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Star-Ledger cuts 167 jobs, including 40 newsroom positions — The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest daily newspaper, said today it is cutting 170 jobs, including 25 percent of the newsroom staff. (Frances Micklow/The Star-Ledger) — In a grim day of reckoning at the state's largest newspaper …
Aparna Alluri / Columbia Journalism Review: 'You can't do more with less': Reaction to the Star-Ledger cuts
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times: Star-Ledger Announces Big Staff Reductions
Ray Rossi / New Jersey 101.5: Late Show [4/3] Star Ledger Lets Go 167 Employees - Do You Still Buy the Papers?
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY: The Star-Ledger Cuts 167 Jobs
Andrew Wyrich / NorthJersey.com: Newark-based Star-Ledger newspaper cutting 167 jobs
J.K. Trotter / Gawker: New Jersey's Star-Ledger is creatively destroying the jobs …
Steve Hughes / pressofAtlanticCity.com: Star-Ledger announces layoffs
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Star-Ledger lays off 167
Caroline Bankoff / New York Magazine: New Jersey Star-Ledger Is Laying Off 25 Percent of Its Newsroom …
Associated Press:
US govt secretly created "Cuban Twitter" to stir unrest, sought funding from Jack Dorsey — US secretly created "Cuban Twitter" to stir unrest — WASHINGTON (AP) — In July 2010, Joe McSpedon, a U.S. government official, flew to Barcelona to put the final touches on a secret plan …
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Adweek: U.S. Secretly Built Cuba's Twitter Clone to Spark Unrest, the AP Reports Even tried to recruit …
Brian Fung / The Switch: The U.S. thinks it can invent a Cuban Spring? Puh-leez, say Internet freedom scholars.
Vivian Schiller / @vivian: What a tease! MT @gwenifill: What if the US decided to create its own twitter to undermine other governments? It did! Tonight @NewsHour
Jillian C. York / @jilliancyork: Email from Cuban friend wondering what other products are USAID-created. See? SEE?
Brian R. Fitzgerald / Wall Street Journal: The U.S. Wanted to Create a 'Cuban Twitter,' the AP Reports
Chris Velazco / Engadget: The US started a social network in Cuba to foster dissent
Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep: And for what have authoritarians of all kinds been served with a golden talking point? A silly effort in a tiny island of minor displeasure.
Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep: Dear whomever thought of this Cuban social network thing. You've just given every authoritarian the best talking point ever. Good job.
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: US created Twitter-like social network in Cuba, tried to launch "smart mobs"
Brian Fung / The Switch: The Switchboard: U.S. secretly created a subversive version of Twitter for Cuba
Caleb Garling / The Technology Chronicles: US secretly tried to develop "Cuban Twitter" to foment political unrest, report says
Joshua Keating / Slate: Only Built 4 Cuban Tweets
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo: US Secretly Tried To Gin Up A 'Cuban Spring' With Twitter-Like Network
Mia De Graaf / Daily Mail: US funded secret Twitter app that has swept communist Cuba... to 'inspire dissent'
Ludovica Iaccino / International Business Times: US Secretly Created Cuban Twitter-style ZunZuneo to' Undermine Communist Government'
Lindsay Deutsch / Associated Press: Report: U.S. built secret 'Cuban Twitter' to spark dissent
Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News: US Created ZunZuneo, "Cuban Twitter," to Influence Political Change [AP]
Adam Taylor / WorldViews: This sad Facebook page may be all that remains of the 'Cuban Twitter' created by the U.S. to stir unrest
Julie Pace / @jpacedc: Great story on secret "Cuban Twitter" started by US govt. From 3 of AP's best @jackgillum @desmondbutler @alberarce http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Paul Lewis / @paullewis: The big question after AP's brilliant 'Cuban Twitter' revelations is whether the US has similar programs elsewhere. http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Laura Colarusso / The Week: 10 things you need to know today: April 3, 2014
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: Why on God's green earth did USAID have the lead on this? http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Oireachtas Retort / @oireachtas_rx: US Government set up a fake social network to stir unrest in Cuba. http://bigstory.ap.org/... Servers were in Ireland http://twitter.com/...
Brian Fung / @b_fung: The AP reports USAID secretly created a subversive version of Twitter to spark a "Cuban Spring" http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Peter Lattman / @peterlattman: US officials secretly created a "Cuban Twitter" movement to undermine Cuba's communist government. @AP investigation http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: U.S. secretly launched a 'Cuban Twitter' to spark political unrest
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: U.S. Created "Cuban Twitter" To Stir Dissent, Sought Funding From Jack Dorsey, AP Reports
The Daily Rupert / @themurdochtimes: Russia claims US were behind Ukraine 'spring". Here's how CIA recently tried to create a "flashmob" uprising in Cuba http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Rob Williams / The Independent: US government agency built 'Cuban Twitter' in failed social media attempt to spark regime change
Laura Seay / @texasinafrica: Thanks, whoever at USAID thought this was a good idea! Another great "what not to do" ex for my development courses. http://bigstory.ap.org/...
@privacyint: USAID secretly creates 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest: http://bigstory.ap.org/... | Our report on aid&surveillance: http://www.privacyinternational.org/ ...
Barry Malone / @malonebarry: The most damning fact is that none of us are surprised -> US secretly created 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest I AP http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Faith Merino / VatorNews: U.S. government created fake social network in Cuba?!
Amin Elhassan / @aminespn: I'm now convinced Black Twitter was made by CIA RT @jaredbkeller: US secretly created 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Ashkan Soltani / @ashk4n: New @AP story: USAID secretly created a 'cuban twitter' called ZunZuneo to undermine communist government in Cuba http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Dri / @drixander: US secretly created 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest: http://bigstory.ap.org/... Not through the CIA, but through USAID. Wow.
Tim Elfrink / Riptide 2.0: U.S. Secretly Created a 'Cuban Twitter' to Try to Incite an Anti-Castro Uprising
Brian Barrett / Gizmodo: The U.S. Built a Bizarre "Cuban Twitter" To Help Undermine Castro
Arash Karami / @thekarami: How long before hardliners in Iran connect the USAID fake twitter for Cuba back to the 2009 Green Movement? http://bigotry.ap.org/...
Doug Saunders / @dougsaunders: The US government (well USAID) created a "Cuban Twitter" to undermine the authoritarian state http://bigstory.ap.org/... (pretty good scoop!)
Ben Goldacre / @bengoldacre: US govt secretly set up a twitter-alike in Cuba to help lubricate revolution, through USAID (rather gracelessly). http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Tom McGeveran / Capital New York: A.P.: secret 'Cuban Twitter' mission
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Bay Of Tweets: How US Gov't Secretly Built A Twitter For Cuba, Then Freaked Out When It Became Too Successful
@lindsaycampbell: Wow. @ashk4n: From @AP- USAID secretly created a 'cuban twitter' called ZunZuneo to undermine communist gov't in Cuba http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Dan Beeton / @dan_beeton: Fascinating @AP investigation into USAID-created "Cuban Twitter" "aimed at undermining Cuba's communist government" http://bigstory.ap.org/...
Peter Van Buren / dissenter.firedoglake.com: U.S. Government Hilariously Creates Secret-Cuba Twitter, Then Just Quits
Adam Pasick / Quartz: Cuba's rulers were right: The US was trying to use social media to overthrow the regime
Alex Balk / The Awl: You Know What Cuban Twitter Is, Right?
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Gawker bans 'Internet slang' — "We want to sound like regular adult human beings, not Buzzfeed writers or Reddit commenters," new Gawker Editor Max Read says in a memo to the publication's writers. Words like "epic," "pwn" and "derp" are no longer welcome on the site.
Mkasselobserver / The New York Observer: Massive Attack: Gawker Goes After Whopping Word
Courtney Seiter / @courtneyseiter: "No 'epic.' No 'this'/'this just happened.' No 'OMG.' No 'WTF.' No 'lulz.' No 'FTW.' No 'win.' No 'amazeballs.'" http://www.poynter.org/...
Richard Horgan / FishbowlNY: Gawker Editor Kicks OMG, WTF and Other Terms to the CMS Curb
Jared Keller / @jaredbkeller: I'm actually really good with this ban on 'amazeballs,' the scourge of the English language http://www.poynter.org/...
Ryan Chittum / @ryanchittum: Gawker to staff: "We want to sound like regular adult human beings, not Buzzfeed writers or Reddit commenters" http://www.poynter.org/...
J.K. Trotter / Gawker: David Brooks May Not Have Gotten Divorced After All
Eva Holland / @evaholland: "Nothing will ever 'win the internet' on Gawker." @Gawker's new editor bans internet slang: http://www.poynter.org/...
Heidi N. Moore / @moorehn: Absolutely remarkable. "We don't want to sound like BuzzFeed writers..Nothing will ever 'win the internet' on Gawker" http://www.poynter.org/...
Adrian Chen / @adrianchen: Gawker was one memo short of turning into the "WTF" section of imgur dot com http://www.poynter.org/...
Andrew Beaujon / @abeaujon: >@max_read melts Poynter
Matt Langer / @mattlanger: we joke, but internet slang is infantilizing and dumb and we all deserve to be treated better than that (and to expect more of each other!)
@poynter: Gawker's new editor bans "Internet slang" http://www.poynter.org/... "We want to sound like regular adult human beings, not Buzzfeed writers"
Prof. Jeff Jarvis / @profjeffjarvis: Congrats to @max_read on his profile piece in @Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/...
@choire: I'm not surprised that @max_read is enforcing patriarchal and imperialist language use. http://www.poynter.org/... #CancelMax
Joseph Weisenthal / @thestalwart: Gawker bans words like Derp, FTW, and lulz http://www.poynter.org/... I endorse.
Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: No "epic." No "pwn." No "+1." No "derp." No "this"/"this just happened." No "OMG." No "WTF." No "lulz." No "FTW." No "win." No "amazeballs."
Steve Ladurantaye / @sladurantaye: Gawker is doing what it can to fix Internet news. http://www.poynter.org/...
Adrianne Jeffries / @adrjeffries: .@max_read shaking things up at gawker http://www.poynter.org/... just searched the verge for 'win the internet' and I AM THE ONLY GUILTY ONE :(
Jesse Holcomb / Pew Research Center:
News revenue declines despite growth from new sources — Total revenues supporting American journalism has declined by one-third since 2006, according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center. The sources of the estimated $63-$65 billion dollars supporting print, online and broadcast news has also shifted …
Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, @sarakgoo, @facttank, @jesseholcomb, @themediaisdying, @christophclarey, @pewjournalism, @pewresearch, @newswhip and @mathewi
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review: Audit Notes: Star-Ledger sinks, Strib swims, news revenue quantified
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: News biz revenue has shrunk by a third since 2006
Sara Kehaulani Goo / @sarakgoo: News subscriptions, events, other biz grows, but still long ways to go to offset decline http://www.pewresearch.org/... http://twitter.com/...
PewResearch FactTank / @facttank: News revenue is shifting, as ad $$ decline and audience/other revenue make up a bigger share: http://www.pewresearch.org/... http://twitter.com/...
Jesse Holcomb / @jesseholcomb: Audience revenue becoming increasingly important for journalism http://www.pewresearch.org/...
@themediaisdying: From 2006 to today... +$30billion has been knocked off the amount of revenue professional newsgathering has made : http://www.pewresearch.org/...
Christopher Clarey / @christophclarey: In 8 years, the total revenue supporting U.S. journalism has declined by one-third and about $30 billion http://www.pewresearch.org/...
PewResearch Journo / @pewjournalism: Total revenue supporting US journalism declined by 1/3 since 2006 http://www.pewresearch.org/... @FactTank @JesseHolcomb http://twitter.com/...
Pew Research Center / @pewresearch: Few industry analysts expect the ad revenue lost in recent years to come flooding back to news organizations http://www.pewresearch.org/...
@newswhip: News revenue are declining despite growth from new sources, according to @JesseHolcomb: http://www.pewresearch.org/... http://twitter.com/...
David Meyer / Gigaom:
European Parliament passes strong net neutrality law, along with major roaming reforms — European fans of the open internet can breathe a sigh of relief: the European parliament has passed a major package of telecoms law reform, complete with amendments that properly define and protect net neutrality.
Discussion: EU Press Room, Access Blog, Forbes, ZDNet, AppNewser, Reuters, Home Media Magazine, Free Press Blog, BBC, @jeffjarvis, @jaycstanley, Wired.co.uk, The Verge, PandoDaily, @exiledsurfer, Electronista, @fightfortheftr, @openrightsgroup, @leapfunder, It's a Gadget, @nbomb, Softpedia News, Kirk LaPointe's … and Engadget
EU Press Room: European Parliament votes to end roaming charges, expand consumer rights and make it easier create better telecoms.
Richi Jennings / Forbes: Here Comes European Net-Neutrality, Despite Criticism Of 'Connected Continent' Rules
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: EU passes net neutrality law, votes to end throttling, site blocking
Erik Gruenwedel / Home Media Magazine: European Union Votes to Uphold Net Neutrality, Abolish Data Roaming Charges
Jay Stanley / @jaycstanley: EU Parliament rejects fake reform, passes real #netneutrality protection in major telecom bill.http://gigaom.com/...
Olivia Solon / Wired.co.uk: Victory for net neutrality in European Parliament
Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: Europe does what the US won't by agreeing to strong net neutrality law
Nathaniel Mott / PandoDaily: European lawmakers breathe new life into the free Internet
@exiledsurfer: European Parliament passes strong net neutrality law, along with major cellular roaming reforms http://gigaom.com/...
Fight for the Future / @fightfortheftr: Europe passes strong #NetNeutrality law - this is a historic victory for a free and open Internet in Europe! http://gigaom.com/...
@openrightsgroup: Good EU net neutrality write-up by @superglazeEuropean Parliament passes strong net neutrality lawhttp://gigaom.com/...
@leapfunder: European Parliament passes strong net neutrality law - Good for startups! http://gigaom.com/... @startupsfornn
@nbomb: Looks like the EU is doing what American't - banning roaming charges and making #netneutrality into law: http://gigaom.com/...
Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News: European Parliament Passes Strong Net Neutrality Law
Kirk LaPointe's themediamanager.com: April 3, 2014 media notes: U.S. journalism revenue down, Turkey unblocks Twitter, Europe enforces net neutrality
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer to Launch Digital Studio with Discovery Communications — Discovery Communications is teaming with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to launch a digital studio, dubbed New Form. — True to its name, New Form will be focused on creating programming outside the traditional molds …
Discussion: USA Today, NetNewsCheck Latest, Bloomberg, New York Times, @awallenstein, @karaswisher, @awallenstein, @lindsaycampbell and @tomsly
Andrew Wallenstein / @awallenstein: When you team up powerhouses like Imagine & Discovery, it's going to be pretty interesting to see how they tackle digital entertainment
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Also $5m? That's what they spend on organic Kombucha at Twitter monthly. #irememberpopdotcomevenifnooneelsedoes http://variety.com/...
Andrew Wallenstein / @awallenstein: . @RealRonHoward, @BrianGrazer to Launch Digital Studio with @DiscoveryComm http://ow.ly/vn7IV
@lindsaycampbell: CONGRATULATIONS, @kmgrace!! So well deserved! And so good for the space as a whole. http://variety.com/...
Turkey lifts Twitter ban after court ruling — (Reuters) - Turkey's telecoms authority lifted a two-week-old ban on Twitter on Thursday after the constitutional court ruled the block breached freedom of expression, an official in Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office said.
Discussion: Hurriyet Daily News, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Gigaom, @policy, @sebnemarsu, TechCrunch, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, @meralink, TheHill, Softpedia News, Guardian, Electronista, @mike_giglio, @accessnow, Engadget, @policy, Re/code, @mcandrew, The Verge and Mashable
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: Turkey lifts Twitter ban following controversial elections
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom: Turkish government withdraws its ban on Twitter after court says it is unconstitutional
@policy: We welcome this Constitutional Court ruling, and hope to have Twitter access restored in Turkey soon. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ ...
Sebnem Arsu / @sebnemarsu: Turkish telecoms authority lifts controversial ban on Twitter in line w top court ruling, makes no reference to violation of free speech
Matt Burns / TechCrunch: Twitter Is No Longer Banned In Turkey
Ceylan Yeginsu / New York Times: Turkey Lifts Ban on Twitter
Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times: Turkey orders access to Twitter restored after two-week ban
Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times: Welcome back to Twitter, Turkey
Merlinka / @meralink: Turkey AKP officials are very happy that Twitter is unblocked & share selfies to celebrate: AKP Spox&Mayor of Ankara pic.twitter.com/ly4JhyeUJv
Julian Hattem / TheHill: Turkey ends Twitter ban
Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News: Turkey to Lift Twitter Ban Following Ruling from Constitutional Court
Mike Giglio / @mike_giglio: YouTube block still pending but ... Turkey lifts Twitter ban after court ruling http://www.reuters.com/... via @reuters
Access / @accessnow: Turkey lifts Twitter ban after court ruling, but YouTube remains blocked: http://www.reuters.com/... http://twitter.com/...
Chris Velazco / Engadget: Turkey finally lifts Twitter ban, but YouTube is still blocked
@policy: We are encouraged by the news from Turkey today and welcome our Turkish users back to Twitter.
John Paczkowski / Re/code: Turkey Lifts Twitter Ban
Andrew McLaughlin / @mcandrew: Twitter win in #Turkey is even bigger win for rule of law, as gov't complies w/ Const. Court ruling. Will it stick? http://www.reuters.com/...
Russell Brandom / The Verge: Twitter is no longer banned in Turkey
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable: Turkey Unblocks Twitter After Free-Speech Ruling
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Guardian staffers win top IRE prize for NSA series — The Investigative Reporters & Editors medal for 2014 goes to Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Ewen MacAskill and others for the Guardian's reports on the NSA, which "revealed a story that continues to reverberate in the United States and across the globe," the judges say.
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
IBT's new editor: a focus on the "undercovered" parts of the globe — Last week, Peter Goodman started as international editor-in-chief of International Business Times, the site that's been less known for its content than for its founders' controversial religious ties and its parent IBT Media's controversial bitcoin story in Newsweek.
Discussion: @digiday, @petersgoodman and Talking Biz News
@digiday: Newsweek parent company IBT got its start chasing SEO. It's new editor-in-chief aims to take it much further. http://digiday.com/...
Peter S. Goodman / @petersgoodman: so i had a little chat with @Digiday about the future of @IBTimes http://digiday.com/...
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
Native ads: Advertorial for the digital age — Talking Points Memo, Andrew Sullivan, and advertising as a necessary evil — The native-ad wars have flared up again, this time over Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo, the longtime standard bearer for serious, digital-first, for-profit news.
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish: Et Tu, Josh?
Baker Institute / Forbes: Needed: A Debate On The Security Of The Power Grid, Not On Leaks About It
Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Digital First isn't a failure of digital publishing or a reason to stop trying to get it right — Lessons from the Digital First implosion — Schadenfreude broke out among some publishers today when Digital First Media killed an ambitious interactive publishing initiative and commenced layoffs …
Discussion: @jkrim, @mathewi, @markkatches, @carr2n, USA Today, Gigaom, Guardian, Media Nation and Salt Lake Tribune
Jonathan Krim / @jkrim: Smart take, as usual, from Alan Mutter on the Project Thunderdome implosion @digitalfirst media. http://newsosaur.blogspot.co.uk/ ...
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: "Unfortunately John Paton, he picked the wrong vehicle and the wrong financial backers" http://newsosaur.blogspot.co.uk/ ...
Mark Katches / @markkatches: The journalism pundits managed to turn Schadenfreude into a cliche in the span of 24 hours. http://newsosaur.blogspot.mx/ ...
David Carr / @carr2n: @newsosaur: No one should be happy that Digital First hit the wall. http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/ ...
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom: Reinventing a newspaper chain for the digital age is really hard — just ask Digital First Media
Dan Kennedy / The Huffington Post:
The View From New Haven: What Went Wrong With Digital First
The View From New Haven: What Went Wrong With Digital First
Rick Edmonds / Poynter: What went wrong at Digital First Media — and what's next?
Tony Semerad / Salt Lake Tribune: Salt Lake Tribune braces for more cuts as owner kills digital initiative
Alex Taubes / @alextt: .@dankennedy_nu on @nhregister's changes under @mattderienzo; agree it's improved (esp. cmts) & i hope it continues http://huff.to/1mzRl1o
Nick Woltman / @nickwoltman: An insightful post on what went wrong with @DigitalFirst: http://huff.to/1ktmEth via @dankennedy_nu
Dean Betz / @deanbetz: "Can for-profit local journalism truly be reinvented by a national chain whose majority owner ... is a hedge fund?" http://huff.to/1mzRl1o
Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review: Digital First plans layoffs (Updated)
Mathew Ingram / @mathewi: "way to reinvent local journalism is at the local level, by people who are rooted in and care about their community" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ ...
Street Fight: Street Fight Daily: Digital First's Thunderdome Implodes, Mobile Payments Heats Up (Again)
Hadas Gold / Politico: Digital First Media axes Thunderdome, lays off 100
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Tribune Buys TV Research Site TV by the Numbers, and Relaunches a TV Portal — Do we need more websites about TV shows? We're getting one anyway — or, at least, a revamped one: Tribune Co. is buying TV ratings site TV By the Numbers, and is using it to relaunch Zap2it.com …
Discussion: Adweek, TVNewser, Variety, Deadline.com, TVbytheNumbers, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, @brianstelter and BroadwayWorld.com
Michelle Castillo / Adweek: Tribune Digital Ventures Acquires TV by the Numbers Ratings information may be sold as a B2B newsletter …
Merrill Knox / TVNewser: Tribune Acquires TV by the Numbers
David Lieberman / Deadline.com: Tribune Digital Agrees To Buy TV By The Numbers And Relaunch Zap2it
Robert Seidman / TVbytheNumbers: Thank You, Loyal Readers: Tribune Acquires TV By The Numbers
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune: Tribune Digital Ventures acquires TV data company
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times: Tribune Digital Ventures buying TV by the Numbers, relaunches Zap2it
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: One of my favorite TV sites, @TVbytheNumbers, just got bought by Tribune: http://recode.net/...
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Ex-State Dept adviser Stephen J. Kim sentenced to 13 months for leaking classified information to FOX News — Ex-State Department adviser Stephen J. Kim sentenced in leak case — A former State Department arms expert who leaked classified information to a Fox News reporter was sentenced Wednesday …
Discussion: New York Times, @evanchill, @joshuafoust, @onekade, @rm867 and The Newspaper Guild
Charlie Savage / New York Times: Ex-Contractor Sentenced for Leak to Fox News
Evan Hill / @evanchill: State Department arms control expert gets 13 months for leaking to Fox News' James Rosen http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@joshuafoust: I *love* the "he's not as bad as Snowden" defense for illegally leaking TS documents to a reporter http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
The Flying Table / @onekade: State department contractor sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for having one conversation with a reporter. http://m.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rod McLeod / @rm867: Fmr US State intel official sentenced 13 months, leaking info to Fox News about North Korea's nuclear program. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Liberty Media to Sell Most of Its Stake in Barnes & Noble — Nearly three years ago, Liberty Media wanted to buy all of Barnes & Noble, before settling for a big stake. Now it appears that the media conglomerate has had enough. — Liberty announced on Thursday that it would divest …
Discussion: Media & Entertainment, Forbes, USATODAY.com, Reuters, Reuters, Bloomberg, Business Wire, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, NASDAQ.com, New Jersey 101.5, 24/7 Wall St. and Fox Business
Maggie McGrath / Forbes: Bad News For Books: Liberty Media Slashing Its Stake In Barnes & Noble
Crayton Harrison / Bloomberg: Malone's Liberty Cuts Stake in Barnes & Noble, Drops Board Seat
Business Wire: Liberty Media & Barnes & Noble Announce Change in Liberty Media's Ownership of Preferred Shares
Lauren Pollock / Wall Street Journal: Liberty Media to reduce Barnes & Noble stake $BKS $LMCA
Trey Thoelcke / 24/7 Wall St.: Is Liberty Media Throwing in the Towel on Barnes & Noble?
Matthew Rocco / Fox Business: Liberty Media to Cut Stake in Barnes & Noble
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Barrett Brown Signs Plea Deal in Case Involving Stratfor Hack — Barrett Brown, whose case became a cause célèbre after he was charged with crimes related to the Stratfor hack, has agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors, according to court filings.
Discussion: @dellcam, FrontBurner and Daily Dot
Dell Cameron / @dellcam: Plea deal in case of Barrett Brown reportedly sealed.
Tim Rogers / FrontBurner: Barrett Brown Is Indicted — Again
Dell Cameron / Daily Dot: Free Barrett Brown? New indictment hints at a plea deal
Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
Yahoo unveils encryption measures to protect users' data — Response to Snowden revelations aims to make encryption the default for all traffic through Yahoo — Yahoo has announced major steps to encrypt its users' data in the wake of whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations about the extent …
Discussion: Yahoo, @ioerror, @skhaen, Gizmodo, @dangillmor, Softpedia News, VatorNews, SlashGear, The Verge and Engadget
Jacob Appelbaum / @ioerror: I'm really happy to see that @alexstamos is fixing Yahoo's surveillance problems. Hope they deploy OTR for chat: http://www.theguardian.com/...
@skhaen: - @Yahoo unveils encryption measures to protect users' data http://www.theguardian.com/... thanks Snowden !
Seth Schoen / Gizmodo: Yahoo Is Finally Encrypting the Bulk of Its Data
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: RT @csoghoian: Yahoo announces major encryption improvements after hiring @alexstamos to be CTO. Way to go. http://yahoo.tumblr.com/...
Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News: Yahoo Encrypts Traffic Between Data Centers
Steven Loeb / VatorNews: Yahoo now encryptics all traffic between data centers
Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: Yahoo now encrypting traffic from its data centers, and plans to encrypt Messenger too
Martin Sorrell: 'Don't underestimate the impact of Snowden revelations among consumers' - video — Martin Sorrell, chief executive officer of WPP Group, speaks to Mark Sweney at the Advertising Week Europe conference about Google v NewsCorp, why people are underestimating the significance …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Those Who Insist Aereo Ruling Won't Impact Cloud Computing Don't Seem To Understand Cloud Computing — A few weeks ago, we wrote about how the Aereo case, which will be heard by the Supreme Court in a few weeks, is likely to have a huge impact on the future of cloud computing, and went into detail to explain why.
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The discussion regarding the pathophysiology of complex sleep apnea (CompSAS, CPAP-emergent sleep apnea) has been taking place for about a decade, since the original description of this syndrome by Gilmartin et al.1 Several mechanisms, including elevated chemoreceptor sensitivity, decreased arousal threshold, prolonged circulation time, and use of opioid medications have been suggested to induce central apneas in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and other methods. These diverse processes likely all have some merit as contributors to the pathophysiology of CompSAS, leading to the striking heterogeneity of phenotypes in this disorder.2
The work of Montesi et al.3 introduces another piece to this puzzle. In a subset of patients with OSA and without significant cardiac disease, the authors observed an association between the appearance of central apneas at CPAP pressure controlling the airway obstruction and the mask leak at that pressure. Having divided their group of patients with OSA into patients displaying central apneas with central apnea index (CAI) of more than 5 (consistent with CompSAS) and less than 5, they reported significantly higher mask leaks in patients with higher CAIs. The authors speculate that improving mask leakage over time might be the factor responsible for known decline in central apneas with continued CPAP therapy in some patients.
Unfortunately, as the authors themselves admit, the design of the study does not allow making any conclusions as to the causal relationships between mask leak and central apneas, nor does it allow answering what about the leaking mask might make the central apneas appear. They propose that the higher CAIs observed in patients with leaking masks were due to an increased washout of the CO2 in the upper airway dead space leading to a drop in pCO2 closer to the apneic threshold, thus making the central apneas appear. While this is possible, the paucity of presented data (lack of polysomno-graphic variables such as arousal indices during the PAP titration, noninvasive measurements of pCO2 at night, or blood gas pCO2 following the treatment) does not support making any such firm conclusions. Taking another perspective, one might equally plausibly explain the association between leaks and CAI by increased arousals in patients with CompSAS; such arousals might then lead to frequent oscillations between sleep and wakefulness, with a known "sleep-onset central apnea" phenomenon. In this regard, lower sleep efficiency in patients with high CAI that Montesi et al. reported would also be consistent with findings of prior studies on CompSAS. Additionally, mask leakage could potentially be a phenomenon secondary to more fragmented sleep in patients developing central apneas for another reason.
Recognizing these methodological shortcomings of the study by Montesi et al., there remains an interesting point that warrants further exploration. The issue of decreasing of pCO2 by PAP, either though breath holding and thus lowering physiological dead space (through the mechanism proposed by Fowler, a precious reference that the authors cite),4 or via mask leakage causing dead space washout is still crucial in developing central apneas, and has practical applications. There is a growing body of evidence that increasing pCO2 either by increasing dead space or timed supplementation with external CO2 helps resolve central apneas in heart failure.5 Going forward, analyzing the whole population of patients with CompSAS, (including those with heart failure excluded from the current study), measuring this drop in pCO2, timing of central apneas to the arousals and periods of maximal mask leak, and longitudinal studies on mask leak and central apneas might give us more insight into the pathophysiology of CompSAS. Another area of untapped knowledge in this regard is the data contained in the CPAP compliance data, which typically report such leaks.
In the background of this research, there is another, more practical issue. There is an ongoing discussion about the most appropriate treatment for patients with CompSAS. While adaptive servoventilation offers better and faster control of obstructive and central apneas, it is also more costly than CPAP. Proponents of CPAP argue that, due to dynamic factors in a new CPAP user stabilizing sleep, such as decreasing chemoresponsiveness (and as Montesi et al. propose, improving mask leak), starting CPAP and "waiting and seeing" might be the best therapeutic option in patients with CompSAS. I do not think the data they present can just support this approach, both due to methodological shortcomings of the study and because many "real life" patients with CompSAS have comorbidities that would have excluded them from their study. Therefore, from the practical standpoint, the take home message to me is that one needs to pay close attention to the mask interface and its leakage during the PAP titration study, when trying to resolve the complexities of complex sleep apnea.
Dr. Kuźniar has received support for his participation in a clinical trial sponsored by ResMed.
Kuźniar TJ. The complexities of complex sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(11):1193-1194.
Dr. Kuźniar thanks Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler for his helpful remarks.
Gilmartin GS, Daly RW, Thomas RJ, authors. Recognition and management of complex sleep-disordered breathing. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2005;11:485–93. [PubMed]
Kuźniar TJ, Kasibowska-Kuzniar K, Ray DW, Freedom T, authors. Clinical heterogeneity of patients with complex sleep apnea syndrome. Sleep Breath. 2013;17:1209–14. [PubMed]
Montesi SB, Bakker JP, Macdonald M, et al., authors. Air leak during CPAP titration as a risk factor for central apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2013;9:1187–91.
Fowler WS, author. Lung function studies; the respiratory dead space. Am J Physiol. 1948;154:405–16. [PubMed]
Wan ZH, Wen FJ, Hu K, authors. Dynamic CO2 inhalation: a novel treatment for CSRCSA associated with CHF. Sleep Breath. 2013;17:487–93. [PubMed]


text: Who Dwells Where? Posted on February 15, 2013 | by Nechama Tamler Our G-dcast storyteller this week correctly informs us that Parashat Terumah is all about the Israelites' newest project: building a portable sanctuary (mishkan) for worshipping God, right there in the middle of the desert. God gives the instructions to Moshe/Moses, and then we, as readers, get the dozens of details as a kind of blueprint in what might be considered numbingly boring minutiae. But we need to ask ourselves: what is the point of laying it all out so exactingly? And does God really care about gold, silver, lapis lazuli and dolphin cloth??? And if not, why would these specifications be made? Our storyteller suggests that we need to zoom in and zoom out of these particulars in order to see the bigger picture. There are a few verses that really call out to me in this parasha, starting with Exodus chapter 25 verse 2: Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts; you shall accept gifts for Me from every person whose heart so moves him/her. What an incredible thing to find here in the Torah, a book full of commandments for so many things. Here, we are told that gifts are only to be brought if one WANTS to participate, if one's heart is so moved… Only then, should he or she bring a gift to help build the sanctuary. This is the first startling thing in this huge, complicated new construction project the former slaves are undertaking. The second verse that is at the heart of Parashat Terumah is also from chapter 25, a few verses later in verse 8: And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. God is actually telling Moshe that God wants to be "among" the people (b'tocham — in their midst). Not above them, not in a special place rooted in a specific locality, but AMONG them, in this portable tent-like santuary that moves with the people as they wander in the desert. What kind of God wants to be AMONG the people? What is God's need, if we could be so bold in asking? The storyteller also uses several words for this building, this "sanctuary." First we get the Hebrew name, Mishkan, which has the same root as shakhen/neighbor and shekhinah/feminine presence of the Divine. The portable building is also referred to as a tabernacle (which always makes me think of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir). Finally, it's also called the Divine Dwelling Place. Sanctuary implies a holy place, a sanctum, a place with sacred dimensions (mikdash/holy place). There is also the name Ohel Mo'ed /Tent of Meeting, referring to the function this place provides — it's where Moshe encounters the Divine and receives instruction. These names seem like they might be interchangeable, but as we proceed through the book of Exodus and Leviticus and get more information on the Mishkan, we will see that each name implies a different function and/or is describing another part of the whole compound. Still, think about what it could mean to have the Almighty say that S/He wants to "dwell among the Israelite nation." Not only is this a profound gloss on the relationship between God and the people, it also suggests possibilities in the way we build our contemporary synagogues and places of worship right now, in the 21st century. Chancellor Arnold Eisen of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America writes about this in his column on Parashat Terumah. To consider as you continue reading: If you believe in God, is your concept of the Divine immanent or transcendent (close-by, near you or above you, far away)? In other words, is God inside you or way outside? What is the purpose of adorning holy worship places with gold and other precious materials (think of the great cathedrals of Europe)? What does it do for the worshipper? About Nechama Tamler View all posts by Nechama Tamler →


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Earlier this week, National Tsing Hua University issued a statement in the Legislative Yuan saying that it was "deeply saddened" by the inappropriate behavior of one of its own students, Chen Wei-ting (陳為廷), and that it offered its deepest apologies for the harm caused to the Minister of Education Chiang Wei-ling (蔣偉寧).
That such a highly regarded public university deemed it fit to take such a shameless and unsupportive stand against one of their own students speaks volumes about the values and direction of university president Chen Lih-juann's (陳力俊) "leadership."
Ironically, it is Chen Lih-juann's behavior that is "inappropriate" and he should offer his deep apologies for the harm caused to Chen Wei-ting and every other student at his university. Aside from Chen Lih-juann's abrogation of duty towards his students, it is noteworthy to ask why Tsing Hua thought it necessary to comment at all. Two possibilities spring to mind.
First, did Chiang, having lost so much face by having his integrity rightly called into question by Chen Wei-ting, contact Chen Lih-juann to complain and advise him, perhaps "to show more concern for his students?"
Or, second, did Chen Lih-juann spontaneously decide to apologize to Chiang, fearful of possible repercussions Chiang might take against his university? Was Chen Lih-juann worried that less funding might come to Tsing Hua in the future, or that if he did not act, Chiang might consider him sympathetic to Chen Wei-ting, causing Tsing Hua to become unofficially blacklisted by the government, leading to lower quotas of Chinese students and damaged relations with academics in China?
A famous Confucian saying argues that a person should know and play their role. There were four roles: king and subject, father and son. The way both Chiang and Chen Lih-juann have related to students practicing direct democratic participation and sought to threaten, censor and shame them for their protests illustrates that this paternalistic and patriarchal Confucian division of "roles" still forms the foundations of both government attitudes towards citizens and the mainstream ethos of university and educational administration in Taiwan.
Chen Wei-ting's crime was to "question the king and embarrass his father," an act, in the eyes of Chiang and Chen Lih-juann, of unconscionable rebellion running contrary to the automatic reverence, respect and obedience demanded, without question, from him.
As a well known and long resident blogger recently observed, "Students in every society have a kind of moral force that other protesting groups are often perceived as lacking. Leaders fear this moral authority."
Taiwan's government, universities and schools today remain as terrified of student political activity and opinion as the government was when it posted military liaison officers to schools during the White Terror period of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chiang family dictatorships. The actions of Chen Lih-juann and Chiang Wei-ling demonstrate that those officers never really left the schools after all — they just exchanged their army uniforms for suits, and positions at the barracks for positions in government and academia.
Chen Wei-ting, and all the students protesting for a free and diverse media, deserve Taiwan's full support against the authoritarian inclinations of a generation that is stuck in the 1990s, but seeking to return Taiwan to the 1970s.
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Most Americans know the clarion call "Remember the Alamo!" and have a hazy recollection that the "fort" originally had been built as a Spanish mission. What is less well known outside the Southwest is that the Mission San Antonio de Valero--the Alamo--was only one of a chain of missions strung along the San Antonio River. Established between 1718 and 1731, these missions were built not only to spread the faith of the conquistadors, but also to serve multiple foreign policy objectives for the Spanish government.
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Just settling back in from the whirlwind trip to Atlanta, Georgia. ASHA, once again surpassed itself in excellence. My kitchen table is a mass of brochures, notes and folders; re-organized into priority piles. The exhibit hall was replete with samples and gadgets. Now, what to do with that little planter of wheat grass? Yes, I live in northern California; one would think I'd blend that stuff right up in my morning "green drink," but I think I'll find another home for it instead.
And, reaching in my zipper-top ASHA bag, there's more: a pink flamingo clip, a recycled "use your own" grocery bag, a pamphlet on social networking, plenty of memories. Notwithstanding the seminars and short courses which offered a mountain of new information.
I contributed "my rock" of new information this year, too. I had the honor of presenting a case study of an Autistic teen's language development over an 18 month period. Presenting at ASHA is not new to me, but each time it confirms the fact that we, " in the trenches" daily clinicians, as opposed to university researchers, have much to offer our colleagues.
ASHA is interested in what we are doing out in the field. Small treatment programs and case studies contribute as much as research coming out of the more prominent universities. ASHA is interested not so much whether a given treatment "worked" (as that word is nebulous in itself) but what did it change? And, how did it change?
So, this case study was a sequential presentation of video clips demonstrating an 18 year-old autistic male's changes in sentence structure, vocabulary and vocal prosody as he learned from video feedback and the use of a speech generating device. The changes over time have been dramatic and offer us windows into understanding how communication skills can change via use of technology.
Treatment is evidence-based, as I took the best available research about children with autism and video monitoring and then applied my clinical best-practice knowledge, along with his values and interests. Computers enthralled him and Disney is his favorite subject! His comments confirm this.
Combining the use of point-of-view virtual feedback, audio and video self-editing, self-modeling, repetition and practice speaking with a monitor rather than a person, we witnessed movement starting with our teen bolting perseverative repetitive words and phrases across to phases of dependence on written scripts or memorized lines through his success with short supported conversations.
The videos showed a continuum of his vocal changes and the sweet exploration of facial expressions related to his intentions of message delivery. We also watched his ever-growing vocabulary, including the use of temporal and spatial relationships.
Seminar attendees fell in love with this charming young man as they learned how he mastered the use of a speech generating device, including developing his own customized digital icon library as well as video editing and review. They learned how he independently wrote and recorded his own comments and attached them to his personal photos, all in an effort to share the events in his life.
Current Technology
This case study offered a readily-attainable speech and language treatment utilizing a speech generating device for delivering supported and self-study techniques. The Lingraphica speech generating device (SGD) offers immediate video feedback, a built-in icon library w/customizing capacity and ease of navigation which can promote patient self-use within this particular population.
Besides considering the use of a *Lingraphica SGD (utilized in the study), one might be creative and use a tablet, a laptop with a video camera, or an app which would lenditself to video modeling techniques. The course demonstrated how existing research and the availability of developing standardized communication models for independent practice outside of the therapy environment, can substantiate a treatment model of cost efficiency. The new formula of "treatment / cost = value" is alive and well with this treatment model, which focuses on extensive independent study.
Did you miss the session? You may still be able to download the handout which gives an overview and bibliography. I have been using some of the same techniques with my other patients and keeping close track of their changes. Stay tuned; we may see significant outcomes with other populations as well.
I am in the process of developing an online CEU course which you could download with these wonderful video-clips. So, to whet your appetite for more; here are two clips from the course. First, a baseline and then a delightful supported conversation Talking about what? Disney, of course. Enjoy the videos.
*Disclaimer: I have no fiduciary relationship with either Lingraphicare or Disney Productions.
Nancy Horowitz Moilanen, M.A. CCC-SLP; Private practice, Northern CA, 35 yrs.; Director, Well Together Neuro Rehabtm, a group therapy program utilizing music and community-building as a rehab model; Presenter ASHA, 2010 & 2012; ASHAsphere Blogger, Communication Wellbeing and Social Wellbeing…an Aspect of Health, January 2011, Graduate ASHA Leadership in Health program, 2011; ASHA Leadership in Health program graduate presenter, 2012. A proud member of SLPeeps, Facebook's social networking site.


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No. 88,909
DAVID R. MCKUNE, et al.,
K.S.A. 21-4608(f)(4), K.A.R. 44-6-101(m)(q) and (y), K.A.R. 44-6-135a, K.A.R. 44-6-138(g)(1), and K.A.R. 44-6-142, are analyzed and applied.
Appeal from Leavenworth District Court; ROBERT J. BEDNAR, judge. Opinion filed December 20, 2002. Affirmed.
Michael G. Highland, of Bonner Springs, for the appellant.
Kenneth R. Smith, special assistant attorney general, for the appellees.
PIERRON, J.: Orville M. Smith appeals the computation of his conditional release date.
Smith argues the Department of Corrections (DOC) improperly calculated his conditional release date. His arguments involve the interpretation of statutes and administrative regulations. Interpretation of a statute is a question of law over which an appellate court's review is unlimited. In re Appeal of United Teleservices, Inc., 267 Kan. 570, 572, 983 P.2d 250 (1999).
The parties agree Smith's "sentence begins date" under K.A.R. 44-6-101(y) is April 18, 1987. The parties also agree Smith's "controlling maximum date" under K.A.R. 44-6-101(q) is April 18, 2022. The controlling maximum date is the sentence begins date plus the controlling maximum term imposed by the court. However, Smith has a "maximum sentence credit" under K.A.R. 44-6-135a of 3 years and 25 days. Thus, the adjusted controlling maximum date computes to March 23, 2019. Smith is entitled to good time credits of 17 years and 6 months on his 35-year sentence in determining his conditional release date.
Smith argues his conditional release date should be computed from the adjusted controlling maximum date, resulting in a conditional release date of September 23, 2001. The State argues the district court correctly found to the contrary and properly held that Smith's conditional release date is computed from his controlling maximum date, not the adjusted date, resulting in a conditional release date of October 18, 2004.
There are two provisions in the administrative regulations addressing the term "conditional release date." K.A.R. 44-6-101(m) addresses the conditional release date as being the "maximum sentence ending date minus total authorized good time credits not forfeited."
K.A.R. 44-6-142 also explains the conditional release date:
"When computing the conditional release date, it shall be presumed that prior to March 1, 1995, 100% of the available good time credits were earned. On and after March 1, 1995, good time credits shall be awarded on an earned basis pursuant to K.A.R. 44-6-124 for the purpose of determining the conditional release date. The conditional release date shall be based on the controlling maximum sentence. No conditional release date shall be computed for a maximum sentence of life."
Both K.S.A. 21-4608(f)(4) and K.A.R. 44-6-138(g)(1) provide that only prior penal credit (as defined in K.A.R. 44-6-101[w]) shall be used in computing the sentencing begins date, the parole eligibility date, and the conditional release date. In computing these three dates, a defendant is not entitled to credit exceeding the prior penal credit. Here, Smith received prior penal credit in adjusting his sentence begins date. Notwithstanding, Smith is entitled to a maximum sentence credit (credit for incarceration exceeding the prior penal credit) which affects his maximum discharge date, but maximum sentence credit has no bearing on his sentence begins date, parole eligibility date, or conditional release date. Smith's requested use of the adjusted controlling maximum date would give him credit exceeding the prior penal credit and would violate K.S.A. 21-4608(f)(4). We also find the definition of conditional release date in both K.A.R. 44-6-101(m) and K.A.R. 44-6-142 is stated in terms of the maximum sentence, not a sentence adjusted by maximum sentence credit. See K.A.R. 44-6-142 ("The conditional release date shall be based on the controlling maximum sentence.").
The DOC, as affirmed by the district court, correctly computed Smith's conditional release date as October 18, 2004.


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[Be Sure to read our Season 4 Finale Review & Discussion Post First!!!]
Wow, I knew last night's season finale of Dexter was controversial, but I didn't know it was going to be this controversial. The comments in the review & discussion have been going crazy since the show ended. Hopefully, with executive producer Clyde Phillips stepping in, it will help answer some fan questions regarding what may or may not have happened.
While talking with Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello, Phillips lays it all out.
Is Rita really dead?CLYDE PHILLIPS: Yes.
Is Trinity really dead?PHILLIPS: Yes. Cut up and drifting in the Gulf Stream.
Did Trinity kill Rita?PHILLIPS: Yes he did. That's partly what he meant when he said: "It's already over."
Well, there you have it. Straight and to the point. While I may have screwed up some of the spoilers and myth debunking, most of them were correct and the "it's not a dream" aspect was one of them. Still, I know Dexter fans, and a few yes or no answers aren't going to be enough to keep the masses quite. So, here's some insight behind the finale and decision of Rita's fate.
When was the decision made to kill off Rita?CLYDE PHILLIPS: I would say we made the decision pretty late in the season. We didn't quite know what we were going to do [in the finale].
Why Rita?PHILLIPS: The story evolved and it kind of became inevitable. We knew that we had to do more than kill Trinity. It's a little bit of a corner that we paint ourselves into. Last year we tried to avoid that and actually I think we didn't do as well as we could have. We killed off Jimmy Smits' character [in the 11th episode] of 12 episodes and then we had to figure out what we were going to do in the 12th episode. This season, we knew that we were going to take Trinity out in the 12th episode and we think that the audience knew that, too. We had to raise the bar to as high as possible and then figure out what to do next year.
Might she return as a ghost like Dex's dad?PHILLIPS: The answer, at the moment, is no. However, had you asked me two years ago if Lundy was coming back I would've said no. We didn't know he was coming back until this year. It just seemed expedient to the story — to Dexter's story and to Deb's story.
Will next season be about Dexter juggling serial killing and single fatherhood?PHILLIPS: He is a single father. But, beyond that, we don't know. We don't know if there's going to be what we call "a Big Bad," like Jimmy Smits and John Lithgow, or if it's going to be more individual, stand-alone stories.
I understand you wrote two endings to throw people off. What was the other ending?PHILLIPS: While Dexter was packing to leave, he saw on the television that a child murderer had just escaped from prison. Either escaped or fallen thru the cracks. So he's thinking, "Do I join Rita on vacation or do I…" and then he looks towards the camera and he has this big decision.
I don't know whether the bigger shock is that Rita's dead or that people were actually thrown off by the "other ending." I would have been disappointed if that was the ending of an episode of CSI: Miami with Horatio Caine pulling off his sunglasses and The Who "YEAAHH!!" playing in the background, let alone Dexter.
Have these notes from Phillips answered all your questions or do you have more? If so, let's hear them because I was more or less content with the episode, but you, the fans, have stirred up all these questions in my head… and I don't like questions in my head.
Source: The Ausiello Files


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Building a Game Loop in iPhone and iPad Game Development
A game loop gets your code to update the game world on your iPhone or iPad many times a second — fast enough to make it look like fluid motion to the player.
To do this, you need to update the position of all your views every time the screen is redrawn by iOS. To be notified of when this happens, you need to use a CADisplayLink class. CADisplayLink is an object that, when you create it, sends your class a message just before the screen is about to update. This gives you the opportunity to move your views around.
To set up a CADisplayLink.
Create a method that gets called when the screen updates; make the method look like this:
(void) update:(CADisplayLink*)displayLink { }
When your view is loaded, create and prepare a CADisplayLink object by adding this code to the viewDidLoad: method in your view controller's .m file:
displayLink = [CADisplayLink displayLinkWithTarget:self
selector:@selector(update:)]; [displayLink addToRunLoop:[NSRunLoop mainRunLoop]
When your view loads, you receive the update: message many times a second, which is your opportunity to update the game world.


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The City of Riverside Code Enforcement conducts semi-annual weed and waste inspections throughout the City. The purpose of these inspections is to ensure that property owners maintain their properties free of nuisances as required by the Riverside Municipal Code (RMC). "Nuisance" means a condition of property that constitutes blight, a public health hazard, or a public safety hazard and is considered a violation of the City's Municipal Code.
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Weeding the Subject Property by mowing, discing, and performing any necessary handwork along fence lines, sidewalks, parkways, driveways streets, or structures Cleaning the Subject Property of all Green Waste and Solid Waste.
Notice will be given if one or more of the following violations exist on the Subject Property (including without limitation):
If the Subject Property is in violation, you may appeal the NOTICE in writing to the Code Enforcement Division no later than ten (10) calendar days from the NOTICE Date. Failure to timely file an appeal shall result in your waiving any and all appeal rights provided by the RMC.
Violation(s) not abated by Compliance Deadline Date, the City of Riverside will abate the violation(s) and assess all costs against the Subject Property by either an invoice for service or with a lien (the charges for abatement work, bill per square-foot, and an applicable administrative fee will be added to the Subject Property's tax bill). A Notice of Pendency may be filed with Riverside County Recorder against the Subject Property's title.
Failure to abate the violation(s) by the Compliance Deadline Date or properly appeal the NOTICE shall be deemed your denial of consent for entry onto the property by the City or its agents to abate the violation(s) for purposes of obtaining an abatement warrant. Note: Re-growth of seasonal or recurrent vegetation such as weeds and grasses due to intermittent or late rains may result in a need for multiple weedings of the Subject Property. Such upkeep should be done on a year-round basis. If you have any questions please call us at (951) 826-2386.
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View these additional resources on text complexity.
Lesson Plans
Using Tiered Companion Texts to Comprehend Complex Nonfiction Texts (Gr. 3-5) Students progress through increasingly difficult tiered texts to gain the necessary background knowledge and problem-solving skills to comprehend complex nonfiction texts.
Amelia Bedelia Up Close! Closely Reading a Classic Story (Gr. 1-2) Through a close reading of Amelia Bedelia, students reread the material to discuss text-dependent questions, promoting deep thinking about the text and its characters.
Reading Informational Texts Using the 3-2-1 Strategy (K-2) Students can count on using the 3-2-1 strategy to help them successfully comprehend and write about an informational text.
The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character: Searching Informational Texts (Gr. K-2)Frogs often appear as the main character in fiction stories, but what do students really know about frogs? Students find out in this lesson in which they research real-life frogs.
Thinking Inductively: A Close Reading of Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry Picking" (Gr. 9-12)This lesson eases students' fear of interpreting complex poetry by teaching them a strategy with which they determine patterns of imagery, diction, and figurative language in order to unlock meaning.
Sonic Patterns: Exploring Poetic Techniques Through Close Reading (Gr. 9-12) Students develop close reading skills connecting sound with sense in the poem "Those Winter Sundays," and write an original text that reflects their new learning.
Create a Great Future: STEM Career Research Using Close Reading (Gr. 6-12) What if students could see the relevance of their school curriculum to real-world, interesting, STEM-related careers? Let's help them create a great future!
Analyzing Famous Speeches as Arguments (Gr. 9-12) Students are often asked to perform speeches, but rarely do we require students to analyze speeches as carefully as we study works of literature. In this unit, students are required to identify the rhetorical strategies in a famous speech and the specific purpose for each chosen device. They will write an essay about its effectiveness and why it is still famous after all these years.
Strategy Guides
Promote Deep Thinking! How to Choose a Complex Text (Gr. 1-3) Complex texts promote deep thinking and critical analysis by students. Through close reading of a complex text, students' independent reading abilities also increase.
Depend on the Text! How to Create Text-Dependent Questions (Gr. 1-3) Teachers need to create text-dependent questions to elicit close reading. When answering these questions, students learn to reread and think deeply about the text.
Get Close to Think Deeply: Creating Primary-Level Close Readings (Gr. 1-3) Close readings allow primary students to engage with complex texts. Through repeated reading, students build a deep understanding of the text and critical thinking skills.
Close Reading of Literary Texts (6-12)This strategy guide will help you choose text that is appropriate for close reading and to plan for instruction that supports students' development of the habits associated with careful, multi-engagement reading of literary prose and poetry.
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Good Life
NOAA listing Gulf dolphin death information on website
GULFPORT, Miss. — NOAA Fisheries has responded to the cry for information in this year's string of dolphin deaths in the northern Gulf that includes 59 stillborn or infant calves.
A page on its website now details the plight of dolphins and whales in the Gulf since February 2010 with graphs and charts comparing the deaths to previous years. The numbers update weekly.
This is happening as NOAA begins taking possession of the samples collected from the baby dolphins by local groups. NOAA will handle the testing and release of any results in the unusual deaths, which has also triggered concern among scientists and attorneys that there is a lack of transparency in the handling of the samples.
There is also concern that the results of necropsies and other tissue tests won't be released to the public.
In a letter last month, NOAA Fisheries warned the locals who are authorized to collect dolphin samples that they are not to send tissue for independent testing or discuss findings without NOAA permission. The letter cited the "active criminal investigation associated with the oil spill." Kim Amendola, with NOAA Fisheries, said the web page is about two weeks old.
"The Frequently Asked Questions just went up today. The table at the top went up today," she said. The bar graphs and tables will update weekly, she said, but the historical data won't change.
A spokesman with the National Wildlife Federation announced the web link in an e-mail Tuesday.
"We've been tracking dolphin deaths in the Gulf this year and have been frustrated at the lack of information released to this point," said Miles Grant with the NWF. "However, today we found what looks like a new NOAA website with extensive data on dolphin deaths.
"I'm not clear when this page went live or how often it's been updated. There's nothing about it in the NOAA newsroom," Grant said. "In any case, we're glad to see it."
Grant said the federation's senior scientist, Dr. Doug Inkley, was digging into the information.
"If NOAA is going to be releasing this data themselves, that's positive," Grant said. "We were so frustrated that we weren't getting answers, we were wondering if we'd need to file a Freedom of Information request."
The web page charts the numbers of stranded bottlenose dolphins of all sizes and compares those numbers by month to the numbers in 2010 and also to an average of deaths in each month from 2002 to 2009.
The difference is striking. The spikes are easy to see.
Then it breaks out the premature or infant dolphins this year and charts the dramatic difference when compared to averages of years past. On Tuesday evening, the locator map pinpointing dolphin strandings in the northern Gulf was current through Sunday. Amendola, however, said the media would have to call for daily updated numbers.
As of Tuesday, the total bottlenose dolphins dead this year in the northern Gulf according to NOAA is 136, 59 of them premature or infant calves. Of those, 73 were on Mississippi and Alabama coasts, 48 of them stillborn or premature.
There are several still undetermined.
To read more, visit www.sunherald.com.