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You know how Gillian Anderson just broke up with her man-friend? And you know how David Duchovny got "quietly divorced" from Tea Leoni because of his sex addiction? And remember that stupid boner-deflating shit they pulled in the 2nd X-Files movie where they "revealed" that Mulder and Scully have just been totally humping off-camera this whole time? Well, according to totally not credible internet tabloid sources, it might be true IRL. GAAAHHH I WANT TO BELIEVE.
A source exclusively told CDL that David and Gillian have been in a serious relationship for some time now and she and her children are shacking up with the Californication actor. This is a long time coming for the pair whose chemistry on their hit show was always a source of tabloid conjecture. Gillian and David worked together from 1993 to 2002 and starred in the movie version in 2008. Although it seems every fan in the world wanted to get the two together, a relationship was never declared during filming.
If you need me, I'll be locked in my room rewinding all the X-Files episodes where Mulder and Scully are forced to impersonate a married couple because of shenanigans. And also that bullshit from the first movie with the bee. Long have I hated that fucking bee. [CDL]
Roseanne Barr has thrown her hat into the ring for president, representing the Peace and Freedom Party (her running mate is Cindy Sheehan; the two met through Michael Moore). Here's why you should vote for her:
"Vote for me. I'm not a liar. I'm not a thief. I'm not a whore," she says. "And I'm not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S...In order to be able to write a good joke, you have to find the truth," she says. "I've spent 30 years as a comedian focused on working-class issues. Working-class people do not have a vote in this country. That's the real reason why I'm running and why I've put up my own money to seek ballot access in all 50 states. I will keep running till I win."
Way to alienate the whore demographic, Roseanne. [DailyBeast]
Spice Girl Mel B (a.k.a. Attention Spice) keeps getting everyone all worked up by hinting at a Spice Girls reunion at the Olympics closing ceremony—mainly by traipsing around London Tweeting about fancy clothes.
Last week, she posted an image of three different pairs of shoes on the social networking website.
"Guess which shoe belongs to which spice girl!!!" she captioned it.
"You guys are spot on, mine is black, emma's pink, and geri's gold, you lot are fab (sic)!"
Call me Indifferent Spice, but Olympic closing ceremonies + Spice Girls reunion = The night when 2 things I don't care about become 1. [News.au]
Great headline. Just a great headline. "Randy Travis Leaves Jail in Borrowed Clothes After Naked Arrest":
The 53-year-old singer emerged today from the Grayson County jail in Sherman, Texas wearing light blue scrubs, a baseball cap and no shoes.
Man. Nothing like getting out of jail and not even having one friend willing to bring you some fuckin' flops. [E!]
- Everyone loves Gabby Douglas the most. [Yahoo!]
- Bob Hoskins has Parkinson's. :( [News.au]
- The parents of Zachary Hartwell, who was killed in the car crash with Jackass's Ryan Dunn, are suing Dunn's estate and the Pennsylvania bar where the two were allegedly over-served. "Zach's parents are suing for unspecified damages ... claiming they've lost the services, guidance, and comfort of their son. And they want Dunn's estate to cover expenses associated with Zach's death ... including funeral costs...Zach's parents also want both parties to pay for the wages Zach would have earned during his lifetime." [ONTD]
- Ben Affleck is "a favorite" to direct the upcoming Justice League movie. [E!]
- A baby came out of Kristin Cavallari. [News.au]
- Recovering alcoholic Brigitte Nielsen photographed swigging vodka in a park, is hella graceful about it: "At that moment in time, I felt like I needed a moment to myself, in a park. The vodka came about as a desperate move to try to release some pressure and is under no circumstances an indication of how I lead my life on a day-to-day basis...It's a very sad situation but, you know, a relapse can happen… Life goes on and you have to press on, learn from your mistakes, deal with the issue." [Express]
- Following her divorce from Peter Facinelli, Jennie Garth says she's dating "with training wheels on." [Us]
- Kim Kardashian and Kanye West "gets their fitness on together." [SIC I GUESS.] [E!]
- Gisele Bundchen went outside. [JustJared]
- Don Johnson has signed with a new agency. Fun fact: Don Johnson was at my college graduation and he wore green clogs. [Deadline]
- Kate Bosworth is eng—zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. [E!]


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The Actual New Beatrice
Since Beatrice Inn closed last April it feels like hundreds — thousands — of clubs and lounges have tried to claim succession. Today we have big news on the actual new Beatrice — Paul Sevigny's imminent new place.
The venue, which our source didn't want to name as a deal is in final negotiations, is near Soho and over multiple floors. It is not in the Puck Building as some (very tenuous) reports had hinted. To confirm its heir-to-the-throne status: Sevigny and his partners are considering bringing some furniture over directly from the shuttered Beatrice Inn. Here's what else our mole knows:
The space:
It's pretty raw and fits Paul's aesthetic, basically the opposite of Boom Boom Room and Avenue. Nothing glittery and opulent.
There will be food:
...the idea is to Manhattan-ize the young Brooklyn forward-thinking vibe exemplified by Roberta's in Bushwick and the Frankies 457/Prime Meats empire in Carrol Gardens.
Intriguingly, it is intended to be more than just a restaurant and lounge:
There is a large loft space above the venue which would be used for an office and hopefully as a gallery/community space with plenty of room for screenings (ala London's Frontline Club) and readings (ala Chelsea's Half King).
The space may also be used to save journalism!
Some of the team have media ties and they're joking about launching a publication called Spiked: A Journal of Rejection focusing on reportage that young journalists have had killed due to the industry's contraction.

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While some child stars end up spending their adulthood in and out of rehab facilities or court, Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tamera Mowry-Housley said having each other helped them survive Hollywood.
"What was really great was, I'm there with my sister. That support system is right there. I'm going through the same things that she's going through…the trials, the tribulations, everything," Tia explained to "Access Hollywood."
Though their pregnancies were a couple of years apart and they experienced different symptoms, that sisterly support was evident when Tia offered her expertise and advice to Tamera.
"She helped me through it. She would tell me, 'This is normal. You're fine,'" said Tamera about her sister's words of comfort.
Read the rest here.
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Here's one example, from Gardiner Harris and Benedict Carey at the New York Times:
In one example, Dr. Biederman reported no income from Johnson & Johnson for 2001 in a disclosure report filed with the university. When asked to check again, he said he received $3,500. But Johnson & Johnson told Mr. Grassley that it paid him $58,169 in 2001, Mr. Grassley found.So Biederman is supposed to report outside income to the university, but he didn't. Then, his amended reports were in some instances a wild underestimate of his outside income. So how well is the "honor system" working out for conflicts of interest, anyway? To be fair, Biederman is not alone -- two other Harvard psychiatrists (Timothy Wilens and Thomas Spencer) had similar reporting problems. Indeed, there is nothing to say that Biederman's conflicts of interest are any more noteworthy than those of other "stars" in the academic psychiatry universe.
Worry not, Biederman is still interested in saving lives. He is recruiting 4 to 6 year olds with "bipolar disorder" for a Seroquel trial.
For some reason, I thought Biederman's prior comments were worth repeating here. From the Boston Globe:
Biederman dismisses most critics, saying that they cannot match his scientific credentials as co author of 30 scientific papers a year and director of a major research program at the psychiatry department that is top-ranked in the "US News & World Report" ratings.
"The critics 'are not on the same level. We are not debating as to whether [a critic] likes brownies and I like hot dogs. In medicine and science, not all opinions are created equal,' said Biederman, a native of Czechoslovakia who came to Mass. General in 1979 after medical training in Argentina and Israel. He now lives in Brookline.
You tell 'em, Joe! I suppose those who dare critique his conflicts of interest are "not on the same level" as him. Some say that we shouldn't be concerned about conflicts of interest, that we should just look at the quality of a person's work, regardless of financial conflicts. Well, Biederman is the undisputed King of Bipolar in kids, and I'm still awaiting any impressive outcome dataon the "bipolar" kids being treated with antipsychotics. Especially the young kids. 4 year olds on Seroquel -- I'm glad I'm not on Joe's level. Are we better off now that the diagnosis of bipolar has run rampant in kids?
Also see and Furious Seasons and Pharmalot.
Update: Also read the Carlat Psychiatry Blog post on the topic.


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Texas Independence Day on the Avenue
Spirits were high, 'though the day was chilly. Celebrate Texas organized a fine parade. There were veterans' contingents, a Shiner Beer van distributing Shiner lapel buttons, Lone Star flags for the little children, two contingents of lions and dragons, and much, much more, including two wonderful bands from Austin high schools: the Eastside Memorial Panthers and the Bowie High School marching band.
James and Annetta White of the Broken Spoke were the parade honorees. Spirits were lifted by the singing of an a capella choir, from the Cowboy Church. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas passed by on horseback. The Texas Cowboys startled a dog or two.
The Plungettes, with their plumbing gear, and the Beachers, with their lawn chairs, turned out as they do for almost every parade.
The Eastside Panthers marched with pride in t-shirts and shorts, despite the chill. The Bowie band turned out in full uniform, complete with plumes; the band seemed to be 150 strong. We loved them both.
Congress Avenue was intended as to be a processional way. See some unedited videos and recall the fun or see and hear some of what you missed. We love a parade!


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table of contents
|Kernel Developer's Manual
NAME¶netisr — Kernel network dispatch service
SYNOPSIS¶#include <net/netisr.h> void
netisr_register(const struct netisr_handler *nhp); void
netisr_unregister(const struct netisr_handler *nhp); int
netisr_dispatch(u_int proto, struct mbuf *m); int
netisr_dispatch_src(u_int proto, uintptr_t source, struct mbuf *m); int
netisr_queue(u_int proto, struct mbuf *m); int
netisr_queue_src(u_int proto, uintptr_t source, struct mbuf *m); void
netisr_clearqdrops(const struct netisr_handler *nhp); void
netisr_getqdrops(const struct netisr_handler *nhp, u_int64_t *qdropsp); void
netisr_getqlimit(const struct netisr_handler *nhp, u_int *qlimitp); int
netisr_setqlimit(const struct netisr_handler *nhp, u_int qlimit); u_int
netisr_default_flow2cpu(u_int flowid); u_int
netisr_get_cpucount(void); u_int
netisr_get_cpuid(u_int cpunumber);
DESCRIPTION¶The netisr kernel interface suite allows device drivers (and other packet sources) to direct packets to protocols for directly dispatched or deferred processing.
Protocol registration¶Protocols register and unregister handlers using netisr_register() and netisr_unregister(), and may also manage queue limits and statistics using the netisr_clearqdrops(), netisr_getqdrops(), netisr_getqlimit(), and netisr_setqlimit.() netisr supports multi-processor execution of handlers, and relies on a combination of source ordering and protocol-specific ordering and work-placement policies to decide how do distribute work across one or more worker threads. Registering protocols will declare one of three policies:
- netisr should maintain source ordering without advice from the protocol. netisr will ignore any flow IDs present on mbuf headers for the purposes of work placement.
- netisr should maintain flow ordering as defined by the mbuf header flow ID field. If the protocol implements nh_m2flow, then netisr will query the protocol in the evet that the mbuf doesn't have a flow ID, falling back on source ordering.
- netisr will entirely delegate all work placement decisions to the protocol, querying nh_m2cpuid for each packet.
- const char * nh_name
- Unique character string name of the protocol, which may be included in 2(sysctl) MIB names, so should not contain whitespace.
- netisr_handler_t nh_handler
- Protocol handler function that will be invoked on each packet received for the protocol.
- netisr_m2flow_t nh_m2flow
- Optional protocol function to generate a flow ID and set
M_FLOWIDfor packets that do not enter netisr with
M_FLOWIDdefined. Will be used only with
- netisr_m2cpuid_t nh_m2cpuid
- Protocol function to determine what CPU a packet should be
processed on. Will be used only with
- netisr_drainedcpu_t nh_drainedcpu
- Optional callback function that will be invoked when a per-CPU queue was drained. It will never fire for directly dispatched packets. Unless fully understood, this special-purpose function should not be used.
- u_int nh_proto
- Protocol number used by both protocols to identify themselves to netisr, and by packet sources to select what handler will be used to process packets. A table of supported protocol numbers appears below. For implementation reasons, protocol numbers great than 15 are currently unsupported.
- u_int nh_qlimit
- The maximum per-CPU queue depth for the protocol; due to internal implementation details, the effective queue depth may be as much as twice this number.
- u_int nh_policy
- The ordering and work placement policy for the protocol, as described earlier.
Packet source interface¶Packet sources, such as network interfaces, may request protocol processing using the netisr_dispatch() and netisr_queue() interfaces. Both accept a protocol number and mbuf argument, but while netisr_queue() will always execute the protocol handler asynchonously in a deferred context, netisr_dispatch() will optionally direct dispatch if permitted by global and per-protocol policy. In order to provide additional load balancing and flow information, packet sources may also specify an opaque source identifier, which in practice might be a network interface number or socket pointer, using the netisr_dispatch_src() and netisr_queue_src() variants.
Protocol number constants¶The follow protocol numbers are currently defined:
- IPv4
- IGMPv3 loopback
- Routing socket loopback
- Appletalk AARP
- Appletalk phase 1
- Appletalk phase 2
- IPv6
- epair(4)
AUTHORS¶This manual page and the netisr implementation were written by Robert N. M. Watson.
|July 26, 2009


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Airspace: Class G
Altitude: 0–1200 feet
The FAA anticipates that within five years 7500 small commercial drones will be operating at these low altitudes. Current rules allow radio-control hobbyists to fly their aircraft within sight and under 400 feet. However, a new generation of small drones can go higher and follow GPS waypoints beyond a controller's visual range, raising worries about midair collisions with helicopters. Expected FAA restrictions may limit commercial drone flights to daytime hours, keep them away from helipads, and require an operator's license.
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Airspace: Airports (Class B, C, D)
Altitude: 0–10,000 feet
Airspace surrounding towered airports consists of one or more tiered layers; the highest layer of the biggest (Class B) airports has a maximum radius of 30 nautical miles. FAA regulations require all aircraft operating in these airspaces to be equipped with two-way communication for exchanges with air traffic control (ATC). Even drones with a high level of autonomy will likely need to take off and land under ATC supervision.
Airspace: Class A
Altitude: 18,000–60,000 feet
This highly regulated slice of sky incorporates jet routes, where jet-powered drones could share the sky with airliners, military transports, and general aviation craft. As with manned aircraft, drones will have to carry transponders that provide location and altitude to air-traffic radar. In Class A airspace, pilots mainly rely on instrument readings rather than visual cues, except in the case of collision avoidance; because of this, unmanned aircraft will need yet-to be-developed sensors that enable them to detect and avoid other airplanes autonomously during an emergency.
Airspace: Class E
Altitude: All undefined airspace below 18,000 feet; everything above 60,000 feet
The upper fringes of airspace hold a lot of promise for pilotless craft. Here a drone could fly along an ATC-approved flight path without further communication, as long as it had a transponder and stuck to its course. High-flying drones are designed primarily for endurance, not speed, so the wake turbulence caused by faster manned airplanes could endanger them. Military jets also operate here, so high-flying drones would have to be able to sense and avoid supersonic aircraft—a big hurdle considering how quickly a drone would have to react.


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Hurricane Hanna is blowing through at the moment. Packing (don't you love how they always say "packing"? Like she's going to shoot someone?)…packing 50mph winds, thunderstorms and heavy rain.
Once again, I have managed to schedule a key race on a day when the weather will be uncooperative, to say the least. The forecast at race time (8:30AM) is for 72 degrees, 61 degree dew point (okay, not that bad when compared to this morning's 74 degree dew point, when the whole world felt like the inside of an EasyBake oven) and 10mph winds. The good news? No rain. The bad news? The wind direction will mean an unfortunate headwind during a long uphill stretch.
But I'm used to running uphill and straight into stiff headwinds! And everyone else will have the same stupid wind blowing in their faces. So, dagnabbit, I'm determined to run my best and have a good time.
Race report to come.
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I am torn at times between the sentimental notions of romance put forth by today's romcoms, my insatiable lust to fuck like a rabbit, and the stark realization that sometimes I find women too much trouble to deal with on a romantic or even lustful level. Guys, let's all admit right here right now if there did not exist the slightest hope of fucking any woman in our deranged mind, would we actually bother speaking with them? I sometimes more than others think the answer is no.
That very reason is what has at times led me to taking part the oldest profession in the world and I am not talking about politics. Yes, there certainly is a stigma around prostitution but I don't think it really has impacted the business, no matter the economy, men still need to get their drink on and whores.
A friend and I were going to a strip club together around Christmas. Oddly enough my friend was married at the time to a stripper. Go figure. We really have no limit to our debauchery. We stopped at a nearby ATM when two blonde Brazilian women pulled up next to us in a black open top Jeep. Using very poor broken English they asked us where the club was we were about to head to. Patricia (her real name because really who gives a fuck, she is a whore) and her friend whose name escapes me as I didn't fuck that particular whore, both followed us.
After the club closed we followed the girls and their pimp to their brothel apartment in a convoy of sin. I got Patricia because she spoke a little broken English and the other whore only spoke Portuguese. Patricia was young, with that amazing natural tan Brazilian skin that you want to run miles on with your hands, tongue, and dick. She was petite with small tits but an amazing Brazilian ass hung on that tiny fuckable frame like a masterpiece by Gauguin.
Same quick words of wisdom on whore fucking;
1) Trust your instinct if you think she is a diseased skank, she is.
2) Don't be afraid to slow her down and take control as it's on your dime. She just wants to get it over with. Slow her down, it's your hour and it's an hour, not a race, to make you cum.
3) This is your chance to get some freak on. She likely won't say no, at worse charge you a little more. Gain some real world fucking experience and practice on that whore.
I slowed Patricia down and put her in doggie happily slapping that delicious rotund ass around. I was fucking like Santa Claus jingling this Latina ass like the dirty little reindeer she was, too much Christmas reference? One of the best things to do with a whore is to figure her out like a the puzzle all woman are and get her to cum. You do have an hour. Patricia started moaning and I started moaning. I heard my friend in the room next to me and his girl. I also heard the pimp probably in the living room getting his lemon squeezed by some other girl. Soon enough it became a symphony of moaning, then it became a competition between the three of us, and then finally it just became comedic to us all.
I heard my friend laugh and turned to see him and his girl standing there naked making moaning sounds. He suggested she help me and Patricia out. She got on the bed and started licking my balls as I continued to pound Patricia. The pimp walked through the room, smiled at us, and grabbed a towel, completely naked, so surreal. I tried to get my hours worth but with the frantic ball licking, Patricia's perfect ass slamming into me, the natural warmth her body gave off, and my desire to end this weird situation brought me to a satisfying climax. I got my money's worth, all of it BS free, no drama, no craziness and maybe Patricia one day bought a house or at least got herself some English lessons.
Singlefied does not advocate prostitution and asks you to respect your state laws.


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Anti-gold mining protest — Halkidiki, March 25, 2013
More than 3.000 people chanting slogans against Eldorado Gold marched three kilometres from the village of Megali Panagia to the location where the first clash of anti-mining protestors with the riot police took place one year ago. This was the last in a series of powerful demonstrations against gold mining that took place in the last couple of weeks in Alexandroupoli, Komotini and Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, where an unprecedented 20.000 people chanted "Eldorado Gold go away now!".
Greek villagers brought their region's fierce battle against Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold to the firm's headquarters Friday, marking the end of the activists' cross-Canada tour opposing open-pit gold mining in their homeland.
Over the past year, a growing conflict in Greece's Halkidiki region — birthplace of the philosopher Aristotle –has seen thousands of residents blockade roads, raid mine sites, and skirmish with police they say are corrupt and beholden to the company. Another demonstration brought 20,000 protesters to the streets of Thessaloniki.
"Our will will not be curbed," said Maria Kadoglou, a resident of Ierissos village, Greece. "We will keep on fighting until Eldorado Gold goes away." Continue reading


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Request to drop McDonnell's charges made
RICHMOND - Five former Virginia attorneys general have asked a federal judge to consider their argument that public corruption charges against ex-Gov. Bob McDonnell should be dismissed.
The former Republican governor and his wife Maureen are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 from Jonnie Williams, the former CEO of dietary supplements maker Star Scientific Inc., in exchange for helping promote his products. They have pleaded not guilty, and a jury trial that is expected to last at least five weeks is scheduled to begin in late July.
In a memo supporting their motion, the former top state law enforcement officers wrote that the government's "expansive interpretation" of the federal bribery law that is the basis for 11 counts "is completely alien to any legal advice that any of us would have given to any Governor of Virginia." They said the government's view, if adopted into law, would establish the threat of federal prosecution for normal participation in the political process.
Three Democrats and two Republicans who served as attorney general between 1970 and 2001 filed a motion late Wednesday asking U.S. District Judge James Spencer to accept their friend-of-the-court brief. Spencer rejected a similar request from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers last week.
According to the indictment, the McDonnells opened the Executive Mansion for a launch party for a Star Scientific product, arranged for a meeting between Williams and a state health official and talked up the benefits of his company's dietary supplement Anatabloc. Among the gifts Williams gave the McDonnells were a Rolex watch, designer clothes, golf outings and $15,000 for catering a daughter's wedding reception, the indictment says.
The former attorneys general said none of the favors done by the McDonnells amounted to "official acts" within the meaning of the federal bribery law.
"Frankly, we are taken aback by the efforts of federal prosecutors to stretch the law to cover them," they wrote.
They said if the type of access the McDonnells arranged for Williams constitutes an official act, then any meeting with a citizen, favorable treatment of a campaign contributor or "simple nod of approval" also could be defined that way to support a bribery charge.
"Whatever criticism might be made of such access, the practice has been repeatedly upheld as legal," the former officeholders wrote. "Yet, under the indictment, the law will be turned on its head, and these long-established practices will be grounds for federal prosecution."
The McDonnells made similar arguments in their motion to dismiss, which did not cover charges of making false statements. Prosecutors have until April 24 to respond to the motion, and a hearing is set for May 29.
The former attorneys general supporting McDonnell's motion are Democrats Andrew P. Miller, Mary Sue Terry and Stephen D. Rosenthal and Republicans J. Marshall Coleman and Mark L. Earley.


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Citigroup's new CEO, Michael Corbat, is off to a shaky start at the helm of the third largest U.S. bank.
The bank widely missed analyst projections when it reported fourth quarter earnings and revenue early Thursday, citing a challenging environment.
"We've gotta get to a point where we stop destroying our shareholders' capital," Corbat declared on an analyst call in response to a question about what he would want his legacy to be five years from now.
One look at the bank's fourth quarter results shows just how difficult that might be.
Citigroup's latest quarterly results improved from last year but legal expenses were a big drag. The bank's legal expenses jumped by 54%, or more than $400 million, in the fourth quarter, partly due to a $305 million charge associated with the bank's settlement over alleged foreclosure abuses.
Citigroup set aside another $900 million in reserves for possible future litigation. Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach was vague during a call with journalists, only saying that the litigation was related to Citigroup's consumer unit.
During the quarter, Citigroup earned $2.2 billion, or 69 cents per share, excluding certain accounting charges. Analysts had expected net income of $2.9 billion, or 96 cents per share. Revenue came in at $18.7 billion, slightly below the $18.8 billion analysts had forecast.
Corbat admitted that the Citigroup still has work to do. "Our net income doesn't reflect today what our shareholders expect," he said.
Executives took pains to point out that the environment is challenging for all banks, but so far Citigroup is the only one to miss analysts' forecasts.
Related: Hey Wall Street, get ready for more layoffs
Corbat is expected to make broad cost cuts to reel in what's often seen as Citigroup's unwieldy operating structure and expense base. Just three months into the job, Corbat announced plans to lay off roughly 11,000 Citigroup employees. At the time, Citigroup said the changes would lower expenses by $1.1 billion per year by 2014 and cut revenue by about $300 million.
Citigroup did manage to show investors growth in the fourth quarter. Revenues increased in Citigroup's three core business lines. Revenues across the bank rose 8%, with its investment banking and trading division posting a 47% jump. Both its consumer bank and transaction services units increased revenue, though more modestly, at 4% and 1% respectively.
Corbat declined to comment in detail about stock repurchases but hinted that they would be relatively modest. As part of new financial regulations, banks are required to ask the government for permission to return capital to investors in the form of stock buybacks or dividends.
One of the defining blemishes of Corbat's predecessor Vikram Pandit's time at Citi was the bank's failure to win regulatory approval for an $8 billion buyback in 2012. Corbat made clear that winning regulatory approval for the bank's capital plan is a key focus of the early part of 2013.
Shares of Citigroup (C) dropped nearly 3% Thursday. The bank's stock is up more than 7% this year, following a jump of more than 60% in 2012.
Corbat was appointed CEO in mid-October, after Pandit ended his tumultuous five-year reign atop what's been deemed the world's financial supermarket. Pandit's legacy at Citigroup has been defined by a 90% drop in the bank's share price during his tenure.
Citigroup is one of five major banks to report earnings this week. Goldman Sachs (GS), Bank of America (BAC) and JPMorgan (JPM) have already reported earnings. Morgan Stanley (MS) will release fourth quarter results on Friday.


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Today was the Lake Run Race that runs around a local Lake and has two distance options 12K or 4.37 Miles. Known in the community as the inner and outer (lake) loop. This is the race that my Ride the Wave crew had been training for all of these weeks. This race brings out a lot of familiar faces so we get to spend time chatting everyone. Me and Jo before we race.
Rob did an awesome job taking pictures!
Time flew by and before I know it we are lining up to the start line. We got lucky and had good weather. Being a springtime race, past years we have had some crazy storms and strong winds. The outer loop start. The inner and outer loops start in opposite directions and meet back up just after miles 6 for the 12K and finish together.
I went into this race with an uncertainty of how I would feel. I gauged my effort as we went knowing we would have hills and wind to contend with. A couple of the lead girls and I changed position a few times and we took the turns and went up and down the hills. We exchanged encouraging words and has some light chatting as went along.
Mike and Ryan coming into the finish. Great job guys!
Mike and Carissa kicking butt on the inner out outer loop respectively!
While racing I felt amazing! I haven't had that feeling in a long time in a race. That feeling where I'm working, but I'm so energized as the miles click by. I felt stronger as we went along and couldn't stop smiling. My legs felt woke up and I felt just such joy! When we got past mile 6 we met up with those on the inner loop and as I was passing folks I couldn't help but say positive things "good job girl", "let's finish this", "great work guys" the rest of the way in. We got to mile 7 mark and I see our friend Melissa doing splits and say hi. Turn for the corner and I see Rob! I focused on the finish line and pushed for the line. It felt awesome!
I headed back out for a cool down and to cheer our RTWers and all of our friends in. RTWers and my crew, you did so great!! I love seeing everyone at the finish giving it there all, love to see that hustle!
I ran into Jo and ran with her to the finish. She did great!
It was so nice to be there running with Jo. She encourages me all of the time and it was great to be there for her.
Afterward I went back out and cheered in more folks, changed clothes….Oh! And I got some oranges for refueling. 🙂
My finish scored me a pilsner glass. 🙂
7:14 Pace
Overall: 55/381
Afterward, it was time to chill at Hooters with Mike and Carrisa and enjoy a grilled fish sandwich. 🙂


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The Republican front-runner likes to say he's a son of Detroit, and he's got the automobile obsession to prove it.
Mitt Romney loves cars. But don't take our word for it: take his.
"I love cars. I grew up totally in love with cars. It used to be, in the '50s and '60s, if you showed me one square foot of almost any part of a car I could tell you what brand it was, the model and so forth. Now with all the Japanese cars, I'm not quite so good at it, but I still know the American cars pretty well," he told a crowd in Farmington Hills, Michigan, last week -- adding, for good measure, "I love cars, I love Americans cars, and long may they rule the world, let me tell you."
Motor oil runs in Romney's blood, and not because he's a robot. His father, 1968 presidential candidate George Romney, was chief executive of American Motors Corporation and helped to put together the merger of the Nash and Hudson companies to create AMC.
The son's affection for cars seems genuine, but it's smart politics too. Romney, as a very wealthy, Harvard-educated businessman who doesn't drink, may not naturally connect with the Average Guy -- but the garage offers a point of contact. Still, his recent relationship with Detroit has been troubled. Back in 2008, Mitt Romney wrote a column in The New York Times titled (rather unsubtly), "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." As he fights to win his native state, Romney has struggled to explain the op-ed away, relying on complicated and convoluted arguments about structured bankruptcy. But while there may be questions about his commitment to the Big Three carmakers, there are should be no question about his affection for their products. Here is a short guide to the cars Romney owns, has owned, and wants to own.
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by Augusto M R Gonzalez III (Toto Gonzalez)
The extremely active, albeit exaggerated, Philippine contemporary art scene aside, one remembers an earlier golden period of art about 50 years ago, during the ascendancy of President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos and his First Lady, Madame Imelda Romualdez-Marcos.
Reading through the now antediluvian articles on art during the Marcos regime, one is struck by the creative flowering of several major artists in so many fields. Despite the difficult political climate, the arts flourished to a remarkable degree, to an intensity unmatched in the past and perhaps in the present.
Madame Imelda Romualdez-Marcos had her mantra: "The good, the true, and the beautiful."


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After Crisis, Some Banks Doing Better Than Others
It was four years ago - almost to the day - that American taxpayers bailed out America's big banks, as the nation faced its worst financial crisis in decades. In the past several days, we've been given a look at how the banks are doing - their latest quarterly profit reports.
And to talk about that, we turn, as we often do, to David Wessel. He's economics editor of The Wall Street Journal.
Morning, David.
DAVID WESSEL: Good morning.
GREENE: So it sounds like we got a pretty mixed picture here. Which banks are doing better than others?
WESSEL: That's right. It is mixed. JP Morgan - a big one - did very well, despite the lingering effects of these huge and embarrassing losses it had in an investment operations based in London. Wells Fargo did pretty well. And both said the favorable turn in housing was a big plus for them. Citigroup's report was mixed: it has some lingering write-offs from the crisis, its profits in Asia were down, but its basic banking business is doing well, so the markets were generally impressed. And importantly, all three said they were lending at last. Each of them said loans were up over last year, at least three percent. But Bank of America did not do so well. After some accounting adjustments and the cost of settling a shareholder suit, it managed to make money, but its third quarter profits were 95 percent below last year's and its lending was down four percent from last year.
GREENE: Well, could we dig a little deeper with one of those banks, Citigroup? I mean it sounds like things didn't look all that bad in the numbers, but the big news there was that its CEO and number two both announced suddenly that they were resigning. Why would that happen at a bank when the numbers don't look too terrible?
WESSEL: Well, we don't have all the details yet, but Vikram Pandit, the CEO, who'd taken over the bank just before the financial crisis, had weathered the storm and handled repeated infusions of taxpayer money, and who had weathered calls from some in Washington for his head, had held on till now. In the end, it was apparently it was a clash over strategy and executive with the Citibank board of directors - which has been reshaped to have more bankers than it used to have, at the urging of regulators. It was a clash with the directors that led to his resignation. He'd had to deal with a shareholder revolt over executive pay, by the Federal Reserve's rejection of the bank's plan to buy back some of its stock and a huge write-off - nearly $3 billion - of a joint venture it had, a brokerage joint venture called Smith Barney, with Morgan Stanley. So I guess all the old problems there just finally got him in the end.
GREENE: You know, David, one of the phrases we heard so much back during the crisis was that it was so dangerous to let banks become too big to fail. And, I mean, we're talking about institutions that some of them have more than $2 trillion in assets. I mean, what's happened since we heard about these dangers? Have they become smaller? Are they still too big to fail, so to speak?
WESSEL: Well, the big banks are actually bigger today than they were before the crisis, in part because of the mergers that the government encouraged. The assets of the five largest bank holding companies in the U.S. accounted for about a quarter of all bank assets back in 2001. Today, they're more than half of all bank assets in these five companies.
Now, the laws and the various international agreements have provisions that, over time, will reduce the incentive for these banks to get really big. Big banks, for instance, will be required to hold much more capital than smaller banks. That should make them safer, less likely to fail, and will create some strong incentives for them not to grow so big. But too big to fail is still with us, I'm afraid.
GREENE: Some people wonder why can't someone just break them up if they're too big to fail.
WESSEL: Well, that's a good question. You're right. Bankers and some economists say that big banks are a plus in international competition with bigger companies, always. But Sandy Weill, the father of Citigroup, has suggested that maybe Citigroup would be better off in pieces. Big-time investor Wilbur Ross said this week they're too big to manage.
And one of the Federal Reserve governors, Dan Tarullo, who is a big advocate of tougher banking oversight, this week, said Congress should consider putting a cap on them. So this is going to go on. This debate is going to go on as we try and avoid a repeat of that devastating financial crisis that you mentioned at the beginning.
GREENE: All right. David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, thanks as always.
WESSEL: You're welcome. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Anthuriums are one of the most popular tropical flowers with a long vase life of about six weeks and even more depending on the variety and season.
Anthuriums are herbaceous epiphytes native to tropical America. Anthurium is a genus of more than 800 species found in the New World tropics from Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay. The Anthurium is also known as Painted Tongue, Flamingo Flower (Flamingo Lily) or Tail Flower. Anthuriums are grown for their brightly colored flower spathes and their ornamental leaves.
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- Magnoliophyta
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- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Anthurium
The red, heart-shaped flower of Anthuriums is really a spathe or a waxy, modified leaf flaring out from the base of a fleshy spike (spadix) where the tiny real flowers grow. The anthurium flowers appear as a roughness on the spadix as compared to a smooth spadix. Most common colors of anthuriums are red and shades of red.
In Greek, the name Anthurium means tail flower. The plant's stem lengths may grow to a height of 15-20 inches depending on the size of the spathe, i.e., the bigger the spathe, the longer the stem. Its leaves are usually simple, large, attractively colored and borne on long stalks. The flowering stalk is slender, ending in a fleshy column crowded with many unisexual flowers. They have leafy bracts which may be white, yellow, red, pink, orange or green.
Being popular foliage plants, Anthuriums are grown for their attractive flowering bracts which are popular with the cut flower trade.
All parts of the anthurium plant, are poisonous. If ingested, may cause mild stomach disorders. The anthurium plant's sap can cause skin irritation.
Growing Anthuriums
Anthuriums can be grown by 4 methods. They are by vegetative reproduction, seeds, tissue culture, and fertilization.
- Anthuriums grow on a wide range of soil types ranging from sandy loams to heavy clays.
- Anthuriums need a highly organic soil with good water retention capability and good drainage.
- A well-drained soil is important to prevent the rotting of stems and roots.
- Anthuriums should be planted in raised beds of 1.3 to 2 meters wide and 20 cm deep.
- Anthuriums should not be planted more than 5 cm deep, as deep planting results in the rotting of stems and roots.
- Stake the anthurium after planting for support.
- Water the anthuriums immediately after planting.
- A layer of coconut husks, semi-rotted wood, or sugar cane bagasse may be used.
- Mulching is needed for the anthuriums plants.
- Anthurium plant roots grow into the mulch and spread.
Anthuriums Plant Care
- Remove dead and unsightly foliage and faded or brown flowers.
- Use a peat moss base.
- Anthuriums need a high light but not direct sunlight.
- Water your anthurium thoroughly, but allow it to dry slightly between waterings.
- Do not over-water the anthuriums as it may cause root damage and yellowing of the leaves.
- Fertilize the anthurium plant about every other month.
- Avoid draughts and strong temperature fluctuations.
- In winter, anthurium plants need a 6 week rest period at a 15°C with little water. This allows the plant to flower profusely again in the following season.


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Multiphysics Simulations Enable Development of Fast, Cheap MEMS-Based Bacteria DetectorMonika Weber
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New Haven, CT
Professor Mark Reed and his team at Yale University are using COMSOL Multiphysics to develop a MEMS-based solution for detecting bacteria in blood. Called the α Screen, it will provide analyses speedily, accurately, and cost-effectively. Such a device would greatly help the food industry in improving meat quality and reducing the risk for infections. Current methods take too long for most food industries to use, as they need to deliver and sell food fresh, while newer alternatives are too expensive for routine use.
As a member of this leading nanotechnology group, Monika Weber used COMSOL Multiphysics to simulate aScreen and optimize its performance. This included modeling the microfluidics of the device and using particle tracing to track the potential routes taken by bacteria within the device.
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An analyst at Piper Jaffray has made waves today suggesting that based on signals that he's seeing, Intel is making a play for Apple's foundry business.
The chain of speculation, first reported at the EET, goes something like the following: Apple is looking to get away from using Samsung to fab its A4 and A5 chips, because the Cupertino-based company is currently suing Samsung for allegedly ripping off elements of the iPhone and iPad. The most logical Samsung alternative is TSMC, and Apple probably is looking to source some of its production there, but TSMC is making ARM parts for everyone and their uncle, so there would be no hope of getting a process lead on the next guy. Enter Intel, which is a full process generation ahead of the ARM camp, and is already making chips for Apple's PCs. So why shouldn't Intel make Apple's A4, A5, and successor chips?
This is all fairly sensible, actually. But before we look at how likely it is, it's worth thinking about the larger context of this rumor.
First, take a look at Intel's share price. Despite a string of record-breaking quarters and a core product line that's stronger than it's ever been, INTC has basically gone sideways for the better part of the past decade, and no recent earnings blow-outs appear to be unable to put the price back on a strong upward trajectory. Contrast this with the price of ARM, which has tripled in the past year alone. NVIDIA also enjoyed some of the ARM halo effect for a while (it has been down since March).
But the point is that ARM has been on fire, while INTC has not, leading at least one analyst to write an open letter to Intel, begging the chipmaker to get back into the ARM business. The idea here is that if Intel could combine its process leadership with ARM's low-power designs, it could clobber the rest of the application processor competition, and its stock would explode upward, making all of the INTC longs happy.
So the reentry of Intel into the ARM market is an alluring fantasy that will probably grow in the collective mind of analysts until it either reaches the proportions of the pundit-fabricated Google/Apple team-up hysteria of 2006-7 (remember that?) and peters out, or it actually happens. The only way that the Intel/ARM dream can get any better is if you throw Apple into the mix, which is exactly what the Piper Jaffray analyst did.
So will it happen?
It may well be the case that Intel is pursuing Apple as a foundry customer, offering to fab the company's A4 and A5 chips. We think it's unlikely, but given that MeeGo has flopped, and Honeycomb, which is Intel's only hope for the tablet market right now, isn't exactly taking the world by storm, it wouldn't be shocking if it were true. The smartphone world is going through incredible upheaval right now—just look at what has happened at Nokia—so anything is possible.
If Intel is actually trying to score Apple as a foundry customer for ARM-based mobile chips, then it means that the company has given up on competing with Apple (for now) and decided that iOS is the only game in town. Better to hold its nose and fab Apple's ARM-based designs today, hoping to get an x86-based chip into a later iteration tomorrow, than to continue to invest in Android and MeeGo.
But will Apple take Intel up on the offer? This seems a bit less likely.
Intel is in the business of enabling Apple's competitors by handing them complete "reference designs" to productize, and the chipmaker would love nothing more than to drown the iPad in a wave of Atom-based tablets from ASUS, Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer, and anyone else who wants to get in on the action. Apple knows this, and it makes Intel an even less attractive partner for them than Samsung.
But if Apple actually does use Intel as a foundry, then it signals that Cupertino is supremely unworried about competition from Intel's current and future tablet and smartphone reference designs. Apple would have to be quite optimistic that there's no advantage that Intel could get for its own tablet and smartphone efforts just by fabbing the application processors for iPhones and iPads.


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The Return of the Exiles
The old man with a hammer and the one-eyed man with a spear were seated by the roadside talking as I came up the hill.
"It isn't as though they hadn't asked us," the one with the hammer said.
"There ain't no more than twenty as knows about it," said the other.
"Twenty's twenty," said the first.
"After all these years," said the one-eyed man with the spear. "After all these years. We might go back just once."
"O' course we might," said the other.
Their clothes were old even for laborers, the one with the hammer had a leather apron full of holes and blackened, and their hands looked like leather. But whatever they were they were English, and this was pleasant to see after all the motors that had passed me that day with their burden of mixed and doubtful nationalities.
When they saw me the one with the hammer touched his greasy cap.
"Might we make so bold, sir," he said, "as the ask the way to Stonehenge?"
"We never ought to go," mumbled the other plaintively. "There's not more than twenty as knows, but..."
I was bicycling there myself to see the place so I pointed out the way and rode on at once, for there was something so utterly servile about them both that I did not care for their company. They seemed by their wretched mien to have been persecuted or utterly neglected for many years, I thought that very likely they had done long terms of penal servitude.
When I came to Stonehenge I saw a group of about a score of men standing among the stones. They asked me with some solemnity if I was expecting anyone, and when I said No they spoke to me no more. It was three miles back where I left those strange old men, but I had not been in the stone circle long when they appeared, coming with great strides along the road. When they saw them all the people took off their hats and acted very strangely, and I saw that they had a goat which they led up then to the old altar stone. And the two old men came up with their hammer and spear and began apologizing plaintively for the liberty they had taken in coming back to that place, and all the people knelt on the grass before them. And then still kneeling they killed the goat by the altar, and when the two old men saw this they came up with many excuses and eagerly sniffed the blood. And at first this made them happy. But soon the one with the spear began to whimper. "It used to be men," he lamented. "It used to be men."
And the twenty men began looking uneasily at each other, and the plaint of the one-eyed man went on in that tearful voice, and all of a sudden they all looked at me. I do not know who the two old men were or what any of them were doing, but there are moments when it is clearly time to go, and I left them there and then. And just as I got up on to my bicycle I heard the plaintive voice of the one with the hammer apologizing for the liberty he had taken in coming back to Stonehenge.
"But after all these years," I heard him crying, "After all these years..."
And the one with the spear said: "Yes, after three thousand years..."


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Five Culture Shifts to Consider When Undertaking IT Transformation
IT transformation is one of the biggest challenges a company can face. Smart companies realize this in advance and begin company culture changes that will support what's going to be different in IT.
Last week, I blogged about how the right kind of professional services can boost your business, which detailed how we meet customers wherever they may be in their journey to modernize their IT. That sometimes includes helping figure out how we can help smooth any cultural shifts that may be needed. These shifts can be significant, including realigning and retraining staff to thrive in a new IT world and getting business units to think differently about what IT can do for them.
I recently had the opportunity to talk through this with Vijay Thumma, who leads global technology transformation at McKesson, one of the nation's largest companies, delivering fully one third of all pharmaceuticals in North America.
We discussed how culture is one of the most overlooked parts of IT transformation, yet also one of the most critical for success. In the video above, we describe five key culture shift considerations, with many valuable lessons you can take back to your organization as you're preparing for IT transformation.
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Nature's Guide to Authors includes an excellent statistical checklist which authors are asked to comply with to "ensure statistical adequacy". I've reproduced the checklist below, bolding a couple of interesting criteria. Readers of this blog can readily imagine how this checklist would apply to MBH98 or, for that matter to Moberg et al [2005].
One wonders sometimes if the left hand knows what the right hand is doing at the big science journals. Nature's handling of statistics reminds me of Science's handling of data archiving. In both cases, the policy is terrific, but neither journal seems to have any procedures for implementing the policy for paleoclimate articles. Maybe they are better on medical and biological topics.
As you see below, Nature has a policy requiring that "Any data transformations are clearly described and justified". Whatever else one may think of our criticism of Mann's PC method, it remains unarguable that the PC methodology used in MBH98 was not "conventional" and that the data transformation was not "clearly described and justified." Obviously the editors and reviewers were unaware of this at the time of the original article. But what about at the time of the Corrigendum? At this time, Nature editors were clearly aware of the data transformation prior to the PC calculations. Let's say that they, in good faith, felt that our own submission had not demonstrated that the data transformation "mattered" in terms of its ultimate effect. That does not excuse them not insisting on a proper description and justification of the data transformation in the Corrigendum.
One could go on and on. I think that I've pointed out the small size of the Moberg data set as well as the extraordinary non-normality of key data sets. It is inconceivable to me that Moberg et al. could have considered the Nature statistical checklist below and reported that they were in compliance with it. So one presumes that, at no point in the Nature editorial process, did they ever ask the authors to confirm that they had carried out the statistical checks listed in Nature's policy or check to see that they had. Just imagine what a questionnaire on MBH98 would look like.
The nice thing about policy statements like this is that they give objective standards for evaluating articles like Moberg et al 2005 or even MBH98. I think that I'll submit Nature's checklist to the NAS panel.
Type and applicability of test used
· Comparisons of interest are clearly defined
· Name of tests applied are clearly stated
· All statistical methods identified unambiguously
· Justification for use of test is given
· Data meets all assumptions of tests applied (with particular attention paid to non-normal data sets or small sample sizes, which should be identified in the text as such)
· Adjustments made for multiple testing is explained
Details about the test
· n is reported at the start of the study and for each analysis thereafter
· Sample size calculation (or justification) is given
· Unit of analysis is given for all comparisons
· Alpha level is given for all statistical tests
· Tests are clearly identified as one or two-tailed
· Actual P values are given for primary analyses
Descriptive statistics summary
· n for each data set is clearly stated
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This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, created its own renowned Shakespearean theatre. The film tells how the idea grew, how a famous British director, international stars and Canadian talent were recruited, and how the Stratford Shakespearean Festival finally became a triumphant reality.
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This account of the first-ever Stratford Shakespeare Festival almost did not come about because of the cost involved. Eventually it was decided that this was too important of an event in the history of Canada to pass it up. Shot in colour on 35 mm, it required a great deal of planning as the artistic director of the festival refused to let cameras in during rehearsals and performances. Scenes of rehearsal and of the actual performances had to be recreated using the actors and crew! Budgeted at $60,000, it would eventually cost $83,000, mainly due to all the time spent recreating certain key moments. The result, however, was a huge success, playing theatrically in Canada, the U.S.A. and Europe to enthusiastic crowds and eventually earning the film an Oscar® nomination.Albert Ohayon
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Intel pays crafty homage to netbook pioneer Psion
Updated Lawsuit-launching mini-laptop appears among cool kit
IDF Never say Intel executives aren't cheeky so-and-sos. On a slide all-too-briefly shown during his 'What is Cool' presentation, Intel Executive VP Dadi Perlmutter showed a selection of netbooks including the... er.... Psion Teklogix Netbook.
This machine was launched in the late 1990s. Production of the machine ended in 2003, though Psion maintains it still sells the thing, racking up revenues of $13,650 as of March this year, down from a peak of just over $2m in 2006.
That Perlmutter slide in full
Register Readers will recall this is the device over which Psion attempted to sue the chip giant for claiming the term 'netbook' was generic rather than, as Psion maintained, a trademark.
Psion countersued Intel after the chip giant asked the US court in February 2009 to invalidate Psion's trademark. Intel's complaint came in response to threats from Psion demanding it stop using 'netbook' generically.
The two combatants - as is usually the case in these fights - reached an agreement in May before they had their day in court, and now Intel can use 'netbook' generically.
Psion said at the time it "will voluntarily withdraw all of its trademark registrations for 'Netbook'". It also agreed to "waive all its rights against third-parties in respect of past, current or future use of the 'Netbook' term".
Psion's Teklogix Netbook: according to Intel, one of today's coolest mini-laptops
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NFL Draft: Breaking down interior OL prospects
One of the more interesting things to watch unfold come draft day will be how fast the interior offensive linemen come off the board.
Within the internet and fan community there is a belief that Chance Warmack, the Alabama guard, has a shot to be the first guard taken in the top ten of the NFL Draft since 1997.
While I am in total agreement that Warmack is worth a top ten selection, I don't understand the idea that it is a slam dunk since guards are just not drafted that high.
That being said, the interior offensive line class this year is good, if not slightly top heavy, with a group that should be able to come in and make an impact immediately.
Chance Warmack, Alabama – 6-3, 320 lbs
One of the reasons I have the belief that guards are the most important players on the offensive line is because of the shift defensively that we are seeing, with teams applying interior pressure on passing downs.
Warmack is not just a typical mauler at the guard position, but has the athleticism and elite awareness to pick up different blitzes coming through.
Warmack's greatest asset is his ability to open up lanes in the running game and win consistently at the point of attack.
Warmack can struggle with bigger nose tackle-type defensive lineman, as he can lose his anchor and be driven backwards in pass pro at times.
Warmack may be worthy of a top ten pick, and hopefully the NFL recognizes that, but I won't be holding my breath come draft night.
Projection: Top 20 pick
Larry Warford, Kentucky – 6-3, 340 lbs
While others have become enamored with the movement and athleticism of my third-ranked interior offensive lineman, I still like my guards to be old school.
Warford is a throwback power run game guard, with the ability to anchor well in pass pro and stone his defender at the point of attack.
While Warford pulls well, he doesn't always finish his pulls, and can struggle to maintain and finish his blocks when in space and can spend too much time diving at ankles.
Projection: Second round
Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina – 6-3, 295 lbs
Cooper is part of the new age of guards, with his smaller, quicker build, along with the ability to play in space and get to the next level to block smaller/quicker defenders.
While Cooper is a bit undersized for my taste, he is solidly put together with room to add weight. His ability to move in the run game on pulls, traps and reach blocks makes him a special kind of prospect.
Cooper wins consistently in the run game because of his ability to get off the ball quicker than his defender and initiate contact, which allows him to control his defender.
Cooper will have to add strength to be able to stand up to bigger defensive lineman in pass pro, but that should come with his weight gain.
Projection: Late first round
Barrett Jones, Alabama – 6-5, 311 lbs
Jones is hard to pinpoint position-wise. He has played guard, left tackle and center on three different national championship teams, but looks to be a center at the NFL level.
Jones' biggest asset is his mental grasp of the game. He was excellent in setting protections for the Crimson Tide all season.
Jones is excellent in the run game, holding his ground against larger defenders, and is adept at working combo blocks to the next level.
He is better in pass protection because he understands how to absorb contact and use it to deter the pass rusher, which is something we saw a lot of in the BCS National Championship game versus Notre Dame and their outstanding defensive line.
Projection: Second round
Kyle Long, Oregon – 6-6, 310 lbs
Young in his development as an offensive lineman, Long has the look of a dynamic, in-space guard prospect.
He moved from the defensive line to offensive line, and despite that is an incredible technician at the position already.
He needs to get stronger and there are concerns about his ability in a traditional style blocking attack, but he should be able to fit in nicely in a zone blocking scheme.
Projection: Second round
Dallas Thomas, Tennessee – 6-5, 310 lbs
Thomas excelled in his first season playing guard for the Vols. The former left tackle had his moments of looking uncomfortable at his new position, but overall came out looking like a guy you can take in round two and feel comfortable with him playing either right tackle or guard in the NFL.
Thomas is a very technically sound, well-built prospect, with good feet and adequate athleticism.
He can struggle versus speed at times, which is why I feel he projects best as a guard at the next level.
Thomas is also an excellent in-line blocker, but he didn't pull very much at Tennessee so there are questions about his ability to get out and block in space.
Projection: Second-third round
Travis Frederick, Wisconsin – 6-4, 338 lbs
The prototype of a phone booth guard, Frederick played center at Wisconsin in his final season with the Badgers but looks to be a guard at the NFL level.
Frederick is not a great athlete and needs to get his hands on you early, but as the old saying goes, once he does, it's over.
Frederick is a good fit in a power run game scheme where he is asked to line up and block the man in front of him, but he doesn't move overly well in space in the run game and isn't overly adept at moving laterally to pick up blitzes in pass pro.
Projection: Third Round
Alvin Bailey, Arkansas – 6-5, 319 lbs
Many were surprised to see Bailey enter the 2013 NFL Draft, but uncertainty at Arkansas led the junior to forgo his senior season.
Bailey is a massive prospect that has excellent strength and moves well in space for a man of his size.
He is an unfinished product at this time, though, and may not be ready to contribute right away in the 2013 season.
Projection: Third-fourth round
David Schwenke, California – 6-3, 305 lbs
Schwenke was one of the more impressive prospects at the Senior Bowl, and his stock has grown in the internet community, meaning we have finally caught up to what the NFL had thought all along.
Schwenke is equally proficient in the run and pass game as a blocker, and wins because of solid technique and a strong understanding of how to get into his defender and win early.
Schwenke can get moved around by bigger and stronger players at times and doesn't always anchor well in pass pro, but his ability to set protections along the offensive line is what will make him a solid NFL starter.
Projection: Third-fourth round
Terron Armstead, Arkansas Pine-Bluff – 6-4, 310 lbs
A mountain of a man, Armstead played offensive tackle in college but looks to kick down to guard at the NFL level.
Country strong with room to grow, Armstead is one of the more intriguing long-term prospects, and from the games I have seen there is NFL talent — he just needs to harness it and be coached up properly.
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I find it's best to live by a few simple rules. I don't micturate into the wind. I don't mix tequila with red wine (not any more, anyway). I never get into arm-wrestling matches with fat guys named "Tiny."
Here's another rule to live by: When you're the biggest PC software company in the known universe and you have to bribe and/or force people to use your products, said products are probably not very good.
Which brings us to today's screed about Internet Explorer 8.
As The Register snarkily informs us, Microsoft's Australian branch is offering a $10,000 prize for users to switch to IE8. Actually, anyone can enter the Ten Grand is Buried Here contest, but the Web site where the loot is "buried" is only visible if you're using IE8.
Hey, if you want to make your browser choice based on an infinitesimal chance of winning 10 large, good on ya, mate. But many users are having IE8 foisted upon them unawares, and with crappy consequences.
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For example: One day last month Cringester D. L. discovered when he logged onto the Net, he couldn't get to his e-mail or view Web pages. He then enjoyed several quality hours on the phone with Dell tech support, which determined the cause: His daughter had clicked a button and updated the browser to IE8 without telling him. The support tech logged onto his computer remotely and downgraded it to IE7. Problems solved.
Windows Secrets' Dennis O'Reilly also notes that IE causes big problems on some PCs. He quotes a letter from a tech-savvy reader:
I have a computer repair business. In the last two weeks, I've had to fix three XP laptops after the installation of IE 8 made them inoperable. In each case, after the update, the desktop on each of these computers was blank except for the desktop wallpaper.
It didn't matter whether you started the system in normal or safe mode, all desktop items -- including the taskbar -- were missing. The only way I could get them back was by using one of my bootable utilities that would allow me access to the restore points....
Bottom line: There are big issues in Internet Explorer 8 land.
Computerworld blogger Barbara Krasnoff writes that after Microsoft's latest forced IE8 update, some users reported they could no longer access YouTube or other Flash-based sites. Of course, the solution was upgrading to a new version of Flash, as any moderately experienced user would know. But why, she asks, should Joe and Jane Consumer have to know this stuff? She adds:
...think about how most of us live with our automobiles. We're capable of filling the gas tank, and checking the air pressure and oil. But when you hear a mysterious noise, most drivers have no way of knowing whether they simply need new brake pads or whether the transmission is about to give up the ghost. Unless you're a home (or professional) mechanic, spending five hours trying to figure it out isn't really a useful option.
Microsoft, apparently, feels that it is. After convincing thousands of users that the company knows what's best for them, and that they should therefore accept the weekly updates that come their way, it pushed through an update that effectively interrupted the usefulness of their systems.
Couldn't have put it better myself. OK, I might have been a tad more sarcastic. But otherwise, she's spot on.
For months now, Windows Update has been nagging me to install a "high priority update," without which my computer may be in serious peril of being pwned by Eastern European cybergoons. (Of course, to even find that out I must run IE.) At the top of the update list: IE8 for XP. As if.
Admittedly, I did install IE8 on my Vista test machine, but only because I was willing to take one for the team. So far, no problems. Then again, I hardly ever use it. Because although IE8 is probably more secure than any other version of IE ever produced, it's even more secure to not use IE at all.
These days, when there's a plethora of browser choices available and seemingly a new one every other week, why should anyone use Internet Explorer when they don't have to? It's like what I told Tiny the other day: That's my forearm and I'll do what I want with it, thank you very much.
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To hear Microsoft executive Andy Lees describe Mango's 500 improvements to the Windows Phone platform would be daunting.
Microsoft demonstrated Tuesday at least 20 of the 500 ways Mango is better than Windows Phone 7. But even 20 improvements is too many for most people to easily comprehend. (However, Lees promised even more Mango demonstrations in coming months before Mango is ready to be shipped in the fall.)
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Here are three reasons why Mango might help Microsoft sell more Windows Phones, pulling it up from its current fifth place in the smartphone OS rankings. If these reasons don't persuade loyal Android or iPhone users, they might attract first-time smartphone buyers.
1. Internet Explorer 9 integration
If you're a speed nut (and who isn't?), you might appreciate that Mango is running a full desktop version of the IE9 browser, not a mobile variation.
Microsoft demonstrated this IE9 capability in Mango in April for Windows Phone developers, who cheered when a browsing speed test favored Windows Phone over phones running Android, BlackBerry, and iOS. Again on Tuesday, a speed test favored Windows Phone on Mango and IE9.
Derek Snyder, a Microsoft product marketing manager, ran the same HTML5 browsing speed test simultaneously on a BlackBerry Torch, an iPhone 4 with the latest firmware, a Samsung Droid Charge running Android with a dual-core processor, and a Windows Phone running Mango.
In the test results, the BlackBerry got 4 frames per second of HTML5 loading, while the Android device got 10 frames per second and the Mango-powered phone got 25 frames per second. The iPhone was started by hand just after the BlackBerry but had not begun loading by the time Snyder started the remaining two devices. The Mango device finished the HTML5 loading ahead of the others.
"It proves to be a fantastic browsing experience," Snyder said.
2. Quick cards and Bing integration
Microsoft describes quick cards as a way for a user making a Bing search to get a quick summary of relevant information, including related apps. Snyder described quick cards as a "blurring" of Internet searching and apps.
In one demonstration of quick cards, Snyder showed a search for the movie Water for Elephants, which resulted in show times, ratings and a quick synopsis rather than taking him to a separate website. He then clicked on the IMDB application, which quickly opened to a specific section of the online film database for the movie.
Bing search is also being enhanced with visual searches. In another demo, Snyder took a photo of a book, which launched a quick card that gave reviews and places where the book could be purchased online, including Amazon's Kindle app. Then Snyder tapped the Kindle app and downloaded the book to his phone for future reading.
3. Office, Xbox, and Skype
Mango includes an updated version of the Office suite that will ship with new versions of Excel, One Note and PowerPoint. Among the improvements, users will be able to highlight cells in Excel to change data.
The upgrade will also include the Internet voice and video service Skype to allow users to make Skype calls from Windows Phones. Microsoft said earlier this month it would buy Skype for $8.5 billion.
Mango will also have an Xbox Live gaming capability, the only smartphone OS to do so. Users will be able to see a friend list, and every game on the device can be accessed through the Xbox Live tile on the home screen in Mango, Microsoft said.
The inclusion of Office, Skype and Xbox Live is important because all three products are already market leaders separate from Mango, noted Ross Rubin, an analyst at NPD.
"Office and Xbox Live have the most momentum in the market in terms of an engaged user base of all the products and services on Windows Phones," Rubin said. "Skype represents another opportunity to build atop of a community that is strongly engaged in that product. Adding to those products and services is where Microsoft can get better dividends with Mango."
Rubin said the Office enhancements with Mango will be an especially important way for Windows Phones to stand out in the market. "While there are other products competing with Office, such as Documents to Go, Office is clearly a very strong offering for Microsoft. It means that consumers are assured of fidelity within documents."
Ramon Llamas, an analyst at IDC, said that while Mango might not be the OS version that makes current iPhone and Android users want to switch and try Windows Phone, it could attract millions of first-time smartphone buyers in coming years.
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at Twitter @matthamblen. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
This story, "Reasons Mango could interest you in buying a Windows Phone" was originally published by Computerworld.


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Imagine this: You're taking a walk and one of your legs takes a longer stride than the other. This will probably throw you off just as a differential that needs a replacement will throw your vehicle off.
The differential consists of numerous gears that control how the drive wheel axle spins. Remember that geometry lesson? Basically, during a turn, the car's inner wheel travels a shorter distance than the outer wheel. So, the outer wheel needs to spin faster than the inner wheel. The differential does gearing wizardry to maintain the speed of your front and rear wheel axles during this turn.
Also, the differential transfers power to the front or rear drive wheel when you're traveling in a straight line.
It's also worth noting that front-wheel drive vehicles do not have a separate differential. Instead, the differential is located inside the transmission (aka transaxle). Which is kind of nifty if you think about it. Similarly, the majority of rear wheel drive cars have an open or rear differential system. The rear differential system for rear wheel drive cars operates in the same manner. However, the rear differential might connect to a different axel or part of the transmission.
Differentials are pretty sturdy parts of your vehicle. You don't need to replace them often. But like most parts, they do undergo some wear and tear.
Notice any weird feelings, such as shudders or vibrations in the front or rear of your vehicle while driving or while turning a corner? This can indicate poor functionality of the differential inside the transmission system. Try to be observant while you're driving. Not only will it make you a safer and smoother driver, but it will allow you to spot things that you might need to replace as soon as they go awry.
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