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Mark Mathabane, the author of this year's Texas A&M International University Freshman Read, "Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa," will visit TAMIU for its "Reading the Globe" Lecture on Friday, Oct. 11 in the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts' Recital Hall at 12:30 p.m.
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"Reading the Globe" is the University's campus-wide reading initiative which sees the campus conduct a dedicated reading and exploration of the text, followed by a visit by the author to the campus and, an opportunity for students to compete for a study-travel opportunity, often to the country in which the reading is set. It is now in its sixth year of offer at TAMIU.
Dr. Conchita Hickey, dean of the sponsoring University College, said students, faculty and the University community have conducted readings and included the book in classroom lectures and discussions throughout the semester leading up to the author's visit.
"Mr. Mathabane's culminating lecture and question and answer session thereafter provides a rare opportunity to further explore his experience and creative process of bringing it to written form. It's an exciting time for all of us," Dr. Hickey said.
"Kaffir Boy" is an extraordinary memoir which traces the author's life under apartheid in South Africa and his struggle to wrench himself from the devastating poverty of one of that country's most hardened ghettos and win a scholarship to study in the U.S.
The book is also the selection of the Laredo Public Library's "One City, One Book" program, which also invites Laredoans to share a common experience in reading a powerful, thought-provoking book by a modern-day author. The joint program is funded in part by Humanities Texas, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Hickey concurred that participation in the "One City, One Book" program underscores the University's and the City's commitment to the importance and power of reading.
"We are excited to once again be sharing our book title and focus this year with 'One City, One Book.' From campus to community at large, this represents a marvelous opportunity for us all to share in the magic and transformative power of reading," Hickey said.
After his TAMIU appearance, Mathabane will present a public lecture Saturday, Oct. 12 at 10:30 a.m. at the Laredo Public Library's Multi-Purpose Room, 1120 East Calton Road. The lecture is free and open to all. "Kaffir Boy" will be available for check out at the Library and is also for sale at the Books-A-Million Bookstore in Mall del Norte.
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Memorable Quotes from Thomas Jones
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...and I missed your blog, too, Greta! Glad you will be back soon.ReplyDelete
I have to laugh every time I read the name, "Tom Jones," in a genealogy blog. Someone in my family line married into a Jones line--her husband's name was Tom! Somehow, whenever I see the name, it makes me want to grab pen and paper and get ready to take notes...
I'm interested in your DNA experience. My husband is on the verge of doing that, as it turns out someone is doing a surname study that he would fit in. Please post updates on your discoveries from the DNA process!Replies
Will do, Jacqi! I am excited that I finally took this step - can't wait to see what turns up. And thank you for your words of encouragement - work is still going to be intense for a while, but I'll try to get in at least a few posts in the meantime.Delete
We all miss you. It really stinks that that day job is sucking you dry! LOL We anxiously await your return. So glad you had a great day!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Carol! I'm getting a lot done - hope to dig out soon!Delete
Missing you too. We'll be here whenever you're able to post.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Michelle. Here's hoping I can squeeze in a few posts during my "exile."Delete
Sounds like a great conference, Greta! And congrats on winning the door prize. It was nice to see your post in my queue today :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Shelley! My strategy is not to throw all of my tickets into the "Year's Free Membership in Ancestry" and to spread my tickets around in the other door prize bags - it has worked several times.Delete
It's so nice seeing a Greta bog. It sounds like you had a great time at the conference (Fairfax)...glad they let a FC person in (kidding). Anyway, thanks for your post, and loved hearing from you.ReplyDeleteReplies
You're right, Barbara - they must be letting their standards slip! (The little secret is that I live in the Fairfax County part of Falls Church, rather than the city part - we're not rich enough to live there....)Delete
Sorry, didn't get to meet you (or at least remembering meeting you.
I was in Dr. Jones' class and all 4 of Dear MYRTLE's. Although I have been on many of her webinar's, presentations in Second Life (SL), first time in RL.
It WAS a great weekend.
Russ, Sorry I didn't come up and introduce myself; I didn't realize until near the end that that was you. Next time I'll wear my geneablogger beads!Delete
So love your and Tom Jones' view on genealogy programs! Music to my ears.ReplyDelete
Loved seeing this note from you, too. You are missed.Replies
Tom Jones is so delightful - and he's right, word processing has a lot to offer! (Though I've been using Pages more than word lately.) Thank you for the encouragement - I'm hoping not to be "missing in action" too much longer.Delete
I am envious about the DNA workshop. This is an area in which I would like to expend some time and energy. The only local workshop in the last couple of years was the weekend when I was inundated with family and such doings. Love to see a blog on your DNA delvings.ReplyDelete
BTW, nice to see you digging your way out --- I know the feeling --- periodically, I disappear to shovel a pathway to the top of the heap.
Hi Greta - miss you too! I can understand the day job sucking the life out of one issue...ReplyDelete
Love, love, love the quotes - thanks for sharing them.
See how much you are missed! Glad to hear Tom Jones and the genealogy weekend inspired.ReplyDelete
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This reference explains the science and discusses the vast biomedical applications of quantitative analytical cytology using laser-activated detection and cell sorting. Now in its fourth edition, this text has been expanded to provide full coverage of the broad spectrum of applications in molecular biology and biotechnology today. New to this edition are chapters on automated analysis of array technologies, compensation, high-speed sorting, reporter molecules, and multiplex and apoptosis assays, along with fully updated and revised references and a list of suppliers.
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Rangers win posting auction for Yu Darvish thanks to reported $51.7 M bid
The Rangers have won the posting auction for international pitcher Yu Darvish, MLB officials have confirmed.
"The Texas Rangers are pleased and excited to have acquired the rights to negotiate with Yu Darvish," the Rangers said in a statement. "Our organization has scouted Mr. Darvish for the last several years and has been very impressed with his abilities and accomplishments. We believe he would be a great addition to the Texas Rangers pitching staff.
"We look forward to beginning the next step of this process in the very near future with Mr. Darvish and his representatives, Arn Tellem and Don Nomura."
According to a report from Yahoo! Sports' Jeff Passan, the winning bid was reportedly for $51.7 million.
Though all bids from MLB teams were sealed, most sources around the league expected the winning bid to come from either the Rangers or the Toronto Blue Jays, with the winning bid expected to set a new record for the highest posting fee ever paid. The previous record was $51.1 million, which the Boston Red Sox paid for the rights to Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2006.
With the win, the Rangers have secured exclusive negotiating rights with Darvish, but the negotiating process is just beginning between the sides. The team now has 30 days to work out a deal with Darvish, which would likely bring the total cost of the transaction over $100 million. If the sides fail to strike an accord, Darvish would return to Japan next season, and the Rangers would not be obligated to pay the posting fee.
"The Rangers are an extraordinary franchise in an exceptional city with equally exceptional fans," Darvish's agent, Arn Tellem, said in a statement. '"Yu is honored to be prized so highly and recognized as a once-in-a-generation pitcher. We look forward to getting negotiations underway."


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President Obama violated the Constitution by filling three National Labor Relations Board seats in the midst of a Senate recess, according to a court ruling issued today. "Told you so," says every conservative on Twitter.
In a unanimous decision, the three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that President Obama's three NLRB appointments from January 2012, which didn't receive Senate approval after months of heated debate, over-reached his Constitutional powers. At the time, GOP lawmakers like John Boehner were calling Obama's move an "entirely unprecedented power grab" and conservative pundits like Michelle Malkin were fuming over the "strong-arm move."
Today's ruling hinges on pretty wonky technicalities. The President is allowed to make appointments during Senate recesses under certain circumstances, but the judges ruled that in this case the Senate wasn't really in recess. The AP's Sam Hananel explains the tactic Republican Senators used to try to prevent the recess appointments:
... the Senate technically stayed in session when it was gaveled in and out every few days for so-called "pro forma" sessions. GOP lawmakers used the tactic — as Democrats have in the past as well — specifically to prevent the president from using his recess power.
The ruling has implications for another, separate open case questioning the constitutionality of the recess appointment of Richard Cordray (pictured with Obama above) to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Obama moved yesterday to make that appointment permanent.) Needless to say, this is seen as a victory for conservatives who think the NLRB is an activist entity that's too cozy with unions. Already, the conservative Twittersphere is reaching peak schadenfreude:
Look, the Constitution still matters, after all ==> washingtonpost.com/business/feder…— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 25, 2013
My monologue last year ripping Obama's unconstitutional appointments (H/T Rightscoop)... fb.me/1yeqg6nBl— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) January 25, 2013
Obama Runs Afoul of Constitution:Court: Obama NLRB appointments are unconstitutional | Fox News fxn.ws/TxafvW via @foxnewspolitics— lou dobbs (@loudobbsnews) January 25, 2013
Looks like the 'Constitutional Law Professor' doesn't know best - #Obama recess appointments ruled unconstitutional dld.bz/cb4xv— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) January 25, 2013
Appeals CT issues unanimous opinion that Obama's recess appointments were unconstitutional. Big victory for rule of law! #tcot#lnyhbt— Ron Christie (@Ron_Christie) January 25, 2013
With all due respect (which isn't much), Obama supporters, NEENER NEENER!!!!!!!! bigstory.ap.org/article/federa…— Leah (@gopfirecracker) January 25, 2013


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The long-awaited sequel to the PlaySation Portable was announced by Sony during their E3 Expo press conference. Showing off a 5-inch multi-touch organic light emitting diode (OLED) as the front display and a unique multi-touch pad on the rear. There are two analog sticks to enable a wider range of game genres. Combine that with the front touch screen and the rear touch pad, PS Vita offers new gameplay, enabling entirely new experiences.
Sony also announced a partnership with AT&T, which will serve as the exclusive service provider for PS Vita in the United States. You will also be able to connect online via Wi-Fi capabilities and coordinate connections between the Vita and a PS3. There is no specific release date as of now, but you can be sure these will fly off the shelves once they hit stores.
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One hundred and twenty-eight miles an hour with trees inches away. Run this video at 1080p and it just looks like a videogame.
Excuse us if you've seen this video of Austrian rally champ Beppo Harrach and his wunderschön co-driver blitzing through the Waldviertel Rallye held the weekend before last. Their casual drive through the forest in a Mitsubishi Evo has already racked up 679,013 views since Halloween.
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On 24 September, we won't just be cycling or marching―we'll also be delivering a clear and strong set of demands.
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- Science-based policies to get us back to 350ppm
We can't negotiate with chemistry and physics--that's why we know we have to make sure that climate politics is in line with climate science. We must push for a UN climate regime that lays out the path for a socially just pathway below 350ppm. We must reach peak global emissions as quickly as (humanly) possible.
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Lifting the rights of people and nature over the rights of polluters. The climate crisis is a human rights crisis. We must support policies and programs that lift up the rights of people over the rights of polluters, such as:
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Traditional Kitchen Ideas with a Contemporary Twist
Paying attention to simple details is the difference between a ho-hum kitchen remodel and one that will make you want to just sit and look at it, like art!
I found this great looking green and white kitchen while looking at the traditional kitchens by Wren Kitchens page of a UK based site. I'm not sure I agree that there really is any such thing as "traditional" when it comes to kitchen design, but I suppose it's as good a term as any.
No matter what you call it, the ideas and details in this design can transform the most important room in your home.
Here are a few great ideas you can take from this design:
Combine Three or More Colors –
Far be it from me to recommend completely copying a color scheme, but then again, who's gonna know? If you like this green and white kitchen (and who wouldn't?) then go for it.
But the design idea holds true for any colors. Combining more than just two colors creates interest, adds depth, and fills your design with character. notice the varying shades in the green tile, the green cabinets, and the darker green of the doors. These all offset against the bright white cabinets and ceiling accented by brushed metal hardware. Awesome!
Do Something Different on The Bar Front
Or is that the bar back? Whatever.
I've seen a bazillion kitchens with beadboard paneling against the back of the bar area, but I really like the fresh look of this vertical joint paneling. It's hard to tell from the picture if that is squared off joints, like you might get with a sheet of T1-11, or if it's a V-Joint like you would get with solid lounge-and-groove lumber. Either way, the look is a great idea.
Stepping Out, Up, In, Down, Etc.
This idea really does qualify for the name "traditional" owing simply to the fact that it's been around forever and ever. Maybe because it rocks!
The best way to fix the otherwise boring plainness of a straight wall of cabinets is to add some variation in height and depth of the cabinets. Most traditional designs step out as you approach the center whereas the design above steps in. I like it.
No matter whether you go in, out, up, down… steps in depth and height can make your long flat wall sing. Look closely at the picture above. Brilliance lives there.
Get Creative With Doors and Drawers
I love the outward facing doors and drawers on this peninsula of cabinets. It's very common to see this be finished with panels and the only access be from the sink side.
I also think the mixture of doors and drawers, while a little more expensive for sure, really adds something to this.
The final touch is the use of curved cabinet doors to allow for a rounded corner on the counter. It looks great, but if your cabinet maker or provider doesn't offer this don't fret. The same idea would look great squared off.
So now that I totally want to go tear out my cabinets, I hope you feel inspired for your own kitchen and you've got a couple of ideas to take with you.
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A member of an organised Canadian card-skimming group who was found to have electronic equipment in his luggage when he was stopped by Customs was allowed to keep it because there were no laws to confiscate it.
The man was part of a group of four Canadians who went on to skim nearly $700,000 from the accounts of New Zealanders in their scam.
Sina Chea, William Alexande Rivera-Rivas, Mario Rivera and Kevin Roberto Flores Roldan were convicted in the Auckland District Court today of participating in an organised criminal group and dishonestly and without right obtain documents for pecuniary gain.
Judge Phil Gittos sentenced each of the men to four years and six months in prison.
The court had been told victims of the card-skimming scam had their personal details stolen from under their nose as they used eftpos devices altered by the thieves.
Nearly $700,000 in total was taken via ATM machines in Canada from the accounts of about 700 New Zealanders in the scam.
According to the police summary of facts, when Chea arrived in New Zealand on Wednesday, March 14 last year he was searched by Customs officers and found in possession of items used to make the skimming devices.
Chea told the officers the items belonged to a friend and was allowed to enter the country with them.
Rivera entered the country the following day and was processed without incident.
Then on Friday, March 16, Flores Roldan and Rivera-Rivas arrived from Canada.
Flores Roldan told a Customs officer he and Rivera-Rivas were travelling together, and were in the country for a 20-day stay in the Wellington area.
During a search of Rivera-Rivas' luggage, Customs located electronic equipment concealed inside a sock.
It was seized and the pair were allowed to enter the country.
Crown prosecutor Mark Williams told the court the group came to New Zealand to carry out large scale fraud on the country's banking system.
At least $676,000 was taken from the victims' accounts.
Mr Bagley said the true dollar amount of the group's offending may never be known.
The group stole a total of 27 eftpos keypads valued at $621 each from 22 stores in Auckland and one in Hamilton between March and April last year.
The stolen keypads were opened by the offenders and electronic circuits were added.
Sleight of hand was used to unplug one keypad at a time and replace it with an identical tampered device.
The stolen keypad would then be also altered and swapped.
The modifications allowed the offenders to gain customers electronic data and access to their funds.
Those details were then sent overseas where they were used to make cloned cards for withdrawals in Montreal.
Customs said today that laws were changed in April last year to allow staff to confiscate goods believed to be used to commit crime involving dishonesty.
Before then, Customs had no legal basis to confiscate Chea's equipment. In the case of Flores Roldan and Rivera-Rivas, Customs was able to take their equipment because it had been concealed. Customs then notified police and a joint investigation was launched.
Police Financial Crime Unit Detective Sergeant Russell Bagley said outside court the operation to catch the scammers was a collaboration between police, Customs, the financial sector and the retail industry.
Within two to three weeks of the group arriving, police became aware they were involved in a sophisticated skimming operation, he said.
Mr Bagley said the legislation change now allowed Customs to seize material "much more easily''.
Although the offenders were allowed into the country after Customs discovered the equipment, Customs may not have been aware at the time what the devices were, he said.


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Live theater has the ability to combine the great themes of life with real-world scenarios. Stanford Summer Theater's production of "Curse of the Starving Class" may be very authentic for some in the audience.
The play focuses on the issues of real-estate speculation, financial loss and the family drama that ensues: topics that many Californians know all too well.
"It's the question of what is real estate," said Rush Rehm, the play's director and co-founder of the Stanford Summer Theater program. "How real is it? In some sense real estate is really dream estate. The dream of all you're going to be able to do with it, and that it is always going to go up in value."
Sam Shepard, a California native, wrote the piece in 1976, but its critical view of real estate and the corporate world strike a modern chord. "Curse of the Starving Class," which runs July 19 through Aug. 12, follows a dysfunctional family as they try to sell their home. The characters vie against each other to cash in on the property and escape their way of life.
"Aspects of this play seem to be written not today, but tomorrow," Rehm said. "There is a little bit of the Occupy movement in the play, recognition that the people at the bottom are always the ones who get gobbled up."
While comedy appears throughout the play, Rehm stressed that ultimately the piece is not a comedy but a tragedy. He praised Shepard's ability to weave so many themes and characters into a soundly structured script.
Shepard's work has seen a revival in the Bay Area over the last year; many of his plays have been brought to life this season. "Curse of the Starving Class," however, is less commonly performed.
Rehm said he believes the piece to be Shepard's masterpiece. He points to its unusual combination of loveable characters, scurrilous humor and relevance to the contemporary economic and social problems in the United States.
"I think 10 years ago it would have been a little hard for people, but now people get it," Rehm said.
The director also described the play as an actor's dream, allowing performers to approach the characters from many angles.
Stanford Summer Theater veteran Courtney Walsh plays the mother, Ella, whom she described as a woman who is seldom right but never in doubt.
"Everything in the culture tells her that she should be able to get out of this rut and decay that she lives in," Walsh said. "Every time she tries to get a toe-hold out, it's as if the world is conspiring against her."
Walsh said that behind the onstage action of the play there is a great real-estate game going on in the subtext. The family, she said, tries to break into that game, but is not savvy enough and ends up being played by the large, unfeeling corporate entities.
Walsh, an attorney, is in her fourth season with Stanford Summer Theater. She said the professionalism and keen audience keep her coming back to the company, which she calls a secret treasure of the Bay Area.
"We have this audience that is unbelievable," Walsh said. "Normally it's nice if you can get people to come, and if you can get them to come and they have read the play that's good. But these people have not only read the play, they have studied the play."
Audiences will have many chances to study the work of Sam Shepard this year, as Stanford Summer Theater is also featuring a film series and a symposium.
The film series will run July 9 through Aug. 6, with free screenings every Monday at 7 p.m. and discussions with Stanford faculty members following. Rehm designed the series to examine Shepard's work as an actor and a screenwriter.
Shepard has appeared in more than 47 movies and written screenplays for another seven. He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film "The Right Stuff."
Stanford Summer Theater will also host an all-day symposium called "Shepard and the Eclectic American West," scheduled to take place the day of the July 28 performance of "Curse of the Starving Class." The event will include selections from a number of Shepard plays and speeches from Stanford faculty members. There will also be a discussion led by faculty members and Stanford Summer Theater actors.
Meanwhile, Rehm, a Stanford drama and classics professor, has also been teaching a continuing-studies course since June called "Shepard and American Realism."
"I'm trying to draw out, 'What is realism?'" Rehm said. "When we say something is real we are accepting the world as it is supposed to be. Realism is a battle between what is on the surface and what is underneath it."
What: Stanford Summer Theater presents Sam Shepard's play "Curse of the Starving Class," along with free film screenings and a symposium on Shepard's work as a playwright, screenwriter and actor.
Where and when: All events are at Stanford University. Play performances are July 19-Aug. 12, Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., in Pigott Theater. The symposium is July 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Pigott Theater, and film screenings are 7 p.m. Mondays, July 9-Aug. 6 in Annenberg Auditorium.
Cost: Play tickets are $25 general and $15 for students and seniors, with group discounts available. The symposium is $90, including lunch, and the film series is free.
Info: For more information, go to summertheater.stanford.edu or call 650-798-4072.


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At this year's CES in Las Vegas, Belkin showed off its latest product: an iPad case. In a world where gigabit wireless is on the horizon, this doesn't seem like the most daring or logical move for the well-respected networking company. But in a briefing a few weeks before the announcement, representatives from the company told me that Belkin is branching out and trying to create a "connected atmosphere" and a "connected experience" around mobile devices. Plus, this iPad case is different—it comes with an integrated 2.1 sound system made by Belkin and its partner Audifi.
The Thunderstorm Handheld Theater, which currently only accommodates the iPad 2 and the third generation iPad, isn't exactly cheap: at $200, it costs about half of what you'd pay for an entry-level iPad 2. But I've found the Thunderstorm to be a very good mobile audio system—as long as you want to broadcast to the whole room.
Extra baggage or gravitas?
The Thunderstorm adds much more heft to the normally svelte iPad: it turns your 9.5" × 7.3" × 0.34" tablet into a chunky 10.1" × 9" × 0.8". It also adds an extra 1.4 pounds onto the roughly 1.3 pounds of a second and third generation iPad. All this extra bulk comes in the form of strong matte black plastic. A 1.2" × 9.9" silver speaker grating resides on the left side of the iPad (if you're holding it vertically). There's also a 0.4" × 1.5" matte black grille on the bottom side of the case through which the iPad's own integrated speaker can be heard if you don't have the Thunderstorm attached properly or you've turned if off for some reason.
The tablet hooks into the case by way of a latch to the 30-pin connector. Originally, Belkin designed the latch with a button that releases it from the iPad. That original design was a little stiff and made getting the tablet in and out of the case difficult, but Belkin says it has refined the design since, chucking the button and making it so the latch just slides in and out. We didn't have a chance to use this updated latch, so we can't say for sure whether it's a true fix to the hardware problem.
The upside to all this extra weight is that, combined with the tight grip that the latch has on the iPad, this case feels as sturdy as it feels heavy. Once you get your tablet in there, you'll have a hard time finding an accident that can get it out.
The case also conforms to the functional structure of the iPad, with an opening in the back so that it doesn't obstruct the camera (you crazy people taking pictures with an iPad, calm down), a proxy button at the top to power on and off, an opening for the headphone jack, and another to plug the case into an outlet. On the right side of the iPad, you have a tiny switch to mute the speaker sound and a volume rocker.
The cover of the case is another matter. The gray, multifold, integrated cover on the case feels as flimsy as the case proper feels sturdy. I found myself fiddling with the cover many times, trying to get it to fold just right so the heavy case would stand up alone. If you leave it folded in one position too long and then flip it to cover the screen, it won't lay flush for a few minutes unless you throw a book on it or something. But this seems like quibbling at this point. Onto the sound.
It goes to 11
Compared to the puny speakers on the iPad itself, which often sound weak and tinny, the integrated speakers in the Thunderstorm are quite good. The main speaker bar has two speakers on either side and a bass port in between, powered by an all-in-one sound processor that includes a microprocessor for running the user interface and the iPad connection as well as the digital signal processor running proprietary Audifi algorithms that create the sound experience. The processor also feeds the amplifiers.
Powering all that sound equipment is a battery, which Belkin says should last 10 hours. We ran hours of Netflix movies (placing the iPad and Thunderstorm in a separate room) and found that after 7 hours, the case and the iPad were still going strong at maximum volume. As an added bonus, when you have the Thunderstorm case plugged in, it also charges your iPad.
The first thing I noticed when using Belkin's case was how well-balanced the bass was. While any upgrade from the iPad's original speakers is an improvement, the Thunderstorm really does impress when you're using it in an enclosed space, and especially when you're interacting with the iPad at arm's length.
Higher frequency pitches also came in clear. Only once did I notice any harsh high-pitched hissing on a sibilant consonant—in the introduction to the first episode of the Discovery Channel's Submarine: Hidden Hunter—and I was unable to recreate the effect elsewhere, so it may have been the audio quality of the show I was watching.
One interesting addition that Belkin threw into the Thunderstorm was an accompanying app that lets you set the audio distance between the two speakers. Its three settings—normal, wide, and super wide—are intended to offer clean sound quality no matter your distance to the speakers. At the "normal" setting, mid-range tones sounded like they were coming through a tunnel if I was anywhere closer than 18 inches from the case. When I set the audio to "super wide" I was able to eliminate that effect and hold the iPad close to me as I watched It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. If I strayed too far from the iPad at that setting though, high notes started sounding a bit thin. But again, this was rectified by setting the Thunderstorm app back to "Normal" (Or "wide" when I was sitting at my desk with the iPad perched about 2.5 feet away on my printer).
Watching the four episodes of Submarine: Hidden Hunter, I found that the Thunderstorm had no problem filling a bedroom with sound at full-blast, even masking the loud rumble of the space heater I had on under the desk. Usually, at night and without a space heater on, setting the volume about midway was more than sufficient to deliver good, room-filling sound. (A slight perfectionist's quibble about iOS: touching the volume rocker brings up the iPad's native volume overlay. But clicking the rocker to the right decreases the volume, sending the squares on the volume icon to the left (and vice versa), creating this weird cognitive dissonance moment).
The Thunderstorm is also well-suited to game-playing. I played a bit of The Room and Machinarium, and the 2.1 audio made the wispy bells and minor notes of both games' background music seem like they were everywhere. Without waxing too poetic, I felt transported into the game.
In the case of loud sounds, there's even a bit of tactile feedback on explosions and such, but we were told that there were no excitors or anything of that nature in the Thunderstorm.
Should you buy one now?
This question is best answered depending on how you use your iPad. My boyfriend drives to work and I work from home, so we don't frequently use it on public transit or while waiting for the train (with it weighing down on our shoulders). I used the case as a sort of secondary home theater system, setting it up on our bedside table so we could watch movies without the inconvenience of relocating before passing out for the night.
The Thunderstorm seems suited for something analogous to that use case. But if your iPad use is largely stationary, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to get a speaker dock? Possibly, although some of the highest rated bluetooth-pairing-enabled speakers (like this Jawbone Jambox) seemed made for filling a room with music, rather than more directional watching-movies-and-playing-games. The highest-rated 30-pin iPad docks (like JBL's OnBeat Xtreme) are often more than $200. Clearly, there are individual speakers you can buy if you just want to watch Hulu on your iPad (like the Hidden Radio speaker we reviewed last year), but after looking around a bit at other high-end products, Belkin's Thunderstorm suddenly seems like it's not such a gouging.
The Thunderstorm has a minimal amount of moving and separate parts, and it offers very good audio. I found a few other iPad speaker-cases that are cheaper (most of which really look cheaper), as well as the remnants of a recently defunct (yet fully funded) Kickstarter project called the ORA 8-speaker iPad case, which would have looked quite similar to this case (but you could have had an ORA for $100... in an alternative future where the project actually went as planned).
All in all, if you move your iPad occasionally—that is, it doesn't always stay in one place but you're not commuting with it daily—this is just the case for you. You can still plug in your headphones when you're on the go, but you don't have to carry along an extra dock or speaker if you want to use your iPad to watch movies and play games in multiple rooms of your house or in a hotel room. This could similarly work for the strong-of-stomach riding in the back of your car on a road trip, or for the bodybuilders who want to blast their iTunes library from their shoulders as they rollerblade along the beach.
The Good
- Excellent, room filling sound
- No tinny highs or too-deep bass
- Sturdy case
- Accompanying app lets you adjust sound to maximize the system's "sweet spot"
The Bad
- A bit expensive for an older-model-iPad case (though Belkin says it will have a new version for the latest iPad model sometime in May or June of this year).
- It's heavy
The Ugly
- The case cover is weak


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Lord Byron called Venice (Venezia) "a fairy city of the heart." La Serenissima, "The Most Serene," is an improbable cityscape of stone palaces that seem to float on water, a place where cats nap on Oriental marble windowsills set in colorful plaster walls. Candy-striped pylons stand sentry outside the tiny stone docks of palazzi whose front steps descend into the gently lapping waters of the canals that lace the city.
In Venice, cars are banned -- every form of transportation floats, from water taxis and vaporetti (the public "bus" ferries) to ambulance speedboats and garbage scows. Venice is a place where locals stop at the bacaro (wine bar) to take un ombra (literally "a little bit of shade," in practice, a glass of wine) and munch on cicchetti (tapaslike snacks) or linger over exquisite restaurant seafood dinners.
It is also a city of great art and grand old masters. Venetian painting featured early masters such as the Bellini clan -- Jacopo from the 1420s, sons Giovanni and Gentile from the 1460s. By the early 1500s, Venice had taken the Renaissance torch from Florence and made it its own, lending the movement the new color and lighting schemes of such giants as Giorgione, Tiziano (Titian), Paolo Veronese, and Tintoretto.
So much for Venice the Serenissima. There's also Venice the insanely popular and overcrowded. Certainly, the tourists can seem inescapable, and prices can be double or triple here what they are elsewhere in Italy.
But visitors flock to this canalled wonder for very good reason: Venice is extraordinary, it is magical, and it is worth every cent. Its existence defies logic, but underneath its otherworldly beauty and sometimes-stifling tourism, Venice is a living, breathing, singular city that seems almost too exquisite to be genuine, too fragile to survive the never-ending stream of visitors who have been making the pilgrimage here for 1,500 years.
As barbarian hordes washed back and forth across the Alps during the decline of the Roman Empire (starting in the 4th c.), inhabitants of the Veneto flatlands grew tired of being routinely sacked and pillaged along the way. By the 6th century, many had begun moving out onto the mud-flat islands of the marshy lagoon, created by what was in ancient times the Po River delta, to take up fishermen's lines or trading ships. When they saw that one barbarian horde, the Lombards, had stayed to settle the upper Po valley (still called Lombardy), these Veneti decided to remain on their new island homes and ally themselves instead with the eastern remnant of the old Roman Empire, Byzantium.
Oddly, what we now consider central Venice was the last area settled. After Attila the Hun rampaged through, citizens of the Roman town of Altino moved out onto Torcello and founded a tidy commercial empire under the control of the Byzantine emperor -- ironic, since Torcello's star has long since fallen and it is now the least built-up of all of greater Venice's major inhabited islands. Townsfolk from Oderzo moved to Malamocco and made it the lagoon's political capital (the original site is now underwater, and the Malamocco that survives nearby is a fishing village on the southern stretch of the Lido, near the golf course). After barely defeating Charlemagne's son Pepin there in 810, the capital was moved to the more protected Rialto islands -- now central Venice.
Greater Venice's oldest surviving structure is the cathedral on Torcello, founded in 639, but today's site is largely from the 9th and 10th centuries. In fact, sparsely populated Torcello is one of the best glimpses into what early Venice must have looked like -- scattered buildings and canals banked by waving rushes and reeds, everything outlined by the dotted lines of wooden piles hammered down into the mud. This construction is what underlies all those stone palazzi of central Venice: a framework foundation of sunken tree trunks, hammered down into the caranto (a solid clay layer under the surface of mud and sand) and preserved in the anaerobic atmosphere of their muddy tomb, overlain with Istrian stone.
As its power began to peak in the early 13th century, Venice led the fourth and most successful Crusade, capturing Constantinople itself. It went on to conquer territories across what are today Turkey, the Greek Isles, and Crete -- and eventually became the capital of Italy's inland provinces, now the Veneto, Trentino, and Friuli. By 1300, it was one of the largest cities and the leading maritime republic of Europe and the Mediterranean. Although the Black Death carried off over half the population from 1347 to 1350, Venice bounced back and remained a maritime power until the 18th century, when trade through the new American colonies would increasingly steal much of the city's thunder.
By the end of the 18th century, Venice had run out of steam commercially, not to mention militarily, after centuries spent fighting the Turks (who slowly regained most of Venice's Aegean and Greek territories). By the time Napoleon came along in 1797, the Venetian Republic offered little resistance. Napoleon gave control of Venice to Austria, under whose rule it remained for almost 70 years. Daniele Manin did stage an unsuccessful minirevolution in 1848 and 1849, during which Venice was privileged to become the first city attacked from the air -- by a fleet of hot-air balloons armed with long-fused time bombs. The Risorgimento (unification) movement and its king, Vittorio Emanuele II, defeated the Austrians, gained control of the Veneto, and made it a part of the newly minted state of Italy in 1866.
In its position at the crossroads of the Byzantine and Roman -- later Eastern and Western -- worlds, Venice, over many centuries, acquired a unique amalgamated heritage of art, architecture, and culture. And although hordes of traders and merchants no longer pass through as they once did, Venice nonetheless continues to find itself at a crossroads: an intersection in time between the uncontested period of maritime power that built it and the modern world that keeps it ever-so-gingerly afloat.
It is a great disservice to allot Venice the average stay of 2 nights and 3 days (it sometimes takes the better part of a day just to find your hotel). If you can, stay at least 3 nights and preferably longer -- Venice has the potential to be the highlight of your travels through Italy.
Leave your heels and excess luggage at home, and make sure to toss the map and this guide in your daypack for at least an afternoon, turn left when the signs to the sights point right, and get lost in the back calli (streets) and uncrowded campi (squares) where tourists seldom tread and you will encounter the true, living, breathing, gloriously decaying side of this most serene city.
The Scope of Venice -- Central Venice refers to the built-up block of islands in the lagoon's center, including St. Mark's, the train station, and everything else in the six main sestiere that make up the bulk of the tourist city. Greater Venice includes all the inhabited islands of the lagoon -- central Venice plus Murano, Burano, Torcello, and the Lido. The Lagoon comprises everything, from the city to the mud flats to the fish farms to the dozens of abandoned or uninhabited islets.


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This week we bring you a lovely tank top designed by Meg Myers. My favorite design detail in this tank top is the I-cord knots in the back. It is just enough to make it a special piece. Cricket is a wonderful new addition to the Classic Elite family of yarns with a great combination of cotton and linen. It has beautiful drape and softness, making it just the right yarn for this summer must-have knit.
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Inspired by Chelsea's knitting resolutions on the CEY blog; this year I challenged myself to complete 11 sweaters in 2011. My intention was (and still is) to try different shoulder and sleeve styles but after #3 it was time for a break from wooly long-sleeved sweaters. This Cricket Tank was my #4 and a very welcome break from big projects.
Knitting with Cricket made me excited for spring all over again. The crispness of the yarn is refreshing; it makes the garter diamond pattern pop. After completing the bottom pattern, the tank is worked in circular stockinette with waist and bust shaping at the sides. It is finished with a simple i-cord bind off and straps.
Since the straps are knit and added last, you can make them just the right length and style. For interest I added three Josephine knots in the back, giving the top a racerback look. With just enough i-cord, the strap possibilities are endless try searching for "knots" online and add another skill to your knitting arsenal!
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We're not going to crash? Do I really want to know? TMI!
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the fair. The Rockwell automation Fair that is.The Pilot comes on the intercom and says something like:
"Hi, it's the captain here. I want to tell you that we can't get the flaps into the right position. We need number 15 and we can only get to 14." (or he said something like that). "We've tried a few times and it doesn't want to move."
So we (the passengers) are all thinking: "What does that mean – are we going down?" Most of us don't pilot planes so we don't know how serious the situation is. We all agreed in our seating row that it was 'TMI' – Too Much Information? I think he realized that, because he then said words to the effect of:
"It's going to be fine, we do this all the time in windy or wet weather. We just need to come around again [aborting this approach!], and land on a longer runway. Everything's going to be fine."
Do you ever get the feeling that you have too much information, that you're not really the best person to tell this stuff to? You just want to get there? This happens all the time in manufacturing. Information overload sometimes, and TMI a lot of the time. The service folks have already been trained over the decades not to say "Who sold you that then?" or "We always get problems with that part, never seems to work right, I'll see what I can do for you". All of this may be truth. But the perception is that I have a dud, I made a bad purchasing choice, or this was a mistake I made when faced with competitive options. And Perception is truth too!
At the Rockwell Automation Fair we'll be showing how you can get just the information you need – securely if for a select group of individuals. How to broadcast the good news on Cisco Digital Media Systems. Or maybe broadcast some alerts that could save lives. And we'll be showing how engineers and managers, the people who really need to know, can get real-time plant floor information from machines, sensors, Program Logic Controllers and other digital controllers, so that they change course if needed, rectify problems quickly, and keep things running smoothly. These are the folks that know what to do with information.
All I ask is that next time someone tells me something when I'm flying, they recognize I probably wont know how to process that information. It's not for me!
And what happened with the landing you ask? Well I'm here to tell the tale. The Captain landed the aircraft well, albeit on a gentler glide slope and a longer runway. Though I can't agree that it was a 'normal' landing as he had suggested. The red and blue flashing lights on the fire trucks and emergency vehicles that greeted us as we rolled down the runway put paid to that notion!
Watch out for information that you will want to hear about while I'm here in Chicago at the Automation Fair.
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ALEX Salmond is facing an investigation from an independent standards watchdog after it emerged the First Minister invited the SNP's biggest ever donors – EuroMillions winners – to a tea party at his official residence.
Labour has asked former Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini to look into the meeting between Mr Salmond and Chris and Colin Weir, held at Bute House four days before their £1 million donation was registered with the Electoral Commission.
The meeting came two months after the pair won £161 million on the EuroMillions draw in July last year.
Dame Angiolini, an independent advisers on the ministerial code, was lettered by Paul Martin, Labour's parliamentary business manager.
Mr Martin said: "This would appear to be an abuse of the ministerial conduct and has to be investigated by the independent advisers.
"It is not befitting of someone holding the office of First Minister to chase after lottery winners and hold tea parties for them at his official residence in a bid to secure donors for his separation campaign."
Yesterday, Mr Salmond's spokesman denied there was anything inappropriate about the meeting and said the Weirs' donation was not mentioned at the tea party on 9 September last year, which was simply "an opportunity for old friends to meet up over a cup of tea".
His spokesman argued Bute House is Mr Salmond's residence as well as a Scottish Government office and the meeting was private.
The spokesman said the tea party did not constitute an official event, so did not require to be registered on the official list of Bute House guests published on the government's website.
But Mr Martin asked Dame Angiolini to examine whether there had been a breach of the Ministerial Code, which states that ministers must ensure there is no conflict between their public duties and private interests.
Mr Martin also pointed to the section of the code that states ministers must not use public resources for party political purposes and that formal meetings between Scottish Government members and outside interest groups should be recorded.
He also listed the part of the code, which says: "Government property should not generally be used for constituency work or party activities. A particular exception is recognised where a building has been designated as the First Minister's official residence. Where ministers host party or personal events in the First Minister's official residence, it should be at their own or at party expense, with no cost falling on the public purse."
The Weirs come from Largs in Ayrshire. Mr Weir is a long-time SNP supporter and had worked on party publicity with Mr Salmond in the 1980s.
Yesterday, the First Minister's spokesman said it was "absurd and ridiculous" to compare the Weirs' visit with the "cash for access" scandal involving David Cameron and hosting private dinners for donors at Chequers and Downing Street.
The spokesman added: "I did not require a conversation with Alex Salmond to urge Mr and Mrs Weir to support a party that they have been supporting all their lives."


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This specification covers polymer precoated corrugated steel pipe for use for water drainage, underdrains, the construction of culverts, and similar uses. The steel sheet used in fabrication of the pipe has a polymer protective coating over a metallic coating of zinc, aluminum-zinc alloy, or zinc-aluminum-mischmetal alloy. The corrugated steel pipe covered is classified as Type I, Type IA, Type IR, Type II, Type IIA, Type HR, Type III, and Type IIIA. Zn-Al-MM alloy coated materials are available in two coating classes, Class A and Class B. Pipes shall be formed from polymer precoated sheets. Pipe arch and coupling band dimensions shall conform the requirements of this specification.
This abstract is a brief summary of the referenced standard. It is informational only and not an official part of the standard; the full text of the standard itself must be referred to for its use and application. ASTM does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents of this abstract are accurate, complete or up to date.
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1.1 This specification covers polymer precoated corrugated steel pipe intended for use for storm water drainage, underdrains, the construction of culverts, and similar uses. Pipe covered by this specification is not normally used for the conveyance of sanitary or industrial wastes. The steel sheet used in fabrication of the pipe has a polymer protective coating over a metallic coating of zinc, 55 % aluminum-zinc alloy, or zinc-5 % aluminum-mischmetal alloy.
1.2 The polymer precoating provides extra protection of the base metal against corrosion or abrasion, or both, in addition to that provided by the metallic coating. Some severe environments may cause corrosion problems to accessory items such as rivets or coupling band hardware that does not have a polymer coating. Additional protection for polymer precoated corrugated steel pipe can be provided by use of coatings applied after fabrication of the pipe as described in Specification A849.
1.3 This specification does not include requirements for bedding, backfill, or the relationship between earth cover load and sheet thickness of the pipe. Experience has shown that the successful performance of this product depends upon the proper selection of sheet thickness, type of bedding and backfill, controlled manufacture in the plant, and care in the installation. The installation procedure is described in Practice A798/A798M.
1.4 This specification is applicable to orders in either inch-pound units as A762, or in SI units as A762M. Inch-pound units and SI units are not necessarily equivalent. SI units are shown in brackets in the text for clarity, but they are the applicable values when the material is ordered to A762M.
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A90/A90M Test Method for Weight [Mass] of Coating on Iron and Steel Articles with Zinc or Zinc-Alloy Coatings
A153/A153M Specification for Zinc Coating (Hot-Dip) on Iron and Steel Hardware
A307 Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts, Studs, and Threaded Rod 60 000 PSI Tensile Strength
A449 Specification for Hex Cap Screws, Bolts and Studs, Steel, Heat Treated, 120/105/90 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength, General Use
A493 Specification for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods for Cold Heading and Cold Forging
A563 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
A563M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts (Metric)
A742/A742M Specification for Steel Sheet, Metallic Coated and Polymer Precoated for Corrugated Steel Pipe
A780 Practice for Repair of Damaged and Uncoated Areas of Hot-Dip Galvanized Coatings
A796/A796M Practice for Structural Design of Corrugated Steel Pipe, Pipe-Arches, and Arches for Storm and Sanitary Sewers and Other Buried Applications
A798/A798M Practice for Installing Factory-Made Corrugated Steel Pipe for Sewers and Other Applications
A849 Specification for Post-Applied Coatings, Pavings, and Linings for Corrugated Steel Sewer and Drainage Pipe
A929/A929M Specification for Steel Sheet, Metallic-Coated by the Hot-Dip Process for Corrugated Steel Pipe
B633 Specification for Electrodeposited Coatings of Zinc on Iron and Steel
B695 Specification for Coatings of Zinc Mechanically Deposited on Iron and Steel
C443 Specification for Joints for Concrete Pipe and Manholes, Using Rubber Gaskets
D1005 Test Method for Measurement of Dry-Film Thickness of Organic Coatings Using Micrometers
D1056 Specification for Flexible Cellular Materials--Sponge or Expanded Rubber
F568M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Externally Threaded Metric Fasteners (Metric)
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ICS Number Code 23.040.10 (Iron and steel pipes)
UNSPSC Code
UNSPSC Code 40171500(Commercial pipe and piping)
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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Joe Tedesco, who has a knack for finding shoddy electrical work, did the dirty work and found this mess. Now it's your turn to identify the violation.
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Ray Stewart, an estimator/project manager for the Johnson Group of Kentucky, Louisville, Ky., offered these comments. "Per 334.12(B)4, Romex is not permitted where exposed or subject to excessive moisture or dampness. In addition, this does not look like a temporary installation."
Rick Thurman, IBEW JW, certified electrical inspector and JATC instructor, added this: "I found the photo of the outside light to offer the following Code violations: Secs. 110.12, 225.10, 225.20, 410.4, 410.22, 410.24, 410.28."


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Cedric Benson's emotional plea to get back into the NFL made me root for the guy. Even if he's a little unrealistic about his market value.
Benson did not sound open to taking a veteran's minimum contract, which is a mistake. There's a chance he could eventually do better, but there's an equal chance that some veteran like Ryan Grant would take a lesser salary. That's a tiebreaker.
Still, we think Benson is good enough to be in the league. You generally want your backup running backs to play special teams, but Benson can be a league average backup at worst as a power back on early downs.
So where would he fit? Benson mentioned that the Packers, Jets, and Raiders had "checked in" with him, but didn't classify their interest as serious yet. Here's where we think he'd fit best.
1. Baltimore Ravens: Benson could fill the old Ricky Williams role if the Ravens realize youngsters Bernard Pierce and Anthony Allen aren't up for the task of backing up Ray Rice.
2. New York Jets: The Jets are thin at the position and desperate to believe Shonn Greene will ever be the power back they wanted. A rough start to training camp could have them calling.
3. Seattle Seahawks: Marshawn Lynch insurance, anyone?
4. Green Bay Packers: We could see Benson getting another call from the Packers if Alex Green doesn't look ready in camp.
5. Oakland Raiders: It seems like an Al Davis move, but not necessarily a Reggie McKenzie move. Still, the Raiders could use the depth.
6. Washington Redskins: Signing Benson seems exactly like a Mike Shanahan move. But we'd only expect them to make a call if Tim Hightower or Ryan Torain get hurt in camp. (Which seems fairly likely.)
7. Indianapolis Colts: When Donald Brown and Delone Carter are your top two backs in a new system, it's not so crazy to look around.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police formed skirmish lines during a street clash between Palestinian supporters and a pro-Israel group staging a rally, but nobody was arrested.
KNX radio reports one man apparently broke his arm during a fight with a demonstrator during the Sunday afternoon event outside the Westwood federal building.
The rally attracted more than 1,000 pro-Israel supporters amid renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip, where Israel is retaliating for Hamas rocket attacks.
After the event began, a group of about 250 Palestinian supporters began demonstrating on the opposite side of Wilshire Boulevard.
It triggered a Los Angeles Police Department tactical alert that drew police officers, sheriff's deputies and the California Highway Patrol officers who formed skirmish lines until the demonstrators eventually left.
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text: Diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy How is diabetes classified? How is diabetic retinopathy classified? What are the symptoms to look for? What is a fluorescein angiogram? What is an OCT study? Does the development of either form of retinopathy mean that I have done something wrong in the care of my diabetes? Can diabetic retinopathy be prevented? How frequently should a patient with diabetes have a retina examination? How is diabetes classified? Type 1 diabetes was previously called insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile-onset. This form is usually diagnosed in children and young adults and accounts for 5-10 percent of all cases of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes was previously called non-insulin-dependent, or adult-onset, diabetes and it accounts for about 90-95 percent of all case of diabetes. Type 2 is associated with older age, obesity, family history of diabetes, physical inactivity, prior history of gestational diabetes, and race. African Americans, Native Americans and Latino Americans are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is increasingly being diagnosed in children and adolescents along with increased obesity in the U.S. How is diabetic retinopathy classified? Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which involves swelling within the eye, but no abnormal formation of blood vessels Proliferative diabetic retinopathy, in which abnormal new blood vessel form in the retina and vitreous gel of the eye What are the symptoms to look for? Unfortunately, diabetic retinopathy gives no warning symptoms. By the time a patient notices floaters or visual loss, there is already a significant amount of diabetic retinopathy. With proper education and attention, diabetic patients should seek regular eye examinations for better preventive care. With proper treatment, loss of vision can be prevented. What is a fluorescein angiogram? Fluorescein angiography is frequently used in the management of diabetic retinopathy. Fluorescein dye is injected into an arm vein, and as it courses through the retina, special pictures are taken of the interior of the eye by a professional photographer. It is a very informative tool used to evaluate retinal circulation, presence of macular leakage and retinal new blood vessels. Based on this information, the ophthalmologist will then determine whether treatment is necessary. Most people tolerate fluorescein angiography very well. Some may experience a minor allergic reaction with rash and small hives that are easily treated with Benadryl. However, there is a very small risk (~1/200,000) of developing anaphylactic shock, which is an extreme allergic reaction that can lead to serious complications, including death. This is why patients are asked to give a signed consent prior to the study. What is an OCT study? OCT is short for optical coherence tomography. It is a non-invasive study that provides a quick scan of the central area of the retina, called the macula. With this study, the ophthalmologist can quickly determine if there is fluid in the macula and in which layer of the macula. It is also very useful for treatment follow-ups as it provides objective data with exact measurements of the macular thickness. Does the development of either form of retinopathy mean that I have done something wrong in the care of my diabetes? No. Even with excellent control, many patients will still develop retinopathy. As patients may have severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy without any obvious visual symptoms, we recommend a baseline eye examination followed by regular examinations. Patients and their primary care physicians should not rely on vision as an indicator for need of an eye examination. There are no early warning signs for patients with diabetic retinopathy, making regular check-ups all the more necessary. Can diabetic retinopathy be prevented? The most effective strategy to prevent the development of diabetic retinopathy is prevention of diabetes and attention to its risks. It is possible to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes by reducing lifestyle risk factors through weight control and increased physical activity. We hope that proper education and guidance can help patients with diabetes to reduce their risk of ocular complications. In particular, people with diabetes can learn to control their blood glucose levels, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and receive regular checkups. People who smoke should stop smoking. People with diabetes who are overweight should develop a healthier diet and exercise regimen under the guidance of a health care provider. Studies have shown that better control of blood sugar levels slows down the progression of retinopathy and delays the onset. The same studies have also shown that tight control of blood sugars also reduces kidney and neurological foot complications. How frequently should a patient with diabetes have a retina examination? An adult patient with diabetes should have a thorough dilated retina examination at the time of diagnosis. This should be followed by yearly examinations for life. Some patients may require more frequent examination, and this will be determined by the physician. Young people with diabetes should have a baseline examination within 2 to 3 years from the time of diagnosis. Make An Appointment Today! 617-573-3202


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Residents of the Ballyhenry and Dorchester areas of Glengormley are cleaning up after what has been described as a "mini tornado" hit the area this afternoon.
Several houses were badly damaged in the freak weather event.
More than half a dozen properties in Ballyhenry Avenue and neighbouring Dorchester were affected by the strong gusting wind, according to a local resident.
Ballyhenry man Gavin Robinson said "a mini tornado" hit the area at around 3.30pm.
"I've never seen anything like it in my life. It literally only tasted about 10 or 15 seconds, but it absolutely wrecked the place," he told the Times.
"At first we thought it was hailstones so we looked out and we couldn't see any hail but we could hear the wind building up. The patio furniture blew down the garden and the fence nearly blew down."
Trees on Ballyhenry Road were blown over, fences were damaged and tiles were lifted off the roofs of several homes.
"I went out to check for damage and I could see that a lot of the ridge tiles had come off the neighbour's house. The house beside us, his roof is pretty much wrecked. All the ridge tiles are away and a lot of the slates have slid off into the garden. There are about five houses in our street damaged and some in Dorchester as well. I've never seen anything like this before," Mr Robinson added.
There were strong winds and heavy rain across Northern Ireland today as storm Abigail battered parts of the UK.


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Some commentators on the Ukraine crisis seem so convinced that it must be a struggle between good guys and bad guys that they're willing to ignore evidence that there's anything problematic about their chosen side.
In the US press, this generally means whitewashing the opposition that overthrew the government of President Viktor Yanukovych, since Yanukovych had the support of official enemy Russia. To maintain a simple good vs. evil framework, the fact that Ukraine's neo-fascist movement had a significant role in that opposition–and in the new government that replaced Yanukovych–was downplayed or even outright denied.
Take Timothy Snyder's widely circulated piece from the New York Review of Books (3/1/14), "Ukraine: The Haze of Propaganda." Snyder is a professor of history at Yale; I've read one of his books, The Reconstruction of Nation: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569–1999, and thought it was excellent. But his piece on the Ukraine crisis illustrates that being a gifted historian does not automatically convey the ability to write about events in one's own time in a clear-eyed fashion.
Complaining that "from Moscow to London to New York, the Ukrainian revolution has been seen through a haze of propaganda," Snyder cited claims by both Russian and former Ukrainian officials that "Ukrainian protesters were right-wing extremists" and that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had been ousted by "right-wing thugs." "Interestingly," Snyder wrote,
the message from authoritarian regimes in Moscow and Kiev was not so different from some of what was written during the uprising in the English-speaking world, especially in publications of the far left and the far right. From Lyndon LaRouche's Executive Intelligence Review through Ron Paul's newsletter through The Nation and the Guardian, the story was essentially the same: little of the factual history of the protests, but instead a play on the idea of a nationalist, fascist or even Nazi coup d'état.
In other words, not only Russian and ex-Ukrainian officials, but also various Western media outlets–with the most oddball and marginal listed first–are putting forth the "propaganda" claim that Yanukovych was overthrown by the far right.
Given this introduction, you would expect the article to go on to debunk the idea that the people who overthrew the Ukrainian government were fascists. Instead, Snyder spends the next 20 paragraphs arguing that Yanukovych's government was bad and undemocratic. It need hardly be said, of course, that bad, undemocratic governments can have fascist opponents; if they could not, his opposition to Stalin would disqualify Hitler as a fascist.
So it isn't until the 23rd paragraph that Snyder begins to address the claims made by "the far left and the far right" about fascists overthrowing Yanukovych. And he starts, surprisingly enough, by acknowledging that there's an element of truth to them: "The Ukrainian far right did play an important part in the revolution," he writes. That's maybe something he could have mentioned some 1,800 words earlier; it seems an important qualifier to the assertion that talk of "right-wing extremists" is mere "propaganda."
Snyder makes an argument that Yanukovych, by not repressing his fascist opponents as much as he did liberal democrats, was actually using them to bolster his claim to power–imputing to Yanukovych a sort of association with fascism for failing to be antifascist enough. Snyder sees no need, on the other hand, for the anti-Yanukovych movement to apologize for actually including fascists in its coalition; in fact, he depicts the participation of fascist militia in the overthrow of Yanukovych's government in what can only be described as a heroic light:
The radical youth of Svoboda fought in considerable numbers, alongside of course people of completely different views. They fought and they took risks and they died, sometimes while trying to save others.
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Svoboda is a far-right party launched in 1991; its original name (the Social-National Party) and logo (a swastika-like superimposed I-N, standing for "Idea Natsii," or "Idea of the Nation") were deliberate echoes of Nazism. It supposedly purged neo-Nazi elements in 2004, but its ostensibly more moderate leader, Oleh Tyahnybok, is notorious for his attacks on the "Moscow/Jewish mafia ruling Ukraine" and "the Moskali [Russians], Germans, Kikes and other scum who wanted to take away our Ukrainian state" (Channel 4, 12/16/13). Yuri Mykhailyshin, one of Tyahnybok's top advisers, set up something called the Joseph Goebbels Political Research Centre in 2005 (OSW Commentary, 7/4/11). Did some of the people these far-right extremists fought alongside have "completely different views"? One should hope so.
Though not all of them do; another group that played a large role in the violent clashes was Right Sector, an ultra-nationalist movement that has criticized Svoboda for its "pacifism" (Nation, 1/21/14). While disclaiming racism and antisemitism, Right Sector describes itself as "nationalist, defending the values of white, Christian Europe against the loss of the nation and deregionalization" (Le Monde Diplomatique, 3/14). Snyder calls Right Sector "the group to watch" as "the radical alternative to Svoboda," but suggests that it, too, is nothing much to worry about, and possibly even represents a constructive stabilizing force: Its leaders tell Jews and Russians "that their goal is political and not ethnic or racial," and since the government's overthrow, "they have not caused violence or disorder. On the contrary, the subway runs in Kiev." But do the trains run on time?
Snyder insists that "the transitional authorities were not from the right," and that the "new government, chosen by parliament…is very similar in its general orientation." This is simply false; Snyder mentions a couple of political figures who are not fascists, but passes over in silence a number of bonafide far-right extremists who have been given powerful positions.
The new deputy prime minister, Oleksandr Sych, is from Svoboda; National Security Secretary Andriy Parubiy is a co-founder of the neo-Nazi Social-National Party, Svoboda's earlier incarnation; the deputy secretary for National Security is Dmytro Yarosh, the head of Right Sector. Chief prosecutor Oleh Makhnitsky is another Svoboda member, as are the ministers for Agriculture and Ecology (Channel 4, 3/5/14). In short, if the prospect of fascists taking power again in Europe worries you, you should be very worried about Ukraine.
Snyder's piece inspired a much less informed screed in Forbes (3/4/14) making an even more sweeping denial of the role of the extreme right in the new Ukrainian government. Forbes contributor Greg Satell wrote:
There has also been completely unfounded accusations that Ukraine's interim government is "Neo-Nazi" and "Ultranationalist." Timothy Snyder has done a wonderful job debunking these claims.
Satell's link, of course, goes to Snyder's "Haze of Propaganda."
"Are there Neo-Nazis in Ukraine?" writes Satell. "Sure, just as there are in Chicago and every other major American city. Are some politically active? Yes, as is David Duke in our own country. Do they have any power to shape policy or events? Categorically no." Unless you count leading the fighting that overthrew the government as shaping events, or getting to run the military and justice system as affecting policy.
Satell has the nerve to call his utterly ignorant article "How the Western Press Is Getting It Terribly Wrong in Ukraine."


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