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If you see a dollar bill stamped in red with the words, "Not to be used for bribing politicians," there's a chance it was marked by a famous ice cream maker while he was visiting Arkansas.
If you see a dollar bill stamped in red with the words, "Not to be used for bribing politicians," there's a chance it was marked by a famous ice cream maker while he was visiting Arkansas.
Ben Cohen, the "Ben" of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, stamped bills at Little Rock's River Market Oct. 22 to promote StampStampede, which aims to build popular support to amend the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. That's the ruling that corporations are people who can spend unlimited amounts to support or oppose candidates.
As Cohen stood outside the River Market, volunteers with the group Regnat Populus, which grew out of the Occupy Little Rock movement, flagged passersby with an offer: Meet Ben, get your dollar bill stamped, and get free ice cream.
According to StampStampede's website, almost 11,000 stamps with anti-Citizens United messages have been sold. Each bill supposedly passes through 875 sets of hands, so if you haven't seen one of these messages, you probably will. And yes, stamping dollar bills with a political statement is legal.
Regnat Populus is backing two measures that will or could be on your ballot next November. One, referred to voters by the Legislature, would prohibit Arkansas corporations from contributing to candidates. It does a lot of other things — some helpful, others maybe not. The other is a voter-led initiative that would cause corporations to lose their limited liability status in Arkansas if they contribute to any political cause.
I'm torn on all this, by the way. The current campaign finance system is a sanitized form of bribery. Much of the federal government's debt and dysfunction stems from elected officials' need to satisfy their donors. On the other hand, I also buy the Supreme Court's argument that financial support for a candidate is a form of political speech.
Actually, the most interesting part of Cohen's visit was his earlier speech at the Clinton School of Public Service.
As his company grew from a struggling two-man operation into one of the country's recognizable brands, he and partner Jerry Greenfield decided a business isn't just a product- or service-producing activity but "a combination of organized human energy plus money, which equals power."
They decided a business's success should be measured not just by profits but also by what it contributes to the common good. That meant creating profitable business practices that also aligned with the founders' values. The company pledged 7.5 percent of pretax profits to charity. It bought brownies for one ice cream flavor from a New York City organization that employs ex-convicts and ex-drug addicts, and for another flavor it bought coffee beans from a Mexican cooperative that paid workers well.
"What Jerry and I began to realize is that there's a spiritual aspect to business just as there is to the lives of individuals," he said. "As you give, you receive. As you help others, you're helped in return. As your business supports your community, the community supports your business."
Those concepts were first met with derision even though they are taught in the Bible, but now they are becoming more accepted, he said. It turned out they are good for business, too.
"When you connect with your consumers based on shared values, that's the strongest bond that you can ever build," he said. "It doesn't matter if the competition is on sale. People buy our ice cream because they connect with it."
Cohen and Greenfield often are associated with liberal causes, but the big idea, that corporate values should not be divorced from spiritual ones, should be universal. Corporations aren't people, but they are composed of them, and most people believe that making money and making a positive difference are both good things. As Cohen said, they can be done at the same time.
Steve Brawner is an independent journalist in Arkansas. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @stevebrawner.


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The New York Times yesterday ran an insightful and widely circulated op-ed from a fellow alt-weekly editor, Baynard Woods of Baltimore City Paper, that emphasized the important role that a staff of full-time alt-weekly journalists play in urban life, a niche that neither big daily papers nor online-only outlets can replicate.
"An alt weekly has a staff of paid reporters and editors whose jobs are not only to know the city, but to love it, to hate it, and to be an integral part of it, cajoling, ridiculing, praising and skewering city officials, artists and entrepreneurs alike, while giving voices to the 'city folk,'" Woods wrote after ruing the economic forces that have hobbled our profession and given rise to the article's headline: "Are Alt Weeklies Over?"
As someone who has worked for four alt-weeklies in California after starting my career at daily newspapers, I can attest to the unique and valuable role that they played in each of those cities: San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Sacramento, and San Francisco. Eschewing the tired and unattainable goal of "objective journalism," the alt-weeklies help provide a bottom-up framing of local issues and serve as a check on the dominant economic and political forces.
When I made the transition from dailies to alt-weeklies in 1995, I felt like a whole new world had been opened up for me, a feeling that I've heard expressed by many others in my business. Daily newspaper writers generally hew to the orthodoxy of their local Chamber of Commerce in economic coverage, while political news tends to split the difference between the two major political parties.
But in a dynamic world with major long-term problems that aren't being addressed in a serious way — from global warming and environmental degradation to extreme wealth disparities and lack of investment in critical public infrastructure — sometimes the Chamber, the Democrats, and the Republicans are all wrong.
Saying so often falls to the alt-weekly writers and editors who can speak with a clear and true voice, and who can back up their perspective with years of diligent reporting to support it. When the Guardian says PG&E corrupts our political system, that's not a statement of opinion, but a conclusion backed up by dozens of well-reported articles going back decades. In this instantaneous yet forgetful society we're creating, that kind of institutional knowledge is invaluable.
That's especially true when it comes to city life and the struggles we cover all day, every day, something that writers who strive for clicks from readers around the world can't provide. Locally based reporters working local beats with adequate resources is essential to civic accountability.
For example, it's easy for us to see how the current displacement crisis will change San Francisco in unacceptable ways, and to see the echoes of previous political moments — the freeway revolts of the '60s, the anti-Manhattanization struggles of the '70s, resistance to trickle down economics in the '80s, warnings about the last dot-com economic cleansing in the '90s — in this current political moment. So we amplify the many voices crying out for reform and we're willing to call our untrustworthy politicians and business leaders on their bullshit. We're not afraid to call the liars "liars."
"Alt weeklies can be harsh in their criticism, whether it's aimed at a blowhard politician or an overrated artist. Some people say we're too eager to charge people with selling out, with trafficking in an insular cultural elitism. But alt weeklies don't simply delight in being mean; they are harsh because they care about the city and what goes on in it," Woods wrote.
We at the Guardian love San Francisco, and we're going to keep fighting for its soul — and the panopoly of inspired and inspiring people who feed that soul — with everything we've got, and neither the people who fund our paychecks nor those who populate our blogs are going to deter us from that mission.

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I've run into yet another tricky problem.
While the user's mouse is over a certain panel I have on my GUI, I want the panel to outline a circle around the user's mouse. I'm already using a Swing Timer to control the movement of existing objects drawn on the panel, and I've overridden the panel's paintComponent(Graphics g) method, so I thought I'd just add a little if-statement to that paintComponent(Graphics g) method so that it also checks to see if the mouse is over the panel.
I'd also need to know how to get the mouse's position with respect to the JPanel that is drawing the circle around the mouse...
However, I'm not finding any fast ways to do this... Can anyone point (heh, mouse pointer <---awful pun) me in the right direction?


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Effective Date: 3/1/1997
Obsolete Date: 8/1/2006
A lawyer shall not participate in offering or making:
(a) A partnership or employment agreement that restricts the rights of a lawyer to practice after termination of the relationship, except an agreement concerning benefits upon retirement; or
(b)An agreement in which a restriction on the lawyer's right to practice is part of the settlement of a controversy between private parties.
An agreement restricting the right of partners or associates to practice after leaving a firm not only limits their professional autonomy but also limits the freedom of clients to choose a lawyer.Paragraph (a) prohibits such agreements except for restrictions incident to provisions concerning retirement benefits for service with the firm.
Paragraph (b) prohibits a lawyer from agreeing not to represent other persons in connection with settling a claim on behalf of a client.
This Rule does not prohibit restrictions that may be included in the terms of the sale of a law practice under Rule 1.17 as long as the restrictions are otherwise consistent with state law.
Reference: Minutes of the Professional Conduct Subcommittee of the Attorney Standards Committee on 11/08/85 and 01/31/86; Minutes of the Joint Committee on Attorney Standards Meetings of 09/15/95, 12/01/95, 06/11/96.


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With so many competing PaaS vendors on the market, along with so many IT managers and senior architects starting to seriously entertain the idea of moving a significant portion of the application lifecycle management process to the cloud, TheServerSide asked Sacha Labourey, the CEO of CloudBees, what three questions people should be asking themselves as they begin to look towards cloud adoption while trying to differentiate between the various cloud vendors.
Looking for software vs. looking for a service
"The first question to ask yourself" says Sacha Labourey, "is whether you are looking for a service or if you are actually just looking for some software."
It's a pretty simple question to both ask and answer, but it's an important one that will help create a clearer picture of what your actual needs are. If you're thinking that maybe you'd like to download some cloud based software, install it locally and build your own little private cloud then you're not really a potential PaaS client because, quite simply, you're not looking for a service.
Of course, if you're thinking about downloading some software and building your own local cloud you've really got to start asking yourself why. As Sacha puts it, "you wouldn't build your own, personal, nuclear powered generator in your backyard. These things work because they achieve economies of scale. You do it big and share the cost. That's what we do with a Platform as a Service." Sacha does admit that a private cloud might make sense as a company transitions to the cloud, but down the road it simply doesn't make sense in any form of fashion.
Comprehensive lifecycle coverage
The second question Sacha thinks you should be asking yourself is "what type of lifecycle coverage do you want from your PaaS provider?" Answering a question like this will help the individual come to a clearer conclusion about exactly what they are looking for from a cloud service, while at the same time helping them to differentiate between the various PaaS providers on the market.
Some cloud providers are simply clock cycle utilities where your applications are hosted and you simply pay for the resources consumed. And that's fine, because there are plenty of organizations out there that don't need anything more than low-cost hosting. But cloud providers have so much more to offer than just computing power as a utility, offering services that span the entire application lifecycle from the creation of an empty project in Eclipse to the management and monitoring of the application at runtime. All of the overhead of setting up and managing the various software components that do everything from source code management to pushing code to a particular staging server when all of the unit and regression tests have been passed successfully can be sourced out to your PaaS provider, relieving your development team of significant management and configuration headaches. Deciding the depth of services that you want and expect from your PaaS provider is not only important in helping you decided what type of service you need, but it also becomes an important set of points upon which you can use to differentiate between vendors.
Polyglot versus dedicated language platforms
The third point that Sacha makes is that you'll want to decide whether you feel more comfortable going with a PaaS provider that provides support for a variety of programming languages, or with a provider that dedicates themselves to just one.
The idea of a PaaS provider supporting everything from PHP to Ruby on Rails may sound compelling at first, but when a provider tries to service every platform under the sun, there's the danger that their depth of knowledge with any one technology might not be deep enough when complex problems begin to occur. When a provider dedicates themselves to one platform and one platform only, they're likely to have the talent on hand to deal with complicated issues and problems that others trying to cover a gambit of languages might not. It's an important point for differentiating between PaaS providers.
Cloudbees: Addressing their own concerns
So how does CloudBees position themselves when addressing the criteria their CEO outlined above?
Well, first of all, they are a service provider, not a software company. Sure, they run software behind the scenes, but you don't download CloudBees, compile it and run it on a local server. CloudBees is, and always will be, delivered as a service.
Furthermore, CloudBees provides tools and services that cover the entire application lifecycle. From managing source code to deploying applications once all of the required tests have been passed, CloudBees professes that they can do it all.
And of course, CloudBees is dedicated to the Java platform, so any source that can be compiled into bytecode, which includes programs that might be written in alternative languages such as Scala and Clojure, can target the CloudBees platform. And of course, CloudBees has recruited some of the top minds in the Java industry, including Kohsuke Kawaguchi, the creator of Jenkins, so when customers approach the team with support issues, there's a team of talent that is ready to respond.
With more and more organizations looking to adopt the cloud, it's important to both know that you're ready while at the same time having the right set of criteria available with which to compare offerings. Thinking about these three important points outlined by CloudBees CEO Sacha Labourey is certainly a good way to start thinking about cloud and PaaS adoption.


text: We know what you're thinking... Dog Strollers? Why would a dog need a stroller? Well, some of our elderly dogs begin to lose their ability to walk, but they still love to be outdoors and active with you. Put them in a stroller where they're comfortable and protected, yet still able to smell everything. Sometimes little dogs need some help too. A stroller can offer protection while out on a walk. It can also help give those little legs a rest when you're out for a long time!


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Laurie1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 75 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
L A Sewing Group
We have been in business for 4 years and this is the first time we have thought about doing branding. Even though we are an original Mom & Pop shop with only one other employee we have high ambitions for our company. Each of us has many years professional background from the sewing and design industry and hold many industry designations and certifications.
Our company works one on one with individual sewers looking for state of the art sewing machines, and equipment that will enable them to explore their creativity. We have a large showroom and each of the machine models we sell are out where customers can test them before purchasing. We focus on European Swiss machinery with prices ranging from $300 to $14,000 for a machine. We have a large classroom where we teach students of all ages from 8 to 80 and accomodate their learning with a mix of hands on, video and printed support materials. We have a service department on site with a certified repair technician. We support our customers as they learn to effectively use their new equipment, teach them sewing techniques to improve their technical skill and maintain their equipment through our on-site service department to keep their machines in top performing condition.
We love to teach and we love our customers, many of them become like family and we know most by first name. Please check our website at http://www.lasewing.com
Our customer base is 99% female with the strongest age now represented in the 50's. We are working toward appealing to a much younger audience to build our customer base in the 20-40years range.
Our customers are a wide range including youth looking for fashion sewing, and mass customization,
- mid 20's to 40's most focused on learning to sew, fashion, home dec sewing and crafts
- over 40's most focused on craft and quilting arts.
For the most part they are all creative souls and flakey in their own artistic way. Some just like to hoard fabrics and machines, some only want the latest machine to be launched. Some are perfectionists and all have aspirations of creating the next Davinci from fabric.
Some times its easier to state what you do want after you identify what you don't want.
We don't want the kitchey antique sewing machine pictures, measuring tapes etc.
We want our logo to be professional, polished yet creative. We want it to convey warmth and friendliness.
Be creative, think about sewing and fabrics and fashion shows and the personalities behind them.
I have attached our current logo which desperately needs to be changed as it does not convey what we need for the business./
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Chip Somodevilla / Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images file
Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 6.
The Obama administration publicly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that U.S. drone strikes have killed four American citizens since 2009, including the previously undisclosed death of a North Carolina resident who left the United States for Pakistan and was later indicted on federal terrorism charges.
Attorney General Eric Holder, in a letter to congressional leaders and chairman of key congressional committees made public on the eve of what was billed as a major counterterrorism speech by President Barack Obama, also confirmed the deaths in drone attacks in Yemen of three other Americans that already had been widely reported: those of radical cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki , his teenage son, Abd al-Rahmn Anwar al-Awlaki; and Samir Khan, the American who ran al Qaeda's web-based propaganda magazine Inspire. Previously the Obama administration had only acknowledged the senior Awlaki's killing and refused to publicly confirm or deny reports of the other deaths.
The letter also confirmed that U.S. drones had killed Jude Kenan Mohammed of Raleigh, N.C., more than a year after a local news report quoted a friend as saying he had died in an attack in Pakistan in November 2011.
Holder said in the letter that the senior Awlaki was the only U.S. citizen targeted in a drone strike.
Anonymous / AP
Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Yemeni cleric and recruiter for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen, is shown in an October 2008 file photo.
He also provided new details about what the U.S. says were Awlaki's operational roles in terror plots, including his role in a 2010 attempt to bomb cargo planes by putting bombs in printer cartridges.
It also included an explicit explanation of the U.S. policy for targeted killings of Americans, much of which was included in a "white paper" obtained by NBC News in February.
Mohammed's death appears to have been news to the FBI, which as of Thursday still listed him on its "most wanted" list, saying, "On July 22, 2009, a federal grand jury in North Carolina indicted Jude Kenan Mohammad for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure persons in a foreign country. Mohammad is at large … (and) is believed to be in Pakistan."
A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity told NBC News: "We don't know when he was killed. That fact was classified."
FBI spokeswoman Shelley Lynch said in an email: "Jude Kenan Mohammed remained wanted until there was official confirmation of death. Until now, the matter was classified and it is now appropriate for the wanted poster to be removed from our website."
Obama is expected to discuss the drone program Thursday in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
Release of Holder's letter came as classified documents obtained by NBC News raised new questions about the CIA-run drone program and whether it is consistent with public comments by Obama and other administration officials describing the strikes as "very precise" and targeted at specific al Qaeda operatives and their associates. In fact, the documents show, the agency has frequently attacked low-level militants and foreign fighters in Pakistan whose names and nationalities were not known, as well as militant groups not directly connected to al Qaeda.
The documents, similar to those recently reported by McClatchy Newspapers, offer a window into the secretive drone program and how its actual operations sometimes differ from the public accounts provided by the administration.
They appear to officially confirm that the agency has engaged in "signature strikes" – a much discussed and controversial practice that has never been publicly acknowledged -- in which CIA drone operators target individuals based on the "signature characteristics" of suspects but whose actual identities are not clear.
They surface at a time that U.S officials appear to be scaling back the drone program – amid warnings from some former military and intelligence officials that the attacks may be creating a backlash harmful to U.S. interests in the long run.
When Obama was asked about the drone program last year during a Google News forum, he called it "a targeted, focused effort at people who are on a list of active terrorists." In an April 2012 speech, then White House counter-terrorism adviser and now CIA Director John Brennan said: "The United States Government conducts targeted strikes against specific al Qaeda terrorists," while acknowledging that drone targets included "associated forces."
But a CIA list of 53 drone strikes in the fall of 2010 indicates that fewer than half – 22 -- listed al Qaeda operatives as the targets. Other strikes were aimed at targets that included suspected members of the militant al-Haqqani network in Pakistan, which is believed to have harbored and worked with al Qaeda; members of the Pakistani Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist military group that aims to overthrow the Pakistani government; and members of another Pakistani terrorist network identified as the "Commander Nazir Group." Fourteen of the strikes listed the targets only as "other militants."
Agency lists for other periods show a higher proportion of strikes being specifically aimed at Al Qaeda operatives. For example, during a nine month period between January and September 2011, 28 out of 42 strikes listed al Qaeda members as targets.
But in other accounts of the strikes, agency officials refer to the targeting of individuals whose identifies do not appear to be known. One 2009 attack was described as being aimed at "military aged males" at a site "associated with al Qaeda explosives training." Another, in 2010, described the target as "four adult males conducting weapons training."
The CIA and White House did not respond to requests for comment about the documents. But U.S. officials have vigorously defended the drone program and their public accounts of it, while saying they are limited in what they can say because of its classified nature and the potential impacts of full public disclosure in Pakistan. As for the use of signature strikes , they have argued that "when you have a bunch of guys building explosives, you don't need to know who they are. They are an imminent threat."
NBC News' Pete Williams, Chuck Todd and Tom Curry contributed to this report.
More from Open Channel:
- Why aren't there more storm shelters in Oklahoma?
- Ex Cincy IRS official doubts agency's explanation for Tea Party scandal
- DOJ's secret subpoena of AP phone records broader than initially revealed
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The pump performance curve shows the relation between flow and head.
The pump performance curve is shown in the figure, where Q (flow) is the X-axis and H (head) is the Y-axis.
The units for Q are normally [m3/h] or [l/s]
The unit for H is normally [m]
H (head) can be recalculated to p (pressure) by using the following equation:
p = ρ x g x H [pa]
p = pressure [pa]
ρ = density [kg/m3]
g = acceleration due to gravity [m/s2]
H = head [m]


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The Ark, the Reed, and the Fire Cloud
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Living Ink Books
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Number of Pages: 432
Series: The Amazing Tales of Max & Liz
Dimensions: 9.00 × 6.00 (inches)
Max, a Scottish terrier, takes his usual morning trot down to the loch where he hears a mysterious Voice humming in the reeds saying, "Come to Me...follow the fire cloud." He embarks on an unknown journey from Scotland, meeting other animals along the way including Liz, a brilliant, petite black cat from France. Max and Liz become the brave leaders for their group, and eventually, for the entire ark. The mysterious journey, filled with danger, humor, trials, and triumphs, leads them across Europe to the Middle East. The moment of arrival for these animals is spectacular as the ark is miraculously transformed into the animals' natural habitats.
Throughout the previous one hundred years, Noah and family have endured ridicule from villagers while building the ark. Now this family must painfully witness the loss of lives and total destruction of the earth through the mighty flood.
After the journey to the ark, the voyage in the ark begins. Liz finds ways to keep the animals occupied, including daily exercise led by the flamingos and a talent night where the animals entertain each other with their natural abilities. But a sinister plot develops Someone is out to kill Noah and his family. Liz follows clues that lead her to discover a stowaway who has deceived them all. Max and Liz foil the plot, but at a high price. The end climaxes with unexpected twists and turns, taking the reader from despair to hope.
Author Info
Jenny Cote developed an early passion for God, history, and young people, and beautifully blends these passions together in her new fantasy fiction series, The Amazing Tales of Max and Liz®. Jenny introduces readers to Max and Liz with her first book, The Ark, the Reed, & the Fire Cloud. When not writing herself, Jenny often teaches kids about the art of creative writing through fun, highly interactive workshops at schools across the country. Jenny now lives in Roswell, Georgia, with her husband Casey, son Alex, and of course, the real Max and Liz.


text: Coming into the home stretch of fashion week, we've almost seen it all but Milan still gave us a lot to think about. With trends ranging from fluoro lips to metallic eyes, there was such as wide range of trends that it was difficult to pick the ten best. Here are a few of the looks that we're itching to recreate.Roberto Cavalli


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CPA offers a full and varied events calendar, with a range of activities including committee, research group and forecast panel meetings, receptions and networking forums hosted throughout the year.
We're also an active presence at key exhibitions and conferences aimed at the UK construction industry.
Some CPA events are open to members only. You may already be a member of a qualifying organisation.
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The following are points to consider when upgrading from Kodo 3.0.x to Kodo 3.1.0:
Kodo now uses its own logging framework by default
instead of the Commons Logging framework. To use the
Commons Logging framework as in older versions of
Kodo, set the
kodo.Log property
commons. See Chapter 3, Logging for details.
The DBDictionary now supports the
parameter. See Section 4.4, "Database Support".
The default is
null, which will
cause Kodo to check all schemas for unqualified tables.
Setting this will cause Kodo to
only check the specified schema for unqualified tables.
kodo.jdbc.Schemas is now only used
in conjunction with reverse-mapping processes to
identify which schemas to examine for reverse mapping.


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An old defensive coordinator can still teach some new tricks.
Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers defensive leader Dick LeBeau is asking his defensive ends to rush the passer on the edge more than before.
"We definitely need to get more pressure up front," said Brett Keisel, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "There's been an emphasis more on [ends] getting on the edge rather than just pushing the pocket, getting on the edge and trying to make something happen."
This is a dramatic change in philosophy for LeBeau from recent seasons. The Steelers have traditionally been 3-4 team that asks their defensive ends to occupy blockers, do the dirty work, and let the outside linebackers grab the glory. The change is perhaps a recognition that the Steelers have more questions at outside linebacker than usual and solid depth at defensive end.
Keisel, Ziggy Hood and Cameron Heyward will be asked to push upfield more. This goes along with NFL trends where many 3-4 teams have "one gap" ends, whereas Lebeau has always asked his ends to occupy two gaps. Players like J.J. Watt and Corey Liuget are changing the way we look at 3-4 defensive ends.
"We've kind of changed our techniques [from] years past until now," said Keisel, who led the Steelers by a wide margin with 41 pressures in 2012. "In years past, when we had James and LaMarr, it was mostly just push the pocket, try to collapse the pocket, make the quarterback flush and those guys would be there to clean him up. That's what we were taught."
This change shouldn't be a shock. LeBeau, 75 years young, has made a career out of adjusting to offenses and coming up with solutions when his "system" isn't working. That's how the zone blitz was born.
To get back to the old Pittsburgh Steelers defense, LeBeau knows some things needed to change.


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Evening round-up of news on today's opinions
The Court decided three cases this morning, including two eagerly anticipated cases relating to same-sex marriage. Mark Walsh reported on the atmosphere in the courtroom, while Dan Stein collected Twitter reactions and had an earlier round-up of news coverage. A full menu of today's coverage is available here.
In United States v. Windsor, the Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which excluded same-sex unions from the federal definition of marriage, is an unconstitutional deprivation of the equal liberty of persons protected by the Fifth Amendment.
In Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Court decided that the proponents of California's ban on same-sex marriage did not have standing to appeal the district court's order overturning the ban.
Commentary on these decisions comes from Gerard Bradley, Steve Sanders, Helen Alvare, Paul Smith, William Duncan, Randy Barnett, Larry Tribe, and Suzanne Goldberg at this blog, Adam Winkler at the Daily Beast, Ruthann Robson at Constitutional Law Prof Blog, Linda Hirshman at The New Republic, Erwin Chemerinsky at California Lawyer, Andrew Cohen at The Atlantic, Jeremy Leaming at ACSblog, Ilya Shapiro at Cato at Liberty, Ryan T. Anderson at National Review, and Scott Lemieux at The American Prospect.
On Windsor specifically, commentary comes from Rick Hills at PrawfsBlawg, Jack Balkin and Rick Pildes at Balkinization, Ilya Shapiro at the Volokh Conspiracy, Garrett Epps at The Atlantic, Aaron Kase at Lawyers.com, and Eric Posner and Emily Bazelon at Slate's ongoing "Breakfast Table" series. Buzzfeed also has an interview with Edith Windsor, the victorious plaintiff.
Providing commentary on Hollingsworth are Lana Harfoush at PLF Liberty Blog, Dylan Scott at Governing, and Aaron Kase at Lawyers.com.
In Sekhar v. United States, the Court held that attempting to compel a person to recommend that his employer approve an investment does not constitute "the obtaining of property from another" under the Hobbs Act. Coverage comes from Theresa Donovan at JURIST.
Recommended Citation: Sam Barr, Evening round-up of news on today's opinions, SCOTUSblog (Jun. 26, 2013, 10:22 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2013/06/evening-round-up-of-news-on-todays-opinions/


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Dali Profiling
Revision as of 17:28, 28 February 2013 by Karen.moore.oracle.com (Talk | contribs) (→CPU Performance)
CPU Performance
- Java VisualVM
- Run jvisualvm.exe found in the bin folder of the JDK (JDK 6 update 7 or greater)
Dali Specific Settings
These are starting points for which classes to profile, it at least narrows things down so that the profiler can finish without using up too much memory or just taking too long. Add more packages to profile as necessary.
check 'Settings' check box:
- Start profiling from classes:
- org.eclipse.jpt.**
- Profile only classes:
- org.eclipse.jpt.*
Eclipse Platform Settings
check 'Settings' check box:
- Start profiling from classes:
- org.eclipse.ui.** (or org.eclipse.e4.**)
- Profile only classes:
- org.eclipse.e4.*
- org.eclipse.ui.*
- org.eclipse.core.*
- org.eclipse.jface.*
- org.eclipse.swt.*
Use Cases
- Large project - clean project, make persistent action, open, close, persistence.xml synchronize classes, copy many entities into a project.
- Large java file (many method, many field) - make entity, edit
- orm.xml with many entities - edit orm.xml, open project, clean project
- building Entity JPA Details panel
Memory Performance
"No more handles" - a Windows specific problem
- Sleak -find SWT resource leaks (images, fonts, colors, etc)
- SWT Detective - Sleak does not help you find USER handles, every single widget created in SWT creates a USER handle. I found this tool very helpful for finding where we create unnecessary widgets thus using up USER handles. You can also add 'USER Objects' to the Windows task manager columns.


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Welcome to the most infamous and corrupt city in the Forgotten Realms, the port metropolis of Westgate! Explore the secrets of this cutthroat capital of the Dragon Coast, where anything goes and everything has a price, and attempt to unveil its darkest mysteries before they consume you. Choose your allies wisely in this city of treachery, as you seek to encounter the rulers of Westgate's underworld, the deadly Night Masks.
The dark visions brought you to Westgate. The dark truth could keep you...
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NEW PALTZ -- Opponents of the state's new 2 percent property tax cap are shifting tactics by calling for a "circuit breaker" that would shift the burden for funding schools and local government toward income taxes.
That was one of the pieces of strategy discussed Monday at a gathering of tax protesters, union-backed activists and local lawmakers at the Mohonk Mountain House.
Many members of this group opposed the cap, even as they acknowledged that property taxes in New York are out of sight.
They noted that capping a levy -- the amount of money a taxing entity such as a school district or county can raise each year -- may limit future growth of property taxes, but it provides little in the way of immediate relief.
Because of the property tax burden, "We've got people as we speak who are losing their homes; they can't wait five or 10 years," said John Whiteley of Ticonderoga.
Like others at the meeting, Whitely belongs to the Omnibus Consortium, a wide-ranging group that last year wrestled with the property tax cap.
The group included some who are agnostic on the concept of a cap, along with organizations such as the Fiscal Policy Institute and New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness who were allied with teachers unions in opposing the cap.
Instead of the cap, they have long supported a circuit breaker that would promise homeowners a reduction in their income taxes if they paid over a certain percent of that income toward property taxes.
Those advocates would now like to see the circuit breaker alongside the cap. The money for that income tax break, however, would have to come from the state.
Proponents say extension of the high-income personal income tax surcharge -- pushed by advocates as the "millionaires' tax" -- that's due to expire at the end of the year could fund a circuit breaker. But so far Gov. Andrew Cuomo has steadfastly opposed an extension, as has the Senate Republican majority.
Whiteley noted that of 2 million state households with incomes under $100,000, fully one-third pay more than 10 percent of their income toward property taxes.
The cap will likely hit poorer communities the hardest, added Betsey Swan of the League of Women Voters, a former school board member.
Since the property tax levies already are lower in poor communities, the 2 percent limit makes it that much harder to catch up.
Cuomo, however, has called for higher school aid, especially for poor districts, for the next two years.
Still, the complaint that counties and school districts will have to make deep cuts to keep their tax levy under 2 percent has become a mantra among local officials, and it was repeated at Monday's gathering.
One of the approximately 120 present asked if counties might ultimately be driven into bankruptcy by the squeeze, although panelists provided no clear indication if that was possible.
Others urged a steady push for a high-income surcharge to fill the gap. While the current surcharge applies to those who earn more than $200,000, some have suggested a tax on those earning more than $1 million is more politically feasible.
Ron Deutsch of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness said there are about 65,000 people who earn more than $1 million in the state. But of that number, 29,000 don't even live in New York: They commute from New Jersey or Connecticut but are taxed where they earn their living.
"Unsustainable property taxes have really become a middle-class problem in New York state," Deutsch said.


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Susan Granger's review of 'A Royal Affair'
Most Americans know little about Scandinavian history, so the name Johann Friedrich Struensee is unfamiliar. But the Danes credit this idealistic 18th-century German physician for bringing policies of Enlightenment to their country, eventually leading to the Age of Reason.
In 1766, a naïve, 15-year-old British princess, Caroline Mathilde (Alicia Vikander), a sister of King George III, is betrothed to her cousin, the King of Denmark. When she arrives in Copenhagen, Caroline discovers to her dismay that His Majesty Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard) is an infantile idiot, devoted only to his enormous dog.
The tortuous tedium of her lonely palace life is only relieved when ambitious, intelligent Johann Friedrich Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen) is recruited by the nobility to accompany her volatile, mentally unbalanced husband on a European tour. Returning to the Danish court as Royal doctor, tutor and adviser, Strunsee not only introduces a set of radical socio-political reforms, including inoculation against smallpox and the repeal of censorship, that infuriate the elitist, faith-based ruling Council. But he also indulges in a dangerous extramarital relationship with the queen.
This treasonous betrayal doesn't escape the notice of Dowager Queen Juliane (Trine Dyrholm), who is determined to usurp the throne for her own son (William Johnk Nielsen).
Based on historical fact, it's co-scripted by Rasmus Heisterberg and director Nikolaj Arcel with sumptuously cinematography by Rasmus Videbaek. It's elevated above the usual costume drama by the naturalistic performances.
Best known to American audiences for villainous roles in "Casino Royale" and "Clash of the Titans," Mads Mikkelsen embodies a dour, yet compelling force, warned but unheeding of the fabled lesson learned by Lancelot and Guinevere in Camelot. Mikkel Boe Folsgaard brings pathetic anguish to impulsive Christian and Alicia Vikander's plight is heartbreaking.
What emerges is a classic, if overlong tragedy, clocking in at 2 hours, 18 minutes.
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On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "A Royal
Affair," in Danish with English subtitles, is an epic, intriguing 8, a cautionary tale that emerges as one of the best foreign films of the year.


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I am trying to divide a large binary number (54 bits) with another binary number (10 bits). Can some one please suggest what would be the fastest (in terms of execution speed) way to accomplish this?
I plan to store my numbers in arrays of integers/strings:
A=[1,0,1,1,0,.....0,1,0] - 54 bits
B=[1,1,1,0...0,1,0] - 10 bits


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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
— Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
There's no time like Christmas time! Everywhere we go we're surrounded by the season. In our homes, decorations are hauled out and hung up. In the malls, glittering store displays and nonstop holiday Muzak compete for our attention. In our churches, bath-robed children with homemade shepherd crooks rehearse for the Christmas play. People are nicer to each other, hold elevator doors and say "Merry Christmas!" to strangers. And most importantly, our faith is renewed as we once again celebrate the birth of our Savior.
Yes, Christmas is truly a time filled with memories — the ones we treasure and the ones we're making. And then it's over.
Every January, the magic fades and we settle into the new year with all the day-to-day stresses, messes and blessings life brings. Christmas is relegated to the boxes we carry back down to the basement, the extra pounds and credit card debt we plan to get rid of, and the faint anticipation of next year's holiday.
Maybe it doesn't have to be that way. Maybe this year we can make a vow to honor the Spirit of Christmas all year long.
In this, our very first Homecoming Magazine Christmas issue, we've tried to express just a few of the many ways we can all "keep Christmas." Some of your favorite Homecoming Friends share their traditions, memories, recipes and poems. There are fresh ideas to add to the beauty of your home, and words of wisdom to add to the beauty of your soul.
As you enter your own time of seasonal celebration, our prayer is you will seek and find something to keep with you for the rest of the year. For He has truly blessed us all, every one.
Keeping Christmas … Close to Us
Treasured memories of Christmas past, the brimming joy of Christmas present, and heartfelt prayers for Christmas yet to come … Homecoming Friends, in their own words, share some personal thoughts about their favorite holiday.
Connie Hopper
Growing up in the '40s on a farm in North Carolina, I remember that Christmastime was always special, a time when Daddy would go out and kill the old red rooster and Momma would cook him up and make the best dressing I think I've ever had. And Momma would make about eight cakes and we could eat all the chocolate cake we wanted. We got together on Christmas Eve and we would always sing. And after we'd had a meal and opened the gifts and visited a while, we'd gather around the piano and sing. Singing is special, especially when you're singing about the Savior.
Ivan Parker
One thing I've noticed is how easy it is to get caught in the fast lane. We get to the point where we are so busy building a career and a ministry that we overlook the ones we love most, our families. We are running so fast all year and then all of a sudden here it is, Christmas time, and we hadn't even realized the year had passed! We have always driven home to North Carolina to spend Christmas with all our family, and it's such a blessed time together. But as we have grown a little older and our kids are getting a little older, we have started making it a point to go home as often as we can. And it's the best decision we've ever made.
Jessy Dixon
I think of the time I was singing concerts in Calcutta, India during the Christmas season. They wanted me to sing "Silent Night" and other holiday songs but didn't want my testimony, because I say Jesus is God. Then I went to Kenya and sang a concert for the President of Kenya. I actually got heckled while singing, because again, I said Jesus is Lord. I went with Paul Simon to Jerusalem to perform in the outdoor amphitheatre at Caesarea, and I sang "Oh Come All Ye Faithful." You know, the whole world sings these songs but they don't all believe that Jesus is God! And I'm very serious about this — our responsibility as Christians who do believe it, is to say it out loud every day, to proclaim who Jesus really is.
This is such a great time of year.
It's wonderful to sing and celebrate Christmas, to tell the story of baby Jesus — but this is really nothing more than a foundation. Yes, there was a baby born in Bethlehem, but guess who He is! That baby Jesus is Lord of all.
Amy Gaither Hayes
We're learning that even though traditions are important to us, the fact of the matter is, life changes. And people change; people die and the house that we used to do things in isn't there anymore, and the people that used to cook are gone now, or can't cook anymore. Some of us have moved away, and we're starting our own traditions with our own families. So maybe we can't all be together on Christmas morning like when we were little. Things do change, and guess what — the world doesn't fall apart. And not only that — it turns out that Christmas is very portable! You can take it with you wherever you are. It doesn't have to be "the way it's always been" to be wonderful.
But I don't feel panicked anymore about the thought of everything changing. God has given me such a peace about it all. The important things are still intact. Our connections to one another haven't lessened; in fact they've strengthened. So wherever Christmas is this year, and whatever it looks like, I know it will be all right. The traditions will still be alive whether we get to practice them all together or not. And it'll still be Christmas.
(Although I'm really going to be bummed if I don't get to have mom's chipped beef and gravy with homemade biscuits — I've been craving that all year!)
Guy Penrod
We like to teach our boys that the most blessed thing to do is give. One year, our church had in about 50 of the local children and their mothers and fathers who didn't have quite as much. We came together as a church and enabled our children to buy gifts and coats and toys for them and to have a special Christmas party for them. I think that's one of the most memorable Christmases we've spent as a family.
Lily Isaac
Being raised Jewish, my family never celebrated Christmas, but I was always fascinated by it. Christmas in New York is the most festive, beautiful time of year. We would always head in to Manhattan and go look at Macy's windows and the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center and the ice skaters. To me, Christmas was just a beautiful holiday where people gave gifts and were happy. Since I accepted Jesus into my heart in 1971, Christmas has been so incredibly special to me. I had never had a Christmas tree in my life. But when Ben, Sonia and Becky got old enough to see that other people had trees, we decided to get one. I was panicked because I had no idea how to decorate a Christmas tree. We went out in the woods and cut down a tree, went home and made our own ornaments of tinfoil, Fruit Loops, you name it. It looked so terrible! It was our "Charlie Brown Christmas tree."
We still put one up now; I also have my Hanukkah menorah for the Festival of Lights — they occur the same time of year, so we celebrate both. I let my grandson Levi light the candles for eight days, and we tell the story of Hanukah, and say special prayers. I'm so very glad that I am a Christian and that Jesus is my light. Now I truly understand what Christmas means, but I still light the menorah. I want my kids to know their heritage.
Mark Lowry
I don't think it was an accident that God sent His son as a baby, not a full grown man. Just like every other baby, Jesus was fragile and needed to be protected. But He grew into a man who knew who He was and why He was here. My wish this Christmas is that I will let that happen inside me. I want to let Jesus live in my heart like that little child, and then all through the year allow him to grow in me until I can see who He is, who sent Him and who that makes me. And I want to have the patience to realize that other people are growing Jesus inside of them too, and that we all grow at our own speed.
Sue Buchanan
We also make an effort to cook the dishes that our families have passed down. I make Wayne's mother's homemade noodles and I can almost get it right. My sister-in-law Becky has perfected Mom's pumpkin pie. And last year Dana and Mindy gave Wayne a gift certificate for a gourmet cooking school, so we think the future has even more family recipes in it! We're collecting and passing on things that our families did and the stories that go with them — we ARE our stories; they make us who we are. And we don't just tell them at Christmas, but all year long. (Like the one about the time Wayne made a green frog out of ice and put it in the bottom of the punchbowl … )
Lynda Randle
There are a lot of things about Christmas I would like to keep with me all year long! I think of the joy I feel when those that I love surround me and open the gifts my husband and I give them. When you're sitting there and doing nothing but watching your kids, enjoying what they're enjoying… there's nothing else that matters to me on Christmas morning. I'd love to have that all year!
Keeping Christmas … on Your Table
Larnelle Harris'
"Pork Chop Delight"
Here's a favorite family recipe Larnelle has enjoyed every Christmas morning for the past 30 years. A bit unorthodox for a holiday breakfast? Maybe so, but absolutely delicious — don't wait 'til Christmas to try it!
4 to 6 lean pork chops
Dash of salt, pepper and garlic powder
Seasoned flour mixture (flour, salt and pepper)
1 jar mild salsa
2T cooking oil
Heat oil in large skillet until hot enough to brown chops quickly. Dip both sides of chops in seasoned flour. Brown both sides quickly. Remove from skillet and place in large baking dish. Sprinkle dash of salt, pepper and garlic powder over each chop. Spread salsa generously on top. Cover. (Note: if using aluminum foil to cover, place a sheet of wax paper between chops and foil) Bake 40-45 minutes at 375 degrees. Note: the salsa makes a nice gravy for mashed potatoes as well!
Tori Taff's Mom's
"Soon-to-be-World-Famous Holiday Sugar Cookie Recipe"
Here's the fabulous Alexine Timm recipe — these are a family tradition, and I have made them and given them as gifts for years! Russ LOVES them!
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2/3 cup soft butter
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring
Sift flour with baking powder into a bowl. Cream butter and sugar together in another, larger bowl. Add the beaten egg, vanilla and almond flavoring to the butter/sugar mixture, and blend well, by hand or with a mixer. Add the dry ingredients in two or three portions, mix with big spoon until smooth — not too sticky, not too dry. Chill thoroughly about 45 minutes. Roll out about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick, as desired. Bake at 350 to 375 degrees for about 6 minutes, watching so that the edges do not get too browned.
I make a basic frosting using merengue powder (dried egg whites) — the recipe is on the Wilton's merengue powder box. Then I divide the frosting into about 8 plastic cups, and color each cup of frosting with food coloring. Use your fingers to decorate — washing them often, of course! I also use the tubes of decorator icing from the grocery, and of course lots of sprinkles, colored sugars and jimmies. Be creative, take your time and you'll turn out detailed cookie masterpieces you can give as gifts.
OR, do what my mom did — include the children, make a huge mess and create a family Christmas memory they'll never forget!
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STOCKTON - The Stockton Police Department welcomed 12 new members to the nation's largest law enforcement chaplaincy program during a graduation ceremony held Saturday at First Baptist Church on North El Dorado Street.
STOCKTON - The Stockton Police Department welcomed 12 new members to the nation's largest law enforcement chaplaincy program during a graduation ceremony held Saturday at First Baptist Church on North El Dorado Street.
Senior Chaplain Jim Reid led the graduates into the church as a man played "Pomp and Circumstance" on the piano. Reid lauded the graduates for their efforts over 69 hours of training.
"This is my seventh academy that I've been involved in, and I don't know if I've ever had a better class than this," Reid said. "They've just been great, and I thank them for all their hard work."
The Rev. Joseph Slade led a prayer and sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" to start his keynote address, which included encouragement and praise for the new graduates.
"In this particular field of endeavor, school is never out," Slade said. "The training that you're going through now will never end. You will continue to learn new things every day."
The Stockton Law Enforcement Chaplaincy program was founded in 1997. It is a nonprofit organization providing nonsectarian crisis support to law enforcement officers and nearly 30 public schools in the Stockton area.
Police chaplains are volunteers who respond 24 hours a day to homes, hospitals, offices, schools and communities to counsel crime victims and law enforcement personnel. Stockton now has 46 members of its law enforcement chaplaincy program. The new graduates are: Fred Arnold; Timothy Dunham; Gustavo Pacheco; John Shivers; Bridget Casey; Bud Locke; Bobby Page; David Wallace; Daniel Deuel; Pete Meafua; Chris Shepherd; and Thomas Acampora.
"This day is exciting for me because, after all of these hours of classroom exercise and training, we're now able to go out and try to better our community; to be a presence and a help to police officers, first, and of course to the schools and the community at large," Shivers said. "We want to be a blessing for our community, and to serve. That's what we're here for."
Police Chief Eric Jones welcomed the new chaplains to the law enforcement family and said he is confident they will represent the department well.
"You are going to be our newest spiritual warriors in our community," Jones said. "You've stepped up for our community, and I thank you."
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8279 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/crimeblog.


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Humans seem programmed to believe that the future will look pretty much like the past. But the narrative of history is the narrative of unexpected events. And, so it is surprising that when it comes to resource depletion, cornucopian thinkers love to refer to history. Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, likes to say, "This is not the first time the world has run out of oil. It is more like the fifth." But even though Yergin admits that oil is a finite resource (and that therefore its total quantity is declining), he invites us to snooze with him on the railroad tracks because history has shown that so far it's been safe to do so.
Yergin's faith (and that of many others) is founded on the forecasts of his own firm and that of the U. S. Energy Information Administration (which takes its data from the U. S. Geological Survey's World Petroleum Assessment). But what drives us to make such forecasts? Even create a whole forecasting industry? In his latest book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Nicholas Taleb believes that we do so because we are planning animals. This behavior may be a successful evolutionary adaptation. We are able to imagine situations that might risk injury or death rather than simply experiment and see what happens. "Used correctly and in place of more visceral reactions, the ability to project effectively frees us from immediate, first-order natural selection....," he writes.
But, imagining the future is not the same as correctly predicting it. Taleb outlines the problems with forecasts as follows. First, variability matters. Most forecasts don't include an error rate, often indicated as a range of possibilities. In other words, how wide of the mark might a forecast be? (The U. S. EIA forecast is an exception, but it is not clear how the error rate is calculated and whether the data upon which it is based can be justified.) Very often, the "error rate is so large that it is far more significant than the projection itself!" (The EIA doesn't seem to understand this point.) Taleb gives this example: If you knew the place you are flying to is expected to be 70 degrees, you would pack much differently if you also knew that the range was plus or minus 40 degrees rather than plus or minus 5 degrees.
Second, forecasts degrade quickly as the forecast period lengthens. There are so many imponderables including technological developments; individual, corporate and government decisions; and unforeseen events such as wars, revolutions, and economic busts and booms, each essentially unknowable and each compounding upon the others with every passing year. "Our forecast errors have traditionally been enormous, and there may be no reasons for us to believe that we are suddenly in a more privileged position to see into the future compared to our blind predecessors," Taleb writes.
Third, there is often a failure to grasp "the random character of the variables being forecast." Taleb doesn't address resource depletion in his book. But, when it comes to oil supplies, those confidently making optimistic forecasts assume substantial new discoveries. However, discoveries can in no way be determined ahead of time; otherwise, they would be classed as reserves and not discoveries. Future consumption rates for oil depend on the economy which depends on so many individual and collective decisions that one cannot tally them all. And, even if we could, how would we know what numbers to use for 2017 or 2026?
When it comes to technology, it has always seemed to be a one-way street, ever improving. There can be no dispute that technology has put into the hands of human societies great power to learn about the world and to manipulate it. But, even here there have been long stretches of only small, incremental improvements in, for example, our ground transportation system which relies on the same basic internal combustion engine technology first produced more than 100 years ago. There have also been notable failures--no commercially feasible fusion energy and no miracle cures for genetic diseases. Technological development moves unevenly through various sectors, sometimes by fits and starts and sometimes not at all.
All of this implies that we have no way of determining whether we should prefer pessimistic or optimistic forecasts for world oil production. What is more perplexing is that both forecasts depend on certain kinds of extrapolations from the past. The pessimists focus on the peak in world oil discovery back in the 1960s and the optimists point to reserve growth through additions to existing fields and to advancing technology for both exploration and extraction. While the pessimists and optimists emphasize certain data, both accept the historical data, but then draw vastly different conclusions, i.e., an imminent peak in world oil supplies versus a distant peak followed in some cases by a long plateau. When it comes to technology, for example, the pessimists argue that technology has done pretty much all it is going to do for oil recovery while the optimists believe that vast increases in the percentage of the oil recovered from existing and undiscovered reservoirs lie ahead.
Taleb suggests a way to look at the problem as follows: "Even if you agree with a given forecast, you have to worry about the real possibility of significant divergence from it," he writes. How might he apply this to the peak oil issue? He gives us a pretty clear idea. "[I]t is the lower bound of estimates (i.e., the worst case) that matters when engaging in a policy--the worst case is far more consequential than the forecast itself. This is particularly true if the bad scenario is not acceptable."
While it's possible that Daniel Yergin and other cornucopians may continue to nap on the railroad tracks without any harm for many years to come, it is faulty logic that leads them to believe that there is very little risk in doing so. And, because of their influence, they are doing a great disservice to society by pretending that their oracular pronouncements are somehow based on something other than conjecture. (Such an admission might cut into demand for their forecasts, but it would be better for policymakers and society as a whole if they admit to uncertainty.)
On the other side of the argument, the pessimists would be wise to attach wide error bars to their forecasts as well. They can do this without abandoning their basic premise, namely, that preparing for a decline in oil supplies will be a monumental task that is better begun early rather than late precisely because we cannot predict when the decline will begin. Moreover, the use of generous error bars will have the added benefit of removing the "Chicken Little" aura which now surrounds so many peak oil theorists.
Taleb has strong words for the unctuous forecaster who won't admit the uncertainty in his or her work:
Anyone who causes harm by forecasting should be treated as either a fool or a liar. Some forecasters cause more damage to society than criminals. Please, don't drive the school bus blindfolded.


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Plácido Domingo was honoured by the City of London Corporation today, in a ceremony held at the Lord Mayor's official residence, The Mansion House. Last night was the first of four appearance at the Royal Opera House by Domingo in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco.
Domingo's performance as Nabucco is his 142nd operatic role in an illustrious career that began in 1959, when he was 18 years old. Domingo has lately performed baritone as well as tenor roles in addition to conducting opera performances.
Speaking from Los Angeles, ahead of preparations for his performance in Nabucco at the Royal Opera House, Plácido Domingo said:
'It is an honour and a privilege to be given the Freedom of the City of London. I am delighted to be in the prestigious company of J. K. Rowling, Sir Michael Caine and my dear friend and colleague, the late Luciano Pavarotti, among various other much-admired and well-respected Freemen.
I am blessed to have amassed and nurtured an enduring relationship with London and its wonderfully cultivated audience for more than 42 years.
'I am proud of having once called Chelsea a home, and having embedded so much of my history here through singing over 200 opera performances of over 20 roles at the Royal Opera House, and of having done numerous full opera recordings at Walthamstow Recording Studios. I am now filled with emotion and gratitude.'
Alderman Roger Gifford, Lord Mayor of the City of London, said:
'The Freedom of the City of London is a very special and ancient tradition, bestowed to recognize remarkable contribution to the life of London and our global community. We are honoured to welcome Plácido Domingo to join the fellowship of men and women who have been recognised by the City of London as being at the forefront of business, politics, sport and the arts.'
Plácido Domingo was nominated for the Freedom by Alderman Roger Gifford, Lord Mayor of the City of London, and Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley, both of whom are members of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, one of the City's historic livery companies.
Nabucco runs 6 – 30 June 2016. Tickets are still available.


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Annual to shrubs, generally glandular, some green root-parasites
Stem generally round
Leaves generally alternate, simple, generally ± entire; stipules generally 0
Inflorescence: spike to panicle, generally bracted, or flowers 12 in axils
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla generally strongly bilateral, generally 2-lipped (upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower lip generally 3-lobed); stamens generally 4 in 2 pairs, generally included, a 5th (generally uppermost) sometimes present as a staminode; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2
Fruit: capsule, generally ± ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal
Seed: coat sculpture often characteristic
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 3000 species: ± worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (e.g., Antirrhinum, Mimulus, Penstemon ) or medicinal (Digitalis )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include only Buddleja, Scrophularia, and Verbascum in CA; other genera moved to Orobanchaceae (Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Mimulus), and Plantaginaceae (= Veronicaceae sensu Olmstead et al.)
Key to genera by Elizabeth Chase Neese & Margriet Wetherwax.
Annual, green root-parasites, generally much-branched
Leaves sessile, 011-lobed
Inflorescence: spike (subtended by outer bracts) or flowers solitary (each subtended by outer bracts) but often clustered; outer bracts ± leaf-like; inner bract calyx-like (formerly confused with calyx)
Flower: calyx generally divided to base in front, sheath-like, tip generally entire or shallowly notched; corolla ± club-shaped, upper lip beak-like, enclosing anthers and style, tip closed, lower lip ± = upper, pouched, middle lobe generally tightly rolled under; stamens generally 4, anther sacs 12 per stamen, unequal; style bent near tip, stigma unexpanded, ± exserted downward from closed beak tip
Fruit loculicidal
Seeds generally 1020, attached at side; coat netted or ridged, tight-fitting
Species in genus: 18 species: w North America
Etymology: (Greek: club-shaped flower)
[Chuang & Heckard, 1986 Syst Bot Monogr 10:1105] Close to Orthocarpus , distinguished by inflorescence and calyx. Generally flowers late summer.
Plant 1080 cm, (yellow-)green, often tinged red, canescent
Leaf 1040 mm, thread-like or linear, entire to 5-lobed
Inflorescence: spike, 1525 mm, 314-flowered; outer bracts 37, 520 mm, lobes 37; inner bract 1018 mm
Flower: calyx 1018 mm, tube 13 mm; corolla 1020 mm, purplish, pinkish, or yellow-green, often yellow-tipped, throat base blotched maroon, pouch 46 mm wide, soft-white-hairy; stamens 4, anther sacs 2
Seed 1.52 mm, ± ovoid, deeply netted, pale brown
Chromosomes: 2n=26
Ecology: Dry rocks
Elevation: generally 18003000 m.
Bioregional distribution: s High Sierra Nevada, n San Bernardino Mountains, n Desert Mountains.
See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Inflorescence: outer bracts ± sparsely scabrous, tips wider, ± maroon-thickened
Flower: calyx tube 23 mm; corolla lavender to pinkish, blotched purple
Seed papillate between nets
Ecology: Sagebrush scrub, pinyon/juniper woodland
Elevation: generally 18002800 m.
Bioregional distribution: n San Bernardino Mountains (near Cushenbury, 1000 m), n Desert Mountains
Flowering time: AugOct
Synonyms: C. ramosus Benth. subsp. e. (Coville & C.V. Morton) Munz; C. bernardinus Munz


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James Lisbon, Magazine Founder
The Black Star News's Phil Andrews interviews James Lisbon, Founder and Publisher AMAG, Magazine.
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BSN: James, What year was AMAG founded and why was the magazine named AMAG, Inc.?
James: AMAG, Inc. was founded in 2001. The magazine was named AMAG, Inc. because we wanted to make our community aware of countless individuals who are thriving, but not receiving recognition from mainstream media.
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BSN: Could you share some of your most memorable interviews over the last couple of years?
James: One of my most informative interview was with Dale Godboldo. Mr. Godboldo had keen insight on African-American images on television and media portrayal of African-Americans. I also had the opportunity to interview Makeda Smith, Jazzmyne PR, Judge Greg Mathis, Charles Barron, NYC Council Member, Danny Simmons, Omar Tyree, Nashawn Kearse (Desparate Houswife Star), Zane, and AOL Black Voices Love Columnist LaVerne N. Curtis.
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BSN: What has been some of your greatest challenges in producing AMAG, Inc.?
James: Turning your passion into a business.
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BSN: That leads me to ask what is your passion?
James: My passion is to inspire people to take on challenges and fulfill their dreams, while educating the community to be active in communities.
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BSN: How have you planned to do that through AMAG, Inc.?
James: We are creating a forum through the magazine where entrepreneurs can relate to others who are on their level or above so they can see gain insight into how they can grow in life and business.
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BSN: What is the focus of the AMAG, Inc.?
James: Film, Art, Music, and Literature.
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BSN: What makes up the different categories of the magazine?
James: Amag, Inc. has a poetry section, reading room (book review), If you don't know, no you know section, health, fiancé, social and political commentary section.
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BSN: I believe AMAG, Inc. currently has an online newsletter. How would our reading audience subscribe to the online newsletter?
James: Our online newsletter is similar to our print publication. The online newsletter has the same flavor, but features different slightly different content from our print version of the magazine. Anyone can subscribe for free by emailing our editor Yolanda M. Johnson at firstname.lastname@example.com
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BSN: What plans do you have for the future of AMAG, Inc.?
James: We plan to have many fundraiser and gatherings to physically bring our mission to the public, which will be noted in our newsletters.
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BSN: What kind of feedback are you receiving from your subscribers?
James: The feedback on the magazine has been encouraging and surprising as the need for a publication becomes evident in the countless emails and letters we receive on a daily basis. We are humbled by its acceptance.
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BSN: Are there any other projects that currently working on at this time?
James: We have a complimentary music CD which recognizes poets, rappers, and gospel singer which we give out complimentary with a subscription of the magazine. We also recently opened a small bookstore named Dena's Books and Crafts located in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Queens</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>. AMAG, Inc. is the Co-Sponsor for the upcoming Power Networking Series Business Card Exchange. AMAG, Inc. will be participating in the Self-Published Authors Symposium at the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Schomberg</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on">Harlem</st1:place>. Vickie Stringer of Triple Crown Productions will be the keynote speaker for the Self-Published Authors Symposium. For more information on the upcoming Authors Symposium log on to www.aspicomm.com, and click on the event link.
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BSN: How can someone interested in AMAG, Inc. become a subscriber to the magazine?
James: You may log on to our web site at www.awarenessmagaizne.net and click on subscribe or call us at 212.413.9554. You may contact us via email at email@example.com
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BSN: The magazine industry has been through a lot of turmoil, how have you managed to survive over the last couple of years and what have you learned from those experiences?
James: We have survived through understanding to be patient, while steadily building relationships and seeking knowledge of those more experienced and making the best of the resources that we have at the moment.
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The company's website can be found on www.awarenessmagazine.net
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Under JDO's
application identity type, the primary key field mappings
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mapping element. This element is the first child of the
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sequence: Use a sequence to generate
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conjunction with the
attribute below.
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increment: The JDOR implementation
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increment it by one to get the primary key value for
the next inserted object.
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as a 16-character string.
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uuid-string and
Kodo supports the
Though Kodo does not define any custom datastore identity
strategies, you can take over the generation of datastore
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sequence: Names a sequence to use to
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specified, the
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column elements within the
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require it, and to specify additional attributes aside from the
column name. Section 15.6, "Column" discusses
column element in detail.
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tables. The primary key column for
uses nonstandard type
INTEGER64, and the
Magazine.isbn field is mapped to a
column instead of a
VARCHAR(255) column, which is the
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however, we want to use the JDOR implementation to create our tables for
us, it needs to know about any desired non-default column types.
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encoding of our mappings. The example also includes the mappings of
primary key fields in our application identity classes; we will get to
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Chris Christie no longer the 'hero' of Sandy recovery, poll says
Gov. Chris Christie approaches today's budget address as a chief executive needing to quickly change the conversation, results of the latest Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press Poll show, but with a growing credibility gap that makes such a pivot difficult to pull off.
Christie's job approval rating has tumbled to levels not seen since 2011, down 20 points since its peak after Superstorm Sandy to 50 percent among all adults and 49 percent among registered voters. It has dropped across demographic groups, even faster in February than it had in January, and the erosion extends to views of Christie personally as well as his performance as governor.
Half of residents now think Christie was personally involved in the decision to close the George Washington Bridge access lanes in Fort Lee last September, up from one-third a month ago, and 61 percent believe he's not being completely honest about what he knows about the controversy.
People are also getting more unhappy about Christie's handling of Sandy recovery, one of his signature issues. Forty percent give his administration an above-average grade on the topic, compared with 72 percent five months ago. While 55 percent say they're satisfied with the recovery effort so far, that's down from 66 percent in December and 76 percent in September.
"It's huge. These are numbers we haven't seen for him in three years. We're not just talking about pre-Sandy, these are numbers we haven't seen since early in the administration," said Patrick Murray, the Monmouth University Polling Institute director.
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Nearly two in three New Jerseyans believe Christie intends to run for president, though just 41 percent now believe he has the right temperament for that job, down 15 percentage points since September.
Even with the declines, Christie still has more supporters than detractors in the current poll. Seventy-seven percent of Republicans and 54 percent of independents continue to approve of his job handling.
Among the supporters is Kim Wilson of Lacye's Lanoka Harbor section, who said "the mudslinging doesn't really resonate" because he believes that "nobody's hands are clean in New Jersey government."
"I think he is different. He's taken on a lot of the power base that historically benefits from all the money in the state, public unions and what have you," Wilson said. "I guess there's only so much he can do. There are flaws in every system, and you're surrounded by people who are flawed and grew up in that system. For one person, I think he's done a reasonable job. It's not clear whether the people around him have done as good a job as they should have."
Forty-nine percent of New Jerseyans said the George Washington Bridge lane closures — which were carried out for still-mysterious reasons after a deputy chief of staff in Christie's office gave the go-ahead — were politics as usual in the Christie administration, though the governor said in a January news conference that it was not representative of the way his team operates.
Sixty percent of New Jerseyans said it is very likely or somewhat likely that the Christie administration would use Sandy relief funds to exercise political power over local officials. A plurality, 49 percent, said they tend to believe Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer's allegations that state officials told her the city would not receive recovery funds unless an unrelated high-rise development was approved.
The poll also sounded cautionary notes for the Legislature, which saw its approval rating drop by nine points and its disapproval rating climb 12 points among registered voters. Fifty-six percent of adults said the Legislature's investigative committee looking into the bridge scandal is more interested in going after Christie than learning the facts of the case.
The Monmouth/APP Poll was conducted from Feb. 19 to 23 with a statewide random sample of 803 adult residents, yielding a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points. The sample included 690 registered voters, yielding a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.
The results were first published by Gannett's New Jersey newspapers, which include the Asbury Park Press of Neptune, the Courier News and Home News Tribune of Somerville, the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill, the Daily Journal of Vineland and the Daily Record of Parsippany.
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