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You really think that's a five per center even?
I don't know, I just know that many phone makers have been doing their damndest to hide the Android branding from their phones, and in China there are makers that are stripping it so much as to have their own app stores. So it stands to reason that there's people out there technically on the Android platform that don't know it.
Is it even 5%? I don't know. I would say that is highly unlikely in the US and EU, but in emerging markets, I think that's entirely possible. I have absolutely no numbers on this, which is why I posed the question. I don't know if it's enough to be an impact, I just know the phone makers themselves are making that effort.


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Rarely have I been more journalistically frustrated by a story than that of Elena Kagan's sexuality this week. And rarely have I felt more grateful to another journalist, Politico's Ben Smith, for finding a credible source to settle the question and put me out of my misery.
First off, as a reporter, I like nothing less than engaging in wild speculation, especially in my writing, about things for which I have no evidence.
Heading into this week, based on informal conversations I'd had about Kagan and background interviews with the White House, I had no reason to believe Kagan is a lesbian. So on Monday we at The Advocate focused our reporting on the substantive matter of whether her potential recusals from critical LGBT cases could adversely affect the outcomes of those lawsuits were she to be confirmed.
Yet people wanted answers. Advocate.com readers were as anxious as anyone for confirmation or denial of the rumors about Kagan. One reader on our website actually scolded, "Hey, Advocate, is it too much to ask that your reporters actually compose an article informing the GLBT community on something important like this?"
Plenty of mainstream reporters chatted me up about Kagan — some wondering what I actually knew about her sexuality, even if they felt sheepish for asking, and others looking for advice on how to cover the issue.
This is not the first time. In last year's lead-up to President Obama's first Supreme Court nomination, one mainstream reporter who was wrestling with how to approach the sexuality of nominees who had not yet been identified as openly gay, sent me an e-mail wondering, "How are you dealing with the fact that a bunch of the front-runners for SCOTUS are gay, but not exactly out?"
I sympathize with my mainstream brethren here in Washington. Outing people or trying to determine their sexuality has never been something that drives me as a reporter. It can also take an extraordinary amount of time unless someone just stumbles into coverage like Family Research Council cofounder George Alan Rekers did last week.
repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" pending, and with a spate of LGBT
protests taking place at the foot of the White House, I prefer to devote
my time to the tangibles. Sexuality is often anything but black and
white — it's sometimes in between or, in some cases, a matter people
shove completely out of their life on the way to other destinations.
said that, I am inclined to believe Smith's source — a close friend of
Kagan's since law school — when she says that the Supreme Court nominee
is not gay. That narrative jibes with my initial reporting, which
yielded not a shred of solid evidence that led me to believe the lesbian
rumors. Unfortunately, no one who knew Kagan well was willing to speak
to me on the record or even on background about a matter they considered
highly sensitive. Since when did it become a bad thing to declare
someone straight?
Of course, the administration's initial
response didn't necessarily help quell debate when the prospect of her
being the "first openly gay justice" was raised by a reckless CBS blog
post. The White House response was quick but clumsy — immediately
pushing back with one spokesman saying the blogger was making "false
Apparently, being gay is still seen as an accusatory
claim rather than a simple statement of fact, no different than the fact
that someone is straight.
This week, administration officials
tried to steer clear of the subject when asked about Kagan's sexuality
during a Monday morning press gaggle at the White House. I was not
present, but according to The Washington Post, "Asked whether questions
about [Kagan's] sexuality would be off-limits during the confirmation
process, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs replied, 'It's not
anything I'm going to get into.'"
with people like Andrew Sullivan wondering aloud, 'So is she gay?' and
no one who was informed enough willing to derail the runaway train, the
blogosphere went on a predictable and entertaining — yet no less vexing — self-indulgent tear while reporters scrambled to catch up.
is fascinating is that LGBT people seemed equally as desperate
to cast Kagan as our gay hero as the far right did to cast her as their
gay villain.
A reader on our website, Terry of Havasu, enthused,
"Gay people are used to being controlled by the fact they are
outnumbered by straight people. At least now there could be an 'inside'
voter." Wink, wink.
Meanwhile, the American Family Association
charged, "We cannot afford to have another sexually abnormal individual
in a position of important civic responsibility. ... The stakes are too
high. Social conservatives must rise up as one and say no lesbian is
qualified to sit on the Supreme Court."
Look around and it's
easy to see why LGBT people long for role models in high positions.
Perhaps because gays and lesbians know what it's like to love behind
closed doors, it's all too easy for us to imagine someone as
ambitious and successful as Elena Kagan doing just that. And certainly,
just because people who know her don't believe she's gay, it doesn't
prove she isn't. But by the same token, neither is her decision
against declaring her sexuality, marrying, or raising children
Just before
Obama nominated the unmarried Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, Slate writers Dahlia Lithwick and Hanna Rosin looked at the conundrum of
being a single woman of a certain age — and successful. For a woman,
being eligible to fill elite positions such as solicitor general often
means prioritizing profession over personal life. But once you
approach that glass ceiling without the trappings of "womanhood" (i.e. a
husband and kids), everyone thinks it's weird — or "unnatural," as the
Slate headline suggested — and starts asking inadvertent, intrusive,
and frankly, irrelevant questions.
Andrew Sullivan argued that
knowing Kagan's sexuality is relevant to discerning what type of
conclusions she might draw on the bench. I disagree. I have always found
that people's historical patterns and approaches are far more
predictive of their future actions than ascribing stereotypes based on
whether they are black or white, gay or straight, male or female. The
fact that Kagan has played softball in the past, for instance, is much
more telling about her propensity to play softball in the future than
whether she is gay or straight would be.
terms of LGBT issues, the juxtaposition of Kagan's declaration that the
military's gay ban is "a moral injustice of the first order" with her
assertion, during her confirmation hearing for solicitor general, that
there's "no federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage" is worthy
of debate.
Kagan's capacity to judge should be based on the
merits — her accomplishments, her writings, her judicial philosophy, and
what kind of a contribution she could make to American jurisprudence
and society at large.
I, for one, am glad to get back to
covering the substance while hoping that one day, knowing the truth
about someone's sexuality — gay, straight, bi or whatever — will cease
to be a diversion from more consequential considerations.

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On June 26th, PlayStation's iconic Uncharted games will be available via digital download on the PlayStation Store.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game of the Year Edition will be available in the downloadable PS3 game section.
For those of you who still haven't played either one of these, this is a great opportunity to experience these games which have revolutionized storytelling in video games.
In addition, fans will also be able to download all of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves' DLC for free. The PS Store is offering the following DLC content for Uncharted 2 absolutely free of charge:
- UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves "Drake's Fortune" MP Pack
- UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves "Golden Guns"
- UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves "PlayStation Heroes" Skin Pack
- UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves "Sidekick Skin Pack"
- UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves "Siege Expansion Pack"
The free DLC program will only run until the digital launch of the two titles on June 26th. Once the PSN store updates on June 26th, all of this DLC will only be available via purchase from the PS Store or when you buy the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves GotY Edition.
Unfortunately, Sony has not yet confirmed the file size or price for the digital versions of these two Uncharted titles.


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He was born Sept. 21, 1923, at Stuttgart, to Obest Andrew and Hattie Pearl Burns Bauman. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute, Carson Newman College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He retired as the manager of the Baptist Book Store (now LifeWay) after 29 years, and was an active member of Geyer Springs First Baptist Church in Little Rock.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Lamar and Leon Bauman; and a sister, Eula Pearl McCall.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Bona Bauman; a son and daughter-in-law, David and Becky Bauman of Russellville; three grandchildren, Bethany Walker and her husband, Larry, of Russellville, Amberley Futterer and her husband, Joe, of Springdale, and Brant Bauman and his wife, Kara, of Russellville; and four great-grandchildren, Carson and Weston Walker, both of Russellville, and Elsy and Addler Futterer, both of Springdale.
The funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, at the Geyer Springs First Baptist Church, officiated by the Rev. Ted Stanton, with visitation to follow at the church. Burial will begin at 3 p.m. in the Lone Tree Cemetery at Stuttgart, under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of his Sunday school class.
The family will receive friends from 5-6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Gideons International, Russellville Camp, Post Office Box 1604, Russellville, AR 72811-1604; or to the Arkansas Baptist Children's Home, 10 Remington Drive, Little Rock, AR 72204-8202.
The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.


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American Voting Behavior: Presidential Elections from 1952-1980 (ICPSR 7581)
Principal Investigator(s): Flanigan, William H.; Zingale, Nancy
This instructional package includes a student manual containing six exercises, an instructor's guide, and four subsets of data required for use in conjunction with the manual's exercises. The package's major purpose is to enable students to examine certain substantive questions about electoral behavior through analysis of political survey data. The manual avoids instruction in methodology, per se, hence the student is taken no further than the analysis of straightforward variables in percentagized tables with and without controls, and is introduced to epsilon, the percentage difference measures based on 2 X 2 tables, but offered no elaborate discussion of measures of association. The six structured exercises introduce the basic analytic techniques necessary for coping with survey data in the expectation that the students will then move on to their own topics. The datasets were designed to be both substantively and analytically interesting, as students are forced continually to make choices and judgments about which variables to use and how to combine code categories. Beyond this, the exercises serve a more complex purpose: to help the student gain a better understanding of the existing scholarly literature by going through steps similar to those of the original analysts. In some instances, the students can readily appreciate how close their work is to the analysis in assigned reading. The instructor's guide has two purposes: first, to help instructors use the student manual effectively, and second, to suggest various ways to depart from the six exercises and to develop essentially new manuals. The subsets (Parts 1-4) contain data from every presidential election survey that was conducted by the Survey Research Center (SRC) and Center for Political Studies (CPS) (at the University of Michigan) from 1952 to 1980. Part 4 contains an extensive set of variables drawn exclusively from the CPS's AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1980 (ICPSR 7763). This is the only deck needed to complete the exercises in Exercises l-5. Part 1 includes small sets of comparable variables from each SRC/CPS presidential election study from 1952-1972. The variables in these decks were selected with the intention of providing students with a range of interesting possibilities for original research topics for term papers. Part 2 includes variables and respondents from panel surveys contained in AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION SERIES: 1972, 1974, 1976 (ICPSR 7607). This dataset may be used with Exercise 6. Supplementing the panel file is the data in Part 3, based on the cross-section survey, AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1976 (7381). It repeats the variables from the 1976 component of the panel, with a much larger N. The AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1976 (7381) may be used independently, as with the AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1980 (ICPSR 7763), or it may be used in exercises comparing cross-section with panel data. Data used for the exercises were made available by ICPSR. The major analyses of these data have appeared in two publications: (1) University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. THE AMERICAN VOTER. New York, NY: Wiley, 1960, and (2) Campbell, Angus, Philip Converse, Warren Miller, and Donald Stokes. ELECTIONS AND THE POLITICAL ORDER. New York, NY: Wiley, 1966.
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Flanigan, William H., and Nancy Zingale. American Voting Behavior: Presidential Elections from 1952-1980. ICPSR07581-v1. [distributor], 2018-01-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07581.v1
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- 1952--1980
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Hi All,
Just a have quick question. Has anyone here had requested any sort of bank status letter in the past. What I understand is that, when i request for status letter of my bank, the bank would ask details of the third part (in my university) who requires the status letter.
I wonder what sort of information would the university request in the status letters. I just wanted to know if anymore here has had a experience of producing a status letters from bank prioir to getting an admission?
Would it be good idea to have good balance in my account before requesting for a status letter?
Thanks all


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The performance of Raitt's own Transport Canada as the national rail regulator was severely criticized last year by the country's auditor general for its failure to inspect the country's short lines, including the former Montreal, Maine & Atlantic, whose runaway oil train exploded upon derailment at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, last July 6, killing 47.
Raitt specifically identified delays in shifting Prairie grain to ports as evidence of network inadequacy. The backlog is blamed by the railroads on bad weather and a bumper harvest, and by growers on the carriers' preoccupation with moving mid-continent oil to coastal refineries.
The most intriguing term of reference in Raitt's announcement is "what improvements could be made in a number of areas, including our strategic transportation gateways and corridors."
As in the U.S., Canadian municipalities worry about the increasing volumes of hazardous materials transiting urban centers over trackage originally laid to deliver passengers and inert freight. The release by several state governments of hazmat shipping statistics will likely increase public anxiety, and political pressure, to separate freight trains from population centers.
The review is to be chaired by former government cabinet minister David Emerson and is to report by the end of 2015, a year earlier than the review requirement baked into existing legislation.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Republican state Treasurer Josh Mandel says he's not ready to write off his political future after his unsuccessful challenge to U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.
The Democrat beat Mandel for a second term last fall in one of the country's most closely-watched and expensive election fights. The Ohio Democratic Party chairman predicted afterward that Mandel would quickly fade from active political life.
Mandel referenced that sentiment Thursday when he confirmed plans to seek re-election as treasurer. He cited a few Ohio politicians who bounced back after losses and said he's happy to leave the decision to voters.
Mandel also said he blames himself for the loss in the Senate race. He said he and other Republicans need to do a better job of communicating their platforms to black voters.


text: Erich Strohmaier writes: > In practice however it seems to me to be much harder to utilizes the SIMD > units on current micro-processors than to use the "normal" FPU. This is true, but still for people who can talk assembly very substantial speedups are possible: http://www.mime.up8.edu/~whygee/memoire/ especially http://www.mime.up8.edu/~whygee/memoire/corps.html (I'm not sure whether it's in there, but Yann Guidon did use MMX acceleration for his lattice gas CFD). > On traditional vector systems (Cray and such) you have full support of the > vector units by vectorizing compilers. I am not aware of anything > close to this on micros. Quoting SIMD flops on a wide basis would raise a There seems to be SWARC Scc by Hank Dietz http://dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu/~hankd/SWAR/Scc.html which attemts to wrap the hardware in C extension abstraction but it doesn't seem to be developed further. Too bad, I could use it. > lot of expectations and cause a lot of disappointments. Rather than > inflating "Macho-flops" I would rather be more realistic in my > presentations. > > Even besides this argument, I will have to swith to a CONSISTENT way of > representation regardless what it is. Quoting one system with SIMD and the > next one without does not make sense. > > Erich


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First of all these guys are improving. The second half will start and this is where we will find out what these knicks are made of. If Frye steps up in the second half we will see 41 and 41. There is a whole lot of upside for this guy, Isiah has said he would have taken him # 1 last yr. I've read on here that he should be traded, these persons remind me of Scott Layton. These same people would have traded David D. for Walt Belamy and we wouldn't have any Championships.
Curry has made majoy strides this yr. As he get more comfortable down low he will get even easier baskets. He's learning like the rest of the young players. When they lost to the Nets when that Pot smoker had the tap in over him Isiah said you can get away with certain things at certain points in a game. A little hold or pushout would have done the trick and if these guys learn and execute with experience we will see the first round.


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The son of Charles and Clara Steuber, he was born Jan. 14, 1932, in Augsburg. He was a U.S. Army veteran of Korea. Edwin was a wonderful man who was loved by all. He was also a great father and evangelist. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church where he was the treasurer, taught Sunday school, was on the Board of Trustees, and on the Zion Lutheran Cemetery Board. He enjoyed working on his farm with his cows and helping his friends whenever they needed it.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine T. Steuber; his parents; his sister, Esther Neimeyer; parents-in-law, Orville and Martha Reed; and his brothers-in-law, Al Birkhahn and Coyd Neimeyer.
Left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Teresa Grigsby of Dardanelle; two granddaughters, Monica Raney of Augsburg and Melissa Hall of Mayflower; five great-grandchildren, Faith Johnson, Caleb Raney, Lori Hall, Michael Hall III and Noah Edwin Hall; a sister, Dorothy Birkhahn of Augsburg; a brother, Lawrence Steuber and wife Regina of Augsburg; a dear friend and companion, Ruby Stroupe of Russellville; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 14, 2012, at Zion Lutheran Church. Pastors Thom Lakso, Herb Swanson and Darrell Kobs will officiate. Burial will be at Zion Lutheran Cemetery in London by Humphrey Funeral Service. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Cemetery, 93 Augsburg Road, London, AR 72847.
Internet obituary and online guestbook are available at www.humphreyfuneral.com.
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Census of Turin, Italy, 1705 (ICPSR 3577)
Principal Investigator(s): Balani, Donatella, University of Turin; Monkkonen, Eric, University of California-Los Angeles; Symcox, Geoffrey, University of California-Los Angeles
This study is a census enumeration of the city of Turin, Italy, in 1705. The census was ordered by Duke Victor Amadeus II as the city prepared for a siege from part of the French army, as ordered by King Louis XIV. A house-by-house survey of all inhabitants was conducted to assess how many men were able to bear arms and how many people there were to feed. All of the inhabitants, including both citizens and immigrants streaming into the city from the surrounding countryside to escape the invaders, were listed by name, along with their ages, family relationships, birthplaces, occupations, dwelling places, and any weapons kept in the household. Fifty cantonieri (ward-captains) were assigned to survey the 122 isole (city blocks). The information for 15 of the isole are absent. This study also includes a WinZipped archive of AtlasGIS files, which can be used to produce maps of Turin, Italy.
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Balani, Donatella, Eric Monkkonen, and Geoffrey Symcox. Census of Turin, Italy, 1705. ICPSR03577-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03577.v1
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- 1992--1993
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Universe: The population living inside the city walls of Turin, Italy, in 1705.
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Researchers Guide to the McPherson County, South Dakota Cemeteries
Book review by Edna Boardman, Bismarck, North Dakota
Stabler, Duane E. Researchers Guide to the McPherson County, South Dakota Cemeteries. Compiled by Selma Job Lapp and Keenan L. Stoeckter. North Dakota State University Libraries, Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, Fargo, North Dakota, 2005, 285 pages, and Supplement Index of 48 pages, softcover.
Family historians who trace their American roots to McPherson County, South Dakota will find this compilation of cemeteries of great value. Three persons, Duane E Stabler, Selma Job Lapp and Keenan L. Stoecker have endeavored to locate every burial place in the county, whether it be a church yard or a family plot related to a homestead. Lapp and Stoecker photographed in color all the burial places they could locate, an amazing achievement of itself. Stabler took on the job of editing and compiling the photographs of the graves plus some archival photographs of the area taken from postcards. He organized the exhaustive lists of the persons buried in the graves, including information about each person when available. The cemeteries are listed twice, alphabetically and by township, and persons buried in each are listed alphabetically. Maps in the back of the book provide assistance in locating each burial place.
An early history of the county by Bruce Mehlhaff appears in the book, but sadly he makes no reference to the identity and origins of the European settlers who took up residence in great numbers in this county--the Germans from Russia. The overwhelming majority of the names listed are from that ethnic group. Even the affiliation of Margaret Freeman, acknowledged as the person who helped locate volunteers for Stabler when this project was first discussed, was given only as GRHS. This is the Germans from Russia Heritage Society. The placement of McPherson County within South Dakota is also not given except in a context deep within the book, so requires a trip to the atlas. But these are minor grumbles. This was an impressive five-year effort, and the editor/compiler, his co-workers, and a small army of others who assisted them provide information otherwise almost impossible to come by.


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For my current project I hope to have two apps communicating via TCP/IP (windows sockets). Now both of the apps will be on PCs connected to my university network. I have seen people walk into the uni computer room with laptops and plug the laptop straight into one of the network ports and start surfing the web. I hope to be able to do this with the computers upon which my apps are situated. I have a couple of questions though regarding computers that are plugged into the network port in this way:
1. Every time someone comes along with their computer and plugs it into the network, does it maintain the same IP address?
2. Does the owner of the computer have to log into a user account on the network or does it somehow by-pass this?
EDIT: By the way, I don't mean to be rude but can you only answer these questions if you really know what you are talking about and preferably have experience with NT networks. This is a crucial part of my MEng degree project so I can't be doing with rubbish coming from people who think they know the answers but are really just speculating. Cheers.


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The dominoes are beginning to fall as Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Spanish language Time Warner Cable Deportes begin to picked up by more and more distributors throughout Southern California.
On Friday, Time Warner Cable Sports announced that they had reached a deal with the Charter Networks to distribute the two channels as soon as Charter completes their technical preparations, which is expected to be completed on or before Oct. 31.
"Charter is committed to bring programming to our customers that mirror their interests," said Allan Singer, Charter's Senior Vice President of Programming said in a statement issued by Time Warner Cable Sports. "We are proud of Charter's robust selection of sports programming. Charter is the first provider of this brand new programming in our service areas, and we know that the addition of these networks especially pleases our customers in Southern California."
That wasn't the only agreement that TWC reached as the company issued a statement later in the evening stating that Time Warner Cable Sports had reached an agreement with Verizon FiOS. According to the release, details will be released in the coming days.
With the announcements, coverage for LA Galaxy games in English and Spanish, as well as supplementary programs in English and Spanish like Access SportsNet:Galaxy, Galaxy Revealed, and Vamos Galaxy.
Share your thoughts on the announcement below.


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By Matt Pillar, Business Solutions Magazine
A growing trend in omni-channel retailing spells huge opportunity for kiosk-wielding VARs.
(Photos by Dan Bryant Photographs)
Mainstreet Technologies, Inc. has done a pretty good job building a brand name in the retail IT channel. The company typically finds itself on the short list when nationwide retailers evaluate their retail technology repair, depot, staging, and integration service options, due in no small part to the fact that it services POS and peripheral equipment from a who's who of leading vendors (see the installation profile on this page). While its reputation for maintenance and depot services precedes the company, a significant share of its growth over the past 12 months has come from a different source, one that VP of Marketing Debbie Simurda says is just beginning to show its potential. Retail kiosks and digital signage, which are seeing rapid adoption on the heels of retailers' rude awakening to the realities of consumerization, have injected Mainstreet with a new and quickly growing stream of business from some very impressive national brands. This is the story of Mainstreet's venture into building and implementing custom kiosks for retailers, why it made sense for the company to invest here, and the market drivers behind the opportunity.
"There Was A Need, And We Had The Parts"
Mainstreet's kiosk solution — dubbed digitalMainstreet, was a natural progression for the company, born of a customer's simple need. When a major national footwear manufacturer with a strong in-store brand presence determined that kiosks were in order to support its omni-channel inventory availability effort, it seemed a no-brainer that Mainstreet should get involved. A look at that aforementioned vendor partner list reveals all the makings of a retail-hardened, self-service kiosk — from purpose built, solid state, and fanless point of service hardware and touch screens to peripherals like scanners and receipt printers. All Mainstreet needed was a means of manufacturing creative kiosk enclosures, and a new sales opportunity would be born. The integrator quickly solved that need by partnering with Ideas@Retail, a builder of POP (point of purchase) displays and kiosk enclosures. Simurda says Ideas@Retail demonstrated an ability to manufacture creative, custom-built enclosures that matched the custom-built functionality developed by Mainstreet. The result — a shelf-level kiosk that promotes the footwear manufacturer's products in partner retail stores — has resulted in an average 25% increase in sales in stores where the unit is implemented.
On the heels of that implementation came another big kiosk opportunity, this time with another leading specialty store chain. There, Mainstreet and Ideas@Retail have implemented two kiosks in each of the company's 50+ stores — one at the checkstand and another in the shelving department. Mainstreet's seamless integration of color laser jet printers in the checkstand kiosk solution allowed the retailer to offer its customers personalized functionality. Looking ahead, Mainstreet plans to integrate Epson's new inkjet technology into its kiosk offering.
Consumerization Of Retail Drives Opportunity
The driving trend behind the success of digitalMainstreet is retailers' comprehensive struggle to serve customers in this new age of consumerism. Just a few years ago, retailers were in control of virtually every aspect of the shopping experience. Consumers were held somewhat captive to retailers' inventory availability and pricing decisions, with little access to product data, availability information, and competitive pricing. Today, thanks to a mobile revolution that came on faster than even the best analysts' expectations, the consumer is in the driver's seat of the retail experience. With instant mobile access to more product and price information than most store associates, consumers have put retailers on their heels. This has fueled an urgent need for retailers to adopt tech solutions that cater to the consumer by engaging them interactively, creating endless aisles through the connection of inventory repositories that were once channel-specific, and communicating offers and promotions at the shelf level. The growth of the kiosk and digital signage market is a hallmark of that sudden and urgent need. NextGen Research suggests that the kiosk market will grow from an installed base of the 1 million units we saw in 2009 to more than 2.5 million units worldwide in 2014. Research from IHL Group backs those figures. In its North American Self-Service Kiosks Market Study, IHL said transactions at self-service kiosks are growing more than 10% per year in North America, with transactions expected to grow past $1.1 trillion per year through the devices by 2015. VARs and integrators are playing a key and profitable configuration and deployment role in this explosive growth.
Creating Profit In A Commodity Market
Mainstreet maintains that its custom-built kiosks are competitively priced in a market that's somewhat commoditized by the PC, but it maintains a healthy profit margin through strategic sourcing and competitive differentiation. "The early rush to place kiosks in retail resulted in many failed deployments as end users chose PC-based solutions that weren't up to the rigors of retail," says Simurda. "The cleanest retail environment is dirtier and more abusive than the dirtiest office environment, so consumer-grade technology doesn't hold up." Reg Thomas, executive VP and owner at Mainstreet, says the historical failure rate of PC-based kiosks is central to the retailhardened solutions pitch that Mainstreet has developed, backed by CPUs with a POS pedigree that boast solid state drives and fanless enclosures. "Self-service devices are not like POS lanes. If a POS station fails, the associate can shut it down and move to another lane," explains Thomas. "If a kiosk fails, the customer bears the burden and develops a negative perception as a result. So we educate retailers on the TCO (total cost of ownership) of the kiosk — usage and abuse expectations, the resulting failure rate, and how much downtime they can expect from a consumer-grade foundation."
In comparison to a PC-based solution, one might assume that a kiosk built to custom specifications and using premium hardware from the likes of Epson, Fujistu, and HP would come with a much heftier price tag. Not so, says Thomas. "We do compete with kiosk solutions built around Dell PCs, and those units are somewhat less expensive than our offering, but not much," he says. "We're able to leverage the volume of the components we buy for our maintenance, depot, and integration services to create a competitive price with a healthy margin." And, he says, retailers in the midtier niche Mainstreet set its sights on are willing to pay for customization that differentiates their kiosks. "Because we have a strong partnership with Epson, for instance, we've been able to customize kiosk functionality right down to the printer while maintaining a competitive price point."
Evolution Of The Kiosk Sales Strategy
Early kiosk wins at Mainstreet came from having a foot in the door through its maintenance and depot services, which Simurda says gave the company a leg up in its understanding of a store's needs. "We make a concerted effort among existing customers to look for digital device sales opportunities, then apply what we already know about their technology, their culture, and their store layouts when we pitch," she says. Among those customers, the company finds itself in a good position given its history as a service provider. Now, with a few high-profile kiosk deployments under its belt, Mainstreet is honing a sales strategy that works in the other direction. "When we get a new kiosk client that doesn't use or know our core services, those services become a natural extension of the kiosk deployment," says Simurda. "They buy the custom-built units, and two or three years' worth of maintenance from the company that engineered and deployed them makes perfect sense."
As it's expanded its product offering, Mainstreet has also had to expand its sales savvy. Ironically it's retail IT departments — which employ the core decision makers for traditional Mainstreet maintenance and depot offerings — that present some of the biggest obstacles in the company's new strategy to pitch kiosks to merchandisers and marketers. "In the early part of a kiosk engagement, the IT department expects to be burdened by the new store-level technology," says Thomas. He says it behooves the sales process to make the effort to bring IT along by selling them on the idea, allaying their concerns, and making them a part of the solution. "In the end, if we can meet the specifications and price expectations of the merchandisers and marketers, we've typically cleared their approval. It's the marketers that usually have the budget and the authority to buy." To that end, Simurda says the partnership with Ideas@Retail has been instrumental to learning how to sell to retail marketing departments.
Mainstreet prides itself on the knuckle-busting maintenance and depot services that remain the foundation of its business, but a solid chunk of the estimated 15% growth it will enjoy this year comes from the sale of its new digitalMainstreet solutions. With a little help from its partners, the company had to look no further than its existing product lines and expertise to build a new market in an industry that's hungry for self-service and interactive technologies.


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^thank you for the invite. Hopefully some other fellow Cullenists and I will be able to attend.
As the Keeper of the Names, I am here to remind all of you that Bella and Edward's wedding day is close upon us. As in two days away. Our High Priestess of Cullenism will post [~snore~] that day with a few things, and possible before then as well with some information.


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I found the number d10301v2 that you listed when I googled it. whttp://picclick.com/DEHUMIDIFIER-ELECTRONIC-CONTROL-FDF50S1-FDF70S1-370399071729.html. is the link to it, someone has an appliance parts store on ebay and is selling them. or just google that part number because there was only 1 result. good luck
Looks like the capacitor on the far right bottom has a hole in the top of it. Might be an easy fix.
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Forbes Profiles "Superstar" Mary Meeker '81
July 30, 2012
Mary Meeker, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and 1981 graduate of DePauw University, "has played a key role in Kleiner's bid to restore its reputation as Sand Hill Road's top firm," reports Forbes. A story published in the magazine's August 6 issue adds, "Meeker has done exactly what she was brought in to do: Capitalize on the big market opportunities that Kleiner was missing."
Eric Savitz writes, "You have to go far back in Mary Meeker's life to find a moment when she wasn't investing ... After a DePauw degree in 1981, Meeker spent a few years as a stock broker at Merrill Lynch before getting an M.B.A. from Cornell in 1986. After a stint at Salomon Brothers she moved to the research department at Cowen and eventually joined Morgan as a PC hardware and software analyst in 1991."
A psychology major at DePauw, Meeker, former managing director and research analyst at Morgan Stanley, became widely known for her knack for identifying emerging technology firms. "Meeker's status as a stock-picking superstar only grew as the Internet bubble inflated. A December 1998 Barron'scover story crowned her 'Queen of the 'Net,' and for good reason. Buy recommendations on Dell, Compaq, Microsoft and AOL all provided 10x returns. Then there were Meeker's research reports: epic, chart-heavy and exhaustive road maps to the emerging Internet economy," reports Savitz.
"There's an entire generation of entrepreneurs who have grown up on Mary's research," Kleiner partner Chi-Hua Chien tells the publication. "You can line them [the reports] all up, and the predictions, plus or minus 24 months, are where things ended up."
The piece concludes, "While valuations remain a little out of whack, Meeker sees plenty of opportunity. In her recent 'Internet Trends Report' Meeker runs through a long list of businesses being fundamentally changed by the online world. News and information. Drawing. Photography. Publishing. Music. Video, home entertainment and television. And so on and so on and so on. Bubbles come; bubbles go. Mary Meeker, on the other hand, is staying right here."
Access the full article at Forbes.com.
Meeker also holds an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from DePauw. She spoke at the Symposium for DePauw Entrepreneurs on October 6, 2001. A story which includes video and audio clips from that presentation can be accessed here.
Meeker was recently named to the Forbes magazine "Midas List" of 2012's top tech investors.
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Not much going on around here today. We're just prepping for a busy Sunday, what with the textbook rally at the Capital in the morning, then the show at its usual time, followed by Threadgill's. And here I was thinking part of the fun of being godless is you got to sleep in on Sunday! Ah well. Here is some kooky fun from the mailbag today, to put smiles on all your heathen faces. Also, our "Christian Psychiatrist" dude wrote me back, but I'll get on that later. Toodles!
Dear Atheist Experience Show,
I think it's a shame that most of the people who call-in to your show are either ignorant of the scripture or they are merely religious people that do not have a clue about what they are saying because they have never heard the voice of God anyways. It's obvious that God "IS" real and it is also obvious that He has never sent anyone, an actual child of God, to speak on your show and probably never will. Here is why, all human beings in their natural born state are wicked and evil, such as yourselves. Most religious people, churchies, just cannot figure this out. You have experienced atheism, but you have never experienced God because you are the children of Satan. This is why Yesu, <– Jesus, said that a human must be born again to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. This heresy that God loves everyone is a lie! God loves those who persues righteousness! God loves His children. Satan's children, the wicked, or the world will be burned up and then casted into the Lake of Fire. Another fact is, is that unless God draws you to The Christ then you "cannot" come to Him, nomatter what you do. I do not care what the world or atheist do, thinks, or says because it does not concern me and should not concern any other "real" Christian anyways. It's not a Christians duty to go around fixing the world because that's just impossible. Only God can fix the world and is going to do so in due time with some serious heat. In the end the losers become the winners and the winners just get burnt. You are not the Devil like many people say on your show, but you are one of his many children.
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I like the fact that it includes a sleep to "give the sensors time to come online", if they are having to use hacks and workarounds like that in such basic examples, i'm glad i've not had to write anything for android!
Google has introduced an Android scripting environment that lets you code stuff for the Googlephone on the Googlephone. It's called, well, the Android Scripting Environment. ASE, for short. It sits on the Android handset itself, giving coders the power to write and run scripts in Python, Lua, and BeanShell - without help from …
I like the fact that it includes a sleep to "give the sensors time to come online", if they are having to use hacks and workarounds like that in such basic examples, i'm glad i've not had to write anything for android!
I think there's a yo dawg joke in there somewhere.
Surely you either need to use hacks like this or have the sensors running all the time.
I would want to do editing on a PC (maybe an online Google account thing like GMail) and then update from there. My fingers are far too fat to write emails, let alone program scripts, from the tiny keyboard.
"Surely you either need to use hacks like this or have the sensors running all the time."
Perhaps I'm being too logical, but I would expect that either:
1) The startSensing() function would wait until the sensors were initialized before returning control to the script.
2) The startSensing() function would have an optional parameter which tells the function to wait until the sensors were initialized before returning control to the script (and the parameter should default to true). That way, the default usage would ensure that the sensors are ready when control is returned to the script, but the script could tell the function to return immediately (for example, if there are other tasks to perform and the author knows those tasks will take longer to perform than the sensor initialization). In this case, the readSensors() function should return a special value to indicate that the sensor initialization has not completed if called too early.
So no, a hack or workaround would not be required if the API was designed properly.
and a "while true do" with no getout = nasty infinite loop! tut tut
"Surely you either need to use hacks like this or have the sensors running all the time."
Because this script may work on the current android incarnations - but what about when the android hardware becomes faster - will your current programs need patching for longer sleep? Surely the StartSensing should know when the sensors are online?
I can see why they arent on all the time (power saving) but surely the APIs are cleverer then that?
Bleeding hell, it's alpha so saying that it wasn't designed properly and needs hacks to work is a bit premature.
AC because I'm a cowardly custard!
I agree that a properly designed system would render the workaround unneeded in this case, but even more curious is that the whole app would require to run constantly, and if that's the case, it would mean that the sensors would need to constantly output a signal for it to recieve. If that's the case, then what's the wake up for? If the app launches, then i see it, but if it is running continously, then i dont. and if you are going to turn the app on, why not just use it to silence the phone?
Maybe it's why i am not a coder.
Part of me thinks wow, that is actually an amazing feature to be able write scripts to define how the ringer/other functionality works. And the other part thinks, hmm that means surely that it might give another attack vector for doing malicious things.
a) Presumably the while true just adds the thing into the event loop, which can be killed by the system in standard ways.
b) Perhaps they'll introduce a blocking version of the sensor startup command as well, but if for now there's only one, you've got to prefer nonblocking to blocking, as you can simulate the latter with a sleep command, but you can't simulate the former.
If only I could write some Java on my Blackberry for my Blackberry. All that time spent on the train/in the car/standing in queues/etc I could have written so many wonderful apps.
RIM are you listening?
You think that's logical? If I want to start sensor A, B and C, I've got to wait for each one to come on line before initiating the next? How about a scenario when I'm initialising the sensor for my app but don't require it immediately?
Sensible alternative ways to do it would be through an event listener or to poll the sensor until it started returning input.


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Former spy chief backing law change
Intelligence relationships between the UK and other countries could be "seriously jeopardised" unless judges are allowed to hear evidence in secret, a former MI5 chief has said.
Former director general Baroness Manningham-Buller said in a letter to The Times that it would be "dangerous" for the UK if the proposals did not become law.
The Government has said it is wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers' money on settling claims, some of which may have no merit, because it is unable to contest them as the evidence it would wish to produce is so secret that it cannot be revealed in an open court.
The former director general backed the Justice and Security Bill which would grant judges the choice to listen parts of civil cases, including claims for mistreatment, in private without claimants being able to hear some of the evidence against them.
She said: "The Bill also aims to close a legal loophole that seriously jeopardises the intelligence relationships between the UK and other countries.
"Unless this loophole is closed, the flow of intelligence from other countries, which according to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has already been reduced, will slow to a trickle," she said.
"That would be dangerous for the UK as so many of the threats we face are global and we need foreign intelligence to understand and counter them."
She added that the reforms would allow the cases to be properly judged for the first time.
She said: "Because the secret material held by the authorities cannot be used in court, the Government is forced to settle without a judge examining the merits of the claim.
"This is immensely damaging to the reputation of the Government and the intelligence and security agencies, which cannot defend themselves."


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I would love to have a windscreen on my K100RS (original screen with a Laminar Lip came with the bike when I bought it used) that deflected the bugs from my face shield, but allowed some air movement around my helmet in the summer.
Just to be clear, the original RS shield plus Laminar Lip is very comfortable, no buffeting, and my ONLY complaint is the bugs on my face shield.
I do have an Aeroscreen shield which could be mounted on this bike, maybe cut down with the Laminar Lip attached so the bugs hit above the face shield. If I did that, would my head really be out of the air flow and I'm trading a very hot head in the summer for a clear shield?
I'm asking the question here because I think the question of "how do you keep the bugs off your shield and still get some fresh air" is pretty universal


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Yesterday we highlighted some of our favorite jewelry from the Emmy Awards. Some of you asked where you could get similar looks so we're happy to help. We couldn't help but notice these pieces of jewelry closely resembled some at Ice which we highlighted in the images below. Who doesn't want to have red carpet worthy looks…at a fraction of the cost?
Floral Jewelry
One of the most attractive couples of the evening was Heidi Klum and her husband Seal. It's always hard to predict what Heidi will show up wearing, her style is so diverse but she always looks incredible. Although her dress was quite the attention grabber, our eyes were drawn to the huge floral earrings and ring she wore. A much more affordable alternative if you want to achieve this look would be with our purple and white CZ earrings and matching ring from our Gallery 10 Collection.
The evening was held together by one woman….Jane Lynch. The Glee star was funny and entertaining without the crude controversial punch lines of many previous award show hosts. This is the type of host we've been waiting for. Normally, Jane Lynch isn't a celeb we have our style eyes on but she was looking fab Sunday night changing into several gowns and jewelry. (She even referenced the Spanx she was wearing…hilarious!) Her red carpet look was our favorite. She wore an eggplant colored strapless gown with multi-gemstone jewelry. Her earrings were a cluster of color similar to these multi-gem silver earrings.
Black Diamonds
In our previous post we mentioned some edgy pieces of jewelry that caught our eye. Gwyneth was one of the several women who wore black diamond jewelry and paired it with a sexy Emilio Pucci dress. She wore black diamond drop earrings that were surrounded by sparkly white diamonds. They bare a striking resemblance to our 2 carat black and white diamond earrings.
Cuff Bracelet
Sofia Vergara was an all around winner Sunday night. She was one of the best dressed, her show Modern Family won award after award and her jewelry was to die for. She wore huge Columbian emerald earrings creating a nice contrast with her coral gown. She also accessorized with a fabulous yellow gold cuff bracelet which looks a lot like one of my favorite cuffs at Ice.
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Sepang, 2 AUGUST 2012 AirAsia X, the long-haul low fare affiliate of AirAsia today announced the increase of its flight frequencies to Kathmandu from Kuala Lumpur from its current two flights weekly to three flights weekly effective 15th September, 2012. The additional flight frequency for the Kuala Lumpur - Kathmandu route is in response to encouraging demand from our guests in South East Asia and beyond. AirAsia X in conjunction with the added frequency is offering promotional fares from as low as RM 399* from Kuala Lumpur to Kathmandu, Nepal. Fares are available online from today until sold out for travel between 4 September and 22 May, 2013. For more details, log on to www.airasia.com. The service which commenced on 3rd July, 2012 from Kuala Lumpur to Kathmandu was initially launched for sale via selected sales agents in Malaysia and Kathmandu. The airline recently opened the route for online bookings on 10 July, 2012 in response to encouraging feedback and demand from its guests across its markets. Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of AirAsia X said, "AirAsia X is responding to the strong and growing travel demand to and from Kathmandu. Since we launched sales, demand has been positive and the added frequency would only provide our guests better travel and flight options. Guests from the surrounding region may now explore Kathmandu's heritage and natural attractions. Similarly, guests from Nepal will have a better travel option to travel to our strong network across South East Asia and beyond." Kathmandu, Nepal is a land of history, artistry and religion which is filled with its historical temples, buildings and art galleries. For those who enjoy the thrills and spills, come embark on an adventurous trip where white water rafting, camping or even bungee jumping are popular. Alternatively, guests may also admire the natural beauty of the surrounding mountains at The Valley Hills Station which is located 30km away from Kathmandu city. AirAsia X was the first long-haul, low fare carrier to introduce Flatbed seats, which have standard business class specifications of 20" width, 60" pitch and stretch out to 77" in full recline position. The Premium flatbeds feature universal power sockets, adjustable headrests and built-in personal utilities such as tray table, drink holder, reading light and privacy screen. Premium seat guests also enjoy premium complimentary products and services including Pick A Seat, Priority Check-in, Priority Boarding, Priority Baggage, 20kg Baggage Allowance, Complimentary Meal and Pillow & Blanket. AirAsia was named World's Best Low Cost Airline in the annual World Airline Survey by Skytrax for four consecutive years in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. AirAsia X was also awarded the Airbus Top Operational Excellence Award 2010-2011, for being the world's best Airbus A330-300 operator (small fleet category) excelling in operations, maintenance and safety systems. *Promo Fares include airport taxes and fees. Flights and fares are subject to availability and are for one way travel only. Promo Fares are limited and not available on all flights/days or at peak periods.


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Not 1, Not 2: Twitter Blasts The Heat After Getting Killed By The Spurs
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LeBron James and the Heat got destroyed by the San Antonio Spurs, getting sent home in 5 games. Think the Internet wouldn't react? Man, these tweets were incredibly hilarious. Take a look and dance on the graves of the Miami Heat bandwagon.


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Notorious Megaupload.com kingpin Kim Dotcom has been relieved of his electronic monitoring cuffs and is returning to graze in his NZ$30 million mansionette rental in suburban Auckland. Dotcom is on bail awaiting an extradition hearing to the US. He and his co-accused, Mathias Ortmann, Fin Batato and Bram Van der Kolk are …
Where's he going to go, he's safest in New Zealand. If he came to the UK he'd be on the first rendition express to the US.
Our Judges won't stand up to the US, for our own, he'd have no chance here.
I know! I don't know why there isn't a '(yes, that's really his name)' every time it's mentioned.
Mega conspiracy my ^rse. Dotcom will come back bigger (sorry) and better. Btw. Cancelled my NZ holiday as response to the bs they have put him through. I just hate someone being made an "example".
Too right, we all know what the F.B.I stands for,
Fascist Bastard Idiots.
Futt Bucking Idiots
There, corrected that for you...
There's every sign that the NZ govt is sliding down the greasy pole it got itself up. They want to stay in good odour with the US govt but sort of overlooked all the dubious aspects of this case; it's gradually falling apart. Anyway, don't blame the rest of the country, all they did was vote for the present govt even though nobody liked its main policies...
Given that the US judge handling the case involving MegaUpload asserts that may never happen - because the US authorities never served papers, in turn because constitutionally they can't on a foreign company - it seems entirely possible he may never be extradited at all.
NZ law requires that the extraditable offence carry a minimum period (five years) custodial sentence. The remaining ones don't.
reading the tea-leaves and realises the USA is pulling yet another fast one.
Lucky Dotcom wasn't fitted up with a terrorist conspiracy charge, currently the flavour of the month with the FBI.
At least the NZ authorities are more reasonable than the UK types, they swallow FBI lies hook, line and sinker.
Has the New Zealand ever done anything like the US and UK government have under George the Thickth Tory Bloodyliar?
Do they have a law that anyone taken into police custody has to be brought before a judge within a day or so so that any charges against him can be publicly stated for discussion?
Or is it a country run by crooks and worse?
FBI still took evidence from NZ illegally, NZ police still did a ganster type raid full of black opps and extra octane. If NZ politicians have their way, they will still be happily bending over for the US of A. Soon they'll sign the TPM free trade agreement and the US will be able to come over and do what ever they like.
I have no doubt the guy is morally bankrupt, that is the way to succeed in business and banking these days. It is just that some US companies that apparently own the US govt don't like the game when it is played against them.
So I hope he walks away with a huge cheque from the US for their trouble.
A drone strike will "accidently" level his rented pad.
Crumbly Wumbly Casey Wasey
Not that he doesn't deserve a kick up the arse but, when it comes to greedy megacorps, these days I'd be on Idi Amin's side if he were still alive and being hounded by the MAFIAA
Whether any charges are brought against Dotcom now is irrelevant as the US movie industry has got what it wanted and Megaupload is no more, and even if it does come back it will no one is going to trust it for uploading their stuff as there will be too many doubts of how long they would last.
If it doesn't break him it is already making him stronger. The publicity he's getting would have seen to that alone if it wasn't overwhelmed by the publicity the whole of the USA is getting from it.
The world aught to vote the digital rights people a planetary treasure.
It's a classic of American politics, right up there just under slavery, genocide and communist witch hunts; alongside the Debs Decision, Freedom Riders, and Mohammed Ali's stand against the Vietnam war. Long may the RFBIAA never accomplish anything more.
What we need in this country is some fat chav like Dotcom to stand for politics.
That's how we got the Conservatives, right?
Except we'll probably end up with another fat drunk giving half of Europe to Russia again.
I just remembered.
I. Aproveofitspendingonspecificprojects' plan to save the world bites the dust.
Foiled again.
Hes making his own album???
Fat man gangsta hacker rapper with songs such as
"NZ Snitches"
"FBI (fat bald idiots)"
"Dotcom Douchbag-ery"
"Fuck your takedown request"
"MEGA McDonalds Tripping"
And the smash hit
"Warez the bitches at?"
Cyber crimes are starting to show a flaw in the concept of extradition.
Where did the crime actually take place - was it in the US or outside the US? And where was dotcom when the crime was committed - inside the US, or outside the US?
The logical conclusion is that any state in the world could request the extradition of anyone anywhere because they have breach a law in that state, even if they did not commit a crime in their own country. Example - Saudi Arabia requesting the extradition of homosexuals from the UK, even though they've never visited Saudi.
OK, so this may be an extreme conclusion, but until we as a planet agree the limits of jurisdiction, these examples remain plausible.
It is quite simply because they claim he stole property from US companies and profited greatly from it. Then again, look at what people in China get away with.
Serious backpeddling here. I can see a time in some months where the case will just quietly peter out. Bit by bit, different parts of the case will be dropped until eventually the case no longer exists, but there won't be any annoucement saying this.
The got rid of Elliot Ness for being successful by packing him off the the boondocks, somewhere in Outerplachia.
I wonder where the present duds are prepped and packing for. Outerlaska?
I believe it is here;
Point Barrow, North Slope, Alaska
just put that into Google maps.
Perfect place for those(1) who were responsible for this 'situation' to spend a lot of 'quality time'.
(1) Members of the MPAA and the RIAA, and their ass kissing Congressional allies, starting with Dodd.
Flames, because it is the only way to stay warm for more than 6 months a in the year.
MegaLoad had better be faster than a speeding bullet or else...


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Rangers play first Spring Training game: Nelson Cruz, Mike Olt impress
SURPRISE, Ariz. – Non-roster INF Yangervis Solarte hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning Friday to allow the Rangers to escape from their first spring training game without a loss. Solarte's homer followed a triple by Brandon Allen. The teams decided not to go to extra innings. The Rangers never led in the game. RF Nelson Cruz also homered for Texas to center field – "where he does his damage," manager Ron Washington said.
The arms: RHP Alexi Ogando struggled with command in a rough fourth inning that included two walks, a hit batter and getting to a bunt late. Ogando also allowed a homer in the fifth inning. … LHP Robbie Ross was effective in his first outing of the spring, using 32 pitches to get through two innings of work. Ross allowed only a hit. … RHP Tanner Scheppers first outing was not impressive. He allowed three eighth-inning hits, a walk and a run. Scheppers' has problems getting pitches to move and left too many pitches up in the zone and straight.
The bats: RF Nelson Cruz, using a leg kick as a timing mechanism, homered to center on a 3-and-1 pitch. He also homered in Tuesday's intrasquad game. … Against LHP Justin Marks, lefty-hitting Mitch Moreland worked his way to a seven-pitch walk. Moreland fouled off a two-strike fastball that had some cutting action to it to keep the at-bat alive. Moreland had just two walks in 48 plate appearances against lefties last year. … OF Leonys Martin did not notice the pitcher using a slide step while leading off first base, and was caught on his first steal attempt of the spring. … OF Craig Gentry drew a walk after the game-tying homer and stole second to put himself in scoring position, but INF Leury Garcia bounced out.
The gloves: 3B Mike Olt made a backhanded play on Billy Butler's grounder to third, then made an accurate throw while falling backwards to get an out. … 2B Ian Kinsler went a long way to field Alex Gordon's leadoff grounder, but then threw the ball wide of first base. … With the wind blowing, 2B Leury Garcia made a nice back-to-the-infield catch on a pop up. … SS Jurickson Profar had a ground ball bounce off his glove for an error. … OF Engel Beltre threw out a runner at home in the eighth inning to keep the Rangers momentarily within a run.
Up next: Non-roster RHP Randy Wells starts against Kansas City at 2:05 pm CT (KESN-103.3 FM). Wells will pitch two innings, then give way to LHP Michael Kirkman, RHP Evan Meek , LHP Joe Ortiz, RHP Collin Balester and LHP Jeff Beliveau.


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Thread: EMS Self-Defense
11/10/2006 8:54pm, #21
Good one.
Not two weeks ago we responded with lights and sirens (called "signal one" here, I guess, but I don't use the 10-codes and radio jargon much) for a 911 call of "bleeding from the mouth." I actually thought to myself "This better not be some idiot's busted lip."
It wasn't.
The town's official sex offender had a bloody effing nose.
11/10/2006 10:46pm, #22
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Oh yeah Gotta love the 911 calls for a friggin bloody nose .
Ive also had 911 calls for:
Itchy feet truck driver at a truck stop had a rash (fungal infection) on his feet and the itching was driving him crazy.
Carrot broken off in the ass supposedly fell on it in the shower.
I could go on but I dont want to totally jack the thread .
1/08/2011 10:57pm, #23
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I took the DT4EMS class several years ago. The class is designed to teach basic self defense skills that will help a person escape from an attack. They do not teach anyone how to fight, but they show you some tactics that will definitely make the attacker go, "what the..." The whole idea is to escape a violent attack, not subdue the attacker or kick their butt. Aside from all the skills, the class teaches recognition of potential bad scenes, documentation, and legal issues about being attacked and your response to the attacker. It's an excellent class for anyone who wants to learn some really good simple techniques on how to defend themselves, but doesn't want to learn a traditional maritial arts disicpline. The class was initially designed for EMS personnel, but has since evolved for fire, hospital, and a womens class.
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Any of the medical people I have talked to have had issues with violent patients, whether due to their illnesses or drugs. So it seemed to me that any "self defense" would be to not get thrashed by a convulsing or flailing person. Anyone else messing with them would just be assault and should be countered with the Monkey Stomp technique, and then triage.


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Right heel inflammation keeps Ortiz sidelined
MRI results cast further doubt on slugger's Opening Day prospects
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- After an MRI showed inflammation in David Ortiz's right heel, the Red Sox opted to shut the slugger down for the next few days, greatly lessening the chance he will be in the lineup on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium.
"I mean, we're three weeks away," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "He's going to need at-bats [in Spring Training]. We're not forgoing Opening Day right now, but we're starting to get into an area where [it's in danger]. Depending on how many days we need to shut him down, that's going to have a direct effect, a direct bearing on where we are come Opening day."
Farrell estimated that Ortiz will be shut down for five to seven days.
In other words, Ortiz will have to ramp back up in his running program and pass several tests before being cleared to play in a Grapefruit League game.
Ortiz injured his right Achilles tendon on July 16 while running from first to second on a home run by teammate Adrian Gonzalez. He returned to action on Aug. 24, but re-injured himself that night and hasn't played since.
After a winter of rest and rehab, Ortiz hoped that the Achilles would respond favorably so he could have enough time to be ready for the start of the season.
But that now seems unlikely, if not impossible.
Ortiz underwent an MRI on Saturday for both heels. The results were read by a radiologist in Boston and revealed inflammation in the right heel, but not in the tendon where Ortiz suffered the initial injury. He has also experienced soreness in his left heel.
"It's separate from any kind of previous issues that he dealt with. It's in the bone-tendon juncture where he's feeling the inflammation and the MRI shows it in that specific area," said Farrell.
Ortiz declined comment to reporters on Sunday at JetBlue Park, preferring that Farrell give the update on his MRI report.
The Red Sox had hoped Ortiz was in the home stretch of his recovery last week when they put a baserunning program in motion for him. But after having a fairly intensive day running the bases on Monday, Ortiz was limited on Tuesday due to soreness and then had an off-day on Wednesday. He ran briefly on Thursday, but was again shut down on Friday.
Prophetically, Farrell had said last week that the Red Sox would get a far better idea of where Ortiz was at once he tried to run on consecutive days.
The Red Sox got their answer, it just wasn't the one for which Oritz and the club had been hoping.
"Once baseball activities got ramped up, the volume starts to pick up, the intensity increases," Farrell said. "We felt like there was going to be some physical effects that would have to be dealt with. The bigger picture is, he's improved over a year ago and progress continues to be made, yet we're at a little bit of a bump in the road here."
At this point, the Red Sox don't believe Ortiz has developed a serious injury. They are hopeful that all he needs is a little more time.
"Well, he was feeling it in the right heel because of, obviously the [initial] injury," Farrell said. "Again, compared to where he was a year ago, as we mentioned yesterday, we feel like there's progress being made. There's no question about that. Yet, he's dealing with an issue and we've got to give it time to clear up."
A fierce competitor, Ortiz has seemed almost despondent at times this spring when talking about his injury. But Farrell hopes the slugger can take the positive out of the MRI results.
"I think any time we can give some assurance that there's no re-injury, there's no further damage of any kind, that's got to give some peace of mind," Farrell said. "Yet the frustration exists because of not being on the field."
In the coming days, Farrell will probably start to review options when it comes to replacing Ortiz's bat during the early part of the regular season.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Miniscule Prime always carry about.
Miniscule III, unfortunately, never seemed
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"To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States."
"Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics."
"Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust."
"The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and women who had never heard of the movies nominated for Best Picture."
"The true magnitude of the Nobel Committee's blunder in awarding the Prize to Kissinger didn't become apparent until the destabilization of Cambodia, set in motion by American intervention, produced the Khmer Rouge and the slaughter of over a million"
"Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging."
"DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career cannot be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country."


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Northside survived its biggest test of the season Friday night.
Northside survived its biggest test of the season Friday night.
In a game in which the unbeaten Monarchs were outgained almost 2-to-1 by a team that had one player throw for more than 200 yards and another run for more than 100, Northside still found a way to win, defeating North Pitt 41-28 in the second round of the NCHSAA 2-AA playoffs.
�Our guys showed a lot of resolve and heart,� Northside coach Bob Eason said. �We didn�t never give up. Maybe this game in the playoffs gets us going to the next level (and) makes us practice a little harder net week.�
The top-seeded Monarchs (13-0) will play host to No. 5 seed Bunn (10-2) next Friday night in the East Regional semifinals, the deepest Northside has advanced since making it to the regional finals four straight years from 2005-2008.
Bunn beat SouthWest Edgecombe 31-14 Friday night.
�It was a good test,� said running back Dewayne Johnson, who rushed for 96 yards and scored on runs of 20 and 9 yards while also delivering a number of numbing hits on defense. �I�d say this is probably the hardest team we�ve played this year.�
The eighth-seeded Panthers, who finish 8-5 (all five losses were teams that advanced to at least the second round of the playoffs), scored the most points against the Monarchs this year, eclipsing the 21 Northside allowed in a 13-point win at Wilson Fike on Sept. 7.
North Pitt also saw 6-foot-5, 190-pound senior quarterback Christopher Perry complete 15 of 29 passes for 236 yards and 2 touchdowns, but he also threw two interceptions. And junior running back Brian Staton rushed for 140 yards for North Pitt, which finished with 446 yards total offense to 231 yards for Northside.
�We have a good team, if we can just get out of our way,� North Pitt coach David Boal said, pointing to not only turnovers but 95 yards in penalties, including two instances where his team was called for a 15-yard personal foul and 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty on the same play. �We just had mistakes and blunders.
�They never had to drive the football. The first drive they took down the field, but just�,� he said before pausing. �They�re a good team. They capitalized on our mistakes. That�s what I feel happened.�
The Monarchs certainly did that. After driving 58 yards with their first possession for a 7-0 lead on Blair Adams� 1-yard run, the Monarchs scored on drives of 22, 20, 9 and 28 yards along with a 64-yard punt return by Josh Cabrera.
That return came in a key 14-point surge by the Monarchs in the final seconds of the first half. After North Pitt missed a wide open receiver on a reverse pass on third-and-15, the Panthers had to punt, and after hauling it in Cabrera started right and then broke back left and raced into the end zone to give Northside a 14-7 lead with 20.6 seconds left.
On the ensuing kickoff Trey Eason hit a pop-up pooch kick that Andy Davis somehow recovered after it appeared the Panthers had fallen on the ball at their 22. Cabrera found the end zone again, using his 6-foot-3 frame and athletic ability to leap over 5-7 Monte Foreman for a 22-yard touchdown pass from Courtney Piatt with 11.9 seconds left.
Suddenly, it was 21-7 Northside at the half.
�That was huge,� coach Eason said. �I think the game�s different. If we don�t go up, they don�t do all the stuff they did to score so it�s a lower scoring game.�
Boal wasn�t sure what to make of it all.
�Thinking back, I still don�t know what happened,� he said. �No. 1, I thought our kid was down with the ball (on the kickoff) and it should have been down and they come and jump under it. I don�t know what happened�. But if we come out of there 14-7 or 7-7 who knows what�s going to happen.�
Still, the game wasn�t over.
After North Pitt closed within 21-14 on a 21-yard pass from Perry to Chris Parrish on its opening second-half possession, Northside got the ball at the Panthers 20 thanks to a 35-yard kickoff return by Shadell Markee and 30 yards in penalties on a face mask and unsportsmanlike penalty. Johnson then burst up the middle on Northside�s first play from scrimmage in the second half to make it 27-14.
The Monarchs made it 35-14 after a 34-yard interception return by Cabrera on a 9-yard TD run by Johnson � after North Pitt�s Jamal Shaw dropped a sure interception in the end zone one play earlier.
�As a whole offensive unit, I was standing there and I told the offensive line we needed to step it up and put some points on the board,� Johnson said.
But the Panthers made it interesting, pulling within 35-28 with 10:45 left in the game on touchdown passes of 39 and 88 yards from Perry to Davion Council. But Northside�s defense, which had not been shredded like this all season, stood tall down the stretch, holding the Panthers to just two first downs and no points.
Meanwhile, Northside clinched the win when Trey Eason bulled around left end for an 11-yard run on third-and-1 with 1:05 left in the game.
While his defense gave up more points and likely more yards than any game this season, and his usually overwhelming running game managed just 133 yards on the round, Eason was still happy for one reason: The Monarchs won.
�During the playoffs, these kind of wins are OK,� he said. �During regular season when you�re still trying to tweak some stuff, you get a little upset. But right now I�m just happy to practicing next week.
�(The Panthers) have a good team, and they put it on all on the line. I think they probably played their best game against us tonight. It was good to take what I consider probably their best shot and keep playing.�
North Pitt 7 0 14 7 � 28
Northside 7 14 14 6 � 41
First Quarter
NS � Adams 1 run (T. Eason kick) 8:22
NP � Perry 1 run (Alonso kick) 31.3
Second Quarter
NS � Cabrera 64 punt return (T. Eason kick) 20.6
NS � Cabrera 22 pass from Piatt (T. Eason kick) 11.9
Third Quarter
NP � Parrish 21 pass from Perry (Alonso kick) 6:40
NS � Johnson 20 run (kick failed) 6:22
NS � Johnson 9 run (Sinclair pass from Piatt) 2:40
NP � Council 39 pass from Perry (Alonso kick) 16.5
Fourth Quarter
NP � Council 88 pass from Perry (Alonso kick) 10:45
NS � T. Eason 11 run (run failed) 1:05
First downs 18 10
Rushes-yards 36-210 30-133
Passing 236 98
Comp-Att-Int 15-30-2 6-12-0
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 8-95 6-40
Punts 2-33.0 3-36.7
RUSHING�NP: Staton 23-140, Razor 9-66, Perry 4-5. NS: Johnson 18-96, T. Eason 4-19, Adams 7-13, Piatt 1-5.
PASSING�NP: Perry 15-29-2 236 3 TDs, Parrish 0-1-0 0. NS: Piatt 6-12-0 1 TD.
RECEIVING�NP: Council 7-182 2 TDs, Parrish 3-40 1 TD, Davis 2-12, Crandell 1-6, Staton 1-1, NA 1-(-5). NS: Cabrera 4-76 1 TD, Markee 2-12, Johnson 1-7.


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May 22, 2011 at 12:22 a.m.
Refugio Mayor Ray Jaso has been a staple in the small town since the early 1970s.
Jaso, a Refugio resident, was elected onto the city council in 1972, where he has had a say in the growth of the community.
One of Jaso's first successes was bringing cable television to Refugio.
Forty-one years later, the town has grown with businesses popping up and flourishing on both sides of U.S. Highway 77, including a Best Western, a diesel truck stop and a frac sand plant.
In 1997, Jaso was elected mayor.
Jaso's re-election last week means one thing: two more years at the helm, giving him a 16-year run as mayor by 2013.
Why do you think you were re-elected?
"The silent majority. They are the people who put me in there the first time. We are making improvements, that's what they want. We'll see how my health holds out."
As mayor, what are some of your plans for this next term?
"We are moving slowly, but we are moving in the right direction. We have new businesses coming into town, that are bringing jobs. We want to put these businesses on the tax roll. We want to continue bringing more businesses, and find houses and units for people coming in. We have land on either side of U.S. Highway 77."
What are some of the biggest issues facing Refugio going into the next term?
"TxDOT is the big issue. We don't need a bypass. They have segment meetings that get the town involved. We have 24,000 cars going down the highway everyday. People stop by for gas and food. We can't afford a bypass."


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Julius Tishman opened a dry goods store in Newburgh, New York, in 1890. In 1898, as eastern European immigrants inundated New York City, Tishman began building tenements on the Lower East Side. He named his business Julius Tishman & Sons.
By the 1920s the firm had moved uptown and upscale, building luxury apartment buildings, including the first luxury apartment building east of Park Avenue, in what was called a "slum country." In 1923 Tishman constructed the first apartment building north of 86th Street. During this decade, Tishman pioneered the use of electric refrigerators in apartment buildings. The firm went public on the New York Curb Exchange in 1928 as Tishman Realty & Construction, with the family retaining an ownership stake. Julius was chairman; his son David was CEO. The pitfalls of going public were soon obvious. The offering raised less than $2 million, not enough to finance projects, and because the stock market favored profit generation over asset appreciation, the company was undervalued. When the Depression hit, David's involvement as a director of the Bank of the United States and the family's participation in bad loans made by the bank forced the firm to sell assets.