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Here's a guest column written by Tom Kleinschnitz running in The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel:
A recent poll commissioned by the business coalition Protect the Flows, of which I am a member, shed a bright light on how Coloradans want to deal with our state's water needs. It seems that across political and geographic lines, a large majority of us believe that water conservation programs are necessary to address shortages.
Remarkably, 76 percent of Coloradans, including 79 percent of Democrats and 73 percent of Republicans, believe that we can "solve most of the state's water problems through efforts to conserve water and reduce waste."
Concurrently, over half of Coloradans — including 84 percent of West Slope residents and 52 percent of metro Denver-area residents — oppose building additional pipelines to increase the amount of water that is pumped from rivers over and through the mountains to the Front Range.
This news comes as the Colorado Water Conservation Board is slated to review a proposal on Tuesday from the Flaming Gorge Task Force, a group that was funded by the Water Conservation Board. It was charged a year ago to discuss the viability of the proposed Flaming Gorge pipeline and then come up with recommendations. The state moved ahead with the task force despite significant opposition from business interests and local elected officials.
At the time, Protect the Flows, a coalition of 700 businesses that depend upon a healthy Colorado River system, led a campaign to secure resolutions from West Slope counties and municipalities opposing the pipeline. Those in opposition include our own cities of Grand Junction and Fruita, as well as Mesa, Montrose, Delta, Garfield, Moffat, San Miguel and Summit counties.
As readers may remember, the Flaming Gorge pipeline is a boondoggle proposed by real estate investor Aaron Million that's already been rejected by several state and federal agencies for obvious reasons. The project would drain 81 billion gallons of water each year from the Green River, a tributary of the Colorado River, and then send it 560 miles over the Continental Divide to the Front Range. The state of Colorado estimates that the project could cost as much as $9 billion to construct. A study by Western Resource Advocates indicated that the pipeline would take nearly a quarter of the Green River's flow, which would result in a $58.5 million dollar annual loss to the region's recreation economy. And that same study reported that the water delivered to the Front Range by the pipeline would have to be sold at a price that is the most expensive in Colorado's history because of the pipeline's steep construction and operation costs.
So, it is no surprise that the Flaming Gorge Task Force is returning to the Colorado Water Conservation Board without any recommendations to further the Flaming Gorge pipeline. However, board members would like to spend another $100,000 of public money. For what?
They'd like to conduct up to 30 more meetings for the purpose of determining the most expedient way to export any water that remains legally available from the West Slope to the Front Range. They make this request even though the state's Interbasin Compact Committee is already funded to make such explorations.
As the poll mentioned above shows, citizens of Colorado are quite united against new river diversions that could reduce Colorado River flows to a trickle, negatively impacting the more than 5 million adults who use the river and its tributaries for recreational activities each year and destroying a $26 billion annual economy across the seven basin states that supports a quarter million jobs.
To put it into perspective, if the Colorado River were a company, it would be larger than General Mills, USAirways and Progressive Insurance and would be the 19th largest employer on the Fortune 500. Gov. John Hickenlooper spoke for the majority on both sides of the Divide when he said in 2011, "Legally it is Denver's water, but it's Colorado's water, too. You know, what makes Denver special and unique is because it's in Colorado. And part of what makes Denver 'Denver' is the Western Slope economy — its ski resorts, the ranches and fruit orchards — and the Eastern Plains."
Finally, the Colorado River Basin Water Supply & Demand Study released in December 2012 not only defined the current and future imbalances in water supply and demand in the Colorado River System for the next 50 years, it formulated strategies to address the projected imbalances. Conspicuously, the report suggests that building huge pipelines costing billions and taking years to complete is not a practical or fruitful solution to close the basin's huge supply and demand gap. Instead, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said we need to focus on proven, common-sense measures that improve efficiency, such as re-use, repairing water infrastructure, improving agricultural technology and practices and making landscape design less water intensive.
For so many reasons, further review of the proposed Flaming Gorge pipeline is a waste of time and a waste of money better put to use in other ways. Keeping our rivers flowing and not diverted in Colorado and the basin states is a big part of our Western heritage and a major driver of our economic well-being.
With 87 percent of Coloradans polled willing to reduce their own water use by an additional 20 percent, and 62 percent supporting incentives for farmers to use water-saving irrigation technology and practices, re-invigorating our focus on basic cost-effective conservation measures will surely work best for all of us.


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Thanks to Everyone Who Entered 'Win a Book Before You Can Buy It'
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Thanks for all your amazing entries to win a Serious Eats book before you can buy it!
(Man, we don't even need to bother with "Sandwich a Day" anymore; we could just re-run these comments for the next six months.)
Just kidding. (Mostly.) We honestly suggest you read through the whole list for an awful lot of excellent-sounding sandwich suggestions; it's a book in itself! But here are our three winners.
One place that's in the book:
The Midnight Cuban Press from Paseo in Seattle. Dripping wet slow roasted pork, fat, translucently brown caramelized onions, ham, melted swiss, lettuce, and a sharp garlicky mayo spread all on a crusty french roll. You have to order two every time you go because just one and you'll be sad that, even though you are full, you won't get to eat any more later in the day. —coody
Chosen because we, too, appreciate Paseo in excess, and went there three times in one of our 36-research trips to Seattle.
One place that's not:
There is only one "best" sandwich out there, America. That being, the "Raven" at Chap's Pit Beef in Baltimore, MD. Granted, I have little-to-no affinity to the city of Baltimore, aside from my predilection for The Wire. Chap's, however, and their array of house-smoked meat sandwiches. Keep it simple stupid, is a rule I tend to abide by with my sandwiches. The Francesinha in Portugal, Muffalata in Spain, Cubano, Roast Beef at Russo's in Brooklyn, etc. The geniuses at Chap's, which, by the way, is next to a "Gentleman's Club" on Pulaski Highway in a not-so-brilliant section of B-More, have decided to use quality bread, smoke their own meats, and provide only two additionals -- "tiger" sauce (a horseradish mixture like no other), and raw onions. This is all you need to enter a meaty sandwich paradise. Sit there with your Raven, and you will notice nothing else. You will be completely absorbed in the delight of eating such a sandwich. You might ask yourself "Is this okay", "Should I be doing this?" The answer, Americans, is yes. Yes, you should. The Pit Beef style of sandwich shop is nearly gone, but Chap's is clinging hard to that legacy with a simple, meaty elegance. The price, around $7.00, is hardly in proper ratio to the 5-6" of meat toppling over your bread scraps. I want one so bad right now. I live about seven hours away, so they won't be open if I leave now, but maybe I should anyway. The guys in the back are friendly, and will even talk to you about their meats. For the inquisitive type. Honestly, though, you will hardly remember paying, what the place looks like, or anything else, you will just want a second one to-go. You might even high-five a random passerby. Can I get a free one in the mail for writing this? Anyway, go to Chap's Pit Beef, eat the Raven, sit. Life mission complete. —coody
Chosen because we, too, want to drive to Baltimore for this sandwich.
And one more:
Casamento's fried soft shell crab half loaf sandwich. First, Casamento's serves a whole WHALE size (largest commercially sold size of soft shell blue crab) Louisiana soft shell crab. Second, have you seen the kitchen? You have to go through the kitchen to get to the bathroom. No fryers. Each batch of fried seafood is cooked in pots. Fresh cornmeal and flour dust the floor of the kitchen which has the smell of clean, fresh oil. Third, big, thick slices of sweet, toast. Still, the crab is so big, the legs stick out from the sides of the sandwich. Only a little mayo for me and a dash of Crystal hot sauce. Have an ice cold Dixie beer ready. Eat. The fried soft shell crab is THE best. Super crispy, without being greasy, meaty, perfectly seasoned, hot, juicy, sweet and briny, with the toast soaking up any excess juices from the crab that doesn't squirt out when you eat it. Have a swig of Dixie and repeat. In a city with many good fried seafood po' boys, you won't find a better fried seafood sandwich than this. —Yellow Bellied Butt Smoker
Chosen because we like Casamento's and the idea of legs sticking out of sandwich. And we like this guy's username.
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TV viewers can't have failed to miss the hype on the new Anglo-Australian TV co-production Tripping Over.
Broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK and Network 10 in Australia the 6 part drama features music from Lojinx bands Montana and The Bad Machines in it's soundtrack!
See Channel 5 and Network 10 for details.


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As you may or may not have noticed (probably you did not!) I just had my ten year anniversary here at CC. Somehow it feels like yesterday when I joined, yet that depressed seventeen year old feels very remote as well. I'd just like to say thanks to all of you here. I'd be lying if I said CC had saved my life or something like that but it and its members (i.e. YOU) have been very important to me at times, and it has always remained there as my home on the Internetz.
Though it is a few days too late I'd like to celebrate this with a small series of vigs, done in the somewhat minimalistic zerostuds style that used to be my trademark when I was more active here. They are ten in all to represent my ten years, although they do not each represent one year since my joining. Rather they represent the many faces of myself since 2005, since I have come to realize I possess a perhaps unlikely combination of personality traits. So, without further ado, here they are, The Many Faces of Maedhros:
1. Emptiness
As you can see Maedhros has already fled the scene, since this particular scene is one that he does not enjoy at all. I suppose the picture speaks for itself, and reflects the state I was in when I joined this site.
2. The Dark Side
I very much enjoyed live-action roleplaying games in my late teens, and occasionally do even today. My favorite roles were always the really evil ones, perhaps as a way of letting that darker side of myself come to the fore, since I'm always so kind otherwise Anyhow, this is perhaps the most demented character that I ever played, an assassin and bodyguard with a somewhat twisted sense of theatrics (well yes, he may have been somewhat inspired by the Joker).
3. The Ninja
Sorry, had to use that title. Anyhow, something else I did to relieve myself of my troubles in my teens was to practice ninjutsu. My favorite parts were when we got to use those big and somewhat unwieldy weapons like the naginata or bisento.
4. Up the Hill
While we're at this thing with exercise I thought I'd throw in a reference to my unconditional love of crosscountry skiing. There's little that can beat climbing up some really steep hills with your lungs burning.
5. The Shelter
These last years have been quite full of work and studies at the university, but time permitting I also do some work as a volunteer at a homeless shelter.
6. The Preacher
This is a side of me that very few suspect, but I actually do work as a lay preacher a few times a year at a church in Stockholm, leading morning prayers.
7. The Teacher
I've also done quite a lot of work teaching Latin (and occasionally Greek) to beginners, here making sure they know how to conjugate "lego" (yes, that is an actual Latin word).
8. The Venetian
My studies have taken me to Venice quite a few times (and actually I'm going again in about a week). It has become one of my favorite spots of this world.
9. The Glam Rocker
I do still enjoy going to concerts, especially to see somewhat flamboyant bands of the Glam or Visual Kei scenes.
10. The Scholar
Finally, here is the one that I would have been if I had lived in the Middle Ages, roaming remote catacombs for dusty old tomes and scrolls of ancient lore. Actually this is pretty much what I do for a living today, though I don't do so much of the actual roaming.


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China Demand Expected to Boost Iron Ore Prices
Iron ore prices, which plummeted late last year, have staged a dramatic recovery this year and producers expect current price levels to stay. Nev Power of Fortescue Metals tells the WSJ's Cynthia Koons why demand from China will keep iron-ore prices high.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Review: Gossip Time 吹水時間 Restaurant, Taman Paramount (Part 2 - Steamboat)
>> Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Overall comment: Flavorful pork bone broth (both spicy & non-spicy) & I thought the portion was pretty generous for 2 persons. Most importantly, the meats were fresh.
Halal: No
I don't remember Taman Paramount/Sea Park area having any steamboat restaurants that are still in business. Being one of the very few players (if not the only player) in the steamboat arena in this area, Gossip Time truly stands a chance to prove itself & be THE restaurant to go to for a good steamboat meal.
For RM24.90/person (minimum 2 persons to enjoy a steamboat meal), you can opt for pork bone soup, special spicy soup or a mixture of both/half-and-half.
Each set comes with a mixture of seafood, meat slices (chicken, pork & fish), noodles (meehoon, yellow noodles or yee mee), beancurd, mushrooms, eggs, an assortment of fish/meat balls, & vegetables.
Additional vegetables are free of charge, but for the rest of the items, additional portions cost RM1.50 - RM25.00.
We loved the soup base as it is 'sweet' from the pork bones & doesn't even need any additional ingredients to give it a richer flavor. Having said that, the soup was really delicious once all the steamboat ingredients were added into the pot to be cooked *yums* This is what you get when the soup has been boiled for over 10 hours.
I actually liked the special spicy soup although it's quite spicy. To me, it has more "kick". It's not alike the Sichuan-style "ma lat" spiciness, but quite similar. The chili mix is cooked in-house by chef Heow & his kitchen team, so you can't get the exact same taste anywhere else. If you like a 'lil "kick" but can't take the spiciness, just go ahead to mix both the soup...haha...
One of the pork balls that I really enjoyed was the "exploding meat ball", which has minced meat inside the pork ball! You can add 6 more of these exploding meat balls for RM8.00.
I think during this rainy season, having some steamboat meal is just perfect. You can enjoy it from lunch hour all through the day, so sit back & enjoy a good meal at this homey restaurant ;)
Gossip Time 吹水時間 Restaurant
5, Jalan 20/14 Paramount Garden
46300 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Tel: (+603) 7872 9030/ (+6012) 503 8600 - Mr Kavin Heow
Business hours: 10:00a.m. - 10:00p.m. daily
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CCAM at UConn Health
Is developing new approaches for in vivo measurements and manipulation of molecular events within the cell, and new computational approaches for organizing such data into quantitative models.
CCAM integrates new microscope technologies for making quantitative in vivo live cell measurements with new physical formulations and computational tools that will produce spatially realistic quantitative models of intracellular dynamics.
To investigate the relationships between experimental and computational worlds, we use a tripartite approach described as:
- Measure - develop new tools for measuring spatially resolved dynamic behavior of molecules in cells.
- Model - develop new methods for spatial modeling of biological systems.
- Manipulate - develop new techniques for manipulating the spatial distribution of molecules in living cells.
These three analytical approaches, (measurement, modeling and manipulation) are integrated and interdependent, e.g., models generate predictions that can be validated with new measurements, as well as experimental approaches that manipulate intracellular signals and structures. These approaches allow us to tackle fundamental questions of how the spatial organization of molecules in cell is established and how it is utilized to control cell function. CCAM hosts a confluence of expertise in physics, chemistry, experimental cell biology and software engineering immersed in a biomedical research setting that values interdisciplinary collaborations, and our Training Program in Cell Analysis and Modeling provides a new model for interdisciplinary training in cell biology. CCAM is the home of the Virtual Cell, a computational environment for cell biological modeling developed as a NIH-designated National Resource, and also hosts a variety of projects in biophotonics and live cell microscope imaging methods as well as a state-of-the-art user microscopy facility for nonlinear, confocal, and widefield microscopy.
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If six months ago someone had said that Jamie Dimon would be coming under fire, I think most people would have said they were crazy.
If six months ago someone had said that Jamie Dimon would be coming under fire, I think most people would have said they were crazy.
Big J under fire…
I expect this is blown out of proportion. Proxy firms are always pushing for the Chairman and CEO positions to be split up. Even the article notes that the CALPERS guy says that.
I prefer this take:
If he goes, get ready for a cratering.
my guess is he'll go
Woah guys… seriously… everyone knows there are only three ways to leave a company, retirement, resigning, and getting fired. JD was the guy overseeing all the action that resulted in a $2B loss, but if he goes, it will be 100% voluntary, you can rest assured. Trust whatever you read in the press release, those things are always completely accurate. I don't think he will go, but if he does, the only possible conclusion is that it was voluntary.
Agree, there is no way he knew about the trading loss until recently so he cannot be responsible. The person who was responsible has already been fired : the CIO.
you guys don't work with executives and their assistents…
^ha, nice
i would be shocked to see Jamie dimon go on this. I also think it would be a huge mistake. That being said, he's always struck me as an asshole, so maybe this will shut him up a bit.
Shouldn't the title of this thread be changed from "asked to step down" to Jamie Dimon is going to be fired? And isn't it common knowledge that the CEO of a multibillion dollar corporation knows everything that his employees do? Of course he should be "fired!" It's all his fault!!!
Well, only 40% of shareholders voted to remove him as chairman, so Mr. Dimon will continue to hold both positions.
when i first heard JD on a conference call, i thought he was an ahole too…however, after listening to more and reading his annual letter, listening to his speeches etc, he is just a passionate guy…
he should have definitely known about the trade and its intentions but when you run a bank the size of JPM, there are lots that slip by…
I was under the impression that he knew about the trade. However, I would doubt he would know how ill-conceived it was.
They're saying the bet was on the 10 year CDX IG 9 index. People are saying that he sold protection on the index. I'm not sure how they would be a hedge. WSJ says that they had a big position in CDX and selling the protection was hedging that position. The 10 year CDX IG 9 index was 112 on 3/31, 119 on 4/30, and 148 on 5/15 with a huge spike since they announced the loss. They also bought protection on an earlier dated index, but the shorter maturity indices have not moved nearly as far.
I'm guessing they are still getting hammered on this trade.


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This page aims to list community experiences with Tor and various Internet Service Providers (ISPs) around the world. Some ISPs are Tor-friendly, some are not. Some are competent and clueful about Tor or about security in general. Let us know!
Be sure to provide useful information like how much bandwidth you pushed, whether you thought the deal was cheap or expensive, how hard you had to work to make them understand what's going on, how long your server has been running, and whether you'd recommend them to others. Also include dates.
Good experiences
- Team Cinipac "allow on all server locations services like Tor/VPN/I2P because we are supporting projects who safe the privacy like wikileaks, Tor etc. We stand behind our customer and abuse will be forwarded to you to take action. If you have problems, need help etc. just only contact our Abuse/Law Department they will help you in this case. We do not provide any kind of information to third parties. Our company locate in Panama and we ignore court orders from other countries, because we think privacy is an human right." - pretty expensive though
- Ethr.net is a Tor-friendly ISP that already has a 20Mbit Tor Exit Node hosted there. Their services are a bit pricey, but they have excellent peering, and offer a "Cheap-Net" option to give you he.net bandwidth at a little less than half of their listed prices (~$20/Mbit).
- Leetnet.net is a BitCoin-only VPS provider that is Tor friendly. Good customer service, prices that change to reflect the USD/BTC market, great bandwidth, and no-frills VPS.
- Softlayer allows for customized WHOIS, reverse DNS from their portal, and they are an utility provider. They have dedicated servers and cloud instances (Hourly or monthly billed). They come with 3,000 GB bandwidth standard, if you get a dedicated box. You can pick Dallas, Seattle, Washington D.C., and San Jose for server locations. By the end of the year (2011), you will also be able to run nodes in Europe and Asia as well. You may remember these guys: ThePlanet.com merged with SoftLayer in late 2010.
- Cyberonic is now on the COVAD backbone, so you should be able to get service from them anywhere you could get other COVAD-based service. They offer 6.0m/768kbps at $59/month, w/ a static IP. Can't recall ever having downtime due to them and their TOS only restrict Email relay servers (and that's probably only enforced if you have complaints). All other servers ok. If you sign up, tell 'em brianwc sent you and I think I get a free month. -- BrianC
- RoadRunner (TimeWarner) (USA): Very reliable service. Been running web server on 80 for several years. IP changes when cable modem reset (almost never for me). No ports blocked (that I know of). No BW limits, only speed caps. I've got 5Mbps down/384kbps up. Definitely recommend. Running Tor since Jan 06. -- MichaelAnsel
- Speakeasy allows users to run arbitrary servers without port or traffic volume restrictions. Static IP addresses are offered without question or complaint.
- Slicehost/Rackspace (a hosting provider, not an ISP) allows running Tor on their servers, but if anybody downloads copyrighted material illegally through Tor, that's a ToS violation. I had an issue with a DMCA (copyright violation) notice triggered by Tor activity exiting through my server, and I had to agree to block the port on which the material was downloaded for them to let me continue running the exit relay. Setting an ExitPolicy that only allows certain ports is probably smart if you don't want to get into trouble. Otherwise, the service is great; each server gets guaranteed 10 Mbps, and the network has never been down in the 6 months I've been a customer. Plans start at US $20/month, reasonably cheap as these things go. Update: 3 March 2010: Approach with caution. I'd love to move my exit node to Slicehost, but after trading several e-mails with a Greg in technical support, I could not get a straight answer about whether Tor complies with the company's AUP. Greg's response when pushed: "Again, we do not recommend this service to be run on our platform. If you have any other questions, please let us know." -- EricB
- Sh3lls says their dedicated servers can be used for anything legal, as long as the customer handles abuse they're fine.
- netcup GmbH allows hosting and does not restrict any TOR services at all but everybody should be aware that there can be huge legal consequences if laws are broken. I received this statement from the CEO Mr. Dipl.Ing. Felix Preuss today via mail (goose, 07.11.11)
- Weesly is very liberal and allows hosting Tor in any kind. Statement in German: "Bei mir kann man alles machen was nicht gegen das deutsche Recht verstößt", in English: "With me you can do anything that does not violates German laws" (q23p, 10.06.11)
- Although its located in the netherlands, Germans could try Leaseweb. They're hosting more than one *big* Tor-server and are quite tolerant. (anonym, 4/2010)
- EUServ seems to be a good ISP for Tor. They have a bad support, but if you know how to maintain your server, this ISP is a good choice. --JensKubieziel? (http://identi.ca/notice/15888906)
- IPX-Server.de (DE) has generous traffic limits (there are contracts including 1TB/Mo) and behaves as I'd expect it from good partners. Some BSA-notice regarding Torrents arrived, they informed me and told me to stop this "illegal activities" and said, after reading and (at least it seems so) understanding my reply explaining Tor with "ok, we won't interfere, your problem".
- HostEurope: "generell schränken wir die Nutzung nur bei IRC-Diensten ein. TOR-Server können grundsätzlich betrieben werden. Allerdings müssen wir eventuell auftretende Beschwerden dennoch an Sie weiterleiten. Vor allem wenn der Server als Exit-Node fungiert ist es wahrscheinlich dass Beschwerden eingehen werden." I've had a contradicting answer a few days later: "Leider müssen wir Ihnen mitteilen, dass wir aufgrund interner Richtlinien das Hosting für Ihre gewünschten Zwecke ablehnen müssen."
- http://www.keyweb.de/ offers cheap and reliable Virtuals Servers with 2GB HDD-space and liberal policies. The cheapest VPS is around 8 Euros. Not useful for high traffic nodes, they limit heavily after 5TB
- Server4You (Germany, part of Intergenia AG) hasn't complained about a Tor server (running on a non-virtual server) pushing 300GB/month for more than two years. They only block incoming port 6667. They are hosting more than a dozen Tor servers. -- SvenNeuhaus (2008/01)
Server4You limits on virtual servers are ridiculous, actually. numtcpsock 288, tcpsndbuf/tcprcvbuf 3598712, lots of failcnt. Can't use them with Tor. [2010/02]
I've asked Server4You support and they state servers with complaints about Tor will be canceled immediately (see the quote in the "Bad Experience" section)
United Kingdom
- Clustered.net has nothing against Tor nodes in principle, but warned that they'd asked me to stop if a large number of abuse reports were received. My fast/stable exit node's been running there for three months now with no hassle.
- Gigatux has graciously allowed me to run a Tor relay for over a year and a half with no problems. They actually run their own relay named 'gigatux'. Customer support has been very good as well, and they have helped me handle two abuse complaints admirably. They also offer servers in the US, Germany, and Israel. -Blackpaw
- Bitfolk allows Tor exits and relays. They are very knowledgable and understand Tor and its uses. They are hot on spam and abuse so advise changing the default exit (good idea in the UK anyhow). Any DMCA notices received were simply forwarded on without agro.
- TeliaSonera Finland: Largest ISP in Finland. I've been running Tor node on 8/1 ADSL with semipermanent IP address (changes rarely). ISP has not interfered in anyway. They block only port 25. In the future TSF may activate "black lists" based on DSN (sorry effort to "fight kiddied porn). 60+ kBps continuosly. -- JussiSavola
- 1984Hosting Has no problems with Tor, asked directly and was told they are fine with them. Fairly cheap as well. --Maquis196
- John Brooks runs a 2TB node at LeaseWeb. He would recommend them for running a relay. -- JensKubieziel
- Ecatel explicitly allows Tor exit nodes and forwards abuse/DCMA, but their network isn't the most stable. You need to email them for a custom offer. They also accept UKash/CashU.
- Netrouting has no problems with Tor
- DirectVPS has no problems with Tor
- NextGentel (Norway): Allows Tor-servers. Assists Norwegian secret police in doing total surveillance of customers they torture for sharing their opinion without warrant or even a reason.
- TeliaSonera is also big in Sweden and deliver where other ISPs can't (They were previously the state monopoly, which they still are, but they now pretend it's free competition while they still own all the fiber). Blocks port 25 for all customers. Does not bother Tor-server operators.
- PRQ has no problems with Tor exits and abuse forwarding, but at a heavy price...
- TekSavvy has a server-friendly Internet Use Policy (e.g., running a Tor relay) and has taken a stand in favor of net neutrality. (2008-12)
- Blacklotus allows Tor exits and has (quote management) "pretty liberal abuse handling policies"
- With Tuš Hosting we had really good experience running a 5 MB/s full-exit Tor on a dedicated server on colocation. They said that they care just that we pay our bills and they just simply forward DMCA notices to us to handle (or ignore) them and forward police to our home doors to question us. I really recommend them and if anybody wants to put another Tor node/server there I am willing to help. Mitar (mitar@…)
- Shinjiru allows Tor, they even donated a server to the Tor project; traffic is expensive though
- Colocall allows Tor exits
New Zealand and Australia
- http://rimuhosting.com/index.jsp Quite open to the proposition when approached. Have servers in N.Z.; Sydney; London; and Dallas. Locations may vary, but quite happy with the specific Oz/NZ query. No co-lo, but root access. "You can run anything you like, as long as it's legal." The moving goal-posts of legality are the only concern here.
Bad experience
- Ezzi.net. Running Tor was fine until Undernet mailed Ezzi.net a complaint which falsely claimed Tor was somehow a "botnet". This made a very rude person at Ezzi send a mail which falsely claimed the Tor servers were hacked and "It appears whoever caused this hacked the servers by brute forcing SSH logins and uploading a fake httpd binary and launching it.". This person kept on insisting the servers were hacked after being politely informed that Undernet had confused Tor traffic with a "botnet" and that the servers where not compromised in any way, so it's kind of hard to tell if the person was troublesome because the person did not understand what Tor is or if this person at Ezzi generally just imagines things and think they are part of reality. But it is clear that most ezzi customers become ex-customers after meeting this known-to-be-rude tech.
- LayeredTech are a server hosting company located in Texas. I ran a server for six months without any issues, but then someone used the Tor server to exploit a PHP vulnerability. Explaining the goals of Tor to LayeredTech resulted in it being made clear that I was responsible for any and all abuse through my IP address. Shortly after this they ordered me to shutdown Tor. -- Steve_Crook
- SONIC.NET of Santa Rosa, CA have terms of service that would apparently be Tor-friendly; but this thread http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15272743 includes comments by SONIC.NET's CEO that don't sound particularly friendly or open to the idea of running an exit node.
- Linode will terminate your service if you run an exit node. Non-exit relays are allowed.
- Tektonic will suspend your VPS with no prior notice if you run "any proxy". They used to tolerate Tor if you didn't run an exit node but they are now apparently auditing the VPSs for processes named Tor. They did however restore the VPS very promptly after I promised to uninstall Tor and Privoxy.
- Comcast's Acceptable Use Policy for residential customers says no servers or proxies under "Technical Restrictions" (2009-08-10 tip from Scott Bennett).
- 100tb.com (Softlayer) allows Tor exits, abuse needs to be addressed within 24 hours. Despite this "policy", my experience was bad. They were very understanding at first when the exit was just made and got about 5 DMCA notices, and replied explaining Tor. A few days later, I got forwarded about 30 DMCAs, and few from Spamcop (even though common mail ports were blocked); as usual, I replied that it's entirely because of Tor, and that I have no pirated content or viruses on my box. Apparently they got fed up with the constant DMCAs, and replied with "More will need to be done to block this. We will not tolerate open abuse of our network (DMCAs and SPAM via a "Tor Exit Node"). This type of service is prone to abuse and tarnishes not only our reputation but your reputation with us. If action is not taken to help prevent this going forward we will be forced to block access to the server". At this point, I set it as a "middleman" instead of an exit, in hopes that it would stop the flow of DMCA notices. Nope, they disabled the interface. I have at this point stopped Tor on the 100tb box, and do not know what to do now. There is no way at all to block all P2P, and 100tb refuses to acknowledge this. They make claims "Tor is ALL RIGHT on 100tb boxes!", but then go and screw you over when you get DMCA notices (it's a when, not an if. Running a Tor exit WILL produce DMCA notices). I highly suggest avoiding these people at 100tb/Hosting Services, Inc./midphase if you are seriously considering running a stable Tor exit. We had a server there for 6 months, but then they told us Softlayer as DC doesn't allow it any longer. (torservers.net)
- M5 Hosting does not explicitly forbid Tor in their AUP, but after operating an exit node for 3 weeks and receiving three DMCA complaints, their abuse department communicated, "Whereas Tor exit nodes facilitate unaccountable actions by anonymous users and those actions regularly expose [M5] to undue risk as well as oversight costs and unknowable legal expenses, Tor exit nodes will not be permitted on M5's network" because "just responding to the abuse complaints costs [them] money and it costs money to [their] upstream providers and increase[s] [their] risks of incurring legal defense expenses" and ordered the Tor exit node to be shut down.
- FDCservers allows Tor, and customers to react to abuse within 24 hours before taking further steps. Be cautious if operating an exit node, for the boilerplate abuse responses are "not acceptable" per their Network Security Administrator. He sited the AUP/TOS and stated I have "the full responsibility for the content hosted and passing through the server. So if you cannot track or take actions against reported abuse issues you should terminate or restrict specific service" (which was a single exploitable php script probe).
- Santrex (1) Santrex gave me a poor experience, no abuse was forwarded, and my server was suspended without prior notice. (2) Santrex suspended the vps running an exit Tor node after 1 day telling me that torrenting was not allowed and I was abusing the service. No warning was given. They kept billing my credit card even after having the vps service suspended. (July 2011) (3) Santrex threatened to disconnect my dedicated machine after the second abuse complaint from an exit node. (In their Denver colo, at least, they appear to be subletting from FDCServers.net, mentioned above.) (Nov 2011)
- http://dreamhost.com Abuse department says Tor violates AUP and should not be run. Also said they had had Tor nodes run before on VPSes and it had caused performance degradation for other VPSes. 6/27/2011
Phobos' research
|ISP Name
|Allowed IRC?
|Allowed Proxies?
|Allowed Tor?
|CI Host
|Host Voice
|Super Servers
|Dedicated Now]
|Soft Layer
|Tek Tonic
|Verizon FiOS
- Unixshell/Tektonic are the same company. They nullroute you on the first abuse complaint. Middleman nodes are ok, but the abuse dept requests "SafeLogging 0" set in your torrc and wants full access to your logs on demand.
- Verizon FiOS officially does not allow any incoming traffic, they reserve the right to disconnect you at any time for violation of this policy. Users have run middleman nodes without any incidents from VZ. Exit nodes with abuse problems have resulted in legal threats and disconnection threats, but no disconnection as of yet.
- The german ISP dogado ended up killing the Tor server process and blocking the OR-port on my vServer. -- d00b
- The german ISP EuServ / ISPro -- they just broke the contract, switching our Server off. -- padeluun
- Manitu forbids any anonymisation techniques in their AGBs --qbi (gamambel: I have asked and they made me an offer for 100mbit dedi at 1500 euro)
- OVH (German ISP) offers root server with a high bandwidth (up to 5.000 kB/s). They changed their AGB and cancel "problematic" contracts very fast. -- qbi
- The german ISP Plusserver.de shut down h07onion due to gross incompetence. Look at http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Mar-2005/msg00120.html for more details.
- "I have recently checked manitu because they advertise with internet without censorship and data retention. Unfortunately they explicitly forbid providing anonymization services in their general terms and conditions. On inquiry they have justified this restriction with the enormous bandwidth consumption and the impossibility to achieve fair combined costing in this case. For the same reason they forbid running mirrors of public data such as open source software. So I believe their argument is no pretense." -- Alex, Dec 01 2009 via email.
- The german provider netcup.de suspended one vserver running a Tor exit node, analyzed stuff, and charged 192€ for processing _one_ dmca-notice. - ari
- netdirekt.de: "Leider unterstützen wir keine Tor Exits. Sofern diese in unserem Netzwerk sind gab es vermutlich noch keine Vorfälle."
- Strato writes in their AGB "Abschnitt III: Sonderregeln für dedizierte und virtuelle Server ... 1.1 Eine Nutzung der Server zur Bereitstellung folgender Dienste ist ausgeschlossen: ... Anonymisierungsdienste, z.B. Tor, JAP, Proxyserver"
- I've asked the Server4You support about Tor and they stated "TOR Dienste sind bei uns ebenfalls aufgrund der rechtlichen Graulage nicht gerne gesehen und werden bei Abuse Aufkommen direkt gekündigt." (March 2011)
- Hetzner has some Tor Exits, but they send an abuse request for each BayTSP request, and you have to respond each. Now (today, 05.09.2011) they disconnected my Tor IP, because someone did a netscan on a /23 via Tor. They requested a statement via mail / fax now, which I sent, but didn't get a response yet. --morphium
- The french hosting company dedibox (member of iliad) suspended without warning a bunch a machines that were running Tor after the police came down about creditcard fraud.
- Gandi VPS will give one warning and then delete your account if you run a Tor node on their VPS system. Don't try this if you have any domains registered with that account as well, it's difficult to get them back.
- OVH / Kimsufi suspended and restarted into FTP only mode claiming "hack" even when running as relay, Contacted OVH to explain Tor got the following reply: Actually we don't like TOR on our network, as either a relay or an exit node. You can check our T&C
- Tenue now seems to disallow Tor exits on their network. See http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Apr-2010/msg00158.html
- Rogers has a no-servers clause in the TOS for their home internet service. If you are running an exit node and receive DMCA notices, you will have no legal recourse except to cancel service. (2008-03)
- Perspektiv bredband supposedly allows for running Tor nodes, but will disable your account due to spam.
United Kingdom
- I have asked and Swiftway doesn't want Tor exits on their network.
- Memset do not allow Tor servers under their (rather vague) AUP.
- UK Dedicated aka Colo.net informed me that I couldn't continue to run my Tor relay or in anyway effect, conduct or facilitate any activity involving: IRC or anonymous proxy services.
- I asked OVH/Kimsufi about their policies regarding Tor exit nodes and was told that an exit node is classed as an open proxy which is against the TOS. I replied that I'll be running it in bridge mode then. No feedback on that so far. --Maquis196
- avoid SEFLOW.it! they say it's against Italian law to have a Tor relay, asked which law, they said to contact a lawyer. (atrent: do you need a more articulate explanation? I'm the one who had the bad experience, I have all the emails exchanged and I can translate them)
- GARR.it: well... it's not an ISP but nonetheless since it's the connectivity provider of italian universities we should mention that they do NOT allow exit nodes on their net (I had one, they obliged me to tear it down)
- Domenca has crazy prices (10 EUR/Mbit/s + 300 EUR/U for dedicated server per month) and they require not just to respond to all complaints in one working day, but also to prevent them in the future. Just replying with explanation that it is an anonymous service and there is no way to prevent this, is not enough for them. So it seems impossible to really host Tor exit node there. Mitar (mitar@…)


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Part 1: Citation Metrics & Measuring Impact
Citation metrics provide quantitative data used to evaluate the impact of a scholar's research. Several methods and tools exist to assist scholars with obtaining information about citation counts and impact data, such as ISI Web of Science, Google Scholar, and other citation counting tools by discipline. Metrics also assist scholars with identifying key journals and notable researchers in their field.
Part 2: Managing Researcher Profiles In part two of the workshop we'll discuss why it's important to develop an online profile as a researcher, how to promote your work and connect to other researchers, and look at several sites in depth. See what ORCID, LinkedIn, Research Gate, Academia.edu, PIVOT, Plum Analytics, and Google Scholar can do for you. Please bring your laptop if you would like to follow along with the presentation.
Students must register for all workshops through their myUCF Student Center under Graduate Students then Pathways to Success.
Location:Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146 *
*This event occurs on multiple dates/times. This event takes place at this location on this date.
Event runs on multiple dates (select event date for details)
|September 28, 2017, 11 a.m.
|Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146
|October 19, 2017, noon
|Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146
|November 14, 2017, 1 p.m.
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Maple Valley Raceway
One of the most beautiful and enduring circuits in the Forza franchise, Maple Valley is a deceptively challenging course that has something to offer for racers, photographers, and drifters of every level. Set in the fictional woods of Maple Valley in New England, the course is a showcase of natural beauty and history—don't miss the brand-new covered bridge, sure to become a hotspot for photographers looking to capture the perfect images of their Forza rides. For racers, the initial experience of the sweeping turns and gentle elevation changes provides an enjoyable place to build skills, but many of the course's corners—particularly the downhill segments—will provide a true test of nerves as perfect braking and turn in are required to master them. The narrow course also has few places to pass, so racing strategy is paramount—pick your overtaking spot wisely. More than anything else, Maple Valley is one of the most fluid courses around, with a flow that results in a high average speed. That also makes the course, especially the short variant, perfect for drifting as well. Regardless of what you want to do on-track at Maple Valley, the stunning colors of the fall leaves are the perfect backdrop.


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Coming Soon – January week 5, 2011:
Just like last week, we have so many Wonder Festival 2011 [Winter] exclusive figure news this week too. =]
- figma No.100 by Max Factory
- Takamachi Nanoha by Banpresto
- Fate Testarossa by Banpresto
- Mistral by Volks
- Maxima by Volks
- Mini Ika Musume by ???
- Maid Bride Comic cover illustration Ver. by Q-six
- Sheryl Nome WF Limited Spade Ver. by Banpresto
- Sheryl Nome WF Limited Heart Ver. by Banpresto
- Busou Shinki Alastor by Konami
- Busou Shinki Cygnus by Konami
- Rindou Natsume by Turn A-brand
- Saber Lily by Volks


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"Rachel Corrie was murdered by Israel while she was peacefully protesting against the illegal demolition of a Palestinian home."
American Rachel Corrie was killed in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003, when she entered an area where Israeli forces were carrying out a military operation. The incident occurred while IDF forces were removing shrubbery along the security road near the border between Israel and Egypt at Rafah to uncover explosive devices, and destroying tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists to illegally smuggle weapons from Egypt to Gaza. Corrie was not demonstrating for peace or trying to shield innocent civilians, she was interfering with a military operation to legally demolish an empty house used to conceal one of these tunnels.
A misleading photo published by the Associated Press gave the impression that Corrie was standing in front of the bulldozer and shouting at the driver with a megaphone, trying to prevent the driver from tearing down a building in the refugee camp. This photo, which was taken by a member of Corrie's organization, was not shot at the time of her death, however, but hours earlier. The photographer said that Corrie was actually sitting and waving her arms when she was struck.56
Israel's Judge Advocate's Office investigated the incident and concluded that the driver of the bulldozer never saw or heard Corrie because she was standing behind debris that obstructed the view of the driver whose field of view was limited by the small armored windows of his cab. An autopsy found that the cause of Corrie's death was falling debris.58
The State Department warned Americans not to travel to Gaza, and Israel made clear that civilians who enter areas where troops are engaged in counter-terror operations put themselves unnecessarily at risk.
This was not the first time protestors have tried to obstruct Israeli operations, but the IDF has made every effort to avoid harming them. This case received worldwide publicity in large measure because it was the first such incident where a protestor was killed. In fact, the army had told Corrie and other demonstrators from the anti-Israel International Solidarity Movement (ISM) to move out of the way. "It's possible they [the protesters] were not as disciplined as we would have liked," admitted Thom Saffold, a founder and organizer of ISM.59 It is also possible Rachel Corrie was doing just what ISM placed her there to do. The International Solidarity Movement was spawned, largely funded and directly supervised by the PLO. American members of the organization are trained and funded by the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee. Though ISM touts non-violence, in practice, it does the opposite by organizing riots by the security fences between Gaza and Israel every Friday. In the words of a spokesperson for the California ISM on al-Jazeera: "We recognize that violence is necessary and it is permissible for oppressed and occupied people to use armed resistance and we recognize their right to do so."59a
The death of an innocent civilian is always tragic, and the best way to avoid such tragedies in the future is, first and foremost, by Hamas putting an end to terror, and stopping the smuggling operations that have brought huge quantities of illegal weapons into the Gaza Strip. Activists interested in peace should be protesting the Palestinian actions. Activists also have every right to express their views about Israel's policies, but they should take care to avoid the appearance of siding with the terrorists or placing themselves in positions where they could be inadvertently caught in the crossfire of a counter-terror operation or otherwise endangered by entering an area where military operations are being conducted.
56Christian Science Monitor, (April 2, 2003).
58Jerusalem Post, (June 26, 2003).
59Washington Post, (March 17, 2003).
59aCynthia Ozick, "Martyr (A review of My Name is Rachel Corrie: Taken From the Writings of Rachel Corrie)", The New Republic, (December 7, 2006).


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Bang Bang Chicken
Amazingly crisp chicken bites drizzled with sweet chili
mayo - so good, you'll want to double or triple the recipe!Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Yield 4 servings
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil, or more, as needed
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 cup Panko*
- For the sauce
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons Frank's Hot Sauce
To make the sauce, whisk together mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce, honey and Frank's Hot Sauce in a small bowl; set aside.
Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
In a large bowl, whisk together buttermilk, flour, cornstarch, egg, hot sauce, salt and pepper, to taste.
Working one at a time, dip chicken into buttermilk mixture, then dredge in Panko, pressing to coat.
Working in batches, add chicken to the skillet and cook until evenly golden and crispy, about 2-3 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
Serve immediately, drizzled with sweet chili sauce.
*Panko is a Japanese-style breadcrumb and can be found in the Asian section of your local grocery store.
Adapted from Jo Cooks


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WOW, IT'S ALMOST BEEN a week since I got my colon probed (the full colonoscopy not a sigmoidoscopy) and I just received the "go ahead" email from my doctor to post the video I recorded (he's talking in most of it, and I'm sure some doctors wouldn't like being on YouTube, but not my gastro), thanks Dr. Stollman on that, and thanks for doing such a great job and being a gentle-man. And I'm not just saying that because you're a cool dude, but everyone at the colonoscopy center was incredible. Who knows if I'll be singing this song when the $1600 expected out of pocket bills come tumbling in over the next few weeks. That's right, scopes don't come cheap, whether it's out of pocket or not, the costs for the procedure…wow they are up there.
MAYBE FOR YOU, and definitely for me, colonoscopies are a super important part of having UC. Yes the colonoscopy preparation isn't always fun, and yes, getting a camera gliding and sliding up your colon isn't exactly like going to Disneyland. But it's a part of the program for most of us, and it's nothing to lose too much sleep over.
As you might remember, back on June 22nd I wrote a post explaining that I was interested in getting a colonoscopy because "I wanted someone to take a peek inside the deep dark doodie hole and see what's really happening." So now three months later, my day came. Below is the video. I don't have any of the pictures that were taken but I think this should give you a full idea of how my insides are doing.
Two Days Ago (October 2, 2012) was my 4 year anniversary of my diagnosis.
Back on October 2nd, 2008, my entire colon was severe with out of control UC and my symptoms were out of control. I'm super happy and very thankful that things are very different now, but I've still got a little work to do, and some decisions to potentially make. One thing that you may relate to from the video is that even though you feel fine/normal on the outside and in your daily life, there's still a chance that you can have mild UC on the inside. Pretty interesting right? And in my case, that's what made this colonoscopy super valuable. I wanted a sanity check back in June, and I got one. I'm feeling great, but the insides aren't perfect, and that's what I'm shooting for before 4 years is up and I'm at it again with the scope.
I wish you all the very best with your UC, and there's a ton of more stories I'll be posting that have already been submitted and are sitting in my inbox. And we've got a pretty cool survey coming up in a few weeks, so get on the newsletter if you want to participate.
Thanks again for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video,
PS: Way cool meeting I had today with another UC'er here in Berkeley named Vanessa. Really really nice meeting her and hanging out and hearing her story. I'm sure she's going to get through some of the tuff times she's facing right now. For me the first year was BY FAR the hardest, and that's not uncommon.
PSS: If you're in the Bay Area of California, or you don't mind traveling to a super cool GI doctor, I've got to say that Dr. Neil Stollman is a pretty incredible GI. I'd say he's got to be among the best of the best, and hopefully you got a nice warm feel for him here. (Maybe he can be convinced to get in on some more videos in the near future…:) ALSO, for those of you interested in Fecal Transplant stuff…good old/young Doctor Stollman was one of the doctors who was a part of the recent study that has been all over CNN and the rest of the news regarding C-diff and Fecal Transplants. That was actually a key factor in why I decided to pair up with him when I went searching for a new GI closer to me here in Berkeley. That study which was released back in March is titled: "Long-Term Follow-Up of Colonoscopic Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Recurrent Clostrodium difficile Infection".
PSSS: The does anybody have any idea of what song I'm trying to play on my 2 week old guitar that I'm trying to learn how to play??? There must be some kick butt UC guitarists out there, anyone giving lessons…:)


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Our homage to French Toile de Jouy reveals a playful take on the fashions of the last century
If you are at all unsure about how wallpaper pattern repeats work then please take 2 minutes to read our quick buyers guide to wallpaper pattern repeats.
Ex Vogue Living Editor, Vanessa Barneby graduated from Edinburgh University in 1999 and went on to study decorative painting, trompe l'oeil and restoration at Hampstead Decorative Arts in London. Her passion for furniture, textiles and print led to a p


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What do you do if your PC sales are slumping and the newest versions of Windows aren't boosting demand? If you're HP, you put Windows 7 on a few of your new PCs and offer $150 discounts on them to attract new buyers, giving your customers a place to go if they don't want the changes ushered in by Windows 8 but aren't tech-savvy enough to downgrade their own PCs.
Windows 7 is still commonly sold on business-class and workstation desktops and laptops, a concession to IT shops that aren't ready (or don't intend) to make the jump to Windows 8.1. However, it's rarer for Windows 7 to be offered on consumer PCs, many of which now offer touchscreens, convertible designs, and other Windows 8-friendly features in an effort to attract customers that might also be considering tablets. Throughout the life of the oft-maligned Windows Vista, business and consumer PCs often used the older Windows XP as a selling point to attract buyers wary of Vista's hardware incompatibilities, higher system requirements, and early stability problems.
As of this writing, HP is only offering Windows 7 on five consumer computers—one Pavilion desktop, two Envy desktops, one Pavilion laptop, and one Envy laptop. HP still offers a sizable lineup of laptops and all-in-ones that prominently feature touchscreens and Windows 8.1, but it's still probably not a great sign for Microsoft that one of its largest partners wants to use four-year-old software as a promotional selling point.


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My Top 5 Favorite New Recipes on VegWeb
Since I see almost every VegWeb recipe before the public does, I have the advantage in lusting after tasty recipes and scrumptious photos early. I always have a queue of "to make at home immediately" new recipes on my desktop, and I wanted to share a few of the most delicious looking ones with you. Let's eat!
1. Vegan Shrimp Scampi -- this was my favorite as an omni, I'm ready to recreate the magic!
2. Pistacio Crusted Tofu -- this just sounds RIDICULOUS, I have to have it!
3. 4 Bean Soy Curl Chili -- Soy Curls are my OBSESSION.
4. Siberian Vegan Pelmeni -- these looks so interesting and tasty, I think I'll make some for my next party!
5. Vegan Aioli -- better than mayo, and cheaper, too!
I have to go now because the kitchen is singing its siren song. Before I go, do you have any VegWeb recipes that you're interested in making ASAP?
I think you have definitely picked the right recipes here. You cannot go wrong with any of them here. I just the tofu so much here. The flavor is just amazing.
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I would love to try one of the cheesy lasagnas on the site. Which one is your fave?


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Dancing With The Stars Submits Show Material For 2012 Emmy Award Nominations
The 64th Emmy Award nominations will be announced July 19th. You can view the ballots and who and what they are currently mulling over in each category here. For what I can see so far (and I could have missed some. If so, let us know.), Dancing With The Stars is being considered for:
"Outstanding Directing In A Variety Series" for their Broadway Show on October 11, 2011. As you might remember, the musicals of Broadway were featured in this live two hour show. Ten set piece performances showcased a diverse range of choreography including live guest performances from Kristin Chenoweth and the cast of "Sister Act", all accompanied by to our 30 piece orchestra.
"Outstanding Picture Editing For Short-Form Segments And Variety Specials". Several segments are being considered including….
a. Donald Driver Background Package, Episode 1409, May 14, 2012. This package tells Donald Driver's life story and his journey to this point in the competition; Head To Head: The Final Three, Episode 1410A, May 22, 2012. This package examines the strengths of the final three competitors.
b. Hope Solo's Background Package, Episode 1309, November 14, 2011. This package chronicles the events that shaped Hope Solo's life and her journey in this competition.
c. J.R. Martinez Memorable Year, Episode 1303, October 3, 2011. As part of the "Most Memorable Year" themed week of DANCING WITH THE STARS, JR Martinez reflects on the year he was seriously injured in Iraq and how in his darkest hour, his mother inspired him to survive and overcome his physical and emotional injuries.
d. Song Of The Season, Episode 1410A, May 22, 2012. Using all available footage, the cast recounts the highlights of Season 14 – in rhyming verse.
e. Spotlight: Michaela DePrince, Episode 1406A, May 1, 2012. This package tells the story of Michaela DePrince, a young ballerina who overcame hardship and struggle to achieve her dreams.
"Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special" for Episode 1407, April 30, 2012. In the 7th week of competition in season 14, the 7 remaining couples, Maria & Derek, Donald & Peta, Roshon & Chelsie, Melissa & Maksim, William & Cheryl, Katherine & Mark, and Jaleel & Kym competed in "Classical Night" vying for the "Dancing with the Stars" Mirrorball trophy.
"Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special" for Episode 1307, October 31, 2011, In the seventh week of competition in season 13 of DANCING WITH THE STARS, the Halloween Special Event takes over the ballroom. The six couples who remain vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy in this spooky episode. Ricki Lake and Derek Hough top the leader board with their performance.
"Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program" which includes Tom Bergeron.
"Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series" for Episode 1307, October 31, 2011, In the seventh week of competition in season 13 of DANCING WITH THE STARS, the Halloween Special. Event takes over the ballroom. The six couples who remain vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy in this spooky episode. Ricki Lake and Derek Hough top the leader board with their performance.
"Outstanding Reality – Competition Program"
"Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special" for…
a. Episode 1310A, November 22, 2011, In the Finale of Season 13 of "Dancing with the Stars", Rob Kardashian & Cheryl, JR Martinez & Karina and Ricki Lake & Derek vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy. Each couple performs an Instant Dance to complete the competition. After ten weeks, JR Martinez and Karina are named champions.
b. Episode 1407 Classical Night, April 30, 2012
"Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series" for Episode 1410A, May 22, 2012, In the season 14 finale of DANCING WITH THE STARS, Katherine Jenkins & Mark, Donald Driver & Peta, and William Levy & Cheryl vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy. The entire cast returns to celebrate the most competitive season and witness Donald & Peta's championship.
Speaking of the Emmy Awards…. Read more..


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Osborne Unlikely to Ease U.K.'s Budget Reins
U.K. Chancellor George Osborne is unlikely to ease fiscal policy in his budget on Wednesday even though the U.K. economy is teetering on the edge of a triple recession. Dow Jones's David Cottle looks at his options for getting the country moving again.
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I'm going to let you into a secret. I wasn't brave enough to take part in #NoMakeUpSelfie, I was nominated for the #IceBucketChallenge twice and I didn't dunk myself in cold water and although I've laughed at CLIC Sargent's #JokeAppeal campaign, I've not donated.
So, there you have it. I'm a bad person.
But, while I've not successfully completed the call-to-actions, I do think their social media-driven campaigns are brilliant at raising awareness of very important causes. Transforming the way young people engage with the third sector, these hashtag trends are snowballing and I just can't keep up.
As a result, I've become fed up of my Twitter, Facebook and Instagram timelines constantly getting clogged up with pictures and videos that I feel obliged to like. Because, let's face it, once you've congratulated one person on throwing water on themselves, you really have to do it for everyone. So, people like me, who were once in awe of these great PR and marketing stunts, are now just 'meh'.
But, if the BBC can be impartial then Prime Time can at least be kind enough to write about them. Which is why, after reading about new ways charities are piggybacking off hashtag explosions, I'm going to rank my top five social media charity phenomenons:
Established by Unicef, in aid of its Syria Emergency Fund, the #WakeUpCall campaign involves celebrities posting photos of themselves… you guessed it… having just woken up.
Kick-started by the charity's ambassador Jemima Khan, Strictly's Claudia Winkleman and QI's Stephen Fry have also got involved to encourage people to open their eyes to the unstable situation in the Middle East affecting young children. And, with more than 3,000 tweets containing the all-important hashtag in the last 12 hours, it's likely that this initiative will raise a lot of money.
A gallery on the Telegraph online doesn't hurt either.
Developed by Plan UK, Face Up is an app that aims to raise awareness of female genital mutilation, sexual violence and child marriage. Once you've downloaded the app onto your smart phone you can upload an image which will be imprinted with the words 'I'm putting girl rights where they can't be ignored' and share it in the app's photo album.
Compared to Unicef's efforts, this isn't creating as much of a buzz online yet; tweets are currently in the hundreds – rather than the thousands. But, with PR coverage on The Huffington Post and The Daily Mail online, thanks to support from Game of Thrones stars Natalie Dormer and Lena Headey, it may not be far behind.
WWF Denmark and Turkey embraced Snapchat earlier this year and made the most of its self-destruct feature to explain the rate that endangered animals are disappearing.
From tigers and gorillas to pandas and orangutans, the charity used the hashtag #LastSelfie to encourage people to share the image in order to 'save' the species. Persuasive, clever and easy to do, this worked well because the aim was to raise awareness rather than source donations.
Once people had bought into to the severity of the situation, a new call-to-action followed. By focusing on one objective at the time, WWF created an incredibly strong campaign.
If you've never used this hashtag before then I'd love to live your life. #FirstWorldProblems is a generic hashtag used by people when venting online about insignificant annoyances.
For example, I recently almost slipped on a rogue squashed tomato in the supermarket and if I'd known the couscous was down a different aisle I could have avoided the whole hullabaloo.
So, when Water for Life borrowed the phrase – which was used over 106,000 times in the last month alone – and turned it on its head for its emotive campaign, it grabbed people's attention.
The only issue is that when you Google search the term, the first mention of the charity is on the fourth page and it's not its official website. This emphasises the importance of ensuring all the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed when linking up your website to generate top SEO rankings.
I'm a little late to the party on this as it's a couple of years old now. But, thanks to Miles Scott, a five-year old leukemia survivor, his Make a Wish Foundation dream to become a superhero for a day went viral.
The charity transformed part of San-Fran into Gotham to recreate Batman's city and kept people up to date via its website and a behind the scenes video ,which was picked up by Twitter users across the world. The hashtags #Batkid and #SFBatkid were used in more than 110 countries reaching 777m people on a cold November day in 2012. Not even I can argue with these figures.
Reading through my top five, I can see that there was definitely something special about the slightly older social media stunts employed by charities.
Perhaps I believe they have more charm because I think the brands would've shocked themselves at their own success, because they were taking a risk and exploring unknown online territories. Either way, the hashtag trends have exploded so quickly that as long as people get behind them, they'll continue taking over timelines and securing national headlines for the foreseeable future.
The charities were shocked at their own success, because they were taking a risk and exploring unknown online territories.
Don't get me wrong, I think social media opens up the floor to make charity PR a level playing field, especially for rarer causes or organisations with tighter budgets. I just don't believe that if a trend launches in one country for a specific cause, that a different charity across the pond can adopt it as its own. Surely, the cause and challenge should translate wherever it's used across the world?
Hashtag highjacking, particularly by the big boys, is not big or clever, and it's certainly a box you don't want me to open. Utilising the #TubeStrikes is one thing; stealing an entire campaign is another. Know who I'm talking about yet?
What do you think? Did your favourite hashtag trend make the list?


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Pakistanis bury slain teachers, aid workers
SWABI, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of villagers in northwest Pakistan turned out Wednesday to bury five female teachers and two health workers who were gunned down a day earlier by militants in what may have been the latest in a series of attacks targeting anti-polio efforts in the country.
The seven had worked at a community center in the town of Swabi that included a primary school and a medical clinic that vaccinated children against polio. Some militants oppose the vaccination campaigns, accusing health workers of acting as spies for the U.S. and alleging the vaccine is intended to make Muslim children sterile.
As mourners carried the coffins through the town for burial Wednesday, family and friends expressed horror that such an attack had struck their community.
"I told her many times at home 'be careful as we are poor people and take care of yourself all the time,'" said Fazal Dad, whose daughter was among the seven killed. "And always in response she said: 'Father, if I am not guilty, no one can harm me.'"
The group was on their way home from the community center where they were employed by a non-governmental organization when their vehicle was attacked Tuesday. The four militants on motorcycles spared the young son of one of the women who was riding in the van, pulling him from the vehicle before spraying it with bullets. The driver survived and was being treated at a Peshawar hospital.
There has been no claim of responsibility, and police have not made any arrests.
The director of the NGO said he suspected the attack might have been retribution for the group's work helping vaccinate Pakistani children against polio. Javed Akhtar said the community group has suspended its operations throughout the province.
Despite the killings, polio vaccination workers will be out in force this Saturday in four areas in the northwest considered at high risk for the disease in an effort to keep it from spreading.
Police will give extra protection to the workers taking part in the campaign in Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda and Mardan, said the commissioner of Mardan, Adil Khan.
Many local residents view the girls' primary school and medical clinic run by the NGO at the community center as saviors for the community's poor. Now many are worried about what will happen if those services are cut off.
Gul Afzal Khan, a villager whose children studied at a community center run by the group, said the attack was a big loss.
"What is their crime?" he asked. "They were just giving free education and health assistance to our children."
The attack also was another reminder of the risks to women educators and aid workers from Islamic militants who oppose their work.
Last month, nine people working on an anti-polio vaccination campaign were shot and killed. Four of those shootings were in the northwest where Tuesday's attack took place.
Associated Press writer Riaz Khan in Peshawar contributed to this report.


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EverLast® Lighting Bolsters Engineering Department to Support Manufacturing Growth and Product DevelopmentJACKSON, Mich., Feb. 25, 2013 — (PRNewswire) — �EverLast® Lighting Inc., a leading manufacturer of energy efficient lighting technologies, has recently announced critical additions to its corporate level team. With a flurry of personnel moves over the last month, the company has made quite a splash in the industry. The moves are intended to catalyze research, development, engineering and innovation, and started with the announcement that they would be adding a new Vice President of Engineering to lead integral manufacturing related operations. After 21 years of engineering experience at Robert Bosch, LLC., Paul Wickett has been appointed by EverLast® to the new position. "There's a lot of similarities between EverLast® and Bosch in terms of being manufacturing driven, engineering driven, and customer driven. Additionally, they are both private companies that are striving to do the right thing for their industry," commented Wickett. "I wanted to work with EverLast® because of their commitment to the United States and North America. Their manufacturing process and loyalty to the state of Michigan coupled with some of the lighting industry's most innovative practices makes them very appealing as a manufacturer."
The move comes on the heels of an announcement that the company will continue its rapid re-shoring of light fixture manufacturing. There are also plans in place for the development and deployment of several new products and technologies, and this move means "the talent infrastructure is now in place". Wickett, originally from Canada, earned his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto, and his Master's Degree in Engineering Management at the University of Michigan. Additionally he is a certified Black Belt in Design For Six Sigma (DFSS). "One of my immediate goals was to begin the re-engineering of products that the lighting industry has never before seen in the U.S.," commented Wickett. "It amazes me to see the caliber of employees at this organization and the skillset that we have available to make this idea a reality. There is some top manufacturing talent beneath the EverLast® umbrella."
Immediately after landing Wickett, EverLast® began adding to its existing team in order to further support its engineering investment. Within weeks the company added Ralph Hubbs, who will serve as Senior Engineering Coordinator. Hubbs has over 35 years of engineering experience and previously designed hybrid automotive transmissions. "At EverLast®, a genuine commitment to research, development and engineering have been foundational to the success we've experienced to date," stated Brandon Marken, Vice President of Sales. "Continuous improvement is a fundamental ideology at our company, which is why we're so excited. Whenever you inject this much leadership, credibility and capability into an organization, only good things can happen."
Jeffrey Johnson, Technical Services Manager of EverLast® Lighting, has been with the company since 2007 and leads the company's Research and Development department while he coordinates new product design with Wickett and Hubbs.
About EverLast® Lighting: EverLast® Lighting, Inc. is a sister company of Full Spectrum Solutions, Inc. and has quickly grown into the leading manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting solutions for roadway, parking structure, facility and area lighting applications. For additional product information, visit www.everlastlight.com, call 888-383-7578 or send an email to Email Contact.
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Exploring Hydrocarbon Depletion
These FACTS will be difficult for some to absorb so I'll give the some time before I add some more details.
What problem do you have with that?
Not exactly the "near death of the industry" some around here have been pitching, is it? At least not with respect to the value of the US public traded companies.
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