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Thursday, 7 March 2013
FnordMetric: A Framework for Collecting and Visualizing Timeseries
FnordMetric looks like an interesting library for collecting and visualizing timeseries:
According to the docs, the framework has 3 components:
FnordMetric Classic: a DSL for processing data streams and building web-based dashboards.
It's built in Ruby and uses Redis.
FnordMetric Enterprise: a JVM-based timeseries databases
FnordMetricUI: HTML5 and Javascript API for embeding charts into web pages. It works with either the Classic or Enterprise backends.
My only question is why building a new storage engine for the Enterprise component when there are already so many good tools for doing this. Other than that, I really liked the screenshot.
Original title and link: FnordMetric: A Framework for Collecting and Visualizing Timeseries ( ©myNoSQL)
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
What Is BigCache: Off-Heap Caching Solution for the JVM
BigCache addresses this problem by persisting the cached data in memory within the same JVM process, but outside the JVM heap. This prevents the Garbage Collector from interacting with the cache's memory zone, allowing the JVM heap size to be scaled based on processing needs only. While this solution is slightly slower than in-heap data access, it is faster than disk or network data transfers. These aspects make BigCache a solution that not only delivers performance, but can also scale up to tens or hundreds of gigabytes of RAM on the same machine.
This sounds like an open source (Apache licensed) alternative to Terracotta's BigMemory.
Original title and link: What Is BigCache: Off-Heap Caching Solution for the JVM ( ©myNoSQL)
Monday, 20 February 2012
Dealing With JVM Limitations in Apache Cassandra
A couple of most notable NoSQL databases targeting large scalable systems are written in Java: Cassandra, HBase, BigCouch. Then there's also Hadoop. Plus a series of caching and data grid solutions like Terracotta, Gigaspaces. They are all facing the same challenge: tuning the JVM garbage collector for predictable latency and throughput.
Jonathan Ellis's slides presented at Fosdem 2012 are covering some of the problems with GC and the way Cassandra tackles them. While this is one of those presentations where the slides are not enough to understand the full picture, going through them will still give you a couple of good hints.
For those saying that Java and the JVM are not the platform for writing large concurrent systems, here's the quote Ellis is finishing his slides with:
Cliff Click: Many concurrent algorithms are very easy to write with a GC and totally hard (to down right impossible) using explicit free.
Enjoy the slides after the break.
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Call to Arms: Renjin, R Implementation on JVM Needs Contributions
Until yesterday I didn't know there's an attempt to implement the R language on the JVM. But there's one: renjin. And it sounds like it needs some helping hands to accomplish its goal of reaching a 1.0 release in 2012.
In case you'd wonder why R on the JVM—same question have been asked so many times related to JRuby, Jython, etc—just think of:
- it would allow access to the tons of Java libraries
- it would integrate seamlessly with tools like Hadoop
If you are ready to start contributing head on to the Renjin's plan of attack for 2012 page and learn where your help would be needed.
Original title and link: Call to Arms: Renjin, R Implementation on JVM Needs Contributions ( ©myNoSQL)
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This is what were going with?
To start lets look at this picture with a closer eye.
Besides the obvious labels you can see its of a skinny girl smoking something. I don't know what. This picture screams whats is wrong with us. Oops…I meant society…
I won't deny this a beautifully put together picture, but, it kinda reminds me of something…oh yeah I know what now.
It reminds me of Tumblr it's self. I mean, it's post likes this that make up the "depressing" part of Tumblr. You end up seeing something like this on your dash and it makes you think. It's provocative and that's one of the things I love about this picture.
But! The message it sends is horrible and hypocritical.
Us as teenagers hate when were wrong. We always to most of the time have to have something to blame. Because we don't like making mistakes. I know I don't. So saying,"society killed the teenager" is just a warped excuse for us to say, "it's not my fault I'm always sad and hate myself. Someone made me feel like this."
Yes you could argue that it's what were exposed to and how we grow up with this expected image of how to be.
But at the end of the day it's up to us to decide what is the right choice of makes us happy or sad. Don't blame some imaginary thing you've made up in your head. Lets get real here.

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Steve Nash could return to the starting lineup after he sat out the Lakers' 85-96 loss to New Orleans on Friday with a sore back. Nash is currently shooting just 21.9 percent on his 2-point shots, the lowest in the NBA among players with at least 20 attempts. It's safe to say he's struggling. Nick Young and Jordan Farmar could get extra minutes, should Nash sit again. So brace yourself for awesomeness, either way.
Lakers probable starting lineup:
PG Steve Nash
SG Steve Blake
SF Xavier Henry
PF Pau Gasol
C Chris Kaman
Without Kobe Bryant (still recovering from his blown achilles), the Lakers have had to lean a little more on Gasol. Pau suffered through a 3-12, 9 point, 11 rebound performance against Anthony Davis and the Pelicans Friday. The problem is, that's only 3 points shy of his season average as Gasol has shot just 35% front he field on over 12 attempts a game.
Nash's excuses are that he's 39 years-old and playing a stealthier position that makes him more vulnerable to aging's affects–and the entire league has basically been predicting his demise since he left Dallas–Gasol is six years younger and
pulling a Shved letting his team down when they really need him while Kobe gets healthy enough to chase historical scoring stats.
Fun fact: Gasol is making $19 million this year and $10.28 million next season–so for all those who clamored for Love to get moved for Gasol to appease fellow Spaniard, Ricky Rubio, think about that tonight. If it was Derrick Williams you were clamoring to move for Gasol, that could still be arranged…
Wolves' probable starting lineup:
PG Ricky Rubio
SG Kevin Martin
SF Corey Brewer
PF Kevin Love
C Nikola Pekovic
Rick Adelman appeared to have found a stopgap solution to his bench's woes in Minnesota's victory over Dallas Friday night–don't play them as much. Sure, that's been his strategy for a while, but this time he didn't play his bench so much together.
Williams missed the game with a sore back and Dante Cunningham played 30 minutes, but JJ Barea played just 16, Robbie Hummel saw 11 and Alexey Shved played only 7. Staggering the starters with Love, Martin or Pek always being on the floor kept the bleeding to a minimum as Dante was the only one of those four not having a negative plus/minus–and he had a 0.
D-Will remains questionable, but is an LA guy, so who knows.
As for the other California guy? Love is averaging 26 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists on over 48% shooting (30% from 3). Expect the monster efforts to continue through this California swing.
Grab your Timberwolves vs. Lakers tickets for Game 7 of the regular season here!
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Totally Crushing on Armour Beauty Lip Glosses
I've been on a serious bold lip kick lately. It's one of the easiest ways for me to feel primped when it's overcast and grey, like today in New York, without putting in a ton of effort. (Admittedly, I have yet to fully master the deep plum lip for fall). So imagine how excited I was when this line of pretty lipglosses from Armour Beauty found their way to my desk yesterday—with three extra-pigmented colors in tow.
This niche brand was founded by rocker, model, and new mom Theo Kogan, when she realized she couldn't find a lip shade that would stay on no matter how raucous her performance on stage. Thus, these long-lasting hues were born. But aside from their super-powered sticking ability, we love that they're all paraben-free and formulated with an ultra-moisturizing base that includes shea butter, avocado, mango, olive butters, and vitamin E. Here's a peek at how they look out of the bottle:
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In 1829, an unruly, drunken crowd of President Jackson's supporters overrun the White House during Jackson's inaugural party. During the riot, the mansion catches fire, and President Jackson resolutely takes command of the crowd and gets them out before the building is destroyed. His term is served out in the Vice President's house as workmen rebuild the White House.
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Aggregation Plan
In 2000, Cape Light Compact's (Compact) Aggregation Plan was approved by the Department of Telecommunications and Energy, now known as the Department of Public Utilities (DPU). This plan made the Compact the first municipal aggregator in the state. Since then, several municipal aggregators have been created in the state of Massachusetts.
On 8/27/13, the DPU sent a letter to the Compact asking us to review our plan to:
- Determine whether the Compact should file a revised Aggregation Plan to reflect current structure and operations;
- Consider removing obsolete terms and references; and
- Comply with any applicable laws, regulations and DPU precedent and the forthcoming decision in DPU 12-124 (Lowell Aggregation Plan).
At the 9/11/13 Compact Governing Board ("Board") meeting, the Board created the following process to comply with this request.
- Inform Compact Member towns/counties and public of the Compact's intent to review and possibly update Aggregation Plan
- Have Compact staff and legal counsel to review Aggregation Plan and propose revisions for Board consideration
- Consult with Department of Energy Resources (DOER) on Updated Aggregation Plan
- Hold a Board vote to release proposed Updated Aggregation Plan for public review
- Open a public comment period on the proposed revisions/updates of the Aggregation Plan
- Hold a Board vote to adopt Final Updated Aggregation Plan after public comment period ends
- Submit Final Updated Aggregation Plan to DPU
On 10/30/13, the DPU sent a letter to the Compact affirming that the Compact may continue operating its municipal aggregation program, including solicitation of bids for energy supply.
At the 12/11/13 Board meeting, the Board voted to release the proposed Updated Aggregation Plan for public comment and to hold 3 public information sessions.
Below is the video from the Board meeting on 12/11/13. The Aggregation Plan discussion starts at 16:35.
Public information sessions were held on the proposed revised plan on:
January 15, 2014 at 7pm at the Mashpee Public Library
January 16, 2014 at 7pm at the Orleans Town Hall
January 30, 2014 at 5:30pm at the Oak Bluffs Library *rescheduled date due to storm on 1/21*
Cape Light Compact received public comments through February 7, 2014.
On 2/26/14, the DPU sent a letter to the Compact stating that they wish to have a revised municipal aggregation plan filed no later than 4/4/14, in order for them to review the plan in a timely manner.
To view all documents related to the Compact's filing, please visit the DPU File Room and search by Docket # 14-69.
Revised DPU 14-69 Procedural Schedule - October 16, 2014
Revised Updated Aggregation Plan - Filed August 20, 2014, and includes suggested edits from DPU
7/22/14 Memo from DPU Hearing Officer on DPU 14-69 re: Procedural Schedule and Technical Session
DPU 14-69 Notice for Public Hearing
Updated Aggregation Plan Complete Filing - Filed with DPU on April 3, 2014 (Docket 14-69)
Final Revised Aggregation Plan - March 12, 2014
Final Revised Aggregation Plan (redlined version) - March 12, 2014
Proposed Updated Aggregation Plan - March 2014
Proposed Updated Aggregation Plan - December 2013
Current DPU-Approved Cape Light Compact Aggregation Plan (2000)


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From mothers to doctors, from Pro-Wrestlers to Pro-skaters, Merika Rock has styled them all top and bottom. Now the Indiana based Fashion Consultant is bringing Hollywood shoe styles to Kentuckiana by venturing with Reality Star, Kim Kardashian's newest project ShoeDazzle.
Rock describes ShoeDazzle as," kind of like a book of the month club, but with shoes." Initially, each individual is asked to complete the Fashion Survey to determine their personal style. Then, once a month, the who's who of the fashion world personally describe and recommend what shoes fit your unique fashion personality. Each member then receives a "perscribed" pair of shoes for only $39 a month. "For those that have a huge shoe fetish such as I, this service is going to be right up your alley. Not to mention it has a bit of flexibly to it. If you decide you want to skip a month here or there because you don't like the shoes selected for that month or just because, they give you an option to do so. Not to mention the shoes are gorgeous and at $39 dollars each pair, economical. What more can a girl ask for!"
Ms. Rock was personally selected by a representative for Kim Kardashian to join the group of style experts from different parts of the nation with Kardashian leading as both the Co-Founder and Chief Stylist. "Our job would be to assist with the selection of shoes that ShoeDazzle members would be sent monthly when they joined."
Currently, Ms. Rock resides in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where she runs M. Rock Style, her image consulting, styling, and photography business.
To learn more about Merika Rock and M. Rock Style's services, visit www.MRockStyle.com or see her at www.ShoeDazzle.com under the "Experts" section.
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23rd Oct: It's time for the second TV Tropes Halloween Avatar Contest, theme: cute monsters! Details and voting here.
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The journey of two characters from strangers to lovers. One of the perennial herbs and spices in the cauldron of storytelling old and new. It's been around a while, it's a major driving force of fiction and it's not going anywhere. A surefire crowd pleaser; probably the only way to really, really screw it up is to overdo it. Induces emotional stakes in an audience like nothing else. Comes in a myriad forms and flavors. Employs plenty of tropes to get itself across, though a lot of them are mutually exclusive. Like many other tropes, the Romance Arc is looking for a balance: Too many stock derivatives and it's just too much; too few, and it's not much of an arc at all. See also: Love Tropes; How to Become a Love Interest Here are some of the common checkpoints of a Romance Arc in typical chronological order.


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Description: Former Metro contract girl Nicole Sheridan takes an anal reaming from the mammothly hung Voodoo who shoots a huge, eye-sealing cum shot on her face. You can tell Nicole is glad to be free of her old contract and getting nailed by new meat these days!
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KRISVANASSCHE 2013 Fall/Winter Accessories Collection
KRISVANASSCHE presents its collection of accessories for Fall/Winter 2013. Consisting of various bags, rings, scarves and ties, the range is generously outfitted with selections of leather and suede, and primarily relies on clean black and grey tones throughout. Contrast zipper stitching along backpacks and handbags take cues from motorcycle culture, yet still, KRISVANASSCHE's minimalist aesthetic remains faithfully preserved. Highlights include a compartmental messenger-tote hybrid and even more message-heavy rings. Enjoy a view of the collection above.
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It's time that reveals leadership, and time in this instance is the wake left behind by the actions of a would-be leader.
As an analogy, let's imagine you are on a cruise ship in the Caribbean when a voice over the PA system informs the passengers there is a storm approaching and your ship is heading home.
A little perturbed by a shortened voyage, you accept that safety comes before a few extra days.
The following morning, you awaken to silence; the ship is floating with no headway. You walk down to breakfast and hear many rumors asking about the approaching storm.
It's just at that moment that the ship's captain crackles from the PA system and says, "You may have noticed we are adrift, and I have traced the problem to engineering--which means it is not my fault."
Would you feel better, assured or at ease at that point? No. Is the crew now operating at optimum levels or possibly broken into groups, each pointing their fingers at the other trying to assert or escape blame?
This is America today. Our faith in Congress has sunk to all-time lows, and as a nation we are ever more polarized, each side pointing to the other as the problem.
Why? When there is no leadership, the many disassemble into jealous groups, each sniping at the other.
For the past six years, America has suffered from a complete void in leadership. Our nostrils are offended, our ears have deafened and our souls are tired.
History will bear witness that this state of spent respect, this vacuum of leadership, has yet to run its destructive course.
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|Ireland: Music industry sues ISP, demands filtering
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EMI, Sony, Warner and Universal have sued Ireland's largest ISP,
Eircom, demanding that it install filters to prevent users from
illegally sharing or downloading music.
The action was admitted by Mr. Justice Peter Kelly to the Commercial Court, meaning that it will be heard on an expedited basis.Eircom has said that it is not on notice of specific illegal activity that infringed the rights of the companies and has no legal obligation to monitor traffic on its network. Previously the music companies had sought to have Eircom voluntarily install software such as that produced by Audible Magic, which will "fingerprint" music files, but Eircom refused indicating that it could not run that software on its servers.
The Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland (ISPAI) has previously said that it opposes any filtering of this sort, with General Manager Paul Durrant saying:
RTE News, Record firms seek to ban illegal downloads
Digital Rights Ireland, IRMA v. Eircom - Why ISP filtering for the music industry is a bad idea (11.03.2008)
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I have gotten very in touch with my emotions. I usually know almost exactly how I feel.
The problem is, I just can't tell anyone."—Princess in Love, Meg Cabot
Urm.. I haven't been on a blind date before, soooo.. yes, I would go. :D
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New laser that can detect disease in your breath!
Here comes an exciting new laser that can detect very low concentrations of gases - paving the way for accurately analysing breath for disease diagnosis and remote sensing of critical greenhouse gases.
The physicists at University of Adelaide in south Australia have developed a new type of laser that produces 25 times more light emission than other lasers operating at a similar wavelength.
"This laser has significantly more power and is much more efficient than other lasers operating in mid-infrared frequency range," said Ori Henderson-Sapir, a researcher at the university's institute for photonics and advanced sensing.
"Using a novel approach, we've been able to overcome the significant technical hurdles that have prevented fibre lasers from producing sufficient power in the mid-infrared," he added.
The new laser operates in the mid-infrared frequency range - the same wavelength band where many important hydrocarbon gases absorb light.
The researchers reported light emission at 3.6 microns - the deepest mid-infrared emission from a fibre laser operating at room temperature.
"Probing this region of the electromagnetic spectrum with the high power means we will be able to detect these gases with a high degree of sensitivity," said project leader David Ottaway.
It should enable the possibility of analysing trace gases in exhaled breath in the doctors' surgery.
For example, acetone can be detected in the breath when someone has diabetes.
Other potential applications include detection in the atmosphere of methane and ethane which are important gases in global warming.
The new laser uses an optical fibre which is easier to work with, less bulky and more portable, and much more cost effective to produce than other types of laser.
The main limitation to date with laser detection of these gases has been the lack of suitable light sources that can produce enough energy in this part of the spectrum, explained Ottaway.
It has incredible potential for scanning for a range of gases with a high level of sensitivity, with great promise as a very useful diagnostic and sensing tool, said the study published in the journal Optics Letters.
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HONG KONG - Housed in a new Kowloon venue, the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Mar 24 - April 7, 2014) will this year put renewed emphasis on local films.
The HKIFF will open with the twin screenings of Pang Ho-cheung's social drama "Aberdeen" and Fruit Chan's Berlin hit "The Midnight After." The closing film is set as Dante Lam's "That Demon Within" which also played in Berlin.
Another Hong Kong film "3D Naked Ambition," a sex romp by Lee Kung-lok, will also get a prominent position as a midnight screening. It stars Chapman To ("Vulgaria") and several Japanese porn starlets.
The festival will include competitive sections and tributes to iconic mainland director Jiang Wen, Iranian helmer Asghar Farhadi and French actress Isabelle Huppert.
The Young Cinema competition section play "Exit" by Chenn Hsiang; "Shadow Days' by China's Zhao Dayong; "Macondo," by Austria's Sudabeh Mortezai; "Castanha" by Brazil's Davi Preto; "Forma," by Japan's Sakamoto Ayumi; "The Tale of Iya'" by Japan's Tsuta Tetsuichiro; "Thou Wast Mild And Lovely," by the U.S.'s Josephine Decker and Uzbekistan-Netherlands co-production "40 Days Of Silence" by Saodat Ismailova.
"We have deliberately broadened out the competition beyond East Asia this year as part of our search for global quality," said Li. He also noted that four of the eight titles in the competition section are helmed by women.
The festival's gala section includes Berlin Golden Bear-winner "Black Coal, Thin Ice," and Asia's other Berlin competition titles No Man's Land, Blind Massage and The Little House as well as festival favorit "Tom At The Farm," by Xavier Dolan, Lukas Moodysson's "We Are The Best," Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive as well as both parts of Lars von Trier's "Nymphomaniac.
The master class section features Tsai Ming Liang's installation film "Journey To The West," Wang Bing's documentary "Til Madness Do Us Part," Jane Campion and Garth Davis' "Top of the Lake", the Coen brothers' "Inside LLewyn Davis," and "3x3D" the experimental piece by Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway and Edgar Pira.
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With Dear Mr. Watterson is a documentary about the notoriously private artist behind the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, opening in theaters next month, and it stands to reason that everyone is now asking about the film future of the popular boy and his tiger.
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On December 31st, 1995, newspapers ran the 3,150th and final Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. Since then, the fanbase of Bill Watterson's work has not faltered in the slightest. In fact, arguments could be made that it has grown, through YouTube homages, and various other creative outlets that fans clamor for just to have one more taste of the original magic.
What some fans have perhaps most longed for however, is a full length feature film starring the precocious Calvin and his stuffed tiger friend, Hobbes. Although Bill Waterson has not given many interviews, really any interviews, save for one with his hometown newspaper in 2010, and has never publicly stated whether he would be for sure open to the idea of a film, this has not stopped fans from running with the idea.
In a turn of events surely everyone would like to know, Jake Rossen of Mental Floss scored an interview with the elusive Mr. Watterson and in addition to other burning questions, came right out and asked about the possibility of a Calvin and Hobbes film treatment.
The visual sophistication of Pixar blows me away, but I have zero interest in animating Calvin and Hobbes. If you've ever compared a film to a novel it's based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It's inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie's needs get served. As a comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes works exactly the way I intended it to. There's no upside for me in adapting it. — Bill Watterson, Mental Floss
Not quite the answer everyone had hoped for, but at least now we know? The interview (which is just a portion of what will be found in the print edition of the Mental Floss magazine) does touch on other aspects of the Bill Watterson legend, including the story of him putting a torch to a box of stuffed Hobbes dolls. "Not exactly. It was only my head that burst into flames."
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The pro-Morsi National Alliance in Support of Legitimacy said constitutional amendments currently proposed by the 10-member committee have placed the judiciary and the armed forces above the state, allowing the Mubarak regime to re-emerge in politics and return its style of executive-heavy government.
The amendments also "abolish the independence of the judiciary by making the selection of the prosecutor general the responsibility of the president," said a statement released on Tuesday by the alliance, which includes political forces supporting the deposed President Mohamed Morsi, led by the Muslim Brotherhood as well as Jama'a al-Islamiya and other Islamist political parties.
The alliance said that it closely watched the actions of the undertakers of the "bloody military coup," especially the amendment of the Egyptian Constitution, which was approved in a popular referendum in 2012 with a majority of 64 percent of the voters.
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Japanese nonlife insurers are in talks with Japanese buyers of Iranian oil to slash cargo insurance coverage for transporting Iranian crude reflecting the EU's move to prohibit European insurers from providing reinsurance, industry sources said on Wednesday.
A ban on European insurance cover for Iranian oil exports from July 1 is threatening to curtail shipments and raise costs for major buyers. Japan and South Korea have lobbied for exemptions, but insurance and shipping executives say a complete ban now looks likely.
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The major insurers are also aiming to add waivers for war risk insurance and hull cover, which protects vessels against physical damage, to stop insuring while carrying Iranian oil, the source added.
International sanctions are making it tough for refiners to find shippers for the oil, insurers to underwrite the trade, and banks to clear payments for Iran's principal export.
The European Union partly exempted some insurers from its embargo on the Iranian oil trade until the start of July and next month EU ministers plan to review whether to extend these waivers. (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
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Montedoro blazer / jacket came in from threedifferent.com today, and it's GREAT! It's about a 50-50 mix of cotton and ramie, just like the Cantarelli I got in earlier this week, but the fabrics couldn't feel or look any more different. This one is rougher and more rustic and the whole thing has a great washed / worn in feeling. I think it will be a great transition piece for late summer into Fall.
This is still available in Blue, size 50 IT / 40 US for $62
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March Madness is upon us once again and Wichita State head coach Greg Marshall is again getting a lot of attention. Last year it was for making a surprising run to the Final Four and giving eventual champion Louisville all they wanted. This year Marshall was on SportsCenter discussing the gauntlet of a bracket that his Shockers will face if they want to make another deep run.
Oh and almost no one asks for favors. Louisville coach Rick Pitino politicked for a No. 1 seed after the Cardinals beat Connecticut all the while saying that he wasn't politicking. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski promptly lobbied (successfully) for North Carolina State to be in the tournament right after bouncing the Wolfpack from the ACC tourney, but I digress.
Marshall said all the right things. Maybe some of it was coach speak, maybe some of it was real talk. There will be tough teams and tough games ahead, there's no getting around it. This fact is not lost on Marshall.
At 34-0, Wichita State deserved a No. 1 seed. Did they have to put all of those other strong squads in the Midwest Region with them? That's up for debate. Let's take a small glance at a fraction of what may lie ahead. Anything is possible, but I don't anticipate them making dubious history by losing to the No. 16 seed. They will take care of the winner of the Cal Poly-Texas Southern play-in game.
After that they get the winner of the No. 8 seed Kentucky Wildcats or No. 9 Kansas State Wildcats. If Kentucky is right they can play with anyone. That was evidenced by their pushing the Florida Gators to the limit in the SEC Tournament championship game over the weekend. As we know, consistency has eluded this UK team all season long. However, if they come to play, Kentucky's size and talent would give Wichita State problems.
If Kansas State advanced don't think for a minute that they wouldn't relish the chance to play the Shockers. Bruce Weber's club is used to being overshadowed by Kansas. That just comes with the territory. The Jayhawks proud history, tradition and success speaks for itself. Now K-State is third fiddle in their own state having watched Wichita State pass them by over the past couple of years. The fellas from Manhattan would love to put the first loss in Wichita's L column in the Big Dance of all places.
In the second weekend the No. 4 seed Louisville Cardinals would likely be there waiting for Coach Marshall & Co. in a Final Four rematch. Granted, the Shockers no doubt want another crack at Louisville but that still doesn't lessen the toughness of this bracket. If Louisville happens to get upset St. Louis could be there. Kansas versus Missouri, there's no love lost between these states even if it isn't the Jayhawks against the Tigers.
Looking ahead even further could mean facing No. 3 seed Duke or No. 2 seed Michigan, brutal.
There are upsets each and every year and there may be a few in this bracket that make it easier than it appears on paper. The Shockers could run right through this gauntlet and be in their second straight Final Four. If they do, they will have to do it the old-fashioned way, like Smith Barney, and earn it.


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My Definite Chief Aim
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My Definite Chief Aim
I, Bruce Lee, will be the first highest paid Oriental super star in the United States. In return I will give the most exciting performances and render the best of quality in the capacity of an actor. Starting 1970 I will achieve world fame and from then onward till the end of 1980 I will have in my possession $10,000,000. I will live the way I please and achieve inner harmony and happiness.
Bruce Lee
The master lives on! He was 28-years-old. I can do this.
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Family names: Hollingsworth / Rose / Howey / Everitt
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Twitter, for those of you don't know, is a micro-blogging site. Which in turn means that you can post a comment to the web to update people who follow you with "What's Happening?", the only real restriction is that you're limited to 140 characters. Feel free to read more about Twitter here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter or you can join via this link https://twitter.com/signup if you haven't already done so.
I joined Twitter in July 2008, and regularly 'tweet' about all manner of things going on in my life, however up to this point I had never realised just how useful Twitter could be. I started off ny just mentioning to my followers (about 500 people) that I was researching my family tree, and if anyone could give me any advice, or had any family info/photos that they could share, for them to get in touch.
The response wasn't overwhelming, but what I did get was contact from a relative who I had never met before, living in France, but who had already started the genealogy journey a few years previous. The person in question is called Cheryl, and since that initial contact about our family history I've come to regard her as a close family member. Cheryl was able to share photo's, stories, tips, and much much more with me, we quickly moved from Twitter to email, so our communication could be more in depth, and files started being passed back and forth (mostly Cheryl sending the to me).
Other members of my family started talking to me on Twitter about how my research was going, sharing the odd story, and photo where they could. However their knowledge was as of yet pretty untapped, and you'll find out more about that in my next post about Facebook.
I'd like to finish this post by saying, if you are on Twitter give me a shout https://twitter.com/#!/Kollies and if you want to speak with one of the most lovely people I know on there checkout Cheryl too https://twitter.com/#!/crrome
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3D model of Lincoln Continental sedan 1962
information of original model:
Manufacturer:Ford Motor Company
Wheelbase:123.0 in (3,124 mm)
Class:Luxury car
Length:213.3 in (5,418 mm)
Body type:4-door sedan
Width:78.6 in (1,996 mm)
Designer:Elwood Engel
Height:53.6 in (1,361 mm)
Kerb weight:5,000–5,700 lb (2,300–2,600 kg)
The 3D model based on a real car Lincoln Continental sedan 1962. Model of Lincoln vehicle was made qualitatively and maximally close to the original.
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I was probably nine or ten the first time I read The Bluest Eye. I wasn't ready. As an adult working at a library circulation desk, it's easy for me to get upset whenever I see parents vetoing their children's book choices; this book is "too girly" or that book is too "mature." But when I think back to that summer — like I said, the chronology is fuzzy but I do remember it being a horribly hot summer — I sort of wish my mother had stopped me. Sort of.
Unfortunately, the message I took away from The Bluest Eye, and later forays into historical fiction about people who looked like me, was that my reading choices would be limited to a very short span of history, a handful of centuries in a hostile land where we were either under a literal yoke or a figurative one. In those misguided years until my black consciousness phase in high school, I compulsively and jealously read the stories of others; of medieval Europe and the revolution in white America. Even my early encounters with fantasy were disappointing, and the books I managed to find on my own were ones where the brown girl was still just the heroine's friend.
Perhaps if I hadn't been too shy to ask a librarian for help, someone could have told young me that not all my history was depressing and not all historical fiction would traumatize me.
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Portrait of a young woman, c. 1842.
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The English collector Michael G. Jacob presents us the English daguerreotypist
Richard Beard (1801-1875)
R. Beard was described by H. & A. Gernsheim as a 'coal-merchant who speculated in patents.' Beard was both of those things, but he was much more, too. A true Victorian entrepreneur with an eye for business and a rare talent for anticipating the future.
Before buying the British daguerreotype patent in June, 1841, he had purchased the British patent for the American Wolcott & Johnson speculum camera in 1840. He then hired gifted chemists such as John Frederick Goddard to accelerate the process, and was able to open the first daguerreotype portrait studio in England in 23rd March, 1841.
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PCMark 8 update adds Windows 8.1 compatibility
October 10, 2013
We've released an update for PCMark 8 Professional Edition that enables Windows 8.1 compatibility, introduces new options for testing OpenCL, and adds detailed hardware monitoring graphs.
PCMark 8 includes five benchmark tests covering a variety of scenarios from home to business use. There is a dedicated Storage benchmark for testing SSDs and HDDs and an Applications benchmark that uses Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite. PCMark 8 also includes battery life testing tools.
While this update only applies to PCMark 8 Professional Edition, the good news is that it clears the way for PCMark 8 Basic and Advanced, which we now expect to release within the next couple of weeks.
PCMark 8 Professional Edition v1.1.111
This update adds compatibility with Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11, introduces new options for testing OpenCL, and adds detailed hardware monitoring graphs.
- Scores from the Work, Storage and Applications benchmarks are not affected by this update.
- Scores from the Home and Creative benchmarks should not be compared with scores from previous versions of PCMark 8 due to the addition of new run modes for those tests.
PCMark v1.1.111 uses a new installer. If your system has an older version of PCMark 8 installed, you should manually uninstall it using Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel before installing this update. You should also manually uninstall SystemInfo.
- The Home and Creative benchmarks now offer a choice of run modes.
- Conventional mode does not use OpenCL, reflecting how the majority of software works today.
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We'd like to take a little break now from reveling in the demise of Brad Childress to talk about something slightly more uplifting: our first-ever charity drive here at the FanSided network. The holidays are a natural time for us to turn our thoughts to those less fortunate, and in this spirit, FanSided is proud to team up with Site5 to raise some money for a very worthy cause, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. You can help out as well, by clicking here and making a donation. The Boys and Girls Clubs are a great organization dedicated to helping young people in need, and by doing your part, you can help make it a terrific holiday for some deserving kids.
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Dual booting Error
Ok this is my setup,
c:\ = Window 7 ultimate 64 bit, formatted as NTFS, hdd = 350gig
D:\ = windows xp sp2 32 bit, formatted as NTFS, hdd = 450gig
E:\ = files, formatted as NTFS, hdd = 450gig
F:\ = Music\movies, formatted as NTFS, hdd = 450gig
Followed the instruction in thread
Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
Method 2 windows 7 installed first
then installed window xp sp2 on 2nd hdd
Once xp installed and rebooting for the first time I get following error
Error loading operating system.
Can someone help me out?.....plz, not sure why i get an error following the above instruction to a tee...
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|06 Apr 2010
W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
You could try running a system repair. Otherwise, maybe try installing XP first?
|My System Specs
|06 Apr 2010
Are those partitions on 4 separate drives? If so, I would recommend only installing one OS per drive. Doing this, you would eliminate the use of a boot loader provided by an OS or third party source. You would then set your preferred OS as first in boot priority in the BIOS, and switch when needed by tapping F8 during the first boot screen to access the BBS Popup Menu, to select which drive to boot. This will provide a much more reliable method of dealing with multiple OSs than using a boot loader.
EDIT: I forgot to mention, while installing an OS on one drive, disconnect all others, so that as far as that installation is concerned, it is totally alone.
|My System Specs
|06 Apr 2010
Win7 x 6 PC's
Will XP start correctly if you unplug Windows 7 HD? Or vice versa? Have you attempted to create a Dual boot yet using EasyBCD?
Please post back a screenshot of your full Disk Management drive map, using Snipping Tool in Start Menu, attach file using paper clip in Reply box.
You can have either a BIOS managed Dual boot where you set one HD to boot first (after DVD) or trigger the other OS HD by using the shortcut key given on first BIOS splashscreen for Boot menu. This makes the HD's independent so they can come and go as you please.
Or you can have a Windows-managed Dual boot set up using EasyBCD 2.0 which will create a Boot Menu at startup, however the drives become interdependent and cannot be easily removed without recovering MBR.
Let us know which you want and we will give you the steps based on the screenshot.
|My System Specs
|06 Apr 2010
tried the link in previous post and i never got it to run.
Now will install win 7 to first hdd, then will install window xp to
the next hdd.
But before i install win xp will go into computer bios and remove the hdd
that contains window 7.
once all is go will try re connecting the hdd and boot system.
|My System Specs
|06 Apr 2010
|My System Specs
|06 Apr 2010
Checking Google, it appears that it depends on which Asus motherboard that you have, as to which key will produce the BBS Popup Menu. If F8 doesn't work, try Esc.
EDIT: It will probably tell you which key to use on the first BIOS screen.
|My System Specs
|06 Apr 2010
Windows 7 x64
Boot to the Install DVD and go to repair, command prompt and type the following:
bootrec /fixmbr
hit enter and wait for response.
bootrec /fixboot
hit enter and wait for response.
exit out of repair and reboot.
|My System Specs
|06 Apr 2010
ok installed windows 7 on one hdd and then I went to my bios and switch my drive 0 with drive 1
this is my bios setup
disk 0 = win 7
disk 1 = win xp
in the bios i just switch them around to which ever i want to boot first
here is a view of my hdd management
Now is thier a way to switch from one os to another without going into
thew bios and switch the drives .
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