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Psychology & The Law
What is Forensic Psychology?
Forensic psychology is the combination of law and psychology. It is the application of psychology within a wide range of legal contexts. These include: civil (non-criminal) matters such as child custody proceedings in divorce, guardianships, personal injury lawsuits, child requiring assistance (CRA), and involuntary civil commitments to psychiatric units; criminal matters such as competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, or aids in sentencing; juvenile delinquency or youthful offender matters where youth are charged with crimes; and administrative law proceedings such as special education appeals or licensure complaints against professionals.
Why might you need a Forensic Psychologist?
One role of the forensic psychologist is to provide forensic evaluations to the court. Forensic evaluations commonly address nonclinical issues as any clinical issues presented tend to serve as background information. The client will often enter into a forensic evaluation as mandated by a judge or court and, as findings will be submitted to a court of law, it is of optimal importance for the forensic psychologist to determine accuracy of the client's report. Forensic evaluations tend to be less treatment-oriented and occur over a shorter period of time due to time constraints set by the court or judge.
Attorneys have wide discretion to choose whom they wish for experts to assist them in a case. In certain kinds of civil or criminal cases, Massachusetts courts ordering evaluations must rely upon a Designated Forensic Psychologist (DFP) in District or Superior Court cases, or a Certified Juvenile Court Clinicians (CJCC) in Juvenile Court cases. Massachusetts requires a certification as a Designated Forensic Psychologist in order to serve in a public sector forensic mental health position.
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In Massachusetts
Organizations with hotlines
Domestic Violence Services Network
(978) 318-3421
DVSN works in collaboration with communities to end domestic violence. They strive to empower and educate all peoples in ways that respect their dignity and choices while promoting their safety. DVSN is a referral service specifically addressing domestic and dating violence as well as stalking; their services span across 13 communities in Massachusetts including but not limited to Acton, Boxborough, Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Maynard, Lexington, Lincoln, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, Weston and Hanscom Air Force Base. They also offer access to specific programs through partnerships with police departments as well as social service agencies in the towns they serve. Programs listed range from informational dinners about legal services, victims assistance, and self-defense training. Other programs exist through partnerships with Emerson Hospital, Middlesex District Attorney's Office, and Concord District Court. DVSN also has a directory of resources that is easily accessible through their website.
Organizations without hotlines
Children's Law Center of Massachusetts
The mission of the Children's Law Center of Massachusetts is to promote and secure equal justice and to maximize opportunity for low-income children and youth by providing quality advocacy and legal services.
Committee for Public Counsel
The Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, a 15-member body appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, oversees the provision of legal representation to indigent persons in criminal and civil cases and administrative proceedings in which there is a right to counsel. Most representation is provided by approximately 3,000 private attorneys trained and certified to accept appointments. Support for and supervision of these attorneys is provided by the Private Counsel Division (for criminal cases and related matters), the Children and Family Law Division (for child welfare cases), the Youth Advocacy Division (for delinquency, youthful offender, and GCL revocation cases), and the Mental Health Division (for guardianships and mental health/substance abuse commitments). Approximately 500 staff attorneys, working in offices located across Massachusetts, provide representation to clients in Superior, District, Juvenile, and Probate and Family Court cases and in appeals of those cases.
Department of Public Safety: Youth & Juvenile Firesetting
Website offers information on: programs, resources and safety tips.
Disability Law Center
(800) 872-9992
The Disability Law Center (DLC) is the Protection and Advocacy agency for Massachusetts. DLC is a private, non-profit organization responsible for providing protection and advocacy for the rights of Massachusetts residents with disabilities. DLC receives federal, state and private funding but is not part of the state or federal government.
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DMH Forensic Mental Health Services include court-based forensic mental health assessments and consultations for persons who are facing criminal or delinquency charges and civil commitment proceedings. These court-based services involve the provision of individual statutory and non-statutory evaluations regarding persons with mental health and substance abuse difficulties as well as mental health liaisons to adult and juvenile justice court personnel. Forensic Mental Health Services also encompasses DMH risk management activities.
DMH Forensic Service staff collaborate with other state agencies and providers regarding individuals who are involved in the criminal and juvenile justice systems. The Forensic Transition Team provides reentry services for DMH clients who are transitioning from prisons, jails and other places of detention to the community. Forensic Mental Health Services also oversees DMH-funded jail diversion activities and partners with other agencies on federally-funded projects aimed at minimizing the involvement of persons with mental health histories into the criminal justice system.
(413) 540-0712
MASOC is a coalition of professionals committed to stopping sexual abuse through early and specialized intervention, assessment, treatment and management in the lives of sexually abusive children and youth.
Mass Legal Services
MassLegalServices offers resources and information about legal issues facing lower income Massachusetts residents to legal services advocates and social services professionals. The mission of the Massachusetts Legal Aid Websites Project is to improve access to justice for low-income and disadvantaged persons in Massachusetts through innovative use of the web and other technologies. MassLegalHelp provides understandable, practical legal information about issues which affect low income people, including unemployment, housing, income and benefits, school, domestic violence, children and families, seniors, CORI, disability, health and mental health, and school. Information is available in many languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Vietnamese. It includes a poverty law resource library available to the general public.
Massachusetts Advocates for Children
(617) 357-8431 ext. 3224
We provide help, through our helpline, for children who are facing barriers to receiving educational supports and services to which they are legally entitled. Our priorities are children with disabilities, homeless children, children who have been expelled or suspended from school, and children traumatized by exposure to family violence or other adverse experiences.
Massachusetts Court System
The Massachusetts Court System consists of the Supreme Judicial Court, the Appeals Court, the Executive Office of the Trial Court, the seven Trial Court departments, the Office of the Commissioner of Probation, and the Office of Jury Commissioner. The content presented in the self-help center is designed to help you find information on how the Massachusetts Court System operates and how to find a lawyer and locate other services that might be available to you.
Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL)
Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL) is an organization that promotes a strong voice for families of children and adolescents with mental health needs. PPAL advocates for supports, treatment and policies that enable families to live in their communities in an environment of stability and respect.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC)
617-727-6465 x 211
The mission of the Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC) is to protect adults with disabilities from the abusive acts or omissions of their caregivers through investigation, oversight, public awareness and prevention.The DPPC is an independent state agency and the jurisdiction of DPPC includes adults with disabilities between the ages of 18 and 59, who are within the Commonwealth whether in state care or in a private setting and who suffer serious physical and/or emotional injury through the act and/or omission of their caregivers. The DPPC fills the gap between the Department of Children and Families (DCF) (through the age of 17) and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) (age 60 and over).
The Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
The Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee's attorneys and staff work in a multitude of areas to enhance and protect the rights of persons with mental illness in Massachusetts.
Youth Advocacy Division
For 20 years the Youth Advocacy Project's (YAP) mission has been to help Boston's neediest children at some of the most challenging moments of their lives. In October 2009, the Youth Advocacy Project became the Youth Advocacy Division (YAD). With offices in Fall River, Hyannis, Lowell, Quincy, Roxbury, Salem, Somerville, Springfield and Worcester, YAD will lead, train, and support the entire Massachusetts juvenile defense bar. YAD's over arching purpose will be to improve legal and life outcomes for youth by building the skills and capacity of their advocates. YAD assists children in delinquency proceedings with effective representation in court, educational advocacy, psychological assessments, and individualized referrals to community resources. YAD's aim is to ensure that a clients' involvement with YAD becomes their last encounter with the criminal justice system by addressing their many life needs beyond simply their immediate legal needs. YAD is an important part of reducing crime and violence in children's lives and in communities.
Outside Massachusetts
Organizations with hotlines
National Runaway Safeline
By calling 1-800-RUNAWAY or 1-800-786-2929, you will immediately share your story with a compassionate person and build a plan together.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
If you're thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States. The Lifeline is available for everyone, is free and confidential.
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help victims, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
Your Life Your Voice from Boys Town
The Boys Town National Hotline is a free hotline available to kids, teens and young adults at any time. Call, chat, text or email. Chat, text and email hours and information is available on website. Call to talk if you're depressed, contemplating suicide, being physically or sexually abused, on the run, addicted, threatened by gang violence, fighting with a friend or parent, or if you are faced with an overwhelming challenge.
Organizations without hotlines
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
(503) 643-1023
ATSA is an international, interdisciplinary, non-profit organization dedicated to making society safer by preventing sexual abuse. ATSA encourages sound research, effective practice, informed policy, and comprehensive prevention strategies, all designed to create safer communities.
Office for Victims of Crime
Established in 1988 through an amendment to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984, OVC is charged by Congress with administering the Crime Victims Fund (the Fund). Through OVC, the Fund supports a broad array of programs and services that focus on helping victims in the immediate aftermath of crime and continuing to support them as they rebuild their lives. Millions of dollars are invested annually in victim compensation and assistance in every U.S. state and territory, as well as for training, technical assistance, and other capacity-building programs designed to enhance service providers' ability to support victims of crime in communities across the Nation.


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Apple's iCloud has floated a bit closer with the release of a new beta of Mac OS X Lion version 10.7.2 that integrates the cloudy services package into the OS itself.
It's been a busy few days for Apple's beta-shippers. Last Friday, they released the latest betas of iTunes 10.5 (beta 8) and iWork for iOS (beta 3), and on Sunday they reased the new 10.7.2 beta.
This beta, build 11C55, includes iCloud integration that previously needed to be installed separately by devs who wanted to work with the service. Now all devs have access once the OS is installed.
According to a MacRumors report, beta testers were asked to also focus on AddressBook, GraphicsDrivers, iCal, iChat, Mac App Store, Mail, MobileMe, Safari, Spotlight, and Time Machine – although the embryonic iCloud, which was revealed on June 6 at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conferrence by then–Apple CEO Steve Jobs, is attracting the most attention.
We're hoping, however, that when 10.7.2 is released into the wild – likely next month – it brings with it not only access to iCloud, but also bug fixes for the many and varied niggles that are annoying Lion users.
Version 10.7.1, which was popped out less than a month after Lion's July 20 debut, only brought Wi-Fi, HDMI, and admin-account fixes, and did nothing to solve such problems as random crashes of both the OS and apps, MacBook Pro battery-life suckage, video freezes, app-window disappearances, odd cursor replacements, Windows file-sharing problems, apps disappearing from Mission Control spaces, reduced functionality of Dictionary.app, and more.
Some of those problems are undoubtedly due to third-party apps not working seamlessly with Lion, and it's likely that those developers are waiting for the big cat to settle down before updating their apps.
Here's hoping that the shipping version of 10.7.2 – in addition to bringing iCloud to the masses – includes enough bug fixes to inspire third-party devs to release a wave of their own updates. ®

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We at Natures Garden would like to extend a very Happy Fathers Day to all of the dads out there. This is your day to celebrate.
"Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope." – Bill Cosby
Officially being recognized as a national holiday in 1972 by President Nixon, Fathers Day is a celebration of male parenting. It is a holiday to show all fathers our appreciation and gratitude. It is a great day to shower our wonderful dads with all the love and admiration they so rightfully deserve.
Fathers are our protectors, our providers, and our mentors. And, without them, we would not be here.
So, to all of you amazing dads; thank you for all that you do. Thank you for being there to lean on when the times get rough. Thank you for pushing us to be the best person we can be. Thank you for supporting us and believing in our sometimes crazy and outlandish ventures. Thank you for loving us unconditionally through the good, the bad, and the ugly years. And, thank you for teaching us to be strong when facing uncertainties. But, most of all; thank you for all of the sacrifices you made for us throughout the years.
So, enjoy your day Dads; sit back and relax. Know that you are needed, loved, and appreciated!
My dad absolutely LOVES homemade cold process soap. I will never forget the first time he tried some. He said, "What you just came up with could be a gold mine!" Well, I had to fill my dad in on two things: 1. I did not create the concept of making soap from scratch, and 2. I plan to only sell the raw ingredients to make soap. Since he had never tried real, homemade soap, he thought all soap was like the store bought soap. For all of my life, he was a Zest kind of guy. I am proud to report that my dad no longer uses store bought soap. He says that "homemade soap is the best thing someone really smart ever created." I will have to agree!
So, if you would like to make your dad some wonderful, homemade soap from scratch, Natures Garden has all of the ingredients that you will need! We offer fabulous soaping oils, butters, soap scents, essential oils, colorants, and soap lye. Here is the recipe that is my dad's favorite: Shea Butter Cold Process Soap
Deborah Ward
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RFP-0182 - Alumni Data Hygiene Services
Opening Date: Jan 23, 2018
Joseph L. Mattingly
* Unless noted otherwise, all opening times are 4:00 P.M. E.S.T.
While every attempt is made to provide accurate information and to correct any errors brought to our attention, no representation or guarantee can be made as to the correctness or suitability of that information or any linked information presented, referenced, or implied on this web site. Suppliers should independently verify all critical information. Questions should be directed to the administrator's of this or any other specific sites.
Filing a Protest
All bid protests must be received within two (2) calendar weeks after the awarded date of the contested bid is posted to the KCTCS Supplier website. All bid protests are to be submitted via US Mail or by a private express mail service.
- Protests received via email and/or fax will not be considered.
All bid protests are to be addressed to KCTCS Procurement to Payment Services along with the following information:
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Sophia Bush: An Evening With 'One Tree Hill'!
Sophia Bush attends The CW's presentation of An Evening With One Tree Hill held at the ArcLight Theater on Thursday (January 5) in Hollywood.
"What a night. #OTHinLA (pic) I am so grateful for my castmates, who are wonderful friends, my family really. We have taken an incredible journey together. #PaulJoyTylerMark
ShantelRobJacksonStephenLee (yeah that's in our seated order ;)," the 29-year-old actress wrote on her WhoSay page.
Also coming out for the event: co-stars Lee Norris, Robert Buckley, Jackson Brundage, Tyler Hilton, Bethany Joy Galeotti, Stephen Colletti, Shantel VanSanten, and Paul Johansson.
FYI: Sophia is wearing Kimberly Ovitz's "Zen" dress.
20+ pictures inside of Sophia Bush at An Evening with One Tree Hill…


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Wednesday, Dec 13, 2017, 6:00 pm
Rural America's Population is Shrinking for the First Time Ever
Rural America at a Glance, 2017 Edition—the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual report on rural economic and population trends in the nation's "nonmetro" areas—didn't include too many surprises, but did find wide regional variation. It also confirmed (as we've reported) that rural America's overall population is in fact shrinking for the first time on record.
Key findings on the economic front:
- Rural employment has not returned to its pre-recession level.
- Job growth since 2011 remains well below the urban growth rate.
- Median incomes remain below those of urban areas.
- Rural poverty rates are higher—especially in the Mississippi Delta, Appalachia and the Rio Grande Valley.
- Infrastructure investments, like expanding broadband internet access, could improve economic performance and contribute to quality of life through more robust delivery of education, healthcare, public safety and other services.
According to the report, rural counties with economies based on tourism and recreation maintained higher-than-average population growth rates during 2010-16. However, over that same five year period, 1,351 rural counties lost population—totaling close to 800,000 people. In addition to an aging population, factors behind this decline include:
- Long-term outmigration of young adults
- Fewer births
- Increased mortality among working-age adults
- Also, reclassification of fast-growing counties from rural to urban (nonmetro to metro) due to urbanization generally means the remaining rural counties have lower population growth potential.
You can find a link to the full report (and a webinar presentation of its findings) below, but first here's a closer look at the numbers.
Overall rural population loss masks regional variation
The number of people living in rural (nonmetro) counties declined by nearly 200,000 between 2010 and 2016, the first recorded period of rural population decline. Population loss for rural America as a whole has averaged just -0.07 percent per year in that span, but this loss has not been evenly distributed across all rural counties.
The number of nonmetro counties losing population reached an historic high of 1,351 during 2010-16, with a combined population loss of just under 790,000. Long-term population loss continued in counties dependent on agriculture, in the Great Plains, Midwest and southern Coastal Plains. New areas of population loss emerged throughout the eastern United States, especially in manufacturing-dependent regions.
The 487 rural counties with positive but below-average growth (less than the U.S. population growth rate of 5 percent) together added 281,000 people over 2010-16. Many are located in rural parts of the Mountain West, southern Appalachia, and other scenic areas where population growth slowed considerably for the first time in decades. Counties identified by ERS as having recreation-based economies grew by 4.6 percent during 2002-08 but only by 1.2 percent during 2010-16.
Most nonmetro population growth was concentrated in just 138 counties that grew by 5 percent or more during 2010-16, adding 317,000 people. Workers attracted to the oil and gas boom caused rapid growth in the northern Great Plains, western Texas/southeastern New Mexico, and south Texas. However, production cutbacks slowed population growth in these regions during 2015-16.
Most other high-growth counties during 2010-16 were counties in scenic areas that maintained higher-than-average growth despite the overall population slowdown in these types of areas. This first-ever period of overall nonmetro population loss may be short-lived. The cyclical economic downturn that began in 2007 bottomed out in 2012, and increasing population growth since 2012 coincides with renewed nonmetro employment growth. The latest population estimates show signs of a population recovery in many parts of rural America in 2015-16, especially in tourism and recreation destinations.
The uploader mispelled "edition" in the title, but there's some good data in here presented by John Cromartie, an author of the report. (Video: USDA / YouTube)
To check out Rural America at a Glance, 2017 Edition in its entirety, click here.
Rural America In These Times
This blog's mission is to provide the public service of helping make the issues that rural America is grappling with part of national discourse.
More by Rural America In These Times
- In Less Than One Generation, We've Lost More Than 10 Million Acres of the Best U.S. Farmland
- Two Conversations About "Sustainable Capitalism" and "The Art of Work"
- Rural America's Population is Shrinking for the First Time Ever
- Watch Live Seminars from the 2017 Young Farmers Conference
- Why Didn't We Listen to this Guy?: Bernie Sanders on the GOP Tax Plan and Global Oligarchy


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Philip M. Campbell, age 80, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, passed away Monday, April 22, 2013, at Saint Clare's Hospital in Weston, Wisconsin.
Phil was born July 22, 1932, in New York City, the son of Peter Campbell of County Leitrim, Ireland, and Catherine (Duffy) Campbell of Blackburn, Scotland. He graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, New York, in 1950. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War as a communications technician and was honorably discharged in 1955. Phil married Cecilia McNamara on September 12, 1964, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scarsdale, New York. They resided most of their married years in Carmel, New York, and Danbury, Connecticut.
Phil received a Bachelor of Science degree from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York, in 1979. He worked for several large corporations in Manhattan, New York, before becoming Risk Manager for Putnam County, New York. He retired in 1998. Phil and Ceil eventually settled in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, for their retirement.
Phil is survived by his wife Cecilia, Stevens Point; three children: Catherine (James) Barrett, Stevens Point; Philip (Michelle) Campbell, Panama City, Florida; Peter (Jacinta) Campbell, Aberdeen, North Carolina. One brother: Joseph (Dona) Campbell of Fairfield, Connecticut. One sister: Marianne (Campbell) Wood of Fort Mill, South Carolina. Nine grandchildren: Aidan, Celia, Lillian, Joseph, Mary, Emily, Bridget, Allison, and Sophia.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Phil was held at Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church. Burial with full military honors was at Guardian Angel Cemetery in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.


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Great exercises for the Booty with Alicia Marie's "The Booty Bible"
The Booty Bible is written by fitness expert Alicia Marie. In addition to being a fitness model, Alicia Marie is also a nutritionist and has graced numerous fitness covers worldwide including Oxygen Magazine, Fitness X , and other popular fitness magazines.
Alicia is the founder of Cardio World which is a mini series that gives advice in a fun way on fitness. It can be found on her hip website " FITPOP" which also presents pop culture, and fashion along with the fitness and health advice.
I found the practical application of the exercises provided in The Booty Bible to be straightforward and effective, there being three different levels of booty workouts that are presented. First, Alicia shows beginners simple but cogent movements, then explains to the readers the intermediate movements in a clear and uncomplicated way. Later she tells her readers how to work up to the advanced exercises, such as "dead lifts".
Additionally, she provides expert advice about the right nutrition to help aid in the growth of the ultimate booty.I give the book a ten for its straightforward and effective advice. It is a must for a great back end. For more information on this book go to:
Article by Lifestyle expert Donna Spangler For more information on Donna go to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816800/ or www.DonnaSpangler.com
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Line Cook Job
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Instructions and details
About Instawork Gigs
Instawork is the best place for hospitality workers to find temporary jobs on-demand. From Michelin-star restaurants to small coffee shops, Instawork makes it easy for bartenders, cooks, servers, dishwashers and other experienced hospitality workers to find work at local businesses and earn up to $30/hr on a flexible schedule. No interviews or paper resumes. Just book the gig in the app and show up to do the work. Se habla español.
A line cook role refers to a back of house worker whose primary responsibility is to keep the tempo of the restaurant flowing during service.
Line Cook's responsibilities:
Communicate effectively with guests and fellow team members.
Inventory food items and report on supplies to be ordered.
Control inventory for loss, waste and spoilage.
Clean food preparation areas, cooking surfaces and utensils, keeping kitchen spotless to Pacifica Hotel Company standards and to all health codes.
Adhere to food safety requirements.
Monitor cleanliness of back loading dock and trash area.
Provide assistance to other team members and departments to contribute to the best overall performance of the department, restaurant and hotel.
Perform other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management.


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The Darkmoon Faire has rolled into town once again, bringing with it a whole host of new and shiny things to tempt the eye.
Up first we have the Carousel with it's experience and reputation buff (sorely needed in the Age of Dailies). All you have to do is buy a ticket and ride it for a while, just like the Maypole buff from the Fire Festival the duration ticks up the longer you spend spinning around. Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately riding it backwards doesn't seem to effect your age unlike Bradbury's.
What I also like about this is that Blizzard seem to have drawn heavily on the design which featured in their Student Design Contest, even down to the watching eye on top.
Sadly the balloons haven't made it into the finished product though, perhaps if we're really lucky they'll turn up as mini pets some time in the future.
The new Pet Battle Master was an okay fight, easier than a certain gentleman in the Argent Tournament grounds for example. I took his team on with a Beast (Spider), a Flying creature (my Cenarion Hatchling) and a Humanoid (my Hopling). My reward bag yielded no Eye but then this week I have been fairly lucky with other pet drops (the Vanilla raid ones and the tailoring ones) so fingers crossed I'll get one this week as it's the pet I'm most excited about.
Buoyed up by this success, I went and purchased my Darkmoon Hatchling, which when inspected closely has a very prehistoric look. Sprout will definitely be careful when feeding, I suspect it's pet biscuits thrown from quite some distance.
Finally I hit the wilderness looking for the two tamable pets. Finding a Darkmoon Glowfly was easy, the woods seemed filled with them, albeit with a massive level range.
The first one I tamed was level 11 and the first one Mr Harpy accosted was level 1. Sadly it seems that the other pet I actually want, the Crow still hasn't been fixed. Here's hoping Blizzard get it done before the end of the week.
All in all, the new additions to the Darkmoon Faire get a massive thumbs up from me and no doubt I'll be spending even more time here than before.
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KFC parent Yum slammed by chicken scare in China
Yum Brands warned Monday that it expects its profit for the year to decline as the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell continues to reel from a controversy over its chicken suppliers in China.
A drop in 2013 would snap an 11-year streak of profit growth of at least 13 percent.
The company, based in Louisville, Ky., gave the grim forecast after its profit in the fourth quarter fell 5 percent, with a key sales figure in China dropping. For January and February, the company expects sales at restaurants open at least a year in China to plummet 25 percent.
Since an investigation aired on national Chinese television on Dec. 18, Yum has been dealing with an "onslaught of negative media attention" over its chicken suppliers, spokesman Jonathan Blum said. The TV station had reported that Yum's suppliers were ignoring regulations and giving chickens unapproved levels of antibiotics.
A government investigation into the issue was concluded on Jan. 25 and Yum has agreed to adopt measures to strengthen its oversight of suppliers. But the company says it will take time to recover.
"Our primary emphasis now is to rebuild consumer confidence and sales in China," Blum said, noting that the company plans to mount a "brand reputation" campaign in coming weeks.
Even though Yum has far more locations in the U.S., its restaurants in China are far more profitable because the cost of doing business there is lower and there's much more room for growth. Already, Yum is the biggest Western fast-food chain in the country with KFC accounting for most of its 5,300 locations. The nation's economic growth had until now been a boon for Yum, helping it register a streak of growth for more than a decade.
Although the investigation into chicken suppliers didn't focus solely on KFC, Blum said that the chain was hit especially hard because it's the biggest chicken chain in the country. He noted that the negative media attention had been slowing, but that the earnings results could stir up more bad publicity.
For the fourth quarter, a key sales figure fell 6 percent in China, in line with the decline the company had forecast last month. It marked the first decline in the region since 2009. A year ago, the figure had increased 19 percent.
For the period ended Dec. 29, Yum said net income fell to $337 million, or 72 cents per share. That's compared with $356 million, or 75 cents per share, a year ago. Not including one-time items, it earned 83 cents per share.
Revenue rose 1 percent to $4.15 billion.
Analysts expected a profit of 82 cents per share on revenue of $4.13 billion, according to FactSet.
The U.S. was a bright spot for the company, with sales at restaurants open at least a year up 3 percent in the quarter, driven by a 5 percent increase at Taco Bell and a 4 percent increase at KFC. At Pizza Hut, the figure fell 1 percent.
For all of 2012, sales at restaurants open at least a year rose 4 percent in China and 5 percent in the U.S. Yum said it opened 1,976 restaurants for the year, including 889 new units in China.
Its shares slid 5 percent to $60.36 in after-hours trading.


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Wall-Hang Seating : Curvy Version
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The recently leaked Android 4.3 firmware version has already been rooted, before actually being officially rolled out by Google.
The news comes from xda-developers – where else? – which reports that xda Elite Recognized Developer Chainfire has managed to adapt his SuperSU root app for Android 4.3.
The root works on the Galaxy S4 Google Edition version running the Android 4.3 OS that leaked a few days ago (JWR66N.S005.130625) and is the first Android 4.3 root out there, Chainfire said in a detailed explanation on Google+.
According to the developer, it's not clear whether the protections in place are Android 4.3 defaults or "Samsung's doing," but the root required "quite a few mods to SuperSU:"
It remains to be seen if all of the protections that have been circumvented have been Samsung's doing (as is normal for Samsung pre-release leaked firmwares), or if some of them are actually normal for Android 4.3.
For example, Android processes have their binding set of capabilities 0'd out. I've not personally seen that before on other firmwares, so I'm not sure if that's Samsung's doing or something 4.3. It prevents processes from performing certain actions – evenif the process manages to execute code as root user – like mounting the system read/write. Just to be clear, this root does not suffer from this issue.
However, all features are "fully operational," so if you have a Galaxy S4 and want to install the Android 4.3 leak you'll be happy to know it can also be rooted.
Like always with root and/or custom ROMs, we'll remind you that you're the only person responsible for whatever happens during such procedures with your smartphones and/or tablets. However, since you're entitled to do whatever you like to your devices, make sure you back up your data and follow the available instructions closely (links in the Source section following the post).
That said, Android 4.3 is still not official, so we're back to waiting for Google to actually announce and release it.
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Built by the Normans during their invasion of West Wales in the 12th century, Tenby castle has had a colourful history.
Mentioned in historical annals as early as 1153, it suffered attacks from the Welsh princes and was besieged and starved into submission during the second Civil War. The present day ruin dates from the 13th century and its position on the headland at Castle Hill, which is separated by a narrow isthmus from Tenby town, clearly indicates why it was sited there.
It commands a panoramic view of Carmarthen Bay with the monastery island of Caldey in the middle distance and the jut of Worms Head, Gower, on the horizon. On clear days the view includes Lundy Island and the distant coast of Somerset and North Devon, offering a clear view of any enemy approaching to seaward.
But the Welsh warrior Maredudd ap Gruffydd the future ruler of the south-eastern pertty kingdom of Deheubarth, his brother Rhys ap Gruffydd, did not approach from the seaward side. In 1153 they succeeded in capturing the castle and destroying most of the original structure. It was besieged by the Welsh again in 1187 and in 1260, when the Welsh Prince, Llywelyn the Last sacked the town during his campaign to retake South Wales, but he failed to capture the castle. Shortly afterwards, Tenby became part of the feudal property of the First Earl of Pembroke, William de Valence, whose name is perpetuated in the town in the De Valence Pavilion. He it was who initiated the stout town walls, most of which can still be seen by visitors as they enter Tenby. These high walls, strenghtened by D-shaped barbicans in the 14th century, diminished the role of the castle, which was virtually abandoned as a defensive fortification by the end of the century and fell into disrepair. During the second Civil War the castle was held by the Royalists under the Command of Rice Powell, whose men withstood siege for 10 weeks before Cromwell's Parliamentarians starved them into submission.
Close to the castle is the national award-winning Town Museum where much of its history is recorded, together with exhibits eching the archaeology, art, pre-history and other facets of Tenby's past. Standing sentinel nearby is a statue of Edward V11 and a large cannons points out towards Carmarthen Bay.
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As I was driving in to work today I was listening to the Today programme on Radio Four where there was a discussion about how the public condemn all children and young people. The discussion was centred on the release of Barnardo's Children in Trouble Campaign which includes a provocative video clip .
As well as using language that has been used in the press about young people on the video the campaign includes a survey that was undertaken to check out these expressions. In one instance more than a third of the adults questioned agreed with the statement that the streets were "infested" with children.
What I found intriguing about the interview / discussion was the blanket view of David Fraser, a senior probabtion officer, who feels that perception doesn't matter compared to evidence in the real world and continued to talk about young people being a 'problem'. I was very surprised at this however being prepared to be challenged, I wondered whether we do make too much of an issue about the image of young people? Are we really making too big a deal out of perceptions? Are there examples where postive impressions of young people have made a difference to the community?
Personally I believe that perception is an issue. Frequently I come across areas where young people are viewed negatively and are perceived to be the cause of all the problems a community is facing. When you drill down it transpires that it is a few young people who are causing a few of the problems, not all of them. Young people and children are often represented negatively in meetings I attend in a way which wouldn't be allowed when discussing the elderly or other groups of individuals. So – what do you think? Should we or shouldn't we worry about perceptions?


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WASHINGTON (CNS) -– Dioceses along the East Coast followed the lead of federal, state and local governments in shutting operations Oct. 29, the day Hurricane Sandy was expected to make landfall, with New Jersey expected to be in the center of the huge storm.
Catholic Charities USA was working with its local affiliates along the East Coast on how to get necessary supplies and services to the affiliates once the storm passes.
"Reports from the National Weather Service make it clear that many of our agencies on the East Coast — from New York all the way down to Florida — will be feeling some impact from Hurricane Sandy and we stand ready to provide whatever support necessary to meet the needs of those affected," said a statement from Samuel Chambers, Catholic Charities senior vice president of disaster operations.
"Since Hurricane Katrina, we have focused on being prepared for future disasters," said a statement from Catholic Charities president Father Larry Snyder. "Not only are we early responders, but our presence in the community also puts us in a position to be able to quickly assess and provide support in the long term."
Dioceses heeded the advice of governors and big-city mayors, who had declared a state of emergency in their respective jurisdictions, and shut down for at least one day with the possibility of extending their shutdown longer.
The Archdiocese of New York closed Oct. 29 "due to the decision by the MTA to suspend public transportation as a result of Hurricane Sandy," said a statement on the archdiocesan website. The MTA is the Metropolitan Transit Authority; New York's subway system shut down the day before. As for the possibility of continued closing, the statement added, "We will be guided by the decisions of the governor, mayor and MTA."
The Diocese of Camden, N.J., which takes in southernmost New Jersey, announced it would be closed both Oct. 29 and 30. "There's some kind of meeting in Atlantic City on Wednesday (Oct. 31); that's not going to happen, Peter Feuerherd, diocesan director of communications, told Catholic News Service.
"The storm is coming, apparently, right over Atlantic City," which is in the Camden Diocese, Feuerherd added. "Our parishes are all along the shore from Atlantic City down, all the way to Cape May," he said. "Those beach communities are going to be hit hard. The governor (Chris Christie) has already evacuated those beach communities, (but) I'm not actually there and I can't tell you whether people have actually taken the advice to get out."
The Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., had already decided by late morning Oct. 29 to be closed Oct. 30 as well, according to Jim Goodness, the director of communications for the archdiocese.
"All of the schools of the archdiocese have been following the leads of the state," Goodness said. "Parishes can certainly handle themselves."
Still, "we'd certainly worry. We had several parishes that went underwater last year" from the rains of Hurricane Irene after it was downgraded to a tropical storm, Goodness told CNS. "Working with our property management people to mitigate (bad effects), however, they can hope that things can work out better this time than they last time."
Since the worst of the storm wasn't expected to come until sundown Oct. 29, diocesan representatives said it would be hard to assess any negative impact of Sandy until afterward.
The Diocese of Paterson, N.J., was also closing Oct. 29-30. Accompanying the Oct. 29 announcement on the diocesan website was a map showing Sandy's path. New Jersey was the only state in all white while other states had at least a little green.
President Barack Obama returned to the White House from an Oct. 29 campaign event in Florida, and canceled a campaign event in Wisconsin to monitor the storm and be briefed on federal emergency preparedness activities.
Asked whether Sandy would have an impact on the Nov. 6 election, Obama replied: "The election will take care of itself next week. Right now, our number-one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives, that our search-and-rescue teams are going to be in place, that people are going to get the food, the water, the shelter that they need in case of emergency, and that we respond as quickly as possible to get the economy back on track."


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Provençal scholar; flourished in the first half of the thirteenth century. He was a native of Estella, whence his name "Kokabi" (Starlike), the Hebrew equivalent for "Estella." Isaac of Lattes, in his literary history "Ḳiryat Sefer," represents him as a great scholar, and mentions two works of his which are still extant in manuscript: "Migdal Dawid" (Castle of David), divided into two parts, the first treating of speculative and moral theology, and the second of practical theology (Perreau Cat. ii. 40); "Ḳiryat Sefer" (City of the Book), divided into three parts, and dealing with the precepts concerning the love of God, with those which are useful for the conservation of the body and the soul, and with those concerning social relations (MS. No. 113, London Jewish College).
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It is National School Choice Week in America. On Wednesday, the American Federation for Children, a national organization promoting school choice, held a celebration at Friendship Chamberlain Elementary Charter School in Washington D.C. Other countries, such as Israel, are also experimenting with school choice and early education programs.
On a recent visit to Israel I met Dr. Shahaf Gal, founder and chief executive of Nomad Horizon, a company for educational innovation. Gal is one of the initiators of the Israel Ministry of Education's school choice initiative.
Proponents of school choice in Israel are not concerned about whether some teachers are unionized and others are not. They see education as having far-reaching consequences, beyond whether the school is doing a good job of teaching. The common thread is that parents, rather than local officials, should have some choice over where their children are educated.
The Ministry of Education, together with the Ministry of Finance, has a pilot project where 25 municipalities, including Haifa, Netanya, and Rishon Le'Tzion are experimenting with school choice in elementary and middle schools. The Ministry is considering eventually expanding school choice to the entire country.
Gal told me that in the pilot projects about 20% of parents chose to move their children to other schools. The vast majority of parents — 95% — got their first-choice school.
The Israeli school-choice program has multiple benefits, according to Gal. Its major long-run goal is to raise academic standards. The Ministry is still collecting data on achievement levels. Another benefit is decentralization, which allows municipalities to be more responsive in their educational offerings to their communities.
Another object of the Israeli school-choice program is integrating diverse populations, such as native-born Jews with the new Ethiopian and Russian immigrants. Many of these families are low income. Unlike competitive New York City schools such as Stuyvesant High School and the Bronx High School of Science, Israeli schools cannot select students. When children apply to the schools, whatever their background, the school has to take them and accommodate them.
To ensure diversity, localities are required to set up an application process that maintains and improves social integration. In order to improve parents' access to information, municipalities are given funds to provide information in several languages related to the diverse populations. For example, the websites to enable parents to select the schools may have to be in Hebrew, Arabic, Amharic, and Russian.
A further advantage of school choice in Israel is that municipalities are provided with incentives to enhance parental choice by setting up more specialized schools, such as schools in the arts, technology, medicine and nursing, languages, and marine biology. This is similar to President Obama's schools and education opportunity agenda proposed as part of his State of the Union Address, namely providing high school students with vocational education they need to work in industry. Read: The State of the Union I'd like to see.
"When you diversify, you create more opportunities and choice," Gal told me.
Of course, not all the specialized schools work out. One attempt at an agricultural school foundered because parents looked on agriculture as a low-skill occupation. And a full evaluation of the program has yet to take place in order to measure the short- and long-term benefits.
School choice is not Israel's only educational initiative. The Sifriyat Pijama program is trying to improve early education by encouraging excitement about books and reading among young children. In one nursery school I visited in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem, the children had just received a free book to take home, one of eight monthly picture books they will receive during the school year from Sifriyat Pijama. The program was founded by the U.S.-based Harold Grinspoon Foundation. It now operates in partnership with the Ministry of Education, which helps distribute the books.
When I entered the school, the three- and four-year-old children were sitting in a circle as the teacher read them the book about Tzafrir, a little boy who finally received his first pair of rainboots, and who could go for a walk with his brother and parents in the mud. At the end of the day, the children took the books home in special bags and read them with their parents.
Galina Vromen, who directs the program in Israel, told me, "Studies indicate that children who are exposed to books from a young age, particularly at home, develop an attachment to books and to reading that enhances academic success later in life."
Sifriyat Pijama gives books to over 200,000 children in 85% of Hebrew-speaking government preschools. This month, they are expanding to give books to 45,000 Arab-speaking children with a program called Maktabat al-Fanoos (Lantern Library in English) in partnership with Price Family Charitable Fund.
The books are selected by a committee and reprinted, adding suggestions for parents in back pages on family-related activities and discussion related to each book. In a study led by education expert Dr. Hagit Hacohen Wolf in 2012, 96% of teachers reported that they conducted activities based on the books during the school year. Teachers reported that program exposed children to books they would not have seen before and strengthened the connection between children and parents.
Education should not be about partisan politics or supposed voting blocks of teachers. The average high school graduation rate in America is 75%, and in some urban areas it is 55%.
We must ensure that children can graduate and attend college, that they have the skills to be employed in a well-paying job. To accomplish this, we have to let them choose better schools, whether these schools are public, charter, or private. We also need to give them a love of books at an early age, and not allow them to succumb to the lure of tablets, smart phones, and computers.
The international appeal of school choice and early education reveals what every parent already knows: parents want to give their children the best education possible.
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Governments through the ages have appropriated real resources through the monopoly of the 'coinage'. In modern fiat money economies, the monopoly of the issue of legal tender is generally assigned to an agency of the state, the Central Bank, which may have varying degrees of operational and target independence from the government of the day.
In this paper I analyse four different but related concepts, each of which highlights some aspect of the way in which the state acquires command over real resources through its ability to issue fiat money. They are (1) seigniorage (the change in the monetary base), (2) Central Bank revenue (the interest bill saved by the authorities on the outstanding stock of base money liabilities), (3) the inflation tax (the reduction in the real value of the stock of base money due to inflation and (4) the operating profits of the central bank, or the taxes paid by the Central Bank to the Treasury.
To understand the relationship between these four concepts, an explicitly intertemporal approach is required, which focuses on the present discounted value of the current and future resource transfers between the private sector and the state. Furthermore, when the Central Bank is operationally independent, it is essential to decompose the familiar consolidated 'government budget constraint' and consolidated 'government intertemporal budget constraint' into the separate accounts and budget constraints of the Central Bank and the Treasury. Only by doing this can we appreciate the financial constraints on the Central Bank's ability to pursue and achieve an inflation target, and the importance of cooperation and coordination between the Treasury and the Central Bank when faced with financial sector crises involving the need for long-term recapitalisation or when confronted with the need to mimick Milton Friedman's helicopter drop of money in an economy faced with a liquidity trap.
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This paper explains the related phenomena of seigniorage, central bank revenue, the inflation tax and the operating profits of the central bank with a simple model. The author does so by analysing separately the intertemporal budget constraints of the central bank and the Treasury. The split of budget constraints for ...[more]
... fiscal and monetary policy has some implications for the feasibility of inflation targeting by the central bank. This leads to a reconsideration of the interaction between the central bank and the Treasury, in particular in case of a crisis in the financial sector, or in case the economy gets stuck in a liquidity trap.
The paper takes it for granted that there is such a thing as seignorage. That's understandable given that it's the mainstream view, but it is hard to resolve with the no-free-lunch principle, since seignorage, if it existed, would give a free lunch to the issuing bank. This in turn would ...[more]
attract rival banks (domestic and foreign) to issue competing money, and the resulting competition should reduce the value of the seignorage to zero.
Further explanation in my paper entitled "There's No Such Thing as fiat Money"


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The waiting game continues. After the gap down to start the day the market is bouncing around randomly as we await further fiscal-cliff news. The meeting with the President isn't until 3 p.m. EST, so big headlines aren't likely until late in the day.
Breadth has been improving steadily, which is probably a function of traders growing bored with this action. I'm seeing a little speculative action in solar stocks and some small oils but it is very limited. There just aren't any good reasons to build positions with the great likelihood of being jerked around by headlines later in the day.
I have a few little trades going but nothing very big. Taser (TASR) is one I've liked as an alternative gun play. That chart has developed nicely and it is pushing back toward the $9 level on good volume. Halcon Resources (HK), a small oil play I've mentioned previously, is bouncing and I'm inclined to look for an add point there. In the solar group, I took a position in JA Solar (JASO) but I'm also watching a few others. Stillwater Mining (SWC) is a mining play on platinum and I have a technical buy on that as it moves through $12.50.
I have a lot of cash on hand and would love to trade more aggressively, but until the politicians move out of the way it is going to be tough to do.


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Another MTV First-SWATH Cast preview
MTV"The costumes were more damaging than the actual fight sequences," Theron revealed. "I was way more bruised from my costume than I was from [fighting with Stewart]. Doing a fight sequence in your sweatpants is different than wearing an 80-pound steel thing. I don't know, you were in leather," she said to her co-star Chris Hemsworth. "It's different. [Stewart] was in full metal, I was in full metal, just getting down, it took us four hours," she said, speaking of the complex setting involved in filming her showdown with Stewart.
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… That pitching education translates into Cooper feeling confident in Sale doing more than surviving a potential switch, even with his high-water innings-pitched mark checking in at 136 last season.
"No, I think we are OK," said Cooper, when questioned directly as to whether Sale's mechanics needed to be altered. "He does some things, he's a low three-quarter guy, so I don't see anything there. But listen, he's going to have to get stronger.
"I know the delivery and what to look for, and with the way we do things with the White Sox, we've been doing it well here for a long time. I work hard to get this information. I see nothing with Sale that throws up a red flag."
Coop, also, says:
"If we decided to start Sale, I'm ultra-confident we would get him to have a solid season," Cooper said. "But I also look back on Danks and when we had Clayton Richard, where you know in a guy's rookie season there will be times he trips and falls and times he does well. It takes time and patience for us to get a guy on the line of a Danks."We took some lumps and gave some lumps," added Cooper of Danks' inaugural starting effort. "But we were not going anywhere as a team in 2007."
Does Cooper imply Sale should go to the minors if the Sox choose a starting role of him?


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The Repository specification
Repository is a very interesting new spec that provides an API based on generic capabilities and requirements to access (possible remote) repositories. With this API you can do things like: 'I need a bundle that exports package javax.servlet version 2.5' or you can say 'I need a bundle that provides a Declarative Services implementation version 1.2' without having to know what the name of the bundle is. The Repository can be used with any kind of resource (it doesn't have to be an OSGi bundle) and it works with any type of capability. So you can also make your own capabilities and express requirements in terms of those to find your resources.
Besides the API it also defines an XML interchange format that can be used to export and import repository information across repositories. Note that the resources known to the repository don't actually need to reside inside it, they can live anywhere as long as its accessible via a URL.
The Reference Implementation of the Repository is currently being worked on in the JBoss OSGi project.
The Resolver Specification
OSGi Frameworks have contained resolvers for a long time. This specification allows other entities to use this resolver as a standalone entity as well. The Resolver can obviously be used to resolve OSGi type of requirements, which can be used to evaluate what-if scenarios. The Resolver is stateless, and doesn't need to perform its operations in relation to the local framework, so it can be used to see whether a bundle or set of bundles would resolve in another framework. Additionally, the Resolver can be used on any type of constraint that can be expressed as generic capabilities and requirements, and, as with the Repository, it doesn't need to operate on bundles per se. It can resolve requirements over a set of capabilities provided by any type of resource. While I haven't tried it (yet) you should be able to use it in completely different domains. The RI of the Resolver is in a well-advanced stage at the Apache Felix project.
The Subsystems specification can be described in many different ways. One of the things it allows you to do is to create an archive (an .esa file) which contains a number of bundles which together provide a piece of functionality. For example, take the CXF-DOSGi project which implements the Remote Services specification. To deploy CXF-DOSGi you previously had to deploy a large number of bundles. Composite systems like this can now be bundled in a subsystem, where you only need to deploy a single subsystem to get all these bundles in your framework. There are many other aspects to subsystems too. Instead of bundeling up all the bundles in the .esa file you can also describe the subsystem purely in a declarative sense, by only having a descriptor that says 'my subsystem is defined by bundle1, bundle2 and bundle3'. The subsystem implementation can then use the Repository and Resolver to locate these bundles, pull in their transitive dependencies and deploy the whole lot in your OSGi framework.
Additionally, Subsystems provides a feature for QA teams. It allows you to add an additional Deployment manifest which can lock down the actual versions of the bundles that the subsystem is to be used with. QA teams can use this to lock down the versions to the ones they tested.
Besides all this, Subsystems provides isolation features which are aimed at allowing multiple subsystems to run within the same framework without interference. The Subsystems RI is being implemented in Apache Aries.
ServiceLoader Mediator Specification
This specification deals with getting java.lang.ServiceLoader to work in an OSGi framework. ServiceLoader has been in JavaSE since version 6 and there are lots of problems with it, the main ones being that its non-modular and non-dynamic by design. However there is code out there that uses ServiceLoader and this code needs to work in an OSGi framework as well. That's what this specification enables. The reference implementation is being done in the Apache Aries SPI-Fly component.
Common Namespaces Specification
Namespaces in this context describe various types of information that can be expressed as generic capabilities and requirements. This specification describes a number of these namespaces. They can be used during the resolution process but also as part of the metadata in a Repository so that they can be found using Repository queries. The following namespaces are defined in this spec (note that the Core spec also defines a number of different namespaces):
- osgi.extender: this allows a bundle to express that it needs an particular extender (e.g. I need Blueprint in order to function). The extenders themselves provide this capability.
- osgi.contract: can be used as a convenient way to import a number of packages that together provide a certain contract. For example you could say: give me all the packages that are part of the Servlet 3.0 spec. This namespace is intended for tools to allow developers to specify a contract rather than the individual imports. Under the covers this contract can automatically be expanded into the appropriate import-package statements.
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Honda Civic's rushed redo hits on all the right points
Well, there's nothing like a verbal poke in the eye to get your undivided attention.
Not all that long ago, Honda announced the mid-2011 arrival of its 2012-model-year Civic. Fans of the brand seemed pleased, as evidenced by the upwardly pointing sales charts. However, the press and a certain advertising-free consumer magazine gave Honda a rough ride, reporting that the Civic had an uninspired look, unexciting handling and plasticky interior.
Now, most automakers would have simply ignored those comments.
Not so, Honda. Whether motivated by its competitive instincts or by a desire to simply do better (or both), it's introducing a heavily revised 2013 Civic sedan well ahead of schedule.
What a difference just a single model year makes. Although the lower-volume Civic coupe has been generally left alone, the sedan's adjustments include completely new front and rear bodywork encompassing a more prominent grille, restyled hood and new fog and corner lights. At the opposite end, a reshaped trunk lid and bumper are flanked by a fresh set of taillights. Additionally, all trim levels feature new wheel designs.
The alterations don't dramatically change the sedan's appearance, but they do give it an unmistakably classier look, which is a good thing when competing for the hearts and wallets of compact car-customers.
Structurally, changes have been initiated to improve the Civic's front-end collision protection, especially at each corner, which should help it meet new partial front-end crash-test standards. There's high-strength steel in the A-pillars (that flank the windshield) and in the side sills below the doors.
Changes have also been made to the suspension, steering and soundproofing materials to improve ride comfort, reduce cabin noise and create a sportier driving experience. Sedans and coupes equipped with the optional automatic transmission have also been fitted with larger front brake rotors.
Honda has addressed concerns regarding the Civic's interior by giving the dashboard a major makeover. There are now fewer visually irritating creases and angles and most plastic surfaces have been covered with richer-looking soft-touch materials.
If it weren't for its carry-over powertrains, the 2013 Civic might have earned itself totally new-model status. Back again is the standard 140-horsepower 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine with the optional 201-horsepower four-cylinder repeating in the performance-oriented Si.
The 110-horse 1.8 continues to power the natural-gas-fueled sedan, while the gas-electric Civic Hybrid's powertrain (also 110 horsepower) is unaltered. That model now comes standard with accident-mitigating forward-collision-warning and accidental-lane-departure warning systems (both are options on other Civic models).
As before, the base powerplant can be mated to a five-speed manual transmission or optional five-speed automatic. A six-speed manual gearbox is used exclusively for the Si while a continuously variable unit transmits the Hybrid's torque to the front wheels.
Fuel economy stats remain at 28 mpg in the city and 39 on the highway for automatic-transmission models (28/36 for manual-gearbox Civics and 29/41 for the extra fuel-efficient HF). The more potent Si is rated at 22 mpg in the city and 31 highway.
One other significant change is the deletion of the price-leading DX from the lineup, which means that least-expensive Civic LX sedan now lists for $19,000, including destination charges, but that includes more content such as air conditioning, rearview camera plus numerous power-operated accessories. The EX adds climate control, premium audio system and a power moonroof while the EX-L offers leather seats (heated in front). Ordering the EX and EX-L also allows you to add voice-activated navigation at extra cost.
It could be argued that the newly energized Civic sedan is the car that Honda should have introduced for 2012, but at least the quick response in addressing concerns will impress the legions of Civic supporters and prove the automaker's ability to make rapid change.
What you should know: 2013 Honda Civic sedan
Type: Four-door, front-wheel-drive compact sedan
Engines (hp): 1.8-liter SOHC I4 (140); 2.4-liter DOHC I4 (201)
Transmissions: Five-speed manual; five-speed automatic (opt.)
Market position: The Civic remains a top-ranked vehicle in a highly competitive market. In this league, content is becoming as important as fuel economy since many buyers are downsizing out of larger cars with abundant features.
Points: Rapid makeover yields a more desirable car; Civic now positioned as premium compact model with higher base price than most competitors; Suspension improvements should increase overall sportiness; High-output Si model should offer an automatic-transmission; Look for competitors to match Honda's fast-fix strategy.
Safety: Front airbags; side-impact airbags; side-curtain airbags; anti-lock brakes; traction control; stability control.
MPG (city/hwy): 22/39 (AT)
Base price (incl. destination): $19,000
Hyundai Elantra
Base price: $17,800
Stylish sedan can also be had in coupe and hatchback formats.
Dodge Dart
Base price: $16,800
All-new model offers lots of room plus choice of three engines.
Nissan Sentra
Base price: $16,800
Compact car makes fuel economy and passenger space major priorities.