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OSAKA – Struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp. is in talks with China's Lenovo Group Ltd. over forming an alliance in the liquid crystal display TV business, sources said Thursday.
Under the envisioned tieup, Sharp would sell its LCD television assembly plant in Nanjing to Lenovo and cooperate in the development and sale of TVs in China, the sources said.
The two companies are expected to sign a memorandum as early as this month, with Sharp looking to utilize Lenovo's sales network in the Chinese market and Lenovo seeking to fully launch TV operations, according to the sources.
Sharp would sell all of its shares in its Chinese subsidiary that makes TVs to Lenovo by the end of this year. The Osaka-based company could also allow Lenovo to invest in another of its local units engaged in development and sales to create a full-fledged joint venture.
LCD panels for televisions are likely to be supplied from Sharp's plants in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, and Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, boosting operation rates at both factories.
Sharp is also negotiating the sale of its Malaysian TV assembly plant to Taiwan's Wistron Corp., and is in talks with its Taiwanese business partner, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., to sell its Mexican television assembly facility.
If Sharp succeeds in selling the three assembly plants in Nanjing, Malaysia and Mexico, the move is expected to generate around ¥40 billion and slash more than 5,000 employees to improve its financial standing.
Although Sharp said it has not made any decision related to its TV business, its stock jumped nearly 7 percent to ¥337 in morning trading Thursday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following the reports.
Just like rivals Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp., Sharp has suffered a series of credit-rating downgrades. The company has warned it projects a $5.6 billion loss in the fiscal year to March 31, and has been hunting for potential suitors for the three plants.
In December, the company announced it had struck a ¥9.9 billion capital injection deal with U.S. chip-maker Qualcomm Inc. that would see the pair develop energy-efficient LCD panels for smartphones using Sharp's technologies. Quialcomm would initially receive about 2.64 percent of Sharp's stock under the deal.
Last year, Sharp said it had also reached a roughly ¥71 billion capital injection agreement with Hon Hai Precision, which makes Apple Inc. smartphones in China, but the deal stalled after Sharp's share price nose-dived.


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Work at Home Mums Key to Economic Recovery
Companies owned and run by work at home mums and 'mumpreneurs', of which Mumpreneur UK estimates there are 300,000 in the UK, are adding about £7.4bn a year to the economy reports Sky News.
According to entrepreneur supporters StartUp Britain, 60% of small businesses are started from home. More and more of these are being started by mums working from and out of their homes in an attempt to balance work and family.
If we collectively can contribute so much to the economy, why are we not seeing more support to make our businesses work which in turn may go on to provide more money, more tax, and even the potential of more jobs for others?
At a time when our government is trying to get mums out of the home and into outside jobs through incentives like tax-free childcare subsidies which are largely being seen as short-sighted, I can't help but think that the government have things the wrong way around.

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Wiretaps last year led police to arrest 39 people in 10 criminal investigations, including into drug-trafficking, a government report said Friday.
The report, adopted at a Cabinet meeting, said six of the 10 cases involved drug-trafficking or illicit imports, while the other four included one murder involving yakuza and one incident of gun use.
Police wiretapped a total of 9,028 telephone conversations, as authorized under a law that took effect in August 2000. In addition, police arrested 20 people last year in three investigations in which wiretaps were used in 2011, according to the report.
The 2000 law requires the government to submit a report on criminal probes that involve wiretaps to the Diet every year.


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well, i made it back from Arkansas tonight and am getting ready to head up to willow's for the BBQ tomorrow, anyone else heading up? Come over and say hey if i don't see ya.
Oh, and the pup is cute as hell.
i posted some pics on the HH tonight.


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Google showed off its upcoming Honeycomb release at an unprecedented media event this afternoon (you can watch the entire event on Android's official YouTube page). The company also used the opportunity to highlight other Android additions, namely the new web version of the Android Market (which is a vast and much needed improvement over the app-only approach to the Android Market we've had to deal with up until now).
Overall, there appears to be a lot to like about Honeycomb. It provides a new set of developer APIs that allow developers to create apps optimized for a tablet experience. It includes a major makeover of the Android home screen, offers the concept of code fragments that developers can use to make apps optimized for both tablets and smartphones as well as for different screen orientations, includes a robust new 3D visual rendering system, offers updated music and video capabilities, and includes support for dual core processors. While some of the new features and interfaces seem pretty iterative of Apple's work with iOS on the iPad, some are also unique and offer functionality beyond the iPad.
One major advance that takes the tablet experience to another level beyond Apple's iOS and the iPad is the revamped home screen. Android's home screen has always been more functional than its iOS counterpart by allowing users to install widgets that display real-time data in addition to lists of apps. Honeycomb embraces this approach with more active widgets including those that offer life previews of apps and that offer stacks of app data (such as web pages) that can be browsed directly from the home screen without launching an app. The widget approach really shines in a tablet OS and it makes the iPad's homescreen seem dated by comparison.
Another area where Honeycomb outpaces the iPad is in its new notification system. Notifications are designed to be less obtrusive than their iPad counterparts. iOS notifications display as a bubble in the middle of the screen, obscuring information and obstructing work until they are acknowledged, which often entails switching to the notifying app, or ignored. They are also limited in what information they present. Honeycomb notifications contain more detail, can be ignored until a user is ready to deal with them, and can present additional information and actions related to what the notification is presenting (such as a user's contact information and image when dealing with chat or similar notifications).
In other areas, Honeycomb seems to borrow heavily from iOS. A great example from today's demo is the GMail app, which offers views almost identical to the iPad's Mail app and which adjusts in similar manners between portrait and landscape mode (earlier previews show a similar iterative design in the Settings app). The music app also seems to borrow, a little less obviously, from Apple's Coverflow view from iOS, iTunes, and Mac OS X. Similarly, the new 3D video wall view in the YouTube apps seems to borrow from Apple's Top Sites view in its Safari web browser.
There are also components of Honeycomb that are impressive but seem unnecessarily complex. The camera app was one example. While I can appreciate the number of settings (exposure, white balance, etc.) that are instantly available, the view seemed like it could easily confuse new users who just want a basic point and click option.
Overall, I was extremely impressed by this preview. When Honeycomb tablets like the Motorola Xoom and LG G-Slate go on sale later this month, it seems pretty clear that Apple will finally have some serious competition in the tablet space. In fact, some of the Honeycomb features may make Android tablets a more compelling choice than the current iPad (or even a next-generation iPad until Apple provides a major update to iOS, which isn't likely to happen until this summer). If only, Motorola's Xoom ad for the Super Bowl were anywhere near as compelling as the tablet itself is likely to be.
What's your take? Will Honeycomb spell trouble for Apple and the iPad? Are you considering buying an Android tablet once Honeycomb is released? Or is Google grasping at straws in a vain attempt to take market share from Apple? Let us know what you think in the comments.
Ryan Faas writes about personal technology for ITworld. Learn more about Faas' published works and training and consulting services at www.ryanfaas.com. Follow him on Twitter @ryanfaas.


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We are serviced apartments near Victory Monument, the heart of Bangkok, which located within walking distance to Pratunam, and various ways of public transportations such as Sky Train and Buses which can take you to anywhere in Bangkok.
Starry Place is also situated in a nice and convenient area, by walking from just 1 minute, you will find public park, hospital, business building, restaurants, and convenient stores right by your steps.
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iam8bit Releasing Vinyl Soundtracks for Journey Developer's Flow and Flower
October 5, 2016 - thatgamecompany's two games before Journey will also receive the vinyl soundtrack treatment.
Beautiful Moments in Gaming (2005-2014)
September 29, 2015 - From Super Mario Galaxy and Okami, to Journey and The Last of Us, the past 10 years have been incredible.
Journey Dev's New Game a 'Connection-Driven Experience'
August 12, 2015 - Thatgamecompany's next title aims to take the innovative online multiplayer of Journey to the next level.
PlayStation Holiday Sale Week 3 Starts Today
December 16, 2014 - Week 3 of PlayStation's Holiday Sale offers a litany of games, movies, and TV shows.
Lessons thatgamecompany Learned From Experimenting
November 6, 2013 - The studio behind Journey explains how its iterative, experimental progress can lead to something great.
How Long Can Video Games Matter?
October 21, 2013 - Analyzing the historical importance of a mostly disposable art.
Journey Dev Discusses Emotion in Games
October 18, 2013 - Journey creator Jenova Chen discusses emotion in games and what he wants from the future of thatgamecompany.
flOw, Sound Shapes, Escape Plan Coming to PS4
October 16, 2013 - A slew of PSN games are making their way to PS4 during the console's early launch window.
IGN's Top 25 PlayStation 3 Games
September 3, 2013 - We revisit our list of PlayStation 3's best titles, combining digital and physical games for the first time.
The Harsh Reality of Indie Game Success
July 23, 2013 - What happens after a small team produces a big hit? We examine the fallout from Bastion, Journey, and Braid.
June 2013's Best-Selling PSN Games
July 9, 2013 - The Last of Us is -- by far -- PSN's best-selling game of last month. And Hotline Miami isn't looking too shabby on PS Vita, either.
New thatgamecompany Project is "Years" Off
April 9, 2013 - An ex-employee of the Journey developer has explained he has great confidence in the game, but it probably won't be out for a while.
Art of Video Games Exhibit Explores The Meaning of Games
March 21, 2013 - A new museum exhibit ditches the Mona Lisas for Marios.
IGN's Top 25 PlayStation Network Games
February 28, 2013 - We're running down our favorites -- for the last time. Come find out why and how you can win each and every game on the list.
Jenova Chen on the Future of thatgamecompany
February 11, 2013 - The developer behind Journey discusses his next game, expanding to new platforms and how Sony fosters innovation.
Journey Collector's Edition Details, Price, Date
June 25, 2012 - If you missed the PSN exclusives flOw, Flower and Journey, you'll be happy to know they're coming to PS3 on a single Blu-ray. And for cheap!
Flow, Flower and Journey on one PS3 Disc
June 21, 2012 - Three thatgamecompany classics are coming to one Blu-ray disc.
Journey Developer Raises $5.5 Million, Goes Multiplatform
June 14, 2012 - Journey creator thatgamecompany has raised $5.5 million in venture capital, which will allow it to release games independently on multiple platforms.
May's Best-Selling PlayStation Network Games
June 13, 2012 - Take a look at which PSN, Vita, PSP, PSone Classics and PS2 Classics sold best last month, and then let us know what you purchased!
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Here's a quick and simple way to tell if your piece needs more work. Read it over and ask yourself,
Where's the quote?
If you were a reader, what line would tickle, stroke or slap you? Where's the leap-frogging, cart-wheeling, caterwauling sentence that demands to be known? Where's the wisdom? Where's the quote? Doncha wanna give good quote?
Yes, you do – and if you can't find a few foundational, architectural phrases that transform your piece from sentences laid end-to-end into "arcades and domes", then your work is not done.
(Or, if you do locate some stunning sentences and you're writing online, you can respect the medium and your readers – and your needy, attention-seeking prose – by emphasizing it. Bold-face or italicize it. Underline it. Use a different type-set. Separate it from it's neighbours and fence it off with white space. If you're really strategic, keep it under 125 characters and it will sit up like a cockerpoo – or a cockatiel – and beg to be tweeted.)
(Dave Doolin, who's taught me a lot about blogging, taught me that last bit, too.)
(Pssssst: Dave and I are working on a lil' sumthin sumthin called Scannability that is packed with tips like this. I'm the one holding it up and delaying the launch. Nag me to finish my part and sell it, already.)
Go back to it. Inject more inventive verbs and adjectives. Add adjectives. Delete 'em. Delete extraneous words. Look for parallel lists and see if reversing the order of the adjectives or adverbs will make your sentence strut like a hot chick in new jeans.
Juxtapose tone. Mix the sacred and the profane, the divine and the mundane. Do it like Danielle LaPorte, our Juicy Empress Dowager of high-and-low language:
- the divine law of the ugly chair
- the secret to self promotion: radiance and the facts, jack
- for freedom fighting + love, conscious business, ruthless compassion, all forms of affluence, and passion that persuades
- the goddess of grief: getting to the other side. and there is always another side
- nothing says I love you like lip gloss
Those titles are emotionally and intellectually fraught. Tense. Electric. Danielle yokes together concepts and language as disparate as a Christian and a heathen…and then they make out. You can't look away. It's hot.
Like Danielle LaPorte, Rob Brezsny toggles stylistically between the daily and the divine – appropriate, since Danielle is the one who introduced me to Rob's Free Will Astrology. Months ago, she wrote me an e-mail saying I'd like his loopy, luxurious horoscopes because they're "your kind of crazy".
She was so right – and I'm not even interested in horoscopes. In fact, I'm vaguely horrified by them. But I dig Rob Brezsny. He's a storyteller. Each sign's weekly prediction feels like a meditation, a short story, an excerpt from a novel, the shadow on the blinds of a woman undressing:
CANCER (June 21-July 22): As I stood by the creek at dusk, the silhouette of a woman in a kayak came flowing my way. The last crease of the orange sun hovered on the horizon behind her. I spied the reflection of the planet Venus shimmering in the violet water before I saw it in the sky. The temperature was balmy. A translucent spider floated nearby at the end of an airborne silk strand. Nine geese in v-formation trumpeted as they soared overhead. When the woman got close enough for us to see each other's faces, she addressed me. "We win!" she exclaimed jubilantly, then paddled onward. I agreed. We were basking in a great victory, paradise having temporarily descended into our midst. This is the kind of triumph I expect you'll be capable of achieving several times over in the coming week.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I love to listen to DJ Schmeejay on San Francisco radio station KUSF. Like a throwback to the Golden Age of FM radio in the 1970s, he plays a "visceral, cinematic" mix that delights you with a flow of unpredictable juxtapositions. Unlike some music experts who harbor haughty elitist prejudices, the dude is an open-minded aficionado. His playlist may include a psychedelic tune, flapper-jazz, a pretty pop song, a barbershop quartet, 1960s folk, polka, and trip-hop. He understands that good entertainment keeps you guessing about what's going to come next. I urge you to borrow his approach as you cruise and schmooze in the coming weeks. Charm people with good surprises. Expand your bag of tricks, and use everything in it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "If we wish to outline an architecture that conforms to the structure of our soul," wrote Friedrich Nietzsche, "it would have to be conceived in the image of the labyrinth." I take this to mean that clarity, assuredness, and single-mindedness are luxuries the ego may indulge in, but they are not the natural state of our deepest selves. Rather, at our cores, in the essential primal source that sustains us, we are complicated and meandering . . . mysterious and exploratory . .. curious and questioning. In other words, it's perfectly healthy to be in a labyrinthine state of mind. I hope this meditation helps you enjoy your upcoming Season of Soul.
What Danielle and Rob do is bewitch and entrance. They toggle. They unite the divine and the daily. They cook words like a fusion chef.
And that frission – the unexpected ingredients saucing each other up – is the recipe for delicious, please-sir-can-I-have-some-more writing.
The lesson: strive for surprise. Don't write in cliches. The first phrase that pops into your head is the wrong one, because you've probably read it somewhere. Instead of rewriting the images of another, invent your own metaphors. And then make them better.
Which is exactly what spoken word poet Vanessa Hidary does, in three languages: English, sarcasm and profanity. And so I love her.
It was inevitable that I love her, really. If we were on the same coast, I'd suspect we were dating the same men. Her subject matter is my subject matter – but I hide behind this here screen while she takes it to the club in a belly-baring shirt.
Did I mention I love her?
Let's talk about the homework I assigned you on Tuesday: Fling Gone Awry (aka "Brooklyn").
Hidary's frankly fucking excellent poem encapsulates all of the advice I've offered you:
- toggle between the divine and the daily
- yoke together surprising images and words
- rub those diamond sentences until their glittering edges can cut you
- write the quote
What I love about this poem is that although it is about how women think like romance novels gone wrong, Hidary doesn't use harlequin cliches. There's no quivering and swirling together in a kaleidoscope of love. There's no purple or pastoral prose about love 'n sex – which makes it all the more compelling. Instead, there are pink curlers in the gutter, lamp posts adorned with abandoned sneakers, fat turkeys and greasy fingers, pussy and Peru.
Hidary knows that when you're writing about how your man sexes you – enthusing about his rare and divine masculinity, ("long and hard, long and hard, long and hard") – you don't write about fireworks and shooting stars and clouds and cotton candy and waves of whatever rushing over your body. When you're madly in love with your woman and want to immortalize her worth in words, screw rubies and pearls. Are rubies and pearls part of your reality? Are lapping waves? Long walks on the beach? Dancing in the rain?
Here, we – and I do mean WE, lovers – shall defer to the canine-toothed wisdom of OK Cupid blogger Christian Rudder (talking about what we say are our interests in our dating profiles):
It's also amazing the extent to which their list shows a pastoral or rural self-mythology: bonfires, boating, horseback riding, thunderstorms. I remind you that OkCupid's user base is almost all in large cities, where to one degree or another, if you find yourself doing much of any of these things, civilization has come to an end.
And this is the genius of this poem – Vanessa avoids delusional, pastoral sentiment and speaks real, from the heart. From Brooklyn.
He fucked me like Brooklyn.
My pussy burns in the feminist hall of shame because I want to be called someone's girl.
He fucked me…like the last goddamn kaiser roll in the bodega.
And that's how you give good quote.
Your homework: Go now and listen to some spoken word poetry. Dear Reader, I made you a playlist.
- As you're listening, jot down lines that jar you, cut you, smite you, delight you. (I WOULD LOVE IT if you told me your favourites in the comments.)
- How did the writer accomplish that? Was it surprise? Rhythm? Emotional tension? Foreshadowing?
- Figure out the trick (fine, the "technique") and then go mimic it. Use and abuse it in your own pieces until it becomes your own.
Sunday School for Sentences will be a sixteen-part series. Missed one? Here they are:
- Sunday School for Sentences #1: Explain the Expected in Unexpected Ways
- Sunday School for Sentences #2: The (Textual) Reverse Cowgirl
- Sunday School for Sentences #3: Object Lessons (from Kanye West and JD Salinger)
- Sunday School for Sentences #4: How to Give Good Quote
- Sunday School For Sentences #5: Why You Should Write Bad Poetry
- Sunday School for Sentences #6: Two Damn Fine Writing Tips
- Sunday School for Sentences #7: There Are No Magic Words
- Sunday School for Sentences #8: How To Execute a Climax or Series of Climaxes. I'm talking About Writing. Mostly.
- Sunday School for Sentences #9: Thread the Grommets, Lace the Corset, Feed the Rabbits
- Sunday School For Sentences #10 – Work It
- Sunday School for Sentences #11: The Pigs In Space Edition
- Sunday School for Sentences #12: Screw SEO. I Write (Wackadoo Titles) for PEOPLE, Not Search Engines. And So Should You.
- Sunday School for Sentences #13: How to Write an Intimate Cosmology of Cheesecake, Cheesecake Shots (or not) and Shoplifting
- Sunday School for Sentences #14: What Picasso And Dave Chappelle Know about Writing. For Realz.


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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2 Build ID: 20120215223356 Steps to reproduce: Upgrade from Bugzilla 4.0 to 4.2 Actual results: The new bug_see_also.id column was created without the Oracle-compatibility sequence & trigger necessary for SERIAL-type columns. Expected results: DB/Schema/Oracle.pm should have created a BUG_SEE_ALSO_ID_SEQ sequence and BUG_SEE_ALSO_ID_TR trigger to automatically populate the BUG_SEE_ALSO.ID field when inserting new records.
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5 years ago
The obvious solution is to override DB/Schema/Oracle.pm to check if we are creating a new column with a SERIAL type, and call _get_create_seq_ddl($table, $field_name) as done elsewhere. However, as the broken code has now been released, I'm not sure how to create a backward-compatible change to Install/DB.pm which will work for all Oracle users: - Upgrading from 4.0 -> 4.2.1 - Upgrading from 4.0 -> 4.2.0 -> 4.2.1; or - Installing 4.2.0 then upgrading to 4.2.1; or - Installing 4.2.1
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5 years ago
I try to remember how to list sequences and triggers in Oracle...
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5 years ago
SELECT sequence_name FROM all_sequences WHERE sequence_owner = 'BUGS' ORDER BY sequence_name; SELECT trigger_name FROM all_triggers WHERE owner = 'BUGS' ORDER BY trigger_name;
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5 years ago
Also, deleting such a column doesn't remove its sequence and trigger. About the bug_see_also.id column, we will have to delete and recreate the column, unless it's possible to add the sequence and trigger after the column has already been created and populated.
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5 years ago
Created attachment 653233 [details] [diff] [review] patch, v1 This patch fixes several things: - It adds missing sequences and triggers to existing primary keys which lack them. - It fixes get_add_column_ddl() and get_drop_column_ddl() to correctly add/remove these sequences and triggers. - Various cleanup, such as fixing the indentation and moving get_drop_column_ddl() at its right place.
Comment 6•
5 years ago
David: could you apply my patch to your 4.2.x installation and tell me if this correctly fixes the problem for you? If you could test some of your testcases mentioned in your comment 1, this would be great! :)
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5 years ago
I am still not able to get this work properly when the bug_see_also table has rows of data before upgrading from 4.0 to 4.2. I get the following error: Adding new column 'id' to the 'bug_see_also' table... DBD::Oracle::db do failed: ORA-01758: table must be empty to add mandatory (NOT NULL) column (DBD ERROR: error possibly near <*> indicator at char 12 in 'ALTER TABLE <*>bug_see_also ADD id integer PRIMARY KEY') [for Statement "ALTER TABLE bug_see_also ADD id integer PRIMARY KEY"] at Bugzilla/DB/Oracle.pm line 401 Bugzilla::DB::Oracle::do(undef, 'ALTER TABLE bug_see_also ADD id integer PRIMARY KEY') called at Bugzilla/DB.pm line 606 Bugzilla::DB::bz_add_column('Bugzilla::DB::Oracle=HASH(0x54f5ea0)', 'bug_see_also', 'id', 'HASH(0x7e06290)') called at Bugzilla/Install/DB.pm line 647 Bugzilla::Install::DB::update_table_definitions('HASH(0x17098d0)') called at ./checksetup.pl line 199 According to the Oracle docs, it is not possible to add a NOT NULL column without setting a default value. http://oracleinstall.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/11g-add-a-column-with-not-null-to-the-existing-table/ Or by first creating the column as NULL, updating all rows to a default value and then adding a NOT NULL constraint to the column. A three step process. What if when adding a SERIAL type column, we add a default value of 0 automatically, then we can add the sequence and trigger after and update the column with proper incrementing values? How has this ever worked before when upgrading table definitions with Oracle from one BZ version to another? Also this issue is unrelated to the patch under review as I get the error with or without the patch when updating the DB from 4.0 to 4.2. dkl
Comment 8•
5 years ago
Created attachment 656627 [details] [diff] [review] patch, v2 Fixes the problem dkl found while upgrading with an already populated table.
Comment 9•
5 years ago
Comment on attachment 656627 [details] [diff] [review] patch, v2 Review of attachment 656627 [details] [diff] [review]: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Works as expected. r=dkl
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5 years ago
Committing to: bzr+ssh://email@example.com/bugzilla/trunk/ modified Bugzilla/DB/Oracle.pm modified Bugzilla/DB/Schema/Oracle.pm Committed revision 8367. Committing to: bzr+ssh://email@example.com/bugzilla/4.2/ modified Bugzilla/DB/Oracle.pm modified Bugzilla/DB/Schema/Oracle.pm Committed revision 8130.


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Securities Council files legal action against Webster over share transfer
The Guyana Securities Council has filed legal action against Managing Director of Caribbean Container Inc (CCI) Ronald Webster seeking to cancel the transfer of shares of CCI to another company controlled by Webster who is also the chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC).
"The claim seeks to set aside, among other things, the transfer of shares in Caribbean Container Inc to Demerara Holdings Inc and any benefits which may have flowed therefrom," the Guyana Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries Inc. (GASCI) said in a brief advisory on its website. Apart from CCI, the GASCI lists Demerara Holdings Inc and Tech-nology Investments and Management Inc as companies managed by Webster.
Last year, accountant Christopher Ram had questioned how the shareholding of CCI ended up in companies
owned and controlled by Webster, a longstanding director of CCI. "The common law and the Companies Act have strict rules and sanctions regulating gains from one's office as a director," Ram had stated.
"This company is headed by the Chairman of the Private Sector Commission and it would be inappropriate and dangerous for market confidence if a company headed by such a prominent person does not seek to clear its name in the most open and transparent manner. The Securities Council must move quickly to have this addressed under section 506 of the Companies Act," Ram had written.
He had also expressed several other concerns.
In response, CCI had said that where a breach of fiduciary duties is concerned, one must usually be in a position where his personal interest conflicts with the interest of the company to which he owes a fiduciary duty.
"In our estimation, no such conflict existed, this was also the sentiments of learned counsel who in 2006, prior to the conclusion of the transaction, prepared and issued an opinion that the transaction did not constitute a breach of fiduciary duties. This opinion was shared with the Securities Council in 2006 before the transaction was finalised, and full disclosure was made to the shareholders of CCI in the 2006 Annual Report," the company had said in a statement which also questioned what conflict of interest Ram was alluding to.
"CCI, its employees, and its shareholders have not suffered a detriment as a result of the change in majority ownership, in fact – the actions of Ronald Webster, Colin Wiltshire and Patricia Bacchus have culminated in the write-off of a very large debt, the avoidance of foreclosure and consequently – continued employment for 140 employees of CCI and a gain to shareholders; both in terms of the increase in the traded value of their CCI shares over the past seven years, the bonus shares awarded to them last year (where TIMI decided not to take up its bonus shares so as to allow the benefit to accrue solely to the minority shareholders), and not forgetting the dividend recently declared and paid – the first such payment in over 20 years," the company had said.
"The question remains to be asked, if there were concerns over the legality of the transaction, which was fully disclosed to the regulators as well as to shareholders, why hadn't Mr Ram – both as shareholder of CCI as well as a financial analyst for the Securities Council, ever raised the issue before, instead of now seven years after the event," the statement had said, while adding that legal advice was being sought.
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John Carroll is professor of sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne. His books include The Western Dreaming, Terror: a meditation on the meaning of September 11, The Existential Jesus, Ego and Soul: the modern west in search of meaning, and Greek Pilgrimage.
This is a travel book in the grand sense. The horizons it explores are of land and sea, and of the mind.
Greek Pilgrimage is a meditation on classical Greece, journeying through its great sites, monuments, and cultural works. On the way, it examines the country's pivotal role in the foundation of the modern world. We who are born into the West are all Greeks. Here lie our roots.
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USDA Should Evaluate the Performance of the Rural Broadband Loan Program
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has approved 100 loans to geographically and demographically diverse areas through its Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program ("loan program"), though over 40 percent of these loans are no longer active. The geographic distribution of RUS loans is widespread, with broadband providers in 43 states having received one or more loans through the loan program from 2003 through 2013. About $2 billion in loans have been made to providers in areas with diverse demographics and economies, including areas with low population densities and income as well as areas in relative proximity to large cities with robust local economies. Of the 100 RUS loans approved through the loan program, 48 are currently being repaid, and 9 have been fully paid back. Forty-three are no longer active, either because they were cancelled before they were paid out (25 rescinded) or because the provider defaulted by failing to abide by the terms of the loan (18 defaulted). Approving a loan requires significant resources. Loans that default or are rescinded can represent an inefficient use of RUS resources. Despite these issues, RUS has not gathered information or performed analysis to better understand what might lead a project to default or otherwise make a project a poor candidate for receiving a loan. Federal guidance, though, emphasizes the importance of assessing the risk associated with loan programs.
RUS loans can help promote limited broadband deployment and economic development, but USDA's performance goals do not fully align with the loan program's purpose. According to GAO analysis of National Broadband Map deployment data as of June 2013, areas with RUS loans generally have the same number of broadband providers as areas without a loan. However, the RUS loan program can enhance the quality and reach of broadband networks in rural areas, according to stakeholders. Further, according to GAO analysis of RUS loans and U.S. Census Bureau data from 2003 through 2011—the years for which RUS and relevant Census data are available—areas affected by at least one approved RUS loan were associated with modestly higher levels of employment and payroll (1 to 4 percent) after the year of loan approval and in all subsequent years, as compared to areas that did not receive RUS loans. As stated in the program regulations, the purpose of the RUS loan program is to increase broadband deployment (that is, the number of broadband subscribers with access to new or improved broadband service) and economic opportunity in rural America through the provision of broadband services. USDA's Annual Performance Report ( APR ) provides information on the achievements of USDA's programs each fiscal year. The goals in USDA's report, though, do not fully align with the purpose of the loan program. For instance, USDA's APR does not have any goals or measures to determine the loan program's progress towards economic development outcomes. As our past work has shown, an attribute of a successful performance goal is whether it aligns with division and agency-wide goals. Agency performance goals that do not link to program goals can lead to incentives and behaviors that do not support the achievement of division or agency-wide goals. Performance goals aligned with the program's purpose may help USDA and Congress better monitor the outcomes of the loan program.
Why GAO Did This Study
Access to affordable broadband telecommunications is increasingly viewed as vital to economic growth and improved quality of life. Broadband is particularly critical in rural areas, where advanced communications can reduce the isolation of remote communities and individuals. To extend access to broadband and therefore increase economic opportunity in rural America, RUS finances the construction of broadband through a loan program.
GAO was asked to assess issues related to the loan program. This report addresses the (1) geographic distribution and financial performance of loans and (2) relationship between loans and broadband deployment and economic development, and how USDA evaluates progress towards these outcomes.
To address these research questions, GAO interviewed broadband providers and stakeholders selected for their varying experiences, including those that have and have not received RUS loans. GAO also analyzed RUS and U.S. Census Bureau data from 2003—2013 as well as the most recent National Broadband Map data.
What GAO Recommends
GAO recommends that USDA (1) evaluate loans made by RUS through the loan program to identify characteristics of loans that may be at risk of rescission or default and (2) align the goals in its APR to the loan program's purpose, to the extent feasible. In commenting on a draft of this report, USDA said it will strive to fully implement the report's recommendations.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: According to USDA staff, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has analyzed the risk factors behind defaulted loans and determined that the majority of the defaulting companies receiving loans were startup firms, which will better ensure that such borrowers are financially sound and less likely to default. Once USDA provides us with the supporting documentation regarding RUS's analysis, we will close this recommendation as implemented.
Recommendation: The Secretary of Agriculture should evaluate loans made by RUS through the broadband loan program to identify characteristics of loans that may be at risk of rescission or default.
Agency Affected: Department of Agriculture
Status: Open
Comments: USDA's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Summary and Annual Performance Plan includes a key performance measure for the number of borrowers/subscribers receiving new or improved telecommunication services. This measure will track the number of subscribers proposed to receive broadband service. However, this method does not measure actual adoption of RUS-financed broadband service. Further, the plan does not include goals or measures to determine the program's progress towards economic development in rural areas.
Recommendation: The Secretary of Agriculture should align performance goals under the "enhance rural prosperity" strategic objective in the APR to the broadband loan program's purpose, to the extent feasible.
Agency Affected: Department of Agriculture
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Report claims AMD has hired a bank to look at selling assets, such as its patent portfolio
on Tuesday created a stir in the semiconductor side of the New York Stock Exchange when it published a report citing three sources as saying that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (
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I was active with youth soccer for 15 years. During that time I was involved with several local clubs where I created, coached and managed programs for players who were interested in club soccer but were too young to join a team.
After I retired as a soccer coach, I went back to the parents I had met over the years and asked them to share their experience by telling me what they would want parents who are considering club soccer to know before they commit.
There are a two points made by these experienced parents that are relevant to the ongoing discussion in the larger soccer community around player development.
The first point is that the club soccer is a business and this has resulted in competition to get players involved with a particular club and to do so at an increasingly earlier age.
Soccer has become a continuous activity for team members. Additionally, clubs provide activities for players who are not yet old enough to join a club team that include skill sessions, indoor soccer teams, soccer camps, development programs, and soccer academies.
These year-round activities have made it financially possible to have professional youth soccer coaches. As one parent stated "Clubs are designed for Club profitability and positive exposure." What parents should know is that with this comes team turnover as clubs continue to recruit better players and release others to open spots on the roster.
It often feels to the parents as if their child is a commodity. At one end they experience pressure to commit and on the other selling approaches that can be unsavory and even dishonest.
The second point relates to player development. Parents are leery of clubs that represent themselves as being focused on player development but then display three behaviors that parents see as belying this commitment.
These behaviors are playing only their bigger and faster players so they can win games, taking guest players to tournaments -- not to make up for regular-team players who are unavailable, but to strengthen the team and use the tournament as an opportunity to recruit the guest players -- and building a team not by developing existing players into better performers but by recruiting players who are already better.
One parent put it this way, "Avoid coaches who claim to develop but past experience shows they play only their biggest and best players."
What parents recommend to other parents is caution. Prospective parents need to understand the underlying economic model and to be aware that what clubs do in the interest of the club may not be in the best interest of their child.
The challenge to the clubs is twofold and the first is to behave in ways that are consistent with their message. If clubs are going to promote player development then there has to be a path within the club for players that provides a real developmental environment.
The second thing that clubs can do is to educate parents about age specific player development needs and why focusing on winning games at a young age is not in the best interest of the player.
Overall the experience for most parents was positive. In the words of one ... "well, as I said in the beginning, there's a lot of politicking going on in club soccer. We have experienced some dishonesty from people we thought we could trust, but overall, we have been thrilled to be part of club soccer. For the most part, it's good kids playing a wholesome sport, and nice parents cheering on the sidelines," and that's the way it should be.
A full version of the report "The Ten Things Other Parents Want You To Know About Club Soccer" is available at http://maretmaxwell.com/10things.pdf
(Maret Maxwell no longer coaches youth soccer but he still coaches the games of business and life. You can find him at http://maretmaxwell.com .


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Cherry growers in and around Osoyoos and across the Okanagan Valley are close to forming their own cherry council, with the goal to bring Okanagan Valley cherries across Canada and to markets around the world.
Before a packed house of more than 120 cherry growers, packers and industry leaders at the Oliver Elks Hall last Wednesday, Christine Dendy, chair of the Okanagan Kootenay Cherry Growers Association (OKCGA) said the formation of a B.C. Cherry Council is now in the hands of B.C. Minister of Agriculture Norm Letnick.
Letnick is expected to give his approval within the next couple of weeks, said Dendy.
"The challenge is continued market growth … around the world," said Dendy.
While the OKCGA and B.C. Fruit Growers Association (BCFGA) have done a good job of representing the needs and concerns of the cherry industry in the Okanagan Valley for many years, the time has come to form a B.C. Cherry Council as competition from American producers increases and access to expanding markets around the world becomes more important, said Dendy.
"Our B.C. cherry industry has grown rapidly and there are huge challenges ahead," she said. "We need a broader-based institution to work on promotion of our industry and represent us in market development and market access issues.
"The OKCGA has been able to do a lot for the industry in the past 15 years, particularly in research, but we need to be able to do a lot more. The 2012 harvest was very difficult with a lot of disappointments. The shortage of fruit in eastern Canada and the United States did not result in stronger market prices, American imports were as high as ever, local markets were confused and even short of fruit at times, the rush of interest from China turned into confusion and disappointment, with mixed quality and standards compounding problems in many markets."
The importance of securing a direct trade agreement to ship B.C. cherries to China as production increases would be one of the most important tasks of the new council once approval is granted, said Dendy.
If the council is approved, the activities of the OKCGA will be rolled into the council and the research work formerly done by the association will be assumed by a new research committee.
The focus of the B.C. Cherry Council will be much broader than the OKCGA with increased focus on foreign market access, market development and promotions both domestically and abroad and education to improve cherry quality will become a priority, she said.
The BCFGA will continue its role of working on broad industry issues and policy with the provincial and federal government.
"A council would work proactively with government, but is not a political or lobbying role," said Dendy. "The two organizations should complement each other and work well together."
For the council to become a reality, the proposal needs approval by Letnick and a cherry grower vote with enough positive response (66 per cent approval) that the minister is confident a council has the support of the industry, she said.
Voting by cherry producers is expected to begin soon and wrap up before the end of March.
"If the proposal is passed, an interim council will be established as soon as possible … to be in place before the 2013 harvest," she said.
The council will have eight directors elected by the registered cherry growers. The term will be for two years. The council will have sub-committees which will concentrate on specific aspects such as market access and trade, promotion and research and will include members who are growers, packers, consultants and researchers to help share the load and broaden knowledge, she said.
The provincial raspberry, blueberry, strawberry and wine grape industries have formed provincial councils with excellent results in expanding business and international markets, said Dendy.
If the council becomes reality, an annual levy would be charged based on acreage planted to cherries each year. The likely rate will be $50 per acre.
This would raise approximately $150,000 in revenue as there are 3,000 acres used specifically for cherries in B.C., she said.
The provincial government would provide approximately $200,000 in matching grants and funding, giving the new council a budget in the area of $350,000, she said.
"Levies would be collected from growers and would be payable at the end of each cherry harvest season or could be collected through the packers or brokers if they wish," she said. "The levies would be mandatory to ensure the cost of running the council is born fairly by everyone who benefits."
Voting within the council on key decisions would involve "weighted voting" with each cherry orchard holding getting one vote for two acres or more and an additional vote for each increment of up to five acres after that. For example, an individual, partnership or corporation holding with 23 acres of cherries (owned or leased) qualifies for five votes, while three acres qualifies as one vote. There will be a maximum cap so that no single operation can exceed five per cent of the total industry vote.
For more information, visit www.bccherry.com or contact Erin Carlson at 250-488-7448.


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I have always had labs in my family, as a child growing up and now as an adult. As much as I like labs I would like something a little calmer. I have noticed that labs don't seem to loose that puppy hyperactivity till they die. I do like a dog that I can play with but I would also like for that dog to take cues from me and the family, such as we sit down to watch something he sits down and relaxes too.
We are a younger family, I am 30, my wife is 28 and 3 kids, 7y/o boy and 2/4 y/o girls.
I do want a large dog (minimum 60-70lbs). I know some dogs that I would like but not sure how hard they would be to find for the right price or if they would fit in with our family. The dog will be an indoor dog along with one very easy to get along with cat (she likes to play with dogs).
I like Irish wolfhounds, American bulldogs just to name a few.
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How about a shelter dog?
I think an American Bulldog would be a great choice. I just had to put my boy down about a year ago... He was 11. He got cancer and it got the better of him... Great dogs! If you want to sit in the house and sleep all day on a Sunday, they will be happy to do the same. If you want to hike in the woods all day, they will be happy to do the same.
The same goes for my Pittbull. Biggest sweet heart in the world. Great with dogs, kids and anyone.
My bully was around 140lbs and my Pit is about 50lbs.
Don't get me wrong, they both need exercise! Esp, in the beginning while you are training them. They really do just adapt to your schedule.
Just remember though, they do need exersize.... Do you have a yard? Walks are also very important. Kids are a plus, so that will give the pup lots of exercise too.
corgis and pits are energetic breeds
Large couch potato? Try the standard greyhound :) Theres tons of retired racers needing homes, theyre about 80lb I think and while they are sprinters, theyre totally happy to be lazy otherwise. The cat thing can be an issue due to their prey drive but I know they test them and some are safe with cats
Great Danes have always been a favorite of mine. Mastiffs also but they're more like miniature horses. Both need a larger yard or lots of walks. Great Danes love to play, are usually good with cats (depend on their personality) and not so hyper like labs or huskies. My friend's parents got one and shes a big couch potato, but loves to play outside as well. Pretty much likes to be wherever they are. You're best bet is going to be finding one (hopefully try a shelter first) and see if they are a match for your family (this is said for any breed you get). That being said, most of the best dogs I've ever had have been mutts from the pound.
Rottweilers are gret family dogs, we have a boxer/rot rescue and he's great.
I agree, my favorite dog came from a shelter when I was kid, had her 16 years till we had to put her down, saddest day of my life.
My perspective comes from showing & competing with dogs for 40+ years and working as a private trainer.
Purebred from a responsible breeder is like buying a new car, very high probability of getting what you want. Not perfect but the odds are more in your favor.
Shelters the "used car lot" of the dog world. I won't arguel the huggy-feely PC correct emotional goodies that come from the "rescue-experience". If your willing to become a dog-mechanic to fix what comes broke, with your "as-is" purchase this may work for you. Mutts can be wonderful dogs or total time bombs.
Niether is better, it's a matter of what is better for you.
I do think one should make a list of priorities.
Coat short v. Long
Maint. cost i.e. food, grooming, vet care.
Exercise requirements
To me the most important factor is training, not all people want to put the effort in, some breeds are more responsive to training. The Field dogs & Herding dogs were developed to work closet with man. They tend to be the most responsive to training hence easier...HOWEVER smart dogs need to be challenged
Hounds & Mastiff breeds were developed to work more independently. They are not as responsive to training.
Next I feel is exercise, if you don't like to get off the couch don't buy a high energy/high drive dog. It's just that simple.
I forgot on my last post , review your home owners insurance. Only 4 companies will insure Rottweilers. Most have a list of breed they will not insure. At one point I had 3 of the 10 on those lists.
Golden Retriever as a family dog.
Big fan of corgi breed here.
Will be an owner at one point in my life when I have a backyard :^(
Wish you luck in finding your pup!
Maybe you can tell by the Avatar, I'm a rottyt guy :bounce:
Elsa (RIP) was the easiest dog I've ever trained. Rottys are very responsive to their owners. However, i did put in a lot of hours doing the training and even more into conditioning. Walks were min. 2mi to 3mi daily.
Rottweiler and pit bull owners are help to a higher level of responsibility that other dog breed owners. If something goes wrong it's ale way your dogs fault until you can prove other wise...and they still blame you. I liken it to owning a gun.
All that said Elsa was the youngest dog in her class @ 15mos to get here Therapy dog title.
My other personal breeds over they years were Irish Wolfhound, American bulldog, Alaskan Malmute, Catahoulas (on my 3rd now) and Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Take a look at basset hounds, mastiffs, bernese or greater swiss mountain dogs, and bull mastifs.
I have a boston terrier and a lab mix myself. The boston is an energetic little guy!
King Shepherd.
Rohdesian ridgeback if your the energetic person or a chow chow if your a couch potato :-)
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The goal of this countywide diaper drive is to collect 50,000 diapers for young children in Kent County. According to the Great Start Collaborative, one of every five babies born in Kent County is born into poverty. An adequate supply of diapers for a young child can cost more than $75 per month, and programs such as W.I.C. and food stamps do not cover these costs. When families can't afford an adequate supply of diapers, children are often made to spend long periods of time in the same diaper, which leads to increased health risks. Cloth diapers are a challenge, because many childcare centers only accept disposable diapers, and many coin-operated laundry facilities won't allow the washing of cloth diapers for health reasons.
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