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Юрій Петрович Любимов (; 30 вересня 1917 — 5 жовтня 2014) — російський актор, режисер. Лауреат Державної премії СРСР (1952) та Державної премії Росії (1996).

Закінчив Театральне училище при Театрі ім. Є Вахтангова (1940).

Головний режисер «Театру на Таганці». Викладав у Театральному училищі ім. Б. Щукіна. Знявся у фільмах: «Молода гвардія», «Кубанські козаки», у стрічках О. Довженка: «Мічурін» (перекладач), «Прощавай, Америко!», українській кінокартині «Блакитні дороги» (1947, Вєткін) тощо.

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 Всемирный биографический Энциклопедический словарь. М., 1998. — С.446;
 УСЕ: Універсальний словник-енциклопедія. К., 1999. — С.798;
 Театр: Энциклопедия. М., 2002. — С.197—198.

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Q: Gnome issues - freezing and screenshots In past week I notice a serious problem on my Ubuntu system, and I don't know how to find out a reason for it (I guess that it is caused by some update, but how to find out"?)
Two issues show up:

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*when I play video files in VLC (files are from remote mounted network ftp) then sometimes (once in a day) it it freezes my desktop. I hear that video continues to play, but desktop is frozen. I can't even switch to ctrl + alt + F consoles. Reboot is only option. I noticed that it mostly happens when I have VLC in windowed mode and I hover with my mouse over VLC somewhere around 'progress bar' which shows how far is it in video file.

*when I try to do a screenshot, either through xfce4-screenshooter or gimp screenshot feature, I get either black image or corrupted image.

I use "Ubuntu 18.04 LTS" (bionic), desktop "ubuntu:GNOME", all packages are up-to-date; gimp 2.8.22; xfce4-screenshooter 1.8.2; I have desktop on two displays. Graphics card "Radeon HD 5870".
I don't see anything suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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Stokes, a former Seattle Seahawks safety, was the Miami Dolphins' assistant general manager before being fired in February. Stokes spent 12 years with Seattle in various scouting and personnel roles, and also served as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' director of college scouting.
Patten, a former Duke offensive lineman who played for several NFL teams, was most recently the San Francisco 49ers' director of college scouting before leaving in 2014.
In addition to the hires, several Panthers scouts also received new titles and responsibilities.
College scouting director Don Gregory becomes the director of player personnel. Jeff Morrow, a national scout, assumes Cowden's former role of assistant college scouting director and Mike Szabo was promoted to a national scout.


Although the Bible is without doubt the most significant of Christian Scripture, it is often thought to be the only Christian Scripture. There are many other sources of 'scripture' and inspired writings, many very profound. Sadly overlooked, these compliment the message of the Bible and help to expand our understanding of God's Word. Not all inspired writings can be called scripture, of course, and I know that some reading this will not agree that they are scripture at all. I've included here some of the creeds and liturgies that have been recited throughout history and have become loved and regarded as nearly as important as the Bible itself. If that is not your view, that's okay, but don't underestimate the great contribution to Christianity that these have made. We must also understand that many do see these as nearly as important as the Bible. Whilst I don't accept all of them myself, I think I am within the latter group.


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Travel + Leisure magazine has given its seal of approval to four Hill Country communities as being among eight of the best small towns in Texas.
In a list published July 28, the magazine lauds Bandera, Dripping Springs, Johnson City, and Wimberley, offering vignettes of the Hill Country towns.
Nicknamed the "Cowboy Capital of the World," Bandera "is the perfect place to learn how to be a cowboy," thanks to the presence of several dude ranches and the area's historic role in cattle drives. The magazine also notes the ability to explore the Hill Country State Natural Area, go kayaking on the Medina River, visit the Frontier Times Museum, or hang out at 11th Street Cowboy Bar, "the biggest little bar in Texas." Bandera is roughly 120 miles southwest of Austin.
Dripping Springs, the magazine says, "is a mecca for those who love spirit tastings, as the town is full of distilleries." Also prevalent in the area are wineries. For nature lovers, Travel + Leisure suggests checking out Hamilton Pool Preserve. Those in search of indoor activities can partake of boutiques, restaurants, and live music venues. Dripping Springs is nearly 25 miles southwest of Austin.
Travel + Leisure describes Johnson City as a "Hill Country escape full of beauty and history." Of course, that history centers on former President Lyndon B. Johnson. You can tour his boyhood home, visit the LBJ Ranch, or head to the LBJ State Park and Historic Site. Numerous wineries in the area showcase Texas vino. Johnson City is roughly 50 miles west of Austin.
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US military personnel may be at increased risk for skin cancer
Jennifer Powers
Active duty military members and veterans in the United States appear to be at elevated risk for melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers, according to study results published in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Although the link between occupational sun exposure and skin cancer is well established, the risks among military personnel required further investigation, according to Jennifer Powers, MD, associate professor of dermatology at The University of Iowa, and colleagues.
The researchers conducted a systematic review to assess skin cancer risk among U.S. military personnel, with the purpose to increase education, improve diagnosis and advance treatment in this population.
Powers and colleagues reviewed nine published studies that focused on melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer among military personnel. Four studies focused specifically on melanoma.
Results revealed an association between increased melanoma risk and military service or prisoner of war status.
Active duty military members and veterans in the United States appear to be at elevated risk for melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers
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Service in tropical environments appeared associated with elevated incidence of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer among World War II solders.
Findings from two of the studies analyzed showed a branch-dependent relationship with increased melanoma risk, with the highest rates observed among those who served in the Air Force.
Several of the studies Powers and colleagues reviewed identified increased sun exposure and lack of sufficient sun protection as key drivers of higher skin cancer incidence among U.S. military members and veterans.
HemOnc Today spoke with Powers about how the study came about, the implications of the results, how skin cancer risk among active duty military members can be reduced, and whether this study could serve as a first step toward changing policy.
Question: What prompted this study?
Answer: Researchers have known for a while that men — particularly those in the age range of 55 to 65 years — have less favorable outcomes for melanoma. They are the patients most likely to die of this disease. I had discussed the idea for this study with a number of people, including Alan C. Geller, MPH, RN, senior lecturer in social and behavioral sciences and deputy director of public health practice at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He and I spoke about the potential influence of military service playing a role in that trend of poorer outcomes. We wanted to know whether military service explains all of it or some of it, or whether there is a biologic component. We also wanted to explore the differences in outcomes between men and women.
We conducted a national survey of veterans, which included service members coming back from Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. We wanted to evaluate these individuals coming back from service in the desert in Iraq and Afghanistan, with a focus on their access to sunscreen, whether they had been sunburned and, if they were not using sunscreen, why not.
Q: What did the survey show?
A: A lot of the individuals who were sunburned had light skin, but they were not the only ones. We saw sunburns across skin types. We found a lot of these service members didn't have access to skin protection strategies. This gave us a window into our current study. We wanted to put this into a review analysis that might challenge the skin cancer community to try to further understand the risks. That's why we did the systematic review and analysis. This study is essentially a call to investigators to further study this field so we can get a better handle on the factors associated with skin cancer among military members.
Q: Which outcomes did you expect, and which ones surprised you?
A: We found it interesting that this trend of increased melanoma risk among military members has been constant over 9 decades. You can see a variety of articles in Table 1 of our data set. Some studies dating to World War II have demonstrated increased melanoma risk among those going to the equatorial zone for service. These data have been validated by more sophisticated approaches looking at service from the 1990s and early 2000s. The fact that this trend has remained constant over time bolsters the argument that this is a knowledge gap. It's also important to note that we pulled articles pertaining to nonmelanoma skin cancer risk, and that this risk also increased in this population. Although nonmelanoma skin cancer is not necessarily as fatal as melanoma, it still represents an additional burden for these individuals on top of whatever they might have experienced during their active duty service. These patients are dealing with disfiguring malignancies on their noses and other parts of their face. On a larger level, there is an additional burden on the system in terms of health care expenditures that we are all dealing with. So, this finding is relevant to all of us.
Q: What are the next steps for research?
A: We plan to look at some of the mutations that we see in melanomas among military veterans to see if they differ from those observed in nonmilitary members.
Q: Is more intensive education and a more proactive approach toward skin protection feasible for active - duty military members, given the other extremely important priorities on which they must remain focused? If so, who will monitor this and how?
A: Both are great questions that I'm not sure I am qualified to answer. Our job as researchers is to understand what the cancer risks are. We have conducted focus groups and asked those who have served for their input on the topic. Feasibility is something we would challenge those in the military to think about more specifically. Ultimately, it will be up to them to figure out how it fits in with those priorities. And the same is true for monitoring those approaches. All we can do is let them know that this is an important challenge, because these service members continue to be at risk for mortality even after they have returned from the war zone. It is going to take people from all sides to figure this out.
Q: Is there anything else you would like to mention?
A: We would love to get additional data that further bolsters the importance of screening before and after missions abroad to help prevent these skin cancers. That data may help us change policy. It also is important to consider that this is an easy area to overlook. We have known for a while that certain groups with occupational sun exposure — such as postal workers and airline pilots — have a higher risk for skin cancer. It is important that we are proactive, and that the research continues for the simple reason that melanoma is preventable. Protection works. – by Rob Volansky
Riemenschneider K, et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018;doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2017.11.062.
Jennifer Powers, MD, can be reached at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52246; email: jennifer-g-powers@uiowa.edu.
D isclosure: Powers reports no relevant financial disclosures.


Forgetful…Was I Always This Way?
Yep, so I finally did it. I finally broke down and bought a day planner. It's nothing fancy, and yes I do have an iPhone with a calendar, but it does help me to at least remember day to day events. Unfortunately, I've still managed to forget one thing…a daily snack for my child.
I got an email today from Davey's teacher. She wanted to let me know that Davey hasn't had a snack in his bag the past two days of school and she wanted to know if everything was alright. Yikes! I explained to her that it was completely my fault, that I was used to sending in a bag of treats monthly for the entire class. It's a lot easier to remember things once a month as opposed to every other day. She explained it was alright, that she had provided him with some goldfish from a stash she keeps on hand (I suppose for dead beat parents like me).
I felt so guilty while reading the email. I envisioned my sweet little Davey looking around at all the kids and their super yummy snacks all made by hand I'm sure from their super moms. I could see his shoulders slump as his teacher gave him some of what she had, his embarrassment growing red across his body over the fact that his mom forget a snack. I made him feel like Alexander, from the book Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. When he got in the car, I immediately apologized to him. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "that's ok. I accept your apology." I prodded him more, eager (for some strange reason) to see if I had truly scarred my child. Thankfully I didn't, but this has me wondering just when did I become so forgetful?
I've always been a timely person, remember birthdays, following through with commitments, never needing a to-do list. These days if I don't literally write down the words "pack Davey's snack", then it's like I'm suffering early onset Alzheimers, which worries me.
I'm told it comes with the territory of being a mom, that your mind is so overloaded it seems to go on the fritz from time to time. So, does this mean that I will always be this way? I will forever be a slave to the day planners and calendars I've NEVER used before in my 40 years on this earth? I guess so. In the meantime, I've now put a sticky note on the fridge, on Davey's back pack, my bathroom mirror, and my steering wheel to remind me to pack Davey's snack.


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package armapimanagement_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/apimanagement/armapimanagement"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/apimanagement/resource-manager/Microsoft.ApiManagement/stable/2021-08-01/examples/ApiManagementGetApiExportInOpenApi2dot0.json
func ExampleAPIExportClient_Get() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := armapimanagement.NewAPIExportClient("subid", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := client.Get(ctx,
		"rg1",
		"apimService1",
		"echo-api",
		armapimanagement.ExportFormatSwagger,
		armapimanagement.ExportAPITrue,
		nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// TODO: use response item
	_ = res
}

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`It is good to win tournaments'
p. k. ajith kumar
SHE was wearing a black salwar for the prize distribution ceremony. It would not look good in the photographs, we felt. So we requested her: could she wear something else?
"I have one blue salwar and another one in brown," she said, "Would one of them be okay?"
We agreed upon the brown one, and she was back for the photo session in 10 minutes. That's Bhagyashree Thipsay for you. No airs, no hassles, ever ready to speak. She's been one player whom you could call up even late in the night for a quote.
She's been so all these years one has known her. She may no longer be a permanent fixture in the Indian team that she used to be. She may not be playing in as many tournaments as she used to be.
But Bhagyashree, 41, is still as passionate about chess as ever. And at Kozhikode, she showed she could still be one of the best in the country if she really puts her mind to it.
That mind was sharp and agile at the women's `B' championship, where she emerged the winner with an unbeaten record. She may have had to wait for the result of another game in the final round to ensure that she was indeed the champion.
That was because she had agreed to a quick draw in her final round game with Tania Sachdev, who needed half-a-point to qualify for the women's `A'. "Under normal circumstances I wouldn't have settled for a draw. I would've played," she said. "But since this tournament is all about qualification, I agreed for the draw."
The draw, as luck would have it, proved enough for her third National women's `B' crown in the end, as her closest rivals, M. R. Sangeetha and Koneru Chandra Hawsa, drew their game on the second board. If that encounter had produced a decisive result, Bhagyashree wouldn't have been the champion.
She said she was delighted that she won the title. "Of course qualifying is the first objective, but it's good to win tournaments. This, of course, is not a very strong event like the women's `A', but looking at the field you can say that there were some very good players here."
She regained the title she last won in Visakhapatanam two years ago. She couldn't defend her title last year in Pune, as she could not play there. She was going through a tough time then. Both she and her husband, Grandmaster (GM) Praveen Thipsay, had suffered severe health problems.
As a result of her opting out of the Pune women's `B', she missed a National women's `A' for the first time since she made her debut in 1979. She's won the women's `A' on five occasions.
When she did it for the first time, in 1985, she created history. She was the first woman outside the Khadilkar family to lift the senior National title. One of the three sisters, Vasanti, Jayashree or Rohini, had won the championship in its first 10 years. "It wasn't easy breaking the monopoly," she said. "I was made to feel uncomfortable when I made it to the Indian team for the Olympiad."
Bhagyashree, an assistant general manager at IDBI, Mumbai, has represented India in eight Olympiads. Her first one was in 1980 in Malta, and the last in Yerevan in 1996. She has made two Woman Grandmaster norms, and needs just one more to get the title. If she does that without taking too much time, the Thipsays could be the first GM couple in the country.
She was one of the older participants at Kozhikode, where the average age, as Evgeny Vladimirov, who was a regular visitor at the venue, pointed out, was probably less than 16. "Meeting the younger players is always a challenge," said Bhagyashree. "They are better prepared and more privileged. I wasn't familiar with some of the openings they played against me, so I had to take them out of the book at the earliest opportunity."
Even those well-prepared, well-equipped youngsters couldn't really stretch her. When in form, Bhagyashree is hard to beat and a delight to watch.
Very few women in India can match her in aggression over the board. She's a fiercely attacking player, but she's not rash.
All her aggression though is reserved only for chess.
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Men 3 Times as Likely to Require Admission Into ICU with Coronavirus: Report
A study published Wednesday found that more men were admitted to ICUs and died from the coronavirus than women
By Ashley Boucher
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A new study shows that men could be three times as likely to require hospitalization after being infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The study, published in Nature Communications, looked at more than three million cases of the contagious respiratory illness worldwide and included data from 46 countries and 44 states in the U.S.
Researchers from the University College London and South Africa's University of Cape Town found that while both males and females have an equal chance of being infected, male patients were almost 1.4 times as likely to die from COVID-19.
The analysis additionally found that male patients had "almost three times the odds" of needing to be admitted to an intensive care unit than female patients, CNN reported Wednesday.
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Of the more than 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 observed in the study, about 120,000 were men and 91,000 were women, CNN reported, and of the 12,000 ICU admissions, about 8,000 were men and 4,000 were women.
That men seemed to be dying from COVID-19 more than women was first noticed by health officials back in March.
Dr. Kate Webb, one of the study's authors, said that this is probably largely due to the difference in men's and women's immune systems.
Webb explained that the differences "range from the early immune responses to viral infection, to T cell responses, B cell responses and immune memory," CNN reported.
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"There are many potential reasons for these differences in immunity: hormones have immunological effects and women have two X chromosomes compared to one in men," the consultant pediatric rheumatologist said. "X chromosomes are packed full of genes which code for immunity."
Sex has been historically "under-appreciated" in scientific research, Webb added to CNN.
"Including females in basic laboratory research introduces variation that would not exist if only male cell or animal models were used, so they were usually excluded," she said. "Sex based differences are often missed even in the earliest laboratory research."
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PEOPLE previously reported that initial data seemed to suggest that men may be more at risk for COVID-19.
In Italy, an early analysis from the Higher Health Institute of Rome of 25,058 cases found that 8 percent of male patients died, compared to 5 percent of female patients, The New York Times reported in March.
And in South Korea, which tested the majority of the country for the virus, 61 percent of confirmed cases were in women. But of the small number of citizens who died from COVID-19, 54 percent were men.
In April, The Washington Post analyzed the split between men and women in deaths in several states.
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About CPAFMA Baltimore Board of Directors
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CPAFMA Presents 2022 Emerging Leader of the Year Award
The CPAFMA was honored to present their 2022 Emerging Leader of the Year Award during CONNECTIONS2022 held in late June in Portland, Maine. The recipient of this year's award is an individual who demonstrates a dedication to the CPA firm management profession through strong leadership, teamwork, and integrity, while continually developing their knowledge and experience, necessary in this ever-changing profession.
According to this year's recipient's managing partner, "she has been awesome to work with at our firm. I don't know how we could be the firm we are without her. She has become the backbone and the heart and soul of our firm."
This individual is Carly Valentine, Firm Administrator with Nietzke & Faupel, PC in Pigeon, Michigan. Carly joined the firm in 2017 working part-time in the tax department and became their Firm Administrator in 2020. While the firm was planning to move to a cloud-based system in May of 2020, the pandemic made this transition a priority and with Carly responsible for IT, she contributed immensely to the firm being able to work from home and make the conversion to the new cloud-based system a success. Her other responsibilities include HR activities, maintain the books and records for the firm's operating company and the firm's real estate company and acting secretary for the firm's Board of Directors.
Carly continues to develop her with the firm in cooperation with the firm's prior COO who is transitioning to retirement.
Congratulations to Carly Valentine on a much deserved recognition from CPA Firm Management Association.


The 2003 Honda Accord has come to the end of its 5 year model cycle and been replaced by by a new Honda Accord for 2008. And it marks the beginning of the end for inefficient old 'slushbox' automatics.
The secret of making a torque converter automatic work efficiently is a matter of matching gearing and lock-up with the torque characteristics of the engine.
That's why, according to Project Leader Hiroyuki Ikegami, Honda has been able to achieve better economy figures for its 2.4i petrol engined torque converter autos than for the manuals. Better even than those for a twin-shaft transmission like Mitsubishi's new SST.
Honda hasn't yet managed to perfectly match its 5-speed auto to the much narrower and stronger torque band of its new 150PS 2.2 I-DTEC diesel engine. Prototypes are running, though, and once Honda is happy with the CO2, economy and drivability, we'll see this combination in the UK.
A lot of thought has gone into the new Accord. You notice it in details like the fact the undulating dashtop does not reflect in the screen, the holes in the centre console are deep enough to hold bottles without interfering with your gearshifts, the reversing camera has the clearest, brightest screen display I have ever seen, the satnav controls are simple and intuitive, and the spoken instructions come from a voice that sounds like a combination of Joanna Lumley and Jenny Agutter rather than Miss Whiplash.
We drove the diesel Tourer first, then the 2.0i automatic saloon, then, as a comparison, a rented Mercedes C200CDI Classic, and finally a 2.4i automatic Tourer.
First impressions were of a big, solid car with very little mechanical, wind or road noise. Ikegami San explained much of this comparative silence was due to the flexible rubber mountings of the rear suspension subframe. The car steers more heavily and much more positively than the old Accord. 6th pulls about 35mph for every 1,000rpm. And the engine manages to be both quieter yet more punchy at the same time.
It's not hard to get to grips with the Adaptive Cruise Control, Collision Mitigation Braking System and Lane Keeping Assist System. When fitted, CMBS comes on with the cruise control and basically stops you crashing into anything in front. It can be switched off, if you want to live a little more dangerously.
LKAS can be brought in by a switch on the steering wheel and uses a camera system to keep the car in the middle of the lane in which you are travelling. First developed on the Legend, it could be left to do all your motorway steering for you, but the lawyers said "no", so instead it assists you to stay in lane rather than keeping you there by itself.
The perky rump of the Tourer no longer has the old Accord's famously troublesome self-lifting power tailgate, now standard only on the EX GT. It does have a long, golfer-friendly load area with lots of cubbies underneath, yet, annoyingly, no spare wheel where you would expect to find one (though there is enough space for one). The luggage blind incorporates a dog net that rather fiddlingly clips into slots in the headlining.
And something you notice when you get out to swap drivers is, you have not had to readjust the seats and steering wheel once. It's a very comfortable car, with plenty of head and legroom for five, including piggy in the middle in the back.
Next, a 156PS 2.0i auto saloon. This steered lot lighter and less reassuringly than the diesel, and felt a bit slow on the uptake as a consequence of the low CO2 automatic transmission mapping. But you can paddle shift it or lock it in Sport and kick down for 6,000rpm upchanges if you want to get a move on. It's still a fine car, but with a completely different character from the diesel.
After that, Honda bravely offered us a choice of a new Audi A4 B8, new Passat, BMW 3-Series or Mercedes C-Class. I hadn't actually driven a new C-Class before, so we went for that one.
It turned out to be a very basic spec C200CDI Classic manual, a standard Europcar rent-a-car. Yet had a wonderful taxi-like, hewn from solid feel to it. The kind of car I could honestly imagine clocking up half a million miles. It handled well, too. Yet, for the same sort of money, the Accord is a bigger, more imposing car, almost half way to an E Class.
Lastly, a 201PS 2.4i auto Touring. Like the 2.0i, this steered more like the old Accord, feeling disconcertingly vague at high speed on long motorway sleepers. And, though it was quicker than the 2.0i and revved cleanly to 7,000rpm in kickdown, it didn't go like it had 201PS, again the consequence of electronic control over the autobox that gives it better economy and lower CO2, but takes 9.3 seconds to reach 60 against the manual's 7.5.
After the launch, on landing back in the UK, I climbed into the Subaru Legacy Boxer diesel I had driven to the airport, and that, of course, is another competitor to the Accord. Starting from cold, the engine sounded like someone was shaking an old metal bucket of bolts under the bonnet. While the Accord diesel had the refinement of a recent graduate from finishing school the Legacy Boxer felt as if it had just been sent down to borstal. And, of course, the car itself is an older design, let down in details where the new Accord excels.
Buyers in this category are spoiled for choice. The new Audi A4 B8 Avant, the BMW E91 3 Series Touring, the Passat, the new C-Class, the new Mondeo, the new Mazda 6, the new Laguna. The Accord is bigger than any of these except the Mondeo and Mazda 6, and despite those car's qualities it feels the more solid car. No diesel auto in the launch range will lose a lot of customers it could have stolen from the 3-Series and C Class over the next 9 months. Though Honda would rather get that drivetrain right than put it out less than perfect.
But I reckon anyone who makes the switch from a previous model A4, C-Class or BMW 3-Series will not be disappointed. Nothing about the new Accord irritates. It's a significant improvement over the old Accord which was already a seriously good car. And it's a lot better looking, especially the Tourer.
So I predict more conquest sales from Audi, BMW and Mercedes and very little traffic going the other way.


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Return to 2011 March 10th horoscopes
Week of March 10th, 2011
"Dear Mr. Astrologer: Like the god Prometheus, I stole fire from the gods and gave it to people who sometimes make awful use of it. As punishment, the gods chained me to a rock on the beach, and arranged for an eagle to come daily to eat my liver. Luckily, the liver grows back every night. Unluckily, the eagle always returns to devour it again. I'm used to it by now; it doesn't hurt as much as it once did. But I'm still eager to get out of my predicament. Any suggestions? Aries in Limbo." Dear Aries: Your rescue is scheduled for no later than your birthday, possibly before. In the meantime, the best thing you can do to prepare for your release is to feel gratitude for all you've learned during your ordeal.
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In some spiritual traditions, devotees attempt an arduous process of self-transformation as they retrain themselves to perceive the world from God's point of view. If they succeed, they're honored with an initiation ritual and given a new name to consecrate their altered state.
I have the same problem with this custom that I have with the idea of enlightenment: Once isn't enough. Just as anyone in his or her right spiritual mind has a duty to keep claiming fresh varieties of enlightenment until the end of time, so should the initiations and renamings continue forever.
In my opinion, these considerations apply to you. You may not have sequestered yourself for years in a mountaintop monastery, and you may not have risen every morning at 5 a.m. to say prayers for hours, but you are an authentic devotee who has undergone equivalent ordeals. Your spiritual transformation has unfolded as you've dealt with the challenges of daily life during our epic moment in history, when unprecedented levels of annihilation and resurrection are the norm.
You have earned the right, therefore, to enjoy enlightenment after enlightenment and initiation after initiation and renaming after renaming.
I invite you to get started with a do-it-yourself initiation ceremony. It doesn't have to be long and complicated, and you can create it yourself. As an example of what you might do, here's a ritual that some Beauty and Truth Laboratory's initiates have performed: 1. Eat a pinch of dirt to declare your solidarity with Mother Earth. 2. Burn a five-dollar bill to purify your relationship with symbols of wealth. 3. Kick yourself in the ass to affirm your ongoing intention to discipline your shadow.
As one of your initiatory rewards, consider adopting a fresh alias during this and every initiation you carry out in the future. You can abandon your existing name if you want, or simply add your new tag to the current mix.
To celebrate the occasion, I invoke on your behalf the inspiration of all shedding things. Your tree of power will be the eucalyptus, whose bark peels away to reveal fresh layers beneath. Your lucky symbol will be the molting snake. Your sacred insect will be the silverfish, which bursts through its exoskeleton as it grows a new and bigger one. Your role model will be Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849), who had such a passionate commitment to reinventing himself that he celebrated 60 births, each time giving himself a new name.
Your meditation for this week comes from writer H. P. Lovecraft. "What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything!" While that's always good counsel, I think it's especially apt for you right now. You're in a phase of your astrological cycle when you'd be smart to evaluate your own worth based less on what job you do and more on who you are. Practice thinking this healing idea: The soulfulness you embody and express from moment to moment is the single greatest measure of your success as a human being.
You're got more strength and intelligence than you realize. For help in accessing those untapped inner resources, tune in to your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
DEFINITION: Pronoia is the antidote for paranoia. It's the understanding that the universe is fundamentally friendly. It's a mode of retraining your senses and intellect so you're able to perceive that life always gives you exactly what you need, exactly when you need it.
HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act of heroic genius. Pleasure is our birthright. Receptivity is a superpower.
PROCEDURE: Act as if the universe is a prodigious miracle created for your amusement and illumination. Assume that secret helpers are working behind the scenes to assist you in turning into the gorgeous masterpiece you were born to be. Join the conspiracy to shower all of creation with blessings.
One of my favorite peculiarities about the English language is the idiosyncratic words it uses to characterize groups of specific animals. For example, the correct term for many owls gathered together is not "flock" but "parliament": a "parliament of owls." Likewise, we say a "rabble of butterflies," a "prickle of hedgehogs," a "shrewdness of apes," and a "murder of crows." If I had to come up with a comparable term for the human members of your tribe, it might be something like a "zeal of Geminis" or a "charm of Geminis" or a "romp of Geminis" or an "exaltation of Geminis." All those words capture part of the glory that will be you, especially for the next few weeks.
How are you going to change what needs to be changed and accept what needs to be accepted? To get some support from me, tune in to your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
"The secret of life," said sculptor Henry Moore to poet Donald Hall, "is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is--it must be something you cannot possibly do." What is that task for you?
The roots of the lotus are anchored in muck at the pond's bottom. Its leaves float on the water and its dramatic flower rises above on a thick stem. It's an evocative plant that is featured in many ancient myths. For Buddhists, it was an emblem of enlightenment: beauty ascending from the mud. In India, a thousand-petaled golden lotus symbolized the miracle of creation. To the Egyptians, it represented rebirth. Even modern science has contributed to building the mystique of the lotus, having determined that its seeds can remain viable for many centuries. It's not a fragile marvel! In the 16th-century Chinese folk tale "Monkey," a teacher instructed the hero on how to achieve a long life. "Even amidst fierce flames," he said, "the Golden Lotus can be planted." For the foreseeable future, Cancerian, the lotus is your power object.
Sometimes it's a challenge to try to figure out what's important and what's not important. If you'd like more of my input, tune in to your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
With luck and persistence, you will be able to claim the rewards promised you at the beginning of time -- not just any old beauty, wisdom, goodness, love, freedom, and justice, but rather exhilarating beauty that incites you to be true to yourself; crazy wisdom that immunizes you against the temptation to believe your ideals are ultimate truths; outrageous goodness that inspires you to experiment with boisterous empathy; generous freedom that keeps you alert for opportunities to share your wealth; insurrectionary love that endlessly transforms you; and a lust for justice that's leavened with a knack for comedy, keeping you honest as you work humbly to liberate everyone in the world from ignorance and suffering.
"Picture a very complicated combination lock, one that requires dialing up eight different numbers to open," writes Arianna Huffington. "You have seven of the numbers, but the lock still won't open until you hit upon that final number. One-eighth may not seem as 'big' as seven-eighths, but without the final click of the combination, the tumblers won't fall into place." Sound familiar, Leo? In my astrological opinion, you have dialed up the first seven numbers but you don't know what the eighth is yet; until you discover it, the lock will stay closed. Where should you look for the missing info? It's now within your reach, and it wasn't before.
How well is your imagination working these days? Could it use a boost? A prod? A jolt of inspiration? Try tuning in to your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
Six miles from Maui is a Hawaiian island that tourists never visit --Kaho'olawe. The U.S. Navy seized it in 1941 and used it as a target range for decades. After years of protests by Native Hawaiians, the Navy finally stopped bombing and began a clean-up campaign. In November, 2003, it formally turned control of the island over to the rightful owners.
"You can get a feel on Kaho'olawe of what it was like to live on Hawaii at the time of our ancestors," says Native Hawaiian Davianna McGregor. "We can practice our traditions there without it being a tourist attraction. It's one place we can go to be in communion with our natural life forces."
Each of us has a personal version of Kaho'olawe: a part of our psyche that has been stolen or colonized by hostile forces. To grow bolder in exploring pronoia, you'll need to take back yours.
In the coming week, it's very important that you stay out of other people's hells -- even if they invite you in with a big welcome, and even if you're tempted to join them there in their infernos as a misguided way of proving your love. Be compassionate, Virgo, but don't be manipulated or foolish. The best thing you can do to help others is to cultivate your own mental health with ingenuity, trusting in its radiant power to heal by example.
Want more clues? Need further insight? For more evocative questions and pithy suggestions about your unfolding destiny, check out your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
I'm allergic to dogma. I thrive on riddles. Any idea I believe, I reserve the right to disbelieve as well. But more than any other vision I've ever tested, pronoia describes the way the world actually is. It's wetter than water, stronger than death, and truer than the news. It smells like cedar smoke in the autumn rain, and if you close your eyes right now, you can feel it shimmering like the aurora borealis in your organs and muscles. Its song is your blood's song.
Some people argue that life is strife and suffering is normal. Others swear we're born sinful and only heaven can provide us with the peace that passes understanding. But pronoia says that being alive on this rough green and brown planet is the highest honor and privilege. It's an invitation to work wonders and perform miracles that aren't possible in any nirvana, promised land, or afterlife.
I'm not exaggerating or indulging in poetic metaphor when I tell you that we are already living in paradise. Visualize it if you dare. The sweet stuff that quenches all of our longing is not far away in some other time and place. It's right here and right now.
Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning knew the truth: "Earth's crammed with heaven."
"Two paradoxes are better than one," said physicist Edward Teller. "They may even suggest a solution." I hope this gives you a glimmer of appreciation for the sparkling contradictions you're surrounded by, Libra. It would be understandable if up until today you felt they were crazy-making stressors that served no good purpose. But now maybe you will be motivated to stand on your head, cross your eyes, and try to see how the tangy riddles might actually be used to untangle each other.
How much do you want to know about your life? How far do you dare to go in your quest for self-mastery? For more insight into your intriguing fate, tune in to your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
Quoting geneticists, Guy Murchie says we're all family. You have at least a million relatives as close as tenth cousin, and no one on Earth is any farther removed than your 50th cousin.
Murchie also describes our kinship through an analysis of how deeply we share the air. With each breath, you take into your body 10 sextillion atoms, and--owing to the wind's ceaseless circulation--over a year's time you have intimate relations with oxygen molecules exhaled by every person alive, as well as by everyone who ever lived. Right now you may be carrying atoms that were once inside the lungs of Malcolm X, Christopher Columbus, Joan of Arc, and Cleopatra.
Despite the wealth and renown he has accumulated during his influential career, musician Brian Eno is a big fan of raw simplicity. Speaking about R&B, soul music, and psychedelia, he said, "These earlier eras of pop music were characterized not by the search for perfection but by bizarre enthusiasms, small budgets, erratic technique, crummy equipment, and wild abandon." Would you consider playing with that approach in the coming weeks, Scorpio? It's not necessarily something you should do all the time, but right now I suspect it's a formula for the most interesting kind of success.
Would you like to hear more about the hidden factors influencing your life? Do you want to uncover the secrets you've been hiding even from yourself? Listen to your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
More and more creative people find they do their best work when they're feeling healthy and secure. We know writers who no longer need to be drunk or in agony in order to shed the numbness of their daily routine and tap into the full powers of their imagination. We have filmmaker friends whose best work flows not from the depths of alienated self-doubt but rather from the heights of well-earned bliss. Singer-songwriter P.J. Harvey is the patron saint of this new breed. "When I'm contented, I'm more open to receiving a lot of inspiration," she has testified. "I'm most creative when I feel safe and happy.
Research Digest Blog asked eminent psychologists to write about the theme "one nagging thing you still don't understand about yourself." One expert wondered why he always overestimates how much work he can get done. Another pondered the fact that he falls prey to his own irrational biases even though he's well aware he has them. A third said he can't fathom why it's so easy for him to learn some things and so hard to learn others. What would your answer be, Sagittarius? This is an excellent time, astrologically speaking, to see if you can get to the bottom of a truth about yourself that has always eluded you. (Read the story.)
Do you wish you could get more clarity about the foggy, ambiguous situations you're dealing with? Want more help in exploring the Great Mystery that is your life? I discuss your coming week in greater depth in your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
The sage and her student were standing by a pool discussing longing and ambition.
"What do you want more than anything else?" the sage asked.
"To perfect my ability to love all of creation the way I love myself," the young man replied.
At that moment, the sage tackled the student and shoved his head beneath the water. Accustomed to letting his teacher shape the unpredictable contours of his education, he did not resist.
One minute went by. Then another. The student began to struggle and kick. His teacher was strong.
Finally she released her grip and the student surfaced, fighting for breath.
"What did you want more than anything else during these last few minutes?" the sage inquired.
"Nothing else was in my mind except the desire for air," gasped the student.
"Excellent," beamed the sage. "As soon as you are equally single-minded in your desire to perfect your ability to love all of creation the way you love yourself, you will achieve your goal."
I suspect that you will either be spectacularly right or breathtakingly wrong in the coming days. Which way it goes will all depend on whether you're observing and responding to the actual events unfolding in front of you or else are more focused on the images dancing around in your imagination. Of course it's always a good idea to get your biases and projections out of the way so you can see life as it really is, but it's especially crucial now. So much is contingent upon your ability to be acutely perceptive and crisply objective.
Do you want further explorations of the intriguing twists and turns of your personal evolution? Would you like help in solving the riddles that confuse you? Check out your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
Go to the ugliest or most forlorn place you know--a drugstore parking lot, the front porch of a crack house, a toxic waste dump, or the place that symbolizes your secret shame--and build a shrine devoted to beauty, truth, and love.
Here are some suggestions about what to put in your shrine: a silk scarf; a smooth rock on which you've inscribed a haiku or joke with a felt-tip pen; coconut cookies or ginger candy; pumpkin seeds and an origami crane; a green kite shaped like a dragon; a music CD you love; a photo of your hero; a votive candle carved with your word of power; a rubber ducky; a bouquet of fresh beets; a print of Van Gogh's "Starry Night."
In the old fairy tale, the character known as Rumpelstiltskin had the power to spin straw into gold. That skill has a metaphorical resemblance to the wizardry you could pull off in the coming weeks: transforming seemingly ordinary or worthless stuff into a valuable asset. Although your work might seem a bit miraculous and make some people wonder if you've used hocus-pocus, the fact is that it may at times feel tedious or extremely demanding to you. Be gutsy in your mastery of the intricate details, Aquarius. I'll be thinking of you as the Gritty Magician.
Need more help in figuring out the questions life is asking you? Crave more support in your efforts to build your courage? Check out your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
Late at night when there's no traffic, stride down the middle of an empty road that by day is crawling with cars. Dance, careen, and sing songs that fill you with pleasurable emotions. Splay your arms triumphantly as you extemporize prayers in which you make extravagant demands and promises. Give pet names to the trees you pass, declare your admiration for the workers who made the road, and celebrate your sovereignty over a territory that usually belongs to heavy machines and their operators.
"Good things may come to those who wait -- but they're mostly just the things left behind by those who hustle and bustle." That message was in the fortune cookie I got with my Chinese take-out food tonight. It happens to be a perfect fit for your current astrological omens, so I'm handing it over to you. In the coming week, I don't recommend that you sit around patiently and watch how the trends ripen. I don't think you should bide your time or be cautious in making a commitment. Be proactive, Pisces -- maybe even gung ho. Carpe the freaking diem.
What fresh blessings will life bring you? What questions should you be asking? To explore the ripening trends further, tune in to your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.
Contrary to what some translations of the Bible say, it won't be the meek who shall inherit the earth. On the other hand, the arrogant power mongers won't collect the legacy either. Neither the indecisive wimps nor the acquisitive bullies will contribute much to creating the New World.
Who, then, will inherit the earth? What kind of human beings are best-equipped to thrive in the evolving game of life? We say it will be the well-disciplined pleasure-seekers who are in vigorous dialogue with their own dark sides, who balance the masculine and feminine aspects of their natures, and who master the fine arts of working at their play and playing at their work.
Assume our definition has some validity for you. What would you have to do to become more like one of the inheritors of the earth?


I wanted to report the bug to mozilla but it took me 15 minutes to even find their bugzilla and then it wanted too much of my time and to share my personal info (email address). So I will just post it here instead.
So basically the problem is if you double inspect, you can't escape the inspector and the close box (X) disappears.
Screen shots after the jump.
I checked the bug lists and didn't see anything that seemed like it was this issue, it's not something I would expect most people to run into, but my natural instinct for how a program should behave on the inspect when already inspecting is for it to switch and stop inspecting the original.


When skimming Pinterest on "Things to do before December 25th" they included; play in the snow, drink a hot toddy, build a gingerbread house ... ext. I couldn't help but feeling the list was empty, as if a crucial element was missing. Helping others pushing past superficial nonsense and to be a show others love and compassion is my goal this season. Sure, gingerbread, lights and snow are great and I love a hot toddy as much as the next girl.... but the season can be much more meaningful, an impactful.
2. Write a one letter a night to those that I love and have impacted my life.
3. Write down one thing I am thankful for every night.


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package api

import (
	"os"
	"testing"

	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
)

func TestGetUsers(t *testing.T) {
	Convey("Testing GetUsers", t, func() {
		Convey("without where clause", func() {
			client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
			users, err := client.GetUsers(nil)
			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
			So(len(users.Items) > 0, ShouldBeTrue)
			So(users.Items[0].Id, ShouldNotBeNil)
		})
		Convey("with where clause", func() {
			client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
			users, err := client.GetUsers(map[string]string{"login": "moul"})
			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
			So(len(users.Items), ShouldEqual, 1)
			So(users.Items[0].Login, ShouldEqual, "moul")
		})
	})
}

func TestGetUser(t *testing.T) {
	Convey("Testing GetUser", t, func() {
		client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
		users, err := client.GetUsers(map[string]string{"login": "moul"})
		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
		So(len(users.Items), ShouldEqual, 1)

		userID := users.Items[0].Id
		user, err := client.GetUser(userID)
		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
		So(user.Id, ShouldEqual, userID)
		So(user.Login, ShouldEqual, "moul")
		So(user.Name, ShouldEqual, "Manfred Touron")
	})
}

func TestGetRawOrganizationUsers(t *testing.T) {
	Convey("Testing GetRawOrganizationUsers", t, func() {
		Convey("without where clause", func() {
			client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
			rawOrganizationUsers, err := client.GetRawOrganizationUsers(nil)
			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
			So(len(rawOrganizationUsers.Items), ShouldNotEqual, 0)
			So(rawOrganizationUsers.Items[0].Id, ShouldNotBeNil)
		})
		Convey("with where clause", func() {
			client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
			rawOrganizationUsers, err := client.GetRawOrganizationUsers(map[string]string{"role": "pwner"})
			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
			So(len(rawOrganizationUsers.Items), ShouldNotEqual, 0)
			So(rawOrganizationUsers.Items[0].Role, ShouldEqual, "pwner")
		})
	})
}

func TestGetRawLevelInstanceUsers(t *testing.T) {
	Convey("Testing GetRawLevelInstanceUsers", t, func() {
		Convey("without where clause", func() {
			client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
			rawLevelInstanceUsers, err := client.GetRawLevelInstanceUsers(nil)
			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
			So(len(rawLevelInstanceUsers.Items), ShouldNotEqual, 0)
			So(rawLevelInstanceUsers.Items[0].Id, ShouldNotBeNil)
		})
		/*Convey("with where clause", func() {
			client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
			rawLevelInstanceUsers, err := client.GetRawLevelInstanceUsers(map[string]string{"role": "pwner"})
			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
			So(len(rawLevelInstanceUsers.Items), ShouldNotEqual, 0)
			So(rawLevelInstanceUsers.Items[0].Role, ShouldEqual, "pwner")
		})*/
	})
}

func TestGetRawLevelInstances(t *testing.T) {
	Convey("Testing GetRawLevelInstances", t, func() {
		Convey("without where clause", func() {
			client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
			rawLevelInstances, err := client.GetRawLevelInstances(nil)
			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
			So(len(rawLevelInstances.Items), ShouldNotEqual, 0)
			So(rawLevelInstances.Items[0].Id, ShouldNotBeNil)
		})
		Convey("with where clause", func() {
			client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
			rawLevelInstances, err := client.GetRawLevelInstances(map[string]bool{"active": true})
			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
			So(len(rawLevelInstances.Items), ShouldNotEqual, 0)
			So(rawLevelInstances.Items[0].Active, ShouldEqual, true)
		})
	})
}

func TestGetRawLevelInstance(t *testing.T) {
	Convey("Testing GetRawLevelInstance", t, func() {
		client := NewAPIPathwar(os.Getenv("PATHWAR_TOKEN"), os.Getenv("PATHWAR_DEBUG"))
		rawLevelInstances, err := client.GetRawLevelInstances(map[string]bool{"active": true})
		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
		So(len(rawLevelInstances.Items) > 0, ShouldBeTrue)

		rawLevelInstanceID := rawLevelInstances.Items[0].Id
		rawLevelInstance, err := client.GetRawLevelInstance(rawLevelInstanceID)
		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
		So(rawLevelInstance.Id, ShouldEqual, rawLevelInstanceID)
		So(rawLevelInstance.Active, ShouldBeTrue)
	})
}


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One of the beautiful things Twitter has given us is TRENDING TOPICS... But many use that as a tool to increase their traffic even if they have no relevant content. So we get a lot of spams.... That might have disturbed a lot in your search.
When i was a searching for a way to get rid of that, i came to know about a wonderful project by Ramanathan Narayanan a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern University. It was really a mind-blowing job by him. The project is to determine and filter the best twitters who are concerned with a particular trending topic. It was really cool.
His project actually finds the Pulse of the Tweeters .
If you are Twitter, then you must have known about the onMouseOver issue, which shook the Twitter.com. And later it was solved by Twitter. And off course, onMouseOver was the trending topic for three to four days at a stretch.
And this helped a cool cracker to play on Twitter.com security. He worked on, and somehow managed to do so. Finally the onMouseOver occurred. And added to this, there was another problem in Twitter, some other guy who added another code that resulted in automated Retweets from other profiles. So users would have noticed some unknown retweets which was not made by them, in their profile. After all these explanations, Twitter apologized for the security issue.
Imagine A Robot Speaking In Arabic !!! World is going somewhere!!!
The UAE University in Abu Dhabi has built the world's first fully automated Arabic-speaking robot that can have intelligent conversations with humans - based on information gathered via the internet and through social networking sites.
However, making the leap from lab project to commercial application remains difficult - largely because of funding.
In Dubai, a series of networking events have been launched in an effort to bring together investors and entrepreneurs.
Ben Thompson went along to see if the meetings can spark a wave of innovation for the region.
Proud to see India and Pakistan join handed !!!
Bopanna and Qureshi, Indo-Pak Express made some best things, for the India Pakistan relationship.
Our Indo-Pak Express team lost the finals (7-6), (7-6) to the Bryan Brothers of USA. Bopanna and Qureshi had bested the Bryans for the first time last month at Washington in their most recent prior meeting, the only loss the Bryans have suffered in 20 matches since Wimbledon.
said Bopanna, who also thanked his parents who flew in from India to watch the final.
Qureshi too echoed his sentiments and added a political statement.
"We Pakistanis are peace-loving people and don't think of us as terrorists." He regretted that he could not give his sister a birthday present, which she deserved today.
He also thanked the Bryans for making a contribution to flood victims in Pakistan.
Bopanna said both he and Qureshi were thankful to the two dignitaries for turning up at the match.
"I mean we are just thankful they came out for us, they encouraged us and were very appreciative towards our efforts, they took time out to watch us and they sat together and cheered for us which is great, unfortunately we couldn't win," said the Indian Davis Cupper.
Bopanna and Qureshi also thanked fans from their respective countries for supporting them through their campaign.
"All those people from Pakistan and India supporting us these past two weeks, I thank everyone for helping me out but most importantly I would like to thank Aisam for playing with me and sticking with me we have had a great year together,"
"I must thank my parents, brother, sister for supporting me throughout my career. People in Pakistan and India for supporting us, I must thank Rohan for sticking by me when I needed him the most and for playing with me and helping me with my cause and helping me to send some positive news to people back home in Pakistan and making them smile,"
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Spain: Princess Cristina goes on trial for tax evasion
Princess Cristina and her husband have arrived at court charged with tax fraud. The trial marks the first time a Spanish royal family member has faced criminal charges since the monarchy was restored in 1975.
The 50-year-old princess is accused of two counts of being an accessory to tax fraud. The princess allegedly failed to declare taxes on personal expenses paid by a real estate company she owned with her husband. If found guilty, Cristina could face up to eight years in prison. In June 2015, Spanish monarch and Cristina's younger brother, King Felipe, stripped her of her title as Duchess of Palma.
Joining her in the dock on Monday were 17 other defendants, including her husband, Inaki Urdangarin. The 47-year-old Olympic handball medalist turned businessman faces a more serious charge of using his Duke of Palma title to embezzle about 6 million euros ($6.5 million) in public contracts through the nonprofit "Noos Institute," which he ran with an associate. Urdangarin faces a potential jail sentence of up to 19 years.
Prosecutors claim that some of the foundation's money was transferred to a company, largely owned by the princess and Urdangarin, and used to finance personal items ranging from parking tickets to children's birthday parties.
Deny charges
King Felipe stripped Christina of her title as Duchess of Palma in June, 2015
The couple, who have four children, have denied any wrongdoing. During a closed door court appearance in 2014, Cristina said she had no knowledge of her husband's activities, and a prosecutor recommended she should be fined.
By reason of a Spanish law, which allows groups to file charges when state prosecutors don't, a judge ruled, however, that Cristina could be charged with tax fraud in 2007 and 2008. Her case was spurred on by anti-corruption group "Manos Limpias" (Clean Hands), which is seeking an eight year prison sentence and a 2 million euro fine against her.
Anti-monarchy protests
Due to the large number of defendants and lawyers, as well as the widespread media coverage, judicial officials were forced to move the trial from a courthouse to a huge building complex on the outskirts of Palma de Mallorca.
According to Spanish authorities, a protester with an anti-monarchy flag was detained on Monday, a short time before Cristina arrived at the makeshift courtroom. Security around the building was stepped up after thousands of anti-monarchy protesters staged noisy demonstrations while Cristina answered questions about the case two years ago.
High-level corruption
Spain: Princess in Court
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The courtroom is not expected to hear a word from the princess and her husband during the first few days of proceedings. Judges are due to read out all 89 alleged crimes committed by the suspects, while lawyers, including Cristina's, will argue their cases to try remove their clients from the trial.
Details of the investigation into the royal family came to light during the economic crisis, reigniting popular disgust at cases of high-level corruption among politicians and bankers, at a time when Spain was grappling with record unemployment and austerity.
ksb/se (AFP, AP, dpa)
Judge opens way to trial against Spain's Princess Cristina
A judge has formalized charges against Princess Cristina of Spain, the sister of the newly-crowned King Felipe VI. The charges relate to a tax fraud and money laundering case implicating the princess' husband. (25.06.2014)
Related Subjects Spain
Keywords Spain, Princess Cristina, tax evasion, Inaki Urdangarin, court case, Mallorca
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US President Joe Biden signs series of orders, including rejoining Paris climate accord 1h ago
German Chancellery: 'Very, very good sign' that Biden will rejoin WHO 1h ago
Opinion: Joe Biden is the right US president for the moment 1h ago


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Dancing in the End Zone
Posted on March 21, 2014 by Renata Manzo Scruggs
They say every dark cloud has a silver lining, and this unfortunate sabbatical has had several. Today I want to talk about one of them– football. Yes, football. .
I did not grow up in a sports family, far from it. My dad taught me how to play the piano, not how to throw a curveball. We went to see the Symphony, not the Redskins. I saw George C. Scott at the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore, but never saw one game of the 1969 World Series, which was played a mere 20 miles away. Saturdays were spent listening to the New York Metropolitan Opera on the radio, not watching sports. My dad's idols were Mozart, not Montana, Beethoven, not Butkis. Joe Namath was just a guy who wore pantyhose.
Naturally I did not play any sports in school, either. I was always the last one chosen for volleyball and softball teams. I was the Sheldon Cooper of Glen Burnie High School (but not nearly as smart). My college required two semesters of a sport, so I took tennis. I loved the game so much I took lessons all through law school and during the Missing Years. I played a couple of times a week. But I was never able to get the ball over the net more than three times in a row. I'm not exaggerating. Picture Sheldon's girlfriend Amy Farrah Fowler trying to play tennis, and you've got me. After a while, no one would play with me because I was so bad.
So I never watched sports and I can't play sports. As a result, I have no interest in sports, either playing or watching. That's why I like to hike. At least I can put one foot in front of the other, although I do fall down a lot.
I had never seen a football game until I started dating Billy. His family would spend Sunday afternoons watching the Redskins and picking crabs. Since I didn't watch the game, I was able to pick a lot more crabs than anyone else. Early in my marriage, my mother in law told me if I loved my husband, I would learn to love football. Well, it took me 32 years to do that.
Last fall, Guido was one of the captains of his football team. They had a great team and an excellent chance of winning the state championship. I promised both Billy and Guido that I would attend as many games as I could. I knew that the boys checked the stands at every game to find their parents. I had to be there.
The games were played at 4 p.m. on Fridays, which you would think would be a good time to get away from work. But I spent much of Guido's first game behind the bleachers, on the phone for work. This was just a few weeks before my breakdown and I know it helped to precipitate it.
When I sat down on the bleachers, I made the mistake of checking my e-mail. I had a message from a VP, who needed me to do some legal research ASAP for a very URGENT MATTER!!. This was at 4:15. I called outside counsel, who was an expert on the topic. I can't say what the question was, but the answer was a resounding NO. There was a teeny tiny loophole, but counsel said it was a long shot and would require a written opinion from the agency, which would take months. The VP needed the answer by Monday.
When I told the VP the answer was no, he told me to keep looking anyway and see if the loophole would apply. I spent most the game and half of Saturday hopping down this rabbit hole. It turns out that the question had been asked many, many times before and the answer had always been NO. And the VP knew this.
While I was dealing with this pointless fire drill, I missed the first touchdown of the season, which was scored by– yup, my son. I was livid. If the legal issue had been legitimate, I wouldn't have minded missing my son's first game as captain. But it was not. The purpose had been to help another VP avoid being embarrassed. I knew then that I could not go on like this, no matter how much they paid me.
Two weeks later I broke down. As a result, I got to watch every one of my son's games, both at home and away. During the first month or so, however, it was all I could do to get to the games. In addition to depression, I had agoraphobia. I did not want to leave the house.
But now I'm glad I did. I finally began to understand and appreciate the game. Football has a reputation for its toughness, but I realized that good players have to be smart too. It's still hard to follow, but I'm getting better at it. It helped when I sat next to someone other than Billy who understood the game and didn't mind explaining things to me.
Guido's team had a 10-2 record. They beat their biggest hometown rival to make it to the state championship. Even though they lost the state championship game, they had an amazing season. You can see Guido's highlight tape on YouTube. Guido's highlight tape.
Go Cougars!
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In addition to publishing novels, Baggott is a highly anthologized and award-winning poet. Her fourth collection, Instructions: Abject & Fuming, was published in February 2017. Her poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Poetry, The American Poetry Review, Agni, TriQuarterly, The Southern Review, Ms. Magazine, and read on NPR's Talk of the Nation and at Symphony Space.
Instructions, Abject & Fuming, Southern Illinois University Press, 2017
A collection of poems that takes on threads of abandoned English and twisted forms to address contemporary culture, faith, and feminism.
Editors Selection Crab Orchard Review Poetry Series
"… Baggott has always been a poet of inventiveness and sly self-appraisal, and these qualities are abundantly evident in her new collection, which is her best thus far. One almost has to go back to the Metaphysical and Cavalier poets to experience her sassy admixture of erotic and spiritual ardor, and her crackling formal dexterity– a skill that is never merely dutiful, never willing to settle for the easy tour de force. During an era of lukewarm and tepid poetry, Baggott offers poems that sizzle—and sear." – David Wojahn
"For years, I've looked to Julianna Baggott's writing as a map to help navigate the criss-crossed highways of the human heart. But in this deliciously weird and extraordinary collection of poems, Baggott outdoes her distinguished self—creating a world where "the crawfish could outgrow the glass jars" and where "an arm alone dies then tingles back." How I loved returning again and again to these wise poems that underscore the electric and buoyant bodies, that, on our best days, we all try to inhabit." – Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees, Pleiades Press/ Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
A collection of poems in the tradition of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, except written on poetry's own terms, in a book of poems.
"…Julianna Baggott's buoyant tour-de-force on the subject of poetry, addresses poem themselves, readers, critics, other poets, and her own creative life. Witty and surprising, surprisingly serious, this collection has perfect pitch." — Susan Ludvigson
"Part primer, part credo, part arm-swinging gambol, this wonderful book is resonant with wit and insight." – Linda Bierds
Lizzie Borden in Love: Poems in Women's Voices, Southern Illinois University Press, 2006
A highly researched collection of poems written in the voices of historic women.
"Julianna Baggott amazes with the scope of her imagination. Part biographer, part ventriloquist, part genius, she inhabits characters we thought we knew … Baggott's talent is almost spooky. Lizzie Borden in Love is a dangerous and elegant collection from one of America's finest young poets." – Beth Ann Fennelly
"Formidably researched and gorgeously crafted, Julianna Baggott's new collection of poems, Lizzie Borden In Love … is a brilliant book and an essential read for both lovers of poetry and scholars wishing to understand the inheritance of silence that is the complicated birthright of contemporary women artists everywhere." – Erin Belieu
This Country of Mothers, Southern Illinois University Press, 2001.
A collection of poems that arose from the betrayal of motherhood.
Crab Orchard Award Series, Prize Winner.
"Julianna Baggott has a fierce imagination which probes the ordinary details of a woman's life and lights up both the sacred and profane. In a poem called 'Blurbs,' she half facetiously hopes for the words 'sexy,' 'elegance,' and 'bite' to be applied to her work. Happily, in this book, she earns all three." – Linda Pastan
"Against a backdrop of family stories, Julianna Baggott draws themes as sharp as razors. She is an accomplished poet of the eye and ear, of the definitive feminine experience, and her poems of private life are expansive enough to suggest a vision of a political and historical era. If Baggott's large subject is memory and, especially, its defaults, the clarity that so many of her characters seek to deny is her great virtue. Poems like 'The Annunciation: Our Mothers at Church' and 'The Dead Must Disappear or Join a Story' might be admired exclusively for their technical skills, but they are also marvelously accessible. This Country of Mothers announces a poet of substantial powers." – Rodney Jones
"In Julianna Baggott's This Country of Mothers a distant and uncaring god is always near. Baggott's world is haunted by blood, miscarriage, suicide, and family love-and set against the world of the Bible… In these large, passionate, compelling poems, the speaker's family and the holy family merge in love and suffering-wholly family, wholly loved, wholly suffered for." – Andrew Hudgins
To receive a free .pdf version of Julianna's first collection of poetry, This Country of Mothers, send a request here.


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