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Rio Ferdinand has been a Manchester United player for over ten years, but unlike other players who have given the majority of their career to the club, he still splits opinion amongst the fans. We can address all the reasons for and against Rio's popularity as we go along, but the turning point for most fans came back in 2005.
Ferdinand was on the receiving end of plenty of stick after taking several months to put pen to paper on a contract reportedly worth £100,000 a week. Just a year after his ban, following his missed drugs test, Ferdinand was holding out for a deal worth £120,000 a week. The club had paid him over £2m in wages for the eight months he was forced to sit out, as our title challenge dissolved rapidly in his absence, which frustrated the fans no end.
With contract negotiations still under way, Ferdinand was spotted with his agent and Peter Kenyon in London, with reports of another Chelsea tapping up scandal filling the papers. Both Ferdinand and Chelsea claimed it was a chance meeting, but Sir Alex Ferguson disagreed.
"Some may view the meeting as unfortunate but that's not my view," he said. "I want to let my supporters know that we're not happy with it. It's an issue for us. I have to say that I believe Rio. Whatever way he was enticed to that meeting, I believe he wants to sign a new contract with us and I believe he wants to stay here."
In our pre-season friendlies that summer against Clyde and Peterborough Ferdinand was booed. After telling the fans that something dodgy had gone on, Ferguson then had a pop at them for expressing their dissatisfaction with Rio's behaviour. "I'm not entitely happy with the reaction of the fans," Fergie said. "Players who go on the field and hear their own fans booing them is not encouraging at all."
When United played Kashima Antlers further in to the pre-season, Ferdinand stuck two fingers up at the jeering United fans in response to the chants of "Chelsea rent boy".
His decision to snub our initial contract offer would have likely infuriated our fans regardless, but this period happened to coincide with the Glazer take over. With fans already angry about the direction our club was heading in, more a money making business than ever before, Ferdinand's decision to ask for even more dosh couldn't have come at a worse time.
Ferdinand did eventually sign the £100,000 a week contract and his injury time goal against Liverpool a few months later helped in rebuilding his relationship with the fans, but for plenty, the damage had been done.
More often than not, fans give their players the benefit of the doubt, but with Rio, he makes it hard for us not to assume that he's a prick.
The summer following his contract debacle he introduced the word "merked" to the masses when bringing out a TV show that took the mickey out of England players. Gary Neville was confronted with a scouse copper and Wayne Rooney was left having to break the news to a kid that his dog had died. There were other hilarious stunts set up for his England team mates, with Rio behind the scenes cracking up. "You got merked, bruv!"
The next season he scored another goal against Liverpool, a blinder, but then chose to repeatedly "brap!" at the crowd in celebration, which didn't do anything for me. Then there was the disastrous Christmas party, with Rio organising girls to be shipped in, with no wives or girlfriends allowed, which saw Jonny Evans accused of rape. This was the last Christmas party our players were allowed to have.
The following year Ferdinand launched his next project, partnering up with Ashley Cole, to make a gangsta movie starring Danny Dyer and 50 Cent. The plot was focussed around drugs, gangs and violence, which was slightly puzzling when you consider that Rio signed up as an anti-gun crime ambassador two years earlier.
Rio began to draw more attention to his off-field ventures, with him setting up his own restaurant in town, an online magazine, a clothing line and a record label. I understand that football is a short career and it's sensible for players to make plans for the future, but when you are one of the fortunate ones like Rio, earning close to half a million a month, is it really necessary to have so many distractions whilst you're still playing? No fan wants that from their players, let alone one that held the club to ransom for more money a few years before.
Whilst it's easy to write Rio off as a prat, he does have some redeeming characteristics, which is why he's managed to escape universal dislike from our fans. To start with, he's an exceptional defender who, even despite his lack of pace these days, is still in our first choice XI. It's easier to forgive a player for being a cock when they're talented, as Kieran Richardson learnt the hard way. Rio's crowning moment came when he captained us to European Cup glory in 2008 though, as he put on an outstanding display against Chelsea in Moscow. When a player is significantly contributing to your club winning trophies, it's easier to turn a blind eye to their flaws.
However, I don't think it's as difficult to like Rio as some may make out. Watch him the next time United score an important goal, if you haven't spotted it several times already, and see just how much it means to him. We can talk about his distractions and how this must demonstrate his lack of passion for the game, but when you see him celebrate a big goal, going absolutely bonkers like one of the fans, it's obvious how important winning still is to him. More recently against City, before getting pelted with the coin, he was having a fit in front of our fans, and that's something you couldn't fake. He's a winner, course, but he actually seems to appreciate what being a United player means too.
"I couldn't stand United when I was 21 or 22 because they used to win everything," he said a few years ago. "A United fan came up to me once and said 'I bet you'd love to come to United'. I said 'I'll never go there'. But I have to admit I was so excited when I arrived. The first thing I remember doing when I got into the changing rooms was feeling the kit, touching the socks and realising this was a Manchester United kit."
It's not just on the field where Rio is having an influence but behind the scenes in the dressing room too.
"He has taken on that role of the influential person in the dressing room," Ferguson said. "He's great in the dressing room with the players. That's the advantage you have if you can keep players long enough for the influence to spread. In the modern game, as we know, it's difficult to keep players for more than five or six years. But the longer they stay here the better the influence spreads to them and they can maybe take over from the older players as they disappear."
It is likely that Rio will be one of the older players who disappear this summer though, hopefully adding another trophy or two to the five league titles, European Cup and two League Cups he's won with the club. By the end of the season, he will feature in the top twenty players for number of appearances made, having played more games for us than the likes of Denis Law, Peter Schmeichel and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. We will only offer him a year long extension on a pay cut and that provides little security for an injury prone 34-year-old. You couldn't begrudge him for signing a big money deal with LA Galaxy to see out the last few years of his career.
Undeniably, Rio has flaws, and these flaws are too much for some reds, but we should all be mindful that you don't get eleven seasons in United's first XI if you don't have something special about you. His name is in our club's history books and, whilst he'll never be the most popular player to wear our shirt, he has definitely contributed to one of the most successful periods we've ever seen and whatever you think of him personally, he deserves respect for that.
"I want to retire while at United. It would be great to do what Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes have done and stick with one club for a long time. Finishing my career at United would be a dream come true and those guys are such inspirations. They are all synonymous with Manchester United and I want to achieve that as well. I would like to be remembered as a player who was at United during a successful period in the club's history. When I first arrived, I knew this place was special and when the time comes to walk away I want to be able to do so with my head held high."
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Error-correcting codes are a technology that most people don't think much about, if they even know they exist, but these codes work quietly in the background to enable such things as cell phones and other wireless technology, cable and satellite TV, and also the internet, including DSL, fiber-optic communications, and good old-fashioned dial-up modems. The modern communications revolution could not have begun without these codes.
So what's the idea behind these codes? There's a lot to say, and many textbooks have been written on the subject, so I'll only give the briefest of introductions. [Some excellent textbooks I recommend include MacKay's textbook which I've already reviewed, McEliece's "Theory of Information and Coding", and Lin and Costello's "Error Control Coding." See also this post for two forthcoming books available online.] EDIT: I've added some more information about LDPC decoders, with pointers to available software, in this post.
The basic idea is that we want to transmit some bits which represent some piece of text or picture or something. Unfortunately, when we transmit those bits, they need to travel through some channel (say a wire or through the air) and when they are received, the receiver only gets a noisy version of each bit. For example, each bit might be flipped independently from a 0 to a 1 or vice versa with some small probability (this is called the binary symmetric channel; many other channel models exist too).
To combat this noise, we send extra bits; so instead of sending say the 1000 bits that represent our message, we might send 2000, where the extra 1000 "check" bits have some known relationship to the original 1000. Both the transmitter and receiver agree on that relationship ahead of time; that is the "code." Of course, all 2000 bits are now subject to the noise, so some of those extra bits could be flipped. Nevertheless, if the noise is small enough, the receiver can try to "decode" the original 1000 bits by finding the configuration of the 2000 bits which obeys all the constraints and is most probable.
In 1948, Claude Shannon proved a theorem that essentially said that if the noise in the channel was small enough, and if the number of extra bits that you were willing to send per original bit was large enough, that one could design very long codes, that if optimally decoded, would always remove all the noise and recover the transmitted message.
(By the way, it is this amazing property that codes can remove 100% of the noise that means that we can watch crystal-clear high-definition TV coming in over the airwaves, something I very much appreciate when I watch a football game these days. When advertisers talk about "digital this" or "digital that," they really mean "error-corrected digital".)
As an example of Shannon's theorem, if one was willing to use one extra bit for every original bit, and the percentage of flipped bits in your binary symmetric channel was less than the Shannon limit of about 11%, his theorem tells you that codes exist that will reliably remove all the noise. However, Shannon's proof was non-constructive; he didn't tell us what these wonderful codes were. Shannon also proved a theorem that if the noise was higher than the "Shannon limit," no codes exist that can reliably correct the noise.
So error-correcting coding theory deals with the problems of designing codes, and efficient encoders and decoders for those codes, that work as close to the Shannon limit as possible. Many theorists invented many interesting and useful codes and encoders and decoders over the years, but until the 1990's, it still seemed a distant dream to most coding theorists that we would be able to find practical codes that performed near the Shannon limit.
What is very strange is that the best codes and decoders that were discovered in the 1990's were actually a rediscovery of codes and decoders invented by Robert Gallager in the early 1960's, for his Ph.D. thesis. Gallager's thesis introduced "low density parity check" (LDPC) codes, and their decoding algorithm, the famous "belief propagation" decoding algorithm. His thesis also introduced many other important ideas in coding theory, including "density evolution," simplified "bit-flipping decoders," and analysis methods for optimal LDPC decoders. It is a truly remarkable work, that every aspiring coding theorist should read. Fortunately, it's available online.
How is it possible that this work was forgotten? Well, in 1968, Robert Gallager wrote a magnificent textbook on information theory, called "Information Theory and Reliable Communication," where he explained most of the information and coding theory known at the time, but neglected to talk about LDPC codes! I'm not sure why. Possibly he thought that he'd already covered the material in the 1963 monograph that was made from his thesis, or perhaps he didn't think LDPC codes were practical at the time. In fact, the decoder was too complex for 1960's technology, but Moore's Law took care of that, although only now are LDPC codes widely replacing previously-developed codes in communications systems.
So the moral of the story is: if you write a ground-breaking Ph.D. thesis about a remarkable technology that is 30 years ahead of its time, please don't forget to mention it in your classic textbook a few years later. Not a moral too many of us have to worry about, but still…
Tags: belief propagation, channel coding, digital communications, Error-correcting Codes, LDPC codes, Robert Gallager, Shannon limit


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It seems like there are dating sites for just about anything these days. They have sites dedicated to everyone from Christians to Jews to those who are married. If you've got a specific interest, there's a site for it. That is why it is no surprise at all that a new "dating site" called Miss Travel has popped up. Basically, this site is for "attractive" women to get hooked up with "generous" travelers in search of travel companions. Now, wealthy gentlemen looking for pretty young things is nothing new… hello, Millionaire Matchmaker?? And remember that whole "cash for class" college scheme? I'm just wondering where exactly we draw the line? There's a very fine line between pay to play and possible prostitution.
I mean, I'm in need of a vacation pretty badly, but uh… I think I'll keep saving my pennies til I can take myself. So what do you think? Would you try out Miss Travel?
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Net primary income (BoP, current US$)
Definition: Net primary income refers to receipts and payments of employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (receipts and payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Description: The map below shows how Net primary income (BoP, current US$) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is United States, with a value of 188,463,000,000.00. The country with the lowest value in the world is China, with a value of -105,173,000,000.00.
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Development Relevance: The balance of payments records an economy's transactions with the rest of the world. Balance of payments accounts are divided into two groups: the current account, which records transactions in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income, and the capital and financial account, which records capital transfers, acquisition or disposal of nonproduced, nonfinancial assets, and transactions in financial assets and liabilities. The current account balance is one of the most analytically useful indicators of an external imbalance. A primary purpose of the balance of payments accounts is to indicate the need to adjust an external imbalance. Where to draw the line for analytical purposes requires a judgment concerning the imbalance that best indicates the need for adjustment. There are a number of definitions in common use for this and related analytical purposes. The trade balance is the difference between exports and imports of goods. From an analytical view it is arbitrary to distinguish goods from services. For example, a unit of foreign exchange earned by a freight company strengthens the balance of payments to the same extent as the foreign exchange earned by a goods exporter. Even so, the trade balance is useful because it is often the most timely indicator of trends in the current account balance. Customs authorities are typically able to provide data on trade in goods long before data on trade in services are available.
Limitations and Exceptions: Discrepancies may arise in the balance of payments because there is no single source for balance of payments data and therefore no way to ensure that the data are fully consistent. Sources include customs data, monetary accounts of the banking system, external debt records, information provided by enterprises, surveys to estimate service transactions, and foreign exchange records. Differences in collection methods - such as in timing, definitions of residence and ownership, and the exchange rate used to value transactions - contribute to net errors and omissions. In addition, smuggling and other illegal or quasi-legal transactions may be unrecorded or misrecorded.
Statistical Concept and Methodology: The balance of payments (BoP) is a double-entry accounting system that shows all flows of goods and services into and out of an economy; all transfers that are the counterpart of real resources or financial claims provided to or by the rest of the world without a quid pro quo, such as donations and grants; and all changes in residents' claims on and liabilities to nonresidents that arise from economic transactions. All transactions are recorded twice - once as a credit and once as a debit. In principle the net balance should be zero, but in practice the accounts often do not balance, requiring inclusion of a balancing item, net errors and omissions. The concepts and definitions underlying the data are based on the sixth edition of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6). Balance of payments data for 2005 onward will be presented in accord with the BPM6. The historical BPM5 data series will end with data for 2008, which can be accessed through the World Development Indicators archives. The complete balance of payments methodology can be accessed through the International Monetary Fund website (www.imf.org/external/np/sta/bop/bop.htm).
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Morneau takes over for icon Helton in Colorado
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – If you're going to replace Todd Helton at first base in Colorado while wearing Larry Walker's old number, you better have a solid resume.
The Rockies are convinced four-time All-Star and former American League MVP Justin Morneau is the answer as they begin the post-Helton era.
"It'd be tough for anybody to have to fill those shoes," manager Walt Weiss said of Helton, the freshly retired five-time All-Star who holds nearly every Rockies career offensive record. "But we're doing it with a guy that's been a league MVP and has been an elite player in this league.
"Maybe that ghost isn't overwhelming for someone like a Justin Morneau."
There were many compelling reasons for Morneau to sign his two-year, $12.5 million free-agent deal with Colorado in December.
It meant being reunited with former Minnesota teammate and friend Michael Cuddyer, and they now have adjacent lockers.
Walker, Morneau's boyhood hero and fellow Canadian, recruited him to where he was National League MVP in 2007. Walker even signed off on Morneau wearing his old No. 33.
Morneau has an offseason home minutes away from the Rockies' spring training facility.
And playing in the high altitude of Denver in a park that sparks a fond memory helped, too.
"In the end it turned out to be a pretty easy decision," Morneau said Tuesday. "For the most part it had to do with the baseball side of it, from the good reviews that I got from Cuddyer and Walker and the positive things they had to say about the organization."
But there will be pressure.
Morneau has to replace the face of the Rockies in Helton, who spent his entire career in Colorado and is the franchise leader with 2,519 hits, 369 home runs and 1,406 RBIs.
"From the outside looking in, it looks like I'm coming in to replace him," Morneau said. "But that's not my thought process. My thought process is just come in and be me and do what I can do. He has things that he can do that I can't do and the other way around."
The 32-year-old Morneau will likely bring more offense than Helton, who struggled at the plate amid injuries at the end of his career.
Morneau, who was in his 11th season with the Twins before being traded to Pittsburgh late last season, is a career .277 hitter with 221 home runs.
The left-handed hitter was sidelined with concussions in both 2010 and 2011, but played in 152 games last season and hit .259 with a .734 OPS.
"I remember him hitting a homer off me in Oakland, an absolute bomb to dead center field," said pitcher Brett Anderson, acquired by the Rockies in an offseason trade. "He has power to all fields along with the ability to make contact. He's a tremendous hitter overall."
And the Rockies aren't losing much, if anything, defensively. Since 2003, no infielder with more than 1,000 games played committed fewer errors (43) than Morneau. Helton was second with 47. And only Helton (.997) had a higher fielding percentage (.996).
Morneau arrived at spring training well ahead of Friday's reporting date. He's taken batting practice the past few days, providing a possible preview of the season ahead.
The last time Morneau played in Colorado, in 2008, he homered off Jeff Francis. The two were high school teammates and played together at Larry Walker Field in British Columbia.
Now he's wearing Walker's old number and about to become the first everyday first baseman in Colorado not named Helton since 1997.
"Obviously the fans will never forget him," Morneau said of Helton. "It will be a fun day when they retire his number and we'll look forward to that. But for me it's just going out and starting over with a new organization."


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Girl Scout Day Camp 2009 – Thursday
Today at camp we are canoeing, doing archery, and having our tent sleep over. At Girl Scout camp a sleepover always means s'mores!
a.m. snack: rice krispies bars (We are bringing our own gluten free ones)
lunch: mini pizzas (english muffins, pizza sauce, cheese, pepperoni)
"Wood ticks on a toilet seat" (apples, cored and sliced in half horizontally, top with cream cheese or peanut butter, sprinkle with raisins or chocolate chips)
fruit punch, lemonade or water
cookies (bring our own from freezer)
Dinner: pasta, sauce, motz cheese, salad, salad dressing, french bread, milk, water, punch
evening snack: s'mores
We have gluten and dairy free krispie bars and cookies in the freezer (already individually wrapped so we just have to grab the number we need and go). For the pizzas, I had one mini pizza already made in the freezer. I made a batch of our favorite pizza crust then shaped and topped two more pizzas. With the rest of the dough I made the sub buns for Wednesdays lunch and bread sticks for tonight's dinner.
For dinner, I made gluten free veggie spirals noodles and topped with our own sauce to heat there. We have veggie sticks instead of salad as it is more portable.
I have homemade graham crackers in the freezer, so those are being packed with marshmallows (I send their own baggies to roast so they aren't crossed contaminated, etc.) and small squares of gluten and dairy free chocolate. I tell the girls they are their "S'more Kits!"


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The natural solution for a youthful appearance is simple: Boost your skin's collagen levels. Figuring out how to do it is a little tougher, though a constant array of wild new products—drinkable collagen, anyone?—purport to work miracles. The unfortunate fact is that our bodies produce less collagen, a naturally occurring protein, as we age. The result? Thinner skin, fine lines, and dryness.
Now, UK researchers may have found a solution in sea cucumbers. Yup, you read that right. These leathery animals, found on the ocean floor, actually have a peptide formed from collagen that softens their body's wall tissue as a defense from predators.
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"They can control their collagenous tissue in ways that we can't," says lead study author Maurice Elphick, PhD, a professor of physiology and neuroscience at Queen Mary University of London. "We need to do more research to see if these peptides could have a similar affect in mammals." If so, this research could lead to new skin care products down the line.
While you wait for the collagen fix of the future, Amy Taub, MD, a dermatologist at Advanced Dermatology in Illinois, has a few ideas to help freshen your skin—now.
Consider Skinfo's Vital Tea Regenerate ($65; skinfo.com). This serum, applied before bed, contains retinol, an ingredient widely touted as the king of collagen stimulation. Plus, the serum's green tea polyphenols soothe skin.
Try Neocutis Bio-Gel Bio-Restorative Hydrogel ($150; lovelyskin.com), A gel that offers intense moisturizing, this product also contains human growth factors to stimulate the formation of new collagen.
Ask your dermatologist about CO2RE ($1,250-3,500, depending on the facial area; dermatologist offices nationwide). "This laser will eradicate sun spots, diminish scars and wrinkles, and boost collagen," Dr. Taub says. You'll see dramatic results after a single treatment, though it'll entail two weeks of redness, and one week without makeup.
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American photographer Anthony Barboza (b. 1944) created this stunning image of James Baldwin, a deeply alienated man. Baldwin was black and homosexual at a time when it was difficult to be either in America. He lived a nomadic life, from Paris to New York to Istanbul. This wonderful characterization shows a man who seems to be constrained by his clothing: the unusual shadow behind him could allude to his hidden selves.
This portrait is one of 44 photographs of authors given to Carleton in 1984 by Raphael Bernstein, a Carleton parent and former trustee, for the opening of the expanded Gould Library. These photographs of significant authors, taken by master photographers, form an important group exhibited regularly in the library. The collection also has toured to several museums.


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Minister Fast Highlights Successes of Prime Minister Harper-led Trade Mission to China
Agreements signed will take the Canada-China trade and economic relationship to the next level
February 22, 2012 - The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today highlighted in Vancouver to the Dawa Business Group Inc. the recent accomplishments of his visit to China, which was led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), and Wai Young, Member of Parliament for Vancouver South, also attended the event.
"I have just returned from an extremely successful trade mission to China," said Minister Fast. "The agreements reached on this highly productive mission will take the Canada-China trade and economic relationship to the next level, as well as create jobs and prosperity for hardworking Canadians here at home."
During the visit to China, Prime Minister Harper and China's Premier Wen Jiabao witnessed the signing of new joint initiatives between the two countries, as well as the renewal of existing ones, in the areas of energy, the sustainable development of natural resources, education, science and technology, and agriculture.
One of the key announcements made during the visit concerned the conclusion of negotiations toward a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement (FIPA) between Canada and China. Minister Fast and his Chinese counterpart, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, signed the Declaration of Intent for the FIPA during the visit. The agreement will contribute to jobs and growth by facilitating trade and investment flows between Canada and China. It will provide a more stable and secure environment for investors on both sides of the Pacific.
Other important announcements made during the Prime Minister's visit to China that will strengthen the Canada-China commercial relationship include:
- the Memorandum of Understanding on Sustainable Development of Natural Resources, which will provide a platform to promote Canadian expertise, technologies and services in that area;
- the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Cooperation, which will attract capital investment and improve access to Chinese markets for Canada's energy resources, technology and related services;
- initiatives on agriculture that clear the way for access to the lucrative Chinese beef tallow market, for joint research that will aim to create a stable trading environment for Canadian canola seed in China and for additional collaboration to resolve agricultural market-access issues of mutual interest;
- the statement of intent to launch two new calls for proposals for joint research and development projects under the Canada-China Framework Agreement for Cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation, as well as the announcement of results for a previous call for project proposals; and
- the successful completion of negotiations between Canada and China on an agreement that will facilitate increased exports of Canadian uranium to China.
"Deepening and broadening access to high-growth markets like China is a key part of our government's job-creating, pro-trade plan," said Minister Fast. "Our government's top priority is to create jobs, increase prosperity and preserve and strengthen the financial security of hardworking Canadians and their families."
During his speech in Vancouver, the Minister also highlighted China and Canada's renewal of a scholars' exchange program. Over the years, education ties between Canada and China have expanded significantly. In 2010, over 60,000 Chinese students studied in Canada, representing close to 28 percent of international students in Canada and contributing almost $1.9 billion to the Canadian economy.
During the visit to China, Prime Minister Harper and China's President Hu Jintao also agreed that, following the completion of a bilateral economic complementarities study in May 2012, Canada and China will proceed to exploratory discussions on deepening trade and economic relations.
Canadian merchandise trade exports to China grew by 26.9 percent in 2011 and totalled almost $17 billion. Imports from China totalled $48.1 billion, an increase of 8.1 percent over 2010. China is one of the world's fastest-growing major economies and is now Canada's second-largest individual merchandise trading partner. Canadian investment in China reached its highest level ever at the end of 2010, standing at almost $5 billion, an increase of 38 percent over 2009. Chinese foreign direct investment in Canada increased by almost 10 percent in the same period, reaching $14.1 billion in 2010.
Finally, to further promote Canada as a tourist destination in China, on February 8, 2012, Prime Minister Harper officially launched the Canadian Tourism Commission's 2012 tourism marketing campaign in Beijing. Since being granted Approved Destination Status by China in December 2009, Canada has seen a significant increase in the number of Chinese visitors. Over the past year, Canada has welcomed approximately 24 percent more Chinese visitors than it did in the previous year. For more information on the launch, please visit Prime Minister Harper Highlights Tourism Growth in China.
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We are running MediaLab v2014 on Windows 7 computers, and occasionally our experiment file crashes (for a variety of reasons that aren't the focus of this particular post). Unless the experiment successfully runs through to completion, no responses are saved in the data file, meaning the participant has to repeat the entire experiment.
This was acknowledged as a [fixable] issue for DirectRT back in 2008 (http://www.empirisoft.com/support/sh...-case-of-crash), but that rationale doesn't explain why MediaLab wouldn't be able to write in real time, or at least save periodically throughout the experiment (e.g., at the end of each questionnaire).
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"The name Gilga is one of shrouded in myth and mystery from that exotic faraway land once known as Persia. As the youngest and most beautiful, but shiest of all the courtesans of the great Persian King Amurabi, Gilga was always over-looked by the King and shunned by her fellow courtesans. In an attempt to end her miserable existence, Gilga planned to take a sip from an amphora marked "the most powerful poison" which she had found while skulking around the palace."
"The "poison", was in fact Syrah fruit from the Shiraz Peninsula that had fermented in the clay amphora and turned into wine. Instead of ending her life, Gilga found that the Syrah actually enlivened her spirit and gave her unprecedented confidence. Taking a few more sips for good measure, Gilga stormed into King Amurabi's chamber to confront him. What followed will for always remain a mystery, but every time Gilga visited Amurabi, he would order the special "poison" to be brought to his chamber."
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Sprint Nextel today agreed to a merger with SoftBank of Japan which will give Softbank a majority stake in the US carrier in exchange for $20.1 billion. $12.1 billion of that will be distributed to Sprint stockholders, and the other $8 billion will be used "to enhance [Sprint's] mobile network and strengthen its balance sheet," according to the announcement.
SoftBank is the third-largest mobile carrier in Japan, just as Sprint is third-largest in the US behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T. SoftBank will receive a 70 percent stake in Sprint while Sprint shareholders will own the other 30 percent.
Sprint said the acquisition will allow it to improve operating scale and rely on SoftBank's experience in deploying LTE services as Sprint continues rolling out 4G in the US. "SoftBank's cash contribution, deep expertise in the deployment of next-generation wireless networks, and track record of success in taking share in mature markets from larger telecommunications competitors are expected to create a stronger, more competitive New Sprint that will deliver significant benefits to US consumers," Sprint said. SoftBank's subsidiary in the US will be named "New Sprint," but Sprint headquarters will still be located in Overland Park, Kansas.
The boards of both companies approved the deal. After going through the regulatory process, they expect to close the merger in mid-2013. The announcement said Sprint will not be required to make any changes to its partnership with Clearwire.
It's a busy time for consolidation in the cellular industry. T-Mobile, which itself was nearly acquired by AT&T in a deal scuttled by antitrust concerns last year, agreed to merge with MetroPCS earlier this month.


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A Dialogue With a Scholar
I said to one of our scholars: "When Muawiah killed the innocent and disgraced the honourable, you judge him as being an interpreter of Islam who got it wrong, and therefore has one reward. When Yazid killed the descendants of the Messenger and authorized the sacking of al-Medinah al-Munawwarah by his army, you judge him as an interpreter of Islam who got it wrong, and therefore has one reward.
Some of you even said about him that 'al-Husayn was killed by the sword of his grandfather.' Why should I not then interpret Islam through this study, which is forcing me to doubt the intentions of the Companions and to blow the cover of some of them, which would not be equated with killings done by Muawiah and Yazid of the Prophet's family? If I am right I deserve two rewards, and if I am wrong, I would have only one reward.
However, my criticism of the Companions is not for the sake of insulting them or cursing them, but it is a means through which I hope to reach the truth. Who is the right group, and who is the wrong group. This is my duty and the duty of each Muslim, and Allah, praise be to Him, knows what is inside ourselves. The scholar then answered me, ' O my son, Ijtihad (the interpretation of Islamic religion) has not been allowed for some time."
I asked, "Who disallowed it?"
He said, "The four Imams."
I said liberally, "Thanks be to Allah! Since neither Allah disallowed it, nor His Messenger or the rightly guided caliphs, whom we are ordered to follow, then there are no restrictions on me to interpret Islam, as they did."
He said, "You may not interpret Islam unless you know seventeen disciplines, among them: Tafsir (commentary on the Holy Qur'an), Linguistics, Grammar, Sarf (Morphology), Rhetoric, Hadiths ( Prophetic traditions), History and others."
I interjected by saying, "My Ijtihad is not to show the people the rules of the Qur'an and the Prophet's tradition, or to be a religious leader of a new creed. Nay! All that I want to know is who is right and who is wrong. For example, to know whether Imam 'Ali was right or Muawiah, I do not need to master seventeen disciplines. All I need to do is to study the life and works of each one of them to know the truth."
He said, "Why do you want to know all that?
This is a people that have passed away; they shall have what they earned and you shall have what you earn, and you shall not be called upon to answer for what they did." (Holy Qur'an 2:134)
I asked, "Do you read Tusaloon (the Arabic word for Questioned) with Dammah (the vowel point upon the letter ta) or with Tasaloon with Fathah (the vowel) point a)?"
He said, "Tusaloon, with Dammah."
I said, Thanks be to Allah, if it was with Fathah, then there would be no research. As it is written with Dammah, then it means that Allah - praise be to Him - will not make us accountable for what they have done, similarly, He, the Most High, said:
"Each soul is pledged to whatever it has earned." (Holy Qur'an 74:38)
Also He said:
"There is nothing for man except what he has strived for." (Holy Qur'an 53:39).
And the Holy Qur'an urged us to know about the earlier nations and to learn lessons from their histories. Also, Allah told us about the Pharaohs, Haman, Nimrod, Quaroon, and about the early prophets and their nations, not for the sake of pleasure, but to show us what is right and what is wrong. As for your question as to why I want to know all that? It is important for me to know all that.
Firstly, to know who is the friend of Allah so that I may befriend him, and to know who is the enemy of Allah, so that I may oppose him, and that is what the Qur'an asked me, or indeed, ordered me to do.
Secondly, it is important for me to know how I should worship Allah and draw near to Him by obeying His commands, in the way He - the Majesty - wants them to be, not as Malik or Abu Hanifah or any other interpreter of Islam wants them to be.
I found that Malik does not prefer the saying of "In the name of Allah the most Merciful and the most Compassionate" during the prayers, whereas Abu Hanifah considers it a "must". Others say that the prayers are not valid without them. Because prayers are a pillar of Islam, if accepted other deeds would be accepted; but if they were rejected, other deeds would be rejected.
Therefore, I do not want my prayers to be invalid. The Shiites say that during the ablution we must rub our feet with wet hands, whereas the Sunnis say that we must wash them. But when we read the Holy Qur'an we find "rub your hands and feet" which is clear about the rubbing. So how do you expect any sensible Muslim to accept this and reject the other without research and analysis?"
He said, "You can take what you like from each creed, because all of them are Islamic creeds, and all of them came from the Messenger of Allah."
I said I am afraid that I may become one of those about whom Allah said:
"Have you then considered him who takes his low desire for his god and Allah has made him err having knowledge and has set a seal upon his ear and his heart and put a covering upon his eye. Who can then guide him after Allah? Will you not then be mindful?" (Holy Qur'an 45:23).
Sir, I do not think that all the four lslamic religious schools (Madhahib) are correct, as long as one of them allows something while the other forbids it; and it does not seem logical for one thing to be allowed and forbidden simultaneously. The Messenger of Allah (saw) did not question the rules of the Holy Qur'an because they are revelation:
"And if it were from any other than Allah, they would have found in it many a discrepancy." (Holy Qur'an 4:82).
Because of the vast differences between the four religious Islamic schools, they cannot be from Allah or from His Messenger, for the Messenger did not contradict the Holy Qur'an.
When the scholarly Shaykh found my argument logical and sound, he said, "I advise you, for the sake of Allah, that no matter how doubtful you may be, do not doubt the rightly guided caliphs, because they are the four pillars of Islam, if one of them collapses, the whole building will collapse."
I said, "God forbid Sir, but what about the Messenger of Allah if those people were the pillars of Islam?"
He said, "The Messenger of Allah is that building He is the whole of Islam."
I smiled when I heard his analysis, and said, "I ask Allah for forgiveness, yet again! Sir, you are saying, indirectly, that the Messenger of Allah (saw) would not be able to stand without the support of those four, whereas Allah, the Most High, says:
"He it is Who sent His messenger with guidance and a true religion that He may make it prevail over all the religions; and Allah is enough for a witness." (Holy Qur'an 48:28)
He sent Muhammad with the Message and did not involve any of the other four, or anybody else, and Allah said with regard to this:
"We have sent among you a messenger from among you who recites to you Our communications and purifies you and teaches you the Book and the wisdom and teaches you that which you did not know." (Holy Qur'an 2:151).
He said, "That is what we have learnt from our religious leaders and teachers, and we did not argue about what they taught us, as you the new generation do today. You doubt everything, even the religion itself. This is one sign of the nearness of the Hour, that is the Day of Judgment, and the Messenger of Allah said: the Hour will come as a result of the evil in people."
I said, "Sir, why all this exaggeration? God forbid if I doubt the religion, I believe in Allah, Who is unique and has no partner. I believe in His angels, Books and Messengers. I believe in our master Muhammad as His servant and Messenger, and that he is the best of all the prophets and the last of the messengers, and that I am one of the Muslims. So how could you accuse me of all that?"
He said, "I accuse you of more than that, because you doubt our masters Abu Bakr and Umar, and the Holy Prophet said: If the faith of my nation and the belief of Abu Bakr were put on a balance, the faith of Abu Bakr would have weighed heavier. The Holy Prophet also said in honor of Umar: 'I was shown my nation and each one of them was wearing a shirt that came to the chest, and I was shown Umar and he was pulling his shirt.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah! How do you interpret this? He said: 'The Religion.
And you come today, in the fourteenth century (Hijri) and doubt the righteousness of the Companions and especially Abu Bakr and Umar. Don't you know that the people of Iraq are the people of disunity, blasphemy and hypocrisy!'"
What could I say to this man who claimed knowledge and scholarship, and who became so arrogant that he changed a well structured dialogue into a disordered talk full of lies and propaganda? He said it in front of people who admired him, and I noticed that their faces lit up with excitement and evil.
I quickly went home and brought back two books, "al-Muwatta of Imam Malik" and "The Sahih of al-Bukhari". Then said, "Sir, what made me doubt Abu Bakr was the Messenger of Allah himself." I opened al-Muwatta and read: He said to the martyrs of Uhud, "Those, I bear witness against." Abu Bakr then said, "O Messenger of Allah, are we not their brothers? Did we not become Muslims as they did? Did we not fight as they did?"
The Messenger replied, "Yes, but I do not know what you are going to do after me."
On hearing that, Abu Bakr cried bitterly and said, "We are going to alter many things after your departure."1
After that I opened the "Sahih" of al-Bukhari and read: Once Umar ibn al-Khattab came to Hafsah and found with her Asma bint Umays. When he saw her, he asked, "Who is she?" Hafsah answered, "Asma bint Umays." Umar said, "Is she that Ethiopian?" Asma replied, "Yes." He said, "We emigrated (that is to say from Mecca to Medinah) before you, so we are more entitled to the Messenger of Allah than you."
She became very angry, then she said, "No, by Allah, you were with the Messenger of Allah, who fed your hungry people and advised the ignorant among you; whereas we were in a foreign land, in Abyssinia, for the sake of Allah and His Messenger, and whenever I ate or drank anything, I remembered the Messenger of Allah (saw) and we were hurt, and we were frightened. By Allah I will mention this to the Prophet without lying, adding anything or deviating from the subject."
When the Prophet came, she said, "O Prophet of Allah, Umar said such and such." He asked, "What did you say to him?" She answered, "Such and such." He said, "I am not more entitled to him than to you." He and his companions had one emigration, but you, people of the ship, had two emigrations." She said, "I found Abu Musa and the people of the ship coming to me in groups and asking me about the Hadith, very much delighted with what the Prophet (saw) had said to them."2
After having read the Hadiths, the looks on the faces of the scholarly Shaykh and that of the audience changed. They looked at each other and waited for the scholar, who was too shocked at what he had heard, to reply. All he did was to raise his eye brows, as a sign of astonishment and then said, "O my God grant me more knowledge."
I said, "If the Messenger of Allah (saw) was the first to doubt Abu Bakr, and did not bear witness against him, because the Messenger did not know what would happen after him; and if the Messenger of Allah did not approve of the preference of Umar over Asma bint Umays, but indeed preferred her to him; then it is within my right to doubt and not to have a preference for anybody until I know the truth. Evidently, these Hadiths contradict and nullify all the known Hadiths in favor of Abu Bakr and Umar, because they are more realistic than these which mention their alleged virtues."
The audience said, "How could that be?" I said, "The Messenger of Allah (saw) did not bear witness against Abu Bakr and said: 'I do not know what they will do after me!' This sounds very reasonable. History has proved that, and the Holy Qur'an and history bear witness that they did change after him.
Because of that Abu Bakr cried for he changed and angered Fatimah al-Zahra, daughter of the Messenger as we explained before, and he changed until he repented and wished that he was not a human being.
As for the Hadith: If the faith of my nation and the faith of Abu Bakr were put on balance, the faith of Abu Bakr would weigh heavier", it is invalid and implausible. It is not possible for the faith of a man, who spent forty years of his life believing in polytheism and worshipping idols, to be greater than the faith of the entire nation of Muhammad, which has many God-fearing and pious people and martyrs and Imams, who spent all their lives fighting for the sake of Allah.
How could Abu Bakr fit into this Hadith? If it was true, he would not, in later life have finished that he was not a human being. Further, if his faith was greater than the faith of the entire nation of Muhammad, Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah and the leading lady, would not have been angry at him or asked Allah to punish him in each prayer she prayed."
The scholar did not say anything, but some of the men said, "By Allah! This Hadith made us doubtful." Then the scholar said to me, "Is that what you wanted? You have made these people doubt their religion." It sufficed me that a man from the audience replied by saying, "No, he is right, we have not read a whole book in our life, we followed you blindly and without any argument, and now it appears to us that what al-Hajj has been saying is right, and it is our duty to read and research!" Other people agreed with him, and that was a victory for truth and justice. It was not victory by force, but by logical deduction and proof. Allah says:
"Say, bring your proof, if you are telling the truth." (Holy Qur'an 27:64)
That is what encouraged me to undertake the study and opened the door for me, so I entered it in the name of Allah by Allah and tracing the footsteps of the followers of the Messenger of Allah. I hope that Allah, praise be to Him, the Most High, grants me success and enlightenment, for He promised to enlighten anyone who searches for the truth, and He does not break His promises.
The study went on for three years, because I often re-read the books, right from the first page to the last.
I read "al-Muraja'at" by Imam Sharaf al-Din several times, since it opened new horizons for me and enlightened me and pleased me for the love and the fellowship of Ahl al-Bayt.
I read "al-Ghadeer" by Shaykh al-Amini three times because of the clear cut facts it contained. I also read Fadak in History" by al- Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and al-Saqifah" by Shaykh Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar, which explained so many vague issues.
I read "al-Nass wal Ijtihad", the Text and the Interpretation, and became more convinced. Then I read "Abu Hurayra" by Sharaf al-Din and Shaykh al-Mudira" by Shaykh Mahmud Abu Rayyah al-Misri, and learnt that the Companions who changed after the departure of the Messenger of Allah were two types. The first changed the rule because of its power and authority. The second changed the rules by attributing false Hadiths to the Messenger of Allah.
I read "Imam al-Sadiq the four Madhhabs" by Asad Haydar and learnt about the differences between gifted knowledge and acquired knowledge. I also learnt about the differences between Allahs wisdom which He grants to whom He pleases, and the intrusion on knowledge and the belief of personal interpretation (of Islam) which kept the nation away from the spirit of Islam.
I read more books by al-Sayyid Ja'far Murtada al-Amili, and al-Sayyid Murtada al-Askari, and Al Sayyid Al-Khusi,and al-Sayyid al-Tabatabai, and Shaykh Muhammad Amin Zain al-Din, and al-Fayroozabadi, and Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu'tazili in his commentary on "Nahj al-Balagha", and Taha Husayn's "al-Fitna al-Kubra".
From the history books I read the following Annals written by al-Tabari, Ibn al-Athir, al-Masudi and al-Ya'qubi. And I read more, until I became convinced that the Shi'a Imamiyya were right.
Thus, with the help of Allah, I boarded Ahl al-Bayt's ship and sought their fellowship, because I found, thanks be to Allah, the alternative to the Companions, who, to the best of my knowledge, regressed and only a few of them were saved.
I exchanged them for the Imams of Ahl al-Bayt, the Prophet's Family, whom Allah cleansed and purified and made it our duty to seek their fellowship.
The Shiites are not, as some of our religious scholars claim, the Persians and the Magus whose power and glory were destroyed by Umar in al-Qadisiyyah war and that is why they hate them!
My answer to these who are ignorant is that following the creed of the Prophet's Family is not restricted to the Persians, for there are Shiites in Iraq, Hijaz, Syria, Lebanon, and all of them are Arabs. In addition to that, there are Shi'tes in Pakistan, India, Africa, America, and all of those are neither Arabs nor Persians.
If we confine ourselves to the Shiites of Iran, the issue becomes clearers because I found that the Persians believe in the leadership of the twelve Imams, all of whom were Arabs from Quraysh from Bani Hashim, the family of the Prophet (saw). If the Persians were prejudiced and hated the Arabs, as some people claim, they would have been taken Salman al-Farisi as their Imam, for he was a great Companion and respected by both Shiites and Sunnis.
On the other hand I found that most of the leading Sunni Imams were Persians, such as Abu Hanifa, al-Nisa'i, al-Tirmidhi, al-Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Maja, al-Ghazali, Ibn Sina, al-Farabi and many others. If the Shiites were all Persians who rejected Umar ibn al-Khattab because he destroyed their power, then how can we explain the rejection of the Arabs who were not Persians?
Therefore, this is an illogical claim. These people refused Umar because of his role in excluding the Commander of the Believers, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, from the caliphate after the departure of the Messenger of Allah, and because of the tragic civil wars and decline of this nation. It is high time that the truth was unveiled to every free-thinking scholar so that he may refute the allegation without any prior animosity.
It is true that the Shiites, whether they were Arabs or Persians or any other nationality, followed closely the Qur'anic Texts and the tradition of the Messenger of Allah and his Family, and refused to accept the alternative despite the oppressive policies of the Umayyads and later the Abbasids for seven centuries.
During that period, they pursued the Shiites everywhere; they killed them, they made them homeless, they denied them their rightful grants, they removed their cultural and intellectual heritage and they spread all sorts of rumors about them in order to keep people away from them. The legacy of these policies is still felt up to the present day.
However, the Shiites stood their ground, remained patient and took the blame for their commitment to Allah and they are paying the price of their defiance to this very day. I challenge any of our religious scholars to enter a debate with their religious scholars without coming out of it overwhelmed by their enlightened way.
Yes, I found the alternative, and thanks be to Allah Who guided me to this because I would not he there without His Guidance. Thanks and praise be to Allah Who led me to the saved group, for which I was eagerly searching.
I have no doubt that the commitment to 'Ali and Ahl al-Bayt is the commitment to the unbroken link - the link to Allah. There are many sayings by the Messenger of Allah agreed by all Muslims, which bear witness to that. The sensible mind is, perhaps, the best proof for anybody who is prepared to listen. 'Ali was the most knowledgeable companion and certainly the bravest, as the entire nation testified. This is a sufficient condition to support the lawful claim of 'Ali, alone and no one else, to the succession of the caliphate.
Allah the Most High said:
'And their prophet said to them, "Surely Allah has raised Talut to be a king over you." They said, "How can he hold kingship over us while we have a greater right to kingship than him, and he has not been granted an abundance of wealth?" He said, "Surely Allah has chosen him in preference to you, and He has increased him abundantly in knowledge and physique, and Allah grants His kingdom to whom He pleases, and Allah is Ample giving, knowing." (Holy Qur'an 2:247)
And the Messenger of Allah said. "'Ali is from me, and I am from 'Ali, and he is the master of every believer after me."3
Al-Zamakhshari said in some of his poetry:
Doubt and differences have increased. Every one claims that he is the right way. But I have committed myself to: there is no other god but Allah, and my love to Ahmed (Muhammad) and 'Ali. A dog won the love of the companions of the cave, how could I be ever distressed with the love of the Prophet's Family.
Yes I found the alternative, praise be to Allah. and I became a follower of - after the Messenger of Allah - The Commander of the Believers, master of all guardians, leader of the chosen elite, the victorious lion of Allah Imam 'Ali ibn Abi Talib; and the two masters of Heaven's youth, and the Prophet's two followers, Imam Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Zaki, and Imam Abu Abdullah al-Husayn; and the daughter of al-Mustafa (Muhammad), mother of the Imams, the essence of the Message, she, for whom Allah feels angry if she is angered, the most honorable lady Fatimah al-Zahra.
I have changed Imam Malik for the leader of all Imams, and teacher of the nation, Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq.
I have committed myself to the nine infallible men from the posterity of al-Husayn, Imams of all Muslims and the good friends of Allah. I have changed the Companions who turned back on their heels, like Muawiah, Amr ibn al-As, al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, Abu Hurayra, Ikrima, Ka'b al-Ahbar and others, for the grateful Companions who never broke the promise they gave to the Prophet, like Ammar ibn Yasir, Salman al-Farisi, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad. Khuzayma ibn Thabit - Dhu al-Shahadetain - and others, and praise be to Allah for this enlightenment.
I have changed the religious leaders of my people, who discouraged us from thinking and whose majority followed the rules and the sultans, throughout time. I changed them for the devoted religious leaders of the Shi'a who never closed the opportunity for studying and interpreting Islam, and who neither rose to oppose nor submitted to the oppressive rulers.
Yes, I changed dogmatic beliefs, full of contradictions for new enlightened and liberal ones based on logical deductions and reasoning.
As they say now a days "I have washed my brain" of the dirt that had accumulated over thirty years; lies of the Umayyads. I purified it with the ideology of the infallibles, those whom Allah cleansed and purified. I have done that for the remainder of my life.
O Allah...please let us live our lives following their footsteps, and let our nation follow their tradition, and gather us with them, for Your Prophet (saw) said: Man is placed together with those whom he loves.
Thus I have returned to my origin. For my father and uncles used to talk to us about our family tree. and often told us that we were from al-Sada (plural of Sayyid: a descendant of the Prophet) who escaped from Iraq under Abbasid pressure and found refuge in North Africa until they settled in Tunisia where their marks remain up to the present day.
There are many people like us in North Africa who are descendants from the purified posterity, and are called "Sada", but they went astray through the oppression of the Umayyads and the Abbasids, and now they have nothing of the truth except the people's respect for them. Priase be to Allah for his guidance...and praise be to Allah for my enlightenment and for opening my eyes to see the truth.


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Debian GNU/Hurd
I finally managed to set up a usable GNU/Hurd system. Everything that could work is working and I am using it to do actual work. I'm typing this in emacs on the hurd.
Here is a brief list of what works:
- Boot from hard-disk
- Internet Connection
- ssh and telnet
- X windows
- gcc, emacs, gdb
- lynx, epic4(irc), exim(mail server)
- The Gimp (with everything from aalib to mpeg)
- And of course awesome ftpfs (not perfect, but pretty good)
- And the even more awesome VGA console which does UTF-8!
And here is a short list of stuff that doesn't:
- Sound Drivers not yet Provided
- pthreads... no mozilla...
- dhcp
Basically the hardest thing is getting the system set up. This is due to a lack of documentation. The system itself is very similar to Debian GNU/Linux. I find it is about as user friendly as any other GNU system. This applies only to the console. X is pretty stable, but applications are lacking.
Oh yeah! I almost forgot to tell you:
I'm running a Gopher Server on my hurd box. I'm going to put up some docs and stuff to help people out with the setup. If it seems slow that's because IE and Netscape (and to a lesser degree mozilla and konqueror) aren't really optimized for gopher. Use lynx and all should be fine.
P.S. The reason I use gopher is that videotron, my cable internet provider block port 80, standard HTTP port, and I don't want to run on a non-standard port.
The Gnew Project
I've just created a pathetic page listing free software for windows. I call it The Gnew Project
Hey I'm back!
Anyways as is my style site keeps coming and going anyways some new changes have taken place firstly one new problem is that I am limited to 150 megs of space. I can get more space, but to do so I have to have my web-host look over my site and make sure I don't have any warez, which I don't of course, but for some reason I don't think they'll believe me. So for now (until I get some sort of fake cover) I will have to keep the disk usage down. In that spirit I will be uploading some hard core abandonware. But don't worry it'll be here fast.
This is for two reasons. First I have a cable modem now and can upload stuff at a much faster rate (take that 28.8k modem). And secondly I actually want this site to be decent enough to be worth my huge "investment" of $9.95 a month. Anyways if you want any abandonware game whatsoever (actually any game under 10 megs) then feel free to email me at any of the following addresses: firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com (please use this last one as it is the one dedicated to this site, however if you don't get an answer try the other two).Prime number seekers welcome to THE L A R G E S T public team. Team Info is at the bottom of the page.
weird stuff is going on ¡
The Anti-Christ Lives in the Heart of the Evil Bread ¥
And there will be no rest for the fallen warriors that his evil dread
Towards those who stand against us we bear no grudge
For those...
With this new site i'd like to do something half-decent,so I could use any suggestions you might have, this site is going to look very different. This is no longer just some crappy, page. It's the crappypage. In the weeks to come we will have decent music, maybe some decent game, and tons of links and cool stuff.
Prime Numbers
Visit The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) they are using PCs to find prime numbers.They are currently testing numbers over a million digits if you find onethat is prime you get 50 000$ US . Oh btw they have this ranking system which shows how much processor power you have spend finding prime numbers.Get the software Free Prime Number Software , then join the account: Username: TRUSTNO1 (all capitals), Password: 1234
You can check how the account is doing here: TRUSTNO1Primenet Account Statistics , and you can check our ranking here: PrimeNumber Ranking
Or you can check the whole list of participants, organised by rankhere: Full List
P.S. I am not doing this for the money, I am doing this to get a higher place on the ranking system, and to help the field of mathematics, youget to keep all of the prize money if you are lucky enough to actuallyfind a prime number over a million digits.
New!Prime Numbers Section: Go Team!!!
This site best viewed with Lynx or Mozilla or Konqueror or any standards compliant browser!
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Posts Tagged 'Interview. Pierre Panet'
Dinoscopus sleeps, eats and blogs: Williamson Redux
After months of sensible silence in the genteel exile of Wimbledon, Bishop Richard Williamson, the Lefebvrist bishop whose Holocaust denial caused a media ruckuss and an endless headache for Pope Benedict last year has given an interview to a minor French politician of the extreme right, Pierre Panet. The French Catholic newspaper La Croix first posted the interview today.
It was published on Daily Motion on Tuesday, only days after Pope Benedict XVI visited the Great Synagogue in Rome. There is already comment on it here The interviewer, Pierre Danet was a candidate for the European elections on the anti-zionist ticket of the right-wing French comic and political activist Dieudonne M'bala M'bala.
Bishop Williamson said that he believed that the dialogue between Rome and the Society of St Pius X, working towards reconciliation, was a dialogue of deaf people. He also said that he was sleeping, eating and blogging in his "unexpected sabbatical year". His blog Dinoscopus (a cross of Dinosaur and Episcopus) was public until last year's bruhaha over Bishop Williamson's Holocaust denial broke. In the interview he gives his oppinion on the State of Israel, Muslim Christian relations, Kant (a criminal), and some basic theology. He also discloses to the interviewer that he loves Beethoven.
Here is an unofficial translation and transcript of the interview:


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A recent Los Angeles Times article, "Curry leaf tree, a touch of India in the backyard," reminds me that my dad's old office had a curry leaf tree growing just outside his window. From time to time, while he was working, he would see desis drive or walk up to his office building and step up to the elevated garden area to grab a bunch of the fragrant leaves to go. My grandma lived next to his office and she planted the tree many years ago. Of course she wasn't the only one to do so in sunny southern California.
Rishi Kumar's grandmother brought curry leaf seeds from India, and his mother planted them 18 years ago at her home in Diamond Bar. Now the curry leaf has filled out into a mini-grove of slender stalks, bushy with the pointed leaves essential to Indian cuisine.
After graduating from UC San Diego in computer science, Kumar came home to his parents' house and started gardening seriously. He started a community-supported agriculture project, or CSA, called the Growing Home and Learning Center, based out of the 2,500-square-foot garden around the house. He put in a series of cinder-block terraces, heavily mulched with forest humus and horse stable bedding, and started planting. An Ayurvedic garden is out front, where the lawn used to be; in the back, plants reflect his family's Punjab roots: holy basil, neem (a tree believed to have medicinal properties), Indian jasmine. (LAT)
For more information on the curry leaf tree read the rest of the article. It's part of a Tuesday series called the Global Garden.


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Somewhere, mankind lost its way. The latest proof being that instead of relying on good old buckets and other moulds for building sandcastles, kids are now given tools like this plastic sand and water funnel which makes them painstakingly build up a sand structure layer by layer.
It works not unlike the plastic 3D printers that produce items like neato iPhone cases, except that these 3D creations can be just as easily destroyed by an errant wave washing up on shore. On the other hand, this $9 Spilling Funnel is the perfect way to occupy a child's attention for hours on end while you soak up the sun's rays. [Haba via Notcot]


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Announcing the seventh season of the Vicus ad Martis Tudertium Archaeological field school in Umbria, Italy. Run by Drew University and directed by Prof. John Muccigrosso, this four-week program offers hands-on archaeological experience – and four credits – to college-age students. Non-students may also participate through the project's Visitors program.
The excavation takes place at the site of the Roman town of the Vicus Martis Tudertium, located on the Flaminian Way, not far from the city of Todi. The 2014 season runs from June 8 – July 5 and in addition to daily work on the site includes short excursions to nearby sites, as well as an immersive experience in small-town life in modern Umbria.
We'll concentrate this year on an area behind the church of S. Maria where we have been working on uncovering a large apsidal structure apparently resting on top of another, earlier building.
Download the PDF flier for the project.
For more details, visit the project website or contact Prof. Muccigrosso directly.


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The Simpsons Goes For the Gold With Oscar-Nominated Short Film
Chances are she won't be saying much on the red carpet but Maggie Simpson is up for an Oscar! Yes, that Maggie Simpson. The eternally silent, pacifier-sucking toddler from Fox's long-running series The Simpsons is the star of a four-and-a-half--minute, 3D animated film called Maggie Simpson in: The Longest Daycare. It's one of five 'toons nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Animated Short Film category. Fox will show the short this Sunday following The Simpsons episode airing at 8/7c.
"It's such a surreal thing to be nominated - a truly pinchable moment - and people are definitely looking at us differently," says the short's exec producer-cowriter Al Jean. "The Simpsons has been a huge success for 25 years but it's like we've suddenly arrived!"
Free of dialogue and scored by the great Hans Zimmer (The Lion King), The Longest Daycare was directed by David Silverman, who also helmed the hit 2007 feature The Simpsons Movie. The plot finds Maggie being dropped off by mom Marge at the Ayn Rand School for Tots where she has a series of unfortunate encounters with her unibrowed nemesis Baby Gerald.
"It was difficult to get the money to make this because none of us could explain to the Fox execs how it could possibly show revenue," says Jean. They needn't have worried. The short was paired in theaters last summer with Fox's Ice Age: Continental Drift and together they pulled in nearly $900 million worldwide!
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July the 4th is of course a very patriotic day for one nation in particular. Us Brits like to moan about the Yanks now and again because perhaps old rivalries never quite die no matter how close the friendship. We have an even fonder tendency to exchange banter with our French friends across the channel. On Independence Day the story of one of their most fascinating monarchs arrives on DVD.
Henry of Navarre (aka Henri 4) has all the ingredients of an epic historical romp. Its visceral battle scenes, complete with frenetic handheld camerawork as well as sweeping shots, have been likened to Ridley Scott's iconic set pieces by Variety. Its period details are meticulous and vivid, from costume to setting. Its themes of religious freedom, love and power are at once more inspiring than modern day concerns and still relevant. And of course, as addictive TV dramas such as The Tudors and Rome have proved, no story of royalty and betrayal is complete these days without plenty of nudity and animalistic sex.
Henri, played by Julien Boisselier, is a charmer from childhood. The film begins with the prince of Navarre, a small region of France, paying the girls as a mere boy for a glimpse up their skirts. He goes on to seduce, overpower and caress several other women throughout the course of the film. The first set of bedroom scenes, with a Catholic he is told to marry to secure peace, verge on the violent, fuelled by religious resentment and suspicion. They scratch and bite like tigers just released from a zoo. Henry of Navarre is not a film short on beautiful women or erotic encounters.
But Henri is still likeable despite his cavorting, which prompts his second wife to describe him as a "horny old goat". Boisselier plays him as a man disillusioned by the role and world he was born into but determined to change things pragmatically. The film begins with Henri leading the Protestant Huguenots against the greater part of France controlled by the Catholic Medici family. Henri is encouraged into a peacemaking marriage in Paris and during this part of the film within the city walls and the Louvre palace, overwhelming tension and intrigue builds, with relationships in the court difficult to decipher. Henri is well meaning but naive and the betrayal eventually comes with the tragedy of the St. Bartholomew's Massacre.
At this point it's hard to understand why Henri doesn't flee but eventually he wins the trust of the traitors and escapes successfully. He returns to his roots in Navarre and builds up the strength of his home. By the end of the film Henri is King of all of France, with the price being his religious belief and identity. But despite his growing wisdom, Henri's childhood innocence and kindness is also preserved by Boisselier's performance. This is a very modern film because Henri puts aside labels of religion and ancestry to cherish things that really matter in life and leadership; loyalty, friendship, love and freedom.
Henry of Navarre has its faults. It could do with being half an hour shorter but the two and a half hour runtime is more than filled with the substance of Henri's fascinating life. Not all of the acting is assured, with Ulrich Noethen's performance as Charles IX too over the top and caricatured regardless of the troubled nature of the monarch. The battle scenes, despite their initial impact, become repetitive. You are carried through it all though by the compelling complexity and emotion of Henri's story and the appeal of his character. This would appear to be a diverse film faithful to history that both entertains and educates.


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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
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The mustang stallion Spirit grows up to proudly succeed his father as leader of the Cimarron herd in the unspoiled Wild West. When 'civilization' reaches Dakota territory, naive curiosity gets him caught by cowboys and sold to the US Cavalry. Its method of training by breaking a horse fails utterly on him. Just when the colonel intends to shoot Spirit, the equally indomitable captured young Lakota brave, Little Creek, escapes on his back. He also tricks him to a coral with his beloved mare, but shows respect and wins some trust. As the railroad arrives, the Indian village is wrecked and Spirit gets captured for use as a draft-horse. When the stallion realizes this project threatens his whole world, he escapes and unleashes the fury of a force of nature, ultimately teaming up with Little Creek.
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Vintage Plastic Canvas Pattern: Birthstone Set. Charts included for jewel-toned heart necklace pendant, earrings, ornament, and box.
Basic materials you'll need are 10-mesh plastic canvas sheets and embroidery floss. See image for all recommended materials and size info.
How will my order be delivered?
Many patterns have at least two delivery methods:
- Select the button that inlcudes <DOWNLOAD pdf pattern> for PDF patterns that you save to your device and may print at home.
- Or, select the button that includes <MAIL original pattern> to have an original physical pattern mailed to your address. If there is a slash through this button, then we are currently out of stock. You may click on the slashed button and a sign up option will appear on the right to be notified when item becomes available again.
Note: For all orders, be sure your email is one you check! If you include a cell / mobile phone, then you can also receive shipping notice via text. We do not ever sell your personal info. This information is gathered solely for the purpose of contacting you regarding your order.
--- DOWNLOAD pdf pattern
Again, please be sure your email address is correct! You will not receive a physical copy of the pattern with this option. This option is for a PDF digital file of the original vintage pattern that you will download on your computer at home. Then you may choose to print the file on your printer if desired.
Note: Files need to be saved to your device first, then opened from the saved file. That should kickstart your default method of opening up PDF files. You won't be able to view or open files through Shop + Etsy apps. I am happy to email files directly to you, just shoot me your order info and request to firstname.lastname@example.com
Save file to your device first, then open from saved file. There are no additional shipping and processing fees for this option.
If needed, you can find out more information about downloading a free PDF reader HERE. Mobile devices (cell phones, tablets) may require an app to download and view certain PDF files. Adobe also has free apps for this HERE.
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Once you place an order, we try to mail it out within 1 - 2 business days (M-F, no holidays). You will receive order notifications by email or text, depending on what you select upon checkout.
Booklet and leaflet patterns will be mailed in 9x12 envelopes via USPS First Class Mail. Thicker paperback and hardback pattern books will be mailed via USPS Media Mail.
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Due to the nature of the patterns, in general, no returns accepted at this time. Absolutely reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding your order. We review any requests individually to help come up with the best solution!
--Needlecraft Patterns Language and Supplies Information: See image for recommended materials info for your craft pattern. This is a pattern only, no materials or supplies are included with your purchase. The pattern is written in English, in standard American terms. Many patterns presume you know the basics of and doesn't include any learn-to guides.
Remember that many of these are vintage needlecraft patterns. Your local craft store may not carry the same exact items listed in the pattern. Certain patterns may require a little online shopping trip. Again, please check out the product page/photos for the full materials list for each pattern.
--How Cardinal House Stitches Obtains Vintage Patterns (A Note from Kat): My family is seriously crafty. My grandmother ran her craft business, Lienhart Dollhouse, for decades in Pensacola, FL. Growing up, I helped her set up at craft shows all across the Southeast and frequented the wholesale showrooms of craft suppliers. I spent a lot of time with her as a kid. Her favorite bird was the Cardinal and I always think of her when I see one now since she passed. That's actually where 'Cardinal House' came from...for her.
Each member of the family tended to branch out with their own branch of crafts. My aunt ended up opening up her own craft supply shop, including an Ebay store as soon as that was a thing. She became a distributor for many of the publishers that were booming in the 1990's- early 2000's. Many of the patterns are from her collection. She closed up her craft shop and went to work with my uncle. I also pick up books whenever I see them out at garage sales and thrift stores.
The vintage patterns are not designed by me- most of these patterns booklets are 20-40 years old!! They are hard to find in stores any more. Most of the publishers have been absorbed into other companies or are gone completely. PDF files are of the original vintage pattern that you will download on your computer at home.
For any designers that are actively working and selling, please feel free to contact me should you want your pattern removed. I will only sell original print patterns for those designers.
Supplies Shopping Guide:
PLASTIC CANVAS: Michael's, Hobby Lobby, JoAnn, Amazon, Annie's
YARN: Michael's, Hobby Lobby, JoAnn, Amazon, Annie's, Herrschners, Mary Maxim
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