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"Per MacStories, Apple has released a new Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 3 to its developers this evening as well as Xcode 4.1 Developer Preview 5. Apple last updated Lion for developers in late April. That version contained several UI changes presumably based on feedback from developers."
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Every design out there is based on a combination of earlier designs. Yet patent laws, which basically permit one to say at a given point of time "I alone have invented this" exist, because some people in the industry still haven't realized how fundamentally collaborative the creation of a new design always is.
You hit the point here. Fact is that knowledge is cumulative and how much we modify them to create something we could call new is totally arbitrary. If we look closely on literature, arts or science we well see that all over the process.
Now, I understand that some pieces of literature and art may be covered by copyright and some pieces of the various fields of "engineering" may be covered by patents.
Software is something in the middle and has been abusing of a system thought to comply with things way more "elemental".
The only solution is "reform". Problem is, most of the big/medium or even some small users of current system just do not want to touch it. It will take time, but as happened on other social levels, it is unavoidable.


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Rice Recipes (+ Zojirushi Giveaway)
As an Asian person, rice is a staple in our house. So owning a rice cooker is essential. I've owned a Zojirushi rice cooker for several years, and it is the best one I've ever used. It has a permanent place on my kitchen counter, so it's a good thing the exterior design is very pretty.
With this machine, you can cook a wide range of foods, thanks to the numerous setting from plain jasmine rice to sushi rice, brown rice, rice soup or even steamed potatoes and steamed cakes. It keeps rice warm for several hours after it's cooked without drying it out. That's really important to me, because even though we all try to eat together every day, it often doesn't happen because of everyone's crazy schedule.
My Zojirushi rice cooker has a simple interface so it's very easy to program the machine to make perfect rice. The provided measuring cup and marks on the side of the cooking pot to indicate the correct amount of water needed make the system virtually foolproof. Perhaps the best part about it is how easy it is to clean, especially with the non-stick cooking insert. As an added bonus, the power cord is retractable, which keeps my kitchen counter neat.
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Authorities are investigating the bombings at the Boston Marathon as an "act of terrorism," said President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
"What we don't yet know, however, was who carried out this attack or why, if it was carried out and planned by a terrorist organization domestic or international, or if it was the act of a malevolent individual," Obama said in his remarks.
The president added, "We will find whoever harmed our citizens and we will bring them to justice."
Three people were killed and 176 people were wounded in the two blasts Monday near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Family members have identified two of the dead as Krystle Campbell, 29, of Arlington, Mass., and Martin Richard, 8, of Dorchester, Mass.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the explosives were made of 6-liter pressure cookers and packed with shards of metal and ball bearings.
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement that the FBI is spearheading a multi-agency investigation through the Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force. "We will not rest until the perpetrators are brought to justice," Holder said.
At a press conference in Boston earlier on Tuesday, FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Richard DesLauriers said the bombings probe "will be a worldwide investigation" and that the agency is interviewing a "variety of witnesses.
Certified explosive experts and bomb sniffing dogs now are searching for clues at the scene, which could remain closed for several days, he said. The multi-block crime scene is "the most complex we've dealt with in the history of the department," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis.
Davis asked to the public to share any photos taken at the time of the blasts, just before or just after.
A hotline has been established to collect tips, photos and video footage: 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick clarified at the press conference Tuesday that no unexploded devices have been found, despite some reports.
The governor told Boston residents to expect "heightened vigilance" in the city for the time being. Officials hope to hold an interfaith service on Wednesday, he said.
In Boston, the streets were an incongruous mix Tuesday: Runners in jeans and blue and yellow striped windbreakers walked around as Massachusetts National Guardsmen patrolled buildings wielding rifles. Near the finish line, the tents that had been used for the race had been commandeered for rescue operations.
Police sirens were constant. At some hotels, security checked guests for their room keys, citing the explosions. It was beautiful and sunny, and Boston Garden teemed with people as if it were any other day. The city's Museum of Fine Arts tweeted this morning that it would be open for the day: "We hope to be a place of comfort and refuge for all in Boston," it said.
At Boston Medical Center – which treated 23 patients from the bombings – comfort and refuge would be welcome. By Tuesday, just four had been discharged and 10 remained in critical condition, including a 5 year old boy.
Surgeons at the hospital described an array of grisly wounds, mostly below the torso, where the blast ripped through bodies, severing legs at the scene. More amputations were performed at the hospital where some patients lost both legs; others just one.
Doctors found "shrapnel like metal" in some of the wounds. Any evidence was turned over to authorities, said Andrew Ulrich, executive vice chair of the hospital's emergency medical department.
The hospital had its own team of runners participating in the marathon and Ulrich said the hospital typically is on alert on Marathon Day – treating an occasional sprained ankle or dehydration. But, he said, Monday was lighter than usual, mostly because of the spectacular weather.
Then, just after 3, the ambulances arrived.
"We are used to a lot of chaos, but this was extraordinary," he said, noting that in minutes, 8 of the 10 "with very significant injuries" arrived. At one point, the hospital had 10 operating rooms running at the same time, performing with what Ulrich called "controlled chaos."
Doctors who had been running in the race – or watching – left to come to work.
Tracey Dechert, a trauma surgeon who had left the hospital at 11 a.m. Monday after arriving at work at 7 a.m. Sunday, returned, without hesitation. She had to park several blocks away because of the police presence and "ran down the street."
Dechert performed a double amputation on one young woman.
"You can't put into words how disturbing this is," said Dechert, who noted as a trauma surgeon she's accustomed to seeing gruesome accidents.
For many of the most severely injured, the process is just starting. They'll need several more operations to recover, she said.
Social workers and other trauma specialists will be brought in to help the wounded, their families and the physicians who responded, officials said.
Peter Burke, the chief trauma surgeon, credited Boston's ambulance system with successfully triaging the wounded at the scene and making certain that no hospital was overburdened by patients.
Doctors at several other Boston area hospitals also said Tuesday that they'd found what appeared to be ball bearings, nails or other shrapnel in the bodies of those wounded at the marathon, suggesting that the explosive devices might have been packed with debris in order to inflict the most damage.
Dr. Bill Mackey, chief of surgery at Tufts Medical Center, said doctors there removed small metallic shards from victims' wounds. The fragments ranged in size from a centimeter to a few millimeters, Mackey said.
"One woman had a piece of a zipper embedded in her ankle joint, which is indicative of the force of the explosion," he said.
Authorities asked for all foreign objects to be saved, cataloged with patients' names and turned over to them, Mackey said.
The blasts occurred about 100 yards apart, close to the finishing line of the historic 26.2-mile race, on Boylston Street, which courses through a popular shopping and dining area of Boston known as Back Bay.
The first blast went off shortly before 2:50 p.m. Monday, about four hours into the race. It was quickly followed by the second. An estimated 9,000 of the 26,000 runners were still out on the course when the devices erupted in flaming gusts that twisted railings on the sidewalks into tangles of metal and wood that rescuers had to wrench into the street to reach casualties.
Some runners recovering from shock and trauma Tuesday expressed defiance in the face of the horror they'd witnessed.
Less than 24 hours after Ken Bereski finished his twelfth Boston marathon amid acrid smoke and unthinkable carnage, he pledged to return to the city a year from now to run his thirteenth.
"That was never in question," said Bereski, a 32-year-old IT consultant from Miami's South Beach. He crossed the finish line about five minutes before the first of two blasts went off.
"If you hide under your bed all day every day then what's the point?" Bereski said. "I'm sure I'm going to try to figure out some way to do something in honor of the people who were killed, but there's never any doubt for me that I'll be back for number thirteen next year."
He said several of his friends told him that as a result of what happened Monday, they intend to run the marathon next year by his side.
Bereski is an unregistered "bandit" marathoner who runs every race in full body paint. He had aimed to finish in four hours but beat his personal goal by about five minutes.
"Had I run the exact time I was targeting, I would have been right there when it happened," he said. "I'm glad I found a little bit extra to get me there faster."
He was milling around in the finish area, soaking up the atmosphere, when he heard the first explosion.
"I thankfully had my back turned, so I was right there but I was spared the real horrors of it," Bereski said. At first he thought it was a celebratory cannon, but then a second bomb detonated and people started sprinting past him.
"I've run enough marathons to know that unless there's something out of the ordinary, people don't keep running after the finish line," Bereski said. He heard hysterical people say they'd seen limbs flying off. "I didn't look back, I just kept moving."
In a telephone interview at the airport as he awaited a flight home to Florida, Bereski said he was amazed by the response of volunteers and first responders, who headed toward the danger and kept panic from turning into a stampede.
"It was really moving to see how everybody there was just doing every little thing they could to keep things together," he said. "I'm more proud of Boston and the Boston Marathon now than I ever have been."
Lesley Clark contributed reporting from Boston. Curtis Tate, Anita Kumar, Maria Recio, Beena Raghavendran, Greg Gordon, Michael Doyle and David Lightman of the Washington Bureau contributed. Also contributing were Anna Douglas of the Rock Hill Herald from Fort Mill, S.C.; Joey Holleman of The State from Columbia, S.C.; staff members of the Kansas City Star, the Wichita Eagle and the Miami Herald contributed.


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Fort Worth's new Woodshed Smokehouse takes wood-fired fare to the next level
By June Naylor
In a town where iconic rib joints such as Angelo's and Railhead have waiting lines as long as the West Texas sunset, did Fort Worth really need another marquee smokehouse? After a recent visit to celebrity chef Tim Love's new Woodshed Smokehouse, I can assure you the answer is: you bet.
One step inside the new hotspot perched on the banks of the Trinity River, in shouting distance of TCU and the Fort Worth Zoo, and I realized this wasn't my grandpa's barbecue hangout. Spreading over 14,000 square feet and unfolding onto a sprawling deck and patio, the open-air restaurant and bar starts the day with espresso, breakfast tacos stuffed with the smoked meat of the day, and flaky, buttery French pastries. It begins the party at noon with live music, offers thirsty folks a stunning craft-beer assortment and wines on tap, and feeds hungry hordes a heretofore unheard-of feast of smoked meats and vegetables.
Within moments of opening in late January, the Woodshed was overrun with patrons curious about Love's worldly menu of wood-fired foods. The fourth Fort Worth restaurant opened by Love, whose Lonesome Dove Western Bistro serves everything from rattlesnake sausage to wild boar in the historic Stockyards district, the Woodshed welcomes as many as 1,600 guests per day on busy weekends.
As it turns out, adventurous palates find flavorful gratification in smoked artichoke hearts, kale salad topped with guanciale (pig-jowl bacon), redfish en papillote, pulled goat tacos, and much more.
Out front, beside the entrance, an orange flag bears an image of the meat you'll see on the spit. Beef, pork, goat, lamb, venison, or game bird show up in varied preparations, but the purest experience remains eating the meat of the day doused with fresh salsas and tucked inside warm, handmade tortillas, which are crafted on-site as you watch through the kitchen window.
Stacks of pecan, hickory, mesquite, and oak supply the smokers, stoves, and—in cool weather—the heaters scattered over the grounds. On a recent visit, servers darted between kitchen and tables, inside and out, bearing trays laden with sharing plates of brisket-stuffed piquillo peppers and a dip of smoked Lake Michigan whitefish. Jaw-dropping sights included Love emerging from the kitchen manhandling a massive butcher block from which rose a mammoth beef shin that had been braised overnight and then smoked for 16 hours. Enough to feed an army, the tender meat fell away from the giant bone as my group sliced it at the table and then folded it up into those exquisite tortillas, along with a spoonful of borracho beans, fresh ricotta, and the tart kale salad.
Familiar choices appear on the menu as well, with the burger one of the most popular. Love calls it his triple threat, made with chopped beef brisket and prime steak blended with the sausage of the day, topped with watercress, smoked cheddar, and housemade pickles. The kitchen goes through as many as 18 briskets daily, probably because crowds gather on any day that the sun is shining. And when the weather doesn't cooperate? The staff just pulls down the steel-and-glass garage doors that line the entire south side of the restaurant.
With lively crowds in attendance at nearly all hours, the atmosphere feels much like someone's backyard cookout, exactly as Love intends. "I like to call it my back-porch food, because it's stuff I've been doing at home for family and friends for a long time," he says.
What appear to be fleets of cars park via valet in front, but many patrons enter the Woodshed through a gate that opens right onto the running/biking trail that lines the Trinity. Guests pop in for a beer and a bite to eat, and wind up staying for hours. On frequent Saturday mornings, there's a five-mile charity-benefit run between the Woodshed and the Love Shack (Love's
burger joint closer to downtown), culminating with free beer and tacos. On other Saturday mornings, a yoga or Pilates class wraps up just in time for a smoked bloody mary. (Love's version includes three smoked ingredients: tomatoes, olives, and ice.)
Fellow restaurateur Tristan Simon notes that, of all Love's restaurants, the Woodshed is his favorite. "It's because of its social spirit and the fact that he has completely updated the smokehouse genre," he says. "The light and energy of the place are seductive. On a beautiful weekend day, there is not another restaurant in DFW where I would rather be."
Early on, clientele built easily, with customers returning frequently. Marcelle LeBlanc, who lives nearby and confesses to eating at Woodshed every week since its opening, says, "I love the sophisticat-ed food in a casual environment. And the Woodshed serves a mean cappuccino in the morning."
Another plus: Love aims to make the Woodshed the most earth-friendly restaurant in town. Utensils and cups are biodegradable, and no beverages come in glass bottles. Perhaps most astounding, no air conditioners will be employed at the Woodshed. Instead, an impressive collection of giant fans and misters take the place of manufactured, refrigerated air. You can trust that the stylishly outfitted Woodshed will keep its customers cool in warm weather—and happily fed year round.


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With version 3.0 the SSMS 2014 is fully supported. Since this is a new major version you'll eventually need a new license. Please check the EULA to see when.
As a thank you for your patience with this release, everyone that bought the SSMS Tools Pack after April 1st, the release date of SQL Server 2014, will receive a free upgrade. You won't have to do anything for this to take effect.
First thing you'll notice is that the UI has been completely changed. It's more in line with SSMS and looks less web-like. Also the core has been updated and rewritten in some places to be better suited for future features.
Major improvements for this release are:
Window Connection Coloring Something a lot of people have asked me over the last 2 years is if there's a way to color the tab of the window itself. I'm very glad to say that now it is. In SSMS 2012 and higher the actual query window tab is also colored at the top border with the same color as the already existing strip making it much easier to see to which server your query window is connected to even when a window is not focused. To make it even better, you can not also specify the desired color based on the database name and not just the server name. This makes is useful for production environments where you need to be careful in which database you run your queries in. Format SQL The format SQL core was rewritten so it'll be easier to improve it in future versions. New improvement is the ability to terminate SQL statements with semicolons. This is available only in SSMS 2012 and up. Execution Plan Analyzer A big request was to implement the Problems and Solutions tooltip as a window that you can copy the text from. This is now available. You can move the window around and copy text from it. It's a small improvement but better stuff will come. SQL History Current Window History has been improved with faster search and now also shows the color of the server/database it was ran against. This is very helpful if you change your connection in the same query window making it clear which server/database you ran query on. The option to Force Save the history has been added. This is a menu item that flushes the execution and tab content history save buffers to disk. SQL Snippets Added an option to generate snippet from selected SQL text on right click menu. Run script on multiple databases Configurable database groups that you can save and reuse were added. You can create groups of preselected databases to choose from for each server. This makes repetitive tasks much easier New small team licensing option A lot of requests came in for 1 computer, Unlimited VMs option so now it's here. Hope it serves you well.
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Karim Llaja and James Taylor met six years ago at the Garrison Market. Karim was working as a cashier and James was a frequent customer. However, It wasn't until the end of 2007 that they became reacquainted in Garrison and began dating for the first time.
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- LSD burst over the dreary domain of the constipated bourgeoisie like the angelic herald of a new psychedelic millennium. We have never been the same since, nor will we ever be, for LSD demonstrated, even to skeptics, that the mansions of heaven and gardens of paradise lie within each and all of us.
- I didn't go looking for LSD, it came looking for me; it decided to ring my doorbell, to make its presence known... the world needs it now more than ever.
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32. Seattle Seahawks (1-2) - Previously: #32 - Despite the win against Arizona, the Seahawks are still the worst team in the NFL. I can't imagine the Colts, Chiefs, Jaguars, etc. losing to the Cardinals at home.
Speaking of home, it was funny to hear the Seahawk fans chant "Charlie! Charlie!" on Sunday despite the team's victory. You really have to wonder why Pete Carroll is stubbornly sticking with Tarvaris Jackson. What if this were a food-type situation?
Mrs. Carroll: Pete, I just baked some brownies. Do you want any?
Pete Carroll: Nah, I think I'll stick with my Poop Salad.
Mrs. Carroll: I'll admit, I'm not good at making desserts, but these brownies have a chance at being tasty. Maybe they'll suck. But you might as well try them to see if they're better than your Poop Salad.
Pete Carroll: No, no, no, Poop Salad for me.
Mrs. Carroll: But Pete, you traded away valuable assets for ingredients so I could make these brownies. And remember that one time when you were really hungry right after New Years and you enjoyed that brownie? Why not at least take one bite?
Pete Carroll: Damn it, woman, leave me alone! I'll have my Poop Salad in peace!
31. Indianapolis Colts (0-3) - Previously: #31 - Beloved GameCenter poster Taton, an avid Colts fan, is very frustrated. Here's his most recent post about the Colts:
Come on, Taton. I know you're angry, but please leave President Obama out of this. He's screwed plenty of other things up, but he had nothing to do with your team's demise.
30. Kansas City Chiefs (0-3) - Previously: #30 - Speaking of the Colts, I called up Kerry Collins for an interview to find out why he was really benched:
Me: Hey Kerry, thanks for joining me. Sorry about your benching and/or concussion.
Kerry Collins: Hic! Heyyyy mannn wannntssss to beeeee my beerrr ponnng parrtnurrr? Hic!
Me: Maybe later, actually. But let's do this interview first. Did you suffer a concussion against the Steelers?
Kerry Collins: Conkk-hic-cussshiiion?
Me: Yeah, you know, getting hit in the head and then having to take tests?
Kerry Collins: Yeeeaaahhh I 'memmburrr tessstsssss.
Me: What sort of tests did the medical staff give you?
Kerry Collins: They maadddee meeee count bacckkkwuurrddss fffrom 65 toooo 55 and thunnn walk innnn sttt-hic-ttraight linnnnne.
Me: That actually sounds like a sobriety test more than anything.
Kerry Collins: I taaake the saammmee teessttss unnnn Pennnn St-hic-ttaate.
Me: I see. So, how much did you have to drink before the game?
Kerry Collins: Hic!
Me: Hey, it's Derek Anderson! What are you doing here?
Derek Anderson: I wannnnn pplllay burrrr pooonnggg.
Kerry Collins: Hic! Beeee onnn my ttteamm!
Me: Hmm... I guess this interview is over.
29. Jacksonville Jaguars (1-2) - Previously: #26 - Houston's loss to New Orleans was very significant for Gary Kubiak in that it's playoffs or bust for him. Elsewhere in the AFC South, Wayne Weaver has other goals for Jack Del Rio:
Wayne Weaver: It's at least three wins or bust, Del Rio! Three wins or bust!
Jack Del Rio: You're totally killing my vibe, man.
Seriously, how many more crappy seasons do the 12 Jaguar fans out there have to endure before Del Rio is finally canned?
28. Miami Dolphins (0-3) - Previously: #25 - I spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out when Tony Sparano will be fired this year. My guess is Week 12 - after the Cowboys destroy the Dolphins on Thanksgiving.
Here are more Notes from NFL.com GameCenter (the third from Michael E.):
1. "lol i thin flacco is the mobile qb lmao"
Apparently, even the simplest sentences are funny when you're a GameCenter clown.
2. "sucks that lions have to wait to next year to see are number 1 back . lets face it but best is not a every down back. he gets hurt to easy. also were yet to are number 3 reciever."
What happens first: The Lions win the Super Bowl three years in a row, or this person comes to understand the difference between "are" and "our?" I'm betting the former.
3. "I don't care about breast cancer if my wife got it and she had to get hers removed i would divorce her as soon as i found out what good is a women with no breats. BTW i am not a steelers fan or gayven fan"
Looks like someone's going to H-E-Double Hockey Sticks!
27. Cleveland Browns (2-1) - Previously: #29 - Beating the Dolphins at home is no accomplishment, so here's a recap of the Redskins-Cowboys game:
1. The entire Washington team stood in the middle of the field on Dallas' star prior to kickoff. London Fletcher was right in the middle, yelling, "This is our house! This is our house!"
Well, almost. Despite Tony Romo's rib injury and punctured lung, the Cowboys eked out an 18-16 victory, as the two teams combined for nine field goals.
2. It's a miracle Dallas won this contest. When Romo wasn't taking crushing hits, he was yelling at his teammates. The receivers continuously ran wrong routes, while center Phil Costa mistimed the snap a whopping four times. It was so unbelievable that it became a running joke. On one of the botched snaps, I really thought I was watching an instant replay. The Redskins have to be kicking themselves that they didn't come out with a victory.
Romo was the hero. He went 22-of-36 for 255 yards and a pick that wasn't his fault. The big play came on a 3rd-and-21 situation late in the fourth quarter in which Romo was under heavy pressure, yet found Dez Bryant 30 yards downfield. Dallas kicked the winning field goal about a minute later.
3. The receivers and the center weren't the only Cowboys who screwed up. The offensive play-calling inside the red zone was awful; Dallas had the ball at the 9-, 14- and 2-yard line, but couldn't punch it into the end zone. Jason Garrett seemed infatuated with feeding the ball to an unknown Tony Fiammetta and woeful Tashard Choice (7-5). It's mind-boggling that Felix Jones had only seven more rushes than Choice; Jones gained 115 yards on his 14 attempts.
Garrett's worst gaffe occurred in the final quarter. Dallas had a 4th-and-7 near Washington's 40. It appeared as though the Cowboys planned to go for it, but they called timeout as the play clock was running out. However, they decided to punt out of the break.
I couldn't believe it. Why the hell did they use a precious timeout if they wanted to punt it? Why not just take the 5-yard penalty? The Cowboys are really lucky this didn't come back to haunt them.
4. I wrote that the Redskins could win this game with only one Bad Rex moment. Instead, there were three. Rex Grossman tossed a bad pick to Sean Lee in the opening half. He also should have tossed another interception in the fourth quarter. During the final drive, Grossman was strip-sacked by Anthony Spencer, which concluded this matchup.
Grossman made some really nice throws at times (22-37, 250 yards, TD, INT), but the two turnovers, as well as red-zone inefficiency, cost Washington the chance to improve to 3-0.
26. Cincinnati Bengals (1-2) - Previously: #24 - The next time I think about making an NFL Pick of the Month with a team that has one of its starters arrested for marijuana possession, please e-mail me a bunch of viruses so I can't access my sportsbook account. Of course, this all wouldn't be an issue if our stupid government just legalized pot. Think of how few arrests the Bengals would have if this happened!
25. Denver Broncos (1-2) - Previously: #23 - I'd give you analysis of Kyle Orton's dreadful performance at Tennessee, but a GameCenter person actually said it best:
orton sucks how can any 1 say he is an nfl qb he is flat out garbage.....josh mcdanIELS is the cause of all this he messed us all up...start tebow if doesnt do anything draft better recivers around him hes A 2 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION N A HEISGHMEN WINNER!!!WHAT IS ORTON????UMMM A TRASH BUM WHO HAS DONE NOTHING IN HIS WHOLE CAREER BUT THROW PICZ..HE SUCKS
What's hilarious is that this horribly misspelled rant is much more logical than anything the clowns on ESPN have to say when they defend Orton and say that he should be the starter over Tim Tebow.
24. Arizona Cardinals (1-2) - Previously: #19 - I've moved the 49ers into the top NFC West spot because of their awesome defense. Well, that and the following reason from another GameCenter person:
the only thing Smith provides for this offense is Shade
Good enough for Jim Harbaugh! Kevin Kolb and Tardvaris don't even do that, while Sam Bradford's receivers can only drop the shade.
23. St. Louis Rams (0-3) - Previously: #22 - That blowout loss to the Ravens was terrible, but I still believe the 0-3 Rams are better than the 1-2 Cardinals and 1-2 Seahawks.
Oh, and by the way, NFC West teams are 2-4-2 against the spread (2-6 straight up) this year when playing outside the division, with the two covers being Arizona over Washington and San Francisco over the stupid Bengals. Just something to watch for.
2011 NFL Power Rankings: The Rest:
11. Philadelphia Eagles (1-2). Previously: #8
12. San Diego Chargers (2-1). Previously: #11
13. Oakland Raiders (2-1). Previously: #18
14. Dallas Cowboys (2-1). Previously: #12
15. Chicago Bears (1-2). Previously: #7
16. Atlanta Falcons (1-2). Previously: #9
17. Houston Texans (2-1). Previously: #13
18. Washington Redskins (2-1). Previously: #14
19. Carolina Panthers (1-2). Previously: #21
20. San Francisco 49ers (2-1). Previously: #27
21. Tennessee Titans (2-1). Previously: #20
22. Minnesota Vikings (0-3). Previously: #28
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Turning off the dark.
That old thing you bought is old now. It was new for a while but now it's old. So you need a new one. You just do. And it's okay. You're helping the economy if you just go out and buy the new thing. Stop worrying that the old thing was just fine and you don't really have any interest in buying the new thing. Just go buy it. Don't you want something new? Sure you do.
I figured I'd get the big obvious objection out of the way first, because that's pretty much the only valid argument against rebooting the Spider-Man franchise mere hours after the old one wrapped up and minutes after the Broadway musical enjoyed its moment in the sun as the butt of hundreds of quickly stale jokes. It's a sometimes tiring fact of the entertainment industry that they recycle everything eventually and, in this case, sooner than eventually. If you're devoted to movies you learn to live with it, making sure to keep it all in perspective: every film doesn't weigh the same, some are art, some are commodities, some are both, some are outsider experiences involving Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves communicating across time with the assistance of a magical mailbox. It's up to you to delineate what's what. Personally, I'll call this one a really enjoyable commodity.
Do you need to know the plot? Do you live on Earth? Peter Parker (The Social Network's Andrew Garfield) gets bitten by a spider and develops special spider-like powers. With these powers he battles crime while involving himself with Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). This time it's the Lizard (Rhys Ifans), a scientist who moonlights as a domestic terrorist bent on unleashing a biological weapon that will make reptiles of us all. Peter has to summon the moral courage, wisdom and web-craft to defeat the monster and the third act fact that he does so will only come as a surprise to you if you've managed never to see a movie ever.
So why bother? A cockier, more confident Peter for starters. Garfield has an acrobatic physical presence and a self-aware air of post-teen authority that makes Tobey Maguire's wide-eyed anxiety seem less appealing in hindsight. And as a partner in love and heroism, Emma Stone's Gwen is the kind of can-do beauty-nerd that any superhero could feel confident about leaving on her own for a bit while he's off saving the world.
As a visceral experience it doesn't pack the kind of blammo-punch of epic joy that The Avengers delivered earlier this summer, but it's solid and satisfying: a cool villain, an anti-Spidey counterpoint who's also thoroughly sympathetic in Denis Leary as Gwen's police chief father, staggeringly great 3D web-slinging sequences that provide both depth and a giddy sort of in-your-face gimmickry, a warm Sally Field as Aunt May and the single most inventive Stan Lee cameo yet.
No, you don't need it. You didn't ask for it. But here it is. You could do worse this summer. Way worse. And I know because I just saw Madea's Witness Protection.
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The National Environmental Balancing Bureau's (NEBB's) fume hood performance testing seminar will provide the attendees with an overview of laboratory HVAC concepts. This will include discussions of environmental safety enclosures, such as fume hoods, biological safety cabinets and other containment enclosures. Review of the various HVAC systems that are currently employed in laboratory design. The basic operation of fume hoods and other containment enclosures such as biological safety cabinets and their respective applications and features will be presented.
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DOJ Agrees To Release Redacted Court Ruling About How NSA Practices Violated The 4th Amendment
from the transparency! dept
The government has determined that disclosure of the information withheld from Plaintiff could result in exceptionally grave and serious damage to the national security. Plaintiff obviously cannot contend otherwise. The Court accordingly should defer to the government's determination in this case, uphold the Department's withholdings, and grant this motion.Except, today, during President Obama's press conference, the DOJ suddenly (magically!) changed its position and filed a motion with the court saying that it will no longer fight this, but instead will release a redacted version of the FISC ruling later this month, claiming that recent declassifications by the federal government mean this is now acceptable.
Defendant further provides notice to the Court and Plaintiff that it has determined it will release to Plaintiff a redacted version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ("FISC") opinion previously withheld in full pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(1) and (b)(3), and a redacted version of the one responsive paragraph in the classified white paper to Congress also previously withheld in full pursuant to those exemptions. The information to be released to Plaintiff will consist of segregable information that the government has declassified and thus is no longer exempt under (b)(1) and (b)(3).The filing also requests a bit more time to handle all of this, but it appears that revealing at least a little bit of info from this key ruling will no longer kill us all. And now we wait to see just how much is actually revealed... and how much is redacted.


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Absence, hear thou my protestation
A Chieftain to the Highlands bound
A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by
Ah, Chloris! could I now but sit
Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh
All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd
All thoughts, all passions, all delights
And are ye sure the news is true
And is this Yarrow?this the stream
And thou art dead, as young and fair
And wilt thou leave me thus
Ariel to Miranda:Take
Art thou pale for weariness
Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers
As it fell upon a day
As I was walking all alane
A slumber did my spirit seal
As slow our ship her foamy track
A sweet disorder in the dress
At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears
At the mid hour of night, when stars are weeping, I fly
Avenge, O Lord! Thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones
Awake, Æolian lyre, awake
Awake, awake, my Lyre
A weary lot is thine, fair maid
A wet sheet and a flowing sea
A widow bird sate mourning for her Love
Bards of Passion and of Mirth
Beauty sat bathing by a spring
Behold her, single in the field
Being your slave, what should I do but tend
Beneath these fruit-tree boughs that shed
Best and brightest, come away
Bid me to live, and I will live
Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heaven's joy
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Bright Star! would I were steadfast as thou art
Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren
Calm was the day, and through the trembling air
Captain, or Colonel, or Knight in Arms
Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night
Come away, come away, death
Come live with me and be my Love
Crabbed Age and Youth
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Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly
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Drink to me only with thine eyes
Duncan Gray cam' here to woo
Earl March look'd on his dying child
Earth has not anything to show more fair
Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind
Ethereal Minstrel! Pilgrim of the sky
Ever let the Fancy roam
Fair Daffodils, we weep to see
Fair pledges of a fruitful tree
Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing
Fear no more the heat o' the sun
For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove
Forget not yet the tried intent
Forward youth that would appear
Fountains mingle with the river
Four Seasons fill the measure of the year
From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony
From Stirling Castle we had seen
Full fathom five thy father lies
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
Gem of the crimson-colour'd even
Glories of our blood and state
Go fetch to me a pint o' wine
Go, lovely Rose
Hail to thee, blithe spirit
Happy the man whose wish and care
Happy those early days, when I
He is gone on the mountain
He that loves a rosy cheek
Hence, all you vain delights
Hence, loathèd Melancholy
Hence, vain deluding Joys
How delicious is the winning
How happy is he born and taught
How like a winter hath my absence been
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest
How sweet the answer Echo makes
How vainly men themselves amaze
I am monarch of all I survey
I arise from dreams of thee
I dream'd that as I wander'd by the way
If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song
If doughty deeds my lady please
I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden
If thou survive my well-contented day
If to be absent were to be
If women could be fair, and yet not fond
I have had playmates, I have had companions
I heard a thousand blended notes
I met a traveller from an antique land
I'm wearing awa', Jean
In a drear-nighted December
In the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining
In the sweet shire of Cardigan
I remember, I remember
I saw wherein the shroud did lurk
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free
It is not Beauty I demand
It is not growing like a tree
I travell'd among unknown men
It was a lover and his lass
It was a summer evening
I've heard them lilting at our ewe-milking
I wander'd lonely as a cloud
I was thy neighbour once, thou rugged Pile
I wish I were where Helen lies
John Anderson, my jo, John
Last and greatest herald of Heaven's King
Lawrence, of virtuous father virtuous son
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Life! I know not what thou art
Life of Life! thy lips enkindle
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore
Like to the clear in highest sphere
Love not me for comely grace
Lovely lass o' Inverness
Lo! where the rosy-bosom'd Hours
Many a green isle needs must be
Mary! I want a lyre with other strings
Merchant, to secure his treasure
Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour
Mine be a cot beside the hill
More we live, more brief appear
Mortality, behold and fear
Most sweet it is with unuplifted eyes
Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold
Music, when soft voices die
My days among the dead are past
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My heart leaps up when I behold
My Love in her attire doth show her wit
My lute, be as thou wert when thou didst grow
My thoughts hold mortal strife
My true-love hath my heart, and I have his
No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note
Not, Celia, that I juster am
Now the golden Morn aloft
Now the last day of many days
O blithe new-comer! I have heard
O Brignall banks are wild and fair
Of all the girls that are so smart
Of a' the airts the wind can blaw
Of Nelson and the North
O Friend! I know not which way I must look
Of this fair volume which we World do name
Oft in the stilly night
O if thou knew'st how thou thyself dost harm
Oh, lovers' eyes are sharp to see
Oh, snatch'd away in beauty's bloom
O listen, listen, ladies gay
O Mary, at thy window be
O me! what eyes hath Love put in my head
O mistress mine, where are you roaming
O my Luve's like a red, red rose
On a day, alack the day
On a Poet's lips I slept
Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee
One more Unfortunate
One word is too often profaned
O never say that I was false of heart
On Linden, when the sun was low
O saw ye bonnie Lesley
O say what is that thing call'd Light
O talk not to me of a name great in story
Our bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lower'd
Over the mountains
O waly waly up the bank
O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms
O Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being
O World! O Life! O Time
Pack, clouds, away, and welcome day
Phoebus, arise
Pibroch of Donuil Dhu
Poor Soul, the centre of my sinful earth
Poplars are fell'd! farewell to the shade
Proud Maisie is in the wood
Queen and Huntress, chaste and fair
Rarely, rarely, comest thou
Ruin seize thee, ruthless King
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
Shall I, wasting in despair
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
She is not fair to outward view
She walks in beauty, like the night
She was a Phantom of delight
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea
Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part
Sleep on, and dream of heaven awhile
Souls of poets dead and gone
Spring, the sweet Spring, is the year's pleasant king
Star that bringest home the bee
Stern Daughter of the Voice of God
Sun is warm, the sky is clear
Sun upon the lake is low
Surprised by joyimpatient as the wind
Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes
Sweet Highland Girl, a very shower
Sweet stream, that winds through yonder glade
Swiftly walk over the western wave
Take, O take those lips away
Tax not the royal Saint with vain expense
Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind
Tell me where is Fancy bred
That time of year thou may'st in me behold
That which her slender waist confined
There be none of Beauty's daughters
There is a flower, the lesser celandine
There is a garden in her face
There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream
They that have power to hurt, and will do none
This is the month, and this the happy morn
This life, which seems so fair
Three years she grew in sun and shower
Thy braes were bonnie, Yarrow stream
Thy hue, dear pledge, is pure and bright
Timely blossom, Infant fair
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry
Toll for the brave
To me, fair Friend, you never can be old
Twas at the royal feast for Persia won
Twas on a lofty vase's side
Twentieth year is well-nigh past
Two Voices are there: one is of the Sea
Under the greenwood tree
Verse, a breeze 'mid blossoms straying
Victorious men of earth, no more
Waken, lords and ladies gay
Wee, sleekit, cow'rin', tim'rous beastie
Were I as base as is the lowly plain
We talk'd with open heart, and tongue
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Hi everyone,
I am new to blogging, and am looking for some great blogs to genuinely follow, and for some followers who actually want to read my blog.
If you are interested in getting genuine followers, and in following blogs that actually interest you, add your link to this discussion. We can all check out each others blogs, and then we can follow the ones that are of interest to us. No pressure to do the whole I'll-follow-you-if-you-follow-me thing. You can check out my blog at:
Any constructive feedback is always appreciated! :)
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Hi Shawna,
Just started following your blog. It's great! Congrats on baby #2 :)
blog: http://thechroniclesofdutch.blogspot.com
twitter: https://twitter.com/chronicleOdutch.
Shawna said:
Thanks for this great note - of course I want more followers but I wouldn't want followers who don't really have an interest in reading my blog. Your newest follower from www.dovetailblog.com
Just followed you on Twitter, Shanna!
Shanna Autry said:
Thank you!!
We are getting ready to drive from Baltimore to the northwest corner of Arkansas for vacation in 2 weeks. That will be an exciting blog as well!
Kristen Siler said:
You're a brave woman, Shanna, flying with two little ones but it can be done! Looking forward to reading all about the big trip soon :)
Shanna Autry said:
I love your blog and the title is quite fitting. I am (hopefully) flying back home to Alabama with my kids next month to visit family without my husband. I have a 3 year old and a 7 week old. I've never flown alone with kids before so, this will be quite interesting!
I'm looking forward to more posts from you! I am also a new follower on Twitter.
Blog: http://thesouthernhousewife.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MrsAutry
Hi Jessica,
Thanks for joining the discussion! I just checked out your blog and I loved the story about the middle of the night pee drama. So funny! Also just googled that Joovy stroller. Looks nice! Love the one in the avocado type colour. I'd love to follow your blog if you had that Google following thingy.
Jessica Culberson said:
Im also very (like last month) new to blogging.
I love you!!! When my daughter was 3mo's old we had to do a funeral. After the flight DFW/PHX we had to drive to Yuma-in May. It was very literally a hot mess that I will never do again. Now following you!
- Also.. just got the joovy ergo caboose, I only have 1 kid but its good to be prepared right ; )
check me out if you're interested: /http://misadventuresofmommy.blogspot.com/
Go to Layout, and on the right hand column, go to Add a Gadget. When you are presented with the list of Gadgets you can add, choose the one called "Followers". I don't think they stopped offering it in March, because I only started my blog in April, and I have it.
Jessica Culberson said:
that Google following thingy... how do you do that???
I did a little searching on it.. they quit offering that in March.-boo So I just added the google + thing. Maybe that will work?
Hi, I am new at to Blogging and Mom Bloggers. I agree with you, I don't like the "follow me so that I will follow you" approach. I did check out your blog and I really like how much information you provide to your readers.
If you have a chance please check out my blog www.anainstyle.com and let me know what you think.
PS: I did commit to a very expensive stroller and I LOVE it!!
Thanks, Ana! Congrats on your stroller purchase. Just out of curiosity, which one did you pick? I'm off to check out your blog now!
ana jacobs said:
Hi, I am new at to Blogging and Mom Bloggers. I agree with you, I don't like the "follow me so that I will follow you" approach. I did check out your blog and I really like how much information you provide to your readers.
If you have a chance please check out my blog www.anainstyle.com and let me know what you think.
PS: I did commit to a very expensive stroller and I LOVE it!!
Hi there!
I just checked out your blog, and I love the one on attachment parenting! You are right on when you emphasize the importance of doing what is right for your family!
Okay I am LOVING this thread...just went through and read several of the blogs posted here and I'm in love! So glad to find some great new mommy blogs to start following. You gals are all adorable! Great posts ladies, keep it coming! I followed most of you!
Yes, I've found some great blogs through this thread as well. Thank you so much to all of you for responding. I'm always excited to make new bloggy friends! :)
I'm a newbe too. I would love to find some other parenting or education blogs to team up with and trade links with. I could feature a guest post if it is on topic or come up with some fun topic where we could share posts. Come join my blog www.trueaimeducation.com. I will follow you back and I look foward to partnering with you to gain more viewers.
I really enjoyed your blog. You are very funny and witty. :) I just followed. I just started a children's activities blog, mostly baby and toddler activities since my baby is only 14 months old. I would love if you would check it out. Thanks!
I am new to blogging, only been at it for a little over a month now. My blog is about my life as a stepmom to 2 teenagers. Check it out at: www.mystepmomlife.com I look forward to checking out everyone's blogs!


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Caught On Cell Phone: Woman And Her Husband Get Tazed By Wal-Mart Security! "Your Going To Be Sorry"
"An Arizona couple reportedly outraged by a Foley police officer's walk-through at an area Walmart last week was arrested after the man allegedly hit the officer and his wife jumped on him. Anthony Scott Smith, 41, and his wife, Chrisanna Elizabeth Smith, 40, of Scottsdale, Arizona, were arrested Friday and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and second-degree assault on a police officer. According to Lt. Thurston Bullock, the couple became irate when they saw Officer Caleb Bibby in Walmart shortly before 11 p.m. Friday. They approached him aggressively, accusing him of treason and of shopping on duty and telling the officer he was under federal investigation, Bullock said. Bullock said Bibby was conducting a walk-through of the business. He said the officers are permitted to buy something during such walk- throughs, but it was unclear whether the officer made a purchase."
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Missouri state troopers take over security in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Missouri (CNN) -- State troopers are taking over security in this St. Louis suburb after days of clashes between local police and protesters.
Gov. Jay Nixon said he decided to put the Missouri State Highway Patrol in charge of security because "at this particular point, the attitudes weren't improving, and the blocks towards expression appeared to be a flashpoint."
Lately, the community of Ferguson, which has been the scene of demonstrations and a strong police response in the wake of a weekend police shooting that left African-American teenager Michael Brown dead, has looked "more like a war zone, and it's not acceptable," Nixon said.
Now, authorities -- who've faced accusations that they've used excessive force in response to demonstrations -- will be taking a different tack in an effort to calm tensions, officials said Thursday.
"We're all about making sure that we allow peaceful and appropriate protests, that we use force only when necessary, that we step back a little bit and let some of the energy be felt in this region, appropriately," Nixon said
Chosen by the state's governor to head up the new security operation, Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said he planned to meet with protesters Thursday.
"We are going to have a different approach and have the approach that we're in this together," he said.
As groups of protesters grew Thursday night, the demonstrations were calm.
Some said they were prepared for police aggression, despite what authorities have promised.
"Gas me, shoot me, I will stand my ground," one protester's sign said.
But Antonio French, a St. Louis alderman who was arrested at a demonstration in Ferguson Wednesday, said he's already noticed the new tone.
"Really, it has been the police presence, the heavy-handed presence, which has escalated the situation and I think led to the violence each night. And so it's good to see this new approach," he said. "Already there is a different attitude and a different interaction between the crowd and police, and I am very hopeful for a peaceful night."
And protesters may be close to getting a response to one key demand.
On Friday, police in Ferguson plan to release the name of the officer who shot Brown, a source close to the investigation told CNN.
Police chief: City is a 'powder keg'
Earlier Thursday, Ferguson's police chief described the city as a "powder keg."
"The whole situation is not good at this point," Chief Thomas Jackson said a day after clashes in which police fired smoke bombs, tear gas and rubber pellets at protesters who he said had thrown firebombs at police and engaged in gunfire.
Jackson said police would talk about changing "not only the tactics but also the appearance" of law enforcement.
U.S. Justice Department officials have also offered to assist local authorities control crowds "without relying on unnecessarily extreme displays of force," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement Thursday. The offer has been accepted, he said.
Jackson said protesters also have to do their share by remaining peaceful.
"We need everybody to tone it down," he said.
Governor: 'This has clearly touched a nerve'
Ferguson has been the scene of protests since Saturday, when a police officer shot and killed Brown, who was unarmed. Police say he was trying to grab the officer's gun. Witnesses say the 18-year-old was holding his hands in the air when he was fatally shot.
And protests over the controversial case have extended beyond the St. Louis suburb. Demonstrators expressed solidarity with Brown and Ferguson's protesters at so-called "day of rage" protests across the country on Thursday.
Protesters are angry that police have not released the name of the officer involved in the shooting, and they worry that a cover-up is in effect. St. Louis County police and federal investigators are looking into Brown's death. No charges have been filed.
Although locals say race relations have long been troubled between the city's mostly African-American population and the mostly white police force, anger spilled out after Brown's death, resulting in protests, violence, looting and fires.
Brown's death and demonstrations over the case have resonated far beyond that city, Nixon said Thursday.
"These are deep and existing problems not only in Missouri but in America, and this has clearly touched a nerve," he said.
President Barack Obama spoke out on the situation Thursday, criticizing how some police responded.
"There is never an excuse for violence against police or for those who would use this tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting," he said. "There is also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protests or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights."
Their comments came after a night in which heavily armed police and protesters clashed, two reporters were briefly detained and an Al Jazeera America camera crew complained that police shot tear gas at them.
After ordering protesters and reporters to turn off their cameras, police fired smoke bombs, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters after some threw objects at them Wednesday, according to media accounts. CNN crews have not been ordered to turn off their cameras during the protests.
Twelve people were arrested -- including the two reporters, Jackson said. Two officers were injured, including one whose ankle was broken when a brick was thrown at him.
Cousin: 'We're still looking for answers'
On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri filed a lawsuit seeking the release of the officer's name under the state's open records law.
It's unclear whether the suit will succeed. Missouri law provides a specific exemption barring the release of records that authorities conclude are "likely to pose a clear and present danger" to victims, witnesses or others.
Officials say police officers, and others in the administration and police force, have been subjected to death threats.
Neil Bruntrager, general counsel for the St. Louis police officer's association, said the name of the officer involved in the shooting should be withheld until an investigation is completed.
"The moment you put a police officer's name out there, that police officer becomes a target," he said.
On Thursday, the shadowy activist group Anonymous published the name of the officer it believes responsible for the shooting. Earlier, the group claimed to have hacked the city servers and obtained dispatch recordings and other information.
Jackson later said the group had the wrong officer. CNN is not reporting the name.
Brown's family members say they're frustrated with the lack of information from police.
"We're still looking for answers," cousin Eric Davis said. "They have not been transparent in any shape, form or fashion. We're in the dark."
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CNN's Michael Pearson and Catherine E. Shoichet reported and wrote from Atlanta, and Ana Cabrera reported from Ferguson. CNN's Ben Brumfield, Yon Pomrenze, Don Lemon, Bill Kirkos, Melanie Whitley, Andy Rose, Jackie Damico and Dave Alsup contributed to this report.
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LEXINGTON, Va. – Washington and Lee University held its annual Athletic Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 17 at Lee Chapel. Headlining the award winners were senior field hockey/lacrosse player Emmy Mathews (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) and senior football player Greg Kurkis (Roswell, Ga./Westminster), who were selected as the "Pres" Brown Outstanding Senior Female and Male Athletes of the Year as voted on by members of the department.
Kurkis was also chosen as the William D. McHenry Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while senior field hockey/lacrosse player Kate Donnelly (Houston, Texas/St. John's) received the Wink Glasgow Spirit & Sportsmanship Award. First-year volleyball player M.A. Boles (Houston, Texas/St. John's) and first-year track & field athlete Zander Tallman (Grand Blanc, Mich./Cranbrook-Kingswood) were tabbed as the Outstanding First-Year Athlete Award recipients, and senior wrestling manager Hannah Muther was presented the J.L. "Lefty" Newell Award. Professor Ellen Mayock received the R.E. "Chub" Yeakel Award and junior business administration major Jimmy Pickle was awarded the Richard Miller Physical Education Scholarship.
Mathews was a four-year letterwinner for both the field hockey and lacrosse teams, serving as a team captain for both squads during her final two years. In field hockey, she was a four-year starter in the midfield, totaling six goals and 18 assists for 30 career points. She also notched four defensive saves and helped the Generals post a 1.90 goals-against average over her four seasons. She earned All-ODAC honors three times, including first team accolades as a sophomore and senior. She earned the ODAC Rookie of the Year Award in 2007 and was the 2010 ODAC Field Hockey Scholar-Athlete of the Year. A two-time all-region honoree, Mathews also received National Academic Honor Roll honors all four years from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. In lacrosse, Mathews also started all four seasons in the midfield, finishing with 199 points on 161 goals and 38 assists. She ranks third all-time in goals and fifth all-time in points. A three-time First Team All-ODAC honoree, she has twice been named the league's top scholar-athlete for lacrosse and this spring, she was named the ODAC Player of the Year. Furthermore, she has twice been named to the all-region team and she was the W&L Outstanding First-Year Athlete Award recipient in 2008.
Kurkis lettered four times with the football team as an offensive lineman. He started every game of his four seasons (40 total), helping the Generals' offense set numerous school and conference records while earning All-ODAC honors every season. The 2007 ODAC Rookie of the Year, he was a Second Team All-ODAC honoree as a first-year, sophomore and junior, and a First Team All-ODAC choice as a senior when he earned first team all-state and third team all-region accolades. A biochemistry major, he was also selected as the ODAC Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior, while also garnering ESPN Academic All-America honors following each of his final two years. Kurkis was also chosen to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship as he pursues a career in medicine. He is the first W&L athlete to sweep the Pres Brown Most Valuable Senior Athlete and McHenry Scholar-Athlete Awards since Nathan Hottle '97.
Donnelly received the Wink Glasgow Award after earning four letters with both the field hockey and lacrosse teams, serving as a captain for both squads during her senior year. She was a four-year starter as a defender in field hockey, totaling one goal and three defensive saves and helping the Generals' to a 1.97 goals-against average during her career. In lacrosse, Donnelly played in 73 games with 40 starts and she totaled 74 points on 53 goals and 21 assists in helping the Generals to three ODAC titles.
Boles received the outstanding first-year female athlete award after lettering with the volleyball team last fall. She played in 124 of the team's 128 sets and led the ODAC with 424 kills, the sixth-highest total in school history. She also totaled 343 digs, 48 service aces and 42 blocks in posting First Team All-ODAC, First Team All-State and Honorable Mention All-South Region honors. She was also named the ODAC Rookie of the Year, Virginia College Division Rookie of the Year and South Region Rookie of the Year as the Generals finished 28-7 overall.
Tallman was named the outstanding first-year male athlete after lettering in track & field for the Generals. He earned All-ODAC honors in five events during the indoor and outdoor seasons combined, setting school records in the 400 meters (49.96) and the 4x400 meter relay (3:21.81) during the indoor season. He won the 200 meters (23.02), 400 meters (50.61) and ran a leg of the winning 4x400 meter relay at the ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championships en route to being named the ODAC Indoor Rookie of the Year and Indoor Athlete of the Meet. In the outdoor season, Tallman again won the 400 meters (49.27), was part of the runner-up 4x400 meter relay team (3:20.98) and he finished fourth in the 200 meters (22.79).
Muther was presented the Lefty Newell Award for her work as a manager with the wrestling team, while Mayock received the Chub Yeakel Award for her continued support of the athletic programs as the Faculty Athletic Representative and chair of the University Athletic Committee. Pickle will receive a scholarship for having completed the University's physical education requirements as a model student.
Numerous additional team awards were given out during the course of the evening. For a complete listing of the Washington and Lee major department and team awards, simply download the listing. You can also view and download the event program and insert.


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Animal Species:Honey Bee
Australia's early European settlers introduced Honey Bees to ensure a good supply of honey.
Standard Common Name
Honey Bee
Alternative Name/s
European Honey Bee
Honey Bees are one of the most recognisable insects and are the most commonly domesticated bee species in the world. They are somewhat variable in colour but are usually brown with a banded dull yellow and brown abdomen. The head, thorax and abdomen are densely covered in hair. The legs and around the eyes are also hairy. These highly social insects live in large hives dominated by a single queen. The queen is larger than workers or the male drones, and is responsible for egg laying and for controlling the hive using pheromones. The majority of the hive is made up of worker bees that build and maintain the hive, and collect nectar and pollen to feed the developing bee larvae.
Native bees and wasps and some flies can look superficially similar to honey bees. The only native bees to form large social hives are the stingless bees (Trigona and Austroplebia). These bees are very dark coloured, and are much smaller than honey bees (less than 5mm long), and do not sting. Other solitary native bees and wasps may look like honey bees, but are not aggressive, and do not have a barbed sting. Some flies are excellent mimics of honey bees, but have only one pair of wings and not sting.
Size range
1.3 cm - 1.6 cm
Honey Bees are found throughout Australia.
Honey Bees live in urban areas, forests, woodlands and heath. Honey bees have successfully established feral hives throughout Australia
Feeding and Diet
European Honey Bees can be found foraging on the flowers of many different native and introduced plant species.
Other behaviours and adaptations
Australia's early European settlers introduced Honey Bees to ensure a good supply of honey. Naturally a few escaped and they are now wild throughout most of Australia's southern States. Honey Bees play an important role as pollinators of crops and wild flowers. But some wild flowers have suffered from the presence of Honey Bees as these flowers can only be pollinated by native bees. Some native bees use a special pollination technique required by certain flowers called buzz pollination. Honey Bees do not use this technique and remove pollen without pollinating the flowers.
Honey Bees defend their nest aggressively. If a bee is driven to sting, the action is fatal as it rips out the bee's lower abdomen. The sting, with venom gland pumping, is left in the victim.
Danger to humans and first aid
Honey Bee stings are barbed and, when a person is stung, the sting (with venom gland attached) will stick in the skin and tear away from the bee. This injury kills the bee, but the venom gland continues to pump venom through the sting, so it should be removed as soon as possible. Do not squeeze it as this will force more venom into the wound. The sting is best removed by scraping it out with a fingernail.
Most Honey Bee stings cause intense local pain and swelling. However, if a victim is allergic to bee venom, a sting may cause more general symptoms. Most seriously, these can include difficulty breathing and collapse. If a person is known to be allergic to bee venom, the sting should be removed and a pressure immobilisation bandage should be immediately applied. Seek medical attention.
If you find a swarm of bees, do not approach it. Contact your local beekeepers' association or look up under 'Bee and Wasp Removal' in the Yellow Pages.
- Species:
- mellifera
- Genus:
- Apis
- Subfamily:
- Apinae
- Family:
- Apidae
- Superfamily:
- Apoidea
- Suborder:
- Apocrita
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Class:
- Insecta
- Subphylum:
- Uniramia
- Phylum:
- Arthopoda
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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D.J. Moore's versatility helped him earn all-state honors in high school and was a big reason why Vanderbilt won its first bowl game in 53 years during Moore's junior season.
Now the former Broome star is hoping it can help him earn playing time with the Carolina Panthers.
Moore played receiver, quarterback, running back, cornerback and returned punts for the Centurions. He primarily played cornerback at Vanderbilt, but also saw time at receiver and returned punts on his way to being named an All-American.
But it's Moore's ability to play multiple defensive positions that has Carolina coach Ron Rivera excited during the first week of training camp.
"One of the great things about D.J. is he gives us some great flexibility," Rivera said. "He has the opportunity to play corner, nickel and safety for us."
Rivera added that Moore's skill set is a great asset to have on a roster.
"In this situation where you can only have 53 guys on your roster and 46 available on game day, when you've got a guy that can play that many positions he might be invaluable," Rivera said.
The Panthers took a break on Wednesday after the first five days of practice.
Moore said five days in he feels like camp is going well.
"I think I've been doing alright," Moore said. "We've only been out there a couple of days, but the days we've been out there have been pretty good."
Moore has primarily seen time at nickel and safety so far in camp, but also expects to play some at cornerback as camp progresses.
"It is just the first week. There's no telling what they'll have me doing," he said. "I'll do whatever they want me to do."
In addition to making an impression on Rivera, Moore also has made an impression on the fans. He has consistently been the first Panthers player at practice, signing autographs and mingling with fans before getting to work on the football field.
Moore said being the first player at practice is nothing new for him.
"I've probably been the first out my whole career," he said. "I talk to the fans, catch passes, I really don't like sitting around the locker room. I'm just going out to have fun and throw the ball around."
Moore said he enjoys visiting with the diehard fans who show up early for practice.
"There aren't too many people, so you can really get one-on-one conversations," he said.
Moore said before training camp that he was hoping to be the fan favorite back in his hometown.
He said he feels like he's at least one of the favorites thus far, but said it might not just be because he is a local guy.
"It's probably because I always go around and sign autographs and stuff," he said. "A lot of the people I'm meeting are from out of town."
Versatile Moore shores up Panthers secondary
D.J. Moore's versatility helped him earn all-state honors in high school and was a big reason why Vanderbilt won its first bowl game in 53 years during Moore's junior season.


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German company Meinl produces a diverse range of cymbals, from entry-level models right through to handmade instruments of distinction.
Meinl has clearly set out to create a set of contemporary sounding cymbals to sit happily within touching distance of its pro ranges.
The high level of automation built into the manufacturing process should guarantee the sort of consistency that is normally difficult for cymbal makers to attain. Of course, such consistency is only desirable if the sound and look of the cymbals is right in the first place and, our minor gripes about the rides aside, they are pretty much spot on


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Shallow Grave (UK - BD RB)
Marcus takes a look at another Danny Boyle film about millionaires on Blu-ray
Three close friends, Alex (Ewan McGregor), David (Christopher Eccleston) and Juliet (Kerry Fox) are looking for a new flatmate, and can't find a good match for their overly picky tastes. That is, until Hugo (Keith Allen) arrives. After moving in, no one sees Hugo, so the three friends decide to break into his room to find out what's going on. What greets them is their new housemate's dead body, as well as a suitcase crammed with money.
With nothing to connect the housemates to the cash and with the only hurdle being disposing of Hugo's dead body, the three friends go about setting themselves up for life, but can they survive the weight of their choices?
I haven't seen Shallow Grave since the days of VHS and even then I only saw it once, maybe twice. I watched it after Danny Boyle's follow up movie, Trainspotting and so Shallow Grave only really hit my watch list because I wanted to see another Danny Boyle/Ewan McGregor movie as opposed to actively seeking it out. Don't get me wrong, I liked Shallow Grave, but somehow never got round to upgrading or even watching on DVD.
All I really remembered of Shallow Grave was the key points: the naked Keith Allen, the body disposal, the holes in the ceiling and the crowbar to the shins (ouch). Watching it again thirteen years later, my initial feeling was that I really should have watched this more over the years and Danny Boyle started out with a bloody good first movie.
For starters, the story unravels incredibly well. The fun loving threesome sharing the flat in all their nineties glory begin the movie as an odd collective who share the same home. They have fun, they're close and they're all seemingly open with one another. When they find the body, the cracks begin to show, mainly in Eccleston's character, but still this is all quite upbeat and nineties 'cool'. However, once they decide upon their plan, the movie steps into a far darker and sinister place.
I'd forgotten quite how effective the body disposal scenes were. The conversation in the hardware store between Alex and David about cutting off the hands and feet and more so, smashing the teeth in with a hammer is still an incredibly effective and fun scene. However, the brutal realism of how those acts actually play out really hammers home (no pun intended) how different saying this stuff is to actually doing it and this is really what sets up the rest of the movie and David's descent into madness.
I really like a good descent into madness movie and while this one is actually quite tame in comparison to some of others out there and Eccleston's performance makes it feel a whole lot realer than the more extreme looks at the theme. He's also backed up with a great performance by McGregor, who reminded me how much fun he could be in a movie and sadly how he hasn't really been like that for a while.
After this re-watch, I see why I never rushed back into revisiting Shallow Grave. Despite enjoying how the story plays out, I just find the last third a little too much. The realism of the first two acts makes way for a more cinematic and typical finale and even though the twist puts a smile on my face and once again reminds me of just how effortlessly great Mcgregor was in the nineties, I just give up caring about this group of characters as their actions all seem that nudge too far for me to believe anymore.
This is a transfer that's never going to win any real praise on the HD front, but considering the age of the film and the limited production value, Shallow grave actually looks quite fresh and clean. The colour palette helps as the friends flat is quite bold in its pastels and some of the darker scenes can even look quite good, despite the lack of any real deep blacks.
The transfer has a fuzzy grain throughout (unless the scene is well lit) and detail levels are not all that high, but considering the last time I saw this was VHS and I've had no experience with the previous DVD transfer, this was a whole lot better than I expected it to look.
With the limitations of a 2.0 audio track, there's not too much in the way of dynamics going on here. The echoes of the large rooms in the flat are captured well, with dialogue sounding realistic but generally the track feels quite constrained and often sounds a little odd when the music is fighting to fit in with dialogue. A prime example is the presentation of Nina Simone's 'My Baby Just Cares for Me' in one of the scenes, the song feels weak and ineffective and generally that can be said for much of the movie's music backed moments.
'Digging Your Own Grave'(30:01 SD) is a great chronicling of the making of the movie. Told with camcorder footage and capturing much of the movies ins and outs, it's a nice look at the beginning of what has become a movie making super group.
'Danny Boyle on Shallow Grave' (02:01 SD) is one of the Film 4 channel's buffers between movies with the director fitting in a good amount of detail in two minutes.
'Ewan McGregor on Shallow Grave' (07:29 SD) is an excerpt from a 2002 interview in which he talks about Shallow Grave and his experiences making it. He also gives his views on the excitement of the British Film Industries blink and you'll miss it revival at the time and musings on exactly where all the excitement, bravery and talent went. Ain't that the truth!
Danny Boyle's commentary is quite technical, but never in a way that becomes a slog to listen to. He's quite happy with what they achieved with the one million they had to spend (and rightly so) and fills the track with lots of great stories from the shoot as well as a genuine insight into filmmaking.
Shallow Grave was a grand start for Danny Boyle, showing off his flair for visuals and telling great character based stories, even if it shares many of the same problems I have with much of his filmography (great set-ups, but weak pay offs).
The disc is okay, with nothing to write home about in the A/V department and even though the features were entertaining, they weren't exactly thrilling, so as a recommendation for an HD upgrade, fans should enjoy it but maybe the newcomer glancing back over Danny Boyle's earlier work might not get as much out of it.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Marcus Doidge
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 1st June 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.66:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: LPCM 2.0 Stereo English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Commentary with Danny Boyle, 'Digging Your Own Grave' BBC Documentary Directed by Kevin McDonald, Danny Boyle on Shallow Grave, Ewan McGregor on Shallow Grave
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Length: 92 minutes
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From Voting Machines to Scary: HCIL Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
Allen Rotz is a technical writer with DC Tech Writing, 1430 S St., Washington, DC 20009; telephone: 202-265-3236; e-mail: email@example.com
The Human Computer Interface Lab at the University of Maryland put on its 20th Annual Symposium and Open House on May 30. This daylong event was a report on and a celebration of the accomplishments at HCIL in the past year.
Each of the 17 reports was a quick 10-minute overview of a particular project plus time for a few questions. HCIL should be commended for keeping on schedule and the presenters for not running beyond their time slots.
The reports were grouped by topic into three sessions two in the morning and one after lunch and cake to celebrate the 20th year. The symposium ended by mid-afternoon to allow ample time for the Open House where attendees could meet informally and talk to the faculty and students involved in each project. Everyone had a chance to individually manipulate the interfaces and experience the look and feel, even if they had to wait for the most popular ones.
HCIL was established just two years after the introduction of the first IBM PC a time when computer interfaces had barely advanced from blinking lights and hexadecimal codes to still cryptic DOS commands on a monochrome CRT. HCIL is an innovator using interdisciplinary teams of faculty and students from computer science, psychology and library and information sciences to perform research and bring to commercial marketability well-designed interfaces that allow users to accomplish tasks quickly, efficiently, effectively and with a sense of confidence and accomplishment. Government and industry partner with HCIL on both theoretical research and projects that have specific, defined goals.
In the first morning session, chaired by Allison Druin, HCIL showed it does not limit its definition of human to adults but also includes children. The audience was wowed with two reports on the International Childrens Digital Library a five-year project to develop and test the best way of using technology to provide online access to childrens books in a format designed to mimic the thought processes of a child rather than an adult. The actual software technologies are based on previous NSF-funded research conducted between 1999 and 2002 by HCIL to develop an interface to support 7-9-year-olds in querying, browsing and organizing multimedia information.
Two search methods are available and both are highly visual using zoom to move between the specific and the general. The first method shows a globe. The child clicks on a region and books from or about that region are displayed. The other method searches through 13 categories in a way that matches how a child would look for a book if actually present in a library. Working with children during the design, it was decided that books should be searchable by the color and shape of their covers as well as how they make children feel e.g., whether it is a scary book or a happy book. Other categories include subject, type of characters and true or make-believe.
Although the interface is particularly usable and flexible, its downside is its requirement that the PC be a minimum of a 700 MHz Pentium III, 256 MB RAM, operate with a Java Virtual Machine plug-in and have broadband access. Identifying this as a significant limitation, HCIL just announced the launch of an HTML-only version that will work over dial-up.
The other report related to the Childrens Library was on an effort funded by a three-year NSF grant to analyze and expand functionality to meet the needs of children aged 10-13 years. The older kids rejected the cute design of the interface considering it too childish. They were interested in a cool interface, but there was a diversity of ideas as to what represented cool. The solution was to provide a way for the older kids to customize the skin of the interface.
Younger children use the library for reading pleasure. Older kids need the additional functionality necessary for a school focus with reading for homework. With this expansion, a teacher can mark up a reading assignment, indicate which parts might be particularly important, attach a reading comprehension question via an electronic sticky note and the student can communicate questions and comments back to the teacher in a similar way. (Items 1, 2, and 3 in For Further Reading)
The other report in this session also dealt with a non-traditional approach to information retrieval, User Interaction in Speech and Video Retrieval: Relevance Judgment and Query Reformation. (Item 4)
Françoise Guimbretière chaired a session titled, Devices Big and Small. The first report in this group was A Fisheye Calendar Interface for PDAs: Providing Overviews for Small Displays. This software, running on Pocket PC PDAs (personal digital assistants), implements a ZUI (zoomable user interface) to address the problem of displaying information on a small hand-held device. (Item 5)
The last presentation of the morning was a report on a study to provide guidelines for the design of GUIs for young children. Four- and five-year-olds were measured in their ability to use a mouse to point to different size targets. Children of this group needed larger targets than older children or adults, thus verifying that interfaces must be designed specifically for young users. (Item 6)
Ben Shneiderman, founding director of HCIL, gave a lively intro for the afternoon session, Information Understanding. The presentations given during this session had a common theme of using a computer to provide information in a manner that enables thinking and understanding. Symposium attendees received a copy of HCILs just published book, The Craft of Information Visualization, a collection of 38 key papers on information visualization.
The only presentation that did not focus on improving visual display of information was one that evaluated the use of sound to convey geo-referenced data to blind users. This effort builds upon research in using non-speech sound to provide to blind users the special relations of information arrayed in tables and menus. Some of the abilities and limitations of using non-speech sound with screen readers are presented in item 7 below.
A presentation whose topic is of potentially great effect on everyone was the summary of an HCIL study on the electronic (touch-screen) voting machines purchased by four Maryland counties in 2002. Ben Bederson, HCIL director, explained how the analysis focused on how easily and accurately voters could use the machines a critical issue as small inaccuracies could change the results in close elections. Designers of voting machines face unique challenges. The machines
Usability problems were identified and remedies were proposed. An array of information on electronic voting systems and the studys final report is at www.cs.umd.edu/~bederson/voting/umd-dre-report.pdf. See also item 8. See items 9-12 in the reference list for other reports included.
The last presentation was on Piccolo, a new software toolkit for the design of interactive 2D graphics. It is claimed to be an improvement in every way over its predecessor Jazz, which is also from HCIL. It is based on the Java2D API and provides zooming (a particular feature of HCIL software) and multiple representation. Being open source it is available free at www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/piccolo/
The major theme at HCIL is the development of methods that allow humans to comprehend, analyze and understand multi-dimensional data when it is represented visually. The information-seeking mantra is overview first, zoom and filter, and then view details on demand. This procedure enables users to find what they need and understand what they find. It bridges the gap between what you know and what you need to know with the goal to make the benefits of information available to everyone.
HCIL demonstrated that it made many advances in the past year to achieve its goal design, implement and evaluate novel interface technologies that are universally usable, useful, efficient and appealing.
Note: Several presentations have not been described because of both space limitations and a lack of additional online information relevant to these presentations.
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This is especially true of those who run for president.
Maybe they don't steal or lie or cheat on their spouse (although plenty do).
But other manifest flaws this species exhibits include huge egos, gargantuan self-importance and a God complex that requires frequent genuflection from the yes men and women who surround them.
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