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Today, 2nd graders from Corley Elementary School filled the cafeteria. After finishing 10 weeks in the Super Citizen Program, they are gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and honor local heroes from the stage.
Thanks to Mr. Palmer and his very hands-on teaching, these students have begun learning about their important roles in America's future. The "Hands on Liberty" DVD series and accompanying activities and lesson plans teach crucial lessons in civics, character, financial literacy and social studies to a tech-centric generation. And in the closing piece of the program, Helping Hands, students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world.
Students chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Liberty Pins. They learned that "when you honor a hero, you become a hero!"
See heroes honored and a glimpse of the exciting event in the gallery below!
Today's event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Marshall County Community Alliance. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
Were you at the event? See the photo gallery below to find yourself, to revisit the magic or watch it unfold for the first time >


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The meeting was attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
The leaders of the CIS countries summed up the results of Russia's CIS Presidency in 2017 and exchanged views on the further development of cooperation in different areas.
Vladimir Putin had a brief bilateral meeting with President of Moldova Igor Dodon on the sidelines of the informal summit.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, friends,
I am happy that we managed to hold this informal meeting ahead of the New Year, as we agreed, to sum up the results of our joint work in the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States during this year, to talk about our plans for the future and, of course, to discuss topical issues on the regional and international agendas.
Over the past period, Russia has chaired the CIS and put great effort into promoting integration in Eurasia and strengthening the global reputation of the CIS and the effective work of its executive bodies.
The main attention was focused on bringing down barriers in the movement of goods and services and facilitating customs procedures. Let me note that this year trade between the CIS countries has grown significantly. According to the data for the first 10 months, it has grown more than one-fourth (25.7 percent) to reach almost $117 billion. Just for reference, it was $94 billion last year. Trade between the CIS and third countries has grown almost as much: plus 24 percent.
The contractual foundation of the Commonwealth has grown stronger. The agreements on innovations, nuclear power engineering and transport security have entered into force. Documents countering the spread of counterfeit products and protecting intellectual property have been adopted. The work on an important agreement – on free trade in services within the CIS – is nearing completion.
The CIS countries are enhancing their cooperation in the struggle against terrorism, cross-border crime and drug trafficking. In May, the CIS countries' secret services staged the large-scale exercises, "Dushanbe-Anti-Terror-2017 in Tajikistan. Concepts for cooperation in countering corruption and the legalisation of illegal income have been reviewed and endorsed.
Humanitarian ties have been further developed. As part of the Year of the Family, the CIS countries have introduced a package of measures to support the institute of the family and traditional values. A number of promising joint projects have been carried out in youth policy, education, culture, sport, tourism and healthcare. A forum of the artistic and scientific intelligentsia was successfully held in Moscow in December.
Our states are closely cooperating on urgent regional and international issues and supporting the formation of a fair global world order based on universally recognized principles of international law and the key role of the United Nations.
I am convinced that the further deepening of cooperation in the CIS meets the vital interests of our nations. We will work together to resolve our tasks of socio-economic development and consolidating the stability and security of our states.
Colleagues, on January 1 Russia will transfer its CIS Presidency to Tajikistan. I would like to wish success to Mr Rahmon and all our Tajik friends.
And, of course, I would like to sincerely wish a happy New Year to all of you and also to wish you, your families and friends, all the people of your countries, and all those who live in the CIS, good health, happiness, wellbeing, peace and prosperity.

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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Patriots' Neal grappled with career change
By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY
February 1, 2005
JACKSONVILLE — Sports agent Neil Cornrich was at his Cleveland-area office in 2001 when he received the telephone solicitation. "Hi, Neil, my name is Steve Neal, and I'd like to play pro football," said the quiet-spoken caller, two years out of college.
Many barstool Pro Bowlers have similar dreams. The agent's first reaction was skepticism.
"I thought, 'Well, I'd like to play, too,' " Cornrich says. "But I have no shot, and I'm probably a better athlete than you.' "
Sunday in Super Bowl XXXIX, Neal will start at right guard for the New England Patriots against the Philadelphia Eagles.
It's the unusual tale of an athlete who never played college football but used his talents on the wrestling mat to earn two NCAA titles for Cal State-Bakersfield and win a 1999 world freestyle wrestling championship in Turkey — far from NFL glory.
"I always thought I was going to be able to do it. Whether or not you get the opportunity, that's another thing," says Neal, 28, who was a linebacker/offensive lineman at San Diego High School.
Neal had one precedent going for him. Carlton Haselrig, who won three NCAA Division I wrestling titles at Pitt-Johnstown, did not play college football but became a Pro Bowl guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1992 before his career was ended amid substance abuse problems.
Through Cornrich — who got over his initial doubts — Neal found opportunity with the Patriots, a team known for finding ways to find talent. He has made the most of it despite shoulder injuries that set him back the past two seasons.
But to say he started from scratch is an understatement. Patriots coach Bill Belichick recalls Neal's first training camp as a free-agent defensive end in 2001.
"When I tell you he didn't know where the field was, he didn't know where the field was," Belichick says. "He didn't know how to put his pads on. He didn't know where to line up. ... We're starting from below scratch."
The 6-4 Neal has bulked up to about 300 pounds since his days as a 265-pound international wrestler of the year in 1999.
His bank account is heftier, too.
A world champion wrestler can earn about $40,000 to $50,000 in bonuses and training stipends from USA Wrestling and the U.S. Olympic Committee, according to USA Wrestling. Win Olympic gold, which brings more bonuses, and it's about $50,000-$60,000.
Neal is making a base salary of $455,000 this year, not counting playoff bonuses. After next season, he becomes a restricted free agent.
"I've never really been about trying to get a big paycheck," he says. "I wrestled for pretty much nothing, and football was always something I've dreamed about doing."
Leveraging his talent
Wrestling develops skills that translate to football: leverage, balance, explosion and hand fighting.
Buck Rasmussen, a defensive lineman on the Patriots' practice squad and a former state high school wrestling champ in Nebraska, sees that in Neal.
"He uses leverage to his advantage a lot, body position and stuff like that. ... Wrestling really helps," Rasmussen says.
Top high school wrestlers in the upper weight classes, who excel at football, typically forgo college wrestling. For Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, a two-time Florida wrestling champ in high school, it was all football at the University of Miami.
Neal had no big-time football offers after high school.
After finishing fourth in California as a 189-pound senior, he opted to wrestle at Division I Cal State Bakersfield, where he was 83-0 over his final two seasons as a fast-growing heavyweight.
In 2000, coming off arthroscopic shoulder surgery, Neal lost in the finals of the Olympic trials to Kerry McCoy of Penn State. In 2001, Neal again lost to McCoy in the world team trials.
Thus the phone call to Cornrich.
"I asked him if he'd played college football, and he said no," Cornrich says. "Then I said, 'Well, what makes you think you'd be a suitable candidate to play in the National Football League?' And he said he was a fairly good wrestler."
Cornrich, a wrestling buff, realized the caller was actually Stephen Neal, the name Neal typically uses and the heavyweight Cornrich had seen win his first NCAA title, at Cleveland State.
Cornrich had watched the tournament with former NFL players John Frank and Kirk Lowdermilk, who were impressed by Neal's explosiveness.
"We're sitting there watching every one of his matches going, 'Gosh, this guy could be a great NFL player,' " Cornrich says.
After the call, Neal flew to Cleveland and joined Cornrich on a 5 a.m. drive to Ohio State, where then-Buckeyes strength and conditioning coach Dave Kennedy was working out players.
Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel was also there that day.
Neal "showed up with a pair of wrestling shoes and some shorts and stuff, and I said, 'Well, we have to get you outfitted to look like a football player,' " Vrabel says.
"I gave him some shoes and stuff, and from that first time he went and did a drill you could see he had the potential."
Cornrich, who describes himself as a "close friend" of Belichick and has represented him on some matters, got Neal a tryout with New England. After Belichick and player personnel boss Scott Pioli got a look, they signed him.
Patriots believed in him
The road to NFL success took many turns.
As a defensive end, Neal was cut by the Patriots in late August of his first camp. He spent most of that season on the practice squad of the Eagles, switching to offensive line and learning as he went.
The Patriots still had faith in him. On Dec. 12 of that season, New England signed him to its roster. Although he was listed among the game inactives for all three playoff games that season, he got a Super Bowl ring.
Improving quickly in 2002, Neal started against Green Bay on Oct. 23 and injured his shoulder.
He had surgery and a later follow-up procedure that sidelined him for the rest of 2002 and 2003 — picking up another Super Bowl ring even though he again spent the game in street clothes on the sideline.
"I was kept around here for a few years and really given the opportunity," he says. "I came here (last season) and I watched some film and I talked to the guys and tried to get better, improve."
This year, Neal was promoted to a starting role for the third game.
"It is a wonderful story about a guy that with hard work, dedication, overcoming the setbacks of the injuries and the lack of playing experience, has turned into, really, a good football player," Belichick says.
The wrestling world hasn't forgotten him. USA Wrestling has featured a story about Neal on its Web site. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla., hopes to get one of his NFL jerseys.
Mitch Hull, director of national teams for USA Wrestling, has talked to Neal about that jersey for the wrestling hall.
"I told him, 'Hey, if you have any contract problems, you can come back to wrestling. ... We've got $40,000 out there for you.' "
Unlikely as that might seem, Neal says he just might return to the mat after his NFL days are done.
"I'd love to," he says. "The weight class is 263 pounds, and I'd like to get my body back down to that weight.
"I don't know. I might be too old by then. I might be too beat up. But it's a dream."
He already has fulfilled a few.
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But there is a very interesting piece of information in the post. It's about how the bans were handled about the monument defacement case. If you don't follow the EVE community: CCP built a monument for EVE, near their headquarters in Iceland for the last Fanfest. Some players attending vandalized it, got caught, and were forced to pay for the damage and were banned from EVE.
In the linked article, every person mentioned in the post (perpetrators and investigators) are either a CCP employee or a GSF member. The post openly discusses how GSF internal forum names were used. Unless the post is a purposeful troll, the official "news site" ran by Goons openly claims that the monument vandals were Goons!.
So far, not anyone is shocked. My grandma would have told that Goons did it, despite he never heard of EVE Online. The interesting part is that the vandals created a twitter account "The_Real_Gevlon", to frame it on me, hopefully to get me banned by the less-than-perfect CCP community management. Not "The_Real_Grath", "The_Real_PGL", "The_Real_Elo_Knight" or even "The_Real_Gen_Eve". The one they wanted to get rid of by performing a real world crime is me.
Now, I know that these are not directors or FCs, but random dumbasses who thought it's a good idea to perform a crime and frame it on someone using a 1-post twitter account. However it means that the average Goon is really mad at me. The directors and good players might ignore me or consider me harmless "content". But the line ones are getting really frustrated that a "highsec publord" who supposed to fear them is attacking them.
"Irrelevant", right?.


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Founder of Cherokee court system reflects on storied legal career
Seventy-six years ago, Harry Martin decided he wanted to become a lawyer. He was 15, and knew little to nothing about the law. Or about being a lawyer, for that matter.
If your mental math is swift, you'll know that Harry Martin is now 91. In his ninth decade, he's friendly and genteel, not unlike the kindly grandfathers you see in children's books, and a lawyer now for more than 60 years.
On this particular Wednesday morning, his tweed jacket and red-and-navy striped bowtie enhance that image. He's sitting in the office of his son, Matthew Martin, now a justice on the Cherokee Tribal Court — which the elder Martin helped found — recounting the story of his long and storied legal life, starting with that fateful adolescent decision.
In studying Harry Martin's career, there arise a series of meritorious moments that are individually noteworthy in any career, but are pretty remarkable when rolled all into one. The odds on all of these things happening in one life are probably pretty long.
He has been, chronologically, a World War II serviceman, Harvard Law graduate, trial lawyer, superior court judge, state supreme court justice, plain old lawyer again and, finally, the founding supreme court justice of the Tribal Court of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Now he sort-of does freelance justicing for the court, plays bridge on Wednesdays and works out in the morning.
But really, with Martin, it's the tangential detours that are the most interesting.
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"And then I stayed out of school for a year and worked and played in dance bands and so on," says Martin.
Sorry, what?
The recorder was not rolling, and the reporter was having a drink of water instead of typing.
"Well, I had a scholarship based on my musical ability. I played the baritone horn and the trombone."
OK. So what next?
Back to college, Chapel Hill this time. Could've been Davidson.
How did you choose?
By hitchhiking. Where the road splits — left to Chapel Hill, right to Davidson — a truckload of boys drives by. You going to Chapel Hill, they asked. Sure, why not.
Martin has a mid-tenor voice that carries only a slight Southern lilt, not crisp but deliberate, and his life has been full of these interesting side notes.
He lives now in a low-slung ranch house on the edge of Biltmore Forest, but spends a lot of his time in Cherokee, where he started the Tribal Court system in his 70s after being booted from the state supreme court.
At that level, there's legislation that caps justices at the age of 72. By the time Martin got there, he would've been forced off in the middle of his second term.
He brought an age discrimination suit over it that eventually reached his own Supreme Court bench. He recused himself. And lost.
So he went back to practicing law.
"Of course, I had to leave the court. And as two or three others [justices] got caught up in age, a year-and-a-half, two years later, two or three of them talked to me and said, 'You know, we were wrong in your case,'" said Martin, a slight, vindicated smile curving up his cheeks, the smirk of a trial lawyer who knew he was right.
But in 1980, soon after his departure from the Supreme Court, Martin got a call from Leon Jones, principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Heard you left the court? Interested in another job?
Initially, Martin wasn't. He had gone into practice with his son, Matthew, in Asheville and had little desire to leave the setup.
But, he said, Jones was persuasive, and with 26 years as a justice — 16 on the superior court and 10 on the state supreme court — who better to put down the fledgling court's roots in fallow legal ground?
In Cherokee, though the tribe has had a court system since 1820, for decades it was run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It was a BIA court, run by BIA staff employed by the federal government and enforcing BIA laws.
When Martin came in, that changed and he cleaned house.
Justices, he said, must have a law degree and pass the bar.
He lost some justices with that one, he said.
But after a few toddling first steps, the court has flourished and is now in it 21st year, run by the tribe and implementing Cherokee code. Although Martin is not a member of the tribe himself, his groundwork helped the tribe take over its own legal system.
Martin stepped back from the chief justice role after six or seven years and into a role as a regular justice. Now he fills in as a justice whenever he's needed.
He's 91, and he's sharp. He's quick to pull up specific cases and has that lawyerly trait of loving stories that illustrate points.
To show how he learned to rely on his own work, instead of what other lawyers have done, he tells the tale of poling across the French Broad river with an opposing attorney on a research trip, only to fail to file a motion on his return.
"I'll bet you that George Ward and I are the only lawyers in Buncombe County that poled across the French Broad river trying to settle a case," he said. "And I learned a lot from that."
I have no idea what poling is. It sounds very Huck Finn-esque. But it painted a good picture of the point, and it is easy to see him flourishing in a trial setting.
He is detailed, but not florid; calm cheerfulness crossed with gravitas, but not solemnity.
He's still in it decades later, because he is genuinely enamored of the law. On his office desk are bowtie catalogues next to law reviews. He likes to talk about the law, read the law, joke about the law, even.
"People would ask me what it's like to be on the Supreme Court and I would tell them, 'Well, you can't go to the bathroom unless you can get three other votes,'" jokes Martin.
His first month practicing in 1948, he made $15.
And at the end of his career, it's safe to say he's made history.


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Benjamin Netanyahu vows to complete Gaza tunnels destruction
Gaza officials say at least 1,372 Palestinians have been killed
Gaza/Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing international alarm over a rising civilian death toll in Gaza, said on Thursday he would not accept any ceasefire that stopped Israel completing the destruction of militants' infiltration tunnels.
The Israeli military estimated on Wednesday that accomplishing that task, already into its fourth week, would take several more days. "We are determined to complete this mission, with or without a ceasefire," Netanyahu said in public remarks at the start of a meeting of his full cabinet in Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)
"I wont agree to any proposal that will not enable the Israeli military to finish this important task, for the sake of Israel's security." Leaving open the option of widening a ground campaign in the Hamas Islamist-dominated Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said it had called up an additional 16,000 reservists. A military source said they would relieve a similar number of reserve soldiers being stood down.
Netanyahu's security cabinet on Wednesday approved continuing operations launched on July 8 in response to a surge of cross-border rocket attacks. Israel also sent a delegation to Egypt, which has been trying, with U.S. blessing, to broker a ceasefire. Washington has also, however, allowed Israel to tap a local U.S. arms stockpile in the past few weeks to replenish its grenades and mortar rounds, a U.S. defence official said on Thursday.
Gaza officials say at least 1,372 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in the battered territory and nearly 7,000 wounded. Fifty-six Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza clashes and more than 400 wounded. Three civilians have been killed by Palestinian shelling in Israel.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned on Wednesday the deaths of at least 15 Palestinians among thousands sheltering at a U.N.-run school. The United Nations said its initial assessment was that Israeli artillery shells hit the facility.
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"It is outrageous. It is unjustifiable. And it demands accountability and justice," Ban said. Israel said its forces were attacked by guerrillas near the school, in northern Jabalya, and had fired back. In another incident on Wednesday, 17 people were killed in nearby Shejaia by what Palestinian officials said was Israeli shelling of a produce market. The Israeli military said it was investigating.
"Such a massacre requires an earthquake-like response," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, whose group has kept up dozens of daily rocket launches deep into Israel. The Israelis have kept casualties from the salvoes low, using its Iron Dome air defence system to intercept them and air-raid sirens to send people to shelters.
In the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Wednesday, Israeli tank shells landed near another U.N.-run school and at least 30 people sheltering inside were wounded by shrapnel and shattered glass, witnesses and hospital officials said.
Rolling Israeli ground assaults on residential areas, preceded by mass warnings to evacuate, have displaced more than 200,000 of Gaza's 1.8 million Palestinians. The tiny territory's infrastructure is in ruins, with power and water outages. Israel says it is trying to avoid civilian casualties and blames these on Hamas and other Palestinian factions dug in for urban combat.
Both sides have voiced openness to a truce, but their terms diverge dramatically. Israel wants Gaza stripped of infiltration tunnels and rocket stocks. Hamas rules that out, and seeks an end to a crippling Gaza blockade enforced by Israel and Egypt, which view the Palestinian Islamists as a security threat.
Major General Sami Turgeman, chief of Israeli forces in Gaza, said on Wednesday they were "but a few days away from destroying all the attack tunnels". The army said 32 of the secret passages had been found so far and half of them blown up.
Palestinian inspect damages of their home which caught on fire
following an Israeli strike that hit the next-door Hamas movement's
Al-Aqsa satellite TV station in Gaza City, on Thursday. (Photo: AP)
Diplomacy to end the Gaza conflict is further complicated by the fact Israel and the United States shun Hamas as a terrorist group, while the go-betweens - Egypt, Qatar and Turkey - disagree on Gaza policy. Amos Gilad, a senior Israeli defence official involved in talks with Cairo, said Egypt wanted the fighting to stop before any wider negotiations on a long-term arrangement to prevent future flare-ups.
"The Egyptians don't want to discuss anything with anyone while violence and terror continue," he told Israel Radio.
Tunnel Hunt
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In the absence of a deal, Israel has ordered its ground forces to focus on locating and destroying a warren of tunnels through which Hamas has menaced its southern towns and army bases.
"Progress has been satisfactory, and we are completing our treatment of the terror tunnels," Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Thursday. "During the fighting, soldiers are finding new tunnel shafts, and they are also being neutralised."
Three Israeli soldiers were killed on Wednesday by a booby trap detonated as they uncovered a tunnel shaft, the army said. Military losses are more than five times those from the last Gaza ground war, in 2008-2009, but Israeli opinion polls show strong public support for fighting on until Hamas is quelled.
Netanyahu faces intense pressure from abroad to stand his forces down. The United States and the U.N. Security Council have urged an immediate, unconditional ceasefire by both sides in Gaza to allow in humanitarian relief and for further talks on a more durable cessation of hostilities.
On Wednesday, the White House voiced worry at the deaths in Jabalya and other U.N.-run shelters shelled during the clashes.
"We are extremely concerned that thousands of internally displaced Palestinians who have been called on by the Israeli military to evacuate their homes are not safe in U.N.-designated shelters in Gaza," said National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan.
"We also condemn those responsible for hiding weapons in United Nations facilities in Gaza," she said, referring to three cases in which the UNRWA aid agency reported rockets found at its schools.
Israel briefly observed a July 15 ceasefire proposed by Egypt, but Hamas continued attacks, saying its conditions had been ignored. Egyptian officials say they put together a revised truce plan this week that had been provisionally accepted by Israel, though Hamas was still undecided.
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Vanessa Williams
actress, singer
Born: 3/18/1963
Birthplace: Milwood, New York
After making headlines as the first African-American to be crowned Miss America (1983) and for the photos subsequently published in Penthouse that forced her to give up the title, Williams went on to become even better known for her work as a film, television, and stage actress and a singer. Her movies include Eraser (1996), Soul Food (1997), and opposite Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft (2000); her television appearances include Stompin' at the Savoy (1992) and The Odyssey (1997), and she starred in Kiss of the Spider Woman on stage (1994). She has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards for albums such as The Comfort Zone (1991) and Next (1997). She is on the TV series South Beach (2006).
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Cloud computing is changing the world and is powering the digital transformation in the media industry. We are thrilled to see the significant momentum with which businesses large and small are selecting Azure for their digital transformation needs whether it be launching a new Over-The-Top (OTT) video service, web and mobile applications with rich media, or using cutting-edge media AI technologies to unlock insights that enhance content discovery and drive deeper user engagement.
This year at NAB Show 2017, we are showcasing why Microsoft Azure is the trusted and global-scale cloud for the media industry's needs. At the core of it are new innovations and enhancements that we are releasing or have launched in the last few months to meet our customers ever evolving needs.
Encoding service enhancements
In our quest to be responsive to customer feedback we have made significant enhancements to the encoding service which include:
- Reduced pricing and per minute billing: We launched a new pricing model based on output minutes instead of GB's processed which reduces the price by half for typical us cases. Customers can now use our service for content-adaptive encoding, where the encoder will generate a 'bit-rate ladder' that is optimized for each input video. Learn more about our new pricing model.
- Autoscaling capacity: Our service can now also monitor your workload and automatically scale resources up or down, providing increased concurrency/throughput when needed. Combined with Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps, you can quickly build, test and deploy custom media workflows at scale. This feature is in preview, please contact email@example.com for more information.
- DTS-HD surround sound now available in Premium Encoder for content creation and streaming delivery to connected devices.
Media analytics
Adding to the growing family of media analytics which include face and emotion detection, motion detection, video OCR, video summarization, content moderation and audio indexing, we are excited to add the following new capabilities,
- Private Preview of Azure Media Video Annotator: identifies objects in the video such as cars, house etc. Information from Annotator can be used to build deep search applications. This information can also be combined with data obtained from other Media Analytics processors to build custom workflows.
- Public Preview of Azure Media Face Redactor: Azure Media Face Redactor enables customers to protect the identities of people before releasing their private videos to public. We see many use cases scenarios in broadcast news and look forward to seeing how our customers can use this new service. Learn more about Azure Media Face Redactor.
Streaming Service Enhancements
In order to simplify our customers decision around configuring streaming origins, we are excited about the following:
- Autoscale Origins: We have introduced a new Standard Streaming Units offer that has the same features as Premium Streaming Units but scales automatically based on outbound bandwidth. Premium Streaming Units (Endpoints) are suitable for advanced workloads, providing dedicated, scalable bandwidth capacity where as Standard streaming unit is operated in a shared pool while still delivering scalable bandwidth. Learn more by reading the blog post "New Auto-Scaling Standard Streaming Endpoint and Enhanced Azure CDN Integration." In addition, the streaming team has delivered the following enhancements:
- CMAF support – Microsoft and Apple worked closely to define the Common Media Application Format (CMAF) standard and submit it to MPEG. The new standard provides for storing and delivering streaming content using a single encrypted, adaptable multimedia presentation to a wide range of devices. The industry will greatly benefit from this common format, embodied in an MPEG standard, to improve interoperability and distribution efficiency.
- DTS-HD surround sound streaming is now integrated with our dynamic packager and streaming services across all protocols (HLS, DASH and Smooth).
- FairPlay HLS offline playback – new support for offline playback of HLS content using the Apple FairPlay DRM system.
- RTMP ingest improvements – we've updated our RTMP ingest support to allow for better integration with open source live encoders such as FFmpeg, OBS, Xsplit and more.
- Serverless media workflows using Azure Functions & Azure Logic Apps: Azure offers a serverless compute platform that lets you easily trigger code based on events in Azure, such as when media is uploaded to a folder or through partners like Aspera . We've published a collection of integrated media workflows on Github to allow developers to get started building codeless and customized media workflows with Azure Functions and Logic Apps. Try it out!
Azure Media Player
The advertising features in Azure Media Player for video on demand is now GA. This enables the insertion of pre, mid and post roll advertisements from any VAST compliant ad server, empowering content owners to monetize their streams. In addition to our GA announcement of VOD ad insertion, we are excited to announce a preview of Live ad insertion. Additionally, we have a new player skin with enhanced accessibility features.
Azure CDN
Building on the unique multi-CDN offering of any public cloud platform we are excited to add new capabilities including custom domain SSL and "One click" integration of CDN with streaming origin, storage & web apps.
- Custom Domain SSL: Azure CDN now supports custom domain SSL to enhance the security of data in transit. Use of HTTPS protocol ensures data exchanged with a website is encrypted while in transit. Azure CDN already supported HTTPS for Azure provided domains (e.g. https://contoso.azureedge.net) and it was enabled by default. Now, with custom domain HTTPS, you can enable secure delivery for custom domains (e.g. https://www.contoso.com) too. Learn more about Custom Domain SSL.
- "One click" CDN Integration with Streaming Endpoint, Storage & Web Apps: We have added deeper integration of Azure CDN with multiple Azure services to simplify the configuration of CDN. When Content Delivery Network is enabled for a streaming endpoint, network transfer charges from Streaming Endpoint to the CDN are waived. For more information, please visit the Azure Blog.
Growing partner ecosystem
At NAB, we are excited to announce that Avid has selected Microsoft Azure as their preferred partner to power their business in the cloud. Siemens has expanded their Azure integrations with deep integration into Azure media analytics to enhance their smart video engine product. We have also expanded the partnership with Verizon Digital Media Services with a deeper integration of their CDN services with Azure storage. Ooyala has expanded their integration with Azure to include the Azure media analytics capabilities to enhance their media logistics platform.
While launching product and services is exciting, the goal we strive for is to make our customers successful. It is great to see this in some of recent case studies we have released on NBC's Streaming of Rio 2016 Olympics and Lobster Ink.
One common theme that we hear from customers on why they adopt Azure for building media workflows is that it offers an enterprise grade battle tested media cloud platform that is simple, scalable, and flexible.
Come see us at NAB
If you're attending NAB Show 2017, I encourage you to by stop by our booth SL6710 to learn more about Microsoft's cloud media services and see demos from us and several of our partners. Also, don't forget to check out Steve Guggenheimer's blog post and his keynote presentation on digital transformation in media in the Las Vegas Convention Center in rooms N262/N264 followed by a panel discussion.
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Программа дилерской диагностики систем управления автоматическими коробками производства Allison. Многоязыковый интерфейс, русский присутствует. Имеет встроенные мануалы по устройству коробок и систем управления ими и руководства по поиску неисправностей. Для реальной работы требуется диагностический интерфейс, совместимый с RP1210 и поддерживающий работу по протоколам J1850, J1708/J1587, J1939 и ATEC. Такой например, как Nexiq USB-Link либо Dearborn DPA-IV+. Драйверы для интерфейсов приложены. Allison DOC(TM) (Diagnostic Optimized Connection) For PC - Service Tool New Features and Enhancements included in V8.3.0 The Allison DOC™ For PC – Service Tool V8.3.0 update includes the following enhancements: Updates the TRANSHEALTH™ Report feature logic to allow a TRANSHEALTH™ Report for all MY09 software levels Updates the connection logic so CEC2 transmission no longer connects when 1000/2000 or 3000/40000 Product Families transmission type is selected Updates the Allison Transmission calculator to the latest version Updates the range labels for the Load-Based Shift Scheduling Economy Mode index Updates strip chart to save selected colors with a saved strip chart list file Updates utility to successfully playback snapshot files from foreign languages Updates strip chart to successfully print bookmarks and triggers Updates Data Monitor for MY06-08 1000/2000 product family to include PCS 1 Commanded Pressure parameter FEATURE LIST for Version 8.0.0 for Dec 18, 2008 =============================================================== 1 ) Monitoring of 1K/2K and 3K/4K 4th Generation Controls. 2 ) Monitoring of CEC2 Electronic Control Unit (ECU) data. 3 ) Monitoring of CEC (On-highway and Off-highway) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) data. 4 ) Monitoring of World Transmission Electronic Control (WTEC) II/III Electronic Control Unit (ECU) data. 5 ) TAC Data Collection capability for WTEC III ECUs. 6 ) Monitoring of 1000/2000/2400 Series Transmission Control Module (TCM) data. 7 ) Display of multiple transmission parameters and Diagnostic Trouble Codes. 8 ) Display of Failure Records. 9 ) A graphic display of limited data using analog and digital gauges. 10 ) Reprogramming of ECU or TCM settings. 11 ) Ability to activate/reset tests and tranmission capabilities (clutch test, solenoid test, adaptive shifts, throttle calibration, etc.) 12 ) Recording of vehicle data bus information into snapshot sessions. 13 ) Display of vehicle data bus traffic. 14 ) E-mailing of snapshots along with optional comments. 15 ) Ability to Export snapshots to a comma-delimited file (4th Gen Controls only). 16 ) Ability to create/display/print diagnostic reports. 17 ) Access to transmission Troubleshooting Manuals, including context-sensitive links. 18 ) Integrated help with video-based training materials. 19 ) The ability to launch TCM Reflash when installed. 20 ) Automated application updates. 21 ) Access to Service Information Letters via the Allison Transmission web site. 22 ) Ability to monitor TRANSHEALTH(TM) status and to generate and display TRANSHEALTH(TM) reports. 23 ) Display of vehicle prognostics information, when supported by a 4th Generation TCM. 24 ) Language support for English, French, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, German, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Korean. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: ========================= Notes: - You must have administrative privileges to install and uninstall this program. - On Windows Vista you must have administrative privileges to run the program and UAC must be disabled. - Allison DOC (TM) requires (and automatically installs) Adobe Acrobat Reader V7.0. If you have previous versions of Adobe Reader on your PC, you should uninstall those versions prior to running the Allison DOC (TM) installation program. 1 ) Insert installation CD into CD-ROM Drive. 2 ) If installation process does not begin momentarily, Select "Start"->"Settings"->"Control Panel" from the "Start" menu on the task bar. 3 ) From the Control Panel select "Add/Remove Programs". 4 ) Select "Install" on the Add/Remove Programs Properties Dialog. 5 ) Select "Next". 6 ) Do NOT reboot/restart if prompted by Adobe Reader installation or Windows Media Player installation. NOTES: ===== 1 ) Some 'Help' sections of 'Allison DOC (TM)' require 'Adobe Reader'. Adobe Reader version 7.0 is automatically installed if needed. 2 ) NEXIQ Universal drivers version 1.0 are located on this CD in the "NEXIQ Universal Drivers" folder. Run "setup.exe" to install the drivers. 3 ) NEXIQ USB-Link drivers version 5.4 are located on this CD in the "NEXIQ USB-Link v5.4" folder. Run "USB-Link5.4.exe" to install the drivers. NEXIQ Universal drivers are not needed for the USB-Link. 4 ) The DLA 2.2.6 drivers are located on this CD in the "Noregon DLA 2.2.6" folder. Run "setup.exe" to install the drivers. 5 ) The Noregon USB DLA v1.7 drivers are located on this CD in the "Noregon USB DLA v22.214.171.124" folder. Run "Noregon_USB_DLA_Driver_126.96.36.199.exe" to install the drivers. 6 ) The Noregon RP1210A API Version 184.108.40.206 drivers are located on this CD in the "Noregon RP1210A API" folder. Run "setup.exe" to install the drivers. 7 ) The DPAIV drivers are located on this CD in the "DPAIV Drivers" folder. The DPAIV drivers are automatically installed with the application. 8 ) The Noregon Softing RP1210A API is automatically installed with the application. To use a Softing device with the application, you must install the device drivers and copy the "can*.dll" ('*' is based on the particular device being used) to the Windows folder. HARDWARE / SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION: ================================= Allison DOC™ For PC – Service Tool V8.0.0 has only been tested and validated on PCs with the following configurations: o Microsoft® Windows XP® Professional, Windows 2000® (SP4 or later) Professional, and Windows Vista® Home Basic (or better) Note: In order to install and run Allison DOC™ For PC – Service Tool V8.0.0 on Windows Vista®, the user must have full administrator privileges, and must have the User Account Control feature turned OFF. o 20 GB Hard Drive, (40 GB or greater recommended) o 600 MB free hard drive space required to install the program (after software installation, the operating system requires sufficient free hard disk space to run the program) o 1GHz (or greater) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor o 512MB of RAM system memory (1GB recommended) o One available USB port—USB 1.1 (USB 2.0 recommended) o A serial port is required if connecting legacy CEC1 controllers, or if using the J 44652-A - SPX J1850-VPW (Class 2) translator device o 16x CD-ROM, (48x or greater recommended) o Full administrative privileges are required to install, use, and update the Allison DOC™ For PC–Service Tool o Internet connection capability (Internet Explorer® 5.0.1 or greater) (NOTE: A broadband internet connection is recommended for receiving updates and file downloads) o Adobe® Acrobat Reader® is installed by default Error messages, sudden disconnections, and poor performance are some of the results users will experience if Allison DOC™ For PC – Service Tool V8.0.0 is installed on PCs that do not meet one or more of the above specifications. Translator Device Support: o For B&B J1708D15 - Noregon RP1210A API version V220.127.116.11 or better. o For Noregon DLA - V2.2.6 drivers or better; V2.2 firmware. o For Noregon USB DLA - V1.7 drivers or better; V1.11 firmware. o For Magikey PDM - NEXIQ Universal drivers V1.0 or better. o For NEXIQ USB-Link - NEXIQ USB-Link V5.4 or better. o For Dearborn DPAIV - Drivers are automatically installed with the application. o For SPX AT1J1850 - no drivers are required.
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A review of the film:
Directed by Tenzin Tseten Choglay,
Produced by Tenzing Rigdol and Tenzin Tseten Choglay
For a shoe-string budget film, Bringing Tibet Home is surprisingly rich and multi-layered. The basic story concerns a "site-specific" art installation of a well-known New York-based Tibetan artist. It is also the story of a son's remorse at being unable to fulfill his father's dying wish, and in addition, a kind of "escape-from-Tibet" story with all the tensions, frustrations, heart-stopping moments and out-of-the-world landscapes involved. Like all escape-from-Tibet stories you also get your final "arrival-at-Dharamshala" moment and, of course, an audience with the Dalai Lama.
The movie has a politico-spiritual stratum that perhaps the artist and protagonist (Tenzin Rigdol) and film director (Tenzin Tsetan Choklay) did not explicitly intend. Yet it is there, and it pervades the film subliminally, especially towards the end. It is for me the profound and deeply rewarding message of the film.
Tenzing Rigdol's family were refugees in Nepal. His mother a carpet designer, gave Rigdol his first lessons in drawing and coloring. The family immigrated to the United States in 2001. In 2009, Rigdol's father was diagnosed with cancer. In the months that followed, Rigdol stayed by his father's side and shared with him his memories and his unfulfilled longing to see his lost homeland. Rigdol's father eventually lost the battle with cancer. He died in Queens, New York, exactly on the other side of the world from his rural birthplace in Lhobrag district, bordering Bhutan.
One could say, in some basic sense, that art is about transcending the dreariness and tedium of our daily lives and creating something meaningful, hopefully even inspirational, from our pain and tragedies. Reflecting that his father's unfulfilled yearning was shared by every Tibetan exile, Rigdol tried to think of a way he could, as an artist, realize this shared dream as a collective experience – a way to "bring Tibet home" to all exiles. Eventually he hit upon the idea of carrying, or rather smuggling, out of Tibet, a large quantity (20,000 kilos) of soil, and transporting it to the exile capital of Dharamshala and allow Tibetan there to touch, feel and set foot on the sacred soil of their lost homeland.
The actual execution of this project takes the film into the realm of an "espionage thriller", as a British reviewer noted. Tenzing flies to Kathmandu and sets up base at an old uncle's house at Baudha – by the Great Stupa. All his planning and preparations are necessarily clandestine. Not only must the Chinese border police be misled, but even China's ubiquitous State Security (Gongan) agents operating in Nepal – keeping tabs on Tibetan exiles – must be eluded at all cost. Nepal itself had by then, succumbed to China's economic blandishments, and the Nepalese police was cracking down hard, even violently on Tibetan refugees expressing any political sentiments deemed offensive to China.
Rigdol has, fortunately, one ace in the hole. An old schoolmate, Topden, living in Kathmandu, is a loyal friend and also an accomplished "fixer". He sets up a meeting with a "contractor" from Tibet, who agrees to ship a full truckload of soil from Shigatse to the border-crossing town of Dram or Kodari. He will also make the necessary arrangements for the Chinese and Nepalese custom's officials to waive formalities and allow the truck to cross the "Friendship Bridge" spanning the trans-boundary Bhote Kosi (Nyalam Chu) River.
But it is all easier said than done. There are delays, many delays. More money is needed by the contractor in Tibet. The truck breaks down – and on and on. Rigdol and Topden have to make a recce trip to Dram, which is a nerve-wracking experience for Rigdol. The two are confronted by a Chinese agent, but manage to squeak through that fearful encounter, shaken and a bit humiliated, but also safe for the present. Then more delays. Rigdol is stuck in Kathmandu. Days and weeks go by. A full month passes. The only lifeline he has to his project is his cellphone, and the tenor of his calls become increasingly frustrated and desperate. Finally the bad news comes. The Chinese have tightened their security at the crossing and the contractor backs out of the deal.
Tenzin Tsetan Choklay the director (also the sole cameraman and sound-man) draws out the tension, frustration and nail-biting anxiety of these situations in a straightforward skillful way. Nothing is overstated or exaggerated, but you are kept on the edge of your seat.
The inimitable Topden saves the day. He brings in the (literally) heavy lifters, a team of professional Nepalese smugglers, who accept the contract of getting the 20,000 kilos of soil across the border – no questions asked. Spoiler alert? No. I'm not going to give away this climatic scene. Suffice to say it was absolutely unexpected, also thrilling as something out of The Great Escape. Choklay took a real risk shooting this sequence. We should be grateful that the career of this gutsy and promising Tibetan filmmaker didn't have to fizzle out somewhere in the dismal recesses of Kathmandu Central Jail.
Finally the soil arrives at Dharamshala. On October 26, 2011 it is laid out on a square wooden platform (larger than a boxing ring) at the Tibetan Children's Village. Thousands of Tibetans, young and old, walk on the sacred soil, play on it, and kneel down and touch it with their foreheads. People take turns to express their feelings and share their thoughts and memories in statements, songs, verses and of course, in tears. On the opening day of the three-day event, Rigdol takes a tray of the soil and presents it to His Holiness at his residence. The Dalai Lama inscribes in Tibetan the word "Bhod" (Tibet) on the soil with his forefinger.
At the end of the event, the public is allowed to take the soil home. Everyone fills plastic bags and containers, even large sacks, till the wooden stage is empty and clean. Probably some of the sacred soil will be saved in family altars or used in the fabrication of religious images or stupas – even poured into the foundations of sacred buildings. It will certainly be used in the making of tsa-tsa images. After someone is cremated the ashes are often mixed with fine soil and water, and cast in molds of Buddha, saints and deities. These small clay images are placed on cairns (lhatse), on mountain passes, or alongside sacred circular walks (kora) around monasteries and temples, so that the prayers of the pilgrims and worshipers will benefit the deceased.
The wrapping-up of Rigdol's soil installation bears more than a passing resemblance to the conclusion of a sand-mandala initiation where the complex colored-sand design is ritualistically destroyed to symbolize the transitory nature of all phenomena. Initiates even take small quantities of the colored sand home as spiritual keepsakes.
Did Rigdol consciously or unconsciously have something like this at the back of his mind when planning his soil project? I don't thinks its too much of a stretch to ask this. Rigdol's installation might be seen as a minimal mandala of soil – colors and complex designs being unnecessary because of the inherent sanctity of the soil itself. Another parallel. The sand mandala is usually created on a square plywood base like a scaled-down version of the large square wooden stage of Rigdol's installation. The mandala is an artistic representation of a divine cosmic realm, across which initiates must visualize making their spiritual journey. But we could say that Rigdol is giving us the opportunity to walk on the actual soil of the one sacred realm that is not symbolic or legendary.
So, this is the message I took from this strange but compelling film, and, as I said earlier, it might not be the message that Rigdol or Choklay intended. As rich, complex and fascinating as the rituals, imagery, legends and myths of our spiritual culture may be, they are, in the final analysis, only symbols and stories. The only true magical realm there really is, the only Shambala, the only place that actually matters, the only soil whose recovery and liberation we should be focused on, 24/7, is our sacred but lost homeland – Tibet.


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Thursday, November 01, 2007
Tf2 review
GameArena have reviewed TF2 and have struck on a really good point, you can't stay mad at the game. Ties in nicely to what I was trying to get at in my criticism of steam. Steam still blows. It even wiped my stats! I have popups for games I don't want, and it's forever updating itself spontaneously, even if I'm playing another game. FFS valve, if you're going to invade my machine at least you could let me know beforehand. TF2 still owns all tho, and I really hope it's the Next Big Thing(tm) in competitive eSport.


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An interview between CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was abruptly canceled because Amanpour declined to wear a hijab, she recounted on Twitter.
Iran's state news agency did not elaborate on the reason for the sudden cancelation, but blamed Amanpour "because of refusing protocol." The protocol, it said, "is being determined by the guest."
Amanpour said she was planning to discuss the major demonstrations surging in Iran, including numerous incidents where women are burning their hijabs to protest the death in police custody of a young woman named Mahsa Amini, among other topics.
But after her team waited 40 minutes for Raisi to arrive, an aide of his approached her. "The president, he said, was suggesting I wear a headscarf, because it's the holy months of Muharram and Safar," Amanpour said.
"I politely declined. We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding headscarves," Amanpour added. "I pointed out that no previous Iranian president has required this when I have interviewed them outside Iran."
For example, she conducted several interviews with former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in the U.S., and did not wear a headscarf.
This time, the aide made it clear the hijab was a condition for the interview, describing it as a "matter of respect," according to the veteran journalist. It's a condition that Amanpour called "unprecedented and unexpected."
Amanpour's father is Iranian and she spent part of her childhood in Tehran.
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When the dismal history of the Iraq war is finally written, a special chapter of shame should be prepared for the those pro-war columnists and bloggers who, sitting comfortably in their homes and offices in the US, cheerfully egged on this administration to greater and greater heights of folly, cheering the deaths of innocent Iraq and Afghan civilians, downplaying the losses of US troops, attacking all those who opposed the war as terrorist sympathizers, and acting as if they themselves were courageous fighters instead of merely being vocal spectators. Not for nothing have these people been dubbed by blogger Tbogg as the "101st Fighting Keyboarders." The 101st Fighting Keyboarders (also known as 'chickenhawks' or 'Keyboard Kommandos') have an overwhelming sense to constantly reiterate that the fact that they are urging other people to fight is a sign of their own bravery.
The chapter will be long because there is a long list of such people, such as Ann Coulter, Jonah Goldberg, Andrew Sullivan, Michelle Malkin, Glenn Reynolds, John Hinderaker, Charles Krauthammer, and the list goes on.
As an example of the kind of delusion at work here, take Jonathan Miller writes about Hugh Hewitt who was interviewing Time magazine's Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware on his radio show. I think most people would concede that Baghdad is a very dangerous place to be for anyone, and reporters who are assigned that beat are showing considerable personal courage. Many of them get irritated with people back in the US who insinuate that they are living it up in comfort there while failing to report the "good" news, thus undermining support for the war. When Ware tries to remind Hewitt that the people in the US have little idea of what life is really like in Iraq, Hewitt takes offense.
The third-tier talk show host [Hugh Hewitt] strapped on his kevlar helmet and bravely reported from the front lines of the terror war while interviewing Michael Ware, a Time Baghdad correspondent:
MW: Let's look at it this way. I mean, you're sitting back in a comfortable radio studio, far from the realities of this war.
HH: Actually, Michael, let me interrupt you.
MW: If anyone has a right…
HH: Michael, one second.
MW: If anyone has a right to complain, that's what…
HH: I'm sitting in the Empire State Building. Michael, I'm sitting in the Empire State Building, which has been in the past, and could be again, a target. Because in downtown Manhattan, it's not comfortable, although it's a lot safer than where you are, people always are three miles away from where the jihadis last spoke in America. So that's…civilians have a stake in this. Although you are on the front line, this was the front line four and a half years ago.
I can just imagine how stunned Ware must have been to hear that someone in the Empire State building in Manhattan thinks that he too is bravely facing the war on terror, because a few years ago this was three miles away from what was once the front lines. Jonathan Miller continues:
I am in awe of Mr. Hewitt's bravery. And just a few days ago, we hear, Hugh actually got on a PATH train that went RIGHT THROUGH Ground Zero. Somehow, some way, he survived.
As funny as the above exchange is ("I'm on the front lines, too!") it opens a useful window onto the soul of the Keyboard Kommandos. See, when Hugh Hewitt is ensconced in a cushy office in the Empire State building, he actually imagines himself as a brave soldier on the front lines in the Universal Conflict Against the Evildoers. When he is on the airplane, he is an intelligence officer against fanatical Islamofascists.
These war-loving bloggers are constantly seeking a vicarious thrill. Having committed themselves to an immoral, illegal, and ultimately foolish and disastrous war, they now have to act as if they are also bearing some of its consequences. This is why they are the first to publicize and exaggerate, with an almost palpable shiver of delighted dread, any sign of anything that could be construed as a potential terrorist attack in the US. This enables them to swagger as if they are on the front lines of the war on terrorism while knowing full well that the odds of them personally being hurt or killed by a terrorist attack are minuscule. None of us really loses sleep at night worrying about whether a bomb is going to blow us up. None of us goes to work or school each day worrying if we will be killed by a bomb or sniper before the evening comes. And yet, this is how the people in Iraq live.
These Keyboard Kommandos were wrong about practically everything concerning the Iraq war but are still spewing out nonsense today. It is amazing that anyone still listens to them, let alone gives them prominent public platforms to spread their nonsense.
Paul H. Henry has created a beautiful piece of work that can form the basis of the future chapter to be written on the 101st Fighting Keyboarders. His War of the Words is a five-part series (each about 6 minutes long), with a new part to appear every Thursday. It takes the format of a Ken Burns-type PBS documentary and is very well done. The first three parts are up and can be seen here.


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This page is your doorway to preservation-related knowledge, from the theoretical to the practical. Welcome, and walk right in.
Below are links in the following categories: (1) local preservation organizations, (2) statewide preservation organizations, (3) national preservation organizations, (4) museum & history organizations, (5) preservation publications & databases, (6) Newburyport preservation in text & image, (7) Video resources, (8) Recommended Reading: The NPT Preservation Collection at the Newburyport Public Library, (9) More Books: Architecture, Craftsmanship, & Preservation, and (10) Preservationist Blogs.
Make sure to scroll all the way down the page or click a subject from our Table of Contents --- you're certain to find some links of interest. Many of the sites you will land on via these links feature dozens of additional related links to feed your curiosities. (For history-specific or architecture-specific resources, visit the Newburyport History or Newburyport Architecture page.)
Table of Contents:
Local Preservation Organizations
Newburyport Historical Commission. The Newburyport Historical Commission is an appointed body of the city government that serves to protect, preserve, and promote the city's historic structures, neighborhoods, and landscapes. The all-volunteer seven-member commission reviews applications filed under the city's Demolition Delay Ordinance, serves as a local advisory group to the Massachusetts Historical Commission, and currently holds preservation restrictions on seven Newburyport properties. The commission's web site includes agendas, minutes of past meetings, text of the Demolition Delay Ordinance, and numerous links of preservation interest to owners of older homes.
Fruit Street (Newburyport) Local Historic District. The Fruit Street Historic District was established in 2007. The district's page on the City of Newburyport web site includes and introduction, photo gallery of properties, text of the historic district ordinance, and meeting agendas & minutes.
Newburyport Community Preservation Committee. The Newburyport Community Preservation Committee, comprised of nine members appointed by the mayor, administers the city's Community Preservation Act, which was adopted in 2002. Community Preservation Act funds may be used acquire and preserve open space, historic resources, recreational land, and community housing. The committee evaluates applications for funding according to specific criteria and makes its recommendations to the Newburyport City Council. The committee's web site includes the text of the Community Preservation Act, the related city ordinance, application form & guidelines, and meeting agendas & minutes.
Historic High Street. Historic High Street is a private web site established to advocate for the long-term preservation of the architectural and horticultural character of High Street.
Newburyport Preservation Trust. (You've already found us! We're right here!) The Newburyport Preservation Trust web site includes information about NPT programs, projects, and membership, and also functions as a gateway to information on local history, architecture, and preservation.
Statewide Preservation Organizations
Massachusetts Historical Commission. The Massachusetts Historical Commission page is replete with links to programs, events, and publications related to history, historic preservation, archaeology, and more. Established by the state legislature in 1963 to identify, evaluate, and protect important historical and archaeological assets in Massachusetts, the commission consists of 17 members appointed from various disciplines. The commission's professional staff includes historians, architects, archaeologists, geographers, and preservation planners.
Preservation Massachusetts. Preservation Massachusetts is a statewide non-profit historic preservation organization dedicated to preserving historic and cultural heritage. Established in 1989 with a mission of preservation education and advocacy, the member-supported organization maintains a directory of Massachusetts-based preservation professionals on its web site.
National Preservation Organizations
National Trust for Historic Preservation. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, non-profit membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America's communities. Founded in 1949, the 200,000-member organization provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to protect historic structures, and administers 29 historic sites. Among the many preservation resources on its web site is a homeowner's resource page.
National Park Service (home page). The home page of the National Park Service is of preservation interest because of its deep search function. For example, a search for "preservation" yields thousands of links to technical and theoretical article on preservation best practices.
Market Square Historic District. This link opens an overview of Market Square, which is on the National Park Service itinerary entitled The Maritime History of Massachusetts.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is an independent federal agency that promotes the preservation, enhancement, and sustainable use of our nation's diverse historic resources, and advises the President and the Congress on national historic preservation policy.
Society of Architectural Historians. The Society of Architectural Historians aims to advance knowledge and understanding of the history of architecture, design, landscape, and urbanism worldwide. The organization supports the preservation of historic places and cultural heritage, but as a matter of policy it does not get involved in local issues. It does maintain professional guidelines for architects who are charged with verifying a property's historical significance.
Museum & History Organizations
Historical Society of Old Newbury. (98 High Street, Newburyport, Mass.; 978-462-2681) The Historical Society of Old Newbury and its archives, collection, and museum are located in the former High Street family home (c. 1808) of statesman and diplomat Caleb Cushing (1800-1879). Visit the web site to learn about research in the archives, museum tours, events, and membership.
Custom House Maritime Museum. (25 Water Street, Newburyport, Mass.; 978-462-8681) The Custom House Maritime Museum is located in the former federal custom house building built in 1835, an Greek Revival granite structure designed by Robert Mills, architect of the Washington Monument. Through its collections, exhibitions, and programs, the museum showcases the maritime heritage of Newburyport and its place in American history.
Newburyport Public Library Archival Center. The Archival Center on the lower level of the Newburyport Public Library is an essential destination for those researching local history or genealogy. In addition to published local and family histories, holdings include an indexed collection of early photos from throughout the city, as well as bound volumes of the photos and research of individual houses/buildings collected for Newburyport's National Historic District in 1984.
Essex National Heritage Area. ENHA promotes awareness of local history and heritage tourism throughout the 500 square miles of Essex County, Mass., an area that encompasses thousands of historic sites and landscapes. In addition to information about activities and attractions, he web site includes information on historic house museums and first period architecture. ENHA is one of 24 Congressionally-designated members of the Alliance of National Heritage Areas.
Historic New England. Historic New England is a museum of cultural history that collects and preserves buildings, landscapes, and objects dating from the 17th century to the present and uses them to keep history alive and to help people develop a deeper understanding and enjoyment of New England life and appreciation for its preservation. The organization is the largest regional preservation organization in the U.S., operating 37 historic house museum properties encompassing ??? structures. Historic New England's stewardship program holds and administers preservation easements on 81 properties. The organization also includes a comprehensive archives and a state-of-the-art collections conservation facility. Available on the Historic New England web site are a series of Property Care White Papers useful to owners of older homes. Topics range from general building preservation and maintenance to energy efficiency.
Trustees of Reservations. The Trustees of Reservations is a non-profit membership organization that cares for over 100 properties --- over 25,000 acres --- throughout Massachusetts, including nine historic house museums.
National Park Service (home page). As mentioned above, the home page of the National Park Service is of preservation interest because of its deep search function, but the site is also useful to locate NPS historic sites and parks.
Preservation Publications & Databases
City of Newburyport Historic Preservation Plan (1991). The city's Historic Preservation Plan was completed in 1991. The findings and recommendations of the plan were included in the city's still-current Master Plan of 2001.
City of Newburyport Master Plan (2001). The city's Master Plan includes multiple references to and recommendations for a Local Historic District.
The Inventory of the Newburyport National Register Historic District. This site holds a selection of individual property data sheets compiled in 1984 for Newburyport's National Historic District inventory. Streets are listed alphabetically, with properties listed in numerical order by address. (N.B.: Not all data sheets are shown. Hard copy binders of all data sheets and photos can be viewed at the Newburyport Public Library Archival Center.) The web site includes data sheets on special districts within the National Register District: Chestnut Street Victorian Residential District, Fruit Street Historic District, High Street Historic District, Joppa Historic District, Merrimac Street Shipbuilding District, Ocean Mills Historic District, Pleasant Street Industrial District, South End Historic District, and Washington Street Historic District.
Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS). The Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System enables users to search the Massachusetts Historical Commission database for information on historic properties and areas in the state. However, the database does not include information on all historic properties and areas, nor the entirety of data held by the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Plan 2011-2015. (58-page downloadable PDF file from the Massachusetts Historical Commission)
Economic Impacts of Historic Preservation in Massachusetts - Executive Summary. (11-page downloadable PDF file from the Massachusetts Historical Commission)
There's a Difference: Understanding National Register Districts and Local Historic Districts. (Downloadable PDF brochure from the Massachusetts Historical Commission)
U. S. Secretary of the Interior Standards & Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation. (182-page downloadable PDF file). The non-regulatory standards & guidelines outline best practices and provide technical advice for historic preservation projects. The guidelines include standards for identification, evaluation, methods, treatments, documentation, and terminology.
Technical Preservation Service / U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Technical Preservation Services develops historic preservation policy and guidance on preserving and rehabilitating historic buildings, administers the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program for rehabilitating historic buildings, and sets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Its web site includes not only the standards & guidelines, but also 47 informative Preservation Briefs useful for those undertaking preservation, rehabilitation, or restoration projects.
Newburyport Preservation ... in Text & Image
(See also our Newburyport History and Newburyport Architecture pages.)
Walk Newburyport: Three Self-Guided Residential Walking Tours with an Overview of Common Styles, Local History, and Significant Public Buildings (2011), by the Newburyport Preservation Trust. Purchase your own copy from the Newburyport Preservation Trust online at our Donate & Shop page or from your favorite local bookseller.
A Port in Progress (2007). Between March and November 2007 the Newburyport Daily News published a 37-part series of articles on Newburyport's 1970s renewal entitled "A Port in Progress." The series included over 200 photos. The link above is to a list of 28 articles in the series. A good place to begin is the introductory article by Daily News editor John Macone. (Since the articles in the archive are not in chronological order and do not include all the photos, those interested may want to consult the hardbound book of the same name published by the Daily News in 2008 and available at the Newburyport Public Library.)
White Pine Monograph on Old Homes of Newburyport, Massachusetts, by Richard Arnold Fisher (1917). This original 32-page booklet was published by the White Pine Bureau of St. Paul, Minn. The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs was published from 1915 into the 1940s by the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association.
Newburyport and Its Business District, by Josephine P. Driver (1964). This 10-page article was published in the spring 1964 issue of Old Time New England, a quarterly journal of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now known as Historic New England). The article features 19th-century photos of Newburyport by George E. Noyes, and voices concern about urban renewal plans that were taking shape at the time.
Newburyport and a New Kind of Urban Renewal, by Paul J. McGinley, Executive Director, Newburyport Redevelopment Authority (1971). This 5-page article was published in the spring 1971 issue of Old Time New England, a quarterly journal of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now known as Historic New England). The article recaps the preservation vs. demolition decisions of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Old Newburyport Houses, by Albert Hale (1912). This 150-page book is packed with photos of houses and architectural features. (The link is to a readable or downloadable PDF file at the Internet Archive.)
The Mystery of History: Researching & Documenting Your Old House by Skip Motes & Marge Motes (2012). NPT members and presenters at the 2012 winter seminar, The Mystery of History, Skip & Marge Motes have generously made this house history research guide available to all as a downloadable and printable PDF file from the NPT web site.
A Measure of Change, by Lawrence Rosenblum (1975). This award-winning video is a must-see for every new arrival to Newburyport, and for those who may have forgotten the 1960s-70s. In just 29 minutes, the documentary examines the landmark decision to use historic preservation principles for the first time in federal HUD urban renewal projects. Go directly to the video here.
Newburyport: Farms to Factories (2010, 82 min.). This Preservation Week 2010 presentation at the Firehouse Center for the Arts by the Newburyport Preservation Trust was in collaboration with the Historical Society of Old Newbury. The program details the evolution from an agricultural to an industrial economy. Presenters are architect Linda Miller and Cushing House Museum curator Jay Williamson. (Filmed by Jerry A. Mullins, Port Media volunteer.) Temporarily unavailable.
Excavations at Coombs Wharf, Newburyport (2010, 29 min.). This video provides an overview of the 2010 excavations, and features NPT member Bill Harris, UMass archaeologist Tim Barker, historic masonry consultants Mary & Jane Gage, and Newburyport Historical Commission and NPT member Tom Kolterjahn. (Filmed by Jerry A. Mullins, Port Media volunteer.) Temporarily unavailable.
Video: NPT's Restoration Lecture Series 2008
What Architectural Style is Your House? Newburyport Architectural Styles 1620-1900 (2008, 64 min.). A Newburyport Preservation Trust presentation at the Custom House Museum in 2008, part one of NPT's Six Degrees of Restoration series. Presenters are architects Linda Miller, Greg Colling, and Chuck Griffin. (Filmed by Jerry A. Mullins, Port Media volunteer.) Temporarily unavailable.
Historic Window Restoration (2008, 64 min.). A Newburyport Preservation Trust presentation at the Custom House Museum in 2008, part two of NPT's Six Degrees of Restoration series. Presenters are Bill & Pat Starck of Starck Housejoiners. (Filmed by Jerry A. Mullins, Port Media volunteer.) Temporarily unavailable.
Your House, and How to Preserve Its Historic Character (2008, 64 min.). A Newburyport Preservation Trust presentation at the Custom House Museum in 2008, part three of NPT's Six Degrees of Restoration series. (Filmed by Jerry A. Mullins, Port Media volunteer.) Temporarily unavailable.
Of Hearth and Home (2008, 64 min.). A Newburyport Preservation Trust presentation at the Custom House Museum on Sept. 16, 2008, part four of NPT's Six Degrees of Restoration series. (Filmed by Jerry A. Mullins, Port Media volunteer.) Temporarily unavailable.
Anatomy of a Restoration (2008, 64 min.). A Newburyport Preservation Trust presentation at the Custom House Museum on Nov. 18, 2008, part six of NPT's Six Degrees of Restoration series. (Filmed by Jerry A. Mullins, Port Media volunteer.) Temporarily unavailable.
The NPT Preservation Collection at the Newburyport Public Library
(The following titles have been donated to the library by the Newburyport Preservation Trust, and are available in the Reference Room. Listed alphabetically by author.)
The Country Builder's Assistant (1797), by Asher Benjamin
The American Builder's Companion (1806), 3rd edition and 6th edition, by Asher Benjamin
The Architect, or Practical House Carpenter (1830), by Asher Benjamin
Building the Timber Frame House (1981), by Tedd Benson
The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay 1625-1725 (1978), by Abbott Lowell Cummings
Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid (2008), by Marianne Cusato and Ben Pentreath
A Building History of Northern New England (2002), by James Garvin
A Brief History of Old Newbury (2008), by Bethany Groff
Documents, Legends and Archaeology: Unraveling the Mysteries of Newburyport's Past (1977), by Elizabeth Harris
The Salem Handbook, A Renovation Guide for Homeowners (1977), by Historic Salem
The Architectural Heritage of the Merrimack (1941), by John Meade Howells
Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn (1984), by Thomas Hubka
Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies (1922), by Fiske Kimball
Traditional Construction Patterns (2004), by Stephen A. Mouzon
Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home 1760-1860 (1994), by Jane Nylander
Windows on the Past: Four Centuries of New England Homes (2000), by Jane Nylander
More Books: Architecture, Craftsmanship, & Preservation
The following guides are helpful in identifying and understanding architectural styles:
Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic (1922), by Fiske Kimball (1888-1955). (This book is viewable & downloadable from the Internet Archive.)
Early American Architecture: From the First Colonial Settlements to the National Period (1952), by Hugh Morrison (1905-1978). (A preview of this book is viewable at Google Books.)
A Field Guide to American Houses (1993), by Virginia & Lee McAlester
A Field Guide to American Architecture (1980), by Carol Rifkind
American Shelter (1981, 1997), by Les Walker
The following books address various aspects of early-American homebuilding, both practical and decorative:
Home Building and Woodworking in Colonial America (1992), by C. Keith Wilbur. (A preview of this book is viewable at Google Books.)
Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid (2008), by Marianne Cusato and Ben Pentreath. (This is a limited online preview at Google Books.)
American architect and author Asher Benjamin (1773-1845) was responsible in great part, through his design work and his widely-circulated treatises on house-building, for the general stylistic uniformity of early-19th-century domestic architecture in New England. Some of his publications, all in the public domain, are viewable and downloadable from the Internet Archive:
American Builders Companion (1827), by Asher Benjamin (1773-1845).
Practical House Carpenter (1843), by Asher Benjamin (1773-1845).
Practice of Architecture (1835), by Asher Benjamin (1773-1845).
The following Newburyport-based bloggers and preservation advocates keep a watchful eye out for Newburyport's future. Both blogs are always timely reading, and the searchable blog archives offer plenty of information and photos for preservation interests.


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Those look good, don't they? Or maybe I'm the only one who thinks prickly little hunks of healthy stuff look appetizing. Humor me.
Grab a carrot, pull that bucket of dates off the top shelf in your pantry (What? You don't have a huge container of dates in your pantry? Well go get some!) Put those cashews you've been munching on for days to good use. I know you have leftover rice or some other grain in your fridge.
This isn't so much a recipe post as it is a post about creativity. I've been thinking a lot about creativity over the past couple days. Training for my new museum internship started this week and learning through creative design is the institutions main focus.
Creativity…design…those are two crucial aspects of blogging as well as more aspects of our life than we probably realize. They have always been intimidating words for me. I've never considered myself to be an "artsy†person and in certain circumstances I've felt uncomfortable pressure to be "creativeâ€. Design? How could I ever design anything?
So far, what I've learned about creativity in my internship is more relevant to this blog than I thought it would be. I have fresh motivation and renewed ambition. I cannot wait to see what I can really do with this blog if I let loose and break free of how I think things should be. Let's just find out where this goes.
What does this have to do with carrot rice pudding bites? Carrot rice pudding bites are what happens when I let myself get creative with food. I have some kind of craving for a particular taste, flavor, shape, or texture. I have certain ingredients at my disposal. I really, really want to use something because it's been in the fridge for bordering-on too long. I look at some recipes – thumbing through cookbooks and clicking through bookmarks online. In the end, I get pull out some ingredients, mash them together in a bowl, smoosh them into a mini-muffin tin, and bake them.
How do they taste? Pretty good for being a total experiment in culinary creativity. Did Lee and I eat all of these tasty bites? You betcha – every last sticky-sweet little bite.
Unfortunately, I have not quite mastered the practice of writing down what I'm doing when I'm experimenting in the kitchen. Thus, I don't have a recipe. That said, I think wads/bites/hunks/balls like this are best made as free-form, creative, recipe-free items. Here are the basic components and a method that seemed to work for me at least once.
Naturally Sweetened Carrot Rice Pudding Bites
dates: 10 small pitted
cashews: 1/2 cup, raw
Chop these up in a food processor. Pour this mix into a bowl and add the rest of the ingredients.
carrot: 1 medium, grated
cooked brown rice: maybe 1 1/2 – 2 cups
spices: allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger…you know, those yummy ones…as much or as little of them as you like
flour, whatever kind you want (I used millet flour): 2 tablespoons
egg, beaten: 1 (or make it vegan with 2 tbsp flaxseed meal + 1/4 cup water)
scoop "dough†into a lightly oiled mini muffin pan or onto a cookie sheet (also lightly oiled or lined with parchment/Silpat)
Bake at 375 F. for 10-12 minutes, or until muffins/balls are firm and starting to brown.
Munch away! These are surprisingly sweet for containing no processed sugar.