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The goal of this post is to explain the connection between Red Hat and GNOME, something that many people miss-understand.
In short, there isn't any direct connection between Red Hat & GNOME, other than Red Hat sponsors GNOME with developers & infrastructure and of course they are using it on their enterprise OS. Red Hat shareholders ignore GNOME and GNOME is not referred on Red Hat reports to their shareholders.
On the other hand, Fedora is an official (brand) Red Hat project, but Fedora is also a competitor to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Fedora is a very significant project for Red Hat and apart that they (Fedora) provide a collaboration platform with open source community and reduce development cost in advanced of Red Hat, Fedora also provides grounds and virtual laboratories for innovations that Red Hat draw upon for inclusion in their enterprise offerings and technologies.
GNOME is a core component of Fedora.Next Workstation and it is a task of Fedora engineers to maintain it, regularly review it, fine-tune it and keep it flexible -running in many platforms.
GNOME through Fedora is also deployed on RHEL, and this is the indirect connection between Red Hat and GNOME.
What follows isn't a Red Hat business model analysis, but some useful info for understanding how Red Hat – Fedora – GNOME works.
Red Hat
Red Hat employs an open source software development model that uses the collective input, resources and knowledge of a global community of contributors who collaborate to develop, maintain and enhance software.
This model offers advantages to Red Hat because they are able to offer their software more quickly and with less development cost than is typical of many software vendors who use a proprietary model to develop their products.
The primary business fields they operate are cloud computing and virtualization, two technologies that brings high profitability -together with hardware manufacturing or distributing, which Red Hat isn't interested at, yet.
Red Hat typically distribute their software offerings under open source licenses that permit access to the software's human-readable source code. They are considered the largest open source company, with no really a runner up.
Key People
Red Hat's key people are Hugh Shelton (Chairman) and Jim Whitehurst (CEO). General Shelton (1942) joined Red Hat in 2010 and he is an American war hero that also served in Vietnam War. More recently Shelton was involved in Kosovo War (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia 1999). As a side note, this was the first time that NATO acted without the approval of United Nations and UN Security Council.
Whitehurst (1967) joined Red Hat in 2008 and he previously worked on Delta Air Lines, a company (airlines industry) well known for their deep ties to the military.
Just to make it clear, I'm not implying any connection with Red Hat and US Department of Defense here, rather I'm describing some facts.
Those two guys played a key role on the development of what Red Hat is today.
Red Hat was established in 1993 (as ACC Corp. Inc.) but they only started to significantly grow on the period 2010-11 and after.
Today, Red Hat has more than 6300 employees in over than 80 locations worldwide, including offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.[caption id="attachment_25736" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Red Hat Amphitheater in the city of Raleigh
Bands like Maroon 5 & Smashing Pumpkins have played there!
Red Hat paid the city $1.175 million for the name in 2012
Their headquarters are located in Raleigh, North Carolina, in an area of about 380,000 square feet (35,303m²). If you are interested to buy the place, the rent is $4.6 million annually, and Red Hat's contract will expire in 2035.
The main Red Hat products / services are:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux – which is actually the operating system to host their services
- Middlewares – like JBoss, for developing and deploying distributed applications.
- Virtualization – running multiple operating systems and software in common hardware
- Storage – software that enables enterprises to treat physical storage as a scalable, standardized, centrally managed pool of virtual storage
- Cloud – Including public, private and hybrid-cloud computing, enabling multiple users access a shared pool of resources
- Cloud Storage – This is actually a combination of virtualization and cloud computing for managing centralized and scalable data pools.
- Others – Red Hat offers a wider set of services by using software that extends the capabilities of RHEL
RHEL for Red Hat is more or less the medium to deploy and run their actual services. Red Hat invest a lot in RHEL and it isn't coming as a surprise that Red Hat is the biggest Linux (kernel) contributor responsible for approximately 10% of the changes.
The second bigger Linux contributor is one of the world's largest and highest valued chip makers, Intel. Intel guys by the way helped a lot in GNOME-Wayland.
Of course RHEL is still deployed as a simple desktop in various organizations and Red Hat puts some extra effort on things like Wacom and Multimonitor support, or Disks and Boxes applications. In any case, "desktop" isn't the major source of Red Hat's income, therefore neither their first priority.
Four serious issues for Red Hat, concerning competition are:
- Dependency – Red Hat uses and depends on third party software. For example, if Linus Torvalds stops developing Linux, that will decrease the pace of developing of Red Hat services.
- Prediction – Technology is evolving amazingly fast, and companies cannot predict and adapt to what is coming next. There is a speech of Jim Whitehurst at Red Hat Summit 2014 (4700 attendees -an event record!) that explains how Red Hat is dealing with this issue.
- Compatibility – Lots of enterprise software isn't available on Linux.
- Employees – Red Hat bleeding their key engineers, something that decreases the pace of developing of Red Hat services. That's happening in every company, including Google.
From 2011 and after, Red Hat runs an aggressive expansion strategy and they try to control or at least to have participation in major open source projects of their concern, by assigning employees as contributors. That doesn't only benefits Red Hat but open source in general.
It is a worth to mention that Red Hat in 2013 acquired FuseSource, ManageIQ and Polymita Technologies for 135 millions (all 3), but they still had ~$500millions cash on the bank.
In the end of April 2014 they announced the acquisition of Inktank, Provider of Ceph for $175 millions in cash, which was a competitor to their GlusterFS. Red Had had acquired Gluster Inc in 2011 for about ~$140 millions.
I am not going to list all the projects that Red Hat is involved into, with one way or another, but the numbers are impressive.
A fact you might don't know is that the major income for Red Hat comes through subscriptions (minor income from training and other services e.g consulting, support etc) not directly from Red Hat to customers, but through channel partners, such as Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon"), Cisco Systems, Inc., Dell Inc., Fujitsu Limited, Hewlett-Packard Co. ("HP"), International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM"), NEC Corporation, Oracle Corporation ("Oracle"), SAP AG and others.
Noticeably, many Red Hat partners like Oracle, IBM and others are also competitors.
Financial Reports
While numbers don't always say the truth, this is in short Red Hat's financial reports of the last 3 years that shows a stable yearly growth that is accompanied with a major increase (always count in percentage!) of employees.
In February 2012 Red Hat had 4500 employees, and a year later in February 2013 Red Hat had 5600 employees.
As for February 2014 they have 6300 employees, without counting independent contractors. The numbers seem small, but you have to take into consideration the numbers of independent contributors on Red Hat projects.
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|Net Income
|$150 million
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|Deferred Revenue
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|Operating Cash Flow
|$465 million
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|Cash & Investments
|$1.32 billion
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Red Hat & GNOME
When you look at the picture of GNOME you see a range of different companies pushing their own agendas – Collabora do Telepathy and Empathy, Igalia do WebKitGTK and Epiphany, and Intel do Wayland and X11. Those aren't part of GNOME, but GNOME is dependent on them and work with them, ie. GNOME contributors do submit patches.
Red Hat does a major chunk of the general maintenance and development work, but it has also pushed particular interests in the past, such as with Boxes or Disks. The trick is to combine these things in a way that is coherent, and in a way that maintains the independence of the GNOME project.
The contributions made by downstreams are almost always welcome, but GNOME retains the ability to say no: through the Release Team, the mix of maintainers and contributors involved, and in the final instance, the Board of Directors.
In most respects, Red Hat's relationship with GNOME hasn't changed for a long while. The Desktop Team hasn't grown particularly, and the company has always been pretty consistent in respecting upstream projects.
What has changed, of course, is that some high profile companies like Canonical and SUSE have stepped back from GNOME, and so this changes the balance a bit and makes people nervous. We all obviously want more companies involved in GNOME, and I think that that is something that Red Hat management would welcome.
For the end, the private mails (and phone calls) between Red Hat and GNOME developers are limited and decisions are made on open with fully transparency.
The only case (AFAIK) that Red Hat has direct involvement in GNOME is by setting some priorities in what parts of GNOME, Red Hat employees should work on. Which is obvious.
The reasons of giving such information for Red Hat are:
- Understanding the size and the growth of Red Hat
- Understanding that RHEL doesn't "primary" target desktop
- Fedora by definition (point 2) doesn't really focus on desktop either
Fedora.Next (Workstation) will try to please desktop users and this will hugely benefit GNOME & Linux Desktop in general. Red Hat descent days can lead to Fedora descent days and by the release of Fedora Next, GNOME might (just might) gain again a descent distro, since its drop from Ubuntu.
Of course Red Hat remains a company; their only goal is to increase profits, and when you have single goals, it is almost always "whatever it takes".
Honestly speaking, Red Hat is one of the companies that is in general "welcome" both from individuals/communities and press. I haven't seen much of accusations as it happens to others. I mean in business level.
Part 2
I actually wanted to talk about Fedora.Next and GNOME and not for Red Hat, but I spend much time on this, so I'll continue on another post about it. Meanwhile I reckon to read the Red Hat Annual Reports if you want to understand how this company works. They are kinda big ~100 pages each, and this was the reason I run out of time.
By the way if you want to make some money from Open Source you can buy Red Hat shares, tomorrow. It is on 48.57 but I estimated you could sell them on 52-54 inside the next 1-2 months. That would be 10% fast profit. And if not, the risk is low anyway!


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quote:Originally posted by roossy90quote:Originally posted by WaffleHouserulesJUST WISH WE HAD BOJANGLES HERE IN MICHIGANBojangles had the best biscuits and dirty rice and their little steak sammich on a biscuit for breakfast wasn't too bad either!Popeyes doesnt even come close to the spicy chicken....Tried them once and never wanted to again...
quote:Originally posted by WaffleHouserulesJUST WISH WE HAD BOJANGLES HERE IN MICHIGAN
quote:Originally posted by Greymoquote:Originally posted by roossy90quote:Originally posted by WaffleHouserulesJUST WISH WE HAD BOJANGLES HERE IN MICHIGANBojangles had the best biscuits and dirty rice and their little steak sammich on a biscuit for breakfast wasn't too bad either!Popeyes doesnt even come close to the spicy chicken....Tried them once and never wanted to again...I am sorry, and I do not wish to appear ignorant, but what in the world is a sammich?
quote:Originally posted by baughmanLiving in the Cininnati, Dayton area. I must second the post from months ago about this kind of being a void for fried chicken. 2 places stand out.The Sports Bowl in Middletown ohio. Made Killer Chicken and also Fried Livers. They had A cook that had worked there for decades that could cook. She died a few years ago. But the fried liver is still real good. and still cooked in the same cast iron skillet. - The second place I was surpised at. The White House I think its called in Indepence Kentucky. Might be wrong on location and name hehe. They designed the place around an old jail house if I am currect? The menu draws on this theme. You can go and order family style Side dishes and all. I was pulled there reluctantly by my wifes family . I was actually impressed by the fried chicken and since it was all u could eat BOOM BABY!!
quote:Originally posted by BTBIs Dodd's Townhouse on the northwest side of Indianapolis still open? I heard some good things about the fried chicken served there, but it's website (www.doddstownhouse.com) hasn't been operating for over a year now. If still open, how does it's fried chicken compare to that at Hollyhock Hill's located just a couple of miles from Dodd's?Many thanks to SWOhioGuy for putting in the link to the SE Indiana "Fried Chicken Belt" newspaper article. I found that very, very interesting as I "stumbled" upon some of those great peppery fried chicken places a couple of years ago and am really in love with that style of fried chicken. One place not mentioned in the article or by others herein (I don't think) is the Old Brick Tavern in Indiana a couple of miles south of I-74 at Exit 156 (about 15 miles west of the Ohio line). It's a little hard to find, just a plain, nothing fancy old tavern, but their chicken was fabulous. It's chicken coating is light, fluffy and peppery and really hits the spot when stopping after driving a long distance.
quote:Originally posted by TJ JacksonMy father is always looking for good fried chicken locally.He used to drive all the way up to this HUGE place that was both a restaurant and a grocery that was his favorite....I don't remember the name....but in any case his current favorite is Ron's Roost on the western side of Cincinnati.That said, he also wants, at any chicken place, white cream chicken gravy. Do you recall if they served this there?
quote:Originally posted by BTBIs Dodd's Townhouse on the northwest side of Indianapolis still open? I heard some good things about the fried chicken served there, but it's website (www.doddstownhouse.com) hasn't been operating for over a year now.
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Originally posted by Sundancer7Michael, in your extensively traveled expertise, where is the best fried chicken in America?I want to go there!!!!Paul E. SmithKnoxville, TN
quote:Originally posted by Sundancer7Around Knoxville, you use to be able to buy good fried chicken but that is not the case anymore. I am not sure if KFC ran them all off or what. I would drive 100 miles for some gooooood fried chicken along with some good chicken gravy, cole slaw and hot bisquits. If anyone knows of such a wonderful place, I wanna go and soon. I like it moist on the inside and a real crunch outside or crust.Paul E. SmithKnoxville, TN
quote:Originally posted by alipsetMichael (or anyone in the know)-Any suggestions for good fried chicken right here in Fairfield County, CT? Stew Leonard's is inconsistent at best, and they don't use the skin. Popeye's would be great if I didn't have to travel to NYC.Thanks,Alan
quote:Originally posted by BTB Mounds Restaurant in Mound Haven on SR 1 (US 52), but to date have not tried them.
quote:Originally posted by CajunKingThe German communities around SE Indiana, offer some mighty fine chickenWagner's Village InnFamous for our pan-fried chicken served family style. Homestyle breakfast served on weekends.22171 Main StreetOldenburg, Indiana 47036812.934.3854Directions:I-74 to SR 229 (Batesville exit)Top of the ramp turn right onto SR 229Follow 229 to Oldenburg, Wagners on the rightFireside InnEnochsberg, IN (Near Batesville)(812) 934-4174I-74 to exit 143 Go north for about 1/2 mile, turn right on Base Rd and drive for 5 minutes, just past St. John the Evangelist Church Hours are 5-10 p.m. on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.Old Brick TavernPenntown (near Sunman)(812) 623-2574I-74 to Sunman exit, Go south on SR101. At 4-way stop sign at SR46 and 101, continue on SR101 for only 100 yards and turn left. Go past the church for only a short distance.Open 7 days a week, normally until at least until 7:30All 3 of these serve AWESOME chicken.PS - The following deserves to be mentioned tooHearthstone Restaurant Metamora, IN (765) 647-5204I-74 to Brookville exit and go north on Rt. 52 for 22 miles. In historic Metamora, INServed Family style with potatoes and milk gravy and veggie + salad bar

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Hi Everyone!
I'm sending a shout out to all here who have encountered Edgepark Medical and the usurious/overpricing of their diabetes supplies! OMG I have been beside myself ever since this afternoon when I learned that my new insurance company is contracted with Edgepark for durable medical supplies, and - I kid you not - the same supplies I previously went through Animas (I doubt the brands(s) any of us use matters) to buy is listed at 65% to 67% OVER what the manufacturer charges!!!
This means my box of 10 Inset 30 infusion sets that Animas has a list price of $135.00 has an Edgepark Medical "catalog" price of $402.19! Every item at Edgepark is so overpriced I'm just sick.
How, in today's America, can a company get away with this? I have to pay my insurance 20% of the allowable - the contracted amount they have agreed upon with this company's (Edgepark's) usurious practices. If it works out to be more than the full Animas price of $135 I am simply not paying Edgepark.
There has to be an avenue of recourse to identify such injustice. I am floored! How can we band together to protect ourselves and loved ones from becoming victims of such unconscionable practices?
I've had a rough few weeks and this about sinks my ship. I'm seeing Attorney Generals, etc in my future. I want to stand up to this with every fiber in my being!
Thank you for listening my friends. I hope my discussion doesn't get pulled.
One voice may not be powerful enough, but many might make the difference? Just want your thoughts.
Julie Ann
Sounds pretty normal to me. Take advantage of desperate people who need your stuff. It's the American way. Good luck!
There's a lot of funny money in prices to/from insurance companies.
It really bites those who have to pay "full list" from these usurious/fraudulent prices.
e.g. if I had to pay "full list" funny money price for the bloodwork that is run on me every 3 months (including A1C), it would be $300-$400. But the "if you have insurance then insurance only pays" price is $20-$25. And what I pay out of pocket? $0. Nada. Nothing.
It's all funny money.
In most cases, insurance can insist that you buy through a selected supplier at inflated prices, but they can't "scam" you into paying more than your agreed to share. You need to look closely at your insurance explanation of benefits and see what is being paid. Edgepark may list their price as $402, but your insurance may have negotiated a lower price (say $150). If your co-pay is 20%, you should only have to pay 20% of $150. You should not have to pay 20% of $402 and you shouldn't have to pay any difference between the Edgepark price ($402) and the insurance negotiated price ($150).
My most egregious example was a vitamin D lab test, where I was billed the "rack rate" of $232 and then found that my insurance had a negotiated rate of $8. I also was offended.
This is very interesting to me. I just got informed that Animas is no longer an "in-network" provider for my pump supplies, and that I have to use Edgepark to get them now. I've read a TON of bad reviews about them, and I'm really not looking forward to having to use them, but if I don't want to pay full price, I don't have a choice. Super lame. I'll keep you posted on how things go, but you better believe if they go bad, my insurance company AND Edgepark will hear about it from me. This is my least favorite thing about having diabetes, the CONSTANT fight with insurance companies and suppliers. Animas was so good to work with, I'm really sad I have to switch. :(
Julie Ann and Erin: What insurance companies do you have that have given you this requirement to buy from that place?
I have Anthem through my husband's employer in Ohio. They previously had considered Animas an in-network provider, but must have re-negotiated their contract with them mid-year or something. I've really liked Anthem up until this mess. Hopefully it won't turn out to be a pain, but I'm not holding my breath given the sheer amount of negative feedback from other diabetic customers who have reviewed this company. Also, to Animas' credit, THEY were the ones that informed me my insurance no longer considered them a provider, in a very official letter, before I even called up to place another order for supplies. I recieved NO information about this from my insurance co. Super lame.
Oh dear. I too have Anthem, though I haven't heard anything from them. I know different policies are different (mine is CalPers). I also pay 20% through Animas but in addition Animas has given me 30% off of that for my low income level. I hope for your sake and Julie Ann's (and maybe mine and other peoples!) that something like bsc is the case where it's not really 20% of $402 that you have to pay, but some better negotiated price. What a drag!
In most or all cases, your insurance company does not pay the catalogue prices. When I first switched to Edgepark, the first rep told me I would have to pay those inflated prices until I satisfied my deductible. Well, I called back a day later and found out that the first rep had not applied my insurance rates to my prices. It turned out that everything I bought from Edgepark was cheaper than Medtronic and my pharmacy pricing. I don't understand why Edgepark has their catalogue pricing so high, but in reality the prices that my insurance company pays are quite reasonable. Before I satisfy my deductible, I still get my insurance company's contracted rate on everything.I have been with Edgepark for a few years and have had very favorable experiences after I got over the initial hump of making sure my prices reflected my insurance price. Through the years I have found that every time I have had to switch medical/prescription suppliers, it's been rocky at first and then quite good once everything was worked out. Edgepark, at least how it works through my insurance, is very good. My insurance has good negotiated rates with Edgepark.
That's so good to hear. I'm not as worried about how much things will cost as I am worried about how their service will be. All the negative reviews about them I read were people complaining about how it was like pulling teeth/herding cats to get an order shipped to them every single time they had to order supplies. I'm happy to hear that someone has had a good experience! It makes me hopeful! I'll definitely keep this thread posted about my experience as I make the switch over to them.
Clearly the Edgepark office needs to be bombed back to the stone age...
I never had a problem with Edgepark when I was able to use them. I have switched over to Diabetes Specialty Center only because I now have to order my Dexcom sensors as a pharmacy item and Edgepark cannot bill for pharmacy related supplies. But Edgepark worked with me even through insurance billng problems. I have no complaints with the company.
Thanks, Lathump. After reading this post earlier I found myself wondering what the heck was the point of an insurance company switching their provider to one that's more expensive. After all if we have (for example) 20% coverage, than the insurance company has to pay 80% so it would be to their advantage to get the best rates! Thanks also for the heads up to make sure if we get switched to them that we are being charged the contracted rate not that absurd catalog rate.
Deductible should be a four letter word.Especially since every single year I forget about it (ah, denial) and then go into sticker shock when I get a $500 bill. I love retirement, it just doesn't pay too well..lol
Update: So I've been in touch with Edgepark about getting my supplies from them now instead of directly from Animas. So far my experience has been good. My insurance co. (Anthem) must have negotiated a better deal with Edgepark than they could get with Animas (either that or Animas is trying to get out of the business of being a direct provider--anyone know if that's the case or not?) because my co-insurance is going to be about $50 less than it was when I was getting it straight from Animas. I don't understand how that could possibly be, since now there's a middle man involved, but who knows? So, we'll see. I'm cautiously optimistic at this point, and will continue to let you know my experience once I actually receive a shipment from them, but so far, so good.
It's just a game, they have negotiated a lower price with Edgepark than the Animas discounted price.
or the insurance co. would not have switched vendors....they are not going to just up and start paying
higher prices for your supply's.
I bought supply's from MiniMed for years and now I get my supply's from Liberty Medical with no copay...
and MiniMed is the one who sent me to Liberty....go figure that one out...???
I don't know why Edgepark's catalogue prices are so high. I'm sure that your insurance company has favorable negotiated rates with Edgepark and you will eventually see how much your insurance company paid versus what Edgepark charged.
My EOB's (Explanation of Benefits) always show the astronomical prices that Edgepark and all my doctors charge. Then they show what my insurance paid and it's usually about 50%. Labwork is the same way where insurance pays about 50% or sometimes way less.
As I said several months ago earlier in this thread, I have had very good service from Edgepark.


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Alex Farrell of the Energy Resources Group at UC Berkeley gives a presentation on "The Race for 21st Century Fuels", while the audience (inset) listens attentively and waits to ask questions.
Art Rosenfeld, commissioner of the California Energy Commission, described that state's recent successes in reducing electricity use compared to the US as a whole. This was accomplished in part through improved utility efficiencies, and higher building and appliance standards. In 2007, the state passed legislation to cut down on energy consumed by so‑called "vampire appliances": chargers for cell phones, PDAs, and other devices that consume energy even when the devices aren't being charged. California is also beginning to phase out commercial use of incandescent lamps. "We can't just look at developing renewable energy sources," said Rosenfeld. "Those must be combined with continuing efforts to improve energy efficiencies."
Contemporary physicists rarely spend a great deal of time considering the basic physics of buildings, but David Hafemeister (Cal Poly), one of the conference organizers, has given the issue of heat transfer in his home a great deal of thought. He has made detailed calculations of his home's heating needs, taking into account such variables as square footage, ceiling height, inevitable thermal losses, local climate, double‑paned windows, air ducts, furnace efficiency, and body heat given off by inhabitants. He also considered a "free temperature" effect, in which it is 3 degrees F warmer inside the house than it is outside. Based on Hafemeister's calculations, this means that no furnace heating is needed to maintain an indoor temp of 68 F until the outside temperature hits 65 F.
All those factors combine to determine a home's total energy usage. Because of this, small incremental improvements in energy efficiency in a building "system" can add up significantly over time, according to Daniel Harvey of the University of Toronto, who spent years developing climate change models before turning his attention to building efficiencies. In developed countries, buildings account for as much as one‑third of energy‑related greenhouse gas emissions.
Much progress has been made on maximizing the efficiency of individual devices commonly found in structures: pumps, motors, fans, heaters, chillers, lighting, air ducts, major appliances, and so forth. But Harvey maintains that putting them all together in the most optimal way could result in systems‑level savings many times higher than what can be achieved if we simply continue to address just the individual components.
For example, standard heat pump technology is designed to transfer warm air to cooler air. There are some fundamental physical limits to how efficient the heat pump can be, as French physicist Sadi Carnot proved in the 18th century. But Harvey found that by cutting the flow rate through ducts or pipes in half, he could significantly reduce the electricity needed. Harvey advocates an integrated design process for future urban planning, complete with computational fluid dynamics modeling.
Lighting also consumes a significant amount of energy. As solid state lighting continues to improve, we can expect to see this technology employed more broadly than in the niche applications it currently occupies, according to Steve DenBaars of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Years of research have improved efficiencies and made it possible to build white LEDs with the same broad spectrum as conventional incandescent bulbs. Currently, researchers are achieving 152 lumens per watt with efficiencies between 65% and 85%; by 2012, they should reach 280 lumens per watt with 90% efficiencies.
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Steelseries is coming out with the Siberia Elite and Steelseries 9H headsets with the power of full-sized speakers.
The Siberia Elite is designed for the person who wants great audio in a pair of headphones along with a full-featured microphone. One of the things I didn't expect was the external USB sound card that can mimic 7.1 surround sound by using Doppler effects and gives the microphone active noise-cancellation. It also can change the color of the headset to any one of 16.8 million colors.
The added foam gives better noise-cancelling and sound performance, and the mute and volume controls are on the side of the headset for convenience. You can also use the included software to adjust a 10-band equalizer and save profiles for each of the games you play. The list of features the Siberia Elite has is impressive, and it seems to have something for everyone.
The Siberia Elite will be released September 17th for $199. Learn more at steelseries.com.
The Steelseries 9H emphasizes the low- and mid-range sounds, which is most important for first-person shooters. You often only have a few seconds to react, and with positional audio you'll be able to tell whether the enemy is coming from your left or right. It also has a retractable microphone, sound cancelling technology, and can be used on your computer and mobile devices.
I was really impressed with how well it shuts out outside noise. On the busy and extremely loud exhibit floor I could barely hear myself talk, and listening to music would usually be impossible. Yet when I put them on all I could hear was the music. It should certainly be able to shut out your roommate watching TV or talking on the phone.
The Steelseries 9H will be available at the end of 2013 for $159. Learn more steelseries.com.
Read more of AppleTell's PAX Prime 2013 coverage, and check out our show floor photo album with over 160 pictures of the exhibit floor.


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Feeling stressed? You're not alone
Posted May 25, 2016
There was a moment today when I felt like I was just going to break all of the rules I have ever read on the Internet.
I was going to break the rules I have read about not drinking Coke, not eating carbs and not eating fruit after 4 p.m. I was going to yell at my kids and skip right over the edict to accept myself with no guilt, and I was ready to just go full shame.
Then, in that moment, my shoulder tightened its way up to my ear like a rubber band that was about to snap.
I was sitting in my room, working on deadline, ignoring my children's requests for crackers and candy, when my older son pointed his Nerf gun at my younger son's head. He squinted his eyes and leaned forward as he pulled the trigger and his younger brother screamed.
I took the Nerf gun away.
"We don't point guns at people's faces," I said. "Go to your room."
I considered hurling the Nerf gun across the room to express my frustration, but I refrained. He turned and went, and as he did, he punched his little brother in the stomach. Twang! My shoulder rigged itself even tighter, with a little jolt of electricity buzzing down my arm.
This would be so much easier if I didn't have this deadline I'm working on, I thought to myself. Why am I doing this? I have a sink full of dishes. I haven't started dinner. My children are going crazy. I need to cool it. Take a shower or something and relax — oh, but I can't! I have all of this work to do.
Twenty minutes later, I put the work away and walked into the kitchen, where another child of mine complained about a toy or something. I'm not even sure, because as he spoke, I got a zap in my elbow.
Oh great, I thought. Now it's spreading. Now I have all of the dishes and dinner and my arm is going to fall off. And I can't even go stuff my face with all of that chocolate in the pantry because it's against the rules. This is the worst! What am I doing here!?
I opened a window, and a breeze — the kind that smells like dirt, pine trees and impending rain — blew in. I love that smell. And as I inhaled, I felt some tension leave my elbow.
I turned on the oven and started washing the dishes. That helped, too. I felt less guilty, less failure beaming from the invisible place in the universe that doesn't look kindly on working mothers. And I started to think, my mother had it worse than this. So did my grandmother Fleeta, who died before I was born.
My mother has worked as long as I've lived. And working full time was the easy stuff. She added graduate school, part-time jobs and a graveyard shift on top of it for several years. My father worked away from home for a while, too, so then she was handling our household on her own.
I've always appreciated that my mother has a work ethic that could power a steel mill. At times, in her more stressful careers, I've urged her to not give so much to her employer, to step back and forget "the man" for a minute while she takes a vacation or stops working so many hours of overtime without asking for overtime pay. But that's my mother. She's a hard worker, and I think she's taught me to be the same way, at great sacrifice. I am filled with appreciation.
I called her that night to ask her about those years of hard labor for all of us; those years of little sleep and lots of work. What was that like for her?
"I felt like I was on the outside of the family, looking in," she said to me. She talked about sleep deprivation during that time of working an overnight shift and then substituting during the day. Her immune system has never been the same, she said. I thought about my own sleep schedule and recent cold that lasted three weeks. It got better, and we got older. But still, it was tough. And she did it for us.
Fleeta worked full time too. But her financial situation was not as dire as my mother's in those early years. Fleeta had the same will and power but a different freedom to choose her path. I look up to her, too.
I think some of her grit flows in my veins, and I think it combines with my mother's. Together, they power me through deadlines, projects and a day like today.
And, wouldn't you know, just as I hung up the phone, the rubber band feeling was gone.
Amy Choate-Nielsen is a full-time mom and part-time writer. She spends her days at the park and her nights at the computer. She writes about family history and her quest to understand life while learning about her deceased grandmother Fleeta.


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Court approves new German spellings
In Germany the federal constitutional court has ruled in favour of controversial spelling reforms intended to make German a simpler language to learn.
The case was brought by the parents of nine-year-old twins who wanted to prevent their children learning the new spelling.
The court ruled against the plaintiffs who had argued that the reforms could only be approved by an act of parliament.
There have been many court cases at lower levels, and confusion with some federal states approving the reforms and some ruling against.
The constitutional court ruling is now expected to end the legal battles and smooth the way for the introduction of the new spellings at the beginning of August.
Advocates of the reform argue it will make a complex language much easier to learn.
The new rules iron out some of the anomalies that have made German a difficult language for even the most competent linguist.
There will be substantial changes to the use of the umlaut in words with long 'e' sounds and changes to the use of the diphthong - the 'oy' sound.
The German-language symbol for the double 's' - ß - is being retained in most circumstances but the fiendishly complex rules concerning the correct placement of commas will be seeing a number of changes.
Opponents of the spelling reform say it is unnecessary and confusing and will deprive German of some of its linguistic subtlety.
Most German schoolchildren already learn the new spellings, and publishers have spent millions of dollars adapting school textbooks and dictionaries.
Publishers and printers had warned of financial ruin if the reforms were overturned.


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Getting Over Him and Back Out There One Month from Today!
Feel like you're on a relationship roller coaster with no where to go but down hill? Has the love of your life just given you the shaft? Or -- have you decided this is just not the relationship you bargained for so you high tail it outta Dodge only to start having second thoughts?
Hold the phone! But whatever you do, don't call "him." That's the advice Catherine Hickland (Lindsay, One Life to Live) adamantly recommends in her new book, "The 30-Day Heartbreak Cure, Getting Over Him and Back Out There One Month From Today."
Soap opera actress, Broadway star, cabaret singer, small business owner, motivational speaker, licensed hypnotist, internet radio talk show host, and now a published author, Hickland decided it was time to put her own experiences with healing after failed relationships down on paper to benefit us all.
It all began nineteen years ago when Hickland was in a relationship that ended -- in her mind -- quite abruptly. "It was very painful," she revealed to Soapdom. "I had myself convinced that I couldn't get passed it."
Then, the realization hit. "One day, I was sitting in my kitchen, my eyes red from crying, ears aching from waiting for the phone to ring. I was staring at a calendar, thinking when is this pain going to end? Suddenly, like a thunderbolt, the answer came to me. It's going to end when I decide it's going to end. I looked at the calendar, and I decided 30 days. It was going to end in 30 days. And I created a program for every day. It worked for me."
And wouldn't you know it? On day 32, the person called Hickland saying they made the biggest mistake of their life. A strong, healed, been-there-done-that Hickland replied: "Gee, you're two days too late."
Since then, Hickland has tweaked the 30-day Heartbreak Cure, formulating exercises and developing just the right affirmations. For the past 18 years, she's shared the principles of her strategy with many people. "It's worked for them, too! They all said, 'you really need to write a book!'"
Hickland decided the time was right. "In writing the book, I used all the principles I've learned, and came up with a killer program."
Killer is the word for it. "The 30-Day Heartbreak Cure, Getting Over Him and Back Out There One Month From Today," is at once inspirational and tactical. It motivates while it provides concrete tools for getting by on day one, day two, day three, all the way up to day thirty! Each chapter is designed to get you through the breakup one day at a time.
On page nine, Hickland welcomes you to the beginning of your heartbreak. "As you and I walk this journey together, hand in hand, for the next thirty days, I'm going to be giving you a series of assignments and exercises, in a very deliberate order, one per day and only one per day," she writes.
Why is only one per day the best strategy?
"Part of the problem with people today is that we get scattered," she replied. "We overwhelm ourselves with info. We multi-task because we're foced to in our jobs. With this book, you must focus on one thing at a time, complete it, and absorb it. That is the only way you will get it. If you read ahead you will get overwhelmed and you won't finish it. That's the way we are. We get overwhelmed and we don't finish things."
Hickland is with you every step of the way in "The 30-Day Heartbreak Cure." She talks to you one on one, never down to you, never passing judgment. She reveals that she's been there herself, right where you are today and she's been there many times. In a caring and unhurtful way, never accusing, never blaming, she takes you inside some of her deepest thoughts and feelings about her relationship experiences including her marriages to David Hasselholf and Michael E. Knight (Tad, All My Children) and the way she manifested getting hired for a role on Broadway in Les Mis. You quickly learn that even a gorgeous soap opera star has had her share of heartbreak. She leads you step-by-step through your own journey in a very intelligent, powerful, self-healing way.
Not only is this book a must have for anyone getting over a heartache or relationship gone bad, but the same principals can easily be used to get unstuck in so many aspects of one's life.
"We relate all day long to people," said Hickland.. "I am talking about getting on in this world and doing it well. I am talking about knowing how to do this thing called life and doing it well. I teach fearlessness."
In Hickland's own words, the "30-Day Heartbreak Cure" is
"a life guide. It goes way beyond the subject matter. Even men who have read it have told me that they have gotten so much out of it. If you're dating, then this is for you. If you are thinking about getting out of a relationship this book is for you. If you are in a relationship, this book is for you."
At its heart, the book teaches boundry drawing. "Knowing how to draw boundries is one of the hardest things to do without the tools -- and the book gives you the tools," says Hickland. "We sure don't get them in school. We don't get them at home either. It's not that we had bad parenting, it's just that our parents didn't know what they didn't know, so how could they teach us?"
Along with culling from her own experience, Hickland did exhaustive research for the book. "When you do a self-help book, you take it pretty seriously," she said. "I, myself, have a fantastic life and business coach. For years and years he's been working with me on things. I would show him sections in the book and he helped me saying this would make sense. I had the counsel of a professional therapist. Now, we coach each other. I inspire him. Everybody needs to be inspired. Everybody. Now that I do this professionally -- I relationship coach people -- I can do trades with people. I do trading with other professionals. Everybody gets stuck. I just love, love, love what I do."
Not only is Hickland now a published author and a relationship coach, she is the owner of Cat Cosmetics (http://www.catcosmetics.com ) a successful internet make up company with sell out appearances on QVC, she is a licensed advanced clinical hypnotist, has a new weekly internet radio show
(www.BlogTalkRadio.com/CatherineHickland ), is an inspirational speaker doing engagements around the country, and she continues to maintain her relationship with One Life to Live. But with a plate already quite full, Hickland is still not finished. Next on her agenda is hosting weekend self-help seminars.
"The seminars I am planning in the near future are not only about relationships, they will be about being stuck," Hickland revaled to Soapdom. "We get lost and buried and we get ourselves convinced there's no way out. I am a motivator. I want to get people together and say yes, you can do it! You can get unstuck."
Hickland couldn't be more excited about this next venture. She believes in her heart of hearts that this is her higher purpose – to help others. Having a rather successful acting, singing, and small business career, she still yearned to know what her true purpose was here on this earth. She's prayed and prayed for guidance and has realized that helping and coaching people is her true calling. She promises that her new weekend seminars will be highly motivational -- the likes of which people have probably never been to before. "And they will be in a place that will be so much fun. At a price they will be able to afford."
So, is Hickland's mission to help others working? You bet. "I hear from people every single day," she shared. "They contact me via my website (catherinehickland.com ), Facebook, Myspace. When people do the work, the work works. When I hear from people who have been held back by something and they are now able to let go, it's inner peace. When I hear from them, it's the greatest thing in the world for me."
Hickland continues on her book signing tour.
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With the United States experimenting again with a new formation, the Americans finished the home portion of their 2010 schedule with a dull 0-0 draw against Colombia last night at Chester, Pa., that extended their three-year winless streak against South American opponents to nine matches.
Eric Lichaj and Brek Shea made their national team debuts, among the only highlights on a night US coach Bob Bradley changed five starters from Saturday's 2-2 tie against Poland in Chicago.
The US is 4-5-4 this year, in danger of its first losing record in a year since going 5-6-7 in 1997. The Americans complete 2010 play Nov. 17, when they return to South Africa for an exhibition against Bafana Bafana in Cape Town.
Since a 3-1 exhibition win over Ecuador in March 2007, the Americans are 0-7-2 against South American nations.
Both sides showed more life in the second half, with Lichaj and midfielder Jermaine Jones having notably strong games.
Michael Bradley put the ball in the net in the 73d minute after Benny Feilhaber, who entered in the 59th minute, passed to Jozy Altidore on a free kick. The goal was disallowed because Bradley and Altidore both were offside.
After trying out a 4-2-3-1 formation during the draw against Poland, Bradley experimented with a 4-3-3 formation in the first half that turned into more of a 4-5-1, with son Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu, and Jones all in defensive roles.
Without Landon Donovan, who stayed with the Los Angeles Galaxy this week, and Clint Dempsey, who began the night on the bench, the US had no attack in the first half.
Dempsey and Eddie Johnson were among four changes at the start of the second half, entering with Lichaj and fellow defender Michael Parkhurst.
Lichaj, a 21-year-old with Aston Villa, and Shea, a 20-year-old midfielder with FC Dallas, made their national team debuts.
MLS — Davy Arnaud and Michael Harrington scored to help Kansas City defeat Chicago, 2-0, at Bridgeview, Ill., ending the Wizards' three-match losing streak and keep alive their playoffs hopes.
The Wizards need to win their last two matches and have Colorado lose its last two to take the final playoff spot. Kansas City holds the tiebreaker. Kansas City's Jimmy Nielsen had his 10th shutout of the year.


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Actress Kristen Johnston is best known for playing Sally Solomon on the hit series "3rd Rock from the Sun," a role for which she earned two Supporting Actress Emmys.
The show ran for six seasons in the late 1990s and launched not only her Hollywood career, but also that of co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("The Dark Knight Rises").
She has a new series airing Wednesdays on TV Land called "The Exes," in which she plays a divorce attorney who convinces three recently divorced clients, played by Wayne Knight ("Seinfeld"), Donald Faison ("Scrubs") and David Alan Basche ("The Starter Wife"), to move into the apartment across from hers. The show is a well-written throwback to multi-camera sitcoms and a true "situation comedy."
In the time between these series, Johnston worked steadily in Hollywood while also continuing her theatre career in New York. She also worked hard to hide an addiction which nearly took her life while performing in London for a play. She details her near-death experience with brutal honesty and a good dose of humor in her recently released book "Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster."
In the book, Johnston takes readers through her journey from being a childhood "freak" growing up in Middle America (where her father was a Republican State Senator), to overnight fame and success with "3rd Rock" and through her addiction, near death and recovery.
Non-addicts may be concerned that such a book would only appeal to other addicts, but it is such an interesting story, and so well written and funny, that even a non-addict like me couldn't put it down.
Johnston spoke to Big Hollywood about her book, her recovery and her second successful sitcom, "The Exes."
Most people know you as Sally Solomon from "3rd Rock from the Sun," but you've also had quite a stage career. Which do you prefer?
If you made me choose, for sure theatre. Without a doubt. But I also love doing sitcoms. They're fun. After "3rd Rock" I did 10 years of mostly theatre. People think because of my addiction, that's why I kind of faded out of sight, and that's not true at all. I chose to move back to New York and really simplify my life. I just was not having a good time being a super-famous person in LA and having paparazzi. I just wasn't into all of that. I just never liked it. I liked everything about being a famous actress except the famous part. So I moved back to New York and intentionally downgraded my public profile so that I could just catch my breath and I could start just doing theatre again.
Of course, my addiction then reared its ugly head more than it ever had. I managed to keep it very much in check during "3rd Rock." It just got really bad afterward. I really chose, and I'm so glad I made the decision, to leave LA at that time and just sort of breathe.
What inspired you to write the book now?
A couple things happened. I was never going to talk about it. No one knew that I was struggling with it except for close friends and I was struggling monetarily after 10 years of doing theatre which pays two hundred bucks a week. I thought "what if I write a book?" The main reason I initially was going to write a book was to make money. But the main reason I ended up writing the book was because I'm sick to death of addiction being shameful. I would love, someday, to see the day where going to a meeting or telling someone that you're an addict has the same amount of shame as "I have leukemia."
Only hot messes write books about their addictions, people who famously crashed and burned. So I thought, wouldn't it be kind of great, and maybe helpful to people, to hear from somebody who didn't have to tell her story. Somebody who was actually was like "look, I don't have to tell this, but I'm going to because I want to help." Then I tried to write the book I wished I had had when I was struggling, which was truth.
A lot of people don't tell the truth, especially addicts. I'm sure that won't surprise you. It always made me laugh so hard when Oprah got so upset about James Frey lying for "A Million Little Pieces." He's an addict! It's like when people got freaked out that Kate Moss did coke. She's a model. Addicts lie. Models sometimes do drugs to stay thin. It just happens. So it was a really interesting thing to tell one hundred percent, absolutely, completely the truth.
And you didn't have help writing it, this was you.
This was me one hundred percent. I'm a lover of books, from way back. I love reading and I love storytellers. I wrote it with the utmost respect from years and years of reading. Any kind of book you put in front of me, I'll read it. I don't care. I think I wrote it from that view point. I don't want to mortify myself. Then, all of a sudden, it just started writing itself in a weird way.
Unfortunately, it didn't write itself very quickly. It just had to be told the way it wanted to be told. Me and my two fingers had to get out of the way.
(At this point Johnston shared with me the new forward she had just written, to be included when the book is released in paperback. It included a very touching story of someone who was given her book in rehab, who then personally wrote her a letter thanking her for saving his life.)
Going in, did you ever imagine you'd have such an impact?
Never, ever. I thought maybe addicts would like it. The Q&A section of my website is pretty amazing. It's like people saying "I just finished your book, I'm 42 years old, and I'm going to my first AA meeting." Like, what? I'm not that person. I'm not a lecturer. I'm not a "you should do this" person at all. I think that's why it reached so many people. It's not written by a clinician. It doesn't involve any sort of "you're bad. You better get clean, or else."
Before the incident in London, were you aware of the damage you were probably doing to your body?
Every now and then I would go "this can't be good." In the book I talk extensively about the incredible heartburn, the incredible bloating. I looked like death. I looked horrible. I looked like a bloated, hot mess. I wanted people to understand the land I was in, that I'm not crazy. You're just completely convinced that you live in this town I called Schultzville, where things like vomiting into your date's mouth are okay, or just a funny, witty story to share with the boys, instead of scary. Or falling, on your face, you're just like "oh my God, I fell." That's the world you live in instead of "God, I'm worried. I just fell and almost poked my eye out for the tenth time this year."
There was one point, right before I got sober, where I broke my ankle because I was rushing down the stairs in my apartment in New York and I fell and broke the outer bone in my foot. It's not a big deal, but you can't really get a cast. It sucked, kinda. I had to go out to LA for something, so I'm out in LA and because I'm drunk and I'm also favoring the broken foot, I end up falling off a curb and breaking my other foot. And that's the moment you kind of go "I wonder if something's wrong?" But then you just have a drink and it goes away. You go back to Schultzville.
I've never heard of a "Sober High School," which is your current project. What does that entail?
About three years ago Columbia University did a study and they discovered that one in three American teenagers meets the medical criteria for addiction. One in seventy American teens today goes to rehab. If a kid is lucky enough to go to rehab, and then goes back to a regular high school, they should have just flushed that forty grand down the toilet. Ninety percent of them relapse, eighty percent within the first month. If a kid goes to a sober high school, seventy percent graduate drug and alcohol free.
There are thirty-five sober high schools in the United States. There are four in the Boston area alone. There are zero in New York State. I've been trying for five years. I've never worked harder on anything in my life. I'm doing it because it should exist. I'm doing it because when they dropped me off at rehab I thought they had dropped me off at a summer camp. I was like "where's the rehab?" And my counselor told me this is what rehabs look like today. It's ninety percent kids. Kids! Terrifying. And a lot of them are medicine cabinet from mommy and daddy addicts.
New York is really having an epidemic and there's no help for them. If a kid wants to go to a sober high school they have to go to Boston. A sober high school entails lots of counseling, lots of one on one interaction, lots of meetings available, and lots of older kids who are sober now coming in for interaction. But it's also the same classic curriculum. I want people to be able to go to the army or go to Harvard after. We want it to be a top-notch school. And the kid has to want it. The kid has to write us and say "I choose this." It's a regular high school, there's just tons of extra help available. We want to have it become a community school where the community is really involved in helping these kids stay sober. I just want addiction to become less stigmatized.
Were you hesitant to go back to acting as a sober person?
I actually said to my counselor in rehab kind of dramatically one day, "maybe I just shouldn't be an actress," expecting her, of course, to say "what are you talking about? Of course you have to be an actress." And she was like "good. What else do you want to do?" I couldn't believe it. She said "well, maybe you won't be an actress. Who knows what you're going to do?" It gave me such freedom. I was relieved. I don't know why. I was released from this onus of "I'm just an actress." It gave me this release that I could do anything I wanted to, even though I'm unskilled in every way.
That really was the inspiration and the beginning of the road to the book. When I got out of rehab I did ninety in ninety, ninety meetings in ninety days, scared shitless. Then somebody from my Atlantic Acting School, which is part of NYU, called me up and said they had a last minute opening for the main acting teacher, do you want to come? And I said yes and became an acting teacher overnight. And I found out I'm excellent at it. I just love it. I'm sure maybe one or two kids might disagree, but I think for the most part I just want kids to be as good as they can be. So many acting teachers are like "be like this" or "be like that." I'm just like, look, stay who you are but just be better.
I was told when I was in acting school, that I was not going to make it, that I was too tall, that I would never get hired, by teachers in the classroom. And also I was told, this is the worst, by a teacher I really respected, "you know, Kristen, the best you can ever hope for is maybe a sketch show like SNL." Which, at the time, I had just finished doing a scene from like O'Neill or something, so I wanted to be the opposite of that to my students. I don't care if you have a hare lip or if you're fat or if you're thin or ugly or pretty. I don't care. You're all being treated the exact same and I'm just going to get you to be as truthful as you can be.
Was I scared? Yes. I was so scared. The first play I ended up doing, six months after I got out of rehab, I was offered this play called "Scarcity." And it was hardcore, down and dirty, no funny. I played an alcoholic who beat her kids. And it was fantastic. It was the greatest experience. It was my first experience sober. It was my first experience where the play was the thing instead of where we go afterward was the thing. I reconnected with my love for it.
How did you become involved with "The Exes?"
This is a great lesson in "never be a dick, ever, to anyone." I got a letter two years ago from Mark Reisman, the creator of the show. He said "you probably don't remember me. I wrote on 'Frasier,'" and all these other shows, "and I met you ten years ago outside of a place where we were both getting a facial and you had this green mask on and were smoking a cigarette and we had the most delightful conversation and ever since then I wanted to have you in one of my shows."
I didn't know what the hell he was talking about. Then I read the script and I was so excited at the concept of a woman and three men, who aren't sexually involved, at this stage of their lives, at this age. What happens to people that are trying to start over or have a new life or are getting divorced and they have to learn new things? It's such an innocent kind of fun.
I just also think the writing is magnificent. I couldn't be prouder of it. I really couldn't.
The cast includes Wayne Knight and Donald Faison. That's some serious sitcom cred.
That's just a bonus. First of all, there are literally no written shows anymore, certainly not comedies. There are what, three or four? So the fact that TV Land embraces comedy, loves it, thinks it's kind of an art form in its own weird little way, and really continually is developing and trying to keep it alive, I just really love that. They're so supportive. It's honestly, no bullshit, the best time of my life. It's just good. It's really, really good.
It's such a throwback. TV has changed so much that it really takes you back.
It's a four camera sitcom, where now they're all single camera so they're basically movies, but there is something about it. It's so old school it's almost new school. Look, I just want it to be funny and that's all I care about. Everybody can say whatever they want about it, it's good, it's bad, but I just want it to be funny. Did it make you laugh? I don't want it to make you think, I don't want it to make you cry, I just want it to make you laugh. And if it made you laugh, then I won.
If that's the criteria, then she certainly has won, indeed.
New episodes of "The Exes" air at 10:30 p.m. EST Wednesday nights on TV Land. "Guts" is available wherever books are sold.


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DENVER — The chairman of the House Veterans Committee says the troubled Veterans Affairs Department should fire problem employees faster and that Congress should make it easier for the entire government to dismiss bad workers. Continue reading
U.S. soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan receive disability compensation based on the extent of their injuries and other factors. The NewsHour reports on how the military determines the amount injured veterans receive and efforts to improve the process. Continue reading


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Man charged with wounding officer, killing K-9 in shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police on Saturday booked the man suspected of shooting officer Jeff Dorn and killing Dorn's K-9 partner, Mick, on Wednesday.
Paul Alan Ropp, 20, was charged eight counts related to the incident.
He was charged with attempted aggravagted murder; assault II; assault of a law enforcement animal; animal abuse I (aggravated); possession of an explosive device; unlawful use of weapon (firearm); burglary I; and attempt to elude (vehicle).
Steven Alan Young, 20, had already been booked on a first-degree burglary charges, and police say he's likely to face additional charges.
Charges are also pending against Jamaell Diamond Riley, 25.


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'GREAT Newport brewery in a great Newport pub' is the slogan for a night celebrating the best of the city's beer habits this week.
This Thursday Newport's only microbrewery, Tiny Rebel will be teaming up with The Lamb on Bridge Street.
To accompany the beer, there will be live jazz and swing, showing off the many talents Newport has to offer.
Gareth Williams, who established the brewery with brother-in-law Bradley Cummings in 2012, will be there on the day meeting and talking to punters.
He said: "It's a good pub and it's good beer.
"We work quite closely together, so we're having a meet the brewer take over. It will be just Tiny Rebel beers on sale all night."
Five different cask ales will be available during the takeover at one the city's landmark pubs.
Both the brewery and the pub have formed part of Newport's success stories as The Lamb re-opened last summer after a £200,000 refurbishment.
Meanwhile, Tiny Rebel has gone from strength to strength in the last 18 months culminating in the opening of its first premises, The Urban Tap House on Westgate Street, Cardiff, in October of last year.
The firm also began exporting to Singapore in January.


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Internet World is Europes biggest event for Digital Marketing and Online Business, with leading brands and the Social Media giants attending including Facebook, this is an event not be missed. Hilton is leading the way with social video in the Travel and Leisure industry, using Knexus technology to monetise their video content and increase online conversion rates.
Ecommerce is evolving into social commerce, Knexus CEO Graeme Foux, states that using Knexus technology we worked with Hilton to deliver calls to action and social interactions around video content, increasing Hilton brand advocacy and online room bookings. According to Danny Barrasso, Hiltons Senior Director Ecommerce, EMEA,"Social video is an important part of Hilton Worldwide's strategy to drive customer engagement and increase sales. Knexus technology is paramount and the key enabler to meeting our objectives"
Customers are more reliant on peer reviews/social interactions and video in their purchase making decisions than ever before. To find out how Hilton is leveraging this new trend and using Knexus technology, come and see us at Internet World in Earls Court, London in the Ecommerce Theatre at 15.45 on Wednesday 11th May.
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Three Black Friday Retailer Trading Strategies
Everyone knows Black Friday is one of the most important shopping days of the year for the retail sector. The day after Thanksgiving gets it name because retailers supposedly turn their first profit of the year on that day and their financials move into the black from the red.
But a study of retail stocks has found that it is the Monday after Black Friday that is most beneficial to the stocks.
A Goldman Sachs study found that a handful of stocks make sharp moves on Monday. Some stocks experience big moves in implied volatility - the essence of options prices. Other stocks make big stock price moves. The past is not the future but these movements occurred with some regularity over the previous 10 years, which is significant since it includes two market cycles. A market cycle is traditionally defined as a five year period.
Investors who want to wager that the past will repeat itself on Monday can buy straddles on Macy's (M), TJX Companies (TJX) and Wal-Mart Stores (WMT).
Goldman is telling clients to buy Macy's December $52.50 straddles (a bearish put and bullish call) that expires on Dec. 21. The straddle cost $2.47 when the stock was at $52.94. Shares have moved an average of 2.5% the Monday after Black Friday. Macy's one-month options volatility is near a six year low so investors can wager on the move without paying a fear or greed premium. Investors who have distinct view on the stock - they think it will rise, they think it will fall - can break apart the recommended straddle and just buy a bullish call or bearish put. This applies to all the trades.
Goldman also likes buying TJX Companies December $62.50 straddle that expires on Dec. 21. The straddle cost $2.50 when the stock was at $63.04. Shares have moved an average of 1.5% the Monday after Black Friday. One-month volatility is hovering around an historic low.
Goldman also likes buying Wal-Mart's December $81 straddle that expires on Dec. 21. The straddle cost $1.36 when the stock was at $80.68. Shares have moved an average of about 1% the Monday after Black Friday. One-month volatility is hovering around one-year lows.
Investors buy straddles when options volatility is low, and they think an event will be tumultuous. The risk is that the stocks do not move enough to offset the cost of the position. To be sure, Black Friday sales will impact retail stocks and if you are an aggressive investor then these event-driven trades are worth considering.


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I've never met a man who hated commercials more than my Grandfather. I don't know how, but he somehow thought that the commercials were more annoying than the sound of Skip Caray's voice, and so when we were watching Braves games he would mute the TV every time they cut away. As he got older he got slower to remember to un-mute it when the game returned, and sometimes we would get through a full inning without him realizing that he forgot to turn the sound back on. This man hated commercials.
In this spirit, we're drafting the worst commercials we've ever seen. While you could make a strong case that any ad featuring "Pitbull" is a real good way to use a draft pick, we're going beyond the realm of Bud Light and Pepsi and digging deep into some of the best reasons to fire up your muting thumb or leaving to take a leak and check your phone. We missed out on a lot of terrible commercials (fanta/six flag guy etc.) so make your picks in the komments.
1. PFT Commenter selects- Flo from Progressive
She lives in a world thats allwhite which can have its advantages not in a racist way, but shes also selling a product that I will never buy. WHat percentage of NFL fans keep up to date car insurance any ways? 6% 8% tops? Yet shes still all over my friends TV during every game smh. Plus the name worries me. Why isnt there a CONSERVATIVE car insurance company that makes you earn your deductable through building your own car and doing your own
2. Big Sandy selects- Eagle Man
Local to Chicago but known nationally thanks to late night tv, haunting commercial breaks during Cubs and Bulls game throughout the years. It's batshit crazy and subsequent commercials didn't make it less crazy. See you in my nightmares.
3. Trevor Risk selects- Pittsburgh Penguins BMW ads
Maxime Talbot inducing all the cringes ever, until Sergei Gonchar starts talking. Then you realize there were cringe muscles in your face you never knew about.
4. Eric Sollenberger selects- every single goddamn Anchorman 2 commercial.
This includes ads for the movie itself and also for whatever products Ron Burgandy was shilling for including Buick, pizza, brake calipers, ESPN, or whatever else they thought would be a good idea at the time. I got so burnt out on Anchorman 2 before it even hit theaters that I never saw it and probably never will. Great job fellas.
5. Johnny Sugar selects- Those "we treat you like you'd tret you" Discover Card commercials
I can't figure out if the characters in each one are supposed to be twins or clones and it's really fucking with my head.
6. Christmas Ape selects- The current marionette DirecTV ads
Especially the one where the wife dances for the husband in the bedroom.
7. StuScottBooyahs selects- The Spongmonkeys from Quiznos, circa 2004
One of the first of many, many subsequent attempts by corporations to take a stab at the magic of viral videos and turn an already annoying meme into an excruciatingly annoying meme. It's the corporate equivalent of a dad turning his hat backward and going to a concert so his son will finally think he's cool.
8. Dave Rappoccio selects- Literally any commercial by GoDaddy (Attached is how I always saw the logo)
The only time I've seen people actually get turned off by commercials blatantly trying to turn people on and get them to visit their website. Does anyone even fall for the "Visit our site to see more?" crap? It doesn't help their image that they are putting out almost pornographic commercials but their logo looks like a perverted smelly guy who winks at you as drawn by an 8th grader with an unfortunate home life
9. Old James selects- The Windows 95 commercials
They ran these fuckers during every single commercial break in the pre-DVR days of 1995. Which instilled in me a Pavlovian reaction to hate an otherwise bitchin' Rolling Stones song due to overexposure. Which is unfortunate, because they play that very same song every time the Chiefs kick off.
10. Sarah Sprague selects- Head On
11. Sarah Sprague selects- Any of the ten thousand Chevy "This is our Truck" ads
12. Old James selects- Anything narrated by Jim Nantz
Just go sit on a 9 iron already.
13. Dave Rappoccio selects- SAVED
14. StuScottBooyahs selects- HUMP DAAAAAAAAAAAY
Geico has had a great history with commercials — the first cavemen ads were amazing. And now, they're doing this shit.
15. Christmas Ape selects- The J.G. Wentworth opera commercial
It's both annoying and pushing a predatory lender.
16. Johnny Sugar selects- "Today, the world is pretty sad……" "…but there are great things, too!" Honda commercials.
Is the world pretty sad or isn't it? I need to know?!
17. Eric Sollenberger selects- Jason Campbell's GEICO commercials
They might have been performance art given how they were everywhere and they appeared to have no message or joke at all at any point.
18. Trevor Risk selects- E Trade baby.
Pete Holmes is easily in my top three contemporary comics, but seeing someone use a CGI baby to sell something just brings up bad memories of a time when Ally McBeal was popular.
19. Big Sandy selects- The new Cadillac commercial with Neal McDonough.
I usually like him as an actor – Justified! Band of Brothers! – but this slice of eye rolling, cringe inducing American exceptionalism comes off only tone deaf to the income inequality in the country as well as making Americans look like assholes.
20. PFT Commenter selects- Obama's campaign
Hows that hopey changy stuff workin out for ya? Yeah thats what I thought.