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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The last vestiges of Comet ISON are fading from view after a sizzlingly close encounter with the sun, scientists said on Monday.
"Comet ISON is now just a cloud of dust," astronomer Tony Phillips wrote on SpaceWeather.com, a NASA-backed website.
"Experienced astrophotographers might be able to capture the comet's fading 'ghost' in the pre-dawn sky of early December, but a naked-eye spectacle is out of the question," he wrote.
Scientists believe the comet broke apart as it passed through the sun's corona on Thursday. At closest approach, the comet flew just 730,000 miles (1.2 million km) above the surface of the sun, a hair's breadth by astronomical measuring sticks.
The comet emerged from behind the sun "a remnant of its former self," Phillips said.
For a couple of days, astronomers held out hope that a sliver of the comet's nucleus had survived and was brightening, but by Monday it was apparent ISON's brush with the sun was fatal.
"Comet ISON leaves behind an unprecedented legacy for astronomers, and the eternal gratitude of an enthralled global audience," astrophysicist Karl Battams, with the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC, wrote in a blog post titled "In Memoriam."
The comet was discovered last year by two amateur astronomers using Russia's International Scientific Optical Network, or ISON.
Comets are believed to be frozen remains left over from the formation of the solar system some 4.5 billion years ago.
The family of comets that ISON was from resides in the Oort Cloud, which is located about 10,000 times farther away from the sun than Earth, halfway to the next star.
Computer models show ISON left the outer edge of the solar system about 5.5 million years ago and began journeying toward the sun.
"Never one to follow convention, ISON lived a dynamic and unpredictable life, alternating between periods of quiet reflection and violent outburst," Battams wrote.
"Its toughened exterior belied a complex and delicate inner working that only now we are just beginning to understand," he added.
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Busan's Asian Film Market kicked off yesterday (Oct 8) with a patter of business including Thai sales company Gmm Tai Hub (GTH) selling thriller Countdown to Indonesia and Taiwan.
The film went to Taiwan's Cai Chang Inc and Indonesia's PT Inter Solusindo Film. Directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya, it stars Paracha Chirativat in a New Year's Eve tale of horror.
Like several other sales companies attending the market, GTH is also selling a film which is playing in the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) official selection: Seven Something, an omnibus on love and life celebrating the company's seventh anniversary. The film is making its international premiere in BIFF's A Window on Asian Cinema section.
Asian Film Market organisers have so far this year registered 658 buyers and sellers and 1,072 participants, similar to last year's total of number of 1,080 participants by the end of the market. Sellers have noted market screening slots are more popular and harder to come by this year with 71 films in a total of 80 slots – up from 60 in 63 slots last year.
The market will run with the Asian Project Market (APM) until Oct 11. This year, APM will have inaugural awards from French broadcaster Arte and post-production company Technicolor from Thailand.
At the concurrent Busan Cinema Forum, where participants are discussing the politics of film restoration and preservation in the digital era, the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) announced the launch of the Asian Film Preservation Fund.
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Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller is right that Maryland isn't "the Southern state that [it] used to be" and has become more progressive ("Session ends in a flurry of votes," April 9). Yet, for all the progress that has been made, there remains one blemish on Maryland's progressive record that legislators should act to remove as soon as they reconvene: Maryland's sodomy laws.
Maryland is one of only 18 states in the nation with sodomy laws still on the books. Of those states, half are in the South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia).
On paper, Maryland's sodomy laws criminalize all forms of non-vaginal sex, including consensual sex between opposite-sex couples and consensual sex between same-sex couples. In reality, the state has not prosecuted consensual, noncommercial, private sexual activity, whether same-sex or opposite-sex, since the late 1990s. Still, the state has kept its archaic sodomy laws on the books, allegedly so it could use them to prosecute cases of sexual assault, prostitution, or sex in public, even though those acts are already prohibited under other state criminal laws.
Never mind that sodomy laws were effectively invalidated by the United States Supreme Court 10 years ago or that Virginia's law — which is remarkably similar to Maryland's in its breadth — was struck down by a federal appeals court just last month as being "flatly contrary to controlling Supreme Court precedent" and "facially unconstitutional."
Perhaps the most compelling reason to strike Maryland's sodomy laws from the books is that it would drive another nail in the coffin of gay, lesbian, and bisexual stigmatization in the state. As one legal commentator bluntly put it, "unenforced sodomy laws are the chief systematic way that society as a whole tells gays they are scum." Imagine the impact on the self-esteem of Maryland's lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth when they discover that, at least on paper, their state considers them to be criminals.
Sharon Grosfeld, who was a legislator in the Maryland General Assembly from 1994 to 2006, was right, too, when she argued in the late 1990s that Maryland should repeal its sodomy laws. "Our statutes and our law books are a way for people to know their rights and responsibilities," she said. "If it's not repealed, many people will think it's still good law."
Now is the time for Maryland to jettison its archaic and unconstitutional sodomy laws, once and for all. Let's give Marylanders one more reason to be proud of the Free State's progressivism and commitment to fairness, dignity and equality for all.
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This document explains how to force fax calls to use Voice over IP (VoIP) Fax Relay rather than local hairpinning. This functionality is useful in a scenario that includes a Primary Rate ISDN (PRI) port accepting voice and fax calls. The voice calls are directed to IP phones and the fax calls are directed to Foreign Exchange Station (FXS) ports on the same router.
Local hairpinning of analog calls on a router without a time-division multiplexing (TDM) bus makes those calls subject to delay on the router backplane and Digital Signal Processor (DSP) buffers, and therefore unreliable. VoIP in general, and Fax Relay specifically, overcomes this problem for fax calls by terminating them directly on the router DSP.
This forced Fax Relay is accomplished when you route the incoming fax call setup to the Cisco CallManager server, and then immediately redirect it to the same gateway.
In summary, the gateway now terminates the fax call using Fax Relay on one leg, establishes a VoIP Fax Relay call between its voice cards routed through the Cisco CallManager, and then re-establishes the fax call on the FXS call leg.
Note: Only the call setup messages pass through the Cisco CallManager. After the VoIP call is established, data travels directly between the ingress and egress DSPs on the gateway voice cards.
There are no specific requirements for this document.
The information in this document is based on the software and hardware versions:
Cisco CallManager versions 3.x and 4.x
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
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Use this procedure to configure the Cisco CallManager server to route the fax calls.
Note: The setup in this document makes use of Cisco CallManager 3.0. However, the concept is relevant for all versions of Cisco CallManager including 3.x and 4.x.
Complete these steps to configure the Cisco CallManager server to route fax calls.
Select Device > Phone > Add New Phone to create a dummy extension.
In this case, Phone Type Cisco 30 VIP is used.
Insert a dummy MAC address in the MAC address field. For instance, 00AABBCCDDEE.
In the Button Template field, be sure to select a 30 VIP handset (it has plenty of line appearances) and insert it into the database.
Assume these for the dummy extension (use any numbers that are available on your system):
line 1 is extension 4444, call forward always to 5555
line 2 is extension 4445, call forward always to 5556
line 3 is extension 4446, call forward always to 5557
line 4 is extension 4447, call forward always to 5558
The Call Forward Always settings route patterns that point back out to the H.323 gateway, specifically to the FXS ports. This forces the router to establish a VoIP call. Therefore, it should use Fax Relay to terminate the fax call on one leg and bridge it to the FXS call leg.
Click on the first line appearance and enter a dummy number in the Directory Number field. In this example 4444 is used. Then, enter a Forward All number that points back to the FXS destination pattern. This example uses 5555.
In the VoIP world, route patterns are the equivalent of static routes. The only difference is that route patterns point to an E.164 number instead of an IP address. Create and insert a Route Pattern that matches the forward all number from the dummy extension and direct this to the H.323 gateway with the FXS ports (the H.323 gateway must have been added previously). In order to do this, go to the Route Plan menu and select Route Plan > Route Pattern > Add a New Pattern.
Go back to the Dummy Extension Configuration page and add a new line number, (for example, 4445) and call forward all numbers (5556). Create a new Route Pattern that matches the Call Forward All number and points to the H.323 gateway. Repeat this for each fax line you have.
On the gateway, create these VoIP and plain old telephone server (POTS) dial-peers:
! Dial-peer voice 1 voip Destination-pattern 444. !--- Wildcard match for 444X numbers. Session target ipv4:172.16.1.252 Codec g711ulaw Ip precedence 5 Dtmf-relay h245-alpha ! dial-peer voice 5555 pots destination-pattern 5555 port 1/0/0 ! dial-peer voice 5556 pots destination-pattern 5556 port 1/0/1 ! dial-peer voice 5557 pots destination-pattern 5557 port 1/1/0 ! dial-peer voice 5558 pots destination-pattern 5558 port 1/1/1
You should now be able to receive fax calls on your system.
Use the show voice call summary command to verify the change of the codec when the fax call is processed by the DSP.
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Surely there's something in the Geneva Convention prohibiting this mixture of war-like efforts with medical care?
You can expect to be served shortly with papers from Kirkland over trademark infringement by posting that photo, clearly implying that Kirkland endorses Techdirt.
Seems accurate to me. They couldn't count them, as there weren't any -- countless.
"We do not allow any government agency to connect directly to our network"
Of course not, there's a cable in between!
So intelligence agencies are prohibited from spying on their own citizens?
Easy workaround. Every agency indiscriminately spies on people in OTHER countries, then arranges data swaps with their counterparts. France, Spain, Israel, U.K., U.S., ...
It's really quite simple. We do not record the content of phone calls under the program that collects phone call metadata, and we do not record metadata under the program that collects phone call content.
There, now we can deny anything just by putting it in the context of the right program.
Could a privacy service use a separate subdomain for each customer (or group of customers) with a separate SSL key, allowing them to comply with a pen register order for one customer without revealing all customers' traffic?
Yes, the price of SSL keys could be a factor, but perhaps a different CA would be appropriate for this.
"Unlike other local wild strawberries, which have only 8 sets of chromosomes, this new strawberry (Fragaria cascadensis) has 10 sets of chromosomes."
Will Monsanto stop at NOTHING?
Cable companies are picking up an unencrypted signal on public airwaves, and relaying it to viewers that could get it anyway. Why do cable companies (let alone Aereo) have to pay a single penny to the networks?
Isn't this called TREASON?
I'm pretty certain that the NSA and other government agencies treat the U.N. and embassies as "outside the U.S.".
They may also have decided that eavesdropping on non-citizens within the U.S. is fair game!
Anyone remember why NASA's Challenger space shuttle blew up?
"The Rogers Commission found NASA's organizational culture and decision-making processes had been key contributing factors to the accident. NASA managers had known contractor Morton Thiokol's design of the SRBs contained a potentially catastrophic flaw in the O-rings since 1977, but failed to address it properly. They also disregarded warnings from engineers about the dangers of launching posed by the low temperatures of that morning and had failed in adequately reporting these technical concerns to their superiors."
Aren't cameras in police cars pretty much considered universally standard in the U.S. now? Do NYC police cars have them? What was their experience with that?
This seems remarkably similar, and police car cameras are widely seen as a "good thing" now.
Google isn't getting me a direct answer, but way back in 2000, the state of New York said it was going to help municipalities get police car cameras installed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/02/nyregion/cameras-are-backed-in-local-police-cars.htm l
Clapper lies, privacy dies.
"He urged website operators to act responsibly to protect children from bullies,"
And who is protecting the children from bullying text messages right now? Or bullying phone calls? Wonder how the phone companies would react to a similar call for them to moderate text messages and phone calls! They have an even better argument about scale.
Has this ever been used against the U.S.? Surely it's *possible*?
Ah, apparently so -- you'd think a little "good for the goose, good for the gander" might change their minds.
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PROBABLE and PARTICULAR do they not understand in the below?
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
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The study does not establish cause and effect -- only correlation. They didn't split kids into two different groups and have one go to bed at a regular time, and the other at varying times.
It's quite possible that the less intelligent kids (for lack of a better term) have varying bedtimes because of less rigorous parenting, different demographics, a common underlying biological cause, etc.
The last paragraph of the article sort of alludes to this, but only after going on at length about how kids need their sleep.
Correlation is NOT cause and effect.
"The technology works by bisecting video into two layers. First is a base layer, which streams during viewing, then there would be a higher layer, which the user would pre-download from some high-bandwidth location like the home or office. While the higher layer would be useless on its own, and thus in compliance with intellectual property laws whose aim is to prevent free sharing, it would nonetheless comprise about 3/4ths of the total data."
Hmm, let's take this a bit further. How about we reduce that 1/4 required to work to, say, 2048 bits, an encryption key? How is this different?
And what's to keep a jailbroken device from saving that 1/4 live stream anyway, so the entire video could be viewed as desired, off-line?


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I have reason to believe that Amazing Race MIGHT BE in winnipeg today. I have a friend who works at Tims who got a phonecall from Amazing Race, and they ordered a bunch of donuts and coffee to pickup for May 25. It may just be for the crew I'm thinking but that means contestants will be in Winnipeg right??
Taken when Zouly? Doesnt look like one of our teams I dont think.... Local race?
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DICE Not Planning To Add Pre-Game Squad Feature To Battlefield 4
Ever since party systems have been part of multiplayer games, players have been able to easily find and group with their friends prior to play. This feature is something that was present in Battlefield 3, but is currently absent from Battlefield 4.
Unfortunately, DICE has no plans to add pre-game squad functions. "We have a new feature in Battlefield 4 where a new squad is created when a friend joins your game," a representative stated on Facebook. "You can toggle this option on or off by going into the options menu. We're not offering the old squad join feature because we didn't feel that the feature in Battlefield 3 was on par with the quality that we wanted to offer our players. We have no plans to add it in the future."
Once the game is stabilized this week, we'll be able to more thoroughly test the new squad functions. Stay tuned, as DICE has told players to expect a patch this week that will drastically improve game performance on PlayStation 4.
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I'm skeptical about this new approach to squad creation. Dating all the way back to Halo 2 on the Xbox, party systems have made it easy for friends to group. More importantly, this feature ensures that players stay together between matches. Removing the ability to create your own squads seems like folly, but I'm willing to give it a try once the PlayStation 4 version stabilizes. Right now, too many crashes to the PlayStation menu have put this one on the shelf.


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Mississippi Burning killer Edgar Ray Killen dies in prison aged 92
Edgar Ray Killen, a former Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted of the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, has died in prison at the age of 92, the state corrections department announced.
The one-time Klan leader was serving a 60-year prison sentence for manslaughter when he died on Thursday night in the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
A post-mortem will take place, but no foul play was suspected, the statement said.
His conviction came 41 years to the day after James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, all in their 20s, were ambushed and killed by Klansmen.
The three Freedom Summer workers had been investigating the burning of a black church near Philadelphia, Mississippi.
The killings shocked the nation, helped spur passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 and were dramatised in the 1988 movie Mississippi Burning.
The part-time preacher and lumber mill operator was 80 when a Neshoba County jury convicted him of three counts of manslaughter on June 21 2005, despite his assertions that he was innocent.
Killen was the only person to face state murder charges in the case.
He did not say much about the 1964 killings during a 2014 interview with the Associated Press inside the penitentiary.
He said he remained a segregationist who did not believe in racial equality, but contended he harboured no ill-will towards blacks.
Killen said he never had talked about the events that landed him behind bars, and never would.
Long a suspect in the 1964 killings, Killen had made a livelihood from farming, operating his sawmill and preaching to a small congregation at Smyrna Baptist Church in Union, south of Philadelphia, Mississippi.
According to FBI files and court transcripts from a 1967 federal conspiracy trial, Killen did most of the planning in the ambush killings of the civil rights workers.
According to evidence in the 2005 murder trial, Killen served as a kleagle, or organiser, of the Klan in Neshoba County and helped set up a klavern, or local Klan group, in a nearby county.
Nineteen men, including Killen, were indicted on federal charges in the 1967 case. Seven were convicted of violating the victims' civil rights. None served more than six years.
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Killen's federal case ended with a hung jury after one juror said she could not convict a preacher.
During his state trial in 2005, witnesses testified that on June 21 1964, Killen went to Meridian to round up carloads of Klansmen to ambush the three victims, telling some of the Klan members to bring plastic or rubber gloves.
Witnesses said Killen then went to a Philadelphia funeral home as an alibi while the attack occurred.
The three bodies were found 44 days later, buried in a red-clay dam in rural Neshoba County.
In February 2010, Killen sued the FBI, claiming the government used a mafia hitman to pistol-whip and intimidate witnesses for information in the case.
The federal lawsuit sought millions of dollars in damages and a declaration that his rights were violated when the FBI allegedly used a gangster known as "the Grim Reaper" during the investigation. The lawsuit was later dismissed.
In the 2014 AP interview, Killen repeated his contention that he was not a criminal, but a political prisoner.
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Post subject: How Do Stun Guns Work
How do stun guns work?
The Body's Electrical SystemWe tend to think of electricity as a harmful force to our bodies. If lightning strikes you or you stick your finger in an electrical outlet, the current can maim or even kill you. But in smaller doses, electricity is harmless. In fact, it is one of the most essential elements in your body. You need electricity to do just about anything.
When you want to make a sandwich, for example, your brain sends electricity down a nerve cell, toward the muscles in your arm. The electrical signal tells the nerve cell to release a neurotransmitter, a communication chemical, to the muscle cells. This tells the muscles to contract or expand in just the right way to put your sandwich together. When you pick up the sandwich, the sensitive nerve cells in your hand send an electrical message to the brain, telling you what the sandwich feels like. When you bite into it, your mouth sends signals to your brain to tell you how it tastes.
There are a wide range of stun weapons in use today. The three most popular devices, the standard handheld stun gun, the Taser gun and the liquid stun gun, all have advantages and disadvantages.
In this way, the different parts of your body use electricity to communicate with one another. This is actually a lot like a telephone system or the Internet. Specific patterns of electricity are transmitted over lines to deliver recognizable messages.
Disrupting the System
Down for the Count!Stun-gun effectiveness varies depending on the particular gun model, the attacker's body size and his determination. It also depends on how long you keep the gun on the attacker.
If you use the gun for half a second, a painful jolt will startle the attacker. If you zap him for one or two seconds, he should experience muscle spasms and become dazed. And if you zap him for more than three seconds, he will become unbalanced and disoriented and may lose muscle control. Determined attackers with a certain physiology may keep coming despite any shock. The basic idea of a stun gun is to disrupt this communication system. Stun guns generate a high-voltage, low-amperage electrical charge. In simple terms, this means that the charge has a lot of pressure behind it, but not that much intensity. When you press the stun gun against an attacker and hold the trigger, the charge passes into the attacker's body. Since it has a fairly high voltage, the charge will pass through heavy clothing and skin. But at around 3 milliamps, the charge is not intense enough to damage the attacker's body unless it is applied for extended periods of time.
It does dump a lot of confusing information into the attacker's nervous system, however. This causes a couple of things to happen:
The charge combines with the electrical signals from the attacker's brain. This is like running an outside current into a phone line: The original signal is mixed in with random noise, making it very difficult to decipher any messages. When these lines of communication go down, the attacker has a very hard time telling his muscles to move, and he may become confused and unbalanced. He is partially paralyzed, temporarily.
The current may be generated with a pulse frequency that mimics the body's own electrical signals. In this case, the current will tell the attacker's muscles to do a great deal of work in a short amount of time. But the signal doesn't direct the work toward any particular movement. The work doesn't do anything but deplete the attacker's energy reserves, leaving him too weak to move (ideally).
At its most basic, this is all there is to incapacitating a person with a stun gun -- you apply electricity to a person's muscles and nerves. And since there are muscles and nerves all over the body, it doesn't particularly matter where you hit an attacker.
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i believe in using this gadget you need a lot of power from a battery, what specifc volts does it required?
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Well there are different types of stun guns and from what I know is that they produce something over a 1000 volts. If I recall correctly, it requires 4000 volts to defiberlate someone so it might be able to stop someone's heart
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Well there are different types of stun guns and from what I know is that they produce something over a 1000 volts. If I recall correctly, it requires 4000 volts to defiberlate someone so it might be able to stop someone's heart
I agree with you Project Nightmare!! Each of the stun guns below are effective options you have when defending yourself. The model you choose depends largely on your personal preference. There are different (physical) sizes of stun guns and different voltages you can choose from. Dimensions are given on each page for each stun gun where appropriate. Generally, the higher the voltage, the quicker the full effect of the stun device will happen. Lower voltage models are still effective though they make take a second or two longer to have full effect on your assailant. We generally recommend you get the highest voltage you can comfortably carry.
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Jean Quan in car crash - conflicting claims over phone use
(06-09) 07:47 PDT OAKLAND -- A minor traffic collision involving Oakland Mayor Jean Quan on Sunday could blossom into a major political liability if the claims of the other driver are verified - that Quan ran a red light while talking on her mobile phone.
Oakland police spokesman Officer Frank Bonifacio confirmed that Quan was one of the drivers involved in the crash at 5:39 p.m. at 26th and Market streets in West Oakland, but he said the department's traffic division will have to investigate the circumstances.
Quan, who is in a tough fight for re-election in the fall, was not hurt in the collision.
But the driver of the other car, a Nissan, told reporters she could see Quan on the phone at the time of the crash and that the mayor had run a red light.
"I think she's being very irresponsible," said Lakisha Renee Lovely, adding that Quan was "behaving badly" because she was on the phone. "That shows she's not responsible."
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But Sean Maher, Quan's director of communications, was unequivocal. The mayor, he said, "was absolutely not on the phone."
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For her part, Quan posted messages on Facebook and Twitter late Sunday, saying she would let police "do their job." But she also said the investigation "will confirm that I was not on my phone at the time!"
"Thanks to all who have sent messages of concern," she wrote. "This evening I was driving between two community events in West Oakland when another vehicle struck my left-rear tire. I immediately pulled over and checked to make sure no one was hurt: it appeared everyone was all right and their well-being was my first priority. ... I'm grateful that no one has been reported injured."
An occupant of the Nissan complained of pain as a result of the crash, authorities said. Paramedics were called to the scene, but no one was taken to a hospital, Bonifacio said.
Maher said Quan was driving her city-owned Lexus sport utility vehicle from one church meeting to another when the collision occurred in the intersection. Maher said he believes Quan was driving on Market Street when the other car hit the SUV's left rear tire.
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Depending on the outcome of the police investigation, the collision could add yet another speed bump to Quan's road to re-election in November.
Her first term as mayor has been marked by numerous challenges, including a Police Department that came under federal court oversight. City Hall staffers even coined a new word to describe her leadership: Quan-fusion.
Among Quan's 17 challengers is Oakland City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, who decided to join the race last week.
The collision comes a week after KRON TV's Stanley Roberts, host of the popular "People Behaving Badly" segments, broadcast two reader-submitted pictures showing Quan using her cell phone without a hands-free device while driving.
In a subsequent interview with Roberts, Quan acknowledged that she had been using her cell phone despite hands-free features in her cars.
"I work like 24/7. I go to a lot of meetings and go to a lot of different events," Quan told the station. "My staff and I are thinking about maybe I really need a driver because I'm working so long. It's very easy, unconsciously, to do things like that."
She continued, "You forget that I have paparazzi everywhere. In this case, I'll say thank you to them. People take pictures of me all the time, and so it was a good reminder that we all need to be safe."
She said she was "chastened and apologetic." Asked if she would use her phone again while driving, the mayor said, "I'm going to try not to."
Chronicle staff writers Chip Johnson and Will Kane contributed to this report.
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Genealogy education is everywhere these days. There are "how-to" books and websites on a wide variety of topics. Many societies have workshops and seminars throughout the year. There are on-line classes and webinars, regional and national conferences and even college classes. There is really no excuse for not becoming a better genealogist.
Education Goals:
1. Attend at least six 2nd Saturday Family History Workshops.
The Kentucky Genealogical Society and Kentucky Historical jointly sponsor a monthly workshop held at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. There are 2 one-hour sessions each month. The Kentucky Technology in Genealogy Users Group also has a presentation each month following the 2nd session. I have been attending these sessions as often as possible for a few years and will continue to do so. (BTW, the workshops and technology group presentations are all free.)
2. Attend the Kentucky Genealogical Society Annual Seminar in August.
This one-day event usually features a nationally known speaker and is also held at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.
3. Attend NGS 2011 Family History Conference May 11-14 in Charleston, SC.
This will be my 1st NGS conference.
4. Attend FGS Conference September 7-10 in Springfield, IL.
If there's a goal on this education list that I might not make, it's probably this one. Scheduling may be a problem but it's still on the table for now.
5. Attend Atlanta Family History Expo November 11-12.
I'm so glad that the 1st Expo in Atlanta last month was such a success that Family History Expos decided to return to Atlanta in 2011.
6. Start the NGS Home Study Course.
Now, just to be clear, I intentionally said "start" here. Completing the full course will almost certainly take more than a year and I'm not likely to even get started for several months. There really are some other project that I need to complete before starting this one so the goal is to get started before the end of 2011.
You may have noticed that I've become a conference junkie. I attended my first national conference just a few months ago (FGS in August) and now I want to go to every one that comes along. (I'm still bummed that I couldn't work in RootsTech coming up in February.)
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Genealogy Goals for 2011 - Overview
Genealogy Goals for 2011 - Research and Writing
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Know when and where for the 2006 racing season!
Can't wait until next season? Circle Track's got your guide to all theracing action from the most popular racing series in 2006. Read below tosee how close the rubber burning, mud throwing, fender knocking actionis going to be to your hometown!
2006 Series Schedules
NASCAR Nextel Cup
Feb. 19 Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 26 California Speedway
Mar. 12 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Mar. 19 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Mar. 26 Bristol Motor Speedway
Apr. 2 Martinsville Speedway
Apr. 9 Texas Motor Speedway
Apr. 22 Phoenix International Raceway
Apr. 30 Talladega Superspeedway
May 6 Richmond International Raceway
May 13 Darlington Raceway
May 28 Lowe's Motor Speedway
June 4 Dover International Speedway
June 11 Pocono Raceway
June 18 Michigan International Speedway
June 25 Infineon Raceway
July 1 Daytona International Speedway
July 9 Chicagoland Speedway
July 16 New Hampshire International Speedway
July 23 Pocono Raceway
Aug. 6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Aug. 13 Watkins Glen International
Aug. 20 Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 26 Bristol Motor Speedway
Sep. 3 California Speedway
Sep. 9 Richmond International Raceway
Sep. 17 New Hampshire International Speedway
Sep. 24 Dover International Speedway
Oct. 1 Kansas Speedway
Oct. 8 Talladega Superspeedway
Oct. 14 Lowe's Motor Speedway
Oct. 22 Martinsville Speedway
Oct. 29 Atlanta Motor Speedway
Nov. 5 Texas Motor Speedway
Nov. 12 Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 19 Homestead-Miami Speedway
Indy Racing League
Mar. 26 Homestead-Miami Speedway
Apr. 2 St. Petersburg, Florida
Apr. 22 Twin Ring Motegi
May 28 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
June 4 Watkins Glen International
June 10 Texas Motor Speedway
June 24 Richmond International Raceway
July 2 Kansas Speedway
July 15 Nashville Superspeedway
July 23 Milwaukee Mile
July 30 Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 13 Kentucky Speedway
Aug. 27 Infineon Raceway
Sep. 10 Chicagoland Speedway
Champ Car World Series
Apr. 9 Long Beach, California
May 13 Houston, Texas
May 21 Monterrey, Mexico
June 4 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 18 Portland, Oregon
June 25 Cleveland, Ohio
July 9 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 23 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
July 30 San Jose, California
Aug. 13 Denver, Colorado
Aug. 27 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sep. 23 Las Vegas, Nevada
Oct. 15 Ansan, Korea
Oct. 22 Surfers Paradise, Australia
Nov. 5 Mexico City, Mexico
ARCA RE/MAX Series
Feb. 11 Daytona International Speedway
Apr. 15 Nashville Superspeedway
Apr. 23 Salem Speedway
May 7 Winchester (IN) Speedway
May 13 Kentucky Speedway
May 21 Toledo Speedway
June 10 Pocono Raceway
June 16 Michigan International Speedway
July 1 Kansas Speedway
July 7 Kentucky Speedway
July 15 Berlin Raceway
July 22 Pocono Raceway
July 28 Gateway International Raceway
Aug. 12 Nashville Superspeedway
Aug. 18 Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 20 Illinois State Fairgrounds
Aug. 27 Milwaukee Mile
Sep. 1 Toledo Speedway
Sep. 4 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
Sep. 9 Chicagoland Speedway
Sep. 16 Salem Speedway
Oct. 6 Talladega Superspeedway
Oct. 15 Iowa Speedway
USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series
Feb. 25 USA (FL) International Speedway
Mar. 11 South Georgia Motorsports Park
Mar. 25 Montgomery (AL) Motor Speedway
Apr. 1 South Boston (VA) Speedway
Apr. 8 Peach State (GA) Speedway
Apr. 22 Lonesome Pine (VA) Raceway
Apr. 29 Concord (NC) Motorsports Park
May 4 Shenandoah (VA) Speedway
May 12 Kil-Kare (OH) Speedway
May 27 Jennerstown (PA) Speedway
June 3 USA (FL) International Speedway
June 10 Mansfield (OH) Motorsports Speedway
June 17 Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park
June 24 Myrtle Beach (SC) Speedway
June 30 Lake Erie (PA) Speedway
July 8 Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway
July 15 Motor Mile (VA) Speedway
July 22 Southern (NC) National Speedway
July 29 Salem (IN) Speedway
Aug. 5 South Boston (VA) Speedway
Aug. 12 Peach State (GA) Speedway
Aug. 19 Madison (WI) International Speedway
Aug. 23 Bristol (TN) Motor Speedway
Sep. 2 USA (FL) International Speedway
Sep. 15 Iowa Speedway
Sep. 30 Jennerstown (PA) Speedway
Oct. 14 Mansfield (OH) Motorsports Speedway
Oct. 28 Myrtle Beach (SC) Speedway
Nov. 11 South Georgia Motorsports Park
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A rare snowy owl whose plight drew national attention after it was apparently hit by a bus in the nation's capital is now in rehab in Minnesota.
The injured owl was found in downtown Washington in late January and taken to the National Zoo before being transferred to a Washington, D.C., wildlife rehabilitation center.
Now it's at The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota, which has expertise in replacing damaged feathers.
The Raptor Center says the owl's prognosis for release is good. The bird will get a test flight next week, then begin an exercise program to strengthen its muscles sufficiently so it can be set free.
Snowy owls are native to the Arctic but were seen all along the East Coast this winter, as far south as Florida.


text: Home / Art / Jeff Farr / Photography / Jeff Farr Photography 032 Jeff Farr Photography 032$17.00 – $365.00 Visit the Print Info tab for important information and details on print options. Use the "Clear" link if you need to reset the option selector… Media Choose an optionAluminumCanvasPaper Size Choose an option8x1211x14 Digital Mat12x1816x20 Digital Mat16x2424x36 Surface Choose an optionGlossyMatte Display Choose an optionImage OnlyFramedStretcher 1.5 inchEasel BackMagneticWall Float .5 inch WoodWall Float .75 Inch Black WoodEdge Mount .75 Inch Black AluminumEdge Mount 1.25 Inch Black AluminumClear Jeff Farr Photography 032 quantity — OR — Add to cart SKU: N/A Category: Photography Description Print Info Shipping Image JF032 Photography by Jeff Farr Enjoy! Jeff Images are available in a variety of sizes and print media. The following guidelines and descriptions will help you choose. Media "Media" refers to the material the image is printed on. There are three options… Aluminum — this is a rigid .045 inch thick sheet of metal. It's very durable and has a vibrant look. Canvas — the same material that would be used for a painting and gives a classic fine art look and feel. Our canvas is 20.5 mil thick, 470gsm, fade-resistant and OBA-free Paper — paper is the media used in traditional fine art print making dating back hundreds of years. What to choose? Paper is a great choice when you want value (lower cost) without sacrificing image quality. Properly cared for, it can last for generations. Paper also in the choice to make if you want to add your own mattes and frames. This is a great way to add your own style and creativity to a work of art and/or help match it to your decor. Paper is also very easy to store if you're a collector or not ready to immediately display the print. Canvas is hard to beat for big beautiful prints with a traditional fine art look and feel. They are very long lasting and one step up the durability scale from paper. Paper images my have the longest lifespans, but they need to be framed or properly stored in order to protect them from physical damage. Canvas does not need to be framed. And because there isn't any "glazing" (glass or acrylic) glare is eliminated, or at least greatly reduced. Aluminum is unbeatable for durability. It's scratch resistant, weather resistant, fade resistant, and easy to clean. Unlike paper and canvas, aluminum prints can't be easily bent, ripped, harmed by liquids and dust, or degraded by mold and fungus. They can even be used outdoors. The image placed on the aluminum is also done a little differently than a print on paper or canvas. Most prints on canvas or paper are created with ink jet printers that spray ink directly on the media. Aluminum prints use a process called dye sublimation where the image is first created on an intermediary sheet. It is then placed on specially coated aluminum and heat is used to vaporize the dye and infuse it into the aluminum surface. In addition to extreme durability, the images on aluminum are extremely vibrant and sharp. They almost look like they are back-lit. Once you experience these prints, you may be "hooked" as I was. These types of prints are now my "go to" standard and our most complete range of sizes and display options. Size Different sizes are available according to the media you choose… Aluminum — 8×12, 11×14 "digitally matted," 16×24, and 24×36 Paper — 8×12 and 24×36 Canvas — 24×36 Which to choose? Your budget and display space, of course, will factor large in your choice, but one story comes to mind. It's from a TV sales person who told me "no one has ever complained that their TV was too big." I suppose that applies somewhat to artwork, too, and the larger sizes are really the best value. You get "the most image for your buck." Here is a chart to give you a feel for the relative sizes of prints… Surface Prints come with a choice of surface or surface coating that greatly affects the look of the print. Aluminum — matte or gloss Paper — matte or gloss (luster) Canvas — matte What to choose? The type of surface you choose will depend on the planned location and the look you prefer. Glossy prints have the greatest perception of sharpness and saturation/vibrancy. They are also the most prone to glare and will reflect like a mirror in many locations, for example, opposite windows or other direct sources of light. Glossy finishes generally require controlled lighting to look their best and do look great in the right conditions. Matte prints have a more relaxed look, more "depth," and have little or no problems with glare and is our recommended "all purpose" surface. In between matte and glossy is luster. When you order the gloss surface on a paper print you will be getting the luster finish, not a high gloss. Display Display options will allow your print to arrive ready to be displayed … Aluminum — options ~ easel back, magnetic, wall float, edge mount, image only ~ vary depending on size of the print. Paper — framed or image only Canvas — hand mounted wood stretcher Paper prints come "loose" image only ~ so you can choose your own mats and frames locally ~ or framed. If you choose framed, your print will come assembled in a .75 inch black wood frame with lightweight acrylic glazing. Hanging hardware is also included. Canvas prints are sprayed with a matte UV, water, and scratch-resistant coating. This enhances the look of the print, reduces glare, and creates a highly durable print that can stay vibrant for lifetime of enjoyment. Canvas prints do not need to be framed under glass or other glazing. Our canvas prints come ready-to-hang mounted on 1.5 inch deep hand-glued wood stretcher bars. The canvas is wrapped around the stretcher bars in "gallery wrap" fashion with edge printing appropriate to the image. It doesn't need a frame, but you can add one if you like. Mounting are brackets included on the back of the frame. Aluminum prints come with a variety of display options depending on image size. Both the 8×12 and 11×14 prints have an easel back option which allows you to display them on a table or other flat surface The 8×12 has a magnetic option which is will "stick" to many metal surfaces. Great for the fridge. We have the "food chain" image on ours. All sizes can be "floated" or "edge mounted." The wall float option includes a wood mount on the back of the print that holds it ~ floats it ~ from the wall. It's a nice "frame-less" effect. The metal edge mount options fills in the sides of the print like a frame would, but there is no visible frame on the front of the print. For a traditional frame effect, any ready made frame from a local supplier will work. I like to use thin black aluminum frames. Special Editions with Digital Mat Our aluminum prints come in a special 11×14 edition featuring a digital mat as you can see in the example on this page. It's like getting a free mat, only better, because it is part of the super-durable aluminum print and won't degrade like some paper mats. These special additions feature a digital signature by the artist, and if appropriate to the image, a title just under the lower left part of the main image. I think you will be surprised and how good and authentic these mats look! Even up close it's hard to tell that it's not a "real" mat. The digitally matted prints look great as is, but adding a frame is easy and will enhance the look. Since 11×14 is a standard size, you can find pro quality, inexpensive, "ready made" frames at craft stores, art supply stores, and many places online. A larger 16×20 size on paper is also available in an image-only version and a fully-framed ready-to-hang version… The digital matted prints are among my favorite versions and a best value. Important… it's not possible ensure exact color accuracy with today's web technology. That said, most of the images you see here will be close to the actual print when viewed on a decent monitor or tablet, however, we can't guarantee an exact match! We currently ship to the "lower 48" states in the U.S. If you are in a different location, let us know, and we will check into the possibilities. Shipping costs for most items will be added to your cart based on location. Prints on Aluminum ship free to the lower 48 U.S. states. Since many of our products are created "on demand," please allow a few days for your order to be processed and shipped. 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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron postponed on Thursday a much-anticipated speech on Britain's future role in the European Union because of the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant where Britons are believed to be among those held.
A sombre-looking Cameron warned people to expect "bad news" after Algerian forces launched an operation to free the hostages from Islamist militants, saying one Briton had already been killed when the site was stormed on Wednesday.
"The Algerian armed forces have now attacked this compound," he told BBC TV. "It is a very dangerous, a very uncertain, a very fluid situation and I think we have to prepare ourselves for the possibility of bad news ahead."
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt echoed Cameron's words and painted an even bleaker picture.
"Although details have yet to become final, I'm afraid we should be under no illusion that there will be some bad and distressing news to follow from this terrorist attack," he told reporters.
The BBC, citing unnamed government sources, said officials were preparing for "multiple British casualties".
The gravity of the situation prompted Cameron to call off what had been dubbed a career-defining speech on Europe which he had been due to make on Friday in Amsterdam. The address had been long awaited by Britons and lawmakers at home, as well as by officials and politicians across Europe.
"Due to events in Algeria, Prime Minister David Cameron's speech in the Netherlands tomorrow has been postponed," his office said in a statement. The new date and the venue for the speech would be announced in due course, it added.
A spokesman for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who had been due to meet Cameron in The Hague before his cancelled speech, said he "fully understood" the decision, according to local news agency ANP.
Algerian sources said 25 foreign hostages escaped and six were killed in a battle with militants demanding a halt to a French military operation against fellow al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters in neighbouring Mali.
Britain and Norway, whose oil firms BP and Statoil run the plant jointly with Algeria's state oil company, said they had been informed by the Algerian authorities that a military operation was under way.
However, Cameron seemed irked that he had not been informed that the military action would take place.
He had earlier phoned his Algerian counterpart to express concern at what he called a "very grave and serious" situation, and to say Britain would have "preferred" to have been informed of the operation in advance, Cameron's spokesman told reporters.
Asked if he expected the death toll of Britons to rise, Cameron told the BBC: "We know there were a number of British citizens taken hostage, we know of one who very sadly died and we know that this is a very difficult situation."
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My name is Robert, from Ottawa, Canada. I've bounced around between non-internal forms in the past (Taekwondo, long fist, mantis) until I started training with Yang Hai in Montreal 2 years ago. I began with a focus on Heibei style Xingyi, but am now learning some Bagua.
I absolutely love it, and wish I found an internal style teacher years ago, but.. well.. Ottawa sucks for martial arts.


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Ovum Publishes SWOT Analysis of Arbor Networks Spectrum v2.1
Arbor Networks Inc., the security division of NETSCOUT, has announced that leading global telecoms analyst firm Ovum had published a strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis of version 2.1 of Arbor Networks Spectrum™, its network-based advanced threat detection and analytics platform. Arbor Spectrum empowers security teams to uncover, investigate and prove sophisticated attack campaigns within minutes, not hours or days.
Quote from Ovum report: Why consider Arbor Spectrum? – "Arbor Spectrum deals with the threat identification issues that security managers need to address on a day-to-day basis. Security professionals have concerns about zero-day and advanced persistent threats (APTs), and their ability to spot serious attempts to steal sensitive data among all the other noise generated by everyday traffic flowing across their networks.
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