed proven they can be a little trigger happy.
It's those 'KRAZY' blacks killing our children in our schools,great observation..
^good point... what a bunch of nuts!
Dont forget the mexicans.
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^^^ Totally fucking bullshitting ^^^
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There are a lot of factors that need to be taken in when comparing crime rates with other countries.. especially when singling out guns being that in some countries they are illegal. For instance violent crime, which includes guns and other weapons, when compared per capita the US is no where near the top. In 2002 we were I think 22nd. I havent looked it up in a while.
Point being taking away the guns does not take away the crime.
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Caught this late, In Amerika there a bunch of fruit loops that want to solve all there problems with weapons. Not just blacks, but all races.
In my neck of the woods a damn Jap went off and killed a bunch of people.
In a land of ever increasing wealth for the already wealthy, and more poverty for the existing poor, it's a wonder there's not more death & mayhem.... I can't believe that more rich people aren't the target of anger , due to a seemingly hopeless situation.... imo
I can dig that, well said chuck!
Guns arent the problem, people are. We all know that. Violence Is the excuse the government uses so It can slowly and methodically disarm the American people. They already created the Patriot Act, which allows them to violate our rights In the name of security, but the full bypass of our Constitutional rights and the real atrocities can't happen until they take your guns. Without guns, the Constitution is a meaningless document. Just ask the Chinese people. Their Constitution is almost verbatim to ours, except the part about right to bear arms. Thats why Chinese people get run over by tanks when they protest. Our Constitution grants us rights. Its up to us to defend our Constitution, protect her and our rights. If the government gets our guns like they plan on doing, goodbye USA..hello China! I believe every citizen should be armed In this country! Crime wouldnt be a major issue. Shit would take care of itself.
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Its all socioeconomic. Just wait til the dollar collapses. You're going to see many european americans resort to barbarism and lunacy. Boca Raton is going to look like Sierra Leone. Seattle like Somalia.
When you cant eat or play angry birds anymore...and you have 3 long guns and 4 pistols with more ammo than you know what to do with, bad things will start to happen.
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They're already throwing around the new Amero..
They should print this in english.
We're fucked. Buy ammo and food now. And petro.....Time for Mad Max.
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What's petro? Is that like dry dog food? Are we going to have to live on dry dog food do you think. I fed my puppy Nutro dog food and he threw it up nonstop....this is not comforting at all.
the gun argument just keeps us at each others throats ... which is exactly what the ruling class wants. In effect any squabble or dispute that keeps us hating each other , plays into their hands... white vs black, jew vs arab, left vs right....
^what Charlie said....
no better thing to keep the masses minds occupied......
we've got to all keep fucking until there is no race issue.....
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No offense, Charley. I usually like your posts but in this case you need to turn off your MSNBC and dig a little deeper and you'll find out those guys didnt kill anybody. But the peeps who did, were definitely white. However, this is about numbers and it is a fact that niggers with guns are the leading cause of gun violence in the US. Facts are facts
more 10x more people die due to lack of health care than by homocide and double that die from medical malpractice
Aussies and Philadelphians are the only people here
You know, I can't point at an individual race that do this, but what comes to my mind are the movies that glorifies weapons and thuggery that come out of hollywood. I think they have some blame in this. There was no, Boys in the hood, South Central or menace to society when I was a kid. On that some note there was no Natural born killers, either. I Can't even count how many fist fights I had when I was a kid, but in this day and age, I would've been shot dead.
There were movies like Rocky and Jaws. Yes, they showed movies about Al Copone And Bank Robberies.. But no kids doing drive buys. If you have such a weak mind and are so much of a follower you have to join a gang and kill somebody just to prove you're hard, Walk up to man and fist fight. Not shoot his ass in the back, or a woman for that matter.
Just one mans opinion.
My guns haven't killed anyone..... yet
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from Daito Manabe (granted that his art is a tad more 'raw')
eye-catching though. very.
Daito Manabe's work was the first thing I thought of as well, even though I couldn't remember his name. The link to his films went around the agency like clap a while back.


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Six waste workers working at the most contaminated nuclear site in the country chose to resign from their jobs rather than submit themselves to drug testing.
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Parents of sixth- and seventh-grade students attending the Hempfield Area School District in Pennsylvania will be given the chance to administer drug testing at home, through home drug test kits.
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Sydney, Australia, has ramped-up the conduct of random drug testing among its police officers, in a bid to ensure a cleaner line-up of officers in its police force.
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Google and the rest of the usual suspects continue to dominate video
The spring is a time of many changes that even the monthly Compete Blog video market share post isn't exempt from. We have overhauled our methodology to include more sites and to be more inclusive with the sites we have previously reported on. These changes are most obvious at the top of the list, with YouTube now being included under the Google heading. The result of these changes is a more comprehensive view of the online video market in terms of actual share per company.
Although the methodology has changed, the landscape of the market remains the same: the Google/YouTube combination continues to dominate, totaling just under 150 million sessions in March. This total is more than three and a half times bigger than their closest competitor, MySpace.
- Nearly 69 million people watched video content online at one of the top 20 video sites in March
- The major search properties and MySpace continued to hold the top spots
- Even AOL, the search property with the lowest session totals, is still 70% higher than the biggest non-search/MySpace site
ManiaTV! comes in sixth on our list this month, featuring a web television focus. They bill themselves as the "first Internet-based television network" and focus on youth culture entertainment, including a live call-in show with host Tom Green. So how is pulling on that "star" power working for them? Surprisingly well.
What's the lesson to be learned here? While the giants of the Internet don't look like they'll be dislodged from the top spots in the video market any time soon, there is still plenty of attention to be had beyond the top five spots.


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Before getting into the actual article I want to remember everyone that the rules for iDevBlogADay have changed, and in two more weeks the current authors will be rotated out. The new system sounds very nice :), but since Gando Games will disappear from the official RSS , if you guys want to keep reading I encourage you to subscribe to our RSS feed :D.
Now, the article:
I get this question a lot, there many books in the subject , but I'm totally sure that you can get started without even looking at them. For today's iDevBlogADay post, I made a "straight to the point guide".
Note: This guide is also valid for iPod Touch and iPad.
What you'll need:
- A Mac ( you could get away with VMware but I won't go into that ) [ 699 USD$ ]
- Sign-up as an Apple Developer [0 USD$]
- Xcode [Free Download as a registered iOS developer ]
- Cocos2d [Free Download & Open Source]
How to:
Ok, start the Mac up :D, and as soon as you have an internet connection, go to Apple's iOS Dev Center, sign up for Free and download Xcode. Xcode is Apple's IDE (Integrated Development Environment), everyone I know is using Xcode to develop for iOS, so don't fear, just download/install it.
So far, the Dev Center will grant you access to a lot of great documentation referencing the Cocoa-Touch API ( you will certainly use this when developing for iOS ), and also valuable information about several Developer Tools.
You should now download Cocos2D latest version. There are several other ways to make a game for iOS this days like Corona (Lua based), Sparrow (Objective-C based) , etc. However cocos2d is great for starters because it has a really big community plus it's free. The community is one of Cocos2d bigest (if not the bigest) strength, so go ahead and sign up in the cocos2d community forums.
By now, you should be able to start working on the Cocos2d wiki tutorials ( or to find some using the always evil Google :D ), I would recommend doing lesson1, lesson2 and lesson3. For more just check out Cocos2D programming guide.
That's it, there's nothing else you need to know… for now.
Books to complement your knowledge:
Personal Opinion:
I think that the whole "Game Development Books" is a sensitive topic by itself (there are some great books, some of them where covered in the last iDevBlogADay article), but I'm quite sure that almost all the "Making Games for iPhone"/"Making Games with Cocos2d" books don't tackle the key questions, ok, they get you to make a game for iPhone, but they don't tend to focus on the rather important fact that you are developing for a mobile device which I think it's extremely important, how about a section about "Battery Saving", or "Best usability practices" specifically targeted for the platform?.
Also, most of the books I browsed about Cocos2d Game Development, where quite vague in some of the more advanced topics, and where often written using earlier versions of the Cocos2d Engine (leaving a lot of the source code examples unusable), so I really encourage beginners to stay away from this books and to try to tackle their issues in the cocos2d forums, which is a great place to learn.
Another important fact is that I don't consider it necessary to pay the 99 USD$ that will cost you to finally deploy iOS apps in-device right away. Just play with the iPhone/iPad simulator and pay when you feel crippled by it ( when doing advanced graphics stuff for example , or when you want to deploy your game for a tester, etc.)


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Chris Brown Cements Manly Cred By Dissing Frank Ocean
If allegedly beating Rihanna and getting into a bar fight with Drake don't ensure Chris
Rock Brown is seen as nothing but a hardcore hetero hip-hop thug, the Grammy-winning singer tried a new tact.
While in Cannes recently, the "Turn Up the Music" singer was hit up by a paparazzo, who asked him what he thought about Frank Ocean. Brown's well-thought reply? "Man, no homo!"
Ah yes, the go-to response for hip-hoppers terrified of being misconstrued as gay. Well it's better than some of the homophobic vitriol Brown has spewed before.
This isn't his first beef with Ocean, though. Apparently last year the two got into a Twitter war with Brown sending cousins to chase after Ocean and threaten the R&B singer.
Okay, Chris, we get it—you're a big tough
gay, er guy.
*Chris Rock typo in line one should be changed to Chris Brown
Chris Rock?
Why drag Chris Rock into this?
Anyway, Chris [Brown] and Frank have a long history of not liking each other. Their feud started long before Frank's announcement.
Serious? How can anyone take this article seriously if you mistakenly refer to him as "Chris Rock"
Chris Rock? Don't you mean Chris Brown?
This is Queerty's standard level of editing of anything they post. Chris ROCK ???????? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
What do you expect from a pig like this little twerp? He's not even worth giving attention to.
Chris Brown should die in a fire. Today. Homophobic woman-beating asshole is worthless.
Gee, what a shock, the guy outed on Twitter when an assistant released the tweets between him and a guy he slept with acts homophobic.
All these closet cases go through the same act.
Chris Rock? Oh I get it, all black people look alike.
Chris Rock… Reporting without proofing is a big no no guys…
The "Chris Rock" flub is more interesting than the story itself. LOL
You know what's even worse about the Chris Rock flub, is that the editors don't seem to read the comments they are trying to correct their misinformation…
You know what's even worse about the Chris Rock flub, is that the editors don't seem to read the comments that are trying to correct their misinformation…
I'm guessing they were on their way to a Mensa meeting.
I saw Chris's self photo and believe as a result that he is fully capable of impaling himself and perhaps should.
He's trash. He insults gay people somehow every 6 months, he never made amends for kicking the sh*t out of Rihanna, and I'm sure he was the main cause of that bar riot.
Hold on one second. There are a lot, a lot, of rumors Chris Brown is gay. Supposedly he hit Rhianna because she called him a 'fag'. What a coward. So we have the self-loathing cowardly closet case trying to prove how not gay he is. What a piece of shite.
Mr Brown, let me sit on your face I promise you`l changed your mind and B-cum HOMO!!. Come now man it is time to "Cum" out of the closet..
If someone who I didn't like and actively feuded with later admitted to being gay, I would use it as amo to mock then too.
** shrugs **
If you're gay and decide to come out, you should probably make sure you don't any enemies or detractors, because they'll surely use this extra bit of info against you.
@Avenger: Um, what?
Chris Brown is a utter sack of putrid shit!
But the fact that he and his family are ignorant, talentless goons surprises me Not. It's the fact that he has GAY FANS who continue to support this bitch-punk despite his continued Gay Bashing Comments….So sad!
@Michael: That's why it blows me away that gays actually are fans of Whorhianna.
The Chris Rock "typo" is not surprising. I've seen so many errors in the short time I've been visiting this site. It's kind of ghetto. Don't you guys have a proof reader or something?
Hours later, the "Chris Rock" error is still there.
just another crackhead rapper who drinks cristal and thinks he has class but is really a big pile of ca ca..he probably used to suck dick for natty ice..booooo!!!!
Chris Brown is not a rapper, idiot. Speaking of crackheads, there are enough grammatical errors in your comment to make an idiot stew. What did you score on the SAT's?
all of these dudes in the music industry got some skeletons in the closet – pun intended. they'd do better just keeping their damn mouths shut and stop postin' on twitter and facebook every damn day. you want people out of your personal life? first you gotta stop making it so damn easy.
Chris Brown is an asshat. No more posts about this piece of trash, PLEASE!!!
chris brown is a closeted sister. Not a joke. There's rumors about him circulating. He looks like the only queen.
I wish Chris knew how much i beat off to his nude pic!! hahaha
Chris Rock error still hasn't been fixed, everyone at Queerty must have headed to the bathhouse and left the str8t girl in charge, and she's still searching for Magic Mike posts.
Let's all learn a new thing: it's not "a new tact", it's "a new tack", because it is a sailing term meaning to change direction. (An often abrupt turn, as it happens)
Chris Brown is a closet case! Never understood why he continues to bash gays, then take to twitter to apologize. What a loser!
Idiot who beats up women in homophobic bigot shock!!
Maybe he's jealous coz Ocean had the balls to come out?
No matter who he insults, Chris Brown's music is still garbage. I wouldn't be surprised if he's there throwing shade since the same CANNOT be said of Frank Ocean's work. :)
@Daez: Or aas I like to call it "Hippidy Hop", from the movie.
Being a Marine that was stationed in VA Beach and knoeing the city and the people serms like a gay relationship gone bad …….Chris Brown ..talentef tho he maybe …undercover is all i csn say…..
It's true, He is a thug and homophobic.
There is no way to be a hip hop thug. Hip hop is for weenies. If Chris Brown wants to fight a gay there are plenty of us out here who would kick his fucking ass. Come on hip hop boy let's do this. If you beat me I will suck your BBC!
chris brown is the sarah palin of shit music.
Chris Rock is genuinely talented, very funny and not homophobic.
Chris Brown is talent-free homophobia-filled thug who bearts women.
Chris Rock is genuinely talented, very funny and not homophobic.
Chris Brown is talent-free homophobia-filled thug who beats women.
So did he say "Rihanna can I do ur hole? I love big strong legs and holes" and she slapped the crap outta him.
Chris Brown is a pretty boy who beats on women. Enough sid!


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Does anyone really take the so-called "rational actor" model seriously (except, perhaps, in a form so hedged and non-committal as to render it vacuously tautological)? That question often occurs to me. (For example, it comes to mind whenever someone confidently, but implausibly, predicts what some foreign government definitely will or won't do because its leaders are allegedly "rational actors"—which, even if it happened to be true, would tell us nothing substantive.jeffweintraub.blogspot.com/2013/10/congressman-stutzman-and-rational-actor.html
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Within the thinking(prenominal) operator model, the foundation of which is based more or less the classicist belief that criminal behaviour is a social occasion of conscious choice, exists 3 theories, viz. modern disincentive theories, apt choice theories and routine activities scheme.cheap-alphabetical-essay-topics.blogspot.com/2013/10/rational-actor-model.html
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Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis There are very few professionals in any field who wouldn't benefit by reading Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow's classic, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (ensure you get the updated second edition; all parenthetical cites below refer to this edition). While their titular case and main concern is in the realm of national security decision-making, the book is really more of a synthesis of the literature on international relationships, game and decision theory, some degree of economic theory on preferences and the firm, and organizational culture and behavior.warontherocks.com/2013/12/the-fog-of-organizations/
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Today, Reid Smith in his column on Mark Sanford presented the "public choice" model of explaining politicians' behavior. It draws on the principle, from economics, that rational individuals will make choices based on their own self-interest. In an unfortunate turn of events, the Behavioralism movement that was birthed in the 1930s took root in political theory during the 1960s. Behavioralism loved rational choice theory. Theorists tried their damnedest to explain the behavior of human beings by focusing in on rational self-interest. It's all crap. Human beings are not rational, self-interested actors. Emotion clouds everything and decisions are never made in a vacuum. This is why game theory sometimes fails at the poker table: human beings imperfections.spectator.org/blog/53670/failure-self-interested-actor-model
The Jewish Press » » Iran: Neither Lunatic State Nor Rational Actor, But Rational Aggressor
Iran is a rational actor in terms of its own objectives.www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/rubin-reports/iran-neither-lunatic-state-nor-rational-actor-but-rational-aggressor/2013/10/07/
refuting the extreme rational actor model – evidence from survey prepayment | orgtheory.net
This post is another criticism of extreme economic models of human behavior, where people act selfishly and only respond to rewards and punishments. You may think that this is a bizarre model, but it's the default model in a lot of economic analyses. For example, when analyzing voting, the economic prediction is that no one…orgtheory.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/refuting-the-extreme-rational-actor-model-evidence-from-survey-prepayment/
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Morocco's new shopping centre divides opinion
15 December 2011 Last updated at 19:12 GMT
One of the biggest shopping malls in Africa has just opened in Casablanca, in Morocco.
For some, the new mall is a symbol of wealth and prosperity.
However in a country where more than five million people still live on less than a US dollar a day, some economists wonder whether it is a bit too early to embrace this type of project.
BBC Africa's Nora Fakim reports.


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The function g is monotone--what kinds of discontinuities can a monotone function have?
how do you prove this:
let f: real numbers -> real numbers be continuous and bounded and define g as g(x) = sup {f(x) : y< x}. prove that g is continuous.
this is what i did:
i wrote the def of continuous function for f, assuming that f is cont at the pt c and then i got stuck..


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Multiple versions of Comctl32.dll may cause both Windows XP style and Windows Classic style windows to appear in Windows XP
When you work in a program that loads both version 5 and version 6 of the Comctl32.dll file in Microsoft Windows XP, the program may stop responding, and an access violation may occur in the Comctl32.dll file.
Note You may also see mixed window styles when you experience this problem. If a program selects Comctl32.dll version 6, the program may show a Windows XP style (Comctl32 version 6) window. However, if you experience this problem, the program may show both the Windows XP style and Windows Classic style (Comctl32 version 5) windows.
Download informationThe following file is available for download from the Microsoft download center:
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Release Date: June 16, 2005
For more information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online servicesMicrosoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
PrerequisitesYou must have either Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed to apply this hotfix.
For additional information about how to obtain the latest Windows XP service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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About me
Greetings, thank you for taking a look at my website – if you need to contact me, please use the contact form included on this website. OlorinPC.com (A.K.A. Jake's Corner, A.K.A jakebarnard.com) is written, designed, coded, etc… by myself (Jakob Barnard) in my spare time. OlorinPC.com has existed in one form or another for quite a few years now. I actually bothered to first register the domain name on January 1st, 2001, though I have gone by "Olorin" or "Olorinpc" for well over 15 years at this point.
Prior to college I grew up in southern Minnesota, lived in the Middle East for a couple of years, and have traveled extensively. I graduated from Hastings High School in Hastings, MN in 2000 and moved to Jamestown, ND to attend Jamestown College. While there I participated in numerous activities. I was both a Student Senator and Senate Secretary in my time with the JC Student Senate. With the college news publication, The Collegian, I was Web Editor and during my Sr. year – Editor-in-Chief. I graduated with a History-Political Science degree and a minor in German in the spring of 2005.
From 2007 to February 2013, I worked at UTC Aerospace Systems as the Business Intelligence Lead for the Interiors division. In March 2013, briefly left UTAS to start working at RealTruck.com as a Brand Manager. Mid-August 2013, I returned to my position at UTC Aerospace Systems to resume working as a Business Intelligence Specialist.
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The prostate cancer survival rate might be high in Canada, but at least one man from the Rural Municipality of Duck Lake continues to suffer from the harrowing side-effects of his successful treatment.
© Herald photo by Alex Di Pietro
Rick Markowsky is free of his prostate cancer but still suffers from side-effects of the treatment.
Rick Markowski, 58, underwent treatment for prostate cancer in 2006. While he is now living cancer free, he claims to be having a horrid recovery. The side-effects alone have made him regret choosing the treatment that he did.
"This was not a good surgery for me," he said. "And yet, it was a surgery they recommended and a surgery that was supposed to have no side-effects."
Throughout his life, Markowsky regularly received physicals, was proactive and caught his cancer early. He was given a few treatment options, including brachytherapy.
Low-dose rate brachytherapy consists of placing between 70-150 radioactive seeds, comparable in size to grains of rice, in the prostate.
Before making his decision to go with brachytherapy, Markowsky consulted with another man who had received the treatment. He later went ahead with the procedure in Edmonton.
"My cancer was centered in one place. It wasn't all around the prostate," Markowsky said, noting he received about 125 seeds. "That's probably where they put the seeds, or the majority of them, and I just think they put too many."
Following the treatment, Markowsky found out he'd been suffering from radiation proctitis, which is inflammation of the colon as a result of radiation therapy. He was told that he would bleed from his backside for the rest of his life.
Urinating had also become increasingly difficult for Markowsky. He recalls the horror of having to place a stick in his mouth to keep him from biting off his tongue, because the pain was so unbearable when he had to use the toilet. On one occasion, he'd actually urinated out one of the seeds.
"I have to take medication for sex," he said. "I have to keep having my urethra opened up, and after three years, I had to open it up because the scar tissue is so bad from the radiation, it keeps closing it."
Markowsky said he was never told about such side-effects. It wasn't until he was asked to fill out a survey that he discovered many more of the possible side-effects of brachytherapy.
"This thing was two pages long," he said. "There are so many other things that I could have gotten but weren't brought up."
In recognizing Movember, Markowsky said he is not attempting to dissuade prostate cancer patients from opting for the treatment. Rather, he is imploring them to inquire about potential side-effects to make informed decisions.
"People have a right to know every side-effect," he said. "I thought I asked every question that I had to ask ... They told me the best thing to do was to have these seeds implanted in me."
He emphasized that while he sees the disease and treatment for it as a lose-lose situation, he is still happy to be alive and grateful that the cancer is gone.
"I'm a big fan of people having physicals every year," he said. "You're better off catching it and having a chance."
Each day, however, is a mystery for Markowsky. He has been to the doctor numerous times and has sought out different ways to cope with the treatment's side-effects.
Currently, he goes about his day with a catheter connecting to a plastic bag that is strapped firmly on his ankle. The bag acts as a urine receptacle and needs to be emptied several times a day.
Markowsky is currently on a waiting list to see the only doctor in Canada who can perform the surgery he needs.
"I'm going to have to stay with this catheter in me until I have a transplant," he said. "They'll take a graft from out of my mouth and they'll graft this thing into my urethra to try to keep it open, but there are no guarantees.
"This is the last straw for me ... If this doesn't work, there's nothing else. It will just be, I guess, living with this catheter in me for the rest of my life."
Markowsky, who is unmarried with no children and has been an active person all of his life, continues to work about 50 hours per week, despite his ordeal. He said work takes his mind off the pain.
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Crest Foam adds comfort grades to outdoor cushions
March 17, 2008-- Casual Living,
Crest Foam Industries has introduced new comfort grades of its EZ-Dri reticulated polyurethane foam outdoor cushioning materials.
In addition to offering six comfort grades ranging from very plush to ultra firm, the foam meets California Bulletin 117 standards to slow fire risk. The CAL 117 approval permits use of this foam for indoor applications that were previously prohibited. The state's standards are the nation's most stringent for use of outdoor foam materials indoors – even in screened-in areas. Although all burning polyurethane foams generate dangerous carbon monoxide, CAL 117 EZ-Dri is less toxic than comparable foam materials which contain halogenated fire retardants.
There are many reasons foam cushions for outdoor casual furniture would be brought indoors; these include severe weather, high winds or even protection of the fabric in hot, sunny conditions to prevent fading when not in use.
"The ability to develop outdoor cushioning foam that meets CAL 117 was a long and arduous process," a company spokesman said. One of the design challenges concerned requirements of an open pore size to permit water to flow through cushions to drain quickly for virtually immediate use. At the same time, because of its open pore construction, there is a significant opportunity for high oxygen content to feed a fire. Crest Foam scientists developed a non-halogenated fire retardant that, "not only incorporated well, but also substantially retarded foam fire," the spokesman said.
EZ-Dri polyether-polyurethane reticulated foam outdoor cushioning materials are constructed with large, open pores for maximum water drainage and air circulation, permitting their use quickly after being saturated or dampened. This material provides long-lasting wear and comfort combined with fast-drying properties, making EZ-Dri cushions ideal for casual furniture applications in homes, hotels/resorts and many other commercial facilities. EZ-Dri foam is strong and resistant to most chemicals including most cleaning agents, solvents, alkalis and acids. A built-in additive, Ultra-Fresh, inhibits growth of stain- and odor-causing bacteria, mold, mildew and fungus.
For more information on EZ-Dri premium reticulated outdoor cushioning foam with CAL 117 approval, visit www.crestfoam.com or contact Moonachie, N.J.-based Crest Foam Industries at 201-807-0809 or via e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Today we're introducing another new feature called The Big Picture. After every Husker home game we'll bring you a series of photos that tells the story of the game - in a format you probably won't see anywhere else. They're shot by our go-to guy on the sideline, Kirt Manion. And they're big. I mean BIG!
We want you to see what Bo sees from the sideline - what Ganz sees when he lines up under center - what Glenn sees when he's crushing a ball carrier. We want to take you inside the game, in a way that you won't see anywhere else.
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20 unlikely places to find inspiration: Part III
Don't forget to check out Part I and Part II for more weird and wonderful places to find inspiration!
11. Your bed.
I get some of my best ideas when I'm about to fall asleep, last thing at night… sometimes whole stanzas just arrive, fully formed; other times I hit on that pesky title I've been wracking my brains for. I know other people who claim that they dream in poetry, and wake up in the morning desperate for a pen to get down the events of their dreams before they fade. Regardless of whether you've noticed this happening to you or not, it's always a good idea to have a notebook by the bed. Don't go thinking you'll remember that late-night, half-asleep stanza… you won't, so get it scribbled down! And even if you never get any sleepy flashes of genius, bed is always a good place to write… it's quiet and it's comfy!
12. TV Commercials.
There was a recent British TV ad for toothpaste which advised parents to make sure their children took care of their teeth because they had a long life ahead of them. The narrator of the ad went on to list all the things your mouth does as you grow up - drinking, laughing, whispering, teaching, etc. I thought this was a really cool idea - it didn't make me buy the toothpaste, but it did make me write a poem about how amazing mouths are. Just about everyone watches TV, and ads are everywhere… so next time you switch on, don't just be persuaded or distracted by all those commercials. Be inspired, too!
13. Believe-it-or-not news items.
Bon Dylan famously scours newspapers for interesting stories to write songs about - he wrote the spoken-word-song, Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues after reading about a boating picnic which went tragically awry after hundreds of fake tickets were sold, and and the boat sank under the weight of too many extra passengers. I was inspired to write a poem after reading about a woman in drought-stricken New Mexico who burned a letter from her husband's mistress in her garden, and started a grassfire which burned down her own home. What about the pictures of a newly-discovered South American tribe which turned out to be faked as a protest against logging? What about the fact that sometimes, so many people turn their kettles on at once that the National Grid goes down? Potential for poetry? I think so!
14. Your old English jotters.
Yes, really. Drag those dusty old school exercise books out of the loft and have a good read… check out some of the stories, poems and essays you wrote during your formative years. Perhaps they'll spark a poem about your hellish school-playground experiences; perhaps the scrawled doodles in the margins will prompt a love-sonnet about a forgotten school crush. Write a homage to a dynamic English teacher or nick a line from one of your juvenile creations to kick-start a brand new poem. It may sound bizarre, but try it - you may even look back to find you were a poetic child-genius who wrote a load of great pieces you never even knew you had!
15. Urban myths.
A girl is babysitting when she receives a phonecall from a guy who threatens to kill her. Thinking it's a prank, she calls the police to have the call traced. Moments later they call back to warn her to get out, the call came from inside the same house - but no one answers the phone…
How abou the fly that made its nest in a guy's dreadlocks, resulting in hatched fly larvae eating into his scalp? Or the widow whose fox stole bit her and gave her rabies??
These weird and wonderful stories fly around in the cosmos, passing from person to person, waiting to get picked up by gossip magazines or turned into low-budget horror movies. Why not get there first and make one of them into a strange, funny or chilling poem?
Let me know your unusual inspirations! & keep an eye out for Part IV!
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Hilary Swank by Norman Jean Roy 2004, Vanity Fair, March 2005, © Norman Jean Roy.
Run DMC by Jonas Karlsson 2005, L-R: The Reverend Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Vanity Fair, November 2005, © Jonas Karlsson.
Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley by Annie Leibovitz, 2005, Variant pose published in Vanity Fair, March 2006, © Annie Leibovitz / Contact Press Images / Courtesy of the Artist.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr and Joan Crawford, Santa Monica, by Nickolas Muray 1929, Vanity Fair, October 1929, © Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Courtesy Condé Nast Archive.
James Joyce by Berenice Abbot, 1926 (unpublished), © Berenice Abbot / Commerce Graphics Ltd, NYC / National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG P609).
Philip Glass by Chuck Close, 2001, Vanity Fair, February 2002, Courtesy of the Artist and Pace MacGill / Courtesy of Adamson Editions, Washington D.C.
Josephine Baker by George Hoyningen-Huene, 1929, Variant pose published in Vanity Fair, October 1934, © Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Courtesy of Staley-Wise Gallery, New York.
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Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
October 26, 2008-
March 1, 2009
Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008, the first major exhibition to bring together the magazine's historic archive of rare vintage prints with its contemporary photographs. The exhibition explores the ways in which photography and celebrity have interacted and changed, with portraits from the magazine's early period (1913-1936) displayed in conjunction with works from the contemporary Vanity Fair (1983-present).
"The exhibition is a timely consideration of portraiture in the last century in relation to magazines and photography," said Michael Govan, LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director. "We're happy to bring the show to Los Angeles from the National Portrait Gallery in London. So many of the early 20th-century portraits originate in London and New York, and so many of the more recent portraits relate to Los Angeles — interesting evidence of our changing world."
In 1913, Vanity Fair launched with the birth of modernism, the dawning of the Jazz Age, and the groundbreaking Armory Show that introduced avant-garde art to the American public. Publisher Condé Nast (1873–1942) partnered with editor Frank Crowninshield (1872-1947) to create a magazine that would engage with this vibrant modern culture — a magazine that would not only comment upon, but also champion all that was at the forefront of change and innovation in the arts.
The publication thus became a cultural catalyst, defining and celebrating key figures of the early twentieth century, from contemporary artists and literary talents to theater luminaries and silent-screen stars. To rightfully capture these icons, Crowninshield commissioned the world's leading photographers including Edward Steichen, Cecil Beaton, Baron De Meyer, Man Ray, and George Hurrell. The pairing of notable figures with these portraitists resulted in some of the most memorable images of the time. Among the exceptional sitters featured in the exhibition are Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein, Jesse Owens, James Joyce, Katharine Hepburn, and Fred and Adele Astaire.
The move to modernism in the early 20th century influenced the era's photographers, as many produced images that were as much about form and experimenting with format as they were about substance. The introduction of modernism into photography was particularly evident in the progressive work of Edward Steichen (1879-1973), who held the title of Vanity Fair's chief photographer for 13 years. Steichen was America's leading photographer of style, taste, and celebrity, and perhaps best remembered for capturing actors, whose likenesses in print or on-screen helped shape popular culture. Many of Steichen's iconic photographs will be seen in Vanity Fair Portraits, including those of Gloria Swanson, Louise Brooks, Anna May Wong, and Paul Robeson. The exhibition also showcases definitive portraits of the Jazz Age, including now classic studies of Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, and Noël Coward.
Although Vanity Fair suspended publication in 1936, it would be resurrected in another period of decadence and excess — the 1980s — when Silicon Valley and Wall Street were buoyant, high society was in full swing, and the art market was exploding. Relaunched in 1983, the publication's purpose once again was to define contemporary celebrity and identify the leading cultural figures. As in the early period, portrait photography was the graphic bedrock of the magazine. In the tradition of Frank Crowninshield, the revived magazine commissioned such leading photographers as Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Nan Goldin, Herb Ritts, Harry Benson, Mario Testino, and Bruce Weber.
Once again, these portraitists photographed cultural icons, but in a new period of celebrity and magazine culture. New platforms arose for entertainment and information — the CD and camcorder, satellite television, the personal computer, and MTV. Media consumers, in turn, became increasingly preoccupied with the figures that permeated the video clips, audio streams, and computer and movie screens. In this media-entrenched age, the news cycle continually became shortened, and even at a time when the news was frequently measured in minutes, Vanity Fair managed to break news as a monthly publication with exclusive access to interviews and photo shoots. In 2005 alone, the magazine revealed the identity of Deep Throat, the confidential source of the Watergate scandal, and also published the first interview with actress Jennifer Aniston after her publicly scrutinized separation from actor Brad Pitt. Since the magazine's relaunch, various cover images have made news, including presidential couple Nancy and Ronald Reagan dancing in their formal evening attire (1985), a disrobed and pregnant Demi Moore (1991), a formal portrait of President Bush's Afghan-War Cabinet (2002), and most recently actresses Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley posing naked with designer Tom Ford (2006).
The name of one photographer in particular has become synonymous with Vanity Fair and contemporary celebrity — Annie Leibovitz. Just as Edward Steichen dominated Vanity Fair's first incarnation, Leibovitz elaborately chronicles today's version of celebrity. Selected from the several hundred shoots directed by Annie Leibovitz — often collaborating with photography Director Susan White and features editor Jane Sarkin — portraits of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kate Winslet, Lance Armstrong, George Clooney, as well as Leibovitz's signature group portraits of the great talents of Hollywood will be on view at LACMA.
To provide a greater sense of the process and creative mindset behind each portrait, LACMA will be introducing new elements to the exhibition, such as behind-the-scenes videos from key Vanity Fair shoots, including footage of photographer Mark Seliger shooting the members of John F. Kennedy's inner circle, and Annie Leibovitz and Michael Roberts's epic "film noir" story from the 2007 Hollywood Issue. Additional elements of the exhibition include an extensive wall grid of Vanity Fair covers from both its early and modern periods, along with memoranda and memorabilia drawn from the magazine's early twentieth-century archive, which reveal the characters and issues that define the spirit of Vanity Fair.
Featuring a remarkable selection of 130 portraits, Vanity Fair Portraits, conceived by Graydon Carter, was curated by David Friend, Editor of Creative Development of Vanity Fair, and Terence Pepper, Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, London. The LACMA showing of this exhibition is organized by Charlotte Cotton, Head and Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department.
Albertina Rasch Dancers by Florence Vandamm 1927, Vanity Fair, April 1927, © Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Courtesy Condé Nast Archive.
Sean Connery and Michael Caine by Michael O'Neill, 1998, Vanity Fair, April 1999, © Michael O'Neill.


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Sample-Sale Alert: Gilt Fuse Launches Today
It's basically the poor man's Gilt Groupe.
With a healthy $40 million cash infusion under their belt, flash sample-sale site Gilt Groupe is expanding. Today the company launched another sample-sale website called Gilt Fuse. Gilt Fuse is the poor man's Gilt Groupe, offering clothes that are cheaper and lower-end. Gilt's chief executive, Susan Lyne, explains in the Observer that Fuse is for chicks who still can't afford labels like Alessandro Dell'Acqua at 70 percent off: "A $200 or $150 dress is still a big purchase for them. They say, 'I love looking at the stuff but it doesn't really fit my lifestyle. I don't have a place to wear those clothes.'" Instead of Thom Browne and Christian Louboutin, you'll find labels like Generra, Kova & T, and Modern Amusement, which are all on sale today on Fuse. Fuse works the same way as Groupe, with sales that last 36 hours (Fuse, however, only carries womenswear).
It's hard to tell how amazing a site like this will be after just one day, but Fuse might make for more enjoyable, leisurely shopping than Groupe, which can easily leave one feeling stabby. When the Loub sale hits on Groupe, for instance, you have to log on immediately to have a shot at getting something you want. We suspect Fuse, for the most part, won't generate the same sense of urgency; labels like Kova & T don't typically produce items with the same level of "It"-ness as high-end labels. Our only complaint with Fuse so far is that many of the items for sale are pretty plain, and styled to the max so they look special. Any tank can look stylish on a model when paired with the proper bottoms (or lack thereof, these days). But at the end of the day it's just a tank.
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Lindsay Lohan Dating Henry Hopper?
It appears Lindsay Lohan could have a new man. She was spotted recently with the late Dennis Hopper's son, Henry Hopper.
X17 reports the star stepped out with Hopper near her home in Venice Beach to buy booze at a local liqour store. An employee tells the website, "Lindsay's been in here before. And today she brings in this young guy and they were all touchy-feely and they kissed on the lips a couple times. Just quick little love-pecks but they were definitely together."
On their shopping list? Allegedly Red Bull and vodka. However, Lohan's sources have told TMZ that she only purchased soda, chips and cigarettes.
Lohan is also looking so sell her Venice Beach home following a trespasser refusing to leave her property on New Year's Day. Moving companies have been spotted over the last few days, and Lindsay tweeted this morning, "419 Venice way is on the market!! Anyone looking in Venice should see it ASAP because offers are coming in :)"


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Facebook no longer wants Twitter to have all the fun with Nielsen, so the social site is forming its own partnership with the ratings giant.
The Los Angeles Times reports starting in the fall, Facebook will track what TV shows users are watching on their smartphones or tablets, and then send their age and gender information to Nielsen. Once mobile users log into their Facebook apps, the social network will have the ability to secure data on what users are watching on their devices.
The Facebook-Nielsen partnership is part of a stepped-up campaign to get a better glimpse of how people are using computers and mobile devices for their entertainment. It also is intended to bring the art of audience measurement into the digital age. "The world is shifting radically, and so we had to evolve our measurement so that we could capture all of this fragmented viewing," said Cheryl Idell, a Nielsen executive vice president.
The upcoming partnership has some privacy groups irked.
Julia Horwitz, a consumer protections counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, takes a tougher stand. "Consumers really are not aware of the extent to which Facebook is putting their non-Facebook activity to use," she said. "Watching television and surfing the Internet shouldn't necessarily involve Facebook."
Nielsen partnered with Twitter in 2012 to track Twitter interactions around TV shows. Nielsen's Twitter ratings have been a good source at analyzing social TV trends, along with TV shows' popularity on social media.


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Scuba diving in the Caribbean is one of the best diving in the world.
There is an amazing underwater world just waiting to be explored! Crystal clear waters enable divers to see clearly to the very bottom for an enthralling encounter of the aquatic life. Fascinating drops, outcrops, reefs and wrecks are alive with mesmerizing marine life.
The best time for scuba diving in the Caribbean is from Mid December to Mid May. However, mild temperatures and warm water make the Caribbean a great scuba diving destination year around.
Many boats offer onboard scuba diving for experienced divers and diving courses for beginners.
You can find boats offering diving on our site- just look for the scuba flag next to the boat's name.
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