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Hollywood Astroturf Group Releases Ad Saying It Needs SOPA To Shut Down Megaupload... Five Days After Megaupload Is Shut Down
from the you-guys-make-me-laugh deptCreativeAmerica, the astroturfing group that pretends it's a "grassroots" operation -- but which is funded by the major Hollywood studios and run by former studio/MPAA execs -- is amazingly inept at communicating with the public, especially considering these guys are supposed to be communications experts. Remember, this is the same group who, while fighting for stronger laws against copying, flat out copied the email of anti-SOPA activists, and changed a few words to push their own pro-SOPA message.
Their latest move is even more bizarre. The group is touting its latest slickly produced propaganda film, insisting that SOPA/PIPA are needed for a variety of reasons -- almost none of which are true. It throws out the bogus claim of jobs being at risk, even though the evidence shows otherwise. But where it gets totally ridiculous is that the video focuses mostly on Megaupload and Kim Dotcom/Schmitz. The point of focusing on Megaupload? To claim that it can't be reached under existing law. Seriously. It talks about Megaupload for a while (claiming that it brings in $300 million per year -- which turns out to be 10x the actual number, by the way) and then says:
US law enforcement is only permitted to shut down US-based IP addresses. Overseas sites, like Megaupload and Megavideo, and the Swedish-based Pirate Bay, are out of reach.Yes. And they're releasing this video five whole days after the US government showed that existing laws actually do allow them to reach Megaupload and shut it down. So, um, why do we need these new laws again?
Seriously, the video shows the level of lies that CreativeAmerica and the MPAA will spread to try to pass new, even broader laws. What's stunning is how blatant they are about it, releasing this video even after events from a week ago already proved it wrong.
Furthermore, almost everything else in that sentence is wrong, beyond just the idea that Megaupload was supposedly out of reach of US law enforcement. Current law enforcement can seize US domains, which are different from IP addresses. And, even more ridiculously, in the video, right before they claim that US law enforcement can't reach foreign sites... they show a clip of TVShack.net -- a UK-based site that the government seized and shut down (and is now trying to extradite its founder, student Richard O'Dwyer).
Why must CreativeAmerica lie? Perhaps because the facts just aren't on its side.
The video has a number of other problems. It relies heavily on Erik Barnett, Deputy Director for ICE, regularly seen in various press releases about ICE's program of illegally censoring websites. It really makes you wonder why a government official is appearing in a video for a lobbying group trying to pass new laws. Perhaps it's not illegal, but it certainly raises serious questions about the cozy relationship between ICE and the MPAA. Barnett has a history of being less than truthful about ICE activities. Last summer, you may remember, he flat out lied, in claiming that none of the sites seized by ICE were challenging the seizures, when he knew that a bunch of sites had already brought up challenges.
Now Barnett is claiming that this program of seizing domains without any due process is a huge success because they seized "the nine most popular content theft sites out there." Even ignoring the misuse of the word "theft" (shouldn't law enforcement know how to use the word properly?), this is laughable. I mean, elsewhere in the video, they claim that TPB and Megaupload are the two most popular, but they weren't seized when the video was made. Instead, what ICE seized was a bunch of hip hop blogs (that weren't even that big), including one that it held for a year before the Justice Department was forced to effectively admit that ICE totally screwed up and the domain had to be returned. Other domains are still being held in this manner as well. The fact that Barnett would flat out lie and pretend that this program of blatant censorship is some sort of big success... in an industry propaganda film, certainly raises some significant questions about ICE and how it's run these days.
The video has some other laughable moments... such as talking to Bruce Leddy, the writer/director of the film Wedding Weekend (originally called "Sing Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace" or "Shut Up And Sing"), who freaks out over the fact that his movie was available online, and is decrying all of the "losses." A couple problems with this. Wedding Weekend was apparently a terrible movie. The movie made a grand total of $15,998 on its opening weekend on 11 screens, and was out of theaters a week later, grossing a grand total of $20,903. And it wasn't because of infringement. It was because most people thought it was awful. Most of the professional reviews make it sound pretty bad, using words and phrases like "uneven," "less tolerable," "clunky narration," "one-trait characterizations," "the title is the least of the film's problems," etc. User reviews are more harsh. Over at Rotten Tomatoes one user notes:
This film is horrible. It has no redeeming features what so ever. I could criticise every single aspect of this film but I can't be bothered, it would be quicker for me to tell you about what is good about it. So here it goes, the only good thing about this film is that it has damaged the careers of everyone who worked on it. Hopefully. Never have I wanted to punch every single person on screen....Somehow, I get the feeling that its availability online was the least of its problems. I'd be surprised if it actually got that many downloads at all. Meanwhile, we keep hearing stories of smart filmmakers embracing the internet, and giving people reasons to buy (starting with a better quality movie). He claims, "there's no recourse," but that's ridiculous. One only needs to look at the experiences of Louis CK to know that, even if your videos end up on torrent sites, if you handle it properly, you can still cash in. Leddy's failure to make a good movie and his subsequent failure to put in place a good business model is no excuse for passing a bad law with massive unintended consequences.
Still, this really shows the incredible desperation of the MPAA, though. The astroturf group it has created is really reaching in its efforts to come up with some sort of justification for SOPA/PIPA...
Filed Under: astroturfing, copyright, dhs, erik barnett, grassroots, ice, pipa, protect ip, sopa
Companies: creativeamerica, megaupload, mpaa


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Mopars Ruled The Roost In The Twilight Of The Supercar Era
The year was 1971. As Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World" came over AM airwaves, the Vietnam War and its protesting counterpart were at the center of the news. The publication of the infamous Pentagon Papers documenting the length and depth of our involvement in Southeast Asia became an ignition point for the Nixon administration's difficulties, and thousands of anti-war demonstrators were arrested in Washington during a May rally. What's more, the postwar economy was cooling down, and the financial problems that would manifest themselves later in the decade were just beginning to show.
However, glimmers of hope remained in the world of automobiles. While GM had already reduced compression ratios considerably and Ford was withdrawing from motorsports, it was still possible to go down to your local Chrysler/Plymouth or Dodge dealer to order a new 426 Hemi or 440-powered machine complete with real compression, multiple carburetion, and the widest (and wildest) variety of paint and trim options to ever come from Detroit. Of course, you still had to insure them, but that was a whole different story. If you liked your Mopars with big graphics, wings, scoops, and hot paint, things were never better than 1971.
Meanwhile, on the racetracks of America, Mopar entries continued to make themselves and their drivers known as the best on the planet. Take drag racing, for instance. If you ran a dragster on nitromethane, the choice for success was basically limited to either the 392 or 426 Hemi models for power. The big news for the railbirds was Don Garlits, who returned from his horrific accident at Lions Drag Strip in June of 1970 at the helm of a rear-engined entry, the first big-name racer to succeed with such a design. Backed by Dodge and Wynns, "Big Daddy" won both the NHRA and IHRA Winternationals, the March Meet at Bakersfield, and numerous other events that year, leading him to be named Car Craft magazine's Man of the Year, Top Fuel Driver of the Year, and Chassis Builder of the Year. He was also the AHRA World Champion and AHRA Man of the Year as well, and set a record low elasped time of 6.21 at Indy. It was a revolutionary innovation with huge results, not to mention the drivers' lives that were saved by moving the "bomb" to the back.
Chrysler rocked at Indy in 1971, though Garlits would post runner-up honors to Steve Carbone's Hemi digger in the Top Fuel final after the longest starting line "burn down" in drag racing history (over two minutes). Funny Car action found Ed "The Ace" McColluch and his Barracuda taking out an on-fire Dale Pulde for the money, while Ronnie Sox won a close one, 9.586 to 9.588, over Stuart McDade in Billy Stepp's Challenger.
In Sportsman action, Ray Motes' twin-Chrysler rail won the last-ever Indy Top Gas crown (the class was discontinued in 1972). Winners also included Tom Trisch's blown Hemi altered in Competition Eliminator, Bob Riffle's B/MP Rod Shop Demon in Modified, Greg Charney's A990 Dodge Hemi in Super Stock and Al Corda's F/SA '64 Plymouth wagon in Stock. In other words, Chrysler won every single eliminator except Top Bike. Incidentally, Ted Flack's J/SA Barracuda was in that final against Corda. Flack is currently DaimlerChrysler's Engine Program Manager on Dodge Motorsports' NASCAR program.
Moving over to circle track racing for 1971, King Richard Petty and his redesigned 1971 Plymouth came on strong. Although still legal, the Superbird was parked because of its large size and difficulty to drive due to the nose clearance. For Petty, the Daytona 500 fell first, then the King and his nearest rival, Bobby Allison, battled it out. Both drivers won strings of five races in a row that year, but Petty was eminently more consistent, finishing with 21 race victories and a points lead of nearly 400 (4435 to Allison's 4071, who won ten events).
The wing car era came to an end at Daytona as well. Dick Brooks, in Mario Rossi's Dodge Daytona, qualified third using a 305-cid mill with no restrictor plate (Chryslers and Fords using the 426 or 429 engines, respectively, had been the first to get such devices in late 1970). The No. 22 car lost two laps when Brooks and Petty Enterprises driver Pete Hamilton collided during the event, but the wing car still finished seventh. Nonetheless, that would be the last time one actually cruised NASCAR's high banks in competition.
However, people in the Midwest who came out to see ARCA competition still got an eyeful of the super speedway machines on that circuit. Ramo Stott, from the racing town of Keokuk, Iowa, backed up his 1970 ARCA crown with another championship in 1971, both won behind the wheel of his No. 7 Superbird.
Dodge and Plymouth had both gone into Trans Am competition in 1970, but a lack of success against the well-evolved competition and changing budget needs ended that program after just one season. However, Dodge did get some acclaim at the Indianapolis 500, even if there were no Chryslers competing under the tutelage of Andretti and Unser; a 383 Challenger convertible was the Official Pace Car for 1971.
The season remains perhaps the most prolific in Chrysler's racing heritage. Regardless of what one's personal feelings about Richard M. Nixon were, he invited the biggest and best names in motorsports to the White House in September, including Petty, Garlits, and Sox. He remains the only president to ever honor racing in that manner. 1971 was indeed quite a year...


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When it comes to semiconductors, India has generally delivered technology ordered up by big foreign companies. Ineda Systems, a startup with some big-name backers, is breaking from that pattern to develop its own chips for wearable devices.
The company, with about 180 engineers in Hyderabad, on Tuesday is describing its product plans along with $17 million in new funding from sources that include investment arms of Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm.
Ineda's top executives are known, in part, from helping to build chip operations in India that were once part of Advanced Micro Devices. They have managed to attract some high-profile board members and individual investors.
The company's chairman is Sanjay Jha, who led Motorola Mobility until its sale to Google and served a long stint heading Qualcomm's chip operations. Jha was recently named chief executive of Globalfoundries, the chip manufacturing service that combines former operations of AMD and Chartered Semiconductor.
Jha, in an interview, noted that Ineda is one of the first "product centric" chip startups in India. "I think it will be very important in enabling wearables to happen," he said.
ABI Research estimates that manufacturers in 2014 will sell some 90 million wearable devices--a term that includes smartwatches, activity trackers and products like Google Glass.
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Ineda stresses a "hierarchical" computing architecture that is quite different than the way circuitry is organized on conventional chips.
Most microprocessors give a central role to one or more processing cores of the sort licensed by ARM Holdings, which can run an operating system like Android and related apps. Even in standby mode, Dasaradha says, the operating system is still running, so the chip can't save that much power when idle.
Ineda's chips, by contrast, have three different classes of cores. One extremely low-power block of circuitry remains on and exists mainly to talk to sensing devices, which will signal when to wake other parts of the chip up. Another core is designed to run simple apps and the third is a full-on application processor, able to run mobile-style apps, the company says.
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Not that Ineda will lack for competition, particularly from giants like Qualcomm and Intel. The latter has come up with a chip called Quark specifically for extremely low-power applications.
Ineda believes that the low cost of engineering talent in India is a big advantage for a chip startup, a category of investment that many venture capitalists avoid because of the expense.
"We thought these dollars were better spent in that kind of a low-cost model," said Krishna Yarlagadda, Imagination's president.
He is also serving on Ineda's board of directors. Another board member is Lip-Bu Tan, president and CEO of chip-design software specialist Cadence Design Systems and founder and chairman of the venture-capital firm Walden International.
Along with the new funding round, Ineda is announcing that Young Sohn, president and chief strategy officer at Samsung Electronics, is also joining its board of directors.
While most of its operations are in India, Ineda's formal headquarters is in Santa Clara, Calif., Dasaradha says.


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Title: Beautifully Undone
Series #3: The Beaumont Brothers
Author: Susan Griscom
Genre: Contemporary, New Adult Coming of Age
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Full of hate and sorrow.
Asher Beaumont never asked for much in life. All he wanted was to play his guitar, write music, and be recognized and loved by his father. Unfortunately, that last desire was never realized. The bastard died when Asher was just a kid. Then thirteen years later, his mother dies of a brain tumor,
shattering him even more and leaving him hating everyone around him, except for his two best friends, Melody Stevens and her brother, Teddy.
Melody Stevens has crushed on her best friend, Asher Beaumont her entire life. But it's always been a secret passion. Never something she'd act upon. But when she tells Asher she's prepared—and determined—to lose her virginity to a guy he considers to be nothing more than a cad who sleeps with anything that wears a skirt, her best friend offers her a proposition she can't really refuse.
When Asher stumbles across a letter left by his mother before her death, begging him to seek out his half-brothers, he and Melody begin a journey of discovery. Their travels lead them to the two brothers he has spent his life despising because they had the life he always wanted. While on their trip, they discover a miracle they never, ever considered.
A stand-alone, book 3 of The Beaumont Brothers Series with a HEA for Adults 18+
|What a wonderful job Susan did with Beautifully Undone. Yes it might state that it is book 3 in the series but this book can be read as a standalone. She introduces each character,explains a bit about them and you don't feel that you missed anything if you haven't read the first two books. I haven't read the first two books so I didn't feel like I was confused or wondering who a person was or anything like that. I do however want to go back and read the first two books so I can read more and learn more about Jackson and Brodie the Beaumount Brothers.
"I'll let you buy me that Irish Coffee you promised me now. I think my fingers are about to fall off they're so cold," I said.
"If I remember correctly, and I think I do, it was you who offered to buy me the coffee."
I shrugged. "Yeah, but you have more money than I do."
The coffee house was jam-packed with wall-to-wall people. It was Friday night, and the city was already booming with weekend tourists. We made our way to the counter after standing in line for about ten minutes, and Ash ordered two Irish Coffees, one heavy on the whipped cream; that was his. The more whipped cream, the better as far as he was concerned.
"Mmmm…" I hummed as the smooth, sweet cream mixed with the coffee and whiskey goodness warmed my throat. Ash laughed, and I frowned when I looked up at him as his finger swiped across the tip of my nose. He held up his whipped-cream-covered fingertip before sticking it in his mouth, sucking it dry. My stomach jittered then knotted. Wow. He was so sexy. I'd always thought so, but now, in this light, his green eyes twinkled and his tanned face made him look just like one of the cover model guys I drooled over in my escape world of reading romance novels. My heart thumped and I had to look away, trying to focus on something less…Asher.
I needed to concentrate on something real. Not that Ash wasn't real. But, I mean, a real, possible relationship. The only problem was, most guys I knew were friends with Ash and always treated me as if I were one of the guys, just like Ash did.
I once overheard Asher tell Brent that he'd pummel the life out of any guy who ever tried to get into my pants. Not that getting into my pants was ever going to happen with any of those runts, but he did manage to scare the crap out of all of them whenever the subject of me came up. It used to make me feel good and special that he cared about me and wanted to protect me, but now that we were both into our twenties, I just wished he'd let up a bit. How would I ever find a boyfriend with Asher's daunting threats forever fresh on every male's mind this side of the bay bridge? You'd almost think that Ash wanted me for himself, but I knew that would never happen. His feelings for me were strong, as strong as mine for him, but his were more of a sister/brother pull that kept us close, not the physical attraction mine were.
"Hi, Ash," Lisa Stone sidled up against Ash's arm. "So sorry about your mom. Let me know if I can do anything for you, okay?"
"Thanks," Ash responded and eyed me over the edge of his cup as he took a sip.
"Hi, Mel. Heard you two playing in the courtyard earlier. You are so good," she said, placing her hand upon Ash's shoulder. "When are you performing again at the Tank?"
"Tomorrow night," Ash supplied.
"I'll be there. See you then." She turned and headed toward a table in the back where a small group of men and women were gathered.
I turned in the other direction, not wanting to watch Ash's gaze follow Lisa's rear end.
"What?" he said when he finally glanced back at me.
"Nothing," I said, rolling my eyes.
"Don't give me that, 'nothing,' Mel. She's nice."
"Sure. Whatever you say."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I know you better than you know yourself, Melody Grace Stevens, and when you say nothing and roll your eyes, there is definitely something."
"Okay. It just seems like she's throwing herself and her very large breasts at you all the time. It's rather embarrassing how she comes across so needy."
"Needy? I thought it was sexy."
"You would. Look, I don't care. It's none of my business who with or where you get your jollies off." If that's the type of woman Ash was attracted to, no wonder he and I had never become anything more than friends.
I turned to see Alex walk through the door. Ash stiffened and sucked up the rest of his coffee. "Are you about finished?"
"No, what's your hurry?" I asked, only halfway finished with my coffee.
I glanced back toward Alex. He wore a light grey denim shirt, the sleeves rolled up just below his elbows, showing off some cool tattoos on his forearms. The veins protruding as he reached up and swiped his hair off his forehead. He looked good. Really good. Almost as good as Ash. I quickly averted my eyes, not wanting him to know I'd been ogling him as he headed over toward us.
Ash knew Alex from way back in high school, but the few times I'd seen them both in the same room together, Ash always seemed a bit put off or uneasy.
"Hey, Melody. I've been looking for you," Alex said, putting his arm around my shoulder when he reached us. Ash looked on, frowning.
"I'm right here," I said with a slight giggle.
"I have two tickets to see Maroon Five at the Shoreline next Friday night. Wanna go?"
"Okay. Sure," I said, sucking in my bottom lip, dying inside with excitement at the prospect of a real date with a real guy. I mean someone other than Asher Beaumont. Ash and I went everywhere together, so they never seemed like dates. And they weren't, of course.
Susan Griscom writes paranormal and contemporary romance. She's hooked on gritty romances and is a huge fan of superheroes and bad boys confronted with extraordinary forces of nature, powers, and abilities beyond the norm mixed with steamy romance, of course.
She loves those days when she gets to sit around in her sweat pants, doing nothing but writing emotionally charged stories about love and violence, and drinking coffee.
Susan lives in Northern California with her romantic husband and together they have five great superhero kids and eight mini-superhero grand kids, so far.
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Beaumont Brothers Book 1
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Kia's Popular U.S.-Built[1] Crossover Returns with an All-New Platform, Sophisticated New Styling Cues and Significant Improvements To Ride, Handling and Comfort
– Over 80 percent of the parts in the 2014 Sorento are either all-new or significantly redesigned, including a new 3.3-liter GDI V6 engine delivers 290 horsepower
– New Sorento will be the first Kia vehicle to offer the company's next-generation UVO eServices voice-activated telematics system
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Kia Motors America (KMA) today unveiled a significantly redesigned version of its popular Sorento CUV at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. Just three years after U.S. production of the CUV began in West Point, Georgia, the 2014 Sorento comes to market as no mere refresh or facelift, boasting instead an all-new chassis, a new Gasoline Direct Injected (GDI) V6 engine, a substantially redesigned interior and a next-generation infotainment system. Expected to arrive in showrooms during the first quarter of 2013, the redesigned Sorento also adds a top-of-the-line trim level to its lineup – the SX Limited – which delivers an impressive roster of premium features and amenities.
"With each new vehicle launch Kia is advancing the concept of value to new levels of sophistication and with significant chassis, suspension, powertrain and comfort and convenience upgrades the new Sorento continues that trend," said Michael Sprague, executive vice president, marketing and communications, KMA. "With more than 80 percent of the 2014 Sorento including new or significantly redesigned parts, it's obvious that the improvements are not just skin deep; including technological enhancements such as UVO eServices, the next generation of our voice activated telematics system, and Kia's first-ever blind spot detection system. [2]"
Fundamental Changes Improve Performance, Ride and Handling
If the engine is to be considered the heart of any vehicle, it's safe to assume the new 2014 Sorento has a powerful ticker beneath its sculpted hood. New this year, the all-aluminum 3.3-liter GDI V6 produces a smooth 290 horsepower at 6,400 rpm and a stout 252 lb.-ft. of torque at 5,200 rpm. It's available optionally on the LX and EX, while residing as standard equipment in the LX V6, EX V6, SX and SX Limited. Power is routed to either the front wheels or, optionally, to all four using an enhanced Torque On Demand all-wheel drive system that seamlessly directs power to the tire with the most traction and now includes the benefit of Torque Vectoring Cornering Control (TVCC) that aids stability under certain driving conditions.
The 2.4-liter GDI four-cylinder engine returns, now as standard equipment in the LX and EX, and replaces the previously-standard 2.4-liter MPI 4-cylinder. With 191 horsepower at 6,300 rpm and 181 lb.-ft. of torque on-hand at a low 4,250 rpm, the lightweight all-aluminum powerplant is efficient while still providing enough grunt to perform yeoman's duty day in and day out.
Regardless of engine or driveline choice, the Sorento comes standard with a smooth shifting six-speed automatic transmission. Also standard in the new 2014 Sorento, Electric Motor Driven Power Steering replaces the hydraulic unit from the 2013 model, which improves steering feel and reduces weight to aid efficiency. New available FlexSteer offers drivers a choice of three steering modes: Comfort, Normal and Sport.
Just three years into its product lifecycle, Kia's engineers saw fit to bring the new 2014 Sorento to market on an all-new chassis that increases torsional rigidity by 18-percent. A major focal point in designing the new chassis was to improve ride and handling. Within the engine bay, a strut-tower brace increases chassis stiffness and provides a solid platform for the new independent front suspension that incorporates a stiffer H-shaped sub-frame cradle which offers improved vehicle tracking. Around back, a reinforced multi-link setup utilizes new bushings and mounts to better isolate road noise vibration, while its compact design allows for more interior space.
Sophisticated Design, Inside and Out
In a segment more often known for bland utility, the new 2014 Sorento sports dynamic and sophisticated design elements, inside and out. Redesigned front and rear fascias enhance the Sorento's road presence with a lower, broader appearance up front and a visually wider stance at the rear. The ubiquitous Kia tiger-nose grille is enhanced with an anodized silver metal or black mesh appearance and the lower valance has been opened to expose an aggressive cross-hatched maw. Front LED positioning lamps create dramatic eyebrows while projector style headlights peer from behind tapered clear lenses. Available fog lights on all trim models have been upended and pushed to the far corners of the front bumper for better forward and side visibility. Horizontally positioned rear LED combination lamps embrace the turn signal and back-up lights, emitting a warm corona that makes the 2014 Sorento instantly recognizable from behind. The new Sorento rides on redesigned 17-, 18- and, a first for Kia's best-selling CUV, larger 19-inch wheels.
To step inside the new 2014 Sorento is to experience a new level of sophisticated elegance. A redesigned instrument panel deftly combines technology with proven ergonomics. On EX trims and above, the large center gauge cluster features a 7-inch TFT LCD that projects a digital speedometer flanked by easy-to-read analog instruments for the tachometer, fuel level and engine temp. The TFT LCD readout also displays trip and vehicle information, along with navigation updates (optional). The center stack's appearance and layout has been modernized and button positions have been rearranged for a more user-friendly experience. The new design also provides room for Kia's new larger touch screen. Diagonally spanning eight inches, the optional screen integrates navigation, SiriusXM Traffic™[3] with real-time road information updates, a premium Infinity®[4] audio system, SiruisXM™ Satellite Radio[5], Bluetooth® hands-free connectivity[6], vehicle settings and UVO eServices, Kia's next generation of infotainment and telematics. Other new available features in the 2014 Sorento include Kia's first-ever programmable power liftgate, a redesigned panoramic sunroof with a one piece power-operated shade, integrated 2nd row sliding sunshades, available dual ventilated air-cooled front seats, a 115-volt power inverter, and illuminated door handle pockets.
Using advanced sonar sensors, the 2014 Sorento is also the first of many Kia vehicles to begin offering a blind spot detection system. The system continually monitors traffic around the Sorento and if another vehicle is detected within a set distance, audio and visual elements alert the driver to the issue.
Advancing Value to New Levels of Sophistication: Sorento SX Limited
Shortly after the arrival of the new 2014 Sorento, the Sorento SX Limited is destined for market within the second quarter of 2013. With the success of the Optima SX Limited launched earlier this year, offering a similar appearance package on the Sorento was a logical follow-up.
Offered only in Ebony Black, Snow White Pearl and Titanium Silver, the SX Limited is set apart visually from the Sorento SX by unique self-leveling Xenon HID head lights, exclusive 19-inch chrome wheels and sporty red painted brake calipers. Exclusive SXL badges adorn the exterior to complete the look.
Inside, unique and luxurious Nappa leather trimmed seats, a wood-trimmed, heated steering wheel, and heated rear seats are all standard. The exclusive soft-touch head liner and pillar accents make the Sorento SX Limited an inviting respite from the stress and strain of urban existence.
Kia's Unprecedented Growth
Kia Motors is one of the world's fastest moving global automotive brands; from 2009-2011 Kia launched more new vehicles in the U.S. than any other automaker, and under the guidance of chief design officer Peter Schreyer earned a reputation as an industry leader in automotive styling. Kia Motors America's full line of fun-to-drive cars and CUVs has earned critical acclaim and dramatically increased consumer awareness, perception and consideration for the brand. In 2011, KMA recorded its 17th consecutive year of market share growth, thanks in part to the largest increase of any major brand in perceived quality[7] and the industry's highest brand loyalty ranking[8]. Kia's U.S.-based manufacturing facility in West Point, Georgia – KMMG – is responsible for the creation of more than 10,000 plant and supplier jobs and builds two of the company's best-selling vehicles in the U.S. – the Sorento CUV and Optima midsize sedan*. Kia's value and technology-laden lineup also includes the Sportage compact CUV, Soul urban passenger vehicle, Optima Hybrid, Forte compact sedan, Forte 5-door compact hatchback, Forte Koup two-door coupe, Rio and Rio 5-door sub-compacts and Sedona minivan.
About Kia Motors America
Kia Motors America is the marketing and distribution arm of Kia Motors Corporation based in Seoul, South Korea. KMA offers a complete line of vehicles through more than 755 dealers throughout the United States and serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and LPGA. In 2011, KMA recorded its best-ever annual sales total and became one of the fastest growing car companies in the U.S.[9] Kia is poised to continue its momentum and will continue to build the brand through design innovation, quality, value, advanced safety features and new technologies.
Information about Kia Motors America and its full vehicle line-up is available at its website – www.kia.com. For media information, including photography, visit www.kiamedia.com.
[1] The Sorento is built in the United States from U.S. and globally sourced parts.
[2] The blind spot warning system is not a substitute for proper and safe lane changing procedures. Always drive safely and use caution when changing lanes. The blind spot warning may not detect every object alongside the vehicle.
[3] Sirius services require subscriptions, sold separately after 3-month trial included with vehicle purchase/lease. Subscriptions governed by SiriusXM Customer Agreement at siriusxm.com© 2011 SiriusXM Radio Inc. Sirius, XM and all related marks and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc.
[4] Infinity is a registered trademark of Harman International Industries, Incorporated
[5] Sirius services require subscriptions, sold separately after 3-month trial included with vehicle purchase/lease. Subscriptions governed by SiriusXM Customer Agreement at siriusxm.com© 2011 SiriusXM Radio Inc. Sirius, XM and all related marks and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc.
[6] The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Kia is under license. Other trademarks and tradenames are those of their respective owners. A compatible Bluetooth® wireless technology enabled cell phone is required to use Bluetooth® wireless technology.
[7] Source: Automotive Lease Guide Spring 2011 Perceived Quality Study.
[8] Source: Experian Automotive Q2 2011 market analysis.
[9] Based on 5-year cumulative growth between 12-month retail sales for periods ending October 2007 and October 2012 of all U.S. automotive brands.
* The Sorento and Optima GDI (EX Trims and certain LX Trims only) and GDI Turbo are built in the United States from U.S. and globally sourced parts.
SOURCE Kia Motors America
Compiled By: Josh Martin


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Pushkar Pandey
Community Building
O členu
I am currently pursuing B.E from JNCT Bhopal. I like to know more about technology and contribute to make it better.I feel great telling people about mozilla its products and spreading awareness.I Have worked on SuMO,Webmaker etc.
Tagsmozilla uttar pradesh, web development, community builders, app development
Dovednostiactive public speaker, business communication, college event coordination, community building, evangelism, group cordinator, leadership, mobile app design, motivator, powerpoint presentation, program and project management, public data research
JazykyAngličtina, Hindština, Paňdžábština
Externí účty
- Facebook: pushkar.pandeynm
- Twitter: PushkarPandey16
Rashmi srivastava
Pushkar is a active club lead of jnct firefox club.He formed 12 active members of jnct club within a week.He organized one moz introductory event with his members in jnct college and one womoz event too.He has a great power of attracting and contributing fsa's.He leads his work very well.he had worked on support mozilla and localization too. check his contribution story in this blog link: http://pushkaronit.blogspot.in/
Vaibhav Bajaj
He is a great team leader as i noticed his activities, he worked for building a womoz team in his Firefox club and gave direction to womoz for stepping in Mozilla projects. I appreciate his work in Support Mozilla. http://pushkaronit.blogspot.in/
Rahul Talreja
Pushkar is a student of JNCT college, Bhopal and also a awesome Mozillian, the key area of pushkar's contribution are webmkaer, sumo and Firefox Os. I am vouching pushkar based on his active contribution in community and helping in growing community base in various institutions of Bhopal. Good luck for your future contribution Pushkar.


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1 December 2015
Canada reported its monthly GDP estimate for September, and at the same time, provided its first estimate of Q3 GDP. The Great Graphic, created on Bloomberg, shows both time series.
The yellow line depicts the monthly GDP and the quarterly estimate is the white line. Clearly, they track each other, as one would expected. The good news is that after contracting in the first two quarters of the year, the Canadian economy expanded by 2.3% in Q3.


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Suicide Rates Climb; Misperceptions Remain
Two troubling reports were released this past week about climbing suicide rates, each of which point out misperceptions in the public's understanding.
Two troubling reports were released this past week about climbing suicide rates, each of which point out misperceptions in the public's understanding.
The 2012 tally of military suicides is a sobering 349, almost one per day, more than any year since the military began tracking it. The Dart Center has been working with mental health experts and journalists to improve coverage and understanding of this sensitive topic.
In a video produced for the Dart Society, 2005 Ochberg fellow Lori Grinker profiled three former U.S. service members who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Al Tompkins, a senior faculty member at the Poynter Institute, provides insight on how to report on suicide.
Seasoned journalists offer advice on covering suicide.
In September 2012, the Dart Center hosted a two-day workshop on covering suicide for local journalists and regional news organizations in the greater Philadelphia area.
In this video, Paula Clayton, Thomas Joiner, Matthew Nock and Christopher Ruhm present and participate in a panel discussion: "Suicide Research, Myths & Trends."
In this video, Ann Haas, Brian Mustanski, and Jonathan Singer participate in a panel discussion: "Youth Bullying and Social Media: A Contemporary Dilemma."
In this video, Madelyn Gould gives a keynote address: "Suicide and the Media."
In this video, experts Ann Haas, Alison Malmon and Philip Satow participate in a panel discussion: "Suicide on College Campuses."


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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) Kyle Galliard finished with 15 points and eight rebounds to lead William & Mary past Division III Salisbury 82-49 Friday night.
Galliard was near perfect on the night, making 6 of 6 from the field, including one 3-pointer, while going 2 of 3 from the foul line.
Ahead 17-12 with 10:34 remaining in the first period, the Tribe (7-3) went on a 26-10 run to close out the half. Galliard scored 13 points in the period to help William & Mary lead at halftime 43-22.
Salisbury (9-3) was held to 31.3 percent (10 for 32) shooting and was outrebounded in the first half 25-11.
William & Mary shot 53.6 percent (15 for 28) in the second half to run away with the victory.
Marcus Thornton also finished with 15 points for the Tribe.
Travon Vann scored 17 points and grabbed eight boards for the Sea Gulls.


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Milwaukee Co. sheriff's deputy hit for second time this winter
Driver going too fast for conditions
For the second time this winter, a Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office deputy is hit in his squad car.
He was banged up by both crashes. The first time he was hit was in a massive pileup in December on Interstate 894.
VIDEO: See video of the car crash
Then, Thursday afternoon, he responded to a rollover crash when another driver slammed into his squad car.
VIDEO: Deputy's squad car hit near I-145 and Park Place
Emergency lights were flashing after a sport utility vehicle rolled over near the southbound Interstate 145 onramp to U.S. 45 Several cars passed the emergency vehicles slowly. Then, a Chevrolet sedan slammed into the guardrail, swerved across the ramp, hit the back of an SUV, bounced off and slammed into the driver's door of the deputy's squad car before striking the rear of a fire truck.
Deputy Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said his firefighters were lucky.
The firefighters had just finished putting equipment in the back end of the fire truck in the outside of that ladder truck," Lipski said.
"The vehicle in question, he lost control, driving too fast for conditions," Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office Capt. Daniel Hughes said.
Hughes said two deputies and fire crew had all been walking around just before the squad car was hit.
"Any one of them could have been killed. In fact, another one of my officers who was not hit, he was on foot, outside and he was yelling for the other officer, basically to take cover because he saw it coming," Hughes said.
This winter has been dangerous for officers. A half-dozen Milwaukee County Sheriff' Office squad cars have been hit by cars since Dec. 1.
"Five of which were rear-end or losing control, T-bone type crashes," Hughes said.
Hughes said drivers have to get the message, especially when there are emergency vehicles already responding to a crash.
"We have to adjust our speeds for the conditions we have out there. We have to slow down," he said.
WISN 12 News was told the deputy will be OK, but he does have some injuries from Thursday's crash. Some of the other deputies hit this winter are still not back to work.
Lipski said the crash could have been much worse.
"Especially in those high-speed areas, slow down and give the folks some room to work. Give them one entire lane. Just slow down and shift a lane over, if there's not another lane to go into," Lipski said.


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Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter with Audio
Connect your Mac or PC to a VGA display and a discrete 3.5mm audio output
Product ID: MDP2VGAA
- Group your VGA and audio ports together, to ensure they're all accessible when you need them
- Substitute a damaged or blocked audio port by connecting your audio directly through the adapter
- Provide crystal-clear picture quality with support for high-definition video resolutions up to 1920x1200 or 1080p
- Maximum portability with a small footprint and lightweight design
This unique Mini DisplayPort™ to VGA adapter is equipped with a built-in audio port which lets you connect Mini DisplayPort equipped devices, such as a Microsoft® Surface™ Pro devices or MacBook Air laptop, to a VGA display or projector with audio.
Share your presentations and videos
Because most boardrooms are set up differently, the length of cables available in each room vary. Not all laptops have the Mini DisplayPort (mDP) and audio ports positioned on the same side, which can become awkward when you're trying to share your presentations. It can also mean that some ports may be just out of reach during a meeting.
This convenient adapter positions your audio and video ports on the same side of your laptop, to ensure that all of the ports you need are accessible when you need them.
Substitute for a damaged audio port
If the audio port on your mobile device is damaged or blocked by other connections, this convenient adapter guarantees that you'll always have all of the ports you need for every presentation. By connecting audio to your laptop through the adapter, you can be prepared for any situation.
In order to use the audio function of the adapter you need to power the adapter through a USB port on your laptop, or through a charge port on a USB grommet. Simply plug a Micro USB cable from the adapter into the USB port and audio will be available when you deliver your presentation.
Create a clutter-free environment
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Arrive prepared, wherever you go
This mDP to VGA adapter is extremely portable with a lightweight, small-footprint design. It's the perfect accessory to carry with your mobile devices, fitting easily into your laptop bag or carrying case. Its ultra-portable design makes the adapter ideal for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) applications at the office.
It also enables you to arrive prepared when you're presenting to a potential client, teaching off-site, or traveling to a meet with a customer.
The adapter is compatible with Intel® Thunderbolt™, when connected directly to a supporting DisplayPort over Thunderbolt™ I/O port, and supports resolutions up to 1920x1200 (WUXGA).
The MDP2VGAA is backed by a 3-year StarTech.com warranty and free lifetime technical support.
- Connect a VGA monitor or projector to a Mini DisplayPort equipped device, while providing audio for your video presentations
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Technical Specifications
|Warranty Information
|3 Years
|Active or Passive Adapter
|Adapter Style
|AV Input
|Mini DisplayPort - 1.2
|AV Output
|Audio Specifications
|VGA - No Audio Support
|Maximum Analog Resolutions
|1920x1200 / 1080p (output)
|Maximum Digital Resolutions
|1920x1200 / 1080p (input)
|1,042,904 hours
|Wide Screen Supported
|Connector A
|1 - Mini-DisplayPort (20 pin) Male Input
|Connector B
|1 - VGA (15 pin, High Density D-Sub) Female Output
|1 - 3.5 mm Mini-Jack (3 Position) Female Output
|Connector Type(s)
|1 - USB Micro-B (5 pin) Female Input
|Power Source
|Operating Temperature
|0°C to 70°C (32°F to 158°F)
|Storage Temperature
|-10°C to 55°C (14°F to 131°F)
|Physical Characteristics
|Cable Length
|7.2 in [18.4 cm]
|Product Height
|0.6 in [1.6 cm]
|Product Length
|12 in [30.5 cm]
|Product Width
|1.7 in [44 mm]
|Weight of Product
|1.6 oz [44.4 g]
|Packaging Information
|Package Height
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|Package Length
|8.7 in [22 cm]
|Package Quantity
|Package Width
|0.8 in [20 mm]
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|2 oz [58 g]
|What's in the Box
|Included in Package
|1 - Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter
|1 - 0.25m Micro USB cable
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Before You Buy
When you convert video from a source that uses DisplayPort or Mini DisplayPort to DVI or HDMI (for example, a computer to a monitor), you will need to consider the difference between passive and active adapters.
If the source supports dual-mode DisplayPort (also known as DP++), then you can use a passive adapter because the source can perform the conversion. If the source does not support DP++, then you need to use an active converter, which includes additional chips to perform the conversion.
Thunderbolt ports support DP++ natively. To run multiple monitors from the same computer, refer to the Active Adapters section below.
Passive Adapters
Passive adapters are less expensive since they do not need to include additional chips. A quick way to check whether you can use a passive adapter is to see if the DisplayPort or Mini DisplayPort source has the DP++ symbol above it. The symbol is a D with a P inside of it, with two + signs to the left, one on top of the other.
Active Adapters
Active adapters use additional chips to make the conversion inside the adapter, regardless of whether the source supports DP++. This means that active adapters are more expensive than passive adapters.
If you want to use multiple monitors with the same computer, you should use an active adapter because some video cards cannot run the maximum number of monitors while using DP++. This is especially true if the computer has more than one DisplayPort or Mini DisplayPort connection. Check with your video card manufacturer to confirm which type of adapter you need for the setup that you would like to run.
Note: You should use passive adapters with StarTech.com MST hubs, except when you are converting from DisplayPort to VGA, since that type of conversion requires active adapters. For more information on using adapters with StarTech.com MST hubs, refer to the following FAQ: http://www.startech.com/faq/mst_hubs_passive_vs_active_adapters.
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To arrange extended displays on Windows 10, complete the following.
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The monkey appeared behind a Bennigan's. The Bennigan's was one in a row of free-standing, fast-casual joints in Clearwater, Fla., just outside Tampa, that also includes a Panda Express and a Chipotle. At one end, a Perkins Family Restaurant flies a preposterously large Stars and Stripes in its front yard, as if it were a federal building or an aircraft carrier.
Someone spotted the monkey poking through a Dumpster around lunchtime. When a freelance animal trapper named Vernon Yates arrived, all he could make out was an oblong ball of light brown fur, asleep in the crown of an oak. It was a male rhesus macaque — a pink-faced, two-foot-tall species native to Asia. It weighed about 25 pounds.
No pet macaques were reported missing around Tampa Bay — there wasn't even anyone licensed to own one in the immediate area. Yates, who is called by the state wildlife agency to trap two or three monkeys a year, was struck by how "streetwise" this particular one seemed. Escaped pet monkeys tend to cower and stumble once they're out in the unfamiliar urban environment, racing into traffic or frying themselves in power lines. But as Yates loaded a tranquilizer dart into his rifle, this animal jolted awake, swung out of the canopy and hit the ground running. It made for the neighboring office park, where it catapulted across a roof and reappeared, sitting smugly in another tree, only to vanish again. Yates was left dumbstruck, balancing at the top of a ladder. (By then, a firetruck had been called in to assist him.) "There's no way to describe how intelligent this thing is," he told me recently.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (known as the F.W.C.) came to believe that the macaque wasn't a pet but had wandered out of a small population of free-roaming, wild macaques that live in a forest along the Silver River, 100 miles away. Soon, the F.W.C. was warning that wild macaques can carry the herpes B virus, which, though not easily transmitted to humans, can be fatal. A spokesman also told the press, "They're infamous for throwing feces at things they don't like."
As sightings stacked up in the following days, it became clear that the macaque was crossing the highway again and again, threading traffic like a running back. One afternoon, Yates and an F.W.C. investigator named James Manson managed to dart the animal in a church parking lot but lost track of it before the drug took effect. At one point, the two men were staring into tangled brush, stumped, when Manson tilted his head and saw the monkey perched with ninja-like stillness above him, close enough to touch. The two primates locked eyes. Then the monkey turned and was gone. "And that's really when the story began," Manson told me.
It was the third week of January 2009. Now, more than three and a half years later, the macaque is still on the loose. After outmaneuvering the cops in Clearwater, the animal eventually showed up on the opposite side of Old Tampa Bay, somehow crossing the West Courtney Campbell Causeway, a low-lying bridge nearly 10 miles long. (The F.W.C. posits that it hid in the back of a covered truck.) That fall, it materialized in a low-income neighborhood in East Tampa, crouching in a tree. Guessing it was a raccoon, an F.W.C. lieutenant scaled a ladder and barked at it. The monkey urinated on him and disappeared.
By the following spring, a long string of sightings showed the macaque doubling back around the bay, overland, then boogieing down the Gulf Coast and into St. Petersburg, where it scrambled over the roof of a Baptist church during evening service. ("He came to worship," one witness told The Tampa Bay Times.) A woman watched it swing off a tree limb and flop into her swimming pool. On Coquina Key, one neighbor told me, homeowners would climb ladders to prune their trees before hurricane season and find spent citrus peels littering their roofs.
And on it went, with the monkey zigging and zagging around Tampa Bay, dodging the government agencies bent on capturing it. The state considers the animal a potential danger to humans and, like all invasive species, an illegitimate and maybe destructive part of Florida's ecology. But the public came to see the monkey as an outlaw, a rebel — a nimble mascot for "good, old-fashioned American freedom," as one local reporter put it. This week, tens of thousands of Republicans will pour into Tampa. There will be lots of national self-scrutiny and hand-wringing at the convention center downtown. But the most fundamental questions — What exactly is government for? Where are the lines between liberty, tyranny and lawlessness? — have been shaking the trees around Tampa for years.
Vernon Yates is 59, with a broad, serious face and white-threaded hair. He lives on the west side of Tampa Bay, in the suburb of Seminole. He came to open his front gate wearing camouflage crocs and khaki shorts, throwing on a Jack Hanna-style khaki shirt as he walked, but never going so far as to button it.
He'd been hosing down his bear cage when I rang. Yates has about 200 exotic animals at his house. Most are pets that the F.W.C. confiscated from owners who failed to comply with state regulations and then entrusted to Yates's one-man nonprofit, Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation. There were 17 tigers, some leopards, cougars, a pile of alligators in a concrete pool and a dusty battalion of large African spurred tortoises. Yates likes tortoises — he also keeps a single Galápagos tortoise as a pet. "I've been married five times," he told me. "In one of my divorces, I lost $100,000 worth of tortoises."
At his desk, Yates unfolded a map of Tampa Bay. But he found he had to flip the map over, then consult other maps, at different scales, to trace the macaque's entire odyssey. "It's an amazing feat, when you think about his travels," he said. Since 2009, Yates estimates that he has gone after the animal on roughly 100 different occasions. The monkey was his white whale. He claimed to have darted it at least a dozen times, steadily upping the tranquilizer dosage, to no avail. The animal is too wily — it retreats into the woods and sleeps off the drug. A few times, the monkey stared Yates right in the eye and pulled the dart out.
For the last two years, the macaque seems to have lingered in the same area of South St. Petersburg, ranging between a bulbous peninsula and the small island of Coquina Key, about two miles away. Yates still received calls about the animal — one came in the previous week. But the trail went cold a long time ago. Sightings were seldom reported now. As a woman on Coquina Key named Rosalie Broten told me: "Nobody wants the monkey to be captured. Everybody wants it to be free."
The citizenry of Tampa Bay was adamantly pro-monkey. People had long been abetting the animal, leaving fruit plates on their patios. A few people, one F.W.C. officer told me, called the agency's monkey hot line to report that they'd seen the macaque several hours or even a couple of days earlier — offering totally useless intelligence, in other words, presumably just to stick their thumbs in the government's eye. The Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay, as people called it, had very quickly become a celebrity. There were at least two styles of Mystery Monkey T-shirts on offer, and a catchphrase: Go, Monkey, Go. As the macaque passed through the town of Oldsmar, a self-storage facility threw the monkey's picture on a digital billboard with the message: "Stay Free Mystery Monkey." And a Facebook page for the animal got 82,000 likes. "The taxpaying citizens of Tampa have been driven bananas by the out-of-touch political establishment," the monkey wrote on its blog at the end of 2010, announcing its run for mayor.
At no point had the macaque threatened or hurt anyone. So it was easy for the public to see the authorities — who, on at least a couple of occasions, surrounded the macaque with rifles and Tasers drawn, or hovered overhead in helicopters, beaming video surveillance to troops on the ground — as bullying or wasteful. ("In this economy," one television reporter quipped, "you have to wonder if it's time to stop monkeying around.") Lt. Steve De Lacure of Florida Fish and Wildlife told me, "The general public perceives that we're the Gestapo." He was adamant that his agency was not "chasing" the animal, and had deployed officers only a handful of times, when they felt they had a reasonable shot at capturing the macaque. He didn't even like it when I used the word "pursue."
I sympathized with the F.W.C. What they had to do was unpopular, but their sense of duty was unshakable. They were even prepared to shoot the animal dead if, in a given situation, tranquilization wasn't an option. And they knew they'd be vilified if it came to that. But they took a somewhat traditional view: the American people had a right to be protected by their government from wild monkeys. It was disorienting to watch the people of Tampa Bay champion the monkey's rights instead.
Vernon Yates was especially ridiculed. At the height of Mystery Monkey mania, he received death threats from pro-monkey radicals. He seems to have been caricatured as a small-town sheriff determined to kill the monkey or lock it up. This offended Yates. "I don't hate the monkey!" he told me. "I don't hate the monkey at all!"
I took him at his word. He's not paid by the F.W.C. for the trapping he does but volunteers because, he explained, he doesn't trust law enforcement to handle exotic animals with the level of expertise and equipment he can offer. (Though his working relationship with the F.W.C. is stellar, Yates seemed to think very little of government in general. "I love my country, but I hate my government," he told me. Among his many complaints was the attitude of the U.S.D.A. bureaucrats who inspect his menagerie. He filled me in on a protest he was planning. During the Republican convention, he'd take one of his tigers — 3 of the 17 at his house are personal pets — on his boat and just sit on the river in front of the convention center, with a sign condemning the U.S.D.A.)
Yates insisted that his only interest was the welfare of the macaque. He planned to surrender the Mystery Monkey to a pet owner who already kept a female macaque. The monkey would be put into captivity, but with its own kind. Yates, like the F.W.C., argued that this was the only compassionate resolution. (The F.W.C. maintained that a monkey this habituated to humans couldn't simply be put back in the wild.) It was also the safest. Out there, in the subdivided wilds of Tampa Bay, the monkey was in danger. It could eat rat poison. Or it could be accidentally provoked by someone feeding it and lash out, all but forcing the government to shoot it. Besides, macaques, like humans, are social creatures. They live in groups — like the troop of macaques this one had come from, along the river in Central Florida. Researchers believe that the animals' mental and physical well-being can suffer if they're shorn from that community.
In other words, the monkey's lone-wolf, fugitive lifestyle, so inspiring to liberty-loving Floridians, might actually be a distressing exile. This idea got traction briefly around Labor Day 2010, when a retired newspaperman named Don McBride photographed the macaque among crags of metallic modern art in his neighbor's yard. The animal was staring into a mirrored cube, pressing its cheek against its own reflection.
"Everyone's shouting, 'It's gotta be free, it's gotta be free,' " Yates told me. "Well, go find the guy who's living on the street with his family and ask him how it feels to be free." Yates seemed to be arguing that sometimes we need a hand to reach down and nudge us, however forcefully, back into place. "Sometimes, freedom isn't necessarily a good idea."
This is not the first time that monkeys have incited a minor populist uprising in Florida. The population of wild rhesus macaques in the middle of the state — the tribe from which, the theory goes, the Mystery Monkey strayed — was established in the late 1930s by a New Yorker named Colonel Tooey. (Colonel was his first name.) Tooey ran boat tours on the picturesque Silver River, a premier tourist destination. A brazen showman, he wanted to ratchet the scenery up another notch. So he bought a half-dozen macaques and plopped them on a small island. Macaques are strong swimmers; Tooey had no idea. According to local lore, the animals were off the island within minutes.
By the mid-'70s, the population had expanded to about 80 macaques, living in two separate troops on either side of the river. They were fed constantly by tourists but were also encountered as many as 25 miles away. ("Reports of monkeys riding on the backs of wild pigs have not yet been confirmed," one university researcher wrote.) The troops continued to grow until, in 1984, a forerunner to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission started trapping the animals, citing herpes among other risks. Residents of the town of Silver Springs and neighboring Ocala were outraged. For years, a grass-roots opposition made all the noise it could. When the state compiled a report of monkey attacks and property damage — one macaque was said to have bitten a 3-year-old in the neck — activists hired a private investigator to debunk it.
In 1993, a state legislative committee held a hearing about exterminating the monkeys once and for all. Tish Hennessey, an Ocala schoolteacher and leader of the resistance, was hospitalized for a respiratory condition at the time, but nevertheless made it to the state capitol in Tallahassee, entering the hearing room attended by a nurse and oxygen tank. "Hear the sound of our voices," Hennessey said. Then, with a thwunk, she dropped a petition to save the macaques on the chamber floor, signed by 25,000 citizens. The committee recommended that the killing be called off. "I think the will of the people was heard," Hennessey told me.
In truth, though, the controversy was never resolved. The State of Florida still holds that the monkeys don't belong on the land around the river, but officials are no longer racing to clear them out. I went to Silver Springs hoping to trace the mystery of the Mystery Monkey to its roots — to see, at the very least, how large the population of macaques has become, and how far its range has expanded. But all I found was more mystery. "We don't really have good answers," an F.W.C. spokeswoman in Ocala told me. A retiree named Bob Gottschalk, who has a background in biology and, as a hobby, has been studying the monkeys from a kayak over the last three years, told me he believes there are no more than 100 monkeys on the Silver River today. But state officials also pointed me to an independent count done in 2010 that estimates there may be as many as five more troops living along 20 miles of the neighboring Ocklawaha River to the east.
"I think there's probably way more monkeys than anybody imagines," Capt. Tom O'Lenick told me one afternoon, as we drifted down the Silver River in his pontoon boat. Captain Tom is 63, a spindly, aging Popeye of a man with a bristly white beard, white captain's hat and jagged grin. He has led tours of the river 200 days a year for 29 years, hollering, "Monkey! Monkey! Monkey!" into the cypresses, to coax out the marquee attraction.
We couldn't find any macaques that afternoon. But Captain Tom filled the time with stories of his young adulthood as an antiwar activist, his stint as a roadie on tour with the Doors and his high hopes for and subsequent disillusionment with President Obama. ("It doesn't matter which clown you vote for," he said, "you always get the same bozo.") Mostly, we talked monkeys. He warned me against underestimating the macaques or overestimating the authorities' grasp on the macaques' whereabouts and behavior. The monkeys are opportunistic and adaptable animals, he said. It seemed inevitable that they would have steadily expanded their territory since the 1930s. Personally, he has spotted macaques as far as 40 miles away, on waterways that don't connect directly with the Silver River. Sometimes they turn up at his girlfriend's mobile-home park, "just grazing and eating, minding their business," he said. "It's not like they got an agenda."
When I asked about the Tampa macaque, Captain Tom reiterated what both the F.W.C. and an anthropologist at Notre Dame who studies macaques, Agustín Fuentes, told me: in the wild, young macaques that challenge their troop leaders and lose are often forced out, left to wander in search of a new troop. The Mystery Monkey is presumed to be one of these disenfranchised males; it just kept wandering until it hit a city full of human primates instead.
It sounds like a freak thing. It may not be. As Gary Morse, a 34-year veteran of the F.W.C. told me, "We're starting to see macaques show up in places we haven't seen them before." In May, another lone male macaque was spotted near a Sunoco station northeast of Orlando, 65 miles from Silver Springs. And last September, one appeared in St. Cloud, 80 miles away. It's possible that all three spilled out of these woods — that they are the far-flung refugees of a population that might itself be more far-flung than anyone realizes.
Linda Wolfe, an East Carolina University anthropologist who studied the Silver River macaques in the '80s, disagrees. "There's no such thing as rogue monkeys," she told me. "The state wants to play it up so that they can say they're overrun with monkeys" and start killing them again. But I had trouble gauging how much Wolfe's position was colored by old political resentments. Wolfe was part of the original pro-monkey protest movement and, 25 years later, was still angry about the government's tactics. (She described the law-enforcement division of the F.W.C. as "essentially a paramilitary organization. They answer to no one.")
Captain Tom, however, seemed to have it all mapped out in his head: the network of greenways that a macaque could travel undetected between here and Tampa. I asked if this scenario didn't sound a little improbable: a lone rambler ups and walks 100 miles to Tampa. Sure does, Captain Tom said. "But I don't think it's one, lone monkey." Just maybe, he said, the Mystery Monkey that everyone is spotting is actually several different monkeys — or one particularly audacious monkey acting as a sentinel for a group. "I hate to say 'invasion,' " Captain Tom told me, "because it sounds so alarming. But I would say it's a natural expansion of the troops."
That night, I stayed up late at a La Quinta inn in Ocala reading "Planet of the Apes." I never knew the movies were based on a novel. (The author, the Frenchman Pierre Boulle, was a prisoner of war during World War II and also wrote "The Bridge Over the River Kwai.") In the book, a journalist accompanies an expedition to the planet Soror, where, everyone is horrified to discover, apes wear tailored suits and hold scientific symposia, while humans — naked, mewling, incapable of language — scurry through forests like terrified deer.
Eventually, a kind of oral history is unlocked, explaining how the animals came to power on the planet and the humans devolved into animals. People had trained the apes to be their slaves. Gradually, society's stress-free lifestyle sapped everyone of their curiosity and willpower. "A cerebral laziness has taken hold of us," one man narrates; folks couldn't even be bothered to read cheap detective novels anymore.
The apes, meanwhile, never stopped learning. And slowly, individual animals began to stand up for themselves. One night, a gorilla butler decided to sleep in its master's bed. Soon circus orangutans were forcing their tamers to do the tricks. In every case, it was just easier for the humans to go along — to surrender the bed and sleep on an armchair in the living room; to turn somersaults when the orangutans told them to. "Most of us are adapting to this regime," one woman says. "To give them their due, the apes treat us well and give us plenty to eat. . . . I'm not unhappy. I have no more worries or responsibilities." It hardly seemed alarming when the first chimpanzees used language. Eventually, humans withdrew to camps — and from there, the wilderness.
Maybe it was because I'd listened to so much talk radio while driving around Tampa, because I'd absorbed all those biting, riled voices urging me, for example, to buy gold before the federal government started limiting A.T.M. withdrawals. But there at the La Quinta I experienced what can only be described as a waking nightmare. Reality and science fiction sloshed together. Some of us in America seemed to be sliding into the same disillusioned lethargy that undid humanity in the novel, while others of us were doing the exact opposite: vigilantly looking for the worst in our government, and in one another, to keep from being conned out of even the thinnest sliver of our freedom.
It occurred to me that the two mind-sets — apathy and paranoia — probably yield the same result. You wind up off to the side of real democracy, disengaged from the strenuous project of brokering a better society.
"What is happening could have been foreseen," one witness claims on the planet Soror. But the thing is, no one saw it.
I saw the Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay my last morning in town.
In February, a retired man in South St. Petersburg e-mailed Emily Nipps, a reporter at The Tampa Bay Times. The macaque had been out of the news, and the man wanted the public to know that it was alive and well. For more than six months, the animal had been hanging out on his patio and swinging through the surrounding woods. He and his wife were feeding the monkey; they'd become close.
The couple asked Nipps to write a story, on the condition that she wouldn't print their names or the location of their house. What Nipps described was essentially the scenario that the F.W.C. was afraid of — the wild animal losing its wariness of people, endangered by kindness. Vernon Yates told me, "What they're doing is signing the monkey's death warrant."
I managed to get a message to the couple. The husband asked me to call him "Clas," a fragment of his e-mail address. Eventually, he invited me to visit.
Clas came ambling out of the house in socks and sandals to prep me when I pulled in the driveway. "Monk" was out on the patio right now, he whispered. The animal usually flees from strangers, so Clas advised me not to look directly at it — that's a threat — and to just check it out in my peripheral vision while we pretended to have a conversation.
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We walked onto the screened-in porch. Immediately, I saw the monkey pause to size me up, then scoop a pile of peanuts off the patio and hop away as fast as it could. I'd totally blown the peripheral-vision thing. Clas gave a shrug. Then he introduced me to his wife — I'll call her Mrs. Clas — and we sat down to talk.
They'd heard about the monkey on the news, they said, but were still shocked one morning when they suddenly saw a macaque skitter up a post and vanish onto their roof. Mrs. Clas set out a banana and rushed inside to watch. The monkey hesitantly descended, sat on their woodpile and ate the banana. That was a year ago. "He's been here ever since," Clas said.
The morning banana became a routine. Sometimes grapes. Once in a while, Mrs. Clas left the monkey Oreos that he would twist apart and lick the frosting out of like a child. After a while, the monkey packed on 10 pounds. He looked husky; Clas took to calling him Banana Butt. So they dialed back the feeding, mostly leaving the monkey to forage for itself in the woods. "And he toned down!" Clas said. "I think he looks great."
Clas was spreading snapshots across the table — scenes from their life together. The monkey watched them play gin rummy from the patio and thundered over the roof to the kitchen window to watch Mrs. Clas make dinner. It followed them, Clas explained. "It's pretty incredible. You're sitting on the crapper, and a monkey swings by."
Eventually, Clas's mother — I'll call her Mama Clas — joined us on the porch. She is 106 years old, a wobbly but astoundingly together woman for her age. "Is Monk here?" she asked casually, having lowered herself into a chair without first turning to check the patio. Mama Clas recently came to live with her son. Every morning, she walks down the long driveway with her walker to collect the newspaper. And by now, the monkey escorts her, staying 20 feet ahead or behind, keeping watch. "Like a guard," Clas said, showing me a photo and laughing. "Honest to God, like a guard."
Otherwise, though, the family made an effort to keep their distance. They were principled enough not to turn the animal into a pet. "We really don't want to be friends with him too much," Clas said. "We like our critters wild out here." Living alongside a monkey clearly had its inconveniences. The macaque throws the wire screens off their rain barrels when it needs a drink. It eats the honeybell oranges off their favorite tree. And though they wouldn't elaborate, I wondered if they'd glimpsed a temperamental side of the animal from time to time too. "Everybody has good days and bad days," was all Clas kept saying. "But it doesn't carry over. It's just forgotten."
I'd listened to more talk radio on the way over. Florida's governor, Rick Scott, had denied the mayor of Tampa's request to temporarily ban firearms around the Convention Center during the week of the Republican convention for the sake of public safety — "We have the Second Amendment for a reason, and that's to make sure that we can always defend our freedom," Scott said — and, in New Mexico, a court ruled that a Christian photographer's refusal to take a job photographing a lesbian couple's commitment ceremony violated the couple's civil rights, even though the photographer said that shooting the ceremony would have gone against her religious convictions. Everywhere, it seemed, everyone's inalienable rights were grinding against everyone else's, and against the government, with all those opposing ideals refusing to settle into a sloppier, if relatively fair, society. Against that backdrop, what was happening at the Clas house was so radical that it took a moment to recognize it. It was a compromise.
Granted, it was a tense and untidy compromise — more of a détente. The monkey hadn't really found a new troop — it wasn't even allowed in the house — and for all I knew, it would freak out the next morning and knock over Mama Clas as she reached for her Tampa Bay Times. But for the time being, strange neighbors were making a go of it, getting along.
Maybe there's some muddled metaphor for America in that. Or maybe it's only tempting to look for one because there's such hunger for a hint of the way forward. Maybe it's not a metaphor. Maybe we're on our own. Maybe it's just a macaque.


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Man Sues Doctor For Calling 'Homosexual Behavior' a 'Chronic Problem'
In an effort to help young people who may be struggling with their sexuality from harming themselves, a Los Angeles gay man is suing his doctor and a Southern California healthcare network for ignoring his earlier request to remove a notation on his medical records that describe "homosexual behavior" as a "chronic problem."
"It was infuriating. It was painful," said 46-year-old Matthew Moore of his decision to sue, in a recent story on NBC4 . "It was another attempt by this doctor and this medical group to impose their agenda of discrimination and hate onto a gay patient."
It was reported last August that Moore went to see Dr. Elaine Jones of the Torrance Health Association for a physical in April 2013, when the doctor diagnosed his sexual orientation as a "chronic condition." Later, she changed it to a "chronic problem." He took umbrage at both descriptors.
"When I looked up code 302.0 and it's sexual deviancy or mental illness, and that code has been removed or suggested heavily not to be used since 1973," Moore said in 2013. "My jaw was on the floor. At first, I kind of laughed, I thought, 'Here's another way that gay people are lessened and made to feel less-than,' and then as I thought about it and as I dealt with it, it angered me."
After discussing the matter with his attorney and friends, Moore returned to the doctor's office and let her explain her findings. She defended her diagnosis, however, and Moore said he was "dumbfounded."
When he asked the doctor how he could treat homosexuality, she said that it "is still up to debate" and that being gay is "still being thought of as a disease," Moore said.
So he wrote a letter to the Torrance Memorial Health Association complaining of the diagnosis, and received the following apology, as reported by NBC4.
"We would like to unequivocally state that the Torrance Memorial Physician Network does not view homosexuality as a disease or a chronic condition, and we do not endorse or approve of the use of Code 302.0 as a diagnosis for homosexuality," Torrance Health Association Senior Director Heidi Assigal wrote to Moore.
The association also issued a media statement saying the designation had been used as a result of "human error" and claiming that "upon notification by the patient the record was corrected."
But when he obtained a copy of his medical records in May, he was stunned to find that although the 302.0 code had been removed, his sexual orientation was still listed under "chronic problems." He filed a lawsuit in July against Dr. Jones and the network for intentional infliction of emotional distress and libel.
The suit seeks both punitive and compensatory damages and alleges that the defendants "engaged in a pattern of deceit and medical record doctoring in an attempt to establish that they had earlier removed and retracted the defamatory content, when in fact they had not removed and retracted the defamatory content until the latter part of May 2014."
On August 6, the defendants' attorneys filed a motion to strike, arguing that Moore's complaints were "vague and ambiguous." The Torrance Memorial Physicians Network also blame the error on "highly complex software" used in creating the record.
But Moore's not buying it. He said that he believed Dr. Jones felt homosexuality was a problem, adding that, "I don't want any gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual ever to hear from a doctor that their normal and healthy sexuality is anything other than that," said Moore, noting that suicides among LGBT youth is higher than other groups. "Maybe we all just saved a life today."
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"It's like Christmas!" my roommate exclaimed with mock excitement, as she dumped a veritable boatload of mail onto the table this past Friday night. The day's haul was mostly junk: the PennySaver, catalogues nobody asked for, and credit card offers galore. But lo! The most recent issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education had arrived! Christmas indeed!
Side note: yes, I get the paper version of CHE. It's not my fault; it was a gift. Don't judge me.
Now, it was a Friday night, and I'm twenty seven… so naturally I ran straight to my room, put on my pajamas, and tore off the plastic wrapper. "'The Biggest Jobs Issue of the Year!?' This is going to be a wild night!"
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JRuby 1.6 has just been released and, among the many new features, the JRuby installer for Windows now includes the win32ole library.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
JRuby 1.6: Now With Win32OLE Goodness
10 comments:
- James Britt said...
This is very cool news, and being able to write Monkeybars apps that hook into Windows apps and opens a lot of interesting doors.
There's a small error in your post, though. The correct URL for the Monkeybars home page is http://www.monkeybars.org.
I don't know why there's anything on rubyforge.org; I thought that was supposed to be shut down a while ago.
- March 17, 2011 at 3:49 AM
- David Mullet said...
Thanks, James!
I have updated the links for both Monkeybars and Rawr.
FYI, The page at rawr.rubyforge.org links to monkeybars.rubyforge.org.
- March 17, 2011 at 7:07 AM
Any Progress on the book Dave? Haven't heard anything for a while.
- March 19, 2011 at 2:37 PM
I tried JRuby 1.6.1, but it seems that the jruby-win32ole does not come with the Windows installer -- I still need to install the gem manually. Did I take it wrongly?
I also found there are more than one implementation of jruby-win32ole. So when I run 'gem install jruby-win32ole', which implementation does it install?
Below are 2 implementations I have found:
- May 11, 2011 at 4:23 AM
- David Mullet said...
It seems that you are correct: The 1.6.1 installer does not include the win32ole library. Not sure why---I didn't see it mentioned in the release notes.
I had to run the command 'gem install jruby-win32ole'. I believe this installs the enebo version.
- May 13, 2011 at 7:13 PM
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment.
I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Thank You
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- August 17, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Thanks for the post. Do you have any info on the possibility to use monkeybars (to take advantage of the matisse gui builder) but without having to refactor your code to the MVC pattern that monkeybars wants the user to stick to?
- November 11, 2011 at 1:22 AM
- Eric G said...
Have you tried using jruby's win32ole library to make ADODB connections to Access databases?
When I try, I get
Java::OrgRacobCom::ComFailException: Invoke of: Open
Source: ADODB.Connection
Description: Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed.
(Initially I was trying from within Sequel's ADO adapter, but I get the same error making a naked win32ole call.)
On MRI ruby, I don't get any error connecting to the same Access database.
Thanks for any suggestions - and thanks for you blog!
- March 6, 2012 at 9:17 PM
- David Mullet said...
This works for me, running JRuby 1.6.7 on a Windows 7 machine...
conn = WIN32OLE.new('ADODB.Connection')
conn.Open('Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\MY_DATABASE.mdb')
rs = WIN32OLE.new('ADODB.Recordset')
rs.Open("SELECT * FROM MY_TABLE;", conn)
Feel free to send me your sample code via email.
- March 8, 2012 at 9:59 PM
- Delon Newman said...
I get the same error as 'Eric G' any thoughts?
JRuby 1.7.3, Windows 7 works fine under MRI 2.0.0
using "Provider='Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0';Data Source='db/development.accdb'"
as the connection string
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