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I've been trying to figure this out all night. I started on this sudoku program and for some reason it's in an infinite loop. Basically, I'm using Math.random() to generate integers and collecting them into a two dimensional array that is 9 X 9. Then I use a method to verify that the numbers in the array are unique by row and by column (and soon to be box) if I can figure this out. It seems to work just fine when I only check either row or column at a time, but not both. I debugged and it seems to be doing what it's supposed to be doing by breaking away from the for loop when the value equals a value already in its row or column, then it generates a new random integer, and goes back.. but I can't tell why it says it changes, but gets stuck on the same value.
public class TestSudokuLogic { public static int counter = 0; public static void main(String[] args) { //create grid int[][] grid = new int[9][9]; for (int row = 0; row < grid.length; row++) { for (int col = 0; col < grid[row].length; col++) { boolean valid = false; while (!valid) { grid[row][col] = getRandomInt(); valid = checkRandomInt(grid, row, col); counter++; System.out.println(counter); } } } printArray(grid); } public static boolean checkRandomInt(int[][] grid, int row, int col) { for (int i = 0; i < col; i++) if (grid[row][col] == grid[row][i]) //checks each col in row (rows are unique 1-9) return false; for (int j = 0; j < row; j++) if (grid[row][col] == grid[j][col]) //checks each row in col (cols are unique 1-9) return false; return true; } public static int getRandomInt() { int r = 0; while(r < 1) r = (int) (Math.random() * 10); return r; } public static void printArray(int[][] a) { for (int row = 0; row < a.length; row++) { for (int col = 0; col < a[row].length; col++) System.out.print(a[row][col] + " "); System.out.println(); } } }


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I decided to try the WordPress 2.6 Upgrade. I started the nailbiting consideration a couple of months ago. Last week I finally actually did something about it. If you follow me on twitter, you may have seen threats, promises and innuendo about me upgrading for the past couple of months.
Before: http://whall.org/blog, WordPress 2.3.3. The blog has been upgraded through many iterations, including pre-2.0. I've been blogging for more than three years now.
During: http://whall.org/test26, Installed WordPress 2.3.3, imported posts from previous blog, put in all the same plugins and as much as the same config as I could. Upgraded the test install to 2.6. Got bored. Procrastinated. Went crazy once.
After: http://whall.org/blog, WordPress 2.6.1. Imagine the hotness!
The complete log of my attempt is in the extended entry. It's long and boring, like some contracts you might sign, or 90% of an RNC acceptance speech. So I hired a comedian speech writer to put in a bunch of one-line zingers here and there. I'm fully expecting the left-wing blogosphere to launch an all-out attack on my family any day now.
- Made a subdomain test26.whall.org but then decided I didn't want to wait for DNS to propogate so I'm just using /test26 on the domain. I do this via the Admin console provided by my ISP.
- Created /test26 folder in my home directory at my ISP. I do this via an ssh session. I'm very quiet about ssh.
- Created a MySql 5.0 database (this is different than my existing blog database, which is MySql 4.0 – unsure if it will be an issue). I do this from the MySQLAdmin console through my ISP. This may prove to be a mistake, and it might make me sob. It's MySql and I'll cry if I want to.
- Unzipped wordpress 2.3.3 installation files (I kept it around) into /test26 directory. zzzzzzzip!
- Followed typical wp-config-sample.php editing and copy to point to new MySql database, then followed typical installation by going to wp-admin/install blahblah. There really should be a blahblah unix command.
- Changed some general options through the wordpress admin interface. To be specific, I changed the "general" options.
- Copied all the plugins for my main blog over to the test blog – first I cd into the main blog wp-content/plugins directory, then run this command
tar cvf – . | (cd ~/test26/wp-content/plugins/; tar xfBp -)
I'm so glad(e) my plugins worked! (plug it in, plug it in)
- One by one started activating the plugins on test26 blog. I noticed that Akismet and WordPress Video Plugin have updated versions, so to be fair, I should upgrade those before continuing. But I don't think "being fair" was listed as a requirement for upgrade.
- That reminds me – I should give a list of plugins I have activated on my blog. Here 'tis
- Add Meta Tags, v1.6
- Akismet, v2.1.5 (2.1.6 is available)
- Browser Sniff, v1.10
- Commentluv, v1.92
- FeedBurner FeedSmith, v2.3.1
- Flash Tag Cloud, v0.3.2
- Get Recent Comments, v2.0.2
- Gravatars2, v2.7.0
- Headline Images, v2.7
- Kimili Flash Embed, v1.4.2
- Maintenance Mode, v3.2
- My Top Commentators, v1.0
- SpotMilk, v2.2.1
- Subscribe To Comments, v2.1.2
- Twitter Tools, v1.1b1
- WordPress.com Stats, v1.2.2
- WordPress Database Backup, v2.1.5
- WordPress Video Plugin, v0.66, upgraded to 0.67
- WP-Cats, v0.2
- WP-Polls, v2.21
- WP-Polls Widget, v2.21
- WP-Syntax, v0.8
- Upgraded Akismet from 2.1.5 to 2.1.6. And there was much rejoicing.
- Added API keys to Akismet and WordPress.com Stats plugins. And there was 50% as much rejoicing.
- Realized this would be better if I had some screenshots. And the rejoicing thrusters are now at 10% power.
- Attempted an export of old blog via Manage -> Export.
- Hmm, I'm getting a Error 500 – Internal server error, an internal server error has occured! Please try again later
This, I don't like. When as trying again ever helped someone?
- So I start to troubleshoot this error. Looking at my access.log.current, I notice some forum on Miley Cyrus is using my LOL-YOU-SUCK image.
Clearly, these people suck.
- I see in the logs where I requested the export, but I don't see any errors. Maybe this server's Apache puts errors in another log. This is like reading a Tarot spread, I swear.
- Can't find another log.
- I look closer into the access log for the export errors.
- I see my browser doing
GET /blog/wp-admin/export.php
- Then one second later, my browser (IP) but the export page itself is doing
GET /blog/wp-content/plugins/polls/polls-admin-js.php?ver=2.20
- Then same second, doing
GET /blog/index.php?ak_action=aktt_css_admin
- Then same second, doing
GET /blog/index.php?ak_action=aktt_js_admin
- Then 5 seconds later, doing
GET /blog/wp-admin/export.php?author=all&submit=Download+Export+Fil
- and I believe that's the one that dies. Belief is what separates humans from the animals. That, and deoderant.
- The second attempt has similar logs from above but just has the original export.php, then polls-admin-js, then the export.php?author=all line, so perhaps the Akismet upgrade is different?
- I'm about done with this crap. Seriously.
- I see my browser doing
- To rule out the server code and what not, I try an export of the NEW test26 site and it gives me an .xml file.
Have you heard the word "whatnot" today? There's a funny line in Rushmore with it. Google it.
- I try to go directly to the "5 seconds later" URL and take out the %C2%BB parts but still an error. Everything's better without the %C2%BB parts, doncha think?
- I try to restrict author to just one author, and it still craps out. Offending URL is still the same but it says author=1 instead of author=all.
- I google
wordpress export.php error 500 internal server
- I'm not encouraged by the results.
- Ugh, got interrupted.
- I posted my export issue on a wordpress forum.
- Taking a look at the WordPress to WordPress import plugin
- Realizing after a while that I think this is what got put into WordPress 2.3.3 as a default feature. So much for that.
- Time passes (approximately one month).
- WordPress 2.6.1 gets released. Ugh. Might as well start over!
- I decide to just do a SQL backup, a WordPress database backup and a file backup and just follow the directions in the upgrade instead of testing anything.
- Backup
- Deactivate all plugins
- Overwrite the files
- Run the upgrade URL
- Check out my theme (make minor tweaks, like for gravatars)
- Re-activate the plugins one by one.
- Oh, my, gosh the auto-upgrade is FANTASTIC!
- Now I'm all and upgraded. Woohoo!
- I download "gears" to make things "faster". All it ends up "doing" is putting unnecessary "quotes" around the things I "type".
- I notice I still can't export. I still get error 500. Sheesh! It must be something in my specific database because the export of a barebones 2.6 install worked fine. Should I get some expectorant or laxative for my blog?
- As I finish typing this up, WordPress alerts me that 2.6.2 is available


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The school says Wilcox had the surgery on Friday. Wilcox's surgery stabilized the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. He is expected to make a full recovery in time for the start of the 2013-14 season.
Wilcox, the Huskies' leading scorer last season, considered leaving school for the NBA after his junior season but decided in late April to come back for his senior campaign. Wilcox averaged 16.8 points per game, good for sixth in the Pac-12. He was a second-team all-Pac-12 selection.


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At the eastern end of the entrance to Fishguard Harbour Dinas Island juts out like a sentinel at the gate.
At its northern tip is Dinas Head where the 465-feet high cliffs look north up the wide arc of Cardigan Bay, the Lleyn Peninsula of Anglesey visible on clear days when even the top of Snowdon can be seen.
Dinas Island is separated from the mainland by a boggy stream running through a deep valley between Cwm-yr-Eglwys (Church Valley) in the north and Pwll Gwaelod (Bottom Pool) to the south. The two mile trek from one to the other around the cliffs is a very popular stretch of the National Park Coastal Footpath, its steep climbs and descents providing plenty of lung-opening exercise and the views giving full value for the effort. The island was farmed during World War Two by the author and naturalist the late Ronald Lockley, famed for his brief residence on Skokholm Island and his writings about his island life. In his later life he lived at Orielton, near Pembroke, where he founded a wildfowl pool and made a comprehensive study of the life of the rabbit, a work which inspired Richard Adams to write the novel Watership Down, which was later made into an animated adventure film.
Cwm-yr-Eglwys has an interesing history because the little 12th century seaside church of St Brynach, which gives it its name, became a victim of the sea during horrendous storms which hammered the coast in 1859, also causing the wreck of the Royal Charter off the North Wales coast.
It was not the first time the church had been destroyed, for the Vikings knocked it down almost a millennium earlier. In 1979 another violent storm did further damage and only the belfry, west wall and part of the churchyard now survive. Now bathers change and picnic on the green sward of the churchyard, only a few feet above the beach, which has earned a Seaside Award and a Green Coast Award, similar to the Blue Flag beach accolade. A narrow slipway is used for launching small boats, for which the bay is a safe harbour in summer weather.
The local boat club organises sailing events and regattas during the first two weeks of August every year. Sheltered from the prevailing winds, Cwm-yr-Eglwys enjoys its own microclimate, experiencing temperatures a few degrees warmer than other parts of the Pembrokeshire coast, and a fair bit drier, which allows the growth of trees and shrubs of near Mediterranean luxuriance. Of interest to visitors on the seafront is a scale model of a trading vessel of the type that would have sailed these waters at the time of the 1859 storm.
To the east are four bays where budding geologists will find at low tide some of the best examples of wave-cut platforms in the County, while in the valley near Pwll Gwaelod is evidence of an east-west Glacial meltwater channel.


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A Youtube video showing the former hero in a half-shell, Ninja turtle, Leonardo is causing an internet sensation.
Once the leader of a fearless band of anthropomorphic reptiles, trained in martial arts skills by a giant rat, Leonardo and his comrades were the blight of all minor criminals, wrong-doers and small time megalomaniacs throughout the 1980's and early 90's.
The cold-blooded quartet grew in fame and became the darlings of the cartoon, merchandise and low budget movie set. Their trademark costumes of colour co-ordinated face masks and knee protectors and the absence of any external genitalia, were as well known to children across the world as the gurning visage of David Beckham would later become.
However a resurgence in Batman's popularity meant less and less crime fighting work coming their way, and eventually their star sank below the horizon as a new genearation of children failed to be impressed by one of nature's least land-mobile creatures trying to wield a samurai sword whilst doing a reasonable impression of an emerging turd.
The group were forced to disband. Donatello, who had cleverly invested his royalty payments in a fledgling internet company, retired to Las Vegas to run a casino and is now enjoying a multi-millionaire lifestyle. Michaelangelo was last known to be working as A&R man for EMI, and Raphael slipped into gay porn.
Leonardo failed to make the transition from super-hero to average Joe and disappeared off the celebrity radar for nearly 2 decades. He was eventually spotted begging for scraps of fish outside the Bluewater Grill, Newport Beach and a video of him busting some rather shaky ninja moves for money was posted to Youtube.
The video went viral and Leonardo is now the star attraction on prime time magazine and chat shows. He is considering several film offers, including the part of a small water dwelling reptile in the forthcoming 'Jurassic Park 4 – Flogging a dead Triceratops', and 'Orc Chieftain's war helmet' in the new Hobbit franchise.
Rumours that he was to be reunited with his 300 year old mother were quashed today after it was discovered that she'd been made into soup in 2002.


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It's in our sights — finally. Summer. And the time is right. For dancin' in the backyard.
What's the best way to kick off your summer? Hosting an intimate backyard picnic with good friends, good eats and, of course, good tunes.
We love the combo of Watermelon & Heirloom Tomato Salad, The Ultimate Patty Melt, Blueberry Coleslaw and Peach Ginger Bellinis coupled with Talking Heads, Bill Withers, Edward Sharpe and Amy Winehouse.
Here's a playlist of 10 great tracks to get you started on the first of hopefully many summer soirees at home.
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Just wondering besides the taskbar notification or Desktop Background changing when a Support Person like myself remotes into a client.
Is there a way to make a pop up show up on the screen to let the user know that I am remotely logged into their system with UltraVNC.
I am using the latest Stable Version of Ultra VNC 18.104.22.168, I have use the chat option, but I would like something slightly different where it would tell the user who was connected, and maybe some contact information to contact me if need be.
I have search over the internet of running an opening a file once the viewer connected.- I was even thinking of running notepad once connected with the details as above.
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"You are fighting the war in Syria on America's behalf"
Paul Joseph Watson
June 26, 2013
Former Al-Qaeda member Sheikh Nabil Naiim has released astounding video testimony in which he asserts that the leader of Jabhat Al-Nusra, the primary fighting force in Syria attempting to topple President Bashar Al-Assad, is a CIA operative.
Sheikh Nabil Naiim, considered to be the historical leader of the Islamic Jihadist movement in Egypt, led the Safwa Al-Qaeda training camp where he met Osama Bin Laden. Naiim then moved to Sudan with Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and was officially recognized as an Al-Qaeda member.
Having been directly involved in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Al-Sadat, Naiim was imprisoned after an attempt to assassinate Hosni Mubarak and only released after Mubarak's regime collapsed. Naiim subsequently abandoned violence and is now outing his former comrades as being on the CIA payroll.
"I personally believe that the leader of the Nusra Army (Mohammed al-Jawlani), who declared his support for Ayman Al Zawahiri, is a CIA operative in the Al Nusra," states Sheikh Naiim.
Naiim also identified Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri as a US double agent.
"What is Zawahiri going to give you? Scud missiles? He owns nothing and he's constantly on the move. All he owns is the recording that he releases every 6 months. But these however are his orders from the Americans," states Naiim.
Speaking of being "fooled by an American plot," Naiim states that "the US has been allowing us (Al-Qaeda) to fight in Afghanistan for 18 years and have funded and supported us," adding that members of the militant group were being manipulated.
He then turns his attention to Al-Nusra terrorists fighting to topple Assad in Syria, warning them, "You are fighting the war in Syria on America's behalf" and that eventually they will "be called terrorists and you will be killed or put in prison just like what happened to us after Afghanistan."
"These leaders are manipulating you, you will find yourself dying and the Americans fulfilling their goals not yours," adds Naiim.
Naiim's assertion that Jabhat Al-Nusra is being directed by the CIA would demolish claims by the White House and other NATO powers that there is a distinction between the Al-Nusra front, which killed U.S. troops in Iraq, and Free Syrian Army rebels.
The leader of Jabhat Al-Nusra, Mohammed al-Jawlani, swore allegiance to Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri back in April.
Immediately after the State Department declared Jabhat al-Nusra a terrorist organization, 29 different FSA rebel outfits pledged allegiance to the Al-Qaeda group.
In addition, a top FSA General recently told Al-Jazeera that the FSA is co-operating with Al-Nusra.
The Obama administration recently announced that it would send heavy weaponry to the Syrian rebels, although the CIA has been aiding in weapons transfers from other Gulf countries since at least the beginning of last year, according to the New York Times.
There are numerous other clear indications that Syrian rebels have merged with Al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria.
– FSA rebels are defecting to Jabhat al-Nusra in droves.
– FSA rebels have vowed to "fight the U.S." once they finish with Bashar Al-Assad.
– FSA rebels have been filmed burning US and Israeli flags on more than one occasion.
– FSA rebels have been filmed on previous occasions singing songs that glorify Osama Bin Laden and the 9/11 attacks.
– One FSA group even calls its fighting unit the "Osama Bin Laden" brigade.
– Another video shows FSA rebels chanting, "We are all with Osama bin Laden!"
– FSA rebels have voiced their desire to see the Al-Qaeda flag fly over the White House once the rebels are victorious across the region.
The fact that deadly weapons about to be sent by Washington will almost certainly end up in the hands of Al-Qaeda terrorists who won't hesitate to later use them against American interests has not stopped the mad rush to pour gas on an inferno that some experts have warned could escalate into world war three.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
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An unidentified senior in Sante Fe, New Mexico, apparently fed up with the city's unmanned speed camera truck, decided to take action and fired half-a-dozen rounds from a handgun into the vehicle's windshield. As it was 1:20 in the morning, the man was wearing a flowing white nightgown.
Of course he was.
Does anyone else think he looks a little like Obi-Wan Kenobi in this video?
Police in Santa Fe released video on Friday of an elderly gentleman shooting at an unmanned speed-enforcement vehicle earlier this month in the hopes that someone can help identify the perp.
The vehicle had police markings on it and was equipped with radar and cameras to capture speeders. At around 1:20 in the morning on April 11th the truck's video systems captured the "Nightgown Bandit" — as no one calls him — pull up in what appears to be an Audi Q5.
He gets out of the Audi, walks over to the speed camera windshield, and fires at least five shots from ten feet away. Somehow only three of the shots connected with the vehicle and none damaged the camera equipment. The man yells something indiscernible, takes another shot, and walks away.
This isn't the first time someone has gone nutso on a speed camera, but it's maybe the first time someone has done it while wearing a nightgown.


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Open standards always cause security problems and Google's OpenSocial API introduced last week is no exception. Not only was an early application based on the standard hacked within minutes, it quickly became evident that OpenSocial is vulnerable and offers an open door to anyone who wants to put a little effort into pushing it open.
But it is not only OpenSocial's lack of security protection that makes it vulnerable. First, OpenSocial is not an "open" standard at all. It is a proprietary API defined by Google's commercial priorities - including a transparent knee-jerk response to Microsoft taking a stake in the acknowledged market leader Facebook. The history of IT is littered with unsuccessful attempts to promote proprietary standards as "open" (just look at IBM with SNA and SAA).
Second, there is already a genuine open standard (Openquabal) - supposedly designed to do the same things as the OpenSocial API. Unfortunately Openquabal does not have the backing of a predatory multinational corporation so it will probably fall by the wayside.
Then again, large corporations spent most of the 1980s and 1990s bickering about common networking standards only to be outflanked by a 30-year old academic standard devised by the US Department of Defence. It was called ARPANET.®


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Eat Healthy for Less: A Week's Worth of Dinner Recipes for $100
Peter Ardito
Monday: Mediterranean Chicken
Makes: 4 servings
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
8-10 skinless chicken thighs, bone in
1/4 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup white wine
2 garlic cloves, sliced into thin rounds
3-4 sprigs fresh thyme
1/2 cup pitted olives such as Kalamata
1 lemon, sliced into thin rounds
1 cup whole wheat couscous
1/2 pound fresh asparagus
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Heat olive oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper; add to pan, meaty side down. Cook for 5 minutes. Turn and cook for 2 minutes more.
2. Pour out any excess fat. Return pan to burner; stir in broth and wine, scraping up any brown bits. Scatter garlic, thyme, and olives on chicken. Lay one lemon round on each piece of chicken.
3. Place skillet in oven. Roast chicken for 17 to 20 minutes, or until juices run clear. (Reserve 2 to 4 thighs plus sauce for Orzo "Paella," slide 3.)
4. Prepare couscous according to package directions and steam asparagus until crisp-tender. Serve chicken over couscous; place steamed asparagus on the side and sprinkle with lemon zest.
Nutrition facts per serving: 398 calories, 29g protein, 50g carbohydrate, 9g fat (1.4g saturated), 9g fiber
*Prices were compiled on January 21, 2010.
Peter Ardito
Tuesday: Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
Makes: 4 servings
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
6-9 medium sweet potatoes (about 3 pounds), cut into long 1-inch-wide wedges
4 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons olive oil
3 garlic cloves, 1 crushed and 2 roughly chopped
11/4 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 cup cilantro leaves
1 cup parsley leaves
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons water
2 pounds flank steak
1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Toss sweet potato wedges with 1 tablespoon olive oil, crushed garlic clove, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and place in a shallow roasting pan. Bake for 20 minutes. (Reserve 1/3 of the baked sweet potatoes for Spring-Vegetable Stew, slide 6.)
2. Mix garlic, cilantro, parsley, 3 tablespoons olive oil, vinegar, 2 tablespoons water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a food processor. Blend until almost smooth.
3. Rub flank steak with remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place in a broil pan and cook for 4 to 5 minutes per side for medium rare. Let sit for 10 minutes. Thinly slice and place 2 to 3 strips on each plate and top with 2 tablespoons sauce. Serve with sweet potatoes. (Reserve the remaining steak, about 3/4 pound, for Beef Soba Salad, slide 4.)
Nutrition facts per serving: 499 calories, 29g protein, 48g carbohydrate, 21g fat (4.9g saturated), 8g fiber
Peter Ardito
Wednesday: Orzo "Paella"
Makes: 4 servings with leftovers
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 22 minutes
3/4 pound large frozen shrimp, cleaned, shelled, and thawed, tails on
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
3 1/2 cups chicken broth
2 cups water
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
1 pound whole wheat orzo
1/2 cup frozen green peas
1/2 small onion, finely chopped
2-4 cooked chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch chunks, plus sauce (left over from Mediterranean Chicken)
1/4 cup roasted red pepper, cut into thin strips
1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Place first 4 ingredients and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large zip-top bag.
2. In a medium pot, bring chicken broth and 2 cups water to a boil. Add turmeric and orzo; boil for 6 minutes. Drain, reserving 3/4 cup of cooking liquid. Place frozen peas in the broth and let sit.
3. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil in a large ovenproof saute pan. Add onion and cook until translucent. Add shrimp and cook for 3 minutes; flip halfway through. Add chicken thighs and sauce; cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add drained orzo to pan. Pour peas and reserved liquid over orzo and stir. Lay red pepper strips on top. Bake for 10 minutes. Top with parsley and serve.
Nutrition facts per serving: 408 calories, 27g protein, 57g carbohydrate, 7g fat (0.9g saturated), 14g fiber
Peter Ardito
Thursday: Beef Soba Salad
Makes: 4 servings
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: none
6 carrots
1 1-1/2-inch piece of fresh ginger
3 tablespoons rice or white vinegar
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil, such as Eden Foods
1 tablespoon canola oil
2 teaspoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons water
1 bag (about 4 1/2 cups) mesclun greens
1 red or yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced
1/2 sweet onion, such as Vidalia, very thinly sliced
4 ounces soba noodles, cooked according to package directions
3/4 pound cooked thinly sliced flank steak (left over from Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce)
1. In a food processor, blend 4 carrots with ginger, vinegar, toasted sesame and canola oils, soy sauce, and 3 tablespoons water until smooth.
2. Lay mesclun in a large bowl. Scatter bell pepper over mesclun.
3. Using a carrot peeler, shred remaining 2 carrots into long thin strips. Mound shredded carrots and onion in center of salad. Lay noodles around carrot and onion and place steak on top of noodles. Drizzle dressing over top.
Nutrition facts per serving: 444 calories, 31g protein, 38g carbohydrate, 19g fat (4.8g saturated), 6g fiber
Peter Ardito
Friday: Greek-Style Shrimp with Quinoa Tabbouleh
Makes: 4 servings with leftovers
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 14 minutes
1 pound large frozen shrimp, cleaned, shelled, and thawed, tails on
4 tablespoons olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 cup (1/2 pint) grape tomatoes, halved
3/4 cup Kalamata olives, halved
1/2 yellow, green, or red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1 cup flat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped
3 ounces reduced-fat feta, cut into 3/4-inch chunks
1 box quinoa, cooked per package directions
1. Place shrimp, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 crushed garlic clove, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large zip-top bag; let sit.
2. In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, olives, bell pepper, parsley, and feta and remaining olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper. Add cooked quinoa and mix well.
3. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Place shrimp in pan in a single layer and cook for 2 minutes. Flip and cook for 2 minutes more.
4. Mound quinoa mixture on half of a large platter and place shrimp on the other half; serve.
Nutrition facts per serving: 442 calories, 27g protein, 44g carbohydrate, 18g fat (3.18g saturated), 7g fiber
Peter Ardito
Saturday: Spring-Vegetable Stew
Makes: 4 servings
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
1/2 sweet or yellow onion, sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
2-3 ounces shiitake or button mushrooms, sliced
1 red or yellow bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1 15.5-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
3-4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
3/4 cup Israeli couscous
1/2 pound asparagus, cut into 1- or 2-inch lengths
3/4 cup frozen green peas
1 pound baked sweet potatoes (left over from Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce), cubed
1 1/2-inch piece fresh ginger, grated
1. In a large saute pan, cook onion in olive oil over medium heat until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until soft, 2 to 3 minutes. Add bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes more.
2. Add chickpeas and 3 cups broth to pan. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Add couscous and simmer, covered, over low heat for 5 minutes. Add asparagus, peas, sweet potatoes, and ginger; simmer 2 to 3 minutes uncovered, stirring occasionally, until asparagus is bright green and crisp-tender. Add a little more broth if mixture seems dry. Spoon into bowls.
Nutrition facts per serving: 434 calories, 14g protein, 80g carbohydrate, 7g fat (0.8g saturated), 13g fiber
Peter Ardito
Sunday: Tilapia Tacos
Makes: 4 servings with leftovers
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
1 lime
1 cup grape tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
1/2 jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped
1/2 sweet onion, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 cups green or red cabbage, sliced into narrow strips
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound tilapia fillets
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
8 small whole wheat tortillas
1 avocado, cut into 8 long slices
1. Cut lime in half. Squeeze juice from half and slice other half into 4 thin wedges. In a bowl, combine tomatoes, cilantro, jalapeno, onion, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and half the lime juice.
2. In another bowl, mix together yogurt, mayonnaise, and remaining lime juice. Combine cabbage and 2 tablespoons of yogurt sauce in another bowl; reserve extra sauce.
3. Heat olive oil in a large pan. Sprinkle tilapia with chili powder, black pepper, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook 3 minutes. Turn; cook 2 minutes more.
4. Place 2 tortillas, 1 lime wedge, and 1/4 of the tilapia on each plate. Serve with salsa, cabbage, avocado, and sauce.
Nutrition facts per serving: 278 calories, 22g protein, 23g carbohydrate, 12g fat (2.2g saturated), 5g fiber
Peter Ardito
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1 garlic bulb
Fresh thyme
Fresh cilantro
Flat-leaf parsley
Fresh ginger
1 jalapeno
2 sweet Vidalia onions
1 small onion
3 lemons
1 lime
1 bunch asparagus
3 pounds sweet potatoes
1 pint grape tomatoes
1 green, yellow, or red pepper
2 red or yellow peppers
6 large carrots
1 package shiitake or button mushrooms
1 bag mesclun greens
1 head cabbage
1 avocado
Frozen peas
8 to 10 bone-in chicken thighs
2 pounds flank steak
1 3/4 pounds large uncooked frozen shrimp
1 pound tilapia fillets
1 package reduced-fat feta
1 carton plain nonfat Greek yogurt
Canned or Packaged Goods
2 32-ounce cartons chicken broth
Toasted sesame oil
Whole wheat couscous
Whole wheat orzo
Israeli couscous
Soba noodles
1 jar roasted red peppers
1 large jar Kalamata olives
1 15.5-ounce can chickpeas
1 package corn tortillas
White wine
Olive oil, salt, pepper, red wine vinegar, turmeric, rice or white vinegar, canola oil, soy sauce, mayonnaise, chili powder
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Emergency notification system test scheduled for Oct. 21
The University will conduct a campus-wide test of its emergency notification system beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 , to ensure that members of the University community can be contacted during a campus crisis or emergency.
All faculty, staff and students must update their personal contact information through the appropriate self-service websites no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, to ensure inclusion in the test. Options for adding phone and email contact information are provided through the Student Course Online Registration Engine (SCORE) database, where undergraduate and graduate students enter their information, and also through the Office of Human Resources self-service website for University employees.
This annual test of the Princeton Telephone and E-mail Notification System (PTENS) allows new members of the campus community to confirm that they have provided accurate and complete contact information and can be reached in an emergency. The test also is an opportunity to encourage all faculty, staff and students to update their contact information.
PTENS allows campus administrators to notify the entire campus of emergency situations, or to send targeted messages to individuals in a specific building or department for alerts that do not concern the entire campus. Depending on the severity of the emergency, simultaneous alerts can be sent to individuals through landline phones, cellular phones, text messaging and email.
Note about text messages
When a cell phone number is added or changed in student and employee databases, individuals will receive from the phone number 23177 the following confirmation message -- PRINCETON ALERT: You are now confirmed to receive alerts from us. More info text reply "HELP" or "STOP TIGER" to opt out.
Students, faculty and staff do not need to opt in to receive text message alerts if they have previously opted in for the service and their cell phone information has not changed. Individuals who are unsure about receiving text message alerts should send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Regardless of whether they opt in for text messages, all individuals will continue to receive phone and email alerts based on the current information recorded in the HR self-service and SCORE databases, depending on the nature of the emergency.
During the Oct. 21 test, campus administrators will use the notification system to send simultaneous alerts through landline phones, cellular phones, text messaging and email beginning at 1 p.m. The notification system automatically accesses the work phone, home phone, cellular phone, campus email address and one additional email address per person, depending upon the information provided by an individual in the HR self-service or SCORE databases.
The Oct. 21 test message will begin by stating: "This is a test of the Princeton University emergency notification system."
Although the message will advise that it is a test, individuals should give advance notice of the test date to anyone who may receive the message instead of the intended recipient, such as family members or roommates.
All of the University's approximately 13,700 faculty, staff and students are expected to receive their messages within minutes of the distribution to various groups. As is the case during a true emergency, members of the campus community are strongly encouraged to avoid making phone calls or sending text messages during the test period to avoid unnecessarily delaying important communications. Also, individuals should not respond to the test message.
In the event of an actual emergency, the University will continue to relay critical information using the most appropriate options from a full range of notification resources, such as Web announcements, email, an automated message line, the Tiger TV emergency alert system, local radio stations, door-to-door notifications and posters. The manner of notification will depend on the nature of the emergency. As an additional precaution, it is important for individuals who receive official emergency alerts to share information with others nearby, in case they have not yet received the communication. Individuals also should avoid the use of telephones to prevent overloading the telecommunications system.
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Feb 5 (Reuters) - Twenty-five people, including doctors, were charged with involvement in a ma##ive scheme that flooded New York City's black market with as much as $500 million in painkillers, federal and state officials said on Wednesday.
The operation was based at a clinic operating under the name Astramed in the city's Bronx borough, said officials, who described it as a "pill mill." The clinic sold phony prescriptions to drug dealers, who bought 5.5 million oxycodone pills at pharmacies around the city and as far away as Florida, the officials said.
"This is poison by prescription, and the volume and money allegedly involved would make hardened illegal drug traffickers envious," said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.
Astramed's owner, Dr. Kevin Lowe, collected nearly $12 million in exchange for fake doctor's visits made by phony patients sent in by drug dealers for three years between January 2011 and January 2014, officials said.
Twenty-four of the defendants were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute narcotics, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Wednesday.
One of the clinic's doctors, Robert Terdiman, was indicted separately in New York State court for conspiracy and criminal narcotic sales, authorities said, after he wrote eight oxycodone prescriptions for undercover officers during the investigation.
He conducted no physical examination, and would prescribe oxycodone no matter what response the officers gave to his cursory questions, authorities said.
On weekday mornings, as many as 100 people would crowd the doors of Astramed's main location, clamoring to see doctors who would prescribe large quantities of the powerful narcotic painkiller in exchange for cash, according to the New York City Office of Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan.
The crowds grew so big that the clinic stationed private security guards outside, federal prosecutors said.
Astramed describes itself on its website as a primary care clinic offering services ranging from sonograms and weight management and echocardiograms, but prosecutors described it as a pain management clinic.
Abuse of opiate pain k#llers such as oxycodone, morphine and fentanyl is a rising concern in the United States. Problems with abuse prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year to propose stronger safety labels on some long-acting opiods.
The [rip] of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman on Sunday from an apparent heroine overdose has drawn further attention to the drug. An autopsy of his body was inconclusive, the New York City Medical Examiners Office said on Wednesday.
The investigation into the Astramed clinic arose from a two-year probe involving federal prosecutors, New York City police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
One law enforcement source involved in the investigation called the operation "one of the largest pill mills in the northeast."
Doctors at Astramed wrote more than 31,500 prescriptions for oxycodone to high-level drug traffickers, who paid the clinic's employees up to $300 for each phony patient's appointment, according to officials.
Attorneys for most defendants could not immediately be reached, and attempts to contact Terdiman and Lowe at home were unsuccessful.
Some pharmacies in New York refused to fill prescriptions written by Terdiman, but out-of-state pharmacies filled 20 percent of them, according to papers filed in U.S. district court in Manhattan.
Officials said the accused drug traffickers would routinely intimidate the doctors, and in one case, threatened a doctor at gunpoint for not writing more prescriptions per day for patients sent in by the suspected ringleaders, officials said.
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Home centers forcing JA to improve its game for farmers
The Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, more commonly known by the acronym JA (for Japan Agriculture), or the Japanese abbreviation Nokyo, has, in one form or another, controlled the finances and structure of the country's farm sector since the early 1950s. That means not only does JA help keep prices high so that farmers can make a living, but provides farm families with everything they need to make that living, from loans to sales of equipment, supplies and fertilizer. It even sells insurance and does banking, under an exception granted by the central government. As with any semi-public organization that has a given field to itself, JA's operations have become sclerotic over the years. In 2008, the agricultural ministry conducted a survey of farmers. When asked where they bought their fertilizer, 70 percent answered "JA," but 80 percent of these farmers also answered that they were "dissatisfied" with the cooperative's prices.
JA is famous for using a lot of middlemen in their sales channels, which invariably drives up the prices of everything they sell. In addition, various handling fees and distribution costs make the prices even higher. In a recent Asahi Shimbun article a professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture said that with the recession and the possibility of more imports coming into the Japanese market, farmers have become extra sensitive about costs and as a result are beginning to wonder if JA is really looking after their interests properly. Some have already started leaving the cooperative.
But where to go? According to the agricultural ministry survey, only 2.5 percent of farmers were buying their fertilizer from so-called home centers in 2008, but that portion has likely gone up considerably since then. Home centers, called home improvement centers in the U.S., are large retail outlets that sell everything for the home, but mainly supplies that homeowners need for things like repairs or renovations, as well as gardening and landscaping. The Japan DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Association reports that there were 4,310 home centers in Japan in 2011, double the number that existed in 1990. The home center chain with the most outlets is Komeri, who own more than a thousand. And while home center sales have mostly been stagnant since 2005 owing to the growth of other retail models, mainly drug stores, Komeri is also growing. The chain says it plans to double its present number of stores in 10 years' time.


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Corporate News
- 2013 financial year:
- Group revenue up 5.2 percent to EUR 16.655 bn
- Group operating profit1 up 7.6 percent to EUR 3.966 bn
- Operating cash flow increases by 18.0 percent to EUR 3.144 bn
- 11.1 percent rise in proposed dividend to EUR 3.00 per share
- Group outlook for 2014 after adjusting for exchange rate effects:
Solid revenue growth and a moderate improvement in operating profit
Munich, 17 March 2014 – The technology company The Linde Group continued to give a steady business performance in the 2013 financial year, again achieving increases in Group revenue and Group operating profit. The operations in the Healthcare product area acquired in the course of 2012 and positive trends in the engineering business made a particular contribution here.
"We have been able to hold our own pretty well, although conditions have been unfavourable and exchange rate effects have had an adverse impact on our growth especially in the second half of the year," said Professor Dr Wolfgang Reitzle, Chief Executive Officer of Linde AG. "Even in this environment, we have succeeded in preserving the high profitability of the Group. This has allowed us to maintain our dividend policy which is geared towards continuity," explained Reitzle. "The Executive Board and Supervisory Board will propose a resolution at the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of EUR 3.00 per share be paid." This is an increase of 11.1 percent compared with the prior-year dividend of EUR 2.70.
With its robust business model based on sustainability and its well-balanced global position, Linde believes that it is properly equipped for the future. "After adjusting for exchange rate effects, we are expecting solid growth in Group revenue in the 2014 financial year. We anticipate that we will achieve a moderate improvement in Group operating profit," declared CEO Reitzle.
In the 2016 financial year, Linde is still seeking to achieve Group operating profit of at least EUR 5 bn and a return on capital employed (reported ROCE) of around 13 percent (or adjusted ROCE of around 14 percent). These medium-term targets were set at the end of 2012 based on the assumption that there would not be any significant shifts in exchange rates compared with the rates prevailing at that time. However, if the unfavourable exchange rates which applied at the end of 2013 were to continue to apply over the coming years, this would reduce Group operating profit in 2016 by around EUR 400 m and might also have an adverse impact on return on capital employed.
In the 2013 financial year, Group revenue grew by 5.2 percent to EUR 16.655 bn (2012: EUR 15.833 bn). Exchange rate effects increasingly acted as a brake on revenue trends during the reporting period. After adjusting for these effects (which equate to revenue of EUR 656 m), the increase in revenue was 9.7 percent. US homecare company Lincare, acquired by Linde in August 2012, contributed EUR 1.563 bn to Group revenue.
Linde was able to reinforce its profitability at a high level and increased its Group operating profit in the 2013 financial year by 7.6 percent to EUR 3.966 bn (2012: EUR 3.686 bn). The Group operating margin rose to 23.8 percent, higher than the prior-year figure of 23.3 percent. Adverse currency fluctuations also had an impact on Group operating profit in 2013. The effect of these distortions was to reduce earnings by EUR 148 m. Without the distortions, Linde would have achieved a 12.1 percent increase in Group operating profit.
Earnings before taxes on income (EBT) rose by 3.5 percent to EUR 1.794 bn (2012: EUR 1.734 bn). Earnings after tax were EUR 1.430 bn (2012: EUR 1.341 bn). The amount attributable to Linde AG shareholders was EUR 1.317 bn (2012: EUR 1.232 bn), giving earnings per share of EUR 7.10 (2012: EUR 6.93).
Return on capital employed in the 2013 financial year was 9.7 percent (2012: 10.2 percent). When comparing the figures for 2013 and 2012, it is important to note that many large-scale projects in the on-site business are still in the construction phase and were therefore not yet able to contribute to earnings.
Operating cash flow increased by 18.0 percent to EUR 3.144 bn (2012: EUR 2.664 bn). This significant rise was due mainly to the improvement in working capital.
Gases Division
Linde achieved revenue growth in the Gases Division in the 2013 financial year of 5.7 percent to EUR 13.971 bn (2012: EUR 13.214 bn). The Lincare business contributed revenue of EUR 1.563 bn to the total revenue of the Gases Division. On a comparable basis (i.e. after adjusting for exchange rate effects, changes in the price of natural gas and the impact on the consolidation of the Lincare acquisition), the increase in revenue in the Gases Division was 3.3 percent. Within the Gases Division, Lincare is included in the Americas segment and the Healthcare product area. Linde's Gases Division achieved a 7.9 percent increase in operating profit to EUR 3.846 bn (2012: EUR 3.566 bn). This gives an operating margin of 27.5 percent (2012: 27.0 percent).
Business trends in the individual segments in the Gases Division varied in each case, depending on prevailing economic conditions.
In the EMEA segment (Europe, Middle East, Africa), revenue in the 2013 financial year of EUR 6.090 bn was a little higher than the figure for the 2012 financial year of EUR 6.061 bn. On a comparable basis, the growth in revenue was 3.6 percent. Operating profit in the EMEA region improved slightly by 2.1 percent to EUR 1.759 bn (2012: EUR 1.722 bn). The operating margin rose to 28.9 percent (2012: 28.4 percent). The Continental European homecare operations acquired by Linde at the end of April 2012 from Air Products were a contributory factor in the strengthening of the business in the EMEA region.
Business trends in the EMEA segment were adversely affected by the continuation of unfavourable economic conditions in the eurozone. Demand here in the liquefied gases and cylinder gas product areas was correspondingly modest. The on-site business, on the other hand, saw positive trends, boosted by the start-up of new plants. The market environment in Eastern Europe was characterised by a downturn in economic activity in 2013, whereas the economy in the Middle East remained relatively robust.
In the Asia/Pacific segment, Linde generated revenue in the 2013 financial year of EUR 3.767 bn, a figure which was not quite as high as the figure of EUR 3.860 bn achieved in 2012. This was mainly as a result of unfavourable exchange rate effects. On a comparable basis, the Group achieved an increase in revenue in this segment of 4.1 percent. Business performance was adversely affected in particular by the weaker economic environment in manufacturing and in the mining industry in the South Pacific region.
Operating profit in the Asia/Pacific segment in 2013 of EUR 1.005 bn was slightly higher than the figure for 2012 of EUR 996 m. The operating margin therefore increased to 26.7 percent (2012: 25.8 percent).
Within the Asia/Pacific segment, the most positive trends were to be seen in the business in South & East Asia, where Linde achieved volume increases in all product areas. The Group also generated revenue growth in the Greater China region, whereas the market in the South Pacific region was characterised by declining volumes.
In the Americas segment, revenue in the 2013 financial year grew by 24.7 percent to EUR 4.231 bn (2012: EUR 3.394 bn). This significant increase was due above all to the contribution made by US homecare company Lincare. Lincare operates solely in North America and in the 2013 financial year contributed EUR 1.563 bn to the total revenue of the Americas segment. On a comparable basis, the increase in revenue was 2.4 percent. This is in line with economic trends in the region. Operating profit rose by 27.6 percent to EUR 1.082 bn (2012: EUR 848 m), mainly as a result of the Lincare business. The operating margin was 25.6 percent, which was higher than the figure for 2012 of 25.0 percent.
Within the Gases Division, revenue in the Healthcare product area grew 48.2 percent in the 2013 financial year to EUR 3.015 bn (2012: EUR 2.035 bn) following the acquisitions made by the Group in the course of 2012. After adjusting for the effect of the Lincare acquisition on the consolidation and for exchange rate effects, the increase in revenue in the Healthcare business was 4.8 percent.
In the cylinder gas product area, revenue was EUR 4.050 bn. On a comparable basis, this was 1.0 percent above the prior-year figure of EUR 4.009 bn. In the liquefied gases business, revenue increased on a comparable basis by 2.4 percent to EUR 3.328 bn (2012: EUR 3.249 bn). In the on-site business (where Linde supplies gases on site to major customers), revenue rose on a comparable basis by 5.6 percent to EUR 3.578 bn (2012: EUR 3.389 bn). Growth in this product area was adversely affected by the reversal of a contract to purchase air separation plants which had been transferred to Linde in 2012 by a steel company in the Greater China region. If an adjustment is made for this, the increase in revenue in the on-site business would have been 6.2 percent.
Gases Division – Outlook
Recent economic forecasts indicate that the global gases market will grow at a slightly faster pace in 2014 than was the case in 2013. Linde remains committed to its original target in the gases business of outperforming the market and continuing to increase productivity.
In its on-site business, Linde has a healthy project pipeline which will make a contribution to revenue and earnings in the 2014 financial year and an even more significant contribution to revenue and earnings in subsequent years. The Group is forecasting that its liquefied gases and cylinder gas product areas will perform in line with macroeconomic trends. In the Healthcare product area, a steady business performance is expected.
Against this background, Linde expects to achieve (after adjusting for exchange rate effects) a moderate increase in revenue and operating profit in the Gases Division in 2014 when compared with the 2013 financial year.
Engineering Division
2013 was a successful year for Linde's international engineering project business. Revenue in the Engineering Division increased by 12.4 percent to EUR 2.879 bn (2012: EUR 2.561 bn). Operating profit improved by 2.2 percent to EUR 319 m (2012: EUR 312 m). At 11.1 percent, the operating margin again reached a level well above the industry average (2012: 12.2 percent).
There was a strong upward trend in order intake. This rose to EUR 3.911 bn in the 2013 financial year, 38.9 percent above the figure for 2012 of EUR 2.815 bn. Orders from the Group's Gases Division made a substantial contribution to this significant increase.
Order intake was characterised not only by major projects in the four key product lines (olefin plants, natural gas plants, air separation plants, hydrogen and synthesis gas plants), but also by a number of small and medium-sized new orders. More than a third of new orders came from the Asia/Pacific region, while around 30 percent came from North America. Around a quarter of new orders were from Europe. In North America, projects for the efficient exploitation of shale gas reserves again had an impact on Linde's business.
As a result of good order trends, the order backlog in the Engineering Division continued to grow. At 31 December 2013, it stood at EUR 4.504 bn (2012: EUR 3.700 bn).
Engineering Division – Outlook
A relatively stable market environment is expected in the international large-scale plant construction business in 2014. Linde is well positioned in the olefin plant, natural gas plant, air separation plant and hydrogen and synthesis gas plant product areas and also has a high order backlog.
Linde expects to achieve solid revenue growth in the Engineering Division in 2014 compared with 2013. It anticipates an operating margin of around 10 percent.
Note: The 2013 Annual Report of The Linde Group is available on the Internet at:
To coincide with the publication of the financial statements, a webcast for analysts will take place today at 2pm German time in English with Professor Dr Wolfgang Reitzle, CEO of Linde AG, and Georg Denoke, CFO of Linde AG. Journalists will have the opportunity to watch the webcast by following this link:
In the 2013 financial year, The Linde Group generated revenue of EUR 16.655 bn, making it the largest gases and engineering company in the world with approximately 63,500 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at www.linde.com
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I am new to ubuntu i have a toshiba satellite A215 laptop with a ati Radeon X1200 graphic card. When ubuntu 12.04 has finished installed, i check the detail menu in system settings the graphic option is displaying,driver known experience standard. I'm then assuming that the graphic card is not installed how can i install it if thats the case.
See if this answers your question and update the question if it doesn't askubuntu.com/questions/74171/… – RobotHumans Apr 14 '12 at 22:41
The wording of that dialog may be confusing you. You do have a video driver installed by default - an open source driver named 'radeon' (also sometimes referred to as the -ati driver.)
The other driver that's being offered is a proprietary closed-source driver called AMD Catalyst, aka "fglrx" which stands for "FireGL and Radeon for X". Like others have mentioned it only works for newer AMD cards, and unfortunately your X1200 (of the R6xx generation) is no longer supported by AMD with this driver. -fglrx is needed for getting the maximum performance and full feature support out of AMD graphics cards.
However, contrary to what others have said, the open source -ati driver is fine for ordinary computer use - which is presumably what you're after since you're using a somewhat older graphics card. It's quite stable, with reasonable performance good enough for basic gaming, desktop compositing and so on. Plus then you can have a warm fuzzy feeling that you're using open source rather than closed source. ;-)
I have Precise 12.4...won't take ATI/AMD Prop...but I have dual monitors in Precise 12.4 ("OneWideScreen"). Here is what I had to do:
Boot to the "Recovery Mode." You'll see the Menu, (Resume... Network, etc.)
Scroll down to "Network" ENTER -you should then get back to the menu, but if not, hit Ctr-d
Scroll to "Drop to Root..." Enter the following commands: $ rm xorg.conf
$ apt-get install FGLRX (Ubuntu Supported Binary driver -ATI-base)
$ reboot
Reboot to full graphics mode.
Once both screens are live go to "Settings" and click on "Display" You see both of your displays.
Click "ON" for each. Two (2) things to note: 1. Check the resolution for each one. Normally you'll want this to be the same setting for each monitor. However I have a 1920x1200 ("24" DIV) and a 1920x1080 (23" HDMI) so I have each monitor configured to its maximum resolution. Be careful, however, with that setup as when you drag a folder/file from the larger screen to the lessor it can get "stuck" (bothersome...but if so, just double click to get it back). 2. I chose my Left (Acer) Monitor for my "Launcher Placement." This gives a full wide screen display and the icons only show on the far left (Acer) I'll post a pic (if I can) at my login...
Just open the Dash (Ubuntu logo on top left), and type 'driver'. Open the additional drivers program.
You'll see a proprietary ATI driver in this list. Select it and click activate. That is all.
If for some reason this does not work, go to the terminal and do;
sudo apt-get install fglrx
Then, reboot.
You win!
Radeon X1200 proprietary drivers are not supported anymore. And it doesn't fit to new graphical server. So basically, all you can use is… opensource drivers, which is far from prefect at the moment.
Welcome to AskUbuntu! If possible could you back up your answer with where you have gotten your information from in order to help the poster of the question. – Oyibo Oct 25 '12 at 15:16


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SANTA FE, N.M. - Actor Wes Studi, a well-known for his roles in "Dances with Wolves" and "The Last of the Mohicans," was arrested early Friday for aggravated drunken driving in New Mexico, Santa Fe police confirmed.
According to a criminal complained, Studi, 66, was arrested around 1 a.m. while at a stop sign. The actor was in a 2005 black Volvo with two front tires blown out, police said.
The complaint said that before officers arrived a witness saw Studi try to "repair the vehicle's tires damaged tires in the middle of the road without the vehicle lights on."
When an officer asked Studi to step out of the car, the complaint said Studi "needed to use the vehicle to keep his balance and then stumbled to (the officer's) patrol vehicle."
Officers at the scene said Studi slurred his speech and his breath smelled of alcohol.
Santa Fe police spokeswoman Celina Westervelt said Studi refused a breath, field and blood tests. He was booked into jail on an aggravated DWI charge.
In April, Studi became the second Native American inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers in Oklahoma City.
The Santa Fe resident is also known for his roles as the Apache leader in "Geronimo: An American Legend" and Navajo detective Joe Leaphorn in the made-for-TV movies based on mysteries by the late New Mexican writer Tony Hillerman.
It was not known if he had an attorney.


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Thanks for the M&M's.
Now, how about milk (in plastic bottles so it doesn't spill) with some oreo cookies?
Milk would be a nice healthy option! And I can arrange for snack-packs of Oreos. However, because milk has a reasonably short shelf life and must be monitored very frequently, it's not realistic under our current staffing circumstances.
There are several stores nearby where you are welcome to buy milk to enjoy in the AV Annex and snack room at the library:
-CVS at 12 Harvard St, Corner of Main St, just west of the library on the other side of the street.
-Hannaford Supermarket, 55 Russell Street. Corner of Main St, just west of the library on the other side of the street.
-McDonald's Restaurant, 789 Main Street, just west of the library on the same side of the street.
-Quick Stop Variety, Corner of Church and Main Streets, east of the library, same side of the street, across from City Hall.
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Many things have changed such as my faith in management, but some have not! Management has not done anything to protect their shares and or shareholders. Sirius back on REG. Sho list and share price is now 60% lower than when this letter was provided to management. I still wonder why?
P.O. Box 7078
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
May 8, 2007
Mel Karmazin
Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.
1221 Avenue of the Americas
36th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Dear Mr. Karmazin:
As a long time shareholder of, and an advocate for Sirius Satellite Radio, I would like to start by saying I believe in the Company, its model, the potential of the sector, and your leadership.
After nearly eighteen months of research and with great consideration for the chain of command, I now find it necessary to direct my concerns to you and respectfully ask for your involvement. That being said, my desire is not to do anything that would jeopardize the prospects of the merger and/or the Company in general.
I have obtained information through the Freedom of Information Act issued by the S.E.C. and other sources, that strongly suggests manipulation in Sirius shares and violations of Federal Securities Law. In speaking with Investor Relations VP, I have been told it is not the Company's responsibility to monitor the trading of the Company shares but instead, is the responsibility of the regulators. I disagree and believe the Company has a fiduciary responsibility to protect the interest of its shareholders. I cite the pending Overstock.com, Inc. et al v Morgan Stanley & Co, Incorporated et al litigation filed on behalf of Overstock and its shareholders (Superior Court of the State of California – Case #CGC-07-460147). I believe this case sets a precedent for companies such as Overstock to protect their shareholders and preserve the integrity of their shares. Overstock and its shareholders have seen nearly a forty percent increase in share price since the Complaint was filed.
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Mel Karmazin
May 8, 2007
After the alignment of XM and Sirius enterprise values and the announcement of the merger agreement, I expected the companies would trade on their merits and the constant borage of factually incorrect and/or misleading commentary would end.
With the stock at these levels, I am fearful of an unsolicited bid or private equity acquiring the Company for a nominal premium at the shareholders' expense.
I have had conversations with Wesley Christian, the lead counsel for the Overstock suit, and other counsel who are interested in filing a similar suit on behalf of Sirius shareholders against the financial institutions that facilitated these illicit trades. Before proceeding, I am requesting a face-to-face meeting with you to ensure that the shareholders' interest and the Company's interest are aligned.
Very truly yours,
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The marvelously talented Janis Nicolay of Pinecone Camp has passed on the Happy 101 Award to me. You are the grooviest and I thank you so very much!
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
I Lurve You!
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The year was 1991 and I had fallen in love. I had graduated from college, acquired my first real job in a design firm, gotten fired from said job, and was back working in retail until I could find another graphics design position. I was living out my life in terms of romance, egged on by alot of hormones and pheromones. My newly-found LOVE was a young attorney in the DA's office. He was very different than the arty, free-spirited liberal guys I was usually drawn to. He wore suits and ties and had a great checkbook-wallet-type thingy he kept in the breast pocket of his suit coat, just like I imagined Carry Grant might have. (And yes, I get how ironic it is that I was taken by where he kept his cash - can you say pre-nup?!) He was a conservative, a Catholic, and could deliver a mean voir dire . He could, I figured, write a brief or an amendment to the Constitution instead of composing a song about me - to spell out what I meant to him and how he had never met anyone like me and couldn't imagine living his life without me. VAIN you say? - absolutely, positively - but I was young and ME and what you thought about ME was my favorite topic of conversation.
Our first Valentine's Day spent together, we drove to a restaurant in the adjacent state and had a marvelous dinner, sipped on grown-up drinks and told each other stories about our families, our past relationships and our shoe sizes. (Wha?????) On the drive home I became intoxicated with the feelings that I was experiencing and said really loudly and with kind of a speech impediment, "I LURVE YOU!" It was at that moment that my LOVE turned and looked at me and smiled . . . . . . . . insert cricket sounds . . . . . . . tumble weeds rolling around . . . . . only the sound of the car on the road . . . not a word . . . . . and definitely not the words I was longing to hear. It was at that moment that I was seized with an irrational need to fling myself over the bridge we were driving over. What I wanted to do was throw him down, stick a knee in his chest while assaulting him with a tourette-syndrome-like tirade, using every cuss word I could think to rant. But, I didn't. The mood in the car was anything but romantic after that point and I was filled with resentment and anger... and a lot of urine - I'd forgotten to pee before we left the restaurant!
But, here's what I did do . . .
I finally broke the silence with something along the lines of "What the #@$% is wrong with you? When someone says that they love you, you just DON'T SMILE!!! You say something back, preferably the same thing . . . . verbatum to be precise, only with a "too" at the end of it!!!!!"
We had meet 2 years prior to that night at a party that I was at with my then current boyfriend-type person. When my LOVE walked in the door our eyes locked on each other and I asked my boyfriend in a kinda short of breathe like manner, "WHO IS THAT?" Bad move - I'm aware - of course the boyfriend was offended and blurted out that, "Oh that's So-and-so and he pretty much hates women!" "You mean, he prefers men?" I shot back. "No, no, no he's just gotten out of a really awful relationship" said the boyfriend.
Fast-forward 2 years and I'm at a club dancing with friends. I look up and see my LOVE staring at me with a drink in one hand and the other hand in his jeans pocket. He's staring and staring and staring some more. Finally, I got fed up and made a bee-line over to him and asked, "So, are you going to stare at me all night, or are you going to talk to me?" And, it's at this point that his oratory skills acquired from his career in law came to their full potential with the most romantic thing I've heard, "Errrr . . . .uuuhhhhh . . . . . mmmmmm . . .eerrr . . . . gulp." I mean seriously, he had me at "Errr", don'cha know! Later that evening, we checked each other for tonsils and began what has turned into a fantastic 19-year adventure together.
And I made you endure that story to tell you this one and to go "on the record" about how time and age changes one's attitudes toward romance. This story begins with my little sister, Pauli. She is a marvelous cook, she's also a vegan and exercises and generally eats bark and pretty much ranks in the "super hero" division of mother to her two little boys. The other day we were visiting about our plans for Valentines day. She was planning a dinner with a menu that consisted of grilled shrimp salad, scallop chowder with Pernod and Thyme and grilled kebabs with guava BBQ sauce. Frankly, after a few minutes of hearing this, I was feeling like my planned dinner of Pringles, Altoids, and Cheddar Whizzy shot straight out of the can into our mouths, lacked a little something.
So, of course I said, "say who? . . . what the . . . where did all that come from?" "My Coastal Living," she said, "it came in the mail the other day and those recipes were in there - it's their annual islands issue." So, of course I rushed home and pulled mine out of the mailbox and immediately turned to the "It's Five O'clock Somewhere" article and found a ton of new booze recipes to increase the whole island bartender vibe I'm throwin' out these days. They were sharing cocktails from islands around the world, like Bali, Fiji, Nantucket, Capri and Mauritius.
I also got really inspired by their piece on "The Prettiest Island Rooms." They have pulled together some of their favorite tropics-inspired rooms into one super slide show. You can go to Coastal Living.com and see it here.
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I need to ask you to suspend reality for just a moment and play like I'm Sally Field and I'm making a really earnest acceptance speech at the Academy Awards show.....
Are you there?
Okay, how 'bout if you imagine I'm on a float in the "The Little Miss Colorado River and Surrounding Tributaries" parade waving like a true festival queen . . . . ya know - elbow, elbow, wrist, wrist, elbow, elbow, while simultaneously trying to retrieve my beauty queen one-piece swimsuit out of my. . . . uhm . . . . err . . . . crown jewels.
Okay . . . now you're there . . . aren't 'cha?
So, YAY! The winners of The People's Choice Awards were posted today on Poppytalk and I won 'Favourite Vintage Shop!!!' Thanks to everyone who voted. You are all the most marvelous creatures on the planet and I'm sending lots and lots of gushy affection in everyone's general direction!
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A Stroll Down Owee-ka-bowee Blvd.
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If you plan on painting your stairs as a chosen DIY project, there's about a one-bazillion percent chance that you'll spend at least a portion of that undertaking in an urgent-care clinic at the corner of Owee-ka-bowee Blvd. and Lord Just Take Me Now.
I hadn't foreseen this inevitable possibility, thinking naively that it's just some paint and a little tape applied to some harmless looking risers and steps. Sadly, I was mistaken.
As da Hubbs and I sat for what like seemed like an eternity in the "We Use the Word Urgent Loosely Medical Center Clinic," I comforted myself with the image of a steaming hot bathtub in which I could soak my bruised and bonked-up body parts.
I had worked so hard not to be here, I had held tightly to the hand rail when I scaled up or descended down the stairs, always being very careful to keep my "size boat" feet within the 6 inch space that remained unpainted on each step. It all went wrong, however, when the big toe on my left foot became snagged on the hem of the right leg of my "you-got-a-ka-donky-donk-butt" warm up pants. I pivoted toward the handrail in order to stabilize myself with my other hand and it was at that point that I started tumbling backward down the staircase. The scene may have looked something like a gymnastics routine but it sounded more like a shoe in the dryer - a big ol' six feet one inch long, one hundred somethin' somethin' pound steel-toed heavy soled shoe!!
Exactly one hour later the doctor was ready for us. After a flashlight in the eyes here and a poke and a picture there and a "Yep, that's quite a bruise" statement or two, I was released to go claim my long awaited soak in the tub. After 2 days of nursing all the sympathy out my family that I could extract, I'm happy to say the only things that are still bruised are my ribs, my tailbone, and my ego. Oh, and the stairs? . . . . they're fine . . . . not even so much as a scratch . . . . I'll let them know you asked after them.
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