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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Martin Hsu
Wow. Another great piece of Sea Monkey inspired art. This time from Martin Hsu whose website is full of great, colorful, pop-culture flights of fancy. www.martinhsu.com
If you haven't already be sure to check out the full gallery of Sea Monkey Art.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Sea Monkey Wallet
What is a Comic Wallet? Let's go to ComicWallet.com for the answer:
"Each Comic Wallet is made from a page of a real comic book that has been fused to a piece of rugged canvas. Wallets are professionally sewn together and comprised of canvas, cotton nylon and velcro. Each wallet has six separate card slots and a clear ID pocket.
Like the Cabbage Patch Kid, every Comic Wallet is 100% unique. Custom and bulk orders are enthusiastically accepted!"
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Syncopating Sea Monkeys
I previously wrote about the Sea Monkey Swim Team. Now it turns out there is a band called the Syncopating Sea Monkeys. They play traditional jazz and they're right across the bridge from me in West Sacramento. Our Sacramento Traditional Jazz Festival, one of the biggest in the world, has passed. But next year I will do my darnedest to get out and see these kids swing it.
Check out their website here: http://seamonkeyjazz.org/index.asp
Check out their website here: http://seamonkeyjazz.org/index.asp
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Lady Abby, Another View
Travis Louie is one of my favorite Sea Monkey artists and I was thrilled to find a fourth Sea Monkey portrait by Louie. It's Abby, who we've seen before but this time she's got a wry smile on her face.
See Louie's other portraits, including the 1st Abby painting here: http://seamonkeygeek.blogspot.com/search/label/travis%20louie
See Louie's other portraits, including the 1st Abby painting here: http://seamonkeygeek.blogspot.com/search/label/travis%20louie
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Sea Monkey and Banana Slug
This painting by Noelle Hunt was found in the Kitsch Art Gallery. Give a visit here: http://www.ebsqart.com/Art-Galleries/Kitsch-Art/29/Sea-Monkey-Banana-Slug/261217/
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1) I miss somebody right now.
2) I do not watch tv these days.
3) I wear glasses or contact lenses.
4) I love to play video games.
5) I have tried marijuana.
6) I have been in a threesome.
7) I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
8) I have changed mentally over the last year.
9) I curse.
10) I âm totally smart.
11) I've broken someone's bones.
12) I âm paranoid sometimes.
13) I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
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15) I love sushi.
16) I talk really, really fast.
17) I have long hair.
18) I have lost money in Las Vegas.
19) I have at least one sibling.
20) I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
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41) I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
42) I have rejected someone before.
43) I want to have children in the future.
44) I have changed a diaper before.
45) I have called the cops on a friend before.
46) I am not allergic to anything.
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48) I am shy around members with the opposite sexs.
49) I have made a move on a friends significant other or crush in the past.
50) I have tried alcohol before.
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68) Plan on achieving a major goaldream.
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73) I went college out of state.
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75) I love kisses.
76) I fall for the worst people.
77) I adore bright colours.
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79) I dont know why the hell I just did this stupid thing.
80) I usually like covers better than originals.
81) I can pick up things with my toes.
82) I can whistle.
83) I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither.
84) I have ridden/owned a horse.
85) I still have every journal I've written in.
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90) Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
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92) I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
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UR names new dean of Arts and Sciences
Henrico Citizen Staff Reports 03/04/11
Kathleen Roberts Skerrett, associate dean and professor of religious studies at Grinnell College, has been appointed dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at University of Richmond, effective July 1.
Skerrett has been a member of Grinnell's faculty since 1998 and became associate dean in 2007. She previously taught at McGill University in Montreal, after earning her Ph.D. in theology and the modern West from Harvard University in 1993.
She succeeds Andrew F. Newcomb, who is stepping down to resume teaching psychology after 10 years as Arts and Sciences dean.
"We were extraordinarily fortunate to attract a recognized scholar with substantial administrative experience from one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country as our next dean," said Stephen Allred, Richmond's provost and vice president for academic affairs. "Dr. Skerrett generated excitement and gained widespread support from our faculty and staff during the interview process."
A native of Toronto, Skerrett said she was attracted to Richmond by its leadership, faculty and students.
"The faculty members are innovative and willing to take responsible risks. The students I met were doing exceptional academic programs integrated with service and learning opportunities in the community and abroad. The leadership team and faculty are inspiring. They have vision and heart and the daring to pursue ambitious ideals," she said.
"I think Richmond is going to be the model for liberal arts education that is responsive to diverse communities in the 21st century," Skerrett predicted. "The faculty and leadership team have embraced a mandate to create a learning environment unlike any other. They are forging unique undergraduate opportunities through strong interconnections of the School of Arts and Sciences with the schools of aw, business, leadership and continuing studies."
Skerrett entered Mount Allison University, a premier Canadian undergraduate university, at age 16. After earning her bachelor's degree, she earned a law degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and passed the bar in Toronto. She returned to graduate school at Harvard to pursue the interdisciplinary studies that continue to motivate her work.
Skerrett's scholarly research has focused on Christian tradition, contemporary religious thought and gender studies, and political theory. She has published more than a dozen scholarly articles and 30 conference papers on related topics. Skerrett is a frequently invited lecturer at institutions and organizations including the University of Chicago, New York University, King's College (Halifax, N.S.) and Atlantic School of Theology (Halifax, N.S.), among many others.
Her awards include a Faith and Life Sabbatical Award from the Louisville Institute, an appointment as a visiting fellow at NYU's Center for Religion and the Media, and a Royal Bank Teaching Innovation Award. She was appointed by her Grinnell College colleagues as an Interdisciplinary Studies Fellow to further collaborative teaching and learning there.
At Grinnell, her extensive service includes an appointment as acting vice president for diversity and achievement, chair of the gender and women's studies concentration, and membership on the budget, personnel, academic standing and first year seminar and advising committees. Skerrett actively fostered the Grinnell Liberal Arts in Prison Program, now a member of the Consortium for Liberal Arts in Prison at Bard College. At McGill, Skerrett served as a faculty director of a first year residence and chair of the University Task Force on First Year Experience.
'Hello Kitty Truck' rolls into Short Pump Saturday
By Amelia Heymann, Capital News Service 03/24/2017 Features
MAR. 23, 12 P.M. – Hello Kitty fans, rejoice. On Saturday, the Hello Kitty Cafe Truck, described as "a mobile vehicle of cuteness," will make its first visit to the region.
The truck will be at Short Pump Town Center, 11800 W. Broad St., from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. The vehicle will be near the mall's main entrance by Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn.
The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck has been traveling nationwide since its debut at the 2014 Hello Kitty Con, a convention for fans of the iconic character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio. > Read more.
Governor vetoes Republicans' 'educational choice' legislation
By Mary Lee Clark, Capital News Service 03/24/2017 General AssemblyGeneral Assembly 2017
Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Thursday vetoed several bills that Republicans say would have increased school choice but McAuliffe said would have undermined public schools.
Two bills, House Bill 1400 and Senate Bill 1240, would have established the Board of Virginia Virtual School as an agency in the executive branch of state government to oversee online education in kindergarten through high school. Currently, online courses fall under the Virginia Board of Education. > Read more.
School supply drive, emergency fund to help Baker E.S. students and faculty
Citizen Staff Reports 03/23/2017 Education
Individuals and organizations wanting to help George F. Baker Elementary School students and staff recover from a March 19 fire at the school now have two ways to help: make a monetary donation or donate items of school supplies.
The weekend fire caused significant smoke-and-water damage to classroom supplies and student materials at the school at 6651 Willson Road in Eastern Henrico.
For tax-deductible monetary donations, the Henrico Education Foundation has created the Baker Elementary School Emergency School Supply Fund. > Read more.
Nominations open for 2017 IMPACT Award
Citizen Staff Reports 03/23/2017 Business
ChamberRVA is seeking nominees for the annual IMPACT Award, which honors the ways in which businesses are making an impact in the RVA Region economy and community and on their employees.
Nominees must be a for-profit, privately-held business located within ChamberRVA's regional footprint: the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan; the City of Richmond; and the Town of Ashland. > Read more.
Business in brief
Citizen Staff Reports 03/23/2017 BusinessBusiness in Brief
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announces the sale of the former Friendly's restaurant property located at 5220 Brook Road in Henrico County. Brook Road V, LLC purchased the 3,521-square-foot former restaurant property situated on 0.92 acres from O Ice, LLC for $775,000 as an investment. Bruce Bigger of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller. > Read more.
Villa's Flagler Housing wins national NAEH award
St. Joseph's Villa's Flagler Housing & Homeless Services was one of three entities to earn the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Champion of Change Award. The awards were presented Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
NAEH annually recognizes proven programs and significant achievements in ending child and family homelessness.
Flagler completed its transition from an on-campus shelter to the community-based model of rapid rehousing in 2013, and it was one of the nation's first rapid re-housing service providers to be certified by NAEH. > Read more.
RIR's Christmas tree lighting rescheduled for Dec. 12
Richmond International Raceway's 13th annual Community Christmas tree lighting has been rescheduled from Dec. 6 to Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., due to inclement weather expected on the original date.
Entertainment Dec. 12 will be provided by the Laburnum Elementary School choir and the Henrico High School Mighty Marching Warriors band. Tree decorations crafted by students from Laburnum Elementary School and L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will be on display. Hot chocolate and cookies will be supplied by the Henrico High School football boosters. > Read more.
CAT Theatre to present 'When There's A Will'
CAT Theatre and When There's A Will director Ann Davis recently announced the cast for the dark comedy which will be performed May 26 through June 3.
The play centers around a family gathering commanded by the matriarch, Dolores, to address their unhappiness with Grandmother's hold on the clan's inheritance and her unreasonable demands on her family.
Pat Walker will play the part of Dolores Whitmore, with Graham and Florine Whitmore played by Brent Deekens and Brandy Samberg, respectively. > Read more.
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Water system repairs to prompt lane closures Wednesday near Gayton, John Rolfe
Henrico Doctors' Hospitals named to nation's top 100
Henrico residents invited to share design ideas for new Fairfield Area Library
Virginia529 enrollment period closes March 31
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Signature Burger: The Original Burger (prepared with a combination of chuck and sirloin beef).
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Infographic: Identity Fraud Hit 1 Victim Every 3 Seconds in 2012
Nearly 13 million U.S. adults were victims of identity fraud in 2012, an increase of more than one million victims over the past year, according to a new report from Javelin Strategy & Research.
Identity fraudsters stole more than $21 billion from 12.6 million victims in 2012, the highest amount since 2009, the research firm said in its 2013 Identity Fraud Report, released Wednesday. This equated to one incident of identify fraud every three seconds.
Identity fraud is defined in the report as "the unauthorized use of another person's personal information to achieve illicit financial gain." It can range from using a stolen credit card to taking control of another person's account, or opening new accounts in someone else's name.
"Consumers and institutions are now starting to act as partners — detecting and stopping fraud faster than ever before," Jim Van Dyke, CEO of Javelin Strategy & Research, said in a statement. "But fraudsters are acting quicker than ever before and victimizing more consumers."
According to the report, data breaches continue to play a major part in identity fraud incidents. One out of four data breach notification letter recipients became a victim of identity fraud last year, the highest rate since 2010. Moreover, those who had their Social Security number compromised in a data breach were five times more likely to be a fraud victim than the average consumer.
"Consumers must take data breach notifications more seriously and maintain vigilance to safeguard personal information, especially Social Security numbers," Van Dyke said.
On a more positive note, companies are now responding to data breaches more swiftly, meaning consumers' information is being misused for fewer days, and the cost per victim is flattening. Consumer information was misused for an average of 48 days in 2012, down from 55 days in 2011, and 95 days in 2010.
Half of all victims were able to detect identity fraud thanks to financial alerts, credit monitoring solutions, identity protection services, or by simply monitoring their accounts. In another 33 percent of cases, consumers were notified of the fraud by a bank or credit card issuer.
What to Do
The risk of identity fraud is daunting, but Javelin offered up a few precautions you can take to better protect yourself. For starters, always secure your personal and financial records behind a password or in a locked storage device.
When possible, avoid mailing checks to pay bills, always shred sensitive documents, regularly monitor your accounts, and use up-to-date security software on any home computers. Also, never transmit personal or financial information when connected to a public Wi-Fi network.
Be wary about sharing personal data such as your Social Security number, especially online. Always monitor your accounts, and, if possible, set up identity fraud email alerts with your bank.
If you receive a data breach notification letter, take it seriously! If the institution offers a free subscription for credit monitoring services, take advantage of the offer and put a fraud alert on your credit report. If you suspect you have been the victim of identity fraud, contact your bank or service provider right away and ask about resolution services, loss protections, and other methods to secure your account.
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The 2004 Gran Canaria PWA Super Grand Slam Day 7
At the morning low tide hopes were high for the continuation of the wave
double elimination that was started yesterday. The waves were still
rolling into the beach and by 10.30 we were into the action.
Everybody was keen to come back and challenge for the title. The double
elimination is a chance for the sailors who dropped out early in the
single to come back and challenge the top ranking sailors. Kauli Seadi
(AHD/Naish) was on a mission to make up for his first round exit in the
single and advanced through 5 heats using his clean jumping and speed on
the wave to make up some serious ground in the rankings winning through a
stunning 5 heats before going down to past Pozo Wave champion Kevin
Pritchard (Starboard/Gaastra). Elsewhere in the elimination Peter
Volwater (Arrows) was going all out using his big forwards and slick back
loops to take control and win through 4 heats. The most important win for
Volwater was his one against 2003 World Wave Champion Josh Angulo who just
couldn't find the waves he needed to unleash his powerful wave riding
style. Volwater eventually went down to Ben Proffitt (JP/Neil Pryde) who
pulled of a perfect Taka (a sliding 360 on the wave) to secure him a place
in the 6th round of the double. Ben has been having the event of his
life here in Pozo and has yet to loose his perma-grin, which if the wind
changes could very well stay there!
After 2 hours of competition the waves had dropped off and competition
director Klaus Michel raised the postponement flag signaling an end of
competition until the conditions improved. A blow for the challengers who
are eager to take the title from McKercher's (Starboard) grasp.
In the ladies fleet there were some close battles, which saw Anne-Marie
Reichmann (Naish/Naish), Silvia Orozco (JP/Neil Pryde), Claudia Vogt and
Steffi Wahl (Mistral/North) advance through to challenge the
front-runners. Steffi was looking particularly good using her wave riding
skills honed over many winters in South Africa to pick out the most
rip-able sets and ride them with some speed and style. Anne-Marie who is
more used to smacking big lips at Margaret River in Western Australia also
pulled some nice rides and jumps out of her bag of tricks to advance.
As it stands we have a heat of Pritchard v Fernandez (Fanatic) and Baker
(Mistral/North) v Proffitt to go before the top 4 from the single
elimination get to defend their positions. The forecast is good for wind
but the swell forecasts are mixed so who knows what will happen. We do of
course have the option of finishing off the third freestyle double
elimination so for sure there will be competition tomorrow. Upsets and
drama are still very much on the cards here in Pozo and don't forget that
the 19th sees the start of the racing in the South of the Island when the
big guns of the racing circuit will get to unleash their monster sails.
So at the end of day 7 Scott McKercher is still on course for his first
ever PWA Wave event win. He'll have to hold off on the celebratory beers
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Director George Hickenlooper Has Died at Age 47
Posted on Saturday, October 30th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
Director George Hickenlooper, whose film Casino Jack has been playing festivals and is on the verge of release, has died in Denver, Colorado at the age of 47. His cousin, Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, confirmed the director's passing to the Denver Post.
George Hickenlooper may still be best known for co-directing the wonderful 1991 Apocalypse Now documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse. He also directed the short film Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade as well as Mayor of the Sunset Strip, Factory Girl and a short documentary about director Monte Hellman, among other films.
Cousins George and John actually didn't meet until the director was promoting Hearts of Darkness in 1991; their familial relationship eventually led to the 2008 documentary 'Hick' Town, in which George chronicled John's attempt to govern the town of Denver during the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
The cause of death is being investigated, but foul play is not suspected; the Denver Post reports that early supposition is that the director succumbed due to natural causes.
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Time and again, the Conservative government is getting it all wrong.
Jason Kenney recently announced that his government is exploring the idea of stripping Canadians of their citizenship if they were found to have gone abroad and committed acts of terror.
Of course, this project fits perfectly with the "law and order" agenda of Harper's vision for Canada but it hides a discriminatory and a two-tier system that Canada has been gradually adopting: a health system for Canadians and a second-class one for refugees, a legal system for the rich and a legal system for the poor, open trials for Canadians and secret trials for immigrants and refugees; the list is long.
Three main questions come to my mind. First of all, why do we need to introduce such a law and why now? And, why do we need a law especially directed at dual citizens, and finally why is Mr. Kenney targeting acts of terrorism exclusively?
Mr. Kenney and his supporters would point their fingers at the recent allegations reported by the media about the possible participation of a Canadian citizen in the hostage-taking in Algeria, as well as to the media reports that one of the terrorists who bombed a bus in Bulgaria held a Canadian citizenship. So far, security agencies such as the RCMP or CSIS have yet to report to the Canadian public on the authenticity of these reports.
There is word circulating that RCMP agents are travelling to Algeria to check on the allegations. We still don't know if these were "genuine" Canadians citizens or simply suspects with different nationalities carrying fake Canadian passports.
After all, one has to admit that this is not the first time in Canadian history that the blue document was "used." For instance, in 1997, the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency -- in its failed attempt to assassinate Khaled Meshaal, Hamas's political chief in Jordan -- used Canadian passports to conceal the true identity of their agents. Unless my memory has betrayed me, I don't think Canada reacted by introducing a law similar to the one it is touting today.
Some would reply that the world has evolved since then, that terrorism has became a major threat and that Canada must be more vigilant. I certainly agree. But, I still don't understand how stripping people of their citizenship would make our world safer.
Shouldn't we improve our immigration system to attract and retain only those people who are serious about their intent to stay, live and work in Canada? Shouldn't we spend more effort to control the originality of the Canadian passport? Why do we have to introduce a law that has all the ingredients of division and discrimination against a certain group of people?
In my opinion, this new project would create two classes of citizens and two classes of laws. Some laws for Canadians with one citizenship and other laws tailored for people with dual citizenships. Some laws for corruption, human trafficking, child pornography… and some laws for terrorism only.
Take the example of the corruption scandal unfolding right in front of our eyes in Montreal. The Charbonneau public inquiry showed that most of the witnesses and companies implicated in the suspicious schemes are of Italian descent. Their affiliation to the Mafia has been evoked several times. Nevertheless, it would be ridiculous if someone would suggest revoking their Canadian citizenship and sending the culprits back to Italy. To my knowledge, Vito Rizzuto, born in Sicily and head of the Montreal Mafia (who was recently extradited and sentenced in the U.S.), was able to come back to Canada and "enjoy" the rights of his Canadian citizenship after completing his prison sentence. I wonder why Kenney didn't raise the question of citizenship upon Vito Rizzuto's return to Montreal? How about Conrad Black?
In summer 2012, a Somali-born British man, Mahdi Hashi, who grew up in Britain, went missing in Somalia where he went to live few years before. After his mysterious disappearance, his family in Britain was distraught, suspecting that their son was being held in a notorious U.S. anti-terrorist base in Djibouti. The news in this case is that his British citizenship was revoked without any warning or prior notice. Hashi was apparently harassed by MI5 so much while he lived in Britain, that he decided to go live in Somalia. He claimed that the British security officials wanted him to spy on the Muslim community in Britain. Recent reports disclosed that Hashi is now in custody in the U.S. facing charges of terrorism.
Harassing Muslims (visiting them at work, asking them to work for CSIS…), "pushing" them out of Canada and then arresting them overseas… isn't this a familiar pattern: Abdullah Al-Malki, Ahmed El-Maati and Abousfian Abdelrazik were all Canadian citizens who faced similar tactics. They were later arrested in their respective countries of birth, imprisoned and tortured. Allegations of terrorism ran freely over them but these allegations were never proved in court. These Canadians were never charged with terrorism. After their cases became public, and after their outrageous treatment reached many Canadians, they were able to come back to Canada. They all held Canadian passports. Their Canadian citizenship allowed them to be treated relatively fairly while their second citizenship stripped them of all their rights. Assume the Canadian citizenships of these three Canadians were revoked because of terrorism allegations -- wouldn't they still be in brutal jails in Syria, Egypt or Sudan?
Did Mr. Kenney hear about these cases? Did he read the report of Justice Iacobucci that examined the cases of Mr. Al-Malki and Mr. El-Maati? Did he hear about the Federal Court judgement on Abdelrazik?
How can Mr. Kenney explain the rationale behind his new proposed law? Or is it precisely the rule of law that is bothering the government? A better explanation from him is warranted.
Monia Mazigh was born and raised in Tunisia and immigrated to Canada in 1991. Mazigh was catapulted onto the public stage in 2002 when her husband, Maher Arar, was deported to Syria where he was tortured and held without charge for over a year. She campaigned tirelessly for his release. Mazigh holds a PhD in finance from McGill University. In 2008, she published a memoir, Hope and Despair, about her pursuit of justice, and in 2011, a novel in French, Miroirs et mirages.
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Sunk Costs, Market Access, Economic Integration and Welfare
The nature of the equilibrium that arises after economic integration is shown to depend crucially on how initial entry costs are divided along two separate dimensions: market access versus technology costs, and fixed versus sunk costs. There are three post-integration equilibrium regimes: a traditional trade theory regime which arises when both market access costs and fixed costs are small, a new trade theory regime which arises when market access costs are small but fixed costs are high, and a market access regime which arises when market access costs are high. While the first two regimes have already appeared in the literature, the third is new. The sign, magnitude, and qualitative behavior of the welfare effects of integration across all three regimes depend on the configuration of these costs. Copyright 2002 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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Now that the dust has cleared, we can see the battle lines, and a depressing sight they are. Although every combatant with any public-relations training starts by saying that we must not lose sight of the victims of press excesses, that is precisely what has happened. We have lost sight, too, of the important questions of the concentration of media ownership and of the trade-offs between the commercial interests of corporations such as Rupert Murdoch's and the political support of its newspapers.
Instead, we find that the lines have been drawn up on either side of the Rubicon, a nondescript stream that has assumed huge symbolic significance. The whole of the Leveson inquiry, its months of hearings, hundreds of witnesses and revelatory emails and texts, seems to have come down to one question: legislation or no legislation? On either side of this narrow divide, the two camps have retreated into defensive positions, and the idea that politicians and the newspapers might have a responsibility to ensure that the result is better journalism is in danger of being lost.
No doubt some newspapers are buoyed by the Prime Minister's late and expedient conversion to the principle of a free press. But they would be wrong to conclude from this that they can get away with a renamed and reconstituted Press Complaints Commission and self-regulation as usual.
Let us be blunt. Lord Justice Leveson did as good a job as could be done of seeking to correct historic misdeeds. He hardly touched on the "culture, practices and ethics" of journalism in the internet world, which were pointed up so strikingly by the crisis at the BBC over the misidentification of a Conservative peer as a paedophile. But that is no excuse for giving up the attempt to sort out the newspapers' part of the media world.
In sorting it out, we should be clear that the victims, however much we sympathise with them, do not have a veto. The law of the land cannot be decided by those who have suffered from the most extreme crimes. On that basis we would probably bring back hanging. And in this case, anyway, we believe that the victims can secure all the protections they seek for people in their position without the "statutory underpinning" that has become the battle line.
The Independent on Sunday believes that, if other newspapers are prepared to engage honestly and urgently with the task of a total overhaul of press regulation, it can be done without the need for a new law to give any arm of government a role. We urge the victims and others campaigning for statutory regulation to listen not to David Cameron, whose motives are suspect, but to Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty and an "assessor" for the Leveson inquiry, who dissented from the judge's conclusions in a little-noticed footnote on page 1,775. She says that press regulation should be overseen by the courts rather than by a government-appointed body such as Ofcom.
Unlike Harriet Harman, who was once legal officer to Liberty when it was called the National Council for Civil Liberties, Ms Chakrabarti understands how undesirable it would be to cross the Rubicon of state regulation.
Whatever the Prime Minister's motives, we hope that the press takes the chance that he offers to assemble – quickly – a system of regulation that would command the confidence of the general public. It can and must be done.


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I am enjoying this cup SO much that I am finding it difficult to allow it to cool down much – burns be darned I will sip this tea boiling hot! lol beware!
I will need to pour a second cup to let it cool a bit as we find new flavors when a tea cools a bit … so … be right back … ohhhh mmmmmm nummy.
Yes I realize my review is not flowering with eloquent words here and in no way can my words match the goodiness of this tea but it is transporting that is for sure.
This is not only a tea that can perk you up but also unwind you depending on what it is you need in the moment. There is this slightly smoky flavor coming through as it cools but nothing like a lapsang souchong by any means just this nice toasty flavor that is very understated.
I do pick up a subtle yam flavor in here as well but I LOVE yams so that is alright with me!
This was a free sample from Angle at Teavivre and I want to give her a big thank you for it! Now I have to get some ordered! So delicious!


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hello everybody
Question please
i'm novice
for the TAKARA gp55BT gps, i'v earned, i know papyGPS , I want to update map and, by the way the navigation system . (4,3" - WINCE syst - 320 x 240 pixels - 500 MHz process - Navteq system cartography - 2GO mem - SiRF Atlas IV reception mode - initial navigation soft: IGo8 )
pls help me to chose the last supported navigation syst i could set on it (for car use - europe navigation)
many thanks
Last edited by bakkouri; 26th January 2016 at 11:06 AM.
I serious doubt that your 320x240* WinCE unit has 2GB of memory, it's probably 64MB. The 2GB is storage size which a portion will be available for maps (that you haven't indicate which). Look in the map section and find what you need. You won't be able to update proggy from this thread because it will required at least 128MB of memory.
* I never heard of 4.3" screen with 320x240, usualy they are 480x272
thanks for your answer:
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pls: on this GPS can i update sofstware to navteq q3 on SD card ?
Oh wow, it's 4.3" 320x240, I'm sorry for you. I'm pretty sure the 2GB is storage and not memory. On the brighter side, it has bluetooth. First I've seen WinCE with bluetooth, I guess you learn something new everyday.
Anyway, are you seeing the map directory when you plugged your unit to computer via usb port?
no worry
i used it in france last mounts ... it needs an update for maps (roads ... poi .... )
BY the way i just wanted to add an external navigation sytem on an SD card, but i dont know the latest working systeme i can set on Sd card according to the caracteristic of this takara GP55BT .
for exemple: can i set navteq Q3 europe 2015 ? the system or resolution can support it?
that my question:latest choice ican chose to update the navigation system
Unit comes with iGO8, you could upgrade to Primo, but it's risky. My suggestion is to update map and leave proggy alone. Your unit is pretty low, so I'm not surprise that it came with iGO8. Try upgrading HERE 2015 and see if it complains. You only have less than 2GB of storage (SD?), so you will have to pick which countries you want to use. Or you might be able to put in 4GB SDHC and get more countries.
oki then
thanks for advice
i think it's right thing to do
practically :
1- save the resident flash (internal memory 2GO)
2- let igo8 as it is
3- remove old maps on resident flash folders (\....\CONTENT\MAP )
that sound good
(ps: for info : i'm sure that an internal 2GB mem: because it embedded the europe map of 2013 without any SD card (when i used it)
many thanks again for help
Does unit have external SD? If not, then you will have to overwrite internal storage to replace maps. If there is external SD, you might be able to leave internal storage alone and tell iGO8 to read maps from external SD. Latest HERE Europe map is 4GB [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] so you will have to pick countries that you need.
P.S. as I have said before, it's not 2GB of memory you have, it's 2GB of storage. Use memory to indicate RAM and storage to indicate diskspace. BTW, what do you use bluetooth for?
The original navi soft will see only original map.
If you want to use 2015.Q3 you need a license generated by NNG.
You can replace the whole old navi or you can unlock the device and launch others navi.
A print screen with folder's structure ...
It seem's that the original navi is MobileNavigator.exe .


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Reasonable suspicion
Reasonable suspicion is a legal standard of proof in United States law that is less than probable cause, the legal standard for arrests and warrants, but more than an "inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or 'hunch'";[1] it must be based on "specific and articulable facts", "taken together with rational inferences from those facts",[2] and the suspicion must be associated with the specific individual.[3] If police additionally have reasonable suspicion that a person so detained is armed and dangerous, they may "frisk" the person for weapons, but not for contraband like drugs. Reasonable suspicion is evaluated using the "reasonable person" or "reasonable officer" standard,[4] in which said person in the same circumstances could reasonably suspect a person has been, is, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity; it depends upon the totality of circumstances, and can result from a combination of particular facts, even if each is individually innocuous.
In Terry v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a person can be stopped and briefly detained by a police officer based on a reasonable suspicion of involvement in a punishable crime. If the officer has reasonable suspicion the detainee is armed, the officer may perform a "pat-down" of the person's outer garments for weapons. Such a detention does not violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizure, though it must be brief. Reasonable suspicion does not provide grounds for arrest; however, an arrest can be made if facts discovered during the detention provide probable cause that the suspect has committed a crime.
In Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada the Court further established that a state may require, by law, that a person identify himself or herself to an officer during a stop;[5] some states (e.g., Colorado[6]) require that a person detained provide additional information.
Child abuse[edit]
Most state child abuse reporting laws employ the "reasonable suspicion" standard as the threshold above which mandated reporters must report the case. However, the definition of this term is not widely understood.[7][8][9] As a result there is large variation in the rates of child abuse reporting in different states.[10]
Other uses[edit]
New Jersey has set the precedent that probable cause is not necessary to search a student on school grounds; reasonable suspicion is enough to search a student's belongings.[11] Overly intrusive searches, like a body cavity search, require probable cause.
Government workplaces[edit]
A few years after New Jersey v. T. L. O., the Supreme Court held in O'Connor v. Ortega that while government employees do have Fourth Amendment rights in the workplace, administrative investigations conducted by supervisors looking for evidence of work-related misconduct or violations of an employee policy – unlike investigations by law enforcement looking for evidence of criminal offenses – only require reasonable suspicion to justify a search.[12]
U.S. Customs can do routine suspicionless searches of people and effects crossing the border (including passing through airport customs) without establishing reasonable suspicion. This includes even complicated searches such as the disassembly of an automobile's gas tank.[13] However, there are some more intrusive types of searches, such as body cavity searches of a suspect balloon swallower, that require reasonable suspicion.[14]
Traffic stops[edit]
A brief, non-custodial traffic stop is considered a "seizure" for the purposes of the 4th Amendment and must therefore be supported by reasonable suspicion or probable cause. The investigating officer must weigh the totality of the circumstances to determine whether sufficient objective facts exist to create reasonable suspicion that the driver is engaged in criminal activity.[15] If the investigating officer witnesses the driver commit a traffic violation, then said violation generally constitutes reasonable suspicion for the officer to stop the vehicle. The officer may then detain the driver and any passengers of the vehicle for long enough to confirm and/or deny his or her suspicions.
If his or her suspicions are confirmed, then there may be probable cause to either search the vehicle and/or arrest its occupant(s), depending on the nature of the suspected violations. In Illinois v. Caballes, the Supreme Court held that a drug dog may sniff the exterior of a vehicle during a traffic stop so long as any delay in calling the dog to the scene does not unreasonably prolong the traffic stop. The use of a drug dog is sui generis and a dog's sniff is not considered a search in and of itself under the 4th Amendment.[16]
Police may also set up roadblocks and stop drivers without particularized reasonable suspicion that the stopped individual is engaged in criminal activity, so long as the plan for the stop is applied neutrally, for instance, driving while intoxicated - so long as all vehicles are stopped or every third vehicle is stopped, or some other reasonably neutral policy is applied for stopping vehicles.[17] Note that some states also impose additional notice requirements for roadblocks, such as appropriate signage and/or flashing blue or red lights.
Different jurisdictions[edit]
Most powers applied by police officers in the United Kingdom are done on reasonable suspicion. Unlike in the United States, British police officers can arrest on reasonable suspicion.
A police officer may briefly detain a person, without a warrant, if the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in a crime,[18] and an officer may use reasonable force to effect that detention. Courts have recognized that an officer's safety is paramount and have allowed for a "frisk" of the outermost garments from head to toe if the officer reasonably suspects that the detainee is armed, and for an officer to stop an individual at gunpoint if necessary. In the city of New York, once a person is released from a reasonable suspicion stop, a "stop, question and frisk report" is filled out and filed with the command in which the stop occurs.
U.S. courts have held that a stop on reasonable suspicion may be appropriate in the following cases: when a person possesses unusual items (like a wire hanger) which would be useful in a crime and is looking into car windows at 2 am, when a person matches a description of a suspect given by another officer, or a person is seen fleeing from a home or business with a sounding alarm. However, reasonable suspicion does not apply merely because a person refuses to answer questions, declines to allow a voluntary search, or is of a particular race or ethnicity.[citation needed] https://www.aclu.org/files/FilesPDFs/ALPR/oregon/Washington%20County%20Sheriff's%20Office/30012-30050%20Search%20and%20Seizure%20Field%20Guide.pdf
See also[edit]
- Reasonable doubt
- Stop and identify statutes (refusing to identify oneself when detained may be a crime in some jurisdictions)
- United States v. Arnold (searches and seizures of electronic media at a United States port of entry by Customs and Border Protection)
- Samson v. California (individualized reasonable suspicion is not required for searches to be conducted of the persons and homes of parolees)
- ^ Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 27 (1968).
- ^ Terry, 392 U.S., at 21.
- ^ Ybarra v. Illinois, 444 U.S. 85, 91 (1979).
- ^ Terry, 392 U.S., at 21–22.
- ^ Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, 542 U.S. 177 (2004).
- ^ Colo. Rev. Stat. §16-3-103(1).
- ^ Levi, B.H. and S.G. Portwood, Reasonable suspicion of child abuse: finding a common language. J Law Med Ethics, 2011. 39(1): pp. 62–9.
- ^ Levi, B.H. and K. Crowell, Child abuse experts disagree about the threshold for mandated reporting. 2011. 50(4): pp. 321–9.
- ^ Flaherty, E.G. and R. Sege, Barriers to physician identification and reporting of child abuse. Pediatr Ann, 2005. 34(5): pp. 349–56.
- ^ Kids Count Data. 2009.
- ^ New Jersey v. T. L. O.,
- ^ O'Connor v. Ortega, 480 U.S. 709 (1987).
- ^ United States v. Flores-Montano, 541 U.S. 149 (2004).
- ^ United States v. Montoya De Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531 (1985).
- ^ United States v. Arvizu, 534 U.S. 266 (2002).
- ^ Illinois v. Caballes, 543 U.S. 405, 411 (2005).
- ^ Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990).
- ^ Terry, 392 U.S.
External links[edit]
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We are running a processor intensive process, that performs combinatorial operations to combine tables (pure math) as well as Monte Carlo style re-sampling techniques to combine tables. This process is, and seems to have always been, bound by processor capacity. We recently moved to a new, dedicated server and saw something strange.The new server has 30+ GB of RAM and we've capped SQL at 27 GB. The more ram SQL uses (easily tracked) the less processor utilization we see, and the less system performance. This process runs for days on end, so our observation window is pretty solid. When we stop the process and reset the memory we get a boost to 100 % performance. Within an hour SQL is using 4 GB or so and our performance has fallen to 80%. Within 6 hours SQL is using 12-15 GB and our performance falls to 65%. 24 hours later we are using all 27 GB and our performance is down to 50%. Over this time % processor usage falls from mid to high 90s down to mid 50s, just like our performance statistics. Is there a connection here? Does managing this obscene amount of active RAM somehow hurt my SQL instance's performance? I have looked at all of the classic perfmon metrics… Has anyone else ever heard of something like this? What else might be the cause of my performance degradation?
Hi, Can you pass us information about what version and plattform you are running on? Is this process constantly repeating itself so the workload is exactly the same throughout? Does your workload consist of ad-hoc sql server statements, prepared statements or stored procedures? Remember that SQL Server typically commits memory until it hits the roof so with a fair amount of workload and unless you are re-visiting the same data and index pages over and over, it is pretty typical to see the bufferpool (where, among other things, your data and index pages go) for SQL Server gradually grow after service startup (when you say "reset the memory" - do you mean you are recycling the service? ). So what I am trying to say is that it's not necessarily the fact that the amount of committed memory grows that is the cause of the degrading performance. Managing RAM of 27GB is not a problem and I wouldn't say it is an obscene amount of memory either Only if SQL Server memory needs to be paged out then of course it takes a lot longer to page out 27 rather than 2 GB. The way it works is that SQL Server maintains something called a Free List which varies in size depending on size of the bufferpool (you can see the size in the Buffer Manager:Free pages counter). This freelist is maintained by any worker thread at certain points and by the Lazywriter which wakes up at a regular interval (the CHECKPOINT process on the other just writes dirty pages but doesn't put them on the Free list). So it's not so that SQL Server has to scan the entire bufferpool everytime a new page is needed. I assume this is not a pattern you saw on your old server and that you were running the same version of SQL Server on the old server? Can you also tell us a little bit about the other Performance counters you have been looking at? /Elisabeth
I am running on Windows 2003 x64 Standard Edition. SQL Server 2005 version 9.0.3068. The process does not degrade on our development server, which is running Windows 2003 x86 Standard, version 9.0.3233. Unfortunately there are too many differences between these two systems. Investigating the differences between the two servers is where we started and we weren't able to find anything. Maybe we weren't looking in the right places though? The process is primarily the combination of probability distributions into new probability distributions. The base distributions are different for every item my company stocks, so while the operations is similar, the tables that are being accessed and created are seldom similar. This is all executed through stored procs, that move through a driver table with a list of items to process until there is nothing left to do (this takes days). The item base is highly diverse, we are running many items per minutes, and the items on the list aren't in any particular order. Meanwhile, the performance steadily declines every time we run, so we have ruled out "coincidence" as a cause of the problem. When I "recycle" the SQL instance (Services-->SQL Server(Instance)-->Right Click-->Restart)my performance will always come back to 100% for a short while. I have been monitoring pages/sec, available memory, the buffer cache hit ratio, % disk time, avg. disk queue length, avg. disk sec/ transfer, current disk/queue length, % processor Time, % Privileged Time, Interrupts/sec, context switches/sec, processes, processor queue length, and threads. Frankly, none of these look out of the ordinary to me, except for high processor utilization for the first few hours. I know there are some more SQL specific counters I can look at...Any ideas?Sorry for the giant block of text, I have been trying to space my posts into paragraphs but the carriage returns do not persist when I hit the post button. -Ben
Hi again, So one platform is 32-bit and the other one is 64-bit then? I assume there is a difference in the number of processors and clockrate as well? If everything is stored procedures than the procedure cache should not be an issue (one difference is that in 32-bit your proc cache could only grow up to 2GB, possibly 3 GB if the /3GB switch was used in boot.ini; in 64-bit you don't have this limit but there are mechanisms in place that should prevent the proc cache from exploding). The way your CPU utilization drops suggests blocking or possibly that you are not getting the same degree of parallelism on the new server. I guess the main questions is whether you should focus on finding the difference between these two very different environments or troubleshoot it like any performance related problem. Are the databases *identical*? If not I would start with making sure I had an exact copy of the database. Even though there are other big differences between the servers that are more interesting, I would probably also bring up the 64-bit server to the same build. Next, compare the output from: sp_configure 'show advanced',1 reconfigure with override sp_configure sp_configure 'show advanced',0 reconfigure with override Then, I would go on and do the following: - UPDATE STATISTICS WITH FULLSCAN on all indexes involved (this will take a while if they are big) - If absolutely everything is stored procedures, you can use sys.dm_exec_query_stats to do a quick compare of resources used and execution plans for the procedures (but you somehow need to syncronize which part of the process you are looking into. You can use some variation of the script I have attached. I also attached a script that gives you a snapshot of what is currently running (uses sys.dm_exec_requests, a query that runs in parallell will have multiple execution Id's, ecid column) - Compare the output from sys.dm_os_wait_stats on both servers. This statistics is accumulated since server restart so you would do like this: DBCC SQLPERF (sys.dm_os_wait_stats,'CLEAR') -- run your process -- run the attached script to get a report on the contents of sys.dm_os_wait_stats This will reveal where SQL Server spends most time waiting and it would be interesting to see how that differs between the servers. - Check degree of parallelism for a known part of the workload, or take samples at some rate. I have attached a script that will identify procedures that run in parallell (and if you haven't done so already- inspect how the CPU workload is distributed between the processors as well). - Although this might be a bit cumbersome considering the workload, I would try to run a SQL Server trace (using the sp_'s rather then the GUI, you can configure the trace in Profiler and then choose to save it as a script). Let me know if this is feasible and I give you some suggestions on what events to include - I would then run the same trace on the dev box and compare the results in a tool called Reporter (which let's you compare two different trace results (link to download area here http://sqlcat.com/technicalnotes/ar...oft-sitql-server-using-rml-utilities-9-0.aspx) Oh, seems like I cannot attach things, send me a private message and I will email the scripts. /Elisabeth


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In a letter to the public utility, the taxpayers association told the water district that it would consider litigation if the "Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection" measure -- an extension and increase of the Measure B parcel tax from 2000 -- is not withdrawn from the November ballot.
The SVTA claims that the water district violated the Brown Act when officials there failed to notify the public and local press, as they are required by law to do, a full 24 hours before convening a meeting pertaining to a parcel tax extension proposal.
A representative from the district said that "good faith" efforts were made, and claimed his organization missed the deadline by only about an hour, at most.
Marty Grimes, spokesman for the SCVWD, admits that district officials were late in notifying the Mercury News and in posting a notice on the SCVWD website that a special meeting was to be held Aug. 8. However, Grimes said, the meeting was held for one reason only: to remove two words from the parcel tax ballot description because officials at the water district had exceeded the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters' restriction of 75 words for ballot descriptions by two words.
The board found out about the problem on Aug. 7, three days before the Aug. 10 filing deadline for the Nov. 6 election, and was acting as quickly as possible to address it, Grimes said. The district missed notifying the Mercury News by 59 minutes and posted the notification of the meeting on its website 45 minutes late, Grimes said.
"Our read of it is, we made good faith efforts to meet the Brown Act," he said. "There wasn't really a substantive breach of the Brown Act in any way."
"I agree that it was an honest mistake. I can't imagine why they would make this mistake on purpose," said John Roeder, president of the SVTA. But, he continued, "the law says that these are the notification periods. There was a violation of that."
Grimes maintained that the only reason Roeder and the association care about the violation is that they are opposed to the measure and always have been. "They are going to do anything they can to try to kill it any way they can," he said.
Roeder does not entirely dispute this statement.
"I would like to see Measure B simply taken off the ballot, and I would like to see them put together a better, well thought-through project," he said. With the ballot measure, he added, the water district is simply seeking an extension and increase of a parcel tax without justifying the request by offering specifics on what the money will be used to do.
The water district taxes all parcels in the district, including in Mountain View, under Measure B, which passed in 2000. The current parcel tax, which the district calls the "Clean, Safe Creeks" plan, is set to expire in 2016.
The proposed ballot measure, also called Measure B, or "Safe, Clean Water," would extend that tax through 2029 and increase the amount collected by a maximum of 3 percent each year. The decision on how much to raise the tax each year would fall to the water board.
If raised by the maximum amount each year, it is estimated that that tax will raise $548 million over its 16 year life span. Different types of parcels would pay different rates.
A district press release said the money will be used to "ensure a safe, reliable water supply for the future, reduce toxins, hazards and contaminants, ... protect our water supply and local dams from the impact of earthquakes and natural disasters," and support other projects related to water and wildlife preservation.
That list is far too vague, according to Roeder. Furthermore, he said, it would require certain people to pay for projects that would not benefit or positively impact them.
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The print version of this story stated that the proposed tax extension would last an additional 13 years. Actually, the proposal would extend the current tax by 16 years.
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