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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The reaction was swift and it was brutal. Shortly after posting 2014 guidance below analysts' expectations, LinkedIn (LNKD) tumbled as much as 10% before opening Friday morning 8.7% lower to $204.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company forecast full-year revenue as high as $2.05 billion, short estimates for $2.16 billion, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. For the first quarter, sales guidance between $455 million and $460 million missed consensus by as much as $10 million.
This isn't the first time management has been conservative on guidance which it managed to exceed. And if it's not the last, investors might need to get accustomed to these quarterly speed bumps. After all, since listing in mid-2011, LinkedIn shares have gained 125.7% and that's not because the company failed to deliver come earnings season.
In the three months to December, the professional services Web site posted net income of 39 cents a share, a penny over consensus. Revenue jumped 47% year over year to $447.2 million, $10 million higher than expected.
LinkedIn also announced its acquisition of Bright, an employment search engine which uses proprietary analytics to hone candidate results.
For the most part, analysts took the LinkedIn forecasts with a grain of salt, acknowledging LinkedIn's history of lowballing and accepting lower profitability and higher investment expenses as necessary to long-term growth.
Jefferies reiterated the stock as a "buy" with a price target of $280.
"Each segment continues to grow faster than the markets in which it competes," wrote the team in a report. "LinkedIn's move towards content marketing such as sponsored stories will be a big tailwind driving up pricing in our view, and early signs point to higher engagement rates than core Display.
"The company has tripled its sales team to sell its Sales Solutions product and that should ramp in 2014."
Jefferies said it expects the yet-to-launch Sales Solutions to have huge potential. The customer relationship platform will present sales teams with the opportunity to use LinkedIn to generate leads.
"Sales Solutions, which aims to be an enterprise CRM solution, will be more aggressively invested in and sold starting in 2014. Management is encouraged by the effectiveness of its early use in shortening sales cycles, and increasing conversion rates," wrote Jefferies analysts.
Likewise, Pacific Crest Securities kept its "outperform" rating with a $275 price target, noting that while estimates were lower there is "much more to look forward to."
"The shortfall can be explained by: (1) the acquisition of Bright (and a push into job listings) and (2) increased investment in sales and new opportunities (China, Sales Solutions, etc.). The lack of discussion on new opportunities has been disappointing and looked to be moving at "Enterprise Speed" not "Internet Speed." The company's more forceful identification of new opportunities is a great step for investors to understand what the "next big thing" is for LinkedIn," wrote analysts Evan Wilson and Bryan Liang.
"LinkedIn holds a very strong competitive position. Little else compares to its flagship product, LinkedIn Recruiter. We also believe LinkedIn will pursue big opportunities as an advertising and sales tool."


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It could happen any time in his courtroom: The judge with the slow Southern drawl, the one they called Preacher Bob, would look down at a defendant and see something that maybe reminded him of himself.
"This court," as Hillsborough Circuit Judge Bob Anderson Mitcham liked to call himself, "knows heartache," and so would begin the story of Butterbean.
Butterbean was his friend from the mean streets of Atlanta. Yes, the judge would say, as a youngster this court had seen the inside of a jail cell, had tasted jail baloney sandwiches, had lain awake at night, afraid.
But unlike the judge, Butterbean did not escape temptation. Butterbean "took the low road," got stabbed and ended up "on a cold, hard slab" in the morgue. By then, the courtroom was usually pretty quiet.
This court, he said, would never forget the day they buried Butterbean, the sound of dirt hitting his coffin. At this, the judge would rap his knuckles on the bench: Thump. Thump. Thump. The place would be silent, the defendant staring up at him.
In a courthouse brimming with colorful characters, Mitcham was one for the books. In fact, after he retired in 2001, he wrote one, Justice from Buttermilk Bottom, about his rise from that rough neighborhood through his legal career.
As a lawyer, he represented alleged mobsters, a judge, a doctor. The first time I saw him, he was arguing the case of a college student accused of killing her newborn. No way would she be acquitted. She was acquitted.
Once, the feds set their sights on him and allegations that he didn't report for tax purposes money a client paid him. Against his lawyers' advice, he went to the grand jury and talked. The case was closed without charges and with this Mitcham quote: "Never have I been more proud to be an American than I am today, because the system does work."
In criminal court Division B, sentences tended to be tough. (Just ask the guy who got life after robbing a Girl Scout of her cookie money.) Sometimes, listening to details of the terrible things that happened in the world, the judge would lift his eyes heavenward and sigh, "We are living in times worse than Sodom and Gomorrah," separation of church and state not always being the main concern in Division B.
He spoke often of his wife Lupe, the woman to whom he would be married for 40 years, and his kids. If Lupe tried to slip in the back of his courtroom to watch proceedings, he might well stop everything to pay attention to her.
Always, his courtroom seemed to get the blockbusters and potential circuses: the incestuous, murderous Sexton clan. Lawrence Singleton, who chopped the arms off a hitchhiker and later murdered a prostitute. Three young friends accused of pulling up a stop sign as a prank, causing the deaths of three young men who drove into the path of a Mack truck. "I shall never forget this case," the judge said at the end.
The hip he broke at age 65 — trying to field a ground ball in a judges-against-bailiffs softball game — led to his retirement. He had surgeries and other health problems. When they talked of such things, he told his wife funeral flowers died in three days — I would rather it go to "God's work, or the Hillsborough Bar."
He died this week at 76, the courthouse less colorful for it.

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Enticebrand's mission, to be one with our clients in achieving their marketing goals.
Paul specializes in integrated brand identity and UX web design development.
Enticebrand has created solutions for retail brands, leading agencies, Fortune 500 and entrepreneur start-ups.
For projects requiring specialized skills such as animation, interactive programming, film and videography, Paul utilizes his network of creative professionals to deliver the highest level of design and communications marketing.
Paul has also been an instructor of computer animation design, film/media design and graphic design history at Columbus College of Art and Design, and Central Ohio Technical College.
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The W³ Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, videos and marketing programs. Simply put, the W³ is the first major web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. Small firms are as likely to win as Fortune 500 companies and international agencies. The W³ is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, interactive, advertising, and marketing firms.
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Tuneage: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (see link).
Almost 40 years after Eric Clapton invited the late great Duane Allman to join in on the recording of the Derek & the Dominos' blues/rock classic album "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" (see link), 2009 finds EC on stage with my favourite current version of the ABB:
Gregg Allman: Organ, Piano
Derek Trucks: Slide Guitar (The Derek Trucks Band)
Butch Trucks: Drums
Warren Haynes: Guitar, Slide Guitar (Gov't Mule, see link)
Oteli Burbridge: Bass
Chris Stainton: Keyboards
No surprise, the result is 14:12 of musical awesomeness.
If you are serious about real music, I strongly recommend you delve into the music of Gov't Mule, Derek Trucks and of course the continuing legacy of the ABB.
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Gov't Mule - SOULSHINE - Live 2005 Cologne, Germany
Commemorative ceremony in memory of the french soldiers.
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - LIVE AT THE BEACON THEATRE (New York,March 2003)
In Memory of Big Fred D (Over hang at 50)
In memory of Bob Marley
In Memory of TOTUS
Iranian book "In Memory of our Martyrs" found in AZ desert.
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A SCHOOL playground was turned into a Roman training ground when children were put through their paces by Maximus the Centurion.
Year Four pupils at Bede Academy in Blyth, Northumberland, had their history lessons brought to life with Maximus, who hosts demonstrations at schoolss across the region. He barked instructions in Latin and helped them try out the "tortoise" protective formation with shields. He let the children try on his armour and taught them how to march.
Teacher Kerry Elliott said: "The children were in awe of Maximus. It was a fantastic way to bring to life all the things we have been learning in class and they thoroughly enjoyed it."


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Names Ending in 's' or 'z' - a Practical Pain?
A couple of the names I like at the moment end in an 's' or a 'z'. I know from friends with names ending in 's' that it can be a bit awkward when you want to express possession etc. and have the problem of tripping up over that end sound and whether to add an 'es' to the end (the coat that belongs to James is James' coat or James's coat...neither sounds quite right).
I guess I'm just wondering if this is a consideration anyone else has? Is it me being a bit silly?
January 15th, 2014 12:12 PM #3
If you are silly, then so am I. I just thought about it as I read your o.p. -- I have Lilias and Amaryllis as a coupe of my favorite girl names and she will no doubt have the same problem you mentioned if I stick with this name. I have asked Berries about this name before, and they have told me it looked like a plural version of Lilia. I also wonder if my child has a lisp -- would she sound like a hissing snake. (But I have to admit I find lispers (is that even a word?) so freaking adorable!) I am very curious about what other Berries will have to say, especially those that have a -s or -z at then end of their name.
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Oberon ▫ Raphael ▫ Sebastian ▫ Orion ▫ Phoenix ▫ Edmund ▫ Jasper ▫ Solomon
Łiliana Adelia Claire ▪ Ɲoemi Adlumia Fable
Chrysanthe ▫ Juniper ▫ Isabeau ▫ Camellia ▫ Galilea ▫ Yara ▫ Chloe
January 15th, 2014 01:37 PM #5
I don't think it's a problem at all, the "James's" version sounds perfectly normal to me (but I'd still write it as James' because I'm a stickler for grammar.) I also have Amaryllis and Lilias on my list, and I had never actually thought about the potential problems of -s endings until this post, but now that I do, I don't have a problem with them. If you're really concerned you could try a double-barrel or hyphenated first.g w e n
❀ Viola Mireille ○ Sancia Blue ○ Cosima Vale ○ Zara Fionnuala
Dash Apollo ○ Madoc Orion ○ Mars Auberon ○ Kieran Atlas ✮
Cameron Alastor Wilde ⋆ Emmett Fidelio Scout ⋆ Zeke Borealis
Isadora Maite ⋆ Coraline Octavia Luna ⋆ Cleo Amara ⋆ Adela Seraphine Lior
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January 15th, 2014 02:26 PM #7
It wouldn't occur to me that someone would find that weird, or annoying, or awkward. It's definitely not a consideration for me.Lucia
Name aficionada, traveller, teacher, wonderfully enamoured
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There are plenty of names ending in s and I don't see it being a problem. DH's name ends in an s and he never has any problems. I also agree with geeknamezyo, always spell it James', it's proper grammar.Apollo Allan (12-9-14)
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One of the Family Paperback
by John Pearson
John Pearson's The Profession of Violence created the myth of the Kray twins, and remains a classic of True Crime, the best book ever written on East London criminals and a book that started a mini publishing industry.
Pearson is an authority on the London crime scene, which is why he was surprised while attending Ronnie Kray's funeral to see a man to whom all the other villains deferred, but who he didn't recognise.
Investigation revealed that this man, "the Englishman", never mentioned in any of the previous books on organised crime because everyone was too scared to speak his name, was as legendary a figure on the streets of New York as on the streets of London.
Pearson persuaded the mysterious criminal leader to talk to him - and the result was a story even more extraordinary than that of the Kray twins.
Here Pearson reveals the true story of the Englishman who became the adopted son of Joey Pagano, the head of one of the major New York crime families.
Here the Englishman tells the story that no-one else dared to tell.
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Synthego has launched the CRISPRevolution EZ sgRNA kit. The kit uses the company's 100-nucleotide sgRNA and is offered under its CRISPRevolution portfolio. The sgRNA ships within 5 days ready-for-transfection, is 100 percent DNA-free, and requires no annealing, the company said. Additionally, the product offers improved editing efficiencies of up to 90 percent and in vivo stability to protect against intracellular exonucleases, the company added. The list price for the Synthego sgRNA kit starts at $295 per gene target. There are special discounts for academic research and volume purchases.
ARUP Laboratories and IDbyDNA, a data analytics-driven metagenomics company, launched Explify Respiratory, a next-generation sequencing-based test for respiratory infections. Explify Respiratory detects more than 200 common and rare bacterial, fungal, and viral respiratory pathogens with a single test. It is powered by IDbyDNA's Taxonomer software, a DNA search engine that can rapidly identify any organism by its genetic material. The test is the first in a line of tests that the two companies plan to launch as part of a previously announced strategic partnership to develop and commercialize infectious disease testing using metagenomics.
Horizon Discovery announced that it has expanded its functional genomic screening portfolio to include CRISPRi (interference) and CRISPRa (activation) screening services. Horizon's CRISPRi/CRISPRa screening platform substantially broadens the range of possible studies through the capacity to reduce or increase, rather than completely eliminating gene expression, the company said. This enables customers to address critical gaps in target ID and validation as they work to develop novel and more effective drug therapies. The screening capabilities are based on the company's highly optimised CRISPR knockout screening platform. Horizon has also developed an enhanced solution that combines both CRISPRi and CRISPRa screening. This combined solution can reveal 'switch' like genes that display opposing effects when activated or inhibited in the presence of the drug of interest.
Evosep introduced Evosep One, an optimized separation technology for mass spectrometers for large cohort experiments. Evosep One is designed for fast and robust separation of omics samples while enabling 24 hour operation at 200 samples a day. The product reduces cross-contamination through the use of disposable tips, and high flow rate during autosampler washing steps. According to the company, Evosep One also improves up-time and reliability through partial elution that leaves impurities from each sample on the disposable tips that act as pre-columns, and from low-pressure elution and gradient formation that causes less wear and tear.
Qnostics launched the ME Evaluation Panel for meningitis/encephalitis evaluation. It consists of 14 controls for the qualitative detection of bacterial, viral, and fungal targets, including Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, Escherichia coli K1, and others. The panel can be used to independently monitor each target and all phases of the testing process, Qnostics said, adding it was designed with known performance on the BioFire FilmArray platform.
Computational genomics firm Phosphorus launched a test for inherited conditions associated with vision loss and blindness, and a pharmacogenomic test to assess the efficacy of various drugs based on their genetic makeup. The ophthalmology genetic test covers retinal disorders, cataracts, glaucoma, and corneal dystrophy. The drug response test covers cardiology, psychiatry, oncology, pain management, neurology, immunology. gastroenterology, repiratory, infectious disease, and others.
BC Platforms has introduced BC|RQUEST, a system for analyzing and viewing aggregated genomic and clinical data from multiple biobanks. The platform will be available to members of the Open Biobank Research Enhancement Alliance (OBREA), which Basel, Switzerland-based BC Platforms created.
Variantyx launched the Variantyx Unity test, a genomic diagnostic test that identifies small sequence changes, structural variants, trinucleotide repeat expansions, and mitochondrial variants from a single DNA sample. The test uses whole-genome seuqncing data analyzed by the firm's Genomic Intelligence platform, and eliminates the need for multiple sequential tests, the firm said.
DiaSorin Molecular has launched the Simplexa C. difficile Direct Assay in the US. The assay aids in the diagnosis of infection by detecting the C. difficile toxin B gene in liquid or unformed stool samples, and had been available outside the US since November. The US Food and Drug Administration cleared the test in February.
Benson Hill Biosystems has launched CRISPR 3.0, a novel family of Cms1 nucleases, as part of its suite of genomics tools to accelerate crop performance improvements. The CRISPR 3.0 portfolio of nucleases demonstrate a shorter length than many other widely-used nucleases, enabling easier delivery, the firm said.
Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched the ZDC Multiplex RT-PCR assay, a research-use only tool for the simultaneous screening of sample for Zika, dengue, and chikungunya arbovirus RNAs. The assay comes with all controls that researchers need to validate results internally. The RT-PCR kit was launched outside the US earlier this year.
Becton Dickinson announced the launch of BD Rhapsody, a platform for single cell RNA analysis. According to BD, the system consists of reagents, instruments, and software for targeted gene expression analysis of ten of thousands of individual cells. The platform will also expand beyond RNA expression to include protein detection. BD will offer both application-specific targeted panels and enable customers to design their own custom, targeted panels.
Tecan has launched the automated Resolvex A200 positive pressure workstation for LC-MS sample prep. The platform offers unattended positive pressure solid phase extraction, providing increased walkaway times for LC-MS sample preparation workflows. Eight-channel dispensing delivers a three-fold increase in speed compared to single-channel dispensing, and the touchscreen control enables straightforward integration into laboratory protocols. The system is compatible with Tecan's range of 96-well plate and column format smart consumables, including narrow bore extraction columns that transform an extraction column into a reaction vessel.
Eurofins Genoma has introduced GeneSafe, a non-invasive prenatal test that screens for both de novo and inherited single-gene disorders. Current commercial NIPTs only screen for aneuploidies and microdeletions, the firm said. GeneSafe identifies fetal conditions that could be missed by traditional prenatal testing, detecting more than 40 severe genetic disorders that may occur in the absence of a family history of the condition. The company said it also detects disorders with an increased prevalence associated with advanced paternal age. The test requires a small blood sample and has a turnaround time of 10 days. It works as a complementary screen to traditional NIPT, providing a more complete picture of the risk of a pregnancy being affected by a genetic disorder, the company noted.
Myriad Genetics has launched riskScore, which employs a proprietary algorithm combining analysis of 80 SNPs and patients' personal and family history of cancer to determine a woman's risk of breast cancer. Results from this test will be reported alongside Myriad's myRisk Hereditary Cancer test, a 28-gene panel that gauges patients' risk for for eight cancers. RiskScore will help guide decisions for asymptomatic patients who get negative myRisk results, providing definitive answers to the 90 percent of patients testing negative for hereditary cancer genes, the company noted. Myriad has completed two validation studies in patients of European descent that it will present at upcoming conferences.
Ranomics, a Toronto-based biotechnology firm, has launched VariantFind, a proprietary platform for creating DNA libraries. VariantFind uses multiplexing technology to incorporate a large number of mutagenic oligonucleotides into a single series of PCR reactions to create high-quality and cost-effective variant libraries for use in protein engineering, synthetic biology, and agriculture, the company said. The resulting libraries can be easily integrated into different workflows, Ranomics added.
A former Synthetic Genomics attorney alleges that the firm discriminated against her and other female employees, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Due to privacy and lab certification questions, the planned giveaway of Orig3n testing kits at a Baltimore Ravens game was suspended.
Alnylam reports positive results from its phase 3 clinical trial of an RNAi-based drug, according to Stat News.
In Cell this week: adult mesenchymal cell populations in mouse lung, genetic diversity in HPV16 and cancer risk protection, and more.
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Combine sightseeing on the canals with New Yorks Pizza, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, and unlimited drinks
Explore Amsterdam's enchanting illuminated canals while enjoying a sumptuous four-course dinner. Dazzling and delicious – a feast for all the senses!
Hop On - Hop Off Boat, pass by Amsterdam's major museums, attractions and shopping areas
Embark on a one-hour cruise through elegant Amsterdam, home to the UNESCO World Heritage District
Experience the magic of our vibrant city with a cruise through Amsterdam's enchantingly lit canals
Hop on and off a canal cruise by all of the city's top museums, attractions and shopping areas
Enjoy a relaxing evening along the twinkling canals of the Dutch capital on this cocktail cruise
Hop on and off a canal cruise by Amsterdam's major museums, attractions and shopping areas
Visit the Heineken Experience and conclude it with a NY style Pizza Cruise on the Amsterdam Canals
Amsterdam icons: the Van Gogh Museum and its Canals. Get an in-depth understanding with a guided tour


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With ticket #197 comes the support for OpenLayers.Layer.Vector layers in the MapFish print module.
The client side of the print module takes all the features in such layers, pack them into the print request (in geoJSON) along with the styling information. The server side is then able to draw them in the generated PDF.
You'll find an example of PDF generated with such layer here (1MB). In it, you'll find:
- a semi transparent white polygon drawn using a mesure tool widget
- legends
- a scale bar
- an overview map
This ticket will be committed after the release of MapFish version 1.0.


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SGL Rotary Lux Capsule Espresso Machine [Black]
Please Note: This item is not currently available for order or backorder. Thank you!
This SGL Rotary Lux capsule espresso machine is perfect for home or office, featuring a stylish European design and utilizing "Espresso Point" style capsules to quickly and conveniently brew authentic Italian espresso. Simply slide open the front brew chamber door, insert a capsule and press the desired brew button for either a small (espresso), medium (long espresso) or large (Americano); the Rotary Lux will automatically brew to the chosen volume then discharge the used capsule into a removable storage drawer. A built-in steam wand is also provided to froth milk for making cappuccino or latte drinks. Additional featured include a hot water dispensing function, large 57 oz. removable water tank, low water lever warning and removable drip tray.
Important Note: This SGL Rotary Lux machine only uses "Espresso Point" style
capsules available from various brands. It does not accept any other type of capsules such as LavAzza
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- SGL Rotary Lux capsule espresso machine [black]
- perfect for home or office
- automatic brew volume buttons for small (espresso), medium (long espresso) or large (Americano)
- built-in steam wand to froth milk for cappuccino and latte
- stylish European design
- large 57 oz. removable water tank
- hot water dispensing function
- removable drip tray
- dimensions: 12"W x 12-3/4"D x 14"H
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Amazon Web Services Deployment The Right Way
In general, when considering all things "cloud" it's healthy to retain a skeptical mind set and avoid succumbing to hype. But the fallout from the recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is actually a very positive sign for Cloud Computing. Sure some sites got taken completely down, including a favorite of many, Quora. However, another popular site managed to survive the incident with comparatively minor hiccups: Netflix. This is the bright spot the cloud community should examine. As with many other leading websites, Keynote monitors the performance of certain transactions at Netflix.com. According to Keynote measurements, on the east coast starting at 12am April 21st, Netflix's performance for successful transactions stayed a consistent couple of seconds and was available 96% of the time. Granted this isn't flawless execution, and note that the 27 failed data points are all timeouts resulting in just a red screen. However, compared to what happened to many sites, this is outstanding. (Y-axis details obscured.)
It's not dumb luck that got Netflix off this easy. It's the product of hard work and engineering time invested in building their Amazon Web Services deployment the right way. As Netflix has been touting in various cloud conferences this year, they've been forced to fully embrace AWS due to their tremendous growth. Basically, they only run credit card transactions in their private network. To ensure they always have enough capacity (and incidentally are highly available) they have turned provisioning decisions over to their operational systems. Whenever an Amazon instance is poorly performing they terminate it and get a new one. Likewise if there is an availability zone acting up (like what happened on April 21) then they automatically switch over to another.
This is how real high availability has always been done in networking: ensure that you can automatically failover to logically, physically, and geographically separate resources. Any real engineer will tell you that problems and failures will happen. Your availability track record is not based on how frequently this occurs but how gracefully you recover from them.
Herein is the promise of Cloud Computing: namely the favorable relationship between cost and failover capabilities. In a private network world you would have to build and pay for a lot of infrastructure yourself: multiple data centers, double the hardware, internet access connections on opposite sides of the building, etc. Very quickly the cost of high availability gets prohibitive, locking out all but the deepest of pockets. Netflix explicitly stated at Cloud Connect that, despite their growth, they just weren't big enough to justify building a network of redundant data centers.
Enter Cloud Computing. Now having access to redundant data centers is just a matter of purchasing the right performance monitoring tools and the engineering time to program your applications and operational systems to take full advantage of on demand resources. In the end, you only pay for the infrastructure you use, not what you might need as is the case when doing it yourself. That's the real shame and promise highlighted by this outage; young companies like Quora and Foursquare could easily have done just what Netflix has done. The barrier to entry here isn't a huge budget but the knowledge and priorities to do the work. The next step of course after fully leveraging Amazon is to be able to failover to different cloud providers, and Netflix is probably working on exactly this, right now.
In a way this drives home a point we've known all along. Cloud Computing is not outsourcing; this implies a transfer of risk and responsibility. Your business, not Amazon or Microsoft or Google etc., are responsible for the performance of your applications whether they are in the cloud or not. Cloud Computing is a powerful tool to increase performance and availability many fold while reducing costs, if it's used correctly. If you don't use the tool properly then an outage isn't Amazon's fault, it's yours. Amazon seems to agree: according to Gartner Analyst Lidya Leong this isn't an outage that generates service credits. (Quote at very end of article.)
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I don't want to look plastic-y or fake... Many of the times people can tell if someone has had plastic surgery... Is it possible to have plastic surgery without people telling you've had work done?
Will Plastic Surgery Make You Look Fake?
Doctor Answers 6
Natural looking results is possible with plastic surgery
Choosing the right surgeon is of paramount importance to results do not look fake. It is extremely important to go to a surgeon who creates a very natural look, whether it is for a nose job, eyelids, or facelift procedure. Look at the surgeon's before and after photos to make sure the patients look very natural after their procedure.
Fake and plastic surgery
I think the goal for plastic surgery is to keep it as natural as possible. Obviously if you are talking about breast augmentation and the patient wants extremely large implants then this is impossible. But for facelifting, rhinoplasty, moderate augmentation, these goals can be achieved.
Natural Looking Results With Plastic Surgery
It is absolutely possible to have natural looking results from plastic surgery. The goal of plastic surgery should be to make you look "refreshed and rested" rather than "pulled and expressionless." Good plastic surgery should make you look as good as you can for where you are now. It cannot turn back to clock 20 years. Attempts to do so generally result in the "I've had work done" look. Patients that come in requesting help with specific areas (e.g., sagging neck, excess upper eyelid skin) and have realistic goals (e.g., smoothing out lines rather than erasing them), are more likely to achieve the subtle, non-operated look.
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Good plastic surgery leaves you looking natural.
1) This is one of the most important questions in plastic surgery. You are right that there are many people walking around looking fake and pulled and "surgical'. But this is just BAD surgery.
2) It can be completely avoided. Go to a board certified plastic surgeon who does a lot of cosmetic surgery, and ask to see a lot of before and after pictures. The bad results are usually bad not because they are not perfect, but because they advertise the fact that the patient had plastic surgery.
Plastic surgery without looking fake
Of course it is if you go to a surgeon that shares your aesthetic and you have realistic expectations. Good plastic surgery should enhance your look and allow you to be noticed, not the procedure. A surprising number of patients though demand the "operated look" and are disappointed if people don't notice or comment about their procedure.
Be sure you are comfortable with looking better and having people think you look better but unable to suspect that you had a surgical procedure.
Good luck.
Learn more: http://www.palmbeachface.com/facial-implants.html
Natural looking plastic surgery
Yes you can have plastic surgery without a"fake plastic surgery " look IF you go to a surgeon who does natural looking work. I have many actresses and actors who say they have never had surgery and owe their good looks to "wheat germ and alfalfa sprouts".
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They weren't wrong.
And it's not just snowdrift.
Winter storm Nemo dumped a heck of a lot of snow on New England. I was as giddy as a ten year old as I did responsible things like fill up on gas, batteries and groceries — and giddier still when my sister Kim and her husband Dean arrived on the last train out of Manhatten just in time to be snowed in with us.
Mid-blizzard, there was skiing in the backyard, courtesy of the dad/uncle Dean human chairlift.
Post-blizzard, lots of road closures (okay, the whole state is still closed) and lots of shoveling. Neighbors pitched in, digging out driveway after driveway. Sadly, I was excused from active duty on account of my bad ankle, so my sister and I were in charge of feeding the kids and shovelers.
To make your own Nemo snacks, cut an apricot in half and stick a toothpick through it (this is your Nemo tail). Then add another apricot to the toothpick as the body. Add stripes and an eye with your choice of frosting, cream cheese, yogurt, white chocolate and chocolate chips. We used vanilla frosting and mini-chocolate chips – a total treat as good as candy.
Another fishy hit of the storm: PBJ and cream cheese & jelly sushi! Just trim the crusts off sandwich bread, flatten with a rolling pin, add toppings, roll up and slice.


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Thank you to Loralee Leavitt, author of Road Tripping: A Parent's Guide to Planning and Surviving the Annual Car Trip, for this guest post.
Whenever we tell friends that we've just returned from a long family road trip to California, Arizona, Utah, or South Dakota, they stare at us in astonishment. "How do you do it?" they gasp. "Don't you use a DVD player? Don't your kids drive you crazy?" No, we don't have a DVD player, and sometimes our kids do drive us crazy. But we've learned that with simple tools such as audiobooks, notepads, a terrific view, and creativity, we can turn family driving time into family fun.
We love stories. Family-friendly audiobooks like Harry Potter, the Cheshire Cheese Cat, Skulduggery Pleasant, Hoot, or Icefall keep our whole family interested. Sometimes we switch off the audiobooks and borrow ideas from other story-telling parents. For instance, one grandmother makes up stories for her granddaughter about the people and places they drive past. Another dad starts a story, asks his kids for ideas, and works them into the story as he goes. Our children especially love hearing adventure stories about the toys they've left behind.
Music also keeps us going. Sometimes we sing to our children's music, and sometimes we teach them to sing along to ours. (One "They Might Be Giants" album sparked in-car discussions about the politics of the minimum wage, the geometry of triangles, the folly of fashion, and the history of Constantinople that kept us occupied for an hour.) We make up new words to familiar tunes, and challenge each other to complete rhyming lines. We also turn songs into games. How many animal sounds can you make for "Old McDonald?" How many songs can you sing about an approaching holiday?
When we drive, the outside view becomes part of the adventure. We talk about the geology and the landmarks as we pass. Sometimes we know what we're talking about (especially if we've grabbed brochures at a recent stop), but sometimes we ask questions we can't answer. Then everybody in the car gets to guess how a certain mountain was formed, or why the small round building in the distance has a tower on the roof. If we have a camera suitable for children, we pass it around and let the children compete in photography contests, such as Best Highway Sign. We practice geography by counting license plates from as many states as we can. (We have the best luck in remote national parks such as Yellowstone or Mt. Rushmore.) License plates are also useful for the ABC game, in which every person looks for the next letter in the alphabet (you can play this as a group, or as a competition). Check road signs, billboards, or license plates for the next letter in the alphabet.
Pen and paper open up whole new worlds of entertainment. With Hangman, even the driver and the younger children can guess letters, and older children can play with each other. Battleship provides a more interesting challenge for older players: draw a grid and number the sides, fill in your fleet by marking rectangles for ships, and call out squares by number to guess where your opponent's ships lurk.
The biggest secret to keeping children happy in the car is participating. It takes work to keep the children interested and occupied, and to keep their spirits up. But joining our children's games not only raises their spirits, it raises ours too. When else can our family listen to the same books, sing, and play games together for hours? Learning how to appreciate the time we spend together makes me look forward not just to our destinations, but our journeys.
Loralee Leavitt's new book, Road Tripping: A Parent's Guide to Planning and Surviving the Annual Car Trip, contains tips that she and co-author Rick Walton learned from over 100,000 miles of family road trips. Find more information at her website.


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O, Brother, Wheres Thou Art?
It must truly suck to go through life being Simon Townshend or Chris Jagger or Livingston Taylor or Jorge Santana or Mike McGear, knowing that no matter what you accomplish in this lifetime, your efforts will invariably be eclipsed by your more famous sibling. For that matter, how much must it suck to be Janet Jackson? You can score hit after hit, but none of it will ever equal one incident of having your nose fall off or igniting your hair or purchasing the Elephant Man corpse, not to mention any sensational accusations of boy-diddling? And one must also wonder what it feels like to be Jimmie Vaughan. Jimbo, of course, is the older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, who (when he was alive) was not only far more famous than his brother, but whose legacy has also grown to outlandish proportions since he took that helicopter flight to the big dirt-nap some 11 years ago. While Stevie Ray was forging his legend, becoming internationally celebrated for shredding like a piss storm and wearing silly-assed getups comprising pastel scarves, sequined vests and Billy Jack hats, Jimmie was marking time with the very greasy, no-nonsense, blue-collar Texas blues group the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Some hardcore blues aficionados long favored Jimmie's work over his li'l brother's: Stevie was at heart a rocker, very much a relation of Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter, while Jimmie was the quintessential sideman to Fabulous Thunderbirds singer Kim Wilson, playing his ever-loving ass off in jeans and cowboy boots in a style rooted in old-fashioned blues values and tradition. He didn't draw a lot of attention to himself, but those in the know would cluck to themselves, "Yep, that Jimmie can sure pick a geet-tar, yessir" between gulps of bad domestic beer. Much has been written of the brothers' fondness for each other, how it took Jimmie years to get over Stevie's death and how he didn't even start his own solo career until 1994, a few years after quitting the Thunderbirds to record a duet album with his little bro. But some part of Jimmie, deep down inside, must have wanted to give Stevie a good, stiff kick in the 'nads—if not for earning millions more dollars than him, then for playing guitar as if he were being paid by the note. For Jimmie, bless his heart, is as old school as they come. He plays with impeccable taste and restraint, even though he can indeed shred like Stevie when he has a mind to. His tone is straight-up 1953 Chess Records, sounding for all the world like he's playing through a fucked-up old Fender tweed amp with decomposed speakers. I'm reminded of another famous guitarist—who, dear readers, shall remain nameless in the interest of discretion—who once told me, "It'd be great to be able to play guitar like Stevie Ray and then turn around and not do it."
Had they not been related, Jimmie would surely have been thinking the same thing, and perhaps he did anyway. There's no denying Stevie's precocious gifts, mind-boggling technique and connection to blues feeling. Yet there's also no denying he was guilty of overplaying, and there's no one else but Stevie to blame for the proliferation of blues teenyboppers like Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd popping up like a vile contagion in his wake. Meanwhile, if Jimmie is guilty of anything, it's failing to toot his own horn loud enough so that anyone outside Texas hears the bleat. He deserves better.
Check out Jimmie's latest CD, Do You Get the Blues? This is tuff, coarsened, badass, authentic Lone Star bitchen-ness from beginning to end. It's not the kind of stuff that will necessarily inspire some 14-year-old kid in Iowa to pick up a guitar and follow in his footsteps; it's the kind of stuff that may have some 66-year-old black guy in Waco marveling, "How does a white boy play and sing like that?" Your next stop: the Coach House, where brother Jimmie will give you great googley-mooglies on Saturday night, all without a silly hat or vest.
Jimmie Vaughan performs at the Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, (949) 496-8930. Sat., 8 p.m. $26.50. 18+.
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A state judge has found former LSU running back Charles Scott not guilty in a sexual battery case.
The 24-year-old Scott was booked into the Ascension Parish Jail in November 2011 after allegedly raping an 18-year-old woman at his Prairieville home.
He was arraigned later on a charge of sexual battery, a lesser offense than the crime of simple rape he originally was accused of committing. In February 2012, Scott entered a plea of not guilty.
The case was heard Tuesday by state District Judge Jessie LeBlanc.
If convicted, Scott could have faced up to 10 years in prison.
Scott started his final two seasons at LSU, the best of them his junior season when he rushed for 1,174 yards and a Southeastern Conference-leading 18 touchdowns.


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I hope Meryl and Charlie check in with Golden Skate and see a thread about how rich and famous they are. It must be a hoot to them.
I hope Meryl and Charlie check in with Golden Skate and see a thread about how rich and famous they are. It must be a hoot to them.
As a huge D/W fan, who also enjoys and respects V/M, I wonder why certain people have to put down either team in support of their favorite. It's sophomoric and *S* stirring 101.
I guess it was too quiet so you had to take a stick to the beehive, continuing to amp it up as others jumped in to dispute your comment.
I wish posters would at least be honest about what their intentions are. A post titled "I hate X and want to needle everyone who likes them" would have been more genuine, imo.
That said, given how they are developing at performers on DWTS (especially Meryl!), I can't help but wish they could come back for one more season; I would've like to see how what they learned there translated to the ice.
I seriously never get the point of excessive criticism of your favorite's rival.
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Nah, almost nothing gives skaters a bigger thrill than competition with the best and being the best. Anything else they do in life might pale in comparison. They may be successful in other endeavors but it may never give them the same serotonin explosion of a great skate and winning against all odds.
Many skaters have made fortunes and have become huge celebrities, and yet many still came back to competition or continued to compete. Many don't need to compete for more titles or make more money.
Mao, Yuna, Torvill and Dead, G&G, Lysacek (tried to), Plush, Kwan.....
So no I don't think Meryl and Charlie will become too big. They're in their late 20s too so for them to become as good as they were in something else as they are in skating is unlikely. I'm sure with their enormous drive and work ethic, they have the ingredients to make it to the top in a new line of work, but whatever it is won't give them the same adrenaline rush as their competitive Olympic years.


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Back in Manhattan, Salinger took a writing class at Columbia University taught by Whit Burnett, editor of the literary magazine Story. Within a year, Salinger had published there, and soon he was appearing in places like Collier's and the Saturday Evening Post, aiming all the while for the prestigious pages of the New Yorker. Meanwhile, he also survived a romance with Oona O'Neill, the 16-year-old daughter of the playwright Eugene O'Neill. (For Salinger, whose books are full of idealized children, fixations on very young women would be a lifelong motif.) A beautiful but insubstantial girl, in 1943 she ran off with the much older Charlie Chaplin.
By that time, Salinger had been drafted. Attached to Army counterintelligence, he was tasked with interrogating Nazis in territory liberated by the Allies. His infantry regiment landed at Normandy on D-Day and helped liberate Paris, where he made friends with Ernest Hemingway. He also took part in some of the worst fighting of the war, a months-long winter bloodbath in the mine-infested Hürtgen Forest in western Germany.
Soldier of Misfortune
Though Salinger stayed tight-lipped all his life about his combat experience, Slawenski does a fine job of detailing the sheer awfulness of Hürtgen Forest. He makes it plain why, at the end of the war, Salinger appears to have suffered some kind of nervous collapse, a trauma that helps to explain his abrupt leap into marriage with a German woman. But when a joint visit to New York in 1946 went badly, the woman, whom Slawenski has identified as Sylvia Werther, an eye doctor, returned to Europe and filed for divorce. That left Salinger free to pursue his real love, Holden Caulfield, and to focus on getting into the New Yorker. Within months, he would score when the magazine decided at last to run a story featuring Caulfield that it had accepted years earlier. From then on, Salinger published only in the New Yorker, which ran most of the works collected in Nine Stories as well as Salinger's tales of the Glass family with their odd mix of spiritual anguish, ecstatic compassion and serene detachment from the ordinary world that would reappear as Franny and Zooey and as Salinger's final book, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction.
What the Glass stories make plain is that by the 1950s Salinger became nothing less than a religious writer, struggling to convey the messages of compassion and detachment that he had discovered in Hindu and Buddhist texts. That otherworldliness could make him a captivating writer but not always a terrific husband. In 1955 he married Claire Douglas, the daughter of a British art critic, who would become the mother of his two children; their marriage soon foundered as he spent more and more time holed away in his studio on their property.
Slawenski races through the second half of Salinger's life, barely acknowledging the odd picture of Salinger we get from the memoirs of his daughter Margaret and of Joyce Maynard, the 18-year-old writer whom the 53-year-old Salinger, by then divorced, persuaded to join him in Cornish. Both women describe a man devoted to religious study, watching old movies with a reel projector and pursuing eccentric health regimes that included drinking his own urine and forced vomiting. Why does Slawenski step back so much here? Did he begin to share his subject's distaste for the biographer's messy probing into personal matters? You can be Salinger's friend, or you can be his biographer. You can't be both. Whatever Slawenski's motive, he leaves plenty of territory uncharted for whoever takes on Salinger next. And no matter who that turns out to be, you know Salinger would not approve.
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Britney Spears"s "Femme Fatale" tour kicks off Thursday, June 16, at Sacramento, but she teases us with a little hint of what we can expect in this new interview.
Watch below as a tired, but fit looking, Spears, says not much of anything at all, other than that this upcoming tour is "more me than any show I"ve ever done." She also promises amazing costumes and lots of surprises. In other words, "buy a ticket, don"t expect me to spill it all for free, y"all."
Plus, sweetly, she admits that she still gets nervous, but "after the third song, I calm down."
She also reveals what she won"t leave home without.
The interview is for the U.K. morning show "Daybreak" to promote her fall U.K. concerts, hence the focus on England. Wouldn't it have been awesome if the interviewer had asked her how she manages to sing when she's dancing around so much?
Are you going to see Britney this time around?


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FISA Vote, or How I Lost Complete Faith in Our Legislative Branch
Today's the day, folks. Start dialing your international calls now while you still have some assurance of privacy.
Reid came on the floor and set up the rules. Debate will continue then votes on the amendments — Dodd, then Specter, then Bingaman.
Senator McConnell: "Blah blah blah compromise blah blah blah thanks to Bond's leadership blah blah blah…"
Then Bond spoke, saying that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence was created as and should be the only vehicle for oversight. May I say, you've not done a great job, sir. Even Rockefeller, whose capitulation on immunity is insane, thought the program was out of line and went so far as to keep a sealed letter in his desk disavowing it. And look where we are now. Bond also called out "far left editorial writers." Wink, wink NYT!
Hatch followed Bond and attempted to rebut points made on the floor yesterday while also tearing down those who have suits against the phone companies. He argued that no one in the government has the time or inclination to monitor random domestic phone calls. Well, whether they have the time or inclination they're about to get the ability to do so, so thanks.
Hatch also repeated Bond's strange and likely baseless argument that, if the lawsuits go forward, phone companies will suffer consequences including possible physical threat to their employees. Can someone explain that to me? Who is circulating that talking point? What the hell is going on?
Feingold on Hatch's remarks that the majority of the Senate being in the dark on the specifics of the program: "Wow." He smacked down Hatch's condescending remark that it's the "black helicopter crowd" that is concerned with this saying, "It could not be clearer that this program broke the law and this president broke the law."
Feingold's walked us through the history of this issue, starting before the New York Times broke the story. (Here's a little history lesson from the ACLU.) He brought up that old Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) story. You know, the one where the administration claimed Congress gave it the go ahead to wiretap without warrants when it passed the AUMF? That should have been another red flag that this administration is crazy-go-nuts for ridiculous legal interpretations. (BTW, here's an old and fantastic story on TPM that I just found — check the date on that baby.) Then the administration was all, "No, no, no. The president's got Article II authority." Wasn't it clear when it was scrambling for prior legal cover that the administration knew it was caught with its hand in the cookie jar?
Feingold also said that, as a member of the Intel committee, he's seen all the documents and has been read into the program and, "members of this body will regret we passed this legislation." If only that would resonate…
Leahy is Leahy and I love him. Oh my goodness, I love him.
Specter followed Leahy and said passing this law without knowing the full details of the program is like buying a pig in a poke. It's been a while since I've heard that and he's right. It can't be said enough that senators are voting on something that the majority of them have little or no context for. Once this bill passes and these amendments are voted down, it's done. DONE. Everything you always wanted to know about the president's domestic spying program will remain a mystery.
Senator Sanders just took to the floor and spoke for less than a minute but said everything that needed to be said. We're all for finding terrorists and preventing attacks but we must remain within the bounds of the Constitution. Sanders out.
Since votes came up quicker than I can type, I'll quickly summarize:
- Bingaman speaks on his amendment.
- Dodd is up — he had a great line thanking the blogs, advocates and private citizens who have inserted themselves into the debate saying, "Not one of them had to be involved but they chose to be." Awwww.
- Rockefeller spoke and bizarrely called it a farce that the administration was claiming that, right after the story broke, "Congress had been briefed" when in reality only four members had been. Strange line to draw when the vast — VAST — majority of members still haven't been fully briefed.
- Cantwell was next and wisely the point the language of the bill is written so vaguely that it will allow for the "broad expansion of authority to conduct domestic surveillance."
- Then Nelson, another member of the Intel committee who has been fully briefed, reiterated that he is against blanket immunity and offered an amendment against it in committee.
- Bond spoke again and made some snarky comment about briefing the New York Times with sensitive material. Sigh.
- Dodd followed with a last-minute plea for his amendment. It didn't work. The Dodd amendment failed, 32-66.
- Specter followed with a last-minute plea for his amendment. It didn't work. The Specter amendment failed, 37-61
- Bingaman followed with a last-minute plea for his amendment. It didn't work. The Bingaman amendment failed, 42-56
Final passage will be around 2 or 2:15. Stay tuned and don't do anything foolish in the meantime. We'll get through this.
Update: After the amendments were effectively killed – along with any possible hope of court review of the president's illegal and unconstitutional domestic spying program (can't say that enough) – the votes for final passage were counted.
The votes were cast and so was the die. Final count: 69 to 28.
I can only say it's been emotional. This isn't the last you'll be hearing from the ACLU on this subject — in fact, far from it. Keep an eye on this space for our continued and tireless work protecting the Fourth Amendment (and all the other ones, too, come to think of it).
Thank you ACLU for defending the Constitution of the United States of America.
- July 9, 2008
Harold Rex
I guess we'll have to do with a weakened 4th amendment for a while. Meantime let's get behind the second. We shouldn't need permits to purchase or carry arms any more than to speak or write. What are we going to do for the cause of liberty on that score?
- July 9, 2008
This has been a blow to me. Never have I felt so disgusted with Democrats. We don't have a majority, we have only a handful that had the moral fortitude to vote and fight against this. We have, what was supposed to be our best candidate, but he took no leadership and gave approval to this president to break the law and not uphold the fourth amendment. I'm one less Precinct Captain in Michigan and one less donor.
- July 9, 2008
Everyone R, D & I who voted for this in the Senate should be voted out as soon as their term is up. I cannot belive this has happened, this is the fruit of the poison tree.
- July 9, 2008
Susan Meehan
I'd like to know the name of everyone who voted for that miserable bill. I will contact everyone who voted for it and tell them I intend to help make sure they don't get re-elected.
Two of the reasons for opposing the reign of George III, as written in the Declaration of Independence are:
" For depriving is many cases of the benefit of Trial by Jury" and
"For takking away our Charters. abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments".
These points are as critically important today as they were 233 years ago. Please let us know which Senators voted for this bill. For shame on them!
- July 9, 2008
Cases like this are why I'll be voting third party this year. It seems pretty obvious to me that the leadership of both the Democrats and Republicans is bent on diminishing the limitations that the Constitution very clearly places on the powers of our government. This is just the latest of a series of ill-conceived acts of Congress and the Executive, that anyone who's paying attention has been concerned about for some time. Best of luck to the ACLU on this case.
- July 9, 2008
Susan Hayward
Through my wiretap, they are publishing everything I write online (which goes directly to their server), say within my home and telephone, and monitor what I'm watching on tv. As crazy as this sounds, it's the truth. How can I get them to stop? Wjere
s the warrant and how do I get a copy?
It's one thing to listen, quite another to publicly humiliate me any way they can. My tv serves as a viewing screen for them, and they just broke in my home again for the upteenth time to play with coax wires. There is no limit to the dirty tricks the Bush Administration has done in my case. God help us all. What Constitution?
- July 9, 2008
Nixon breaks the law, wiretaps, and gets run out of office. Bush breaks the law, wiretaps, and gets a bill giving him a pass. Bush cant even calm war powers at that time. This wasent even done in the middle of the night like the repubicans did during their control, it was done in the light of day, with public officals thumping their collective chest for the Alpha male in the White House. Bush cant cover his unconstational abuse of power any other way than to have the rest of the government look the other way while passing a bill. If there is any way the ACLU, once Bush's pen leaves the bill signing it into law, to sue on grounds of unconstational grounds then file it.
- July 9, 2008
You would think the people who had been fully briefed on the FISA bill would have been listened to by the others that had not been fully briefed.
It goes to show that eveyone who voted for this is in the pockets of big telecom and corporations and cannot be trusted to protect the constitution or the american people.
I think when everyone starts to be affected by the taking away of their rights is when people will wake up.
the american public do not even know what rights they are entitled to so when one right is taken away apparently they do not even care.
very sad. try to educate everyone you know, thats all we can do.
- July 9, 2008
Let me tell you a Fact that a old timer once told me.
"Mine & your Granddaddy didn't have nothing to help or protect them." (Sounds like the early 1930's)
"Then our daddy's came along & fought hard to make a better America for their children."
....."But The Next Generation ain't gonna ask for what They Want, They are just gonna Take It !"
All this I see coming true. When the baby-boomers, which were a lot of the L.S.D.-orgy-hippies that have now grown old & turned out now to be Bible Thumping Hypocrites that are worst than the parents they rebelled against in the 60's start thinking they will retire or if they wind up in a nursing home, This Next Generation will strangle them to death with leaving this country in all this debt & chaos.
"America promotes a Nation of UnderAchievers !"
The Next Generation are not lost on this
They grew up hearing their parents say:
"Tune In, Turn On, & Drop Out!"
It just has a little different meaning in 2008.It just has a little different meaning in 2008.
- July 9, 2008


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Nov. 19, 1920
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Actress. Brooklyn born Gene Eliza Tierney would survive several major tragedies in her life during a reign of stardom as a glamorous and talented Hollywood actress. Her role in the film version of the best-selling book "Leave Her to Heaven" earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. However, her most defining performance that made her a major star was in the Otto Preminger murder mystery movie "Laura." She had much success throughout the 1940's and 1950's..."The Razor's Edge" "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "The Left Hand of God." Subsequently, weary of Hollywood and some thirty movie credits, she retired permanently from films. During her post Hollywood life, she made a few television appearance during her life in Houston which was mainly spent in extensive travel with her second husband and a major participant in civic and charitable causes. Her final career performance was in the TV miniseries "Scruples in 1980. Gene's father was Howard Sherwood Tierney an insurance broker and her mother Belle a former New England socialite and ex-school teacher. The family would number three with her the middle child. Privilege, a lavish childhood and finally very good looks would pave the way for an easy entry into the world of show business. Her parents first set her on a course for the life of a New England debutante with enrollment at a string of finishing schools from St. Margaret School in Waterbury, Connecticut to Unquowa School in Bridgeport and then the ultimate, Brillantmont in Lausanne, Switzerland. Upon returning home she completed her education at Farmington School culminating in a coming out party as a debutante. By 1939, Tierney began performing on Broadway after signing a contract with Columbia Pictures but the studio failed to find her work. She also was instrumental in gaining national recognition and exposure working as a model while her image appeared in Life, Harper's Bazaar and Collier's Weekly. In the early 1940's she left Broadway landing a contract with 20th Century Fox appearing in a number of early movies..."The Return of Frank James" "Belle Star" and "Heaven Can Wait." During World War II, she went to work for the war effort, giving speeches, selling bonds, and serving as entertainer to the military who frequented the Bette Davis Hollywood Canteen. Her early adult personal live was dismal. Married for several years to famed designer
Oleg Cassini
, it would end in divorce. A defining and tragic birth of a daughter with Cassini would affect Tierney and disrupt her career. The child would only have the permanent mentality of an infant and eventually be institutionalized. Gene would suffer psychologically. She left Hollywood suffering from severe depression. After self admittance to Harkness Pavilion in New York, a series of confinements followed at mental facilities around the country. Years of nightmarish treatment including shock treatments with attempts to flee and even a suicide attempt from a ledge lead to final incarceration at Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas an institution which restored her to normalcy. The last days at the clinic was spent in therapeutic work as a sales girl in a large department store. After recognition by a customer, her secret became national news in newspapers across the country. Happiness and good fortune returned in 1960 with her marriage to W. Howard Lee, a Houston oil executive which would last for thirty-one years until his death. She would return to Hollywood and make several more movies..."Advise and Consent" and "The Pleasure Seekers" were among the better in her career comeback. Her second marriage would result in another traumatic experience with a miscarriage. A long time smoker, Tierney died of emphysema in Houston, Texas and was interred beside her husband Lee in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston. Legacy...Her autobiography, "Self-Portrait" was published in 1979 and is a candid description of her life, career and mental illness. A belated book "Gene Tierney: A Biography" was written by Michelle Vogel and published in 2005. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. In a bit of tragic trivia...while entertaining members of the Armed Forces during World War II at the Hollywood Canteen while in the early stages of pregnancy, she contracted German Measles. The disease would cause her prematurely first born to have the mind of an infant and unable to speak. A year after the birth a stunned Gene Tierney would be approached by a woman at a Hollywood party who reiterated that they had met before. The women had been in the armed services inflicted with German Measles but had broken quarantine to go to the canteen for a night of frolicking, the very night when Gene was the guest entertainer.
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This is a variation of Graham Cracker Snowballs and one way to get your "s'mores fix" any time of the year! (See variation recipe below under "Useful links." An easy confection ~ not a cookie, not a candy, but a cross somewhere between. No cooking, no baking. Easy to make though a litttle messy. Enlist the kids to help roll them and they'll have a fun activity to share in the kitchen with you. You might want to make a half batch of each recipe using ½ can of the condensed milk in each.
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- 3 ½ to 4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
- 4 cups miniature marshmallows
- 2/3 cup mini-chocolate chips
- 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup flaked coconut (more or less as needed)
- In large bowl combine 3 1/2 cups of the graham cracker crumbs, nuts (optional), marshmallows, mini chocolate chips and condensed milk. Stir with a wooden spoon until all ingredients are blended well.
- Dough should be able to be molded and stick together. If too sticky, add a few more reserved graham cracker crumbs, but not to the extent that dough is dry and will not coat with coconut.
- Pinch off pieces about ping pong ball size and roll into balls then into coconut and place on waxed paper lined baking sheet. (I make some without rolling in coconut for those who prefer them that way.) Allow to set and dry somewhat, about ½ hour. They should not be tacky whether they were rolled in coconut or not.
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|Saturated Fat 0.98g
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|Cholesterol 3mg
|Sodium 112mg
|Potassium 66mg
|Total Carbs 19.05g
|Dietary Fiber 0.6g
|Sugars 10.23g
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By the way guys... How can Tom Thibodeau only play BIG ROY HIBBERT 10 measly minutes in the All-Star Game?!?!!?
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By the way guys... How can Tom Thibodeau only play BIG ROY HIBBERT 10 measly minutes in the All-Star Game?!?!!?
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Guys aren't going to go out there and give it 100% and play lock down defense. It is a fun game during a break in the middle of the season. I prefer the players don't get hurt or any thing. Not saying I don't want to see some effort on D, but I don't blame them a bit for not going all out.
No shame in Roy's game. He played the second least number of minutes on the East team and still did better than several players. Decent first showing for the big guy.
Glad that Roy didn't play much, no need to wear him down.
I'm just happy to see him out there at all. Not really his kind of game, but I hope this all sinks in with him that he worked hard to deserve to be there in the first place. Proud of that guy.
The true honor was being selected in the first place... what happens in the game is gravy to me!
...Still "flying casual"
I mean Roy at least looked like he kind of belonged out there. Luol Deng and Paul Pierce looked like they were plopped in from outer space.
Was it just me that Durant and Westbrook looked like they were taking the game way more seriously than everybody else? I think they knew that if you drove the lane nobody was going to get in your way so they had a lot of cheap dunks. I kept thinking why doesn't somebody knock them on their a**. Just like during the regular season both of them never met a shot they didn't like. I used to think Durant was humble but I don't get that vibe anymore. I think he's getting big for his britches now. I don't mean to turn into a Thunder hater but these guys attitudes makes me root against them anymore.
I hope Roy was able to pick the brains of Lebron and guys like he said he wanted to and learned a thing or two.
Wow, that foul by Wade broke Kobe's nose
Exactly, the stats line doesn't matter. The nomination of Roy is what counts. That's a tribute to his outstanding work ethic and dedication to get better every day in every way, even if it sometimes means to address a shattered level of confidence by seeking the aid of a psychologist, even if it means to drop and later gain like 40 pounds or to play through a broken nose.
Roy is a class act, on and off the court, and a perfect ambassador for the Indiana Pacers.
Plus, you just can't look good as a big man in an All-Star game where nobody cares about defense. Okay, maybe you can kid yourself to think you're one of the guys by taking tough pills and tons of 3-point attempts..
imo im happy he didn't play a lot of minutes. But i wonder if Roy wanted more minutes.
Maybe out of Nicki Minaj's starship? Oh, wait, Pierce and Deng were wearing shirts.....
goodness, some people take things way to seriously.
Yeah...Durant and Westbrook I wasn't just talking about that game. I've watched a few Thunder games this year. The last one I watched they were jawing at Kobe like they have actually won something before. Lost some respect for them right there. Also some of the interviews I see with Durant he just doesn't seem as humble anymore to me.
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I was walking back from lunch a little while ago and seen a couple guys up the sidewalk talking. As I walked past them one guy says to the other, "Yeah man the West won. LeBron punked out and passed off the chance to tie it at the end, and turned it over." I walked by laughing a little under my breath, he asked if I had seen it also, I smiled and nodded.
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Would not surprise me if those guys even cared to talk to Roy.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
...to be clear, we are making fun of a guy that had 36 points, 7 assists and shot %65?
Out of curiosity, had Roy dropped 36 and turned it over at the end, would we be laughing?
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TV ratings were very good. Not sure where Indianapolis factored in but they weren't in the top 5 for either night.
Despite Facing Oscars, NBA All-Star Game Earns Second-Best Overnight Rating Since '05
Despite an earlier start time and hefty competition from the Academy Awards, the 2012 NBA All-Star Game earned strong numbers on TNT Sunday night.
The NBA All-Star Game drew a 5.4 overnight rating on TNT Sunday night, down 13% from last year (6.2). The game was the earliest NBA All-Star Game since 2002 and aired directly opposite the Academy Awards.
The 5.4 overnight for Sunday's game is the second-highest for the NBA All-Star Game since 2005, behind only last year.
The NBA All-Star Game drew a lower overnight than the MLB All-Star Game last July (7.9) and the NFL Pro Bowl in January (7.9). The NHL All-Star Game, the only other All-Star Game to air on cable over the past year, earned a 1.0 overnight.
Of note, overnight ratings have declined for the most recent NBA, MLB and NFL All-Star games. Only the NHL All-Star Game managed to avoid a decline (the 1.0 overnight was even with the previous year).
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (10.5) was the top market for Sunday's game, followed by Oklahoma City (10.1). Host-market Orlando turned in a 9.7 — down 16% from last year's game in host market Los Angeles (11.6). The ratings in those three markets rank as the highest ever for the All-Star Game on TNT. Rounding out the top five were Chicago (8.7) and Los Angeles (8.3).
On Saturday, NBA All-Star Saturday night earned a 4.4 overnight rating. Overnight ratings for last year's event were not available. The 4.4 is tied with 2009 as the second-highest overnight in the history of the event.
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (9.4) led all markets for Saturday's telecast, followed by San Antonio (7.5), host market Orlando (7.3), Oklahoma City (6.9) and Atlanta and Chicago (6.5 each).
For some perspective, the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby earned a 4.8 overnight on ESPN last July.
(This year's numbers from Turner Sports)
Why's everyone ignoring that Lebron gave Deron Williams a GREAT look for the tie but Williams put up a friggin brick?
because they are such horrible people.
I actually think that was the right decision and is what Thibs drew up, certainly looked like a set play to me. His next pass was terrible though.
A lot of guys were cheering for Roy while he was in. Couldn't make out who exactly it was but a lot of "yeah Roy," "get it Roy" when he got on the floor for a loose ball. Seemed pretty well liked.
The best player in the game had a chance to go one on one against Kobe to win or lose the game and give a great moment to the fans and passed on it? Just like Kobe said to him......Lebron....what are you thinking......take the shot. He practically single handedly brought the East back it was his shot to take. Please don't defer in the Finals this year Lebron.


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Nintendo is bringing a nice selection of upcoming downloadable games in its most recent Nintendo Download.
Most exciting is probably NES Remix 2 for Wii U. A new game coming April 25 that, like its predecessor, takes old NES games and shakes them up with new elements. Games remixed this time will include Kid Icarus, Metroid, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
Also of note is Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 for the Wii U Virtual Console. This is the confusingly renamed Gameboy Advance version of the SNES classic, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. This adventure of Yoshi and Baby Mario is one of the all-time highlights of platforming history.
The full Nintendo Download press release follows:
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– This week's Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U
- NES Remix 2 – Take on rapid-fire challenges from classic NES games remixed with mind-bending twists like playing as Link while running from Boos and nabbing coins as Kirby in Super Mario Bros.Experience epic game-play set pieces from the likes of Kid Icarus, Metroid, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link in ways you never have before. NES Remix 2 will be available on April 25. Click here to check out the trailer for NES Remix 2.
- Child of Light™ – Child of Light is an RPG inspired by fairy tales. The story takes you on the coming-of-age journey of Aurora, the daughter of a duke, who is transported to the fantastic world of Lemuria. Players can play alone or in seamless Cooperative mode, controlling Aurora's friend Igniculus the firefly through the Wii U GamePad controller. Child of Light will be available on April 29. Click here to check out the trailer for Child of Light.
- Virtual Console on Wii U
- Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 – April is a month to remember with classic games launching each week. Yoshi is back, baby! In this Game Boy Advance classic, he's ready to romp through a crayon-colored world where enemies are everywhere. Prepare to flutter jump and toss eggs to protect Baby Mario from the evil Magikoopa, Kamek. To save the day, Yoshi will have to morph into vehicles and even eat his enemies to turn them into eggs. Click here to check out the trailer for Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.
- Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
- Mario Golf: World Tour – Demo Version – Go clubbing around the world with Mario! Tee off as your favorite Mushroom Kingdom or Mii character while challenging players online. Shoot into Warp Pipes and dodge Piranha Plants in Mushroom Kingdom areas, or take a shot at nature-themed courses. Power-up your shots with special items to burn past pesky plants, blast over gaping chasms or freeze water hazards. The full version of Mario Golf: World Tour launches in stores and the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS on May 2. Click here to check out the teaser trailer for Mario Golf: World Tour.
- Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends – Mama is back in her gardening gloves and planting the seeds of friendship. Get growing with 50 fresh plants, new activities and creative gardening fun. Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends will be available on April 29. Click here to check out the teaser trailer for Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends.
- Nintendo eShop Sale
- Joindots – For a limited time, select games by Joindots are now on sale in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS, including FunFair Party Games, Gardenscapes, Secret Agent Files: Miami and 3D MahJongg. This offer is valid until 9 a.m. PT on May 8.
Also new this week:
- Ava and Avior Save the Earth (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)
- Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS) – Available April 29
- Mystery Case Files®: Return to Ravenhearst (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
- Me & My Furry Patients 3D (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
- Sea Battle (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS / DSiWare on Nintendo DSi)
In addition to video games available at retail stores, Nintendo also offers a variety of content that people can download directly to their systems. Nintendo adds new titles weekly to the Nintendo eShop for the Wii U system as well as the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL systems, to the Nintendo DSi™ Shop for the Nintendo DSi system and to the Wii™ Shop Channel for the Wii console.
The Nintendo eShop is a cash-based service that features games, applications and videos. Users can add money to their account balances by using a credit card or by purchasing a Nintendo eShop Card at a retail store and entering the code from the card. All funds from one card must be loaded in the Nintendo eShop on either Wii U or Nintendo 3DS, but can be used in either Nintendo eShop if the systems are linked to a single Nintendo Network account.
The Wii Shop Channel offers games and applications and uses Wii Points™, which can be purchased via the Wii Shop Channel. The Nintendo DSi Shop offers games and applications and uses Nintendo DSi Points™, which can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Wii Points Card™ and Nintendo DSi Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one card must be redeemed in either the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop, respectively. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.
Remember that Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage some of the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http:https://www.nintendo.com/wiiu,http:https://www.nintendo.com/wii, http:https://www.nintendo.com/3ds or http:https://www.nintendo.com/ds.


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Data storage firm to add 460 jobs in RTP
Posted July 23, 2012
Research Triangle Park, N.C. — Data storage firm NetApp plans to add 460 high-paying technology jobs at its Research Triangle Park operation in the next four years, officials said Monday.
The California-based company, which has had a research and development hub in RTP since 2004, will invest nearly $76 million to expand its data center operations, officials said.
NetApp already employs more than 1,400 people in RTP. The new jobs will pay $100,000, on average, plus benefits, which is more than doubled the $45,396 average annual wage in Wake County.
The new data center will build a private cloud-computing environment to provide virtual access for NetApp engineering labs around the world. It will also serve as a model for customers interested in building energy-efficient dynamic data centers and cloud environments.
The state Economic Investment Committee voted Monday to award a Job Development Investment Grant to NetApp. Under the terms of the grant, the company is eligible to receive 65 percent of the state withholding taxes from the new jobs for each of the 10 years in which it meets annual performance targets.
If NetApp meets the targets, the grant could yield as much as $11.78 million for the company.
Wake Technical Community College has agreed to provide custom training for NetApp, and that together with sales tax credits raises the total state incentives to more than $14.5 million.
Incentives helped NC win battle for tech expansion
As much as $4.5 million in local incentives, including infrastructure upgrades and property tax relief, were also part of the deal. The Wake County Board of Commissioners has set an Aug. 6 vote to approve them.
Gov. Beverly Perdue said another state was competing aggressively with North Carolina for the NetApp expansion.
"Whether you like that or not, when you choose not to compete with the incentives, you say goodbye to the company," Perdue said in defending the incentives offered the company. "Until the game changes around the country, that's the game in America."
Fortune magazine ranks NetApp at No. 6 on its national Best Places to Work list.
"NetApp takes pride in attracting and retaining the industry's best people, and our expansion in RTP will enable us to continue to help our customers achieve business success," Denise Cox, senior vice president of global support, said in a statement.