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CJI brings you a close-knit team of highly trained and experienced professionals.
CJI Research Corporation (CJI, is an alliance of personnel highly experienced in market research, marketing, transit planning, database design, and graphic design. CJI was formed in 1983 by Dr. Hugh Clark and Dr. Joan Simon to provide market research to the public and not-for-profit sectors throughout the United States.
Dr. Hugh M. Clark, PhD
Dr. Clark is co-owner with Dr. Joan Simon, of CJI Research Corporation. He conducts primary research in attitudes and behaviors involved in public transportation, civic affairs, health care, and not-for-profit enterprise. He has more than thirty years of experience in market research of these kinds. He teaches Survey Design at the John Glenn College of The Ohio State University. He has also taught at Michigan State University, Miami University of Ohio, and Ohio Wesleyan University.
His research tools include surveys, focus groups, electoral analysis, key informant studies, census analysis, and other types of research. On the basis of his research, he has advised hospitals, public transportation providers, municipal governments, and not-for-profit organizations, on matters of customer and citizen attitudes and behavior. He has counseled mayors, governors, school boards, transit authorities and others on issues of public attitudes toward taxation.
In addition to his research background, Dr. Clark brings real-world hands-on experience with the kinds of public and non-profit entities CJI Research now serves. For example, he chaired the board of a major non-profit serving public schools. He has managed and strategized ballot issues for transit and other authorities needing tax funding. For twenty years, he served as the in-house research provider for a major hospital system. He chaired an election regulatory body for the Ohio Secretary of State, and has been active in other arenas as well. Coupled with his extensive research training, this hands-on experience provides him with a unique perspective on the organizational imperatives of having and applying solid research information to strategic decision-making.
Selena Barlow, MBA. Marketing and Market Research.
Works exclusively within the transportation industry. Provides marketing consultation, market research and creative services to transit agencies, transportation departments of cities, counties and states and metropolitan planning organizations. Has worked for more than four dozen transportation agencies during the past twelve years. Services include marketing plan development, market research coordination and analysis, development of marketing programs and materials. Certified WBE.
Cliff Chambers, MCP, Planning.
Mr. Chambers is an expert in community-oriented mobility services in rural, small-urbanized and urban areas. He has more than 25 years of experience in utilizing a mobility management ethos in matching mobility services to market needs without a bias to a particular mode. Mr. Chambers utilizes his extensive financial planning skills to craft community mobility plans within available resources. He has prepared over 30 short-range transit plans for communities, rural regions, and recreation destinations. Mr. Chambers has also led multidisciplinary teams to ensure that good mobility is maintained in coordinating long-term land use and transportation decisions. Mr. Chambers has led or played major roles in four national research efforts from mobility management to more recently evaluating bus propulsion and fuel technologies. Mr. Chambers has a Masters in City and Regional Planning from U.C.
Karen Basinger, Ph.D. Database Design.
Dr. Basinger holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from The Ohio State University. Her expertise is in data mining of very large data sets. She gets data to talk. For CJI's work with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), she recently developed a national database of passenger surveys that serves as the basis for the 2015 Transit Passenger Characteristics Study.
Joan Simon, Ph.D. Co-owner of CJI Research Corporation.
Dr. Simon is, with Hugh Clark, co-owner of CJI Research Corporation. Dr. Simon holds two Ph.D.'s, one in Sociology and one in Psychology. On the faculty of the Department of Family Medicine of the Ohio State University Medical School, she is also instrumental providing in-house research consultation within CJI Research Corporation.
Pamela Heller, Passenger Data Collection Manager.
Ms. Heller is an experienced consumer marketing and market research consultant. She provides support in the implementation of market research studies and community outreach efforts.
Zachary Kincade, Mapping and supervision of data collection.
Mr. Kincade, through RLS & Associates, provides supplementary data collection supervision, as well as mapping services.
Jamie Hartig, Supervision of data collection.
Having cut her teeth in public transportation with Cincinnati Metro as an intern, she has become a stalwart data collection supervisor on projects in Michigan, New York and North Carolina.
Annmarie O'Brien, Online Survey Programming.
Ms. O'Brien has worked for with CJI for more than ten years providing all of CJI's online survey programming, first through Perseus Development Corp., and subsequently as an independent consultant.
Callie Whiteman, BFA. Graphics
Callie is a graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design. When especially well designed reports are called for, Ms. Whiteman prepares the design. She recently completed charts and layout for the 2015 American Public Transit Association Passenger Characteristics publication, the APTA "bible" of public transit statistics prepared by CJI Research.


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Dear W3C Patent Policy Working Group: We do not think, that the recent Patent Policy Framework draft is helpful in regards to the continued development and growth of the Internet. The RAND licensing in the proposed policy will exclude potential developers, especially open source and freeware. I'd like to remind you, that most of the Internet and the web is/was based upon the idea of freely interoperable methods. W3C has supported the community with open-source implementations of its open standards. There is still so much to do and we all still need much development. We believe that W3C should continue its work the way it has served the community over the last years so well, thus saying NO to RAND. Sincerely, Michaela Merz CEO Steyla Technologies Corporation Group Founder of germany.net, Germany's first web based OnlineService (1994)Received on Friday, 5 October 2001 09:18:42 UTC
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Cars parked outside the railway station in Bronxville, New York. Husbands bidding farewell to their wives before boarding the train. New traffic laws prohibits husbands from doing so.
American aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York after completing his solo flight around the world in a just under 8 days. People gather in a large number to welcome him. They gather around his aircraft. Scene shifts to streets of New York City where Wiley Post is honored with a ticker tape parade for his Around The World achievement. The aviator seated aboard a jeep passing by. People celebrate and greet him. He is bestowed with the Medal of Valor by New York City Mayor John P. O'Brien. Next segment shows plane of American aviator Roscoe Turner landing, after his record-setting flight from New York to Los Angeles in 10 hours and 5 minutes flying his Wedell-Williams Model 44 (WW-44) aircraft. This won him the 1933 Bendix Trophy. Close view of Roscoe Turner smiling from the cockpit of his aircraft. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
The inaugural ceremony for President-elect Franklin Roosevelt in Washington DC. The Air Express of the Universal Newspaper Newsreel prepares to take off from Washington DC for New York with sound pictures of the great event of the inaugural ceremony of the new President-elect Franklin Roosevelt. A man on the wings of the aircraft. A pilot gets into the aircraft. The aircraft takes off. The aircraft in flight over Washington DC. It lands in New York and the pilot waves from the cockpit. A motor carriage with a police escort arrives beside the aircraft to collect the sound pictures. Outgoing U.S. President Herbert Hoover and his wife come out from the White House and receive President-elect Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt with officials. Troops march along a road. President Hoover and the President-elect Franklin Roosevelt in a motor carriage move along the Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol. U.S. flag on the front of the motor carriage. The Capitol building in Washington DC. The U.S. flag in view. A large crowd gathered around the Capitol. The dome of the Capitol. A flag on the dome. Franklin Roosevelt, President Hoover and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of U.S. and other officials prepare for the inaugural ceremony in a decorated area in the Capitol building. The officials behind the dignitaries look on. Franklin Roosevelt behind the podium. The Chief Justice administers the oath of office to Franklin Roosevelt making him the 32nd President of the United States. Franklin Roosevelt recites the oath of office.
The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fuel rocket is launched from Staten Island in New York, United States in 1933. George Edward Pendray of the AIS, and his associate preparing for the launch. The 7 1/2 foot rocket is placed on a stand. Other men look on. The rocket, fueled with gasoline and liquid oxygen, takes off. Its fuel tank overheats and explodes moments after takeoff and the rocket crashes to the beach below. (From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier. The world's first successful liquid fuel rocket was launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts, on 16 March 1926. This film records the first such attempt under auspices of the American Interplanetary Society, in 1933. )
Opening scene shows the White House in Washington, DC. Scene shifts to President Roosevelt seated, ready to address the Nation by radio. View of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. FDR with his entire family posing, in front of the family home "Springwood" at Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt, when Governor of New York, seen in a sail boat, in 1929. FDR in his car at his Institute for Rehabilitation in Warm Springs, Georgia. He is speaking with a man associated with the Institute, who then greets several polio victims in wheel chairs there. Crowds celebrating Roosevelt's election, in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, in 1932. Roosevelt, at the Democratic Headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel on November 8, 1932. He is standing, supported by his son James, as he remarks: "It looks my friends like a real landslide this time." Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol. FDR taking the oath of office on March 4, 1933. A man looking at stock market ticker tape. A group of people raising a National Recovery Administration member flag. Glimpse of "Springwood" and then view of President Roosevelt sitting next to his mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt. Next, as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt sit in the garden, their grandchildren, Anna Eleanor Dall ("Sistie") and Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie") come past riding horses, with granddaughter Sara, behind them on a pony. FDR pets the pony and talks with Sara. FDR being nominated for a second term as President, in the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt, riding in an inaugural motorcade as he begins an unprecedented 4th term as President in 1941. Glimpse of President and Mrs. Roosevelt in an open car. West point cadets marching in the inaugural parade. Military trucks towing artillery pieces in the parade. President Roosevelt speaking at the dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association at the Willard hotel in Washington, DC, March 15, 1941. He extols the virtues of Winston Churchill and the British people. And he promises that America will supply them with the war materiel they need (This is known as the Lend Lease Speech.)
Scenes from Army Day on April 6, 1934. Secretary of War George Henry Dern, in broadcast to the nation about importance of the Army, in peacetime. Brief glimpses of the Yellowstone River lower falls and Old Faithful and Beehive geysers erupting in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. View amongst log buildings in Reproduction of Army Fort Dearborn, at the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. A pioneer wagon; Native American Indians in ceremonial regalia; antique locomotives and trains at the Exposition. Army General Leonard Wood being sworn in as the Governor General of the Philippines. Closeup of General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, America's highest ranking Military officer. Headquarters of Walter Reed Army hospital, in Washington, DC, named for U.S. Army Major Walter Reed, who confirmed that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquito. Acting on this, the U.S. was able to complete the Panama Canal. View of French dredging equipment sitting idle in the water after Yellow Fever prevented them from completing the canal. Closeup of U.S. Army General William C. Gorgas, who, in 1904, headed the Sanitary Department that controlled mosquitoes and eradicated Yellow Fever, so the canal could be finished. View of a cayman in swamp near the canal. Photograph of George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer credited with making the canal happen. Explosives employed in canal construction. Earth and rocks being loaded into open rail cars. A steamship transiting the Panama Canal. The Washington Monument; U.S. Library of Congress; and the Lincoln Memorial, cited as examples of accomplishments by U.S. Army engineers. The Wilson Dam, under construction by Army engineers, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and system of levees being built to control the Mississippi River. The raging Mississippi River during 1927 flood. Flood victims being assisted by U.S. Army soldiers, at a tent camp, receiving food and clothing. An Army airplane flying over a forest fire. Army personnel supervising men in the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC. Mail being loaded aboard an Army airplane, as airmail service is being opened between Washington DC and New York City. President Woodrow Wilson talking with Army pilot Major Reuben H. Fleet. Mail being loaded into the nose of an airplane. U.S. Army Douglas World Cruiser airplanes in flight, returning from their trip around the world in 1924. A pilot sitting in front seat of a Douglas O-38 airplane, pulls a fabric hood over his cockpit to practice "blind flying". View of the aircraft in flight, with instructor pilot in the open rear cockpit. Army aviators taking a camera and a rifle aboard their airplane as they prepare to leave on an aerial mapping flight. Aerial view of skyscrapers of Manhattan Island, New York City. Army Signal Corps personnel working on communications devices. A cable laying ship operating at sea, in support of the U.S. Army's Alaskan cable and telegraph system. Men loading chemicals into hoppers on Army crop dusting airplane. Several views of Army airplanes crop dusting. Glimpse of boll weevil, the target of their efforts. Closeup of Karl Connell, who as a major in the AEF, in World War I, invented a superior gas mask known as the "Connell" or "Victory" mask. A group of miners wearing gas masks enter a smoky mine entrance. The Army invented tear gas, which is shown being used to thwart a bank robbery, in a staged demonstration. Brigadier General Hugh Johnson, appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt, as head of the Great Depression era National Recovery Administration, or NRA, is seen about to give a speech. Narrator cites him as an example of U.S. Army officers who also serve the country in civilian life. Scene shifts to cadets on parade at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.


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I never thought that I would see AirTran be taken over for so little. Even with the buyout, I am taking a loss. I guess the ultra competitive nature of the airline business, coupled with the gyrations of fuel costs, labor contracts, maintaining and replacing aircraft, airport fees and the weak economy have combined to force AirTran into this. So, now we could become the holders of Southwest Airline shares. I'll have to take a long look at LUV to see if I want to hold the shares.
I think this is a cash deal, which means you would not get Southwest shares.FuskieWho notes that even with the premium paid, he will still lose about $500 on his ill fated dalliance with airlines...
I'm late in replying, Interesting. As a former ValueJet shareholder, I might want to get back in.Sold my shares of AAI after they hovered around $6.00 for too long.when I was living in ATL, I remember driving to Birmingham, AL, because the fares were cheaper for both Delta, and Southwest. The timing seems a little odd, but now I am wishing I still had some shares of AAI.BK
Now would not be a good time as the share price should already taking into account the pending merger with Southwest Airlines.FuskieWho will still lose money but not as much as he was losing before...
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Prosecution says: 'Al-Nashiri's Incompetent To Stand Trial; Now Let's Continue With The Trial.'
In the first of what was supposed to be four days of hearings in Guantanamo in the case against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri—the alleged mastermind behind the U.S.S. Cole bombing—the commissions came to a screeching halt.
Judge James Pohl granted the prosecution's motion to examine the mental capacity of al-Nashiri and all other scheduled motions for the proceedings were held in abeyance until a determination on al-Nashiri's capacity was finalized.
The courtroom atmosphere was contentious throughout the duration of the proceedings with what might be termed bickering between both sides and Judge Pohl.
In total, two motions were heard before Judge Pohl affirmed the prosecution's motion on al-Nashiri's mental capacity and effectively quashed the hearing until a yet be determined date.
Having said that, the hearing was not without drama.
AE 149 – Motion to Investigate the Ability of Third Party Monitoring of Attorney/Client information.
The morning began with a hearing on a last minute motion filed by the defense on Friday, February 1, 2013, in response to last week's unsettling revelation that outside governmental agencies could listen to the proceedings remotely, and "close down" the the court without the Judge's knowledge or permission.
The prosecution elected not to draft a written response to the motion, instead opting to respond on the record. Defense counsel, Commander Steven Reyes, argued that because of this undisclosed monitoring by outside agencies, the defense's ability to have privileged conversations with their client was impaired and thereby they would not be able to provide effective representation. In addition, the defense argued that further discovery would be necessary to determine whether or not this same kind of remote monitoring system was in place in the holding areas outside of the courtroom and in the attorney conference room on the far side of the island where meetings with the detainees take place.
In response, Mr. Anthony Mattivi, the U.S. attorney representing the prosecution, claimed that the defense was attempting to switch the burden and place it on the government while offering no evidence that any monitoring could take place outside of the courtroom. The prosecution attacked the lack of factual support in the defense's brief for its claims and stated that the defense was conflating two separate issues. Finally, Mr. Mattivi criticized the defendant's proposed remedy of shutting down the proceedings to conduct an investigation into the monitoring by stating, "I don't quite understand how that would work from a legal perspective."
Judge Pohl was quick to push Commander Reyes about the lack of evidence to support a claim that conversations could be monitored in the holding cells outside the courtroom or in the attorney meeting rooms by the prison. The defense claimed that the events of last week were proof positive of this capability and should be more than enough to overcome its burden of proof and persuasion. The protracted dialogue between Lt. Commander Reyes and Judge Pohl became increasingly heated as the commission wore on, with Judge Pohl contentiously asking, "Does it surprise you that the government can monitor conversations across the world?"
The Judge denied the motion, ruling that the defense did not proffer enough evidence to carry the burden but made note that if evidence did arise it would require serious and significant remedies. However, after the motion was denied, Commander Reyes requested a 3-hour recess to contact ethics specialists to ensure that the defense would not be violating any ethical obligations by continuing the representation in light of the specter of remote monitoring of attorney client conversations.
In addition the defense wanted to speak with the individuals that oversee the courtroom's technology to determine what, if anything, could be done. Judge Pohl initially took issue with the request and expressed concern that defense was attempting to sua sponte overturn his ruling on the motion. After a prolonged exchange, the Judge granted a one-time exception, allowing this recess to give defense counsel the opportunity to confirm that it was not violating any ethical obligations under the circumstances.
During the break, the defense counsel told the court it learned that third parties could monitor conversations on any microphone inside the courtroom. However, there was no evidence that any audio recordings could be taken from the holding cells outside the courtroom. Interestingly, there was no clear answer with regard to the Attorney meeting room, a revelation that presented great pause for the defense. Judge Pohl emphasized that he would not order an attorney to act in a manner that violates an ethical obligation and said that he understood the defense's concerns. He reiterated that the current situation did not pose such an ethical issue. Defense counsel had consulted with their ethics counselor and indicated they were ready to proceed. However, as the day would prove, the government would shortly take the position that ultimately forced this entire proceeding into an indeterminate hiatus.
Additionally, an agreement was set up with the prosecution to speak to various technical operators at the detention center to address the remaining confidentiality concerns. However, due to what was said to be the monitoring capabilities from the microphones throughout the court room, defense counsel huddled in a corner of the court room on several occasions in order to confer privately, outside the range of the microphones and what defense counsel referred to as "The Man Behind the Curtain (perhaps having read my colleague, Adam Kirchner's, report in The Public Record on the KSM hearing). While the motions continued, the "Man Behind the Curtain" is, as of yet, still unidentified, and seemingly poses significant obstacles for the defense going forward.
AE 99D—Government Motion for Commissions to Discuss with the Accused Matter Considered by the Commission During the 18-19 July 2012 and 23 October 2012 Sessions.
The next motion before the Commission involved the prosecution's request to clarify a waiver of appearance by al-Nashiri for the above-mentioned dates. The prosecution argued that the law has now changed– allowing a detainee to waive his right to appear in the beginning of a particular session while still maintaining the ability to change his mind and appear in the session later in the day. Previously, when a detainee waived the right to appear, the waiver was in force for the full day. The prosecution argued that because of this change the record needed to be clarified and, if necessary, al-Nashiri would need to briefly speak in open court.
The defense countered by asking the court for the ability to investigate underlying facts in any statement al-Nashiri may make on the record if he is required to speak. The defense argued that the investigation would occur for the sole purpose of providing context to these future statements so that they could not be used as evidence against al-Nashiri's mental competence. Commander Reyes pointed out that the uninvestigated statements made by al-Nashiri were the basis for the prosecution's current motion to exam his mental capacity to stand trial. Judge Pohl reserved his decision on this issue pending the result of the upcoming motion.
AE—140 Government Motion for Inquiry into the Mental Capacity of the Accused Under R.M.C. 706
The third motion of the day had the potential to stop all litigation in the case dead in its tracks. In an unusual twist, the prosecution was petitioning for an investigation into the mental state of al-Nashiri in order to determine whether or not he is able to understand and assist in his own defense. Judge Pohl asked the prosecution if they understood that a grant of this motion would put the case on hiatus until the examination was concluded. Mr. Mattivi acknowledged that he understood; however, his answer would change immediately after the Judge made his ruling.
If granted, the 706 motion would allow the Judge to have a board of medical professionals appointed in order conduct the examination of al-Nashiri to determine if he is competent to understand the trial and assist in his own defense. CDR Andrea Lockhart argued that this examination was necessary because of the defense's assertion that al-Nashiri suffers from PTSD, as well as statements made by al-Nashiri during a previous session where he waived his right to appear. She further stated that the board that was appointed would be independent from the prosecution or the defense.
Defense counsel Richard Kammen—sporting a symbolic Kangaroo pin on his lapel—countered by acknowledging that al-Nashiri has PTSD related to torture committed against him in a CIA black site, but that his competency has never been in question. The defense expressed concern that the information recorded during the examination would be discoverable by the prosecution in the event that a death penalty hearing becomes necessary. Judge Pohl explained that the defense "holds the keys to the car" regarding the report and that it will not be discoverable by the prosecution unless the defense puts it at issue in the trial. In addition, Mr. Kammen was doubtful that the board would be independent and feared the appointment of "hacks." Finally, the defense requested the Judge to hear from Dr. Iacopino, who is an expert in the area of torture related PTSD victims, for guidance regarding who should be selected for the medical board if the motion was granted.
Ultimately, Judge Pohl granted the government's request for the 706 inquiry and with that, further progress in the case was stopped. However, after the Judge's ruling, Mr. Mattivi posited that the court should continue to hear the pre-trial motions because there was an "assumption of competency" relating to a 706 hearing, despite his previous acknowledgment on the record that this decision would effectively pause the trial. Commander Reyes countered by stating that the presumption is only applied to the hearing that occurs after the 706 motion and that it would not make sense to continue if the prosecution believes Nashiri to be incompetent— as they claim. The Judge agreed with Reyes and set up a tentative schedule for the board to examine Nashiri in approximately 6 weeks.
Mr. Mattivi's final attempt to continue with the trial was telling. Arguably, the prosecution was attempting to pre-empt any mental capacity challenge made by the defense at a latter date by forcing al-Nashiri to undergo a competency test before the trial starts. It was unusual that the prosecution pushed for a motion that could potentially cause its entire case dismissed if al-Nashiri is found incompetent. However, Mr. Mattivi's attempt to have the case continue after this motion was granted begs the question of how much the government actually believes it own claim regarding incompetence.
AE 135 – Defense's Motion to Allow Dr. Crosby to Examine Nashiri without Shackles and not in the Presence of Guards
The final motion for the day involved a pre-arranged medical examination scheduled by the defense. Dr. Sandra Crosby was scheduled to examine al-Nashiri for physical signs of abuse relating to the torture committed by the CIA. The Judge asked Commander Reyes if the session would be observed by video, if there would be guards present outside the examination room, and if Dr. Crosby is willing to sign a waiver. Commander Reyes answered all of the questions in the affirmative. The prosecution, represented by Major Chris Ruge, argued that the shackles and guard presence was a reasonable safety measure that was requested by the JTF facility commander. Judge Pohl dismissed the prosecution's argument and stated that this was a medical professional approved by the Convening Authority and that the defense request falls within the gambit of reasonable safety measures.
With that the session—and the case—was called to a close. The only item left on the agenda was an interview to take place the following day with the defense's medical expert Dr. Iacopino. What was supposed to be four days of substantive motion hearings was reduced to a single day with a 3-hour recess. At the conclusion, many of the same issues are outstanding. The "Man Behind the Curtain" remains unknown and can still seemingly monitor the proceedings—and potential attorney client interviews—from a remote location. Further, the prosecution successfully stopped its own case from proceeding forward to trial. While this may seem like an unusual day in court, as Mr. Kammen articulated to the Judge, "Your Honor, it's GTMO."
Sean Kennedy is a student at Seton Hall University School of Law. He is also a Research Fellow of the Center for Policy and Research and the Transnational Justice Project at Seton Hall University School of Law.
"[DNC Chair Tom Perez] has gotten instructions from Bill Clinton not to let the party go to the Bernie Sanders folks." - Jonathan Allen, co-author of Shattered, revealing new material in the upcoming paperback release pic.twitter.com/dLEnwl7kIc— HootHootBerns 🌹🐦 (@HootHootBerns) May 3, 2018


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Real time statistics for current population of any country. Real time data on population, births, deaths, net migration and population growth.
This site shows various demographic statistics for every country including some based on projections in demographic trends in the given country. If the current trends hold (which they won't, but that is still an interesting measure), the entire Japanese population will disappear in 1,000 years according to this Global Post article.
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LONDON (AP) — The British government is setting up a new media watchdog to tame the country's scandal-tainted press.
The move comes after a phone hacking scandal caught journalists eavesdropping on voicemails, bribing public officials, and intruding into the private lives of celebrities, athletes, politicians and crime victims. Many journalists, however, fear the new system threatens press freedom. Some are even talking of boycotting it.
Here's how the new U.K. media regulation is expected to work:
Q: Is this the first time Britain is regulating its media?
A: No. The British broadcasting watchdog Ofcom keeps tabs on radio and television programs to ensure diversity of content and to keep Britons from obscene material, and it has the power levy fines or kick rogue stations off the air. That said, Britain's newspapers have not been licensed by the government since 1695.
Q: Why does Britain need a new press regulator?
A: Britain's old regulator — the Press Complaints Commission — had bungled its response to the phone hacking scandal so badly that its demise became inevitable.
When the Guardian newspaper revealed in 2009 that phone hacking was a far bigger problem than had previously been believed, the commission dismissed the news. In a sniffy report, it gave British journalism a clean bill of health, complaining that the Guardian's stories "did not quite live up to (their) dramatic billing."
Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said the commission had lost its way. "I thought it was worse than a whitewash," he testified years later.
The scandal's explosion in 2011 shattered the commission's reputation and forced its chairwoman to resign. In a final twist, the panel's own ethics adviser was recently arrested over suspicions that she had been in on the phone hacking all along.
Q: What will the new watchdog do?
A: Victims of press intrusion hope it will be strong enough to do the job the old watchdog didn't: Curb illegal behavior .
The watchdog will have the power to force newspapers to print prominent apologies and take complaints into arbitration. Media that refuse to submit to the regulator could see themselves vulnerable to increased damages in court — a potentially devastating financial penalty. No one currently employed as an editor can serve on the new watchdog's board, ending a practice critics said had made the Press Complaints' Commission too cozy with the media industry.
Q: How is the watchdog being set up?
A: Through a rather baroque maneuver known as a royal charter. Politicians wanted to give the new watchdog some kind of official blessing without the embarrassment of having to pass an authoritarian-sounding press law. What they settled on was an executive act that has historically been used to set up universities, trade bodies, and even the BBC. The government expects the new regulator to be up and running within six to 12 months.
Q: Is everyone signing up?
A: "NO." That was the one-word headline blown up across the entire front page of The Spectator, which boasts of being the oldest continuously published magazine in the English language.
"What started out as a sensible attempt to regulate the 21st-century press somehow ended up lost in the 17th century," editor Fraser Nelson wrote in an editorial. His magazine has been joined by satirical weekly Private Eye and the left-leaning New Statesman in threatening to boycott the regulator. They are far from alone in their opposition but so far no major national newspaper group has followed suit.
Q: Is the watchdog a threat to press freedom?
A: That's the crux of the debate. All sides claim to champion free press — laudatory statements from Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill have been flying thick and fast — but many journalists fear new restrictions on an industry already hemmed in by strict libel laws and hit hard by a fall in circulation and advertising revenue.
But what Britain is doing is hardly unprecedented. Finland, Denmark, and Ireland have similar forms of press regulation. Finnish media laws allow reporters and editors to be fined. Denmark's press council can order corrections. Ireland's press ombudsman provides for mediation, helps craft apologies, and can also impose financial restitution. All three nations rate higher than Britain on the Press Freedom Index by the advocacy group Reporters Without Borders.
Q: What about blogs, Twitter, or Facebook?
A: There's lingering uncertainty over whether people who publish outside the mainstream media will be subject to the new British media regulator. The charter's language suggested that any "website containing news-related material" would be covered. That potentially means that blogs — even micro-blogs like Twitter or social networking sites such as Facebook — will fall under the regulator's remit.
Britain's media department has released unofficial guidance suggesting that personal blogs, trade publications, community newsletters and Twitter users won't be covered. But that guidance remains unofficial; any determination would have to be made by a judge.
Q: What does this mean for international news organizations?
A: It's not entirely clear yet. News agencies such as Agence France-Presse and The Associated Press and foreign newspapers such as The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal may or may not be covered by the rules, but attempts to regulate American media companies seem likely to get a hostile reception.
The New York Times came out against the British regulator in an editorial, warning that it "could chill free speech and threaten the survival of small publishers and Internet sites." The Journal took a similar line in its editorial, saying: "Thank heaven America escaped the control of British royal charters and wrote the First Amendment."


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Below are some of the presentations from the Fall 2017 OTDMUG Meeting from 9/8/2017.
Ami Parikh – Streetlight AADT Comparison
Sam Granato – Various Uses for Inrix/Streetlight Data: Ohio Plus Border Area
Nathan Shay – Using Streetlight InSight Data for a Small Area Study: Rickenbacker Area
Greg Giaimo – Comparison of Model to Streetlight Internal-Internal TAZ Trip Tables in Toledo Area
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Interesting read on the productivity and mobility of our nation, and how that is trending in the coming years, over at The Atlantic..
Here is the kick off of the article-
American restlessness is written into the national DNA. In the 19th century, families moved toward opportunity, whether it came in the form of open, fertile fields or smoky urban factories. Americans didn't just see their westward migration as a trivial preference for sun and space. They saw it as the important work of a nation, a Manifest Destiny.
But if Horace Greeley were alive today, his advice might be something more like, "Move back home, young man." Americans today are strangely averse to change. They are less likely to switch jobs, or move between states, or create new companies than they were 30 years ago. In economist-speak, "the U.S. labor market has experienced marked declines in fluidity along a variety of dimensions." In English: America has lost its mojo. Manifest Destiny has yielded to manifest dormancy.
I have done a lot of moving and such, so this article resonated a bit.
The link, again, if you missed it.
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Rather food-centric on the posts this week, I guess.
I love this commentary on fancy foodie chef worship...
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Thursday, May 26, 2016
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
I'm Hungry
There once a video embedded here, about pizza in New Haven, CT.
The damned thing had that autoplay feature on it, and that bugs me...
But it is a pleasant video about pizza.
Here is a link to it.
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Monday, May 23, 2016
Broken Shrimps
I am just gonna put this our there, because I am not sure if I am nuts.
I might be...
I do have a capacity for the OCD, at times. Sometimes that part of my brain can be switched off, other times the tiniest details can make me insane.
Yesterday, we were out, doing stuff, meeting up with a friend, your standard weekend activities.
I have already had a dull, uninspiring snack from another restaurant, so the food OCD was on, but not in overdrive.
Snack stop number two, my gal orders a bit of shrimp cocktail.
It's a seafood place, so, that's what you get on the appetizers menu...
Those shrimps come out (not the ones in the picture) and there, sitting right in front of me is a shrimp with tail broken off...
The tail is still attached, just hanging off the rest of that shrimp.
That really bothered me, for some reason...
Well, a lot of reasons, if I get into it.
There really isn't much to get wrong with shrimp cocktail, ya know?
It's shrimp, some sauce and some lemon, on top of some ice.
Like 50% is just paying for pretty presentations, really. Just don't make it ugly, pile it on a plate like you give half a damn.
So, staring at this sad, broken shrimp, I start to extrapolate...
If this crap presentation is acceptable, just what else is acceptable in that kitchen?
This shrimp cocktail is the easiest thing the have going, what goes wrong and gets by in other dishes?
When was that walk in last stripped and cleaned?
What is this on my fork?
And about then, I am ready to leave...
I stuck it out, because I am functional.
I even ate that shrimp, truth be told...
But it took me ten minutes to be OK with eating that shrimp.
It's not OCD, really. I know...
Or maybe it is.
It's high expectations.
The mediocre is what bugs me, especially combined with high pretense.
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Friday, May 20, 2016
I keep trying to toss together some thoughts on this election cycle...
Really, I am finding it utterly exhausting.
Our ability to have reasonable debate seems to have disappeared.
We're left with crap cable news punditry, parroted by everybody...
Usually, in ALL CAPS.
Using that caps lock key imparts some higher degree of truth, I guess.
The badly edited cell phone video backing up the claims must further emphasize righteousness.
Links to suspect websites with long, but simply written, theories on causality are the footnotes of justice.
There is no listening.
Without listening, there can be no debate.
It's just disappointing...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
Meanwhile, up at Mount Washington...
(Spring in New England is super nice, yo.)
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Anybody holding one of these?
What a handsome old truck...
I have mentioned my trucklessness previously.
It still stings a bit...
I was told to shut up about it recently, my the missus, because, well, we just don't own a truck any more.
Most days, of course, I don't need a truck.
Hell, most days I work from home and don't even need a car.
Now that we're home owners, all of those convenient truck things now present themselves as challenges.
Things like grabbing some lumber for a project, can't quite do that. Does my desire to buy a few bags of compost outweigh the idea of compost stink in my little buggy, it has not yet.
I still can do stuff. A surprising amount of stuff fits in my car, with rear seats folded down.
But a sheet of plywood just ain't gonna happen.
And I get to this circular conversation, why not an old project truck?
Well, I already have these other house projects, which probably wouldn't get done if I was distracted by the cool old project truck, but those other projects would be a lot easier with a truck to haul some stuff around in...
(What I probably should be thinking, is how to hire out these silly projects, so that I can skip out and do other fun shit.)
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Things are a bit busy here, but I hate to have you show up for nothing...
So here, this is something.
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
Dude, rolling on his scooter-board thing, to buy crap food at five in the morning.
Acting an ass...
His dog even seems to be embarrassed.
It's hard to embarrass a dog.
What an unfortunate example of our species...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Politics, Sure
I have skirted around directly addressing our current election cycle, here, the choices, the reality of it...
There is a lot going on and little reasoned discussion on the topic, that I have seen. We seem to be at the point where endlessly shouting individual beliefs over another's voice is what counts as communication - debate which democracy requires.
The NY Magazine has quite a reasoned long reasoned long read, by Andrew Sullivan, that I found worth a few minutes of time. A review of the candidate field and dive in to the rise of the Donald.
Those who believe that Trump's ugly, thuggish populism has no chance of ever making it to the White House seem to me to be missing this dynamic. Neo-fascist movements do not advance gradually by persuasion; they first transform the terms of the debate, create a new movement based on untrammeled emotion, take over existing institutions, and then ruthlessly exploit events. And so current poll numbers are only reassuring if you ignore the potential impact of sudden, external events — an economic downturn or a terror attack in a major city in the months before November. I have no doubt, for example, that Trump is sincere in his desire to "cut the head off" ISIS, whatever that can possibly mean. But it remains a fact that the interests of ISIS and the Trump campaign are now perfectly aligned. Fear is always the would-be tyrant's greatest ally...
...And so those Democrats who are gleefully predicting a Clinton landslide in November need to both check their complacency and understand that the Trump question really isn't a cause for partisan Schadenfreude anymore. It's much more dangerous than that. Those still backing the demagogue of the left, Bernie Sanders, might want to reflect that their critique of Clinton's experience and expertise — and their facile conflation of that with corruption — is only playing into Trump's hands. That it will fall to Clinton to temper her party's ambitions will be uncomfortable to watch, since her willingness to compromise and equivocate is precisely what many Americans find so distrustful. And yet she may soon be all we have left to counter the threat. She needs to grasp the lethality of her foe, moderate the kind of identity politics that unwittingly empowers him, make an unapologetic case that experience and moderation are not vices, address much more directly the anxieties of the white working class—and Democrats must listen.
I recommend giving it a look. Link here.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
I guess the "wild west" was a little wilder than I really understood...
The "good guys" were making shoes out of criminal's skin?
Well, one of them was, at least...
More story here.
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Monday, May 9, 2016
Jawa the motorcycle builder, not the little droid dealing dudes from Star Wars...
I don't exactly what is going on here.
Some sort of V4 two stroke something or other?
I'm curious...
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Saturday, May 7, 2016
Friday, May 6, 2016
Things are a bit hectic, here...
But you have bothered to show up, so you deserve a new post, huh.
Here is a link to a local peregrine falcon roost.
There are baby birds and full grown birds.
Also, birds being eaten by the above noted birds.
They're falcons, that is what they do...
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Thursday, May 5, 2016
Solar Impulse
OK, flying around the world on solar energy is pretty epic.
There are all sorts of interesting things on their website.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Independence Day
Since moving to the northeast, I have been introduced to a bunch of holidays that I didn't know existed.
It's a little weird, because folks here just imagine that everybody knows about them...
How about Patriots Day, ever heard of that?
It's a real thing.
Boston just about shuts down for it
I still don't know the whole story on it, but presume it has something to do with some revolutionary era stuff...
(Or Tom Brady, people here love 'em some Tom Brady.)
Here in the Ocean State it's Independence Day, today.
It turns out today was the day old timey Rhode Islanders said "screw you" to the English crown.
The first of the colonies to do so, actually...
Which is kinda funny, when you consider that the whole damned state is so tiny that nearly every map you look at needs to point it out with a little arrow.
Anyway, happy Independence Day...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Looking for a new hobby/sport to engage in?
This might be the ticket, especially if you feel like you don't have enough axes swung at you during the week...
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Monday, May 2, 2016
Man, here is something I completely forgot about making, made one last night and now feel like a dope for not making 'em a couple times a month...
The galette.
Really, super simple stuff...
Basic pie crust.
Saute some stuff you like.
Season appropriately.
Put it in the middle of that crust.
Maybe add some cheese, or whatever.
Fold over the edge of that pie crust.
Give that crust an egg wash.
Maybe put some parm on that crust.
I went with leeks, mushrooms, squash, some spinach and flat parsley. Gruyere on the bottom and stinky blue cheese on top.
Some leftovers would work great, like some roasted chicken or maybe some short ribs.
Put galette in your search thing, you'll get ideas.
Seriously, savory pie for dinner?
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Full superhero sidekick spoilers follow.
First things first: Young Justice, by all accounts, will not get a third season once the current batch of episodes come to an end. Cartoon Network has revealed their schedule of programming for 2013-2014, and Young Justice is not on it. This isn't surprising, but still… fans are understandably bummed out. If the series is in fact finished, we have only seven episodes left at this point until the show ends. So commiserate with the rest of us in the comments section!
But let's talk about "The Fix," this weekend's installment that returned to the plights of two of our favorite animated chicks, Artemis and M'gann. Both of these characters are in precarious situations when the episode starts (actually, when it ends too): Artemis is still undercover as Tigress and trapped amongst a cadre of bad guys on Black Manta's ship, while M'gann is facing a much more internal conflict as she continues to struggle with the fact that she crippled her former teammate Kaldur.
"How did it all go so wrong so fast?" Artemis asks herself at the start of the episode. That's a good question, and one that could be applied not just to her situation or M'gann's, but also to the team and the Justice League's current circumstances. (It could also be asked of the fate of the show itself, but that's another matter…)
I found that this introspective device worked pretty well to get at what drives Artemis these days, as obviously we've not seen very much of her at all in Season 2. It was also an amusing way to go at times, as when Black Manta tells her that Deathstroke will accompany her on her mission to find M'gann and she says "Perfect" in response, and then says "Perfect" again to herself but with a very different intonation. Clever. I also enjoyed hearing how she had left the whole hero thing to be "normal" with Wally, and now can't help but second-guess her decision to get back into action when Nightwing called. (Yeah, remember Wally? Used to be a character on this show… runs really fast?)
As it turns out though, the team really does need Artemis exactly where she is right now. Fortunately, she's able to poison Psimon (the good kind of poison that is, where you only get knocked out for a while and don't die), staving off the telepath's finding out the truth about her and Kaldur being double agents. But she also has to convince her "boss" Black Manta to let her kidnap M'gann to finish the job of "repairing" Kaldur's broken brain. This is gonna get tricky.
Meanwhile, M'gann has been charged by Nightwing to do a mind probe on the newly arrived Green Beetle. The idea is that she needs to determine if he can be trusted, but since she's afraid to use her telepathy now, the two Martians' exchange plays as very one-sided, with Green Beetle only offering his thoughts to her. Just how reliable can this info be? And shouldn't M'gann be straight-up honest with Nightwing about this outcome of the probe?
(I also found it telling that Conner is the one who was uneasy about his ex-girlfriend doing the mind probe while M'gann's current man Lagoon Boy was cluelessly fine with it. All you Superboy/Miss Martian shippers… just keep on shipping!)
Anyway, I still can't figure out if we as viewers should trust Green Beetle or not, and the ending of this episode with GB manipulating Blue Beetle's Scarab so that it's "silent," thereby freeing Jaime to be in complete control of the device certainly seems foreboding. Should this kid really have all that power? As Impulse puts it, "Crash."
This tended to be more of a character episode than an all-out action one, but the journey into Aqualad's mind was still pretty fun… and a bit freaky, as when the faceless Kaldur is revealed in a real Twilight Zone kinda moment. Also, it's funny how Tula is such an important character for Kaldur, even though we've really only met her, what, in one episode? Yet her legacy hangs over the team and Aqualad in particular.
Meanwhile, now that Nightwing has opened up about the top-secret plan to make Aqualad a double agent, you gotta figure the cat is out of the bag for the whole team. What ramifications will Dick's decision to stay quiet about it have, particularly for the senior members? It was cool that Superboy -- who last season was more of a Superhulk with his tantrums -- has the maturity now to stay so even-keeled about it in front of Lagoon Boy, even though he was secretly fuming inside. I'd expect M'gann to be similarly displeased with the revelation… if she lives long enough to hear it, that is!
Some notes: Lovesick Lagoon Boy just makes me sick to my stomach. How creepy was that smile the Green Beetle gave to M'gann? "Reach for a Reach!" -- greatest fake commercial of the month? And Blue Beetle's idea of first thing in the morning is "noonish." Now that's a hero I can get behind!
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Efforts to Establish a System to Compensate Asbestos Victims
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All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union (ZENTYURO), Japan
A newspaper in June 1996 reported that people who worked in the U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base were three times more likely to die from lung cancer than the rest of the nation and more prone to pneumoconiosis and bronchitis. The results came from a retrospective cohort study on the mortality of asbestos-exposed shipyard workers, led by Prof. Norio Kurumatani of Nara Prefectural Medical University.
Soon after the report, the All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union, with cooperation from the Kanagawa Occupational Safety and Health Center, urged action from the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, then employer of the shipyard workers. As a result, the local government launched in 1997 a three-year project to inform 13,353 former workers about a Health Service Note, a certificate that offers free health checkups for retired workers by the government.
We also supported the three lawsuits filed by former U.S. naval base workers against the government. The workers have demanded compensation for lung problems contracted due to insufficient health and safety measures in the workplace. After the plaintiffs won the first lawsuit in October 2002, we demanded that the Defense Facility Administration Agency quickly compensate asbestos-related pneumoconiosis patients, better manage work conditions and adopt health and safety precautions. We pointed out that the government is not exempt from ensuring worker health and safety, even if it does not have control over the U.S. naval bases.
The Defense Facility Administration Agency said it "takes the ruling seriously." It further said it would "take concrete measures to better meet other pneumoconiosis victims' demands and the government's duty to protect employees' health and safety. The solution must be comprehensive, given previous court rulings and the possibility of former workers contracting pneumoconiosis in the future."


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If you haven't watched "Stranger Things" on Netflix by now, you probably should.
Not only is it a fantastic show if you're into the spookier side of TV, but it also stars the wonderful 12-year-old actress Millie Bobby Brown, who plays the mysterious Eleven.
Besides having both awesome real-life and character names that we are jealous of, she is also the "shero" of the show and has some extraordinary powers.
Since most of the world has binge-watched the entire first season and season 2 has been announced, Brown has been making her rounds on numerous talk shows.
She rapped Nicki Minaj's verse from "Monster" on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (skip to 4:40), spoke about how she wants to inspire girls with cancer on Access Hollywood Live, and is now starring in her own spoofs with Stephen Colbert.
Brown was on The Late Show Tuesday night and the duo came up with a skit where Colbert plays Papa and puts Eleven's powers through the hardest test yet: microwaving burritos.
After watching this skit, we could definitely use Eleven right around lunch time. Oh yeah, we could also use some protection against our own office demogorgon. Watch below:
You can also watch her interview with Colbert, where she talks about her fear of bungalows and sees if he has what it takes to join her "squad," which currently consists of Maddie Ziegler. We don't know if we're cool enough to join your squad, Millie, but you can definitely join ours.


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The Minnesota Vikings' locker room looked like a funeral home after Sunday's 31-28 overtime loss to the New Orleans Saints in the NFC championship game, and quarterback Brett Favre was the chief mourner. Many of his teammates walked to his locker, hugged him, whispered in his ear and consoled him as he consoled them.
Favre's interception with 19 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter that ended a possible game-winning scoring drive garnered most of the attention.
"I prefer to look at the positive, watching 4 compete in purple and gold was great," Vikings Coach Brad Childress said.
As for if he thinks Favre will return to play again Childress said: "I told him to go home, lick his wounds, I'll do the same and we'll catch up down the road. It was a gutty, gutty performance. I just thought that he did a nice job of competing. He would be the first to tell you that he wishes he had a couple of those throws back."
Favre's statistical line was good, if you eliminate the interceptions. He completed 28 of 46 passes for 310 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions.
But the interception at the end of regulation defined his night.
Facing third-and-15 at the Saints' 38 with the score tied at 28, Favre rolled to his right and sought one of his favorite receivers, Sidney Rice. But Favre, as he has done throughout his career with varying degrees of success, threw across his body to the middle of the field. Saints defensive back Tracy Porter was right there, however, and picked off the pass, ending the Vikings' threat.
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"It was a third-down play and we elected to roll him because we wanted to get him clear," said Childress, who said he thought a couple of the Saints' hits on Favre were a tad late. "That was one turnover. We had five turnovers tonight. We leave the ball on the (Saints') 7 and 5. We hope to get at least three points there and got nothing.
"You can't have five turnovers against a team like this and expect it to come out good."
Favre and the Vikings never touched the ball again after the interception. And fans were left to wonder if this is how he'll finish his career.
Peterson fumbled two more times, but the Vikings recovered.
"Adrian has done great things for us," Childress said. "He'll be the first to tell you he needs to do a better job (of hanging on to the football). It's something he's aware of, something we'll work to get better with."
The Vikings fumbled six times, losing three.
Shiancoe caught three passes for 67 yards on the Vikings' 80-yard touchdown drive in the third quarter. He caught one other pass on the night to finish with four receptions for 83 yards.
Bernard Berrian was Favre's chief receiver, catching nine passes for 102 yards. Rice finished with four receptions for 43 yards and a touchdown.
Favre was good in the first two possessions. He completed 10 of 16 passes for 89 yards and a touchdown on those possessions. After throwing an incomplete pass on his first attempt of the game, Favre completed six consecutive passes during the first possession for 47 yards. But in the next five possessions, Favre was 5-of-10 for 38 yards.


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How to use Scumblr to monitor brand mentions
Published by Jakal Intel
Netflix has open sourced one of it's most powerful security tools, Scumblr. This post will go into the many uses of this for online marketers and webmasters, how to set it up from start to finish, and how to replace your existing brand mention monitoring services with this free tool.
What Is Scumblr by Netflix?
Netflix has an ongoing problem, people like to hack peoples accounts then post the login credentials onto forums, on pastebin, or on social media. Likewise, sometimes nefarious individuals may plan a DDoS attack on Netflix and will meet in some forum somewhere on the internet in order to coordinate it prior to being executed. Therefore, Netflix realized that they needed to create a tool which would monitor the entire web for specific keywords/queries, log them in an easy to digest manner, and then allow their employees to take action on them.
From this need, Scumblr was born. They open sourced it in 2014 along with Sketchy and Workflowy which are add ons we will discuss in a moment.
How Internet Marketers can use this amazing tool for brand mention monitoring.
After learning about Scumblr in an article about how Ashley Madison was using the service to search for dumped credentials to their infamous dating site, I realized that this is something that may be worth looking into. Turns out, the ability to search the web for any specific keyword was something I was already paying for, as I imagine many of you reading this do in order to monitor brand mentions for your or your client's company.
Scumblr can be configured to ping you every time someone mentions your company on social media or in a forum for example. Additionally, you can use it to monitor pastebin for email dumps of addresses for you or your employees.
Who this tutorial is for
This is for a novice level marketer, entrepreneur, small business owner or even individual who would like to monitor mentions of them or their brands on the internet. This is done using Linux (Ubuntu in particular), so some basic knowledge of linux is required, though I will write this assuming you know nothing about linux in order to lower the barrier of entry to those wishing to utilize this amazing tool.
Step 1: Get Linux (Ubuntu)
This is a linux based program, therefore step 1 is getting a copy of Ubuntu. You can do this in one of two ways:
- Install Ubuntu on your machine and dual boot between Windows and ubuntu (not recommended)
- Create a virtual machine on your windows desktop that runs Ubuntu so that you can play with this while having windows still running (basically it's like a window where an ubuntu computer is running). (Preferred method)
For the purpose of this tutorial, we are going to use a virtual machine, as I believe that is the best way to do it, that way it runs all day and you can access it whenever you want just like you would any other program.
Installing The Virtual Machine
What virtual machine you decide to use is up to you. If you know how to porate things, I strongly recommend VMWare workstation. The free option is Oracle's "Virtual Box". I do not recommend this one if at all possible, it has issues with resolution size.
Once you have downloaded the VM app of your choosing, you need to install ubuntu on it. To do this, go to ubuntu's download page, download the .iso file, then save that for use in a moment.
For this example, we will use VMware Workstation:
Click File>New Virtual Machine
When the installer opens, click "Typical" and next.
Select installer disc .iso and navigate to the folder you saved the Ubuntu iso to.
Follow the rest of the installer prompts, it's pretty straightforward from this point. It will ask you what hardware you want to emulate, which jsut means how much disk space and how much ram should ubuntu take. Depending on how fast your computer is and how much storage space you have, you can make these anything you like. Put 2gb of ram and 10gb of space if you want to play it safe.
Once it's installed and ready, you should have a nice new Ubuntu virtual machine ready for your disposal.
Step 2: Installing Scumblr
So I will assume you have never used Linux before and do this step by step:
From your new ubuntu desktop, press ctrl+alt+t. This will bring up a new terminal window. It should look like this:
Here are the rest of the steps directly from the Scumblr Wiki. Just copy and paste them one by one into the command line, and let it do it's work between steps.
This section will walkthrough a basic setup for Scumblr on a base Ubuntu 14.04 system. This guide assumes you have an Ubuntu system setup and available to go.
Install Prerequisites
From the command line:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install git libxslt-dev libxml2-dev build-essential bison openssl zlib1g libxslt1.1 libssl-dev libxslt1-dev libxml2 libffi-dev libxslt-dev libpq-dev autoconf libc6-dev libreadline6-dev zlib1g-dev libtool libsqlite3-dev libcurl3 libmagickcore-dev ruby-build libmagickwand-dev imagemagick bundler
Install Rbenv/Ruby
From the command line:
cd ~
git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git .rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL
git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL
rbenv install 2.0.0-p481
rbenv global 2.0.0-p481
ruby -v
Install Ruby on Rails
From the command line:
gem install bundler --no-ri --no-rdoc
rbenv rehash
gem install rails -v 4.0.9
Install Application Dependencies
sudo apt-get install redis-server
gem install sidekiq
rbenv rehash
Setup Application
From the command line:
git clone https://github.com/Netflix/Scumblr.git
cd Scumblr
bundle install
rake db:create
rake db:schema:load
Create an Admin User
From the command line from the Scumblr root folder:
../.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p481/bin/rails c
In the console (puts your details in between the <> brackets:
user = User.new
user.email = "<Valid email address>"
user.password = "<Password>"
user.password_confirmation = "<Password>"
user.admin = true
Additional Configuration
go to the Scumblr directory (cd ~, press enter, then cd Scumblr) and do cd config/initializers.
cd config/initializers nano scumblr.rb.sample
This will open up the file where you enter in all of your api credentials.
Important! This is a demo file, so before you can use it remove the "#" at the beginning of each section you fill out.
Once you are done, press Ctrl+x, then "y" for yes, and then when it asks you what to name the file, remove the ".sample" part at the end. It should read "scumblr.rb"
First however, we need to get api credentials to place in this document.
Scumblr allows you to search the following providers:
Google API:
- Goto https://console.developers.google.com/project
- Go to "Apps & Auth" tab on the left hand panel. Then select API's. Then click "Custom Search Engine"
- On the next screen choose enable this api.
- Click on "credentials" on the left hand panel now.
- Click "Api Key"
- Choose "Browser"
- Click "Create", leave the text box field blank.
- Go back to "credentials" on the left hand side of the page. Listed now are your credentials. This will go into the field in scumblr.rb titled "Config.google_developer_key" in between the two ' brackets.
- Now go to https://cse.google.com/cse/all to set up your customer search engine.
- Click the "Add" button.
- Fill out your screen as follows
- No open your new custom search engine and select "Search entire web but emphasize included sites"
- Then click "Search Engine ID", this will display your cx ID. Back in scumblr.rb this goes where it says "config.google_cx"
- config.google_application_name should be named "Scumblr"
- version number just put "1.0"
Facebook API Credentials
- Goto http://support.fiddlefly.com/widgets/gallery/how-to-acquire-facebook-api-credentials/ to elarn how to get your facebook credentials.
Twitter API Credentials
- Goto https://themepacific.com/how-to-generate-api-key-consumer-token-access-key-for-twitter-oauth/994/ to learn how to get Twitter API keys.
Once you have all your credentials registered in scumblr.rb, press ctrl+x and save.
Run Scumblr
Open up 3 command prompts by pressing ctr+t From the command line from the Scumblr root folder.
In each terminal, do "cd Scumblr" so that all of them are now in the Scumblr directory. Then run one of the following in this order:
redis-server &
../.rbenv/shims/bundle exec sidekiq -l log/sidekiq.log &
../.rbenv/shims/bundle exec rails s &
Start Scumblr
Once those three commands above are executed, open up firefox in Ubuntu and goto http://127.0.0.1:3000/. Enter the username and password you created earlier.
The workflow of Scumblr goes like this:
- Create a search (telling Scumblr what to look for and where)
- See the results of those searches.
Creating A Search For Brand Mentions
Go to the "Searches" tab at the top. Then click "new search".
From here you enter:
- Name: The name of your search (for your reference only)
- Query: what keywords you want it to look for. Try ti with your brand's name.
- Select where you want Scumblr to search (Google, Facebook etc).
- Tags: Add tags to organize if you want
- Description: Add a description if you want.
- If you choose Google, set the "max results" to 100 which is google's maximum. Every 10 requests count against your API limit, which for free google accounts is 100. So you get 1,000 searches in total, but can pay google for more.
After you create your search, click the big red "Run Now" button. Within seconds, your results will show up on the "search" page.
What Marketers should use this for:
- Run a google search to find any mentions of your brand name. If someone writes about you, you will get a notification.
- Find mentions of your brand on social media.
- Stop those planning DDOS attacks by monitoring people using the term "DDOS" and your brand.
- Put in your email address to see if ti's been dumped on pastebin or elsewhere.
By leveraging this tool, you are getting for free what many are paying for. A scraper that finds mentions of you across the web and aggregates them for easy viewing. Netflix also open sourced Sketchy and Workflowy to automatically take a screenshot of the pages it finds and to email you about it. Workflowy allows you to create workflows such as "received", "working on it", "completed" etc.
What other cool things are you planning on using Scumblr for with your brand?


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Shopping is not something I particularly like to do. And do you want to know what makes it worse? Trying to shop with two kids.
What was I thinking?
I'm an intelligent woman. Why would I think I could actually make it through Target without both children completely flipping out on me?
I thought I did everything right. I breastfed the little man, made my daughter lunch and changed both their diapers. So you'd think they'd give, oh, half an hour to shop for necessities.
But I was wrong. Dead wrong.
I should have seen it coming. Right after we parked, my daughter demanded to walk instead of riding in the cart. Ok. That's fine. But I told her she would have to stay by my side.
"I promise Mama," she said.
Yeah right.
She couldn't have bolted fast enough. At first it was just a few feet. And then she started darting around the aisles. I'm sure the other shoppers thought she was cute. I'm sure those with kids understood the situation.
But hollering my daughter's name over and over was one thing. This trip was about to go from bad to worse.
It started as just a whimper. Then a slight fuss and a grunt. But within a few minutes, my little Dylan began crying so hard, I thought he was going to throw up.
So into the cart went Marley and out of the cart came Dylan.
But the crying continued.
(where is the damn hair gel aisle? I sure as hell was not going through all of THIS to leave empty-handed.)
So after grabbing half the stuff I was after and waiting in what seemed like the longest check-out line EVER, we leave. Dylan's crying continued of course, but now Marley decided to join in with her best impression of Dylan's crying. Lovely.
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Devon ke Dev… Mahadev 15th December 2013 Written Episode Update
Devon ke Dev… Mahadev 15th December 2013 Written Episode, Devon ke Dev… Mahadev 15th December 2013 Written Update
In the beginning Mahadev tells Parvati something like now the time has come when Purush will need the help of Prakriti. A previous scene with same kind of dialogue is also shown. Parvati agrees willingly.
Indra comes to Arunasur's palace where the 5 gods are standing near the 5 temples. They enter the temples and get locked. Suryadev says that he tried to warn them about such outcome. Aruansur is happy that he has taken control over the 5 gods.
The whole creation comes to a standstill without the 5 gods… Mahadev and Parvati also witness the difficult situation and Parvatui decides to play the role of all the 5 gods alone. Mahadev tells her that it will be very hard but she answers that I am only concerned to maintain the creation
In Kailash, Kartikeya- Ganesh also show their concern about Parvati , Mahadev tells them that this responsibility will exhaust Parvati mentally and also from the level of energy. The saptarishi also come to Mahadev to know more about Arunasur.
Indra is surprised to see all the gods get imprisoned. But soon, as Parvati takes control over the 5 tatvas, all the 5 tatvas start working properly, Indra understands that it must be the doing of mahadev or mata parvati. Arunasur is surprised about it!!! Indra tries to attack Arunasur with his 'vajra' but he is unable to hurt him. Indra disappears. His subordinates tell him about Indra but Arunasur thinks all the Gods are afraid of him as the king of gods is so powerless…
Naarad talks with Brahma and Vishnu about Arunasur. They discuss that the 5 gods abducted by Arunasur are not enough to revive the dead body of Arunasur 's mother. He has made a mistake by taking Sun and Moon. They are not among the 'panchtatva devta'. Soon Arunasur will realise his mistake. Moreover, only reviving the body is not enough, Arunasur also need to generate 'praan' also in that body. How will he do it?
Arunasur asks all 5 Tatva Devas to make his mother alive. They tell him, even if the 5 elements are restored in her body, how will you add life in her body? We can't do that. He asks them, who is capable of doing so? Bhutanath is the answer. He asks how can I approach him? He comes on just his aavahan. is the answer. He sends 5 Devas back to their prison-temples.
Mahadev is watching this. He breaks a stand of his jata, throws it on ground. Bhutanath appears holding a black stick with 2 tridents hanging at both the ends in a link. Mahadev tells him, he knows what to do to free those tatva Devas. Bhutanath leaves.
Arunasur calls Bhutanath outside 5 temples. He comes riding in achariot of 5 differet coloured Horses. His entry is among a sand storm, Asuras are able to see anything. Finally he arrives. Seeing Devas imprisoned gets angry, hits anyone who comes in his way. Arunasur is surprised. Bhutanath is about to free the Devas, but he is requested by one of them to calm down, as Arunasur has connected his people's lives with these prisons. So breaking his trap may harm lives of his people.
Arunasur tells Bhutanath to come to the place & do what he is called for. Bhutanath turns his back, seeing this Arunasur gets angry, says one can come here willingly, but can leave this place only if he wishes.
Bhutanath tells him since you've challanged me, I'll give you 5 chances. In next 5 days I'll free these Devas one by one. Do whatever you can.
Precap: Arunasur has controlled the 5 elements, Earth, water, air, fire & sky. Mahadev tells him, he'll free those 5 tatva Devas.
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White House Pay-for-Play with NEA Funding?
WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett calling for a full release of information related to a conference call that occurred on August 10th in which the White House Office of Public Engagement inappropriately asked participants on the call to support the Administration's efforts.
"It is inappropriate for representatives of the White House, NEA, and CNCS to formally ask artists and entertainers to use their talents to support the President's agenda because many of these people rely on NEA grants to subsidize their livelihoods," Issa wrote. "Moreover, using NEA to promote the Administration's agenda circumvents federal and constitutional law controlling certain types of agency communication. Federal law prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for public relations campaigns absent a specific appropriation for that purpose."
At the request of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Communications Director Yosi Sergant, groups of "artists, producers, promoters, organizers, influencers, marketers, tastemakers, leaders, or just plain cool people" were invited to participate in the conference call along with Nell Abernathy, Director of Outreach for United We Serve and Buffy Wicks, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. During the call, the 75 members of the art an entertainment community were urged to promote the President's agenda by creating art consistent with the goals of United We Serve.
"Using the largest national funder of the arts to apply pressure on its grantees to create art in support of the White House's agenda I clearly inappropriate," Issa wrote. "Furthermore, using taxpayer dollars and federal employees to create an alliance whereby the NEA becomes the de facto strategic communications firm of the White House in unlawful. Federal law is in place to prevent the political machinery of a campaign from carrying over to the White House after an election. Activating artists and art groups reliant on NEA funds under the implied threat of withholding future grants is a Chicago-style tactic that should have been left on the campaign trail."
Among the items Ranking Member Issa asks the White House to provide are a full and complete list of all the participants on the conference call, a full and complete explanation of how invitees to the call were selected, any description or consultation provided by the White House Counsel regarding the legal implications of the call and a full and complete description of how the call was arranged.
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More than 23,000 homes and businesses in part of Somerset have had their water supplies restored after spending much of the night without services.
The Bristol Water pipe supplies in Burnham-on-Sea, Brean, Highbridge and Berrow areas were affected when an 18-inch (46cm) main burst on Thursday.
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