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(NEW YORK) — The winter storm that hit the Midwest and cancelled hundreds of flights in its wake has moved east.
A state of emergency has been declared in Virginia, where 200,000 are without power and heavy wet snow continues to fall. Some 20 inches of snow had fallen in Augusta County, Va., by mid-afternoon.
The storm prompted a shutdown of federal offices and schools in the Washington, D.C., region Wednesday. As of mid-afternoon Wednesday, there was little accumulation in the city but up to 6 inches of snow to the west. The National Weather Service canceled its winter storm warning for D.C. on Wednesday afternoon.
There's more accumulation in the mountains in West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland, with reports of between 18 and 20 inches expected.
The Nor'easter — dubbed "snowquester" — will move up the coast Wednesday. A total accumulation of 5 inches is expected in New York City and up to 10 inches east of the city. Boston residents should expect half a foot or more, but areas west and south of Boston, including Worcester and Providence, will likely see up to 10 inches — the highest New England snow totals.
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect for much of the Ohio River Valley and Mid-Atlantic states as well as portions of the southern Appalachians. Winter storm watches are in effect for portions of southeastern New England. Coastal flood warnings and advisories are in effect for portions of the Mid-Atlantic coastline from Maryland to Long Island and Connecticut.
In Delaware, a dune breach on Route 1 has caused flooding and closed the road between Dewey and Rehoboth Beach.
As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, there were more than 2,100 flight cancellations nationwide with the majority of those in Washington, D.C., according to FlightAware. More than 1,300 flights in and out of the three D.C.-area airports (Ronald Reagan Washington National, Washington Dulles International and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) were cancelled. Nearly 300 more have been cancelled to and from Philadelphia.
According to the FAA, a ground stop has been issued on arriving flights at Philadelphia International. Newark-Liberty International Airport is experiencing delays due to weather and wind. John F. Kennedy International is experiencing delays of nearly one hour and LaGuardia, one hour and 45 minutes.
Airlines including American, Continental, JetBlue, US Airways and Southwest have issued flexible travel policies allowing passengers to change flights without penalty. Policies vary by airline.
More than 3,600 flights have been cancelled this week due to the winter storm.
Amtrak said it is "monitoring" the storm, but anticipated normal operations on Wednesday. Passengers who have paid but choose not to travel due to this service disruption can receive a refund or a voucher for future travel.
Megabus said it was cancelling the majority of services between New York, Baltimore and Washington and some services running between Washington and Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Durham, Charlotte, Toronto and Buffalo. Greyhound also reported cancellations and delays in New York City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C. and Richmond.
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BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Police in Broken Arrow are searching for the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run collision that killed a bicyclist.
Police said in a news release Thursday that detectives are looking for a white, late model Chevrolet Malibu that is missing part of its front bumper on the passenger side.
Police say 71-year-old Earl Teske of Broken Arrow was killed when the bicycle he was riding along a city street was hit just after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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"Bali Fun Ship" is a 26m fast catamaran with a capacity of 150 passengers. The only boat with a "jacuzzi" and a water slide from the top deck straight into the water
Departing from Benoa Harbour, Bali the crossing time approximately 40 minutes to Lembongan Island
Be adventurous on a truly 'Fun Ship'! Enjoy your morning refreshments as you cruise through Benoa Harbour, past Nusa Dua and Sanur on your voyage to Lembongan Island.
The fun continues as you arrive on Lembongan Island and enjoy the water activities and a great BBQ buffet lunch.


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Plum Island has fascinated conspiracy theorists for decades. Weird and sinister speculation about the government's germ research on the 3-mile strip has spawned legends that only get better with age, like the alleged post-World War II recruitment of Nazi scientists to work there on a biological-weapons program, or the research conducted there that supposedly led to the spread of Lyme disease.
But now, there's a far different type of controversy spreading over Plum Island: how to use it after the Homeland Security Department packs up the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility and moves west, to a new $1 billion lab in Manhattan, Kan.
Under a current budget-balancing plan, the federal government intends to sell Plum Island to the highest bidder, raising an estimated $32.8 million to offset a portion of the cost of the Kansas lab.
But on Wednesday, a group of New York and Connecticut members of Congress, joined by environmentalists, launched an effort to convince House and Senate appropriators to drop the sale.
These lawmakers from the Long Island Sound region—including Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, among others—argue in a letter to their colleagues that the environmental and ecological value of the island exceeds the estimated proceeds that could be raised by selling it. Instead, they want it turned over to the National Park Service or the Fish and Wildlife Service.
"We need to proceed very carefully when considering the future of this environmental and ecological treasure," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut. "We have a responsibility to ensure the protection and preservation of this national treasure, not only for those living near their shores, but for their children and children's children."
Of course, there's no disputing that Plum Island for years housed some of the most lethal bacteria known to humankind—organisms responsible for swine flu, foot-and-mouth disease, and other livestock ailments. The George W. Bush administration even acknowledged in 2008 that—20 years earlier—there had been accidents at the facility, including one in 1978 involving the release of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease into the cattle-holding pens on the island.
And the House and Senate members arguing to keep Plum Island in federal government hands admit it might take millions of dollars to remediate after decades of germ-research use. But they argue that "the environmental significance of the Plum Island area cannot be overstated."
The government's own environmental impact statements say that a vast number of species could be impacted by development on Plum Island, including at least two endangered species, the piping plover and the roseate tern. In addition, the lawmakers argued that development of the island may affect the already endangered Atlantic ridley sea turtle and three other species.
"From personal visits, photos, and conversations with experts, we know that the island is a critical habitat and a pristine landscape that must be protected in perpetuity," the lawmakers wrote to their congressional colleagues.


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ATLANTA - Saxby Chambliss spoiled the weekend for a lot of Georgia politicians with his Friday announcement that he would retire from the U.S. Senate next year rather than seek re-election.
Since word leaked out after he notified his staff and colleagues, people who picture themselves as Senate material have been contacting potential supporters to gauge whether to enter the race. Their decisions will create a domino effect as lower-rung officials decide to move up to fill vacancies created by Senate candidates.
It's not as though people weren't already thinking about the seat. Conservatives had vowed to mount a primary challenge against him, and a telephone poll was in the field the night before his announcement on behalf of an undisclosed Democratic candidate testing Chambliss' political strengths and weaknesses.
After the news, the first candidates to publicly express interest in running were GOP U.S. Reps. Jack Kingston of Savannah, Paul Broun of Athens and Tom Price of Roswell.
Karen Handel, a former Georgia secretary of state who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2010 expressed slightly less specific sentiment on her Facebook account that evening.
"Thx to everyone for your encouragement," she wrote. "Let's see how things play out."
Among the first calls any Georgia Republican hopeful makes is one to Eric Tanenblatt, a managing director of the lobbying side of Atlanta law firm McKenna Long and then-Gov. Sonny Perdue's first chief of staff.
Not only does he lead the well-connected firm's national government affairs group, but he is one of the top political fund raisers in the state, which, of course, is part of the reason for his influence. Most recently, he was Mitt Romney's Georgia chairman, raising a record $19 million here, having played similar roles for both Presidents Bush.
He took a few minutes Friday afternoon between candidate calls to chat with a reporter, another reason for his influence in state politics. He began by praising Chambliss as a hard worker who has been a leader in two major areas for 20 years, national intelligence and agriculture, and for working across the aisle with Democrats.
"I'm sure it's been very frustrating for him," Tanenblatt said, noting that he had not read the senator's announcement that listed annoyance with partisan gridlock as his reason for retiring.
As Chambliss throws up his hands in resignation, there is no shortage of candidates eager to take on the chore. Major donors are just as put out with Washington and eager to back someone feeling the same way, Tanenblatt said.
"They couldn't wait for a more exciting development. Everything's been turned upside down," he said.
There is an understandable urge to get a head start, become the frontrunner and lock up endorsements and contributors. But Tanenblatt counsels for calm.
"People need to step back and understand there'll be plenty of time."
After all, the last governor's race illustrates how fluid a campaign is. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle was considered the frontrunner the moment Perdue won a second term, but Cagle eventually decided to keep his own job. Eric Johnson of Savannah, the Senate president pro tempore at the time, reacted to Cagle's decision by moving from the lieutenant governor's race to the top spot, earning himself predictions that his savvy and contacts would make him a formidable contender.
However, for much of the early campaign, then-Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine led polls and fundraising, but he failed to make it to the primary runoff when Handel edged him and Johnson out.
The ultimate winner, Nathan Deal, was the last candidate to enter the race.
Those jockeying to be first out of the starting gate in the Senate contest should keep a clear head, Tanenblatt advises.
"That doesn't necessarily mean they'll be the only ones in this race," he said. "It wouldn't surprise me if you didn't find someone outside of the political scene, in the business community, didn't jump into the race."
Tanenblatt offers informed insight about the thinking of major campaign donors. With no clear shoo-in, they are inclined to take their time deciding whom they'll back.
That is a valuable vetting process as illustrated by the 2002 gubernatorial race when then-Superintendent of Schools Linda Schrenko fell short in their scrutiny and failed to raise enough money to fuel her campaign against Perdue. Their judgment was confirmed when she pleaded guilty to federal embezzlement charges.
Since the big givers are concentrated in metro Atlanta, does geography give an advantage to one candidate, say a Price or a Handel over a Broun or a Kingston?
Not necessarily, Tanenblatt says. Political longevity can neutralize it.
"For those that don't live in the Atlanta area, if you have been around the public eye for a while, I think that benefits you."
The Tea Party and general grassroots activism is also rewriting the traditional political scripts, he adds.
As a result, little that will be reported in the next few days is likely to determine the eventual outcome in November 2014. But, it will be a good show.
Walter Jones is the Atlanta bureau chief for Morris News Service and has been covering Georgia politics since 1998. Follow him on Twitter
@MorrisNews and Facebook or reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com and 404-589-8424.


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Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada spent almost 27 years in prison with Nelson Mandela on Robben Island. Earlier this year, he gave President and Michelle Obama a tour of his former prison.
Here & Now's Robin Young spoke to Kathrada in July. Today we present an excerpt of that conversation.
- Ahmed Kathrada, South African anti-apartheid activist.
Copyright 2013 WBUR-FM. To see more, visit http://www.wbur.org.


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A salad bar filled with crunchy, vibrant vegetables is one of the first things that students see when they enter the cafeteria at John Winthrop Middle School in Deep River.
French fries are no longer fried. They are sliced, roasted potatoes that have been purchased locally. The pizza dough is fresh, not frozen, provided by a nearby restaurant and not shipped across the country. Since the director of food service for the Region 4 School district, Thomas Peterlik, travelled to the White House to learn about Michelle Obama's healthful-lunch initiative, he has been dedicated to improving his cafeteria. But it hasn't been easy, and he is reaching out to his neighbors to gather momentum and support.
"It's time to really get the community involved and change the stigma of what a cafeteria is or was and then just make it fun!" says Peterlik, a former chef aboard cruise ships who trained at a culinary school in Austria. "For me, it's involving everybody. From how the product is grown to local businesses to students themselves because they are our customers."
Reports of kids rebelling against the healthier food have been everywhere since new federal standards were put in place, from a pickle controversy in West Hartford to complaints in New Haven. Peterlik says that fewer kids are buying lunch now that some of the preservative-filled staples are gone, but he isn't frustrated. He experienced the same situation when he was the executive chef at Yale University. He believes we become accustomed to the taste of salt and fat.
"If you try to take them away, kids don't respond to it at first because at home they are used to chicken nuggets or chicken patties," he says. He is asking for parents to lead by example and try to adopt more healthful habits, as well: "I'm a believer that whatever doesn't grow naturally probably is not that good for you."
This father of two is also making nutritious eating part of the curriculum by planting a garden at school where vegetables will grow in the summertime. In the fall, teachers will use the produce in math class so students can reduce, double and triple recipes while engaging in cooking demonstrations.
"We know that our children have had many issues around diabetes and obesity, that this is a national problem, as well as in the state of Connecticut," says Region 4's Superintendent Ruth Levy, who hopes to someday see a longevity study that would examine the impact of good nutrition on students' learning.
Buying quality food is expensive. So Peterlik and local chef Jonathan Rapp of the River Tavern in Chester, have gotten creative. A "Get Fresh 4 School" picnic last spring was a soaring success, and the annual Dinners at the Farm raise funds, in part, for the public school system's food program.
Peterlik believes he's making strides by involving the kids, relying on the community and practicing patience. After all, eating well defines our children's future.
>>To go behind-the-scenes in a school cafeteria, tune into today's Fox CT Morning News. To contribute your own adventures in motherhood, or to read more from Fox CT reporter Sarah Cody and freelancer Teresa Pelham, go to http://www.ctnow.com/mommyminute.


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LIVE LIKE YOU ARE DYING--ANNABELLA SCIORRA ("LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT") GUEST STARS -- Sam (Linda Cardellini) and Morris (Scott Grimes) are caught off guard when a photographer (guest star Annabella Sciorra) comes into the ER snapping photos alongside a terminally ill patient. Neela (Parminder Nagra) continues to feel upstaged by the new surgical intern that seems to be Dr. Dubenko's (Leland Orser) new favorite. Meanwhile, it is Sam's birthday (Linda Cardellini) and all she can think about is Alex (Dominic Janes). Goran Visnjic, Maura Tierney, Mekhi Phifer, Parminder Nagra, Shane West, and John Stamos also star.


text: Biotinylated Horse Anti-Goat IgG Antibody Catalog Number: BA-9500 Availability: In stock $155.00 Unit Size: 1.5 mg Qty: Add to Cart Email to a Friend Add to Wishlist | Add to Compare Zoom Overview Additional Info Reviews Protocols/Data Sheet/SDS Overview Features: Affinity-purified, ultrapure, high affinity antibody Suitable for use with goat, sheep, and bovine IgG primary antibodies Thoroughly adsorbed against serum and immunoglobulins from potentially interfering species Unless otherwise specified, antibodies recognizes both heavy and light chains (H+L) Biotinylated to ensure the maximum degree of labeling without compromising the specificity or affinity of the antibody Can be used for tissue and cell staining, ELISAs, and blots Supplied in solution Product Citations: View product citations for antibody BA-9500 on CiteAb Additional Information Catalog Number BA-9500 Unit Size 1.5 mg Country of Manufacture United States Applications Immunohistochemistry / Immunocytochemistry, Immunofluorescence, In situ hybridization, Blotting Applications, Elispot, ELISAs Target Species Goat Conjugate Biotinylated Host Species Horse Format Concentrate Additional Info Details Vector Laboratories affinity-purified antibodies are of unmatched quality. These antibodies are prepared using proprietary immunization schedules that produce high affinity antibodies. The antibodies are then purified by affinity chromatography, and cross-reactivities that are likely to interfere with specific labeling are removed by solid phase adsorption techniques. The biotinylated secondary antibodies are conjugated to ensure the maximum degree of labeling without compromising the specificity or affinity of the antibody. These antibodies are subjected to rigorous quality control assays and can be used for tissue and cell staining, ELISAs, and blots. Biotinylated Horse Anti-Goat IgG (H+L) is supplied in liquid format. With some exceptions the recommended dilution for most applications is 1:200. (H+L) indicates the antibody recognizes both heavy and light chains. This antibody is suitable for use with goat, sheep and bovine primary antibodies. The use of bovine products such as casein, serum, albumin or non-fat dry milk as blocking agents in ELISA or blot assays may produce a high background due to cross-reactivity of this antibody with bovine immunoglobulins that may be present. If this antibody is to be used in these applications, blocking with Animal-Free Blocker solution (Cat. No. SP-5030) is recommended. Reviews Write Your Own Review You're reviewing: Biotinylated Horse Anti-Goat IgG Antibody *Nickname *Summary of Your Review *Review Submit Review Protocols/Data Sheet/SDS Protocols/Data Sheet/SDS Data Sheet SDS Related Products Check items to add to the cart or select all DyLight 488 Streptavidin Catalog Number: SA-5488 VECTASTAIN® Elite® ABC-HRP Kit (Peroxidase, Standard) Catalog Number: PK-6100 Fluorescent Avidin Kit Catalog Number: A-1100 VECTASTAIN® ABC-AP Staining Kit (Alkaline Phosphatase, Standard) Catalog Number: AK-5000 DyLight 649 Streptavidin Catalog Number: SA-5649 Fluorescein Avidin DCS, Cell Sorting Grade Catalog Number: A-2011 DyLight 549 Streptavidin Catalog Number: SA-5549 Fluorescent Streptavidin Kit Catalog Number: SA-1200 VECTASTAIN® ABC-HRP Kit (Peroxidase, Standard) Catalog Number: PK-4000 Streptavidin, Horseradish Peroxidase, R.T.U. (Ready-to-Use) Catalog Number: SA-5704 Texas Red® Avidin DCS, Cell Sorting Grade Catalog Number: A-2016 DyLight 594 Streptavidin Catalog Number: SA-5594 Rhodamine Avidin D, TMRITC Catalog Number: A-2002


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My cousin got burgled just before christmas while she was on holiday. They packed all the best stuff into her bmw and drove off. Surprisingly they left the presents under the tree (for what that's worth)!
It got me a little paranoid so I started googling around and found http://preyproject.com/
Nice concept. It creates a nice honeytrap guest account for your light fingered friend to reveal himself.
I've also set up an account with dyndns.com and am figuring out how to get OpenSSh running. A video from another post here inspired to do that.


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- January 1, 1931 - November 9, 2012
- Strongsville, Ohio
of Carl 's Passing
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Carl L. Farmer, age 81, passed away Friday, November 9, 2012 at the Southwest General Residential Hospice Center in Strongsville after a long illness.
He was born on January 1, 1931 in Hebbertsburg, TN and grew up in Crossville, Tennessee. Carl has lived in Strongsville for the past 4 years after moving from Elyria where he had lived most of his life.
Carl worked in the shipping and receiving department of the Ford Motor Company in Brook Park, before retiring in 1992 after 35 years of service.
He was an avid traveler, but when at home, Carl enjoyed golf, bowling and working in his garden.
Mr. Farmer was a member of the North Ridgeville Church of Christ, and U.A.W. Local 1250.
He is survived by his son Stan Farmer of Strongsville; brothers Edwin Farmer of Harriman TN and Orlando Farmer of Cleveland; sister Joyce Nealon of Crossville, TN.
He was preceded in death by his wife Shirley E. Farmer in 1997; parents Carl and Agnes (nee Pace) Farmer; brother Donald Farmer.
The family will receive friends Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM at Bogner Family Funeral Home 36625 Center Ridge Road North Ridgeville. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home. Terry Sanders will officiate.
Interment will be in Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon.
Memorial contributions are suggested to North Ridgeville Church of Christ, 36350 Chestnut Ridge Road, North Ridgeville, Ohio 44039


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fabianhjr wrote:Who.is
So how did he find my IP? Or is that because he is a super mod?
fabianhjr wrote:Who.is
Goatboy wrote:Any moderator (or user with correct permissions) can view the IP of a user based upon their posts.
iistapp wrote:Goatboy wrote:Any moderator (or user with correct permissions) can view the IP of a user based upon their posts.
Cheers, so do I by any chance have the permission to view someones IP based upon their post?
If so, how would I find it? ^^
iistapp wrote:Would you say it's important to logg IP's on any web page what so ever that you got running, in case of someone trying to break into it?
iistapp wrote:Defience wrote:
iistapp, here is an example of what others have said.....the following information is based on your ip address and as you can see, it won't lead to your front door:
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City: Amsterdam
PostalCode: 1001EB
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Comment: the RIPE database at http://www.ripe.net/whois
RegDate: 2004-04-01
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org-name: Telenor Business Solutions AS
org-type: LIR
address: Telenor Business Solutions AS
Thor-Henrik Kvandahl
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N-1331 Fornebu
phone: +47 810 77 000
fax-no: +47 947 70 424
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role: Telenor Routing Registry
address: Telenor Networks AS
address: Snaroyveien 30
address: N-1331 Fornebu
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phone: +47 67 89 00 00
admin-c: TNA4-RIPE
tech-c: TNA4-RIPE
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role: TBS AS - Customer Internet Access
address: Telenor Telecom Solutions AS
address: Snaroyveien 30
address: NO-1331 Fornebu
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phone: +47 67890000
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Domain owner info (Whois / Abuse)
Whois record :
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% Rights restricted by copyright. See http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/whois/kopirett.en.html
Domain Information
Domain Name................: online.no
Organization Handle........: TTSA5O-NORID
Registrar Handle...........: REG766-NORID
Legal-c Handle.............: MO361P-NORID
Tech-c Handle..............: TH17R-NORID
Zone-c Handle..............: TH17R-NORID
Nameserver Handle..........: NS1232H-NORID
Nameserver Handle..........: NS1231H-NORID
Additional information:
Created: 1999-11-15
Last updated: 2006-12-21
NORID Handle...............: TTSA5O-NORID
Organization Name..........: Telenor Telecom Solutions AS
Organization Number........: 976967631
Post Address...............: Snarøyveien 30
Postal Code................: NO-1331
Postal Area................: Fornebu
Country....................: NO
Phone Number...............: +47 81 07 70 00
Fax Number.................: +47 67 89 40 90
Email Address..............: firstname.lastname@example.com
Additional information:
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Attorney General Eric Holder's meeting with journalists and media rights advocates, including me, began in the way many Washington conversations do, with negotiations as to what was to be "off the record."
The meeting was one of a series Holder has been holding with editors, bureau chiefs, network executives and media rights organizations to discuss his Justice Department's handling of investigations that involve reporters. Some news organizations boycotted the meetings rather than go along with Holder's off-the-record demand. I attended as a representative of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, of which I am a board member. If it really leads to some positive changes and not just a public-relations boost for Holder and his boss, President Barack Obama, I think it was worth a try.
The sad fact about the Constitution's protections of journalists in such cases is how few protections we have. The media and the government are still operating under the legacy of the Supreme Court's 1972 Branzburg v. Hayes, in which the high court narrowly ruled 5-4 that the First Amendment does not exempt reporters from giving evidence in criminal cases.
Yet, in a bow to free press rights, the court also held that the government must "convincingly show a substantial relation between the information sought and a subject of overriding and compelling state interest." If that sounds about as clear as an oil spill to you, you're not alone.
The high court has yet to revisit the issue, but the Justice Department enacted important guidelines after Branzburg. They give the department wide discretion while also trying to set something that sounds like reasonable limits. They require that the attorney general approve all media subpoenas. They must be "as narrowly drawn as possible" and the news organizations must be notified of a subpoena in all but the most exceptional cases so they have time to appeal it in court.
What brings the issue up again are the revelations that earlier this year Justice secretly conducted the most aggressive known federal seizure of media records since the Nixon Administration. The department seized two months of records for 20 telephone lines used by Associated Press reporters and editors.
They also obtained a warrant to search email records at Fox News and a subpoena for the network's telephone records. Both the AP and Fox cases involved separate leak investigations.
Holder also denied at a May 15 hearing that he had ever been involved in any decision to pursue a criminal investigation of a journalist. He also declared that it would not be "wise policy" to do so. Yet in the affidavit for the Fox News subpoena, the reporter involved, James Rosen, was described as a "co-conspirator" by investigators.
White House spokesman Jay Carney and the Justice Department said that Holder had testified truthfully, since Rosen was not charged. The C-word was made necessary by technical legal rules, the department said. Yet, to journalists and other non-lawyerly folks – like me – being named as "co-conspirator" sounds a lot like the feds were preparing Rosen for possible indictment. Justice officials could hardly throw a harsher chill on the media if they were trying.
Bridging such cultural gaps was one of Holder's stated reasons for holding the meeting as part of a review ordered by President Obama to come up with proposals for new or improved rules by mid-July.
If this sounds like an inside-baseball concern, limited to media workers, consider for a moment how many questionable government activities we know about thanks to leakers and the reporters who reported their leaks. Notable examples in recent years include warrantless eavesdropping, "renditions" to secret prisons, waterboarding and armed drones.
One of the most commonly raised concerns of media workers, executives and advocates in Holder's meetings was how and why media should be notified of an investigation, as the department's guidelines indicate. Then they can negotiate with the government over what should be released and how. Holder acknowledged that the vast majority of such disputes are quietly resolved in this way without going to court.
If the two parties can't come to an agreement, a secret federal court would provide an objective third party to settle the issue. Judges aren't perfect, but they provide a valuable assurance that the government must prove its case before stepping on the public's right to know.
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Last week, Valve promised to release the Left 4 Dead 2 version of classic Left 4 Dead episode 'Dead Air' if players helped beta test new community-made map Cold Stream, setting a target for 20,000 playthroughs. Good news! "You started playing at 10am on Wednesday morning. Four and half hours later you surpassed the 20,000 target," Valve revealed in a blog post. "By 5pm you passed 30,000. By this morning at 10am – a mere 24 hours later you hit 60,774!"
"We are going to try and release it as early as possible but will release it on July 22nd the latest," Valve said. "It isn't currently ready for release as we have been working on The Terminal and Finale maps and need to test them more internally."
The developer also mentions working on a new version of the finale in L4D2's 'Dead Carnival' episode, "and some gameplay changes for finales in general." As ever, the changes will hit PC and Mac first.
Once the changes have been given a good testing, and Cold Stream and the rest of the original L4D episodes are finished, it'll all head over to Xbox 360 too. "What date is that?" Valve asks. "Hard to say but with your help it just got closer."


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Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard snubbed the opportunity to join Bundesliga giants Beyarn Munich last season, according to the Daily Telegraph.
The Anfield hero celebrates his 15 years at the club this afternoon with his testimonial, but he revealed he turned down the chance to play for a top European side 12 months ago.
Gerrard said the ambition to help take Liverpool back to the Champions League was his main motivation to stay at Anfield. He doesn't name the club interested in his services, but the Telegraph claims it was Bayern Munich.
"I had a chance to move last year to a Champions League club," said Gerrard. "There was no temptation. I have been through that enough before."
And the Reds captain admitted he hopes Luis Suarez follows his advice, and turns down the chance to move elsewhere this summer. Gerrard was heavily linked with Real Madrid and Chelsea at various points in his career, and Suarez similarly has been mentioned as a target for Madrid.
"That is the message for Luis," continued Gerrard. "I am hoping from a biased point of view that he gives us another year and shows us the form he did last season.
"Maybe it will be time for him to go next year or the year after. I don't think it is the right time for him to go just yet."
Gerrard, along with fellow Liverpool legends Jamie Carragher and Robbie Fowler, will feature in the captain's testimonial, hoping to raise more than £1m for Merseyside causes.
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This site does need a major update though :/
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HIGHLAND, N.Y.-- A school resource officer's gun accidentally fired today in a hallway at Highland High School, police and the school district said.
No one was injured.
Highland is near Poughkeepsie.
The officer, Sean McCutcheon of the Lloyd Police Department, was on foot patrol in a hallway when the shot fired at 1:38 p.m., the district said in a statement on its website.
The statement said no students or staff were nearby at the time.
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For some people, the only acceptable option is a sandal or athletic shoe that doesn't rub on an existing bunion, callus or corn, or hammer, claw, or mallet toe. You may also be able to have a cobbler make changes to your shoes to make them more comfortable. But most people will be able to find a shoe that causes little or no pain and allows them to function.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wordless Wednesday: What is this document?
This document is wordless, at least words in English! I have no idea what it is or where it came from but I do know this - it belonged to my grandfather, Sigmund Levy. We were recently cleaning out an extra room and amongst all of the photos of our kids, this document emerged. I have no recollection of how I got it or even who I got it from but I thought it was cool enough to frame. And my husband has decided that matting and framing would be a good hobby so this was his debut project. It turned out very nice!
A closer view shows a little more detail.
You can see his name and what you can't see is the date - 1913.
And off to the side he even signed the document.
Isn't it odd that I have so few memories of my childhood yet I can remember this signature as clear as a bell?
Anyone have any clues about this document? I don't care what it signifies or what it says, I LOVE IT!
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What a cool document! When I first saw it, my initial reaction was that it was a diploma of some kind.ReplyDelete
Using Google Translate, I put in what words I could see and it appears to be a certificate showing Sigmund Levy either joining the Masons or rising in rank within the Masons. It shows that he is 25 years old at the time and living in Fresno, California.ReplyDelete
You can see a lot of Masonic symbols on the certificate too - the all-seeing eye, compass and square, etc.
If you can type all the words into Translate, it will probably be much clearer :)
It is very cool!
Debi, it looks masonic to me too - and the mention of the "Supreme Council" is a good clue along with they symbols.ReplyDelete
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THE community has rallied around BMX figure, and former Pambula girl, Tahlia Waldron.
Tahlia made selection for the World Titles to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but financial difficulties meant the family would not be able to send her.
Article in the Magnet, News Weekly and BDN on urged locals to support the family, and the community did not disappoint.
"Tahlia flies out this Friday to compete in the UCI World BMX Championships in Rotterdam," proud mum Minna said.
Minna said the support for her daughter reaching the championships had been "humbling".
Tahlia, 15, was selected to compete at the championships after winning the under 16s Australian Champion-ship in Shepparton.
Tahlia, who has Olympic aspirations has her bikes and gear covered by her major sponsor Cyclecraft, but a number of local donations made the trip possible.
"We want to make special mention to Badewitz Cabinetry Pambula who came on board assisting to sponsor her trip and make her dream come true," Minna said.
"And thank you so much to the others that also contributed.
"It's very humbling to see the generosity from people we've never met."
A number of local businesses, families and individuals reached out to the family and Minna was delighted to announce the family had raised enough for Tahlia to attend the event.
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Snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain — there will be something for everyone not to like in Thursday's storm.
"Initially, it's going to be snow everywhere, with heaviest snowfall accumulation in areas north and west of Boston, especially outside of [I-495]," said National Weather Service meteorologist William Babcock. Later, he said, the precipitation in some areas will change to rain and sleet — before potentially changing again back to snow.
In the Berkshires, where the storm will be all snow, some isolated areas could see flakes piling up to 24 inches high, the weather service said in a forecast discussion posted on the Internet.
In Boston, 3 to 5 inches are expected. Snow amounts could grow quickly as you move west, though, with other areas within Route 128 getting 6 to 8 inches, and areas within I-495 getting as much as 14 inches.
The amounts are expected to stay lower along the coast and taper off to the south and east, with only 2 to 4 inches expected in Southeastern Massachusetts and 1 to 2 inches on Cape Cod, according to a weather service snowfall forecast map.
Winter storm warnings have been issued for most of the state, effective between 7 a.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday.
Strong wind gusts are expected along the coast, with winds blowing east 20 to 30 miles per hour and gusting up to 50 miles per hour.
Coastal flooding is also a concern as the storm hits during Thursday's high tide, its winds whipping up the seas.
"We're going to see some fairly rough seas heading toward shore and that does give us some concern," Babcock said. "But the tide isn't as high as it could be ... which we have going in our favor."
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C'mon, every fool knows that a Galaxy is a chocolate bar made of the same chocolate that Snickers/Mars are coated with...
Either that or a Ford MPV
no, it's a whole bunch of stuff [wikipedia.org].
1. Have you read the paper by Forbes and Kroupa accepted for publication in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia entitled "What is a galaxy? Cast your vote here..." (its available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.3309 [arxiv.org])
A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of at least one Stephen Colbert.
A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system
Hey! Leavy my mom out of this!
Creation vs evolution is a discussion of theories and facts, and facts aren't really subject to public opinion.
However, this is just definitions. All we really need is some coherent way to draw the line between the two, and it doesn't really matter what the line is. The comparison to Pluto is apt: it didn't really matter whether Pluto was a planet or not, except that science works best with consistent definitions, and either we could use a definition that included Pluto and a couple dozen (at least) other objects in our solar system, or we could use the definition that excluded all of them, including Pluto. Basically the decision was that there would be less public outcry this way, and it made more 'sense'.
But it'd have been better to have the discussion earlier, which is what these people are trying to do: Hold the discussion early enough that the results will get used before the public at large get emotionally attached to the one or two border cases.
It doesn't seem like the definition of a scientific term is something that should be left to a democratic vote. Public opinion with regards to science is never a good thing to rely on (creation vs evolution, naturalistic healing, etc).
It's not really a scientific term. No theories depend on the definition of a galaxy.
No, but I would consider a scientific definition to require some very specific collection of theories and to not require non-theorized constructs of any kind. (Thus, requiring a planet to be a specific size or in a specific location is NOT a scientific definition; requiring it to have certain properties that a well-defined group of planetary-like objects will all share and all definitely non-planetary-objects will not possess is a scientific definition.)
It's the same way we define fundamental properties lik
Somehow I suspect a galaxy to be more a paradox of the heap [wikipedia.org] kind of problem. A huge bunch of stars is a galaxy, remove one by one and at some point it stops being a galaxy. The question is what star turns a galaxy into a non-galaxy, I don't think there's a "fundamental property" to that.
It doesn't seem like the definition of a scientific term is something that should be left to a democratic vote. Public opinion with regards to science is never a good thing to rely on (creation vs evolution, naturalistic healing, etc).
But you miss the central point of the story.
There is no formal definition, scientific or otherwise. Its just a term in common usage with no universally agreed upon definition.
As such voting is as good a method of arriving at a definition as any other, and certainly a better method than was originally used (namely no method at all).
"and they have even set up a Web site for people to cast their votes."
Yep. Counting noses is the very essence of the scientific process.
True, but it's the nature of the problem.
Before the periodic table, the elements were grouped by non-essential properties like boiling points, conductivity, colour, etc. The problem with such groupings is that different people group things differently. With such groupings, some kind of voting or fiat declaration is the only way to define the things.
When the periodic table was created, there was finally a grouping based on essential properties, so no such voting is required.
If you want to avoid this problem,
I know a galaxy when I see one.
I know a galaxy when I see one.
And it probably is a Ford!
Pluto's not a planet, maybe it's a galaxy!
Pluto's not a planet, maybe it's a galaxy!
Not swirly enough, but I like your thought
I think we live in a relatively large galaxy (at least, I heard it was in the process of swallowing up to smaller ones), so I don't think that would quickly be the case. Googled it:
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/001205a.html [nasa.gov]
So a "cluster" is rather like a "bar"?
Where is the Snickers Galaxy?
I see what you did there..and I like it's tasty goodness.
Lots of astronomical terms are very vague in their definition. Heck, "planet" was only officially defined a couple years ago.
There is no "official" difference between "ocean" and "sea", either.
No. All the more reason to change it now, before it becomes subject to the Pluto effect.
...such as the difference between a tropical storm or a hurricane.
Sorry, but this isn't so.
Tropical Storm = Distinct rotary circulation, constant wind speed ranges 39-73 miles per hour (34-63 knots).
Hurricane = Pronounced rotary circulation, constant wind speed of 74 miles per hours (64 knots) or more.
I'm guessing you don't live in an area that regularly gets hit by these storms, as I really though this was common knowledge. Nothing arbitrary about it, unless we are using different definitions of arbitrary. Source: NOAA [noaa.gov].
It's a matter of scope.
It's not arbitrary at a personal use level because you can't personally decide, by whimsy, that a 59 knot storm that was particularly devastating was in fact a Hurricane.
But it is arbirary at a definition level because 64 knots has no particular meaning, and it could just as easily have been some other number without losing any real meaning.
You can define a species as a group of animals that can reproduce sexually with one another,
It's not even that simple even for animals that reproduce sexually. Horses and Donkeys can breed together, as can certain other pairs of animals of close but definitely different 'species'. You might then decide to add a sub-clause that the offspring must also be able to reproduce sexually, but in some cases even that doesn't clear things up. And even worse, you can have groups A, B, and C where A and B can breed together, B and C can breed together, but A and C can't.
It's a bit like the idea of 'race'. Bef
Even basic stuff in celestial mechanics... What constitutes an "orbit?" Why do we say the Earth orbits the sun? A better approximation would be that the earth-moon system and the sun both orbit the barycenter of those three bodies -- though even this is an approximation.
It may seem "obvious" in the context of the universe immediately around us, but how do you formally define it so that if, say, you're running an n-body simulation on a computer with all n(n-1)/2 interaction forces, the program can automati
There is no "official" difference between "ocean" and "sea", either.
Is there a difference (even unofficially)?
The best one I've heard of is that it's an ocean if it has ocean in its name. That's it.
So what about lakes and ponds?
I think people are too quick to rush to naming and categorizing stuff (in Astronomy and in life)... can't all bodies floating in space be called something like Satellites? Bound and unbound, just like landlocked and non-locked bodies of water. Earth would be a Bound Satellite where "Bound" was a term used for something with a regular orbit.
2) How far away is that galaxy right now ("proper distance"). I.e., if each galaxy had a clock that counted seconds since the Big Bang and could instantaneously extend a long ruler to the other galaxy and the ruler was sent and received at the same time has measured by those clocks, how long would that ruler be? 32 billion light years
So, if there was no such thing as Relativity then. Didn't you just prove his point?
It's funny how many comments that involve relativity seem to implicitly assume there is one preferred frame of reference. Talk about not getting the point!
No, it's more a matter of space expanding. The 13.2 billion light years figure is how far a photon arriving at our galaxy had to travel. The 45 billion light years figure is how far a photon leaving now would have to travel, if the universe weren't expanding. Another, even bigger value, would be how far a photon leaving now would have to travel with the expansion of the universe at it's current rate (i.e. if we wanted to go there, how far would we have to go?).
All these measurements are in the frame of r
Typically they are something far, far away and a long time ago. At least from our perspective that is.
Your older Galaxies had more limited trim packages and slightly smaller engines. After 1969 the engines became larger overall and were available in a wider array of trim.
The two-door convertible with a 400 cu. inch engine would be my choice.
Should NOT be confused with an Impala.
I hope that helps.
I hope that helps.
Danm. I blew all my mods points on jokes in the Columbia thread.
I thought galaxies were determined by the presence of a supermassive black hole as its primary gravitational organizer
Is my knowledge rusty?
I thought galaxies were determined by the presence of a supermassive black hole as its primary gravitational organizer
Is my knowledge rusty?
Not even rusty, this has never been the case. Only in the last decade it became known that black holes are in the center of most galaxies. Also, the black hole is pretty irrelevant* to the galaxy as a whole, except for the few surrounding stars, it is not the "primary gravitational organizer", it just happens that in the center, so much mass accumulates that photons can't escape. That's all.
*milky way galaxy number of stars = 3e11, black hole mass = 3.7 million stellar masses
Actually the formation of a black hole in the galaxy center may be the norm for galaxy formation. In fact, it may be a requirement to separate a true galaxy from just a cluster of stars. A true galaxy forms when a huge collection of gas condenses into groups of stars. A young galaxy forms a massive black hole at the center where the collection of gas is the densest. Then the galaxy goes through a Qusar phase where it emits two jets of energy formed by the accretion of matter into the black hole. Once all the nearby matter has been accreted into the black hole the Qusar shuts down.
Thanks, that's what I remember hearing as well.
How you define "planet" or "galaxy" is very much in the nineteenth century scientific mindset of categorizing everything. Haven't we moved beyond that? Names and categories are useful as a way of generalizing a set of characteristics, but if you don't like a given definition, make up a new term for the set of characteristics that you want to generalize about.
Language is not scientific, and it never will be. We can have starfish that aren't fish and koala bears that aren't bears, and that's just fine. Scientists need to be concerned about how things work, not what they're called.
You forgot pineapple. Not pine, nor apple. It's actually a berry. Who's fart-brained idea was that anyway?
And while we're on the subject, can we PLEASE rename September, October, November and December? Or just move New Year's day to March 1st. to get the name-prefixes back in sync.
Jeez. No wonder our kids are so confused.
Language is only useful if we all mean the same thing when we use the same sounds.
You don't get to randomly make up new words and still communicate effectively unless you communicate the definition of the word as well somehow.
While a starfish may not be a fish, everyone still knows what you mean because we've established a definition elsewhere in our lives.
It doesn't matter if you Abremarlereed. The word is useless if you don't know what it means. Names and categories are not useful unless they define a s
Trillions and Trillions of Stars = Super Galaxy
Billions and Billions of Stars = Galaxy
Million and Millions of Stars = Dwarf Galaxy
Thousands and Thousands of Stars = Stellar Cluster
Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars = Dwarf Stellar Cluster
Tens and Tens of Stars = Who gives a shit...
Pfft. By that measure, the universe is a galaxy.
Tens and Tens of Stars = Who gives a shit...
Does such a thing even exist? I mean, are there stars floating around out there that are not in a galaxy (or cluster), or even a group of only tens of stars? Or do stars only occur in larger groups (hundreds or more)?
As stars are sometimes flung out of galaxies during "collisions", I guess there must be lonely stars out there. And apparently they don't even always stay in the cluster out of themselves. It would not be a great surprise if a few went on a trip together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_system [wikipedia.org]
I guess they do travel together
As for th
That should clear things up nicely.
I've discovered a new..
Who gives a shit!
Exactly. How'd you know?
No, I mean.. who gives a shit?
In my opinion, w galaxy should be a group of at least 1,000 stars orbiting one or more black holes
I think your definition fits our current known facts [wikipedia.org] succinctly.
A more important question is whether the definition should extend to say that the galaxy is the simply the accretion disk that forms around the black hole center.
Furthermore, star count could play a part in naming in the range cluster->dwarf galaxy->galaxy.
IANAAP, but I was up late last night thinking about this one (coincidentally).
My vote: SMBh and dark matter separates GCs from galaxies nicely. However, I think that large numbers of extant stars should not be required; ie, dark matter galaxies are galaxies. In this epoch, at least.
Still smell as sweet?
Naming and labeling things in science is as old as science itself. Often, though, as our understanding changes, so to must the old naming scheme. Usually the knowledge change becomes obvious in the scientific community - the facts are the facts, after all.
What causes all of the consternation is almost always semantics about the classification.
If there is a clear-cut scientific definition, go ahead and assign names and classifications.
Too often, though, there is no clear-cut definition
Still smell as sweet?
FWIW, I always thought that Shakespeare's observation, though technically correct, was a strange sentiment for a poet.
They don't solve the problem they are supposed to solve, they make new problems, don't bother with them.
Yes, they do. You may notice "cluster" is a much shorter description than "weird new not quite galaxy thing I found", and *that* is the very purpose of language.
Otherwise, we may as well call galaxies "bunch of bunches of fissioning hydrogen" instead. And God help you if you ever want to talk about sociology...
We have this ambiguity all the time in language, debating it might be "interesting" but is really useless.
What's a "house"? How many rooms does it have? Is it a house if it has no bathroom/basement/attic? etc.
Try the same thing with "chair".
How do you know something is a "house"? You know when you see it. Just like teaching a child you point to it; ostensibly defined.
except in this case, it need defining so we can catalog the finds appropriately.
And house has a pretty good definition. It even has types based on size, attachment and location.
In fact I wish are astronomical finds where as well defined and the different types of house.
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey [wikipedia.org] is a great scan of the visible universe.
You can view it in Google Sky, NASA makes the raw data available, and you can even get a 3D crystal etching [bathsheba.com] of it.
The universe is not so discriminating. Humans are just trying to categorize it, imposing artificial order on the chaos that results from natural order.
That being said, a galaxy needs to be defined as a 1st order organization where the rotational mass is twice as wide as it is tall. Else, its a cluster.
My orders are:
-1 - multiverse
0 - universe
1 - galaxy / cluster
2 - star
3 - planet / belt
4 - satellite (includes moon)
5 - satellites of satellites.
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Crocs Inc.'s income slipped more than 68 percent during the first quarter, a decline officials for the Niwot-based shoe maker attributed to seasonality, product changes and foreign currency weakness.
Crocs (Nasdaq: CROX, $15.13) on Wednesday evening reported a net income of $9.12 million, or 6 cents per share, on revenue of $312.43 million during the quarter that ended March 31. A year earlier, Crocs had a net income of nearly $29 million, or 33 cents per share, on revenue of $311.6 million.
"Factors driving our first quarter 2014 performance included the impact of the shift of the Easter holiday from March into April, negative currency impacts in Japan and Russia, and the change in product mix," Jeff Lasher, Crocs' chief financial officer, said in a statement. "Russia represents about 15 percent of our business in Europe and our results in the region were impacted by the sudden weakening of the ruble in mid-January.
"As we continue to diversify our product line with new footwear brands such as the Stretch Sole and Busy Day and carry-over products such as the Huarache and A-Leigh wedge, we are experiencing a reduction in Clog sales as a percentage of revenues."
Crocs' Clog products represented about 42 percent of sales during the most recent quarter, down from 47 percent in the first quarter last year.
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Microsoft greenlights 'live' use of WinFX beta code
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Microsoft is greenlighting development and rollout of applications based on beta code contained in the WinFX programming framework and architecture.
Code for the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF) - elements of WinFX - have been made available under Microsoft's Go Live Licenses, which allow developers to build and deploy applications before the Windows product concerned moves from beta.
Developers beware: you're on your own if you accept Microsoft's offer of a Go Live License. Beta code released under Go Live is not supported by the company - so forget patches or fixes, especially in favorite areas such as security.
Applications additionally run the risk of being at odds with the final WinFX, WCF and WWF architectures once they are deemed code-complete by Microsoft and released.
According to Microsoft, the Go Live licenses help "drive the feedback loop between customers and Microsoft. This helps us ensure that the product we ultimately ship meets the stability, reliability and needs of our customers."
Full terms and conditions can be viewed here.
WinFX was originally slated for release as part of Windows Vista, back in 2003, but as that operating system slipped to the second half of 2006 Microsoft instead decided to also make it available for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003.
WinFX is Microsoft's XML-based API layer that supersedes programming in Win 32. WCF is an API programming layer designed to simplify development of, and connection to, web services for developers using Windows. WWF is a set of APIs, runtime and editor for developers to build workflows that are not embedded in the software.
Microsoft has used Go Live before to stimulate demand for technologies and seed the market ahead of a product's launch or in the face of delay.
The first Go Live Licenses were introduced in June 2001 for Visual Studio.NET - eight months before shipment of the first .NET implementation of Microsoft's popular integrated development environment (IDE). Microsoft hoped to gain early traction for the fledgling .NET. Go Live Licenses were also used for the delayed Visual Studio 2005. ®
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Four years ago, after North Wales Police Chief Barry Hackert pleaded guilty to three summary disorderly conduct offenses and served a six-month administrative leave, borough council crafted a letter of condition for his return.
According to Mark Tarlecki, a member of borough council and its president during the episode, and former Solicitor David Truelove � who on Wednesday confirmed the letter�s existence � those conditions included requiring Hackert to seek personal help for his situation and to not �violate any local, state or federal statutes in the future.�
Last week Hackert was suspended for undisclosed reasons. His attorney, David Keightly, has not returned multiple phone calls seeking comment on the suspension.
The Reporter has learned that Hackert pleaded guilty in August of 2009 to the three counts in Bucks County stemming from a May 18, 2008 incident in Telford, according to information posted on Pennsylvania�s Unified Judicial Website Portal.
Authorities responded to the incident at 2:30 a.m. on a Sunday five years ago, according to one of six citations filed in the court of District Judge Charles Baum, in Perkasie.
Hackert engaged in �violent and tumultuous behavior� outside his home during �an altercation� in the 700 block of Wexford Way, according to a non-traffic citation obtained from the court.
One of the citations � signed by Randall Floyd, the chief of the Telford Borough Police Department � describes Hackert as �appearing intoxicated and violent� during the incident.
Floyd, then a lieutenant with the department, is listed as the arresting officer, according to information posted on the court website.
The incident led directly to Hackert being placed on a six-month administrative leave in November of 2008, according to Tarlecki.
Phone messages left for Bill Van Sant and Jocelyn Tenney, two former members of borough council during the episode, and current member Dan O�Connell were not immediately returned Wednesday.
Marge Michie, a former member of council, could not recall the specifics of the situation. Austin Armstrong, another former member, deferred all questions to Greg Gifford, council�s current solicitor.
Tarlecki says Mayor Doug Ross alerted council to the altercation sometime between its occurrence and Hackert�s guilty pleas, listed on the summons as Aug. 10, 2009.
He said that in response to learning of the incident, council directed Truelove to set a letter of condition for Hackert�s return.
Hackert � who spent more than three years as the department�s acting chief before receiving a permanent assignment in October 2003 � returned to work in May of 2009.
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Wow, Oak Hill is a fantastic golf course, but Wednesday was a range day, and what a range day for this correspondent. I spent time with a few players, talked with a number of caddies and took some swing videos that will help me with my teaching.
Let's start with the atmosphere. Players are always just a little bit more tense on Wednesday before a major. Shots that will be used in the tournament are being practiced, last minute swing thoughts are being reviewed, and coaches are working very hard. I spent a few minutes with Butch Harmon working with Mike Small, the U of I coach. They were working on alignment.
I spent a few minutes with Randy Smith, the famous coach from Texas. He was working on stability and balance thoughts.
I spent some time with Sean Foley and Tiger Woods and Hunter Mahan. They were working on shaft angles and balance.
Bottom line is that no-one was working on some swing "fix." It's already too late for that.
By way of a teaching comment, how many of you are looking for that magic swing fix when you are hitting balls on the range prior to going out to play in a tournament? I confess I have done it, but it didn't work!
The tour pros don't do it, so neither should you. Focus on your fundamentals, and you will be better than if you are trying to make a "special" swing that day.
To sum up, I was very fortunate to be able to take videos of a number of player swings today and I will be using them in my instruction over the next year. Thanks to Jason Duffner, Henrik Stenson, Jordan Spieth, Hunter Mahan, Tiger Woods, Paul Casey and a few others today for making Wednesday at the PGA a day to remember.
Good luck to all the players and let's get ready to birdieeeee!
Ian Grant is a PGA teaching professional and a member of the teaching faculty of the PGA of America. He can be contacted at Oak Brook Golf Club 630-990-3032 in the summer and White Pines Golf Dome in Bensenville 630-422-1060 in the winter. You can contact Ian directly at 708-917-8951, or at email@example.com.


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Feb 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, in a bid to crack down on an airline safety threat, said on Tuesday it would begin offering a reward of up to $10,000 for tips that lead to the arrest of anyone who shines a laser into a cockpit.
The number of cases of people shining lasers into cockpits, which can temporarily blind pilots and endanger passengers, has been on the rise since the FBI began tracking them in 2005, with 3,960 such incidents reported in 2013.
"Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft is a serious matter and a violation of federal law," said Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI's criminal investigative division. "This is a criminal act with potentially deadly repercussions."
The FBI said it is offering rewards for 60 days in a test program at 12 of its field offices where incidents are prevalent including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Under federal law, pointing a laser at an aircraft is punishable by up to five years in prison, the FBI said. (Reporting by Scott Malone in Boston; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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Awesome. I really hope we can get a Dire Wraith and Rom figure at some point in the very near future!
Uhhhh… hate to be a negative nancy, but this paint-master suffers from a pretty… DIRE flaw:
Female Dire Wraith's are red, not green. And the male ones are the whitish fluffy kind.


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In the last federal budget, the Federal Government announced it would shift $300-million a year from direct funding to the provinces to deliver training programs to a new, targeted grant. The Canada Job Grant will offer up to $5,000 of federal money (to be matched by the province or territory, as well as by employers) towards "short-duration training, and will include eligible training institutions, including community colleges, career colleges and trade union training centres."
Some have criticized the federal government for heavily advertising a program that was announced in the budget, but has not yet been established. While there is little defence for spending tax dollars on self-promoting advertisements, including those for the Economic Action Plan, former Human Resources and Skills Development Minister Diane Finley deserves some credit for taking time to get the details right. The Canada Job Grant has the potential to be a major help in addressing skills shortages, but if designed poorly, could become another entry on a long list of failed government training programs.
There is certainly a need for job training. While much media attention is given to Canada's unemployment numbers, an untold story is the huge number of jobs that go unfilled because employers can't find workers with the necessary skills. Research from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) shows that in the first quarter of 2013, 295,000 private sector jobs had gone unfilled for more than four months, representing a long-term vacancy rate of 2.5%. This rate has steadily increased since the middle of 2009.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) spend up to $18-billion annually on mostly informal, on-the-job training. One of the most attractive elements of the Canada Job Grant is the idea that employers will be much more heavily involved in choosing the type of training that works best for them. Too often, it is provincial government ministries that make the call as to what type of training is offered.
As usual though, the devil is in the details.
CFIB hopes new Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney and his provincial counterparts are able to work together on this issue without it becoming the latest political bunfight between Ottawa and the provinces. While many provincial training programs are ineffective at best, some do work and deserve to be continued. Quebec in particular appears to have some training programs that serve small firms well.
The focus should be on what works, rather than which level of government gets the credit. If Ottawa and the provinces can agree to pilot some workable projects together with the private sector, CFIB will be the first to applaud them both.
Second, if the federal government is serious about training Canadians for the job market of the 21st Century, it is imperative that it engages small business owners on this issue, and that the Canada Job Grant recognizes on-the-job training.
Admittedly, on-the-job training is hard for government to understand, track and build programs around. It is much easier to provide financial support for traditional training programs that fall within the domain of publicly funded institutions. However, informal, on-the-job training is intensely valuable to the employee and is often what employers are really seeking when they hire. Degrees and certificates are important, but so is demonstrating that you've worked for three years on a certain piece of equipment or that you've shown great customer service skills at your last three places of employment.
And while it may be challenging to provide incentives for on-the-job training, it isn't impossible. CFIB has provided several ideas of how it can be done in a simple manner.
Hopefully governments don't go down the same old road of recognizing only traditional training institutions and/or creating a massive paper chase for any entrepreneur looking to use the program. If they do, the Canada Job Grant will only be accessible to large businesses who can hire a full-time person or consultant to complete the forms – similar to concerns I often hear about government research and development programs.
CFIB recently submitted a list of key principles government ought to consider. Most importantly:
The Canada Job Grant must recognize informal, on-the-job training;
Private sector training institutions must be a full partner in the program, as government programs often have an inherent bias towards publicly-funded institutions such as universities; and
Red tape must be kept to a minimum. That means the application process must be clear and straightforward, with a quick turnaround on approvals.
Any matching support from government should respect the cash-flow needs of small businesses as investing up to $5,000 for training is not an easy proposition for many entrepreneurs. This is why CFIB has also asked the government to consider establishing a training tax credit that's similar to the EI Hiring Credit, and to possibly reserve a portion of the program exclusively for small businesses.
At this stage, there are many questions that need to be answered about the Canada Job Grant, but it sounds like it could be a very useful tool that small, and medium-sized firms could use to address the growing shortage of qualified labour.
Dan Kelly is President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), which represents 109,000 small and medium-sized member businesses across Canada. Follow Dan on Twitter @CFIB and learn more about CFIB at www.cfib.ca


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PORTLAND, Ore. — Walmart workers and supporters marched in protest at a number of stores nationwide Thursday and Friday, blasting the wages, benefits, and treatment of employees of the world's largest retailer.
The efforts seemed to do little to keep shoppers away though. Walmart said it was its best Black Friday ever.
In Paramount, Calif., authorities arrested a small group of protesters Friday outside a Walmart. Elizabeth Brennan of Warehouse Workers United said nine people, including three Walmart employees, were arrested shortly after noon for blocking the street outside the store in Paramount. At one point, however, more than 1,000 people blocked traffic outside the store, Sheriff's Captain Mike Parker told KNBC-TV.
In Lakewood, Colo., shoppers hesitated as they passed dozens of protesters outside a Walmart but entered without incident. Some protesters held signs playing off of the retailing giant's corporate slogan, ''Live better,'' accusing the company of corporate greed and underpaying its workers. ''This is the way you get a fair shake,'' said protester Charlie May, of the Industrial Workers of the World labor organization.
A union-backed group called OUR Walmart has said that it is holding an estimated 1,000 protests in 46 states. The exact number is unclear. Walmart Stores Inc. has refuted that estimate, saying the figure is grossly exaggerated and that the protests involved few of its own employees.
A number of demonstrations and walkouts occurred last week at stores but were scheduled to culminate on one of the year's busiest shopping days. The size and impact of the protests varied greatly by site. OUR Walmart, made up of current and former Walmart employees, was formed in 2010 to press the company for better working conditions. Walmart has criticized the group for relying largely on other unions and non-employees to make up the ranks protesting outside its stores.
The retailer also filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board last week against the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. The company said that the demonstrations organized by OUR Walmart threatened to disrupt its business and intimidate customers and associates.
Walmart estimated that fewer than 50 associates participated in Thursday and Friday's protests nationwide. Company spokesman Dan Fogleman said that the number of associates who missed their shifts during the two days of events is 60 percent lower than last year.


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EDMONTON - Kelly Hrudey played 677 regular-season games and 85 playoff games in the NHL. He knows how important it is for every team member to carry their weight.
So when CBC's Hockey Night in Canada decided to juggle its lineup this season, Hrudey was ready to step into the broadcast booth rather than walk through the studio door.
After being an in-studio analyst in Toronto for HNIC since 2008, Hrudey has filled in as colour commentator for western broadcasts of NHL games on Saturday nights.
It's a change the 52-year-old Edmonton native is embracing.
"All I can do is sink my teeth into the new role and do the very best I can," says Hrudey, who will be in town on Saturday for the Edmonton Oilers' final regular-season game of 2012-13 against the Vancouver Canucks at Rexall Place.
"I guess I liken the change to a forward on a hockey team, whether you're on the first line, the fourth line or in between. It's your job to be the best in that role."
Taking on the new role for HNIC has been a challenge, Hrudey admits. He says he has had to learn to trust himself and his own thoughts.
"I really feel that, until three weeks ago, I may have had some stretches where I was OK — but for the most part I was very frustrated with my performance."
But Hrudey says through talking with HNIC producer Brian Spear and other close friends he is now feeling more comfortable in his new job.
When Hrudey arrives in town Friday, he will be coming home. His first stop will be at his parents condo and then finding the nearest Tim Hortons.
Hrudey grew up in the community of Elmwood in Edmonton's west end and started playing goal. He learned the meaning of perseverance early on.
"(In) my second year, I was cut from the first rep team I tried out for," he says. "Luckily, my brother, Ken, convinced me to give it one more shot for a team that called when they heard I was released."
Hrudey played midget A hockey for Inland Cement of the Canadian Athletic Club. He then made the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League in 1978. That's when Bob Ridley became a strong influence.
Ridley drove the Tigers team bus and handled play-by-play duties — a role he still has.
Hrudey told the Journal in 2008 that he talked to Ridley for hours on the bus about entering the broadcast industry.
Hrudey was drafted in the second round (38th overall) by the New York Islanders at the 1980 NHL entry draft. After three seasons in the Central Hockey League with the Indianapolis Checkers, he broke into the NHL with the Islanders in 1984.
Hrudey made hockey history on April 18, 1987, when he made a record-setting 73 saves in a four-overtime Game 7 against the Washington Capitals to give the Islanders a 3-2 win at 2 a.m. ET.
He also played for the Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks before retiring from the game after the 1997-98 season. He then joined HNIC full time.
Now that he's handling colour duties during broadcasts, Hrudey feels closer to the game, especially when he visits Rexall Place.
"The No. 1 thing for me is I love the atmosphere and that alone gives me great energy and focus. Secondly, I grew up in Edmonton, so any time being back home is exciting, no matter how old I get," says Hrudey.
So does he have any advice for the hometown Oilers.
"Nope," says Hrudey, who now calls Calgary home, along with his wife and three daughters. "I'm just a broadcaster. I'm paid to tell people exactly what I think and why, not to give advice."
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas (AP) - An Amber Alert for a 14-year-old East Texas girl allegedly abducted by her ex-boyfriend has been canceled after she was found and rescued.
Mount Pleasant police Chief Wayne Isbell said Monday that 23-year-old Jesus Ramirez was obsessed with the girl he secretly dated. Authorities say Ramirez is in custody and the girl is safe.
Police say Ramirez abducted the teen, her 4-year-old sister and their mother from outside church Sunday afternoon. The mother and sister were freed unharmed. The vehicle Ramirez was driving was recovered after being wrecked just before 5 p.m. Sunday on a county road just west of Mount Pleasant.
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New York City based company Ajkun Ballet Theatre is now accepting applications to audition for openings in the following positions:
Summer Intensive Performing in New York
Corps de Ballet and Soloist Dancers
Junior Artists
Educational and Professional Dancer/Choreographer Grants (International Exchange)
Auditions will be held in Denver on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Registration will be at 6 p.m., with auditions from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Colorado Ballet,
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Soft drinks, red wine, coffee and tea can stain your teeth, but there are also foods that supposedly whiten them as well - if you're patient:
1. Cheese, please: The lactic acid in cheese is believed to protect teeth against decay. Hard cheeses are best as they also help to remove other food.
2. Berry nice: Strawberries might stain your clothes, but mash them up and rub them on your teeth, leave for five minutes and then brush as usual and the malic acid in the berries is said to whiten teeth after a few months.
3. Raw power: Crunchy raw vegetables such as carrots can help to scrub your teeth as you eat them.
4. An apple a day: Keep the dentist, as well as the doctor, away by eating an apple to increase saliva production in your mouth.
5. Sweet and sour: Mix a teaspoon of lemon juice with a pinch of salt or a baking soda and rub on your teeth. Beware of using too much too often - it can cause sensitivity.
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Why we can't relax about this one glitchy voting machine in Pennsylvania
Video shows a vote being changed from Obama to Romney in battleground state.
There's a viral video going around of a voting machine in Pennsylvania that seems like its rigged—it switches votes from Barack Obama to Mitt Romney. It's just one machine, but it's also perfectly encapsulates people's Election Day fears. Here's the video:
And from the description on Youtube:
From the top of Romney's button down to the bottom of the black checkbox beside Obama's name was all active for Romney. From the bottom of that same checkbox to the bottom of the Obama button (basically a small white sliver) is what let me choose Obama. Stein's button was fine. All other buttons worked fine.
I asked the voters on either side of me if they had any problems and they reported they did not. I then called over a volunteer to have a look at it. She him hawed for a bit then calmly said "It's nothing to worry about, everything will be OK." and went back to what she was doing.
Wait what? "Everything will be ok?" That's a line fit for that really mean lady in Misery and the passage has all the elements needed for a voting machine horror story—a perennial fear forDemocrats since 2004 when Diebold became a familiar name on political blogs. And it's already set Reddit on fire with some 37,000+ upvotes (the way Redditors tell people they like something).
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