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I have been trying to "come here" for weeks! Is anyone home??
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The Agonist.
"If you have no place to go, come here...."
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The Agonist first came to my attention when Sean Paul did live war-blogging during the Iraq invasion in 2003 -- that is, a very long time ago. So, yes, nine years is a very good run, and kudos to the Agonist community for keeping the fires burning that long. But still....
So now, Violet and The Agonist are gone, and Atrios says his funding model doesn't work anymore. I feel like I'm an arborist watching the progress of Dutch Elm Disease. Thanks to the Corrente community for keeping Corrente, with its pure donation model, alive, however tenuously!
But I'm baffled. The original project of the blogpsphere was to replace the media -- and not, pace the odiferous Ezra Klein and the fragrant Matt Yglesias, become it, nor to mutate and devolve into a front organization for either of the two legacy parties, like Kos, Digby, et al.
And if anything, the media needs replacing more than ever. So WTF? Has FaceBorg sucked everything up? The Twitter? Neither can handle the long form, so is the long form dead? Naked Capitalism lives by the long form, so I'd say the long form is alive. Is political blogging dead? Has a younger generation moved on? WTF?
NOTE Adding: Ironically, Saturday was blogroll amnesty day: The day the access bloggers threw all the small blogs off their blogrolls. Personally, I've never been a believer in blogrolls, because I never saw the hits from them, but the act itself signified the division of the blogosphere into blogs with access and blogs without, replacing the free-form interchange of the early blogosphere with, ultimately, taking points engineered by career "progressives."
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I have been trying to "come here" for weeks! Is anyone home??
Did you apply for an account, and if so with what handle or email, so I can check? If you did apply, you should have gotten email in response; please check your spam folder.
(Since I upgraded the site, I am getting almost no spam applications so my approval cycle is much more rapid, almost instant.)
UPDATE I just made the Contact form (menu bar at right) work -- even for anonymous users, assuming my spam-blocking tools hold up!
I can't log in because I keep getting 'belongs to another user' message .... I don't understand.
Sounds like you're applying for a user name (handle) that some other user has already claimed. Try another handle?
It does this if you are not signed in and you try to comment using your own name. It's confusing - you might want to add something like "are you signed in?" to the message.
Again, I just made the Contact form (menu bar at right) work -- even for anonymous users with no accounts, assuming my spam-blocking tools hold up. So please feel free to contact me using it, and I will see what I can do.
NOTE Adding: Ironically, Saturday was blogroll amnesty day: The day the access bloggers threw all the small blogs off their blogrolls. Personally, I've never been a believer in blogrolls, because I never saw the hits from them, but the act itself signified the division of the blogosphere into blogs with access and blogs without, replacing the free-form interchange of the early blogosphere with, ultimately, taking points engineered by career "progressives."
Blogroll amnesty might well have been the beginning of the end.
I have seen the same thing in technology blogosphere. Twitter killed blogging.
too bad - if the long form is gone our brains are lost to the mindless broadcast news-bite or twit -
- well, occasionally i write a very brief answer to a post of interest, but that is all that is, a short and succinct observation i hope
- just out of interest - is the cost of running one of these things quite high, or is it also that the time involved is too much and over time the interest fades due to lack of change maybe...
Corrente because of its size and functionality has a dedicated server.
However, the real "cost" of running one of these things is time (and for the admin (me) a gradual "clogging" of mental filters that comes from processing so much content for so long).
I never expected the blogosphere to replace the media -- ongoing reportage with any pretense to comprehensiveness requires more institutional structure and deeper pockets than bloggers are likely to have. In fact, I don't see how active blogs keep going without an institutional structure to keep one or two persons from having to do everything. You have my gratitude.
The great thing about the blogosphere was the reassurance that you're not crazy or alone in finding the media narratives absurd. I think that's very important: building and maintaining a left community to be ready when action is possible. And actually, to continue trying to figure out what action is possible and to promote it.
Not much is happening in the national blogosphere now. Even with the lull, I have more blog I'd like to follow than time to follow them. I remember back when the Koufax awards were valuable for helping me find good new blogs. Now, good grief, I'm overwhelmed with too many. And there's also the existence of state and local blogs, which used not to exist. A plethora of riches
The lull in national political blogs is a function of no real lefty action being underway. I was heartened to see Atrios talk about finding a relevant current groove -- increasing Social Security. I think that sort of campaign is an opportunity for blogs. We should put it beside a national health service and a guaranteed income as policies to try to drill into people's consciousness.
Having said all that, I am sad about the demise of the Agonist. I came to it back when BOPNews went defunct, and Ian Welsh and Stirling Newbury wrote regularly for it. I would note that both now have their own blogs which they post to rather rarely but still with great insight.
I knew Sean Paul was part of that axis, as was (IIRC) Stoller. Deep roots. I never did connect over there because I came in through the Philly blog axis, which was blown to smithereens in 2008.
That's all terrible! Can't believe the MSM are driving us all out. But I know there's a big name syndrome operating. We can be saying something for years; and then Krugman says it and everyone hastens to Facebook him. It's all about sucking up, and not lifting each other up.
I'm friends with SPK and the old school crew from the Agonist, and even did some filling in as EiC for SPK while he was traveling. It's a convoluted story that comes down to the selling of the domain, which leads to the rent seeking as well as the people putting in the work at the EiC position getting paid. (and if someone else is making money off the work, that's a reasonable expectation)
Most of the good old school blogs are run by a person. It's a community, but there's between one and three people who keep the wheels turning. When that person decides not to dedicate themselves to the site, it's hard to keep it moving. And a dependence on ad revenues appears not to be a stable business plan. The other place i'm deeply involved in (Scholars & Rogues) recently moved back to one of the big blogging platforms. Nobody's ever gotten paid, and until the move the people involved in the site chipped in as necessary to keep the lights on.
hard to keep a blog on its feet, especially if the proprietors have jobs or conflicting life interests or just want to take a break every now and then.
Though it should be noted that the Agonist isn't actually dead. It just doesn't have an editor in chief, and most of the major contributors that Steve Hynd brought with him have left. It may rise from the ashes in some way ... or the site owner may shut it down and sell the domain to a Canadian metal band.
So, can anyone tell me where Numerian and Don Henry Ford will be posting?
Don has his own blog, and his stuff can be accessed through his personal site:
I don't know about Numerian. My understanding of the situation is that there is not currently anyone capable of performing the full editorial duties. As diaries aren't part of the current setup, there's really no "front paging" anyhow. I'm fairly certain that both Don and Numerian have full posting ability so until/unless the owner shuts the site down for good, they could still post as normal.
The Agonist isn't so much dead as without any form of leadership, but i believe that most of the old back-of-the-house crew like Tina and NYMole stepped away before this. I used to be an editor and on the mail list, but the list move and i wasn't invited and became no longer an editor (though my participation and duties were always light). So i don't have any deep, inside knowledge.
... though I kinda wish we had the triple threat of lets, Hugh, and .... numerian....
personally, I really like numerian's writing because -- like lets and Hugh -- he's great at explaining economics, etc., in a way a normal human being can understand.
the run up to the Bush/Cheney Iraq Invasion. Sean Paul had access to Stratford and had been accused, at some point, of using their info in his blog. Can't recall exactly when that was, but at one time he was considered somewhat prescient.
The Agonist led me to other blogs and finally a way to read and comment with people who saw through the MCM (Mainstream Corporate Media). I think I may have found Corrente through The Agonist.
I kept forgetting recently to go there after Sean Paul stepped aside (I did not know he sold the franchise!) and when life got really busy...and my list of must read blogs has narrowed.
Oh, btw, I do so miss David Dayen's news posts.
based on posts at the site dated Feb. 5th.
It also seems the announcement of its demise was pretty sudden, but I haven't skimmed back too far.
I had not realized diaries had been shut downby the new management/owner.
Steve Hynd oversaw The Agonist moving from Drupal to WordPress and was trying to open registration/commenting up. (In the past, every time SPK made it easier to register the site was bombarded with spam.)
Yes, it was sudden. My understanding is that Steve was trying to get a deal worked out for being paid for another year and the owner came back with a paltry sum. The monthly pay i heard when SPK left was small compared to the effort of running a site, so this must have been tiny. Steve walked away, and the pretty much all the people he brought on followed quickly thereafter. But people who were posting regularly before the EiC switch have kept posting and there's a group trying to save it in some fashion.


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There's nothing funny about law school.
There's nothing funny about eating at Subway 8 times a week, but only showering once.
There's nothing funny about being called on unprepared and falling on your face in front of 120 classmates. And even less that's funny about being called on when you're prepared, only to fail anyway.
There's probably nothing funny about six-figure student loan debt. Though, if you think about it, seven-figure student loan debt would be pretty hilarious. But there's definitely nothing funny about having your whole night ruined by an improperly italicized em-dash. Or period. Or space. And there's nothing funny about spending your whole life studying and taking tests only to then take a test that will allow you to spend three more years studying and taking tests, after which, as a reward, you get to study for and take the stupidest test in the history of tests.
No, looking back at it, there really wasn't much of anything funny about law school.
But somehow we still managed to laugh. Quite a bit, I think.
So . . . try to remember that. Try to remember that, yes, we are going into a humorless business full of uptight, soulless pricks. But it can only stay a business full of uptight, soulless pricks if we all in fact become uptight, soulless pricks.
So here's to the eternal preservation of the soul, the endless suppression of uptight prickery.
Here's to getting a laugh out of the law everyday. And not a lame, bullshit laugh like "Heh-heh, that guy went to a state school" or "Oh man, she must have missed the bonus this year--she's shopping at Banana Republic."
Make it a real laugh.
Here's to dropping the Ludacris footnote into your judge's opinion, or the GHB in the hiring partner's coffee, or your pants at the firm Christmas banquet. Here's to providing fodder for the hundreds of law students blogging about their clerkships each summer. Here's to setting aside a few minutes out of each day--each of the thousands of days we'll spend in this serious profession--to take ourselves a little less than seriously. Seriously.
It's been an odd but rewarding experience to inflict myself upon the world for the last three years, and during that time this blog has managed to poke into my real life in more ways than I ever could have expected. It got me a job. It got me called out in class. It got me tens of tens of dollars in advertising revenue, and one time it even got me sweet concert tickets. But I've needed to call it quits for quite some time, and that time is finally now.
The hope: That putting an end to my blogging activities will finally force me to finish at least one of the countless "legitimate" writing projects I've started since puberty.
The reality: Don't be surprised when you stumble upon the anonymous blog of a Texas practitioner whose obsession with Russian gymnasts and his own rock-hard abs seems more than a little familiar.
I'd like to thank the network administrators at each and every American law school for making wireless internet access available in classrooms. Without you, my readership would have consisted mainly of my mom. (And maybe Professor Brian Leiter, provided that I took the time to mention him so that his weekly self-Google would bring him here.)
I'd like to thank my wife, who put up with this shit, and only rarely took the time to make fun of me on my own blog.
And last, but most importantly, I'd like to thank
Harriet Miers, without whom none of this would have been possible.
So long, and thanks for all the outlines.

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I had the honor of contributing to this absolutely lovely birthday party for a darling little one-year-old in my life. Liat is the daughter of my uber-talented friend Tania. When Tania and I collaborated, we knew we needed something special. See, almost all of my friends have children (see me with kids and baby showers for proof!) and of all of them, Liat is one of the only girls! Wandering though Michael's one day, as we often do, Tania and I spotted these vintage looking carnival masks that inspired the whole party.
Take a look though the pictures and I hope you enjoy!
The Location: Downtown Los Angeles on this gorgeous terrace.
Guest List: 35 close friends and family
Activities: There was swimming, handmade pinwheels, an artist doing characachers, and a balloon artist as well.
Some of the adults getting in on the mask fun:
The Drinks: Sticking to the vintage theme, there was Mexican coke, orange soda, and sparkling water.
Oh yeah, and of course there was food too
Menu: popcorn:
We also served nutella and banana sandwiches and peanut butter and jelly. Of course there were a few desserts as well
The dessert table was covered with brown butcher paper and decorated with felt ric-rac trim. Here are a few dessert details:
These are yellow cupcakes with cream cheese frosting which I dyed. I was going for pink, but ended up with a more purple shade…
Here are chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting, drizzled with chocolate and sprinkled with peanuts.
Chocolate dipped pretzels:
Tania and Liat getting a little help blowing out the candle:
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While most of us don't suffer from outright B vitamin deficiency, everyday life imposes many nutritional threats that snatch away these nutrients. Let's look at how this happens and what you can do to guard yourself.
What are B Vitamins?
While today we know of at least 10 different B vitamins, scientists initially thought this complex of nutrients was just one vitamin. The story begins almost 100 years ago when Eijkman, a Dutch physician living in Java, was watching chickens kept by the local penitentiary. He noticed these birds bore a striking resemblance to his patients suffering from beriberi. Although Eijkman didn't know it at the time, this condition, characterized in humans by poor memory, irritability, fatigue and other symptoms, is actually caused by thiamin (or B1) deficiency. But the doctor had an inkling that diet might play a part. So he added rice bran to the fowl's otherwise bleak rations of polished rice table scraps. The experiment worked and the supplemented chickens thrived.
In the decades that followed, more information was elucidated on thiamin and its B vitamin relations: riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (sometimes called B5), vitamin B6 (actually a group of related compounds: pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine and others), B12 (or cyanocobalamin), folic acid and biotin. You'll notice that some B vitamins are assigned numbers. This is because scientists labeled these compounds in numerical order of discovery. Today we normally refer to the B vitamins by chemical name.
Inositol and choline are sometimes lumped under the B complex title. Less is known about these compounds, and experts don't always agree on whether they're true vitamins or not.
A vitamin by definition is a substance that belongs to a group of unrelated organic compounds. Each vitamin is essential for good health (and sometimes life), but you only need a minuscule amount in your food for this purpose. Vitamins vary widely in chemical makeup and physiological function. For the most part, your body can't manufacture vitamins. Although for the water soluble B vitamins, small amounts of folic acid, niacin and B12 can be synthesized.
The B vitamin clan retain close ties because, like most families, they act alike, sometimes rely on one another and are found in similar foods. They're so close, in fact, that low intake of one often affects another. This means single B vitamin deficiencies are relatively rare, although deficiency symptoms of one B vitamin may predominate. For this reason, taking large amounts of a single B nutrient may create a vitamin imbalance and snowball into another B vitamin deficiency.
Why Do We Need B Vitamins?
We would literally be lost without B vitamins. Besides memory, these nutrients feed and regulate the brain and nervous system. The brain and its extensive network of nerve fibers and cells, are like a complex computer that instruct us how to react to temperature, pressure, pain and other stimuli. Neurological hookup throughout your body allows organs to function properly. As an added bonus, this complex and not-totally-understood system grants us emotion and thought.


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Around the world, people are deserting the countryside and remote villages, making large cities their home. This migration isn't some passing fancy, either - experts estimate that by the year 2050, 80% of our planet's population will be city dwellers. 2012's documentary The Human Scale shows how forward-thinking urban planners are dealing with that future influx, in the here and now.
Produced in Denmark, spoken in English, and shot at points ranging from to earthquake-decimated New Zealand to congested Dakhar, India, The Human Scale casts a cool, observant eye at what works and what needs improving in our cities. Documentarian Andrea S. M. Dalsgaard based the film on the formidable work of a fellow Dane, architect and professor Jan Gehl. Starting in the '60s, Gehl headed up a series comprehensive studies on how the population of Copenhagen, Denmark used the city's roads, sidewalks, and public spaces. His research revealed that the city's auto-centric design made it not as liveable as it should be. Over the next few decades, Copenhagen's thoroughfares were redesigned with bike lanes, wide sidewalks, ped-friendly shops and restaurants and casual plazas that followed the methodology of centuries-old public spaces such as Siena, Italy. The makeover was such a huge success, other cities around the world have followed their lead. The Human Scale delves into those efforts with an accent on predicting human behavior before it happens.
The Human Scale combines expert testimonials with slow-mo shots of cityscapes and urbanites living out their daily routines. Sure, the photography gives it a pronounced Koyaanisqatsi vibe of humankind spiraling out of control. The director's driving message is one of clear-eyed logic and optimism, however, with neatly divided chapters addressing a specific challenge of city planning:
On the surface, the topics dealt with in The Human Scale seems dry as sandpaper, yet the film starts out as weirdly compelling viewing and never lets up until the end. Urban planning is something most people never think about, yet the effects of bad design in our cities show up in the news constantly. One example is the McDonalds in Brooklyn kicking out a group of Korean elderly people who hung out there too often. That particular group actually had a local community center set up for them in the basement of a building, but the fact that they were willing to travel further to the McDonalds speaks volumes on the need for open, public gathering spaces - the kind of places which are often the first to get cut in city budgets. The Human Scale tackles this on a worldwide scale, with thought-provoking clarity.
The DVD:
Kimstim's DVD release of The Human Scale presents the film with its expansive, digitally shot picture slightly letterboxed for 16x9 televisions. Although the transfer softens the image up considerably, losing too much detail in the process, the color saturation and light/dark balance is agreeable.
Entirely spoken in English, and not utilizing much in the way of music or special effects, the disc has a clearly mixed, completely serviceable Stereo soundtrack as its only audio option. No subtitles or alternate audio is provided.
Totaling about 25 minutes, the disc provides a few bonus Interviews with four of the urban planning experts who were in the feature. In each clip, Kristian Villadsen, Camillia van Deurs, Helle Søholt and Jan Gehl elaborate on some of the subjects covered in the main film with greater detail.
Final Thoughts:
Highly unlikely as it seems that a documentary (zzzzz) on urban planning would be interesting, The Human Scale nevertheless captivates with a clear-eyed, surprisingly optimistic view on the subject. The globe-spanning efforts of Danish director Andrea S. M. Dalsgaard are rewarded with panoramic photography and valuable insights from planners with the foresight to predict how people will behave in the next ten, fifty, even 100 years. Recommended.
Matt Hinrichs is a designer, artist, film critic and jack-of-all-trades in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2000, he has been blogging at Scrubbles.net. 4 Color Cowboy is his repository of Western-kitsch imagery, while other films he's experienced are logged at Letterboxd. He also welcomes friends on Twitter @4colorcowboy.


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Puddle of Mudd will be hitting the road in November for a fall tour. They will be playing the Machine Shop on November 23rd in Flint. Lansdowne and Sugar Red Drive will be sharing the stage with them for a night of pure rock.
Puddle of Mudd has written a slew of hits over the years including "Blurry," "She Hates Me," "Away From Me" and many more. Fans attending the show can expect to hear a set filled with their hits as well as songs off their new album Re:(disc)covered.
The new album features songs from their past that influenced them to become musicians. Tracks include Elton John's "Rocketman," AC/DC's "TNT," Steve Miller's "The Joker," Neil Young's "Old Man," the Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty duet "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (which Puddle Of Mudd recorded with BC Jean) and the Rolling Stones' classic: "Gimme Shelter."
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8 U.S. Code § 1223 - Entry through or from foreign territory and adjacent islands
The Attorney General shall have power to enter into contracts with transportation lines for the inspection and admission of aliens coming to the United States from foreign territory or from adjacent islands. No such transportation line shall be allowed to land any such alien in the United States until and unless it has entered into any such contracts which may be required by the Attorney General.
Every transportation line engaged in carrying alien passengers for hire to the United States from foreign territory or from adjacent islands shall provide and maintain at its expense suitable landing stations, approved by the Attorney General, conveniently located at the point or points of entry. No such transportation line shall be allowed to land any alien passengers in the United States until such landing stations are provided, and unless such stations are thereafter maintained to the satisfaction of the Attorney General.
The Attorney General shall have power to enter into contracts including bonding agreements with transportation lines to guarantee the passage through the United States in immediate and continuous transit of aliens destined to foreign countries. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, such aliens may not have their classification changed under section 1258 of this title.
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Several industry professionals have responded to Shacknews regarding Silicon Knights' lawsuit against Epic Games. Five developers share their thoughts on Epic and Unreal Engine tech.
After the news broke, Shacknews contacted several developers with personal Unreal Engine experience. The developers spoke on topics such as their reactions to the lawsuit, their studios' track records with the tech, and their own opinions on Epic's level of support. Opinions ranged from positive to negative, though negative responses tended not to hold Epic to the same level of fault as does Silicon Knights' suit. Understandably, some respondents chose to remain anonymous, though Shacknews vouches for their authenticity.
"UE3 helped me get my shit done."
Josh Jeffcoat, a former Gearbox Software level designer who worked with Unreal Engine 3, admitted that during his tenure at Gearbox--which, notably, ended last May--the package had its issues, but that none of them kept his team from exploiting the engine to great effect. Significantly to this lawsuit, he did not feel Epic deliberately acted outside of developers' interests.
"UE3 isn't perfect by any means, but I don't feel Epic misrepresented it in any way when we licensed it," said Jeffcoat. "It's not that UE3 is the best at any one thing it does, because it's not. It's just better at more of them than anything else, and the ten-plus years of maturity it's been through has yielded a better-than-average art and design pipeline. I've heard plenty of tirades and I've given a few of them myself, but at the end of the day, UE3 helped me get my shit done. And it did a better job than any tool set I'd used before."
Jeffcoat also commented more directly on the situation at hand. "I am unable to account for the engine's current status, but as I left, I was aware of several of UE3's limitations--the lighting model is dog slow for anything dynamic, the streaming support has issues; I believe SK mentioned these--but most of these were apparent from the day we first got the code, and we designed accordingly," he explained. "The almost gratuitous level of flexibility in other areas allowed us to accomplish a great deal, even without additional code."
"It just wasn't the best releationship for us."
Independent Postal series developer Running With Scissors has worked with Epic engines in its past games, but elected not to licensed UE3 for Postal III. Product manager Mike Jaret cited his company's experience with the licensor as the reasoning for the change.
"Epic does make a great product and while I don't hold anything against Epic personally, we are a small indie developer and we are at the mercy of the licensor," said Jaret. "It just wasn't the best relationship for us."
Running With Scissors has licensed Valve's Source engine for its upcoming Postal III.
"Epic was very late in delivering key features."
A programmer at a major developer working with Unreal Engine 3 corroborated Silicon Knights' claims that important parts of the engine came to developers late, which caused problems for his team. However, he also countered Silicon Knights' claims that Epic held back features deliberately, pointing out his belief that Epic was testing and polishing the features by implementing them into a real-world setting in its own game. The source also claimed that Epic was honest about its doings.
"It is true that Epic was very late in delivering key features to UE3 during the development of Gears of War," he said. "They had promised one of the most important feature of UE3, the multi-threaded renderer, many many months before it was finally delivered. Since the key to having fast performances on the Xbox 360 is multi-threading, it made the engine somewhat subpar if you wanted to run your game with good graphics on a console."
On Epic's tardiness: "I can understand why some features were delivered late to the UE3 licensees. Some of them were very complex while others would cause a ton of headaches to licencees if they were unstable or unfinished. This was also the reason why GoW had some UE3 features implemented and tested first before they were introduced to the official codebase. There is no better way to know if your stuff works. The Epic programmers were always upfront about the situation and never hid themselves or stopped answering questions to licensees."
On his team's experiences: "In our case, we ended up having to choose between shipping late or implementing the missing features ourselves. We chose the latter, because we had the talent and the resources to do so, but it did add many more programmers--and work hours--than what we had initially planned. It also greatly soured the reputation of UE3 within [our company], a reputation that was already not very high because of the high licensing cost of UE3."
"We have found Epic to be an extraordinary partner"
Some developers claimed to have had no rocky roads with Epic or its tech, and were happy to come on the record to say so. Independent studio Chair Entertainment Group, currently working on the Xbox Live Arcade game Undertow and the multi-medium property Empire, uses UE3 for all its projects. Chair's Laura Heeb Mustard commented on the situation.
"We have been following the news of this lawsuit since it broke," Heeb responded last week. "Our team has been working with Unreal technology for several years and have been using Unreal Engine 3 exclusively for the past two years. We have found Epic to be an extraordinary partner and the UE3 engine to be exceptional. Epic has always been very supportive of our efforts and their technology has been instrumental in allowing our company to develop high quality products."
Lending support to SK--with a caveat
One developer source with firsthand knowledge of Unreal Engine 3 development, who preferred not be quoted directly, corroborated allegations from Silicon Knights that certain features were late in being delivered to licensees. He also pointed to several other studios of varying levels of experience--which he requested be kept nameless--which had seen trouble with the engine. However, the source noted his belief that these difficulties were not due to intentionally malicious action on the part of Epic, but rather a partial byproduct of Epic's own workforce being divided between development on the engine and its own internal projects.
Furthermore, the developer lent support to Silicon Knights' allegations that the PlayStation 3 version of UE3 has under-delivered in terms of Epic's original claims, with the significant divergence between Xbox 360 and PS3 hardware contributing to the issue. Such concerns may have prompted Sony's recent announcement of an agreement with Epic to optimize UE3 for PS3 development.
Finally, the source speculated that a significant factor behind Silicon Knights' legal action may be the expense the studio has put into its own modifications of Unreal Engine 3--in most situations, such modifications would remain with the owner of the engine itself, but if Silicon Knights performed significant alterations for what it calls "The Silicon Knights Engine," it likely wants to keep them in-house.
Shacknews spoke with a number of other developers who declined to go on the record, some of whom had additional negative experiences and some of whom simply did not wish to comment on the situation.


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EMR Value Diminished If Patients Can't Access Care
Anne Zieger is veteran healthcare consultant and analyst with 20 years of industry experience. Zieger formerly served as editor-in-chief of FierceHealthcare.com and her commentaries have appeared in dozens of international business publications, including Forbes, Business Week and Information Week. She has also contributed content to hundreds of healthcare and health IT organizations, including several Fortune 500 companies. Contact her at @ziegerhealth on Twitter or visit her site at Zieger Healthcare.
A new study from the august Commonwealth Fund has just come out, offering a portrait of primary care practices in ten countries. The study had a lot of interesting data to offer, including news of primary care reforms to meet the needs of aging populations and improve chronic disease care.
One of the key data points drawn from the CF study was that two-thirds of U.S. PCPs reported using EMRs in 2012, up from 46 percent in 2009. That's obviously a big improvement, though the U.S. still lags behind the U.K., New Zealand and Australia in EMR implementations and use of IT generally.
At the same time, it seems that U.S. citizens still face serious financial obstacles in getting primary care. Fifty-nine percent of U.S. physicians surveyed said that their patients often have trouble paying for care. That's a big contrast with other countries included in the study, including Norway (4 percent), the U.K. (13 percent) and Switzerland (16 percent). These numbers make sense when you consider that the U.S. is the only country surveyed that doesn't offer universal health coverage.
Putting aside humanitarian reasons to be troubled by money obstacles to PCP access, there are other issues to consider. To me, the most obvious is the selection bias imposed by financial barriers to care.
Consider one of the big goals a medical home hopes to accomplish, managing chronic conditions effectively across the primary care practice's population. PCPs can make great use of an EMR to work on such goals, from issuing reminders to get preventive care to tracking patient progress across different demographics to test the impact of new interventions.
The thing is, the power that is a well-tuned EMR is not at its best if the interventions are mostly aimed at those who fit a certain socio-economic profile.
Admittedly, few small PCPs need to be worried about selection bias from a scientific standpoint, as they're seldom gunning for the next journal article presentation, but looking at the country as a whole, we're missing out on the collective learning we can generate with clinical data analytics. It seems to me that we're going to have to address this problem directly if we want to leverage EMRs for the greater public good.


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WPC Posters: CRLI Grads Present
Today kicked off the not only the 2nd World Parkinson Congress (WPC) program – e.g., presentations about the latest Parkinson's research and care – but also the scientific and lay poster sessions. Most scientific meetings include posters by scientists, which summarize their most recent experiments. The WPC is unique because, alongside the scientific display, it features "Living with PD" posters. These posters display efforts undertaken by people with Parkinson's disease, care partners and voluntary organizations around the world to further the cause. PDF is proud to report that two of its Clinical Research Learning Institute graduates (who also serve as… Read More


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- Carl Anderson
- Jason Sholl
- Angel Rivera
- Rob Stryker
- Max Rydahl Andersen
- Kaloyan Raev
- Dimitar Giormov
- Konstantin Komissarchik
Proposed Scenarios
- Select projects (add/remove)
- Select jars (or other resources) inside the workspace (add/remove)
- Select jars (or other resources) outside the workspace (add/remove)
- Editing the deployment path
Content of the Module Dependency Page
- Cosmetic
- Two column vs three column
- 2 column would be [icon] Identifier, Deploy Path
- 3 column would be [icon] Identifier, Deploy Path, More Info (full path)
- Getting acceptable strings for column 0 276825
- This could require functionally similar results from the API for all virtual components?
- Same requirements for column 2 (right-side)
- The goal here would be so that the UI doesn't have to check a million conditions to see if it's an archive, if it's binary, etc, before getting a String to display
- Icons on the left, but how many types of component are there?
- How many different types of virtual component are there? Not how many classes, as anyone can make their own component type, but how many TYPES? From what I can see there's only lib, var, classpath, and project type. Are there any more?
- Must identify the API's that tell us what these types are
- How many different types of virtual component are there? Not how many classes, as anyone can make their own component type, but how many TYPES? From what I can see there's only lib, var, classpath, and project type. Are there any more?
- Do we even show unmovable jars?
- If this page is meant to be a component xml file editor of sorts, physically added files do not belong (since they are not referenced in the xml file)
- Ironing out the buttons
- Option A: just 2
- Add Entry... : Remove Entry
- Add Entry... opens a multi-page wizard (extendable via points)
- Remove Entry offers to remove the entry
- Add Entry... : Remove Entry
- Option B: Three
- Add Project..., Advanced..., Remove Entry
- Option C: More than 3
- Add Project... Add Jar... Add External Jar... Advanced... Remove Entry, Kitchen Sink...
- Option A: just 2
- Two column vs three column
- Content
- Currently (Rob's) page only holds IVirtualComponent objects inside the viewer. (Rob) assumes anything returned from Advanced... or a button must be an IVirtualComponent. The references are created at the end during performOK.
- Functionality
- Can the advanced button multi-page wizard also perform operations relevent to the module and return null to signify no addition is needed? For example, changing library directory? ;)
- Should the table (first column) be able modify the archiveName attribute in the component.xml? See 280411
- If yes, this makes the issue of having the first column not just show some identifier but rather some actual jar / ear / war name (see 276825 )
- Classpath entries
- Leveraging the JDT UI (is it possible yet?)
- Tangential Topics
- What is single root structure? 279360


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Discover the Mystical Pairings Ready to Empower Your Life
Each one of us comes into the world as a custodian of soul-level partnerships—mystical agreements we enter into for the fulfillment of our divine destinies. Join Caroline Myss and Andrew Harvey on The Soulmate Contract to discover and honor the bonds you have made to support your spiritual growth and the offering of your unique gifts. In fourteen provocative sessions, Myss and Harvey present a sweeping vision of the soulmate contract in its many manifestations, revealing why this phenomenon has taken on unprecedented importance today—and what you can do about it.
Addressing Our Longing for Divine Intimacy
At the heart of the soulmate contract burns the universal desire for connection with that which is sacred and true. When we choose consciously to embark upon this journey, the companions to our soul will begin to reveal themselves and share the critical wisdom they hold for us. From soulmate contracts with human friends (or foes) to contracts with angels, realized beings, the natural world, and more, Myss and Harvey unveil the surprising pairings that may be waiting to spark your spiritual development and personal evolution.
"When it comes to soulmates, rest assured, we find each other when the time is right," teaches Caroline Myss. The Soulmate Contract offers you more than seven hours of perception-expanding insights and empowering guidance for the path ahead.
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A profound discussion, looking at levels of the deep connections that shape our lives. I love the two distinct voices. Caroline offers such a profound learning with her candid voice and Andrew with his poetic and passionate sharing. I am deeply grateful to the two of them.
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Honestly, I am still evaluating this. I listened out of order since my CDs did not play through until they were replaced. It was a deep discussion, yes.
In the 70s I lived in India 6 years and The Mother was my teacher of choice, so I was surprised to hear of the scandal Andrew speaks of. But that provides more depth to explore. I have one suggestion. When Caroline says phrases like "If I had had a baseball bat I probably would have hit him over the head," my soul/self is offended to hear this and know it is played over and over again. I have heard Caroline's strong language before, but I cannot see why you or she should want to leave that in the CD. It is not essential to the point being made. I am still working with the material and am glad I have engaged in the conversations in these CDs.
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I found this to be very useful in gaining new perspectives on relationships in my life: the ones I want and the ones I wish would just go away! I particularly valued the section on the recognition of animals as soul companions and also the information both Caroline and Andrew shared from their own life experience regarding the role noble adversaries may play in our evolution.
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Residents dig out after foot of wet snow
Third snow in October cancels school, closes downtown businesses.
After more than a foot of heavy, wet snow smothered the city Thursday night and Friday morning, residents concentrated on digging out.
School was cancelled Friday and only a handful of businesses were open downtown.
The weight of the snow ripped branches from trees—repeating a similar scenario that happened Oct. 22 when up to eight inches of the white stuff blanketed the city.
Although the sun eventually emerged Friday and dried downtown sidewalks, the annual Munchkin Masquerade—for young trick or treaters—was rescheduled until Monday afternoon.
Parking was limited downtown because of snow piled in the middle of city streets.
City crews began grading emergency routes about 5 a.m. Friday and plowed open driving lanes downtown.
Clearing residential streets was next.
Shane Gruber, city services director, said officials decided to mound snow in the middle of some city streets because it was heavy and had started to melt.
Saturday morning, Gruber said the street crew worked from 4-6 a.m. pulling snow from curbs into the center of downtown streets and clearing roadways throughout the city.
By Wednesday (today), Gruber predicted most of the snow would be melted from city streets.
On Friday, Gruber said a lot of people tried to drive vehicles in deep snow and became stuck.
"We had to plow around them and were having a heck of a time moving snow in our own equipment because the snow was so heavy and deep," he said. "If it happens again, just stay home."
Although it was slow work because of the weight of the snow, Gruber said the biggest issue was broken branches that littered roadways and curbs.
"Branches knocked down service to several houses," he said, noting that a couple of light poles were also brought down by weighty snow.
This week, Gruber said the city crew is trimming damaged branches over streets and city right of way which is the area between sidewalks and curbs.
Gruber said the city will pick up limbs piled next to curbs from street trees but asked property owners not to add branches from other trees.
Branches and limbs can be taken to the city tree lot which is filling up.
"If you haul your own branches, make sure you dump them on the pile instead of dropping them near the entrance," he said.
Although many trees have been damaged by the October storms, Gruber said he thinks most trees will survive.
"Windstorms cleaned them out in 1990s and we pruned a bunch after that so there haven't been as many dead branches," he said. "It's not as bad as it could have been."
Gruber, who's worked for the city for 16 years, said this is the most snow he remembers in October.
Despite overtime and fuel costs in clearing streets, he said enough funds for snow removal have been budgeted so far.
City crews plan to start picking up leaves piled next to curbs next week and will work on clearing streets up until Thanksgiving.
More than 1,100 homes were without power between North Platte and Cozad for part or most of Friday, according to Dawson Public Power District officials.
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Around Gothenburg, Banzhaf said power was restored by about 5:30 p.m. Friday.
She said DPPD officials appreciated help from farmers in the area when trucks got stuck on mud and snow on country roads.
On Highway 30, Banzhaf said she heard an unofficial report of a truck that became stuck and another of a DPPD worker who had to drive from Gothenburg to Brady because he couldn't turn around because of the heavy snow.
Restoring power to customers at Jeffrey Lake was challenging, she said, because of numerous trees and rough terrain.
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SEARCY, Ark. (AP) — A lawsuit over who owns a $1 million scratch-off Arkansas lottery ticket that a woman pulled from a convenience store trash can was settled out of court, a defense attorney said Friday.
Jury selection was set to begin Friday in White County for a trial to decide who should keep the winnings from the "Diamond Dazzler" ticket that Sharon Duncan bought in July 2011 at a convenience store in Beebe, about 35 miles northeast of Little Rock. Duncan said she threw away the ticket after a scanner said it wasn't a winner, and Sharon Jones pulled the ticket from the trash and claimed the jackpot.
Lisa Petriches, the convenience store's manager, sued Jones, claiming Jones illegally took the ticket from the bin that had been marked "Do not take." Duncan joined the lawsuit after a judge determined she might be the true owner of the ticket.
Jones' attorney Jimmy Simpson said a settlement was reached Friday. Simpson told The Daily Citizen (http://is.gd/MT8XgB) the terms of the settlement were confidential and sealed but Jones was pleased with the outcome.
The Jones family told The Associated Press earlier this year that $490,000 remained from the jackpot when the suit was filed. That was after they spent $190,000 and $320,000 was taken out for taxes.
A judge ruled in favor of Duncan earlier this year, but he later ordered a new trial and said he wouldn't preside over it. The second trial was set to begin next week.
"As you get closer to a trial and this all starts to take shape, it's amazing what happens on the courthouse steps," Simpson said.
Steven Underwood, an attorney representing Duncan and other plaintiffs in the suit, declined to comment.
Information from: The Daily Citizen, http://www.thedailycitizen.com/


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February 04, 2013 06:00 ET
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 4, 2013) - Wavefront is pleased to announce it has been selected by Hewlett-Packard (HP) to act as a premier reseller of HP's Unified Functional Testing (UFT) and Quick Test Professional (QTP) software. As Canada's Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercialization and Research, this new partnership will enable Wavefront to connect large enterprise companies with best-in-class HP software for accelerated mobile application testing, automation and monitoring.
According to James Maynard, President and CEO, Wavefront, "By tightly linking HP's UFT and QTP software with our Perfecto Mobile cloud-based mobile testing and monitoring services, Wavefront facilitates an end-to-end solution that improves efficiency and quality assurance for enterprise-grade mobile application testing, while accelerating time to market."
Wavefront's cloud-based testing and monitoring service, integrated with HP's UFT and QTP software and Perfecto Mobile's best in class mobile application testing solutions, can be accessed either remotely or on-site, with a direct connection to one of the country's most comprehensive mobile device libraries. With more than 1,000 handsets, smartphones and tablets available to test on live global networks, businesses can identify exactly how their applications will perform on actual mobile browsers, networks and devices.
"HP Canada is extremely happy and excited to announce our strategic partnership with Canada's Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercialization and Research - Wavefront. Wavefront's thought leadership position around wireless communication in conjunction with HP's recent partnership with Perfecto Mobile position HP uniquely in the Mobile app delivery space. The strategic partnership with both Wavefront and Perfecto are what will launch HP's enterprise class testing, monitoring and security portfolio into unparalleled dominance of the mobile application delivery market," said Frances Newbigin, Vice President and General Manager - HP Enterprise Software and Solutions at Hewlett-Packard Canada.
As a part of the Wavefront Wireless Summits in Vancouver on February 4, 5 and 6, 2013, HP will take part as a sponsor, keynote speaker, and connection for networking and business development. HP will also be on-site offering product demonstrations addressing application lifecycle and mobile testing through UFT and QTP software.
For more information about Wavefront's mobile testing and monitoring services, contact Anthony Thomas, Business Development Manager, at email@example.com.
For more information about the Wavefront Wireless Summits, visit wavefrontsummits.com.
About Wavefront
Wavefront is Canada's Centre of Excellence for Wireless Commercialization and Research, accelerating the growth and success of wireless companies by connecting them with critical resources, partners and opportunities, to drive economic and social benefits for Canada. Wavefront products and services are available to wireless and non-wireless companies looking to leverage mobile technology. They include a comprehensive suite of accelerated commercialization and mentorship programs, international market linkages, state of the art wireless product development and testing infrastructure, and wireless training programs and events. For more information and to join the Wavefront Community visit wavefrontac.com.
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HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE:HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.
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Forensic Live CD issues
The problem
Forensic Linux Live CD distributions are widely used during computer forensic investigations. Currently, many vendors of such Live CD distributions spread false claims that their distributions "do not touch anything", "write protect everything" and so on. Community-developed distributions are not exception here, unfortunately. Finally, it turns out that many forensic Linux Live CD distributions are not tested properly and there are no suitable test cases developed.
Another side of the problem
Another side of the problem of insufficient testing of forensic Live CD distributions is that many users do not know what happens "under the hood" of such distributions and cannot adequately test them.
For example, Forensic Cop Journal (Volume 1(3), Oct 2009) describes a test case when an Ext3 file system was mounted using "-o ro" mount flag as a way to write protect the data. The article says that all tests were successful (i.e. no data modification was found after unmounting the file system), but it is known that damaged (i.e not properly unmounted) Ext3 file systems cannot be write protected using only "-o ro" mount flags (write access will be enabled during file system recovery).
And the question is: will many users test damaged Ext3 file system (together with testing the clean one) when validating their favourite forensic Live CD distribution? My answer is "no", because many users are unaware of such traits.
Here is a list of common problems of forensic Linux Live CD distributions that can be used by developers and users for testing purposes. Each problem is followed by an up to date list of distributions affected.
Journaling file systems updates
When mounting (and unmounting) several journaling file systems with only "-o ro" mount flag a different number of data writes may occur. Here is a list of such file systems:
|File system
|When data writes happen
|File system requires journal recovery
|To disable recovery: use "noload" flag, or use "ro,loop" flags, or use "ext2" file system type
|File system requires journal recovery
|To disable recovery: use "noload" flag, or use "ro,loop" flags, or use "ext2" file system type
|"nolog" flag does not work (see man mount). To disable journal updates: use "ro,loop" flags
|"norecovery" flag does not help. To disable data writes: use "ro,loop" flags. The bug was fixed in recent 2.6 kernels.
Incorrect mount flags can be used to mount a file system on evidentiary media during the boot process or during the file system preview process. As described above, this may result in modification of a file system's data. For example, several Ubuntu-based forensic Linux Live CD distributions mount Ext3/4 file systems on fixed media (e.g. hard drives) during execution of initrd scripts (these scripts mount every supported file system type on every supported media type using only "-o ro" flag in order to find a root file system image).
List of distributions that recover Ext3 (and sometimes Ext4) file systems during the boot:
|SMART Linux (Ubuntu)
|FCCU GNU/Linux Forensic Boot CD
Root file system spoofing
Lets look at Casper scripts (that are used by initrd to search for a root file system image). Here is a function (see scripts/casper in the initrd image of Ubuntu-based forensic Linux Live CD distributions) that is used to search for a root file system image during the early stage of boot process:
find_livefs() { timeout="${1}" # first look at the one specified in the command line if [ ! -z "${LIVEMEDIA}" ]; then if check_dev "null" "${LIVEMEDIA}" "skip_uuid_check"; then return 0 fi fi # don't start autodetection before timeout has expired if [ -n "${LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT}" ]; then if [ "${timeout}" -lt "${LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT}" ]; then return 1 fi fi # or do the scan of block devices for sysblock in $(echo /sys/block/* | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -v loop | grep -v ram); do devname=$(sys2dev "${sysblock}") fstype=$(get_fstype "${devname}") if /lib/udev/cdrom_id ${devname} > /dev/null; then if check_dev "null" "${devname}" ; then return 0 fi elif is_nice_device "${sysblock}" ; then for dev in $(subdevices "${sysblock}"); do if check_dev "${dev}" ; then return 0 fi done elif [ "${fstype}" = "squashfs" -o \ "${fstype}" = "ext3" -o \ "${fstype}" = "ext2" ]; then # This is an ugly hack situation, the block device has # an image directly on it. It's hopefully # casper, so take it and run with it. ln -s "${devname}" "${devname}.${fstype}" echo "${devname}.${fstype}" return 0 fi done return 1 }


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Arsenal end trophy drought with FA Cup win
Arsenal ended its nine-year trophy drought on Saturday, coming from two goals...
Following their second 2-14 finish in five seasons, the Kansas City Chiefs have fired head coach Romeo Crennel.
Crennel took over for Todd Haley on an interim basis and coached the final
three games of the 2011 campaign, with Kansas City winning two of those
contests. He was then given the job full time following the season.
Coming off that 7-9 campaign, the Chiefs lost their first two games and then
dropped eight in a row from Sept. 30-Nov. 25.
One day before the Chiefs snapped that slide with a 27-21 victory at the
Carolina Panthers, linebacker Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend
before driving to the team's training facility at Arrowhead Stadium. Belcher
spoke to both Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli and the two were
among those who witnessed Belcher take his own life moments later.
Kansas City won an emotional game the following day, but then dropped its
final four contests of the season.
"I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Romeo, both
personally and professionally," Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said in a
statement on Monday. "He is an accomplished coach, a man of great character
and he helped guide our football team through some extremely challenging
circumstances this season.
"However, I am embarrassed by the poor product we gave our fans this season,
and I believe we have no choice but to move the franchise in a different
The Chiefs finished last in the league in scoring and passing offense with
injuries and inconsistency causing Crennel to go back and forth at quarterback
between Matt Cassel and Brady Quinn.
Crennel was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 2005-08 and compiled a
record of 24-40, then joined Haley's staff as defensive coordinator for the
2010 campaign. The Chiefs went on to win the AFC West that season.
Before his first NFL head coaching experience in Cleveland, Crennel was a
long-time assistant. He was part of two Super Bowl championships during a
12-year run from 1981-92 with the New York Giants and added another Super
Bowl berth during a stint in New England from 1993-96.
After a three-year tenure as defensive line coach with the New York Jets from
1997-99 and a year in Cleveland as defensive coordinator, he went back to New
England and was in charge of a defense from 2001-04 that helped the Patriots
to three Super Bowl titles.
Crennel was also an assistant at the collegiate level from 1970-80.
Hunt added that "no final determination has been made at this point" on the
future of Pioli.
Kansas City has just one winning season in the past six campaigns and will
have the No. 1 pick in the 2013 draft.


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Anders writes: "Indexdata has released the first version of Zoogle. This is a Z39.50 gateway to the Google web index. It is based upon SimpleServer which can be downloaded at the same URL." Love them Google APIs.
Information Retrieval
First release of Zoogle
From the official release: "Cheshire has support for storage of pre-parsed SGML/XML and also for virtual databases (a single database name can search and retrieve from multiple physical databases on the server). New documentation on the new commands and features in the docs directory." Very interesting! To download (or for more info) see the Cheshire site.
Kevin writes: "There is a new release of the YAZ toolkit . YAZ is a C/C++ programmer's toolkit supporting the development of Z39.50v3 clients and servers. In the release, there is a new ZOOM function, ZOOM_connection_last_event, that returns type of last event (such as "receive data", "send data", "apdu received", etc.) and two new YAZ client commands: . (dot, which sources a script of YAZ client commands), and ! (to execute shell command)."
YAZ release 1.8.2 available
Kevin writes: "There is a new release of the YAZ toolkit. YAZ is a C/C++ programmer's toolkit supporting the development of Z39.50v3 clients and servers. In the new release, there is a new client-side MARC decode/display function which properly rejects non-ISO2709 records. There are also some ZOOM API changes."
YAZ Release 1.8 available
Sebastian Hammer writes: "There is a new release of the YAZ toolkit available (in addition to maintenance releases of ZAP and Zebra). The most important change is that we include support for an early version of the ZOOM API. ZOOM is an exciting new development in Z39.50, which suggests a common, high-level interface which can be implemented across many toolkits, and in most programming languages. It promises to make life a lot easier for developers of Z39.50 clients."
Simple Multi Target Z39.50 search portal - beta 1
Ian writes: "An initial beta release of the SimpleWebApp component of JZKit is now available for download, evaluation and feedback. JZKit is a 100% pure java (GPL'd) Z3950 tookit with no proprietary component dependencies. The SimpleWebApp application is an experiment in creating a pure java Z39.50 portal capable of searching multiple targets and displaying full or breif records with formatting defined by XSL style sheets. An online demo can be seen here and any comments would be welcome. The application is 100% pure java and is deployed as a .war file. Some minor tomcat configuration is needed to get everything working. You can read about the installation here (There are a few screen shots here too). As always, you can get all the source from Sourceforge."
Ian writes: "The Beta-2 Release is of JZKit, an open source pure java Z3950 toolkit is now available here or from sourceforge. JZKit is distributed under the LGPL and supports both origin and target development, but this beta release only features an example client.
The release is aimed at Z3950 developers (It really is for developers only at the moment, and the documentation is almost non-existent) who are interested in a java toolkit and don't mind playing around with beta software. The tookit uses its own internal ASN/BER runtime (Compiler also avialable for download in case you have any pesky private externals, or want to have a go with ISO10161). Right now, the project needs a few interested parties to generate some feedback so we can beat the thing into release shape."
Indexdata making serious progress
After playing with the ZAP module for less than a half hour, having already installed YAZ and played with SimpleServer, and seeing now that they've got a YAZ library built into PHP4, I can now state unequivocally (or is that unequivocably?) that Indexdata kicks some serious booty. There are doing as much directly for our community as any other company there is. Check out their stuff... it works.
from freshmeat: "ull documentation is now available for the WordType class. The mifluzsearch application/cgi-bin was added. A cache estimation bug that inhibited the cache_max parameter was fixed. An important entry deletion bug was fixed. Minor documentation enhancements were made. Minor fixes were made for FreeBSD-4.1 and Redhat-7.0 ports. RPM package generation scripts were added." see www.gnu.org/software/mifluz for more.
from freshmeat: "Bugfixes and minor enhancements were made, as well as source-incompatible API changes. Weighting parameters and other settings can now be customized. Portability fixes were made." See open.muscat.com for more.


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As a new VR photographer it is my aim to document as much of the town where i live and work, this is not for monetary gain but merely to bring the beauty of Sitges and Olivella to more people.
This is a simple panorama shot on 19th March early in the morning in the shadow of a group of pine trees following a fall of snow which only happens once in a blue moon here in this part of Spain.
As can be seen the entire area was blanketed in thick snow which by 4 in the afternoon was all gone. Exposure on this was really hard to set correctly because of the huge variance in Sun and Shadow and i am still not sure whether this is correct, any comments would be most welcome.


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Real Estate Videos
from Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate
Learn about buying and selling a home by watching our real estate videos. Find out how to find home listings, what to look for when viewing a home, closing a real estate transaction, prepare your home for sale and more. Each real estate video will help you learn what you need to know to have a successful real estate purchase or sale.


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EDC Puerto Rico: Giant Floating Octopus Invades Festival
Insomniac's Electric Daisy Carnival made its way down to Puerto Rico this weekend. The traveling dance music festival, whose main event is held in Las Vegas every June, expanded to a two-day affair in Puerto Rico's Parque Luis Muñoz Marín in 2013.
Despite the imperfect weather conditions, festival goers still made it out to see acts like 12th Planet, Carnage, Bingo Players, Kill the Noise, Knife Party, Nicky Romero, Nicole Moudaber, Zed's Dead, Pretty Lights, Steve Angello and more. Check out fan photos from inside EDC Puerto Rico, where a giant floating octopus made its way from stage to stage, in the gallery that follows.


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Human remains found in Somerville
Mar. 31, 2014
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after human remains were found along some train tracks in Somerville.
The Middlesex district attorney's office says the remains were discovered at about 12:45 p.m. Sunday.
State police provided a dog unit to search the area.
The remains were taken to the medical examiner's office to determine the person's identity.
No other information was immediately available.


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Many of the families which fled southern Kyrgyzstan during the recent conflict, crossing the border into Uzbekistan, are now returning. WFP's Abeer Etefa met the members of one of these families as they began the journey from the border to the city of Osh. With their home destroyed and uncertain weeks ahead, WFP's assistance will be vital.
OSH -- Early Friday morning we met a family returning from Uzbekistan. There was an old man, his wife, a grown-up son and daughter in law and five children. They were returning to their village at the foot of the hills on the south side of Osh. They fled across the border to Uzbekistan after the fighting began on June 11 and their homes were set on fire.
They had spent the night sleeping at the border crossing at Saratoch, unable to cross because of the curfew still in effect in southern Kyrgyzstan. They were going to stay with friends and relatives as their own homes have been destroyed. They had just been picked up on the Kyrgyz side of the border by a relative.
"We are returning to nothing and we had no food throughout this trip and now we are going to neighbours and families who are already overwhelmed and have their own problems and living in difficult conditions," said the head of the family, a 70 year old farmer.
"So much at stake"
The man was especially worried about the patch of land near Osh where he grows wheat, potatoes and some other vegetables. "I want to go and check on my piece of land. This is our livelihood. There is so much at stake," he said.
"The next days will be very difficult for us. I do not know how we will manage. I lost my mother, my home. We're returning to rebuild lives," said the 25-year-old wife and daughter in law.
Each member of the family related stories of young men and women and children who lost their lives and the many houses destroyed and burnt down.
High Energy Biscuits
The family were handed some High Energy Biscuits by Amir Abdulla, WFP's deputy executive director who was heading out to the border with other WFP staff to see how many people were trying to return. The biscuits would keep them and the children going until they reached their destination.
Once there, they will receive more food. WFP is distributing food to all people affected by the fighting in the city of Osh, giving them a two-week ration. WFP has so far helped 240,000 people with emergency food assistance.
Arriving at the border later, we saw that many other families were preparing to take the journey back to their homes in Osh. WFP is now assessing the returnee needs and will provide assistance to help people rebuild their lives.


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Accidental Death Claims Life Of Woman In Duson
A woman has died after she was accidentally run over by her husband, who was driving his RV, in the parking lot of Lucky Deuces Casino in Duson.
Casino owner Manish Sthanki offers his condolensces to the family:
Our hearts and prayers are with him and his family during unfortunate time. It is regrettable that this event has taken place at all. Even further regrettable it took place in our view.
Sthanki stresses that this was indeed an accident, in which the "Pennsylvania gentleman mistakenly ran over loving wife of several years." He also asks everyone, in light of this tragedy, to "please…take extra precaution to make sure all areas are clear when backing up or moving forward, especially in areas with high pedestrian traffic, such as gas stations. It could save a life."
According to our news partners at KATC, the driver of the RV has not been cited. Police are still investigating.
KPEL News will keep you informed as any additional details are released.


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Nonprofit honors young writers
Hard work and talent among Beaumont elementary and middle school writers was honored by nonprofit Save Our Children (S.O.C.) and its members during an elegant dinner awards banquet held Thursday, April 7, at the Compro Events Center.
More than 100 middle school students and more than 115 elementary students entered the essay contest themed "What does freedom mean to me?" and each of the more than 200 entrants received commendations for their effort. Medals, plaques, trophies and trinkets awaited the young writers, and for the top placed essayists, scholarships were also awarded.
Receiving first place accolades from the elementary level was Pietzsch-MacArthur fifth grade student Charissa Kelly, who wrote that the meaning of freedom was the ability to have equal rights under the law unlike generations of family members before her. Eighth grader Kevin Kimble from Austin Middle School penned the first-place entry among his age group, writing about freedom in varying capacities, including the fight for freedom to marry regardless of to whom, the right to equal compensation and punishment regardless of skin color, and the notion that with great freedom comes great responsibilities.
Attending the award ceremony to offer words of encouragement and knowledge were Judge Terrence Holmes, Judge Craig Lively and attorney Kent W. Johns, who all praised the efforts of the young attendees and the mentors responsible for guiding the youth to greatness. Also invited to the event along with all 200-plus entrants were the students' families, community leaders, educators and S.O.C. sponsors.
The Rev. J.D. Roberts, S.O.C. founder and CEO, said he was excited about the amount of participation the essay contest received and the quality of the submissions. He also had a message for the teachers who work with the students, day-in and day-out, show the youngsters how to express their emotions and, sometimes thanklessly, have a hand in forming tomorrow's leaders.
"I would personally like to thank you all for your time, assistance, love and support you have given to these young people," he said in an open message to educators of the Beaumont Independent School District. "A very close friend of mine told me something that I would never lose sight of. She said, 'When you touch the life of a child, you touch the future.' S.O.C. believes that making a positive difference in the lives of our youth will also make a positive difference in our community."
Roberts said he would be remiss not to mention the Wortham Foundation, Hadley's Furniture. Cotton Cargo and sponsors from all over Beaumont who help make programs such as the essay contest possible. According to him, supporters of S.O.C. "believe that all kids are special, and that we can make a difference in their lives. Together, we as a community can save our future with a hand up, not a hand out."