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(AUSTIN) — During the month of April, the Comptroller's office will conduct 18 free taxpayer seminars across the state. At these seminars, taxpayers can learn how to properly fill out tax forms, and file and pay taxes electronically. Information about e-services will also be available to help taxpayers manage their accounts online. Comptroller representatives will be on hand to answer questions and provide assistance to attendees.
"We want to empower Texas business owners by making resources and information accessible. Conducting these seminars and making our team of tax specialists available provides guidance for businesses," said R.J. DeSilva, spokesperson for the Comptroller's office.
A complete list of locations, dates and times of the taxpayer seminars is available at www.window.state. tx.us/taxinfo/seminars.html. Those who are unable to attend the seminars can call the Comptroller's tax assistance line at 1-800-252-5555. Tax forms and tax information can also be found on the Comptroller's website, www.window.state.tx.us.


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Google bought 10 companies in 2010, making the tech giant the top purchaser of venture capital-backed businesses for the year.
Google, which bought such diverse holdings such as the Bay Area-based Like.com, Bump Technologies and Slide, was followed by both Facebook and IBM, with both acquiring five companies each, Dow Jones VentureSource reported. And while Google may not have been able to close the deal on the San Francisco-based Groupon, the company's last three successful purchases were in August -- the aforementioned Like.com, Slide and Jambool. However, pending deals like Google's six-month long wait to buy ITA Software for $700 million while it's pored over by federal regulators, were not included in the list.
It's a far cry from 2009, when Google only bought three companies. However, Dow Jones predicted that Facebook would go on a spending spree in 2011.
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Expect Facebook to step up its acquisition pace, now that it has raised hundreds of millions in more capital from Goldman Sachs. Its executives say the company plans to acquire more than 10 companies this year.
Zynga bought four VC-backed companies in 2010, and Apple acquired three.

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A frantic lion meets the border wall
I recently moved from Sasabe, Ariz., a tiny town located next to the border wall dividing the United States from Mexico. The wall was built of bars 15 feet tall and looked like a long prison cell. It ran four miles east until it hit an arroyo on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, and three miles west until it met the foothills of the Pozo Verde Mountains.
I lived in Sasabe for seven months, and when I left, the population was reduced to 11 people. I'd become familiar with the town while documenting mountain lion sign on the neighboring wildlife refuge for eight years. Every day I saw the wall, U.S. National Guard troops, Border Patrol agents and the billion-dollar, high technology surveillance towers that did not work.
Sometimes, I witnessed illegal immigrants walking the Arizona desert, and sometimes I'd run into drug smugglers resting under mesquite trees close to my home.
From the perspective of a resident of Sasabe, border enforcement seemed like an illusion, the wall an expensive prop. A group of 15 illegal immigrants once ran through the empty lot next to my home, jumped into a pickup truck -- where they stacked themselves like cordwood -- and sped off. The direction they came from was the wall, though that section was monitored by a National Guard lookout. It took four days before a Border Patrol agent showed up and studied the ground as if he were tracking fresh sign.
Corruption involving the Border Patrol is well documented, but the most appalling story about flawed border enforcement while I lived and worked in the area involved Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. He was killed while on duty by border bandits who used a weapon provided by Operation Fast and Furious, which was run through the Arizona U.S. Attorney's office and the Phoenix office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. This operation supplied weapons to criminals in hopes of tracking them to Mexican cartels. I was told that after Terry's death, agents began questioning why they should put their lives on the line when they might be gunned down with a weapon provided by their fellow agencies.
Meanwhile, illegal immigrants kept climbing over the wall near me with the aid of ropes and crude ladders or by just walking around it. According to a refuge officer, drug smugglers started carrying loads of marijuana cut to fit through the four-inch spaces between the bars of the wall.
It seemed the only thing the wall could stop was the migration of wildlife.
Usually, the Department of Homeland Security did not care about wildlife, though in September 2008, one incident definitely bothered them. A Border Patrol agent within the Buenos Aires refuge saw a mountain lion running back and forth in front of the wall, seemingly frantic to get to the other side. He also saw the lion trying to stick its head through the bars of the wall. The sight was so alarming that the agent took several photos and video of the lion's effort, and some of his photos ran in a few news outlets.
After I received a phone call from the refuge about the lion, I placed a remote camera near the wall in case the animal returned. A few months later, my camera disappeared. Thanks to the help of refuge officers, I learned that the Border Patrol had confiscated my camera. Initially, the chief patrol agent informed me that my camera had been "removed" because they were unsure of who it belonged to and didn't want the "bad guys" monitoring them. Weeks later, my camera was returned and I had a chance to question a Border Patrol liaison officer, who offered another explanation: Officials in the agency had seized the video of the lion and my camera because images of wildlife trapped at the wall were viewed as a potential public relations nightmare.
The wall had been controversial from the onset because it went through the wildlife refuge, but if refuge officials had tried to block the building of it, there's no question they would have failed. All Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff had to do was invoke the REAL ID Act passed by Congress in 2005, which circumvented all environmental laws and safeguards.
As for the lion, its fate is unknown, except that it was clear that it did not get through those bars. The flow of illegal immigrants and drug smugglers remains constant, though, because for them the wall is just a minor obstacle, a temporary barrier.
Janay Brun is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). She recently moved to Pennsylvania, where she is writing a book about her experience as a whistle-blower in a case involving an endangered species.


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Clutches are one of the most, if not the most, important components in any motor as their function is to ensure an adequate and effective transfer of the motors power between the crankshaft and the gearbox. To transfer greater amounts of motor power, more friction needs to be available within the mechanism of the clutch. Stronger clutch springs create more frictional pressure, more frictional plates lead to a greater frictional area.
All clutch plates can be combined with all differing strengths of clutch springs suitable for their particular type of engine. We stock an extensive range of clutch plates, clutch springs and complete clutch assemblies. We have clutches produced by all the major producers in the field and therefore have for almost all VESPA models a huge choice available. All clutch plates can be combined with all differing strengths of clutch springs suitable for their particular type of engine.
The standard friction plates are supplied as a kit with plain separator plates and springs included or as a reduced version with just the cork surfaced friction plate set. The friction plates for earlier VESPA models have a toothed inner circumference, for connection to the rest of the clutch mechanism. VESPA models since the 125cc VNA2T 081469 through to the 150cc VBA and the GS VSS have the toothed inner circumference for connection to the rest of the clutch on the plain separator plates. In addition to this the friction plates surfacings can differ in their thickness, total surfaced area and in the number of springs possible. FA produce the more reasonably priced, while PIAGGIO, NEWFREN, FERODO and SURFLEX manufacture for the higher end of the market. We recommend stronger clutch springs and more performance orientated friction plates for tuned motor set ups. The friction plates should be soaked overnight in gearbox oil (SAE 30) before assembly.
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Simon Bradstreet and Anne Dudley were my 8th great-grandparents.
Simon born abt. March 18, 1603/04 from Horbling, Lincolnshire, England.
He died March 27, 1697 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
Buried at Burying Point Cemetery also known as the Charter Street Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Salem, and the second oldest known cemetery in the country, started in 1637.
Additional photos can be found at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1723 There were many photos already posted, but I thought I would show mine.
A lot has been written about Simon, as he was one of many important men in Massachusetts history. A quick google check will give you all the facts, 64,000 hits as of today.
My family group sheet for Simon and Anne Dudley is below.


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Celebrate Mother's Day with spring blooms, handmade designs, food trucks and more. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago.
We visit the Art Institute of Chicago to find out more about the 19th century oil painting "Arrangement in Grey and Black, Number One" – commonly known as "Whistler's Mother."
Annual physicals often come with a roster of tests, and the results of those tests can leave many of us scratching our heads. Scientists at the University of Illinois are trying to change that.
Northbrook native Beth Moses, chief astronaut instructor for the world's first commercial spaceline, returns to Chicago to receive Adler Planetarium's Women in Space Science Award.
A conversation with actors Anthony Murphy and Chicago's own Jonathan Weir from the production "Aladdin."
The recently installed "Flying Creatures Initiative" on the southeast corner of Wabash Avenue and Randolph Street is part of the city's Year of Public Art.
The author of a new book explores the lives of young factory workers exposed to radium in the 1920s.
How young is too young for a student to be expelled from school? A new bill going through the state Legislature would keep preschoolers from being kicked out of class.
The Chicago Police Department documented 72 hate crimes in 2016 – a 20-percent spike compared to 2015. That increase falls in line with hate crime upticks in other large U.S. cities, like New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Legislation proposed this week in the Illinois Senate would require electronics manufacturers to pay for permanent recycling drop-off sites set up by counties.
Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightfoot talks about misconduct findings against all 15 officers who faced discipline last year.
Cook County has approved hundreds of low-dollar legal settlements in connection with conditions at the Cook County Jail.
Watch the May 11, 2017 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."


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Olympus only announced the SZ-10 ultra-zoom camera back in February, but it has already revealed a couple of follow up models in the SZ range - the flagship SZ-30MR and the SZ-20.
The SZ-30MR has a Dual Engine TruePic III+ image processor which means that you can shoot 1080p movies and 16-megapixel photos simultaneously, or record two movies in different modes or from different angles at the same time.
You can also choose to shoot one HD movie and one lower resolution one, or mix and match the final appearance by employing different filters (from a choice of seven). You can even grab some movie footage from a still picture, as it will automatically record footage before and after you snap your desired photo.
It also has a whopping 24x wide optical zoom (25-600mm) - the SZ-20 has a 12.5x one.
Both models feature a backlit CMOS sensor, dual image stabilisation, 3-inch displays with 460k dots, 3D shooting, i-Auto mode and face and pet detection.
The ISO range is 80 to 3200, they have Eye-Fi compatibility and support SDXC memory cards.
The Olympus SZ-30MR will land in April for £299.99. The SZ-20 will arrive at the same time but the price is yet to be confirmed.


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I need more brains on this idea. So any advice or comments would be great.
I'm thinking about releasing the Word document for White Box:FMAG. I see 3 options to choose from:
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3) Formatted text with pictures.
I'm wondering what you think would be the best for White Box?


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THE world's biggest collection of George Harrison memorabilia is making its way to Liverpool.
For seven weeks only, the never-before-seen exhibition of the former Beatle's life will feature at St George's Hall.
The free event will be kickstarted by a concert celebrating Harrison's music.
The concert and exhibition is the brainchild of fans' group ForGeorge, which spent months putting all of the exhibits together.
Spokesman Denise Theophilus said: "George was not just a Beatle – there was so much more to him.
"He achieved an awful lot in his life and we want to celebrate that.
"We are putting on a concert at St George's Hall on August 1 to kickstart the exhibition.
"August 1 was when George staged his original concert for Bangladesh and we are using it as inspiration for the event.
"The artists we are using have all offered their services for free because they love George and want to celebrate his life.
"Hopefully the concert will pay for itself and the exhibition and any money left over will go straight into George's charity.
"No one is getting paid for this. We want people to leave the concert and the exhibition with the understanding that George was more than just a Beatle."
The exhibition will be in seven different parts, because seven was George's lucky number.
Each section will explore a different part of his personality, from the Beatle and car maniac to the producer and the gardener.
The display comes mainly from private collectors and much of it has never been seen before.
Mrs Theophilus added: "There is a lot of side to George that people do not know about and we want to offer an in-depth look at him.
"We originally wanted to start a museum in his memory, but that takes an awful lot of money to set up and to maintain.
"An exhibition was the next best thing, but it is not permanent.
"George was always known as the quiet one, but he had a wicked sense of humour. He and Paul tricked two fans into thinking that they were really brothers and George signed his name 'George McCartney' for them.
"Our current focus is getting people to the concert, which is going to be a fantastic night. There are bands from all over the world coming to pay tribute to George."
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Thursday, July 10.
Aside from spending six days nursing a rather painful case of welly-rash several things stick in my mind from last year's muddy Glastonbury festival.
The sight of a barely conscious man, at the end of what must have been a protracted day on the cider, parting the massed crowds in front of the Pyramid Stage by urinating in the middle of the mosh pit is definitely one memory likely to stay with me for a while.
I also can recall - almost but not quite as vividly - dragging my long-suffering girlfriend away from whichever indie rockers she wanted to watch on the main stage and then traipsing halfway across the site, through miles of sticky mud, to watch Chas 'n' Dave.
Memorable not simply because of the scowl my girlfriend had on her face for most of the set, the cockney rockers' appearance has lived with me mainly because I left thoroughly underwhelmed by what I had witnessed.
How pleased I was then when I departed The Horns last Thursday night after watching the "rockney" duo entertain the crowds in what surely is their natural habitat - the old "nuclear sub".
What was lost in the vast swathes of a rain sodden Somerset fields was here in spades when packed into the confines of Watford's best public house.
Despite starting off a little slowly the pair (along with trusted drummer Mick) gradually won the crowd over with foot tapping versions of London Girls, Gertcha and Margate.
Any lingering doubts I may have still had about Chas 'n' Dave's ability to entertain were spectacularly answered with crowd pleasing renditions of Rabbit, Snooker Loopy and Ain't No Pleasing You.
Leaving the stage the cockney legends were mobbed by a delighted crowd, most of whom looked like they had had a thoroughly good knees-up.


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LONGMONT — Former Longmont Mayor Leona Stoecker and her husband Bernie have invited Longmont-area Republicans to meet and greet several GOP candidates during a reception at their home Saturday morning.
The candidates or their representatives expected to attend include: U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, the Yuma Republican seeking re-election to Colorado's 4th Congressional District seat; Brian Davidson, a candidate for an at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents; Charles Plagainos of Longmont, who's running for the state Senate District 17 seat; Russ Lyman of Longmont, the GOP candidate for the Legislature's House District 12 seat; Jeff Ilseman of Longmont, a candidate for the District I seat on the Regional Transportation District board; and Maureen Denig of Longmont, who's running for the District 2 seat on the Boulder County's Board of County Commissioners.
The event is set for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Stoecker home at 755 Windflower Drive, Longmont. People intending to attend are asked to RSVP by calling 303-485-0233 or emailing email@example.com.


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Sarratt Beaver Scouts are our youngest members aged between 6 and 8 years of age. We meet weekly to take part in a wide range of activities including games, crafts,singing,visits and good turns, along with plenty of outdoor activities.
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AXIS is one many GSM providers available in Indonesia. I will show you how to setup internet connection with Axis and Nokia 5320 express music.
How to setup?
First, you have to setup the wvdial.conf file. You can use your Linux terminal or edit it with any text editor. In this article, I will use 'vim' because for me it's very simple and easy to use.
Open your Linux Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) then type: 'sudo vim /etc/wvdial.conf'.
Then type the configuration below:
The Baud value will be depend on your mobile phone. Usually the phone will only GPRS speed will have around 230000.
Save the file and Quit (type :wq from vim).
Before you start to test the connection, make sure you check few things below:
-Set the access point in your mobile phone. (In Nokia 5320 express music, go to Settings>Phone Sett.>Connection>Packet data>set access point to 'axis').
-Turn any available network interface. (Check using ifconfig. If the eth1 is on, turn off using command $sudo ifconfig eth0 down').
-Connect the data cable from PC to your mobile phone. (Select USB mode to 'PC Suite').
Now, you can try the connection by typing 'sudo wvdial' command. You will have DNS ip address if you are succees.
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University of Hawai'i reaffirms strong ties with key Chinese UniversitiesUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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BEIJING -- University of Hawaiʻi President David McClain and Peking University President Xu Zhihong renewed a Basic Agreement of Cooperation in the Great Hall of the People on November 2. Beida, as it is commonly referred to, is one of UH' s most active partnerships. "The international relationship between the University of Hawaiʻi and Peking University has been a long and very productive one, dating back to 1988," noted McClain.
On October 31, the President and Beijing Foreign Studies University President Hao Ping penned a three-year Basic Agreement of Cooperation on behalf of the UH System. During the ceremony, a Student Exchange Agreement was also signed between UH Manoa and Beiwai, as it is known.
Beiwai is also a partner with the Mānoa campus' Center for Chinese Studies in the Confucius Institute, one of only 11 in the United States and one of 100 worldwide, which was established in January 2007. Support for the Institute comes through the National Office of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in the Chinese Ministry of Education. The Institute's aim is to train teachers of Chinese language and culture.
The ceremonies were witnessed by a UH delegation of faculty and administrators attending the Beijing Forum. Included were Professor of Financial Economics Rosita Chang (currently serving as the director of the Center for Chinese Studies), Professor of Philosophy Roger Ames (former Center director), Dean Christine Sorensen of the UHM College of Education, and UHM COE Professors Xu Di, and Gail Tamaribuchi. The UH Foundation was represented by President and CEO Donna Vuchinich and Mangmang Brown, Director of International Engagement.
The Beijing Forum is an annual symposium co-sponsored by Peking University, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, and the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies. Organizers describe its aim as being "to promote academic development and social progress in the Asia-Pacific region and the world in order to contribute to the development and prosperity of humankind."
President McClain's remarks to the Beijing Forum are available online at: http://www.hawaii.edu/offices/op/index.html
About Peking University
Founded in 1898 in Beijing, China, Peking University (PKU / Beida) is one of the most prestigious educational and research facilities in the People's Republic of China today, and became the first national university in modern Chinese history. As a comprehensive and national key university, it enrolls more than 10,000 students including 4,000+ international students from 80+ countries. For more information visit: http://www.pku.edu.cn
About Beijing Foreign Studies University
Established in 1941, and having acquired university status in 1954, Beijing Foreign Studies University (Beiwai) is one of China's key universities. Administered directly under the State Education University, it is China's most prestigious school for the study of language. Comparable with Georgetown University in the United States, Beiwai graduates most diplomats and foreign relations officials working in the government. Over 30 different foreign languages are taught to nearly 1,000 international and 4,500 Chinese students, opportunities abound for sharing language and cultural exchange. For more information visit: http://www.bfsu.edu.cn/
About the University of Hawaiʻi
Established in 1907 and fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the University of Hawaiʻi is the state's sole public system of higher education. The UH System provides an array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and community programs on 10 campuses and through educational, training, and research centers across the state. UH enrolls more than 50,000 students from Hawaiʻi, the U.S. mainland, and around the world. For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu.
For more information, visit: http://www.hawaii.edu/offices/op/index.html


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We are America's first graduate public service training program, and among its most prominent—respected for the excellence of our faculty, our grounding in social science research and quantitative analysis, the real-world policy issues woven throughout our curriculum, and the careers of leadership and impact forged by our alumni.
Situated at one of America's great public universities but with approximately 110 master's students matriculated each year, the Ford School is large enough to satisfy diverse intellectual and political interests, but small enough to offer a warm, collegial educational community.
From here to there, and points between
Ford School alumni are managing multi-million dollar support programs for farmers in Afghanistan. They're crafting market regulations at the Federal Reserve Bank. They're directing successful gubernatorial political campaigns. They're improving health policy in East Africa. And they're leading national land and water conservation efforts for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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A judge in the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled that members of Novell's board who approved the company's sale to Attachmate must defend their decision in court against allegations that they acted in bad faith by ignoring competitive offers from other parties.
Novell's board of directors voted to accept Attachmate's $2.2bn takeover bid in November 2010, while at the same time agreeing to sell a portfolio of 882 patents to a consortium led by Microsoft for an additional $450m.
At the time, then-CEO Ron Hovespian told investors that the board had conducted "a thorough review of a broad range of alternatives to enhance stockholder value" and that the combination of the merger with Attachmate and the patent selloff to the consortium represented "the best available alternative."
Novell shareholders approved the deal in February 2011, but it seems not all of them agreed with Hovsepian's characterization of the board's actions. A group of major investors quickly filed suit, including the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System, Operating Engineers Construction Industry and Miscellaneous Pension Fund, and Robert Norman, as Groklaw reports.
The plaintiffs in the suit claim that although the board had winnowed down Novell's suitors to two contenders – Attachmate and "Party C, a private equity firm" – and that both companies had put competitive offers on the table, the board repeatedly favored Attachmate with insider information that was withheld from Party C.
Most notably, Attachmate was told about the patent sale to the Microsoft-led consortium and allowed to adjust its bid accordingly, while Party C was not.
In his ruling on Friday, Judge John Noble found that such information was "not merely of passing interest," and he agreed with the Novell shareholders' assertion that the board's behavior could reasonably be construed to be "so far beyond the bounds of reasonable judgment that it seems essentially inexplicable on any ground other than bad faith."
"As indicated, there may be a plausible explanation for their conduct, but the Court does not have access to those facts," Judge Noble wrote, adding that on these grounds he could not support the defendants' motion to dismiss the case, paving the way for an eventual trial.
Such a decision is actually fairly unusual in Delaware, which is known for its lenient handling of corporations. A "plausible explanation" is about all that Novell's board would have needed to win its dismissal, but it failed to produce one.
Whether this means the matter will be heading to court, however, is by no means certain. Novell's board and its shareholders are always free to head back to the bargaining table to try to hammer out a settlement, and in fact such shareholder lawsuits often end in that way.
And although Judge Noble's ruling looks good for the plaintiffs in the case, not everything has gone in their favor. While the judge agreed to let the case against Novell's board go to trial, he dismissed similar claims against Attachmate and the hedge fund Elliot Associates, which helped finance the merger, on grounds that the plaintiffs failed "to state a claim upon which relief can be granted." ®


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Citing an increasing concern that gang members are using handheld electronic devices to influence courtroom proceedings, the top judge in Cook County announced today the general public will be barred from bringing cell phones, tablet computers and other electronic devices into criminal courthouses.
Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans said all electronic devices "capable of connecting to the Internet or making audio or video recordings" would be banned from all but the Daley Center. The order signed by Evans today goes in effect in mid-January at all 13 criminal court facilities in the county. The Daley Center was excluded since mostly civil matters are handled there.
Evans said the move was prompted after criminal judges complained that people attending court proceedings were using cell phones to photograph witnesses, judges and jurors. Some judges also said spectators "appeared to be texting testimony to witnesses waiting their turn to testify outside the courtroom," he said.
"The court is sending a strong message to gang members and others that any attempts to intimidate witnesses, jurors and judges in court will not be permitted," Evans said.
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Anyone violating the ban could face prosecution for contempt of court, Evans said.
Current and former judges, licensed attorneys, law enforcement officers, government employees and members of the public reporting for jury service will all be allowed to keep their electronic devices, Evans said. Members of the news media are also exempted from the ban.
The crackdown comes as Cook County nears allowing cameras in courtrooms on an experimental basis – a plan that has been enthusiastically supported by Evans.


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You've got a product. You've taken product photos and written product descriptions. You've designed your website, populated it with great content and launched it to the world.
Now what?
Now it's time to sit back and watch the traffic and sales come flooding in, right?
If only it were that easy.
For many first time ecommerce entrepreneurs, it can be frustrating to work so hard getting your business ready only to to hear crickets when you finally launch.
Well that's exactly what our latest guide aims to fix. With the help of Sean Work, Director of Marketing at KISSmetrics, we put together this comprehensive guide to help you make your first sale. You can read this guide like a book from start to finish, or feel free to jump into whichever chapter interests you.
Read "50 Ways To Make Your First Sale"
Here's what you'll learn in the guide:
Jump to a specific chapter:
Introduction: A handy table of contents and overview of what you'll learn in the guide.
Social Media
1. Make Friends on Facebook: Learn how to get started with Facebook marketing - everything from crafting strategic status updates to creating a compelling Facebook page for your store.
2. Network on LinkedIn: Find out how to strategically connect with people, complete your profile, what to post and how to leverage LinkedIn groups.
3. Get Busy on Youtube: Discover how to sell with video, what video software to use, what kind of video content to produce and how to get started with YouTube analytics.
4. Spark Conversations on Twitter: If you're new to Twitter then this section is for you. Learn how to get started setting up your account and how to strategically engage potential followers and customers.
5. Inspire with Pinterest: Pinterest can be a huge driver of traffic. In this chapter we show you how to integrate a 'Pin it' button on your site and start inspiring potential customers to start following your pins.
6. Work It on Instagram: Instagram is quickly becoming one of the best platforms for online store owners to build an audience with. Discover how to post photos that drive engagement, run contests and more.
7. Tap Into Tumblr: Here's where we show you everything you need to know to get started with Tumblr, from picking a theme, adding content and building links back to your store.
Search Engine Marketing
8. Stand Out on Comparison Shopping Engines: Price driven shoppers often use comparison shopping engines to make a purchase these days. Here, you'll learn how to leverage these website and get your products in front of more people.
9. Get On Google Places: Google Places is Google's answer to the good old yellow pages, and yes even if you haven't made a dime, you're going to want to be found on Google Places. In this chapter we show you how.
10. Leverage the Yahoo! Bing Network: Learn how to use paid search ads on the Yahoo! Bing Network to drive targeted traffic to your store.
11. Get Search Engine Optimized (SEO): Search engine optimization (SEO) is often considered by some as the holy grail of Internet marketing. In this chapter we show you how to get your site to rank higher in Google.
12. Learn from Web Analytics: Analytics (for short) will show you what your customers are doing on your site, on which web pages they leave your site, and in some cases how long they have been a customer.
13. Be Accessible on Mobile Devices: One way to gain an edge on your competition and be accessible by consumers on whatever device they decide to use is to make sure your current website is mobile friendly or create a separate mobile site.
14. Get Product Reviews: This is the online guerrilla marketing method of PR. There is a unique benefit of getting product reviews from other websites that helps increase brand credibility and trustworthiness in addition to word-of-mouth marketing.
15. Write a Press Release: Learn how to be newsworthy and craft a press release that rises above the noise.
16. Pull a PR Stunt: PR stunts are the ancient version of the viral video. They are loads of fun and help bring tons of attention to your brand if executed well.
17. Sell a Unique and Newsworthy Product: Standing out from the crowd is one of the best ways to move merchandise. Especially if you're in a crowded space where your competitors sell similar, if not the exact same products.
18. Interview an Industry Influencer: A great way to produce easy and very exceptional blog content is to interview someone important and well known in your industry.
Content Marketing
19. Write a Guest Post: One of the most high-impact ways to get some internet buzz for your business is to write guest blog posts for various websites that are relevant to your niche.
20. Create a Viral Video: Discover the five characteristics of viral videos and how to create your own.
21. Start Your Own Blog: Starting a successful blog can be the easiest and cheapest way to attract thousands of new customers. All it comes down to is how well you can create valuable content for your readers.
22. Write a Controversial Blog Post: Creating controversy is one way to get your brand to race out in front of the masses and garner some serious consumer attention. But it has to be done carefully and artfully.
23. Create a Youtube Channel: Having a YouTube channel can be one of the strongest marketing and sales tools you'll ever own. Here's how to get started.
24. Build Your Email List: There's no question how important email marketing is when it comes to adding to your bottom line, in fact, research shows that for every dollar spent on email marketing, companies made on average $40 back.
Paid Ads
25. Advertise on Facebook: This is where the power of your Facebook page will become fully realized, especially when it comes to helping you generate sales.
26. Pay for Google Adwords: No other advertising network will give you faster sales results than Adwords. In this chapter we show you how to get started using the platform and generating targeted traffic to your site.
27. Buy Banner Ads: Banner ads can work magic when it comes to selling products online, but like every form of marketing, they have to be done right.
28. Promote Your Tweets on Twitter: Learn how to leverage Twitter's advertising platform to get your content in front of more people and increase your engagement on Twitter.
Take it Offline
29. Get a Booth at a Flea Market or Farmer's Market: Nothing beats speaking to potential customers one-on-one and selling to them directly, especially early on when you're still building your company and you'll do next to anything to get that first sale.
30. Engage Your Local Business Network: In this chapter we're going to get into the nitty-gritty of how to effectively network in the real world to get results, and by results we mean sales for your business.
31. Say Hello to Strangers with Meetup.com: Learn how to find meetups in your area and use them to help make important industry connections and ultimately promote your brand.
32. Sell Wholesale to Other Retailers: Here's where you get an introduction on distributing your own products (or even other products from other companies) to other retailers.
33. Take Your Business On the Road: A fun and productive way to see the rest of your country while looking to make that first sale is to showcase your business in other locations.
34. Deploy a Sales Team: Sometimes getting that first sale is a quick endeavour but sustaining growth in sales quickly makes you realize how tough it can be to be a one-person sales team, especially if your product requires a little more convincing than traditional consumer goods.
Traditional Advertising
35. Get Going with Tradeshows: Trade shows can have a profound impact on your business, especially if you're the manufacturer or source of your own products.
36. Go Door to Door: This might be one of the most overlooked startup techniques known to earthlings. But it actually can work for digital, subscription and physical products.
37. Use Print Ads: In the age of online advertising where you can calculate your return on investment to the penny, suggesting print advertising may seem quite unusual. That's exactly why we're suggesting it.
38. Sponsor an Event: Sponsoring events is an age old form of marketing that can be really hit or miss. In this chapter we show how to make sure you get a solid ROI for your sponsorship dollars.
39. Distribute Flyers: Even with the popularity of internet marketing, flyers and direct mail are still effective ways to make sales, especially that tricky and often allusive first one.
40. Advertise Outdoors: If you're really hungry for that first sale and traditional online methods aren't yielding any results, offline methods like billboards can be your holy grail.
Everything Else
41. Tell Family and Friends: Your network of friends and family will mostly likely be your easiest first sales. You may not want to sell to them, but this is powerful way to kickstart word of mouth for your business.
42. Participate on Forums: Participating in online forums can be an amazing way to get your business in front of the right audience. Here's how to get started.
43. Create a Listing on Craigslist: Perhaps the easiest way to launch any business is through Craigslist. Started in 1995 by Craig Newmark, Craigslist has been providing the world a (nearly) free marketplace to sell just about anything.
44. Give Out Coupon Codes: Coupon codes can be a powerful tool to attract new and repeat customers. However, it's important to make sure discounting fits into your overall brand strategy.
45. Get Others Involved with Affiliate Marketing: Affiliate marketing can be an amazing sales channel for an online retailer. A lot of your success has to do with the type of products you sell and how well you pay your affiliates.
46. Build Relationships with Suppliers: Have reliable supplies can make your break your business. In this chapter we show you the importance of supplier relationships and how they con contribute to your sales and bottom line.
47. Demonstrate Trust and Security: A major hurdle all small online retail businesses have to face when they are just starting out is getting consumers to trust doing business with them. Discover how to increase your sales by making sure your website appears trustworthy.
48. Target Different Languages and Countries: Targeting a user base which speaks a different language or lives in a different geographic region is a powerful strategy to not only get your first sale, but take your business to the next level.
49. Delegate and Get Things Done: When you're first starting out, it feels like the entire weight of the world is on your shoulders. Here's where we show you how to decide which tasks to do yourself and which ones you should be delegating in order to run your business efficiently and maximize sales.
50. Be Persistent: When it's all said and done, sometime it's takes hard work and persistence to make that first sale. In this chapter we show you some strategies to make sure your persistence pays off.
Click here to read 50 Ways to Make Your First Sale now.
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We'll not even try to define "hipster," since the term, as overused as it is, resists definition. Is it someone in skinny jeans riding a fixed-gear bike? Is it someone with a curly mustache circa
18121892, thick-framed glasses and progressive politics? Or can I wear a suit and tie, but still qualify as "hipster" if I attend every Noise Pop show? No one seems to be able to agree if "hipsterism" is a fashion choice, a lifestyle, or a mentality. Perhaps it's all three.
Whoever they are, hipsters have made an impact on mainstream media and society. As a group, the liberal-leaning young adults tend to be educated and discerning about how they spend their money, favoring indie rock, locally-made, and DIY over the products of big corporations, and should be credited for contributing to vibrant art and counter-culture in America's cities.
But what cities are best for living la vida hipster? Yes, it's been measured. Travel and Leisure has just named the top American cities for hipsters, an article that got picked up by Yahoo news. And yes, SF made the list– high on the list– but even with our Mission District, our lower Haight, our SoMa, we're apparently not number 1.
The Top 3
We offer the top three hipster cities, according to this study, for your enjoyment and debate. To see the full top 10, visit the original article here.
1. Seattle, WA
Tech-savvy, highly educated, well read, and heavily caffeinated, Seattle's hipsters win first place. We agree the progressive city's contribution to music, green and technological innovation, as well as the nation's supply of flannel shirts qualifies it for this list– not to mention an ability to flourish in spite of (because of?) the heavy rainfall. Still, number 1 hipster city in the USA? There we might beg to differ…
2. Portland, OR
Portland gets called a "hippy city" by the uninitiated but in fact, it is much more a "hipster city." Portlandians (many heavily bearded) eschew big corporate anything, favoring locally-made, locally grown everything. Portland is also the country's most bikeable city and has a lively art/music/food/green/literary and tech scene. Here too we see long periods of crappy weather seems to fuel, rather than dampen, the hipster fire. From personal experience, we'd put Portland on top of Seattle as the "hipster-est."
3. San Francisco, CA
Ah, here we are. Finally! Yes, our highly educated, super-70s-vintage, fixed-gear riding city made the top 3. Our tech, food, and art scene all qualify us, and we get credit for being "more diverse" in our hipster population than some other cities on the list. We have our fair share of wind and fog as well, so we're starting to wonder if challenging weather isn't perhaps an essential element to hipster-ism… sort of like a grain of sand creates that essential agitation in an oyster that renders a pearl…
Whether or not you liken hipster-culture to a pearl in oyster of American life, you can help us decide if the above list seems ranked correctly. And while you're at it, rank SF's neighborhoods. Where can we find the best of hipster living in our fair city? But do it right– get in the spirit of hispter-ism: Don your too-short, too-tight $2 pants; charge up your super-expensive mobile device; then deliver your intellectual/obscure allusion-soaked/devastatingly witty remark in the comments below.


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During the past few days I had the opportunity to talk about security for entire days with amazing and passionate guys. I had a great feeling about the group in which I was, and a great feeling about every single person belonging to that group. During our discussions some folks asked to me very complex questions that I was not able to properly answer because the complexity. So I decided to write a quick'n dirty blog post for every question I think I let opened or partially opened.
Today I 'm going to dig a little bit into Vulnerability Classification.
Historically vulnerabilities have been classified in broad super set such as: buffer overflows, format string vulnerabilities, and integer type range errors (including integer overflows). These broad categories have two major failings, however. First, it is not always possible to assign a vulnerability to a single category. Second, the distinctions are too general to be useful in any detailed engineering analysis.
Quoting an example from: "A structured Approach to Classifying Security Vulnerabilities" (Cert 2005) the following function contains two vulnerabilities.
Len1 or Len2, could be negative -- bypassing the logic of the program -- and both the functions strncpy(..,..,..,) and strncat(..., ..., ...) suffer of buffer overflow. The question raises natural : is this function classificable as an "integer range check" vulnerability or as a "buffer overflows" vulnerability? Can the function be classifcated as both of them ( integer range check vuln and buffer overflow vuln) ? In this last case, do we need to provide "ranges and indicators" to exactly point to the vulnerability offset in order to distinguish the two vulnerability sets? Is this the best approach ? Generally speaking when the "science" classifies something it never split the "classified object" into primitive subst of objects, but contrary it collects as many proprieties as it can from the "classified object" in order to build an unique "signature" able to identify it.
For example if we consider the science of systematics it does not classify a cat into multiple cathegories because has a tail, 4 legs and 2 eyes, but it classifies the cat because his biological composition. Indeed the alligator has a tail 4 legs and 2 eyes but it's obviously different from a cat!
What we need is to switch to taxonomies to be able to classify vulnerabilities in a way to be useful for engineers and enough general to wrap all the known vulns. The Program Analysis (PA) study is one of the first taxonomies approach applied to vulnerabilities classification. Following the RISOS study Matt Bishop in his report: "A Taxonomy of UNIX System and Network Vulnerabilities" described six vulnerabilities classification schemes .
Those graphs show the frequencies of flaws in each of the six classification schemes used in Matt's paper. CERT did a great job in vulnerability taxonomies as well as Anil Bazaz and James D. Arthur did in their paper titled "Towards A Taxonomy of Vulnerabilities". The following image shows a subset of the CERT taxonomy:
According to the CERT taxonomy, four are the main root causes of vulnerabilities: Design errors, Implementation errors, User interface and Other problems. In this picture only a subset of the implementation errors is showed. "Design errors" might relay to absence of designed patterns, "user interface" might relay on weak protection and "other problems" might relay on physical protections and so on..
Vulnerability classification is not an easy "field". It's not enough to say "buffer overflow", " format string" and "integer overflow" anymore -- -- -- to properly classify vulnerabilities. We need to keep in mind that researchers made great taxonomies to make class of vulnerabilities and to help engineers to recognize all the possible available solutions.


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NetBeans: Introductions to the Open-Source Project, More Than an IDE
NetBeans is more than an IDE. It is also an open-source project, community, and a rich client application platform. There is certainly more to NetBeans than just a free IDE. In this new series of articles about NetBeans I hope to introduce you to not only the NetBeans IDE but also the project as a whole.
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Figure 1: NetBeans IDE
The NetBeans Integrated Development Environment
The NetBeans IDE is an open-source IDE supporting Java Mobile, Standard, and Enterprise editions. It also supports development of NetBeans Rich Client Platform, HTML, XML, JavaScript, and other scripting languages and technologies. The IDE itself is a NetBeans RCP application.
Other standards and APIs are supported "out of the box" including but not limited to JavaBeans, Struts, Java Server Faces, JUnit, and ANT projects. Others are supported by add-on plug-ins such as Apache Maven and Maven2 and UML. UML along with some other features including Ruby applications will be available after install starting with NetBeans version 6. In my next article I hope to specifically address new features you will find in NetBeans 6.0.
The IDE also includes features that are common to Java IDEs. These features include an integrated editor with source code refactoring support, visual designers for certain technologies including Swing user interfaces, web applications and web services support, and projects which can be built from the command line without the IDE. There are too many features to address in a single article, but I will attempt to address many of them in the coming months.
Aside from Ruby and JavaScript mentioned above, there are other technologies being added to the IDE. These include PHP and operating system scripts such as Bash and Windows Batch files. The new JavaFX scripting language is also being added. This will provide many visual capabilities not previously available to Java developers such as dynamic presentation style effects Flash developers have enjoyed. Many others will come as NetBeans now has a generic language framework, known as Schliemann, for easily adding different language support to the IDE.
Plug-ins (Modules)
Using the NetBeans RCP as its base, the IDE supports plug-ins. These are first class citizens with their own project support accessible in the IDE using File|New Project and category NetBeans Plug-in Modules. This makes it easy to add support for your own custom needs to the IDE. It is also how the NetBeans developers keep adding extra functionality while keeping the existing functionality, and it provides the capabilities to upgrade individual sections or functionality of the IDE.
I currently have two modules listed on the NetBeans Plug-in Portal that do this. One helps clean up large directories, such as copies of large open-source projects, without consuming too much disk and CPU resources, and the other makes working with text embedded in Java sources and external tools, including SQL, XML, and HTML, easier. Many others have done as I, and most of the modules are free. I suggest looking over the plug-in portal as you may find something useful.
The NetBeans Rich Client Platform
The NetBeans RCP, as other RCP packages, is a framework and set of utility APIs which help developers create feature rich applications more easily. It takes care of many features that are common to desktop applications such as context menus, extensions or plug-ins that are called modules in NetBeans lingo, integrated data views, user preferences, and persistence between application sessions.
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Figure 2: Simple NetBeans Rich Client Platform paint application
There are many utilities and packages that applications can build atop. For instance, many 3rd party applications need custom editors, so editors are not unique to IDEs, and the NetBeans RCP provides this. There is a visual library that can be used to develop a wide range of functionality including graphing and reporting and diagramming tools such as UML or Organization Chart designers. There are many others for you to examine.
The RCP also helps integrate your application into the operating system. The RCP project support in the IDE can generate application launchers for Windows, Mac OS X, and general Unix and Linux. The common components and Swing extensions also have UI delegates defined for different look and feels. Coupled with standard Swing look and feel support these are things you as the developer no longer have to worry about.
You can examine the IDE to get a feel of what is available in the Platform. You can install and test it on different operating systems. You can also view the current API documentation. Based on the NetBeans RCP, the IDE sources are a good resource for developing RCP applications. They provide many working examples.
As I mentioned in the IDE section, plug-in development is supported directly in the IDE. This extends to RCP applications. For IDE plug-ins and RCP development there are many wizards and utilities to make things easier. Not that it can't be done, but this is much easier than trying to do it all by hand in something like a text editor or some other development environment. Aside from your specific functionality and code, most things can be added to your application with a few clicks and completing a few text fields in NetBeans.
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Figure 3: RCP specific New File options
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The cake itself isn't hugely impressive to look at; as it doesn't have any flour it remains reasonably flat but oh what a texture! Inside the cake is sticky, buttery and packed with flavour. The crust manages somehow to be chewy and crumbly at the same time.
Look how juicy and moist the cake is:
I served the cake with a cup of tea, but it would also be lovely as a dessert with some whipped cream or maybe even some fruit.
If you look up the phrase "buttery almondy coconuty goodness" in the dictionary it shows this photo:
200g unsalted butter, melted and left to cool
180g ground almonds
60g desiccated coconut
250g caster sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 handfuls flaked almonds
How to make:
- Preheat oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Line a 20cm springform tin with baking paper.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan then put to one side to cool. You don't want the butter to colour so melt on a low light and remove from the heat as soon as possible.
- Put the ground almonds, coconut, and caster sugar into a bowl and whisk a little to combine and get some air into the dry mixture.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, vanilla and almond extract until well combined. Gradually beat in the cooled butter.
- Tip the dry mix into the butter mix and stir until totally combined. The batter is loose and slightly lumpy looking so don't panic!
- Pour the batter into the tin and scatter the flaked almonds over the top.
- Bake for approximately 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out reasonably clean – as the cake is so moist and sticky it will never come out clean but as long as the batter on the skewer doesn't look raw the cake is done. Mine took 45 minutes.
- Cool in the tin on a wire rack. The cake sinks a smidgen on cooling but this is the squidginess forming so is a good thing!
- Once completely cool, remove from the tin. The cake will keep for a few days but needs to be kept in the fridge.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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Instructional Technology
Instructional Technology provides access to support and training in the use of Academic Software for both faculty and students. Group training is available to all incoming students during orientation and hands-on computer support, training and assistance in a face-to-face format is provided when requested by both faculty and students in the Instructional Technology Development Lab (Batten 24/INTEL Center).
Examples of specific academic instructional technology would include the use of:
- Blackboard (an online Learning Management System),
- SafeAssign (anti-plagiarism detection software),
- WebAdvisor (campus administrative information system for use in online registration and advising)
- LiveText (document assessment system)
The Instructional Technology mission is first to support faculty in their classroom instruction and then to be sure that enrolled students have access to course information provided by their instructors and understand how to use our IT systems to support teaching and learning at VWU. The University has provided access to Atomic Learning in an attempt to expand our IT training capability and respond to student and faculty requests for access to 24/7 training. Atomic Learning provides just-in-time training that is searchable and supports both MAC and PC platforms. Atomic Learning is available inside every Blackboard course under the Tools option and also available from a link on the Computer Services home page.
Contact Information -
Mrs. Robin Takacs
Director of Instructional Technology
Batten 24/INTEL Center
(757) 455-2112


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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
"NASCAR Now" Still Misses The Mark
Things have taken a new twist in the crazy world of ESPN2's NASCAR Now. This series has been a roller-coaster ride since Daytona. First, the audience discovered that ESPN had hired two announcers that knew nothing about NASCAR. In fact, they had never been to a race. As if that were not wild enough, ESPN began to feature stories that they could "hype," instead of the everyday news and notes. "Kasey Kahne says David Stremme is fat" was an all-time classic.
On the Tuesday edition of the show, host Erik Kuselias threw every embarrassing question and scenario directly toward Kurt Busch that anyone could imagine. Kurt was actually on the show because he is involved with the Gillette Young Guns promotion of a TV series on ABC. Now a TV veteran, Busch smiled and deflected every question about his brother, Dale Junior, his season, and even his future with Penske Racing.
Kuselias is shameless, because his background is talk radio. He clearly does not realize when he is crossing the line, because he does not know the sport. His former co-host, Doug Banks, never even knew there was a line, and he is now departed. This leaves the bulk of the shows to Kuselias, and his confrontational style. Its not working and ESPN knows it.
As if to throw some credibility his way, NASCAR Now has shifted from "hype" to "scoop." Over the past couple of weeks, the show is now supposedly "first" with a lot of breaking news and rumors. The show has a good group of hired reporters, but most of them look mortified when ESPN now "hypes" that they have "breaking news." This is not a sport that tends to break anything but rear clips, because pretty much everybody is in everybody else's business.
Wednesday, poor Marty Smith was put on the spot again. The graphic on the screen read "breaking news," but it was certainly not the case. After the NEXTEL merger with SPRINT, there had been much discussion about when to change the NEXTEL Cup Series over to the SPRINT Cup. It seems that they decided to do that for 2008.
"When do you think we will have some kind of confirmation from somebody on this?" asked Kuselias. Marty Smith had only quoted his double top secret inside sources on this story, and nothing more. SPRINT had denied it, NASCAR had denied it, and most everyone else in North America...did not care. Marty's final line was "I believe it will happen." That line never worked for me in Journalism class, but if it works for ESPN, more power to them. No sources, no confirmation, no timetable, but let's report it.
Brad Daugherty was next, and things took an interesting turn. Responding to Humpy Wheeler's comments about mixed race F-1 driver Lewis Hamilton, Daugherty spoke about his efforts on NASCAR's Diversity Council. His point was to create go-kart programs for urban kids to encourage them to take up racing as a way to insert black and minority drivers into NASCAR. What he never mentioned, of course, was why he did not do that during his reign, and why the Diversity Council basically fell apart.
After several commercials in the program for Carino's Italian Grill, their driver Brad Coleman showed up to be interviewed by phone. Imagine that. Coleman is an up-and-coming star, but Kuselias just read scripted questions to him. That turned what could have been a sparkling interview into just another typical NASCAR Now wasted opportunity.
The Daly Planet has written enough about this show. It continues to be a disappointment for fans and the sport. You simply cannot cover an entire sport that lives in one area of North Carolina from Bristol, CT with a couple of reporters. ESPN needs to have a studio in the Mooresville area, and let drivers drop-by rather than talk on their cell phones.
This sport is different from any other in North America. Basically one big group of people jumps on a plane, goes to a town, and puts on a "show." Then, everybody flies back home again. Because they all share so many suppliers of parts for the cars and many other support services, everything is in one area. This is not hard to understand. Its also not hard to find.
As ESPN found out last time they did this type of show, it is basically impossible to maintain any kind of connection or credibility with Mooresville, North Carolina from Bristol, CT. That show was called RPM2Nite. The studio was in the greater Charlotte area, and everyone knew it. That show put the ESPN stamp on NASCAR and gave ESPN the day-to-day credibility they are now sorely lacking.
The best thing ESPN could do is get Winston Kelley on the phone, and reserve space in the new NASCAR Hall of Fame business tower. At least fans would know that this eight year commitment to NASCAR is something ESPN is beginning to take seriously. Right now, for viewers of NASCAR Now, it appears to be something that ESPN "has to do." The problem is, they are not even doing it well.
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- Anonymous said...
I would do 2 things...have credible hosts and move NN to Charlotte...funny how simple things are allowed to be complicated!
- June 21, 2007 at 5:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
Over the last few weeks I have read your cratiques with agreement and pleasure at the insightful and constructive way you have tried to nudge ESPN in the right direction. I do wonder about one thing. NASCAR is a 'family' and the NASCAR 'guys' we all love to see report on our teams are like family. The problem being how objective or indepth can the reporting be if there is NO objectivity? You are not going to point out that although your mothers apple pie won the bake-off she bought it at the Piggly Wiggly now are you? I am completely willing to agree that I for one don't NEED objectivity in my racing anymore than the natural pride and competitive nature of the sport already provides, but perhaps that is on reason ESPN is trying to leave some distance between itself and Mooresvill.
- June 21, 2007 at 6:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Erick K is a freaking joke. For those of you with HD you can back me up on the fact that he looks like he is wearing a half inch of makeup. He knows nothing about the sport and that is sad. The so called experts are has been drivers. I would not let Stacy Compton drive my kid to school, much less a race car. I give Boris a pass because he is really trying hard, Brad D seems to be giving it his all as well, but he seems scared to death anytime a question is directed towards him and has to come up with something on the fly. The worst of them all is Tim Cowlishaw this dude is an idiot. He belongs back on around the horn with the rest of the short bus guys. ESPN needs to hire Alan Bestwick and feature more of Marty Smith, Mike Massaro and Angelic CHengalis, those folks know what they are talking about and have the respect of the nascar community. Erick K is a joke and I pray that at some point ESPN will realize that he is probably the laughing stock of the entire nascar garage.
- June 21, 2007 at 9:50 AM
- Anonymous said...
Give the show, Nascar Now, to Allen Bestwick
- June 21, 2007 at 12:42 PM
- Unknown said...
I knew this show would be a waste of time when during the very first broadcast, they just couldn't resist talking about the super bowl.
- June 21, 2007 at 12:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, I couldn't have said it better, I have seen the Nascar Now show a couple of times and each time I have wondered if those idiots know that race cars don't have muffler bearings, or if they have even seen a race. The show is so lame, I would watch a spelling bee, or championship poker, two other "GREAT" piles of steaming dog doo that ESPN dumps on us. Give us sports, real sports.
- June 21, 2007 at 1:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
You couldn't be more on target with your comments and observations. In the beginning I emailed ESPN and asked where they managed to round up the commentators on that show. TIM BREWER as a sports analyist...give me a break and ERIC is just plain pitiful. What ever happened to the real sports commentator for this sport? Neil Bonnett, Benny Parsons are gone and the other good ones don't want anything to do with that kind of show!
- June 21, 2007 at 1:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
Why was Brad Daugherty giving high fives when Kyle Bush went upsidedown at the Talladega Bush race? I he there for the wrecks?
ESPN is the WORST, stick to the stick and ball sports.
- June 21, 2007 at 3:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
JOHN, It seems obvious to me that ESPN takes NASCAR fans for granted - like SPEED does - and is concerned only about the perceived possibility of attracting new fans. It seems to me the time has come for all NASCAR fans to start e-mailing and writing Walt Disney Co., the owner of ESPN. I dread the thought of what the Chase is going to be.
- June 21, 2007 at 6:38 PM


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Microsoft predicts that in 2008 criminals will continue to use social engineering tactics in fresh and devious ways. Social engineering refers to the tactics criminals use to manipulate people into taking action online that enables criminals to steal their money or personal information. Adrienne Hall, senior director of the Trustworthy Computing Group at Microsoft, joins us to discuss these and other security-related issues.
DDJ: What online threats are people most likely to encounter in the coming year?
AH: Through analyzing data from sources that include Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report (SIR) series, and having a pulse on the overall threat landscape, we are able to make predictions concerning the threats most likely to affect consumers in the upcoming calendar year. The current data shows that there is an increase in social engineering attacks online.
From our viewpoint, there are three specific threats to be mindful of for 2008:
- Phishing e-mails, which increased significantly between the second half of 2006 and the first half of 2007 (27 to 37 percent) likely from cybercriminals seeking your contribution to a presidential candidate or donation for the Olympic Games.
- eGreeting card scams, which were at 7 percent during the first half of 2007.
- Scams asking you to verify information via a phone number directly connected to a cyberscamming computer. These scams are not only impactful; they are also entirely motivated by profit and can appear very genuine.
Cybercriminals are pulling out all the stops for 2008; the scams will be sharp and well-targeted. We are also seeing e-mail scams trending away from the more traditional virus-filled attachments to embedding deceitful hyperlinks into seemingly harmless e-mail content. Fortunately, consumers can safeguard against these targeted attacks; they should feel empowered to take action against cybercriminals.
I want to emphasize the fact that consumers can protect themselves from these threats. Microsoft continues to encourage customers to protect themselves online by following our Protect Your PC guidance of enabling a firewall, turning on automatic updates in their Operating Systems (Vista or XP SP2), and installing anti-virus and anti-spyware software. Products like Microsoft's Windows Live One Care PC Safety service can manage all of this for you.
- Keep personal information to yourself. Guard account numbers, your Social Security number and passwords with special care.
- Be careful about sharing files. File-sharing can increase the risk of installing worms, viruses and spyware on a PC.
- Download files only from sites you know and trust.
- Be careful about using public computer networks, and don't use them for banking or sales transactions.
- Delete spam e-mail, and do not open attachments from people you don't know.
- Use strong passwords, with a mixture of numbers, letters and symbols, at least eight characters in length.
- Most important: Think first; click later. Treat links and attachments in e-mail and instant messages carefully. Don't click in banner ads or pop-up windows.
DDJ: Have social networks made the challenge of security more daunting? Or putting it another way, can we have social networks *and* security?
AH: Certainly anywhere that consumers are regularly congregating online, cybercriminals are searching for ways to infiltrate and turn a profit. Because social networks draw a large crowd, they are like any popular Web site -- they offer cybercriminals a fresh flock of victims. In the instance of social networking sites, our guidance on this is to remind consumers to think first, click later. As with all online interactions, being cautious about where we click and what we download is key in helping to safeguard your information.
DDJ: What's the most promising security technology you've run across recently?
AH: The all-in-one PC protection offerings like Windows Live OneCare have really simplified the PC security task for consumers. These products offer an automatic and self-updating PC care service that continually manages vital computer tasks so people don't have to worry about protecting and maintaining their computers.
DDJ: Have online threats moved into emerging areas, such as digital devices and cell phones?
AH: As I noted, threats to consumers are constantly evolving. Cybercriminals will continue to use any means necessary to accomplish their goals, which almost exclusively center on motivation by financial gain. While I wouldn't consider this emerging area as the most significant threat to consumers, the threat landscape could easily evolve with a simple shift in profitability attached to a threat like this. Consumers need to constantly be mindful of how they are safeguarding their personal information to get ahead of any emerging threat.
DDJ: Is there a Web site readers can go to for more information on these topics?
AH: A great Web site for keeping up on protective technology, and learning about how to safeguard against online threats is www.microsoft.com/protect.


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Yes - new jersey - which is the same as saying "old torture" (the only place that make you pay to get out of the state).
Any suggestions on insurance? Have been with Allstate because of home & auto, but moto insurance stinks. Have an '04 Boxer Cup R1100S, which they think is a 200hp Moto GP bike...
Have seen a quote from "Rider Ins", but not sure of their total package. Any good suggestions out there?!?
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Trailer FrenzyA special place to find the newest trailers for movies and TV shows you're craving.
If you thought Arrow has been pretty good so far this year, get ready to have your mind blown. The show just released this three-minute trailer for the rest of the season, and it looks honestly more exciting than most superhero movies.
I mean, besides the creation of the Suicide Squad, the return of the Huntress, Roy's continuing descent into Arsenal, and the potential murder of all of Ollie's friends and family, we get the inevitable Arrow/Deathstroke confrontation which looks exactly as epic as we'd hoped. I actually cackled with happiness during the trailer's last shot. Yes, pun intended.


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Shortly after midnight tonight, we'll be taking all of our web-based applications offline for system maintenance. They will be back up by 7 a.m.
During this time, most of our online services will be down. This includes things like online licensing, consumer complaints, E-tax filings, searches for health insurance rate filing, company lookups, agent/broker lookups, etc.
The website itself will still be up.
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AnandTech/Intel SSD Webcast Live Today at 9AM PST/12PM ESTby Anand Lal Shimpi on November 13, 2012 8:40 AM EST
We are live at SC12 from Salt Lake City, Utah this morning and are preparing to answer your SSD, NAND and Intel SSD DC S3700 questions. In about two hours I'll be on a replica bridge set of the starship Enterprise from the original series, alongside Intel's Roger Peene, answering your questions live. Although its a replica of the original bridge, it is an officially sanctioned reproduction by Paramount.
We'll be talking about the S3700, SSDs in general, NAND architecture and even the future of solid state storage. It should be an awesome discussion.
Thanks to everyone who tuned in, we'll repost the video shortly!
Update: If you missed it, you can catch the webcast here.
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FlameDeer - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkWebcast starts soon! Intel Webcast Event page stated "The webcast launch link will become available on this page 60 minutes prior to each event's start time will feature a countdown to the event start.", let's stay tuned & enjoy! Reply
FlameDeer - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkHere is it, the link from "Launch Webcast" button of this event.
http://intelstudios.edgesuite.net/121113_sc12/live... Reply
FlameDeer - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkWebcast ended. Very informative & nicely done webcast, thanks Anand!
No need to worry, on-demand replay for this nice webcast will be available later.
"The live event has concluded. The on-demand replay will be available from this page early this afternoon." as stated at the Intel Webcast Event page here.
http://intelstudios.edgesuite.net/121113_sc12/inde... Reply
Bullwinkle J Moose - Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - linkThis was my original question in the first 3700 article at this site
Did I miss something?
With 1:1 mapping, this this sounds like the Worlds first truly O.S. agnostic controller
Does it require an O.S. with Trim or a partition offset for XP use, or did Intel just make the Worlds first universal SSD?
The 320 may have handled partition offsets internally but still required Trim for best performance
Please correct me if I'm wrong
The readers all basically told me I was wrong in the first article, however.....
The webcast made it clear that Trim is no longer required
If Intel kept the partition offset fix in firmware or if that offset fix is implemented at some point, this IS the worlds first truly Universal SSD that does not require a specific O.S. to run optimally
So Anand, did Intel just create the Worlds first Truly Universal SSD with this or did they drop the partition offset fix that was used on some earlier Intell SSD's
What I mean is, can this be used with ANY O.S. and still get optimal performance without ANY tweaks of any kind? Reply
Coup27 - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkWill the webcast be replayed as a video of some type for people who cannot make it live? Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkIs there one? Are you being broadcast into a theatre nearby? :) Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkSeems like there is, since you will take questions from them. Also, I have some audio loss and stuttering now... :( Reply
Death666Angel - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkWas very enjoyable, thanks! :D Reply
DukeN - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkFor those of us who can't stick around the whole time..
Thanks Reply
DukeN - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkCan you please buy Anand some rogaine? He's way too young for that kinda hair-loss... Reply


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Man, has it really been over a month since I posted? Huh, guess it has. I am so SORRY I have neglected this blog lately. But, I have a really good reason!
First of all, for those of you who do not know already, I am pregnant. Yes, we are really excited. This is our second. We have a boy, and are expecting a girl. They will be 5 years apart. I am perfectly fine with this. I am not due until January, so (hopefully) I won't go into labor until after Christmas.
Whew! Now that that is out of the way! hahaha
I have also been busy coordinating our first ever quilt retreat in conjunction with the Annual Salem Days Quilt Show. Both took place earlier this month, and both were really fun to be involved with. Sadly, this will be my last year coordinating the quilt show, as I don't foresee being able to do it with a 7 month old baby next summer. I took lots of pictures at the retreat, and a few at the quilt show, so watch out for those posts to be up on this page....eventually :-)
Also, in case you haven't been here for a while, or this is your first visit to the blog, please note that there are more pages across the top of the blog. Be sure to check them all out! There are new payment options, hours of operation, Christmas pre-booking is going on, and there is a brand, spanking new FAQ page!
If you have downloaded the old order form, please take a moment to grab the new one from the link in the sidebar. (or you can just go here).
Hopefully I'll have lots of more fun stuff throughout the coming months to post here, so please keep visiting! Thank you for stopping by. And remember, if you have any questions, you can always contact me! :-)
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
I'm Back!
Man, has it really been over a month since I posted? Huh, guess it has. I am so SORRY I have neglected this blog lately. But, I have a really good reason!
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Rams Drop Overtime Thriller
Old Westbury - 1, Farmingdale State - 0 (OT)
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's soccer team dropped an overtime thriller, 2-1, today against visiting Skyline opponent Old Westbury (5-4, 1-0). The Rams fall to 2-4-1 overall, 1-1 in the conference with the loss.
After a scoreless first half, Farmingdale State senior goalkeeper Patrick Gubbins (East Patchogue, N.Y./Bellport) came out on an Old Westbury breakaway and made a diving save to keep the shutout alive.
The Rams took the 1-0 lead in the 78th minute of play with an unassisted goal from freshman midfielder Joe Brantmeyer (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches). Brantmeyer broke through the Panther defense and stole the rebound off his first shot, before sending home a shot from the left side.
Old Westbury broke the shutout two minutes later as senior midfielder Fabian Santibanez (Oyster Bay, N.Y./Oyster Bay) made a cross in front from the left side to freshman forward Donny Alerte (Brooklyn, N.Y./Benjamin Banneker) for the tally and a 1-1 score.
The game would go into overtime with seven saves by both Gubbins and the Panthers junior goalkeeper Darian Bryan (Elmont, N.Y./Elmont Memorial).
With 50 seconds left to play in the first overtime, senior midfielder Edwin Mejia (Uniondale, N.Y./Uniondale) sent a corner kick into traffic. Senior midfielder Conor McKeon (Rockville Centre, N.Y./Holy Cross) tipped a ball over to Alerte for the game-winner.
The Rams will now host Bard College in another Skyline game on Saturday, September 26th at 1:00 p.m.