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Citrix has made amends with VMware and will double its presence at next month's VMworld conference, one year after a controversy involving VMware, Citrix and Microsoft.
Citrix and its virtualisation partner Microsoft slammed rival VMware last year after rules changes led to the companies pulling out as sponsors of VMworld. Despite being hosted by VMware, rather than a neutral party, VMworld has become one of the most important conferences in the virtualisation industry, where start-ups and established players alike showcase their latest technology.
But Citrix and Microsoft last year claimed VMware was trying to stifle the presence of competitors by instituting restrictive new rules on which companies can be sponsors and what types of technologies can be showcased. Although both Microsoft and Citrix sponsored VMworld in the past, they did not in 2009 because VMware started requiring sponsors to join VMware's official partner programme.
That will change at VMworld in San Francisco, which takes place 30 August to 2 September Citrix has decided to become an official partner of VMware's and will be a "Silver" sponsor at VMworld. That's actually only the fifth highest level of VMworld sponsorship, but Citrix will have a greater presence at VMworld than Microsoft, which has still not joined VMware's partner program and will likely just have a small booth at the conference. VMworld's top sponsors are Cisco, Dell, EMC (which owns VMware) and NetApp.
"In order to participate more fully and openly at VMworld, we have joined the VMware partner program as a Technology Alliance Partner at the Select level," Citrix marketing official Kim Woodward wrote in a blog post about Citrix's change in strategy. "This has given us the opportunity to be a Silver sponsor of the event, and to showcase our technology and expand our booth size. We'll have double the space we did last year so more of you can come by without alarming the Fire Marshall."
One year after claiming VMware limits competition, Woodward did not take any direct shots at VMware but did say that "At Citrix, openness is engrained in both our culture and our technology."
At VMworld, Citrix will show demos of its desktop virtualisation software running on a variety of devices, including the Apple iPad, which can run Windows 7 using Citrix Receiver.
Microsoft is listed near the bottom of Citrix's sponsors and exhibitors page, right after Metron-Athene Inc. and before Mitel.
But don't expect Microsoft to keep a low profile. In 2008 Microsoft handed out poker chips in a package that said "Looking for your best bet? You won't find it with VMware." In 2009 Microsoft spent the week complaining that VMware's rules prevented them from showcasing competing technology, even though VMware denied this rules interpretation. The rest of the exhibition hall was filled with technologies from other companies that compete against VMware.
While Microsoft still isn't a VMware partner, Microsoft has certified the VMware hypervisor to run with Windows, and Microsoft virtualisation official Mike Neil promised in a recent interview to engage with customers at VMworld.
"From our perspective, regardless of whether customers are running on Hyper-V or VMware, first and foremost they're a Windows customer," Neil says.


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Do Not Judge Others By Your Personal Formula
McKinsey is a well-known figure in United States. He normally buys the first-class tickets while his traveling. He said: "Although airfare for the first class is expensive, but it is worth as long as I can capture one big fish there."
Bill Gates is far more famous and richer than McKinsey, but he usually fly with the economic class, some curiously guy asked Bill why he didn't choose the first-class service, Bill responded him by asking: "Does first-class cabin fly faster than economic class?" We are not only admired Bill's frugality but also appreciate McKinsey's strategies to seize the opportunities.
Everyone has his/her own desires and ambitions, their paths which can lead to the destinations are not the same. It's hard for us to make any conclusion for which path is proper or improperly, the most reasonable one is the path which can fulfill your wishes. For common sense, we prefer to use a unified standard to judge others' behaviors regardless of their specific circumstances. As a matter of fact, your formula is representing your point of views, neither related to the truth nor a guideline to criticize.
McKinsey tends to enjoy the first-class services to fulfill his psychological needs as well as expands his Social networks. The above factors are not attracted to Bill Gates, Bill would rather keep low profile than highlight his wealthy in public. The way of methods differs one's determination. It is natural if we would be frustrated when we observing someone else failed to making progress day after day. You should know that different people has different dreams. Someone just pursuing an easy and comfortable life, they feel contended if only have food to eat and water to drink.
Overall, there is no necessary to detest others, do not judge others by your own formula. You have a scale in your mind, either do others. You may totally a loser in others' perspective. So, just remember, the paths differ to the demands. The key point is to sustain your present choices for a long period.
This statement also works to a marital relationship. When the day you take off your wedding dress and get back to a normal life, your bridal is not a princess but an ordinary woman to you, your groom is not a prince but a common man to you either. Don't demand others to be a perfect figure as you are not that perfect yourself as well. Seek common ground while reserving difference is the right path lead to a successful marital relationship.
Well, I do have my own set of standards, but what I have found is that there are times when my standards are incorrect. It is important to have a set of values, but my own standards are not always the standards that others should be judged by. My standards are fallible and can be biased, which means I should not judge others by my standards. However, I like others end up judging based on the set of standards personally held.

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Why America's Children Are Overweight
American schoolchildren are overweight but it's not because of school bake sales. MarketWatch's Charles Passy explains several reasons on the News Hub with Sara Murray. Photo: Getty
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Julia Kain had a wish come true when she met her favorite NASCAR driver, Kevin Harvick, on Nov. 11 at the Kobalt Tools 500 at the Phoenix International Speedway, courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Julia Kain had a wish come true when she met her favorite NASCAR driver, Kevin Harvick, on Nov. 11 at the Kobalt Tools 500 at the Phoenix International Speedway, courtesy of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Julia, 12, a seventh-grader at Fort King Middle School, was diagnosed on Oct. 7, 2011, with Niemann Pick disease, a rare hereditary illness in which cholesterol metabolizes in cells. It is progressive and, as yet, incurable, said her mother, Tonya Kain.
Joining Julia on her journey were her mother, father Jason and sister Rebecka, 15. The trip was scheduled for Nov. 8-12, but was extended at the family's expense so they could tour the rim of the Grand Canyon, take a helicopter ride over the Hoover Dam and visit Las Vegas.
They stopped near Flagstaff to play in snow, where Julia made snow angels, and also visited the oldest fire station in Phoenix, No. 17.
"We met firefighter Tommy (a Make-A-Wish volunteer). The firemen made my favorite lunch — tacos — and I got to ride on a call to an auto crash with Tommy," Julia said.
"The trip meant the world to me," she said. "I met Kevin Harvick, and he won the race at Phoenix the same day."
Harvick signed Julia's Make-A-Wish T-shirt.
"Kevin came out of his motor coach and we shook hands," Julia said with a bright smile. "I asked him what he had wanted to be when he grew up, and he said he wanted be a NASCAR driver. Then I asked him if he liked being a dad."
Harvick, 37, is in his 12th year in NASCAR-level racing. In July, he and his wife DeLana became the parents of Keelan Paul Harvick.
"He said he likes it," Julia added.
The race visit turned out to be a treat for Rebecka as well.
"I got to meet my favorite, Casey Kahne," she said. "He was coming out of the car hauler, and I got his autograph and a picture with him."
The application to have a wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation was entered soon after Julia was diagnosed.
"Then I received a postcard dated July 17, notifying us Julia had been selected and a representative from Make-A-Wish would contact us," Tonya Kain said.
A volunteer from the Summerfield area handled the local details.
"Our mission is to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy," stated Margaret Henslee, director of program services for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida, in an email. The organization has offices in Orlando, Tampa and Sarasota.
"The Make-A-Wish Foundation was inspired in 1980 by the love that a family and friends had for a 7-year-old boy named Chris, who had leukemia. Chris dreamed of becoming a police officer and on one special day, he was. His family and friends in the state highway patrol helped make his wish come true," Henslee wrote. "Today Make-A-Wish is the largest wish granting organization in the world, with 65 chapters in the U.S. and its territories and 33 international affiliates. With the help of generous donors and more than 25,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted more than 180,000 wishes nationwide since its inception."
In wish-granted families, 74 percent saw the experience as a positive turning point in the child's battle against their illness, and 97 percent said the experience strengthened their family.
"The average cost of a wish is $7,000, largely because we strive to include the entire immediate family at no cost to them. A child's illness affects the entire family, and our goal is to make the wish an experience that will create lasting memories for all of them," Henslee stated.
Niemann Pick disease is a "life-threatening aliment diagnosed in about 500 cases in North America," according to Dr. Marc Patterson, Julia's physician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
"Niemann Pick doesn't seem to get the (public) impact, and even some persons in the medical field have asked us what it is," Tonya Kain said.
On Dec. 16, Julia is scheduled to be at the National Institutes for Health in Maryland for "lumbar puncturing and swallow tests," Tonya Kain said.
Medical and travel expenses have continued to mount for the family since Julia's diagnosis, and the Julia Marie Kain Trust, in care of Tonya Kain, has been established at Regions Bank.
Interested readers can follow Julia's progress at www.juliasjourney.net.
"Julia lives for today," Jason Kain said. "She's always more concerned about everyone else."


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It has become Spain's version of Godot: waiting for Rajoy.
For various reasons the country's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has deferred seeking help from a financial assistance program that Europe has tailored to Spain's needs. But many economists, analysts and business executives here are increasingly worried about the costs of further delay.
They warn that waiting to seek aid, and the uncertainty the delay engenders, threatens to push the economy deeper into recession. And that, they say, could increase the ultimate cost, to Spain and Europe, if the aid eventually needs to be granted under crisis conditions.
As long as Spain's borrowing costs remain below 6 percent, as it has been since the European Central Bank said it would buy the country's bonds if Spain made the request, the Rajoy government might seem to have no reason to rush. But the downgrade of Spanish debt to near junk status by Standard & Poor's last week has underscored the fragility of the country's finances. And the seeming political paralysis in Madrid may be reinforcing a wider economic stasis.
"The economy has stopped," said Ángel Berges, the chief executive officer of AFI, an economic consulting firm based in Madrid.
The indicators are grim indeed: Cement production has reached its lowest level since the 1960s. Car sales are down 37 percent from last year. And on weekdays the public squares of Madrid are filled with the unemployed — young and old — whiling away the hours.
Even the wealthy are feeling the strain. In the boat slips of Barcelona, "For Sale" signs hang on nearly every moored yacht.
The bond-buying program that the E.C.B. announced in early September is meant to help keep a lid on the borrowing costs of besieged countries like Spain, if they ask for the help. Under the plan, the big new European bailout fund, whose financial firepower is to eventually reach €500 billion, or $648 billion, would buy newly issued Spanish bonds directly in the government's auctions, while the E.C.B. would stand ready to buy existing bonds in the secondary market.
Experts note, though, that there is more at stake than the yield on Spain's government bonds. They point out that those lower interest rates would lead to reduced borrowing rates across the board, providing a cheaper source of financing for Spanish banks and corporations that could stimulate investment in the economy.
And yet, Mr. Rajoy's reluctance to sound the SOS has its own logic. To begin with, German officials have urged him to wait, as they have no desire to present yet another euro zone rescue package to their fed-up voters.
But Mr. Rajoy, a stolid, cautious man, has plenty of domestic reasons, too. Since coming to power in late 2011, he has seen his popularity plummet after presiding over a series of wrenching austerity programs. Now, before the regional elections in his home state of Galicia this Sunday, which could test the strength of his center-right Popular Party, Mr. Rajoy has every incentive to wait a bit longer to request help from Europe, which would bring with it even further outside oversight of the Spanish budget.
"There is no pressure on us — we will take the decision when we know everything we need to know," said a senior government spokeswoman in Madrid, who declined to be identified by name as a matter of policy.
But analysts argue that by waiting several more months, as many here predict will happen, Mr. Rajoy is playing a dangerous game. Not only will the economy continue to suffer from uncertainty; Mr. Rajoy also runs the risk of being forced to seek help under the duress of a market panic, if bond investors once again begin to bet against Spain. Europe's intervention under that circumstance could lead it to demand even harsher policy measures — like the socially disruptive cuts in Spanish pensions that so far Mr. Rajoy has avoided making.
"If you wait too long, you will be forced into a program that will have much tougher conditions — so better to ask for it now," said José Manuel Campa, who was secretary of state for the economy during the previous government and is now a professor at the IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Madrid.
In terms of national debt, Spain is nowhere as bad off as nearly bankrupt Greece, whose debt burden is nearly 200 percent of the size of its economy. In Spain's case, the number is currently 90 percent — the same as with France.
The main worry is not the size of the debt, though, but how quickly it has been amassed. By next year, when it is expected to rise to 96 percent, Spain's debt burden will have grown by nearly one-third since 2011, according to the International Monetary Fund. That rate of debt expansion outpaces every other country in the world and is the result of a plummeting economy, high interest rates and the burden of rescuing Spain's collapsing banks.
One of the concerns Standard & Poor's raised in its downgrade last week is that the austerity measures already adopted by Spain are choking off any chance for economic growth.
Take the car industry. Hard hit by the recession, it now sells approximately the same amount of cars — projected to be about 700,000 this year — that it did in the 1990s. At the industry's peak volume, in 2006, Spaniards purchased 1.6 million vehicles. Further curbing demand is the recent increase in Spain's value-added tax, essentially a sales tax. It is now 21 percent, up from 18 percent, and it helped send Spanish car sales plunging by 38 percent in September, the first month of the higher tax.
"We are worried about the market because sales are so dependent on the economy," Juan Antonio Sánchez Torres, the president of Ganvam, the Spanish car retailers' association. "The recent VAT tax increase raised the cost of a car by €650 on average. That has an important psychological impact that can stop consumption."
Downward pressure on wages in both the public and private sector has partially benefited the economy by making Spanish exports — like machinery parts and chemicals — more competitive.
But the Spanish economy is largely driven by domestic demand, and there are few signs that the traditional propellants — personal, corporate or government spending — will pick up any time soon.
Meanwhile, bank loans have virtually dried up. Compared with 2006 and 2007, when bank lending grew at about 25 percent each year, the evaporation of credit has had a devastating effect on consumers and corporations alike.
Analysts at AFI, the Spanish financial consultancy, do not expect the country's banks — many of them still trying to dig themselves out from a mountain of bad real estate loans — to resume lending in any measurable way until 2014 at the earliest. All the more reason, analysts say, that Spain should quickly seek the credit-easing help of the E.C.B. program.
Adding to the potential costs of a Rajoy delay is another looming problem. Despite the austerity measures so far, it seems nearly certain that the government will miss the deficit-cutting targets for this year and next that it has already agreed to as part of its euro zone obligations. That raises the prospect that Madrid will be forced to submit to even tougher budgetary strictures if it waits until later to qualify for the E.C.B. bond-buying support.
"The government will have to take additional measures to reach the 6.3 percent of G.D.P. target," its goal for 2012, said Federico Steinberg, an economist at the Real Instituto Elcano, a research group focusing on Spain and its place in the world. "They will need to freeze pensions or even reduce them."
Pensions take up about €100 billion of Spain's €350 billion in annual spending, Mr. Steinberg pointed out. And to date they have been the one area that for political reasons has been spared the budgeter's knife. Just the opposite, in fact: As part of the government's recent package they were increased by 1 percent.
Because many pensioners are now the sole breadwinners among work-bereft families, any cutbacks in retirement payments would carry a devastating social cost. Better, Mr. Rajoy's critics contend, that he not risk such an outcome by waiting.
A sardonic joke is currently making the rounds in Madrid at Mr. Rajoy's expense: If you meet a Galician on the stairs and start a conversation, the encounter will be so ambiguous that you won't know if he is going up or down.
Mr. Rajoy's ambivalence about seeking Europe's help might be partly explained by his Galician roots, say those who relate the joke. But as they wonder whether Spain is heading back up, or farther down, few laugh when they tell it.
Borja Bauza contributed reporting.


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posted by David Adams on Thu 11th Dec 2008 00:14 UTC, submitted by jawbreaker
A teacher in Austin, TX reprimanded a student for demonstrating Linux to his classmates and distributing free Linux CDs. She then goes on to contact Ken Starks of the HeliOS Project, who provided the CDs, and claim that "putting Linux on these machines is holding our kids back" and "No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful". Although she claims to have used Linux herself in college, she feels that "putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping these children at all". On the HeliOS blog, Ken Starks hints that this may be more than just ignorance of the teacher's part.


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Love Birds
Laura L. Gonzales 9/4/2012 11:01:13 PMRight into my favs Rona! What a beautiful pair of birds!! Awesome clarity, comp, title and presentation!! WTG my friend. #1484495
Gord MacEachern 9/5/2012 2:46:11 AMI sure hope we have the pleasure of seeing this amazing image again Rona, WOW!!!!! #10309034
Jeff Robinson 9/5/2012 4:31:04 AMExcellent color, detail and wildlife capture! #10309224
Monnie Ryan 9/5/2012 5:42:19 AMAn amazing capture, Rona - these are such beautiful, interesting birds! #10309397
Michelle Alton 9/5/2012 6:31:21 AMNever have I seen a more beautifully done photograph off these birds. Favorite. #10309518
Kathy Salerni 9/5/2012 9:57:27 PMWhat an amazing capture of these spoonbills, Rona! Perfect focus and detail! Bet we see this one again!! #10310674
JO ANN CLEVELAND 9/6/2012 4:47:36 PMAmazing is right...the colors, clarity and framing is perfect Rona!!
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Ellen Hodges 9/15/2012 8:19:30 PMStrictly a fabulous shot, Rona!! Huge WOW!! #10324562
Leslie McLain 2/11/2013 4:11:14 AMAn amazing capture of these beautiful birds, Rona. #10563071
Terry Cervi 2/11/2013 9:51:50 PMI'll bet this was amazing to watch, Rona! And your shot is just so beautiful with such wonderful color and detail! Instant fave!! #10564461
Phyllis H. Burchett 2/12/2013 3:28:02 PMFANtastic shot Rona! Guess I'll be seeing you in a few weeks! #10565532
Anita Hogue 2/12/2013 4:38:45 PMOh, so sweet, Rona! A fabulous capture! #10565574
Reynaldo D. Reyes 2/17/2013 1:15:09 PMIt's such a precious capture Rona, getting this once in a lifetime intimate moment between these two love birds. Love the way they interact and widespread wings and comp ~ spell A winner! Great shot. #10572163
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Taken at the Alligator Farm, Fla. this past April. I watched the courtship display of this Roseate Spoonbill pair for quite some time, including this ritualized exchange of nest material. I learned that these birds are monagamous and that a mated pair will raise one brood of 1-6 eggs each year.
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Waka Flocka Flame on the Tupac Hologram: 'Hated It'
Undoubtedly, the Tupac Shakur Hologram was the biggest spectacle at this year's Coachella Festival. While it gave some people the creeps, others saw it as an innovative achievement for hip hop. However, there's one person who didn't like the virtual performance at all -- Waka Flocka Flame.
In a recent interview with Vibe magazine, the Brick Squad leader felt the Tupac hologram was exploiting the death of the late rap icon. "I hated it," he told the magazine. "That s--- wack. I don't think they should be doing that [because] they getting paid off a dead man's body."
"You don't know what a dead man be wanting to do. You gotta let that man rest in peace," he continues. "He's a great."
Waka Flocka may have a point, but we don't think Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's intentions were to get paid off the dead. The Tupac hologram wasn't for everybody, but for that moment at Coachella it was amazing.
Our only concern now are these rash talks about creating a Michael Jackson hologram and a Left Eye hologram for concert tours. Using this technology to bring back the dead will turn it into a gimmicky stunt rather than a heartfelt tribute for a late artist.
What do you think? Was the Tupac hologram wack? Tell us in the comments below.
Watch Waka Flocka Flame Interview with Vibe


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"The Practice of Creative Writing" is designed for all students in the introductory course, including those who may never take another writing class. Its message is, simply put: you can do this, and it's worthwhile to try. Heather Sellers, who writes in multiple genres herself, has developed an approach that focuses on the habits and strategies that produce good writing in any genre. These habits and strategies make it possible for students to focus, to generate lots of writing, and to get to the good stuff -- the powerful imagery and the stories they really want to tell. She makes creative writing fun by providing opportunities to be playful and to experiment at the same time she teaches students the importance of discipline and craft.Heather Sellers is the author of 'The Practice of Creative Writing: A Guide for Students', published 2007 under ISBN 9780312436476 and ISBN 0312436475.[read more]
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After sparking widespread comeback chatter last year with his album "The Bravest Man in the Universe," soul singer Bobby Womack has announced that he's experiencing early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
"The doctor says, 'You have signs of Alzheimer's,' " Womack told the BBC's Gilles Peterson in an interview on the latter's Radio 6 program. "It's not bad yet, but it's gonna get worse."
Womack, 68, admitted that he's having trouble remembering things, including the name of Damon Albarn, who co-produced "The Bravest Man in the Universe" with XL Recordings chief Richard Russell. At October's Q Awards in London -- where Womack won the award for best album -- he introduced the Blur/Gorillaz frontman as "Damon Osbourne." (The singer first collaborated with Albarn on the 2010 Gorillaz set "Plastic Beach.")
"That's so embarrassing," Womack said of the memory lapse. "Here's a guy I work with -- I would never belittle him like that."
"The Bravest Man in the Universe" earned rave reviews upon its release in June, with Pop & Hiss writing that the music "confronts old age without giving in to self-pity." Hear the title track below.
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ST. PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota teachers have a new resource for planning, planting and harvesting gardens with their students.
Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom has published a guide for school gardens. The colorful 268-page guide features 31 K-12 lessons linked to the state's academic standards in science, social studies, language arts, health and math.
The state agriculture department, which helped develop the guide, says it's bursting with delicious ideas to build connections between the classroom, the school garden and the cafeteria.
Agriculture in the Classroom specialist Sue Knott says they hope positive gardening experiences will serve as a launching pad for the further study of food and agriculture.
The free guide is available online, in hard copy or on a flash drive.
The guide can be downloaded or ordered at http://www.mda.state.mn.us/maitc


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Wednesday August 31, 2011
Robert Downey Jr. and his wife of six years are expecting their first child together early next year.
"Robert and Susan, 38, could not be more excited over this news," his rep tells People.
"They can't wait to welcome this new baby into their wonderful family."
The actor, who reprises his role as Iron Man in the upcoming movie The Avengers, is already a father to Indio, 17, his son with ex-wife Deborah Falconer.
But the news should come as no surprise.
In 2010, while promoting his comedy Due Date, the 46-year-old predicted he'd have another child in 2012.
"I think I will be wrist-deep in doo-doo within 18 months. I'm calling it right here," he said.
"I think we should probably try to have a girl because I don't want another male entity to have to compete," he joked.
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I think the ugliest bottles are the new ones favored for Guerlain's men's line in Derby, Arsene Lupin Dandy and Voyou.
It's heresy for a company with the lineage of Guerlain--a genuine one (unlike others who must manufacture their "histories")--to fob off a cheap-looking angular wooden bottle like some upstart new niche company.
A disgrace. They need to bring back the bee bottle, at least on Derby.


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Anyway, there has been some debate running around the moonkin community as to the current state of Moonkin DPS. Some have said we are to low, and others are saying we are just fine.
In an effort to get to the bottom of the question Murmurs sent out a Plea: "Friends, Azerothians, Moonkin, Lend me you Parses." (Ok, that wasn't an exact quote.) In a nutshell, what he wanted was information to see why some moonkins were still topping the DPS charts and why other moonkin seem to be falling behind. Is it gear, rotation, skill or some there issue that is causing the disagreement within the community.
After quite a few people decided to lend parses to the project, Ghostcrawler stepped in with some of his own thoughts on Moonkin DPS and some of the other issues we face. Here are the highlights.
The State of Moonkin DPS:
First, I should weigh in on the debate regarding Moonkin DPS. Pre-3.1 Moonkin DPS was fine in my opinion. Post-3.1 I expected Moonkin DPS to be fine also. We lost some DPS to the Improved Scorch nerf and Ulduar itemization is less then optimal. However, those nerfs affected all casters to some degree, and we also received buffs to Insect Swarm and Natures Grace. I expected it to all balance out in the end.
On top of that, it is hard to get a full view of Moonkin DPS by looking at parses or even looking at personal experience. It is hard to know why anyone is high on the charts or low on the charts. One moonkin could consistently be in the top 5 of one guild because they are a good player playing with a much of not so good players, and the same good moonkin could switch guilds and be at the bottom of the DPS charts because the people he plays with now are excellent.
All that said, since we have been raiding Ulduar for almost a month now I am seen myself drop lower on the charts. Some of that can be chalked up to inexperience with the fights and the fact that I haven't taken any gear upgrades while others have, but I am also starting to think that some of it is systematic. Fortunately Ghostcrawler agrees that Moonkin DPS is a little low on live.
GC's DPS comments and the Imp Moonkin Form buff:
Here is Ghostcrawler's first comment in the thread.
We think Balance dps is a little low on live, but changing Improved Moonkin Form to 30% Spirit to Spellpower in 3.1.2 should be something like a 5% spellpower boost to raid-buffed druids, which should be around a 5% dps increase. YMMV.
Also keep in mind that the Ulduar fights are pretty diverse. Fights like XT are a dream for melee, especially rogues and cats. (source)
As I said before, I like the change to Imp Moonkin Form, but if GC thinks its a 5% DPS increase he is crazy. Its not even a 5% Spell Power increase.
Fully raid buffed, I currently have about 2880 Spell Power and 550 Spirit. So, the buff to imp Moonkin Form will give me an additional 82 Spell Power. That isn't bad, but it's only 2.85% of my current fully raid buffed Spell Power.
You could also argue that I've avoided Spirit like the plague in the past and that my spirit levels will be higher after I am fully geared in Ulduar gear. So lets say I am fully geared in Ulduar gear, with near BiS gear. To be conservative I'm going to estimate that I have 3200 Spell Power at this point. For GC's comment to be true I would need to have about 1016 Spirit fully raid buffed. This translate to about 790 without raid buffs and would be a 120% increase to unbuffed spirit total.
Is it possible for me to increase my unbuffed spirit by 120% in Ulduar? Probably, but I highly doubt that it would happen with BiS gear. Realistically, I would estimate this buff to be worth about a 3.5% Spell Power increase in full BIS gear. (This number is just off the top of my head.)
GC's Comments on Eclipse:
Ghostcrawler then goes on to talk a little more about our love/hate relationship with Eclipse.
The basic design problem for Balance, as I know you know, comes down to Wrath and Starfire just being very similar spells. One is always going to win out by virtue of damage or cast time. Eclipse was our attempt to make which one wins more dynamic. I think it accomplishes that, but I think it's also fair to say that there aren't a ton of druids who are in love with the talent. Or maybe it's more fair to say that there are druids who just can't stand it. It's also not swell that the talent has driven many druids to mods to help manage it. (source)I think this comment is very interesting. Yes, the fact that Wrath and Starfire are too similar is a problem, but it is made worse by the fact that we have only 4 DPS spells to use as a part of our regular rotation. Yes, Eclipse does make the Moonkin rotation more dynamic, and I can see how that is a good thing. However, when you have only 4 spells in the book, there is only so much you can do without tying virtually all of Moonkin DPS to a single mechanic.
We're not going to give you a rotation that ends up being something like SF, Wrath, SF, Wrath or even SF x4, Wrath x4. We just think that's too boring and ultimately bad for the game. You can argue that you like Balance because it's very predictable and macro-able, but it should be
clear that we view that as a problem. (source)
I also find this comment fairly interesting. I somewhat disagree that standard rotations like the old MF, SF*4 disagree are boring. I didn't have a big problem with it, but I can see how a more dynamic rotation is more interesting and leaves more room for skill to shine.
My real issue is with this comment is if rotations are supposed to be dynamic, why don't they do it for every class. As most of you know my main alt is an Affliction Warlock. Pre-3.1 that rotation was about as dynamic as rock, and then they made it simpler. If you want DPS to be dynamic then do it across the board.
I'm in total hand-waving, brainstorm mode here. This is not a design we have cooking that we're all ready to implement, but imagine Eclipse worked something like this: Every Starfire you cast has a 20% cumulative chance of making your next Wrath do 30% more damage. So after SF1, the chance is 20%, but after SF5 the chance is 100%. That encourages you to swap spells somewhat randomly, but less random than the system we have now. The goal is to have something where you sometimes switch after SF 3 and sometimes after SF 5. Good druids would always switch at the right time and those who are still trying to maximize their potential could get better about switching at the right time. You could also have a system where every SF has a chance of making Wrath slightly better, with a stack on that effect, so that at some point it's the right time to switch.I want to reiterate GC's first sentence. Please realize that the comment above is off the top of GC's head. This is not a current plan, and don't expect to see it in the next major content patch. I am not going to model it until/unless something official is announced to say that Blizzard is working on this.
Don't feel the need to point out how you could game this system -- I spent all of 2 minutes coming up with it. If and when we decide to change it, we'd put far more work into the design. (source)
That said, it is an interesting idea. The big problem with Eclipse is that it is tied so heavily to timers and cooldowns. If it procs at the wrong time then it's wasted, or if there is a time when you need to DPS particularly hard you can't use it then.
I really like the idea of having a system where you could store the buff to use at the right time. Maybe combining the two ideas that GC presented would be a good idea. That way you get some of the randomness, but if SF is still the better spell due to Heroism then you could continue to cast SF without losing procs.
The Rest of the Thread:
From there the thread goes into a lot of discussion about how to improve Moonkin and such. I suggest that everyone at least skim through because there are a lot of interesting ideas. I however, will focus on just one post.
Murmurs made a post deeper into the thread with a lot of suggestions on how to rebalance Moonkin DPS. Once again I think he is just spitballing here, but there are some interesting suggestions. You can find the post here.
The idea I like best out of those suggestions is adding minor glyph that increases Wrath's Cast time and damage. So that Wrath as similar DPS for a single cast, but isn't as negatively affected by increased haste as the current Wrath. Of course this doesn't fix the problem that Wrath and Starfire are to similar, and probably makes it worse.
I also like the idea of a new spell. We need some sort of neutral nuke to fill the space when we don't want to proc eclipse, or just something different the then the straight DoTs and Nukes we currently have.


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"Which parameters make software applications high-quality? And which parameters or methods, while desirable, are not directly 'quality'?" This is the question the author of this article asks himself. Most of his 'parameters' make a lot of sense, but be aware that the article is about what makes an open source program high quality, and not programs in general. This important bit is stated in the one-sentence 'abstract'.


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Apr 4, 2014 12:06 PM PT
Mozilla Foundation cofounder Brendan Eich -- whose recent appointment as CEO of subsidiary Mozilla Corp. sparked an uproar -- on Thursday stepped down from the post in a bid to keep the company viable.
Foundation cofounder and CEO Mitchell Baker painted the move as a return to the foundation's core principles, noting that Eich made the decision "for Mozilla and our community."
Mozilla "prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didn't live up to it," Baker said. "We know why people are hurt and angry, and they are right: It's because we haven't stayed true to ourselves."
Eich's appointment as CEO, and his resignation, have raised questions about bigotry and freedom of speech.
Does a man have the right to contribute to causes he believes in, and should those actions impact his work? Where do we draw the line, and who says what the line is?
The appointment also raises questions about the open community process at Mozilla. The foundation learned about Eich's stance on gay marriage in 2012, according to Baker, and it came as a shock. However, it was discussed in the community process, and Mozilla decided to go ahead with Eich's appointment to the CEO post anyway.
Reaction to Eich's Stepping Down
Eich's latest move has triggered yet another furor.
The gay developers at Teamrarebit, whose criticism of Eich's appointment kicked off the outcry against him, said he'd be a "great CEO" if he reconsidered his attitude and issued an apology.
Credoaction.com, which launched a petition to Mozilla calling on Eich to reverse his stance, resign or be replaced, welcomed his resignation as "an important moment for the Mozilla community and a critical development in our ongoing fight for equality and the open web."
The Courage Campaign, a California-based grassroots advocacy organization, declared that Mozilla had "once again reaffirmed its credibility as a thoroughly progressive institution."
Some prominent high-tech figures applauded Eich's move as being good for Mozilla but decried what they saw as negative implications for free speech.
HumanEvents.com, a conservative blog, described the resignation as an example of mob rule.
Nonaligned Views on the Issue
"Brendan was clearly caught in an issue which has experienced a rapid shift over the last couple of years," said Al Hilwa, a program director at IDC Seattle.
"What might have seemed a matter of opinion a couple of years ago is becoming a civil and even a human rights issue. It is ironic that this befell Mozilla, since the rapid pace of change in such issues is clearly related to the acceleration of our digital world ushered in by the Internet itself," he told LinuxInsider.
"While many people's attitudes towards same-sex marriage have changed during the past two years, Eich's have not," remarked Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "That does not necessarily make him wrong or evil -- just out of step."
Is the Open Process Broken?
Eich's colleagues at the Mozilla Foundation learned about a US$1,000 contribution he made to Prop. 8, a 2008 anti-gay marriage California state constitutional amendment, according to Re/code.
After discussing this in the open community process, they decided to appoint him CEO anyway.
"That was naiveté," Mukul Krishna, senior global director for digital media at Frost & Sullivan, told LinuxInsider. "They probably thought that since the issue did not blow up in their face when it was first brought up, people would be fine with his appointment to the CEO post."
However, as CEO, Eich "would represent the company, its ideology and vision," and that's where the trouble began, Krishna suggested. "You're talking about a company that depends on the community, not a company like the Koch brothers would run."
In the wake of the uproar, opined King, "I expect some fundamental changes to the community's processes are being considered or are under way."


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The Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Master of Science program for the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis received accreditation for five years - the maximum possible for a new program -- from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The organization assesses and identifies nursing programs that engage in effective educational practices.
"We are very pleased with this news," said Heather M. Young, associate vice chancellor for nursing at UC Davis and founding dean for the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, "particularly as it means our first class will graduate Thursday from a newly accredited program."
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education is an autonomous accrediting agency, contributing to the improvement of the public's health. The commission ensures the quality and integrity of baccalaureate, graduate, and residency programs in nursing. As a voluntary, self-regulatory process, the commission's accreditation supports and encourages continuing self-assessment by nursing programs and supports continuing growth and improvement of collegiate professional education and post-baccalaureate nurse residency programs.
The school initiated the accreditation process when the program launched in fall 2010. The process included a site visit in October 2011. The commission announced the accreditation May 25, following formal approval by the Board of Commissioners.
According to the notification letter, the innovative and interprofessional master's-degree program, which is led by the Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Graduate Group, met all four accreditation standards related to mission and governance, institutional commitment and resources, curriculum and teaching-learning practices and program effectiveness.
"The accreditation represents a substantial achievement," Young said. "This validates that the distinctive program developed at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing meets the highest professional standards and affirms the focus of our nursing program on advancing health, improving the quality of care and leading system change."
The Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Master of Science Degree Program opened in fall 2010. The inaugural class will participate in graduation ceremonies Thursday in Davis.
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis was established in March 2009 through a $100 million commitment from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the nation's largest grant for nursing education. The vision of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing is to transform health care through nursing education and research. Through nursing leadership, the school discovers knowledge to advance health, improve quality of care and health outcomes, and inform health policy. The school's first programs, a doctoral and a master's degree program, opened in fall 2010. Additional students and programs will be phased in over the next decade. The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing is part of UC Davis Health System, an integrated, academic health system encompassing the UC Davis School of Medicine, the 619-bed-acute-care hospital and clinical services of UC Davis Medical Center and the 1000-member physician group known as the UC Davis Medical Group. For more information, visit nursing.ucdavis.edu.


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Author Notes: I love beets. I just didn't know it until my wife got me addicted. We grow a lot of beets in our garden and we use them in all kinds of different ways. We also raise chickens for eggs. With fresh eggs and fresh dug beets you can hardly go wrong. Being frugal I like using the tops but in this case I only used the stems and the greens went back to the chickens. I used a two inch round cutter to cut the beets and the same cutter as a mold to plate the dish. A nice variation is to add a slice of cured smoked salmon rolled into a rosette with some creme fraiche. Oh, and although I think the picture is pretty, cut, mix and combine this dish and by all means spread the salmon roe out. A little, although I think the roe is great, goes a long way. —thirschfeld
Serves: 4
For the roasted beets
beets, with fresh tops removed and saved
Olive oil
Kosher salt
fresh ground black pepper
a handful of fresh thyme
For the beet stems:
cup beet stems, chopped fine
cup shallots, chopped fine
cup dry white wine
cup champagne vinegar
tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 1/2
tablespoons walnut oil
teaspoons Italian parsley, minced
teaspoon tarragon, minced
Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
hard boiled eggs
salmon roe
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- Preheat the oven to 350. Place the beets in an ovenproof casserole and drizzle them with olive oil and sprinkle them with salt and pepper. Spread the thyme across the top. Cover with foil. Place in the oven and bake for one hour. Some beets take longer to cook than others so at the one hour mark I test for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the largest beet. It should pierce easily until you get close to the middle. Then it should firm up. Don't worry by the time they cool there will be plenty of carry over cooking. If they are to firm place them back in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove them from the oven and let cool.
For the beet stems:
- Place the beet stems, shallots, white wine into a medium sized saute pan and place them over medium heat. Once they start to boil lower the heat and simmer until the wine is gone with the exception of a few bubbles. Add the champagne vinegar and reduce to a glaze. Add the balsamic, stir and remove from the heat. Let it cool to room temperature. Place the stem mixture in a mixing bowl and add the walnut oil, tarragon and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
- Using a coarse strainer set over a mixing bowl smash the eggs through the mesh with the back of a spoon. Scrape the back of the strainer because a lot of eggy goodness will be hanging out their. Cut the each beet into two 1/2 inch slices. Place on a cutting board and cut into rounds using a 2 inch diameter round cookie cutter. You want to have 8 rounds when finished. Season them with a touch of salt and a little pepper. Place the cookie cutter onto the center of a plate. Spoon a tablespoon of the beet stem mixture into the cutter spreading the mixture to the sides. Place a beet round on top and gently push down. Repeat one more time and remove the cutter by holding the top beet with a finger and lifting the cutter. Spoon a good sized portion of egg onto the top and garnish with a small spoonful of salmon roe. Repeat this process with the remaining 3 plates. Serve.
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"Brazil is an important commercial and cultural partner for Massachusetts and we are honored that the President will make time for us," Patrick said.
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the least. There was one guy (Steve Metalitz) from the "other side":
Steve represents the International Intellectual Property Alliance...and
you can imagine what THEIR stance on circumvention exceptions is. My
sense is that he was pulling his punches and biding his time until the BIG
show in DC this week (good luck to Carlton Jackson, Jeff Clark, Carrie
Russell and others who will be testifying on our behalf)
Attached are my comments. Both Mark Kaiser (director, UCB Language
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Lawrenceville, NJ- The Pioneer women's track team won 10 of 20 scored events as they cruised to a first place finish at the Rider Invitational this weekend. Ashley Matakevich (Stratford, CT) led the way for Sacred Heart winning both the long jump and triple jump events. The men's team took four event crowns, including James Gladysz's (Wading River, NY) victory in the 5000 meter run, and earned second place overall behind host Rider.
The women's team got off to a fast start as Lauren Sudbey (Sandy Hook, CT) won the first event of the day, clearing 3.20 meters in the pole vault. Athalia Smith (New Britain, CT) added ten more points shortly after with a winning toss of 51.04 meters in the hammer throw. Christine Middleton (Colchester, CT) earned third place in the event and Chantul Smith (New Britain, CT) came in sixth.
The Pioneers got a one-two finish in the long jump with Matakevich claiming the victory and teammate Stephanie Kanner (Coram, NY) placing just behind for second, adding eight more points to the SHU total. Sacred Heart posted the top three throws in the shot put with Carol Cress (Butler, PA) launching the winning toss 13.36 meters. Athatlia Smith and Chantul Smith finished second and third, respectively with throws of 12.79 and 12.57 meters.
Sacred Heart continued its dominance in the field events with a convincing victory in the discus throw from Christine Middleton (Colchester, CT) who distanced herself from the rest of the field by over 1.5 meters. Athatlia Smith came in third in the event to score for the third time on the day. Bonnie Kilis (Marlbourough, CT) won made things dramatic in her win in javelin. The senior's last throw of 40.87 meters bested any of her other attempts by over five meters and was just enough for the victory.
Matakevich captured her second win of the afternoon as she posted a distance of 11.12 meters in the triple jump. Four Pioneers earned points in the 3000 meter steeplechase coming in 2nd-5th. Theresa Campbell (Colonia, NJ) finished ahead of the SHU pack with Sara Pollock (Sandy Hook, CT) close behind to finish third overall. Michelle Navarro (Piscataway, NJ) and Christina Soares (Naugatuck, CT) were next in line to round out the event scoring for SHU.
Brittany Llobell (West Sayville, NY) and Sarah Tencza (Succasunna, NJ) provided the Pioneers with another one-two finish, this time in the 1500 meter run. Llobell crossed the tape in 4:51.16 with Tencza right behind at 4:52.65. Jennifer Sant Anna (Montvale, NJ) picked up a point for SHU in the 100 meter hurdles with her time of 17.39 seconds earning a sixth place finish. Karlie Dean (Stormville, NY) clocked in at 12.44 seconds in the 100 meter dash to pick up a third place finish and six points in the standings.
The Pioneers got a second place effort from Olivia Civardi (Brightwaters, NY) in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:20.81. Kenner led a trio of Pioneers who scored in the 400 meter hurdles with a fourth place time of 1:07.59. Caitlin McLaughlin (East Northport, NY) took fifth and Molly Hurkett (Woburn, MA) crossed the tape in sixth. Samantha Troy (Lebanon, CT) took first place in the 5000 meters with fellow Pioneer Johanna Acosta (Hartford, CT) placing second.
The women's relay teams also had a strong day with both the 4x800 squad picking up the victory and the 4x400 team finishing second. Sacred Heart finished the meet with 205.50 points to take first while second place Rider rounded out competition with 178.50 points.
The men's team got victories from the 4x100 relay squad, Josh Roman (Seymour, CT) in the 400 meter dash, Nicholas Arena (Brewster, NY) in the 800 meter run, and Gladysz in the 500 meter race. Mark Conklin (Warwick, RI) led the SHU men in the hammer throw with a 45.92 meter toss to finish third. Matthew Wagner (Brookhaven, NY) and Christopher Mahl (South Burlington, VT) were right behind coming in fourth and fifth, respectively. Nicholas Phillips (Portland, ME) notched three points for the Pioneers with a fourth place finish in the high jump.
Sacred Heart picked up three points in the discus as Matthew Wagner (Brookhaven, NY) came in fifth with a 40.14 meter throw for fifth place while Mahl came in sixth. Bertony Jean-Louis (Norwalk, CT) had a strong outing in the triple jump, claiming second place and eight points with a distance of 13.55 meters. Sean Rothenburger (Elmwood Park, NJ) also notched a second place finish with a 57.59 meter toss in the javelin.
The Pioneers claimed the second, third, and fourth spots for 18 total points in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Christopher Connelly (Medford, NY) finished second with a time of 9:52.87 and Brendan Rickert (Danbury, CT) took third crossing the tape in 10:10.89. Kent Harlow (Burnt Hills, NY) rounded out the SHU scoring in the event with a fourth place finish in 10:16.31.
SHU also had three runners score points in the 1500 meter event. John Kenworthy (Gloversville, NY) led the way coming in second with a time of 4:04. 35. Richard Marcello (Foster, RI) was close behind in third clocking in at 4:07.43 while Matthew Chorney (Bristol, NH) picked up a point finishing in sixth in 4:18.25. Jeremy Rosado (Brooklyn, NY) and Jean-Louis took second and third, respectively, in a very tight 110 meter hurdles race. Rosado finished six-hundredths of a second behind the winner with Jean-Louis two-hundredths behind Rosado. Roman added 10 points to the SHU total with his win in the 400 meter dash clocking in at 50.22 seconds, a full second ahead of the nearest competitor.
Sacred Heart got a second place finish from Sean Barrett (Islip Terrace, NY) in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.63 seconds. Arena earned his victory for the Pioneers with a 1:59.20 time in the 800 meter run while Jeffrey Lusignan (East Montpelier, VT) came in fourth to grab four more points. Rosado picked up a third place finish in the 400 meter hurdles and Justin McLoughlin (West Hurley, NY) followed him in fifth.
Scott Kasper (East Longmeadow, MA) finished the 200 meter dash in 23.14 seconds, good enough for second place while his teammate Barrett finished on his heels in third. Gladysz posted a time of 15:37.57 to win the 5000 meter run and Daniel Koheler (Red Hook, NY) clocked in at 15:45.72 to claim third. The Pioneer 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams each took second place to round out the scoring for the day. The men's team finished the meet with 186 points in second place, 92 points ahead of NEC rival Monmouth.
The Sacred Heart track teams return to action next weekend at the Collegiate Track Conference Championships in DeSales, PA.


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Dividing the Nation
It's an everyday sight in Istanbul: women on the bus, some of them fashionably coiffeured, others wearing the Muslim headscarf: peaceful co-existence. In big, American-style shopping centres, women with their heads covered stand at the rummage tables alongside others with their hair worn free.
Some carry the goods they've bought for all to see, while others hide their purchases beneath ankle-length coats. And they meet at the hairdresser's, too; for many women, particularly the younger ones, do want to look good beneath the veil.
A comforting illusion of harmony
Yet this peaceful atmosphere is deceptive. In Turkey, no other topic gets people so worked up as the Muslim headscarf. For some, it's a symbol of religious fanaticism and the oppression of women that ultimately has to be banished from public life. Women who have chosen a Western lifestyle often feel actual physical discomfort at the sight of a woman wearing the headscarf.
Others are convinced that the veiling of women is commanded by the Koran, and they argue that a ban would infringe their right to practice their religion freely – something that is anchored in the country's democratic constitution. In their view, an unveiled woman is at the very least a sinner, if not in fact an infidel; and whenever these people have the choice, they too prefer to be left to themselves.
So far, the state of affairs in Turkey may sound very similar to the situation in Germany or France; and indeed, in all these countries, the same kind of arguments are marshalled by both sides. In Turkey, too, the debate is being conducted with increasingly passionate intensity through the various channels of the mass media.
France's secular tradition as a role-model
There is, however, one small but important difference: in contrast to the Western European countries, Turkey is populated mainly by Muslims. This doesn't mean, however, that Turkey is "an Islamic country", nor does it imply that all of its people are practising Muslims; for since the foundation of modern Turkey 80 years ago, the country has defined itself as a "secular state", in which religion and politics are to be strictly separated by law. Although the state does monitor the exercise of religious worship, the constitution unambiguously prohibits any kind of religious influence on the practice of politics.
For the founders of the Turkish Republic, France's secularism functioned as a role model; and consequently, no one in Turkey is surprised that the French now want to ban the headscarf from their schools. Turkish girls are already forbidden to wear the headscarf to school, from the first day of primary-level education onwards.
Nonetheless, this is a topic that has been the source of heated controversy in Turkey for decades – and in the current battle, the schools and universities form the front line.
The universities as a platform for the headscarf debate
"Having lost Islam for a time, humankind has found it again. We all grew up in the 80s and 90s – and we are now witnessing the collapse of Western civilisation! The revival of religion moves on from strength to strength!"
hese are the rallying cries of young, veiled, women at the University of Istanbul - women who make no secret of their Islamist worldview. For most of these educated, metropolitan students, Islam has become an ideology that allows them to interpret the present while pointing the way towards the future.
The headscarf has long since become the symbol for an "Islamic ideology" that refuses to see religious faith as something to be "caged in" in the private sphere; instead, it wants to see this faith "lived out" in every area of public and private life. These young female students are also interested in the Iraqi "resistance" and the Chechens' struggle against the Russians. They are often actively involved in political organisations, and they spend a lot of time reading Islamist political literature.
The headscarf as a symbol of an "alternative, divine set of coordinates"
The veil these women wear is known in Turkish as the "türban": in contrast to the traditional headscarf worn by rural Turkish women – which is bound loosely under the chin, and often reveals a few stray strands of hair without anyone being bothered by the fact - the Islamist türban is crossed at the nape of the neck.
In her recent commentary on the French plan to ban the headscarf, the well-known Islamist lawyer Sibel Eraslan described the Muslim headscarf as a symbol of "an alternative, divine set of coordinates, diametrically opposed to the basic principles of Western modernity".
Faced with the "türban attack", says Eraslan, the West has been forced into a position it can defend only with great difficulty; for, as she sees it, a ban is irreconcilable with the existing legal systems of the Western countries. Eraslan argues that hatred of the headscarf is evidence of a system that "rejects any connection to the divine". For her, as for many Islamists, the headscarf has become the most important tool in the struggle to "re-Islamicise" society.
With and without the veil – a brief historical review
It's true that the revival of the veil has been accompanied by a strengthening of the role played by Islam in modern Turkish society. In the 30s and 40s, headscarves disappeared from the Turkish cities, only to reappear in greater numbers in the course of the 60s.
Until then, there had been a one-party system in Turkey. The strictly secular Republican People's Party (CHP) had paid close attention to upholding the clothing reforms introduced by Kemal Atatürk. Men were forbidden to wear the turban, the fez or the kaftan, while women were banned from wearing the charshaf, the black "sheet" that conceals the entire body with the exception of the eyes or the face.
Women are, and were, permitted to wear a headscarf at home or on the street – but not in the state-controlled areas: in schools, universities, hospitals, law courts and government offices, no kind of veil or headscarf is permitted.
The officially-stated goal is to produce "enlightened, educated Turkish women". If these women are to become doctors, lawyers, teachers or engineers, it is argued, then they will have to fit the modern Western image of an emancipated woman.
The Kemalist worldview sees Western civilisation - or more precisely, the achievements of the French Revolution – as dependable signposts towards the future. The task is to stick to the path while marching onwards to a better world.
The secularists argue that the kind of regression (in Turkish: irtica) manifested in deep religiosity or in the wearing of the headscarf will eventually be defeated. In the words of Nur Vergin, a professor of politics: "To the founders of the Republic, religious faith per se was deeply suspect." In their view, the traumatic collapse of the Ottoman Empire was due mainly to the deeply conservative interpretation of Islam that has prevailed amongst Muslims for centuries.
"The West was victorious because we Muslims were stagnating", argued the Kemalists – and they pointed to the veiling of women as the prime example of this stagnation. From the modernist, positivist West, the founding fathers of the Turkish Republic adopted faith in science as a replacement for the ancient faith in God.
The fear of a headscarf revival
In a highly respected book entitled "The Forbidden Modern: Civilization and Veiling" (Univ. of Michigan Press, 1996), the sociologist Nilüfer Göle has described how the Turkish modernists focused on the liberation of women: from the established patriarchy, and from the outer and inner constraints that made them prisoners in their own homes and debarred them from participating in Turkish society.
Only after the foundation of the Republic were Turkish women enabled to step out from the shadow of their men folk and take their place confidently on the public stage.
These are also the reasons why so many contemporary Turkish women – and especially those who live in the cities – are frightened of the Muslim headscarf. They know what a hard struggle it took to realise the freedoms and social rights nominally introduced by Atatürk; and they see the headscarf, quite simply, as the symbol of a counter-revolution that wants to rob them of everything they have won. They point to the compulsory veiling of women in post-revolutionary Iran as an example of what they most fear.
But is this really the goal of the "headscarf movement"? If so, they must be celebrating the progress they have made towards achieving it: for today, headscarves and "modest" ankle-length dresses are worn by the wives of almost every senior politician in the Turkish government.
Last summer, the Turkish premier Tayyip Erdogan attended the arranged marriage of his son with a 17-year-old schoolgirl. The bride wore a wedding dress that concealed everything but her face and her hands. Pictures of the wedding aroused strong feelings of aversion amongst "non-veiled" women: "I refuse to accept that these women represent me, as a Turkish woman, to the rest of the world", says the housewife Ayla S.; and she admits that she would even approve of a military coup if it led to the banning of "these headscarves" from the sphere of public life.
A questionable ban
Yet most of the "veiled" young women in the Turkish cities are also the children of Atatürk's modernised Turkey. They have no desire to sit at home, waiting for their husbands. They want to go out, to work, to earn money - and they don't want to be oppressed by men. In the case of these young women, the headscarf ban has precisely the opposite effect to that intended.
After studying medicine for four years, Nilüfer Pehlivan was forced to abandon her dream of becoming a doctor, for she was not permitted to take up a medical residency. She describes the crucial meeting with her professor:
"He compared it with a set of scales. He told me to imagine the headscarf on one side and my course of studies on the other - and he asked me which weighed more heavily in the balance. I felt as if someone were playing a horrible game with me, forcing me to choose between my faith and my studies. He told me I had to make a decision." No compromise was possible: Nilüfer left the room – and, eventually, she left the university, too.
What does the future hold? Though the headscarf ban at the universities has now been relaxed a little, it has not been suspended. Some places of higher education take a more "liberal" stance than others, where students have to hand in their headscarves at the door - or else engage in tragicomic ploys, such as wearing a wig over the scarf.
The growing threat of a polarised society
Currently, Turkey is governed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP). The AKP is moderately Islamist, but has so far failed in its attempts to abolish the ban on headscarves. Little by little, however, those who advocate the veiling of women appear to be gaining ground.
At the universities, the ban has been relaxed even further, and the next stage in the headscarf campaign would be Parliament itself. Up to now, though, the Turkish state has fiercely resisted the presence of veiled deputies in the Turkish assembly.
Here, too, Turkish society is divided. The veiled woman is a symbol for a whole range of political developments, and however things turn out, this much is already clear: in Turkey, as elsewhere, the controversy seems bound to grow ever more acrimonious.
The headscarf dispute can no longer be seen in isolation from events in Western Europe, Iraq, Afghanistan, and indeed the entire world. On this much, at least, all sides can agree: what's at stake is much more than just a piece of cloth. The Muslim headscarf is also a political issue par excellence.
Dilek Zaptcioglu, © Qantara.de 2003
Translation from German: Patrick Lanagan


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A "Palm" is a commonly referred to as a small-scale (hand-held) computer that runs Palm's PalmOS software.
Palm Computing was founded by Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky and Ed Colligan. The original purpose of the company was to create handwriting recognition software for other devices (Graffiti). The initial idea for the devices came from Hawkins' habit of carrying a block of wood in his pocket.
The initial Palm device released in 1996 was called the Pilot. Because Pilot Pen Corporation brought forth a trademark infrigement case, the second generation device released in 1997 was named the PalmPilot.
The Palm was not the original PDA device released, but benefited from the failure of Apple's Newton.
The Palm OS initially featured personal information management (PIM) tools such as Calendar, Contacts, Memo Pad, Expense and Tasks.
Presently, version 6.0 of the Palm OS is under development (Cobalt). Cobalt features a Linux-based kernel. There are presently no devices released using Palm OS 6.
|Address Book
|Memo Pad
|Note Pad
|To Do List
|Palm Photos
|Third Party Applications
Palm Variants
-Version 3.1, 3.3, 3.5 Added support for color, multiple expansion ports, new processors, etc.
-Version 4.0 Added a standard interface for external FS access
-Version 5.0 First version to support Acorn Risc Machine (ARM) devices. Later versions which included OS 4.1.2 and 5.2, featured Graffiti 2. It began the separation of Palm OS and Palm One.
-Version 6 Allowed ARM applications with multimedia support.
Palm Pilot
Sony CliÈ
Handspring Visor
References: http://www.answers.com/topic/palm-os


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Jobless Claims in U.S. Drop as Steady Labor Gains Go On
WASHINGTON—The number of Americans filing first-time applications for jobless benefits fell for the second straight week, a sign of steady progress for the labor market.
Initial jobless claims, a measure of layoffs across the U.S. economy, fell by 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 334,000 in the week ended June 8, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast 350,000.


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Brushing one's teeth not usually thought of as risky behavior—in fact, the opposite (yay for good dental hygiene!)—except if you're using certain electric toothbrushes, warns the FDA.
Earlier today, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration issued a warning to consumers about potential dangers associated with the use of Arm & Hammer or Crest Spinbrushes. "When using your electric toothbrush, you don't expect parts of the device to pop off and chip your tooth, fly into your eyes or get stuck in your throat," reads the warning about the battery-powered Arm & Hammer Spinbrush—or the Crest Spinbrush, as it was called before 2009.
Plus: Stay up-to-date on the latest recalls with our Recall Finder
Indeed, the FDA has received reports of serious injuries associated with these toothbrushes when turned on, including brush heads that either popped off or broke off in the user's mouth or near the face, causing cuts to the mouth and gums, chipped or broken teeth, injuries to the face and eyes, and swallowing or choking on the broken pieces. The risk for serious injury is higher for unattended children or adults who may need assistance while brushing their teeth.
Plus: Teaching Little Ones How to Brush Their Teeth
This warning applies to ALL models of the Spinbrush, including:
- Spinbrush ProClean
- Spinbrush ProClean Recharge
- Spinbrush Pro Whitening
- Spinbrush SONIC
- Spinbrush SONIC Recharge
- Spinbrush Swirl
- Spinbrush Classic Clean
- Spinbrush For Kids
- Spinbrush Replacement Heads
While the "Spinbrush for Kids" models (which include handle designs like Spiderman and Thomas & Friends) don't have removable brush heads that could pop off during use, the FDA has received reports of cut lips, burns from the batteries and bristles falling off and lodging in a child's tonsils.
Plus: Dr. Sears on Making Toothbrushing Fun for Toddlers
The FDA recommends that consumers:
- Inspect the Spinbrush for any damage or loose brush bristles before using it—and if there are any, refrain from using the brush. Report it to the manufacturer, Church & Dwight, which can be reached at 800-352-3384 or 800-561-0752.
- Confirm that the head is properly connected to the handle of the brush (on adult models, the brush head can be removed)—and even test it on the outside of your mouth before using. If the connection feels loose or the headpiece comes off, don't use the toothbrush, and report it to Church & Dwight.
- Supervise kids and adults who need assistance when brushing their teeth.
- Refrain from biting down on the brush head while brushing.
Last year, the FDA learned that Church & Dwight Co. Inc. had failed to report numerous consumer complaints to the agency. The FDA issued a warning to the company in May 2011 because of its failure to report serious injuries within a reasonable timeframe. Since then, the company has improved labeling to caution consumers to change the brush head every three months or sooner if the brush is worn or parts are loose, added color-changing bristles to indicate when the brush head should be replaced, and issued a safety notice about the Spinbrush in TV and print ads.
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Journey to Italy" Joanne shares her memories of Italy with her student Barbra recreating some of the dishes form her travels. She starts with a simple salad of fig and prosciutto, then slowly adds just enough red wine for a faro risotto, and finally ends the meal with a dessert of strawberry, port, and black pepper. Recipes: Fig And Blueberry Salad With Creme Fraiche, Mint and Prosciutto di Parma, Farro Risotto with Red Wine and Grana Padano, Strawberry with Port and Black Pepper, and an Aperol Champagne Cocktail. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Germany's Romantic Rhine and Rothenburg" Rick cruises the Rhine River, dodging riverboat traffic and the legendary siren, Lorelei. He climbs castles, descends into dungeons, and relaxes with Rhine wine before touring Burg Eltz - a lived-in castle where the noble lady still puts out fresh flowers.G
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Great Conversations "Dr. Eric Kandel and Jonah Lehrer" Dr. Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize-winning medical researcher, University Professor at Columbia, Director of the Kavli Institute for brain science, and author of In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind converses with Jonah Lehrer, Contributing Editor at Wired. D


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Here is just a sampling of what your financial gifts can buy:
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Canton police arrested a driver and seized the loaded assault rifle on his car seat.
When police pulled over a township man spotted driving "outside his lane of travel," they soon noticed the loaded assault rifle laying on the front seat, according to Stark County Jail records.
Sean K. Scott, 26, whom Stark County court records say lives at 3215 Fifth St. SE in Canton Township, was arrested at 4:54 p.m. Monday at routes 30 and 43, the jail records said.
Police seized the loaded Romanian AK-47, which had a round in the chamber as it laid on the front passenger seat, the jail records.
They also had warrants for Scott's arrest.
Court records show he was also on intensive supervised probation since his May conviction on charges of receiving stolen property, felony vandalism and breaking and entering.
He remained in jail early Tuesday, held without bond on charges of having weapons under disability, improper handling of firearms in a vehicle, unauthorized plates, failure to reinstate operator's license, failure to file taxes, marked lanes violation, open container in a vehicle and a probation violation, jail records said.
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Even those U.S. households which aren't directly affected by Hurricane Sandy could face an unwelcome rise in their insurance premiums in the wake of this massive, drenching storm.
The cost of homeowners' insurance has already been on the climb – a factor which, along with higher food and fuel prices, has pushed up the cost of living for the typical American family in recent years even as income growth remains stubbornly weak. The average homeowners' premium has risen by 97% since 2000 – a virtual doubling – and was set to cross $1,000 this year for the first time even before Sandy hit, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
Now, premiums may rise further as Sandy transforms what was an otherwise quiet hurricane season into a much more significant one. For the industry, losses that are initially estimated in the $5 to $20 billion range may actually help to eat up some of the excess capacity which has plagued it for years (pegged at $550 billion as of year-end 2011) and help insurers justify premium hikes to state regulators next year.
In fact, the hurricane could wind up being a boon for major property and casualty (P&C) players for precisely that reason. Bernstein Research, for example, observed that the knee-jerk sell-off across many of those names ahead of the storm "presents an opportunity to build positions, now at more attractive levels in the leading non-life writers to take advantage of a cyclical pricing recovery."
Bernstein's favorite names include AIG, Allstate ("best-in-the-group structural pricing power"), and Progressive, where the firm sees "an obvious and mechanical recovery trade as pricing drives a reversal in earnings momentum for 2013 and beyond".
That's less good news, of course, for households which have little choice when it comes to coughing up for homeowners' insurance, which is required for anyone holding a mortgage. And it comes not during a period of economic strength, but rather one of relative weakness.
Indeed, one of the underlying reasons that insurers have been raising premiums in recent years is to offset losses on their investment portfolios, which are under pressure because of super-low interest rates which themselves are symptomatic of the weak economy. The risk, in other words, is that by raising costs for households insurers are exacerbating the weak economy and thereby their own future earnings power.
A similar phenomenon is at play on the commercial side, where higher rates for workers compensation, if left unchecked, could prompt companies to hire fewer workers or even to let go of existing ones. Insurers are understandably eager to improve their earnings power, given their sagging return on equity in recent years. But they also must avoid being victims of their own success.


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Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings from Bremont!
Bremont sincerely thank you for your support over the last 12 months and wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas, happy holidays and all the very best for 2013. We look forward to welcoming many more of you to Bremont over the coming months and hope to meet you at one of our future events.
2012 has been a very exciting and positive year for Bremont and we feel that we have come a long way and achieved an enormous amount. We've launched with some wonderful new retailers around the world, opened our Flagship Boutique in London's Mayfair and invested considerably into manufacturing and product development. 2012 has also seen some important new watch launches for us and the most notable of these has been the very special Bremont Victory Limited Edition which has received enormous praise from both clients and press, the first of these watches are now being delivered to our retailers.
2012 also saw the release of a new collection of SOLO watches and the beautifully over engineered ALT1-WT, which is Bremont's first World Timer. We have also gained more notoriety within the Military with the signing of a number of additional elite Squadron contracts for special project watches.
We start 2013 with an exciting change as we move into our new headquarters in Henley on Thames, South Oxfordshire. This state of the art facility, which has been purpose built for Bremont, will house our UK head office, production facility, testing and assembly. It is an investment that cements our commitment to the British watch industry and that proves us as a serious contender. All of Bremont's production will be carried out on site and it's the first time, for a long time, that mechanical watches will be made on British soil to this scale. We will be announcing our move in early 2013 and will subsequently hold a series of press, retailer and customer visits.
Have a wonderful Christmas and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.