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rgxg (ReGular eXpression Generator) is a C library and a command-line tool that generate (extended) regular expressions. It can be useful for generating expressions that match, for example, a specific number range (e.g. 0 to 31 or 00 to FF) or all addresses in a CIDR block (e.g. 192.168.0.0/24 or 2001:db8:aaaa::/64).
hpdf.js is a scrip to create PDFs in your browser (it is a port of libharu). Existing projects with the same goal lack a lot of features (e.g. custom fonts). hpdf.js supports custom fonts (Type1 and TTF), PNG, JPEG, and RAW images, password protection, text and link annotations, outlines, drawing function (lines, cycles etc.), encoding support, and more.
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libunibreak is an implementation of the line breaking and word breaking algorithms as described in Unicode Standard Annex 14 and Unicode Standard Annex 29. It is a superset of, and supersedes, liblinebreak. It is designed to be used in a generic text renderer. FBReader is one real-world example.
BallroomDJ is a ballroom music player. It is designed to let the computer choose the music and to be able to play music the entire evening without intervention. It features flexible playlists, music queue management, requests, seeking in songs, speed with pitch control, and an optional audio file organizer. Playlists can have automatic selections based on your choice of dances and how often those dances should play, stops after some number of songs has been played, stops at a particular time, allowing of songs with certain keywords, sequences, and manual selection. Mix all of these in any order and modify them at any time.
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IntUne Mass Survey Wave 2, 2009 (ICPSR 34272)
Principal Investigator(s): Cotta, Maurizio, University of Siena (Italy); Isernia, Pierangelo, University of Siena (Italy); Bellucci, Paolo, University of Siena (Italy)
IntUne is an integrated project on the theme of European citizenship financed by the European Union, within the scope of the Sixth Framework Programme and is coordinated by the University of Siena. It involves 29 European Institutions and over 100 scholars across Eastern and Western Europe. The mass survey was conducted in 2009 in 16 European Union Member States; Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia Republic, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as well as 1 non-European Union Member State, Serbia. It aims at studying the changes in the scope, nature, and characteristics of citizenship that result from the process of the deepening and enlargement of the European Union. This survey focuses on how integration and disintegration processes, at both the national and European level, affect three major dimensions of citizenship: identity, representation, and scope of good governance. Respondents were polled on their interest in politics, their opinion of the general economic situation, and how satisfied they are with the way democracy works in their respective countries. Societal questions addressed whether or not respondents believe most people can be trusted, and how much influence one person has on politics. Opinions were gathered concerning the benefits of being a member of the European Union, the addition of Serbia to the European Union, and whether or not Serbia would benefit from European Union membership. Demographic variables include age, sex, education, current employment status, marital status, and religious affiliation.
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Cotta, Maurizio, Pierangelo Isernia, and Paolo Bellucci. IntUne Mass Survey Wave 2, 2009. ICPSR34272-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-04-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34272.v2
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Subject Terms: citizen participation, citizenship, cultural identity, cultural values, democracy, economic change, economic conditions, economic issues, elections, elites, European Parliament, European unification, European Union, everyday life, government, identity, national identity, national security, policy, political action, political activism, political apathy, political attitudes, political awareness, political ideologies, political parties, politics, public opinion
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Geographic Coverage: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Global, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom
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- 2009-04--2009-06
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: Includes representative samples of the general population in 16 European Union Member States; Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia Republic, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and 1 non-European Union Member State, Serbia.
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Technology Against Crime – an international forum on technologies for a safer world
08 July 2013 - 09 July 2013 - Lyon, France
This was the first international forum of its kind, bringing together senior representatives from the worlds of technology, security and industry in order to develop technological responses to evolving security challenges.
Jointly hosted by the French Ministry of Interior and INTERPOL, the event was attended by government ministers, official delegates from INTERPOL member countries, industrial leaders, chiefs of police and security services, researchers and academics.
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You know, even though I was a Mac. I generally enjoy reading the articles posted by daily tech with Mac's have issues. This one article though, it truly sounds like the author (yourself) has distain for Apple products. While this may or may not be true, I have to said I wasn't to happy about the way you worded the article.. there has to be a better way to write something like this without showing your dislike for the product(s)
Subject: DailyTech.com Contact: More Garbage from the Mind of Jason Mick...Ok, Jason... yeah... "unnecessarily fearful"... Gee, it has the potential of making areas unlivable for THOUSANDS of years and could possibly kill millions and increase cancers worldwide. Chernobyl contaminated food all across Europe. Frozen food had to be imported to so many countries! When Chernobyl blew, it was only about 60 tons of uranium. This Japanese reactor has hundreds of tons of MOX fuel, which has PLUTONIUM in it. There are not 1... but 3 reactors which have blown up. There us HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TONS of spent nuclear fuel that has been exposed to the air. It has not been kept cool. There could be a further meltdown and what happens if all of that spent nuclear fuel goes with it? We're talking Chernobyl times 1,000. Yeah... nuclear power is "SAFE". So why don't you google "MOX FUEL JAPAN NUCLEAR MELTDOWN" and see what I'm talking about. They thought a 9.0 earthquake (YES, IT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO a 9.0) could NEVER happen. But it did. And they didn't think a tsunami would happen along with an earthquake. I mean, come on... they didn't think giant extinction-level asteroids only happened so many millions of years apart, then Shoemaker Levy occurred and punched many holes in Jupiter the size of the earth. Then they said "oh, it could happen every few ten thousand years". All these past predictions of the odds of occurrence are completely invalid when a new event like a major earthquake or major asteroid collision occurs. I just don't have time to get into all of this, unlike other commenter's on here, going back and forth bickering over little details all day all night.. .. but you have written another article trying to downplay the entire situation saying that nuclear power is safe and clean and we need to get off of volitile fossil fuel from the middle east.Well, I've got news for you buddy... how about getting fuel from ALASKA... and how about all of those BILLIONS of Gallons of oil discovered in North Dakota and Montana? http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911The U.S. has enough oil in Alaska to last us for over 100 years, but thats not for us. Thats to be sold to other countries at a higher price and that gives an excuse to be involved in all these wars and have an excuse for the U.S. government to be involved with all of these awful middle eastern countries for our "precious oil supply" as if there isn't enough oil of the USA in Alaska, North Dakota, Montana and the Gulf of Mexico.You're a complete idiot. I dont have time for this crap. I'm not going to be visiting anandtech and dailytech anymore. I just can't support closed-minded fools who try to downplay such a serious situation and then advocate nuclear power is "safe" and that anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.You have selectively cherry-picked outdated, false and biased information to advocate nuclear power. Do you have any idea what a mess uranium mining and refining does? Do you have any clue as to what depleted uranium is? Do you have any clue about whats going on with the problem with uranium mining in Australia? No... you'll just google it really quick and then pick an article that supports your limited point of view and opinion, you will side with whatever company or government official who decrees "its safe" and that "radiation doesn't exist" and that I am a tin-foil-hat lunatic for believing that something so dangerous could possibly be bad for me.
The public is already uninformed and unnecessarily fearful about nuclear power.
Hi Jason,I'm an avid DT reader and enjoy your articles a lot. I'm a medical student at Stanford Med and graduated in engineering from Berkeley - I just say that to mention that I have a strong science background and am critical about the news I read.I wanted to thank you for your articles on nuclear power. Nothing frustrates me more than uninformed, sensationalist claims that people make about technology. What is worse is when people instigate and propogate confusion over something as important as energy and health?Your articles do a wonderful job of putting things in perspective: nuclear is important for a "green" future...I wish I could have an impact and educate people about these matters so they don't hurt others as much with their own naiveté. Your articles go a long way in helping inform people and I thank you for that.Keep up the good science,Anthony


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Padres' Volquez is ready to take Classic mulligan
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Padres right-hander Edinson Volquez made his first Cactus League start on Monday at Maryvale Baseball Park against the Brewers, working two innings and throwing an efficient 22 pitches.
He'll have one more start on Saturday before departing Sunday for Tampa, Fla., to hook up with his Dominican Republic team that is preparing to begin World Baseball Classic play on March 7.
He hopes it doesn't turn out like the last time.
In 2009 in Puerto Rico, Volquez started the Classic opener when Team D.R. was upset by The Netherlands. He pitched three innings, giving up three unearned runs on two hits and whiffing three. The Dominicans lost twice to the Dutch and didn't make it out of that first round bracket.
Five months later, Volquez underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. He didn't return until July 17, 2010.
Padres manager Bud Black has his concerns about pitchers participating in the Classic and perhaps justifiably so.
"Hey, you're throwing for your country, on TV," Black said before the Padres defeated the Brewers, 7-1. "I just look at it and say, hey, I hope they're ready to throw with that effort because it's a different type of environment throwing in a WBC game for your country. Even though you're limited to 65 pitches, it's still the intensity and the adrenalin. Maybe the pressure some guys might feel. It's not the same pressure you might feel in a Spring Training game when you might be working on things. Man, you've got to get guys out."
Volquez threw a career-high 196 innings for the Reds in 2008, followed by a heavy stint of winter ball in the Dominican prior to his one outing in the Classic. The workload evidently took a toll on his arm.
"That was a lot of innings," said Volquez, who was 25 at the time and is 29 now. "[The injury] probably had something to do with it."
It's a little different this time, even though Volquez tossed 182 2/3 innings this past season after he was obtained in a five-player deal that sent Mat Latos to the Reds. This time, Volquez didn't follow up the season by pitching this past winter down in the Dominican. He knows he'll still have to crank it up to avenge his country's poor showing in 2009. During the first Classic played in '06, the Dominicans advanced as far as the semifinals before losing to Cuba.
"I threw four or five bullpens [at home] before I came to Spring Training," said Volquez, who was born and raised in Santo Domingo, the country's capital. "I've thrown four or five bullpens here and then again today. I feel like I'm 100 percent."
Volquez opened the game on Monday by walking the first batter before striking out the next four. He believes he's right on target for moving from Padres camp into the tournament. There are strict pitch counts for the Classic, a 65-pitch limit in the first round, 80 pitches in the second and 95 in the semifinals and final. Once any pitcher exceeds 50 pitches in a game, he can't be used again for four days. But it's the intensity of each pitch this time of year that has some baseball people concerned.
"Everybody is in a hurry a little bit, kind of rushing a little bit to get ready," Volquez said. "I think I did a pretty good job down in the Dominican before I came here to get ready for the WBC. I'm ready to go, man. I'll probably pitch one more game over here before I go to Florida."
The Dominicans again play the first round in Puerto Rico. They are in a very tough pool with Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Spain that will meet at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan from March 7-10, and Volquez again is one of their top starters. The Dominican Republic begins pool play against Venezuela and it's safe to say Volquez will be on the mound. Pittsburgh's Wandy Rodriguez is the only other option. Reds right-hander Johnny Cueto and a former teammate of Volquez in Cincinnati, won't pitch this time in the Classic. He is not on the Dominican roster.
"I don't know, I don't know," Volquez said when asked if he was going to start that first game like 2009 when he opened the tournament for the D.R. "They haven't told me anything yet."
About vanquishing the '09 performance, Volquez added: "We're all aware of that and we know what we have to do. We'll do the best we can."
The two pool winners in San Juan will move on to Miami's Marlins Park from March 12-16 and face the survivors of the Arizona pool that includes Team USA, Canada, Mexico and Italy.
The semifinals and finals are set for San Francisco's AT&T Park from March 17-19. All 39 games in the Classic will be televised by MLB Network.
Volquez is one of three Padres on their Major League roster ticketed for the Classic. The others are reliever Luke Gregerson, who'll play for the U.S., and right fielder Chris Denorfia for the Italians. While Black is upbeat about the tournament, he's still wary.
"It's a great experience for these guys," Black said. "Playing for your own country there's a spirit to that. I think from a position players side it's fine. You get your at-bats, you get your games. The pitching side, all of us, that's what we worry about. Throwing early like this, that's what we all talk about."
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow@boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Tennessee Shakespeare Company and WKNO in Memphis Awarded One of Ten WNET Grants in the United States to Partner for "Shakespeare Uncovered" in 2013
(December 17, 2012) Memphis, TN: Tennessee Shakespeare Company and WKNO public television/radio in Memphis, TN, are partnering January through May 2013 on a community-wide project to celebrate the works of Shakespeare and expose the community to his plays.
The two organizations will hold special events – such as screenings and workshops – produce special pieces for television and radio, and much more thanks to a national grant from WNET in New York for the PBS series, "Shakespeare Uncovered."
The partnership between TSC and WKNO is one of only ten such collaborations between public television stations and Shakespeare companies in the United States to receive the grant by WNET.
This special series will air Fridays, January 25 - February 8, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. on WKNO2, and the following Sunday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. on WKNO/Channel 10.
Shakespeare Uncovered airs Sundays, January 27-February 10 at 4:00 p.m., beginning January 27, on WKNO/Channel 10. It will also air the previous Fridays (January 25-February 8) at 8:00 p.m. on WKNO2, available over the air on Channel 10.2 and on Comcast Channel 910.
The six-part series will air in two-hour blocks over three weeks.
"Macbeth with Ethan Hawke" Sunday, January 27 at 4:00 p.m. on WKNO.
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The Memphis Grizzlies picked up where they left off before the All-Star break by beating the defending NBA champions.
The Grizzlies will try to avoid a letdown when they visit the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.
Memphis closed the first half of the season with an 89-76 win over Atlantic Division-leading Philadelphia on Feb. 21, then came back from the All-Star break and defeated Dallas 96-85 on Wednesday.
Taking advantage of Dirk Nowitzki's absence for much of the game, Marc Gasol had 22 points and 11 rebounds while Mike Conley added 20 points and 10 assists as the Grizzlies (20-15) won for the eighth time in 10 games.
"We all told each other before the break that when we came back, it was a sprint to the finish line," Conley said. "Each game is going to be big, especially starting off against the defending champions. I thought we showed we were hungry and wanted to get off to a good start."
After taking advantage of a stretch of nine of 11 at home, Memphis will play four of five on the road. The Grizzlies have lost six of eight while averaging 90.9 points away from FedEx Forum.
Gasol will try to help Memphis turn things around on the road. He has four double-doubles in his last five games overall, averaging 16.2 points and 11.8 rebounds.
Gasol may be in line for another big effort with Raptors big man Andrea Bargnani likely missing his 17th straight game with a calf injury. The Grizzlies aren't about to offer up any sympathy to a team without its top scorer.
"This season is so condensed that every game means as much as the last," Conley said. "Believe it or not, but the Toronto game is bigger than the Dallas win. Each game gets bigger and bigger, so we have to take it one game at a time."
The Grizzlies have won five straight over the Raptors by an average of 7.2 points. Rudy Gay, who missed the first victory in that stretch, has averaged 21.4 points in his last five games against Toronto.
The Raptors (11-24) have won two of three since a four-game losing streak and are coming off a 95-84 victory at New Orleans on Wednesday.
After scoring a season-low 11 points in the third quarter, Toronto responded with 33 in the fourth to rally from a seven-point deficit. Leandro Barbosa scored 11 of his 15 points in the final period while Linas Kleiza hit three of his five 3-pointers and finished with a game high-tying 21 points.
"We made shots down the stretch and executed and that's what I'm most proud of our guys," coach Dwane Casey said. "Everyone came in, contributed and did a good job."
Kleiza, who missed the final three games heading into the break with a sore left ankle, has provided a lift off the bench. He averaged 15.7 points in February, more than double his average prior to that point.
DeMar DeRozan, meanwhile, averaged 22.8 points in his final five games of the month.
After Bargnani was seemingly working toward a return earlier this week, it's unclear if he'll be back at any point during the Raptors' four-game homestand.
Watching and chuckling at that clip from last year, I noticed something. Did anyone see how easy it was for the Grizz to inbound that ball to Conley and get it easily to Gay to execute exactly the way the coach planned? Now think about the numerous 10 second and under sideline inbounds plays that have failed this year in Toronto. My point? Man, I never realized JUST HOW BAD the defense was. Don't get me wrong - I've played a lot of ball and know what defense is all about. However I think the last few years of watching predominantly Raptors basketball numbed my defensive-senses when it came to watching them - like I knew it was bad, but that clip is just baaaaaaaaad.


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Magnesium oxide is a fine white powder with a dull luster. The substance is comprised solely from one molecule of magnesium and one molecule of oxygen. The compound is commonplace, occurring naturally in the environment. Commercially, magnesium oxide is used in the production of Portland cement, one of the main ingredients in concrete. It is also found in skin care products as both an active ingredient (one that enhances the look and feel of the skin) and an additive (one that improves the quality of a formula). The ingredient is sometimes called magnesia or magnesium alba.
The Scottish chemist Joseph Black first discovered magnesium oxide in 1754. After its discovery, scientists continued to study the substance in hopes of determining what its raw materials were. In 1808, the English chemist Sir Humphry Davy used a mixture of magnesium oxide and a compound formed from mercury and oxygen to finally isolate magnesium from the substance. This marked the discovery of the element magnesium, the eighth most abundant element in the entire universe.
Although magnesium oxide is found naturally in rock and mineral deposits, the substance is typically produced in factories for commercial use. Two methods of manufacturing the ingredient exist. In the first, magnesium carbonate or magnesium hydroxide is put through an intense heat treatment to produce magnesium oxide and byproducts. With the alternate method, magnesium chloride is mixed with lime and then heated.
Magnesium oxide has a pH of 10.3, making it a base on the pH scale. The substance makes an excellent neutralizer for acidic substances. In fact, liquid magnesium oxide is commonly used as a treatment for acid indigestion or heartburn. When added to skin care products, magnesium oxide helps to raise the pH of their formulas. This is beneficial for people with sensitive skin who develop redness and irritation when exposed to harsh, acidic products
Individual molecules of magnesium oxide are very attracted to water molecules. As a result, the ingredient has the ability to absorb and hold moisture. This property of the compound makes it useful as a desiccant, an additive in powdered skin care products like blushes, eye shadows and facial powder. In such products, magnesium oxide absorbs condensation and helps to keep the formulas more potent, making them apply more evenly and give more appealing results.
Another common use for magnesium oxide is as an opacifying agent in facial cosmetics like foundations and concealers. These products are used to hide imperfections of the skin, so it is important that they are able to fully cover blemishes, discoloration and other flaws. Adding magnesium oxide to the formula of a foundation or concealer makes the product less transparent, allowing it to provide fuller coverage to the complexion. Magnesium oxide is especially useful because it decreases transparency without causing a large increase in the thickness of the foundation. As a result, products that contain the ingredient are highly effective without feeling heavy on the skin.
Historically, magnesium oxide was used in cosmetics and skin care products almost solely as an additive, but the popularity of microdermabrasion has led some skin care companies to use the substance as an active ingredient. Microdermabrasion is a skin treatment in which tiny crystals of diamonds or other gems are used to create friction on the complexion. This friction removes cells from the outer layer of skin and helps to normalize the skin's texture and tone.
In recent years, skin care companies have worked to create topical beauty products that can offer benefits similar to microdermabrasion. Because magnesium oxide is comprised of tiny crystals, it is sometimes added to facial scrubs and moisturizers in an attempt to mimic the gemstone crystals used in microdermabrasion. These products are helpful for performing many of the tasks for which microdermabrasion is commonly used. Among these are lessening the appearance of signs of aging, removing discolored skin tissue and reducing the size of enlarged pores.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has listed magnesium oxide as "Generally Regarded as Safe" on its inventory of ingredients used by the beauty industry. The ingredient is not likely to cause side effects when applied to the skin; however, other ingredients in products that contain magnesium oxide could be potential irritants


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Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Public Use Samples (ICPSR 18)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
This data collection contains 132 Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) files from the 1970 Census of Population and Housing. Information is provided in these files on the housing unit, such as occupancy and vacancy status of house, tenure, value of property, commercial use, year structure was built, number of rooms, availability of plumbing facilities, sewage disposal, bathtub or shower, complete kitchen facilities, flush toilet, water, telephone, and air conditioning. Data are also provided on household characteristics such as the number of persons aged 18 years and younger in the household, the presence of roomers, boarders, or lodgers, the presence of other nonrelative and of relative other than wife or child of head of household, the number of persons per room, the rent paid for unit, and the number of persons with Spanish surnames. Other demographic variables provide information on age, race, marital status, place of birth, state of birth, Puerto Rican heritage, citizenship, education, occupation, employment status, size of family, farm earnings, and family income. This hierarchical data collection contains approximately 214 variables for the 15-percent sample, 227 variables for the 5-percent sample, and 117 variables for the neighborhood characteristics sample.
Series: Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States] Series
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United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Public Use Samples. ICPSR00018-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00018.v1
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Subject Terms: census data, citizenship, demographic characteristics, education, employment, ethnicity, families, household composition, housing, housing conditions, housing units, income, occupational status, occupations, population, population characteristics, states (USA)
Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (state), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Since 1981, December has been recognized as National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. This presidential proclamation raises awareness of, and seeks to prevent, the acts of drunk driving, drugged driving, and distracted driving. Impaired driving is often deadly, with drunk driving itself factoring in thousands of traffic fatalities every year.
While the prevention of all impaired driving is important, there is a special need to address repeat DUI offenders. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that repeat DUI offenders are more likely to be involved in fatal crashes than intoxicated drivers without prior convictions. And as the number of prior DUI arrests increases, a driver's fatal crash risk also goes up. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, there are over 2 million drivers in the United States with three or more drunk-driving convictions.
Residents of Montezuma County should be pleased to know that the Montezuma County DUI Court program has been targeting repeat DUI offenders since its inception in 2007. At that time, it was the second DUI Court to be created in the state. Since then, the number of DUI Courts in Colorado has increased to eight.
At its core, the Montezuma County DUI Court program is a collaborative effort to engage repeat DUI offenders in treatment and reduce their recidivism. A reduction in recidivism, particularly among this offender group, results in a safer community. Eligibility for the Montezuma County DUI Court program is limited to offenders who have been convicted of their third DUI or DWAI (driving while ability impaired). Like the other three specialty courts in this district, entry into the program is voluntary.
After being sentenced, DUI Court participants return to court on a regular basis (every two weeks at the beginning of the program) for two years to report to the Judge. Participants are expected to comply with a number of requirements: those imposed by the court in its sentencing order, terms and conditions of Probation, and the requirements of the DUI Court program. Foremost among the DUI Court requirements, participants must attend treatment, remain sober, and submit to random drug tests so their sobriety can be monitored.
Before the participants' review hearings, the DUI Court Team meets to discuss each participant's case. The DUI Court Team consists of the judge, a probation officer, a coordinator, and representatives from the District Attorney's Office, the local defense bar, and two treatment agencies. This professional diversity helps the DUI Court Team reach informed, balanced decisions. The Team recommends an appropriate response to each participant's behavior. The judge may rely on that recommendation when implementing a response at the participant's court hearing. The response may be an incentive, a sanction, or a change in treatment. The exact response depends on factors like the magnitude of participant's behavior, the participant's history in the program, and the participant's individual needs.
The Montezuma County DUI Court has had 26 graduates in its relatively short history (because it's a two-year program that started in May 2007, the first graduation did not occur until May 2009). Another 12 participants are currently active in the program. The graduation rate of the program is 57%, which is close to the state average of 61%. But it's important to note that even participants who are discharged unsuccessfully from DUI Courts show a reduction in recidivism. This is likely due to the significant amount of time (an average of 160 days in our DUI Court) that these unsuccessful participants spend in the program and treatment before being discharged.
Jurisdictions across the country have recognized the important role of specialty courts like our DUI Court in addressing alcohol abuse and dependence among DUI offenders. As a result, there are now almost 600 DUI Courts and DUI Hybrid Courts operating in the United States. National Impaired Driving Prevention Month reminds us that we must remain steadfast in our work towards the prevention of impaired driving. This includes the prevention of impaired driving among offenders with prior DUI convictions. We must hold these offenders accountable, but we must also seek to rehabilitate them through treatment. The Montezuma County DUI Court does both.
Jeremy Botkins is Specialty Court Coordinator for the 22nd Judicial District.


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Many feared that the iPhone would be his final
opus, when he departed the company with a failing liver.
However, less than a year later, Mr. Jobs is back
in action, and according to the Wall Street Journal, he
has one
thing on his mind -- the new Apple
Last October in an earnings call, Mr. Jobs
famously remarked, "We don't know how to make a $500 computer
that's not a piece of junk."
However, that's exactly what
Apple is trying to do, in essence. They're trying to create a
luxury-brand netbook with more power and functionality, that's a
small step up from traditional netbooks in price -- similar to its
business model in the notebook sector that sees it selling
ultralight, long-battery life notebooks for a markup.
Mr. Jobs is acting as a ruthless and relentless captain, demanding
long hours, efficiency, and secrecy of his employees. This
comes to a shock to many Apple employees who were beginning to enjoy
more freedoms while Mr. Jobs was on leave. States a source at
Apple, "People have had to readjust."
In a brief
email Mr. Jobs reportedly contradicted these comments, telling the
WSJ, "Much of your information is incorrect."
new device is reportedly very important to Apple. With iPod
sales slowing, Apple is looking for a new hit to recharge its
lineup and keep the so-called "halo effect" going.
The tablet market -- sparked by Microsoft a decade ago, but with
currently only 1.4 percent PC marketshare -- seems an ideal place to
Reportedly Apple has been working on a tablet for
almost a decade now, first filing a patent in 2000. Mr. Jobs
reportedly killed the project twice due to disappointing battery life
among other things. Now, with the iPhone's development lighting
the way, it appears Apple is finally set to green light the device.
According to the WSJ, Apple may be pressured to release its
tablet at $499 or less, due to the plethora of Windows and Linux
netbooks priced in the same range.
Apple's tremendous secrecy
makes it hard to determine fact from fantasy, but its clear that
something is afoot in Cupertino.


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Friday, September 23, 2011 - Zoran and Rado
In casting tonight, Geoff says his favorite is Julius Cesta. I concur wholeheartedly.
Jindra Hruda is from Trebisov. He is a nice looking guy, with a slim body. I enjoyed his casting as he showed a decent cock and a very nice ass.
Zdenek Zimola is from Prague. He has a really handsome face and a nice swimmer's build. He certainly impressed me in this casting, with a nice big cock and a delectable ass.
Dima Kokes lives in Visnove. What a stunningly handsome guy he is, and what a great body. We shot this casting in the studio as we decided, as soon as he walked in the door, that we would shoot him rightaway. Dima looks faulous on camera and has a very impressive cock and ass too.


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Sunday the U.S. Congress and White House's reasons for backing
Google so heartily in its conflict
with the Chinese government over cyber-attacks and internet
freedoms became much clearer.A leaked U.S. diplomatic
cable states:
global computer hacking effort: China's Politburo directed the
intrusion into Google's computer systems in that country, a Chinese
contact told the American Embassy in Beijing in January, one cable
reported. The Google hacking was part of a coordinated campaign of
computer sabotage carried out by government operatives, private
security experts and Internet outlaws recruited by the Chinese
government. They have broken into American government computers and
those of Western allies, the Dalai Lama and American businesses since
2002, cables said.
Under Fire: Why Didn't the U.S. Publicly Air its
the information in the cable is to be believed, the central
controlling body of China's government perpetrated what was perhaps
the most serious online attack on a U.S. corporation in our nation's
history. The Politburo of the Communist Party of China,
commonly referred to as the Politburo, is a 24-member council that
controls China's most important decisions.The cyber-attacks
in question were dubbed "Operation Aurora" in the
security community and occurred from mid-2009 through December 2009.
Their highest profile target was Google, who had its "secret
recipe" -- its search engine source code -- stolen. Other
victims of the assault included Adobe Systems, Juniper Networks,
Rackspace, Yahoo, Symantec, Northrop Grumman and Dow Chemical.But
if the U.S. government had strong evidence to believe that the
Politburo masterminded the attack, why not just come out and say it,
or take action? The answer is likely a combination
of a complex set of factors. First, China owns much of the U.S.
government's debt obligations and is one of the largest trading
partners of the U.S. commercial sector. Economic action against
the nation would be virtually infeasible. Also, the U.S. is
desperately seeking China's cooperation on a number of geopolitical
issues including Korean stability, terrorism in the Middle East, and
global warming.The leaked cable is somewhat embarrassing to
the U.S. government, regardless, given its relative inaction.
It will doubtless increase the East-West tension that exists between
the two global superpowers.And perhaps that's precisely what
the perpetrators of this leak were hoping for.Leaks:
Preventing Wrongdoing, or Espionage?It's
little secret that Wikileaks,
masterminded by convicted cyber-criminal Julian Assange, is no fan of
the U.S. government. Mr. Assange has accused the U.S.
military of
"murdering" innocent Afghani and Iraqi citizens.Over
90 percent the documents aired since 2006 by Wikileaks targeted
the U.S. or its Middle Eastern allies. That percentage
ballooned further on Sunday with the release of 251,287 leaked U.S.
documents, of which the Google-related cables were part of.A
key topic of debate is whether this new leak was truly geared at
preventing wrongdoing or represented an cyber-espionage attack
against the U.S. The newly leaked documents indeed
largely deal with the Middle East, which could lend some support
to Wikileaks'
claims. On the other hand, documents like this one, while
certainly fascinating for the light they cast on the inside of U.S.
foreign policy, seem to have little effect on preventing military
wrongdoing and are more likely to hurt the U.S. financially and
diplomatically.Mr. Assange in his early days in the hacking
community was a vocal proponent of anarchy -- the philosophy that the
world would be better off if its largest governments -- including the
U.S. government -- collapsed. The recent leaks, while damaging
to the U.S. gov't and its diplomatic relationships, aren't likely
damaging enough to achieve such a goal. However, they are
arguably Mr. Assange's most successful attack on the stability U.S.
government yet. And unlike past damage he inflicted on the U.S.
government's credibility, this one seems to have a great deal of meat
that has little to do with the war on terrorism.Adrian Lamo
-- the convicted ex-hacker who turned in Bradley Manning, the young
soldier who leaked these documents -- condemned Wikileaks actions
and called for the U.S. government to be more vigorous in pursuing
charges against the leaks' masterminds, including Mr. Assange.He
writes in a press
co-conspirators reside in districts competent to arrest, prosecute,
and punish these people for their involvement in one of the greatest
breaches of trust in the history of our intelligence community.
[I]t would be irresponsible in the extreme for us to not use all the
tools available to us in bringing them to justice.
Assange resides in Iceland, which has offered him protection from
foreign charges. He is currently wanted on an outstanding
arrest warrant for unrelated
sex crimes charges in Sweden. Wikileaks
Taken DownWikleaks
was coincidentally the target of
a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack over the weekend.
While it's tempting to suspect that China or the U.S. governments
were responsible for this effort, that ultimately seems less likely.
As Wikileaks aptly
pointed out, it had already passed the cables to news efforts, so
attempts to take down the site would not prevent their release.As
of 10 a.m. EST on Monday the site appeared to be up and responding
normally to requests. Wikileaks is
hosted by a worldwide collection of servers and is blocked in some
nations, including China.


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Consider a common scenario: Your legal department has been alerted by a whistleblower to potentially fraudulent activity happening within the organization. There are a few clues to use as a starting point, but the key facts — as well as whether or not fraud actually occurred — remain unknown. With hundreds of millions of emails within the enterprise, and the need to uncover the facts as quickly as possible, the team cranks up the e-discovery process. This effort is undertaken through the same tried and true approach used for all matters involving electronically stored information — identify some key custodians and review most of their documents — and everyone involved knows how time consuming and potentially expensive this process can be. It could take months and precious internal resources to comb through millions of electronic documents to get to the bottom of the whistleblower's accusations.
This scenario can incite migraines in even the most prepared general counsel. And while the standard "comprehensive review of a large volume of documents" e-discovery process is often unavoidable in responding to discovery demands, there is a better way to respond to or get ahead of the discovery demands in situations similar to the one described above. Counsel need a process that builds on existing processes and technology but leverages the power of emerging analytics capabilities at the outset of a matter to find facts upfront. For a legal department, what matters at the end of the day is finding the facts for any number of reasons including intercepting behaviors within the organization that are illegal or violate compliance regulations, responding to a whistleblower as described above, determining whether or how to dispose of a matter and planning case and e-discovery strategy in the event of a lawsuit. But with ever-increasing data volumes, getting to the facts the traditional "standard review" way is becoming more and more expensive and time consuming for legal teams.
As such, legal departments also need to be equipped with a better way to tackle the problem of finding facts quickly, without relying on going through the "standard review" motions of the entire e-discovery process.
Comprehensive review alone isn't the best solution
Because legal teams are accustomed to complying with and planning for production obligations to opposing counsel under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or to an investigating agency, there is a tendency to default to the standard e-discovery process as a means to finding information. However, in reviewing all documents in the set in detail, and doing them in serial order, it generally does lead to key documents being scattered throughout the review population in serial order and uncovered over time. Furthermore, since discovery obligations are very broad and designed for producing everything even remotely relevant to a matter, not just specific facts, there is a tendency to draw a broad net both in the document population and the review instructions, which means that it can take a long time into review before the facts come to light. This comprehensive review process has its place for litigation and complex investigations where it is pertinent that no slightly relevant document be overlooked. For establishing the key merits of an issue quickly, however, these broad strokes were neither designed to achieve that goal nor are the best way.
The alternative is to rely on data mining and visualization techniques developed for Big Data. Big Data is top of mind for all key stakeholders within large enterprises today, and data mining is a current hot topic. Everyone from IT and compliance to marketing and legal are talking about how it will change the way businesses and our government are run, and the many challenges, benefits and implications that come into play. Legal departments are increasingly aware of how Big Data impacts the enterprise, but what remains to be discussed is how data mining affects the practice of law.
Data mining is designed to visually expose trends within a data population that would otherwise go unnoticed, and enable large sets of data points (such as documents) to be understood quickly. Unknown knowledge is surfaced quickly as a large data set is manipulated at a high level. This provides an alternative for legal departments and their counsel to finding the facts through the standard comprehensive review e-discovery methodology.
Even in circumstances where the legal team will eventually be required to go through the entire e-discovery process, data mining can be leveraged to uncover key facts first and bring the most pressing evidence to light quickly. By using this as a starting point, legal teams will have a better understanding of their next steps and overall strategy for any given issue. The second article in this series, coming May 2, will discuss the key principles of this new approach and practical ways legal teams can begin to utilize data mining to save time, resources and money.


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Police in Alabama say they caught a man "double-texting" with two phones while driving with his knees.
Authorities also found $4,500 in cash and prescription drugs in the car after they stopped Dandre Moore on a traffic violation in a tunnel in Mobile on Tuesday, the Mobile County Sheriff's Office told NBC News.
Moore, 19, told deputies he had been "double-texting" since he was 15 years old.
Deputies also arrested passenger Dartavious Moore after finding an ounce of marijuana in his underwear, sheriff's spokeswoman Lori Myles told the Press-Register newspaper.
Two women and a 3-year-old were in the backseat.
Dandre Moore was charged with illegal possession of the Xanax and possession of a controlled substance. Dartavious Moore was charged with possessing marijuana, Mobile TV station WAFF reported.
Both men live in Philadelphia, Miss., according to the Press-Register.
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Un-D-lievable: Crawford wins All-Star MVP
Rays outfielder's homer-robbing catch seals coveted honor
By Doug Miller / MLB.com
For the first time in the history of the Midsummer Classic, the award was won by a man who didn't score a run and didn't drive in a run.
Carl Crawford did, however, take away a big run, and it led to the American League pulling out a 4-3 win over the National League at Busch Stadium.
With the score tied at 3 in the bottom of the seventh inning and Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon on the mound, Colorado slugger Brad Hawpe swung at the first pitch -- a 94-mph fastball -- and hit it to left field.
"I thought it was a sure out," Papelbon said. "Then it kept carrying, carrying, and it was an amazing out."
Crawford leapt, stuck his glove over the wall in front of the AL bullpen and brought back the ball to the amazement of the 46,760 in attendance.
"It was a good catch, obviously, especially a catch at the wall," Hawpe said. "For an outfielder, to jump up there ... what a catch."
AL relievers Andrew Bailey and Mariano Rivera, who earned the save, said they had a close-enough view of the play to determine that it definitely would have been a home run.
"I was 15 feet away," Rivera said. "The ball had to be over the fence by a lot if he doesn't catch it. I know. I was right there."
"I was right there, standing right behind the fence," added Bailey. "I saw his glove flip over the wall with the ball in it. He does deserve the MVP. That was amazing."
Papelbon summed up the mood of an All-Star Game with no home runs that turned into a flash of leather.
"Defense wins championships," Papelbon said. "And now, I guess we can say defense wins All-Star Games, too."
It also wins All-Star MVP Awards.
Crawford, the Tampa Bay Rays' speedster, also went 1-for-3 as a reserve in the game, but once the AL rallied for a run on a Curtis Granderson triple and an Adam Jones sacrifice fly in the eighth, everyone knew the real reason Crawford took home the hardware.
"I knew the game was close ... we needed every out and every run," Crawford said. "So I didn't know how things were going to play out at the end. But I knew it was probably going to be important at some point that the run didn't score."
Hardware in hand
|The American League hasn't lost an All-Star game since 1996. Below is a list of every All-Star Game MVP during its unbeaten run.
|Carl Crawford, Rays
|J.D. Drew, Red Sox
|Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners
|Michael Young, Rangers
|Miguel Tejada, Orioles
|Alfonso Soriano, Rangers
|Garret Anderson, Angels
|Cal Ripken, Orioles
|Derek Jeter, Yankees
|Pedro Martinez, Red Sox
|Roberto Alomar, Orioles
|Sandy Alomar Jr., Indians
|Complete list of All-Star Game MVPs >
And once Crawford got word that he was the MVP?
"It feels great," Crawford said. "They totally got me off guard today. I didn't think I was going to win it. This being my third time coming here, it definitely feels good to win the MVP Award. You know, I'm just so happy, I don't really know what to say. I just hope I can come back many times and try to win it again."
Third baseman Michael Young of the Texas Rangers said he wouldn't be surprised, just like he wasn't completely surprised when Crawford hauled in the fly ball.
"That was an unbelievable play," Young said. "I'm not shocked, because in my mind, C.C.'s the best pure athlete in the big leagues. Talk about a blend of speed and power and balance and the whole nine, he's just a stud. It was a great play."
But believe it or not, the consensus from the significant Tampa Bay contingent in the AL clubhouse was that Crawford, for all of his talents, hadn't gone over a wall for a catch before Tuesday.
"I've never seen him do that," Tampa Bay and AL All-Star manager Joe Maddon said. "The way he got to the position on the ball was great, and the catch, obviously, was fantastic.
"I've been talking to everybody all year about this. Carl, he has become a better baseball player since I first met him in 2006. He's a better defender, a better thrower, a better baserunner, a better basestealer, and it's all because of his work. I'm not saying it's our fault he's better. It's because of him. His work ethic is that good.
"And when I first met him in 2006, he came into my office and said something to me about the fact that he wanted to become a better baseball player, and he knew he had some shortcomings. And to his credit, he's really developed in a lot of different areas."
Last year's World Series appearance and this year's All-Star MVP Award are tangible examples of that, and Crawford said he was proud. In fact, he said Tuesday's play was the best of his career.
"It's got to be the top play," Crawford said. "I don't think I've ever robbed a home run before, so I picked a good time to do it tonight. It's definitely probably my best catch I've ever made."
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter summed up the mood of the AL's win up with a nod to Crawford, too.
"A lot of times, it's usually guys hitting home runs and big things like that that lead to a win," Jeter said. "It just shows that defense helps you win games."
And Red Sox outfielder Jason Bay said while it's difficult sometimes to pick an MVP, because All-Star Games often don't provide enough at-bats for hitters or innings for pitchers to make their mark on games, Tuesday's choice was a no-brainer.
"I think whether it's offense or defense, you have to look at the pivotal plays of the game, and that was the game-changer," Bay said. "I'm glad he caught it. Good for C.C."
And good for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which might have to open a Carl Crawford Wing soon.
Brad Horn, communications manager for the Hall, left St. Louis with Crawford's hat from Tuesday night, which he'll add to a Crawford collection that already includes the outfielder's road jersey from last year's World Series and his blue spikes from his tying of a modern Major League record by stealing six bases against the Red Sox in May.
"The cap made the most sense to us, since it was something he was wearing when he made that catch," Horn said. "We've already got a jersey and the shoes.
"At this rate, all we're missing is Carl himself."
A few more All-Star Games and Fall Classics with plays like the one he made on Tuesday and that's not such a stretch.
Doug Miller is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Important Ticket Information for Don Valley
Arctic Monkeys @ Don Valley Bowl, Sheffield - Friday 10th/Saturday 11th June 2011.
From event organisers SJM.
Thank you to those who have purchased tickets to see the Arctic Monkeys at Sheffield Don Valley Bowl.
Just to clarify a few points regarding entry for these shows.
The card holder DOES NOT have to be present on entry if they are not attending the show. All that needs to be present on enry is the card that the tickets were booked on.
All tickets purchased have to arrive together with the lead booker.
If the card used has since expired, lost or not available, please email firstname.lastname@example.com by TUESDAY 7TH JUNE with the details and the necessary arrangements will be made for you. Please supply the following information:
-Which Ticket Agent/Website you purchased your ticket(s) from
-Card Number
-Booking Reference or Ticket Numbers
Many thanks
SJM Concerts
01.06.11 7:34 pm
please come back to ARGENTINA this year, we love arctic monkeys. everybody is waiting for you guys,you`re excellent.you didn´t come to present humbug,so please come back very soon. I love you Alex!!!!!. I went to see you in 2007 at the concert in the Luna Park,it was an awesome performance!.
31.05.11 10:13 pm
I have one question, I am journalist, working on art issues, I'm from Georgia, Tbilisi. I found out that there is Arctic Monkeys's concert in Cologne in June 22 and I will be there by that time. How can I get the press accreditation there? whom I shall write for this?
Thank you in advance:)
Nino Chimakadze
In any case I'll write my email here: email@example.com
30.05.11 12:59 pm
could you have bought tickets if you didnt have a credit card?
30.05.11 8:32 am
30.05.11 2:57 am
30.05.11 12:55 am
it's brilliant, about time artists were proactive in stopping touts. Glasto lead the way and slowly but surely others are following suit
28.05.11 2:14 am
you left out the "t" in entry- :D
28.05.11 12:36 am
this is horribly rigid and inflexible.


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Many have written off BlackBerry, the company formerly known as RIM, but it was always too soon to do that. Now that the BlackBerry 10 strategy is out for the world to see, it's not at all hard to see the phone maker surviving and succeeding. In fact, it may end up leading the industry again.
I'll ignore the innovative user experience on the new BlackBerry 10 phones for now and focus on an area where BlackBerry long set the standard for the industry: a secure management back-end. Ninety percent of the Fortune 500 and a very high percentage of other large companies have a BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server). It was BES that brought us what later became known generically as MDM or Mobile Device Management and features like remote wipe, without which businesses might not have allowed mobile devices on their networks.
BlackBerry offers another significant benefit to companies: All traffic from BlackBerry devices goes encrypted to the BlackBerry NOCs (Network Operations Centers) from where it goes to a company's (or ISP's) BES. This arrangement also provides for emails, contacts, task entries, memopad entries and calendar entries to be pushed actively out to the user rather than to wait for the user's device to initiate a synch operation.
As everyone knows though, in spite of these benefits, in 2013 few enterprises are dominated by BlackBerry phones. Certainly few new orders are being taken for those phones. Consequently, these enterprises are filled with iPhones, iPads and, to a lesser degree, Android devices. An industry has developed to offer management products and services for these devices with notable names like MobileIron, SOTI and AirWatch.
Now, to that list, add BlackBerry.BES 10 manages iOS and Android devices just as it manages BlackBerries.
It doesn't stop there: It's not in the current release, but BlackBerry says it will deliver the same secure communication architecture through the BlackBerry NOC for iOS and Android devices as for BlackBerry devices. They will get the same push email and other services.
For BlackBerry devices now, BES 10 goes much further than the MDM the company created many years ago to manage devices. In the last several years many companies have created various techniques to strengthen the management of mobile devices, their users, data and applications. The biggest part of these techniques is MAM (Mobile Application Management) and collectively they are all known as EMM (Enterprise Mobility Management).
EMM, as I said, is a name for a loose collection of techniques designed to go beyond simple, coarse device management. Users hate MDM, especially in a BYOD environment. It allows nay, mandates! that IT administer both the business and personal content on the phone. IT may find it necessary to wipe the device, and this will wipe everything, including the pictures of your kids. (Parenthetically, this is another reason you should always back up personal data to some cloud service.)
There's no clear definition of what services EMM provides and how, nor is there even a clear industry-wide vocabulary for it. But BES 10 has a definition of its features. What makes them different from Apperian, Zenprise or Good Technology, all of which make products that advance the capabilities of managing applications and data on mobile devices? The answer is that a very high percentage of large organizations already have a BES on their network.
True, the need for the BES on those networks has been declining as users move away from their BlackBerry devices, but the BES is still there and working. If the move up to BES 10 isn't too hard to do, it can solve a lot of problems for IT. The BES can manage all of their iOS and Android devices and make them more secure in the process. BlackBerry tells me they think they have the best implementation of MAM for third-party devices available. Deploying a secured app is as easy as checking a box in BES 10 admin before deploying the app.
BES 10 also provides the corporate app store capabilities that large companies need, showing users under management only apps published by the company or those whitelisted by IT in the BlackBerry World store. On the personal side of balance, users have full access to the BlackBerry World store.


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the course of the last holiday season, Verizon aired a series of ads
belittling AT&T's coverage and even mocking the iPhone's slogan
(changing "There's an app for that" to "There's a map
for that"). AT&T sued
Verizon, lost
the suit, and eventually settled
down after Verizon stopped airing the ads incessantly.Now
AT&T has a new target in its quest against what it feels is
disingenuous and deceptive advertising -- T-Mobile's HSPA+
publicity campaign. HSPA+ is an advanced
wireless technology designed to deliver faster download speeds over
traditional 3G. It's not quite a 4G technology -- WiMAX, UMB,
and LTE are the "true" 4G options -- but it's more advanced
than traditional 3G. It does however work on existing 3G
networks, and only requires a relatively simple firmware update to
towers, in many cases.So what's AT&T's problem?
T-Mobile, the nation's fourth largest carrier has been busy spreading
HSPA+ coverage across the Northeastern United States. Now it
claims that it is delivering "4G" speeds. Neville
Ray, senior vice president of Engineering and Operations for T-Mobile
writes in a
release, "Our competitors are asking consumers to pay more
for faster wireless service with limited coverage and very few
capable devices. In contrast, T-Mobile is already delivering 4G
speeds today to customers and we continue to make major leaps in
expanding our HSPA+ mobile broadband footprint."AT&T
believes T-Mobile's statements are misinformation intended to fool news writers
and consumers. AT&T Mobility spokesperson Seth Bloom
comments, "I think that companies need to be careful that
they're not misleading customers by labeling HSPA+ as a 4G
technology. We aren't labeling those technologies as 4G."The
wireless standard community seems to side with AT&T on this
issue. They typically refer to LTE as 4G successor to GSM (3G)
while referring to HSPA+ with stop-gap terms like 3.5G or "advanced
3G." AT&T is working on coming up with a plan to
deploy LTE, but is first focusing on beefing
up its 3G network. Once those infrastructure improvements
are complete it too will complete a quick HSPA+ update to improve the
experience while customers await true 4G.However, it won't be
calling HSPA+ "4G" -- it will be calling it HSPA+. T-Mobile's
HSPA+ service is currently available in New York City metropolitan
area, including New Jersey and Long Island, as well as Upstate New
York (Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse); Connecticut
(Hartford, New Haven, Milford and Stamford); Providence, R.I.;
Memphis, Tenn.; Las Vegas; Philadelphia and the Washington, D.C.
suburbs. It has no publicly discussed plans to deploy WiMAX or
LTE, as of yet. HSPA+ isn't just a firmware update
in some cases, though. Sometimes it requires more fiber to be
laid to the tower to support the higher transmission rates.
T-Mobile is working on this to add more HSPA+ -- a spokesperson says,
"Over the next few weeks, we'll continue to put the necessary
backhaul in place in these locations to complete the upgrade.
T-Mobile expects to have fiber backhaul in place in more than 100
metropolitan areas by the end of the year."Like true
4G which only works on a couple of handsets (like the WiMAX-ready HTC
EVO 4G on Sprint), there's a limited number of handsets that can handle HSPA+ advanced 3G. T-Mobile will release two next month -- the Android powered myTouch 3G slide and the Garminfone, but currently has no handset for sale that can handle HSPA+.


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I know this has been around for awhile, but still.
Soooooo what's your opinion on this?? I think it's f*cking incredible. Absolutely magnificent in every possible way :y
I have no clue why anyone would not like this. Maybe they're scared of Asians. Maybe they're ignorant and jealous. Either way their opinion is wrong and should be considered invalid. Long live PSY
And if you've been living under a rock and don't know what Gangnam Style is, here's the video:


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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Alternative Procedures for Reducing Delays in Criminal Appeals: Sacramento, Springfield, and Rhode Island, 1983-1984 (ICPSR 9965)
Principal Investigator(s): Chapper, Joy A., Justice Resources; Hanson, Roger A., Justice Resources
This data collection investigates the effectiveness of alternative approaches to reducing delays in criminal appeals. Interviews were conducted with court representatives from districts employing differing alternatives. These districts and approaches are (1) case management in the Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District, in Springfield, (2) staff screening for submission without oral argument in the California Court of Appeals, Third District, in Sacramento, and (3) fast-tracking procedures in the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Parallel interviews were conducted in public defenders' offices in three additional locations: Colorado, the District of Columbia, and Minnesota. Questions focused on the backlogs courts were facing, the reasons for the backlogs, and the consequences. Participants were asked about the fairness and possible consequences of procedures employed by their courts and other courts in this study. Case data were acquired from court records of the Springfield, Sacramento, and Rhode Island courts.
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Chapper, Joy A., and Roger A. Hanson. ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES FOR REDUCING DELAYS IN CRIMINAL APPEALS: SACRAMENTO, SPRINGFIELD, AND RHODE ISLAND, 1983-1984. Conducted by Justice Resources. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1993. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09965.v1
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: appeal procedures, appellate courts, case management, case processing, criminal justice system
Geographic Coverage: California, Illinois, Rhode Island, Sacramento, Springfield, United States
- 1983--1984
- 1986
Unit of Observation: Individuals.
Universe: Judges, attorneys, staff, and criminal appeal cases in the California Court of Appeals, Third District, in Sacramento, the Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District, in Springfield, and the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Study Purpose: Justice Resources conducted this study in response to the growing caseload backlog in state criminal appellate courts. The criminal appeals process is a vital feature of the legal system because it challenges lower court convictions, thereby further ensuring due process. Recently the volume of appeals has been increasing at a much higher rate than crime, arrests, and prosecutions. Criminal appellate courts have been forced to modify their procedures in response to increasing caseloads. Since very little was known about these modified procedures, this study was conducted to examine three alternatives that have become settled policy in the courts that employ them. The purpose of the study was to clarify problems with such procedures and to gauge the prospects for further successful appellate reform. A procedure called "case management," used in the Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District, in Springfield was chosen as a subject for this study. With this process, every appeal was given an achievable time frame. Deadlines were made clear in a scheduling order which was strictly enforced. Also selected was the California Court of Appeals, Third District, in Sacramento for its procedure of "staff screening for submission without oral argument." This process was meant to reduce the amount of time spent on nonargued appeals. Time prior to briefing was not affected. Each case was reviewed by a three-judge panel which recommended a waiver of argument if it felt argument was not necessary. If argument was waived, the appeal was simply submitted to the same panel for decision. All other cases were tried on a regular argument calendar. The Rhode Island Supreme Court was selected because it employed "fast-tracking procedures," which focused on cases that did not require full briefing. Cases that did not require full briefing were identified by individual justices. After counsel was consulted, these cases were put on a "show-cause" calendar. These cases were submitted for decision with limited written statements and argument on a motions calendar. The other cases proceeded with briefing and argument in a normal fashion. Participants from each court were interviewed, and case data were collected from their court records.
Study Design: Interviews were conducted with judges, attorneys, court clerks, and other court staff from the California Court of Appeals, Third District, in Sacramento, the Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, in Springfield, and the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Letters were sent to each of these courts requesting interviews. Interviews were then conducted in person and lasted 45 minutes to an hour. Twenty individuals were interviewed from the Rhode Island Supreme Court, 69 from the court in Sacramento, and 38 from the Springfield court, yielding a total of 127 individuals. Case data were collected from court records in each of these courts. A total of 1,059 cases were chosen, 138 from Rhode Island, 587 from Sacramento, and 334 from Illinois.
Sample: The three court districts in this study were chosen because they employed alternative procedures to reduce delays in criminal appeals, because the different approaches were succeeding, and because the approaches were representative of alternatives in dealing with criminal appeals. Attempts were made to interview individuals in varying positions in the appeals courts.
personal interviews, and court records
Description of Variables: Interviews covered opinions concerning the alternative procedures as they affected the quality of justice, the amount of time these procedures saved, and the possible benefits and deficiencies of modified appeals processes. Case data variables include the dates upon which various steps of the appeals process were completed, decisions and outcomes of cases, and length of briefs filed for individual appeals.
Response Rates: Not applicable.
Presence of Common Scales: Several Likert-type scales were used.
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- Performed consistency checks.
- Standardized missing values.
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Original ICPSR Release: 1993-10-02
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In the first part of our post on whether the advisor succession crisis is just a mirage, we discussed how many advisors, aided by technology and prompted by market performance, are delaying their retirement. In this second part, we'll discuss the implications of this trend, as well as run through a few alternatives for exit strategies.
The Real Exit Time
While many advisors like the idea of "dying with their boots on," the reality is that it's not possible to delay an exit from the business indefinitely–at some point, it becomes impossible to meet with clients at all, whether due to being disabled by a sudden or deteriorating health event, or due to death. Unfortunately, though, as many advisors continue to remain active in the business right up until that point, it creates an especially problematic scenario: a sudden loss of a key person to the business, which can destroy the value of the business as an asset for a surviving spouse or heirs ... not to mention leaving clients abandoned with no continuity or support!
Accordingly, for many planners succession planning for their business is actually about trying to plan for an ultimate and potentially untimely exit from their financial planning practices. It's not really about a sale of the business at retirement, but an exit sale due to death or disability, whenever that may be. Unfortunately, though, the unknown timeline for when death or disability may strike makes the process of pure exit planning difficult.
Many advisors manage this risk by entering into formal or informal buy-sell agreements with other local advisory firms. Unfortunately, though, the reality is that in most cases such firms as buyers cannot effectively execute the deal when the time comes: the practices simply don't have enough staff and support to instantaneously double in size as the firm takes over another advisor's book of clients with no warning.
Nor for that matter, do they have the financial wherewithal to pay for the deal and buy the business from the planner's surviving spouse or heirs (unless it's already funded with life insurance, which is apparently uncommon). The conclusion in most cases: the friendly "I'll buy your practice, you buy mine" strategy is a nice theory for an exit plan, but simply not feasible in practice.
Alternative Exit Strategies
So what are the alternatives for business exit strategies, where the advisor doesn't want to quit and sell now (and/or is having trouble finding a successor anyway), but doesn't want to have the business and its value collapse due to an unexpected health event (not to mention having clients poorly served as they are scattered to the four winds)? A few options are beginning to emerge.
The first is to sell the practice earlier rather than later–not as an exit strategy to stop working, but simply as an exit strategy for ownership. In the transaction–where the practice is usually sold to a much larger firm and integrated into their business–the advisor remains on board to keep working with his/her clients, and receives ongoing compensation (typically salary or a sharing agreement based on client revenues) for working with clients, but is bought out of the ownership interest.
The end result is that the advisor can keep working with his/her clients for the indefinite future, and receive appropriate compensation for that work, but get paid for the value of the practice and be relieved of the burdens and stress of ownership and an uncertain exit strategy. Some planners have been hesitant to do so, noting that they give up on future growth of the business; however, if the planner wasn't looking to keep growing the business anyway, and clients are older and taking withdrawals, there may not have been much of any upside remaining anyway.
In the meantime, the upshot to the strategy is receiving access to the larger firm's resources, technology, and support, and knowing that clients will be taken care of after you're gone because the acquiring firm can provide another advisor to ensure continuity for clients. In point of fact, our own firm Pinnacle Advisory Group is beginning to explore deals along these lines with several independent advisors around the country, and I'm hearing from a number of other $1B+ RIA firms also exploring the strategy; this trend of "tucking in" advisors to existing firms appears to be growing increasingly popular and appealing as a strategy for both the buyer and seller, especially as financial planning business growth has stagnated in recent years.
The second option is to establish a viable exit sale agreement that can be triggered at death (or potentially upon health decline/disability), but structured in a manner where the practice and clients could really be transferred if the advisor was unexpectedly out of the picture. This means the advisor can't simply run his/her own practice as is until that future date and expect a smooth transition after he/she is out of the picture as many such deals are structured today; instead, the practice is transitioned operationally onto a platform that could function with both the original advisor and a new advisor, but the actual transition–of both clients and ownership –doesn't occur until later. A version of a program like this was just announced by Focus Financial Partners, and another one for independent advisors was recently launched by Pinnacle Advisor Solutions.
In both scenarios, the key is to recognize that practices and clients can't just be transitioned instantaneously, and the process is even more difficult when the advisor has unexpectedly left the picture. But that doesn't mean the only alternative is a multi-year succession plan; in fact, it's becoming increasingly evident that a large number of advisors don't want to leave their practices at all, and that the looming wave of business sales may just be a mirage.
Instead, many advisors want to "die with their boots on" and work until they just physically can't, if it's possible, and opportunities are beginning to emerge that allow for it. However, the pressure is on to take some steps in advance, not for succession planning but for unexpected exit planning, so that the practice and its value doesn't just die with the advisor.


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PPPL recognized as first in NJ environmental stewardship
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has been recognized as the top facility in the state for environmental stewardship by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
PPPL is first among more than 750 companies, colleges and universities, hospitals and municipalities enrolled in the DEP's Environmental Stewardship program, in which facilities voluntarily monitor themselves to improve their sustainability programs. The program rates facilities in categories including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, green building certification and green purchasing. PPPL has actively improved its performance in each of those areas.
"The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, long a leader in the area of fusion energy research, is also a leader in the area of being a good steward of the environment," DEP Commissioner Bob Martin said. "I commend their efforts at making sound environmental practices that benefit their staff, their community and their state an integral part of the facility's daily operations."
In a ceremony at PPPL on May 20, DEP Assistant Commissioner Wolfgang Skacel said the lab's achievement in meeting the standards is "unique."
"We have a program that has 21 different categories and nobody has reached 21, but only one facility has reached 20 out of the 21 and that's PPPL," he said. "Kudos to all of you."
Skacel presented PPPL Director Stewart Prager with a certificate recognizing the lab as the leading facility for environmental stewardship. Prager thanked Skacel for the recognition.
"It means a lot," said Prager, who is also a professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton. "We're internally motivated to do this but somehow an outside pat on the back makes a big difference."
Adam Cohen, PPPL'S deputy director for operations, said the lab's efforts extended throughout the facility and to all employees.
"We are committed to protecting the environment; our mission, for example, to enable fusion energy — a clean, green, safe and nearly inexhaustible source of power — illustrates that commitment," Cohen said. "We have worked hard over many years to reduce our energy use and carbon emissions, convert our vehicles to more environmentally friendly fuels, compost our waste, and in general, implement a broad-based sustainability program. This recognition by New Jersey is a great honor and a tribute to our commitment to the environment."
The laboratory, which is part of the national laboratory system funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), received the DOE's 2012 Sustainability award for cutting its carbon footprint nearly in half in three years. The laboratory's main office building is LEED Gold-certified and is an Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star building, and PPPL was one of just three facilities in the country to receive the DOE's gold-level GreenBuy Award for its green buying program.
Some of PPPL's green initiatives and programs include: placing composting and recycling bins in the cafeteria and throughout the laboratory to allow PPPL to divert nearly 70 percent of its waste from landfills; reducing paper use by 30 percent over the past two years; using biodiesel in many of its vehicles, including its fire engine, ambulance and other emergency vehicles; and reducing energy use in non-experimental areas by more than 50 percent through upgrades to plant boilers, high-efficiency LED lighting and building improvements.


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Ok. Im just curious and want a rough estimate of how many NB rpers we have.
So if you can do me the favors of just saying. "I Rp" or "Me" or something. That would be Great
and only post here if you are a consecutive Rper on NB. Who rps atleast once a week


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More money, more production
Was worth the money last season, so repeat that
My concerns are still there about his potential long term. Those concerns are he may not be the all-star or solid starting 2 guard everyone, myself included, had hoped for. I really do hope my concerns are all for not.
The fact he is scoring only 13.1 a game on this team is not a good thing, IMO.
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I really don't care if he averages 15 a game this year. Mike James once averaged 20 points a game for the Raptors. What does it mean? Nothing.
I'm talking about his long term potential or the ceiling for his abilities. Time will only tell. I do hope last night is a glimpse of what he can do consistently going forward.
and sunk 2 FTs late and we won the game huh...
checkmate !
Acie earl dropped 45 in one game.
Check your head man!
Derozan is an ok player. no more at this point, and no less.
I know what im talking about...he can do it,he should be our No 1 guy...he wants to be that guy...11 pts in the 4th against a contending team...he was driving to the rim with no fear,he was making shots with contact and still able to finish like a select few people can...hes everything bargs isnt....
He's more than ok....he needs to develop that jumper and range but if you think he just ok you dont know what ur watching....the key is to improve that jumper tho...
So did Jamaal Wilkes
I guess you missed the part where I said "at this point"
I'm only being honest, he is in the bottom 5 of starting Sg's in the NBA right now.
I missed the whole post cuz its non sense if you watch last nights game you can see he is on the come up...
He closed out the game and its going to get better....and pointing out that hes not Kobe Wade is corny but hey thats YOU...
He's in his second year and he is showing mad signs of improvment and dexterity..i see it and Triano sees it fact you dont is meaningless....
What do YOU want ? a cookie ? an ass whooping ? some attention in the matrix ? hmmmm i just wanna know ?
You been like 0 for 12 today on posts...your batting zero on everything so far...hows about trying less to try and be eddie murphy and try a lil harder to make worthwhile posts,this forum could be better if the riff raff like yourself contributed some decent b ball related posts once in awhile instead of trying to be that lil oild guy benny hill used to always cuff in the head....
chop chop !
He made the shots last night but many of the games I've seen this season, he has not been able to take the contact and finish. I am not trying to start a debate because I really do hope you are right. It will most likely take the rest of this season to get any idea on what his future potential and role with the Raptors will be.
Again, I do hope you are right.
You like demar, and that is overshadowing your views on him. He is a solid player and will grow into a fine, standup player.
He is averaging 13 points per game as a starter. Do i think that number will improve? Yes. Do I think he is at that point yet? No.
He scored 26 in one game, dont make it seem like he averages that, when infact its half of that.
Could you please calm down, and stop fussing. Jeez, you sound like a 12 year old. Be mature.
IMO, if D10 continues his improvement and consistent play as of late, you may or may not want to take him out of the 'bottom 5 starting SG' and place him in the mid range area... I like the fact that he's getting to the line AND he's getting calls from the zebras. It's establishing the fact that he's aggressive and that's good. I hope continues, we need all the help we can get...
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Btw, he's third on the team in free-throws made.
I'm more impressed with his improving defense, rebounding and playmaking. He doesn't need to score a ton if he can play solid defence and wear down the opposing SG. He's not there yet, but he actually looks like one of those guys who is dedicated to living up to his potential.
Do I think he's going to average 20 a game? No. But I'll take a solid 15-17, 5-7 rebs, 3-4 assists with solid defence.
We've been saying it forever, if DD makes jumpers he will be an elite scorer. Last night was no fluke: he came out and hit two midranged jumpers. His man had to play him tighter and he dominated him. Expect these games from him more and more often as his jumper gets more consistent and I could see them being common by the end of the season.
15-17, 5-7 rebs, 3-4
Man, it he puts up 17/7/4 he'll be in the top 40 players in the NBA in all three categories. Those are all-star numbers.
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