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You might have been wondering how that friends and family sale of minority shares in the New York Mets has been going. But Jeff Wilpon has news for you.
Don't. It's none of your business.
I have to assume there was a miscommunication here. Jeff Wilpon couldn't have been referring to the same minority sale that…
1. …Wilpon and his father announced back in January to great fanfare, with press release, conference call, etc., letting us know that after two-plus years of pretending that everything was fine (and attacking those who reported otherwise), they needed a cash infusion. They claimed it was the result of "uncertainty" created by the lawsuit brought against them by trustee for the Bernie Madoff victims Irving Picard.
2. …Fred Wilpon discussed in May with both The New Yorker and Sports Illustrated, making clear that the $200 million he sought was not, in fact, for the lawsuit at all, but rather to pay more pressing short-term bills. (After all, the lawsuit doesn't need to be paid until appeals are exhausted, or a settlement is made.) It was our business to know how important that cash infusion was for ownership, when ownership wanted to rally public opinion to its side.
3. …the Mets publicly touted shortly thereafter with David Einhorn, sending out a press release lauding Einhorn and a deal with him, despite the fact that a deal hadn't been signed yet. It was our business merely to know that a deal was close.
4. …the Mets, after shopping the Einhorn deal behind his back, had re-entered exclusive negotiations with Einhorn again at the end of July. We received a press release about that, too.
5. …on September 1, the deal with Einhorn had fallen through, but the Mets had a plan in place to sell smaller ownership blocks, as improbable as such a plan seemed, especially in light of reports that they'd already tried and failed with this approach. It was our business to know that the ownership group who told us all was well for several years, then that they needed money for months, would be fine because of this implausible plan.
That's the same thing that is now none of our business? Can't be.
And one other thing to consider. Jeff Wilpon claimed the following: "Some of the people don't want to be public," Wilpon said. "Some of the people might never be public."
So what is the motivation of these would-be owners? The team is losing a ton of money, and prospects for that to change aren't very good in the near future. The team itself faces legal exposure from Picard's lawsuit. If it isn't about supporting current ownership and/or desire to be publicly associated with Major League Baseball, what exactly is driving these mysterious new minority owners?
Just remember: it is in the best interests of this ownership group to publicize any minority buy-in, since there are ample questions about their financial viability. That is why they were so eager to talk up David Einhorn- to illustrate confidence in their position from an outside interest. Of course, it quickly became clear that Einhorn's deal was about a distinct lack of confidence in their position- he obviously believed he could take over once the Wilpons failed.
Minority owners with no path to majority ownership, however, actually would be a sign that at least some people thought investing with this ownership group made sense. So on the two-month anniversary of the public split with Einhorn, it would behoove ownership from a PR perspective to announce some success there.
Their failure to do so speaks volumes.
And acting affronted over being asked about that process, after playing out the pursuit of minority owners so publicly all year- a pursuit the Wilpon ownership group had claimed for two years would never be necessary, and attacked the credibility of those who said otherwise- is insulting to the intelligence of Mets fans. It's about as insulting as pretending the payroll which was supposed to remain static in the $130-140 million range last winter, but now may dip below $100 million, is the result of some kind of philosophical change, when Fred Wilpon himself told us back in May it is because he's running out of money.


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Looking Back Pt. 3: The 6800 Ultra, ForceWare, and the Futureby Ryan Smith on 5/11/2006 4:00 AM EST
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Schugy - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linknVIDIA has done quite a good job with linux drivers. It's simple to run this script and start your favourite game afterwards. nVIDIA's reward will be that I`ll buy a GF7800GT for AGP when it comes out. I wonder why the last anandtech linux story is more than 10 months old. Reply
KickusAssius - Sunday, May 14, 2006 - linkI have owned the 9000, 9500 PRO and 9700 PRO and I just hate ATI's drivers. I had problems with at least half of the games I played. Gradually they fixed certain problems, but other problems were never resolved even after contacting ATI directly via email and I was not the only one.
Prior to this, I owned a Geforce 256 and Geforce 4 MX and Nvidia's drivers were nothing spectacular, but they always worked.
Now, I have owned the 6800GT, and the 7800GTX and the drivers have been excellent for a long time now. The only problems I ever had were in CSS, but Nvidia fixed that problem relatively quickly. Also, I have never had a system crash as a result of Nvidia drivers, but several times this happened with my 9700 PRO, (still loved the card though especially when drivers got better). I think that now both sides have excellent drivers, though ATI's control panel is simply annoying. Reply
johnsonx - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkThe image for Doom3 with the 60.72 driver can't be right; in the text you say there are major rendering issues with th 60.72 driver, but both images (normal and 'moused-over') look fine to me; the image presented as the 60.72 image looks identical to the 61.76 image presented below it.
ozzimark - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkthe pictures are too small for me to really even see anything Reply
johnsonx - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkoh, nevermind, i see it now Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkThe rendering error isn't "major" -- that's why we kept the 60.72 results in the graph. You could certainly play the game with the 60.72 drivers and never realized there was a "problem". For anyone else trying to find the anomaly, look for the vertical lines right in the center of the screenshot. Reply
synque - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkI think the conclusion the article draws is completely meaningless. Nothing can be said about NVIDIA because they either failed to improve the drivers, or the drivers were close to "optimal" from the start.
One could speculate that the ATI drivers weren't optimal because they could be improved. But even that'd be guessing, because the driver team most likely optimizes for popular games after they are released (which could lead to special optimizations).
So I know exactly as much as I knew before reading the article. Weird. Reply
z3R0C00L - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkUmm not true,
You forget that the x8x0 line are essentially built on an improved R300 design. They're not an all new part. This means ATi have gradually worked to improve there drivers. They were optimal to begin with since they're essentially the same driver SDK that reaches to the time of the 9700 Pro.
I have a feeling that if a 9800 Pro were tested you'd see the same improvements in non video card bottlenecked situations.
This proves that the Catalyst driver team is superior to the Forceware driver team. But most of us have known this since Catalyst 3.0. Heck even Microsoft has stated this as well as 3rd party driver analysts. ATi's card have less issues then nVIDIA cards and carry with them less issues not fixed from previous releases. There's a simple way of checking this.. read the Driver Release notes from both ATi and nVIDIA.. you'll notice FAR more unresolved issues with nVIDIA drivers then ATi drivers. Many of them major issues.
One thing nVIDIA is better at, and this is a fact, is supporting older hardware (GeForce2,3,4). ATi's 8500 support is lackluster at best. I can't remember the last time a driver release focused on fixing issues that still exist since Catalyst 3.0 on the 8500 series. Reply
Redofrac - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkSince Catalyst 3.0? I'm going to have to disagree with that.
From firsthand experience owning a 9700 Pro with the earlier catalysts, I have to say that they were crap. Having to try multiple releases of the driver to find one that was actually stable isn't quite what I'd use for the mark of a good driver team. Every once in a while they'd manage to get out a stable release, and I'd stick with that one until the next, lest random games start crashing on me or glitching.
I can't speak for ATI's current drivers, which I'll assume are much better (dealing with drivers for a 9700 somewhat turned me away from ATI) but I find it a bit hard to say that 3.0 drivers were stable with a straight face. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Friday, May 12, 2006 - linkAnd I owned a Radeon 9700(non-pro) and had no problems at all; in fact, I'd daresay it's the best card I've ever owned in terms of performance/stability/longevity. But, one experience does not equal all.
I'm not debating your experience, but what if you had a borderline power supply at the time, for example? That could easily cause some issues.
Neither of us is a representative example of how the Radeon 95xx/97xx cards worked by ourselves. By and large though, the enthusiast community had very few issues with this series of cards. Reply
z3R0C00L - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkForgot to mention another fact..
nVIDIA releases BETA drivers on a regular basis (usually not too stable and still plagued with issues that may fix a few issues in certain games but break others.. of course they're BETA).
ATi release WHQL drivers each month. A new set is release on a monthly basis, usually with MANY bug fixes. ATi is better at fixing issues quicker then nVIDIA. nVIDIA releases a WHQL'd driver once every soo often (like 4 times a year.. maybe up to 6 if lucky).
This means most nVIDIA users run BETA, non tested drivers. You're the guinea pigs. ATi at least rigourously test each release and even have a 3rd party corporation (Microsoft) test them and certify them. This is a commitment to the utmost quality in drivers.
So those who complain of ATi driver's are quite honestly liars (they probably own competitor cards and suffer from a disease known as fanboyism).
These are FACTS. Call me a fanboy for posting FACTS.. it's ok.. Anandtech knows it's true, as do HardOCP, Tom's Hardware, Elitebastards and Beyond 3D.
Before I leave I want to post another FACT. nVIDIA's OpenGL drivers remain top dog. This is NOT because they code the drivers better. It's because nVIDIA own more OpenGL extension patents that are more widely used by OpenGL game dev's. Most Dev's use nVIDIA OpenGL paths then ATi paths. Forcing ATi to either use a path optimised for nVIDIA cards or a generic path. This is partly ATi's fault for not creating there own path and pushing dev's to use them.
There... the FACTS. ;) Reply
gamara - Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - linkThere are always fewer bugs to fix in less buggy code. If ATI got it right the first time in more cases, maybe their bug fix total wouldn't be as high. I have to agree with another poster on having several issues with ATI drivers in some games and not having anywhere near the same number of issues with beta drivers from nVidia. I had more issues with drivers on a single ATI card than on my Riva TNT, GeForce2, GeForce4, FX5600 Ultra, 6600GT, and 7800GTX combined. Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - link
nVIDIA releases a WHQL'd driver once every soo often (like 4 times a year.. maybe up to 6 if lucky).
You have the right idea, but the wrong terminology. In the past, Nvidia has only released around 4 official drivers a year, compared to ATI's 12(though recently have since then been releasing more often). However, they submit many more drivers for WHQL certification than those 4 drivers; usually any "beta" drivers they officially release are already WHQL certified. Unlike ATI there are non-certified drivers out there too since Nvidia shares its drivers more freely with its OEM partners than ATI, and hence you'll see a leak now and then, but for the most part Nvidia drivers are WHQL certified. In fact for this article, I reference the following:
However given the simply enormous number of such drivers, we used only Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certified drivers, which means these are drivers NVIDIA was confident enough to release in a final form and submit to testing to Microsoft. Reply
Wesleyrpg - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkhey there,
you guys mention FFXI tests on page 3, but theres no results on any of the pages? whats up with that? Reply
Wesleyrpg - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkwhoops....its under console ports Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkSorry about that, it's been made clearer now. Karen is on vacation, and it's more or less the worst kept secret in the world that we're terrible bachelors when it comes to writing. Reply
etriky - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkThe reason ATI has been able to get large increases in their drivers is their first ones are terrible. I'll be the first to admit they make very good hardware. But their control panel is annoyingly bloated and driver stability is terrible. My hat's off to people that will put up with their software. Reply
Griswold - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkThe usual humbug. The only thing I can agree with is that CCC is unwanted bloatware. Besides that, ATIs drivers are excellent and that is coming from a current nvidia user (though I still have an old box with my trusty 9700 pro and I've enjoyed catalysts ever since I bought this card a few months after its launch). Reply
Spoonbender - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkCurrently they are, yes. But some years back, they sucked.
I think the article neglects to mention the possibilty that maybe NVidia's drivers were just better optimized to begin with? If that's the case, ATI has "merely" been catching up.
I don't even find it unlikely. Today, both ATI and NVidia has great drivers (although some find the ATI control panel a bit bloated, but that's hardly a *driver* issue)
But, say, 5 years ago, ATI just couldn't make drivers, while NVidia were about as good as they are today. So ATI has obviously been catching up, and obviously, the scores in this article reflect that. ATI has just had more room for optimizing because they started at a disadvantage.
So I'm not sure I agree with the article that "ATI is the victor for getting the most out of its drivers." That's only true if we assume they were even when they started out.
However, one final thought. It's pretty clear that if you want an accurate picture of performance, you should wait at least two driver revisions from launch. Seems to more or less stabilize after that. So is there any chance, with future hardware releases, that you're going to revisit them after, say, two driver updates? Would be interesting to say the least. Reply
Griswold - Friday, May 12, 2006 - linkI was talking about a few years back. I didnt buy that 9700 last year. I bought it at the end of 2002. It was launched in august 2002. And I've never had any issues with ATIs drivers with that card to this very day. YMMV but you wont hear me say "they suck" for an obivious reason. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkCurrently they are, yes. But some years back, they sucked.
That's true. However, "some years back" is around the time of the Radeon 8500, far before the 9xxx line or the X800 line. This issue is no longer relevant, and yet people who haven't used ATI cards in years flog this dead horse over and over again.
ATI isn't perfect; their multimedia cards (i.e. TV tuners) still need work in the software department. However, it's been a long time since ATI has had serious driver issues, and many who haven't had an ATI card since Rage128/Radeon/Radeon 8500 days talk as if things haven't changed. Reply
Powermoloch - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkI've been using Ati's drivers for quite sometime, and I noticed a gradual increase of performance from my experience. Especially on the 3dmark scores lol.
MrKaz - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkWhat's the problem with Control Panel?
I like it a lot. Ati drop it in 5.11, I keep it installed with driver 6.4 and have no problems. Reply
poohbear - Thursday, May 11, 2006 - linkhave u even owned an ATI card? i'm currently running a 6800gt, but my experience w/ the 9800pro was great and i dont know what u're talking about w/ your driver instability comment. maybe u should read the article again, it praises ati's driver team quite a bit. Reply

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A9 TV, 18 August 2011
There are terrorists everywhere in the world. Terrorists are cunning. They are like germs. They made not be visible, but it is a huge danger for terrorists to take over anywhere or establish a political authority anywhere. That danger is in the PKK. Otherwise, you always have terrorist actions. There are terrorist actions everywhere. Our Prophet (saas) spoke of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as) and Allah speaks of them and if you open the books of hadiths they speak of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as), and you can see they have come from these things. Was there no terror when Uthman founded the Ottoman state? No anarchy? People were killing each other all over the world. He built it with faith, with love and fear of Allah. And Turkish-Islamic Union will come about through faith and love. Did Uthman have money in the bank? Possessions and belongings? He had nothing at all. He had only faith and fervor, and Allah bestowed the empire on him. But because he had a profound faith, Allah bestowed great dominion upon him. And He will now bestow the same opportunity on Hazrat Mahdi (as), insha'Allah.
Surat ash-Shu'ara',
Ta Sin Mim
Those are the Signs of the Clear Book.
Perhaps you will destroy yourself with grief because they will not become believers.
If Allah does not give someone faith, it will not happen. That brother is an entity specially created, and that is why he cannot believe. He cannot believe, no matter whether we wish him to. No matter what evidence we show. But you see it is very easy to believe when Allah bestows faith, insha'Allah. He says the unbeliever and the hypocrite cannot. Are you in paradise? Of course there will be those who do not believe. Of course there will be pagans and hypocrites and everyone. There will be people from other faiths, and idol-worshippers and a difficult environment. You will be tested. You enter a university exam, but there are no questions. So what do you do? You say, "I am being tested." They say the questions are very difficult. Nobody says it is easy. The test is difficult. There will be such people. We feel affection toward them, that is how Allah created them. Why is it like that? That is metaphysical. Allah says, "they have eyes but do not see, and ears but do not hear." "They look at you, but they do not even see," says Allah. "They have hearts, but I have locked their hearts," says Allah. They are specially created, for the test. But Allah bestows salvation. The veil is suddenly lifted and that person stands before us very powerful, as he had just been resurrected. The believer appears as a humble person. He is amazed at himself, and says, "How is it I never had faith before, however did that happen?" he will ask.
Surat an-Nahl, 127,
"Be patient. But your patience is only by Allah." Do not be grieved by them and do not be constricted by the plots they hatch.
That means that people cannot be patient unless Allah wishes. Allah has to create patience. It has to be in one's destiny.
"Do not be grieved by them"
In other words, do not be saddened when they do something really strange or wrong. Do not grieve? So what is the ruling? That grief is unlawful. The verse is a command. "Do not be grieved…" But people say, "I am grieved." Then that is a sin. Do not grieve.
"and do not be constricted by the plots they hatch"
Allah has also made it unlawful to be constricted, or stressed. The verse is a command. People say, "I am stressed." You command yourself, your own conscience. Why are you troubled? Something created by Allah must be fine and good. You should be pleased with what Allah creates. There is goodness in all things. Allah creates, but you say, "I am stressed." That is no good. If Allah creates something, it must be for the best.
"Allah is with those who have fear of Him and with those who are good-doers."
Allah says He will never leave them. That is wonderful, masha'Allah. Alhamduliullah.
"Ibrahim was a community in himself, exemplary, obedient to Allah,."
Someone who obeys is one who deliberately and freely does what Allah commands.
"a man of pure natural belief"
One who espouses monotheistic belief, the oneness of Allah.
"He was not one of the idolaters"
He did not ascribe equals to Allah. He did whatever Allah said. He believed what Allah said but nothing from idolatrous belief, what this or that said.
"He was thankful for His blessings."
He was grateful for Allah's blessings. How was he grateful? By giving thanks. And that comes from obeying Allah's commands.
"Allah chose him and guided him to a straight path."
Abjad [numerological] calculation gives the year 2002, Masha'Allah.2011-09-08 23:16:15


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Entertainment group Village Roadshow has blamed a poor showing from Johnny Depp film Transcendence for an about face on its profit prediction for 2014.
Investors had a mixed reaction to the downgrade by the theme park and film company.
Village's 2014 profit is likely to match or be lower than the previous year's profit, Village told shareholders last week, due to poor tickets sales for the film Transcendence. Village had previously flagged an increase in profit for 2014 on the previous year's $50.93 million result.
It also announced a lower-than-expected dividend of 15¢, saying it would consider a further 10¢ a share special dividend, ''potentially franked'', in either 2015 or 2016.
Baillieu Holst analyst Nick Caley said although ''swings and roundabouts are not totally unexpected in the cinema business'', he was surprised that the success of the Lego Movie had ''not picked up the slack across a number of divisions''.
Still, Mr Caley said he did not view the downgrade and dividend announcement as a ''significant dent in the overall investment view for Village Roadshow''.
Village Roadshow co-executive chairman Graham Burke told Fairfax Media earlier this year that Lego was ''great news, because we enjoy it in our theatres, we enjoy it in our distribution company, the DVD release will be enormous, and we also enjoy it as a half-owner of the copyright in our production company.''
Village Roadshow is also behind the new Tom Cruise film, Edge of Tomorrow which has opened strongly but faces strong competition from the low-budget teen heartbreaker, The Fault in Our Stars.
But fund manager Brian Eley said investors should keep in mind the volatility of film production.
''You have all the hype beforehand, and then it hits the screens and people can not turn up it all,'' he said. ''It makes it a very volatile and risky business.''
Village shares surged through 2013 although are down slightly this year.
At $7.47, they remain weaker than analysts' 12-month consensus price target of $8.27.
JP Morgan analyst Armina Soemino said the broker remained neutral on the company because the 76 per cent increase in its enterprise value/earnings before interest and tax over the past two years was "too much given the company has only achieved about 7 per cent EBIT growth over the same timeframe."


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©2004 Tom Perrotta; (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC
"Intelligent, absorbing tale of suburban angst....Perrotta views his characters with a funny, acute, and sympathetic eye, using the well-observed antics of preschoolers as a telling backdrop to their parents' botched transitions into adulthood. Once again, he proves himself an expert at exploring the roiling psychological depths beneath the placid surface of suburbia." (Publishers Weekly)
"Darkly comic, with a mischievous eye for absurd and intimate detail...a virtuoso set." (The Washington Post)
"Warmly humorous prose....A fast-reading, wholly engaging novel." (Booklist)
This may be nitpicking, but I found the narrator's swallowing distracting. It seemed that every tongue smack and spit swallow made it on tape. It made me shudder.
I did enjoy listening to the story, but found myself disappointed with the ending. I feel like it fell flat -- perhaps this is because I saw the film before listening to the audiobook. Overall, a 3 star experience.
"Love the Story / Hate the Narrator"
NO.. either the narrator's microphone is too sensitive or this audio book is poorly edited but the swallowing and whistling breathing nuances are kind of gross and distracting
"Surprise amid a seemingly mundane environment"
I was a bit wary as I began listening: the wry style and, on the surface at least, typical characters made me think that the author would spend his time ridiculing the archetypes of American suburbia. This notion was quickly dispelled, though, as each character was more fully fleshed out, not only through the revelations of their inner workings provided by the omniscient narrator, but through their actions.
Even the most seemingly predictable characters--the frustrated, tough-guy ex-cop, the internet-sex-addicted husband, and even the sex offender--acted in completely unpredictable ways and had subtle and complex nuances of personality and behavior. I found myself repeatedly predicting an outcome as a particular scene unfolded, only to find myself surprised and intrigued by the actual path the story took. The result is a very unique and thought-provoking look at what has become a cliche of American life, as well as a very illuminating and engaging look at a half dozen fascinating characters. Sensationalism is certainly not a virtue, but rather the exploration of personality and motivation.
I hate to read reviews which spill the story so I won't. But, I will offer a caveat to audible listeners. I use high-end, in-ear ear buds which transmit every nuance of a reader's voice right into my head. I have to say that our narrator took some serious getting-used-to on my part. He makes a lot of noise: very noticable and noisy swallowing, gulping and wheezing sounds that, at times, were quite distracting. I found his narration style to be excellent and very apropos for the story. And I did get more used to the extraneous sounds as I went along. Just be prepared!
All things considered, a very entertaining, often thought-provoking book that I found perfect for rush-hour commuting.
"Boring Basic and Removed"
The idea was promising but the author just couldn't connect in any real way. It was like watching an ant farm. You can tell what's going on but bugs are bugs. The characters were flat and the narration was basic and removed. Think Dick and Jane stories. I can't believe I made it to the end, which was abrupt and uneventful!
"Sensitive microphone?"
I really really enjoyed The Leftovers and was looking forward to listening to more by Tom Perrotta. Unfortunately, I was unable to make it very far with this book because of the narration. I can't even say it was the narrator, I think it was the way it was recorded. It seems to be recorded with a fantastic super sensitive microphone, which means the narrator's mouth noises are very loud. It was extremely distracting for me. I normally roll my eyes when I read a review like this, thinking to myself "it's an audiobook, what do you expect," but this is bad. Every smack and every swallow is in fine resounding detail. About 30 minutes in he starts to whistle on every inhalation. I wonder why they don't edit those things out? Sadly, I couldn't get past this issue and had to quit listening. I think I will try it in print next time.
"Distracting sounds"
There was an entire chapter of nose whistling sounds with every inhalation that almost made me quit listening! Unfortunately that's my biggest takeaway from this.
"I liked the narrator"
I actually liked this narrator very much. He gives each character a distinctive rhythm without trying to imitate a female voice. I wish more female narrators would trust to this technique rather than trying to adopt a gruff voice for male characters.
"suburban fluff"
i recently attended my 35th college reunion
tom perrotta and i went to the same university
he read from this book as part of that weekend
as he read i had the impression of a screenplay
it seemed, he wrote the book with the plan of a later movie
female suburban angst must be a very reliable subject
? is this book any better than a made-for-TV movie
? is peeling the veneer off comfortable suburbanites helpful
mr. perrotta seems like a nice man, but this isn't his best book
"Quick good book!"
I have read this book in the past and enjoy re-reading with just as much joy. The story seems so real in a way that this could very much be happening any where. This is the first time I've listened to the audio Book version. I have to say I would have rather heard a female voice rather then a male narrator. But overall I enjoyed this book.
"Good book, bad production "
I enjoyed the story but I was barely able to pay attention. You can hear the narrator's every mouth smack, swallow and nose whistle.
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I've been using XHTML for a while and I've always saved files with the extension ".html", like "index.html". However, I just noticed the my code editor (Aptana Studio) saves its templates as ".xhtml". I've never seen a ".xhtml" extension for a web page. Are you supposed to use the ".xhtml" extension for XHTML pages, or is ".html" fine?
An ".html" extension means the web server has been sending your page with the "text/html" mime type all this time, which also means that -- regardless of an XHTML doctype or self-closing slashes -- browsers have been parsing your code as if it were plain-old HTML. If you switch the extension to ".xhtml", then the web server might start sending your page with the "application/xhtml+xml" mime type, which is the mime type we're actually supposed to use for XHTML. The reason we don't is because IE <= 8 can't handle it. Also, if you make the switch to true XHTML, you may find that some markup, CSS, or JS is no longer compatible.
Oh, I didn't know that the file extension could override the doctype. Even so, it still validates as XHTML, which makes this even more confusing.
Yup. For example, check out these two pages:
They have exactly the same source code, yet they render differently. The only difference between them is that one is served as application/xhtml+xml and the other as text/html. That mime type is the only factor that determines whether the browser will parse your page as XHTML or HTML.
There is no reason to use XHTML. Especially now that html5 is becoming standard. FYI - notice there is no option for (x)html5. Why code in a dead language?
I'm using it until I fully understand how to use new html5 markup elements. Even if XHTML is dead, it still works.
XHTML5 is indeed being developed in parallel with HTML5.
As I understand it, whether you use .html or .xhtml makes little or no difference online, but there may be a difference when running the files locally.
As IE8 will be long dead by the time X()HTML 5 becomes a standard, when it does it will be the first version of XHTML that is actually usable.
XHTML is not dead, is normative (is backwards compatible) unlike HTML5. The future versions of XHTML will be reworked as XHTML5 most likely as HTML5 under MIME type: application/xhtml+xml.
There are three known file extensions that are currently in use for XHTML 1.x; ".xht", ".xhtml", and ".html". So by 2020, when HTML5.xx might be first usable hopefully IE8 will be long extinct.
The software is probably saving as: *.xht and *.xhtml because the files are based on pre-built templates and those extension are associated with XHTML documents not HTML 4.01 documents. I do save some files with the *.xht extension myself and have them online but like was mentioned; the MIME, the server sends matters more than if a hypertext-markup document has *.kangaroo , etc.
Hmmm. My bad then.
Oh, I didn't know that the file extension could override the doctype
On a *nix system, they can't, because they don't mean anything special. Like XHTMLcoder, you could have a foo.kangaroo file. Files are files, on *nix (though some applications may prefer to guess what a file type is based on extension). I could have HTML files on my server with no extension at all. So long as I set them to the correct MIME type and tell my server what to do with them, all's good.
But the headers the server sends out with the pages... that matters, exactly as Jeff Mott showed. How the server serves the page will override the meta tag (the meta tag is more of a fallback... for those nasty times when someone did not set up their server properly and it's sending out pages without headers stating what the MIME type is).
If your server does change which MIME type it associates your page with based on file extension, and you're not using a Windows server (I could be wrong, but I understand that on Windows, file extensions do mean something), then it's just a setting on your server to guess your intended MIME type. But that's a server setting, and not any kind of general rule about file extensions.
Nah, not really. I think when everyone realised what a pain XML was, the world moved on and XHTML will be used for those who actually have a use for XML and find using it also for their web stuff makes sense. Everyone else will have moved on to JSON I think
So it's not dead, but it's not something most of us have any real reason to use, other than personal preference.
I disagree - I think most people will stick with HTML rather than convert to JSON - particularly since JSON can't be used marking up web page content.
XML has millions more uses than either HTML or JSON and so will likely outlive both.
XHTML will be used by anyone who is using XML where one of the possibly dozens of uses they are making of their content is as web page content and also by anyone with a programming background - since it is far more logical in its operation than HTML is.


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Art Deco architecture
Signs of Art Deco architecture are scattered across South Africa's major cities like sand in a desert. Wander through most downtown areas and be delighted by stepped forms, chevron patterns and sweeping curves. In Johannesburg alone there are over 100 buildings in the style, many of them national monuments. more
Traditional African architecture
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Lists, Complietion and Awards
Background. From 2002, MountainViews.ie has facilitated members to keep track of the summits they have visited. As of 2015, some 1700 members, we call them summiteers, use this feature of the website. Members can choose to complete various lists of differing levels of difficulty. MountainViews provides a mix of lists, from easier to harder. For complietion of some of these lists, MountainViews offers awards as recognition of a personal achievement.
Complietion Complietion of a summit or place listed in MountainViews means that you have personally visited the highest point on foot and you are sure you did so. In some cases MountainViews may deem on its website that visiting certain specified summits can be claimed by reaching a nearby place in the vicinity of the summit.
Normally it is necessary for a member to mark the summits he or she has visited on the MountainViews website. It is preferable to mark individual complietions as soon after visiting the place as possible.
When you have completed all of a list you may make a claim for having finished it. The claims must state in writing that you have reached all of the places listed. MountainViews endeavours to remind members who have ticked off all summits on a list on MV that they are eligible for an award, however this service is not guaranteed and also depends on the member's email address on MountainViews being useable. A claim must indicate when a member started and completed the list. In the case of the Local 100 it must indicate the base location.
MountainViews generally processes awards each year in time for the annual Awards Ceremony which is usually held in February in Dublin.
Easier lists and awards include:
The County Highpoints. This is the list of the highest place in each traditional county of Ireland. As some highpoints are shared between counties, there are some 27 of these, ranging in height from Carrauntoohil (Kerry) to Mullaghmeen (Westmeath). Although small in number, this challenge brings those that try it to a widespread variety of places and types of summit.
The Local 100. These are the 100 summits as listed by MountainViews nearest to where a member states they are based in Ireland. This has several advantages for a hillwalker including that visiting the summits will generally be a day-trip, will help them explore their locality and that many of the places are often largely unvisited. Awardees specify where they are based by grid reference for this award which means that there are almost as many lists as there participants.
The Hundred Highest. This all Ireland list only includes summits which have a drop or prominence of at least 100m. Completing this list will bring the summiteer to 100 summits each well separated from other tops in 31 mountain areas in Ireland from the Sperrins to the Cahas.
The harder lists and awards include:
Distribution of Vandeleur-Lynams
The Arderin List. This list was developed by MountainViews and is the hardest single challenge for which awards are offered at present. The Arderins are summits of at least 500m with a prominence of 30m. Some 407 summits meet the criteria. Currently only three people are known to have completed this list. It is also possible to combine the Vandeleur-Lynam and Arderin lists which gives a challenge with 454 summmits.
Further information. MountainViews maintains various other Irish lists including the Carns, a list of 337 summits from 400m but under 500m, the 100 Best User Rated and also the Binnions, which are 484 tops under 400m with a prominence of at least 100m. MountainViews includes a small selection of British lists such as the Munros (Scotland) and the Marilyns (Britain).
MountainViews has a "Summiteers Hall of Fame" allowing people to see how they compare with others; as of Feb 2015 some 1700 members log visits. While MountainViews may perform some checks on visit authenticity, by their nature award claims for summiteering are largely a personal affirmation of the achievement.
Contributors Awards
MountainViews gives various awards to contributors. One group is for members of MountainViews who have built the site by adding mountain comments, photos, GPS tracks, forum entries, creating videos or other data. A public record is maintained in the "Contributors Hall of Fame". Less quantifiable contributions to MountainViews such as information compilation are also honoured.
MountainViews also may give awards to individuals or groups who in the opinion of the MountainViews Awards Committee have contributed to hillwalking in Ireland.
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Retirement planning is big business. Everybody wants a piece of it. I've had five telephone calls so far today from salespeople pitching annuities. It only takes me a minute to say "no thanks" and hang up, but it's still annoying.
The last time the phone rang, I turned the tables on the caller. I asked the questions and she answered them -- in between giving me her sales talk. She was pleasant and possibly honest, but she didn't offer me any reason to think that it would be wise to invest my retirement savings with her.
She told me she had been selling annuities for an investment company for the last six months. Before getting into the investment sales business, she said she worked for the local hospital, cleaning up between surgeries. Prior to that, she provided personal home care. At 62, she said she's working hard at this new career because she recently went through a lousy divorce and needs to make enough money to keep a roof over her head.
If you're getting these kinds of telemarketing calls too, be very wary about investing your money. Here's what the Securities and Exchange Commission tells you to do to protect yourself.
- Don't do what I did. Telemarketers who chat you up are trying to warm you up for the sale. Just say no -- quickly -- and hang up.
- Put your name on the national Do Not Call Registry. If a financial telemarketer persists, file a complaint with the SEC.
- If you're in the market for annuities or other financial products, find a trustworthy financial adviser. This should be someone who has appropriate credentials and experience, and he or she should come highly recommended by people you trust.


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BOURNEMOUTH'S next mayor will be West Southbourne councillor Chris Mayne.
The Conservative councillor was the overwhelming choice of the Tory-dominated council, ahead of Labour candidate Dennis Gritt.
He has been credited with raising thousands of pounds for charity, has chaired the Friends of Fisherman's Walk and has played cricket at Dean Park for more than 50 years.
Cllr Mayne was first elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2003 but lost his seat when the Conservatives returned to power four years later. He stood as an independent in a by-election before returning to the council as a Tory in 2011.
Cllr John Adams moved that the council choose him as mayor, saying he would be a "proud ambassador for Bournemouth".
He said Cllr Mayne was an all-round cricketer, a musician, and former head chorister at St Peter's Church. He had organised events for the last three mayors and raised "thousands of pounds for the mayor's charities".
Cllr Mayne, whose family were in the council chamber to see him selected, said his term of office would be "a very challenging year".
He added: "I look forward to serving the town and to giving Bournemouth 100 per cent."
He paid tribute to the opposition's choice of candidate, Cllr Gritt, adding: "Hopefully, one day Dennis might get the mayoralty."
Labour group leader Cllr Ben Grower had proposed Cllr Gritt, who he said had served a total of 17 years on the council and was "by far the longest serving member whose name is before you today".
After heavily losing the vote, Cllr Gritt joked: "I demand a recount."
He wished the mayor-elect "a highly successful and enjoyable year".
The current mayor, Cllr Rod Cooper, was chosen to be deputy mayor when Cllr Mayne becomes the first citizen in May.


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I have been working on the social media team at Adobe for 3 years. And throughout my 3 years, I have understood through various articles and conversations that social media – in terms of popular channels, content, and transparency, can be very different around the world. I didn't quite understand what all this entailed to the fullest extent until my team and I made a recent trip to APAC. We visited with our teams from Greater China, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia/New Zealand, and India.
Below are some of my key takeaways from the trip:
- There's HUGE opportunity in China – given the population of 1.3 billion and how social the Chinese population is (social media is a key driver of public protest for change), there is tremendous opportunity for social media to drive economic, political, and social change.
- China's popular social network Sina Weibo is better than most of our social networks. Sina Weibo isn't just a Twitter. Or Facebook. Or YouTube. Or Google+ It's all of the best features from each of those networks – in one! With 300 million users and a rapid growth rate, Sina Weibo is a network to keep an eye on.
- Influence is defined differently. Here in the U.S., a social influencer is influential because they are a subject matter expert and thought leader in their area. In China, it's different. You don't have to be an influencer in a specific area to endorse a product or an idea. For example, a popular chef can be influential if he talks about Adobe products. I thought that was interesting and unique.
- Photos that evoke emotion perform best – this is actually probably true everywhere. Anything that evokes emotion has the power to affect engage individuals and influence their behavior. We met with a couple of customers who have popular followings on Sina Weibo. They shared with us that any picture they share with a cute animal or baby gets greater engagement. For example, one of them, in order to driver greater awareness for a library, shared a picture of a baby squirrel outside the library. People reacted strongly to the cute picture, thereby indirectly driving awareness for the library. Do you guys think that would work here in the U.S.?
If you have ever been to Asia, I'd love to know your takeaways too!


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Who out there cares about integrating Flex, LiveCycle Data Services (LCDS), and Single sign-on (SSO)?
This topic has been coming up a lot lately, so I'm reaching out to learn what interest others have in this area.
Adobe Professional Services provided a Flex/LCDS/SSO integration solution for two different clients over the past few months. The two clients had several things in common:
• Both have an existing SSO infrastructure in place.
• Both wanted to adopt Flex and LCDS, but were unsure about how to integrate the Adobe technologies into their existing security infrastructure.
• Both ultimately got a viable solution.
The clients are also different in some important ways:
• One uses SiteMinder, the other uses Oracle Access Manager (formerly known as Oblix).
• For one client we had to integrate with SSO "as is"; configuring SSO to be "LCDS-aware" was not an option.
• For the other, SSO was configured to provide special handling for LCDS.
I am in the process of writing up a white paper on what we learned. That was part of the impetus for starting this blog. If anyone out there is grappling with issues related to Flex/LCDS/SSO integration this would be a good time to hear about them. Please weigh in.
In any case, watch this space for more on SSO. I'll post again when the white paper becomes available on Devnet. If there's interest I may put a draft out for review before publication.


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This change is prob. the biggest change for Facebook business pages.
Companies like pagemodo do well selling custom pages and making them appear on a custom tab. The new timeline has completely changed everything. Many company invested large amounts of money on their custom facebook pages. Companies almost formed a backbone on facebook. I would hate to be running a specialized social media company.
Some says that Timeline will be forever? Is that true? I actually don't want the Timeline.
I thought they still allow you to use custom layouts, though? It's just a timeline now.
You can, but there is little point in having it, take a look at this page http://www.facebook.com/americanexpress, the entire navigation is a whole lot different. You can only select a page through the top of the page. It's just not the same and don't give the same effect.
I think its right. i also think facebook needed some change and they do it. but many company use facebook page and they spent more money for this change.i think it will be more useful to promote company product. such as cover photo. A company can use this option by their product image or photo. then many user understand about that product at a first glance. so i think this change not a bad thing . its a great change.
Yeah, I hate the new FB timeline, it's not eyes-friendly and make the content looks more complicated. I use the free pagemodo to create fan page but it's still work the same. I guess because I use the free version.
We'll prob. have to change the way we design for Facebook and the way pages are ordered, if you need pages at all that is.
I like Facebook changesow fan pages make width 810px and its a plus point for designers and developers.
Now designers concentrate on cover picture of fan page
Be sure to view the rules for Cover Photos. While it's a huge opportunity the guidelines are presented for a reason... the cover is a place to show your culture, your experience, your brand... not to put a discount offer or sign up ad. http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=276329115767498
Yes you are right, If Facebook allowed offers ads something then 50% advertisers will not use Facebook ads
Everyone's going to have to deal with the changes that are happening in Facebook -- may it be an individual running a personal account, or an entity that handles a page. Sure, there have been a lot of changes in the layout, but wouldn't it be better if you looked at the change as more of an opportunity rather than something disadvantageous?
... and I was just about to do that. All that space and I can't do much with it. That sucks!
Remind me what I would do with this space?
Sounds like you're approaching social as a place to broadcast your business. That's not the path to success.
As facebook's FAQ says, the cover is a great way to showcase what you do. If you sell products, a great shot of an item or the team building new stuff, if you have an app, a killer shot of it at play, etc.
Agreed with Sega, Facebook is using its monopoly. Don't like the new interface of profile and custom pages. Just thinking of those business houses who spent lots of money on page designing and its concept. Even, cocacola page is not so good looking now. The landing page option is vanished. that really suck
What "monopoly?" IMO, Facebook is just preserving its brand from those who would use it to set up a branch office for their business. I don't blame them and I think it's a good idea. Why shouldn't their pages display the same cohesive look as do the pages on any other website?
I do agree that it was a big mistake on their part to give businesses the free rein they gave them at the beginning. The ability to add a business page to Facebook was never meant to be a "right". Unfortunately, business owners around the globe fail to understand the difference between a right and privilege.
There's no wrong in having and wasting time/money to have a great Facebook page for your business. It is just there way to impress every user that their company had something to tell and offer to them. The more attractive, the more we get conscious right?
I do sympathize with businesses that were able to perform custom page work for clients across Facebook. I had not really considered how the timeline change would affect that market. That said, Facebook timeline changes will occur across all pages at the end of this month. Regardless of the fact if you like it or not you should begin to think of ways to make it work to the betterment of your social media marketing strategy. I don't really believe Facebook will enable the timeline feature permanently but I do believe that Facebook will continue to change the layout of users pages again and again. Facebook has to keep its platform moving in order to continue to keep regular users on board and to attract new users. The changes will continue to roll out but no one can really predict at what rate that will be.
I'm not sure I follow what you're saying completely but it sounds like you're suggesting that a custom page is always more impressive to people and give them more reason to want to follow you. If so I'd strongly disagree -- a custom app can be a great tool but so many times they're simply used to advertise at people. As another social marketer said yesterday on twitter... giving out a coupon is no reason to puff out your chest and march around saying "look at how [good] we treat you".
I think this is a good lesson to those that try to make a quick buck by specializing in something as goofy as Facebook business pages. Whenever you rely on something proprietary, you are always taking a risk. Including it as an add-on service is fine. Building your whole business model around it (as a developer) is asking for trouble.
From a customer standpoint, I think I like the change. I haven't looked at too many of them yet, but the American Express one is a nice example.
Social media is about being social. It's not about selling your products. That may come from being social (building trust with customers, establishing a brand, etc.), but if you try and circumvent that step... well... it doesn't build trust. =p
Yes, Facebook has given an alert that Facebook is going to change it's look and feel of web pages on last day on this month.


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HOUSTON - A 4- to 6-month-old puppy dumped by the side of a road got an outpouring of support after the story aired on KPRC Local 2.
Surveillance video showed a woman getting out of her SUV and ditching a Yorkie mix alongside Washington Avenue around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
The woman who found the dog, Teresa Osborn, owns Deogi Dog Daycare, Spa and Resort, and she said she couldn't believe someone would dump a puppy outside her business and drive off without looking back.
"It upsets me because we're about a mile from the SPCA," Osborn said. "She could have easily taken him there."
But according to the video taken from Osborn's surveillance system, that's not what happened.
"(It shows her) very nonchalantly picking up a puppy from the front seat and walking to the edge of the street," Osborn said. "She puts him down, goes back to her car and brings a towel back."
Then seconds later, the woman was seen driving away, leaving the puppy. Osborn said the dog has a problem walking.
"He has a congenital problem where his cerebellum didn't completely develop, so he can't walk straight," she said. "He walks like he's drunk."
Osborn wonders if the woman plotted to get rid of him because of the birth defect.
"I believe because of his age, she purchased him a few months ago," said Osborn. "And as this developed, this was something she didn't want to deal with."
Osborn named the dog "Davie," and she said she will keep him until she finds him a good home. She has received numerous offers from people wanting to adopt the dog. Davie should be available for adoption by Christmas.
Anyone interested in Davie should visit shihtzu-rescue.com or email email@example.com.
Deogi Dog Daycare, Spa and Resort will hold a meet-and-greet for people to meet Davie. It will be held at the business at 6434 Washington Avenue from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Abandoning an animal is a class-A misdemeanor. If caught and convicted, the woman who left the puppy could face up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
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Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Serves 4-6
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1 Tablespoons Ottavio Grapeseed Oil
2 Tablespoon Adams Reserve: Prime Rib and Steak
1 Jar Cookwell and Company: Cracked Pepper Vinaigrette
1 Jar Roberts Reserve Onion Blossom and Horseradish Dip
1. Place steak into zip-lock with marinade, push out all extra air. Place into fridge 12 hours.
2. Preheat grill to med-hi heat. Remove steaks from marinade. Rub down each steak individually with the rub. Set aside and allow to come to room temperature.
3. Brush grill with Grapeseed oil: Grill steak 4-5 min/side then move over to low side of grill and close the lid. Allow to finish cooking for 10-15 min or until beef reaches an internal temp of 150F. Garnish with Onion Blossom Sauce.
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Located midway between historic Truckee, California and North Lake Tahoe, Martis Camp is a 2,177-acre private, luxury community, which Barron's ranked as Tahoe's Best Place to Own a Second Home. Nice praise. But even more impressive are the plaudits of those critics whose opinions carry a lot more weight: your family. Those wide-ranging endorsements — from your favorite financial publication to your knee-high kindergartner — speak volumes about Martis Camp and put your mind at ease knowing your priorities are perfectly in sync. The forests, meadows and creeks of this private Tahoe luxury community comfortably embrace its custom homes, estates and cabins.
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As highlighted in Gillian Tett's post last night, and Jasmine Whitbread's post in our rolling blog, income inequality is a big issue demanding the attention of Davos delegates this year, whether they like it or not.
So, we organised a quick email Q&A with David Roth, the spokesman for OccupyWEF, asking him to tell us why he's protesting this year and what he hopes to achieve. Here's what he had to say. Do add your comments below. Read more


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Ready for more love and ridiculously fabulous gifts? Day 4 of Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways brings a whole slew of prizes to dazzle, amuse, and most importantly, spread the seasonal joy! Ellen's audience will be treated to a huge surprise, and fans everywhere can also win! Keep those holiday bells ringing!
British starlet CAREY MULLIGAN is here, and she's telling Ellen all about her new movie, "Inside Llewyn Davis," the latest in the Coen brothers' eclectic brand explores the life of a struggling 1960s musician, and casts the actress in another starring role on the big screen. This time around, however, she sings! Ellen learns how the sophisticated beauty, whose films include "Shame," "The Great Gatsby" and "An Education," transformed into an emblematic folk singer for the part. Plus, with so many handsome co-stars in her career, Carey will also likely be revealing some dainty tidbits from life on set!
Sweet and sultry tennis star MARIA SHARAPOVA brings her A-game and new line of candy, Sugarpova. The phenom with a sweet tooth created her own brand of confections to suit her charm and imagination, and will give Ellen a taste of the fancy treats. Think rainbow licorice with marshmallow, pink lemonade bubblegum shaped like tennis balls, and flirty gummy lips. Super-yum. After dominating Wimbledon at the age of 17, and earning 4 Grand Slam and 29 WTA titles, the athlete's latest move puts a winning spin on conventional delights. Game, set, sour patch!
Plus, PHOENIX performs! The gig marks the French electro-pop band's first appearance on daytime television. In honor of the milestone, they'll be on Ellen's stage to play a song from their new CD, "Bankrupt." Four years ago, the quartet from Versailles impressed the world with their 2009 album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix." They've since gone on to play the biggest festivals in the US, including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, and Lollapalooza, and took home a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album. Now, they're back with more spark, and they're wooing Ellen with the extraordinary!
Keeping it hot on the turntables, Victoria's Secret model CANDICE SWANEPOEL is guest DJ for the day!
This Tuesday, Ellen is sugar, spice and everything nice!


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UF-Bama continue rivalry
Published: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 11:44 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 11:44 a.m.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Tim Walton, softball coach of the Florida Gators, approached Alabama coach Patrick Murphy more than a year ago with the idea of setting up a game.
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Florida
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Rhoads Stadium
Records: Florida 22-1, Alabama 22-0
Radio: 104.9 FM
With the expansion of the Southeastern Conference to include Missouri and Texas A&M, increasing the league to 13 softball-playing schools, the SEC schedule starting this season will no longer have each school playing every other league member. Alabama vs. Florida, the SEC's hottest rivalry for the last several years, wasn't on the slate for this season.
"I said, 'Let me call you back,' " Murphy recalled. "Within five minutes I said, 'This is silly,' and I called him back and said, 'Let's do it.' "
That game will be played today, with the fourth-ranked Gators playing No. 1-ranked Alabama in a matchup with national ramifications, although it won't count in the SEC standings.
"I thought it was good mentally for our team to play at a great venue against a great team, and good for softball in general," Walton said. "It's one of the best softball rivalries in the country, and I thought it would be a shame not to play it."
Florida is opening SEC play at Auburn this weekend. With the Gators on spring break, a swing up to Tuscaloosa was a natural.
"It worked out perfect," Walton said. "We don't miss school, and it was a perfect opportunity to go on a Wednesday and play.
"It's truly good for both teams to play as good a schedule as possible. That was my thought when you looked at who we play in conference and who we don't play."
Murphy likes the idea so much that he has scheduled a game against Auburn next year in Montgomery, which also won't count in league standings.
"If Georgia and I could have done it this year, we probably would have done the same thing, but we couldn't work it out," Murphy said. "LSU and Ole Miss did it this year, and I'll definitely do it in the future. That's four teams we don't play (each year), and some of them are within driving distance.
"I think another thing we're going to try to do is, some of the teams we don't play, bring them here for a tournament like we've done in the past and maybe play them one time instead of not playing them."
Regardless of the outcome, Alabama and Florida help each other's strength of schedule just by playing each other.
"It's huge," Murphy said. "That's the best nonconference game of the year.
"I give (Walton) credit for making the call. It was great for both schools and it's good for softball."
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Bradley recalled for series in Philadelphia
BOSTON -- When the Red Sox resume their home-and-home series with the Phillies on Wednesday at Citizens Bank Park, Jackie Bradley Jr. will be back on the roster.
To make room for Bradley, who was recalled on Wednesday, the Red Sox optioned right-hander Alex Wilson to Triple-A Pawtucket.
Wilson fared well in his first stint in the Majors, posting a 2.50 ERA in 16 outings.
However, the Red Sox had been going with 13 pitchers and 12 position players in recent days and didn't want to be in that alignment during the two games in Philadelphia, which will be played under National League rules.
Bradley provides the Red Sox with someone who can pinch-hit, pinch-run or be a defensive replacement.
"We know going into Yankee Stadium [on Friday] with that big left field that defense is a premium," manager John Farrell said on WEEI Radio. "He'll factor into that. And he'll factor in these two games in Philadelphia as well."
Unlike earlier in the season, when the Red Sox said the only way they would carry Bradley on the roster was if he was playing full-time, the club took a different stance this time.
"We started Spring Training saying Jackie has to get every day at-bats, but we feel like [Jonny] Gomes and [Mike] Carp has been a productive combination [in left field], and there's been a flow to this roster," Farrell said.
This time, Bradley will simply be holding down a roster spot until Shane Victorino is activated on June 5. Mike Carp, Jonny Gomes and Daniel Nava will likely continue to get the bulk of the at-bats in the corner-outfield spots until Victorino returns.
Bradley led off for Triple-A Pawtucket at Indianapolis on Tuesday and played right field, going 1-for-4 with a double. The outfielder is hitting .354 for Pawtucket.
When the Red Sox sent Bradley down following their game on April 18, he was in the midst of an 0-for-20 slump.
The team has had good reports on him of late.
"Very good," Farrell said on Tuesday. "Once he got past the shoulder tendinitis and got back on the field, much like we saw in Spring Training with his defense, he made two good plays last night and doubled off a guy with a throw. He threw out another runner. He had a home run and a double last night. He's been swinging the bat very well."
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Would You Hold Hands with a Stranger?
What would you do if a total stranger tried to hold your hand? Watch a video of this hilarious prank in action here!
-Lylah M. Alphonse, Yahoo! Shine
What would you do if a total stranger came up to you in public and tried to hold your hand? A couple of pranksters decided to find out, and posted the results on YouTube. Call it an in-depth study of PDA – Public Displays of Awkwardness. j
"Today we're going to walk close to people and hold their hand — or try to hold their hand," says host and hand-holder Andrew Hales of Losing All Hope Was Freedom. (The name was inspired by Edward Norton's character in Fight Club; the Utah-based group uploads new videos every Monday.) He looks like a totally normal guy – blond hair cut close, khaki shorts, dark blue striped polo shirt, black-rimmed glasses. When people notice that he's the one slipping his hand into theirs, they look like they don't quite know what to think. More than 1.4 million have watched the weird, funny, sweet clip on YouTube – and counting.
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Most people pulled their hands away, startled. A few guys looked repulsed. Some girls seem annoyed. But still, others smile and greet him warmly. No one smacks him — at least, if someone did, the slap didn't make it into the edited video — which makes this silly social experiment a cringeworthy success.
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Little Lake Does Not Always Mean Little Fish
ATHENS—The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center's main stocked fishing pond, Lake Zebco, covers only about an acre and a half. (A full football field including end zones covers 1.32 acres.) Walking at a brisk pace, you can circle it in three or four minutes.
The lake's small size does not give a hint of what monsters lurk beneath its surface. On the morning of Valentine's Day, Jonathan ("Gonzo") Gonzalez of Kaufman caught a blue catfish measuring 35.25 inches long and 23 inches in girth and weighing 18.6 pounds.
Gonzalez, a frequent visitor to TFFC, is a dedicated fly-fisher who frequently fishes for rainbow trout in TFFC's ponds. As usual, on this occasion he was targeting rainbows using a five-weight rod and a semi-seal lure in peacock green.
Gonzalez is a prolific fly-tier who demonstrates his skills at the annual Fly Fish Texas event at TFFC, scheduled this year for March 9. "A semi-seal fly is named that because it looks like seal fur," he said. "It's bushy." Gonzalez first saw the fly in Arizona, where it is used for trout, and now ties the pattern himself.
"I had seen trout rising on the upper end of the pond near where the waterfall comes in," Gonzalez revealed. "I cast just past the trout, and the catfish hit the fly as soon as it hit the water. I suspect he may have been looking for rainbow trout to eat."
The catfish is his biggest catch on a fly rod, eclipsing the 10.5-pound bass that was his previous best. How big was it? It is a pending state fly-rod weight record for blue catfish as well as a weight record for Lake Zebco. The fish missed qualifying for a state catch-and-release record by just three-quarters of an inch.
"I was pretty lucky," Gonzalez said. "I fish at TFFC a lot, and this was just icing on the cake."
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DETROIT - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan collected almost $500 million dollars in fiscal year 2012, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced
Collections totaled $492,237,355 for the year ending September 30, 2012.
Of this amount, $415,605,272 was collected in criminal actions and $65,640,905 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, the district collected $11,076,048 in criminal and civil forfeitures.
Seven corporate criminal defendants paid a total of $409 million in fines imposed as a result of prosecutions by the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division in this district for illegal price fixing in the automotive industry. The remaining money recovered as a result of criminal prosecutions, $6 million, was either paid out to individual victims of crime or was deposited into the Crime Victims' Fund, which is distributed to groups that perform work on behalf of crime victims.
McQuade said the amount is slightly higher than in past years.
The budget for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan is approximately $24 million.
One of largest settlements was $30 million
One of the larger civil cases resolved last year by the Detroit U.S. Attorney's Office involved allegations that Amersham Health, Inc., a company later acquired by GE Healthcare, Inc., fraudulently mispriced a radiopharmaceutical injected into patients during cardiac imaging studies. Because the pricing formula ultimately resulted in improper billings to Medicare, the U.S. Attorney's Office, along with one of the litigating divisions of the Department of Justice, pursued an action to recover the amounts that were paid by the federal healthcare program. Settlement was reached in late 2011 in
the amount of $30 million.
Related Story: Michigan man spearheads Medicare fraud lawsuit, wins
Of the amount collected in civil actions, $1.9 million resulted from the efforts of four private law firms, which are responsible for litigating and collecting on defaulted loans owed primarily to the U.S. Department of Education. Two large civil recoveries – one from Walgreen's and the other one from GE Healthcare described above – were
handled primarily by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, but
included recoveries for damages suffered in other districts. The remaining civil
recoveries resulted from actions brought in the Eastern District of Michigan to recover
funds owed to federal agencies from fraudulent claims or defaulted loans.
Nationwide collections
Nationwide, the U.S. Attorneys' offices collected $13.1 billion in criminal and civil actions during fiscal year 2012, more than doubling the $6.5 billion collected in 2011. A portion of this amount, $5.3 billion, was collected in "shared cases," in which one or more U.S. Attorneys' offices or Department of Justice litigating divisions were also involved. The $13.1 billion represents more than six times the appropriated budget of the 94 U.S. Attorneys' offices for 2012.
"During this time of economic recovery, collections efforts on behalf of taxpayers are more important than ever," said McQuade. "The U.S. Attorney's Office is dedicated to protecting the public and recovering funds for the federal treasury and for victims of federal crime. We will continue to hold accountable those who seek to profit from their illegal activities."
The U.S. Attorneys' Offices, along with the Department of Justice's litigating divisions, are responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the U.S. and criminal debts owed to federal crime victims. Department of Justice records for 2012 show that the amount collected in criminal actions totaled $3.035 billion in restitution, criminal fines, and felony assessments. The law requires defendants to pay restitution to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered a physical injury or financial loss. While restitution is paid directly to the victim, criminal fines and felony assessments are paid to the Department of Justice's Crime Victims' Fund.
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Likewise, if a study only enrolls 20 people, the results might be due to chance alone. But results seen in larger studies are more likely to mean something.
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My first thought venturing into a new year is that Hurricane Isaac likely was 2012's top outdoors story.
It's not that this minimum hurricane overpowered south Louisiana. Instead, it's that the storm showed how destructive a Category I storm can be as long as our state continues to suffer through prolonged coastal land loss.
Floods in LaPlace andlow lands across the Lake Maurepas drainage area are proof that we might have lost the last line of defense south of Interstate 12. Future storms invading the Maurepas-Pontchartrain Basin could have significant impact on places like Hammond and Baton Rouge, places we believed would be forever free of hurricane-caused flood threats.
The fact that animals in McElroy Swamp suffered through a prolonged period of Isaac-caused storm waters, and that hunters' deer seasons were reduced by as much as 50 days, should be a wake-up call to tell us that coastal restoration will mean more to south Louisiana than saving our coastal parishes from the ravages of storms and sea-level rise.
The real test for everyone who calls Louisiana home will be to make sure all monies coming from the RESTORE Act, from fines levied against BP, go to the projects outlined in the State Coastal Restoration Master Plan.
For fishermen, the biggest carryover into 2013 is the state's plan for regional offshore management.
In January and February, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will determine if the five Gulf States, led by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' initiative, will be handed the authority to manage species like red snapper, grouper, other reef fisheries and deep-water species like yellowfin tuna.
And there will be the test to find out if our state's plan to push our fishing waters out to nine miles, from the current three-mile limit. It's a push that has the backing of Mississippi and Alabama fish and game agencies that have the same 3-mile restriction as our state's fishermen. That comes amidst long-standing boundaries that grant Florida and Texas state-controlled waters out to 9 miles.
The push for state management of federal waters had led to a rare agreement among the five Gulf States for a 9-mile, Gulf-wide state-waters limit when the GMFMC meetings convene on reef-fish management and quotas come during the next seven weeks.
This issue of managing reef fish, especially red snapper, could be a defining moment in commercial and recreational activity in state and federal waters. Louisiana plans to ask for 15 percent of the total allowable catch of red snapper off our coast (and landings in our state) from the Gulf of Mexico's quota for 2013.
Plans are to allow the recreational red snapper season to open in April and go Fridays-to-Sundays throughout the summer. That alone is a big enough reason to believe 2013 could be a milestone for Louisiana anglers.
Happy New Year!


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Is positive discrimination good or bad thing? Compared to what/who? In which cases?
I had a debate on this topic and I was in the team For.
I'm interested in your opinions, so thanks in advance for replying.
Also if you don't know what a positive discrimination might be, here are some examples (benefits for/of vulnerable groups of people, grants/scholarships, senior citizen discounts,...).


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Norway's Emil Svendsen denied Martin Fourcade a third gold medal of the Sochi Games with a dramatic photo-finish victory at the end of Tuesday's men's biathlon 12.5km mass start.
Svendsen, himself a double gold medallist at the Vancouver Games in 2010, fought back in the finish straight and thrust one ski over the line to pip the Frenchman, with both men recording the same 42 minutes 29.1 seconds finish time.
Fourcade had already won gold medals in the 20km individual and 12.5km pursuit in Sochi, and looked dejected having initially believed he had done enough to win a third.
Ondrej Moravec of the Czech Republic took bronze for his second medal of the Games after winning silver in the 12.5km pursuit.
Norwegian veteran Ole Einar Bjoerndalen looked in contention for an historic 13th Winter Olympics medal as he was one of the breakaway four before fluffing his chances on the final shooting range, missing four shots to drop out of contention.
Tina Maze earned her second gold medal at the Sochi Games with victory in the women's giant slalom in difficult conditions.
The Slovenian, who made history by sharing the top of the podium with Dominique Gisin in the downhill last week, claimed the outright win in the pouring rain with an overall time of two minutes, 36.87 seconds in her two runs.
That was just 0.07secs ahead of Anna Fenninger, who won gold at the super-G over the weekend, with defending champion Viktoria Rebensburg settling for bronze.
Norway took gold and silver in the Nordic combined large hill/10km event as Joergen Graabak beat compatriot Magnus Moan by 0.6 seconds in the cross-country race.
Graabak, 22, who started 42 seconds behind event leader and pre-games favourite Eric Frenzel after a leap of 118.4 metres in the ski jump, led down the home straight and had enough to win with a time of 23 minutes 27.5 seconds.
Fabian Riessle claimed bronze for Germany.
David Wise overcame difficult conditions at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park to take gold for the United States in the men's ski halfpipe final.
A score of 92.00 on his first of two runs was enough to keep him ahead of the pack in heavy snow, with Canada's Mike Riddle in second place and Kevin Rolland of France completing the podium.
Jorrit Bergsma won gold ahead of compatriots Sven Kramer and Bob de Jong and smashed the Winter Olympic record for the 10,000m as Holland continued their domination of speed skating.
Bergsma, who won bronze in the 5000m, glided home in 12 minutes 44.45 seconds to secure his place at the top of the podium.
Kramer was just 4.57 seconds slower than Bergsma, with De Jong, the event leader with just two runs remaining, finishing 22.74 seconds back in third.
South Korea claimed their first short track gold medal of the Games with victory in the 3000m ladies final, finishing in four minutes 09.498 seconds.
Canada claimed silver while Italy were awarded bronze after China were disqualified for impeding Korean skater Shim Suk Hee on the final lap.
Pierre Vaultier edged out home favourite Nikolay Olyunin on the last jump in the final of the men's snowboard cross to win gold at a murky Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
Alex Deibold secured bronze in a tense final race, but fellow American Nate Holland - the reigning champion at the prestigious Winter X Games - failed to progress beyond the quarter-final stage.
Great Britain's men's curling team won through to the semi-finals in nail-biting fashion with a last-end 6-5 tie-break win over Norway at the Ice Cube Curling Center.
David Murdoch's all-Scottish rink played catch-up for most of the game, until his brilliant final stone in the 10th end secured two game-winning points and set up a meeting with Sweden.
American pair Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams will take a healthy 0.23 seconds lead into the final day of the women's bobsleigh after setting a track record of 57.26secs on their opening run.
Reigning Olympic champions Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse are in silver medal position, three tenths of a second ahead of the second American sled of Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans.


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