When you live in an area such as Stockholm where you see direct evidence of the most recent ice age and post-glacial rebound it makes you wonder just how much of this warming trend is anthropogenic. What percentage of the information here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_age must we ignore in order to make our current interglacial period all our fault? How conceited do we have to be in order to come to the conclusion that we can: A) Determine the optimal level of glaciation and, B) Determine the means by which to stabilize the climate of the earth so as to maintain this level? Don't get me wrong, I commute by bike as often as possible, didn't have more than 2 kids, drive a car that gets over 30 mpg (and drive it less than 6000 miles a year), recycle as much as possible, purchase locally grown and ecologically produced food and in general, try to tread lightly. I think I do all of these things for the right reasons, but I'm not under the illusion that my doing so is going to prevent global warming or "save the earth".

Nokia and HTC sell licenses for their patents to many competitors. Apple wants to buy licenses from Nokia and HTC on the same terms, but... Nokia and HTC would rather cross-license to get access to multi-touch than sell licenses to Apple, and Apple wants to keep multi-touch exclusively to themselves for now. so... Apple uses Nokia and HTC patents without first getting a deal but is willing to pay for them at the going rate and is hoping that the court will order that settlement. Nokia (and others) use Multi-touch without first getting a deal and are willing to cross-license and/or pay for it, and are hoping that the court/FTC will order Apple to make multi-touch available to others. The question is: Are courts more likely to order Nokia and HTC to offer Apple the same deal that they offer everybody else, or are courts more likely to order Apple to sell something that they have not been willing to sell to anybody?

If she went on the train as far north as possible she went to Narvik, but the vast majority of that trip goes through Northern Sweden. Norway is much more mountainous with better scenery and slower, more twisty roads. Norway is very expensive, but it can be amazingly scenic. Our trips were in August (1991) and late June (2007) and the waterfalls and snowfields were more impressive in June. As far as your parents are concerned if they wanted to take a week of so they might look into flying to Oslo, renting a car to go up to Lillehammer, Geiranger, Trollstigen and on to Trondheim. Two cities with lots of history for mum and several days of amazing scenery and countryside for dad. If they want to stay longer or see more they could fly or take the Hurtigrutan boat up the coast to the Lofoten archipelago. That area is simply amazing from a geological and natural standpoint. Pics from our trip up there: http://gallery.mac.com/drt#100023

There may indeed be a price at which Apple would be interested in having a controlling interest in ARM, but simply placing a bid is also be a good way to: Insure that the value of ARM goes high enough to eliminate a number of competitors from the bidding, B) Make sure that whoever does take over ends up paying more than they would otherwise, and C) Warm up the collective anti-trust spotlights so that they can be effectively focused on ANY company that assumes controlling interest in ARM.

Our kids are 15 and 12 and have traveled as with us by plane, train, automobile and ship both domestically and internationally for all of their lives. When traveling by car they like to have their iPods and a Nintendo DS, but we also like to listen to books (started with tapes, then CD's, now an iPod played through the car's sound system). On our trip from Stockholm to Northern Norway and back a few years ago we also got the kids interested in following our progress on the road maps so they could understand where we were, see what was coming up and make suggestions on what they were interested in seeing, where we might want to stop for lunch and so on. The same would work with a GPS. Make them an active part of the trip, not just baggage to be transported. Everybody gets more out of it that way.

In our house we have two parents, two kids (ages 15 and 12) and 7 internet-capable devices (3 computers (2 Macs and 1 PC), 2 smart phones, a Wii and a DS, all served by a wireless network) so we have the following rules: - The parents are responsible for the computers and phones as well as internet access for all devices. - Computer-wise the kids only have access to the Macs, and only when the parents do not need them. (The PC is a work-only laptop.) - The following Parental Controls are activated for the Macs: Time available, total time per day. Kids can't log in as admin, so if they need to install or update something they talk to us about it. - The iMac G5 has Virtual PC running XP SP3 on it for access to certain homework-related stuff, but Windows runs so slowly on it that there is no temptation to spend any more time with it than strictly necessary. It maybe gets used once a month. - Network access is unencumbered, but everything is logged. - Most importantly, the desktop mac is in my office (next to the master bedroom, on a different floor from the kids' rooms) and the laptop and game consoles are only used in areas with direct parental access. The kids know that we trust them, but they also know that we can check on what they are doing as well as what they have done at any time. They also can have their computer and/or internet access limited as necessary for disciplinary reasons. We spend time with them, we have them show us what they are interested in on the net, where they chat, what they are looking up and so on. If we see something that we don't like, we talk to them about it. Works well so far.

Just to clarify things, Gaylord designed the statues but Louis Nelson designed the black granite wall portion of the memorial.

We got a second-hand Samsung flip-phone for my son that has likewise survived a cycle through the machine washer. Took out the sim card and battery and let it dry out for a while, charged it back up and it seemed none the worse for wear.

The position and angle of the top tube are a factor in the overall structural rigidity and strength-to-weight ratio of the frame, but not to the same extent as the configuration of the intersection of the top tube, seat tube and seat stays. Simply lowering the rearmost attachment of the top tube creates more standover space, but it also creates a significant bending moment in the middle of the seat tube that does not exist with a more conventional design. A mixte configuration fixes that problem at the expense of extra weight and complexity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step-through_frame Pretend that you are a mechanical engineer next time you look at it and the reasoning becomes clearer.