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The Earl Grey tea that I measure all other Earl Greys against is my favorite (so far) from Rishi: http://steepster.com/teas/rishi-tea/5258-ancient-tree-earl-grey-organic-fair-trade. To me, that selection is the mother of all Earl Greys. It is strong, bursting with bergamot, and a complete, full-bodied, black tea blend. I was curious to see if this Harney & Sons offering could go the distance with Rishi.
When I opened the double-sealed sample packet, so kindly provided by ashmanra, the bergamot aroma immediately drew my attention. It was strong but not overwhelming.
I steeped the black leaves at 212 degrees for five minutes. I'm experimenting with five minutes for all black teas now. I like my tea to be potent in the morning as I need all the help I can get to shock myself out of the previous night's slumber.
When my tea maker beeped completion, the bergamot aroma was much more subtle than I expected, particularly with five minutes of brewing at a boiling temperature. The smell was still pleasant. The color was a golden red.
With my first sip, the dominant taste was black tea. The flavor was nice, smooth, and malty, without bitterness, but I had difficulty sorting out the bergamot from the black tea attributes.
As the number of sips quickly multiplied, my tastebuds began to pinpoint the bergamot beneath the commanding black tea taste. It then occurred to me that the bergamot was not hidden behind the black tea flavors. The bergamot was so perfectly balanced with the black tea taste that it was actually fused into the overall tea flavor. Once I figured that out, my sleepy brain was able to separate the bergamot from the black tea when desired.
To sum this tea up, it did not dethrone my Rishi favorite, but it is tasty, smooth, and malty, without astringency. It would still be a great breakfast tea minus the bergamot.
If you like bergamot to slap you silly in your morning Earl Grey (like the aforementioned Rishi product), this tea may be a little too mild for you. However, if you can only tolerate bergamot when it is a quiet aspect of your cup, this selection will be a great choice. This Harney & Sons product will also be a winner if you prefer your bergamot intensity to fall somewhere between those extremes.
Stoo: this one was getting a little age on it. I wonder if it has mellowed? Although I don't find it as strong as their sachets of Imperial Earl Grey.
Stoo: this one was getting a little age on it. I wonder if it has mellowed? Although I don't find it as strong as their sachets of Imperial Earl Grey.


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Rep. Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, was elected House speaker by acclamation, and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger likewise faced no opposition in his re-election.
Moore and Berger then outlined their legislative priorities in a news conference that didn't carry any of the tension Berger and former House Speaker Thom Tillis, now a U.S. senator, often had last year.
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New year is all about new resolutions, right? One thing I've learned – being older and wiser and all that – is that there's no point in setting unachievable goals, so I've gone with committing to reviving old habits I used to enjoy. All bar one – see no. 5.
I can't wait to get stuck into 2014; it's going to be an exciting journey.
1. Make time for contemplation
"No one can get anywhere without contemplation. Busy people who do not make contemplation part of their business do not do much for all their effort." – The Art Spirit by Robert Henri
I work full-time and have three kids. Between the two, there isn't any spare time left. But I've found for one's general well-being, it's important to take some time out every day (failing that, then every other day) to reflect on the things I have done. It's not enough to just do, it's essential to just be.
2. Take regular exercise
My youngest is going to be two this year. It took one year for my body to return to normal pre-baby state, then in the second year to get used to life with three kids and working. This year, it's time to get back on the treadmill and swimming pool, and get fit again.
3. Watch more films
Art house films is my secret indulgence. Foreign preferably. Low budget arty ones are great too.
4. Read more books
So much of my time goes on reading the news, magazines and blogs. Books end up last on my reading list, and surprise surprise, I seldom get round to it. Thus, I'm embarking on a reading adventure – more on it to come in an upcoming post.
5. Learn how to whistle
Not of the 'whistle while you work' sort, but the sort where it's so loud you can hail down a cab. Just like SJP on Sex & the City. Why is this so important? I can't explain it; it just is. Ambitious, much?
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What is this medicine?CYTARABINE LIPOSOMAL (sye TARE a been LIP oh som al) is a chemotherapy drug that is given into the spinal fluid. It is used to treat lymphoma and other cancers that are in the fluid surrounding the brain.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is only for injection into the spinal fluid. It is administered in a hospital or clinic by a doctor or health care professional.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?It is important not to miss your dose. Call your doctor or health care professional if you are unable to keep an appointment.
What may interact with this medicine?Interactions are not expected.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor for checks on your progress. You will receive dexamethasone for 5 days starting on the day you receive this drug. Take the dexamethasone exactly as directed as it will help to decrease some of the serious side effects of this drug.
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I got my braces removed at the end of 2008 and I wore my retainer like prescribed for month's, then shifted to night's, then every other night, then once a week, then once every three. I stopped completely in 2011 but I have just recently tried wearing my retainer again and it fits. It's sore but not unbearable so should I continue to wear it because my teeth have shifted a little and I would like to have them go bacl
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New DNA Test Yields Neanderthal Clues, Showing Genome Nearly Identical to Humans'
By NICHOLAS WADE
Published: November 16, 2006
The archaic human species that dominated Europe until 30,000 years ago is about to emerge from the shadows. With the help of a new DNA sequencing machine that operates with firefly light, the bones of the Neanderthals have begun to tell their story to geneticists.
One million units of Neanderthal DNA have already been analyzed, and a draft version of the entire genome, 3.2 billion units in length, should be ready in two years, said Dr. Svante Paabo, the leader of the research project at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.
Biologists expect knowledge of the Neanderthal genome to reveal, by its differences with the human genome, many distinctive qualities of what it means to be human. Researchers also hope to resolve such questions as whether the Neanderthals spoke, their hair and skin color, and whether they interbred at all with the modern humans who first arrived on their doorstep 45,000 years ago, or were driven to extinction without leaving any genetic legacy.
Dr. Paabo has shared some of his precious sample of Neanderthal DNA with Edward M. Rubin of the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, Calif., whose team has identified 62,250 units of Neanderthal DNA by a different method. The two teams report their results in this week's issues of the journals Nature and Science respectively, saying they have independently demonstrated that recovery of the Neanderthal genome is now possible.
From the data so far, Dr. Rubin's team reports the Neanderthal and human genomes are at least 99.5 percent identical. Dr. Paabo's team has calculated the ''effective'' size of the founding Neanderthal population was about 3,000, corresponding to a census size of fewer than 10,000 individuals. Both teams say it now seems far less likely that modern humans and Neanderthals interbred, though the possibility cannot be excluded.
''I think these results are monumental,'' said Richard G. Klein, a paleoanthropologist at Stanford University who was not involved in the studies. The full Neanderthal genome will resolve many issues about Neanderthals and their relationship to modern humans, including their physical and perhaps behavioral differences, he said.
The Neanderthals, who flourished for some 400,000 years before their extinction about 30,000 years ago, physically resembled modern humans, but the middle of their faces jutted forward and their large brain cases had a distinctive bulge or bun at the back. They were heavily muscled and presumably well adapted to the cold conditions of the last ice age. They may well have been terrifying to the lighter-boned modern humans who first encountered them, except that their weapons were considerably less advanced. The Neanderthals still used a million-year-old stone tool kit that modern humans abandoned 5,000 years before they encountered the Neanderthals.
Archaeologists have shown that as the first modern humans, known as the Aurignacian culture, moved westward across Europe, the Neanderthals receded in parallel. By 30,000 years ago or even earlier, the Aurignacian conquest of Europe was complete and the Neanderthals had disappeared from their last refuges in what are now Spain and Portugal.
Dr. Paabo began his quest for Neanderthal DNA more than a decade ago. Many extravagant claims were then being made about DNA in old bones, with some scientists claiming to have recovered DNA from dinosaur bones millions of years old. But such bones were often contaminated by the DNA of the people who handled them, and Dr. Paabo saved the field from disrepute by demonstrating the extreme precautions necessary to avoid analyzing human DNA by mistake.
In 1997 he succeeded in analyzing part of the Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA, showing that it differed profoundly from modern human DNA. Mitochondria, the small organelles that provide the cell's energy, are separate from the main genome in the cell's nucleus. Since the nuclear DNA in old bones is degraded into millions of short fragments, 50 or so units in length, it seemed beyond hope of retrieval.
But recently a new kind of DNA sequencing machine was invented. Made by 454 Life Sciences of Branford, Conn., it prompts each DNA unit to generate a flash of light by stimulating the firefly enzyme luciferase. The flashes are captured by the same sort of image-sensing plate used in telescopes to capture starlight. From the timing and position of the flashes, a computer reconstructs the sequence of the DNA units. The kind of DNA the 454 machine works best with are tiny fragments the size of those found in old bones.
Dr. Paabo then scoured the museums of Europe for Neanderthal bones that might still retain DNA. Most of the 70 he tested had none, since DNA quickly degrades after the death of the organism. Many others were heavily contaminated with DNA from the curators and scientists who had handled them. Since human DNA is almost identical to Neanderthal DNA, the contamination posed serious problems.
Just one bone, retrieved from the Vindija cave in Croatia, turned out to retain DNA and be fairly free of human contamination. Asked at a news conference what made it so special, Dr. Paabo said that because it was small and uninteresting it had been ''thrown in a big box of uninformative bones in the museum in Zagreb and wasn't handled very much.''


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Welcome to Brainstorm, our new editorial roundtable feature. Bringing together multiple viewpoints on a single issue, Brainstorm provides you with a variety of opinions from all the points of the compass. In addition, we give you the chance to add your own thoughts to the mix along with those of your fellow readers.
The October issue features commentary from experts in the field of portable power who answered the following questions asked by the ECN editorial staff: What do you consider to be the most important factors that will further the development of power management in portable systems? What do you think are some of the customer misconceptions about power management that must overcome to move the industry forward?
Mel Berman, Lambda Americas, Inc.
Dave Baggaley, Inspired Energy
"Chip manufacturers aim their marketing at engineers, but the real end product is a portable electronic device that works seamlessly with its smart-battery pack. What is needed is a program which reaches the marketing department in the device manufacturer. "If you implement "Q" power management, your device will be able to do "X", "Y" & "Z", increasing the user benefits for your device." Click here for complete comment
Tony Armstrong, Linear Technologies
Doug Bailey, Power Integrations
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"Typically, power management was a secondary consideration when architecting a system and the 'management' segment of power management became mainly a game of thermal management. However, energy costs and environmental concerns are driving performance metrics to move from 'instructions per second' to 'instructions per Watt', and efficiency has become as important — or more important — than absolute performance. "Extending battery life continues to be one of the most important goals in portable power systems. Battery technology has not kept pace with the new functions (and power demand) in shrinking form factors. The role of the power management system is to intelligently and efficiently parcel battery charge to the most valuable function(s) at a given moment." Click here for complete comment.
| Dr. Paul Magill, Nextreme, Inc.
"The heat rejection system is the critical link in the thermal path. For portable systems, properly engineering this part of the system is essential to realizing the potential for this technology. ...One other area that needs a concomitant focus is the conversion efficiency of the thermally derived energy to electrical energy. Finally, combining portable power with power storage (batteries) may also further the development of power management in portable systems. "Customers tend to focus their buying decisions on what gives them the biggest bang or what in other words what offers the most power. The customer instead should focus on which solution provides the best match to their needs....Thermoelectrics offer a long-term power solution. Batteries offer a short-term power solution. Battery disposal is an issue that is creeping up and will require increasing attention." Click here for complete comment.
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My nine-year-old has been playing with our prototype four-bit adder quite a lot. After getting bored with adding, he figured out how to do subtraction with it. Of course we talked about how to do subtraction earlier. What he ended up doing is taking a pair of numbers (x,y). Finding the two's complement representation of -y (on his own, not using the machine), and then feeding x and -y through the machine. After playing with that for a while, he told me that he had also figured out how to multiply with it. To multiply x and y, simply feed x through the machine y times, or feed y through the machine x times. Despite Keith Devlin's insistence that multiplication is not just repeated addition, this works (though to be fair to Devlin, he frankly admits that it works). My son keeps asking about making a multiplier. I've been trying to explain to him that we will be implementing multiplication in software. I'm not sure that he gets it yet, but once we get that far his experiments should help him see how to do it.
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{ This paper is being prepared for the June 1 – 7 2006 first Z Sessions on Vision and Strategy, held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. These sessions gather activists from around the world to share ideas and experiences regarding social vision and strategy. This version is a draft, only…}
The present world order is based on immense inequalities in wealth and power. In opposition to the present order are various popular movements – which are for the most part tending to converge in their thinking and their goals.
The question before us at ZSVS is what the international order might look like, and how we might get there, if the values which we who are gathering together share were to be expressed in both our ends and our means.
The dimensions of the global crisis are many. Three overarching human crises are problems of survival: the challenge of surviving human-induced environmental rupture; the challenge of surviving suicidal militarism; and the challenge of global poverty and hunger.
It is easy to say that the end-state we desire is a world in which we enjoy a sustainable planetary economy, a world of peaceful relations between co-operative societies, a world in which hunger and avoidable disease have been abolished.
It is no less easy to say that the primary obstacle to achieving this desired end-state is the system of transnational corporations, and the powerful states which defend and extend the control of these corporations; and furthermore that these corporations and states must be abolished.
In one formula, this would mean that the productive resources of each society should be under the direct control of those who carry out productive work. Economic and other relations between societies would, we expect, become less violent and confrontational, and less threatening to human survival.
It is more challenging and perhaps more humanly significant to try to define some of the major staging posts on the way to this utopia.
In the terms of another piece, it is more difficult – and may be more useful in making strategy – to define what world society might look like _on_ the political horizon, rather than beyond it.
In one widely-discussed and thoughtful contribution to these kinds of debates (The Age of Consent), George Monbiot suggested that the key issue was democracy (in the mainstream sense of 'representative democracy in the civil but not the economic sphere'). The key intermediate goal he suggested we should aim towards was a world parliament.
This would make sense if the end state we were aiming for was a globalization of the Western model of capitalist democracy.
If, however, we are convinced that transnational corporations are a key obstacle to needed changes, and their abolition is necessary to secure a just and sustainable world, then some other medium-term goal is going to be more useful to us, and another definition of the kind of 'global democracy' we are aiming for.
What restraints on transnational capitalism can we imagine being imposed within basically the present structure of power? Where might these restraints come from?
On the political horizon, it seems clear that there are only three possible sources of restraint: grassroots movements; nation-states; and transnational authorities deriving their power and authority from both states and grassroots movements.
By 'grassroots movements' I mean here all sorts of popular associations, trade unions and other forms of 'civil society'. It is likely that the restraining influence exerted by nation-states, and by global authorities created by nation-states, will be initiated by, and proportional to the combined strength of, grassroots movements and those states which are either oppressed by the present order or willing to challenge it for other reasons.
What kinds of restraint are we talking about?
We are talking about restraints on war, state terrorism, nuclear arms and other weapons of mass destruction, military production and exports.
We are talking about restraints on the use of economic sanctions, international debt, monopoly power over economic markets, aid, unfair trade rules, restrictive patent laws and other forms of intimidation and exploitation.
We are talking about restraints on the destructive flight of capital through financial markets and national industries, and the dumping of environmental and social costs on powerless communities.
How could these kinds of restraints be exercised? By international institutions supported by the collective strength of the more pacific and poorer countries, and by grassroots mobilization both inside and outside the 'great powers'.
What we need are international organizations, at both the state level and at the popular level, that are committed to combat domination whether by regional bullies, superpower hegemons, or transnational corporations.
These international organisations need to be as democratic as possible, perhaps based on some international economic/financial burden-sharing according to ability to pay, with the greatest degree possible of popular communication, oversight and accountability across national boundaries.
There are old traditions that may be useful here. The election of delegates who do not 'represent', but who are faithful conduits for information and opinion between their electors and the discussion/decision-making forums they attend on behalf of their communities. The right to recall delegates at will; fixed terms of office; requirements for rotation of office-holders; and so on.
To these we might add new ideas, which are often elaborations of older principles, familiar from the 'parecon' literature.
International grassroots organisations can only be as strong and democratic as the national and local organisations they are built on. (I mean here something fairly loose – organisations spanning a recognised grouping (self-)defined by geography, ethnicity, language or other marker of (self-defined) significance.)
One major goal on the horizon therefore is to build grassroots organisations that are strong and democratic internally (free from sexism, racism, homophobia, classism and other forms of division); free of 'vanguardism' and authoritarian control; able to cooperate effectively across language and national boundaries; committed to the radical reform (or abolition) of institutions such as the transnational corporation and the imperial state; and willing and able to make sacrifices in the battle to restrain these disruptive and destructive entities.
At the international level, there is something like the kind of coalition described above regarding trade justice (though not to the same degree in relation to war or environmental crisis, as far as I am aware). Currently, as I understand it, NGOs, foundations and trade unions all play a leading and vitally important role in these coalitions.
Going by the above analysis, two goals for the future would be, on the one hand, to reform these institutions (NGOs, foundations, trade unions and so
on) to make them more transparent, democratic and empowering, and, on the other, to build up other independent national and international grassroots organisations that can complement them and perhaps eventually replace them or merge with them.
I think it is also safe to propose strong roots in the organized labour movements, made up of revitalised and militant labour organizations, will be critical to the success of our movements for radical social change.
It goes without saying (I assume) that, from the point of view of workers' rights at least, the power of transnational corporations can only be countered effectively by transnational unions or coalitions of unions.
So the broad brush picture here would be of a basket of particular restrictive measures which we might describe as 'Tobin Plus' or 'UN Charter Plus), which can exert a restraining influence on the major corporations and on violent states; and international institutions, increasingly grassroots-influenced and -dominated, which are committed to justice and survival and therefore to the reform (and eventual replacement) of the transnational corporation and the imperial state.
In the absence of real equality, the global majority can check the excesses of the powerful, institutionalize those restraints, and form watchdog institutions that pose a significant countervailing influence.
These new organizations and institutions – whether at the state level, the NGO/trade union level or the grassroots level must increasingly embody the values of the future world society we are building.
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Your credit score is a magical thing. Sure, it's just a number. But wait until you decide to make a major purchase like a car or home. Then your credit score turns into cash: Raising it just a couple of points can save a significant amount of money.
A credit score of 720 may get you an auto loan with an interest rate around 5%. A score of 620 could raise your interest to at least 13%.
Fortunately, there are some simple things you can do to give your credit score a boost before you apply for a loan.
The most common credit-scoring system was developed by the Fair Isaac Corp. and is known as a FICO score. It's used by major credit bureaus to evaluate your credit history. The system considers factors like how many credit cards you have and how quickly you pay your bills, and assigns you a rating between 300 and 850. There are other scoring systems, including the VantageScore, which rates borrowers between 501 and 990.
Your credit score tells a lender how good you are at holding your end of the deal when you borrow money and predicts the chances of a 90-day default in the next 24 months. "The whole system exists on three words," says Eddie Johansson, president of Credit Security Group, a firm that assists consumers with rapid re-scoring and FICO education. "Paid. As. Agreed."
Two of the most important factors affecting your score are your payment history and whether you've had any collections.
The shorter your credit history, the greater the effect delinquent payments could have on your score. Missing a payment, even just one, could be bad news. It doesn't matter how much the payment is, or what it's for–anything from late cable-TV bills to outstanding parking tickets could adversely affect your rating. Johansson says missing just one payment can lower your credit score by as much as 100 points.
Similarly, if you ever have a late bill go into collections, it doesn't matter how big it was or how quickly you paid the collection agency. The fact that the collection occurred at all is a major stain on your credit. You are now seen by FICO as a risky borrower and will remain that way for years.
The length of your credit history is important, so try to preserve it. If you need to close a card, close the most recent one you've opened. Or simply keep all your cards open and rotate them
so you're only using one every month. As long as you don't have high balances or missed payments on any of the cards, there is no credit score penalty for keeping multiple cards open.
One of the simplest ways to improve your credit score quickly is to time when you pay your credit card bills and when you go to apply for a loan.
The trick plays off the fact that credit card companies want to keep your score low so they can charge a higher interest rate. They can do this by calculating your credit score right before your bill is due–that's the point when you probably have the most charges on the card and your debt-to-credit ratio is the highest. It makes you appear to be a riskier consumer, even if you do pay your bill off in full just a few days later.
To beat the system, Johansson suggests you pay off your credit card bills and then wait a full billing cycle before charging any more purchases on the card. That means your credit card company will report your debts to the credit agencies when you have a low balance. Then, right before you visit the loan office, put a small charge on the card–around 5% of your limit. FICO likes to see that you're still using credit, but doing so responsibly.
If you don't know what your current credit score is, you have a few options. First, avoid Web sites that advertise a free credit report. In most cases, you'll end up having to pay in the end. The only place you can truly get a free credit report is at the government-sponsored site AnnualCreditReport.com. Keep in mind, though, that this free report only shows your credit history, not your FICO score. You can get your FICO score directly from Fair Isaac for around $30.
If it turns out you do have a low score, it's worth spending time to raise it, even if that means you put off applying for a loan. Consider hiring a credit counselor to help you perform a "rapid re-score." It might cost you $100 or more, but that's small change compared to what a lender might demand in higher interest rates.
For better or worse, much of your life is judged according to whether you're a reliable borrower. Your credit score plays a role in almost every major purchase you make. It's wise to constantly maintain good credit–and even wiser to spruce it up before judgment day.Source: www.forbes.com
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Iowa State University's Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is coordinating a short course in conjunction with the World Dairy Expo in September on how to produce energy from dairy manure using anaerobic digestion.
The number of manure anaerobic digesters in the United States has been increasing, with the majority found on dairy farms.
The short course is designed to provide the latest information and resources that producers, consultants, decision makers, system reviewers and information providers can use to understand and address issues related to anaerobic digestion of dairy manure. It will cover dairy manure energy production from fundamental principles to case histories involving full-scale anaerobic treatment technologies in agricultural settings.
The training will be held on Sept. 28 and 29 at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, Wis. The World Dairy Expo runs from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 in Madison. The cost of the session is $595 for Expo attendees and $795 for exhibitors. The early registration deadline is Sept. 14 and the hotel registration deadline is Aug. 30.
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REVIEW: Van Wilson runs with the devil at the Local 662 in St. Petersburg
Attention Hollywood casting agents: If you're looking for an actor to play the charismatic frontman of a Reagan-era hair metal band, don't cast star of stage and screen Patrick Wilson.
Go with his brother Paul instead.
Nothing against Patrick, who can definitely command a stage with his Tony-nominated tenor, and pounds a mean set of skins to boot. But on Thursday at a jam-packed Local 662 in St. Petersburg, when the three Wilson brothers (including middle brother Mark on guitar) performed a charity concert as "Van Wilson," it was unabashed ham Paul who stole the show, prowling around the stage like Jim Morrison, stripping to his waist and delivering roundhouse rock 'n' roll kicks that would make David Lee Roth proud. There is photographic proof of this after the jump.
The concert was a benefit for All Children's Hospital, and it was only the third time the Wilson brothers had performed live in concert. The first was at a 40th birthday party for Mark, an anchor for WTVT-Ch. 13 and a bona fide Van Halen freak. The second was during this year's Sunscreen Film Festival, which Paul's advertising company promotes.
This show was their most professional to date, in that there was a paying crowd, and the Local 662 is a legit venue. And you know what? They're actually pretty good. Certainly better than your average barroom cover band, at least.
(Memo to any Patrick Wilson fans who might be reading this: This is not even remotely some actor's vanity project, like Dogstar or 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. This is just three brothers who have fun playing classic rock covers, from Journey to Bon Jovi to, of course, Van Halen. They just happen to have the Golden Globe-nominated star of Watchmen and The A-Team playing drums.
If anything, the group seems to be led by Mark, the most serious musician in the bunch. He was the only Wilson who remained onstage during the entire 18-song set, finger-tapping and whammy-barring on his custom Frankenstrat and other guitars like a man posessed. He's a genuinely great guitarist (he held his own on Eddie Van Halen's signature solo, Eruption) who might be the best musician on Tampa Bay's airwaves (although we can't say that for sure -- Ferdinand Zogbaum might play a mean double bass or something). Patrick even sang one of Mark's original songs, an '80s-esque rock anthem.
Following a lovely opening set by John Kelly, Van Wilson took the stage, led by Paul for the first four songs, all Van Halen's -- You Really Got Me, Somebody Get Me a Doctor, Everybody Wants Some and the wicked Panama. He returned at the end for more Halen -- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, Feel Your Love Tonight, Running With the Devil (arguably my highlight of the night) and Jump.
"I'm the shy one," he kept reminding the audience throughout the set, in between removing and re-donning his shirt. Not exactly. It was when the charismatic Paul was up front, with the focused Mark on guitar and chummy Patrick on drums (plus a friend on bass), that the brothers most sounded like a real rock group. That was when it felt most like an honest-to-goodness concert.
In the middle of the set, Paul handed lead vocals off to Patrick for more vocally demanding songs like The Outfield's Your Love, Journey's Any Way You Want It and Don't Stop Believing, and Bon Jovi's Wanted Dead or Alive. All of them were much better suited to Patrick's soaring, Broadway-honed tenor. On a couple of songs, they even brought out another member of the Wilson clan, cousin Melanie Stringer, who stars as Nemo in Disney World's Finding Nemo: The Musical.
During Wanted Dead or Alive, Mark switched from an acoustic to an electric mid-song. "I don't know any half-ass bands that can pull off that switch!" Patrick said, beaming.
Indeed. When it comes to brother bands, Van Wilson may not be the next Kings of Leon, but they're a lot of fun onstage. And they managed to raise a couple of thousand bucks for a good cause, too. Here's hoping Van Wilson schedules an encore performance in 2011.
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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today reported orders of $1.83 billion, up 4 percent over one year ago, for the fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31, 2013, and revenues of $1.72 billion, down 3 percent compared with one year ago. Fourth-quarter GAAP net income was $211 million, or $0.63 per share. Last year's fourth-quarter GAAP net income was $425 million, or $1.20 per share. During the fourth quarter, Agilent had intangible amortization of $48 million, integration and transformation costs of $12 million, one-time separation costs of $5 million and a tax benefit of $9 million. Excluding these items and $4 million of other net charges, Agilent reported fourth-quarter adjusted net income of $271 million, or $0.81 per share (1). Agilent CEO Bill Sullivan said, "We finished the year with a solid quarter, building backlog and exceeding EPS guidance despite challenges in several of our markets. This reflected our ongoing commitment to actively manage expenses and reduce manufacturing costs in a period of economic uncertainty. "We are now well into the process of splitting Agilent into two companies, as we announced Sept. 19. We expect to complete the separation in early November 2014." Electronic Measurement fourth-quarter revenues were down 14 percent compared with the prior year. Operating margins were 19 percent, reflecting solid gross margins and good management of spending in response to continuing challenges in the global economy. Chemical Analysis revenues were up 4 percent compared with a year ago, led by growth in food and energy markets. Operating margins were 25 percent. Life Sciences and Diagnostics revenues were up 8 percent over a year ago, with strength in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics markets. Operating margins were 19 percent. Agilent generated $377 million of cash from operations in the quarter. Fourth-quarter ROIC was 17 percent (3). First-quarter 2014 revenues are expected to be in the range of $1.68 billion to $1.70 billion. First-quarter non-GAAP earnings are expected to be in the range of $0.65 to $0.67 per share (2). For the full fiscal year 2014, Agilent expects revenue of $6.95 billion to $7.15 billion and non-GAAP earnings of $3.03 to $3.33 per share (2). About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences, diagnostics, electronics and communications. The company's 20,600 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had revenues of $6.8 billion in fiscal 2013. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com. On Sept. 19, 2013, Agilent announced plans to separate into two publicly traded companies through a tax-free spinoff of its electronic measurement company. The separation is expected to be completed in early November 2014.
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New Orleans — Former Mayor Ray Nagin, who was elected in 2002 on promises of rooting out perceived corruption at City Hall, was indicted Friday on 21 federal charges, including conspiracy, wire fraud, bribery, money laundering and filing false tax returns while in office.
The 25-page indictment alleges that during his tenure as mayor, Nagin used his position to accept payoffs, free trips and other benefits from city contractors in exchange for their receiving work. It also claims Nagin filed false tax returns between 2005 and 2008.
Nagin faces one count of conspiracy, one count of money laundering, four counts of filing false tax returns, six counts of bribery and nine counts of wire fraud, according to the indictment.
Prosecutors allege Nagin, 56, accepted more than $160,000 in bribes and loads of granite for a family business in exchange for issuing millions in post-Katrina city contract work to businessman Frank Fradella.
Fradella pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to commit bribery.
Prosecutors also charged that Nagin accepted at least $60,000 in payoffs from businessman Rodney Williams and then secured several contracts for him.
Williams, who was president of Three Fold Consultants LLC, pleaded guilty early last month to a charge of conspiracy.
While many of the names in the indictment are familiar, a new, unknown player emerged Friday.
The document alleges Nagin got free private jet and limousine services to New York from "Businessman A," who owned a movie theater in eastern New Orleans between August 2002 and May 2010. Prosecutors claim that in May 2006, Nagin agreed to waive unpaid tax penalties on a delinquent tax bill the unidentified businessman owed to the city.
Nagin is accused of accepting free travel and vacation expenses for trips to Hawaii, Chicago, Las Vegas and Jamaica from several city contractors while in office.
The alleged bribery plot, however, isn't limited to Nagin's tenure as mayor. Prosecutors say Nagin accepted nine payoffs from Fradella totaling $112,250 after he left office in 2010.
The same year, Greg Meffert, a former technology official under Nagin, pleaded guilty to charges he took bribes and kickbacks in exchange for steering city contracts to businessman Mark St. Pierre. Anthony Jones, who served as the city's chief technology officer in Nagin's administration, also pleaded guilty to taking payoffs.
Meffert cooperated with the government in its case against St. Pierre, who was convicted in May 2011 of charges that include conspiracy, bribery and money laundering. The indictment says Nagin accepted bribes from St. Pierre, including free travel and lodging, cellphone service for relatives and campaign funding.
Aaron Bennett, a businessman awaiting sentencing in a separate bribery case, has said he introduced Nagin to Fradella specifically to help the mayor get Home Depot granite installation work for Stone Age LLC, a business that he and his sons founded. Fradella's company received more than $4 million in city contracts for repair work at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and in the French Quarter after Katrina, the indictment says.
Some of the allegations in the indictment have been the subject of state ethics complaints.
In April 2010, the Louisiana Board of Ethics charged Nagin with two possible violations of state ethics law. One charge involved Nagin's "use of a credit card and/or gifts" from St. Pierre. In the other charge, the Ethics Board said Stone Age LLC, the Nagin family's business, was compensated for installation services provided to Home Depot while the home improvement retailer was negotiating tax breaks from the city.
The indictment doesn't mention Home Depot by name but says Nagin approved a 2007 ordinance that allowed city property to be sold to an unidentified "major retail corporation" at the same time he was soliciting the retailer for work for his granite business.
Nagin's arraignment is set for Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. in front of Magistrate Judge Daniel Knowles, according to court documents.
Email and phone messages left Friday with Robert Jenkins, Nagin's attorney, were not immediately returned. Jenkins, however, told WWL-TV that he was surprised by the action since he believed that plea deal talks were still ongoing.
Nagin, a former executive with Cox Cable, was a political novice before he was elected to his first term as mayor in 2002, buoyed by strong support from white voters. He cast himself a reform-minded progressive who wasn't bound by party affiliations, as he snubbed fellow Democrats.
Strong support from black voters helped Nagin win re-election in 2006, despite widespread criticism of his post-Katrina leadership. But the glacial pace of rebuilding, a surge in violent crime and the budding City Hall corruption investigation chipped away at Nagin's popularity during his second term.
Mitch Landrieu, who ran against Nagin and lost to him in 2006, succeeded him in 2010.
Landrieu said Friday was a "sad" day for the city.
"Today's indictment of former Mayor Ray Nagin alleges serious violations of the public's trust," Landrieu said in a prepared statement. "Public corruption cannot and will not be tolerated."
Nagin, who recently sold his Gentilly home and has since moved to Frisco, Texas, a Dallas suburb, has largely steered clear of the political arena since he left office. On his Twitter account, he describes his current occupations as author, public speaker and "green energy entrepreneur." He wrote a self-published memoir called "Katrina's Secrets: Storms After the Storm."
A few hours before his indictment, Nagin retweeted a post by Houston megachurch pastor Joel Osteen that read, "You are closest to your victory when you face the greatest opposition."
In a prepared statement, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente said the office "will continue its history of investigating and prosecuting public corruption" in an effort to ensure citizens have "honest public officials."
"This indictment should serve as a reminder to current and former public officials that, in the interest of full accountability, the FBI pursues corruption even after an official leaves office," Michael Anderson, special agent in charge of the FBI New Orleans Field Office, said in a prepared statement.
The federal charges didn't surprise many people.
"I was really disappointed in him," said Norlita Parker Wells, a city employee. "I expected more from him. I think it's funny only because when he was entering office he said he was going to run such a tight ship. What happened?"
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Back in August 2007, Lady Gaga was a curvy brunette.
But through the years, the 25-year old pop star (real name: Stefani Germanotta) has evolved into a svelte, tiny blonde!
"It's all about starvation," Gaga told Us Weekly. "Pop stars don't eat."
She also told Sirius Morning Mash Up: "I like to drink whiskey and stuff while I am working. But the deal is I've got to work out every day, and I work out hung over if I am hung over."


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Gorgeous by Graham Beck, the first brand-exclusive bubbly bar in South Africa has opened its doors at Steenberg in Constantia, and like its surrounds, is set to rival the best.
Deriving its name from the favoured term of endearment of the late Mr Graham Beck, Gorgeous is a statement in indulgent elegance, from the Vivienne Westwood* wallpapering to the Tom Dixon lighting above the bar. Guests can opt to linger in the comfortable lounge-style area or alongside the bar, elegantly finished in a Carrara marble countertop.
The full selection of Graham Beck Wines' award winning Méthode Cap Classique can be enjoyed with sumptuous canapés prepared exclusively for Gorgeous by Executive Chef Garth Almazan of Catharina's restaurant, located in the same historic building. Among the five dishes on the menu are fresh Saldanha Bay oysters; poached tiger prawn; and asparagus and goat's cheese risotto croquette. The canapés – including an indulgent dessert – have been created to complement the Graham Beck sparkling wines.
These wines will be the exclusive beverage offering at the bar, either by the bottle or glass, with prices starting at R40 per flute and R200 per bottle. Guests may also opt to try a specific range; the three-wine non-vintage Graham Beck sparkling wines, the three vintage cuvées, or the iconic Cap Classique flagship, Cuvée Clive.
Opening hours extend from 11am to 10pm seven days a week. Limited seating is offered in the intimate venue and no reservations are taken.
Gorgeous is the latest addition to the world-class Steenberg estate, recently voted among the Top 100 Experiences in the World by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler in the USA. Steenberg's features include the award-winning Steenberg Hotel, a wellness spa and 18-hole championship golf course, the Steenberg cellar door and Bistro Sixteen82, and Catharina's fine dining restaurant.


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Al Jazeera gets WikiLeaked
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Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy
Al Jazeera has been flooding the zone on its WikiLeaks coverage, so it's interesting to see how the network is responding with alarm to its own cameo in the cables.
Pulling together several diplomatic cables from Qatar, the Guardian reports that U.S. diplomats are accusing Qatar of "using the Arabic news channel al-Jazeera as a bargaining chip in foreign policy negotiations by adapting its coverage to suit other foreign leaders and offering to cease critical transmissions in exchange for major concessions."
One cable, from July 2009, reports that the channel has "proved itself a useful tool for the station's political masters" and states that "Al Jazeera's more favorable coverage of Saudi Arabia's royal family has facilitated Qatari-Saudi reconciliation over the past year." Another states that that "the United States has been portrayed more positively since the advent of the Obama administration" and suggests the Al Jazeera coverage be "made part of our bilateral discussions – as it has been to favorable effect between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and other countries."
That Al Jazeera has a political bias is not exactly earth-shattering news, nor is the fact that the station generally refrains from criticizing the Qatari government while seriously pissing off other governments in the region. Qatar is hardly the first authoritarian regime to discover the benefits of sponsoring a global media outlet whose coverage is broadly aligned with its ideology and interests. But that's not the same thing as using the network as a "bargaining chip". That part of the Guardian story is a bit of a stretch, as evidenced by its highlighting of this February 2010 account of a meeting between Qatari Prime Minsiter Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) and Sen. John Kerry:
Qatar is worried, said HBJ, about Egypt and its people, who are increasingly impatient. Mubarak, continued HBJ, says Al Jazeera is the source of Egypt's problems. This is an excuse. HBJ had told Mubarak "we would stop Al Jazeera for a year" if he agreed in that span of time to deliver a lasting settlement for the Palestinians. Mubarak said nothing in response, according to HBJ.
Something tells me Thani wasn't seriously offering Mubarak one Al Jazeera-free year in return for helping to create a Palestinian state. That's what we in non-diplomatic circles call a joke.


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The good: Brooke looks hot with those glasses.
The bad: The whole Pacers team.
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The good: Brooke looks hot with those glasses.
The bad: The whole Pacers team.
the ugly: Pietrus http://dimemag.com/wp-content/upload...us-480x270.jpg
So, we're 12-6 with the least home games in the NBA so far. Just thought I'd get that in there before all the doom and gloomers.
On to the next one.
I dont know what was worse George Hill at pg or George Hill on defense he was really off tonight especially when he was at the point.
Glad to see PG get mad he needs to play mad all the time.
Really bad shooting night and bad in most areas of the game we were really flat. We need to get a win on Sunday.
No bench killed us. :'( It would have been awesome when we got those free points with the Flagrant.
And what does Brooke look like the glasses ?
Good Game Pacers...might want to evaluate those contracts of Hibbert and Hill real closely.
I mean Hibbert played against a really tough Center tonight....woo, wait.. what center?
This should have been a blowout. What the hell is going on?
I hate the city of Boston. I hate the Celtics. I hate Paul Pierce. I hate Kevin Garnett. I hate every referee on any level/decree of basketball ever. I hate the NBA. I hate some of the decisions made by this team. I hate Tyler Hansbrough. I REALLY hate Lou Amundson. I hate karma. I hate Fridays (**** you Rebecca Black). I hate my life, and I hate basketball right now.
:giveup: :puke: :suicide:
I admit, I got a good chuckle out of our barrage of bricked three-point attempts in the final minutes. That was so pathetic it was funny.
Sometimes it's just not your night, and at 1-19 (5.3% ) from downtown, I think it's safe to say that it wasn't our night. We'll get 'em next time. We can only hope Tommy Heinsohn dies sometime between now and then.
Brooke has pretty eyes, and those glasses just magnify them.


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Colette Cras-Tansman (piano)
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Mélanie Boisvert (soprano), Lionel Peintre (baritone), Philippe Graffin (violin) & Alain Jacquon (piano)
The Cras project reaches its conclusion. This is no doubt the final volume in a long series. It is entirely devoted to the works that Jean Cras composed for his wife or children, all of them musicians. For a man whose career in the French Navy often kept him apart from his family it was a means of drawing closer to them: the Âmes d'enfants are presented here in their original version for the six hands of his three daughters, the four pieces for violin and piano intended as successive birthday offerings for his little boy, the much awaited child whose first birthday Cras would celebrate with a piano piece of the same name (Premier Anniversaire) — a highly elaborate and difficult work, of which Timpani owns the manuscript. As for his wife, he dedicated to her shortly before his death these Trois Chansons Bretonnes, a prefiguration perhaps of his death. And finally, the Piano Concerto finds here a performer of choice (in an INA 1948 source): his daughter, the work's dedicatee who was a remarkable pianist and who formed a duet with her husband Alexander Tansman.
The performers are regulars to the collection. Particular care has been taken with the booklet: a text by a specialist, very many photos, most newly released, that reveal a Jean Cras who swapped his officer's uniform for more homely garb.
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Phèdre: Overture
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Werther: Prelude & La nuit de Noël
Scènes alsaciennes
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Ô noble lame étincelante (from Le Cid)
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Georges Thill
Eugène Bigot
Pleurez, mes yeux (Le Cid)
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Germaine Cernay
Gustave Cloez
Dis-moi que je suis belle (from Thaïs)
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Fanny Heldy
Piero Coppola
Te souvient-il du lumineux voyage (from Thaïs)
Recorded on 14 January 1947
Dorothy Kirsten, Robert Merrill
RCA Victor Orchestra, Jean Morel
Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade)
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Ninon Vallin
Gustave Cloëz
Calmez donc vos fureurs…Jean, je te revois (from Hérodiade)
Recorded on 21 November 1932
César Vezzani, Jeanne Guyla
Fleurissait une rose au bord de chemin (from Le jongleur de Notre-Dame)
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Marcel Journet
Je suis encore tout étourdie (from Manon)
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Emma Luart
On l'appelle Manon (from Manon)
Emma Luart, Gaston Micheletti
Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon)
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Bidú Sayão
Fausto Cleva
Je marche sur tous les chemins (from Manon)
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Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon)
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Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)
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Edmond Clément with orchestra
Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon)
Promesse de mon avenir (from Le roi de Lahore)
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Arthur Endrèze
Henri Defosse
J'aurais sur ma poitrine (from Werther)
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Fernand Heuteur
Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (from Werther)
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Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)
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It does, at least in the real world of "common usage", as you noted with your "typically".Quote:
First, the execution environment has nothing at all to do with the programming language.
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First, the execution environment has nothing at all to do with the programming language.
I agree with CornedBee :D
Those C runtime errors are programmed into the executable (I've seen them when disassembling some programs).
I was under the impression the conversation was revolving around speed issues concerning VM machines and C++ native code. Not between different Java implemenations.Quote:
Originally Posted by CornedBee
One native code isn't that different from another. They're all native.
No. They aren't that different. Just like my C++ code isn't much different than yours. However yours will beat the s... of mine any day :)
The question though was:
"How can Java or C# interpreter interpret the java code to machine code faster than C++, if C++ already is machine"
Since, as you pointed out, gcj isn't much of a compiler (to put it shortly), I don't see how that helps in the discussion.
@CornedBee: Thanks for clearing that up. :)
I'm not having a go. I'm just genuinely confused between what was being discussed and the answer given by CornedBee. That's all. I need help understanding it.
The discussion went from the OP wanting to use a toolkit with PHP, to how PHP is or isn't a general-purpose language, to how languages are compiled and interpreted, to VMs, to Java &C# vs C & C++.
CornedBee was explaining how C and C++ are compiled, and how VM languages are compiled.
At least that's what I've gotten from the thread.
OK, let's return to the question.
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Dynamic profiling can lead to recompilation with different parameters, leading to a program that is more likely to assume the right thing. (Branch prediction!)
Garbage collection is, under some circumstances, preferable to deterministic memory management in terms of speed. Especially bad deterministic memory management. Look at it this way: in Java, memory management is done by Sun's garbage collector programmers. They're probably experts in the field. They know what they're doing. In C++, every programmer does his own memory management. That includes all the novices. Guess who's better at doing it.
Collecting garbage takes time, doesn't it?Quote:
Look at it this way: in Java, memory management is done by Sun's garbage collector programmers.
Ok.. this discussion is blowing in the wind.
i could reply to the posts in the first page sentence by sentence. But i didnt open this thread to discuss the diference betwin a VM and an interpreter. I mean, i could discuss that, but not on this thread. About php, everyone interested should read about the latest developments.
Just to give a short answer to a big mess: sorry mates, everybody uses the CGI nowadays and yes using php as an apache module is geting deprecated. Check you linux distro default instalation or all those all-in-one Windows-Apache-Mysql-Php packages.
But.. what about toolkits and widgets? I would like to see someone poiting the good and bad things about a specific one based on previous experiences.
I think you would be best served on a PHP specific board. Not doubting you will get an answer here (I believe you have already). But... this is kinda a group of forums oriented towards C based languages. The noise ratio can be considerable, as you just have witnessed, if the question doesn't pertain to the forums theme.
You've got some articles, blog posts, news updates or discussions to point me to? I did a bit of searching, but couldn't find anything except a note on how the CGI module is easier to set up securely due to chrooting and similar mechanisms.Quote:
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Just to give a short answer to a big mess: sorry mates, everybody uses the CGI nowadays and yes using php as an apache module is geting deprecated.
I looked through Estonian browser based games. 16 of 16 of them were using PHP.
The most common forum systems (vBulletin, phpBB and many other) are using PHP.
Then I looked for some international game sites (small flash games). And guess what! They're using PHP (or no filename extensions or ASP).
I didnt said it was easier - which it is - i said it's more used.Quote:
Originally Posted by CornedBee
A normal php instalation is not the apache module. Plus, other webservers have to use the CGI
Get an all in one LAMP or WAMP package
google for lamp instalation instructions and follow them
simply run phpinfo() in your hosting company and check it out.
maxorator: you should read what i wrote and check out if you know what i am talkling about before replying that way. If there is someone here making himself stupid is not me. No offense.
Now about the toolkits... ok.. damit, i only said i am using php in order to filter unavaluable solutions.
Which toolkit do you preffer and why?
In case you can and/or feel like it you can refer to some issues related to its usage with php.
Thank you


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Newly constituted organisation Gulamaan-e-rasool sall Director Moin-ud-din Choudhary said here in a press conference that the rally would proceed from local Iqbal Ground to Central Library.
Later, under the leadership of town Qaji Abdul Latif a delegation would hand a memorandum to Madhya Pradesh Governor Balram Jakhar on the name of President Pratibha Patil.


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How much does a glycolic acid peel cost?
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Man who tried to save drowning boy speaks out
Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:41:39 GMT —
FOX 31 is learning more about what happened in those frightening moments when a 13-year-old boy drowned Saturday evening in East Albany.
Calvin Stubbs was outside of his home on the phone just a few hundred feet from the pool at Kentucky Avenue and Owens Avenue.
Then he hears children screaming and the boy's uncle asking if anyone can swim. Stubbs ran over immediately and tried to get to the boy but he was too deep in the water. That's when Stubbs called his son-in-law to help.
"He grabbed him by the wrist and he slipped back down there," Stubbs said. "I said I tell you what, if you go back down there and get him, I'm going to meet you half way and then we'll both grab him so that's when we both grabbed him and pulled him up on the concrete. By the time we got to him, it was like he was already gone."
Stubbs says the boy was down there for about 10 minutes. He says he just wishes there had been a lifeguard there.
It's just a reminder to all parents to keep a close eye on your children in the pool this summer and a reminder to all of us how important it is to know how to swim.