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China Update – 2
Wow! We've just had a great weekend at Cobnor Outdoor Actvities Centre with the group of young people heading to China. It was a pretty packed weekend with lots of laughs, and serious discussions. We started off getting to know each other and working out how we wanted to work and live together both on the weekend and while away. It was a busy Friday evening as everyone chatted, learnt how to use the cameras, had the opportunity to diary their early thoughts about the project and chill out playing some old favorites.
It's been some time since I've worked directly with a group so I was a bit nervous and wondered if I could still do it. It didn't take long to 'warm up' and soon we were all getting that buzz of working together, discovering new people, their hopes, interests and passions!
Saturday morning saw us out in the rain canoeing and climbing (well, I canoed but didnt climb as I had to prepare for the next session). It was an early start and the damp seeped through the skin as we paddled up towards the end of the spit. Most of the group I was with had paddled before so it was a good chance to mix, altough a couple of young people did spend some time going round in circles. Throughout the weekend we've been experimenting with a FLIP camera and, having got all our consents, here is a bit of a taster of what the weekend was like!
Saturday afternoon saw us all playing pictionary (!) with a twist of course! The game was fast and furious and was a great opportunity to start raising the question of stereotypes and assumptions (and how these were developed) as 'old' was pictured most consistently as an elderly person with a cane and glasses, 'disabled' through an individual in a wheelchair, and French with the eiffel tower. It was interesting to see how difficult it was for the group to draw a picture of somewhere they had never heard of, in this instance Bhutan. This was our start of exploring Culture and Identity.
With a chance to explore the papers to see how both China and great Britain were being portrayed headlines abounded and promoted an interesting discussion about where we got our information from about what was happening in the world and how the papers influcences our thoughts. As you can see, with the evening rapidly approaching we got ready to go out for a chinese meal, I know, it's not the same as in China but the main objective was to encourage the group to use chopsticks and also to try food that they hadn't tried before. There were a lot of new taste experiences!!!!!
Unfortunately I had to leave later that evening. The group were brilliant and worked really hard as well as having a lot of fun. I'm keen to get an update to see how everyone got on with raft building and putting together a youth opportunity fund bid. I'm sure we'll have more news to follow soon…..


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When you see those dog agility shows on TV where the dogs run at breakneck speeds through hoops and over jumps, it takes someone to teach them those tricks.
Kelly Legarreta, owner and operator of the Web Site www.healingpawsabilities.com, has done just that for five years, and has trained dogs in general for nearly a decade.
Legarreta offers animal massage and dog training and offers dog sports and agility training at the Shell Factory's Doggy Heaven Dog Park on Thursdays and at K-Nine Connections Life Centre in Fort Myers on Sundays.
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Legaretta started offering pet massage 10 years ago, and got into offering agility classes five years ago after watching it and immediately falling in love with the sport.
"Everyone thinks it's obedience, the healing and retrieving, and I learned there were other options for the dog to do," Legarreta said. "I was motivated by trainers who did the sport and decided it was my favorite thing to do."
The Shell Factory, with its Doggy Heaven, became a natural location, as it wanted a place for people to bring their dogs to train at all levels in agility.
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Legerreta said with the agility classes, it requires a lot of patience to get the dogs to the point where they can do everything that's expected. That is, they jump jumps, run through tunnels and negotiate the tougher obstacles.
"When dogs first come, we teach them to love to learn to play the game. Using cookies or toys, we teach them not to be afraid," Legarreta said. "We reward them for going over each obstacle, especially the tunnel, that many are fearful of at first."
Once they learn each obstacle, Legarreta begins to link them together, two at a time, three at a time, then for longer routes. The key is to make sure the dogs are having a good time.
"We never make a dog do anything they don't want to do," Legarreta said.
Legarretta teaches about 10 classes a week and tries to keep them at a maximum of five dogs per class to give each animal as much individual attention as possible.
Among the things Legarreta also teaches are obedience, caring, fitness and puppy classes, mostly at an indoor training facility on Del Prado Boulevard in Cape Coral or at people's homes.
No matter what, Legarreta said she just wants to build a bond between people and their dogs.

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In 2014 will start the commemoration of the centenary of the beginning of the terrible 14-18 slaughter. In my own way, with your help, I would like to commemorate the soldiers and civilians of all nationalities who were the victims of the unbounded egos of the leaders of the time who threw the world into a conflict that lasted more than four years.
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Popping up once again at Capitol Cardiff
2 September 2015,
Staff from the Museum's Natural Science Department have been popping-up at the Capitol Shopping Centre in Cardiff again this year with their 'I Spy Nature' Pop-up Museum. Museum curators and learning staff showed a plethora of objects and specimens from the Natural History collections at National Museum Cardiff to shoppers over a six day period in July and August. Over 1200 people visited the pop-up museum and saw fossils, minerals, marine invertebrates, a beautiful botanical display of common British species and a variety of insects from around the world. Created for this year's display was an ingenious dark box for viewing florescent minerals under UV light. Visitors could be seen donning their safety specs to view inside. Our younger visitors were encouraged to utilise their drawing skills to draw some of the specimens on display as part of our drawing competition. Competition winners will be announced shortly and the winning entries will be displayed on the blog. We were even lucky enough to be visited by singer and actress Connie Fisher, whose favourite object was a fossilised fish.
The I Spy Nature exhition at National Museum Cardiff will run until 3rd January 2016.


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Dianne Feinstein Asks DOJ To Investigate Leak Of Torture Report Summary To McClatchy News Service
from the because-only-Senate-staffers-are-allowed-to-access-unauthorized-documents dept
Sen. Feinstein seemed incredibly outraged that her office was spied on by the CIA in its efforts to keep a torture report under wraps. This was noted with some attendant irony, given Feinstein's boisterous support of the NSA's surveillance efforts.
Now, she's stepped into irony again, opening an investigation of McClatchy News for leaking a condensed, bullet-points-only summation of the findings hidden within the still-unreleased 6,600-page "torture report."
The Senate Intelligence Committee has opened an investigation into how McClatchy obtained the classified conclusions of a report into the CIA's use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, the panel's chairwoman said Friday.Unauthorized disclosure, maybe. But it's looking more and more like the only way Americans are ever going to see the inside of the infamous report is via unauthorized channels, what with the CIA asking for redaction privileges. This is the same Senator who fought the CIA over control of this report, only now she wants to control how the information is fed to the public.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she was also referring the case to the Justice Department for investigation.
"If someone distributed any part of this classified report, they broke the law and should be prosecuted," Feinstein said in a prepared statement. "The committee is investigating this unauthorized disclosure and I intend to refer the matter to the Department of Justice."
The investigation of the CIA wasn't performed just because Washington had money to waste. Supposedly this was done in the public interest, even if almost everyone involved has done as much as they can to keep the information out of the public's hands. It's the kind of government no one wants: one that internalizes its investigative efforts and withholds the findings. The public is frequently treated like an unwanted side effect of governing. "Shut up," Feinstein explained, "or we'll make you regret ever speaking up."
Disappointing, yes. But worse, it's predictable. McClatchy isn't happy.
"We are disappointed that Sen. Feinstein plans to seek a Justice Department investigation of our journalism," said James Asher, McClatchy's Washington bureau chief. "We believe that Americans need to know what the CIA might have done to detainees and who is responsible for any questionable practices, which is why we have vigorously covered this story."Asher is right about the public knowing, which is ostensibly the endpoint of investigations like these. But now that it's all been compiled, representatives are (somewhat inadvertently) joining forces with the same agency they decried and throwing as much dirt as they can over any exposure. There's a slim chance that much of the 480-page "executive summary" will survive the rounds of redactions headed its way. For McClatchy to release a 2-page summary is a drop in bucket compared to the voluminous whole.
The DOJ will now (possibly) start searching for yet another whistleblower, one who felt the refusal to discuss the contents beyond vague generalities was an intellectually dishonest move by those heading the investigation. But it's even more wrongheaded for Feinstein to request an investigation into this leaked document, only a few months removed from the CIA asking the DOJ to investigate Feinstein's staffers for their "unauthorized removal" of documents. It's apparently OK to take "unauthorized" documents if you're a Senator, but not so much if you're a journalist.
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If you have been following this blog, I spent most of 2012 cleaning up my Sources and moving them into the Source Template feature. Up until FTM2014, the only way that you could easily tell if the Source was using a Template, was to look at the Ancestry Member Tree (AMT), if you had your file online.
Now, we have a visual indication that a Source is using the Template. That, along with the ability to have a Web Address on the Citation screen, I thought that maybe a blog about the approach I took last year, and continue to work on it now, especially since I don't have to work so hard to see if I am using the Template Feature.
The Sources Workspace has the new Indication, "Template" below. That is the indication that the select Source is using the Template. This example is the first Source in the Left Hand Column.
This example is a Census Record, where the Template format I chose was Year and Location, or State. The Template will get you to the County level. I have many people in Pennsylvania, so I want it broken down to the County Level. I made that my "standard" way to handle Census Records.
There are two indications on the right, that some folks have missed, or may not know are there. The most important one to me, is the ability to View the Source Online. That active link is the result of using the Web Merge Feature. I did a series of blog posts on what that means and how to do it. Clicking on that link will take you directly to the page on Ancestry. At the same time, there is a place to put a Web Address. That is especially helpful if the Source is on another website. Just copy the Web Address (URL) from your browser and paste it into this field.
I don't normally include that link in the Reference Notes, but I have it at my finger times, if I need to.
During my continuing project, I am going back to make sure that I have the Web Address and where appropriate the View Source Online.
Now, HOW to track that. When I first received FTM2014, I looked for a report that would help me, it's not there, so I immediately submitted Feedback link in the Online Help Center or on Ancestry.com
I am tracking the work using the Bibliography Report. To the Publish Workspace, Sources Report, and selected Bibliography Report.
So as I go down the report, I mark off that I have the Sources in the Template feature:
Just to get a handle on where I was, I looked at the first 5 (of 13) pages. 436 Sources, of which I had list 125 Sources 27 have not been put into the Template format. I figured that if I started with the Census Records, I would get the biggest bang for my time and it worked.
The EndNotes for the reports are so much cleaner. But that's another blog post.
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Second verse, same as the first. This time, though, at higher levels. Missouri beat Illinois, 52-42, in their football season opener Saturday night; a game that mimicked last year's showdown at the Edward Jones Dome.
Second verse, same as the first. This time, though, at higher levels.
Missouri beat Illinois, 52-42, in their football season opener Saturday night; a game that mimicked last year's showdown at the Edward Jones Dome. Once again, Mizzou opened a big lead, then Illinois stormed back and was about to create a chance to win — until an interception return for a touchdown put the game out of reach.
The game lasted almost four hours and left a crowd of 66,441 — a record for a college game at the Jones Dome — wrung out, their voices as exhausted as the players' bodies.
This year, though, both teams were nationally ranked for the first time in the history of their rivalry. The outcome — especially if Illinois had been able to come all the way back — has national-championship implications.
That wasn't the case a year ago.
Back then, Mizzou believed it had the chops to be an elite team but had provided no proof. Illinois believed it was much improved after being a program in disarray just two years earlier but needed a measuring stick.
Even after the 2007 game ended, there were questions. Was Missouri as good as it looked, or did the Tigers prevail because they were playing the same old Illini? Was Illinois really a good team, or was that close call the result of Mizzou not being quite as good as hoped?
By season's end, we knew. Missouri reached a No. 1 national ranking and won the Cotton Bowl. Illinois beat another No. 1 team, Ohio State, and reached the Rose Bowl.
Based on those outcomes and the return of key players, both teams arrived in St. Louis this weekend with raised expectations. Mizzou wants to solidify its standing among the elite, and Illinois wants to move into that fast company.
Saturday, Mizzou lived up to its hype. This is a team of national-championship caliber. They have the whole package — even the defense that was lacking a year ago, despite the 42 points Illinois put on the board.
Missouri sacked Illinois quarterback Juice Williams five times. Seemed like 10. The Tigers intercepted him twice, including one that was run back for the touchdown that put the game out of reach.
The bottom line now, as in 2007: Missouri simply is that much better than Illinois.
Williams is electric. He can transform a looming disaster into the play of the night. He's quick on his feet and elusive. He never can be counted out.
But Missouri's Chase Daniel is better.
Illinois receiver Arrelious Benn is a big-time player, with great hands and better moves.
But he's not as good as Mizzou's Jeremy Maclin.
Illini coach Ron Zook was full of praise for Missouri, even as he was disappointed with the performance of his own team. He opined that maybe he and his staff had pumped up the Illini too much, trying to make them believe they're good.
Well, they are good. They're just not that good yet.
And they're certainly not as good as Missouri.
"You can't get behind a team of that caliber like that and expect to come back," Zook said.
Mizzou was up 45-20 early in the second half before Illinois mounted a wild comeback. But the Illini didn't have enough.
The biggest hole is at running back, where Rashard Mendenhall bolted early to the NFL.
Saturday night, nobody stepped up to replace him. If Illinois is going to challenge for a Big Ten Conference title, or more, it'll have to mount a stronger running game.
The defense might be problematic, too, although it's tough to be sure. Mizzou sports one of the most dynamic offenses in the nation and piled up 549 yards. The Tigers' front line allowed Illinois to get to Daniel only once.
Illinois has every reason to be disappointed in its performance, but not disheartened.
This is a good team, and a young one.
The Illini and this rivalry — which for a long time had little or nothing going for it in football — are looking good for the long haul.
KIRK WESSLER is Journal Star executive sports editor/columnist. He can be reached at email@example.com or 686-3216.


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"Permanent Internet Access" For STALKER 2
Kotaku Australia are reporting this Ukrainian publication's interview with GSC's Studio Director Sergey Grigorovich. In it it he answers a huge number of questions, revealing little about the sequel apart from question one about "security" for the forthcoming game:
"Software piracy is an issue for us, we try to fight it, but within reason… Protection from piracy? Part of the content will be located on the server and downloaded as the game progresses. Permanent internet access is required. Text information, code and quests will be loaded through that connection."
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Praise for L. Marie Adeline's S.E.C.R.E.T. trilogy
"[Adeline] takes the 'casual' out of 'casual sex' and infuses even scenes where you know the characters won't see each other again with an emotional authenticity as well as physical chemistry."–USAToday.com
"Enough heat to satisfy even the most voracious of erotica devotees, and the female-empowerment angle might encourage hesitant-but-curious readers to challenge their own inhibitions and give erotica a try."–Book Page
"Smoothly written…Sexy."–Kirkus
"[S.E.C.R.E.T.] will have you unleashing your own inner goddess."–Romantic Times


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Musical breasts
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Breast enhancements need not only be about looks and sex appeal. They could soon have a functional purpose too.
A company is currently developing a microchip that stores music files and can be built into a breast implant, the Sun reports.
BT Futurology apparently intend on developing a musical double act for the bosoms, which would see an MP3 player installed in one mammary, and music files in the other.
The whole ensemble could then be managed via Bluetooth wireless technology.
Company analyst Ian Pearson said: "It is now very hard for me to think of breast implants as just decorative.
"If a woman has something implanted permanently, it might as well do something useful."


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May 10 Podcast
Stanley Hauerwas discusses his new memoir, Hannah's Child.
Named by Time magazine in 2001 as the "best theologian in America," Stanley Hauerwas is a towering figure in theology today, a pacifist and author whose work has sought to integrate a variety of Christian and ethical sources. His new book, Hannah's Child, is an account of his life in theology that deals frankly with the mental illness of his first wife as well as his ecclesial journey from Methodist to Catholic to Anglican worship. In this interview, Hauerwas assesses the health of Christianity today and reflects on what it means to be a pacifist after 9/11.
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THE main newspaper publishers say digital subscriber sales for the September quarter have increased as print editions continue to decline.
It was the first time that both major newspaper groups – the owner of this paper, Fairfax Media, and News Ltd – reported fully audited mastheads sales, including print and digital, said the industry group the Newspaper Works.
"The multi-platform publishing strategies being pursued by the major newspaper publishers have produced a very promising picture of newspaper circulations," said Newspaper Works chief executive Tony Hale.
Fairfax's metro mastheads, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, reported 56,559 weekday digital subscribers and 31,502, respectively, for the period covering July to September.
More importantly, the Fairfax metro mastheads continued to dominate the Roy Morgan total masthead readership survey for the quarter ending September 2012. The Herald topped the multi-platform measure of readership while The Age came in fourth-highest. News Ltd's national masthead, The Australian, reported its audited digital subscriber numbers for the first time, with 31,241 average net paid weekday digital subscribers for the same period. The Australian put a paywall on its website in October last year, News Ltd's Melbourne masthead, the Herald Sun, followed in March this year. It did not report its digital subscriber numbers for the September quarter, but a News spokesman said: "We would expect to release those in the next quarter."
Fairfax will start metered access early next year along the lines of The New York Times site, with free access to a set number of items before readers are asked to subscribe.
Fairfax, which has been stripping out unprofitable newspaper sales, recorded the biggest falls in print. According to the Audit Bureau, weekday circulation of The Herald is down 15.1 per cent year on year, while The Sun-Herald declined 21.3 per cent.
The Age weekday is down 16.9 per cent per cent year on year, while The Sunday Age is down 15.4 per cent.
News Corp reported the weekday sales of The Australian down 4.6 per cent, and its weekend edition dropped 5.6 per cent. The Herald Sun dropped 4.4 per cent in weekday circulation, and 5.7 per cent on Sunday.
The author owns Fairfax Media shares.
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Racing Wisely
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Racing Wisely helps you think through every aspect of race day, from choosing the right goal race to packing to pacing and strategy. These questionnaires, worksheets, and checklists are explained in full detail in the book. Here are PDF versions for reference, as well as Word versions for you to customize and use to reach your personal best. Click on the file title to download.
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If you are running with music, please be attentive to the course. You can add these 15- to 30-second form cue snippets to your playlist.
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This YouTube playlist contains videos to help you with race visualization.
Here's a virtual pep talk, courtesy of Wanderlust:
Race wisely to achieve your personal best.
You've trained for your peak race for months. When the big day comes, how will you perform? All the training in the world is useless if you can't execute your race plan and cope with unforeseen events, and subpar training can be overcome if you approach race day with the right attitude.
Whether you are new to racing or have been frustrated by underperformance or setbacks, Racing Wisely gives you tools—from the practical to the philosophical—to perform to the best of your ability. You'll learn how to:
- Choose the right race for your personal strengths
- Test yourself in training to identify the right race pace and effort
- Write a race plan that helps you feel calm, prepared, and in control
- Manage your energy in the week, days, and hours before the race
- Warm up properly to race at your best
- Pace correctly for races of every distance
- Race for a personal-best time, or race competitively for place
- Recover physically and mentally to set up your next personal best
Coach Sage Rountree provides concrete tips and pacing tools for athletes racing endurance events including open-water races, bike races, track, road, and trail running, multisport races, and adventure races. Learn to plan and execute perfect pacing as you race to your personal best, and gain tools to make the best of whatever situation emerges on race day.
Learn to race wisely: to use your experience to grow stronger, to move faster, and to come through when it really counts.
"Sage Rountree has made a career of filling the gaps in guidance for endurance athletes, and she has done it again with this comprehensive and practical guide. Whether your usual race goal is to finish or to win, Sage's collected wisdom will give you a huge boost toward consistently performing at your personal best in competition. Whatever is holding you back from racing as well as you could, you will find a way through it in these pages."
—from the foreword by Matt Fitzgerald, author of Racing Weight and The New Rules of Marathon and Half Marathon Nutrition
"Runners spend so much time on training: week after week after week. Sometimes, it seems that that's all we talk about. But the end goal is the race. Unfortunately, we don't always put in the same dedication to planning a successful race as we do planning our training. Racing Wisely provides that often missing ingredient of race preparation and will help runners put all their great training to good use when it counts—the race. Sage Rountree understands performance, and this guide will prove invaluable for goal-oriented athletes."
—Greg McMillan, coach, McMillan Running, and author of YOU (Only Faster)
"Racing Wisely delivers exactly what you hope for from a smart yogi-runner-triathlete: thoughtful insight about goals, intentions, and actions told in an engagingly conversational, down-to-earth style. I love that this book offers practical and philosophical advice for the whole spectrum of athletes, from serious goal-driven competitors to more experiential but just as passionate casual athletes. A great addition to the thinking runner's library."
—Tish Hamilton, Executive Editor, Runner's World
"In Racing Wisely, Sage Rountree delivers the clearest truths and best secrets of training and racing endurance sports. First timers and veterans will benefit from the wisdom and excellent writing, which combine to allow every reader access to their best athletic performance and best self."
—Ian Murray, USA Triathlon elite coach
"The title Racing Wisely doesn't do justice to this book, a comprehensive, accessible guide to choosing, training for, and performing your best in any endurance race. Whether you're doing your first 5K or your fifth Ironman, you can benefit from Sage Rountree's smart, holistic perspective."
—Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea, another mother runner, authors of Run Like a Mother and Train Like a Mother
"Sage Rountree's Racing Wisely is the most comprehensive and sound advice on how to be a 'smart' athlete. Through the wisdom she shares with both wit and her vast coaching experience, Rountree guides her readers through the tricky nuances of race prep and execution. The book reads like a friendly and supportive conversation, never intimidating but always intelligent and motivating. It's a must-read guide for any athlete looking to perform—and experience—a race to his or her fullest potential."
—Kristina Pinto, coach, author, Fit and Healthy Pregnancy
"An important fundamental characteristic of a good coach is the ability to acknowledge that they don't know it all, nor do they always have all the answers. A dynamic coach learns from his or her mistakes and applies those new understandings to the next athlete they work with. In Racing Wisely, Sage Rountree compresses a life's worth of personal and fellow athlete experiences, mistakes, and successes into one reference. Coaches and athletes now have a manual at their fingertips that will prevent them or those they're working with from making calamitous race-week and race-day mistakes. What's more, even if you believe you've got a successful strategy in place, this guidebook steers even the best teacher and student toward a more effective and efficient game plan. Though some of the advice revealed is tried and true lessons we all know, many of the tips Sage discusses aren't so obvious. It's worth taking a spin through this book to discover what race-winning logistics and direction you might be missing. I've used Sage's other literary works, The Athlete's Guide to Recovery and The Runner's Guide to Yoga, for my own writing and coaching purposes. Racing Wisely will certainly be added to this reference list."
—Ian Torrence, ultrarunning coach, McMillan running; finisher of more than 175 ultramarathons
"Tips for Racing Wisely," excerpt, Trail Runner Magazine
"Racing Wisely: Wise Mental Skills," excerpt, Competitor Running
"Cycling Race or Event Day Strategies and Tactics," Cycling 360 podcast interview with Sage
"Making Racing Simple," Runners Connect podcast interview with Sage


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October is National Indoor Air Quality Month. Since November is only two days away, we thought we'd throw in at least one more post related to the subject of indoor air quality. But even after November comes, please know that it's never too late to celebrate.
If you are a parent, GREENGUARD is here to help you celebrate through the rest of this year and into the beginning of 2011 with its "Big Bundle of Joy $10,000 Nursery Giveaway", a sweepstakes that will help create healthier nurseries with better IAQ. One lucky grand prize winner will receive $10,000 worth of GREENGUARD certified, low-emitting products from from several manufacturers, completely customizing their nursery to protect the health of their baby. Since children are especially vulnerable to respiratory ailments like asthma, the quality of the air they breathe is crucial. GREENGUARD certified products emit lower levels of VOC's so that your baby is breathing cleaner air.
If you want to ensure the highest level of protection for your baby, visit our post, "Filters For Kids – A Two Part Series, Continued" for other ways to improve the indoor air quality in your child's room or nursery.
GREENGUARD is committed to providing healthy indoor air for children outside the home as well. Recently, the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute launched an interactive school indoor air quality tour on its website, to inform parents, students and teachers on the ways in which IAQ impacts health and student performance.


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Times Reporter's Visa Application Still Under Consideration
Three days after New York Times correspondent and his family were forced to leave the mainland after he wasn't issued a new visa by year's end, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has responded to say his application is still under consideration.
Chris Buckley, 45 years old, is a longtime foreign correspondent in the mainland. Previously a reporter with Reuters news agency covering Chinese domestic politics and other topics, Mr. Buckley joined the New York Times in September. Authorities have yet to grant him a 2013 visa to report for the Times from Beijing, and he was forced to leave the mainland on Monday as his old Reuters visa prepared to expire.
"The Chinese government always deals with issues related to foreign correspondents in China based on law and regulation," the Foreign Ministry said in a written response to questions. "His application is still under consideration," it added.
Mr. Buckley, an Australian national, has declined to comment on the matter. A spokesman for the Australian embassy in Beijing has also declined to comment.
A foreign ministry spokeswoman denied that Mr. Buckley had been forced out of China. She said that Reuters had failed to follow regulations by reporting Mr. Buckley's departure from the agency. Therefore, as far as the foreign ministry was concerned, he was still at Reuters, and the agency had not applied for a visa extension.
Don Durfee, the North Asia general manager for Reuters, confirmed that Reuters hadn't canceled Mr. Buckley's visa and had instead let it expire at the end of the year.
In a statement this week, the Times' executive editor, Jill Abramson, said she hoped "the Chinese authorities will issue him a new visa as soon as possible."
Western news agencies operating in China routinely face long waits for new journalist visa approvals.
The Times' website has been blocked in China since at least October, when the newspaper published a lengthy investigation into the family of Premier Wen Jiabao. The Times alleged Mr. Wen's family had controlled assets worth at least $2.7 billion. Mr. Wen's family has said the report is untrue, and the Foreign Ministry said the Times story "blackens China and has ulterior motives."
--Brian Spegele and Andrew Browne. Follow Brian on Twitter @bspegele
Note: This post has been updated with additional comment from the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Reuters.
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Among the very special memories I brought home with me from a recent visit to Florence, Italy was dinner at "Il Palagio" the Michelin one star restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze. Although my husband and I were hotel guests (see more) when we ate there, a dinner at this fine restaurant would have been memorable no matter where we were staying. In addition to the fantastic food, the impeccable service, and the lovely ambiance, there were features in the décor and interactions that added up to a perfect evening.
For example, how often is it possible to have dinner in an ancient castle? And for me, a person with dietary restrictions, how often can I find food that tastes great?
Due to the skills of Executive Chef Vito Mollica, Executive Pastry Chef Domenico Clemete and Restaurant Manager Mario Esposito among others, "Il Palagio" won a Michelin Star in 2012.
Chef Mollica joined the Four Seasons in 1996 as part of Four Seasons Hotel Milano and then to Four Seasons Hotel Prague in 2000. He has been the Executive Chef at "Il Palagio" since it opened in 2008. The restaurant honors Tuscan tradition using Tuscan ingredients sourced direct from local producers. Chef Mollica's style of cooking is Florentine with a French-style presentation. He is a great advocate of the Italian "Slow Food" movement. A book published in 2013 "honours the Cuisine of Chef Vito Mollica of Four Seasons Hotel Firenze….recognized with 'the best dish of the year' by I Ristoranti d' Italia de l'Espresso 2013."
Approaching the dining room, we were impressed with the large Wine Bar display and later learned there is a collection of 5,000 bottles of wine, not all there. "Il Palagio," which is located on the ground floor of the Palazzo della Gherardesca, was once the Palazzo's stable block and retains its original antique vaulted ceiling and numerous columns, creating a lovely space for dining any time of the day or night.
Once seated we studied the menu and found a wide range of wonderful food choices that began with Appetizers, and went through the following: First courses, Fish Main Courses, Meat Main Courses, Main Courses for two people, as well as a tasting menu with six courses, and, of course, dessert.
As a gluten-free vegetarian, I (Barbara) was absolutely thrilled to be able to enjoy foods that were just as wonderful as those offered to my "eat everything" husband (Leon).
What we ate:
An "amuse" greeted us.
Leon: Octopus that was mild and chewy and Veal that was tender and flavorful.
Barbara: Crunchy vegetables that were delicious.
The gluten-free bread was delicious and provided the chance to enjoy the amazing olive oil.
Wine: Rodan Chianti Classico Reserve 2007 Via Costa
Barbara: Broad Bean Soup
Lovely to look at and tasted delicious: thick, rich - a treat that was good to the last taste
Leon: Hot Beef Salad
Very good sweet flavor. The red sauce with tomato flavor and texture adds to the pleasant experience
First Course
Barbara: Risotto Asparagus
Mellow flavors with rice and asparagus perfect in cooking and the saffron flavor was so delicious that each bite was a delight
Leon: Homemade 'Pici pasta' with Guinea Fowl ragu
This is a delicious spaghetti –like pasta with a delicious flavor resulting from fowl, mushrooms, tomato and more. "I love this dish that has everything I like," was Leon's reaction.
A surprise of diced apple-vanilla ice cream was a wonderful taste treat, crunchy and smooth, sour and sweet and cold and warm, just amazing.
We discovered that the Napoleon on the menu was very different from anything we had ever seen/tasted before. Napoleon referred to layers. This dessert was mango sorbet between layers of chocolate. Can you imagine anything more wonderful? Nor could we, but we got to enjoy these wonderful flavor and texture blend.
A cup of Chinese Green Tea, A glass of Muscato D'Asti finished the meal or so we thought until our last surprise arrived. A plate of macaroons, jellied candies, cookies and other goodies appeared with each flavor better than the last.
So you can readily see why we won't forget this meal. If you are in Florence, Italy you can do no better than a meal at "Il Palacio" at the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze.
Photos: Leon Keer


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Despite an informal truce in Gaza, a Palestinian militant was killed by Israeli troops and Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in Gaza Monday. The Israeli attacks were retaliations against Palestinian rocket attacks that took place on Sunday. The violence coincides with increased efforts to broker a more lasting cease-fire.
The Palestinian fighter was killed by Israeli troops overnight, reports the Associated Press.
The militant group Islamic Jihad said in a statement that one of its fighters was killed overnight in an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military said troops spotted an armed militant trying to cross the Gaza-Israel border late Sunday and opened fire, after which a bomb belt he was wearing detonated.
Haaretz reports the fighter had planned to attack Israeli troops, according to Islamic Jihad.
Islamic Jihad had earlier said the man killed was on a mission to attack an Israeli patrol along the border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip...
Islamic Jihad said the Palestinian killed near the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun belonged to its armed wing and that he was part of a squad that had planned to attack Israeli troops along the frontier.
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza earlier Monday morning did not result in casualties, according to Agence France-Presse.
An Israeli F-16 fired two missiles against a police post near the southern city of Khan Yunis, sparking a fire.
An Israeli helicopter also carried out a raid in a unpopulated area of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, but caused no casualties.
"Aircraft intervened against a Hamas position in Hamas near Khan Yunis and another at Beit Lahiya," an Israeli military spokesman confirmed.
The airstrikes are in retaliation for Palestinian rocket attacks that occurred the day before, reports the Associated Press.
Two rockets fired by Palestinian militants struck southern Israel on Sunday, Israel's military said, violating an informal truce even as Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers appeared to hurry closer to a long-term cease-fire deal two days before Israeli elections....
In separate attacks, Palestinian rockets exploded in the Nir Am communal farm and the southern city of Ashkelon. No injuries were reported, though cars and buildings were damaged, authorities said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for either attack.
In a separate incident, an Israeli gunboat fired a shell at a Palestinian fishing boat off the northern Gaza coast, reports the Associated Press.
The military said the boat had strayed beyond limits Israel has set for fishermen, and that the gunfire was meant as a deterrent.
Palestinian officials said the fishing boat was damaged but no one was injured.
This violence coincides with an announcement on Monday in the Egyptian newspaper Al Gomhuria that Israel and Hamas are expected to finalize a cease-fire agreement within 48 hours, reports Ynet.
The deal is set to include two stages: An oral agreement on both sides to hold fire, followed by a written agreement for a one-year truce at least.
According to the Egyptian report, Hamas strongman Mahmoud al-Zahar is expected to return to Cairo with a positive answer to the proposals presented to the organization by Egypt. Turkey was also said to be involved in the talks.
According to the Associated Press, the release of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and the reopening of Gaza Strip crossings have featured prominently in negotiations.
Israel wants militants to halt their attacks, end arms smuggling into Gaza and release an Israeli soldier Hamas has held captive for more than 2-1/2 years.
Hamas wants an end to Israel's economic blockade of Gaza, which has severely restricted the movement of goods since Hamas seized power in June 2007. It also has demanded the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel in return for the soldier, Sgt. Gilad Schalit. Hundreds of the prisoners have been involved in deadly attacks on Israel, and their release would likely generate unease if not outright controversy.
According to a joint report of the Lebanese daily The Daily Star and Agence France-Presse, a Hamas delegation was supposed to continue negotiations on Monday in Cairo. However, Egyptian demands may present obstacles before the cease-fire agreement is finalized.
Egypt is hopeful that a Gaza truce accord between Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas can be reached in the next few days, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said Sunday. "There are positive signs that in the next few days we will reach an understanding on a truce and a partial reopening of crossing points [into Gaza]," Zaki said....
A Hamas delegation from Gaza led by deposed Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar was in Syria on Sunday for consultations on the truce with Damascus-based members of the group's politburo, Hamas official Mohammad Nasr told AFP.
Mohammad Nazzal, a senior Hamas official based in Damascus, told Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television that there are still "obstacles" in the truce talks. He said Egypt is linking the opening of its Rafah border crossing to Gaza with Palestinian reconciliation. Egypt has refused to permanently open the crossing in the absence of EU monitors and representatives of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas....
The delegation is due to return to the Egyptian capital on Monday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Negotiations are expected to continue in Cairo on Tuesday and Wednesday as Hamas representatives are eager to negotiate a cease-fire before a new Israeli government is sworn in.
Meanwhile, politicians in Israel are making final appeals to voters before a general election scheduled for Tuesday, reports the BBC.
The favourite to become prime minister is Binyamin Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing opposition party, Likud.
But his opinion-poll lead has been clawed back in recent weeks by Tzipi Livni, who heads the centrist Kadima, the largest party in the government.
The BBC's Tim Franks, in Jerusalem, says opinion polls suggest the far-right will make the biggest gains.
He says the popularity of Israel Our Home Party led by Avogdor Lieberman is on the increase.
The party advocates annexing Israel's settlements on the West Bank, and redrawing the borders so that Israel's large Arab minority comes under the control of the Palestinian Authority.


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Real Salt Lake may still be reeling from a second consecutive stoppage-time loss, this time in a dramatic 4-3 decision against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night, but there was still one obvious bright spot to be found – the sensational return of Alvaro Saborio.
After missing nine of the team's last 11 games due to either injury or international duty, the franchise's all-time leading scorer re-established himself as a go-to man, scoring a hat-trick in his return, a feat that until the 89th minute looked like it would win the game for RSL.
"It's truly important to get him back and also scoring goals," RSL head coach Jason Kreis said, following the game. "You know he was critical for us there and he played a very good match. I wondered a bit about his fitness level, coming back from being with Costa Rica for so long."
The goals also proved to be the perfect remedy for a forgettable Gold Cup campaign for Saborio and Costa Rica, with the forward going goalless in the tournament and missing some critical chances in Costa Rica's eventual quarterfinal loss to Honduras.
"I felt good, my teammates were glad to welcome me back," Saborio said, after the game. "I've always said I'm very comfortable with Real Salt Lake, I'm happy here and I'm happy because of the goals I scored but I'm very sad because of the way we lost."
After falling behind two goals by the 23rd minute, Saborio grabbed one back in the 45th minute when he converted a penalty kick that was earned by Olmes Garcia. It was Saborio's ninth goal from the spot in 10 attempts in MLS play.
The goal just before the break gave RSL new life and new momentum as they came out on the front foot after spending most of the opening half defending. With the players getting forward more, they caught a break in the 80th minute when a ball bounced their way to the feet of Garcia in the area. The rookie made a smart pass to Saborio, who slotted it in off the hands of 'keeper Luis Robles in the net to tie things up at two.
The Costa Rican completed his hat-trick just two minutes later. On a pass from Joao Plata, Saborio did what he has now done 47 times for the club, hitting a right-footed toe-poke into the upper-right corner of the net for a goal and a short-lived lead.
The third goal was Saborio's seventh on the season, and despite having only played 745 minutes over nine games in 2013, he not only leads the team but is in the top 10 on the MLS scorcing charts.
The flurry of goals on Saturday night mean Saborio is now scoring at a blistering pace, second in the league with 0.85 goals scored for every 90 minutes played. Only Golden Boot leaderCamilo of Vancouver has scored at a higher clip, with 13 goals in 1319 minutes, or 0.89 goals per 90 minutes played.
Though he's back among the goals in a big way, Saborio and crew will once again need to figure out how to regroup and move on from the disappointment. They travel to face Colorado for the last segment of the 2013 Rocky Mountain Cup, needing a win to retain the trophy that's been in their possession for six seasons.
"I would've liked to win and come back to the club with a victory, the team played well on my absence and now that I'm back I'm just looking to pitch in and help out," Saborio concluded. "We must now rest and focus on our next opponent."


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Josi scores 2nd in OT as Predators beat Stars 5-4
Roman Josi scored his second goal 28 seconds into overtime, and the Nashville Predators edged the Dallas Stars 5-4 Monday night in a wild game featuring several fights, six goals and a bloodied face - all in the second period.
Josi's slap shot helped Nashville end a two-game skid, and the defenseman also had two assists as the Predators played their 10th overtime game this season.
Mike Fisher, Craig Smith and Patric Hornqvist each scored goals for Nashville. The last two losses had been shutouts, and the Predators ended a scoring drought at 133:43 after threatening the franchise-worst drought that reached 176:18 on Feb. 13 in an overtime win over San Jose.
Nashville captain Shea Weber also had two assists, including one on the winner, in his 500th career game with the Predators.
Rookie Matt Fraser and Reilly Smith scored 25 seconds apart within the first 2 minutes of the second, and Vern Fiddler and Eriksson each added a power-play goal as the Stars matched their season high within the first 9:21 of the period. Michael Ryder had three assists.
Nashville had lost four of its past five and needed a win before hitting the road for a three-game swing on the West Coast.
Fisher tied it at 8:22 of the third when he got the puck as he skated into the Nashville zone, split a pair of Stars and beat Cristopher Nilstorp with a backhander. Nashville wound up outshooting the Stars 31-24, including 11-4 in the third.
Smith ended Nashville's scoring drought at 133:43 when he snapped a shot from in front in a relatively quiet first period.
The action cranked up in the second with six goals combined, fights, and a high stick by a teammate cutting Weber's face near his nose and drawing blood. The blow dropped Weber to the ice, and he lost his stick. But he wound up checking Stars forward Matt Fraser at the boards before heading to the bench.
Dallas had scored at least three goals the previous nine straight games, and the Stars took a 2-1 lead as the rookie Fraser scored the first career goal on a slap shot from the left circle at 1:20. Then Reilly Smith tipped the puck over goalie Pekka Rinne's left leg at 1:45 for a 2-1 lead.
Nashville coach Barry Trotz immediately took his timeout, and the Predators responded when Josi tied it at 2 with his slap shot near the blue line at 3:05.
The Predators were trying to kill a holding penalty on Martin Erat when the Stars drew a delayed penalty off a high-sticking by Fisher, and Fiddler, coming on as the extra attacker, scored on a slap shot at 7:29.
With Fisher drawing a double minor, the Stars' man advantage continued, and Erikkson scored with the puck redirected past Rinne by Josi at 9:21.
The Predators trimmed the lead when they got 1:21 of a 5-on-3 after Eric Nystrom went to the box for fighting with a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. Then Fiddler got his own double minor for unsportsmanlike conduct and roughing. Nashville had only two seconds left when Hornqivst lifted a backhander over Nilstorp at 13:43 to pull the Predators within 4-3.
Notes: Weber is the sixth to play 500 games for the Predators. He joined David Legwand Martin Erat, Kimmo Timonen (now in Philadelphia) and Ryan Suter (Minnesota). ... Fisher's goal was the 200th of his career. ... Kostitsyn now has five points in his last six games (1 goal, 4 assists). ... With D Aaron Rome out with a foot injury, the Stars brought back 6-foot-7 rookie Jamie Oleksiak from the AHL's Texas Stars.


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CAIRO — Egypt"s interior minister indicated that a curfew and state of emergency in place for the past three months will expire Thursday as scheduled, saying security reinforcements will be deployed as a preventive measure in the face of protests by the supporters of the ousted president.
The curfew and emergency laws have been a key tool in authorities" crackdown on the mainly Islamist supporters of Mohammed Morsi, who was toppled by the military on July 3.
His backers have been holding small rallies nearly every day demanding his reinstatement, but they have generally dispersed at curfew time. The state of emergency also gave security forces expanded powers of arrest.
Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of police, told the state news agency on Monday that "once the curfew and state of emergency end on Nov. 14," security forces will be deployed to main streets and city centers across the country to "to tighten control and instill a feeling of confidence and security in citizens."
Egypt imposed the curfew based on the state of emergency, which was put in place on Aug. 14, when security forces violently dispersed two pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo. Hundreds of people were killed and the days of unrest that followed left more than 1,000 dead.
Over the past months, Egypt has been hit by a spiral of violence. Suspected Islamist supporters of Morsi have torched dozens of churches and police stations in retaliation. Ibrahim himself survived an assassination attempt by a suicide car bomber. Militant attacks on police and army troops have spiked in the volatile Sinai Peninsula.
After one month, the state of emergency was extended for two more months.
The curfew has run from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. six days a week. It began at 7 p.m. on Fridays, a day when Morsi supporters traditionally attempt larger protests.
In an attempt to empower security forces, the military-backed interim government is working on a controversial new law that would restrict the right to protest by forcing organizers to seek a permit to hold any gathering — something authorities can deny if they see it threatening public order.
The proposed law also bans protests at places of worship — a frequent launching point for protests by Morsi supporters — and allows for heavy fines or possible jail time for violators.
An initial draft of the law sparked a storm of criticism from rights activists who said it could be used to prevent dissent in general. Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi was forced to withdraw the draft for revisions.
Egypt was under emergency laws for some 31 years under former President Hosni Mubarak, and police were notorious for abusing their far-reaching powers under the laws. That was one key factor fueling public outrage in the uprising that ousted Mubarak in 2011.
The anticipated lifting of the curfew and state of emergency comes head of demonstrations planned on Nov. 19 by both Morsi supporters and opponents, raising concerns of new violence.
Ibrahim warned Islamists against using the day to "spread chaos in the streets," saying "security forces have taken all measures to deal with the demonstrations."
Lifting the emergency law and curfew is seen as a positive step toward return to normalcy, and stabilization needed for economic recovery after nearly three years of turmoil has hit the economy hard.
In an attempt to send more assuring signs, the military-backed government is pushing through a fast-track transition plan, aimed at holding referendum on an amended constitution this year or early next year.
Parliamentary elections are expected early next year and presidential elections are in the summer, the interim president"s political adviser Mustafa Hegazy said, according to the state news agency.
A 50-member panel amending the mainly Islamist-drafted constitution passed during Morsi"s presidency, is currently voting on articles for a final draft.
Among the changes passed by the panel so far is an article that would strengthen the president if he"s in confrontation with parliament over appointing a prime minister, the panel"s spokesman Mohammed Salmawy told reporters.
The article gives the largest bloc in parliament one chance to choose a prime minister and win parliamentary approval. If it fails, the president makes the choice and if parliament fails to endorse it, the president can disband parliament.
In a constitution adopted under Morsi, parliament had two chances.


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Weekend tally: Three shot, five stabbed, none dead
Boston Police have released crime tallies for the holiday weekend.
Compare to Chicago, where 82 people were shot, 14 fatally.
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Times like this I'm glad we
Times like this I'm glad we're a relatively 'small' town. Does Chicago disprove the old adage that 'an armed society is a polite society'?
Chicago is a gun free zone.
Chicago is a gun free zone. Unless you are a cop or criminal. That may change in a few months as permitting laws loosen there following a court order.
Ah. So is it your contention
Ah. So is it your contention that more private legal gun ownership will reduce gun violence in Chicago?
Statistically that either
Statistically that either results in the same or slightly reduced levels of violent crime. Some criminals are deterred by the possibility of armed resistance from the public. The most hardcore criminals are already afraid of nothing and keep on offending regardless of the threat of an armed public or police force.
Keeping repeat offenders locked up and effectively policing gangs has the biggest reduction in violent crime. Something Chicago can't or won't do.
Agreed. BTW, I don't think
Agreed. BTW, I don't think more gun laws will necessarily work, but I try to deflate the idea that more guns will solve any problem any chance I get.
How interesting, Mr. Anon...
Since you are too lazy to
Since you are too lazy to Google for yourself:
The best you could do was something in a third-rate journal (which may be pay-to-play, the site is unclear), and an article (ie not a peered research paper) in a student-edited (and explicitly conservative+libertarian) legal review?
Ok, sure. Well, a similarly quick (but somewhat less intellectually lazy) google for recent papers in highly-regarded peer-reviewed journals, brings up this analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association:
Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Fatalities in the United States
And this one in the American Journal of Public Health:
Evaluating the Effect of State Regulation of Federally Licensed Firearm Dealers on Firearm Homicide
Reasearchers of both found a significant statistical corrrelation between stronger controls on firearm ownership and lower rates of firearm suicide/injury/homicide.
What about this? http:/
"police gangs" LOL
"effectively policing gangs has the biggest reduction in violent crime."
LOL. There are over 500-600 separate gang factions in Chicago with close to 100K gang members and growing. Some control nothing more than a simple street block.
But instead of controlling guns, you think it's just easier to "effectively police gangs." Just like that - simple as pie. "No" to stopping large magazines. No to blocking straw purchases. No to closing gun show loopholes. Just "effectively police gangs." What a joke.
It may not reduce gun violence, but it does allow someone to defend themselves when being shot at. That's exactly what happened last weekend in Chicago when an legally armed citizen defended himself against an illegally armed criminal. The criminal was shot twice, while the citizen was unharmed.
Armed society is polite society. Additionally, Chicago's gun laws are just as strict as Boston's, and they're equally NOT enforced.
There are idiots everywhere - two morons having a pissing contest could have easily done it with knives with similar results had guns not been available. Now tell me, Mr know-it-all, how many shootings were perpetrated by LEGAL gun owners in the entire state of Georgia over the entire month of July? My guess is fewer than 82.
PS: two people shot in a place where guns are legal everywhere vs 82 people shot in a place where guns are illegal everywhere - which one sounds worse?
Worth noting that one of
Worth noting that one of those guys was carrying illegally to begin with and had been arrested many times for harassing patrons and trespassing at that store.
No. Any given population,
No. Any given population, once armed, does not automatically become polite, as Chicago demonstrates. A polite society is a polite society, armed or not.
I saw that Chicago headline...
and I know it's a much bigger city (both geographically and by population), but jeepers, 82 people shot in one long weekend? I find that inconceivable.
We have been lucky so far this summer. There was a shooting fatality in Cambridge on the 4th though.
Why the Chicago comparison?
Weird comparison. Is that to make us feel better about Marty Walsh and Mousey Evans or worse about the Obama/Emmanuel regime?
They are a larger, more
They are a larger, more corrupt, and gang ridden city (enabled by the corruption) than us.
Boston for all its warts is a more efficient and less corrupt city than most. Scary isn't it?
Doesn't Chicago have the
Doesn't Chicago have the toughest gun laws in the country??
Criminals by definition don't
Criminals by definition don't obey the law.
Yes, but I'm sure most of the
Yes, but I'm sure most of the surrounding counties in Illinois and other states don't, particularly when it comes to straw purchasers and gunshow loopholes. All guns start off on the legal market but end up on the black market somehow - but any attempt to limit the amount of guns purchased for resale between private buyers and sellers are resoundingly shouted down by the NRA.
" All guns start off on the legal market"
All guns do not start off on the legal market. I don't know where this idea came from. I've heard far too many people say this, and it is completely wrong. I don't know for sure, but I am certain a good number of illegal firearms do start off as legal firearms. This is definitely not the case for all firearms.
In order for an entity to manufacture firearms, they must possess a GCA manufacturer's license. Noted on link one below in paragraph 7.1.1.
In 2013 a Connecticut teen was arrested for manufacturing firearms. Noted on link two below. In the state of Connecticut the minimum legal age to have a license for owning a pistol is 21. Noted in link three below in the paragraph underneath the heading "Instructions to applicants".
These firearms were in circulation, used in the commission of a crime and certainly never started their life off as legal firearms. Because of the age of the firearms maker, I am willing to bet the farm he didn't have a pistol permit, nor did he have a GCA manufacturer's license. I'm also certain he was not a member of the NRA. For the reasons listed above, with the links below as my citations, I will say all illegal firearms do NOT start off as legal firearms.
I sure hope Adam doesn't add a thumbs down to this site. I'm sure I'd come close to getting the most. :D
Generally speaking the guns we're talking about do start out on the legal market, with few exceptions that aren't really that relevant to this conversation.
Hmm...I actually thought you would get more thumbs up than that. :)
I lived in Chicago for five
I lived in Chicago for five years, in the Woodlawn area in the South Side. It honestly looks a lot worse than it is. People make it seem like we were going to sleep to gunshots every night. I probably heard them two or three times a month. I did see a guy get shot once, but I also saw a guy get shot in Dorchester since I've been here in Boston. Shit can happen anywhere. I was more scared of the Chicago PD back then, than I was scared of the neighborhood dudes.
I can remember when Chicago was well known
for it's city hall corruption, but it was managed beautifullyas a city and had far less violent street crime than now. So it's not just corruption, it goes much deeper than that.
Get it together, people
We're never gonna achieve that coveted "world class" label if we can't keep up.


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Bruce Conner was one of the most important artists of the Beat Generation, a visionary whose work simultaneously epitomizes the aesthetics of his contemporaries and looks forward to the sensibilities of younger generations of artists. Conner's practice points to a postmodernist sensibility well before its time, using both figurative and abstract vocabularies in a wide variety of media, including not only video and film but also assemblage, collage, drawing, prints, and photographs.
Conner's films are acknowledged to be his most influential legacy, "a new way of imagining visual perception" as groundbreaking as cubist paintings were in the 1910s. Major filmmakers and artists ranging from Dennis Hopper to Christian Marclay have acknowledged the influence of Conner on their own work. Using the collage aesthetic of his work in other media, Conner's pioneering films combine found footage from a variety of sources (commercial movies, advertisements, government promotional films, etc.) with his own original footage to create social critiques that are simultaneously seductive and scathing. Born in Kansas, Conner moved to San Francisco in 1957; he remained in the Bay Area (with a brief 1961–62 interlude in Mexico) until his death in 2008.
Three Screen Ray is based on Conner's second film, Cosmic Ray of 1961, the first time he combined found footage with footage he shot himself. In 2006 he edited the fast-paced, black-and-white collage that is Cosmic Ray into is a three-channel video projection. The central channel of Three Screen Ray is the 1961 film exactly; the left and right channels are edited versions. Both Cosmic Ray and Three Screen Ray, which has lovingly been called "a cinematic slot machine of disparate images," are synchronized to a live recording of soul pioneer Ray Charles's "What'd I Say." As Conner described it, "I felt that I was…presenting the eyes for Ray Charles …I was supplying his vision."
Three Screen Ray is a funny yet serious social critique juxtaposing hundreds of images ranging from nude women and fighter airplanes to cartoon figures, firing cannons, and Conner's signature use of commercial film countdown leader. It also includes visual references to non-Western cultures including a many-armed Hindu deity and tribal dancing from an ethnographic film. Conner even tipped his hat to abstract expressionism—at its peak in 1961—by marking and staining the actual celluloid of the original Cosmic Ray with ink and corrosive chemicals so that moments of it look like an action painting akin to Jackson Pollock's drips.
Both Cosmic Ray and Three Screen Ray represent a critical link between early twentieth-century avant-garde cinema—particularly the black-and-white films of Hans Richter and Fernand Léger—and music videos, which came to the fore towards the end of the century.
Carol S. Eliel, curator, Modern Art


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These two scripts will respectively: find if a program is running, and strip-comments from text files. The first is useful if you need to see if the program is running or if you need to kill the process with it's id, comment strip is a good tool to use if posting configurations on forums as often developers or advanced users already know what the settings actually do.
aspire ~/.scripts: rps geany todd 1827 0.1 0.3 184576 28616 ? S May31 1:05 geany
Commentstrip will display the output to the terminal. If you got xclip installed the 'c' option can be used to copy the output to the clipboard.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Vegas? ALRIGHT
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Time To Grow Up
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Gaga for Gaga
I just ate five laffy taffy's...TIME TO BLOG! A commercial for the iphone is on right now...they advertise an app that turns on and off your lights in your house FROM YOUR PHONE. is that even possible? if they had that back in the day Kevin would never have been left "Home Alone" that Christmas.
Today was good. Slept til NOON...went to work, talked to ally and my mom, bought the newest Cosmo just because Lady Gaga was on the cover, talked to Stephie (the best header-maker EVER), and now im watching The Real World DC waiting for my boo to call me.
Speaking of Lady Gaga...her and Beyonce's Telephone video is seriously insane. To see it you have to go to http://www.vevo.com/ and search for Telephone. YouTube isnt even showing it...thats how scandelous it is. Lady Gaga reminds me of how I felt about Michael Jackson. I just want to strip them down from all their craziness and stare at them to see what they REALLY look like.
Im heading up to Rexburg this weekend to see Ally! Also to get some shorts out of my storage because Utah is getting awesome and spring is on its way. :) I'm excited to be surrounded by friends this weekend. Although I have my sweet, wonderful, perfect Jon here, I do miss my friends in Rexburg and the familiarity of being there. AND Ally just started kinda dating a guy and I would like to meet him and measure his worthiness...:)
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LLC Wholesale Supply Selects IBS Business Suite 2014 for Pharma
Cloud-based Pharmaceutical Distribution Software Mitigates Need for On-Premise Systems, Cutting Costs while Reducing Risks
SOLNA, Sweden, January 7, 2014 – International Business Systems (IBS), a leading global integrated ERP and supply chain technology provider, today announced that LLC Wholesale Supply, a wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, has selected the IBS Business Suite 2014 to automate all aspects of its pharmaceutical distribution operations, including compliance with ePedigree laws.
The cloud-based solution allows LLC Wholesale to take advantage of the software's powerful features without the expense of acquiring and managing any on-site hardware infrastructure. The pharma-specific enterprise software is fully and securely accessible via an Internet browser VPN connection to an IBS managed data center.
IBS Enterprise, part of the IBS Business Suite 2014, is designed specifically to handle the unique requirements of pharma and medical supplies distributors, including customer and supplier rebates, CSOS (Controlled Substance Ordering System) and ARCOS (Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System) reporting, NDC (National Drug Code) cross-referencing, license validation and suspicious order monitoring, to name just a few.
The platform and software are scalable, handling companies with as few as 10 users to enterprises with more than 1,200 users. LLC Wholesale has also selected rfXcel's ePedigree solution, offering out-of-the-box integration to IBS' Enterprise. The ePedigree automated processes help pharmaceutical companies reduce costs as well as risk by eliminating the types of manual, multiple-entry work that can lead to errors and operational inefficiencies.
"The compliance requirements for pharmaceutical distributors, including ePedigree, can be quite taxing for distributors and manufacturers, yet any failure to comply, no matter how small, creates enormous risks," said Tim Conroy, General Manager for the Americas, IBS. "With the recently passed Drug Quality and Security Act (H.R. 3204) providing for a federal uniform system for drug traceability, further compliance reporting will be required. LLC Wholesale is well positioned to respond to both current and future compliance reporting requirements. Its selection of IBS and the rfXcel ePedigree solution speaks highly to the quality of our offering in this area."
"LLC Wholesale researched full-featured pharmaceutical distribution technologies with electronic compliance reporting capabilities and selected the IBS solution based on its comprehensiveness and scalability," said Josh Joles, Operations Manager at Tempe, Ariz.-based LLC Wholesale Supply. "Our company is experiencing significant growth as a result of our business in the State of California and elsewhere, so we wanted to deploy the right software to enhance our performance and be ready to meet governmental requirements."
IBS partnered with San Mateo, Calif.-based rfXcel for the integration of its ePedigree solution with IBS Enterprise, the IBS ERP solution.
IBS is recognized as a trusted industry leader of ERP and WMS distribution software, preferred for consistently improving operational efficiencies and business performance for mid-market companies challenged by the complexities of managing distribution.
About LLC Wholesale Supply
LLC Wholesale Supply is a full service distributor/wholesaler that provides a wide range of products, including pharmaceutical brands and generics, medical surgical supplies and durable medical equipment. Based in Tempe, Arizona, LLC Wholesale was founded in 2004 with the goal of providing quality products and services to pharmacies and Long Term Care facilities while also reaching into new markets that will allow us to offer more products and services to our customers.
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International Business Systems (IBS) is a leading global integrated ERP and supply chain distribution software solution provider in selected vertical markets like Pharma. For more than 35 years, we have helped customers such as Galexis, Drougueria Betances, TOP RX, MWI Veterinary Supply, Mutual Drug, Metro Medical Supply, Strategic Pharmaceutical Solutions, Associated Pharmacies, and many more streamline, automate and accelerate their distribution network processes, and drive profitability and efficiency.
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Species In-Depth
At the Aquarium
Habitats for our rays are Shark Lagoon and the Tropical Pacific Reef. Their diet is primarily shrimp but, occasionally, they are fed clams or sardines that have been cut into small pieces about 1 cm (2.54 in) long.
Geographic Distribution
Eastern Pacific including Gulf of California, Costa Rica to Peru, and the Galapagos islands
Although this species is commonly found over soft mud or sand bottoms usually near coral or rock reefs, or near reef drop offs, these rays may also be found in the open ocean. They may also inhabit shallow seawater along coastlines and estuaries, intertidal marshes, and brackish lagoons. Depth range is generally in the upper 30 m (98.4 ft) of the water column, but deeper sightings have been reported.
Physical Characteristics
Cownose rays are somewhat diamond shaped and have the long, pointed pectoral fins typical of the Myliobatid or eagle rays. Disc width is approximately 1.7 to 1.8 times the ray's length and the long, slender tail is about 1.4 times the length of the body. The head extends beyond the disc. Unlike any other ray, the rostrum is moderately notched. There is a small, rounded dorsal fin near the base of the whip-like tail. There are one or two stings on top of the tail directly behind the dorsal fin.
The upper surface may vary slightly in color but is mostly dark brown, frequently with a golden, bronze tint. They are sometimes referred to as the golden cownose ray because of this coloration. The underside of cownose rays is white or whitish-yellow.
The average size of these rays varies from one geographical area to another. Females tend to be slightly larger than males. The largest male reported had a 96 cm (37.8 in) disc width; the largest female had a 104 cm (41 in) disc width. The Pacific cownose ray is smaller than the Atlantic cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus.
Cownose rays are primarily bottom feeders. They prefer a varied diet of mollusks and crustaceans. When feeding, they cruise the bottom with a fluttering motion using senses of smell, touch, and electrosensory abilities to find food on or in the substrate. The pectoral fins are used to create suction to remove substrate over prey. Sediment is also removed by sucking it through the mouth and expelling it through the gill slits. Teeth in both jaws of these animals are arranged to form hard flat plates. Hard-shelled prey is crushed between the plates
Like many cartilaginous fishes, cownose rays mature very slowly and both males and females generally exceed half of their adult size before breeding. Fertilization is internal.
Reproduction in cownose rays is called aplacental viviparity with histotrophy. This is one of three forms of live birth in which no placenta is involved that were formerly called ovoviviparity. In its early developmental stage, the embryo receives its nutrition from the egg yolk. Then it breaks and sheds the thin membrane of the egg capsule and receives its nourishment from a fluid called histotroph or 'uterine milk' which is secreted from villi, appendages in the wall of the female's uterus. These uterine extensions also provide the embryo with oxygen and remove its waste.
In mid-summer after a gestation period of 10-12 months, only one pup is born. The larger the female, the larger the pup. The pup emerges tail first with its pectoral fins wrapped around its body. Its spines are pliable and encased in sheaths, preventing injury to the female during birthing. The natal sheath is discarded and the spines harden soon after birth. The pups resemble miniature adults and are independent at birth. Mating occurs again shortly after the birthing process.
These rays are found on the ocean floor and in the mid and top layers of the water column as individuals, in small aggregations, or in large schools. When near the ocean surface, they are occasionally observed 'jumping' out of the water.
Although this species is considered to be primarily a saltwater inhabitant, it can adjust to varying salinities such as those found in shallows of estuaries, wetlands, and other similar water areas where salinity varies on a regular basis, sometimes dramatically.
A major negative factor in the conservation of this species is the low reproduction rate due to slow sexual maturation and the fact that only one pup per year is produced. If the population is ever over-fished or otherwise devastated, recovery will be a very slow process.
Special Notes
In 1610 Capt. John Smith was stung by the Atlantic cownose ray while fishing near the mouth of Virginia's Rappahannock River. Legend says he nearly died but was saved when Native Americans found an antidote in the mud of a nearby pristine waterway that is known to this day as Antipoison Creek. Smith's one-time fishing spot also has a name—Stingray Point.


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Ricky Kaka has conceded that Milan's task of qualifying for Europe for next year has become that much harder following Coppa Italia elimination.
The Rossoneri were knocked out of the competition at the quarter-final stage on Wednesday evening, following a disappointing 2-1 defeat at home to Udinese.
"The club had given us the task of getting to the final of the Coppa Italia," began Kaka on Rai Sport post-match.
"We are very much disappointed because we did not want a game like this. There is little to say and much to do.
" We have to be honest, we are very far away from the qualifying positions for Europe. The Italian Cup was much closer. It was the surest way for us.
"Here we did not do well. In the game before against Verona we did well, here we began well and then dropped. It is hard to figure out what happened.
"Where do we go from here? Everyone has to have their own reflection, we must try to figure out what we can give to the team.
"Then, Clarence can tell us what to do, provide us with the motivation to pick up the most points in the League and to face up in the Champions League."
Milan face high-flying Atletico Madrid in the Last 16 of that competition.
"We have a 50 per cent chance of progressing against Atletico Madrid, we start from here. This team has a different motivation when there are big games, and we hope to move forward.
"Let's start from 0-0, we know where we need to improve, whilst Atletico Madrid are doing very well. I have seen how [Coach Diego] Simeone works, but we should find motivation to keep going in the Champions League this season.
"Had I anticipated this situation when I returned last summer? Even when things do not go well, there is always hope for the future."
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Maybe Marc Kremers wanted to create a Rothko without paintbrushes. Or maybe he just had a lot of bad porn lying around his living room. Whatever the reason, the London-based digital artist/animator created this web-based work of art using glitches from a faulty recording by a Danish porn company. By combining the flashy video with a randomly generated song that goes on forever, he managed to make it not look like porn at all—at least not to the human eye. Later, alien researchers found out that, if you show this video to residents of other planets, they break out in spontaneous mass dance routines similar to those seen on the streets of Tokyo in 2007. [Tone Poem, via Rhizome]
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From the tales of Homer to the halls of the Louvre, deities and heroes like Zeus and Achilles live in our imaginations and vision as majestic figures sculpted in white marble.
From the tales of Homer to the halls of the Louvre, deities and heroes like Zeus and Achilles live in our imaginations and vision as majestic figures sculpted in white marble.
Now imagine Alexander the Great with flashing blue eyes and matching orange tunic and socks, riding a chocolate brown Bucephalus into battle, or Paris in psychodelic diamond-patterned tights drawing his bow.
Welcome to the technicolor world of classical antiquity.
Goddesses and monsters from Athena to Caligula reign in polychromatic splendor in a fascinating exhibit at Harvard University's Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
This eye-popping show, "Gods in Color," features more than 20 full-sized reconstructions of Greek and Roman sculpted figures that have been painted to what organizers believe were their original colors.
Sackler Curator of Ancient Art Susanne Ebbinghaus said she hopes the exhibit prompts scholars and lay visitors to reconsider ingrained ideas about life in the classical age.
"What I really hope is to create a new interest in the ancient world by showing there's something new to see. We're so colored by long-held ideas. We should never be content and always question our points of view," she said.
"Everyone connects the ancient Greek and Roman worlds with white marble. We need to rethink that and question what has been the standard."
She organized this show with Amy Brauer, associate curator of ancient art at the Sackler.
Combining groundbreaking scholarship with modern technology, it invites visitors not just to look at magnificent artworks but to reassess how they see antiquity with their eyes and imaginations.
Rather than deflate traditional ideas of classical beauty, Ebbinghaus hopes "Gods in Color" inspires curiosity and "makes the ancient world more approachable if it exists in color."
It is the first major exhibit to recreate the original look of ancient sculpture, she said.
"When I first saw it, I was stunned because they seemed like different works of art. When you think of Greek and Roman art, you think of ideal bodies. You have this idea of timelessness," Ebbinghaus said. "Finally we have these much more naturalistic, realistic sculptures. It helps us imagine what the artists were trying to convey. And it shows that painting and sculpture go together."
Subtitled "Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity," this exhibit is far more ambitious than merely trying to colorize "The Iliad."
At first glance the painted sculptures seem uncommonly vivid.
Figures most often seen on museum pedestals in white marble seem to shimmer with colors rarely associated with the Parthenon or Coliseum.
The divine huntress Artemis wears brown braided tresses and a bright yellow dress that you might see at Banana Republic. The mad tyrant Caligula sports a neat brown coiffeur that'd make Mitt Romney envious. And Theseus, the legendary king of Athens, wears the sort of bright sporty vest Stuart Smalley would own.
Displayed in the Sackler's galleries along with 35 original statues and reliefs, these retouched works challenge conventional beliefs passed down from the Renaissance and neoclassical ages that white marble sculptures were the standard of ancient Greece and Rome.
While juxtaposing marble sculptures with painted reproductions strikes new ground, the exhibit also contains remarkable pieces from the Sackler's collection including mummy portraits, Assyrian winged genies, and 25-century-old reliefs from Persopolis.
Arriving from Germany, this traveling show will be at the Sackler at 485 Broadway, Cambridge, through Jan. 20. It is making its first U.S. stop in a worldwide tour that includes Amsterdam, Athens, Basel, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Istanbul, Munich and Rome.
The exhibit incorporates more than 20 years of research by Dr. Vinzenz Brinkmann and his wife into the multicolored nature of ancient statuary. It was organized by two German institutions, the Stiftung Archaologie and the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek of Munich, Germany.
Researchers used a variety of advanced practices and high-tech tools to discover minute traces of paint on ancient sculptures.
Sometimes they'd illuminate pieces with raking light, or extreme side light, to reveal engraved details or barely visible patterns resulting from the uneven weathering of different paints. They also used ultraviolet light to detect minute surface differences that suggested prior painted decoration or pigment analysis by polarized light microscopy or X-ray fluorescence.
Near-exact copies of ancient marble sculptures were made and then partially or fully decorated according to Brinkmann's research.
On first seeing the painted sculptures in a 2003 exhibit in Germany, Ebbinghaus said, "I was completely thrilled."
"After studying the classical world for so long, it's ever so hard to imagine ancient sculptures in color. It's immensely helpful to imagine what antiquity might've looked like," she said.
Ebbinghaus stressed painted figures on display represent "approximations" based on years of research. "There's still a lot of guess work in these reconstructions," she said. Some visitors to an earlier exhibit felt "disappointed," apparently because the colored gods and heroes seemed less majestic, she said.
In some cases, redecorated pieces suggest their sculptors' cultural prejudices often directed at "foreigners" they considered uncivilized.
In a remarkably detailed Greek relief from 320 B.C., Greek soldiers fight in the nude, a convention of heroic statuary, while the invading "Easterners" are costumed in gaudy garments meant to seem exotic or unmanly to ancient viewers. "I really suspect many preconceptions about the Middle East can be seen in the images," Ebbinghaus said.
While colored statuary was "commonplace" in ancient India, China and Meso-America, Ebbinghaus believes the public strongly identifies Greek and Roman sculpture with the white marble commonly seen in museums.
"What I really hope is that people find new approaches to encounter sculpted figures that look more like human beings and ask new kinds of questions," Ebbinghaus said. "What I really hope is that 'Gods in Color' will infect people with the spirit of discovery."
The Arthur M. Sackler Museum is located at 485 Broadway, Cambridge.
It is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
General admission is $9, $7 for senior citizens and $6 for students. Paid admission includes entrance to all three of Harvard's art museums.
Admission is free to all on Saturdays before noon.
On Thursday, Nov. 8, at 12:15 p.m., Susanne Ebbinghaus will discuss ancient art followed by a look at medieval sculpture in the Fogg Art Museum's Calderwood Courtyard along with Stephan Wolohojian.
On Thursday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m., Ebbinghaus will discuss the use of color in ancient sculptures followed by a look at Asian sculptures in the Sackler Museum with Anne Kitagawa.
For more information, call 617-495-9400 or visit www.artmuseums.harvard.edu.


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Apple patents aren't always an indicator of the tech just around the corner, but it doesn't stop the rumour mill latching onto them as evidence of such.
The latest report to spring up is Apple's apparent plans to introduce motion sensor gesture controls into future iOS devices and redesign the way a user interacts with a 3D environment.
The evidence bases itself on a recently-published Apple patent, suggesting users will be able to scroll through menus and select content, engaging touch-free through a device's built-in proximity sensors, Patently Apple reports.
While this has been mentioned in previous patent applications, Apple takes things further here, delving into plans to use the tech in advanced 3D UI environments.
The Cupertino colossus proposes to change the orientation of a 3D scene based on a user's perspective in relation to the device. As a handset is rotated, the environment would follow in three-dimensional movement as if a user was literally looking around the room.
Again, this isn't the first time the company has submitted patents related to 3D GUI, and we all know these things should be taken with a pinch of salt. Still, it certainly pours more fuel on the fire and it's difficult not to speculate that Apple will consider a push into 3D at some stage. ®