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Yahoo Joins Google Effort to Encrypt Email
LAS VEGAS -- Yahoo said Thursday it will join an effort by rival Google to create an encrypted email system by next year that could make it mathematically impossible to hand over users' messages to a court.
If they're successful, it would mark a big step in bringing encrypted messaging -- long the province of privacy hawks and conspiracy theorists -- to a consumer-friendly service. It also marks one of the starkest examples of tech giants rethinking their business plans after Edward Snowden began leaking secrets from the National Security Agency last year. Until February, Yahoo didn't even have a c-level executive dedicated to information security.
Google in June announced plans for its own project for spy-proof email. But the addition of Yahoo is notable because the two have access to such a large chunk of world email users. In December 2013, Google had 366 million unique Gmail visitors followed by Yahoo at 273 million, according to ComScore.
Both companies say the encryption tool will be an optional feature that users will have to turn on.
It will rely on a version of PGP encryption, a long-tested form of encryption that has not yet been cracked. Unlike traditional webmail services that rely on tech companies holding passwords and usernames for consumer accounts, PGP relies on each user having their own encryption key stored on their laptops, tablets and smartphones.
In an interview, Yahoo's chief information security officer, Alex Stamos, acknowledged there are challenges ahead for bringing such a tool to the general public.
For one, Yahoo has to explain to users how PGP works and that it is not a panacea for privacy concerns. For instance, it only encrypts the content of messages -- not the data on who sends and receives the messages or the subject line.
"We have to make it to clear to people it is not secret you're emailing your priest," Stamos said in an interview at the Black Hat security conference here. "But the content of what you're emailing him is secret."
There also could be legal issues for such a widely used tech company adopting uncrackable encryption. Last summer, Lavabit, Snowden's old email provider, shuttered itself after a court ordered it to handover its encryption keys. If Google and Yahoo are successful, they will be able to argue that they don't have the keys for their encryption service.
Stamos said he's confident Yahoo can protect users' messages.
"It's not clear the Lavabit example actually scales up," he said. "That's very different from a publicly traded multibillion dollar company with an army of lawyers who would love to take this argument all the way to the Supreme Court."

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BERLIOZ: Les Troyens
Les Troyens: Grand opéra in five acts.
Despite the flaming torches of the plebeian plotters which, in the Prologue, etched chiaroscuro omens within the Palladian porticos of Michael Yeargan's imposing and impressive set, this was a rather slow-burn revival of Elijah Moshinsky's 1991 production of Simon Boccanegra.
This is the one where a very personable devil tells God that mankind is so far gone it isn't worth his time to bother corrupting it further.
What a treat the London Music Conservatoires serve up for opera-goers each season. After the Royal Academy's Bizet double-bill of Le docteur Miracle and La tragédie de Carmen, and in advance of the Royal College's forthcoming pairing of Huw Watkins' new opera, In the Locked Room, based on a short story by Thomas Hardy, and The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama have delivered a culinary coupling of Paul Hindemith's The Long Christmas Dinner and Sir Lennox Berkeley's The Dinner Engagement which the Conservatoire last presented for our delectation in November 2006.
Hamlet: Opéra in five acts. Music composed by Ambroise Thomas. Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier after The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare.
Advertised in the program as the first opera written in the New World, La Púrpura de la Rosa (PR) was premiered in 1701 in Lima (Peru), but more than the historical feat, true or not, accounts for the piece's interest.
Das Liebesverbot: Grosse komische Oper in two acts.
Opera in three acts. Words and music by Richard Wagner.
Parsifal. Bühnenweihfestspiel ("stage dedication play") in three acts.
"German poet, dramatist and novelist. One of the most important literary and cultural figures of his age, he was recognized during his lifetime for his accomplishments of almost universal breadth. However, it is his literary works that have most consistently sustained his reputation, and that also serve to demonstrate most clearly his many-faceted relationship to music. . . .
This theme relates to operas based on the works of Friedrich von Schiller.
Here are operas based on French literature from Balzac, Hugo and beyond:
Le Cid, Opéra in 4 acts
I puritani, opera seria in three acts
Zaira, Tragedia lirica in two acts.
Athalia: Oratorio (sacred drama) in 3 acts
Lucrezia Borgia: Melodramma in a prologue and two acts.
La Esmeralda: Opéra in four acts.
Ernani: Dramma lirico in four parts.
Oberst Chabert (Colonel Chabert): Tragic opera in 3 acts.
Otello: Dramma lirico in four acts.
Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Arrigo Boito after The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice by William Shakespeare.
Les Troyens: Grand opéra in five acts.
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Music composed by Hector Berlioz. Libretto by the composer based on Virgil's Aeneid.
First Performance: 6–7 December 1890, Karlsruhe (complete)
|Principal Characters:
|Enée [Aeneas] Trojan hero, son of Venus and Anchises
|Chorèbe [Coroebus] Asian prince, Cassandra's fiancé
|Panthée [Panthous] Trojan priest, friend of Aeneas
|Narbal minister to Dido
|Iopas Tyrian poet to Dido's court
|Ascagne [Ascanius] 15-year-old son of Aeneas
|Cassandre [Cassandra] Trojan prophetess, Priam's daughter
|Didon [Dido] Queen of Carthage, widow of Sichée [Sychaeus] Prince of Tyre
|Anna Dido's sister
|Hylas a young Phrygian sailor
|Priam King of Troy
|A Greek Chieftain
|Ghost of Hector
|Helenus a Trojan priest, Priam's son
|Two Trojan Soldiers
|Mercure [Mercury]
|A Priest of Pluto
|Polyxène [Polyxena] Cassandra's sister
|Hécube [Hecuba] Queen of Troy
|Andromaque [Andromache] Hector's widow
|Astyanax her 8-year-old son
Setting: Troy and Carthage
Act I
The site of the abandoned Greek camp on the plains of Troy
The Trojans are rejoicing that the Greeks have departed after 10 years of war and they prepare to drag into the city the great wooden horse which the Greeks have left behind.
Cassandre alone, daughter of King Priam, gifted with prophecy, fears the fall of Troy. She knows that her marriage to Chorèbe is doomed, and grieves that he thinks she has lost her mind since, along with the gift of prophecy, she carries the curse of never being believed. Chorèbe urges her to join the rejoicing, while she begs him to leave her and the doomed city before it is too late, but he refuses.
The royal family of Troy joins the people in thanking the gods for their deliverance. They are interrupted by Énée with strange tidings of the fate of the priest Laocon who, fearing Greeks bearing gifts, had been trying to urge the people to destroy the wooden horse when two serpents had emerged from the sea and devoured him.
Fearing the wrath of the gods who, it is concluded, must have punished Laocon for sacrilege, Priam orders the horse to be taken into Troy at once and the people prepare to make offerings to appease the gods. Cassandre watches, helpless, crying out that the city is doomed.
Act II
Tableau 1. A room in the palace of Énée
The ghost of Hector warns Énée to flee the city and take the gods of Troy to Italy, where he is destined to found a great nation. The priest Panthée runs in wounded, carrying the sacred images, with the news that the Greeks have burst out of the horse and are destroying the city. King Priam is dead. They prepare to fight, joined by Ascagne, the young son of Énée, and Chorèbe.
Tableau 2. A room in Priam's palace
Cassandre tells the praying Trojan women that Énée will escape and found a new Troy in Italy. Chorèbe is dead and she prepares to kill herself and exhorts the women to join her. As the Greeks burst in Cassandre and the women kill themselves.
Act III
A hall in the palace of Didon in Carthage
Surrounded by her people Didon celebrates the seventh anniversary of the founding of Carthage — after her husband had been killed she and her people had been forced to flee from their home in Tyre. Her sister Anna tries to encourage her to think of loving again; but she calls down a curse on herself if she is ever false to the memory of her husband, symbolised for her by his ring which she wears.
The poet Iopas announces the arrival of storm-tossed travellers seeking refuge, which she grants in memory of her own trials. nÈe is disguised as a sailor and it is Ascagne who asks for asylum, offering the riches of Troy in return. Panthée tells Didon their leader is Énée, whose destiny it is to find a glorious death in Italy, and she welcomes the Trojans.
Didon's minister Narbal brings news that Iarbas, fierce king of the Numidians, whose suit had been refused by Dido, is attacking Carthage, which is not strong enough to withstand him. Énée throws off his disguise and offers assistance. He leaves Ascagne in Didon's protection as he prepares to lead the Carthaginians into battle.
Act IV
Tableau 1. An African forest
The pantomime of the royal hunt and storm, with the word Italy punctuating the tumult.
Tableau 2. Didon's gardens by the sea
Narbal is worried that now that the Numidians have been defeated, Didon no longer attends to affairs of state, but spends the time hunting and feasting. When Anna explains that Didon loves Énée, he is concerned, knowing that fate calls Énée to Italy. But Anna sees no problem, feeling that Énée is equally bound to Carthage. She is delighted by her sister's happiness.
Didon, Énée and other Trojans appear and are entertained by songs and ballets, but Didon dismisses them and asks Iopas for something simpler. He sings a hymn to the goddess Ceres, but even that Didon finds not to her taste.
She asks Énée to tell her of the fate of Andromache, widow of Hector and is horrified to learn that Andromache has married her captor Pyrrhus, who had killed Priam and whose father Achilles had killed her husband Hector; but Didon also feels in some way absolved for her own love for Énée.
Unheeded by her, Ascagne playfully removes her former husband's ring from her finger. All leave except Didon and Énée, who confess and consummate their love. As they leave the moonlit garden the god Mercury appears, strikes the shield of Énée and shouts "Italy!"
Act V
Tableau 1. The sea shore
Hylas, a young Trojan sailor, sings of his lost homeland as he falls asleep.
Énée et Didon by Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1815) [Musée du Louvre]
Panthée and other Trojan leaders prepare to leave: the ghosts of Hector and other dead Trojans have been seen along with other portents warning them they must be on their way. They expect that Énée will be strong minded and leave Didon. Two Trojan sentries have no desire to leave, having found girls and comfort in Carthage. Énée has told Didon he must go. Though grieved by her suffering, he remains firm in his resolve and prepares to bid her a last farewell, his resolve being strengthened by the appearance of the Trojan ghosts urging him on to Italy. When he tries to answer Didon's reproaches with explanations about his duty, she curses him and his gods.
Tableau 2. A room in Didon's palace
Didon begs Anna to plead with Énée. Anna feels guilt at having encouraged Didon to love Énée, but assures her that he loves her. They learn that the Trojans have already sailed.
The distraught Didon announces her intention of sacrificing Énée's gifts as an offering to the gods of the dead, intending to kill herself at the same time.
Tableau 3. A garden by the sea
The pyre has been built and the offerings placed on it. When the fire is lit, Didon mounts the pyre and stabs herself.
A vision of the glory of Rome appears, invisible to the bystanders, and Didon dies, prophesying that Hannibal will avenge the wrongs of Carthage on the Romans. The Carthaginians curse the race of Énée.
[Synopsis Source: Opera~Opera]
Click here for the complete libretto.
Click here for information on the New Berlioz Edition.


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Raspberry Pi Home automation using an Android App
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Adobe Flash Player 11 Beta 2 Has Been Released | Linux Installation Instructions
Second Beta release of Adobe Flash player 11 has been released, Adobe Flash player 11 Beta 2 provides better performance and more stability in Linux platform.
Few weeks ago the Adobe Flash Player 11 Beta 1 released and we seen the release notes, new features added lately to Flash Player 11 and installation instructions Here.
Today we going to take a look at the new Flash Player 11 Beta 2 " 11.0.d1.98 " release notes, and installations instructions on Linux Platform. so let's get to it,
Adobe Flash Player 11 Beta 2 brings more stability, native support for 64bit operating system and web browsers including Linux platform, TLS secure sockets support provides secure connection between server and client. H.264/AVC Software Encoding for Camera for streaming high quality from your computer or camera with higher compression efficiency. Stage3D Accelerated Graphics Rendering "Molehill" is a new architecture for hardware graphics rendering Create highly interactive visuals to improve collaboration on 3-dimensional models. Check Adobe Flash Player 11 Beta 2 release notes for further information Here ".pdf".
Adobe Flash Player 11 Beta Key Features
- Stage3D APIs — Deliver cutting edge three dimensional experiences on the desktop.
- Native 64-bit support — Support for 64-bit operating systems and browsers on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.
- G.711 audio compression for telephony — Integrate real-time voice and telephony capabilities into business apps and integrate with existing phone systems using the G.711 codec.
- H.264/AVC SW Encoding — Create apps that encode higher quality video locally using the efficient H.264 video standard.
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I installed it on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal but the installation process for almost are the same for different Linux distributions.
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Doc addresses injury, future in Philly
He has not looked like himself since Spring Training, pitching with diminished velocity and lacking the pinpoint command that made him one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball. Then late last month, he landed on the 15-day disabled list with what the Phillies have called a strained right latissimus dorsi. He is expected to miss six to eight weeks, but when he comes back, what kind of pitcher will he be? The Doc of old or the one who had a 3.98 ERA after 11 starts?
And now that it is unlikely he will be able to throw a combined 415 innings this season and next, rendering his $20 million vesting option for 2014 void, will he stay in Philadelphia?
Halladay, 35, addressed those questions and others during a news conference Wednesday at Citizens Bank Park.
Let's start with the last question first.
"Ultimately, my goal is to finish my career with the Phillies and win a World Series here," he said when asked about his option. "Some of those things are not fully in my control, but my intent is to play here and finish my career here and be here as long as I can. I don't know what's going to happen over the next year and a half, but I know from my side I'm going to make an effort to be here as long as I can and finish here. I don't want to go anywhere else."
Halladay's option vests only if he meets each of the following criteria: 1) He throws 415 innings in 2012-13; 2) He throws 225 innings in '13; and 3) He does not finish '13 on the disabled list. Because Halladay could miss two months of the season, it is improbable he meets the 415-innings mark, which would make him eligible to become a free agent following 2013.
But that does not mean Halladay is gone after next season. If he pitches well, the Phillies seem likely to do what they can to fulfill Halladay's wish to retire as a Phillie.
Of course, his performance on the mound will be the deciding factor in that. Phillies head athletic trainer Scott Sheridan said Halladay's baseline MRI exam, which the right-hander took before the Blue Jays traded him to Philly in December 2009, and the MRI he took recently, showed minimal change in Halladay's rotator cuff. Mets physician David Altchek, who offered a second opinion, concurred, although he initially had some concerns based on the latest MRI.
Asked if Halladay's most recent MRI would raise any red flags if Halladay were some random pitcher and he was looking at it for the first time, Sheridan said, "No. The biggest [thing] when you do a baseline MRI on pitchers, you're looking at the labrum, the rotator cuff, and you never see one that looks perfect. Probably wouldn't see it on anybody. In our population, it's just not the case."
Sheridan said Halladay's lat injury is not related to anything in the rotator cuff or labrum.
That would seem to be good news.
Halladay insisted he felt no pain, discomfort or anything out of the ordinary until his start against the Nationals on May 22. Even then, he said he didn't think it was anything unusual.
"I know there have been things said about crankiness and some of the other stuff, I don't know necessarily what that means," Halladay said. "I felt no discomfort, I felt no strain, no tightness. I felt nothing up to that point. The only thing I had a hard time with was repeating arm slots, getting into an arm slot I felt was best for me and being able to repeat that. And it took me a little longer, I felt, with my throwing program coming into Spring Training, just to get that loose effortless feeling. That seemed to take longer for whatever reason, I don't know. But from my end, and from their end, there wasn't any concern."
Halladay said he didn't think any problems he had repeating his arm slot had anything to do with anything that might have been physically wrong with him.
But there is no question Halladay's velocity has dipped.
"I'm aware that the older you get, you're going to have to be a little better at spotting the ball and changing speeds," he said. "I think that's part of the aging process. I felt at times it was good. I felt at other times it wasn't as good. I've felt like it's still there. I can tell when it doesn't feel like it's coming out the right way. There were plenty of times this year when it felt like it was. I feel like it's there. I understand it's a gradual process and you're probably going to lose a little bit here and there. But as much as I can maintain or stay at an even level, I'm going to try and do that."
Halladay seemed optimistic he will return to prior form. After some rest and rehab, he thinks he should be fine.
And that means he thinks he can be the horse of the rotation once again.
"I still feel like I'm going to be able to do that," he said. "It's going to be important to monitor the throwing. And that was kind of the tough part for me through this process. I felt like I had adjustments that needed to be made, but at the same time, we went through a stretch of seven or eight starts on five days' rest. I was delicate of how much I could throw in between and work on what I needed to do and how much I needed to rest, but I think that's going to be important going forward, monitoring those in-between days with the training staff and stuff.
"It's been very good the first two years here. I don't see any difference in that."


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Filmmakers' apocalyptic obsession will be the ruination of us all
If it's not zombies, aliens or devils, it's natural disasters.
The end is nigh - or so you might reasonably conclude if you have ventured anywhere near a cinema in the past few months, or plan to do so in the next few.
We've had sci-fi glimpses of our post-apocalyptic future in Tom Cruise's Oblivion and Will Smith's After Earth, and are about to get another one in Matt Damon's Elysium (with some class warfare added to the environmental meltdown for good measure). We've seen what the zombie apocalypse looks like in Warm Bodies and World War Z. The Devil has come to town in the pseudo-spiritual comedy This is the End. And next week, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright finish the comedy trilogy they started with Shaun of the Dead with The World's End, in which a pub crawl is interrupted by the shocking news that it's closing time for humanity.
The reason for the fascination with the end times is pretty simple, say two local filmmakers whose own contributions to the genre are debuting at the Melbourne Film Festival this week.
''It's a scary world we live in … Any morning you turn on your daily news there's usually something horrific that's happened,'' says Zak Hilditch, whose These Final Hours follows party boy James (Nathan Phillips) across a sweltering Perth as he awaits the ball of flame that is about to engulf him and everyone else in 12 hours' time.
''We live in unstable times,'' says Lawrence Johnston, whose documentary Fallout looks at Nevil Shute's nuclear war novel On the Beach and Stanley Kramer's 1959 film of it, made in Melbourne with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire. ''There are a lot of things that threaten us. Mortality permeates daily life.''
Human beings have been contemplating their individual and collective demise since they attained consciousness, but the cinema's obsession with the apocalypse has ramped up since the advent of computer-generated imagery (CGI). From Roland Emmerich's serial destruction of the White House - he has had it reduced to rubble by aliens (Independence Day, 1996), tsunami (2012, 2009), and terrorists (the forthcoming White House Down) - to the Armageddon-out-of-here shenanigans of This is the End, Hollywood, and its audiences, can't get enough of large-scale ruination.
The end is far less splashy in Hilditch's These Final Hours, as befits a film with a $2.5 million budget. ''There's no Ben Affleck on an asteroid or anything,'' the 30-year-old filmmaker says of his doomsday scenario. ''Personal, intimate films that focus on characters dealing with a cataclysmic event are the sort that interest me, rather than something like Armageddon.''
Hilditch says he watched ''as many apocalypse films as I possibly could'' as preparation, but his story kept coming back to a simple question: if you knew the end was coming in a matter of hours, how would you spend them?
That's the kind of moral riddle apocalypse films allow us to pose for ourselves - along with a bit of imaginary role playing.
''When I watch those films, I like to fantasise,'' Hilditch says. ''Would I be the guy in the bunker with the gun who saves the day or, more realistically, would I be the first guy eaten by the zombies? It's interesting to think what would I do in that situation. Everything we know about society and the rules gets reset in an instant.''
In the 1950s, such questions were not just academic. As Johnston's film tells it, Nevil Shute and Stanley Kramer were among the many who feared nuclear apocalypse was not just possible but likely - a prospect that has largely been forgotten since Mikhail Gorbachev set about dismantling the Soviet bloc in the late 1980s.
''Making Fallout was a chance to look at the nuclear issue without being flag-waving about it,'' Johnston says. ''I came to the material as a storyteller rather than an activist, but that element had to be there because it permeates Kramer's vision for the film.''
The idea for Fallout came from an interview Johnston recorded with Peck in 1997, when the actor was in Melbourne to make the TV mini-series Moby Dick. Snippets of that audio are in the documentary, as is some amateur footage of the cast and crew of On the Beach on the beach at Canadian Bay, in Mount Eliza.
''I always say the film is about Nevil Shute, Stanley Kramer, Ava Gardner and Gregory Peck, and the other character is Melbourne,'' Johnston says. ''When I read the novel as a teenager, it felt like a horrific thing that this disaster could come to Australia - the last place on Earth, in a sense.''
And what about now? Does he think Shute's doomsday scenario remains a real risk?
''I do, actually, because the world is very unpredictable,'' he says.
''The weather is out of control … people put bombs on themselves and [go] into public places and it seems acceptable now that that is part of daily life.
''We're damned lucky here, in Australia. But in 50 years' time, what is it going to be like?''
Fallout screens at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) on July 29. These Final Hours screens August 2, 6 and 10, and is one of six Australian features eligible for The Age Critics Prize.
Karl is a senior entertainment writer at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Do you get any nutritional value from cooking with veggies but not actually eating them?
Q. My question is are do you get any nutritional value from cooking with veggies but not eating them? Here is a good example of what I want to know: I recently had some broccoli chicken at a restaurant but did not eat the broccoli. I could taste the broccoli on the chicken rather strongly. I was wondering if there was any nutritional value from the broccoli being received. any help would be great, this is research for a college course, my instructor thought it would be good for me to find out and let the class know. Thanks Desarae
A. If you cooked broccoli (or vegetables) in a soup, but didn't eat the vegetable and yet ate the soup, you would get some nutrition because some vitamins from the broccoli would now be in the soup. If there was rice in the soup, the rice might even absorb a small amount of those vitamins as it absorbs the water from the soup. But in your example, there would be very, very little – or no — nutrition benefit (from the broccoli) if you eat only the chicken.


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GLR needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 12 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
We need an attractive billboard design for a real estate project.
Please find all information in the following file:
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Jonathan Novak様は99designsでボタン・アイコンデザインコンペを開催しました。
BidBlink is a penny auction website.
Auctions on BidBlink are a lot like the classic live auction where an eager auctioneer shouts encouragement as people in the crowd raise their hand to bid. A click on the "Bid" button is your hand raise, and the countdown timer is the auctioneer crying "going once... going twice..." To win it all on BidBlink, just be the last bidder when the countdown timer hits zero.
I want to take BidBlink into a blend between gaming and eCommerce. So even though real money is at stake, playing on BidBlink blends into playing a game, where you level up, gain badges, and interact with your friends, all while getting 'loot' (brand new physical products that we ship to you).
The same people who play on BidBlink tend to shop on Woot and Groupon. For fun, they might play Farmville.
The goal is to make 9 icons, each representing a reward/"ability" that the customer has invested in. The rewards are grouped in three "trees", where each tree has a set of 3 rewards that build on each other.
The 9 icons are:
Bids per Week
- Every week, get bonus bids added to your account -- for life! Each bid expires 1 week after it's added.
- Get bonus bids added to your account every week. These never expire, though!
- Get Buy It Now enabled bids added to your account every week. And nope, these never expire either.
Buying Bid Packs
- Whenever you buy a bid pack, get additional bonus bids.
- In additional to the above, get more Buy It Now bids as well when you buy a bid pack!
- When you buy a bid pack, get a promo code to buy another bid pack of the same size!
- When you win an auction, get extra bonus bids added directly to your account!
- When you win an auction, immediately receive a percentage of of the bids you placed back as bonus bids!
- When you win an auction, immediately receive a percentage of EVERYONE ELSE's bids placed on the auction back as bonus bids!
Visually, I'd like a it to look good at 200x200px, but also 80x80. I like simple and slick. I like the badges on badgeville.com, for instance.
Other visual note:
- Bids/Buy it Now bids: gold coins
- Bonus Bids: silver coins
- Expiring Bonus Bids: bronze coin


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puppy 1.0.5 help file, wizards, and XP
i was wondering whether Puppy 1.0.5 will have a new help file? also, I was wondering whether the changes to the wizards in this new release will automatically partition and format the drives and remember and apply these to any other machines "birthed" from a custom CD made from this computer.
i've another question too (a pretty subjective one though) which is what do puppies out there think about putting on the XP looking windows manager on Puppy machines in my project (my project is building these machines to be used in for Bangladesh). I had a look at the screen shots and it looks very nice but for some reason the idea of putting it on didn't sit well with me. are there any great advantures to using it? i'd really appreciate some thoughts on this.
b/w I also thought i'd put Skype on the machines. anything else???
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Posted: Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:38
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mohoohoo wrote:
what do puppies out there think about putting on the XP looking windows manager on Puppy machines
Look and feel of the desktop is a very personal matter.
As for using an XP lookalike theme, here are my comments:
- Familiarity for windows users
- The colors are neutral and pleasing, a lot of research went into them.
- Lack of indivituallity (arguably)
I will comment on the advantages:
If I understood correctly you are going to be delivering this computers to people that does not have previous windowsXP experience. Then having whatever theme will be the same for them.
The XP colors are neutral and pleasing to the northamerican audience. Different cultures find different colors pleasing.
To achieve familiarity and create raport with the UI you can try using themes and colors familiar to your target users. Here I'll venture into unknown territory so forgiveme if I fail in my stereotypes:
As a background a famous scene/actor/actrees of an Bollywood movie. Maybe include a collection of backgrounds with local animals, scenes, sights.
Colors matching festive colors for the region. Include more than one theme.
For sure include some mp3/oggvorbis, etc with some big local hits.
Don't bring 'foreign computers' that will look alien to them, you may have more success if people think of them as 'their computers'.
Even if they use the compters in a 'time shared' environment (school, library, community centre), you want them to feel comfortable and be able to customize it for the time they will be using it.
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Posted: Tue 27 Sep 2005, 13:49
Post subject: Re: puppy 1.0.5 help file, wizards, and XP
MoHooHoo wrote:
I was wondering whether the changes to the wizards in this new release will automatically partition and format the drives and remember and apply these to any other machines "birthed" from a custom CD made from this computer.
Remember that the HDD installation does not make any assumptions about partitions, it will use what you tell it to use. When you remaster puppy, you can modify the HDD instalation scripts to do exactly what you want. I think is that doing it in the generic Puppy remaster script is not practical nor advisable as. Actually, unless your target computers are all the same the partition schema for one computer may not work for all of them.
If you want to 'clone' a HDD puppy installation I think it's better to have a tar.gz image of the contents of your original puppy installation and then just untar it into the destination one. You will still need to install the boot manager of course.
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Rarsa, I use a program called "Drive Backup 3" to make on a bootable DVD an exact copy of a Windows system partition (the one with the OS in it, usually the "C" drive.) To restore everything in the partition, including the boot sector and MBR, you just boot the DVD and tell it to restore. It can also be used to clone, if the hardware is close enough (although it would be illegal to clone Windows.) Do you know of an easy way to make a bootable CD that would do the same thing for Puppy? O'Reilley's "Linux Cookbook" details a way to do it, but I haven't tried it.
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Well, what I described in my previous post is the poor-mans way of doing it. but quite effective. Of course you may need a secondary partition to store the tar.gz
The tar method is sufficient for most backup purposes.
Of course you may be looking for the same functionality as the windows tool. I'd recommend to have a look at
I haven't tried to compile it for puppy. It does not have many requirements that aren't in puppy, so it may be not so difficult.
Do you want to do it? Do you want help? It sounds like an interesting project.
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I'll do what I can. I haven't done any programming but I have two computers with completely different hardware and chipsets, and both have DVD burners I can test with. And I have cable internet.
Ultimately I'd like to end up with a stripped-down and specialized Puppy which creates on a bootable DVD (or CD) an exact copy (including the MBR and boot sector, if they exist) of whatever partition it's pointed at. To restore or clone the partition I'd simply boot the DVD and a menu would pop up with check boxes.
There are two reasons I want to do this with Puppy: Drive Backup 3 only works from within Windows, and it takes much longer for the bootable DVD to restore the partition than it took to burn the DVD in the first place. NTI says that's because the OS on the bootable DVD is some form of DOS. They say they chose DOS for its compatibility with hardware. Puppy may not be quite as compatible, but it'll be close.
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i'm also keen to help. i am piecing together the info everyone has given me in the forum and i'm digesting that with the info i've gleaned from elsewhere in combination with some great hints and existing tools to do this too. i'll keep you informed of how i go and will happily through this in to the backyard for all the puppies to enjoy.
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Alabama Hills Sunrise
The refreshing perspective of a new day.
Large mountains are not climbed in a day; they're often broken into pieces and climbed over a short period. Yet along the way, a climber will reach the top of smaller peaks that offer renewed perspective and a sense of incremental achievement. That's last weekend for me. I'm on a journey to create a new company and bring a new product to market, and over the weekend we recorded the footage for our Kickstarter video. So many things had to come together to reach this incremental achievement that it really feels like the top... yet I know it's not. We have a lot left to do, but the achievement of this weekend gives me fresh perspective on what's ahead and a renewed sense of passion and energy for the next push.
@deadman_offroad Launching May 2017 #deadmansaves
Desert Subtlety
The desert has an expansive, yet subtle beauty to it. I am always impressed with the diversity and uniqueness of tis beauty each time I venture into its harshness. On this particular trip, we chose to cross the Mojave by way of the old #mojaveroad trail, a stagecoach route used by early pioneers. This 140mi trail cuts through the heart of the Mojave, treating its passengers to mountainous vistas, rocky terrain, and unforgiving weather conditions. Even in the winter, when the region is bearable, the sun radiates intensely and the darkness brings near-freezing temperatures. It's hard to imagine crossing in a covered wagon more than a century ago... even without hostile Indians trying to kill you.
Sony A7Rii | Zeiss Distagon 1.4/35 ZM
#mojave #desert #overland #overlanding #offroad #optoutside #wanderlust #travel #visitcalifornia #flower #cactus
A Rainy Paradise
At the end of a long hike along the Kalalau Trail, the rain was a welcomed respite to the heat of the day. It was refreshing to be caught in this rain, in a way that connected oneself to nature. At a time in my life when I was full of cares and stresses, the rain was a palpable reminder to let go and enjoy the blessings of my surroundings. It was indeed wonderful.
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#kalalautrail #kauai #princeville #hawaiilife #hawaii #visithawaii #travel #wanderlust #optoutside #hiking #northshore
This is the famous Tunnels beach in Kauai, HI. On the last day of our vacation I was fortunate enough to take a ride in an open-door helicopter tour around the island. The weather was mixed, with cloud cover over much of the island, including the northern coastline. Our pilot was awesome, navigating around the worst of it, looking for spots where the sun was able to make its way through. Tunnels was one such spot. What an amazing place.
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Ruins of a Sugar Plantation. Koloa, HI.
On the lsat full day of our Hawaiian vacation we stopped in Koloa to zipline. The location was an old sugar plantation that was in operation 10 years ago. However, by the looks of it, one might assume it had been closed for several decades... The Hawaiian weather is fairly aggressive, breaking down man's improvements with relentless speed.
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Look Behind You
Be sure to look behind you. While on a recent road trip up the CA coast with my daughter, we stopped at Patrick Point to see the sunset. While most people were focused on the setting sun, I happened to turn around and notice how the light was striking the cliffs to my right. This scene was far more interesting and beautiful (in my opinion!) than yet another view or humanity's favorite star. I often forget to look around me when I'm shooting... This time I didn't and was rewarded with a gorgeous scene.
Shot on a Sony A7Rii with the Zeiss Loxia 2.8/21.
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Bucket List
Awesome thing about my vacation #206: crossing "Ride in a helicopter with no doors in Kauai and take about 600 pictures" off of my bucket list. So there's that.
Shot with the Zeiss Loxia 21mm and the X4 CPL from Breakthrough Photography.
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A Perfect Ending
Queen's Bath, Kauai, HI.
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The Last Light of Day
Last week I took some time away to gain some perspective and found myself hiking up to Lone Pine Lake just beneath Mt Whitney. It was perfectly quiet and serene. It kind of felt like being on another planet. It was wonderful.
Divergent Paths
The Racetrack in Death Valley is a surreal space. The wide open expanse of the playa, surrounded by jagged, unforgiving mountains, creates an immediate and visceral contrast. The rocks themselves add an element of mystery to this already mystical place. It truly was one of those places that must be seen with one's own eyes... Seeing images of the moving rocks does not do justice to the experience of standing in front of them and imagining their movement.
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Ediza Lake. John Muir Wilderness.
Waking up next to such a beautiful scene has a way of resetting one's self. The night was cold and cloudless, making the stars pop with a brilliance uncommon to the city - one of the reasons I love getting out here. As dawn approached, I crept out of my bivy and headed to the shore for a few hours of silence and solitude, watching the morning light expose the scene ahead of me. Truly, it was an awesome morning.
Thousand Island Lake. John Muir Wilderness.
Late afternoon overlooking Thousand Island Lake along the John Muir Trail. Truly one if the most beautiful places I've ever visited. The pack weight was worth the trouble!
I had the pleasure and privilege to hike some of the JMT a few weeks ago. The area we traversed was named the Ansel Adams Wilderness, and it was aptly named to be sure - I could swear we were inside of his images most of the time. This was definitely somewhere I'll return to.
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British scientists have built a car they say will help keep older people driving longer and more safely.
Among the senior-friendly bells and whistles with which a team at Newcastle University's "Drivelab" outfitted a Peugeot were eye-tracking goggles, heart monitors and more, The Independent reported.
The idea, the researchers said, is to monitor drivers' concentration, stress and driving habits in the hopes of developing technology in the future that will make driving even safer for the elderly.
That technology could include sensors to eliminate blind spots, radar that warns drivers when they are close to another car, dashboard warning displays projected on the windshield, according to The Independent.
It could even mean a future of GPS in which directions are narrated with visual cues — like "turn right at the gas station" instead of "turn right in 800 feet."
"As we get older, our reactions slow down and this often results in people avoiding any potentially challenging driving condition and losing confidence in their driving skills," the project's head researcher, Phil Blythe, said.
It's crucial to keep older people driving safely and confidently so they remain mobile, independent and socially engaged in their later years, he added.
His team intends to present its findings in Michigan at a June conference on aging.


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NEW STUDY: Why Women Prefer a Salon Service over "Do it Yourself"
I recently received this unique infographic from CND (Creative Nail Design), titled "Go With a Pro," which shows why women prefer to leave the work to the professionals when it comes to beauty services. Despite an increased emphasis on DIY (Do-It-Yourself) in the consumer beauty landscape, according to a recent consumer survey conducted by Harris Interative, salon services are still #1.
91% of women feel better about themselves after visiting the salon.
Eight in ten women agree they get better results at the salon than when they perform their own service.
74% of women value the relationship they have with their salon professional
More than half of women say they have been disappointed with do-it-yourself results.
Dr. John Dowdy and Dr. Robert Sayre, both world-renowned experts in measuring and understanding the effects of UV on skin, recently reported that it would require more than 2.5 hours of direct UV exposure per day to cause damage to the skin. This is much longer than the time it takes to complete a UV-cured nail service. In addition, the nail plate is naturally resistant to UV-B and UV-A light, and the back of the hand requires four times the amount of UV exposure than the cheeks, chest or abdomen in order to cause sun damage. This makes it nearly impossible to suffer from unsafe exposure during a UV nail service.
For more information about CND, visit www.cnd.com.


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Fresh off a three-game sweep of Herricks last week that saw its offense pound out 25 runs, Kennedy upped its winning streak on the baseball diamond to four last Monday with an 8-4 victory at Long Beach.
Senior Matthew Murphy and junior Jason Ganca drove in three runs apiece to back the pitching of sophomore Joe Corrao, who allowed one earned run over 5 1/3 innings on the way to his second victory in seven days. Senior Mike McCormick recorded the last three outs to pick up his fifth save as the Cougars improved to 6-3 against Conference AA-IV rivals. Long Beach slipped to 1-8.
"We've been able to overcome some key injuries so far," Kennedy coach Eric Passman said. "We've got some young guys growing up quickly. One of them pitched today and gave us a second straight strong start."
Corrao, who made his first varsity start April 8 and beat Herricks, 11-4, allowed only three hits in his second start and struck out six Marines before leaving with one out in the bottom of the fifth. The first two Long Beach runs came in the third and were aided by an error.
Kennedy's offense quickly picked up the defense and scored five times in the fourth. Senior Zach Raskin, who batted twice in the inning, got the rally started with a single. After two walks loaded the bases, Murphy's double plated Raskin and junior John Cuttitta to make it 2-2. Junior John Austin Emory followed with a run-scoring groundout that scored freshman catcher Reed Oreste and put the Cougars ahead for good. Ganca's sac fly added to the lead, and an error allowed McCormick to score for a 5-2 cushion.
In the fifth, Ganca capped a three-run outburst with a triple that brought home Murphy and Emory. Long Beach scratched across a run in the sixth, and scored another in the seventh and had the tying run at the plate with one out before McCormick got a strikeout and groundout to end it.
"We've got a young team, so some growing pains are to be expected, but I'm really satisfied with how we're playing," Passman said. "The kids believe in themselves."
With senior pitchers Justin Penchuck and Jake Schwartz both sidelined with injuries considered day-to-day, Passman said Corrao and fellow sophomore Justin Stybel have stepped up to fill voids in the rotation. Stybel had an impressive first outing against Port Washington on April 1, going 6 1/3 innings in a 6-3 victory. He also beat Herricks, 8-6, on April 9 with run support from sophomore John Hulkower (3-for-3, three RBI) and McCormick (3-for-4, three RBI.)


text: Central Saint Martins MA candidates Anita Silva and Leslie Borg designed an incredibly creative interactive product for Icelandair entitled "_scape". Inspired by a rock found in Iceland, _scape is a layered "book" containing "sounds, visuals, textures, scents and tastes" which can serve as a reminder of Iceland itself, or just a general internal escape. Intended to evoke lava rock and ice (two strong elements of the Icelandic landscape), the object is earthy-looking, meant to strongly contrast with the sterile environment of an airplane cabin. I'm not sure a flight time long enough to allow me to grow bored of interacting with _scape exists. (via)


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An ex-felon has been sentenced to 112 years to life for his second-degree murder conviction for fatally shooting a transgender woman while trying to collect a debt from her in a Hayward motel room two years ago.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Roy Hashimoto pronounced the harsh sentence against Miguel Inostroz, 31, who has prior convictions for burglary and robbery, at a hearing on Thursday.
Inostroz's lawyer, James Giller, admitted during Inostroz's trial in July that Inostroz fatally shot James "Lucie" Parkin at the La Quinta Inn on Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward on Sept. 20, 2011.
But Giller claimed that the shooting was an accident and sought a lesser verdict of involuntary manslaughter, which would have carried a lighter sentence.
Prosecutors said Inostroz and five other companions, who they said all have methamphetamine histories, were staying at the motel and Parkin, a pre-op transgender man who wanted to be referred to as a woman, came there after one of Inostroz's companions asked her to give them a ride.
Once Parkin arrived, Inostroz confronted her over the money she owed him and she removed $30 from her bra but Inostroz struck the top of her head with the handle of his revolver and pulled her by her hair, prosecutors said.
One of Inostroz's companions tried to intervene by pulling the arm in which Inostroz carried his gun but Inostroz fired his revolver and shot Parkin in the back, prosecutors said.
However, Giller argued that Inostroz didn't intend to shoot Parkin and the gun went off only because the companion pulled on his arm.
Giller said the fact that Parkin was a transgender woman wasn't a relevant factor in the incident.
In addition to convicting Inostroz of second-degree murder, jurors convicted him of assault with a firearm for striking Parkin with his gun and of being a felon in possession of a gun.
Prosecutor Danny Lau had sought a first-degree murder conviction for Inostroz.
Giller said the reason Inostroz received a lengthy prison sentence is that he's a "three strikes" defendant since he's been convicted of three serious criminal offenses.


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Once again, it's time for Mixology Monday. This month, Matt "Rumdood" Robold is hosting, and although the man doesn't know dilly-oh about an Old Fashioned, he's a helluva guy with a helluva theme: ginger. Great theme, but a bit of a problem for me.
I love ginger, but I'm a little too comfortable with it. I use Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur a lot, and I use ginger beer/ale quite often, too. I've even made my own ginger beer. I wanted to do something new this time, but I was stymied. Knowing my dilemma, Jen got to brainstorming — thinking about not just ginger but also what's in season right now. "Strawberries! Why not ginger and strawberries!"
I liked it, so I Googled. I found a Persian syrup called sekanjabin (also, sekanjubin or sekanjamin). Apparently, it was originally just a sugared vinegar, but then took on mint. In its basic form, it's a sweet-and-sour syrup with mint. Interesting that such a simple search introduced me to something new. (Given that no search on this term turns up a cocktail blog or recipe anywhere, I seem to have stumbled on to something, in my own shambling fashion.)
It's a versatile thing: you can serve the syrup as a salad dressing. Add bread to your salad for a light meal. Or make what's apparently a typical Persian soft drink by taking the syrup, mixing in still or sparkling water, and stirring.
Hm. Sugar, water, vinegar. Cocktail geeks have been working with shrubs and gastriques for some time, which entail fruit, sugar, water, and vinegar. Let me introduce a new member of the family, the sekanjabin. If you will, a shrub with mint.
Sort of. The sekanjabin doesn't require fruit. Writing in The Complete Middle East Cookbook, Tess Mallos lays out a simple recipe for sekanjabin: sugar, water, white vinegar, lemon juice, and mint.
Ginger! Where's the ginger?!
I found an interesting variant on the basic sekanjabin, with strawberry, ginger, and mint. Inspired by that, but limited by the ingredients on hand, I made my own variation. But unfortunately, it won't be ready until tomorrow, hence the "…Is In Progress" in the title.
I started with the All Recipes base recipe, but brought in some of Tess Mallos's ideas and also went my own way in some spots. Again, this is versatile. I want to serve it diluted with soda from the syphon as a non-alcohol drink. I want to serve it with champagne. I want to mix it into cocktails as I would a shrub. I want to pour it on your… wait, I'm getting carried away.
Note, I'm not convinced the overnight maceration is necessary, because it tastes damn fine already. Also, although the final prep calls for straining off the fruit, Jen thinks that if you leave it in, and mix the syrup with wine, you'd have a damn good sangria. See? Versatile!
Strawberry-Ginger Sekanjabin
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup turbinado sugar
- 1 cup water
- 6 ounces chopped strawberries
- 1/4 cup chopped mint
- 3 ounces sliced ginger
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1/4 cup sherry vinegar
In a pan, boil sugars and water over high heat until sugars are dissolved. Stir in strawberries, mint, ginger, and lemon zest and juice. Return to a boil, and then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Remove from heat, stir in vinegars, and let cool. Store overnight at room temperature.
Strain solids from syrup using a fine strainer. Bottle it and store in the refrigerator.


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A FOX Sports Southwest commentator was reportedly fired for making some pretty awful anti-gay comments ... the wrinkle is that he hurled the homophobic remarks long before he was hired.
Craig James -- a star at SMU and a former member of the New England Patriots in the '80s -- ran for a senate seat in Texas. During a 2012 debate, he had some choice words: Gay people "would answer to the Lord for their actions," and being gay was a choice.
James was hired last month by Fox Sports Southwest and then reportedly fired after just one appearance. According to the Dallas Morning News, an unnamed Fox Sports honcho said, "We just asked ourselves how Craig's statements would play in our human resources department."
Apparently Fox didn't fully vet the dude. The question -- should he be sacked for statements he made before coming on board?


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Anti-cholesterol drugs may prevent cancer deaths
Statins - a type of drug taken by millions in the UK to lower their cholesterol levels - may have an impact on cancer death rates, according to a new Danish study.
Taking statins appeared to reduce the mortality rate among Danish cancer patients by 15 per cent, according to the research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Over up to 15 years follow-up, there were 467 cancer deaths among every 1,000 patients taking statins, compared to 553 among every 1,000 patients who weren't taking them.
While the latest results appear positive, researchers have stressed that a randomised clinical trial needs to be carried out to confirm the benefits suggested by this study, while the journal's editorial urged caution over the results, pointing out that the researchers were unable to account for factors like smoking rates.
Cholesterol is an essential building block in all cell membranes - the wall between the cell and its outside environment - but is used by cancer cells for growth.
Statins, which lower cholesterol levels, are one of the most widely used drugs in cardiovascular disease, and have relatively few side effects.
As a result, researchers have asked whether taking statins might somehow be beneficial in the management of cancer as well as cardiovascular disease.
Professor Michael Seckl, based at Imperial College London, is running a clinical trial that will assess the benefits of statins for patients with small-cell carcinoma (SCLS), a type of lung cancer.
The LungStar trial, supported by Cancer Research UK and which has now finished recruiting patients, will follow around 1,300 people with SCLS from around the UK, half of whom will be given a drug called pravastatin alongside chemotherapy.
Speaking about the Danish research, Professor Seckl said it was an "extremely interesting" study, which his team would be analysing in great detail in the immediate future.
"On the face of it, it provides further support for ongoing trials like LungStar, which we're co-ordinating.
"But, as the authors say, their results need such trials to fully confirm whether statins can help treat people with cancer."
Denmark has a national network of databases, enabling researchers to track and link all deaths, cancer diagnoses, and medications between 1995 and the present day.
Using these databases, the researchers were able to find approximately 18,000 cancer patients out of 300,000 registered, who took statins during the course of their treatment. They used the database to follow what happened to them in subsequent years, and compared this to those who did not take the drugs.
Further research is needed into the precise mechanism by which statins reduce mortality rates, which could help develop a new range of anti-cancer drugs, the Danish research team said.
Copyright Press Association 2012
- Nielsen S.F., Nordestgaard B.G. & Bojesen S.E. (2012). Statin Use and Reduced Cancer-Related Mortality, New England Journal of Medicine, 367 (19) 1792-1802. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1201735


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George Wold Stephenson was my great-great-grandfather. He and his wife Agnes Catherine Hamilton immigrated from England to the United States in 1844, living first on Long Island, New York, before settling in St. Johns, Michigan. One of my prize possessions is his family Bible where the family carefully recorded marriages, births, and deaths. This Bible was passed down to my great-grandfather Edward William Stephenson, then to my father, and finally to me. Pictures of the Bible and the inscribed pages are shown here.
Shown below are pictures of two very old bookmarks which were found in the Bible. The bookmarks are in needlepoint on perforated paper, one worked in silk, the other in wool. The silk bookmark has the words "Faith Hope Charity." The wool bookmark says "Simply to Thy Cross I cling." We don't know who made the bookmarks, but perforated paper embroidery being popular in Victorian times, it is easy to picture Agnes stitching the bookmarks for George's Bible.


text: The Flowergardengirl blog will be about kitchen gardening in 2013 I have decided. There will also be more stories about the South like this one from Thelma's Out of Control Iris Garden not far from where I live…you can click on the photo to follow the link. But mostly I'm going to stay close to home this year and concentrate on kitchen gardening and do some killer canning and freezing. I'm going to fancy up my pantries with cute gingham and do some beautiful front and back porch decorating. I've had major health problems this year with many of you praying for me and thank you so much. I am on the mend. I was even told this year that I was going blind but through a miracle because of those prayers I am now healed. I was recently seen by a neuro opthamologist and he said my eyes have never been healthier to which my husband I nearly fainted. I can only tell you it was a miracle. I give God the glory. I am still weak from having a rare from of shingles that attacked the nerves of my face and was called Ramsay Hunt Syndrome….caused some real damage to those nerves….I am still healing and weak as I write this. I am still seeing a bit blurry and words are a bit mixed up but in time I will see just fine. It really is your prayers. So I have planned to be home more…..in my kitchen more…and definitely in my pantries more. My oldest son is getting married in May…so there will be a beautiful wedding too! I wish you all a Happy New Year!!!!! Thank you for being a Flowergardengirl fan. I am so glad you are. Let's all get busy ordering seed! I will be posting lots of new stuff soon. I'm of course getting things ready for the porches. I'm already thinking spring. Hugs to all.


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"Can you spin it?" appears to be the only really important question in Hong Kong as trade ministers from around the world and emboldened non-governmental organizations apparently wish to "spin" the WTO right into the ground. The press spin has increased as the week drags on, making progress difficult for the WTO member countries. Diametrically opposed quotes from the same interest are as common as the protesters who line the streets every day.
U.S. cotton programs have been a focal point again and have been alleged to be responsible for suicide, poverty, death and destruction the world over. As such, it has been receiving the lion's share of spin. For example, on Tuesday, least developed countries (joined feverishly by the EU) stated that the meeting must conclude with duty free, quota free access for least developing countries. Nothing less would do. On Thursday, however, when Ambassador Portman announced the U.S. would provide duty free, quota free access for cotton exports from West African countries, and challenged other cotton importing countries to do the same, the reaction was less than positive.
"Well, that is a negotiating ploy," said EU Trade Minister Peter Mandelson, "It is a gigantic great smokescreen behind which they think they can dodge their responsibilities to cotton growers in Africa." Oxfam International, an organization that has pushed for duty free, quota free access for least developed countries and has also touted the efficiencies of cotton producers in West Africa, was reported to have said that access to the United States market was not of much use to a group of countries not competitive enough to export there, even with unfettered access. "The problem for West African cotton farmers is not market access…."
It is so bad that when the U.S. announced its plans for more market access for African countries, EU officials were reported to run among reporters to pitch their opinion that these partial measures were not enough. The EU, it seems, is so committed to the African farmers that it is volunteering to do their press for them.
The impact of U.S. cotton policy is restated daily in the press and in the spin rooms with a stunningly broad range of data that often does not come close to reality. For example, it was reported that an African cotton producer with 15 hectares of cotton can sell the cotton for only 50 cents a kilo on the world market, grossing $200 in annual income and a $20 profit. But, world cotton prices are $1.24 per kilo and if that farm made average African yields, its gross returns should exceed $6,000.
Oxfam issued a long report blaming the U.S. cotton program for low cotton prices in China. The report failed to note, however, that current cotton prices in China are about 25 cents a pound higher than world prices.
The spin is not confined to cotton. The EU, while concerned about poor cotton producers, stated it would not improve its agricultural market access offer because it was waiting for other poorer nations to offer to lower their barriers to industrial goods and services. EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel complains that the US should move forward with a commitment to end its cotton subsidies and stop dumping cotton on world markets, while simultaneously refusing to agree even on a date to end EU direct export subsidies – which normally involve the EU spending around $3 billion annually to "dump" (its word) a multitude of products onto the world market. It also wants to end in-kind food donations made to poor countries.
Meanwhile, some of the same developing countries that demand duty free, quota free access to developed country markets are objecting to duty free, quota free treatment if it would erode preferences they currently have into the EU banana market.
The EU's Mandelson sways from refusing to negotiate greater access to the EU agricultural market to complaining that ambition for the round is going backwards. He arrived in Hong Kong having announced the EU would not come forward with any new offers on agricultural market access and complained later that there "couldn't be any less negotiation."
While the spin continues in earnest every day here in Hong Kong, there are some serious negotiations going on behind closed doors and U.S. cotton has a direct interest in their outcome. The pressure to reach an "early harvest" for cotton in Hong Kong is intense and unending. While Ambassador Portman apparently agreed to duty-free, quota-free access for cotton from West African countries, he has so far stood firm in resisting the calls for an early harvest. His stance may well serve to save the WTO process from devolving into a commodity-by-commodity negotiation – a result that would severely handicap the ability of the WTO to handle broad-based trade policy.
The "spin" makes the Hong Kong meeting look like a circus, and it is to some degree. But the intensity of U.S. efforts to craft some sort of promising document must be taken seriously.
Bill Gillon is an attorney in Memphis, Tenn. An expert on cotton and trade issues, he attended the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong as a representative of Farm Press Publications. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Rachel's Nautical Rooftop Garden
Name: Rachel A.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Size: 156 square feet
Your Favorite Thing About Your Outdoor Space: The orange tree that we grew from the seed of an orange we ate the day we closed on our place...and the view, of course!
Biggest Design Challenge With This Space: The biggest challenge is providing enough shade from the sun. We have a toddler and needed to keep him cool and shaded, so we found a sandbox with a canopy. We also have a large umbrella that shades the entire deck when open.
Tips for Creating a Great Small Outdoor Space: Freshen your outdoor furniture with your favorite fabrics. I didn't like any of the ready made outdoor pillows I had seen, so I purchased my own outdoor fabric and made pillows and covers. I also repurposed a coffee bean bag as a cover for a basic planter.
Thanks, Rachel, and good luck!
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All-Star Alabama Tribute Puts Pioneering Band Back in the Spotlight
Nowadays, long hair and loud guitars are common in country music. That wasn't always the case.
The new album "Alabama & Friends" pays tribute to a pioneering band that proved decades ago how popular merging country and Southern rock could be.
Alabama, 'All American': Exclusive Song Premiere
Forty years after country rockers Alabama formed, the band's sound no longer carries the shock of the new. But a gang of contemporary country stars, all of whom incorporate rock into their music, celebrate another country music trait: concise, catchy songs survive the ages.
Several 21st-century stars put their stamp on Alabama favorites. Jason Aldean adds arena-guitar crunch to "Tennessee River," Luke Bryan finds joyous fun in "Love in the First Degree" and Florida Georgia Line brings extra bounce to "I'm in a Hurry (and Don't Know Why)."
'Alabama & Friends' Tribute to Feature Luke Bryan, Toby Keith & More
Even better is the intimacy Kenny Chesney instills into "Lady Down on Love" and the Bob Seger-like soul Toby Keith pumps into the underrated "She and I." Best of all, Jamey Johnson's performance of "My Home's in Alabama" fits him like an old denim jacket - the rare tribute that improves on the original.
After a 10-year break from recording, Alabama reunited to cut two new songs, which was at least one too many, as neither carries the nostalgic weight of their more famous songs. Still, there is plenty here to make these old Southern rock pioneers proud.


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Robert J. Filipovich discovers a green way to relocate house from Minnesota to Montana by using a mass-transit vehicle when moving.
There are any number of popular songs that make "movin' on down the highway" sound like a fulfilling, and even exhilarating, experience . . . but when a change of job or lifestyle makes relocation necessary, most folks find the task a good bit less than pleasant. In fact, moving can be not only a tremendous hassle, but also a pretty darned expensive one.
That second concern loomed pretty large several years ago when my family of four had to leave Minneapolis, Minnesota for the western part of Montana, a distance of about 1,200 miles. We couldn't afford to hire a professional company—since I was fresh out of school at the time—and even the $600 fee stipulated by the local you-drive agency seemed a bit beyond the reach of our budget. In short, we knew we had to come up with a less conventional, lower-cost way to get there.
Happily enough, after a few hours of deliberation we hit upon what turned out to be the perfect answer to our moving woes: using a mass-transit vehicle when moving! After all (we reasoned), with its seats removed, a bus would have a lot of cargo space . . . it would be equipped with an engine designed to haul hefty loads . . . and we could probably sell the vehicle at our journey's end or—at the very least—put it to use as a portable outbuilding.
The idea proved to be a practical one, too. We've changed homes twice since that first jaunt to Montana and have used a bus on each occasion. So why shouldn't you try the same thing?
Of course, the first thing you, as a would-be bus owner, will have to do is shop around for a vehicle that satisfies your needs and won't empty your pocketbook. Our initial buy was an orange International Harvester 48-seater that we purchased secondhand from a transit company. School systems and churches can also be counted upon to sell old buses from time to time.
Use care (and be patient) when making your choice. Remember that the ideal machine will not only haul all your belongings a long way, but also provide you with a profit upon resale. I suggest, then, that you buy from either a reputable transit company or a good school district, because such organizations generally make every effort to keep their buses in working order and will often have up-to-date maintenance and safety inspection records for each one. Mileage data and information on individual vehicle peccadilloes will often be scribbled in the margins of the forms as well. Ask to see the sheets and check them carefully . . . you'll likely be able to eliminate a lot of potential buys on the basis of their service records alone.
Once you've narrowed the list to the buses that seem to be worth looking at, it's time to go on out to the lot and examine the vehicles firsthand. When you do so, don't let such cosmetic problems as slashed seats and graffiti worry you. Those eyesores may well be among the reasons why the bus is for sale in the first place, but they're irrelevant as far as the moving potential of the vehicle is concerned.
However, while minor scars can be ignored, you will want to be sure that the doors swing wide open (for ease of loading and unloading) and that the lights, horn, mirrors, fans, heaters, and such are in good working order.
Crawl under the vehicle to check the security of the tailpipe, and—while you're down there—look for leaks. Wipe off any wet spots . . then, after your test drive, you can go below again to make sure there's no new fluid on those places. Be certain to inspect the underside for any signs of severe rusting, too.
The next step, if you're still happy with the bus after your initial inspection, will be to take it out on the road. Should you be unable to start the engine at first, it s all right to let whoever's showing you the vehicle crank it into action (it may have been standing unused for quite a while and thus be difficult to start). Once that's done, though, turn the motor off and fire it up yourself. Remember, you're the person who'll have to get that loaded monster down Route 66!
If you doubt your own ability to determine the health of a motor, you'd do well to enlist the services of a friend with more mechanical know-how. After all, although most of the buses I've tested have run surprisingly well, such a vehicle does represent a substantial investment, and you'll want to cover every possible angle in order to make an informed choice.
When you're satisfied with the sound of the engine at idle, take the bus for a spin. Don't be alarmed if the test vehicle seems cumbersome compared with your car .. you'll get used to handling a bigger rig in time. Do start off slowly, though, and allow yourself plenty of driving space to maneuver in.
Once you've found a bus that's to your liking, it's time to begin dickering. You may be able to get minor repairs and removal of the seats included in the bargain. But even if such extras can't be arranged, you can probably find an affordable deal. Our first bus cost us $600—roughly the price of renting a truck big enough to move our household—and when we got to Montana, we sold it to a country music band for a whopping $1,200!
After you've purchased your vehicle, you may want to paint it. Indeed, if you've got yourself a potential moving van colored national school-bus yellow, you must do so, because a federal regulation requires that at least half of the original hue be covered. I suggest simply giving the vehicle a couple of coats of primer . . . in order to prepare it for whatever color its next owner might prefer.
Then—if the seller didn't do the job for you—you'll need to remove the seats to open up the cargo area. The best tools for this task are a cold chisel, a hammer, and a strong arm. Begin by forcing the heads off the bolts that hold the legs of the seats to the floor. Just place the chisel blade at the base of the bolt head and then apply the hammer with enthusiasm until the ornery little fastener is decapitated.
Most of the seats will probably be secured to the side of the bus as well as to the floor. The wall bolts can be difficult to get at with hammer and chisel, so you may want to spray them with penetrating oil and take a wrench to them. If they turn out to be too stubborn even for that approach, you'll have to enlist the service of a blowtorch and cut the heads off. When you do, though, be sure that you have a full bucket of water and a pile of wet rags nearby to cool down the floor and the sides of the bus as you work. And, of course, don't use the torch on the bolts nearest the gas tank!
With the passenger seats out, go on to remove the stop sign and any special warning lights from the front and rear of the vehicle . . these modifications are required by law. Fortunately, they're jobs that can be easily performed with a screwdriver.
It might be worth your while to try to sell the seats, sign, and lights for a few bucks (you should at least be able to barter them for help on moving day). They're just excess baggage to you now, and you might as well turn them into gas money if you can.
You're almost home free at this point, but before you can load up and get on down the road, you'll need to weigh the empty bus in order to obtain either a license or a permit. Every state has different rules about such things (which may be more complex if you're moving from one state to another), so you'll just have to call your local license bureau and the nearest highway patrol office and then take the least expensive option they offer you. Try for a permit . . a license could cost as much as $60, whereas—when we moved to Montana—we needed only a 21-day permit, which set us back a mere $4.00.
Before the time comes to pack, you'll want to scrub out the interior of the bus thoroughly. Then buy a couple of 4 foot by 8 foot sheets of hardboard (which can sometimes be purchased secondhand) and cut them lengthwise to cover the windows inside the bus. These panels will protect your investment's glass from attacks by rocking chair arms and the like.
It took us just four hours (with the help of neighbors) to load the contents of our entire house into our first moving bus. It's best to load through the rear doors, and to begin by putting your mattresses and box springs behind the driver's seat . . . they'll serve to protect the operator from anything that might come rolling his or her way in the event of a sudden stop or skid. Be sure, as you pack, to consider weight distribution. And make efficient use of space by fitting such uneven objects as bicycles around the wheel wells.
Admittedly, the tasks involved in converting a people-hauler into a moving van—and in then trying to remarket that converted vehicle at a profit—will seem pretty imposing to some folks. But anyone who's bucks down (or simply thrifty) ought to give the idea some consideration. Can you think of any other way to get your family moved and make a profit in the process?


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Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission found this week that former PUC chief Ron Binz violated the state constitution when he accepted a free trip to Houston by a private energy company. In its dry, matter-of-fact prose, the commission stated "there is not sufficient evidence showing that Mr. Binz's travel was for a legitimate state or local purpose" and that none of the exceptions to such privately paid travel applied to Binz.
Binz, who while on the PUC abused his position in a multitude of ways, has gone on to the greener pastures of life as a consultant. So I might not even mention the panel's ruling except for the fact that my favorite newspaper, in its print-edition writeup today, left the impression that the ethics panel exonerated Binz ("Ethics panel clears former PUC chief") because the commission also said he "did not breach the public trust for private gain."
That's true, he didn't. But he did breach the public trust by violating the constitution. Indeed, he accepted a speaking engagement paid for by a company involved in an energy sector benefiting from legislation he helped to write.
I'd say that's easily as bad as breaching the public trust for private gain.


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Cabaniss Usability Study
From UA Libraries Digital Services Planning and Documentation
IRB approval for the Cabaniss usability study was obtained in May 2010. The following decisions have been made in how to proceed in planning the study:
- We will start advertising via the website for the study this summer. Jason Battles will be consulted on how this advertisement should appear.
- In late August when classes start back, we will advertise via listservs and on bulletin boards in the the History, American Studies, and Political Science departments. This will require Amanda to gather information from departmental secretaries in early August.
- Clark Center was consulted about how to best advertise in the Reading Room. He suggested displaying the fliers in the middle of each table in the Reading Room as well as providing a list of FAQs to hand out to interested parties. These FAQs should answer most questions that people have, but those working at the reference desk will at least need to be made aware of the study.
- Our goal is to have all subjects tested before mid-term exams which usually occur around the first of October.
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