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I swear, the way some people treat this planet they seem to think humans can hop in a boat or spaceship or something and in a couple of days they will be on another habitable planet just waiting to be plundered. We can't. Of course, most of those seem to be the same rich and powerful that not only run most everything in this country but also run the whole world.
The lack of a grounding in reality that the Republican Party has exhibited for the past 30 years has infected our country. At one time some of their antics were comical at best, but the delay they have caused in addressing quite serious long range issues is now forcing humanity to come face to face with grave consequences.
We recently took a little trip south to Mississippi. During our trip we had to cross the river of the same name. The Mississippi River, the nation's highway for over 200 years, is so low that it is about to be closed to barge traffic. This will cause a huge bottle neck in the nation's commerce, especially moving farm products to port. At the same time reports are coming out that the Ogallala Aquifer has maybe a few decades of water left at the current rates of usage. The Ogallala is used mostly for irrigation, so as it dies, so does much of the farming in the plains.
The water in the Ogallala does not appear through some miracle. Water just isn't dumped into underground storage through the act of some super human entity. No, it is refilled by a very slow trickle through the ground process that will take tens of thousand years or more. There is no other way. The rate of rainfall that will be used to recharge the aquifer is slowing due to climate change. Thus the recharge may take even longer.
The Great Lakes are losing water also. All are down many inches, which is billions of gallons of water. Governments around the Great lakes have already formed a sort of defense force to keep their precious resource from being stolen from them. Water is slowly becoming the forefront of the climate change. At some point decisions will have to be made on who will get the most precious resource we need to live, next to oxygen.
The problem has been slowly coming to a head. Rather than initiating some tough policies to slow or stop the waste and loss of our water, we have as a people chosen to ignore the problem. Like many I thought we may still have some wiggle room until I read this op-ed on Juan Cole's Informed Consent blog this morning. Briefly, guest poster Tom Giesen cites a potentially much warmer climate coming much faster than we expected. So what we thought was some wiggle room has disappeared. While we have been talking of a 2degC rise in temperatures in a century, changes of 4degC or more may happen in a few short decades.
Here are some excerpts, but I recommend you read the entire story.
"Global warming's disasters once seemed far off and science-fictional. It is now becoming clear to the scientific community that, to the contrary, very bad things could happen beginning relatively soon. For Baby Boomers, from the the Cuban Missile Crisis or the assassination of John F. Kennedy in the early 1960s till now does not seem like such a long period of time. But in a similar span of years, taking us to about 2060, the world could well experience an increase in global average temperatures of some 4 degrees Centigrade[1]. If we consider the likely effects of this steep warming trend carefully, it becomes clear that the resulting "four degrees" world (as scientists call it) is far less hospitable for humans than our own, a world so inhospitable that we must avoid creating it at any cost.
Consider these scenarios, thought highly likely by scientists:
A temperature increase of 4 degrees C. will cause a 40% reduction in corn and rice crops, and loss of other agricultural produce, as well. The world doesn't have fewer mouths to feed over time, and a decline in these key staples will likely produce widespread starvation..
People will be forced from their homes, like so many Syrian refugees, on a grand scale — from coastal areas because of rising seas; from areas no longer habitable due to high temperatures or drought; and from changing industrial and commercial practices.
Other effects include ice melting, weather extremes, ocean acidification, loss of coral reefs, changes in stream flows, large losses in biodiversity, water shortages, forest dieback and fires, and so on – the list is very long.
A temperature increase of 4 degrees C is now thought likely to cause the disintegration of an organized global community. A four degree world will likely be so altered that human society cannot adapt to it."
Wish I had some comforting words, but I do not. Science has known of climate change for a hundred years. Lyndon Johnson warned of the effects of climate change nearly 50 years ago and urged action then. We were warned and have done nothing thanks in major part to those who make money effectively stopping any action.


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I figured this would happen at some point: Colorful and super pocket-size. The new Extra Small Notebooks. – Moleskine ® English. I guess the XS size planners were enough of a success that they decided to continue that format for regular notebooks. Plain and lined pages are available in 4 colors– but no black??

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Asked today whether the Treasury should scrap the Bank of England's 2 per cent inflation target, former policy maker and current central banking guru Charles Goodhart said no. The target, he said, had done little to stop the Monetary Policy Committee easing rates and printing money to stave off an economic and financial meltdown.
Andrew Sentance, another ex rate-setter, agreed. "Inflation targeting hasn't been the constriction it has been played up to be," he said this morning.
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For many, visiting is a matter of near-religious observance, but others decry their food as just posh chicken and chips.
Portuguese-style peri-peri purveyors Nando's could be coming to New Malden if councillors wave through a planning application later this month.
It hopes to open the restaurant at 197-199 High Street, on the site of the old Dreams bed shop by the Fountain roundabout.
The restaurant would open from noon to 11pm, according to a noise survey submitted to Kingston Council on behalf of Nando's.
Planners have submitted an application to change the building from a retail site to a restaurant.
The unit, on the corner of High Street and Kingston Road, overlooking the Fountain roundabout, was once a Dreams bed store
Another document, prepared by planning consultants FirstPlan, said: "Discussions with a well-established family orientated high street restaurant operator are well progressed, and, subject to the grant of planning permission, it is expected that this operator will seek to occupy the unit as soon as possible."
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yeah - with the Sanford situation (as opposed to the Jersey Shore "Situation"), i am not sure SC should critique anyone's leadership.
Christie gets some points for sticking up for his voters versus the party and for some good sound bites. Like most of these guys he is looking out for #1 and will serve the people when those interests coincide. He has made some improvements in the state and probably screwed some things up. He does a good job of the "i'm one of you guys" image. and he was video'd eating a donut just before lap-band surgery.
he is a fatty which does not speak to leadership but certainly to lack of self control
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Hello, my friend, you may not know this but body language is essential if you want to succeed at attracting all the girls you want and persuading all the people you want. Body language communications go directly into people's subconscious, they are extremely powerful and people accept them freely because, subconsciously, they know that body language is not something that can be faked, we trust body language more than words.
Maybe you've seen a person walking down the street and thought to yourself "Boy, that guy must have a lot of money" or "That guy must get a lot of girls". Superficially, that guy seemed normal, looked normal, wore normal clothes and might even have normal game, but something about him made you conclude that he is a guy that gets what he wants. All those things you concluded were thanks to his body language, and the way he carried himself.
If you've studied psychology, you may know that mind follows body and body follows mind, meaning that our body will adapt to our mood, and reciprocally, our mood will adapt to our body language. The more powerful of the two is the body, our mood will change depending on the way we're acting. If we have a very positive and attractive body language, our self-confidence will skyrocket and our overall attractiveness will increase to unheard levels.
It's not very hard to change your idle positions to the very attractive ones, it's an everyday conscious decision until they become deeply ingrained into that beautiful subconscious of yours, then they will become your default setting. The mood changes and self-confidence boosts will follow.
The first thing you need to know for all this is that you need to be relaxed and comfortable, you must make yourself comfortable first. If you look like you're trying too hard, you will look like a total loser (you don't want that do you?) and if you look uncomfortable in these power positions you will suffer the same fate. Remember, relaxed and comfortable.
Next comes taking up space and leaning back, you want to take up your whole space and a little bit of the other people's space, you want to make yourself as comfortable as possible and take up as much space as you can without being obnoxious. If you think you're going to be deemed an asshole for taking up other's space, don't worry. What you're doing here, subconsciously, is giving other people permission to be comfortable themselves. Most people nowadays think that it's rude to make yourself comfortable and have to give other's your space. That's bullshit, you take your stuff first, others will then look up to you and realise that they too can make themselves comfortable. Some may think you're an asshole, so be it. Mediocrity will resent you, you will attract success and awesomeness.
Next comes opening yourself up to the world, you will want to be open with your body language. Your limbs must be spread out and not touching your body, your legs comfortably spread, showing that crotch, shouting "I'm a highly sexual being!" to the world. They will thank you for it, and girls will be much more attracted to you.
Next come your movements, you want to slow everything down a little bit and get rid of all fidgetiness. Being completely still is OK and highly attractive, as long as you're relaxed and comfortable.
Of course, you need to master the smirk, it is paramount to your well-being that you master the smirk, look up pictures of badasses like George Clooney that possess irresistible smirks that melt fair maidens' hearts, then go to the mirror and practice.
The last thing I want you to take car of is the way you walk, pretend there's a string going inside your spine and to the sky, perpendicular to the floor, that way you will walk straight and with your head up, like a true badass, then walk with purpose and direction, as if you always have a super-important place to be at right now.
That sums up this power body language mini-guide I wrote for you, my man, use it well and PRACTICE, nothing will come to you unless you practice. Also, it is very effective to select a few role models, like badass movie or TV characters that you can model. If you personally know an amazing badass with killer body language, much better, surround yourself with that person and copy the shit out of it. Peace
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Are you a moderator or abstainer?
One of the great mysteries of happiness is: why don't we do the things that we know will make us happy? Why do we skip exercising? Why do we eat two doughnuts for breakfast? Why do we buy that thing we don't really need? Etc.
Often, I know I'll be happier if I don't indulge in something. For example, I won't be happy if I eat five cookies — and I'm the kind of person who can't eat just one cookie.
A piece of advice I often see is, "Be moderate. Don't have ice cream every night, but if you try to deny yourself altogether, you'll fall off the wagon. Allow yourself to have the occasional treat, it will help you stick to your plan."
I've come to believe that this is good advice for some people: the "moderators." They do better when they try to make moderate changes, when they avoid absolutes and bright lines.
For a long time, I kept trying this strategy of moderation – and failing. Then I read a line from Samuel Johnson: "Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult." Ah ha! Like Dr. Johnson, I'm an "abstainer."
I find it far easier to give something up altogether than to indulge moderately. When I admitted to myself that I was eating my favorite frozen "fake food" treat, Tasti D-Lite, two and even three times a day, I gave it up cold turkey. That was far easier for me to do than to eat Tasti D-Lite twice a week. If I try to be moderate, I exhaust myself debating, "Today, tomorrow?" "Does this time 'count?'" etc. If I never do something, it requires no self-control for me; if I do something sometimes, it requires enormous self-control.
There's no right way or wrong way – it's just a matter of knowing which strategy works better for you. If moderators try to abstain, they feel trapped and rebellious. If abstainers try to be moderate, they spend a lot of time justifying why they should go ahead and indulge.
However, in my experience, both moderators and abstainers try hard to convert the other team. A nutritionist once told me, "I tell my clients to follow the 80/20 rule. Be healthy 80% of the time, indulge within reason, 20% of the time." She wouldn't consider my point of view — that a 100% rule might be easier for someone like me to follow.
People can be surprisingly judgmental about which approach you take. As an abstainer, I often get disapproving comments like, "It's not healthy to take such a severe approach" or "It would be better to learn how to manage yourself" or "Can't you let yourself have a little fun?" On the other hand, I hear fellow abstainer-types saying to moderators, "You can't keep cheating and expect to make progress" or "Why don't you just go cold turkey?" But different approaches work for different people. (Exception: with an actual addiction, like alcohol or cigarettes, people generally accept that abstaining is the only solution.)
You're a moderator if you…
— find that occasional indulgence heightens your pleasure – and strengthens your resolve
— get panicky at the thought of "never" getting or doing something
You're an abstainer if you…
— have trouble stopping something once you've started
— aren't tempted by things that you've decided are off-limits
Now, sometimes instead of trying to give something up, we're trying to push ourselves to embrace something. Go to the gym, eat vegetables, work on a disagreeable project.
Perhaps this is the flip side of being an abstainer, but I've found that if I'm trying to make myself do something, I do better if I do that thing every day. When people ask me advice about keeping a blog, one of my recommendations is, "Post every day, or six days a week." Weirdly, it's easier to write a blog every day than it is to write it three or four times a week. I don't know how moderators feel about this. (Moderators – what do you think? Is it easier to go for a half-hour walk every day, or four times a week, for you?)
So…do you identify as an abstainer or a moderator? Do these categories ring true for you?
* Of all the things I've learned from my happiness project, one of the most important is the necessity of good sleep for me. I was fascinated to read this article about "short sleepers" who need very little sleep — and how many people think they're short sleepers, but aren't. I have no illusions. I'm a long sleeper.
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Hi, I have the following code to scan text for URLs and return all the urls in array.I've been testing this for days but keep not getting anywhere success in tracking front and trailing spaces.
var result = text.match("[^\\s\(\)\"\'<>\,\!]+(((ht|f)tp(s?)\://)?(www.|[a-zA-Z].)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+(\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4})?[^\\s]+)", "gi");
With this regex, it always fail when I try to type the following:
http://www.domain.com/test?id=dsd sakads http://www.xample.com/test?id=dsd
It returns:
http://www.domain.com/test?id=dsd sakads, http://www.xample.com/test?id=dsd
With the "sakads". How do I remove any text and spaces in between URLs?
Thanks in advanced.
By the way may I ask if javascript expression the same as php???
I tried to use [^\s] to detect spaces but it always seems to remove the character "s" :(:(
var result = text.match(https?\://[-a-zA-Z0-9\.]+(/[-a-zA-Z0-9\?\=]+)?", "ig")
give that a try...
That gave me null result. I tested using this string:
var text = "http://www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c Longest Word http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c";
Ok, well in order to test out the regExp, I used a quick PHP script, and it works fine. So I'm pretty sure the regExp works, but perhaps there's an issue with syntax.
Do you have a test page online I can have a look at?
I haven't had this kinda issue using PHP. Seems like regex in javascript really is a pain :(.
I only have this simple page to quick test any pattern I can have, currently it is even matching invalid domain URL like youtube[without the extension] which I do not want:
body {

$(document).ready( function( ) {
var text = "http://www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c Longest Word http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c";
alert(text.match( "https?://([a-z0-9].+)(\\.[a-z0-9\\-]+)(.[a-z]{2,4})+", "igm" ))

<input type="submit" onclick="window.location.reload( true );" style="padding:100px;" value="submit" />
OK, so string.match will return an array of matches so this:
var text = "http://www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c Longest Word http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c";
var matches = text.match( "https?\\://[-a-zA-Z0-9\\.]+(/[-a-zA-Z0-9\\?\\=]+)?", "ig" );
will return:
http://www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c, http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c
So to return the first url matched you use this
the second would be:
and so on...
Is that any help?
Thanks for your help micky kinda close but the first match is not valid domain? It is without an extension.
Also i need to make it such that it matches:
Do I need to seperate these check or is there a pattern to check this as well? Realy appreciate your help micky.
Additionally is you want to iterate through the array and output the urls, you can do this:
$.each(matches, function(){
$('body').appendTo('
' this '
');
But I've just noticed, it'll only match the first occurrence... the second array entry is the stuff in parenthesis. As far as I'm aware the /g modifier should make it global, but it's not in this case.
Hi micky, I think I can make do with the "without the extension" issue because it seems like even when i tried on facebook, it is the same result. For now the only check I need to add in is for the below result as well.
I tried replace your pattern https in the front with this ((ht|f)tp(s?)\://) but it allows plain text to pass thru the check...:(
I cannot understand why this wouldn't match :
var text = "wer www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c Longest Word http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c"; var matches = text.match( "((ht|f)tp(s?)\://)?[\-a-z0-9\.]+(/[\-a-z0-9\?\=]+)?", "ig" ); alert(matches);
Result: wer,www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c,Longest,Word,http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c
var text = "wer www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c Longest Word http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c"; var matches = text.match( "((ht|f)tp(s?)\://)?[\-a-z0-9\.]+(/[\-a-z0-9\?\=]+)?", "ig" ); alert(matches);
Result: wer,www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c,Longest,Word,http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c
Shouldn't the [\-a-z0-9\.] period sign inside the square brackets enforce the string to "must consist of a period"? Not sure why plain text is allowed through...arg
OK, the first is not regular valid domain cos in the string I forgot to put in the '.com', but you're right, the regex should not have match it in that case.
To match either http(s)://www.etc.com/blah, or www[.]etc[.]com , you need to make the http(s):// part optional like so:
But I'm struggling with the .com, .co.uk part atm.
I'm thinking:
"(https?\\://)?www\\.[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+[b]\\.[/b]([a-zA-Z\\.]{2,4})+(/[-a-zA-Z0-9\\?\\=]+)?", "g"
It will only match stuff with www. at the start, but it doesn't seem to care if the 2nd dot's there or not. Not really sure why.
If my text is like this:
var text = "wer www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c Longest Word http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c";
It fail
I think for this part I can make do with not checking because it will definitely cause more headache.
Yeah, for some reason that second dot is not matching, and I don't have a clue why. If i use text = "wer www.youtube/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c Longest Word http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c", it should match the second url, but it's matching 'www.youtube/watc'.
Right, so here's my regex:(https?\://)?www\.[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+\.([a-zA-Z\.]{2,4})+(/[-a-zA-Z0-9\?\=]+)?
The first array element is the whole match, which is 'www.youtube/watc', the second array element is the first matched parethesis which is 'watc'.
Now for some reason, it's including the '/' as being matched by [-a-zA-Z0-9_], which as far as I'm aware it shouldn't do. Then, it's matching 'watc' as the last 4 characters after the first backslash with '([a-zA-Z\.]{2,4})'. Which is also confusing, since there's no backslash featured in the preceding part of the RegExp.
Now in PHP (and most probably Perl), I think preg_match behaves a little differently. So I'm afraid I'm gonna have to duck out here, cos I'm at a loss as to why this isn't working. Hopefully someone who knows a little more about javascript RegExp will be able to pick up the threat from here.
Yes micky, this is just weird, but thanks for your great help anyway. If anyone have any advice would greatly appreciate.
Meanwhile I'll just keep trying...
Hey there,
So a friend of mine, who is much more intelligent than I has pointed out that javascript behaves differently depending on the way you use a regex. So if you use this method:
var text = "wer www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c Longest Word http://www.youtube2.com/watch?v=KOFqBrwld3c";
var re = /(https?\\:\\/\\/)?www\\.[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+\\.([a-zA-Z\\.]{2,4})(\\/[-a-zA-Z0-9\\?\\=]+)?/ig;
var matches = text.match(re);
will operate 'properly'. In that case the regex I gave you works correctly, and will return an array of matches. Note how the regex is no longer in inverted commas, and the modifiers are after the last backslash. The backslash operates at the delimiter of the regex, so you need to escape all the other backslashes throughout the regex.
Hope that helps.


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THE WOODLANDS, Texas - A woman who was suspected of contracting the potentially deadly hantavirus while inside a home being featured on a reality TV show does not have it, health officials said Monday.
Montgomery County health officials said the woman, along with 29 other people, were inside a home in The Woodlands filming an episode of the Discovery Channel's "Hoarding: Buried Alive."
The airborne disease is spread by rodent droppings. Health officials said disrupting the old, dusty mounds of clutter inside the home could have easily released the virus.
On Monday evening, health officials said the original test the woman received came up with a false positive. Further testing proved she did not have the virus, officials said.
What exactly the woman is suffering from is not yet known, officials said.
Hantavirus typically survives up to three days and symptoms may develop one to six weeks after exposure.
Residents who live by said they aren't worried they could become sick.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Moises Alou, only five years removed from his last game as a Major Leaguer, either played with or against many of the players who comprised the Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic roster.
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The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 20by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/30/2013 2:08 PM EST
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mike55 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkDoes anyone know of any drives planning on using 3-bit-per-cell, 128 Gb NAND dies (dice?)? Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkSo far the only drive to use 3-bit-per-cell (TLC) NAND is the Samsung SSD 840. At least both Samsung and IMFT have 128Gb TLC but as of today I have not heard it being used in an SSD. The successor of SSD 840 will probably move to 128Gb TLC NAND to cut costs even more but that's at least a quarter away (this is just a guess, we don't have any info yet), Reply
mike55 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkThe funny thing about the ambiguous picture modes Samsung uses is that they're not even consistent among Samsung products. Natural mode on my Samsung TV makes people look like Nicki Minaj.
Also about the dynamic contrast thing. I think Brian's talking about CE dimming where it dims the backlight based on the brightness of content on the screen. Of course this makes absolutely no sense to me with a edge-lit LCD. If you rename the input to PC, it disables some of the image processing, including CE dimming. Unfortunately, it disables a lot of the features like motion interpolation. Fortunately, most of Samsung's features serve only to make the picture worse somehow. I actually get less input lag with the input renamed to PC than with game mode on. Reply
Brian Klug - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkInteresting, I'll have to try this. I've almost given up on ever having just a simple 1:1 dumb monitor mode on my Samsung 55-inch.
-Brian Reply
Zandros - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkCan we pretty please get a higher resolution image for the podcast feed? It looks ugly in Downcast. ;) Reply
jeffkibuule - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkYes please. Much appreciated. Reply
darwinosx - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkAgree, its pretty awful. Reply
Coup27 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linklinks are broken! Reply
freedom4556 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkI think that whole server is down. If you look at the links, they point to a server named images.anandtech.com Reply
secretanchitman - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkyep! also having trouble downloading the podcast in itunes as well.. Reply
Earthmonger - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkCan we please get a podcast that doesn't include phones or tablets? Is technology so dead that only mobile devices are worth talking about? 4 out of 5 casts are based around this crap. It's too much. Reply
THizzle7XU - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkYou should get a refund! Oh wait, it's free. Don't listen then. Reply
Earthmonger - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkI need an edit button. I just realized podcasts were now under the smartphone category on the site. The Anandtech Podcast is officially dead. When did that happen? Ah well, completely ignorable now, so nevermind. Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkPodcasts are not under smartphones, they have their own category:
It's true that most of the podcasts discuss smartphones/tablets (some more, some less) but there have been episodes that have focused on other topics. For example episode 18 was about the site redesign and GPUs: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6874/the-anandtech-p...
What are the topics you would like to see discussed? Reply
Sabresiberian - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkI think one of the things that makes Anandtech podcasts great is that you guys talk about what you are passionate about. That happens to be smart phones much of the time, and I'm fine with listening to talk about smart phones, even though I'm not really interested in buying any of the phones that exist. I always come away from Anandtech podcasts knowing more about the technology discussed and the industry and what goes on in it. I enjoy listening to people who know their hind quarters from the proverbial hole in the ground, and the Anandtech editors give me that better than any other site I've listened to. I never have the thought "That guy is freakin clueless" when I'm listening to an Anandtech podcast; I can't say that about any other site's podcast I've listened to.
And, frankly there just isn't a lot of exciting things to talk about in the PC world right now. People are still doing reviews of socket 1155 boards, and I have no interest in any of them. Basically, if it isn't about Haswell or maybe Ivy Bridge-E, I could care less. There isn't anything cool happening with GPUs, CPUs, or even SSDs right now. You talked about the most exciting thing going on, which was the price breakthrough of the M500 @ 960GB, and that's about all there was to say anything about. I would like more discussion about PC components, that's what I'm really interested in, but, really, what is there to say?
The most important thing to me is knowledgeable, enthusiastic discussion, and that's what you are delivering, so, no real complaints from me. As it stands right now, the most movement is in the mobile industry, so that deserves the lion's share of the podcast, in my opinion. When June hits and we have real information about Haswell and the related products, hopefully there will be something we can all sink our proverbial teeth into and we'll get more of that in the podcasts, but that's then, not now. Reply
Brian Klug - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkWe kind of have settled into a pattern where we alternate between primarily PC focus, and primarily mobile focus. The reality is that the previous week was dominated by mobile related news, so that's what we talked about. Haswell is almost imminent, at which point I'm sure things will change back the other way as mobile slows down (hopefully).
-Brian Reply
Bakes - Thursday, June 06, 2013 - linkI have been reading Anandtech for years but only just started listening to the podcasts in May. I am current with the podcasts now. I have never really been too interested in the technology that makes cellular phones possible but as the market shifts to mobile computing I am finding myself more interested. I've learned much catching up on the podcasts here. Many times your contributions are a bit over my head but Anand does a good job stopping and clarifying some of the details you gloss over. In my experience you two have provided a good balance in the discussions. As a generally inquisitive person I have been motivated by these discussions to learn more than I would have without them.
I think we are close to the point where the term smartphone isn't really the best description of today's flagship mobile devices since the phone functionality is no longer the dominant feature.
I agree with Sabresiberian's comment above. The enthusiasm of the discussion really hooks me as much as the topics do.
Keep up the good work. Reply
Devfarce - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - link+1 on broken links. iTunes and direct links are both broke. Now that I think about it, I seem to remember iTunes doesn't actually host podcast. I guess that makes sense. Reply
TrackSmart - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkSERVER TROUBLES? I'm having trouble downloading from the podcast links. I've also noticed that images in articles have been flaky today.
I wonder if there will be an Anandtech story in the coming days about the causes of this downtime and the technology issues behind it. It might be interesting, depending on the root cause. Reply
Sm0kes - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - linkIt's broken on ITunes as well.
FYI -- ITunes for OSX is pretty solid. It's nothing like the bloated Windows port. Reply
watersb - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - link(FWIW Anand says it's DNS: some hours for the update to percolate throughout the net, should be working now...) Reply
Vi0cT - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkGood episode, just waiting for the Lumia 920 review now... Reply
roberta - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkUnfortunately direct links for both mp3 & m4a are still broken... :(
Roberta Reply
PHlipMoD3 - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkLoving these podcasts.
Only problem I have is that Brian often talks about the review he is working on (EG Lumia 920) and the review never surfaces on the site. Reply
nathanddrews - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkAre we certain that we always need 10-25% spare area or is there a hard GB limit - a point of diminishing returns?
Do you need 10-25% free for ALL capacities? I don't want to lose 512GB when we get to 2TB SSDs. If the point is to ensure that you have the necessary space to allow garbage collection to properly do its job, wouldn't that mean that it mostly depends upon how much data is written between collection processes?
Obviously we know that 20% free shows improvements for nearly all drives, but what if we don't need that much for larger drives? If 20% of a 256GB drive (50GB) works well, would 50GB of free space work just as well on a 512GB or 1TB drive? The consistency of the 960GB M500 doesn't appear to improve all that much when you move from the stock 9% (64GB) spare area to an arbitrary 25%.
Also, I'm curious if spare area is spread out across all NAND dies or if spare area takes up NAND dies in some sort of sequential fashion and how that impacts the performance gains of spare area among different drives/controllers. Reply
darwinosx - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - linkYour Mommy likes iTunes. Reply
slatanek - Thursday, May 02, 2013 - linkI couldn't agree more with smartphone camera UX limited control rant. Why-o-why can't there be a manual focus slider? Reply
Jamesjunky - Friday, May 03, 2013 - linkBrian is going to get the Shoelace, but it's going to be the Sprint version. Reply
stuhad - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkWhat was the AMD thing Anand went to, that he briefly mentioned? Did I miss the news on it, can we get it in the next the podcast? Reply
bleh0 - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkIt was interesting to hear about the Asus Fonepad in the podcast. After reading some other reviews the battery life seems great and the performance is decent. Are there any plans for a review of some kind? Reply
ezorb - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkFor the love of god, Put up a new podcast it been a month Reply
yvess - Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - linkCan't wait for the next podcast! Missing it! Don't let me suffer any longer :-) Reply
MadAd - Saturday, June 29, 2013 - linkoh well, looks like ill give up on these, might as well rename it anandtech phonecast and call it good Reply


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Motorola Introduces the Moto E: The $129 Smartphone for Everyoneby Brandon Chester on 5/13/2014 7:51 AM EST
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Death666Angel - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - link"5MP (2592 х 1944) Rear Facing w/ 1.4m pixels"
1.4m pixels, so the device is at least 3.6 km wide and 2.7km tall, huh? :D I take it! Best low light pictures ever! :P
As for the E, for the 20€ I can save it doesn't seem worth the substantial down grade in specs. If it were 99€, that would be a different discussion. But 20€ savings for giving up the 720p display, getting a smaller display, half the cores and no front facing camera? You must really need the mSD slot and like the smaller size to go for that. Reply
Brandon Chester - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThanks for catching that. Chart fixed.
As for the pricing situation. I feel like the Moto E is going to end up selling below Motorola's recommended pricing of $129 and the gap in price will end up being a bit larger. If the gap between the G and the E tends toward something like $50-ish dollars there's definitely appeal, especially in emerging markets. Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkIf that happens (50-ish €/$ price difference), yeah, there would be appeal to the E, not only in emerging markets. :) Reply
piroroadkill - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkTo be fair, for someone who corrected "1.4m" pixels, you wrote milliSD instead of µSD ;)
Although I know that's basically accepted. Wrong, but accepted! Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkSince we aren't dealing with scientific units, I use m as an abbreviation of micro. Confusing maybe, but not wrong. Reply
dyc4ha - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkIt is wrong because it is not "mSD", it is "microSD". People just understood your "mistake". It is analogous to using "cuz" in instant messaging and I think that's the point prioraodkill is trying to make. Reply
mkozakewich - Saturday, May 24, 2014 - linkAlso of note is that miniSD still exists here and there. Reply
celestialgrave - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkWhy is that outside of Apple you have to go big to get high-end internals? Hate that to get a phone in a size I prefer (such as this Moto E) I have to sacrifice features and performance. I'd say 4.3" is about as big as I want to go but could see going for 4.5" if it meant a better phone but nothing bigger. Reply
jimbo2779 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkI couldn't agree more. It really annoys me that to get a decent phone that isn't an iPhone you have to get a phone that is approaching 5in or above. Reply
coder543 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkHonestly people, the Moto G is an excellent phone with only a 4.5 inch display. The only complaint I have about mine is the camera, which is subpar. Everything else is rather pleasant. But, that said, the size of the phone isn't nearly as affected by the size of the display as you think. The Moto X was nearly the same size as an iPhone, and it has a 4.7 inch screen! The iphone has massive bezels. Reply
Spoelie - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkDidn't anyone notice that the Moto X is actually sized sensibly compared to the others? It's lighter and thinner than both G and E, has the same width as the G and E, while the G is just as tall.
Only the E is smaller _in one dimension_: it's 5mm less tall, not quite what you would expect for the reduction in screen size (and other specs) Reply
coder543 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkYep. If we look at volume, (multiplying out W x H x D and ignoring the curvature, which would only emphasize my point if taken into account), the Moto X is by far the smallest. The Moto X is at least a 10 to 15 percent reduction in volume compared to the other two devices, and volume is what you're gonna feel in your pocket, not screen size. That 4.3 inch screen everyone is pining for is paired with a phone larger in your pocket than the 4.7 inch Moto X. Reply
ciaphuas - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThe Moto X, with its 4.7' sceen, has very small bezels making it feel like a smaller phone. The iPhone has huge bezels which is a waste of space. Reply
okashira - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThe iphone needs its large bezels to make room for the "magic," under neath. Reply
Spuke - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkBecause no one wants one that's why. BUT the Sony Experia Z1 Compact is pretty much what those two people that are asking for that kind of phone is. Snapdragon 800 with a 4.3" screen. You're welcome! Reply
Impulses - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkActually, I was torn between a Nexus 5 and a Moto X and the latter's smaller size was a big part of the reason... Ultimately went with the N5 for the newer hardware and Sprint Spark, but it was close. Reply
phoenix_rizzen - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkActually, it's because no one offers one! You can't buy what isn't for sale.
A lot of people want smaller phones with flagship internals. A lot of people want qwerty sliders with flagship internals. But, nobody offers those, so nobody can buy them, so everyone is forced to settle for either monster phones with skookum internals, or small phones with crap internals. Reply
Spuke - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkEver heard of demand? The phone makers make big screen phones because people WANT them. Screens started small and got bigger and people kept buying. If people wanted small screens, en masse, then the initial big screens would've flopped and the manufacturers would've kept them small. What you say makes ZERO sense. Reply
rish95 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThat's because they give us no options. I bought a 4.0" phone in mid-2011. All of my Android flagship upgrade options in mid-2013 had much bigger screens.
The Moto X was 4.7", the HTC One was 4.7", the Nexus 4 was 4.7", S4 was 5.0".
I'm not going to "upgrade" to a phone with a junk SoC like the S4 Mini, so I had no choice but to buy a phone with a big screen.
These phones are selling because there aren't any options. People aren't just going to say "Fuck it, I'll keep my Galaxy S" when their contracts are up. Reply
Trixanity - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkSony Xperia Z1 Compact? Reply
Ty4on - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkDon't use screen size to judge how big a phone is. The Moto X is lighter and barely any wider than the Moto E. Same story with the Z1 Compact despite again a much smaller screen. Reply
guantaco - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkI feel the same. Look at dimensions of a phone and then draw some good conclusions. Besides the z1 compact can be bought anywhere but the US which is a shame. Reply
grahaman27 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linksuprisingly, the z1 compact and the moto x are the exact same size dispite the .4" screen difference. Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkBut I wouldn't call the Moto X flagship or high end even when it launched. Dual core and 720p screen kills it in that regard. Reply
Ty4on - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkAnandtech reported that the Moto X' "dual core" beat the quad core flagships at the time in CPU perf. The GPU also did really well thanks to only having to render half as many pixels.
Hopefully the updated Moto X will be good as well. Reply
Klug4Pres - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkYes, it's really only the dodgy camera, the slightly questionable battery life, lack of SD card and the uncertain future of support under Lenovo that is holding me back from the X. Otherwise, it has a nice balance of specs, and a sensible form factor. Reply
Myrandex - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkThe 520 isn't big in my opinion. The internals aren't as good as this, but it is much older in terms of Mobile Phone life and the OS doesn't use the resources in the same way as this one. But I know what you mean. Its a shame when Samsung and HTC make "mini" versions of their high end handsets A.) they make the internets subpar to the standard edition and B.) they are the same size as full sized large handsets from a year ago or so (I've never considered a 4.3" ~ 4.5" screen small, unless I've been using a 6" phablet then pick up a 4.5" screened device). Reply
Arnulf - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkHow will Moto E compare to the likes of ZTE Open C ? It has 512 MB more RAM and similar specs otherwise, yet costs whopping 30% more and we don't even know whether the dual SIM version will become available in western markets at all (chances are that - just like Moto G - only single SIM version will be available to most of us). Reply
grahaman27 - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkwell, for starters, its a real smartphone with android rather than firefox OS, thats worth the extra alone. but it also comes with a bigger, higher res screen, better battery, more ram, better camera, and you can get it on sites other than ebay. worth the extra 30. Reply
Guspaz - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkExcept the Moto E is going to sell for $179 CAD, which is dumb, because the Moto G sells for $150 CAD.
Why would anybody buy the Moto E when the higher-end Moto G is cheaper? Reply
rseiler - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkA G for $150 in Canada? Maybe you mean with a contract? If so, that's not a straight comparison. Reply
Brandon Chester - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkNope you can get it $150 outright on Virgin Mobile prepaid. Sometimes if you're lucky you can can a refurb from Koodo/Telus for $75 too. Reply
rseiler - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - linkRight, I forgot about the 8GB version that doesn't work on some carriers (even if unlocked), since I'd been looking at the 16GB one (that works on all carriers) for so long. That one's even $200 on Amazon.com (not that Canadians can order from there). Reply
CrystalBay - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkMotorola seems to be marketing this phone as a semi rugged phone. I think that has something to do with its dimensions. Reply
rseiler - Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - linkProbably worth adding to the chart: no camera flash Reply
PubFiction - Thursday, May 15, 2014 - linkKilling the dumb phone has nothing to do with the cost of phones. Afterall almost anyone can get a smart phone free on contract and low end smart phones of this caliber are easily less than $100 on ebay or craigs list.
The problem is that carriers will not activate smart phones without data plans. So what good is a super cheap smart phone? Reply
wumpus - Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - linkFrom what I can tell (not yet a customer), Republic Wireless carries the Moto G (and presumably will carry the E soon) and has some seriously low cost data plans. $10/month voice only (data from wifi) or $25/month voice & data (throttling after 6G/month data, aggressively uses wifi). Other gottchas:
VOIP phone (I expect to see more of this), uses data not voice. Expect some wierdness.
Locked phone. Between the voip and the aggressive wifi use, the phone isn't standard. I don't know if rooting it and using CyanogenMod is an option, but I wouldn't count on it.
WiFi use. If this is a problem, don't use Republic. The system is built on cheaping out on wireless use, so don't try to get around it. You get certain amount of leeway in the 6G limit, but only so much.
The only other data plan that looks less than predatory is from of all places, Tracphone (I think, might be a walmart specific plan). While there is very little else to recommend about tracphone, they sell data in 2G chunks (which didn't expire the last I looked). The big catch is that while they claim to let you "bring your phone", don't count on being able to find an unlocked *and* *useable* CDMA phone (maybe you can get a moto E CDMA+LTE unlocked and free to use yet, didn't look plausible). Right now they are using phones that just can't compete with the new Moto E&G phones. Reply


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Tonight I cooked a 2 inch thick sirloin that turned out wonderfully. (It was my first steak at more than an inch thick so you'll have to give me a little rejoicing time.)
The only thing I noticed though is that the way I use to prepare other steaks did not fit this one as well. I noticed a strong beef flavor in the sirloin that I really liked, but my method did not fit it. I was just wondering if anyone had found any sauces/marinades/rubs that go particularly well with the "beefiness" of sirloin.
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Marinated in Dale's sauce (you'll have to forgive me...I haven't found a way that I like better that I can make on my own) and the juice of two lemons. Immediately when they came off the grill, I topped them with some of SR's herb butter. Works great for ribeyes and strips.


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PHILADELPHIA - The Ivy League has announced its weekly award winners in men's basketball, and University of Pennsylvania senior forward Fran Dougherty has been named co-Ivy League Player of the Week along with Yale's Justin Sears.
This is Dougherty's second weekly honor from the Ivy League; he was also named Ivy League Player of the Week on January 13.
Dougherty earned the award this week after collecting double-doubles in each of the Quakers' Ivy League winsover theweekend, Friday over Cornell (90-83) and then Saturday over Columbia (68-60). In Friday's win, he scored 17 points (going 7-of-9 from the field) and pulled down 10 rebounds. One night later,Dougherty scored 23 points and snared 12 boards, one shy of a career high. In the first half of Saturday's win over the Lions,hewas a perfect 8-of-8 from the field en route to 19 points.
Dougherty enters this weekend's action leading the Ivy League in rebounds per game in Ivy play (9.0); sixth in scoring in Ivy play(15.6 ppg); and second in field-goal percentage in Ivy play(.615) behind teammate Darien Nelson-Henry.
Penn (6-13, 3-2 Ivy League) returns to action again this weekend, this time on the road. The Quakers are at Yale on Friday night, then play at Brown on Saturday night.
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A team from Sheldon School in Chippenham was victorious on Thursday when they won the area heat of the Rotary Club's Young Speakers competition.
Eighteen teams of three from Sheldon, Abbeyfield, Hardenhuish, St Laurence and Stonar schools took part in the competition at Melksham Oak Community School, which was split between intermediate level aged 11 to 14, and seniors from 15 to 18. The winners progressed to the district final in Bath, with the chance to go all the way to the national finals in Hull.
The senior event was won by St Laurence pupils Zoe Walters, Adam Baker and Joe Coombs, who spoke to the assembled crowd about "Siblings". A team from Bradford on Avon's St Laurence School won the intermediate competition.
The event was arranged and hosted by Graham Baskerville, of the Rotary Club of Chippenham. He said: "This was the very first round but the standard was absolutely fantastic this year, because we had a number of teams who were experienced from the previous years who had came up through the age ranges.
"The ability to speak in public is a skill which helps one's career enormously, because if you can speak well you can present yourself well at interview.
"They gain an enormous amount of confidence, and although they were nervous beforehand some of the girls said they really enjoyed it afterwards."


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Instead of stressing about who the new president will be, throw a fabulous Election Day party with some friends. Check out these recipes and tips to make this Election Day even more exciting for everyone.
November is here and Election Day is upon us! How will you be celebrating one of America's most anticipated days? While everyone is biting their nails watching the polls, try and relax by throwing a fun Election Day party! Although Election Day can become pretty competitive, no one should be left to fend for themselves. Get together with a group of friends, whip up some delicious treats and cocktails and celebrate in style.
Election Day Cupcakes
These elephant and donkey cupcakes are so fitting for an Election Day party. Not only do they look cute, but they also taste delicious. Whip up these drool-worthy cupcakes at your Election Day party with fondant democrat and republican symbols and fluffy butter cream frosting.
Red. White and Blue Star Cookies
These red, white and blue star sugar cookies are a great dessert to serve at your election party. These cookies are also extremely simple to make. All you need is sugar cookie dough and different colored icing and sprinkles. Mix and match and decorate to your liking!
Drink Stirrers
These "vote" drink stirrer printables found on Etsy are the perfect final touch to your Election Day cocktail. A great cocktail is needed after the anxiety of who the next president will be has passed and people's emotions have set in. Add a couple cherries and blueberries to the toothpicks to keep with the patriotic theme!
Patriotic Party Decorations
When throwing a party it is important to remember to keep with the theme not only with your food, but also with your décor. Decorate your house with some red, white and blue flowers, table cloths, confetti and these great wall hangings. These patriotic wall hangings are a great DIY craft and hang so beautifully. They are a simple paper project that adds an instant pop of color to a blank wall.
Election Coasters
These election coasters are so adorable and a great décor item for an Election Day party. Guests may not notice right away that even your coasters match the party's theme! If you have cork boards that go untouched, try making your own coasters with printed images instead.
Confetti Launchers
POP! Once the new president has been announced set off these confetti launchers with your guests. Even though some will be disappointed in the results, everyone will be proud to celebrate the new leader of our country!
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MALVERN in Edwardian times is the theme of this year's Civic Week, which promises a cornucopia of lectures, music and exhibitions.
The week, organised by Malvern Civic Society, kicks off tomorrow (Saturday) at 10.30am with an opening ceremony on Belle Vue Island with town mayor Julian Roskams.
This is followed by a prizegiving at Malvern Theatres at 11am for winners of the civic society's schools' literary competition.
And at 7.30pm the same day, the Church of the Ascension in Somers Park Avenue is the venue for the week's first major concert, Serenade to Edwardian Times, featuring music from the Hills Singers, Carol Green and other local musicians, and readings by Linda Hart.
Author E M Forster, whose novels immortalise the Edwardian age, is the subject of a lecture by historian Paula Byrne at the Forum, Malvern Theatres on Monday at 7.30pm and the next day, the spotlight falls on architect and friend of Elgar Troyte Griffith, with Professor Jeremy Hardie, giving an illustrated talk at All Saints, Malvern Wells, at 2.30pm. ` Another distinguished architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens, whose work ranges from English country houses to the city of New Delhi is the subject of an illustrated talk by descendent Martin Lutyens on Wednesday at the Forum at 7.30pm. And on Thursday, Madresfield Church is the venue for Retrospection: Poetry in Words and Music 1849-1920, starting at 12.30pm.
Civic Week culminates on Saturday, July 19, with an illustrated talk at Malvern College by antiques expert Henry Sandon MBE on Edwardian Porcelain. Bring your pieces for Sandon to value by 1.45pm, in time for the talk at 2.30pm.
And the same evening, Christ Church is the venue for the Jenny Lind singers to join forces with the Elgar Society for Elgar's Edwardian Era, starting at 7.30pm.
The weeks als includes plenty of excursions, exhibitions and other events, and for full details, see malverncivicsociety.org.uk.


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I like some funny stuff, online games, and chating.
The other websites I log-in Facebook when i get time.
When I get bored,I like to enjoy on online shopping sites.
yes YouTube is one of best one when we get bored for movies and fun vidoes
When I bored, Mostly I Show the funny video on You Tube. Search Photo which i one Like. Login my Facebook account & posting.
witch are sites, can you share pls...
No they can't. If this thread turns into a link listing thread, it will be closed.
slashdot is a great site I check everyday. Gizmodo is also a great one.
facebook and twitter are a good choice.
If i feel bored two main site i always visits(1) Facebook:i use FB for communicate with my friends.(2) YouTube: seeing new videos,game plays,watching up coming movies trailers.
I always listen to music on Youtube and get acquainted with my friends on Facebook. Facebook is my number 1 time "killer" but it is worth spending your time on it.
I'll go "window shopping" on Amazon, fill up my wish list and wish I could afford to buy....
when i get board i like to play online game
Stumbleupon. Great site to waste your time on. You can tailor it to view only your interests.
I goto ebay to have a look around when i am bored.
for when im bored or have some sparetime i like to go to my site and earn some points to spend on stuff. or watch busses wheely on youtube lol
browsing shopping sites makes me feel relaxed
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skype and facebook is best choice when we bored.
I like facebook!!!
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama lacks congressional support to raise wages or end gender pay disparities. But he is still able to impose his policies on federal contractors, in keeping with presidents' tradition of exerting their powers on the fraction of the economy they directly control.
Obama will sign an executive order Tuesday barring federal contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their pay with each other. The order is similar to language in a Senate bill aimed at closing a pay gap between men and women. That bill is scheduled for a vote this week but is unlikely to pass.
The president also will direct the Labor Department to adopt rules requiring federal contractors to provide compensation data based on sex and race.
He plans to sign the two executive orders during an event at the White House, where he will be joined by Lilly Ledbetter, a female worker whose name appears on a pay discrimination law Obama signed in 2009.
The moves showcase Obama's efforts to seek action without congressional approval and demonstrate that even without legislation, the president can drive economic policy. At the same time, they show the limits of his ambition when he doesn't have the support of Congress for his initiatives.
Republicans say Obama is pushing his executive powers too far and should do more to work with Congress. His new executive orders are sure to lead to criticism that he is placing an undue burden on companies and increasing their costs.
Federal contracting covers about one-quarter of the U.S. workforce and includes companies ranging from Boeing to small parts suppliers and service providers. As a result, presidential directives can have a wide and direct impact. Such actions also can spur action in the broader economy.
"This really is about giving people access to more information both to help them make decisions at the policy level but also for individuals," said Heather Boushey, executive director and chief economist at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She has been working with the administration to get compensation information about the nation's workforce.
Federal contractors, however, worry that additional compensation data could be used to fuel wage related lawsuits, said James Plunkett, director of labor policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
What is more, he said, such orders create a two-tiered system where rules apply to federal contractors but not to other employers. Those contractors, knowing that their business relies on the government, are less likely to put up a fight, he said.
In a separate action Monday, Obama planned to announce 24 schools that will share more than $100 million in grants to redesign themselves to better prepare high school students for college or for careers.
The awards are part of an order Obama signed last year. Money for the program comes from fees that companies pay for visas to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs.
Obama has declared this a year of action, whether Congress supports him or not.
In February, he signed an executive order increasing the hourly minimum wage for federal contractors from $7.25 per to $10.10. While White House officials estimated such an increase would affect only a small percentage of federal contract workers, they said the move could encourage states or individual businesses to act on their own to increase workers' wages at a time legislation to raise the minimum wage remains stalled in Congress.
Obama has also pushed his workplace initiatives beyond just federal contractors where possible.
Last month he instructed the Labor Department to come up with new workplace overtime rules for all employers, a power the administration has under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
But presidents have most direct power over the workforce that is paid with taxpayers' money.
Obama's go-it-alone strategy is hardly new.
The most enduring anti-discrimination laws in the American workplace began with an executive order signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on June 25, 1941, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, creed and national origin in the federal government and defense industries.
President John F. Kennedy broadened that in 1961 with an order that required government contractors to take affirmative action to ensure hiring people "without regard to their race, creed, color or national origin."
President George W. Bush also acted on his own when he ordered federal contractors to ensure that their workers were in the country legally by requiring the use of an electronic employment-verification system.
Jeffrey Hirsch, a former lawyer with the National Labor Relations Board, said presidential executive orders that affect federal contracting workforces can over time demonstrate that those practices are less onerous than initially imagined.
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A daily dose of beef, pork or chicken to keep your six-month-old baby healthy?
University of Manitoba nutrition researcher James Friel -- who questions the federal government's controversial new infant feeding guidelines -- is about to study whether meat or iron-fortified cereal is the best first solid food to feed six-month-old infants.
The study comes on the heels of Health Canada's latest guidelines advising doctors and parents that babies' first solid foods include "daily or frequent consumption" of meat, poultry and fish. The rationale? To ward off iron-deficiency in infants, thereby keeping babies' brains healthy.
The guidelines, which Health Canada released in the fall, have the nutrition community buzzing. In the past, the federal agency recommended iron-fortifed cereal, vegetables and fruit as babies' first foods after the first six months of breastfeeding.
"That's the big disconnect for me... that we tell adults to cut back on red meat. That's one of our recommendations for lots of reasons," says Friel, who is concerned about meat's potential link to cancer and other diseases.
"And now we're telling babies to make it one of their first foods. As a scientist I have so much challenge with that. I don't see it."
Friel sat on Health Canada's nine-member advisory panel that helped shape the infant feeding recommendations. He resigned from the Ottawa-based committee over unease about what he calls the lack of scientific data to support feeding meat to infants so early in their development.
Health Canada did not answer questions about what evidence they used to shape their guidelines; and whether they took into account meat-disease link, citing a lack of time to formulate their answers.
Friel says discussion during the three meetings he attended in Ottawa became "heated."
"I'm sitting on a national committee that is making recommendations for all Canadian newborns. I'm thinking, 'There's no data. There's just not enough information.' The decisions are being made emotional reasons and not scientific reasons," says Friel, who works out of the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Neutracueticals where he specializes in human breast milk research.
He believes breast milk is one of the best foods for babies, a powerful elixir that provides them with nutrients and immune protection unlike anything else on the planet. He also believes babies should be breast-fed for as long as possible.
But like most other health professionals, Friel says the iron reserves in mother's milk diminishes after about six months, so around that time, parents need to introduce supplementary food to their babies to prevent anemia and other nutrient deficiencies.
The question is what foods are best?
Friel's study will examine 120 newborns that have been exclusively breast-fed.
The study -- funded by the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), Canada's federal research funding agency -- will cost approximately $500,000, says Friel, who is in the process of recruiting infants to participate in his study.
When the infants are ready to start eating complementary solid foods, they will be divided into three groups. One group will be given either meat, iron-fortified cereal, or iron-fortified cereal with fruit. Parents will be asked not to give their babies iron supplements or other cereals.
Friel and his research team plan to find out how the introduction of different solid foods affect the bacterial population of a baby's gut and whether iron affects the production of free radicals in the colon. They will also measure each foods' impact on blood iron levels.
Friel's past research has found that adults consuming iron supplements had more free radical production in the colon. (Most agree that free radicals can contribute to cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases).
Friel's main goal, he says, is to provide a much-needed study that looks into the effects of meat versus cereal on a baby's health.
"We desperately need more data before we make these huge public health recommendations," he says, noting that Health Canada used only one study to come up with their recommendations.
He says despite their apparent confidence, health professionals really aren't certain about what infants should eat.
"We don't know. Anyone who tells you they know--they're just making it up. I'm telling you."
Friel says he's sure his passion about the issue of infant feeding won't affect his study's outcome.
"I can't lose. Whatever we find will be information that is useful to parents," he says.
"If the data comes out that babies in the meat group are the healthiest and the happiest, than this will be the first study that will show that. I have no problem with that.
"If the study shows the babies on the cereal do better in some way, then I will throw that back to Health Canada and they will have to deal with it."
Winnipeg pediatrician Dr. Grant MacDougall says he has been advising parents to feed their babies meat along with other iron-rich foods such as cereal since the guidelines came out. He says parents aren't shocked by the advice, thanks to public health nurses who are spreading Health Canada's message.
"So by the time (parents) get to me -- they're here for the six-month visit -- they've already heard it. Not too much surprise, actually."
He says iron deficiency is common in his clinic and that it can lead to mild symptoms all the way to serious circulatory issues.
As well, he says iron deficiency is associated with learning disabilities that are "not reversible with treatment."
But parents may be surprised to learn the main culprit for iron deficiency points to "the early introduction of cow's milk" rather than "the late introduction of meat," says MacDougall.
(Breast milk contains some iron, while cow's milk contains virtually none. As well, the nutrients in cow's milk can interfere with the body's ability to get iron.)
MacDougall says the verdict is still out on whether meat or cereal is a better iron source for infants. He says he welcomes the results of Friel's study.
"That's great. We'll see how that plays out. That answer's not in yet."
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The study: A U of M research team will examine 120 breast-fed babies fed meat, iron-fortified cereal or iron-fortified cereal with fruit.
What scientists are looking for: Blood levels of iron, bacterial population in the gut and whether some iron-rich foods generate free radicals in the colon.
Why now? Health Canada recently released controversial new infant feeding guidelines. The guidelines call for parents to feed their six-month-old babies meat daily as their first solid food. Traditionally, parents feed their babies iron-enriched cereal, vegetables and fruits as first foods. Health Canada believes introducing meat into a baby's diet will help ward off iron deficiency, also called anemia.
The controversy: Some question the wisdom of giving babies daily helpings of meat when experts advise adults to limit their meat intake considering the meat-disease link.


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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - Altamonte Springs police say they are searching for a gunman who shot a man in the head after they decided to get together following a conversation online.
Jermaine Anthony Peacock, 22, was shot around 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of the Oaks of Spring Valley apartment complex at Wymore Road and Spanish Trace Drive, just west of Interstate 4.
Police said after they tracked the suspect to nearby apartments, their trail went cold. The duo was supposed to meet up for a date after meeting online, according to investigators.
Detectives asked if the victim knew where his friend was and he responded, "He's not my friend anymore. He shot me."
Neighbors describe the apartment complex as quiet and safe. They said they were stunned that bullets would go flying through the parking lot.
"I don't feel safe," said neighbor Theresa Keels. "When I get home, I'm going to be scared to get out of my car because you don't know who is going to walk up to you and put a gun to your head."
Altamonte Springs police said Peacock and the suspect had met online.
"These two individuals had not met in person, but had spoke," said Officer Robert Pelton. "They were going to meet tonight and go out. They were walking to the man's car and a struggle ensued, shots were fired and then we were called."
When police arrived, they said they found Peacock with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his head. Police said it appeared a bullet grazed his head.
Peacock was taken to a hospital.
A detailed description of the gunman was not released by police.
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Lois Lowry's Blog
The revival of Porgy and Bess has been nominated for a Tony; and that makes me think of the lovely song "Summertime"...and that makes me think of summer, which will be here soon; and of Maine, where I will go the end of this month. Maine is where I get the most work done. Of course I'll be entertaining company, and poking in my gardens, and cooking in my (newly renovated!) kitchen...but I will also be alone a lot, and it will be quiet, and my brain will be in Creative Mode.
I've just been in Minneapolis, where I attended The Giver opera, beautifully performed. And in a few days I leave for three self-indulgent days in London: an art exhibit (Lucien Freud), and the opera, and the theater.
But I am starting to pack for summer.
Tonight, at Lesley University, will be the annual (14th annual!) presentation of the Susan P. Bloom Award, which goes to a so-far unpublished New England writer of promise. Many of the recipients have gone on to successful publication and careers. This year we selected two YA novels from the huge stack of submissions. I usually am the one to make the certificates, and I try to incorporate some of the content. Here are this year's:
There will be much applause and excitement and we on the committee (which includes Susan Bloom, for whom the award is named) will be there to wish these two writers happy and productive careers.
Here, also, is the ARC (advanced reading copy) for my new book, to be published in October. I'll be touring many cities then and when I have the final schedule I will post it on my "Upcoming Events" calendar here.
This book turns The GIver trilogy into a quartet, and the preceding three books will also get new jackets so they will look like a nicely-outfitted set of quadruplets.
It was so nice to meet you this weekend. I was so honored to have won the award and to have received such a lovely award certificate! I've never had anyone draw something based on my writing before--that in itself was exciting--but to have something designed by Lois Lowry, author of the Anastasia Krupnik series (which my sister and I LOVED as kids)? Wow!
Thanks again,
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This detailed theater actually rolls up to take up just 24"x12'x5" of space. Made of polyester fabric that hangs on a frame, it features a ticket booth on one side, a changing room on another, pockets for cast photos, tickets, a write on/wipe off marquee and more! It also comes with a panel to convert it into a puppet theater. An awesome gift for siblings to share. $170


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I am collecting data form various devices. I have it set up so that I poll the devices and then they respond with data via the LAN. Some get polled every 5s, some every minute, some hourly, etc.
I will set the polling routines up as functions.
What are the (easy) options for calling functions on timed intervals?


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