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Baseball falls in Pullman.
May 10, 1998
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Charlie Curry belted two home runs to lead Portland State's 14-hit attack in a 13-8 win over host Washington State Sunday at Bailey Field in the final Pacific-10 North baseball game for both clubs.
Adam Flohr worked six innings to pick up the win for the Vikings (16-33 overall, 4-20 in Pac-10 North play), while Brannon Cedergreen recorded his second save of the year with three innings of four-hit, one-run ball.
The loss went to Cougar (25-24, 12-12) starter Wade Parrish (8-3), who endured a five-error performance by his teammates. Parrish worked seven innings and allowed eight runs, but just four of them were earned. Reggie Rivard and Shane Rice also saw mound action for the Cougars.
Curry, who was hitless in the four-game weekend series until his second at-bat Sunday, hit a solo home run to right center leading off the fourth inning, then came back with another solo shot with two out in the fifth. He also had a sacrifice fly in the second inning as PSU jumped to a 2-0 lead.
Centerfielder Rusty Keith, who had nine hits in the four games, collected three in the PSU win, while David Ferres, Erik Remington and Curry has two each.
Casey Kelley and Shawn Stevenson led WSU's 13-hit attack with three hits each. Stevenson drove home two and scored three times, while Kelley sent three runs home. In the third, after PSU had taken a 5-0 lead, Kelley sent a Flohr pitch over the right centerfield fence for his 25th home run of the year, scoring Stevenson.
The Cougar junior earlier in the series broke former Cougar John Olerud's school and league home record, which had stood at 23 since the sophomore All-American's 1988 performance.
The win was Portland State's third in four weekend games and earned them a 4-4 draw with the Cougars in eight league games this year. All four of PSU's Pac-10 North wins came at WSU's expense.
The Vikings will close out their season next week with a three game series against USC in Portland. WSU, meanwhile, won't know until Monday if there season is over. Originally the Cougars were to play Stanford at home in a three-game set next weekend, but the Cardinal, after winning the Pac-10 South title, will instead take on Washington in Seattle for the overall Pac-10 title and an automatic berth into one of eight NCAA regionals.
Steve Farrington, the fourth-year Cougar head coach, said he expected to know Monday if there was a chance WSU could pick up another team for a weekend series. Currently WSU has played 49 spring games, four under their limit of 53.
Adam Flohr, Brannon Cedergreen (7) and Neal Andrade.
Wade Parrish, Reggie Rivard (8), Shane Rice (9) and Ryan Smith.
W - Flohr 5-9; L - Parrish 8-3; S - Cedergreen 2, HR - Curry 2 (5), Stevenson (9), Kelley (25), Grove (12).
PSU Hits - Keith 3, Ferres 2, Southall, Boudreau, Andrade, Riehl, Remington 2, Zarfas, Curry 2.
WSU Hits - Stevenson 3, Randall, Kelley 3, Mentink, Mitchell, Hattenburg, Grove, Smith, Edler.
E - Stevenson 2, Kelley, Mitchell, Hattenburg.
2B - Remington, Stevenson 2, Kelley, Hattenburg, Smith.
3B - None.


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Two and a half weeks into full on marathon training, one question keeps popping up: am I doing it right? Honestly, I have no idea. I knew nothing about marathon running or training until about three weeks ago.
Luckily, the age of the internets makes things easy and cheap to learn about. A few articles read, the marathon plan is in place.
While my knowledge is still limited, one thing's for sure – I'm inspired to give it my best shot.
You've probably gone through something similar, where, although you may second guess yourself at times, something just feels right. This is sort of what is going on with operation marathon.
What follows is essentially a brain dump of self-reflection regarding my marathon training.
Since starting to meditate, my mindset is shifting quite a bit. I'm starting to enjoy things for what they are.
Let me explain. Previously I would dread running – I saw it as monotonous and boring. Meditating allowed me to shift perspective and truly enjoy and savour the moments I get to run.
The ability to run outside is a privilege; being healthy enough to pound the pavement regularly is something which I am fortunate for, and now now I enjoy every moment of it.
Speaking of enjoying things, talking about this far-fetched endeavour is a good conversation starter. To say I've received some interesting reactions from people would be an understatement.
From armchair commentary, repetitive advice, to forewarnings and wisdom, I welcome all the advice with open arms.
The supporters remind me how lucky I am to be in a position to try this, and the naysayers inspire me shatter their perceptions.
One trend which keeps coming up concerns how much 'harder' a marathon is than a half marathon: "just worry about finishing," they say. People keep telling me that I'll hit a wall at some point on race day. This seems arbitrary to me.
Personally, when I have my mind set on something, I won't stop until it's done. This is one case where having an addictive personality is a gift and a curse.
The thought of committing to completing something, whatever it is, and not following through is ludicrous to me.
In the case of this marathon, not finishing simply won't happen. My 'will' (not sure what else to call it) is too strong.
If you're not moving forward, then what are you doing?
This is something I continually ask myself. Whether physically, emotionally, or spiritually, I like to think that I'm continually moving forward – working towards something and creating progress. This is part of the reason I decided to run a marathon.
I'm confident you might get similar feelings – you know, that awkward itch where you know you're 'spinning your wheels' on something, but you're not sure how to change it.
You may not even know what that 'thing' is (I sure as hell don't). It's fine if you can't pinpoint the specifics, try changing small things one at a time and see if the feeling goes away. Focus on things you can control.
I like to feel as though my days aren't wasted. This may sound a tad corny, but at the end of each day I love the feeling of accomplishment and continuous improvement, no matter what I'm doing.
Part of continuous improvement for me is finding new challenges. These things keep me guessing.
Maybe you decide to seek out a creative solution to a problem at work, or commit to that new fad diet to shed a few lbs before beach season. The specifics don't matter. What does matter is your decision to commit to the challenge.
The constant here is that you're pushing yourself. Don't ever settle for mediocrity because you deserve much more.
The day I'm not challenged at work is the day I quit. The day I'm not challenged physically is when I know I need to switch things up.
I write today to share a modest plan me and my buddy Chris cooked up. Right before leaving on my train trip to Austin, we chatted briefly about running a marathon. Mostly just sandbagging.
Upon returning, we mapped out a training plan, and did a test run (about 25 km or 15.5miles). Both feeling like greek gods, we immediately registered for the BMO Vancouver Marathon.
I'm not sure if we were both hyped up on some post run endorphin-fuelled runners high, but we're now committed. The one catch – race day is May 5, giving us 42ish days to train.
I plan on sharing more about the training game plan, updates on our progress, and random thoughts through the next 40 days leading into the marathon, so definitely check back for that.
My mission on the train from Vancouver to Portland, LA, then onto Austin for SXSW just about took everything out of me.
In hindsight, spending five days on a train leading into five days of madness in one of the craziest cities may have been a tad ambitious.
I won't bore you with the minutia of my trip because I already wrote about it on the HootSuite Blog.
Instead, I'll share some musings from one of the best trips of my life thus far.
*Side Note* If you haven't already read about my trip, I encourage you to take a peek, there are some cool stories about burrito ladies, travel bloggers, and train conductors. The preview can be found here, followed by part 1 and part 2.
No one cares about your typical work endeavour, goal, or event unless is has some oomph to it. Had my trip been your typical walk in the park, no one would care either.
Subtleties like the words you use to describe your project – how you pitch and brand it can inject some much needed zest and get you noticed.
You'll notice that I used word like adventure, journey, and 'epic quest' to brand my trip. These are easy wins in making your project seem cool and unconventional.
I managed to get decent organic pickup on the articles because my trip was interesting and because it pushed me personally.
What I'm here to tell you is this. Instead of worrying about the small things, step outside your comfort zone of the screen. Do something interesting with your life, then share it.
People who've built meaningful platforms online, and the large followings that go with it, all do interesting things.
What they don't do is spend all day on Twitter. Twitter is endless, it's not like your inbox where you can (potentially) get it to zero.
The trip made me realize what I want. What is important. Doing trips like these and sharing the stories with you makes me happy.
With that, my plan is to do more of just that; doing interesting things and writing about them. Wow…what a breakthrough!
Take home for you: find out what makes you happy. If this is interesting to you, chances are it is interesting to others. Find these people and share it with them.
Are you curious how the 5Run faired running a 5k… 18 times? Peruse the video to find out.
It's been a long week… feels like I've been hit by a truck. Through the last seven days, along with my team and fellow Bagel Chasers, I've managed to run 90 km. This of course is in addition to working 50-55 hours this week.
Aside from causing me to reassess my life, (who spends this much time running?) this week really opened my eyes to the vibrant running community in Vancouver.
Small, passionate communities are all over the place, you just need to find them. Case in point is all the awesome people I met this past week. Everyone has a unique story from different backgrounds, but we all came together for a great cause.
Maybe, i've finally found the running enthusiasts.
I also figured out that (wait for it…) running in groups is WAY better than solo missions.
Learn about 5Run's first charity event: the Bagel Chase, and a spontaneous 5Run thank you moment on the best five run of 2013.
The ocean in false creek is like glass, no wind, no rain – i'm running with Gerard. We waste little time firing up our respective running apps and get going.
Wednesday morning was your atypical five run. I kept thinking how perfect the weather was for running, and clearly others felt the same way. Barely 2 km's in, we hit 8 high fives.
Then, something interesting happened.
We came across a pretty brunette girl running. In typical fashion, we fell into five formation and extended our hands. Something particularly awesome happened next.
While she enthusiastically high fived us, she said something i'll never forget.
"thank you!"
Shocked, we responded with your typical 'woohoos' and continued on. We sort of laughed it off… "hey that chick thanked us!" We finished our run, the best morning five run of the year so far, we hit 27 high fives.
Something about the encounter stayed with me. It wasn't until later on that I figured out what the hell happened.
More on that later.
Talking to people about the reality of spreading the 5Run movement to the masses gets me thinking. I reflect on whether it's realistic to expect others to eventually share the same passion for change, and helping people as i do.
Some of you I talk to are reluctant to high five if you're running alone (completely fine, by the way). I think you may be better suited to spread the love whilst running in a group. It is all about comfort, do what feels right.
Originally, I adopted the 'lone wolf' mentality with 5Run. I envisioned high fiving strangers as way to bring fun to running, and add social element to the monotonous pavement grind.
Interacting with your fellow runners by helping, encouraging, and even pushing one another to be a better version of yourself was the goal. It still is, and progress is my guide.
I tend to experiment liberally with just about everything I do, high fives are no exception. I'm constantly thinking, tweaking elements of the whole high five experience – this is probably due to competitive / perfectionist disposition.
Since i'm getting requests on the specifics of high fiving other runners, i'll attempt to map it out for y'all – this is your kind to high five strangers.
Think of the it this way: You have about 15 meters or or 3-4 seconds of real-estate with which to work. There's a laundry list of things which need to align to pull off a successful running high five.
This is a continually evolving process as i've experimented with different approaches and techniques. Some work, some not so much… and some were outright embarrassing.
Lucky for you, i've done the heavy lifting, and will outline the art of the running high five.
Here's how you can high five a stranger without embarrassing yourself:
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Through the fall, i've high-fived my fellow running strangers all over Vancouver from Kits, DTES, to UBC, and the Sea Wall. I'll run a couple times per week before work as well as one caffeine-fuelled long hangover cure of run a on the weekend.
My motive with #5Run is simple: bring joy to fellow runners and see if i can bring about mood changes. I wrote last year about bringing fun to running, but there's something more important here.
If i can positively shift someone's outlook on the day, i'll take it. Unfortunately, this proves a bit of a challenge as Vancouver runners are a difficult bunch.
Runners represent a screenshot of Vancouver's culture. There's patches of awesomeness dispersed throughout the holier than thou choch-fest which plagues our city.
People visit or move to Vancouver and completely struggle to infiltrate social circles. I personally didn't realize our cliquey international rep until a couple years ago. Now it's clear, the inherent guarded social circles are glaringly obvious.
This extends to runners.
It's embarrassing how guarded some Vancouver Runners are. Smiling at someone might garner a reaction that I visually violated them.
I'm determined more than ever to change status-quo for Vancouver runners – let's call it a shakedown of sorts. I high-fived 29 keen eyed Sea Wall Runners on New Years Eve, and the reactions were mixed.
Great response to 5Run this weekend. Despite my nightly activities, I managed to hammer out three amazing 5Runs: around UBC, the west end / sea wall and along the beach from tower to Kits and Granville Island. I only managed to get caught in one hail storm in the process.
My legs are absolutely killing me after going three days in a row; small price to pay for happiness. Each high-five gives me energy to keep running, even if my calves feel like they're going to fall off.
A few failed fives to report. Not going to lie, they are discouraging, not to mention embarrassing if lots of people are watching (saw a couple of people point and giggle at me at kits beach on Sunday). Their loss.
Conversion rate on fives has got to be about 90% thus far. Who would have thought? The people who leave me hanging are usually staring straight at the ground the whole time. It is a shame because these are the ones who need it most!
The laughs, the smiles, the eye contact, the subtle acknowledgment of similarity make it the best feeling in the world. I can't describe the feeling, you simply have to experience it. Go for a run, jog or walk, and high five one person. If you're nervous, think from their perspective. How awesome would it be to have a random person smile and ask for a high-five while you are struggling? It is empowering. They will love it.
Nerves always creep in as I approach runners. I am an introvert at heart, I have silence that voice in my head all the time.
I came across a blog post yesterday that injected some serious happiness into my day. It literally gave me shivers as I read it. Check it out, a fellow runner (lets call her Jane) wrote about some random dude she high-fived on Kits beach. Wonder who it was? Awesome.
Sunday I woke up extremely hung-over. I have a strange relationship with such a state: I always feel that I need to have a productive day following a pizza infused late night endeavor. Sunday, I decided to get going with a long run.
Jogging at one pace has to be up there with the most boring things I've ever done. Does anyone actually enjoy it if it's not sunny and no music? I would love to know what is going through the minds of marathon runners…. Are they having fun running?
It didn't take long for boredom to set in Sunday as I made my way to the beach. I noticed everyone I ran by was frowning or looked angry. I couldn't figure it out. It was gorgeous out and they were running along Spanish banks.
What's the deal? I made it my mission to turn a few frowns into smiles; maybe inflict a little joy into the Sunday run. I started to smile at every jogger I ran past…
A few smiled back, some avoided eye contact, most looked at be dumbfounded with that sympathy gaze as though they were humoring someone's awkward joke.


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Hi everyone,
We've missed you. We recently got back from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco where we got to show Dungeon of the Endless and Endless Legend to our fellow developers and the press. It was really nice to hear from people in the industry and who we admire that they enjoyed Endless Space or DotE and that they're looking forward to playing EL. I'll try to write a blog post about our adventure there.
Anyway, as we mentioned last week, the frequency of public updates on Steam for Dungeon of the Endless has been reduced. Indeed, the lead programmer on the project, our beloved GFX47, had to temporary leave his position for personal reasons. Besides, we have also announced the oh so exciting multiplayer co-op mode that we have started working on. Here's a link if you're interested but once again, we would like to remind you that this MP mode should only be a first version of what we are planning to achieve and this may take a little while and feedback from you before we can obtain something satisfying and fun for everyone.
We have an update going live on Steam very shortly and a fun new trailer as a bonus! You'll be able to experiment a first taste of persistence element in Dungeon of the Endless: progression, discovery, unlocks, all that! How will it work? well, you'll need to select two heroes, or pick the random option for one or both heroes. The choices available to you are: Max, Sara and Opbot. Of course, are you encounter new heroes, you will be able to finally unlock them. However, it won't be that easy... Indeed, you will need to keep them alive during at least three levels or until the end of the game. Now that should be fun!
We also need to warn you about important consequences:
- Your game save once again will not be compatible with the new version. Please make sure you start a new game!
- The offline persistency is subject to change during the Steam Early Access period. You may lose your progression (hero unlocks, game stats) several times during development and up until the release of the game.
Changes and Additions
- Added the first foundation stone of the persistence:
- Unlock heroes in the dungeon
- Select your starting heroes or keep the random option (panel still WIP)
- Added 3 community items:
- Litsaber by T41 [G2G]
- The Kings' Armour by bendingbones [G2G]
- Nano-Bros by suspense0522 [G2G]
- Added 2 new tracks
- Added some SFX
- Fixed some tooltip descriptions
- Implemented Cyrillic characters in the game fonts
- Increased power of Hikensha and Sara
- Reduced level up food cost of Hikensha
- Increased life and/or defence of mobs: Hydra, Golem, Mini Golem
- Updated the targeting system by prioritising Golem
- Tweaked some items power and cost
- Increased power of skills: Neurostun Lite, Placebo, first Aid
- Increased power of Autodoc Shards module
Bug Fix
- Fixed a bug where a hero and a monster can be blocked chasing each other if they have the same speed
- Fixed a bug where the Cryo Capsule and the Dust Factory keep re-spawning after the save/load
- Fixed a bug with the upgraded modules health bar height
- Fixed a bug related to the lights on major modules


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Your glasses should be a reflection of your personality. After all, they are an accessory that you wear every day. While facial expressions can give us certain cues, your general appearance gives off another impression, and you want to make sure that you are giving the right one.
In an environment where first impressions are supremely important (such as a business setting), non-verbal cues are equally as significant, if not more, than your oral communication skills. In these instances, the safest route is to go with frames that are conservative and neutral in style, shape and color to convey professionalism, order and sensibility. Rimless eyewear from LINDBERG is a great option, as is Prodesign for classic, understated looks.
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The French designer offers each of these styles, among many others, in a vast selection of eye-catching colors.
For those who enjoy interesting design, Lafont eyeglasses take it to the next level. With laser-cut frames, bright color schemes and unconventional rim shapes, the brand helps you to show off your unique and playful personality.
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An interesting if repetitive look at a remarkable association of homeless kids in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou.
Twins Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio take an observational approach to docu reportage in "Bakroman," an interesting if repetitive look at a remarkable association of homeless kids in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou. By organizing themselves into a self-policing union, these youngsters ("bakroman" means "street boy" in the Mossi language) work toward putting the street behind them, arranging for apprenticeships and jobs that offer opportunity and protection from those who prey on society's weakest. Though too many scenes go in circles, the Turin prize-winner will be a shoo-in at human rights fests.A large chunk of the film is spent in meetings in which teenage boys, exhibiting impressive psychological and management skills, interview younger cohorts to determine whether they meet the high standards their association, AJER, sets for members. Applicants must give up begging, know what kind of job they want to train for and convince the leaders they're no longer sniffing glue. In exchange, they receive the first sense of security and hope in their young lives. It's an uplifting program for participants and auds alike, yet conversations too often cover the same ground. Lighting contrasts are problematic.
A La Sarraz Pictures production, with the support of the Piemonte Doc Film Fund. Produced by Alessandro Borrelli. Directed, written by Gianluca De Serio, Massimilano De Serio.
Camera (color, HD), Gianluca De Serio; editor, Stefano Cravero; sound, Andrea Viali. Reviewed at Turin Film Festival (Italiana.doc), Nov. 29, 2010. Running time: 92 MIN.
(Mossi, French dialogue)


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Wisconsin Ups Renewable Portfolio Standard
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle substantially increased the state's Renewable Portfolio standard by signing Senate Bill 459, the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Act, on March 21, 2006. The revised RPS requires utilities to produce 10 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2015. The Act increases funding to local governments for energy efficiency projects and requires Wisconsin utilities to directly support energy efficiency programs (ensuring that $85 million a year is spent to promote energy efficiency). It also requires the state to support the research and development of agricultural digesters and to launch a pilot residential heating program using leftover corn plants. Finally, the legislation requires the state to purchase 20 percent of the energy for the six largest state agencies from renewable sources by 2011, to include higher energy efficiency standards in building codes, and to create specific energy standards for state building projects.
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Obama's lapdogs
If you seek a delightfully written article on politics, look at yesterday's Washington Free Beacon, an 18-month-old online newspaper. Editor-in-chief Matthew Continetti examined a recent New York Times interview of Barack Obama not for its news content—there was none—but for how "it reveals the mentalities of the participants."
Continetti backs up his claim by parsing a key section:
"… when the president mentions someone he's been talking to. 'I had a conversation a couple of weeks back with Robert Putnam,' Obama says, 'who I've known for a long time.' Putnam is a renowned sociologist, and the ability to drop his name is a requirement for membership in elite circles. What makes this name-drop special is that Obama not only assumes the reporters know who Putnam is, he amplifies his snobbery by mentioning that the author of Bowling Alone and American Grace has been a personal acquaintance for years, as though that in itself is an achievement."
Then comes an attempted one-upsmanship:
"One of the Times reporters, Michael D. Shear, interrupts the president and says what has to be one of the most beautiful and revealing sentences ever to appear on Nytimes.com: 'He was my professor actually at Harvard.' Almost every word of this sentence is an act of social positioning worthy of Castiglione. 'My' conveys ownership, possession, and intimacy … suggesting that Shear … is on closer terms with [Putnam] than the president of the United States of America; and of course the big H, "Harvard," before whose authority all must bow down."
But Obama wins:
"The president's response is just as priceless. 'Right,' he says, pausing, and one can easily imagine the look of annoyance on his face as he reacts to Shear's gratuitous lunge into the spotlight. He then makes it clear exactly who is in charge. 'I actually knew Bob'—note that it's 'Bob' we're talking about now—'when I was a state senator and he had put together this seminar to just talk about some of the themes that he had written about in Bowling Alone,' the weakening of the community fabric and the impact it's having on people. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mike."
Continetti goes on to show how the reporters' kiss-up questions "provide the president an opportunity to attack the GOP and restate his accomplishments and goals." The journalistic lap dogs don't ask about any of the Obama administration's migraines: Lois Lerner, James Rosen, Mohamed Morsi, Bashar Assad, Nouri al-Maliki, Vladimir Putin, or Hamid Karzai. Why not? "Perhaps readers of the Times and writers of the Times and editors of the Times are not interested in information per se. What interests them is affirmation."
The article's conclusion:
"'Thanks, guys. Appreciate you,' the president says as the reporters leave the room. Of that I have no doubt."


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Executive MBA Hooding Ceremony
The College of Business Executive MBA Hooding Ceremony will take place at 3:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 at Alumni Memorial Hall.
The ceremony will be webcast and shown on UTTV, the campus television channel. UTTV is channel 65 on campus and channel 194 on Comcast digital cable.
For more information, including details on parking and all ceremony webcast links, visit www.utk.edu/commencement.
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On Last Night
A few quick BlueClaws-related items from maybe the best three hour period in the history of the regular season:
Congrats to Justin De Fratus on getting his first Major League win.
Sort-of on point, the Phillies won their franchise record 102nd game on the day that Charlie Manuel became the franchise's all-time wins record by a manager with 646. He had this gem of a line:
"I remember when we lost 10,000 games and some people acted like I was there for all 10,000," Manuel said. "Now that I'm the winningest manager, I might let someone else brag, but I'll definitely smile and take credit for it."
We've referenced this article before but think about this: Former BlueClaw Michael Bourn, now with the Braves, and Carl Crawford, now with the Red Sox, experienced the two worst collapses in the history of baseball, with their games finishing about 45 minutes apart last night.
The two are great friends, having played Little League baseball together in Houston. Now they go home and will have something to commiserate about until February.


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The Bull Hotel, Buckinghamshire (county)
- Free WiFi and free parking
Main amenities
- 150 smoke-free guestrooms
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Breakfast available
- 24-hour business center
- Airport shuttle
- Terrace
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in the lobby
- Daily housekeeping
- Garden
- Lobby fireplace
- Laundry service
What's around
- Eton College (7.5 mi / 12 km)
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Madonna also made an appearance at Day Two of Ultra Music Festival 14 to introduced producer/DJ Avicii. The singer chose the risqué outfit which bared some tush for her fresh-faced appearance. Her outfit is what lead to the British pressing mocking.
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Posted By Jim On 10/30/2012 @ 7:21 am In Personal Finance | 7 Comments
One of the most stressful personal finance questions you ever need to face is one that won't affect you for years. For some, it's decades. How much money will you need when you retire? Many a financial adviser and expert have tackled this question, with hefty hourly fees, on behalf of their clients but I think, as with anything that involves predicting the future, you can do this yourself with a reasonably good degree of accuracy. Plus, I'd be willing to bet that this is the same approach that many advisers use when they work with their clients.
A quick disclaimer – I'm not a retirement expert (nor do I pretend to be) but I've read enough about it to have a reasonable idea of how to approach this question.
In order to calculate how much you need to save into a nest egg for your retirement, you need to start with how much money you'll need to withdraw from that nest egg each year. If you can live off $40,000 a year in retirement, you'll need less than if you need $80,000 a year in retirement – that's simple math. The hard part is figuring out whether you'll need $40,000 or $80,000 but here's how you can start.
Think about what you want your lifestyle to be when you retire. Do you want to travel the world? Do you prefer to stay at home and work on some fun hobbies? Are the hobbies expensive (golf) or relatively cheap (watching TV)? Remember that you'll stop working, so that's an additional 8-10 a day that you'll need to fill up. Will you fill it up with volunteering or shopping?
Try to build a budget for your retired self in today's dollars and then use calculators to adjust for inflation. I'd calculate two numbers, one with 3% inflation and one with 5% inflation, and use those as your lower and upper bound, respectively. This is probably the hardest part of the process because you need to think about what you'll do decades from now – will you still be paying back student loans? What about a mortgage? Car payment? Medical bills? Helping out your kids or grandchildren with bills? School?
Let's say you need $40,000 a year in 2012 and you'll retire in 30 years, so adjusting for inflation of 3% and 5%, you believe you'll need $97,090 to $172,877 a year in retirement. (wow)
There are two parts to your nest egg. The first part is something that you have no control over – pensions and Social Security. For every year you work, you make a contribution to Social Security. Sometime in retirement, you'll start getting a check from the Social Security administration. The same will apply to a pension, if your employer offers one. The first thing you need to do is figure out what those figures amount to on an annual basis and deduct that from your annual retirement expenditure of $97k-$173k. Let's say, for simplicity's sake, you'll get around $30,000 between the two. This leaves you with a need of $67k-$140k per year.
4% Rule: The 4% rule is a widely accepted rule of thumb for how quickly you can draw down your retirement savings and still expect it to last your lifetime. If you only withdraw 4% of your retirement nest egg each year, it should last you the remainder of your life. Between appreciation, dividends, and interest, your nest egg should be able to handle a 4% reduction each year. Will it? That depends a lot on actual results and you may need to adjust your own plan on the fly but it's a good place to start. IF you need $67k-$140k a year, the 4% rule states that you nest egg must be $1,675,000 to $3,500,000.
So in thirty years, you will need a nest egg of approximately $1.65 million to $3.5 million.
It is simple. It's always easy to put up the goal posts, it's much harder to kick the field goal. The hard part in all this isn't determining how much money you need to save, it's in saving the money. $1.65 million is no small sum of money and accruing that over the span of 30 years, assuming no appreciation, demands that you put away $55,000 a year, each year. That's extremely difficult.
If, instead, you were to put it away in an appreciating asset, like shares in the stock market, then you need to save less (assuming the asset appreciates). Assuming 30 years, appreciation of 7% a year, you would need to contribute just $17,467 a year ($1455/mo) to reach $1.65 million in 30 years. If you can achieve 10% returns, the annual contribution drops to just $10,030 – or $835 a month. Those are much more manageable than $55,000 a year. 7-10% returns over 30 years is a tall order but it shows the power of starting early and compounding interest [3].
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USM music students recognized for ensemble performances
On December 28, VillageSoup.com ran an article about USM students who took part in ensemble performances during the Fall 2010 semester, listing midcoast students. (No link available.)
On December 28, VillageSoup.com ran an article about USM students who took part in ensemble performances during the Fall 2010 semester, listing midcoast students. (No link available.)
On December 29, The Portland Press Herald informed readers that Kevin Conger is returning to USM to assume the post of director of Public Safety.
The story also appeared on WABI-TV Channel 5.
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A review of the "Turtle Television Island" exhibit was featured in the December 29 issue of the Toronto-based international arts and culture magazine Fuse.
The Huffington Post interviewed Professor of Social Work & Sociology David Wagner's and used his book, "The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution," for the news analysis story, " The Poorhouse: Aunt Winnie, Glenn Beck, and the Politics of the New Deal."
Read a December 20 Times Record article about actress Vinie Burrows who spoke in Glickman Family Library on January 19 in at an exhibition of paintings by Antonio Guerrero.
USM converted from oil and going to natural gas for its heating needs in Portland. Stories about the conversion appeared on January 3 in The Portland Press Herald, in the January 4 Mainebiz, and on Seacoast online and WABI TV 5.
Stories about Muskie Professor Charles Colgan 2011 economic forecast appeared in the January 6 issue of MaineBiz, The Bangor Daily News, Bloomberg online, and his remarks given at the January 5 USM Corporate Breakfast were rebroadcast by Maine Public Radio's "Speaking in Maine."
On January 8, Fosters.com informed readers that Associate Professor of Geography and Anthropology Nathan Hamilton is speaking as part of Portsmouth Athenaeum 2011 Program series.
On January 9, The Portland Press Herald's "Society Notebook: Toast of the Town" published photos from Governor Paul Lepage's inauguration. Click on "additional photos" to see a shot of USM Student Body President Ashley Willems-Phaneuf at the inauguration.
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The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee has attached his cybersecurity bill (S.1353) as an amendment to next year's National Defense Authorization Act. If the amendment manages to survive the approval process Sen. Rockefeller's Cybersecurity Act of 2013 may finally become law. S.1353, was unanimously approved by the Commerce Committee in July but has been stalled since then. In a statement made by Rockefeller earlier this week, the senator from West Virginia suggested that the time is now for Congress to finally enact a bill that would mandate protections for America's cyber infrastructure and the private entities attached to it.
"The Commerce Committee took action months ago and unanimously passed this bipartisan bill that will improve the nation's cybersecurity. But it's been sitting on the sidelines for too long and there's too much at stake to not look for every opportunity to pass it in the Senate," Rockefeller said in a statement first published on Wednesday by John Eggerton at Multichannel News. "So I'm introducing that legislation as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill and imploring my colleagues to join me in supporting this effort."
Rockefeller went on to say that his bill "creates an environment that will cultivate the public-private partnerships essential to strengthening our nation's cybersecurity."
In 2012, attempts in Congress to pass the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) ultimately failed due largely in part to a major public campaign by rights groups that condemned the bill. The revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden about the NSA's various domestic spying program also brought talk about cybersecurity legislation to a screeching halt.
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Taiwan gets go ahead to attend Pacific Arts Festival in American Samoa
Taiwan is sending an 80 member group to the Pacific Arts Festival next month.
Taiwan has been pushing for greater involvement in Pacific Forum countries aiming for recognition from island countries which have formerly dealt only with China.
The Co Chair of the Arts Festival Committee, Leala Elisara, says the Pacific Community left it up to the hosts of the festival to decide Taiwan's request to be part of the festival.
The local organising committee has approved Taiwan's request and will be one of the official participants.
Mrs Elisara said this will be the first time that Taiwan will be included in the Pacific Arts Festival.
It had first applied to perform at the festival in Townsville Australia but was denied.
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After an unusually rewarding September, that featured critical and audience favorites like "The Master," "Looper," "End Of Watch," "Dredd," "The Perks Of Being a Wallflower" and "Arbitrage," October has arrived, but things aren't letting up. Sure, the box office is likely to be dominated by Liam Neeson cracking heads in "Taken 2," but there's plenty more to see when you look a little further afield. Below, you'll find ten of the best options over the coming month. Let us know what you're looking forward to most in the comments section.
Synopsis: A young boy attempts to resurrect his beloved deceased dog.
What You Need To Know: Ordinarily, we wouldn't necessarily approve of directors returning to the scene of earlier triumphs, for fear of the film being a simple retread. But given our feelings about much of Tim Burton's work of late, the idea of him going back to the short film that made his name in the early 1980s wasn't necessarily an unappealing one, especially as the 2012 incarnation of "Frankenweenie" comes in the form of a glorious-looking 3D stop-motion animation in black and white, with a castlist (Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, Martin Landau) that nods even further to the director's heyday. And it seems from our Fantastic Fest review that the film lives up to expectations: we called it a "rousing return to form," a declaration that Burton is "still very much relevant," and a film "that will stir the heartstrings as much as it will delight the eye." With regular collaborators like writer John August, production designer Rick Heindrichs and composer Danny Elfman all putting in sterling work, the film has the makings of a holiday classic along the lines of "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
When? October 5th
Synopsis: Radical re-envisioning of Emily Bronte's classic tale of forbidden love and revenge.
What You Need To Know: After her Oscar-winning short "Wasp," and scorching features "Red Road" and "Fish Tank," British filmmaker Andrea Arnold has been keenly watched by film fans the world over. And news that she was lending her distinctive style to one of the most beloved, and frequently adapted, pieces of literature around, "Wuthering Heights," was certainly intriguing. But a wildly mixed critical response, and a disappointing box office haul in Britain, means that it's taken over a year for the film to arrive on U.S. shores. Which is a particular shame, because in the opinion of the Playlisters who have seen it, the film is tremendous. We caught it originally at Venice way back in September of 2011, and raved it about at the time, calling the film "incredibly powerful, extremely sexy and a truly remarkable reinvention of of a text." It's not going to be for everyone -- "Downton Abbey" fans will likely be shocked by the raw, profane approach to the source material, as well as Arnold's Terrence Malick-esque visual approach (we maintain that it's a better Malick film than Malick himself has made of late), but more forward-thinking costume drama fans, and cinephiles in general, should have a field day.
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DOL Mobile Applications
DOL Apps
An app for employees to independently track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed.
Una aplicación que permite a los empleados capturar independientemente las horas trabajadas y determinar el pago que deben recibir. Más información
Índice de Calor para Trabajadores al Aire Libre
Descubra el índice de calor local y las precauciones que debe tomar para mantenerse seguro.
DOL App Contest Winners: Mobile Apps
Please note: these applications are not supported by DOL. To learn more :
Labor Wage Statistics
Labor Wage Statistics uses statistics provided by the Department of Labor to help with future career choices.
Eat Shop Sleep
Looking for a popular restaurant nearby? A hotel without code violations to stay at? Eat Sleep Shop for your iPhone/iPad is here to help. Search for places to eat, shop & sleep and then read customer reviews as well as health, safety & labor highlights as a consumer in the know.
iCitizen Labor Report
MobilePublic.org iPhone application puts the informative findings from Department of Labor WHD and OSHA into the hands of the public in an easy to use interface optimized for the mobile platform. What better way to get access to this important data but while out and about. The application uses geo coding to identify findings that are in close proximity. Check before you choose to dine at a restaurant, or apply for a job at a establishment, or stay at a hotel. The interface allows the users to set criteria to narrow the focus of the findings, either via navigating graphically with a map view or by data points using a list view. Best of all, this government data is mixed with extensive social produced content to add value to the citizen. The Yelp integration is a simple click to check reviews of establishments with findings.
DOL Connect
DOL Connect is an interactive Mobile Application to search and browse OSHA and WHD Compliance investigations.
iDOL iPhone App
iDOL is an iPhone app for navigating Department of Labor inspection data. Currently, iDOL displays inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and by the Wage and Hours Division. With iDOL, users can view inspections by state or by industry (according to NAICS 07 categories), or search by business name, viewing the results on a map. Establishments that have had violations are identified with red pins, and those that have not are identified with green pins. For more information about an establishment, one can select the pin as is normally done in the iPhone Maps application, to display details of the inspection, including the name and address of the business, the date(s) of inspection, type and number of violation, and the amount of fines assessed. Information from the detail view can be shared via email.
Job Compass
Need an app to help you make that next career decision? Look no further than Job Compass, a decision-making app to aid you in your next career move. Job Compass is powered by extensive data from CareerBuilder, Zillow©, and the U.S. Department of Labor, and is currently only supported by Windows Phone 7 *Mango* devices.
Occupation Wage Data
This app is available for Windows Phone 7 and up. The app can be dowloaded for free from the Windows marketplace. Just search the marketplace for Shawn M Holman OR Occupation Wage Data. Have you ever thought about how much to ask for on a Job application or wondered how much you could make working in the big city?
DOL App Contest Winners: Internet Browser Apps
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Where are the Jobs?
Did you know that Chemists make the most in Washington D.C. and the least in Montana? Did you know that California has the most Chefs 10,530 to choose from or that Chiropractors in Alaska earn the most in the country? Despite the grim job market, some occupations continue to provide higher pay and a greater number of jobs, yet the availability and salary of those jobs depends greatly on your geographic area.
OES Map
The OES MAP gives an "at a glance" view of the different employment statistics such as wages (hourly and annual), total number of jobs, unemployment rates as well as location quotients on a map of the U.S. You can easily switch between occupation groups and drill down into the sub groups. The map is interactive and you can click on any state to reveal a scorecard about this state. The scorecard features detailed information about the states population, employment and unemployment numbers, the average wages and deviation from the U.S. average. It also lists the states top employers and an industry breakdown in percent.
I.C InfoChoice
I.C InfoChoice is a web application that allows the user to see the OSHA and WHD Inspections information by company name, state and zip code. If an establishment has a record in Yelp, it will be displayed too. This tools is provided as help for citizens who want to find information about the places they go to eat, the companies they work for, and that provide them different services and products.
Inspection Radar
Inspection Radar is the consumer and service-sector worker's source for actionable Department of Labor (DOL) inspection/compliance information. It may be accessed on desktops, laptops, AND many popular mobile devices.
What's the Beef?
Learn or help bring awareness about unsafe, unfair workplaces. Browse and visualize inspection data from the retail, restaurant, hotel/motel industries.
Job Tracker
Working America's Job Tracker allows anyone to find out what companies have exported jobs overseas or broken laws protecting workers-including violations of health and safety codes, child labor laws or the Fair Labor Standards Act. The dynamic interactive database lists information on more than 400,000 corporations and subsidiaries.


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Every month, Fatback throws down a nasty funk fest in honor of sweaty pork, and a lot goes into that. The right vibe. The best people. Power Jamz. The gear. The invitations. The BBQ sauce. The mixes. The blog posts. The pig snorts. The love. Etc. Etc. One thing we always do too, is make a pretty flier to capture some of the weird and ridiculous energy all bottled up inside us anticipating the next sweat fest. Some people actually really like our fliers. Well, we do too. So here is a look back at Fatback year 5 fliers.
Don't forget we are having a party - The Last Bite


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Another little update.Rocker progress report.We are looking at three rocker options to present, and having them available for use with the head work.The first will be just the stock rocker set as it comes from the factory. If the user just wants head work, and use the stock lift and the stock piston, or the flat top pistons for 535, then this will be the most basic option.The second will be moderate ratio rockers of the stock style. Sort of like the Ace Shotgun Rockers which we will be releasing for the Iron Barrel engine. This will likely require our piston which will have some valve relief pockets in the crown to clear the valves when the piston goes over TDC. We may make a special 535 piston specifically for this, which will have the quench distance set to use with the stock(bored to 535) barrel, and the right compression and valve relief to use with this rocker set.The third option is the Hi-Lift rocker set which we are already developing, and it is like our similar arrangement for the Ace GP Head for the Iron Barrel. It will feature new billet rocker boxes with shaft-type alloy roller rockers with a higher lift ratio. It will replace the rocker covers on the engine. This will lift the valves much higher, and definitely will require our piston with enough valve relief and compression increase to work with this system.This will be a fairly expensive option for those who want extra power and are willing to spend what's necessary to get it. However, it is unique in the Bullet market, and Ace is the sole developer and supplier of roller rocker hi-ratio systems for the Royal Enfield. We will have it if you want it.We basically have decided to offer this roller rocker package across the entire Enfield model line-up from legacy to current models. It's a great upgrade in a much needed area of high lift.The currently existing UCE 535 pistons from others are flat tops without any valve relief, and they were made to use with stock valve lift, which is VERY minimal lift in the UCE. That's all fine and good for low lift builds, but we are going beyond that, and we'll have pistons for the applications all worked out.While I don't have any pics right now of the UCE rocker package, I can show a representative photo of the similar package that we have put together for the Iron Barrel engine, on the Ace GP head. Those of you who have followed what we are doing with the iron Barrel engine may already have seen these pics, but I'm posting for those who might not have seen them.Of course, the styling will be adjusted to suit the UCE head shape and style. I'm just showing the basic concept in this photo of the Iron Barrel system.Please see attachment.
You can get more lift than that from "stock" cams ..... Right, GHG?
Ah?...... YEAH! Of course..... Hold that thought. Beautiful Job on those rockers Ace ! Thats an amazing piece of machining
Ace,Looking at the pics, it looks like the block that supports the rockers bolts on where originally the cover bolted on. Is that the way it is? Was that so you could get a new pivot axis for the rockers?Scott
Ace, I don't know how many orders you got up to date but I hope I'm number one? Can't wait to get this - any estimated figures on the "all" package?
ACe,Will the actual push rods remain standard?RegardsRoeland
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"This is unfortunate but Mr. Clark's name should not have been on the ballot," said Jeffrey V. Heininger, chairman of the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, which oversees the selection process for Hall of Fame nominees. "We sincerely regret this error and I have apologized to Mr. Clark on behalf of the Hall of Fame.
"This was a difficult decision, but it had to be made to ensure the integrity of this remarkable institution," said Heininger. "We are undertaking a thorough review of our nomination process and its implementation going forward."
About the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation
Founded in 1990 by the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, the goal of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum is to tell the stories and preserve the history of motorcycling. Located on the campus of the American Motorcyclist Association in Pickerington, Ohio, the Museum's three major exhibition halls feature the machines and memorabilia of those who have contributed notably to the sport. The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to motorcycling, including those known for their contributions to road riding, off-road riding and all categories of racing, as well as those who have excelled in business, history, design and engineering. More information can be found at MotorcycleMuseum.org.


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Service industry growth slowed sharply in China as 2013 drew to a close but picked up across most of Europe, suggesting still very uneven global economic performance even as most signs point to a strengthening U.S. revival.
Taken together with business surveys on manufacturing published late last week, the data suggest that an onslaught of global central bank stimulus has had some impact but is not likely to halt any time soon.
Indeed, while business has picked up in many places, particularly in the euro zone which only recently escaped recession, inflation has been on a downward trend in most industrialised countries.
Asian shares fell to a three-week low after news the HSBC/Markit China services purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to a two-year low of 50.9 from 52.5, underscoring nervousness about how the world's second largest economy is performing.
The equivalent Markit survey for the euro zone went the opposite way, rising to 52.1 from 51.7, with new orders coming in at their fastest pace in more than two years. Any number above 50 denotes expansion.
"That just goes to confirm everyone's suspicions that the Chinese economy is shifting down onto a lower growth path, and that we will see a more balanced growth pattern across the world this year," said Peter Dixon, economist at Commerzbank. He expects improved growth in Europe and the United States.
The U.S. ISM non-manufacturing survey, comparable with the euro zone and Chinese PMIs, is due at 1500 GMT and is expected to show faster growth there.
Markit said that while the euro zone data suggested only a 0.2 percent quarterly rate of economic growth, "the PMI signalled a strong turnaround in the health of the economy during the course of 2013".
The question is whether that can be sustained, particularly when demand in China, one of the euro zone's biggest trading partners, is just bumping along.
Inflation pressures, which have been dormant in Western economies for many years now, have taken a second seat to discussions about the world outlook but could again come to the forefront given current trends.
The European Central Bank, which targets inflation at just under 2 percent, cut interest rates in November to a record low of 0.25 percent after surprise news of a plunge in euro zone inflation to just 0.7 percent.
German inflation data due at 1300 GMT could set the tone for financial markets on their first major start to the year as many return


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ext4 with improved journaling, larger maximum capacity and an increase in speed. This update also means that ext3 can be updated to ext4 with minimal work as ext4 is backwards compatible.
Boot Tracer, something Wind River had in our previous and next release, has just made it to the Kernel. Now you can see what is taking the time during the boot and optimize it out.
taint_crap! New for the source tree to manage development drivers. This is moving all the *unstable* drivers currently in development into a staging area.
All this plus much much more!
Enrico Salvatori, Senior VP Qualcomm Europe, talks to Electronics Weekly about the impact of open source on mobile phone design.
Linux has supported Symmetrical Multi-Processor (SMP) environments for many years. Until recently this has mainly benefitted server class applications but increasingly multi-processor and multi-core systems are found in embedded systems.
To make best use of SMP, each application needs to be developed in a way which exploits the parallel execution capabilities.
Linux offers both a process and thread model but which should you use?
Programmers with a background in UNIX application development will naturally develop using processes. Those coming from an embedded background, having used Real-Time OS's (RTOS), will be more inclined to use tasks (threads).
From the Linux kernel point of view there is very little difference between processes and threads. But those few differences are important.
So what is a process? Simply put it is a container for an executable object, an application. Each process has a single, sequential, flow of execution (code) and its associated data. Every process is protected from every other process in the system by the kernel using a Memory Management Unit (MMU). Since each process is independent of the others the kernel can schedule several to execute in parallel when there are several CPUs or cores to schedule on.
Threads enhance the process model with multiple, parallel, flows of execution within a process. All threads within a process share the same memory space.
The kernel treats threads as separate and independent entities so it can schedule several threads to run in parallel, just as it can with complete processes.
So the key difference between processes and threads is the way memory is managed. This has several implications, the two of the most most important are:
- Inter-thread communication is fast
- There is no protection between threads
Since processes do not naturally share memory it is difficult for one process to communicate with another. Several Inter-Process Communications (IPC) methods exist but they all rely on passing data via some intermediary such as the file system or network stack. Ultimately the kernel manages communications between them.
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The disadvantage of threads is the classic problem faced by engineers used to RTOS's and that is the fact that a bug in one thread can corrupt the memory being used by another thread. When a thread crashes it is natural to start debugging that thread but it may well be that the bug is in code utilised only by another thread. These issues can be very difficult to track down!
So when designing an application to exploit the parallel capability of hardware it may seem that the decision is one of performance over protection and debug-ability. But it is not always so simple.
You could have a fast web server, making heavy use of the threaded capability of the OS, but it is unlikely that you will have many customers if they are running an on-line sales system. Why? Simply that any exploitable defect could enable an attacker to read the credit card data from another user – remember that the memory for the thread handling that transaction is readable by the thread handling the attackers connection.
Processes fit the compartmentalisation philosophy presented in many security manuals.
On the other hand you could have a very secure multi-process application for process control, but if the overhead of communications is too high then you could end up with actuators overshooting their targets. Potentially very damaging.
So the correct balance has to be struck between security and performance and this will require some analysis of the application and the performance capabilities of the hardware. One benefit of Linux is you can chose to use a combination of both processes and threads in a single system. Such a hybrid design can give the optimum balance between speed and security.


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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
The Mint Hill Times will not publish a newspaper Christmas week (December 26). We would like to give our staff a week off to spend with their families. We'll be back with a new edition of The Mint Hill Times January 2. Thanks to our readers and advertisers. Happy Holidays!


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Cities don't make Brown's cell phone mark
Governor wants only 20% of state employees to have work-provided devices
Gov. Jerry Brown is taking away cell phones from 48,000 state workers, saying it was astounding to him how many had them. He plans to lower state coverage from 40 percent of employees to 20 percent.
So how many cities in San Diego County have more than that?
The Watchdog surveyed 18 cities, plus the county, and found that 14 of the governments have more than 20 percent of their employees on cell phones.
Two of those cities — Lemon Grove and La Mesa — provide cell phones for more than 40 percent of their employees.
"With the way the world has changed in terms of media and technology, we have to be accessible in different ways than we were in the past," said Chris Zapata, city manager of National City, where 35 percent of employees have cell phones.
There may be more cities with a high proportion of mobile phones, as Chula Vista and El Cajon have yet to respond to the survey, which was sent Jan. 12.
On average, local governments provide cell phones for 31 percent of their employees, at a cost for each of about $39 a month. Total cost? About $400,000 a month.
Cell phones are not necessarily more expensive than a land line, as rates have become quite competitive. Still, businesses including the state consider standard phone lines a fixed cost — and therefore see mobile phones as an extra cost that could be trimmed.
Three San Diego County cities actually came in under Brown's 20 percent benchmark — Del Mar, Imperial Beach and Solana Beach.
The municipality with the highest number of cell phones was county government, with 5,338 cell phones or 31 percent of the workforce. Next was the city of San Diego, with 3,300 cell phones among its 10,300 employees.
"Just like anywhere, they are a tool for efficiency and productivity," said Darren Pudgil, spokesman for Mayor Jerry Sanders.
San Diego is reviewing its employee cell phone program to look for areas to save money, such as phasing out phones that don't get much use, Pudgil said.
On Thursday, Councilman Carl DeMaio formally asked Sanders for a cost analysis of cell phones in his ongoing effort to look for areas to trim in the city's budget. DeMaio's inquiry came after he was approached for an interview with 10News, which partnered with The Watchdog on this story.
Ginger Marshall, a real estate professional in Solana Beach, disagrees with public agencies paying for cell phones with tax money. Employees should use a land line or their own phones, like she does, she said.
"It's my opinion that state employees are probably over-compensated when looking at their total benefits packages including their pensions," she said. "It's one more poke at the rest of us who don't have these guaranteed salaries, pensions and benefits."
Some cities, however, have found more cell phones do not necessarily mean higher cost.
Reader comments
WhiskeyBurn: Go For it Jerry!! Slash the Trash, and Save the Cash!!
Keith: What a fossil. Just like last time he was gov, his heart is in the right place but his execution is misguided. People are more productive when they are connected and can communicate well.
Godiva: Why do any of them need tax-payer funded cell phones? If they want a cell phone, they can pay their way like the rest of us.
tvsatcom: Brown is acting like a Govenor without a political agenda — He's doing something about the mess left behind ... It may hurt, but I think he has good intentions.
sdpicguy: I'm sure they'll find a way to pay more out in personal cell phone reimbursement than they would a government phone rate...


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The Kardashians
Kim Kardashian's Baby: Did Anna Wintour Think Up the Name North West?
The Devil Wears Prada... and thinks up celebrity baby names?
Apparently North West, the all-but-confirmed name for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby, may have come from the brilliant mind of notorious Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour — a woman we all now equate with magazine tyrant Miranda Priestly the aforementioned book and movie.
Kim and Kanye attended a dinner at Anna's house in New York City on May 5, the night before the 2013 Met Gala; and apparently, Anna told Kim that she loved that idea for a baby name, as E! reports.
"That's not why they named her North, but it's nice to have Anna's blessing!" a source tells the site.
Anna, for those of you unaware, the 63-year-old has been top dog at Vogue since 1988. Just this year, she also became the artistic director for Vogue's publisher, Condé Nast. She has a reputation for being icy and intense, which is why she has earned the nickname "Nuclear Wintour" and why Devil paints a less-than-flattering portrait of her.
We're left wondering, why is it nice to have Anna's blessing? Does she really hold that much sway? So much so that to not choose an Anna-approved name would be a crime?
As Miranda Priestly said and as Anna Wintour might very well tell us: "Please bore someone else with your questions."
Source: E! News


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Girls may not like math, but they sure do love lipstick!
If the promotional video is any indication, that seems to be the thinking behind the European Commission's new campaign called "Science: It's a Girl Thing!" Meant to encourage high school girls to consider careers in science, the video appeals to their interest in make-up and high heels more than it does their intelligence.
It opens with a scientist – a man, naturally – peering into a microscope. Enter a trio of girls in miniskirts and stiletto heels who strike runway-like poses to a cheesy techno beat as images of Bunsen burners and colorful molecules bounce across the screen.
"Science: it's a girl thing! From cosmetics to chemistry, from fashion to biology, from rhythm to electronics, girls have what it takes to succeed in science," read the cringe-worthy caption on the European Commission web site – before they quickly yanked the video when it was widely mocked and criticized.
The packaging is mind-bogglingly bad – an "affront to both women and science," as Jezebel puts it – but the intent buried within is a good one. According to a report by the Department of Commerce, women occupy less than 25% of all science, tech, engineering and math jobs despite the fact that they compromise half the workforce.
A better effort at drawing girls to science was made this week by Twitter, General Electric, Google and eBay: The companies have partnered with New York-based organization Girls Who Code to offer an 8-week long summer program that will give high school girls the opportunity to learn how to build websites, tour big technology companies, speak to recruiters and engineers about skills needed to succeed and pitch their own business plans and ideas.
Thoughts on the video? Do you think it's important to try to sell science to girls?
Photo: Argonne National Library