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College basketball: FGCU teams return to Southwest Florida, wait to learn next opponents
ESTERO — With the momentum after their big upset, the Florida Gulf Coast University men's basketball team has up to a 13-day layoff before it could take to the court against an actual opponent.
"We are just going to have to play against each other for right now," senior guard Sherwood Brown said.
Sunday, however, was about basking in the biggest win in school history.
"If you would have asked me four years ago, I would have never thought I'd be holding a trophy like this," said Brown, who scored 16 points in the title game and was named to the all-tournament team. "It's actually pretty heavy. I didn't expect it to be this heavy."
Both FGCU teams arrived back to Southwest Florida on Sunday, greeted by a few dozen fans who gathered outside of Alico Arena to celebrate the men's title, and show support for the women, who were upset in their title game this weekend in Macon, Ga.
"It's great," men's sophomore guard Brett Comer said. "You always want the fan support and the student support, so it is a great thing to come here and have the support from all the people around."
"Our fans, they have unbelievable support," senior women's guard Joyce Iamstrong said. "Whether we win or lose they are always there, so it is incredible to have this big a fan base and this great of a fan base."
Now starts the waiting game for both teams as they await word of their next opponent. Both teams could face an extended period before seeing a game situation again.
For the men's team, they must find a way to keep the emotional high of their 88-75 win over top-seeded Mercer in the Atlantic Sun Conference championship as they head into the NCAA tournament for the first time ever.
"It'll be interesting because we have a week to prepare for no one," coach Andy Enfield said. "We'll have to take it day by day here, treat some minor injuries, and work on some shooting, work on some skill work ... but without knowing who we will play it is hard to prepare.
"We're going to take a week just to focus on ourselves, and then Sunday night we'll find out where we are going."
The NCAA selection for the men is at 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 17 on CBS. The NCAA women's show is at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 18. If the women don't get into the NCAA tournament — no Atlantic Sun team has ever received an at-large bid — they will find out their opponent and site in the WNIT later that night. FGCU is guaranteed a WNIT bid because it won the Atlantic Sun's regular-season title.
The men (24-10) could play March 19 or May 20 in Dayton, Ohio, in the first round, or March 21 or March 22 in the second round. March 21 sites are The Palace at Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich., Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, and HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The March 22 venues are Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
"We're feeling pretty good about ourselves right now," said Comer, who tied his career high with 21 points in the title game.
"It's been a great week for our players. They were determined to win a tournament and they did. Give them credit. They played extremely hard for three games. It's pretty tough to win a conference tournament," said Enfield, who is in his second year after being an assistant at Florida State.
The women must find a way to regain their momentum after a crushing 70-64 upset at the hands of Stetson in their title game.
"This is just going to feed our hunger for whatever is next to come," Iamstrong said.
Further complicating things for the Eagles is the uncertainty over which tournament they will be competing in. If the Eagles (27-6) aren't granted an at-large bid for the NCAA tourney, they will head to the WNIT.
"Right now we don't have any real knowledge — or any guess — of who, or where, or when, or even what tournament so we'll just take care of us," women's coach Karl Smesko said.
"We're all a little bit anxious to see what happens, but I know that we are going to prepare for whatever is to come the best that we can," said Iamstrong, who was named tournament MVP after she scored a career-high 31 points in the loss.
Smesko is confident that his team is good enough to make it to the big dance. The Eagles lost in overtime to St. Bonaventure in the NCAA first round last year in their first appearance, and this year knocked off LSU from the SEC that started a 21-game winning streak.
"I know we can win in the NCAA tournament," he said. "It's just a matter of if the (selection) committee is going to take us as an at-large."
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'It belongs to the weakness of our time not to be able to bear the greatness, the immensity of the claims made by the human spirit, to feel crushed before them, and to flee from them faint-hearted.' (Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy, v2, p. 10) Is it becoming more obvious today that the thinkers of the post-Hegelian era were/are not 'able to bear the greatness, the immensity of the claims made by the human spirit'? Is our era the era of the 'faint-hearted' philosophy? Celebrating 200 years since the publication of The Phenomenology of Spirit this volume addresses these questions through a renewed encounter with Hegel's thought. This book includes contributions from: H. S. Harris, John W. Burbidge, Paul Redding, Angelica Nuzzo, David Gray Carlson, Simon Lumsden, Karin de Boer, David Rose, Andrew Haas, Toula Nicolacopoulos, George Vassilacopoulos, Jorge Armando Reyes Escobar, Maria J. Binetti, Wendell Kisner, Paul Ashton and Robert Sinnerbrink.
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Business owners Jim Pinto and Debbie Lombardi both lauded the performance at the Palace Theater, saying Shen Yun gave them a deeper insight into the Chinese people.
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From 2009-2011, more than 70 places of worship from across the nation combined their fundraising efforts and generated $2.5 million in initial support for StreetLightUSA®. We are deeply grateful to these churches whose focus is restoration. Through their commission, the foundation for StreetLightUSA® has evolved and we continue our work to restore each child victim's mind, body, and spirit so that she may experience life at its fullest.
To date, StreetLightUSA continues to focus on its commission for children "But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds declares the Lord, because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares." Jeremiah 30:17
Our mission is to transition adolescent girls from trauma to triumph. StreetLightUSA® implements its mission through a three-tier strategy of Awareness, Prevention, and Direct Care.
Through Awareness our speakers bureau and subject matter experts educate communities on the realities of sex trafficking and exploitation of minors and engage individuals by challenging them to unite with us in changing the path of injustice.
Our Prevention efforts include partnering with universities and subject matter experts to create evidence based programs that become best practices for our residential campus. StreetLightUSA understands the value of evaluation in the development of evidence based programs. When opportunities arise, StreetLightUSA's President/CEO and members of our staff serve as subject matter for branches of the United States justice system working to protect children from further sexual exploitation.
Direct Care Services, through our residential campus, we provide a healing and safe environment for adolescent girls age 11-17, who have been rescued from sex trafficking.
Our partnership with private corporations, public law makers, law enforcement, human services, and faith-based organizations establishes a collective impact that is interrupting the victimization of adolescent girls by the sex trade and perpetrators posing as individuals who care. We are helping girls find a new way forward so they can become independent, confident and successful young women.
In 2007, Christian and community leaders in Arizona became aware of the growing pandemic of child sex trafficking occurring throughout the United States and in their own backyard. They asked the question, "What if one of our greatest testimonies to society became a unified loving effort among market place leaders, city decision makers, young people, churches, faith-based and non-profit organizations and they didn't just talked about the injustice of child sex trafficking but also helped to solve the barriers to caring and healing these children?"
In response, we developed a dynamic case study of the potential for solving problems through multi-sector cooperation. Our collaboration include faith communities, major law enforcement agencies (from local vice units to State and US Attorneys General), medical field, social services, mayor's offices, like-minded non-profits, Homeland Security and the FBI, students and faculty of leading universities, the business sector, and thousands of individuals zealous to play a role in eradicating this injustice. The multi-sector cooperation created a three tier strategy, Awareness, Prevention, and Direct Care that guides StreetLightUSA's work today in fulfilling its commission.


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Ayusa International, a non-profit organization that for 31 years has promoted global learning and leadership through high school student cultural exchanges and leadership programs, is launching its annual search for families in Missouri interested in hosting international students for the 2014-2015 school year.
Ayusa is looking for Missouri host families specifically in and around the following communities:
"We're an active family and our student has been included in all things from back yard parties to family excursions and holidays," says host dad Greg Nyhus of Lee's Summit, Missouri, who along with mom Wendy and three children are hosting Vishrutha, 16, from Bangalore. "We've also been involved in seeing and experiencing things from our student's culture that we may not have been involved with, including events celebrating national festivals of her culture and her religion."
Says Vishrutha, "I'm learning a lot! It's been great a great experience so far. It's been amazing learning about the American culture and getting to know American people. I love my host family and they are the perfect example of how warm Americans are; they are very loving and caring."
Ayusa (which stands for "Academic Year in the USA") works with diverse families who are interested in hosting an international student of high school age. Families without children, empty nesters, military families, retirees, and single people are all welcome. Ayusa families come from all 50 states and reside in rural, suburban and urban communities. Host families provide three meals a day and a bedroom (either private or shared). Each exchange student is supported by a professionally trained local representative from Ayusa who works closely with the family, student and local school throughout the program.
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Families interested in hosting an exchange student with Ayusa can follow three simple steps:
Ayusa's exchange students are 15-18 years old and come from more than 60 countries around the world, including Brazil, Japan, Germany, Ecuador, France, Peru, Morocco, China, and Spain. All students are fully insured, bring their own spending money, and are proficient in English.
"Missouri is a hugely popular destination for Ayusa exchange students visiting the U.S.; they may be drawn to the major role it has played in American history, or simply feel welcomed by our Midwestern hospitality," said Jessica Anderson, Ayusa regional manager for the Midwestern states. "Hosting an exchange student also provides Missouri families the chance to learn about other cultures around the globe, without the travel. If you've ever wondered what it would be like sharing your Missouri lifestyle with a student from abroad, now is the time to take action – please give us a call to start building an international friendship that will last a lifetime!"
According to The Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET), more than 27,000 international high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years old studied in the U.S. during 2013-2014 as part of U.S. government-sponsored international exchange programs. Ayusa has been a member of CSIET for more than 25 years – since its foundation. CSIET evaluates U.S.-based high school exchange programs so that students, families and schools can identify reputable inbound and outbound exchange organizations.
Ayusa is a 501(c)3, and an official U.S. Department of State designated Exchange Visitor Program Sponsor. Families interested in learning more about hosting a foreign exchange student can visit http://www.ayusa.org or call 1-888-552-9872.
About Ayusa
Ayusa International (http://www.ayusa.org) is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 to promote global learning and leadership through cultural exchange and leadership programs for high school students from the U.S. and around the world. In addition, Ayusa administers multiple high profile grant programs funded by the U.S. Department of State and other organizations. Ayusa is a sister company of Intrax, a family of organizations that provide a lifetime of high-quality educational, work and volunteer programs that connect people and cultures. Intrax is headquartered in San Francisco with offices on four continents.


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YIELD: Serves 6-8
Preheat oven to 350°. Wrap each potato in foil. Place on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until tender, 45-60 minutes. Let cool slightly.
Unwrap potatoes and arrange on same baking sheet. Set another rimmed baking sheet over potatoes, rimmed side up, and press gently to smash potatoes without breaking them apart. Season with salt and pepper; drizzle with half of the oil. Carefully turn potatoes to coat.
Preheat oven to 500°. Roast potatoes for 15 minutes. Drizzle with remaining oil, turn to coat, and continue roasting until crispy and golden brown, 25-30 minutes.


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The Alcatel 10.10's screen is 1.45 inches with 128 x 128 pixels resolution.
There is a 260 MHz processor (CPU).
The phone runs on the Other operating system (OS).
Internal memory is No. No external card slot is available for expansion.
The phone is powered by a 400 mAh Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery. Alcatel's performance ratings are: 13.9 days standby time, 120 minutes talk time.
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I think the only solution is every publisher having their own version of Steam, perhaps in the cloud rather than a client on the desktop though still in the game being somewhat invisible. You log in for each publisher just like you sign into Steam but through the game menu. Forget the DRM that always gets cracked and stick to online authentication, though a fairer approach such as log in once that last 24hrs even if you go offline. If your going offline, request a pass for a couple of days or weeks that has limited uses per year but more allowed if you get in contact for specific reasons.
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For crust:
Combine flour, sugar, and salt in processor; blend 5 seconds. Using on/off turns, blend in butter until coarse meal forms. Add 4 teaspoons cream. Using on/off turns, blend until moist clumps form, adding more cream by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap and chill at least 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll out dough on floured surface to 12-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Fold overhang in, pressing to form double-thick sides. Bake crust until golden, pressing with back of fork if crust bubbles, about 18 minutes (small cracks may appear). Brush inside of hot crust twice with egg white. Maintain oven temperature.
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Whisk 3/4 cup sugar, cream, yolks, and eggs in bowl to blend well. Mix in lemon juice and lemon peel. Pour filling into warm crust. Bake until filling is slightly puffed at edges and set in center, about 30 minutes. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
Preheat broiler. Place tart on baking sheet. Cover edge of crust with foil to prevent burning. Sprinkle tart with 2 tablespoons sugar. Broil tart until sugar melts and caramelizes, turning sheet for even browning, about 2 minutes. Transfer tart to rack. Cool until topping is crisp, about 1 hour.
Push tart pan bottom up, releasing tart. Place on platter, garnish with lemon slices, if desired, and serve.


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February 3, 2012 eNews: WILPFers in Action!
Join WILPF to Demand Congo Action!
Become allies in the growing international movement for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo! Support our Congolese sisters and brothers in bringing an end to this devastating war that is being fought on the bodies of women and children.
After fifteen years of conflict, the UN has called Congo "the rape capital of the world." Watch Eve Ensler's impassioned plea for the women of Congo.
This conflict is international and complex. All warring groups are fighting over the area's vast mineral wealth—especially the minerals that we use every day in our laptop computers and cell phones. WILPF Boston Branch has been working tirelessly to enact legislation to make Massachusetts the second state after California to enact Congo Conflict Minerals legislation!
DISARM! Ensuring a Nuclear Free Future
STOP NUCLEAR TESTING NOW! On February 25, shortly after midnight, the Pentagon and Strategic Command plan a test launch of another Minuteman III intercontinental missile from Vandenberg AFB. It will be aimed at Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific. Read MacGregor Eddy's article on page two(PDF Download) of the current Global Network Space Alert. Download a flier (PDF Download) you can adapt for leafleting or letter writing. Write to your editor, your Congresspersons and President Obama to stop these tests and work for a Nuclear Free Future now.
Contact MacGregor Eddy with questions about the vigil at Vandenberg AFB and Carol Urner for information about the one at El Segundo AFB in Los Angeles.
EDUCATE CONGRESS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND POWER: Reserve your space NOW for D.C. days with WILPF and Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Saturday March 17 through Wednesday March 21. Click here for a housing reservation form and links to ANA for D.C. Days registration and more information on D.C. days.
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The Building the Beloved Community issue committee is based on the teachings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. "Dr. King's Beloved Community is a global vision, in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth. In the Beloved Community, poverty, hunger and homelessness will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency will not allow it. Racism and all forms of discrimination, bigotry and prejudice will be replaced by an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood. In the Beloved Community, international disputes will be resolved by peaceful conflict-resolution and reconciliation of adversaries, instead of military power. Love and trust will triumph over fear and hatred. Peace with justice will prevail over war and military conflict. For Dr. King, The Beloved Community was not a lofty utopian goal to be confused with the rapturous image of the Peaceable Kingdom, in which lions and lambs coexist in idyllic harmony. Rather, the Beloved Community was for him a realistic, achievable goal that could be attained by a critical mass of people committed to and trained in the philosophy and methods of nonviolence."
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Peace in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Asia-Pacific Militarization
As the U.S. persists in military interventions across the Middle East, Central Asia, and expansion into East Asia, and while the U.S. economy AND people continue to struggle under the burden of excessive military spending, East Asian and Pacific nations are caught up in costly and dangerous arms races. In October of 2011, representatives of WILPF's newly merged End Wars and DISARM Issue Committees attended Peace in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Asia-Pacific Militarization - a two day conference organized by American Friends Service Committee and the American University Nuclear Policy Institute. The overarching goal of the conference was to build capacity and solidarity between U.S. and Asia-Pacific peace movements: to challenge Asia-Pacific militarism; advocate for constructive alternatives; and promote economic security.
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WILPF Members Occupied the Courts
by Marybeth Gardam
As early as November, 2011 National Move To Amend started organizing people from around the country to mark the 2nd Anniversary of the Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court's notorious giveaway of democracy, unleashing unlimited political contributions for corporations. Events that ranged from holding banners across busy highways to rallies outside Federal Court Houses were planned.
In the end, over 130 cities participated in the national day of action. WILPF members were well represented around the country, with rousing rallies and street theater. Not everyone who participated reported specific details of their event, but we know that Cape Cod WILPFers joined their Boston WILPF sisters at the Federal Court house for a rally in pretty cold temperatures. Mary Zepernick bundled up in layers and long underwear beneath her I MISS DEMOCRACY get-up. In Des Moines there were two events, including a FUNERAL MARCH FOR DEMOCRACY at the Rotunda of the State Capitol building on Thursday, Jan. 19th and a Rally at the Federal Building on Friday, the 20th.
Hull House Closes After More Than 120 Years
By Tammy Webber | Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Hull House, the Chicago social services organization founded more than 120 years ago by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams, closed Friday after running out of money.
The agency said the poor economy resulted in more demand for its services but also made it harder to raise money to cover its costs. Hull House has been providing child care, job training, housing assistance and other services for 60,000 people a year in the Chicago area.
The agency had announced plans to close in the spring, but Friday's shutdown was unexpected, striking some 300 employees with a devastating and unexpected blow. They received layoff notices and final paychecks and then spent the day packing their belongings and saying tearful good-byes. Many said they were startled to learn their insurance ended almost two weeks ago.
NOTE: The 2012 winners of the Jane Addams Book Awards will be announced at Hull House Museum on April 28, 2012, in conjunction with the JAPA spring board meeting. (While the settlement house is closing, the Hull House Museum remains open and healthy.) For more information, visit the Jane Addams Peace Association website.


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1. Background
The PDA Emulators provided in the LabVIEW PDA Module are features of the LabVIEW PDA software that allow you to emulate the hardware of various Pocket PC 2003 and Windows Mobile 5.0 devices from the development environment. The PDA Emulators open an instance of a 'virtual' PDA device on the development machine that emulates the Pocket PC 2003 or Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. The example emulator shown in Figure 1 appears as a fully functional depiction of a PDA device running the Pocket PC 2003 operating system. The user can interact with and run software on the emulated device in exactly the same way they would a real portable device, which provides a useful tool for developing and debugging PDA applications without the actual PDA hardware present.
Figure 1. Pocket PC 2003 Device Emulator
Network-published shared variables, new to the LabVIEW PDA Module, allow you to easily and efficiently share data between devices connected over an Ethernet or wireless network. To demonstrate the use of network-published shared variables with a PDA Emulator, some extra steps are required in order to simulate the network connection between the host PC and PDA device.
2. Configuring a Virtual Network Connection
The first step for configuring a virtual network connection between the host PC and PDA device is to establish a network connection and IP address on the host PC. If the host PC is already connected to an existing network, the PC will already have obtained an IP address, and the following procedure is not necessary. However, for systems that do not have access to a network connection or do not have a network adapter installed, it is necessary to use the Microsoft Loopback adapter to simulate a network connection on the host PC.
Microsoft Loopback Adapter Installation
The Microsoft Loopback adapter provides a virtual network adapter that allows you to simulate a network connection in situations where network access is unavailable. If your system has already established a connection to the network and obtained an IP address, you do not need to install the Microsoft Loopback adapter and the following steps do not apply. The Microsoft Loopback adapter is included as a component of the Windows 2000/XP operating system. The following steps describe how to install and configure the Microsoft Loopback adapter through the Windows Device Manager.
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- If you are in Category view, click Switch to Classic View under Control Panel in the left pane.
- Double-click Add Hardware, which will bring up the Add Hardware Wizard.
- Click Next to begin the process of adding the Microsoft Loopback adapter as new hardware in your system.
- When prompted, select Yes, I have already connected the hardware, and then click Next.
- You will now see a list of hardware you can add to your system. At the bottom of the list, click Add a new hardware device, and then click Next.
- Select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list, and then click Next.
- From the list of hardware categories, select Network adapters, and then click Next.
- In the Manufacturer box, select Microsoft, and in the Network Adapter box, select Microsoft Loopback Adapter. Click Next to begin the installation process for the Microsoft Loopback adapter.
- Click Finish.
The Microsoft Loopback adapter will now appear in the list of Network Adapters in the Windows Device Manager. You can check this by going to Start»Control Panel, double-click on System, select the Hardware tab, and click on Device Manager. The Microsoft Loopback adapter will automatically configure its own network connection and obtain its own IP address. You must disable any other existing network adapters in the Windows Device Manager in order for the Loopback Adapter to function properly with LabVIEW network-published shared variables. You can disable a network adapter in the Windows Device Manager by expanding the Network Adapter section, right-clicking on the entry for the existing network adapter and selecting Disable.
Virtual PC Network Driver Installation
Now that the host PC has a network connection and IP address, you must enable the PDA Emulator to obtain its own unique IP address so that the two can communicate to each other using network-published shared variables. The Microsoft Virtual PC Network Driver allows the PDA Emulator to simulate a network connection and obtain its own IP address. You can download the installer for the Virtual PC Network Driver from Microsoft's website linked below. Follow the instructions on the Virtual PC Network Driver download page for installing the driver. With this utility installed, the PDA Emulator will automatically obtain its own IP address on the same subnet as your host PC and be able to communicate to your host PC using network-published shared variables.
With these utilities installed, you have everything necessary in establish a network connection between a PDA Emulator and your host PC. The next step is to configure the PDA Emulator and network-published shared variables in the LabVIEW Project Explorer.
See Also:
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3. Adding a PDA Emulator to the LabVIEW Project
The LabVIEW Project Explorer provides a useful tool for managing development for various targets from a single location in the LabVIEW environment. In addition to organizing your development targets, the LabVIEW Project Explorer also contains the shared variables used to communicate between the various targets. Refer to the LabVIEW PDA Help and theCreating and Using Shared Variables in the LabVIEW PDA Module tutorial for more information about adding PDA targets and network-published shared variables to the Project Explorer. You will begin by creating a new LabVIEW Project to organize the host PC target, PDA Emulator target, and network-published shared variables within a single location.
Complete the following steps to create a new LabVIEW Project and add a PDA Emulator as a target to this project.
- From the Getting Started window, click Empty Project to open a new project. The project contains the My Computer target, which is the development, or host, PC.
- Select File»Save As in the Project Explorer window and save the new project as PDA Emulator Shared Variable.lvproj.
- Right-click the project and select New»Targets and Devices from the shortcut menu to open the Add Targets and Devices dialog box.
- Select Existing target or device and expand the PDA category to show the available targets. Rather than selecting an actual PDA device, select PDA»Windows Mobile»Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator to add a Pocket PC Emulator target to the project.
The Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator now appears as a new target within the project.
4. Adding Shared Variables to the Project
You can now add network-published shared variables to the LabVIEW project. The shared variables provide a memory space that can be used to send and receive data between different targets in the project. One target in the project must host the shared variables. All other targets can connect to that host as clients to publish or subscribe to the data stored in the shared variable memory space. Only certain targets, such as Windows PCs, FieldPoint controllers, and CompactRIO controllers are capable of hosting shared variables. PDA targets and emulators cannot host shared variables and can only access shared variables as clients. You create and host the shared variables on the host PC. The PDA target serves as a client and subscribes/publishes to the shared variables remotely that are hosted on the host PC.
Complete the following steps to add shared variables to the project.
- Right-click My Computer in the Project Explorer window and select New»Variable from the shortcut menu to open the Shared Variable Properties dialog box.
- Give the shared variable a logical name by typing Temperature in the Name text box.
- Select Double from the Data Type drop-down list.
- Select Network Published from the Variable Type drop-down list.
- Click the OK button.The shared variables appear in the Project Explorer window under Untitled Library 1. LabVIEW automatically creates this library because all shared variables must reside in a library in a project.
- Right-click Untitled Library 1, select Save As from the shortcut menu, and save the library as Weather Data.lvlib.
Create another network-published shared variable and name it Wind Speed.
Complete the following steps to add Weather Station.vi to the My Computer target, and PDA Weather Monitor.vi to the PDA Emulator target. These files are attached at the end of this tutorial. For step-by-step instructions of how these VIs were created, refer to the Creating and Using Shared Variables in the LabVIEW PDA Module tutorial.
- Right-click the My Computer target and select Add File. Browse to Weather Station.vi and select Add File to add this VI as a program under My Computer. This VI simulates weather data and publishes that data to the network-published shared variables.
- Right-click the Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator target and select Add File. Browse to PDA Weather Monitor.vi and select Add File to add this VI as a program under the PDA Emulator target. This PDA VI subscribes to the network-published shared variables hosted on My Computer and displays the data on the user interface of the PDA Emulator.
The Project Explorer should now look similar to the following.
You will now need to create a Build Specification for the PDA Weather Monitor.vi, in order to compile the PDA VI into an executable for the Pocket PC 2003 OS.
- Under the Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator, right-click Build Specifications and select New»Application (EXE).
- In the Application Information section, enter PDA Weather Monitor for the Build specification name and a convenient location on disk for the Destination directory (i.e. <My Documents>\PDA Weather Monitor). You will need to know this location later in order to transfer the executable to the PDA Emulator.
- In the Source Files section, add PDA Weather Monitor.vi as the Top-Level VI.
- In the Machine Aliases section, select Deploy aliases file. The aliases file contains the IP addresses of the targets in your project and allows them to communicate through network-published shared variables.
- Click OK in order to complete the build specification settings.
- To compile the PDA Weather Monitor.vi into an executable, right-click the PDA Weather Monitor build specification and select Build.
The PDA Weather Monitor.vi has now been compiled into an executable to run on the Pocket PC 2003 OS. You are now ready to launch an instance of the Pocket PC 2003 Emulator and deploy this executable.
5. Configuring the PDA Emulator for Shared Variables
The next step is to launch an instance of the Pocket PC 2003 Emulator and configure it to support shared variables.
- Within the LabVIEW Project Explorer, right-click on the Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator target and select Install»Support for Shared Variables.
This will launch an instance of the Pocket PC 2003 Emulator and install the necessary files to support connections to network-published shared variables. This process may take several seconds, and you will know this is complete when the PDA Emulator shows the following PDA desktop.
The next step is to deploy the PDA Weather Monitor executable to the PDA Emulator target. When working with actual PDA hardware, this deployment process occurs automatically when the PDA device is connected to the development PC through Microsoft ActiveSync. For an emulated PDA target, you can use folder sharing to transfer the PDA executable to the PDA Emulator. Complete the following steps to configure folder sharing between the PDA Emulator and the development PC.
- From the Pocket PC 2003 SE PDA Emulator, select File»Configure to open the Emulator Properties dialog box.
- In the Shared folder field, enter the same path you selected for the Destination directory when creating the PDA Weather Monitor build specification. This will allow you to access the contents of that directory, including the compiled PDA Weather Monitor executable, from the File Explorer on the PDA Emulator.
6. Deploying and Running the PDA Application
With the PDA Weather Monitor.vi compiled into a Pocket PC 2003 executable, you are now ready to deploy and run the executable on the PDA Emulator and connect to an application running on the host PC through network-published shared variables. With folder sharing enabled on the PDA Emulator, you can use File Explorer on the PDA Emulator to deploy and run the PDA Weather Monitor executable.
- To launch File Explorer, from the PDA Emulator desktop, select Start »Programs. Select File Explorer from the list of programs.
The shared folder containing the PDA Weather Monitor executable will appear as an external Storage Card on the PDA Emulator.
- To browse to the shared folder from File Explorer on the PDA Emulator, select My Device from the Show drop down list.
- To access the contents of the shared folder, select Storage Card.
- To launch the executable on the PDA Emulator, click PDA Weather Monitor.exe. Clicking the Run button on the front panel will start the application, but first you must deploy and publish data to the network-published shared variables.
With the PDA Weather Monitor application deployed to the PDA Emulator, you will need to run the Weather Station.vi application on the host PC. Running this application will automatically deploy the Temperature and Wind Speed network-published shared variables on the host PC, and begin publishing simulated weather data to these shared variables. With the shared variables deployed and data being published, you can run the PDA Weather Monitor executable on the PDA Emulator in order to subscribe to those shared variables over the network and present the data on the user interface of the PDA.
- From the LabVIEW Project Explorer, double-click to open Weather Station.vi, and click the Run button. This will deploy the Temperature and Wind Speed shared variables, and begin publishing simulated data.
- From the PDA Emulator, click the Run button on the user interface of the PDA Weather Monitor application to subscribe and display the data from the Temperature and Wind Speed shared variables.
7. Conclusion
To review the steps covered in this tutorial, you first began by configuring the host PC and PDA Emulator target to connect to each other over a local network connection. You then created a PDA Emulator target within the LabVIEW Project Explorer and added network-published shared variables and VIs to the project. You then compiled the PDA VI into an executable by creating a build specification, and deployed that executable to the PDA Emulator through folder sharing. With these steps complete, you can run applications on the host PC and PDA Emulator target that communicate to each other using network-published shared variables. This procedure can be very useful for demonstrating the use of shared variables with PDA target and testing applications without the actual PDA hardware present.


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H&M announced the names of the eight finalists of the H&M Design Award 2013. The finalists, invited to take part from nineteen design schools in Europe, were selected by an H&M jury led by Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M's Head of Design. Each wins €5,000, and a place in the final, presided over by a grand jury of fashion experts. The winner will receive a prize of €50,000, and the chance to show his or her collection at Mercedes-Benz Stockholm Fashion Week on January 29, when the winning name will be revealed. The winner will also develop selected pieces from his or her collection to be sold in selected H&M stores this autumn.
Members of this year's grand jury are: Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M's Head of Design; fashion designer Jonathan Saunders; editor-at-large of style.com Tim Blanks; photographer Sølve Sundsbø; stylist Leith Clark; blogger and photographer Hanneli Mustaparta; fashion journalist Kristopher Arden Houser and H&M's Creative Advisor Margareta van den Bosch. Information on all the finalists can be found at designaward2013.hm.com, where voting for this year's People's Prize will also open on January 16. The People's Prize winner will win the chance of a month's internship at Jonathan Saunders in London.
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Photo By CHRON/StaffHouston Police officers investigate a truck parked outside of Terminal B after a shooting near a ticket counter in the pre-screening area of Terminal B at Bush Intercontinental Airport Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Houston. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
Photo By CHRON/StaffPolice stand at the bottom of the escalators after a shooting occurred in the lobby of terminal B at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Houston. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)
Neighbors say authorities raided the home of Carnell Marcus Moore Thursday in connection with the Houston International Airport shooting, during which Moore was killed after firing an assault rifle in the airport. Moore lived in the 2500 block of Magnolia Street in Beaumont. Photo taken Thursday, May 2, 2013 Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise
A man shot and killed Thursday at Bush Intercontinental Airport apparently left a suicide note, Houston police said.
The man, identified as Carnell Marcus Moore, 29, of Beaumont, was killed in the shooting about 1:35 p.m. at Terminal B, police said.
Homicide investigators with the Houston Police Department recovered a note that appears to be a suicide note. In it, Moore said that he was having trouble controlling his "monster inside."
Moore's Magnolia Street neighbors described him as quiet and reserved.
HPD spokeswoman Kese Smith said an armed male in his early 30s entered the airport and fired a shot into the ceiling near a ticket counter in the pre-screening area of the terminal.
Hearing the shot, a Homeland Security investigations agent came out of his office and confronted the man, ordering him to put down the gun, Smith said.
When the man refused the command, the officer pulled out his weapon and the man turned toward him, Smith said.
The agent fired once, and the man shot himself in the head apparently at the same time, Smith said. He died at the scene.
It was unclear if the officer shot the man, or what kind of weapon the man was carrying.
The agent was taken to the hospital for precautionary measures.
Investigators were searching a white pickup parked at the airport that possibly belonged to the gunman. The vehicle's hood was up and the area cordoned off as police checked out the vehicle.
Marietta Kidd, owner of Anointed Hands beauty salon on Magnolia Street in Beaumont, said she saw seven unmarked cars in her beauty shop parking lot around the same time school let out today.
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Tina Gellinger, a 40-year-old Kansan who went outside between flights was coming in to Terminal B when she heard shouts to "Run!" She and others ran toward elevators and hid behind walls as shots rang out.
Nearby at the McDonald's in the food court, employee Tiffany Rigmaiden, 23, heard two shots ring out, then shouting, then three shots. She said a TSA agent running by told her and other employees to get down. The employees escaped through a back door and took an elevator to a lower floor.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker tweeted about the incident at 4 p.m.
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This though is not to say that FreeBSD is a loser in terms of computing performance against Linux, but FreeBSD did possess a stronger advantage with tests like C-Ray and some I/O operations. FreeBSD and the other *BSDs also have their own set of features and focus that distinguish them from Linux in other ways besides the quantitative performance.


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For better business, Samoa decides to switch time zones. BBC reports:
The South Pacific island nation of Samoa is to jump forward in time by one day in order to boost its economy.
Samoa will do this by switching to the west side of the international date line, which it says will make it easier for it to do business with Australia and New Zealand.
At present, Samoa is 21 hours behind Sydney. From 29 December it will be three hours ahead.
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The truth is current design of hard disk's head actuators are not power-driven by any motor. Previous design of the head actuators are actually powered by a stepper motor. But currently head actuators use the voice coil instrument that uses electromagnetic power to stir the heads. In short, head actuators don't have a motor to fail and not powered by any mechanical motor.
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Lulu is bringing her pop up restaurant to the Boiler Shop Steamer.
Originally from Xi'an in the heart of China, Lulu's events offer a taste of the authentic, handmade, artisan Chinese food enjoyed in the homes and streets of China.
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Films tell their stories in countless ways but mainstream movies often follow the conventions and norms of narration, ending with a clear-cut finale. With the emergence of new wave movies, filmmakers produced films more creatively and approached old tales in a new way. Following on from the popular "Critics' Choice" of the past few years, the Hong Kong Film Critics Society has selected six feature films which were pioneers or style-setters in the history of cinematographic narrations. The screenings will be accompanied by seminars and workshops for audiences to gain a comprehensive understanding of film narrative.
"Critics' Choice 2013 - Film Narrative in Perspective" is presented by the Film Programmes Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and organised by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society. The films selected cover three different perspectives on film narrative. "Mystery and Truth" features director Michelangelo Antonioni's "L'Avventura" (1960) and Roman Polanski's "Chinatown" (1974); "Memoirs and Portraits" features director Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Good Men, Good Women" (1995) and Julien Duvivier's "Dance Programme" (1937); and "New Waves: New Ways of Storytelling" will show Kuroki Kazuo's "Silence Has No Wings" (1966) and Jacques Rivette's "Celine and Julie Go Boating" (1974).
The six classics will be shown from May 11 to July 20 at the Cinema of the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Science Museum. Seminars will take place after the screening of "L'Avventura" on May 11, "Good Men, Good Women" on June 12 and "Silence Has No Wings" on July 1, with film critics Lau Yam, William Lau, Law Kar, Bryan Chang, Fung Mo, Ernest Chan, Li Cheuk-to, Matthew Cheng, Shu Ming and Yip Man Fung speaking variously on "Film Narrative in Perspective", "Memoirs and Portraits" and "New Waves: New Ways of Storytelling". All seminars will be conducted in Cantonese and admission is free.
To complement the screenings, a series of six workshops on film narrative with different themes will be held in Function Room on the fourth floor of the Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre on Saturdays (June 8, 15, 29 and July 6, 13, 20). Except for the workshop on June 15, which will be held from 7pm to 9pm, all other workshops will be held from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Film critic Ka Ming will talk about the history of film development and introduce film appreciation in terms of film narrative. All the workshops will be conducted in Cantonese.
"Antonioni broadened the horizon of film and his 'L'Avventura' introduced film narration to the world of modernism, changing the art forever." - Bryan Chang
Detective or suspense films might not tell the audience what is actually happening. Beginning with a search for a missing person, "L'Avventura" looks at how one reacts in the face of loss and love. With a dramatic structure, the film's tension builds over various mysteries in the course of the search before the truth is revealed. A milestone of modernism, "L'Avventura"'s influence was huge. The film won the Jury Prize in the Cannes Film Festival 1960.
"Subverts the stereotypes of the hardboiled detective, the femme fatale and the triumph of good over evil." - Fung Mo
Directed by Polanski and starring Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson and John Huston, in "Chinatown" a wife engages a private investigator to find out if her husband, the chief engineer of the Department of Water, is having an affair. In the course of the investigation, the chief engineer dies, the real wife shows up and the detective uncovers a conspiracy of corruption and land speculation. An American classic of the 70s, "Chinatown" reveals the ills of degeneracy and power using film noir as the vehicle. As with "L'Avventura", the film has no neat ending. It won Best Screenplay at the Academy Awards 1975 and Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor at the Golden Globe Awards 1975.
"A mesmerizing waltz. The regrets of spent youth. Duvivier's depiction of life's cruelty is minutely exact. A classic." - Wong Ain-ling
In "Dance Programme", the ravishingly beautiful heroine loses her husband and decides to visit the 10 men she danced with 15 years before at a ball. Each visit is then told in the style of a different film genre, resembling a rich and unpredictable span of life. Director Julien Duvivier's trademarks - scrutiny of human nature and a femme fatale - are both present in this rarely seen gem. The film won Best Foreign Film at the Venice Film Festival 1937 and Best Foreign Language Film at the Kinema Junpo Awards 1939.
"With its actress-heroine, the film draws a comparison between city and country, present and past, through a story within a story; four different dimensions of space and time intertwine to build a structured world, leaving one of Hou Hsiao-hsien's particularly impressive signatures." - Li Cheuk-to
"Good Men, Good Women" is the last of the "Taiwan Trilogy" and one of director Hou's special works. Traversing several dimensions of time and space, it features an actress who plays a leftist in the 1940s in a film based on memory. As the actress' past, present and acting lives intermingle, the experiences of a fictional and a real female belonging to different ages finally merge to embody the spirit of an era. The film won Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound Effects at the Golden Horse Awards 1995 and Special Jury Award at Fribourg International Film Festival 1996.
"Experimental and groundbreaking, yet poetic and lyrical, 'Silence Has No Wings' is a profound portrayal of Japan's turbulent post-World War II period." - Shu Ming
A forgotten treasure of the Japanese New Wave, "Silence Has No Wings" features a butterfly caterpillar linking locations in Kyushu, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Osaka, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Hokkaido, and reeling off stories about Japan's World War II culpabilities, the A-bomb and the US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty. With highly refined images, the film uses poetic narration to level accusations at those who forget their responsibility for war.
"A magical and mysterious labyrinth of film blurring the line between the real and the imagined. The work is not only Rivette's experimental inquiry about the narrative language of film, but also a review of the entire history of film." - Wong Sui-kei
Director Rivette's signature film, "Celine and Julie Go Boating", is a romantic documentary on filmmaking involving two Parisian girls. They pretend to be each other or share one identity at times and take the audience back to the days when the art of film was taking shape. Rivette instills the film with a freeflowing rhythm and unexpected, whimsical plot twists. The film was awarded Special Prize of the Jury at the Locarno International Film Festival 1974. The film shows what can be achieved using an avant-garde narrative style.
All films have Chinese and English subtitles and they will be shown in 35mm.
Tickets for all screenings and workshops, priced at $55 and $80 respectively, are now available at URBTIX outlets. Half-price concessionary tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 and above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients. Credit card bookings can be made at 2111 5999, or on the Internet at www.urbtix.hk .
Detailed programme information can be obtained in the leaflet distributed at all URBTIX outlets. For enquiries, please call 2734 9009 or browse the website at www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/filmprog/english/2013cc/2013cc_index.html .
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Acclaimed roots band North Mississippi Allstars pay homage to legendary songwriters like RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough on their new album World Boogie Is Coming arriving September 3. The self-produced album is said to be a "return to the band's blues-infused rock & roll roots" and was recorded at the band's own Zebra Ranch Studios in Hernando, Mississippi. Sitting in on the sessions are longtime friends Duwayne and Gary Burnside, Kenny Brown, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Sharde Thomas (Otha Turner's granddaughter), Chris Chew, Steve Selvidge and Lightnin' Malcolm.
"The whole concept of the album is almost like a soundtrack," says Allstar Luther Dickinson. "We have four videos and the trailer, and that is what inspires the record more than anything. My brother really got into making these films about our life, our home, our music and life on the road. … For me, it was really great to just go to the range and play and sang. My performances are really raw and from the hip."
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What: Jacob's Pillow announces "A Weekend OUT at the Pillow," August 13-15. The weekend will provide LGBTQ families, individuals, and couples the opportunity to take advantage of all the Pillow has to offer, including a multitude of free and ticketed events, while spending time with old and new acquaintances.
In the theatres, audiences have the opportunity to see Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion. In addition to these ticketed performances, the Pillow will host several free events during "A Weekend OUT at the Pillow."
The Pillow will also host a free Artist Mixer at the Pillow Pub on Friday, August 13, where members of the community are welcome to stay after the performances and chat with the performers. "A Weekend OUT at the Pillow" will also feature a special historic tour of Jacob's Pillow on Sunday, August 15 at noon, given by Jacob's Pillow Director of Preservation, Norton Owen, and focusing on Pillow founder Ted Shawn and his Men Dancers.
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When: Artist Mixer at the Pillow Pub, 9.45pm Friday, August 13
Free Inside/Out Showing: Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance Program of The School at Jacob's Pillow
6:15pm Saturday, August 14
Free Historic Tour with Norton Owen, Noon, Sunday, August 15
Many more events are listed on the web page (link above)
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Jacob's Pillow celebrates its 78th anniversary in 2010 and is home to a renowned international dance Festival, presenting and commissioning works of artists and companies from throughout the world. The School at Jacob's Pillow encompasses a professional training program in the diverse disciplines of Ballet, Tap, Contemporary Traditions, Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance, and a Choreographers Lab, as well as an Intern Program in arts administration and production. The Pillow's extensive Archives, open year-round to the public free of charge, chronicle more than a century of the often ephemeral art form of dance in photos, print, video, and more. Jacob's Pillow's year-round Community Programs enrich the lives of children and adults including Jacob's Pillow Curriculum-in-Motion® a nationally-recognized program for educational settings, and the Creative Development Residency and commissioning programs support artists as they create work. In 2003, Jacob's Pillow was declared a National Historic Landmark and is the first and only dance entity in the U.S. to achieve this honor.
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The 'Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris effect' has driven up sex crime reports in Cambridgeshire by a staggering 41 per cent – the fifth highest increase.
Chief Constable Simon Parr said the increase to a total of 862 reports in the last year comes after the high-profile cases.
The county was fifth in a table of 43 forces in England and Wales with Durham top with a 136 per cent increase, South Yorkshire at 81 per cent, Kent at 56 per cent and Staffordshire at 51 per cent rise, Home Office figures said today.
Mr Parr said: "The rise in sexual offences mirrors a national trend and is not believed to be explained by more sexual offences being committed.
"At a national level, following high-profile sexual abuse investigations, victims are reporting abuse because they think that they will be believed and treated sensitively.
"This is good news and is also reflected in Cambridgeshire. We experienced an increase in reported rapes as well as a significant increase in the detection rate following the launch of our dedicated Rape Investigation Team in April 2012.
"The force also works closely with Oasis, the Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Rivergate, Peterborough, which is a dedicated venue providing victims of rape and sexual abuse with medical and sexual health care, counselling and support."
In Essex the rise was 28 per cent, 25 per cent in Hertfordshire and three per cent in Suffolk.
Crime overall is down five per cent in 2013/14 compared to 2012/13. Burglary fell by 12 per cent.
Mr Parr was pleased with falls in burglary, robbery and vehicle crime despite the economy, vowing to "avoid complacency".
He said: "The 12 per cent drop in burglary is a stand-out statistic because it equates to 333 fewer victims of a crime that can have such a devastating impact on people.
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Transportation fetishist Ed Rendell, no surprise, is backing a plan to bring an ultra-fast Japan-style magnetic levitation bullet train to the northeast corridor.
Jon Runyan Won't Run for Re-Election
Moderate Republican congressman Jon Runyan won't run for reelection in 2014, leaving New Jersey's third district (BurlCo, Ocean County) wide open. The 40-year-old Runyan (of course) said he is leaving to spend more time with his family, which includes a teenage son who plays football at St. Joe's Prep. The real reason, many suspect, is that he's sick of the hard-liners in his own caucus.
3 Million Will Get Hit By Food Stamp Cuts in PA, NJ
The temporary boost in food stamps that arose out of stimulus spending to combat the recession has officially ended. $5 million has been cut nationwide from the program, and more cuts may be coming.
Now's the Time: End the Filibuster
Fresh off the government shutdown,Republicans in the Senate are giving us …another shutdown. This time it's in miniature: They're threatening to filibuster one of President Obama's nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals—and Democrats are contemplating action to end the filibuster, for judicial nominees.
To which I say: Please, please, please. It's time to end the filibuster. Let's kill the damned thing.
Cory Booker Is Jersey's New Senator
It got close-ish at the end there, but was there ever any doubt? Booker won 55%-44% in an election featuring one of the lowest-ever statewide turnouts in New Jersey, with under 25% of the voting population participating. (Hmm, wonder why?) Here's Senator-elect Booker's characteristically enthusiastic, hoarse-throated, victory speech. For what it's worth, Booker began by praising his predecessor Frank Lautenberg, who wasn't exactly fond of him.
Are Conservatives Really Ready to Default on America's Debt?
One of conservatism's really great beliefs (I'm serious about this) is about the unknowability of the future: That well-intentioned actions can have big unintended consequences; once those butterfly's wings start flappin', there's no telling where the hurricane might pop up. For such folks, limiting government is just a way of trying to limit the damage that government can do.
The problem with modern American conservatism is that it so rarely applies its own best insights at the moment of truth.
Feds Have Been Investigating Chaka Fattah for *7 Years*
Fox 29 reports that the F.B.I. has issued a subpoena requesting U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah's tax records, focused specifically on property that the congressman owns. More intriguingly, Fattah and his lawyer said he's actually been under investigation since 2007. The subpoena is thought to have been issued as part of a grand jury investigation.
Shots Fired on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill was briefly locked down today after reports of shots fired on Capitol Hill at around 2:30 p.m. One woman–reportedly the suspect–is suspected dead. Despite the government shutdown, lawmakers and journalists were present. As of just before 3 p.m., the lockdown was lifted.
Americans Are Losing Faith in Each Other. Are We Losing Our Democracy, Too?
So, America, are you ready for a dictator yet?
That seems like a crazy question to ask, doesn't it? After all, we Americans practically invented democratic self-governance. We spend a day every year celebrating democracy's virtues, and let's be honest—that's just the day we set off fireworks. We're pretty proud and evangelistic (in multiple meanings of the term) about the way we govern ourselves. Surely we're not ready to simply let government of the people, by the people, for the people to simply perish from this land, are we?
Maybe. Maybe not.
The Government Is Shut Down! Obamacare Has Started! The World Has Gone Higgledy-Piggledy!
The New York Times reports that the government is shutting down for the first time in nearly 20 years: "The impasse meant that 800,000 federal workers were to be furloughed and more than a million others would be asked to work without pay. The Office of Management and Budget issued orders shortly before the midnight deadline that 'agencies should now execute plans for an orderly shutdown due to the absence of appropriations' because Congress had failed to act to keep the federal government financed."
The shutdown comes, of course, because President Obama and Senate Democrats refused a move by House Republicans to delay today's implementation of ObamaCare's health care exchanges. If you're going to start shopping for insurance today, you should check out PhillyMag's Ultimate Guide to ObamaCare.
So that part of government will be working. If we're in a shutdown, what exactly is shutting down? AP has an overview of what's being shut down—national parks, as everybody has pointed out—and says the ultimate ramification could be a slowdown in the economy. Which: Isn't the economy already slow?
Anyway, AP says: "A shutdown that lasts two weeks or more would probably start to slow an already sluggish economy, analysts say. Closures of national parks would hurt hotels, restaurants and other tourism-related businesses. And federal workers who lost pay would spend less, thereby curbing economic growth. A three-week shutdown would slow the economy's annual growth rate in the October-December quarter by up to 0.9 of a percentage point, Goldman Sachs has estimated."
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The Israeli theater-dance production, Hide and Seek 3,4, recently won the Best Performance Award at the International Theater Festival for Children '100, 1000, 1,000,000 stories' in Bucharest.
Hide and Seek 3,4 – by the Dina Telem Group – takes young audiences on a journey to the world of playing and games. The play incorporates fun, humor, imitation, fighting and reconciliation. There are no words, instead it is presented through the language of dance.
This year's festival included performances from Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Romania and Israel.
Dina Telem, a dancer who has performed with the Inbal and Shalom dance companies, founded her group in 2000.
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