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COURSE: 30-303 Professional Development II: Health Care Trends (2)
This course applies evidence based concepts essential to the development of the professional nurse to identify health care trends and issues and examine health care delivery systems. The focus is on the impact of these trends and issues on the health care delivery systems and the various roles of the professional nurse working with diverse individuals and populations in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: First-semester Junior Nursing major status and consent of the College of Nursing and Health Professions.


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I think there was a time when lots of questions were coming via either email or blog comments. Nowadays, the trend seems to change. Most of the question I receive is through social media. Here is the latest question I received through Twitter. The best or worst part of Twitter is that it allows only 140 characters, so I've noticed that a question is easy to ask on Twitter, but an answer is difficult to provide using this social network.
The question I received at https://mobile.twitter.com/pinaldave is as follows:
"How do I know if columnstore index is used by query through execution plan?"
Well, my reaction was simple – "From Operators". See, I managed to answer this in two words only. However, I was not satisfied with my own answer. The questioner did not follow up after this question but I personally did not like my answer. I felt that if he was talking about execution plan, he is indeed aware of operators. If he was aware of operators, my answer was no use to him. Suddenly, I thought I was arrogant (or at least not clear). I sent him a direct message that I would write a blog post tomorrow to explain how to figure out if columnstore index is used or not via execution plan.
If you are interested in Columnstore Index, read following related posts on my blog for additional details:
- SQL SERVER – Fundamentals of Columnstore Index
- SQL SERVER – How to Ignore Columnstore Index Usage in Query
- SQL SERVER – Updating Data in A Columnstore Index
- SQL SERVER – Video – Performance Improvement in Columnstore Index
To demonstrate this scenario, I have created the following script. I am using AdventureWorks (note: AdventureWorks Installation 60 Seconds Tutorial) for this sample database. Here are the steps which are to be followed:
- Create a sample table
- Insert some data
- Create clustered index on it
- Create nonclustered Columnstore Index on it
- Enable execution plan in SSMS
- Run two SELECT statement together with using clustered indexand columnstore index (use hint if needed)
Let us create environment and populate tables.
CREATE DATABASE CLAdventureWorks
USE CLAdventureWorks
-- Create New Table
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail](
[SalesOrderID] [int] NOT NULL,
[SalesOrderDetailID] [int] NOT NULL,
[CarrierTrackingNumber] [nvarchar](25) NULL,
[OrderQty] [smallint] NOT NULL,
[ProductID] [int] NOT NULL,
[SpecialOfferID] [int] NOT NULL,
[UnitPrice] [money] NOT NULL,
[UnitPriceDiscount] [money] NOT NULL,
[LineTotal] [numeric](38, 6) NOT NULL,
[rowguid] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
[ModifiedDate] [datetime] NOT NULL
-- Create clustered index
CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX [CL_MySalesOrderDetail] ON [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] ( [SalesOrderDetailID])
-- Create Sample Data Table
-- WARNING: This Query may run upto 2-10 minutes based on your systems resources
INSERT INTO [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] SELECT S1.*
FROM AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderDetail S1
-- Create ColumnStore Index
CREATE NONCLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX [IX_MySalesOrderDetail_ColumnStore] ON [MySalesOrderDetail] (UnitPrice, OrderQty, ProductID)
Now enable the actual execution plan in SSMS.
Run following two SELECT statement together.
-- Select Table with Clustered Index (Not Columnstore)
SELECT ProductID, SUM(UnitPrice) SumUnitPrice, AVG(UnitPrice) AvgUnitPrice,
SUM(OrderQty) SumOrderQty, AVG(OrderQty) AvgOrderQty
FROM [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] WITH(INDEX([CL_MySalesOrderDetail]))
GROUP BY ProductID
ORDER BY ProductID
-- Select Table with Columnstore Index
SELECT ProductID, SUM(UnitPrice) SumUnitPrice, AVG(UnitPrice) AvgUnitPrice,
SUM(OrderQty) SumOrderQty, AVG(OrderQty) AvgOrderQty
FROM [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] GROUP BY ProductID
ORDER BY ProductID
Both will return the same result set. Click on Execution Plan Window.
You will see that there is different execution plan operator for regular clustered index and non-clustered columnstore index.
When you hover your mouse on both operators, they open operator tip which also clearly indicates if it is a regular clustered index and non-clustered columnstore index.
In case of the columnstore index, you will notice that the execution mode is also Batch instead of Row execution mode.
I guess now this completes the answer for the question asked to me on Twitter. Let us quickly clean up.
-- Cleanup
DROP INDEX [IX_MySalesOrderDetail_ColumnStore] ON [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] GO
TRUNCATE TABLE dbo.MySalesOrderDetail
DROP TABLE dbo.MySalesOrderDetail
Feel free to ask me any question on social media – twitter or facebook.
Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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i am having a small query
is it mandatory to have a clustered index before adding a columnstore index
No, It is not mandatory
Column store indices use batch mode, which I guess is the reason why they are faster, under certain situations.
That is one of the reason. As the data is stored in the Pages in columnar format It becomes very fast while calculating aggregates for those columns. As It compresses data to a much higher extent because of the probability of similar data in a column is large, It uses less memory while performing the operations ,hence making the query execute faster.

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Why are you volunteering Dan? Parrot development, like Perl development, is mostly volunteer driven - Dan's paid job is not developing Parrot, although he has now con(vinc)ed work to use it. And in volunteer organisations the world over things don't get started because someone asks someone else to implement their great idea, things get started because someone is motivated to scratch their own itch.
Hence why not implement it in parrot yourself?
Aaah - I think I know - you're too busy playing it
aside from progressing up the high score table?
He's probably waiting for the SDL Parrot maintainer to start adding features again. What a lazy dope (not Jerôme).


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Anyone have a idea what would cause a lack of wanting to idle and the engine to stumble off idle. It sounds like it might have a miss at idle, when it idles.
It runs fine at speed.
I changed the plugs and drained and filled the tank. The exhaust temps are #1 735
degrees and #2 around 550 and #3 around 625. The air filter is clean.


text: The Wardstones that stand sentinel along the Worldwound's border, barely manage to contain the demons within. So when one of the wardstones is sabotaged, a city falls and the demons within surge out in a massive assault like none before. Can anyone rise up against the demon host to prevent the armies of Deskari, the demon lord of the Locust Host, from swallowing the world?


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The Pine View Public School in Osprey has 74 acres dedicated to serving the gifted. Students qualify for this school as part of Florida's "exceptional education and student services" (ESE), provided to help gifted children with special needs "progress in public school and prepare for life after school."
Only 2.2% of students in the world score a 130 or higher on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, or 830 on the Stanford-Binet — each the standard minimum score to qualify for attendance in Pine View's gifted program.
In Sarasota County, 5.2% of students meet this standard, or more than twice what is statistically expected.
Other relevant statistics:
• There are 42,030 students in Sarasota County. That would translate to 924 statistically gifted students in Sarasota. Pine View enrollment is 2,150.
• Sarasota County's population is 4.7% black. Pine View's black enrollment is 25 students, or 1% of its student body.
• The county is 7.9% Hispanic. Pine View has 89 Hispanic students, or 4% of the student body.
• Asians make up 1.2% of the county's population. Pine View has 111 Asians, or 10 times the statistical average.
• Pine View has 8.6 % eligible for free and/or reduced lunch. This is four times below the county average of 32.8%.
With exceptional talent, high achievement and potential to excel, the Pine View student has a greater chance to be afflicted with specific social and educational ills that naturally emerge as a counter balance to their extraordinary talents. The ESE paradox is that the slow learner and the gifted learner place too much emphasis on being smart, which is a cause for their disabilities.
Common concerns with the gifted include: heightened emotional, physical and psychological sensitivity; misaligned development between motor skills and their conceptual abilities; relationship issues; apprehension; perfectionism; frustration; self-esteem issues; anxiety; and depression. They use negative, obnoxious or creative ways to show their intelligence and make problems. Gifted learning disabilities include: central, auditory, sensory- and visual-processing disorders; spatial disorientation; dyslexia; and attention deficits.
Until the late 1960s, 130 was the gifted IQ marker used by psychologists to determine whether students would get special educational services. In place of this standard, Joseph Renzulli's "Three Ring Circle" and Howard Gardner's "Multiple Intelligence Theory" have been used to blur the lines of reality and move the definition of gifted from innate to my child's great. These therapeutic theories have so watered down the gifted label that it can now be stuck on any child with a little rhetorical sleight of hand.
Pine View's sole responsibility is to identify and provide special services to special children. While federal law drives ESE programs, Florida's gifted program is based on loose state law and administrative rules.
Strict entrance requirements to protect and serve the truly gifted student should not be compromised, because using arbitrary standards creates an abuse of standards that are set to protect children.
Take a look at the numbers and you decide if Pine View has become Sarasota's semi-segregated elite public prep school for the not-all-gifted.
Dean Kalahar is an economics teacher at Sarasota High School. He lives in Sarasota.
The Pine View Public School in Osprey has 74 acres dedicated to serving the gifted. Students qualify for this school as part of Florida's "exceptional education and student services" (ESE), provided to help gifted children with special needs "progress in public school and prepare for life after school."


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Then + Now: The Cast of 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'
'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion' is such a lost '90s treasure. Starring Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino as two air-headed BFFs harshly bullied in school for being losers, the movie follows them as they road trip to their high school reunion and make up a lie about being really successful.
We put together a little reunion of our own to see what the stars have been up to since the film's release in 1997.
Mira Sorvino (Romy White)
Then: Mira Sorvino, who previously won an Oscar for her supporting performance in Woody Allen's 'Mighty Aphrodite,' played Romy, one half of the ditzy duo that comes up with a scheme to earn the respect of their former classmates.
Now: The '90s were a big time for Sorvino, who also starred in 'Mimic' and 'Norma Jean and Marilyn.' In recent years she's appeared in films like 'Perfect Sisters' and 'Smitty,' and the TV movie 'Finding Mrs. Claus.'
Lisa Kudrow (Michele Weinberger)
Then: Lisa Kudrow played Michele Weinberger, who suffered with a back brace through most of high school. At the time, Kudrow was known best for playing Phoebe Buffay on the smash hit sitcom 'Friends.'
Now: 'Friends' ended in 2004, but Kudrow's career didn't — the talented comedic actress currently stars on the series 'Web Therapy,' and has appeared in recent movies like 'Easy A' and 'The Other Woman.'
Janeane Garofalo (Heather Mooney)
Then: The comedienne played disgruntled former classmate Heather Mooney, who went on to develop a fast-burning paper for cigarettes.
Now: Garofalo lent her voice talents to the Pixar film 'Ratatouille' and has appeared in the films 'Labor Day' (with Lindsay Lohan) and 'The Ten.' She's very outspoken about her liberal political views, and is a frequent guest on podcasts and news shows.
Camryn Manheim (Toby Walters)
Then: Camryn Manheim played the annoying Toby Walters, who was always overly-enthused about high school and the yearbook. Manheim was also the star of network drama 'The Practice.'
Now: Manheim ended her run on 'The Practice' in 2004. She had a recurring role on 'The Ghost Whisperer' until 2010, and appears in the upcoming film 'The Hot Flashes.'
Alan Cumming (Sandy Frink)
Then: A veteran actor of stage and screen, Alan Cumming played dorky Sandy Frink, who had an unrequited crush on Michele all through high school. The same year as 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion,' Cumming also starred in the Spice Girls movie 'Spice World.'
Now: You probably recognize Cumming from films like 'Josie and the Pussycats' and 'X2′ (the second X-Men movie). Cumming also reunited with his 'Romy and Michele' co-star Lisa Kudrow for 'Web Therapy,' in which he has a recurring role.
Julia Campbell (Christie Masters)
Then: 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion' became the film for which Julia Campbell is best known, thanks to her portrayal of snobby Christie Masters.
Now: Campbell reunited with Lisa Kudrow for an episode of 'Friends' in 2000. She's also appeared on 'Awkward' and 'Criminal Minds,' and had a recurring role on the fourth season of 'Dexter.' She's married to fellow actor Jay Karnes, and appeared alongside him in a couple of episodes of the FX drama 'The Shield.'
Kristin Bauer (Kelly)
Then: Kristin Bauer played Kelly, one of Christie's subordinate snob friends. At the time, Bauer was known best for playing Gillian, the woman with "man-hands" that Jerry briefly dates on 'Seinfeld.'
Now: You know Bauer best as Pam from the HBO series 'True Blood.' She's also appeared on 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Justified.'
Elaine Hendrix (Lisa Luder)
Then: 'Days of Our Lives' and 'Get Smart' star Elaine Hendrix played Lisa Luder, the only one of Christie's friends who felt sympathy for Romy and Michele, and eventually comes to their defense at the high school reunion.
Now: Hendrix hasn't aged a day! She's appeared on 'The Mentalist,' 'Rules of Engagement,' and she had a recurring role on the revamped '90210' series.
Vincent Ventresca (Billy Christensen)
Then: Little-known actor Vincent Ventresca played Billy Christensen, the hottest — and dumbest — boy in school, and the guy Romy stupidly has a crush on.
Now: Ventresca had a recurring role on 'Friends' as "Fun Bobby," the guy who was insufferably morose unless he was drunk. In recent years he's appeared on 'CSI,' 'CSI: Miami,' 'CSI: NY,' and 'The Mentalist.'
Justin Theroux (Clarence the Cowboy)
Then: Justin Theroux was just getting started in acting in 1997 when he landed the role of Clarence the Cowboy, the mysterious classmate who torments Heather by refusing to talk and flicking his cigarette butts at her when she needs a lighter.
Now: Theroux has appeared in 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle,' 'Your Highness,' and 'The Ten' (with Janeane Garofalo). He's also a writer, and his credits include 'Tropic Thunder,' 'Iron Man 2,' 'Rock of Ages,' and the upcoming 'Zoolander 2.' And if you're a fan of celebrity gossip, you already know Theroux is engaged to Jennifer Aniston — Lisa Kudrow's 'Friends' co-star.


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Grenson is a classic English shoe brand, founded in 1866. The company was bought a few years ago by Tim Little and completely revitalised, with a store in trendy Shoreditch, a presence in top retailers around the world, a thriving ecommerce website and high-profile collaborations with brands like Barbour and New Balance.
Social media at Grenson is run by Joe Hutchings, a company director. What we like about the way Joe does social is that he keeps it entirely authentic. All social interactions come straight from the heart of the brand – a compelling blend of heritage, quality, fashion and trendy urban integrity.
As of writing, Grenson has 4,700 Facebook fans, 2,700 Twitter followers and a vibrant Pinterest presence – and it's all growing fast. Joe and Tim aren't too concerned about the numbers right now – for them, social media is all about engaging with people who like the brand.
On any given day you might see a friend posting a shot of their feet on a Swiss tram; a photo of a celebrity wearing Grenson in a fashion magazine; or Joe giving someone advice on how to care for their new shoes. It's a great brand with a great use of social.
On Twitter: @grensonshoes
On Facebook: Grenson Shoes
On Pinterest: pinterest.com/source/grenson.co.uk/
We do social media really organically -- it's not a tight strategy, I just share things I find interesting during the day and that seems to work. People respond to it.
We really want to retain the personality of the brand in social media – that's a key to who we are. I don't want to do slick or over-promotional, "Sale Now On!' type stuff.
A post might be "We're in New York for a trade show and in this cool bar." That's about the personality of the brand not about products. We will do some posts that connect to selling – on a sunny day we might post something from the spring/summer collection and that gets people thinking about it.
We're still on the learning curve with social but what we're doing seems to be working well. It's not pushy or salesy.
Our posts are a combination of things I see – people wearing our shoes out in the world or in the shop – and things people send in of themselves or their friends. So it might be someone posting their feet on a tram in Zurich, or in a pub in London.
They like the brand, like what they're wearing and want to connect back with us to show us.
I'll stop and ask people in the street if I can take a picture of their feet. A bit strange, I know.
I like it when it's all joined up. So we were in FHM magazine today and a celebrity was wearing our shoes. So I just shot the magazine pictures with my iPhone and posted it. And someone posted back asking what issue it was so they could go out and get it.
Facebook is also great for answering questions people may have. Like how to look after their shoes or where they can buy a certain shoe.
I don't check on how many followers we have all the time. It's lovely to see it growing and that people are engaging but we're not obsessed with adding followers or friends. We want people to follow because they really like the brand, not because we pushed for it.
We do see increasing traffic to our ecommerce site from Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest but we're not making that the number one reason for doing it right now. It's more about the brand and engaging with people who like the brand.
There are lots of social media things to do out there but we don't have a lot of resources to throw at it. It's just me right now -- and Tim Little, our CEO. We don't have all day to do social media, so focusing on where our audience is makes sense.
I'll eventually pass on the social media duties to someone else but for now, I'm happy to keep it close and to learn about it. I understand the tone of the brand and the kinds of things we should be saying. And that's important.
I don't want to end up being a faceless brand. With some brands, they post and you know it isn't really the name behind the brand -- it's just an agency or someone paid to do the social stuff. For us, it's me and it's Tim. And people can tell.
#Social Success Lessons
- Make your social media activities reflect your brand
- Start small, experiment and go with what works
- Focus on a few channels first: where your target audience is
- Invite people to share content on your social pages
- You don't need a huge social media team: just do it!
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Several surveillance photos taken on the night of Odin Lloyd's shooting death appear to show Aaron Hernandez holding a gun, new court documents reveal.
Several surveillance photos taken on the night of Odin Lloyd's shooting death appear to show Aaron Hernandez holding a gun, new court documents reveal.
Investigators said the images, taken from the video surveillance inside Hernandez's North Attleboro home, show Hernandez at approximately 3:30 a.m. on June 17, not long after police say Lloyd was shot and killed in an industrial park near the former New England Patriot's home. The surveillance photos hadn't been released to the public until Thursday.
Attleboro District Court released 104 pages of warrant materials Thursday, including the arrest warrants for Hernandez and an alleged accomplice, Ernest Wallace, a day after Judge Daniel O'Shea approved a motion by The Patriot Ledger, the Taunton Daily Gazette and their parent company, GateHouse Media, to lift the impoundment of records. It was the second time in three weeks that O'Shea granted the media's request to unseal court records in the Hernandez case.
Hernandez, 23, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Lloyd, of Dorchester. Hernandez, who has pleaded innocent and is being held without bail, was released by the Patriots shortly after his arrest on June 26.
Wallace has been charged with being an accessory after the fact in Lloyd's slaying, and Carlos Ortiz, who police say was with Hernandez and Wallace on the night of the murder, faces a weapon charge.
Except for the surveillance photos, the records released Thursday contained a lot of the same information included in the records unsealed earlier this month. Aside from the two arrest warrants, the newly released records included warrants executed by police in multiple searches of Hernandez's home and surrounding property on July 5. Some of the materials being sought by police were redacted in the search warrant applications.
One new piece of evidence unveiled in Thursday's release was the police's recovery of a FEG Hungarian rifle containing a palm print belonging to Hernandez. The rifle, a 7.62x39mm caliber semi-automatic firearm, was found in a black gym bag on Hernandez's property, the warrants state. Attached to the rifle was a Master Molder magazine with a 33-round capacity, investigators said.
Police said Hernandez did not have a valid or expired license to carry or a Massachusetts Firearms Identification Card. Although the former Patriot tight end is facing several weapons charges on top of the murder charge, investigators said they have not yet recovered the firearm they believe was used in Lloyd's slaying.
Court records said five .45 caliber discharged cartridge casings were found on the ground in the immediate area around Lloyd's body. Police found Lloyd's body on June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleboro, about a mile from Hernandez's home. Lloyd, 27, was a semi-pro football player and an acquaintance of Hernandez – court records say he was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancé.
Although the murder weapon hasn't been recovered, police said they recovered a .45 caliber spent cartridge casing in the dumpster on the property of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car in North Attleboro. A manager at the Enterprise told police she removed the casing from the 2012 Nissan Altima that Hernandez had returned on the afternoon of June 17, according to search warrant materials.
On July 9, the court released 154 pages of documents related to eight search warrants – executed between June 17 and July 1 -- in the Hernandez investigation. The materials had been impounded at the request of the Bristol County District Attorney's office, but lawyers for GateHouse Media argued that state law says the warrant materials should public.
The motion by GateHouse newspapers was supported by other news organizations including The Associated Press, CNN and the Eagle Tribune. Attorney Michael Grygiel, representing the Ledger and Daily Gazette, said he wouldn't be surprised if investigators seek more search warrants in the probe into Lloyd's death.
Hernandez's defense team opposed the release of the court records, saying the widespread sharing of information would harm their client's constitutional right to a fair trial. Both the defense attorneys and prosecutors were given a chance to make retractions in the latest round of court record, to protect personal information such as Social Security numbers and bank account numbers.
Copies of court records released Thursday:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
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New R2S System Compatible with ACH/Warrior Style Helmets
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"PROTECH Tactical developed the R2S System to offer the helmet wearer added stability while providing a comfortable and secure fit," said Dan McNeil, Director of Category Management for PROTECH Tactical Armor.
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The R2S System is compatible with the PROTECH Delta™ 4 family of ballistic helmets or any large ACH/Warrior style helmet with a 4-bolt pattern and can be easily installed as a replacement for existing suspension systems. The R2S System also incorporates 360° of comfort foam, moisture-wicking pads including a removable nape pad for added comfort and stability.
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I have two questions about recycling. The first one is about potato chip bags, which are shiny inside like aluminum foil. Can these go into the single-stream bin? Second, can we recycle Styrofoam drink cups from Sonic Drive-In? On the bottom of the cup, there's a triangle with a number, which means it's recyclable, right? But the city says they are not accepted and contaminate the container. I'm stumped. – Blue Bin Deb
Recycling is certainly a key way to help the environment. So let's start with one's personal environment.
A diet of chips and soft drinks is less than ideal. Rather than figure a way to recycle junk-food packaging, why not reduce the consumption of heavily salted snack items and beverages spiked with high-fructose corn syrup?
Sadly, this makes Action Line look like a do-gooder buttinsky control freak.
So munch and slurp away in a celebration of liquid liberty and deep-fried freedom.
You know that at some point, our City Council will take a cue from New York City and attempt to restrict junk-food options and regulate beverage portions.
As for the silvery sacks containing crispy thin slices of tubers, you have to let the chips fall where they may.
Despite their looks, the bags are unrecyclable plastic, according to the city's garbage collection and recycling department. "It's not foil, so we can't take them," a representative said.
And that chalice of chilled libation? Your cup doesn't runneth over.
Sure, the foam receptacle features a numeral – the number 6 – ringed by a recycling symbol, but that doesn't mean the city will accept it.
In fact, very few municipalities accept Styrofoam, which is a trademark for polystyrene.
The very traits that make polystyrene such a good container for hot or cold food make it extremely difficult to repurpose.
Polystyrene is mostly air, thus it takes up a lot of space. Recyclers are paid by the pound, so no one is going to collect and process it. There's no money to be made.
There is a limited option for some types of packaging foam. The EPS Industry Alliance has a program in which consumers can mail back EPS or expanded polystyrene.
EPS is the white stuff used to protect electronics during shipment. Cheap foam picnic coolers are also made of EPS.
There are some strict guidelines, and you have to pay for postage. Go to www.epspackaging.org and click "Recycling Resources for Consumers" tab.
But be forewarned, the mail program accepts only very clean EPS and expressly forbids egg cartons, clam-shell restaurant containers or "disposable food service items."
In other words, your plea to recycle Sonic cups will fall on deaf ears.
Bottom line, there are just no good options locally other than not to use polystyrene in the first place.
Obviously, polystyrene causes many environmental folks to foam at the mouth.
Speaking of no good options, Action Line must admit a really stupid mistake in this latest edition of the Mea Culpa Mailbag.
Last week's column on parks and ranches referred to our good friend Steve Parker as a long-time director of the Colorado Department of Tourism. Yikes.
We all know Steve is a steady hand at the Colorado Department of Transportation.
Just what caused Action Line to write Tourism instead of Transportation is befuddling if not bemusing.
Maybe it was the fact that the interview took place on an airplane. Or maybe that most tourists use CDOT's highways to get here. Maybe it was the heat.
Regardless, apologies to Steve and the many alert readers who noted the trippy typo.
Email questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or mail them to Action Line, The Durango Herald, 1275 Main Ave., Durango, CO 81301. You can request anonymity if you knew that Americans eat 1.2 billion pounds of potato chips each year, spending $6 billion annually on the snack item.


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I have Zone Alarm Pro 8.0.298.running on WIN XP PRO SP2, Internet Explorer 7.0 .
I have started receiving pop ups Internet Explorer wants to connect to the Internet and then lists an IP address. I click deny and then the same popup with a different IP address appears. I select deny again and a new message with a different IP address. This continues for what seems like about 20 different IP addresses. In about five minutes the same process repeats. I do have IE7 installed but not open. In fact I very seldom use IE7 as a browser, except when a web site will only work with IE7.
These pop ups are associated with the ZA icon appearing in the system tray and a ZA process running as reported by Windows Task Manager.
I have scanned for virus, malware etc. with ZA and Spy sweeper, both report no infections.
What is happening and why would Internet Explorer want to connect to the internet?


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This was very difficult again, but first, before I type out the results, I'd like to tell you the criteria I used for judging.
Obviously, characterisation is a given, as is SPaG, but with Word Beads, I wanted to see how well you incorporated each word into your drabble.
This weeks judging was made harder by the fact that I wanted to award at least three first places. Deep sigh for the poor barmaid.
Okay, you've probably read none of that, but here's my decision for week 2.
1st place Karaley Dargen - Gryffindor
It was the twist at the end that secured the win for this drabble. Lucius and Narcissa are wildly unsympathetic characters in the books until we get a small glimpse of them in DH when Charity is being tortured. Kara brought that shared intimacy and concern to the fore in this drabble. (Although, it has to be said that I'm devastated there's no twin sister of Draco's roaming Hogwarts and getting Sorted into Gryffindor ...:p)
2nd place- hestiajones - Hufflepuff
Natalie's characterisation of Albus, and the way she seamlessly weaved the words into the drabble, secured second place (and dem nearly first) this week.
Honourable Mentions: babewithbrains for a really rather good James/Lily, and coolh5000 for a Neville story that made me sigh and LollyLovesick for an excellent Pansy drabble.
(Please feel free to PM me if you want to ask questions about the Gauntlet or my judging)


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I had seen some recommendations here a while ago on something like this, but haven't been able to find it again.
I am looking for a way of charging (or just keep running) my iPad (new connector type) and a WiFi hotspot device (Micro USB), and ideally my iPhone 5, while in the tank bag - using the BMW power outlet (DIN?). I have found sdapters for both the iPhone and micro USB, but none that could charge multiple devices at once. Does anyone make anything like this?


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Passion for law still strong for Pittsfield lawyer Cohen
PITTSFIELD -- It was 1962 and a young attorney was back in the city of his birth to begin practicing his craft during a tumultuous period in the American legal system.
"When I first started the court system was in the midst of an incredible change," attorney Leonard H. Cohen recalled recently while sitting in an office at his law firm in Pittsfield. "The law changed dramatically during that time. I was just a young lawyer come back from Boston. What an exciting time it was."
Now in his 50th year of practicing law, Cohen, 77, has become one of the pre-eminent trial lawyers in the state: Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly nam ed him one of the most influential attorneys. But he isn't resting on his laurels and hasn't slowed down.
"I'm as busy as I've ever been and I find that enjoyable," he told The Eagle. "I come early and stay late."
Cohen's early years as a defense attorney came during the tenure of Earl Warren as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Warren presided over the court from 1953 to 1969 and oversaw sweeping decisions that fundamentally transformed several areas of law and ushered in principals we now take for granted, such as being given Miranda warnings and the right to have a lawyer assigned to your case if you can't afford one.
"These people essentially rewrote this country's understanding of what rights under the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth amendments meant," said Cohen.
The Fourth Amendment deals with the right to be safe from unreasonable search and seizures. The Fifth deals with due process under the law, while the Sixth encompasses the right of a trial by jury and a speedy trial.
During this time, Cohen returned to his hometown after receiving a law degree from Boston University.
He also did his undergraduate studies at BU, and knew then he wanted to be a lawyer. His career path was helped along by a rabbi he befriended at school and who encouraged him to take up law.
A day after discussing his wishes with the rabbi, Cohen received a letter from the law school.
"I hadn't even applied and I got accepted," Cohen said.
While in law school, then located on Ashburton Place in downtown Boston, Cohen spent many an hour watching trials at the county court house.
"I remember distinctly you could walk out the door, take a left, walk about 30 seconds and enter the Suffolk Superior Court," he recalls. "I would leave the law school in the mid-afternoon and walk over to the courthouse and go sit in the back and watch these trials take place. I was incredibly, incredibly excited and I said to myself, 'This is what I want to do the rest of my life.' "
Back in Pittsfield, Cohen joined a public defender agency, the forerunner of the Committee for Public Counsel Services.
"I was an assistant public defender for three years," said Cohen. "It was like getting a master's degree in criminal law."
Cohen said there wasn't much money in the work, but it provided him the opportunity to dive in to his profession.
"It got you into court every day, and as a young lawyer, that was hard to do. You tried a case every week," he said. "It gave you some sense of appreciation that there were large numbers of people out there who were economically and culturally deprived and found themselves in a difficulty."
He later joined the prestigious law firm of Cain, Hibbard & Myers, and was made a partner in 1970.
"I went there because of these three lawyers, who were incredible lawyers, but more importantly, they were wonderful human beings," said Cohen of attorneys Lincoln S. Cain, Stephen B. Hibbard and Frederick M. Myers. "They were people who not only enjoyed the practice of law, but never lost sight of the roles lawyers were supposed to play in our society."
Over the course of his career, Cohen has represented myriad clients in district, county and federal court cases and has presented cases to the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
One of Cohen's cases changed the way police across the state handle breathalyzers to test drunken driving suspects. Before Cohen had his day in front of the Supreme Judicial Court in 1991, police were not required to ensure that the machines they used to determine whether someone was over the legal limit for drunken driving were in working order. After the SJC agreed that a testing program was needed, police across the state were required to test their breathalyzers once a month to make sure they were operating correctly.
"There were literally thousands of these breathalyzer tests that were pending around the state," said Cohen. "That was a really big case because it affected a whole lot of things."
Nearly four years ago, Cohen, C. Jeffrey Cook, Kevin M. Kinne and David E. Valicenti left the firm to start their own. Cohen, who had been with the firm for more than 40 years, said the move was amicable and that he and his partners wanted to open a "boutique firm."
Cohen spends several nights a week looking through the cases before the SJC and Appeals Court and reading trade periodicals.
"That's the way it's got to be," he said. "You have to keep abreast of what's going on, because if you don't, you're not useful."
Cohen said, Ileen, his wife of 55 years, has been understanding of his schedule.
"I've been fortunate to have a wife who has understood that and has encouraged that," he said.
He believes Ileen has grown used to it, since both of their children also went into law.
Their son, Joel, is a defense attorney in New York City, after spending several years as a federal prosecutor. Their daughter, Debra de Roths child, was also a defense attorney before her passing in 2001.
Cohen, whose office window overlooks Park Square and the court complex beyond it, still loves working in Berkshire County.
"When you do it and then go home at night, you have that quiet sense of satisfaction -- win, lose or draw -- that you have really been at the heart of what the legal system is all about in this country," he said. "I'm enjoying myself. You get the feeling as you grow older that if you've done it the right way and worked hard at it that you really do make a difference in terms of what life is all about."
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Hylocichla mustelina
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
Janet Heintz
The Wood Thrush's loud, flute-clear ee-oh-lay song rings through the deciduous forests of the eastern U.S. in summer. This reclusive bird's cinnamon brown upperparts are good camouflage as it scrabbles for leaf-litter invertebrates deep in the forest, though it pops upright frequently to peer about, revealing a boldly spotted white breast. Though still numerous, its rapidly declining numbers may be due in part to cowbird nest parasitism at the edges of fragmenting habitat and to acid rain's depletion of its invertebrate prey.
The Wood Thrush's pot-bellied body, short tail, straight bill, big head, and upright posture give it the profile of a scaled-down American Robin.
Wood Thrushes are warm reddish-brown above and white with bold black spots on their underparts. Juveniles show a somewhat muted version of the same pattern. All have a bold, white eyering.
The reclusive Wood Thrush hops through leaf litter on the forest floor, probing for insects, bobbing upright between spurts of digging and leaf-turning. The male's clear, flute-like song echoes through the forest in spring and early summer, and both sexes make distinctive, machine-gun-like alarm notes.
The Wood Thrush breeds in deciduous and mixed forests in the eastern U.S. where there are large trees, moderate understory, shade, and abundant leaf litter for foraging. They winter in lowland tropical forests in Central America.
Wood Thrushes have bolder, blacker spots than other spotted thrushes such as Hermit Thrush and Swainson's Thrush. On Hermit Thrushes, the spots concentrate on the upper breast and begin to smudge toward the belly. For Wood Thrushes the spots are clearly defined and contrast with their clean white underparts. The Wood Thrush also has a bolder white eyering than the Hermit Thrush and warmer, redder wings and back. Swainson's Thrush has a subtler, buffy colored eyering, fewer spots, and olive-brown upperparts. Juvenile American Robins have gray upperparts and rusty reddish tones on the belly and breast. The Ovenbird is a warbler, not a thrush; it's smaller, with a sharper bill and shorter legs. They have a streaked, not spotted breast, and black stripes on the side of the head.
Wood Thrushes are forest-interior birds and are unlikely to come to feeders. However, they are still common and may be audible from your yard if you live near small woodlots.
You'll likely hear the Wood Thrush before you see it. The male sings his haunting, flute-like ee-oh-lay song from the lower canopy or midstory of deciduous or mixed eastern forests. To see Wood Thrushes, look for them foraging quietly on the forest floor and digging through leaf litter.
Wood Thrush: Animated Abundance Map, State Of North America's Birds 2016.
eBird Occurrence Maps, Wood Thrush
ID Workshop: Use 4 Basic Keys Plus Migration Timing to Sort Out Your Thrushes, All About Birds, April 23, 2014.
Research Surprise: Many Birds Exposed to Eye Disease, but Only Finches Get Sick, All About Birds, August 25, 2014.
Saving The Wood Thrush: Q&A With Ron Rohrbaugh, Living Bird, Autumn 2014.
Migrants Ride A Green Wave North, Living Bird, Spring 2015.
When Does A Songbird Migrate? Depends On What It Eats, All About Birds, October 15, 2015.
In Colombia, Shade-Grown Coffee Sustains Songbirds And People Alike, Living Bird, Autumn 2016.
People Power And Sustainable Forestry Keep Deforestation At Bay In Guatemala, Living Bird, Autumn 2016.
Big Cities Can Be Birdy Areas Come Fall, Living Bird, Autumn 2016.
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AlexandarZ posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Coping WithI've had celiac for about 4 years now and I've been following a strict gluten free diet, but whenever I go out drinking or something like that the next day i usually plan to stay home because i get stomach aches and stuff. Now I'm about to go Sydney (Australia) for a festival and I'm planning on having a bender and I'm wondering how I should deal with my stomach aches. Sometimes i'd drink alcohol and get a real bad stomach ache where i can't be too far from the toilet and other times i drink and i don't even get a stomach ache at all. I normally drink henessy and jim beam spirits. What do you guys think i should drink? Is there any sort of medication that can stop these stomach aches? And i was also wondering about spirits, gluten free beers and ciders? What can and can't I drink?
Constant Unsettled Stomach No Matter What
AlexandarZ replied to AlexandarZ's topic in Other Food Intolerance and Leaky Gut Issueslast time i had a blood test the doctor said the antibodies have gone down so much that he didnt need to schedule another blood test with me. Ive been checked for fructose intolerance, dairy intolerance but results come back saying i'm not either.
Alcohol Symptoms?
AlexandarZ replied to AlexandarZ's topic in Celiac Disease - Coping WithWhat i meant to say instead of 3 months was 3 years, sorry about that confusion. I've had celiac for 3 years since i was 15.. i'm now 18 but i get constant diarrhea over everything i swear. I feel like my stomachs a moody little whining 12 year old girl, because sometimes i wake up and its diarrhea day and i know i'm not going anywhere.
Constant Unsettled Stomach No Matter What
AlexandarZ posted a topic in Other Food Intolerance and Leaky Gut IssuesI've had celiac for about 3 years and i have a constant unsettled stomach. When i wasnt diagnosed i was eating gluten obviously because i had no idea, i was 15 at the time but then i got diagnosed and stopped completely. For the first two weeks my stomach was really normal you know? like no stomach aches no random trips to the toilet and no i wasnt eating anything different i was eating everything gluten free nothing out of the ordinary and nothing in specific. After that two weeks my stomach just went down hill like i wasnt eating gluten anymore but i was. Now everyone tells me it takes awhile for your stomach to heal, but im a 18 year old kid and i have to plan my life on how my stomach is feeling. I could eat the same food one night and have a good stomach the next but then eat the same thing then be grounded because i'll have stomach aches and have to constantly go toilet. To put it simply sometimes i get diarrhea for no reason at all. Everyone says maybe i'm sensitive to other foods and should keep a diary but i eat the same food and feel good then the next day if i eat the same food ill get diarrhea or something or an unsettled, uneasy stomach. Sorry for the lengthy post, but please this is ruining my life. I dont care if i have to occasionally watch my friends eat at restaurants while drooling but when i get celiac i was under the impression that when you eat gluten free you will have regular stool and normal bowel movements..... and notice when your about to need to go toilet. This is kind of ruining my life, no doctors can help and yes i've been to dietitians. I would really much appreciate a reply because i don't know what to do. BTW: IBS medicines don't work, i have tried celiac enzymes, no improvement.
Alcohol Symptoms?
AlexandarZ posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Coping WithSo i've been celiac for about 3 months and have been following a strict gluten free diet, but whenever i drink alcohol in particular spirits i get stomach aches and have to go toilet quite often the next day. Can someone enlighten me on what may be the cause and why it keeps happening and also how to handle the symptoms. Its to the point where whenever i drink i have to make sure ive got nothing on the next day. Thanks
Celiac And Fructose?
AlexandarZ replied to AlexandarZ's topic in Celiac Disease - Related Disorders & Researchive noticed when i eat soy nothing really changes, its the same. Ive excluded soy and dairy products from my diet no change. Finding the same with fructose :S
Celiac And Fructose?
AlexandarZ posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Related Disorders & ResearchI was diagnosed with celiac roughly 2 years and a half ago. Ive been on a gluten free diet ever since, recently ive been noticing that my stomach aches have been beyond what they used to be also i would get really bad stomach aches and really watery stool. Its very painful, and extremely unpredictable, It makes it hard to go to school. Getting to the point i was wondering if it is possible that i have fructose aswell? I eliminated dairy in case i am lactose intolerant, still no improvment.
Cealiac For Two Years And I Still Have Trouble With It
AlexandarZ posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Coping WithAround about now ive had cealiac for about two years, and its been generally pretty bad. Ive stuck to a gluten free diet for abou the whole two years and ive noticed not much of a change in my stomach pattens. I was diagnosed after i got cealiac a few months later. I drank some mass gainer protein then i got it. I've eliminated all the gluten out of my diet but i still get these stomach aches, it never gets much better.
I've Been Gluten Free For So Long, Yet I Still Get The Worst Stomach Aches
AlexandarZ replied to AlexandarZ's topic in Gluten Intolerance and BehaviorWhat are probiotics? i just looked them up on wikipedia and it seems pretty complicated, mind to dumb it down?
I've Been Gluten Free For So Long, Yet I Still Get The Worst Stomach Aches
AlexandarZ posted a topic in Gluten Intolerance and BehaviorHello, i just signed up to this site, just found out about it, seems pretty helpful. I've got a little issue.. i was diagnosed with celiac last year around June and i used to get the worst stomach aches ever, no one could possibly imagine, i went on to a gluten free diet and started feeling better bit by bit. The doctor said i should feel completely better by around September and have no issues with stomach aches etc. Its been a year since this so called September actually a year and Two months. I cant find the problem i never eat out because i'm really paranoid about eating gluten but to this very day i found going to the toilet to be a very irregular gamble its really difficult to go out and enjoy myself because i do get these random stomach aches, that hurt so much. My stomach aches seem to get better then worse then slightly better then worse again, Just wanted to know what you guys thought the problem is and why? Opinions, thanks.


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Four New Agencies Purchase TASER AXON On-Officer Digital Video Systems and EVIDENCE.COM Service
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - TASER International, Inc, a global provider of safety technologies that protect life, prevent conflict, and resolve disputes, today announced that it received four orders for its innovative evidence capture and management platform. These orders for the TASER AXON™ on-officer camera system and EVIDENCE.com™ storage and management service include the Wichita Police Department (KS), University of Central Florida Police Department (FL), Tonganoxie Police Department (KS), and the Tieton Police Department (WA).
"Law enforcement agencies are seeking new measures to provide a return on investment for their communities," said Rick Smith, CEO and founder of TASER International. "By employing our AXON on-officer cameras with its EVIDENCE.COM management service solution, agencies are becoming more efficient while resolving the challenging issues of improving transparency with the community and ultimately saving taxpayer dollars," concluded Smith.
These orders collectively represent approximately $176,000 in revenue recognized over one to three-year terms and are expected to ship in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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TASER International, Inc. is a global provider of safety technologies that protect life, prevent conflict, and resolve disputes. More than 16,575 public safety agencies in 107 countries rely on TASER® electronic control devices (ECDs) and AXON on-officer camera systems to help protect and serve. Today, the use of TASER ECDs has saved more than 81,000 lives from potential death or serious injury while TASER innovations benefit individuals and families too, providing personal protection and accountability while maintaining regard for life. Since 1994, more than 241,000 individuals have relied on TASER technology as a means for effective personal safety. Learn more about TASER International and its solutions at www.TASER.com and www.EVIDENCE.com or by calling (800) 978-2737.
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text: This is an undergraduate intensive writing seminar designed to foster original research by students. It identifies the issues, stakeholders, and forums for debates over political issues connected with the Internet (and related information and communications technologies). We will be reading books and articles by authors who have thought deeply about this topic and will be conducting our own research on some issues. Among issues to be considered are: the domain name system, restrictions on the use of file-sharing software, privacy, e-government, e-democracy, e-society, e-commerce, e-crime (e.g., identity theft, cyber-stalking), Web 2.0, social networks, and net neutrality. The written assignments for the course will be a midterm and final examination, a book report, and a term paper. Grades for the course will depend on grades for the midterm (20%), book report (10%), seminar participation (10%), term paper (30%), and the final examination (30%). The following texts will be required readings: Andrew Chadwick, Internet Politics Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It


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Prepare for a Windows Phone Explosion on Verizon
Jason Mick
September 6, 2012 12:18 PM
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Windows phone slowly accelerates amid Android difficulties
The stars are slowly aligning in the favor of Microsoft Corp.'s (
) mobile operating system, Windows Phone.
I. Verizon Looks to Windows Phone for Fresh Blood
months of rumors
, Verizon Wireless -- a joint subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc. (
) and Vodafone Group Plc. (
) and America's largest carrier -- confirmed this week that it's going big with Windows Phones this fall. Comments Tami Erwin, "[Big Red] sell multiple Windows Phones in the fourth quarter."
The Verizon pickup is a game-changer for Windows Phone, if nothing else because it brings in over 100 million potential customers. To date Verizon has been a virtual non-factor in Windows Phone sales, carrying only one model --
the Trophy
(nearly identical to the HD7) by HTC Corp. (
). Carrying weak hardware at the time of its 2011 launch and overpriced at $149 USD w/ contract, about the only thing the Trophy had going for it was the Windows Phone user interface, which generally receives
the most enthusiastic reviews
from device owners of any of the mobile operating systems.
The Verizon announcement opens the door to slick handsets like Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (
aluminum-unibody ATIV S
and Nokia Oyj.'s (
colorful Lumia 820/920s
with PureView lenses. Samsung is
to be preparing
a more budget-minded
4-inch Windows Phone handset for the market. HTC is
reportedly planning
a Sept. 19 Windows Phone event where it will unveil two next generation handsets.
Verizon could receive hot handsets like the Lumia 920.
Modern Windows Phone handsets have fared remarkably better than first generation models. Thanks to better integration, more apps, and better hardware, the Lumia 900 by Nokia has
become a mild hit on AT&T's network
, moving a few million units,
according to
Seeking Alpha
analyst Kyle Spencer.
And what's good for the goose is good for the gander -- Verizon Wireless's support of units
like the Droid
was a key driver of Android's early growth.
A leak to
that gray and white Nokia Lumia 820 variants (the "Lumia 822") are headed to Verizon this fall.
II. Factors Stack up in Microsoft's Favor
A key driver of Windows Phone pickup has been patent litigation. Patents have played a pivotal role in power struggles of the U.S. tech industry since its earliest days. AT&T Inc.'s (
) precursor Bell Telegraph and Telephone initially
used patents in the 1800s
to build its phone and telegraph line monopoly.
Today Apple, Inc. (
) is scoring massive fines and
U.S. bans on various HTC
Samsung Android devices
. In addition, HTC is already paying Microsoft
nearly $10 per Android handset
and Samsung
is paying $15 per handset
, so Windows Phone's relatively steep $30 USD per device [
] licensing fee suddenly doesn't look so bad.
That's not to say Android won't hang in there, but the fallout of Samsung's massive
billion-dollar court loss
to Apple is clearly convincing third-party mobile device makers to consider Windows Phone as a hedge to their Android bets. Likewise, carriers like Verizon are eyeing Windows Phone devices as a hedge to their handset selection -- after all if some of your top selling Androids get banned, you want to have something to offer the customer other than just an iPhone.
Windows Phone offers Verizon a hedge against handset bans. [Image Source: PC World]
Windows Phonemakers have far less to fear thanks to
Microsoft's powerful cross-licensing pact
with Apple, which dates back to the 90s when it bailed out the struggling electronics veteran. The pact has thus far completely shielded Microsoft's OEM partners from Apple's legal belligerence.
A final factor is
Windows 8
. While
certain industry figures, the new operating system does provide one crucial advantage to Windows Phone. By
forcing the "Windows 8 theme"
formerly known as "Metro"
, but retitled to avoid trademark infringements with Metro AG (
) in Germany) on customers (via the reskinning/unwrapping of the start menu), it's pushing mass acceptance for the
stylized "look" of Windows Phone
. And Windows 8 will be making a grand entrance into the mobile space itself, with a large
tablet push
In that regard Windows Phone may experience
a "halo affect"
, styling, software, services, and user interface similarities across the iPod, iPad, and Mac line helped bump Apple's iPhone sales.
For Microsoft -- who once owned a quarter of the mobile market, but today owns only a couple of percent of total smartphone sales -- that's great news; it will take what it can get.
"If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it." -- SCEA President Jack Tretton
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The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards drove a 3.3 percent increase in album sales compared to last week, according to a Billboard report. The 2010 GRAMMY Nominees album jumped to No. 5 with sales of 71,000 units, a 55 percent increase. Top GRAMMY winner Beyoncé's I Am…Sasha Fierce rose to No. 14 with sales of 32,000 copies, a 101 percent increase. Other GRAMMY performers experiencing sales increases include Pink (up 234 percent), Dave Matthews Band (up 114 percent), the Zac Brown Band (up 82 percent), the Black Eyed Peas (up 76 percent), Taylor Swift (up 58 percent), and Lady Gaga (up 17 percent). Lady Antebellum, who also performed on the telecast, remained at No. 1 for the second consecutive week. (2/10)
Grainge Promoted To UMG CEO
Universal Music Group International Chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge has been promoted to CEO of Universal Music Group, effective Jan. 1, 2011. He will succeed Doug Morris and report to Jean-Bernard Lévy, chairman of the management board of Vivendi. Grainge will relocate from London to New York to serve as co-CEO of UMG in tandem with Morris for six months starting July 1. Morris, who has served as UMG chairman and CEO since 1995, will remain as company chairman. (2/10)


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Tennis stars walk the red carpet
The tennis world's female stars have walked the red carpet for one last party before Wimbledon swings into action - with Maria Sharapova dressed in the tournament's traditional white.
The French Open champion arrived at the event in style, in a Porsche driven by Australian racing driver Mark Webber.
Speaking at the Women's Tennis Association party at the Roof Gardens in Kensington, west London, Sharapova said: "It's definitely the entrance you want to have to a players' party."
The tennis star, dressed in a short white dress, said Wimbledon has a "very special" feel to it.
"It's a beautiful venue. There's so much tradition and around the town there's so much excitement in the lead up to such a big tournament.
"It's a big draw with so many players competing and it's over two weeks so it's just nice to see all the fans follow their favourites and cheer for them.
"The environment is very special when you walk out on to the court," she said.
Having just won the French Open, the Russian player said she was "so happy", adding: "It's such a quick turnaround between the French Open and Wimbledon and you just hope that you recover both mentally and physically because it was a very physical Grand Slam for me.
"I always look forward to Wimbledon so no matter how I did in Paris you have to turn the page quite quickly and get ready and spend as many hours as you can on the grass."
Venus Williams arrived at the party in a sequinned green dress and said there was no rivalry between her and her sister Serena.
"I'm so happy to see her win," she said, adding: "Hopefully one of us can win again."
Also at the party were Ana Ivanovic and Britain's own Laura Robson who is ruled out of Wimbledon due to injury.
Britain's tennis hero Andy Murray will be hoping to land another title in SW19 following his historic victory last summer against Novak Djokovic.
Having ended the wait for a British male singles champion at Wimbledon after 77 years, Murray will try to emulate Fred Perry once more by retaining the title.
A number of celebrities were also at the party which was under way at the same time as the England team were beaten by Uruguay at the World Cup.
Murray mania is likely to ripple through Wimbledon once again this year as tennis fans join the famous queue to watch the Scot in action.
Murray, who was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list in December 2012, has an Olympic gold medal after beating Federer at London 2012 and silverware from the US Open after beating Djokovic in the same year.
The British number one parted company with his coach Ivan Lendl in March this year and has brought in former Wimbledon women's champion Amelie Mauresmo to replace him, initially on a short-term basis.
It has made him the highest profile man in the sport to appoint a female coach.
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The gentlemen's and ladies' singles champions will each receive £1.76 million, according to the official website.
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Robson, who is on the BBC commentary team, said she was "really looking forward" to the tournament despite her injury ruling her out of competing.
"I'm going to watch so much tennis over the next two weeks," she said.
The tennis player said she was excited about wearing "fabulous outfits" all day, adding: "What's not to love?"
Robson said she hopes Murray defends his title, and said she thinks the women's competition is "wide open", but said Sharapova is "really looking good".
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While Savannah-Chatham police have had their hands full tackling crime and dealing with critics who say it's out of control, west Chatham County experienced a mix in crime trends in 2012.
Pooler, one of Georgia's fastest growing cities, saw overall FBI classified Part I crimes increase in 2012. In smaller Garden City, where the population has been on the decline, crime fell last year, while crime also dropped in growing Port Wentworth.
Still, all those cities point to community policing for keeping crime manageable.
Checking rising crime in Pooler
Part I crimes include homicide, rape, property crime, aggravated assault and robbery.
In Pooler, those crimes increased by 5 percent, from 531 in 2011 to 556 in 2012. In 2012, there were 31,932 calls for service compared to 28,846 in 2011, according to city data.
"Obviously growth would be a large factor," police Chief Mark Revenew explained.
"Also, I think the minor deviations is attributable to the cyclical nature of crime and the numerous dependent variables. We had decreases from 2010-11 and anticipate some minor fluctuations. However, myself and our senior staff review every incident daily to better combat these crimes and protect our city."
Chatham County's second largest city isn't known for murders but it has experienced a homicide in at least each of the past two years.
On Feb. 24, 2012, forklift operator Nickifor Zephyrine, 28, of Savannah was fatally shot in the head at a Pooler warehouse by a co-worker, according to police. Christopher Jesse Lema of Savannah was charged with homicide.
"Every municipality experiences sporadic violent crimes that almost always involve people from outside our jurisdiction perpetrating these crimes within our city," said Revenew.
"Unfortunately, there is little a police department can do to prevent these isolated incidents. All we can do is thoroughly investigate them and ensure the offenders are brought before the appropriate judicial systems."
The city did experience a noticeable drop in reported motor vehicle thefts over the past year, from 37 to 23 in 2012.
Revenew said new state laws which increased accountability and reporting by scrap metal yards have made stealing by traveling theft rings and others looking for scrap metal, which Pooler has experienced, less likely.
Burglaries though increased by 39 percent, or 31 incidents, in 2012, totalling 111.
However, Revenew noted that Georgia recently reclassified burglary, which previously was a crime against or involving a dwelling. Now, unlawfully entering another person's vehicle — which was classified as "entering an auto" — is classified as second degree burglary.
Policing in Garden City
Garden City police Capt. Donald Chapman Jr. also cited reclassification in explaining the 47 percent increase in burglaries in his city, from 110 in 2011 to 162 in 2012.
"Additionally, we did have one suspect who was arrested for a burglary during 2012," he said. "Once that suspect was in custody we saw a substantial decrease in burglaries."
Garden City experienced a big drop in larceny cases in the past year.
In 2011, there were 303 larcenies, which fell to 219 in 2012. Chapman attributed the drop to an emphasis on community oriented policing, which he said includes instilling an appropriate culture, daily methods of operation and the deployment of a COP specialist in the community.
The department has a total of 41 full-time officers who are trained to proactively identify suspicious activity and familiarize themselves with who lives and works in the community, Chapman said.
"That's how we do business," said Chapman. "Interaction with the community and getting out of the cars and out on foot is a staple of our daily operations. We believe being proactive, COP-based and highly visible makes us successful in keeping crime down as much as possible with the resources we have."
The approach to law enforcement seems to be working as Part I crimes decreased by 7 percent over the past year from 581 to 541 in 2012. There was no homicide in 2012. Garden City received 23,330 calls for service in 2012, down from 27,099 calls the year before.
"Although there was a small population decrease we find that has no bearing on our crime statistics," Chapman said. "Garden City has a very large 'day-time population,' which does receive police services when needed."
Fewer Port Wentworth officers and crimes
The cities of Pooler and Port Wentworth are where much of the county's population growth has occurred in recent years.
Port Wentworth Public Safety Director Matt Libby, who took over the police department in 2011, said he has been "very pleased" with the department's performance, despite being down two officers for six months and four officers at one point last year. There are 21 officers on the police force.
Part I crimes in the city dropped 17 percent over the past year from 153 to 127 in 2012. There was one homicide and a decline in reported burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft cases, which Libby credited to proactive policing and public cooperation in solving cases.
"We stress to our officers that we want them in all of these neighborhoods repeatedly throughout the day," he said.
Still, the small city is not without its own unique set of problems, which Libby identified as rising incidents of domestic violence and gun violence. There were 27,054 calls for service last year in Port Wentworth.
"Domestics are hard for us to quantify because there are a lot that aren't reported," he said.
"We had more gun violence — not a ton, we're not Savannah — but we've had more gun violence the last couple of years than I ever remember. I just think that's society in general. You have bad people out there trying to get guns."
Lessons for Savannah
Earlier this year, Savannah-Chatham police reported a 12.1 percent decrease in Part I crime, highlighted by a 13.1 percent decline in property crime. Those statistics, however, have come under questioning and have led to an FBI audit of the complaints regarding their accuracy.
As Savannah-Chatham police deal with concerns about violent crime in Savannah, west Chatham law enforcement officials were hesitant to offer sideline advice to their brethren in blue.
Revenew described Savannah-Chatham precincts as "mini-cities in themselves with each one having their own problems." Chapman praised Chief Willie Lovett and his officers, and said the department has a "great reputation amongst other law enforcement agencies in the area."
On the other hand, Libby, who recently returned from training in Texas, said taking a proactive strategy in crime fighting and having officers seen daily in neighborhoods and even in schools has proven to be widely successful.
"Just letting people know we're serving them and work for them," he said. "We need them to work with us so we can make a safer community."
West Chatham Crime Numbers
Pooler, population 19,640
Homicide: 1
Forcible rape: 4
Robbery: 11
Aggravated assault: 8
Burglary: 111
Larceny-theft: 396
Motor vehicle theft: 23
Arson: 2
Garden City, population 9,001
Homicide: 0
Forcible rape: 4
Robbery: 18
Aggravated assault: 96
Burglary: 162
Larceny-theft: 219
Motor vehicle theft: 39
Arson: 3
Port Wentworth, population 5,492
Homicide: 0
Forcible rape: 1
Robbery: 4
Aggravated assault: 9
Burglary: 26
Larceny-theft: 78
Motor vehicle theft: 8
Arson: 1
Source: Police departments and 2011 U.S. Census estimates


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I have been trooping as Boushh since 2006 and my research on the costume has never stopped, I don't think a day has passed in my house without Boushh being mentioned. A while back my Boushh costume was used in the Simon Pegg film Paul so I decided it was time to retire it and start work on a new upgraded costume (my original has now been boxed away). Since making my last costume I have obviously found out a lot more about the screen used costume and saw the original in London, this time I will be going all out on accuracy and though, maybe not as practical, I will still try to make allowances for comfort where I can.
Firstly I worked on the tunic, I sourced a new pig skin with more texture and made the pattern more accurate. The front is self faced and the overall fit is much better.
Next came the under tunic. There is quite a bit of difference between this under tunic and my last one. This time the body of the tunic is made from a caramel brown sateen cotton which is overlocked at the hem and the suede collar is top stitched to the cotton. The tunic now has a brown zip up the back and the sleeve ends are lined with leather. The sleeves are still long enough to gather, have the tree spikes and the thumb slots. Above the wrist there are the opening slots in the seam, these are held closed with large stitching and a fastener. The sleeves are also now lined with black satin.
The cummerbund was the next piece I made. It is piped suede and then unlike my last cummerbund it is lined with suede, this makes it a little more expensive to make but finishes it off nicely. At the back the cummerbund laces with black cotton tape and has a wrap over cover to hide the lacing. At the top of the cover a hole has been cut into the suede. I have yet to discover why but I have put it there for accuracy.
The trousers are similar to the old pair but have more detail in the pleated knee sections. The trousers have been made from a new leather which I then spent a whole week dying to the correct colour and weathering. This took hours of painting, sanding, re-painting, weathering, sanding, finishing extremely time consuming but I had to keep going until I achieved the correct look. Lots of studying the original costume to get the marks in the right places.
I purchased gloves made from a suede that matched quite well but they are fleeced lined which created difficulty when dressing. I have had to remove the lining and put a cuff on the wrist which makes it easier to fit them comfortably under the under tunic.
The boot covers have been completely re-patterned. The striped detail is more accurate and the back fastening has been completely upgraded. The boot covers now wrap around the boot and velcro at the back to an underpad. They also have the vintage hook and bar fasteners and the ski clasps. The boot covers have the suede stirrup that feeds under the boot. I am still on the look out for accurate boots. Across the front of the cover is the strap which again has been completely re-patterned. This has been scaled from the tie fighter model part on the new boot discs we have made. The strap is piped up to the boot disc and then stops. The edge of the strap is also piped. The discs are removable again in case I damage them. This time we have strengthened the attachments so they pull tight against the strap.
Whilst I have been working on the soft parts my partner Jude has been busy making progress on all the new hard parts. Using sourced correct model parts he has scaled up and is sculpting new boot discs, new bandoleer and will be working on a new helmet sculpt soon.
Jude has also been working on my armour. We built a basic mould which he then covered in body filler and sanded to shape, creating all the little imperfections for the mould to pick up. The new armour is being made form polyurethane rubber / resin so it has great shape but it also flexible and will not crush me when I am wearing it. Once it is all painted up and weathered I will then line it with the suede around the neck.
It has been an extremely challenging upgrade to build and we still have a way to go. I have attached lots of photos of the work so far so please enjoy.
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The Daily Bagel is your dose of the interesting reporting, writing and quipping from around the Internet.
• Video: One last look at the 2013 Australian Open. Not as wacky as past Opens but still plenty wacky enough.
• Fox Sports Australia reports that Bernard Tomic was caught speeding yet again in Gold Coast, Australia, and will lose his license. And here I was getting used to Tomic's making headlines for his tennis.
• Grantland's Brian Phillips with the perfect take on Andy Murray:
Here's the conundrum of Andy Murray: I absolutely believe that he's the second-best tennis player on earth right now. I absolutely believe that he meant it when he said he was "ready for pain" against [Novak] Djokovic. And I believe he was sincere about not blaming the blistered foot for his defeat. However, I am also fully prepared to believe that, in that tiebreaker, at that particular moment, he was psychologically shattered by the unexpected appearance of a small feather. Note that I'm not saying he's mentally weak. He probably would have reacted coolly and intelligently if zombies had come pouring onto the court. He's great in unpredictable conditions — he won the first set against [Roger] Federer at Wimbledon and the whole U.S. Open partly because high winds played to his ability to improvise. It's more that his brain is just tricky. Weird stuff can make it feedback-loop. Sudden appearance of North Korean paratroopers, he's fine; tiny fluttering feather, maybe not so much.
• Also for Grantland, Louisa Thomas examines the personality clash that took place during the Australian Open women's final. Here's her take on Victoria Azarenka:
She has been alone for so long. She had to become comfortable just to survive. "You know, when I came first on the tour I kind of was lost a little bit," she said on Saturday night. "I didn't know how to open up my personality. It's very difficult when you're alone. I was independent since I was, you know, 10 years old. I went first time to the states when I was 10 years old." There's nothing particularly unique or special about this part of her story, of course. Countless people learn to take care of themselves. The difference is that she managed to turn that fortitude into a quality that helped her become the best in the world at what she does.
• In the same vein, Steve Tignor breaks down the women's final. Enjoyed this observation about Li Na:
[Y]ou could understand Li's appeal by watching how she took this very tough loss. The tears were real, but the smiles were as well. She's an athlete who reminds us that tennis can be emotional and crushing in the moment, but is still just a game in the long run. Li isn't always strong when she plays, and she showed that again tonight when she tightened up. But in her larger perspective, in the way she laughed off her head-bruising fall and looked forward to better things in Paris, she is strong. Her humor is strength.
• The Economist looks at tennis' medical-timeout system to determine whether it needs fixing and if so how. It's not an easy solve.
The only obvious costs of taking unjustified injury timeouts are reputational: those suspected of bending the rules may lose public support, the respect of fellow professionals, and possibly endorsement opportunities. But given the huge financial rewards from winning top-flight matches, this isn't necessarily an effective deterrent. If Ms Azerenka did indeed feign her injury, she might feel it was well worth it.
• Embedded in this Tennis.com post by Jonathan Scott is a breakdown of the social media figures for the four Slams. The U.S. Open has some work to do. Those are some mediocre numbers:
Australian Open — Facebook: 894,396; Twitter: 156,613
French Open — Facebook: 573,503; Twitter: 219,248
Wimbledon — Facebook: 1,061,310; Twitter: 399,210
U.S. Open — Facebook: 746,364; Twitter: 190,573
• From The Paris Review, an ode to the the trusty Prince Thunderstick and Rafael Nadal's Babolat."It's sports at its most decadent and self-serving, and it's all concentrated in one place."


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Having pizza in Ponte Vedra Beach with Doug Skinner and Paul Goyette
Perfect! Was texting Paul this morning...
Nice, flight gets in late tonight, see you all tomorrow!
Sweet, about two more hours for us to join in the fun!
You guys are just having just too much fun.....can't wait until I have the opportunity to meet everyone.......and play a little golf..cz ; )
Enjoy! I look forward to all of the reports from this year's FJAI!
Paul picked us up at the airport and took us to one of his favorite pizza places, Al's, and Doug treated. Here's a pic, couldn't upload from iPhone.
No valet carts for me:
Look forward to catching up with the fun tomorrow !!!!
Lookin good there Doug.
6:35 AM Delta tomorrow morning. See you soon!
Very excited for you all. Keep the updates and pictures coming. Have too much fun!
The early arrivals in the Sawgrass Lobby Bar: Susan and Don Milow (golfdrmjr), Chris Chapman (golfchick), Doug Skinner (DOGLOSKI), Bob Jerabek (NCBob) and Sammy Romeo (Nelbass)
Nice pic! See everyone Tommorrow !
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Was there live.
Too pissed to go into details but....
1. Woodson joke...Melo on Gay throughout terrible 3rd Quarter!!!!!!
2. STAT needs a dress and purse.. Official the fist person with a Vagina to play in the NBA.
Was there live.
Too pissed to go into details but....
1. Woodson joke...Melo on Gay throughout terrible 3rd Quarter!!!!!!
2. STAT needs a dress and purse.. Official the fist person with a Vagina to play in the NBA.
Rob Low, TO Knicks, thanks for the post...really good stuff it hear how the game went live.
Person with a Vagina fuc.. by Gay,
just NBA.
another 3rd quarter fade out i see tonight.....
Shumpert 20% scoring and such guy is in S5.
Prigioni with another 12 minutes of playing time..........
He must be really feeling confident when he gets called to go in knowing he is out 2 minutes later.
WOODSON is doing what he did in the playoffs against the heat,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Cross your fingers and close your eyes and hope MELO and JR make their shots.........This is not what our team has become,,,,,,,
Coach Woodson is coaching a roster of players who wish they were traded to the OKC Thunders franchise on the trade deadline .. LOL .. everybody want to be a Ronnie Brewer now .. LMAO
Woody's being stubborn by refusing to accept the fact that oil n water dont mix .. Woody has become that, beaten woman who blames herself for all the whippins her drunken husband give her twice a week.
It's becoming a joke now...
to all these people talking about coach woodson not coaching smart well you need to tell me who the hell on this team is playing well. at the beginning the knicks were moving the ball because guys were hitting shots and their defense was also good because they were hitting shots. kidd hasn't scored in a month. shumpert has come back and shot awful. stat's defense has been awful, and recently he's been missing a ton of easy shots. jr is the only other person who can be looked at to score, and he's streaky. knicks need more guys who can score regularly and defend.
lastly, i saw a clip of charles barkley's show on nba tv, and for once he actually said something interesting. he said that in the 1993 nba finals pippen and grant took the ball out of his hands twice in crunch time in game 6, and that he regretted not taking them 1 on 2 because he felt that gave his team the best shot to score on those possessions. i understand the criticisms of melo and jr not passing the ball, but when other guys aren't scoring consistently what are they supposed to do? it's one ting to hold the ball to score 50 points in a game, but when you have to score 40 to give your team a shot i can't be upset at melo or even jr holding the ball at times.
A coach should run an offense that creates shots. Woodson as he did in Atlanta is content with an ISO offense.
JR as good as he can be is not an answer. Your point that if other guys aren't hitting then JR and melo have to shoot is foolish. We will never win the east this way.
Woodson has a solid pg in prigioni but he plays less and less. Why ?
Woodson needs to reevaluate.
Your response is comical .. I recall the Knicks winning ex-coaches Holzman, Hubie, Riley, JVG, and Chaney, who practice and taught defense-first to where the Knicks would go 3 minutes without scoring however, the Knicks would force their oponent to go 4 minutes without scoring. This is why Pat Riley pulled John Starks and Anthony Mason out of the CBA League, and within a few months their strong defensive-effort got them 30 minutes of playingtime to take Pat Riley Knicks to the FINALS.
In the last 28 games, Woodson's 48 minute lineups had either Melo or JR or both on the court throughout those 48 minute games. in the last 28 games u have not seen both (Melo & JR) sitting on the bench at the same time, like u seen early in the season when we had lineups of PG-Prig, SG-Kidd, SF-Brewer, PF-Novak/Copeland, and Sheed/Tyson were on the court in a lineup.
Having Melo or JR or both in a lineup has not stopped an opponent from scoring for 2 minutes this season, so coming back from a 10 point lead is practically in possible with either of the two in a lineup. Their man to man defense stinks, and they are wanderers when it comes to team-defense.
Our offense is the pits with Melo, or JR, or Felton controllin & holding the ball over 8 seconds, the three-players are shoot first players who dont allow teammates in the offense. Yeah the alley-oops to Tyson are Flashy like JR flashy moves every other game.