text:
Weld commissioners pass Second Amendment resolution
February 1, 2013
Following a long and lively discussion on gun control Monday morning, Weld County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution that reasserts their support for the Second Amendment in light of recent federal gun control mandates.
Most of the 12 people who spoke before commissioners in the public comment period said they were in favor of the movement. Others had questions on the wording of the resolution, and some opposed the measure.
"The purpose of this resolution today was, No. 1, in support of our sheriff," said Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway, referring to Weld County Sheriff John Cooke, who said several weeks ago that he would not enforce President Barack Obama's gun control mandates.
"But more importantly, (the resolution was passed) to say that Weld County is going to stand behind the Constitution," Conway said.
Weld County Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer was excused from the meeting and did not vote on the resolution.
On Jan. 16, Obama signed 23 executive orders that expand the federal government's capacity to do background checks, mandate a national study on gun violence and require better tracking of lost and stolen weapons, among other measures. He also asked Congress to pass legislation that would require a background check for all gun sales, reinstate the ban on assault weapons and outlaw high-capacity ammunition magazines, according to The Associated Press.
Cooke said at the meeting he appreciates commissioners' support.
"It's too bad now we've gotten to this point where we have to do a resolution for the Second Amendment," Cooke said. "I know the law-abiding gun owners also appreciate your support."
The resolution argues that most lawfully owned firearms in the United States are not used in a crime. It also urges Congress and state lawmakers to reject any international treaties or legislation that infringe on the right to bear arms.
Last week, El Paso County commissioners passed a similar resolution.
Kevin Blake of Evans said he supports the measure, but asked commissioners to revisit the issue in a few months to see if they would take it a step further. Blake said he would like to see Weld County follow examples in other states where officials have called for laws that would make enforcing federal gun laws illegal.
Doug Meyer said at the meeting he feels the mandates "punish the innocent for what the guilty do."
"A lot of people don't realize that without the Second Amendment, there would be no First Amendment," Meyer said.
Others, such as Pat Bruner of Greeley, said the resolution seemed too political.
"I'm still very confused because I wanted an answer to which one of the 23 executive orders that the sheriff takes such issues with," Bruner said after the meeting. "For us to have a rational discussion, that we need to know."
Cooke said after Obama proposed his plan that the mandates were unenforceable, except for those that address mental health. He said universal background checks would stall private gun sales, which infringe on the Second Amendment.
Bill Crews said he supports state sovereignty on the matter of gun control.
"We are at the mercy of the federal government if they start taking away our arms. Hitler did it successfully, Stalin did it successfully," Crews said.
Priscilla Resendiz, a new resident to Greeley, said she was happy commissioners opened up their resolution to discussion, although she was opposed to its contents. Weld officials should take a longer look at what exactly in Obama's executive orders are threatening Second Amendment rights, she said.
Weld County Commissioner Doug Rademacher said he feels the Obama administration has overstepped its authority.
"Gun control in this nation has never worked," Rademacher said, citing high crime rates in places such as Washington, D.C., and Chicago, where gun laws are more restrictive.
Commissioner Mike Freeman noted that both the Aurora and Newtown, Conn., shootings happened in gun-free zones.
Conway said commissioners' concern is that the gun control mandates do not hold up to a "Constitutional test" — a standard that commissioners use to evaluate every governmental policy. He said government officials should focus more on the mental health side of violent acts.
"It shouldn't center around chipping away at the Bill of Rights or the Constitution," Conway said.
Trending In: Local
Trending Sitewide
- Greeley family opens up health-conscious store that sells meals in a jar
- Windsor's Serrano, Sandoval win titles
- Court witness: Ashley Fallis had lover, wanted divorce months before death
- Aided by Aaron Trujillo, Brandon Damian and others, Josh Flanagan clinches first individual title, fourth straight team title for Valley wrestling team
- Fort Lupton shooting still under 'very active' investigation


text:
U.S. News Again Ranks Nebraska Medicine – Nebraska Medical Center As The Best Hospital In Nebraska
U.S. News & World Report evaluates nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide to come up with this year's list of Best Hospitals. And once again, Nebraska Medicine – Nebraska Medical Center is the #1 rated hospital in the state of Nebraska.
In addition to being named as the best hospital in the state, Nebraska Medicine – Nebraska Medical Center was rated as high performing in eight specialties including:
- Cancer
- Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
- Geriatrics
- Gynecology
- Nephrology
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Pulmonology
- Urology
"To again be named the best hospital in the state is a testament to the people who work for this organization and their continued dedication and passion," said Dan DeBehenke, MD, MBA, CEO of Nebraska Medicine. "This award is a tangible reflection of the serious medicine and extraordinary care provided to our patients on a daily basis."
The U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 27th year, help guide patients to hospitals that deliver outstanding care across 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. The Best Hospitals methodologies include objective measures such as patient survival, the number of times a given procedure is performed, infection rates, adequacy of nurse staffing and more.
"U.S. News evaluates nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide," said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis at U.S. News. "A hospital that emerged from our analysis as one of the best has much to be proud of."
U.S. News recognizes hospitals that perform nearly at the level of their nationally ranked peers and represent valuable regional sources of quality care.
Best Hospitals was produced by U.S. News with RTI International, a leading research organization based in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
The rankings will be published in the U.S. News "Best Hospitals 2017" guidebook, available for pre-sale August 1. For more information, visit Best Hospitals and use #BestHospitals on Facebook and

subset: commoncrawl


text:
$600 / month
This home was just remodeled with a beautiful fireplace, new paint, new floors, the works!!! Come check it out!!!
$550 / month
This home is very nice and elegant. It includes a VERY nice and spacious living room with elegant designs. It is a very pleasant home to live in. The rooms are quite large as well.
$550 / month
This beautiful home is located off to itself with a huge yard and two storage sheds. They are great for not only storage but for your "MAN CAVE" or craft house. This home has a HUGE kitchen, living ro...
$650 / month
This spacious home includes a large kitchen with plenty of cabinet space, a laundry room, a HUGE living room, and of course VERY NICE bedrooms.
$450 / month
This is an EXTREMELY nice home with a fireplace. Although it is a 2 bedroom 1 bath home, it is very spacious. There is a washer & dryer hook up in the home, large kitchen, and a beautiful living room ...
$495 / month
HUGE 3 BR - 2 Bath with new flooring and paint!! It is a MUST see!! There is a storage shed outside if you need some extra room for storing or you can create a hobby room. This home is great for a l...
$395 / month
This one bed room, one bath studio apartment is ideal for a single man or woman who enjoys their own little place. This is also great for those newlyweds just starting out!! CHECK US OUT ON OUR WEBSI...
Expand Map Return to list view Search when I move


text:
We know that eating too much sugar can be bad for you, but according to US research, you are three times more likely to die of heart disease if added sugar makes up a quarter or more of your daily calorie intake.1
The joint research study, which was carried out by several US Universities including Harvard and Atlanta, examined the higher risk that added sugar provided towards the development of cardiovascular disease.
By looking at the sugar intake of more than 31,000 adults in the US, the researchers were able to link this information to deaths and diseases many years later. While they could not follow the whole group, they did have information on the death and/or disease relating to 11,733 of the original group.
Following up on the group lasted for an average of just over 14 years, and the study found 831 people had died through cardiovascular disease. The results suggested that those who took 25% or more of their daily calories through added sugar were 2.75 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than somebody who took 10% of their calories the same way.
This medical study clearly confirms our current understanding that sugar is a contributing factor to cardiovascular disease. A low-fat, high-fibre diet that includes plenty of fruit and vegetables is most beneficial for us, while sugary foods should make up no more than 10% of our daily calorie intake.
1. Yang Q, Zhang Z, Gregg EW, et al. Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults. JAMA Internal Medicine. Published online February 3 2014


text:
Congratulations Noms ... well deserved
Congratulations Noms ... well deserved
I don't think stealing everyone's dates and not sharing is helpful D: What 'bout the rest of us huh?!
Nah congrats Nomsie
*is carried up on stage by a plethora of dates, all stolen, bar one- the gorgeous Stephen Amell- and is set down gently*
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I'd firstly like to thank the academy, and it's members for having faith in me. Um.. of course I'd like to thank those members in particular who accepted small tokens of my appreciation in return for their votes- truly appreciated.
*see's a bare chest in the distance*
Um.. gotta go!
almai (03-05-2013),Bunny Lover (03-05-2013),Eko (03-05-2013),αληθη (03-05-2013),Mod-RaryGirl (03-05-2013),Mokeybear (03-05-2013),SeymourTheBear (03-05-2013)
αληθη (03-05-2013),Mod-Nomsie (03-05-2013)
Mod-Nomsie (03-05-2013),Mod-RaryGirl (03-05-2013),Mod-SammiAnn (03-05-2013)
It was very hard getting rid of my Stephen avatar... the sacrifices I make....
Just warning you all that I've ended up coming stag - Jamie Dwyer is elsewhere occupied tonight (playing against Korea at Perth Hockey Stadium)
So Im on the look out for other hotties with similar sporting prowess...
Mod-Nomsie (03-05-2013),Mod-Shakeyshake (03-05-2013)
Mod-Nomsie (03-05-2013)
Pregnant for the first-time?
Not sure where to start? We can help!
Our Insider Programs for pregnancy first-timers will lead you step-by-step through the 14 Pregnancy Must Dos!


text:
And on Friday, it detained his sister, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was forced from office earlier this month by a controversial court verdict for abuse of power, which she denies.
Witnesses give account of how Thai coup unfolded →
"During the past five years, it is obvious that the coup was unable to solve any problems," Mrs. Yingluck told the Bangkok Post. "It only inflicted extreme pain on my family."
Be the first to know


text:
Store Details
If garage door hardware is what you're looking for, we've got it right here at the Aberdeen, MD Home Depot. Check out our wide selection of tools and hardware, and feel free to ask us all the questions you may have.
We love serving you, and our community is really important to us, too! We support the Aberdeen Iron Birds and many more local organizations. Our store is minutes away from the Aberdeen Proving Ground, which is the Army's oldest proving ground. Whenever you're around the neighborhood, come on in and meet our team. We're located at Route 22 and Beards Hill Rd. near the Beards Hill Shopping Plaza, which is minutes away from Ripken Stadium.
Welcome to the Aberdeen Home Depot, where great customer service is our No. 1 priority. We look forward to helping with all of your project needs.
Your Aberdeen Hardware Store Team


text:
It's not every day you see a Compact Disc played on a record player like an old vinyl album. Check out this interesting DIY album cutter that uses, of all things, CDs, to create analog albums.
Perhaps she needs to use her sword to help that blacksmith better understand her point of view…
What if I told you a remix of The Matrix and The Office was funnier than you'd imagine? Check out this artful blending of two of the best movies to come out of 1999.
If you're a Linux user, you may have seen zombie processes shambling around your processes list. You can't kill a zombie process because it's already dead – like an actual zombie.
Recently, we published an article that showed you how to always show the startup dialog when you open Opera, which allows you to specify what's displayed when Opera opens. You can also specify what happens when you close Opera.
Think you know the answer? Click through to see if you're right!
A group of neuroscientists and cryptographers have created a way to generate a complex and secure password that is stored in the user's subconscious memory, making it essentially immune to extraction by coercion.
Think you know your Batman baddies? This incredibly detailed chart maps out the hundreds of villains that have been thwarted by the Dark Knight over nearly a century of comic book, television, and silver screen lore.
If you've ever wondered about the technical wizardry that keeps your gadgets and household appliances running, this tongue-in-cheek peek inside them will help clear things up.
Editing the Windows context menu can be done manually by hacking away at the Registry, but you may not be ready to dig in there just yet, in that case read on to see how you can get the registry keys generated for you.
Have you ever noticed that your browser sometimes displays a website's organization name on an encrypted website? This is a sign that the website has an extended validation certificate, indicating that the website's identity has been verified.
Windows 8 allows third-party browser to replace Internet Explorer in the Metro environment — except on Windows RT. You can use Google Chrome in Metro today, and Firefox for Metro is on the way.
Think you know the answer? Click through to see if you're right!
Our latest edition of WIG is filled with news link goodness covering topics such as no Office 2013 support for XP and Vista, a new Chrome Dev Channel feature frees web apps from the browser, one in five hacked logins match Microsoft Accounts, and more.
IPv4 addresses on the public Internet are running low. Microsoft paid $7.5 million for Nortel's 666,624 IP addresses when Nortel went bankrupt in 2011 – that's over $8 an IP address. IPv4 has technical problems, and IPv6 is the solution.
Think you know the answer? Click through to see if you're right!
We recently published a list of websites where you can download free eBooks, or purchase, borrow, or rent eBooks. However, if you would rather listen to your favorite books, here are some websites offering audiobooks you can download, rent, or purchase, some free, some not.


text:
About the Book
A collection of images of female models taken by 'H' Photography in 2012
Features & Details
- Category Arts & Photography
Standard Portrait, 7.75×9.75 in, 20×25 cm
174 Pages
- Publish Date Nov 02, 2012
- Language English
See More
About the Creator
Photographer, based in the South East of England, with the use of a great studio.
Log in or create an account to post a comment.
0 Comments
Delete this comment?
See More


text:
Business Member Sites
in Jacksonville, NC and area
+ more info
- less info
Best sites for business in Jacksonville, NC. The top local online business sites for small and medium-sized businesses in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
New (most recent first)
Sign in / Sign up to add custom graphics, organization locations, and business profiles for your business.


text:
Gb T13793 2008 Bw Steel Pipe As Leading Suppliers - Chinaprice: contact company for price
68031627Fax:86 311 89897488Website:www.entipipe.com
Hebei Enti Pipeline Co.Ltd: professional manufacture of steel pipe fittings|elbow|tee|reducer|pipe cap|steel pipes.Dimension : 26'-48', DN15-DN1200,
Wall Thickness: SCH30-SCH100, STD
Standard: ASME/ANSI B16.11, MSS SP-79,
Material: 35CrMoV, ASTM/ASME A234 WP 1-WP 12-WP 11-WP 22-WP 5-WP 91-WP911,
Origin: Cangzhou, Hebei, ChinaCertificate: ISO 9001: 2008
Connection:Socket, weld, thread, flange
Surface Treatment: Blasting, painting, typing
Application:Petroleum, chemical, machinery, electric power
Packing:wooden cases or others
Hebei Enti Pipeline Co. Ltd was founded in 1982, covering an area of 850, 000 square meters
Company Contact:
- Posted By: Hebei Enti Pipeline Co. Ltd
- Phone: 8631168031627
- Address: xinhua street, shijiazhuang, China
- Email:
- Website: http://www.entipipe.com
Published date: July 29, 2013 -
- Business Description: involved in international trade import export of goods, products, and services
Related listings
Fiberglass Mesh For Building Wall MaterialsConstruction - Building Materials - YUTA International Limited - China - July 28, 2013 - contact company for price
Fiberglass mesh is woven fabric on the basis of fiber C-glass or E- glass, and coated by acrylic acid copolymer liquid, possesses the properties of good alkaline-resistance, high strength, good cohesion, excellent in coating etc. It is widely used in...
High Strength Alkali Resistant Refractory CastableConstruction - Building Materials - Zhengzhou RongSheng Refractory Material CO,. LTD - China - July 23, 2013 - contact company for price
Features: High bulk density, low porosity, low water absorption, steady composition. Applications: 1, Suitable for The preheater, trail system of kiln hood, cool zone of cooler down stream, 2, Decomposition furnace, and alkaline corrosion serious par...
Low Cement Refractory CastableConstruction - Building Materials - Zhengzhou RongSheng Refractory Material CO,. LTD - China - July 23, 2013 - contact company for price
Description Low cement castable mainly includes high aluminum, mullite and corundum refractory castable. This series of products are featured with high strength, anti-scouring, wear resistance and excellent performances. Features: High Strength 2. Go...
Safe Trade Tips
- Ask for business references and check them
- Use a payment method that offers better protection for all such as Letters of credit and verified professional escrow services. Avoid payments in advance such as money transfers
- Verify their business via their local Chamber of Commerce
- Search the internet using their website address, their business name, their phone and fax numbers, and their email addresses to see if you can find any feedback about them.
- Get to know more about scams to avoid: Internet Crime Complaint Center - International Financial Scams
- This site is never involved in any transaction, and does not handle payments, shipping, guarantee transactions, provide escrow services, or offer "buyer protection" or "seller certification"


text:
David Maxim Micic
You already know Jakub Żytecki is playing a guest solo on 'Bilo 3.0'. But who are the other two guys????
Can anyone recognize guitar legends from the picture?
Some of you guessed it right... I won't be able to release BILO 3.0 on November 17th. And at this point I'm not sure if solving the situation will move the release for a few more days or few more weeks. But I'll definitely keep you guys updated! Hope you lads understand, and if you have any questions about this, feel free to hit me up via ask.fm: http://ask.fm/DavidMaximMicic
[Answer Jeff Loomis and Per Nilsson of course.. ]
David Maxim Micic | Bilo 3.0 | RELEASE DATE
Whilst we wait... we recall Bilo 1.0
David Maxim Micic - Bilo part II (feat Sasa Lokner)


text:
× View Today's Deals
You missed it This great deal for Melt is over. But don't despair, we've got more great deals every day.
Related Deals That You May Like
Mighty Khan's
$20 or $40 to Spend on Build Your Asian Stir Fry
Montgomery County$20$12
Nutrisystem Dinners My Way® 28-Day Plan
Montgomery County$239$139.99
Will, Living Will, and Power of Attorney Package
Montgomery County$99$29.99
DNA Self Discovery Starter Map Kit
Montgomery County$89$29.99
$10 to Spend on Melt Takeout & Delivery
deal over
deal over!
80% recommendedin LivingSocial customer ratings
Like the heart, gelato waits in its case for the right person to come along before melting. Fall head over heels for authentic Italian gelato straight up or transformed into icy smoothies and frappes at this Germantown haven. With so many offerings—also including farm-fresh paninis and salads, sweet and savory crêpes, and coffee—this spot will thaw even the stoniest heart. Pay just $5 for $10 to spend on food and drinks ordered through Takeout & Delivery from LivingSocial.
PAID VALUE EXPIRES ON February 21, 2022
PROMOTIONAL VALUE EXPIRES ON July 14, 2012


text:
The Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Twente is devoted to social science research on the conditions, mechanisms and effects of democracy at all levels of governance (local, national, European, international). It is interdisciplinary and facilitates both theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of democracies. Its focus is on democratic governance in modern democracies in Western countries. The following themes are being addressed by its research agenda:
- Democracy, political participation and political representation
- Democracy and legislative decision-making
- Democracy and systems of governance
Some key external activities
Marcel Boogers is Editor of Bestuurswetenschappen and Member of ROB
Bas Denters is Chief Editor of Bestuurswetenschappen, Editorial Secretary is Rik Reussing
Bas Denters is Scientific Advisor of KISS and Scientific Director of NIG
Kostas Gemenis is Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Acta Politica
Minna van Gerven is Member of the Network for European Social Policy Analysis ESPAnet
Nico Groenendijk is President of the European Union Studies Association, Netherlands EUSA-NL
Henk van der Kolk is Member of the Editorial Board of Res Publica
Claudio Matera is Member of the Editorial Board of QIL, Questions of International Law
Ariana Need is Member of the Social Sciences Council (SWR) of the Young Academy of KNAW
Martin Rosema is Board Member of NKWP and Co-editor of Political Psychology
Jacques Thomassen is Member of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts KNAW
René Torenvlied is Co-editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Ramses Wessel is Founder and Chief Editor of the International Organizations Law Review
Some key articles
- C. Matera & R. Wessel, Context or Content? A CFSP or AFSJ Legal Basis for EU International Agreements, in: Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, 2014.
- A.J. Meijer & R. Torenvlied, Social Media and the New Organization of Government Communications: An Empirical Analysis of Twitter Usage by the Dutch Police, in: American Review of Public Administration, 2014.
- S. Turper, S. Iyengar, K. Aarts & M. van Gerven, Who is Less Welcome?: The Impact of Individuating Cues on Attitudes towards Immigrants, in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2014.
- M. Boogers, Pulling the Strings. An Analysis of Informal Local Power Structures in Three Dutch Cities, in: Local Government Studies, 2014.
- B. Denters & P.J. Klok, Citizen Democracy and the Responsiveness of Councillors: The Effects of Democratic Institutionalisation on the Role Orientations and Role Behaviour of Councillors, in: Local Government Studies, 2013.
- K. Smets & C. van Ham, The embarrassment of riches? A meta-analysis of individual-level research on voter turnout, in: Electoral Studies, 2013.
- S. Donnelly, Power Politics and the Undersupply of Financial Stability in Europe, in: Review of International Political Economy, 2013.
- B. Denters & P.J. Klok, Dorps- en wijkraden in Europa, in: Bestuurswetenschappen, 2013.
- M. Boogers, Hoe beoordelen inwoners hun gemeentebestuur en waar hangt dat oordeel van af?. in: Bestuurswetenschappen, 2013.
- N. Chowdhury & R. Wessel, Conceptualising Multilevel Regulation in the EU: A Legal Translation of Multilevel Governance?, in: European Law Journal, 2012.
- K. Gemenis, The 2010 Regional Elections in Greece: Voting for Regional Governance or Protesting the IMF?, in: Regional & Federal Studies, 2012.
- G. Jansen, N.D. de Graaf & A. Need, Explaining the Breakdown of the Religion–Vote Relationship in The Netherlands, 1971–2006, in: West European Politics, 2012.
- J. Bakker, B. Denters, M. Oude Vrielink & P.J. Klok, Citizens' Initiatives: How Local Governments Fill their Facilitative Role, in: Local Government Studies, 2012.
- J. Thomassen, The blind corner of political representation, in: Representation, 2012.
- R. Nieuwenhuis, A. Need & H. van der Kolk, Institutional and Demographic Explanations of Women's Employment in 18 OECD Countries: 1975–1999, in: Journal of Marriage and Family, 2012.
- D. Bannink & R. Ossewaarde, Decentralization: New Modes of Governance and Administrative Responsibility, in: Administration & Society, 2012.
- R. Costello, J. Thomassen & M. Rosema, European Parliament Elections and Political Representation: Policy Congruence between Voters and Parties, in: West European Politics, 2012.
- A. Warntjen, Measuring salience in EU legislative politics, in: European Union Politics, 2012.
- S. Stiller & M. van Gerven, The European Employment Strategy and National Core Executives: Impacts on activation reforms in the Netherlands and Germany, in: Journal of European Social Policy, 2012.
- P. van Broekhuizen & B. Dorbeck-Jung, Exposure Limit Values for Nanomaterials; Capacity and
Willingness of Users to Apply a Precautionary Approach, in: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2012.
- T. Brandsen, M. Oude Vrielink & L. Collignon, Street-level bureaucrats tussen organisaties: De hernieuwde relevantie van Lipsky's werk, in: Bestuurskunde, 2012.
- M. van Gerven & R. Ossewaarde, The Welfare State's making of Cosmopolitan Europe, in: European Societies, 2012.
- R. Wessel, The Legal Framework for the Participation of the European Union in International Institutions, in: European Integration, 2011.
- E. Kica & N. Groenendijk, The European patent system: dealing with emerging technologies, in: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 2011.
- B. Denters & P.J. Klok, Rebuilding Roombeek: Patterns of Citizen Participation in Urban Governance, in: Urban Affairs Review, 2011.
- M. Boogers, B. Denters & R. Reussing, Bestuur in beweging. Veranderingen in het lokale politiek-bestuurlijke landschap, in: Bestuurswetenschappen, 2010.
- M. Boogers & G. Voerman, Independent Local Political Parties in the Netherlands, in: Local Government Studies, 2010.
- K. Aarts & J. Thomassen, Satisfaction with democracy: Do institutions matter?, in: Electoral Studies, 2008.
- S. Donnelly, The International Accounting Standards Board, in: New Political Economy, 2007.
- S. Donnelly, Explaining EMU Reform, in: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2005.


text:
SCOTUS upholds DNA swab for arrestees; Scalia says majority taxes 'credulity of the credulous'
Posted Jun 03, 2013 03:21 pm CDT
Police may collect DNA from those arrested but not yet convicted for serious offenses, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision that compares DNA collection to fingerprinting.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion (PDF) upholding DNA cheek swabs as part of the booking procedure for arrests supported by probable cause in serious offenses. The cheek swab, "is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment," Kennedy wrote.
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a dissent joined by three of the court's liberals, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Scalia said the DNA swabs, taken without a warrant, violate the Fourth Amendment since they are intended to discover evidence of criminal wrongdoing unrelated to the arrest. "The court's assertion that DNA is being taken, not to solve crimes, but to identify those in the state's custody, taxes the credulity of the credulous," Scalia wrote.
"Today's judgment will, to be sure, have the beneficial effect of solving more crimes," Scalia said. "Then again, so would the taking of DNA samples from anyone who flies on an airplane (surely the Transportation Security Administration needs to know the 'identity' of the flying public), applies for a driver's license, or attends a public school. Perhaps the construction of such a genetic panopticon is wise. But I doubt that the proud men who wrote the charter of our liberties would have been so eager to open their mouths for royal inspection."
The court majority ruled against Alonzo King Jr., who was arrested in 2009 based on accusations he menaced a group of people with a shotgun. Police took a DNA swab of his cheek as part of a routine booking procedure for serious offenses in Maryland. The DNA profile matched a sample collected in a 2003 unsolved rape case, leading to King's trial and conviction on the rape charge.
Under Maryland law, DNA may be collected for those arrested for offenses including crimes of violence, attempted crimes of violence, burglary and attempted burglary. Crimes of violence include murder, rape, first-degree assault, kidnapping and arson.
Kennedy said ascertaining a suspect's identity and criminal history are critical when there is probable cause for arrest. Both serial killer Joel Rifkin and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh were stopped for driving without a license plate, for example.
"An individual's identity is more than just his name or Social Security number, and the government's interest in identification goes beyond ensuring that the proper name is typed on the indictment," Kennedy wrote. Police take a mug shot and show it to witnesses; they take fingerprints and compare it to a database. "In this respect the only difference between DNA analysis and the accepted use of fingerprint databases is the unparalleled accuracy DNA provides," Kennedy said.
When police use the suspect's DNA profile to search records in their possession, it "is no different than matching an arrestee's face to a wanted poster of a previously unidentified suspect; or matching tattoos to known gang symbols to reveal a criminal affiliation; or matching the arrestee's fingerprints to those recovered from a crime scene," Kennedy said. DNA collection also helps officers know the type of person they are detaining, helps determine whether a suspect has a record and is inclined to flee, and helps assess the danger to the public if the suspect is freed on bail.
"By comparison to this substantial government interest and the unique effectiveness of DNA identification," Kennedy said, "the intrusion of a cheek swab to obtain a DNA sample is a minimal one."
The analysis could change, Kennedy said, if technological changes make it possible to "analyze samples to determine, for instance, an arrestee's predisposition for a particular disease or other hereditary factors not relevant to identity."
Scalia's dissent, however, predicted that the decision will eventually be extended to arrests for less serious crimes. "Make no mistake about it," he wrote. "As an entirely predictable consequence of today's decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason."
Prior coverage:
ABA Journal: "Chemerinsky: Does the Fourth Amendment still fit the 21st Century?"
ABAJournal.com: "Scalia and Kagan appear most skeptical about DNA collection from arrestees"
ABA Journal: "Blood Simple: DWI Test Is Latest in a Series of SCOTUS 4th Amendment Cases"
ABAJournal.com: "Supreme Court to Decide if Police Can Take DNA from Suspects Arrested for Serious Crimes"
Edited on June 4 to correct a misspelling in the headline.
University of Louisville tops new list of law schools getting the most US News bang for their buck
Lawyer accused of lying about claimed 'self-employment' as prostitute and name used in online ads
We welcome your comments, but please adhere to our comment policy and the ABA Code of Conduct.


text:
Hire Tools for one-off jobs from our hire shop
How to make a pegboard shelf
This pegboard shelf is a great project to help you declutter your home office or study desk.
Shelving & Storage
D.I.Y. picture ledge
With a few pieces of timber you can make a picture ledge to display your favourite pictures.
Check out our huge plant range. If you're not 100% happy, return it with a receipt for a refund. *excludes seedlings
Watering & Irrigation
How to automate a garden irrigation system
Automating your garden irrigation system saves you heaps of time. We'll show you how to connect the control panel to the solenoids in your garden's irrigation box.
Everything you ever needed to know about mulch
Using mulch is one of the best ways to grow and maintain a healthy garden. Learn everything you need to know about mulch with this guide from Bunnings.
Get your products home Safely and securely
Shelving & Storage
DIY wooden storage rack
This D.I.Y. wooden storage rack is an easy and inexpensive way to add some extra storage to any room in your home.
Gates & Fencing
How to choose a garden screen
An outdoor screen is the ultimate concealer. You may want to hide something in your garden, add some privacy to an area or create an eye-catching feature. No matter what you want to do, there are a few options to consider.
Plan and design your kitchen online with our Kitchen Planner
Planning & Projects
Kitchen renovation guide part 1: Plan your kitchen renovation
Bunnings Warehouse has made kitchen renovations a simple process by providing a comprehensive step by step guide to plan your renovation without hassle.
Benchtops & Cabinets
D.I.Y. concrete benchtop
You can transform a kitchen by turning an old benchtop into a modern concrete benchtop.
Change your old hot water system to a new Dux gas or electric system.
Planning & Projects
How to plan a bathroom renovation
There are plenty of things to think about before you start renovating your bathroom. We've made a list of the big ones to get you started
Vanities, Cabinets & Cupboards
D.I.Y. hanging towel rail
A stylish copper hanging towel rail will keep your towels tidy and off the floor as well as adding a real wow factor to your bathroom.
Plan a new colour scheme for your room online
Guides & Projects
A–Z of painting terms
Painting is the easiest way to transform your home. Knowing the terms associated with painting will help you get the right products and tools to give you professional results.
How To Paint
How to paint window frames
Learn how easy it is to paint aluminium window frames
Hire a Rug Doctor from your local Bunnings and give your carpets and rugs a professional clean.
Living Room
D.I.Y. rolling storage cabinet
This rolling storage cabinet looks fantastic and it's perfect if you need extra storage space.
Shelving & Storage
How to build a shelf
You can never have enough storage around your home. Find out how easy it is to build a shelf.
Choose from our range of split system air conditioners and we can arrange installation for you.
Safety & Security
How to install a smoke alarm
Help keep your home safe from fire by installing smoke alarms.
How To Save Energy & Electricity
How to save energy around the home
We lift the lid on where you can save the most energy in your home, no matter who you are or where you live. These simple changes will help to reduce energy costs and keep your home comfortable all year.
Posting a Gift Card is easy. Choose a value, select a design, make it your own and get it delivered.
A Bunnings eGift card is the ideal last-minute gift. Choose a value, select a design, personalise it and email it instantly.
A Corporate Gift Card from Bunnings is the perfect way to reward your staff or clients.
Flexi-Fix have just the thing for those of you that want to make the most of your bathroom, without the dreaded drill. Flexi-Fix is a no mess, no fuss method of securing accessories to walls or tiles without damaging the existing décor.With its unique fixing system it means that no drilling is required and you have the option to screw or glue your accessories to the wall. This also means that existing fixing holes can easily be replaced regardless of any differences in spacing or alignment.Combining simplicity with sophistication, the Flexi-Fix ranges have everything from glass shelves to toilet roll holders. Within the 10 ranges there is something for all styles of bathroom at a range of affordable prices.The innovative 'X' wall plate is universal across the whole Flexi-Fix collection making it simple for you to swap accessories if you feel like a change! Add those all important finishing touches to your bathroom with the simple yet sophisticated feel of the Epsom range. The products neat finish provides a sleek look without the need for a drill. Each accessory is made from a durable zinc alloy construction with a high chrome plated finish which is sure to stand the test of time.• Durable zinc alloy construction• High quality chrome plated finish• Easy to fit• Unique 'X' plate can be screwed to walls using the same fixing points left by most old accessories, no drilling required• Unique 'X' plate can be glued securely to uneven and shiny tiles or walls, no drilling required• Unique 'X' plate is universal across the Flexi-Fix collection so you can easily update your accessories in the future• Easy to fit, all fixings included
Planning & Projects
D.I.Y. copper ladder
Learn how to build a copper ladder for your bathroom
Planning & Projects
D.I.Y. timber bath caddy
A nice warm bath is a great way to relax and unwind at the end of the day. This timber bath tray is the perfect addition to any bathroom, giving you a place to put everything you could need within arm's reach.
Planning & Projects
D.I.Y. wooden shelves
Learn how to build wooden bathroom shelves for your bathroom
Planning & Projects
How to light your bathroom
Lighting a bathroom can be a challenge – they are especially prone to shadows and reflective surfaces. But the good news is there's a vibrant range to choose from, including pendants, downlights, diffuse ceiling lights, sconces, under-cabinet lighti...
Planning & Projects
Bathroom makeovers on a budget
There are a number of simple, low cost things you can do to improve your bathroom.
Planning & Projects
How to make a wooden towel ladder
This stylish wooden towel ladder will add a touch of class to your home. It's easy to make and is the perfect way to display rugs, scarves, throws or hang towels to dry. It's ideal to move from room to room, wherever you need hanging space.
Planning & Projects
D.I.Y. wooden floor mat
Learn how to make a D.I.Y. wooden floor mat with Bunnings Warehouse


text:
08.00 - 18.00Contact Details
in Mae Lana village, Amphoe Pang Mapha, Mae Hong Son
0 5361 9208.
Another beautiful cave in Pang Mapha district are full of stalactites and in different shapes. The stream inside the cave is habitat to eyeless and colorless fish that live in dark environment. This cave is suitable only for adventurous tourists under the supervision of local guides at Ban Mae Lana.
Opening hours: 8am-6pm
Contact: 0 5361 2982, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Getting there: Travel along Route 1095, then branch off into Route 1226 to Ban Mae Lana Mae Lana Cave is 4 kilometers beyond the village.
By Other
Mae Lana Cave is 4 kilometers beyond the village, 73 km. from Mae Hong Son on Highway No.1095, and turn left into Route 1226 go along the way about 6 km. to get to Ban Mae Lana


text:
Gift Premium Subscription To Jeremym19
Join Date:12-02-2008
Last Activity:09-19-2016 5:06 PM
Likes Given: 2
1 Likes on 1 Posts
- Lancaster PA
- Male
- Married
Posted in thread: Cloning HopHands by Tired Hands Brewing Company on 08-10-2015 at 12:15 PM
Likely will attenuate more than 1318 and 002 will drop out like a rock when done, so the beer
will probably be very clear.Thanks for the reply, I'll give it a try and do another batch with
1318 to com...
Posted in thread: Cloning HopHands by Tired Hands Brewing Company on 08-07-2015 at 06:13 PM
Any thoughts on using 002 in this beer? My LHBS doesn't carry wyeast and was out of safale 04.
Thanks for the research, tired hands is by far one of the best newer breweries that I have
tried, everyth...
Posted in thread: HomeBrewSupply Amcyl Brew Kettle w/ 3-Piece Ball Valve Giveaway! on 08-06-2015 at 07:52 PM
Im in
Posted in thread: Favorite Brewpubs? on 08-11-2011 at 04:06 PM
russian river has an excellent brew pub, but my favorite local is Stoudts, great beer, great
food, and great atmosphere
Posted in thread: The Pliny Pack is For sale! $12.25 on 05-25-2011 at 11:52 AM
Ordered the hops and took the opportunity to get some faucets and shanks!
Posted in thread: How many gallons of homebrew in 2011? on 05-16-2011 at 01:43 PM
+5 ipa = 15053
Posted in thread: Weyerbacher Heresy Imperial Porter on 04-07-2011 at 12:19 AM
I love this beer. heresy and insanity are two of my favorites from weyerbacher
Posted in thread: What's your ingredient cost per pint? on 04-05-2011 at 11:41 PM
Probably around 35-50 cents
Posted in thread: How many gallons of homebrew in 2011? on 03-21-2011 at 01:04 PM
+5 Irish Red7854
Posted in thread: Looking for input on an Irish Red on 03-02-2011 at 09:09 PM
9 lbs Marris otter.25 lb Crystal 120.25 lb Crystal 40.5 lb Melanoidin.5 lb carapils.25 lb
roasted barleymash at 152 one more bump for any additional comments?


text:
First-Year Seminar (4 credits)
This interdisciplinary educational experience develops skills of critical thinking and writing and broadens definitions of learning. The course is a serious academic one, and it is topical in nature, meaning that each seminar has its own emphasis. Our faculty members teach seminars on subjects of passionate interest to them, but no seminar is grounded in a particular major. This is all part of Elizabethtown's commitment to a liberal arts education. We want our students to become well-rounded scholars.
Each seminar also includes out-of-class learning experiences, which will expose you to educational opportunities and cultural events on campus and, in many cases, beyond Elizabethtown as well. In recent years, students have attended plays, lectures, art exhibits, and film screenings. Some instructors have taken their students to museums in Philadelphia and Washington and even hiked the Appalachian Trail. The possibilities are endless!
As part of your orientation paperwork, you will select your top ten seminars from a list of more than thirty courses. Most students who submit on time received one of their top three choices! Each seminar is capped at sixteen students, allowing you to develop close relationships with your instructor and peers.


text:
Ladies 18 KT Gold Plated Thick 55mm Hoops.
- Stainless Steel
- Hypoallergenic
- Top Click Closure
- Comes w/black velvet pouch
- Brand New
- 30 Day Warranty
- New
Add Style to any Outfit!
Ladies 18 KT Gold Plated Thick 55mm Hoops.
Our awesome customer service department is ready for your questions! Although we are a small company (41 of us total), we will do everything we can to answer your questions and take care of any problems.
It's free and it's easy to unsubscribe if it doesn't float your boat.


text:
Never give up on washing your balls balls balls balls balls.
Pre-show Notes:
– Hey guys, never give up on sharing this report! If you read and enjoy these reports, let the world know. It really is much appreciated. Here's the buttons!
– Follow WithLeather on Twitter and like it on Facebook. Follow me on Twitter too! If you like this review, I also write stuff every darn weekday for GammaSquad — we're under "Geek & Sci-fi" on the navigation bar at the top of this page!
Hit the next page to continue smacking down!
Worst: Don't Be So Selfish With Your Radioactive Super Blood, Cena
Before properly launching into his show-opening promo, John Cena felt he needed to leach some crowd sympathy from Daniel Bryan as he lies in his hospital bed. Come on Cena, save your well wishes and just give Bryan some of your Wolverine blood. It doesn't even have to be a full transfusion! Just give him a 5-Hour Energy bottle full and he'll be recovered from this broken neck bother within the week.
With that pandering done, it was on to The Wyatts, with Cena calling Bray out for speaking with charisma and passion without really saying anything. Hey, stop stealing my material Johnny. Thankfully I didn't have to feel uncomfortable about being on the same page as John Cena for too long, because then it was time for ball talk! Feud with John Cena long enough and he will make your testicles a subject of conversation and boy did he on Smackdown, listing off gonad synonyms for so long even the 10-year-old boys in the audience were starting to get exhausted.
Bray Wyatt lacks those all-important balls, ya see. Of course that's totally at odds with Bray's characterization thus far — Bray's a dangerous brawler who's gladly stepped into the ring with John Cena on multiple occasions. He usually hangs back and sends in Rowan and Harper because, well, what's the point of having followers if you can't make them do your dirty work for you? But nope, Cena insists Bray choose one of the Wyatts to face him tonight, then tries to shame Bray into picking himself, saying any other choice would be evidence of cowardice. Well, no, it would be evidence of intelligence, but I guess that's more or less the same thing as cowardice in John Cena's world.
Bray Wyatt responded to John Cena's challenge by singing a song, because this feud has been two guys reading from different scripts from day one, so why change things now?Subscribe to UPROXX
Best: Turning As a Team
On Raw Cody beat Damien Sandow with an eye-rake and Goldust acted kind of put out, which made people fear we were in for a story in which Goldust, whose most beloved move is an elaborate low-blow, castigates Cody for rule breaking. Thankfully on Smackdown the Rhodeses wrestled the Usos and both Cody and Goldust were happily working heel.
Have The Shield started a new trend? Traditionally only one member of a tag team was allowed to turn, and then they had feud with their partner until one was clearly designated the Michaels and one the Jannetty. I mean, it makes sense that guys who wrestle together every night in matching costumes might also change allegiances together, right?
I really do hope Cody and Goldust are turning heel together, because nobody wants to see them fight, and they're both better as bad guys. Heel Cody can focus more on his physical, brawling side, which is much better than his half-formed high flying side, and while nobody's actually going to boo Goldust, working heel allows him incorporate all sorts of amusing little veteran tricks. This match was definitely the most lively the Rhodes boys have looked in some time…annd then they lost, which means they're probably still breaking up, but oh well. For tonight a united bad guy Rhodes Bros. was a thing, and it was fun.
Best: I Can't Stop Liking This
On paper Torito wrestling Heath Slater would seem to be treading dangerously close to Hornswoggle/Chavo Guerrero territory, and yet, well, it's Torito vs. Heath Slater! Torito is better than Swoggle and Heath is much better than Chavo when it comes to being a shameless dork, so this was entertaining. Plus that moonsault finish was crisp as shit. I'm totally going to stop liking this little person comedy feud next week though. Totally.
Worst: A Match Almost as Terrible as Picasso
Gat-dangit WWE, stop showing me Paige video packages unless Paige is about to come through the curtain. A couple weeks back you used a Paige package to set up a Tamina match, and this week you use one to introduce a rematch of the Nikki Bella/Natalya fiasco from Raw? Intolerable. I will not tolerate it.
Anyways, holy shit, this match was the worst possible time you could have watching attractive spandex-clad women tussling. Eva Marie was playing referee and, well, bless her pretty plastic soul. The poor girl is incapable of walking across the ring in a natural manner. Also, every time she had to go for the count she'd sort of squat down or flop awkwardly onto her hip. I guess the trainers just assumed she already had an aptitude for getting down on her…
Uh, maybe I shouldn't finish that thought.
Even without Eva Marie's crack officiating, this bout would have been pretty ghastly. The end of the match in particular was, well, I'm not even sure I can describe it. Natalya had Nikki up in a surfboard, then Nikki flopped down, sort of looked like she was giving birth to Natalya for a second, and then Nikki won somehow. I dunno. GIFs to the rescue!
Of course all the commentators could talk about was Natalya's painting, because WWE expects their pro-grapplers to be trained artistes now I guess. At one point Cole tries to defend Nattie's painting by saying people thought Picasso and Van Gogh were awful at first, and JBL responds with "What's changed? Maybe in Canada that's art." Yes. Yes it is. WWE — still not quite sure if they're on board with f–king impressionism.
Worst: I Hope Batista Eats Dolph Ziggler Alive
First off, hey Renee, welcome back to Smackdown. Visit more often.
Secondly, shut it Dolph Ziggler. Your "I'm underappreciated so I'm going to say snarky passive-aggressive things on Twitter" character wearies me. Yeah dude, you're pretty good when you're shouting about how great you think you are, but when it comes to the hard stuff — actually carrying storylines and getting the audience to invest in you, you're a flop. I don't fondly remember, or really remember at all, a single feud you've been involved in. Since he's returned Batista has brought me a lot more entertainment than you have you diaper-wearing goof.
Best: He did!
Only thing Dolph's going to be showing off for a while is kidney bruising.
Oh, Batista — why do you always have to get so good right before you leave us? I've been on Team Batista from the moment he put on the newsboy hat and officially turned heel, but I'm loving the current incredulous, can't be assed Animal. Nobody else in the company has the courage (or opportunity) to be such an unrepentant asshole heel in the ring. He stalls, he cowers, he ends the matches as soon as possible even when he's in absolutely no danger, taking easy count out victories and low-blowing Ziggler when he's going for his flailing corner punches. If Batista comes back again, he needs to be signed to a series of one-week contracts so he's perpetually just about to leave the company.
Worst: Don't Worry, Sheamus Will Never Lose Again
Recently Sheamus lost twice in one week and WWE has been frantically trying to make amends for it since with a parade of underserved title wins and smug effortless victories. Remember that time a couple weeks ago when Titus O'Neil got a in couple minutes of offense before being sucker kicked and pinned? Well don't worry, they cut straight to the kick on Smackdown, with Sheamus beating Titus in around two-seconds. Sure, why not? Sub 30-second Brogue Kick victories have done a lot for Sheamus in the past, right?


text:
It's not really a sensationalist title if I'm actually out there buying up more BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY), right? Today, at the lows of the day around $9.81, after the market just opened, I increased my BlackBerry position and nibbled on some out of the money long term calls. I plan on continuing to do so as funds are available and as the stock continues to sit under this $10 line that I feel it should be well over. I like any calls under $11 that expire in September 2014 or later.
I've already made mostly every single major possible point as to why I'm long this name, and why my price target is still $15-$20. A quick reminder for those of you playing at home:
- the company has an immense amount of cash and has guided to not go under $2.5 billion in cash at any point
- the rubber to John Chen's plan has officially hit the road, as shown in the company's last earnings report
- I believe Chen is going to successfully monetize BBM, which no doubt has a much larger footprint overseas than it does in the U.S. - hence why some U.S. based investors write it off and/or ignore it, despite the real value
- QNX has a very real footprint in the automotive industry, which I expect to grow commensurate with "smart" cars
- the company is revamping their handset business the right way by going after emerging markets and keeping the features that loyal U.S./Canada BlackBerry users will like
- exposure to Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) app store will lend 240,000 new apps for those that continue to use BlackBerry handsets - a massive improvement in addressing the very real problem of "lack of apps"
- the company has a full calendar of events scheduled between now and the end of this year - there's several catalysts in between now and the next earnings report
First off, let's look at this chart.
I'm not a charting enthusiast, but do like to think I know when I see a continued big move to the upside coming. BlackBerry might even sell off today a little bit - and the RSI might come down under the overbought indicator. What I'm looking at, though, is the 50DMA about to cross up the 200DMA on a company that just gave the market a significant bullish catalyst in earnings. The phrase "slingshot pointed at the moon" comes to mind.
But this article isn't about the chart. It's about taking a glance at the new BlackBerry Passport, which is BlackBerry's new foray into phablets that I haven't yet mentioned in previous articles.
Yes, the Passport certainly is interesting looking, no doubt. One could never accuse BlackBerry of trying to steal patents and designs from Apple, that's for sure.
But one area that I've often noted that BlackBerry does have an opportunity for here in the U.S. is businesses that continue to rely on BlackBerry. Even though BBRY is no longer a handset business primarily, that doesn't mean that they're out altogether. Handsets can be a small fraction of future revenue and be a "role player" for the company.
If you walk down the street in Indianapolis and see business people dining out during lunch, you often see them with a work phone (BlackBerry) and a personal phone. Some that I talk to like their BlackBerry, others hate it. That's irrelevant. What's relevant is that the IT nerd upstairs running the technology division for whatever company he's working for in between levels of World of Warcraft seems to think that BlackBerry is the right choice.
If Chen continues appealing to those people, he continues to have a (small) bit of market share here in the U.S. Chen recently commented he was reaching out in person to major business players, assuring people that their contracts with BBRY and loyalty to the brand are going to be worth it in the future.
Liberty Voice went into some of the impressive specs, in between backhandedly insulting the hardware design:
Looking past the unusual design of the curious new rectangle, Blackberry Ltd.'s "Passport" has the internals that really start jumping off the page as well. A 4.5 inch screen, sporting a rumored 453 PPI (Pixel Per Inch), fills the eyes with 16 million possible colors. In addition to this, features such as Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, MicroSD support, and LTE connectivity make this phone worth more than just a passing glance. The final icing on the cake is that Blackberry Ltd.'s new "Passport" comes with a Qualcomm Quad-Core Snapdragon 800 processor that could top out at 2.3 GHz. That is a pretty great looking phone a high level media consumer.
The unusual new rectangle their calling "Passport" aside, Blackberry Ltd. will be adding its new phones to a long list on its "10″ line that will be enjoying a new relationship with Amazon. Having Amazons support combine with the news of Blackberry Inc.'s new phones caused the its stock to jump nearly 8 percent before the stock markets closed Friday.
The specs are impressive, aren't they?
Which leads me to think that the Passport could actually be a revamp of the original BlackBerry "weird looking" phone use for business. Remember this guy?
In essence, what I'm suggesting is that if the Passport gets a warm reception from those who make the decisions in the business world, there's a chance that it could become the standard - and more importantly, the device that keep contracts with BlackBerry and helps businesses renew their loyalty to the brand. We should have some grip on this as early as the end of this year.
The rest of the year is going to be a busy one for BlackBerry. On their conference call, they noted that they have events and releases taking them all the way from August to the end of the year. A BlackBerry security summit event will be coming in Q2, and a full portfolio of BlackBerry devices will get their own event in September. The company plans on releasing BES 12 in November and QNX in December. It's going to be a great rest of the year for BlackBerry enthusiasts. There is a lot to look forward to in between now and the next time Mr. Chen shows us how much better the company is faring during earnings.
For me, it's an easy decision: I'm going to continue to add on the dips here.
Best of luck to all investors.
Disclosure: The author is long BBRY. The author wrote this article themselves, and it expresses their own opinions. The author is not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). The author has no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


text:
The father of gunman Adam Lanza, who carried out the 2012 Connecticut school massacre, has said his son "couldn't get any more evil".
In his most extensive public comments to date, Peter Lanza said he wished his son, who killed 27 people including 20 children, had never been born.
In a series of interviews with The New Yorker Magazine, Mr Lanza describes his anguished struggle to comprehend what Adam did, contemplating whether he could have done anything differently in his relationship with his son.
But he concedes that the killings couldn't have been predicted and claims that he believes Adam would have killed him too, if the opportunity had arisen.
"Any variation on what I did and how my relationship was had to be good, because no outcome could be worse," Mr Lanza told the magazine in an article dated 17 March.
"You can't get any more evil. ... How much do I beat up on myself about the fact that he's my son? A lot."
He said he hadn't seen his son in two years when Adam killed 20 first-graders and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in December 2012. He turned the gun on himself as police arrived.
Adam had fatally shot his mother Nancy in their Newton home before going to the school.
The magazine interviews are Mr Lanza's first public comments since he released a statement the day after the massacre expressing sympathy for the victims' families and confusion over his son's actions.
Peter and Nancy Lanza separated in 2001 and eventually divorced in 2009. He last saw Adam in October 2010 and had wanted to keep in touch. But he received an email from Nancy saying that Adam didn't want to see his father, despite his mother's efforts to reason with him.
Driven by frustration, Mr Lanza even considered hiring a private investigator to find out what his son was doing "so I could bump into him". He said he felt that showing up unannounced at his son's home would only make things worse.
Lanza said Adam was 13 when a psychiatrist diagnosed him with
Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism not associated with violence. But he
believes the syndrome "veiled a contaminant" that wasn't Asperger's.
"I was thinking it could mask schizophrenia," said Mr Lanza, who lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and is vice president for taxes at a General Electric subsidiary, GE Energy Financial Services.
A spokesman for Mr Lanza said Monday that he would not be commenting further.
Mr Lanza told the magazine that as a young child, his son was "just a normal little weird kid" but, as he grew older, Adam's mental health problems worsened, according to Connecticut State Police documents.
Yale University professor diagnosed him in 2006 with profound autism spectrum disorder, "with
rigidity, isolation, and a lack of comprehension of ordinary social interaction
and communications," while also displaying symptoms of
obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Mr Lanza said his and his wife's concerns about Adam increased when he began middle school.
"It was crystal clear something was wrong," he said.
social awkwardness, the uncomfortable anxiety, unable to sleep, stress, unable
to concentrate, having a hard time learning, the awkward walk, reduced eye
contact. You could see the changes occurring."
After the killings, police investigators discovered that Adam had written violent stories as a child and later became interested in mass murders.
Mr Lanza believes his son had no affection for him at the time of the shootings. He said he has searched psychiatric literature on mass killers to try to understand what happened.
"With hindsight, I know Adam would have killed me in a heartbeat, if he'd had the chance. I don't question that for a minute," he told the magazine.
He was asked how he would feel if he could see his son again. "Quite honestly, I think that I wouldn't recognize the person I saw," he said.
I could picture is there'd be nothing there, there'd be nothing. Almost, like,
'Who are you, stranger?"'
He said he wished Adam had never been born. "That [wish]didn't come right away," he said.
"That's not a natural thing, when you're thinking about your kid. But, God, there's no question. There can only be one conclusion, when you finally get there. That's fairly recent, too, but that's totally where I am."
Additional reporting by Associated PressReuse content


text:
Give Now
Officials say the upcoming presidential primaries led to a vast increase in the amount of voter registrations in certain counties in the past week.
The number of Indiana children in need of foster care rose has risen significantly.
The last day to register to vote for the upcoming municipal elections is April 6. Primary day is May 5.
A Pew Charitable Trusts report shows Indiana has improved its election performance but is still fares poorly compared to other states.
The deadline to register to vote in the May primaries is tonight, and a new law has changed some rules around registering voters.
New forms will also reduce last-minute county clerk paperwork.
Because voter registration forms didn't previously ask for a person's gender the state doesn't know the sex of about one in eight voters.
Tuesday is the final day to register to vote in Indiana.
The Monroe County Registration Office will be open until 8 p.m. on Oct. 9, the voter registration deadline.
The League of Women Voters says more people are coming out to register as the October 9 deadline nears.


text:
Hotfrog Ads
Is Challenge Cheersports incorrect or missing key business information? Update your Hotfrog listing today.
Contact details
Are these details correct?
No telemarketers, please
Report inappropriate content images
Image gallery
Is Challenge Cheersports in 270 Joondalup Drive., Joondalup WA 6027 your business? Claim your listing and attract more leads by adding more content, photos and other business details.
We have more Dance Studios services in Joondalup WA available on Hotfrog Australia. You can update your search for Joondalup Dance Studios by location, keyword or service options.
Unit 7, 101 Winton Road JOONDALUP Western Australia 6027
87 McLarty Avenue JOONDALUP Western Australia 6027
JOONDALUP Western Australia 6027
19 Mercer Lane JOONDALUP Western Australia 6027
Small Business Hub
Sharing tips, ideas and advice to help grow your small business.
Your profile without ads
Have you considered upgrading to Hotfrog AdVantage? No competitor advertising means exclusive focus on your business. You take centre stage.
Create your free Hotfrog business profile
Follow Hotfrog on:
Share on:
Hotfrog Small Business Hub


text:
- Home
- News
- Sports
- Opinion
- Obituaries
- Features
- Special Sections
- Classifieds
- Public Notices
Forgot Password? | Not a User? Sign up
Examples of Elizabeth Towne's writings are available online at: www.elizabethtowne.wwwhubs.com.
By John Friedlein
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the The News Enterprise, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
|ZIP Code:


text:
Is Bionano International Singapore incorrect or missing key business information? Update your Hotfrog listing today.
Contact details
Are these details correct?
Hotfrog Singapore provides information regarding Bionano International Singapore in Singapore. Bionano International Singapore is located at 8 Prince George's Pk, Singapore 118407 and provides Manufacturing services. Contact them on 6778 9660.
Is Bionano International Singapore in 8 Prince George's Pk, Singapore 118407 your business? Claim your listing and attract more leads by adding more content, photos and other business details.
We have more Manufacturing services in Singapore available on Hotfrog Singapore. You can update your search for Singapore Manufacturing by location, keyword or service options.
Small Business Hub
Sharing tips, ideas and advice to help grow your small business.
Create your free Hotfrog business profile
Follow Hotfrog on:
Share on:
Hotfrog Small Business Hub


text:
Product copy writer and editor
This project received 6 bids from talented freelancers with an average bid price of $192 USD.Get free quotes for a project like this
Project Budget$30 - $250 USD
Total Bids6
Project Description
We have this online shopping website name [url removed, login to view], a megastore for personal care, cosmetic and fragrances. Here we have about 10,000 products from 300 brands.
We're looking for product copy writers to create keyword and information-rich content to keep our audience engaged and returning to our website.
Your responsibilities:
- Write original, high-quality, SEO-friendly content that communicate everything about a product
- Ad-hoc writing projects as they arise
- Contribute ideas on improving existing messaging and content
Your qualifications:
- Primary Skills: Web content, Journalism
- Additional Skills: Blogs, Article Writing
- Excellent writing, grammar, spelling and formatting
- Strong communication skills
- References or an established reputation on Elance preferred
Skills Required
Looking to make some money?
- Set your budget and the timeframe
- Outline your proposal
- Get paid for your work
Hire Freelancers who also bid on this project
Looking for work?
Work on projects like this and make money from home!Sign Up Now
- Forbes
- The New York Times
- Time
- Wall Street Journal
- Times Online


text: [ { "catentry_id" : "330493", "Attributes" : { "Colour_White":"1" }, "ItemImage" : "/wcsstore/StorefrontAssetStore/images/NoImageIcon.jpg", "ItemImage467" : "/wcsstore/StorefrontAssetStore/images/NoImageIcon.jpg", "ItemThumbnailImage" : "/wcsstore/StorefrontAssetStore/images/NoImageIcon.jpg" } ] Natural Ripple Ultra Safe Bath Mat £6.50 Qty (1) Qty (2) Qty (3) Qty (4) Qty (5) Qty (6) Qty (7) Qty (8) Qty (9) Qty (10) Qty (11) Qty (12) Qty (13) Qty (14) Qty (15) Qty (16) Qty (17) Qty (18) Qty (19) Qty (20) Add to basket × Your item has been added to basket Your items have been added to basket One line title Qty%(quantity)s %(price)s Continue Shopping Checkout Share Natural Ripple Ultra Safe Bath Mat Natural Ripple Ultra Safe Bath Mat is rated 4.5 out of 5 by 6. Rated 5 out of 5 by bas from Bathmat I bought this to go in my new walk in shower. My balance isn't good but this has fitted my shower tray perfectly. And it makes me feel totally safe. Love it. Date published: 2016-06-29 Rated 5 out of 5 by Humphrey from Great product Just what I wanted to give me the confidence I needed Date published: 2016-04-09 Rated 3 out of 5 by Janie99 from Ok for the money The bath mat itself is fine but the colour makes it look dirty. Date published: 2015-01-24 Rated 4 out of 5 by judy from I would recommend this product In the bath Date published: 2014-05-07 Rated 5 out of 5 by Kanecats from excellant product This mat is easy to keep clean. Looks stylish in the bath. Date published: 2014-01-27 Natural Ripple Ultra Safe Bath Mat Reviews - page 2 y_2017, m_2, d_19, h_3 bvseo_bulk, prod_bvrr, vn_bulk_0.0 cp_1, bvpage1 co_hasreviews, tv_0, tr_6 loc_en_GB, sid_1000027597, prod, sort_[SortEntry(order=SUBMISSION_TIME, direction=DESCENDING)] clientName_dunelm


text:
Is this attraction accessible using public transportation?
Is this attraction wheelchair accessible?
Does this attraction provide visitors with a taste of the local culture?
Is this attraction pet friendly?
Would this be a good sunny day activity?
Would this be a good hot day activity?
Is this an outdoor attraction or activity?
Is this attraction free to the public?
Is gratuity suggested at this attraction?
Would this be a good rainy day activity?
Thanks for helping!
We followed the signs and path and stumbled across this little grotto, a peaceful location to sit and give some thought. it is located a short distance from the town centre and...
read more
We followed the signs and path and stumbled across this little grotto, a peaceful location to sit and give some thought. it is located a short distance from the town centre and can be found while meandering around the area. I would think it maybe a little better presented during the summer months when the flowers are in bloom.
Follow a little path to this little Grotto and you'll find a statue of Our Lady and not much more. Nice little area for quiet reflection that has been there a good while.
On a ramble happened on this find tucked away off a side road just outside Kenmare
Would love to know history sadly my stay too short to investigate
This place isn't well advertised, but is well marked on the roads with brown signs so we decided to swing by and are glad we did. It's a peaceful religious garden. It's nice for a stroll around and is probably even more beautiful in bloom.
When the gardens are blooming this is a beautiful, peaceful spot, complete with a bench to sit and relax and reflect.
Not that much to behold, unless of course you believe in the Catholic magic of the waters.
One of only a few sites to see in Kenmare, and it is located a few steps from Cromwell's Bridge, so it's worth the visit.
strolling about, catching the few sights to see in kenmare, raining. followed the map i had picked up and found it down a path.
It is a lovely garden and an interesting custom. Worth a walk to see it. Cromwell's Bridge is near and more interesting. What a perfect little town.
Lovely! A blessed spot that is worth the search to locate. We made a couple of wrong turns but worth the effort!!
While in Kenmare we found this lovely Grotto, its set in a very quiet area , lovely place to sit down and reflect. Well maintained with lovely plants and shrubs.
Own or manage this property? Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and much more.


text:
The finest range of mobility products available in the UK
Skip to content
Phone: +44 (0) 1787 882244
Main navigation
Account menu
On a budget? View our extensive range of fully refurbished Approved Used models.
Product category
From £4,995.00
From £4,595.00
From £4,295.00
From £3,995.00
Cookies on the TGA Mobility website: by continuing to use this site, you agree to the use of cookies. Find out more about our cookie policy or accept cookies. This message will not be shown again.


text:
© Copyright 2017 o0oBrokenAngelo0o. All rights reserved.
Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
Wow, that was really good, it rhymed really well. Thank you again for fan-ning me!!! :D
wow i couldn't even imagine what the girl was going through. that was really good, i didn't want to breath when i was reading that. it really caught my attention and wow it was really intriguing...
Book / Other
Poem / Poetry
Poem / Poetry
Paste the link to picture in the entry below:
Paste the link to Youtube video in the following entry:
Cannot annotate a non-flat selection. Make sure your selection starts and ends within the same node.
An annotation cannot contain another annotation.
There was an error uploading your file.


text:
More About Carol Burris
When I first read about the Common Core State Standards, I cheered.
Is the Common Core and its tests the path to college readiness? We think not.
There is no objective science by which we can predict future college readiness using grades 3-8 test scores. You can, at best make assumptions, based on correlations, with score thresholds that are capricious.
It has become clear that in New York State, the canary in the coal mine of the Common Core reforms, parents are sending a clear message by opting out.
Misinformation is part of a continuing strategy to paint a picture of American public schools as failures in order to sell the public the Common Core, charter schools and the corporate reform agenda.
I have concluded that the standards, as they are being implemented, are potentially harmful to students.
If a goal of public education is to expand the life chances of all students, why are we pursuing punitive policies and practices that push the opportunities of our most vulnerable students even further behind?
A study by the National Association of College Admission Counseling found that student college success was better predicted by high school grades than by test scores.


text:
Are you looking for All You Can Eat? Hotfrog showcases more than 60 popular businesses related to All You Can Eat! To find more business related to All You Can Eat, use the left navigation menu.
Bristol, Avon
Preview Buffet Bar Restaurant in Bristol is a new all you can eat buffet style restaurant. All you can eat from £6.95. All your favourite dishes, pizza, grills, chinese, carvery, salads
Buffet Style
London, Greater London
Aroma Shepherd's Bush is an oriental buffet restaurant. All you can eat at a fixed price 7 days a week
Mr Basrai's is a World Cuisines Restaurant with all you can eat from just £7.99
world cuisine
Derby, DERBYSHIRE
Freshly prepared authentic Indian cuisine and all you can eat indian buffet
Indian Buffet
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
U Buffet is an authentic chinese buffet based in Sheffield. Unlike other all you can eat buffets we only supply fresh chinese food with an authentic flavour.
Chinese Buffet RestaurantChinese BuffetBuffet Restaurant
We have an excellent all you can eat soup and salad bar stocked with homemade salads, fresh vegetables, homemade soups and New England clam chowder Chicken fingers hand breaded and fried,, Homemade Meatballs an…
Lewisham, London
Our menu provides a choice of quality food ranging from all you can eat breakfasts and bottomless cups of tea and coffee to roast dinners, freshfish, vegetarian options and steak as well as daily specials such as ch…
Galashiels, Selkirkshire
WELCOME TO BEIJING BEIJING GALASHIELS Beijing Beijing is the first all you can eat buffet restaurant to be opened in Galashiels where you can enjoy fantastic Chinese cuisine using only the freshest and most aut…
Buffet Restaurant
Manchester, Lancashire
Buffet Metro , Manchester's All You Can Eat Chinese Buffet. Located in the heart of City centre, Piccadilly Gardens, fully air conditioned and open 7 days a week. Serving over 60 freshly prepared hot and cold Chinese …
Chinese Buffetchinese dishes
Ilfracombe, Devon
For that special occasion or light meal the Devon gurkha restaurant is the place to go. All you can eat for a fixed price in total comfort. If you prefer just relax in the luxury bar or sample the excellent coffee. Highl…
Buffet Restaurantchinese dishes
Red Hot World Buffet a food lovers fantasy. Visit one of our many all you can eat UK restaurants where you'll never have to worry about what's on the menu as we have dishes from all over the World
world cuisineLive Cooking
Beijing Chinese restaurant, extensive Chinese menu situated in Lincolnshire, Boston Spilsby & Skegness, All you can eat menues plus alacarte, all functions catered for. Plus we have an hotel in Spilsby for that special o…
San Francisco, Hampshire
Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot, Best Hot Pot in Town serving San Diego, hacienda heights, san gabriel, irvine, new york & more; voted best chinese / asian food & restaurant by oriental delicacy
Sutton, Greater London
The Raj of Cheam is a fantastic balti restaurant north cheam serving the finest indian cuisine. The curry house sutton has a diverse menu which will make your mouth water! The sunday indian buffet cheam is 'all you can e…
Hastings, East Sussex
Eatto is an informal, family friendly buffet restaurant in Hastings, East Sussex. Eat as much as you like from our extensive choice of Chinese, Thai and Malaysian dishes. We also have a sushi bar and Teppanyaki chef cook…
Chinese Buffet RestaurantChinese Buffet
Rodizio Preto offers a dining experience unlike any other. Sit back and enjoy unlimited food from our Brazilian grill and salad bar in a unique and vibrant atmosphere
Brazilian Restaurant
Resturaunt based in Ashford, Kent stunning oast house with function rooms, serving a wide range of English foods and an all you can eat buffet
Market Drayton, Shropshire
The Bear Inn is a 16th century coaching inn offering a traditional bar, a restaurant, 8 letting bedrooms and two function rooms suitable for weddings, conferences, meetings and entertainment as well as the well-known Med…
Our newest addition to the Nawaab Empire is our restaurant on West Street Our vast experience gained over many years is geared towards customer satisfaction to ensure customer loyalty We at Nawaab pride ou…
Longeaton, Nottinghamshire
all you can eat menu available every day. ( freshly cooked to order ) The finest thai , malaysian & chinese restaurant in long eaton
derby, derbyshire
Welcome to Bollywood Spice Indian Restaurant Derby Tel 01332 344 445 / 344900. We offer a all you can eat authentic buffet 7 days a week
cambridge, cambridgeshire
Named for the fabled Tang Dynasty of Imperial China, the Tang Chinese Buffet Restaurant & Bar brings the sheer power of traditional Chinese cuisine to your plate Share your Birthday with Tang Chinese and get a F…
AllYouCanHost - No Nonesense Unlimited Hosting. Hosting agreements with unlimited data transfer, bandwidth, server space. The All You Can Eat Buffet of Web Hosting!
Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire
Our restaurants pay tribute to our military by hosting where we serve "thank you" dinners to active military personnel and veterans and raise money to support the Disabled American Veterans Our commitment to ou…
Durham, County Durham
Saint John, South Yorkshire
japanese restaurant
korean restaurant
Winchester, Hampshire
Fivebars specialise in the supply of mobile phones and mobile phone tariffs to companies that need greater service at a lower price. Fivebars offer a free tariff review so you can see whether you are on the right plan …
Our sole aim is to provide a range of quality food from around the world enabling our customers to try a new cuisine or simply indulge in their favourite dishes As well as offering unlimited food at value for m…
Chinese Buffet
Manchester, LANCASHIRE
Newly opened in 2008 the Saheb Indian Restaurant is quickly making a name for itself in the Tameside area. Picking up new customers every day it's turning into a busy eaterie. And no wonder; because once you step inside …
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
We intend to keep dancing with the one that brought us we know the most important thing is good food and cold beer served by beautiful HOOTERS girls Kids eat free on a Sunday* so ditch the traditional Sunday lu…
Cardiff, Cardiff County
Mothers Day 18th March 2012 Say it from your heart with a Spice Route Buffet this mothering Sunday at the The Red Dragon Centre We have just the antidote
18 Old Compton Street, London W1D 4TN If you are hungry and skint this is a fabulous option. You can get 2 courses off a very limited set menu for £5.50. Or if you want to order just one course
Bainbridge, North Yorkshire
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
Pinner, Middlesex
Can't find All You Can Eat company near in UK? Let us know by adding the missing business here.
Small Business Hub
Sharing tips, ideas and advice to help grow your small business
Hotfrog AdVantage
Hotfrog AdVantage ads appear above the rest in Hotfrog feature pages. By upgrading today your ad will appear in front of potential customers before they notice your competitors.
Create your free Hotfrog business profile
Follow Hotfrog on:
Share on:
Hotfrog Small Business Hub


text:
Cherry Cottage Cheese Salad Mould
|Boiling water
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Cherry gelatin
|3 Ounce (1 Package)
|Canned pitted dark sweet cherries
|17 Ounce (In Heavy Syrup, Drained Reserve 1 Cup Syrup))
|Chopped pecans
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chopped pitted green olives
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Lemon gelatin
|3 Ounce (1 Package)
|Canned crushed pineapple
|13 Ounce (Drained)
|Creamed cottage cheese
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|Chopped pecans
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1 Teaspoon
|Celery salt
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Celery seed
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Grated onion
|1 Teaspoon
|Grated lemon peel
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
Pour 1 cup boiling water over cherry-flavored gelatin in a medium-sized bowl and stir until dissolved.
Mix in the reserved cherry syrup (add water to make 1 cup if necessary).
Chill until slightly thicker than thick, unbeaten egg white.
Meanwhile, halve cherries.
Fold cherries, the 1/2 cup chopped pecans, and olives into thickened gelatin.
Spoon into a 7-cup heart-shaped or other fancy mold.
Chill until just set, but not firm.
Meanwhile, pour 1 cup boiling water over lemon-flavored gelatin in a medium-sized bowl and stir until dissolved.
Mix in the reserved pineapple syrup.
Chill until slightly thicker than thick, unbeaten egg white.
Blend pineapple, cottage cheese, and remaining ingredients and stir into thickened gelatin until thoroughly mixed.
Spoon over cherry layer; chill until firm, at least 3 hours.
Unmold onto chilled serving plate; garnish with lettuce.
Pipe dairy sour cream around the outer top edge of mold.
Rate It
Nutrition Rank
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1851 Calories from Fat 648
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 77 g118.3%
Saturated Fat 11 g54.9%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 37.7 mg12.6%
Sodium 2525.9 mg105.2%
Total Carbohydrates 274 g91.2%
Dietary Fiber 25.1 g100.4%
Sugars 221.7 g
Protein 38 g76.8%
Vitamin A 27.4% Vitamin C 37.2%
Calcium 18.7% Iron 29%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


text:
Talk to Splunk with Amazon Alexa
What do you think the future experience of interacting with your data is going to be like ? Is it going to be logging in by way of a user interface and then using your mouse/keyboard/gestures to view and interact with something on a display panel , or is it going to be more like simply talking with another person ?
Introducing the "Talk to Splunk with Amazon Alexa" App
This is a Splunk App that enables your Splunk instance for interfacing with Amazon Alexa by way of a custom Alexa skill, thereby provisioning a Natural Language interface for Splunk.
You can then use an Alexa device such as Amazon's Echo,Tap or Dot or another 3rd party hardware device to tell …
Send data to Splunk via an authenticated TCP Input
Wow , my second blog in 24 hrs about Protocol Data Inputs(PDI) , but sometimes you just infected with ideas and have to roll with it.
So my latest headbump is about sending text or binary data to Splunk over raw TCP and authenticating access to that TCP input.Simple to accomplish with PDI.
Setup a PDI stanza to listen for TCP requests
PDI has many options , but for this simple example you only need to choose the protocol(TCP) and a port number.
Declare a custom handler to authenticate the received data
You can see this above in the Custom Data Handler section.I have declared the handler and the authentication token that the handler should use via a JSON properties …
Sending binary data to Splunk and preprocessing it
A while ago I released an App on Splunkbase called Protocol Data Inputs (PDI) that allows you to send text or binary data to Splunk via many different protocols and dynamically apply pre processors to act on this data prior to indexing in Splunk. You can read more about it here.
I thought I'd just share this interesting use case that I was fiddling around with today. What if I wanted to send compressed data (which is a binary payload) to Splunk and index it ? Well , this is very trivial to accomplish with PDI.
Choose your protocol and binary data payload
PDI supports many different protocols , but for the purposes of this example I just rolled a …
Custom Message Handling and HEC Timestamps with the Kafka Modular Input
Custom Message Handling
If you are a follower of any of my Modular Inputs on Splunkbase , you may see that I employ a similar design pattern across all of my offerings. That being the ability to declaratively plug in your own parameterizable custom message handler to act upon the raw received data in some manner before it gets output to Splunk for indexing. This affords many benefits :
- Many of my Modular Inputs are very cross cutting in terms of the numerous potential types and formats of data they will encounter once they are let loose in the wild. I can't think of every data scenario. An extensibility design allows the user and community to be able to customize the
Achieving scale with the Kafka Modular Input
A hot topic in my inbox over the recent months has been how to achieve scalability with the Kafka Modular Input , primarily in terms of message throughput. I get a lot of emails from users and our own internal Splunk team about this , so rather than continuing to dish out the same replys , I thought I'd just pen a short blog to share some tips and tricks.
So let's start off with this simple scenario :
- a single instance of Splunk 6.3
- downloaded and installed the freely available Kafka Modular Input from Splunkbase
These are the scaling steps that I would try in order.
Enable HTTP Event Collector output
With the recent release of Splunk 6.3 , …
Scheduled Export of Indexed Data
I'm really enjoying playing with all the new Developer hooks in Splunk 6.3 such as the HTTP Event Collector and the Modular Alerts framework. My mind is veritably fizzing with ideas for new and innovative ways to get data into Splunk and build compelling new Apps.
When 6.3 was released at our recent Splunk Conference I also released a new Modular Alert for sending SMS alerts using Twilio, which is very useful in it's own right but also a really nice simple example for developers to reference to create their own Modular Alerts.
But after getting under the hood of the Modular Alerts framework, this also got me thinking about other ways to utilise Modular Alerts to fulfill other use …
Turbo charging Modular Inputs with the HEC (HTTP Event Collector) Input
HTTP Event Collector (HEC)
Splunk 6.3 introduces a new high performance data input option for developers to send event data directly to Splunk over HTTP(s). This is called the HTTP Event Collector (HEC).
In a nutshell , the key features of HEC are :
- Send data to Splunk via HTTP/HTTPS
- Token based authentication
- JSON payload grammar
- Acknowledgment of sent events
- Support for sending batches of events
- Keep alive connections
A typical use case for HEC would be a developer wanting to send application events to Splunk directly from their code in a manner that is highly performant and scalable and alleviates having to write to a file that is monitored by a Universal Forwarder.
But I have another use case …
SMS Alerting from Splunk with Twilio
Modular Alerts
With the release of Splunk 6.3 comes an exciting new feature called Modular Alerts.
Historically the alerting actions in Splunk have been limited to Email, RSS and if you wanted to perform some custom alerting functionality then you could execute a Custom Script.
Whilst many Splunk Ninjas over the years have accomplished all sorts of amazing Kung Fu by wrangling with custom alerting scripts , they are ultimately not the most optimal approach for users and developers.
- manual setup
- no configuration interface
- need file system access
- loosely coupled to Splunk
- no common development or packaging standard
So what if you want more alerting actions that you can plugin and present as first class alerting actions in your Splunk instance.
Well …
Protocol Data Inputs
It must have been about a year ago now that I was talking with a Data Scientist at a Splunk Live event about some of the quite advanced use cases he was trying to achieve with Splunk. That conversation seeded some ideas in my mind , they fermented for a while as I toyed with designs , and over the last couple of months I've chipped away at creating a new Splunk App , Protocol Data Inputs (PDI).
So what is this all about ? Well to put it quite simply , it is a Modular Input for receiving data via a number of different protocols, with some pretty cool bells and whistles.
So let's break down some of …
What are Splunk Apps and Add-Ons ?
If you have ever uploaded a contribution to Splunk Apps you'll see the following option : But what does this really mean ? What is the difference between an App and an Add-on ? Both are packaged and uploaded to Splunk Apps as SPL files and then to install them in your Splunk instance you simply untar the SPL file into etc/apps .But the content and purpose of Apps and Add-ons certainly differ from one another.
An Add-on is typically a single component that you can develop that can be re-used across a number of different use cases.It is usually not specific to any one single use case.It also won't contain a navigable user interface.You cannot open an Add-on from …


text:
Rates in USD (taxes & fees included), shown as:
Nightly Average
Fortuna Hotel Foshan
No.82 Lecong Dadao, Lecong Town, Foshan, Guangdong 0, China
Find Hotel Rates
Recent Searches
Wego searches multiple travel sites so you can find and compare the best rates.
Fortuna Hotel Foshan Hotel Reviews
Based on reviews from across the web.
Fortuna Hotel Foshan Hotel Details
Hotel Fortuna Foshan is the first sister hotel of Hotel Fortuna in Macau. It is a 5-star corporate hotel. Hotel Fortuna Shunde features 408 deluxe guest rooms and suites, enjoy variety of restaurants, fully equipped banquet, conference, fitness center and other entertainment facilities, with Fortuna Hotel experience the excellent service is an ideal place for business and meeting planners.
No.82 Lecong Dadao, Lecong Town Foshan, Guangdong 0, China


text:
Newegg.com - A great place to buy computers, computer parts, electronics, software, accessories, and DVDs online. With great prices, fast shipping, and top-rated customer service - once you know, you Newegg.
If you are reading this message, Please click this link to reload this page.(Do not use your browser's "Refresh" button). Please email us if you're running the latest version of your browser and you still see this message.
Newegg.com - Computer Parts, Laptops, Electronics, HDTVs, Digital Cameras and More!
Showing Results: Most Recent
This review is from: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heatpipes
Pros: Very cheap
Cools very well
Cons: Instructions are horrible
Other Thoughts: I had a lot of trouble at first because i didnt change the spring loaded screws on the mounting bracket. I had to take it all apart, So i had to clean the cpu again and re apply the thermal paste. In the end it all worked out just fine. I have an amd fx 8120 and i used prime95 and it was having trouble getting to 35degrees! I have now overclocked it to 4ghz.
It barely fits in my case. On my case box it says the width dimensions are 8" so i thought i would be fine but my front panel sticks out further than the wrest of the case so they measured that and not the width of where the components to the pc actually go.
This review is from: Rosewill RNX-N600UBE Wireless N600 Dual Band USB 2.0 Adapter
Pros: never loses connection.
Cons: took 2 weeks to get to my house....
should have been 3 days.
i got a computer for christmas and didnt have the wireless receiver so i couldnt get internet, so i didnt get to use my computer and was bored all christmas break.
This review is from: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1557-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Pros: Very nice
plays games with good fps
easy to install
Cons: had some trouble with drivers and computer began a loop.
I put my old card back in and uninstalled every video driver.
installed the 550ti's drivers again and then it finally worked.
Other Thoughts: i played duke nukem on my 6670 just to see how well it worked. It was horrible
Then i put the gtx 550 ti in and there was a huuuugggeee change!
this card is a big upgrade from my 6670


text:
He's A Maniac
April 12th, 2010
He will cut you like a knife.
(submitted by Clara)
He will cut you like a knife.
(submitted by Clara)
I bet he's dancin' like he's never danced before.
Is that Piers Morgan?
The lady with the silver top doesn't look too bad considering the era. 1990? Surprised there hadn't been any references to Olivia Newton-John's "Physical".
She looks as she belongs on a Bon Jovi music video! In a good way.
i'm from holland isn't that weird!
Halloween is one amongst my boy's best loved times of the entire year to go out trick or treating together with their buddies and afterward they all gather together at somebody's apartment to snack on and exchange their snacks.
LMAO! Jesus, look at that bathing suit.
don't the girls get a name? marcia's maniac-ettes?
they must of had back stage passes to Richard simons
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!
Oh thats just terrible
God Bless America.
wow….just wow.
Holy Flashdance Batman!!! This is great. Makes me miss the 80's.
OMG, I know these people. She worked with Miss Jimmy at Spotlight! Give up to 80's fashion Cedar Hill, TX style….!!! Represent, Miss Marcia!
If Clara submitted it, is this the same family as in the March 31st photo (you know, baseball bat and football hand)? The girls look similar. Welcome back!
I feel sorry for Pops, but I do like the "flamingo bookend effect" from Marcia's little maniacs. They probably only did the photo if Marcia promised she would NOT make them wear anything sequined. She's got the Flashdance (1983);the daughters are so 1985(Desparately Seeking Susan).
Although this was taken in the 80s it seems Marcia remembers her childhood in the 50s – she obviously won't allow HER daughters to show their bellybuttons!
My question is, are the "M"s in Marcia's sweatshirt logo supposed to represent hearts or a rear view of someone bending forward during an aerobic routine?
Every day is Halloween at Marcia's!
Jane Fonda would be rolling in her leg-warmers!
Marcia probably looks at this pic today and says "Day-um I looked good!" She was in awesome shape.
Ah, the days of aerobic fitness trainers that lived on aspartame-laced foods and melba toast
Girls just wanna have fun! And so does Mr. Marcia.
Marcia knows that wedding rings will stop most female advances, but the Gold Mandana… will stop them cold. Well played Marcia… Well played.
Hah haaaaaah! Mandana! Nicely done Mr. Manpants.
Love it!
Even the photographer's signature seems to be in glittered gold! That Marcia, she had high standards!
I'm surprised no one has said "It's fake!" with a list of reasons, which people seem to do for EVERY SINGLE PICTURE.
I think this picture just proves that happy families are all alike, but each awkward family is awkward in its own way. (Sorry, Mr. Tolstoy.)
Marcia clearly loves sequins…thus the sequined legwarmers, belt and matching his and hers head bands. She's got a great figure though!
well,half of them kinda look happy to be there…
Call back for "Pretty in Pink?"
No, Desperately Seeking Susan.
Ah, yes! That's where I remember that outfit on the right from. I thought it was from a Thompson Twins video or something.
Stunning. Seriously. I'm posting this on my site tomorrow morning with a link back to you
Wow, they have a strict dress code to exercise at Marcia's!
I heard they expelled a student for having silver legwarmers when the handbook clearly stated that gold legwarmers were required!
well i NEVER even got a handbook, how was i supposed to know?! 😀 😀 😀
The girl on the right in the pink looks like Baby from Dirty Dancing!
That's not Baby, that is Debbie Gibson or Cydi Lauper
Who of us in our 40s DIDN'T have that hairdo at one time in the 80s. haha


text:
Victor Advanced Badminton Racket
£14.99 Available Ask us a question about this product
Please allow an additional 5 - 7 working days before despatch
This item is coming from a different warehouse and may take slightly longer than usual to despatch. Once the item has been despatched, usual delivery time applies.
Price Drop Notification
Victor Advanced Badminton Racket Product Description
Short shaft steel/aluminium racket with drop-shaped head and durable lawntex stringing. The short grip allows better handling for children.
Length: 53cm.
Suitable for age 6-7 years.
Reviews of Victor Advanced Badminton Racket
Unfortunately, We don't currently have any reviews for this product.
Why not be the first to write about Victor Advanced Badminton Racket?
Add Review
You need to be logged in to leave a comment.
Please log-in or if you have not yet got an account with us, you can register here.
Why buy from shop4world.com?
Trusted Retailer
We've been trading online for several years.
Insured Delivery
All orders are insured and delivered to your address with the best of care.
Direct Payment
We're working with the best and most secure payment gateways.
Get Rewards!
Get rewarded with Player Points! Saving you even more money!