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The hype — much of it generated by this very column! — is already building for "Matilda," the London hit that will land at the Shubert Theatre in the spring.
Rave reviews, Tony Awards, nice fat profits for investors?
Well, on Broadway, as in life, only a fool is sure.
If the producers of "Matilda" scan the showbiz horizon, they'll see in the distance, gaining speed, what could be their chief competition — "Kinky Boots," a new musical from Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein.
The show's been given three staged readings in the past few months, and I heard that Broadway's three landlords — Jujamcyn, Shubert and Nederlander — all threw their hats in the ring.
"It's a wonderful thing," says Fierstein, "when theater owners want your show."
It appears that Jujamcyn's got "Kinky Boots" and will put it in the Al Hirschfeld Theatre next spring following an out-of-town tryout in Chicago in the fall. Jujamcyn's co-producer will be Hal Luftig, who's on a roll with the hit revival of "Evita."
Jerry Mitchell, who did "Legally Blonde," is directing and choreographing, and the cast includes Billy Porter (the "Angels in America" revival), Stark Sands ("Journey's End") and Annaleigh Ashford ("Wicked").
The readings, says Fierstein, couldn't have gone better.
"Jerry and I sat in the back for these presentations, and the room was packed," he says. "It's just a rehearsal room with neon lights, and you know they [potential investors] are there for one thing — money. We are not talking about the ideal emotional setting. But halfway through the first act, these tough men, these tough businessmen, were crying. And by Act 2, we had all the money in place. Baby, take a bow!
"My sister-in-law came up at the end of the show and said, 'I want to put money in this.' I said, 'Darling, don't you know the Mel Brooks rule — NEVER PUT YOUR OWN MONEY IN THE SHOW!' "
"Kinky Boots" is based on the 2005 film, itself based on a true story about a shoemaker whose company is on the verge of bankruptcy until he starts making shoes for transvestites. A sweet friendship springs up between the shoemaker, Charlie, and Simon, a transvestite whose stage name is Lola.
Fierstein's an expert at adapting movies to the stage. He's got a hit at the Nederlander with "Newsies," he wrote the book for "La Cage aux Folles," based on the French movie, and he contributed to another smash, "Hairspray."
"The movie is charming," Fierstein says of "Kinky Boots."
"That was not the case with 'Newsies,' where we started with something awful," he adds, laughing. "We have more freedom on 'Kinky Boots' because it's not a cult film like 'Newsies.' And the people who loved 'Newsies' wanted it to stay awful!"
Fierstein delved into "Kinky Boots," pulled it apart, changed some character motivations and gave the whole thing a meaningful thematic structure.
"There's a huge difference between movies and theater," he says. "Movies are about story. Theater is about ideas. You've got the story going, but you have to have something more to keep people in their seats for 2 1/2 hours. You have to have something bigger to say than, 'Oh, we have a shoe factory, let's make it a hit shoe factory!' That ain't really a reason to go to a musical.
"So with 'Kinky Boots,' I've amped up the story between Charlie and Simon. Both feel they are total failures to their fathers, but they become friends and help each other achieve success that even their fathers would have been proud of."
Fierstein brought Lauper onboard, and everyone's impressed with her score. It's got character songs, club music, disco, ballads and her signature, get-up-and-dance numbers along the lines of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun."
"Cyndi loves the theater," says Fierstein. "She's a total Rodgers & Hammerstein girl. She knows everything Bernstein ever wrote. So she decided to take the plunge, and I cannot praise her work enough."
Fierstein and Co. are off to Chicago in September to put "Kinky Boots" on its feet.
"The show had an emotional reality at the reading, and now all I tell myself is, 'Don't f – – k it up, don't f – – k it up, don't f – – k it! That's the hard part — going to the big theater, the big production, without losing the heart."


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Apple's Upcoming iOS 7 May Have New Look
(NEW YORK) -- Speculation is rampant about what visual changes Apple may work into the latest version of its mobile device software, iOS 7, set to be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, June 10-14.
Sources familiar with the changes in the software that powers the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch have said Apple is moving away from a realism look -- the way elements and apps have been built to replicate real life with three-dimensional layering and faux texturing -- and introducing a simpler, "flatter" design, according to Bloomberg News. A report by 9to5Mac corroborates this report, citing sources that said the new elements in iOS 7 will be moving in the direction of Microsoft's Windows Phone "Metro" UI.
The event invitation for WWDC is even being sniffed for clues. "Apple's WWDC 2013 logo, the art for the conference in which iOS 7 will be announced, has sparked speculation about flat interface design with its modern, lightweight text and other elements," 9to5Mac posted.
Daring Fireball's John Gruber, a known Apple speculator, has also commented on an "apparently rather significant system-wide UI overhaul" for the newest version of Apple's mobile OS. He posted that Apple employees have been asked to use polarizing filters on their iPhone displays, making it difficult for observers see the design changes ahead of the iOS 7 announcement.
These purported software changes are attributed to the new oversight of software design by Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design. Ive, head of the team responsible for the lauded iPhone and iPod hardware, has been given extended influence over mobile software design after the Apple Maps blunder and exit of former senior vice president of iOS software Scott Forstall, Bloomberg News reported.
The general look and style of Apple's iOS has remained the same since being introduced in 2007. Since then, Google's Android has been visually revamped a number of times, most recently under the supervision of Palm WebOS convert Matias Duarte. New designs have also been brought to market by Microsoft with Windows Phone offerings and by Blackberry with the latest line of Blackberry 10 devices.
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Joshua 4-6 New International Version (NIV)
4 When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, 2 "Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, 3 and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight."
4 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, 5 and said to them, "Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 6 to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?' 7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever."
8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down. 9 Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been[a] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.
10 Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over, 11 and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the Lord and the priests came to the other side while the people watched. 12 The men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over, ready for battle, in front of the Israelites, as Moses had directed them. 13 About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.
14 That day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.
15 Then the Lord said to Joshua, 16 "Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law to come up out of the Jordan."
17 So Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."
18 And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.
19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said to the Israelites, "In the future when your descendants ask their parents, 'What do these stones mean?' 22 tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.' 23 For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea[b] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God."
5 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they[c] had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.
Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal
2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again." 3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.[d]
4 Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of military age—died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt. 5 All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not. 6 The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 7 So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way. 8 And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.
9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." So the place has been called Gilgal[e] to this day.
10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. 11 The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. 12 The manna stopped the day after[f] they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.
The Fall of Jericho
13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, "Are you for us or for our enemies?"
14 "Neither," he replied, "but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come." Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, "What message does my Lord[g] have for his servant?"
15 The commander of the Lord's army replied, "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.
6 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.
2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, "See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in."
6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it." 7 And he ordered the army, "Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord."
8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord's covenant followed them. 9 The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding. 10 But Joshua had commanded the army, "Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!" 11 So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.
12 Joshua got up early the next morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. 13 The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. The armed men went ahead of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the Lord, while the trumpets kept sounding. 14 So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
15 On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, "Shout! For the Lord has given you the city! 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[h] to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. 18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. 19 All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury."
20 When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. 21 They devoted the city to the Lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
22 Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the prostitute's house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her." 23 So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.
24 Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the Lord's house. 25 But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.
26 At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: "Cursed before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho:
"At the cost of his firstborn son
27 So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout the land.
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Gandalf: Always remember, Frodo, the Ring is trying to get back to its master. It wants to be found.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
George H.W. Bush did that. He was hailed as a conciliator for a day, then savaged brutally by the same press until he lost the 1992 election.
Glenn Reynolds 2012
Shortly after their (deserved) victory lap in an election they had no business winning the media began reporting on upcoming "fiscal cliff"
The press is all full of the need for a deal to be made because of the disastrous consequences that will come on Jan 1st. They also urge the GOP to be "bi-partisan" in agreeing to such a deal.
While a large amount of the uninformed public might be nodding their heads in agreement to anyone who pays attention and has access to any media that existed last year, this might be slightly confusing. Let's elaborate
The Deal known as the Budget Control Act of 2011 passed the House with 269 votes out of 433 members available to vote that's 62%. On the Democrat side 49.4% voted for and 49.4% voted against (the remaining 1.2% didn't vote) On the Republican side 72% voted for and voted for and 27.3% voted against. On the House side it took tough negotiation and no little amount of arm twisting to win over enough conservative members of the GOP to score the 72% that voted for it, some Tea Party types like Allen West and Renne Ellmers took a lot of heat for voting for the deal while other notable Tea Party favorites like Ann Marie Buerkle of NY, Ron Paul of Texas and Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota defied the leadership of the speaker to get stronger cuts and were hit hard for it.
In the senate the vote was 74-26 With less pressure from the GOP to get everyone on board more conservative republicans were free to vote against a deal that didn't have the cuts they wanted. The 19 Republicans who voted against read like a Who's Who of the conservative movement in the Senate: Sessions & Shelby from Alabama, Rubio from Florida, Chambliss from Georgia, Coats of Indiana and Grassley of Iowa, from Kansas Moran & Roberts, Paul from Kentucky, Ayotte of New Hampshire, Coburn & Inhofe Of Oklahoma , Toomey of Pennsylvania, Demint & Graham of South Carolina , Hatch & Lee of Utah. As the New York Times said at the time:
It is also the reason that many conservative Republicans refused to vote for the agreement, calling it a grossly inadequate answer to a pressing problem.
"The current deal to raise the debt ceiling doesn't stop us from going over the fiscal cliff," Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, wrote Monday in an open letter explaining his opposition. "At best, it slows us from going over it at 80 m.p.h. to going over it at 60 m.p.h.."
But in the end, objections of Tea Party stalwarts not withstanding a bi-partisan bill gathering 88% of Democrats in the Senate and 49.4 in the house (50% of those who voted) along with 59.6% of Senate and 72% of House Republicans was sent to the president's desk where it was signed.
President Obama said the following:
"It's an important first step to ensuring that as a nation we live within our means, yet it also allows us to keep making key investments in things like education and research that lead to new jobs and assures that we're not cutting too abruptly while the economy's still fragile," Obama said in a statement from the White House Rose Garden before signing the bill.
Harry Reid Said the following:
"There's one winner throughout all of this and that's the American people,"
And Tim Geithner had this to say:
"You're going to see this basic underlying growth we've see in the United States improve over time because people will be more confident we can live within our means," he said. "With more confidence we can get our arms around this long term. We will have more room to do the things we need to strengthen investment jobs now."
So my question to the media is this: Harry Reid celebrated this agreement, Tim Geithner likes it, Nancy Pelosi voted for it and The President signed it. Yet now this deal is responsible for a fiscal cliff that is apparently a disaster for all America.
And moreover, the MSM is laying the blame for said potential "disaster" squarely at the feet of the same GOP who the very same media urged to make the in 2011.
Even more amazing this very same media is telling the very same GOP to make another deal, or ELSE face the consequences.
So to summarize:
Last year The Budget Control Act of 2011 was a bi-partisan success that Nancy Pelosi found voteworthy and Harry Reid, Tim Geithner and President Obama could rightly take credit for to media cheers
This Year that same deal is the cause of a fiscal cliff and if the GOP doesn't do something to stop it they will be responsible for unless they give President Obama what he wants.
People might ask why a GOP that retained the house by a wide margin should have to make a deal, I think the better question is why is a deal that a mere 16th months ago was so worthy of votes and praise no longer is.
I think when the press asks GOP members to make such a deal they should remind them of bi-partisan nature of the existing law that drew their praise and ask why they are suggesting it is so horrible now?
As Glenn Reynolds linked and Dan Mitchell said: This is an IQ test for the GOP. I hope they pass.
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This is the Lite version of the Dance Pet Piano HD.Dance Pet Piano is a very interesting game for kids to learn how to play piano with fun! Animal can dance when your kids press the right key. There about 20 famous kids music to choose inside the game, and the notes are displayed as the animals character. When the animal is moving on the piano keyboard, user should press the key with the animal character when the relative animal moving to the highlighted area, and then the animal will start the dance show as a reward. you can also adjust the moving speed of the animals when needed. Have fun together with your kids! Introduction: 8 brightly colored keys, 8 cute cartoon animal dances, dozens of classic melodies, and the infinite possibilities with 8 basic notes. Whether or not your childs familiar with music, Dance Pet Piano would surely snatch their attention. Its a nontraditional music related pre-school game thats designed to improve musicality and other cognitive abilities. Instructions: The animals in the forest kingdom have decided to throw a party, and 8 dancers have excelled through stages of competition. Theyre the bear, duck, frog, rabbit, pig, elephant, monkey and cat. In preparation for the official concert one month away, theyre rehearsing 20 tracks with various levels of difficulty, and have also invited the player to help with the piano. The songs are: 1. Simple: How do you do, Little Star, London Bridge. How do you do is the easiest track in the game, while Little Star and London Bridge are the easier yet classic pieces. 2. Moderate: The Cuckoo, Dolls and Dancing Bear, Find Friends, My Dear Rabbit, Plasterer, Cradle Song, Fatty Song, Jingle Bells, Little Bee, Winter, Brother John, Hoodwinked. These tunes are arranged according to their difficulty, having some very well-known ones included as well. There are also some Christmas, forest, and nursery rhymes. 3. Difficult: Mary Had a Little Lamb, Rowing, Tow little Eyes, Firefly, The Doll. Compared to the previous rhymes, these cute and lively songs have a slightly complicated rhythmic pattern, being more challenging for the toddler. The player uses a Rainbow Piano, which is said to be a gift from the king of the forest the tiger. Each of the 8 keys represent a note, also corresponding to various dancing stances of the 8 animal dancers. In consideration for different preference, speed can be modified according to need. The animals may dance to a slower, normal or even faster rhythm. To begin the exciting journey of music, the player simply needs to select the track of choice. Basic music knowledge is not entirely necessary, just tap the small animals corresponding to the notes when the dancers appear under the spotlight, and watch how they dance merrily along with the rhythm. The games not only a piano simulation, its also specially designed to help with children brain development. 20 selections of well-known classical and popular music put together with bright and colorful graphics can surely improve the child's musical, coordinating, color, and cognitive abilities. The success of the concert depends on you now! Let's start and have fun!
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Citizen Action Project: Beachcombers and snorkelers needed for weekly cleanups at Waikiki Beach. Meet 5:15 p.m. Mondays at the Kapahulu Seawall. Reserve at 941-4854.
Arthritis Foundation: Volunteers will be recruited by telephone for the Our Home to Yours program to raise funds for arthritis education, prevention and research.
One volunteer in each neighborhood will mail letters requesting donations from residents, then forward donations to the local office. Call 235-3636 on Oahu, 244-0290 on Maui, 800-462-0743 neighbor islands.
Aloha Preservation Association: Japanese speakers can help preserve the aloha spirit in Waikiki. Call 923-1058.
Alzheimer's Association: Help with projects, office tasks, respite care, public speaking or support groups. Training provided. Call 591-2771. Caregiver experience preferred for coordinator and HELPLINE volunteers.
American Cancer Society: Answer phones and help in Honolulu office for two to three hours, one or two days a week. "Toppers" help fit cancer patients at home for free wigs. Breast cancer survivors help others "Reach to Recovery." Training provided. Call 522-0333.
American Civil Liberties Union: Record complaints four hours a week. Call 545-1722.
American Heart Association: Call 538-7021.
American Institute for Foreign Study: Coordinate student-exchange program. Call 800-322-4678.
American Lung Association: Work in health programs or with children in a self-help summer program. Call 537-5966.
Angels on Wheels: Drive patients to and from treatment centers. Call the American Cancer Society at 522-0333.
Bishop Museum: Lead school tours and conduct programs in Hawaiian Hall one morning a week. No experience necessary; training provided. Call 848-4180.
Blood Bank of Hawaii: Call donors. Call 848-4725.
Boy Scouts: Teach scouting skills in Leeward Oahu. Call 595-6366.
Central Oahu Community Mental Health Center: Provide clerical support in typing, filing and photocopying. Computer experience a plus. Call Margaret Sagaysay at 456-4224.
Child & Family Service: Retired social workers, nurses and other health professionals needed for occasional home assessment visits with seniors. Call 521-2377 or 538-3400.
Help with health support groups for older adults in Honolulu, Aiea, Kailua, Kaneohe, Waianae, Waialua and Waipahu, two mornings a week. Call Abby Brown at 538-3400.
Clean Air Team: Cheerful people needed to lead the Diamond Head hike 8:30 a.m. Saturdays. Call Scott at 528-0528.
CSI (Comfort, Security, Independence): Help the elderly and disabled maintain their independence at home and in the community. Services include financial organization, telephone chats, visits and shopping trips. Call Bettylou Schauer at 538-0353.
Contemporary Museum: Help at front desk, museum shop, collections, children's art program and office. Art background a plus, but not necessary. Call 526-1322.
Department of Health: Provide companionship to developmentally disabled adults confined to health care facilities. Training provided. Call Gail at 733-8345.
Department of Human Services: Care for abused and neglected children. Call Foster Home Certification Unit at 832-5105.
Epilepsy Foundation: Fund-raising and clerical work. Call 951-7705.
Foster Botanical Garden: Help in reception, herb garden, pruning or other duties for a few hours each week. Training provided. Call 522-7063.
Friends of Honolulu Hale: City and County program matches volunteers with activities to help Honolulu and community groups. Call Henry Hekekia at 523-4487.
Friends of 'Iolani Palace: Tour aides and other help needed. Call 522-0831 or 522-0832.
GIFTSX2: Clerks wanted for four-hour shifts at not-for-profit Aloha Tower Marketplace store that benefits HIV/AIDS services. Call 524-4186.
Girl Scouts: Work with scout troops. Call 595-8400.
Global Children's Organization: Collect and ship supplies, or work in office, program or fund-raising. Organization seeks American families for orphans in other nations, delivers donations and brings in children who need surgery. Call 545-2823.
Governor's Office: State Volunteer Services and Special Projects supports citizen participation within state government and the community. Call 586-7200.
Hale Kako'o Respite Center: Spend time with elders who have early and mid-stage dementia. Orientation and training provided. Call Pam at 595-0556.
Hanauma Bay: Lead tours to educate visitors about the fragile coral reef and coastal environment. Call 956-2870 or 956-9661.
Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education: Advocate arts in the schools or help in speakers' bureau or office. Call 545-5872.
Hawaii Army Volunteer Program: Help in organizations and agencies that support the Army. Call 655-2412.
Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry: Office and community work. Call 524-6619.
Hawaii CAN: The Community Action Network promotes volunteer programs of state and community groups and works with the Voluntary Action Center to form a database of volunteers. Call 536-5006. For promotional help, call 586-7200.
Hawaii Children's Museum: Call 592-5437.
Hawai'i Community Foundation: Call 537-6333.
Hawaii Foodbank: Call 836-3600.
Hawaii Habitat for Humanity: Housing projects, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Call 988-9339.
Hawaii Heritage Center: Learn the history of Hawaii and Chinatown and lead walking tours of Chinatown once a month. Call 521-2749 or visit the center at 1128 Smith St., second floor.
Hawaii Jaycees: Looking for people ages 21 to 39 interested in volunteering, improving professional and personal skills and attending social and sports programs. Call 537-6686.
Hawaii Literacy: Call 537-6706.
Hawaii Lupus Foundation: Office work, fund-raising, helping patients and families. Call 538-1522.
Hawai'i Maritime Center: Help at admissions counter or in gift shop. Ask for Karla at 526-0906.
Hawaii Mothers' Milk: Clerical and other nonpatient help needed. Call Gloria at 947-6920.
Hawai'i Nature Center: Help with hands-on, outdoor education programs for elementary students. Center provides naturalist, teaching and first aid training. Call 955-0100.
Hawaii Osteoporosis Foundation: Help nonprofit research organization with mailers, phone calls and fund-raising. Training provided; those with medical backgrounds can help with projects. Call 592-2643.
Hawaii State Alliance for the Mentally Ill: Office work, fund-raising, teaching. Call 737-2778.
Hawaii Theatre Center: Training provided for ushers and ticket-takers. Call 528-5535.
Hawaiian Humane Society: Provide foster care for baby animals; help elderly, disabled or ill people care for pets; or reunite lost pets with owners. Training provided. Foster "parents" and Lost & Found workers may call 946-2187 ext. 216; pet care assistants, ext. 217.
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Heeia State Park: Greet visitors. Call 247-3156.
Historic Hawai'i Foundation: Help with special events, archives, community relations and other jobs. Foundation seeks to restore and preserve sites and buildings that reflect Hawaii's culture. Training provided. Call Keri Sison at 523-2900.
Honolulu Academy of Arts: Assist with various tasks. Call 532-8737. Or help in Garden Cafe, Academy Theatre, shop and library.
Honolulu Botanical Gardens: Help in the daily operation of Foster, Liliuokalani, Ho'omaluhia, Koko Crater and Wahiawa gardens. Or prepare an inventory of art in the archives, three to four hours a week. Call Hilly at 522-7063.
Honolulu Nutrition Program: Deliver meals to homebound seniors. Call 531-0555 ext. 23.
Honolulu Theatre for Youth: Ushers needed. Call 839-9885.
Honolulu Zoo: Help the education staff as a docent; or help with gardening, animal care or office tasks. Leave your name and phone number at 971-7187.
Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden: Lead interpretive walks or greet visitors. Training runs six Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. Call 233-7323. Share plant information and work on floral arrangements, displays, photographs and special events.
Hospice Hawaii: Help terminally ill people and their families with companionship, homemaking services, errands and patient care. Call 924-9255.
HUGS: Provide Help, Understanding & Group Support to families with children who have life-threatening illnesses. Call 521-4847. Special events and office help needed also.
Institute for Human Services: Share what you know and help others fulfill their potential at the Education Center 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays and Fridays. Teaching experience not needed. Call Katie Doyle at 537-4944. Or help in social work department, kitchen, office and at front desk.
International Hospitality Center: Nonprofit group seeks hosts for international exchange students, foreign military and government and foundation grantees. Hospitality may consist of sightseeing, meals, recreation and homestays (two days to three weeks). Call 521-3554.
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii: Help in office, galleries, gift shop, research, committees, oral history work and special projects. Greeters work three-hour shifts; guides lead at least two tours a month. Call 945-7633.
Joint Action in Community Service: Advise youth returning from Job Corps training. Call 800-521-5227.
Judiciary: Volunteers in Public Service to the courts include court clerk aides, guides, messengers, bailiffs, others. Writers, photographers, researchers and job coaches also needed. Call 539-4880.
Judiciary Foster Parenting Program: Foster homes needed for Family Court teens; stipend provided. Call 539-5910.
Judiciary History Center: Guides for center needed. Call 539-4999.
Junior Achievement of Hawaii: Help students learn about business. Training and materials supplied. Call 524-2211.
Kalihi-Palama Immigrant Service Center: Help immigrant youth learn English. Call 845-3918.
Kuakini Medical Center: Flexible shifts at the information desk are available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Call 547-9184.
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: Produce the Radio Reading Service 7 to 9 a.m. one day a week, Monday through Friday. Training provided. Call Bob Krehl at 732-7767.
Life Foundation and Pacificare: Help someone with HIV/AIDS. Call 971-2437 or 971-3600.
Literacy Program: Help others learn to read. Training at Leeward Community College to work at Pearl City and Waianae campuses and in the community. Call 455-0307 or 455-0477.
Lyon Arboretum: Native Forest Restoration Project workdays 8:30 a.m. to noon the third Saturday each month. Guides and gardeners also needed. Call 988-7378.
Makiki Library: Call 522-7076.
March of Dimes: Help in "Babies and You" prenatal education program. Call 536-1045.
Memorial Society of Hawaii: Help with office duties for an organization that helps families plan for a loved one's death and funeral services. Call 946-6822.
Mid-Pacific Road Runners: Work as course marshals and at aid station and finish line. Call Joan Davis at 955-0902.
Mission Houses Museum: Guide walking tours. Call 531-0481.
Moanalua Gardens Foundation: Lead informative weekend hikes on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. Call 839-5334.
Moiliili Community Center: Work with seniors or children or in thrift shop. Call 955-1555.
Multiple Sclerosis Society: Call 531-4127; on the Big Island, 935-7616; or the national office at 800-FIGHT MS.
Muscular Dystrophy Association: Call 486-2697.
Organ Donor Center of Hawaii: Public relations. Call 599-7630.
PACE Institute International: Nonprofit group seeks representatives to serve as liaisons for local schools, host families and students. Call 800-548-7223.
Pacific Aerospace Museum: Conduct tours. Call 839-0777.
Pacific Home and Community Care: Care for HIV patients. Call 971-3600.
Palolo Chinese Home: Attend to elderly residents. Call 737-2555.
Peace Corps: Volunteer opportunities overseas. Call 800-424-8580.
Pearl Harbor Family Service Center: Help service personnel and their families. Call 474-2220.
People Attentive to Children: Clerical work. Call 842-3874.
PREVENT Child Abuse Hawaii: Office projects, two hours a month. Call 951-0200.
Quest for Partners: Handle clerical work and other duties for affordable housing program. Call 941-2234 or 941-2231.
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific: Help in day treatment program or gift shop. Call 531-3511.
Respite Connection: Reassure caregivers working with elderly. Call 847-3295.
RESULTS: Responsibility for Ending Starvation Using Legislation, Trim-tabbing and Support seeks to end hunger, eliminate infectious disease, promote self-sufficiency and provide micro-enterprise loan programs, here and abroad. Call 921-9955.
River of Life Mission: Organization provides meals, food boxes, clothing and medical care to homeless and needy. Help with office and telephone tasks, food service, pickups and more. Call 524-7656.
Ronald McDonald House: Work with families of critically ill children. Call 942-8183.
Save Outdoor Sculpture: Call 523-4674 on Oahu; 935-5021 on the Big Island; 572-6560 on Maui; and 822-3373 on Kauai.
Shelters for Abused Spouses and Children: Emergency shelter needs volunteers 18 and older who can give at least four to eight hours a week for six months. Duties range from preparing meals and distributing donations to answering hot line calls and organizing children's activities. Call the Child & Family Service at 543-8471.
Shriners Hospital: Help with activities to improve socialization among patients. Volunteers 16 and older are asked to work one shift a week. To apply, call 951-3606.
Straub Hospital: Help in wards and gift shop. Call 522-3299.
Symphony Thrift Shop: Call 593-0597.
Top Gun Hydrofest: Plan the hydroplane races in Pearl Harbor. Call 471-0818.
Very Special Arts Hawaii: Help with art programs. Call 735-4325.
Voluntary Action Center: Learn about volunteer positions in the community. Call 536-7234.
Waikiki Aquarium: Help in Natural Selection gift shop. Call 923-9741.
Waikiki Friendly Neighbors Program: Visit isolated seniors. Call 926-8032.
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World Heritage: Nonprofit student exchange organization seeks representatives to serve as liaisons for high schools, host families, students and Heritage offices, and to recruit teens for travels abroad. Reimbursement provided for expenses. Call 303-252-8215 or 800-888-9040.


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Flyers backup and career hard-luck goaltender Michael Leighton, expected to make his second start of the season Tuesday in Winnipeg, will instead spend it at home rehabilitating an injury.
General manager Paul Holmgren announced Leighton will miss 7 to 10 days with what Holmgren described in NHLspeak as an 'upper body injury.'
Since Leighton spent Saturday's game against Carolina using mostly his gluteus muscles on the bench, it would figure that the injury likely occurred during an optional practice Friday. The team did not confirm that or offer any other details.
Phantoms goalie Brian Boucher – who split time with Leighton through a wild 2009-10 season in which both were injured along with alleged starter Ray Emery – was recalled and traveled to Toronto with the team Sunday. Boucher might be in line for a start Tuesday against the Jets.
'It's all kind of happening fast; getting traded back to the organization (from Carolina), going down (to the Phantoms) and playing and now getting recalled,' said Boucher, who is in his fourth separate stint with the Flyers organization. 'Obviously, I'm excited. I've been able to go down there and play some games, and I feel good about my game right now. We'll see what happens.
'The expectations are to be ready at all times, be a good teammate and if I get tapped on the shoulder to play, go and give the team a chance to win. That's what I'm going to do.'
Leighton, 31, allowed all five goals on 26 shots in a 5-1 loss in Tampa Jan. 27. Boucher is 2-4 with a bad Phantoms team, with a 2.71 goals-against average and .908 saves percentage.
Flyers starter Ilya Bryzgalov is expected to play against the Maple Leafs Monday. He has played in 11 of the 12 Flyers games this season. Trenton Titans goalie Cal Heeter was sent back to Adirondack to fill in for Boucher there.
He's hoping he's not back just to oversee some practices.
'For a guy that hasn't played in eight months, and coming off shoulder surgery, you don't know what to expect,' Boucher said. 'But I've felt much, much better in the last three games I played. Getting going again ... I feel like I'm dialed in.
'If I get called upon, I feel good about my game and hopefully I can go out there and give the team a chance to win.'


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ANTALYA, Turkey -- Simon Dyson of England has withdrawn from the Turkish Open next week as he waits for a disciplinary hearing.
Dyson is No. 68 in the Race to Dubai. The top 60 advance to the European Tour's season finale in Dubai, so Dyson's season is finished.
He was disqualified from the BMW Masters last week for tamping down the green in direct line of his short par putt in the second round. He was disqualified for not adding the two-stroke penalty to his score. Dyson was tied for second at the time.
The European Tour has ordered a disciplinary hearing by the end of the month for Dyson. If found to be in serious breach of the conduct code, penalties range from a reprimand to a fine to a suspension.


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Digital forensics examiners are very aware of the benefits of identifying metadata in files from word processing documents to image files. The metadata in image files, referred to as Exif (Exchangeable image file format), has been a source of information in forensic examinations for some time. Many files, including video files, have metadata.
If metadata is important in other investigations, can video metadata be a similar potential treasure trove? In our basic course I have extolled the examination of metadata during internet investigations, because in online documents or images, metadata can be incredibly damaging evidence.
For example, recently I was asked to examine a website set up on a "free" domain to find out who the the owner might be. Examination of the website failed to ascertain anything until I downloaded the files embedded in the site. A quick look at the files' metadata ascertained their author – who was well known to the plaintiff.
Two types of video metadata
So video metadata does exist, and it is important. To deal with video metadata, we have to understand where it comes from. There are two sources, which one article describes as:
a) Operational, automatically gathered video metadata, which is typically a set of information about the content you produce, such as the equipment you used, the software you employed, the date you created your video, GPS coordinates of shooting location, and more.
b) Human-authored video metadata, which can be created to provide more search engine visibility, audience engagement, and better advertising opportunities for online video publishers.
Most of what we are currently dealing with in metadata examination is the "operational" metadata. However, human-authored metadata may become more important.
Interestingly enough, video metadata is getting some heavy discussion from a marketing point of view. Online video providers are looking at the use of video metadata to describe the video better for two reasons: first, better coverage in the search engines, and second, so end users have more descriptive information about the video.
Additionally, video-sharing sites seek to make videos more "social" by enabling users to add metadata to the videos they host. For instance, Metacafe's Wikicafe section allows all its users to add "human authored" comments to video metadata.
Although few standards currently exist for video metadata, this is changing as video delivery becomes more important. Acceptance of standards such as the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set are becoming common. With standards in the metadata, investigators will have an ability to look for common items of information in the file.
Standard metadata also makes it easier to build tools to extract this data. The continuing conversation, and the acceptance of "human authored" metadata, will undoubtedly provide investigators with additional information regarding videos they find on the internet during investigations.
File formats and what they contain
Search Google for "video metadata forensics", and you won't find much of anything useful. It is mentioned in some places that video has metadata, but little describes the metadata in depth. However, search for RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format) and you will find a lot more. Riff, the term similar in usage to Exif data, is the format that describes the usage of metadata in many video and audio files.
Riff data can include:
The amount of Riff data available depends on the file format. Riff data is a proprietary format originally developed by Microsoft and IBM for Windows 3.1. The format was released in the 1991 in the Windows Multimedia Programmer's Reference. Riff was never adopted as a standard and few new video formats have adopted the file format since the 1990's. Common files formats still in use that use Riff include .wav and .avi. Microsoft has since 2004 been using the ASF format (Advanced Systems Format) since 2004 in its .wma files.
From the Microsoft Advanced Systems Format specifications, we can find that the ASF file can contain potentially valuable information.
Okay….so we have looked at the underlying structure for the metadata present in video. The question now becomes, how do we look at that data? There are a few free tools out there to assist you. Let's talk about three:
Gspot has been the heavy lifter for most investigators looking at metadata in video files. It provides a single screen view of the available data in a video file (of the files it can translate). Most of the data is "operational" data found in the file, but it does provide you with the "human authored" data if it is present. Gspot has an export function to allow the user to save the metadata information for inclusion in a report or to add to WebCase. Gspot's failing is that it has had no recent updates since 2007.
The Gspot report looks like this:
To me, MediaInfo is a newer tool. Its basic view is much simpler than Gspot's, but it offers several different views of the data that allow you to determine what metadata is present. I personally like the "tree" view as it lays out all of the metadata present in an easy to view screen. The export options for reporting also allow the user to quickly make reports in a text or html format for inclusion in their reports or to add to WebCase. MediaInfo also adds during installation a right click function to Windows Explorer to easily access the tool.
Media Info report (txt, html, or CSV) looks like:
Video Inspector
A very basic tool, Video Inspector provides the user with the essential metadata present in the video file. The export function allows for exporting a text document with the metadata it finds, but it is limited. The tool was designed to assist the user in identifying missing codecs required to play the video, so reading all the available metadata is not its main function.
Video Inspector Report looks like:
In comparing the tools I used a video that I know had "operational" metadata in it to determine whether each program reported the data. Gspot and MediaInfo both located and reported the data. MediaInfo included the "Master date" which could either be the date the video was "mastered" or possibly the date it was uploaded to the site (I have to do some more research on that date and time stamp).
So there is some usefulness in reviewing video files for metadata. Something to remember is that some sites may strip the metadata when posted on line. Also, other tools used to download videos from the Internet, like savevid.com, save the video in flash and not the original file format containing the original metadata . Investigators need to find the original video uploaded to get to the metadata.
Additionally, as previously discussed, investigators may encounter challenges in the form of social media. For example: Metacafe's attempt to add metadata to videos it hosts. Its Wikicafe section allows all its users to add "human authored" comments to video metadata.
If you are more interested in reading about metadata in video files here are some resources:
Riff Info
ASF File Format
What experiences have you had collecting video file metadata? Comment below!


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J.K. Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy' Arrives
This morning, J.K. Rowling released her first book for adults, titled "The Casual Vacancy." Is it any good-or should she go back to writing Harry Potter books? WSJ's Speakeasy team has been examining the book and Christopher Farley has their reaction on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – June 3, 2010 - As a follow up to the media advisory sent yesterday, June 2, 2010, we would like to take the time to inform the media that the following groups and members of families of fallen police officers will be attending the Ride4Cops event tomorrow, June 4, 2010, at 2:00pm on the south plaza steps of the Oklahoma state capitol.
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MONTREAL - His hockey skills are indisputable. As a player, he is fearless, venturing into the corners with the toughest of opponents. He is also some kind of scorer, with a slapshot that has driven goalies to drink. Plus, he has a particularly keen understanding of the game and its players.
And his language skills? Legendary! Not only does he speak flawless French and English, he is also fluent in two other languages.
On that note, I submit my candidate for next coach of the Montreal Canadiens: Sugar Sammy. Okay, so his experience with the game is limited to ball hockey. But, on the bright side, his post-game comments, win or lose, would be a blast – and in both official languages. And should the Habs ever draft players from India or Pakistan, Sugar Sammy could communicate with them in his Hindi and Punjabi mother tongues.
Win, win? No?
Curiously, in light of the maelstrom surrounding the linguistic skills of interim Habs coach Randy Cunneyworth, one of the most fascinating entertainment stories of this and many years has emerged in the same city. Montreal comedian Sugar Sammy undertook a bold experiment in recently announcing that he would go where few comics, or any other entertainers, would ever dare to go.
Though he performs with equal ease in front of Franco and anglo audiences, he has never meshed the two languages together in concert. But he figured the time was ripe for such a move, so he announced plans for Le show franglais, wherein he would mix French and English shtick, often within the same sentence. But sensing this may be delicate, Sugar Sammy figured he would try the show on a one-shot basis in February at L'Olympia.
Well, that one show sold out within seconds. Sugar Sammy now has 23 shows – with next to no advertising – and counting. Who knew bilingualism could sell like this here? But it is refreshing that in the midst of our "language issue" – which my friend, TSN soccer analyst Noel Butler, prefers to call a "language advantage" – there is also an open-mindedness among us. And after all, it is, on many levels, to laugh at our myriad cultural quirks.
Sugar Sammy won't be playing it safe in his shows. Certainly not if his promotional campaign is any indication: "You're Gonna Rire," in which he claims he will be delivering his material "50.5 per cent in English, 49.5 per cent in French." Percentages that have deep social and political significance in this province – dating all the way back to 1995. Can you say "referendum?" He delights in skewering all sides in matters linguistic, and he gets away with it.
Why? Well, for starters, he's very funny, and just may become the biggest international comedy star to emerge from this country. He's also, rather fascinatingly, a poster boy for Bill 101. He did his schooling in French. He picked up English from friends on the street. And he spoke Hindi and Punjabi with his parents at home. His gift for gabbing in four languages has made him a hit here and around the world. He spends almost 10 months a year on the road, playing five continents and hitting everywhere from Abu Dhabi to New Zealand. But Montreal still remains his home base and Montrealers remain his favourite audiences.
"Despite what others may believe, Quebecers, both French and English, have learned to laugh at themselves," Sugar Sammy has said. "And I'll really be putting that to the test. But it's nice to stand for something. Even if it's just to make people ... rire."
Curiously, the year's other most intriguing culture story to come across my blotter also had its origins on the linguistic front, but it left few laughing: An initiative by Montreal city politicos Marvin Rotrand and Michael Applebaum to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Mordecai Richler by naming something in the city after him.
But what began seemingly innocently turned into somewhat of a soap opera, and one that would have no doubt amused Richler and appealed to his sense of inner-city irony.
Richler remains as divisive a figure as ever, a lightning rod for his outspoken views on our vaunted two solitudes. In many quarters, he is revered as one of the greatest writers to have ever emerged from this dominion. In other quarters, however, he is still reviled for his outspoken views on Quebec nationalism, particularly those that were published in the New Yorker. Truth is, Richler was as an equal-opportunity insulter, and proud of it. He also heaped plenty of ridicule on anglos and enraged fellow Jews as well with depictions in his prose.
Ten years after his death, Richler was almost more in the news than he was in his prime. Over the last year alone, the poignant adaptation of Richler's acclaimed Barney's Version hit the big screen. The Last of the Wild Jews, Francine Pelletier's insightful documentary on the conundrum that was Richler, surfaced on the tube. Charles Foran's hefty and hugely ambitious biography, Mordecai, was released and topped the local bestseller list. And McGill University created the Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence Program.
The latter development was all the more ironic in that McGill was a frequent butt of Richler's barbs in his books, particularly over the university's once-restrictive admission policies regarding Jews. Then again, as Richler would delight in pointing out, it wouldn't have mattered in his case. Something about poor high-school grades.
Just another of the many riddles that was Richler, a fellow who, frankly, would much rather ruminate on the state of the Habs – particularly now – than on modern literature; a fellow who felt more comfortable hanging with his buddy Sweet Pea in ramshackle Eastern Townships bars than hobnobbing with the high and mighty on the urban banquet circuit.
While discussion was generally genial among the pro and anti factions in terms of naming something after Richler, a few local political figures took it to a more nasty level. Some scurrilous blogs popped up on such websites as Non à une rue Mordecai Richler, non au racisme anti-québécois, which appeared to be little more than anti-Semitic rants against "Maudicai (sic) Richler. Another deep thinker proposed renaming the "urine-smelling" alley near Phillips Square after Richler.
In the end, there would be no Rue Mordecai Richler, Bibliothèque Mordecai Richler or Place Mordecai Richler in the author's Mile End birthplace and stomping ground. After much discussion and debate, it was decided that a rundown gazebo – soon to be given a facelift – on Mount Royal would bear the name of Mordecai Richler.
To the surprise of some, the author's widow, Florence Richler, not only approved of the gesture, but claimed her husband would have certainly been delighted and would have also seen the humour in sharing the gazebo with people and pigeons alike.
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> School is majority leftist no matter where you go.
AHAHAHAHA, HAHA... oh, wait, you're serious.
You can contact the three credit monitoring (Interfax etc) agencies to dispute a claim.
Plus, if you see a shooter, you now know (1) where they are and (2) likely what they're equipped with.
And also not noisily clearly each room (the streamer said "hey, I think we've been SWATted") to let everyone in all the other rooms not yet searched that they're there.
In truth, if they were actually encountering an active shooter this would be a *very bad approach*. But these days they rarely are.
... point. There's almost certainly been skimping on safeties and backups to stretch inadequate budget(it's rare that an IT department gets an adequate budget, it seems to me - particularly for things that don't demonstrate a benefit unless something bad happens).
I'd been wondering if this wasn't the case at times.
"It's too hard" isn't an excuse; this is (however silly the directions it goes sometimes) a Congressional investigation - *make* it easier.
Or do it anyway, chalk it up as a learning experience, and use a better backup system.
If I recognize Malibu right (it's that porn company in Florida or somewhere like that?), they at least actually *produce* something...
As someone contemplating doing a stint as an examiner (because God knows they need more people in the tech fields), and who did some similar 'self-reporting timesheet' work in the past, this irritates me a little more than usual.
It's *telework*. You're in your comfort zone, you've got food available, you can be listening to music without your cubicle neighbors telling you to turn it down, you can keep an eye on kids... you've got no excuse (well, you don't have one anyway) to commit fraud.
Amusingly, even as a youngster looking at that I was thinking "... that's not any flavor of UNIX I'm aware of..."
Superman *fought the KKK in real life*.
Well, okay, it was more that the Superman vs. the KKK radio special caused their recruitment to wither up completely.
But still; Superman has been a iconic protector of the vulnerable in our culture for quite some time. Having him referenced as a protector of abused children, more or less, is *not a bad thing*.
That's generally the theory behind "natural rights", yes
Copyright, to circle back to (roughly) the topic, is not such a right; it's not a measure to protect some individual right but a measure to improve the future state of culture and the arts by offering an incentive to create.
Myself, I'm rather skeptical of the guy's claim at being able to outlast Forbes (which a quick wiki suggests have a circulation a bit south of a million) in court.
Hell, for $400 I might very well go to the place in question and spend a half-hour or somewhat more one evening writing a review emphasizing the positive traits.
Assuming it was a reasonable experience, at least.
One possible consequence that isn't talked about is, I think, the danger of countries avoiding the risk by *never entering into contracts with large corporations* if they can possibly help it.
After all, without any kind of agreement with Gabriel, there's no hook for the company to try this kind of extortion.
Corporations lose from such a trend too, I would think.
But ultimately, I'm adamant against this kind of formalized process that often boils down to extortion. The penalty for a country dicking a company over... is lessened future investment by other companies; it's a self-correcting mechanism.
And the judge of whether a country screwed over a corporation would be all the *other* corporations, often competitors to the first. And, in theory, self-interest wins out for a relatively impartial decision, since these potential future investors would be putting money where their mouths are.
But an arbitration panel, even if it were completely competent and impartial, doesn't have the capitalistic advantage of self-interest working to reinforce the structure.
Plus I dislike any kind of relinquishment of governmental power to private hands. The *restriction* of how a government can use governmental power is fine to me - but effectively transferring some of that power to an entity not obligated - even in theory - to represent the interests of me and my fellow citizens is a horrible *horrible* idea.
(The power a government wields will always exist in a society more advanced than a small tribe. I prefer it remain in handcuffed hands that I have a say in the identity of than in unrestrained hands I have no say in the identity of)
... err... I don't think you've thought that last statement through. Who determines the compensation, and who determines what triggers a 'legitimate' demand?
A corporation decides both (more or less), and it's ruled on by a theoretically completely neutral arbitrator. Unfortunately, the arbitrator is almost always *not* completely neutral, giving the corporation a bit of an edge.
And so you've got what's described in the article - the *threat* to try this process. Heck, just like SLAPP, "you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride" - the process itself is going to be inconvenient.
Yes and no.
The underlying *concept* is called democracy - that is, that political power rests in the people and is fairly evenly split among them (as opposed to divine right/mandate, say).
But what we don't have is a *direct* democracy. We've got a representational one, where we the citizens select a smaller set of proxies to wield our (conceptual) power on our behalf.
In addition, strictures upon how governmental powers are wielded are fully in-line with democracy - "you may not eat your fellow citizens for dinner" (either at all or "unless you can satisfy extra requirements - ie, a constitutional amendment) is quite legit under any kind of democracy short of direct unstructured democracy.
To be honest, on a certain level I don't give a damn if all of Rogers' claims are true about Snowden. I doubt they are, but it matters little to me.
What matters are the documents being released. I care far more about what the government that has quite a bit of power (theoretical and actual) over me then a single individual that I've never even met.
So Rogers, posters gleefully pouncing on this and others of the sort... are you declaring the documents to be mass forgery? Because any other claim to try and sweep the issue away I don't give a damn about in comparison. Snowden could be a kiddie fiddler and it wouldn't change the cat being out of the bag.
See how fun it is? ^^
How cowardly we have become since Patrick Henry's "give me liberty or give me death" and Benjamin Franklin's "those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
One measure was sufficient.
Locking the cockpit door. The point of a hijack is to wrest control of the plane, not to kill the people on the airplane (that's just a bonus - they're going for psychological impact or far more significant kill-count).
If they wish to kill the number of people on a plane, it's easier (and more effective) to bomb, say... a busy mall. A school. A hotel.
And then there was the copyright lawsuit over *silence*.


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Police hunt man after explosion
Police are trawling through hours of CCTV footage in the hunt for a man in a black hooded top suspected of leaving a bomb outside a busy restaurant in Belfast.
Vigilant passers-by who discovered the dissident republican device minutes before it detonated in the packed Cathedral Quarter district last night have been hailed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for averting a tragedy.
Officers, acting on misleading information provided in a telephone bomb warning to a Belfast newspaper, had been evacuating people from a hotel 150 metres away from where a sports bag containing the bomb had been placed.
Once informed about the holdall by members of the public, they were able to refocus the security operation on the area immediately around it.
The bomb warning was telephoned to the Irish News at 6pm, the report of the bag was received at 6.20pm and the bomb exploded at 6.44pm. No one was injured, with 1,000 people having been evacuated from the area. Police have characterised the explosion as "small" but potentially deadly.
Dissident group Oglaigh na hEireann has claimed responsibility for the latest in a recent spate of terror attacks by extremist republicans opposed to the peace process.
Detective Chief Inspector Justyn Galloway, the PSNI officer leading the investigation into the blast, outlined the deadly potential of the bomb.
"This device fully functioned," he said.
"The device contained flammable liquid and explosives and it has some similarities to devices that have been used before by dissident republicans."
The PSNI today released an image of the black Slazenger bag in which the bomb was contained, taken moments before it exploded.
Mr Galloway praised those who noticed the bag and contacted police.
"Members of the public were vigilant and they did come forward and speak to police and it clearly averted injuries last night," he said.
He appealed to anyone who may have seen the suspect carrying the holdall in and around the Cathedral Quarter area.
"Did they see a male wearing a black hoody carrying a black Slazenger bag in and around 6pm last night," he said.
"If they saw this person or anyone acting suspiciously I would ask them to come forward and speak to detectives."
The lead detective also commended the actions of the police and staff in the restaurants, bars and hotel who assisted with the evacuation.
He said analysis of security camera footage from the area as a key priority for the police.
"Detectives are out today and have been out through the night, it is a built up area, there is a large amount of cameras and that is definitely one line of enquiry we are following up," he said.
Security measures are being ramped up in Belfast city centre following the explosion.
With thousands expected to hit the capital's high streets on what is to be one of the busiest Christmas shopping weekends of the year, police have appealed for vigilance.
And businesses are continuing to urge people to support trade by venturing into the centre.
Police have been stopping cars and checking car boots at the entrance of Castle Court Shopping Centre in the city since last month.
Other security checkpoints were set up throughout Belfast after a man was forced by masked dissidents to drive a car bomb to another shopping centre - one that faces a police station - in late November.
That 60kg (132lb) device only partially exploded and no-one was injured.
In a separate statement today, the PSNI requested members of the public in north and west Belfast particularly to be vigilant over the coming weekend, and to report any suspicious behaviour.
The scene of the blast had been cleared this morning. There was no sign there had been an explosion - bar a slight black mark on a wall.
In November dissidents were also blamed when a bus driver in Londonderry was forced to drive a bomb to a police station in the city. She abandoned the vehicle before reaching the destination and the device did not explode.
While the threat posed by the violent extremists has remained classed as severe, police have acknowledged a "surge" in activity has taken place in recent weeks.
Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny joined police, political and church representatives and traders in condemning the attack.
"I condemn this atrocity as a mindless attack on the sanctity of human life, carried out by people whose depraved agenda cannot, and will not, be allowed to gain a foothold in Northern Ireland," he said.
"We must remain ever vigilant in ensuring that peace in Northern Ireland is maintained, and that it continues on its path to becoming an ever more progressive society."
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have described the bomb attack as "despicable".
Mr Robinson said he condemned it in the strongest possible terms.
"Once again we are witnessing the work of a mindless minority who are intent on taking the heart out of the city and wreaking havoc on the lives and businesses of the people of Belfast and Northern Ireland," Mr Robinson said.
Mr McGuinness said those responsible had shown a complete disregard for human life.
"Their actions have done nothing to move our society forward but instead have caused distress to local residents, disruption to Christmas revellers and loss of revenue for surrounding businesses," he said.
In a joint statement, both ministers appealed with anyone with information to contact police.
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I wasn't surprised when "E" (my 9 year old) started drawing her own comics
Monday, July 23, 2012
* Make Your Own Comic Book - Homemade Comics In The House!
Laughter is very important in our household.
We laugh together as a family daily.
The dinner table conversation is usually full of silly voices,
inside family jokes, impressions, and several potty jokes.
I wasn't surprised when "E" (my 9 year old) started drawing her own comics
last spring. She had been drawing and designing "fashion sketches" for the past year
and it seemed like a natural evolution for her to jump over into combining her drawing with
her fantastic sense of humor to make her own comic characters and stories.
Remember her "fashion sketches"?
She still has a board of them up in her room.
She draws comics based on real-life experiences - usually ones
that involve some sort of frustration.
This is a comic about the time when mom spent an afternoon
on hold with the insurance company.
She also made one about when the school lunch lady was out of popsicles
and told her to "try again tomorrow" every day for 4 days (see the top comic in this post)!
"E" is so prolific and draws so many awesome comics
that I made her a binder with page protectors to keep them in.
It's her own comic book and she loves to share it with guests
when they come over to our house and tour her room
(we also do a lot of show and tell in our family!)
She made "themed" comic books like this holiday one.
She made up characters that recur in different comics and even
made profiles about each one. This guy is named "Cavey" he's a caveman and not very smart.
Another fellow named "Edward Smelly Bottom" also shows up a lot.
She loves to make drawings and infographics about things she thinks are "creepy"
like vintage "Chatty Cathy" dolls, the "Big Tex" statue in Texas
and "Baby Alive" dolls - for the record her mom thinks those things are creepy and weird too!
Who knows, maybe someday she'll write her own graphic novel,
illustrate a comic strip, or write a book. This could be the start for that idea.
One thing I do know is that she will love this little binder/book of her homemade
comics and enjoy seeing her ideas when she's older (and so will her own kids!)
I absolutely loved this great idea I saw over on Mom's Homeroom.
Jolie Stekly suggests turning your home into a "House of Comics"
by making speech bubbles for inanimate and ordinary objects to express themselves --
What is the kitchen chair thinking? What does the microwave say?
She suggests cutting out big speech bubbles with paper or card-stock
and asking your kids to add words or thoughts, then tape them up around the house.
I think we'll be trying that out next.
How fun is that?!
Keep smiling and laughing.
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Vegetarian eating has become increasingly popular in the last several years, and people are looking for a diverse range of meatless options.
Nation's Restaurant News says if you want to improve and increase business: "Add vegetarian or vegan dishes to the mix. Vegetarian dishes, aside from being less expensive... also mitigate the veto vote. Usually, if you have a vegan in your party, that will dictate where the party eats... They want to make sure everybody's going to be satisfied, so diversity is going to be very important on the menu."
Veggie burgers have been a mainstream menu item for more than a decade, and are even offered at Burger King, Denny's, Johnny Rockets, Red Robin and many other restaurant chains. A new class of plant-based meats has gained popularity over the past several years that has an even greater similarity to the taste and texture of its meat counterparts. Meat-free "chicken," for example, is now sold at places like KFC in Canada and Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres regularly feature vegan food on their shows. Oprah publicly went on a "vegan cleanse" diet and included a segment in a recent "Oprah's Favorites" episode where vegan "chicken" was prepared.
Three vegan cookbooks recently made The New York Times bestsellers list; one of them reached the #1 best-seller spot on Amazon.com and it promotes plant-based meat substitutes.
All Baltimore public schools only serve vegetarian food on Mondays, and San Francisco and the District of Columbia have passed city-wide resolutions encouraging residents to partake in "Meat-Free Mondays."
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Another week in the books and Georgia continues its march towards Atlanta (hope I can type that as coolly this time next week). So let's see how the team fares in comparison to its predecessors under Richt that made it to the SECCG. Here's how things look after Tennessee (all stats via cfbstats.com):
- Hold opponents under 18 points per game. As a team, Georgia is yielding 22 ppg.
- Finish at least +8 in turnover margin. Georgia's turnover margin is +1.
- Average better than 380 yards per game on offense. Georgia's offense is averaging 536 ypg.
- Finish in the top five in total defensive yardage. Georgia's defense ranks tenth in total defense.
- Finish in the top three in first downs. Georgia is fourth in first downs.
- Finish no worse than third in passing yardage. Georgia is fourth in passing yardage.
- Finish no worse than third in sacks. Georgia is ninth in sacks.
Progress wasn't exactly made last week, although it's too early to panic. But it's pretty obvious that the offense is carrying the team through the 5-0 start.


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