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Is Java Server Faces a Bona Fide Panacea for the Web UI?
You will learn about JSF technology (JSR 252), its structure, configuration, pros and, cons. I will talk about the history that led to JSF. I will also discuss industry support both on the vendor and the IDE sides. As of this writing, the JSF is up to version 1.1_01, but the spec for 1.2 is compete and reference implementation should be available shortly. Also, understand that this technology is rather vast and I will cover only the general aspects of it in this article.
The Events Leading to the JSF
In the beginning, there were Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) and Java Applets. Business programs were supposed to run in the browser. However, IT managers soon realized that most did not have broadband connections and downloading Java Virtual Machine and Applets was time consuming. Around that period (before Just-In-Time [JIT] compiler technologies were introduced), managers also noticed that applications and applets run somehow slower then their cousins written in C/C++, VB, or other natively compiled languages. In addition, users noticed that Applets had restrictions and could not do many things that applications could.
Sun Microsystems stepped up with the Servlet technology and Java moved from running on the client's browsers to running on the servers. Sun also introduced the JIT compilation process, optimized their JVM, and Java applications started to run faster.
And all was good for a while.
But soon, IT managers realized that Servlets disgorge HTML to the clients and HTML pages need to look presentable to provide a better user experience to drive up the revenues. But, programmers who were willing to write all HTML by hand, inside Java code, literally as output statements that would perform dynamic functions and look appealing were very hard to find. Therefore, again Sun stepped up with the Java Server Pages (JSP) technology.
Designers could create HTML pages that look great and Java programmers could take them, spruce them up with tiny Java tags and snippets, and the Java server container would parse and convert them into the HTML to be disgorged to the clients.
And all was good for a while.
The "perpetual" solution, or at least part of it, is supposed to be the Java Server Faces (JSF) technology; A sort of RAD (rapid application development) concept from the Visual Basic era. However, I will leave it up to the readers to make the conclusion.
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
The Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) introduced a couple of years back created a standard way to replace Java snippets with tags. The tag can do almost any business logic and can be re-used throughout many applications. JSTL tags did not address any visual aspects of the applications, but helped to eliminate some of the maintenance problems associated with editing business logic on the pages.
Rapid Application Development (RAD) is sort of a "holy grail" of the GUI Web applications. When working with Java Swing, Visual Basic, or PowerBuilder programs, developers can drag-and-drop GUI components, such as buttons or text fields, and create full-featured interactive applications. With the HTML as the end result of some server operation, the presentation is not linked to the Java backend and RAD is not truly possible.
The HTML editor can be used to create forms, but it cannot add events to buttons or link controls to the backing beans; therefore, a lot of work still needs to be done manually. To accomplish RAD with tags, a new technology needed to be created.
Realizing this need, Sun developed the JSF specification. The JSF technology introduced tags for all HTML elements—such as buttons, tables, and checkboxes—and corresponding Java Objects to hold the state or model of the view. An IDE supporting JSF can allow developers to drag-and-drop tags and create the forms so instead of writing HTML:
<input type="text" id="inputText"/>
One would write the JSF tag:
<h:inputText id="inputText"/>
JSF added the ability to attach converters, validation, and even actions and events to the corresponding Java objects on the server—all expressed as tags, potentially bringing a true RAD feel and Swing development style to Web development.
However, to create fancy professional-looking pages, you need to use a very sophisticated layout; and to design, an HTML editor (for instance, Dreamweaver is one of the best) that will understand all the latest standards in JavaScript, CSS, and so forth, and correctly show the preview in the same split pane. There are no HTML editors on the market that can understand how to preview JSF tags (or any UI Java tags). Besides the fact that Web developers now need to learn an entirely new "HTML," the page design task is moved to the Java IDE. And, very few IDEs can compare their HTML editing abilities with even the most primitive HTML editors.
For example, Borland JBuilder supports JSF tags, but cannot auto preview them, so the Java developers (who now became HTML designers) need to deploy the app on the server and recompile/refresh JSPs page every time they make a visual change. Oracle JDeveloper 10 and Exadel Studio pro do have design/layout and preview capability inside of their IDEs and on-the-fly editing of the dragged-and-dropped JSF components, but their HTML editors are not as mature as Dreamweaver.
Almost all of IDEs that support JSF also offer visual editors for the navigation flow management that eliminates the need to tinker with the XML by hand (see the next section).
JSF as a MVC Framework
The proliferation of Web-based applications, concurrent with the migration of Java from the client to the server and the evolution of the Servlets, JSP, and other Web-based technologies, created numerous development frameworks along the way. I have covered some of the most popular ones in my previous articles.
By design, JSF constitutes a much broader technology then just another MVC framework. One of the aspects of the JSF is that it controls Web application flow. The page navigation is mapped out in the configuration XML file and the main controller Servlet coordinates the flow (among other things). JSF can be considered a full MVC framework because the presentation layer (most commonly a JSP page) is separated from the Java beans or "managed beans" as the JSF identifies them. Depending on the render toolkit used, the view shown to the client can be HTML, WML, SGML, and so on.
Mostly, JSF is marketed as a component framework for the presentation layer, but its MVC characteristics overlap with Struts, Spring, and other popular frameworks. Even though they can co-exist in the same application, architects can design enterprise-level Web sites with only JSF. In fact, JSF navigation rules are very easy to describe, and depending on the tool used, most of the flow and underlining XML configuration can be created visually in very little time. Even describing the managed beans, their properties, validators, and converters in the XML config file is a trivial task with the right tool (such as the free James Holmes' Faces Console or Exadel Studio pro).
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I haven't encountered that, but I have been prejudged as "materialistic" and having no deeper meaning for existence based solely on the fact I'm an atheist and not for any other reason. As an aside, I was once in the military (years and years ago) and many of the males assumed I was a "loose" woman with no standards because there was an assumption that all women in the military were promiscuous. I'm not sure why that was, but it was definitely the experience I encountered. Anyway, perhaps younger, single, atheist women might have come across the assumption that they're promiscuous?
I have not run across it, but I was older and married when I finally admitted I was an atheist.
On a related issue, one thing I have found is that many of the people who are judging others' sexual morality from their own "Christian" viewpoints are often the ones later discovered to be having affairs with multiple people while they are married. They will come up with all sorts of excuses, but the fact is that they are violating their own promises to their spouse.
One of the "best" examples of such a good Christian was a lady who had her much-older husband in a nursing home. She was drunk, and saying how I make her "so mad" because I don't believe in her delusions, all the while she was making passes at my husband. Golly gee! I'm glad she told me she was a Christian, because I sure couldn't tell from any part of that!
I think your analysis is about right on.
I also notice a good deal of hypocrisy in the whole morality of theists. It seems that if you look too hard at any of the ones who puff out their chests about their "Christian morals" and talking of the "immorality" of everyone else - society, atheists, feminists, gays, a particular ethic group, or anyone else, that I'll often find that they are engaging in sexual behaviors that violate their own morals, or are unsafe or downright exploitative of their partners - often in violation of an outright promise of some type and their own religious teachings. The probability of this is proportional to how much they rail about it.
This goes from anyone from the Ted Haggards to the Catholic priest scandals.
As much as I abhor the actions of Westboro Baptist Church, the things they do really are in accord with the book they say they believe in. It's the "moderate" Christians who give their approval to these actions, by holding the Bible up as the ideal. I have not heard of any sexual misbehavior by the Westboro people. The Westboro Baptist Church shun former members, including of their family members, who do not or no longer accept their Church's teachings, and Fred Phelps' teachings. The Bible says to "shun" the apostate, not to "love" him and bring him back into the "fold" so he can repent.
It's too much to hope for, but the moderate Christians should be able to see that these Westboro wackos are doing what they say should be done.... and it's ugly.
I've experienced that, yeah. It's not often, but it happens, and I think maybe it happens more on the internet or when people speaking to me in person aren't yet aware that I'm one of those atheists they're railing against. Other young atheist women definitely get it worse than me due to the intersection of their (lack of) faith and race. I get the feeling that a lot of religious people let me slide under their whore-radar because of preconceived notions that Asians are sexually modest. It would probably be a different story if I were a black or latina atheist.
The only time someone seriously said that to my face was with a crazy campus preacher who was trying to make some point about being a "loose woman" if you wear t-shirts and jeans, and he singled me out specifically with his Angry Pointer Finger of Doom. (He said he supported ankle-length skirts. When he came back the next year with a female sidekick, she was wearing jeans and he dropped that bit from his routine. *ahem*) He was craaaaazy, because really, if you're going to rant about college girls showing too much skin, it'd only be logical to point out the one in the midriff-baring halter top instead of the one in baggy t-shirt and jeans. My reply was, "Wow. I must be the loosest virgin ever." It was hilarious.
...Now that I think about it, though, I regret not being witty enough to also slip in a comment about equating the loose-ness of one's shirt to the loose-ness of one's morality. Or maybe I should have made a joke about how he chose the college preaching gig in order to perv on women young enough to be his daughters and he was angry at me for showing the least amount of cleavage that day. He did have a tendency to bring up how many sexual conquests he had before he "found Jesus"...
If I were to play armchair psychologist, I'd say he was projecting all his repressed sexual desires onto others. Fundies think in terms of their own desires and unspoken fantasies. Like, "If I didn't fear god, *I'd* certainly want a piece of that!" And it becomes such a foreign idea to them that there could be people who don't need religion to reign in those impulses; that there could be people who have the ability to talk frankly about sex, "deviant" sex acts and the like, without disgust, without judgment, and still not want to engage in those acts themselves. It's a very egocentric worldview, like that of a child who thinks one's personal experience must be true for all others.
Generally speaking, it's not the atheist women who spend all their time getting dolled up in order to hook up with some drunk at a kegger. It tends to be the conformists with little self-respect who do that. The atheists that I've spoken with are too independent of thought to want to debase themselves for male approval or be valued for their bodies more than their minds.
Heh. I lol'd when I heard the preacher was beaten up by a Muslim student.
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Ignite NYC VIII -- Brooklyn Edition
Ignite NYC
Thursday, March 4, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 11:55 PM (EST)
Event Details
Ignite NYC comes to DUMBO, Brooklyn!
Ladies and gentlemen, we are expanding! In nearly two years we've thrown seven Ignites for the technology communities in NYC. We are pleased to announce that our next event will take place on March 4th in Silicon Alley's DUMBO, Brooklyn at the Galapagos Art Space.
Geek Jeopardy will be kicking off the night! Brush up on your knowledge of the entire internet if you hope to win. Your host, Alex Trebek, will facilitate the game and test your knowledge of five categories. The champion will be declared the grand master of all internet knowledge. Study up! Game Designer: Summer Bedard (in collaboration with Merv Griffin!)
Suggested donations and VIP seating are a first for Ignite NYC. Why are we doing this? Because we need money to sustain Ignite NYC and to provide even better offerings for the NYC technology communities going forward.
Here's how it works:
- If you pay the suggested donation of $10 or more, you will be let in first upon presenting your tickets at the door. You must arrive by 7 PM to be guaranteed a spot.
- If you purchase a VIP seat for $40, you will get to sit in one of two "pods" directly in front of the stage.
- Those who do not pay $10 or more will be on standby and will be let in at 7:20 PM upon availability.
If you have any questions regarding our ticketing system, please contact Ignite NYC's Director, Tikva Morowati at tikvais [at] gmail [dot] com.
Doors will open at 6:30 pm.
Ignite starts at 7:30 pm with Geek Jeopardy
Ignite Talks begin at 7:50
Stick around after the talks are over for our afterparty! Galapagos will keep their doors open until 12 am for us to celebrate!
Can't wait to see you on March 4th!
Ignite NYC Speakers
Thanks to kornhaberbrown.com who will be filming our speakers!
ANDY CARVIN: "The New Volunteers: Crowdsourcing And Disaster Response" ...As recently as 10 years ago, the only way most of us could volunteer after a disaster was to either donate blood or money. But the Internet has changed all of that, making it possible for people to donate their technical skills, building tools that are literally saving lives during crises like the Haiti earthquake. NPR's Andy Carvin gives this whirlwind tour of how the Internet has changed volunteerism.
Carvin is the Senior Strategist at NPR; runs NPR's social media desk.Former director of the Digital Divide Network. Has helped coordinate online volunteer efforts in response to crises including 9-11, the Boxing Day Tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav, and the Haiti earthquake. @acarvin, http://acarvin.posterous.com
ANTHONY TOWNSEND: "Cities, Disasters, Networks, Resilience: Why You Should Design For Crisis Communications" ...Townsend will speak to the many ways communications networks and services fail during disasters (i.e. Haiti's earthquake), and how they drive new uses. He will finish with a challenge to webheads - why they should anticipate unanticipated uses of their sites/technologies and design with that in mind. His research is based on a study he conducted for Homeland Security while at NYU in 2005: http://www.nyu.edu/ccpr/pubs/NYU-DisasterCommunications1-Final.pdf
Townsend is an urban planner & forecaster with the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, on permanent loan to the East Coast. @anthonymobile, http://www.iftf.org
CINDY GALLOP: "If You Ran The World, What Would You Do?" ...The single biggest pool of untapped natural resource in the world is human good intentions that never translate into action. Cindy Gallop talks about how www.ifwerantheworld.com is designed to help change the world one microaction at a time, and why the future of the real-time web is real-time action.
Gallop's background is brandbuilding, marketing and advertising. She started up the US office of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty in 1998 and in 2003 was named Advertising Woman of the Year. She is an entrepreneur who launched www.makelovenotporn.com at TED 2009 and has just launched www.ifwerantheworld.com in beta with a demo at TED 2010. She acts as board advisor to a number of tech startups and also consults, describing her consultancy approach as "I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business." @cindygallop1, @ifwerantheworld, http://www.ifwerantheworld.com
DEANNA ZANDT: "What Would Kermit Do? How Being a Muppet on Social Networks Can Change the World" ...Sure, you can market your product, or you can raise money for your cause, all with the magic of social networks. But did you know that living the Muppet ethos -- *and* posting what you had for breakfast, even! -- can change the world? Deanna Zandt will cut through the hype and show you why *you* matter most in the wild west frontier of online social networking.
Zandt is a media technologist and the author of "Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking" (forthcoming: Berrett-Koehler, June 2010). She is a consultant to key progressive media organizations including AlterNet and Jim Hightower's Hightower Lowdown, and hosts TechGrrl Tips on GRITtv with Laura Flanders. Zandt specializes in social media, and is a leading expert in women and technology. @randomdeanna, http://deannazandt.com
EMILY SPIVACK: "Sentimental Value: Clothing Stories from eBay"
When someone auctions clothing on eBay, s/he usually provides a basic set of information: a simple description, the size, the condition, etc. Sometimes though, the person feels the need to say more. Maybe s/he thinks the story is essential to understanding the clothing or makes the item more marketable... These stories offer an unusual window into a stranger's life and the personalities behind the anonymity of eBay. This prompted Spivack to start Sentimental Value, an ongoing collection of stories about clothing she's culled from eBay posts.
In addition to maintaining Sentimental Value, Spivack is the Director of Dowser (http://www.dowser.org), a media organization focused on covering stories of social innovators and creative changemakers. She is also the Founder of Shop Well with You (http://www.shopwellwithyou.org), a body-image resource for women with cancer. @emspivack, http://www.sentimental-value.com
JOSEPHINE DORADO: "reACTor: a location-based mobile gaming app that connects news with social action"...reACTor (working title, based on fractor.org) is an initiative to create a mobile game that allows users to "play the news" -- players would be shown the news 1000 feet around them (or other specified distance), and then are presented with social actions and volunteer opportunities associated with that news.
Dorado is a New York-based media artist, producer, social entrepreneur and skydiver. In her work, she explores the extension of the performance environment with technology and the process of cultural exchange through creative interplay in virtual spaces. She initiated the Kidz Connect program, which connects youth internationally via creative collaboration and theatrical performance in virtual worlds, and received a MacArthur Foundation award to co-found Fractor.org, which matches news with opportunities for activism. She was a Fulbright scholarship recipient and an artist-in-residence at the Waag Society in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and continues her involvement with Fulbright as a member of the Board of Directors. @funksoup, http://funksoup.com
MARTHA DENTON, "A PowerPoint about PowerPoint" ...As a PowerPoint professional, Denton sees a lot of bad PowerPoint presentations. She will give you some kickass tips on how to make awesome PowerPoint presentations!
Denton is a freelance Visual Communications Specialist, who is ex-McKinsey. She's got experience working on the design of presentations from small meetings to presentations to Congress, and she's utterly obsessed with good PowerPoint. @marden928, www.marthadenton.com
NOEL HIDALGO: "Government 2.0 - An Empire State of Mind" ...It's been one year since "change" arrived to Washington DC. Since then, the national technology/media circus has been jumping though hoops to promote this new .gov and that new .gov. Yet, during this same time period, governments across New York have been break through old barriers and re-inventing government. From unprecedented data & information transparency to social media campaigns to unprecedented levels of open source adoption - from all levels of government, Government 2.0 is the Empire State of Mind.
As the Director of Technology Innovation at the New York State Senate, Hidalgo is 2.0 (two-point-O'ing) the New York State Senate and helping his fellow New Yorkers understand the power of an open, transparent and efficient legislature. @noneck, http://blog.noneck.org
RANA JUNE SOBHANY: "The Universe is Your Chiropractor"...Being in the world is hard. But everything happens for a reason. At every level of the business world, from entrepreneurs to middle-managers to entry-level employees, workers share hardships each day that it's enough to make anyone quit. Don't.
Sobhany is not a marketer, at least not in the traditional sense. She is a brand storyteller who believes that polish is the key to success in creating a lasting and memorable brand. Specializing in developing customer acquisition strategies, brand positioning, and leveraging public relations as marketing, Rana applies her unique style and methodology of integrated marketing communications to promoting companies and ideas across political, nonprofit, mobile, entertainment, advertising and social channels. @ranajune, http://www.ranajune.com
REX SORGATZ: "Why The Hills Is The Greatest Show In The History of Television"
Rex lives on the internet and dreams on the television. @fimoculous, http://www.fimoculous.com
TAL CHALOZIN: "A Super Fast Run Through the Result of Combining the Smart with the Useless" ...A quick peek to the GarageGeeks!
Chalozin is the co-founder of INNOVID, a ground-breaking in-video advertising and analytics platform. In early 2006, he co-founded the GarageGeeks an Israeli underground non-profit innovation and collaboration lab. In 2008, Chalozin was selected as BusinessWeek's "Best Young European Entrepreneur." @innovid, www.garagegeeks.org
TOM LIMONGELLO: "Designing the Sloth: The Key to Augmented Reality"...A member of IDEO in the documentary film Objectified let us in on a secret of design...that it's best to design for the outliers and let the ones in the middle fall into place. For all the hype of augmented reality, there have been few successes, and for good reason. We are designing for fleet foxes, instead of Mr Three-toed Sloth. Limongello will attempt to show some examples of how we already use augmented reality in life, and how limiting our range of movement, and focusing less on applications that cater to those who run around cities marking their territory can help us understand the value of augmented reality.
Limongello works at Crisp Wireless to improve the quality of mobile advertising. He also spends his time trying to connect the US and China, and to promote memes that raise awareness for failures on the bleeding edge of technology such as #failwhale and #thebluelego. @toms, http://uwsjournal.com
WALT RIBEIRO: "Bringing Back the Orchestra"...The orchestra was seen as a dead genre. Yet it is something that we all are familiar with it and is a part of our lives. Riberiro will look into how we identify with this music, where it's headed, and how to bring it back.
A former music instructor for Revision 3 and UstreamTV, Ribeiro was known as "The Intermet's Music Teacher." He recently went solo to work on a project titled 'For Orchestra' where he arranges pop songs for orchestra based on arrangemets from Lady Gaga, Guns N Roses, Bon Jovi, and more. @WaltRibeiro, http://www.fororchestra.com
YASSER ANSARI: "Nature Deficit Disorder, The Rise of Citizen Science, and Rebuilding Noah's Ark" ...At a time when ecosystems across the planet are in peril, a growing disconnect with nature continues. Still, many new projects and initiatives are gaining momentum and encouraging amateur scientists to collect and contribute valuable wildlife data. Harnessing the power of the web and the popularity of new mobile devices, it's now easier than ever to join the movement and play an active role in documenting and preserving our planet's biodiversity.
Ansari is a second year ITP grad student who studied molecular biology and bioinformatics as an undergrad at UC San Diego. From 2003- 2008 he worked in business development and product management in the wireless industry since 2003 (at companies like Qualcomm and NYC local start-up Peek). He holds several technology patents and used to raise poison dart frogs, australian bearded dragons, and a whole slew of other captive bred reptiles and amphibians. @projectnoah, http://www.networkedorganisms.com
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Kim Kardashian may not be returning for a 10th season of her family's reality series "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," according to her interview with Dujour magazine.
Well, well, well, looks as if Kimmie has finally comprehended the notion of TMI. We suppose she's learning her lesson at least in part from her high-profile divorce from Kris Humphries after their 72 days of marriage.
The juggernaut E! series, which spawned several spinoffs and launched Kardashian's entire family to fame shortly after her own sex tape gave her celebrity, is currently taping its eighth season. She's still on board for the ninth season, she told the mag.
PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian's relationships and flings
"I think there's always an evolution of, you know, what you want to do in life," she told Dujour. "It's all about finding things that really excite you and motivate you and spark you all over again. I'm realizing that no matter what, if you go into something with all these expectations and plans, once you're actually living it, it could be completely different."


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Personal Project: The Artist's Studio
Posted on September 5th, by Danny Santos II in Personal Project. 2 comments
It's been a long long time since my last blog post… around 2 years. My apologies for this, I've been crazy busy with client shoots. I'm not complaining though, busy is always good, right? Anyway, in the next few weeks, I will regularly be coming back to this blog to post some of the interesting projects I've had the pleasure of being part of, some of which I've had to fly overseas for. So please do stay tuned.
To fire this blog up from it's long slumber, I will start with a personal project that I actually worked on 3 years ago.… Read more


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From "A Century of Wayne County, Kentucky, 1800-1900" on Ancestry
First white men of Wayne County – "Long Hunters" – summer of 1770.
James Knox
Richard Knox
William Allen *captured by Cherokee
Joseph Drake
Obadiah Terrell
John Rains
Uriah Stone
Henry Smith – even if this isn't my direct line, perhaps this is a connection for why my Smith's came to this area from Danville.
Edward Cowan
Christopher Stoph *captured by Cherokee
Humphrey Hogan
Cassius Brooks
Robert Crockett
James Graham
John Montgomery
Abraham Bledsoe
Richard Skaggs
Henry Skaggs
David Lynch
Kasper Mansco
Russell Hughes (book says Russell and Hughes)
In 1774, Colonel William Preston gave orders to Captain Billy Russell to warn settlers and surveyors in Kentucky of an Indian upraising.
In May, 1779, the Virginia Assembly enacted a law opening Kentucky to general settlement by survey, entry, and residence. In the same year, the General Assembly of Virginia passed an act for marking and opening a road over the Cumberland Mountains in the County of Kentucky. Richard Calloway and John Kinkead effected the opening of the road* by Dec 1, 1781.
From 1800 to 1810, each year brought a large number of families. Grants under the "Headrights" provision were made to the following… Matthew and William Smith
* (Wilderness Road – from Wikipedia)
The Wilderness Road was the principal route used by settlers for more than fifty years to reach Kentucky from the East. In 1775, Daniel Boone blazed a trail for the Transylvania Company from Fort Chiswell in Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky. It was later lengthened, following Native American trails, to reach the Falls of the Ohio at Louisville. The Wilderness Road was steep and rough, and it could only be traversed on foot or horseback. Despite the adverse conditions, thousands of people used it.
In 1792, the new Kentucky legislature provided money to upgrade the road. In 1796, an improved all-weather road was opened for wagon and carriage travel. The road was abandoned around 1840, although modern highways follow much of its route.


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Diana Ross: for One and for All
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In 1983 before an audience of thousands of fans in New York's Central Park, the singer gives an all-out performance, even braving a downpour until lightning ends that day's performance. The next day, Diana Ross and her fans return and she performs the entire concert again. Andy Warhol, who attended the storm-tossed concert, said, "The sky darkened and the rain came and it was the most incredible thing I've ever seen. Just the event of the century - her hair blowing and soaking wet ... it was like a dream, like a hallucination, watching this spectacle." G
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Angry Birds may be angry and destructive, but they're not spies.
Rovio Entertainment, creator of the popular mobile game on Tuesday said it does not work with the National Security Agency or other government agencies.
The Finland-based company was responding to news reports, based on leaked documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden, that said the NSA and its British counterpart, GCHQ, are taking advantage of weaknesses in mobile apps, including Angry Birds, to secretly collect user data.
Rovio said it "does not share data, collaborate or collude with any government spy agencies such as NSA or GCHQ anywhere in the world."
However, the company said "the alleged surveillance may be conducted through third party advertising networks used by millions of commercial web sites and mobile applications across all industries." Rovio did stress that it 'does not allow any third party network to use or hand over personal end-user data from Rovio's apps."
But it added: "If advertising networks are indeed targeted, it would appear that no Internet-enabled device that visits ad-enabled web sites or uses ad-enabled applications is immune to such surveillance."
And because of this, Rovio CEO Mikael Hed also said, "In order to protect our end users, we will, like all other companies using third party advertising networks, have to re-evaluate working with these networks if they are being used for spying purposes."
Aside from Angry Birds, Rovio's games include Bad Piggies, an Angry Birds spinoff, and a Star Wars version of Angry Birds that calls on gamers to "join the Pork side."
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The engine transplant on the Paseo is coming along nicely, the Probe is well on the way to recovery, and the Corolla SR5 should be ready for the road in a month. That leaves my daily driver, a '94 Ford Escort LX coupe. Once the Paseo is complete my roommate is buying the Escort, and I'm going to miss that car.
It's far from being a driver's car, but it's an honest vehicle, reliable and always ready for a drive. She reminds me of a puppy, not always the most sure-footed thing, but always enthused for taking a little trip. She's the second Forzda I've owned, the chassis based on the Mazda 323, with Ford's 1.9L engine as the heart. The longest trip I've taken went from Nashville to Lexington, KY to pick up the Paseo, and she handled it superbly.
She's been a great companion, and has performed well beyond my humble expectations for an Escort.
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Thoughts on War
Anne Christian was the sister of Patrick Henry and the wife of Colonel William Christian.
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"You wish to know what I think of this war of independence... Well, speaking truthfully I can tell you that it has been a subject of great debate in my family for many years. My brother Pat, well, he has been — some would say — at the forefront of all of this beginning back in '65 with the Stamp Act, and how he wrote some resolutions against the Stamp Act. Many were surprised that the young burgess Patrick Henry would take so — shall we say — strong a stance on the issue, given that it was his first year as a burgess. But as I say, I suppose that is what begun it all. And now we are to war, and I worry, but I know that what our men are doing is for the betterment of us all, and so yes, I do support them in this cause."
Sharon Forsher is a supervising coach of character interpretation and
interprets the character of Anne Christian for Colonial Williamsburg.


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Xenon is the latest collection of swivel chairs, designed for Profim by ITO Design, a German design group. The Xenon family was created to meet the needs of demanding customers who attach particular importance to ergonomic solutions, while still requiring the greatest attention to be paid to the design and the aesthetics. Xenon is an essential type of chair from Profim, which means that it is equipped with all the necessary mechanisms and adjustment options which you would expect, with the guarantee of full ergonomics at a reasonable price. This updated chair design boasts unique, unprecedented functions, such as innovative lumbar support and armrests with pads that can be adjusted in any horizontal direction. Xenon visitor version - complements this product line. This chair offers a few variants of frames some of which are stacable, which makes the storage easier. The collection features chairs with both low and high backrests, available in different finishes with several upholstery types in over 130 colours.
Profim is one of the top office seating manufacturer offering swivel armchairs and chairs, visitor chairs and soft seating furniture.


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Sorry for the brief hiatus, but when Mother Migraine decides she wants to put you on your butt you have no choice but to go down. Slept most of yesterday and awoke to the news we have a new president and the Mets probably won't make much of a splash in the FA market.
Been trying to catch up on the Hot Stove News and there's really not much that's surprising. We know the Yankees are offering money to just about everybody while the Mets figure not to stray far from their $143 million payroll from last year.
Most of the news seems to substantiate what we've been talking about here, that the Mets will go after pitching, pitching and somebody to throw the ball to the catcher. They'd like to keep Oliver Perez and sign Derek Lowe, and they've targeted Brian Fuentes as their closer.
Nothing shocking there.
The Mets don't figure to go after a big bat because they don't believe that's why they lost. Their problems hitting with runners in scoring position were brought into greater focus because of the 29 blown saves. Cut that in half, they figure, and the NL East would have been theirs for the taking.
Actually, that was their same philosophy each of the last two winters. After 2006, there was the belief of entitlement, that after coming so close they would naturally take the next step. After 2007, there was a feeling the collapse was an aberration and they were still the team to beat.
Not so then, and maybe not so now.


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What makes a job an easy one? That depends. Some are easy because they offer minimal contact with the public. Others, because they don't require an advanced degree. Still others, because the spectacular beachfront location of the office makes it impossible to dwell on the downsides for too long.
Unfortunately, one downside that's next to impossible to overlook is a low salary. If you're struggling to make rent and subsisting on a diet of Ramen noodles, it doesn't matter if you have free access to the company sauna. But is it possible that there are jobs with flexible hours, fantastic locations and copious vacation time that also net a decent paycheck?
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Veteran News Anchor Mike Gousha joined the WISN 12 News team in January 2008 as host of the weekly, statewide news show "UPFRONT with Mike Gousha," which airs Sundays at 9 a.m.
Mike also offers political analysis for WISN and is a contributing news anchor and reporter for special news assignments.
Mike's interest in politics comes from covering numerous campaigns, eight national conventions and two presidential inaugurations. He moderated the Democratic Presidential Debate in Milwaukee in 2004, and has solo hosted more than a dozen other political debates, including races for Congress, Senate, Governor, Mayor and Milwaukee County Executive.
In addition to his duties at WISN 12, Mike currently serves as Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy at Marquette University Law School. He joined Marquette in January of 2007 after concluding a 25 year career at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. During his career at WTMJ, Mike was a lead anchor and host of the popular interview program "Sunday Night."
As a reporter, he has covered a wide array of local, national and international stories. He traveled to El Salvador and Nicaragua in the 1980's to produce an award-winning series on the flight of refugees to Milwaukee.
As host of "Sunday Night," Mike interviewed more than 800 people over 17 years. The roster of guests includes a "who's who" of business, political, and religious leaders, along with actors, athletes and authors.
Prior to coming to Milwaukee, Mike worked at WSAW-TV in Wausau, Wis., and at WIBA Radio in Madison. He also worked as a print reporter for the Capital News Bureau in Madison.
Mike has earned numerous national and local awards during his journalism career, including two Emmy awards. He has received the Associated Press' prestigious Carol Brewer award for outstanding, long-term contributions to broadcast journalism in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Press Club named him a Knight of the Golden Quill, the club's rarest and highest honor.
Gousha graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1978 with a degree in journalism. He lives with his wife in Milwaukee, and has deep roots in the community. His father, Richard, was a former superintendent of the Milwaukee Public Schools.


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December 18, 2012 09:45 ET
The ShinesRooms.com Provides Stock Research on Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp.
The ShinesRooms.com Provides Stock Research on Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp.
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Dec 18, 2012) - Consolidation amongst telecommunication companies continued again this week as Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (NYSE: S) $2.2 billion bid to buy out the remaining stake in Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) was approved by the latter's board. The $2.2 billion bid was raised from a previous offer that Clearwire did not accept. It could be met with some resistance from some shareholders but the deal is expected to be finalized in the middle of next year and has already had an impact on the industry. It should also be noted that the deal is contingent upon finalization of Japan's SoftBank agreement to buy out 70% of Sprint. That deal has also met opposition with minority shareholder, Crest Financial Ltd., filing a lawsuit in an attempt to halt the transaction.
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The completed deal would beg the questions: How does the deal affect each company and what ramifications will there be for the industry as a whole?
High debt levels have challenged Clearwire for some time now but if the transaction goes through, Sprint Nextel looks well positioned to deal with it. Clearwire has been looking for financing to make upgrades to its network and increase its 4G capabilities. Shares of Clearwire have already been dented in the wake of the deal but appear to be in a much better position to recover in the long-term. Patient investors could be rewarded down the road after it puts its newly acquired cash to work. Disappointed minority shareholders do threaten to challenge the deal though as they deem that the bid undervalued the vast spectrum Sprint will receive. It does appear unlikely at this time that their opposition will be sufficient to block the deal however.
Sprint Nextel, currently the nation's third largest wireless carrier, benefits from the deal by becoming an increased competitive threat. Clearwater's technology obtained in the deal should allow it to better challenge its two larger rivals. Sprint's CEO Dan Hesse recently echoed this notion, "Today's transaction marks yet another significant step in Sprint's improved competitive position," and that, "Sprint is uniquely positioned to maximize the value of Clearwire's spectrum and efficiently deploy it to increase Sprint's network capacity."
Perhaps more importantly, the deal will allow Sprint to build a stronger network without relying on joint ventures. According to Sprint, the company is already working with suppliers to ensure compatibility with the three separate frequencies that its combined network will employ. Furthermore, hot-spot broadband access devices may be available in 2013 with phones to potentially follow in 2014. The strengthening of its network is even more attractive after factoring in the current sales trends of smartphones and tablet devices as well as the greater data demands they are placing on telecom providers. Sprint could also be in-line to make further deals when it has the financial backing that comes with a completed deal with SoftBank.
For the industry as a whole, the move could portend increased consolidation and acquisition activity in 2013. The deal underscores the tremendously high levels of competition and the pressure applied by rapid technological turnover. These two factors have already forced numerous smaller companies into dangerously high debt levels making them even more likely to accept a buyout.
Moving forward, the Sprint/Clearwater deal may have set the table for a very active 2013 for telecommunications providers. An easing of fiscal cliff concerns may also loosen the purse strings of companies hesitant to take on more debt in the face of tremendous economic uncertainty. Another White House meeting between President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner this week is fueling optimism that a deal could be reached in as soon as a few days.
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New Logo Design for Island Academy
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Happy October 1st Everyone!
My sincere apology for lack of blogging and commenting in the past few months.
I have reduced/put my crafting time on hold in order to accommodate
changes in my personal and work life. I am also thinking
about making some changes in the type of crafts
I would like to do. Well, time will tell.
Today, I want to share a Halloween treat caddy with you ~
a DT projct for the Scor-Pal October Challenge.
I have limited supplies for Halloween in my stash, so I created
a treat caddy without any stamped image, using only
die cuts, designer paper and embellishments.
The caddy holds 3 full size chocolate bars.
I have stuffed it with my son's favorite Wonderbars.
Dies/Punches ~ Impression Obsession, La La Land Crafts, Magnolia,
Memory Box, Stampin'Up, Tim Holtz by Sizzix
Designer Paper ~ Kaiser Craft, Stampin'Up
Hope this treat box inspires you to make one and join in
the fun of creating with us at Scor-Pal.
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a lovely week!


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Project for MahmudurRahman11
Presupuesto $45 USD
Hi MahmudurRahman11, I noticed your profile and would like to offer you my project. We can discuss any details over chat.
10 freelancers están ofertando el promedio de $50 para este trabajo
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Hope you are all having an amazing week so far!
The weather got finally a little better, but I hope Spring will have a little earlier this year! Miss those sunny days, oh and those Summer vacations when all you have to worry about is whether you want an extra scoop of ice cream or not, or if it's finally time for you to stop sunbathing! I can't be the only one that can't wait for Summer to be her or their holidays to finally start!
I am wearing:
Vest - Tally Weijl
Shirt - Primark
Jeans - Tally Weijl
Bag - Ikrush
Heels - Primark
Necklaces - Gifts
Bracelets - 2014 Charm & Guess
Rings - Warren James & Primark


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As a follow up to my post, "Is Carbonation Good or Bad?" I want to tell you about the SodaStream home soda maker. Tired of lugging home, storing and recycling cases of heavy seltzer bottles, I thought I would give one a try.
Tall and sleek, it fits nicely on my countertop and under the overhead cabinets.
I had heard that they are easy to use and they really are! Once you set up the carbonator in the drinksmaker, you simply fill the carbonating bottle with cold water (I use filtered water.), screw it in to the carbonator, press the button on top three times (4 for more carbonation) and seconds later you have delicious seltzer water. If you want flavored seltzer or soda, you add the flavoring afterwards. Just slowly pour it into the tilted soda bottle, close and gently shake. I tried the cola flavoring and the lemon line. Both were good - the cola flavoring tasted just like coke. While I avoid foods with artificial flavorings, I was glad to know they are made without high-fructose corn syrup or aspartame.
I noticed that the fizziness stays for a couple of days, though you'll definitely finish the bottle of seltzer long before it goes flat. Another plus, the carbonator bottles never need washing, only a quick rinse with warm water, if that.
When the carbonator is empty, you can take it to any participating retailer where they will sell you a full one for the price of the gas contents only. Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, the Bon-Ton family of stores, Crate and Barrel, Kohl's, Macy's, Staples, Sur La Table, Target, Wal-Mart, and Williams-Sonoma are some national retailers that carry exchange carbonators.
I try not to clutter my kitchen with extraneous gadgets, but SodaStream I highly recommend. It's practical, simple-to-use, no-fuss and good for the environment - no energy is wasted by transporting billions of gallons of soda and seltzer every day, nor is there any empty bottles thrown into the landfill. Give one a try – Starter kits start at $129.00 and include a home soda maker, 1 reusable BPA-free carbonating bottle with fizz-preserving cap, 1 60L CO2 carbonator which makes up to 60 liters or 50 cans, and a sodamix taste sampler with 6 flavors (they have over 50!)
As their marketing materials say, "it just makes good sense". It really does.
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• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.
The Syrian Army deployed troops to the country's primary port on the Mediterranean on Saturday night after a day of violence that saw anti-government demonstrators and government officials trading accusations over the deaths of at least two civilians.
Witnesses, speaking anonymously for fear of reprisal, said that troops arrived in Latakia under cover of night and established a presence in key areas of the port city, reports the Associated Press.
Activists say the two civilians were killed when Syrian security forces opened fire on demonstrators, but government officials claim the two were shot by renegade snipers, reports BBC News.
Syrian presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told the BBC that "armed groups," rather than Syrian forces, were causing the violence in Latakia. Ms. Shaaban also accused Sheik Youssef al-Qaradawi, a Qatari cleric who condemned the violence against Syrian protesters Friday, for inciting the violence.
The Syrian government said Sunday that 12 people, including security forces, residents, and two members of shadowy "armed elements" died in the Latakia violence.
Protests across the country
Anti-government protests continued across Syria on Saturday, reports Agence France-Presse.
Protesters in the city of Tafas torched a police station and the local headquarters of the Baath Party, which has ruled Syria since 1963. And in Deraa, the city along the Jordanian border which has been the epicenter of Syria's recent anti-government protests, some 300 men tore down a statue of former President Hafez Assad, father of current President Bashar Assad.
AFP adds that in an effort to placate the protesters and show evidence of promised reform, the Syrian government released 260 political prisoners Saturday. Abdul Karim Rihawi of the Syrian League for the Defence of Human Rights told AFP that the detainees were mainly Islamists, along with 14 Kurds.
Social media's role
Saturday's deadly violence in Latakia is only the latest in Syria, with activists placing the number of protesters killed at more than 100. And much like the previous upheaval across the Middle East, social media is proving a means to show evidence of crackdowns against protesting civilians. The Telegraph describes video shot during a government crackdown Friday in Deraa that shows several bodies in the streets as protesters seek cover from machine-gun fire. Some of the video, which contains graphic content, is available at Al Jazeera English's live blog for Saturday.
The Syrian government has come under increasing criticism abroad for violence against its citizens.
Deutsche Welle reports that European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned Syria's crackdown. "Despite the latest announcement of improved political freedoms and restraint, violent repression of demonstrators has continued. I strongly condemn the brutal repression, including the totally unacceptable use of violence and live ammunition, which must cease now," she said.
And The Daily Star of Lebanon, a nation in which Syria has long played a major role, ran an editorial calling for President Assad and the Baathist regime in Syria to follow through on their promises to reform.
If the latest batch of promises by the Syrian regime proves to be a set of cosmetic measures, and not sincere moves toward reform, the violence will merely wane for a while, and then explode again, with even worse consequences.
If Syrian officials were content to talk about external conditions in the past, as a justification for "taking it slow," they should read the conditions in the Arab world and come up with a new orientation – it's time to move quickly, and seriously, in the direction of reform.
And the "virtually unprecedented" upheaval in Syria leaves the Israeli daily, Haaretz, speculating that it could be the beginning of the end of Assad's regime.
The scope of the weekend's demonstrations is not entirely clear, but in Syria's major cities, unlike in Daraa, the numbers apparently have not approached what was seen in Tunis, Benghazi, and Cairo in recent months. The demonstrations Friday centered on protests against the recent deaths in Daraa rather than on demands to remove Assad's regime from power.
On the other hand, the unrest in Syria may be a first step on the path toward deposing the Syrian leader. The new developments are virtually unprecedented; until two weeks ago, the regime had not been faced with open protest other than in the Kurdish region in the north.
Haaretz notes that the sorts of conciliatory gestures Assad has been making, such as the release of political prisoners, are similar to those made by the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt before they fell.


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VC Commencement Saturday
Some 376 Victoria College students will graduate during VC's 89th annual commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday in the VISD Fine Arts Center. VC mathematics professor Diana Pagel will give the commencement address, and Zeke Dierlam will be the student speaker at the ceremony. Dierlam, 22, is one of the top academic graduates. He will receive an Associate of Arts degree as well as an Associate of Science degree, reports the Victoria Advocate.
Pat Vandervoort, Victoria College vice president of instruction, and David Murphy, Victoria College Foundation treasurer, will present the Distinguished Teaching Award. Pagel was the 2013 recipient of the award.
Josie Rivera, Victoria College Board of Trustees secretary, and Missy Klimitchek, Victoria College registrar, will award the diplomas.
The event is free and open to the public. However, seating is limited. Tickets will be available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.


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Stars for Soccer – Eva Longoria
Saturday – David Beckham's debut for the LA Galaxy vs Chelsea. He sat out the first half, came in late to thunderous applause as his wife, behind sunglasses and a cute black dress, sipped champagne from a private box, deeply engaged in conversation with the always opportunistic Eva Longoria. Famewhore meets Famewhore… new BFFs? Certainly well matched, non?
Here's Eva arriving on Saturday walking the red carpet at a sporting event: love, love, love! And Eva also on the weekend having lunch with friends and her husband surrounded by pappies. Check out the look on Tony's face. After a wedding bought and paid for by a celebrity weekly and courting photographers during a week long wedding celebration… perhaps he thought that would be the end of it? Perhaps he actually thought his new wife would be content to fade away? To live away from the lens?
But Eva Longoria hasn't inspired this much interest since Desperate Housewives Season 1 – and that was 2 years ago. Girl is milkin' it for all its worth.
Poor Tony thought wrong.


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As President Obama's second term gets underway, there is a growing debate about whether comprehensive immigration reform will remain a priority given the ambitious agenda he has outlined, including the need to address the budget, tax reform, climate change and gun violence.
So far, the White House continues to say that immigration reform is on the front burner. More important, the administration is acting as if it is a priority. This week, for example, administration officials met with key members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss how to push forward legislation. Also this week, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who heads up the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced that the committee would probably take up the issue next month. And already, some bipartisan discussions are underway.
Outside Washington, business and religious leaders say they consider immigration reform a top legislative priority and are launching a grass-roots drive to build support. Yet some advocates and observers remain skeptical that federal lawmakers will actually move forward with new laws.
Why? Well, for starters because any type of effort to overhaul the immigration system will require support from moderate Republicans, such as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). He concedes that his party needs to improve its standing with Latino voters, who overwhelming cast their ballots for Obama, even in states that traditionally vote for a Republican candidate. But just how far Rubio and others are willing to go on the most vexing aspect of immigration reform remains a question.


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Let the Joe Girardi talk begin. Good luck. First off, you're not going to get him, Theo Epstein. The Yankees are going to beat you to him, sorry.
I love Epstein's optimism. He says the perception around the league is the Cubs are coming, and coming fast. Oh yeah. Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo leading the way. Oh, good experience for these guys. They're not even 24 yet and already they've gotten a manager fired.
Don't blame me. I begged for Girardi in 2006. Nope. We just had to go with Lou Piniella. That's OK. The senior moment press conferences were worth it.
My guess is Mike Maddux. Welcome to the loony bin and a bunch of kids, Mike. Call your brother Greg for advice. He'll tell you to run, not walk, out of there as fast as you can.
Another circus is in town this weekend. Ohio State and the ESPN "GameDay" crew are in Evanston! Everyone is making signs. I know what mine is. It's going to say: "I once went to an Ohio State-Northwestern game in 1980 and Ohio State won 63-0. I'd like my money back."
I love the atmosphere, but this is not a great series. This feels like a "tailgate only" game where I won't be making it into the game. That's OK. The party is outside, folks.
Sunday football. Um, I love Phil Emery and what he's done, but Shea McLellin is a big fat bust. I mean worthless, and I'm being nice. Too darn small to play defensive line, and not a linebacker. Phil, keep this up, and you'll be the smartest guy in the room—but the room will be a broom closet.
But hey, let's celebrate. The Blackhawks are back! This week reminds me that we played only half a season last year! And really, that's all we need! So please, get started without me. I'll start watching in January when football ends. And the Bulls begin their preseason Saturday!
In keeping with tradition, Derrick Rose isn't expected to play!
I'm kidding. This is the year he comes back and everyone else breaks down.
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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is in critical condition after he and four others were injured during a shooting at a baseball field in Alexandria Wednesday morning. Lawmakers reported hearing between 50 and 100 shots fired. After a gunfight with police, the shooter was fatally injured.
The timeline
6:30 a.m.: The Republican baseball team began practicing for Thursday's Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. They were hitting and fielding balls at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in the 400 block of Monroe Street, near the YMCA.
7:09 a.m.: Alexandria Police received a report of a shooting at the ballfield. Some Capitol Police officers, assigned to protect Scalise, were on the scene at the time of the shooting.
7:12 a.m.: Alexandria Police exchanged gunfire with the suspect.
8:23 a.m.: Alexandria Police confirmed the suspect was in custody.
11:36 a.m.: President Trump confirmed the suspect had died.
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The victims
Rep. Steve Scalise was standing on second base fielding balls when he was shot in the hip.
He has undergone several surgeries and will require more, MedStar Washington hospital reported Thursday night. His health has improved, but he remains in critical condition. The hospital said Scalise will remain in their care 'for some time.'
Scalise was able to speak with his wife on the phone before surgery. Mrs. Scalise and their two young children are at the hospital after flying in from New Orleans.
President Trump and the first lady Melania Trump made a surprise visit to Rep. Scalise at the hospital. They brought two bouquets of white flowers.
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Tyson Food Director of Government Relations Matt Mika suffered several gunshot wounds and remains in the intensive care unit in serious condition, which is an improvement from critical condition as he was intially listed. Mika underwent surgery and has the most severe injuries.
In a statement, Mika's family said they expect him to remain in the hospital for several days. "We continue to be in disbelief that he would be part of this heinous attack," the family wrote.
Mika is a former aide to Michigan Republican congressman Tim Walberg.
Mika's family described him as "a very thoughtful, fun-loving person who is competitive and loyal; all things which contributed to his continued commitment to the Congressional Baseball Game."
Special agents with Capitol Police, David Bailey and Crystal Griner, were also among those injured. Griner was shot in the ankle and is in good condition in the hospital. She is expected to make a full recovery. Bailey was treated for a minor injury and has been released from the hospital.
"I want to commend Special Agents Griner, Bailey, and Henry Cabrera for their heroic and appropriate response," said U.S. Capitol Police Chief Matthew Verderosa in a statement. "Today we saw how our officers' extensive training and quick response saved lives."
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Congressional staffer Zach Barth also was injured in the attack. No further details have been released about his injuries.
Rep. Roger Williams (R-Tex.) wasn't shot, but hurt his ankle during the attack. He's in a boot and on crutches.
The gunman
The suspect, identified as James T. Hodgkinson, 66, from Illinois, used an M4 assault carbine during the attack, CBS News confirmed. The FBI also recovered a 9 mm handgun from the scene.
The bureau said Hodgkinson bought both of the weapons from federal firearm licensees. At this time, there is no evidence he bought them unlawfully, the FBI reported Thursday.
The FBI also is examining a cell phone, computer, and camera taken from his van, which was parked in the YMCA parking lot across from the shooting scene.
Hodgkinson was a member at that YMCA, though he canceled his membership the day before the shooting, telling staff that he was moving.
In cell phone video from the scene, gunshots could be heard for several minutes.
Court records from St. Clair County, Illinois, reveal a troubled man with a long history of violence. More than 30 criminal and civil cases dating back to 1989 involve the Alexandria shooter.
In recent months, Hodgkinson had reportedly been living in Alexandria, Virginia. Former Mayor Bill Euille told WUSA9 he'd recently met the suspect at the local YMCA. He described Hodgkinson as "calm" and "quiet" and said he wasn't on his radar for something like this.
"He never expressed himself, at least to me politically," the former mayor said. "No signs of depression."
WATCH: Full interview with former Alexandria mayor Bill Euille
Hodgkinson's Facebook page paints a portrait of a man with strong political views. He was a member of fiercely anti-Republican Facebook groups. And he served as a presidential campaign volunteer for Bernie Sanders, who took to the Senate floor to condemn his act of violence.
The suspect was also a prolific letter writer to his hometown newspaper, the Belleville News-Democrat. He called President Donald Trump a traitor, and blasted the Republican party as being racist and sexist.
RELATED: Alexandria shooter had extensive criminal record
The FBI has now taken over the investigation. Agents are investigating Hodgkinson's potential motivations, social media use, people who knew him, and where he's been recently.
Authorities do not yet know his motive.
The Congressional baseball game
Lawmakers were practicing for Thursday's Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. It's an annual even that started back in 1909 and offers a rare glimpse of unity between lawmakers.
The game went on as planned at Nats Park with a record crowd of 25,000 people. The game also raised more than $1 million for D.C. charities, double what it did last year.
Before the game started, both teams kneeled down to pray on the field. Then, wounded Capitol Police Special Agent David Bailey threw out the first pitch. It was an emotional scene as he made it to the mound on crutches and then balanced on one leg to throw the ball.
Democrats ended up winning the game, but they handed over the trophy as quickly as they received it and asked for it to be placed in Rep. Scalise's office.
"We're brothers and sisters, and the trophy doesn't mean anything, our friendship does," said Rep. Joe Donnelly, of Indiana.
You can find out more information on the Congressional Baseball Game website.


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Church - Black Wedding
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says it is "unfortunate" that a predominantly white church in the state wouldn't allow a black couple to get married in its sanctuary.
Bryant said Mississippi should encourage the union of any couple — as long as the couple is made up of a man and a woman.
Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson say they weren't allowed to marry in July at First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, a small town south of Jackson. The church's pastor married the couple at a nearby predominantly black church. The wedding was moved after some congregants at First Baptist told the pastor they opposed allowing black people to marry in the church.
Gov. Bryant says it's very disappointing the incident happened because Mississippi has changed. But he says it "tainted" the state's image nationwide.


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A long-term project at Rutgers University to gather data about the earth's oceans through the use of autonomous underwater vehicles has received a financial boost. Iridium Communications, the company that has been supplying the communications network for transmitting that data, will now be supplying its airtime service connectivity for free as a sponsor of the program. The recipient is Rutgers' Coastal Ocean Observation Lab (RU COOL), which has been sending "gliders" out to sea since 2009 as part of its Challenger Glider Mission.
The vessels being used are bright yellow seven-foot Teledyne Webb-Slocum gliders, which collect data as they move through the ocean in a "saw-toothed" gliding path. Sixteen gliders are following 3,200- to 4,300-nautical mile routes around the five major ocean basins.
As Rutgers spokesman Ken Branson explained, each glider carries scientific instruments in its fuselage to capture data on location, temperature, salinity, currents and light. At pre-programmed times the glider "pops out of the water and phones home." The data it has been maintaining is uploaded via satellite link and awaits further instructions from a researcher or student worker back in RU COOL's center in New Brunswick, NJ.
"The beauty of it is, it can be at sea, in rough conditions, and it can be controlled by somebody in New Brunswick with a cup of coffee and piece of pizza. It can give you a holistic view of a big patch of the ocean in near real time," said Branson.
The project is named after the HMS Challenger, a sailing vessel commissioned by the British government to perform scientific observations. During the ship's four and a half year journey during the 1870s, its officers, crew, and civilian staff and scientists traversed nearly 69,000 nautical miles.
"The technology underpinnings of this mission are truly enabling our researchers to gather more and better data than ever before, enhancing the basis of knowledge for future generations," said Scott Glenn, co-leader of the mission and professor of physical oceanography at Rutgers. "Part of our goal with this mission is to increase global ocean literacy. This expanded dataset will enable students and researchers to focus on the science of their local waters, as well as be a part of a global research community, all working toward understanding the ocean's role in regulating the changing climate and weather."
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Cowboys Defensive Coalition
Okay, so I've been a little absent this week. Some of it is for personal reasons, and some is because… well… its hard to get motivation after a loss. Either way I should know better. I should know that one loss in the first game of the season doesn't mean shut everything down. It doesn't mean we don't still have a excellent chance to go all the way and it doesn't mean we don't have a great team.
At the beginning of the week someone tried to tell me that the defense didn't look very hot. I stopped him mid-sentence… Are you freaking kidding me? That defense looked great. They kept us in the game until the very end. While holding Washington to only two field goals isn't a feat of genius it still is pretty damn good in a rivalry game such as Cowboys at Redskins.
Either way, I felt that a few underrated defensive stars really deserved some love. Due to my absence this week, I'm playing catch up and releasing five graphics for Cowboy fans to enjoy.
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Jeter climbing hits charts on farewell tour
NEW YORK -- The recent resurgence of Derek Jeter proves once again that no one should ever count out the nearly 40-year-old Yankees captain and leader among American League shortstops in fan voting for the July 15 All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis.
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NEW YORK -- The recent resurgence of Derek Jeter proves once again that no one should ever count out the nearly 40-year-old Yankees captain and leader among American League shortstops in fan voting for the July 15 All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis.
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Jeter is looking stronger and stronger as the season is growing long. And once again, he is proving his resilience to those he calls "the doubters." That's anyone who believes Jeter is done because of age or the aftermath of a very serious left ankle injury that caused him to miss all except 17 games of the 2013 season.
"I don't think anything he does surprises me just because of his determination," said Joe Girardi, the former catcher who has played with and managed Jeter during the course of his 20-year career. "My biggest concern was, would he be healthy? And when I saw him run during Spring Training and it wasn't necessarily guarded or difficult for him to run, I felt pretty good about what he could do."
Jeter went 2-for-5 with an RBI on Thursday night as the Yankees finished off a sweep of the Blue Jays with a 6-4 victory, and with 533 doubles, he is one behind the club record held by the great Lou Gehrig. Every time Jeter does something these days, another pinstripe mark seems to fall. Jeter already holds Yanks records for most seasons, games played and hits.
"Anytime you talk about Lou Gehrig, regarding anything, it's pretty special to be mentioned in the same sentence," Jeter said. "It would be an honor if that were to happen."
One can project a few generations ahead when some future Yankees great might be saying the same thing about Jeter.
Just as many observers began to wonder whether missing a season because of the broken ankle was too much for even Jeter to overcome, he has stepped it up a gear. He's had six multiple-hit games -- four in a row at one point -- in his last nine and is batting .405 (15-for-37) over that span.
"I feel good," Jeter said. "I told you guys that before, if I feel good, the results will be there. Sometimes they're not there, but you keep working. It's not an easy game to play. I just want to feel good. That's it."
Jeter is an essential cog in this club's apparatus, just as he has been on five World Series champions, seven AL pennant winners and 17 teams that went to the postseason during his tenure.
"He's a driven individual. That's the way the great ones are," said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. "He's one of those guys, too, he's going to go out in style. He's not going to fade away. He's going to do it right."
Only days after the passing of Padres icon Tony Gwynn at 54, it is germane to compare how the careers of these two great players ended. Both played 20 years. Both played for one team. Gwynn, with eight National League batting titles, had the personal hardware. Jeter has the team rings. Gwynn is in the Hall of Fame, and in five years, Jeter will be there.
Their careers overlapped for five full seasons, and as Gwynn's tapered off in 2001, Jeter and the Yankees headed to the World Series for the fifth time in six postseasons. That year, Gwynn, then 41, was so hobbled by knee injuries, he did fade away, only taking 102 at-bats in 71 games.
On Aug. 11 that season, Gwynn started against the Pirates at new PNC Park and had a double, two hits, two runs scored and a pair of RBIs in three at-bats. He was replaced late in that game by Mike Darr, his heir apparent, who was killed the following Spring Training in a car crash. Gwynn, a five-time Gold Glove Award winner, would never play right field again. It was his last multihit game.
The next day, Gwynn told manager Bruce Bochy not to start him anymore. He pinch-hit for the rest of the season, and upon reaching base, he was immediately replaced by a runner. Gwynn batted .324, but he had only 33 hits that season, finishing with 3,141.
Jeter has 69 hits already this season, and at 3,385, he is quickly closing the gap between himself and seventh-place finisher Carl Yastrzemski at 3,419. Honus Wagner, who Gwynn matched with the eight silver bats, is also within reach at 3,430. But Tris Speaker at 3,514 seems unapproachable.
If Jeter remains healthy, he will finish with the most hits of anyone since 1986, when Pete Rose ended his career with a record 4,256.
None of these players, not even Gwynn, missed just about an entire season because of injury. That could explain Jeter's stops, starts and .137 batting average during the past Spring Training. Jeter's average dipped as low as .254 on June 8. But the next day, all the hitting started. He's at .276 now, 36 points below his lifetime mark of .312.
It would seem that Jeter, after missing all that time, is just getting his legs back, so to speak.
"I think it had a lot to do with it," Girardi said. "Baseball players are meant to have three or four months off, not a year. It's strange when you don't see live pitching. You have to get used to the speed of the game and playing every day. That takes time. I think he has enough at-bats under his belt now, he's obviously more comfortable playing every day."
Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter.


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Today's minor cotton diseases could become tomorrow's yield-limiting problems. Just ask Georgia's peanut growers.
"Fifteen years ago, most Georgia peanut producers had never heard of tomato spotted wilt virus, and they weren't concerned," says Bob Kemerait, University of Georgia Extension plant pathologist. "But today, it's the major disease threat to the peanut industry. Fortunately, we don't have a disease in cotton that's near that magnitude, but some diseases may become more of a problem in the future."
Most growers are familiar with these "emerging" diseases at some level, he says. "Several of these diseases currently are not a problem, but we need to keep an eye on them. We've looked around at cotton production areas in neighboring states to see what other growers are facing and what may become important diseases in Georgia," says Kemerait.
The first objective, he says, is to identify those diseases that may become increasingly important to Georgia cotton producers. "We then must decide the potential threat to our industry and suggest possible factors in the future emergence of these diseases," he notes.
One disease making Kemerait's list is Fusarium wilt. This is a fungal disease, he explains, that typically becomes evident in midseason, although it can occur at any point in the growing season.
"Fusarium wilt usually is found in association with infections by the Southern root-knot nematode, which has a synergistic effect on the disease.
"The most visible symptom of Fusarium wilt is the presence of wilting and dying cotton plants in a field. Root-knot nematodes alone can cause wilting, but the synergistic effect with the fungus usually is required to kill plants unless the soil is extremely dry for prolonged periods," says Kemerait.
Fusarium-infected plants can wilt even if soil moisture is adequate, he adds. "A preliminary diagnosis of Fusarium wilt can be made fairly easily in the field by slicing through the plant stem at a shallow angle to expose the vascular tissue. The disease will cause a noticeable browning of the vascular tissue. If you carefully dig up the root system of wilting plants, you'll also usually see significant galling caused by root-knot nematodes."
During the 2000 growing season, especially in counties such as Jeff Davis, there were reports of severe Fusarium wilt in isolated fields, says Kemerait. Other reports of less severe Fusarium wilt came from throughout the state, he adds.
"There's a perceived increase in the incidence of Fusarium wilt in North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas and possibly other states such as Tennessee. In Australia, some fields are so severely infected with Fusarium wilt that it's no longer profitable to grow cotton in those fields. This highlights the destructive potential of the disease."
Causing even more concern is the fact that there currently are no adequate control measures for Fusarium wilt, says the plant pathologist.
"We have severely infected fields in Georgia, but producers continue to plant cotton in those fields. We want to avoid the situation seen in parts of Australia."
One reason for the increased incidence of Fusarium could be the increased population of Fusarium and nematodes in certain fields, says Kemerait, and this could be caused by poor rotations.
"It's been less than 10 years since we had a great increase in cotton production in Georgia, going from 300,000 acres to more than one and a half million acres. Many of our growers have gotten away from good rotation practices.
"If you don't rotate away from cotton, you'll increase the population levels of Fusarium and nematodes. We may be seeing the start of a general increase in the disease due to a buildup of the populations and a lack of rotation."
Experts from throughout the country also have speculated that the rapid release of cotton varieties also may be contributing to the increased incidence of Fusarium wilt, he says.
"The perception is that the rapid release of new cotton varieties may be done at the expense of proper screening for different pathogens, including Fusarium wilt. These varieties may have the desired agronomic characteristics, but they may not have been screened for common diseases such as Fusarium wilt."
The University of Georgia, he says, is working to come up with a rapid screening technique for Fusarium wilt.
Another disease that bears watching is bacterial blight, says Kemerait. This disease, which starts out as angular leaf spots, can cause cotton boll rot, he says.
"This bacterium can get into the seed and be transmitted to the plant. In Texas, no bacterial blight was reported from 1995 to 1994. From 1998 to 2000, however, 80 to 90 percent of the fields in seed-producing areas were infected with this bacterial pathogen.
"Drought very much affects this pathogen. It is very dependent on rain splash and water before it can spread. It might have been found in 80 to 90 percent of the fields, but conditions have not been good for the spread of the disease.
"North Carolina found a blight outbreak in 2000, and all infected plants came from a single seed plot. As conditions improve in Texas for spreading the disease, it may become more of a problem."
There's a perception, says Kemerait, that a change in the de-linting procedure may be allowing infected cotton seed to be passed on to growers.
Cotton stem canker — also called wet weather blight — is another disease that has caused problems in neighboring states, he says. "It starts out as small red flakes or blue spots early in the season. Many times, these symptoms are mistaken for chemical injury or pesticide burn.
"As they mature, infected leaves may begin to defoliate, and you may have stem canker along the petioles and the stem. Later in the season, severely infected plants can lodge and then break."
This disease must have cool, wet weather to spread, he says, and it is fairly common in North Carolina. "If the problem is severe enough, you may have symptoms of damping off. In North Carolina, 40,000 acres were affected by stem canker. Much of this was associated with weather conditions at planting time.
"In 2000, North Carolina producers had to replant 20,000 acres of cotton due to we weather blight. Most of this was in a three-county area, and most of it was in ultra narrow-row cotton. The best control for this disease is to avoid cool, wet weather at planting."
Growers should be aware of cotton stem canker, but it probably won't become a real concern for Georgia growers, says Kemerait.
"Fusarium wilt will continue to be more of a problem for Georgia growers, especially if we don't have good rotations away from cotton. Bacterial blight may explode in some areas, or we may not see it for awhile."
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