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In the midst of a site redesign, Motorola accidentally showed off a bunch of upcoming products (or at least some pretty slick concept placeholders). Two phones, both super-skinny touchscreen slates were shown off, called the Zaha and Slimline. A sequel to Motorola's Xoom tablet is also spotted vaguely in the background, but the real ostar of the show is a watch device called the Tracy XL. The names Targa and Pearl are also found elsewhere on the new Motorola site, though there are no accompanying images.
Watches are a burgeoning form factor, having been tackled by both LG and Sony Ericsson within recent memory. While their successfulness to date is questionable, it's a neat new take on a very old idea, and the more manufacturers that try the hand at it, the better our chances of seeing something that actually catches on.
We'll be keeping an ear out for more details on all of these devices in the off-chance that they aren't just the daydreams of some in-house designers. What do you guys think – does it make sense to you that Motorola would make a watchphone?
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Last year, Clarion implemented a new Global Brand with a harmonising brand and image for all markets worldwide. The change was highlighted with a newly designed logotype and a new corporate colour, "Azzurro". The keywords "Human Mobile Music Media Interface (Clarion HMI)" were introduced to underscore a new lifestyle.
On April 2nd Clarion goes one step further by launching a completely revamped web site at the address www.clarion.com.
"This new site is an important progress in reinforcement of our brand," explains Mr Kazumasa Okazawa, in charge of Clarion Tokyo Public Relation Department. "It comes along with the absolute need for consumers to be granted a brand that fully fits the products it corresponds to: exclusive, of high quality, but at the same time belonging to their life, to be useful and enjoyable."
The new web site layout is expected to express this environment. Dynamic, smooth and pleasant with rich information support.
Unlike many other international web sites, Clarion clearly chose a solution oriented to all its consumers. Apart from contents specially prepared for the American or Asian markets, the Clarion pages for Europe cover no less than 27 countries in 20 languages, all launched online at the same time on April 2nd."These are many languages, but a must. Already, we are expanding this site with new languages. The next countries to go "online" will be Romania, Croatia and Slovenia," announces Hiroyuki Fukumoto, in charge of Clarion global web site development at Clarion Tokyo.
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Baked Lemon Ziti
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- Pasta:
- Butter, for greasing the baking dish
- Salt
- 1 pound ziti pasta
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 12 ounces pancetta, sliced into 1/4-inch thick slices, chopped
- Sauce:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 1/2 cups whole milk, at room temperature
- Zest of 2 large lemons
- 3/4 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup chopped fresh basil
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 large lemon)
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- Topping:
- 2/3 cup plain breadcrumbs
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
Step 1
For the pasta: Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass or ceramic baking dish.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, 8 to 10 minutes.
In a large nonstick skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the pancetta and cook until brown and crispy, about 8 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the pancetta and drain on paper towels.
For the sauce: In a 2-quart saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk until smooth, about 2 minutes. Gradually add the milk, whisking constantly to prevent lumps. Add the lemon zest. Simmer over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the sauce thickens, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the Parmesan, salt and pepper.
In a large bowl, combine the cheese sauce, cooked pancetta, pasta, basil and thyme. Toss until the ingredients are coated. Stir in the lemon juice. Spoon the mixture into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle with the mozzarella.
For the topping: In a small bowl, combine the breadcrumbs and Parmesan.
Sprinkle the topping over the pasta mixture. Drizzle the top with olive oil and bake until the top is golden brown, 25 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes and serve.
Cook's Note: The topping can be drizzled with the pancetta cooking juices in place of the olive oil.
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IT vets typically wait for version 2.0 of a Microsoft release before going into production. My guess is they'll wait for WinFS (which hits beta when Longhorn hits gold) before moving to the new OS. The only real question is if they'll wait for Longhorn 2.0.
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Swimming upstream: Underwood dams his documentary
Occasionally, a non-filmmaking artist decides to take a stab at the cinematic art form. Sometimes the results are shockingly good. For instance, painter Julian Schnabel's Basquiat, Before Night Falls, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly are breathtaking films. Other times, as in the case of Michael Underwood's Escapement, currently screening at the Niche in the Fine Arts Library, well, not so much.
A photographer by training, Underwood and his brother, Matthew, set out in 2002 to make a documentary examining whether or not four dams on the Snake River, a tributary of the Columbia, should be removed to allow dwindling salmon populations to recover. In 2009, the brothers completed the project, although it's unclear from the 28-minute video what was filmed when and how the situation may have changed over the seven-year span.
Escapement contains all the elements of a standard documentary. Shots to establish a sense of place? Check. "Talking heads" expressing contrasting viewpoints? Check. A map for geographical reference? Check. Archival photographs enlivened by camera pans, a la Ken Burns? Check. Successful documentaries, though, require attention not just to visual components but also to sound, editing, and storytelling.
Escapement's biggest technical problem is its sound. One minute the spoken words are clear, the next they're layered with interference. In at least two places, the stereo abruptly shifts to single channel. This inconsistent quality is jarring, distracting, and screams "amateur." In addition, when Escapement includes voiceover, the narrator reads the script in a sing-song-y cadence that undercuts the words' meaning.
The editing is also uneven. Interviews last too long, and the narrative thread does not un-spool smoothly. Also, the map is a visual snooze, and the use of black frames to divide the film into sections is overworked. In one instance, an interview subject's words are inexplicably voiced over a black frame for several seconds before he is revealed.
Which is not to say Escapement doesn't have redeeming aspects. Chief among them: every shot is beautifully composed, often contrasting the geometric lines of manufactured structures with the organic flow of nature. Underwood also skillfully imbues the video with a strong palette of red, blue, yellow, and green that provides unity.
Escapement is most successful when its compelling shots wordlessly tell the story. Underwood's images of glass windows at a dam revealing fish swimming upstream through green water are particularly memorable.
But he probably shouldn't quit his day job.
Michael Underwood's documentary, Escapement, is on view through December 31 at The Niche in the Fine Arts Library. Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, Bayly Dr. (across from the Architecture School). For more information, visit http://thelibraryniche.blogspot.com.


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Born and bred in the Windhoek Rural constituency on a farm in close proximity to !Areb (on the way to Klein Aub, outside Rehoboth), Ouma Paulina Boois is indeed worthy of admiration. At the age of 72 years, she still looks after her livestock and washes clothes. Moreover, she also takes care of her grandchildren and great grandchildren from her old age pension of N$ 1 200 per month.
The breadwinner in a family of over thirty people where no one is employed, Ouma Boois narrated her story seated on a pile of rocks a few metres from her corrugated iron house. Ouma Boois takes care of two households with her old age pension. She has two daughters and one son, 18 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Five of her grandchildren are in school, four of whom school in Rehoboth hence a second home in Rehoboth as daily commuting between! Areb and Rehoboth is nearly impossible. Ouma's dream is to see one of her grandchildren complete secondary school, as none of her children made it past grade 10.
Feeding two households with her monthly pension money, Ouma Boois said that life became tougher after her husband passed on ten years ago. "Town (Rehoboth) is far. It costs as much as N$500 to hitch-hike from her to Rehoboth on. I still have to buy food for this house and the second one in Rehoboth," she lamented. With what is left, the octogenarian buys food and other household necessaries such as maize meal, sugar and meat, other food staff as well as soap and vaseline. When groceries run out, the family lives off pap and milk from the few family cattle and goats. At times, she also has to buy feed and medication for her own lamb and one sheep. The rest of her livestock she had earlier divided amongst her offspring.
Ouma Boois stated that she and her family are happy with the old age pension increase as it has improved their lives for the better. "I am really grateful for the increment we got. I also look forward to the back pay. The government did well to increase the old age pension. We have a lot of responsibilities as old people, you know". Additionally, Ouma Boois stated that the drought relief is of great help as it supplements their diet. Ouma Boois lives at Bloudam !Areb, a government resettlement farm.
The story of Ouma Boois is not unique, Elias Motinga, a 76-year-old resident from Groot Aub takes care of his household with his old age pension. Originally from Windhoek, Motinga and his wife have been living in Groot Aub since 2007, together with their four children. "The increase in the old age pension has made a big difference in our home. I cannot wait to for the next increment to come. The government has our interest at heart really and I commend our President for this," shared Motinga. He said that whilst they are grateful for the old age pension that has increased, the money is simply hardly ever enough. "We get into debt for basic necessities and when the money comes, we have to pay back what we took during the month, but we don't want to complain, we are grateful," he stated matter-of-factly. Asked what they used the money for primarily, Motinga said they mostly buy food and when they are able to, also electricity and at times books for the children. The couple expressed their gratitude to the government for the generous increase. "I want to say thank you to our President. God bless our President, he is a good man with good intentions."
Hon. Penina Iita, Councillor for the Windhoek Rural Constituency noted that the old age pension is enhancing the livelihood of elderly people, especially around her constituency. "It does not only improve their own lives but that of their loved ones," she said. It is stated that young people migrate to the city in search of a better life and they leave their children at their parents (grandparents). "We have an elderly from Baumgartsbrunn who started her business from the old age pension increase. This has improved her life for the better; had that not have been there, that might not have been possible," shared Iita.
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Why You Should Avoid This Emotional Love Affair
You thought you were the last person they would find if they went looking for an emotional person. You are now confused since you met this person who tapped your feelings and now you are all emotional. Which route should you take when it turns to be an emotional love affair? Everything you do turns out to be contrary to your expectations. Emotional love affairs turn out to be very hurting. It takes long to collect the pieces and move on after the break up. Every issue in an emotional love affair ends up in a mess. Keep your emotions checked since they are the same ones which brought you together. Love emotions can confuse human mind and beats all intellect. Be wise when dealing with your emotions.
Emotional love affairs crash down since intense feelings associated with them impair the level of thinking. A previously fulfilling ペアーズ ヤリモク takes a turn and becomes frustrating and saddening. Most emotional love affairs use the tit for tat phenomenon. An eye for an eye makes the whole love affair unhealthy. It looses direction and focuses on revenge. What do you think will happen when i feel so hurt that my partner has failed to call me. I might be dying to hear him talk but i do not care about what, even if it is nonsense but just his voice. I will not call him though it will be hurting. Imagine if he also gets emotional and reacts the same way. The affair will simply be a game of shifting blames and on the way to the rocks. To avoid an emotional love affair would be the best option, try and understand him.
I think i do not care if you love me so much that it makes you cry all the time. The problem comes in when you hurt me by the little things you do and it makes me cry. It is not worth if i hate how much i love you. It will stop being a love affair and turn to a war affair. An emotional love affair pushes each partner to fight with their feelings. The more you fight with yourself and reject your intense feelings the more it hits back at you. You will try and fail miserably most of the times. If you get lucky enough not to reach exhaustion, you will succeed in separating with your partner because logic dictates that such an emotional love affair is harmful to your social life. At the end of it you will have scars in your heart which you might take to the grave. To avoid this, do not encourage an emotional love affair at all costs.
An emotional love affair sabotages communication. When you are too emotional, language tends to hit the wall and expression takes a back seat. Without communication, misunderstanding is unavoidable. Please if you notice your partner is going down that route, talk about it. It is in a word. You will never guess it unless you keep talking. Be slow to anger and an emotional love affair will be news to you.


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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- There are plenty of question marks in the outfield for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Ben Revere has no plans on being one of them.
While the next six weeks will be an open audition for both corner outfield spots, Revere plans on using spring training to show manager Charlie Manuel the team didn't give up too much to trade for the speedy 24-year-old.
Philadelphia acquired the former first round pick last December in exchange for starter Vance Worley and reliever Travis May. It was a surprising move, particularly to Revere. He expected to be traded at some point, knowing the Twins were already set at centerfield with Denard Span.
Revere just didn't expect to be traded from a team trying to rebuild to one ready to make another run at a World Series. When Minnesota general manager Terry Ryan called Revere to tell him about the move, Revere admits he was a little stunned.
"The Phillies came in and just swooped me up out of nowhere and my agent was like yeah, `They came in and pretty much beast-moded it,'" Revere said with a laugh.
Now Philadelphia expects Revere to do the same on the base paths and in the outfield. The Phillies traded away two-time All-Star Shane Victorino to the Los Angeles Dodgers last season, taking away a part of the clubhouse's soul in the process.
Revere is not Victorino, who landed with the Boston Red Sox in the offseason. He's not nearly as chatty and lacks the pop at the plate. That's fine by Phillies, who are more concerned about production than power. Revere hit .294 with 32 RBIs and 40 stolen bases in 124 games in 2012 while hitting mostly from the second spot in the lineup.
There appear to be no immediate plans to move Revere into leadoff, at least not as long as Jimmy Rollins is around. Manuel says he will wait to see how Revere performs during the spring before finding a slot for him.
All that matters to Revere, however, is that he's in the lineup every day. Provided he stays healthy, that shouldn't be an issue. There are few players in baseball who have the 5-foot-9, 170-pound blur's range, a necessary tool while playing in the spacious outfield at Citizens Bank Ballpark.
Revere hasn't even stepped a foot on the turf in his new home yet, though he knows it will be a decided change from Target Field in Minnesota.
"The ball carries (in Philadelphia)," Revere said. "If that's the case, I'll play a couple steps back to rob home runs or something. With the pitching staff right now, I don't think (home runs) will be a problem. I'm going to do everything I can to track balls down and make pitchers happy so they welcome me into their arms."
Revere certainly made an impression on Manuel during Philadelphia's three-game series with the Twins last season. Revere went 6-of-14 with three RBIs during the set, spraying the ball all over the field depending upon the situation and the matchup.
Manuel had no problem recalling the hits when asked on Tuesday, and though it's difficult to give up a promising starter in Worley, Manuel also understands the skill set Revere brings is something his aging team needs.
So does pitching coach Rich Dubee.
"Ben Revere's job is to hit .300 and hopefully get on base a ton," Dubee said. "He can create a lot of things."
Typically, however, only when he swings the bat. Revere's on base percentage was a middling .333. He walked just 29 times in nearly 600 plate appearances, a number that needs to go up if he ever does want to become an effective leadoff hitter.
It's not always easy when pitchers know you're not a threat to go deep. Revere has yet to hit a home run in the majors and had just five during his minor league career. Compare that to Victorino, who averaged over 12 homers during his seven full seasons in Philadelphia. That means Revere has to create chaos in other ways, including taking more pitches.
"It's just like they're coming right at me and it's kind of tough," Revere said. "People want me to go deep in the count and I do too, but I don't want to go deep in the count 0-2."
Maybe, but he might have to get used to it if he stays near the top of the lineup. If he's hitting in front of the likes of Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, Revere knows pitchers aren't going to mess around. Dubee says those who come at Revere will do so at their own peril.
"You can attack him but you just can't lay balls in there to him by no means unless he's an absolute out," Dubee said. "But he's not an absolute out."
Hardly. He was a couple of bounces away from hitting .300 for the first time and if he can do it over the course of 150 or so games, his run production should skyrocket. Revere scored 70 runs last season. He plans on crossing the plate at least 100 times this year.
"That's always the goal, just get in scoring position and it's like boom," Revere said. "I've just got to get on base. If I do that, the sky's the limit."


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Confession: I've totally stretched the truth to get a guy to think I was cool. The best example was in high school, when my Britney Spears-loving self feigned interest in Rage Against the Machine to impress a guy I really liked. (I even bought the band's latest CD to show my devotion.)
Turns out that this kind of, well, blatant lying, is pretty common. A recent survey by StaticGuard found that 63 percent of people between the ages of 18 to 34 have lied or told exaggerated stories about their interests to get a date. And, while on a date, 38 percent have gone to a movie they didn't want to see, 23 percent have faked interest in a hobby, and 19 percent have eaten food they hated in an effort to make their crushes like them more.
While this sounds kinda shady—lying and healthy relationships don't exactly go hand in hand, right?—taking an interest in something your partner (or a potential partner) likes is a good precursor to learning how to compromise. Which is totally necessary for a healthy relationship.
At least that's been the case with me and my guy. Like, I'll suggest going to a Thai restaurant for dinner sometimes, since I know it's his favorite. And he'll offer to hit garage sales with me on Saturday mornings because he knows how much I love treasure hunting. While I didn't necessarily want to eat Thai (and he didn't want to get up early on a weekend) at first, these compromises have turned us into fans of each other's tastes—I'm now a drunken noodle aficionado and he appreciates how we can get new end table for only five bucks.
So, I think it's okay to fib a little to impress a dude—as long as you're not lying about your relationship status, criminal record, or identity. (And as long as you're not faking orgasms.)
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This Week's Cruelty-Free Fashion Picks
I ♥ wearing dresses year-round! Even though it's fall, I can pair them with boots and/or tights and it's all good!
Two dresses that are gettin' some mad love in my closet are these beauties I found on OpenSky (my new fave online retail store):
- Poppy Striped Lace Dress, $59.95: This flirty, lacy, striped, retro-inspired dress is perfect for date night or girls night out!
- 6 Shore Road Gypsy Dress, $138: This stunning and über cozy Gypsy Dress is H-O-T. It has beautiful and delicate flower embroidery, long sleeves with button closures, and a fun, flouncy hem. Absolutley GORGE!
BTW, if you're new to OpenSky, take advantage of 20% off your first purchase (up to $10). WOOT! So if you wanna matchy-match the Sunbuns, hook yo'self up, and let's be twinsies! xx
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Dresses were sent for review.
About Sunny (Sunny's Profile)Longtime vegan, hardcore compassionate beauty junkie, serious cake aficionado, and lover of all things floofy and sparkly! If there's something in particular you'd like me to review, drop me a line at email@example.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Google +.
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I seriously love those dresses on you!! Thanks for the tip, I made an account and made my first order! I may gently be stalking opensky! They have so many great things!
Love the dresses Sunny! You look fantastic! How is the sizing on the striped one?
The dresses are lovely. Where did you get your shoes? They are fantastic!
I looove both of those dresses! Your whole outfits, tights, shoes, are super adorable!! Dangerous finding out about OpenSky…
Holy crow, where did you get those shoes? They are amazing!
Oh! I love both of these dresses! I'll have to check out OpenSky! I love your tights. I have an obsession with tights! 😉


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GREENVILLE, S.C. (WHNS/CNN) - A South Carolina woman is accused of abandoning not one but two of her babies.
Both were just days old with their umbilical cords still attached.
All this happened in less than a year.
Now, 30 years later, with the help of new DNA technology, Brook Graham is facing charges.
Thursday night, a judge charged her in the death of her baby boy.
His body was found in a trash bag in the woods in 1989.
Police said he was only a few days old.
Last month Graham was also charged in the death of her baby girl who became known as Julie Valentine.
Police said the little girl was born just 10 months after Graham's son.
They said Valentine had been born alive and may have lived several days before her body was found in a Kenmore vacuum cleaner box in a field in 1990.
Graham faces a murder charge in the death of her daughter.
As for her son, the medical examiner couldn't prove whether or not the little boy was born dead or alive.
In that case, Graham was charged with unlawful neglect of a child, among other things.
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Visit Commission Meetings & Agendas for more information.
Results released early April 22, 2020. Big-game Draw License results available online, by telephone (Game & Fish Information Center at 888-248-6866 Monday- Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm), or at NMDGF offices.
Webcast: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/commission/webcast/.
Visit Commission Meetings & Agendas for more information.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has scheduled statewide Habitat Stamp Program Citizens Advisory Committee virtual meetings (read more) for 2020. Citizen advisors will prioritize proposed Habitat Stamp projects for the next fiscal year. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend the following regional Citizen Advisory Committee virtual meetings:
- Southwest: May 20 at 10 a.m.
- Central: May 20 at 1 p.m.
- Northwest: May 21 at 2 p.m.
- Northeast: May 27 at 10 a.m.
- Southeast: May 27 at 1 p.m.
Anglers can fish for free in New Mexico on Saturday, June 6, as the state celebrates National Boating and Fishing Week.
Anyone can fish for free in public fishing waters throughout the state Saturday, June 6, but everyone must observe bag limits and all other rules and regulations. For more information, please visit www.wildlife.state.nm.us.
Maps of public fishing waters, lists of where to find family-friendly fishing and tips on how to fish also can be found on the department website.
The EPLUS Landowner List for the Primary Management Zone (PMZ) will be updated on the EPLUS webpage: www.wildlife.state.nm.us/hunting/maps/elk-private-lands/, under the Quick File Links section, on June 10 @ 9:00 am.
Hunters may check the list to find landowners enrolled in EPLUS who have been issued private land elk authorizations for the April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021 hunting season. Private land authorizations may be bartered, sold, or traded to hunters.
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Las Vegas: Images in light, images in stone
My brother, Karl, tells me the Las Vegas Strip is the only road in the United States that's a National Scenic Byway after dark. It is scenic, though people tend to snicker when informed of this designation.
We're outside my brother's apartment on the west side of the city. Karl points downtown, toward the Strip and the column of light that shoots out the top of the Luxor, the pyramid-shaped hotel. "Supposedly, it's bright enough to read a newspaper 10 miles out in space," he says. At over 300,000 watts, it is the world's brightest, most extravagant light.
I've been to Las Vegas before. I've seen the neon, the volcano that spews smoke on a timer. This time I've come for the petroglyphs.
It may seem an unlikely quest. The first petroglyphs I saw were at Valley of Fire State Park, northeast of Las Vegas. That visit nearly 10 years ago sparked an interest that's taken me everywhere, from the canyon country of the Southwest to not-so-wild patches of open space squeezed in next to subdivisions in California. Sometimes the least promising places offer the most rewarding finds.
In the morning, we set out for Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Red Rock is a preserve for wild burros and a world-class climbing area managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Just 20 miles west of Las Vegas, the cliffs are visible from the city. The petroglyphs there - ancient images pecked into stone - were created by the Numic and Yuman peoples of southern Nevada. They range in age from hundreds to thousands of years.
Heading west on Charleston Boulevard, we pass strip malls, subdivisions and donut shops whose signs announce "real" donuts, suggesting that in a city of reproductions, the reality of donuts might be questioned. We speed through desert the pioneers crossed on the Old Spanish Trail, etched by spiky Mojave yucca and Joshua trees, sagebrush and tumbleweed. This is the dry West, overlooked by those who come to Las Vegas for its faux Venetian canals, mini-New York and Eiffel Tower. Ahead of us lies a massive escarpment no one built.
Booming Las Vegas creeps closer to the boundaries of the park, making Red Rock a recreational ecotone - part urban, part wild. Scrambling up a talus slope, my brother and I round a giant boulder and nearly stumble into a wedding. If they're like most visitors, the bride and groom don't know petroglyphs are nearby.
In the midday glare, the images made of lines and grids fade into the texture of the rocks. To see them takes the same skill as spotting the stillness of a wild burro on a brushy plain, or the dot of a climber hundreds of feet up a cliff. Eyes must simultaneously relax and pay attention.
I'm looking for one particular image, a striking design I've seen in a photo. With a goal, of course, comes the possibility of disappointment. It also means that in my search, I may overlook something else.
When I find the petroglyph, it's a surprise. It's big, maybe two and a half feet high. A geometric pattern with fringe at top and bottom, it's instantly recognizable as a blanket. The patina on this petroglyph shows it may be as much as 1,000 years old.
Petroglyphs like the blanket are inherently intriguing. Their graphic appeal is so strong, yet their meaning remains a mystery. Rock-art scholar David S. Whitley conjectures that the blanket design at Red Rock represents a pattern seen during a shaman's trance. Whatever it really means, the petroglyph is a quiet beacon from a time when the world held fewer images; when a single image must have held more power.
It's after dark, and the Strip is scenic again. We've left the boulders of Red Rock for the Fremont Street Experience, a sound-and-light show. More than 2 million computer-controlled lights send images cartwheeling across a vaulted canopy four blocks long and 90 feet high. A gigantic snake flashes over our heads. Jungle vines. Then a hunter with a spear. His angular figure seems inspired by rock art. The hunter hurls his spear, and something falls into place. The millions of lights are making simple pictures, part of the constant stream of images that humans send into the world. Neon and petroglyphs: We're not so far from Red Rock, after all.
There are hundreds of people out on Fremont Street tonight. We're all looking up at the dazzle of lights the way, in another place and time, we might have picked out images in stone.
Erica Olsen is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News in Paonia, Colorado (www.hcn.org). She lives in Salinas, California.
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The first-ever LeMons Corvette cost its team $300... and we're pretty sure the seller couldn't believe his good fortune.
So far, the Team TrannyLumberjacks Corvette has managed to complete about nine laps (if you count laps behind a tow truck and laps punctuated by frequent long pauses during restart attempts). Most of the problems have been fuel-system-related, but overheating in 45-degree weather can't be overlooked as a cause for concern.


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The last of the Western Black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes), a rare species of black rhino, has died and the survival of the northern white configuration hangs in the balance, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The revelation was made as part of the IUCN's Red List, which it claims is a "true barometer for life", with stats on 61,900 species collated.
The study found that despite the best efforts of animal conservationists, one-quarter of the world's mammals are now endangered.
The western black rhino is a sub-species of Black rhino which has been poached to extinction by criminal gangs who want to trade the animals' valuable horns.
"Human beings are stewards of the earth and we are responsible for protecting the species that share our environment," says Simon Stuart, Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
He said the fortunes of the northern white could be reversed if proposed conservation methods were put into action to manage habitats to improve breeding.
The IUCN said the Javan rhino is also "making its last stand" as the subspecies Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus – those outside of Java – are likely "extinct" after poachers killed what was suspected to be the last one in Vietnam in 2010.
"Although this is not the end of the Javan rhino, it does reduce the species to a single, tiny, declining population on Java," said the IUCN.
A lack of willingness among political leaders to curb the destruction of the rhinos' natural habitat and the illegal trade in rhino horn are the main threats faced by the species.
The Red List also reveals that reptiles are also under threat, with 40 per cent of Madagascar's land-loving population endangered – including chameleons, geckos and snakes.
But conservation efforts are under way that should help to safeguard some deemed at risk, including Tarzan's chameleon, the bizarre-nosed chameleon and the limbless skink.
There are success stories: fewer than 100 Southern White Rhino were in the wild at the end of the 19th century but more than 20,000 survive today, and there are more than 300 Przewalski's horses around today 15 years after the species was listed as extinct.
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Posted by Maddie Romansic on April 24th, 2015
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, Funding, News from NLM, Public Health
Tags: disaster preparedness, Funding, nlm
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) announces a funding opportunity for small projects to improve access to disaster medicine and public health information for health care professionals, first responders and others that play a role in health-related disaster preparedness, response and recovery.
NLM is soliciting proposals from partnerships in the U.S. that include at least one library and at least one organization that has disaster-related responsibilities, such as health departments, public safety departments, emergency management departments, pre-hospital and emergency medical services, fire/rescue, or other local, regional, or state agencies with disaster health responsibilities; hospitals; faith-based and voluntary organizations active in disaster; and others.
NLM encourages submission of innovative proposals that enhance mutually beneficial collaboration among libraries and disaster-related agencies. For example, projects may increase awareness of health information resources, demonstrate how libraries and librarians can assist planners and responders with disaster-related information needs, show ways in which disaster workers can educate librarians about disaster management, and/or include collaboration among partners in developing information resources that support planning and response to public health emergencies. Summaries of the previous years' funded projects can be viewed at http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/disasterinfofunding.html.
Contract awards will be offered for a minimum of $15,000 to a maximum of $30,000 each for a one-year project.
The deadline for proposals is July 6, 2015 at 12 pm ET.
The solicitation notice can be found on FedBizOpps.gov:
For more information about the "Disaster Health Information Outreach and Collaboration Project 2015", please visit http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/2015disasteroutreachrfq.html.
The National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov) is the world's largest biomedical library and provides extensive online health information resources. Visit the NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center site (http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov ) to learn more about disaster-related health information from WISER (hazardous materials information for emergency responders), REMM-Radiation Emergency Medical Management, CHEMM-Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management, Disaster Lit™ and other resources.


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Mere unauthorized use of a picture downloaded from the Internet (even from a "free site") is enough to create liability for a business using the copyrighted work without permission. This is true, regardless of how the infringement came about. Typical copyrighted works that get businesses into trouble include images and text "acquired" from the Internet.
Copyright infringement can occur willfully or "accidentally," but copyright law prohibits both. One federal court recently held, "there is no need to prove anything about a defendant's mental state; [copyright infringement] is a strict liability tort." A strict liability tort is a legal wrong that does not require a "mental intent."
In other words, a copyright owner, does not need to prove a defendant intentionally infringed the copyright in order to create liability because it is a "strict liability" tort [1]. If you copy a picture from the Internet without permission, for example, you can be liable for damages even if you did not know the picture was copyrighted. That is the essence of "strict liability."
Further, if you hire someone (an employee or an independent contractor or a web designer) you are also liable for using a pictures posted to your website by that third party even if you did not know what they did. Said another way, the business displaying the copyrighted work without permission on their website is liable as the end user.
In fact, two or more people can be liable for the same act or acts of copyright infringement. This is called "joint liability." If parties have joint liability, then they are each liable up to the full amount of the damages. Courts have found joint liability in such circumstances as a corporation's president being jointly liable for publication of imagery from a CD-Rom. Other examples include website owners held liable for a third-party uploading content on their website (owner of website, infringed copyrights by distributing copyrighted photographs, even when website operator did not know that the photographs had been uploaded onto website).
If your web designer is liable so are you. Sadly, the party with the deepest pockets is the one that will likely get sued. In most cases that is the business owner that hired the web designer. The damages for this type of infringement can also be quite steep.
Under federal law, a copyright owner can be entitled to a $750 to $30,000 per infringement. If it is shown that the infringement is willful the law allows as much as $150,000 per infringement.
Recent jury awards have ranged from $675,000.00 to in excess of $1 Million dollars in damages for copyright infringement. One recent jury in Western Washington awarded over one-million dollars in damages for unauthorized use of as few 5 photographs or images. In another recent case a jury awarded $675,000 for infringing as few as 30 copyrighted works. The old adage, "ignorance of the law is never an excuse" applies to copyright law because even if you didn't know, you might still be liable.
In some cases a standard business liability insurance policy ("slip and fall" policies) will cover copyright infringement claims made against a business. This is called "advertising insurance." Ask your insurance agent if you have such coverage or consult a knowledgeable intellectual property or insurance lawyer can help determine if you have such coverage.
Above all, do not use copyright content without permission. A good general rule of thumb is, "if you did not take the picture, it is not yours."
Double check your business insurance policies to make sure you are covered for "advertising" injuries because these types of claims can sneak up on you and in many cases you might be completely unaware of latent liabilities. Lastly make sure you have a good contract with any website developer and use only reputable companies. A development company located abroad might seem cheap until you get served with a copyright infringement lawsuit.
[1] Educational Testing Service v. Simon, 95 F. Supp. 2d 1081, 1087 (C.D. Cal. 1999) (holding copyright infringement occurred because the plaintiff owned the copyright and the defendant copied protected material).
Copyright Cow™ is the Blog and alter-ego-Blogger name for Timothy B. McCormack, a well established and successful Seattle-based intellectual property, technology and business lawyer.
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NASA infrared satellite data sees system 96P developing tropically near Vanuatu
The low pressure area called System 96P in the South Pacific appears to be getting organized in infrared satellite imagery from NASA. System 96P is showing signs of strong convection and that has prompted the government of Vanuatu to issue tropical cyclone warnings today.
Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. A tropical cyclone warning is in effect today for the Sanma, Penama, Malampa and Shefa Provinces of Vanuatu. Strong winds and heavy surf are expected in the next 12 to 24 hours in the warning areas. Local updates are available on the Vanuatu Meteorological Service website at www.meteo.gov.vu .
At 0600 UTC (1 a.m. EST) on March 8, 2011, System 96P was located about 220 miles west-northwest of Vanuatu, near 16.3 South and 164.7 East. Maximum sustained winds are estimated between 20 and 25 knots (23 mph to 29 mph/37 kmh to 46 mph) with higher gusts.
When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over System 96P on March 8 at 14:05 UTC (9:05 a.m. EST) the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument captured an infrared image of the storm's cloud temperatures. The imagery showed increased deep convection (rapidly rising air that forms the thunderstorms that make up a tropical cyclone) over a developing low level circulation center.
Despite some stronger convection, the western side of System 96P is in a region of high vertical wind shear. That wind shear is being generated by an upper-level low pressure area. Wind shear means winds that can weaken a tropical cyclone.
Cloud temperatures are a key in determining storm strength. The higher the cloud tops, the stronger the convection and the stronger the thunderstorms are that power a tropical cyclone. That's why infrared data from AIRS is so important to forecasters. AIRS data showed that most of the coldest, highest cloud tops and strongest thunderstorms were still east of the island nation at that time. The coldest cloud tops were as cold as or colder than -63 degrees Fahrenheit (-53 Celsius).
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecasters give System 96P a "fair" chance at becoming a tropical depression in the next 24 hours, and residents in the region of Vanuatu should make preparations now.
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McCrory signs NC election changes into law without ceremony
Changes include photo ID at polls, same-day registration cuts
Gov. Pat McCrory has quietly signed into law a Republican-supported measure that makes sweeping changes in how and when people can cast their ballots in North Carolina.
There was no formal ceremony marking the bill signing. McCrory's press office sent out a statement saying he signed the legislation Monday and also posted a 95-second message on YouTube giving his reasons.
Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper had written to McCrory urging him to veto the measure.
Republicans have said the legislation is meant to prevent voter fraud, which they claim is both rampant and undetected. But non-partisan voting rights groups, Democrats and libertarians suggested the true goal is to suppress voter turnout, especially among blacks, the young, the elderly and the poor.


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Lohse, Brewers defeat Nationals 4-2
Home runs by Gennett and Davis power Brewers
Scooter Gennett and Khris Davis homered and Kyle Lohse pitched seven strong innings to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in a meeting of division leaders Friday night.
Aramis Ramirez added a two-run single for the NL Central leading Brewers.
Lohse (10-4) picked up his first win since June 22. He allowed 10 hits, but just a run over seven innings as Washington went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
Milwaukee shortstop Jean Segura was back in the lineup, a week after the sudden death of his 9-month-old son, and went 1 for 4.
Bryce Harper had a homer and two singles for Washington, which began play percentage points ahead of Atlanta in the NL East. Francisco Rodriguez gave up Harper's ninth-inning homer, but picked up his 28th save.
Stephen Strasburg (7-7) allowed four runs on seven hits. He struck out nine in seven innings.
Lohse allowed a base runner in every inning and threw 103 pitches. He struck out three without a walk
Washington had won 10 of 14 coming in while the Brewers had dropped 11 of 13, but it was Milwaukee that started fast.
The Brewers got solo homers from Gennett in the first inning and Davis in the second.
In the fourth, Strasburg issued a two-out walk to Gennett and Ryan Braun doubled him to third. Ramirez then blooped a single to right, scoring both runners to make it 4-0.
Strasburg, who allowed seven runs in 4 2-3 innings June 25 in Milwaukee, had given up just five earned runs in 20 1-3 innings in his three starts since.
Washington failed to score despite having first and third with no outs in the second and stranded five base runners in the first three innings.
The Nationals pulled to within 4-1 in the fourth when Ryan Zimmerman led off with a double and scored on a double by Ian Desmond.
Denard Span had three singles for Washington.
NOTES: Segura had gone back to the Dominican Republic after the death of his son, Janniel, last Friday, and rejoined the team Thursday. He received a warm ovation when he came to bat in the second inning. ... Washington manager Matt Williams said RHP Jordan Zimmerman, who left his last start in the fourth inning due to a right biceps cramp, will pitch a bullpen session Saturday and is tentatively scheduled to start Tuesday at Colorado. ... RHP Tanner Roark (8-6, 3.01) will pitch Saturday against Milwaukee's Matt Garza (6-6, 3.69). LHP Gio Gonzalez had been scheduled to pitch for Washington, but missed Thursday's team workout - and his bullpen session - when one of his flights was cancelled, according to Williams. Gonzalez threw a bullpen session Friday and will pitch Sunday. ... The Nationals announced they have agreed to terms with right-hander Erick Fedde, the 18th overall pick in the 2014 draft.


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Serbian Patriarch and Bishops in Kosovo and Metohia
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch and members of the Holy Synod of Bishops and the Committee of the Holy Assembly of Bishops for Kosovo and Metohia visited the Southern Serbian province from 6-8 February. Along with Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren and Bishop Jovan of Lipljan, Vicar to His Holiness, in Kosovo and Metohija were also Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral and Bishop Vasilije of Srem, Pahomije of Vranje, Jovan of Sumadia, Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, David of Krusevac and retired Bishop Atanasije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina.
On Thursday, on the feast day of Saint Gregory the Theologian, Serbian Patriarch celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Cathedral church of Saint Great Martyr George along with seven bishops. Clergy and monks of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren concelebrated, while the choir of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Seminary sang responses.
Among the present faithful there were Serbian returnees, as well as a group of young girls from Velika Hoca.
After the Divine Liturgy, at the Diocesan court Serbian Patriarch chaired the regular session of the Holy Synod of Bishops. After the session, there was a meeting of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohia, during which they discussed the problems which the Church and the people faced, especially in the last month.
One part of the meeting of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohia was held in attendance of Mr. Dimitris Moshopoulos, the chief of the Greek office in Pristina, who is also the EU special adviser for the issues of Serbian cultural heritage . Mr. Moshopoulos and his associate Rick Sprite informed the members of the Holy Synod and the Committee about the condition of the protection of Serbian shrines and cultural heritage, and about plans of its improvement.
Today the Serbian shrines are protected by the laws of "the institutions of Kosovo", and there is a firm determination of the international community to give international warranty to establish operational control mechanism for the respect and implementation of these requirements.
The members of the Holy Synod of Bishops and the Committee for Kosovo and Metohia should soon talks with the high representatives of Serbia in order to convey the positions of the Serbian Church regarding the issues of the status of the Church and the protection of the Serbian shrines in the context of the negotiations of Belgrade and Prishtina conducted through the intermediation of the European Union. The bishops especially emphasized that the shrines could not be museums but it should be done all to bring back the faithful people, who would keep monasteries and churches as living shrines and the places of gathering and unity of the people.
The same day, Patriarch Irinej and Bishop Teodosije, along with other bishops, visited the Prizren Seminary of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. In the late afternoon, His Holiness and the bishops visited Visoki Decani monastery, and the stauropegial Laura of the Patriarchate of Pec.
On Friday, the third day of his stay in Kosovo and Metohia, Serbian Patriarch Irinej celebrated along with six bishops the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Holy Savior at the Patriarchate of Pec, while Bishop Vasilije of Srem celebrated the Holy Liturgy in Visoki Decani. After the Divine Liturgy, the Serbian Patriarch and the members of the Holy Synod met with the representatives of the Serbs from Northern Kosovo and Metohia.


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CBS just ended the longest-running joke in TV history by naming Stephen Colbert to succeed retiring late-night host David Letterman
That's because Colbert, who has won all kinds of acclaim playing fictional right-wing cable TV news host "Stephen Colbert" on The Colbert Report, will now play a new character when he takes over Letterman's Late Show:
New York Times reporter Bill Carter tweeted a quote from Colbert confirming that: "I won't be doing the new show in character, so we'll all get to find out how much of him was me. I'm looking forward to it."
Colbert's former boss, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, seemed to presage the news, telling New York magazine's Vulture blog on Wednesday that Colbert would be "amazing" as Letterman's successor.
"He's done an amazing job with just that very narrow cast of character, but he's got a lot more he can show," Stewart said at an after party for Nicolas Cage's new movie, Joe. "He's got some skill sets that are really applicable, interviewing-wise, but also he's a really, really good actor and also an excellent improvisational comedian. He's also got great writing skills. He's got a lot of the different capacities. Being able to expand upon [those] would be exciting."
Letterman's reaction, in a statement released by his Worldwide Pants production company, was predictably brief and droll: "Stephen has always been a real friend to me. I'm very excited for him, and I'm flattered that CBS chose him. I also happen to know they wanted another guy with glasses."
Media writers have speculated for days on who could take Letterman's mantle. The best successor had to be established enough to hold onto longtime Letterman fans but forward-thinking enough to compete with the two Jimmys — Fallon and Kimmel — for younger viewers prized by advertisers.
Colbert's name jumped to the top of the list following news reports that the Comedy Central star had structured his own contracts to sync up with Letterman's deals. As a host already popular with the cable channel's younger audience and backed by a long history of attention-getting stunts, he is indeed a perfect choice.
In 2006, Colbert stunned attendees with a searing satire of George W. Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner; six years and one president later, he formed his own superPAC during the 2012 election campaign. He's also sung onstage with Neil Patrick Harris in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company, written books and released his own Christmas album in character.
Those who hoped CBS might change the late-night landscape by picking a woman or person of color to succeed Letterman may be the most disappointed. Names like Aisha Tyler, Tina Fey and Jane Lynch were always unrealistic, if interesting, possibilities for the job.
But CBS may have another chance to elevate an unorthodox host, depending on the reaction of Craig Ferguson, host of the program airing after Letterman, The Late Late Show. Reportedly, Ferguson had language in his contracts enacting a penalty if CBS didn't give him the job or at least the right to turn it down; if Ferguson winds up leaving the network, 12:35 a.m. would again be an open time slot.
Regardless, one of TV's most agile comedy minds has now been handed the keys to CBS's late-night comedy store. Fans who worry he might be tamed by the conventions of the network should remember one thing: This is a guy who turned a parody of Bill O'Reilly into one of television's most surprising and impactful shows.
I can't wait to see how he reinvents CBS late night next year.
All the speculation about who might replace David Letterman is over. Only a week after Letterman announced his retirement, Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert is getting the job. On his show last night, Colbert said Letterman's shoes will be tough to fill.
GREENE: Colbert will take over "The Late Show" next year. He signed a five-year contract with CBS, and the deal could remake late night TV once again. Here to talk about what this means for comedy and television is NPR's TV critic Eric Deggans. Good morning, Eric.
ERIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: Morning.
GREENE: So do we have a Top Ten reasons why Stephen Colbert is the right pick here?
DEGGANS: I don't know if I've got 10 for you...
DEGGANS: But I can tell you that in a lot of ways Stephen Colbert is a perfect choice. He's talented and accomplished enough that Letterman fans, and critics like me, are going to say this is a great choice. And he's popular enough with Comedy Central's young fans that he can compete with Jimmy Kimmel, on ABC; and Jimmy Fallon, on NBC; who are strong with young male viewers, especially.
Now - and Colbert wanted this job. You know, reportedly, he had synched up his contract at Comedy Central to end when Letterman's agreements did.
GREENE: Hmm.
DEGGANS: And the biggest question mark we've got left here is, what kind of show is Colbert going to do because he currently plays this fictional cable TV news host who's also named Stephen Colbert, on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report," and I'm really hoping he's going to figure out some way to break this really restrictive formula that we've seen in most late-night TV shows.
GREENE: OK. This is a really interesting point because some viewers - and myself included - didn't realize at first that Colbert, on his current show, is actually playing a character, not being himself. I mean, so he won't bring this character to CBS? Things will be different?
DEGGANS: No. Colbert told The New York Times yesterday that he plans to do the show as himself, which means that for "The Colbert Report" fans like me, there's a little bit of sadness in seeing the show go away and this character go away - because he was so adept at satirizing issues while educating us about them, from poking fun at campaign finance by starting his own SuperPAC, to making George W. Bush squirm while keynoting the White House Correspondents Association's dinner in 2006.
And I think we have a clip from that.
GREENE: That was quite a moment. So what does this hire mean for the rest of late-night television, Eric?
DEGGANS: It's tough to understate the loss of "The Colbert Report." When it debuted, we hadn't really seen a show try something like this; where the star was playing a fictional character who shared his name and was dishing satire on real issues and people. I think the show's gift to the audience was teaching us how to process that kind of complex humor every time we watched an episode.
And personally, I would just love to see Comedy Central elevate somebody from "The Daily Show" to 11:30 - like Samantha Bee or Aasif Mandvi - to continue that kind of humor.
GREENE: And what about for CBS? Is this something that could give them a real boost?
DEGGANS: Well, Craig Ferguson, who hosts the program after Letterman, "The Late, Late Show," if he feels passed over and decides to leave, that gives CBS an opportunity to diversify; maybe bring a woman in, bring a person of color in there. And some people think this type of show may be old hat, but TV outlets are creating more of these kinds of shows, not less. So I think we're going to see more of this on the landscape.
GREENE: All right. NPR's TV critic Eric Deggans. Thanks, Eric.
DEGGANS: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Fleet Foxes (Press Photo) [pullquote quote="If you use a nicotine patch it can give you really insane dreams, really vivid and real. I'd put one on before going to bed to see what would happen." credit="Robin Pecknold"]When [lastfm]Fleet Foxes[/lastfm] released their self-titled debut album in 2008 it received much fanfare and critical praise. They set […]
[pullquote quote="If you use a nicotine patch it can give you really insane dreams, really vivid and real. I'd put one on before going to bed to see what would happen." credit="Robin Pecknold"]When [lastfm]Fleet Foxes[/lastfm] released their self-titled debut album in 2008 it received much fanfare and critical praise. They set out on a tour that summer and didn't stop until about a year ago when they decided to go into the studio and start recording their follow up album Helplessness Blues. The Seattle group rented a space where many artists in the past had recorded albums including [lastfm]Death Cab For Cutie[/lastfm] and [lastfm]Nirvana[/lastfm].
Lead singer Robin Pecknold revealed to NME that the band's new album 'Helplessness Blues' was partly inspired by nicotine patches he was wearing during recording.
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Pecknold went on a solo tour in the fall of 2009 and started to really focus on his songwriting and vocals on the tour to catch the attention of the crowd. This attention to detail helped him while recording the new album. Unlike the last album, Helplessness Blues has an attention to detail when it comes to the vocals of Peckold bringing them to the forefront of each track. The album is full of reverb on vocals and the hard strumming guitars, making it sound as if the album was recorded in a grand church.
The lyrics on Helplessness Blues really come out through the harmonies just like on their debut album. The harmonies of the band create a unique sound that isn't found on many other albums and is truly the defining sound of the band. The band tends to bulk up their sound a bit throughout the album with heavy drumbeats and passionate brash vocals that make for a welcome sound on this new album.
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Fleet Foxes – "Helplessness Blues" [DOWNLOAD]
The album has several standout tracks on it besides the single and title track "Helplessness Blues," which is a great example of how the band has changed its sound slightly to bring the vocals up throughout the entire album. The fourth track on the album "Battery Kinzie," has a great catchy chorus and hard drumbeat that will be a welcome sound to the Fleet Foxes faithful. Another great track on the album is the lengthy song titled "The Shrine / An Argument," which features uncharacteristically brash vocals and hard rocking acoustic guitars that create a classic sounding folk rock song.
You can Pre-order the new album over at Sub Pop. The band will also be in Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival Saturday, July 16th.
Tracklist for Helplessness Blues:
1. Montezuma
2. Bedouin Dress
3. Sim Sala Bim
4. Battery Kinzie
5. The Plains / Bitter Dancer
6. Helplessness Blues
7. The Cascades
8. Lorelai
9. Someone You'd Admire
10. The Shrine / An Argument
11. Blue Spotted Tail
12. Grown Ocean
Free MP3 Download: "Helplessness Blues" From Fleet Foxes Forthcoming Album
Fleet Foxes Help Japan With Forthcoming Album, New Song "Battery Kinzie"
Video: Fleet Foxes – "Grown Ocean"
Free MP3 Download: Fleet Foxes – "White Winter Hymnal"
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Trade Group Sets Forth Compliance Standards and Waiver Recommendations
PITTSBURGH, August 1, 2011 – The American Cable Association urged the Federal Communications Commission to recognize that under a new federal statute popular with TV viewers, Congress crafted only a limited role for cable operators to protect consumers from annoying volume spikes when commercials start to interrupt regular programming.
"ACA believes the law requires cable operators to exercise control over the volume level of commercials that they insert on their own or with the assistance of third parties. But the law does not impose as broad a mandate regarding commercials embedded in upstream cable and broadcast programming that is merely passed through to subscribers by local operators,"ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka said.
ACA's view of the requirements of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) came in reply comments filed today with the Federal Communications Commission, the agency responsible for implementing the law in a rulemaking. FCC regulations are intended to ensure that consumers do not need to reach for their remotes just to reduce the volume of loud commercials that break into TV shows.
ACA's comments with regard to CALM Act implementation accorded with the views of a diverse group of industry participants – ranging from AT&T, the National Association of Broadcasters and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association – that believes the statute's mandates are limited but would nevertheless effectively address concerns about loud commercials.
The CALM Act incorporates and makes mandatory, subject to waivers, the "Recommended Practice: Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television" (ATSC A/85) approved by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). In its new comments, ACA explained that the A/85 standard is essentially a digital broadcast TV standard with limited applicability to cable operators and that overbroad interpretations of A/85 requirements can be technically infeasible and would impose heavy cost burdens on cable operators, particularly small companies that have great difficulty recovering the cost of expensive equipment from a limited number of subscribers on a companywide or single headend basis.
"The A/85 standard does not apply to analog transmissions by cable operators, for instance," Polka noted. "Likewise, the law places only a limited obligation on cable operators to pass through the dialnorm metadata in commercial advertisements inserted upstream by programmers and notify the content supplier if the audio produces loud advertisements."
To create a balanced regulatory scheme fair to both consumers and cable operators, ACA recommended that cable operators be found in compliance when just passing through ads on broadcast TV if they have deployed equipment that will pass through dialnorm metadata in digital transmissions from the programmer to customer premises equipment using the so-called AC-3 system.
With regard to other programming networks, compliance should be found if cable operators have deployed equipment that passes through dialnorm metadata in digital transmissions from the programmer to customer premises equipment, again using the AC-3 system, and the operators have a good faith expectation that the programmers are inserting their commercial advertisements in conformance with the A/85 standard.
ACA stressed in its reply comments that regulations should also aim for a balanced approach in establishing a complaint process to ensure the goals of the CALM Act are being achieved in a cost-efficient manner. Among other things, ACA enumerated several factors that should underpin a valid complaint reviewed by the FCC.
For example, ACA said a complaint should be filed in a timely fashion and must demonstrate more than a mere belief that a commercial advertisement is loud; a complaint proceeding should be triggered only when there is a pattern of noncompliance and not by a claim that a single commercial advertisement is loud; and cable operators should not be liable for loud commercial advertisements on programming over which they have no responsibility, such as public, educational and governmental (PEG) access channels and commercial leased access channels.
ACA added that cable operators should have flexibility in providing documentation to support compliance and should not be required to collect and store large amounts of data, and that there should be no or at most minimal fines and forfeitures unless there is a pattern of willful noncompliance.
Lastly, ACA urged the FCC to provide waivers permitted by law to financially constrained small cable operators to prevent hardship derived from having to buy and install costly equipment needed to comply with CALM Act mandates.
"Because smaller cable systems may face greater challenges in having the financial resources to purchase equipment, ACA is seeking a blanket financial hardship waiver for small cable operators for a one-year period and asking the FCC to consider extending that blanket waiver for an additional year," Polka said.
About the American Cable Association
Based in Pittsburgh, the American Cable Association is a trade organization representing nearly 900 smaller and medium-sized, independent cable companies who provide broadband services for more than 7.6 million cable subscribers primarily located in rural and smaller suburban markets across America. Through active participation in the regulatory and legislative process in Washington, D.C., ACA's members work together to advance the interests of their customers and ensure the future competitiveness and viability of their business. For more information, visit https://acaconnects.org/.


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I think it's time that Adrift moves up to its rightful place (amongst the best )
So whether you like it or not there will be an "Adrift End of the Year" competition this year (2016)
1st prize: 20 usd
2nd prize: 10 usd
3rd prize: 5 usd
Prize money will be paid either through paypal or Amazon voucher which ever would be preferred.
Donations for prizes are generously accepted. and will be divided depending on the amount and the number of games entered.
The Rules of engagement is as follows:
1: Game must be written in either Adrift V4 or V5
2. Must be an original work.
3. Must be released in 2016
4. Judging will last a month (or shorter if we only get a few games, or longer if we get loads.
6. Authors are allowed to vote in the comp, but not for their own games.
7. Voting is on a 1 - 10 scale.
8. Games can be password protected or not. It's up to the author.
9. Voting will be anonymous, but voters are encouraged to state why they voted the way they did and write reviews
10. Voters aren't required to play all the games in the comp but it's recommended that they play as many as possible.
So, in fact all you have to do to qualify is write an game and release it. (Upload it to the Adrift Games section) How easy can it get?
I realize that perhaps the competition should be run in 2017 in order to allow games released in December 2016 a chance. But but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.


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A big part of my job as technology teacher is IT coordinator, which means I must keep up with tech ed widgets and tools so I know what to recommend to the teachers at my school. I have a robust PLN that constantly shares what they are using in their classrooms, programs like PowToon, Dipity, Tikatok, Yacapaca, Glittertools, Chart Gizmo, Noteflight–you get the idea. Still, there are more than any one teacher can test properly.
In a perfect world, here's how I determine which of these hundreds (thousands?) of tools are student-ready:
- I try it myself. Does it work easily and as promised? Is it intuitive? Are there intrusive ads that will distract students as they work through the steps?
- Next, I query my social networks. Have my fellow tech teachers had success with this tool? What problems did they run into? Is it stable? If my e-colleagues find the glamor is only skin deep, I move on.
If a tool passes these two tests, I try it in class. Since I teach over 430 students every week, that's the true barometer. If a program survives the hands-on grade-level labor of dozens of students, if they can create a project that supports their learning in new creative ways and still have fun, I've found a good tool.
Last year, I came up with what I thought was a brilliant solution to evaluating the endless number of tools by flipping my classroom. I teach at an IB school, which means fifth graders do an Exhibition at the end of the PYP level (IB's lower school years) to celebrate their acquired knowledge before moving on to MYP–the Middle School years. Traditionally, each student sets up posters or table displays to share their thoughts. Last year, I offered another option: online widgets. We spent two months investigating about twenty technology tools and teaching each other how to use them. When it was time to prepare for the Exhibition, students had a passel of new tools to communicate their learning. Thanks to my student teachers, some became my new favorites.
After processing what started as a list of 43 tech ed tools, I narrowed my list to seven I'd like to share with you:
This free site includes over two dozen projects that can be printed and/or posted on the web. You can turn photos into magazine covers or puzzles, make mosaics and calendars, turn pictures into pop art ala Andy Warhol (a favorite at my school), write a letter to Santa and more. Most take only 2-3 steps and are so simple, my eighth graders got confused because they expect more steps!
A free downloadable tool that lives on your desktop. When you want to take screenshots or screencasts, all you do is click to activate. Once you've selected a screen portion, you can annotate it with notes, arrows, colors, then copy, save or print. There are no ads, but it does require registration to install software.
Using the same tool, you can take screencasts of your desktop and create quick how-to videos that are then available online. I use this with students in a project where they develop a video guide to solving the most common computer problems (i.e., what do you do when a precocious classmate turns the screen on its side)
A visual communication canvas that transcends the dated PowerPoint slideshows and de rigeur classroom plays, providing a method of sharing ideas with words, images, color, and even movement. Students can present book reports, biographies, an exploration of a classroom theme in a unique fashion
Create surveys and polls easily for free and online. Steps are clear and intuitive. Once created, polls can be customized to a size and look that fits student preference, then embedded into blogs, wikis, websites. Teachers can create a school account so all polls are collected in the same location, with the same user name and password. No matter how many places a poll is embedded, all results are collected so students can use the information for a school project or analysis.
Students create word clouds with unique shapes and colors that can be saved, printed and embedded to wikis, blogs, etc. This is similar to Wordle, but with more options. I particularly like the embeddable feature, which retains the interactive nature of the Tagxedo, allowing viewers to hover over the cloud and see word data pop out. Tagxedos make data collection and analysis authentic and fun.
Talking avatars created quickly and simply, without a log-in or password. Students create a person, animal, or fantasy character, add audio, a background from Voki's selections or uploaded by the student (say, one that corresponds to a story being read in class). Once completed, Vokis can be added to blogs, wikis, websites as an embed that keeps its interactive characteristics.
A free way to produce short films with virtual characters and a text to speech facility
Did I miss your favorite? I'd love to hear what you use. Who knows? It may end up on my fifth grade Exhibition list this Spring!
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. She is the editor of a K-6 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, creator of two technology training books for middle school and six ebooks on technology in education. She is the author of Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter's journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, Cisco guest blog, Technology in Education featured blogger, IMS tech expert, and a bi-weekly contributor to Write Anything. Currently, she's editing a thriller that should be out to publishers next summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.


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Staying connected
Healthy relationships with family, friends and colleagues are important for everyone's well-being. The changes that occur with dementia can strain these relationships and cause confusion and misunderstanding. This section guides people with dementia, their caregivers, family and health-care professionals in ways to cope with these changes and stay connected at the same time.
Visiting someone with dementia
Friends, neighbours and extended family are important sources of support for the family.
Holidays and special occasions
Special occasions and holidays bring many emotions.
Living alone
Check that living arrangements are the best for everyone.
How relationships change
Dementia can change many aspects of a relationship, but not the need for love and affection.
Helping children
Dementia can be a hard concept for younger children to understand.
Helping teens
Give teenagers information they can use to understand what's happening.


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Release date:September 3, 2004
Studio:20th Century Fox
Director:Paul Abascal
MPAA Rating:PG-13 (for intense violent sequences, sexual content and language)
Screenwriter:Forrest Smith
Starring:Cole Hauser, Larry Cedar, Tom Sizemore, Robin Tunney, Dennis Farina
Official website:Paparazzithemovie.com
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Paparazzi. They are chroniclers of Hollywood glitz and glamour, and key players in the public's insatiable appetite for information and photos about their favorite stars. They seem to never sleep... hunters who trail their prey – the show business elite – at all hours of the day and night. They are as much a part of gala premieres as are the bright lights and red carpets. And their photos can make or break a career. For rising action superstar Bo Laramie (Hauser), a quartet of paparazzi is at first an annoyance, then an ever-disturbing presence. But when they threaten his family's safety, it will be the last mistake they ever make. Bo seems to have it all: a beautiful wife, an adoring son and a Malibu beach house. Life couldn't be better. But his newfound fame comes with a price. He's become a target of a team of four paparazzi bent on making Bo and his family fodder for the tabloids, to nearly ruinous effect for the Laramies. The paparazzi and their weapons of choice – high-powered zoom lenses – stalk Bo everywhere. He accepts the typical invasion into his privacy... until photos of his wife, Abby, and his son, Zach, begin appearing on covers of one particularly sleazy tabloid called Paparazzi. All efforts to convince the photographers to spare his family are ignored, and when Bo has a fight with one "superstar" paparazzi, Rex (Sizemore), the actor is sentenced to anger-management therapy – while Rex walks away unpunished. The Paparazzi paparazzi become increasingly relentless, ruthless – even criminal. One night, while trying to get "the shot," they force Bo and his family into a high-speed car chase that ends in a terrible accident, sending Abby into intensive care and 6-year-old Zach into a coma. Veteran Los Angeles police detective Burton (Farina) believes Bo's version of the accident, but when Burton can't make the case against the photographers, Bo seeks vengeance on his own. And the paparazzi start falling... one by one.


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Fri, Feb 28th: Internationalist Cabaret and Bob Sheldon Award Ceremony
Get ready for an evening filled with puppetry, dance, music, stand up, skits, a local pie auction, and more. We will also be presenting the 2014 Bob Sheldon award to this year's recipient. All proceeds of this volunteer-run benefit will go directly to Internationalist Bookstore & Community Center so that it can continue its work as an activist and social center. Internationalist Books and Community Center has served Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities for over 30 years. To show your continued support, come out to the Internationalist Cabaret.


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Cars are huge now, so the market for smaller and smaller cars has exploded in recent years. But more and more people with checkbooks want nice stuff in these teeny cars, so that brought us to the flood of small premium cars. Now that philosophy is spreading to yachts with this Italian creation, the Jet Capsule.
Designed by Pierpalo Lazzarini, it looks a lot like a Bond movie prop found in someone's garage. According to the Jet Capsule people, it's for those who want to carry seven friends to a private island in comfort and lots of luxury. But without that absurd cost and inconvenience of docking a full-size yacht. Naturally, it should appeal to cost-conscious yachters.
From the back, it actually reminds me a little of an AMC Pacer. Moving on now...
The Jet Capsule is powered by a 300-horsepower diesel engine that gets it up to 25 knots, but it's customizable with a dual engines that bring the power up to 800 horses, according to the company.
It needs that power to carry 8 people, an optional kitchen and bathroom and the totally customizable interior that can be lit up like a nightclub if you so choose. Or you can specify lots of teak for the floor, just like you'd have in your Bentley. If you haven't already downsized to an Audi, that is.
There's no word on price just yet or when this Buick Encore of yachts will be available, but expect it to be popular with socially conscious rich people who understand that big doesn't always mean better. You know, those progressive yacht owners.
Photos: Jet Capsule


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Chandigarh Olympic Association have won the 5th Sub Junior National Hockey Championship 2015 (Men) 'B' Division concluded today in Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir). The team from Chandigarh defeated Hockey Patiala by 6-4 in the final to win the title.
Hockey Madhya Pradesh secured the third position after a tough fight against Dadra & Nagar Haveli Hockey Association in the Bronze Medal match. The 3rd place was decided after a shoot-out at the astro-turf in Jammu, which was won by Hockey Madhya Pradesh with a score board reading 5-3 (2-2). Continue reading →


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Britain's prestigious Arthur C. Clarke awards took the unusual step of announcing a "longlist" of 46 books published in 2008 that are seriously in the running. And the biggest surprise, according to the Guardian, is the inclusion of weird literary author Paul Auster, whose new novel Man In The Dark takes place in an alternate United States plagued by civil war.
The rest of the list includes a lot of science fiction stalwarts - Charles Stross, Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown each have two books on the list. Also on the list are Nick Harkaway's Gone Away World, Patrick Ness' young-adult telepathy novel The Knife Of Never Letting Go, Iain M. Banks' Matter, Alastair Reynolds' House Of Sons, Ken MacLeod's The Night Sessions and Neal Stephenson's Anathem.
I haven't read any Auster for nearly a decade, but the description of Man In The Dark sounds really intriguing, and I might have to hunt down a copy. [Guardian]