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To grow, a railroad needs to push more freight volumes through a relatively finite network of tracks, locomotives, and railcars. IT is essential to maximizing that throughput; it's a constant balance between analytics-driven automation and human judgment.
Railroads are a growth business. After weathering the recession and a disastrous 2009, when revenue fell 21%, UP has climbed back, with revenue up 15% in 2011 to $19.6 billion. The country's seven big railroads have been benefiting from power plants' demand for coal, China's demand for U.S. crops, and recovering auto sales. Even e-commerce growth provides a lift: UP has a section of its dispatch center devoted to one customer, UPS, which is riding the growth of e-commerce home deliveries. Meantime, UP is looking to become more of an end-to-end player by partnering with local trucking and logistics companies.
But UP's core is capacity-constrained. It has one network of tracks, 32,000 miles of it, and adding new track costs about $2.5 million a mile. One new locomotive costs $2.2 million. "We can't spend enough money on capital to fulfill our growth," says Tennison, even though UP's capital spending in 2011 was $3.26 billion. "We have to get there with IT"--by steps that improve decision-making through better information.
Nearly every technology project at the railroad can be tied back to one metric: velocity.
Velocity is the amount of freight moving through the system at a time, and dispatchers talk about the track network like a giant pipeline. UP has about 3,350 trains traveling its tracks and rail yards in any given 24-hour period, and the dispatchers have to manage those trains and their crews to optimize the flow.
Mission control is UP's main dispatch center in Omaha, something of a cross between an air traffic control room and a stock exchange. LED monitors display real-time information on everything from track and train problems to train speeds and locations to fuel consumption to freight counts (the arrangements and contents of shipping containers) to adverse weather patterns specific to its exact track locations to the status of repairs in any one of the company's 120 rail yards and terminals.
To understand the constant blend of technology, automation, and human judgment, consider all of that data coming in from trackside wheel sensors. UP's custom-written software assesses more than 20 million wheel readings a day, generating about 1,500 daily alerts that employees look at. Most problems are considered "strategic"--they aren't a looming risk and just need to be addressed at some point. Fifty to 60 can wait to be checked at the final destination, 25 to 30 at the next terminal, and seven to 10 are serious enough that the driver needs to pull the train over as soon as possible for inspection.
If a train has to slow down, dispatchers must manage the ripple effect throughout the network. An executive VP of operations monitors current and projected velocity constantly, and if it's projected to decline will isolate which trains are dragging it down. And this system doesn't just monitor UP tracks--60% of company shipments spend part of their journey on another railroad's tracks.
Other railroads are doing similar wheel-sensor readings, and ideally this trending information gets shared among the railroads. Since 2006, the major U.S. railroads have had a consortium that works out how to most effectively share that data. Without that data, when a train comes onto the UP system, analysts can't tell if a wheel suddenly got much hotter or had been steaming along that way for miles.
Another trade-off between automation and judgment comes with the Optimizing Traffic Platform, decision-support software designed using an algorithm from Carnegie Mellon to optimize railroad throughput. It can be configured to maximize throughput, to maximize velocity while giving preference to certain shipments, or to stick as closely as possible to the schedule. UP was the first major railroad to use the OTP technology, in 2010, and it's now used for about 60% of the railroad's operations, with the goal of 100% within a couple of years. Without OTP, the railroad uses a rules-based planner for when trains will meet and have to pass. That planner lets people make the best local decision, but it doesn't factor in the ripple effect. The computing capacity the OTP software requires is one reason UP recently upgraded its long-running VAX 700 data center servers to clusters of Hewlett-Packard and Dell blade servers.


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By Craig Moorhead
, Government/Sports Writer
Monday, June 17, 2013 2:59 AM
Some of the bird trail volunteers included Larry Wolfs, Laurie Moen, Saundra Solum, Barb Wolfs and Steve Kemp, shown at the new trailhead sign. SGH/Moorhead
There's more to birding than birds.
On the outskirts of Spring Grove, a group of volunteers has just developed a series of birding and nature trails on private land. Two loops will be open to the public year-round, so whether walkers are wearing boots or snowshoes, organizers hope the community can benefit in a variety of ways from added outdoor opportunities.
Karen and Jim Gray spoke recently about the trails, joined by fellow volunteers Barb and Larry Wolfs, Lori and Dave Morken, and Saundra Solum. Other trail committee members include Linda and Steve Kemp, Laurie and Mike Moen, Paul Gray, Mark Udstuen, Valerie Torgerson, Robert Vogel, J.C. Nerstad and Mary and Lane Zaffke.
Officially known as the Norwegian Ridge Birding and Nature Trails, the grand opening was held on Father's Day Sunday. Consisting of one- and two-mile loops, plus discontinuous blocks in Spring Grove's Trollskogen and Roverud parks, serious birders are welcome to look for that rare addition to their list of avian species. In addition, a whole natural community of plants and other animals is on display for non-birding hikers, along with a chance to benefit from some fresh air and exercise.
The trailhead is located just behind (south of) Red's IGA in Spring Grove.
Winding through a variety of habitats, including open grassland and young to mature forest, the loops skirt ponds and cross brooks. Mowed and marked, the paths feature numerous signs identifying bird species, plants, trees and more in Norwegian and English. There are 54 birds included on signs placed strategically along the route, in habitat where those species can be expected to pop up.
"We really didn't develop any new trail," Jim Gray said. "We just rejuvenated it... Part of it was horse trail, and some of it was part of the old Folkemarsj trail."
A third link that was incorporated is called the Ga Pa Tur. Volunteers formed a committee which won a grant from SMIF (the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation) to develop the trail. Tim Samuelson of Gundersen Health Care permitted the trailhead sign to go in on a corner of that property.
The rejuvenation has lots of improvements, including the new bi-lingual signage, trail markers, rebuilt footbridges, benches, picnic tables and birdhouses. There are more improvements planned. Some of those projects include additional habitat to support various bird species. Hiking the route is easy since slopes are modest and footbridges are provided over draws and gullies.
Even while volunteers planned for the grand opening last week, a pair of goslings swam a few feet from the trail under the watchful eyes of their parents. Bluebirds were inspecting nest boxes, one of several types of nesting structures provided for different species. Red-headed woodpeckers flew through a woodlot equipped with a trailside bench. A meadowlark landed on a fencepost.
A casual observer might spot bobolinks, indigo buntings, gray catbirds, ruby-throated hummingbirds, Cooper's hawks...
"You always see something on the trail," Jim said. "In this day and age when we have computers and TV and X-Boxes... kids don't get out into the woods. A lot of people don't get out and learn to appreciate what's out there."
"We're going to have 'QR' codes on our bird signs that you can scan with your smart phone and hear the calls," Solum said. Folks who are adventurous can even hike in after dark to listen for the calls of owls.
"We're going to build habitat in the fields for bobwhite quail and other songbirds," she added.
A website (sgbirdwalk.org) is being developed for the trails. Additional information and trail-related gifts are available at the Ballard House in downtown Spring Grove.
Expert advice has gone into plans, both present and future. Thurman Tucker of Quail Forever was invited to cut the ceremonial ribbon on Father's Day, officially opening the trails.
The current list of birds along the trail includes eastern phoebe (grafibi in Norwegian), eastern screech owl (Lundugle), and belted kingfisher (belte isfugl).
That roster will undoubtedly grow much longer over time.
Bird watching is now ranked as the number one sport in the United States (according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), with over 50 million adherents. It says that 20 percent of all Americans now engage in some form of birding, up from 4 percent in 1970. In 2006, birdwatchers contributed $36 billion to the U.S. economy, according to Wikipedia.
Solum added that an avid birder from Winona was helping out recently when he caught sight of a Eurasian collared dove, a first for his "Houston County" list. That species was introduced in Florida, and is said to be expanding quickly in the United States.
One thing that Larry Wolfs did for the group was carve the trailhead sign, as well as a wooden planter that marks the spot. The Wolfs couple doesn't consider themselves birders in the traditional sense, but said they've always enjoyed viewing their feathered neighbors. They make their own feeder cakes, and Larry carves some unique birdhouses.
"It's family-oriented, it's good exercise, and kids need a place to get out," he said.
Barb Wolfs summed it up. "One of our goals is to promote a healthy lifestyle," she noted. "If you're looking for something to do, it's nice to know there's a trail nearby where you can just go out and enjoy nature."
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A MAN from Chester is on trial accused of shining a laser pen at a police helicopter while it was in flight.
Richard James Brooks, 28, of Bridgeman Road, Blacon, appeared at Chester Crown Court yesterday charged with conduct likely to endanger life.
After a short trial, which concentrated on the reliability of the identification of the culprit, Judge Elgan Edwards told the jury of seven men and five women it was their job to decide whether Brooks was the guilty man.
There was no question, he said, that the consequences of the light being shone at the aircraft could have been "disastrous".
The incident on August 11, 2012 happened while police were on duty.
The crew had been in the Hoole area when they were targeted by a laser from the direction of Blacon. When the attack persisted, the officers went to investigate.
Simon Parry, prosecuting, said on the night, trained air observer PC Ann Reed had located an individual who was shining the light from a garden at an address in Blacon.
Mr Parry said PC Reed, who was onboard the aircraft, had identified the perpetrator as a male of fairly heavy build who was wearing light clothing, a white T-shirt.
The crew of the helicopter directed police officers on the ground to the property where they found two females and two males.
"One of those was responsible for activating the laser," said Mr Parry. "And the other male was wearing dark clothing."
PC Reed had access to live footage in high definition as events unfolded. Recorded footage, which was shown in court, was of poorer quality.
He reminded the court that an expert witness had agreed that live footage would have been superior.
Mr Parry said the point that determined the identity of the person who shone the light was when the perpetrator headed back to the house.
"At that point the camera is in daylight mode," Mr Parry said, "and you can see the person heading back – a figure in a light top."
But defending counsel Mark LeBrocq said PC Reed's evidence in court did not match what had been recorded at the time of the events.
In court, Mr LeBrocq said PC Reed had told the court she was 100 per cent confident Mr Brooks was the guilty party.
But he said on the soundtrack recorded that night, she was unable to pinpoint for officers on the ground which of the four individuals at the address was the individual she had observed.
Speaking to officers over the radio, Mr LeBrocq said PC Reed said: "It appears to be a male of fairly heavy build," and then added: "I can't give you more than that. I just saw the thermal image".
Addressing the jury, Judge Edwards, the Recorder of Chester, referred to written evidence given by pilot captain Paul Bailey which stated that laser lights shone on aircraft could cause temporary blindness to the pilot.
"The consequences could be disastrous," he said.
"There is no question it endangered the police. The question is: Are you sure it was the defendant?"
The jury went out late yesterday afternoon and were due to return this morning to consider their verdict.
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LUTCHER — The St. James Parish School Board is considering creation of a new high school magnet program and a new science and math academy as a result of recommendations from a long-range master plan.
The proposed site for the parish's new St. James High School campus in north Vacherie has been recommended to either serve as the district's new science and math academy or house a visual and performing arts magnet program, Superintendent Alonzo Luce told the board Tuesday.
The long-range master plan, created by Vanir Construction Management Inc., also recommended evaluating Lutcher High School as a possible site for the visual and performing arts magnet program, Luce said.
Both magnet programs would serve seventh- through 12th-grade students, Luce said.
The St. James Parish Science and Math Academy in Vacherie serves the same grades and "would no longer be needed" if the new academy was created, Luce said.
The creation of a high school-level visual and performing arts magnet program was spurred by a "phenomenal" response to the district's new visual and performing arts magnet program at Gramercy Elementary School, Luce said.
"The board is very interested in expanding because it's been so successful at the elementary level," Luce said.
These are recommendations the School Board could choose to act on during the next five to 10 years, said William L. Lacher, Vanir vice president and regional manager, during Tuesday's presentation to the School Board.
The School Board hired Vanir Construction to create a long-range plan using current and future demographics and enrollment figures, population numbers and parish trends to help school officials deliver the best educational services to the district, Lacher said.
The School Board paid $133,975 for the master plan, Luce's administrative assistant confirmed.
The long-range master plan sought to identify the most efficient utilization of School Board resources and maximize the effectiveness and results of the School Board's educational service delivery, Lacher said.
In the master plan, Lacher also suggested the School Board determine a long-range plan for Lutcher and Fifth Ward elementary schools.
The School Board had briefly considered closing both elementary schools due to low enrollment and poor utilization of the campuses, but public outcry against the closures caused Luce to announce in March the School Board would keep both schools open indefinitely.
The long-range master plan also called for developing annual capital outlay plans to fund repairs at existing facilities and confirming the target enrollment for the new St. James High School to help guide its design, Lacher said.


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Oh man, I wish so hard I could go to a Hello Sandwich Craft Workshop in Tokyo. I love these pictures from Ebony's blog, especially the one with the girl in the Karen Walker dress.
This looks like the best book ever. Celebrating sixty years of Marimekko, it's full of DIY projects as well as interviews and studio tours with the project designers. It looks super fun and I would love to get my hands on it.
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I'm not entirely sure if the last image is from the book for not, it did lead me to the book in the first place, but now I can't recall where I found it. I'm keeping it here anyway as it's the best thing I've ever seen. Why aren't I an orange ghost with a round petticoat and polka dot tights? No fair.
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A lot of really wonderful paper things have come into my world lately.
It was our first wedding anniversary just over a month ago. The first year you give paper, which is about my favourite thing ever. I believe I asked if we could give paper every year! I got Jason these prints by Sarah McNeil, as well as a copy of The Road.
Jason got me back issues of Lula, issues 3 and 4. He gave me 5 and 6 last Christmas, so now I'm only missing the first two. He is a fine gentleman, that husband of mine.
Our friend Hannah gave us each a set of Black Swan postcards – so excited to do something awesome with these!
Fiona sent this parcel from Edinburgh, which includes a zine on building toy theatres and a fold out zoo. She's back in Wellington now and is going to live with us while Kim and Brendy are in Asia, we're going to build a toy theatre and watch all period films evah.
When Kelly was in Austin she sent postcards, m&ms and this cool little girl sculpture that had a secret note for me up her butt (sadly not pictured but not as scandalous as it sounds), plus a signed book for Jason.
Sebastian brought this fun stationery stuff from Korea, including things from the school he taught at. Happy Virus, OK!
And I won a recipe print from Dawn Tan! I've been admiring her work and blog for ages now, so was super stoked. Thanks Dawn!
And thanks Jason, Hannah, Fiona, Kelly and Sebastian! Ya'll are amazing individuals with excellent taste.
I like Johanna's blog and art a lot. I'm too tired to say much else, but I'm sure you'll agree that her work speaks for itself!
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Funeral services were held Monday for a 12-year-old Alto girl who was killed Friday night in an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle in Banks County.
The Georgia State Patrol identified the victim as Breanna Michelle Mann. The girl was driving the vehicle when it overturned on private property on West Coker Road. A 15-year-old passenger, who was not identified, was injured and taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
The accident was reported to the State Patrol around 8:30 p.m.
Her obituary said she was a seventh grade student at South Habersham Middle School, where she participated in various activities such as cheerleading and basketball.
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A representative of the former South African president dismissed the death hoax, saying the politician is alive and well.
A representative for Nelson Mandela has blasted internet reports suggesting the political icon died on Saturday, January 15, insisting he is alive and well. Rumors that the former South African president had passed away hit the web, but a spokesperson for the Nelson Mandela Foundation has moved swiftly to deny the speculation.
A statement from the organization reads, "Nelson Mandela is well and on holiday. (These are) unsubstantiated reports about Nelson Mandela's health."
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CITIC will buy a 13 per cent stake in Alumina, and its Melbourne-based vice-chairman,
Alumina's net debt position will fall from about $US681 million ($658 million) now to about $US216 million as a result of the raising, reducing gearing to 7 per cent. Alumina had been deemed a top candidate for an equity raising over the past year due to weak market conditions, but the need was alleviated recently after the company refinanced much of its debt.
The placement to CITIC will be conducted at $1.235 a share, a 3 per cent premium to the alumina refiner's closing price on Wednesday. The group will have the right to boost its stake to 15 per cent through on-market purchases over the next two years and ultimately to 19.9 per cent.
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It is believed a rights issue would need to have been conducted at a steep discount and Alumina's large US shareholder base would be unable to take part.
Ausbil Dexia head of equities, Paul Xiradis, said Alumina had eliminated a concern in the market about its debt levels, so the raising was a "net-net positive".
Perpetual global resources analyst Andrew Corbett said CITIC's investment was a positive for Alumina.
"It effectively de-leverages the balance sheet, plus demonstrates that a strategic investor can see value in Alumina's Tier 1 assets at time in the cycle when China is short of bauxite and Alumina is rolling off long term aluminium linked contracts to spot alumina pricing," said Mr Corbett.
The spot alumina price has recently risen to $US350 a tonne, up from around $US310 a tonne in August. Alumina owns 40 per cent of the Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals (AWAC) joint venture and the rest is owned by US-listed
CITIC has been a shareholder in AWAC's Portland aluminium smelter in Victoria since 1986 and is a significant alumina trader in China. But it will have no special offtake rights as part of its investment in Alumina.
Unbeknown to the market, the pair had signed a confidentiality deed last July when Alumina shares were trading at 69¢. Although discussions became serious only recently, the deal has already obtained approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board and China's National Development and Reform Commission.
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Katherine Jackson once begged surgeon to stop working on the star's face, recalling she would say 'If he comes in and he wants you to work on his nose, just tell him you did it..and don't change it.'
Michael Jackson's mother was so concerned about her son's obsession with plastic surgery she secretly met with his doctor and urged him to lie about nips and tucks. Katherine Jackson admits she turned to the surgeon out of desperation after a stern chat with her superstar son had no effect.
In a frank TV chat with Oprah Winfrey, which aired in America on Monday, November 8, the Jackson family matriarch said, "I hear that people get addicted to plastic surgery and I think that's what happened to him. I had told him, 'That's enough. Why do you keep going?' "
"I even talked to this plastic surgeon, saying 'If he comes in and he wants you to work on his nose, just tell him you did it... and don't change it'." Katherine Jackson also revealed to Winfrey that her son's admission he only had two nose jobs was a lie. She revealed, "He had more than two, but he was just embarrassed (to admit it)... (His nose was) too small, like a toothpick at one time."


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Portal Installer fails to find all WAS runtimes in Rational Application Developer 7.5.5.x
Technote (troubleshooting)
When attempting to install Portal, the Portal Installer fails to find all WAS runtimes that exist on the system.
Portal Installer provides a truncated list when looking for existing WAS runtimes on the system.
Portal uses a combination of methods to try to find WAS because there is not one method that works universally. It's different on every platform, and for a given OS, WAS uses different types of registries with different releases. In addition, there are different ways of installing WAS, and some of them don't leave any standard footprint in a well-known place.
Diagnosing the problem
In the following location for WinXP, C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Local Settings\Temp, a file called installmessages.txt will be generated which lists the WAS locations found.
Resolving the problem
The recommended solution is to use the "-W wasListPanel.existingWasLocation" or "-W was.undetectedWas" parameters to pass the location of the existing WAS location.
i.e. install.bat -W was.undetectedWas=<AppServer location>
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WebSphere Portal
Software version: 6.1, 7.0
Operating system(s): Windows
Reference #: 1499234
Modified date: 15 July 2015
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Joyce, dropped twice, made 107 from 142 balls to help better by 66 England's previous best of the one-day series.
Chasing 293, Australia were bowled out for 200 in 38.5 overs, with Andrew Symonds having retired hurt on 39. Matthew Hayden was top-scorer with 51.
Liam Plunkett (3-24) and Sajid Mahmood (2-38) both struck in the first eight balls to cut the hosts to 4-2.
It was the fourth-heaviest defeat inflicted by England on Australia in a one-day match.
Despite the victory, and whatever Sunday's result between Australia and New Zealand, England still need to beat the Kiwis on Tuesday to reach the best-of-three series finals.
Marcus Trescothick was the last England batsman to score a one-day ton, 15 matches ago, against Sri Lanka at Headingley last July.
With the World Cup looming, Joyce finally provided England with a viable alternative to the burly left-hander at the top of the order, although his innings was far less aggressive.
On a pitch with good pace and carry, he demonstrated some impressive drives either side of the wicket, although he was also a little lucky pulling and cutting into spaces in the field.
Shaun Tait put down a simple chance at fine leg and Symonds also gave the Irishman a let-off from his own bowling.
But he went on to reach three figures from 136 deliveries with 10 boundaries.
England's bowlers have struggled recently with first-choice opening pair Jon Lewis (ankle) and James Anderson (back) unavailable.
But Plunkett was at his best as he unleashed an inswinging yorker first ball to send Adam Gilchrist on his way.
Mahmood, playing his first match of the series in place of Chris Tremlett, followed up with a blazing delivery that Brad Hodge failed to get out of the way of, and he played on.
Plunkett also had Michael Clarke caught wafting at a wide delivery and trapped Glenn McGrath lbw on his way to career-best figures.
The aggressive fourth-wicket duo of Hayden and Symonds dragged the odds back in Australia's favour, adding 71 together in just eight overs
Hayden took 18 off a single over from Andrew Flintoff and Symonds thrashed Monty Panesar's second ball for six.
Fortunately for England, Hayden became overconfident and thrashed Mahmood to cover.
Symonds injured his biceps flaying Mahmood through the covers and had to depart shortly afterwards.
And England were soon into the tail after Ravi Bopara - in his second over of international cricket - saw Mike Hussey play onto his stumps.
Tait denied McGrath the number 11 batting position for the first time in his 235-ODI career but the veteran survived just seven balls.
Ian Bell ran out last man Tait with a direct hit to finish the job.
With captain Ricky Ponting resting a hip problem, the home side lacked their usual urgency in the field under Gilchrist, conceding 19 wides.
Fiery pace bowler Tait, making his debut with Brett Lee taking a break, was responsible for nine.
Joyce and Mal Loye (29) made the most of that early chance to put on 58 for the first wicket, England's best opening stand of the series so far.
Loye had time to unleash his trademark slog-swept six off Bracken but a similar shot at McGrath brought a top edge into his helmet grille and he was out next ball.
Bell (51) joined Joyce in a low-key partnership worth 111 in 22 overs, with successive cut fours off McGrath early in his innings the only time he ventured to hit out.
McGrath returned to the attack with immediate success as Bell tried to pull the first delivery after the drinks break - a short one from the veteran - and departed shaking his head in dismay.
But Andrew Strauss enjoyed a confident run-a-ball cameo 26, his dismissal from an inventive shot trying to keep the rate high in the late overs.
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Microsoft Issues Warning for SMB Hole
As the outside disclosure stated, the vulnerability is a denial of service attack and the Microsoft disclosure states emphatically that "[t]his vulnerability cannot be used to take control of or install malicious software on a user's system." They are aware of no active attacks that use the published exploit code. Microsoft also states that the vulnerability affects only Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, both 32- and 64-bit versions, and spares all older versions of Windows.
The initial reports specified the SMB version 2 (SMB2) protocol, but Microsoft's advisory says that SMB versions 1 and 2 are affected. It also notes that firewall best practices call for blocking the relevant ports, so attacks like this are likely only to come from inside the LAN, not across the Internet.
The advisory chides the researcher, Laurent Gaffié, for disclosing the vulnerability with exploit code before Microsoft had a chance to fix it. Microsoft adds that this vulnerability is unrelated to MS09-050, "Vulnerability in SMBv2 Could Allow Remote Code Execution," another bug in Windows 7 released precipitously by a researcher and patched last month.
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Minor League Soccer (MLS)[1] is a semi-professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccerball Federation (U.S. Soccer). The league comprises 19 teams, 16 in the U.S. and three in Canada. MLS represents the top tier of the American and, even more embarrassingly, Canadian soccer pyramids. The organization is setup to pretend that the country is part of the "world's game" and functions as a retirement home for former players from around the world.
edit History
MLS was founded when David Beckham arrived in 2007 attempting to attract interest of the sport in the United States. Really, it was some bullshit excuse knowing that he had no fucking chance to make it at Real Madrid, but he in his prima donna self wanted to be a tyrant and juice out MLS and suck it dry.
Thierry Henry is here cause he likes to vacation in New York and needed to kill time on Saturday afternoons. Signing in 2010 he reminded anyone that cared that after three years, MLS is not dead.
MLS has a closed shop tyrant structure of sheer communism so that the death of the league is prolonged to about 10 years. Unlike the NASL which lasted for the two years Pele played for the New York Cozmos or the ASL which was organized by expats swimming across the pond for freedom, before realizing that baseball was an easier way to call yourself an athlete and not actually do shit.
edit Organization
The league is made up of 18 teams that are actually franchises, but the leagues called "clubs" in a shameless effort to look aesthetic. All is negated with the mental deficient management of the league, they intend to have all the teams in the world move to the US and be the biggest league ever. When they have taken the "world's game" from the world they plan to repackage it and sell it back for eight times it's value even though they stole it.
The league ignores standard protocols such as promotion and relegation in order to line the pockets of the league itself. It was only after pressure from people who knew about the game that they began to keep time like the rest of the world. Thankfully, it has only managed to irk the lone fan in the United States, and the only American who is aware of the method's existence.
edit "Friendly" matches
The primary reason MLS is still in business after five years is that they manage to pay top European football teams to send their sixth string squads across the pond so that 51 people show up to games. Generally, the top MLS teams (meaning they've tied more than lost) field their starters and lose 7-0 to the likes of Man You.
edit International competition
Until the six American soccer fans demanded that MLS teams give a shit about the KONKOOKHAF Champions League, no teams really cared, let alone, knew of its existence. Consequently, everyone in Mexico and Central America was proud that their reserves could be MLS U-14 teams. Until 2011, all MLS teams that won the MLS Cup, a crapshoot piece of shit, or the Supporters' Shield, which those six fans adore, or this US Open Cup non tennis bullshit, were forced by Chuck Blazer to sail to Central America to play in this KONKOOKHAF Tournament.
That all changed in 2011 when Real Salt Lake reminded us that the tournament is actually exists and reached the finals, and pathetically lost. They did make SportsCenter, being the first thing from Utah on the program in 21 years, when the basketball team from that land were humiliated by Michael Jordan.
edit Criticisms
Ever since the Major League Soccer founded they have lost over 678 quadrillion dollars, at a rate of 600 million per second trying to pay for David Beckham's retirement house. Since the league has issues paying for his cross country flights so he can play for each franchise, they continously have to take loans from SUM.
Also, the league gets jeered at for Making Little Stadiums, another terminology when referencing MLS. The arenas, aptly named soccer-specific stadiums sit about 18 to 30 people so that it looks more hostile with seven or eight people in the stands.
edit Hipster soccer fans
MLS tries to create fan culture in a family friend setting. So it's like going to your local high school or college Amurican throwball game with obnoxious drunk twenty something hipsters trying to think they're trendy and hip going to a soccer game.
Hipsters, which are predominate in Seattle and Portland help their teams excel in attendance. In fact, the entire population of both cities go to their club's respective games. About 370,000 people on average go to a Flounders game, whereas 186,000 people go to a Loggers match.
edit Notes
- ↑ As is vigorously known as MLS by six American soccer fans, and "the MLS" by Eurosnobs is the North American attempt at understanding the game of Football, which the silly Americans call "soccer."


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The latest 3D laser technology revealed new evidence of the importance of the midwinter sunset to the ancient creators of Stonehenge, along with 71 new images invisible to the naked eye due to weathering of the stone. — dailymail.co.uk
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Crunchy Toffee Muffins
Recipe by Redsie
From Better Homes and Garden. They are soooo good!! Used low-fat milk and low-fat sour cream and they turned out delicious! Also baked them at 350 for about 25 minutes!
Top Review by Julie Bs Hive
The three of us (my little family) gave this a thumbs-up which is a rarity in this house. My GD thought she was getting away with murder having a candy-coated muffin before going to school and since they're not overly sweet, it's what I liked best about this recipe. I made eleven muffins but haven't used paper cups since I converted over to Kitten's recipe#78579, even the melted toffee didn't dare stick to the pans. Made for Photo Tag.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 1⁄4 ounces chocolate-covered english toffee bars, finely chopped
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Grease ten 2-1/2-inch muffin cups or line with paper bake cups; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Make a well in the center of flour mixture.
- In another medium bowl, combine egg, milk, sour cream, melted butter, and vanilla.
- Add all at once to the flour mixture.
- Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).
- Gently fold two-thirds of the chopped toffee into batter.
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, dividing batter evenly.
- Sprinkle tops with remaining chopped toffee.
- Bake about 20 minutes or until muffin tops are golden brown and a wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
- Cool in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
- Remove from muffin cups. Serve warm.
- Make-Ahead Tip: Prepare and bake the muffins as directed; cool completely. Place in an airtight container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw muffins, covered, at room temperature. Wrap the muffins in foil and bake in a 300 degree F oven about 15 minutes or until heated through.


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Property giant
The 73,500 sq m regional shopping complex is held in a retail fund within Lend Lease's blue-chip unlisted platform, the Australian Prime Property Fund. Investors will be able to come in for either a 50 per cent stake or full ownership.
Lend Lease's group chief executive
"That sale is in line and it's been expected for a while."
Lend Lease chief executive, property, Australia,
The move to sell the prime Greensborough asset comes as the contest between offshore pension fund and local institutional buyers for retail assets intensifies.
Total retail transactions surged 84 per cent on 2012 to hit a record $6.3 billion last year.
Regional and sub-regional malls are proving attractive, as wholesale investors look for exposure to their solid, non-discretionary tenant base.
The listed trusts have become net sellers of retail assets, offloading $2.8 billion of assets last year and acquiring $1.1 billion worth of malls. Transaction flow is already strong this year, with $1 billion worth of deals done.
More large deals are expected to be completed in the first half of this year, including the sale of a half interest in the $800 million Erina Fair centre on the NSW Central Coast GPT Group is offering. In Queensland, Challenger, acting on a mandate, purchased Centro Surfers Paradise for $172.5 million.
Simon Rooney of Jones Lang LaSalle is handling the sale of Greensborough Plaza.
The Greensborough mall is anchored by a 13,000 square metre Target tenancy, along with Kmart and Coles and Aldi supermarkets. Sales turnover for the centre rose 8.4 per cent last year. The asset also has significant expansion potential.
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Two people suffered minor injuries on Saturday afternoon after a fiery crash at K-14 & Pleasant Valley.
69-year-old Ronald Wilson and 28-year-old Kacey Bradshaw were both transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, but their injuries were thought to be minor.
Wilson was wearing his seatbelt, while Bradshaw was not.
The preliminary investigation of Sheriff's Deputies indicate Wilson drove left of center and the vehicles struck head on. Wilson's car caught fire and was fully involved when deputies arrived. Bradshaw's vehicle appeared to have rolled over at least 2-or-3 times.
Wilson was driving a Ford Tauraus and Bradshaw was driving a Dodge Caravan.
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A FORMER York head girl who is working a supermarket checkout because she can't afford university tuition fees is mounting a human rights challenge after being refused a student loan.
"Hard-working and high-achieving" Beaurish Tigere was head girl at Burnholme College where she got seven GCSEs, before moving on to sixth form at Archbishop Holgate's School and gaining four A levels.
She has been given leave to to take her case to a full judicial review hearing after her dreams of a university education were dashed when the Student Loan Company's refused to give her a loan to cover her tuition fees.
Beaurish, 18, came to England with her Zambian parents in 1995, when her father was as student in York. Although her parents split, Beaurish and her mother stayed in York and the teenager was given discretionary leave to remain in the UK last year.
And even though Beaurish, who now works in Waitrose, has only ever been to UK schools and barely remembers her life in Africa, she was told she vould not have a student loan because of a blanket ban on those with only discretionary leave to stay in the UK. With no other source of funding, that leaves Beaurish unable to pay the £9,000 a year university fees, a court heard.
Her legal team argued the student loan refusal violated her human right to an education, and the High Court has now opened the way for a full judicial review of the case.
Beaurish's barrister Helen Mountfield QC said she was "educationally successful and socially well-integrated" and had lost her university place because she was refused the loan. She is now in a race against time to get funding in time to start studying next year, the barrister added.
And although Beaurish plans to work to support herself during term time, she simply cannot earn enough to pay tuition fees in up front instalments,.
"As such, ineligibility for the state student loan scheme operates as a complete barrier to her accessing higher education," Miss Mountfield added.
Vikram Sachdeva, appearing for Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary, Vince Cable, attacked Beaurish's case as "hopeless".
He said it was a "startling proposition" that those with "mere temporary" permission to live in the UK could be classed as having an "ordinary residence" here, in order to qualify for student funding.
However, opening the way for Beaurish to take her case to a full judicial review hearing, Mr Justice Supperstone said: "I consider all the grounds are arguable".
Beaurish's challenge is expected to come on for hearing at the High Court in July.


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Matthew 5:14 states, "ye are the light of the world a city that sit on a hill." UBC strives to be that light.
Those who choose to worship with us are greeted with a warm smile and receive a message that empowers them to become part of the light. Question, are you ready to experience the Light?
UBC is a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit. As you enter the Sanctuary you will feel the presents of the Lord and the Glory that fills this house.
Come in and experience the joy of the Lord. At the UBC our Praise and Worship is for real. Come and let worship together.
Those who diligently seek God must follow his plan for their life.
Our Pastor provides inspiration and encouragement through uplifting message that not only break strong holds but open the windows of your soul. He desires that everyone find strength in the word of God and that everyone be saved and take back their joy and peace so God can meet all of your needs.
"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
Children have a special place in the kingdom of God. Those of us who are children of God must humble ourselves as little children and stay submissive to God's will.
At UBC our youth are an important part of the ministry, they are being taught how to live a life that is pleasing to GOD.


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Alice Through The Looking Glass takes us back to Wonderland (now referred to as the Underland by Alice). This time Alice is a strong-willed, ship captain, and travels back in time to try and help her friend, the Mad Hatter, find his family to whom he believes to be still alive. Alice meets Time, a somewhat dark character at first, who holds the key to allowing Alice to travel back-and-forth through time to alter the past, in turn, trying to prevent some of the future from occurring. As she travels through time, she does go in and out of Wonderland, allowing us to run into the old characters we all love from the original movie - White Rabbit, White Queen, Cheshire Cat, and Tweedledee and Tweedledum - which give us the occasional humorous parts throughout the film. Overall though, the film is very much a detailed story, all revolving around time and time travel. For this reason only, younger children (under 7) may have a difficult time understanding it all. Also, there are a few "dark" parts of the movie, which involve minimal violence and frightening storms and fire, which may be a bit scary for younger audiences.
I took the opinions of 6 people (3 adults and the 3 varying aged children), and everyone enjoyed the movie. We all liked the story line, and the graphics and 3D action was great. The characters were fantastic, Johnny Depp as the Hatter, and Sacha Baron Cohen as Time. And lets not forget the Red Queen -- she was also really great in the movie.
I would definitely recommend seeing Alice Through The Looking Glass. Possibly with a bit older children, only for the reason of understanding the concept of time in the film, and also for a few "dark/scary" portions. But again, the 7-yr old who attended really liked it, and only said she was scared two times. *She did not quite understand the actual time theme to the movie, but that did not equate to her disliking it at all. In the end, all three kids said they liked it and want to buy it when it comes out on DVD! I'd say it's a winner!
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Compact arcade-style controls for hundreds of iPad games!
Unleash your inner arcade champion with iCade Core. This streamlined version of ION's acclaimed iCade equips any iPad or iPad 2 with authentic, arcade-style joystick and buttons that are ready for fierce non-stop gaming. Challenge your friends, throw retro-gaming parties and achieve your highest scores yet. iCade Core offers an incredible arcade experience, bringing all the fun of classic arcade gaming to your iPad!
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Photos from HIFF 2011
Here is a selection of photos highlighting various events that happened during the 31st Hawaii International Film Festival presented by Halekulani.
HIFF 2011 Photos / Videos // Christopher Hall // November 21, 2011 // no comments
Here is a selection of photos highlighting various events that happened during the 31st Hawaii International Film Festival presented by Halekulani.
|Opening Press Conference at RumFire, Sheraton Waikiki.
|Opening Night Party at Halekulani
Justin Cravalho, Luke Aguinaldo, Warren Daubert – HumanHand, designers of this year's HIFF Key Visual.
Featured bartenders at a private Disaronno Amaretto event during the festival.
Meet the Filmmakers reception at RumFire #1
Meet the Filmmakers reception at RumFire #2
An Afternoon With Hawaii 5-0 – Alex O'Laughlin, Daniel Dae Kim & Grace Park
An Afternoon With Hawaii 5-0, held at Halekulani. HIFF executive director Chuck Boller, and programmer Anderson Le with cast and crew from Hawaii 5-0.
Actress Tamlyn Tomita with Chairman of the HIFF Board of Directors, Owen Ogawa and his mother.
Vilcek Foundation Executive Director Rick Kinsel (center) with 4 filmmakers from the American Immigrant Filmmakers on Profile section.
Award winning filmmakers Adam Pesce (Splinters), Prashant Bhargava (Patang), Ruslan Pak (Hanaan) with a representative from awards sponsor Tiffany & Co.
The annual Governor's Reception, held at Washington Place, where the HIFF awards were announced this year.
HIFF award winning filmmakers and Masato Harada (director of festival hit Chronicles of My Mother) at HIFF's closing press conference.
Visiting filmmakers enjoying the festival's closing party at Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch and Crab restaurant.
Alexander Payne, director of HIFF's Closing Night film THE DESCENDANTS, and Kaui Hart Hemmings, writer of the novel the film was based on.
Honolulu mayor Peter Carlisle and HIFF executive Direcor Chuck Boller present Alexander Payne with this year's Vision in Film award.
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United States 12 Month Natural Gas
The United States 12 Month Natural Gas (NYSE:UNL) is a fund tied to the spot price of natural gas. That price has dropped big time in 2012, as a warmer than average winter curbed demand, while new supply came online thanks to better discovery technologies, and new extraction methods such as fracking. At some point, the current oversupply situation will evaporate into normal levels due to rising demand for liquefied natural gas, which unlike normal natural gas can be transported to other countries. Also, more usage of natural gas for transportation in "nat gas" vehicles is expected this year, as well as in the years to come, as stricter emission standards around the world go into effect. When the fundamentals in the space turn, I think we'll see UNL make a big bounce off its 21.3% year-to-date decline.


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28 track collection of original Marvin Rainwater recordings, predominantly made up of his classic 1950s MGM sides.Includes 20 page booklet featuring indepth liner notes, session information and lots of photos.
Raucous Records is the longest establisted 1950s Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly and Psychobilly CD, DVD and vinyl specialist on the internet.A world of Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Surf, Swing and 1950s Rock 'n' Roll delivered to your door.
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L.B.T (Live Beat Tapes) are a collective formed of hip hop producers, jazz musicians, rappers and
This album is a compilation of singles, an overview of a year's work and of 10 digitally released episodes.
This 12-members collective of Florentine-based artists / hippies is a dynamic, ever-evolving musical experiment,
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Today I will cast my vote for President for Dr. Jill Stein. She is the Green Party candidate and this is the second consecutive election I am voting Green.
I like Barack Obama and he is an overwhelming choice if you're limited to either him or Mitt Romney. I'm not. I refuse to waste my vote on someone who does not share my values and Stein does. I do not like Obama's ties to Wall Street and his ineffective Dodd/Frank bill. His drone wars will make us less safe in the long run. Gitmo remains open and the indefinite detention law scares the bejesus out of me. He did little which was effective to help homeowners. His support for charter schools is a threat to public education.
One never agrees with any candidate on every issue but there's little with which I disagree with Jill Stein. She stands for both social and economic justice, for the 99% against the 1%. She gets my vote.


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Inaugural 'Jeep(R) Adventure Comp' Is a Big Hit at ESPN's Winter X Games VIII
Jeep Brand Awards $1,000 to Winner's Favorite Charities
* Tucker Hibbert, Power Sports * Keir Dillon, Men's Board Sport Division * Cameron Steele, Media Division * Marisa Funiciello, Women's Board Sport/Media Division
ASPEN, Colo., Jan. 28 -- So, what's it really like when Winter X Games athletes race Jeep(R) Wrangler Rubicons up and down a snow-covered mountain?
"Dude, that was a riot!" exclaimed Mike Metzger, freestyle motocross superstar and X Games gold medalist, as he brought his Jeep Wrangler Rubicon to a skidding stop after blasting down the slopes of Buttermilk Mountain last Friday.
It was all part of Jeep Adventure Comp, a first-of-its-kind, two-day event prior to the ESPN Winter X Games VIII. Metzger was among an all-star group of athletes from every spectrum of the highly popular Winter X Games in an on- hill racing competition featuring the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon in a timed race up Buttermilk Mountain.
Bringing home top honors in the four divisions -- and, more importantly, $1,000 each from the Jeep Brand to their favorite charity -- were snowboard superpipe star Keir Dillon (Boarding for Breast Cancer); former snocross gold medalist Tucker Hibbert (Clayton Foundation); women's snowboard slopestyle competitor Marisa Funiciello (Boarding for Breast Cancer); and, in the media division, ESPN announcer Cameron Steele (Aspen Community Foundation).
"We knew that everyone would get a kick out of this," said Jeff Bell, Vice President Jeep/Chrysler. "And the proof came in the 'wow' reactions of the athletes. They just charged up and down Buttermilk Mountain in the new Jeep Wrangler Rubicon -- full force -- and loved it."
"That was so cool of Jeep to put this together for us," said snocross racer Blair Morgan, another Winter X Games multi-gold medalist. "It's great to see one of the X Games sponsors put an event together like this for us. That was a lot of fun and I'll definitely look forward to doing it again next year."
Jeep -- in cooperation with Aspen/Snowmass -- had Jeep Wrangler Rubicons for athletes and media to race up and down Buttermilk Mountain in a timed charity event.
Beginning with a steep hill climb, snowboarders, skiers, dirt bike jumpers, snowmobile racers and others all hammered the pedal and put the Wrangler Rubicons through their paces. They raced up the face of a steep ski hill, then back down through a windy slalom course that tested the abilities of the athletes. "The superior suspension of the rugged Wrangler Rubicon withstood every challenge," said Bell.
"We've enjoyed a great relationship with the X Games," said Bell, "and this year we decided to do more to complement our relationship with the Winter X Games that would also showcase the synergy between the Jeep product and the amazing athletes here in Aspen. We feel with the legendary Jeep vehicles we have a product that plays right into the lifestyles of these athletes. And it was fun for us to see what a great time everybody had with the inaugural Jeep Adventure Comp."
"Dude, I can't believe we got to do this ... this is so rad," said snowboard superpipe competitor Tommy Czeschin. His buddy Andy Finch, also a superpipe competitor, was in full agreement. "We were haulin'. What was my time?," said Finch. Noteworthy: Finch, who finished third overall in the men's board sports category, may have finished higher had he not showed up to race in sandals! Overall the event was a great success, according to all participants.
Photos available at media.daimlerchrysler.com Results Men's Board Sports Charity: Boarding For Breast Cancer Athlete Discipline 1. Keir Dillon Snowboard Superpipe 2. Mike Rosengren Boarder X 3. Andy Finch Snowboard Superpipe 4. Nate Holland Boarder X 5. Tommy Czeschin Snowboard Superpipe 6. Zach Crist Skier X 7. Elijah Teeter Snowboard Superpipe 8. Reggie Crist Skier X 9. Steve Fisher Snowboard Superpipe 10. Jayson Hale Boarder X Men's Power Sport Charity: Clayton Foundation Athlete Discipline 1. Tucker Hibbert Snocross 2. Beau Beauberg Moto X 3. Blair Morgan Snocross 4. Ross Bauerly Snocross 5. Trevor Vines Moto X 6. Paul Bauerly Snocross 7. Doug Parsons Moto X 8. Mike Metzger Moto X 9. Dave Damangos Moto X 10. Todd Hicks Moto X Women's Board Sports/Media Charity: Boarding for Breast Cancer Athlete/Media Personality Discipline/Media Outlet 1. Marisa Funiciello Snowboard Slopestyle 2. Joanne Engels ESPN 3. Sara Guttman KSPN Radio 4. Maggie Piveronas RSN 5. Meg Curran RSN Men's Media Charity: Aspen Valley Community Foundation Media Personality Athlete Media Outlet 1. Cameron Steele ESPN 2. Brad Williamson RSN 3. Bill Farwig Ski Racing Magazine 4. Dylan Merium Grass Roots TV 5. Corby Anderson KSPN Radio 6. John Alvo Warren Miller Entertainment 7. Chris Wight Pulse TV 8. Brad Manosevitz Grass Roots 9. Josh Taylor KMGS Radio 10. Max Bervy Warren Miller Entertainment


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Nokia to get "billions, not millions" from Microsoft
You guessed it right - it's the money: "When you look at all of the value that we're contributing, the value transferred to Nokia is measured in the billions, not the millions," Elop noted. He didn't give exact figures over how Microsoft will transfer the value, but he purposefully dismissed the notion that he is the Microsoft "Trojan horse" at Nokia, which has been making the rounds these days.
Well, this answers some questions, doesn't it? Nokia's CEO also broke down the other benefits for Nokia among which the opportunity for the Finns to use Bing and Xbox. Elop also mentioned that Windows Phone will become dependent on Nokia's location-based services. Espoo will also benefit from advertising revenue through Microsoft.
In return, the list of benefits for Microsoft starts with the royalties the company will receive and ends with the non-exclusive nature of the deal, which would put Nokia in a very competitive environment. And it seems that it will be the number of "billions" Microsoft contributes that will be of crucial importance. What's your opinion on the agreement? Let us know in the comments and don't forget to cast your vote in our poll on the topic!
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1. Shafeer (Posts: 79; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Windows Phone 7 is certainly a great software..
I used it in a store and was surprised by how smooth everything was. The next thing I did was bought it..
Since then I was surprised about how little bugs it had. So it's good for Nokia.
Microsoft are also lucky to have one of the top brands in the market on their software, most asians take Nokia and they are bound to be impressed with WP7
2. OsirisRa (Posts: 46; Member since: 17 Dec 2010)
Honestly, its the way Nokia went about doing there business. Elop is a real shady person and how that affects Nokia is what people should be talking about. Hopefully Intel pulls through with Meego and Ill purchase the device. Windows is a simple OS, but thats all it is. It cant even compare to Maemo 5, and thats a dead OS.
3. BaiGanyo (Posts: 308; Member since: 07 Feb 2011)
The fact that it is billions, doesn't mean a whole lot when you are talking about companies on the scale of Microsoft and Nokia tho. Not being a downer, just saying Nokia's revenue was around 56B USD last year. If the deal wasn't in the billions, it wouldn't even be real news.
4. ps1001 (Posts: 65; Member since: 14 Dec 2010)
if wp7 gets all the needed improvements(cause its pretty tard at the moment), this will be the biggest smartphone-industry move since steve jobs said- "ok, i'm gonna build a fone- and its gonna be mine mine mine mine mine mine...."
7. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 948; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
It is definitely not tard right now, and it will only continue to get better. Microsoft is heavily committed, and the end users with WP7 devices are going to benefit.
5. TC (unregistered)
"Elop also mentioned that Windows Phone will become dependant on Nokia's location-based services", will Samsung and HTC and... also be able to use Nokia Maps for free on their Windows Phone 7 phones, if not they have no reason to continue using only a limited version of WP7?
6. vvelez5 (Posts: 623; Member since: 29 Jan 2011)
I still think Elop is the "Microsoft trojan horse"
8. KIANO (Posts: 82; Member since: 13 Feb 2011)
Is it far fetched if they form a new platform based from combined Symbian and Windows — SYMBOWS ?
For now, let us wait and see how the furture Nokia Windows devices perform.
9. intos (unregistered)
wtf ! and what about with another devices that comes with wp7 like htc hd7 ?? how they will continue ? they will support also this devices ? or we will send them to nokia to baptize them :P
10. ThreeFourSeven (unregistered)
I guess Microsoft doesn't care if they lose their other partners. After a while, only Nokia might be selling WP7.
11. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Another article stated that Nokia is going to be 'transitioning' to WP7 for the rest of 2011 and most of 2012. The current obsolescence cycle is about 1 year (Droid X was released July, 2010-ish and it is arguably obsolete with the pending release of the Bionic). So, by the time that Nokia gets 'transitioned' to WP7, they will have lost one product market cycle.
Sounds like Nokia is praying that WP7 gets some serious traction in the face of the Android and iOS onslaught.
12. Jack1059 (unregistered)
The danger is that nokia become another sony ericcson, and slide into obscurity, simply becoming a handset manufacturer for MS.
13. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
I love how the nokia fanboys say this is the end for Nokia, when the truth is, Nokia is doing this so they WONT end. Sometimes you have to do something drastic to save your company and make it relevent again. Apple did it back in 1997 by bringing Jobs back on board and making a deal with Microsoft, and look how that turned out.
14. lucasjohny (Posts: 7; Member since: 10 Feb 2011)
windows 7 very smooth??? oic try to install more then 200 apps on it and then tell me. LOL.... wm7 is also a burning platform nice move nokia or i say no kia lol


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Veep Boakai Assures Liberian Businesses...As Sam Barbeque Opens Fast Food Center
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Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai has assured Liberian businesses that the Unity Party Government will continue to support small and medium size Liberian businesses to enable Liberia control its own economy.
Speaking over the weekend when he served as Keynote speaker at ceremony marking the official opening of Sam's Barbeque Fast Food Bar & Restaurant in Monrovia, Veep Boakai noted that government's support to Liberian businesses is not that of a lip service but a concrete action that will empower Liberian businessmen and women.
He assured the Management of Sam's Barbeque that government remains committed to ensuring that Liberia develops entrepreneur s who will take over the economy of the country. Veep Boakai called on other Liberians to emulate the good example of Mr. Sam Mitchell saying the UP government would like to see lots of Liberians in business to sustain the economy and empower other Liberians.
Also Speaking, the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) Dr. J. Mills Jones said to invest in Liberia indicates that the investor has explicit confidence in the future of the country. Dr. Jones assured that the CBL will remain a true partner and friend with the private sector.
The CBL boss then called on Liberia's partners to support Liberian businesses adding that the CBL will continue its support to Liberian-owned businesses. He called on government to develop concrete policies that will support Liberian businesses across the country.
Earlier the proprietor of Sam's Barbeque Fast Food Bar & Restaurant, Sam Mitchell disclosed that the restaurant is part of a larger hotel complex which when completed will be the second largest building on the Boulevard with ten floors, 125 bedrooms and two elevators, constructed on a family property.
Mr. Mitchell noted, "What is also significant about this project is that it is 100 percent Liberian ownership, 100 percent Liberian funded and 100 percent Liberian constructed."He then lauded the International Bank (IB) for providing temporary funding at the critical movements in the project and later collaborating with the CBL in their stimulus package for Liberian businesses, making loans available only to Liberian businesses at eight percent and payment over 30 months.
"We thank the CBL Governor, Mills Jones and his institution; it could not have come at a better time," Mitchell noted. He then lauded the UP government for creating the conducive, enabling environment for doing business adding, "And as I stand here today I can tell you that I have achieved more in business in the past six years than I have done in the rest of my life."
Among other things Mr. Mitchell noted, "President Sirleaf has stated on numerous occasions that the indigenous private sector is the engine of growth, and I believe that you Vice President Boakai have also iterated those same sentiments and she has even gone further and stated that she wants to create some Liberian millionaires during her tenure. I'm therefore, kindly asking you Vice President Boakai to please tell President Sirleaf that I want to be one of those millionaires, but I want to become one now and not when I'm dead, therefore, we are asking her to please increase her support to Liberian businesses."


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By ERIC CLUTTER | CORRESPONDENT
How well the Kent Roosevelt basketball team is developing this season will not always be reflected by the number in the left-hand column of the standings.
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Friday night against Norton, in one of the toughest gyms to play in, Roosevelt put forth arguably its best all-around performance of the season in an eventual 61-51 loss in a Portage Trail Conference Metro Division contest between the reigning co-champions from a year ago.
Thanks to mini-runs of eight, seven and six points throughout the night, the Rough Riders (3-7 overall, 3-4 Metro Division) were within three points at 49-46 with 5:32 remaining in the contest.
But the Panthers, coming off their first division loss and only second overall defeat on the season this past Tuesday at Streetsboro, finally put the resilient Rough Riders away with a 7-0 spurt to record their 10th win of the season and remain comfortably atop the Metro with a 6-1 mark.
"I am very pleased," said Roosevelt coach Ben Dunlap. "It's two games in a row. Tuesday night we had the game, or we thought we did. Unfortunately, we came up on the losing end.
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After blowing a 10-point fourth-quarter lead in an overtime loss to Crestwood last Tuesday, early on against the Panthers it did not look good for Roosevelt. Falling behind by 10 points late in the opening quarter, the Rough Riders began to lose sight of Norton in the latter portion of the half and trailed 33-17.
But a couple of Corey Mitchell buckets spurred an 8-0 run that quickly narrowed the Roosevelt deficit to just eight points at the intermission.
Norton -- which was led by Tyler Sherman and Aaron VanBuskirk with a dozen points apiece, along with nine points from both Justin Blanks and Jeff Schulte -- began to pull away again early in the second half, building its cushion to 42-29.
However, the Rough Riders responded with seven unanswered tallies that helped them keep the gap at only six points after three frames.
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Still, there were many more positives than negatives on this night, including a 10-of-11 performance from the foul line and a slight rebounding advantage against the equally tall Panthers.
"I thought everybody did something positive and gave everything they had," said Dunlap. "I told the guys we can play with them, and we did. (Norton) has so much firepower. One little missed assignment on defense and they can knock down a 3-pointer."
Schulte drained three 3s as the Panthers piled up eight for the contest.
Watts led the Rough Riders with 15 points, and Mitchell supplied 14.
Dunlap is looking forward as the second half of the season approaches.
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Memorial services have been scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at the Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon, for Mrs. Mitchell, 79. Retired from Precision Rubber Company, she died Monday, Nov. 11, 2013.
Visitation 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. until the service. Interment will be at the Wilson County Memorial Gardens.
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" Manufacturer: Barr / Type: Fruit juice "
Whilst browsing through the drinks aisle in my local supermarket recently, I came across this colourful fruit juice & decided to pick it up and take a look at exactly what it was. The label described it as a fusion of strawberry & lime, but made out of natural flavours. It sounded quite good and priced at under 80p, I thought I'd give it a try.
This is a still drink that you can drink straight away without the need to add water like a squash. The taste is quite interesting, I would say the lime dominates over the strawberry flavour. But there's something very unusual about it which I can't really put my finger on.
Although it's supposed to be made of natural products and not artifical colouring, it doesn't seem to taste very natural. It is quite sweet, probably more than it needs to be so I suspect there is quite alot of added sugar & it does have quite a tangy edge to it.
In my opinion, there are much better fruit juices out there & although this one was worth trying, it's not something I would buy again. The so called natural strawberry & lime flavours just don't come out!
I only found out afterwards that St Clements Strawberry and Lime fruit drink is made by a Scottish company called A.G. Barr, which is much better known for manufacturing a whole array of cheap fizzy drinks including the infamous 'Irn Bru' - "Scotland's other national drink" - a bright orange, entirely-synthetic type of hopped-up-on-caffeine pop mostly available in Scotland which, ironically enough, several years ago was found to contain a nefarious type of food additive that is particularly and especially bad for people from Scotland. (This has something to do with the increased prevalence of a gene in Scottish people that renders them less able to metabolize the bad additive, if I'm remembering things right). While I quite regularly consume foodstuffs that I know are no good or even actively 'bad' for me the problem I have with Barrs' products is that none of the ones I've tried ever even taste nice, so honestly, what's even the point?
As for not tasting nice, the same goes, of course, for this St Clements fruit drink. In the shop I bought it - which was a 'Morrisons' so with retrospect, of course I should have been extra junk-food-aware - I was seduced by the pale pink, 'healthy looking' colour of the juice that you could see through the transparent plastic bottle, and also the assertion on the label that it was free from artificial flavourings, preservatives or sweeteners. I stress that no matter how healthily coloured the juice appeared to be, I would never have bought this stuff if I had known beforehand it was made by Barrs - a brand synonymous with artificial flavourings and all-round questionable ingredients since time immemorial.
It cost about 70-80p for a bottle of 500ml of this stuff. It's a still drink rather than a fizzy one, and it's a nice and 'thin' juice, not too sweet, but the 'fruit flavouring' tastes synthetic and artificial and gives you a somewhat lingering, unpleasantly strong after taste. So this stuff is not nice to drink. How they managed to make the presumably natural ingredients (I'm assuming that if the flavourings aren't artificial as is stated on the drink's label, they must therefore be natural - unless of course there's some alternate category of food flavouring that I'm not personally aware of) taste like they were artificially synthesised in a chemistry lab somewhere is a mystery. Yet Barrs have done it again, and with this fruit juice have successfully extended their range of cheap and nasty-tasting drinks.
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I have a mink hide just skinned out from a road kill mink and would like to tan it as a present for my wife. I don't even know where to begin. My only experience is skinning and stretching raccoon hides years and more years ago when I was a boy.
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I would send it out for tanning if you don't know how or buy a kit. There are several good kits i will recommend Van Dyke's Lutan F kit and Bruce Rittels Ez 2000 tanning kit. Both of these if instructions are followed right will produce a supple soft tan. Also make sure you buy ph. strips as these are important in the tanning and pickleing process. Most of the kits come with instructions and all of the needed materials except salt. Most of them are sefl explanitory. I will also tan skins or pelts hides etc. for a fee.
Check out your local library or bookstore for books on tanning. They will point tou in the right direction if you want to tan it yourself. You might have to request it from either place but make sure it has tanning solutions. Or take the other guys advice and buy the tanning stuff. I havent tried store bought yet so I cant suggest one over the other. Good Luck Herschel!
Use an alum solution. stretch the skin out on a board w/ nails. Recipie is as follows. mix =parts of alum and salt and put in about 2xs as much water. Nuke it and stir till dissolved. Add flour to make a paste. apply to skin and let sit till dry. scrape off the dried paste w/ spoon. do 2-4 times for best results. take off of board and softenskin by pulling and stretching by hand. Hope she likes it!


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London, Feb 4 (ANI): Parents must keep an eye on their children's Facebook accounts to protect them from online predators, a top child protection expert has said.
Deputy Children's Commissioner Sue Berelowitz said parents should stop children uploading pictures of themselves kissing, showing their flesh or wearing any sort of revealing outfit.
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Berelowitz stressed that it is important that children understand about the safe use of social networking sites and don't talk to certain types of people.
According to the paper, she made the comments as police highlighted a Birmingham University study showing that children whose parents take little interest in their online activity are at higher risk of becoming a victim of grooming. (ANI)


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The Empress
Binah is associated with Saturn, which makes The Empress a saturnian card. Saturn orbits the sun every 28/29 years. It is called a Saturnian return for those whose 28th birthday it is. But the years coming up to it's return and the years after are pivotal.
This year and next year there will be a series of blood moons and solar eclipses leading up to my 28th birthday. I will have to keep track of any comets or meteors too during this time.
The Empress has the Roman numeral III ascribed to it. It is the last numeral before a V is added. III looks like three pillars. Just like in the solomon temple in the images of Freemasonry there are three pillars. Boaz on the left, Jachin on the right, and the central pillar of harmony.
The Empress is red. Blood is red because of chemical processes just like it is blue when it has gone under another chemical process. Her roses on her dress are red as well. This is a card about the woman's menstrual blood. Roses are about opening and dying and opening and dying. A continual death and rebirth.
The Empress is also associated with the planet Venus and Earth. Venus is a volcanic planet and very chaotic. Venus is also the archetype of Aphrodite. So many stories about Aphrodite the goddess. The woman's body, the earth, and the stars were worshipped in goddess worship. Look to the heavens, look to the earth, look to woman for guidance.
The Empress has a heart by her hip. Hearts are about love, care, and empathy. Hearts are associated with Valentine's Day. Ever get many cards on Valentine's Day? I remember one year as a kid I didn't even bother handing out my cards, even though I made them for people and put them in my bag. This year I received a Valentine's Day card from my mom this year, unexpected, it was nice.
So, The Empress is a card of love, understanding, important years, harmony, and friendly gestures.
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
The Empress and Emperor
The Empress left is a queen in her own right. She is the other side of rulership. She is female and has the same power as the emperor and perhaps more power because she can give birth to new children while the emperor cannot. The power of the empress is definitely one to embody in oursleves.
We all are emperors and empresses. Don't bow down to anyone but yourself. Take it to heart.
My question to The Emperor was:
Me: Tell me what to do my king.
The Emperor: Just be.
My question to The Empress was:
Me: Tell me what to do my queen.
The Empress: You are taken care of, have no worries.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Higher Order thinking
I think looking at life in new ways is just that.
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