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In the face of opposition by regulators and antitrust enforcers, Comcast and Time Warner Cable today walked away from their proposed deal. When the dust settles on the abandoned merger of the two cable television and broadband behemoths, we will have a clearer perspective on two important issues. One is why consolidation in many important U.S. sectors and markets has "hit the wall." Comcast-Time Warner Cable was the poster child for this troubling problem, which may help explain why the deal was scrapped.
A second issue is why merger enforcement is vital for the health and success of a market-based economic system. Without vigorous merger enforcement, the complex interplay between economic players and consumers (otherwise known as competition) that ideally produces lower prices, innovation, and choice would lack the all-important "referee."
Concern over the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger boils down to a few stark realities. The merger would have given the combined company control over more than 50 percent of U.S. broadband subscribers. With this increased, massive footprint, the merged company would have had stronger incentives to block smaller, innovative rivals from accessing its subscriber base. Those rivals include online video distributors, other edge providers, and over-the-top innovators that would have had to compete with the merged company's own content- delivery platform.
These threats were enough to mobilize massive and organized opposition to the merger, particularly from consumers who were exceptionally vocal about the already poor quality of service offered by Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Aside from the risks of higher prices, lower quality, loss of choice, and stifled innovation, the merger may well have jeopardized delivery of diverse opinion and news programming to millions of Americans. These distinctly merger-related harms could not, and should not, be resolved through a more generic regulatory policy on network neutrality.
The Comcast-Time Warner Cable story could describe competition enforcers' concerns about any current, large merger proposal in a number of U.S. sectors, including healthcare, telecom, energy, and food. Successive mergers, which are largely the result of lax enforcement during the past 25 years, have produced markets with only a few competitors and a creeping rise in market concentration.
The practical implication of these developments is to hamstring merger enforcement. As fewer competitors and potential entrants remain, the competition lost by successive mergers necessarily becomes harder to fully restore, and fewer deals are fixable with structured remedies. Effectively enforcing the merger law may therefore mean blocking more and more deals.
We have seen multiple examples of the narrowing of merger enforcement options in 2015 – the Federal Trade Commission's challenge to Sysco-USFoods and the Massachusetts Attorney General's opposition to the Partners hospital merger. The abandoned Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal joins this growing list.
Moreover, studies buttress rising concerns over merger-induced harms to competition and consumers. New economic evidence shows that mergers have, on average, raised prices to consumers. And management consulting surveys reveal that that managers do not produce the predicted cost savings from the mergers they are tasked with implementing. So before the war cries begin over merger enforcement and Comcast-Time Warner Cable, let us take a moment to let this sink in, and remind ourselves what competition laws are designed for: to protect competition and consumers – but more important – to protect our market-based economic system.


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Many foods may come across to you as "healthy" until you read that nutrition information label. That's when you realise some are actually foods high in sugar as well!
1. Low-fat yogurt
Studies show that plain yogurt with no sugar added can help with weight loss and trimming belly fat. However, be careful of what you put in your mouth as the typical low fat yogurt can do you more harm than good. A low-fat mixed berries yogurt contains: 120 calories, 1g total fat, 24g total carbs, 16g sugar (4 teaspoons).
This low-fat yogurt (with healthier choice symbol) has a whopping 16g sugar in it, which is equal to 3 Oreo Cookies or 1.5 Chupa Chups Lollipop! Are you really choosing the right snack to fight the flab? Low-fat products tend to result in high sugar foods as they need the sugar to compensate for the taste good factor. So make sure to read the sugar level as well, and not just the calorie count, when you read the nutrition information.
2. Granola Bar
Nothing beats the convenience of a granola or "fitness" bar for on-the-go snacking. The trouble is… many of these bars can contain as much sugar as your candy bars/snickers bars. These bars may be low in calories (190 calories per pack) yet a pack of such bars contains 12g of sugar (3 teaspoons).
The perception of their healthiness, however, often doesn't match up to reality. Consumers are misled into thinking that they are healthy because of messages on product labels. But they may likely be foods high in sugar!
3. Breakfast Cereals
Breakfast cereals are heavily marketed as being healthy. They commonly include claims such as "low-fat" and "whole grain" that may mislead you into thinking that they are healthy. In reality, however, they are typically foods high in sugar. An example of a typical breakfast cereal (per serving) contains 220 calories, 16g sugars (4 teaspoons), 3g dietary fibre, 4g protein, 44g total carbs.
4. Fruit Juices
Fruit juice has as much sugar as many classic sugar drinks. Despite the nice marketing image that they place on fruit juice such as "100% pure" and "pure squeezed", there are tons of sugar in your juice.
Take a look at the breakdown for a portion (250 ml) of Coca Cola and Apple Juice Drink:
Coca Cola: 106 calories and 27 grams of sugar (7 teaspoons)
Apple juice: 93 calories and 23 grams of sugar (6 teaspoons)
Fruit juice releases the sugar in the fruit and removes the insoluble fibre. Fibre makes us feel full and reduces our consumption of the fruit and its sugar. Without the fibre, gulping down the entire bottle juice makes it no different from gulping down typical drinks high in sugar. Most of the sugar is fructose, which can only be processed by the liver where any excess is later converted to fat.
The Sugalight team recommends you to choose to eat the fresh fruit or vegetable over juice. There will be more nutrients, more fibre and fewer calories for your body.
How much sugar is ok?
The World Health Organization and Health Promotion Board suggest that you keep your sugar intake to no more than 10% of total calories. This excludes naturally-occurring sugars found in vegetables, fruits and milk. For most people, that's about 40-55 grams of added sugar*, depending on your energy requirements. This varies according to factors including daily physical activity, age and gender.
We recommend you to keep it closer to 5% if you are overweight or have any other risk factors for heart disease or diabetes. Remember to say no to sugar and other foods high in sugar once you hit that limit!
*Added sugar refers to sugar that is added to food or drinks – during the manufacturing process; while food is being prepared; or at the table.

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Corey's Stories – Coming In From The Cold
Hello. My name is Corey the Courier. I am a bicycle racer and messenger in NYC.
In January there was a week of bitter cold weather. The wind chill was amplified by being on the bike. I had been reading all about the cold weather from friends across North America on social media. I avoided these silly discussions. Every year that I can remember since childhood, it has always been cold at some point between September and March. Making a fuss about the annual occurrence seemed a waste of time.
Although I usually won't complain about the conditions, I have the good sense to know when it's time to come inside from the cold. I had been riding daily for Elite Couriers as the cold began punishing those in the north. My training rides went from several hours to a one mile jaunt to the gym where the steam room was utilized for thawing purposes.
My friend Ethan posted a message on Facebook about needing a mechanic for a new bike shop. As the manager, it was his responsibility to find someone capable of assembling or repairing bikes and had the ability to build wheels. Having all those talents and living nearby, I knew I could be indoors during working hours. I took a temporary position to give Ethan extra time to find a permanent wrench. I would escape the clutches of Old Man Winter.
On Monday morning I awoke to falling snow outside of my window. Success! I had beaten the system. I could still earn income without suffering in the muck. I assembled new bikes with the comfort of music playing.
The next day as I left the house, the temperatures had risen. It was balmy, almost like a spring morning when one would expect to see tulips blooming or buds sprouting from the trees. Inhale. Exhale. Aah. It was a great day for a bike ride. I thought of two long rides I wanted to do, but was sadly headed indoors to wrench on bikes.
Wednesday morning the weather was beautiful. The day's high was warm like those mid spring days when the cherry blossoms send petals cascading downward mimicking snow. Damn. I really wanted to be outside on my bike. I could see several of my friends rolling past the shop enjoying the day. My plan was to spare myself the brutal commute and working in the cold. Mother Nature played a cruel trick. After agreeing to working indoors, the temperatures were mild and pleasant.
Thursday was to be my last day in the shop as the Ultra Orthodox Jewish owners have half day hours on Friday and Saturday completely off. As I organized the order of bikes on the showroom floor, a rep from cycling company visited to present apparel available for sale to customers. It was quite interesting watching the rep discuss women's jerseys "in a variety of colorways" to a man whose community strictly adheres to a dress code of all black everything except white blouses and shirts. The irony was that a few years earlier, the Hasidic Community fiercely lobbied Mayor Bloomberg to remove existing bike lanes due to "scantily clad" women rolling through South Williamsburg Brooklyn. Their wardrobe would inspire immoral behavior among members of their pious sect.
Building and repairing bikes I can do. Bridging the divide between religious doctrine heavily ingrained into the Hasidic community and the fast paced lifestyle of New York cyclists I cannot on my own. It will take years. While I wish them every success with the new shop promoting cycling, I had to return to the road. I love riding.
At the end of the week as the Hasidim prepared for the sabbath, I returned to the chaotic messenger scramble in Manhattan. The weather, almost as if scheduled, resumed its punishing cold. I rode through another day of heavy winds and snow. I had been reminded that life as a messenger in the winter is brutal and relentless.
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When I was a bike messenger, I once took refuge from the bitter cold in the rain forest at the Central Park Zoo. I thawed out staring at the piranha tank.


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EDWARDSVILE, Ill. – SIUE hitters combined for 23 hits Saturday, including 15 in game one, as the Cougars and Murray State split an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader at Simmons Baseball Complex. SIUE won the opener 13-12, before dropping the finale 8-1.
The Cougars, now 6-13 overall and 4-5 in the OVC, scored 11 times on six hits in the first inning in game one. SIUE sent 14 hitters to plate against Murray State starter Andrew Bramley and reliever Will Handlin.
The game one win snapped a five-game losing streak for SIUE.
"In the first game our offense looked pretty good," SIUE Interim Head Coach Tony Stoecklin said. "We just seemed to swing the bat with more confidence in the first game."
Devin Caldwell was 2 for 2 in the first inning alone with an RBI-single and a three-run home run. He finished 3 for 5. Travis Becherer was 2 for 4 with a pair of RBIs in the game. Matt Highland was 1 for 4 with a two-run single as part of the first inning onslaught. Joel Greatting was 2 for 2 and was on base five times in the game. He walked once and was twice hit by a pitch. Drew Johnson, who came into the game in the fourth inning, was 3 for 3.
Nick Lombardo made it 12-0 in the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly to score Skyler Geissinger, who had singled.
Murray State, now 12-12 overall and 6-3 in the OVC, were undeterred. The 'Breds scored seven times on six hits in the fifth inning to make it 12-7. Brandon Eggenschwiler and Nick Paradossi each had two-run hits in the inning.
The Cougars went ahead 13-7 thanks to an RBI by Denton Reed in the sixth. As it turned out, SIUE would need all 13 runs.
Murray State scored five times against a trio of Cougar relievers in the ninth inning for the final margin.
The 'Breds had the tying run on third when Tony Schaeffer induced a game-ending popup. It was the fourth save of the season for the senior. Sam Hopkins (1-1) earned the win in relief for SIUE. P.J. Schuster started and pitched into the fifth, but did not complete the inning, and thus did not qualify for the win.
Bramley fell to 0-1 with the loss for Murray.
SIUE took a 1-0 lead in the second game in the third inning. Becherer led off the inning with a double and then moved to third on a groundout by Highland. Joel Greatting drove home the run with a groundout.
The 'Breds scored twice in the fourth inning and added four runs in the fifth inning. Murray State recorded just a single hit in the inning, but took advantage of a walk and four SIUE errors in the inning.
"The inning was a complete break-down all the way around, both pitching and defense," Stoecklin said. "Unfortunately all nine innings count. We can't erase the one that hurt us."
The 'Breds tacked on two more runs in the ninth inning with RBIs from Taylor Mathews and Eggenschwiler.
Caleb Wilkerson (0-3) suffered the game two loss for the Cougars. He pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs, only three of which were earned. He struck out one and walked two.
Becherer, Geissinger, and Reed each had two hits in the second game for SIUE.
"We didn't get the clutch hits but we did have men on base," Stoecklin said about game two. "At the end of the day it's still about scoring runs."
Ty Stetson, Mathews, Eggenschwiler, Dylan Wheeler, and Brandon Elliott each had two hits for Murray State, which picked up 12 in the win.
Stoecklin added that the Cougars hitters should feel better about themselves after a day like today.
"It should give them confidence that they can score runs," he said. "I am confident. I know we can swing the bat a lot better than we have to this point."
SIUE remains home to take on Bradley Wednesday night at Simmons Baseball Complex. First pitch is 6 p.m.


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The first step in making sense of this dispute is to realize that neither side has done much to promote its cause. On the one hand, for a large organization that includes corporate members, the GNOME Foundation has shown itself remarkably indifferent or unaware of how its involvement with OOXML would be perceived. Anyone familiar with the free software community should be able to guess how anything that seems to support Microsoft would be received, especially given the reactions to de Icaza's previous enthusiasms for interoperability with Microsoft technologies. Yet the Foundation went ahead without any announcement, nor even any effort to canvass the opinion of GNOME contributors. A first year communications major could craft a better PR strategy -- let alone tell the Foundation that damage control without backing down never works.
On the other hand, the Foundation's accusers discredit themselves with the conspiracy theories shrilly hinted at on sites like Boycott Novell and NoOOXML. Suggesting that a pro-Microsoft conspiracy exists between Novell and GNOME by cherry picking evidence is not only unsound argument, but frequently close to libel as well. While such tactics appeal to the paranoid element in the community, on the whole they can only discredit the position.
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Nor are such accusations likely to encourage the GNOME Foundation to change its actions. While people in authority dislike admitting their mistakes at the best of times, they are even less likely to change their course when being accused of treason and betrayal. Even if a conspiracy could be proved (and by "proved" I mean substantiated by evidence of an exchange of money or favors, and not just the pointing out of suggestive circumstances), it would probably be a sounder tactic not to make any accusations in public.
The truth is, the two sides are not even arguing in the same terms. The GNOME Foundation is considering the problem in technical terms. Whether or not OOXML becomes an official ISO standard, it will still become unofficial standard, simply because Microsoft Office is the main office program used on computers. That being so, why not get a jump on supporting it so that free software isn't left behind? Even if Microsoft doesn't adhere to the ISO standard itself (as seems likely, given past performance), working to get more details into the OOXML standard will still help free software developers to a degree.
By contrast, the Foundation's accusers are talking in political terms. Why, they ask, should GNOME give the appearance of support to the OOXML standard? Microsoft will only use this action as a sign of support. By assisting with the OOXML standard, the Foundation is likely to make it more likely to defeat ODF. No matter how sound supporting OOXML is as a tactic in programming, politically it is a strategic disaster.
The Foundation's accusers are also taking in emotional and ethical terms. In many circles in free software, even the appearance of working with Microsoft is the equivalent of a pact with the devil, and must be savagely denounced as if they are all members of the Spanish Inquisition -- and I'm talking Torquemada here, you understand, and not Cardinal Fang.
Others, such as Richard Stallman, argue that free software ethics demand that community members not use Microsoft formats at all. More than one blogger has suggested that no plans should be made to implement OOXML despite its seeming inevitability one way or the other. Those holding this belief even claim -- erroneously -- that KOffice's developers share it.
The trouble with these opposing perspectives is not that one is entirely right and other entirely wrong. The trouble is that they begin with imperatives that are utterly irreconcilable with those held by the other side. And what that means is that finding common ground between them is next to impossible. Both sides can only express their viewpoints over and over, growing more frustrated by the other side's apparent inability to hear.
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I really like to see what other people wear, just because it gives me new ideas, so I've decided to post some outfits of my own.
I will try to do this weekly, but it will probably not be so often. I will not write where I got the pieces from in the description just because I don't know if anyone is really interested to wear exactly the same things, and I might not remember where they're from. But if you really want to know where I purchased something from just leave me a comment and I will answer.
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After you get done filling your belling with turkey and stuffing today here are a few more Gingerbread crumbs to chew on. We have been expecting the next Android update ever since Google placed the giant Gingerbread man on their front lawn, but then we heard rumors of a delay and we have been patiently waiting ever since.
Some thought Google CEO Eric Schmidt might announce Android 2.3 when he appeared at the Web 2.0 Summit last week, but all he did was show off an "unannounced product" and said Gingerbread was coming in the next few weeks. Now Andy Rubin, the godfather of Android, is scheduled to speak at D: Dive Into Mobile on December 6th and everyone is speculating that might be the magic day for the Android 2.3 announcement.
We can't say for sure what he will talk about or possibly announce, but as we get closer to the launch of Gingerbread more and more features are starting to leak out. Read on after the jump for 12 features that could be appearing in the next release of Android.
1. Tweaked UI
It doesn't sound like the Android UI is getting a complete overhaul till Honeycomb, but Gingerbread will include some small tweaks. The notification bar at the top of the screen has gone from white to black, the launcher buttons are now green instead of translucent, and many of the native app icons have received a makeover.
Most of the existing native apps will also look slightly updated thanks to tweaks with the styling of menus, check boxes, and radio buttons as leaked in the last Google Maps update. Other small tweaks include new animations when you swipe across the desktop and when you power off the display (as reported by Phandroid).
2. Near Field Communications (NFC)
We first reported back in October that Samsung's Google experience phone would support MasterCard PayPass, and then last week Eric Schmidt confirmed that Gingerbread would support Near Field Communication (NFC).
NFC is a short-range, high frequency wireless communication technology that only operates when two devices are about 4 inches apart. It is basically just another form of electronic identification except the ID is tied to a bank or credit card company. All the user needs to do is just setup their account then tap their phone to a wireless payment pad and complete the transaction.
Eric Schmidt said that in the future your phone could replace your credit card, so you can see how important this is to Google and their partners.
Opponents of NFC say it might fail because it is too complex and big companies will fight over who owns the point of control for the transaction, but if Google is going to make this a standard feature on all future Gingerbread phones then we think that ensures it will at least move the mobile payment standard forward.
MasterCard has not been confirmed as a NFC partner, but I think there is a good chance they are on board in addition to some other payment companies like PayPal.
3. New Motion Control APIs
True 1:1 motion processing is coming to Gingerbread thanks to InvenSense, the company behind the MEMS gyroscope sensor found in the Nintendo Wii MotionPlus controller.
Gyroscope sensors have already appeared in some phones like the Samsung Galaxy S, but Android 2.3 will add new sensor fusion APIs including quaternion, rotation matrix, linear acceleration and gravity. These new tools will open the door to all kinds of motion controls for augmented reality apps, games, navigation systems, and camera improvements like image stabilization.
See our previous post for a video with several real-world demos.
4. Native Video Chat
In his last interview, Andy Rubin hinted that native video chat was coming to the next version of Android. "We support video chat today, with Google Talk Video. It works on the desktop. Whether that can be repurposed and made appropriate for sipping bandwidth for mobile, it's an exercise that's underway."
If Mr. Rubin is willing to admit that it's underway, that tells me the project could be nearing completion and already in the testing phases.
It looks like all the high-end phones coming in the next few months will include front-facing cameras so this is another sign that Android is ready for a native video sharing app to connect all these devices.
5. New Android Market
Google has been telling us for awhile that a new Android Market was coming and recently said new features could appear in the next few weeks. The Android Market can be updated separately from the operating system, but the timing tells us the new Market could be tied to the release of Gingerbread.
Confirmed features for the new Android Market include YouTube video previews, parental controls, PayPal payments, and new high-res promotion graphics that sound like they will be used on the desktop browser version of the Market.
At the Google I/O Developer Conference we attended back in May, Vic Gundotra demonstrated the browser version of the Market that was being tested. See the video below for an idea of what to expect.
6. Google Music
As you can see from the video above, Google is also working on a music streaming service for Android. They launched a music search service earlier this year and hoped to get their music store opened before Christmas, but the latest reports say it might be delayed till 2011. Apparently the music labels are still negotiating with Google on how their "digital locker" will store purchased music, but maybe they come to an agreement this year.
This is coming sooner or later so if it doesn't make it into Gingerbread then I expect we will see it early next year when Honeycomb tablets are revealed.
7. Support For More Large Screen Devices
On the Android Device Dashboard there is a report where Google displays the different screen sizes and densities of devices that access the Android Market. The Large category is currently blank, but look for more big screen devices like tablets to be officially supported in Android 2.3. This means we could see more 7-inch tablets like the Galaxy Tab (1024 x 600) get certified and maybe a few other resolutions for the new smartphone displays that are rumored to be coming.
We have also heard that Google might relax the rules of their Compatibility Definition Document and allow non-3G devices to be certified. No WiFi-only devices have been certified to use the Android Market yet, but Android 2.3 should hopefully change that.
In a somewhat related note, I believe this is the reason the WiFi-only Galaxy Tab was delayed till next year so that Samsung could make sure that Google allowed them to ship it with the Android Market.
8. Virtual Keyboard Enhancements
Google recently acquired hot startup BlindType to improve their virtual keyboard and we are hearing the enhancements might be coming as soon as Gingerbread. The old company website is now down, but you can still see a demo of their technology on YouTube.
What is BlindType? It is a revolutionary system that:
- Eliminates touch typing frustrations
- Allows for super sloppy typing
- Helps you type easier and faster
- Constantly adjusts to the user's "perceived" keyboard and typing style
- Just type the way you are used to – no gestures, nothing new to learn!
9. Support for WebM and VP8
We know that support for WebM and the VP8 video format are coming to Gingerbread because Google and the WebM team have told us this.
WebM is defined on the official project page as, "An open media file format designed for the web. WebM files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 video codec and audio streams compressed with the Vorbis audio codec. The WebM file structure is based on the Matroska media container. Though video is also now core to the web experience, there is unfortunately no open and free video format that is on par with the leading commercial choices. To that end, we started the WebM project, a broadly-backed community effort to develop an open web media format."
YouTube now offers WebM videos as part of its HTML5 player experiment. Logitech and Skype are also working with the format for future video calling services.
10. New YouTube With Broadcasting
As we get near the end of the list some of these possible features might be a stretch, but there are still hints that new YouTube features are coming. Phandroid reported that Gingerbread will have a new YouTube app and we know that they are also testing their new live broadcasting platform.
If you look at how important video will be to the upcoming Gingerbread experience, then it is not too hard to imagine that YouTube will allow live broadcasting from your phone similar to Qik or Ustream.
The next generation of superphones will include dual-core processors that support 1080p video streaming and also have speedy 4G connections, so the hardware is definitely going to be there to make it happen.
11. Google Me or Social Gaming Network
Google recently denied the reports they were working on a Facebook competitor called Google Me, but all the signs are there that Google is working on a way to bring together all their social services. TechCrunch reported that Google's master pitchman Vic Gundotra was being placed in charge of the project, so we expect big things from him.
Andy Rubin hinted that Gingerbread would include improvements for gaming in a previous interview. "I think gaming is an area that I think is underserved right now. If we were to carefully look at what new features and functionalities in the platform that we would need to support all forms of gaming across the entire spectrum, I think that would probably be an interesting thing to pay attention to."
A number of recent acquisitions and partner agreements might also play a role in this social gaming platform. In the last year Google acquired LabPixies for $25 million (an Israeli startup that made web games), Jambool for $70 million (makers of a virtual currenty platform), Slide for $182 million (Facebook games developer), and invested $100-200 million in Zynga (makers of Farmville).
Apple's Game Center and platforms like Open Feint have really raised the bar for social gaming, so Google will have to release something soon if they want to catch up.
12. Flagship Phone – Nexus S
Finally, what good is a brand new operating system unless you have a flagship product that can show off all the new features. That device is the Samsung Nexus S which is widely expected to be released alongside Android 2.3. Google's CEO recently demoed the phone to show off its NFC capabilities, so hopefully we see the device soon.
The Nexus S was originally planned to launch at Best Buy on November 11th, but then TechCrunch reported a serious hardware issue had caused a delay. One of our tipsters said the original Samsung Nexus S was scrapped for a newer dual-core version, which shocked many people because they did not expect Samsung to have a dual-core phone this year, but another trusted source also confirmed that Samsung had such a device in testing.
In the next few weeks we should hopefully get an official list of new Android 2.3 features from Google, but don't be surprised if Andy Rubin doesn't announce anything on December 6th.
Google and Samsung already missed the rumored launch date, so they could delay this project till next year in order to iron out all the launch details. Some would say that Samsung has rushed their recent Android products to market without properly testing them (aka GPS issues), so I have no problem with them taking as long as they need.
I would love a taste of Gingerbread for Christmas, but if waiting till next year gets me a fully functional dual-core Nexus S then I'm all for waiting.
How do you think Android 2.3 is shaping up so far? Does this sound like a worthy update, or do you hope that Google is packing in even more exciting features? What other types of improvements would you like to see included with Android 2.3?
If you think I'm leaving off any confirmed features, please leave a comment and I'll gladly add them to the list.


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Art for Children: Drawing and Painting Stealthy Sharks with Acrylic Paints
Em Winn, Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist
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About This Class
Are you searching for a fun and unique painting project for your child?
Are you looking for an art project that will ensure artistic success and confidence?
Are you seeking an experienced art teacher to guide your child into the wonderful world of acrylic painting?
This Stealthy Sharks Acrylic Painting Project may be just what you are looking for! Designed with beginners in mind, this project is perfect for children ages 8-12 years old. By following along with me, step-by-step, your child will learn the skills to create masterpieces of their own long after the project is complete.
There are two steps in this art project:
- Step 1: Paint Ocean Background
- Step 2: Paint Sharks onto Background
The process used to teach this project is a kid-tested, step-by-step method that will both inspire and delight your child into painting action! This process involves observing, following instructions, and creating until the student is happy with the desired outcome.
Students will learn basic acrylic painting techniques and apply these techniques to complete this project. This Stealthy Sharks Acrylic Painting Project is designed to give children the tools they need to begin their artistic journey into self-expression, reflection, and creative thinking.
Supplies and materials needed for this project:
- Heavy Paper (Acrylic Paper Works Great!)
- Acrylic Paints (White, Blue, and Black)
- Paint Brushes (One Small and One Large)
- Pencil with Eraser
- paper towels
- paper plates
- bowl of water
Let the creative fun begin!
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This is a great idea. My son and I loved the videos, the instructor's voice is so nice and she teaches well. Recommend! Love the sharks!
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If you are looking for some quality instruction for beginners and or children I would highly advise taking this class and all of Em Winns classes for that matter.
Hi. My name is Em Winn and teaching art to children is what I love to do! I pride myself on creating dynamic, meaningful, and engaging art lessons that are taught in a relaxing and joyful way. I have nearly 20 years teaching experience in the elementary classroom and in the art studio, and I feel that I have a good grasp on how to create a learning environment that makes children feel happy, motivated, confident, and successful. Let the creative fun begin!


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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Energy Debate at Hawai`i Democratic Party Convention
The Hawai`i Democratic Party Convention met at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel (May 25-27, 2012). Four town hall debates were held. One dealt with the proposed undersea cable.
"Is the proposed Inter-island Transmission Cable the most
Cost Effective Way to Meet State Energy Goals" ???
Jeff Mikulina (Pro Inter-Island Cable)
Henry Curtis (Alternatives Are Better, Cheaper, More Reliable)
With Rep. Marcus Oshiro (Moderator)
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In the days since Jack McDonald announced that he would not be running for the 10th Congressional District, speculation grew that foreign policy consultant and former candidate for the district Dan Grant would enter the race.
Grant–an Austin native–was widely viewed as one of the strongest contenders to make a late entry: he still has solid support from his previous campaign, and is extensively well-regarded by local activists. He has extensive foreign policy experience from his civil service work in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
Today, Grant released a statement making clear that he would not be entering the race. From his press release:
"Like others, my wife and I were surprised by our friend Jack McDonald's announcement this week that he will not run for Congress after all, and I am deeply grateful for the strong encouragement I have received in the past two days to get into the race.
Because time is short, I have visited quickly with friends, Democratic Party officials, and community leaders in the district. After giving the decision due consideration, I am today announcing that I will not be a candidate for this or any other office during the current election cycle.
As many of you know, my wife and I are expecting our first child in less than a month. In other words, the standard excuse that I want to spend more time with my family is, by a happy coincidence, actually true in this case.
Moreover, my work training civilian workers and soldiers for the international mission in Afghanistan will continue to require my professional focus for the foreseeable future.
Again, my wife and I appreciate the many expressions of support we have received in the past two days. We look forward to helping Democratic candidates in this race and up and down the ballot get their positive message out in the months ahead."
Dan Grant remains a great candidate for this district, as he was in 2008. A loyal, committed Democrat, Grant has remained highly active within the party since his unfortunate loss in the 2008 primary. He continues to participate extensively in our local grassroots organizations, and has been involved in fundraising efforts for Democratic candidates.
Grant has also expanded his work on foreign policy issues by joining up with Operation Free, an organization that focuses on clean energy from a national security perspective. In an ironic bit of timing, the Austin Chronicle ran an article this week in which Grant evaluates President Obama's Afghanistan strategy.
Grant's decision not to enter the race at this late stage in the game is completely respectable. With less than two weeks in the filing period, it will be challenging for anyone to assemble a team capable of challenging McCaul. However, I sincerely hope that Grant continues to consider the race in the future. He would be a strong voice for the people of the 10th District.
Meanwhile, best wishes to Dan and his wife as they await the arrival of their first child.


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I recently finished reading Authenticity – What Consumers Really Want, by James H. Gilmore and B. Joseph Pine.
The process of reading the book got me thinking about what authenticity really means and how we search for it in different ways. If the key to happiness is living a life that is personally meaningful and true to what we really want – an authentic life – it makes perfect sense that we would so strongly seek out authenticity in every possible area of our lives. This leads to questions about what people are actually looking for, if they even have the resources to pursue it, and if what they find will actually make them happy.
The Next Step
Authenticity is heavy on technical details (such as exercises on how to determine if your business is authentic (real or fake?) and light on social and economic exposition on how we've gotten to this point. From what I understand most of this is covered in their previous book, The Experience Economy, so I'm reading that next (I know I went out of order!) While the book is written towards business owners and decision makers, it's still an insightful look at what the future holds for areas like consumer products and advertising. I agree that authenticity is the next logical economic pursuit – with the pace of advancing technology and the "affordability" and availability of commodities, goods, services, and experiences reaching critical mass, the idea that consumers want more, and that "more" needs to align with their life's purpose and meaning, is right on the money (pun intended!).
Even though Authenticity is a good next step (the book suggests consumers are thinking harder about these purchases and the meaning buying these products will bring to their lives – which is better than mindless consumption for consumption's sake), I can't help but be concerned about the idea of an economy built to fulfill our need for meaning, purpose, and realness. Early economies focused on streamlining the production of goods, making them available, affordable, and high quality.
As goods neared their peak (most people have appliances, cars, food, clothes, etc that are usually better and cheaper than they were a few decades ago), the need for a service economy arose in order to further separate economic offerings and to appeal to consumers. Fast, friendly and accurate service could separate two similar products – it's extremely difficult to improve the product, but much easier to improve the service around the product.
For reference I've broken down the 5 Economy types talked about by the authors and 4 metrics for measuring a product or service. This will help us understand why Authenticity is the next economic step.
5 Economy Types
- Agrarian – based around farming and livestock production, depends on use of natural resources.
- Abundance – based around the refinement of production – the supply chain from farm to factory to store to home becomes more efficient and stable. In America, the postwar 1950's saw great prosperity due to things like the return of a large military workforce to civilian life (many of whom went to college for free on the GI Bill), relative stability compared to the rest of the world and for the first time in decades, and the shift from production for the war to production for the home.
- Service – based on people providing value more so than products. Increased globalization, advancing technologies, and a critical mass amongst competing companies in product efficiency led to exploring other ways to differentiate their brand. Consumers will make their decision based on the quality of service when two products are similar.
- Experience – The natural evolution of the service economy. Nearly every company offers working, in supply products and service standards (fast and friendly!) are used in every sector. In order to differentiate themselves, brands now need to offer a unique, memorable experience that sets them apart from the competition.
- Authenticity – based on the idea that spending money is a form of expression. Every purchase is a deliberate choice, a statement about ones self (a choice that is likely going to be presented on social media in the narrative of a person's life). The 4 previous economies are examined more closely than in Service and Experience economies. The source of the product, how and where it was made (and by who), the experience of purchasing and using the product, and what having spent money on that product says about you.
Criteria For Evaluating Products and Services
- Available – A product or service has to be accessible to consumers – the materials plentiful, the production reliable, the information widely available, and able to be accessed with the least amount of effort and disruption.
- Cost – Materials and production must be cost effective to create profits. If competing with similar products a lower cost has an advantage. Note that in some instances, more expensive products and services can be more appealing simply because they're more expensive.
- Quality – Whether it's food or a car, standards of quality are becoming more and more universal. Most modern cars can easily reach 100,000 miles with only regular maintenance and food served in a restaurant is assumed to be safe to eat.
- Authenticity – In the evaluation of a product or service, Authenticity refers to whether or not that product or service is what it says it is. Consider the brand image of the Ford F150. No doubt the F150 meets criteria 1-3, but it's also branded as tough, capable, and reliable. If F150s were available at every Ford dealership in the country, cost around the same as other similar trucks, and were built with the quality and features of modern cars, they would not be the best selling truck in America if they didn't look like trucks, were underpowered, couldn't tow very much, and broke down under strenuous use.
Consumers Are Lovin' It
I recently saw a billboard for McDonald's advertising 100% real chicken in their chicken mcnuggets. My first question was why people were just now asking what was in a product that's been around for half a century? For one, McDonalds' are everywhere, which means you can get chicken mcnuggets anywhere, and they're cheap and taste just like the mcnuggets at every other McDonald's (the product is streamlined). Multiple locations with lightning fast drive thrus (compared to other fast food chains) separates the product from other companies because the service is better. McDonald's also has quite the cache when it comes to succeeding in the experience economy.
By the time we're old enough to make and spend our own money, we have dozens of memories of McDonald's Happy Meals, Play Places, after-game treats and more. When you go to a McDonald's you know what you're going to get, which when combined with the level of goods and services provided, creates the experience of "knowing what you're getting". In our "busy" (too many obligations, too many choices, too many decisions, too much information) lives, the decision that practically makes itself is usually going to win.
The overall experience of McDonald's is one of efficiency, ease and reliability. Until recently, those qualities were enough to convince consumers that a trip to McDonald's was a good decision. Advertising the "realness" of it's ingredients is McDonalds' answer to the modern consumer, who view their purchases as a reflection of who they are and what they stand for. Combine that with nostalgia (perhaps the most authentic of all feelings) and you've successfully fulfilled every need the consumer has.
The Authentic Dream
"A Good Standard of Living", which the commodification of goods and services provides, aids us in living our lives in a way that is meaningful to us. Commodifying experiences and authenticity is dangerous because it is limitless – companies are selling a path to a unique, meaningful life to generations (Millenials and Gen Y) who have been raised to believe that each one of their destinies is to live a meaningful, unique life.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness represent what America is all about – the freedom to make your own choices and forge your own path in a place that will provide you with access to opportunities and (sometimes) a safety net to fall back on.
It's obvious that the standard of living has improved in plenty of ways – appliances, technology, food, and cars have all gotten better while their relative prices have dropped or remained stable. We have access to more choices for nearly everything in our lives. In theory this sounds great, but in practice it hasn't been all it's cracked up to be.
To start, Americans are working more hours on average for less money compared to the 1950's (when the Abundance economy was in full swing). Many households require two full time income-earners who feel more stressed in a job they're more likely to think is useless. We save less, live paycheck to paycheck or perpetually in debt, and are too overwhelmed by all of it to examine where our happiness really comes from. The prevalence of advertising and the rapid growth of social media means we spend hours hearing about ways to spend our time and money from both companies and consumers.
We've been conditioned to correlate spending money with being happy. It's easy to see how this lifelong thought process, when sparked by feeling like we're not in control due to the reasons above, leads us to equate spending money with being in control of our lives. And how much more bang for your buck can you get than spending money on producing that unique, meaningful life you want? You feel fulfilled because despite not feeling in control you still have the power to create the version of you that you want the world to see. This is a powerful feeling – one that can erase the pain of spending 40+ hours a week doing something you don't really believe in.
At the end of the day, though, spending money in the Authenticity mindset is really still just consumption. It's not all bad – having a way to self-actualize yourself, being able to choose what product or service works best for you, and even having a standard of living that allows you to want for more than food and shelter are all good aspects of this economic evolution. It's when we fail to examine what the costs are and where we actually stand in this evolution that problems will arise.
Can We Afford It?
So an authentic life is what we really want, and the Authenticity economy seems capable of providing that life to us. But here's the thing.
We can't afford it.
When you look at how we've evolved through these types of economies it becomes apparent that we may have fallen behind. Let's go back to the Abundance economy. Most households had one breadwinner and many were able to afford the new standard of living that was being developed. Over time this standard of living became even more accessible, affordable, and had better quality.
The problem lies in how these economies evolved and how we evolved in relation to them. Cars and TV's are way better but we have more of them. Anything involving service is undoubtably easier – you can order food from your phone and have it delivered. But we eat out a lot more. Nearly every sector benefits from widespread availability, lower costs and better quality. We don't just buy products and services from every sector – we buy a lot more of them.
This evolving economy gives us more and better choices. In response, we've evolved by working more, saving less, and going into debt to take advantage of all these new choices. We've stretched ourselves thin taking advantage of the Abundance economy. We stretched thinner to take full advantage of the Service and Experience economies. And we're on the brink of disaster when it comes to the Authenticity economy. Because Authenticity hits at something deep inside us. It's no longer just about the necessities, a good standard of living, and modern conveniences. It's about finding meaning and purpose in life. And because that search is a lifelong journey, we've triggered a cycle of consumption that will consume our lives (pun intended) and leave us wondering what we were chasing this whole time.
Real Authenticity
The Authenticity economy is consumption disguised as production. It's based on the feeling you get from being in control of your life, producing the you that you want to be. By not being able to afford to survive this economy (due to severely overextending ourselves just to get here in the first place), we are destined to continue down a path of extremes. Our jobs will feel more endless, our finances will feel more stressful, and our days will seem more and more meaningless. So we'll spend more in an effort to define our own lives. And the cycle presents itself.
And there isn't one answer to this problem. I think learning about things like frugality, minimalism, and financial independence are the best defense against searching for empty meaning. But we also need to consider what is beneficial about how our economy has advanced. Spending money does feel good, and I personally love and have a deep connection with some of my possessions. People have better access to better products and services than ever before.
While trying to come up with a closing for this article that could sum up what I'm thinking I kept landing on a quote from Don Draper in Mad Men:
What's happiness? It's the moment before you need more happiness.
He's talking about how people use money to create a life that is meaningful to them, that makes them happy. The goal of the ad is to convince people that whatever product or service it's promoting is there for you when you need it. If you are able to create your own happiness (which I would argue is true authenticity) it becomes a part of you rather than simply a moment that will pass and prompt you to look elsewhere.


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Birthday at the Cairns Cup
It was a full day of birthday celebrations. Starting with the races at the Cairns Cup. Apparently, Cairns hosts "Australia's Hottest Racing." Maybe they're refering to the temperature? The weather held out, not hot and didn't rain, but very grey, as the pictures will attest. The girls and I got a table and picniced and made $2 wagers on horses. The highlight of the event was definitely the "Fashions on the Field" event which gave away a trip to Guam as the prize. For as proud as we had been of our homemade fascinators, it seemed we were a bit out of our league for the competition.
After a nap and dinner, I ended up going out for drinks with my downstairs neighbors Rob and Monique. Great people. Lots of fun. Though most of those pictures didn't come out as I managed to turn off the flash and not realize it.
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Michael Jackson's request to reduce his $3 million bail is denied again. The court finds that while "[h]e has no prior criminal record, this factor is at least partially offset by the allegation that he has previously engaged in similar criminal conduct the prosecution of which may have been derailed by private settlement with the alleged victim."August 31, 2004
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What Is Computer Networking Meaning And The AdvantagesThe computer network is a system that consists of computers and other network devices that work together to achieve a common goal. The purpose of the network is the computer:
1. Sharing of resources: for example, shared use of printers, CPU, memory, hard drive
Communication: eg electronic mail, instant messaging, chat
2. Access to information: for example web browsing
3. In order to achieve the same purpose, every piece of computer network request and provide the service (service). The party requesting the service is called a client (client) that provides services and called the waiter (server). This architecture is called client-server systems, and is used in almost all computer network applications.
Classification of Computer Networks based on the scale:
1. Local Area Network (LAN)Local Area Network or LAN, is a type of Computer Networks to include local area. By using a variety of network devices is quite simple and popular, such as using UTP cable (Unshielded Twisted-Pair), Hubs, Switches, Routers, and so forth. An example of such a LAN network computers interconnected in school, in the company, cafe, or between neighboring houses that still covers the LAN area.
The advantage of using such type of Computer Network LAN more efficient in operating expenses, more efficient in the use of cable, data transfer between nodes and computers seem to be more quickly because it covers a narrow area or local, and does not require telecommunications operators to create a LAN network.
The disadvantage of the use of type LAN network is a network area coverage is narrower so as to communicate outside the network becomes more difficult and the area coverage data transfer is not so wide.
2. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)Metropolitan Area Network or MAN, is a type of Computer Networks broader and more sophisticated than Type Computer Network LAN. Called a Metropolitan Area Network for Computer Network MAN type is commonly used to connect a computer network from a city to another. To be able to create a network MAN, is usually necessary to telecommunications operators to interconnect computer networks. Examples such as office networks between cities or regions as well as modern shopping malls networks interconnected between cities.
The advantage of this type of MAN Computer Network include a wider network area coverage so as to communicate more efficiently, simplify the business case, and also in the network security better.
Disadvantages of Types of Computer Networks MAN as more use of operational costs, can be targeted by the operation of the Cracker for personal benefit, and MAN networks needed to improve quite a long time.
3. Wide Area Network (WAN)Wide Area Network or WAN, is a type of Computer Networks broader and more sophisticated than the type of Computer Network LAN and MAN. WAN networking technology used to connect a network to another state or from one continent to another. WAN network can consist of various type of Computer Network LAN and WAN because of the breadth of the coverage area of Computer Networks WAN type. Networks WAN, typically using fiber optic cables and plant them in the ground or under the sea lanes passing.
Advantages Types of Computer Networks WAN such as a wider network area coverage of Types of Computer Networks LAN and MAN, the exchange of confidential information and become more focused as to communicate from one country to another country requires more security, and also easier to develop and ease in terms of business.
The disadvantage of such type Network WAN operating costs become more necessary, are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of theft of important data, care for WAN networks become more severe.
Classification of Computer Networks by function:
Basically any existing computer network that serves as a client and a server. But there is a network that has a dedicated computer as a server and the other as a client. There is also a computer that does not have a specific function as a server only. Because it is based on function then there are two types of computer networks:
That is a computer network with a dedicated computer as a server. A service / service can be provided by a computer or more. An example is a domain such as http://www.google.com is served by many web server computer. Or it could be a lot of services provided by a single computer. An example is the company's server is a computer with a multiservice, i.e mail servers, web servers, file servers, database servers and others.
That is a computer network in which each host can be a server and a client simultaneously. For example in file sharing between computers on a Windows Network Neighbourhood Networks have 5 computers (we named A, B, C, D and E) are granted access to its files. At one point A to access the file share of B named computernetworking.xls and also gives access to the file computernetworking.doc C. When accessing files of B then A serves as a client and as a give file access to C then A is functioning as a server. Both functions were carried out by a network such as simultaneously then this is called peer to peer.
Classification of Computer Networks based on network topology:Based on [the network topology], computer networks can be distinguished:
- bus topology
- star topology
- ring topology
The purpose of a computer network:1. Networks allow more efficient management of resources: for example, many users can share a single printer with high quality, compared to using low quality printers at each desk. In addition, software license network can be cheaper than a separate stand-alone license for the same number of users, and share the use of the CPU, Memory, and hard disk.
2. Networks help maintain reliable information and to keep up-to-date: the centralized data storage system managed allows multiple users to access data from a variety of different locations, and restrict access to the data while it is being processed.
3. Networks help speed up the process of sharing the data (data sharing). Transfer data on the network is always faster than other means of data sharing network instead.
4. Networks allow groups working to communicate more efficiently. Letters and delivery of electronic messages are the substance of most of the network system, in addition to scheduling systems, project monitoring, online conferencing and groupware, which all help teams work more productively.
5. Network helps businesses to serve their clients more effectively. Remote access to centralized data allows employees to serve clients in the field and the clients can directly communicate with the supplier.
6. In order to achieve the same goal, every part of a computer network and provide the service requested. The party requesting the service is called the client and the service is called service (server). This architecture is called client-server systems, and is used in almost all computer network applications.
The Advantages Of Computer Networking
The main advantage of network sharing instantly felt it was, the worldwide Internet, because the Internet itself is essentially a series of computers (thousands and even millions of computers) that are connected to each other. Evolved and developed over time, thus forming a complex network as we feel right now.
Another advantage in terms of the internal network is:1. Resource Sharing, can use existing resources together. Suppose a user is located 100 km away from the data, do not have difficulty in using these data, as if the data is located nearby. This often means that the computer network act to distance.
2. High reliability, with a network of computers we will get a high reliability by having alternative sources of supply. For example, all the files can be saved or copied to two, three or more computers connected to the network. So that if one machine breaks, then the copy on another machine could be used.
3. Save money, have a small computer price / performance ratio better than the great computer. Large computers such as mainframes have a speed of approximately ten times the speed of a small computer / personal. Will remain, the price of mainframe thousand times more expensive than personal computers. The imbalance of the ratio of price / performance and speed is what makes the system designer to build a system that consists of personal computers.
4. Hardware sharing, For use hardware together. With the network facility and then use a tool called a printer server. it is an expensive color laser printers that can be used once the price is shared by 10 employees. Similarly, scanner, plotter, and other tools.
5. Security and data management, computers in a business environment, the presence of the network allows an administrator to organize the data the most important office. In every department of becoming fragmented and data scattered everywhere. The important data can be managed in a back end server for later replicated or backed up according to company policy. Similarly, an admin will be able to control such important data to be accessed or edited by people who are entitled to it.
6. Improved stability and performance computing, in certain circumstances, a network can be used to improve the overall performance of business applications, by way of assignment in distributed computing to multiple computers on the network.
Network losses1. Various advantages of networking media have been described at length above, but the loss has not been mentioned at all. Network with various advantages are very helpful at work in a company. But also many disadvantages when not realize it from the beginning. Here are some of the disadvantages of the implementation of the network:
2. Costs are high and then higher again. covering various aspects of network development: the purchase of hardware, software, consulting costs for network planning, then the cost for network construction services itself. This is certainly a high investment for large companies with a need for high network. As for home users is relatively small and the cost can be reduced. But from the beginning of the network also must be designed so that no more bloated overhead costs because the mission to fulfill the need for a computer network.
3. Hardware Management and Administration system: In a business organization that has a system, the administration felt a small thing, at least when compared to the cost of the work and costs incurred in the implementation phase. However, this is the most important stage. Since the error on this point can lead to reconsideration of construction even reset the network. This maintenance management is ongoing and requires an IT professional, who has understood his duty properly. Or at least do not have the training and network training is specific to the needs of his office.
4. Sharing unwanted files: With the good comes the bad, it is always a common thing applies (ambiguous), the ease of sharing files in a network that is intended to be used by certain people, often resulting in the leaking of sharing folders and can be read also by the others are not eligible. This will always happen if they are not regulated by the network administrator.
5. Application viruses and hacking methods: these things are always a frightening specter for everyone, resulting in network down and cessation of work. This problem is a classic because the system is not well planned. This issue will be further described in chapter network security.
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QUEENSBURY, N.Y. >> A Watervliet man was jailed early Saturday after police said he was involved in a domestic incident at an Aviation Road hotel.
Warren County sheriff's deputies said they were called about 3:15 a.m. Saturday to a reported dometic incident at the Econo Lodge in which the victim told police they had been robbed by Carlos E, Edmond, 27. The victim told deputies Edmond initially prevented them from calling police before he fled.
Edmond was located a short time later, deputies said, but initially gave deputies a false name and date of birth. Bernard was charged with robbery, criminal impersonation and criminal mischief and was helk pending arraignment in Queensbury Town Court.


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No. 7 North Dakota cruises to victory
Fighting Sioux use balanced offensive attack to down Huskies
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Seventh-ranked North Dakota stuttered at points on Friday afternoon, but had enough offensive power to skate to a 6-2 win against St. Cloud State at the National Hockey Center.
UND's top line of Michelle Karvinen, Monique Lamoureux-Kolls and Jocelyne Lamoureux combined for five goals and 12 points on the day.
Senior Alyssa Wiebe added a goal of her own to tally her 99th career point.
The Sioux improve to 6-4-1 on the year and 3-3-1-0 in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while the Huskies drop to 1-9-1 (0-7-0-0 WCHA).
The Fighting Sioux entered the game looking to get out to a quick start and did so as Lamoureux-Kolls lit the lamp with a slapshot on the power play at 6:14 of the first period. Karvinen won a faceoff in the offensive zone and senior Kelsey Ketcher fed the puck back to Lamoureux-Kolls for the goal.
The Huskies quickly answered though Callie Dahl beat netminder Stephanie Ney with a wrist shot to even the score at 1-1.
North Dakota would finish the first period 2-for-2 on the power play as Lamoureux would score her first goal of the game on a fast break off an assist from her sister, Lamoureux-Kolls.
The Fighting Sioux would hold the slim 2-1 lead heading into the first intermission although they outshot the St. Cloud State by a 32-15 margin.
Karvinen tallied her first goal of the game, and the eventual game-winner, at the 8:57 mark of the second stanza to open up a 3-1 advantage for UND with a slapshot that beat SCSU goalie Taylor VanDenakker from just inside the blue line.
Wiebe made a great individual effort for the second UND goal of the second period as she forced a turnover in the offensive zone and finished it with a goal to extend the Fighting Sioux lead to 4-1. She moves within one point of becoming the first UND player to reach the century mark and have all of her 100 points come as a member of the Sioux.
SCSU's Abby Ness would open the third period's scoring to pull the Huskies within two goals at 4-2, but Karvinen and Lamoureux-Kolls would add goals to help the Sioux pull away late and win by a 6-2 margin.
Karvinen concluded the game with four points (2-2-4), while Lamoureux-Kolls had four points (2-2-4) and Lamoureux added three points (1-2-3) of her own.


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The policy aims to bolster collaborative practice within and between New Zealand schools and invest in lifting children's achievement, by introducing four new roles within schools - executive principal, expert teacher, lead teacher and change principal.
Although the NZPF supports the notion of the initiative, it says the IES policy is the wrong model to achieve the Government's objectives.
NZPF president Philip Harding this week released a survey of more than 1000 principals across the country, which clearly showed they had no confidence IES could achieve ''a strong collaborative culture for schools, nor lift the achievement of especially our priority learners''.
''The survey showed overwhelming opposition and concern ...
''They say that the model is too complex and inflexible in its present form to deliver on its goals, and principals would rather see this money moved closer to classrooms and children, than have it spent on topping up salaries for a few.''
Otago Primary Principals' Association chairwoman Stephanie Madden said the survey reflected the sentiments of local principals.
''The bulk of the money in the current proposal is going towards additional salaries for a few principals and teachers.
''We believe this money could be far better spent on things that we know will make a difference - teacher aide support for children with learning needs, support for children with behavioural needs, access to quality professional development for schools, to name a few.''
Mrs Madden said Otago schools already collaborated and worked together for a variety of reasons and they were keen to continue to do so.
''But there needs to be a common goal or purpose for this collaboration to work.
''If this model is forced on to schools, we do not believe it will achieve the goal of raising achievement.
''Each school's context is so different, and a one-size-fits-all approach will not work.''
The Otago Secondary Principals' Association secretary, Gordon Wilson, agreed.
He said the association believed the design of IES was too restrictive and there needed to be more flexibility.
The idea of support and working together as a group of schools was something Dunedin secondary schools were already doing, he said.
''The Dunedin Secondary Schools' Partnership is an example of a collaborative model where the schools work together over a number of things - including student achievement.''
Instead of a school having an executive principal from a neighbouring school to help improve the school's operations and pupil achievement, the DSSP provides a group of principals and teachers with vast experience to help Dunedin secondary schools with any issues they might have, he said.
''You could have a collective working together to improve student achievement within a cluster of schools. It doesn't need one person to run it.
''The other issue is, if you're going to have schools collaborating, you've got to allow schools to establish their own clusters.
''For the Ministry of Education to arbitrarily say these are the clusters, that the ministry will decide what the clusters are, that doesn't necessarily work either.
''If there's flexibility, we're all for it,'' he said.


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On Friday I posted a short piece in which I said that (1) Benjamin Wittes, co-director of the Harvard Law School–Brookings Project on Law and Security, has been blogging at his website Lawfare "on the report on the abuses of the National Security Agency just out from the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communication Technologies, in terms highly favorable to the super-secretive and media-shy agency"; (2) that The New Republic's website republishes his posts and others from the Lawfare group blog in a project titled "Security States" that is sponsored by Northrop Grumman, a major NSA contractor; and (3) that Wittes and his colleagues enjoy extraordinary access to the NSA, as suggested by a series of interviews they've published on the site with top NSA officials. I drew a connection between all of these things. Then I sent the post to TNR's editor Franklin Foer and to Wittes, promising to publish their responses. What I learned was that the problem isn't as bad as I originally described. In fact, it's worse.
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Here is what Franklin Foer, who is an old friend (I hired him for his first journalism internship) wrote back to me:
We've been running pieces from Lawfare for many months—and we've been running pieces by Ben and Jack for many years. They are valued contributors, sharp minds, genuine experts, and ideologically unpredictable. (Jeff Rosen, another treasured contributor and our legal affairs editor, has long been one of the most important critics of the surveillance state.) When our collaboration with Lawfare was sponsored by Northrop—which was just the month of October—it was clearly disclosed on each article page.
I spent Monday researching Foer's claim of full disclosure of Northrop Grumman's sponsorship. Let's not bury the lede here: what Foer said does not seem to be true.
An announcement of the new collaboration between TNR and Lawfare on September 30, 2013, at Lawfareblog.com ("Coming Tomorrow: Teaming Up With The New Republic") stated, "We are calling the project, which is being sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corp, 'Security States.' " An announcement under Wittes's byline at NewRepublic.com on October 1 says nothing about any sponsorship, and a third announcement, a press release on the same day at NewRepublic.com, concluded, "This partnership is made possible by Northrop Grumman, a leading global security company." That is the only mention of Northrop Grumman sponsorship of TNR content I can find on its website—ever. Going through each online page with posts tagged as part of the "Security States" series in October, I find that the sponsorship was not "clearly disclosed on each article page." As this forlorn little Googlewhack reveals, it was in fact revealed on none of them.
I sought clarification from Foer: Did I misinterpret his response? He wrote back, "Northrop doesn't advertise with us on our site now. That was a month-long deal that ended." I took him to be saying, perhaps, that the posts published under the "Security States" tag during the period of sponsorship mentioned the sponsorship, but only while that sponsorship was ongoing. However, using the Internet Wayback Machine, I checked for how a post made on October 17 showed up the next day, on October 18—and could find no indication of sponsorship there, either. I followed up by asking Foer about that, too. He replied, ""Northrop was an advertiser. They were promised nothing, other than prominent placement on Security States pages."


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Cowboys-Vikings Tickets Top NFL Playoffs Tickets Searches(January 12, 2010)
PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/12/10 -- FanSnap®, the live event ticket search engine, today announced NFL fans can find thousands of NFL Playoffs tickets for next weekend's games in New Orleans, Minneapolis, Indianapolis and San Diego.
The NFL Wild Card games have been played. Top seeded teams had their byes. The NFL Divisional Playoffs are now upon us and eight teams are playing for a trip to Miami to play in Super Bowl XLIV. The Cowboys at the Vikings is currently the hottest NFL Playoff ticket based on number of ticket searches. Fans in Minnesota are outsearching fans in Texas by more than 3 to 1. Here are the hottest NFL Playoffs tickets based on fan searches.
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Super Bowl Tickets are currently averaging $3,000. The Get-in price is $1,100. Who is searching for Super Bowl Tickets? Florida tops the list, as we expected. Second and third are New York and California.
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Billed as "a collaborative learning space for science," this site has a rich array of materials you can use for a variety of purposes in an A&P course.
In their own words, Scitable is a rich resource for both students and faculty . . .
Students can use Scitable as a daily resource for term papers, exam prep and lecture follow up to improve class performance. You can ask experts questions on a variety of topics, browse our extensive library of topics, check out our glossary, or connect with like-minded peers to form study groups or take part in discussions.
It seems that Scitable is set to be useful for traditional approaches to education as well as newer, active learning approaches.
Faculty can build a free and easily maintained research site for their students. We've created a simple 4-step wizard here, or simply browse our library of articles here. Scitable
provides trusted content from Nature Publishing Group and gives your students a powerful online companion to help them understand and appreciate key scientific concepts.
As I've said before, genetic principles are quickly becoming core principles of human structure and function . . . and thus have a central place in our A&P curriculum. Scitable promises to be an effective tool in supporting the core of A&P.
Just for kicks, I've set up a "sample" classroom space on the site and selected one of the "course packs" selected by the Nature Education team that applies to human anatomy and physiology. Just go to the URL and join in!
When you set up a site for your students, you would send them the URL of your site (that you set up with a really easy wizard). After setting up your classroom, you get the following hints for using it:
* Invite your students by sending them the URL.Let me know if you use this with your students . . . I'd love to hear about your experience!
* Assign due-dates to individual articles.
* Post moderator announcements for the whole class.
* Start lively discussions.
* Add more content to your resource list.
NOTE: I had trouble with some features at the site when using Firefox browser. However, using IE 7, everything seemed to work fine.


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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned Mitt Romney, in an interview published Monday at The Daily Beast, that the presumptive GOP nominee needs to soften his rhetoric on immigration if he wants to win Latino voters.
In the interview, McCain said that he and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called Romney in January to urge him to tone down his rhetoric, and he did. The candidate hasn't used the phrase "self-deportation" since, according to the Daily Beast.
Romney is up against low numbers for Latino support, with a recent Latino Decisions poll finding that he has only 22 percent support to President Barack Obama's 70 percent.
Conventional wisdom among strategists is that Republicans need about 40 percent of the Hispanic vote to win a presidential election. Former President George W. Bush won 44 percent of Latino voters in 2004, according to some estimates. McCain received about 31 percent of the Latino vote when he lost to Obama.
McCain worries that Romney will do even worse, The Daily Beast reported.
"He gets 24 percent of the Hispanic vote," McCain told the publication. "They need to do more outreach."
Romney said in a GOP debate in January that "self-deportation" -- essentially making life difficult for undocumented immigrants until they decide to leave -- would be the best policy for lowering the number of people in the country without authorization.
"The answer is self-deportation, which is, people decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to allow them to work here," Romney said.
After the Obama administration announced in June it would halt deportation for some undocumented young people, McCain bashed the decision as "a politically motivated power grab that does nothing to further the debate but instead adds additional confusion and uncertainty to our broken immigration system."
But he notably declined to call the move "amnesty," the term thrown at many efforts to stop deportation for undocumented immigrants.
McCain was a centrist himself on immigration until his failed bid for president in 2008 and his 2010 reelection campaign, when he went from a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform and the Dream Act to a "complete the danged fence" would-be hardliner. Since his reelection, he's returned somewhat to his roots -- although he voted against the Dream Act when it went for a Senate vote in 2010 -- and said he hopes to see some sort of congressional action to address young undocumented immigrants.
Romney said he wants the same, but has failed to give any details on how he would deal with the issue, including a refusal to say whether he would end the Obama policy that gives reprieve to some undocumented young people.
CORRECTION: This article was corrected to reflect that McCain's ad on border fences was in 2010, not 2008.


text: Glennard Curtis Robinson, 28, 309 Ford Drive, Altamonte Springs, died Saturday. Born in Orlando, he was a lifelong resident of Altamonte Springs. He was a hotel maintenance worker and member of the Apostolic Church of Jesus, Altamonte Springs. Survivors: father, Rubin Curtis, Altamonte Springs; sisters, Rose Ann Lancefield, Altamonte Springs, Vivian Barnes, Cynthia Allen, both of Orlando, Ruby, Rochester, N.Y.; brother, Walter Lovett Jr., Altamonte Springs. Lawson Funeral Home, Winter Park.