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Stila Smudge Pots Reviews
Smudge if you want toThe name says it all for this product, this liner dose smudge. If you dont want that messy eye do not use this but if that is the look you want this is the product to use. It dose last but if you were to touch it midway throught the day it smudges even more and for that reason I do not use it all the time. Maybe that is why mine has not dried out like a lot of other reviwes. — 8 years, 4 months agowhatever2009 | 5 reviews
It does not glide on. More like bumps on. I don't like it.I always end up redoing my eyes wit hliner when I try to use this liner. — 8 years, 5 months agoMollyfly78 | 3 reviews
not badSo i got 2 of these not too long ago in black and grey. The grey one's cap wasn't on all the way, and it dried out, but the black one was really nice. This is a fantastic gel liner and, when used properly, is much more efficient than a pencil. And even though I was bummed about the grey one, I was still able to use it (just dip your liner brush in a tiny bit of vasaline to help smooth out the prod...read moreuct again, but this may keep it from drying properly.... havent tried it yet) But i do have to say, the black is very, very dark, so if you have a fair complexion, I'd get the grey. it looks like a less harsh version of the black — 8 years, 5 months agotippylippy | 8 reviews
I love it! But you have to learn to love it.I had two choices, either to buy this or the Bobbi Brown liner. I tried out this product, and at first I hated it. I was used to the liquid liner, and thought the cream was too thick. After a while of practice, I learned to use little as possible. I know others claim it dries out to quick, and it does. My favorite makeup artist at Sephora told me with this product, you have to apply within a minut...read moree or it will dry out. If you want something that takes a little while to dry, then this isn't the product for you. With me, I learned to love it. The artist told me, if it ever turns into a crust on top, he said to stir the product around and it will moisten back up. I had a few occasions it dried up, and I twirled it around with a toothpick and it was wet again. It last a long time, and was worth every penny. — 8 years, 7 months agoLotions_Fanatic | 13 reviews
Where have you been all my life?Seriously, what a great find. I have such a hard time with liner. Creasing, going everywhere. The true test was a long, hard workout. Not a drop of movement from my eyeliner! Even through some serious sweating. Easy to apply, beautiful, fluid color. Can get a nice smooth, thin line or a thick one - even a nice cat eye if you like! A great liner. Truly the best I've found. — 8 years, 9 months agoOfTheGirl | 40 reviews
Probably my favorite eyeliner!These come in sturdy little pots that will probably last forever! I own the full size in bronze and three minis in grey, black and another bronze and all are very pigmented. They apply very smooth (use a slant tip brush) and stay on without smudging even through my cross-country practices! Bronze compliments my hazel eyes well. Highly reccomended! — 8 years, 9 months agoParisianPoodle | 3 reviews
I wear this nearly every day!I never liked eyeliner before this product. Every color I've tried (bronze, black, and grey)is fabulous. A must-have!!!!!!!!!!! Smooth application, doesn't budge, and looks gorgeous. — 8 years, 9 months agoPiper123 | 27 reviews
Oily Eyelinds?This product works well for the fact that if you have oily eyelids, it will prevent your eyeliner from smudging onto your upper eye lid. However, the downside that it does dry out quickly and although it may seem as though you are getting quite a bit for $18, you are not considering this product will try out quickly and exceed its 6 months recommended shelf life. It is hard to apply at first, Sti...read morela suggested their lip liner brush, but after it dried out made it impossible to apply. I suggest a different eye liner. — 8 years, 10 months agodustystarz | 6 reviews
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dries out fastThis little tub was great in the beginning, then slowly started drying out even with a tight close. — 8 years, 10 months agofutygum | 29 reviews
Won't Smudge At ALLYes, it will dry out if you don't screw it on, but not in a super-human way, just make sure it's closed. It's actually a good thing that it dries quickly, it's supposed to do that on the eye and stay in place. It is the first of its kind not to smudge and there's way more in it than the Bobbi liner for a lower price. — 9 years, 1 month agoHookedOnBeauty | 127 reviews
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POLICE are appealing for the public's help in locating a man wanted in connection with an attempted murder in Old Town.
On Thursday, July 24, shortly before 12.55pm, an incident took place in the Town Gardens.
A 25-year-old man was stabbed with a knife several times during an assault which took place in front of several members of the public.
He was taken to the Great Western Hospital with serious injuries but later released.
Following the incident, which happened while the park was busy, the weapon used in the attack was swiftly located by police officers who cordoned off part of the park for forensic purposes.
As a result of initial police inquiries, two men aged 18 and 20 have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with this incident.
They have both been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Officers are now keen to locate Dzung Nguyen, aged 20, who may be in Wiltshire or the Avon and Somerset area, in connection with the attempted murder.
He is described as Chinese, approximately 5ft 6ins with black hair and brown eyes.
Speaking at the time, Swindon Superintendent Andrew Carr reassured the Old Town community that a robust police investigation was ongoing and warned them that there would be a heightened police presence in and around the area in the days following the incident.
Anyone with information about Nguyen's whereabouts is asked to contact Wiltshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be left anonymously.


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Inbound Marketing Summit Recap
11 Oct 2009
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, I attended the Inbound Marketing Summit conference put on by New Marketing Labs at the Gillette Stadium. Attending this conference was an interesting milestone for me, as it is where I really got my start in social media last year. Day 1 of the conference last year I showed up without a computer and barely any knowledge of Twitter (I was registered but wasn't using it, and didn't "get it") and much of social media. Day 2, I showed up with my laptop, and started tweeting. I haven't stopped since, and have learned so much since that time about other forms of social media, and have put them into practice at work and through consulting projects. A lot changed for me in that year.
Anyway, the conference was even more incredible than it was last year, so I thought I'd share some of my favorite quotes/learnings. (Not necessarily quoted word for word; and if you know who said some of the unknown quotes or if I made any errors, please let me know!)
Day 1
- How do you engage customers without pissing them off? Just need to listen. And then figure out WHEN in the conversation it's right to jump in. ~Citrix (name?)
- SM needs to get out of the corporate communications group. It should be spread throughout the company ~Innovative marketing panel
- In terms if marketing, it's not about the thickness if your wallet, it's about the thickness of your mind. It's a great time to be a poor marketer. ~Justin Rasmussen, Coffee House Ideas
- Who will own social media in the future? PR agencies, interactive agencies or ad agencies? Answer: The companies. ~Brian Halligan, Hubspot
- PR is dead. ~Brian Halligan, Hubspot (I couldn't disagree more. I do believe PR is changing, but it will never be dead. The big difference I see is that rather than companies finding press, the press will be finding them.)
- People turn to social media traditionally to solve 3 problems: 1) sales 2) get the word out , 3) need to make a relationship better or change it." ~Katie Delahaye Paine, KDPaine & Partners
- You need to look at your "share of suckiness" vs. your competitors. "We suck less" ~Katie Delahaye Paine, KDPaine & Partners (it's important to look at what your detractors are saying, but also keep in mind industry norms for sentiment.)
- PR = helps groups communicate with one another and facilitate discussions. What is PR2.0? A new approach to PR (PR isn't just media relations) — it's about building long term relationships, and now we can do it directlly with the customer. ~Katie Delahaye Paine, KDPaine & Partners
- What is a social media press release? Integrating keywords, SEO, interactive content, links to SM sites, enabled for social media. ~"Getting the Word Out" panel
- Measure engagement (not impressions), which will then lead to sales. ~"Getting the Word Out" panel
- Marketing = getting people to know, like and trust you. ~Rich Ullman, Ripple6
- What do you say to the people that say they don't have time to create good content? Tough! ~Valeria Maltoni, Conversation Agent
- If you're doing SM, and not email, you're insane. It has a $44 ROI per dollar spent, on an email campaign. ~Email panel
- Using purchased email lists is just spamming. The people didn't sign up for the email. ~Email panel
- "Rented list" – means using another list to communicate your message (i.e Daily Candy). ~Email panel
- 20% of tweets mention brands (source http://bit.ly/MVSlV). Twitter users are twice as much likely to engage with brands than on other platforms. ~Jesse Engle, CoTweet
- For a company with multiple tweeters, it's best to have logo as avatar, twitter background with faces/names of tweeters, and use cotags. ~Jesse Engle, CoTweet
- Kodak's blog is not about the actual product, it's about HOW we use our products. ~Jennifer Cisney, Kodak
- Cool free listening tool www.socialmention.com ~unknown
- How to get your video to go viral? Story, spectacle, emotion, conflict, questions. ~Tim Street, APE Digital
Day 2
- Listening helps you find ppl who are passionate about what you do, out on the web. That's how you build a comunity centric way to market. ~Listening and monitoring panel
- Email's role in the marketing mix is more important than ever. Email is a main DRIVER of social web activity. ~Greg Cangialosi, Blue Sky Factory
- The blog is the ANCHOR of our social media efforts. ~Paula Berg, Southwest Airlines
- Where else can you get immediate and passionate feedback from your customers other than in social media. ~Paula Berg, Southwest Airlines
- Social Media optimization created the findability of social objects – keywords, titles, descriptions, tags, syndication. ~Christopher Carfi, Cerado
- If there are a bunch of kids in a playground, and there are no toys there, they're going to leave. (referring to making your Facebook and website interactive). ~CC Chapman, Campfire
- Everyone needs a CMS (even if it's just WordPress), in order to update site,keywords, tags, etc. ~CMS panel
- Whereever you are finding the most uncomfortable information about you, look there 10 times harder! ~Tim Walker, Hoover's
- What are Social Media Influencers (SIM)? Harnessing social media and social influencers to achieve a goal. ~Shiv Singh, Razorfish
- Market to the community not just the individual. ~Shiv Singh, Razorfish
- Social engagement results in purchases 24 days later on average. ~Shiv Singh, Razorfish
- Focus not just on the platforms, but on the relationsips… focus on WHO is influencing your customer. Research influencers. ~Ken Chow, R2 Integrated
- Great Marketing = Convince people to SELL. ~Dharmesh Shah, Hubspot
- Google's ranking algorithm = context (does it match what they're looking for?) + authority (how much does Google trust you?). ~Dharmesh Shah, Hubspot
- Titles are the most important piece of information you're giving to Google about what the page is about.The MOST important is the one on your home page. Earlier words send a stronger message to Google. So, your title keywords need to be ordered appropriately. Don't make your Home page titled HOME (even if you sell homes!. ~Dharmesh Shah, Hubspot
- Don't buy ads on Facebook. Use it to look at the demographic info to find who meets your target profile (brilliant!). (I don't agree about not buying ads, but the target demos are great!). ~Dharmesh Shah, Hubspot
If you want to see even more highlights from me or others during the Inbound Marketing Summit, check the #IMS09 hashtag on Twitter Search.
Overall, an incredible conference!! A few suggestions for IMS next year. Include people's Twitter names in the program, on their nametags, and on the screen while their speaking. Improve the wireless. Add a case study component… so many great minds together in one room! We can break into a group of 10 and all work on a different case to put together a social media and marketing strategy and tactics. Do short presentations so we can all learn from eachother.
(Photo credits: Group, Chris Brogan, iPhone, CC Chapman)
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Dumped for the Ashes, Mitchell Johnson has suffered more cricketing misfortune as the victim of a bizarre "hat-trick" in the Indian Premier League.
Paceman Johnson claimed 3-27 in a match-winning performance against the Chennai Super Kings on Monday.
But only after having former Australian Test teammate Mike Hussey dropped three times off successive balls by the same player fielding at point - usually brilliant West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard.
The first chance was a difficult one above Pollard's head, but the next two were regulation opportunities.
To rub salt into the wounds for a bemused Pollard, the third miss crashed through his hands and into his face.
"It was a little bit surprising. I guess the first one was probably a tougher one but the two after that ... look it does happen in the game," Johnson said.
"No, I have never seen that happen before. It was very bizarre. They were all different heights, one was quite high, one went low, and one was obviously hit him in the nose.
"Thankfully he is okay and came back to the field to catch the next one that went to him. It was quite amazing what happened. I don't think we will probably ever see that again.
"I said before the game to Ricky Ponting, `I hope Mike Hussey's old luck is run out.'
"He (Pollard) has taken some unbelievable catches in his time. Tonight wasn't his night with catches.
Defending 5-139, Mumbai restricted Chennai to their lowest total of the season, skittling them for a mere 79 despite the dropped catches.
Hussey (507) is second to Chris Gayle (566) as the tournament's top run-scorer, with Shane Watson sixth (354) and David Warner ninth (347).
James Faulkner (17) is third on the list for most wickets, trailing Dwayne Bravo (20) and Vinay Kumar (19).


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At Diane von Furstenberg's show, James Kaliardos, working with MAC Cosmetics, was inspired by Italy and palazzos in the early Seventies.
Kaliardos began the look by prepping skin with Mineralize foundation, adding Pure Sculpture Sculpting Cream and Tea Petal blush on the cheekbones and Prep + Prime transparent pressed powder to finish. Next, he turned his attention to the eyes, using Prep + Prime Highlighter Pen and Pure Sculpture Sculpting Cream for a blank canvas, applying Antiqued and Espresso eye shadows on the lids and brow bone. Kaliardos added Haute and Naughty mascara in black, and individual false eyelashes at the outer corders to elongate the eye. He finished with a swipe of clear Lip Conditioner on the lips.
It was anything goes for Orlando Pita, working with Phyto and T3 at the show. "Diane loved the idea of individual looks for each of the girls," he said. "We're doing everything from middle and side parts to straight, waved and everything in between. Every girl is different."


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A SENIOR Victorian government minister has been forced to apologise to an environment group and retract claims that it had mounted a legal challenge in bad faith to hurt forestry workers and their families.
Water and Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh apologised to Healesville-based group MyEnvironment over comments he made at the end of a Supreme Court trial in March.
MyEnvironment lost a Supreme Court bid to stop logging in parts of Victoria's central highlands, which it said was threatening the habitat of the state's endangered faunal emblem, the Leadbeater's possum.
Mr Walsh later issued a press release that welcomed the judgment and said: ''The MyEnvironment legal action was a deliberate tactic to tie up resources and impose financial pressure on honest forestry workers and their families''.
It was at odds with the judgment of Justice Robert Osborn, who found MyEnvironment had brought the case in good faith and that the evidence suggested there should be an urgent review of the protection of the possums' habitat.
In a statement on his website, Mr Walsh said he accepted there was no basis for his claim that the green group had acted in bad faith and that Justice Osborn had found the case had been pursued in the public interest.
''I hereby retract my allegation against MyEnvironment Inc and unreservedly apologise to it for any harm or embarrassment which my allegation may have caused,'' he said.
It is understood that the apology included a payment for damages, though neither party would comment on whether a payment was sought or made.
MyEnvironment spokeswoman Sarah Rees said people had accused the group of being liars following Mr Walsh's comments. ''Now because of his apology people can know the truth,'' she said.
MyEnvironment is challenging the March judgment in the Court of Appeal.


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Miley's New Beau Has an Underwear Model Past
When Miley Cyrus takes her boyfriend Justin Gaston to church, he wears a wife-beater. Some may think that's nutty, but the buff lad is just honoring his down-home roots…as an underwear model.
Judging from his portfolio, the boy's being conservative just by covering up his nipples. That's something these young lovebirds have in common.
Maybe Miley is better suited to the likes of Justin than ex-boyfriend Nick Jonas after all. Let's just hope she's stopped making a habit of collecting her boyfriend's socks.


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let's think about the following scenario, you are in the middle of nowhere and for some reason your battery is discharged. Like leaving on your highbeams while the engine is off during a quick lunch...
So you want to start the bike and all you hear is 'click,click,click'. What todo now?
One solution would be to push start the bike. As example we will use jasmine, my 2005 R6. As always, every bike likes to be treated differently.
- pull in the kickstand
- make sure the engine cut off switch is in the on position (don't ask me how i know this... :rolleye)
- put the bike in first or second gear, jasmine prefers second gear
- give a little gas
- pull in the clutch
- get to a steady speed of 5mph and let the clutch engage, slowly!
- engine should sputter and start
if this doesn't work, try to use a different gear like 1s or 3rd. Some bikes prefer higher or lower gears.
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RYAN Bennett will be targeting a medal when he gets his British Swimming Championship campaign under way today.
The Chorley ace begins his bid for glory in the 100m backstroke heats this morning with a potential semi-final tonight.
Bennett is also competing in the 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly during the championships which run until Tuesday in Glasgow.
It is the 200m backstroke which represents Bennett's best chance of victory.
The 23-year-old is ranked fifth in the 100m backstroke and second in the 200m which begins on Monday, meaning he has harbours medal prospects in both but especially the latter.
He is ranked sixth in the 100m butterfly and will also compete in the 200m freestyle – although he is not expected to reach the final in that event.
His fellow University of Stirling swimmer Josh Walsh, from Blackburn, will be up against Bennett in the 200m and he has a shot at the podium.
Walsh is ranked fifth in that event, which begins tomorrow, and the 22-year-old will also compete in the 100m freestyle which starts on Saturday.
The championships double up as the England trials for this summer's Commonwealth Games with both Bennett and Walsh hoping to make the squad.
Meanwhile, Burnley Bobcats teenagers Katie Rennolds and William Murray are also in action.
Rennolds, 15, competes in three events beginning with the 800m freestyle on Sunday before she takes part in the 200m butterfly on Monday and the 400m freestyle on Tuesday.
Fifteen-year-old Murray's focus is on the 100m freestyle which starts on Saturday.
Blackburn Cenutrions ace Anna Hopkin is also in action competing in the 50m butterfly with her campaign starting on Saturday.
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Excel Weekly News from Contextures Oct 1, 2013
Set up an Advanced Filter + more Excel tips
In this week's Excel news, you'll see how to fill empty pivot table cells with zeros, and other tips. Thank you for reading the Excel news!
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Conditional Drop Down Lists
With Excel's data validation feature, you can create drop down lists on a worksheet. In this sample file, select an item in the first list, and the second drop down changes, to show only the items related to that selection. You can also add a third drop down, that show items based on the first two selections.
Click here to see the details, and download the sample file: Conditional Drop Down Lists in Excel
Find MIN IF and MAX IF From Excel Pivot Table
In Excel, you can use array formulas to find MIN IF and MAX IF. For example: What was the lowest total order price for the Carrot Bars product? What was the highest price?
An easier way to find the lowest and highest values for a specific item, is to use a pivot table. It automatically creates a list of all the products, and you can select MIN, MAX, or other functions that you want to see in the totals.
Click here to see the details, and to watch the video: Find MIN IF and MAX IF From Excel Pivot Table
How to Set Up an Excel Advanced Filter
The AutoFilter feature is quick and easy to use, and works well for most of the filters that you need to apply. It does have some limitations though, and for complex filters you can use the Advanced Filter command.
It's a little trickier to set up, but worth the effort. You can see the setup steps in my short video, and read the detailed instructions, to help you get started. You'll learn a couple of AutoFilter tricks too!
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- For a humorous peek at what other people are saying about Excel, read this week's collection of Excel tweets, on my Excel Theatre blog.
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- If you need to create a list of dates that are business days, Mike Alexander shows the step by step details.
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This is a small story of give and take. Mostly take.
It's early September. I'm at the modest, rented home of Xavier Dias in a northern suburb of Ranchi, and we're discussing issues of business and human rights.
Of Goan origin, Xavier is among a group of former urbanites outraged with realities of rural and tribal India who settled in Jharkhand some decades ago. His activities have ranged from campaigning for Jharkhand's separation from Bihar to taking on businesses and government to safeguard the traditional, individual and property rights of tribals. He is the motive force behind the Jharkhand mines area coordination committee, part of an influential citizens' rights agglomerate.
Why aren't you in jail? I ask him, a joke to acknowledge the increasingly hard place activists inhabit, with law usually used to restrict such activities. Xavier laughs wryly.
It's now three months later. Xavier has just been released on bail in Chaibasa, close to Jharkhand's main iron ore strip, along with five others, all tribals. With several local villagers, Xavier had blockaded Tata Steel Ltd's pelletizing plant near the ore hub of Noamundi in 1991, arguing for compensation for several things, including sacred groves and graves of a village that were located in the plant's premises—which Xavier charged had been constructed on "grabbed lands". Villagers were also incensed with a case of molestation in which some women of the Ho tribe were allegedly attacked by a few Tata Steel employees. The fracas snowballed; there was an incident of firing upon protesters. The blockade spilled over to nearby railway tracks. Xavier and his colleagues were arrested, and released on bail. The case continues to this day, with the original 15 arrested down to seven on account of deaths.
In 2010, the lawyer representing this lot joined Abhijeet group, claims Xavier, without handing the case over to another lawyer. Chaos followed. The local court at Chaibasa got upset on account of notices which went unanswered, it issued a notice of arrest which did not reach the accused, and so on. Xavier and the other co-accused surrendered to the court a week ago. The concern among rights groups is that in Jharkhand's charged, quite coercive business-and-politics-versus-the-rest atmosphere, due process may be tempered by undue influence to hobble a key activist—and warn his colleagues to back off. (There are several ongoing movements against Tata Steel and other businesses.)
There is immediate precedence. Dayamani Barla, a tribal-rights activist who many claim is responsible for ArcelorMittal not being able to go ahead with the acquisition of tribal-inhabited forest lands in Jharkhand for iron ore mining, was arrested in mid-October. This was on the basis of a first information report from 2006 for leading a protest that included blockading a road to ensure job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Denying her bail for a relatively minor offence suggests the real reason: she infuriated the establishment with her stand, most recently against land acquisition in Nagri, a village north of Ranchi. Here, villagers are resisting 227 acres of farmland being given over for the Ranchi campuses of the Indian Institute of Management, the Indian Institute of Information Technology and the National University of Study and Research in Law.
This is relatively minor, going by what happened in Tamil Nadu over the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, where earlier this year several hundred locals, mainly fisherfolk, were bizarrely charged with sedition for voicing their concern about nuclear safety in the wake of the tsunami-related Fukushima incident in Japan. It is also relatively less ominous compared with the gathering storm in Chutka, Madhya Pradesh, the proposed location of another state-run nuclear power plant. Here, after a gram sabha this past October resolved to not part with village land for the project, word arrived from the office of the collector of Mandla, the nearest government satrapy, that the mostly tribal villagers would be arrested were they to resist acquisition of their lands.
As with these and numerous other ongoing situations across India, the concern in Jharkhand is one of escalation of such conflict. And the easy use of law, singularly by government or with tacit understanding with businesses—both private and state-run—to browbeat citizens into submission. Instead of dialogue, apply arrogance of power.
I recall Xavier telling me how for such issues, it is pointless to appeal to businesses and governments on grounds of ethics. "They look at things in a clinical way with zero emotion. They don't care at all about morality." Now he has time to mull over such wisdom.
Sudeep Chakravarti is the author of Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country and Highway 39: Journeys through a Fractured Land. This column, which focuses on conflict situations in South Asia that directly affect business, runs on Fridays. Respond to this column at firstname.lastname@example.com


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I love woodworking too. I always have something in the works. Much of the furniture I have, I made. Besides working full-time and teaching two classes, I just started taking a class in signing. I really want to be able to talk with my grandson directly. I have studied the French language and very much want to return for an extended visit. I just don't want to go alone.
Solutions. I have an ability to solve problems in a creative way. I think it is because I have so many divergent interests.
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City You Won't Come Back To
Feb. 6, 2011
A white light strafes the railyard as freight trains churn and click
past burned-out tanneries, car yoked to car. Slow halt of a body as it grinds
to the brink of rails. What flashes to beguile. What we let go by. Tonight
we sit in the diner, red block letters pulsing in our spoons. In the black sheets
of the windows, we study the reflection of reflection. If I put my hand
on your hand. If you put your head on your chest. If I took up the sugar
and poured it on your plate, saying start anew. Pay the tab and then we will resign:
the tangleyard benighted with belief, the season saddled roughly to its twinge.
Nightshade roots in the alley, boxwood snares the park. All that rust and stubble,
all that riff and tear. For now, let's walk where elm trees net the vacant lot.
For now, let's traipse out barefoot, gummy tarmac blackening our heels.
Anne Shaw's first book, Undertow, won the Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize and is available from Persea Books. Her work has also appeared or is forthcoming in Harvard Review, Black Warrior Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Barrow Street, and New American Writing. Her experimental online poetry project can be found on Twitter at "http://twitter.com/anneshaw" twitter.com/anneshaw.


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I'm back to algo.monads.
I can't remember how much time I've already devoted to the library and the topic of monads in general, but I'm sure it took me already a couple of weeks and still whenever I'm back to
algo.monads I find something interesting.
Today I thought I found a bug in
m-lift macro and even reported an issue to Konrad Hinsen (the author of the library), but when I read the article A Monad Tutorial For Clojure Programmers (Part 1) I knew I was wrong.
I just badly needed the
macroexpand-1 function. I should've remembered to give it a shot before I ran the alarm!
m-lift macro "Converts a function f of n arguments into a function of n monadic arguments returning a monadic value." I thought it was so easy to comprehend, but was so much mistaken.
Have a look at the REPL session below.
$ lein2 version
Leiningen 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT on Java 1.7.0-u10-b09 OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
$ lein2 repl
nREPL server started on port 54046
REPL-y 0.1.2
Clojure 1.4.0
Exit: Control+D or (exit) or (quit)
Commands: (user/help)
Docs: (doc function-name-here)
(find-doc "part-of-name-here")
Source: (source function-name-here)
(user/sourcery function-name-here)
Javadoc: (javadoc java-object-or-class-here)
Examples from clojuredocs.org: [clojuredocs or cdoc]
(user/clojuredocs name-here)
(user/clojuredocs "ns-here" "name-here")
user=> (use '[cemerick.pomegranate :only (add-dependencies)])
user=> (add-dependencies :coordinates '[[org.clojure/algo.monads "0.1.3-SNAPSHOT"]])
{[org.clojure/clojure "1.3.0"] nil, [org.clojure/tools.macro "0.1.0"] nil, [org.clojure/algo.monads "0.1.3-SNAPSHOT"] #{[org.clojure/tools.macro "0.1.0"] [org.clojure/clojure "1.3.0"]}}
user=> (require '(clojure.algo [monads :as m]))
user=> (doc m/m-lift)
([n f])
Converts a function f of n arguments into a function of n
monadic arguments returning a monadic value.
user=> (m/m-lift 1 (fn [v] v))
CompilerException java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resolve symbol: m-bind in this context, compiling:(NO_SOURCE_PATH:1)
See the
RuntimeException? That's where I thought I found a bug. I thought the
m-bind should already been defined, but it was not. And it is on purpose – the
m-bind is a part of a monad and it's up to the monad to register it.
(clojure.core/fn [mv_5837] (m-bind mv_5837 (fn [x_5838] (m-result ((fn [v] v) x_5838)))))
It was when I realized I needed a monad. There are a few available, with
identity-m being the simplest one.
(defmonad identity-m
"Monad describing plain computations. This monad does in fact nothing
at all. It is useful for testing, for combination with monad
transformers, and for code that is parameterized with a monad."
[m-result identity
m-bind (fn m-result-id [mv f]
(f mv))
user=> (m/with-monad m/identity-m (m/m-lift 1 (fn [v] v)))
#<user$eval5844$fn__5847 user$eval5844$fn__5847@3330fadd>
user=> (macroexpand-1 '(m/with-monad m/identity-m (m/m-lift 1 (fn [v] v))))
(clojure.core/let [name__5505__auto__ m/identity-m m-bind (:m-bind name__5505__auto__) m-result (:m-result name__5505__auto__) m-zero (:m-zero name__5505__auto__) m-plus (:m-plus name__5505__auto__)] (clojure.tools.macro/with-symbol-macros (m/m-lift 1 (fn [v] v))))
As you can see
m-bind and
m-result (the two mandatory monad's functions) are already bound and available. That's how monads are implemented in
algo.monads and with no monad there's no
m-bind and
m-result. Simple, isn't it?
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Apple has issued a statement damning a proposed French law that would force it and other music-crippleware companies to license its technology to anyone who wants to build a music player.
Apple condemned the proposal as "state-sponsored piracy" and warned that it would result in its customers filling their iPods with "pirate" videos and music. This is intensely hypocritical. Apple ships millions of iPods holding up to 10,000 songs. Most customers for 60GB iPods have fewer than 10,000 songs' worth of CDs and no one is buying $10,000 worth of iTunes. While there's a certain amount of public domain and Creative Commons music likely to end up on iPods, and some video these days, there's no question that Apple's iPod business is built on the average customer's need for a way to take her/his unauthorized music downloads on the road.
What's more, as Steve Jobs explained to Rolling Stone in 2003, iTunes DRM doesn't stop people from making and sharing unauthorized copies of their music:
None of this technology that you're talking about's gonna work. We have Ph.D.'s here, that know the stuff cold, and we don't believe it's possible to protect digital content. . . . . [There is] this amazingly efficient distribution system for stolen property called the Internet --- and no one's gonna shut down the Internet. And it only takes one stolen copy to be on the Internet. And the way we expressed it to them is: Pick one lock -- open every door. It only takes one person to pick a lock. Worst case: Somebody just takes the analog outputs of their CD player and rerecords it -- puts it on the Internet. You'll never stop that. So what you have to do is compete with it.If Apple doesn't think iTunes stops "piracy," then why include it? Because it lets them send legal threats to competitors like Real when they make players for their own DRMed music that run on Apple devices. Real's effort to put a Real player on the iPod wouldn't have helped anyone commit "piracy" -- nor would the French law. All it would do is give iPod owners the option to buy their crummy DRM-crippled music from someone other than Apple, maybe getting a better price or better features or both.
In a response issued after the law won initial approval, Apple said: "If this happens, legal music sales will plummet just when legitimate alternatives to piracy are winning over customers."Link (Thanks, Herve, Dave and Peanutbutter13!)
But, it added, the law could prove a boon for Apple and its popular iPod music players.
Said Apple: "iPod sales will likely increase as users freely load their iPods with "interoperable" music which cannot be adequately protected. Free movies for iPods should not be far behind in what will rapidly become a state-sponsored culture of piracy."


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Be amongst the very first in the UK to get your hands on Nintendo's stunning new Wii U console!
We've teamed-up with Nintendo to offer you the chance to try the innovative new Wii U console before it's UK launch on November 30th.
Come on in to one of the selected stores on the dates below, and you can try out the fantastic Nintendo Land game, its unique tablet-style Game Pad controller and check out the amazing HD graphics. You can even pick up some insider tips from our friends at Nintendo, and check out some of the amazing launch deals we will have for the new system!
Check with your local store for event timings and make sure you don't miss your chance to try out the Wii U!
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If you ever wish to watch an extended television comedy serial on silver screen, then Ramesh Aravind's Nammanna Don is for you. Despite having a message and some rib-tickling moments, the movie, what promised to be a laugh riot, has failed to live up to the expectations.
Dr Arjun (Ramesh) accidentally lands in a situation where he has to cure heart diseases of 22 kids for free. The hospital management, which was not happy with this idea, refuses to support him rather demands him to send all those children back because the institution is to make profit and not to do social service. However, Arjun's girlfriend (Mona Parvaresh) and her brother (Achyuth Rao) bring the dead body of a don (Rajendra Karanth) to his hospital to save their own lives. The don's brother played by Raju Thalikoti, who does not know that his elder one is dead, pleads the doctor to save his brother and claims that he is ready to do anything for him. The remaining part should be seen on-screen.
First of all, hats of to Ramesh Aravind for attempting to give a noble message to medical practitioners. His idea of telling it with comedy is praise worthy. But the actor-turned-director has made blunders while presenting it on celluloid. The weak screenplay penned by himself has played the spoilsport. In fact, the movie fails to hold the attention of the audience in the first half, but the second segment is better. Nonetheless, the movie has its moments. There are good comic scenes at parts and DBC Shekar's dialogues tickle your funny bones whenever Raju Thalikoti appears on screen.
Performance wise, Ramesh Aravind is overshadowed by Raju Thalikoti. In his typical Uttara Kannada dialect, the latter shines with one-liners. Heroine Mona Parvaresh has not got much to do in the film and she is not impressive in her limited role. Actress Sanathini is okay, Rajendra Karanth will be seen in dual roles and he is good. Rest other like Achyuth Rao, journalist and newcomer Sunaina Suresh, Veena Bhat have done justice to their roles. Technically, Mathews Manu's music is not up to the mark, but the background score is better. Krishna Kumar's cinematography is okay.
Verdict: Nam Anna Don is not a stress buster, but it has turned out to be a decent family entertainer.
Cast: Ramesh Aravind, Mona Parvaresh, Raju Thalikoti, Rajendra Karanth, Sunaina Suresh, Achyuth Rao, Veena Bhat and others.
Director: Ramesh Aravind
Music Director: Mathews Manu
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Cheesy Vegetarian LasagnaPosted by Megan | Dinner, Pasta, Vegetarian
Ohhhhhhh is this a good one for you! I am all about this lasagna. We have made it a couple times and it is the perfect thing to have hiding in your freezer for a rainy day or a quick dinner. You may look at the amount of time it takes to make it and hesitate, but never fear friends: those couple hours are very well worth the multiple dinners you can pull out of the freezer and reheat in a pinch. As you may have noticed in a recent post, Will has left me for the next three weeks, to gallivant around England. However, being the thoughtful man he is, he wanted to prep me a bunch of dinners before he left, so I could focus my time on working on training with Otis instead of stressing about how it takes me a painfully long time to make dinner. This casserole was one of the things he made, after we had a huge success with it a couple weeks prior. It hits the spot on the "warm, comfy homemade meal" front, but is loaded up with veggies so you don't feel *too* bad about the entire bag of mozzarella being strewn across the noodles. The eggplant and mushrooms give it that classic lasagna feel, with the addition of bell pepper and zucchini, if you choose, to add a little more texture. It's a great recipe to have in your arsenal and it's worth taking a couple hours on a weekend to prep and stock up on!


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Monday, 14 January, 2002, 12:59 GMT
Argos sales boost GUS
Strong Christmas sales at its Argos catalogue store chain has provided a boost for the retail group GUS.
Argos saw same-store sales jump 14% over the 14 weeks to 5 January, compared to the same period the previous year, as shoppers snapped up electronic goods, furniture and toys in the run-up to Christmas.
GUS' credit-checking business Experian also recorded a solid 5% rise in business.
But the luxury brand Burberry did less well, with underlying sales falling.
'Good progress'
"Against the background of current economic conditions, GUS has made further good progress in the third quarter, highlighted by Argos," GUS Chief Executive John Peace said in a statement.
But weaknesses in other parts of the GUS group did not go unnoticed.
"GUS' Q3 trading statement was a mixed bag," said a note from Credit Suisse First Boston.
"Argos surprised on the upside, but Burberry disappointed and the commentary on Experian was far from encouraging."
Burberry checked
The Burberry brand put in a weak performance, with underlying sales falling 2% over the three months to 31 December.
Demand for the brand has wavered since 11 September, as people have turned away from luxury goods.
GUS is planning to partially float the Burberry business later this year.
The Experian credit-checking business also saw a drop-off in US trade in the immediate aftermath of September's terror attacks.
The latest figures showed growth in Experian's North America was slower than elsewhere.
While worldwide sales grew 5% on an underlying basis, in North America they grew by only 2%.
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New Jersey grows a variety of cantaloupe called the Athena melon (years ago, we called them muskmelons), which are usually sweet with very soft flesh and are highly perishable.
I remember in our produce store growing up, my father would bring in loads of them in the summer, and you could smell their sweet scent for miles, but unfortunately, they would only last a day or two before they went bad.
Thats why most stores today sell popular California cantaloupes, which are high in sugar content and are good keepers that usually last up to a week.
Like many other households today with just two people, both of whom work, my wife, Bette, and I shop once a week and rely on produce to keep for weeks. However, since produce is meant to be eaten, not stored, we now depend on farmers and stores to offer produce that will last longer. This means picking and buying the product greener and not as ripe, which Im not crazy about, but its a sign of the times.
Great fragrance is the hallmark of a good ripe cantaloupe. If I've got a crate or two of them in the truck, it doesn't matter what other produce is in there. When I open the door to unload, the warm, rich, sweet summer smell of melons is the first thing that hits me. Usually the least expensive and probably the most popular melons on the market, cantaloupes are sweet, fragrant, and juicy, with a pinkish orange to bright orange flesh. Grown primarily in California and other western states, cantaloupes are round, with a golden, tightly netted skin.
Although good cantaloupes from the West are available from June through December, they are best between June and September. That's when the California crop is at its peak, and I think that state grows the best cantaloupes. Arizona is next, New Mexico and Texas also grow big cantaloupe crops.
Almost all cantaloupes commercially grown in California are of the Hale's Best group of varieties. Several strains are on the market, each with a few distinct characteristics. Other varieties include Hymark and Mission.
Color and, more importantly, fragrance not softness at the stem end indicates ripeness. A cantaloupe with a golden color and a ripe, sweet aroma is going to be a ripe, sweet melon. Dont push the stem end: If your neighbor presses a thumb there, and I press mine there, eventually youre going to feel something soft even if the melon is grass green.
For some reason, cantaloupes with tighter netting seem to have a firmer, crisper texture and cut better than those with the looser, more open netting.
If the stem end is rough with portions of the stem remaining, the melon was harvested prematurely. Shriveled, flabby or badly bruised product signals poor quality. Also avoid melons with growth cracks, mottling or decay (mold or soft sunken spots on the surface). A mature cantaloupe will be well netted or webbed with a smoothly rounded, depressed scar at the stem end.
A cantaloupe on the green side will ripen if you leave it out at room temperature until any green undertones in the rind have turned golden, and the melon has a rich smell. But during the summer, theres no excuse for taking home a green melon, as in-season melons should have been picked fully mature and ripe, with little or no green showing.
When ready to eat, cantaloupe will take on a yellow background appearance, acquire an aroma and soften. Because cantaloupe is shipped in a firm state to avoid damage, it usually needs a few days at room temperature to soften and become juicier.
High in folate and vitamins A and C, cantaloupes are great eaten as is for breakfast or dessert or cut up with other melons and fruits in a salad. Because cantaloupe is easy to cut, it can be used as an appetizer, in salads, as a breakfast plate garnish and in compotes and desserts.
I love August in New Jersey and all the opportunities to enjoy great fruits and vegetables that the season offers. Hope you savor every bit of this special month. To your health!
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The Village of Bellevue offers many different recreation programs for the youth in our community. Resident registration for winter and spring programs begins on December 1st of each year (non-resident registration is December 15th). Resident registration for summer and fall programs begins on May 1st of each year (non-resident registration is May 15th).
Programs offered seasonally include: dance, youth sport clinics and programs, martial arts, youth enrichment programs, schools out field trips, day camp, and before and after school programs and many more!
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For specific program information please view the current program guide on our website. Paper copies of the guide are also available at the Village Offices (2828 Allouez Avenue).


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Mom's Currant Cake
- Yield: Makes 1 loaf
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup heavy cream, or half and half
- 1 heaping tablespoon molasses
- 12 tablespoons room temperature (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for pan
- 3/4 cup Demerara sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups currants
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan; set aside.
In a small saucepan, heat the cream over medium heat. Stir in molasses. In a medium bowl, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add the sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating to combine after each addition. Stir in the cream mixture, then the currants. Add the dry ingredients and beat to combine.
Pour into prepared pan, and bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes.


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Gallery 2.2 is now available to the public and it offers some new features that are sure to be a crowd pleaser. The software is used to host your own photo galleries on your own site instead of using a service like Flickr. To setup Gallery you will need to have PHP installed on your server, which is almost standard for all hosting packages these days. If you don't already have a hosting package you can checkout the page that Gallery has setup for recommended hosts.
Here's what Gallery 2.2 has to offer you:
- Downloadable Plugins – It is all done straight from the administration interface now. Before you had to upload any themes and plugins to the server before you can enable them.
- Added support for themes to display dynamic albums
- Watermarking changes
- New themes: Carbon and Ajaxian
- New WebDAV module to mount Gallery as network device on your computer. This allows you to easily manage your Gallery with any WebDAV client like Windows Explorer.
- New module to send Ecards
- New Digibug module for prints from digibug.com
- Added support for Flash Video and Windows ASF video
- Photo auto-rotation based on camera sensors or on settings from other applications
Gallery 2 is a great way to share your photos with the world, and it serves a large variety of purposes. You could create a site where people can upload their own photos to share with you, or you can just use it for personal reasons.
There are several different themes available, and each of them has an online demo. You can even play with the two newest themes, Carbon and Ajaxian, and between the two, Ajaxian definitely takes the gold. Just like the name says, it uses Ajax to retrieve photos among other things so that the user receives nothing short of a great experience. Most of the themes do have color packs available as well, so when you're looking for a theme, choose it because of the layout and not the color choices.
I used it for quite awhile to share photos with my family, and I just created a generic account and provided the username/password to them. Then they could view whatever galleries I chose to give them permission to.
It is really easy to setup the software, and uploading images can be done several different ways. You can browse for a single image to upload, select a directory on your server that already contains all of the images and Gallery will import them, or you can upload a ZIP file that has all of the images in it and Gallery will automatically extract the contents of that file to get the photos.
I don't use the software anymore because I just bought a Flickr Pro account since they added the collections feature. The reason I wanted to use Flickr instead was because of all the external tools that it has available to make uploading images and even synchronizing my account extremely easy. Even with Flickr I can control who can and can't see my images all while taking advantage of the hundred or so online and offline tools available.
If you're looking for your own image gallery solution then Gallery 2 is by far the best one that I have found.


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Greenpoint Technologies of Kirkland, Wash., has ordered the CTT Systems Cair cabin humidification package for installation in a BBJ3 this spring/summer. The Nykoping, Sweden-based firmπs Cair provides a relative cabin humidity of about 20 percent, compared with the typical 3- to 5-percent humidity.
It is the first Cair system to be installed by Greenpoint on an executive aircraft, and the first Cair system to be installed in a BBJ, according to Greenpoint.
"The market for large VIP aircraft is picking up momentum after a slower period due to the financial recession, and several aircraft have recently been placed or will be placed in the near future," said Ulf Lijenberg, CTT v-p of sales and marketing.
Also at Greenpoint, the center recently delivered ahead of schedule a BBJ major modification program for an unidentified customer and is on schedule for a full interior completion of another BBJ for the same client.


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- Aled RobertsAM
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- Carwyn JonesFirst Minister
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Carwyn Jones, First Minister: Stop closure of Cottage Hospitals and Health Services in our communities
Community Hospital and Community Health Services such as Minor Injury Units and Xrays provide a valuable service to residents who need treatment locally or cannot travel to hospitals further afield. They take the weight off our District General Hospitals. We are already seeing the Health Board pleading for GPs not to refer patients to A&E because they cannot cope, and queues of ambulances outside hospitals because beds are full. Proposals by the Health Board would cut 10% of hospital beds in north Wales which will further exacerbate the situation.
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Stop closure of Cottage Hospitals and Health Services in our communities.
Health services in north Wales are already struggling - with the Health Board urging GPs not to send patients to A&E because hospitals were struggling to cope, and ambulances queuing up because beds are full. Public transport is being cut making it more difficult for patients and their families to travel. GPs are struggling and will not be able to cope if they have to provide more services. Local Authority budgets are being cut yet they will be expected to enhance the role of their social services.A Home Enhance Care scheme is already struggling because of a lack of personnel. We need good quality health services in our communities.
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In the lull between Christmas and New Years, Intel released its new Q9000 quad-core mobile processor, and PC maker Acer almost simultaneously its Q9000-powered Aspire 8930G-7665 "extreme gaming" and multimedia notebook computer with an 18″ 1920 x 1080 pixel 16:9 aspect ratio display.
Many Mac notebook fans and watchers had been hoping that Apple would roll out a quad-core powered MacBook Pro at Macworld Expo, which didn't happen. The new 17″ unibody MBP comes with slightly faster 2.66 GHz and 2.93 GHz processors as opposed to the 2.4 GHz and 2.53 GHz chips offered in the 15″ unibody model.
I'm not much of a gamer, but I've long advocated that Apple build a real desktop substitute laptop, and that big new Acer machine got my imagination juices flowing. The new Apple 17-incher is a nice piece of work, but I still hope Apple will at some point use that Q9000 quad-core chip in a MacBook Pro.
Enhanced Connectivity And Expandability
A quad-core MacBook Pro would be cool, so long as they can keep the heat generated within reason, but aside from desktop-like processor power, what I would really like to see in a jumbo Apple notebook is restoration, and even enhancement, of the connectivity and expandability standards set by the 1978 WallStreet G3 Series PowerBook, with its two PC Card slots, two removable device expansion days (even one would be a quantum improvement on the current status quo), ease of opening the machine up to perform component upgrades and repairs, and a motherboard design allowing processor (and ideally video accelerator) upgrades. A larger laptop could also theoretically cool more efficiently.
Replace The iMac With A Jumbo Notebook?
Raw bulk and weight is of course not the point, nor is just larger screen size. I'll even stick my neck out a little farther and suggest that Apple might consider replacing the iMac with this type of portable machine. From time to time I've been nearly convinced that an iMac would make the best sense, and certainly be the best value for the money power-wise for me as a workstation, but the biggest sticking point for me is the lack of battery power.
The biggest advantage of a portable computer is that it is portable — a completely self-contained computing unit when it needs to be — a single module that can be packed around easily and conveniently whether to the next room or to another continent. Personally it isn't so much that I use my main production Mac laptop in portable mode very often (although it's very convenient at times to be able to) but rather that I prefer to be able to keep computing through power interruptions, which are not uncommon where I live, and I really detest losing unsaved data because of even short power outages.
Duo Redivivus
Perhaps even cooler, since I'm letting my imagination off its leash, would be to replace the iMac with a portable machine loosely based on another erstwhile Apple great idea — the PowerBook Duo. The computer would be modular, with a docking CPU core unit that could serve as either the CPU module of a desktop iMac replacement that might also be offered at the entry-level without a battery and could be sold with a built-in (detachable) monitor, or "headless" to be used with an external display of the customer's choice a la the Mac mini.
The same CPU unit would also form the basis of a portable/big laptop with a built-in keyboard and trackpad and a battery in one or both of its double expansion bays. It would be processor upgradable, ideally with PCI and AGP expansion slots, an ExpressCard 54 slot or two, multiple RAM expansion slots, and upgradable video support. Beauty.
A Notebook That Is Anything But Secondary
Maybe I'm not so far out with this line of speculation. BusinessWeek's resident Apple-watcher Arik Hessendahl observes that notebooks are where the money is these days and "what used to be a secondary sibling to the desktop is now increasingly the only computer anyone wants or needs," which has notebook makers adding top-shelf features designed to attract the attention of power users, serious gamers, and others who need a notebook that is anything but secondary — often called "desktop replacements."
In a recent commentary, The Industry Standard's Ian Lamont suggests that while Apple has been able to keep the iMac on the leading edge of design and consumer demand, the traditional desktop iMac can't outrun trends developing in the marketplace, notably the ongoing shift to notebook computers. Lamont points out that Apple's 2008 10-K illustrates this with the company's overall notebook sales more than doubling from 2006 to 2008, compared to only a 70 percent rise in Apple desktop sales. Lamont thinks Apple may discontinue the iMac altogether, I'm doubtful about that, but I do think a jumbo notebook could very feasibly replace the iMac, which incorporates a lot of notebook engineering these days anyway. What do you think?


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On 11/17/2011 03:49 PM, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > I am doing something like this with an (as yet unreleased) time library, > and have thought of doing it for financial apps as well. Are you setting out to beat SRFI 19, or do you have different goals? If it's *just* time, I'd be interested to compare notes. For PLoT 5.2.1, I've introduced a struct whose instances contain unbounded days (positive and negative) and fractional seconds. > One thing I haven't decided is whether and how to represent precision > (or resolution) information, and what to do with that information. For a > simple example, what is the answer to the difference "(2 days) - (3 > minutes)"? I'm wondering whether the unit of measure alone can indicate > the precision for 99.9% of practical purposes, or we have to be able to > support more flexible specification of precision (e.g., "(2 days) - (3 > minutes to a precision of 15 seconds)"). Ho ho, it gets worse, as I discovered when writing the date tick layout function for PLoT 5.2.1. What do you do with "(2 months) - (35 days)"? It depends on *which* two months you're talking about. Icky! Fortunately, I didn't have to solve that particular problem. But trying to space ticks apparently uniformly by month was still a headache. Neil T
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Pitt center Artie Rowell noticed something different on the first day of training camp.
The shine was still on the helmets when coaches kept hurling tasks and plays of increasing difficulty at the offensive linemen, without fear of knowledge overload.
"Normally, you start with one or two plays," said Rowell, a junior from Harrisburg. "We started with several."
That sounds like a small victory, but at Pitt, it's bigger than you think.
Since the day nearly three years ago when coach Paul Chryst introduced himself to his team for the first time, Pitt's coaches have waited patiently for the situation that is in front of them.
The offensive linemen are bigger and stronger than at any time in Chryst's three seasons, and there are plenty of guys — enough for three complete units for the first time.
"We are sitting on top of each other (in the meeting room)," offensive line coach Jim Hueber said.
Most important, however, is this: They have been around long enough that they finally get it.
The five regulars have started a total of 64 games, led by guard Matt Rotheram's 27. Four have been to all three of Chryst's camps.
Sophomores Adam Bisnowaty, Dorian Johnson and backup guard Gabe Roberts know no other way than how Hueber teaches it. Finally, the message is consistent.
"This is my fourth camp," said Rowell, who was recruited in 2011, "and it feels like my fourth camp."
Hueber said he has seen growth — mentally as much as physically — in several of his players.
"You look at Artie," Hueber said. "He has a confidence in what we are doing. He thinks with us."
Then, there is senior tackle T.J. Clemmings, a defensive end under former coaches Dave Wannstedt and Todd Graham. Clemmings played offensive tackle last season for the first time, and his inexperience showed.
Yet he works harder than most of his teammates, and coaches named him the most improved player on offense the past two springs.
"T.J., you could see it coming in the spring and summer," Hueber said. "You could see it in the way he carries himself.
"There is less self-doubt. When you move to a new position, that is always there and I think he is over that."
Now, after determining the Pitt offensive linemen care, work hard and no longer can use inexperience as an excuse, this question remains:Can they play?
Pitt quarterbacks were sacked 43 times last season, and starter Tom Savage ended the season with a bruised kidney.
Chryst is quick to point out that blame for every sack can't be placed on the linemen's shoulders. Quarterbacks hold the ball too long; pass catchers don't get open fast enough.
The line finally has stability, but that's only half of the story.
"That's where we really want to be," Chryst said. "But we've got to be better."
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It all started in 2008, after the credits of the blockbuster Iron Man, with a cameo from a black-clad and eyepatch-wearing Samuel L. Jackson telling Robert Downey jnr's eponymous hero that he was ''part of a bigger universe'' and mentioning something called ''the Avenger Initiative''.
Four years, four more features - The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger (both 2011) - and a couple of billion dollars in worldwide box-office grosses later, all the character introductions have been made.
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Joss Whedon, director-writer of The Avengers, talks about the challenge of bringing several of Marvel's best loved characters into the one movie.
The world is finally ready for The Avengers: a dream team of superheroes comprising Iron Man, Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Australia's Chris Hemsworth), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) (see below).
As well as the charismatic performances of the likes of Downey jnr, Evans and Hemsworth, the movies leading up to The Avengers excelled thanks to savvy writing, dynamic direction and a sound understanding of the world of Marvel Comics, where the team and its characters first surfaced. So there was no one better to bring the Avengers together than writer (of various Marvel titles as well as modern cult TV classics Buffy and Firefly) and director Joss Whedon. The 47-year-old has long been used to working with less well-known ensembles on his television shows - but how did he wrangle the starry likes of this impressive, in some instances Oscar-nominated, cast?
''I feel like they sort of had to sniff me out and I had to earn their trust,'' Whedon says. ''But it ended up being just the same.''
If anything, given the egos of a bunch of superheroes used to saving the day on their own, any tension could have worked in Whedon's favour. ''Well, I told the guys at Marvel, 'Look, if these guys hate each other, I'll put it on screen.' They didn't but, luckily, they're all very good actors, so I was able to get some tension out of them while they were still giggling in between takes.''
The characters' personality clashes mean it takes a little while for them to gel and become more than the sum of their formidable individual parts - but therein lay what Whedon describes as ''the mission of the team and the movie''.
''Ultimately, it's making sure that all those parts are in service of a narrative flow that makes the characters relatable and then elevates them to truly heroic status, so that what you come away with is a feeling of the necessity of this team - and not just that they seem cool,'' he says.
They are cool, of course. But don't think you have to be a comic-book geek or to even have seen the lead-up flicks to appreciate their heroics in The Avengers.
''I always try to make these movies for people who have never embraced the genre, as much as for people who have lived for it their whole lives,'' Whedon says.
''The thing has to transcend the genre in the sense of being everything the genre has to offer but on a human-enough scale that people who just want to see a good, old-fashioned epic and don't really care about the franchises and all the noise and explosions will come away as satisfied.''
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All those parts are in service of a narrative flow.
Iron Man
Also known as the billionaire playboy, philanthropist and scientist Tony Stark. Played by Robert Downey jnr.
As seen in Iron Man (2008, worldwide box office: $563 million) and Iron Man 2 (2010, worldwide box office: $601 million); cameo in The Incredible Hulk (2008).
Powers/skills His big brain helped him make the high-tech armoured suit that gives him strength, the ability to fly and weapons galore.
Joss Whedon: "He's the only one of them who's a bona fide celebrity superhero – you know, he went ahead and said, 'There are superheroes, I am one of them, I am Iron Man.' He tends to be the smartest person in the room and he likes to be in charge."
Captain America
Also known as Steve Rogers. Played by Chris Evans.
As seen in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011, worldwide box office: $355 million).
Powers/skills Was transformed from a short, skinny weakling into a tall, buff super-soldier after an injection of a revolutionary serum, to fight the Nazis during World War II. Crashed a plane in the Arctic while fighting the villain Red Skull and was frozen in ice for 70 years before being defrosted by Nick Fury. Has a lethal shield and knows how to use it.
JW: "He's a grumpy old man! He's a little bit at sea in the modern world but very, very grounded in what he believes, what he thinks is right and getting it done. Even though he's a captain and a leader, he thinks of himself as a team player."
Played by Chris Hemsworth.
As seen in Thor (2011, worldwide box office: $433 million).
Powers/skills He's a God from the realm of Asgard and possesses a magical mallet called Mjolnir, so Thor has heaps of powers – such as the ability to fly, mess with the weather and, um, bash stuff.
JW: "Like everybody in the Avengers he doesn't fit in at all – which is sort of how they work as a team. Thor and 'Cap' have a real bond – not that we got to explore in that much detail because we were busy throwing opposites at each other more than we were throwing similarities. They're both soldiers, warriors."
The Hulk
Also known as Bruce Banner. Played by Mark Ruffalo.
As seen in The Incredible Hulk (2008, worldwide box office: $254 million).
Powers/skills Genius scientist Banner's investigations into gamma radiation went awry when he miraculously survived being exposed to an enormous dose. Ever since then, whenever he gets angry he gets big, green and superhumanly strong.
JW: "He's just super pissed-off all the time. The Hulk is a difficult character because he's part monster and part hero. [His] arc in the movie is really about discovering the connection between one and the other."
Black Widow
Also known as Natasha Romanoff. Played by Scarlett Johansson.
As seen in Iron Man 2 (2010).
Powers/skills Spy extraordinaire, superlative martial artist and one-time assassin. Nick Fury talked her into being one of the good guys for the organisation he runs, S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division).
JW: "She has been working at S.H.I.E.L.D. but is ultimately a darker character than a heroic [one]. Espionage, assassination … she's an unlikely hero."
Also known as Clint Barton. Played by Jeremy Renner.
As seen (briefly) in Thor (2011).
Powers/skills The world's sharpest-shooting archer but also handy with fire-arms. Has a close bond with fellow former assassin Black Widow and was similarly swayed to the side of the righteous by Nick Fury.
JW: "He has got a great deal of darkness that perhaps doesn't sit comfortably with the guy in the flag suit [Captain America] and the guy with the cape [Thor]. It makes things interesting."
Nick Fury
Played by Samuel L. Jackson.
As seen in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger (both 2011).
Powers/skills A master strategist and a skilled, experienced soldier, Fury is technically not an Avenger – he's the persuasive, tough-guy director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and, as such, has a direct line to the United Nations.
JW: "It's his job to manipulate these people [the Avengers], to create a team that doesn't wanna be a team. He's always gonna have something up his sleeve, even while the world is burning. In a way his job is tough because he doesn't get to be a hero – y'know, he doesn't even really get to be friends with the heroes because he's gotta have an agenda … and his agenda is protecting the world."
The bad guy: Loki
Played by Tom Hiddleston
As seen in Thor (2011).
Thor's mischievous and ruthless little brother Loki – like any self-respecting baddie – seeks world domination in The Avengers. "Going back to the very first Avengers comic-book, he was the villain who brought them all together," Whedon says. "He's the kind of guy who comes from behind … who kind of worms his way inside and does not meet you head on – but who still has the strength to beat the crap out of you."
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GENRE Action/adventure/comic book.
CRITICAL BUZZ One of the greatest superhero movies ever made.
STARS Robert Downey jnr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson.
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Applying Information Systems by Polish Enterprises and the Analysis of the Criteria for Adopting a Particular System
Considering marked changes in business, entrepreneurs must have constant access to a lot of information about their business status and business activity. Modern information systems allow them to find methods and tools to achieve this goal. The purpose of this paper is to assess the scope of the application of information systems in Polish companies. ERP, CRM, BI, DSS, MIS and GIS systems were analyzed. Furthermore, the authors of the article examined the importance of a variety of criteria which companies take into account when deciding upon a specific information system. So far, a number of publications have already described the structure, assumptions, functionanlity and application possiblities of information systems. However, the correlation between the company size and the type of information system used should be analysed. Moreover, an in-depth analysis of the criteria for selecting alternative systems is required. Therefore, the authors of the article determine the key aspects of choosing a particular system from a company's perspective. The research conducted involved a survey addressed to 150 Polish companies of different sizes. It reveals that company size is an essential factor when choosing an individual system. It is also of importance as far as choice criteria are concerned. Developing organizations tend to .choose 'firstneed' systems whereas highly – developed companies prefer more comprehensive systems which also offer effective management solutions.
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Latest release date rumor for Nexus 5 has October 31st launch date for Google Play
Now we've seen a number of newly rumored potential launch dates for the next stock Android handset, all clustered around the last few days of October. The latest rumor has the Google Nexus 5 being launched on the Google Play Store on October 31st. That would be all treat and no trick for the Android faithful.
And the rest of the rumor has a November 7th or 8th launch for the Nexus 5 in Canada among carriers Rogers, Bell, TELUS, Koodo and Virgin.
Last year, the Google Nexus 4 sold out on the Google Play Store so fast on launch day that it set the tone for a long time, with demand for the model outstripping supply. Considering that the Google Nexus 5 is no slouch in the specs department with its 5 inch 1080 x 1920 resolution screen, 443ppi pixel density, 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and LTE connectivity, LG hopefully turned to the Keebler elves to produce enough phones to prevent a repeat of last year's shortages.
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1. D.Aceveda (Posts: 396; Member since: 30 Jun 2012)
And if it doesn't come out on that date a new rumor will emerge suggesting a different date. This is getting really old
2. Gulenkov (Posts: 50; Member since: 15 May 2013)
And, what's with today's event? What happened there?
3. imeubeu (Posts: 59; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
loved the 4th...can't wait to see the 5th...get it for a month or two then sell...on to the next one
4. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1642; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
I think PhoneArena should just stop now. I agree with the first comment, it's getting very old very quickly. You are starting to really lose your credibility for "quality sources".
7. DefinitiveKid (Posts: 228; Member since: 15 May 2013)
I think PA is just putting out every rumor they stumble upon, that's their thing, they're not trying to look credible, obviously, just give us every info they can get. And that's fine, I usually come here if I want to be aware of every single rumor going around, but the downside is that yes, most of them are BS.
5. sckortyman (Posts: 23; Member since: 19 Sep 2013)
I feel like these articles are fine, as long as its labeled clearly as a crappy rumor. Don't make it sound credible and then feed us bs.
6. diamondflurry (Posts: 5; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)
What carriers can we expect to see this work on fully?
8. Jyakotu (Posts: 854; Member since: 12 Dec 2008)
I like the look of the Nexus 5. I'm enjoying my Galaxy Nexus (Sprint) very much that it makes me reconsider purchasing and/or upgrading to any non-Nexus devices. I am tired of Samsung Android phones though and would like something new, so I'm glad that LG made this and the Nexus 4.
9. Cha7520 (Posts: 221; Member since: 31 Oct 2010)
I really don't care about the lastest operating system. I wanted a phone with a better camera and bigger battery, so I bought an unlocked ATT LG G2 on Ebay for $450, so I'm set!
10. makdroid (Posts: 2; Member since: 18 Oct 2013)
Yeppy! I have made a deal with my dad that if Nexus 5 gets announced on 31st October, he will buy me one anyhow even though it won't be coming soon to India and if it doesn't get announced on 31st October, i will have to sell my existion Galaxy S3! Btw, i made that deal because its my birthday on 31st October. Would be a best gift from both - Google and my dad!
11. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Still feel like kickin myself for not waiting for the NEXUS 5.