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Although I do believe apple slows down on the features they give out so that there's always something to give to customers when it's time to release a product. But if they just gave out everything all at once then they'd be like Samsung. Got nothing better to do than to add a feature that takes a picture of you and the "thing" your taking the picture of so you can see your reaction of the picture you took. Great but why?
On the upside there's this.
how ironic, the people commenting that apple is going down and what not haven't realized Ferrer posted this from his iPhone. FAIL. Please keep using your garbage droids.
The thing is, Tim Cook is a safe pair of hands but he doesn't have Jobs' visionary gift. Before his death, Jobs was attempting to change the education market through iBooks and the iPad but that's gone nowhere. He also had some ideas regarding changing the TV landscape and again, there are no new developments there -- at least not ones that Cook seems willing to discuss just yet.
We'll see what happens at WWDC but so far, the Tim Cook era has been about what I expected it to be under him: the company is still well run but it isn't the same innovative place it was during Jobs' heyday.
All that said, Samsung has been pretty pathetic insofar as its constant attempts to throw money in order to capture mindshare away from Apple. Even that ridiculous PR campaign to combat criticism regarding the Galaxy S4's uninspired design was ridiculous and insulting. The fact is, Samsung makes cutting-edge smartphones -- just not in beautiful packages.
That's why I think the forecasts of Apple's imminent demise are overstated. One thing different between the early 80's and today is that people care more about design: people will no longer tolerate ugly beige boxes. It's also why, I imagine, Jobs was so careful to protect and cultivate Jon Ivey -- a lot of Apple's appeal is because of how beautiful its products are -- the latest iMacs are a testament to how you should evolve your design.
Samsung doesn't get that. They think that slapping a powerful engine under the hood is all it takes but, as Jaguar's history will tell you, people will tolerate some kinks and quirks if the package is beautiful (kind of like that beautiful yet obviously crazy woman you've always wanted to date). Instead of trying to duke it out with Apple on that front and throw all that money at celebs, they should just cut out the crap and license Apple's designs and be done with it. HTC have done that and their HTC One is the best-looking Android phone in the market, hands-down.
Of course, there are people who think the Galaxy S4 is a good-looking device: probably the same people who like wearing loud Hawaiian prints and have homes cluttered with baroque furniture.
Besides, given the way that apps and even mobile OSes work days, it's not like people really need all that computing power. It's like selling a fast car in a country with short highways -- you'll never really be able to use it until there's enough road to get maximum acceleration. The notion that you're future-proofing the device is preposterous -- most people change their devices every two years so, by the time the mobile OS catches up to the hardware (Jellbean, for instance, is only still optimized for dual core computing), they'll have moved onto something else. About the only thing an octet CPU is good for is watching 1080p content (probably porn ;-)) without hiccups. Even the latest mobile games are designed to run well on two cores.
In that sense, you're better off focusing on how good the packaging looks and the overall user experience than simply on whether your device is the King of Quadrant or whatever benchmark there is.
Well, anything expressed by a celebrity can turn into a brand war. I don't think the opinions expressed by a celebrity about Samsung needs to be researched weather he/she tweeted it from a Samsung itself or not. It's a personal opinion and Twitter is meant to express random thoughts.
So what if they have no new ideas now? Doesn't mean they won't in the future!
Yes, Android is better, but why are you bashing Apple on an Apple forum?

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Phoenix • The Utah Jazz had their shootaround behind drawn black curtains Friday morning, temporarily shielding the team, many of them fathers of young children, unaware of details emerging about a shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut.
However, like anyone who heard the reports 27 people dead, 20 of them children players said they were devastated by the news and that it was difficult to focus on preparing for Friday's game against the Suns. A moment of silence was observed before the game at US Airways Center.
"I'm going to try to block it out," Jazz guard Randy Foye said. "But there's no way you're going to be able to block it out."
Foye has two children, including a 4-year-old daughter in preschool. The Randy Foye Foundation helps at-risk kids get through school. A native of Newark, N.J., everything about Friday morning's shooting hit close to home.
"Just watching it on TV," Foye said, "I had to turn the channel because I was thinking to myself, 'How can someone be so selfish and do that?' The kids didn't even get a chance to go to college; they didn't get a chance to live their lives."
Foye said he believes in stricter gun laws.
"Too many incidents are happening," he said. "The guy in Colorado, the situation with the guy for the Chiefs [Jovan Belcher], the situation today. Something has to happen."
Coach Tyrone Corbin, who has two grown children, was visibly upset when he was asked during a pregame interview about the shooting. His eyes reddened, and he paused once to compose himself.
"I couldn't fathom being a parent," he said, "and having to deal with sending your kid to school to get an education you're doing the right thing and something like that happens."
Several players posted messages to Twitter, offering condolences to the families of victims. CEO Greg Miller tweeted, "Prayers on behalf of and love to the families of the victims in Newtown."
Point guard Mo Williams also has a foundation aimed at helping children and is a father of four, including a kindergartener.
He said that while he missed being with his children Friday, that he accepts that being away is part of his job.
"The beauty of this game that I play," he said, "it's therapy."


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When Tanya Martinez was a teenager, growing up in a small town in Massachusetts, she began making regular trips to her mother's homeland—the Eel River Bar First Nation reservation in New Brunswick, Canada. These trips not only deepened Tanya's connection to her cultural heritage as a Mi'kmaq Indian, but would ultimately have a profound impact on her career as an engineer.
Tanya was well aware of the differences between her two hometowns. "Growing up in Massachusetts, I felt like there were more opportunities for me there. While most of my friends in the States were heading to college, this was not the case for my family on the reservation."
Giving Back to Her People
Even in high school, Tanya felt a strong responsibility to use the educational opportunities she had been given for the benefit of the Mi'kmaq people. She thought she might major in math in college, but on the advice of her high school physics teacher, she decided to try engineering because it had so many practical, real-world applications. By the time she'd earned her degree, Tanya had figured out how she could use engineering to help her community.
"The answer is renewable energy," says Tanya. "It will not only provide more affordable energy for the reservation, but it will also create economic opportunity. And it's in perfect alignment with the values of my culture, which teach me to walk softly on this Earth."
Making a Difference with Renewable Energy
One of Tanya's current projects was inspired by her grandfather, who is a builder in Massachusetts but also spends time on the reservation. "Forestry is one of the few job opportunities on Eel River Bar. My grandfather noticed that 30% of wood that is cut for industry is left on the forest floor. He challenged me to come up with a way to use that resource and not just let it go to waste."
And Tanya's doing just that. Working with students from the reservation, she's conducting a feasibility study for building a central heating plant that will use waste wood. "This would help in so many ways—reduce fuel costs, create jobs, protect the environment and," says Tanya, "perhaps we could make a business installing similar technology in other communities, which would create even more jobs."
Helping Out All Over the Americas
Tanya has shared her engineering expertise in renewable energy with many different communities. She's helped a Navajo reservation expand its wind and solar energy resources. She's traveled to remote villages in the Andes mountains of Peru to install solar-powered electricity that's used in hospitals and for radio communications. In Massachusetts, Tanya and her team have conducted case studies of "green" schools and public buildings—structures that use solar hot-water panels or other forms of renewable energy.
Tanya is Mi'kmaq on her mother's side of the family, and Puerto Rican on her father's—and she also has French and Irish roots. The many dimensions of her heritage have inspired her work: helping diverse communities throughout the Americas become more energy efficient.
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Apparatus, system, and method for automatic airborne contaminant analysis, patent No. 8,331,620, invented by Robert Branham of Provo, and David Branham of Provo, assigned to Liberty Standard LLC of Provo.
Energetic linear timing element, patent No. 8,327,766, invented by Joseph W. Twarog, Jr. of Barkhamsted, Conn., John C. Campbell, Jr. of East Hartford, Conn., Tyson J. Plitt of Barkhamsted, Conn., and Kim Chi Ho of Plainville, Conn., assigned to Dyno Nobel Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Displaceable fifth-wheel hitch assembly, patent No. 8,328,221, invented by Gregory J. Colibert of Salt Lake City, and Jacque Colibert-Clarke of Salt Lake City, assigned to Comco Manufacturing Inc. of Greensboro, N.C.
Ski binding adaptor with floating heel lock, patent No. 8,328,225, invented by Jason M. Prigge of Cottonwood Heights, William J. Ritter of Bozeman, Mont., John Parker of Bozeman, Mont., and Dylan Bourke of Bozeman, Mont.
Airbag inflator, patent No. 8,328,234, invented by Jianlin Chen of Kanagawa, Japan, Yoji Tasaki of Kanagawa, Japan, Akinori Sakamoto of Kanagawa, Japan, Casey Jenkins of Syracuse, and Krista Nash of South Ogden, assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. of Ogden.
Camera stabilizer, patent No. 8,328,359, invented by Douglas Jerome Monroe of Pleasant View, and Roland Leland Pearson of Salt Lake City, assigned to Gavry & Monroe Productions LLC of Pleasant View.
Off-axis blood chamber, patent No. 8,328,748, invented by Perry N. Law of Kaysville, and Louis L. Barrett of West Point, assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. of Waltham, Mass.
Disinfecting caps for medical male luer connectors, patent No. 8,328,767, invented by Donald D. Solomon of North Salt Lake, F. Mark Ferguson of Salt Lake City, Robert Hitchcock of Sandy, Steven Bandis of West Jordan, James V. Mercer of West Jordan, and Michael W. Howlett of Salt Lake City, assigned to Catheter Connections Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Systems and methods for delivery of peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions, patent No. 8,328,784, invented by Lynn E. Jensen of Syracuse, Spencer Clark of Kaysville, Olli Tuominen of Hong Kong, China, and Jay M. Lan of Thousand Oaks, Calif., assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. of Waltham, Mass.
Surgical access with target visualization, patent No. 8,328,815, invented by Morteza M. Farr of Santa Cruz, Calif., E. Marlowe Goble of Logan, T. Wade Fallin of Hyde Park, Ephraim Akyuz of Providence, Daniel F. Justin of Logan, and Douglas M. Lorang of North Logan, assigned to Innovative Spine LLC. of Clovis, Calif.
Retort, patent No. 8,328,992, invented by Lloyd W. Swain of Vernal.
Stationary cloth media filtration, patent No. 8,329,045, invented by Peter G. Baumann of Roscoe, Ill., Lloyd W. Johnson of Roscoe, Ill., David Smith of Beloit, Wis., and Eugen O. Bergmann of St. George, assigned to Aqua-Aerobic Systems Inc. of Loves Park, Ill.
Compositions that include a hydrophobic compound and a polyamino acid conjugate, patent No. 8,329,199, invented by Sang Van of San Diego, Calif., Yucheng Song of Salt Lake City, Xinghe Wang of San Diego, Calif., Zheng Hou of San Diego, Calif., Zhongling Feng of San Diego, Calif., Gang Zhao of Vista, Calif., and Lei Yu of Carlsbad, Calif., assigned to Nitto Denko Corp. of Osaka, Japan.
Stretchable circuit configuration, patent No. 8,329,493, invented by Stephen Mascaro of Salt Lake City, Debra Mascaro of Salt Lake City, Jumana Abu-Khalaf of Salt Lake City, and Jungwoo Park of Salt Lake City, assigned to the University of Utah Research Foundation of Salt Lake City.
Semiconductor die packages using thin dies and metal substrates, patent No. 8,329,508, invented by Hamza Yilmaz of Saratoga, Calif., Steven Sapp of Felton, Calif., Qi Wang of Sandy, Minhua Li of Sandy, James J. Murphy of South Jordan, and John Robert Diroll of Sandy, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. of San Jose, Calif.
Shielded gate trench FET with an inter-electrode dielectric having a low-k dielectric therein, patent No. 8,329,538, invented by James Pan of West Jordan, and James J. Murphy of South Jordan, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. of South Portland, Maine.
Alkylated semi synthetic glycosaminoglycosan ethers, and methods for making and using thereof, patent No. 8,329,673, invented by Glenn D. Prestwich of Eastsound, Wash., Jianxing Zhang of Salt Lake City, Thomas P. Kennedy of Charlotte, N.C., and Narayanam V. Rao of Salt Lake City, assigned to the University of Utah Research Foundation of Salt Lake City.
Zero-bandwidth clears, patent No. 8,330,766, invented by David Kirk McAllister of Holladay, Steven E. Molnar of Chapel Hill, N.C., Jerome F. Duluk, Jr. of Palo Alto, Calif., Emmett M. Kilgariff of San Jose, Calif., Patrick R. Brown of Raleigh, N.C., Christian Johannes Amsinck of Durham, N.C., James Michael O'Connor of Austin, Texas, John Matthew Burgess of Austin, Texas, Gregory Alan Muthler of Austin, Texas, and James Robertson of Austin, Texas, assigned to NVIDIA Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif.
Video conference system with symmetric reference, patent No. 8,330,791, invented by Mark E. Gorzynski of Corvallis, Ore., and David R. McKinney of West Jordan, assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. of Houston, Texas.
Hearing aid device with interchangeable covers, patent No. 8,331,594, invented by Owen D. Brimhall of South Jordan, and Craig M. Collotzi of Riverton, assigned to Sonic Innovations Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Personal teller system for remote interactive and personalized banking, patent No. 8,332,319, invented by Eugene P. Pranger of Alpine, assigned to uGenius Technology LLC of Sandy.
Techniques for remote controlled physical transactions with dynamic key generation and authentication, patent No. 8,332,320, invented by Saheednanda Singh of Thoudam, Ind., assigned to Novell Inc. of Provo.
Method and apparatus for generating readable, unique identifiers, patent No. 8,332,355, invented by Lincoln C. Cannon of Provo, and Paul J. Conover of Provo, assigned to Symantec Corp. of Mountain View, Calif.
Method for testing connectivity of software applications hosted on networked computers, patent No. 8,332,504, invented by Calvin Ling of Bellevue, Wash., George K. Wu of Bellevue, Wash., Michael J. McNicholl of Renton, Wash., and Seth J. Thorup of Sandy, assigned to The Boeing Company of Chicago, Ill.
Methods and systems for defragmenting virtual machine prefetch data on physical storage, patent No. 8,332,570, invented by Randall R. Cook of Springville, Brian Hernacki of San Carlos, Calif., Sourabh Satish of Fremont, Calif., and William E. Sobel of Jamul, Calif., assigned to Symantec Corporation of Mountain View, Calif.
System and method for creating platform-specific self-extracting client packages using a production server, patent No. 8,332,841, invented by Randall Brett Funk of Alpine, and Joseph Hyrum Astin of Riverton, assigned to Novell Intellectual Property Holdings, Inc. of Seattle, Wash.
Intelligent buyer's agent usage for allocation of service level characteristics, patent No. 8,332,859, invented by Gregory J. Boss of American Fork, Christopher J. Dawson of Arlington, Va., Rick A. Hamilton, II of Charlottesville, Va., and Timothy M. Waters of Hiram, Ga., assigned to International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y.
Techniques for real-time adaptive password policies, patent No. 8,332,918, invented by Srinivas Vedula of Orem, Cameron Craig Morris of Saratoga Springs, and Larry Hal Henderson of Orem, assigned to Novell Inc. of Provo.
Elastomeric barbwire cordage, patent No. D672,158, invented by Karl Hellberg of Logan.
Table top, patent No. D672,175, invented by Wendell Peery of Kaysville, and Frank Clegg of Fruit Heights, assigned to Lifetime Products Inc. of Clearfield.
Device holder, patent No. D672,278, invented by Edward Van Lee Kalbach of Nibley, assigned to EK Ekcessories, Inc. of Logan.
Leash device holder, patent No. D672,279, invented by Edward Van Lee Kalbach of Nibley, assigned to EK Ekcessories Inc. of Logan.
Support element of a protective cover for a mobile computing device, patent No. D672,352, invented by David Gengler of Draper, assigned to Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co. Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Fluid delivery cassette, patent No. D672,455, invented by Kent Beck of Layton, assigned to ZEVEX, Inc. of Salt Lake City.
Light fixture, patent No. D672,490, invented by Karl L. Connolly of Brigham City, and Landon T. Gwilliam of Salt Lake City, assigned to Orbit Irrigation Products Inc. of North Salt Lake.
Everett Robinson, who is an attorney registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, compiles this list weekly for the Salt Lake Tribune. Mr. Robinson can be reached at 801-649-5858. For more patents, see the Money page at sltrib.com, go to Sections on the left-hand side and click Patents.


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Shifting winds release ocean carbon dioxide, according to a report in ScienceDaily, 13 March 2009. Many scientists believe the dramatic climate shift involved in ending the last ice age, usually dated as being around 17,000 years ago, occurred due a change in the earth's orbit. Ice core records show an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide occurred at the end of the ice age. Scientists at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University suggest the orbital change caused westerly winds in the Southern Ocean to be displaced southwards where they caused heavy mixing in the ocean around Antarctica, which released dissolved carbon dioxide from the water into the air.
Geochemist Robert Anderson explained: "The faster the ocean turns over, the more deep water rises to the surface to release CO2. It's this rate of overturning that regulates CO2 in the atmosphere." This theory was put forward two years ago by J. R. Toggweiler, a scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Columbia University scientists tested the theory by studying sediments from the bottom of the Southern Ocean to measure the rate of overturning. Upwelling of deep water also brings nutrients to the surface, which causes an increase in phytoplankton. The Columbia University scientists compared phytoplankton spikes in sediment cores with ice core records and "realized the added upwelling coincided with hotter temperatures in Antarctica as well as rising CO2 levels." It seems that in the last 40 years the winds have shifted south much as they did at the end of ice age 17,000 years ago. J. R. Toggweiler commented "Now I think this really starts to lock up how the CO2 changed globally. Here's a mechanism that can explain the warming of Antarctica and the rise in CO2. It's being forced by the north, via this change in the winds."
However, the Columbia researchers still believe that man-made carbon dioxide is the cause of recent global warming. Robert Anderson claims the effects of the current ocean upwelling "will be dwarfed by the accelerating rate at which humans are burning fossil fuels" and said "It could well be large enough to offset some of the mitigation strategies that are being proposed to counteract rising CO2, so it should not be neglected."
Editorial Comment: Here is another example of a natural phenomenon not caused by human activity which is causing a change in the climate, yet people want to cling onto the idea that climate change is all our fault. If natural phenomena in the past have caused changes in climate that are more drastic than recent changes, it is foolish to write them off as being dwarfed by modern human activity. Anderson's comment about southern ocean CO2 offsetting human strategies for counteracting rising CO2 looks like an excuse to explain the fact that anything we try to reduce the amount of CO2 is not going to work in the face of natural events that are clearly beyond our control. (Ref. climate, atmosphere, gases)
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Texans fire Kubiak
Houston, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - The Houston Texans relieved Gary Kubiak of his duties as head coach on Friday, less than 24 hours after the team was dealt its 11th consecutive loss with a 27-20 setback at Jacksonville.
Kubiak, who had guided the Texans to consecutive AFC South titles over the previous two seasons, compiled a 61-64 overall record in eight years in Houston.
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43rd annual Sertoma Classic kicks off high school football in the Lowcountry
From our News Partners at WCBD-TV:
The 43rd annual Sertoma Classic is scheduled for August 22-23 at The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium. The gates open at 4 p.m. With games beginning at 5 p.m.
The Sertoma Classic has become the traditional beginning to the high school football season in the Lowcountry.
Tickets for the Sertoma Football Classic are $10 and can be purchased in advance from cheerleaders for participating schools. Parking is limited so Sertoma Club members recommend carpooling.
Send your photos from Sertoma here We will post all the pictures on the Blitz On 2 web page.
There is a $5 parking fee for official Sertoma Football Classic lots: Holiday Alumni Center Lot (Hagood Ave. and Congress St.), Stoney Field Lot (Hagood Ave. and Fishburne St.), Altman Center Lot (Fishburne St. and Hagood Ave.) and MUSC Lot (Lockwood Dr.).
Nearby parking will also be available non-Sertoma lots: Joe Riley Stadium Lot (Lockwood Dr.) and Brittlebank Park (Lockwood Dr.)
Visit the website for more information about the Sertoma Football Classic.
Sertoma Football Classic Schedule Thursday Aug. 22 : (*denotes 2 quarters of play)
Lincoln vs. Baptist Hill
North Charleston vs. Kingstree
Military Magnet vs. Academic Magnet
*Wando vs. Hanahan
Pinewood Prep vs. Burke
West Ashley vs. St. John's
*James Island vs. Stratford
Sertoma Football Classic Schedule Friday Aug. 23: (*denotes 2 quarters of play)
Palmetto Christian vs. Garrett Tech
Stall vs. Colleton County
Ashley Ridge vs. Woodland
*Summerville vs. Bishop England
Northwood vs. Porter-Gaud
Cane Bay vs. Fort Dorchester
*Berkeley vs. Goose Creek
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ECO-STRUCTURE recently caught up with Dr. Stanley Russell, faculty advisor for FLeXHouse, a joint entry from the University of South Florida, the University of Central Florida, Florida State University, and the University of Florida for the U.S. Department of Energy's 2011 Solar Decathlon.
What other sustainable features have you incorporated into your design?
1. A louver structure that shades the entire house from the hot Florida sun.
2. Sliding glass doors that open the house for natural cross ventilation and passive cooling
3. Locally grown wood used on the interior and exterior reduce the carbon footprint
4. Liquid desiccant dehumidification system
5. Solar thermal panels for hot water and space heating
6. A compact design and movable rooms that allow the entire house to be shipped on two trucks
What was the inspiration of your design, and does it display any regional influences?
The wide-shaded porch on the north and the passive cooling by cross ventilation were influenced by Florida vernacular architecture. Paul Rudolf and Sarasota School architecture were an influence on the shading structure around the house.
How has the new affordability criteria affected the design of your house?
The house is designed for mass production to do the following:
1. reduce material and equipment cost from buying in large quantities
2. reduce waste with higher efficiency in a factory
3. reduce labor costs with production line
4. reduce shipping costs with movable rooms and a compact design.
The house is built of affordable materials including wood, corrugated metal and unfinished galvanized steel.
What will happen to the house after the Solar Decathlon?
FLeX House will become the Zero Energy House Learning Center on the USF Tampa campus. It will be a place for students and faculty to do research and for the general public to learn about energy efficiency.


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We're everywhere
My good buddy Ken Starks is never at a loss for a good Linux tale.
A master at putting Linux boxes in front of underprivileged kids in Texas through Reglue, Ken is also a master of weaving a folksy story in the tradition of other Texas wordsmiths like Jim Hightower (oooh, he's going to hate me for that), and his latest installment on FOSS Force is one shining example.
Go ahead and read it. I'll wait. As is usually Ken's standard fare, it's a good story.
Ken's FOSS Force item puts the exclamation point on the fact that Linux users are everywhere, whether any of us have had direct involvement or not in introducing someone to it. Not only that, it accents the fact that the general reach of Linux is much further than the arm's length we expect it to be when we hand someone a live disk or live USB stick and give them some instructions on how to use it.
Many of us who advocate for the adoption of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) have been waiting for the day when we can say, "Yeah, we're ready for prime time."
So, yeah, we're ready for prime time.
When the Felton Linux Users Group hosted the table promoting FOSS as "organic software" (no artificial additives or preservatives, all natural 1's and 0's) at the Felton Farmers Market in the past, we would encounter many Linux users who were introduced by friends or neighbors. These were people we know from our town — it's not very big — and for whatever reason they had for not coming to meetings, they used Linux and were happy with it.
It's not perfect. You still have to pay attention to your hardware and software when using Linux, much in the same way you pay attention to your house as a do-it-yourselfer who frequently haunts Home Depot or Lowe's. As mentioned with mantra-like frequency in this blog, Linux and FOSS work best for those who consider hardware as more than just a toy or a diversion, and paying even a marginal amount of attention to it, not to mention learning some of the most basic maintenance practices, pays huge dividends.
So we're everywhere.
ONE MORE THING: Speaking of friends, Don Marti posted an interesting blog item where he asks if you're seeing buttons on his page. Are you? If you are, you need to get Disconnect or Privacy Badger (Shameless plug: I use Privacy Badger and I think it's fantastic — thanks, Electronic Frontier Foundation).
As a Privacy Badger user, I get a small button saying "Privacy Badger has replaced this button."
Good exercise, Don. Thanks for posting it.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy, Larry the CrunchBang Guy, Fosstafarian, Larry the Korora Guy, and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)


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LG Electronics (LGE) has unveiled its latest LCD (SL80 series) and LED (SL90 series) HDTVs at the company's annual Summer Line Show.
Both the SL80 and SL90 series feature a single edge-to-edge panel of glass over an ultra-slim bezel.
The SL90 is a full HD 1080p LED-backlit HDTV, and its LED display technology and TruMotion 120Hz technology provide enhanced picture quality and energy efficiency with 3,000,000:1 LED mega contrast ratio, the company said. The SL90 series will be released later this year in 42- and 47-inch.
The SL80 series is less than 1.8 inches thick at its slimmest point and utilizes slim CCFL technology with TruMotion 240Hz technology. The model will be available beginning in August, in 42-, 47-, and 55-inch sizes at MSRPs of US$1,599.95, US$1,899.95 and US$2,799.95 respectively.
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OUR LIFE, OFF THE RECORD: You remember, we're hoping, that the whole time you were growing up, your teachers talked about your "record." How it would follow you around your whole life and would be consulted by administrators and interviewers as you blundered through life.
We always imagined our record would be something like Santa's or St. Peter's records - utterly omniscient and embarrassingly complete.
We further imagined that one day we would be sitting on the applicant side of a job recruiter's desk as he asked us to explain our infatuation with Helene Moore's pigtails.
"Did you, in fact, yank on Helene Moore's pigtails?" the suit would ask.
"No," we would reply, thinking that would be the answer that would best get us the job.
"It says here you did," the manager would say, peering over his readers at a copy of our record.
"I might have, once. She was in my third-grade class. It was a long time ago."
"It says you did it `on numerous occasions."'
"Three, maybe. No more."
"It says here `nine.' It says you did it `repeatedly,' despite Ms. Moore's screeching feline protestations. We'll call you if something comes up. Good day."
Your record was supposed to be secret, and you were never allowed to even get a quick peek at it. And yet, a few years ago a woman who worked in, or had access to, the office at St. Joseph Elementary School, where we were taught from 1961 to 1969, sent us a copy of our record, no doubt at some peril.
At the time, we stuck it in the middle of our family Bible (roughly at Ezekiel, if you're looking for some sort of Kabbalistic significance - and some day we'll tell you about our family Bible. It's a saga both intriguing and sophomoric in a Dan Brown sort of way) and forgot about it.
Then, a few days ago we were assailed for being an utter buffoon by some people who bristled at the idea of our taking public office who suggested we were less than intellectually up to the chore of filling potholes and throwing the occasional kiddie party at the park. The word "buffoon" stuck in our mind.
To shore up our shattered ego, we went back to our record to see what our IQ is. We're not here to brag about IQs because there are few things more tiresome than listening to Mensa members yabber about their Kuhlmann-Anderson scores (although our scores, we should say, in the interest of transparency, are Shakespearean; only our parents' desire to have us grow up with commoners in our age bracket so that we would know their primitive ways and customs prevented us from being swept up to Stanford University when we were 10, upon which occasion scientists and educators were to have sat at our feet like the elders in the temple).
The shining promise of our ionospheric IQ wasn't upheld at all by our grades, according to our record. We discovered that in the second grade, we actually got an A in arithmetic, a feat that would never be equaled by us in our lifetime. In most other classes (Religion, Reading, English, Civics) we had As and Bs with various pluses and minuses.
Except in writing. Our detractors will revel and bray like mules in the fact that our worst grades in elementary school were in Writing. We scored solid Bs from first through fourth grades, then we dipped down into all Cs for the balance of our time at St. Joseph.
We have to wonder if the sisters at St. Joseph were just blowing smoke about the record following us throughout life, or if our current employers simply didn't care about abysmal - or average, anyway - writing skills.
A further revelation is the fact that the record doesn't contain an itemized list of all our wrongdoings committed throughout our felonious elementary years. Nothing in there about wolf-whistling at a poster of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nada about us and and our friend Patrick singing Tantum Ergo in the manner of Three Dog Night channeling Otis Redding in "Try a Little Tenderness." And it was mum altogether about any pullings of pigtails.
Of course, all of that could be extrapolated from our conduct grades, we suppose, and it is probably the reason our boss wasn't surprised when we did stuff at work like getting caught in an elevator because we pried the doors open between floors or getting into a beef with another reporter and cutting the cord to his phone and throwing it out the window while he was in the middle of an interview or losing a company car or setting off a mass evacuation of our building when we set off a fire alarm with a carton of Girl Scout cookies.
Of course, there's more in our record: Our dad, it says, was in the tuxedo business. Our stepmom, it says, was a housewife, which was a wild exaggeration.
It says when we received the sacraments, and it says that our conniving parents intended all along for us to attend St. John Bosco, which was our own little Vietnam.
But, in all, nothing there that could be used in some sort of extortion or blackmailing deal by, say, our androgynously named opponent in our suspended race for 5th District.
Now, if only we could get the record of our high school years.
If we can't, we're doomed. We won't go into detail, but it's not the kind of stuff you put in the family Bible.
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Big win for Phil in Japan on NYE over Strikeforce and Bellator vet Brett Rogers!
Big win for Phil in Japan on NYE over Strikeforce and Bellator vet Brett Rogers!
Well done Phil. Does anyone else think that was very 'spar' like?
The poster formally known as Steve_Langford.
First thoughts when I seen the thread was wow that's a good win.
Then I watched the fight, that was very strange, especially once it hit the floor, Rogers seemed to just literally lay there and not move as if he was gassed or just completely gave up.
Still a good name to have on your record I guess.
No pleasing some people. Well done Phil awesome win, you really put it on him, don't think anyone was expecting you to come ou. So aaggressive, you threw some lovely knees in the clinch
Strikings improved loads mate great performance well done
Liam Bad Intentions James, pro mma uk featherweight!!
A bit of a strange one, but a good win none the less.
Thanks every1 jus getting my head together for it now gunna see a lot more of this now
I've not once said it was a poor fight or suggested it was dodgy or anything like that. I actually enjoyed the fight. I just think it was very slow paced and looked like it could have taken place in a 2004 Pride event. I personally don't see the massive shots but then again I'm not in there getting twatted am I.
Once again, well done Big Phil. Great scalp and big improvement.
The poster formally known as Steve_Langford.


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Guoman and Thistle Hotels have promoted Edward Pinchard to the role of sales director, making him responsible for its entire London and international sales operation (www.guoman.com / www.thistle.com).
Pinchard previously held the position of Thistle Hotels' head of sales UK and has a wealth of experience within the hospitality industry, having previously worked at an international management level for both Hilton and Intercontinental Hotels.
In his new role, Edward will be responsible for leading and developing the newly structured sales team for Guoman and Thistle in London, Europe, Middle East and The Americas ensuring the new teams are proactive, engaging and competitive within their respective market places.
Commenting on the sales opportunities that lie ahead for both groups, Edward said: "Both Guoman and Thistle are approaching an exciting phase in their development and our confidence in both brands and their individual offering enables us to fully progress our new national and international sales strategies.
Guoman and Thistle Hotels' multi million pound rebrand programme in the United Kingdom is well underway, which will enable us to attract and retain guests by providing them with the best possible quality and service. Internationally Guoman's deluxe proposition is expanding with new properties opening in both China and Malaysia.
I have a real passion for the hospitality industry and am looking forward to taking my team and its targets to the next level, while ensuring that the guest remains at the heart of the experience."


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Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1913.
Deed to William Penn
Agreement, State of Pennsylvania with Six Nations, 1789
Deed to State of Pennsylvania, 1789
Unratified treaty with Tuscarora Nation, 1803
Unratified agreement with Gros Ventres, 1863
Unratified agreement with Shawnees, 1867
Unratified agreement with River Crows, 1868
{Page 708}
Articles of agreement made and concluded at Washington, D. C., this 2d day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States, represented by Louis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, W. H. Watson, special commissioner, Thomas Murphy, superintendent of Indian affairs for Kansas, and H. L. Taylor and Henry Shanklin, United States Indian agents, and the Shawnee Tribe of Indians, represented by Graham Rogers and Charles Tucker, John White, and Samuel Hill.
Whereas it is desirable that the Shawnees, now resident in Kansas, who do not desire to become citizens of the United States, should be provided with a new reservation in the Indian country south of Kansas; and
Whereas a certain portion of the Shawnees, who had rights to lands reserved to them for a limited period by the treaty of November 2d, 1854, have heretofore, for various reasons, been unable to enter into the enjoyments of those rights, but now desire to avail themselves of such rights in order to secure a permanent home: Therefore, it is agreed
The rights of Absentee Shawnees to lands set apart for them by the second article of the treaty of Nov. 2, 1854, are conceded to exist as if they had availed themselves of such rights within the time limited, and the land set apart for them shall be disposed of for their benefit as hereinafter mentioned; and if any such absentees have made selections of land, such selections shall be confirmed, and the allottees shall be placed among the list of severalty Indians as contemplated in this treaty.
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On or before June 1, 1867, a register shall be taken by the agent of the tribe for those who have been recognized as belonging to his agency, and for the Absentee Shawnees by the agent of the Wichita Agency, which register shall show the names, ages, and sex by families of all the Shawnees, and whether they hold land in severalty or in common, and in either case, whether they claim upon the lands reserved for the bands of Black Bob and Long Tail in the treaty of 1854, or upon the absentee lands. All selections made under said treaty shall be noted opposite the name of the party in whose behalf the selection is made, whether such selection has or has not been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and the agent making the register shall note whether the adults registered are or are not capable of managing their own affairs. At the time of making such register each Shawnee of either sex over eighteen years of age shall be required to decide whether he or she will remove to the new reservation in the Indian country, or will remain with the view of dissolving his or her connection with the tribe, and the choice of each shall be noted upon the register, and minor children shall be counted with the families to which they belong. After such registers shall have been made by the agents and approved of by the Shawnee Council above mentioned, they shall make careful comparison of the same, in order to see that no person has been twice registered; and after all necessary corrections are made, they shall from both lists prepare one list, to be signed by them and forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and such register shall be taken as the guide in arrangements to be made for the benefit of the people under this treaty.
In order that a suitable home may be found for the Shawnees, a delegation representing the tribe may accompany the commission which shall be appointed to visit the Indian country to select new reservations for Indians removing from Kansas, and upon the selection of such reservation, satisfactory to the people and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and to contain not less than one hundred and sixty acres of land for each individual who shall have been registered as intending to remove thereto, such reservation shall be surveyed as to its exterior lines and marked with clearly defined limits, at the cost of the United States.
The land set apart by the second article of the Shawnee treaty of 1854 for Absentee Shawnees, and not already allotted, shall be appraised, at not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre, by three appraisers, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one of whom shall be designated by the Shawnee council, and another by the Absentee Shawnees through their agent, and after such appraisal said lands shall be sold, under sealed bids invited by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, at not less than the appraised value: Provided, That such persons as are residing upon the absentee lands at the date of the signing of this treaty, and have made improvements thereon, shall have the right to purchase the tract upon which they reside or have made improvements, in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, in contiguous legal subdivisions, by paying the appraised value of said lands, at any time within ninety days after notice is published by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the approval of the appraisal, and filing of a copy of the same at the agency of the tribe; and after the said ninety days the absentee lands remaining unsold, with the improvements thereon, shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than the appraised value, upon sealed bids as above mentioned: Provided, That in all cases improvements shall be separately appraised, and the amount for which said improvements shall be sold shall be paid to the person who has made them.
The fund derived from the sale of the absentee lands shall be held as the property of the absentee Shawnees, and shall be used and expended for their benefit in the manner hereinafter provided.
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As to that portion of the people who occupy lands set apart in common, under the second article of the treaty of 1854, for persons residing in Black Bobs settlement, who shall elect to remove to the new reservation, such of them as have not already made selections of land, under that treaty, in severalty, may do so, under the direction of the agent, to the extent of two hundred acres to each individual, mentioned in the Shawnee treaty of 1854 or his heirs, which selections shall be reported to the Secretary of the Interior, and, upon such report, shall be confirmed. Whereupon the lands so selected shall be appraised by three appraisers, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one of whom shall be designated by the Shawnee Council, and another by the class of Indians interested in the sale, which last selection of an appraiser shall be notified to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs through the agent. And after such appraisal, said lands shall be sold as provided in article four, for the benefit of the class of Indians interested; and the provisions of the next succeeding article, having reference to the method of selling lands respectively of competent and incompetent persons of the severalty Indians under the treaty of 1854, and to the use of the funds received by the United States from the proceeds thereof, shall apply to the persons of the class referred to in this article who shall have made or shall make selections of land.
The funds received by the United States from the sale of both the absentee and other lands shall be held (except such as are paid for improvements, which shall belong to the party who has made them) in order to refund to the United States the cost of the new reservation and such advances as may be made by the United States for the subsistence of the Indians for the first year at their new homes, such cost and advances to be charged in just proportions to the Indians in whose behalf the purchase of the new reservation and advances are made, and the balance remaining shall be distributed annually per capita, by the agent, with the advice of the chief and council, in stock, provisions, agricultural implements, and other articles necessary to the improvement and comfort of the Indians entitled thereto, being the classes respectively on whose behalf the lands were sold, such distribution to be made of the amount on hand on the 1st of April in each year until all the lands are sold and the proceeds distributed.
In relation to the Shawnees who have heretofore, under the treaty of 1854, received their lands in severalty who shall at the time of the register herein provided for, declare their desire to continue their tribal relations and go south, it shall be necessary, in order that they may do so and own individual rights in the new reservation contemplated in this treaty, that they shall contribute their share of the cost of said reservation, and to enable them to do this and to remove to the new home all restrictions shall be removed, after the date of the filing of the said register, for the sale of the lands of the persons herein referred to, for themselves and their families, as to that class who are reported as competent to manage their own affairs; and as to those reported as incompetent, their lands shall be sold by the agent at not less than the appraised value for the land and improvements, and the amount received therefor be paid to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and there shall be retained therefrom the sum ascertained to be their proportion of this class of persons of the cost of the new reservation, and the balance shall be expended by the agent under the advice of the chiefs and council, in agricultural implements, provisions, stock, and other articles necessary for the improvement, comfort, and benefit of the party for whom the land is sold, at his new home; and as to that new class who are reported as competent to manage their own affairs, they shall pay, as directed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for each person, the proper share of the cost of the new reservation: Provided, That the said severalty Indians shall not be entitled to the expenditure in their behalf of any part of the amount to be expended for removal and subsistence upon the new reservation, they undertaking to remove and subsist themselves.
In all cases of sales of land provided for under this treaty, patents shall be issued to the purchaser when the conditions of sale shall be fully complied with;
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and whereas it is alleged that in some cases parties have purchased land of Indians in good faith and for a valuable consideration, although no such sales were valid under former treaties, it is provided that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall take measures to ascertain the facts in such cases, and upon his reporting to the Secretary of the Interior that such sales have been made, and that the Indians selling have received a fair compensation, such sales shall be confirmed; and whereas many deeds, heretofore made by Indians, have been suspended in the Interior Department, and not confirmed, it is agreed that careful enquiry shall be made, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, as to whether in these cases reasonable compensation has been received by the Indian owner, and where such reasonable compensation shall have been, or shall be, received, such deeds shall be approved.
At any time within five years after the ratification of this treaty those Shawnees who shall have elected to remain in Kansas and become citizens may do so, by appearing before the judge for the United States district court for Kansas and making proof that they are competent to manage their own affairs, and making the same declaration and taking the same oath as is required in case of the naturalization of aliens; upon which they shall receive certificates of the fact of making such declaration, oath, and proof, and upon filing the same in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs they shall become citizens with the families of each of them, and all restrictions be withdrawn from the sale of land heretofore allotted to them; and women who are heads of families, and single women of adult age, may become citizens upon the same conditions.
Within six months after the arrival of the people at their new home an election shall be held, at which a head chief and four councilmen shall be chosen to manage their affairs. Such election shall be held after 30 days notice, all of the registered male members over 18 years of age being entitled to vote, and shall be conducted in their usual manner of conducting elections, under the direction of the agent of the tribe nearest to whose agency the Shawnees shall be located in the Indian country. The result of such election shall be certified to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and thereafter the persons so elected shall be recognized as the authorities of the tribe until, at intervals of two years, their places shall be filled by other Shawnees, elected in the same manner, except that after the first election the agent of the Shawnees shall conduct the election.
If at the end of five years any of the Shawnees who have elected to remain and become citizens shall not have perfected their citizenship, they shall be required to remove to the new home of the tribe, and their remaining lands and improvements shall be sold, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to the best advantage possible, and the proceeds of the sales be applied for their benefit at their new homes.
It is agreed that rations on the journey and assistance in transportation shall be furnished by the United States without cost to the Indians to an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars, under the direction of the superintendent for Kansas, to such portion of the Shawnees as may need assistance in the removal to the new reservation; and the United States agree to advance a sum not to exceed twenty thousand dollars for the purpose of furnishing subsistence for the first year to those who remove.
It shall be necessary for such of the Shawnees as now hold their lands in severalty and elect to continue their tribal relation to remove to the new home within three years after the ratification of this treaty, in default of which they shall lose the privilege of becoming members of the tribe under its new organization unless by the consent of the majority of the male adults of the tribe.
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Whereas it is alleged that certain sums of money belonging to the Shawnee orphan fund hitherto placed in the hands of a Government officer for distribution have not been paid to the Indians, it is agreed that if, upon examination, any such sum shall be found due and unpaid, a special appropriation shall be made of such sum in order that they may not suffer loss or longer delay.
The lands heretofore reserved for the mission school of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends shall be reserved from sale so long as the said Society of Friends shall continue in good faith to support the school thereon, under their existing contract, for the benefit of such Shawnees as may continue to reside at their old homes, and such other Shawnee children as may be sent to said school by others of that tribe. Whenever the land shall cease to be thus occupied and used, it shall be appraised and sold at not less than its appraised value, and the proceeds of said sale shall be applied, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent of the chief and council, for the education of the Shawnee children: Provided, That the said Society of Friends shall, for ninety days after said appraisal, have the right to purchase the said land at the appraised value: And provided further, That after said school shall have been closed if there be any Shawnees remaining in Kansas not citizens of the United States they shall be entitled to their pro rata share of the income of the Shawnee school fund, to be expended for the education of their children.
The lands set apart by treaty of 1854 for the American Baptist Mission School, which school has been abandoned by said association, and such portion of the five acres set apart for the Shawnee Methodist Church for church and burial purposes as shall not have been used as a burial place shall be sold, under direction of the Interior Department, for the benefit of the tribe; and the funds arising from the sale of said lands shall be paid to the head chief of the tribe at such times, in such sums, and for such purposes, in the interest of the tribe, as the council shall, through the agent, request.
If, upon examination, it shall be found that allotments have heretofore been made to persons not entitled to the same, and that persons entitled thereto have been omitted, and the amount of land allotted by mistake exceeds the amount to which there is just claims, the lands so allotted by mistake shall be appraised and sold as provided in article four, and the avails thereof shall be used in the first place to pay to the person so entitled, or their heirs, their proportion of the average value of an allotment for each, to be estimated by the agent, and the balance, if any, shall be used for the benefit of the tribe, under direction of the Commissioner of Indian Afairs.
It is agreed that the claims of the Shawnees for losses, damages, and depredations upon their property during the late war, and which claims have been examined and approved in the Interior Department and reported upon favorably by the Secretary by letter to the Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, dated January 30, 1867, amounting to $109,746.25, shall be allowed and paid, the same to be distributed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the parties respectively entitled thereto.
Whereas taxes have been levied by authority of the State of Kansas upon lands allotted to members of the Shawnee tribe, the right and justice of which taxation is not acknowledged by the Indians, and on which account they have suffered great vexation and expense, and which is now a matter in question in the Supreme Court of the United States, it is agreed that in case that court shall decide such taxes unlawful the Government of the United States will take measures to secure
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the refunding of said taxes to those who have paid them; and if such taxes are decided to be lawful, then the Government will redeem the said lands from all taxes down to the date of any deeds approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
It is further agreed that the Shawnees shall be placed in all respects upon an equal footing in proportion to their numbers with all other residents of the tract of country in which their new reservation shall be situated, if the said country shall ever be organized into a Territory, to which organization the Shawnees agree, if it shall be the desire of the United States; and the Shawnees further agree to unite with the other tribes or nations of such country in such council as may be authorized or provided for to decide upon regulations for their mutual benefit, having a just representation in such council.
It is agreed upon the part of the United States that no claims against the Shawnees shall be adjudicated and ordered by Congress to be paid from their funds until after a full opportunity shall have been given for the chiefs and council to be heard, by themselves or agents duly authorized.
The Shawnees renew their pledges of devotion to the Government of the United States and invoke its protection, and the United States agree to protect and defend them in all their just rights.
Agency buildings shall be erected at the expense of the United States for the Shawnees in the Indian country after their removal thereto at a cost not to exceed eight thousand dollars.
The expenses of negotiating this treaty, not to exceed five thousand dollars, shall be paid by the United States.
In testimony whereof the aforenamed commissioners, on behalf of the United States, and the aforenamed chiefs, councillors, and delegates, on behalf of the Shawnees, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
|Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
|Special Commissioner.
|Superintendent Indian Affairs.
|United States Agent for Shawnees.
|United States Agent, Wichitas, etc.
|For Chiefs and Council.
|JOHN WHITE (his x mark),
|Head Chief Absentee Shawnees.
|Second Chief Absentee Shawnees.
In presence of
CHARLES BLUEJACKET, U. S. Interpreter.


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By J.M. Hirsch Associated Press
The art of the summer cocktail is something I take seriously.
Because several years ago I realized what surely is obvious to most people (but I can be a bit slow): Summer is better with a cocktail.
I'm talking about an everyday cocktail, something that can be thrown together after work or a day of swimming, then casually sipped — or even slurped — while standing at the grill or sitting by the pool or dock.
A good summer cocktail must be simple to assemble, and preferably from memory. It must be sweet and refreshing, but not cloying. It should have a crispness. It should welcome ice and not suffer noticeably as the ice melts. And it must be versatile enough to go with whatever is on the dinner menu.
Each summer, I seem to discover a new cocktail, which then becomes my mainstay for the remainder of the season. A few years back, it was my trashy sangria, which I could slosh together in under a minute. Red wine, sugar, lime juice and ice on nights I was feeling rushed. A bit of fruit and muddling were added on nights I wasn't.
As complex as a true sangria concocted from far more (and better) ingredients that are allowed to meld for hours? By no means. But refreshing and satisfying and delightful by the grill.
The summer after that it was my vodka watermelon chiller. Watermelon, vodka, ice, lemon juice and honey. Blend and done. Is there anything more refreshing than watermelon in August?
And last year I discovered the magic that is gin and bitter lemon. Ice plus gin plus a splash of bitter lemon tonic. Add a slice of lemon and it's heaven in the end-of-day sun.
This year it will be the pisco sour. Pisco is a South American brandy that has a clean, mildly sweet flavor. Traditional versions call for shaking it over ice with sugar and lemon juice.
My take swaps in lime juice, and rather than shaking it, I blend until frothy. Think frozen margarita, but so much better.
I also should add that proper stemware is essential for enjoying a summer cocktail. In my house that usually means either canning jars or recycled jam jars.
Pisco sour
- 2 1/2 ounces pisco
- 1 1/2 ounces lime juice
- 1 1/2 ounces simple syrup
- 1 1/2 tablespoons egg white
- 1/2 cup ice
Gin and bitter lemon
- 1-2 slices lemon
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 11/2 ounces gin
- Ice
- Bitter lemon tonic
- Fresh mint, to garnish
Trashy red wine sangria
- 1-2 slices orange
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1-2 tablespoons sugar
- 4 ounces red wine
- Ice
- Seltzer water (optional)
If you feel so inclined, go ahead and float some raspberries or sliced strawberries in this, too. Makes 1.
Watermelon vodka slushie
- 1 1/2 cups watermelon chunks
- 1/2 cup ice
- 1 1/2 ounces vodka
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- 1 ounce honey or simple syrup
- Pinch salt


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Man killed in Hillsboro officer involved shooting
Hillsboro Police conducted a traffic stop Friday at 9:40 p.m. at 13th Avenue and Maple Street. The vehicle was a 1992 Honda Accord.
While contacting the four people in the car, a man in his late 20s pulled a semiautomatic handgun and began firing at one of the officers. The officer was able to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.
A back-up officer fired at and hit the suspect. He was taken to Emanuel Hospital where he died.
The two officers involved were not seriously injured, however the officer who was immediately fired upon was treated for minor injuries sustained during the incident. She was treated and released at a local hospital.
The other three occupants of the vehicle were detained by Hillsboro police pending further investigation.
This case remains under investigation by Hillsboro police detectives and the Washington County Major Crimes Team.
The name of the man who was killed has not been released.
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Avi Dichter withdraws from Kadima race, throws weight behind Shaul Mofaz (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Ophir Bar-Zohar 03/23/12)
Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/avi-dichter-withdraws-from-kadima-race-throws-weight-behind-shaul-mofaz-1.420235
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Kadima MK Avi Dichter officially withdrew from the Kadima party primary on Thursday, and declared his support for Shaul Mofaz. Dichter has been seen as a long shot candidate since the beginning of the campaign, and polls have shown him trailing behind opposition leader Tzipi Livni and Mofaz.
In the speech announcing his withdrawal, Dichter said: "I understand, and Mofaz understands, that this primary is more than just a race for the leadership of Kadima, but for the future of Kadima, and when I hear ´primaries for the future of Kadima,´ a feeling of responsibility rises within me, and as far as I´m concerned the challenge is to bring Kadima back to its original idea, the Kadima of Ariel Sharon´s legacy."
Although Dicther´s withdrawal from the race will undoubtedly benefit Mofaz, who should be able to claim some of Dicther´s would-be voters, it is not unthinkable that some might throw their support behind Livni. As the field narrows to only two candidates, it seems that a second round of primaries is unlikely as well, and that a clear winner will emerge after this coming Tuesday´s election.
Despite the boost Mofaz received on Thursday, it found that Livni was backed by 46 percent of Kadima members while Mofaz was backed by 36 percent. The poll was reported by journalist and blogger Tal Schneider and conducted by market researcher Dafna Goldberg-Anaby. The results are in line with a poll conducted among Kadima members by Dichter´s campaign two weeks ago. Still, many politicians and political analysts say they expect Mofaz to win the primary. In any case, many pollsters have serious doubts about surveys on party primaries, which have often proved inaccurate.
Mofaz accepted Dicther´s support by saying: "The message to be learned here is a message of unity and leadership. We will unite Kadima, I will not let anyone divide Kadima; all of the MKs supporting Livni are good people, we will unite them the day after, and no one will threaten to divide Kadima."
In response to Dichter´s withdrawal, Livni said that his "expected pairing with Mofaz shows that they understand that Kadima members prefer Livni over both of them. Dicther´s zigzagging breaches all of his promises, together with Mofaz, who is anxious as the decision approaches, they are expressing their goal to be surplus weight in Netanyahu´s government."
The winner Livni or Mofaz will have their work cut out for them, as Kadima has lost nearly half of its party strength, according to recent polls. (© Copyright 2012 Ha´aretz 03/23/12)
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By Henry BrintonEveryone knows about Easter morning, when a group of women discover the empty tomb. Many people also know the story of Easter afternoon — the walk to Emmaus in which two disciples encounter a mysterious stranger who reveals himself to be the risen Christ.LGBTQ Groups on Catholic CampusesThe Catholic Church's hierarchy has been clear in its statements against same-sex marriage. But many Catholic colleges and universities have officially recognized LGBTQ a … [Read more...]
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Joelle Prettyman
Athletes of the Month October, 2013
Soccer's Flath, Field Hockey's Prettyman
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ—Christian Flath of the men's soccer team and Joelle Prettyman of the field hockey team have been named the Rider University Athletes of the Month for October.
Flath, a freshman midfielder from Bargeshagen, Germany, has led Rider to its most wins since the 2000 season.
Prettyman, a sophomore goalkeeper from Newark, Delaware (St. Mark's), led Rider to its fifth straight regular season conference title.
Twice the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week in October, Prettyman ranks first in the MAAC and seventh in the nation in goals against average (1.23). She also ranks 14th in the nation in save percentage (.771).
In October Flath compiled a goal and four assists for six points in eight games and was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week.
Flath currently ranks second in the MAAC in assists (8), third in points (20) and seventh in goals (6). He has at least one point in seven of Rider's eight victories this year.


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The Tornados will play 10 games in 2008.
Brevard College Announces 2008 Football ScheduleJune 1, 2008Brevard College Announces 2008 Football Schedule
Brevard, N.C. – Brevard College announced its 2008 football schedule on Tuesday, a challenging 10-game slate that includes six home games.
The Tornados will once again play a full South Atlantic Conference schedule in 2008, which makes up the final seven contests of the season for BC.
Brevard College opens the 2008 season on Saturday, August 30, as the Tornados host UNC Pembroke – the two teams first ever meeting on the gridiron.
The home opener is the first of six home contests of the 2008 season that Coach Paul Hamilton's squad will play. BC will host Pikeville College on Saturday, September 9, their second game of the year. The Tornados will then open up SAC play at home as BC will host the Bears' of Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday, September 27, and then turn around and welcome Wingate University to Brevard the following week on Saturday, October 4.
The Tornados home slate will wrap up with Carson-Newman College on October 25 as part of the Homecoming Weekend festivities and then BC finishes their 2008 season with a home game against Newberry College on Saturday, November 11.
BC will hit the road to face Chowan University on September 13, Tusculum College October 11, Mars Hill College on October 18, and Catawba College on November 1 – all of which are Saturday afternoon contests.
Coach Hamilton's Tornados compiled a 2-9 record last season in their first year as provisional members of the South Atlantic Conference and second year as NCAA Division II provisional members.
2008 Brevard College Football Schedule
Aug. 30 – UNC Pembroke
Sept. 6 – Pikeville College
Sept. 13 – Chowan University
Sept. 27 – Lenoir-Rhyne College
Oct. 4 – Wingate University
Oct. 11 – Tusculum College
Oct. 18 – Mars Hill College
Oct. 25 – Carson-Newman College
Nov. 1 – Catawba College
Nov. 8 – Newberry College
Home Games = Bold


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LIONEL A. JONES JR.Affiliation:
Inspirational Jazz Vibraphonist/ Vocalist
Artist's BiographyLionel Jones was born in Verdun France. Traveling most of his young life, Lionel calls the world his home. Having roots in Baltimore Maryland, Lionel cultivated his musical sounds of urban contemporary to blend in with different genres from around the world. Lionel started his formal music training on the snare drum at a Junior High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii. Lionel played in his High School drum line and received the John Phillips Sousa Award. Following graduation he took his talents to the Hutchisnson Sky Ryders Drum and Bugle Corps. He completed his Bachelors Degree in Music Education at New Mexico State University.
Lionel discovered his unique talent for the vibraphone at N.M.S.U. He was encouraged to pursue vocal training because of his smooth and lyrical voice. So Lionel accepted a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied both vocal and percussion training for a year. While at Berklee, Lionel performed with such jazz notables as Cyrus Chestnut, Delphio Marselus, Mark Whitfield, and Jeff Sparks. He furthered his formal musical training by completing Master Degree courses at Jacksonville State University. Lionel has toured all over the world. He has performed in such places as Germany, London England, Canada, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. After college, Lionel spent 6 years performing percussion instruments and singing in the Army Band. Continuing to pursue his musical career he remained in the South and calls Atlanta, Georgia his home. Lionel's creative style brings you into a world that has no boundaries. His music is an inspiration to all those who hear it.
Lionel made a guest appearance on Arrow Records Christmas Holiday release of "Christmas Presents." He has sang background vocals at the Gospel Heritage Music Awards for such notables as Donnie McClurkin, V. Michael McKay, Marvin Sapp, Fred Hammond, Byron Cage, Andre Crouch, and Tonex. Lionel has also given vocal support for Larnel Harris and Babie Mason. Lionel opened in concert for gospel greats like Dottie Peoples and Helen Baylor.
Lionel Jones is a brilliant musicain with extraordinary talent to create jazz music that soothes the soul, restores peace of mind and ushers you into the place of tranquility we all long for. Sit back and relax as the melodious sounds of smooth jazz vibraphone and vocals calm your spirit, soul and body.
Lionel has currently finished his latest project entitled "Papa Jones". It is a wonderful fusion of smooth jazz that closley resembles the music of such greats as Pat Metheny, Spyro Gyro, and the Rippington's. You will be pleasently suprised with Lionel featuring the talents of Canton Jones on the New Edition Hit "Can You Stand the Rain" and Debra Killings is also featured on the single "I Can See the Sun." Lionel also adds a splash of contemporary christian with the hit single "Awesome God".
Atlanta, GA. --Tuesday, December 11, 2007-- The debut CD Papa Jones (Color Code Purple Productions/Central South) from vibraphonist Lionel Jones is in stores now. This intoxicating mix of supremely elevated spiritual jazz and powerful praise and worship features the scintillating talents of vibraphonist Lionel Jones on his sparkling freshman project. Papa Jones has been generating major excitement and hot buzz even before it was in stores. In September, Papa Jones won Best Jazz Album at the En Sound Music Awards. The new CD has also received a Stellar Award nomination in the category of Instrumental Gospel CD of the Year. Papa Jones is now available at retail and at www.lioneljones.com.
Lionel recently performed at the Gospel Superfest in Atlanta and at the Bobby Jones Gospel Retreat in Hollywood Florida this past November. Lionel will also be performing onstage in the new season of The Gospel of Music with Jeff Majors, which Lionel taped in Los Angeles last September. Lionel is proud to have Canton Jones and Debra Killings as guest artists on Papa Jones. "I believe that the songs on Papa Jones are inspired by both the written and preached, true Word of God. The seeds that have been sown in my heart, my soul and my spirit have shown me that this is what God has ordained for me to do, with me as his vehicle and the vibraphone as mine," Lionel said.


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LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A judge has dismissed a criminal case against an Ohio man who authorities say lost control of his car and struck a Michigan State Police trooper in 2011.
The Lansing State Journal reports (http://on.lsj.com/WtMUcf ) Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina granted a motion Thursday by Mark Kollar's lawyer to dismiss the case. The 51-year-old from Eastlake was charged with failing to use care while passing a police vehicle causing injury.
Police say Kollar struck Drew Spencer after the trooper stopped another motorist Sept. 4, 2011, on Interstate 96 in Ingham County.
Kollar's lawyer argued a lack of evidence. Kollar says it was "purely an accident" and he has "grieved over it the past two years."
Kollar also faced a misdemeanor charge. Prosecutors will decide later whether to appeal.
Information from: Lansing State Journal, http://www.lansingstatejournal.com


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The ritual was performed in the middle of a huge arena. There were thousands of people gathered around the arena to witness the ritual. These were the same kind of arenas that were used for more violent sports during 3500 BTT. But apparently with the progress of civilization, mankind's idea of entertainment had become less violent and more ritualistic. There were 15 men actually involved in the ritual. The objective seemed to be to break open a large nut. The nut was larger than most of the nuts grown during that period, red colored and perfectly round. Those days people must have had plenty of leisure if they could spare 15 men just to break a nut. The fact that that watching a nut being broken was one of the predominant forms of entertainment during that period gives a fair degree of evidence regarding the intellectual development at that time.
The method being employed was rather inefficient as per current day standards. But before passing judgments one must of course consider the technological development of those times. Let me now move on to describe the method. One man stood having a club in his hand. Another one threw the nut towards him and the first man hit it hard with his club to try and break it open. Usually it would not break and it would fly across the arena where it would be retrieved by one of the 9 men spread across the field to pick the nut and thrown back to the thrower. While the nut was being retrieved the club man would run around to stretch his legs. There was another club man standing next to the thrower who would also take turns at trying to crack the nut while the first one rested. The thrower would also get some rest after 6-7 throws and another would replace him while he would go and join the pickers. There were also 2 men one next to each club man who kept making gestures with their hands. They were probably the tribe chiefs and were giving instructions on the nut breaking methodology. Sign language must have probably been a predominant mode of communication at that time before more sophisticated modes of communication evolved.
They had also evolved an ingenious method of gauging when the club man was too tired and replacing him with a fresh clubman from the crowd. There were 3 short sticks planted next to each club man. If the club man was too tired, his concentration would dip and he would let the nut hit the sticks. Then it was time to replace him. Sometimes the pickers tested the club mens' concentration levels by throwing the nut at the sticks while they were giving exercise to their legs. If they were not able to speed up and reach the sticks before the nut hit, then also it was considered time to get a new club man from the crowd. At times, the picker who caught the nut or the thrower would be able to sense the club man's fatigue from their body language and signal to the chieftains by rising a single finger. If the chieftain also acknowledged by rising a finger up, then a new club-man would come in. They had short breaks in between where they replenished their body fluids and a long break for feeding. They carried on this exercise for the entire day cheered on by the patient crowds watching. But the nut showed no sign of breaking. At one point one of the pickers got so frustrated that he tried to break the nut open with his teeth. This angered chieftain so much that he sent him off the arena.
Finally at the end of the day, the nut still remained unbroken. The crowds however looked quite happy. If this had been 3500 BTT, all the 20 odd men who had tried so unsuccessfully would have been fed to the lions. Clearly civilization had progressed and men were not so barbaric anymore. They had become gracious enough to accept failure and even reward genuine attempts. One of the club men who had had been rather persistent in his attempt to break the nut was honored with a large shiny metal cup. So in spite of expected results not being achieved, they were honoring their valiant club man who had tried so hard for close to 3 hours. At the time I began to realize they had a reasonably well developed verbal communication as well. Of course I did not understand the language. But I could at least catch the name of the little man who had made such valiant attempts at cracking the nut - 'Sachin Tendulkar'.
Other than an understanding of the ancient human civilization, the nut itself had intrigued me. I retrieved it and brought it back for further analysis. A detailed postmortem revealed that though the nut was of organic origin it was not really suitable for human consumption. I wonder why they were trying to break it then. One can never understand fully the people of another time. Maybe it was just the ritual that mattered and not the contents of the nut. After all the ritual had helped identify the chosen one 'Sachin Tendulkar'.
Coming up next week - A Leonine Tale - The Legend of Baikadu
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Writing on the utility of not-being, Lao Tzu says:
Thirty spokes unite around the nave;From their not-being (loss of their individuality)Arises the utility of the wheel.Mold clay into a vessel;From its not-being (in the vessel's hollow)Arises the utility of the vessel.Cut out doors and windows in the house (wall);From their not-being (empty space)Arises the utility of the house.Therefore by the existence of things we profit.And by the non-existence of things we are served.
The deepest core of being is non-being. The foundation of isness is nothingness. And when I say nothingness I don't mean nothing-ness. I only mean no-thingness.
Form exists on the base of the formless. The form comes out of the formless just as waves come out of the sea, and then the form drops, dissolves into the formless again. The name arises out of the nameless, falls back, returns to the original source, becomes nameless again. Life arises out of death and moves to death again. The very basic thing to remember is that these opposites are not opposites, they are complementary. Death is not against life, nonexistence is not against existence, non-being is not against being. They are two polarities of the same phenomenon, which transcends all understanding.
Sometimes it expresses itself as being and sometimes as non-being, but it is the same that expresses in both. This has to be understood as deeply as possible because your whole sadhana, the whole effort towards ultimate understanding, will depend on it. Unless you are ready to become non-being you will never become a real authentic being. It looks like a paradox.
Jesus says to his disciples: Unless you lose yourself you will not gain yourself; if you cling to yourself you will be destroyed, if you don't cling you will be saved. He is saying that if you move into non-being, only then is the being saved.
In India there exists a very old and very beautiful parable in the Upanishads:
A great sage, Uddalaka, was asked by his son, Svetketu, "Father, who am I? What is it that exists in me? I try and try, I meditate and meditate, but I cannot find it."
Svetketu was a small child but he raised a very very difficult question. Had somebody else asked the question, Uddalaka could have answered easily, but how to help a child to understand? And he was asking the greatest problem that exists.
Uddalaka had to create a device. He said, "You go there, yonder, where you see the nigrot tree and you bring a fruit from it."
The child ran; he brought a small fruit from the nigrot tree.