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Closing arguments for what promises to be just the first round of Hewlett-Packard's legal war on Oracle occurred yesterday. HP's lawyers asked a judge to rule that Oracle must continue to support HP's Itanium-based Integrity servers for as long as the company continues to sell them. The case, filed last summer, is just the latest chapter in the long, sad story of Itanium. It's a processor manufactured by Intel under contract with Hewlett-Packard that seemingly no one else loves.
HP claimed that Oracle had made an agreement to continue producing versions of its database and application server products for Itanium as part of a settlement over Oracle's hiring of former HP CEO Mark Hurd. Hurd is now Oracle's president. He runs, among other things, Oracle's Unix server business. And that competes directly with HP's Itanium machines.
But Oracle's move to drop Itanium development can hardly be seen as revenge—the move was recognition of cold, hard numbers. Oracle is just one in a series of software providers who have cut and run from the Itanium platform based on its anemic market performance. By going after Oracle for its alleged breach of agreement, HP has been forced to expose much of the hand-wringing at both HP and Intel over the future of Itanium. All that has led to ever-increasing speculation in the Itanium dead pool.
A history of meh
The Itanium came out of an effort to move away from the reduced instruction set computing processors it had used in its HP-UX Unix servers and workstations, as engineers saw the limits of PA-RISC performance rapidly approaching. In 1989, HP began a research program to develop an alternative, and eventually turned to Intel to help develop and produce what would become known as Itanium. HP eventually got Compaq (which was still developing the Alpha processor originated at Digital) and Silicon Graphics (which then used the MIPS processor) to join the Itanium club. But as Intel's x86-based processors rocketed forward in performance and adoption, the Itanium club shrank to a much smaller party. While Bull, Inspur, NEC, and Huawei continue to build Itanium-based servers, IDC has estimated that HP buys 90 percent of what Intel makes.
The shrinking size of the party made for a less-than-happy host, based on documents revealed as part of Oracle's discovery in the lawsuit. Intel reportedly pressured HP to port its HP-UX operating system to the x86 platform and threatened in 2007 to pull the plug on Itanium (which HP has still, at least not officially, done).
To keep Intel happy, HP opened up its wallet. An HP internal presentation on a proposal to acquire Sun Microsystems in 2009 revealed that to keep Intel on board, HP was paying the company $88 million a year to fund development. HP execs were hoping to acquire Sun largely as an escape route for their Unix business. As they said in their slides, "HP-UX is on a death march due to inevitable Itanium trajectory."
HP obviously didn't acquire Sun—Oracle did. And while Intel's CEO Paul Otellini has said that Intel is "firmly committed" to continued Itanium development, that firmness came at a price. In 2010, HP and Intel signed a $250 million agreement to keep Itanium going through 2017.
Developers to Itanium: kthxbai
That trajectory was certainly evident to software vendors supporting Itanium. Red Hat bailed on Itanium support in Enterprise Linux in late 2009. Microsoft Windows Server Product Manager Dan Reger announced in April of 2010 that Microsoft would phase out support for Itanium and stop developing products for it after Windows Server 2008 R2. Reger cited the ever-improving performance of Intel and AMD 64-bit x86 systems thanks to multi-core architecture.
In March 2011, Oracle announced it was ending all development in support of Itanium. Oracle executives explained the decision as justifiable euthanasia—they contended that Intel officials had made it clear that Itanium development was approaching "end of life." Oracle also pointed to the fact that since-canned HP CEO Leo Apotheker had failed to say one word about Itanium in his discussions of HP's strategic roadmap.
The exodus continues. In May, SAP quietly announced it would no longer develop its BusinessObjects for Itanium and HP-UX by leaving the platform out of its product matrix. The future of SAP's Sybase database on Itanium remains up in the air.
Please, your honor, give us a business model
The Oracle announcement was the straw that broke HP's Itanium-powered back—about 140,000 HP customers run Oracle databases on Itanium. Like any bad breakup, it involved a very public shouting match between the companies, with HP decrying Oracle's "anti-customer actions." HP Executive Vice President Dave Donatelli accused Oracle of dropping Itanium support as a means to "prop up their failing Sun server business."
Then, last June, HP took its case to court. HP is seeking up to $4 billion in damages over Oracle's decision, in addition to an order forcing Oracle to continue to port its software to the Itanium platform.
Oracle countersued, accusing HP of fraud for concealing its ongoing dealings with Intel to extend Itanium's life. Some of Oracle's counter-claims have been thrown out, but Oracle was able to claim a win by getting the documents it filed in its case unsealed. Those exposed HP's dirty Itanium laundry and turned it into Oracle marketing materials, perhaps saving the company enough money for CEO Larry Ellison to buy an island in Hawaii.
Since both HP and Oracle agreed to dispense with a jury trial, the case has gone to the judge. A ruling is expected sometime in July.


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Open Door
Open Door, maintenance in a certain territory of equal commercial and industrial rights for the nationals of all countries. As a specific policy, it was first advanced by the United States, but it was rooted in the typical most-favored-nation clause of the treaties concluded with China after the Opium War (1839–42). Although the Open Door is generally associated with China, it also received recognition at the Berlin Conference of 1885, which declared that no power could levy preferential duties in the Congo basin.
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amaddox wrote:Why is it important for kids and youth to learn about caves?
amaddox wrote:What should kids and youth learn about caves?
ohiocaver wrote:Perhaps kids should not ponder what they can do in caves; but, rather, what being in caves does for them.
ohiocaver wrote:Well, if they're from Philly, it gets them out of the snow and away from the misery of being Sixers fans :-}
I think that is a good topic to ask each young or old caver who comes along with you. Have them write 100 or 500 words for the Grotto newsletter on the subject. Here in Cleveland, that's the "fee" we extract from every newbie (whether 15 or 50) we take underground...they owe the editor an article for the Cleve-O-Grotto NEWS about their experience -- how they felt, what surprised them, why mud feels icky, the campout on the trip, anything. But make it a requirement and have them start jotting notes on the way home on their tablet or smartphone so they don't "forget". You retro types can use a pad and pencil!
ohiocaver wrote:Many people are antsy when writing about themselves (Jonah excluded!). So have them write about something funny they saw another person do on the trip, or who seemed most interested in bats, what I'll be sure to bring along next time (kneepads!), or what they learned from watching Mr. Maddox fix his headlamp. I've also gotten a couple of great drawings contributed by newcomers on trips. They don't like to write (hey, writing's hard work) but they will draw something that can be used on the newsletter cover. Anything to make them think, recall, and muse over their experience.
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Lake Villa district hindered by deficit, low enrollment
J.J. Pleviak Elementary School will close after the 2013-14 school year concludes, the Lake Villa Elementary District 41 board decided Monday.
The vote -- prompted by a $1.8 million budget deficit and declining enrollment across the district was expected. But that didn't make it easy for the board members.
"I don't think there's one of us that enjoyed that," board President Michael Conway said after the 6-0 vote at the Palombi Middle School auditorium. "But it's a decision we had to make."
Board members also were supposed to decide whether the grade levels of the district's remaining three elementary schools should be reconfigured, but they put off that vote due to concerns about class sizes and other issues.
Officials discussed drafting parent and staff surveys on the matter. That likely would wait until teachers return to work in August, as would a vote on realignment.
One option would maintain the current alignment for B.J. Hooper, William L. Thompson and Olive C. Martin schools. Each serves kindergartners through sixth-graders.
A second option would have two buildings serve kindergartners through fourth-graders and one serve fifth- and sixth-graders.
Palombi Middle, which serves seventh- and eighth-graders, isn't affected by either option.
Board member Kurt Hansen was among those who wanted more time to consider the issue.
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Board member Michele Hawksworth said she was disappointed in the board for not reviewing predictions about the options' impacts on class sizes earlier.
"I am angry that we have wasted (the) time of our community," she said.
Closing Pleviak could save District 41 nearly $1.2 million annually, officials have said. Its students will attend other schools, and most of the teachers will be retained at other schools, too.
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China anti-corruption plan: Nail those who expose it
BEIJING — In a land rife with graft, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised to punish corrupt "tigers" and "flies" — high- and low-ranking officials in the ruling Communist Party, government and army.
But a trial that started Tuesday here offered a reminder that authorities will not tolerate civil society activists, or grant citizens their Constitution-mandated right to free speech, even when they act in support of Xi's popular campaign against corruption.
Amid heavy security around the Haidian District courthouse, prosecutors within accused Ding Jiaxi, a Beijing lawyer, and Li Wei, an unemployed activist, of "gathering a crowd to disrupt public order."
The charges, first aired in a January trial that was then delayed, appear politically motivated, designed to silence the New Citizens Movement, a loose network of activists founded in 2012 who tried to reduce corruption by urging government officials to disclose their assets.
Both Ding, 46, and Li, 42, were participants in the movement, whose founder Xu Zhiyong, a prominent legal activist, was imprisoned for four years in January on a similar charge. A verdict in his appeal should come Friday, the day after Zhao Changqing, another activist involved in the movement, is tried in Beijing.
In all three cases, defense lawyers and human rights groups expect the state will prevail as the ruling Communist Party controls China's legal system. Detained since last April, Ding and Li are among at least 20 members of the movement detained during the past year.
The New Citizens Movement maintained a deliberately loose structure, mindful of the fact that the party considers any organized, independent group a potential threat to its monopoly on power.
Even so, authorities were unnerved by the participants' monthly dinner discussions, in several Chinese cities, and small-scale protests calling for greater transparency through official declaration of assets. A copy of the indictment against Ding and Li notes almost 30 instances of "street political activities", such as displaying banners and making speeches.
"In my heart, Mr Ding is innocent, he should even be praised," his lawyer Sui Muqing said Tuesday. "He is calm, and told me he is ready to be jailed. He is strong because he is a rational man who pursued social justice.
"The government targeted him because the group of corrupt officials took revenge against him, they suppress people's freedom of speech. They desperately hide the truth, they are afraid people will know more truth," Sui said.
Dozens of police vehicles ringed the courthouse Tuesday, as many uniformed and plain-clothed security officers checked identity cards and kept foreign journalists and diplomats away from the building. Inside the courtroom, more than 20 people sat in the public gallery, but "none of them are related to Ding Jiaxi or Li Wei," Sui said.
"I guess they are paid by the court to fill the seats, as usual," he said.
The security prevented any significant repetition of the public shows of support by movement sympathizers that have occurred during earlier trials. But at least one supporter, Qi Yueying, defied the police and wore a T-shirt bearing the words "Citizen, Freedom, Justice, Love" close to the courthouse.
"It's my right to wear it. Ding Jiaxi is a person who fights for all people's rights," said Qi, 51, a former businesswoman who was also detained last April, and released this January. "I am here to support Ding Jiaxi, I will starve for one whole day, without food and drink," she said.
"My son understands me, but my daughter worries about my safety. 'You've been arrested many times, what will happen if they arrest you again?' she said. I insisted, because President Xi asked us to fight corruption, and the corrupt officials violated ordinary people's rights. What we did is good for our country and for President Xi too," Qi said.
The crackdown on the New Citizens Movement forms part of Beijing's broader campaign to suppress dissent in civil society and tighten control of the Internet, said Maya Wang, a China researcher in Hong Kong for Human Rights Watch, a New York-based non-profit.
"The government is not responding to civil society's call for a mechanism that would systematically tackle corruption," she said. The trial Tuesday "undermines the official rhetoric against corruption," she said.
A Communist Party-controlled committee "decides most major cases, and the duty of trial and appellate court judges is to craft a legal justification for the committee's decision," said the U.S. State Department in a human rights report on China last month.
"Judicial independence" was reportedly one of the "off-limit subjects" that the party ordered university professors not to discuss, the report said.
Ding's wife and teenage daughter are currently in America.
"They don't have plans to go back to China in the near future. It's a wise choice," Sui said, because family members of Chinese activists are regularly targeted by authorities. Despite his client's bleak short-term prospects, Sui voiced confidence in a more liberal future. "It's time for China to change. I believe the day will come soon," he said.
From his detention center, awaiting trial, where he has been pictured smiling, showing off his handcuffs, Ding Jiaxi also expressed optimism.
"China has come to a point where every citizen should become a person with a voice and an attitude," wrote Ding in an open letter translated and published Sunday on the U.S.-based human rights website ChinaChange.org.
There remains "a long road to go to truly realize the goals of democracy and rule of law," but "society is progressing, conditions are improving, at least they are compelled to try to do things according to the law," he wrote.
"Many of our forebears paid the price of their lives. If all we lose is our freedom for a period of time, this is a price that can be borne. I am very optimistic."


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ForumsTime ManagementPomodoro Technique (aka Tomato Technique) Productive Focusing
Pomodoro Technique (aka Tomato Technique) Productive Focusing
Anyone heard of the Pomodoro Technique?
It's great, I've been using it the last couple weeks, basically it involves estimating your time & working in 25 minute blocks with a kitchen timer.
There's a detailed review of it, on the Wall Street Journal
Anyone else heard of it or uses it, time boxing / time blocking or something similar with Toodledo?
I'm new to toodledo, love all the customization and options to sort tasks. (Digg that it even has a built in timer!)
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I have been using Pomodoro Technique for a couple months. It's great. I use an app called focus booster to track my time. Or if I'm on my Mac there is a great app called Chimoo Timer that allows me to set customized intervals instead of having to stick to 25 mins.
Great tip!
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A windows app called 'TimeLeft' is great for timeboxing too. I looked at many dedicated timeboxing apps but it was simple and did the trick. There's a free one and you pay if you want multiple timers of a given type. www.nestersoft.com (I'm not associated with them)
Hey foley.mark,
It's funny you mentioned TimeLeft! I actually LOVE this program. (Bought the full version + extra skins)
Currently I have 4 timers.
1.5 hour
1 hour
30 mins...
When I start a "Pomodoro Set" I start all 4 timers. (Each Pomodoro Set is 25mins) So I try to do 4 pomodoros in a set.
I've been crazy productive lately. Also I use ToodleDo's Timers to keep daily track of how much time/pomodoro I did during the day.
For example "Plan Day []" = one pomodoro. Once I do this... it'll look something like "Plan Day [x]' 0:25" :)
note: also have no affiliation with TimeLeft/Nestersoft
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TimeLeft is definitely nice; I bought it wayyy long ago -- 2001 maybe? It was probably the first software I ever purchased online. (Paid for it, and thus I'm also not associated with them; I'm just a fan!)
I have shorter timers: 2min, 5min, and 15min. They're mostly for little cleaning activities, inspired by FlyLady, who uses these intervals to help inspire people to work on tasks that aren't appealing but really don't take long when you put your mind to it.
I also have a 90 minute timer to remind me to get up and stretch my legs. People aren't meant to sit for prolonged periods of time!
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Most of us have to flip a switch in our minds in order to shift from our modern technological ambiance and make some sort of connection with our surroundings. Every single day, for better or worse, those folks woke up as a part of the glorious universe that surrounded them. It's my supposition that they felt closer to and more at home in their world than many do today.
They were attentive to the land because the land provided the basics for survival and the necessary commodities for creature comforts that couldn't be purchased at Ingles or Lowe's or Wal-Mart or the local pharmacy. They had to be extracted from the natural world. Accordingly, people paid closer attention to the everyday world in which they existed.
They discovered, for instance, that the small, thorny tree known as devil's walking stick (Aralia spinosa) was one of those easily cultivated items that had a wonderful use. According to Donald Culross Peattie's A Natural History Of Trees (1950), the "inner bark has the property of curing the toothache. The patient rolls it up the size of a bean, puts it upon the aching tooth, and chews it until the pain eases." The white settlers no doubt learned this application from the Cherokees.
Paul Chiltoskey and Paul Hamel in Cherokee Plants: Their Uses — A 400 Year History (1975) stated that various parts of the plant were not only used for "ache of decaying teeth" but as a root-salve for sores and paralysis as well as being a root-tea for a variety of other ailments. It was such a popular remedy during the nineteenth century that many families planted the tree near their cabins so that it would be near at hand when needed.
But I don't want to paint a too romanticized portrait of pioneer life. In many ways it was a bone cold, sometimes dirty, often difficult, and even cruel existence. This was especially true in regard to physical ailments and their treatments. When, for instance, chewing the inner bark of devil's walking stick didn't suffice, they either suffered constant pain or resorted to their local "dentist," who was often a carpenter or blacksmith.
Old-time dentistry as practiced here in southern mountains wasn't pretty. All of the descriptions I have read or heard about made it seem just about barbaric — but, then again, when you've got tooth problems you'll resort to just about anything or anybody. In Our Southern Highlanders (1913), Horace Kephart provided a description of regional dentistry based on a neighbor's recollections:
"'You take a cut nail (not one o' those round wire nails) and place its squar p'int agin the ridge of the tooth, jest under the edge of the gum. Then jump the tooth out with a hammer. A man who knows how can jump a tooth without it hurtin' half as bad as pullin'. But old Uncle Neddy Carter went to jump one of his own teeth out, one time, and missed the nail and mashed his nose with the hammer. He had the weak trembles.'
"'I have heard of tooth-jumping,' said I, 'and reported it to dentists back home, but they laughed at me.'
"'Well, they needn't laugh, for it's so,' said my neighbor. 'Some men get to be as experienced at it as tooth dentists are at pullin'. They cut around the gum, and then put the nail at jest sich an angle, slantin' downward for an upper tooth, or upwards for a lower one, and hit one lick.'
"'Will the tooth come at the first lick?'
"'Ginerally. If it didn't, you might as well stick your head in a swarm o' bees and fergit who you are.'
"'Are back teeth extracted in that way?'
"'Yes, sir; any kind of a tooth. I've burnt my holler teeth out with a red-hot wire.'
"'Good God!'
"'Hit's so. The wire'd sizzle like fryin'.'
"'Kill the nerve?'
"'No; but it'd sear the mar so it wouldn't be so sensitive.'
"'Didn't hurt, eh?'
"'Hurt like hell for a moment. I held the wire one time for Jim Bob Jimwright, who couldn't reach the spot for hisself. I told him to hold his tongue back; but when I touched the holler he jumped and wropped his tongue agin the wire. The words that man used ain't fit to tell.'"


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As David Mihm pointed out in his recent Search Engine Land article summarizing some of the issues with local categories, there has been a lot of discussion about categorization in Google Maps. A number of suggestions for ways that Google might facilitate SMB interaction with the Local Business Center were offered.
In addition to penalties for businesses using geo phrases in the category fields, Google has made several minor but interesting changes to their categorization feature in the LBC that have flown under the radar for the last month.
Somewhere around mid August, Google started requiring that at least the first field be a category chosen from their drop down list. It will generate an error message if it is not from the list. The remaining four fields may be either suggestions from the list or custom choices. If a custom category is chosen, the user is alerted that it is in fact not a standard category.
The requirement of at least one formal category gives Google a much better idea of the general activities of the business and a clue about classification. It might also give Google a better idea of certain types of spamming. I presume that the custom category alert might force users to take a second look at the standard categories to see if any apply.
Update 9/12/09
One additional category upgrade that I failed to mention is that Google Maps now displays custom category content in the Maps listing. This improved transparency gives all a better of idea what category is being used and if guideline violation is happening. Another positive move by Google ( I have been just gushing lately).
PS I also find it interesting that even this new relatively simple interface can cause legitimate confusion for some people. Here is a posting in the Forums:
Don't understand error message on business category-
I'm a Long Term Care insurance professional. I selected Long Term Care insurance as a category & received – "Select at least 1 category that matches suggestions as you type". What does that mean?


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So this probably needs to be addressed: Florida A&M freshman quarterback Michael Johnson was arrested today after he admitted that he lied about being attacked at gunpoint in his dorm room. And no one is sure why he did it.
Johnson, 19, was taken to the Leon County Jail. He faces charges of filing a false report to law enforcement and making false official statements. Both charges are misdemeanors. "During the course of the investigation, he decided to confess to committing the act," FAMU Police Chief Calvin Ross said Friday evening. Johnson's mother, Mina Forte-Ferguson, told the Tallahassee Democrat and FAMU authorities Thursday that three men rushed in her son's room at Gibbs Hall about 4 a.m. Tuesday and pushed him on the bed. Forte-Ferguson then said the intruders wrote "Mike + football = death" on his mirror, television and refrigerator. Johnson's parents returned to Durham, N.C. following several meetings on campus, including one with head football coach Joe Taylor.
And a reader reminds us that this is the same FAMU that once featured Mike Gillespie Sr., the head men's basketball coach who was jailed for stalking. Nice.
FAMU PD: Quarterback Jailed After Making Up Attack Story [Tallahassee Democrat]


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Since the last Field Music tour, David Brewis aka School of Language been busy working with lots of other artists. He produced the Maximo Park album, he got a "north east supergroup" together for Eleanor Friedberger to tour the UK with, and he's been jamming with Bernard Butler. As part of the week-long School of Language takeover, he gave us a sneak peak of his diary from last year...
For me the best way to avoid crippling writer's block or general feelings of doom is to stay busy between records. Even if an extra-curricular project doesn't feed into one of our own records directly, it keeps the creative juices flowing. I may have gone a little overboard in 2013 and by the time the School of Language tour is over I'll be knackered but it's been a lot of fun. I don't usually write anything in my diary if I'm just going in to work on my own so there's no mention of School of Language recording or any of the remixes I've done this year. For those things, you'll have to use your imagination.
Week beginning 27th May...
Some of the year was taken up with friends coming into the studio to do little bits of recording with us. Regular Field Music cohort Kev Dosdale came in a couple of times to record vocals and saxophones for his own Razmataz Lorry Excitement tunes. David "Hyde" Hyde and Neil "Beast" Bassett have also been in a couple of times to finesse their upcoming second album. This has less to do with my skills as an engineer or the cosy, vibrant atmosphere at our studio and a lot to do with the fact that our piano is in tune.
"Regular Thurs Practices" refers to the start of writing and rehearsing sessions for our score for the pioneering 1929 documentary Drifters. More on that later. "FBS" stands for Frozen By Sight, the collaboration between my brother and Paul Smith. They wrote songs around some of Paul's travel writings, which Peter arranged for a 10 piece band (including string quartet, upright bass and marimba) for a one-off performance in June as part of the Festival of the North East.
I also read the electricity meter at the studio and gave blood. Wild times.
Week beginning 3rd June...
A busy fortnight then - a rescheduled Frozen By Sight rehearsal followed by three days in the studio with Rivals, Ross Millard's post-Futureheads rock trio. The meeting on Tuesday morning was with writers' development organisation New Writing North to talk about putting together music for the Gordon Burn Prize event in October as part of Durham Book Festival.
On Friday afternoon the studio was fairly packed - the one and only practice for our improv-rock supergroup with Bernard Butler, Jackie McKeown (both now of Trans), FM bassist extraordinaire Andrew Lowther and Warm Digits to get ready for our one and only show at Frankie & The Heartstrings shop that evening. This was the first time most of us had met, let alone played together. Notwithstanding Andy Hodson's idea that 160bpm is slow and Bernard Butler's unspoken determination to sabotage any attempt at adhering to a setlist, it went quite well.
Week beginning 30th September...
Starting the week with a trip to see my surrogate dad, Marc Riley! We'd started making a record with Chris "Pea Sea" Rollen way back in 2011 but for one reason or another the record wasn't finished and released until this year. We played a couple of shows together back in May and Chris made another trip across from his home in Berlin for this session and to show off his little baby boy around the Longtown/Gretna border.
Then off to Iberia for the second stint of touring with Eleanor Friedberger. This was also a Marc Riley production. Eleanor phoned Marc to ask about potential bands to back her up when she came to the UK and he suggested me. Thanks Marc! So I rounded up some of my favourite north-east musicians and we became the Eleanor Friedberger band. I love both of her records and she was good fun to work and play with (and both tours were very short) so all boxes were ticked for me.
You might also be able to see a lot of bleeding through from the previous week. On Friday 27th we gave the debut performance of our Drifters score at Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival. Being so close to a giant screen showing a rickety boat out at sea induced more nausea than we'd anticipated and the venue's DVD player ran a little bit slow so catching our cues was tricky, but it was great to go and play along to this wonderful film and try to echo its momentum with some rock riffing. It was also great to reunite the original Field Music three-piece line up of me, Peter and Andy Moore. Now we just need to think of some new schemes.
Old Fears is out now via Memphis Industries.
School Of Language have the following shows booked:
April 7th – Newcastle, The Cluny
April 10th – Paris, Point Ephemere
April 22th – Bristol, Exchange
April 23th – London, The Lexington
April 25th – Glasgow, Broadcast
April 26th – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
April 28th – Manchester, Deaf Institute


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– Bruno Sammartino will be going into another Hall of Fame this year – the International Sports Hall of Fame. WWE Superstar Mark Henry was inducted last year. Below is a video of Bruno talking about the induction:
– WWE NXT head trainer Bill DeMott says women's trainer Sara Del Rey is doing big things with the WWE developmental Divas. DeMott tweeted on Tuesday:
"Really good day today, @TheSaraDelRey is doing marvelous work with the #NXTDivas #DEMOTTCRACY"
– Triple H should be returning to WWE TV soon as a regular as we get closer to WrestleMania 29. We noted earlier that Triple H is booked for the post-WrestleMania SmackDown tapings from Boston but he's also booked for the RAW in East Rutherford, New Jersey that week.
Big Creative News for HHH's Return + Lots of New Revealing Pics of the WWE NXT Divas… HOT!


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Camus's Family Affair
Camus, the largest of the independent, family-owned Cognac houses, is introducing Camus Family Legacy, a tribute to its five generations of wine-growing and distilling as it reaches its 150th birthday.
Uniting five of the Cognac region's crus (delineated growing areas within the French region), this rich expression is a complex mix of the world-acclaimed class of brandy. Grapes from the crus of Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Bon Bois, Fin Bois and Borderies (the last being the area in which the house is located) are fermented and distilled before blending.
The founder, Jean-Bapiste Camus, was a winemaker and distiller who established a group of producers in 1863 to sell to larger houses. He soon bought out the other makers and created his own Cognac. Subsequent generations shored up the brand by bottling the spirit individually—instead of selling by the cask—and making trade alliances internationally, especially in Russia and England. Camus is now sold widely at duty-free in airports.
The Family Legacy borrows heavily from the wisdom recorded in cellar notebooks by previous master blenders. It is made in an eight-step blending process and bottled at the slightly unusual degree of 40.8 percent alcohol, which the company deems perfect.
A further salute to the brand's legacy is the decanter, which is based on a decades-old bottle that has been redesigned with contemporary touches
(Cigar pairings on next page)
Camus Family Legacy (81.6 proof, or 40.8 alcohol by volume; no age statement; $1,299 per 750-milliliter bottle)
APPEARANCE: A brilliant, coppery, rosy color that you might expect to see in a Bourbon. Big, chunky slow legs.
NOSE: Very complex aroma that starts with a candied note of oranges or tangerines. It transitions to hints of roses and tea, then opens up to walnuts and pistachios. The bouquet closes out with another floral rush, this time oily like an attar.
PALATE: It gives a markedly smooth presentation as it slips onto the palate and then expands into a very rich and fruity hard candy—not a Lifesaver, but the kind of exotic lozenge that comes in a little, decorative tin box—that's solidly tangerine in flavor. The fruits keep coming, with pears and peaches, nectarines and grapefruit, before a soothing blanket of vanilla spreads out across the palate. The table is now set for the next act, which brings nuts and the smallest bit of Stilton cheese.
FINISH: You're not quite sure when it's over as the flavor seems to fade and reappear with nuanced fruitiness and perfume. And just when you'd forgotten about it, out pops at bit of licorice and tarragon.
Trinidad Paradox Toro (6 inches by 54 ring gauge, $7.00, 90 Points, October 2013 Cigar Aficionado). A squarely pressed smoke with a three-seam cap and veiny wrapper. The cigar smokes evenly with woody flavors that include mesquite, hickory and cedar with touches of white pepper and toast. An interesting flavor cohesion happens here. The cigar seems to coat the mouth to accept the Cognac, letting it seep through to the taste buds and gain a savory quality, the one aspect it lacked a bit. The Camus's nutty undertones come to the fore. Then as you return to the Paradox, its woods open up, becoming richer and livelier. An exceptional give-and-take.
Aurora Preferidos Gold (5 inches by 54 ring gauge, $20.00, 90 Points, October 2013 Cigar Aficionado). An attractive perfecto whose even draw delivers a dense, chewy smoke full of heavy wood and coffee balanced by sweet and spicy flavor. The flip side of the above order works best: prepare the palate with the Cognac first and then pour on the smoke, and the cigar will open up with extra helpings of its sweet, nutty character. The cigar's aroma even becomes more pronounced and delicious. The vanilla in the Camus transforms into a delicious crème brûlée. Not the equal of the first pairing, but that's hardly a complaint.


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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-06-003 Vol. 69 No. 5
Date: March/April 2006
The Straight Scoop on SAFETEA-LU
by Susan J. Binder
Building on the ISTEA and TEA-21 foundations, the new Federal surface transportation legislation introduces new programs and policies.
Mileage-Based Road User Charges
by David J. Forkenbrock and Paul F. Hanley
As vehicles evolve and burn less fuel, fees assessed for the number of miles actually traveled may prove to be a stable, efficient, and equitable way to finance roads in the United States.
by Earl E. Dubin
Whether they swing, retract, or are raised, New York City's movable bridges are receiving a much-needed dose of care.
Helping Roadway Contractors Fulfill Public Expectations
by Kathleen A. Bergeron
Incentive and disincentive provisions can help motivate highway builders to complete projects economically, safely, and quickly.
Geospatial Technologies Improve Transportation Decisionmaking
by Lindsay Banks and Mark Sarmiento
Geographic information systems enable State DOTs to streamline tasks and projects related to operations, road routes, safety, engineering, conservation, and more.
The Return of Private Toll Roads
by Robert Poole and Peter Samuel
Private concessions offer an alternative to managing American highways.
Essential to the National Interest
by Richard F. Weingroff
The first decade of the greatest public works project in history began a transportation system yet unrivaled in the world-along with problems to match.
by David R. P. Gibson, Bo Ling, Michael Zeifman, Shaoqiang Dong, and Uma Venkataraman
A new detection system using computerized stereovision promises greater pedestrian safety in the years ahead.


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If I lived 15 minutes away from skiing and snowmobiling, I wouldn't mind the 4th season cold and snow at all, but at this point, it's just a crappy season to live thru.
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Good weekend - hung out with friends the whole time. One is in an Irish band who played at a bar on Saturday (I know - a day early). Good time though.
Our warm 10 degree weather didn't last long - it was around 0 all weekend and it snowed a little. But overall it was still mostly sunny. This morning it was nice and sunny out again - threw on a light jacket and stepped outside and it took my breath away. It's now sunny but -15 and windy, so with windchill maybe -25? Very deceiving, especially given I was jogging in shorts last week.
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Hy Ben. Long time no see.
I am trying to contact you for a while but i had no succes, since my previous account here has been deleted, because of the name i have chosen (considered spammy).
Please add me to your friend list so we can talk, about the subject we have talked few months ago, as the material is almost print-ready.
PS: I am the all-car-brands guy, with the car encyclopedia. We know each other from the guess that car tread.
we have similar weather coming here shortly, yipee ! that damn groundhog in western pa is dead next year lol
I was wearing shorts in the sun in Atlanta on saturday, now in Missassagua (sp.?) ON, Canada....
Cold is not good...
Anyone have any opinions about the Cadillac ATS 2.0T with AWD?
Thinking of selling my G35x, leasing an ATS, then blowing the excess cash on hookers and blow... or something like that.4 Replies
...and, no, I have no opinion on the ATS.
psssssst, phil..... phantic says he's coming to get ya, remember if he gets a hold of you pee all over him like you did me , he hates that.....
and icepick, for god sake be carefull driving with one arm , you drive a manual by any chance ? ( no pun intended )
I just went back on the road again with a bum arm.
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I'm having a frustrating time with customizing my initial CentOS 5.5 installation. I want to have a specific set of the packages installed (e.g. I want Java and httpd but not OpenOffice or NewsServer) but each time I carefully go through all the customization screens on installation it seems to somewhat randomly select and deselect other options. I'm trying to write up a repeatable step-by-step doc but something isn't right.
I've tried picking just "Desktop - Gnome" or "Server GUI" or even none of them. Then I choose the "Customize now" option and go through each of the packages that I want. What's odd is what comes out after the reboot is different each time. Does it matter which default package group I choose if I'm going to customize the lists?
Another oddity happens if I try to customize after the fact. For instance, if I try to just remove OpenOffice, it removes Gnome as a side-effect. I didn't uncheck the Gnome box but it appears that since OpenOffice is dependent upon Gnome, it gets removed as well. This implies that I need to do a minimal install and build it up as needed.
Am I missing some core metaphor that the installer is using? I'm using the exact same DVD image each time so I'm confused why I'm having such different results. Also I'm using the graphical installation mode. Ideally I'd be able to create a kickstart config from a good install.
Any pointers would help. I tried this Q on unix.stackexchange.com but I don't think there is as much traffic there.


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CAIRO — The video outraged Egyptians, showing riot police strip and beat a middle-aged man and drag him across the pavement as they cracked down on protesters. The follow-up was even more startling: In his first comments afterward, the man insisted the police were just trying to help him.
Hamada Saber's account, which he has since acknowledged was false, has raised accusations that police intimidated or bribed him in a clumsy attempt to cover up the incident, which was captured by Associated Press footage widely shown on Egyptian TV.
"He was terrified. He was scared to speak," Saber's son Ahmed told The AP on Monday. Saber recanted his story on Sunday after his family pushed him to tell the truth and acknowledge that the police beat him.
CAIRO — The video outraged Egyptians, showing riot police strip and beat a middle-aged man and drag him across the pavement as they cracked down on protesters. The follow-up was even more startling: In his first comments afterward, the man insisted the police were just trying to help him.
Hamada Saber's account, which he has since acknowledged was false, has raised accusations that police intimidated or bribed him in a clumsy attempt to cover up the incident, which was captured by Associated Press footage widely shown on Egyptian TV.
"He was terrified. He was scared to speak," Saber's son Ahmed told The AP on Monday. Saber recanted his story on Sunday after his family pushed him to tell the truth and acknowledge that the police beat him.
The incident has fueled an outcry that security forces, notorious for corruption, torture and abuse under former President Hosni Mubarak, have not changed in the nearly two years since his ouster. Activists now accuse Mubarak's Islamist successor, Mohammed Morsi, of cultivating the same culture of abuse as police crack down on his opponents.
The outcry was further heightened Monday by the apparent torture-death of an activist, who colleagues say was taken by police from a Tahrir Square protest on Jan. 27 and held at a Cairo security base known as Red Mountain. Mohammed el-Gindy's body showed marks of electrical shocks on his tongue, wire marks around his neck, smashed ribs, a broken skull and a brain hemorrhage, according to a medical report.
Blatant abuses by security forces under Mubarak were one factor that fueled the 2011 revolt against his rule. The highly public nature of the new cases put new pressure on Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, which was long repressed by security forces, to hold security officials responsible for any abuses.
Egypt's presidency said it was following up on el-Gindy's death, adding that there will be "no return to violations of citizens' rights."
The Interior Ministry denied that el-Gindy was ever held by police. Morsi met with top police officials Monday, but the state newspaper Al-Ahram said the talks did not touch on the beating of Saber or el-Gindy's death. The paper said Morsi told officers he understood they operate under "extreme pressure" in the face of protests and that he would work for a political resolution to ease unrest.
Morsi's administration has said it is determined to stop what it calls violent protests that cause instability.
Morsi's prime minister, Hesham Kandil, admonished the opposition and media not to raise a public outcry against security officials. "This should not be used as a match to set fire to the nation ... to demolish the police," he said.
Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim warned that if the police "collapse," Egypt will become "a militia state like some neighboring nations."
Many activists believe Morsi sought a tougher police line when he removed the previous interior minister, Ahmed Gamal Eddin, and replaced him with Ibrahim.
According to officials close to Gamal Eddin, he was fired because security forces did not intervene against anti-Morsi protests outside the presidential palace in Cairo in December. Islamists attacked those protesters, prompting clashes that left around 10 people dead. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.
In contrast, police struck back heavily when several firebombs were thrown into the palace grounds during protests Friday, part of a wave of nationwide anti-Morsi unrest that left more than 70 dead. Hours of clashes ensued, leaving at least one protester dead and dozens injured.
During Friday's clashes, Saber, a 48-year-old who works as a wall plasterer, was beaten.
Footage shows him writhing naked in the street after black-clad riot police yanked his pants around his ankles, kicked him and beat him with batons. They then dragged him by the legs across the pavement and bundled him into a police van.
But in interviews with Egyptian television from a police hospital the next day, a smiling Saber said it was protesters who shot him in the leg with birdshot, then stripped and beat him. He said the riot police were only trying to help him afterward.
He even blamed himself for any rough police treatment, saying that in his confusion he was resisting them.
"I was afraid. ... They were telling me: 'We swear to God we will not harm you, don't be afraid,'" Saber said, adding, "I was being very tiresome to the police."
His wife also praised the police, telling state TV, "they are giving him good treatment" at the police hospital.
But his children said their father spoke under duress.
"There are pressures on my mother to say that he is fine," daughter Randa told independent Dream TV. "The government is the one pressing him."
In a statement, the Interior Ministry voiced its "regret" about the assault and vowed to investigate.
Interior Minister Ibrahim echoed Saber's account, saying an initial investigation showed it was protesters who stripped and beat him. Ibrahim said riot police found Saber and were only trying to get him into the van, "though the way they did it was excessive."
On Sunday, Saber acknowledged that it was indeed police who beat and stripped him. Speaking to Al-Hayat TV, he said he gave his initial account because was afraid, then broke down in tears as he recounted begging the policemen for mercy.
"But no one gave me mercy," he wept. "My whole body was smashed." He has now been moved to a civilian hospital.
Rights activists say police intimidation of victims and their families to prevent complaints was rife under Mubarak and continues unabated. In a report last month, the Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights documented 16 cases of police violence in which 11 people were killed and 10 tortured in police stations. Three died under torture during the first four months after Morsi took office on June 30, it said.
The rights group said officers increasingly act "like a gang taking revenge."
In one case it documented, police in the Nile Delta town of Meet Ghamr stormed a cafe and beat up patrons in September. When a woman who was beaten went to the police station to complain, the man accompanying her was arrested and tortured to death, the report said.
The sister of the slain man told AP that her brother's widow was paid the equivalent of around $25,000 to say that he was killed by a rock to his head during a protest.
"The main issue is that nothing has changed about the police. No change about accountability. There is just as much impunity as there was under Mubarak," said Heba Morayef of Human Rights Watch. Over the past two years "we've seen an increase in the likelihood police will use lethal force ... in the context of regular policing activities."
In the case of el-Gindy, the activist who died Monday, fellow activists say he disappeared during a Jan. 27 Tahrir protest and they later learned from people who left the Red Mountain security camp that he was being held there. Soon after, el-Gindy was brought to a hospital in a coma and died Monday.
After his burial in his hometown of Tanta in the Nile Delta on Monday, angry mourners marched on police headquarters and clashes erupted, with protesters throwing firebombs and stones and police firing back tear gas.
At a funeral ceremony held earlier at a mosque in Cairo's Tahrir Square, there was widespread skepticism that anyone would be held accountable for el-Gindy's death.
"So this blood will be wasted so easily?" one woman in black screamed.
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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AMOT) today announced that a conference call is scheduled for Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. Mountain Time (10:30 a.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012. The call will include a presentation by Richard Smith, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and CFO and Richard Warzala, President and CEO, followed by a question and answer period.
|Thursday, November 1, 2012
|International 617-213-8065
8:30 a.m. Mountain Time / 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
This call is being webcast by Thomson Reuters and can be accessed at Allied Motion's web site at www.alliedmotion.com by clicking on the conference call icon. It may be necessary for first time visitors to go to the site prior to the scheduled call to download and install any necessary audio software.
During the question and answer period, priority will be given to addressing questions submitted in advance. Participants may submit questions via email to email@example.com, by fax to Investor Relations at 303-799-8521 or by calling Investor Relations at 303-799-8520. Instructions for asking questions during the call will be given at the beginning of the question period.
Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Allied Motion designs, manufactures and sells motion control products into applications that serve many industry sectors. Allied Motion is a leading supplier of precision and specialty motion control components and systems to a broad spectrum of customers throughout the world.
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Before I move on from my weekend observations for reading Investor's Business Daily (IBD) for first time in many months, I want to share a couple of other observations from my experiment. Inverting the traditional wisdom and looking for stocks with the lowest possible rankings has turned up some interesting stock ideas. I will add a regular look at the momentum traders paper in search of the super weal contrarian opportunities. I uncovered two major macro thoughts by the process -- in addition to the ideas discussed yesterday.
Most of the major for-profit education stocks are trading in the single digits. Honestly, I expect most of them to stay there for some time; there are no signs of fundamental improvements in the group. Enrollments are down, defaults are high and graduation rates are abysmal for many of the companies in this sector. I am still short Apollo (APOL) and will be into the new year at least. The business model for this industry is hopelessly flawed and the sector needs a complete reorganization before it can improve.
For every rule there is an exception, and in the case of education stocks, Universal Technical Institute (UTI) is that exception. This company educates for a profit but they have a powerful niche. They train auto and motorcycle mechanics, marine and diesel engine mechanics and collision repair technicians. They have relationships with major auto and motorcycle manufacturers, as well as NASCAR. The company has a 65% graduation rate and 85% of its graduates find jobs quickly. They have extensive relationships with potential employers with Ford (F) and Harley-Davidson (HOG), leading the pack and hiring graduates throughout their dealer networks. It is not quite cheap enough yet, but when I decide education stocks have been punished enough this, will be the first one I buy.
The second observation is that energy stocks have become almost ridiculously out of favor. This sector by far had the most single digit rankings for momentum in price and earnings. Energy stocks have been hit by a slowdown in global demand, especially out of merging markets such as China. The constant chatter about alternative energy and a perception that the administration is hostile towards the traditional energy companies is also weighing on share prices. The only segment of the oil services industry seeing any positive news right now is deep water drilling. On-shore and shallow drillers are being hit with an avalanche of bad news and publicity.
The poster child for the group might well be Swift Energy (SFY). The company was originally a gulf oil play and it does still drill in shallow water locations off the coast of Texas and Louisiana, In recent years, the company has begun to move into the unconventional oil and gas drilling opportunities and has acreage now in the Eagle Ford and AWB Olmos Shale fields. The company is growing oil and natural gas liquids production at double-digit rates with oil growth expected to be 40% year over year for the fourth quarter. The stock is very cheap, trading at just 70% of tangible book value and 70% of my intrinsic value calculation. Insiders like the company's prospects, as they have been consistently buying the stock this year.
Dawson Geophysical (DWSN) is on the list of single-digit rated stocks for earnings and price momentum as well. I first mentioned this company back in November as the seismic data company showed up on a list of stocks below book value with high F-scores. It has traded up since then and is now right at tangible book value. The company has very little debt and a solid cash position with more than $7.50 in cash per share on the books. The company has expanded operations into Canada and has been hiring new crews for anticipated increased in demand in 2013. The company recently reported its first fiscal-year profit since 2009 as oil and gas companies' demand for seismic date hit record levels. As the global demand for oil and gas improves this company should see strong increased in data requests and this will allow impressive top and bottom line growth. Over the next few years, I expect Dawson to move from the lowest IBD composite rankings up to the very top of the list.
I have been impressed by all the contrarian stock ideas worth further investigation produced by a few hours with a newspaper and a pen. There are also some macro and sector facts worth processing by this exercise. I am adding IBD back to my regular reading list.


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Clare & Tommy's Backyard - Mid-Spring 2010
Our back yard has come a long way since we moved in almost 7 years ago. One of the first things we did after having stone terraces installed on the downward sloping property was to plant peonies against the walls of the second level. They always give us a spectacular show every spring!
Back Yard Flower Close-ups Flower Garden Garden Hardscape Large (5,000 - 10,000 sq ft.) Lawn
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Beautiful !
Wow...your yard looks like a park! Love those peonies. You can tell very quickly how much hard work the two of you put into this. Thanks for sharing Clare & Tommy.
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Brown, Hallie Q.
|AUNT MAC -- A Life in Three Chapters
A pretty home with many a cluster of shrubs and cedars. May flowers fill the air with fragrance. 'Tis Evergreen Cottage--Aunt Mac's home. But why are the shutters closed, and what means that bow of heavy crape? We enter--a death-like stillness pervades. Then we learn that she has flown--that our dear Aunt Mac is with us no more. "It was only this morning she went," says one. A loving hand penned a letter she dictated, and then--a look of recognition, a smile and that sweet spirit took its gentle flight into the fullness of life. Her work was done and nobly done. She was not left to suffer, but while fond hearts would detain her and loving hands were clinging to her to keep her from dying, she silently vanished from our sight, and we can hardly see to write for the memory of her, though it is an arm's length till sunset. It is only a short time since we folded her in the soft gray robe--a short time since we placed her within the casket and gazed affectionately upon the serene face whose youth and freshness seemed to return and made her even more beautiful in death than in life.
So vivid is it all before us, that we are again in the past and beside her. The white hands are so meekly folded upon the still bosom that there seems to be prayer in them there. All lips are mute and all hearts are touched. Even merry, rollicking Dash quits his sports and whines piteously. The pet canary has ceased its song, while the lofty pines outside sing a sad refrain as we bear the dear form from
Aunt Mac is no more and we shall miss her forever, but each of her loved ones can set up a tablet in the heart and write upon it simply this:
Sacred to the Memory
Our Dear Aunt Mac


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NBA trade deadline: LIers Tobias Harris, Charles Jenkins traded
-The Golden State Warriors made two separate deals, sending former Hofstra standout Charles Jenkins to the Philadelphia 76ers and Jeremy Tyler to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for second-round picks, according to CBSSports.com's Ken Berg.
- According to an ESPN report, J.J. Redick has been traded to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a six-player deal. The Bucks will also acquire Gustavo Ayon and Ish Smith from the Orlando Magic. In return, the Magic will get former Half Hollow Hills West star Tobias Harris, Beno Udrih and Doron Lamb.
- Brooklyn native Sebastian Telfair has been dealt by the Phoenix Suns to the Toronto Raptors for Hamed Haddadi and a protected second-round pick, according to ESPN's Chris Broussard.
- According to reports, the Boston Celtics have acquired Jordan Crawford from the Wizards for injured Leandro Barbosa, who is out for the season with a torn ACL.
- The Miami Heat traded center Dexter Pittman and their 2013 second-round draft pick to the Memphis Grizzlies for the rights to center Ricky Sanchez in order to clear a roster spot, according to reports. Sanchez is currently playing in Argentina.
- The Sacramento Kings traded their No. 5 overall pick from the 2012 draft, Thomas Robinson, and forwards Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt to the Houston Rockets for Patrick Patterson, Cole Aldrich and Toney Douglas on Wednesday.
With the NBA trade deadline steadily approaching, there are a number of big names rumored to move before 3 p.m. Thursday. Who will stay put, and who will be on the move? Let's see:
The Lakers' center made it clear he wanted to be in Brooklyn all along before the Orlando Magic traded him to Los Angeles prior to the start of the season. Will he end up there after all? Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak has said Howard won't be traded, and Nets owner Billy King has said there's only about a 10 percent chance his team makes a trade. The 27-year-old becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year. But with his current contract at $19.5 million, it is going to be tough for the Lakers to find a match. If he were to go to the Nets, King would need to deal Brook Lopez along with a couple of other players in order to clear the cap. Other teams who have reportedly shown interest in Howard include the Atlanta Hawks, Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets, but the same money problems exist. It sounds like Howard will be unwillingly stay in L.A.
After Howard, Smith has been arguably the most talked-about player when it comes to trade rumors. The Hawks seem to be pushing hard to move their star forward, who will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year. The Knicks and Nets as well as a number of other teams have been linked to showing interest in Smith. But the Washington Wizards could be the closest to landing a deal. They have been in serious talks with the Hawks and have made anyone available except John Wall, Bradley Beal and Nene, according to ESPN's Chris Broussard.
The Utah Jazz forward has come up in trade rumors for a few years, but now that he'll be an unrestricted free agent at season's end, talks are a bit more serious. The Los Angeles Clippers have reportedly shown interest in dealing their young point guard Eric Bledsoe as part of a trade for Millsap. The Clippers say they are adamant about keeping Bledsoe, but with him behind Chris Paul on the depth chart, it makes sense for them to fill another hole.
Mike Woodson said the Knicks are going to stay put with the roster they have as they try to make a run at the NBA title. But the Knicks have reportedly shown interest in Josh Smith, J.J. Redick, Luke Ridnour, Jared Dudley, Jermaine O'Neal and Timofey Mozgov, according to Newsday's Al Iannazzone. If the Knicks were going to make a move for any of those players, the 22-year-old Shumpert would likely be a piece in a deal.
After spending the past six years in Boston and winning a title with the Celtics, Garnett doesn't seem eager to leave. The Celtics had been pushing to make a deal with the Clippers to get Bledsoe and DeAndre Jordan in return for Garnett, according to reports. But KG has a no-trade clause in his contract, and it sounds like he'll be using it to block any move.
With Rasheed Wallace and Marcus Camby still out, the Knicks could be in the hunt for a big man. Mozgov, a former Knick and current third-string center for the Denver Nuggets, could be reacquired by New York to fill the void left behind by Wallace and Camby.
As mentioned, Bledsoe could be a piece in a potential trade with either the Celtics or the Jazz. Though the Clippers want to hold onto the 23-year-old point guard, moving him for a big man could help them make a title run now.


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Last week it seemed the Danger/Microsoft team was on the verge of sorting out the fiasco that saw widespread data loss for Sidekick customers. Unfortunately, completing this process is taking longer than expected:
The Danger / Microsoft team is continuing to work around the clock on the data restoration process. We apologise that this is taking so long, but we want to make sure we are doing everything possible to maintain the integrity of your data.
We continue to make steady progress, and we hope to be able to begin restoring personal contacts for affected users this week, with the remainder of the content (photographs, notes, to-do-lists, marketplace data, and high scores) shortly thereafter.
This data restoration effort is only necessary for customers who lost data from their Sidekick devices. We appreciate your ongoing patience.
So, in a nutshell, if your data has not been recovered soooooo sooooorry. [Microsoft]


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Maine GOP leaders seek to reverse Democrats' 'spin' in runup to legislative races
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � Maine Republican legislative leaders don't like the spin they say minority Democrats are putting on the last session as the two parties tangle for control of the House and Senate.
On Tuesday, GOP leaders plan to give their version of what was accomplished during the first Republican-controlled Legislature in Maine since 1966.
Democrats aim much of their criticism at Republican Gov. Paul LePage, saying he pushed through tax cuts for the rich, cut funding for health care and worked to increase profits for insurance companies.
Republicans say Maine people and businesses benefited from the work of the 125th Legislature. Their news conference will also feature Maine business leaders who've seen improvements as a result of the Legislature's work.


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Game publishers buffeted by Nintendo's big April
The success of the first-party-oriented Wii and DS cut into third parties' profits; EA, THQ, Take-Two hard hit.
The success of the first-party-oriented Wii and DS cut into third parties' profits; EA, THQ, Take-Two hard hit.
EA confirms long-running golf franchise will now be handled by Florida studio responsible for Madden, NCAA Football series.
Ancient gods battle links legends for retail supremacy alongside PSP Call of Duty, PS3 College Hoops, and Sonic Spinball for the Wii.
EA's Wesley Culver talks about the new swing mechanics in the Wii version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07.
A dozen more games expected to arrive on store shelves through March; Mario Kart 64 powerslides onto VC next week.
We hit the links with Wii Remote in hand to see if we can swing like Tiger.
WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Excite Truck, and Star Fox Command all coming to the continent and UK at the start of 2007.
Monolithic publisher transforming PC Tiger Woods developer Headgate into internal shop focused on Nintendo's new console.
Electronics giant makes big show of console's arrival in San Francisco...by parading empty boxes in front of delirious crowd.
EA overhauls Downloader, renames it EA Link; digital distribution service will be used to deliver PC games and extras to customers--all over the Internet.
Pro Evo 6 shoots and scores, in at number one with highest UK first-week sales for two years; five other new entries including Canis Canem Edit.
Sam Fisher zip lines to top, zombies rise again, Bully overcomes criticisms, and guess what's back...Nintendogs.
Football Manager 2007 knocks FIFA 07 off the top spot; The Sims 2: Pets and Battlefield 2142 among other new entries.
[UPDATE] Three first-party, 18 third-party games will go on sale for Sony's next-gen console by year's end.
An avalanche of updated press releases reveals new tilt control on many games and...Wii games pricing?
World's largest game publisher leading PlayStation 3 charge with more than two dozen games in the works; "8 to 10" by late March.
We step up to the tee with the near-complete version of Tiger 07 for PS3.
Tiger Woods tees off, Scarface scores, Madden stays strong, Mortal Kombat strikes, and the DS double-dips.
FIFA 07 still holding on to the top slot for a third week, Scarface: The World Is Yours debuts at number two.
A crowded week sees Family Guy, Flight Simulator X, Justice League Heroes, Sims 2: Pets, and Railroads! get on the retail train; Zoo Tycoon 2 and Age of Empires III ...
Marketplace offerings let gamers instantly open up all courses, golfers, pro shop items, for a price.
Fifa 07 retains the top spot for second week; Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy climbs back up; Tiger Woods and Kingdom Hearts II hold steady.
Digital duffers can sample four holes in trial version of EA's latest PGA Tour game; free 916.5MB file now available on Xbox Live Marketplace.
It looks to be a dramatic week of games caught between life and death, heaven and earth, the past and the future.
New video guides, classic stadiums available on Marketplace; courses for Tiger, alternate uniforms for NCAA, videos for NBA Live coming.
EA vice president of online commerce, Chip Lange, talks about the direction EA Sports is taking with downloadable content on Xbox Live Marketplace.
EA's FIFA 07 hits the top spot in its first week of release; Kingdom Hearts II, Company of Heroes also enter the top 10.
Lego Star Wars II stays at the top for a second week, but it's all change elsewhere in the top 10.
Do you have some Tiger in you? You might. That's because the next version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 for the Xbox 360 is shaping up quite nicely.
Nintendo releases roster of games for upcoming console; 30 by year's end, 41 third-party by end of March 2007, more than a dozen confirmed for launch.
[UPDATE] Demo for upcoming Xbox 360 golf game headed to Xbox Live soon; game hits stores next month.
Publisher of Tiger Woods PGA Tour games extends partnership with pro golf tour; deal extends through 2012.
We spend some time with work-in-progress Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of EA's next golf game.
Half a dozen games in development for Nintendo's new console; new games include installments of Harry Potter, SSX, Godfather, Tiger Woods.
Tiger takes his swings this October, NFL Street 3 announced for PlayStation 2, PSP; Half-Life Episode 2...not on the list?
Tiger returns to the Xbox 360 and we've got a first look at an early version of the game, straight from Cog Hill Golf Course in Chicago.
Tiger's third entry on the PSP is coming this fall and we've got a hands-on look.
We stare into the eyes of the Tiger, as we check out EA Sports' next-gen golf display from the Sony E3 press conference.
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What's your Favorite Scene in FWDAJ
Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and PSP.
imo; The best scène in the whole movie is when Dick, Jane and the little guy are soaped in and wait for the water of the ... gardenthingy. Why I think it's the best part? It's smart, biting, absurd, over the top ánd hilarious at the same time.
Now for the most Carreyotic moment I choose the 'puppet on a string' scène, althought nobody in the theatre laughed about it.
The scene where he's trying to get the gun out of the pocket of his sweatshirt had me hooting.
I laughed at Mr. Roboto.
I roared when he said of Alec Baldwin, "Look at what the cat coughed up?" For obvious reasons.
"When in doubt, tell the truth."
Mark Twain
i have lots of fav. scenes but one i really liked of the many was.. the whole wake up in a rotten bed with a huge dirty hand print on your breast.. that was awsome. lol.. and when Alec Baldwins character is like
"Just like my father always said..." Then just trails off and says nothing. lol
And the whole Cher thing.. and the coffee shop insident .. love it.
Folk!!! I saw it!!!
"I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever." JC
Fun with Dick and Jane
I think the part where Dick and his family were taking a shower with the sprinkler to save money. That was funny!
"... Incase I don't see ya,...good afternoon, good evening and goodnight!"
Love when Jane sees the 'new grass' Dick has managed to find, their faces are so sore they can't even kiss, they're at the end of their rope! They're so funny together, great chemistry between Tea and Jim!
i think it's pretty funny that they plan on when they will have sex. who does that anymore?
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Meet a House Republican Who Wants to Raise Revenue
Rep. Scott Rigell (R, Va.) joins The News Hub to explain why increasing revenues through tax reform is an imperative.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... welcome back to the beest live I'm Rolfe Winkler ... it's hard to make me hear from Democrats the government needs to raise more tax revenue in order to close its gaping budget deficit ... that's not something you hear from Republicans not out loud anyway ... other than the one we're talking to right now Virginia Congressman Scott rachel joins us from Washington Congressman thanks so much ... thank you all could be with you ... and I want to stir up right away you argues that without raising tax revenue ... the math doesn't ... just just doesn't add up ... well the that's correct addresses I can ... analyze this non businessman ... in my first term in Congress so ... I go with the numbers leave me and we haven't ... had this tax code field which is sixteen point nine ... we haven't actually run our country on the level of revenue ... since nineteen ... fifty nine when you say ... when we say ... tax code yield you're talking about ... the amount of tax revenue that were racing relative to GDP ... that's correct of Roth of if you just take the last twelve years of ... what to revenue this calm and then divide that by the grace Gnostic product for the same period that twelve years we've been under ... what is often are purchased Bush tax cuts ... that yields of less than equal sixteen point nine percent ... it's only generated over eighteen percent twice and that was in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven ... and of those were ... two years were I think the economy most would agree was clearly overheated ... and so my message is really clear here all it's not complex is that this penny must come down and ... my votes reflect a deep commitment to do that ... um and we gotta grow our way out of this is well ... but even with those two components of I think unfold ... in full effect ... we're still going to be light on revenue and this is just that though an empirical data driven conclusion that come to ... visit businessman just looking at that number so ... I really do believe that is part of our overall tax reform ... that the yield itself ... needs to come up of that silly against any past ... many have come down sharply


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From Paris, I have reach the Loch Ness, in and return. About 3200km in 18 days, from 1st to 18th of May 2016.
The mopped is a Motobecane, 50V, with a Dellorto SHA 15/15 as carburator and a AV10 engine.
Some pictures and comments (in French...) in my blog : http://www.mamob.over-blog.com
Lots a fun with a sunny weather (thrue !).
Do not dream about it...just do it !
If I can help with advices, feel free !
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McGuinty asks unions to let teachers resume extracurricular activities
The Canadian Press
Published Friday, January 4, 2013 4:08PM EST
Last Updated Friday, January 4, 2013 9:17PM EST
TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has personally asked two unions to restore extracurricular activities in public schools, after using a controversial law to force two-year contracts on 126,000 teachers and education workers.
The self-described "education premier" -- whose reputation has taken a beating lately -- said he received no assurances that the voluntary activities would be restored.
But he reached out to union presidents Sam Hammond and Ken Coran in the hope that they could all find a way to "put what is done behind us" and find a way forward, McGuinty told The Canadian Press.
"I was glad that they heard me out," he said in an interview from Ottawa.
"The calls were very cordial, very respectful. So I'm hopeful that the two executives will allow teachers to do what I believe they, deep down, want to do."
Both the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation say their members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of political protests if the government forced new contracts on them, which may include walkouts. They plan to meet with their executives next week to discuss their next steps.
But Hammond, who leads ETFO, called the government's actions a "disgraceful misuse of power" and warned that it won't be "business as usual" when students return to class on Monday.
Still, McGuinty said he won't make extracurriculars such as coaching sports teams or supervising clubs part of a teacher's job, even though it means they can withdraw them during labour disputes.
"Extracurriculars are a voluntary service provided by teachers out of a sense of both goodwill and a commitment to the best possible educational experience for our students," he said.
"And I just don't believe that you can legislate goodwill."
Bill 115 -- which the Liberals used to impose the new collective agreements and then promised to repeal by the end of the month -- inflamed tensions with teachers, who staged one-day strikes and cut out extracurricular activities in protest.
It's not clear whether repealing the law will be enough to heal the wound, which has alienated a powerful group that has helped keep the Liberals in power for nine years.
McGuinty said he doesn't regret bringing in the legislation. He called it a "necessary" and "one-time" measure that was needed to deal with the $14.4-billion deficit.
"It's done the job that we needed it do," he said. "But along the way, it's taken on a kind of larger-than-life perspective in the eyes of some of our teachers. And we think we have a responsibility to address that."
McGuinty denied that the move to repeal the law was intended to win back teachers before the next election. But NDP education critic Peter Tabuns said parents, students and teachers are tired of his cynical political games.
"If Dalton McGuinty was truly interested in reaching out to elementary and high school teachers, he should have done it before, not after, he imposed unconstitutional legislation that will bring more turmoil to our schools and lead to expensive court battles," Tabuns said in a statement.
"When there was still time to get a deal and stop this mess, Dalton McGuinty couldn't seem to find a phone. Now he's scrambling to clean up the mess he's made."
McGuinty, who intends to step down once a new leader is chosen at the end of the month, was elected premier promising to restore peace to Ontario schools after several tumultuous years under the Conservatives. Nine years later, he's leaving amid the kind of labour strife he'd tried to avoid.
It wasn't the exit that he'd imagined, but reining in compensation is never easy, he said. It's up to his successor to find a way to work with teachers on how they'll negotiate the next set of contracts, which will "undoubtedly" involve some kind of compensation increase.
"You'd like to leave in a way that's all positive, but life's not like that," McGuinty said. "You've got to deal with the circumstances as you find them."
"It is what it is. I've always tried to do what I think is right under the circumstances as I find them."


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An artist at heart, man donates wooden sculpture to American Heart Association
Robert Wazelle regularly frequents the wood shops of Oregon, searching for freshly hewn cedar burls. He has long used these knotted clumps of dense wood to make sculptures resembling undersea coral .
But while perusing lumber one day last summer, Wazelle found a burl unlike any he'd ever seen.
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January and February are figuratively the longest months of the year, in that it's cold and you're stuck inside whittling sticks to stave off insanity. If you need to get the hell out of town, Nowcation is a new travel site that finds you great deals on flights leaving this month.
Because sometimes you just need to go somewhere. Anywhere! Pick from dozens of departing cities, and you'll see a listing of tons of cheap fares culled from Kayak. Click the destination you like and Nowcation takes you straight to Expedia or another third-party site so you can immediately book your trip. The site also includes links for inexpensive hotels. And with about four clicks you avoided cabin fever. [Nowcation]


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Frieri rides scoreless streak; will be 'primary' closer
SEATTLE -- Somewhere along the way, amid woeful struggles that caused him to temporarily lose his job as the Angels' closer, Ernesto Frieri forgot about something.
"I forgot how to have fun," Frieri said in Spanish on Saturday. "That's what I'm doing now -- I'm having fun."
Granted, this game can be a lot more enjoyable when you have success. And Frieri is having it again, pitching six consecutive scoreless innings immediately following a two-week stretch that saw him give up 12 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings and blow two saves.
On Friday night, Frieri earned his first save in three weeks, striking out the side to preserve a 2-0 win at Safeco Field. And on Saturday, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Frieri will "primarily" go back to closing -- though he added that Dane De La Rosa will continue to get opportunities.
"The decision a manager makes is something you can't control," Frieri said of Scioscia's decision to temporarily remove him from the ninth at the end of July. "This team has struggled all year. And Mike wants to win. He's given me a lot of opportunities, which I'm very grateful for. But in that moment, we needed to win. I lost a lot of important games that we needed to win, and with everything that's happening with the team, you can't throw away games like that."
At some point leading up to his woeful late July and early August, Frieri lost the late life on his patented cutter, which is prone to happen from time to time. And so, for a two- to three-week stretch, he relied heavily on his shaky slider and changeup and threw fewer fastballs than ever.
"That's when I kind of fell into desperation mode," Frieri said. "I was worried. My fastball wasn't working, so I decided to throw my breaking pitches more, show [hitters] that I had good breaking pitches, and nothing came out."
Then came Aug. 10 in Cleveland. Frieri, four days removed from two consecutive rough outings, entered the ninth inning with a five-run lead and got three quick outs on nine pitches -- eight of them fastballs.
"I just finally realized that that's just not my game," said Frieri, who has a 4.25 ERA and is 27-for-31 in saves this season. "My thing is throwing my fastball, be aggressive. These last six outings, that's been the difference - the late life on my fastball, which hitters aren't putting good swings on. That's what I need to have all year."