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Friday's deadline looms, and as we heard earlier today on Morning Edition: "Oh, it's gonna happen."
The "it" is sequestration — $85 billion worth of across-the-board federal spending cuts that are due to start kicking in at the end of Friday unless Republican and Democratic leaders somehow bridge their differences.
Morning Edition also zeroed in on how the budget cuts might affect food inspections and air travel.
We've been looking around each day this week for "should-read" stories about the sequester, in the hope they'll help us all figure out what's going on. Our previous posts: Monday's; Tuesday's; Wednesday's.
Today's should-reads:
-- "Dual Senate Sequester Votes Expected To Fail." (Politico)
-- "Jockeying Stalls Deals On Cuts." (The Wall Street Journal)
-- "How To Avoid The Sequester And Give Both Parties What They Want." (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Mobile Check Deposit Helps Drive Increased Mobile Adoption, Study Finds
Mobile remote deposit capture is helping banks drive mobile adoption, according to data released yesterday by Malauzai Software, an Austin, Texas-based provider of mobile banking apps for community banks. As banks are looking to increase customer engagement, the recent enthusiasm among customers for mobile check deposit seems to be helping them achieve that goal. Malauzai found that banks that have released mobile check deposit saw their number of active users increase 15% month-over-month after its release.
[See Related: Mobile Deposit Combines the Old and New in Bank Technology]
The data was collected by Malauzai as part of a survey conductd last month and involved more than 85 banks and credit unions with more than 75,000 registered mobile banking customers, the company said in statement yesterday. The survey discovered that mobile check deposit users were depositing 2.5 checks on average per month with their phones, and the average deposit was $429. In what might be a bad sign for branch traffic, most of the mobile deposits (66%) were found to be occurring during branch hours between 10:00am and 5:00pm. The study also found that about half of the check images submitted for mobile deposits had to be retaken. About 90% of deposit attempts were eventually successful.
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The Toroweap (or Toroweep) overlook is the most exciting place I've visited on the Grand Canyon north rim thus far. It is in the western part of the canyon and can only be reached via 60 miles of dirt road. The first 50-odd miles were very well maintained when we visited but once one enters the national park the road becomes almost unmaintained and a vehicle with good clearance is required.
Beyond the difficulty of access, there are a number of reasons that make this overlook special. It is not at the very top of the rim, which means one is inside the canyon itself as opposed to peering down from above. Thanks to the vertical cliffs one can see the river flowing straight down as opposed to seeing it far in the distance, and the red sandstone layers reach all the way down to the river, which makes for a much more beautiful inner canyon than the black layer in the central part of the grand canyon. Finally, the thrill of being able to walk up right to the edge and peering down is priceless. At that point one is typically standing on a sandstone block that has clearly started to split off from the rest and is getting ready to slide down into the abyss sometime soon--in geological time.
From the parking lot at the end of the road one has to scramble a bit over the rocks to see the views east, south and west. This specific pano looks east (up-river). If you look straight down close to where the river disappears around the turn you can just see 5 little blue boats floating down. They're almost 3000ft (~800m) below you!


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Welcome to the home of the Ontario/Canada chapter of Code4Lib. Our aim is to create more opportunities for Code4Lib folks in the Ontario/Quebec/Manitoba/Northeast USA area to meet up in person.
Code4Lib North: the Tenth. McMaster University. May 30-31, 2019
The 2019 Code4Lib North meeting will be held at the McMaster Sherman Centre. We'll begin each day at a suitable time, like 9:30 am.
Registration is available through Eventbrite.
We will be observing the Code4Lib Code of Conduct.
Subject to change
Thursday May 30 | Friday May 31 | |
10:00-10:30 | Doors open, coffee/snacks | Doors open, coffee/snacks |
10:30-12:00 | Opening Remarks 10
Learning R for data analysis with the Ontario Sunshine List dataset (John F.) 15 Building a successful documentation initiative (Kaitlin N.) [Slides] 15 Morning break Quick tricks to make your images look good (Thomas G.) 10 |
Day 1 Hackfest/Discussion Recaps 10
Beyond Alt-Text: Trends in Online Accessibility (Ian F.) [Slides] 45 Why Vue.JS (Rachel W.) [Slides] 15 Balancing centralized project commitments with local priorities (Cameron M.) [Slides] 10 |
13:30-14:00 | Cluster Computing for Humans -OR- Have you heard of this HPCPack? (Tim R.) [Slides] | Lightning Talks (PowerBI & Jupyter notebooks - Tim R., PyMarc - John D. [Slides]) |
14:00-15:00 | Hackfest and group discussions | Hackfest and group discussions |
15:00-15:15 | Afternoon break | Afternoon break |
15:15-16:30 | Hackfest and group discussions continue | Hackfest and group discussions continue
16:15 - Wrap-up and closing remarks |
17:30 | Social - MERIT Brewing, 107 James St N. |
Talk Sign Up
Code4Lib North is a great opportunity to talk about anything you are working on or pondering about. It can be as short as a 5 min lightning talk to just throw out some ideas or up to a 30 min talk on whatever you like
Name | Topic | Time (5 Min - 30 min) | Way to contact* (twitter, email, etc.) |
Kaitlin Newson | Building a successful documentation initiative | 15 minutes | @kaitlinnewson |
Tim Ribaric | Cluster Computing for Humans? | 20 minutes | @elibtronic email@example.com |
Sarah Romkey | How we Github: a journey | 15 minutes | @ArchivesSarah firstname.lastname@example.com |
Rachel Wang | Why Vue.js? | 10 - 15 minutes | @rwangca |
Thomas Guignard | Quick tricks to make your images look good | 10 minutes | @timtomch firstname.lastname@example.com |
* Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions. Feel free to contact us instead if you don't want to enter anything here.
Hackfest & Group Discussion Ideas
We will spend some time running HackFest & Breakout Discussions. Add your ideas here.
Name | Idea | Way to contact* |
Thomas Guignard | Update the Library Carpentry Web Scraping lesson as part of the Library Carpentry global sprint | @timtomch, firstname.lastname@example.com |
Kaitlin Newson | Create a "Hosting Code4Lib North" page for the wiki | @kaitlinnewson |
* Just so we can talk to you about getting slides or follow up questions. Feel free to contact us instead if you don't want to enter anything here.
Socials & things to do besides c4l
- There will likely be a conference social on Thursday night, details TBA.
- Hashtag: #c4ln19
- Join the #code4lib channel on the code4lib slack
- Instructions to join the code4lib slack are found here
VIA Rail discount
Code4lib North attendees can enjoy a 10% discount when traveling with VIA Rail. Use the information below when booking your tickets. Please note that VIA Rail has no service to Hamilton, attendees will need to transfer to GO Transit in Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto. The discount only applies to the portion of the trip operated by VIA Rail. GO Transit does not offer conference discounts :( If you have a Presto card, you can use it to pay for your GO Transit fare.
Discount code: 13938
Instructions: Log in or create a profile on the VIA Rail reservation system prior to booking. On the Passenger information screen, select "Convention fare" from the "Discount Type" drop-down menu, and enter the discount code above for your convention or event in the "Discount code" field. The conference fare will be shown on the next page.
Discount: 10% off the best available fare in Economy, Economy Plus, Business, Business Plus, Sleeper class. "Subject to the conditions and restrictions of the fare plan to which the additional discount is being applied." Discount does not apply in any Escape fares and Prestige Class.
Valid: May 28th, 2019 to June 2nd, 2019 from all stations throughout the VIA system to Aldershot, Oakville or Toronto, Ontario and return.
Restrictions: Fare applies to a maximum of two passengers per booking. One complimentary stopover is allowed at no additional charge. For travel on all fare plans in Business class, the first stopover is allowed at no additional charge, provided that this stopover takes place in Toronto, Montréal or Ottawa only.
Questions and/or concerns? Please contact Kaitlin Newson.
Code4Lib North would like to thank McMaster University for providing space for this meeting.
Code4Lib North Past Events
To see past Code4Lib North events, go to the past events page.
Code4lib North Meetups in Toronto
Status: Active
Purpose: To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Toronto, Ontario. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa group)
Meetup Group: code4lib toronto
Website & Blog: code4libtoronto.github.io
Mailing List: email@example.com
Hashtag: #code4libTO also used: the general #code4lib
Past Meetups
The first meetup was a simple social meetup on June 21, 2012. The idea is that other meetups will have presentations/talks to be had either before or during.
August 14, 2012 - Cool Tool Day
December 13, 2012 - Talk Notes
April 19, 2013 - session to encourage collaborative talks/presentations/hackfest ideas
Code4lib North Meetups in Ottawa
Purpose: To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Ottawa, Ontario
code4lib Ottawa meetups are now organized using Meetup.com. Sign up to be informed of upcoming meetings.
Keep an eye on the Meetup page for further details.
Past Meetups
The inaugural code4lib Ottawa meetup occurred on March 28, 2012 and was a simple meet-and-greet at a local pub. Since then, we try to combine this social event with some short interesting talks. Here is what we have learned about in recent meetups:
Tuesday October 7th, 2014
- Mark Baker - Principal Architect at Zepheira provided a brief overview of some of Zepheira's BibFrame tools in development.
- Jennifer Whitney - Systems Librarian at MacOdrum Library presented OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) – a neat and powerful tool for cleaning up messy data.
- Sarah Simpkin, GIS and Geography Librarian & Catherine McGoveran, Government Information Librarian (both from UOttawa Library) - presented on a recent UOttawa sponsored Open Data Hackfest as well as to introduce you to Open Data Ottawa.
Location: MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Ottawa, ON (map)
April 30, 2013 - Meet, and share your favourite Library technology
June 13, 2012 - Lightning Talks
Description of Talk |
Devin Crawley from the Ottawa Public Library gave us a quick preview of the API to their BiblioCommons catalogue. The API will be publicly available this fall. |
William Wueppelmann talked about what's going on at Canadiana.org and how they host and manage their huge digital collection and their efforts to achieve certification as a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR). |
Mary Beth Baker spoke about the local tech scene in Ottawa and got us to consider the potential for collaboration with other groups. |
April 24, 2012 - Show and Tell Session
Presenter | Description of Talk |
Max Neuvians | Social-biblio.ca : An approach to Twitter data visualization, archiving, and the larger narrative. |
Richard Akerman | Richard Akerman and Mary Beth Baker are organizing a Reading Garden at the upcoming Canadian Library Association conference. They are seeking advice on how to provide wireless access. Anyone with ideas is encouraged to get in touch with them. |
Warren Layton | A quick demo of LibraryBox, a wireless filesharing device, which may have interesting applications in government and other libraries where IT restrictions can limit network use. |
Code4lib North Meetups in Montreal
Status: Active
Purpose: To connect with other code4libbers in the area and start building a code4lib community in Montreal, Quebec. (blatantly copied from the Ottawa and Toronto groups)
For more information: Please email Clara Turp (email@example.com) for more information.
Slack Channel and Hashtag: #code4lib-mtl
Wiki page: Code4Lib_Montreal - check here for upcoming or past meeting information.
Who's interested in Code4Lib North?
Declare your interest in a Code4lib North chapter:
- Erin Johnson, Western Libraries
- Wendy Huot, Queen's University
- Michael Vandenburg, Queen's University
- William Denton, York University
- John Fink, McMaster University
- Nick Ruest, McMaster University
- Walter Lewis, Halton Hills/OurOntario
- Edward Corrado, Binghamton University (NY, USA)
- Warren Layton, Library of Parliament (Ottawa)
- Pascal Calarco, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
- Rob Fox, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)
- Mita Williams, University of Windsor
- John Fereira, Cornell University
- MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library
- Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University
- David Fiander, University of Western Ontario
- Peter Schlumpf, Avanti Library Systems
- Roy Zimmer, Western Michigan University
- Kimberly Silk, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto
- Andrew Darby, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
- Laura Harris, Grand Valley State University (western Michigan)
- Tim Ribaric, Brock University
- Sibyl Schaefer, University of Vermont
- Peter Ellinger, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
- Keith Jenkins, Cornell University
- Patrick M. Lozeau
- Mike Kreyche, Kent State University
- Graham McCarthy, Ryerson University
- John Miedema
- Janey Chen, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
- Rob McDonald, Carleton University
- Amy Buckland, McGill University
- Tricia Williams (pgwillia), Consultant/OurOntario
- Mike Beccaria, Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
- Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
- Art Rhyno, University of Windsor
- Mary Beth Baker, CIC (Ottawa)
- Wayne Schneider, Hennepin County Library
- Carol Serroul, CISTI
- Graham Stewart, University of Toronto Libraries
- Peter Zimmerman, University of Windsor
- Margaret Kipp, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
- Dan Scott, Laurentian University
- Lawrence Wardroper (Courts Administration Services Library, Ottawa)
- Matt McCollow, McMaster University
- George Duimovich, NRCan Library (Ottawa)
- Bobbi Fox, Harvard University Library (Massachusetts)
- Dileshni Jayasinghe, OCUL, University of Toronto
- Eric Palmitesta, OCUL, University of Toronto
- Alexander O'Neill, Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island
- Chris Beer, WGBH (Massachusetts)
- Robin Isard, Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie ON)
- Pat Moore, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
- Alan Harnum, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University (Toronto ON)
- Colin Prince, University of Toronto Libraries
- Tom Keays, Syracuse University LIbrary (Syracuse, NY)
- Chris Charles, University of Guelph (Guelph, ON)
- John MacGillivray, Carleton University (Ottawa ON)
- Lester Webb, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
- Elizabeth Goldman, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
- Jennifer O'Donnell, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
- David Smith, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Kingston ON)
- Loren Fantin, Our Ontario,Knowledge Ontario
- Daulton Theodore, Carleton University (Ottawa, ON)
- Peter MacDonald, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)
- Rebecca Larocque, North Bay Public Library (North Bay, ON)
- Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant, Ottawa, ON
- Diane Bédard, Learn Ontario & Our Ontario; Knowledge Ontario
- Andre Vellino, CISTI / University of Ottawa
- Mark Swartz, Queen's University
- Adam Wead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives (Cleveland, OH)
- Pramila Thakur, Ontario Legislative Library, Toronto
- Anthony Petryk, University of Ottawa
- Jan Dawson, Ask Ontario, Knowledge Ontario
- Glen Newton, Carleton University
- Patrick McMaster, Leeds & the 1000 Islands, Rideau Lakes, and North Grenville Public Libraries
- Nasser Saleh, Queen's University (Kingston ON)
- Stéfan Sinclair, McMaster University
- William J Turkel, University of Western Ontario
- Shirley Lew, Vancouver Community College, (Vancouver BC)
- Edward Bilodeau, McGill University
- Andrew McAlorum, University of Toronto Libraries
- Marc d'Avernas, Waterloo Region District School Board
- Whitni Watkins, St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
- Jess Whyte, University of Toronto
Mailing list
The code4lib-north mailing list was discontinued.


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This post of Mike's may help explain things further: Michael Jay wrote: Hi Member, There are several criteria that we look for in choosing to allow someone into the secrets area. 1) We like the applicant to be a senior member, which is to say that you must have at least 50 posts. We do watch the posts and if someone gives a lot of one word posts, we disregard their application as it is obvious they are posting merely to achieve secret area status. 2) We require that the prospective applicant has been around on the boards here for at least one month. In this way we can judge the applicants sincerity to stick around and be an integral part of these boards. This also helps in that you don't need to get out you 50 posts in an unreasonable amount of time, like two or three days. Just stick around and post and you will find that you have 50 in 30 days, easily. These two rules are "loose" rules, presently. We do make rare exceptions, based on the application of the prospective member (and we don't consider owning a magic shop or being a pro magician as reasonable exceptions - status does not get anyone a free ride). Rule #3 below, though, we don't make exceptions for... 3) The application submitted must show a desire to be a part of the secrets area. The applicant, through his/her application, must overwhelmingly convince us of his/her wish to be part of an area that we hold very dear. How do you accomplish this? By what you say in your application. In other words, if you apply with a one or two sentence introduction of yourself and then say, "I think I should be in the secrets area" we will summarily reject the application. The application should be thought provoking and sincere. I suggest no less than two paragraphs. Include with it several examples of posts you've already made, so that we can easily find the posts that you'd like us to consider as being some of your best. I hope this information helps you. I'd like to see you here for a while and you should have no problem getting in, once you are established here at Magic Bunny. I am sincerely yours, Mike. |
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text: Article / 19 November 2012 Justin Bieber wins big at AMA By FacebookXEmailLinkedInWhatsApp MC Hammer dances as PSY performs 'Gangnam Style' at the 2012 American Music Awards. Bieber's wins included the show's top award, artist of the year. His mother joined him onstage as he collected the trophy, beating out Rihanna, Maroon 5, Katy Perry and Drake. "I wanted to thank you for always believing in me," Bieber said, looking to his mother. The 18-year-old also won the honor in 2010. He said it's "hard growing up with everyone watching me" and asked that people continue to believe in him. Bieber and Nicki Minaj performed together – and separately – at the AMAs, and were both multiple winners. But another collaboration was the night's most colorful performance: Korean rapper PSY and MC Hammer. Hammer joined the buzzed-about pop star for his viral hit Gangnam Style. PSY rocked a pair of "Hammer-pants" as they danced to his jam and to Hammer's Too Legit to Quit. Bieber won favorite pop/rock male artist in the first award handed out at Sunday's show and gave a shout-out to those who didn't think he would last on the music scene. "I want to say this is for all the haters who thought I was just here for one or two years. I feel like I'm going to be here for a very long time," he said. Stripped down performance He also won favorite pop/rock album for his platinum-selling third album, Believe. He gave a stripped down, acoustic performance of As Long As You Love Me, then transitioned to the dance-heavy Beauty and a Beat. Minaj joined him onstage, grinding with the teen for a few seconds. Minaj, who wore three different wigs and four outfits throughout the night, repeated her AMAs wins from last year, picking up trophies for favorite rap/hip-hop artist and album for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. She was in an all-white get-up, including fur coat and pink hair when she performed her new song Freedom. The scene was ghostly and snowy, as a choir – also in white – joined her onstage. One background singer stole the performance, belting semi-high notes as Minaj looked on. As Bieber won his second award, he was kissed on the neck by Jenny McCarthy, who presented the award. "Wow. I feel violated right now," he said, laughing. "I did grab his butt," McCarthy said backstage. "I couldn't help it. He was just so delicious. So little. I wanted to tear his head off and eat it." Bieber's red and black outfit seemed to be the night's theme, as Taylor Swift and Usher wore similar ensembles. An Usher medley Usher kicked off the three-hour show with green laser lights beaming onstage as he performed a medley of songs, including Numb, Climax and Can't Stop, Won't Stop, which featured a smoky floor and a number of backup dancers, as Usher jammed in all black, with the exception of his red shoes. He won favorite soul/R&B male artist. Swift won her fifth consecutive award for favorite country female artist. "This is unreal. I want to thank the fans. You guys are the ones who voted on this," she said. Swift gave a masquerade-themed performance of the pop song I Knew You Were Trouble. She sang onstage in a light dress while dancers wore mostly black. But then she changed into a red corset and black skirt, matching their dark mood. She even danced and sang on the floor as lights flickered throughout the performance. Dick Clark, who created the AMAs, was remembered by Ryan Seacrest and an upbeat performance by Stevie Wonder. "What a producer he was," said Seacrest, as Wonder sang his hits, including "My Cherie Amour." Carly Rae Jepsen, who performed early in the night, won favorite new artist. "I am floored. Wow," she said, thanking Bieber and his manager, Scooter Braun. Blonde bombshells Party girl Ke$ha was glammed up on the red carpet, rocking long, flowy blonde hair and a light pink dress. She switched to her normal attire when she performed her hit single Die Young. It was tribal, with shirtless dancers in skin-tight pants, silver hair and skeleton-painted faces, who also played the drums. Ke$ha was pants-less, rocking knee-high boots and rolling on the floor as she finished up the song. Minaj and Christina Aguilera were blonde bombshells, too: Minaj's hair was busy and full of volume and she sported a neon strapless gown to accept her first award. Aguilera wore a blonde bob in a purple dress that matched her eyeshadow. Aguilera performed a medley of material from her new album and joined Pitbull onstage. Kelly Clarkson also hit the stage, making a nod to her American Idol roots with a number on her dress and three judges looking on as she sang Miss Independent. Then she went into Since U Been Gone, Stronger and Catch My Breath. Idol judge Randy Jackson introduced Clarkson, the first-ever winner of the show. He also advised people to donate through Red Cross for Superstorm Sandy victims. Fellow Idol winner Carrie Underwood won best favorite country album and performed, hitting the right notes while singing Two Black Cadillacs. She talked about singing competition shows backstage. "These people that go on these shows are so talented, you know? And I would love to see if so many of the other artists that are out there today would go back and try out for these shows, because they might get their behinds kicked by some of the contestants," she said. Luke Bryan won favorite country male artist and Lady Antebellum favorite country group. Mutual adoration MAmerican Music Awards nominees were selected based on sales and airplay, and fans chose the winners by voting online. At this award show, even the stars were fans: Pink said on the red carpet that she'd like to collaborate with Lauryn Hill. Cyndi Lauper said her musical playlist includes Pink and Minaj. Boy band The Wanted said they were excited to see PSY and Colbie Caillat wanted to watch No Doubt. "What makes the American Music Awards special is the fans choose the winning artists," said Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, who won favorite alternative rock artist and performed Burn It Down, as Brandy sang along and Gwen Stefani, Usher and Phillip Phillips bobbed their heads. David Guetta won the show's first-ever electronic dance music award. Non-televised awards went to Katy Perry for pop/rock female artist, Beyonce for soul/R&B female artist, Adele for adult contemporary artist and Shakira for Latin artist. Along with Rihanna, Minaj was the top nominee with four nominations. – Sapa-AP Tags: Justin Bieber, Rihanna


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Syria's main opposition group is declining invitations to international meetings to protest what it calls the "shameful" failure by world leaders to end violence there.
"The international silence on the crimes committed every day against our people amounts to participating in two years of killings," the Syrian National Coalition said in a statement released Friday and reported on by Agence France-Presse and other news organizations.
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Rebel forces control land outside of Aleppo and have been trying to take control of the city's airport for months.
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A new front opened today in the patent wars between large technology companies, as a consortium that owns thousands of patents from the Nortel bankruptcy auction filed suit against Google and other manufacturers alleging infringement. Rockstar, which is owned jointly by Apple, Blackberry, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Sony, filed suit in US District Court in Texas. In addition to Google, the consortium has alleged infringement by Asus, HTC, Huawei, LG, Pantech, Samsung, and ZTE.
Since then, as recounted by Wired, Rockstar has been devoted to reverse-engineering the patents and looking for evidence of infringement. "Pretty much anybody out there is infringing," John Veschi, the CEO of Rockstar, told the magazine. "It would be hard for me to envision that there are high-tech companies out there that don't use some of the patents in our portfolio."
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Brussels sprouts are one of my favorite winter vegetables and I am always on the look out for interesting new recipes with them. Recently I came across one such recipe, a recipe for maple dijon roasted brussels sprouts on Culinary Cory which sounded so good that I just had to try it! Although it is faster and easier to cook brussels sprouts by steaming them or boiling them, my favorite way to cook them is to roast them. I like to roast pretty much any vegetable as it seems to concentrate their flavour and brussels sprouts are no exception. (Don't be afraid to let the brussels sprouts brown a bit when roasting them as all of those brown bits are just packed with flavour.) The next thing that caught my attention about this recipe was the use of a maple dijon vinaigrette as maple and dijon is one of my favorite flavour combinations. I often like to add some grainy mustard to the mix as I really enjoy the texture that it adds. The roasted brussels sprouts with maple dijon vinaigrette turned out even better than I imagined! The sweet and tangy dressing went really well on the caramelized to perfection brussels sprouts and the toasted almonds added a nice contrasting texture. This may just be my new favorite way of enjoying brussels sprouts!
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- 2 pounds brussels sprouts (trimmed and halved)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
- 1 small clove garlic (grated)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup almond slices (toasted)
- Toss the brussels sprouts in the oil along with the salt and pepper.
- Arrange the brussels sprouts in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Roast in a preheated 400F/200C oven until they start to caramelize, flipping them once in between, about 30 minutes.
- Mix the oil, vinegar, maple syrup, mustards, garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
- Toss the brussels sprouts and almonds in the maple dijon vinaigrette.
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James Holmes: Hand puppets, online dating, and tear-gas grenades
| Centennial, Colo.
It was just hours after a Colorado movie theater shooting, and James Holmes was not acting like a man accused of methodically planning the attack that killed 12 people.
As a police detective interviewed the suspect they'd picked up outside the theater, he started pretending the paper bags on his hands — meant to preserve gunshot residue — were puppets.
The former neuroscience graduate student tried to jam a staple into an electrical outlet. He played with a cup on the table. An officer noted that his eyes were dilated.
The description came Tuesday as prosecutors try to show that Holmes should face a trial for the July 20 attack at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises." He faces more than 160 felony charges for allegedly killing 12 and injuring 70. Prosecutors have yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
The hearing continued Wednesday. Defense attorneys say Holmes is mentally ill and have said they might call witnesses who could discuss Holmes' mental health.
The description of Holmes after the attack, given by police detective Craig Appel, seemed to conflict with prosecutors' attempts to show Holmes as methodical, spending two months to assemble his arsenal.
The first recorded purchase: two tear gas grenades, ordered online May 10.
Holmes also bought two Glock handguns, a shotgun and an AR-15 rifle, along with 6,295 rounds of ammunition, targets, body armor and chemicals, prosecutors said.
He dyed his hair bright orange, then bought a scope and non-firing dummy bullets on July 1, the visit and the new hair color documented in security video.
Finally, he purchased glycerin and potassium permanganate — chemicals that could combine to create fire and sparks — from a science store. At some point, he also improvised napalm, as well as thermite, a substance which burns so hot that water can't extinguish the blaze.
Holmes' purchases were split between two planned attacks, prosecutors said — the theater shooting and a booby trapped apartment that would've blown up if anyone had entered.
The bottle of glycerin was meant to fall into the permanganate when the door to his apartment opened, to cause an explosion and then a fire, prosecutors said.
The manager of The Science Company, Steve Grebe, confirmed the purchase, noting the amount was small and the materials are common in junior high experiments.
The setup in Holmes' apartment had deadly potential, though. Parts of Holmes' carpet were soaked with gasoline and oil and ammonium chloride, a white powder, was poured onto the floor in strips, FBI bomb technician Garrett Gumbinner said.
"It would have ignited and the whole apartment would have exploded or caught fire," Gumbinner said.
He said the system had two other initiating systems. One was a pyrotechnics firing box that would have been triggered by the remote control unit of a toy car left along with a portable stereo set to play loud music. Gumbinner said Holmes told him he hoped the music would lure someone and lead them to play with the car, thereby detonating the explosives.
The other initiating system was a model rocket launch box which operated by means of infrared light, but Holmes told investigators it wasn't armed, Gumbinner said.
The attempt at a distraction speaks to a plan to escape but the traps weren't triggered. Holmes, clad from head to toe in body armor, was found standing by his car outside the theater. He told investigators that the apartment setup was an effort to pull police away from the theater so, under that scenario, he wouldn't expect to see police so quickly.
Police said he volunteered information about the traps. Authorities went to the apartment and carefully dismantled them.
Prosecutors also used Holmes' dating website profiles to try to prove he knew the consequences of his actions. On two social networking websites — Match.com and FriendFinder.com — Holmes asked: "Will you visit me in prison?"
The Match profile was created in April; the FriendFinder account was opened on July 5. Holmes last accessed the sites two days before the July 20 shooting, detective Tom Welton testified.
As prosecutors lay out their case, Holmes' lawyers have been asking questions throughout the hearing that suggest a mental health defense.
Attorney Tamara Brady asked Steven Beggs, a federal agent who testified, whether there was anything to prevent "a severely mentally ill person" from purchasing things like chemicals, ammunition and handcuffs.
He replied no.
Defense attorney Daniel King asked Appel if Holmes was tested for drugs or other substances.
"I saw no indication that he was under the influence of anything," Appel said.
Holmes' lawyers could have waived the first public airing of the case against him, but legal analysts say they may see the mini-trial as a chance to gauge the prosecution's case or tactics to prepare for a possible plea agreement.
Cases rarely advance to this stage without a judge agreeing to set a trial.
If Holmes is found sane and goes to trial and is convicted, his attorneys can try to stave off a possible death penalty by arguing he is mentally ill.
If he's found not guilty by reason of insanity, he would likely be sent to the state mental hospital, not prison. Such a defendant is deemed not guilty because he didn't know right from wrong and is therefore "absolved" of the crime, said former Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey, who recently lost an insanity case.
Thomas Peipert, Nicholas Riccardi and Colleen Slevin contributed to this report.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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LYON, France – Three men suspected of being part of a gang which robbed a Rolex shop in Bahrain whilst disguised as women have been arrested in Albania and Bahrain following the issue of INTERPOL Red Notices or internationally wanted persons alerts.
The six thieves broke into the shop in the city centre mall after it closed at 10pm, and attacked and injured the guard before escaping with 79 Rolex watches worth USD 1.4 million.
Evidence gathered from the scene enabled police to identify the suspects and the National Central Bureau in Bahrain requested the issue of Red Notices, which were immediately circulated to all 190 member countries.
One week after the 10 September robbery, one of the suspects, 35-year-old Kosovan national Ekrem Gashi, was arrested at the Albanian border when checks by officials revealed he was wanted in connection with the theft. He is now awaiting extradition.
As part of Bahrain's ongoing investigation and following coordination with a travel agency, two additional suspects were arrested in Bahrain this week, when they were found in possession of most of the stolen watches.
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Emmanuel Leclaire, Assistant Director of the CCC, said the arrests were an example of the results which can be achieved by member countries cooperating via INTERPOL.
"The thorough investigation by Bahrain and their decision to request INTERPOL Red Notices for these fugitives meant their law enforcement colleagues around the world were immediately alerted to their wanted status and could take action, resulting in the arrest of a suspect in Albania," said Mr Leclaire.
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