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Before we prepare the online coupon throne for King Groupon, competitor Living Social might have a word or two to say. Living Social, the Art Garfunkel of group buying, sold 1.3 million $20 Amazon.com gift cards yesterday for $10 each. The deal worked a little differently from most Living Social or Groupon deals where the retailer is selling the coupon to the customer and the coupon company acts as a broker and takes a cut. But here, Living Social bought the cards from Amazon and then sold them to customers, so it was Living Social that took the hit. We don't know how much they paid for the cards from Amazon, though, and presumably they got a discount. Amazon tends to operate on thin margins for its core products like books, music, and video. A big part of why this happened is that Amazon has invested $75 million in Living Social so we can maybe expect to see more of this down the road.
So is this the new frontier in shopping?
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Microsoft to devs: Don't ruin Win 8....
....too late for that, you've already ruined it yourselves.
Microsoft has urged developers to only use approved Windows 8 software interfaces to avoid spoiling the launch of its new operating system with dodgy code. In a stark warning this week, the company said third-party programmers should "resist the temptation" of invoking APIs that aren't included in the official Software …
....too late for that, you've already ruined it yourselves.
Beat me to it.
Dev's to microsoft: hey you started it.
Pot, meet kettle
or like some android developers have done with their battery draining, detail stealing, ad filled apps?
[guffaw] Coming from Microsoft is is hilarious.
I detect the distinct scent of fear by MS in this article.
Hell, they ruined it long time ago, WinBloMo anyone???
Amazing. MS are being no more restrictive than Apple, perhaps less so, and yet they receive all this cr@p comment!
On Android, all devices have "what has been using the battery" function. If your app (not game) makes to that list or a technical user (or rival) bust your app using excessive cpu at background, you are doomed. 1 star reviews, people asking their money back and blog posts will sure erase you from market.
That is "open market". Customers decide.
Ms just tries to photocopy Apple without being Apple or having their customer profile.
Its like getting someone to drive a totalled car to the scrapyard, and telling them "Don't ruin it!..."
Microsoft has just told you how to strangle this abomination at birth. Do you need any further encouragement?
Good point! Off to build some W8 cRapps that use the secret APIs to accidently crash Metro. No doubt the malware hackers are already all over this one.
I'm not a developer so please excuse me if this is a dumb question, but shouldn't these APIs be restricted?
You expect MS to remember to restrict the APIs?
I thought IE was famous for it's poorly implemented hooks into the OS.
... that the only way to install apps is through their store? Because that would be an awfully shitty thing to inflict on users if its true.
...the 1st clue was a couple of weeks back when they revealed the 3rd Win8 build (forget its name, its the corporate version), with 'sideloading' of Metro apps as an extra feature. Yes, Metro is locked down on the desktop as well as the phones.
Shitty indeed!
Apple would never do that!
Really? Apple is starting to do that now. They already have an app store for Mac, and they are limiting access to APIs depending on if the app is sold in the app store or not.
Looks like someone needs a sarcasm detector here...
So in other word, Apple aren't limiting how you install software.
Every modern operating system, especially object oriented one like os x does have private frameworks and I don't know a single developer who loves to use them or trust them.
The issue here is, the win rt API is pathetically basic and you can't code anything real with it unless you use private frameworks which Microsoft happily use with internet explorer/ office etc.
Btw, when apple said something is private, they really meant it. In fact, interestingly, they "beta" tested future frameworks shipping them/ using them as private and making them public once they are mature.
Microsoft can't abuse Apple's operating system as an excuse.
It looks like your sarcasm tags got removed!
Lousy forum software!
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Lousy forum software!"
See what happens when you use 3rd party APIs?
No - the only way to install metro apps is through the store, you can install all your regular app just like you did before.
All this talk of Windows 8 keeps reminding me I have to hurry up and buy a new PC.
While Windows 7 is still easily available.
"Marketing is working
All this talk of Windows 8 keeps reminding me I have to hurry up and buy a new PC.
While Windows 7^H XP is still easily available."
Fixed it for you.
I'm in no hurry to buy a new PC. BSD and Linux will be available and easy to get for quite some time to come.
Well, somebody had to say it!
No worry, as win7 will be available for years due to demand just like XP got several stays of execution.
So please don't give them any more money then necessary?
Tux - 'cause he/she is cheap, and I like IT!
Yes but with which UI?
Better support fsf/gnu for this, only 28000 (yes, thousands) signed so far.
Or, we will end up jail breaking our pcs to install Linux/BSD.
Is it any wonder the large manufacturers won't waste time and money developing products for such a tiny market!
Internet Explorer is likely calling the very same APIs that developers (including Mozilla) should not use. But IE is made by Microsoft, and they know what they're doing, right? Right...?
Talk about hypocrisy...
"But IE is made by Microsoft, and they know what they're doing, right? Right...?"
...but DO they?
This is just reiterating an old truth. If you use undocumented APIs they can and probably will change without notice. If you're the office or internet explorer team you will probably get told this is going to happen(with at least 5 minutes notice).
It's not about the APIs being bad as such, or about Microsoft knowing what they're doing, it's about change management. Published APIs require massive amounts of hoopla to change, and they generally have to keep the old APIs around in a deprecated state for the next 10 years so that legacy code works. Unpublished APIs on the other hand can essentially be changed at will, won't remain in a deprecated state and the first notification you as an outside developer will receive that these APIs have been changed is when your program fails.
This isn't new, nor is it distinctly Microsoft. The interesting part of this article is that Microsoft realizes that crappy third party software impacts their reputation.
If there was ever an example of corporate bullying and arrogance, this would be a fine one to use.
.....we have a patent on that.
Yes, it was bought from the worldwide developer community.
'cuz Oracle might sue them!!
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So many comments in here full of logical insight. Which is a nice change from the rest of the internet where people say stuff that is clearly driven entirely from emotion.
I was half expecting some crap about how WinRT removed almost all synchronous IO operations to make it harder for developers to create crappy apps that spin up a bunch of unneeded threads.
Well done reg readers... well done.
People as whole are often conservative and repetitive in their thinking aren't they. Who needs unwanted threads in software when we find so many same old conversational threads here. Too easy to spot the commentators who've never written any serious software but don't let that stop them commenting on APIs and stuff.
Their first release is such a bad joke that you can't release a third party browser (which became like command.com important) for mobile devices coming with it.
Got it? No Firefox, no opera mobile.
Stuff you mention sound cosmetic. I guess it is very important but come on, this sounds like playbook type of mistake.
Mate, you need to go away and learn the difference between a metro app and a Win32 app. You'll be able to install whatever browser you want on your x86 machine, it's only IE-only on a Metro only device - ie an Arm unit.
Unless a miracle happens, it's my intention to ignore it completely.
As stucs201 says, Microsoft has already ruined Metro/Windows 8
'Nuff said.
WARNING: Engage with Metro and the 'Windoze User' icon will end up flattering you!
How about document the entire API, so it wouldn't actually be POSSIBLE to use "undocumented" API calls?
Terrible idea.
What do you do we code you want depreciate and then remove? If you document it and people use it now you will break existing apps so you end up leaving it in there for a very long time?
What if can lead to bad app design? Such as all of the synchronous APIs in the Win32 API?
I don't think your comment has taken into account the long term ramifications of documenting everything?
I don't think your comment has taken into account the fact that the above comment was a joke.
More seriously, if the public APIs are so great for writing a Metro application, why would anyone turn to the "unofficial" APIs? Could it be that Microsoft also thinks that *gasp* the SDK in its present form leaves something to be desired, and that many programmers might take a look into the "dark side"?
It's a bit like including a desktop version of Office into Windows RT. It's a confession which states "Err yeah, Metro is cool, but we can't really make Office work on it yet." If these unofficial APIs are among the "secret stuff" used by Metro IE, that's another confession: "Windows RT is fun, but there are things which we can't build with it ourselves either."
Instead of whining about "customer confidence" and making thinly veiled threats about store policy, Microsoft should create an API which is, first of all, completely public and stable enough that the deprecations you mention won't be a problem for some time, and second, allows for at least the amount of freedom they want for THEMSELVES when creating an application like Metro IE.
Who knows, maybe they'll do just that for Windows 9...
Downvoted for not knowing the difference between deprecation and depreciation.
Oh I can see it now...
Mr. Steve: "Dear investors, you may wonder why Windows 8 managed to sell even less copies than Windows Vista. I can say this; its not us. No: Developers, developers, developers, developers, ..."
"....and so: Developers! And as you can see we foresaw this coming and issued several warnings. But did they listen? No!".
"So now I hope you'll approve /more/ investment into Windows 8 so that we can set things right!". Mr. Steve thinks: "I only hope I didn't accidentally fire the only guys who still know how to program a start menu..."
I can say this; its not us. No: Developers, developers, developers, developers, ...
Exactly my though.
But MS will use them.
And invent more they don't tell about when it suits them.


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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is visiting El Paso's desalination plant, showcasing the technology as an answer to West Texas' chronic water woes and to a statewide water supply that's increasingly overtaxed by drought and population growth.
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On a warm morning not long ago on the shore of a small prairie lake outside this state capital, Bob Martinka trained his spotting scope on a towering cottonwood tree heavy with blue heron nests. He counted a dozen of the tall, graceful birds and got out his smartphone, not to make a call but to type the number of birds and the species into an app that sent the information to researchers in New York.
Mr. Martinka, a retired state wildlife biologist and an avid bird-watcher, is part of the global ornithological network eBird. Several times a week he heads into the mountains to scan lakes, grasslands, even the local dump, and then reports his sightings to theCornell Lab of Ornithology, a nonprofit organization based at Cornell University.
"I see rare gulls at the dump quite frequently," Mr. Martinka said, scanning a giant mound of bird-covered trash.
Tens of thousands of birders are now what the lab calls "biological sensors," turning their sightings into digital data by reporting where, when and how many of which species they see. Mr. Martinka's sighting of a dozen herons is a tiny bit of information, but such bits, gathered in the millions, provide scientists with a very big picture: perhaps the first crowdsourced, real-time view of bird populations around the world.
Birds are notoriously hard to count. While stationary sensors can measure things like carbon dioxide levels and highway traffic, it takes people to note the type and number of birds in an area. Until the advent of eBird, which began collecting daily global data in 2002, so-called one-day counts were the only method.
While counts like the Audubon Christmas Bird Count and the Breeding Bird Survey bring a lot of people together on one day to make bird observations across the country, and are scientifically valuable, they are different because they don't provide year-round data.
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TONIGHT: Watch the LIVE Los Angeles red carpet premiere of 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT right here only on Yahoo Movies: catchingfire.yahoo.com
As part of our countdown to the live red carpet premiere and the highly-anticipated release of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," we've been lucky enough to spend some quality time with the cast.
It began with Co-Star Connections, where we found out who knows the most (and the least) about their "Catching Fire" colleagues. And it continues today with another do-you-know-your-costar quiz!
This time the focus is solely on the wonderfully unpredictable interview quotes from those free spirits Jennifer Lawrence and Woody Harrelson.
Welcome the first edition of "Who Said It: Jennifer or Woody?"
The premise is simple: We read a bunch of Lawrence and Harrelson's most intriguing out-of-context quotes to Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, and director Francis Lawrence and have them guess who said what. Yes, Lawrence and Harrelson were great sports about the whole thing, verifying their quotes for each round of the game.
You too, can play along. Here are the quotes, see if you can guess who said what. (Looking them up online only makes you a cheater!) :
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3. "I like crying. And now I not only wanna cry and show my crying to other people, I wanna just split myself down the middle and open my guts and just throw everything out!"
4. "I've always believed the road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."
[Related: 'Catching Fire' Confession: Sam Claflin 'Kinda Liked' His Shaved Chest]
For more ridiculousness with the cast, check out the caption contest where we asked the stars to tell us what their characters were thinking while posing for their high fashion, Capitol Couture portrait.
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Sky Sports Fantasy Football explain why Daniel Sturridge is the most reliable pick for the armband.
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Daniel Sturridge looks the most reliable choice for the armband in Sky Sports Fantasy Football this weekend with the points drying up for his top-scoring rivals.
The Liverpool marksman will be looking to score for his eighth successive Premier League game on Sunday, with the number crunchers at Sky Bet rating him as odds-on to do so against Swansea.
Even the game's highest point scorer, Luis Suarez, has endured something of a drought of late, with no goals in four in all competitions and just one in seven.
Eden Hazard made up significant ground on the Uruguayan with a hat-trick against Newcastle earlier in the month, but has failed to score in six of his last seven games.
Meanwhile, Yaya Toure's tally has suffered with Manchester City failing to score in their last two league games - although it would be a real surprise if that drought continued against Stoke at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
That fixture makes Sergio Aguero a stand out option but it remains to be seen whether he will be fit in time, while Alvaro Negredo has failed to score since his strike partner was sidelined.
Like Aguero, Wayne Rooney was leapfrogged by Sturridge last week having failed to score or provide an assist in his last five games, a trend Crystal Palace's stubborn backline look capable of extending.
Albeit with some way to go, Emmanuel Adebayor is gradually making up ground with the big scorers, with 89 points from the last seven gameweeks thanks to eight goals from his last 10 starts.
At £7.6m the Tottenham striker is certainly tempting, especially with lowly Norwich to come on Super Sunday.
Spurs' backline holds appeal given the Canaries have scored just five times in their last 11 games, while Aston Villa's defence also face an side with a wretched goalscoring record, with Newcastle netting in just of their last eight Premier League games.
Loic Remy returns for the Magpies but had only scored once in his last five league appearances before his suspension.
West Ham midfielder Kevin Nolan boasts a far better record of late, with four goals in his last three games ahead of the visit of Southampton.
The Hammers' backline also interests having kept four successive clean sheets, with James Tomkins the bargain pick at £5.2m.


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While searching for a solution for women having trouble finding shoes that are both comfortable and stylish, Desert Vista '07 alumni Abhay Modi and Marc Pendergraft started BackUpSoles in November.
The new company sells roll-up flats that, according to the duo, can be worn anywhere.
"BackUpSoles are like ballet flats, which can be rolled up," Modi said. "They can be kept in a purses or small places such as clutches or glove boxes for emergencies. Compared to other shoes, BackUpSoles are more affordable and skid resistant with a whole lot of goodness."
Both Modi and Pendergraft were inspired to sell the shoes because of a story their friend told them. On her way to work she forgot that she put her heels away while cleaning her car the day before. Once she arrived to work, she was surprised to find that she forgot her shoes. Then she realized that if she had a back-up pair, she would have been more prepared for work. After studying how women handle their shoes, Pendergraft and Modi came up with the idea of BackUpSoles.
"We started about three months ago," Modi said. "We're both into the whole business idea and we kind of wanted to do something here (in Ahwatukee Foothills) and we had our own defined product, which was needed on the market. So we went out and found it and went for it."
Even though the company started late last year, Modi said it is already gaining in popularity.
"We were just at a quinceañera expo where people were raving about them," he said. (The customers) love to wear them around the house because they are simple, light, and fit everywhere."
Currently, the shoes are on sale online for the average price of $10.99. They also come in four-pair combo packs for $39.96. Shoppers can also choose from different colors of the shoe such as white, silver, gold and black.
"We get many orders for weddings and quinceañeras," Modi said. "They can also be placed in clutches for dancing."
Although Modi and Pendergraft are currently students at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, they plan to continue to grow their business. They are currently pursuing retailers and partnering with other businesses for gift baskets, weddings and quinceañeras.
"In a couple of months we will have more colors, designs and a new feature on the shoe," Modi noted.
BackUpSoles can be ordered online at http://www.backupsoles.com. For more information on the business, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or visit them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/backupsoles.
Ahwatukee resident Anna Carlos is a senior at Xavier College Preparatory and plans to attend the University of Arizona next year. She is interning this semester at the Ahwatukee Foothills News.


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Hamas: Palestinians Freed in Shalit Deal to Attend Hajj Pilgrimage
Hamas says Saudi Arabia offered to fly 300 prisoners freed in deal to Islam's annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
The Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers say 300 Palestinian prisoners freed in October in the prisoner swap deal with Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit will take part in Islam's annual hajj pilgrimage.
Hamas border official Maher Abu Sabha says Saudi Arabia offered to fly them to the pilgrimage. He says they will cross from Gaza into Egypt late Friday to catch the flights.
Israel released 477 Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners on October 18, as part of the first phase of a prisoner-swap deal in which a total of 1,027 prisoners were to be traded for Shalit. More than 100 of the 477 prisoners released in the first phase were taken to the West Bank. The rest were brought to Gaza, apart from 42 who were exiled to Turkey, Syria and Qatar. Of the 42 deported prisoners, 16 went to Damascus, Syria, 15 to Qatar, 10 Turkey, and one to Jordan.
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BYU, like most programs, has received a steady influx of talent from players transferring into its program. Not every transfer is a success, but many of them are. Here is a look at 10 players who experienced success after transferring into BYU's program.
1998-2000, transferred from Michigan
Played at both outside and middle linebacker in 1999 before having his season cut short with an ACL injury. Was only able to play one game his senior season, sustaining a season- and career-ending knee injury against Florida State in 2000.
2011, transferred from USC
Fangupo has seen significant playing time at defensive end this season — his only season at BYU after transferring from USC. He's played in all 12 games, recording 23 tackles and 5.5 tackles-for-loss.
2000-2004, transferred from Air Force
Started as a sophomore at cornerback, recording 46 tackles that season. He battled injury problems the next two years, including a season-ending injury sustained during the first game of the season in 2003. He earned himself a medical redshirt and participated in 2004, recording 39 tackles and an interception that year. He finished his career at BYU with five INTs.
2004-2006, transferred from Washington State
Contributed heavily as a junior before earning the starting nod at inside linebacker as a senior. Ended his career at BYU with 90 total tackles and 7.5 tackles-for-loss.
2002-2005, transferred from Nebraska
He was beset by injuries during his time at BYU, but started in each of his final two seasons at both defensive tackle and at defensive end. He recorded 70 total tackles and five sacks over his career at BYU.
2010-present, transferred from USC
Kaveinga committed to BYU out of high school before electing to sign with USC. After two seasons there, he decided to transfer to BYU, earning himself the starting nod at mike linebacker after sitting out his required one season following the transfer.
2005-2007, transferred from Utah State
Played a big part at both inside and outside linebacker during his two years at BYU. He recorded 113 tackles while receiving All-MWC honors his senior year, in which he started at inside linebacker. He currently coaches outside linebackers at BYU.
1995-1996, transferred from Utah State
Was a punt and kick return specialist, leading the nation in punt return average his junior season with 21.9 yards per return. He returned a total of four punts for touchdowns and one kickoff for a touchdown over his career. He also saw time at both cornerback and wide receiver.
2010-present, transferred from Utah State
Nelson split starting responsibilities with Jake Heaps in 2010 before a shoulder injury ended his season. He entered this past season as Heaps' backup, but earned the starting job after leading BYU to a come-from-behind victory against Utah State.
2006-2009, transferred from Arizona State
After redshirting his first year, Hall went on to start for three straight seasons at quarterback after transferring from Arizona State. During those three years, he proved to be one of BYU's top QBs, compiling 11,365 yards passing and 94 touchdowns while leading BYU to a 32-7 record from 2007-2009.


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Madrid, July 12 (IANS) Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas bid an emotional farewell to his club on Sunday as he confirmed a move to Portuguese club Porto, ending a 25-year-old career at the Spanish team.
Casillas reportedly signed for Porto on Saturday night. A tearful Casillas, thanked the club's fans for supporting him but also said he is looking forward to playing for his new club. He spent his entire career until now at Real Madrid rising through the youth ranks to be one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation.
"I have come to this great stadium today to say goodbye to all of you, especially to the Madrid fans. As of Saturday I'm no longer a Real Madrid player, now I'll be a Porto player," Casillas was quoted as saying by goal.com o Sunday.
"I am moving to Porto for many reasons. Firstly I am joining Porto because of the excitement that the coach has transmitted to me.
Secondly, because of their affection, they have won me over. I'll do everything I can to not disappoint them and fight as hard as possible to win as many titles as I possibly can there," he added.
Struggling hard to hold back tears, the 34-year-old muttered only a few words and urged fans to remember him as a "good person".
"This club didn't just teach me how to be a sportsman, it taught me how to be a person. I've learned a lot from all of my coaches. They have been a fundamental part of my development and my career. Every day we've been forming a part of Real Madrid and they've always supported me," the 34-year-old said.
"I want to say thank you to my parents and all my family. Thank you to the Madrid fans for their support, helping me lift every cup, every triumph, for being with me in the good moments and the bad moments, for giving me a hand when I needed lifting up," said Spain's 2010 World Cup-winning captain.
"I don't want to be remembered as a good goalkeeper or a bad goalkeeper, I just want to be remembered as a good person, with my faults. Thank you. Thank you. A thousand thank yous. Wherever I go, I will always shout 'Hala Madrid'."
"I'm sure in the future we'll see each other. I'm not going to say goodbye, because it's not goodbye. I hope to see you soon. Thank you, to all of you," he concluded.


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Dear All,
As per earlier ICAI notification fee for re-totaling and fee for verification of answer books is Rs. 100/- per paper subject to a maximum of Rs. 400/- for all the papers of a group/ both groups.
Write an application by hand (printed applications are of no use) giving detail w.r.t. your Roll Number, address, Attempted Group, papers desired to be revalued and attach the required fees by way of postal order favour of Secretary, ICAI. Result will be out in max of 30 days. Chances are low but you can't say.
This application is required to be submitted within a month from the date of declaration of result.
The application for revaluation along with the desired fee DD may be sent to :
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Also find enclosed herewith a sample application format for Re-totaling of Answer sheet. Trust the attachment would be of some help.
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If i want to revalue all 4 papers for grp 1 IPCC then wat should i write in application???
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New workplace practices and the gender wage gap
We explore the effect of introducing new workplace practices on the gender gap using a unique 1999 survey on work and compensation practices of Danish private sector firms merged to a large matched employer-employee database. Self-managed teams, project organisation and job rotation schemes are the most widely implemented work practices. Wage gains from adopting new workplace practices accrue mainly to hourly paid males and salaried females but do not generate large changes in the gender gap in pay at the level of the firm. Considering practices individually, however, the gender wage gap among salaried workers is significantly reduced in firms which offer job rotation and project organisation, while among hourly paid workers the use of quality control circles significantly widens the gap in pay between male and female workers.
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After a thirteen-year major league career with five different clubs, Aubrey Huff has officially announced his retirement from baseball. He recently accepted a job with the Pac-12 network, and is interested in a broadcasting career now that his playing days are over.
"I'm officially done. I have no desire to play anymore," Huff said over the phone on Saturday. "That has come and gone. I couldn't even imagine picking up a bat and trying to get ready for the whole grind of a baseball season anymore. I'm enjoying this way too much, just hanging out."
"I just got a job working for the Pac-12 network announcing college games, and I start that in February. I hired a broadcasting agent, so I have some auditions coming up to do some broadcasting stuff. I'll get into that soon, it's something to keep me busy," Huff said. "As far as playing, I've had my fun. I've won some World Series, put up some good numbers, and made some money. I'm very happy with how my career went, and I'm done."
Huff played for the Rays (2000-2006), Astros (2006), Orioles (2007-2009), Tigers (2009), and Giants (2010-2012), posting a lifetime .278 average with 242 HR and 904 RBI in 1,681 games. He won the Silver Slugger award for designated hitters in 2008 and finished sixteenth in AL MVP voting after hitting .304 with 32 HR and 108 RBI in 154 games with the Orioles. Despite finishing within the top 25 in MVP voting three times in his career, Huff considers the two World Series championships at the end of his career with the Giants to be the highlights of his career.
"Really just for me, those two World Series we won in San Francisco are the one thing," Huff said. "I had been in dead last my whole career as far as being with the Rays for six years and Orioles for three, those were my only two stretches where I was with a team for that long. Obviously there were some stops in Houston and Detroit, but those didn't work out too well. Having the first time being able to make the playoffs after always being dead last, and to win two World Series in my last three years in the big leagues, that definitely made my career."
Huff entered last offseason with the intention of playing in 2013, but told Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle in March that he was "pretty much retired" after not getting the contract he was looking for on the free agent market. The Diamondbacks expressed some interest in Huff as a bench player last winter, but no teams reached out in the middle of last season with interest.
"Arizona was interested in me for a bench job," Huff said. "I really was adamant about not doing that, and they ended up signing Eric Hinske. I always told myself that [I would retire] whenever I'm not an everyday player. I've won some World Series, what's the point of being on the bench anymore? I'm not going to go through all of the grind and flights and everything just to ride the pine and watch. It's just not what I want to do."
While Huff is getting into the broadcasting side of things for now, he's not willing to close the door on coming back to the game in a coaching or front office capacity in the future.
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After a thirteen-year major league career with five different clubs, Aubrey Huff has officially announced his retirement from baseball. He recently accepted a job with the Pac-12 network, and is interested in a broadcasting career now that his playing days are over.


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Under the Radar: Idris Elba of 'Ghost Rider 2'
It's hard out there for a Ghost Rider. This week , the comic book hero once again has to battle the forces of evil in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. But this time around, Nicolas Cage's motorcycle-riding dark hero won't be the only badass on screen.
Joining him in the fight against the overwhelming dark forces (including Satan himself) is a gun-toting vigilante named Moreau, played by British actor Idris Elba The actor, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite performers, has amassed an incredible body of work in both film and television. Here are a few of his choicest roles, as he is right on the cusp of becoming a household name:
2010 was the year in which we saw the resurgence of the guys-on-a-mission genre. like The A-Team, The Expendables, Predators, and The Losers were released, all revolving around diverse, specially trained individuals carrying out a mission or moving toward some unified objective—and all while racking up a hefty amount of collateral damage along the way. The Losers, based on a graphic novel, told the story of a group of CIA operatives who must discover the identity of the person who set them up and left them for dead. Elba's character, Roque, is a headstrong bruiser who constantly lobs attitude at the leader of the group played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He's definitely the most fascinating member of the group.
The Office
When the American version of The Office was in its first couple of seasons, it didn't venture to the heights of unchecked absurdity for which it is currently known. Its characters started off as only slighted exaggerated interpretations of people you would normally encounter in any given workplace. As the show ran into the latter part of the fifth season, its primary characters seemed more like caricatures; enter Idris Elba as the newest Dunder Mifflin CEO. He was such a stern, severe boss that, while he was admittedly pretty unlikable, he refocused the show in many ways and provided one of the better character arcs the series had ever seen.
As many of you know, prior to taking the reins on the new Hollywood Sherlock Holmes franchise, director Guy Ritchie's forte was British gangster films. With movies like Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in his repertoire, he quickly established himself as the new voice in that genre. In 2008, he added the musically charged RocknRolla to that list. The film centers on a local gang of hoodlums who get entangled in a lucrative scam that end up putting them at odds with the London mob. Idris Elba plays Mumbles, the trusted lieutenant of the gang's leader, played by Gerard Butler. The movie is full of wild, rip-roaring cinematography and endless personality, much of it to be found in the back-and-forth between Elba and Butler.
Last year was a super one for Marvel Studios. 2011 saw the release of Captain America, X-Men: First Class, and Thor. Thor of course is based on the comic book about the thunder god of Asgard and the film finds him in a feud with his brother Loki. Idris Elba plays Heimdall, the guardian of the rainbow bridge that allows passage both in and out of Asgard. While Elba's part in the film was not especially huge, a great deal of the movie actually takes place on Earth, but his larger-than-life screen presence provides powerful evidence of his suitability as a major movie star.
The Wire
Easily one of the greatest shows of the last decade, HBO's The Wire is a brutal, gripping depiction of Baltimore's criminal underworld. Idris Elba plays Stringer Bell, the mastermind behind the biggest gang in the city. What is so compelling about Stringer Bell is that he is a brilliant businessman, one who actually attended business courses, and skillfully applies a Fortune 500 approach to selling narcotics. However, this brainy quality fails to make him any less intimidating. He still retains the power to command a room into terrified silence with his threatening words. Interestingly Elba auditioned for the role without telling the producers that he was British, reading his scene using a flawless American accent, and was so convincing that it wasn't afterwards that they even knew he wasn't a native.


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16Yoga Sutras 1.13: Practicing that which brings stability and tranquility
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- Jul 26, 2005Yoga Sutras: Sutra 1.13:
Practicing that which brings stability and tranquility
(Practical exercise is shown at this link along with text)
YOGA SUTRA 1.13: Practice (abhyasa) means choosing, applying the
effort, and doing those actions that bring a stable and tranquil
state (sthitau).
(tatra sthitau yatnah abhyasa)
TATRA = of these two (abhyasa and vairagya)
STHITAU = stability, steadiness, stable tranquility, undisturbed
YATNAH = effort, persistent exertion, sustained struggle, endeavour
ABHYASA = by or with practice, repeated practice
TWO WORDS FOR PRACTICE: There are two different words that are often
translated into English as practice. One is abhyasa and the other is
sadhana, which is the title of Chapter 2 of the Yoga Sutras (Sadhana
Pada). It is important to understand the difference between these two
ABHYASA MEANS PRACTICE, but in a very general, all encompassing way.
It means choosing (with buddhi) the wiser of alternative courses of
action. It means making decisions on the basis of what will bring
greater tranquility or peace of mind, as these are the preparation
for the deeper, subtler practices leading to Self-realization.
SADHANA ALSO MEANS PRACTICE, but is more specific, relating to the
direct practices one does. These include the specific methods or
techniques of working with the body, breath, and mind, as well as the
specific principles applied in working with the external world and
other people. For example, the eight rungs of Yoga (2.29) are all a
part of sadhana.
STITHAU HAS TWO PARTS: Abhyasa is defined in this sutra as choosing
or cultivating that which leads to sthitau. To understand the meaning
of sthitau, it is necessary to combine two principles. First is that
of tranquility, calmness, or peace of mind. Second is that of
stability, steadiness, or being of firm ground. Thus, sthitau means a
stable form of tranquility. In other words, it is the pursuit of an
equanimity that is with you at all times.
This stability is not just a matter of regaining peace of mind when
it has been lost, like having a weekend away from work or taking a
vacation. One might be able to temporarily have some tranquility
while avoiding the core decisions of lifestyle, attitudes, and
practices. However, to have stable tranquility, which is with you
all, or most of the time, it is necessary to take the extra steps in
life planning that supports meditation. This is the meaning of
EXERCISE WITH ABHYASA: Abhyasa is the practice of choosing that which
brings sthitau, or a stable state of tranquility. It applies to all
levels, ranging from the most external, worldly actions, speech and
thoughts, to the most subtle aspects of our being. To practice
Abhyasa, it is easiest to start with the gross and gradually work
towards the subtle.
One simple way to enhance this practice is to sit quietly and reflect
on what actions, speech or thoughts lead you either towards or away
from sthitau, that state of stable tranquility. Put two columns on a
piece of paper and write down your personal reflections from your own
Actions, speech or thoughts which lead me TOWARDS steady, stable,
undisturbed calmness or tranquility; I need to do more of these:
1) _______________
2) _______________
3) _______________
4) _______________
5) _______________
6) _______________
7) _______________
Actions, speech or thoughts which lead me AWAY from steady, stable,
undisturbed calmness or tranquility; I need to do less of these:
1) _______________
2) _______________
3) _______________
4) _______________
5) _______________
6) _______________
7) _______________
In the AWAY from column, you'll probably be listing some of your
negative habits that are not useful to you on your journey. In the
TOWARDS column, you may be listing some of the practices related to
yoga, as well as other positive actions that you already know are
useful to you on your journey. Such simple exercises can be quite
insightful and helpful in building a solid foundation for meditation.
By increasingly taking charge of your choices in life and the ways in
which you use your personal energy, and increasingly focusing on
doing what is in the left column, you gradually watch that which is
in the right column weaken and fade away.


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I purchased recently a pattern by Cara Gulati, Radiant Suns and decided to check her web site out. She has a free pattern below addy.
Then I put it in google to see what else I could find and found the complete instructions for the free pattern at hgtv. Too neat.


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Religious Music
Mercy Me knows how to speak to us, and touch us, when we are sad or doubting. "Beautiful" is a song about God's love. The last line in the chorus, says it all: "You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His. You're beautiful" This version is a recording of a live performance. It captures the magic the band and lead singer bring to an audience of believers. The crowd shots alone are awe-inspiring. The Prayables pick is, "Beautiful" by Mercy Me as a winner for today's best religious music.
I heard this song today on the radio, (93.3) and it went striaght to my heart. It was exactly what I needed to hear, at that very moment.
At camp a girl I didn't even know came up to me and told me she felt like God told her to tell me how beautiful I am and how much God loves me and how I should never forget that..little did she know at the time,I have been struggling with self harm for almost a year now..
Hope is offered … we are made in HIS likeness… thank you Mercy Me… your music is awesome and I always feel so close to Father when I play your music.
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Masked intruders threatened the elderly occupants of a house in Denver before fleeing with a small amount of cash, police say.
Raiders broke into the address on Sandy Lane at around 10.30pm on Sunday June 8, through the conservatory.
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Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (20:02): There is no doubt that the upskilling of the Australian workforce is an honourable and proper pursuit of government. The skilling of the Australian workforce today will determine the productivity of our nation tomorrow. The productivity of our nation tomorrow will determine the wealth and wellbeing of our nation into the future. Can we fund a proper health system? Can we protect our borders? It is to fund those sorts of functions of government that we need a healthy economy. Indeed, can we pay off Greens-Labor's massive debt, now well in excess of $130 billion? It is the biggest debt incurred in the shortest time in Australian history. Make no mistake, the issues that are part and parcel of this bill are of vital importance to Australia's tomorrows and beyond.
What is the government seeking to do with the Skills Australia Amendment (Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency) Bill 2012? The bill will subsume Skills Australia, a bureaucracy established only some three or four years ago during the halcyon days of then newly elected Prime Minister Rudd. Remember when he had to change everything? Of course, he had to meddle in this area as well. Now, three or four years later, the government has come to the realisation that Mr Rudd's good idea at the time is no longer such a good idea. As a result, they have to amend that which they introduced only a few short years ago; and at a cost of about $25 million for a new bureaucracy to undertake the exercise.
The new Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency was announced in the 2011-12 budget. It will be a new agency. The agency will have responsibility for the administration of the $558 million Workforce Development Fund. This fund is available to pay up to half the costs of training for the upskilling of existing workers. The government's contribution equates to about $4,292 per training place, based on their predictions of training 130,000 workers.
Let us stop there for a moment. When you ask about Labor's employment figures and projections, you know they get it wrong, and substantially wrong. It was only two budgets ago that they promised the Australian people that 500,000 new jobs would be created over a two-year period. In the last budget that was reduced to 300,000—a 40 per cent reduction.
Senator Humphries: What a surprise.
Senator ABETZ: And yet, Senator Humphries, we are to believe that the predictions here are going to be honoured—just as we are to believe Labor's promise and prediction to the Australian people that there will be a $1.5 billion surplus or their claim that they have control of our borders. I think the Australian people are learning fast through bitter experience that the predictions and prognoses of this Greens-Labor government are not to be believed. Indeed, it does not matter into what area one looks, one can see the failure not only of the policy settings but then of the follow-up administration by the Greens-Labor government. But, they tell us, they will be seeking to upskill 130,000 workers.
Now, what else are they doing? There is going to be a round of funding of $50 million for three priority areas. There is $15 million for the priority of supporting the resources sector, as well as those sectors where the effects of the resources boom are particularly acute. I think it is a very good initiative to try to assist those sectors so that we need to import fewer workers for our booming resources sector. It is a great initiative, something that the coalition support. But interestingly enough, out of the $50 million, less than one-third is going to be directed to this jobs rich area for which we now have enterprise migration agreements. Don't get me wrong; the coalition support enterprise migration agreements, but only because they are a necessity. We do not support them because we see them as ideal; we support them because we see them as essential to getting Australia's resources projects up and running. But why on earth would you spend less than one-third of the available funding on the most jobs rich area, where there is the greatest likelihood of job opportunities for individuals in the event of their being upskilled? Indeed, the largest amount, $20 million, is going to be spent on support for upskilling and skill-deepening across all sectors of the economy. I dare say that is for those areas that they have no idea about.
Let us have a look at what this bill does. It expands the board of the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency, compared to that which currently exists, and it adds a new category of board membership. Labor government, a new category of board membership—let me guess: could it be employers? No. Could it be trainers? No. How about trade union bosses? You got it.
Senator Humphries: That is a surprise!
Senator ABETZ: You got it. How surprising! No matter which way this government turns, it will manufacture an excuse to put some union boss or ex union boss onto a board. There are three new board members to be appointed under this new category of employee representative. And, just in case you thought this was going to be a very careful selection process, guess who one of those three new board members is going to be? It is none other than—you see him here, you see him there, you see him everywhere—the National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union. The person who installed Ms Gillard as Prime Minister has, as part of his reward, been given a position on this board. Remember the man who was there on Lateline telling the Australian people that they were going to get new Prime Minister the next day, courtesy of the numbers that he controlled in the Labor Party caucus? He is going to be a beneficiary of this amendment bill through a position on the board.
If you thought, 'One out of three isn't too bad,' guess who else has been appointed? It is none other than Dr John Edwards, the fellow who wrote an academic treatise on Australia's greatest Prime Minister.
Senator Humphries: Bob Menzies?
Senator ABETZ: People listening might be forgiven, Senator Humphries, for thinking that that would be Australia's longest serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, or—
Senator Humphries: John Howard.
Senator ABETZ: Australia's second longest serving Prime Minister, both of them prime ministers who took Australia through a golden era of prosperity and stability. But no. All those people who thought it was Menzies or Howard got it wrong. According to this great academic, Dr John Edwards, a Labor Prime Minister gets that title. With all that expertise in academia that he will bring to the Skills Australia Board, we will undoubtedly have a whole lot of people being gainfully employed!
It is interesting that on this board there is no specific category allocated to providers of training. 'But employees need a special category so we can get Paul Howes on the board.' Employers do not get a look-in. Who gets a look-in? Academics like Dr John Edwards. As for education or training, training does not have to be a part of it, just possible. There is economic and industry representation, and now we have representation of employees. What is the government's argument? They say, 'Oh, "industry" must mean employers.' And of course 'industry' does not mean employers. If that is what the government are actually arguing, let them amend the bill to change 'industry' to 'employers' so there is some equity and fairness. At the end of the day, may I remind Senator Collins, the Labor Party and the Greens, this will be a body that seeks to assist people by upskilling them to gain employment—to gain employment with whom? With employers! They are the people that will ultimately be providing the jobs, yet they are to be discounted. They count for nothing in this class warfare that the Australian Greens and the Australian Labor Party are waging as we speak. Employers are to be absolutely and utterly discounted, but union bosses—you betcha!—have to be there.
Having severely and seriously embarrassed Mr Shorten and the Labor government over their refusal to consider productivity as an important issue in the Fair Work Act review, we now have this new agency, to be called the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency. I say to the Greens and Labor: this is too little, too late. If you were genuinely concerned about productivity, you would have put it in the terms of reference for the review of the Fair Work Act. Something we know, courtesy of freedom of information requests, is that both the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and the Department of Finance and Deregulation were deliberately ignored by the government because they did not want to utter the word 'productivity', let alone assess the Fair Work Act against that vital ingredient. I know it is not popular to talk about productivity because the trade union movement will immediately say that productivity means more work for less pay. That is the Labor Party view of the world.
The coalition view of the world is that productivity actually means greater job opportunities, greater wages and greater wealth for the community. We look at expanding the pie by increasing the opportunities and welcoming innovation into our economy, but Mr Shorten could not bring himself to accept the advice of his own department or the Department of Finance and Deregulation to consider productivity. What they have done now is put into the title of the organisation the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency. The Parliamentary Library provided us with an interesting note in relation to this bill which says, 'It is not clear in either the bill or the explanatory memorandum how this will be achieved.'
Here we have a government yet again realising that they have been snookered. They have to talk about productivity. They have been humiliated on the front pages of newspapers around the country. They have been identified as having ignored departmental advice courtesy of freedom of information. So what do they do. They say, 'We'll put "productivity" into this title,' but they do it in such a rush. Why? Because all they are concerned about is tomorrow's headline. There is no follow-through with the administration. There is no plan as to how this will affect, impact and support productivity, something which I think most Australians now recognise is a vital issue which this country needs to face, to ensure when there are wage increases above and beyond the CPI that there are productivity offsets. Unless we get productivity offsets, we will go down the road of Greece and Spain and some of the other European countries. We can keep promising people increased wages unrelated to productivity but one day we will hit the brick wall, as they have in Greece. I would never want that sort of humiliation to befall this great country Australia. That is why we have to deal with productivity now, while it is still easy to be dealt with, rather than wait another decade when we may find ourselves with some of the diabolical problems that our European friends now find themselves in.
We welcome the fact that Labor have finally been willing to utter the word 'productivity', but as the Parliamentary Library told us it is not exactly clear how productivity will be dealt with in this legislation. I am sure Mr Howes will be able to tell people on this training and productivity board how to get 30 per cent wage rises in the resources sector without any productivity trade-off and then brag about it, as his fellow union bosses do. When that happens, it reverberates throughout the whole economy and the consequences are there for all see.
As is so often the want when you do not have the numbers in a place such as this, the coalition know that we are snookered, that the government will not consider sensible amendments. We will not oppose this bill but I say to the Australian people that there is a better way to deal with issues of Australian workforce and productivity than to expand a board from seven to 10 and whack a union boss onto it. I would have thought the government might have more imagination than that, if they were genuine about developing the Australian workforce and the productivity agenda, which clearly needs to be addressed if we are to secure the future of our country and in particular if we are going to be able to pay off the massive debt legacy which the Green-Labor alliance will be leaving us whenever they are thrown from office.
Also interesting in this bill is a fund of $20 million to be shared equally between the trade union movement and employer organisations. We know the Labor Party love doing this. They will say, 'We've got clean hands; we have equally funded the trade union movement as we have the employer organisations.' Of course there is one big difference: everyone now knows that the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens are the beneficiaries of huge amounts of money from trade union organisations for their campaigns but employer organisations such as AiG and ACCI are notoriously known for not making any political donations. The Labor Party pretend that they come to this debate with clean hands, that they will be dealing equally with employer and employee organisations—each gets the same amount—but they know they will be getting a dividend out of that in return whereas the coalition or any other organisation will not be getting any such dividend from employer organisations.
No matter what the government put up, it seems it has to have a union boss on it and the reason for that is clear. In this case, it could not be clearer because the person who will be the beneficiary is the man who put Ms Gillard in the Lodge. The coalition has concerns and reservations about this bill, so ably expressed by Senators Back and McKenzie in their report on this bill. The coalition not be opposing it.


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642 New Students Enter the World of "Wonder and Possibility"
August 21, 2010
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August 21, 2010, Greencastle, Ind. — [Download Video: "A New Season Begins" - 315kb] "It is a special day for all of us," DePauw University President Brian W. Casey said this afternoon as he welcomed the Class of 2014 and their families to campus, "and this is a special class. It is time for a new season."
Dr. Casey made his remarks at the Opening Convocation, which took place in Kresge Auditorium of the Green Center for the Performing Arts. The 1,400 seat venue was filled for the 3 p.m. event, and an overflow crowd watched the proceedings via a closed circuit TV feed in nearby Moore Theatre.
Led by bagpipers, the president and the new students processed through the campus, past historic East College and the academic quadrangle and into the Green Center, where they were greeted by cheering members of the DePauw faculty. (A montage of the procession and convocation, shot and edited by Ken Owen '82: [Download Video: "Opening Convocation 2010" - 7,355kb])
"There are few moments in life when you are as gloriously old as when you are finishing your final year in high school, or secondary school," Casey said as he looked out over the 642 new students who filled the front rows. "Life moves in comfortable rhythms, days roll by like familiar music. Looking back, it all seemed easy. You could walk through the hallways of your old school blindfolded. But now it's all new again. And you're new again. And somehow -- as your parents are moving boxes around and rushing off to Wal-Mart -- you're supposed to somehow figure it all out."
The incoming class -- the most diverse in DePauw's history -- includes 617 first-year students, 13 transfer students and 12 foreign exchange students. The new students come from 36 states and 22 countries; 34% of the new class (213 students) come from multicultural backgrounds, the highest total in DePauw's history.
Additionally, 21% of the incoming undergraduates are first generation college students, in other words, no one in their immediate family has graduated from college before. A total of 23% of the enrolling students have an alumni tie to DePauw.
After spending the bulk of the day moving into their residence halls and getting acclimated to their new surroundings, the new students and their families gathered in the Green Center to hear from the president and other University leaders.
[Download Video: "A Good Place" - 1,033kb] "This is an old school, and this is a good place," the president exclaimed. "Groups of DePauw faculty have welcomed new students to this campus for 174 years. These grounds echo with the voices of thousands of students and hundreds of DePauw faculty who have gone before. And it has thrived through those years because it is a committed place, a place of learning and transformation, a place of joy and challenge."
Entering college, Dr. Casey told the incoming class, is about "wonder and possibility" and urged the students to spend the next four years exploring.
"Inside the classrooms of this University, you are actually supposed to get something wrong; you're actually supposed to make mistakes," the president said. "You're supposed to disagree with someone and you're supposed to proclaim something one day and realize you need to proclaim something entirely different the next. One day you're going to disagree with a classmate, and you're going to argue with them. Then to your dismay, you're going to find out you were wrong, and you're going to have to make amends. I'm here to tell you that there is not one member of this faculty who will ever think less of you for making those mistakes."
"The path to wisdom, to be educated, is always to be vulnerable to that dizzying feeling you must be feeling right now," The University's nineteenth president stated. "Education keeps you on your toes. It always throws you. So on your way to wisdom, a path lined with inevitable. wonderful mistakes, keep your sense of wonder with you. Even keep that feeling of uncertainty that you have today." Dr. Casey added, "If you do, there will come that day when you comprehend some very difficult concept for the first time, or finish an extremely challenging book, or master a piece of music. And it will be a sign that you have obtained some form of mastery, and some type of wisdom."
A college campus [Download Video: "The Architecture of Happiness" - 1,971kb] "can take the world you know and rearrange it in spectacular, beautiful new ways," the president declared, "There will come a time when you are walking on this campus, probably by yourself, maybe in the evening, and you will know exactly what that means. And when that moment hits you on this campus -- and I know it will, and I promise it will -- stop for a moment. Breathe it in. Take it in. You will never be as wise as you are at that moment, and you will never be as young. Life, a good life, is made up of these moments. They are the architecture of happiness."
Dr. Casey added, "So what you are feeling today is your first best moment at DePauw. And it is our feeling, too. We will have always had this day together."
Hear President Casey's complete address: [Download Audio: "Welcome, Class of 2014" - 8722kb].
DePauw's student body president, senior Christine E. Walker, offered the new students some veteran ("Go to Dairy Castle") and humorous ("Call your mother at least once a week") insights, urging the Class of 2014 to "leave DePauw a better institution than when you walked through those doors today. Leave it better not because you were an indifferent observer as things happened around you but as a direct result of you being here." She added, "You are surrounded by amazing people and resources to help you be successful in this task. Now it is up to you."
The crowd also heard from Pedar Foss, dean of academic life, associate professor of classical studies and Edwin L. Minar Professor of Classical Studies; Cindy Babington, vice president for student life and dean of students; David Harvey, vice president for academic affairs and Percy L. Julian Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Janet L. Johns '85, president of the DePauw Alumni Association.
After the program, the new students met with their faculty advisers and began the orientation process before saying farewell to their families. Classes begin on Wednesday.
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Hypocrite Harry Reid Seeks to Bypass Heller on Cadish Nomination #NVSen
After using the "blue slip process" many times to his advantage, Senator Reid, again shows the height of his hypocrisy in asking Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy to bypass the process.
From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON – Sen. Harry Reid said Wednesday he is seeking a way around opposition to place Clark County judge Elissa Cadish on the federal court in Nevada.
Reid said he plans to ask Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy to hold a confirmation hearing on Cadish, circumventing objections from fellow Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada.
"It's an emergency vacancy," Reid said in explaining his effort. "There has yet to be anyone I've heard who doesn't think she is qualified. I've picked somebody who I believe is the most qualified district judge we have in the state."
Cadish, a Clark County district judge, was nominated by President Barack Obama in February to become U.S. district judge in the state. But her confirmation bid hit a snag after the discovery of a 2008 questionnaire that raised questions about her position on gun rights.
Heller, a Republican, has come out against Cadish and has declined to sign a "blue slip," the paperwork that home state senators traditionally provide to the Judiciary Committee authorizing the panel to schedule a hearing and advance the nomination.
Reid, the Senate majority leader, said he plans to ask Leahy to bypass the blue slip process in this case and move forward with the Cadish nomination. He said the two could meet Thursday.


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Dell plans to market, service, and support several Juniper networking products, including the MX Series routers, EX Series Ethernet switches, and SRX Series gateways, all of which run Juniper's JUNOS operating system. Dell, which has a similar deal with Juniper rival Brocade, says the latest deal rounds out its 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric to feed I/O to both storage and networking.
"Both the new Brocade and Juniper networking products will become part of our existing PowerConnect brand and will extend that brand into areas like WAN (wide-area network), security and data-center Ethernet switching," the company said on its corporate blog.
In March Cisco issued a challenge to server vendors Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM when the networking company introduced its Unified Computing System plan.
Under the plan, Cisco will sell a series of blade servers that include storage capabilities along with virtualization and server management software. Partners include BMC Software, EMC, Intel, Microsoft, and VMware.
The announcement has set off partnerships between the computer makers and Cisco rivals, such as Juniper and Brocade. The latter's storage area network switching technology, for example, has been fully integrated with HP's BladeSystem architecture. Dell resells Brocade's Fibre Channel over Ethernet switches.
In July IBM said it was expanding its partnership with Brocade and Juniper. IBM resells the companies' products, as well as Cisco equipment, but Big Blue has been encouraging Brocade and Juniper to fill router and switch gaps in data centers. Dell also sells Cisco products.
In the midst of all this partnering, Brocade is reportedly in discussions to sell itself. The Wall Street Journal reported this month that companies interested in Brocade include HP and possibly Oracle.
InformationWeek Analytics and Network Computing lay out the eight questions you should ask before committing to storage automation. Download the report here (registration required).


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Harry Conroy, the Glasgow-born general secretary of the National Union of Journalists for five extremely difficult years, has died at the age of 67.
It fell to him, as the union's leader from 1985 to 1990, to deal with the overnight flit of journalists from Gray's Inn Road and Bouverie Street into News International's Wapping plant.
I recall his passionate address to an NUJ chapel meeting at The Sun in January 1986, urging members not to accept "Murdoch's shilling" (it was £2,000) to set foot in Wapping.
He patiently explained that it wasn't "the hands on the keys" that gave compositors the industrial muscle that had won them such large earnings down the years but the union discipline that meant they would all "take their hands off the keys at the same time."
What Harry didn't seem to grasp is that those disciplined compositors had crossed NUJ chapel picket lines in two recent disputes and helped to produce papers that broke strikes. There was little fraternal love among journalists for comps.
So, to Harry's chagrin, the chapel voted overwhelmingly to pack their bags - in fact, fill their bin-liners - and go to Wapping. After the vote, Harry faced a battery of cameras on the steps of Bouverie Street and after seeing himself on television, he later wrote: "I realised that I sounded dejected, and gave the appearance of someone who had been defeated."
Well, he was defeated. But Harry Conroy should be remembered for more than that signal defeat. The "wee boy from Pollok", as he sometimes called himself, was a self-confessed "Christian socialist" who sincerely believed that "those who have should share with those who have not."
Before his NUJ activism (and afterwards) he enjoyed a varied and interesting journalistic career at a time when Glasgow was a thriving centre of newspaper journalism. In classic fashion, he started as a copy boy on the Scottish Daily Express and then joined the Daily Record in the early 1960s, writing about crime.
He switched from the Record to its sister title, the Sunday Mail, for a while before returning to the Record as a financial correspondent. By this time he was regarded as a fine reporter, highly esteemed for his integrity.
In 1973, while still on the Record, he launched what we would now call a hyper-local weekly paper in his birthplace on the south side of Glasgow. The Pollok News had initial success but he ran out of money after nine months.
He then took an interest in NUJ affairs and became leader of the Record chapel. In 1981, as the union's president, he first crossed swords with Robert Maxwell and three years later, when Maxwell was negotiating to buy the Mirror Group - owners of the Record - it was Conroy who famously placed a half-page advert in the Record saying that the staff did not want to be owned by Maxwell.
By coincidence, the ad appeared on the evening Maxwell secured his deal, so the paper carried a page one story announcing the takeover while page five carried the advert saying "the Scottish workforce believes it totally unacceptable" that the papers should fall into Maxwell's hands.
The Maxwell problem, bad as it was for Conroy and the NUJ, was nothing compared to the Wapping dispute. It was to split the union and was one of the reasons that Conroy was defeated in the 1990 election for general secretary by Steve Turner, the Daily Mirror union leader who campaigned against union militancy and opposed the NUJ's policy of seeking mergers with other media unions.
Turner, later dismissed by the union in a bitter battle, went on to found the British Association of Journalists, which he continues to head.
In Conroy's final period as NUJ general secretary he is particularly remembered for having challenged the government's attempts to discredit journalists, especially Julian Manyon, who helped to make the Death On The Rock documentary about the shooting of three IRA members in Gibraltar.
In recent years, Conroy wrote on business and finance for The Herald and the Evening Times in Glasgow. He was also the editor of the Scottish Catholic Observer before he set up his own public relations consultancy, working mostly for charities.
His funeral is expected to take place on Friday.
Sources: NUJ/Daily Record/The Scotsman/AllMediaScotland/
Off the Record: a life in journalism by Harry Conroy