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"We now accept that in any given year, there is likely to be a financial crisis in at least one country in the world," Stephen Cecchetti, economic adviser to the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), cheerfully begins a conference speech made earlier this year.
The conference, a joint project of the BIS and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), tackled the perennial, but arguably now more globally urgent, issue of 'Property markets and financial stability'.
While the conference was held in August the RBA has only just now published the remarks of "senior central bankers and leading academics" as they attempted to draw important lessons from history and data sets.
According to Cecchetti, "... property price booms are much worse than equity price booms".
"And they are worse in virtually every way. This means that understanding property markets is a key to understanding when financial stability is at risk," he says in the speech.
And if anybody thinks they did understand property markets and the link with financial stability, a quick spin through the conference papers will disabuse them of that notion.
For example, John Muellbauer, an applied macro-economist based in Oxford University, points out that a universal approach to the issue is unlikely to work.
"The differences between the economies [he studied] are so extreme as to call into question the 'one size fits all' tendency of conventional modern macroeconomics," Muellbauer says. "Clearly, institutional differences, as well as different types of economic shocks, matter greatly."
He offers a couple of "multi-equation" solutions that will appeal to econometricians everywhere. Muellbauer also backs some kind of price-linked property tax - without much hope, though, of its global application.
"The politics of property are very sensitive, and wealthy elites have a powerful influence," he says.
Cecchetti notes, however, that some progress has been made in constraining the housing monster with advances in global measurement standards and new policy tools.
Curiously, he also says removing banks from the equation might improve the property market equilibrium.
"The answer, I believe, is that if we could substitute market mechanisms for the bank provision of credit to the property sector, we would have a more stable financial system," Cecchetti says.
Unfortunately, even if this hypothetical version of debt collateralisation were to be successfully implemented the housing bubble mentality would not completely pop.
"But we would not eliminate boom-bust cycles and the problems of overbuilding and overconsumption that they create. These real problems are more fundamental than the financial structure itself," Cecchetti cheerfully concludes.


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Steve Jobs Is 'Big Brother' And Smartphone Users Are 'Zombies,' According To NSA Cell Phone Tapping Presentation
from the the-NSA-hates-you-for-your-freedom dept
Just in case you're not convinced the intelligence community views the public (American or otherwise) as little more than exploitable data generators, two paragraphs from Der Spiegel's full article on the NSA's cell phone exploits should do the trick.
The first deals with former NSA boss Michael Hayden and his iPhone experience.
Michael Hayden has an interesting story to tell about the iPhone. He and his wife were in an Apple store in Virginia, Hayden, the former head of the United States National Security Agency (NSA), said at a conference in Washington recently. A salesman approached and raved about the iPhone, saying that there were already "400,000 apps" for the device. Hayden, amused, turned to his wife and quietly asked: "This kid doesn't know who I am, does he? Four-hundred-thousand apps means 400,000 possibilities for attacks."What most people would view as a feature list, the NSA views as a way to turn a person's phone into an informant. What Hayden references goes much deeper than simply grabbing location data and call records, something most intelligence and law enforcement agencies can already obtain without a warrant.
In the basest terms, the NSA wants to be inside your phone and will do anything to get there, but rather than follow that particular idiom into a dead end filled with rapey metaphors, we'll move on to the part where the NSA blames you for creating such attractive data.
In three consecutive transparencies, the authors of the presentation draw a comparison with "1984," George Orwell's classic novel about a surveillance state, revealing the agency's current view of smartphones and their users. "Who knew in 1984 that this would be Big Brother …" the authors ask, in reference to a photo of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. And commenting on photos of enthusiastic Apple customers and iPhone users, the NSA writes: "… and the zombies would be paying customers?"No doubt whoever put together this presentation was pretty pleased with applying the Big Brother epithet to a private corporation. Without a doubt, many tech companies gather a ton of data on their users. Pre-installed apps routinely ask for permission to use location data and nearly every website visited gathers that along with anything else they can pick up. But private corporations aren't Big Brother because, for one thing, they're not the government. Apple can't spy on you and then use that data to imprison you. Only the government can.
Not that the NSA wants any tech company to start gathering less data. It loves the data and it loves being able to shake down these companies for their collections whenever deemed necessary. Referring to customers as "zombies" is the sort of thing you'd expect from neckbearded hipsters and other self-proclaimed individualists who tend take a dim view of any popular activity. It's rather jarring to hear the lingo deployed in a government intelligence agency presentation.
A private individual referring to iPhone customers as "zombies" is one thing. The NSA doing it is quite another. People who don't take an active effort to protect their information are being labeled as sub-human by a government agency. If these smartphones users don't care about the data they're leaking, then they really don't have an "expectation of privacy" to be steamrolled. That's the argument. As Der Spiegel puts it, the agency is arguing that the smartphone-buying public is "complicit in its own surveillance."
But they aren't, as one recent decision on acquiring cell phone location data without a warrant pointed out:
People buy cell phones to communicate with others, to use the Internet, and for a growing number of other reasons. But no one buys a cell phone to share detailed information about their whereabouts with the police.The agency clearly feels that if the data is willingly being produced by cell phone users, it should have access. By reducing smartphone users to "zombies" and painting cell phone manufacturers as "Big Brother," the NSA is dehumanizing its targets. These aren't people -- they're just data producing entities, too brainless to be bothered with niceties like piviacy and security.
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by Barbara L. Sherf
It all started innocently enough on a rainy weekday afternoon in 2006. Stopped at a red light near my home, I spotted an elderly African American man waiting for a bus. It was raining. Hard.
I reached behind the seat and grabbed an umbrella, rolled down the window and handed it to him.
This man, who I suspect may have served our country in World War II, was genuinely shocked by this simple random act of kindness. As traffic backed up behind me, he thanked me and opened the umbrella, along with a cheek-to-cheek smile. I was so moved by the whole transaction that the idea for "The Umbrella Project" was incubated then and there.
Once home, I scoured the closets for spare umbrellas and stuck them in my car and actually looked forward to a rainy day. When the skies opened up, I'd look for someone caught in the downpour so I could continue the gratifying work with the offering of an open umbrella.
There is no web site or Board of Directors to speak of, but there is now a steady stream of followers.
"How do I get it back to you?" a GenXer asked upon receiving a pink and white beauty.
"You don't; just pass it along," I shouted, driving away.
While visiting my sister in Florida, I mentioned "The Umbrella Project" when we were caught — without an umbrella — in a downpour.
The next Christmas, I received a box filled with two dozen cheap umbrellas. Wooooohooooooo! When the supply gets low or I see them on sale, watch out; Ca-ching! The Dollar Store, flea markets, yard sales or any other place that could possibly have a supply of inexpensive umbrellas. I even scored three umbrellas when a neighbor moved out and left them at the curb for the garbage truck.
Feeling emboldened one afternoon, I explained the mission to a clerk at the coat check at a local museum. "Cool," he said, returning with a handful of abandoned umbrellas. These babies were going back out on the street where they belong. He got it and gave. Big time. I was giddy.
I have parted with cane-like umbrellas, foldable ones, black, blue, polka dot, striped, and even a Renoir graced my revolving collection.
Of the recent coat check coup, I've added a label to each of the handles that reads: "You are now part of 'The Umbrella Project.' Spread some sunshine and pass this along on a rainy day."
Barbara Sherf is a Flourtown-based public relations professional and certified lover of horses and Golden Retrievers. She will be teaching a class titled "Mining Your Stories" in mid-May through Mt. Airy Learning Tree. She can be reached at email@example.com


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Here is an updated set of rankings for those of you in keeper and dynasty leagues. Although a PPR scoring system is assumed, keep in mind that a switch to non-PPR would yield only minor changes, because we're looking at each player's long-term contributions.
Player ages listed are as of the regular-season opener for the 2020 season.


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Givat Shmuel, Israel, – February 24, 2009– Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008.
Following the merger and acquisition transactions with Gibbs in early 2008 and with Microsystem in 2007, Cimatron's results in 2008 consolidate Gibbs' and Microsystem's annual financials for the first time.
Revenue on a non-GAAP basis in 2008 excludes the effect of business combination accounting rules on the acquired deferred maintenance revenue balance of Gibbs. Expenses on a non-GAAP basis exclude the non-cash amortization of acquired intangible assets of Microsystem and Gibbs, and the effect of deferred taxes.
The following provides further details on Cimatron's GAAP and non-GAAP figures in the fourth quarter and full year 2008:
Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 were $10.4 million, compared to $9.9 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2007. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2008 increased 43.1% to $41.0 million, compared to $28.6 million in 2007.
Gross Income for the fourth quarter of 2008 increased 8.0% to $8.3 million as compared to $7.7 million in the same period in 2007. Gross Income in 2008 increased 43.1% to $33.2 million as compared to $23.2 million in 2007. Gross margin in 2008 was 81%, same as in 2007.
Operating Income in the fourth quarter of 2008 was $652 thousand, compared to an operating income of $831 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2007. For 2008 Cimatron reports operating income of $526 thousand, compared to an operating income of $1.68 million in 2007.
Net Income for the fourth quarter of 2008 was $706 thousand, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to net income of $965 thousand, or $0.12 per diluted share recorded in the same quarter of 2007. For 2008, net income was $724 thousand, or $0.08 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.9 million, or $0.24 per diluted share in 2007.
Revenues on a non-GAAP basis for the fourth quarter of 2008 were $10.5 million, representing 6.1% growth compared to $9.9 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2007. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2008 increased 45.9% to $41.8 million, compared to $28.6 million in 2007.
Gross Income on a non-GAAP basis for the fourth quarter of 2008 increased 10.9% to $8.5 million as compared to $7.7 million in the same period in 2007. Gross Income in 2008 increased 49.2% to $34.6 million as compared to $23.2 million in 2007. Gross margin in 2008 was 82.8%, compared to 81% in 2007.
Operating Income on a non-GAAP basis in the fourth quarter of 2008 was $977 thousand, compared to an operating income of $889 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2007. For 2008 Cimatron reports operating income of $2.3 million, compared to an operating income of $1.8 million in 2007.
Net Income on a non-GAAP basis for the fourth quarter of 2008 was $553 thousand, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to a net income of $1 million, or $0.13 per diluted share recorded in the same quarter of 2007. For 2008, net income increased 9% to $2.2 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, compared to a net income of $2 million, or $0.25 per diluted share in 2007.
Commenting on the results, Danny Haran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cimatron, said, "While 2008 was overall a good year for Cimatron, the business slowed down significantly in Q4, which is traditionally the strongest quarter of each year. The weakness was evident across all market segments and most territories. Clearly, this is a direct reflection of the overall economic situation and the uncertainty in the manufacturing industry. We expect this weakness to continue well into 2009. In spite of the global slowdown, we are pleased to show profit in Q4, both on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis, due to tight budget control and expense reduction steps we took earlier in 2008. Concluding the first year of the Gibbs merger, we are satisfied with the synergy and the progress of selling GibbsCAM through the broader Cimatron distribution network. We believe that this, and progress made in other key product areas, such as 5-axes NC and Die Design, combined with our strong balance sheet and cash reserve, will allow us to cope with the challenges that lie ahead and take advantage of opportunities in our market." concluded Mr. Haran.
Conference Call
Cimatron's management will host a conference call tomorrow, February 25th, 2008 at 9:00 EST, 16:00 Israel time. On the call, management will review and discuss the results, and will answer questions by investors.
To participate, please call one of the following teleconferencing numbers. Please begin placing your call at least 5 minutes before the conference call commences.
Israel: 03-9180609
For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay of the call will be available from the day after the call under the investor relations section of Cimatron's website, at: www.cimatron.com
Reconciliation between results on a GAAP and Non-GAAP basis is provided in a table immediately following the Consolidated Statements of Operation (Non-GAAP basis). Non-GAAP financial measures consist of GAAP financial measures adjusted to include recognition of deferred revenues of acquired companies and to exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets and deferred income tax, as well as certain business combination accounting entries. The purpose of such adjustments is to give an indication of our performance exclusive of non-GAAP charges and other items that are considered by management to be outside our core operating results. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures, and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Our management regularly uses our supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions. We believe that these non- GAAP measures help investors to understand our current and future operating cash flow and performance, especially as our two most recent acquisitions have resulted in amortization and non-cash items that have had a material impact on our GAAP profits. These non-GAAP financial measures may differ materially from the non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies.
About Cimatron
With over 25 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles, enable collaboration with outside vendors, and ultimately shorten product delivery time.
The Cimatron product line includes the CimatronE and GibbsCAM brands with solutions for mold design, die design, electrodes design, 2.5 to 5 axes milling, wire EDM, turn, Mill-turn, rotary milling, multi-task machining, and tombstone machining. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distribution network serve and support customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries in over 40 countries worldwide.
Cimatron is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol CIMT. For more information, please visit the company web site at: http://www.cimatron.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release includes forward looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act Of 1995, which are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements may relate to the company's plans, objectives and expected financial and operating results. The words "may," "could," "would," "will," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," and similar expressions or variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of the future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward looking statements include, but are not limited to: currency fluctuations, global economic and political conditions, marketing demand for Cimatron products and services, long sales cycle, new product development, assimilating future acquisitions, maintaining relationships with customers and partners, and increased competition. For more details about the risks and uncertainties of the business, refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchanges Commission. The company cannot assess the impact of or the extent to which any single factor or risk, or combination of them, may cause. Cimatron undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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A new contract launched this week to capture better geographic data across New Zealand will help regions prepare for climate change, plan infrastructure and improve investment decisions, the Minister for Land Information, Eugenie Sage said today.
Māori place names have been restored to the small central North Island town of Benneydale, and a nearby stretch of the North Island Main Trunk railway announced Minister for Land Information Eugenie Sage.
Several of New Zealand's iconic lakes are getting a helping hand with a significant funding boost to help tackle the spread of aquatic weeds in the lakes said Land Information Minister, Eugenie Sage in Wanaka.
Minister for Land Information, Eugenie Sage announced Budget 2019 funding for a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) which will help save lives and drive innovation, alongside Minister for Transport, Phil Twyford.
Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Ltd's application to purchase land declined under the Overseas Investment Act
Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Ltd's application under the Overseas Investment Act to purchase 178 ha of rural land for a new tailings reservoir near Waihi in Coromandel has been declined.
Poverty Bay's name is richer with the inclusion of Te Reo in the new name of "Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay" Minister for Land Information Eugenie Sage announced today.
Iconic high country land will be better managed under changes that Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage announced consultation on today.
The Government will end tenure review in the South Island high country, Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.
The Waitangitaona River on the South Island's West Coast will have one name but it will be spelt correctly under a decision made by Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage.
The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) is investing in an expansion of 3D mapping to support major development projects and improve land use management in the regions.
Ethos Environmental has taken out the Supreme Award at the New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards tonight in Wellington for its use of location-based data to help control pest infestations on Great Barrier Island.
Cutting edge mapping of Tōtaranui /Queen Charlotte Sound seabed will provide new insights into the region's marine environment, says Land Information Minister, Eugenie Sage.
The home of a giant native grasshopper is now safer after Crown land in the Mackenzie Basin was protected as conservation land, Land Information and Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.
Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage and Associate Finance Minister David Clark have granted an application under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 for Cresswell NZ Ltd to purchase land to expand the existing Otakiri Springs water bottling plant near Whakatane.
Conservation and Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage is travelling to Antarctica today to see first-hand the research being done on climate change and conservation.
Legislation to ban overseas speculators from buying New Zealand homes will be introduced into Parliament tomorrow, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford and Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.
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Associate Finance Minister David Parker and Minister for Land Information Eugenie Sage, have announced today the strengthening of New Zealand's overseas investment regime, by issuing a new Directive Letter to the Overseas Investment Office.


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Vallejo ferry terminal construction slated
VALLEJO -- A public promenade, passenger ferry service and spot for storing gasoline are part of a $22 million Vallejo facility on Mare Island that will begin construction later this year.
Such a facility on Mare Island has been on the drawing board for about a decade, but a series of agreements have been reached and announced, bringing the project closer to reality.
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), which now controls the Vallejo Baylink Ferry service, will build the facility with state transportation funds and proceeds from Bay Area bridge tolls.
WETA board member Tony Intintoli, Vallejo's former mayor who worked on ferry issues during his tenure, said the new facility represents a significant investment and should lay to rest lingering doubts about the agency discontinuing local service.
"We needed a maintenance facility on Mare Island," Intintoli said. One big benefit will be a larger gasoline storage unit that will help save on fuel costs, he added.
Construction on the new ferry facility will begin later this year and will include maintenance, fueling and berthing facilities, administrative offices, improvements to the waterfront and greater public access.
After its completion, the facility will also offer ferry service from Mare Island to the existing Vallejo Terminal, providing greater travel options for Touro University students and those who live and work on the island.
The new project will also be able to handle other vessels in the WETA fleet, including those from possible expansions to other North Bay spots, WETA spokesman Ernest Sanchez said. The agency is planning a similar facility in Alameda.
"Between those two major maintenance facilities, we'll be able to maintain our fleet," Sanchez said.
The project also will retain the 42 full-time jobs associated with the Vallejo Baylink Ferry service.
"I'm very happy we're going to be doing it on Mare Island. It involves a (big) investment and construction jobs. It's good news for the economy," Intintoli said.
Meanwhile, Vallejo's current mayor, Osby Davis, offered thanks to WETA for making a "significant investment" on Mare Island and Vallejo, and to Lennar Mare Island for its "tireless efforts working with all parties to make this deal happen."
"The new facility will create jobs and improve public access and use of Mare Island waterfront. It will also give Mare Island residents and workers a new transportation option," Davis said in a prepared statement.
The Vallejo ferry facility, slated for Building 165 on Mare Island, has been part of the redevelopment plans for the Mare Island waterfront for more than a decade, Lennar Mare Island spokesman Jason Keadjian said. Building 165, a wood and steel structure built in 1905, is north of Dry Dock No. 1, and was originally a warehouse before it was used for lead casting, he said.
Keadjian said Lennar Mare Island will create pedestrian access and install benches, lights, garbage cans and signs, as well as a parking lot for passengers and others associated with the new project.
Construction activities will move forward and include issuance of a request for proposal for construction and contracting firms to perform the work. Sanchez said a construction contract may be awarded by August.
A $1.4 million construction-management contract has already been awarded to Weston Solutions.
The project could be complete and open for passenger ferry service in 2015, Sanchez said.
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Local groups give low income families free health check-ups
COLUMBIA - Mohammed Hasan's daughters had never had a dental exam until Saturday morning at the Back-to-School Health Fair.
Hasan moved from Iraq for school with his wife and three children. He said the family has basic healthcare, but it is limited.
It doesn't cover dental, vision, or hearing exams, among other things.
"It's very expensive... so I cannot take them for the check-up," Hasan said.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, before the Affordable Care Act went into affect, about 834,000 Missourians were uninsured.
Aaron Swaney with the Family Health Center said that number has improved some over the past year.
"Last year, about 153,000 were able to get plans through the market place, but that's out of 600,000 who were newly eligible," Swaney said. "In Boone County we've got above 10,000 eligible who are still uninsured."
The Voluntary Action Center, Family Impact Center, and the Family Health Center offered free check-ups at the Boone County Back to School Health Fair.
"There's definitely a lot of people who, you know, they don't even know where to start with the healthcare system," Swaney said. "They might have an issue, but they've never had health insurance. They don't even know where to begin."
Providers were at the fair sharing information with families about what sorts of options are available to them in terms of health insurance.
Director of the Family Impact Center, Ashley Guillemette, said the fair was also designed for lower income families who might have insurance, but don't have the resources to take their kids for regular check-ups.
"Families, particularly with limited resources, face barriers which can affect their ability to get these different health screenings done," Guillemette said. "It could just be that they don't have the opportunity to take off work to get their kids from place to place. Maybe it's difficult getting transportation or gas money."
Guillemette said the fair, which ran from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, aimed to give all lower income families a fair opportunity to get health screenings for their kids.


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The Cooper Weather-Master S/T2 tire is a premium studdable winter tire designed for safety and long tread-life on all makes of cars, trucks, SUVs and CUVs. The dense sipe pattern and unique 3-dimensional shape of the sipe itself is the key to this tire's balanced winter performance. It provides excellent wet traction in rain, snow and ice and on cold highways when not studded. With studs, this tire gives exceptional traction on snow and ice. Studs are suited for those that will use this tire only in the winter, and spend most of the winter season on packed snow and ice. On wet and dry roads, the Weather-Master S/T2 (un-studded) provides all the grip you need thanks in part to the tri-polymer blend tread compound specially formulated for excellent winter traction while maintaining wet and dry performance and long treadwear.
This tire comes with Cooper Tire's innovative Wear Square technology, helping you recognize when the tire is due to be replaced via an indicator molded right into the tread of the tire that evolves as the tread wears. When the square disappears completely, your tires are due to be replaced.


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Justin Bieber has wowed the world with his singing and dance moves – but now, the tween idol is taking on Hollywood.
The young star will make his acting debut on the season premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" this fall, CBS announced on Thursday.
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The "Baby" singer will play Jason McCann, a "troubled teen faced with a terrible decision regarding his only brother," according to CBS.
It looks like Justin's already preparing for his guest-role.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Maria's Madcap Adventures: Singing Backup For Justin Bieber
"Morning world… we got the acting coach here… learning 'a new craft,'" he Tweeted on Thursday.
He won't be the first chart-topping young musician to make a "CSI" appearance — country cutie Taylor Swift guested on the show in March 2009.
Though the small screen will be new to Justin, he's already conquered an even smaller screen. His video for "Baby" recently became the most-watched music video on YouTube, with over 250 million views.
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Credit: Roscosmos.
Its back!
By popular demand and the never ending quest for content, were proud to be reinstituting one of our most popular features from over the years here on Astroguyz, the Astronomy Video Of the Week (AVOW).
Hardly a day goes by in our online adventures that we dont come across an amazing lecture, live broadcast or animated gif highlighting the wonders of space. Its a brave new world out there, and with AVOW, we strive to distill em down to the very best of the best along with some brief commentary. [Read more...]


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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 21, 2013
On today's episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I answer the question "Why should anyone root for the Astros in 2013?"
To be cool, of course!
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Luhnow Spins His Trade Magic Again For The Astros In: Get Carter
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As I'm sure you've heard by now, the Astros have traded Shortstop Jed Lowrie and Pitcher Fernando Rodriguez to the Oakland A's for Chris Carter, Brad Peacock, and Minor leaguer Max Stassi. Astros mastermind General Manager Jeff Luhnow worked out another amazing trade, getting anybody to agree to take Fernando Rodriguez all on its own is a miracle, but getting more than what he's worth is astounding.
He's worked nothing but pure trade magic during his first full calendar year with the club, dumping off Dan Carpenter, Brandon Lyon, AND Carlos Lee over the course of last season. Not to mention plenty other players he traded as well, yielding a number a top prospects, making the Astros' farm system go from worst to first.
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text: With the demise of webos, I heard mention that hp might release the code. So, I was wondering, if that were to happen, what would be the chances of slapping android market on it? I haven't been able to tell what webos is based on (ie, linux?). Either way, I think I'm going to try to pick one up tomorrow. I figure even without support, it should be good for web browsing and watching movies, I could think of much worse devices for doing the same thing for more money than the $100 firesale. Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk


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The Kingdom of God
When Jesus taught us to pray, He told us to ask for God's kingdom to come (Matt. 6:9–13). It is easy to pray a laundry list of requests for health, safety, and other provisions. But how many of us spend ...Read More
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All drivers obey the law of noncontradiction. No one pulls out into the path of a speeding eighteen-wheeler thinking that the truck is both going to hit them and not hit them at the same time. When someone claims that ...Read More
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This principal, "To Him are all things," is critical for our understanding. Remember that the great expanse of the universe, the intricacy and design of creation, the panoramic scope of history, even the great plan of redemption all find their ...Read More
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While America and the West seem increasingly to reject the faith that shaped the culture, we are alarmed. While we may, indeed must pray for renewal and revival, let us be confident in God's redemptive work and remember that He ...Read More
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Feature Highlights of AMD Catalyst 13.9
AMD's first logo certified driver for Windows 8.1
Includes WDDM 1.3 support for:
-AMD Accelerated Processors ("Kabini" & "Temash") for Desktop, Notebook or Tablet PCs, including: A4-1200, A4-1250, A4-5000, A4-5100, A4-5150, A6-1450, A6-5200, A6-5250, A6-5350, E1-2100, E1-2200. E1-2500, E1-2600, E1-2650, E2-3000, E2-3100
-AMD Accelerated Processors ("Richland") for Desktop or Notebook PCs, including: A10-5700, A10-5745M, A10-5750M, A10-5757M, A10-5800B, A10-5800K, A8-5500, A8-5500B, A8-5545M, A8-5550M, A8-5557M, A8-5600K, A6-5345M, A6-5350M, A6-5357M, A6-5400B, A6-5400K, A4-5145M, A4-5150, A4-5300, A4-5300B
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Emmetsburg City Council and Emmetsburg Municipal Utilities took another step toward establishing a communication utility last week. The City Council adopted an ordinance establishing the Board of Trustees of the Emmetsburg Municipal Communications Utility.
Ordinance #557 references the May 5, 1998 vote of the residents of Emmetsburg to establish a municipal cable communications or television system (including video, voice, telephone, data or any other form of telecommunications and cable communications). The new utility will be under the management and control of the Board of Trustees of Emmetsburg Municipal Utilities.
Emmetsburg City Administrator John Bird and DJ Weber, General Manager of TCA (The Community Agency) talked about the utility and partnership with TCA.
"The ordinance passed its first reading and the city is just now taking the first step that we were authorized to do when the referendum was held and that is to create a communications utility," said gird. "The City Council also, and the Board of Trustees, too, authorized the mayor and the board chair to sign engagement letters with Ahlers Law Firm of Des Moines. They (Ahlers) are going to assist us in creating the utility and assisting us as Emmetsburg Municipal Utilities moves forward where the sale of revenue bonds is concerned. They're going to be our bond counsel."
Bird explained the financing.
"The dollars that will finance the construction of the system, primarily, will be generated by the sale of municipal revenue bonds," explained Bird. "The Board of Trustees intends to use some existing cash revenues, which they can do for the purpose of constructing the system, because there will be some benefit to existing utilities. We're moving toward a bid date, and we're moving toward preparing ithto make a public offering for the bonds."
Emmetsburg will be joining TCA, originally known as The Community Cable Television Agency of O'Brien County and now referred to as The Community Agency. The four communities involved with TCA are Hartley, Paulina, Primghar and Sanborn.
Emmetsburg began talks with TCA less than a year ago. TCA provides telephony, cable television and internet services, plus features off those same services that include WiFi, cellular and wireless internet.
"They're experienced and they're doing it well over there," said Bird. "GJ is highly regarded in the state; most people think he's the best. We're going to join this multi-community agency.
"It's important for our readers to know that when the Board (of Trustees) started talking about this late last summer, their reasons for wanting to get into this (communications utility) are noble. Their goals, their objectives are noble from an industrial and economic development standpoint," Bird noted.
He continued, "They believe that we're at a gross disadvantage, considering today's global economy. In the global market, people can work from their home in Emmetsburg, Iowa, for a corporation located anywhere in the world, or higher tech industries who really need quality, high speed broadband. We're at a disadvantage."
Weber added, "We want to be able to offer a competitive and high quality network and the cit is going to step forward and offer that kind of a network. The city feels, at this point, that local service providers have not stepped up to meet the demands of the community of Emmetsburg today, so they're going to move forward.
"I can tell you from our experience with the communities that we have, our city has stepped up and the people that compete against us also stepped up their service offerings and stepped up their customer service. From that standpoint, who's the winner? The citizens of the community are the winner because they get better services," Weber said.
"The board also knows that in communities around the state that have broadband businesses, the incumbent providers have lowered their charges for the services they provide," added Bird. "Even though Emmetsburg Municipal Communications Utility, in the end, may not offer the cheapest, least expensive service, for consumers, their monthly bills for telephone, internet and cable TV are going to decrease. From a consumer's point of view, it's a win/win.
"EMU's concern is that we generate enough revenue to service the debt, ongoing operation and maintenance, and upgrades as they become necessary, If EMU can do those things through it's relationship with TCA, then the board has achieved their objectives. They're saving the consumers money and they're providing state-of-the-art broadband services," Bird continued.
Bird explained, when Larry Butler did the study of a communications utility for Emmetsburg in 1998, the investment to build the system was just over $10 million. Now, to put in a total fiber to the home system, the cost is less than 70-percent of the estimated cost back then.
"From that point of view, we did something right," said Bird.
"It comes back to the commitment of the community," added Weber. "We've said this all along to John, the council and the utility board and the staff, it really comes back, ultimately, to the citizens of this community."
He continued, "It's a good thing for the city and it's a good thing to take pride in your community, take pride in how your community is shaped."
There will be a technician located in Emmetsburg, and a citizen from each community sits on the programming board to decide the channels for cable television.
"This is your utility," stressed Weber. "A citizen of this community will sit on my board and will answer to this board (EMU Trustees), which ultimately answers to the council and ultimately answers to the citizens. It's your utility."
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ON to the third beer from The Orkney Brewry and this one is called Red MacGregor.
Again, I hugely recommend that you read my first review of Orkney Brewery beer because this one sticks to much the same formula for the label. And if beers from Quoyloo, Stromness in the Orkney Islands particularly interest you, don't forget my recent review of Orkney Dark Island.
This bottle, like so many others, is 500 millilitres, so have a pint glass ready. At 4% volume, this bottle will also give you 2.0 of your government approved alcohol units. The front reveals that this is a Ruby Ale. To date, I've only had one ruby ale from Wychwood. It wasn't quite to my taste, but it was still quite good. So I approach Red MacGregor with curiosity.
Also on the front label, below an illustration of waves lashing a cliff face is the every helpful 'authenticity stamp'. Why is it I only see these on Scottish drinks? On that 'stamp' is a concise description of the drink: "An intensely hoppy, ruby red beer with a delicious, delicate aroma and a rich, rewarding palate."
The rear label too, as all Orkney Brewery beers do, expands on this. This is useful, as it gives something to judge it by. Words it uses to describe the smell include "floral", "fruity", "toffee" and "caramel". That's a box of Quality Street, isn't it? For the taste, words it uses include "malt" (three times in fact) and "spicy hop". People who know their ruby ale, write in to say if that sounds right to you.
Also on the rear label is mention of an accolade of note. This was apparently the first Scottish beer to win the BIIA World Cask Beer Gold Medal. As with Orkney's other beers, this is award winning. And even better, we know what award it's won. Very good, Orkney.
Poured into a glass, we get a good creamy, frothy head. Not over the top however. This is a well behaved head. In colour, you can just about call it 'red' or 'ruby'. But only just. It's not as red as perhaps I had been expecting.
When it comes to smell, it is as complicated as I like my ales to be. I can't dispute all the things that they claim to be in there. But to my untrained nose, what I can smell is malt, hops, and a hint of flowers and fruit.
Now the most important parts; taste and drinkability. It's bitter and malty. But a different bitterness and maltiness to other bitter and malty beers that I've reviewed recently. It's not gassy in case that's something that bothers you. What this brings is a stronger, more lingering aftertaste. And a tiny hint of fruits.
This isn't bad at all. The quality of the ingredients and the case that went into it are all in evidence. Probably because I'm not a big fan of ruby ale and the bitterness that goes with it, I couldn't call it outstanding. If however, you love your ruby, I can heartily recommend it. For me though, I'll have to learn to love ruby ale with a few more examples.
Rating: 3.7
Have you tried Orkney Red MacGregor? What did you think?
Can you recommend any other Ruby Ales?
What sort of people drink Ruby Ale? Are you one? If so, what sort of person are you?
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The IESO introduced a new system on 11 September requiring wind and other renewable producers to respond to dispatch instructions from the system controller every five minutes, just like conventional generating technologies. Previously, the IESO was required to accept all energy produced by wind facilities.
This created challenges at times when the province already had more base-load generation than it could use or sell into other markets, said IESO spokesman Jordan Penic.
"When that happens something has got to give," he says. Typically, the default was to curtail nuclear generation. But once a nuclear unit goes down, it takes 72 hours to ramp back up again, requiring the IESO to buy costlier gas generation to pick up the slack in the interim. Wind, says Penic, is much more flexible.
"In the situation where we are able to dispatch wind, move it down for a short period of time and avoid that nuclear shutdown, then the system saves money."
The IESO expects to save as much as C$200 million (US$194 million) a year from operating the system more efficiently, he said.
Surplus supply is a growing problem on the Ontario grid, with falling electricity demand and new sources of already contracted generation coming online. By mid-September, 2013 had already seen 158 hours when the province had more must-run generation than it could use. With an estimated 3GW of wind feed-in tariff (FIT) projects and another 280MW of transmission-connected solar expected to come into service over the next 18 months, the situation was only going to get worse.
"We expect that wind dispatch will only become a more useful tool through time," said Penic.
One of the issues that had to be thrashed out in implementing the new rule was how wind producers, whose power purchase agreements never contemplated the prospect of lost income because of curtailment, will be compensated. The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has made a standardised offer to contract holders to address the issue, said spokesman John Cannella, and has so far successfully concluded negotiations with most. "Because the OPA continues to negotiate with other wind suppliers, the terms of the contracts must remain confidential," he said.
He did say, however, that producers will have to absorb a certain portion of the lost output, but would be paid at their contract rate if the curtailment exceeds certain limits.
While wind producers will take something of a financial hit, Brandy Giannetta, CANWEA's Ontario policy manager, said the new dispatch system will make it easier to manage wind and, ultimately, allow for more capacity on the grid. "This is a tool that allows them to better integrate an increased amount of wind, and renewables in general."


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Snooki's party pal says it's official – he's her man.
Emilio Masella, a 22-year-old personal trainer from New Haven, Connecticut, tells People he's been dating the "Jersey Shore" star for a little over a week and the pair are smitten with each other.
"We met on Facebook over a year ago," Masella explains. "We started talking online again before the show even started airing and started hanging out again."
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"We have a lot in common," Masella tells People. "I think our features… It's really weird but we do [look alike]. It's cute though!"
Another plus: "She talks to me for me, a lot of girls hit on me for how I look, but she actually got to know me," Masella says.
In January, Snooki -- whose real name is Nicole Polizzi – said she was single and in the market for love, according to People.
On Monday, the 22-year-old guidette posted pics of her new beau on her Twitter feed.
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NBC Connecticut reached out to Polizzi's New York-based publicist, but a rep would neither confirm nor deny a relationship.
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Richard Burke, known to many as "The Big Guy," co-founded Trek Bicycle in 1976 and turned it into one of the world's leading bicycle companies. He touched people's lives in countless ways and when he passed away in 2008, it was deeply emotional for many. Dick always considered his son John, his best friend. They did the Boston Marathon, followed the Tour de France and later ran Trek together. Now John, the current president of Trek, has written One Last Great Thing, A Story of a Father and a Son, a Story of a Life and a Legacy. It's a powerful tribute to his father's incredible life and work as an inspiring businessman, leader and person. Taking readers deep into Trek's history, John shares how his father also taught, trained, and instilled in him the confidence and desire to be a leader. This portrait of a great man culminates with John telling his father on his deathbed of their 20 greatest moments together. This intimate portrayal of Dick's life and father-son relationship is filled with poignant experiences and lessons on getting the most out of life.
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This is a review of a book I read recently titled Street Sleepers; The Art of The Deceptively Fast Car.
The author is Tommy Lee Byrd.
I haven't written a book review since like 8th grade. I wish I had been able to write a report on this book way back then. I would have enjoyed Jr High School. Maybe.
I met up with Byrd when I bumped into his website/blog titled Byrd Photography. Click the title to read the blog. I recommend it highly.
Byrd's blog is (as titled) a photography blog, but it is about another one of my passions: hot rods, drag rods and other fast cars. Most of the photography is focused on cars and the storytelling, the writing to go with the photos, is excellent. I enjoy reading his posts almost as much as I like looking at the great pictures.
Same thing with the book. The pictures of the hot rods, street rods and drag racers are always good and sometimes amazing. And the writing is easy to follow (even the more technical stuff) and really supports the story that the photographs are telling.
I am not associated in any way with Byrd, his book, the company that printed the book, Amazon (where I bought the book) or anyone else. I'm just a hot rod nut that enjoys the website and bought the book.
If you like cars you will enjoy the book. It's a coffee table book in size & shap, printed on 8.5 x 11 stock and the quality paper helps the photographs really pop.
As I said, I purchased the book at Amazon. You can check it out there. You can check other dealers too. Not sure about Kindle, I should take a look. It is only $16.47, so it shouldn't break your bank.
Or you could check your local library and if they don't have the book yet, tell them to pick it up. or you could be nice. Buy a copy & donate it to your favorite library.
You can read every word cover to cover or read the sections that most interest you and skim over others. The photographs you will enjoy, and if you are like me you will come back to some of them again and again.
If youy have a car you are modding, or that you want to mod, this book can help you keep the assets hidden.
If you just like looking at cars or have a big interest in race cars, this is a perfect book and I promise you will enjoy it no matter what kind of car nut, or even car pro, you might be.
I don't think Byrd is on Twitter, but he does have a MySpace page and a few other social networks. You can check em out.
Besides the vehicles you would expect to see in a book about sleepers: Camaros, Vettes, Chevettes & Chevelles, older Fords such as Fairlanes, some trucks and Pontiacs, I really enjoyed the cars that I did not expect to find.
Like what you say?? Like some old 60s & 70s station wagons, some 4×4 trucks, some 4 door sedans, an Eagle Talon, a Maverick and a '77 Buick LeSabre among others. These cars would shake me on the street or at the track when they break their tires loose and jam.
But it all comes back to the photographs. Byrd is definitely a photography pro, an artist with the camera.
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"Very engaging, thanks perhaps to popular scientific journalist Wong, [LUCY'S LEGACY] communicates the poignancy of Johanson's occasionally nerve-wracking return to the birthplace of his career with something of the verve and suspense of an Indiana Jones movie. Hooked by that adventurous beginning, and introduced to many of the figures whose work preoccupies what follows, many will continue with the book's real meat, which implicatively but not literally argues that far from there being no missing link between apes and humans, there are several, complicatedly related, with more being found and likely to be found in the foreseeable future."
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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
"A fascinating, candid, and scientifically reliable account of one of the most compelling scientific investigations ever undertaken–the effort to understand how human beings evolved."
—New York Times
"A glorious success . . . The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"A riveting real-life saga of scientific detection."
"Johanson is doing for the earth what Carl Sagan has done for the cosmos."
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Lucy's Child
"Superb adventure . . . Lucy's Child burns with the infectious excitement of hominid fever–the tedium and doubting, and the ultimate triumph of an expedition that unearths something wonderful about the origins of humanity."
—Peter Gorner, Chicago Tribune
"An exciting, fast-moving, nuts-and-bolts narrative."
—Marvin Harris, Washington Post Book World
"An authoritative and gripping account . . . brilliant . . . an up-to-date, eloquent story of human evolution."
—John Pfeiffer, author of The Emergence of Humankind
From Lucy to Language
"A concise and authoritative summary of research techniques and strategies."
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The Central Connecticut football team reported to camp on Sunday afternoon and opened practice on Monday night. The Blue Devils have three weeks of camp prior to the start of classes to prepare for the 2012 season, which kicks off in just 23 days with a game at Stony Brook.
Now in his seventh season, head coach Jeff McInerney has opened all of CCSU's preseason practices to the public and will be tweeting preseason updates via his twitter account.
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As i am shifting to opengl es from opengl (which ran well on VS 2005 after including glut.h and libs) ,now i want to run opengl es in VS 2005 and pasted the lib files, glutes.lib, libGLES_CM, and EGL.lib and header files but their are linker errors .
does anybody know the link for getting all the libs and header files from a single source and all of same version beacause according to my understanding opengl es version is dependent on opengl version?
because i think it's just a version mismatch of the libs and headers (Am i right?)
or do i require some emulator for running my code.?
my code is running fine when i compile using opengl glut.h but not when i use glutes.h (as opengl is superset of opengl es so according to me it's just header file and lib file mismatch.
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Stan Douglas has been named the recipient of the prestigious Infinity Award for Art by the International Center of Photography. Tonight, he will be presented the award at a ceremony in New York City. Douglas works in various media including video, installation and photography. Here, Lightbox visits highlights of three projects from the artist's prolific photographic endeavors.<!-- more -->
What is real? What is unreal? In a world where reality and history can be recreated and manipulated to appear authentic in a photograph, it is imperative that we ask these questions. We, as a society inundated with visual culture, are trained to ponder the truth and meaning behind what we see—but what if a photograph was created to question reality? To question history? Stan Douglas creates images that catalyze critical analysis and force their viewers to revisit the scenes they depict. Douglas, in creating new images of scenes in history, ponders the truth within the medium of photography and the sociological issues that lie in the passages and stories illustrated in his photographs.
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Douglas approaches each image with epic, Hollywood-level production—tapping into his history as a maker of films and video. Demanding the most active viewer who questions, challenges and investigates all that he or she sees, each image is created to excruciating detail.
In producing Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971, 2008 (slide #4), Douglas built a set to recreate a scene of the actual intersection in Vancouver. The placement of the actors in the image was pre-envisioned in three-dimensional renderings to anticipate the actual photograph. Not one detail was left unnoticed—down to the products in the dressings of the windows and the scraps of paper that lie on the streets. The mural-sized image, which was composited from 50 different images from the same shoot, is one of four in his series Crowds & Riots. All the images in the series are large scale tableaux depicting vignettes from Vancouver's history—reflecting on matters of the police, class and social order.
In his series, Midcentury Studio, Douglas took on the identity of a photojournalist working between 1945 to 1951 (a selection of this work is represented by slides #6 – #9 in the gallery above). Inspired by imagery from this time, Douglas created images that discuss the decisive moment in photography—as Henri Cartier-Bresson explained, the exact moment that the photographer makes the photograph by firing the shutter of the camera—that very moment which is creative. Unfolding on Cartier-Bresson's expression, Douglas constructed and carefully created these scenes to capture this experience and illustrate the scrupulous amount of information and action that lies in each frame of a photograph. In Dancer II, 1950, 2010, Douglas created an image similar to one from our own archive shot by famed photographer Gjon Mili for LIFE Magazine.
In Douglas's most recent series, Disco Angola, most recently shown at David Zwirner Gallery in New York City in April, he once again approaches the identity of a photojournalist. This time, he is one who travels between New York City and Angola in the 1970s. Each image in the series utilizes the nature of body language as insight into the historical moment—from the pensive waiting of the Portugese colonialist awaiting evcuation (Exodus, 1975, 2012), to the interracial-intercultural array of dancing people (Club Versailles, 1974, 2012), to the group of rebel fighters performing capoeira, the Brazilian martial art that originated in Angola (Capoeira, 1974, 2012). Disco, a source of escapism for New Yorkers from the nearly bankrupt city at the time, traces its roots to Africa. Connecting these two seemingly disparate places, separated by thousands of miles of ocean and cultural-political borders, Douglas traces subtle parallels between New York's struggles and the emerging Angolan liberation fight for independence from Portugal—one which would ultimately lead to a decades-long civil war.
Douglas's series Midcentury Studio is currently on view at Victoria Miro Gallery in London through May 26, 2012. More information about the Infinity Awards can be found here.


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Why a Localization Development Update Center?
The number of communities localizing NetBeans is growing. More and more people are interested in translating their favorite IDE into their native language. Until now, developers contributed translations but could not see the fruit of their work unless they did a complicated local build. Community builds took months to implement and make available for testing and reviewing their work.
In order to simplify and facilitate this process, Sun is offering to centralize the effort by creating a new Update Center (UC): the Localization Development UC.
From now on, communities will be able to update their IDE with localization packages based on the latest status of the localization repository.
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- The content of the Mercurial/CVS repository is updated daily through various commits made by the communities.
- Twice a week, an automated job will build NBM packages from the current repository status.
- The Localization Development UC contains "localization plugins"* for each language that has translations committed to the repository.
- When a community feels confident about publishing a module to the Stable UC (i.e. the translations have been reviewed and the builds tested), they just fill out a regular NetBeans Auto Update Center Publishing Request.
- The request is evaluated by the UC team, and if everything appears stable, the localization kit will be updated on the side of the Stable UC.
* The translation volume status of a localization plugin is displayed on the description panel and is refreshed only twice a day. There could be slight difference of 1% with the translation status page..
Accessing the L10n UC
- Install, launch NetBeans
- Click menu 'Tools' -> 'Plugins'
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- Click 'Add':
- Name: for instance 'Localization UC'
- URL for 6.5: http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/nb6.5-community-ml/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/l10n/nbms/community/catalog_all.xml.gz
- URL for 6.1: http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/nb6.1-community-ml/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/l10n/nbms/community/catalog_all.xml.gz
- URL for 6.0: http://deadlock.netbeans.org/hudson/job/nb6-community-ml/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/nbbuild/dist/nbms/catalog_all.xml.gz
- Go to Tab 'Available Plugins' and find the localization plugin you would like to install.
Publishing a localized module to the Stable UC
As mentioned above, in order to officially publish a localized module to the Stable UC, it is necessary to fill out a NetBeans Auto Update Center Publishing Request.
For more information on how to ... go to http://www.netbeans.org/community/guidelines/au-management.html.
For accessing the NetBeans Auto Update Center Publishing Request form go to http://www.netbeans.org/community/guidelines/au-request-form.html.
Special thanks to Rudolf Balada and Robert Novak from the Build Engineering team for their co-operation and implementing this solution!
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Why China's State Soil Secrets Matter
Anyone struggling to understand the uproar in China this week over environmental authorities' decision to label soil pollution data a "state secret" need only look at a dispute unfolding in the country's south between a Communist Party-controlled newspaper and several food companies.
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At the center of the dispute: the whereabouts of more than 10,000 tons of carcinogenic rice.
According to an investigative report published Wednesday by the party-run Nanfang Daily newspaper (in Chinese), a large shipment of rice tainted with cadmium – a highly toxic heavy metal -- found its way onto the market in southern China's Guangdong province in 2009. The rice had been purchased in Hunan province by the state-owned Shenzhen Cereals Group, which proceeded to sell it in Guangdong even after discovering the cadmium, the report said.
Shenzhen Cereals Group rejected the Nanfang Daily allegations in a statement posted to its website (in Chinese), saying it "took immediate emergency measures" as soon as it discovered excessive cadmium and sent the tainted rice back.
The Guangzhou Zhujiang Brewery, which was accused in the Nanfang Daily report of using the contaminated rice to brew its beer, also denied the newspaper's claims, citing stringent internal quality checks, according to a report Thursday by the state-run Global Times.
While the mystery of what happened to the vast pile of cadmium-tainted rice has never been resolved, no one is disputing it existed – and that is where things get scary. Combined with earlier reports, including a 2010 U.S.-funded study that found Chinese cigarettes contained extremely high levels of heavy metals, the story suggests that something is very wrong with significant swathes of China's agricultural land.
How big is the problem? Pan Genxing, an expert at Nanjing Agricultural University, says he thinks 10% of the country's annual rice output, roughly 20 million tons, contains excessive levels of cadmium. But what about other crops and other forms of contamination?
The one organization in a position to say authoritatively how much of China's land is laced with heavy metals is the Ministry of Environmental Protection, which in 2006 launched a nation-wide soil-pollution survey. Earlier this month, the ministry rejected a Beijing lawyer's request to see the results of that survey, claiming the data was a "state secret."
The ministry subsequently found itself being hammered, by social media users and state media alike, for its obfuscation.
While reflexive frustration with abuse of the "state secrets" excuse by bureaucrats accounted for a lot of the anger, many were also genuinely upset that environmental authorities had refused to release information with serious potential health consequences for the public.
The story of the cadmium-laced rice only drives home how grave those consequences could be. Cadmium is a carcinogen that can stay in the body for 30 years, the Global Times said, citing the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control. The newspaper noted that cadmium also causes itai-itai disease, a painful condition resulting from weak or deformed bones first identified in Japan in the 1940s.
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[CLARIFICATION: Pan Genxing's estimate of the levels of cadmium contamination in rice was based on a nationwide survey of rice supplies. An earlier version of this post mischaracterized Mr. Pan estimate as "just a guess."]
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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
2010 Top Prospect List: #19 Donnie Joseph, lhp
Height 6-3, Weight 185, B/T: L/L, DOB: 11/1/1987
2009 Redlegs Baseball Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
The Reds addressed an area of need when they brought Donnie Joseph into the organization. Quality lefthanded pitching is in short supply, as Matt Maloney and Travis Wood are the only other quality southpaws in the system. Joseph stands 6-3, which gives him some room for additional physical projection and potentially an increase in velocity.
Previously, the Reds had good success with a college closer out of the state of Texas and certainly hope to have struck gold again. Joseph hasn't been in the system long, but he immediately becomes one of the more interesting pitching prospects in the system.
High School, Collegiate Career, and Draft Position
Joseph is a good athlete, as evidenced by his time at Hays High School. He was a 4-year letterman in baseball and a 3-year letterman in both basketball and football, earning All-District honorable mention as a wide receiver and finishing as the schools second all-time leading receiver. He was also a member of the National Honor Society and the Chamber Choir. After high school, he decided to attend the University of Houston.
For the Houston Cougars, Joseph improved in each of his three successive seasons. As a freshman, he worked 54.2 innings and posted a 6.42 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, 2.8 BB/9, and 3.8 K/9. He pitched in 18 games, including 10 starts, which occurred as the mid-week starter for the Cougars.
As a sophomore, he logged 56.2 innings and posted a 5.72 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, 5.2 BB/9, and 6.4 K/9. Once again, he split time between the rotation and the bullpen, working in 25 games, including 11 starts.
During his junior season, Joseph really broke through to a new performance level. He worked 50.0 innings, posting a 2.16 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 4.0 BB/9, and 13.5 K/9. Part of his success was that he worked almost exclusively out of the bullpen, working in 31 games, including just 1 start. As the team's closer, he was also excelling in high leverage innings.
After two lackluster seasons, Joseph's performance as a junior earned him All-Conference USA closer and vaulted him all the way up to 18th on Baseball America's list of 2009 draft eligible southpaws. The Reds selected Joseph in the third round of the 2009 draft with the 88th overall pick. Joseph was a draft eligible junior coming out of the University of Houston where he most recently served as the team's closer.
Professional Career
The Reds signed Joseph for $398,000 and sent him to the Billings Mustangs of the rookie level Pioneer League. He quickly proved that the Pioneer League hitters were no match for him. For Billings, Joseph posted a 0.77 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, 3.1 BB/9, and 8.5 K/9 in 11.2 innings. He was a bit lucky, as evidenced by his BABIP of .215 and FIP of 2.34. Even so, a stellar performance and one that rightfully earned him a promotion to low-A Dayton.
For Dayton, Joseph worked in 16 games and 20.2 innings. In that time, he posted a 4.35 ERA, his WHIP was 1.11, his BB/9 was 4.4, and his K/9 was 13.5. The walk rate is higher than it was in Billings, but his K/BB is also more impressive with a 3.10 mark. The ERA obviously leaves something to be desired, but it's not reflective of how well he pitched. Looking at his component ratios, it's not surprising that his FIP is significantly lower at 1.80, which is more reflective of how well he actually threw the ball.
Again, the numbers need context, as a college prospects SHOULD perform well in the rookie league and low-A ball. Even so, he did what he was supposed to do, which is certainly deserving of credit. All too often it seems that we fall into the trap of completely discrediting a polished prospect's performance in the lower levels because of the age of the competition. While that's certainly an important consideration, meeting expectations isn't always the easiest thing to do and Joseph did that and more in 2009.
Pitching Mechanics and Repertoire
At this point, Joseph is primarily a two pitch pitcher. He features a low 90s fastball with good movement and a slider that's inconsistent, but filthy. If he can refine his command, then he could potentially have two plus pitches in his repertoire. His slider has the hard bite to it that will make it a true out pitch if he can improve his command of it. If so, he could be in line to work high leverage innings, as he'll have a true swing-and-miss pitch to get the big strikeout when he needs it.
Joseph works from a high three-quarter arm slot. To begin his delivery, Joseph starts with a step towards third base with his right foot. He then shifts his left foot down on to the rubber and brings his right leg up into a leg kick. His leg kick comes up slightly higher than parallel with the ground and he uses some hip rotation to build up rotational energy to impart on the ball (photo on left). When his plant foot lands, Joseph drives forward, but also has a lean towards third base that is revealed in all aspects of his body position during the delivery. When he releases the ball, his weight is on the outside of his plant foot, the knee of his plant leg is outside of the plant foot, and the position of the upper body is also somewhat towards third base (photo on right). His mechanics and delivery are somewhat unorthodox and may lead to continued problems with consistency, as he simply does not drive his momentum directly towards homeplate.
Here is a look at Joseph in action, courtesy of RedsMinorLeagues on Youtube.
The lean in his delivery gives his arm action the appearance of pulling his pitching arm down and across his body. His delivery also seems to involve pulling his head towards third, though to a far lesser extent than the poster child for extreme head action, Hideki Okajima. Given Joseph's arm action, it's easy to see how he gets good movement on his fastball, as it should impart some arm-side run on the ball. The lean also causes his left leg to whip across his body on his follow-through, as it has no choice but to follow the rest of his body. Unfortunately, it leaves him in less than ideal fielding position.
In addition, watching the video clip, one of the first things that really jumps out at me is the good deception in Joseph's delivery. The video is from right behind homeplate, so you can really get a good look at the deception in the pitching motion. After breaking his hands, he uses an arm swing that conceals the ball behind his hip. This deception really prevents the hitter from picking up the ball until Joseph brings the ball up into throwing position and helps his velocity play up a tick. The later the hitter picks the ball up, the quicker it seems to get on the hitter and the less time he has to react to it.
Also, the Billings Gazette has a nice video of Joseph in action and an interview about his adjustment to the professional game. You can see that here.
Joseph needs to continue refining his command and control in order to unlock his true potential. Given his pitching style and repertoire, he may be better suited to the bullpen, but the Reds may give him the Zach Stewart treatment. He would need to find a quality third pitch in order to find success in the rotation, but the Reds may give him the chance. One of the more effective development philosophies for pitching prospects is to slot your best arms into the rotation, as that gives them consistent innings and, perhaps most importantly, allows them to get regular practice in side sessions between outings. So, that may well be the development path the Reds lay out for Joseph.
Joseph has good size, good movement on the fastball, and the potential for a plus breaking ball. He certainly has some things to work on, but those qualities alone are enough to earn him the 19th slot on the list.
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the things i noticed most about him in the video was his pitch movement. His slider is nasty, and his fast ball has good cut into the hands of lefties.ReplyDelete
Agreed. I think that's a good observation. His slider really does has the potential to be nasty. I wonder how effective he'll be against righties if he only has pitches that break in towards them.
Joseph strikes me as the type of pitcher who could really use a change-up that fades to the arm side. That would give him lateral movement in both directions and reduce the possibility of a significant platoon split.
Regardless, if he can refine his fastball and slider, he could be a tough southpaw out of the pen and could give the Reds some quality high leverage innings.
Thanks for the comment!
- AnonymousDecember 22, 2009 at 5:38 PM
I am Will,ReplyDelete
If he gives the Reds another quality southpaw then I can't help but think you've overlooked a few. Viola, Valiquette and Thurman are 3 off the top of my head who can be as good or better. But overall excellent breakdown as usual.
- AnonymousDecember 22, 2009 at 6:12 PM
I'm WillReplyDelete
Some other LHP's that intrigue me to some differing extents.
A. Gonzalez
Not so much:
Good point. We do have a few interesting southpaws in the system. I like Viola and wrote about him last year. Viola has the type of arm that could really enable him to flip the switch, but he has to find more consistent command. Valiquette is another arm that has stepped his game up as of late, but looks to have the ceiling of a middle reliever.
I was really intrigued to see the Reds add Pawelek. The Cubs burned a first round pick and a hefty Boras negotiated bonus to draft him, but he completely collapsed. He's got a lot to prove, but he still has the potential that made him a first rounder. Still, at this point, I would recommend just putting him on the mental back burner. If he pans out, fantastic, but I'm not expecting much. Still, a nice risk/reward signing.
I also have an eye on Horst and Fairel. Horst stumbled at double-A this year, so he'll need to bounce back in 2010. Fairel performed well, but as a polished college prospect he should have such success against low-A and high-A competition. So, 2010 will reveal a lot about each.
Despite the recent promotions, the Reds still have some good depth in the system.
Thanks for the comment!
- AnonymousMay 10, 2011 at 8:17 PM
Ive played a lot of ball with this kid. Very good pitcher, the thing that will make him better all around is if he wasnt so jerky and a little more calm. Instead of jerking his body across to try to get velocity on the ball, he should try to use more whip from his fore arm. If he keeps his body more calm through out his motion, it'll make his slider more effective and more consistent. Once he figures out how to do this, then he will be the top guy in the rotation.ReplyDelete


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On Friday January 22nd we left Selah around 9:30 AM and headed North over the passes.
Our first stop was at the Aplets & Cotlets Factory in Cashmere Washington.
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The first stop was at Safeway since we had forgot some things at home.
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Looking off the sun deck of the Bavarian Ritz Hotel.
Heading down town for lunch.
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Here are a few pics of this cool place.
Here are some shops.
We walked around a lot of shops stopping different place trying the beer and wine.
Friday night we met up with Icesis, Barbie, Dennis and his wife for dinner at Cafe' Christa.
After dinner we went for drinks and live music at South.
After the band was finished playing we parted ways with the other in our group.
99 and I stopped at the Post Office Saloon. We ran into our waiter from dinner at Cafe' Christa and joined him for drinks.
We finished off the night at Ducks and Drakes which is in the hotel we were staying at.
Saturday morning at 9:30 AM we walked to the Baren Haus Restaurant for breakfast.
After breakfast I left 99 in town to shop and I headed to Wenatchee to met up for the wheelin' run.
Heading up Birch.
The road was very slick from mud.
Cool view of Wenatchee.
The mud turned to snow. Now we are having fun.
Here I am the first to get stuck.
I am not sure why I was leading in this heavy open dif rig.
A Toyota to pull me out.
The snow got real deep around the bend so a few of us turned around to head out as the others pushed on.
Heading back down the mountain.
At the bottom of Birch we parted ways.
jeffs_62 met us with his family at the Tumwater Inn Restaurant & Lounge in Leavenworth for dinner.
After dinner jeffs_62 took his family home at we met up with Icesis, Barbie, Dennis and his wife for drinks & music at King Ludwig Restaurant.
We decided we would move onto another place and so we stop at the lounge in the Tumwater Inn Restaurant & Lounge.
The group wanted to go back to where they were staying so 99 and I went over to Visconti's Ristorante Italiano for a drink.
We had one more drink at Ducks and Drakes before heading upstairs to bed.
Sunday morning we check out of the Bavarian Ritz Hotel around 10:30 AM.
We walked over to Cafe' Verona and Bakery and had breakfast.
After breakfast we took a walk back to the frozen rig to head home.
Here we are leaving for home around noon.
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For almost 20 years, Eli's Cheesecake has supported what is today the James Jordan Boys and Girls Club. Back then it was the Henry Horner Boys and Girls Club, an antiquated facility in the middle of the Horner Homes. After the first retirement of Michael Jordan and the tragic murder of his father, the Chicago Bulls, the Jordan family and the community built a state of the art club in the name of Mr.. Jordan.
Facilities like this involve many supporters and we are very grateful for the commitment of Jewel Osco to supporting the Jordan Club and also many other leading charities. On Thursday, May 26th, Eli's Cheesecake was a sponsor and provided dessert for the Jewel-Osco 2005 Charities Auction, one of the premiere fundraising events in the Chicago area. This year's event, chaired by Nancy Chagares, Vice President of Fresh Food Merchandising at Jewel, raised substantial funds for the Jordan Club and also for the United Way of Chicago, the March of Dimes, the Lincoln Park Zoo, Misericordia, Ed Hogar Del Nino, Alivio Medical Center, the USO and the Hines VA Hospital.
Our thanks to Nancy, to Jewel Osco and to all the partners in the food industry who come together once a year to make an important difference for these charities.
Patricia Smoot, the Club Director at the James Jordan Boys & Girls, always invites friends of Eli's over to the Jordan Club for a tour and to find a way that you can help this important west side Chicago institution.
Thank you Larry Wahlstrom, Jewel-Osco President, for continuing this great tradition of supporting the James Jordan Club and other worthy Chicago charities.
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Celebrating the success of another Jewel-Osco Charities Auction are Jordan Club Board members and event organizers, Ken Rzesutko, President of CA Fortune (also Eli's broker in Chicago), Nancy Chagares, Vice President of Fresh Food Merchandising at Jewel, Eli's Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Pete Filippelli, and Eli's, Marc Schulman