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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 383650555X, Hardcover)Completed circa 1474, Sebastien Mamerot s lavishly illustrated manuscript is the only contemporary document to capture four centuries of French crusades, when successive kings tried to capture the Holy Land. Jean Colombe, the medieval illuminator best known for his work on the Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, is the principal artist of its 66 exquisite miniatures.
Mamerot s manuscript was dedicated to his patron Louis de Laval, governor of Champagne, whose inspiration was the Christian equivalent of extremist jihad a xenophobic holy war with its origins in a Papal appeal by Urban II. Les Passages d'Outremer (The Expeditions to Outremer) comprises 277 parchment folios, illustrated by Colombe and the finest caligraphers of the medieval era, and now resides in the French national library.
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About Samos island, Greece
The island of Samos is situated at the eastern part of the Aegean Sea, very close to the coast of Turkey. It is located western to Asia Minor, from which it is separated with the so called the "seven-stadiums channel" or "Dar Boyaz" in Turkish; at the narrowest point the channel is less than a nautical mile wide, just some 1650 meters. Northern to the island it is found the peninsula of Erythraea and at the Northwest the island of Chios, while at the West and Southwest there are situated the islands of Ikaria and the complex of Fournoi; more at the South is found the complex of the Dodecanese, with Arkioi and Agathonissi to be the closest ones.Samos is one of the bigger Greek islands, the eighth in size; its extent reaches the 477 square kilometers. The island is more than 44 meters long and 20 kilometers wide and it is mountainous at the major part. The coast line is some 86 kilometers and the closest islands are Fournoi, some 3,5 miles far away and Ikaria and Agathonissi at a distance of less than 10 miles.
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The island counts some 34.000 permanent residents living on agriculture, tourism and services. It is divided in four municipalities: Vathy, Karlovasi, Pythagorio and Marathokambos and its capital town is the town of Samos.
Samos has two mountains, the mountain of Kerkis, 1444 meters high, a mountain pretty wild and quite impressive, and the mountain of Ambelos, or Karvounis as the locals call it, milder and overgrown, of a height of 1160 meters.The existence of high mountains makes the climate milder, thanks to the high raining rate, to the luxuriant green and to the numerous springs. Due to the abundance of current water Samos in antiquity was called Hydrele (which means something like "the island with the water". The island has no big rivers, but a few streams, which, however, keep their water even in summer.
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Samos is situated eastern to Athens at a distance of some 200 nautical miles. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Greece and receives many visitors, mainly in summer. From Athens the visitors may reach the island by conventional or high speed ships and ferries, departing daily from Piraeus, or by plane from the International airport of Athens (Eleftherios Venizelos).
Samos is connected by ship with several places of Greece as Kavala, with many of the Aegean islands as Ikaria, Fournoi, Patmos, Leros, Kos, Kalymnos, Paros, Mykonos, Syros, Tenos, Chios and Mytilini; there is also connection with the port of Kounshand' ashi at the opposite coast of Turkey.
The journey by ship from Piraeus lasts from 7 to 12 hours, depending on the type of vessel and the number of stops. The flight from Athens lasts some 45 minutes. In summer there are also flights to Samos from other areas, as Thessalonica, Lemnos, Mytilini, Chios and Rodos (Rhodes). There are also charter flights from several cities of Europe.Within the island there is bus connection, with frequent service, from the town of Samos to almost all the villages and beaches of the island.
Local Products
Samos produces a lot of high quality products, mainly agricultural ones, known worldwide. The most famous product of Samos is certainly the wine. The wines of Samos are the best advertisement of Greek wines, both within the country and in the European and international market; the wines of Samos are appreciated even in the fastidious French market, where they are highly esteemed, although the local production is of high quality.
The history of wine production in Samos goes back to mythology, in the times of Angaeos, the hero of the Argonautes, who according to Mythology was the governor of the island. During the historic times, there are plenty of references to the product in the works of Hippocrates, Galenus, Theophrastus and other ancient authors. Moreover, the archaeological and scientific surveys have pointed out that the shipwreck of Kyrenia, Cyprus transported the wine of Samos from the island to the ports of the Eastern Mediterranean, as early as in mid 1st millennium b.C. It is thanks to this very product that France and other commercial powers of Europe had appointed consulates on the island during the Ottoman domination. Several travelers who had visited the island before the Greek National Revolution of 1821 refer to the Samian wine and give details about its production. By the end of the 19th century the European markets are swamped by the registered wines of Samos. The most important distinction awarded to the wine of Samos was the privilege given to the island by the Catholic Church: the wine of Samos is exclusively used in the Holy Communion of the Catholics, a privilege still existing today; the Samian wine is sent to Vatican, accompanied with a certificate from the local Catholic committee. Moreover, the wines of Samos have been awarded numerous international quality awards.
Another excellent product of Samos is the local honey, produced by some 200 producers with thousands of beehives. The annual production of the island reaches some 100 tons, with the village of Pyrgos to be the center of this activity. The bees have abundant food thanks to the wild herbs and the fructiferous trees and plants: thyme, mountain tea, pines, fir, lavender, rosemary, but also peach, cerise, apple, lemon and almond trees. Apart from the excellent and tasty honey, the beekeepers also produce pollen that is used in cosmetics and medicines, as well as royal jelly a very healthy food.
The nutritional value of honey is immense, since it provide human organism with easily absorbed glucose, which makes it an excellent energy source. Also, honey is full of trace elements, absolutely necessary for the human organism. It also have important antiseptic qualities, it is fortifying and helps in many problems, as insomnia, constipation, sore throat etc.The list of nice and pure products of Samos is endless. From the agricultural products we may only mention ouzo, dairy products, olives and olive oil, citrus fruits; and of course we should not forget the pottery and ship building, which are traditional crafts, counting thousand of years on the island.
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Selena Gomez Performs Two Songs & Says She Was Hospitalized For Being Malnourished & Exhausted!
Selena Gomez performed in Santa Monica today and an eyewitness tells HollywoodLife.com she looked 'very sick' but tried to stay professional for her fans! Aw, poor Selena! The singer says she's 'fine now'. Watch BOTH of her performances!
Selena Gomez took the stage at Santa Monica Place today to perform two songs for all of her fans who were planning on seeing her last Friday. She had to reschedule after going to the hospital on Thursday night, and again on Saturday. "I'm fine, I was just very malnourished and low on iron," Selena told reporters before she performed her free concert. "And I was exhausted." She was also asked about whether Justin Bieber treated her to anything nice!
An eyewitness tells HollywoodLife.com that Selena "looked very sick, but you could tell she was holding it together to keep her promise to her fans." Our witness adds that Selena "kept smiling as much as she could to put on a brave face." The actress is promoting Monte Carlo, and performed her singles "Who Says" and "A Year Without Rain" for her group of screaming and devoted fans.
When asked if her boyfriend Justin got her anything nice while she was in the hospital, Selena smiled and said, "I got some very loving support from all my family and friends." She reassured fans she's okay adding, "I'm fine now."
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Heading north for Uyuni and the Salt Flats we passed many more lakes and most spectacularily 'The Stone Tree'. The lava deposit has been worn away by the wind and sand causing some amazing natural sculptures.
Laguna Negra (Black Lake) kept us company for lunch in the rain. More amazing rock formations surrounded us and bore the brunt of a few stunt photos. we left them all stand - promise
Breifly we stopped in the mining town of San Cristbal for fuel and supplies.
Approaching Uyuni we stopped at the Cemetery of Trains (James loved but me not so keen) where we played on swings and see-saws made from 100 yr abandoned trains.
Pulling into Uyuni in more rain and our drivers searched for hostels for the night. I had read not to stay in Uyuni for your tour although many people do. Uyuni looked like a complete dive on arrival. The hostels rarely had warm showers but we managed a quick one complete with the dodgiest electrics you ever saw!
Jaime then escorted us into town to check out Carnival in full swing. Bolivian carnival is mad, very different to Argentina and infinitely preferable as a participant, no fancy costumes, brightly coloured bin-liners and traditional dress everywhere. The main attraction is that everyone is armed either with a water gun, a water balloon, or a can of spray foam. Having been doused within minutes of leaving the hostel, the four of us quickly bought two cans of foam and joined in the fun. The main drawback of being armed is that the locals think you're fair-game, no holds barred! Watch the video for an idea of the mess.
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Marco Abis volunteered to help find a great venue in Turin. The entire organizing committee and I are excited to bring CITCON to Italy for the European leg of the conference this year.
CITCON Turin will round out the 8th year of CITCON's around the world as the 21st instance of the conference. A lot has changed in 8 years. A few highlights come to mind:
- Fewer discussions about "What is CI"
- More discussion about "What is CD"
- More discussion about DevOps
- More in-depth Automated Testing discussion
I can remember as far back as 2002, colleagues at ThoughtWorks were discussing how to take CruiseControl and Continuous Integration to the next level. They had already played out the limits of traditional CI. They were looking for ways to take the same principles all the way down the pipe to production. The concept had a few names over the years – CI ++, Enterprise Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment. Personally, I am grateful to Jez Humble and Dave Farley for getting their book published! Finally we have a name for it – Continuous Delivery.
I think Patrick Debois coined the term when he created DevOps Days after attending CITCON Brussels. A name can say a lot, as we see with Continuous Delivery. People are still trying to figure it all out, as indicated by Jez's post on the oxymoronic phrase "A DevOps Team". CITCON provides us professionals with another venue to hash it all out.
Testers (QA Engineers, etc) are stepping up in droves to integrate their work into CD pipelines. They are pushing the boundaries of platforms like Selenium using services like SauceLabs. They are expanding their natural language approach to testing with Cucumber, etc. Coming from my developer background, I'm excited to see the practice securely taking hold in the testing arena. That's one of the main reasons for the "T" in CITCON. We felt that CI wasn't enough. We need the testers to unify around a common vision of keep the code working. We mean truly working, not just compiling!
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GData doesn't seem to be maintained anymore. We're going to remove it before we cut the 2.3 release unless there are negative votes.
In case someones jumps in in the future and starts to maintain it, we can re-add it to the trunk.
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+1, it will still be in SVN for reference if anyone needs it.
+1 I don't have the resources to maintain the gdata source code.
Let's do an informal survey on the user mailing list first and see if there is any interest (and maybe someone willing to take it on.)
I will write it up.
I will write it up.
Cool, thanks Grant.
This patch should remove everything that belongs to gdata.
So far one user said on java-user that they would like to use gdata.
But I think we should remove it anyway from trunk? There's currently
nobody who can maintain the code and it didn't change at all since
we released 2.2. So people who want to use it can take the jar from
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I'm going to commit this patch and remove Gdata later today if nobody objects.
Patch committed and gdata removed.
After svn update, contrib/gdata-server is still in my working copy.
Is that intended, or is there still an svn delete to be done?
After svn update, contrib/gdata-server is still in my working copy.
Is that intended, or is there still an svn delete to be done?
Hmm that's strange. I tried svn up on a different checkout folder and
contrib/gdata-server was successfully removed. Are you sure that you
don't have any local changes in that folder that prevent it from being
contrib/gdata-server is recorded as deleted (so an "svn status" will show that subversion doesn't know anything about it) but if you've ever build gdata-server, then it contains an "ext-libs" directory which was not managed by subversion, so "svn update" won't delete it automatically.
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Craig Cincotta, director of PR, Xbox, Microsoft, talked a little about the Kinect for Windows program, which allows developers and businesses to develop commercial applications using Kinect. "You'll see Kinect in the sense of manufacturing, operations utility, and pretty much anything you can imagine using your voice and gesture. Some of our partners include Toyota, Mattel, American Express. And we talked about in the keynote that Microsoft's approach on the design. And if you're using a WIndows Phone, the Metro-style design that people will get to see and experience in Windows 8, is also similar to what we've been doing with Xbox. So the Metro-style design create familiar experiences with people; whether you're playing a game or using any type of entertainment application."
Cincotta also mentions in the Xbox perspective, how it is becoming an entertainment hub in the living room. The Xbox has been around for a decade and the company still works with and create amazing games, and the game console is a lot more than that now. The ability to move left and right, the same way that people are going to use Windows 9 PC, and it really comes down to the natural user interface and creating layers for people to interact, with technology that are really effortless. In terms of voice recognition feature, the director says that the company is looking into making it seamless for various countries, especially users with the different accents, and more so if Microsoft is going to do more with voice; for people to interact with their content. Cincotta also admits that users are moving into a place where voice is more immersive, natural and that technology is catching up to the point whereby people want and expect to see that, and show up in more places. While there's no specific news or details, Microsoft has announced months back that users can experience Xbox Live in an integrated way with Windows 8.
Jose Pinero, senior director, Public Relations, Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft shared that the company has seen they are not just doing well with games, but also the non-gaming entertainment part which has gotten very good momentum. "From our data, year over year, media consumption on Xbox grew 140 percent. When we look at Gold members in United States, more than 60 percent in last December were using the console for doing more than gaming; they were watching videos, or using entertainment applications for an average of an hour a day".
People are discovering that they can use the Xbox, not just for gaming but also for other applications. With the vision to make the Xbox the prefered entertainment device in the living room, the company needs to bring in all sorts of web content. Pinero says that they are focusing to add in more TV content, more sports as well as entertainment applications including movies, live or on-demand. On top of that, from the keynote, Microsoft is also looking into two-way TV as there's an opportunity for users to not only deliver on differentiated content, but also to create something that is dramatically different. "A lot of companies can deliver content, and we want to not only deliver content but also create a layer of interactivity whereby you can interact with the content. There's actions where you can take, keep scores and even compete with some of your friends. We also want to give you social component so that you can watch a movie with all the people. This would be the next chapter for us in this case, as we work with content creators to make special form of content whereby you can do something that will have an impact with what's happening on the actual show. You can sit back and watch it as a video, or in some parts you can step up and become part of the actions".
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On February 5, 2014, the Government of Canada announced the Defence Procurement Strategy (DPS) to deliver the right equipment to the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard in a timely manner, leverage purchases of defence equipment and services to create jobs and growth in Canada, and streamline the defence procurement process.
A key deliverable under the DPS is the new Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy, which requires bidders to compete on the basis of the economic benefits to Canada associated with each bid and undertake business activity in Canada equal to the value of the contracts awarded. Previously, winning bidders were selected on the basis of price and technical merit. Now, however, the Government will also assess the bidder's proposed economic Value Proposition to Canada.
On December 19, 2014, the Government released the Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy: Value Proposition Guide, which will serve as a starting point for discussions with industry on a procurement-by-procurement basis. The guide will be reviewed and will evolve over time through engagement with industry and as the Government gains experience with an approach that provides flexibility and discretion in its application.
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Each day this week we will be counting down to NZ Fashion Week 2013 with a series of interviews with key people behind the scenes. Today, we talk to Chris Lorimer, who is behind several shows as a stylist and producer.
What are you doing at fashion week this year?
Ciel PR is working on seven events during NZFW and the NZ Fashion Weekend this year, and in total we'll be involved with 25 designers.
This year I was looking to create a point of difference with our projects so we are doing some special things. One is that we have joined up with the Sofitel to present shows in their basement car park, we've termed it a satellite venue. The Company of Strangers runway show will be there as well as a fashion/photographic installation called Underground that is a survey of the local designers and image makers we consider to be really pushing the envelope right now. Onsite we have Nyne and Surface Too Deep showing.
Another my projects for the week is coordinating the Westpac Young Fashion Designer Competition, which is awarded during Westpac's Red Collection event on the Friday night.
I love seeing what the finalists enter with each year (this year is our fourth) as they are unfettered by commercial constraints and they are the future of this industry - it's really inspiring working on that project.
Lastly we are producing two group shows at NZ Fashion Weekend: A.O.K - All on K'Rd: Maaike, Hailwood, Lela Jacobs and Jimmy D on Saturday and then on Sunday, Company Of Strangers, Cybele, Kowtow and Nyne are showing together.
How many years have you been involved in the event?
I've worked at NZFW in some way since the very first one.
What makes a good show - and fashion week collection?
For me, the aim is to draw on all the elements available (sight, sound, emotion) to create an experience where our guests are immersed into the label's vision and they think of nothing else.
Some designers have a less is more approach, others go all out - each position is valid, but at the end of the day it's about the clothes. Our mantra: a fast show is a good show, give a lasting impression and leave them wanting more!
What are you looking forward to most this year?
There is much to look forward to with all we have planned! Each designer this year has something different to bring. I feel this is one of our strengths, that we can interpret each designers needs and create a diverse offering within the week. I love the collaboration and teamwork that happens, and then at the end we need a good party and finally some sleep!
What is your best or most interesting fashion week memory?
We've done lots of great shows over the years and it's one of the first ones I did that always comes to mind. It was a joint show for Kristine Crabb's first label Non and Natalija Kucija, held upstairs on K'Rd in Kristine's Rip, Shit and Bust gallery/store. The two designers put together strongly signature looks, the place was packed and we all had great press from it. The success of that project spurred me to create my agency and here we are at the 13th NZFW.


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The typical asking rate per listing is in the $0's per square foot per year. The Pacific Palisades submarket is seeing a decrease in rates. In the last 3 months, the median rate decreased $51 per sqft per year. That's a 100% decrease in rent.
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The guys opened the show discussing the latest with the Dolphins and their bullying saga. Jonathan Martin's case appears to have some holes in it.
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It's Dennis and Callahan and type of culture that I champions as the day that I walk through these doors. One of honestly. It's about. Accountability. -- -- We have met in the locker room care about one another a warning excluded in your mouth on this blog you're expletive -- carry -- That's John Martin a week before that was that's good he was absolutely. If you don't -- Extraordinary. Gordon but. What's the word I'm looking for college Sports Radio W. I'm not happy I am not happy at all on that day I personally. -- admit I had the most to be here. He is a no show. -- -- -- is -- -- let me at the outset just apologized. For my shortcomings that will be obvious to you. In the next four hours on the Dennis and Callahan program this is right it meant a hand kind of stepped up. Man up and take a lot of the show on his shoulders and he does not show up. At a physical issue note here a couple of days ago and mighty doctor said to me would welcome to our usual blood work -- heavy and today. Breakfast lunch and well into the weekend -- the blood work because I -- -- fast before we do the blood work. And I said well OK fine -- a topic today down the road a couple of days from now where you don't eat after midnight. And after the program you go to Mass. General to the -- you get to work done. Today's today this is the first day in -- all 151617. -- you you you haven't done this before. Not that I ever call. Like this when you get to work every year yet the physical -- this first let me ask -- -- fast. Yeah now it would every year and I do on Saturday Saturday. Saturday. You know what -- -- good idea yeah I had dinner last night will be finished in around 6 o'clock I have not eaten since dinner at 6 o'clock but the worst thing is I've -- at the he coffee this morning this is the first time I'm going to attempt to UC program without. Volumes and ball is smaller coffee in my sister about seven some headaches it. But at all what a joke Turkey I tell -- -- sorry you know you're gonna have to do your best Kathleen involved now. -- amendments Saturday. You can eat at 6 o'clock. I had a nice sticker on the early bird special interest like dinner. -- Saturday at 730. Sophisticated yet that we do in the yeah in the more sophisticated namely C at 6 o'clock and watch Matlock and gold. After that so works out though NBC night in and -- it's Howard case medics and catch up on the latest let me just say I'm just I'm just. Begging for your forgiveness no there is no apologists don't hold on him to sit at my place -- darkroom -- so Rick I. Cut off a finger -- myself -- I don't smell -- and he. God so like this before and all gonna get into making excuses Allred I am I want I want to know maybe doctors out there could have some I had a columnist -- has copied the gates is that part that only one test that test hundred yeah. -- cholesterol all all of these things and I talked to listeners. -- you know. You can eat you know you can have coffee because that's all I'm really. She says only -- X one test. And as an important to get it was fine and she says. It's a lot election reform from the -- -- justice system made -- thing gospels that's all they just won it switches offer if you have to stick -- things. And then yeah yeah once said he wants. You suffer as much as he did so as you know you have to let you think. He does digit my rectum suffered more than I did by having his did you -- -- that you liked the Houston. Like you to its memories of -- time that all it is yeah is out -- disturbing. And I feel the same ways is Peter Griffin it's just like. Every time it happens it says that shall hole. Today. That's just -- -- not not you know now but it's necessary and gutless but people do -- -- ready you are allowed coffee can -- as you can have black coffee. If confirmed that doctor this doctor Peter -- bottom restaurant nurse or blood person. On the docket after this idea how much I can get through this about this got a -- you know you can have black coffee just Berkshire. I think he -- have like splendor an equal and yet I've studied this you know medium coffee addict yeah but what I do a lot of San. Now I've got this system too because the place it's like one of these. The blood testing please yeah -- what. -- last game to change all eyes tell the place she walking in the very boom businesslike yes. And the key is not to be the first one there to show up at 8 o'clock this line of every -- -- -- -- -- People don't want off from work and they don't want starved themselves to -- on Saturday may pale. I -- bail out halfway there don't want to -- on start -- need coffee. I kept -- off a little -- split and a little you know you can have little splint little -- -- Saturday at -- Off -- -- -- but anyway he. Donald Butler yeah exactly I mean blood lab and you don't. Don't be the first one there. Come in the second wave it like 9930. In gated fairly quickly. And it's fun to -- first. As the line is open to all real sad they literally there's a half dozen people wait for oil. And they stand in line open ball on the right in their court now. And you know it's Tuesday the need -- -- -- -- -- like at the and you go Republican yet I of the system. The corner. Doughnuts and coffee never taste better. Model than pumpkin muffin under bucks for Doug and is off. A -- just stop me a break this past that have lost reachable quest an undated do. Qwest -- and Bob -- approaching one quest what that question. That's complicated too big place and definitely the question gets you Reagan did I get a good table is a table away from the case could care area well I don't. -- mean that's Suzuki and banquet on me I know you've just act. You know it's easy he -- tapped a vein -- -- -- rapid. -- this moment running. Office or via. Lots. Yeah people -- west you know c'mon Europe -- tough about -- it's. Did your panties off and out drinking coffee absolutely as -- I feel your pain I can't do the government says I couldn't do on the week there's applause. It's much poppy is my office if I break the fast now. -- get off in order breakfast and school bought my usual chain of events here. My day off the price to pay for that is to drive in the city on Saturday. I -- do great work via. So nice place but you have -- -- on the quarter from your. Suburban state and don't do it there and take care. Are we. Defer to medical -- a TV show radio show as a medical expert. -- -- She should say if you told the fast the fast no cheating to the doctors. The it was looking for. This much strength not to eat and drink -- to ten. Let's see you do this about all done that I've done enough coffee I did it once and it was important to be tied down was awful. And I think it's psychological. Yeah. Yeah it's part of the routine use yours you click the people smoke cigarettes the exact different it's smokes in the middle of the night. Yeah. Friend in college and don't forget he kept the cigarettes and he -- -- next in the alarm. And he would in the alarm go off the thing we hit the bull at the line and he went with one swipe at the congress of the pack of butts off later. And light up before get a bit of before eternal and you're right I do have a good friend who smokes in the middle of the night in and put -- in Florida in my Rome and I got concerns that are. Choice and I look over in the mornings lighten up to read too much and you finished but actually. That an -- But are so where's Manhattan by the way women -- I don't know place if you're watching NASA and we have Leo we have guests. Yeah post was all right Josh say much at all around you pretty. It's like -- -- the show with would be the most. Silence reticent. Com. I was -- it -- like image yeah. -- -- -- -- -- Another patriot yeah in his place I like your -- gets a bye week so it isn't that much now that I know Monday. We've done this in the past we have Tom Brady on a bye week we get -- when this stuff we raced up asked as we of one of the game to talk mode. We'll ask him I mean Halloween is over -- things that we Thanksgiving traditions I want to ask him where's he live when he retires we we never again answer the three choices -- and he'll say bi coastal but that's not possum records Costa Rica to which could have the school. You know sure you can't. You can't do you can buy a school and higher except that if if if she wants his kids to go to school here it's thick is the school and -- And in now. And we think they'll be like the Brookline or just a pool W Brookline high. A private school here but don't -- school when LA and up and you know with. You know Corey Feldman -- -- Charlie Sheen yeah that Charlie sheen's kids poor throw feces at each other or -- kids at school we're gonna look aren't getting along well on -- be this he says that -- when their own -- -- -- kids in school and that's deployment Brooke. These women Brooke for this and thinks it's time that the kids away it's good. Public demonstration of your your your marital status when you call your ex wife a whore on Twitter that he's got like two point nine million followers an -- judge has to step and say stop that. The dolphins -- threw feces and each other. In the left tackle. Well you know what if it -- -- four things I think. 45 points the recovered today faster continue to faster can I drink coffee I'm not. Obviously be in -- needle Martin thing and it is getting curiouser and curiouser public service. Parliament -- never wrote a book with as many twists and turns. And diversions. And and how about this. Confusing missed directions. As we are now reading about the -- and in -- needle thing as the muddy the waters have been born in India. And while I still thing. And I'm sure you agree that the income you know is not exactly and -- -- guy I mean he is what we city is he is what we thought is he is meathead. And they -- and a bowl he blocked. There's stuff here in the stores that make she makes me question wonder about Jonathan Martin's -- yes where Jonathan -- what Jonathan Martin and his people. As we've said many times haven't lost very Smart people and you know parents went to parties -- -- these. Important influential friends. He went to Stanford. The division the the picture we have just this guy. This meek mild guy getting bullied scientists whose drop and is -- in the lunchroom installment not a campaign in and so Florida. It's not that simple. No they're they're may be some -- motives and their maybe a plan there may be a plot that mister winner dale. Perhaps and there are theories about this we'll talk to some people about this and opted. And may have decided that -- in -- -- was the perfect -- yeah. If indeed. What rings true in this young man's mind talking about Jonathan Martin that he was an excellent quote. Maybe I'm not cut out for this. And if indeed that reality struck this young man that may be I am not cut out for the national football. Perhaps he needed. And. Yes I exit plan it's -- it seemed initially brilliant I mean year. Heart went out to the guy right yes yeah. Why do we think that everybody every 300 pound big strong guy is cut -- sport it's an easy life yes that list. And we talked about John -- the Denver Broncos guard who just. Said I'm done and I don't wanna play anymore at the bye week. Said and he joked about it he sounds like a pretty Smart well adjusted guy. He said. I'm not enjoying it anymore and I'm not coming back like you say enough of his Google's open ended conflict character in the movie and we say -- I really don't Felix -- in my head into another Korean guy for a live. I don't feel like dealing with all the the pain all the stress. -- Jonathan Martin could probably. Earn a living a decent living. Maybe he doesn't have to his parents while -- maybe he's got other opportunities. He is the opposite of Richie and Courtney yes in Richie Incognito is very comfortable in -- world what do we think other guys everybody is that big that strong. Would be could be comfortable in the world you know. And probably at a very early age because he was that side and basketball players -- to grow to be six foot six when they're in ninth grade. Are sort of compelled if not forced into playing basketball. Or if -- six foot three -- 325 pounds you may be just expected. To be an offensive lineman right at Stanford or for the Miami Dolphins and and maybe that has happened here. How this thing is is ultimately going to play out but if you're Smart and you can create a plan and suggesting you know -- hypothetical here. You'd like to collect your money and get away from something that you have now realized you are not cut out for. Could you come up with a more devious. Plan into identify somebody as crazy and as much as a meathead and a bully and all the things that we believe. -- in cog in a debate to help you get away from this life that you no longer want. And may be collector salary which by the way he continues to do from the Miami Dolphins and their two things that strike me about the story today. The fact we have now heard chapter and verse. How joint at the hip. And how best friends these two guys work went to games together went to movies together sat on the plane together were never apart from one another. Who was at the -- but it was the oddest thing. That too offensive lineman would turn on themselves all it was Christian port. Because these guys -- -- together right -- this is the herd of you know -- turtles. Appalled at the same thing when you see one offensive lineman you generally CDS because that was the case here. Right it's a thing in football if you wanna see camaraderie. At play look at the -- sublime yet they have to work together they have to get along. And pride and Newton no lesser player than Ryan and -- says he thought they were best friends yet. Quarterback. In the huddle in the meetings at practice and games travel with them says I thought those two tight here's the dolphin quarterback. -- -- -- -- A week before you know who is best on the team was -- -- -- -- On the first guy to Sanford for Johnson -- anything we downfield. And -- tussle -- was first there. You know when they wanted to hang out outside the outside of football. Who was together rich in job. Now the thing that really. Had me thinking twice this morning. Is reading. About the voice mail yes the voicemails the most incriminating things the voice as I said. 101520 years ago. Martin could say you know he used that and -- markets say threaten my mother. And with say him -- who believe maybe we wouldn't be he said he -- -- in this day and age people saved voicemails in this day and -- we see video. Of this -- head in the bar shirtless Stallman around scare scare people right but in this case I'm thinking that voicemail. That's pretty incriminating to find out today or yesterday there's more he played it in the locker room. For the team laughed about it and we didn't find out about the end the end of the voicemail after says. America your mother and dedicate their -- them and Edward -- Edward M call them half and word. He said it's OK give me a call right call me back yeah. And he played it fourteen now put that contest is April. Put in context where you stand in the club locker room. The fun of other players in hotline. And a hail and bouncy it's atlas and that rich that she's out of his mind played it what what do you think everybody did. Laughed -- laughed yeah they laughed what do you think -- and it probably laughed probably -- probably before he said it and I don't know this he said listen this is funny. This is how drunk because beatle was priced right and there are those who say it -- it does read it remember leaving. So maybe it was bleak things and so my guess is if this indeed is what we're looking at here. -- played the -- male or his teammates and probably preface that with what's Gerri what I think probably just listen to Richie was a crazy round. About drug debug I. It happens all the time I think this is a problem for mark because people can relate to that they sell you my friend. Let me wacky voice memo it talked about my -- or whatever you know friends do that now. The N word we hear one black guy after another and Cris Carter had a long. Explanation for this why it was accepted among friends it why you know pounds a year and and and Mike -- and other. Lacked dolphin teammates except -- is. Part of the locker room binoculars and probably in their specific case Richey beat Richey Ritchie being Richie but. Mostly fear it you know if you think Richey Ritchie is and usually have a question I mean there's no denying that Martan. May not be what we think he is if he is in the locker room playing that voicemail. And laughing. And we're supposed to think. Six months later. That voice memo was part of the reason that was one of the but this is -- him yes to storm on the camp because he couldn't take it anymore. It doesn't seem quite as convincing today I'll admit you know and indeed Dina again and this is stuff here that it's irrefutable that does this culture this is bullying culture this hazing culture. Is wrong it doesn't help the team you can't. B make rookies in 151000. Dolls and think that's. Part of a team building you just can't among -- Walked in I'm not backing off that but. I can see -- behind his voicemail I can see him saying I want out of here like John Moffett says and I'm I don't like it here I don't wanna be here. -- as you term exit strategy yes it's a pretty good one it is and at least it wasn't till you know. The teammates one after and it was -- next teammate to stand up for John McMartin. Not there's not they are seem to be 100%. Unanimous behind in -- needle and what do they what do we find out tomorrow the next day. That Jonathan Martin was a little bit of a schemer here a little bit of a manipulator. It all falls apart and does indeed the whole thing falls apart ought to know who edited the last line off of the voice mail that said I guess in a calm voice on the back. Was exactly what that could ask at a shift because they played for him yeah I'm sure orbit. The league hurt the team heard an ESPN heard it. And some -- somebody had a real vested interest in them here in this lunatic. Ranting faintly. With the with the racist language for yeah. Who did who left that up bed -- To getting paid or not getting weight lifter on -- you are not on. We will read that to you and share that with you win weakened back. Three or four other areas in which we need to delta beside him -- -- mess in Miami. Media wars that we generally low of media wars yes and I talk about your in the middle of that I loved. Most -- what -- and -- and ports short or or men and men -- us all right right but when it it'd balls somebody that you absolutely love. Vs somebody actually -- we can take great -- In picking the side and explaining to you about and this has nothing to Boston this is outside of Boston right to entities to. Recognizable and notable broadcast entities who hate each other's guts and are going head to head against one another it is absolutely. Delicious pick which. Heard -- and it could be to a best friends Yemen which is what and it remind you something to remind you. Salt and hall assault him in hand and minute call -- offered by Sofia will bet you said they have a relationship yet I don't know about that. That's true more dismal something you didn't they like more interest or like I had to hack. I don't think. You think maybe they're taken off together because I heard miss -- he -- -- trip assortment Twitter we'd look for doctorate and millions and social today admitted that we don't know why have no idea it is not the -- of the -- on Saturday right said he -- -- -- right. Yeah I mean he's walking is he running into to look Columbus, Georgia I don't and I don't think he's go until tomorrow so -- Today's kind of a misty -- at -- out together I can I'm pretty sure the two principles you're referring to the two combatants -- are not. Hang -- no no I don't think so I don't think -- out we'll tell you who they are and what they say Tim Thomas returns to Boston tonight. May be muted due to an injury that might not have him in the lineup tonic for the Panthers. -- also we're going to discuss how to impress. Your future in laws and and that and we have somebody in our midst who best to figure this out between now on Saturday night. I wanna ask what I can eat forgery and not violate the terms and conditions of my Dino you must fast. Before they take blood from you later today 61777. -- 7937. Michael -- and our legal expert. Will weigh in as this. Weird in -- needle -- -- plays itself out will be respectful and to open.


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Proving the power of social media, Wittenberg University landed the No. 4 spot in the nation following the month-long Forbes' social media campaign, #MyTopCollege, which concluded July 30. Wittenberg was the only liberal arts university to break the top five, where it found itself nestled between two large public institutions, Kansas State (#3) and Penn State (#5).
Forbes annually ranks colleges, but this year the media source decided to go beyond the "glamour shots" and straight to the people who know the colleges inside and out.
"We asked students, alumni and faculty to take to the social web and tell us what makes their school a top college. Over 300 of our top schools participated, with some 35,000 tweets and almost 8,000 posts on Instagram," Forbes explained.
Wittenberg fans flocked to Twitter and Instagram as the campaign unfolded, touting everything from crossing the seal at Commencement and lifelong faculty connections to fostering service dogs and discovering their passions. The marriage proposal shared by Samantha Iden, class of 2012, particularly caught the attention of Forbes, which included it with Wittenberg in the list of winners online. Photos from the #MyTopCollege campaign are slated to appear in the print version of the publication, Aug. 18.
"The reasons given about what makes Wittenberg a #TopCollege are indicative of the power of our transformative mission in the lives of alumni, faculty, students, parents, and friends," said Wittenberg President Laurie M. Joyner, who also joined in the conversation @WittPres.
"I am elated that we were able to share what makes Wittenberg special with so many during this campaign," she added. "The sentiments have also inspired us back on campus where we are continuing the important work of providing a first-rate liberal arts education and ensuring our students' success for a lifetime."
Adrienne Stout, a 2014 graduate, nicely captures exactly what Joyner's means when she speaks about Wittenberg's transformative mission. Stout was so inspired by her Wittenberg experience, she wrote a song as part of the #MyTopCollege campaign, telling the world how Wittenberg is "on fire" to the tune of Billy Joel's famous 1980s single.
A nationally ranked university for the liberal arts and sciences affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Wittenberg University has repeatedly been ranked throughout the years by the Princeton Review for the quality of its teaching and faculty, including 11th in the nation for "Best Classroom Experience" and 15th in the category "Professors Get High Marks" in the 2011 edition of Princeton's annual Best Colleges guide. Most recently, Wittenberg earned the No. 4 spot in the category of "Most Accessible Professors." The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in service and athletics.


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Every spring I'm faced with the wonderful opportunity – and challenge – of choosing the best questions for Forrester's annual 20 minute Web survey of commercial buyers of IT infrastructure and hardware across North America and Europe.
Clients can see the 2009 survey instrument here. In that survey, we learned that only 3% of firms were using cloud-hosted servers and that 79% of firms prioritized IT consolidation and virtualization but only 23% prioritized internal/private cloud efforts.
As technology industry strategists, what themes or hypotheses in IT infrastructure do you think we should focus on? What are the emerging topics with the potential for large, long term consequences, such as cloud computing, that you'd like to see survey data on? Please offer your suggestions in the comments below by May 21!
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It's been a little over a year now since it was announced that Oracle would buy Sun, and in the intervening time, there has been a great deal of speculation over what would happen to Sun's storage division. I know I've been waiting with bated breath (ok, that might be a BIT strong) to find out what the future of Sun storage would be, and now we have at least a small nugget of information (Oracle has been frustratingly mum on the topic since the acquisition). As you might have guessed, there is good news and there is bad news for Sun storage customers:


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Recently I've been working on building a Flash RSS aggregator. I'm mostly interested in the visual and interactive side of things (as this is Flash's strong point). But I've come up against some of Flash's technical limitations.
My main problem is with HTML tags in the XML. I wanted to parse these out or at least exert a bit of control over them. But Flash has no regular expressions (yet). I've also noticed that in some feeds the html tags in the content are all encoded as html special chars (eg <a> for <a>)
My question is are there any rules/guidelines that govern the formatting of rss xml feeds? If I am to write some parsing actionscript I needed to know what I'm going to be up against..
Well thanks a lot everybody.
Site may be use to you:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss [blogs.law.harvard.edu]
It may also be easier for you to parse the rss feeds server side and pass only the data you really need in a simplified format to flash.
SourceForge [sourceforge.net] have a lot of rss parser projects that my aid you.
Thanks a lot for the links.
The RSS specification on the Harvard page had a section which answered my questions:
Sadly the idea of writing a parsing function in actionscript which catered for all these variations made me want to cry.. I was looking at some code people had posted on php.net, but a lot of it made use of regular expressions.
Regarding making use of PHP to parse the feed before handing it over to Flash, I was hoping on avoiding a server side script so that bandwidth was incurred at the client side, and also was hoping to turn it into a desktop app.
But thanks a lot for answering my original question about how html tags are handled in feeds. The next step in my project is finding or writing a script for parsing these tags in AS, which is a question for Flash forums I guess.
All the best!


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Discussion in 'Games Forum' started by 1991 Suburban, Feb 11, 2011.
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Well depends what you mean. i grew up with and is my parents dog which is a blue/red healer mix. she is for sure a hearder though there isnothing on the farm for her to heard HAHA..
I have two massive Toy poodles (mine is 5lbs and my wifes is 11lbs) and they fit in out house nicely since we dont have enough room to keep a big dog happy.
Luckily, we have enough room for 2 chihuahuas, a chocolate lab and a french brittany. Lola, the blondie in the picture, decided she wanted to ride on the Kubota with me, and was very content to just go for a ride.
We got Artemis 4 days ago.She is very sweet-22 months old, but acts like a long legged puppy.
Phoebe our dog passed on 3 weeks ago-age 12-loved that dog.
PS She is wearing the muzzle until we are sure she won't chomp the outdoor cat who isn't ours but who literally works for food-croaking the local rats/mice. He is a sweet cat-murder on rats-but sweet to my wife.Neighbo's cat but she comes by daily for "take out"(real cat food and rodents)
What kind of dog is she? Looks like if she were to get out of the yard, you'd play hell chasin' her down. LOL Definitely pretty, though.
Six, all bordercollie. two corgies but we don't count them
Sweet71, little dogs count (most of the time)...Given the opportunity, Lola likes to go hunt dove or quail, though ducks are out of the question. She absolutely despises the water. 'Eh, it's okay. She does great for what she is!
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She is a greyhound-retired racer.They-the breeders owners at dog tracks-are strictly in it for the $$-they don't want to feed a less than extremely fast dog during the off season-now there are groups that will adopt them off.
They make great pets- very gentle, almost never bite humans, gentle with kids-many are small dog cat safe-not all but many.They also have almost ZERO DOGGY ODOR- big plus for many folks.Not much hair, so not much shedding.
They arrive fully housetrained- almost never have an accident in the house-don't know how this is accomplished- but there it is-BIG PLUS to not have to fool with that.
You are right-they are impossible to run down from behind.They have an EXTREMELY STRONG PREY DRIVE- if something runs-they chase it! Sudden fast !Movement is catnip to them. In general they can never be allowed to run free in an unfenced place. If something moving/running attracts their attention-THEY WILL NOT COME TO YOU- it is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAIN THIS OUT OF THESE RETIRED RACERS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO CHASE MOVEMENT. Their genes reinforce this-just like us-they notice movement.Pretty typical for predators and prey to have eyes and brains that focus on movement.
When they escape you are instructed to get in your car/truck and follow them-they generally like to go for rides-
Artemis already hops right into the Suburban-she is a good judge of "car flesh" I guess.
It would be hard to find a better pet.Despite their size and speed (once off the track males weigh about 80 lbs, females about 65 lbs-and they are tallish-taller than a German Shepard) they do well in apartments.You just need to walk them.They are considered low energy dogs-not like Labs or Beagles and sure as heck not like a Jack Russel(sweet fun dogs, but very high energy-it took 7 of us(4 fast teenagers) to run my brother's Jack Russel down once she escaped in our suburban neighborhood)
Yes, I love dogs, cats many animals-not so much birds(cold eyed little feathered reptiles) and not so much snakes(I don't kill them on site, but they don't bring out warm feelings-I would immediately kill any poison snake in my yard-they creep me out, and might bite my cats/dogs)
In general I prefer dogs and cats to most humans.Never had one try to rip me off, or stab me, been bitten occasionally,no big deal.
Charlie, Glad you were able to give her a good home! We have dogs, cats and your favorite feathered reptiles! LOL Yes, the birds can be a pain in the ass, but they truly are fun. We have 3 macaws (hopefully soon be down to 1) and an african grey. All in all, this place is pretty much a friggin' zoo!
Could not agree more.
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Hynix: Chipping Away and Making Good
Earlier this decade, Hynix Semiconductor (HXSCF) was a poster child for the kind of invest-and-spend mentality that had landed a number of big Korean conglomerates in a world of trouble. It managed to lose $7.2 billion in 2001 and 2002 and was up to its eyeballs in debt. In the notoriously boom-and-bust memory chip market, few thought Hynix had what it took to survive. And there was a time that would have been true if not for a bailout by state-controlled Korean banks.
Yet sometimes good things happen to companies facing annihilation. Hynix has pulled off one of the more remarkable salvage jobs in global high-tech history. Today, the company clearly outperforms its U.S. memory chip rival Micron Technology (MU), which unsuccessfully tried to take it over four years ago.
Even more impressive, Hynix is now making a serious run at industry leader Samsung Electronics, for years an unquestioned king in the business (see BusinessWeek.com, 3/23/06, "Samsung's Flash of Inspiration"). "Hynix's turnaround is miraculous," says Park Kyung Min, chief executive at fund manager Hangaram Investment Management. "Nobody had expected it to reemerge so strongly."
In the three months to June, Hynix posted a 46% year-on-year jump in its operating profit to $405 million, earning 23.2 cents for every dollar of sales. That compares with a profit margin of 22.2% for Samsung's semiconductor unit in the same period, 3.6% for Micron, 10.2% for Qimonda—a memory chipmaker recently spun off from Germany's Infineon Technologies—and 9.9% for Japan's Elpida, according to Simon Wu, semiconductor analyst at Merrill Lynch.
Next month, Hynix will launch a leading-edge factory to make mega-size silicon wafers in China, the world's fastest growing semiconductor market. The chip plant, or wafer fab in industry jargon, in Wuxi will churn out wafer disks measuring 12 in. across, from which tiny chips are diced. "The China operation will be a fresh catalyst fueling Hynix' growth and competitiveness," says Wu.
The China fab, a joint venture 67% owned by Hynix and 33% by European chipmaker STMicroelectronics (STM), underscores the cornerstone for the Korean company's recent success. A strategic alliance that combined Hynix' technology to etch ever-thinner circuit lines with STMicro's design and application acumen enabled the Korean company to march into a lucrative flash chip market dominated by Samsung and Japan's Toshiba (TOSBF).
After its debut in the business in 2004, Hynix in the second quarter of this year grabbed an 18.5% share of the world's NAND flash chips that store data even when power is switched off. This makes Hynix the third largest supplier of the chips used for digital cameras, MP3 music players, cellular phones, and other mobile gadgets, following Samsung's 46.2% share and Toshiba's 24.6%, according to researcher iSuppli. "It would have been impossible for us to achieve this without a tie-up with STMicro," says Kwon Oh Chul, senior vice-president in charge of strategic planning at Hynix.
Alliances have also allowed the Korean company to secure needed capacity with limited cash. On top of the China joint venture, which has an 8-in. fab in addition to the 12-in. one, Hynix worked out a deal last year with ProMOS, based in Taiwan. ProMOS will provide half its output to Hynix in return for licensing the Korean company's technology to print thin circuit lines on its 12-in. wafer disks.
Sure, Hynix would have been history had it not been for a bailout by state-controlled banks. But the lenders would have come out ahead in that case, too. Back in 2001 and 2002, creditors swapped $5 billion in debt for an 81% stake in the company. The heavy state intervention wasn't a popular arrangement abroad. In 2003, the European Union slapped punitive 34.8% duties on Hynix Korean-made chips sold in its markets. The U.S. imposed tariffs of 44.3% that same year which will run until 2008.
Yet this turnaround owes much to a wrenching restructuring and incessant innovation by Korean engineers. Without that, Hynix might still have survived—but as a seriously diminished player. Hynix made some tough calls by sticking to the memory chip business, while selling off units involved in the logic chip, liquid crystal display, and cell phone businesses to raise some $2.6 billion. This helped pare down its debt to $4.6 billion by the end of 2004 from $16.4 billion in 2000. Last year it reported a net profit of $1.9 billion, up 8% from 2004 when the memory chip market boomed.
Engineers at the cash-strapped company worked 24/7 to find ways to keep using old chip-making gear to etch tomorrow's ultra-slender circuits on traditional 8-in. wafer disks. As a result, Hynix managed to keep its position as the second largest maker of dynamic random access memory chips used in PCs and third largest maker of NAND chips.
It did so by spending less than a third of what Samsung did on capital expenditure in the past five years and about two-thirds of Micron's expenditure, according to iSuppli (see BusinessWeek.com, 4/19/06, "The Downs (and Ups) of the DRAM Market").
Hynix' joint venture in China and its existing fab in Oregon will also allow the company to skirt the restrictive tariffs stemming from the bailout. That's because overseas plants aren't subject to the punitive duties. Hynix could ship Korean-made chips elsewhere in Asia, where many PCs and electronics are made anyway.
Hynix creditors are seeing some stunning returns on their bet on Hynix. The company's market valuation has jumped about tenfold in the past three years or so. "The company is the best example in Korea's corporate workout history," says senior loan officer Namkoong Jin Kwon at Korea Exchange Bank, which still holds an 8.2% stake in Hynix. If the bank had sought to unload its exposure to Hynix as a distressed asset then, it would have had to accept a 70% haircut. Now its share is traded at 3.5 times the value at which it conducted the debt-equity swap.
Hynix senior vice-president Kwon says the company aims to expand its market share in both DRAM and flash chips. "With all sorts of digital gadgets requiring more memory, the growth potential is tremendous," he says.
The company is spending some $3.7 billion on capital this year, the third largest in the overall semiconductor industry after Intel's estimated spending of $6.3 billion and Samsung's $5.9 billion, according to researcher Gartner (see BusinessWeek.com, 8/9/06, "Micron Takes the Long View").
So far, so good. Although NAND prices are halving every year, iSuppli is expecting the global flash chip market's revenues to jump 37% this year to $14.76 billion and 33% to $19.58 billion in 2007 because of explosive growth in demand. Yet Hynix isn't alone in ramping up chip output. Samsung, Toshiba, and a joint venture between Intel and Micron are all aggressively adding capacity for NAND production.
Nobody said it was going to be a tea party. Hynix operates in one of the most cutthroat businesses imaginable and that non-stop pressure isn't going away. The real stunner, though, is that Hynix is still in the game at all.


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H.S. Girls soccer: Waldwick players linked by family ties
WALDWICK — Ashley Ott knows what the Waldwick girls soccer team has accomplished this season. Beating New Milford, 2-1, to win the North 1, Group 1 title last week ranks among the biggest highlights of the senior defender's high school career.
But Ott wants at least one more win. The primary reason is because she wants to make it to the final and have a chance to win a state title. But one more win also would allow her to match what her older sister did in 2008.
Jen Ott was part of the last Waldwick team to win a sectional title. That team made it to the Group 1 final before losing to Robbinsville. As pleased as Ashley Ott said her sister is for the current team, Jen has been giving her younger sister reminders of what they haven't accomplished yet. It's the tough-love style of motivation.
"During Thanksgiving, everyone was congratulating me on the sectional win. My sister said, 'You still haven't gone as far as we did,' " Ashley said. "My sister is insulting, but in a motivating way."
Waldwick will have the chance to match what the 2008 team did when it faces Glen Ridge in the Group 1 semifinal. The game originally was scheduled for Tuesday, but was postponed due to inclement weather. It will be played today at 7:30 p.m. at Indian Hills.
Two other players on the team, April Cutrofello and Kelly Mone, also had sisters on the 2008 team. But it's not only the players. Renee Schultz, the younger sister of first-year coach Tommy Schultz, was a member of the team.
Cutrofello also has been getting advice from her older sister Dawn. It's something of an advantage for Waldwick to have those voices of experience telling them what to expect and how to prepare for the game.
"She kind of motivates me to do my best. You kind of feel pressure to win it because your sisters did," April Cutrofello said. "After the [New Milford] game, I realized we won a sectional title. I was crying when the last whistle blew. It was amazing."
Back in 2008, Cutrofello and Ott each were at The College of New Jersey for the state final against Robbinsville. Besides the bitter cold that day, neither realized how much pressure their sisters were dealing with. Today, they understand all too well. Instead of watching someone else do it, they're on the same path their sisters were four years ago.
The seniors are part of a defense that has been especially stingy in the state tournament. Waldwick has given up one goal and outscored opponents, 7-1, in three games.
The Warriors have been evolving and improving all season under Schultz, who brought in a new style of play that emphasized possession, finesse and balance. Fifteen players have scored for Waldwick this season. The 2008 Warriors relied on star midfielder Mimi Kocela and surrounded her with a lot of good players to get as far as they did.
"We weren't in high school and didn't realize how big it is," Ott said. "We don't want to stop. We want to go all the way."
If the Warriors can do that, Ott would have bragging rights over her sister. For life.
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