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10 minutes of iPad sales?
We really are talking about 3-4 minutes of Apple profits. That's how much money they're raking in.
Apple earned about 25,000 million last year, which comes to 2.8 million per *60* minutes..... not a mere 3-4. I can't help wondering why the judge is worried about the fine being too large. Apple won't be hurt by this.
Apple earned about 25,000 million last year, which comes to 2.8 million per *60* minutes..... not a mere 3-4. I can't help wondering why the judge is worried about the fine being too large. Apple won't be hurt by this.
The judge specifcally said he was worried about the scale, not that it was too small, that the upper ranges he was talking about was a $300million company would suggest to me that if the numbers they do present show what you are saying he will flip his lid and up the penalty.
"I don't know whether we're talking about a corporation that makes $10m or $300m," he said. "How do I know that it (the penalty) is meaningful for Apple if you don't put before me any idea of what its financial position is?"
And don't forget the slashdot article on how apple sidesteps paying taxes the world over.
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/04/28/2330225/how-apple-sidesteps-billions-in-global-taxes?sdsrc=popbyskidbtmprev [slashdot.org]
I wonder how much tax apple has evaded in Australia alone. Maybe this fine isn't big enough but it will crawl some of those dollars back.
A reviewer judge has called for info on how much investment Apple has in Oz also how many ppl were affected.
Here is the cite from "The Australian". http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/judge-wants-data-on-wealth-before-he-rules-on-apple/story-e6frgakx-1226389535095 [theaustralian.com.au]
>Apple has agreed to pay a $2.25m fine and $300,000 towards the ACCC's legal costs but Federal Court judge Mordy Bromberg, who must approve the settlement, questioned why there was no information for him about the number of affected customers and Apple's total worth.
>"I don't know whether we're talking about a corporation that makes $10m or $300m," he said. "How do I know that it (the penalty) is meaningful for Apple if you don't put before me any idea of what its financial position is?"
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No, it's a rational observation that a fine must be meaningful to a corporation for it to have any hope of affecting change.
If the fine is too small (as fines generally are), it is dismissed as a simple cost of business. The immediate problem is remedied (so as not to piss off the authoritative body that caught them), but similar problems are guaranteed to arise again in the future. After all, if it wasn't profitable to break the law in the first place, the company wouldn't have done it. If the fine is going to be a small fraction of that profit each time, the smart business decision is to continue the practice of doing something which breaks the law, preparing for the inevitable "whoops - we'll fix that, your honor" for when someone catches on, and milking the ill-gotten profits until then.
the process should be streamlined. can't we have the companies *pay in advance* to the authorities, in order to seek their favor.
(oh. right. they already do this. quite effectively, too.)
The obvious solution being, of course, to fine business entities as a proportion of annual profits averaged over, say, the last 5 years.
(sorry. I'll be quiet, now).
...and the resulting exposure probably saved them tens of millions in advertising.
To all those people who would hear this in the media, but not know about Apple?
"This piece of plastic wont work on our networks?"
I doubt it's the kind of advertising they either wanted or needed frankly. That being said it is their own fault and they deserve every lick the ACCC feels like giving them, certainly very few/if any people in the Australian community are supporting them in this, even the most rabid applebois that I know were saying that Apple was pretty stupid with their actions. That they are trying to block the galaxy s3 here also hasn't made them very many friends either
All carriers play pretty fast and loose with claims of wireless speeds, 3G, 4G, and associated coverage areas.
There is no "4g" coverage in my area, yet every phone retailer sells and advertises 4G phones.
Why does only Apple get called on this nonsense?
>Why does only Apple get called on this nonsense?
I would say that it is because it is Australia, and we can.
Socialist paradise
Immigrating recently from Europe in Australia, I can tell you Australia isn't at any rate a socialist country, much less a paradise for socialists.
Living in Australia all my life, I can only sadly point out that irony is one of our national passtimes, as is sarcasm and satire, equally that consumer protection laws and bodies [like the ACCC] are often passed of by our American brethren as Communist.
Because this isn't just about a lack of coverage or network capacity. There are actual 4G LTE networks in Australia, and Apple was selling a device that wouldn't connect to them but advertising it as 4G.
Because this device can't work on 4G in Australia at all.
Funny how these markets and lawyers and politicians always leave-out relevant facts. "Alan Archibald, QC, acting for Apple, told the court it was irrelevant how many iPads had been sold or returned because Apple had offered to provide full refunds, so there was no loss to customers. "What conceiveable damage might there be?", he said."
The guy forgets that Apple only offered these refunds AFTER the government started prosecuting them. That alone is reason enough to fine them, because had the government not existed, then Apple would have happily lied with its "iPhone 4G" campaign and refused to refund the cash to the ripped-off Australians. (Also refunding the phone doesn't mean customers are exempt from the 2-3 year contracts. Now they are phoneless, but still stuck with a bill.)
Funny how these markets and lawyers and politicians always leave-out relevant facts. "Alan Archibald, QC, acting for Apple, told the court it was irrelevant how many iPads had been sold or returned because Apple had offered to provide full refunds, so there was no loss to customers.
This doesn't matter under Australian law. They aren't being sued by customers, they are being fined by the authorities for breaking the law.
Apple knew it's "4G" would not work on Australian LTE networks (the frequencies used
Delimiter – an independent, Australia-focued tech news site – have been covering this story [delimiter.com.au]:
To your writer, a $2.2 million fine appears fairly ridiculous in the larger context of the issue, given the fact that Apple made some $4.88 billion in revenue from Australia in the past financial year. $2.2 million, in that context is less than a blip on Apple's radar; and it's certainly not a disincentive to do the same thing again. We're talking about pocket change here.
However, as I
WiMAX is 4G. Plenty of countries including US have WiMAX networks.
WiMax2 is 4G. WiMax is somewhere around 3.9G (by the ITU's criteria for 4G networks). Wimax2 hasn't been deployed anywhere yet.
Telstra has a 4G network here. But not one that is compatible with the iPad.
Australia has 4G; quite an extensive LTE network in fact and one that can be used with most new Android phones, it's just that we don't yet use the frequencies that only the USA uses and that Apple solely targeted. Europe is in the same boat, they have 4G but don't use the USA frequencies.
Apple clearly said "* You can have 4G if you are in America" however the * statements that would be allowed in America are not allowed here. Disclaimers in Australia cannot, under law, substantially change the headline of an advertisement. That is, you can't say 4G Capable in the headline then disclaim it as "Only in America" in the Australian market.
I'm surprised Apple didn't use an LTE chip with a larger number of bands. Restricting it to AT&T frequencies seems counter-productive.
Restricting it to AT&T frequencies seems counter-productive.
No, that's not the problem. Even if they had the same AT&T bands in Australia, they'd still be skating on thin ice [cultofmac.com].
The real problem is our US consumer watchdog agencies. They simply don't care anymore. If they did care, there would be a minimum font size for disclaimers shown on television (that I currently can't even read on my huge television), and the carriers wouldn't call their services "unlimited" (and Sprint, which calls all the other major carriers liars, wouldn't have a bs "data premium" fee it
a minimum font size for disclaimers shown on television
I worked for a company which ran a 1900 service (in aus that means you pay with your phone bill). The law said we had to put disclaimers in 4 point type when we advertised on big roadside signs. We used a bigger font for our disclaimers.
I feel for you.
In Denmark a telecom was recently fined for showing too small a disclaimer text.
(We also have same rules as Australia wrt 4G)
Telstra has rolled out 4G in Bendigo (central Victoria) and the Samsumg Galaxy S2 4G works on it just fine. I don't know whether it's a coincidence but 3G has been pretty much useless since they started rolling out 4G. Can't even load a web page a lot of the time.
They sort of buried the lead a bit phrasing it that way. The last I heard, there are zero 4G towers in the entirety of Australia. Yeah, none.
You're woefully misinformed.
The US describes HSPA+ as 4G (in reality it's a 3.5 G technology) we've had that since 2008, in fact we were the first country to have a commercial HSPA+ service.
We've had commercial WIMAX networks since 2009.
All three network operators are deploying LTE as we speak. One telco, Telstra has an active commercial LTE network. In fact this is where the law suit makes a lot of sense, the Ipad does not operate on the same frequency as the LTE networks in Australia so it's limited to 3G
Alan Archibald, QC, acting for Apple, told the court it was irrelevant how many iPads had been sold or returned because Apple had offered to provide full refunds, so there was no loss to customers.
"What conceiveable damage might there be?", he said.
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Toshiba secretly working on TG02 and TG03?
Leaked document reveals Tosh's phone roadmap
Toshiba's recently unveiled TG01 smartphone isn't even out yet, but a leaked document's apparently uncovered evidence of two further phones in the TG line.
A leaked slide reveals some of the TG02's features
According to a report by website Techblog, the document – from sources unknown – not only appears to signal a second quarter launch for the TG01, but fourth quarter launches of handsets unimaginatively labelled the TG02 and TG03.
The TG02 will supposedly have a 4.1in touchscreen, a 1GHz processor – most likely the Qualcomm Snapdragon inside the TG01 – and run on Windows 6.5.
It'll also feature a 3.2Mp camera, HSDPA connectivity and support GPS. The phone's also said to be impermeable to liquid splashes, such as from rain or snow, which could prove handy.
The TG03's features also look promising
Sadly the TG03 doesn't seem to be much of an improvement in terms of features, with the only main technical difference from the TG02 being that the TG03 has a 5Mp camera.
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It is a feature that I seldom use, but when it is needed it is a very useful thing. This morning such a need arose, but could I find "Find File"...?
Please can someone point me in the right direction...or has it been left out of the distro?
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Smart Start of Forsyth County is expanding early childhood developmental screenings in a seven-county area, including Davidson County.
Smart Start of Forsyth County is expanding early childhood developmental screenings in a seven-county area, including Davidson County.
SSFC has been awarded almost $200,000 from the North Carolina Partnership for Children in Raleigh to implement an evidenced-based screening program for children birth to five years of age in cooperation with Northwest Community Care Network of Winston-Salem and local pediatric practices throughout the seven-county region.
Smart Start and Northwest Community Care will host a public information session on the new program at 6 p.m. July 30 in the first floor classroom at the Yadkin Valley Community Hospital in Yadkinville.
Assuring Better Childhood Health and Development is a proven, universal approach to screening young children in primary health care settings, the release reads. The ABCD program will serve children, families and physicians in Davie, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties, as well as Davidson County.
The ABCD program increases the rates of developmental screening and referral rates for young children within the medical home by integrating routine developmental screening into well-child visits using a validated tool such as the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) or the Parents Evaluation of Developmental Skills. Through the program, medical professionals also receive training to use the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers and to refer children needing follow-up to appropriate community services.
Many children with developmental problems are not identified as early as possible, thus, delaying necessary interventions and treatments. National estimates report that approximately 16 percent of all children have developmental delays and that only about 30 percent of those delays are discovered before school entry. In 2011-12, approximately 5 percent (35,330) of North Carolina's young children birth to five years were receiving early intervention services through the publicly funded early intervention system. Unfortunately, this leaves approximately 11 percent, or over 77,000 children, without these needed services.
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The clothes offered in Perseus is different between the console versions and the PC version. The turtleneck suits in the console versions are replaced by the three-button jacket and vest suits of the PC version, while the other set of tie suits have their jackets buttoned up in the PC version when the console versions don't. - ZS 11:14, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
It says this in the article: "The two best known suits in Perseus are the Onyx Suit and the Mustard Suit." I think it should be removed, as it's all a matter of opinion. Personally, the only things I purchased from the store are Black Wingtips, Suede Bucks, Obsidian Suit, and Floral Suit. Ess-Tee 12:28, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
Cannot recreate oufit in wardrode?
In the trivia section it said ' if while wearing a suit from Perseus, you purchase a pair of trousers or jeans from Modo or The Russian Shop, you retain the Shirt/Jacket from Perseus, but can now wear different trousers or jeans, if you change your clothes you cannot create this outfit in your wardrobe, you must repurchase the trousers or jeans while wearing the suit.'
I think indeed I can recreate the outfit in the wardrode, by changing into a suit, exit the wardrode, entering the wardrode again and change into another trousers.Zinc 08:11, March 28, 2010 (UTC)yes you're right I've done that plenty of times even on accident.


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The following crimes were reported to Doncaster police on June 13. Anyone with information please call South Yorkshire Police on 101.
Sprotbrough: A thief forced entry to the Richmond House care home on Tennyson Avenue last night and went into a number of bedrooms to steal about £5,000 worth of watches and jewellery belonging to residents.
Intake: A laptop was stolen from a house in Athol Crescent when it was burgled via an insecure window yesterday.
Braithwell: A mower, strimmer and wellies were stolen form a shed in Holywell Crescent on Thursday night and there was an attempt to force another shed on the same street.
Bessacarr: A £500 Stihl saw was taken from a container on a building site on Bawtry Road on Thursday night.
Wheatley Hills: A laptop in a sports bag was stolen when a thief smashed the window of a Toyota parked in Hilltop Crescent.
Barnby Dun: The occupant of a house in Church Road disturbed a thief trying to steal lead flashing form the bay window roof at 2.20am yesterday, and lead stolen from the garage of a property in Ancient Lane, Hatfield Woodhouse.
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Steelseries SRW-S1 PC gaming steering wheel
Taken for a spin
Going for a paddle
The grips of the steering wheel and the paddles at the back have a solid smooth quality feel to them. Ideally, this wheel should be wireless but I'm guessing that it's not to keep the weight down. Still, the nice long cord gave me plenty of leeway. The buttons and knobs have good, positive click action, so there's no fear of clicking spin when you actually want to lock. But where's the stand?
Paddles at the back control a range of functions
I didn't really like the idea of resting this on the back paddles but it's the only choice. I can immediately see a problem, I am having to hold the SRW-S1 up throughout gameplay. At about 2lbs it's not that heavy and I guess boy racers with big biceps won't have a problem but it was only about 20mins in that my wrists began to ache – lactic acid is not my friend.
Girlie grumbles aside, I tried the SRW-S1 firstly on Blur which is my preferred PC racing game but it doesn't involve any gear changing. Still, being able to hit more power ups due to increased accuracy was quite an eye-opener. Next up was iRacing which went on far too long without fatigue but was crucial to give this wheel a proper work out.
Helpfully, the SRW-S1 is compatible with any racing game you can buy from Steam but definitely works most intuitively with Simraceway. I spent some time playing this title which is the dedicated on-line game for the SRW-S1 – you download from its website for free and it comes in at about 1GB.
Plenty of options, but lacking a stand gameplay can be fatiguing
Simraceway gave me the opportunity play with all buttons and knobs I hadn't used in iRacing, such as assist and assist values. Even these tweaks left me convinced that, ultimately, the SRW-S1 is really all about the steering.
I felt completely in control and I actually started to enjoy myself playing a racing game in a way that I never thought I would. In real life, I've often been saved by the fact that I drive so slowly, but when gripping the SRW-S1 I want to go fast; experiencing a level of accuracy I wouldn't get using a Xbox 360 or PS3 controller.
Having spent many a happy hour motoring with the Steelseries, I am now convinced wheels are essential for any racing game. In my experience, the transformation in gameplay is worth the investment. Indeed, the Steelseries SRW-S1 is a fine starter wheel that has set my thoughts racing over investing in a Logitech G27 Playseat, once my McLaren sponsorship has been finalised. ®
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They might be. We'll soon find out as nine of their teams will play in Bowls. In past years we've seen that the conference looks good in November only to find come Bowl season that they don't play defense.
http://espn.go.com/blog/pac12/post/_...espnapi_publicThe Pac-12 is what we thought it was back in August -- as deep and as good as it's been. Probably ever.
Before the season, five Pac-12 teams were ranked. As we head into the final weekend of the regular season, five Pac-12 teams are ranked. Nine Pac-12 teams are bowl-eligible, the most in conference history. It's the same number as the 14-team SEC, which has six ranked teams.
Even now 6-5 Wash St nearly beat Auburn way back in Sept if not for 3 turnovers.


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With Networked: The New Social Operating System, Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman offer a very readable introduction to networks and their social consequences. This is a book that aims to reach a larger audience beyond academic walls. So, even though it extensively relies on research (quite a lot from Pew, unsurprisingly), it is not a tedious read at all as the data alternate with narratives and stories that facilitate comprehension. At the same time, the book is not full of jargon. It also seems that this book aims to convey the message that the sky is not falling because we are spending more time on Facebook and other social networking platforms. No, we have not stop interacting face-to-face with each other (or should I write f2f, as the cool kids do). No, we are not bowling alone. No, we are turning into sociopathic recluse.
What the book explores is all the different ways in which social networking (and related technologies) have woven their way into our lives and reorganized and re-shaped some aspect of them, but not in the socially-disintegrating ways that the usual prophets of doom have been warning us against. As a result, the book conveys a relatively optimistic perspective on networks without being totally on the cyber-utopian side. There is not much in the book about the "dark side" of networks. That is Evgeny Morozov's turf. I actually think both books should be read in parallel: where Rainie and Wellman are more micro and optimistic, Morozov is more macro and critical. In all, there is not much in the book that will surprise those of us who read regularly on networks (or are already familiar with Wellman's work) but we are not really the target audience. This is a book that is perfectly readable for undergraduate students and the general public and I think it is a nice piece of public sociology that demonstrates what sociology can do and tell on current topics. At the same time, it is rigorously researched (tons of end notes and sources), which is important because one of the points that Rainie and Wellman make is that a great deal of the doomsday scenarios on social networking are based on not much in terms of data. Very often, it is just columnists fears.
As much as the book does not rely on academic and technical jargon, it does revolve around a few concepts: networked individualism, the triple revolution, the social operating system. So, the book is
"the story of the new social operating system we call "networked individualism" in contrast to the longstanding operating system formed around large hierarchical bureaucracies and small, densely knit groups such as households, communities, and workgroups. We call networked individualism an "operating system" because it describes the ways in which people connect, communicate, and exchange information. We also use the phrase because it underlines the fact that societies— like computer systems— have networked structures that provide opportunities and constraints, rules and procedures. The phrase echoes the reality of today's technology: Most people play and work using computers and mobile devices that run on operating systems. Like most computer operating systems and all mobile systems, the social network operating system is personal— the individual is at the autonomous center just as she is reaching out from her computer; multiuser— people are interacting with numerous diverse others; multitasking— people are doing several things; and multithreaded— they are doing them more or less simultaneously." (Loc 341)
[All emphases mine. I read this in kindle edition and all the endnotes were turned into notes at the end of each chapter, which messed up the page numbers and therefore, kindle only identifies locations.]
So, the general shift is this:
"In generations past, people usually had small, tight social networks— in rural areas or urban villages— where a few important family members, close friends, neighbors, leaders and community groups (churches and the like) constituted the safety net and support system for individuals.
This new world of networked individualism is oriented around looser, more fragmented networks that provide succor. Such networks had already formed before the coming of the internet. Still, the revolutionary social change from small groups to broader personal networks has been powerfully advanced by the widespread use of the internet and mobile phones.
Our research supports the notion that small, densely knit groups like families, villages, and small organizations have receded in recent generations. A different social order has emerged around social networks that are more diverse and less overlapping than those previous groups. The networked operating system gives people new ways to solve problems and meet social needs. It offers more freedom to individuals than people experienced in the past because now they have more room to maneuver and more capacity to act on their own.
At the same time, the networked individualism operating system requires that people develop new strategies and skills for handling problems.
A major difference between the past and now is that the social ties people enjoy today are more abundant and more easily nourished by contact through new technologies. We will show throughout this book how the internet and other forms of information and communication technologies— what scholars call "ICTs"— actually aid community." (Loc 401)
But the central concept, the one concept to unite them all is that of the Triple Revolution (social networking, Internet, mobile technologies):
"First, the Social Network Revolution has provided the opportunities— and stresses— for people to reach beyond the world of tight groups. It has afforded more diversity in relationships and social worlds— as well as bridges to reach these worlds and maneuverability to move among them. At the same, it has introduced the stress of not having a single home base and of reconciling the conflicting demands of multiple social worlds.
Second, the Internet Revolution has given people communications power and information-gathering capacities that dwarf those of the past. It has also allowed people to become their own publishers and broadcasters and created new methods for social networking. This has changed the point of contact from the household (and work group) to the individual. Each person also creates her own internet experiences, tailored to her needs.
Third, the Mobile Revolution has allowed ICTs to become body appendages allowing people to access friends and information at will, wherever they go. In return, ICTs are always accessible. There is the possibility of a continuous presence and pervasive awareness of others in the network. People's physical separation by time and space are less important.
Together, these three revolutions have made possible the new social operating system we call "networked individualism." The hallmark of networked individualism is that people function more as connected individuals and less as embedded group members. For example, household members now act at times more like individuals in networks and less like members of a family. Their homes are no longer their castles but bases for networking with the outside world, with each family member keeping a separate personal computer, address book, calendar, and mobile phone.
Yet people are not rugged individualists— even when they think they are. Many meet their social, emotional, and economic needs by tapping into sparsely knit networks of diverse associates rather than relying on tight connections to a relatively small number of core associates. This means that networked individuals can have a variety of social ties to count on, but are less likely to have one sure-fire "home" community. Looser and more diverse social networks require more choreography and exertion to manage. Often, individuals rely on many specialized relationships to meet their needs." (Loc. 460)
This is the central thesis of the book and all the subsequent chapters explore the consequences of the Triple Revolution in our social institutions, intimate lives, and interactions. In many ways, this is highly reminiscent of Bauman's liquidity thesis. Individuals are less members of fixed and (more or less) rigid groups and more likely to belong to a variety of loosely connected networks that are always in flux. What social networking technologies have added to the mix is an incredibly greater capacity to actually network beyond borders and geographical distances which is why social networking does not generate isolation. The different nodes in these networks are both relationships and resources that can be activated for a variety of purposes. And as we already know, there is strength in weak ties. At the same time, networks do not kill strong ties. If anything, they may intensify them since we can be in contact more extensively and intensively.
We also know that social networks involve participation. To be on Facebook or Twitter involves some degree of putting "stuff" out there, be it pictures, videos, blog posts, or just status updates. These social networking platforms turned a lot of us into content creators and sharers. In addition, the number and types of devices through which we can do all these things have expanded as well. All this can generate a sense of empowerment not just because we can become content creators but also because we get to define our identities across networks as we participate in different communities (virtual or not). Throughout institutions, networks have changed hierarchies and the ways in which individuals interact. Interestingly, common boundaries (between home and work, public and private, for instance) have become a lot blurrier.
The book also has some development on the history of the Triple Revolution, tracing its origins and trends that are social and technological. This also means that the story being told is that of Western (and mainly American) trends. After all, all the goods and capacities open by social networking are available to only those who can afford them and who live in societies that are rich enough to provide the infrastructure necessary for ICTs. The digital divide is a bit too underplayed in this book for my taste. But that second chapter is a really great primer on networks that stands on its own and where the main concepts of network analysis are clearly explained. At the same time, if the Internet did not invent networking, it certainly contributed massively to its expansion. The book also contains a quick history of the Internet in combination with the impact of the spreading of personal computers as well as the different subcultures that emerged along with the Internet (techno-elites, hackers, virtual communautarians and participators). The final layer of the Triple Revolution is mobility. Portable computers (ultrabooks), tablets and smartphones, along with reliable wifi everywhere ensure that we are continuously and reliable connected, which means that we have to devise strategies to manage the volume and types of social interactions and these technologies give us the tools to do just that but this changes the ways we do a lot of things:
"Before the mobile-ization of the world, time and space were critical factors for in-person contact. People needed to specify when and where they would meet. Coordinating a rendezvous, a party or a business meeting was a formal negotiation yielding firm coordinates. Early in the twentieth century, sociologist Georg Simmel pointed out that a similar, large-scale change occurred with the nineteenth century's Industrial Revolution. With the coming of big machines, cities, bureaucracies, stores, and railroad lines running on strict timetables, people had to be at precise places at precise times— or else the machines wouldn't be operated, papers wouldn't be pushed, customers wouldn't be served, and trains wouldn't be boarded. Public clocks— and private wristwatches— regulated the industrialized world. This was a profound change from preindustrial village life, where people went to their farms, shops, or pubs according to their needs— not their clocks.
To some extent, mobile phones allow us a slight return to this more casual negotiation of time. In the age of mobile connectivity, time is more fluid and people's expectations have changed. In the felicitous phrase Ling uses, "hyper-coordination" is now possible and preferred, especially by younger mobile users." (Loc. 2662)
In a way, one could argue that location is making a comeback as we more or less automatically update our locations at all times on social networking platforms. Technologies and platforms then give more flexibility in our opportunities for interaction and how we present ourselves in these interactions (Goffman would have a field day with this stuff), something that Rainie and Wellman call connected presence (interaction through technology without physical presence), absent presence (the annoying habit of checking one's email / texts / Facebook timeline / Twitter feed while interacting with someone f2f), or present absence (incorporation of absent people to f2f interactions through technology). So, we are more or less always on at multiple levels but there is a bit of cultural lag as we try to figure out the proper norms to navigate these interactions. Is it rude to check your email while in f2f interaction with someone (a BIG one for teachers!)? How long and loud are you expected to gab on your cell phone in a public space? Etc. We are still working those out. And a lot of us as guided by a new anxiety: FOMO (fear of missing out). How many ultra-important tweets have I missed while writing up this blog post? Answer: none, I have my iPad on with a Twitter client open. I am typing this in Chrome with tabs open in Facebook, Google Reader, and others.
Having those basics in place, then, the book follows with a series of chapters on the ways the Triple Revolution has worked its way (as cause and effect) into our relationships and social institutions (such as family and work). That is where the main message of "the sky is not falling" comes through loud and clear. The authors also address why the digital dualism persists. Digital dualism refers to the preeminence of f2f interaction as "real" interaction and virtual ones as a defective, debased form of sociability because it does not involve all the bodily stuff that enrich interaction and all the other layers of subtle interactive clues that give rich texture to encounters. Digital dualism assumes the absence of all these dimensions of interaction and therefore declares it a poor substitute. The underlying assumption here is that individuals interact with different people f2f and online, which is simply not the case. It also ignores the fact that there are various ways of enriching virtual interactions (smileys come to mind) and that individuals integrate them in their communication toolkit and use them depending on the context of the interaction. But all of this does not lead to isolation but to what the authors call flexible autonomy:
"The personalized and mobile connectivity enhanced by the Triple Revolution and the weakening of group boundaries have helped relationships move from place-to-place networks to individualized person-to-person networks. Most have private internet connections and personal mobile phones, and their own cars. Lower numbers of children mean parents need to spend less time at home raising them. There are fewer children to keep parents housebound. The loosening of religious, occupational, and ethnic boundaries also encourages interpersonal free agentry.
Rather than ties between households or work groups, people connect as individuals to other individuals, in person-to-person networks. They maneuver through multiple sets of ties that shift in importance and contact by the day. Each person engages in multiple roles at home, with friends and relatives, and at work or school. Their networks are sparsely knit, with friends and relatives often loosely linked with each other. These loose linkages do not imply a complete untethering of social relations: There are only a few isolates "bowling alone." Most people are connecting in shifting networks rather than in solidary groups. Such networks provide diversity, choice, and maneuverability at the probable cost of overall cohesion and long-term trust.
While place-to-place networks show how community has transcended local boundaries, person-to-person networks show how community has transcended group boundaries. It is the individual— and not the household, kinship group, or work group— that is the primary unit of connectivity. The shift puts people at the center of personal networks that can supply them with support, sociability, information, and a sense of belonging. People connect in person and via ICTs. Their networking activities shift as their needs shift. While network members relate to each other as persons, they often emphasize certain roles. They are bosses to their employees, husbands to their wives, friends to their friends, and so on— with somewhat different norms for each network.
Networked individualism means that people's involvement in multiple networks often limits their involvement in and commitment to any one network. It is not as if they are going to the village square every day to see the same crowd. Because people can maneuver among milieus, their multiple involvements decrease the control that each milieu has over their behavior. Yet limited involvements work both ways. If a person is only partially involved in a milieu, then the participants in that milieu often are not as committed to maintaining that person's well-being." (Loc. 3234)
The idea of the networked self then, I think, is very close to Beck and Bauman's notion of individualization that the condition of liquid modernity and risk society and flexible autonomy also refers back to the idea of the self as aself-constructed project where individuals have to assemble their own capital (including social) and resources in the absence of the institutional and structural support (i.e. generalized precarization). Individualization is a concept much less benign than flexible autonomy but the authors are not naive:
"Living in person-to-person networks has profound implications both for individuals and for the social milieus and overall societies that they are in. Networked individualism downloads the responsibility— and the burden— of maintaining personal networks on the individual. Networked individuals often have time binds, since they are constantly negotiating plans with disconnected sets of individuals within their expanding network. Active networking is more important than going along with the group. Acquiring resources depends substantially on personal skill, individual motivation, and maintaining the right connections." (Loc 3257)
So, it is up to the networked individual to manage her networks and social capital. But these changes have also affected families (in addition to the changes brought about by changes in gender roles, the economy, etc.). The family itself now has porous boundaries and can be considered a network in itself. Family scholars will not be surprised by any of this. ICTs have accompanied and amplified these structural changes more than they have caused them but they are now thoroughly embedded in family dynamics both in terms of bonding and bridging links, within the family and outside of it. Here again, the sky is not falling and texting is not destroying families.
"Networked families have adapted to the Triple Revolution. They use ICTs to bridge barriers of time and space, weakening the boundaries between public and private life spaces. The mounting and interrelated changes in the composition of households— such as the life-cycle complexities of marriage and divorce and decisions to have children— mean that today's households are varied, complex, and evolving. Networked families use ICTs to mediate these complexities and adapt ICTs to their varied needs.
Not only have families changed in size and composition, they have also changed in their lifestyles. ICTs have become thoroughly embedded in families' everyday lives, helping them stay connected and in motion. The internet and mobile phones connect family members as they move around, help them find each other, and bring them together for joint work and play. The result is that ICTs— often in conjunction with personal automobiles— have paradoxically provided household members with the ability to go their separate ways while at the same time keeping them more connected. Families have less face time, but more connected time, using mobile phones and the internet." (Loc 4461)
Similar changes have affected the organization of work and there has been a lot of ink spent already on the networked organization in the context of economic globalization, so, no need to belabor that point. But on a more micro level, we have seen the emergence of the networked worker, taken out of the office or the cubicle in a less hierarchical organization, capable to work everywhere at any time thanks to ICTs and for whom boundaries between home and work, between private and public time are blurry.
And then there are the ways in which ICTs and social networking technologies revolutionize the way media and news content is produced and consumed:
"In the print-dominant era of news, news stories could have a handful of elements: headlines, narrative texts, photos, graphics, sidebar stories, and "pull quotes" that featured people cited in the article. In the digital age, the number of features of a news story could rise to over fifty items as websites could contain links to other stories and primary resources, spaces for readers to add their own comments, tags and pictures, links to archives of stories and timelines, full transcripts of interviews, audio material, video clips, background material from the reporter about the process of gathering the story, photo albums, details about the reporter such as a biography and an archive of her previous work. In other words, web treatment of news provides fuller context than print media because of the associations that can be built into a story such as links to background material, other stories, archives of past coverage, as well as newsmakers and organizations mentioned. Among other things, the digital, linked format invites browsing and "horizontal" reading through links, rather than linear "vertical" reading.
This display of digital material also invites challenge, amplification, and adjustment by users of the news site. Networked individuals can now respond to stories more easily and in more ways than they ever could in the "Letters to the Editor" sections of newspapers. With commenting features embedded within news stories, readers can immediately post their thoughts and opinions— not only for the editorial team to see but also for anyone else who happens to be reading that same article. With links to the writers' email addresses or Twitter accounts, readers can communicate directly with journalists and may sometimes receive a response with greater speed than they would have in the days when readers would mail in their comments and await their publication— if they even made it to publication. Online follow-up chat sessions also give readers the opportunity to discuss matters directly with the journalists in real time.
Compared to the print environment, then, data in the digital environment are denser, broader, and deeper. The digitalization of news thus offers the potential for richer coverage and therefore deeper understanding. Moreover, decisions about the structure and hierarchy of content found online, on how to allocate attention, and on how to respond are now likely to rest in the hands of both the traditional editorial professionals and ordinary networked individuals. " (Loc 6034)
This is an experience familiar to anyone who consumes their news online not through media outlets per se but through Newsreaders, Twitter and other filtering and curating technologies. Talking back to "experts" is also a new experience. To experience the news outside of traditional media is also new. One only has to think of the Arab Spring and similar social movements to realize that networking also creates news, as much as media organizations.
The authors also touch upon a topic that is important: that of surveillance. Even though that topic is not really developed, they do bring in a couple of additional concepts: where surveillance usually refers to governments and corporations monitoring what we do, produce and consume, co-veillance refers to mutual surveillance and monitoring of behavior online. We google people. We check out their Facebook profiles, etc. And there is sousveillance, that is, the riff-raff watching the elites, politicians and organization and reporting to online communities (often for the purpose of public shaming). But all this overall means we have all learned to live without much privacy and we need to factor that in to what we do online.
The book then ends with a set of recommendations on how to thrive in the networked context that is more and more shaping our lives, such as "segment your identity", "learn to function in different contexts" or "be aware of invisible audiences"… maybe I should give that (fairly extensive) list to my students. But the authors also argue that in order to thrive and succeed, individuals need (and sometimes already have) new forms of literacy:
- Graphic literacy
- Navigation literacy
- Context and connections literacy
- Focus literacy
- Multitasking literacy
- Skepticism literacy
- Ethical literacy
- Networking literacy
Because the Triple Revolution is not quite over and the trends noted throughout the book are still unfolding. Legislations are still being drafted and avidly debated, especially things having to do with Net Neutrality and privacy. Informal norms of online etiquette are far from settled (especially, I might add, in the context of online rabid misogyny).
Again, as I mentioned above, this is a relatively optimistic book so there is limited critical examination of the dark side of all these things. This is something that will frustrate readers as the idea of networked individualism seems to erase issues of class, race and gender (among others) that are not addressed in the book. So, this is not by any means a complete examination of networking but it is a solid and engaging starting point.


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Guest Author - Jim Fortune
No trip to southern Germany in late September would be complete without making a stop at the München Oktoberfest. In 2008, the event took place from September 19th to October 4th.
We got to München around 8:00 AM on Friday. It was raining. The skies were grey and the only blue skies I had seen were at 10,000 feet. As we descended down, on our flight path into München International Airport, as far as the eye could see, were rain clouds. My wife made the comment to me as we were waiting in line for customs that it was raining when she left and it was raining when she got back. "Do you think it ever stopped?"
Knowing that it rained a lot in Germany in the fall, we each packed an umbrella. At the airport, after going through customs, we searched for the train to take us to downtown München. The train route and time of departure/arrival signs were easy to read and it did not take long before we were onboard and heading for the center of the city.
Finding our hotel proved to be more of a challenge. We got off at the right departure stop, since we investigated the train map thoroughly before leaving the states. We went up the stairs and into the rain and looked at our street map we had hastily drawn.
We went by the street, where our hotel was located, two times before it dawned on us that the street was going diagonally from the main street and we expected it be at right angles. "There!! Look, there's the sign!" After checking in at the hotel we traveled around München for the rest of the day, waiting for 5:00 PM (1700). We had a fun time and went through many shops, took lots of pictures and just hung out.
At 5:00, there was no doubt about where we were going. Everyone else was going there too. When we got off the train, we were one of the last people getting off and no one was getting onboard. The train was empty. We were carried along with the crowd and held on to each other's hand to keep from being separated. We headed for the fairgrounds. Actually, they were really large fields with permanent structures that were reused each year.
In doing our pre-trip research about the München Oktoberfest I discovered that Crown Prince Ludwig, who later became King Ludwig I, was going to be married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on October 12th, 1810. The citizens of Munich and the surrounding communities in Bavaria were invited to attend the wedding and activities to be held on the fields in front of the city gates. The fields have been named Theresienwiese (translated as Theresa's fields) in honor of the Crown Princess ever since, although the München locals have since abbreviated the name of the fields to the "Wiesn".
To mark the end of the royal wedding activities and a festival for the whole of Bavaria, the Royal Family held horse races. A decision was made to repeat the horse races in the subsequent years and this annual horse race was the start of the tradition of the Oktoberfest. The horse races are no longer held today.
As we passed by street vendors on the way to the fields, we saw lots of street vendors selling food and Oktoberfest trinkets. We went into a beer tent, mainly to get out of the rain and found ourselves in the middle of a celebration. We sat down and each of us ordered a liter of beer for 7.50 Euro per liter. The beer was delicious and the food was exceptional. I had bratwurst and my wife had duck, that was moist and juicy and falling away from the bone. We both had red cabbage salad and kraut.
The music and the band just added to the fun of the night and we left with a full stomach and a smile on our faces. I was glad to be taking the train back to the hotel.
If you are ever in Germany in late September, you must get to the München Oktoberfest. It is one trip you will remember for a lifetime.
Until next time, let me know what is on your mind, and how you are doing, O.K.? You can send me your questions or comments on my bio page. My next article will be out shortly.
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According to a report from Variety, video game publisher and developer Ubisoft has created a new division dedicated to adapting its breadth of franchises for film and television. The studio--dubbed Ubisoft Motion Pictures--will reportedly be based out of Ubisoft's hometown of Paris, France.
Ubisoft has shown interest in bringing its properties to other medias in the past, even going so far as to produce a web series revolving around the Assassin's Creed franchise. In 2007, the company announced plans to open a CGI studio in Montreal. In the same year, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was quoted on the possibility of Ubisoft shifting some focus to film development.
Variety notes that the 2010 Disney-produced film adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time currently stands as the most successful video game to movie conversion of all time, bringing in roughly $335 million worldwide.
One of Ubisoft's first leaps into the world of movie making didn't pan out as well as Prince of Persia, however, as evidenced by the "Coming Soon" teaser trailer for a Splinter Cell movie included in the "Bonus" menu of 2007's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. A film based on the franchise has yet to be released.
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The report revealed that Ubisoft Motion Pictures will be helmed by former Europacorp CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet, with former Walt Disney Studios France executive Jean de Rivieres taking on duties as the new division's marketing and promotion manager.
In 2008, Ubisoft acquired the special effects studio Hybride, which helped bring the heavily-CGI feature films 300 and Sin City to life. Ubisoft also worked closely with film industry veteran James Cameron to develop a game based on the Avatar film property. Avatar: The Game launched to mediocre reviews, currently sitting on a Metacritic average of 60.


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Obama Energy Secretary Promises 'Massive' Coal Plant Closures
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Obama Energy Secretary Steven Chu has launched the next phase of the White House's publicly stated agenda to bankrupt the coal industry via EPA regulations after announcing the prospect of "massive" coal plant closures even as Texas and other states suffer rolling blackouts as a result of maxed-out power plants that cannot cope with demand.
The Obama administration's strict enforcement of draconian EPA regulations has led to new clean-burning coal-fired plants being mothballed and other existing ones being shut down, which has in turn led to Texas and other states becoming energy-dependent, leading to shortages and blackouts exacerbated by freezing temperatures.
Despite White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer's brazen lie in claiming that the blackouts are solely a result of "mechanical failures," the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the agency that oversees the state's power, confirmed this morning that the threat of blackouts was ongoing as a result of a "maxed out grid".
This "maxed out grid" is a consequence of federally enforced EPA restrictions that have led to the delay, mothballing and closing down of coal-fired plants. In Texas, approval for the much-needed Las Brisas Energy Center has been delayed for 3 years as a result of EPA meddling in Texas' energy policy.
A federal court ruling last month gave the EPA permission to proceed with greenhouse gas regulation in Texas, temporarily superseding Texas' non-compliance with the new regulations which came into force on January 2. The White House's claim that EPA regulations are not currently affecting Texas is a complete fabrication.
Now White House Energy Secretary Steven Chu has made it clear that "massive" amounts of coal-fired plants in the United States will be closed down over the next five to eight years.
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On the heels of her tour with The Script and the release of her new album Cedar + Gold, Tristan Prettyman filled us in on how she'll only sing the songs she can relate to and just what she's thinking while performing onstage.
"I think most of the songs I've written do come from personal experiences and that's the only way I know how to write," Tristan told CBS Local. "When something happens to me or I'm observing something or something's happened to a friend of mine, that's my personal way of dealing with something. It's like my therapy to work through it is to write about it."
Tristan said it feels more authentic when she's writing from a personal place.
"I've been in co-writing sessions where someone has an idea to write about something and I don't really [relate]. It's not personal to me. So I have a really hard time singing it," she said. "When I get onstage and I'm singing about something that actually happened to me it's like I can go right back to that place and put that into my performance and really be there with the audience to connect with them in that moment."
So what exactly is Tristan thinking about while she's onstage?
"I really love to make eye contact with the audience. I love observing the crowd. I love when I see a cute couple canoodling or girls in the front row singing along," she said.
But sometimes even her mind will wander mid-song.
"Sometimes honestly I'm thinking, 'I'm so hungry. What am I going to eat after?' I'll be thinking about something tomorrow or, 'Did I call so and so back?' And then I'll be back into the moment of the song."
Despite all these thoughts Tristan said what she loves most about performing is being there with the audience and being attentive to her fans.
"I've become more playful at my shows dressing up and wearing heels onstage and getting more done up which I'm really enjoying," she said. "It's been really fun to dress up and be a little bit more girly since I spent so much time performing in jeans and t-shirts and bare feet."
Tristan Prettyman's new album Cedar + Gold is available now.
-Annie Reuter, CBS Local


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Donations are being sought to help the FISH food bank building project. The four locations in Hood River County now serve more than 400 families each month, and a new facility is needed that allows clients to wait out of the rain, is handicapped accessible, and where volunteers can efficiently and safely stock and store food with adequate food storage.
For more info call 541-490-1470 or visit fish-food-bank.com. Building contributions can be sent to FISH, 1767 12th St., #147, Hood River, OR 97031.
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Do you have an open heart and some extra time? Parkhurst House is seeking volunteers who will spend a little time with its residents doing activities that you both enjoy, such as playing cards, exercise, singing, playing a musical instrument, watching movies, scrapbooking, sewing/cross-stitching, religious studies, playing bingo, cooking, reading books, giving manicures, facials or massages, gardening, storytelling, poetry reading, playing sports or board games.
To volunteer call Parkhurst House at 541-387-4600. Parkhurst is located at 2450 May St., Hood River.
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In order to meet its goal of making 100 hats, the group is gratefully accepting donations of yarn of any color, weight or blend, in any amount.
Donations may be dropped of at Parkhurst House, 2450 May St., Hood River. For more information contact Terri Hansen at 541-387-4600.
Next Door seeks foster parents
The Next Door Inc. provides care and treatment for children and teens ranging in age from 4-18. Most of the children's lives have been broken in some way, resulting in emotional and behavioral instability.
The children and teens receive a life-changing opportunity by being a part of NDI's treatment programs. The children served by NDI need homes in our community in order for them to participate in NDI programs. Professional foster parents give the children a place to call home, a safe and loving environment to stay while they work on restoring their lives.
NDI foster parents are able to be a huge part of helping children and teens restore their lives, in hopes that these young people can grow to be successful members of society. Without the dedication from past, current and future foster parents, NDI would not be able to help children and youth make these beneficial life changes.
The Next Door Inc. employs a huge team of very skilled professionals; these people all working together to help change lives. NDI is expanding and is in desperate need for Wasco and Hood River county residents to become professional foster parents.
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Fifteen years of training camps. Fifteen years of meetings, of practices, of taped ankles, ice baths and weight lifting.
And fourteen seasons that ended with a loss. In year 15, Bailey and his team have a chance to change that script.
"It feels very special," wide receiver
Between the regular season and postseason, Bailey's made more than 1,000 tackles in his career. He's broken up 245 passes. He's grabbed 54 interceptions. But he's never made it past the AFC Championship Game -- until now.
"You hear stories from him and you understand that, again, this isn't going to come every year," wide receiver
The 2013 season hasn't been a typical one for Bailey. He's started at least 13 games in 13 of his 15 seasons. But this year, a nagging foot injury that he suffered in the preseason kept him out of all but five regular-season games.
He hasn't been shy about how frustrating the campaign has been for him. It would've been easy to just pack it up when the injury wasn't healing as quickly as he wanted.
But he stuck with it.
And on Sunday, he played a crucial role in defeating the New England Patriots. With fellow cornerback
"It feels good," Bailey said. "I never doubted that I'd be back out there. It hurt not being out there, but here I am. I'm on the field and my team's still in the running. That's what it's all about."
He notched three tackles in the win, and now he has a chance to help his team earn its first World Championship since Super Bowl XXXIII.
"I'm certainly happy for Champ, I know a lot of people are," quarterback
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"That makes me feel good to see a guy on and off the field who truly deserves it, go out on top like that," Rodgers-Cromartie said.
Making his way back to the being productive on the field meant a lot to the veteran cornerback. Bailey said he didn't want to put "damaged goods" on the field, so he wanted to wait until the time was right.
"I knew I would come back -- you might not have known, but I knew I'd be back at some point," Bailey said. "My coaches, teammates they never gave up on me. They knew I'd be back to 100 percent at some point. Here I am, I'm playing probably my best football of the year because I haven't played much (laughs). I'm just looking forward to the next one, making sure my body is right for the next game."
And that next game has the biggest stakes of Bailey's career.
"It's all about my family and these guys that I strap it up with every day," the cornerback said. "They really made this happen for me. It's a good way to top off 15 years. We've just got to go win the next one."


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Skip to comments.CA: Legislators seek to cut benefits to illegal immigrants .. DLs for illegals is back too
Posted on 05/03/2006 9:38:44 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
SACRAMENTO - Even as the national debate rages over illegal immigration, California legislators are weighing bills that take aim at the issue on fronts ranging from such public benefits as driver's licenses and in-state tuition rates to better investigation of the citizenship status of state prison inmates. Many of the bills are authored by Republican legislators looking to reduce public benefits to undocumented immigrants and investigate what they cost the state in resources and infrastructure.
One bill would eliminate in-state discounted tuition rates for undocumented immigrants to attend community colleges and the California State University system. Another would allow the governor to declare a state of emergency based on illegal immigration. And another would have the state do a more thorough job investigating the citizenship status of those in prison.
Democrats have opposed most of the efforts, and some are looking at expanding benefits for illegal immigrants, such as Sen. Gil Cedillo's effort to once again pass legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain California driver's licenses.
Assemblywoman Audra Strickland, R-Westlake Village, has authored the tuition bill, AB 2053, which would delete current law allowing students who have graduated after attending high school in California for at least three years to receive resident tuition rates, regardless of their legal residency.
Given the state's limited financial resources, she said, it needs to put priority on those who have legal residence first.
"I'm a teacher and I wholeheartedly support people getting an education to improve their lives and to get a better job," Strickland said. "But I believe that the privilege of state tuition should be solely available for those who are obeying the law and are legal residents of the state of California."
Democrats have opposed similar efforts in the past. Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, D-Los Angeles, opposes the Strickland bill.
Cedillo also opposes it and has proposed his own bill, SB 160, which would allow undocumented students who currently qualify for resident tuition rates to also qualify for scholarships, which they currently do not.
"We should be trying to nurture and develop the talent in California," Cedillo said. "We shouldn't be trying to send students out of California. (Denying in-state tuition rates) has had this effect of creating a brain drain in the past."
Cedillo also is trying again to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain California driver's licenses. State law did allow that practice previously, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger persuaded the Legislature to repeal the law, saying he would agree to reauthorize it if security concerns are addressed.
Cedillo has twice persuaded the Legislature to pass the bill with language to address the security concerns, but Schwarzenegger vetoed both, still citing security and the need for more details to be worked out at the national level first.
The same bill is again working its way through the Legislature, and Schwarzenegger has not given any indication he has changed his position.
Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, had proposed a bill earlier this year that would require the state corrections system to do a better job investigating the immigration status of prisoners.
Currently, the state does an inadequate job documenting which prisoners are illegal immigrants, and therefore has trouble obtaining federal funds meant to reimburse states for the costs of illegal immigration, Blakeslee said.
That would also allow the state to turn those prisoners over to the federal government for deportation after their sentences end, he added.
"The amount of money we get depends on how many individuals we identify," Blakeslee said. "We're identifying only a fraction of those felons who are in our criminal system. The bill would have been self-funding."
The bill was killed in the Public Safety Committee by Democrats, who cited legal concerns and said it was redundant because the state already had programs to identify illegal immigrants in the prisons.
Blakeslee is now hoping to persuade Schwarzenegger to put a similar version of his bill in effect through executive order.
God bless our troops wherever they may be.
Be nice to know what % of "legals" are anchor babies.
This is One-Bill-Gill Cedillo lamenting the loss of illegal aliens' intellectual talent from California. I saw the pictures of the illegals protesting, and I don't think we'd experience any sort of "brain drain" if all 3 million of them left. It might actually raise the collective IQ of CA. No, wait; we still have more dems than Republicans.
I hope the Republican minority can do the job.
...it's a BLUE STATE - all of these bills will be defeated.
I repeat: we should give California back to Mexico. Politics would be more fun without the radical lefties living out there.
"The Sexta Circunscripción proposal would enlarge the Mexican Congress and add a 6th electoral super-district. But if you look at the circunscripción map of Mexico, you see that Mexico's territory is completely covered by 5 circunscripciones. So where would the 6th one be?"
"According to the proposal, the U.S.A. would be the 6th electoral circunscripción, but only Mexicans would be voting! Mexicans in the United States would be voting in Mexican elections by absentee ballot, not through their home states, such as Chihuahua or Chiapas, but as Mexican residents of the Sixth Circunscripción, what you and I call the U.S.A."
Why, haven't you heard? Prop 187 led to the downfall of the Republicans in California, and ushered in a permanent Democratic majority.</ Sarcasm>
I have NEWS! The people from Mexico are not the only people that want into this country. People from all over the world want to come to the USA, and Mexicans are not better than any of the rest. Send the illegals home! If the illegals go home, two needing a home and freedom can replace these immediately, if ever needed.
Mexicans have attacked the USA from within. Where in the world can you find this? Mexicans are coming inside of the USA telling the legal citizens how to vote. This is not going to work.
Passed easily but the liberal courts spit in the voter's eye, again.
Goody Luck,
They'd have better chance in Hell. Very difficult to get pass the Mexican Kangaroo Court down there.
Oh really?? More fun??
Those of us who have lived in this state all our lives, have our families here, have our jobs here, don't agree with you.
California DOES NOT belong to Mexico. Read the history.
Hey folks, just saw these 2 posts at SteinReport.com, under the article dated May 02, 2006 "Tancredo Says Protests Triggering Backlash"...here is the 1st post:
"As a veteran of the U.S. Army from 1990-1994, I can honestly tell you what is coming. If what you have seen so far has frightened you, the next phase of what you are about to see will frighten you literally to death - into oblivion.
I've seen the hatred for the United States. As a member of various military intelligence battalions during the 1990's I've heard my share of planned takeovers of all lands within the continental United States of America!!
One such group is La Raza and their pressure to seize our border states for the creation of a "New Mestizo Nation" called Aztlan.
If you truly want this country spared, I have developed a form letter for you and as many other people as you can get to send it to Senators Tancredo and Lott, as well as to your own Congressmen and Senators.
Our Congress and Senate need an ultimatum from the people. Visit the following link which will take you to my forum post. The post is the letter I am asking MILLIONS to send in!
This isn't like any other letter you have seen. This is the ultimatum which should give your representatives nightmares at night for not heeding the desires of the people sooner.
I look forward to seeing your letter hitting their desks or email boxes!!
Pro Patri Vigilans!
Death to Aztlan!!
Posted by: Concerned Veteran on May 2, 2006 10:53 PM"
So, what do you folks think of this comment at SteinReport.com? Here is the 2nd post:
"I can not believe what is happening to our country.
I work in an underserved area as a physician and I know first hand the attitude of many illegal immigrants in this country. They have no respect for this nation and it's people. Please America, stop this. Our government seems to not care about us. Please stand up!
Their nerve in public will be their destruction.
All elected and appointed government officials, and government employees---in their capacity as fiduciaries of public monies---are required, by law, to be bonded by state bonding insurance carriers. The express purpose of bonding government employees is to protect the public's money. Each state sets their own regulations, and selects a bonding insurance carrier.
Public entities that mandate bonding include: Municipalities, counties, townships (government employees of licensing agencies, and the like), school districts, ambulance districts, volunteer fire departments, community college districts, public universities, transit authorities, landfills, sewage treatment facilities, public works maintenance facilities, airports.
Taxpayers' concerns center on instances when elected and appointed public officials used government agencies fraudulently, and misused tax dollars----to build muster zones----allowed illegals to use phony documentation to get government benefits, auto licenses, building permits, welfare, food stamps, health care, school subsidies, and other government benefits, to vote in elections, to vote on tax-exempt municipal financing issues, and the like using false documenation. These are examples of fiduciary negligence by a bonded government employee, and would violate the state's bonding regulations, and the bonding requirements of the carrier.
USING THE PUBLIC ASSETS OF STATE GOVERNMENT---- to pass legislation to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain fraudulent driver's licenses and other government benefits----IS FIDUCIARY NEGLIGENCE BY A BONDED GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. MISUSE OF PUBLIC AGENCIES AND PUBLIC FUNDS WOULD INCUR FINES OR IMPRISONMENT UNDER BONDING RULES.
State income tax revenue runneth over
The state is collecting record-breaking tax revenues this year, outstripping even the most optimistic fiscal forecasts and setting the stage for a debate among lawmakers over what to do with the bounty as they craft next year's budget.
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text: UMW News BureauMontana Western open the 2009 season as they host Montana Tech and the University of Great Falls in a triangular meet from Dillon's Beaverhead Golf Course. By Wally Feldt The University of Montana Western golf team is hosting the University of Great Falls and Montana Tech in Frontier Conference golf Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 beginning at 11 a.m. at Dillon's Beaverhead Golf Club. Bulldog head coach Mike Crosser is excited about his team's prospects for the upcoming season. "We have a nice blend of veterans and talented newcomers," Crosser said. "We added some depth for both teams and that should really make a difference as the season goes on." Returners for the men's team include: senior Jason Schumacher of Dillon, Mont.; juniors Brian Pfeifer of Deer Lodge, Mont. and Brandon Job of Havre, Mont.; and sophomore Jimmy Stoker of Soda Springs, Mont. Juniors Brenner Antone of Rupert, Idaho and Sean Green of Huntley Project, Mont. transfer from Miles Community College. Sophomore Syndee Crosser of Dillon, Mont. and junior Megan Rose of Seeley Lake, Mont. return from last year. Newcomers joining the squad include seniors Robynn Williams of Tempe, Ariz. and Ashley Jammaron of Carbondale, Colo. The Bulldog golfers will play a series of tournaments in the fall and spring in the hopes of qualifying for the NAIA national tournament.


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Mortal Kombat fans are a dedicated bunch. You like your action fast and brutal. You understand the intricacies of the dial-in combo. And, of course, the gore adds a certain something to the experience. Why else do you love Mortal Kombat? It's time to share
Hate to be the starter of a pointless and generic thread, but these things are necessary evils.
Who is your favorite Kombatant? Is it based on moveset, appearance, backstory, or Fatality? What about the exact opposite, who is your LEAST favorite?
My favorite fighter would be a tie between Reptile and Kung Lao. The ability to spit acid on my opponents is always an interesting one, and I love to see Reptile's evolution throughout the series. Also, Kung Lao's bladed hat is just too cool.
As for least favorites, I've never been very big on any of the new characters introduced adfter MK4. Most notably Li Mei and Hsu Hao. They just seem kinda generic. Mavado is cool, though.
"Destiny shall draw the lightningDown from heaven, roll it's thunderFar across the sea to where I waitUpon the Shore of Wonder onThe day the sky is Opened andThe tree is torn asunder."-Epitaph of Cygna Threadbare
i like kung lao
Raiden, because of thunder
least favorite is Johnny Cage
Sub-zero is my favorite character. I hate Rain.
so i definitely agree with von, most of the new characters are lame. they have some of the same special moves as everyone else, and they just don't look like mk material; with the exception of a few of course.
my favorites have always been sub-zero, reptile, mavado, ermac, kenshi, smoke, jade, mileena, and a few more. my least favorite characters are the newer ones, such as : tanya, ashrah, daegon, taven, kobra, kira, and the list goes on.
although i love the mk series, i am disappointed in the lack of creativity with new characters. BUT mk Armageddon was bad ass and i was definitely loving the character creation mode.
im hoping in mk9 they put that back in there. and you KNOW there's going to be online play which is more of a reason to put it back in there.
Well I am going with who other than Lou Kang, and my least faveorite is going to be Goro... Baboon faced peice of cheap...
You seem to like your demonic hell bent Ninja like dudes! :)
yeah, they just appeal more to me for some reason lol. i PRAY that IF there is an mk9, which there should be, and IF they happen to put character creation mode in it, which they should, i would like to make my own demonic hellbent ninja dude! =)
Scorpion or Frost is my fav. and LEAST is Prob Johnny Cage or Tanya
Best ever is liu kang because of the whole stance thing makes his powers pwn. Gotta say that jax is the worst because i can never land punch combos and he is so slow with the supermoves
Easily the best are Scorpion, Sektor and Kenshi!!!! The worst characters are Dramin and Sheeva!!!
Tanya isn't new, but I see your poit. Thats why Hsu Hao and Drahmin are never comig back.
My favorite would probably be Reptile because of his moves, plus his looks are so awesome.
Least favorite character is probably Sheeva. She's just so slow and her fatalities are just not that entertaining.
My favorite character is Kitana, mainly because she has very powerful moves, and in terms of personality, she's like a fantasized version of myself, and she's very pretty, like me.
As of now, I do not have a least favorite character.


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2003 Football
Bluffton vs. MSJ preview
By Ben Risinger, SID
October 21, 2003
The Matchup
When: Saturday, October 25, 2003
Where: Bluffton, Ohio - Dwight Salzman stadium
On the Radio: Listen live to Bluffton College football on WDOH 107.1 FM.
The Bluffton Beavers enter the contest with a 2-4 overall record. Mount St. Joseph is currently 5-1 for the 2003 season.
The Coaches
Bluffton coach Greg Brooks is 2-4 on his career this season. Brooks is no stranger to the Bluffton program having been the offensive coordinator for the past 23 years. He is a 1977 graduate of Ohio University where he was a quarterback and a four-year letterman for the Bobcats.
The Mount is led by Rod Huber. Huber is in his fourth year leading the Lions. He has a career record of 12-24. Huber was a defensive position coach and spent four years as the Lions' defensive coordinator before becoming the third head coach in the history of the program at Mount St. Joseph .
Series History
The 2003 game will be the 13th time that the two schools have met on the gridiron. The series is tied at 6-6. Mount St. Joseph took last year's contest 37-35 in Cincinnati , Ohio . Before last season the Lions had not defeated Bluffton since 1996.
This Year's contest
Bluffton will enter the contest at 2-4 (0-2 HCAC). Mount St. Joseph is 5-1 (3-0 HCAC) for the 2003 campaign.
Last Week for BC and MSJ
Bluffton traveled to Hanover for their second conference loss of the season for a final of 52-10. Quarterback Jared Owens went 17 for 22 (184 yards) on the contest. Ben Dodds led the team in rushing and receiving last Saturday. He carried the ball 18 times for 89 yards rushing and posted six catches for 35 yards in the air. Chris Sommers led the defense with eight tackles (4 solo), one TFL and one pass deflection for the Beavers.
The Mount shutout Defiance and won their third straight conference game 17-0. Lion quarterback Mike Dane went 17 for 28 (197 yards) and threw two interceptions in the game. Joel Steinmetz was the Lions leading rusher with 13 carries for 35 total yards. Andy Wellendorf posted three catches for 25 yards and one touchdown.
Leading the Beavers on the year
Quarterback Jared Owens enters the contest with 932 yards on the season with two touchdowns from the air. Owens is 118-70-5 for a completion percentage of 59.3 %. Ben Dodds leads the rushing attack with 632 yards on 141 carries (4.5 avg. per carry). Dodds currently ranks 11th in Division III in all-purpose yards with 186.0 ypg and leads the HCAC in the category. Mark Gable leads the receivers with 332 yards on 21 catches and one touchdown. Defensively, Chris Sommers posts 71 tackles (29 solo, 42 assisted) with two pass break ups and one Tackle for loss for the season. Sommers is tied for 22nd in Division III in tackles per game, averaging 11.8 tpg.
Leading the Lions on the year
Mike Dane, quarterback, has thrown for a total of 963 yards this season, 154-83-9 for a completion percentage of 53.9 %. The Lions leading rusher is Ricky Story who posts 128 carries for 581 yards on the year (4.5 avg. per carry). Andy Wellendorf leads the receivers with 23 cataches for 310 yards and three touchdowns (13.5 avg. per carry). Story posts 14 catches for 107 yards (7.6 avg. per carry).
Bluffton in the Heartland Conference
As a team the Beavers lead the HCAC in rushing offense, averaging 200.0 yards per
game (1200 total yards). Bluffton ranks third in total offense with 363.7 ypg. The
Beavers defense ranks second in HCAC rushing defense allowing opponents only 114.7
ypg on the ground. In total defense Bluffton is sixth, allowing opponents a total
of only 410.3 ypg. The Beavers are third in scoring offense, averaging 21.5 ypg.
Beaver individuals in Heartland Conference
Ben Dodds continues to lead the HCAC in all purpose yards, averaging 186.0 ypg (1116 yds. total). Dodds currently ranks third in the conference in rushing with 632 total yards (105.3 ypg) with Jared Owens following at fifth in the league with 308 total yards (51.3 ypg). From the air Owens currently ranks fifth in passing with 932 total yards (155.3 ypg). In total offense Owens ranks third, averaging 206.7 ypg. Chris Sommers is tied for the lead in the conference defensively with 71 tackles for the season (11.8 tackles per game).
Last Season Overall
Bluffton finished the 2002 campaign at 3-7 (1-5 HCAC). Mount St. Joseph finished at 5-5 overall (4-2 HCAC).
Next up for the Beavers and Lions
Bluffton will travel to Franklin for another conference matchup. Mount St. Joseph will host Anderson . Kickoff for both games are scheduled for 1 p.m.


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Work on new school is happening
Work is going on -- most of it behind the scenes -- on the new school project.
Chief architect Laurence Rose said last week that his firm, Design West, from Pullman, is reviewing all of the information it has accumulated to lay the proper groundwork to finish drawings for the project.
Accordingly, he has called a meeting of the community planning group to get together this Thursday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the district office in an effort to fine-tune the planning on the K-12 project.
The district is also planning a 6:30 p.m. community meeting at the Coulee Dam Community Church's meeting room Thursday evening to bring local residents up to date on the project.
One of the first things planned is to review with Coulee Dam officials about what's under the old Wright Elementary School building, so details of footings can be determined.
He said that his firm needs more detail added to the firm's topography/boundary survey produced by Adams & Clark, Land Surveyors. Rose said surveyors will be in the area this Thursday to do this work.
He said demolition of Wright Elementary School will likely happen during the summer when school kids are out; and actual construction of classrooms will likely take place sometime early in 2013.
The work that has been done on the drawings, the schematic design, represents about 15 percent of what has to be done before the project can be bid.
Another lengthy phase is working with the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction on following procedures required in building a new school.
Both Rose and Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson indicated they plan to be in touch with the OSPI to review all the procedures that need to be followed in building a new school sometime next week.
Rose stated that during design development, his firm plans to have a public meeting so school patrons can keep up to date and offer suggestions before plans are completed.
He said that after construction documents are prepared, he plans to hold an additional two public meetings.
The school district has between $31 and $32 million already in its quest for the full $46 million needed to do everything in the plan.


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Irish economy contracted 1.9 pct in 3rd quarter as debt tensions flare again across Europe
DUBLIN (AP) ' Ireland's economy shrank 1.9 percent in the third quarter, an unexpectedly large drop that raised doubts about the country's capacity to meet its deficit-fighting targets through painful cuts.
The report from the Central Statistics Office on Friday dashed forecasts of only a minor drop in economic activity and led a litany of bad financial news across Europe.
Spain's central bank reported that debt levels for the country's 17 regions have soared 22 percent over the past year. In Brussels, EU officials warned that private creditors were resisting EU efforts to write off euro100 billion ($130 billion) in Greek debts.
And in Portugal, the main opposition party refused to support the government's plan to amend the constitution to include a budget limit. All 17 members of the eurozone are supposed to make such commitments as part of the bloc's week-old plan to get its debt crisis under control.
Until now, EU leaders have held up Ireland as an example of how a country can keep growing its economy while simultaneously sucking money out of it through spending cuts and tax hikes. Ireland's economy was performing better than those of Greece and Portugal, the other two European nations to have received an international bailout.
But Ireland, midway through a seven-year deficit-fighting program that requires at least modest growth to meet its targets, said its gross domestic product fell 1.9 percent in the July-September period ' the worst quarterly fall in the eurozone.
Economists had expected a drop of only around 0.5 percent following two quarters of gains.
The third-quarter drop means Irish growth is averaging just 0.7 percent so far this year. Economists said they doubted that Ireland could rebound sufficiently in the current quarter, if at all, to meet the government's modest target of 1 percent GDP growth.
The European Union and International Monetary Fund last year extended a potential euro67.5 billion ($88 billion) line of credit to Ireland. Greece received its own bailout in May 2010, Portugal in April 2011.
As part of its deal, the Irish promised to rein in their deficit to the eurozone's 3 percent limit by 2015. Ireland posted an EU-record deficit of 32 percent of GDP in 2010 but hopes to reduce it to 10.1 percent this year.
All sides agree that Ireland cannot hope to meet the 2015 goal if its economy doesn't grow sufficiently.
Alan McQuaid, chief economist at Bloxham Stockbrokers in Dublin, said Ireland would "do well" to reach 0.5 percent growth this year "given the deteriorating world economic backdrop and the fall-off in global demand."
David Begg, general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions representing about a third of Ireland's 2 million-strong work force, said the government's austerity program was too severe and "making recovery almost impossible."
"No economy can sustain the sort of ongoing damage that is being inflicted on us," Begg said. "The latest figures show, yet again, a big drop in domestic demand while retailers warn of more closures in the new year. We need growth and we need it quickly."
Fergal O'Brien, chief economist at the Irish Business and Employers Confederation that represents 7,500 companies, noted that Irish exports were still growing, while much of the quarterly fall was caused by a 20.9 percent drop in business investment in new equipment.
"It is likely that some firms are slowing investment decisions again due to the deteriorating international outlook," he said.
Ireland's latest austerity plans published last month are based on the presumption that Irish GDP will grow 1.6 percent in 2012 and 2.8 percent annually in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Economists have labeled those figures too optimistic.
Gross national product, meanwhile, fell 2.2 percent, short of expectations for a flat performance. Many economists consider GNP a better barometer of Ireland's economic health because it excludes the largely expatriated profits of nearly 1,000 foreign companies operating in the country.
Ireland this year is spending euro57 billion ($74.5 billion) ' including more than euro10 billion ($13 billion) in aid to its five nationalized banks ' but collecting barely euro34 billion ($44 billion) in taxes.
To try to reduce the gap, the government is imposing euro2.2 billion ($2.9 billion) in 2012 spending cuts and raising euro1 billion ($1.3 billion) in extra taxes, including a 2-point hike in sales tax to 23 percent and a new national property tax.
EU heavyweight France also sought to come to grips with a new report putting the country on course for renewed recession.
The French statistics agency Insee forecast Thursday night that the country's economy would decline for the last two quarters of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 and resume weak growth only thereafter.
Insee said it expects the eurozone as a whole to experience "a short recessive episode" over the winter, and cautioned that market volatility made such predictions difficult.
France has been bracing for a potential downgrade of its top AAA credit rating. Its leaders insisted Friday their nation's economic fundamentals are strong ' and lashed out at Britain, which has been blamed for undermining confidence in Europe's efforts to tame the eurozone debt crisis.
"We would prefer to be French right now than British in terms of the economy," French Finance Minister Francois Baroin told Europe-1 radio.
Baroin described France's banks as "among the most resistant in the world" and called Britain's economy "worrying." He declined to elaborate.
Earlier this week France's central bank governor, Christian Noyer, told the French daily Le Telegramme that Britain should be at greater risk of losing its AAA rating than France.
He was quoted as saying that Britain suffers from "higher deficits, as much debt, more inflation, and less growth than we do. (Its) credit is collapsing."
Ireland's GDP and GNP, http://bit.ly/vTKjuI


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If mods could take each others power there would end up only being 1 mod who could do anything lol
If mods could take each others power there would end up only being 1 mod who could do anything lol
reporting a mod whos post dumping imo is a complete waste of time, as they get the report all they have to do is delete whatever your complaining about and all the other mods who get the report dont even see the issue anymore, unless they have this setup where the deleted threads are still there just not visable
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Ill allow it...
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Good job Justin.
This really needs to be taken seriously.
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About Me
- Name: Terry Walker
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Terry Walker operates "Cooks For Christ" which is an outreach ministry of helps and hospitality in Greenville, South Carolina. CFC caters Christian fellowships, as well as provides food and hospitality services to those who find themselves in need. CFC serves churches, homeless and children's shelters and the poor and needy in upstate South Carolina. If you know anyone in the upstate who is spiritually or physically hungry, or in need of spiritual or temporal assistance, please call 864-363-5006 or e-mail Terry Walker at email@example.com. The Bible says in Luke 17:7-10 "Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, 'Come here at once and take your place at the table'? Would you not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink'? Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!'"
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