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The US District Court of California has issued a permanent injunction against the BitTorrent search engine isoHunt, forcing it to shut down in the United States…
…The MPAA issued a complaint against isoHunt and its sister site TorrentBox, claiming that owner Gary Fung operated file-sharing services and profited from copyright infringement."
The California Court ruling is that if ISOhunt doesn't begin filtering and blocking all content matching a list of banned keywords it will have to stop operating in the US.
Canadian businessman Gary Fung has expressed his lack of faith in filters. I can certainly understand that.
email filters
My experience with computer filtering is with email and spam. When spam first became a problem, some ISPs instituted blacklist filtering.
Its a simple concept really, where the "blacklist" is the list of everything that is blocked.
My guess is the word blacklist comes from the McCarthy "witch hunt" from the 1950's, when allegations of Communism resulted in Americans being put on a blacklist depriving them of the ability to work. Although communists were hunted out in other fields, Senator McCarthy most famously hunted them in the movie business.
You didn't actually have to be a communist to be singled out, allegations were treated as fact, so almost anyone could be made to appear to be a communist, or a communist sympathizer. Sometimes just by knowing someone who is suspected of being a communist could result in your designation as a communist, the only evidence being guilt by association. At that time, although much of the movie Industry abhorred the undemocratic nature of the McCarthy hearings, most people quaked in fear of the government power being exercised against their freedoms. One of my favorite Hollywood movies was Spartacus, written by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo under a pseudonym. (Trumbo won two Oscars pseudonymously… an interesting example of how well trying to suppress freedoms actually works). The decision to release the epic film using his real name is widely credited with breaking Hollywood's blacklist.
The way a blacklist filter works with email is that the filter decides that since spam is coming from some of the email accounts from an ISP it will no longer accept any of the email being sent from that ISP. I first found out about this several years ago when some of my friends mysteriously stopped receiving my email. Of course my initial assumption was that I had maybe typed the email address wrong or made some other mistake. But as it turned out, their ISP had simply blacklisted all email from my ISP. This was in the early days of high speed Internet, and at the time, my ISP was Rogers Cable. Naturally, since Rogers had a very large chunk of the market, it stands to reason it would also have a proportionately greater number of clients sending spam. But my email was blocked, as was every Rogers email, even though I had sent no spam ever. And my friends did not know that email people were sending them was not getting through. Because my ISP, Rogers, was so big, the other ISP had to back down. There is even a website where you can check to see if your domain name is being blacklisted.
Blacklisting of this kind is particularly insidious when it is invisible. They say you can't prove a negative; and if the ISP is simply blocking your email before you get it, you aren't even aware that what you get is being censored. The fact that the sender is not notified makes it appear that the email dropped into a black hole. Some people are willing to take the risk that important email they might want could be blocked in exchange for the protection against spam. These are the kind of trade offs that people make, often without really thinking it through, that result in the erosion of freedoms. To my way of thinking, the worst part of this problem is that most people are unaware it is happening at all. You may know that your ISP is saving you from spam, but chances are you don't realize that this means that your ISP does this by censoring your incoming email, using a mechanical process that can just as easily stop real email.
This is a Net Neutrality issue as well. Once you give anyone the power to censor what you are allowed to see, that power can be corrupted. The entity deciding what you are allowed to know can choose to favor its own agenda. Freedom of speech is a result.
We expect email to be able to go everywhere. We assume that email we send actually gets where we send it.
If we are limited to only being able to send email to other people with the same ISP it would be a very different system than the one we've come to expect. I know that this kind of blacklist still goes on, since email I send to my Florida friend gets blocked. Not because I'm with Rogers (not!), but because my email is now being sent through my personal website account domain name. This makes me think her ISP blocks domain names it doesn't know. This was really annoying because we'd been corresponding for years, as well it was a long time before we realized that the email wasn't getting through since her ISP didn't bounce blocked email. So instead of being able to communicate using my real email address, my traceable and trackable email address, I can only send her email through my somewhat anonymous disposable Yahoo account. Like hotmail (now live), anyone can get any number of these accounts. I got mine when my real email account was down once, and I use it if I'm asked to leave an email address in a situation that may result in excessive amounts of spam. I consider it my disposable email address because if it ever gets really terribly inundated with spam, I can just walk away.
Filters are not always bad. After all I have a very good spam filter on my real email account. But the reason it works well is that I have had to train it by identifying spam piece by piece. That's a lot of work. Which is one reason people are willing to allow others to decide what is spam for them.
But even though it is well trained indeed it still makes mistakes. If my sister sends me an email that mentions what she paid for her new car, my spam filter will probably block it since most of the spam I get is associated with money. So the filter would quarantine it, which means until I go check I won't realize that I'm missing an email. But I can still use my ability to reason to decide to unspam it. That's the thing; first, a filter is only as good as the parameters of the search.
People who have blogs hosted on WordPress have an awesome spam comment filter called Akismet (which you can also download and use free if yours is a personal blog. ) >This< blog has so far received 7,473 spam comments in nine months, compared with a total of 254 real comments. In all that time, I accidentally deleted one real comment (by clicking on the wrong bit) and Akismet has only blocked a couple, which actually turned out to be really good ones. If Akismet just trashed them without allowing me oversight, I'd have lost out on some excellent information.
p2p = peer to peer
Although I've been learning about the Internet at breakneck speeds, and I've learned about the importance of torrents for efficient online data transfer, I haven't had time to learn how to actually download anything myself. I haven't even had time to be able to volunteer as a Project Gutenberg proof reader either, since I believe my skills are better employed in blogging at present.
So in researching this article, today was the first time I've been to the isoHunt site. Looking around the site it hit me: isoHunt is a bitTorrent search engine.
With all that's said about Internet "piracy" and the sites that make it possible, I never really connected the dots before. I've seen flea market stalls selling major motion pictures in slimline DVD cases with cheaply printed cover art which are clearly bootleg DVDs. So I always just assumed that the law was going after sites like isoHunt because they were committing piracy by storing bootleg movies on their server or something. Even though I learned about the mechanics of bitTorrent for a StopUBB article I just assumed that people would be putting the media they are sharing on the isoHunt servers. But that's not how it works at all.
Any copyright infringement that might be happening is taking place on the peer computers, not isoHunt.
isoHunt is a Search Engine
like Google or altavista AOL yahoo or bing.
isoHunt is a specialty search engine. They allow you to find the right torrents you need to download a large file. I explain how BitTorrent works in the StopUBB blog, but looking at the isoHunt site is a real eye opener. One of the reasons that I think p2p is so important is that it makes good use of bandwidth for downloading large files (which will be really important for Canadians after Usage Based Billing is introduced).
If I didn't already have an awesome Ubuntu limited edition picture CD I got at the Kwartzlab Ubuntu release party a few weeks back, I might need to download the new distribution of the Ubuntu operating system on the isoHunt site. As I understand it, torrents work faster the more people are working together. And right now, today, the isoHunt site will direct you to 2293 seeds of the new version. That means more than two thousand people, strangers to one another, are working together through this p2p network to share this with anyone who wants a copy.
downloading is legal
Like a great deal of material available for downloading online via p2p networks around the world, the Ubuntu operating system is legally offered for free. The corporate lobby groups that are working very hard to make it seem that p2p and torrents are synonymous with illegal downloading but that's not true. Yet the other day the Globe and Mail article: Illegal downloading: How do you explain it to the kids? was most disturbing because although the article title refers to "illegal downloading", the article itself assumes that all downloading is illegal.
Which just isn't true. There's plenty of perfectly legal material available to download out there. Besides Linux operating systems like Ubuntu (if you switch to this or one of the many other home versions of Linux like Fedora or Mint you'll never have to pay Microsoft another cent), there is a steadily growing pool of music released by Independent artists like Allison Crowe have released under Creative Commons licenses, as Nina Paley has done with her incredible animated movie Sita Sings the Blues and Cory Doctorow routinely does with his books, like bestseller Little Brother. There is also a growing catalogue of public domain digital books available free from Project Gutenberg.
search terms
The Internet is very big. There is a great deal of content out there. Search engines help us find what we're looking for on the Internet. Because there is so very very much out there. Each search engine works a little differently. But the crucial tool that every search engine needs are search terms.
When I learned how to make my web page I made sure to include "keywords" so that web pages would be able to find it. When posting blog articles on my WordPress blogs I make sure to fill in "categories" and "tags" which do the same thing.
Keywords are important. Without them, no one would be able to find anything on the Internet. It's important to choose the right search words, and even then, if the words you put in the search bar are too vague it will give you too many possibilities.
filtering = censorship
If isoHunt is forced to use a pre-ordained filter search terms, like, say the titles of movies, their ability to do business will be compromised. Because their engine will will not be allowed to function properly.
On the website, isoHunt makes the point that
any requirement to keyword filter is a violation of freedom of speech and amounts to no less than censorship. There is much non-infringing uses of BitTorrent technology and we hope you will be able to continue to use isoHunt for these uses, free of constraints by large holes in the english dictionary because your search triggered a keyword in a title of one of the million movies that have been produced."
— isoHunt website: isoHunt Lite test roll out and on rumored keyword filtering
Years ago I learned that you can't copyright a title, so its possible that many different songs have the same title. Or books. Or movies. I remember digging through the cheap DVD bin at the Great Canadian Superstore and finding the title of a movie I'd been keeping my eye out for for years. This was a great Bill Forsyth film (about an ice cream truck war) called Comfort and Joy, Except that it wasn't. It was another movie called Comfort and Joy.
An IMDB search for the title "The Three Musketeers" brings up 32 exact title matches. The oldest version of this film would be the black and white silent movie version of the The Three Musketeers made in France in 1903. This film is quite probably in the public domain. The underlying work, the excellent novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas is itself in the public domain. This is an excellent reason for film makers to make films of it. In the first place it's a famous classic story, but even more important, they don't have to purchase the rights to it.
But if Disney includes the movie title "The Three Musketeers" for the search terms blacklist, not only will it stop isoHunt from finding the 1993 Disney version but all of the other 31 versions as well.
This is a classic story. What if I decided to create my own feature film of Three Musketeers? As an independent film maker i wouldn't have to buy the rights. Instead of the lions share of the film budget paying for film prints and physical transportation costs, my entire budget can go on the screen. I could probably pull it together quite easily as a low budget effort. It's amazing what you can do with low or no budget. For the past hundred years or so the largest barrier to releasing a feature film has been distribution. But the current digital technology in combination with the Internet makes it possible to release a feature film to the world for almost nothing.
But if isoHunt has to include the title "The Three Musketeers" in their search term blacklist, my movie will NEVER be found by an isoHunt search. In this scenario, this blacklist will hinder my ability to distribute my movie. As the Electronic Freedom Foundation outlines in their excellent article Unintended Consequences: Twelve Years under the DMCA this California court ruling would directly hinder my legitimate competition. Although "The Three Musketeers" is part of the public domain internationally, with this kind of suppression, one powerful film company has the power to suppress competition.
The only thing that could possibly be worse would be for the blacklist to block the words of the title individually. This would block isoHunt's ability to search out anything at all about Musketeers, or any other digital content with either "Three" or "The" in the title.
the real question
Why is isoHunt is being punished for copyright infringement? As a search engine they aren't actually providing content that infringes copyright, they are only directing people to where the content they are searching for can be found.
I'm not an IP lawyer, but that sounds awfully extreme to me. Particularly since you can use any search engine to find the things that isoHunt is not going to be allowed to search for. It sounds rather like a serious breach of the free market to me. They won't likely be as efficient, but all the other search engines will be able to find the exact same content that isoHunt is being prevented from finding. The only way a legal action like this could possibly be fair in a free market way would be if all the search engines had to block the same list of search terms.
Hey wait… I guess that's what A.C.T.A. is for. Hmmm. I guess it will level the media playing field by eliminating all competition.
Which is well and truly scary from a freedom of speech point of view.
Although I'm not a lawyer, looking at the actual isoHunt Permanent Injunction, it seems that isoHunt has not been charged with copyright infringement but with "intent to induce infringement". Because isoHunt is not actually infringing anyone's copyright. At all. Period. If they were, they would be toast.
But United States DMCA law will allow them to toast isoHunt anyway, for the crime of telling the people who ask where they might find copyright infringing content. isoHunt is not making anyone infringe copyright.
Does this then mean that a newspaper that reports a particular city street is rife with drug dealers or prostitutes is then considered responsible for drug dealing or prostitution because telling people where it is "induces" drug dealing or prostitution? Under a law like the DMCA that seems frighteningly possible.
Especially if the newspaper's editorial policy advocated the legalization of marijuana, say. There is a Canadian political party advocating the legalization of marijuana. Would that be illegal too?
will this court ruling stop any copyright infringement?
isoHunt does not infringe copyright, it is a search engine, like Google or altavista AOL yahoo or bing. If I had a search engine website, this ruling would make me very nervous.
If the goal is to prevent people from finding copyright infringing software it won't work. It may stop isoHunt from fulfilling their search function, but it won't stop anyone from making the same search on Google or altavista AOL yahoo or bing.
Rendering the use of words illegal is a suppression of free speech. The Permanent Injunction is designed to stop isoHunt's use of words as search terms. So as well as suppressing free speech, this ruling impedes market competition.
If the intention is actually to stop copyright infringement since isoHunt apparently leads users directly to copyright infringing content, why aren't the forces of law and order following these same links and actually stopping the infringement.
But then, that isn't really the point. The point of all of these laws is not really to stop the type of copyright infringement they call "piracy", because personal use copying, including sharing a movies via a p2p network appears to be one of the factors driving the movie industry's increased revenues. They wouldn't want to stop that. No. The point is to stop the growing competition from Independent media creators, by stopping the possibility of their distribution.
The United States spent much of the last century trumpeting the importance of free speech to the world. Now that much of the rest of the world has bought into the idea, what is truly sad thing is that the United States government is pandering to special interest groups making laws to suppress free speech.
The idea of Net Neutrality is that the Internet is neutral. The Internet should not be subject to the control of governments or corporations. If the Net is NOT neutral, rights like free speech are at risk. Laws like the DMCA stack the deck against Net Neutrality.
The problem is that the Pandora's box is open, and free speech is just too big an idea to fit back inside.
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"Gavel" photo by Jonathunder on Wikipedia, but I found the image uploaded on Flickr by Thomas Roche…
If I wasn't so busy with all this political stuff I'd love to take the time to browse through the rest of his photographs… I cut my teeth on Doc Savage! … and having just read through Roche's "Double Indemnity" piece, one of these days I'll be back to read the rest of his blog…


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Candidate Barack Obama and President Barach Obama are two entirely different cats.
Of course, if you listen to the fine points of the statement in the second video below, you realize that he never really said what civil libertarians thought he said. He didn't say he was going to stop surveilling the American people. However, he implied it throughout this speech, and that is what people heard.
We all have a tendency to fall for politicians' carefully worded lying truths. We hear what we want to hear.
According to New Times articles the president is extending the electronic monitoring web to people overseas. Germany, for one, is not so sure they trust him as much as Americans evidently do.
Then, there's the handy-dandy "computer facility" that the NSA is building in Utah. If you want to see why nobody will touch this, all you have to do is look at the "groundbreaking" photo. What you will see is power players, both Democrat and Republican, gathered together with their little shovels, around a sandbox.
As silly government photos go, this is one of the silliest I've seen in quite a while. But the game they are playing is a deadly earnest destruction of our liberties and freedoms.
What makes the photo explanatory rather than just silly is that these people with their shiny keepsake shovels represent the power of both political parties. Everybody is in the bag for this. The President has shrewdly made certain that both sides of any political argument are getting their fat juicy piece of the pie. By "informing" our duly elected representatives, he made everybody culpable.
If there was any sewing up that needed doing, he took care of that by building what Forbes calls "the NSA's ridiculously expensive data center in Utah."
Let's think about this. Government finances are running so hot in the red zone, that our "duly elected representatives" (you know, the same folks who are in the bag for spying on the entire American populace) are saying that old folks should work until they drop because Social Security costs too much. These exact same duly elected representatives ponied up for this little deal out in the Utah desert.
Now who do you suppose is going to benefit from this?
Not the old folks, that's for sure.
Not anybody who sends emails or talks on a phone. They're all getting surveilled and their private thoughts are being stored away to be used against them whenever it works for the government to do so.
Not the tax payers. Tax payers don't need a new bill to pay for storage for our emails and phone conversations.
Not those who want to be "safe." Do you really think the government needs to store your conversations about last night's sex or a complete record of all those porn sites you've visited in a vault to keep you safe? How does this keep you safe? And what if someone decides to use that stuff against you? What will keep you "safe" then?
If we're not benefitting, who is?
If you want to know that, all you have to do is get a list of the contractors who are building this overpriced file cabinet and the contractors who will maintain it, etc, ad nauseum.
Now go to the boards and the interlocking boards of all the big media and you have the reason why they're so in the bag for this deal.
The inside-the-curve corporations are holding a royal straight flush and they aren't going to toss it away. All their puppet politicians they've invested a lot of scratch in getting elected are out there on this deal, and now, they're getting a big payday on it in a direct fashion.
It's called protect your political investment and cash in.
Who wins?
It isn't us.
Who lied?
Watch the two videos below and judge for yourself. Did he lie? Or did we just not listen closely enough?


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The Janus Head of Capitalism
Sovereign Debt as a Norm and Point of Crisis after 1945
Financial crises, like all crises, produce situations that demand forward-looking decisions. The Sep-tember 2008 decision to let Lehman Brothers fail, for example, is now widely seen as the start of an international crisis of trust in the financial industry. From today's perspective this political deci-sion of the regulators may seem shortsighted. Those responsible (apparently) expect a very differ-ent outcome, but their analysis and decisions were limited by myopia. On what basis did the regu-lators form the expectations that led to their decision?
This project investigates how assumptions about uncertain economic situations develop, shape expectations about the future, and influence decisions. Taking the case of international financial organizations (IFOs) it will investigate their approaches to crises of sovereign debt. Between the end of Bretton Woods (1971-73) and the Asian crisis of 1997-1998 there were 58 instances of de-fault. The majority of these sovereign debt crises subsequently led to crises of the banking, and currency systems of the states involved. Many even developed into international financial crises. As lender of last resort (IMF and the Bank for International Settlements), agent of debt restructur-ing (Paris Club), de facto setter of standards (Group of 30), and representative of commercial bank-ing interests (Institute for International Finance), IFOs have played critical roles in such crises. Tak-ing the perspective of international finance organizations and their approaches to sovereign debt crises the project design not only allows individual decisions to be analyzed as historically contin-gent cases but also permits an investigation of the ways in which the expectations of the actors involved in financial crises changed over time.
The project has three goals: First, it looks at the information collected by IFOs to mitigate econom-ic uncertainty. Which information did they consider important for expectations formation und which data influenced their potential crisis scenarios and why? Second, it analyses the politics and practices of the production of knowledge regarding cash-flow forecasts, and asks about the exist-ence of dominant narratives that may have evoked crises or simply prevented risks from being identified. Third, it examines how expectations influenced decision-making in crises; at the same time, however, it seeks to determine whether the crises themselves reconfigured previous experi-ences. Systematic investigation of these three points, through the lens of the IFOs, promises a new understanding of the mechanisms, successes and (mis)judgments associated with volatile market developments – an analysis that goes far beyond the familiar history of events.
Economic sociology, hermeneutics and the sociology of knowledge will provide theoretical ap-proaches for understanding the relationship between expectation formation, crises, and social learning. Case studies of foreign debt crises will be used to demonstrate and explain long-term developments but also breaches in expectation formation. The empirical basis of the project will be archival sources from the IFOs, and pertinent journals.


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Artichoke Crepinette à la Barigoule
A fresh and dried chick pea ragout with simmered pork shank.
A delightful cassoulet-inspired spring fabrication using artichokes, chickpeas, pork shank and spring garlic. The dish presents a fair amout of work, but I was told by a better cook than myself that anything worth doing is worth doing right. While my craving for artichokes is not one that I would run 10 miles in wet jeans and fip-flops to satisfy, turning the artichokes is a an exercise in handiwork, knife skills, speed, efficiency and Zen –the pleasures generally associated with endorphins and diligently slicing cured salmon.
The artichokes were turned whole, the stems cut at the base of the heart and simmered in acidulated water with olive oil, aromatics, honey, spice and salt until just tender. Meanwhile, over on the counter, a measured amount of dried chick peas were soaked (in lieu of garbanzo beans) in dihydrogen monoxide overnight. They were then blanched with pork shanks that had been brined for a few days to remove the impurities –namely foam- from the chickpeas. Tomato water (a byproduct of the strained canned San Marzano tomatoes), water, salt and spices were measured according to the weight of the beans, a bouquet of tarragon, 2 ½'ed lemons, bay leaf, Oreo cookies and gently cooked in an 225F oven for 6-7 hours.
Back to the chokes. Pork trimmings were resourcefully ground with turnip and beet greens then seasoned with a determined amount of cream, bread crumbs, salt and spice, because BMW doesn't just slap together car parts; they measure. The forcemeat was divided into equal parts, rolled up, placed into the artichoke bottoms, cinched with a thin slice of my ventrèche to maintain moisture and promote flavor, then wrapped in caul fat to keep it all nice and clean and bound up tight. The artichokes were placed on an aromatic vegetable bedding with olive oil and more of the tomato water then roasted covered in a moderately hot oven until the vegetables released their juices and cooked tender, then the cover removed to caramelize the artichokes and concentrate the flavor. The artichokes were placed in a container and the tomato water/juices strained over. And that is some good French cookery. Perhaps it might succeed in the nation's capital, as it appears to in an admittedly larger city up north.
Barigoule has been bastardized and diluted over the last few centuries. Not sure why or how the recipe (d)evolved, but originally, artichokes à la barigoule appeared in the 18th century and the name is attributed to the milk cap mushroom (Lactarius deliciosus) known as the "barigoult" derived from the provençal berigoulo. The artichokes are cut as one would pick the mushroom, turned so that they resemble the mushroom in appearance and cooked in olive oil as the mushrooms would be. Later, they were stuffed with a mixture of the mushroom and onion, wrapped in fatback or pork belly (ventrèche or petit sale) and then slowly braised. The mushrooms began to disappear, either as a result of over-harvesting or natural cycle, and along with it the traditional preparation. "À la barigoule" is cooked in the manner of the mushroom, which is to say generally stuffed. Therefore, a proper artichoke à la barigoule should be stuffed or at the very least treated in a manner deemed worthy of a saffron milcap or similar mushroom. Cooking artichokes in acidulated water does not à la barigoule make.
Fortunately, the pork shanks and chick peas cook tender after the same amount of time. The shanks were pulled from the beans and left to cool after which the meat was picked and shredded at the natural seams then mixed into the beans. The ½'ed lemons were squeezed to release their juice and some sherry vinegar added for essential acidity in an otherwise rich dish.
While the shanks were cooling, spring garlic was toasted in olive oil, sliced red onions added and cooked until wilted after which the segments and julienned zest of 2 lemons were added to bolster the red onion color and flavor. The reserved artichoke stalks were sliced and stirred into the onion mixture along with spring garlic tops and said matignon (French soffritto) would be incorporated into the chick pea mixture once it cooled –lest it discolor the red onion. Check for salt and vinegar, place in a container and wait to serve the next day.
The gelatin released from the collagen-rich shanks will thicken the bean liquid considerably and once cooled the cassoulet is firm with good body and viscosity. The stuffed artichoke is heated in its liquid until warmed through while the beans are supplemented by fresh chick peas. The components come together with a blessing of bread crumbs. It is a substantial dish with well-seasoned and moist sausage, tender artichoke,


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What will endure from 2012?
In Other Words
It's a typical practice around the new year to examine the year we are leaving behind. Sometimes it's worthwhile to examine any personal gains or losses, or to assess a resolution made at this time last year. Sometimes, it's interesting to wonder what, if anything, from this year was truly memorable. Did anything happen that will live in your mind, or the mind of the country, for years to come?
Earlier this year, I wrote a column about the coincidental fact that both the Oreo cookie and the Girl Scouts of America turned 100 in the same month. Since that time I couldn't help but notice whenever I came across another mention of a noteworthy anniversary. To my surprise, there were plenty, both of products and events. Not only was 1912 the founding year of the Oreo and Girl Scouts, but also of L.L. Bean and Paramount pictures, all products and institutions that are still impacting modern life. One hundred years ago, along with the opening of the great Fenway Park in Boston, the Beverly Hills hotel opened its doors for the first time. On a darker side, 1912 was the year the Titanic sank and also marked the largest volcanic eruption in the 20th century with the eruption of the volcano Novarupta in Alaska, producing 30 times more ash than the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
Centennial anniversaries aren't the only ones to be marked this year. One hundred and fifty years ago the Morrill Act was signed into law, creating the land grant college system which was an important milestone in creating affordable higher education for young Americans. One hundred and fifty years ago, our countrymen fought against each other at the Battle of Antietam, yet we were also optimistic enough to pass the Homestead Act, which was very significant in shaping much of our country.
There were a number of 50th anniversaries this year, as well. Close to home, this year marked a half-century for the Space Needle, as well as the country-wide networks of KOA campgrounds. Not to be forgotten is the little orange goldfish cracker, which children everywhere, my daughter included, have been enjoying for the last 50 years.
As I gathered this list, it made me wonder what made people in our past so industrious. I've spent time in other cultures where an innocuous church across the street can be 500 years old. In times like that, I've felt that America is a baby. But here is proof that things we create in America can last. And while maybe neither the Oreo or the Space Needle have such a concrete tie to history that a centuries-old church does, we can still celebrate the spirit of our industrious ancestors who came to this country looking to make things that would last for generations.
In our modern world of immediate satisfaction and viral communication, it might be assumed that everything might last forever. But among all the chaos, will there be anything worthwhile? Are we short-changing our creative selves by investing so much time into immediate gratification?
One hundred years isn't as long as it sounds. One hundred years ago my great-grandmother had just arrived in this country, looking for a better life. One hundred years from now, maybe my great-grandchildren will look back on 2012 and be amazed that I was around for such a year, as I have often felt about my great-grandmother. If we had a crystal ball, would we be surprised by the things that are remembered 100 years from now? Will it only be remembered as a year where too many innocent lives were unfairly taken from us, or will there be something else — anything, please — that will last?
Thinking about these things that have lasted for so long makes me feel just how enduring some things can be, and also how short the years really are. Our time here may be short, but here is proof that the time we do have can be enduring. Here's to another memorable year.


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Guidelines for "appearances" and "messages" published
The CDF published on 29 May Norms regarding the manner of proceeding in the discernment of presumed apparitions or revelations. They have formed since 1978 the standard by which the Church examines alleged apparitions. In Normae de modo procedendi in diiudicandis praesumptis apparitionibus ac reveationibus, it is noted that for "private revelations" that is "alleged apparitions, visions and messages to which supernatural origins are attributed" to be authentic, they must be focused on Jesus. They can "introduce new dimensions, bringing to light new forms of piety or deepening old," but they cannot in any way, "correct" Divine revelation or contradict this.
Guidelines date from 1978 - publication linked with Medjugorje?
The newly published guidelines were already on 25 February 1978 adopted by the CDF, as William Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation points out in his introduction. At that time, they were brought to the attention of the bishops, but not made known. The reason was that they concerned "primarily the pastors of the Church" said the Prefect. Why have they now been published? Is the disclosure in connection with the decision still-awaited in 2012 on Medjugorje?
The question of experiences that are linked to supernatural phenomena, have been in the life and mission of the church always been topical, as it was during the 12th Ordinary Synod of Bishops of 2008.
Pope Benedict XVI. saw the need, in his Post-Synodal Apostolic Verbum Domini to respond.
Pope Benedict XVI about private revelations
In all of this, the Church gives voice to her awareness that with Jesus Christ she stands before the definitive word of God: he is "the first and the last" (Rev 1:17). He has given creation and history their definitive meaning; and hence we are called to live in time and in God's creation within this eschatological rhythm of the word; "thus the Christian dispensation, since it is the new and definitive covenant, will never pass away; and no new public revelation is to be expected before the glorious manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ (cf. 1 Tim 6:14 and Tit 2:13)
So said Benedict XVI
Consequently, the Synod pointed to the need to "help the faithful to distinguish the word of God from private revelations" [Proposition 47]
Throughout the ages, there have been so-called "private" revelations, some of which have been recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their role to improve or complete Christ's definitive Revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the Magisterium of the Church, the sensus fidelium knows how to discern and welcome in these revelations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his saints to the Church
[Catechism of the Catholic Church, 67]
(Cathcon- I quote the whole paragraph)
The value of private revelations is essentially different from that of a public revelation: These support our faith, as through human words and through the mediation of the living community of the church , God himself speaks to us. The standard for the truth of a private revelation is its orientation to Christ himself. If they are leading us away from Him, then they certainly do not come from the Holy Spirit who guides us more deeply into the Gospel and not away from it. Private revelation is a help to this faith, and is proven credible by refering to a public revelation.
The Church's approval of a private revelation is therefore indicative of, essentially, that the corresponding message contains nothing contrary to faith or morals, it is permissible to publish them, and it is allowed for the faithful to give their wise consent .
A private revelation can deepen or give new dimensions that highlight new ways of piety or old. They can have a certain prophetic character (cf. 1 Thes 5:19-21) and be a valuable tool to better understand and to live the Gospel in a particular moment , so they should not be disregarded. It is a help that is offered, but one which one is not obliged to use.But in all of this there must be a nurturing of faith, hope and love, which are the unchanging path to salvation for everyone. The Message of Fatima (26 June 2000) : Ench. Vat 19, Nos. 974-1021]
Lourdes and Fatima were officially recognized by the Church
Worldwide, there are several current phenomena of alleged apparitions and messages which were explained by those affected as supernatural influence. The Church saw in its history no reason to comment on any vision, but does so when a special need exists, particularly the danger that believers might be misled. Few visions have been officially recognized by the Church. These include those of Lourdes and Fatima.
Commission of Inquiry on Medjugorje established in 2010
Currently, a decision is expected on Medjugorje. To test the alleged apparitions in the mountain village of Herzegovina, Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 set up a commission of inquiry whose final report is expected in 2012.
The competent bishops' conference said in 1991 that "non constat de supernaturalitate ", which means "the supernatural nature is not certain". The final judgment for what the Vatican's commission of inquiry established by Pope Benedict XVI is not yet known.
"Non constat de supernaturalitate " means a negative decision, according to guidelines
The newly published guidelines from 1978 are the basis for the work of Medjugorje Commission of Inquiry. The church has, according to ecclesiastical practice, two choices available: "constat de supernaturalitate " in which she recognises the supernatural nature and therefore recognizes a vision (positive decision) and "non constat de supernaturalitate" by which the Church rules that the supernatural nature is not certain (negative decision).
Until the 1970s, the negative decision read "constat de non supernaturalitate"- it is cetain that it is not of supernatural nature. This formulation was replaced in the canonically binding 1978 Normae de modo procedendi in diiudicandis praesumptis apparitionibus ac reveationibus with the new formulation. A non constat de supernaturalitate means a negative judgement about the alleged visionary phenomenon, since the all-important authenticity remains doubtful.
The various meanings of constat.
One dictionary
it is agreed/evident/understood/correct/well known (everyone knows/agrees)
Another dictionary
it is certain
As a noun it can mean cerfied report
The Church in 1978 moved the negative non and thereby moved from deciding on the truth of a revelation to interpreting it. That said, the local Bishop's Conference have over the years been very hostile to Medjugorje and her Franciscan promoters.
One of the visionaries, Mirjana
The place has its supporters and detractors. Among the supporters is found, Cardinal Schönborn who is also a key supporter in Rome.
Among the detractors, the traditionalist author Michael Davies who wrote a critical book and who told me on the second of his two visits he received threats by telephone on the last day that he would be murdered if he ever visited again.
One of the visionaries, Mirjana
The place has its supporters and detractors. Among the supporters is found, Cardinal Schönborn who is also a key supporter in Rome.
Among the detractors, the traditionalist author Michael Davies who wrote a critical book and who told me on the second of his two visits he received threats by telephone on the last day that he would be murdered if he ever visited again.


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Save the game at any point to unlock a "Challenge Mode" option at the main menu. Select that option to replay previously completed sections in a time attack type scenario. The objective is to collect as many Pikmin as possible before nightfall.Fireworks
Press Down to round up four Pikmin to carry you back to your base camp. A short fireworks display appear. This will also eventually happen if you stand idle.Get more Pikmin
Note the color of the pellets when you have the Pikmin carry them to their "Onions." The destination that Pikmin will carry objects to depends on the members of the group. If there are more blue Pikmin than red Pikmin in the group, they will bring it to the blue hive. When the same color pellet is brought to the corresponding hive color it will produce more new Pikmin than if the colors does not match.Invincible Captain Olimar
Press Down and Captain Olimar will lay down. He cannot be harmed in this position.Captain Olimar's attack
If you have a small number of Pikmin and they die, you can still attack the enemy. Press A as if you were going to throwing a Pikmin. Instead, Captain Olimar will punch the enemy for minor damage. Note: This does not work on enemies such as the Armored Cannon Beetle and Beady Long Legs.Get various colored Pikmin
You can get the Red Pikmin when you start the game (Impact Site). You can get Yellow Pikmin when you get to the next area (Forest Of Hope). You can get the Blue Pikmin in the third area (Forest Navel).Blue Pikmin
Blue Pikmin are amphibious. They can be on both land and water. They also can serve as lifeguards for drowning Pikmin (Red or Yellow).Purple Pikmin
If the Puffstool in the Forest Naval spores your Pikmin, they will become Purple and sprout a mushroom on their heads. They will run around, attacking you and nearby Pikmin. If you are out of it range it will be near the Puffstool. Note: The spores only last for awhile.Flower Pikmin
When Flower Pikmin die, they leave a seed behind. It will sprout into a Leaf Pikmin the next day.Faster Pikmin
If you have a single Pikmin that is slow, hold A. You will pick up your Pikmin and can run at the same speed you move without the Pikmin in your hands.Keeping Pikmin safe
When your Pikmin are carrying things to the ship or Onion and get attacked, lay in front of the monster until they are safe. When collecting part number 1, your Pikmin can get caught in the engine and die. To keep them safe, throw your Pikmin on top of the part. Note: This does not work all the time.Sunset
At sunset any Pikmin not in their Onions will be eaten. However, if there are Pikmin in the landing zone or with Captain Olimar they will go to their Onions. Pikmin with Captain Olimar will be dismissed before he heads into his rocket.Start with 24 flower Pikmin
At the start of the first day at the Impact Site, notice that you will have no time at the top. Feel free to get all the Pikmin you can into the Onion and then just wait, or run Omar around and practice moves. Because there is no time limit, wait until all your Pikmin grow to the flower stage. This gives you 24 free flower Pikmin to start the game.Get three parts in one day
You need to go to the Forest Navel for the first time for this trick to work. To start the day, get the Blue Pikmin, then knock some of the flowers with the pellets down. Wait for the stealing bug to appear and let it grab the pellet. Then, shoot two Blue Pikmin and let them drag the pellet back to the Onion so that the bug gets injured. Repeat this until it dies. Next, get 15 Blue Pikmin to take it to the ship. Then, get 15 to 20 Red Pikmin and have them build the stick leading to the gear. After they are done, they should automatically grab the part. Wait until they fall down. If they are short, refill and put the rest back into the Onion. Next, get more Red Pikmin and kill the fire shooting things and take 30 Yellow Pikmin to build the bridge. When they are done, have them grab the part and have the Red Pikmin protect the Yellow Pikmin.Bombs
When you are trying to blow up walls with your Yellow Pikmin and have bombs remaining after the task is completed, keep them. They are very useful for killing enemies. Keep the Pikmin with the bombs away from the group. If a bomb explodes, your entire group may die. To use the Pikmin with the leftover bombs, simply throw them at the target and call them back. This will either injure or kill the enemy. If the enemy is not dead just call your group and finish it off.Learning about enemies
Start a new day, then take out a few Pikmin. Take them directly to the enemy, and start fighting. If you encounter anything on your way to the enemy, this trick will not work. As soon as you start the fight, pause game play and select "Go to Sunset." If there is nothing else special about this day, Olimar's log entry will describe the enemy. After the log entry, at the title screen, choose "Don't Save" and then "Continue From Last Save" to avoid wasting a day. This does not always work, for example if this day was also your first day in a new area, you discovered a new color of Pikmin, or something similar.Advanced throwing technique
This trick is very helpful in fighting Pearly Clamclamps and Emperor Bulblax. If you want to throw Pikmin very rapidly, to do a lot of damage, press A rapidly while also using the C-stick to make the Pikmin swarm around Olimar. There will always be a Pikmin handy for Olimar to throw every time you press A.Winning battles
If you are in a battle and 50% of your Flower Pikmin die, run away and make your Pikmin feel alone. Then, take three Leaf Pikmin and put them in front of your enemy. Get the rest of your group and watch them die. Then, continue and your Flower Pikmin will most likely win. After throwing Pikmin at an enemy, simply "C-rush" with the rest of your Pikmin to finish it off. Most of the monsters have a small amount of life. Therefore, you can defeat them with Captain Olimar. Although some have more life, it just will take more time to defeat them. To do this, hit them, go to the back of the creature, hit them again, go to the front, and repeat.Save Pikmin from drowning
Repeatedly blow your whistle at Pikmin to drag them up onto land. To keep your Red or Yellow Pikmin from drowning, have Blue Pikmin by the border. Do not have them selected. If a Red or Yellow Pikmin falls in the water near your Blue Pikmin, they will go to the Pikmin and throw them on land. If your Yellow or Red Pikmin are drowning, quickly grab your Blue Pikmin and bring them into the water. Ungroup them and they will automatically toss the other Pikmin to safety. Note: You need to be near a ledge or the shore in order for this to work. If any of your Pikmin are drowning, quickly throw Blue Pikmin in the water near the distressed Pikmin. They will automatically throw them back onto land.
Press Down and Olimar will lay down. If he has any Pikmin with him, five of them will carry him to the Onion and the rest will stay behind.Captain's logs
To see the pages where Olimar had written his discoveries, press Y on the area selection screen.#1 Ionium Jet
Get 15 to 20 Blue Pikmin and jump down to the to the river, so that you see the part. Gather the Pikmin and have them get the part. If you get lost, follow the Pikmin. They will know the way.Analog Computer
Continuing from the Libra part, just get more Red and Blue Pikmin and proceed from the bridge up further. Have the Blue Pikmin to drag the part onto land. Then, have your Red Pikmin take the part back and the Blue Pikmin making the stick to water. Then, gather the Blue Pikmin from the river and go up the ramp to the Onions.Bowsprit
First, clear out the Spotty Bolborbs and their infants. Next, get 30 Red Pikmin and kill the beetle. Build the ramps and knock down the wall. Also, you need 50 Pikmin to grab the part. Next, there should be another door with ramps and a wall. Build the ramp and knock down the wall. If you already have not done so, blow up the wall leading to the ship. Grab the part and you will safe.Geiger Counter
Blow up the wall, then get 100 Red Pikmin. Get rid of all the Bolborbs. Next, get your Blue Pikmin and have them push the box. After that, launch the Red Pikmin onto the ledge near the lake. Go onto the ramp the box was on and when you reach the plateau, there should be a bird. Run away from it and collect your Red Pikmin. Check where the star is on your map and walk near it. Another bird should appear. Shoot your Pikmin onto its head. Repeat this process until it is dead. If your Pikmin are going towards the bridge with the part where the box was on, stop them then kill the bird. However, if your Pikmin head to the edge everything is fine.Gluon Drive
You need at least 90 Blue Pikmin. Have them kill the frog and bugs guarding the part Next, have them build the bridges connecting to the land. Before you grab the part, get rid of the monsters that are blocking the way. If you do not have a least 50 Pikmin, then get some more and send them to get the part back to the Dolphin.Interstellar Radio
Get 30 to 40 Blue Pikmin and take them to the area with some attacking crabs and a blowing monster. Kill the crabs and launch the Pikmin onto the belly of the monster until the animal is killed. Then, send your Pikmin to get the part. You should have about 10 to 18 Pikmin remaining. Make sure they attack the monsters that threaten the convoy carrying the part.Libra
To get the part that Captain Olimar's daughter gave him, get 30 to 40 Red Pikmin to knock down the wall and build the bridge. When they are done, take them to kill the fire shooting enemy. Next, take all but 15 to 20 Pikimin back to the Onion. Get 15 to 20 Yellow Pikmin and 5 Blue Pikmin and carefully take them to the floating island. Shoot the Yellow Pikmin onto the ledge and have the Blue Pikmin activate the geyser. On top of the ledge with the Yellow Pikmin, call them back and launch them to the part. They should bring the part down. Call them back and have the Red Pikmin grab the part. You should now be able to take the part back.Non-Dioxin
Get 60 to 80 Blue Pikmin and kill the frogs. After killing them, have your Pikmin grab the part. When they reach the shore, take them back to the Onion. Get 70 to 89 Red Pikmin and have them grab the part. Have the remaining Pikmin attack any monsters that threaten the Pikmin carrying the part.Omega Stabilizer
Get 50 Red Pikmin, kill the Polly Wolliogs, and leave them there. Next, take on the enemy and punch it until it dies. Then, gather your Pikmin, have them grab the Stabilizer and take it back to the ship.Position Generator
To get the part from the clam, get 30 to 40 Blue Pikmin and break down the wall. Next, dismiss them. Grab 10 of them and launch them to attack the inside of the clam. The clam should pull back the top of the shell to close it. Call your Pikmin back. Repeat this until you get the part Then, call back the rest of the Pikmin and take the part.Radiation Canopy
Get as many Blue Pikmin to knock down the wall. Then, get about 80 to 90 Pikmin of any color (Red recommended) and shoot them up onto the nearby ledge. You now can do one of two things; confront the spider or distract the beetle while you Pikmin grab the canopy and take it back to the ship. The safest way is to confront the spider. After you kill the beetle, you can take the canopy back.Shock Absorber
Get 35 to 40 Red Pikmin and take them to a ledge where you find a pellet with a "5" on it. Press the C-stick to launch them faster on the ledge. Once all the Pikmin are on there, you should see a pool of water with a root going from the land into the water. Walk up the root onto the land and avoid the Spotty Bolborb. Call your Pikimin, attack the beast, and kill it. You should now see the part. Have your Pikmin grab the part. Note: If you have extra Pikmin you can take the Bolborb back to the Onion to gain Pikmin.Whimsical Radar
Find the Whimsical Radar in the Forest Of Hope and deliver it to the Dolphin. When sunset arrives, you will have your own radar. To access it, press Y and go to the results screen.Parts list
There are only 25 parts that are needed to complete the game. The other parts are optional.
- Main Engine
- Positron Generator
- Eternal Fuel Dynamo
- Whimsical Radar
- Extraordinary Bolt
- Nova Blaster (optional)
- Shock Absorber
- Radiation Canopy
- Geiger Counter
- Sagittarius
- #1 Ionium Jet
- Automatic Gear
- Gravity Jumper
- Space Float (optional)
- Non-Dixion
- Guard Satellite
- Libra
- Analog Computer
- Omega Stabilizer
- Repair-Type Bolt
- Massage Machine (optional)
- Interstellar Radio
- Gluon Drive
- UV Lamp (optional)
- Zirconium Roter
- Pilot's Seat
- Bowsprit
- Chronos Reactor
- #2 Ionuim Jet
- Secret Safe (optional)


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Ark. House panel set to take up voter ID bill
A House panel is set to vote on legislation requiring Arkansas voters to show photo identification before they could cast a ballot.
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday was expected to consider the voter ID bill proposed by Republican Sen. Bryan King. The panel last week delayed a vote on the measure so that a fiscal impact study could be performed.
The Senate approved the measure earlier this month.
King's proposal would only take effect when there's funding for the state to provide IDs free of charge to voters who don't have driver's licenses. It would also exempt voters who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
Arkansas law currently requires poll workers to ask for identification, but voters aren't required to show it.


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BEIJING — Asian markets were lower Friday after Wall Street fell for a second day as ahead of the Christmas holiday.
KEEPING SCORE: Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.6 percent to 21,506.05 and Shanghai Composite Index was off 0.5 percent at 3,124.10. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 lost 0.4 percent to 5,620.61 and Seoul's Kospi was off just under 1 point at 2,036.43. Benchmarks in Taiwan and Jakarta also retreated. New Zealand and other Southeast Asian markets advanced.
WALL STREET: Retailers pulled U.S. stocks lower after a record close for the Dow Jones industrial average earlier in the week. Investors dumped retailers including Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, Staples and Dollar Tree. Companies linked to investor Carl Icahn climbed after he was named as an adviser to President-elect Donald Trump. The Dow shed 23.08 points, or 0.1 percent, to 19,918.88. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 4.22 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,260.96. The Nasdaq composite dipped 24.01 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,447.42.
ANALYST'S TAKE: "Santa has taken a leave of absence into the end of the week with a pullback seen on Wall Street and certainly has a huge portion of the market as low volume remains the theme," said Jingyi Pan of IG in a report. "Traders have been closing their position into the end of the year and have brought down most of the sectors on the S&P 500 index with the exception of energy and defensives - telecommunications and utilities. Asian indices could remain depressed into the end of the year."
ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude lost 29 cents to $52.66 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 46 cents on Thursday to $52.95. Brent crude, used to price international oils, fell 31 cents to $54.74 in London. It rose 59 cents the previous session to $55.05.
CURRENCY: The dollar edged up to 117.47 yen from Thursday's 117.45 yen. The euro improved to $1.0444 from $1.0439.


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BURLINGTON, Mass. - As automobiles change, so do the demands on suppliers of parts - right down to the rubber hoses that carry air into the engine, coolant to the radiator, and fluids to brakes and windshields.
Compact engine compartments crammed with components make engineering for hoses more precise than ever, which is why Mackay Consolidated Industries Pty Ltd of Victoria, Australia, invested in a ZScanner® handheld 3D laser scanner from Z Corporation.
Mackay, a Tier 1 auto supplier for OEMs such as Ford, GM and Toyota, produces hoses in progressively intricate shapes and sizes to deal with the shrinking margin for error under the hood. The ZScanner helps the company better perform quality assurance to document that its products precisely match design specifications.
Instead of creating complex fixtures to set up every scanning project, the user in most instances can simply point the ZScanner like a flashlight at the target object, which can be handled and moved during the process to easily capture every surface angle. The resulting image — triangulated mesh in STL format — is downloaded into PolyWorks® inspection software, which aligns the image with the customer-approved CAD model. This process produces a highly detailed "heat map" chart pinpointing where the part complies with the specification, and most importantly, where it does not. It's now quick and easy to spot areas that are outside specification and revise designs accordingly.
"We've dramatically reduced the time it takes to scan new hoses," says Arch Tatas, Mackay's quality manager. "It takes us half the time it used to. We just place the item on a bench and go to work. This has helped us transform our quality assurance procedures to save time, improve quality and increase customer satisfaction. These are all valuable results for us."
No more laborious, imprecise hand measurement
Until recently, the company evaluated specification compliance by measuring its products by hand. Engineers used squares and gauges to compare the manufactured product to a two-dimensional printout of the CAD drawing. This process was time consuming, costly, laborious and inaccurate, primarily because of the complexity of the shape and flexibility of the material.
At one point, the Mackay team tried a conventional computerized measuring machine (CMM) for inspection. A CMM requires extensive set up and an absolutely fixed target. The more cramped engine compartments became, the more difficult and time consuming it was to measure their parts with a CMM. Neither hand measurements nor CMMs provided documentation support Mackay needed.
"ZScanning greatly reduces the time it takes to determine hose specification and, more importantly, provides a far greater degree of accuracy — both essential in today's competitive environment," said Tatas. Mackay can include the heat map images in its customer documentation to objectively demonstrate the quality of the finished product. This capability has helped the company win General Motors' business in the Asia-Pacific region.
ZScanning is part of Mackay's ongoing companywide technology upgrade program, which has been under way over the past 12 months. "This world-class technology provides a real leap forward in improving measurement and inspection, and in enabling the highly detailed reports our customers increasingly require," said Tatas. "This is where this technology comes into its own."
About the ZScanner 600
The ZScanner 600 is the world's most affordable, portable 3D laser scanner, providing high-resolution 3D data capture at an economical price. Z Corporation's ZScanners are uniquely handheld and self-positioning, making them more flexible than traditional 3D scanners. The ZScanner 600 takes 18,000 measurements per second with two cameras, providing an xy accuracy of up to 80 microns (up to 0.003 inches) and a resolution of 0.1 mm (0.004 inches) in the z axis. Mackay personnel can now scan any product, anywhere, anytime.
About Z Corporation
Z Corporation enables design professionals to create more. More ideas. More communication. More innovation. Wherever innovators use technology to develop ideas, we stretch the boundaries of what is possible. Product design. Architecture. Education. Even the leading edge of entertainment, health care, and retail mass customization. Z Corporation provides 3D printing and 3D scanning technologies used to create new products and services more effectively than any other means. We serve the world's most productive designers and engineers, and are committed to making our solutions the fastest, easiest, most accessible, and most valuable. Z Corporation. Create more. www.zcorp.com.


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A pet food company announced Monday a nationwide recall of dog, cat and ferret treats that could be contaminated with salmonella. The bacteria could infect both animals and people handling the food.
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The announcement is unrelated to the more extensive recall of melamine-tainted dog and cat food that led to kidney failure in pets around the country.
Eight in One Inc., a division of United Pet Group Inc., is recalling all packages of Dingo Chick'N Jerky, Dingo Kitty Chicken Jerky and Dingo Ferret Chicken Jerky.
Salmonella can cause serious infections in pets and children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. In pets, salmonella can cause diarrhea, fevers, vomiting, loss of appetite, lethargy and abdominal pain. Animals that do not get sick can infect other pets or humans.
The bacteria could also infect people handling the pet treats. Humans infected with the salmonella can experience fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. It could also cause more serious problems such as arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation and urinary tract problems.
Eight in One has received a report of a dog infected by salmonella, which lead to further testing of this product. Some, but not all, of the samples tested were contaminated.
The treats were sold around the country at Target, PetSmart and other stores.
The company asks consumers to throw away unused portions of the jerky treats. To obtain a refund, call 888-232-9889.
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Charlie Hunnam departs 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film
By Jake Coyle, AP
NEW YORK — Charlie Hunnam is dropping out of the highly anticipated big-screen version of "Fifty Shades of Grey" just weeks after being cast as the lead, citing his busy schedule.
Universal Pictures and Focus Features announced Saturday that the British actor who was to play Christian Grey will depart the project. The studio called it a mutual decision because Hunnam's preparation time was limited by his television schedule. He stars in the FX series "Sons of Anarchy."
It's an abrupt and embarrassing switch for a high-profile film. Fans of E.L. James' erotic best-seller are eagerly awaiting the movie adaptation, which will be directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
Dakota Johnson remains in the co-starring role of Anastasia Steele. A replacement will be sought for Hunnam, who last month said he initially turned down the role.
When his casting was announced in September, many vented online that the "Pacific Rim" actor was ill suited to play the seductive billionaire. Producers Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca took to Twitter to defend the choice, maintaining their two leads had good chemistry together.
Representatives for Hunnam didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.


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Seems early for election campaigns
June 23, 2009
"Hey, since you work for the newspaper, there's a guy I know..."
I hear this statement a lot, but I'm finding these guys they know are most often considering running for office.
"He's not running yet, but he's considering it, and I wonder if you could give him some coverage." I'm as polite as possible in my response, but I'm really thinking, "He's not worth coverage yet, and I wonder if you'll hold off on calling me until he's on a ballot."
Granted, it's a slippery slope, as we've already talked to a few people visiting the area who are only considering a gubernatorial run. But we always disclose early that they haven't committed, and they'll never leave an interview with me without being asked, "So when will you make a decision on running?"
How does somebody who's not a candidate try to get the attention of a candidate, without being a candidate? It's simple.
First, establish an exploratory committee. This is the group that tells you if it's a good idea to run or not. There are no requirements for who's in your committee. It could be a mix of trusted allies and people you respect from other political parties ... or it could be you and some guy you play Xbox with.
Next, set up a listening tour. It starts with five minutes about who you are, and 10 minutes on why you're running. Next, it's the Q&A stage where you maneuver each answer into an attack on the incumbent and/or a repeat of the first 15 minutes. The final five minutes you make a closing statement and solicit help on the campaign that's not really a campaign.
An exploratory campaign has positive purposes. Since an explorer doesn't have to disclose donors, it lets a candidate get bookkeeping straight before running. Also, the candidate gets the word out and determines whether people say, "ya got my vote" or "never heard of ya."
The problem is when the exploration is a shadow campaign, and competition doesn't get to play under the same rules. The exploring candidate can level any attack, but be insulated from response by playing the "I'm only a concerned citizen" card.
Also, it's still June 2009, a year from primaries. I'm not sure how serious I'm supposed to be about people considering something they don't have to commit to for another 12 months. I've already had a person consider two different 2010 opportunities, with media coverage requests for both. The fact that you're on your second race is kinda why we held off on covering the first one.
But why stop at 2010, or even 2012? I just realized I'd be old enough to run for Senate in 2014. I made a short stop into the office of David Stevens, editor of Freedom New Mexico.
"Hey David, I'm in the formative stages of considering an exploratory committee to campaign against Tom Udall in five years."
"Kevin, we're not endorsing you."
That was quick. Guess I'll just go back to exploring my movie collection.
Kevin Wilson writes for Freedom New Mexico. He can be contacted at 763-3431, ext. 313, or by e-mail at:


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You can jailbreak iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G/4G, iPad 1 and iPad 2 by using the latest version of RedSn0w 0.9.10b8. The latest version is the improved one and provides extra feature of backing up your activation tickets. Also it provides Corona jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 if these are running 5.0.1. The new version of RedSn0w can be used to re-install the jailbreak for those who accidentally uninstalled the untether. When stitching an IPSW, it can now grab your blobs directly from Cydia. It now shows a lot more info about your device (for instance, whether your iPhone 3G has the vulnerable baseband boot loader, or whether your iPhone3GS has the old exploitable bootrom.
RedSn0w 0.9.10b8 jailbreak is:
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- untethered for all devices (except iphone 4S and iPad 2) if they are running ios 5.0.1 or older versions
How to jailbreak iPhone 4S, iPhone 4/3gs, iPod Touch and iPad 1/2
Step 1: Download latest version of RedSn0w 0.9.10b8 Windows Mac . Now extract the zip file on your desktop or other folder as you wish.
Step 2: Double click the RedSn0w.exe file to run or right click and Run as Administrator.
Step 3: There are two options Jailbreak and Extras. Click Jailbreak (Jailbreak and Install Cydia).
Step 4: You will see the below screen. There are two sections first about iPhone 4S and iPad 2, so if you have iPhone 4S and iPad 2 you can just go to next step without turning your device off. For all other devices you have to plug your device to your computer and turn it off. You can see the status of your iPhone at the bottom of this screen. Read this whole screen carefully before pressing Next. If you are not following the instructions the Next button will remain disabled.
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Step 5: Refer to below image now you have to put your device in DFU (direct firmware update) mode, by following the screen instructions. If you are unsuccessful and there is an error message (your iphone turns on), just relax and keep the computer screen as it is. Press and Hold both power and Home buttons until your iphone turns off and turns ON, Now release power button and keep holding Home button untill you will see some progress activity on computer (RedSn0w) screen.
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Despite some health clubs closing during the recession, most clubs survived and some even grew, emerging with plans to expand even further. Reasons for success despite adversity varies, but for Fitness Formula Clubs, which owns nine high-end clubs and manages three office building fitness centers in downtown Chicago, knowledge of its community was one key to its success.
The recession had a pruning effect on clubs in the Chicago market, but that effect created opportunities, says Gale Landers, co-founder and owner of Fitness Formula Clubs, and his company was positioned to take advantage of that by making three acquisitions, accounting for some of the revenue growth from $30 million in 2007 to $36.4 million in 2011. Landers is projecting more than $40 million in revenue for 2012.
"Every seven, eight, 10 years, there's a recession," Landers says. "You can count on it. So, the way I look at it is that you should be planning during the good times to be able to get through the tough sledding or the bad times. That means making sure you are handling the river of cash properly and setting up your balance sheet so that your percentage of overall assets gives you the opportunity to take advantage of opportunities when they come up. And they always do during a recession."
An economy like the last few years usually separates clubs that put their customers first from those that sacrifice loyalty for short term gain, he adds.
Landers and his team put their customers first by learning about their customer base and tailoring their facilities to the needs of each neighborhood, he says. Knowing the market is easier for Landers and his team than for some companies because their roots are firmly planted in Chicago.
"One of the great advantages that we have is that because we are in Chicago, we live Chicago, we breathe Chicago, we understand these neighborhoods," Landers says. "So it has been very helpful to us in terms of how we plan and how we select the next location that we want to go to."
A High-Quality Experience
Landers knows his members and prospective members well enough to have noticed a shift during the past 10 years. Many members have moved from self-materialism—the purchase of things and the latest gadgets—to greater self-actualization, where they are interested in experiences and the experience of wellness, he says. In particular, how that creates quality and longevity in their lives and how it helps them in their careers.
This shift means club operators must ensure they offer an experience where the value exceeds the price, Landers says.
"If the [value of] the experience does not exceed the price, it's hard to sell it, and it is really hard for people to latch onto it and to create consistency and longevity," Landers says.
Landers' clubs provide a high-quality experience by creating an overwhelming value proposition and focusing on service, he says. The company has undertaken an internal "good to great initiative," taking cues from author and researcher Jim Collins' book "Good to Great" about owners of Fortune 500 companies who have moved their companies from good to great, both economically and in their offerings to customers. Landers and his team looked at how to apply the methodologies of these companies to their business.
The company established simple top priorities and top non-negotiable behaviors to solidify the Fitness Formula brand and enhance the overall experience across all locations.
Landers also focused on leadership training and developing his management team as well as how to be more consistent in product offerings. Part of that process involved looking at discipline.
"When you can drive discipline throughout the company, you get that consistency factor," Landers says. "For us, that consistency part is important because we get so much cross-use among our clubs because most of them are right there in the city."