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Portugal, officially Portuguese Republic, Portuguese República Portuguesa, country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Once continental Europe's greatest power, Portugal shares commonalities—geographic and cultural—with the countries of both northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Its cold, rocky northern coast and mountainous interior are sparsely settled, scenic, and wild, while the country's south, the Algarve, is warm and fertile. The rugged Estrela Mountains (Serra da Estrela, or "Star Mountain Range"), which lie between the Tagus and Mondego rivers, contain the country's highest point.
In the 1st millennium bce the Celtic Lusitani entered the Iberian Peninsula and settled the land, and many traces of their influence remain. According to national legend, though, Lisbon, the national capital, was founded not by Celts but by the ancient Greek warrior Odysseus, who was said to have arrived at a rocky headland near what is the present-day city after leaving his homeland to wander the world and who, liking what he saw, stayed there for a while; his departure was said to have broken the heart of the nymph Calypso, who, the legend goes, turned herself into a snake, her coils becoming the seven hills of Lisbon. Of course, had Odysseus actually come to Portugal, he would have found the land already well settled by the Lusitani.
Lusitani tribes battled the Romans for generations before acceding to empire, whereupon Rome established several important towns and ports; the Roman presence can be seen in the very name of the country, which derives from Portus Cale, a settlement near the mouth of the Douro River and the present-day city of Porto. Later, the descendants of Romans and the Lusitani would live under Moorish rule for several centuries until an independent kingdom was established.
In constant battle and rivalry with Spain, its eastern neighbour, Portugal then turned to the sea and, after Henry the Navigator's establishment of a school of navigation at Sagres, in time founded a vast overseas empire that would become Europe's largest and richest. Much of that empire was quickly lost, but even then Portugal retained sizable holdings along the African coast, in southern and eastern Asia, and in South America. Portugal remained a colonial power until the mid-1970s, when a peaceful revolution transformed the country from a dictatorship into a democratic republic. Long among the poorest countries of Europe, Portugal modernized in the last decades of the 20th century, expanding its economy from one based primarily on textile manufacture and livestock raising to include a range of manufactures and services.
Lisbon is Portugal's capital and economic and cultural centre. The city clings to low but steep hills situated on the right bank of the Tagus and is a popular tourist destination. Lisbon is rather more tranquil and reserved than Madrid in neighbouring Spain, but it shares with it a reputation for great food, melancholy and romantic music, dance, and sport. Portuguese traditionally have prized a simple and unostentatious life, favouring the rural over the urban and the traditional to the modern, where a fine meal might consist of carne de porco à Alentejana (lean pork stuffed with clams), thick-crusted bread, and dark wine. Portuguese delight in the countryside, where they gather to hold family picnics, tend to their gardens and orchards, and relax. It is from the countryside that the fado, a form of romantic ballad, is thought to have come (though it is now clearly associated with the cities of Lisbon and Coimbra), and it is in the countryside that the country's traditional sport of bullfighting takes its finest form, though in Portuguese bullfighting the bull is not killed but rather is retired to the countryside for the rest of its life.
Portugal occupies one-sixth of the Iberian Peninsula at Europe's southwestern perimeter. To its north and east is Spain, which makes up the rest of the peninsula; to the south and the west is the Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Azores (Açores) and the Madeira Islands, which are part of metropolitan Portugal. Portugal is not a large country, but it offers a great diversity of physical geography, ranging from low-lying coasts and plains to the Estrela Mountains, which rise to nearly 6,500 feet (2,000 metres) at the country's highest point.
With Spanish Galicia, northern Portugal comprises the mountainous border of the Meseta (the block of ancient rock that forms the core of the Iberian Peninsula); southern Portugal also contains extensive areas of limestone and other sedimentary strata, mostly plateaus or plains. Other physical features link Portugal with Spain: its major rivers—Douro, Tagus (Rio Tejo), Guadiana—rise in the central Meseta before draining west (or, in the case of the Guadiana, south) to the Atlantic, while the proximity of the Meseta affects the climate and increases the rainfall of the northern Portuguese interior, contributing to that region's verdant vegetation. Southern Portugal, however, is predominantly Mediterranean both in vegetation and in climate. Despite Portugal's remarkable scenic diversity, the essence of its relief and underlying geology can be described under three headings: the north, the northern interior, and the south. The old coastal provinces of Beira Litoral (see Beira) and Estremadura are transitional in cultural landscape, vegetation, and climate but southern in relief and geology.
In order to discuss Portugal's physiographic regions, however, it is necessary to consider the provincial divisions of the country that no longer exist as administrative entities but that survive as important geographical designations. Although superseded by several planning regions and districts (see below Local government) that now organize Portugal, six provinces have traditionally divided the country since the Middle Ages (though these never served as administrative units): Minho, located between the Minho and Douro rivers; Trás-os-Montes, bounded by Spain (north and east), by the gorges of the Douro River (south), and by the mountains (west); Beira, extending from the Douro River in the north to the Tagus in the southeast and from the border with Spain to the Atlantic Ocean; Estremadura, containing Lisbon; the Alentejo, covering south-central Portugal; and the Algarve, in southern Portugal. From 1933 to 1959, mainland Portugal also was officially further divided into 11 new provinces that were created on a geographic and economic basis: the Algarve, the Alto (Upper) Alentejo, the Baixo (Lower) Alentejo, Beira Alta (Upper Beira), Beira Baixa (Lower Beira), Beira Litoral, Douro Litoral, Estremadura, Minho, Ribatejo, and Trás-os-Montes e Alto (Upper) Douro.
Less than one-eighth of Portugal rises above 2,300 feet (700 metres). Most of the country's mountains are north of the Tagus River, which flows northeast to southwest and divides the country. North of the Tagus, more than nine-tenths of the land rises above 1,300 feet (400 metres); in the south, only one range, São Mamede, surpasses 3,200 feet (1,000 metres).
In the northwest the mountains of the Minho province, surmounted by the Larouco Mountains, which rise to 5,010 feet (1,527 metres), form an amphitheatre facing the Atlantic Ocean. The area is composed of metamorphic rocks (crystalline schists, slates, and quartzites) and intrusive or granitic rocks, marked by fault lines that give rise to hot springs. Rolling plateaus and deeply entrenched streams characterize the relatively fertile granitic regions; the schist outcrops offer poor soils. Between the ridges, rivers such as the Lima and the Cávado flow through deep gorges or in flat-floored valleys. The narrow coastal strip is backed by hills that rise steeply to 1,000 to 2,000 feet (300 to 600 metres).
Northern interior
Beyond the mountains of the Minho is Trás-os-Montes, which is bordered on two sides by Spain. In the region south of the Douro, which is also the western extension of the Spanish Meseta, are Beira Alta and Beira Baixa.
In the north of the northern interior region are high plateaus (terra fria ["cold country"]) at 2,000 to 2,600 feet (600 to 800 metres) that are heavily faulted and composed largely of ancient Precambrian rock (more than 540 million years old), such as granites, schists, and slates. They form a rolling topography. The rivers follow lines of structural weakness and run northwest-southeast. After rejuvenation in the past 5 million years, they now flow in deep valleys and canyons that reach depths of as much as 1,600 feet (500 metres) below sea level. The singular monadnock of the Nogueira Mountains rises to 4,330 feet (1,320 metres) above the general plateau level.
A similar pattern of relief and geology is found south of the Douro, but the sheltered valleys of dark-coloured schists trap the heat of a Mediterranean climate, creating a terra quente ("hot country"). The high Beiras plain is bounded on the northwest by the Caramulo (3,527 feet [1,075 metres]) and Montemuro mountains (4,531 feet [1,381 metres]) and their foothills; the plain is flanked to the south and southeast by the granite and schist escarpment of the Estrela Mountains, which, together with the lower Guardunha Mountains (4,026 feet [1,227 metres]), represent the continuation in Portugal of the Central Sierras of Spain. Between the two ridges, the Guarda plateau has an average elevation of 3,000 feet (900 metres). The mountain chain extends southwestward to the Açor (4,652 feet [1,418 metres]) and Lousã mountains (3,953 feet [1,205 metres]). Farther south the eroded plateau of Beira Baixa drops from an elevation of 1,600 feet (500 metres) to 700 feet (200 metres) toward the Tagus River. It merges almost imperceptibly into the highlands of the Alto Alentejo.
1A 2004 concordat with the Vatican acknowledges the special role of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal.
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|(2014 est.) 10,403,000
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|Urban: (2011) 61.1%
Rural: (2011) 38.9%
|Life expectancy at birth
|Male: (2011) 77.6 years
Female: (2011) 84 years
|Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over literate
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The film is excellent and not that bloody. Much of the horror stems from the sarcastic humor mixed with the terror of isolation while being tormented by an unknown punisher of crimes who is represented by a sinister looking puppet on a tricycle. I have the DVD Director's Cut version and still the film has very little blood and very few shock moments of fright. The German DVD is FSK 18 (Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft or Voluntary Self-control of the Film Industry) which is supposed to be a warning to parents, as if any parents pay much attention to the rating system while teens search and search for the FSK 18 version instead of FSK 16, 12, or whatever. I doubt there is even much difference.
This night I watched Shawshank Redemption, released by Warner Bros and Castle Rock Entertainment, and based on the Stephen King novel, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Another excellent film, but that film has a FSK 12 rating although the psychological horror is just as present and includes one scene of murder and one brutal scene of suicide.
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The blaze at the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton was 15 percent contained and firefighters were trying to halt its movement toward the northeast, press officer Sgt. Christopher Duncan said.
The fire broke out Saturday amid hot, dry and windy conditions throughout the region. It quickly prompted the evacuation of 230 residents from a housing unit near Lake O'Neil and caused minor damage to four buildings, base officials said.
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton was not threatened by the fire, but a power outage prompted officials to evacuate about 30 patients to other hospitals in the area and stop accepting new patients. Service at the hospital was restored by late Saturday, but the transferred patients remained at the new locations.
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Green Wave baseball coach Burt Bazzle has one task remaining before he can close the books on the 2013 season.
Bazzle, who surpassed the 500-coaching wins benchmark for his Summerville High School career this spring, is one of three coaches who will lead the South Carolina Select Team during the SC/NC Select All-Star Series June 19-20 on the UNC Charlotte campus. The series is designed to pit the top high school seniors from South Carolina against the top seniors from North Carolina.
"It's a honor to be asked to play in or coach this series so naturally I'm excited about it," Bazzle said. "I've coached in the North/South All-star Series before but this is the first time I've coached the Select Team."
James Island's Tom Hatley, a friend of Bazzle's, and Lancaster's Brett Blackmon will round out the S.C. Select coaching staff.
When Bazzle was named the head coach for the South 4A/1A All-star Team in 2008 he was fortunate enough to take two Summerville players (Aaron Bouronich and Brett Wheeler) with him to the North/South All-star Series. He didn't take any Green Wave players with him when he left for Charlotte Tuesday, but he says it should still be an enjoyable experience.
"Conway eliminated us from the playoffs this year so I'm very familiar with their two players on the Select Team," he said. "It will be nice to have them on my side. It's also going to be fun coaching the guys from Gilbert, West Florence, South Aiken, I mean all these players are very talented so I'm looking forward to working with them."
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When I was growing up, a common refrain was "no snacking between meals" or "you'll spoil your dinner." Today, nutritionists are saying just the opposite is true. For kids and adults, it's recommended that we all eat five or six smaller meals spaced out over the day instead of the three traditional pig-outs. This is especially true for children, who, if they haven't already succumbed to obesity, have much smaller stomachs than adults. What this means is that kids don't, and shouldn't, eat as much as grownups at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And their fast-burning little metabolisms will make quick use of what does fit in their stomachs at lunch, which means they're going to have to refuel before suppertime rolls around. So snacking is a good thing, but, of course, not all snacks are good.
The two most important things to consider regarding snacks for kids (and for us adults, for that matter) are variety and portion size. A good rule of thumb is to try and incorporate two different food groups into any snack and to keep the portion size between 100 and 200 calories. The required amount of calories will vary depending on your child's age and activity level, but a snack should ideally be a small energy booster to help them make it until their next meal, not a meal in itself. Hopefully, it'll be a quick bite on the way outside to play and/or exercise, and not a side dish for a TV or video-game marathon. Other things that make good snacks are foods high in nutrients, fiber, and protein and foods low in sugar, sodium, and saturated and trans fats. And bad news for the culinarily impaired—if it's prepackaged, processed food, it's unlikely it will be a healthy choice for your young 'un. But the good news is that children have simple tastes, which usually translates into food that's simple to prepare. Here are some ideas for when your munchkins get the munchies, plus, for the first time ever, my mom's nutritious pancake recipe!
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Blend or food process first six ingredients on high until smooth. Add milk slowly to reach batter consistency. Cook on a hot, nonstick griddle. Number of pancakes vary by size. Serves 6.
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Kids today are the first in history who will live less time than their parents. The primary reason for this is obesity, which is linked to an assortment of ailments. Childhood and teenage obesity rates have been skyrocketing over the past three decades, and the fatter you are, the sicker you are likely to become. According to a study conducted by Weight Watchers International, Inc. and the American Health Foundation, 25 percent of American children are now officially overweight. This is more than double what it was 30 years ago and the numbers have risen with each successive study.
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Did you know? Each spring, the graduating class in musical theatre travels to New York to present a showcase for agents and casting directors.
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Ohio Northern is one of the few universities in the state offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre. This program is a more focused course of study (in voice, acting, and dance) yet still grounded in a liberal arts education that prepares students to be working professionals. The program works similarly to the structured discipline of a professional theatre. Visit the department's web site.
Distinctive features
Casting is based on auditions/talent with class ranking not being a factor.
The program is enhanced by the integration of nationally recognized guest artists affording the student a variety of approaches to the work and an opportunity to begin to develop a network within the profession.
Senior Students are encouraged to attend national auditions for professional theatrical work as well as graduate schools.
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European Union joins FTC probe into lack of Flash support in Apple's iOS
The European Union has decided to throw their efforts behind the
publicity grab FTC investigation into Apple's lack of support for Adobe's Flash player and Flash cross-compiler on iPhone and iPad says the New York Post:
According to a source, the European Commission recently joined the FTC probe into whether Apple's business practices harm competition.
The investigation could last another four to six months, the source said.
Steve Jobs famously penned an open letter describe why Apple, a public, for-profit company in a nation founded on free enterprise, has chosen not to support Flash video or Flash cross-compiled apps on their iOS devices -- which comprise nowhere near a majority much less monopoly market-share in smartphones or mobile devices. (Though, hey, no one has made an iPad competitor yet, so maybe Apple has a monopoly on pads? Ready your torches and pitchforks!). Jobs said at the D8 conference that, like floppy drives, it's a dead-end proprietary technology and the future will be the open standards of HTML5.
That consumers who want Flash support can buy Android, BlackBerry, and Palm -- er, sorry, a couple of Android devices that now have the Froyo 2.2 OS on them (Adobe has still, some 4 years later, failed to ship mobile Flash for most devices or platforms) -- is apparently not enough in a competitive environment. That developers who want to compile in Flash can target the monolithic web platform and those same Android devices is likewise, apparently, not enough.
It's been rumored that Adobe complained to the FTC after Apple changed the language in iOS 4's license agreement to prevent the use of cross-compilers. Apple doesn't support code interpreters or ahead-of-time cross-compilers in iOS, be they Adobe Flash, Oracle Java, Microsoft Silverlight and ActiveX, or anything else. On Mac OS X, they do (and they've just worked with Adobe to get hardware H.264 acceleration into the latest Flash for Mac plugin).
Apple has explained that if they update iOS and add new features, they don't want to have to worry about developers who have become locked into Adobe (or anyone else's) cross-compilers having to wait for Adobe to update -- or worse, fail to update -- before users can get those features. Imagine for example if developers couldn't update their apps with iOS 4 multitasking support or retina display graphics because the cross-compiler they were locked into hadn't gotten around to it or decided not to do it until Android had the same screen resolution as well.
For developers using Xcode and Cocoa Touch, it's a non-issue. For Flash developers who want to keep developing in Flash but access the iOS platform, it's a game ender. However, I'm still failing to see what roll the government has in spending time and tax dollars investigating that, other than Apple gets great headlines?
(And for the record, I'd have the same reaction if the government decides to go after Microsoft for not having Flash or QuickTime on Windows
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"Apple doesn't support cross compilers..."
You miss the entire point of a cross compiler - since the results compile down to native code, Apple does not have to "support" anything. It Just Works. (tm)
Apple is doing far more than not supporting, however; they are going out of their way to ban techniques and products that would work, and whose life or death could (to the benefit of consumers) be efficiently be decided by market forces.
If the FTC or the EC determine that Apple is using control of Essential Facilities to restrict access to a market in such a way, there is a century of legal precedent and justification for such an investigation. And no, Essential Facilities does not require the firm to be a monopoly, just that it holds a bottleneck over access to the market in question.)
It has to support it in the SDK license. The way McDonalds would have to support you wanting them to serve Burger King during a kids party...
Ummm, no. "Support it in the SDK license" is the flip side of banning it by declaration. It is spin, not a separate act. It is the very act under investigation, and, as such, cannot be used as the justification to the investigators.
Rene it think Copy of Dev is basically right. You would have to he very naive not to see that is very fishy the way Apple is doing a clear effort to discredit Flash and block any use of it. Of course you could say that that is only to offer user/developer experience consistency but that argument can just go so far. The truth is that Apple despises competition, any kind of it. They will try to discredit/attack ANY product or technology that some other companies are working to develop saying that their are either copying Apple or are irrelevant. I mostly like Apple products and have spent several thousand dollars in apple products in the last couple of years but I believe that by all means Apple shoul be invetigated for anti-competitive behavior. And by the way that's the point, no one thinks apple is a monopoly, the point is apple being anti-competitive.
@Jeff - "Weren't all the YouTube video's converted from Flash to h264? Wouldn't this be in violation of Apple's new policies?"
When people say "Flash", it's dependent on the context. Adobe Flash is a set of multimedia technologies including video/audio file formats (containers), a development language, and browser plugin & OS runtimes. One could run an application on Mac OS or Windows that's built entirely in Flash. For iOS, Apple is currently saying they don't want any of that. They want people to use "natively" supported technologies which is MPEG-3/4, AAC, Objective-C and Xcode development tools.
Flash video, .flv files, is a "file container". H.264 is a compression, decompression technique. Many H.264 videos are contained in MPEG-4 part 14 "file containers", .mp4 files. The videos on Youtube were likely a mix of H.263 and H.264 videos wrapped in .flv containers. Google basically took the videos, which were typically submitted in .mp4 and .avi type formats with varying CODECs (H.264, H.263, VP8, DIVX, whatever) and converted them all to H.264 and .mp4. The developer agreement has no say in this.
So basically, if you support .flv, you are supporting an Adobe proprietary format. .mp4 and H.264 are patent pool, industry formats. IE, it's an agreed upon by a wide variety of companies.
The brouhaha is about Apple not letting Adobe put the Flash browser plugin and the Flash runtime (AIR) on iOS, and not letting developers use Flash development tools to develop iOS apps.
I also think (Copy of) Dev seems to be right here. The issue is not that Apple doesn't support flash. Nobody is asking Apple to code a flash interpreter. Nobody is asking Apple to code CS5. Heck, with CS5 all Adobe is asking is that Apple ignore it. Evaluate the app based on the same criteria as other apps, not what language it was written in.
Even with Flash, Adobe isn't asking much more than that. They are willing to write the interpreter. All they need from Apple is app store approval.
Truth be told, both these organizations should be investigating the whole app approval process, not specifically anything related to Adobe or its products. Heck, neither Apple nor AT&T (nor any other device maker/carrier) should have any say at all about what I run on a device I paid for.
Back in the day, if you wanted a telephone connected to the PSTN, you had to rent it from AT&T. If you wanted more than one phone in your house, you had to pay extra for it. Does that sounds familiar to anybody here?
@Jake - "All they need from Apple is app store approval. Truth be told, both these organizations should be investigating the whole app approval process, not specifically anything related to Adobe or its products. Heck, neither Apple nor AT&T (nor any other device maker/carrier) should have any say at all about what I run on a device I paid for."
This is fine. This is your belief. I think it is the correct one. But. There's nothing wrong with Apple (or any other company) limiting what developers can do on an integrated solution (device + software) they own and sell. Nothing. The only possible case that the government can come in on is if a company has monopoly power. Apple is now basically the 3rd place smartphone vendor.
It's like Microsoft trying to muscle out other browsers from Windows back in the day. Flash is a direct competitor with Apple's app store. If Apple allows Flash to operate on their idevices then it cuts into their profits.
I don't necessary disagree with your beliefs on Apple, but you are mistaken on the need for a monopoly for the government to pursue a case. Essential Facilities explicitly does not require the firm in question (Apple, in this case) to have a monopoly, only that they control a bottleneck into a market, and are using that bottleneck unfairly. (As of a recent case against Verizon, the lack of regulatory body may also be a requirement in the US, but not in the EU. The Wikipedia article has a good summary: http://bit.ly/dggKwG )
Assuming the FTC/EU is defining the market in question as "The App Store", Apple definitely meets those conditions to trigger an investigation, with a solid bottleneck on the market, and the demonstrated willingness to be heavy-handed and somewhat arbitrary in its application. If the market in question is "Mobile Apps," Apple probably still meets that definition, as when the FTC announced the investigation in 2009, Apple App Store sales accounted for 99.4% of that market (source: http://bit.ly/bwPGbR ), which means Apple's bottleneck applied to all but 0.6% of that market, as well. If the FTC/EU defines the market in question as "smartphone sales," then no, they do not, as Apple's bottleneck would not apply to a large segment of the market.
But -- and this is the important thing -- the regulatory body, not Apple, not Adobe, and certainly neither Shrike nor (Copy of) Dev, decides the scope of the market they are investigating.
@R. Mutt
I didn't say that Apple couldn't be investigated. I said that if the FCC and the EC bring a court case, they'll be laughed out of court. The FCC has to sue Apple to make them change behavior. They don't have anything. They can investigate Apple all they want, but they won't have anything to make a successful court case.
The only thing that'll change Apple's behavior is market failure. That is, if Flash becomes necessary for Apple to compete in the market.
@(Copy of) Dev
Yeah, I knew someone would bring up the good old "Apple makes 90+% of the money in the mobile apps" market. We've already been through this multiple times. I highly doubt any regulatory body will declare "mobile apps" as a market. It's like saying Apple has a monopolistic power on "economics". Every smartphone platform vendor and their brother has the capability to run apps. How could anyone have monopoly power on that? They can't because it's not a "market". Moreover, Apple hasn't limited any developer in development for other platforms.
My iPhone supports Flash, just slide to jailbreak. Frash works quite well.
Apple's ban of cross compilers is also a ban on mainstream computer users developing iOS apps. I would love to be able to develop an iPhone app. There are some really important things that are just missing.
I am not willing to get a Mac just to write iOS software.
Imagine what apps could exist for iOS if development wasn't restricted to users of only 7% of all computers.
There are two issues here: support of the proprietary Flash plugin, and the Adobe-made cross-compiler. In the interest of clarity to readers, it would be smart if TiPB drew a distinction (because they're completely separate issues, although I suspect Adobe is leveraging the latter to force Apple to allow the Flash plugin on the iPhone).
@(Copy of) Dev
"Essential Facilities explicitly does not require the firm in question (Apple, in this case) to have a monopoly, only that they control a bottleneck into a market, and are using that bottleneck unfairly."
Please explain in what way Apple's decision not to support a proprietary plugin which undermines the performance of the device is inherently unfair. Or are you simply talking about the cross-compiler issue?
Rene: The snark level of your posts is increasing to the point of critical mass instability. Take some rest. Find a beach to lay on.
Flash works well on every Android phone I've seen, and no, it doesn't kill the battery, and doesn't bog down the phone.
Still Apple should not be forced to have it.
There's a difference between not supporting and flat out banning. Apple has BANNED Flash from showing up on their idevices in any shape or form.
Check your reporting. No one complains about Windows Phone 7 + Flash because Windows Phone 7 is getting Flash.


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The Question is, what can we do about it?
this article says DLC generated over one billion dollars as of May last year.
One of the newer ideas cropping up is including a unique code in the box that gives you access to certain parts of the game...like Co-op or multi-player. Buyers who do not purchase new, will have the opportunity to pay around $10 to get access to that part of the game just like everyone else. Some consumers complain about this method because the precedent has always been that it's included in the price and should come with it. It did for the person who actually bought it first...so was saving that $5 at Gamestop worth it for you?
These methods are doing a little bit to help offset the loss in income for Game Developers, but it's really just a band-aid on a large wound. So that's where we are currently, where do we need to go?
PS Vita is going to have a lower price point for digital editions of their games compared to the retail versions. I like this idea a lot and the price reduction COULD be significant if you consider the simple cost of production as well as the cut that retailers take. Sony says just a 10% price reduction(meaning higher profit margins for them), but at least this could reduce the amount of used games out there.
There's another big rumor about the next Xbox console that could really start to shake things up...it won't play used games at all! Personally I think this would be a fantastic change for our business and even though the consumers would be up in arms about it at first...they will grow to understand why and that it won't kill them.
Xbox live account. Each retail disc would likely need that unique key somewhere in the code so the account would be able to link it properly. Ideally it would tie a full version to the console it is registered on so family members can play even if the main account isn't signed in, but this is exactly how their model works now anyway.
It does have it's faults that would have to ironed out...like game rental. I'm a fan of rental companies because they have to buy copies of the game to be able to rent them out and if someone likes the game, there is a chance they would purchase it for themselves. I could see Microsoft implementing their own rental service which would maybe give them a code that activates the game for X days and they are charged a small amount. This could work when you borrow the disc from someone or even with digital download of the full version. It would also send a percentage of the rental to the Developer with each rental...likely improving the overall revenue we would receive from it.
Another issue would be with simply lending the game to a friend, but maybe they could implement something similar to what Amazon is doing with their Kindle Books lending policy. The license of the game could be transferred for a set time to another Gamer Tag and the original owner won't be able to play during that time. Seems like it could work.
In the end, I fully believe that we have to do something about these issues or our industry is going to fall apart. People often don't understand the cost that goes into creating these huge experiences that we put on the shelves for only $60. They also don't seem to realize how much they are hurting us when they buy a used game and how pirating a copy is just plain stealing. Maybe something as simple as educating them could help solve the problem...
I know that some will say I'm not considering the retail games stores and the impact something like this would have on them...but remember they were doing fine well before the Used Games market became such a staple of their business. The truth is, they aren't concerned with how this business is affecting us so why should I care how these changes will affect them? Every game I buy is NEW from Amazon.com and it arrives at my door on or close to release day, shipped free with no tax. The proper revenue also gets to the Developer that created it...how could a retail store ever get more convenient than that?


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Celebrate Student Achievement with the Chemistry DepartmentPosted Mar. 23, 2010
Join the faculty, students, and staff of the Chemistry Department on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 as we celebrate student achievement in Chemistry. Dr. Warren S. Warren, Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging at Duke University, will present the plenary lecture "Breasts and Brains, Similarities and Differences: Understanding the Basic Science Behind Molecular Imaging" at 3:00 p.m. in the Kiva. Dr. Warren's research interests lie in the development of novel imaging and spectroscopic techniques. His group's experimental work most often makes use of ultrafast laser spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance.
Dr. Warren has been recognized with many awards and fellowships including the EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Magnetic Resonance and the McKnight Innovation Award in Neuroscience. He is an Elected Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
We will recognize our undergraduate and graduate student award and scholarship recipients during a reception in the Ballroom Balcony of the Kent Student Center. The reception will be held from 4:30 until approximately 6:30 p.m., with the presentation of awards at 5:00 p.m.
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- Text(ge)schichten : Antonio Tabucchi unterwegs zu Dino Campana, Nietzsche und Orpheus (2004)
- In Vagabondaggio from the early collection Il gioco del rovescio, Tabucchi undertakes an oneiric and personal approach to the life and work of the Italian symbolist poet Dino Campana (1885–1932). The text is based on Nietzsche's aphorism "Reisende und ihre Grade" ( Menschliches, Allzumenschliches), which establishes five categories of voyagers. Tabuchi uses these as stages in the protagonist's quest for personal aesthetics. The aesthetics itself alludes to major motives in Campana's masterpiece, Canti Orfici.


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COLUMBIA — The game was big enough for a veteran quarterback to feel weak in the knees. And Dylan Thompson was no veteran quarterback.
WHO: No. 20 South Carolina (5-2, 3-2 SEC) at No. 5 Missouri (7-0, 3-0)
WHEN: Saturday, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Columbia, Mo.
LINE: Missouri by 3
Thompson is a full-time backup, cast in South Carolina starter Connor Shaw's shadow. Only, as the Gamecocks prepared for their rivalry game at Clemson last season, Shaw's shadow was on the sideline. USC's starting quarterback was out with a sprained left foot. The biggest game of the season belonged to Thompson.
It was his chance to shine, his responsibility to shoulder the pressure. No time to panic.
Thompson played brilliantly. Cool and calm, unbelievably poised, he tossed three touchdown passes and led the Gamecocks to a 10-point road win over the Tigers.
"Dylan is always ready," running back Mike Davis said this week. "That's just the type of person he is."
Those are reassuring words from a teammate, because Thompson faces a similar situation this week — only the stage is even bigger.
With its SEC East hopes on the line, No. 20 South Carolina travels to No. 5 Missouri for a 7 p.m. kickoff Saturday on ESPN2. Once again, it's Thompson's game. His chance to shine. His responsibility to shoulder the pressure.
Once again, Thompson is preparing for a huge road game against a team called the Tigers. Though, he admitted, last season's Clemson game only helps so much.
"It's a new team, new game," Thompson said. "Missouri's a great team. They've got a good crowd. We just have to be ready for that and take it. This week's the biggest game we've played yet, so let's just focus on that."
Shaw's status this week is uncertain, with coaches playing a bit of gamesmanship. The senior quarterback suffered a left knee sprain late in USC's loss at Tennessee last weekend. Shaw has returned from the seemingly impossible, most recently last month when he sprained this throwing shoulder at Central Florida but started the next week against Kentucky.
This week, Shaw could be a backup. He could play sparingly. He could watch all four quarters from the sideline.
"Uh, you never know," quarterbacks coach G.A. Mangus said, smiling. "We'll see. We'll see. He'll get better every day. He goes to rehab. He's rehabbing every day, and he's good with all that stuff to. He takes care of himself and does what he has to do to get rehab. So we'll see how the next couple days go."
Regardless, coach Steve Spurrier said Thompson will start. As the junior prepares for Saturday, he's expecting to play the entire game.
"I would think so," Thompson said. "Anytime you're starting, obviously, you want to feel that way. I'm just excited for our team. It's a good opportunity for us, going to Missouri."
It's ironic — though, fitting with how this season has gone in the SEC East — that the division title could be decided by a pair of backup quarterbacks. For Missouri, Maty Mauk has proven to be capable as a freshman. He replaced starter James Franklin last week, helping guide the Tigers to a home win over Florida.
At season's beginning, nobody would have predicted that Thompson and Mauk would start in the division's biggest game. If Thompson seems unaffected by the magnitude of what Saturday could mean — either pulling USC back into prime position in the SEC East race, or practically eliminating it from the hunt — that's because he is.
Thompson has been here before. It's nothing new. After Wednesday's practice, as he called this weekend his team's biggest game of the season, his demeanor was fit for a glorified exhibition.
"In the big scheme of things, it's not that big," Thompson said. "You've just got to take it for what it is and roll with it. I'm just excited for the opportunity."
Mangus said the most important thing to quell a quarterback's nerves is live snaps. Thompson has plenty of those. Even when Shaw is healthy, it's not uncommon for the backup to enter for a drive here, a few plays there.
Unlike most backup quarterbacks, Thompson knows he has a good chance of playing in most games. It sharpens his preparation for the week. He knows how to study an opponent as if he were the starter.
It's a good thing. This week, it's Thompson's game.
"Dylan's a good player, and he'll get his chance to go this week," Mangus said. "He's had a good practice a couple days, but he always does. Dylan gets himself ready like he's a starter, and that's why I don't worry about Dylan. He'll be ready to roll."
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Campus Tailor in Madison is great – it is one woman and she is very helpful, prompt, and does excellent work. Pretty reasonable prices as well.
I work in Boystown in Chicago and there's a dry cleaning place that also does tailoring at Broadway and Briar, the woman there hasn't let me down yet.
This is right around the corner from my fiance's studio. Is this underneath the 12th Street bridge? Anyways, I go to Rydell Tailor Shop in Brookside for all my fitting needs. He hooks it up! Plus with straight up hardwood fixtures and leather couches, he's a class act all the way.
I have experience with two tailors in Chicago. The first would be Alva Graciano in Lincoln Park. They do great work, the prices are pretty awesome, and they turn around very fast. $16 for an original hem is one of the best around.
The second is Tails in Old Town. From what I hear, Joe is an ex-suitmaker and I go to him for any kind of complicated alteration (not that I don't trust Alva, but he came highly recommended). It is a little bit pricier, but you will not be disappointed with the service.
What's your take on the fit between the Reeds and the Henleys from Baldwin? I need something that will look great worn with a pair of low profile Vans Authentic shoes as well as a pair of bulkier, yet relatively low profile Red Wing Iron Rangers. I'm not big on super-super slim jeans; I like a bit of room, but not too much. I'm torn between the two because I'm not sure the Reeds are slim enough for me, but that the Henleys are too slim, and I'm not really a fan of the drop yoke on the 77s. Thanks in advance for your input!
I've been pretty satisfied with Slabotsky & Sons for tailoring in downtown KC on grand.
i trust tino's tailor shop in pilsen. mixed reviews in yelp, but he has never disappointed me. i take him blazers all the time and he has worked his magic for an affordable price. cash only. helps if you speak spanish.
Hey guys. I use Gus' Tailor Shop on Ashland in Chicago. He's a really nice dude, has been there for awhile, and most importantly, he's an amazing tailor. Very affordable. I almost exclusively bring him thrifted items, and he doesn't mind at all. I was there the other day: http://thedailywear.tumblr.com/post/16495329205/at-the-tailors-j-crew-blue-slim-chinos-my
The lighting in these photos is incredible! Where is this? I'm a Chicagoan, but my parents just moved to KC.
Also, Oklahoma Joe's BBQ = a.may.zing.
Can't recommend this place any higher — incredible work. She's taken so many thrifted items and made them perfect for me.
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Why haven't I discovered you guys sooner? I absolutely love the purpose of this site because I can totally relate! I thought I was the only one with for men's thrifted fashion. Keep inspiring. Cheers!
Paul Chang at 180 North LaSalle. He rebuilt a brand-new J.Crew blazer I got for a steal at Buffalo Exchange from a size 8 to a size 2. You could never tell the entire jacket was taken apart, cut, and sewn back together. I went back for fittings twice. He only charged $90, which for all that work was a steal!
He specializes in custom shirts and suits for men, but as you can see he alters women's clothes as well (though his specialization is in tailored pieces like slacks and jackets).
Rydells' in Kansas City (Brookside).
have you had any sizing issues with the watch bands from j. crew? i just bought one of the men's style for a watch, but because i have tiny wrists, i have a long dangling piece of watch band with no strap to slip it under to hold it in place. quite a bummer for a fairly expensive nylon band.
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With Sound Commander 2, you get a low cost way to add sound to your locomotives. The Sound Commander 2 has extended conventional mode functionality, including two volume selections. With its small, compact size, it can be installed into many Modern era and Post war locomotives, yet delivers over 1 watt of output power. This sound upgrade kit can operate in conventional mode with horn / bell buttons, or in command mode when interfaced to compliant products.
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- Conventional mode volume control with jumper or switch
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Generally speaking the UFC brass is responbile for match making bouts and decided who will fight who next. But that doesn't mean they don't strongly consider a fighter's opinion and if one guy calls another out and both want to fight, sometimes it's just an easy job for the UFC matchmaker.
Hopefully that is the case with Diego Sanchez, who today went to twitter to call out fellow lightweight Nate Diaz:
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Cloud Expo Europe 2012 is now over, and according to everyone we spoke to, it was an unqualified success. As I mentioned in my last post, GoGrid was proud to announce the opening of its new Amsterdam-based European HQ and data center at the show. The recurring themes we heard included cloud security, the evolution of cloud services, the desire for more cloud education, and where the market is going next. A common theme from visitors to our booth was hybrid hosting and how to secure a business's cloud infrastructure. They were also very interested in hearing about the success EMEA customers like Condé Nast are having using GoGrid.
Here are some photo highlights of the show:
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