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Instagram disputes survey's findings but data may point to wider problem
Reports that Facebook's Instagram lost almost a quarter of its daily users a week after it rolled out and then withdrew policy changes may have been "cherry-picking" statistics, but they may still point to a larger problem.
Earlier this month, Instagram, which Facebook bought for $US715 million ($689 million) this year, suffered widespread backlash from users who feared the photo-sharing service would use their pictures for commercial purposes without compensation.
According to data compiled by online tracker AppData and reported by the New York Post and wire news agencies, the number of daily active Instragram users who accessed the service via Facebook bottomed out at 12.4 million as of Friday, compared with a peak of 16.4 million the week before.
Instagram disputed the AppData survey, which was compiled from users that have linked the photo service to their own Facebook accounts - historically between 20 and 30 per cent of Instagram members.
"This data is inaccurate. We continue to see strong and steady growth in both registered and active users of Instagram," a spokeswoman said in an emailed statement.
Looking out over a broader time frame, Instagram's monthly active users edged up to 43.6 million as of Friday, an increase of 1.7 million over the past seven days, according to AppData.
"We'll have to monitor the data over the coming weeks to gain perspective on trends in Instagram's performance," AppData marketing manager Ashley Taylor Anderson said in an email.
The popular app, which allows people to add filters and effects to photos and share them over the internet or smartphones, experienced the drop over the brief, often-volatile holiday period.
Other popular apps also saw slippage in usage over the same period, and some were more pronounced. Recommendation site Yelp, for instance, saw daily active users - again via Facebook - slide to a weekly low of half a million on Thursday, from a high of 820,000 one week ago.
In an opinion article on Mashable over the weekend, Chris Taylor noted that while the one-in-four statistic was an incomplete picture that applied only to Instagram users on Facebook, the surveyed sample still represents 44 million out of 100 million users.
"(...) which is a pretty massive sample size in any statistician's book, especially when the sample contains no inherent bias. If pollsters had canvassed a random 44 per cent of likely voters prior to the [US] Presidential election, not even Mitt Romney would have been able to argue with their numbers," Taylor said.
While AppData told the Post on Friday it was "pretty sure the decline was due to the terms of service announcement", it has now issued a statement saying: "Though the terms of service change spurred a lot of negative media attention and complaints from users, the decline in Facebook-connected daily active users began closer to Christmas, not immediately after the proposed policy changes. The drop between December 24 and 25 seems likely to be related to the holiday, during which time people are travelling and otherwise have different routines than usual. A number of other apps saw similar trends, including Skype, Pandora, Pinterest and Yelp."
Controversial revision to terms of service
The sharp slide in activity highlighted by AppData drew attention to the controversial revision to Instagram's terms of service that, among other things, allowed an advertiser to pay Instagram "to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata)" without compensation.
The subsequent public outrage prompted an apology from Instagram founder Kevin Systrom. In December, a California Instagram user sued the company for breach of contract and other claims in what may have been the first civil lawsuit to stem from the controversial change.
Instagram subsequently reverted to some of its original language.
The move renewed debate about how much control over personal data users must give up to live and participate in a world steeped in social media.
Analysts say Facebook, the world's largest social network, was laying the groundwork to begin generating advertising revenue, by giving marketers the right to display profile pictures and other personal information, such as who users follow in advertisements.
According to Business Insider Intelligence, Facebook already controls nearly a fifth - or 18.4 per cent - of mobile display advertising revenue in the US.
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Second runner-up J-Up upbeat about support
Though he didn't win NL Final Vote, Braves outfielder feels the love on Twitter
By Mark Bowman / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Though he fell short of the vote total necessary to gain a spot on the National League's All-Star roster, Braves left fielder Justin Upton gladly accepted the consolation that came courtesy of the overwhelming support he received from fans and teammates as a candidate in MLB.com's Final Vote Sponsored by Experian.
There was a Chicago sweep as Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo and White Sox left-hander Chris Sale were this year's Final Vote winners in their respective leagues. Though Rizzo garnered more total votes than any of the five NL candidates, Upton received the most votes on Twitter, which provided a voting option from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET on Thursday.
"The last few days have been a blast," Upton said. "The support from the fan base and support all around has been awesome. I think we did a pretty good job. At the end of the day, I think everybody deserved to be there."
Thank you everyone. Give your thumbs a well deserved rest. Win or lose it was an amazing day. Thanks again for all the love. #VoteJUp
- Justin Upton (@JUP_8TL) July 10, 2014
It was not surprising to see Braves fans make things interesting when the social media votes began to count on Thursday. They helped last year's Final Vote winner Freddie Freeman receive a record number of votes. And in 2012, they nearly made a winner out of former Braves center fielder Michael Bourn, who also fell short despite garnering the most votes on Twitter.
If Upton is not added to the NL roster as an injury replacement, he plans to spend the All-Star break unwinding and getting ready for the season's second half. He was named an All-Star in 2009 and '11.
"Being able to interact with everybody on Twitter and people asking for follows, I'm sure they had fun with it too," Upton said. "The whole experience was fun. At the end of the day, it's something I'll remember experiencing."
The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again allow fans to help choose the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com and via Twitter in the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote Sponsored by Pepsi, and their collective voice will represent 20 percent of the overall vote that determines the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
MLB.TV Premium subscribers, for the first time, will be able to live stream the All-Star Game via MLB.TV through FOX's participating video providers. Access will be available across more than 400 platforms that support MLB.TV, including the award-winning MLB.com At Bat app. MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
The 85th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.
Kimbrel might get more multi-inning save chances
NEW YORK -- When Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez brought Craig Kimbrel in to notch the final four outs of Thursday night's 3-1 win over the Mets, he led many of his club's fans to think about how the dominant closer sat in the bullpen as the Dodgers completed their eighth-inning comeback during the decisive Game 4 of last year's National League Division Series.
But Gonzalez's postgame comments likely delighted those fans who are still haunted by images of seeing an irritated and agitated Kimbrel in the bullpen moments after Juan Uribe hit his game-winning homer off David Carpenter with one out in the eighth inning.
"The more he can do that, the more you feel comfortable using him in the postseason that way," Gonzalez said. "I don't feel comfortable yet using him two innings. But in the course of the year when the situation is right, where you have him pitching four or five days, maybe you go five outs and keep working him that way, but the pitch count is the biggest thing."
Working for the first time since July 4, Kimbrel need just 21 pitches to strand a pair of inherited runners in the eighth inning and then complete a perfect ninth inning. Consequently, he should be available to use during Friday afternoon's game against the Cubs.
"It was one of those things, just getting back out there and making sure I was throwing the ball over for a strike and things like that," Kimbrel said. "They asked before the game if I could go four outs, I said absolutely. It worked out tonight. If that comes around again, I'll be more than willing to go out and do it again."
Kimbrel has converted each of the multi-inning save opportunities he has had dating back to Sept. 5, 2012. His most recent one had been completed on June 6. Gonzalez said when the situations are right, he will likely attempt to give his All-Star closer a chance to get used to maintaining the necessary adrenaline between the eighth and ninth innings.
"I don't think you can do anything enough to get used to it," Kimbrel said. "It changes every single game. I've done it a handful of times. It was a situation that was there [tonight]. They asked me to pitch and I went in and did my job."
La Stella keeps his groove in front of family, friends
NEW YORK -- As Tommy La Stella grew up in New Jersey, just a short drive from Yankee Stadium, he knew all about Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and the other Yankees that he and his father loved. But before this week, his only previous trip to the home of the Mets came when he attended a friend's childhood birthday party.
La Stella has certainly not buckled under the pressure of playing in front of the many friends and family members who have come to Citi Field this week to get their first in-person look at him as a Major Leaguer. The 25-year-old second baseman entered Thursday's finale having gone 4-for-12 during the first three games of the series. His steady hand has provided Atlanta's lineup the contact bat it lacked before he made his Major League debut on May 28.
"It's pretty cool that people get to bond over [baseball]," La Stella said. "That to me is the most humbling thing. When the kids grow up, your family is not together that often. But to hear everyone say, 'Oh yeah we're coming to the game,' that is pretty special."
La Stella hit .411 through his first 16 games and then .122 over a 13-game stretch that was marred by an ill-advised decision to briefly throw him in the leadoff spot. But while batting seventh in each of the past 11 games, he has hit .389 with a .511 on-base percentage. Consequently, his .297 batting average ranks first among all NL rookies who have compiled at least 130 plate appearances.
"Sometimes you get young players come up and they get 10 hits and they stop doing what they were doing," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Then they go 0-for-20 and they say, 'OK, I know what I need to do.' [La Stella] does the same program every day, whether 3-for-3 or 0-for-4 the night before."
Mark Bowman 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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Can a charter school do a better job of closing the achievement gap than the Chapel Hill0-Carrboro public schools?
We're about to find out. A new charter school is coming to Chapel Hill and its raising some hackles. Letters opposing the Howard and Lillian Lee Scholastic Charter school named in honor of Chapel Hill's first black mayor and his wife have been filed by the NAACP and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro board of education.
The application is on what is called a "fast track", and a decision is expected to be handed down in March by the State Board of Education.
About 500 students from Kindergarten to the 8th grade will pull out of the public schools and enroll in the charter school at a yet unannounced site. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro School board claims the schools are making significant strides toward bringing parity between minority students and whites. But apparently not fast enough for some parents of minority students.
The NAACP sides with the school board in opposing the Lee charter school claiming it would lead to resegregation and taking a step backward in progress that has been made thus far.
All of this comes at a time when the issue of overcrowding in the elementary schools may require redistricting. But reducing enrollment by 500 students would considerably east that overcrowding situation if not solve it entirely.
The charter school offers parents a choice they didn't have before, and there's less bureaucracy and red tape. A little competition is good, so welcome the Howard and Lillian Lee Charter School to Chapel Hill.


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Two more UFC fighters recently tested positive for banned substances.
Following July's UFC 149 event, welterweight Matt Riddle was flagged for marijuana while bantamweight Francisco Rivera tested positive for an undisclosed over-the-counter stimulant, MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned from multiple sources close to the event.
Both fighters were suspended for 90 days retroactive to the July 21 event, which makes them eligible to fight on Friday. The results of their respective bouts were not changed.
According to sources close to the competitors, both fighters declined to appeal their punishments and apologized for their actions.
Shirley Stunzi of the Calgary Combative Sports Commission, which oversaw the pay-per-view event at Calgary, Alberta's Scotiabank Saddledome, declined comment for this story. Reps for both fighters were unreachable.
Riddle (7-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) fought striking specialist Chris Clements and won a "Submission of the Night" bonus for securing a third-round arm triangle.
Rivera (9-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) fought Roland Delorme and put in an early bid for a "Knockout of the Night" bonus with a crushing stoppage of the veteran of "The Ultimate Fighter 14," though the honor ultimately went to Ryan Jimmo for a seven-second KO of Anthony Perosh.
For complete coverage of UFC 149, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of the site.
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Witnesses to History
When members of the Southwestern University Chorale learned they had the opportunity to perform in Italy over spring break, they knew it was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
But they had no idea just how special that experience would be.
Shortly before the group was scheduled to depart for their trip on March 8, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would be stepping down. A conclave to select the new pope was set to take place the week of March 11.
As luck would have it, that was the same week the SU Chorale was scheduled to be at the Vatican singing in St. Peter's Basilica.
When the new pope was named on March 13, there was some concern that the group's scheduled March 14 performance during mass at St. Peter's Basilica might have to be canceled. However, during a guided tour of the Vatican Museum, they learned they were going to be able to sing as planned.
"When the good news came that the Chorale was approved to sing the mass (reportedly by the Capellmesiter in consultation with the new Pope) just after entering the Vatican Museum, everyone cheered through the tears in their eyes. I will never forget that moment as long as I live," said Lois Ferrari, a music professor who accompanied the Chorale on the trip.
In fact, they learned that the new pope would be conducting mass in the Sistine Chapel at exactly the same hour the Chorale was singing mass at St. Peter's.
"No amount of planning could have resulted in the Southwestern University Chorale being the first choir to sing mass at St. Peter's Basilica after the election of Pope Francis I," said Kenny Sheppard, director of the SU Chorale.
Sheppard said that after the Chorale finished performing at St. Peter's, the mass in the Sistine Chapel was still going on. They were able to watch part of it on a large closed-circuit TV screen in St. Peter's Square.
"It was amazing to get to be there," said Morgan Gribble, a junior history major who is Catholic. "It was something I will never forget."
Ferrari said the experience of being in Rome when a new Pope was chosen cannot be described fully, regardless of whether people are religious or not.
"This is world history and we were there," Ferrari said. "Not only were we there, but the SU Chorale sang the first mass at St. Peter's Basilica under Francis I at the main altar where he will lead his masses."
Paul Gaffney, dean of the Sarofim School of Fine Arts, ended up being interviewed by a U.S. television station while he was in St. Peter's Square on March 14.
Sheppard said members of the Chorale learned that a new pope had been selected while they were on their way to sing at Chiesa del Gesu in Rome on March 13. However, they did not know who the new pope was.
"During the concert the singers assumed that identity of the new pope had been revealed because of the horn honking and cheering outside the church," Sheppard said.
The new pope turned out to be Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was the first member of the Jesuit order to be elected pope. Coincidentally, the church in which the Chorale was singing (Chiesa del Gesu) is the mother church of the Jesuits.
"Our tour guide said that several Jesuit priests came to the church during the concert, and they thought that it (the concert) had been quickly organized in celebration in of the new pope. Of course, it had been planned for months," Sheppard said.
Prior to arriving in Rome, the Chorale gave a concert at the Chiesa degli Scalzi (Church of the Barefoot Monks) in Venice, and they sang mass at St. Mark's Basilica, the church where Gabrieli, Monteverdi and others served as musicians in the 16th and 17th centuries.


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GALLERY: 'Walking With Dinosaurs' star Nigel Marven draws crowd to 'Fossils Galore' shop extension in the Fens
PUBLISHED: 14:24 14 April 2014
TV star Nigel Marven who has featured in the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs, has become the patron of an education and activity centre in March.
Mr Marven, who officially launched the new extension to Fossils Galore, spent the day at the High Street centre signing autographs and giving a talk on the work behind the scenes on his TV shows.
The star, who is described as a time travelling zoologist, will support the continuing work of the centre which was set up by Jamie Jordan 19 months ago.
The centre aims to be a place where local people can learn about the past - the most proud possession is the world's oldest giant fossil fish.
Mr Jordan, proprietor and founder of Fossils Galore, said.; "The day was a huge success, the place was packed with queues down the road.
"We have gone from strength to strength since opening and on the day were proud to hear that the mayor felt the shop helps the economy of the town."
The centre houses a gigantic prehistoric fish, believed to have been 27 foot long and the oldest fossil big fish found to date worldwide.
The Fossils Galore big fish lived 163 million years ago and lived in the shallow tropical seas which covered this area of the UK at that time.
It will take years for the work on the big fish to be complete but it is already known that after it died it was scavenged by plesiosaurs and sharks.
Mr Marven is renowned for bringing to life in vivid detail creatures which lived and died millions of years ago and has featured in programmes including Killer Whale Islands, Nigel's Wild Wild World and Walking with Dinosaurs Sea Monsters.
Mr Jordan said: "He gave a talk on behind the scenes on Prehistoric Park and Walking with Dinosaurs and gave a live reptile handling talk, both of which were very well received."


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Should have been a lose ball foul..Girafferies got pushed...but...it never happen in Boston
Good ball movement. They're passing to Amare and he's scoring in the paint. Couple of assists too. Looks like a good knight. I wander if D'Antoni reads the forum?
We're getting to the line...keep it up guys.
This is ridicolous these refs man are unbelieveable with these calls espcially te playoff series in Boston last year with their calls, still the same ****... And why is Melo cheesing so hard during the halftime interview the games not over


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I've been a Counting Crows fan from the start, when 1993's auspicious debut August and Everything Afteryanked some of us R.E.M.-steeped collegians out of the ensuing grunge muck and put us on a path back to the Band, primo Dylan and Van Morrison, the Byrds – the folk-rock roots of what's now called Americana.
Yet I'm the first to wonder whether the Bay Area mainstay, which returned to O.C. on Sunday for a well-attended show at City National Grove of Anaheim, has had the slightest relevancy in more than a decade.
While lesser contemporaries that sprang up in their wake – chiefly Train and Matchbox Twenty – have become Grammy-grabbing commercial institutions, Adam Duritz and his evolving lineup of players (locked in place since 2005) have simply trotted along at their own pace, completely unencumbered by passing trends.
They've released remarkably little music in nearly 20 years. Just five albums of new material in all (although 2008's Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings was a double), plus a best-of, three proper live discs (including a full revision of August and Everything After last year) and, from earlier this spring, a satisfying collection of covers, most of them obscure, dubbed Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation).
At this point, the millennial generation may know them primarily for 2004's "Accidentally in Love," an uncharacteristically giddy ditty from Shrek 2, more so than a career-making hit like "Mr. Jones." Even Duritz's gigantic mane of dreadlocks – bushier and more mullet-like than ever, leaving him looking like some mutated spawn of Buckwheat and Groucho Marx – is far less recognizable as an emblem of quality singer-songwriter rock than it was at the turn of the century.
Meanwhile, older admirers – those boomers who initially glommed onto Counting Crows as a beacon of authenticity after enduring wave upon wave of hair-metal schlock – well, their ranks have steadily shrunk, too, as new albums have become denser.
In essence, this still-great seven-man band has developed into exactly what it always seemed destined to be when it was only a quintet: a Gen X cult favorite, one with enough lasting audience pull to keep touring midsize venues indefinitely, without requiring much fresh material to maintain interest.
Which is exactly what made this Grove gig – the group's smallest appearance in O.C. since a House of Blues Anaheim set just before 9/11 – so special: It was strictly for the faithful. The Crows continue to play as they always have, littering in deep cuts, cool covers and sly references to the music they love and that shaped them.
To hear my superfan friends tell it, Sunday's tour-ending performance was considerably looser – and better because of it – than a somewhat tenser turn they offered Saturday night at the Wiltern, where the L.A. vibe seemed to leave Duritz a tad uptight.
Here, he was endearingly shambolic as ever – making self-deprecating fun out of the fact that he often forgets the words to "A Long December" – yet still in full control of both the mercurial moment and his propensity to greatly expand pieces. A churning, dramatic "Round Here" grew epic in scope, for example, while "Rain King" came infused with a revamped, Faces-esque stop-start chorus (all the better to let those impeccable harmonies shine) plus a chunk of Elbow's "Lippy Kids" at the end for extra emotional resonance.
The woolly and wordy frontman led the band through a radically rethought set list. Half the selections in a set just shy of 20 songs were changed from Saturday to Sunday, with contoured beauties like "Recovering the Satellites," "Colorblind" and "Miami" replacing other go-to gems like "St. Robinson in His Cadillac Dream," "Goodnight Elisabeth" and "Anna Begins."
Some cuts shifted position. Saturday's main set ended with "December" and "Round Here"; Sunday they were moved up closer to the heart of the show, leaving room later on for a spate of rustic remakes: Gram Parsons' "Return of the Grievous Angel" kicked robustly, as did Dylan's "You Ain't Going Nowhere," while an encore rendition of the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil," a longtime tour staple, made a welcome return.
Logically for this final set of the year, the mood on stage was noticeably playful. That feeling spread into practical jokes during the well-received first opening set, from fervent Boston rockers Mean Creek, and became warmer with the second act, Tender Mercies, a long-running but little-known San Francisco group largely composed of fellow Crows: guitarist Dan Vickrey, drummer Jim Bogios and keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, with a mandolin assist from David Bryson. (In addition to their own bits, including the original version of "Four White Stallions," they served up a fine, straightforward take on Neil Young's "Powderfinger.")
Yet it's Duritz around whom everything revolves; his temperament determines how gigs go down. Luckily for us, he returned to Anaheim in sharper form, his poetry more trenchant (even if "Mr. Jones" was at times indecipherable), his outlook more clear-eyed, his resolve steely yet leaving him smiling. He's rarely been so relaxed without lapsing into sloppiness, and his eternal depression seems to be at bay.
Now let's see how many more years it takes for them to make another album out of all this joy.
Set list: Counting Crows at City National Grove of Anaheim, Nov. 25
Main set: Le Ballet d'Or / Mr. Jones / Untitled (Love Song) (The Romany Rye cover) / Recovering the Satellites / Colorblind / Mercy (Tender Mercies cover) / A Long December / Start Again (Teenage Fanclub cover) > Miami > Round Here > Mercury / Return of the Grievous Angel (Gram Parsons cover) / You Ain't Going Nowhere (Bob Dylan cover) / Rain King (with bits of Elbow's Lippy Kids)
Encore: Friend of the Devil (Grateful Dead cover) > Hanginaround / Holiday in Spain


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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Klaus, Aug 31, 2011.
I love Dune series but yet to tackle any of the prequels.
I just finished Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke and have started The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov.
Just approach them as a separate thing - they are like a Star Wars version of Dune.
I'm interested to hear your opinion when you're finished. Seems like only Purists read the prequels now to talk about how bad they are.
Me too. Genuinely. The few non-FH Dune books read seem ok as far as filling in narrative gaps but lack his...subtlety?
I read the prequels as they came out, didn't hate them like some did... but it's been a long time since I read the originals. They have a different feel to be sure, but I thought they were decent stories.
I haven't read the post-Dune ones yet.
I've enjoyed them because I like the Dune Universe. They are nowhere near as good as the Original Trilogy. As JoeZhang said, they're like the Star Wars version of Dune.
Sisterhood was interesting because its about a battle for dominance between two factions of the Empire, the Butlerians ( as in Jihad) who are anti-technology especially, in the form of computers and the antecedents to the CHOAM and the Spacing Guild, who are pro-technology. There also a plotline about the Sisterhood and the creation of Reverend Mothers and a schism in there ranks because of the Butlarians, Another plotline follows the Atreides/Harkonnen fued, but it's not very interesting.
I finally pulled myself a bit together and am now reading Clifford D. Simaks City and Eight Worlds of Cyril M. Kornbluth.
Both are collections of eight short stories so I read one story in one and then one
in another and then back again...
All part of my plan to get to the roots of SciFi
Reread City for the first time in years last year... what a great book.
^I haven't remembered anything from it so far... I might never have read it before!
(I do recognize The Little Black Bag from the Kornbluth book though).
Finished the first "Heliosphere 2265" paperback, have started with Dan Simmons' "Hyperion", first time read.
My active read is Robert J. Sawyer's "Triggers" right now. Breaking that up with the first of the David Mack "Cold Equations" TNG trio. Coming up soon is John Scalzi's "Redshirts"
Currently reading 2001: a space odyssey. About halfway there. Been on my list for ages.
What a good way to put it though, that is my active read, and otherwise I am also reading Wizard and Glass by Stephen King and Hit List by Laurell Hamilton. Those two are less interesting atm so 2001 is my real read, am in the middle of both other books as well.
I just got Niven and Lerner's Fate of Worlds and Betrayer of worlds, that's on the list after the first three Culture novels...yow. Not sure how much time I'll have to squeeze all these in.
^^I really liked the Niven/Lerner books, interested in what you think.
That's very good. It and the sequel 2010: Odyssey Two are well worth reading (although 2010: Odyssey Two is a weird hybrid, it incorporates elements from Clarke's novel but where-ever the movie contradicts his book it takes the movie as canon).
I'd skip the subsequent books though as if memory serves they got really depedent on repeating chunks of the earlier novels and 3001 in particulwar was just.. eh.
I'm about 80% through Greg Bear's Hull Zero Three.
And have just started reading the first few pages of Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton.
Hydrogen Sonata, Bowl of Heaven and Jablokov's Brain Thief.
I'm reading a series of pulp novels published in the 60s by John Rackham. The Beasts of Kohl, Time to Live, The Double Invaders, Alien Sea. I've got some more of his novels, all out of print, on order from abe.com, which is a great place to find old out of print stuff. He also wrote some Man From U.N.C.L.E books back in the 60s, and I'm thinking I might order them as well.
He's a good writer, but you have to be able to appreciate the old pulp scifi style from back then.
Just finished I Am Legend
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Family Feuds: When Members Of The Same Family Damn Near Hate Each Other
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Famous Families That Hate Each other
Dysfunctional families are just a fact of life. Some of you out there probably hate some members of your own families. We totally understand that.
These celebrities have the same issues. Let's take a look at some dysfunctional families that can't stand one another.
The Jacksons – What in the fizzuck is going on with this family. They out here kidnapping each other like it's all good?
The Browns – Bobbi Kristina doesn't want anything to do with her dad and it's gotten uglier since Whitney passed.
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The Voights – Angelina Jolie essentially estranged herself from her dad and they didn't speak for years.


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"It's like a blast of cold, fresh air to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.... What separates Steig Larsson's work from [other Swedish crime fiction] is that it features at its center two unique and fascinating characters: a disgraced financial journalist and the absolutely marvelous 24-year-old Lisbeth Salandera computer-hacking Pippi Longstocking with pierced eyebrows and a survival instinct that should scare anyone who gets in her way."Chicago Tribune
"As vivid as bloodstains on snowand a perfect one-volume introduction to the unique strengths of Scandinavian crime fiction."Lee Child
"Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson's first novel."NYTimes
"A whip-smart heroine and a hunky guy who needs her help? This sexy, addictive thriller is everything you never knew you could get from a crime novel."Glamour
"So much more than a thriller, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a dazzling novel of big ideas. It tackles issues of power, corruption, justice, and innocenceall the while drawing you into the twists and turns of a frighteningly suspenseful mystery."Harlan Coben
"The first U.S. appearance of another major Swedish crime writer is cause for celebration.... The novel offers compelling chunks of investigative journalism, high-tech sleuthing, and psychosexual drama. What a shame that we only have three books in which to watch the charismatic Lisbeth Salander take on the world!"Booklist
"Dark, labyrinthine, smart, sexy, utterly original, and completely captivating, Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo delights at every level.... This book is artful and grand entertainment. I couldn't recommend it more highly."John Lescroart
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is an utterly fresh political and journalistic thriller that is also intimate and moral. In spite of its dark unearthings Stieg Larsson has written a feast of a book, with central characters you will not forget."Michael Ondaatje


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The oddsmakers are heavily favoring UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson in his next title defense.
As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported Wednesday, Henderson (17-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) meets top contender Nate Diaz (16-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC) in the headliner of December's UFC on FOX 5 event.
Noted and influential MMA oddsmaker Joey Oddessa has set an opening "Odessa line" with Henderson at -340 and Diaz at +260, which makes the champ an approximate 3-to-1 favorite.
Henderson, who defended his belt for the first time with a narrow split-decision victory over ex-champ Frankie Edgar this past weekend at UFC 150, returns Dec. 8 for his network-televised main event with Diaz. The challenger earned his title shot with three consecutive victories, including a decision win over Donald Cerrone and then a submission victory over Jim Miller earlier this year in the UFC on FOX 3 headliner.
Oddessa, though, points to the Cerrone fight as a possible reason people are overvaluing Diaz.
"If Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrone didn't have a gentleman's agreement to stand and bang, Diaz wouldn't be fighting Henderson at UFC on FOX 5," Oddessa, who can be found on Twitter at @mmaodds, told MMAjunkie.com. "I think Cerrone hurt him in the first round and decided not to pursue finishing him on the ground. That was his downfall."
Diaz, though, has the conditioning for deeper rounds, and his constant barrage of punches should present a unique challenge to Henderson.
Gustafsson, MacDonald also favorites
Oddessa has also opened lines for UFC on FOX 5's other two big matchups.
Light-heavyweight contender Alexander Gustafsson (-145) is a small favorite over former champ Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (+115), who recently headlined UFC on FOX 4 but didn't put away underdog Brandon Vera until the fourth round.
Gustafsson (14-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) has won six straight while Rua (21-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) has alternated between wins and losses over his past six fights.
"After Rua's last performance, I'm hard pressed to make him a favorite against anybody at the top of 205," Oddessa said.
Additionally, after their bout was scratched from UFC 152 and rebooked for UFC on FOX 5, fast-rising welterweight prospect Rory MacDonald (-285) is a nearly 3-to-1 favorite over former two-division champ B.J. Penn (+225).
MacDonald (13-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), who's won three straight fights since a loss to now-interim champ Carlos Condit, suffered a cut in training that required 38 stitches, and his bout with Penn (16-8-2 MMA, 12-7-2 UFC) was postponed three months.
For more on UFC on FOX 5, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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The Legendary Irish Folk group, The Dubliners, are returning to Bradford.
Last year, the group celebrated 50 years in the music business and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
They followed up the success with a sell-out 12-gig UK concert tour, including dates in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Cardiff.
The highlight was said to be a magical night at The Royal Albert Hall.
Sadly, the group suffered a body blow with the sudden death of founding member "Banjo" Barney McKenna.
He died, 50 years after he first met pioneers Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly and Ciarán Bourke in O'Donoghue's pub on Merrion Row in Dublin.
McKenna had been in the band since 1962 and passed away aged 72, while having a cup of tea with a friend.
After much deliberation, current members Sean Cannon, Eamonn Campbell, Patsy Watchorn and banjo virtuoso Gerry O'Connor have decided to continue the legacy. As Barney himself said "it's too late to stop now".
The group will be performing at St George's Hall, Bradford on Thursday February 21 at 7.30pm. They will play all the classi songs including Whiskey in The Jar, Dirty Old Town and many more. Tickets cost £17 to £21.
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Located in the heart of Lake Charles, this hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Prien Lake Mall and within 3 mi (5 km) of Imperial Calcasieu Museum and Prien Lake Park. Lafleur Beach and McNeese State University are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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This smoke-free hotel features a fitness center, a 24-hour business center, and coffee/tea in a common area. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities.
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Security forces from the Natick Soldier Systems Center rushed Wednesday toward what sounded like gunfire emanating from a building at the U.S. Army base.
Security forces from the Natick Soldier Systems Center rushed Wednesday toward what sounded like gunfire emanating from a building at the U.S. Army base.
Working with Natick police, they quickly "shot" a gunman, who had attacked a victim.
"We heard a suspect raising his voice and yelling and shooting at what appeared to be a hostage, so we immediately engaged him and took him down," said Officer Scott Woodward, of the base's police force.
On the second floor of one of the research buildings, they encountered a second suspect holding someone hostage and awaited the arrival of a negotiator.
Town officers helped secure the building and re-check the areas that base police and security guards had already cleared, among other tasks.
The scene that unfolded Wednesday was only a drill, but it underscored the importance of law enforcement from different agencies cooperating in the event of a real incident.
"This is our way of testing how we are going to work together and come together as a team to accomplish the goal," Natick Police Chief James Hicks said.
Lt. Col Frank Sobchak, the base's garrison commander, said the Boston Marathon bombings highlighted the importance of agencies working together.
"You had lots of entities – local, state and national all collaborating," Sobchak said of the Marathon bombings. At the base, "any sort of incident has got to be hand-in-hand with our local partners. …. We couldn't do it without them."
The base trains with Natick police every year, which Sobchak said ensures new personnel are familiar with each other.
Natick police Lt. Steven Pagliarulo said the exercise also helps his officers become familiar with the base, especially new officers who have spent little time at the Kansas Street facility, also known as Natick Labs.
Lt. David McCrillis, who works at Natick Labs and helped organize the drill, said participants used mock ammunition that released a colored detergent, allowing organizers to determine the accuracy of officers' shooting. The officers and suspects had ammunition that emitted different colors.
Drill participants knew the exercise would revolve around an active shooter, but did not know specifics of what they would face.
"You just never know what situation you're going into," Woodward said, adding the exercise "inspires confidence in all the players because they know we're all on the same page."
After completing the drill, participants planned to train on individual maneuvers and tactics Wednesday. The base's annual emergency training exercise resumes today with a hazardous materials drill from about 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents may see emergency equipment going to the base during the drill.
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Tigers bullpen cannot maintain lead
Club blows lead and tie, 'pen allows nine runs for loss
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
While the Indians were rallying on the shores of Lake Erie, capped by a walk-off homer, the Tigers and Rangers traded rallies a few hours away. When it was all over, Cleveland and Detroit were tied again atop the American League Central.
The Tigers, meanwhile, were tied up in knots.
"I let the team down tonight; I let the skipper down tonight," Todd Jones said after Marlon Byrd's two-run triple helped send the Tigers to their second straight loss to Texas with a 9-6 defeat at Comerica Park.
"I made a bad, A-ball, mental mistake. There's absolutely no excuse for what I did tonight."
Jones usually walks off the field in victory or defeat. He'll sometimes walk off the field in a tie game if it's going to extra innings. But he rarely ever walks off the mound in the middle of an inning. Rarer, still, does he walk off with this much frustration.
His teammates wouldn't have him shoulder it on his own. A five-run Rangers rally in the seventh helped in part by two Tiger errors spread the feeling.
"Everybody's upset, not only him," catcher Mike Rabelo said. "We all are upset. We didn't play very well these last two nights. So, yeah, everybody in this clubhouse is upset."
Manager Jim Leyland's postgame remarks lasted mere seconds.
"I'll make this real simple for everybody: We got outpitched and outmanaged, outplayed, outhit," he said. "We lost and good night."
Jones entered in the ninth inning of a tie game after the Tigers had erased a three-run deficit in the eighth. He retired the first two batters he faced before a five-pitch walk to Michael Young, barely missing the corner on a 3-1 pitch to extend the inning.
Up stepped Sammy Sosa, fresh off his 600th career home run last week, but 3-for-15 with seven strikeouts lifetime against Jones. After a first pitch called strike that had Sosa turning his back to the ball and a second-pitch foul ball on which Sosa was well out in front, Jones had Sosa crossed up.
As it turned out, so was Jones. He paced around the mound after the foul ball and stepped back on for the 0-2 pitch, which apparently wasn't supposed to be one.
"We missed a sign," Rabelo said. "We weren't supposed to deliver the ball on that pitch. We just missed a sign."
The intended play was for Jones to step off the rubber and look Young back to first base. Instead, Jones delivered an 0-2 pitch that Sosa lined into left field. The play completed a 3-for-4 night for Sosa, who had an RBI double and a sacrifice fly in his previous two at-bats.
"I don't guess with the pitcher," Sosa said. "I was just trying to make solid contact."
Replays showed Rabelo getting out of his crouch and looking out to Jones in confusion as the ball traveled into left field.
"As simple as I can say it, I missed a sign," Jones said. "And it cost us the game. You can't do what I did tonight and I did it and I feel awful."
Actually, the Sosa single didn't change the game. It only put runners at first and second for Marlon Byrd, who had never faced Jones. However, Rabelo and Jones still appeared to be crossed up. Rabelo visited the mound after Sosa's hit, then after the first two pitches to Byrd as well.
Byrd ended up lining a 2-1 fastball that caught too much of the outside part of the plate. The ball bounced past Magglio Ordonez's attempt to cut it off and continued into the corner while both runners scored. Ramon Vazquez, brought in as a defensive replacement when the Rangers had the lead an inning earlier, singled in Byrd from there and chased Jones from the game.
As difficult as it was on Jones, it was a continuation of a rough game all around for the Tigers.
The rally restored the three-run Rangers advantage that the Tigers had erased an inning earlier -- ironically, off one of the hotter relievers on the trade market and a potential Tigers trade target. Akinori Otsuka (2-1), in whom Detroit has reportedly expressed interest, loaded the bases with two walks and a single before Sean Casey's two-run single and Craig Monroe's sacrifice fly tied the game.
Down three again in the ninth with Rangers closer Eric Gagne on the mound, the Tigers still managed to bring the potential tying run to the plate in the form of the Majors' leading hitter. Brandon Inge's leadoff single and a two-out walk to Gary Sheffield brought up Ordonez. Gagne fired a first-pitch strike, caught Ordonez check-swinging at a pitch on the outside corner for strike two, then tried unsuccessfully to induce Ordonez to chase three pitches out of the strike zone.
With the count full and runners in motion, Gagne fired a 94 mph fastball past Ordonez to nail his eighth save. It came within minutes and miles of Kelly Shoppach's walk-off homer in Cleveland off A's reliever Alan Embree.
All nine Rangers runs scored came with Tigers relievers on the mound. Nate Robertson, who came off the disabled list to make his first start since the Rangers knocked him out without retiring a batter three weeks ago, left with one out in the sixth with a 3-0 lead and runners at the corners. Jason Grilli ended that threat with Sosa's sacrifice fly, but Brad Wilkerson's three-run homer in the seventh off Tim Byrdak put the Rangers in front.
Before the game, the question surrounding the Tigers was how they would handle the eighth inning without Fernando Rodney, who was placed on the DL with forearm and shoulder tendonitis. A scoreless inning from Eulogio De La Cruz and the Tigers' rally made sure the eighth was no problem. Instead, the innings surrounding it proved important.
Jason Beck 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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The tournament championship was Surtevall's second of the year.
Surtevall finished two stroked ahead of Midwestern State's Brenna Moore, and finished the tournament at -6. The Golden Suns finished nine stroked off the pace set by overall champion St. Edwards.
Megan Jeffery shaved four stroked off her opening-round score, closing play with a final-round 75 (+3) to finish tied for 12th, while Caroline Fredensborg improved three strokes to a final-round 77 (+5), tying for 20th. Taylor Kline matched her opening-round 80 and finished in a tie for 29th, while Laura Gallizo improved two strokes to shoot a final-round 90 and finish in 80th place.
The event concludes fall play for the Golden Suns, who have finished in the top three in each of their five fall tournaments and have captured individual medalist honors in three of the five events.
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The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns tennis team's previously scheduled match with Henderson State on Thursday has been canceled, Golden Suns head coach Abby Davis announced Tuesday.
The match will not be rescheduled. The Golden Suns will resume play in the spring 2014 semester.
ATU Homecoming Golf Classic on Oct. 25
Arkansas Tech University alumni and friends will tee it up to raise money for scholarships during the 2013 ATU Homecoming Golf Classic at Russellville Country Club on Oct. 25.
Entry fee for the three-person scramble is $75 per player. Hole sponsorship opportunities are also available. Proceeds from the event benefit the ATU Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, which provided $26,000 in scholarships to 13 ATU freshmen during the fall 2013 semester.
"The Homecoming Golf Classic is a great event because it brings alumni and friends together for an enjoyable day that creates opportunities for the next generation of the Tech family," said Kelly Davis, director of alumni relations and the Tech Loyalty Fund. "So many of us benefited from scholarships during our time as students at Tech, and it is wonderful to see the way that our alumni and friends have supported this event and this cause over the years."
Proceeds from the Homecoming Golf Classic have helped the ATU Alumni Association fund more than $63,000 in scholarships over the past three years.
The day will begin with registration at 10:30 a.m. Lunch will be served beginning at 11. There will be an official welcome at 11:45, and golfers will be sent out for a noon shotgun start on the par-71 layout at Russellville Country Club.
The three-man team of Jim Gray, Tommy Hindsman and Bob Whorton fired a 15-under par round of 56 to win the 2012 Arkansas Tech University Homecoming Golf Classic.
To register or for more information about this year's event, call (479) 968-0242, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.techties.atu.edu.


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A Two-Layered Suspension Blood Flow Through a Composite Stenosis
Blood flow in the presence of a composite stenosis is investigated by examining the effects that red cell concentration, stenosis height and a peripheral layer have on blood flow characteristics. A two-layered model with a particle-fluid suspension in the core region and a peripheral plasma layer without any particles is used to represent blood. Expressions for three flow characteristics (impedance, wall shear stress and shear stress at the stenosis throat) are derived. Flow impedance increases with increasing hematocrit, stenosis height and diameter of the vessel but decreases with increasing tube length. The shear stress on the wall increases with increasing hematocrit, stenosis height and diameter of the vessel. Trends in the shear stress at the stenosis throat and impedance are similar with the variation of any parameter. The two-fluid model's flow characteristics are lower than those of the one-fluid model. In the analysis of the particle-fluid suspension the flow characteristics there were higher than when flow is considered to be particle-free. This knowledge of how the peripheral layer affects blood flow characteristics can aid in the understanding of diseased arterial systems.
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In the lein-cljsbuild simple sample app, I enabled advanced compilation and changed the example.hello namespace to the following:
(ns example.hello) ;; taken unchanged from io.pedestal.app.util.platform (defn log-exceptions [f & args] (try (apply f args) (catch js/Error e (.groupCollapsed js/console "Caught exception" e) (.log js/console "Was applying function\n" f) (.log js/console "With arguments" (pr-str args)) (.log js/console "Re-throwing error...") (.groupEnd js/console) (throw e)))) (defn ^:export greet [name] (log-exceptions #(do (js/alert (str "Hello " name)) (throw (js/Error "whatever")))))
Then ran lein cljsbuild once, loaded the project in my browser (google chrome) and in the browser call example.hello.greet("me")
This results in an error, but not the one we expect. Instead we get TypeError: Object #<Console> has no method 'wb'.
This is because the log-exceptions function was compiled to the following. Notice how console.groupCollapsed has been renamed to console.wb.
function mf(a, b) { try { return $b.b(a, b) }catch(c) { c instanceof Error && (console.wb("Caught exception", c), console.log("Was applying function\n", a), console.log("With arguments", lf.j(P([b], 0))), console.log("Re-throwing error..."), console.groupEnd()), e(c) } }
I did a little more digging, and found this recent commit in the google closure history. It adds an extern to the list of default externs for groupCollapsed. It's pretty new (Jun 7) so presumably the clojurescript compiler is still using an older version.
I think all that needs to be done is to update the version of closure used?
As a workaround, add the two lines below to your externs file.
function Console() {}; Console.prototype.groupCollapsed = function(var_args) {};
We could probably track Google Closure more closely, but we don't as this usually requires a considerable amount of testing to make sure that things don't break. We also need to make our own release of Google Closure since we depend on third party libraries. Stuart Sierra is more or less in charge of this process. We'll probably do another bump again soon but there's no rush as this particular issue is easily worked around.
this can be worked around by supplying an externs file.


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But their agreement on legislation to offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrants offers some hope to supporters of an idea that Elliott has championed twice with much fanfare but failed to get to a governor's desk.
The odds for Elliott's legislation are just as long, if not longer, as they were when the same idea failed in 2005 and 2009. Elliott's proposal, which she filed last week, would grant in-state tuition rates to anyone who has attended an Arkansas high school for at least three years and has an Arkansas high school diploma or general education diploma in the state.
She must win over a Republican-controlled Senate and House, with members who have in the past pushed for tighter state-level controls on immigration.
Even if she succeeds there, she next faces a Democratic governor who has opposed in-state tuition and said the idea violates federal law.
Elliott won't predict whether her chances have improved in the four years since she last proposed the idea, but said she believes the atmosphere has changed and more people are viewing her bill as an education issue rather than one about immigration.
"We accept responsibility for them all the way through grade 12, as we have to by law," Elliott said. "That's not been controversial, and I think we've come to the same kind of understanding as well because we say time and time again that the future of this state is tied to the number of folks who have college degrees or some post-secondary education."
Key counts as the first convert to Elliott's cause. The Mountain Home lawmaker voted against in-state tuition in the Senate in 2009 and four years earlier as a House member in 2005. Now the chairman of the Senate Education Committee and a potential candidate for governor next year, he's the only Republican signed on as a co-sponsor to Elliott's measure.
"I just think it's an opportunity for us to take one hurdle out of the way for kids who are Arkansas kids in essence and let them further their opportunity," Key said. "I know of kids who are recent graduates in Arkansas that did not go to school in Arkansas because of whatever decisions their parents made years ago but now they're Ivy League college students. It just makes more sense to try and keep them here."
It's not the first time the proposal has won bipartisan support. The biggest champion of the idea of offer in-state tuition rates to the children of illegal immigrants in 2005 was former Gov. Mike Huckabee. Huckabee even pushed for inclusion of a provision to allow the children of illegal immigrants to be eligible for state-funded scholarships, a position that earned him criticism during his unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2008.
"We're only trying to provide opportunity for those who already have attended, succeeded in and graduated from our state's public schools," Huckabee said in 2005. "These are people who will become citizens as soon as they're able."
Huckabee's not the only Republican who has come under fire for the idea. During his unsuccessful bid for the GOP presidential nomination last year, Texas Gov. Rick Perry also faced criticism for allowing illegal immigrants to attend Texas state colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates.
The split among Republicans nationally on how best to reach out to Hispanic voters may boost Elliott's chances for getting her proposal through the Arkansas Legislature. Lawmakers have been silent on immigration issues this year, unlike the unsuccessful push in 2011 to cut off non-emergency state services for illegal immigrants.
Elliott may also have timing on her side. Colorado lawmakers approved a similar bill that the governor there is expected to sign into law, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington are continuing to negotiate immigration reform measures.
The biggest obstacle may be Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat who issued a legal opinion as the state's top attorney that helped kill the proposal in 2005. Beebe then said the proposal violated a 1996 federal law that said no higher-education benefit could be provided to illegal immigrants' children unless it's also available to every U.S. citizen.
If Elliott's proposal is the same as the past, Beebe said last week, "you've got a conflict with federal law."
Undaunted by Beebe's likely opposition, Elliott said the fact that other states have passed similar measures backs up her position that the bill is legal. She said she thinks the atmosphere has changed enough to make the proposal less of a politically charged debate than in the past.
"It's just about kids having an opportunity to get an education so our state can be better off," she said. "These kids want to make a contribution, and I think more and more people realize that."


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Derby an 'honor' for Angels' Guerrero
Slugger proud to perform for fans who voted him an All-Star
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
"That's a big honor, to have that many people vote for you," Guerrero said, adding that the debt he feels to those 3 million fans is the reason he chose to participate in the popular long ball contest.
"I think it will be better the second time," the Angels right fielder said. "I'll try to do better than last time."
Representing Montreal, Guerrero was bounced in the first round of the 2000 Home Run Derby in Atlanta, leaving Turner Field's vast dimensions only twice.
Guerrero will be taking Angels third-base coach Dino Ebel to San Francisco as his pitcher. Ebel throws regularly to Guerrero in batting practice and knows Vlad's swing. Ebel also has experience in home run derbies, having thrown during a Class A All-Star Game when he managed San Bernardino in the California League.
"I know where Vlad's sweet spot is," Ebel said. "I'll try to be consistent with four-seam fastballs out over the plate, so he can get extended. We don't want to rush it. We want to take our time and settle into a nice groove with it.
"I'm really excited about this. Vlad's got a good plan in batting practice; he really hits well in BP. Just being there is great, but you want to go and try to win this thing."
Guerrero's home run numbers are slightly down this season. He had 14 going into Saturday's assignment against the Yankees' Roger Clemens, having averaged 36.2 in nine full seasons before 2007, with a high of 44 in 2000.
"I always watch it," Guerrero said of the competition. "I have some friends who have done it. I hope I have a good time with it. The fans want me in it, so I'm doing it."
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said he'll be keeping an eye on his slugger while he's tending to a barbecue at home during the break.
"I'm sure he'll have it in perspective and keep his swing where it is," Scioscia said.
Lyle Spencer 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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>> For the second season in a row, Marc Jacobs started his show promptly, just ten minutes after its scheduled start — only this time, half the attendees weren't locked out — everyone had learned their lesson. "Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The show is about to begin."
Through swinging mirror doors, the models walked the mirror-lined runway from every direction, funhouse illusions abounding. But show tactics aside, with Marc, it always comes down to the clothes — the mashed-up, layered, bangled clothes, sparkling, plaided, and sheened. As Gershwin played in the background, Marc took us in a whole new direction — and he did it while wearing a skirt.
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The buildings are known for their sophisticated architecture and are connected by a series of straight, wide roadways that radiate outward like spokes on a wheel. They were also once connected to dozens of other settlements in the region by some 400 miles (650 km) of engineered roads. Turquoise jewelry, obsidian blades, and macaw feathers from Mesoamerica suggest that Chaco lay along an important trade route extending far southward. The park contains 13 major ruins and more than 400 smaller archaeological sites. Pueblo Bonito (built mainly in the 10th century), the largest and most completely excavated site, contained about 800 rooms and 39 kivas (round, subterranean ceremonial chambers). The excavations indicate that the inhabitants excelled in pottery, jewelry, architecture, and masonry. Artifacts are displayed at the visitor centre.
A 9-mile (15-km) paved road allows access to five major sites with self-guiding hiking trails; backcountry hiking trails are also available. The park's desert climate supports coyotes, bobcats, jackrabbits, prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, antelope ground squirrels, and lizards. The park is culturally linked with nearby Aztec Ruins National Monument (north) and Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado (northwest). The large Navajo Indian Reservation of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah is just west of the site, and other nearby national monuments include Canyon de Chelly, El Malpais, and El Morro.


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If you attended an e-discovery legal conference recently, you probably noticed a common theme among corporate counsel, litigators and judges: There is an increased focus on bringing the cost of e-discovery into alignment with the stakes of the case.
Many are concerned that the goal of a "just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding," referenced in FRCP Rule 1, is eroding. There is even talk of changing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure again to address the issue. While there may be another rule change in the future, change will take time and will require interpretation. After all, many still struggle to interpret and apply the 2006 Electronic Discovery Amendments.
So what steps should we take to lower the cost of e-discovery in the meantime? For starters, we should follow the rules already in the books.
The view from many at the bar is that the judiciary should provide clarity by consistently and firmly applying FRCP 26(b)(2)(C), which states, "the court must limit the frequency or extent of discovery if it determines that the burden or expense outweighs its likely benefit." Not unlike practitioners, some judges understand e-discovery better than others and the inconsistent application of this rule in the e-discovery context causes uncertainty. The cost of this uncertainty is over-compliance, which adds to the burden of litigation cost.
Of course, it is hardly fair to cast blame on the bench, as the bench would have a much easier job if the bar took its obligation outlined in FRCP 26 more seriously. Rule 26(g)(1)(B)(iii) requires attorneys to attest that their discovery request is "neither unreasonable nor unduly burdensome or expensive, considering the needs of the case, prior discovery in the case, the amount in controversy, and the importance of the issues at stake in the action." The scope of discovery requested in the heat of litigation and under the banner of zealous advocacy is certainly larger than necessary in some cases.
In the absence of further guidance from the courts or the Federal Rules, what can an attorney do to reduce both cost and the likelihood of a negative outcome?
There is an aspect of e-discovery expense that in-house and outside counsel are well positioned to influence: Take a closer look at the people, process and technology you use to comply with your e-discovery obligations. There is a big cost difference between an e-discovery project that is properly planned and managed and an e-discovery project that is ad hoc and reactionary.
Many lawyers err on the side of preserving, collecting and reviewing too much information because they are concerned with the small (but potentially very bad for practice building) possibility of missing a few relevant, or worse, privileged documents.
Many lawyers also depend on people who are not well-versed in e-discovery law and technology. They use processes that are not adequate to ensure quality, while minimizing cost and using technology that has fallen behind the evolutionary curve.
E-discovery has come a long way in a short time. Some firms and service providers keep up while others still deliver e-discovery services in a way that is "so 2010." But we are talking about more than just efficiency. A failure to use the right people, process and technology can lead to both higher costs and a negative result.
For example, there have been several recent cases dealing with privilege waiver. In these cases, the party inadvertently produced privileged documents and later attempted to claw them back. The test for whether privilege is waived by inadvertent production is located in FRCP 502(b) and turns on whether the producing party took "reasonable steps to prevent disclosure." In each of the following cases the court held that privilege was waived because counsel could not show it had taken reasonable steps to prevent inadvertent disclosure of the privileged information.
In Williams v. District of Columbia,[1] the party produced a privileged document and the court determined that the producing party had not taken reasonable steps to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of privileged information because they could not explain to the court their methodology for document review and production. In Thorncreek Apartments III, LLC v. Village of Park Forest,[2] a miscommunication between counsel and the vendor executing the document production resulted in privileged documents being produced. The court held that privilege had been waived because the "procedures for privilege review were completely ineffective."
Changing the FRCP would not have helped the parties in these cases avoid a bad result or saved them from the cost of litigating privilege waiver. In each of these cases it was a failure to implement and follow the right process that led to the inadvertent production of privileged documents and the court's subsequent finding of waiver. While the specific lapses in each case differ, the common theme is that there was some contributing factor from technology, process and human error, or a combination of these factors.
Remember that there is no such thing as "e-discovery in a box." Processes and technology that were only recently best practices are consistently replaced with even better processes that are more defensible and do a better job of integrating technology. Technology continues to evolve and develop in ways that will impact both the types of e-discovery problems we face and the types of solutions we deploy to solve those problems. Software tools adequate a few years ago are now outdated as new tools and data storage become increasingly complex.
As the challenges and complexity of discovery evolve, it is not enough to rely on vendors, software or processes that may have been sufficient several years ago, but are not up to the task of today's larger and more complex universe of data.
Also, be sure you have the right people managing your technology and process at both the law firm and vendor level. Consider bringing in separate e-discovery counsel to handle the e-discovery aspects of a matter. Attorneys who do not spend are not focused on e-discovery issues, and may be understandably misled into thinking that all technology is created equal, or that a particular technology or process is sufficient because other law firms are using it, or because they used it successfully in the past.
Rule 26(g)(1)(A) requires attorneys to attest in writing that to the best of their "knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry: with respect to a disclosure, it is complete and correct as of the time it is made." The attorney is ultimately responsible for the accuracy and defensibility of work-flow, technology and professional support personnel involved in the project.
Processes that utilize the right combination of technology, work-flow and human expertise to reduce the quantity of data that needs to be processed and manually reviewed will reduce both cost and risk throughout the discovery process.
An attorney who understands the discovery process, including basic technology concepts, oversees the fulfillment of duties by qualified subordinates, selects technology that is reliable and defensible, i.e., technology that allows all of the information to be searched, and has implemented a repeatable process with validated reporting is more likely to be deemed to have acted "reasonably" and is more likely to complete the project at a lower cost.
[1] Williams v. District of Columbia, No. 06-02076 (CKK), 2011 WL 3659308 (D.D.C. Aug. 17, 2011).
[2] Thorncreek Apartments III, LLC v. Village of Park Forest, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88281 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 9, 2011).


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Enrollment in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit has begun.
According to the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP), the choices for Medicare prescription drug coverage depend on the kind of health coverage an individual currently has. Once the type of coverage is established, the research into the most appropriate and beneficial plan begins. Before each of these steps is taken, it is important to list the drugs you take along with their dosage and amount you pay monthly.
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