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This is the lady's wallet woven from flexible stainless steel fabric, with a hand as smooth as silk and a strength that surpasses leather. Using 25,000 stainless steel threads that are three times thinner than a piece of paper (.001") it lacks the inherent bulk of other wallets, resulting in a thin profile that stores easily in a purse or coat pocket. Impervious to stretching and resistant to corrosive salts and acids, the stainless steel is the same metal fabric used in architecture and aerospace applications for its unsurpassed durability. Despite its durability, the wallet's tightly woven steel fibers and leather-trimmed interior is smooth to the touch. The steel also passively resists radio-frequency hacking - the latest identity theft technique that attempts to scan newer credit cards. It has 12 credit card slots and four bill pockets. Silver. 7 1/2" W x 4 1/4" H x 1/2" D. (8 oz.)
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(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Wallet has no fastner to close it.
By Lener
from Jacksonville, FL
Product does not have any way to completely close it. Example - snap closure, zip closure. It holds everything I need it to hold, but not being able to fasten closed, product is very likely to always be open and show what's inside (credit cards, cash, etc.). Otherwise, like the product.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Hard to get cards in
By A frequent traveler
from Indiana
It is nice and sleek, but difficult to get cards into. Over time, I suspect this will improve, and it means cards won't slip out. I keep it in my purse to protect my cards. I bought this for myself. While I like it, I would,not give it as a gift.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Handy wallet
By Nettie Blue
from West palm beach, FL
Bought to deter illicit scanning of credit cards. Not wide enough to use as my only wallet but fine for credit cards.
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
The lady's stainless steel wallet
By Jane
from Phoenix, AZ
Use the wallet everyday. Looks great & the credit card pockets don't stretch.
I would buy this product
By None
from Roswell, GA
Every day use. Offers security against electronic theft.
I like mine so much I gave my daughter 1
By Amber
from Asheville NC
To protect my credit cards.
Great wallet
By Mrtoad
from Edmonton, AB
Nice wallet, as described.
My wife is very pleased with her gift
By Rich
from White Hall, West Virginia
My wife was concerned about dentity theft and this wallet gives her peace of mind.
Great Wallet
By Kathy
from Plano, IL
Fits really well in thin purses and looks sleek and stylish.
The Lady's Stainless Steel Wallet
By Hedwig
from B.C.
Very Easy to use, feel safe carrying it,
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
What will another good September mean for Chris Parmelee?
When the Twins broke camp at the end of spring training, Chris Parmelee was on the roster for a variety of different reasons. Parmelee had backed up his strong September with a very good showing during spring training so this definitely helped his cause. The team was also unsure what to expect from Justin Morneau after a concussion shortened season in 2011. It made sense to have Parmelee on the roster to get some time at first base and maybe find outfield playing time as well. For Parmelee, it was most likely a dream come true to skip the Triple-A level and begin the season on the big league roster.
Those dreams wouldn't last for long as Parmelee struggled out of the gate to find his swing. From Opening Day to the middle of May, he hit .179/.250/.262 with no home runs and six extra-base hits in 27 games. The Parmelee that the Twins had seen at the end of 2011 and in spring training was nowhere to be found so the team sent him down. For Parmelee, it would be his first taste of the Triple-A level and he was going to have to hit his way back to the major league squad. He would do just that in the coming weeks.
During the second half of May with the Rochester Red Wings, Parmelee hit .452/.575/.839 with three home runs and three doubles in 31 at-bats. He would be back on the roster for the Twins near the beginning of June but he failed to get into the line-up for most of the month. After hitting the cover off of the ball at Triple-A, Parmelee was relegated to late inning pinch hitting duties as he only started three games the rest of the month. It was a strange and frustrating situation for the young player to be at the big league level but not getting into any action.
He would spend most of the months of July and August in the minor leagues and opposing pitchers got sick of seeing him step into the batters box. He hit over .320 in each of these months and he belted 13 home runs and 13 doubles during this stretch. It was quite the offensive run for the 24-year old but there didn't seem to be a place for him on the big league roster. Morneau had been healthier than originally thought and Joe Mauer needed to spend more time playing first base. The outfield was full with Josh Willingham, Denard Span, and Ben Revere. This left Parmelee in the minors to where he ended up hitting .338/.457/.645 with 17 home runs and 18 other extra-base hits in 64 games.
It's September again and the Twins have finally found a spot for Parmelee to get some at-bats in the line-up at the big league level. Span has been dealing with a pesky shoulder injury and the team decided that he needed time on the DL. This left an outfield spot open and Parmelee was more than willing to take on the role. He hadn't played in the outfield at all in the minor leagues during the 2012 season but the team felt comfortable giving him a shot to prove himself. In previous seasons, Parmelee spent some time as a right fielder so the position was not foreign to him. His bat was the more important thing and his hot September swing seems to have shown up again.
Through the first four of games in the month, Parmelee has three multi-hit performances and a couple of home runs to his name. Since getting called-up from Rochester at the end of August, he has managed a hit in every game that he has played in and he seems to be a man on a mission. It's a very small sample size but it seems that he is starting to regain his confidence at the big league level.
September Stat Summary: .467/.500/1.000, 2 HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI
The question still remains, what will another good September mean for Chris Parmelee?
By looking at the roster for next season, there is going to be the same problem for finding playing time for Mr. Parmelee. The outfield looks packed and first base will still be occupied by the M&M Boys. For Parmelee to get regular at-bats with the Twins, it seems like some kind of move will need to be made. One of the aging outfielders like Willingham or Span could be dealt for some pitching help. Morneau could be traded to take some money off the books and to free up a spot at a corner infield position. Parmelee has proven himself at the Triple-A level and he is a cheaper option than the players mentioned above.
In a story published by the Star Tribune yesterday, it sounds like GM Terry Ryan wants to see who is deserving of a roster spot for 2013. Parmelee is expected to get as much playing time as possible between the multiple positions that he plays and it is up to him to show the front office that he doesn't expect to be making any return trips to Rochester for the rest of his career. A good September will start to wash away any doubts and it could make for some interesting speculation in the offseason.
Where will Chris Parmelee start the 2013 season? Hopefully he will begin the year as a starter on Opening Day at Target Field.
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I would look to use Parmelee in a trade instead of Morneau as I think he has more value and Mauer is our long-term 1B after 2013. If you combined him in a trade with Denard Span I think you could get a young starting SS like Elvis Andrus. The Rangers have a young stud coming up behind Andrus and I gotta believe they would be willing to listen to offers this winter.
- September 7, 2012 at 9:30 AM
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Citing the fresh GSA scandal, resulting in the resignation of the GSA Administrator, the firing of two senior agency staffers, and the suspension of four GSA managers, Senator Brown is asking President Obama for similar accountability at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which was recently found to have engaged in widespread abuse of its Asset Forfeiture Fund, the results of US Commerce Inspector General Todd Zinnser's investigation.
The NOAA Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) Scandal makes the General Services Administration's junket to Las Vegas look like the old "Ted Mack's Amateur Hour." While GSA blew less than a million dollars for fun, OLE raped the AFF of $50 million dollars, with no oversight or accountability.
The $50 million represents half of the $100 million the fund had built up over a five year period.
This is the letter from Senator Brown to the President. Relevant video's are at the bottom of the page.
April 13, 2012
President 8arack Obama
The White House
Washington, DC
Mr. President:
The recent scandal at the General Services Administration (GSA), which spent scarce taxpayer dollars on
luxurious conferences, has offended American taxpayers on both sides of the aisle. The GSA Inspector
General exposed this waste and breach of the public trust through a careful investigation. Most
importantly, his reports resulted in swift accountability for those involved, including the resignation of
the GSA Administrator, the firing of two senior agency staffers, and the suspension of four GSA
While the sufficiency of these measures remains to be seen, it is clear that at least there were some
consequences for mismanagement of taxpayer funds by GSA leadership and managers.
I remain deeply disturbed that leadership at the Department of Commerce has failed to provide any
meaningful accountability for serious financial and enforcement misconduct at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
The misconduct at NOAA is even more serious than that at GSA, as the NOAA scandals involve wasteful
spending that was financed through abusive treatment of both our fishermen and American taxpayer.
The Commerce Department Inspector General has documented that NOAA employees engaged in acts
that we believe constitute deliberate breaches of the public trust and arguably the laws of our nation.
Despite these multiple reports, no one at NOAA has been held accountable.
At the heart of the NOAA scandals is the corruption of the agency's Asset Forfeiture Fund. As chronicled
by the Commerce Department's Inspector General, senior NOAA staff failed to maintain adequate
controls over the millions of dollars that passed through this fund.
For example, NOAA employees manipulated and evaded purchasing controls so they could obtain a
$300,000 luxury fishing boat that was used to conduct weekend getaways, alcohol·fueled parties, and
other joy rides. Senior NOAA fisheries leadership authorized the purchase of this party boat despite the
written warnings of a NOAA procurement attorney. Incredibly, NOAA employees chose to mislead the
Inspector General when questioned about the use of the boat by family and friends.
But NOAA employees were not content with spending fishermen's fine money on a party boat. They also
used those fines to take trips to exotic locations like Kuala Lumpur and Norway. These conferences
were attended by the government contractors who set the fines that financed the NOAA employees'
travel. Some of these trips included the very judges who approved those fines. These contractors have
refused to answer questions about whether their own travel was paid for out of the fines they set.
Even more shameful than this wasteful spending is how NOAA paid for it. Fishermen faced
administrative proceedings where the prosecution and judges were paid from the fines they extracted.
Retired federal Judge Charles B. Swartwood III, working as a Special Master for the Commerce
Department, determined that NOAA was motivated by money in certain enforcement activity. In one
such case, NOAA's unjust demands and pressure tactics forced a Massachusetts fisherman to lose his
livelihood and a home that was in his family for 350 years. Special Master Swartwood found, and
former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke agreed, that NOAA had acted inappropriately in the case.
The third and most disdainful part of the NOAA corruption story is the cover·up that ensued after
fishermen and NOAA whistleblowers got the attention of the Inspector General. Dale Jones, former
Chief of NOAA Law Enforcement, shredded 75·80% of the files in his office during an active IG
investigation into his office's conduct.
This is the same senior NOAA official who oversaw much of the corrupt collection and reckless spending
of Asset Forfeiture Fund money. In an apparent attempt to cover up the original cover·up, another
senior NOAA law enforcement employee changed his story several times when questioned about this
"shredding party" at NOAA headquarters.
Administrator Lubchenco has been even less forthcoming - she kept an IG report on the NOAA party
boat secret until I requested it. Although she now claims to have tipped off the IG about the boat, the
IG's report gives credit to an internal whistle blower, not Administrator Lubchenco.
In the case of NOAA, not a single person has been fired or seriously disciplined for the serious
misconduct that occurred there. Mr. Jones is still employed by NOAA and is being paid roughly the same
salary as before his misconduct came to light. NOAA recently considered him for a promotion before
many of us protested. The attorneys who demanded the oppressive fines to finance their office's
operations, the finance staff who mismanaged millions of dollars in forfeiture funds, the NOAA police
officers who took family on joyrides on the agency's party boat, and the managers that organized the
shredding of documents during an IG investigation have yet to face serious discipline. The lack of
disciplinary action directly ignores the recommendations of the IG and the United States Attorney for
the District of Maryland.
NOAA's current leadership keeps saying that the problems are in the past. But these scandals came to
light under Administrator Lubchenco's watch. Instead of cleaning house and restoring the agency's
reputation with the fishing community, she has protected the wrongdoers. She has gone beyond all
legal requirements in her protection of those who should be facing serious discipline. Given the
opportunity to bring the agency back to health, she has chosen to keep bad actors in positions of power.
For these reasons, I strongly urge you to immediately fire Administrator Lubchenco and those who have
been implicated in these scandals. Additionally, I urge you to instruct the Attorney General to begin an
outside review of the NOAA scandals. I believe that independent reviews by the Department of Justice's
Public Integrity Section and Office of Civil Rights are warranted at this point.
Thank you for your attention to this very important issue.
Scott Brown
United States Senator
Sen. Brown Exposes Report On NOAA's Illicit Party Boat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIdzt53FKtY
Jane Lubchenco - Use Of NMFS Seizure Funds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wbQbncUdM4
John Tierney Confronts Dale Jones of N.M.F.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9ljOUct1vY&feature=relmfu
Dennis Kucinich Confronts N.M.F.S. Dale Jones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzrDyzynPQI&feature=relmfu
N.M.F.S. Is Un-American! Fisherman Testifies To Congress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_v8s0fQWj4&feature=relmfu
Fishermen's Lawyer Exposes High N.M.F.S. Fines To Congress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Btrd0Rlfyg&feature=related


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Evidence of Climate Change
Surface temperature over the land and ocean temperature is rising across the globe. These plots show land, ocean, and merged land and ocean surface temperature (radio buttons) for both the Nothern Hemisphere and the globe (tabs).
This temperature reconstruction dates back to 1880, and is typically current through the last month. The solid red line is the yearly temperature average, and the shaded pink area illustrates the potential uncertainty associated with the data.
Arctic sea ice has been declining since satellite measurements began in 1979, continuing the long-term decline that began in the 1950s. Sea ice reaches its minimum extent in September in the Arctic. Both Arctic and Antarctic sea ice is shown here (tabs) for all months (drop-down list).
Sea ice extent measurements are made with satellite instruments, and are given in millions of square kilometers. Sea ice measurements are available within the satellite era, and are shown here from 1979 through the previous month. Data source: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
CO2 is an important greenhouse gas that is emitted naturally and by human activities. The Mauna Loa Observatory, which resides on the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, has been collecting CO2 data since 1956 (in yellow). The CO2 reconstruction (orange) begins 650,000 years ago, when CO2 concentration was around 225 ppm, and ends with the Mauna Loa record, which is approaching 400 ppm. CO2 is measured in parts per million (ppm). Click on the small graph to make it large. Data source: NOAA.
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Sea level rise is primarily caused by thermal expansion (water expands when it's warmed), and the melting of land ice, which runs off into the ocean. The data shown above were collected using satellite instruments designed to measure the height of sea level. Sea level is shown here in centimeters from January of 1993 to the end of the previous year. Data source: CLS/Cnes/Legos.


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The Henningsens' Clara Henningsen weds
The Henningsens' Clara Henningsen has become a May bride. People.com says the "American Beautiful" singer tied the knot with her fiance Jacob Calaway at her family's farm in Atwood, Illinois on Saturday.
Clara and Jacob met just over two-and-a-half years ago on a Florida gulf coast beach. Clara says they were introduced by mutual friends, and she took and instant liking to Jacob. She recalls that after she sang The Band Perry hit "All Your Life," the friend who introduced them told Jacob she was "totally singing right to you." And Clara admits she "kind of was." Jacob proposed on that same beach on the second anniversary of their meeting.
The 23-year-old Bride says she wore an Allure dress featuring "a huge puffy princess skirt" as she exchanged vows with her 30-year-old groom. Clara's dad recorded a special song for the ceremony, while Jacob's dad officiated. Following the "I dos," the couple joined their 14-member wedding party and 300 guests for a "farm-style" feast featuring a roasted whole hog. Clara and Jacob plan to honeymoon in the Caribbean -- eventually. Clara needs to get back to work this week. The Henningsens are an opening act on Brad Paisley's "Beat This Summer Tour," which gets under way in Maryland Heights, Missouri on Thursday.


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In the moments before a 25-year-old Sandy man was stabbed to death, Ryan Curtz and Austin Taylor threw punches, pushed and shoved.
It was a fist fight, Salt Lake County prosecutors said, and neither Curtz nor Taylor had any reason to believe it would end with the death of Michael Workman.
They didn't know their friend Talon Hamann, 18, was carrying a knife, which he allegedly used to stab Workman multiple times as he leaped into the fray, prosecutors and defense attorneys said.
Curtz, 18, and Taylor, 21, pleaded guilty Monday to obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony, and assault, a class A misdemeanor. As part of a plea deal, the pair agreed to testify against Hamann, who is charged with first-degree murder, obstruction of justice and tampering with a witness.
"These two should be treated more like people who witnessed this crime, than participants in a homicide," said prosecutor Paul Parker on Tuesday.
Third District Court Judge Ann Boyden agreed, sentencing Curtz and Taylor to 41 days in jail, which the men have already served, three years of probation and 150 hours of community service.
Boyden's decision largely hinged on the fact that neither of the men had substantial criminal histories and both appeared genuinely remorseful, Parker said.
The terms of the men's probation are strict: both men must undergo counseling, submit to drug and alcohol testing, obtain full-time employment, earn a GED or high school diploma and stay away from the victim's family and any others involved in this case.
"I am very sorry for my involvement in this crime," Curtz said in a written statement to the court. "The situation has made me realize the opportunities and support that I have taken for granted and has made me [realize] I need to change my life for the better."
A preliminary hearing for Hamann is scheduled on Feb. 8.
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Mary Ella's Weekly Message
November 25, 2013
Holiday Weight Gain
This really is the most wonderful time of the year! Being a foodie myself, I love it when all of the pumpkin treats abound and there seems to be a never-ending supply of cookies coming from somewhere. Food is the upside. Weight gain is the down side. This is especially true if you've just quit smoking. You might be snacking to help you get through cravings and you might be eating more because food just tastes better after you quit smoking.
If you love nibbling on sweets like me or if you love an extra helping of gravy on everything, it's probably time to watch what you're eating. Otherwise, you could end up gaining unwanted pounds. Here are some tips that will help you to navigate the Thanksgiving leftovers and other treats that will confront you at upcoming holiday parties and gatherings:
- Keep healthy snacks on hand. If you like something crunchy, make sure you have celery and carrot sticks and apples available. You also might want to keep grapes handy. You can even freeze them for a different kind of snack. Slice up an apple and, to keep the pieces from turning brown, put a little lemon juice on them.
- Eat fresh fruit instead of just drinking fruit juice. Some kinds of juice can be high in sugar and calories.
- Drink a full glass of water before each meal. Water is filling and very good for you. Not only will you sit down at the table feeling less hungry, you'll stay hydrated.
- Skip dessert. If you crave something sweet, have a cup of low-calorie hot chocolate.
- Occasional cravings aren't always the same thing as hunger. Just as with smoking, the craving will pass whether you eat or not.
- If you're going to a party, have a healthy snack to fill up before you go. You'll be less tempted to reach for whatever high-calorie goodies might be served up on a tray.
Don't deny yourself everything. Have a small portion of your favorite treat on occasion. A few bites instead of a full portion will often satisfy you and can help you maintain control of your weight.
Remember to keep moving! Eating extra calories isn't the only thing that puts on weight—inactivity also packs on the pounds. Couple your smart eating with adding extra activity into your day, such as taking the stairs whenever you can, taking an extra walk at lunch time or raking those leaves that might be lying around. Exercise can also help reduce cravings to smoke so you have even more reason to get out there and move!
If you have gained your freedom from nicotine addiction with FFS Online, consider giving a membership as a gift this holiday season. You can help a loved one get started with a 3-month or 12-month membership, and you could end up giving them the gift of a longer, healthier and smokefree life!
This week, concentrate on these three things to help with weight control:
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- Eat healthy snacks, and
- Increase your activity level.
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One rainy morning earlier this year, T.J. Kelly, general manager of Sportgenic, Inc., a start-up sports media company in San Francisco, was sitting in traffic on the bus ride to work and noticed a surprising number of bikers outside. Mr. Kelly, a bike enthusiast, started crunching numbers.
With gas hovering around $4.69 a gallon; parking ranging from $17 to $30 a day; a monthly bus pass costing $80 a month, or adding up to $150 a month on a purchase-per-ride basis, his commute -- a combination of car and bus -- was costing him close to $600 a month. Plus, with the 12-to-16-hour days he'd been putting in at work, he'd been struggling to find time to exercise.
The bus ride took about 55 minutes each way. Biking takes 50 minutes each way, plus about 20 minutes of shower time at the gym on the first floor of his office building. "It all just clicked," says Mr. Kelly, who decided to turn his workout into his commute.
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Here is an email we received from Frankie Everett after her time at the taping of her Wheel of Fortune appearance that is happening Thursday 3/11 @ 7:30 pm on KATU 2 (Portland) ABC...but check your local listings.
So, below is the history of how it all started, and I have attached a few pictures from the only place on the premises we were allowed to take photos (after the taping was done)… those are cardboard cutouts of Pat and Vanna.
Taping Wheel, Recruiting Students!
The day started early as we had to take the shuttle to the studio by 7:30. We were greeted with another shuttle to take us to the warehouse where they do the taping. We got our makeup done early and just hung out in the audience until it was our turn to be on stage. Oh, and the stage – so tiny! It doesn't look near the size it is on TV. I met a bunch of people who will also be airing their show the same week. One lady is a pastor's wife from Canada, who actually knows of Multnomah! I also sat with a teacher from Arizona and met her husband and kids after the show (she hung out to see how I did)… you know, after we were allowed to talk to our guests. My friends Rob Fox (MU alum) and Laura took the trip to cheer me on in L.A. After I was done taping, there was a guy in the audience that came up to introduce himself to me. He is a student at PSU, and thinking about coming to MU, so I gave him my card and a little shout-out for why MU is a great place to be.
Making a Commercial
We got the chance to tape a commercial for our local station, so watch for that if it airs. We also got a chance to practice spinning the wheel, and we met Charlie, the voice behind the prize descriptions. Pretty surreal to listen to his voice and watch him talk at the same time. There was a group of junior high kids there that day touring the studio, it was so fun to watch them go around on the stage and get to touch the wheel.
Um, A Different Kind of "Taping"
Oh, and the prizes on the wheel… attached with double-sided tape! Pretty funny – after all these years, they still don't do anything fancy to attach them. We taped 6 shows that day – and Pat and Vanna go back behind the puzzle board and change in between each one. When it was our turn to tape, we had our makeup touched up in between each puzzle, and a bubbly contestant crewmember would give us a pep talk about smiling a lot and being smart with spinning and using vowels. Lots of direction, and voices, and stand up taller, smile, clap, etc.!
Viewing Party
You are invited to join us in the JCA Commuter Center on Thursday to watch with Frankie and her family and celebrate with them. The show begins at 7:30 and only lasts until 8:00 but we would love to have as many of you there as can join us and squeeze in the Commuter Center!


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Reinvention 2009 officially kicked off with a rousing keynote speech by Andrés Duany, FAIA. (Duany and his wife and partner, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, FAIA, LEED AP, also won residential architect's 2009 Hall of Fame Leadership Award, which was presented at lunch later that day.) An architect who practices mostly as a visionary planner of neighborhoods, towns, and regions, Duany possesses a unique perspective on how designers can have a greater effect on the built environment. And his commanding speaking style engaged and challenged his audience of 200-plus Reinvention-goers throughout the 90-minute talk.
Duany borrowed a page from White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel by citing the vast opportunity present amid three current international crises: peak oil, global warming, and the now-exploded housing bubble.
"All three have to do with the lifestyle of the American middle class," he emphasized. He noted that many architects design high-quality housing for the wealthy and for the poor, but that the middle class (whom he described as "customers" rather than as higher-end "clients" or "patrons") had been essentially neglected by the architecture community. By influencing the way the middle class lives, he posited, architects could diminish the seemingly intractable problems facing the world today.
"Those of you who are 'client' architects, do not have contempt for architects of the New Urbanism," he warned, referring to the urban design movement he and Plater-Zyberk helped start. "They're trying to change the world, and they need to connect with the enormous middle class. ... Do not hold other architects in contempt because they're dealing with another level of society."
He exhorted the audience to get more involved in policy and planning issues within their own communities.
"This is the chance to use your skills," he said. "You can affect the world to a greater extent than any other trained professional." He pointed to New Urbanists' involvement with the U.S. Green Building Council in forming the new LEED for Neighborhood Development guidelines as an example. And he encouraged architects not to abandon the suburbs, pointing out that places evolve over time. "Much more than 50 percent of America now is suburban sprawl, and much of that is first-generation," he said. "Much of it will eventually be cities. Every one of the typologies of suburbia can be densified."
Duany criticized what he called "the ruralization of the cities," saying it discourages pedestrians and active street life. "Wherever you see naturalistic landscaping, humans are not," he noted. He also railed against overregulation, which he said "has created standards in which affordable housing is impossible to create without government subsidies." His stated desire to "create legislation where you can opt out of government involvement in housing regulations" drew a cheer from the audience.
Mobile homes, he said, rather than modular structures, should be explored as an inexpensive and efficient affordable housing solution. "Anybody who can design a mobile home so it doesn't even remind you it's a mobile home is going to win the lottery."
Another topic the keynote addressed was the marketing of sustainable design. Duany divided the market for green architecture into four groups: "ethicists," who buy green because it's the right thing to do; "cool greens," who are interested in sustainable design as long as it looks good and doesn't cost more; "gadget greens," who admire technological sophistication; and "survivalists," who see green design as a necessity for living with diminished natural resources.
"'Cool greens' are the tipping point right now," he said, but "in five years this nation will be in a survivalist mode." He listed the single-family house as the next in a series of shunned vices that include smoking, sugar, and cars, and suggested that architects have the power to avert that fate and transform the home into a virtuous environmental solution. "Say it's capable of generating electricity through photovoltaic panels, or that you can grow food very efficiently in the yard."
Duany concluded his remarks with a look at SmartCode, the open-source, form-based design code written by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co., the Miami-based firm he and Plater-Zyberk oversee. "Codes are what matters to urbanism," he said. "The code is not style-specific. We're taking the genetics of form-based codes and extending them to the region."
The audience members—some New Urbanists, but many more not—appreciated Duany's bold candor and thoughtful presentation. "It was the kick in the pants we need," said one.
(Watch the full Keynote Address video or the abridged version)


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- July 26: Austin, Texas: 60 Carbon Monoxide Detectors Activate in Ford Police SUVs news | 1 days ago
- July 26: Ford Recalls 117,000 F-150, E-Series, Escape and Lincoln MKC Vehicles recalls | 1 days ago
- July 23: Ford Transit Driveshaft Flexible Coupling Lawsuit Filed news | 4 days ago
- July 20: Ford Expands Chrome Door Handle Cover Recall recalls | 7 days ago
- July 16: Ford Recalls Edge, Fusion and Lincoln MKZ Over Torque Converters recalls | 11 days ago
Interior Light Console Falling Off The Roof
CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2004 Ford Explorer one of our worst vehicles on record. "Avoid like the plague" is putting it lightly.
The 2002-2005 Explorer has a very well-established record of expensive transmission failure at under 100k miles. The Explorer has an enclosed transmission which is typically replaced with a rebuilt transmission at a cost of almost $3,000.
Another common problem for the 2002-2005 Explorer is wheel bearing failure at around 90k miles, with a typical repair bill of $500 to $1000 depending on how many wheel bearings failed.
Adding insult to injury, the 2002-2005 Explorer also has a massive problem with the rear panel cracking. While it's a minor annoyance compared to transmission failure, ironically the crack usually goes right through the Ford logo.
7.3pretty bad
- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 75,167 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 6 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (4 reports)
- Ford did fix this (1 reports)
- replace whole console frame (1 reports)
accessories - interior problem
Helpful websites
- No one has added a helpful site for this 2004 Explorer problem yet. Be the first!


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Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM: fast, stabilized, and video-compatibleMonday June 11 2012
Announced at the same time as the Canon EOS 650D, will the Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM establish itself as the trans-standard lens of reference for APS-C reflex owners? Learn more in our preview.
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Average lens
I have been using this lens with a Canon 70D for a long time. The only thing that I liked about it was the 18mm at f/3.5.
It gets a low contrast on the sensor and also it provides very soft images.
I would recommend it to be used for video, because the STM is very quick and accurate.


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Tuchman was often criticized by academicians for being a self-taught historian with only a BA.
Tuchman, of course, never earned a Ph.D.; nor was she ever affiliated with a university history department.
The leading military minds of Europe, Tuchman believes, were entranced by the cult of the offensive.
In short, Tuchman writes with great brio, exquisite pacing, and a keen eye for telling details and arresting quotes.
He's a decent, respectable young feller by the name Tuchman, what works as bookkeeper by the Kosciusko Bank.


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This weekend, I ventured off to Columbus, Ohio for the official launch of Mid-Ohio Comic Con! A gathering of geeks that are proud to be checked in on comic book, video game, movie, anime and pro wrestling culture.
Celebrities in attendance included Adam West & Burt Ward (Batman and Robin), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian from Star Wars), James Marsters ("Spike" from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Claudia Christian (Babylon 5.)
Oh, and myself, of course. They didn't provide me a booth though. Setting up by the restrooms was just awkward..
Below is a collection of images from the weekend. For information on Wizard World's other "cons", CLICK HERE!


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As Hurricane Irene moves its way toward the east coast, officials at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport are preparing for the strong wind and heavy rain expected to accompany the major storm.
"BWI Marshall Airport is working to plan for this significant storm," said Paul J. Wiedefeld, Executive Director of BWI Marshall Airport. "Advance notice of the storm has allowed us to prepare by monitoring terminal and airfield drainage, checking generators, and securing any equipment that may become airborne as a result of high winds."
A number of airlines have announced travel advisories and revised ticketing policies ahead of Hurricane Irene. In addition, airlines may cancel flights before or during the heavy storm. BWI Marshall Airport strongly recommends that travelers check with their airline for current flight information before heading to the Airport. Customers are advised to monitor airline or Airport web sites to be aware of possible flight cancellations. BWI Marshall Airport's website is www.BWIairport.com [1].
BWI Marshall Airport Executive Director Wiedefeld added, "We will continue to work closely with our airline partners to help ensure the safety of our passengers."
With a potentially major rainfall expected, BWI Marshall Airport customers traveling in coming days may want to consider utilizing covered parking in either the Daily Garage or the Hourly Garage.
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Installing Compiz Fusion in Backtrack.
Now this is a wierd thing to do and useless too but I tought that some who use BT as a main OS would get borred and want to add a little graphic.
First of all let's grab all that we need:
Now go to backtrack menu -> system -> compiz fusionCode:root@bt:~#apt-get install compiz compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported emerald simple-ccsm fusion-icon
You should see the icon in the toolbar, right click on it and select "Reload Window Manager".
Adding compiz to startup:
Go to /etc/ and edit the file called "rc.local". And just add the files you installed to it, like this:
#!/bin/sh -e # # rc.local # # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other # value on error. # # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution # bits. # # By default this script does nothing. compiz compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported emerald simple-ccsm fusion-icon exit 0
Now open a terminal and type in
and you're done, reboot and enjoy.Code:chmod u+x /etc/rc.local


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'"We've missed the playoffs two years in a row, and if somebody takes your spot, they take your spot," coach Lindy Ruff said Friday. "I think you have to be ready to make room for them."'
Battle for Sabre jobs begins today
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I've published benchmarks of various OSes and filesystems in the past, but this time I thought I'd try a slightly different approach.
For the regular readers of my articles, I think there is something in here for you. The executive summary is this:
Software is what makes hardware sing.
All too frequently I see people looking at various systems and focus on what CPU each box has, how many GHz, cores etc, how much memory. They will try to compare systems by putting the specs on a spreadsheet.
OK – let's see how well that approach works.
For this article I used the NetApp postmark benchmark. You can find the source and various executables here. I've been using this version for many years. The way I always run it:
- set directories 5
- set number 10000
- set transactions 20000
- set read 4096
- set write 4096
- set buffering false
- set size 500 100000
- run
This way it will create 10,000 files, and do 20,000 things with them, all in 5 directories, with a 4K read and write, no buffered I/O, and the files will range in size from 500 bytes to 100,000 bytes in size. It will also ask the OS to bypass the buffer cache. Then it will delete everything.
It's fairly easy to interpret since the workload is pre-determined, and a low total time to complete the workload is indicative of good performance, instead of doing an IOPS/latency measurement.
This is very much a transactional/metadata-heavy way to run the benchmark, and not a throughput one (as you will see from the low MB/s figures). Overall, this is an old benchmark, not multithreaded, and probably not the best way to test stuff any more, but, again, for the purposes of this experiment it's more than enough to illustrate the point of the article (if you want to see more comprehensive tests, visit phoronix.com).
It's very important to realize one thing before looking at the numbers: This article was NOT written to show which OS or filesystem is overall faster. Just to illustrate the differences an OS and filesystem can potentially mean to I/O performance given the same exact base hardware and the same application driving the same workload.
OSes tested (all 64-bit, latest patches as of the time of writing):
- Windows Server 2012
- Ubuntu 12.10 (in Linux Mint guise)
- Fedora 18
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
For Linux, I compiled postmark with the -O3 directive, the deadline scheduler was used, I disabled filesystem barriers and used the following sysctl tweaks:
- vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
- vm.swappiness=20
- vm.dirty_background_ratio=10
- vm.dirty_ratio=30
Filesystems tested:
The hardware is unimportant, the point is it was the exact same for all tests and that there was no CPU or memory starvation… There was no SSD involved, BTW, even though some of the results may make it seem like there was.
The results
First, transactions per second. That doesn't include certain operations. Higher is better.
Second, total time. This includes all transactions, file creation and deletion:
Finally, the full table that includes the mount parameters and other details:
Some interesting discoveries…
…At least in the context of this test, the same findings may or may not apply with other workloads and hardware configurations:
- Notice how incredibly long Windows 8 took with its default configuration. I noticed the readyboost file being modified while the benchmark was running, which must be a serious bug, since readyboost isn't normally used for ephemeral stuff (windows 7 didn't touch that file while the benchmark was running). If you're running Windows 8 you probably want to consider disabling the superfetch service… (I believe it's disabled by default if Windows detects an SSD).
- BTRFS performance varies too much between Linux kernels (to be expected from a still experimental filesystem). With The Ubuntu 12.10 kernel, it looks like it ignored the directive to not use buffer cache – I didn't see the drive light blink throughout the benchmark 🙂 Unless its write allocator is as cool as the ONTAP one, it's kinda suspect behavior, especially when compared to the Fedora BTRFS results, which were closer to what I was expecting.
- BTRFS does use CPU much more than the other filesystems, with the box I was using it was OK but it's probably not a good choice for something like an ancient laptop. But I think overall it shows great promise, given the features it can deliver.
- The Linux NTFS driver did pretty well compared to Windows itself 🙂
- Windows Server 2012 performed well, similar to Ubuntu Linux with ext4
- XFS did better than ext4 overall
What did we learn?
We learned that the choice of OS and filesystem is enough to create a huge performance difference given the exact same workload generated by the exact same application compiled from the exact same source code.
When looking at purchasing something, looking at the base hardware specs is not enough.
Don't focus too much on the underlying hardware unless the hardware you are looking to purchase is running the exact same OS (for example, you are comparing laptops running the same rev of Windows, or phones running the same rev of Android, or enterprise storage running the same OS, etc). You can apply the same logic to some extent to almost anything – for example, car engines. Bigger can mean more powerful but it depends.
And, ultimately, what really matters isn't the hardware or even the OS it's running. It's how fast it will run your stuff in a reliable fashion with the features that will make you more productive.
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With its release scheduled for next week, FilmDistrict gave fans an inside look at its new film "Red Dawn" this afternoon (November 13).
The two-minute featurette tells the story behind the 'Lady Wolverines' and their struggle through the course of the film.
Giving fans a sneak peek at the "Red Dawn" remake that hits theaters on November 21st, FilmDistrict has released a new clip of the film.
As a remake to an 1984 classic, a new set of Wolverines have debuted in the trailer for "Red Dawn" featuring Josh Hutcherson and Chris Hemsworth.
The Dan Bradley action film will follow a group of teenagers who find them selves defending their town after North Korean soldiers invades America.


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Ryan Gosling Is Going On Hiatus? Noooooooo!
Ryan Gosling is taking a hiatus from acting? Tragedy! How are we doing to get our "Hey, Girl" fix now?!
-Lucia Peters
I have terrible, terrible news for you this morning, Bettys: Ryan Gosling is about to disappear from our lives—at least temporarily. According to a recent interview with the Associated Press, he's going on hiatus. Noooooooo!
Okay, so maybe I'm being a TEENY bit overdramatic here, but still. How will we get our "Hey, Girl" fix now? Tragedy!
Why exactly is he doing it? Our beloved Ryan told the AP, "I've been doing it [acting] too much. I've lost perspective on what I'm doing. I think it's good for me to take a break and reassess why I'm doing it and how I'm doing it. And I think this is probably a good way to learn about that. I need a break from myself as much as I imagine the audience does."
"As much as the audience does?" Clearly he doesn't know us as well as we thought he did.
Although all joking aside, I think he's actually making a wise decision. It's very, very easy for actors—even good ones—to get overexposed, often with disastrous results. Remember when Jude Law, who had been one of Hollywood's golden boys, was seen in a whopping six high-profile films, all within the space of a few months in 2004? That's right—after the success of Cold Mountain, I Heart Huckabees, Alfie, Closer, The Aviator, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and A Series of Unfortunate Events all came out in the fall and winter of 2004. While it's awesome that he was working so much, the way it ended up turning out, being seen so often compounded with the whole nanny cheating scandal caused him to fall out of favor for a while. Sure, he worked—but his projects weren't nearly as high profile. In recent years, he's reemerged as a wiser, more skilled actor who has moved out of the pretty boy leading man phase and into something more akin to the character roles he first got noticed for (Gattica, anyone?).
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Similarly, Ryan has been a busy boy lately. He may be doing fewer films than Jude did in 2004, but between the 2011-2012 award season and the three films he's got planned for release in 2013—Gangster Squad, which came out in January, The Place Beyond the Pines, and Only God Forgives—he's been in the public eye a lot. Besides, we've no doubt that he'll do some interesting things with his time off to regain his perspective on acting. He's slated to start working on his directorial debut, How to Catch a Monster, this spring; and if he runs out of ideas for other things he could do, our buddies at The Frisky might be able to help him out.
Anyhoo, we'll just have to sit tight for a while. We expect great things from you, Ryan—make it count!
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's senior editor.


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Fine friends of the forum.
My mate is currently in a Mallorcan prison cell and I want to find out the possible out comes.
He and a couple of the lads were away for a few days in Mallorca. Last night in the hotel bar some bloke slaps a girl at about midnight. My pal steps in and basically throws a nice juicy elbow and busts up this kids eye. Turns out this kid is actually a kid and is 16 years old on holiday with his family. So the OB turn up and see a kids with his mum bleeding and 4 drunk lads in their 20's and my pal gets nicked.
He is on court in the morning at 10am and the fucking cunts he was with got the flight home today and left him on his jacks with no money or anything. Just his passport being held by the cops.
So has anyone else been in or had a pal in a similar situation and what can he expect?
Obviously best case scenario is he gets a slap on the wrist and kicked out the country. I'm thinking a big fine and sent home after it's paid (£500-£1000).
Worst case is they bail him to another court date and keep his passport or just bang him up for 6 months.
Opinions or experience of similar will be gratefully received. (I don't want to hear "he shouldn't of hit him)


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Members of ASTM Subcommittee C9.49 are attempting to standardize the testing methods for pervious concrete. There is much interest in this topic, as committee secretary Jenny Hitch reports more than 120 people are members of this committee, making this one of the largest groups in C-9.
When it formed last summer, subcommittee leaders established five work groups. Leaders of these work groups reported their progress at their meeting in December
Field Permeability
Dr. Heather Brown reported that the task group had considered four methods, but has focused on the field permeability test method developed by Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) since it corresponded well with similar tests.
Members conducted a round robin test using the MTSU method, and initial results suggested that it worked well. The method may be revised to include a section for pre-wetting the test area, reducing the head pressure from 1 inch to 1 cm to reflect the true rain event, and a necessary flow.
The task group plans to review the round-robin test data and ballot some questions in February. For more, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Compressive Strength
The task group, led by Mark Kurtz, is attempting to develop a standardized compressive strength test for pervious concrete. The procedure is difficult because of the challenges of standardizing consolidation techniques, capping material, and choosing an appropriate cylinder size.
Kurtz presented a table reflecting a series of round robin tests. He also showed a short summary of tests studying the consolidation techniques. Kurtz hopes to conduct a second group of round robin testing in the next few months. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Flexural Strength
In a report given on behalf of Stefan Bernard, the task group presented some very preliminary ideas on a flexural test procedure.
The group believes that a new beam test that does not radically differ from existing methods should be developed for pervious concrete. It proposes that the direction of bending should correspond with the direction of placement. And the new test should be developed for low-density, high-permeability mixes.
It also proposes that the new pervious beam tests should have two versions: a simple section for plain pervious concrete and a more complex section for fiber-reinforced pervious concrete.
The task group is working on three questions: What span length should be used? What spreader beam width should be used? And should there be a post-crack assessment in the test for fiber-reinforced concrete? For more information, e-mail email@example.com.
Fresh Concrete Density and Voids Content
Michael Davy reported the task group conducted a round robin lab test outlined in a written procedure based on using a standard Proctor Hammer for freshly mixed pervious concrete. Initial results indicated that the method using 20 blows per lift, with two lift sample size, yielded a high degree of repeatability. E-mail email@example.com.
Hardened Concrete Density and Porosity
In brief report given on behalf of Michael Leming, (firstname.lastname@example.com), the group learned that the task group was in the midst of evaluating historical information based on a field test developed by staff at the University of South Carolina, and a BASF draft specification, perhaps using ASTM C140. More information will be presented at the June meeting.
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The continued growth of The Field Museum's anthropology collections depends to a great degree on generous donations from individuals, and we appreciate every offer that we receive. If you are considering offering a donation of objects to the Anthropology Department please consult the guidelines provided below. Note that we are absolutely unable to provide appraisals or to identify or authenticate objects offered for donation.
Every donation offer is considered carefully by the department's curatorial faculty to determine whether the objects are appropriate for our collections. Please provide as much information as you can about each object. The more information available about an object the better we will be able to determine if and how it fits into our collections. Below are the major things we are looking for:
- What is the object and for what purpose is or was it used?
- When, where, and by whom was it created?
- When and under what circumstances did you come to own it (gift, purchase, inheritance, etc.)?
- Any other information that might be relevant to the object's fabrication, use, or ownership history.
You may send the information and photographs of the objects to the contact person indicated below. Please be sure to provide your own contact information (name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address). You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt of the offer and may be contacted for more information.
You will be notified once a decision has been made. Donations that are accepted typically take between one to two months to complete. However, because our curators are often away from the museum conducting fieldwork, sometimes in remote areas, they may not be able to review donation offers until the end of their field season.
If you have questions regarding the donation process please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Will the museum display my donation?
- While each object in our collections is significant we cannot guarantee that your donation will be displayed. Less than 1% of our collections are on display at any given time. Please be aware that non-exhibited objects are nevertheless available for research and study. Accepted donations contribute to the strength of our collections regardless of whether they are on display.
Can I deduct the donation on my taxes?
- Yes, in many cases non-cash contributions are tax deductible. Please consult IRS guidelines on deductions for more information. Although we are happy to answer very general questions, please be advised that museum employees cannot provide advice on the potential tax benefits of a specific donation.
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- As a general rule we do not accept donations that are made with restrictions (for example a requirement to always display an object or to retain it in perpetuity).
May I bequeath objects to the museum's anthropology collections?
- Yes, if you are interested in a bequest please contact the Anthropology Department as indicated above.
Why can't you identify or appraise my donation?
- It is a conflict of interest for museum employees or volunteers to provide identifications or appraisals of donations and is strictly forbidden by museum policy and professional codes of conduct. If you need assistance identifying or valuing an object please contact a certified appraiser.
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Almost every American above the age of 6 knows who Martin Luther King Jr. was because his name is attached to a federal holiday. No school and for some, no work. We learn, or we know, that because of what he and a group of courageous colleagues and collaborators organized in Washington, D.C., 50 years ago, the American South was legally desegregated in 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.In this new documentary on PBS, I learned a lot more about the … [Read more...]
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MSNBC silent so far on Carlson comments
Following an August 28 segment on MSNBC's Live with Dan Abrams, during which MSNBC host Tucker Carlson admitted to assaulting an individual who "bothered" him in a restroom in Washington, D.C., Abrams, host and MSNBC's general manager [1], did not mention Carlson's comments on his program the following night, and MSNBC management apparently has not yet made a statement regarding Carlson's comments. Indeed, the cable network has replayed portions of the segment three times, highlighting Carlson's account of having been "bothered" in a restroom, but cropping out the part in which Carlson said, "I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the -- you know, and grabbed him, and ... [h]it him against the stall with his head." On the August 30 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough also referred to Carlson's claim of having been "bothered" in the men's room, but did not mention that Carlson "went back with someone," even though Scarborough was a guest on Abrams' show when Carlson recounted the alleged high school incident. During the August 28 show, laughter can be heard in the background as Carlson tells Scarborough and Abrams about the incident.
On August 29, Carlson issued the following statement through an MSNBC spokeswoman:
Let me be clear about an incident I referred to on MSNBC last night: In the mid-1980s, while I was a high school student, a man physically grabbed me in a men's room in Washington, DC. I yelled, pulled away from him and ran out of the room. Twenty-five minutes later, a friend of mine and I returned to the men's room. The man was still there, presumably waiting to do to someone else what he had done to me. My friend and I seized the man and held him until a security guard arrived.
Several bloggers have characterized this is a sort of gay bashing. That's absurd, and an insult to anybody who has fought back against an unsolicited sexual attack. I wasn't angry with the man because he was gay. I was angry because he assaulted me.
Media Matters for America has found no statement from MSNBC management regarding either Carlson's claim to having assaulted the man who "bothered" him, or of the apparent laughter of Abrams and Scarborough. The only statement to come from MSNBC was the one Carlson released on August 29, noted above. The New York Post [2] and the New York Daily News [3] both discussed Carlson's initial claims in August 29 and 30 articles, respectively, as well as his subsequent statement, but neither contained an official response from MSNBC.
According to a statement [4] posted on its website, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) "called Abrams' office to discuss NBC News and MSNBC's response to Carlson's behavior" and "Abrams' office responded with an e-mailed statement attributed to Carlson" -- the August 29 statement.
As Media Matters noted [5], during the August 28 show, Carlson asserted, "Having sex in a public men's room is outrageous. It's also really common. I've been bothered in men's rooms." Carlson continued, "I got bothered in Georgetown Park," in Washington, D.C., "when I was in high school." When Abrams asked how Carlson responded to being "bothered," Carlson stated: "I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the -- you know, and grabbed him, and ... [h]it him against the stall with his head, actually."
During the August 30 edition of Morning Joe, while transitioning from a discussion of copycat suicide attempts to the upcoming season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars -- on which Carlson once competed -- Scarborough said, "No, of course, I would never talk about Tucker. If I'm talking about Tucker, I'm going to talk about that Georgetown bathroom incident ... but I won't go there right now." While Time.com Washington editor Ana Marie Cox and MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall reacted audibly to Scarborough's comment, no one mentioned that the "Georgetown bathroom incident" involved Carlson's August 28 on-air comments that he assaulted a man who he said "bothered" him in a public restroom.
On August 29, MSNBC re-aired portions of the segment from Live with Dan Abrams at least three times -- during the 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. ET hours -- but none included an official statement from MSNBC regarding Carlson's claim to have assaulted someone. While all three August 29 re-airings did include Carlson's claim that he had been "bothered in men's rooms," none of the broadcasts aired the portion in which Carlson claimed that he "went back with someone" and "[h]it him against the stall with his head." The re-airings did include a portion of the segment in which Carlson said: "I'm not anti-gay in the slightest."
During the 9 a.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live, anchor Amy Robach introduced the Abrams/Carlson clip as follows: "Prominent Republicans have been quick to distance themselves from Idaho Senator Larry Craig following his arrest for lewd behavior in a men's bathroom. ... More than ever, the party of traditional values has to worry about hypocrisy. Dan Abrams talked about it with Tucker Carlson and Joe Scarborough last night on MSNBC." After the clip ended, Robach plugged Abrams' show: "Well, you can catch Live with Dan Abrams weeknights at 9 p.m. Eastern here on MSNBC."
During the subsequent re-airing of the clip during the 11 a.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live, anchor Monica Novotny introduced the video clip by asserting, "Craig's denials are drawing some comparisons to another famous D.C. sex scandal -- the Clinton-Lewinsky affair. Senator Craig had quite a bit to say about that back in the '90s." Novotny added, "Just a word of warning here, you may find out a little more about Tucker, well, than you ever wanted to know," apparently referring to Carlson's assertion that he'd "been bothered in men's rooms." However, despite that reference, the 4-minute and 35-second clip Novotny aired ended before Carlson claimed to have assaulted the person who "bothered" him. Novotny also ended the segment by plugging Abrams' show, asserting, "And you can catch Dan tonight at 9 on Live with Dan Abrams right here on MSNBC." That segment was identical to the one MSNBC Live re-aired during its 1 p.m. ET broadcast.
From the 6 a.m. ET hour of the August 30 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
SCARBOROUGH: Dancing With the Stars -- speaking of sunshine at night. It's happy. Let's go from suicide to Dancing With the Stars, which I've seen, you know, some of the dance routines that made me want to commit suicide.
HALL: Are you talking about Tucker's dance routines?
SCARBOROUGH: No, of course, I would never talk about Tucker. If I'm talking about Tucker, I'm going to talk about that Georgetown bathroom incident --
HALL: Ooh, no.
SCARBOROUGH: -- but I won't go there right now.
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Welcome to TechBuster's from Worldstart, where I expose the truth behind technology myths and sayings.
In this article I'll talk about the popular saying about jailbreaking or rooting your smartphone and how it's "illegal". Before I get into whether the saying is true or not, let's talk about what jailbreaking/rooting is.
Smart phones, (Apple iPhone, Android phones) come with an operating system that has certain core aspects locked so the user and applications can't edit them. Examples of these locked-out features are loading core operating system modifications, installing non-approved applications, enabling wifi hotspot feature on a phone, and controlling what data an application can send/how it sends that data.
Manufacturers work with carriers to lock out settings they don't want users to enable or change either due to charging for a feature or not wanting to support/allow a feature on a phone. Jailbreaking on iOS devices or rooting on Android devices gives you core access to the operating system to make pretty much any change you want.
So why jailbreak or root a device? Some people do it for illicit reasons (to use applications they haven't purchased or to gain access to features they are not paying for), but other reasons do exist that aren't quite so nefarious. For example, installing an application Apple did not approve for the app store requires a jailbroken phone or installing a newer version of Android the manufacturer has released requires root access.
So it's illegal to do this? Not so much.
The United States Library of Congress has ruled that jailbreaking or rooting devices does not violate copyright laws. You may, however, be violating your warranty with the manufacturer and your service provider may cancel/bill you for services if you're using them without paying for them – but you won't be going to jail for installing a non-Apple approved application on your jailbroken iPhone.
P.S. Just to be clear, if you steal an application you are guilty of theft. This article only covers unlocking/jailbreaking/rooting the device, not what you do once the device is unlocked.


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Royal Park Hotel and Hostel
258 West, 97th Street, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, Distancia desde el centro: 9.5km
At low rate prices, Royal Park Hotel and Hostel offers great accommodation at an affordable price in Manhattan, just off Broadway.
It's located on 97th Street, right beside Riverside Park and at just walking distance to subway 1, 2 and 3 (red line), which leaves you right in the middle of the lively town centre, full of restaurants, cafés, bars and jazz clubs.
Close by is the famous Central Park, Columbia University, Cathedral St. John the Divine (the largest gothic cathedral in the world) and the American Museum of Natural History.
All rooms are private with shared bathroom; ensuite rooms are also available. We offer some in-room facilities, such as free towels and blankets provided daily, daily housekeeping services and hairdryers (on request). All rooms have air conditioning/ceiling fans; ensuite bedrooms have individual air conditioning. All 64 rooms are private to suit your comfort and are non-smoking.
Our Single Private Shared Bathroom sleeps one on one twin bed; the Double Bed Private Shared Bathroom sleeps two on a double bed; the Twin Private Shared Bathroom sleeps two across two twin beds; the Four Bed Private Shared Bathroom sleeps four across two double beds; the Double Bed Private Ensuite sleeps two in a double bed; and the Four Bed Private Ensuite sleeps four across two double beds.
Our multilingual staff are happy to help with any queries. Vending machines and an ATM are available, as well as a printer (fees apply), luggage storage ($2 per day) and a shuttle bus to and from the airport (fees apply). There's no curfew or lockout.
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Política de cancelaciónEsta propiedad cuenta con una política de cancelación de 2 días. Si no se realiza la cancelación dentro de ese plazo se aplicará un recargo de anulación igual a la primera noche de tu estancia.
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We're located at 258 West 97th Street between Broadway and West End Avenue. The 96th Street subway (the # 1, 2 & 3 trains 'the red line') is just around the corner.
From Penn Station or the Port Authority bus terminal:
Take the #1,2 or 3 line to 96th Street and the walk one block north, make a left on 97th Street and the Hotel is located on your left-hand side.


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VIENNA, Austria -- What do you get when you mix a forward-thinking Austrian design studio, a cutting-edge artist and a high-tech lighting company with a classic coin-op concept? You get the Thermobooth, a top-to-bottom rethinking of the classic photobooth.
The brainchild of Talia Radford and her Viennese-based taliaYstudio (sic), the new photobooth represents a concept collaboration by taliaYstudio and artist Jonas Bohatsch with innovative lighting by multinational company Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).
Outwardly the concept is simple. Radford reimagined the photobooth concept, eliminating the usual enclosure and replacing it with a display similar to a stage, which Bohatsch designed. This display, in front of which the photobooth patrons pose, is formed of an array of mirrored surfaces incorporating high-tech OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes). This array serves both as a posing aid and as a photoflash delivering soft illumination.
OLEDs can be fabricated as very thin, lightweight illuminating panels delivering non-glare lighting with low power consumption; these panels can be formed into nearly any shape across a wide range of sizes. And, ideally for photobooth use, an OLED panel may be designed to alternate between transparency and reflectivity. In Bohatsch's OLED display, the lighting thus doubles as part of the design element. The mirrors, an array of discs supported on slender pedestals, turn from mirrors to flashlamps and back to mirrors in an instant.
The photobooth's design also breaks new ground in shutter release design. It has neither a pushbutton nor a touchscreen for tripping the camera and flash. Instead there are two metal plates set into the floor of the booth. Customers remove their shoes and stand on these plates. Once in position, the camera is activated when the patrons close a circuit by touching each other.
This switching is accomplished by a low-cost off-the-shelf MaKey MaKey system from JoyLabz. Designed by MIT student Jay Silver, MaKey MaKey has gained fame and built a devoted hobbyist following by turning any conductive material into a switch. With the Thermobooth, the subjects are the switch contacts, closed by a simple touch.
The touch that activates the Thermobooth's camera can be anything from a kiss or caress to a handshake or a high-five. However they choose to touch one another, the camera captures the moment and delivers the image as "a glorious lo-fi instant" picture turned out by an onboard thermal printer.
"Yes, it takes a picture when you touch each other!" said a spokesperson for the taliaYstudio. "We are opening a stage for playfulness and the unexpected."
Although the Thermobooth is not currently available for commercial use, it did garner rave reviews at Vienna Design Week 2013 (Sept. 26-Oct.5) by demonstrating a unique redesign of a familiar product. Whether the system has potential on the market as a coin-op and/or event-imaging system remains to be seen. In any event, the Thermobooth opens a window into the possibilities afforded by advanced technology, collaboration and reimagining the ordinary.
Click here to see a video of the Thermobooth in action.


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Look beyond our classrooms and you'll see there's much more happening at SUNY Ulster than teaching and learning: We are also behind many of the entrepreneurial and small businesses success in the region as a job trainer, counselor/advisor, and educational and community partner. As part of the State University of New York system, SUNY Ulster is playing an important role in contributing to the local, regional and state's current and future economy.
Just as in our role as educator, we are serious about business.